if. you believe that. the. new theater of war donald trump unveils numb vicious puns and put u.s. missile defense systems into orbit. as britain is to resume a scramble to hammer out a new e.u. do bold deal the government documents suggest the second referendum could now be on

the cards. russia's board forces are put to the test in their first time to go training exercises of the year marty is there to witness the dizzying. to celebrate its live video and for longer for the boys inject gives us his unique take on the me too movement claiming it's been corrupted and is no longer a force for good. play. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me. the top story this hour laser drones space based sensors and ground based missile did. now it's all on donald trump's wish list the u.s.

president has unveiled a plan for an ambitious the expansion of america's defense capabilities after the pentagon published a review outlining the threats facing the country. breaks down the development we're gardeners of the term spy world's strongest men to dodge questions about a new global arms race well we may have to come to terms with reality in some kind of form it's definitely begun it is not enough to merely keep pace with our adversaries we must outpace them. at every single turn we must pursue the advanced technology and research to guarantee that the united states is always several steps ahead of those who would do us harm who will always be at the forefront of everything. the u.s. withdrawal from the anti-ballistic missile treaty which was the cornerstone in the field of non proliferation of nuclear weapons and deterring an arms race has forced

us to respond by creating new weapon systems to overcome these missile defense systems now we hear that russia has an advantage yes that's true there is no analogue of this system in the world america's just published the first review of its missile defense program in almost a decade and it besides plans to deploy twenty new ground based interceptors in alaska as well as new radars and sensors besides plans to use laser armed drones and stealth the f. thirty five jets the donald trump administration wants a leap in technological development the president is keen to get a space force space is a new world striding domain. with the space for worse leading the way it's ultimately going to be a very very big part of our defense and obviously. offense.

the u.s. president is talking about ok maybe not star wars but militarizing space for sure the ultimate goal is to be able to take down enemy missiles even before they leave the airspace of what the president calls rogue countries we will ensure that enemy missiles know saying sure on earth or in the skies above it won't happen regardless of the missile type or geographic origins of the attack mr trump did call out north korea and iran but in the program review you'll also find russia and china however when it comes to the whole space force idea a great deal of the tall g.'s yet to be developed so the president wanted to make sure the cash goes that way in his speech but if you thought all of this wasn't about the nearest future we think the best approach is a network of satellites and low orbit we're getting started on that this year among the threats donald trump pointed out specifically were hypersonic missiles

a system capable of launching such weapons called was successfully tested by russia at the end of december. and i'm good at the avenue guard system is invulnerable to any current or perspective missile or air defense system of a potential enemy this is a big victory for our country. according to the russian side the reason they're ramping up their r. and d. and strategic defenses is america's overblown military budget and everything it's being spent on parity means global security. from a u.s. congressman ron paul told us the movie is not just about politics. well i think the biggest issue here is somebody's going to make a lot of money on it you know reminds me of star wars a few years back that never really developed but people got excited about it and

you know i'm all for having defensive weapons if necessary but quite frankly i can't quite see the danger that they're talking about that we have to now go much further into debt on something that may take many many years and there's questions on how well it would work but we're we're already running a tree and our debt every year and in this this can't be paid for out of the bar and money and i just don't see see the danger that they're claiming but there's a lot of a lot of support for it especially the people who get to build this there's a boondoggle for a lot of people so i think the military industrial complex is very very powerful very very influential and every congressman in the in the states here has some type of military operation that is they build weapons so there's an interest in the house and the lobbying is very heavy and frequently it goes along further

than most people would guess that it should. and new leaks document has shown that despite the reason may strident denials thank you kc government is considering calling a second gregg's that referendum it comes off of the prime minister's original divorce deal with met with it was down during rejection from m.p.'s with the details his. a government document has been leaked outlining how long it would take for legislation to pass that would authorize the holding of a second referendum a so-called people's vote it's a one page memo and it says that it would take around seven months for that legislation to be drafted and to pass and then another twelve weeks for the electoral commission who are responsible for organizing elections here in the u.k. it would take them twelve weeks to come up with the question that would be on the ballot paper and the potential question on the potential second referendum is also

something that would be hotly contested and hotly debated by the different sides of that debate now that time frame which is around ten months to a year would mean that it would be impossible to hold a second referendum by march twenty ninth and that of course is the date that the u.k. would leave the e.u. so presumably if that is to be an option then there would need to be an extension of article fifty and for the u.k. to continue to remain in the e.u. while they try to sort themselves out now the government they've been asked about this document and they say it's merely for illustrate of purposes and that they're not planning on proposing a second referendum it was a short paper setting out factual detail on the number of months that would be required it was produced to inform the discussion respected this issue to be brought to the meeting it was illustrated vote only opposition is that a second referendum won't be happening and it's not just the conservatives who are

