morns that russia is ready to respond to threats with its new hypersonic missile system stressing though it's purely a defensive weapon statements to me prompted a reaction. threaten to retaliate by targeting western capitals with you well what a confrontational step what a confrontational speech russia is not for me anyway but all our actions. as a response to show there of the defense nature of. the democratic controlled committee is questioning the nature of u.s. saudi ties after a new report reveals that washington is poised to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to riyadh that is the white house also rans nuclear ambitions as a global threats.

by the welcome you with r.t. international. has warned that moscow is ready to target perceived threats with its latest hypersonic missile although the russian president did stress to you that the new weapon is meant for defensive purposes to threaten to retaliate 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 quite a confrontational step quite a confrontational speech by the russian president well during his annual state of the nation address president putin announced that conan new hypersonic cruise missile that can be deployed from both land and sea will undergo testing later this year with more details is done. another day another excuse to panic for the mainstream media for them for the second year in

a row 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 set 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 books ready to use with the launch pads already in service yet the intimidating tech specs and to a bigger extent even the click bait 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 can you lonely decision to call russia the biggest threat to the u.s. are over 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 in the security should be 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. well we discussed what this new miss are might mean for global security with experts. i think it's

a reasonable massy you know i have to tend to agree with the sentiments that putin has expressed because i saw no purpose that i think the. acceleration of the animosity between the two countries came by us is cancer not of i and half 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 holland says 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 that 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. the u.s. house of representatives has released a report indicating that the white house may be planning to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to saudi arabia that is amid concerns in washington to over iran's nuclear program but a democrat led committee has now launched an investigation into the matter with. if there's one thing that congress gets touchy about it's 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 constructing 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 good time 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 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 was on drugs 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 to middle east and u.s. objectives are 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 be noticing 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 twin track 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 said you reviews 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 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 and orders and let russia china and everybody else have a draw 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 double speak and contradictory policy but you can understand why some people might get a little one nerve when nukes are involved. r.t. new york. in other news the construction of russia's new treaty gas pipeline to europe is in the spotlight again foreign minister sergey lavrov has called on european business partners to resist u.s. pressure to block the project off the washington's envoy to believe in last month long the e.u. companies could stop building the pipeline. new was more than a torturous it is impossible to specify restrictive measures it will always hit

ordinary people like in syria iran and north korea and therefore it's necessary to stop imposing sanctions altogether the european union has been infected by the virus of u.s. impunity. while the subject of an ordering pipeline was also raised in austria as chancellor met with president trump at the white house it's the first such state visit by an austrian leader in thirteen years but the pair were exactly seeing eye to eye on everything as peter oliver explains. the austrian chancellor has given his continued backing for the nord stream to gas pipeline project despite clear objections from the united states sebastian kurtz was speaking after meeting with donald trump at the white house president trump has clearly said that the united states is against this project buying gas from the united states would not be a problem for us but as long as russia's price is beth of matter of 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 the

united states pretty much hates the north stream to gas line project and doesn't care who knows it in fact they've got as far as to put pressure on e.u. nations and on companies belonging to european countries saying that there could be potential sanctions put on them if they continue to associate with the pipeline the u.s. argument is that north stream to leaves the e.u. energy infrastructure overly reliant on russian gas and that that could potentially be used as a political tool by moscow or that prompted the u.s. ambassador here in germany richard grinnell to send out letters at the beginning of the year to german companies involved in the project saying that there was a significant risk of sanctions should they continue their involvement a month later the ambassador was again talking about nord stream to this time he said that germany should use the project to leverage against moscow a sentiment that was well picked upon and repeated by the u.s.

vice president mike pence in munich just last weekend and the united states commands all our european partners who's taken a strong stand against north stream to. and we commend others to do the same and the austrian chancellor went on to say that from his meeting with trump it was clear to him that the united states is particularly unhappy with germany over this issue however but has shown absolutely no sign of being willing to tear. up and damage its relationship with russia over the pipeline the flag of the i think you know one of wanted to be unilaterally dependent on russia to not receive russian gas not only the d.d.r. where i live but i assume west germany during the cold and they don't see why the times today should be so much verse that we can no longer think that russia remains a partner whatever the feelings of the united states the gas is stet to start flowing later this year when north stream too is fully operational it will be

sending an extra fifty five billion cubic meters of russian gas every single year under the baltic sea directly into germany peter all over there will a key hey man who runs a german language newsletter on economics says believe that the us wants to reduce europe's options when it comes to the gas trade. the last to do project is already said it is only beneficial for europe and not only for germany and everybody understand this it doesn't mean that we do not buy their american energy guess it's just me we have more possibilities this is exactly what wants to want to get rid of europe there is no other possibility then buying gas from us or concerns now over just who is watching seemingly innocent or this will have a look at that in more detail just after the break. remember

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politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. but again our corporate giants including coca-cola nestlé and well disney are pulling that the distance from you tube at the moment after the discovery peta files have been exploiting the video sharing site to tell us more about this now we're joined by any prank in the studio with me good afternoon again and it sounds like a serious scandal isn't it this exactly what are we looking at here we are all more than just used to these premier all ads it's all these somewhat annoy me to you as you always want to skip before actually watching the video you want to watch but it is a great way to advertise but right now a number of big companies are saying no to this type of advertising after it's been noticed that some of these ads may come along with the videos that are watched

or commented by those who sound like real paedophiles in large numbers very large numbers. companies in the us have post advertising on you tube we've tossed all pretty role advertising through our advertising agency we have reached out to google and you tube to determine action still take to eliminate this type of content from their service. nowadays the reality is that kids get there for smartphones before they go to school and they learn to shoot or post just like that and in that case technically there might not even be anything wrong with these videos but when you realize what kind of comments you may find under these clips this is when things get really disturbing some of them do sound like they were written by paedophiles and for obvious reasons we won't show you any of these videos or any of these comments and another thing that makes authorities suspicious

