bricking. forced to wear disputed kashmir. pilots. also coming up on the program this hour a highly anticipated second between donald trump north korean leader kim jong. il way in vietnam. amid rising tensions up the colombia border the crisis reaches the u.n. security council. and some in this

body claim that delivering humanitarian assistance is a political show let's call a spade a spade washington so was not resolving the problem something to look for regime change. british police forces find guilty of this nation after it rejected a white. look at. twenty four seven years live from moscow this is your r.t. international your company my name's union o'neill our top story there's been a dramatic escalation in tensions between india and pakistan this video emerged now we cannot independently verify but it is said to show according to islam about one of india's two dollars and twenty one fighter jets. pakistan claim to charge the

warplanes in its space or kashmir arrest the two pilots ortiz nuclear and we more details of that alert are. what we have absolutely so we're seeing now is the culmination of tensions that have been building with more regularity in recent years and essentially things have now come to a head to the importance and consequence of how things play out from here is very significant not just because these are two very powerful countries but because they are a nuclear armed enemy is so if this does continue to spiral downwards this doesn't just impact the region this could have an effect on the whole world pakistan is claiming claiming to have shot down two indian air force jets and captured two pilots and says that its jets have launched air strikes in the indian territory a move that they claimed was in self-defense. pakistan is a responsible country and we don't want to endanger lives of masses we have you know retaliated to india all being done is just what irresponsible country does for

its defense our message use peace and not the war now india however claims that these those pakistani jets had been pushed back this comes just one day after india claims it hit a militant training camp and killed a very large number of fighters from the militant group jayashri mohammad which took responsibility for that suicide bombing earlier this month which killed forty indian troops now in a bizarre twist pakistan rejected india's claim saying that indian fighters were confronted before they conducted those strikes on the training camp and actually just dropped four or five bombs in an empty field and then fled back across the border so what's making the situation all the more hard to follow is how the two sides have these conflicting media campaigns both sides are pushing their own narrative and so we're seeing all sorts of contradictory information online and in the news but at the core of it what is very clear is what we're seeing is the first of the first aerial attacks across that line of control across that delicate

kashmir border since the two countries were at war and nine hundred seventy one now speaking in the past hour the pakistani prime minister imran khan has called for a responsible approach he said noting how both of them are nuclear powers they really couldn't afford a miscalculation love spikes in tensions over kashmir they have been up and down over the years a fresh wave of violence really took hold in the summer of twenty sixteen but kashmir has always been contested territory even before india and pakistan won their independence from britain in one thousand nine hundred forty seven let's have a reminder of the significance of kashmir.

nikki are in with the report well we have been getting reaction from experts on both sides here some of what they told us. they have a military background i'm from the pakistan air falls but i would like to see peace in the region because both india and pakistan do not one of this to escalate to immediately assured destruction because that is what will happen it ought to remain a pick for protection it will definitely escalate into a full scale of all we had it would be no orders barred but you see india took an action yesterday and going to action today and retaliation and shutdown of the aircraft i'm hoping that we let it go at that and if we sit down and talk to each other and if india has actionable intelligence ah prime minister has. to read it will have to respond and seem to want to only be we just can't afford

a full fledged consciously so the hope is that things were not spin out of control and. the science was sort of kind of did a lot of sort of silly and decided. let's just look forward to some other means maybe of doing the war my own means maybe to a diplomat you could create economic and other because. there are no winners and the military who are as we have seen so far. and there's another offer headline stories now donald trump is meeting with north korean leader kim jong il in the vietnamese capital annoy right now it is hoped they can reach a compromise on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula as well as the lifting of the. please visit those on the pyongyang also in her noise forests bunch of those sets us. enthusiasts i'm in hopefulness with second summit with kim jong il and on the horizon trump feels like he's on top of the world i do hope that very

positive things are going to happen i think that it will be a very exciting couple of days but are the feelings mutual we're north korea seems to be excited and no wonder after all i have peace opportunity is all that's able sun media reports even claim north korean leader kim said this to us top diplomat mike. i'm a father and husband and i have children and i don't want my children to carry the nuclear weapon on that back the whole life still considering criticism donald trump face over the summit from opposition at home north korea through its own state media war in the skeptics to not let this is a story copper to maybe be shattered but the summit does not only concern just washington in pyongyang so how do the other regional neighbors feeling about it. despite the fact japan's also ever a north korean test missiles flying over it the concern over the outcome of the talks after all if a deal is struck it's unclear whether japan's concerns will be addressed what made the situation worse with the allegations that japanese prime minister abby

