president putin says russia is ready to respond to threats with its new hypersonic missile system while stressing its purely defensive weapon. response. threaten to retaliate by targeting western capitals with his own new weapons quite a confrontational step quite a confrontational speech to russia was not. a response. to the sour democrat controlled committee questions u.s. ties with saudi arabia report reveals washington is ready to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to riyadh. publicly defies donald

trump on the north stream to project with russia after. the white house. three. the international live with. welcome to the program. warned that moscow is ready to respond to deploy its new hypersonic missile to counter potential threats the president stressed the new weapon would only be used in self-defense. threatened 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 us bases intermediate range missiles in europe for quite a confrontational step quite

a confrontational speech by the russian president during his annual state of the nation address president putin announce that zero on a new hypersonic cruise missile that can be deployed from both land and sea will undergo testing later this year. was done off as 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 higher deadly are you sure. you another room vonzell product does work on which you don't go in and you'll 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 hitting repeat the concerns are not entirely unreasonable though the zircon message 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 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 in the word lonely it was a decision called russia the biggest threat to the us around with that but i can tell you that russia wants to have an equal and friendly relationship with the united states russia is not threatening anyone at all our actions in the security

so we have done solely as a response and so they are of a defensive nature but i need to leave 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. the construction of the nord stream to gas pipeline from russia to europe is again in the spotlight russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has called on european energy firms to resist u.s. pressure to block the project last month washington's envoy to berlin urged the u. companies to stop building the pipeline. knew was more torture shit 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 the subject of north stream two was also raised when asked who is

chancellor met president truong but the white house it was the first such state visit by an austrian leader in thirteen years the pair though weren't exactly seeing eye to eye as peter all of our 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 prices 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 hate 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 too leaves the e.u. energy infrastructure overly reliant on russian gas and that that could potentially be used as a political tool by moscow well 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 have 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 no one wants to be unilaterally dependent on russia but will receive russian gas not only the d.d.r. where i live but also in west germany during the called and they don't see why the times today should be so much worse that we can no longer see 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. harmer who runs a german language news that are on economics believes the us wants to reduce europe's options when it comes to the gas trade the project is

already said it is only beneficial for europe and not only for germany and everybody understand this and it needs then we unite. america and yes. we have more possibilities which is exactly where once you want to go out there europe there is no other possibility then buying gas from the us. 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 as in contrast to washington's long running efforts to block iran's nuclear program and democrat led committee has now launched an investigation. 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 constructed each and operating nuclear facilities in saudi arabia the report raises concerns over potential violations of the u.s. nuclear nonproliferation act it accuses the trumpeter ministration of bypassing congress on the issue and lawmakers warn the moves could destabilize the middle east a number of troubled ministration officials are said to have been directly involved in planning the deal. and the i p three nuclear energy corporation which took part in the defended the transfer of nuclear information to riyadh i mean it would help count russia and china saudi arabia's refusal though to rule out the regime in richmond's which could lead to nuclear weapons has sparked fears of

transferring technology iranian foreign minister job as a reef immediately condemned the leaked news calling the u.s. move hypocrisy political commentator lou rockwell suspects that the white house has a run in its sights if it really is funneling nuclear technology to the saudis. they were a day it becomes clearer to the world what was always clear to us neither human rights nor a nuclear program have been the real concern of the us first a dismembered journalist now illicit sale of nuclear technology to saudi arabia fully exposed us he procrustes the idea that they would arm mohamed meant zalman with nuclear weapons just strikes me as something out of a science fiction movie it's like dr strangelove it's very alarming it's a terrible thing to spread this kind of technology and this is all part of the the . plan to destroy iran and they they hate

iran iran is not promoting terrorism iran is not all the things they say it is it's a peaceful country it's got a very small military and out of date military and they're not a threat to anybody it's this is really a horrendous thing and i'm so glad that was the blowers in the white house gave this information to congress. and the rift has opened up in the british cabinet chancellor philip hammond as openly accuse the defense secretary gavin williamson of undermining trade negotiations with china by now saying the deployment of a warship to the far east. it's a complex relationship and hasn't been made simply by chinese concerns about royal navy deployments in the south china sea and i can announce the operational mission of heechul mass queen elizabeth will include the next rainy and the middle east on the pacific region williamson's plan to send him to carry out of the south china

