i. knew arms race in the twenty first century. the per hour controversy grows over his family. tree brazil's president. to jumpstart. an opponent of american drone operations in yemen with a small but potentially far reaching victory in the me where a court has ordered increased.

every year tuning in from right around the globe welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my name's union o'neill our top story russia's foreign minister has warned against the emergence of a new arms race on an even greater scale down the cold war speaking at a conference on disarmament in geneva said he regrets america's willingness to undermine some cornerstone treaties on controlling weapon stockpiles at the same event in switzerland washington questioned moscow's intention to prevent an arms race. from austin. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov i have to say has been very critical and has in fact accused america of destabilizing world security lover of has expressed his dippers concerns frustration and fear is over the current situation in the field of nonproliferation of weapons and global arms control emphasizing that after it's designed to destroy global basic agreements that proved

to be doing their job well in guaranteeing world security and protecting international peace are rising and this is a very dangerous tendency a lover of has particularly referred to america's recent drawl from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty known as the i am after treaty signed between moscow and washington back in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven warning that the recent developments may turn threats of nuclear warhead into groom reality. which we are now hearing is talk of the possibility of unleashing a limited nuclear war for russia and i hope all the other countries represented here such a prospect is unacceptable however such a scenario could become a reality if we together fail to find a sensible alternative to recent tendencies aimed at undermining the very edifice of arms control treaties should there be a new arms race a lot of countries will rely on their nuclear and missile arsenals as the only

guarantee of their national security russia has responded by saying that it will also suspend its obligations under the agreement but speaking of the conference in geneva earlier on wednesday minister lavrov has stressed that it wasn't russia's decision it wasn't russia's initiative russia has simply responded and russia remains open for the dialogue and is not interested in any way in arms race with a washington but as mosco can see right now washington is not ready for these dollars and this is what minister lavrov has rita rated. one more time and he has brought among other things america's recent steps aimed developing space missile defense program alarm and steps as buildings. in the u.s. funds have been earmarked for the establishment of a space missile defense system as well as putting strike capabilities into orbit this is opening pandora's box as minister lavrov has said russia hopes and believes

that its western partners colleagues are responsible for global security and at the end of the day the future of the mankind will hear russia's voice and follow the right path. the president of brazil is dubbed the trumpet of the tropics for both the likeness in his persona policies so it was perhaps a little surprise that john europe both sonora his first official foreign visit saw him touch down in the u.s. this week the real double trouble came to get their relationship off to a solid start. i also know that we're going to have a fantastic working relationship. we have many views that are similar and we certainly feel very very true to each other on trade i think brazil's relationship with the united states because of our friendship is probably better

than it's ever been by far more civil to. respect whatever the ballots tell us on twenty twenty but i do believe donald trump is going to be reelected fooling you up a little. thank you for a factory give you friendly words on the meeting began on a cheery notes with the two leaders exchanging football shirts with one another's names on the jovial atmosphere was perhaps some rest spying for both sonar oh he's facing a political scandal at home over reports about a legend to violent gangs if you look at it as more of the allegations. back at home also naro is facing a pretty serious political scandal not over his words but over his ties to right wing paramilitary groups something brazil isn't torrijos for.

earlier this month two former police officers were arrested and charged with the killing of marielle franco a left wing elected official now when the police raided the home they found one hundred seventeen automatic rifles as well as computers full of intelligence

information on left wing journalists activists and politicians so where was this mini command center of extremism located well it turns out it was on the same block as both in our us home in fact a photo of both a narrow with one of the suspected killers has surfaced when confronted about it also now gave a flat out denial me to that has always criticized me they wanted to simplistically a connection but i never saw the gentleman in my gated community i don't need to spend as much time to you know you gauge in social life with them this is not the only tie to extremism back in january five former leaders of a right wing gang were arrested and it was revealed that the wife and daughter of one of the gang leaders was actually employed by bolsa narrow son flavio son of the brazilian leader joined his father in taking a photograph with the gang leaders at a birthday party furthermore flavio also gave an award to one of the gang members a medal of honor. the mistress is being seen old photographs most

