president putin reveals russia has successfully tested a new. video and also the president's speech which would be. straightforward with russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take. that is to say in defense putin stresses that russia does not pose a threat but. history he also reiterated that washington must be honest with quote. director of the f.b.i. who has claimed. in the past is used in the media as a credible source alleging that. the president

said he did not believe that north koreans have the capability to hit us here to which the president replied i don't care i believe. democrats in the u.s. launch an investigation into the white house is ready. to run the clock across the world this is your r t international from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to our top story the russian defense ministry has on field new footage of a successfully tested underwater drone named. video of those tests on the new weapon system used. been successful came immediately after putin gave his

annual state of the nation interest the president said in his speech that the drone is expected to be in full operation by spring. new naval system was designed if necessary to country u.s. navy forces and washington's efforts in creating a global missile defense primarily at sea according to the president it's thought that the russian systems on. the water vehicles are small difficult to locate and intercept president also provided an update on a new hypersonic missile known as circle which he sees as a work in progress here's what the russian leader had to say about the weapons earlier. we conducted successful drills of a nuclear powered cruise missile with unlimited range put a vest nic and also poseidon and underwater pilotless device with unlimited range we didn't say before but i can now announce that this spring we will launch the

systems first nuclear submarine it's good that we're going to do today i can also provide official information and more perspective on the hypersonic missiles on the speed of which is nine max with a range of over a thousand kilometers able to hit both maritime and ground targets in this regard i want to emphasize that for the protection of russian national interests the russian navy will be given seven new multi targets submarines in the nearest time possible five ships will be engineered and another sixteen ships of that category will be deployed by twenty twenty seven. of those remarks coming during the president's annual state of the nation address a lot of more potent largely focused on domestic challenges on the country's economic development but he brought up foreign policy concerns too saying that moscow does not seek confrontation with its international partners artie's believe a trickle broke it down. i'll start with how the russian president got to the final

part of his speech where he did on america and its allies plus how russia gets along with them he said that he was obliged to bring this issue up after washington tore up the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the donald trump administration insisted on that after the idea first surfaced in washington last year mr putin called on the american leadership to be honest about the actual reasons why they were leaving the treaty and the russian president believes that these reasons are russia and america being obliged to limit their missile arsenals while other countries not being put in that position here's what else we heard from mr putin on that. night when the well u.s. partners had to be honest and straightforward with us they should like they did in

two thousand and two which they did in an honest way when they pulled out of the i.b.m. treaty i felt it was done the wrong way but at least they did it in a straightforward manner but how do they act in fact they violate everything and find excuses to put the blame on someone moreover they mobilize their allies going along with them so while addressing the lawmakers in some way mr putin address the american leadership as well and the gist was russia is not a threat for america and its allies but it could become one if these countries start being aggressive against moscow what i see which is the need. russia wants to have a proper friendly and equal relationship with the u.s. russia does not pose a threat to anyone and the actions we take are retaliate that is to say in defense we never seek confrontation we do not want to. especially with

a global power like the us and this was the point when the russian president may even have sounded aggressive definitely serious the russian president began to talk what his country would be forced the western military expansion continues but. russia will be forced to produce weapons that can be used not only against those territories with direct threats originate from but also against the places where the decision makers are located we should let the u.s. take into account the range and speed of our prospective weapons and then they can make a decision that might create an additional threat to our country however we kept hearing it time and again that the bear all the rewards when someone attacks it anything that russia would choose to do will only be in response to hostile actions and the russian president still believes that the way to sort out all the global issues the best way to do that is to make steps towards each other positive steps.

