you were. told that. you. might see a murderer. in for the. melanie when. you were. little. our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order. the white house questions the relevance of a number of key international organizations and threatens to scrap a major cold war era nuclear agreement with russia. a london property developers

accused of islamophobia after raising images of a mosque next to one of its new apartment blocks in the sales brochure we get reaction from local residents was upset mean people should be inclusive he shouldn't even give the state as it is put it in the pot here. on the peace talks on the crisis g. to start later today we speak to the president of the red cross international committee about the dire humanitarian situation in the country. what this certainly . by their own cannot fix the situation in which today is indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found.

hello good afternoon welcome it's two pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. now washington's threat to pull out of a key nuclear treaty with moscow has deepened the rift between the two sides with the u.s. accusing russia of noncompliance but the american administration is also going further to questioning the relevance of other international agreements and organizations with more his more it gets the. it is time for change time for the old ways to die for a new undisputed leader a new american world order our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order the central question that we face is that is the question of whether the system as currently configured as it exists today and as the world is this today doesn't work does it work for all the people of the world the old ways are out of date united nations is useless incompetent the i.m.f.

is obsolete european union pointless all these international organizations unions treaties and agreements they only hinder america they tie its hands and cripple its power the logic is sound when we all be better off if we just had america rule american tends to lead now and always point in case the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty russia is violating it says america others are bound by it it holds limits limits the united states and washington's policy requires it seems more nukes big nukes foster nukes one country in the world is bound by the i.n.f. treaty us china is not bound by iran has an extensive b.m. capability that but we have global responsibilities in asia in the middle east we

have to be responsive near term international democracy has failed alliances have failed asians cannot tell right from wrong everyone wants a say but why let them they no longer know what's good for them america is good for them this is what president trump is doing. he is returning the united states to its traditional central leadership role in the world and so it seems we enter a new age in the age where might makes right without all the fluff and lip service to partnerships and equality the old world order is dead welcome to a new american age. well the agreement was signed in the final years of the cold war production of short a medium range nuclear missiles are prohibited under the pact now the us says

though that russia is producing missiles in violation of the green mint while moscow claims that washington is threatening its security with bases missile silos in eastern europe we discussed the spat with a former u.k. army officer charles bridge you've got this situation here where nato seems to be advocating one position on the part in support of the u.s. at the moment but many of its member states are not just privately but publicly raise their concern that this is part of the arms control mechanism breaking down and that this will of course hold in a new arms race of course the united states isn't just looking at europe it's looking elsewhere in the world and that i suspect is the key to what the american decision making here is as indeed the russian government has indicated that they're looking more at countries such as china iran possibly that are developing such systems that already have systems in place that would be bad for america and russia to have because of the limitations on the range. property developer in the

u.k. is facing criticism for its latest brochure of an upcoming project concerns were raised after the images of the planned housing development in london fail to show a mosque that neighbors the site and see chalk it up as more. we are in hornsey north london mostly residential area about forty five minutes away from central london why not consider moving to a nice newly built high rise here. take note though if you look this one up on line it would miss the building right next to it this mosque which is obviously right here in reality the property developer has been accused of islam a phobia after apparently airbrushing the mosque out of its marketing photos the. and the minarets are gone instead replaced with a row of trees and the building is nowhere to be seen what do locals make of all this let's find out there's no mosque in the pictures in the marketing photos so

people have been complaining about it a little bit what do you make of it you can't miss the mosque if it's not in the picture it's been left out of the previous and there it will be just forgot to put it in it giving a five year. first it's obvious that it. doesn't know not to take so i know how things work and people i mean them people. don't need to be visual like. you know would you be offended or you wouldn't be offended. by you imagine if you were a user of the local mosque you'd not be offended yeah it does upset mean people should be inclusive we shouldn't even give the site as it is so that people will know where they belong and what they are getting in part so why would you to move them are going to temple or church what does that mean if you're trying to sell something you want to make it look. so not everyone is going to like

a mosque while if you were shopping for an apartment mosque scare you or me personally know various people well some were offended by the doctored images others thought it wasn't a big deal the mosque spokesperson said the apparent photoshop is nothing to worry about when we first saw the photo we were concerned the mosque had been hidden the quickly realized it was a marketing tool the developer of the building has reportedly said the images used are computer generated to create a visual representation of how the development will look to us they said they won't comment so whether it was a deliberate move or just an innocent marketing tool could be anyone's guess reporting from london. with our two. other news this afternoon the chief financial officer at the chinese smartphone manufacturer weiwei has been arrested by canadian authorities. the main one shoe was taken into custody in vancouver on december the first and now faces extradition to the us either canadian though nor

american authorities have revealed the motives behind the arrest though there are reports that the u.s. department of justice is investigating the chinese telecoms company for violating trade sanctions against iran china has reacted strongly to the arrest denying knowledge of any wrongdoing by the telecoms chief. of the request of the u.s. side of the canadian side arrested a chinese citizen not violating any american or canadian law the chinese side firmly opposes and strongly protests such actions which seriously harm the human rights of the victim while the rest has come after what seemed like a thaw in u.s. china relations following a meeting between presidents and paying at the g. twenty summit recently in argentina following his meeting with his chinese counterpart in buenos aires chum claimed them that a trade deal was in the works and that relations had taken a big leap forward or though shortly afterwards he tweeted a cabby at saying that if an agreement wasn't reached it's important to remember he

