even broken the time of the. 4th generation with the. neck. to israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his main rival. both failed to secure a majority government in their own right with potentially lengthy coalition talks looming. in the coming negotiations to assemble a strong zionist government i intend to speak with everyone starting tonight we will work to form a broad unity government. also ahead while saudi arabia probes who was behind the devastating drone attacks on its oil facilities last saturday. pinning the blame firmly. on the new york times faces by

publishing an excerpt from a forthcoming book about the alleged sexual misconduct at the u.s. supreme court justice brett kavanaugh the being important details of this. one minute past 6 am in houston 9 pm in melbourne and 2 in the afternoon right here in moscow this wednesday september the 18th welcome to our international. with more than 60 percent of the vote counted the fate of israel's prime minister in the balance this afternoon polls suggest he's neck and neck with his nearest rival after repeat parliamentary elections binyamin netanyahu even with allies included currently does not have enough seats to secure a majority government the same goes for his rival benny gantz 2 earlier kevin owen discussed all the developments with the dollar. this vote was largely viewed not as

a general election but as a vote of confidence for netanyahu and mind that not for his party but for him personally and that is important because the whole the reason why these elections happened is because netanyahu couldn't form a government after the elections in april so he called for another elections and during the containing some of his policies the policies that he personally proposed they managed to a alienate some of his former allies and be gave a boost to his rivals also at the same time this adds up to the corruption charges he could still be indicted on 3 in 3 cases for so what if the campaign what did he promise the public that didn't seem to go down so well he drove a very hard bargain when it comes to the right wing agenda being very pro jewish kind of anti arab i should say because he talked about an exciting settlements in the west bank and in the jordan valley he times and times again raised questions

about the loyalty of the arab community and effectively he ruled out any possibility of forming a coalition with a force that puts forward the interests of an arab minority. in the coming days will convene negotiations to assemble a strong zionist government to prevent a dangerous and to zionist government. will not and cannot be a government that leans on arab and to zionist passes so as to the early days was still an exit polls but how is it looking that the arab minority voters voted it's very indicative case of how benjamin netanyahu is rhetoric blew in his face more arabs showed up at the polls and cause and effect here and more seats for the pro arab party they are in fact are coming in 3rd in the race right now too soon yet still to talk about coalition building but i bet so is going on behind the scenes benny gantz is the key rival of benjamin netanyahu and he. he has a sort of

a personal problem with the incumbent prime minister but he has already said that he's ready to form a coalition with any political force likud party included i intend to speak with everyone starting tonight we will work to form a broad unity government that will express the will of our people. i would like to focus on a man who could be the king maker a liberal man an ally turned rival and all of that because of benjamin netanyahu who's very favorable views and very favorable policies towards the ultra orthodox parties to have authored books jews exempt from military service and as for what is going to happen next the president of israel and admittedly a man a person we don't talk much we don't hear much about he is going to choose he's going to choose a man and most worthy of forming a coalition and in his opinion and we'll see where it goes from there yet as we

have important developments on the day we've been getting reaction including from political analyst michel barak who believes that for know mr netanyahu doesn't have any viable options for a coalition. the ironic thing is the last election which was a few months ago and to now had really all the options in the world he could have formed a right of center government a narrow one with about 61 seats or he could have sat down with benny gantz and had a unity government with 70 and added more parties he chose to do neither he wasn't successful and either called for new elections now what it appears is i would say it's the final countdown to the end of the career of that and you know he's talking about a narrow right of center zionist government you know a narrow government and benny gantz is sounding like a leader unifying the people the will of the people he's going to talk to all the parties most of the parties that have run from the left blue and white to the labor party to the democratic camp party all of them has said we'll join

a national unity government with the likud even we just won't do it with it and you know that and you know for most israeli politicians and many and many of the israeli people is damaged goods. or at an update on another big story of the week saudi arabia is sent to invite u.n. experts to join an investigation into. the country's major oil facilities on saturday while the gulf monarchy waits to attribute blame the u.s. president was already quick off the mark to accuse iran or the refining in saudi arabia as being. a result of the attack on 2 major state run to silex the u.s. claims it was a result of drone strikes launched from iraqi territory yemen's hutu rebels said they did it on the run strongly deny its involvement kill them up and looks out america is quick fire on location. now the trumpet ministration says that it knows

