well. the british prime minister offers m.p.'s a vote on a 2nd gregg's that referendum bashir unveils changes to her withdrawal deal to try a 4th attempt at getting it through parliament also ahead. of the ropes in the caribbean nation of haiti where the government is being accused of links to a massacre in the capital last november. and switch to get which the us tries to tempt countries with cash if they buy its weapons and set of hardware from rivals like china russia.

a very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with me. now a top story this hour the chance of a 2nd referendum is back on the table the british prime minister said on tuesday that m.p.'s will have the chance to vote on another referendum if they finally pass her e.u. withdrawal bill which has already been rejected 3 times with more on to resume a's last ditch attempts to get a deal through parliament his party boy. she promised a bold new offer and here is to reason maze of false the incarnation of a brags that bell she needed something different enough to sell to m.p.'s and there are a number of concessions that she's made she's going to be making the case to the country over the next couple of weeks there are 10 main points too many to list but the 2 main headline grabbers are is that she will offer m.p.'s a vote on the option of a customs union that big big carrot that she's offered m.p.'s will get to vote

on a 2nd way friend but only if they pass the deal in the 1st place the government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a 2nd referendum and this must take place before the withdrawal agreement can be ratified and frankly there are rumblings in westminster from all sides of the political spectrum. because it's basically a rehash of what was discussed before that she's already. said that. she ran. the job. exactly. the reason mays never wanted it herself she's always said that she would just like to stick to

implementing the results of the 1st one but she's trying everything she can to try her already dented political legacy she is after all a one issue prime minister she came to power almost 3 years ago promising to deliver on gregg's it and she's still trying to salvage that take a listen to how grooming if the deal is rejected again some suggest leaving without a deal but whatever you think about outcome paula has been clear it will do all it can to stop it. if not no deal then it would have to be a general election or a 2nd referendum that could lead to rather cation and no bricks it. to reason may said that this is the last chance for m.p.'s to vote her deal through after all the default setting in october is for a no deal with drawl but it's also to reason may's last chance to save her

political legacy and to deliver on the brags that she's promised throughout her leadership she's failed to pay her bill through parliament $3.00 times already she's failed just 6 weeks of cross party negotiations the u.k. was meant to leave the e.u. on the 29th of march that didn't happen and the u.k. wasn't supposed to be taking part in the parliamentary elections which is happening so naturally all the questions at the end of that big speech from journalists trying to make sense of it focused on one issue and that was when is she going to step down within minutes or to resume a speech opposition parties across the board swiftly lined up to reject the new offer even members of the prime minister's own conservative party who had been supporting her say she's betraying brooks's. i supported the p.m.'s rotten deal last time as i felt we could then during line and select a new pm to pick up the pieces but i cannot support this convoluted mess that it

takes is towards a rig referendum between her deo and no brakes it is just great task the pm must go i supported the dreadful withdrawal agreement before they thought it was our only chance of leaving the e.u. in 20 ninth's march there was draw agreement bill proposal is worse than before this is not bracks said and i won't be supporting it three's a maze now supporting a 2nd referendum makes it very hard for me to support the latest withdrawal agreement bill when it comes to house of commons this is a betrayal of 2016 referendum and a betrayal of everything she has been saying since she became prime minister historian alan scad told us to raise a maze revised withdrawal bill will be roundly rejected by m.p.'s says anathema to the vast majority of conservative m.p.'s both approach to a new customs deal and a referendum will break promises she made in the last manifesto so i fear

because labor said it won't support the new deal. even less support this time wrong as she got last time a date is dead just a dreadful mess i mean it doesn't really appeal to either side i mean she has her hands that tight because you know she signed a deal with the european union and the european union is going to change the main structure of the deal so she can that fully propose anything radically new so that she's playing around the edges and it simply doesn't have enough troops for maneuver. the caribbean country of haiti the government is being suspected of links to a massacre in the capital last november dozens of people including children were tortured and killed haiti's biggest ally the u.s. has so far been silent on the accusations of violence on to government protests have been waging a compass all for weeks. i think. the

situation in haiti is escalating a population that is largely unemployed without electricity and without money once the president out again. today the country has reached an end the population can no longer accept the situation. when no one is out at night now there's reduced night life now all the streets are darn you just don't know what are you going to run into you just can't go anywhere now in addition to their other grievances the protesters have a link to the government to one of the worst massacres in the recent history of the country.