under pressure to hold that second referendum jeremy corbyn he's the leader of the labor party the leader of the opposition here in the u.k. it is thought that up to a hundred of his own labor m.p.'s would like him to hold and put up the position that labor wants a second referendum but of course with the court it is a little bit hesitant to do so because many labor voters particularly in the north of england also voted. to leave the you mr corbett nevertheless laying out his condition for his support for a second referendum also said made it very clear that all the options are on the table including the public vote option which we made clear in our conference motion which was i have to remind you unanimously agreed by our conference last september the european union would absolutely extend article fifty if the government requested it to hold a general election or if there was a prospect of a second referendum so you're opinion would love for britain to cancel brix it but

merely to for parliament to work out what border actually should be doing with brics it two and a half years after the start date you would agree to that. a new poll has found that if a second referendum were held the majority of voters would choose to remain in the e.u. is the biggest surgeon support or remain since the twenty sixteen brags that vote comes as politicians struggle to reach any consensus over how briggs it should look polly boyko picks up the story. the people may have voted but the british parliament is in political turmoil over what the u.k.'s departure from italy you should look like did some politicians get their way whether it should happen at all to this issue but to the elected what you and the possibility of. the british public to get back. to reconsider this is

a cause for deception but most of those people that promise to help you know why we bothering to leave and. we're still subject to all the rules over on the continent of these slighted politicians will be hoping that perhaps the imperfect but stable relationship between brussels and london could be heading towards their union if a deal is impossible and no one wants no deal then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is so if you think their people have voted then think again governments have been known to ignore a referendum result or to. ireland learned this the hard way twice in two thousand and one after a smallish campaign irish voters rejected expanding the bloc east island effectively put a spoke in the e.u.'s wheels when it was keen to invite nations like romania and

bulgaria into the club so the e.u. irish government invested in a big yes campaign and a year later the vote was rerun. a majority of votes against the proposal. that irish decision on the use defacto constitution the lisbon treaty suffered the same fate majority in favor of the proposal. by c.b.s. lot as a sign of confidence about the irish people and european union as a sign of their desire to be all hearted members of european union. before the break that shambles it was the greek debt crisis keeping e.u. officials are clear night. in twenty fifteen the new greek prime

minister staged a referendum in which weak citizens overwhelmingly rejected in these austerity policies but brussels imposed them anyway those living in the birthplace of democracy well pleased with what they saw as an undemocratic protests. and this one may not be related to the e.u. but it is related to britain in twenty twelve voters in the city of manchester rejected having elected mayors but a couple of years later david cameron's westminster government imposed them on the region anyway late last year the top court ruled that brags it can be reversed unilaterally by the u.k. stressing the referendum in june twenty sixth in wasn't legally binding so technically in terms of the law the u.k. government is free to choose whatever route it wants be it plowing ahead with

gregg's it or snapping it into a river shore stopping bragg's it would be a failure to honor the will of the people but given the political turmoil that unfold. did hear in the past two and a half years there has been a shift in public opinion the latest polls show that now fifty six percent of u.k. voters would say no to bragg's it so given these circumstances there are plenty of politicians here key to break their brags that promise to sell it as the noble thing to do. russia's born forces have been holding their first tactical training exercises of the year artie's maría for national is in western russia for us watching the paratroopers being put through their paces and performing some raising feats. live

from would almost ninety years ago the russian war the soul force is also known as the considered to be among the finest fighting forces in the country place additional delays and on the floor of the super bowl elite fighters in russia today the ways you can see those places was probably the guys are going to the skies today lizzie live for the supers war the applause the cold if you can see the very carefully shot all this the enemy states because the law is all these young military man linear

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still to come china has warned also one not to freeze the telecoms giant huawei out of kind of just five g. network will bring you all the details on that front after this short break stay with us.

that entire collection of countries and regions that have been the main economic. players for decades now over time they're going to become this much more players of the world is going to evolve china india middle east africa. under certain scenarios they're going to represent about eighty percent of world g.d.p. at the end of the century and that scenario is where they do catch up in terms of productivity growth. welcome back china's ambassador to canada. his heart at justin trudeau is government warning that there will be consequences if weiwei is frozen out of the

country's five g. network canada is one of a number of western countries considering taking action against the to the chinese tech giant over security concerns if the canadian government does buy and walk away from participating in the five g. network then asked what kind of repercussions they'll be i'm not sure but i believe there will be repercussions. evangelos that theft takes is through this snowballing dispute between china and canada. well it's pretty mets comes down to who is going to dominate the five g. race five g. is a next generation network which will provide a faster and quicker internet speed will you be able to upload files or chat with your friends via what's up is the ground or facebook now again it's more efficient than the previous one which is four g. and it's much much faster as i said earlier but again this is just for the average the user like me and everybody else but for big companies this means big bucks and guess who wants to be first in this race it is imperative that america be fruits in