for sure who was responsible for the recent attack on saudi arabian oil facilities well kind of try and decode these recent statements from the president you see. looking that way will have some pretty good. having some very strong studies done but it's certainly looking that way at this moment and. we'll let you know soon as we find out definitively we'll let you know but it does look that way and then just half a minute later you think that iran is responsible because i think i did. say that we think we know who it was but i didn't see anybody just crystal clear no ambiguity there well on saturday u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o said that he was absolutely sure of who did it within hours of the attack we call on all nations to publicly unequivocally condemn iran's a tux the united states will work with our partners and allies to ensure the energy markets remain most supplied on iran is held accountable for its aggression so on

saturday iran absolutely did it a few days later well i'm will get back to you on that now is it a little bit disturbing that the white house knows the less about the attack as time goes on not more but we've been here before on april 4th 2718 there was a chemical incident in syria the next day the white house was pointing fingers today's chemical attack in syria against innocent people including women and children is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world these heinous actions by the bizarre al assad regime are a consequence of the past administrations weakness and a resolution the syrian skyline was lit up with the fireworks of 59 cruise missiles however a year later james madison was then the u.s. secretary of defense says they really weren't sure who did it. we have other

reports from the battlefield from people who claim it's been used we do not have evidence of it so they had a smoking gun evidence at 1st but then they left it in the elevator or they dropped it in the bus never these things happened right remember back in february when a humanitarian aid truck was burned on the border with venezuela mike pence the us vice president spoke up immediately saying who was to blame the tyrants in caracas daunce this is henchmen murdered civilians and burn food medicine heading to venezuelans saturday was tragic for the families of those killed and suffering venezuelans but it was just one more day in venice when his journey from tyranny to freedom madeira must go then a video emerged telling a completely different story and it wasn't so cut and dry. as responsible for creating the conditions of violence his thugs denied the entry of tons of food and medicine while thousands of courageous violence is so to save code and deliver aid to venezuelan families. remember saddam hussein and his weapons of mass destruction

or should i say or lack thereof well they want to head and bomb iraq anyway but they put on a show at the u.n. in the hopes of convincing the audience 1st iraqi cleric 8500 liters of anthrax unscom estimates that saddam hussein could have produced 25000 liters whatever happened to the good old days of evidence investigation and solid proof now the rule seems to be act 1st think later and then justify your actions afterwards with 144 characters of tough talk on twitter. r.t. new york. moving new delhi things pakistan controlled kashmir should be considered as part of india india's foreign minister also expressed hope that one day they would have physical jurisdiction over the region pakistan and india have been at loggerheads for more than 70 years. over kashmir

since they failed to agree on the borders drawn up during the british partition of india. it used to be one country under british rule where communities of differing religions live side by side for generations but 70 years ago independence or the region splits into india and pakistan in a process that went down in history books as the partition and so did the man who hurriedly through the border the year 1947 the dying days of the british empire weakened by the 2nd world war india became a burden london was also unable to counter the growing independence movement led by matt maganda to fix it britain appointed lord louis mountbatten as the last viceroy of india he made it clear it was not his dream job. i am prepared to accept the job only on one condition india must be granted independence by july 948 and i will not stay there

a day longer. once he arrived though he decided he couldn't wait that long it needed to be sorted more quickly in just 5 weeks to be precise enter lord cyril radcliffe a british lawyer who had never set foot in india he was tasked with drawing a line between the most cohesive muslim and hindu populated areas just like mountbatten radcliff 2 found india not to his liking. it was impossible to undertake the field survey in june because of the heat so how does anyone who's not familiar with the situation on the ground decide where the border is going to be well studied the maps obviously it's all in there the demographics the religious majority it's also simple isn't it but the areas with the majority of muslims in pakistan and the hindus in india problem solved right if aspirations of some people had not been fulfilled the fold must be found in political arrangements were. i'm not concerned the ratcliffe line was only revealed to the people the day before

independence and scenes of celebration were replaced with fear and confusion as millions woke up on the wrong side of the border the partition on the radcliffe line led to unprecedented violence resulting in up to a 1000000 deaths so how did it all go wrong many areas had equal numbers of muslims and hindus radcliffe also didn't take the sikhs into account and he never even heard of kashmir. i was not even aware of kashmir i heard about it long after i returned to london both lord mountbatten and lord radclyffe made a swift exit from the heat leaving millions of people to deal with their quick and toxic solution for generations to come. meanwhile in india controlled kashmir a communication blackout is being enforced making it impossible for people on either side of the disputed region to speak to each other new delhi ses it's needed

