it was simply but. the navy will be. told will come out. minus a murray zero. and now it's looking for the yeah word on the news that as soon as you stand by mel and the like nobody knew who. you are you about the monkey and the little communes all i see. in the light of these facts the united states today declares that it's been russia in material breach of the treaty and will suspend the applications as a remedy effective in sixty days unless russia returns to full. compliance. in an elton made to russia the us threatens to date

a quarter cold war era nuclear treaty giving moscow two months to rectify what it calls a multiple violations. observation wide protests and the most violent riots in paris in half a century the french government kneels by is suspending a controversial hike in the cost of fuel for six months also to count. us radio stations and banning the christmas classic baby it's cold outside after a backlash from me to activists all guests debate the issue i. think there's a lot of outrage i think women are really really angry what's behind it is you know women want to believe we're going to what change there are a lot of important issues right now and when we focus on songs like this and try to get it out i mean what we're painting a message that needs to has just become unhinged.

it's eleven o'clock am in moscow and you're watching all t international live from our studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. the u.s. secretary of state has issued an ultimatum to russia for its perceived by a violation of a core nuclear missile treaty the setting moscow a two month start line to comply or else. either of these facts the united states today declares it has been russia in material breach of the treaty and will suspend our obligations as a remedy effective in sixty days unless russia returns to full and verifiable compliance. from all intel on this story let's now cross live to. bring us up to speed as to want this announcement means and how russia has responded.

well it's a two month ultimatum now in the aftermath of this announcement we have heard from the chief of nato he is saying that russia should not miss this opportunity to preserve a historic treaty an arms deal arms negotiation pact agreement between the united states and russia he's saying do everything possible to keep it intact these are his words. so russia non-hospital last chance to come back into compliance with the on if treaty but we must also start to prepare for a world without the treaty. now the united states is pulling out of this historic treaty they accuse russia of having violated how however russia says they haven't violated the treaty they've been in compliance with the document all along let's review. the arms race is getting out of control. we did not initiate this time the fence as you know it was not we just pulled out

of the antiballistic missile treaty russia has developed and developing the stabilizing weapon systems for more than a decade in direct violation of its treaty obligations which was good because we respond to the threats that confronted us were moving forward to modernize our nuclear arsenal and ensure that our capabilities were mean i matched we will never allow anybody to have anything even close to what we have used it for american partners next. we will give an immediate and reciprocal response. now the i.m.f. that's intermediate nuclear forces treaty was key and decisive in ending the cold war it's an agreement that bans both short range and intermediate range nuclear weapons now it's been pointed out that a short range or intermediate range nuclear weapon could not reach russia from the united states or the united states from russia they're both not within range

however the european union countries feel that if the possible other possible terminations of this treaty puts them in quite an on pump there will position let's review what some of what the e.u. countries have said. regret the withdrawal announced by the us we see this treaty as very important arms control instrument and something that also serves european interests and therefore also german interest. the announcement by the us that it's going to withdraw from the i.m.f. accord is regrettable the i.m.f. agreement has been an important pillar of our european security architecture for thirty years for us in europe it's of great importance we call on the u.s. to consider the possible consequences the u.s. and russia need to remain engaged in constructive dialogue to preserve the treaty and to ensure. to ensure its cool and verifiable implementation which of

course is crucial for europe's and global security now at this point people are reflecting on the fact that just previously roughly twenty four hours before this announcement from the secretary of state we heard donald trump or we saw him on twitter saying that he did not want a new arms race and be moaning that a large amount of military spending that the united states has been engaging in however it seems that with this recent announcement and the threat to withdraw from this vitally important treaty that the troubled ministration overall and the white house are giving mixed messages. forty. french government will suspend a controversial increase in the cost of fuel of nationwide protests turn comes off to paris witness three weeks of the worst riots in half a century. well it seems that opinion polls show that most people are favorable to