fifth generation where a list acknowledges there is one thing that stands between the u.s. and all that money and that is why the chinese firm that has now deployed its products and services in more than one hundred seventy countries around the world is the world's leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer we even surpassing last year apple as a second largest when it comes to manufacturing cell phones now that makes the u.s. worry u.s. prosecutors are now building a criminal case against chinese firms accusing them of stealing trade secrets from american companies senators are now trying to impose a bill to ban the cells of u.s. chips and components the chinese firms and the reason of course because they believe that the chinese firms in the u.s. are acting on behalf of the chinese communist party pretty much spying by the way has raised serious concerns among u.s. officials for a potential role in cyber espionage given their reported links to china's state

security services and while way threaten the security of our networks due to their close ties to the chinese government has reportedly of course the night any connection between them and the government and beijing and they still stay confident that they will lead the race in the five egypt ology but the u.s. of course is actually pressuring its. and it has already been banned in new zealand taiwan and australia and the us government's continued to pressure its the u.k. norway france and germany czech republic poland and japan to follow the same path as them and all this of course crisis is coming as the world is on the horns of a dilemma whether to follow or the fall of the us despite efforts in markets creating fear about way using politics to interfere with growth customers continue to trust us and continue to work with us and build networks with their technologies it's like running a race we are leading we'll see whether this is indeed

a case of actually security issues or this is just competitors pressuring governments around the world. for a photo of a ten year old canadian boy dressed up in full drag and stood next to a naked drag queen has caused outrage online the boy is a child drag star no news queen taisha the widely shared image has caused many to question whether it's appropriate for a child to be involved in the world of drag but the boy's mother has defended his passion. he knows their idol the aspects of drag the she's not allowed to apply to his show the photographer behind the controversial image has defended the accompanying article saying it was a balanced and thoughtful piece about the issue of sexualizing children despite that these he subsequently deleted his social media accounts psychologist dr r. an imitator shows that children dressing up in drag is not an oculist perth time as

some play. i've taught human sexuality almost twenty years nearly eighty times my mother opened up canada's first sex store so i am not prudish i am as a liberal and open minded as you get but i'm also a psychologist and you don't need to be a psychologist to know that a child in gauging in this type of behavior where their self image their identity is totally centered around sexuality now some people say well he's just dancing around he's a dressing like a girl that's not sexual anyone who knows the history of drag queens knows that there is a sexual component is it the only component no but it is a large part of it so to have a young child parading around for money doing things that is associated with an adult form of sexuality where they are completely objectified people are not going

there for their personality they're not going there because they think that they're intelligent or charming although charm might be part of the persona they're going there for this other part of it to somebody has a late teen or an adult wants to engage in this fine but when you're young child you're still trying to find out who you are you're still trying to gain a sense of who you are in this world and that who you are is purely about your image and about your sexuality regardless of what they want to claim this is what how other people are seeing them it will have a lasting impact on most children. i mean it's a maze once again sexual assault has been making headlines since two thousand and seven tane however it was founded more than a decade ago as some think it is very coarse from its original purpose we spoke with slovenian philosophize level gave us his thoughts on when me too has been and where it's guy. you know my. my we talk about six.

pumps that they say this is the only view. of. some black we mean. me two years ago already proposed that. they no race they're pretty good for us and believe me he's no longer what it was. no this excessive mixture so you are wrong you are immediately and so one of the last of the fact that need to wait but only a day it doesn't. social problems. daily exploitation and so on and so on. let's be frank although they speak about. what they are really

busy today if fear of their labor i won't make peace lead the main dish the big movement but how. did you start it if your long pretty easy mo he just laid out the telly in video has your need to move them. well that interview is part of any miniseries r.t. has produced called how to watch news you can find the full version of this is a episode on web site and teaching a child. now another doping scandal has rocked the world of sports and this time it's one of the most gentil discipline found in the most unexpected way.

we were way ahead and had played loosely than they went to the bathroom for ten minutes and came back with a few joys everything runs well for them they go to the toilet and then don't throw another bad goal when they come back. so i hope the duchess who lost against the belgians and found an excuse i've never heard of could kind of competitions. will cain no i stick to be around just peace but. if you're in the olympic sport you get money and then we console a possible problem with cocaine. well those are the headlines for this hour join us again in thirty minutes for all the late.

ninety's gone into a nihilistic fever just want to thank and hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the charlatans the genius of this place especially american hero this is it we've come a point from which alan is gone so we always are on the margins something. called the culture thing for america. where starting last with is going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast and i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more gonzo than it may be completely different but in the mystery. british when. voters said yes to leave the e.u. the clock started ticking towards march twenty nine which bragg said looming it is clear what members of parliament are against what is not clear is what the support

time is running out as a compromise still calls. when the role may just manufacture consent to step into the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the flame and merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room signal. room i mean real news is really. you know world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath 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 for watching closely watching the hawks. i. think he was a. yes you know. just i don't hide oh i lost his boss because i just begun to got to be just part of the media which as you know. the book your money might tell those implicit but the pessimist want to go he says you went i mean what i thought i mean. you know if anyone.