pictures with militia men. is. a shift in the position of the president in the presidency now there was an incident back in two thousand and eleven that also raise suspicion a judge was murdered after a controversial trial and we heard this interesting statement from balsa narrow son made his judge be with god but the absurd and. police offices and court sessions contributed to having many enemies. so when both scenarios sat down with donald trump he had some pretty serious charges hanging over his head a lot more serious than say unreleased tax returns now also narrow before he met with donald trump sat down with another powerful u.s. entity the u.s. central intelligence agency now the cia's ties to right wing extremists and death squads in south and central america is hardly new information and at this point

there got to be folks inside of trump's team who are wondering if his photo op with this rightwing brazilian counterpart is really such a good idea to look him up and r.t. new york a person from both so used his joint news briefing with the brazilian leader to political it was president as well. happening there was a disgrace this was one of the wealthiest countries in the world and all of a sudden it's just it's grief stricken poverty stricken no food no water no air conditioning no anything no power for a long time last week no power and that's going to break down again because it's being held together by threats while washington claims venezuela is completely impoverished two filmmakers who spent a month shooting a documentary in caracas say the situation is not as bad as it's being betrayed in western media they share their findings with my colleague cullen brain. but at best

it's nice to have that and you know if you know it maybe you'll feel some of the response from metals. that act as though in the us they are going. to let you know things. before that you're. just back to this book that i'm going to consume actually when i arrived in caracas before before actually i said sort of take a few steps back before i went to venice where there are a lot of people i know in the journalist community is there well actually you know and maybe you should take a pulse of going to venezuela you know the crime rates around us the economic and social situation is appalling not to mention the political situation and actually when i arrived i mean life was still bustling in caracas i mean people were still going to jobs people were still continuing with their lives people going to find it hard to believe at the u.n. say three point four million but as wayland have fled to the country three point four million people don't leave the country if everything's ok or at least

manageable well this is interesting i wonder where these figures come because according to the government. people that shooting last year seven percent of. you know school. during that particular mission it went five to seven percent. so also a hundred and twenty thousand. actually settle last year in minnesota. hyperinflation it concentrates on those things for. things like sheep like they electricity bills bills other things give us a rounded picture of this because you spent a month in venezuela more recently than the probably most of our audience did and let's face it you work in the news business you know that pictures of suffering sells more than than anything else but even in troubled countries life has a spectrum so give us

a fuller picture then life in venice. tough as it is how is it really. as you said it is tough i mean it is hard i would say yes this is our moment columnist but i would say definitely the government has made mistakes but i would also say the u.s. sanctions and they definitely sort of feel you know the effect of u.s. sanctions in the sense of lack of us dollars the lack of being able to use us from actual instruments and i mean i would say that people here do. you know you have the society functions regardless all of the conflicting information on the effects of u.s. sanctions that donald trump is set on squeezing the venezuelan economy. but we haven't done the toughest of sanctions as you know we've done. i would say right down the middle but we can go a lot tougher if we need to do that america's existing sanctions on venezuela under run have already caused a surge in oil prices which twenty nine high this week rice has also been supported

by ongoing supply cuts from oil cartel opec america seems to be the big winner here last year it's all oil production exports line significantly at a time when washington has been pushing hard to boost a mystic shield production. sanctions play a key role in not only propping up the price of oil but also in allowing u.s. oil producers to gain a larger market share if you have sanctions and you're reducing the opportunity for the iranians and of the israelis to sell their oil well that means the u.s. shale producers can sell their oil through their refineries and on the texas coast

in the northeast that previously used them as well in oil and for example i don't think that the price of oil can stay where it is i think is slowly going to decline notwithstanding whatever the saudis and russia do and nigeria and others with regard to production cuts i think the slowing in europe and slowing in in china and now the slowing of the economy in the u.s. and that's why the sanctions will probably continue and maybe even intensify to try to reduce the supply to get the price back up. ok and i think all know the u.k. is at bragg's it juiced turmoil except to continue well beyond the fast approaching march twenty ninth deadline drazen may has now written to the e.u. to request a three month extension to the withdrawal process a move the prime minister staunchly defended in parliament on wednesday i have

