if you think. i'm going to talk about football not. think i was going to do. by the way ways of. france pushes ahead with further arms sales to saudi arabia despite growing backlash over claims its weapons are being used to target civilians in yemen. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespectful international behavior why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with saying that these weapons are made to kill. leading art gallery in london covers up to paintings that provokes complaints from muslim visitors and allegations of blasphemy reaction to that ahead. if what we are going to do with like

a powder to the person who is most easily offended that she would never get again or it's all if you go to your local coffee shop and you're offended by something where you think something's wrong with it you have the right to say you know that's wrong. marks the seventy fourth anniversary of nazi germany's capitulation with military parades and memorial ceremonies coming up we've got the highlights from thursday's commemorations but later in the program. good morning tony and friday here this is out international with me kevin now in thanks for watching this latest news update from moscow then suddenly this the french government has pledged to continue selling arms to saudi arabia despite mounting evidence its weapons are being used against yemeni civilians it comes as the ministration faces a growing backlash from human rights act. this suit on thursday tried to prevent

the loading of french weapons onto a saudi cargo ship shall do but. it's a war that's left thousands dead and pushed some ten million people to the brink of starvation now it looks like more french weapons could be about to deepen the humanitarian disaster that is yemen when the state was concerned there would be imminent shipment of weapons to saudi arabia which is led coalition bombing in parts of yemen for more than four years. shut down. down. don't design. the arrival of the saudi called a ship in the port of love has opened up the french government to fresh criticism put this on here protesting against the arrival of a saudi ship that is coming to collect a delivery of foreigners at the port of. there's no doubt that france sells weapons

used to kill in yemen used by coalition led by saudi arabia i have no problems with saying that these weapons are made to kill but. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel the war the question should be put to the president of the republic and why is it only he can make such a decision he alone can commit france to war here alone can sell weapons to countries and every journalist and n.g.o.s are sharing their used on civilians an emergency procedure has already been filed to try and stop the sale of french arms to riyadh and its coalition partners the united arab emirates it was made by human rights organization of the evidence emerged showing french weapons were being used on the frontline and possibly use in war crimes in yemen we call for the suspension of arms transfers to the countries of the coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates respond. for war crimes and even crimes against humanity in

yemen the sense of urgency is driven by the worsening humanitarian situation in yemen a report by the united nations development program estimates the number of deaths at more than two hundred thirty thousand by the end of twenty nineteen including more than one hundred forty thousand children under five if the conflict continues to intensify despite a classified do your am a military note with feeling french weapons are being used along the saudi border and that friendships are serving in the book a good many ports exacerbating the suffering paris continues to deny its world. government has never deny day existence of french weapons in yemen and the fence minister florence pearlie said it and i'll say it again today there is no proof the d.'s weapons are being used against civilian populations so enraged was some french m.p.'s by about ten zero zero zero they walked out of the assembly session from the

world's third biggest exporter has so far resisted calls to hold twenty and sales to riyadh's it could also mean that france is in breach of the arms trade treaty that it signed the treaty aims to regulate the sale of conventional weapons to prevent them from being sold if the member state is aware of that used to target civilian populations given that the government has been warned how french weapons are allegedly being used in yemen so my claim it's turning a blind eye to the suffering while feeling its pockets with saudi catch show but do you. see paris. also this morning donald trump intends to nominate patrick shanahan as his next u.s. secretary of defense according to white house statement released thursday the former deputy defense secretary if approved to replace james mattis who resigned last year over policy differences with the u.s. president shanahan has been acting pentagon chief and for the past form. says

welcome to decision his promise to continue the aggressive implementation of america's national defense strategy and to keep the military in top fighting shape as yet another hawk cements his position in the president's team the next this morning caleb maupin looks at how america's repeatedly abandon its professed commitments to peace. it's a familiar pattern u.s. presidents getting elected on an antiwar platform i just don't think it's the role of the united states to walk into a country say we do it this way so should you we've lost thousands of american lives spent nearly a trillion dollars alienated allies neglected emerging threats all in the cause of fighting a war for well over five years in a country that had absolutely nothing to do with the nine eleven attacks i will never send our finest into battle unless necessary and i mean absolutely necessary and will only do so if we have a plan for victory with