those concessions given by the government and announced by the french prime minister today but as with many of them have said this is not enough and they will push for that tax reductions and it looks like the protests that was planned for this saturday will still go. heads so what did the prime minister i know seem total well first of all he announced a moratorium on fuel tax hike that was due to take place in a month's time in january and said that that would be suspended for six months he also announced that there would be no increases to utility bills so that's gas and electricity in the hope that will help and many working class british people who say that they just struggling to live with the high costs of living here in france let's take a listen now to want to add which to be had to say oh suspend this fiscal measure for six months and reintroduce it on to has been discussed with. no tax is worth putting the nation's unity in danger well these protests have been going on for

france for the last few weeks we're into this week and now i know over the last two weekends there has been a lot of violence marring those protests particularly in the saturday just go on hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets and people on saturday burning cars and buildings smashing in new ching shops and coups ing millions of euros of damage to the french economy into the city of paris that's got the flavor now and see what's happened over the last few weeks. yeah.

the french prime minister also said today jews have to be day not the wrath of the french people and he says the government has been listening to them although many of the protesters feel that this is probably too little too late and they feel that this concessions that she did come in this protest movement as i mentioned for the moment that the protest on saturday will still go ahead and it looks like this movement hasn't yet got the concessions from the government. the so-called yellow vast riots have incurred large financial losses in some areas shot profits for

instance an instance are down fifty percent protesters road block transport companies nationwide an estimated four hundred million euros and four million euros worth of damage was done to paris on saturday alone as demonstrators run riots smashing property across the capital. fury at the fuel price hike has sentimental micron's approval ratings to their lowest ever less than one in four now approve of the french president sharply down in just a month patricia regional council for france's national rally party says micron's response has horrified protesters. i was actually out with the usual asia with yellow vests listening to the announcement made by the prime minister and they were appalled when they heard it they say what it think we are throwing some peanuts and us and thinking this is going to come us basically what the prime minister announced was the fact that they were only he was only going to temporarily halt

their prized prices in fuel and this is not but they've asked for the they know very well what it said that it's a temporary measure that he said after six months we will decide what to do after six months they will probably implement it six months from now we have european elections so it would actually mean that straight after the european elections micro-grid actually make the decision whether or not to reinstill these taxes yes or no disses just not enough and not a strong enough commitment made to the huge outcry from the french people is first of all got to do with this with the terrible arrogance of my car what he didn't realise is actually what the yellow vests took up for in france were very legitimate cases and that more than eighty percent listen to this more than eighty percent of the french people actually support what the yellow vests are claiming today the second problem is his great ignorance mccaw is totally not

aware what is going on in real trusts outside the big cities he and his government have no elected people don't know anybody and don't know what's going on the french people are dead that spirit their purchasing power has plummeted they're being over text everywhere there is harming unemployment and things are getting cheaper their spending power is going down and taxes are going up they are fed up with it. it seems a classic christmas chain baby it's cold outside is finding itself left out in the cold when it comes to festive playlists on us radio stations if i was a backlash from some listeners over the lyrics about a land. attempting to persuade a woman to spend the night with him critics say it flies in the face of the need to with mint. looks well no no no. i'm going to say that i. really don't.

the trike was first recorded for the nine hundred forty nine hollywood film neptune's daughter and quickly became a hit winning an oscar the following year scores of artists have covered it since activists say the lyrics normalize manipulative and coercive behavior however others point out if those rules are applied to many other songs would be dropped to baby it's cold outside is basically a date rape song i'm glad people are finally realizing this here is your annual reminder that baby it's cold outside is basically a date rape song they want to play baby it's cold outside because it implies rape but they can play this horrible rag music that talks about sex drugs shooting people and such or these other holiday songs must also be removed as our fancy for as well i saw mommy q since santa claus subjected mourners to soft core porn white christmas racist santa baby golddigger black male. my colleague daniel whole