iowa far. far. they were shooting and i was running to save my life it was a terrible massacre. they were dressed in police uniforms with masks on their faces that they snatched people and killed them while the united nations has launched an investigation now in march of 100. 4 members of the u.s. congress signed a letter to the u.s. secretary of state calling for an independent investigation as of yet there has been no answer. to support thorough and independent investigations into both the corruption allegations that sparked the current crisis and the human rights violations including extra judicial killings that have reportedly taken place but

the trump administration seems confident in the aligned regime we have always underscored in there are statements as well as our diplomatic conversations our belief in the g. 2 misi of heat is institutions and its elected officials so far there has been no comment from the u.s. state department on the massacre while washington routinely condemns governments around the world for allegedly violating human rights when it comes to haiti the white house is unusually silent the u.s. has relied on a policy of gang violence in guatemala and el salvador and honduras in haiti and numerous other countries so this keeps the people in fear it keeps them in desperation and they can rule from their washington d.c. by having these gangs in the pain of poverty is do the work that the u.s. demands been trying to ministry and will do nothing of haiti alerts

the public regime is. and will beginning by. being demonstrated in haiti there does not affect the u.s. footprint in haiti so president of border. questions planning a wide ranging update to his espionage and treason laws which could lead to the introduction of a foreign agents register and tougher penalties for whistleblower as they proposed the hole was announced by the u.k.'s home secretary. getting this right and having the right powers and resources in place for countering hostile states must be a post-breakfast priority so i can announce today that we're preparing the way for nash being our bill this will bring together new and modernized powers giving our security services the legal authority they need to tackle this threat at this stage it's not clear exactly what else will be included in the new espionage bill it's intended however to address perceived shortfalls in the u.k.'s treason laws as well

as the official secrets act which was last updated 989 and for him it's the leaking of any information that could be considered damaging form m i 5 agent told us what she believes the changes will entail. what they're trying to do is amalgamate all of these different acts including the treason act from the middle ages and say actually we need a new act the 21st century but what they're doing with this is they're making the provisions much more stringent and draconian that they used to be so for example under the $989.00 act if you're a whistleblower talking about the crimes committed by the military of spies you would face 2 months in prison now under the new act what they're trying to suggest is that if you're a whistleblower revealing the crimes of the spies then you will face 14 years in prison they actually have also suggested they get rid of what's called the prior publication defense which came in in the 1980 s. now this means because something is in the public domain you can then report it

without any penalize ation what they're now suggesting is they take away that so that means for example if i want to talk about some of the things that i in my former partner disclosed 20 years ago under this new law i would not be allowed to talk about them even though they're already in the public to me have already been exposed across the international media so this is a very draconian law they're proposing. the u.s. state department is planning to offer more money to countries who are willing to switch from russian through american made arms it's an expansion of an existing program out of it trying to now takes us there. defocus in charge of sales for the u.s. military industrial complex take an internship somewhere that sells these free samples work just as fine in the international big guns business but look what

america does as it turns out if it gets assurances from european countries that they'll ditch and stop buying weapons made in russia or china free samples won't take long to arrive there's an entire government program under which these countries will get or already have just under $200000000.00 worth of hardware the idea being we can put in some u.s. grant military assistance they would then put in some amount of partner military funding of course the free batch should be followed up by proper contracts plus there's going to be maintenance upgrades and so on nice $1.00 0 let's face it try before you buy is worked for everything from clothes to kiss medics and the program is being expanded to other continents. appreciating customer loyalty is key remember when the killing of

a saudi journalist in turkey could have led to international boycotts against the biggest buyer of uncle sam's toys back then the american president was quick to set things straight is the best equipment in the world but if they don't buy it from us they're going to buy it from russia or they're going to buy it from china or they're going to buy it from other countries so the saudi contracts should stay the way they are safe and sound. nato member turkey one's got too carried away trading with russia or so says the american government and thought it was a good idea to buy russian missile defense systems you will regret that came the message from d.c. we've. clearly warned turkey that its potential acquisition of the 100 will result in a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f.

