germany sets out to save a key cold war era nuclear arms treaty with the u.s. about to pull the plug on the rim and meanwhile russia warns washington the move could threaten global security saying it is ready for dialogue. an american born iranian t.v. anchor visiting the u.s. is jailed as a material witness authorities now confirm to speak to

a friend of the detained a journalist who says she has been in contact with her family. was taken with whom she was given. in contravention to islamic dress code she also told that she wasn't given adequate food. u.s. president trump slams a report by buzz feed news claiming trump instructed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress. or broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international and shantanu squad have you with us russia and 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 the global stability. after the

us leaves the i.n.f. treaty the whole system of arms control and the stability of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty will be under threat. we're really interested in saving the i.n.f. treaty and russia can assist us in that 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 us has said it will withdraw from the i.n.f. treaty agreement with russia at the beginning of next month moscow says it's invited us inspectors to examine the missiles which washington claims violate the treaty but to no avail the i.n.f. treaty was signed in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven by ronald reagan and gorbachev and took effect a year later it's stipulated that both the us and the soviet union destroy all ground base missiles within the ranges between five hundred fifty five hundred

kilometers and fears of an arms race were not only prompted by the missile treaty dispute they were further exacerbated after donald trump unveiled plans for an ambitious expansion of america's defense capabilities. token defense and we're also talking offense you know we can't forget a fancy that can only 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 and 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 december.

with 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. and 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. russian foreign ministry says that america's new defense strategy is of a clearly confrontational nature and aims to assure washington's military leadership political analyst chris bambery thinks of the trumpet ministrations policy is bound to lead to a greater arms race. what we have in the white house is very much a president who is pushing for easy pushes away despite criticism of our eyes and

despite criticism within the administration within the defense the defense department's any new arms race 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 is that this is going to encourage the further militarization of china which up until now has not gone down the road of trying to catch up with the united states militarily happy to have its own economic power but if this begins its own 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. u.s. president donald trump has landed

a new report by buzz feed that claims trump instructed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress white house press secretary sara sanders has no credibility should be given to these claims that's absolutely ridiculous i think that the president's outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement earlier today this categorically false. the report has created a minor sensation in the media but there is some concern about the office credibility our correspondent in washington dan kohen comments buzz feed news released a major report alleging that u.s. president donald trump has received ten personal updates from michael cohen and encouraged planned meetings with russian president vladimir putin. president donald trump directed his longtime attorney michael cohen to lie to congress according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter and even as trump told the public he had no business deals with russia the sources

said trump and his children if the and donald trump jr received regular detailed updates about the real estate development from cohen whom they put in charge of the project a michael cohen is the former lawyer of donald trump he was sentenced to thirty six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the trump tower plan he's also admitted to campaign finance violations cash t.v. agents and fake fraud and of course he's a key figure in investigation of where the so-called russian collusion probe of this report is being treated as a bombshell president trump is facing new scrutiny today over a report that he told his personal attorney to lie to congress about his business dealings with russia we have breaking news tonight on the russia investigation here's what buzz feed news is reporting that ice bombshell report coming from buzz feed news president trump directed his attorney to lie to congress about the moscow

tower project congressional democrats calling for an immediate investigation declaring the trial must be impeached if the story is true and the two journalists wrote in their article that they didn't actually see the court documents or any evidence that they base their reporting on rather they were briefed by two anonymous law enforcement officials and jason leopold that one of the authors of this buzz feed article has a history of fabricating sources back in two thousand and two he had an article retracted on salon dot com alleging that thomas white who was then secretary of the army attempted to cover up massive losses of the energy giant enron while he was an executive there and in two thousand and six leopold reported that coral rove who is a senior advisor to president bush. told him and other officials that he was going to be indicted in the case of the former cia agent valerie plame rove was never indicted and the story fell apart that's just a small sample in a long career of this kind of chicanery regarding the cohen story today leopold

told m.s.n. b c that he had actually seen the evidence showing that trump instructed michael cohen to lie to congress and it's a total contradiction to what's written in the article and what his co-author has said i don't think that we've said that we haven't. but i will say that i'm very confident that your colleagues said on c.n.n. this morning that you were briefed on these documents we've been i'll just say that we we've seen documents we've been briefed on documents and we're very confident in our reporting despite these discrepancies this story being based on anonymous sources and leopold's history of journalistic malpractise we've seen some democrats promise that they will investigate the report calling the allegations against trump quote among the most serious to date some have even gone so far as to call for president trump's impeachment so we'll have to see how this one pans out. we talked

to former u.s. congressman michael patrick flanagan and a legal analyst lionel for their reaction to these latest claims. because feed has problems all the way around not to mention the people who actually write for it. the authors have real credibility problems they can't get their story straight and their sources whatever those are named an unknown which we've gotten used to in this country is being credible so maybe this is been manufactured to give some interesting and relevance to to to that continued testimony by this perjurer by this liar by this guy you can't form a sentence in the english language without indicting himself over it i'm at a loss as to the excitement over this there's there's no there there on top of which the president through his counsel denies it flatly so you know if there's evidence it's hard to say that you deny something if there's evidence for it did journalism it's groups of people who slap together a website you get people who are paid to report who are wrong including one of