can support the issue of the debate to asking whether classic culture is incompatible with modern volumes if this is something that is creating such an uproar we can't ignore it and also maybe it's reflecting that things need to change and that. maybe maybe things have maybe christmas carols also. has to evolve with our society there are a lot of important issues right now and when we focus on songs like this and trying to get it out i mean we're painting a message that mates who has just become unhinged in going after these christmas songs from the one nine hundred forty s. which yes was a different era but frankly nobody nobody has cared about and so the meter movement wants to stay wants to stay current and relevant and i think that we need to focus on the main issues the biggest issues and stay away maybe from some of the lesser things like some of these christmas songs i think there's a lot of outrage i think women are really really angry the argument that maybe this

is a little bit overkill. i think you have to look at that and see kind of what is behind that and what's behind it is you know women want relief women who want change women want their voices heard been reading into the lyrics of the song and also some some of. it is have been i've been reading about this it's very interesting to see the different take small as you said it's really a question of interpretation is that it could be taken in different ways i mean i think if you're. a survivor of rape you're going to interpret it that way as a date rape song i think most people are going to study that it's from the one nine hundred forty s. and you know you could make an argument this is that this is a woman who several to celebrating for the actuality and it's really a flirting again and i missed it and i understand our diets and i do understand both sides of this argument i just see really the need to focus on on some of the bigger issues i understand that they're women that are survivors of rape and i do understand the argument i understand the side where we have to look at everything

we have to. i understand because it's some way if women are truly angry about this and then there must be something to it but at the same time you know i want to see a woman who can and who can stand strong who can look at the song and say you know what that's not going to bother me i know what my boundaries are i know when to leave for me i feel like it's almost a step back to see all this rage and anger of that right want to see women going you know what we recognize the cultural differences are back that in those in that time that that kind of sucks for back then but think of where we are now and we're going to have a voice coming up here on our china microsoft admits it's all in when it comes to supplying the pentagon with technology. we want silicon valley to know just how ethical and honorable a tradition the military. the president of the multinational is pledging to hand over its latest know how to the u.s. military despite resistance from the employees the story after this break.

you know when you have all the one player in each industry and they're setting prices and there's no more market setting the price of market failure and you have what happened to sell you that you need a ironically the soviet union now russia is moving toward where america was the one nine hundred fifty s. with crude more like her eisenhower and now you've got the current administration moving towards soviet union with behaving more like you know russia. and almost seemed wrong. why don't we just don't call. me. yet to see. this day become active. and engaged with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

yemen and the politics of denial and deceit the trumping ministrations continued support of the saudi led war is morally indefensible and strategically counterproductive blaming iran for the humanitarian crisis in yemen only ensures more suffering this time. welcome back to the program the boss of microsoft says his company will supply the u.s. army with all the technology it needs the decision was taken even though some of the tech giants employees have expressed concern. we are going to provide the u.s. military with access to the best technology to all the technology we create a full stop we have to win people's hearts and minds we want silicon valley to know

just how ethical in our. tradition the military has many microsoft employees don't believe that what we build should be used for waging war when we decided to work at microsoft we were doing so in the hopes of empowering every person on the planet to achieve more not with the intent of ending lives and enhancing lethality last week microsoft won a four hundred ninety million dollars u.s. army contract to provide or granted reality systems it's also basing for a controversial pentagon deal called joe di the joint enterprise defense infrastructure cloud is expected to cost ten billion dollars it will be part of the u.s. defense department's efforts to upgrade its i.t. systems but microsoft is not the only one competing for the lucrative contract amazon also has its sights on the deal who was in the running but dropped out saying the contract would be inconsistent with its principles technology analyst roger cape believes that lucrative contracts for microsoft outweigh the concerns of

