italy unsettles its allies by indicating it will endure spacings ambitious belton road initiative which is why do you see the west as a vehicle for chinese power projection. and you find many in the us now less concerned about sexual harassment in the workplace the height of the me to come. what's changed. the rules have changed and we're not playing that game anymore and that's what's happening men are getting caught and they want to go back to how things used to be real accept said i would categorizing her. as one whole massive group. and ethnic tensions flare in russia's far eastern city of your could squish central asian migrants fearing for their safety after the rape of a local woman is blamed on

a man from coast on. thursday night eleven. news this hour first for you to the continental europe. is growing in western capitals over italy's apparent intention to sign up to china's belt and road initiative a bold one trillion dollar infrastructure project twenty first century re-imagining off the silk road president xi jinping is in italy to discuss the details of a possible deal here's artie's medina cotton of the bad boy or the godfather of euro skepticism it's really it's once again a tough thing relations with the e.u. with ro now pushing to join china's road and balance and this is if it's reportedly setting off alarm bells in brussels and getting back up in washington to. a major global economy in great investment destination no need for italian government

to lend legitimacy to china's infrastructure vanity project. and dosing boat initiative lends legitimacy to china's predatory approach to investments a moving no benefits the italian people it's really could become the first member of the so-called group of seven the most powerful nations to join trying this ambitious plan to boost connectivity between asia europe and africa. and local businesses will likely view the project as the positive but the major ports being referred to an investment into the millions of dollars it's got the italian press already speculating over a once forgotten port becoming trying as a gateway to europe the pool to treat us to is returning to the logistical world

for europe that had for the old austria-hungary an empire business opportunity as the site of the italian prime minister will be forced to explain his decision. of the belton road memorandum between italy and china is primarily economic and commercial it does not put into question our european and atlantic position it does not put our national interests at risk and it is on the same page as european strategy his cabinet alcoves those words saying that the deal would be non-binding and would just represents the initial framework for everything to come their european partners who have labels beijing as the stem make rival especially allies on the other side of the atlantic it's called one bill one road it's global and if you look at the spots where there are who are there there are a gauging in you see some geo political and military aspects we will not allow china to develop its so-called road strategy even trying as cutesy promos have been

helped change americans' minds. well. after it's see the chinese leader is planning his next stop in paris but here the expectations of talks are not as promising all italian historian paolo going to do need told us he believes rome should be free to pursue its interests and bolster toys with china. well i think people are going to achieve a lot i mean when you go. back to a large part of me i mean that we. export that relation with china look at all the major states and you. think. you know.

in the relations that we are starting or now or now or the nature of the. chinese immediately and i think it's a positive thing. you know the united states. that. made you can't win the war and must. walk to. the center. and see. american men apparently less convinced now that sexual harassment in the workplace is such a big issue as compared to twenty seventeen when the me too movement started a survey by gallup found that fifty three percent of men currently see workplace harris meant as a problem but that's down from sixty six percent when the me too movement exploded after a series of sexual assault allegations against powerful men however it does appear that people today are more aware of the issue suggested that the way the story is

being covered in the media may have altered men's attitudes. during that time a torrent of sexual misconduct allegations have been leveled against well known men and widely covered in the media this preponderance of news coverage may have put men on the defensive we discussed it here on martin foundation over whether me too is proving helpful or has been politically hijacked. what they said in there in the study was simply that there is a discrepancy between men who are democratic as well as men who are republican and it seems as though that drop is more heavy leaning towards the republican men maybe it has something to do with the hearing on brett kavanaugh i think that a lot of men right now are a little concerned that this situation could happen to them and it's got them woman deep in the cavanagh hearings brought to light how false accusations going back years and years that have zero evidence can actually be used against

someone later in their career and i think we've seen so many false accusations that many americans especially constitution loving americans fear rightly so perhaps that due process could be undermined if it's a if it's a she said it and we have to believe it scenario dating back to when women first entered the workplace the forty two fifty s. and sixty's the seventy's there have been women who have not said a word why because the culture and the temperature in the climate was never an acceptable place in time for them to present their issues and so the old boys' club or old boys' network was allowed to function in this in this way were four million were able to do what they wanted to do and women weren't respected in the workplace and they were able to take advantage of women the rules have changed and we're not playing that game anymore and that's what's happening men are getting caught and

they want to go back to hell things used to be and so they don't want to acknowledge the fact that. sexual harassment is still a very pervasive issue and since twenty seventeen. the gross platitudes that your guest is using i take i take real exception with categorizing our cast. dating men as a one whole massive violent group while casting women as some sort of one whole massive group of victims that is just not true there is a grey hair going on here not at all where i did we're having a rational earthiness placement if we're going to have it if we're going to have a rational conversation you haven't read me we're having a congress i'm good or bad and yes some women have made false out of it and yes some because you were going on a yes some women have made false accusations it is an absolute provable fact and so until you are ready to have a conversation like that going to be caught up in all the same hypocrisy that many on this side of the mitsu movement that has become so radicalized that they think

