with what you would consider the sort of post-war liberal international consensus that that american foreign policy is held. there might be some claim that there are elements of that critique that has the liberty here's the problem though it's not enough to offer a critique you can say that there are problems with the existing foreign policy and then you have to offer something that's better person period alternatives and this is where i think trump is has failed miserably. in your. eyes to the right three hundred feet. to the left three hundred twenty five so they know you said. a

turbulent week in british politics as teresa mayes government survives a no confidence vote a day after her brags a divorce agreement was shot down by her fellow m.p.'s. but may's battle may not be over as opposition leaders lay out terms for negotiations. but still good must remove must remove truly once and for all the prospect. of a no deal principally. and in syria four americans including two soldiers are killed by an explosion in the strategic city of responsibility for the attack has been claimed by islamic state. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right now british prime minister theresa may has won a confidence vote in her government it comes

a day after her brags that a divorce agreement was overwhelmingly rejected by lawmakers. buyers to the right. to the three hundred twenty five so the news that this is i mean i know. that you out. there i'm pleased that this house has expressed its confidence in the governor you know that i'm always delighted when more of whom i'm sure was true the strength of the after relation. to not take this responsibility like me in my government will continue its work to increase our prosperity all of us recognize the sponsibility that we have and on the back of the defeat of the government's motion last night guarantee our security and strengthen our you and yes we leave the european union as one country that is working the coming days to achieve that you. know when when but by golly that was pretty

narrow and speaking after the vote she said she's keen to get on with the task at hand that is of course this brags that headache that she has and in order to get on with gregg's that she says she needs to start some cross party crisis talks on bragg's it immediately as early as this evening in fact in order to come to some sort of consensus on an alternative for exit plan now let's call it that after her brags it plan a tanked in parliament last night to raise it may sustained an unprecedented defeat when she took her for example and a deal to column and she wasn't able to push that through so tonight after winning the no confidence motion she was that sort of extending an olive branch to all the other political parties saying look let's work together it's not something she. she's known for really she hadn't spoken to other parties in the past she's known

for not really talking to have political foes or anyone outside of her circle of trust but she said let's talk take a listen to what the other political party leaders had to say to her in response before there can be any positive discussions about the way forward the government that the government must remove must remove clearly once and for the prospect of the catastrophe of the no dual branch of the. chaos that would come as a result of that i commit the scottish national party to work constructively with the government however i do think it should make you think this important is not the car that we make it clear to the prime minister in the spirit of openness in these talks that the issue of removing article extending article fifty of people's fault and avoiding a new deal have to be on the table we have to. be sure that we can move forward and

achieve the result which go unify all the lesions in the building you make you can do. well there she is politically weakened being backed into a corner by other political parties they're all holding to reason may's feet to the fire really jeremy corbyn the leader of the labor party said hello to talk to her if she rules out a no deal brags it appears to be the only option that there might be a consensus over wanting to reject that something that everyone might agree that they don't want but ian black third of the s.n.p. going one step further saying he'll only talk to to resume a if he keeps the option of a second referendum on the table so it seems that the defeat last night is paving the way certainly for potentially a softening of bragg's it one of to resume a zone ministers said in an interview today. a that the government may have to look at the option of staying in the customs union which had been one of the prime

minister's red lines when she was going into the negotiations with brussels in terms of what she said she wouldn't wouldn't change and what she wanted no matter what so that's out the window it looks like potentially what's taken place it does raise the specter not just of softening the braggs the process but potentially of reversing it all together over seventy labor m.p.'s came out and pledged their support for a rerun of the e.u. referendum today and those that don't want to leave will certainly be encouraged by what they're hearing from brussels because the president of the european council donald tersely tweeted last night saying that if a deal is impossible and nobody wants no deal then who will have the courage to say what the only positive option is well there are a lot of people with the courage to say that here in the u.k.