its employees. it is interesting that silicon valley which is somewhat of a younger culture are sort of all line tech on that there's this sort of studiousness sort out at the cold things and certainly some of what this is a is directed at existing employees i think the message from them is pretty much we're going to be an important part of our portfolio and we intend to you bond with it if you have an issue with that we may need to decide to do something about that but i also think it's important to understand the military and technology. and the technology the ever since the dawn of time as part of what military activity is all about gaining technological edge when you're out and no. it's not at all surprising to find the technology industry engaged with the military here and in other

countries as well. i can stand says donald trump is asking him to help in place talks with taliban militants in a bed to end the seventeen year war in neighboring afghanistan but it comes just two weeks after trying the case in the twenty spat with pakistan's leader where he threatened to cut to the country artist on a course it takes a closer look at the unpredictable relations between the two nations if you only listen to what president trump says about pakistan you might think the country as a haven for terrorists one that at the same time is soaking up aid money from uncle sam we can no longer be silent about pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organizations because they don't do anything for us they don't do a damn thing for us but no longer paying one point three billion that vaca said we're paying them nothing because that's what they've done to help us nothing so it comes as a bit of a surprise that it's now the us asking for help from his lama bod but it's not the

kind of help that comes in the form of a. check but help in resolving the u.s. is seventeen year war on terror in neighboring afghanistan now trump already sent a letter to the prime minister which judging by pakistan's reaction was very cordial he's emphasized that pakistan and the usa should explore opportunities to wood together and renew their partnership and now the u.s. envoy responsible for bringing the war to a close is taking a trip to pakistan now this politics of flip flopping might seem strange but it's not the first time u.s. foreign policy has contradicted itself when it comes to pakistan washington already tried to mend ties back in september when secretary of state mike pompei o flew to islam a bud i hope we can turn the page and begin to make progress even proclaimed the u.s. needs pakistan we need pakistan to seriously engaged to help us to get the reconciliation

we need in afghanistan but that statement came amidst u.s. threats to yet again cancel aides to the country confused well you're not alone i do the americans from both this. is a three x. then normal august on guy i know all this. much. because you can't invoke a song but if. so when do you. see starbuck somehow in sequence but. with. playing good u.s. bad u.s. hasn't done much for peace in afghanistan where the taliban washington's sworn enemy is on the rise despite talks and peace conferences in moscow in geneva this year no concrete solutions have surfaced neither with the u.s. the afghanistan government or the taliban coming to the same table mistrust and

inconsistency is the name. of the game in this conflict and the us a stance on pakistan is no exception. a song is this i'll be back now on thirty minutes time but in the meantime we'll go on to our website that salty dot com to check out any last stories next up but it's the kinds of reports. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you that.

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how do you of course not look the way for the past few years you would have known this long before bloomberg wrote this headline from jonathan tepper competition is dying and taking capitalism with it we need a revolution to cast off monopolies and restore entrepreneurial freedom first of two excerpts from the myth of capitalism so this guy jonathan tepper starts with that story of remember that guy who got dragged off that united airlines flight and it was a huge scandal in the news and tabloid press and everybody looks likely the new yorker did a cover story on it and they show the guy being dragged up in his face it looks exactly like me look it up on search the story on the new yorker magazine you'll see my face but in the olden days that would have caused the shares of the company to fall. in fact research analysts dismissed the incident saying quote consumers might not have much choice but to fly united airlines due to airline consolidation which has reduced competition over most routes on my new sites

healthfully explained what had happened with headlines like quote airlines can treat you like garbage because they are an old galbally once investors started focusing on united dominant market position the stock price in fact went up so that's true i mean you have concentration in the corporate. like robber baron like concentration that we haven't seen in over a hundred years in america and it was brought about as we've been saying on the show for a while but the ease of money from the fed that allows you to buy up your competition for no money when jeff bezos bought a whole foods it was a multi-billion dollar acquisition his stock price went up because his cost of funding was zero so as a creative everything that whole foods is making went right to the bottom line there was no cost whatsoever associated with that so there is no cost for mergers and acquisitions and is zero interest rate world and yet you know milton friedman use have a t.v. show called free to choose that americans were free to.