officially requested for trump prime minister abi of japan gave me the most beautiful copy of a letter that he sent to the people who give out a thing called a nobel price he said i have nominated you or respect me in behalf of japan. i am asking them to give you the nobel peace price that did not go over well for the opposition especially after prime minister's office refused to comment on the allegations abduction nuclear insult to mid range missile issues not resulted all i'm concerned that it would give the wrong message to north korea and the international community if we accept that the current situation deserves the nobel peace prize. south korean president named just like his ally in washington that has also said that he is expecting great things coming out of the summit. i expect it to be a turning point that advances complete to denuclearization of the korean peninsula

new u.s. north korean relations and a peace regime on the korean peninsula president mood might come out as the biggest winner of these talks and in a way it seems that he's risking more than anyone else if these talks lead to a dead end after all this country that will be among the prime targets for the nuclear capable north korean missiles south korean foreign minister said his country is looking forward to a quote tangible and substantial results with all the hopes skepticism and fears involved coming to a specific results might turn out to be a very tough challenge for everyone involved in the situation but considering that the idea of i.q. west north korean summit saturday absolutely impossible just two years ago maybe there's still a chance for a happy conclusion. so what's to come up in the say we're joined live in the program by tom brooks professor of law and government on the dean of durham law school good to have your company do you think that trump and kim will actually find a lasting solution because that was what was vaulted the first time they met in

singapore back in june it doesn't seem to have transpired that way. no it doesn't so there was a lot of hope around the first visit that they had had but with. both leaders said that they had kind of made historic progress and lots of talk about what that might . i mean but there's been very little diplomatic relations between the two since their last meeting and it's been noticeable how much trump has been kind of talking down something he's just expecting some kind of great things from vice expectational but nothing concrete i think will be a desire to have something concrete come from this to make it look like a bit more than that and perhaps obvious diversion from trump's other worries back home in the u.s. but at the moment it doesn't seem to be much to go on i think one of the big issues is is the wording is it not you know did nuclearization we keep hearing this term

but it seems that both sides have differing views on what actually means and it's such an important topic is there a compromise to be to be reached there where it is up late. exactly sort of trump was able to somehow broker denuclearization of the korean peninsula that others have been unable to do that would be genuinely quite an accomplishment would be really something else if he could pull that off however recently he's been reporting to the press back in the u.s. how he's just hoping that they'll just stop the testing aspect of their nuclear weapons program rather than actually ending it that you know maybe he's lowering expectations to surprise us maybe he's he's doing something else i mean there's clearly a major prize at stake here and clearly it is very much a risky kind of campbell sharing a stage like this and giving attention like trump has to the leader of north korea

at a time when trump is somehow refusing to speak to less pariah states and in fact being very quiet hostile to much smaller problems in the world so this is really quite a thing that he's doing but it's unclear that it's going to have any effect on other than having us talk about something other than the miller investigation. right in america we did just see some of the video of the meeting earlier on and one of the first things that donald trump said was that north korea has tremendous economic potential but you're a great leader referring to kim but overriding this is the sanctions issue against north korea do you think that gives. some hope that they will be lifted such comments like that. well i think so and i think that that's probably one of the kind of the bigger cards to play that if there was some significant move such

a major issue that there would be some kind of clear benefit to to north korea of course other countries that trump has been very critical of like a red and also entered into deals to be more restrictive on their weapons programs in return for that opening up in a lessening of sanctions and he's played a very different tune there so i think you know that it's probably the one of many approaches to try to get somewhere with north korea i think that's what he's got in mind he's certainly been at least inconsistent on how he's dealing with this across that many of the countries where they were really surely not the first to try and perhaps he won't be the last thing at the moment we've got two world leaders who are desperate for the world's attention enjoy the world's attention and what it brings to them and the big question is whether or not it's all about smiling in from the camera or whether or not there's anything i need it's time to give us your

view in that museum i might understand this hemorrhoids it's getting more substantial. yes. no i think this is all i think this is all show i think that for north korea this is very much about a view of raising their profile and and showing the world stage that he is on and for play for his domestic audience i think similarly trump is clearly not playing for the international news which is international audience which is looking i think at this with some bewilderment and it's entirely i think an exercise in something very big because it's you know it's to divert attention and this is the kind of thing that would be big enough to divert attention look at least so. from his much more substantial worries congress and in his own personal issues sometimes very much for your take a live in the program this hour tom brooks professor of law and government dean at durham law school in the u.k. . u.s. cyber command blocked internet access to what they called

