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international our top story this hour the foreign ministers of russia and germany have sharply criticized the u.s. decision to walk away from a key arms control treaty seeing the move under mines global stability. after the u.s. leaves the i.n.f. treaty the whole system of farms control and the stability of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty would be under threat from our current we're really interested in saving the i.n.f. treaty and russia can assist us in that. the us has said it will return or from the i.n.f. treaty agreement with russia at the beginning of next month moscow says' its hands invited us inspectors to examine the missiles which washington claims violate the treaty. invitation not being taken out russia's deputy foreign minister claimed on wednesday that responsibility for the failure of the agreement lies squarely with america which he says has been on willing to negotiate in good faith just some

background on this some pictures you might be familiar with the i.n.f. treaty was signed in one thousand nine hundred seven by ronald reagan and gorbachev and took effect a year later it's the belated that both the us and the soviet union destroy all grown based missiles which ranges between five hundred and five thousand five hundred kilometers under the agreement neither side how the right to test produce or deploy any such missiles in the future. well the latest dispute comes after donald trump on failed plans for one precious expansion of america's defense capabilities for the pentagon published to review our landing their threats facing the country. takes a closer look. were gardeners of attempts by 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 their

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 with the us 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 stealthy 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 force 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 find no sanctuary 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 . 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 the seven but. i want to go to 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 we sold out the thoughts of former u.s. congressman ron paul he told us the president's plan in his opinion isn't solely about politics. well i think the biggest issue here is somebody 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 already running a trillion dollar debt every year and in this this can't be paid for other than bar

and money and i just don't see see the danger that that they're claiming but there's a lot of a lot of support for it especially the people who get to build 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 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. be moving to a newly leaked document shows the despite teresa mayes objections the u.k. government has been exploring the possibility of a second break said referendum the revelation comes after m.p.'s emphatically rejected the prime minister's original e.u. to force deal plunging the country deeper into political crisis well the paper sets

a timetable for a second vote indicating that the whole process could take up to a year down to include seven months to lay the legal groundwork and a further three months out least for testing the question to be asked it also the scale says other practicalities including the length of time necessary for some painting. however downing street has responded to the leak by denying that the government is actively planning for a second vote it cleans the document is purely for illustrator purposes reiterated the prime minister's position that breaks it will go ahead there are those who want to see no deal and those who want to see a second referendum potentially frustrate bret's it a second referendum would lead instead to division it's my duty to deliver on the british people's instruction to leave the european union and i intend to do so

while the leader of the opposition labor party in the u.k. has set out the conditions under which he would support a second vote germy corben said i'll assume people's vote would be better with no deal the spike the initial referendums wants generation to. 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 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 do with breaks in two and a half years after the start date. would agree to that. well a recent poll has just shown that of a second referendum where it's been held the partly a majority of voters would choose to remain in the european union it's the biggest

surge in support for remain since the twenty sixth being bragg's a vote polly bork looks into a rerun of the referendum wouldn't be without precedent. the people may have voted but the british parliament is in political turmoil over what the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. should look like and if some politicians get their way whether it should happen at all to this issue but to the electorate what the possibility of. the british public to get back. to reconsider this brics it is a call for deception but most of those people that promise to help you know why we bothering to leave and. still subject to all the rules over on the continent 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 he was 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.

but the majority of votes against the proposal. was the irish decision on the defacto constitution the lisbon treaty suffered the same fate majority in favor of the proposal. i see deer salute as a sign of confidence about the irish people in european union as a sign of their desire to be all hearted members of the european union. before the break that shambles it was the greek debt crisis keeping e.u. officials are put night. in twenty fifteen the new greek prime minister staged a referendum in which weak citizens overwhelmingly rejected the e.u.'s austerity policies but brussels imposed them anyway those living in the birthplace of democracy weren't pleased with what they saw as an undemocratic process.

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 mayor 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 once be it plowing ahead with gregg's it or snapping it into reverse shore stopping brags it would be a failure to honor the will of the people but given the political turmoil that unfolded here 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 keen to break their brags it. miss added to set it as the noble thing to do. hundreds of the least russian part of troopers have been braving heavy snow and icy skellies those they hold their first talk to collector sizes of the year r t s maria financial travel to western russia to watch them being put through their paces and perform some of her raising feats. i .

found it almost ninety years ago for the russian airborne the sole force is also known as the considered to be among the finest fighting forces in the country this traditional blue brazen drawing on the surety that the symbol of elite fighters in russia today the phrases you can see are replaced with why the problem is the guys are going to the skies today. before the troopers board the aircraft all the equipment should be very carefully checked to see any mistake could cost the lives of these young military men.

