that's the time to get. that. headline story right. blog front arms shipment to saudi arabia. without the weapons are being used against. us. why do we continue to school countries disrespect for international behavior why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with same these weapons. also coming up on the program the us president decides he wants his acting defense chief to permanently take on the job at the pentagon.

and military. officials. north korea's latest. within a week raises questions in washington. potential. international news center in moscow this is r.t. if your company. our top story this hour human rights activists been attempting to prevent us from sending any more arms to saudi arabia by filing lawsuits arguing the transfers violate the u.s. . treaty they say there's clear evidence have been using french. in yemen they claim. render the administration complicit in war.

denies ever intentionally targeting the. protesters gathered in normandy and northern france or italy to voice their opposition for the government shipment. we are protesting against the arrival of a saudi ship that is coming to collect a delivery of warrants at the port of. there's no doubt that france sells weapons used to kill in yemen and 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 the only he can make such a decision he alone can commit france to war he alone can so weapons to countries and every journalist and n.g.o.s are sharing they're used on civilians but it seems the ship never actually docked in france according to trucking data it's not yet

clear why that is nor where the ship is heading the pressure we do know has been increasing on the french government censor group of investigative journalists publish the sensitive military intelligence report last month it details the devastating effects that french tanks and artillery have been having in yemen. corresponding with more charlotte to ski. it's a wall 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 wednesday it was confirmed 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. the arms delivery according to a commercial agreement which was made a few years ago an emergency procedure has already been filed to try and stop the

sale of french arms to riyadh and its coalition partner the united arab emirates it was made by human rights organization of the evidence emerged showing french weapons were being used on the front line and possibly use in war crimes in yemen we called 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 and do your m a military note with feeling french weapons are being used along the saudi yemen border and that friendships are serving in the book

a good many ports exacerbating the suffering paris continues to deny its role look the government has never deny day existence of french weapons in yemen and the finance minister florence pearlie said it and i'll say it again today there is no proof that these weapons are being used against civilian populations so enraged was some french m.p.'s by lots of noise as they walked out of the assembly session. oh it's the world's third biggest olympics exporter has so far resisted calls to hold twenty one 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 they used to target civilian populations given that the government has been warned how french weapons are allegedly being used in yemen some might claim it's turning a blind eye to the suffering while filling its pockets with saudi cash show but do

you can ski off see paris. when french journalists america mourn for you told us he believes the arms transfer reflect not at all well government. the factor that's paris supports a politically do circuitry regime is already shocking you have to know that french is an older state. the french public opinion is not so really aware of what is happening in africa with the nuclear nose and the french is waging a war to kate's prancer bones the endless stream of weapons of mission and software that would be kinda miss constance leo acquiring and what is new is that this arms delivery comes to intrude controversy on tuesday are all a left wing lawmakers and expects it to departments in protest and that's that's pretty new. here let's go check on another headline stories today the

acting u.s. defense secretary is being lined up to keep the job done all trump's nominated patrick shell again has been in the role since genes martha's quit last year after falling ice with the president over pulling troops from syria and afghanistan challenge welcomed his nomination the former boeing aviation executive has been at the pentagon for the past four years four months excuse me he's promising to continue the quote aggressive implementation of america's national defense strategy to keep the military in top fighting shape so yet a nother hawk cements his position in the president's team killam opens been looking at our washington has repeatedly abandoned its professed commitments to peace. it's a familiar pattern u.s. presidents getting elected on an antiwar platform 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 all over the world in places that are 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 criticize. honest 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 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 the united states since one thousand nine hundred ninety has really developed a pattern for military action. the rocky relations between the u.s. and north korea taking another dive president trump has hit out at pyongyang the latest missile tests and cussed over its willingness to engage diplomatically. the relationship continues but we'll see what happens i know they want to negotiate they're talking about negotiating but i don't think they're ready to negotiate genuine peace and security of the country are guaranteed only by