is a tariff man that cause stocks to plummet and the white house top economic advisor also added to the uncertainty to an interview with fox news. i think it's coming ok and what iran is what give us some details. it hasn't been signed and sealed and delivered yet but china so far has remained relatively quiet about the discussions this commerce ministry simply released a statement on wednesday saying it's promoting the work of the negotiations and looking to find areas in which progress can be made let's talk about all of this the doctor said and i'm chairing professor and doing that in just two jindal school of economics of international affairs i'm sorry and you're very welcome thanks for coming on firstly warshaw what do you want to show thoughts on this the speculation about why this chief financial officer was arrested you go along with the fact it might be in relation to striking deals with iran. publicly is likely to. cause but i don't think it's something people going on here

ground rules we are seeing a major technological if you want to block between china and the united states. at a glance. as we know it's been developing the. technology and the us companies are going to the fact that the chinese once it will wait are leaving the american. steel and the trade was. a recap of that you know it is linked to the monster. industry part of the chinese government or really in china twenty twenty five. even a blueprint for china predominated artificial intelligence wireless technology. all these things so i think the americans are using all. the talk or actually. you should try and prevent china from overtaking the u.s.

in the sense to do with china economically and possibly even. you solutions you've got a lot of them rotted you wanted competition and not just a tree lot ok dr charlie look we're going to have to leave it there were so sorry we've got a slight problem the line it's not that clear but we certainly get the gist of what you said there that was dr c. them ceria professor and dean at the school of international affairs thank you. parents in germany are angry about a brochure for kindergartens on how to tackle right wing sentiments the leaflet was produced by a german based foundation and the family ministry critics though alleges encourages children to spy on parents peter oliver has more. it's the season of goodwill to all of. the shit. right there a thought for those on through on the phones in checking emails one of germany's

antti racism n.g.o.s received around four hundred fifty hate calls in the first forty eight hours threatening things like terrorist attacks we haven't counted the exact number of emails but it was around five hundred so what is this all about the organization with the blessing from the german government has produced a brochure for kindergarten teachers and parents designed to tackle right ideology what to do if a child draws swastikas in class and says they do this what to do if its teacher is active on the far right see these are the types of situations and suggestions on how to deal with them addressed in the sixteen page guide why all the hate against it some of the information has rankled to say the least with far right blogs as well as mainstream conservatives a scenario as described where a kindergarten how to deal with children of parents involved with right to go away is dresses in braids and the boy faces physical challenges and takes part in drills

so what advice do you think was given to kindergarten stuff have a face to face with the parents it should be made clear to what extent all thora tarion in gender stereotype or renting styles limit the many possibilities of children and complicate their development some were ruffled by the advice quiting the wearing of dresses and braids with membership of the far right i find it unbelievable that a taxpayer funded brochure identifies girls wearing braids and clothes as potentially nationalist the family minister should have his booklet recalled and revised as soon as possible the anti immigration alternative for germany party seized on the backlash accusing me and geo of promoting secret police methods the ngo denied the allegations saying it didn't mean to cast. shadow on how kids are dressed and also added that the brochure was well received by professionals this is based on true cases transform long term counseling work with teachers have asked

for help dealing with nationalist families on doubted leaving the organization behind this brochure and the german family ministry the best of intentions here however in a country where most people still remember the d.d.r. asking teachers to look out for certain political motivations could prove problematic peter all over at the berlin. peace talks on the yemeni crisis are taking place in sweden later today the meeting is aimed at ending nearly four years of war in the region a war initially started by a saudi led military incursion we spoke to the president of the international committee of the red cross peter he says that both humanitarian and political measures should be taken to solve the crisis at the present moment and with talks in sweden we do hope that we manage the international community manages to draw a pathway to or more peaceful revolution in yemen what is certainly true is that

humanitarian spy their own cannot fix the situation in which yemenis to be disease one of the most dire humanitarian situation we have seen people have been dying not only from the direct attacks and the direct impact of war but in particular also from the destruction of infrastructure from the destruction of hospitals of water systems i think this is indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found and there is a slight. a light at the end of the tunnel maybe with peace talks going on in sweden. and yemen isn't the only region suffering a humanitarian crisis at the moment in syria for example over thirteen me. people who are in need there are six million internally displaced and then in afghanistan the u.n. says over six million people are in need a third of them children red cross president peter maer again says that the

organization is doing what it can in both countries priorities in syria definitely is to have access to as many people displaced within syria tools support as good as as ever we can to deliver a basic human need here in assistance in terms of water health services and services. many within syria are still displaced and we tried to contribute to destabilize ation. one of our largest operation worldwide where we are active in the whole of the country in all the provinces we have more than eleven outfits in afghanistan we are responding to people these placed we are responding to populations in need in all parts of the star and we have been worried over the last couple of years to see how much the civilian population but not only