nato responded to president putin's remarks on acceptable threat the military bloc also said that it will take all the information in the address into consideration now we spoke about the recent developments with a former german intelligence officer under m.p. from the left party. i would say that. what i observed from the nato side and in the last year is that they want to have a pretext for their own politics for their own. i'm sorries for their own. programs i can see mainly that. while the russia is doing as is mainly a reaction to the nato expansion to the leaving off the i.n.f. treaty it's very clear that the united states has never given up the idea of

absolute yukio dominance basely ability to use cursed strikes nuclear capitation and. by having this capability they're not necessarily going to to who does not immediately imply that they would like to show but they may be just a tremendous kind of bargaining chip in all negotiations even should how count will be that you have to do you have americans have to come back to the negotiating table and to to reintroduce some kind of should teach a course as it was before i also the scuffs the state of the nation speech earlier with host of artie's worlds apart program accel a particle thinks the west is missing the point. remember that famous phrase by john f. kennedy ask no it was the country can do for you but rather what you can do for the

country well this was a total opposite it was all about what the country can do for you and it was about how the country can support the families of the country support the education how the country can support the industry how the country can support the innovation and i think the russians are really concerned about building themselves from the bottom up sure there are sanctions foreign policy has still it but russians believe that they first and foremost have to address their own chronic problems and that's why he only spoke about foreign policy and weapons in the last half of the address he dedicated the first full hour to russia's domestic issues not only about political promises i think he really takes them seriously and. ok on to more world news this hour a former acting director of the f.b.i. and drew mccabe provoked a firestorm of controversy by claiming both in a new book in the media that the u.s.

president is in the kremlin's pocket do you still believe the president could be russia now so. i think it's possible i think that's why we started our investigation i think the president is a threat is that what that means i think it's entirely possible i think that's one of the reasons why we open the case against him we had good reason to consider. but the president might be a threat to national security did you suspect the president might actually be working for russia we thought that might be possible a problem really needs pointing out here that the u.s. justice department fired on route mccabe last year just before he was set to retire saying that he had lied multiple times oath about comments he'd made to the public he claims that the decision was politically motivated or senior correspondent goes the of picks up the story sensation selves it's a fact of life the bigger the dirtier the ruling shia your story the more people

listen this book is dirty but we'll get to that first his revelations who could have believed that senior u.s. officials discussed seriously talked about declaring trump mentally or physically unfit to be president meaning he could be constitutionally removed from office discussion of the twenty fifth amendment was was simply rod raise the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort and the attempted coup some call this in the united states of all places insanity and was this an attempted bureaucratic coup i don't know this was a coup attempt there's no doubt about it but hey one man's coup is another's revolution and would you believe there's worse stuff in this book allegedly

trump trusts putin more than his own intelligence agencies unbelievable the president said he did not believe that north koreans have the capability to hit us here with ballistic missiles and united states intelligence officials in the briefing responded that that was not. consistent with any of the intelligence our government possesses to which the president replied i don't care i believe putin it's almost too crazy to be true come to think of it that is a pretty outlandish claim but hey folks are buying it because you know one of the things that impressed me about mccabe in the interview was how careful he was about what he knew what he didn't know and what he had overheard he was very almost as if he was justifying it to trial did seem like mccain was being credible and it's

a pretty incredible allegation that he's making that trump would trust putin's view on this over the us intelligence agencies well some people will believe anything especially if it tarnishes trump the more sensible bull look at the author andrew mccabe who may not be the most honest person in the world at all according to the justice department inspector general report was the sensation here when he was the f.b.i. as deputy director eked sensitive information to the press and then lied about it four times three of those under oath mccabe is rightly perceived already as a lying before with a major set of conflicts of interest you know mccabe is i think he's under criminal investigation already he's trying to sell this book now so the guy might be

a liar ok that's given the benefit of the doubt trump trusting putin more than his intelligence guys which is strange because trump threaten north korea with biblical vengeance meaning he must have taken the threat seriously they will be met with fire fury. more than that in two thousand and seventeen russia joined dno on sanctions against north korea meaning moscow to saw a threat facts fly in the face of sensation mr mccabe it seems is back to old habits theory alive to spice things up get the book selling and then the timing the timing just as trump and kim jong un prepare for another summit it's fifteen this evening here in moscow and back with more world news in