to curb potential violence and prevent any possibility of separatist rallies paula slayer went to pakistan controlled kashmir to find out more. when pakistani kashmir not far from the defective border that divides pakistan from india but don't be taken in by the beauty of this himalayan valley for more than a month people living in villages here have really been living in fear dread and terror at on the 5th of august india imposed a blackout it closed the border and since then thousands of families here have no idea what's happening to their families on the other side we're going to visit the family. thank you what is the situation like here either the situation is worse than before and everyone is worried about the well being of family members in the indian occupied kashmir signals are blocked and no means of communications to like what happens if you time you try to phone your

cousin. don't sit up since last month we've been unable to get ahold of our relatives in india held kashmir but we keep trying the air is totally disconnected i've seen for myself this kind of atrocity back in 2010 when i went to india and how kashmir the situation was intense. we were dying to know their condition were concerned something isn't right we have no idea if they have food to you if you have children are going hungry you there. i'm going to stop. and doesn't do that the whole time. and yes it is like this when i would try to reach down we pray for them constantly our hearts are bleeding we just want to see them again this is you she is yes and it's before 5 years. he looks very happy here we love him very much.

whenever we meet with them we feel so happy and delighted with her get every sore on hardship we're facing in life and they see the same things in me meeting them itself is a big occasion for us just some background kashmir is split into 3 parts administered by india pakistan and china which also has claims to part of the territory tension escalated recently after new delhi stripped india administered kashmir its only muslim majority state of its autonomy in august pakistan rejected the move saying it contradicts international law. one cheers to india's leader in iran for a modi announce that the kashmir region would get a development boosting coding foreign investment he says the region is to be made prosperous negotiations are already under way you know india's top court ordered the federal government to restore normal life in kashmir soon as possible. we're joined now live on the program happy to say by dr charlie

a professor and dean earth agenda school of international affairs good to see you i know you could speak at length on this question but just tell me your main point as to why india believes it has greater right to kashmir than pakistan 1st of all or you know we the idea of india is based on the coexistence of religious groups it's not on the basis of exclusive nation state for one religion so in your has a sizable muslim minorities are sikhs and christians and willis genes and of course the hindus would have majority but it's all mixed and in most part of the country the live side by side we go to new problems so the problem of the kashmir clean my bags in your dispute ease that essentially just one question as it's car

has in those as well as sikhs and well it's not just muslims but the pakistani claims on the basis that because muslim majority each should be annexed by much sun so india's view is that you know all crash near the problem going to rezone if there is a. senior for different religious groups can live together and poor exist so it's not on the basis of religious nationalism but on the basis of literalism so that's why. we struggle just on the specifics then the indian government sais that communication blackout of kashmir is meant to offend on rest do you think it will prove effective. so far we have not heard any terrorist attacks inserting abrogated the special status because we are on august 5th or saw clearly the some of the confusion and the restrictions on the communications restrictions especially on. telephone and on internet are working because a lot of the cross border terrorist attacks have happened to coordination or were

these means and also through. and other such things which are not are you know which are encrypted are not easy to crowd funding to against agencies so i think some of that instructions will remain but 90 more than 90 percent of our country rally because a muslim majority part of jammu and kashmir are already did time. dictions have been lifted and landline telephones are actually working and i know of my own friends there who are being able to communicate with me to landlines so it's not that they're completely i saluted or there's a daughter rakhal but gradually i think as the security situation improves i think most of these men believed it through and thanks 3 in part this hour live from new delhi dr strum charly a professor and dean of the school of international affairs. head in the program this weapons they are going to tell ball book preview on the u.s.

supreme court justice brett kavanaugh gets the new york times in hot water that's after this. you know world big. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get 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 truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. in. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person if there is. no

day or thinks. we should ask. a show of support defiance well known figures from russia's film t.v. industry have voiced their solidarity with a young actor who they say was wrongfully convicted of resisting arrest. was detained during a protest rally over my world elections in moscow last month he is now appealing his 3 year sentence artie's being a caution about told us more. the moscow court has sentenced

a young up and coming out. to 3 and a half year isn't present for attacking a member of precious national guard during an unsanctioned travelling that took place on august the 3rd now the officer who. testified and quarry he said that he was an active to. to supplant in the rally that he was shouting unto government slogans and that he during the arrest he dislocated his shoulder meanwhile there is a video footage. rastan many were outreach seen on the video puddle simply stance by the metro station looking at his phone and not shouting a new slogans pavol himself says that he did not intend to use force he stumbled backwards and denies that he is guilty of any wrong doing now the judge read refused to review the video footage of the rats ruling that avodah introduced by