a capital v. they criticize the wars of those who came before them and they win votes for doing it. the clinton gore administration has failed to instill trust in congress and the american people when it comes to our military and deployment of troops overseas governor bush views it as a legislative overreach on powers of the presidency so what's missing in our debate about iraq this war distracts us from every threat that we face and so many opportunities we could seize. this war diminishes our security our standing in the world our military our economy and the resources that we need to confront the challenges of the twenty first century was against the war in iraq because i says going to totally destabilize the middle east but once they get elected they can't help but start new ones barack obama turned george w. bush's two wars into eight and trump has kept those wars ticking along while threatening new ones in new regions oh right as our forces the united states begin

a limited military action in libya in support of an international effort to protect libyan civilians i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets we have. troops all over the world this place is a very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and dying we have many options for of it as well as including a possible military option if necessary sending lethal weapons to ukraine escalating threats against iran and venezuela trump was elected sounding like a dove but he's governing like a hawk he dropped the mother of all bombs on afghanistan and sent cruise missiles to syria but it's a long tradition in one nine hundred sixty four lyndon johnson ran for president on a platform of escalating the vietnam war and after he won guess what he did in one nine hundred sixteen woodrow wilson's campaign slogan for reelection was actually

he kept us out of war and after he won the vote he got us into a new one presidents tend to win on antiwar platforms because americans don't like war however once they're in the oval office they just can't resist the temptation so next time you hear a candidate promising peace look at a map and ask where next often times the blame game was that not enough was done again it depended upon who was in power obama came in austin it's a blue and criticized bush for the actions in iraq because it was then later revealed that the intelligence did not exist obama was less in to regime change trump in venezuela i haven't heard any plan on not only how to conduct that but what they're going to do want to see achieve power if the achieve power in the near future i do not see a change in this pattern it would have been nice to see the yet united states since

one thousand nine hundred ninety has really developed a pattern for military action. london's fame such a galleries taken the decision to cover up to provoke could have pieces of after they listened in wonder response from muslim visitors totaled right. those scenes the exhibition was created by a london based contemporary artist the works that proved controversial featured the islamic declaration of faith the shah juxtaposed with images of nude women and the u.s. flag now the artist says it's supposed to represent the competing value systems exerting influence on society both the gallery of the artists have defended the decision to cover up the paintings it seemed a respectful solution that enables a debate about freedom of expression versus the perceived right not to be offended the gallery also recognizes the sincerity of the complaints made against this works and supported the artist decision to cover them until the end of the exhibition

political commentator andrew walker and muslim rights campaigner someone but went head to head over this at r.t. u.k. clashing over the implications of the case. well i think this has been blown out of proportion a bit i mean the most charitable interpretation i can get is. the gallery made bit of a blunder they were looking to kind of one ton and in sort of end and on some people live ten of the girl and gallery complained and they came to some kind of compromise what we know about this situation bluntly is that they're not putting covering these things up because they're worried about offending people or freedom of speech they're concerned that you are just as likely to be killed for infringing islamic blasphemy laws in britain as you are in saudi arabia and i think that is frankly shameful we should have a right to freedom of speech in this country we should have a right to freedom of expression in this country and this is an important part of the issue problem using the language and blasphemy in a very distinctly in consensually european notion of christian europe in motion it

brings to the minds of simple people the ok this is this is talking about what we know the maybe brutal history of kind of europe under the church and so on and so it proves that if you wish to insult one more of the religion that they say they claim the right to stop you but it's always lowest level because i just the words you don't mean think prague if you think that if you think about it if what we are going to do with life is pundits or the person who is most easily offended then actually we're never going to get anywhere at all i think that it's dangerous to go back to if you go to your local coffee shop and you're offended by something where you think something's wrong that they're doing you have the right to say you know that's wrong we should live in a world like that we should crack down hard on that if you're offended i don't care you know precisely doing what you're complaining they're doing your thing we should crack on down x. was this is a well i guess you are going to go how directly is that some of it's