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a point on which alan is going to say we always are on the courageous and. the culture is moving forward. oh. we're starting last with is going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast i think i want to leave now doesn't get me morganton on this we may be completely different but in this. again the u.s. house of representatives has released a report indicating that the white house may be planning to transfer a sense that nuclear power technology to saudi arabia a democratic led committee is now launching an investigation let's go live to new york and artie's kill of mufon for the briefs on all of this kind of intriguing stuff what does the report claim. well it's

a report from the house oversight committee that's the congressional committee that overlooks the activities of various areas of government and it essentially shows that according to certain whistleblowers who are involved and other sources there was talk of transferring rather sensitive nuclear technology to the kingdom of saudi arabia and enabling them to develop nuclear power some of this some of what was said in the report can be heard here these reports indicate that saudi arabia is refusing to agree to prohibit an enriching uranium and processing plutonium similar to those agreed to by other countries in the region however experts worry the transferring sensitive u.s. nuclear technology could be a to produce nuclear weapons that country b. to the proliferation of nuclear arms now according to the report donald trump actually directly engaged the deal was supportive of these

efforts now one of the nuclear power companies involved i p three has defended the idea of transferring nuclear technology and nuclear energy technology to saudi arabia this is a statement from i p three. it is a strategic imperative that the united states competes and win against russia and china in the nuclear power arena. now it's important to note that while it appears here there was open talk of giving saudi arabia nuclear energy technology that the united states has long had sanctions against the islamic republic of iran for simply trying to pursue nuclear technology and nuclear energy peaceful nuclear energy themselves but this is not the first time that many critics of u.s. foreign policy of pointed toward a double standard and how the united states deals with the kingdom of saudi arabia and how it deals with iran for example recently at the state department about the

fact that do they criticize the electoral process in iran that the kingdom of saudi arabia is an absolute monarchy and doesn't seem to have elections at all so at this point we heard this response this was deserve a response of the u.s. state department when asked about the double standard has been criticizing iran's electoral process and ignoring the blatant lack of basic democratic procedures in saudi arabia. how would you characterize your reviews commitment to democracy and does the administration believe that democracy is a barrier against extremism. we say is a. now it's important to note that donald trump

recently defended the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia but didn't defend it on the basis of human rights or on the basis of even stopping terrorism but pointed to the fact that u.s. weapons sales to saudi arabia are a big source of revenue and that potentially other countries would get in on those weapons sales if the united states pulled out this is some of what trump said defending the u.s. saudi relationship to america first told me it's all about america first we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars of orders and let russia china and everybody else have them it's all about for me very simple it's america first. now critics of the u.s. saudi relationship have often pointed to the lack of human rights in saudi arabia as well as the saudi monarchy has ties to terrorism but it seems at the moment that we now have pretty solid evidence and a report from the house of representatives oversight committee showing that the united states for not the first time but just like on previous occasions openly

discussed the idea of helping the kingdom of saudi arabia to develop nuclear power we watch this space thanks for bringing us the artes killer and live from new york city. the british museum has found itself facing a wave of criticism concerning an ongoing exhibition which was swarmed by hundreds of protesters over its close ties to the oil giant british petroleum at the weekend . they say on cleanses the soul but for these protesters the latest exhibition at london's british museum whitewash is the image of a less than squeaky clean or oil company. the i am exhibition here at the british museum has been nor did by christian it shows the inner workings of the assyrian empire and displays off the facts from

what is now modern day iraq many of which were taken during britain's colonial rule but the exhibition is sponsored by british oil giant b.p. which is accused of profiting from the war in iraq and contributing to climate change through its dedication to fossil fuels protest. through sponsoring cultural events like these the oil giant is washing its image i was very upset and frustrated and shocked when i saw that this incredible exhibit was taking place part it was sponsored by b.p. was a. massive slap in the face for me b.p. was one of the biggest supporters of their it all war they wanted to go into it all because it was an opportunity for them to make money and to get oil and as an iraq in a somebody who wants to learn more about my cultural history you know to have to face

