in terms of productivity growth. germany stalled on saving a key cold war era nuclear arms treaty with the u.s. to hold the plug on the agreement. russia warns washington the move could. see it's ready for dialogue. coming up on the program as britain's prime minister

rushes to conjure up a new. government documents suggest a second referendum could be on the. forces are to the test in their first tactical training exercises all the year r t is there to witness all the dizzying action. you're choosing in from right a run the world this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know in their top story russia germany's top diplomats have condemned washington's decision. to walk away from

a key cold war era missile treaty following a meeting in moscow they stated the move undermines global stability. if we could offer the us leaves the i.n.f. treaty the whole system of alms control on the stability of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty movie under threat is in effect our cut we are really interested in saving the i.n.f. treaty and russia can assist us in russian and german foreign ministers do seem to be on the same page as they met here in moscow for the for a press conference here in the russian capital discussed a wide range of issues and of course one of the dominating topics was the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty between russia and the united states now washington announced that it wants to withdraw from this treaty and this decision raised concerns not only in russia but throughout europe as well german official

michael moss said that the u.s. withdrawal will undermine stability and as for the treaty itself says it should include more countries he suggested china for instance this force i couldn't imagine that someone in europe would be interested in a new nuclear arms race and the only option to prevent it is to continue the i.n.f. treaty but the i.n.f. treaty as it is now is not enough we need to expand it because there are plenty of new autonomous weapon systems including those in cyberspace and they should be regulated not only the u.s. and russia should be included in the treaty to other states as well like china the united states is accusing russia of violating the treaty however most sco is ready to continue negotiations despise washington's ultimatum like approach russian foreign minister lavrov says that the united states are not taken into consideration the fact that the missiles are there it's all going about are not part of the i.n.f. treaty but video. most of the ocean you do go to the united states both blaming

russia should violations of the treaty don't take into consideration the fact that russia has see in those that are not included in the treaty the united states says it will withdraw from the i.m.f. treaty with russia as early as beginning of next month now to give you some background about this agreement it was signed by american president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev back in one thousand eighty seven and it took effect just a year later now the agreement that both countries should destroy all ground based missiles with a range of five hundred fifty five hundred kilometers among all fears of an arms race were not only prompted by the missile treaty the spirit they were further exacerbated after a double trump veil plans for eleven bishops an expansion of america's defense capabilities. in defense and we're also talking offense you know who can forget

offense. we have the finest weapons in the world and we're ordering the finest weapons 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 we will recognize that space is a new world striding domain. with the space force leading the way. 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 did call out north korea

and iran but in the program review you'll also find russia and china we are committed to establishing a missile defense program that can shield every city in the united states our goal is simple to ensure that we can detect and destroy any missile launched against the united states anywhere anytime anyplace 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 second. the us withdraw 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 there is no analogue of this system in the world according to the russian side the reason they're ramping up their r. and d. in strategic defenses is america's overblown military budget and everything it's being spent on parity means global security. political analyst chris bambery told me earlier he thinks the latest moves by dollars from well they're only going to lead to one place more militarization. what we have in the white house is very much a president who's pushing through pushes on way despite criticism of our eyes and despite criticism within the administration within the defense the defense department's any new andris no which is what trump is threatening particularly with china china is not going to go bankrupt and in fact one of the concerns of american defense in the defense department the pentagon is that this is going to encourage the further militarization of china which up until now has not gone don't the rules

of trying to catch up with the united states militarily happy to have its own economic power but if this begins is an arms race gets under way attacking china and russia by the americans actually the china could step up to the mark and that is a concern in the merican military who are criticizing trub over not the treaty but over the decision to launch this new militarization of space. a newly leaked document shows that up despite treason maze 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. divorce deal this week plunging the country deeper into political crisis well the paper set aside a timetable for a second fold indicating that the whole process could take up to a year the include seven months to lay the legal groundwork and

a further three months at least for testing the question it also discusses other practicalities including the length of time necessary for campaigning well initially media i call it's question the legitimacy of the leak however downing street has responded by denying that the government is actively planning for a second vote it claims the document is purely for illustrate of purposes and has reiterated the prime minister's position that brags it will go ahead. there are those who want to see no deal and those who want to see a second referendum and potentially frustrate brax it a second referendum would lead instead to further division is my duty to deliver on the british people's instruction to leave the european union and i intend to do so . meanwhile the leader of the opposition labor party has said the conditions under which he would support

a second vote germy corben has said that is so named people's vote would be a better situation than a no deal scenario despite the initial referendums once in a generation. 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 doing with brics it two and a half years after the start date you would agree that. a recent poll has found that if a second referendum were to be held the majority of voters would not choose to remain in the e.u. it is the biggest surge in support for a main since the twenty sixteen brags it votes under polly boyd who explains

a rerun of the referendum well it won't be the first time either. 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 else can we possibly do. to 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 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 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. the majority of votes against the proposal. was the irish

decision on the use defacto constitution the lisbon treaty suffered the same fate majority in favor of the proposal. i see deer slowed 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 greek citizens overwhelmingly rejected the e.u.'s austerity policies but brussels imposed them anyway those living in the birthplace of democracy well 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 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 spirit plowing ahead with gregg's it or slapping it into reverse shore stopping bragg's 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 bragg's it so given these circumstances there are plenty of

politicians here keen to break the brag zip. adding to separate as the noble thing to do yeah just to a polly was speaking of to wild speculation over that second vote continues trees a mate has just three days to come up with a new deal to present to parliament on monday. hundreds of elite russian part troopers have been braving heavy snow and icy skies as they hold their first talk to go exercises of the year are to finish the trouble to western russia to watch them being pumped through their paces and perform some her raising feats. i.