a group of people said we think you should take this down another group of people said no you shouldn't take it down they came to some what they believe is the calling of compromise you may disagree. fact of matter is if you believe these people have human status you don't have to believe that ok i don't agree with you with your you know condemnation but you have the right to say no to something i've said if you don't like that picture you can join it not going to the gallery what they've actually said days we don't like this picture therefore you can't look at it either now mind you i hardly know how you know better to type but oh and by the way i mean it's all composites all they say oh we don't like the picture therefore nobody can see it is not a compromise a compromise case i don't like the picture i'm not going to go and see it myself i just look at it as a customers are saying we paid to come to this so we think you should do this if you disagree you can make a case as well but the the gallery had to make a grown up decision to cover just about. russia among the seventy fourth

anniversary of nazi germany's surrender on thursday han the end of the war on the eastern front but then here's a look back at the commemorations. it's very difficult to describe the atmosphere here it's it's jaj electric. tents but yeah there's so much excitement up excitement just released during the break itself . your poor souls your whole the world look through upwards you run with beer your

reality you read you never know do you see a scene where you can see you through three in the nursery glove move to see what it means if they have to stoop while they do. thank you mean stood out in the media should name is if you say it is so obvious you know doing. nothing knights this country more then the aborts all right jim it march every time i see this i just don't understand when the flow of the crowd is going to stop it's endless it always it can never stop surprising you those who say that this victory parade is just saber rattling displays of believe she wants intimidation they need to be here and come and have a look at this crowd of people is just absolutely endless news just in comparable to anything one has ever seen as the biggest to my knowledge remember it's events

in russia in the world nothing quite like it all does so well. as you want to see more this a play more website. yesterday but present ten sixteen still to come this morning is further outcry over israel's treatment of its arab population just one of the stories we've got ahead here on out to international. you know world big part of. lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up 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. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. a recent report from the u.k.'s foreign office highlights in detail the persecution of christians around the world in the middle east the cradle of christianity christians face extinction why is it deemed politically incorrect in the west foundational religion.

again authorities in a folder in northern israel are apparently making good on a promise to quote preserve the city's keratin in a highly controversial step that decided to ban arabs from visiting the local closely it's got the story for you. this is the northern israeli town of afula home to around fifty thousand people most of whom are jewish the town and particularly this park women used recently because of if it's by citizens to maintain what they call the character of the place and the way to do this according to the town's mayor is to shut out so-called minority members that say arab citizens of nearby villages that's just a euphemism for keeping arabs out and. the book is a belief in the german that it's not the police only for jews it is for everyone not only for residents of. an increase in discrimination they do not directly

say does against arabs but not a lot of arabs and even other who love it and who feel like it is forbidden for us to do so much as here disagree they say that people who don't live in the town should not be allowed into the park the official word from the municipality is that we must safeguard as it insists that the closure of the park to nonresidents has nothing to do with jews and arabs but rather it's a way of exposing the town's residents to a host of activities that they can participate in or they would invite the people all the jews come here one arabs come here they just cause problems nuclear power belongs to the city and it's just in the interest of their residents to look after the place people from the outside don't have any interest but i'm not a visit in town i'm here this matter will now fall into the lap of the interior ministry to decide later this month. r.t. as for northern israel. sweden the state prosecutor is said to announce early next

week whether or not reversed a geisha into a rape allegation against wiki leaks founder julian assange will be reopened the case was dropped back in twenty seventeen as the whistleblower was taking refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london however his recent arrest by british police no means that the inquiry could be reopened again potentially the son just currently serving fifty weeks in prison for skipping bail in the u.k. back in twenty twelve a sentence the u.s. said is troubled by. the working group on arbitrary detention is deeply concerned about the disproportionate sentence imposed on mr sanj it is of the view that violating bail is a minor violation the working group is further concerned that mr assange has been detained since eleventh april twenty ninth seen in belmarsh prison a high security prison as if he were convicted for a serious criminal offense. julian assange was sentenced by a british court of the getting of may with this punishment falling just short of the maximum twelve months that could be handed down for skipping bail these pictures were exclusive that we brought you went around the world we were the only