and they seem to be lobbying for it rather strongly not only that but we're also hearing from brussels that article fifty which is the date that britain is set to leave the e.u. at the moment is set for the twenty ninth of march this year it's coming out very shortly that could be extended not just for a couple of months as was previously thought but because of the scale of the political turmoil here in the u.k. over brags that that could be extended to britain's departure from the e.u. potentially until next year. i just u.k. prime minister theresa may has given a short statement from number ten downing street after winning a no confidence vote in parliament she emphasized her intention to deliver on the results of the two thousand and sixteen referendum to leave the e.u. may help in meetings with representatives of the minority parties in parliament before her remarks and tomorrow she is slated to meet with other senior government representatives the country some trees

a maze victory comes twenty four hours after a day of defeat her draft brags a divorce agreement was opposed by an overwhelmingly overwhelming majority of her fellow m.p.'s including many conservative rebels. not surprisingly there has been plenty of interest in the events in westminster across the channel in europe spain austria and the czech republic said their governments are prepared for any type of brags that some other european leaders also expressed their readiness for anything . regarding the future relations the reason of course the possibility of further defining certain points if this helps to avoid a hard break that scenario we will of course do everything to find an orderly solution but who are also prepared if there is no orderly solution we still have time to negotiate but we are now waiting to see what the british prime minister proposes we want the u.k. work to rome from its red lines of the costumes union in the single market the position could evolve also leaders of long lamented that result from the two

thousand and sixteen referendum but now that that deal that was on the table has been outright rejected by parliamentarians in the u.k. it seems that they think that the only option now is for the u.k. to remain possibly via a second referendum angler merkel the german chancellor said there was still times for talks and clarification there was also clarification from claude the president of the european commission who said he regretted that decision by the u.k. parliament meanwhile the president of the european council donald went even further saying that there was only one positive solution and that of course it seems to be it is just stay in the you now other e.u. leaders have pretty much had it to the back of their teeth with the decision from the u.k. with leaders from italy and france trying to put their own country's interests

first rather than k. president matt corners even to some degree started to give the u.k. the cold shoulder. the u.k. is heading towards a no deal despite little grimace it scares everybody the first losers of the british people maybe we can improve on one or two points i don't really believe that because we went to so far as we could in the existing agreements am. just in order to try and solve the problem of british internal politics we want to not defend the interests of europeans but plenty session is taking place currently in. parliament it's being led by people of course talking about breaks it might have been hoping that they could be dotting the i's and crossing the t's and they do today but not so it looks like it's back to the drooling board and in fact there are warnings now that a high risk new deal is

a very likely outcome. of a no deal has never seemed so high goal is to avoid such a scenario but we also have a responsibility to remain cool headed which is why i wouldn't turn. to this possibility many voices are now suggesting that a second referendum is a very realistic possibility but briggs it is a warning that if a second referendum takes place it might produce the same result but actually with the launch a majority for leave if the trial becomes complete and we are forced to vote in a second referendum you may be in for a big surprise the british may be a very placid people very laid back but i promise you they get pushed to it's a law and. we will be even more defiant if we have to fight a second referendum i will win it by a big majority. well the conservative government may have survived the vote of no

confidence tonight but let us take a look at the journey that has led to this point prime minister david cameron quit after britain voted to leave the e.u. theresa may won the race to replace him a year later she triggered article fifty and officially started bridge that negotiations last july she proposed the so-called checkers deal opposition to which sparked the resignation of key ministers including foreign secretary boris johnson returning to talks with the. you a deal was reached and the pm set a december date for parliament to vote on it but then fearing defeat may postponed the vote triggering a no confidence motion within her own party which she survived and only at last night may's deal as widely predicted was overwhelmingly rejected by m.p.'s director of the crisis research institute mark almond told us there is a lack of clarity in parliament on which direction to take. even before the referendum i remember talking to some of the people organizing relief campaign and

i had imagined that they would have to hold each stage will all parts of the european. to go. home so they would come out of the traps with a woman this is what will her instead it took three years to even begin a process partly because you can sort of pretty divided you don't want to do it it's also true the opposition is very broad so we having these deep divisions and they come to cross hall and they cut across the country too so in the south used to be. a stronghold. you have quite the opposite result. in further review so you have deep divisions in the population growth to. the tree of authority to stay within the north of england you have a clear majority to leave. two u.s. soldiers one american civilian and one american contractor among the blast victims in an explosion rocked

a crowded area in the center of the syrian city three other service members received injuries this is according to the u.s. central command reports say at least fifteen people were killed in the attack the local media published a video of c.c.t.v. footage capturing the moment of the blast and a bit of a warning you may find these images disturbing. no. you really she. was a mix tape has claimed responsibility for the blast u.s. military command says the troops were conducting a routine patrol shortly after the attack american military vehicles were filmed close to the scene by artie's a video agency ruptly u.s. military helicopter reportedly flew in to evacuate the injured parties possibly or has. been more than a dozen walking down the main street it is near a busy market it is also near a cafe where we've heard from eyewitnesses there was a meeting underway between members of the military council and what they say are