these fellows who has a bit early pated lay wrong and who perhaps allegedly his own may call into question his veracity and nothing's ever done you have a new it's a journalistic force and factions of the american people who don't care whether this story is true they like the story because it makes trump look bad and if the story makes trump look bad they like if anybody is suggesting that the president face problems in a fantasy world yes in a world that is just part of this which tried to get him. u.s. district court for the district of columbia has produced an order shedding light on the case of an american born journalist who was detained at st louis airport without charges earlier this week according to documented marzieh. who works for

the english language iranian news channel press t.v. has been detained as a material witness she has been appointed an attorney but has not been accused of any crime authorities also confirming that the journalist will be released after she testifies in a grand jury investigation earlier we spoke to her friend who told us she has been in contact with a shame your family have been in regular contact with mises children who are all in america decades of experience in journalism and her family are very concerned and the only information and contact the family have had with my eyes here is a telephone call to her daughter on tuesday where they received wiring information from him as he told her daughter that she had her job she is a muslim woman who was his job a veil covering such as what time wearing at the moment that was taken off against her will the mug shot was taken without her job on it she was given only a short sleeved t.

shirt in contravention to her own islamic dress code her that she she wears and that she had to gain another t. shirt just to be able to cover some of her hair she also told her daughter that she wasn't given adequate food because she was not given allow muslim option or a vegetarian option and on to say the only conversation they've had with her she told her daughter that she only been able to eat a cracker or some bread that came with that food since being detained. fifty nine year old hashemi was born melanie franklin into an african-american family in new orleans and converted to islam following the one nine hundred seventy nine iranian revolution since two thousand and eight years lived in tehran and been a prominent journalist and presenter for press t.v. shamy was reportedly visiting relatives in america and was thought to be filming a black live matter document. and tensions have been high between the u.s. and iran since donald trump's arrival in office with washington recently accusing

tehran of fabricating charges against a four u.s. nationals some have been handed lengthy prison sentences last year washington also abandoned of the iran nuclear deal effectively shutting down constructive dialogue between the two countries the iranian foreign minister has called for journalists release she's a famous shouldn't it's she's done nothing but journalism and the rest of mrs hosiery is a very good affront to freedom of expression a political abuse of an innocent individual. i believe the united states should through the city meet you for the debate. iran has also denounced to the arrest as illegal while press freedom groups are expressing their concern over the case legal analyst jennifer breeden says employment should not provide any grounds for her arrest. now that's going to be it might be

a little troubling for her being a month to countries that are not getting along very well right now but she did make the choice to come under u.s. soil and under every version of international and domestic laws doesn't matter what country where and there is an international customary legal precedent where if a human person travels to another country whether you're a citizen or non-citizen or just a tourist you have to adhere to the laws of that country that you travel to mars is employment as a journalist even if she's a journalist for a state sponsored or an iranian sponsored television outlets that doesn't give under u.s. law that doesn't give anybody indication to rest are pressed charges marzieh is not being charged with anything criminal she is not in trouble she has not committed a crime and the u.s. has made that clear that she was not and will not be charge of the crime she has not done anything wrong she's only been detained to serve as a witness because they believe and they know that she has a legal right to board

a plane back to iran if they ask her to come and testify as a witness and so to prevent that to obtain information about another case we don't know about they have detained her here and has been promised that she will be a mediately released after she provides her testimony since she obviously knows something very important after that then that she will be able to go home then should be released early to document has revealed the u.k. government considered holding a rerun of the two thousand and sixteen briggs were for more on that after a short break stay with us. join me every flows on the island so i'm with you and i'll be speaking to us of the world of public school those of those i'm sure business.

when british voters said yes to leave the e.u. the clock started ticking towards march twenty nine was brags it will mean it is clear what members of parliament are against what is not clear is what the support time is running out is a compromise still. 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.

are welcome back this is r t international now newly leaked document shows that despite teresa mayes objections of the u.k. government has been exploring the possibility of a second bridget referendum the revelation comes after m.p.'s and tragically rejected the prime minister's original divorce deal this week plunging the country deeper into political crisis now the paper sets out a timetable for a second vote indicating that the whole process could take well up to a year and that includes seven months to lay the legal groundwork and a further three months at least for testing the question and also discusses other practicalities including the length of time necessary for campaigning now initially media outlets question to the legitimacy of that particularly cow ever downing street confirmed as such a document does exist while denying the government is actively planning for a second vote they said that the paper is purely for illustrative purposes and

