the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. those who took. invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these an article that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. human rights activists attempt to block france's latest shipment to saudi arabia as concerns grow the weapons being used by riyadh against yemeni civilians. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with saying that these weapons are made to kill. the u.s. president decides he wants his defense chief now to formally take up the top job at the pentagon patrick shanahan says he intends to modernize the american military

and make it lethally efficient. but russia marks the seventy fourth anniversary of nazi germany's capitulation with military parades and memorial ceremonies coming up with more of the highlights of commemorations but later in the program. good morning just turned eleven am friday this is arts international with me kevin owen live from moscow with this latest half hour news update for you that started this the french government's pledge to continue selling arms to saudi arabia despite mounting evidence its weapons are being used against yemeni civilians it comes as the mycon administration faces a growing backlash from human rights activists who on thursday tried to prevent the loading of french weapons onto a saudi cargo ship shiela do penske reports. it's a war that's the fact that. 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 state was concerned there would be a minute shipment of weapons to saudi arabia which is led coalition bombing in parts of yemen for more than four years. shut down. on the downfall to. see if you 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 arms that 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. 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 friends to war here alone can so weapons to countries and every journalist and n.g.o.s share in there used on civilians and 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 responsible 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 i am a military note with feeling french weapons are being used along the saudi border and that friendships are serving in the blockade of the many ports exacerbating the suffering paris continues to deny its world. government has never denied the existence of french weapons in yemen and the fence minister florence pearlie said it and i'll see 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 that they walked out of the assembly session from the world's third biggest exporter has so far resisted calls to hold sales to riyadh 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 might claim it's turning a blind eye to the suffering while filling its pockets with saudi hatch. do not see paris. donald trump says in terms of normal public shanahan and his next u.s. secretary of defense according to a statement released thursday the former deputy defense secretary if approved replace james mattis the who resigned last year of a policy differences with the u.s. president shanahan who's been acting pentagon chief for the past four months is welcome to decision his promise to the aggressive implementation of america's national defense strategy and to keep the military in top fighting shape so as yet

another hawk cements his position of the president's team in the small and looks at how america's repeatedly abandoned its professed commitments to peace. it's a familiar pattern us 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 said it's 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 of the world as of course the united states you know 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 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 not 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 is that not enough was done again it depended upon who is in power obama came in austin it's a blue and. or the scientist 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 there but where they're going to do want to see achieve power if they 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. russia marks the seventy fourth

anniversary of nazi germany surrender on thursday and the end of the war on the eastern front here's a look back at some of the commemorations. it's very difficult to describe the atmosphere here it's it's charged electric is intense but yeah there's so much excitement up excitement just released during the parade itself. you know. the whole the. you run out of beer for sure rhea are. you here now or do you see where you can see these husseini gloves as you see with

him in the. still. poor through moon. stood out in the media should name is implicit you saying is you know doing. nothing unites this country more then the more it's all right human large 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 could never stop surprising you those who say that this victory parade is just saber rattling displays of affection much intimidation they need to be here and come and have a look at this crowd of people is just absolutely endless names just in comparable to anything one has ever seen is the biggest to my knowledge remember it's events in russia in the world nothing quite like it all does soul.

more individual stories in the run up to victory day we brought years some tales of some of those who'd lived through all the awful tribulations the great but surely more one of them got a lot of you are writing in to us was that of a ninety four year old lady called an advantage who joined the resistance straight after graduating from school and became a front line scout sad story husband died a few years ago she's got no remaining relatives now and i asked people to send her letters and postcards to mark victory day and the response of the bright star this was overwhelming. with three different. occasions throughout the years are there with her at the

movie theater yet that we. needed to see guess who we're seeing. with this. piece that is the creature that he was and he said do you think he even. cares closures peevish best. wishes yearly or if it was you could you remember look here people are barely getting by you want. it you think you were there but for the . fall it. would. be.

this is out into nice of a morning still in the further out cry. israel's treatment of his arab population just one of the stories we got lined up for you ahead when we come back. back geysers financial survival guide. housing bubble all. oh you mean there's a downside to artificially low mortgage rates don't get carried away that's cause a report.