sea you prompted an angry response from beijing soon after with china cancelled a visit well u.k. trade that occasion which would have included philip hammond this comes at a critical time for the u.k. securing a trade relationship with china is seen as vital for britain off it leaves the e.u. one month from now. we're joined live by jonathan steele international affairs commentator for more on this mr steele thanks for coming on today good to have you on the program just some of a set how much of a setback is this for britain's relationship with china as the foreign minister was saying this is a complex relationship as it is just how much of an impact will this have well it's a kind of warning shot it's not enormously important because of this because it would be true to go. it if you're really seeing a response by the chinese to what was a very stupid remark there is a british defense secretary going williams and the warship that the defense

secretary mentioned there is not going to be actually operational for another two years according to the information i have here what's the point of announcing it's the ploy meant to the south china sea at such a sensitive time. well that's fired for such a stupid statement because it was it's two years before the ship is going to be ready to go it is an aircraft carrier has cost an enormous amount of money that lot of controversy about why it was necessary to have such an warship especially as didn't carry any aircraft yet the british royal air force is buying planes from the united states foolishly true should be used on this warship when it's ready but to actually determine the chances it struck in his past today to gavin williamson said that not only did he say that he has an agent and he said could have trade talks with china but he pointed out of the decision is far too primitive and it wouldn't be taken by the defense secretary anywhere if britain is to send

a warship anywhere and stunned as a national security council so it was a real slap down for having williamson yeah defense sources have told the british media that williams and speech was approved by the prime minister's chief of chief of staff and by the national security advisor presumably a part of national security council does this look like a bit of an oversight a site or a sort of miscommunication here well both those people you mentioned are civil servants they're not ministers national security advisor is a civil servant so has a chief as a general stuff is military matters person but not a minister so if truly a pattern described by the national security council includes ministers they're the ones who have to change the decisions not the one minister and that's to then secretary on his own so say it was a real. slaps full williamson is going to learn how to behave properly and understand the complexity of the modern world and you can't just to brandish savers

rattle sabers talk about gunboat diplomacy results thinking of the consequences of what you're saying just look at the wider picture here the u.k. does face some economic challenges following that of course signing new trade deals establishing you trade partnerships do you think it's made more difficult by these sorts of steps and indeed you think there's a balance here between having that foreign policy which showcases britain's place and international stage with compromising in terms of trade deals. well the whole point of the present government's strategy has relieve the european union one to graps it is to say there's going to be some something called global britain who somehow implying the european union is a small stage and we're going to be on as much bigger global stage and exerting your power and influence and all started reputation no one does of kariya story was

all about. it's ambitious nonsense really britain isn't suddenly becoming a bigger country or more important country because it's leading the you very thing it's the opposite it's becoming a very marginal island off the continent in europe and we haven't been able to sign very many trade deals with other countries now in the run up to brics and undo all the promises they said that we would be easily able to make deals come to nothing so far and this latest patch in china is just another example of this fatal sort of ambition and arrogance which has led to nothing. rajon of the steel international affairs commentator thanks for your take that i hear not international at story. oh i'll be back with more news just off of a short break thanks for staying soon to all the international.

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looking behind us and believe in the clue no rule is gone we have the we must have a new generation of people who will fix our countries for the rest of the future and that's basically what it is that we'll off in nigeria. welcome back to the program and members of venezuela's opposition are gathering on the country's border with colombia trying to force through deliveries of u.s. aid the moderate governments ordered the military to block the deliveries calling them a pretext for u.s. military intervention in a self-proclaimed venezuelan leader one door has set a deadline of saturday for the convoys to be allowed through those unclear what measures he could take that at the vehicles into the country speaking on wednesday u.s. republican senator marco rubio issued a stern warning to president maduro. the venezuelan opposition well aware of the

risks they run to their personal safety by undertaking this but if you put yourself in their position they really have no alternative the world will see what you're dealing with here if the aid arrives it will expose that the emperor has no clothes and at that point you could see a cascade effect. numbering political activists cristen month month era thank you for joining us so good to have in the program today as we just heard marco rubio saying the aid deliveries will show that the emperor has no clothes reference presumably to madeira does that suggest this really is an exercise to undermine the president of venezuela as opposed to helping the people of venezuela which has been the argument of the u.s. all along. well there isn't really any type of undermining we have to take into consideration that nicolas maduro has extended his time in power beyond the constitutional mandate that he received a few years ago and by proclaiming the constitutional assembly which obviously was

not in the constitution itself to give him more time and he has expired so definitely like there is no reason to think that drew is the legitimate president of venezuela he is in fact staying power beyond his term and the fact that some people are calling. a self-proclaimed president i mean as a lawyer i can tell you that he has follow all the steps to become president of been a swell as the constitution establishes the procedure for him to do so in the absence of power like in this case is occurring with zero so the deadline for february twenty third i think it's the message led the aide go in there's no on their mining we're just trying to get people and get them some food there is shortage show basic products for people to have their or their food the vegetables milk eggs and stuff