the prosecution was sufficient this case sparked an outcry and attracted the attention else many different people from well known journalists to a number of high profile figures and of the a world of culture here in russia all offering support for a possible. regarding the standoff i have to repeat literally what i wrote a blog it's not a matter of solidarity it's about justice injustice is what destroy states this iteration in which the act of himself is a blatant injustice it's impossible to ignore it's all keep silent. no the point is not in communities so that there is but in the fact that this directly concerns me to the monstrous injustice and cynicism with which this is been done come affect everyone right now there is a number one man protests taking place in the capital as the president said ministration and now other defendants facing similar charges was released from

prison and placed on to travel restrictions so all these cases to track now a lot of attention. a new tell all book about allegations of alleged sexual harassment by a u.s. supreme court justice brett cuff and all has been previewed in the new york times but the paper's facing a buck plus for a partly taking things out of context artie's in the trunk oh read between the lines if you're kind of sick of hearing the same story all over again like the president called this or that media nothing but junk or you're glad you haven't heard the name brand cavanaugh and something related to his genitals for a while i'm really sorry i don't think they'll do it but they should for the good of the nation i call for the resignation of everybody here to do york times involved. yeah which is once again one of the

biggest stories in the land of trump and cold versus the liberals here we go so to top journalists wrote a book and had a preview published in the sunday paper what's being teased are 2 previously reported alleged cases of sexual harassment by brad kavanagh now a supreme court justice from his years at yale. a freshman named brett kavanaugh pulled down his pants and thrust his penis at prompting as to swatted away and inadvertently touch it. a classmate manx t. a so mr cavanaugh with these pants down at a different drunken dorm party with friends pushed his penis into the hand of a female student now that is gross if it fell on mr cavanaugh was really up to all that surely he must face severe consequences although for now these are just lines from a book not something put forward by let's say the folks from the justice department

but if you pick almost any one of the democratic presidential candidate lineup they've made up their minds on what should be next for kavanaugh confirmation is not exoneration and these news revelations that disturb him like the man who appointed him cavanaugh should be impeached he was put on due course through a sham process and his plays into court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice he must be impeached it is more clear than ever that brett kavanaugh lied under oath he should be impeached. i stand with survivors and countless other americans in calling for impeachment proceedings to begin but dig a bit deeper and perhaps trump's latest rant at the n.y.t. isn't so wide off the mark there could have been a bit of a problem with their journalistic ethics you see some conservative folks got an advanced copy of the book and realized something rather important was dropped in

the times teaser. the book notes quietly that the woman max steer named as having been supposedly victimized by kavanagh in france denies any memory of enraged event seems i don't know significant it was then the papers turned to do something about it after a while here's what they came up with an earlier version did not include one element of the book's account regarding an assertion by a young classmate that friends of brett kavanaugh pushed his penis into the hand of a female student at a drunken dorm party the book reports of the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say that she doesn't recall the incident that information has been added to the article the authors were bound to be asked why the central piece of the puzzle was missing in your draft of the article did it include those words that have since been added to the article and to it so somewhere in the editing process those words were yeah i mean i think what happened actually was

that you know we had her name and you know the times doesn't usually include the name of rectum and so i think in this case the editors felt like maybe it was probably better to remove it and in removing her name they removed the other reference to the fact that she didn't remember that they could have done a good job at protecting the victim or they could have messed up a whole thing up wildly because no matter what's not in the article they say her name is in the book or maybe mr trump was right and they didn't want to read the story of that extra spice and left out the crucial bit on purpose what if the woman doesn't even consider herself a victim she reportedly says she doesn't remember anything like this oh god. his genitals liberal media trump watch this space my friends. now a new report has claimed even a limited or small scale in nuclear war could cause of least 90000000 casualties the watching the hawks who have their say on the town plenty more besides next.

join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics small business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. ratings and salutation. human beings have an incredible capacity for love. and empathy watchers but tragically sometimes it seems that we also have an almost

primal instinct toward self-destruction or at the very least we can be pretty cavalier with our own safety both personally and mouse from the kid on the escalator acting the fool to our national leaders and their strange fingers. to the bottom. today we are going to start this party my friends with a bang a nuclear bang in the form of a new princeton based video simulation currently making the rounds on social media that proves there was no such thing as a limited small tactical nuclear war called plan aids researchers at princeton university's science and global security lab created the form of the animation to show the potentially catastrophic consequences of current u.s. and russian nuclear war plans according to the researchers the simulation is based on actual independent assessments of current u.s. and russian force postures and nuclear weapon targets in total after all the birds of launched.