some foreign dignitaries but we don't have any information as to the nationality of those in the meeting we assume they were american islamic state has claimed responsibility it was a suicide bomber with an explosive vest who carried out the last for now the area in and around among the is one of the main hotspots in syria where almost all players of the conflict are concentrated are these medina question over has more on their interests and goals. and then bush is the best place to try to understand the complicated puzzle of competing groups and the ones united syria which is now so divided it with the multiple wars tearing the country apart located east of aleppo and west of the euphrates river three hundred thousand people live in the arab dominated city has been under the control of kurds for the past two years ever since they drove out and now if we look at the map this city is

a tense frontline for well average single party involved in the conflict first there are kurdish forces who for generations have been locked in a bit of battle with attacks as you're in the territory do in syria will be necessary lessons for us there is no difference between the one p.g. the. p. y. d. p. kerry kerry and we will very soon take actions and neutralize the terrorist groups in syria the kurds moving west of the euphrates was a red line for turkey and at the same time turkey considers the kurdish presence there a provocation on the other hand they sacrificed a many men and resources to wrestle control for myself and won't be leaving without a fight while those drops the us right in it up to its knees which is friends of both had to bring in its own troops to keep turkey because away from each other but while washington was trying to keep the warring sides opponents as our forces were

provoking the wrath of ankara. the us is in the process of creating a terror army on our border but we have to do is nip this terror army in the barred america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us or we will run out of patience and the us also had a hard time pressuring the kurds to actually leave the town so kurdish commanders have made commitments that they will turn over areas to local populations as they have been so tremendously successful in liberating those areas from gosh we expect them to live up to those commitments well the kurds are still in the town and after trump surprise the world and now unsing there was trouble of his troops the kurds still worried about the threat coming from turkey turn to damascus and ask for help bringing yet another player into town now there are talks of introducing

a save their own to the area but even that won't help the parties to settle their differences which leaves the man bearish as a microcosm of the entire multi interest fight which is the syrian conflict. right now let's cross live to jim johnson us who is a former u.s. diplomat who can help us rubber miles around the situation. jim just hours after the blast in mombasa to the u.s. vice president mike pence declared victory over islamic state let's listen to what he had to say and then maybe comment on it after the fact. the caliphate has crumbled and isis has been defeated. now will stay in the region and will stay in the fight to ensure that isis does not rear its ugly head again we will protect the gains that our soldiers and our coalition partners secured but this president has often spoken about his his desire to bring an end to endless wars in america the ability to bring our troops home. it

seems that there is confusion at best but a lack of understanding about the fight against terror there and how it is actually progressing what do you think about pensions claim is the battle over or what are we looking at here. well the short answer is yes look if we accept what president trumps formal position is that we were only there in syria to fight isis and that has been done the so-called kali fate has been destroyed the unfortunate timing of this incidents compared to two vice president punches speech really doesn't change that obviously there will still be continuing terrorist activity from isis and many other players there by the way we do isis has claimed responsibility i don't take that claim is dispositive as to who is necessarily behind this it could have been isis it might have been somebody else but i don't think that changes the the essential thrust of what mr prince was saying so donald trump has announced that

the u.s. is pulling its troops out of syria will this attack for those plans i mean do you think that the u.s. will stay a little bit longer given i mean we've even known that within his own ranks the pentagon doesn't really agree with. donald trump's assessment of the situation. well i think the problem is not so much from the pentagon for from people like a national security adviser john bolton secretary of state my comp aoe. and also i'm sure some elements of the pentagon as well. of course with the president has been criticized by a lot of people for saying he wants to get out of syria although i think most americans agree with him with that position is this. is this going to have an impact on that and there was a report today that rand paul was on his way to the white house to help convince the president that he should stay the course on getting out of syria meanwhile on american media you have

a lot of people saying or at least implying that this is somehow trump fault for somehow saying we're getting out of syria and creating this opportunity to attack us so i think it's a very fluid situation i would say though the president will continue with a deliberative withdrawal of our forces all right jim johnson former u.s. diplomat thanks for your thoughts on this i'm sure you and i will have much more to discuss about many things in the future looking forward to it. all right an interview with a conservative radio host who took a surprising turn when the guest made a racial accusation that backfired we take a look at that right after a short break you are watching international stay with us.