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which are those and with that you in your game of those we. still to come on the program china fires a warning shot account of that with a bottle for tech dominance looming bill about story and plenty more in a minute and a half or. most people think this is this you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest race in truth to stand there since you just the right questions demand the right answer. the.

question. one almost seems wrong. but i. just don't. get to see how they become educated and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. friday evening at ninety minutes past five pm here in moscow welcome america's longest ever government shutdown shows no signs of abating donald trump seeks to

raise funds for his controversial new mexico border wall the us president has been out to loggerheads with the high speaker nancy pelosi and the democrats representative herself is now calling on trump to postpone his state of the union address that's an unprecedented request by the way typical fashion trump responded take a listen. i'm not denying the platform rob was saying let's get a date when the government is open let's pay the employees maybe he thinks it's ok not to pay people who do work i don't and my caucus doesn't either. due to the shutdown i am sorry to inform you that your trip to egypt and afghanistan has been face post we will reschedule this seven day excursion when the

shutdown is over. i am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate i also feel that during this period it would be better if you were in washington to go shooting with me obviously if you would like to make your journey by flying commercial that would certainly be your prerogative. to leave you with sept even. wall fun because of the motive. that. this will not find out the final.

two of the largest countries in the world are locking horns in a smartphone security bottle color this president has been warned by the chinese ambassador to the country of repercussions if weiwei is frozen from building next generation mobile phone infrastructure there germany is another western nation considering action against the chinese tech giant over national security concerns let's take a listen to what the chinese ambassador to canada had to say. 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 or producer for artie's roughly newsagency explains what's behind a fifth generation tech race involving washington no bawling dispute between beijing and osceola. 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 again this is just for the average the user like me and everybody else but for big companies this means big box 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 really 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 allies to ban it and has already been banned in new zealand taiwan and australia and the u.s. government continued to pressure its the u.k. norway germany france. czech republic poland and japan follow the same path as them and all this of course crisis as the world is on the horn to follow 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 our technologies it's like running a race we are leading and we'll see whether this is indeed a case of actually a security issue or this is just competitors pressuring governments around the world. and moving to russia's far east where we are hearing about one pilot has been rescued off for a major earth between two russian fighter jets over the sea of japan there is no information as of now on the second pilot the russian navy continues its rescue operation the su thirty four bombers had been carrying a training exercise at the time of the accident which has been put down to human error and weather conditions. and that's

a story needless to say will be closely following here on r t but next on the program let's find out who sophie shevardnadze speaking to. the country's gone into a nihilistic fever i think we've got to hit the road and get the traveling across america what makes america. the genius. of the south america this is a point. system. we're starting last with is going to head east into the swamp we're going into the belly that the i think i want to leave now. it may be a completely different animal. officer.

told him to get up off the ground the officer began to pet him down. and then freeze on the sounds of kind of fighting into the grown man like wrestling essentially the officer. drew his. twisted away from the officer pulling the toys out of his crib. the obvious or did they kind of lunge for the weapon ones missed and then when it happened on tree swung at the officers hands didn't hit him i never saw any contact with. any kind of went back to where they were so the officers back here there try again fifteen feet apart at this point and that's when the officer pulled out his gun and he did it on three. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you then.

welcome to so if you're in. the us has been shattered by the longest ever government shutdown in the u.s. history how grave can the consequences well i talked to laurence kotlikoff professor of economics in boston university and write in candidate in twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. and american politics is paralyzed the president congress. over the mexican. government shutdown who has the most resources to win. what needs to be done to break the stalemate and look like

a loser. or is quickly go thank you very much for being my pleasure tonight welcome to pleasure to have you with us as usual. program but we love you on our channel so it was a lot about donald trump is a loggerheads with congress a man in five billion dollars to build his wall with mexico obviously something that democratic congress want to give to him so do you feel like it's a win or lose situation as a zero sum affair was is there a way out of this thing. well there is a way out were jews that what the democrats want is to have amnesty amnesty for the millions of young children who grew up. because you know grew up not as citizens of the us but grew up in the u.s. because their parents brought them over. and got them into the country and the parents or don't have legal status but the children have been living in the u.s. i'm a going into the military and if the president would make a humanitarian deal on these young people give them grant them citizenship.

i believe the democrats would give in on this wall and we would have to get them back to work he's asked from sas that you know he's clinging to high ground by thing that he promised this was for an election campaign when he got elected say god did what he promised and then i so this and paul and that actually shows that most americans blame him for this crisis and he's ratings are around forty percent which is pretty low yeah you think to do you think he can really appeal to popular sentiment right now well i think the only people that really like him anymore his a narrow base so be so there's a small so i think a relatively small segment of the electorate that really loves him and they will probably go out and vote for him next time around. but whether that's

enough people to to win the election.