a russian troll factory during the twenty eighteen mid-term elections that's according to officials cited in the washington post they described it as they first the fence of cyber operation carried out against russia so what does all this mean let's go live now to a correspondent with the national at the implications of all of this just thinking to talk my head there they are quite wide reaching what more has been said on this . sure you know and what we basically have is a washington post article claiming that the u.s. military managed to blow internet access to one russian group known as the internet research agency on the day of the country's meat turns november last year some in america believe that this group might be informed in the alleged aim to fear in the country's presidential elections back in two thousand and sixteen washington post a site in a number of officials. all of whom spoke to the paper on the condition

of anonymity and all of whom as the paper claims are familiar with the matter it is also added in the article that that attack in two thousand and eighteen was just the beginning of what is supposed to be a massive cyber campaign against russia that's scary let's take a listen. the operation merged the first muscle flexing by u.s. cyber command with intelligence from the national security agency under new authorities it was granted by president trump and congress last year to bolster offensive capabilities. well needless to say may need to this news here in russia as rather frustrating because if it was true and we still say because there was no any official comment or confirmation from the agency in question itself so far so if it was true it simply shows how in secure cyber wise russia can be interested enough they snoozed came at the time when this topic is highly debated

here in russia on all levels earlier in february russia's state duma adopted the first reading of a draw floor known as the digital economy a national program requiring all russia's pays to ensure it can operate in the situation when russia's unplugged by foreign companies by foreign forces from the global network many refer to this document as internet isolation and the rock critics of course saying that the russian authorities keep saying that this is a measure to protect the country's security we heard russia's president vladimir putin talking about they said expressing his concerns let's take a listen. i think this will bring huge damage to the u.s. itself and also an economic but also political damage but it is also bad for the special services sitting there and getting all the information about you but don't be afraid i suppose they will think a hundred times before doing something theoretically anything is possible so we

should create such segments that won't be dependent on anybody today after they washington post article claiming that these darkest theories of russia and concerns of russia my told many be up and reality we are asked russia's president president spokes person to make trip to scoff to comment and here's what he had to say. quote . they were not around much minister you know in your internet a few years usually two nasution is. this different decision significant income point for a few more. of some of the two if you have an idea even though we say the state you could discern who goes across you associates it's not to exclude huge interest in a person in the premier to take you to a point of great which could take some of the images i couldn't break through to even an impediment it's a union if you have an idea through

a nationalist. creature and his person has another issue to deal with the two of them the idea is to. so as you can hear this is indeed a very interesting story but so far we only have again the washington post article citing some officials whose claims cannot be independently verified so far we don't have any confirmation from the agency that is believed to suffer from the attack to be a victim of that first strike in this cyber complain against trash us so we going to follow this story and keep you updated of course bringing us all the latest on the reef a national correspondent live on the show. violence has flared again at the venice will at columbia border over the blockade of humanitarian aid bennis willis government says it is taking preventive action against foreign in europe pension.

funds truckloads of aid have been amassed on the border with colombia president maduro has blocked but the liberals fearing the vehicles could be carrying weapons the situation sparked a fiery discussion at the un security council. but it is no perfectly clear that washington so aids was not resolving the problems of venezuela no caring for its people but for regime change including threats to do so by military intervention the united states and the international community must support the venezuelan people as they strive to reclaim their developer city let's call a spade a spade we observe how london and washington within the framework of the concept of humanitarian intervention which isn't recognized by international law to change them desirable regime there and his cronies and some in this body claim that

delivering humanitarian assistance is a political show and the cover for military intervention. but it is very clear only the madeira regime is using violence only the regime has called in both its security forces and armed gangs the man speaking on behalf of washington there is elliott abrams he previously served under ronald reagan and george w. bush abrams was twice convicted of a law fully withholding information from congress over the colbert's sale of weapons to iran to fund nicaraguan rebels in the one nine hundred eighty s. . the issue of using humanitarian aid to provide weapons was brought up at a un security council meeting by venezuela's foreign minister here's what who are gay. to say. in here we also have trucks and let me tell you that when the truck was inspected there wasn't just food and medicine in the truck there was

a quip and for barricades there was nails. this is what was in the truck nails wire when security forces inspected this is what they found we have information from friendly countries like cuba and russia that weapons are being bought in eastern europe to be given to the opposition with the aim of staging an armed intervention in venezuela meanwhile the foreign ministers of russia india and china have held a joint news briefing where among other issues they discuss the crisis in venezuela with some of the surrounding all out here show you a tranquil. whatever someone important in the west behind when as well as self-proclaimed leader one tries to give you an impression the whole world is supporting him you should remember these three countries two prominent members of the un security council and another agent or actually global powerhouse india for them nothing has changed for them the elected government of nicolas maduro is still the legitimate power in venezuela so while the top diplomats of russia india and