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welcome back this is our t.v. international now an interview on a sirius x.m. radio show took an ironic turn on tuesday c.n.n. analyst roland martin appearing on political talk show host david webb's program raised the issue of white privilege when discussing the website success however the charge soon backfired in an unexpected way. by virtue of being a white male you have. a whole long conversation i don't have time to read i hate to break it to you should have been better trapped i'm black and twitter users blasted martin on the social network following the gaffe with many questioning the recent trend of using identity politics as an excuse or explanation for literally everything so for more on this let's go live to anthony rather right who is

a political activist to discuss the situation further thanks for being with us here on our international. racial politics in the states. let's say he is having a resurgence especially if you look at what's happening in congress with stephen king but that's a whole different conversation but during this radio program ms martin assumed webb was white and used race to advance her argument was she justified in doing that and why did she choose to go that route. yeah i first i have to say well thanks for having me back on as always great to be with you all but yeah it's very unfortunate that she made that gaffe because i think it clued in from having a much deeper conversation which is to say that there are certainly black people black men specifically who have benefited from white privilege even though they themselves are not white and i think that by assuming that just because the gentleman was on fox news that he was indeed white that really hurt the ability to

have a more cogent and deeper conversation about the issue so the history of black white relations certainly shows us that there was a time when people of african descent were severely disadvantaged in american society and the idea of white privilege it's something that people who are white really don't have the ability to wrap their mind around talk to me about the concept of white privilege and. its existence in the states yeah absolutely i mean . we can go back much further you know one of one of my heroes of course. as malcolm x. spoke about the difference between the house negro and the field negro race so and then even going back to slavery itself we know that slavery was used in a way to separate poor black people from poor white people who were both being disadvantaged by a capitalist wealthy class of white people and what happened what they basically

did david rohde or the great. marxist writers were for to it as the wages of whiteness and we saw you know even with what l.b.j. said way if you can convince a poor white man that they are still above a poor black man they were empty their pockets out for you so what it basically it is created and it did instill mainly upon white upon white men some privileges that would allow them to at least be higher than the lowest rung at that time it was definitely african-americans descendants of african slaves so this is been a specter that's been following our country where the been a part of the united states since its inception since it was stolen you know from the original inhabitants of this and we saw it you know with obama of course saw a lot of the. powder kegs if you will about to explode with the twenty sixteen election of donald trump and as you mentioned with stephen was steve king i mean

that's just the latest. flare up of white privilege and this issue of racial bifurcation in the united states right now and this is i mean this is a very this is going to be a little bit kind of pushing back just a little bit but is it possible that some people are abusing claims of racial or other discrimination as an excuse for lack of personal achievement not always the case but does this happen. i think that absolutely i would agree that there is a threshold and there are definitely some people who would exploit racial oppression to somehow benefit them i wouldn't i don't like the term necessarily weaponize ing race because i don't think that if you are of a marginalized identity you can weaponize it but i definitely do think it can be exploited and and it does make you know it makes it harder but what we really have to look at is are those people traumatized are they you know by a nation that is fueled in was founded on in

a sense on white supremacy i wonder if it's you know so is it genuine or not but i would agree with your pushback there are definitely some people who use it as an ad hominum attack and we have to we have to call that i'll just you know we have to keep it germane and we have to have cogent discussions i mean we have to be honest that white privilege does exist in united states of america but if i'm not doing my part you know i'm not going to go as far as our poor president obama said and said that anyone who pulls up their bootstraps is automatically going to get success but at the same time yeah there are definitely people out there who don't want to do anything and would sort of use this narrative and. it does week in in a way so i take umbrage like you just said with people who would just throw it out there without any basis because it does weaken actual instances of white supremacy or racial bigotry indeed i'd like to talk about this for a lot longer unfortunately our half hour is up but hopefully you can come back and

help us discuss this further anthony rogers right political activist thanks for being with us here on out international thank you so much. all right one is of top the hour stay with us. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business. i'm show business i'll see you then. there's albeit a whole cost going on in america for profit and the drug companies are killing millions of americans for profit and if no politician does anything about it i mean i look around the world and i see this relational in the frats protests and i see that is growing growing globally and john locke said in sixteen of the ninety i

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