the civilian population also militaries are exposed to enormous amounts of casualties we see people. really heavily affected and the i.c.r.c. has one of the most multifaceted human needs here in the response program in afghanistan which we try to continue in the future. now the passing of the former u.s. president george herbert walker bush has led to an outpouring of on this respect being paid although some do say a more critical look he's needed more on that story plus of his take just after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be

an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that midstream refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

welcome back now the french prime minister has announced that the government will not just suspend but completely abandon the proposed fuel tax hike fast and made phase of more unrest after weeks of violent nationwide protests that have already cost several lives and millions of euros. damage let's get the latest now in paris from our. good afternoon does this mean that the protesters have got what they want them. with they've got a little of what they've been asking for but the demands of been growing since these protests started almost three weeks ago and so far many people are not happy saying this is too little too late let's go back to what's been announced that is now a major u. turn from the french government no longer suspension on the hike on fuel tax for

six months but actually a complete scrapping of it for the two thousand and nineteen financial year this comes after weeks of protests including violent protests here in paris let's take a listen to what the french prime minister had to say on wednesday. the government is open to dialogue and has the backing of the majority in parliament and the government has shown these by removing the tax increase from the twenty nine thousand financial budget it will not be in that budget. well the french prime minister had originally said on tuesday that he would just be suspending the tax or say a mass impact truck from the french government but many of those purchases as i mentioned saying it's too little too late and we know that they are intending to go ahead with the protest on saturday which the nice a palace has described as being very likely to turn violent we also know that one

of the recent police unions has decided to join the yellow best movement offering its support and calling for its northern front stuff to be taking part in the protest all saturday here in paris and there have been some celebrations some victories for individuals who are happy that they're going to see. tax increase on fuel in two thousand and nineteen but many people. saying the president president my phone is just so out of touch with every day individual people and they want much much more we've been speaking to one member of the yellow vests movement this is what they have to say. it's a step backwards it shows mccraw and listens to the public only when things like this happen people are angry and the women across the country insults them even policemen are protesting they're also fed up no one listens to them no one gives them opportunities there is no way back to the country needs

a new political strategy. well those two weekends for just small island scale so on the streets here in paris and there was also on the edges of some of the other protests taking place of course front we know that more than a hundred people were injured in paris on saturday we knew that soon fall the yellow vests movements they have been deaths as a result since this protest started and we also know that today here in paris more than four hundred people will also unrest in the some of the damage and violence that was being cool first movement is also spreading it seems we know the crossing weeks that there have been people in both areas and other countries of course in your movement be wearing the best but also we've seen in the serbian parliament one member of parliament wearing a yellow vest in support and it now seems that some people on the streets of iraq

also taking to the gallows best at the moment it looks like this movement is not going to stop we have another protest is expected on saturday and the suggestion is that these protests could go on until at least the end of the. ok thank you sean ashanti to be there for empowers. the passing of america's forty first president george herbert walker. bush is going to not poor in the fall in this respect being paid obama he's kind of looks at whether the assessment of his time in office might have been tempted to some won't by the current political climate. so the sun has set on george herbert walker bush the forty first president of the united states there has been understandably an outpouring of grief from his friends and family and many voices in the media pursued a life of extraordinary service to america such a man so thoroughly decent so moderate in his beliefs model of what a public servant should be however it seems that the media is glossing over certain

aspects of bush's legacy it follows a pattern similar to the death of john mccain where the media keeps praise on to an individual and highlights one particular character quality above all else opposition to donald trump publicly contentious relationship between donald trump and george h.w. bush didn't vote for him in two thousand and sixteen it could be said that he thought donald trump had quote a certain ego and then he told you point blank he's a blowhard. he's a blowhard he was an oil tycoon and a cia chief who eventually became president his record wasn't spotless now we all know that donald trump never apologizes well after the united states shot down an iranian airliner and killed two hundred ninety civilians will remember this classic trump asked line that we heard from president bush never apologize for the united states of america ever i don't care what the facts are the media hails the first

war on iraq as one of his shining moments as was the case in the one nine hundred thirty s. we see instead a moose saying an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors that bush compared saddam hussein to at all for hitler he said that the bombs had to fall as a result of the gulf war thousands of civilians died he was also a big supporter of another war that being the war on drugs this this is crack cocaine. seized a few days ago by drug enforcement agents in a park just across the street from the white house well it turns out of the drug enforcement agency actually lowered the dealer to the white house so that this point could be made now bush called for harsher penalties lock them up longer prison sentences thirty years later we've got the biggest prison population in the world in the united states but the drug crisis has spiraled out of control h. w. died shortly after the rise of me too and many women came forward at that time

saying that he had certain proclivities he reached his hand around and sad to the group who did you know my favorite magician is and we all said no move and he said david copperfield and at that moment i felt him grab my behind the former president acknowledged that some of these allegations were true but he said that the quote padding of women's rears was intended to be good natured so american mainstream media has mourn the passing of george herbert walker bush much like it mourns the passing of other former leaders however it seems that american media has a bit of a selective memory especially if you don't like donald trump a little up and artsy new york and that is the news for now i will back again with the headlines and more stories in just over half an.

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