this moral conflict of being able to learn about my history because it felt as though purchasing a ticket and supporting the sponsorship would make me complicit in its in this form of neo colonialism essentially secret memos that emerged in two thousand and eleven review that b.p. encouraged the british government's decision to launch a war in iraq. iraq is the big oil prospects desperate to get in there and anxious the political deals should not deny them the opportunity to compete the long term potential is enormous and now b.p. jointly runs one of the world's largest oil fields in iraq and the conditions are allegedly favor reportedly the oil giant still gets paid by the iraqi government even if circumstances like natural disasters or terrorist attacks affect oil production and that is exactly a form of neo colonialism and in of itself at all really rely unfortunately are on

western companies like b.p. it's to invest in that the country as a means to kind of create revenue and to make money but b.p. is obviously going to have the demands and requests in their contract because they know that they have the power to do so and it was actually forced the iraqi government to comply with their demands because the government is desperate for money campaigners take issue with b.p.'s environmental record to. contain. the deep water horizon disaster indigenous resistance to a fracking in argentina protests against profiteering and pollution in iraq but here's a cute. accusing b.p. of lobbying against clean energy in favor of fossil fuels in twenty seventeen another renowned british museum the tate didn't renew its contract with b.p.

after three decades of sponsorship following environmental protests and the british museum is already under constant pressure from campaigners and foreign governments to return artifacts looted during britain's days of empire b.p.'s corporate sponsorship of exhibitions that display what. many regard as stolen treasures only adds fuel to the fire there are those who say that corporate sponsorship is a reality if you want to keep the arts funded but the campaign is the british museum's acceptance of b.p.'s money is tantamount to accepting its business practices to. pauli boyko a we both b.p. and the british museum to comment on the controversy while the oil company has not responded as yet at the museum spokesperson said it respects people's right to express their views so long as they are not damaging the artifacts or posing

a threat to visitors while the museum funding from british petroleum allows at the put on some of its exhibition i thought is our lot for he will take you through the stories this evening here from moscow this is our interest. is america ready for a real anti-war candidate clearly the political establishment and media criticism of presidential candidates and anyone else who questions foreign policy board that is swift and unrelenting fighting for peace has never been so good.

greetings and salutations. it goes without saying auk watchers that one of the most vital element study of great society is the quality of the food consumed because the late great. reserved one cannot think well loved well sleep well if one has not bind well. looking around at the current state of the world today and one could

observe that many of us haven't been thinking well at all or just plain exhausted and that there is none bridled constant anger in the air and while there is indeed much to be angry about and lose sleep over i can't help but wonder how much our food and what we consume plays in that the actual role of our dismay both physically and mentally or at least adds to it so i think today let us put down our politics for a moment and pick up our plates and discover just what are we fueling our bodies with day in and day out from the genetically toxic pesticides on our fields to the stomach churning conditions in our factory farms much of the food we grow and consume follows a brutal and dangerous paths to our table not because it has to not because it has to but because it's cost efficient. you see just like our politics our food is also being victimized by those who put profits before people and would rather

a nation be malnourished and poised and healthy and free thinking but thankfully we have a diligent hardworking r.t. america correspondent out there to help us navigate the chambers of this new twenty first century food pyramid of g m o's and life seeds ceremony of the chavez have been researching the headlines combing the grocery aisles and diving deeper than the labels in order to pull back the wrapper and see just how dangerous some of our daily staples have become from breakfast cereals to juice boxes and because the food you eat is just as important as the politics you preach we can't be watching the hawks or running on a belly full of toys. but the. real thing. as you put it out of. what they like you know that i got. this.

week. well. so am i robot and on top of the u.s. census data and simmons national consumer survey found that in twenty eight thousand two hundred eighty six million americans consumed called breakfast cereal not make sense the u.s. is the number one producer of corn in the world pumping out over thirteen billion bushels of corn each year corn.