all men are evil and all women are victims my life experience has taught me that when you speak in black and white like that you make a big mistake and it's been its bigotry frankly to talk that way about men or about . two weeks of intense fighting us back to kurdish forces say they've taken control of islamic states final sliver of territory in syria and a scouring the area for fleeing eisel fighters it's expected that they'll officially announce victory in the coming hours. the syrian democratic forces encircled the village of buy goods in eastern syria earlier in the year and in recent weeks launched a final push to drive out of the arsenal fighters around thirty seven thousand civilians have reportedly fled the area since january the fall of ice also declared caliphate marks a small step toward progress for syria despite that for many the trauma inflicted by the group will last a lifetime and is the story of one year's eve woman who spent three years as an eyesore slave.

but i live the lives taken. homes in the clear not that. there was a good look up was up at the. prison guards and i was kinda. good on the school. and this seems. well despite ourselves apparent defeat as a military force its terrorists are still putting up a fight sporadic clashes have been reported with some of the group's members said to be hiding along the euphrates river the american president though has already declared victory and not just the one see that as what i guess they have explains.

it was only a matter of time before isis is lost on klav stronghold was destroyed liberated and it has happened isis has been cleansed from the village of but it's lost cause and syria has crumbled say some others say that that isn't true and that they're still fighting but what the heck trump says he won. so what happens is this is all isis now on the bottom that's as of today this is i says there's none the caliphate is gone as of tonight. boiled what can you say mission accomplished again the strangest thing they keep beating isis destroying its last stronghold again and again and again the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred

percent of the territory we're doing a great job with those as we have just absolutely decimated isis we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten him badly the isis caliphate. has been decimated in another short period of time like hours you'll be hearing hours and days you'll be hearing about the caliphate it was one hundred percent defeated so is this it or are we going to see another epic final battle between the forces of good and isis no one seems to know my gut feeling having been in iraq in syria for so long seen what i've seen of isis is no not even close out in the desert there and holds hiding underground there in baghdad in damascus leaking their wounds but the. adds just my opinion and

a whole lot of other reporters and experts for now though if we believe that the forces of good have finally won what is next in question that america's allies such as france really want an answer to. mrs parley france's defense minister went to the us to get answers to various questions if by chance the american military presence would be maintained what would be the consequence of its presence what would the mission be we do not have these answers yet it is on the basis of information that we don't have yet that president will determine the possibility of a french contribution on top of everything else in the murderers and maniacs that made up isis even if the organization is dead those individuals are not they've apparently gone back to their roots back where they began in mosul which the u.s.

led coalition for all intents and purposes carpet bombed tens of thousands of civilians dead in the crossfire the isis zealots have apparently gone back to basics extortionists assassins thugs and guns for hire. isis is using the same preety fourteen style and most threatening people to pay by sending a message by envelope pay or die they threaten businessmen doctors etc congratulations donald you've won you've beaten i say this again and bet now on how long do you think it'll be before trump declares his next last victory over isis again he always wants to be in advance he doesn't have. a very good relation with the troof you know he likes to extend the tool for our in the lies the thought and he wants he always wants to compare himself with barack

obama and think that he was the one. in a very short time but it still hasn't finished and. this is not finished is the finish line in the land of syria in iraq also but this is this continues i think in other places such as. about his relation. to the european parliament looks set to meet the british prime minister halfway on an extension to the brics it deadline to resume a is in brussels in the hope of pushing back the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. until the end of june but it looks like he'll have to settle for the day before the european parliamentary elections on may the twenty third and it's not a free pass either there are conditions let's see where we are now then in berlin he's done your hawkins hi there doesn't seem to be lining up to be what the british pm was hoping for any movement this hour. indeed it's lined up to be along with that anticipated you mentioned their meeting half way what is software guess how

long is a piece of string you could say at this stage because we're getting warmer updates now that original date of the twenty second of may sooner than the prime minister's request of the thirtieth of june was that were originally seen in that draft document by the european council it was then pushed back to the seventh of may to avoid or to minimize rather the chances of the u.k. participating in the european parliamentary elections the latest information we're getting now and i must stress this is all one confirm this is all information we're getting rumors from that council meeting where more than half the leaders half an hour spoken is that they're back they were back broader through the original draft and now the rumor is that they've decided that is also not workable because of such little chances to resume my passing the deal in parliament next week so really now it's anybody's guess what could happen and we could all speculate and analyze all you want but until donald the european council president comes out and give some