a strong physical force capable of defending its sovereignty the recent test on the korean peninsula saw the launch of two missile as they were a part of at least short range ballistic rockets fired from the northwest and landed here in the sea of japan well the fresh drills come just a few days after north korea took everyone by surprise with a similar test last friday know that launch broke a moratorium on tests which had lasted more than five hundred days north korea described the drills as regular and defensive but there's been plenty of reaction from its neighbors japan's claim pyongyang has violated un resolutions with its actions well china has been calling for peace on the peninsula. to move on with our duty we hope that all parties can continue working towards the resolution of the issue through dialogue and making positive efforts to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula or we heard from dr park

a senior politics lecturer top british university who believes the u.s. and north korea have hit a dead end in their bilateral negotiations. this is a new indication of a shift of the north korean government after one another half years of silence all parties has realized that each other's bottom nine and despite i'm nine he no way could be reached a consensus in other words they find it the difference a soul even saw moment to bowl and then all my one hand north korea we class the united states to stop send your name and wares on the other hand you notice the continuum persists to ask north korea to dismantle their nuclear program both sides have to take responsibility but i think now the situation has taught us one thing more crystal clear than before is sending

a clear message to the world that now the situation has changed. ok i want to bring you some news now of some big meetings having been confirmed it's now official that the u.s. secretary of state will meet the russian president on foreign minister during his upcoming visit to russia artie's italy of a tranquil told me more of that later earlier. the announcement on the state department's website has it two days two cities a conversation with the russian foreign minister a conversation with the russian president it is going to be a busy one for my pump ale in this country and i can tell you that there was a rather long pause in direct contacts between top american and russian officials and this trip probably is a sign that the two sides are realizing that there is a lot of catching up to be done and in fact they have already begun doing it last

week vladimir putin and donald trump war on the phone for about an hour and a half on monday this week the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had a quick meeting with secretary of state mike from pale in finland but perhaps that was just a rehearsal before a much more serious much more lengthy round of diplomacy and if you watch the news in the last few weeks for you it won't be a problem at all to realize to a guess what is probably going to be up for discussion. the decision to stop playing by some of the rules of the so-called iran's nuclear deal venezuela needs to be sorted out ukraine's got a new president and north korea's kim jong un has been to russia to meet a lot of more potent nuclear tests on the korean peninsula and so on as surrogate

said in finland on monday it is time to get busy with real politics. thirsty russia mark the seventy fourth verse trio of nazi germany surrender and the end of the second world war on the eastern front now in the run up to victory day we brought you the. story of ninety four year old evolve of who joined the resistance straight after leaving school becoming a front line scot her husband died several years ago and she has no remaining relatives asked people to send her letters and postcards to mark victory day on the response. was overwhelming. bush refused to use. the book and he just threw it at the bit to the ears of the other at the movies you could see it that we. really didn't see this regime.

with the middle east it is the future there's a huge mystery and these if you believe you believe either you to. her credit bush retrieve his friend even though she says you're their leader for the force you to do remember looking to get people who are barely getting by you were. teaching me to trick the birds are good things to. work with their. lives with. the it. was. she deserves every one on the

way the u.s. has china with a muscle increase in tar of what does it mean where might it lead we take a look after the break ninety seconds and count. on one else seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out. the cuts to education and in gains from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. it's a church economy there's two tutor for the world. just in america so if i go into

a big bank the bank of america citi bank wells fargo bank and i say i want to borrow hundred thousand dollars and i want you to charge me as your percent interest rate on that and then i want to posit that hundred thousand dollars that your bank and i want you to pay me five percent and i want to therefore. get a tax free ok can i do that now but it back to do that. stock markets around the world plunged after washington increased levies worth two hundred billion dollars chinese goods the announcement came during trade negotiations between the two countries beijing sees it will retaliate and those rejected us like he's ations trying to in the trade talks with the latest edition