asked her this morning return to present to us the president of the european council informing informing hand that the u.k. seeks an extension to the article fifty period until the thirtieth of june as prime minister. i am not prepared to tonight brecht's. it any further than the. two on the sea a church in london who is on break that watch for us in the us there were just nine days until not official deadline treason may does seem to be hoping to avoid a no deal brings it all cost talk us through the latest developments. well let you know yet again the developments are coming in quite quickly here in westminster indeed it is just over a week to go until the official breck's a deadline is meant to kick in on march twenty ninth and what exactly is going to be unraveling within these next couple of days might indeed be quite hectic we have

just learned within really minutes before coming on to talk to you that the house of commons will be holding an emergency debate on bragg's yet again this will be happening later on today and will lot last up until three hours so m.p.'s getting back together to debate the brags that topic following earlier today the british prime minister demand requesting an extension of article fifty she presented her case both in the letter to european council president donald to ask as well as the prime minister's questions session at the house of commons earlier today and despite promises to stick with the march twenty ninth deadline that she had promised over and over and over again indeed theresa may is asking for a three month extension until june thirtieth and while according to her this is

a sensible request put forward that is meant to deliver that at a reasonable timetable according to her critics it's been anything but reasonable everything that's been surrounding going on surrounding backs it. all she's doing is running john the car off teresa. three. marks one thousand days since the referendum and this government is led the country. into crisis chaos and division which is still legally due to leave the euro previewed in . time. running down the clock on a concerted campaign of blackmail bullying and bribery has failed to good things. well the two recent manes idea it seems has been to bring back her breck's a deal back to the house of commons undeterred by the fact that that deal was voted

down twice by a very considerable margins by her fellow p.s. still that was her plan until recently we saw the house speaker say that no such vote should be taking place until there is something quote fundamentally different to vote on still the prime minister least the way things stand now plans to bring that deal back for another vote now the european member states have to approve the extension that to rescind me has requested but the problem there is we've heard already from the european commission commission say that me had formally been warm warns that any dates past may twenty third is not really acceptable to them because that is the date of the european parliament elections so it back in brussels they're saying look you either take part in those elections or you leave before the european parliament gets reelected we've also seen reaction from the french foreign minister saying take the deal or there will be no extension and you leave without

an agreement now more of this is expected to be settled later on tonight we know that you recently is going to be meeting now with the opposition party leader jeremy corbyn and there's also a summit taking place in brussels this thursday where more like should be shed him how exactly all of this is going to be unraveling for now so. still march twenty ninth is the deadline so that is still the departure date at least as we speak to see it all may lead his chapter. we're back with more news in ninety seconds.

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hello again the german government burrs legal responsibility for a u.s. drone strikes directed uncontrolled from german territory that has been decided by a court in a case brought by families of civilian victims in yemen hawkins reports from berlin . landmark case in germany with the court in the city of months the ruling that the german government does bear at least partial responsibility for ensuring that the use of its air base in the southern city of ramstein by the united states air force does out here strictly to international law in two thousand and twelve three yemenis lost relatives five sell been. lost his brother in law asylum been a new job or who was an air mom alongside his brother will lead in a u.s. drone strike the germans through an air base on german soil were involved in these strikes and what had happened to my family and it is possible that my family would

not have been a target of such strikes and drenched an air base not provided such information in the case was initially dismissed by a court in cologne back in twenty fifteen the court has now ruled that in fact the base did play a central role in facilitating the relaying of data for drone strikes in yemen judges ordered the government to take all appropriate measures through ensure that the u.s. force was complying with international law and to press washington if necessary to get the answers they required it also ordered the government to investigate the questions and the concerns put forward by the family surrounding the legality of that airstrike gave the sermon he addressed the killings conducted by al qaeda and challenge them to present a religious or thirty that is willing to debate with him so he can demonstrate to the people that this behavior of al-qaeda is wrong he was taken out by the american strike unfortunately he was not killed by al qaeda he was killed by an american

