the headlines and. more is that russia is ready to respond to threats with its new hypersonic missile system stressing though it's a purely defensive weapon and. prompted a reaction to threaten to retaliate by targeting western capitals with his own new weapons what a confrontational step what a confrontational speech. as a response to the nature and also to come a democrat led committee is questioning the nature of us after a new report reveals washington's poised to transfer sensitive nuclear technologies to riyadh that has the white house. nuclear ambitions as a global threat and a statute in florida based on the famous photograph of a sailor kissing a stranger in times square at the end of world war two was vandalized but then. we

debate the issues rights whether he was swept up in the moment or not we do not. activity to celebrate we're looking at this from a lens of a perspective that we just don't understand it because we live now in such a divisive time. for the welcome just gone two pm here in moscow you watching r.t. international and our top story this hour the russian president vladimir putin has sent media outlets into a spin by saying moscow is ready to target perceived threats with its latest hypersonic missile despite also stressing though that the new weapon is meant for defensive purposes. by targeting western capitals with his own new weapons lattimer putin threatening to target the united states. with its new generation of

hypersonic missiles if the u.s. bases intermediate range missiles in europe for quite a confrontational step quite a confrontational speech by the russian president were during his annual state of the nation address the russian president announced that a new hypersonic cruise missile that can be deployed both from land and sea will undergo testing later the here he goes you don of his more. another day another excuse to panic for the mainstream media for them for the second year in a row of the flavor of lattimer putin's state of the nation address is faster are deadly are you sure. you another room vonzell product does work on which you don't go in you know certainly be completed on schedule namely i would like to talk about the comm hypersonic missile good i'm going to get you and that's a big enough trigger to get everything from the tabloids to serious outlets it ing

repeat the concerns are not entirely unreasonable though the zircon mess is said to become a force to reckon with it's a silent assassin covering three kilometers in one second means zircon travels nine times faster than the speed of sound the target literally won't hear it coming there's no hiding from it either it can hit both the ground and see targets within a range of a thousand kilometers it can be launched from either submarines or from military ships it is out of the box ready to use with the launch pads already in service yet the intimidating tech specs and to a bigger extent even the clip big headlines are obscuring the fundamental thing about the new weapon russia hopes it will rust away and fall apart and not a single shot will be fired huge and the word you. use a should call russia the biggest threat to the us but i can tell you that russia

wants to have an equal and friendly relationship with the united states russia is not threatening anyone all our actions and the sooner you are done solely as a response and show the river defenses nature of. moscow says it won't throw the first punch it only ever wants the missiles to be used as blanks during military drills but it's better safe than sorry. but we discussed what this new hypersonic crees missile might mean for global security with a number of experts i think it's a reasonable massey you know i have to tend to agree with the sentiments that putin has expressed because i saw no purpose that i think the issue as you know of acceleration of the animosity between the two countries came by us is canceling out of i and out out of the treaty and that opened up the door for this so i think it's reasonable for defensive purposes to do this i think we're

a lot safer then the people in washington and the people who build our weapons claim we are because even if it's not for the fact of aggression and starting a war i think people when they make profits building weapons there are likely to promote problems actually in hans's the state stability of deterrent systems and the reason i say that is because deterrence currently relies upon missile systems or aircraft or different systems which are inherently detectable if america was to launch for example missile strikes which destroyed russia's ability to respond by for example talk to combine to control systems the submersible weapon systems would still be available to actually mounts are a target for a strike on the united states which means hopefully the other side would be deterred from using its weapons. now the u.s.

house of representatives has released a report indicating that the white house may be planning to transfer sensitive nuclear power technology to saudi arabia to meet concerns in washington over iran's nuclear program the democratic committee has now launched an investigation into the matter of these kind of reports. if there is one thing that congress gets touchy about it when the president tries to swerve around them this point we've got the house oversight committee looking into whether donald trump was trying to rush nuclear technology to saudi arabia within the united states strong private commercial interests have been pressing aggressively for the transfer of highly sensitive nuclear technology to saudi arabia a potential risk to u.s. national security absent adequate safeguards these commercial entities stand to reap billions of dollars through contracts associated with constructively and