out there where. i. we'll. play. play russian paratroopers are told to land anytime of the take any fees and all three on any terrain deep snow like this one all said and done they proved this skill during training like today was telling it on os right now. does that show so we'll just we'll go those. which are those in with let you in your game with those we're doing so good with you.

when the tough get going china has fired a warning shot accounted as a battle for the west for tech dominance we'll have that story for you and like you seconds. that entire collection of countries and regions that have been the main economic. players for decades now over time they're going to become just 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. you know world's big partners. and conspiracy it's time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart 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 troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. ninety minutes into the program welcome back the head of the world doping agency has hailed what he calls a major breakthrough for clean sport after one of the agency's teams a visited the

russian law at the center of the country's doping scandal unsuccessfully retrieved in their words the data it needs to complete the investigation our team sports correspondent alexia chef he joins us in the studio with the details. so there was a team is satisfied it has all the data it needs how significant is this development well it's too early to open champagne and celebrate obviously there will be major developments next week we hope but may just sign is that the main conditions to related by the world anti-doping agency for risottos full unconditional reinstatement was to obtain the data from the. anti-doping laborde story something which has been you know the stumbling block for more than a year now this is now done and we have the confirmation from the russian sports minister all water requests relating to the lamp have been completed in accordance with the agreements and criminal court of the russian federation just last week i actually spoke to mystical up about that he seemed very optimistic and now we see

that the same kind of optimism is shared by the president of the world anti-doping agency craig reedy who released this statement we are continuing to make real progress that simply would not have happened without the september twentieth decision the first phase of the three phase outlined by that decision is now complete this is a major breakthrough for clean sport so what happens now is that this data will be analyzed and next week there will be a decision whether or not resort to should continue its work or suspended again and it's looking good like you said it's too early for champagne but what does this mean for russia's athlete well for multiple federations of russian athletes and we're talking about a flat tax we're talking about curling many many other federations which have been banned along with the rosado when the daubing scandal erupted back in twenty fourteen this would mean they would essentially be able to function again this would mean that the russian athletes clean athletes will be able to go and participate in international competitions and hopefully we'll never see something

like you know an athlete representing russia like at the last winter olympics and beyond chang ever again because as you say this is a breakthrough for clean sport and if it is fully reinstated which something that we hope will happen on the twenty second of january when the executive committee. water meets then obviously you know it's all the way forward in completely new environment and clean athletes can dissipate. china's ambassador to canada has hit a justin trudeau government warning that there will be consequences if one way is frozen out of the country's five g. network no account of them is one of a number of western countries considering taking action against the chinese tech giant over security concerned if the canadian government does buy and walk away from participating in the five g. network then ask for what kind of repercussions they'll be i'm not sure but i believe there will be repercussions or producer from artie's news agency ripley takes us through now the snowballing dispute between china and colored. it's pretty

much comes down to who is going to dominate the five g. race five g. is the 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 i guess 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's 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 the 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. ships 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 is raise 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 cooperate has reportedly of course they deny any connection between them and the government and beijing and they still stay confident that they will lead the race in the five the technology but the u.s. of course is actually pressuring its allies to ban it has already been banned in new zealand taiwan and australia and the u.s. government continue to pressure its the u.k.

norway france germany and. czech republic poland and jumpin to follow the same path as them and all this of course crisis as the world is on the horns of a dilemma whether to follow or to follow 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 our technologies it's like running a race we are leading and we'll see whether this is indeed a case of action a security issue or this is just competitors pressuring governments around the world. a photo of a ten year old canadian boy dressed up in full drive and stud next to a naked drag queen house calls shock and outrage online the boy is a child drag star known as queen lattakia but the image led many to question whether it's appropriate for a youngster to be involved in the world of drug while some are even accusing the

parents of child abuse the boy's mother however defended his position he knows there i doubt aspects of drag that he'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 though he subsequently deleted his social media accounts psychologist dr or in total is that children dressing up in drag is not in oculus past time as some claim . it's not just about a child having fun and dressing up there's far more to it this is one of the reason that child one of the reasons child actors very often at least in north america end up having very serious social and personal problems because they never learned to develop a sense of self they were always in front of a camera they were always performing they were performing

a character and these drag queens aren't even performing characters they are kara cut yours so these parents and again i'm not identifying any specific parent but any parent who puts their child in this type of position is in theory doing a lot of damage to the development of this child's personality and therefore their social and interpersonal functioning as they get older. next artie's cameras follow a former hitman of colombian drug kingpin pub lo-o. escobar run his home town after twenty three years in prison the testimony is often chilling on the program starts in moments.

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