missile germany is a country that stopped arms shipments to saudi arabia which is a key player in the yemeni conflict described as one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of this century and also a key u.s. ally however the use of the ramstein air base for facilitating. strikes has carried on this has come in for criticism from human rights representatives i think it is definitely a constant a contradiction that the german government is saying that the arms sales to the saudis for the were in yemen have to be stopped and at the same time. do not intervene to stop the drone strikes on yemen via ramstein air base this court case hasn't played out entirely how the job of family wanted it they were hoping for a complete ban on the use of ramstein air force for anything to do with u.s. drone strikes in yemen and the german government has said they will look into the

ruling they will study it carefully but this can be viewed as an important step in perhaps looking at the legality of various international legal framework surrounding the use of ramstein air base for conducting unmanned drone strikes in the yemen conflict. doomsday may have been delayed the fact checkers off the a.p. news agency have cast serious diet on claims made by leading us democrats we only have twelve years to see if the earth from climate catastrophe we've been trying to opens or. even back when t.v.'s look like that kid's cartoons would portray those saving us from pollution as superheroes i am captain i want. to. see today you just can't be a successful democrat and presidential hopeful without being

a bit of captain planet democrats be like how do i sound and make republicans look bad at the same time. thank god there is climate change the scientists are absolutely unanimous on this that we have no more than twelve years to take incredibly bold action on this crisis what the intergovernmental panel on climate change say is that we have twelve years twelve years and we're like the world is going to end in twelve years if we don't address climate change why this kerry deadline of twelve years a few months ago u.n. environmental experts put together yet another alarming report showing the earth is continuing to heat up it's bad for the planet and everyone who lives on it some interpret it the following way experts say that we have until twenty thirty to avoid catastrophe world has little more than a decade time is running out to prevent global warming he says the time's up andrea

that the world has to do something reaching that cliff edge a little faster quite a bit faster and so with snowballs into a big trendy protest children have the impression their generation could be doomed . that we have twelve years to turn this around but suddenly there's that hoops moment the associated press checks what those who want to run for the white house after say for facts what was it that mr o'rourke said again the scientists are absolutely unanimous on this that we have no more than twelve years so a.p. actually got in touch with the scientists the panel did not say we have twelve years left to save the world this has been a persistent source of confusion the report never said we only have twelve years left well have a look at what they wrote on some liberal websites after the a.p.

piece came out that's right on climate and the a.p. fact check is wrong it is the a.p. this is incorrect about climate change not by. oh sure how can a democrat candidate get something wrong especially when his party essentially chose to rely on the so-called green new deal ahead of the election it's a set of proposals to address climate change you just can't lead down your next generation of voters as a matter of faith and belief by guys like bedo and others who walk out and say the world is going to end in twelve years and not receive any pushback there's no laughter there's no one going now you've got to be kidding me there's no one standing up to them and say you've clearly lost your mind but you have a bunch of coreligionists in the room nodding and going yes it's terrible it leaves much to do something elections in this country anyway are not about convincing the middle they're about turning out your base and keeping the other guy's votes home and if you want to turn out your base and you're

a leftist candidate preaching about climate change and how the other side is determined to see us all die horribly that's going to do get the job done for you. spirited discussion and maybe even a few arguments as well next our debate. begins and just to take life from moscow this is our team. you know world of big partisan. and conspiracies it's time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks.

eleven the wealthy in america decided playing anymore. we're going to just grab as much as we can of the cash out there in the system and put it you know offshore and that's why there's not twenty two trillion offshore and so there you battle of credit in the system strong central bank instead of punishing the banks just flooded the system with more of the fia money and then those who are the paranoid yachts versus the have nots decided you know we're going to put that more offshore so they just keep trying and shipping it off shore and it's completely bypassing the economy and so the economy is getting more starved for credit and the people are getting more restless.

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