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 that deve politically incorrect in the west foundational religion. of moscow time next year in northern israel are apparently making good on a promise to quote preserve the city's character in a highly controversial step the decided to ban arabs from visiting with. the majority of residents jewish citizens of israel last year there was also an outcry after hundreds of israelis demonstrated against the sale of homes in the area to

arab families it's a complicated story. brings you the latest. 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 in. the book is a police open in germany that it's not the police only for jews it is for everyone not only for residents of. this is discrimination they do not directly say that is against arabs but not all of the arabs and even our food and who feel like it is forbidden for us to. 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 for 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 people all the jews come here one arabs come here they just cause problems. belongs to the city and it is in the interest of their residents to look after the place people from the outside don't have that interest but i'm not a visit in town i'm here this matter on our fall into the lap of the interior ministry to decide later this month r.t. for northern israel. london's fame such a gallery stake in the decision to cover up to provoke have pieces of art after elicited wonder response from muslim visitors titled rainbow scenes the controversial exhibition was created by a contemporary london based artist the works that proved controversial featured the

islamic declaration of faith the shahadah juxtaposed with images of nude women and the u.s. flag both the gallery and the artist have defended the decision to cover up the paintings now instead of removing them. 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. plus a commentator andrew walker a muslim rights campaigner someone but went head to head at this over the hour to u.k. studios clashing over the implications of the case. well i think this has been blown out of proportion and i mean the most charitable interpretation i can get is. the gallery made bit of a blunder they weren't 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 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 important that's part of the issue problem using the language invercargill of 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 base and they claim the right to stop you but it's always lowest level going up is a dirty word you don't need to look for work if you think that if you think about

it if what we are going to do with life is pounded to 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 this and 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 precisely doing what you're complaining they're doing you're saying we should crack on down x. was not this is they are going to go are going to take a holiday please let some of this a group of people said we thing. 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 but the fact of the 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 condemnation but you have the right to say no to that one of those ads if you don't like that picture you can enjoy it not going to the gallery what

they've actually said we don't like this picture ver four you can't look at it either now you are you know are you nervous you to type but by the way i mean it's not compromise at all they say oh we don't like the picture therefore nobody can see it is not a compromise a compromise as i don't like the picture i'm not going to go and see it myself i just look at it as customers are saying we paid to come to this and we think you should do this if you disagree you can make your case as well but the the gallery had to make or grown up decision the cover story about. sure you got your thoughts either way too for now the city for me kevin lowe in here in moscow without international h.q. before i go want to tip you off but a huge name but with this came for a great program raring to spend i was down there but our ten english football's feeling on top of the world right now or at least europe after causing two major upsets this week in the continent's most prestigious tournament dutch giant killers extolled the london stock one hotspur world of liverpool states that incredible comeback has had mighty barcelona packing throughout the day. former manchester

united supreme joe simmering in talks through the games later spectacular twists and turns in his latest on the touchline right here. 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 have already said 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 owners and 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

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that's what happens when you put her into the. will switch is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle 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 to defend the

west foundational religion. crosstalk in the state of christianity i'm joined by my guest fran home in copenhagen she's a theologian political commentator as well as founder of the you tube channel her own home talks in belfast we have david vance he's a political commentator as well as the editor of news media dot net and in london we cross to peter tatchell he is a human rights activists all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let me go to evan first in copenhagen. it really took me aback after the fire at notre dumb the way they talked about the catastrophe in terms of turf them architecture but the fact that it was a place of worship for christians was very rarely mentioned also after sri lanka

two luminaries that bill clinton and and i'm sorry brock obama and hillary clinton referred to easter worshippers well i don't know what that is no one worships easter but they were obviously avoiding the using the word christian in christians why. why is that go ahead. that's a very good questions because nobody has been able to answer that and so this last couple of weeks it's a big mystery why. i think you can say that secularism has seen chris tennessee as its enemy for a long time and democrats and leftists and also globalist lay only believe that nicol minorities women. homosexuals can be victims not christians white men and christians are evil people so to say so i think you can see in that regard it would be political incorrect to say these things but i think there is a deeper reason i thought a lot about this and i was

a million you tube video on it on my own channel and i think there's a spiritual wreath.