$35.00 program. and risk other. potential future arms transfers to turkey as well. it's lead to potential sanctions that someone say fair competition you know if you want to be rich thinking about fair is really something you can ditch. there's a united nations treaty that aims to make sure the global bad guys don't get their hands on conventional weapons and hardware even if they can't afford it it's called a.t.t. barack obama signed it a few years ago donald trump though did it his way and said this in april my administration will never ratified the arms trade treaty and i am officially announcing today that the united states will be revoking. the effect. of

america's signature from this badly misguided treatment we're taking in our signature back a champion gun seller just wants to make sure nothing can stop them from adding new names on the bars list even if there are perhaps a few issues with the reputation. but since defense ministry is facing a backlash over claims it instituted a policy that allows for intelligence sharing with international partners even when there's a risk it will lead to torture u.k. government rules state that its personnel should not participate in don't solicit or encourage torture and other forms of degrading treatment for punishment documents obtained through a freedom of information requests so however that last year the ministry of defense drew up or for vision allowing ministers to override those home office guidelines the controversial provision says that even if there is

a risk of torture ministers can push ahead with intelligence sharing should they consider it to be beneficial to the u.k. it is those that they must be ready to accept the legal implications of that decision. where there remains a serious risk of torture ministers should be consulted but the presumption would be that we will not proceed and this ministers agree that the potential benefits justify accepting the risk and the legal consequences that may follow. in the wake of the revelations the newly appointed defense secretary has pledged to review the defense ministries guidelines on intelligence sharing and torture many mordaunt insist though that the u.k. has not broken any law. these laws and norms are there not just to protect the enemy they also protect our own policy and activities in this area in accordance with both domestic and international law we cannot overrule the law nor can ministers be advised to. the law or disregard

the law they have no intention of cutting off those intelligence sharing agreements they'll just come out again with some more mealy mouthed language about not condoning or not encouraging it plainly illegal in terms of international law the united nations convention against torture program for talks of complicity and torture and by continually and pretty well on a daily basis of training intelligence from the top 2 chambers of countries like saudi arabia. herb united kingdom is plainly complicit the united kingdom no longer . illegally in international law the united kingdom has become a rogue state. plans more news coming up after this short break.

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world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you there. welcome back the youngest calling on washington to return a cargo ship seized and impounded in american samoa that demand was made by north korea's ambassador to the u.n. who gave a press conference on tuesday united states has a committee on north from and to be just the acts of a few split this ng i will cover schieffer why is your next. forcibly taking 8 to the american side more under the pretext of a unilateral sanctions and by relation mr goodloe earlier this month the us authours he's announced that they arrested this ship named the why is the onus for

violating international sanctions as it was to unloading what appeared to be cole less an oath career imports it's not the 1st time the ship has been seized on suspicion of sanctions violations under the un's restrictions north korea is not allowed to export coal import oil among other commodities. washington explains the thing as a move to enforce the sanctions imposed on north korea and today its nuclear program human rights attorney eric throughout kid thinks this case may spell an end to u.s. efforts to build relations with a reclusive country. it's overreaching on the part of the u.s. and seen as a leverage issue arguably it's not i this interdiction it's called of a ship this is denying the ability for the country to even feed itself in a lot of ways that resolution didn't allow the seizure of the ship somewhat as they fail to cooperate with the inspection when they are examined and there's really no