operating nuclear facilities in saudi arabia the concern is that this could lead to saudi arabia developing nuclear weapons now from what we understand the saudis were refusing to agree to probations on processing plutonium and enriching uranium that other countries in the region have agreed to prague was apparently directly engaged in the efforts now the report cites a few whistleblowers who were in on the negotiations the whistleblowers who came forward have expressed significant concerns about the potential procedural and legal violations connected with rushing through a plan to transfer a nuclear technology to saudi arabia i p three nuclear energy corporation that was part of the negotiations said that providing nuclear secrets was necessary because of russia and china it is a strategic imperative that the united states compete and win against russia and china in the nuclear power arena tom barrett who is on trans inaugural committee also thought that possibly arming might be

a good idea mr barracks in gage meant an investment in business development throughout the middle east for the purpose of better aligned middle east and u.s. objectives and well known as are his more than four decades of respected relationships throughout the region the issue of nuclear power for saudi arabia has been discussed before but that refusal to agree to not enrich or reprocess has been a big stumbling block. they wouldn't commit and it was a sticking point you might reno to sing a little bit of a double standard here not only does the united states oppose the peaceful nuclear energy program of the islamic republic of iran it's actually imposed sanctions on the country for decades and this isn't the first time that the twenty treatment of the two countries has left us officials red faced in twenty seventeen a reporter asked about the usa criticizing iran's elections when saudi arabia is completely devoid of democracy here's how it went to a saudi arabia's commitment to democracy and does the administration believe that

democracy is a barrier against extremism. we see is that. it dissipating. we were able to make significant progress prompt has been very upfront about the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia he says that weapons sales make lots of money for american military corporations so america first told me it's all about america first we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let russia china and everybody else have a it's all about for me very simple it's america first when it comes to the middle east u.s. officials have long been known for a kind of doublespeak and contradictory policy but you can understand why some

people might get a little one nerved when nukes are involved but are to new york. now sebastian coe has paid the first state visit by an austrian chancellor to the u.s. in thirteen years but at the white house he and his american counterpart donald trump didn't always see eye to eye so let's get more on this now with our europe correspondent peter all of he joins us good afternoon tea peter a meeting then it wasn't always smooth what were the sticking points over the main wall was the kurds the austrian chancellor threw his support behind the nord stream to gas pipeline that would run from russia to germany under the baltic sea well the u.s. simply hates the nord stream process progress the puts after his meeting with donald trump he explain just how the president sees it and how the u.s. administration sees this north stream to project. president trump has clearly said

that the united states is against this project by the united states russia is more attractive for us as upon on this issue i believe that as a former businessman trump can understand that we have different interests here. well the austrian chancellor saying it comes down to business reasons that hasn't stopped the united states for looking for well any way it can really to try and derail the process project in fact washington's gone as far as to threaten u.s. sanctions on european companies that are involved in the development of north stream to their argument the argument coming from washington is that this leaves well it leaves europe overly reliant on russian gas and moscow could potentially use that as a political tool in january of this year the u.s. ambassador here in berlin richard grinnell sent out letters to a number of companies warning of significant risk of sanctions should they continue their involvement with north stream to

a month later ambassador colonel again involved well he called on germany to use the project to try and leverage against russia. than just last weekend at the munich security if you're against north stream your own side with the sea. and the united states commends all our european partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream to. and we commend others to do the same. well the austrian chancellor also revealed that when it comes to north stream the biggest focus of the u.s. iowa is germany he went as far as to say that. he wasn't very happy with germany whatsoever however birdland has absolutely no intention of cutting off its ties with russia over this pipeline deal. if i give you up that you don't have wanted to do unilaterally dependent and russia does not receive russian gas not only is that

in our where i live but as soon west germany during the cold and they don't see why the time today should be so much verse that we can no longer think of the russian relief apart now not of the well whatever the us administration think as it stands gas will starts throwing flowing through nord stream to later this year it's not been a cheap project for everybody involved if we look at the fire you've european partners that have invested in it they've put in one point five billion euros that's around eleven billion dollars or will have when the projects finished the same amount is also being chipped in by russian gas giant gazprom to finish the project when it's done and when it's at full capacity it will see an extra fifty five billion cubic meters of liquid of natural gas i beg your pardon flowing directly from the book in russia over into germany every single year ok thanks peter that was peter over there for. now earlier in the executive vice president of the eurasia center has