sort of confirmation it's anyone's guess what that date could be and what the conditions that could be attached as well of course it's likely to be that condition at the u.k. parliament does ratify it to result may's plan now is this just shows really the state of play in the european council meeting tempers flaring obviously in westminster earlier today over the last couple of days it seems there's a similar battle going on inside their various. various leaders various countries representing quite different positions here namely belgium and france for one president micron's stating that he was willing to play hardball how was willing to go for a no deal bricks if the u.k. doesn't get its act together this is what he had to say earlier going into that meeting. because. firstly we've been negotiating with your agreement for two years it cannot be. negotiated secondly in the event of another no vote in britain we will be heading towards a new deal everyone knows. these are countries that are perhaps lot more

sympathetic to the to the u.k.'s position denmark germany the german chancellor angela merkel for one striking up perhaps a more conciliatory tone urging partners her colleagues to consider the historical significance of this moment and urging them to tread carefully here. that a no deal breaker was a last resort sonora which we damaging for the whole of the european union as well as the u.k. to. oman i believe everyone must leave and is aware that this is an event that historically significant exists on and so we must proceed carefully and above all to do everything in our power until the very last hour to ensure that britain leave the european union in an orderly manner this means that we take their respective interests into account and on the one hand cause us to do but also those of the british side that's not to him politically. now as we are reminded of

earlier the u.k. prime minister to resign may spent ninety minutes in that meeting trying to convince her fellow e.u. leaders to grant her that extension we understand information coming out of that meeting now has changed multiple times just to remind our viewers from the twenty second of may being pushed forward to the seventh of may going back to the original before that latest information coming out just now stating that some leaders at least a group of them have decided that plan is now on workable which is also of course the line taken by many analysts in the u.k. shoes are really of course been defeated twice on a plan why she would be able to pass that a third time rather can you pass it a third time the chargers remain small that whatever happens come to a press conference where the date that is it will give to reason may some breathing space will it be enough though to convince parliament should really is stuck here

would be in a rock and a hard place between the e.u. who's getting increasingly really fed up with the u.k. seeming indecisive and us and bickering inability to pass a deal out an increasingly frustrated hostile and angry parliament including many of her own m.p.'s given the criticism she received just last night for her speech at downing street so really it's anybody's guess what could happen over the next couple of hours will get we'll give you those updates from the e.u. council meeting as they come in about a couple of hours is going to be a long way cora will be back with you if anything happens now though do you hold it in berlin thank you. racial tensions have flared in the far eastern russian city of your could scan after a man from costar was accused of kidnapping and raping a local woman it's led to a wave of violence reprisals against migrants from central asia believe in the community there feeling deeply uneasy. for her.

this is the reality for central asian immigrants in the far eastern russian city of you could see they've coexisted with locals for years peacefully but they say they no longer feel welcome so good i might not get that we should give you but. it's more than you could you could do worse will salute and while they don't want to leave their lives and little businesses they have behind they're scared to stay because they came here and threatened us with a gun they said shut everything down and go home and that's it you won't live here anymore xenophobic sentiment surged in the sabeer in city after a local woman was abducted and raped the media outed a migrant from kyrgyzstan as the key suspect and the city snaps sporadic protests violent attacks and then attempts at storming

a mosque many now want the whole day asper to make amends for the crime of a few individuals the local authorities while saying the crime has no nationality also said exactly what the morgue wanted to hear the guest insulting the host in his house is no longer a guest but an enemy. we are in our homeland in our city where the masters of our land and we need to make sure everyone understands that. officials have also promised to hunt down and deport everyone who's moved into the city illegally they've called on people not to take matters into their own hands the police have been detaining those delivering mob justice and charging them with administrative offenses also to quell the hatred law enforcement have published official statistics showing that out of almost three hundred cases of rape in the region last year only four were committed by foreigners the key demand now is that are we

quick and transparent investigation and members of the migrant community support this call for justice for the rapist must be brought into the street and punished publicly so that others never do the same but the damage has been done already and there's no obvious way of defusing tensions at this point most immigrants still choose to keep their shops cafes and market stalls shut in fact dozens of city buses stayed in their depos following the riots immigrant drivers were too afraid to show up for work for them it's better to lose some money rather than their lives . to find prisoner and saudi national held in the notorious quantum obey detention center surprisingly heaped praise on the united states and lashed out at the saudi monarchy. my faith in many u.s. politicians and media outlets has recently risen dramatically because of their courage to stand against the saudi royals the saudi royal family overtly fights

terrorism to please the west while covertly supporting it's a please the clerics and others they also do this so that they are always desperately needed by the united states and the west because on al shaab he has spent seventeen years in guantanamo after being captured at a pakistani military camp the u.s. drops the initial charges against him and conspiracy to commit terrorism but still declined his release over security fears all should be though admits to being an interpreter in the camp and receiving training to use explosives. i'm proud of what i did and there isn't any reason for hiding my force against the united states i took up arms i did what i did and i'm willing to pay the price no matter how many years you sentence me even if i spend hundreds of years in jail that would be a matter of honor for me and we can talk now to one of mr al shaab his lawyers ramsey counsel and welcome to r.t. can you tell us why your client decided to speak out now.