reiterated the prime minister's position that briggs it will go ahead. there are those who want to see no deal of those who want to see a second referendum and potentially frustrate bret's it a second referendum would lead instead to further division it's my duty to deliver on the british people's instruction to leave the european union and i intend to do so. we while the leader of the opposition labor party has set out the conditions under which he would support a second vote jeremy corbyn has said that a so-called people's vote would be better than a no deal scenario despite the initial referendums once in a joshua generation tack all the options are on the table including the public vote option which we make clear in our conference motion which was i have to remind you unanimously agreed by our conference last september eleventh what should happen right now is that we leave on the twenty ninth of march on w t o terms because

that's what's written into the law but the problem you. the parliamentarians the m.p.'s are against the people the people's decision back in the referendum in twenty sixteen so i think over the next ten weeks the six hundred fifty m.p.'s are going to try to do everything they possibly can to extend article fifty overturn article fifty or have another referendum and to set themselves against what the people have decided i really don't think that there's a majority in parliament for completely overturning and repealing article fifty it's doubtful whether there is actually a majority for extending or to article fifty either or or having the people's vote so without a majority for any one of these particular options we will leave. because that's what's already written into into law. and thai government protests in

a town near the loose in southwest france and in fierce clashes with police the demonstrations come ahead of the french president's visit there and yet more yellow vest protests are expected nationwide over the weekend. was it was he was. was do not it was no she wasn't even if we would like president to hear us he can fill his pockets while his people are dying at any moment we could be left earning minimum wage and we can no longer survive i want you to find a solution to this situation he turns deaf ear and we're tired of it who think he was the president of iran has met with around six hundred french mayors to discuss how

to tackle the yellow vest movement a town where this latest rally took place was put on lockdown prior to macross visit protests were first triggered by post fuel price hikes back in november with the grassroots group claiming tax reforms have decreased the living standards in the country earlier we were joined by a french journalist america who told us there is only one thing that will appease the yellow vests. only the resign nation of president mccrone could become people's anger he's now trying to to organize a big debate and that is that his last card but according to a poll fifty two percent of the french do not intend to participate in this big debate and sixty seven percent think it would not so the yellow vests crisis even to the french can get rid of micro. they have to get rid of macros policies

and macross policies if it's means the e.u. and the government are highly connected with their image with their program moreover. doesn't seem to suffer from this lack of legitimacy and he doesn't realize how serious and dangerous it is for everybody in france is completely dismissive is tone deaf. moscow's municipal court is preparing to hear the appeal of paul whelan next week the man behind bars in the russian capital on a charge of espionage r t s spoken with his lawyer who gave us some insight into whelan's life in jail and the ongoing investigation. absolutely we've been considering his case he's very confident sometimes jokey with a positive mood and views he believes it was an investigative error of it and he can prove his innocence he claims he didn't collect any classified data with them he didn't have any intentions and he didn't work for intelligence you know he

denies any guilt. just not on the money at but i find the current evidence insufficient it's only five to ten percent of the whole picture so we will receive all the documents from the investigation which we will of course dismiss there are a lot of questions to answer and it will likely take six months to a year. closer than his media there is a t.v. in his cell good food and medical care as well what if there is an extraordinary library in there with eighteenth or nineteenth century literature which there is a good attitude towards paul which is correct i mean there is no psychological pressure on him but the investigator has been adequate and x. under the law to provide support you couple of things so i hope that we have a chance it's fifty fifty in my opinion. paul whelan is a former u.s. marine and was arrested in the russian capital on new year's eve he is a forty eight year old u.s. citizen but wheelan is said to have multiple citizenships including from canada the

u.k. and ireland as we heard from his lawyer he denies the accusations against him and claims he was in russia for a friend's wedding he has been a regular visitor to the country over the past decade. at least thirty civilians including members of the press and medical personnel have been injured during clashes between palestinians and israeli forces at the gaza border the palestinian health ministry reports that is after palestine witnessed another day of great march of great march a return protest which started almost a year ago in spring two thousand and eighteen zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero till now there are hundreds of palestinians that are still coming to this site to protest this friday in the forty third friday of the great march of return we can see that the israeli forces are using greet amounts of

gas cans to use in gas to disperse the protesters today we have plenty of people who have been suffocated by the gas can stays we had journalists that have been targeted and wounded one of the palestinians has been targeted by bullets we have an ambulance that has been directly targeted in the windchill the protesters continue to get close to the person who has been i believe shot as we can see it on. the wind chilled off the ambulance it has been directly targeted by one of the gas canisters by israeli forces as it was trying to save one of the palestinians that was also shot in that area and. other people who have been full of injuries today over two hundred palestinians have been

killed and tens of thousands injured since the beginning of the protests and since the first day of clashes the i.d.f. has justify their actions as a response to aggressive acts by the palestinians. switching gears now. now a ten month old boy rescued from the rubble of a residential building collapse in the russian city of my need to go is no longer in critical condition the child is resting comfortably with his mother and doctors say the boy's broken leg is healing well despite being frozen when he was rescued after the tragic collapse on new year's eve the baby survived more than thirty five hours under the rubble in temperatures below freezing he is now expected to make a full recovery that doesn't mean thirty two minutes i'll be back with full of it you know who's watching our international stay with us.

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