said that the u.s. is a it's european partners with its stance on the project. mr kurtz was. a very strong supporter of north korea all along. this is about energy security energy supply policy in europe not in the united states in europe by ellen g. from the u.s. you're going to increase not just the price for energy about thirty percent but you go then cause the manufacturing will be lose their competitiveness and it's going to impact the rest of the economic situation across much of the north korea but across europe what the u.s. actually doing is that pushing away their own allies they're basically destroying the partnership that we have with the you and it's not just nordstrom through i mean there are there are different sort of across one trade policy as well as the iran nuclear deal to do to pioli and just the whole backing out of international

agreement. now a statue in the u.s. based on a landmark photograph commemorating the end of world war two seems to afford him file of the meeting movement against sexual harassment the sculpture in sarasota florida is titled unconditional surrender and does depict the moment in one nine hundred forty five when a soldier kissed a stranger on the day japan capitulated to the u.s. when it was spray painted but the me to hash tag one day after the man depicted in the work war veteran george mendonsa died at the age of ninety five the image is considered a symbol of the euphoria that gripped the nation at the end of the war the woman in the face draft said the sailor drunkenly grabbed her on times square and kissed her some have suggested by he committed a sexual assault well the iconic kiss was first published in life magazine cementing its place in popular culture the moment on times square has been really

recreated in films and works of art so you as well as on victory over japan day anniversary the meaty movement has a track record of reappraise. things from the past critics sometimes goes too far for example by condemning everything from disney fairy tales and classic songs to sit coms women's rights could. be international or expert jennifer breeden would have avoided over the latest me to tell it. absolutely support the need to movement in saying this statue does not have right to stand because we have a big knowledge of it from the woman and i believe there's actually an acknowledgement from the man as well that he was drunk and didn't know her and so if that's the case then anything that does not reflect who we are trying to become as a country as a people it can stand even if we have statements from the woman that was in the picture we don't have a lot of the intent we don't have when we don't have the context of the time that

it occurred in and so that's that's the point is that we're taking this we're looking at this from a lens of a perspective that we just don't understand it because we live now in such a divisive time whether she was swept up in the moment or not we do not see this as a bidding activity to celebrate in those moments such as the confederate flags or the confederate statues that are being taken down by protesters in those moments it's ok for us to look at history and say this is not who we choose to be i mean there are times even in the one nine hundred sixty s. if you look at martin luther king jr and some of these civil rights protests even the protests for women i mean never never would would vandalism have been ok especially for dr king is criminal acts were peaceful they were meant to vandalize to harm they were meant to prove a point but i do think it is important that we look at the times now and let's not why not why i was just trying to find out what is not in that let's not do that when you have to stand up and disobey and something that's sometimes an up people

sometimes violence sometimes things that we don't like will be required it don't want to make sure that everyone's. kate uncomfortable with what we're doing in that it's also politically correct because change see nothing without a demand it there has to be some discomfort momentarily so that justice can be carried out then by all means that's what must be done and it's true that discomfort is going to happen what i bring up with dr king is that that he talked about his his purpose being to change the laws to change the laws for the better for just laws and because the laws were unjust we have laws in america today that protect against sexual assault that protect against unwanted advances advances that are not consented to so we have laws today for that even if we didn't back in one thousand nine hundred five and so i do think it's relevant to bring this up in that context when civil disobedience goes against the law because it's an unjust law there is no law here that is unjust it's a behavior of men that we're seeing in society and in this instance it was men from

sixty years ago. you know it's international into means. but numbers mean for the matter the u.s. is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime families. eighty five percent of global wealth you long to be rich if we pursue. the world market. you should come with one hundred five hundred for sure for sure. that one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars. but don't let the numbers over. the only number you need remember one one. for. one and only.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going from station let it be an arms race in this spear in dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. hello again the media freedom representative from the european security organization the u.s. he says he's following the situation regarding facebook suspension of several news pages a few days ago facebook blocked a number of midis pages a german based company which produces online shows one of which she's in the now whose videos have been viewed millions of times the move coincided with a c.n.n.