to you is just some of these to seemingly innocuous new move very basic video you seem to be getting the very popular on they just give us an indication of how many people do watch them in some cases these kind of videos have been viewed by millions of people and as you've said these are just ordinary things absolutely random kids little kids do at home but the way it works is the more views the video scores the more expensive the ads get so all kinds of companies from italian car manufacturers to beauty johns like l'oreal or maybelline find their ads glued to these controversial videos and other you tube algorithms algorithm sorry can make it worse as well for example paedophiles may get carried away with scores of recommendations with similar videos and there's also the autocomplete feature so if you actually type in your girl it may give you additional words like little or

hot and so on. is obviously a growing problem now isn't it if they said they're actually saying that they do not tolerate any offensive especially child related content and they claim that they always take the necessary measures. any content including comments that endangers mine is abhorrent and we have clear policies prohibiting this on you tube we took immediate action by deleting accounts and channels reporting illegal activity to authorities and disabling violet's of comments indeed you tube official rules suggest that the world anything that gets a gets posted that endangers minors and that includes carmen's but the trends that i have told you about show that there is a lot of work to be done there are still plenty of shady areas that have not been

covered so you may have to rethink the ways they actually deal with this ok thanks . frank are. diplomats in brussels have been told her to watch what they say when item public a recent report does warn that there are hundreds of russian and chinese secret agents apparently snooping in the cities cafes and or so restaurants shot at the bin ski investigations for my in 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 chew tangled up in new scandal the european capital brussels is apparently full of spies hundreds of russian and chinese agents are installed even security services have reportedly suggested that diplomats should avoid

a popular steakhouse and a cafe near the european commission's hate queue. 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 the site upsets information. this is the think house in the area so. this is. this is you know. think about this i don't think it's true. 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 that 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 know. where all they. been told that this city is full of spies have you seen any yet yet. and i'm respond favorably hold still for 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 people that you don't know about that are the most important spies they know the most so not russian not chinese. related to the right

direction. i have been told that you can. oh yeah i am definitely a spy on the d.c. do. gooding so shuffle is something that the mentalist also from the m.s.m. . looks like a good spy. russian spy. 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 know we're actually spice. back in the restaurant the owner tells me that even if they were filling up the seats they probably won't overhear everything you see so. 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 there is the commission and i want to sit there a forehead over a belgium state security service once described brussels as being like a kindergarten for spies he said they usually pretend to be diplomats and o.b.'s to war shock horror journalists so with the trail getting colder and colder it looks like i'm the closest thing to a russian spy now what was that restaurant. r.t. brussels. so that is. back again of the top of the next one with the headlines and more stories. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from

fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective from time used to surprise us all why not if you think. i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you can think i was going to go. by the way what is that that's like here. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution to to create the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just a lawyer here i mean your list book video put him in the new bill is out of the new school and you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took part in it invested over five billion dollars to assist

ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only closely and going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time time to sit down and talk.

hello and welcome to worlds apart there are so many de mansions to the one in syria maybe it worthwhile to see it as not just one but many conflicts at once if not all we reignite could be day nomics of the original cold war beating russia against the united states but also fueled what some regional experts refer to as the arab world war and the draft yet unrelenting rivalry between iran and saudi arabia is serious still some of the balance of power in the region well to discuss that i'm now joined by randy a director at the middle east institute that i'm slim it's good to talk to you thank you very much for a child to be with you thank you now one of the most common words you use to

describe the current american policy in the middle east is a profound it's about i can't even quote and they are it starts with asked and answered show and before we discuss what drives your criticism of the trumpet ministration i wonder what war it would you use to describe the policies of his predecessor look when it comes to the middle east in a obama tried to do this kind of balancing and try to establish in the middle east this kind of coexistence between saudi arabia and you know on the assumption that the major divide in the middle east with which i and i deal with that assumption is this conflict this divide between saudi arabia and iran and so with with the with the conclusion of the nuclear they can even between the united states you know the p five plus one and you know on the idea was that if we take nuclear. weapons if we take the field of nuclear weapons out of the equation in the relationship between the states and the west and iran then we can start talking about these other. these

other obstacles or challenges in the relationship which is very much iran behavior in the region so is there war that you put all the aspects of the. policy under i think it's kind of balancing policy it's a kind of a distorting some kind of equilibrium policy and and. let's put it this way it's a de is collision policy now you mentioned the work that the obama administration tried to do on iran but there are also many other aspects so for the failure to achieve any of the american objectives in syria how come that the two years of the . ministration which you can argue have an inch of much but didn't do much harm in terms of lives lost are described as an ass show by the obama policy doesn't quite see it is very much expressing the increasing

opinion in the american public that it's time for us to to get out of the mideast the middle east as a region seen by the majority of the decades and we have not gotten anything in return and so what trump is doing today in syria with his decision last december to disengage from syria of to withdraw from syria is very much a continuation of the obama policy when in two thousand and eleven he decided to also and. what matters in professional circles is not intentions but the results of that policy and it's quite clear that in terms of the results trunk the traumatization hasn't yet done as much damage to the region as the obama administration did willingly or not is it fair again to describe. the trump policies and such profane ways and be so civil and polite about the obama's results look i will disagree with you in terms of what obama has done personally i

think he has not done enough that's my problem with obama has been is that killed enough good to know i think in syria for example in two thousand and thirteen when there was a threat of and we knew that the assad regime was about to use chemical weapons on the white scale like he has done in.