ones there in fact after he was dragged out from the ecuadorian embassy by british police to bring him dramatic end to this time shelter in that compound who were found is also facing the possibility of extradition to america too on top of all this washington's accusing it was a blur of conspiring to hack a government computer and that's a charge that could land with five years in prison that the u.s. alleges julian assange has activities undermined national security well over the years here are some of his revelations that he brought us. i.

believe. does the now say collect any data on millions of those who are. wiki leaks he walks like a hospital told us sort of talks like a hawk. because it serves. a member of the u.n. working group on arbitrated tension told us he believes his sons his sentence is at

odds with legal norms. you know what can group has. tests has some or that element because first the sentence was not just the friday because under the relation his actions are more importantly if one rebuilt in you're not a walking group properly the sentence should never have occurred because the one can group has already to say that that did the attention of the stepson to was arbitrary in routine when he was on b b what can group also took into account the fact that the street dish prosecutor had to turn an end to the case in sweden mean mr sunday was on don't be so that he could be transferred to st and for investigation and that investigation has been close the big was related to a situation in st dan which has does that here why you are against centers here to

fifteen weeks of jail in dozy constancies that's why you walk in there that it was disproportionate. story for this update on but with more in about forty minutes or so kevin o'hara out international swan it just before ago want to tip you off but here huge neighbor with us again for a great program will be shown here various times in a couple of hours getting fat and his football feeling on top of the world right now or at least europe after causing two major upsets this week in the conference was prestigious tournament that showed john callas i felt under stalin hobbs while at liverpool stays that incredible comeback to so might have us alone a park in fab stuff throughout the day here on this channel former manchester united supreme joe said the radio talk shows so the game's latest spectacular twists and turns and is on the touchline not to be missed.

one of them the first trophy that he gets is the biggest one the biggest one of all so one of them will get that that cope with the two big hears and we'll have you in his hand i am already sad sinking that one of them is going to lose means more than the us more than anybody else more than the players more than the fans more than the whole knows more than everybody else haddix and says sokol after the game they need a neck massage. because they didn't touch the ball in the second of and they were just looking at the wall ok let's go against our principles let's go against our philosophy but this is the way we have to hurt them i am surprised. that. they did nothing for all the screw up it gives it teeth and value from minute one

and two minute ninety five they play only with their philosophy and in football is not possible didn't surprise me and field didn't surprise me you will gun didn't surprise me the relation between the team and the crew of the stadium and the players that empathy nothing of that surprised me how can possible to be surprised they were not also the team that sings we are better than them we have better players we are going there we are going to win the game we are going to score a goal and to kill it there were not that two second wall and mentally even physically. collapse the ball boys in a good structure can also play a part i was a ball boy stop the kid knew what he was going to do then alexander are not.

you read the situation. fantastically well it's not easy it all looks easy but is not easy and important that was not there the first two guys of the first post there or not there i really don't know what happened this final these goes in favor of the people that saying. no player is more important than the team the final liverpool against spurs who's caught the hits. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last twenty one years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia

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a picture is worth one thousand words and that's probably twice the case for works of war photographer as their costs are says to find in tragedy captured by a camera lens while i ask to ryan miller who documented the war in iraq afghanistan and many other places. always in the sake of it but never in the fray always a witness never a participant wall photographers don't take sides but their pictures can photos of tragedies really help prevent them or do they only make people aware and do images of conflict really reflect reality. zariah miller award winning photographer who put himself in the line of danger to document wars in iraq afghanistan gaza welcome to the show it's great to have you with us can't wait to talk to you so zariah you say that you always are brass to portray.