also sharply decided to speak out for the first time in many years because of what he saw as an oversell of. the saudi crown prince in the mainstream us media and frankly in much of the international media mr ashby thought that. the portrayal of muhammad been so minor as a reformer was far too uncritical and swept under the rug a lot of the darker aspects of the saudi regimes rule generally one of the main problems that he's got with the saudi royals. out through the main problem as mr ottavi sees it is that there is a jew ology to the way the saudi arabia or the saudi regime participates in the region and in the world that it presents one face to its western and u.s. . allies are presents a very different face to its own people and saudi arabia far more repressive face

and it presents a different face to people in the region including you know when you look to what's happening in yemen with the conflict over there and the saudi arabian role there in the region more broadly and so it's this duality of how the saudi regime participates in the world that mr all sharp finds objectionable and wanted to call out by speaking out in this historical moment. about his treatment saying go around town and move in these seventeen years detention because grantham does have that reputation of how it treats its detainees. he documented any cases which you might have found suspicious. well look i mean mr al sharpie basically like any prisoner who who is left to guantanamo today international legal and medical authorities agree that just the fact of indefinite imprisonment without charge or sentence by itself constitutes a form of psychological torture so even if you just look at that baseline mr is a survivor of torture

a person who is being tortured right now as we speak by being kept at guantanamo for seventeen years on and indefinitely without charge without sentence without a fair process and we're not even talking about other forms of psychological and physical torture that you know may have been inflicted on him over the course of the years and all the other prisoners who are guantanamo today there are forty prisoners at guantanamo today some of them are known to have been tortured others you know the facts are not public or nonpublic yet one of the reasons that mr chavez called to define prisoners because he's commented on the military commission calling them the same circus but a different clown this is not affected his treatment in any way. well you know absolutely of all new mr al sharpton has been consistently outspoken and critical of what the u.s. government has been doing to him into the other prisoners are going to. animal and as a result you know he has spent an extraordinary amount of time in solitary confinement solitary confinement by the way is another form of treatment that is deemed to be

torture the un and other international legal authorities agree that solitary confinement for any period longer than one week can have lasting permanent damage on the psyche of a prisoner mr all sharpies spent years in solitary confinement precisely because the prison authorities to guantanamo deemed him to be defined because he questioned the ways in which he and other prisoners were being treated and so and so absolutely the fact that he's been openly critical of what is being done in the name of security of guantanamo has come at a cost for him a very real and concrete cost outspoken yes but you redacted some of his letter before it was published why did you do that and some of his comments too far. no no actually but thanks for asking that question the redactions were mainly to redact the name of an attorney just in the interest of preserving that attorney's privacy. and also to redact

a part of the letter that was illegible or written confusingly because it just wasn't clear what was being said there so that's why we you know his attorneys chose to redact those parts of the letter ok the charges against mr al shaab either been reduced but it's kind of scant good news because you still behind bars in guantanamo so what's the state of his case at the moment waters prospects. yeah i mean thanks for bringing that up as well there are no charges pending against mr one point he was charged before a military commission with a crime of conspiracy that crime was subsequently found by u.s. courts not to constitute a war crime so. that charge was dismissed since then he has not been charged not before a military commission not before a court martial not before a civilian federal court and so. he like many of the forty remaining prisoners of guantanamo basically sits there at guantanamo without charge or a fair process today when twenty nineteen he was brought to guantanamo in two

thousand and two it's really an extraordinary situation because when you think about it here in the united states if he had been charged with the most common terrorism related offense material support for terrorism he would be a free man by now the sentence for that is usually ten to fifteen years and so the question really is why is the united states continuing to hold on to these men and the answer unfortunately is that it's politics it's just the perception of having a place like guantanamo and what that represents symbolically to a certain portion of the electorate and to a certain part of the political class in the united states it's far too convenient a political football unfortunately and so for the matter of guantanamo they're the ones who pay the price for partisan american politics there's absolutely no security rationale or legal rationale for the continuing incarceration of mr orszag and many of the men who are there guantanamo today but do you think he may have made his situation worse by being outspoken against the saudis who donald trump has very excitedly signed a very expensive military deal.