that need to be provided to the population so i would suggest like many other people to president of the road through it to let the a go through nobody's trying to invade nobody's trying to undermine his presidency but by doing what he's doing he's making i think things worse and it's time for him so we consider his position i think that no one in america no one in any country in south america north and south by that matter once this country to continue in the way it is and it's in his hands basically to change the way things are moving forward and you know let's sit down at the table on this for the solution but the idea of making things worse and not allowing the aid to go through. i think it's a big mistake the whole world is watching and very few allies are left in the pocket of nicolas maduro and i think it's time for him to reconsider his position. a critical time for the country for the for the people of venezuela as well i mean

as you say the opposition has set a deadline for saturday here what measures do you think they could take if the aid is not allowed into the country. well i mean i think i've said before that though has no access or control over the territory he has no control over the military so it makes it very complicated for him to experience type of control over my duro or to demand that the aid be allowed the only way i see it happening is if there is. a flow of people that allow the aid to go through and then it's up to the army and the authorities to decide whether they're going to kill their own people while the aid is going through or they're going to allow the a to pass so it's a very complicated situation for both dural and for both why go where those white though doesn't have the power to demand the aid to go through and if he decides to

go down the road of you know extern some type of an all radical move in my generate some type of bloodshed which no side wants to generate so i think in the end for the for the whole process to be successful i hope that. allows the aid to go through that these people are able to get these basic products that you know they were acquired to even for their own personal hygiene and hopefully things will be resolved in a peaceful way if not we might see things escalating and hopefully i mean. they hopefully i really don't expect them to get down to some type of military intervention i really hope is not the case but you know we never know what's going to happen here indeed certainly very tense time and both sides of course hoping to avoid any bloodshed all escalation christian month or a political activist thanks for your take today on that story. and we head of that deadline for venezuela an envoy representing the country's self-proclaimed leader

one door has been confronted in washington by an antiwar activist carlos of a q was giving a speech on thursday when the disruption took place. i want to say these people are fried they don't represent the millions well in people they are representing the u.s. orchestrated who this is a very dangerous situation they want to create a crisis at the border that would be a justification for u.s. intervention well the video was made there benjamin from the code pink movement as you just heard she accused the united states of trying to stage a coup in venezuela and creating a crisis on the country's borders so we can now hear from mr benjamin herself what took place there were there thanks for coming on the program today. the interview with our with our previous guest the same duros should let that aid convoy through his interests in the interest of the people of venezuela to avoid escalation and

bloodshed what is your view on those aid convoys being sent from as well as the argument of course that their humanitarian aid to help the people. it's absolutely obvious to anyone who looks at this subjectively that this is weaponized thing of aid that's why the red cross the u.n. and all of these humanitarian organizations don't want to go near it they said this is politicized this is not really humanitarian aid you know there are humanitarian organizations inside venezuela including the united nations organizations that are already providing aid the opposition if it really wanted to get aid in could have gone through the u.n. agencies but it's dead it wants to create a crisis on the border it wants to create bloodshed because this will be a justification for u.s. intervention i think they're paying playing a very nasty and dangerous game that is being manipulated from washington d.c.

and that if indeed things do get violent at the border it will only be to the detriment of the entire venezuelan people what do thing will happen if that bad line is missed there's been a dead on of science and a set by the opposition also brazil for the trucks to be allowed in if does keep the borders shut what options do the opposition have and what do you think could happen. well they'll try something else you know this is a playbook that has many different tactics to it and i'm sure between elliott abrams and john bolton and my comp a.o. they can provide lots of different scenarios for trying to create a crisis again if saturday does not lead to the kind of crisis that they are looking for i find it hard to understand why so many governments around the world instead of promoting negotiations are going along with this u.s.

playbook which is a coup d'etat and let's be clear that the one guy joe has said that he would be open to u.s. intervention. trump said that intervention is on the table we have this group bills of john bolton with the five thousand troops going to colombia this would be absolutely disastrous if there were to be a u.s. military intervention that's why we're working with our congress to try to make it clear that the tramp administration is not authorized to intervene in venezuela. thanks so much for your take today here on out international benjamin activist of untoward organization code pink. thank you thanks for staying tuned to alter international just coming up to hamas three in the morning here in moscow join us again in about thirty minutes for the latest global news updates.

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