of in case you missed it with. bricks on trade. in case you missed it i'm a historic trade deal between the usa and china could be in trouble really. don't chomps threaten china with trade tariffs again and i just predict disaster because that's what i'm paid to do and then they tell us how many dissolved as i predicted compared to how many actually take place well it's a lot of the stock market to kids queue anyway and drop quicker than a teenage boys. to his little secret they were tell you they make just as much money when the stock market goes down as when it goes up it's been a slow process but every year that paula is trying to squeeze as americans dangly bit that little bit tight the us is like the playground bully that nurse was his

victim going through a growth spurt and started lifting weights and just as an historic trade agreement between the worlds biggest fear economies looked imminent beijing decided maybe it won't change it lol just keep his lunch money some other way you see the germans were doomed because they broke that rule. they broke the. broke the. thank you do that so they'll be paying we don't make the deal nothing wrong with taken in over one hundred billion dollars a year. just trying to get a better agreement and so were the chinese one could call it the art of the do you . thinking the us economy a year before he had let it i'm trying now with its one hundred year president. obama to choose public opinion will probably just play the long game and start the whole negotiating charade all over again with the next guy in the white house or

gal probably guy only one thing remains that communism and liberalism both worship. the old. rag. and launch pad one can take you to be made in china and you will still be able to buy it in walmart or on amazon. but. let's turn to south america now where riot police being called into action in the colombian. clashes erupted there a student rally against planned education and pension cuts. of students could be seen here throwing molotov cocktails on the project the authorities to sit near one of the city's main universities and the streets surrounding the area have been closed the police look to regain control of the

situation the country's president to an even two k. house faced criticism over his national development plan which is said to prioritize security spending and also give a green light to fracking. for the first. switching gears the russian president his official attire his ice hockey gear for a gala much in this night hockey league lot of it was also joined on the i spy the country's defense minister putin's been playing in the league since twenty twelve in fact before faceoff this friday wished the russian national team a look as they get on their way in slovakia for the world ice hockey championships schools themselves. all right

from ice talking to football where the english game is feeling on salt of the world right now or at least europe after causing two major upsets this week in the. champions league dutch giant killers i.x. fell to london's tottenham hotspur while liverpool staging an incredible comeback to send mighty barcelona packing right throughout the day you're on the channel former monk chest united supreme joe samaria new talks us through the tournaments latest amazing twists and turns and on the touchline. one of them the first that he gets is the biggest one the biggest one of all so one of them will get that the pope would have to be hears and we will have you in his hands i have more of this sad sinking that one of them is going to lose means

more and the more than anybody else more than the players more than the phones more than the all 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 we have to hurt them i am surprised that. they did nothing for all these screwy thieves. and from minute one until minute ninety five they play only philosophy and then football is not possible didn't surprise me and field didn't surprise me you 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 be civil to be surprised they were not also the team that sings we are better than them would have better players we are going we are going to win the game we are going to score a goal and to keep it there were not that two second wall and mentally even physically. collapse the ball boys in the good structure can also play a part i was a ball boy top the key knew what he was going to do then are there some that are not. you read the situation. fantastically well it's not easy it all looks easy but it is not easy and that the zone was not there the first two guys of the first post do or not there i really don't know what happened this final these goes in favor of the people saying. no player is more

important than the team the final little pool against spurs who's got the hitch. and i'm sure i'm not the only one intrigued to find out what he said to that question from and you can get the answer to that from joe say when the program runs in full here on air in a couple of hours' time but next in a series of interviews conducted over four years with r.t. noam chomsky one of the world's foremost thinkers talks wealth and power it's a thought provoking twenty six minutes requiem for the american dream and moments.

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middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. this is a sticker from the water bottle phone in the stomach of the fish the brand is part of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that let's tell consumers there are the bad ones there the litterbugs are throwing this away industry should be blamed for all this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic. in maine that seems cool sets their classes. on land are you staying on your own that concession can object to funding you tell the difference and also agree on the new best that is the end of it for the team but for now the mountains of waste only grow higher.

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