china are together and the chinese city of jenin i couldn't miss the opportunity to ask them for an update on their take on the latest stage of the crisis these are putting your. attempts to artificially create a pretext for military intervention but it leaves us is assuming the right to use force wherever it wants to talk all regimes which for whatever reason this satisfies them the us is trying to substitute international law with those rules so rich your own conclusions which rules have the americans prepared for the latin american region. in israel as problems are purely domestic in nature and they should be resold based on the country's constitution and law everyone should refrain from interfering in domestic affairs should. when it comes to important venezuela's neighbors believes that they should follow

the example and approach of russia india and china and he believes some countries have already done so the switch or the little girl was brazil has announced it's not going to participate provide its territory for american aggression towards venezuela not from a single lots of american country including members of the group of i heard words of support for military intervention so it looks like we'll keep hearing a strong united voice from moscow new delhi and beijing when it comes to venezuela both when the officials come together and talk and also when their diplomats make it work at the u.n. . a british police force has been fun guilty of discrimination after it rejected an up look into is a white sexual male. is the decision reached by unemployment tribunals in north west england cheshire police were in the middle of

a diversity drive when they turned twenty five year old matthew furlong who wanted to follow his father into the force. it is my confidence in the police force recruitment system how do i do my interview form and said i was bisexual for instance there's a strong possibility i would be working for cheshire police now based on the lie cheshire police say they are aware of the tribunals that have agreed to review the results matthew's lawyer sees it is the first discrimination case of its kind in the u.k. we put the issue up for debates with stephen morris from the english democrats party political and social commentator first of all answer. what they're doing they are blatantly discriminating against people so any trust people have in the police is going to be gone you know how can you trust them when you know full well that they are not looking to recruit the best people for the job they are just recruited based on ticking a box so in fact what we see stephen and the others who might think like him is

that discrimination and treating people less favorably but for their race or their protective characteristics has been going on for decades and pretty. sad to say by white heterosexual men and they have had the jobs they've had the lion's share of income even though we monitor equal pay they will still have the lion's share and so positive action is about redressing a balance about saying that when things that him oh no no no no positive is racially sort that let me just need to say i'm a nation no no no sorry steve stephen i'm sorry i'll correct you on a matter of fact and a matter of law having taken race discrimination cases all the royal courts of justice no offense to stephen but this is now i do it well i'm not sure tribune official i do with race relations cases on the. do no employment role as a trade union. but i don't use racism legal positive if i have to screw in a huge discriminate against. these races and we've seen racism in the police force

now racism is wrong it should be done on nothing else right now if you also in public. faction that's just annoyed with related immigration even steven when we look at positive action we're talking about underrepresented minorities whether they are black whether they're muslim jewish gay bisexual transgender all the people we need policies which are fair in society and absolutely you are right and the appropriate trouble potentially is right and it's finding if they have treated him less badly but for his sex nor to doing this to. him that i was in question he was saying if he was he well let's see i mean appeals and things happen but at the minute the finding we have is that but for the fact of his race and if it being bisexual he had been he had been more likely to have got a job i agree we cannot discriminate even against wrong be sure you know should heterosexual men it's all about freedom of choice if people do not want to go join the police then fine but find out the reasons why it's not purely down to the

recruitment process that. people from the pain groups or the gay groups. debates sure to continue well that's our lot for now we are back watching the hawks right after this you are watching r t international. greetings and salyut a shim. all right our good friends at the book of face facebook once again found themselves in the headlines this week my hawk watchers yes it appears that all is not well in facebook land especially for those tasked with moderating the massive

amounts of content shared between the more than one billion users living in zucker bergs empire according to a new report published by the burj the more than fifteen thousand souls working under third party contractors tasked with the exciting job of moderating with you what i post on facebook actually work under some of the most brutal conditions both physically and mentally in fact just last year a former facebook moderator in california sued the company alleging that the job left her with severe p.t.s.d. her complaint stated that quote she seeks to protect herself from the dangers of psychological trauma resulting from facebook's pale year to provide a safe workplace for the thousands of contractors who are entrusted to provide the safest possible environment for facebook users so just what are these facebook moderators subjected to you may ask well not only do they get to spend their workdays looking at the worst of the worst post by all of the facebook trolls races

and bigots but they also get to pursue all of the graphically violent perusal of the graphically violent videos and pictures posted on a daily basis on the social media site and as a cherry on top of all of that. the impressive oversight of work rate and accuracy leaves workers feeling under pressure to spend no more than thirty seconds on each item and the moderate hundreds of.