report core claiming math inc was deliberately trying to hide its ties. to the russian government facebook also claim that there are rules under which any community should tell he was sponsoring them the president of the international federation of journalists is also hit out of facebook over a suspension of those r.t. linked pages closing a facebook account or any internet link from the media without prior warning can be considered as an act of censorship opposed by the i have. to reply to math media saying it needed to make clear that they are affiliated with r.t. see then tweeted they are now waiting to hear if they'll be allowed back on the site talk show host jimmy door believes that facebook has no legitimate reason to block news pages this is a bunch of unelected bureaucrats in silicon valley deciding who gets freedom of speech based on completely random rules that are public and they make up on the fly

that that's what so this is an actual censorship happening so if you're going to take away someone's rights you have to have a transparent process to do that you can't just do it willy nilly with a bunch of unelected bureaucrats in the middle of the night in silicon valley deciding who gets to have freedom of speech or not and that's what's happening right here and by the way it's happening in conjunction with the government which makes it doubly horrible but it's not really being reported correctly in the united states because corporate media is in bed with the same people. finally diplomats in brussels are being told to watch their words when they're out in public a recent report warns that there are hundreds of russian and chinese secret agents sleeping in the city's cafes and also restaurants charlotte have been ski investigates. for my next assignment i'm going undercover to see if we can expose a nest of spies in brussels it's

a city best known for its food and being at the heart of european politics. but now the two tangled up in new scandal. the european capital brussels is apparently full of spies hundreds of russian and chinese agents are installed there even security services have reportedly suggested that diplomats should avoid a popular steak house and a cafe near the european commission's q it mentions no names but it doesn't take a super spook to realize this is the only steak house nearby where the food is apparently being served up with a side upset to information. this is the only steak house in the area so i assume it's us. this is you know you.

think about this i don't think it's true. but you. know i would love to get calls like james bond. but. i'm not convinced i'm sure he knows more what's he hiding. i was never questioned by the security service but i can imagine they did background checks and they probably did. you. know more after the interview i'm not going to speak to mr such is the concern about spies stalking the streets of brussels but the e.u. is diplomatic and foreign wing the e.p.a.'s has warned member states embassies that hundred saw the loose so if they're not here where are they. been told that this city is full of spice if you've seen any yet yes. and

i'm respond favorably hold who stole from the rich and give to the poor and we need to do that in brussels with all those europe have you seen any yes we have you have met the people that you don't know about that are the most important spies they know the most so not russian not chinese no no no overrated yes we did the right direction. i have been told that you two might be spies only you definitely spy on the. comment to least also from the message. she looks like a good spy doesn't she russian spies. all of them must leave or well after much searching here in the heart of brussels it seems that they've been taking me on

a bit of a wild goose chase and no were actually spice. back in the restaurant tells me that even if they were filling up the seats they probably went to the hair you see. it's very difficult to spy when there's lots of noise and you can choose where to sit so you can just arrive here and say here is the commission i want to send a forehead over the belgium state security service once described brussels as being like a kindergarten. he said they usually pretend to be a diploma. shakara journalists so with a trail getting colder and colder it looks like i'm the closest thing to a russian spy now what was that restaurant. auti brussels. that is the news from here in r.t.

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you know world of big partisan movies a 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. 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. this isn't speak like figure skating as it should travel site place that's a specific angle and it's no less than one hundred kilometers per hour to try this double rifle and heartless at the same time and never cause my son to send kids mirroring each other's place since spain is

a maximum speed place to get them. drifting was born in japan but as a sport it's become incredibly popular in russia the reason is simple it's where cheap rear wheel drive cars are made when it is a long time plentiful ice makes drifting easy safe and so much cheaper than during the summer. a region we trained as a nurse. began his drifting career on the streets now he's the only russian pilot who also drives a car like this in the summer too but his has been seriously upgraded examples. so those of cruising years are going. to be ultra rich in you the boss was going to sort. of i should sort bug. all

pilots use the winter to prepare their cars for the summer meaning winter competitions are a chance to practice and this time the whole family has come a long time with one gulp i state it was you steve i wasn't even if you were out so if so was more. leave you now the dallas. police. department there are people who are living with him but here he was with his eyes dark but he asks the chimes to consider the more the more stuff more.