evidence of that i would suspect that it's going to scuttle progress between the united states and north korea it's going to get an excuse for the hardliners in the trumpet ministration who don't want negotiations to go forward and will be falling back to square one unfortunately. the leaders of russia france and germany how to join a phone call on tuesday to discuss a range of hot button issues from the syrian conflict to the war in ukraine on the dispute over iran's nuclear program made a caution of a report. the leaders of france germany and russia discussed a range of high profile issues in a telephone conversation of the 3 part is reaffirmed their support for a copper ration with iran and also stressed the importance of preserving the 2015

iran nuclear deal which is currently in jeopardy as the us unilaterally withdrew from the landmark agreement and iran that it stopped fulfilling its obligations with ending nuclear deal and gave the other european signatories 60 days to decide whether they will support of the deal and also trade with to iran now another topic which was discussed was the situation in ukraine in light of the power we shuffle in kiev with the new president elect and also the leaders spoke about the situation in syria once again stressing that it is important to settle the conflict in line with the un security council's resolutions. a group of leading doctors in belgium a warning parents against raising their children on vegan diet even suggesting they should face prosecution for depriving them of essential nutrients the assessment

comes from the country's royal academy of medicine which is the dietary choice fickle is no medically recommended and even forbidding to subject a child especially during periods of rapid growth to potentially destabilizing requiring frequent supplementation and control these concerts nutrition is similar to a form of treatment that is noise because we impose on children. have a good diet excludes all forms of animal based products including eggs and dairy according to the study of around 3 percent of belgian children stick to this lifestyle vegans insists their diet has a number of benefits including increased energy levels as well as lowering blood sugar and cholesterol levels but belgium's royal academy of medicine say most parents ought not able to provide ongoing medical supervision for their children which they say is restrictive this restrictive diet regime requires an increased number of health complications among children and prompted the report i can turn to

17 a belgian couple received a suspended 6 month sentence after their 7 month old baby died of malnutrition doctors blamed the parents choice to only field the child vegetable based milk and the whole issue of deacon diets for children has social media file fired up. my kids been vegan since conception on is perfectly healthy child abuse veganism should be a choice left to mature humans meanwhile here in backwards belgium what's next you bunch of not to doctors sterilize us young children need milk butter and some meat along with vegetables as an adult you are free to make a choice but do feed into young children it's criminal who should be so is it right or wrong to put children all over the can diet but we put that question to our guests. i don't think it's necessary to penalize it's

necessary to give a good advise and to take into account the preferences of the parents the more restrictions you used the more. risk there is of deficiency if you're over the age of 16 or 18 depending on the country you're living in you can make whatever decision you want i personally to a low carb high fat diet but i know i shouldn't let my children do that because they need the carbohydrates to grow no parent has a right to abuse their child or no parent has a right to put their child in danger and this is clearly put in them in danger there are certain sentiments now you cannot get on a vegan diet parents don't make their children the beacon isn't is a protected ethical orientation at the level of human rights and all parents who live their lives according to deep convictions have the right to raise their children according to those moral convictions if children are suffering neglect

then this ought to be dealt with very precisely as child neglect regardless of the ethical orientation of the parent vitamin b 12 without dirt need supply mentation because it's not present in an active form in any plant based nutritional source be careful about fighting the twelth also in the mother if she has a figure for a long time it's possible that she doesn't present symptoms of vitamin b 12 deficiency or while breast milk may not contain sufficient vitamin b 12 for the little child there are lots of belief communities that feed their children even a vegetarian diet the jains. the buddhists they they are vegetarian and feet get. so i really don't understand why the men the medical

profession is targeting the piquant community on a strict reagan ridged our a strict vegan diet you do not get the visions they take these are some ruins you cannot get certain simmons in particular b 12 so denying your children that kind of meat and dairy i think it is a fool of child abuse i don't really want governments to get involved in family life but if we can cheat courage them as the belgian surgeon then the state does have a responsibility when it comes to child abuse and that's what i think it is. i heard our team would love to take your thoughts on all stories they do get in touch by following us on social media and leaving your comments that better minutes with the latest and see that. there's an petersburg international economic forum is

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