headline stories in north korea the u.s. . stalled talks in sweden. weapons in the days leading up to the meeting. the president declares a state of emergency as the country is gripped by nation. soaring fuel prices. triggered by his dissolution of parliament we spoke to former brazilian president. about the crisis and how it feeds into broader regional. see. american countries we keep seeing.

24 hour news live from moscow this is our to international my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program the north korean negotiators of arrived in sweden to resume nuclear talks with the u.s. it comes just a few days after pyongyang said it had successfully tested a new c launched missile in a move that caused the alarm in western capitals. the secretary had a call with japanese minister defense kono where they discussed north korea they both agree that the north korea tests are unnecessarily provocative and do not set the stage for diplomacy in that north korea should cease these tests north korea saying missile is capable of being launched from a submarine which would represent a major advancement of its weapons capabilities some analysts are calling it the

most significant test since the country entered into dialogue with washington in 20 . well just a few hours later the u.s. carried out its own launch it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile over the pacific saying the test was for national security purposes caleb maupin has been taking a close look that plane. north korea and the united states are headed back to the negotiating table this weekend says president trump we'll see they want to talk to will be talking to him who will say so we can all just relax and anticipate one step closer to world peace right well no 2 a missile was launched on wednesday the u.s. state department burned with outrage we call on north korea to refrain from provocations abide by their obligations under un security council resolutions and remain in gauged in substantive and sustained negotiations to do their part to

ensure peace and stability on the korean peninsula and as you do nuclear is ation now to prove their point about peace and stability the united states launched an intercontinental 'd ballistic missile from the coast of california on the exact same day but they say it is not a provocative move according to the pentagon brass it's all about peace and security this visible message of national security. interests when a potential aggressor so let's recap shall we this is the puck some 3 it's endangering the stability and peace of the entire region and this is the minuteman 3 i.c.b.m. it's just making the world a safer and happier place in august the united states once again conducted military drills in south korea rehearsing for an all out war against the north but they say it's nothing provocative about it simply a measure of security north korea didn't see it that way into korean contents will be difficult unless the put an end to military exercise will give

a plausible explanation in a sincere manner that is worth mentioning these drills were scaled down a bit compared to the ones done in the past we are working very hard to make sure that it is not perceived as provocative to go as far as to modify even the name of the exercise and to modify the scenario to take out all the offensive characteristics it's all about perception if we do it it's understandable for security purposes think of the i.c.c. . b.m. is a jolly little kite bringing joy but if they view it it's a provocation putting the entire region into danger yes it's one sided attitudes like that that are sure to bring peace on earth they fired off an i.c.b.m. missile. you know like 4200 miles to the marshall islands this wasn't a small underground or underwater test so the u.s. is. wants to be able to behave one way as a military might with its military might around the world and other countries do

the opposite and so unfortunately we are left with these types of instances where very few people question the power of the military of the united states very few people question why the united states is testing the nuclear deterrent if you will . ok let's move on ecuador's president has declared a national emergency following a wave of violent protests over the authorities there to end fuel subsidies the move which came into effect on thursday is expected to cause the price of petrol and diesel to double workers in the transport sector launched a national strike in response to a taxi bus and truck drivers blocking major students and indigenous groups all to join the protests paralyzing peru's transport networks in the capital quito demonstrators clashed with riot police who fired tear gas made hundreds of arrests

despite the turmoil president lenin moreno has said there is no chance that the 40 year old subsidy scheme will be reinstituted. that there is no possibility of changing those things related to the perverse subsidies are causing so much harm to the country they were distorting the economy but above all else allow for important national resources to fall into the wrong hands to try to ensure the safety of our citizens and avoid chaos i have declared a national state of emergency and. well here's what we know the ecuadorian government scrapped the fuel subsidies in order to meet targets agreed with the international monetary fund as part of a big deal signed in march ecuador agreed to slash public spending it no intends to reduce its deficit from $3600000000.00 to under $1000000000.00 by next year the view largely agreed among analysts is that economic restructuring will be

a painful process for the country. the i.m.f. is giving a credit to our country is under certain conditions on the. day they control the economy and they're going to go on he says of the country so the goal of i.m.f. what they are really following this try to open the economy up for a while though just to make the. ecuadorian people in the future but not get access to a different kind of private services that they need. they don't have it at the moment but the thing is what's the cost of this kind of rest the direction of the economy and either my government is saying in this report and open the markets we basically as the main advice that i am of these given we're going to keep to your loans we're going to give you credit but only under certain conditions then they're doing that we know they're going crazy inflation we know they've been increasing unemployment rate at the moment but in theory yes in theory they're whether in the future going to be an economy similar like the u.s. economy or mexican economy let's say but obviously with the high like i say with

the cost of history and that's going to be there because he's basically bottomed out all the economies got it right now. a lot of news coming from scythe america today because peru's president appointed a new cabinet on thursday on will prepare to govern without opposition on till elections in january comes after martin vickery took the dramatic step of dissolving parliament earlier in the week in order to break the impasse over his anticorruption drive. yes. while the president's opponents have described the move as all not constitutional there's been a grand swell of popular support for him across the country since 26 when many leading officials including most of the country's living former presidents have been implicated in corruption leading to a spate of convictions and frustration among peruvians. think the

president is no job to stress pressure responsibility for the entire country but being president of the room also adds joe you time this. changed this is it said this is the former vice president he defeated and still head of the country . is facing in the i am temporarily assuming the presidency of the republic a response to the fact that in the president's car has failed but just hours off to be sworn in he resigns i have decided to resign from the position of constitutional vice president of the republic the reasons are explaining in the attach letter i hope that my resignation lead to the convening of general elections in the surest term of the country. that's up to the current president. which plunged the country into a political crisis massive protests and his resignation from the nazis this week

interesting week this got himself elected he took over from federal public. he resigned over corruption charges just out of a concert in the government palace with a view. a brick through a bunk in a cell for 3 years it was then on staff we want to denounce in the name of our family the injustice that has been committed against our father. has been given 3 years of preventive imprisonment. yeah. guess what his previous this or young the mother was also arrested on allegations of money injury he is watching his property and freedom being taken away before him up there was a long garcia it won't come as a surprise that he too was arrested on the same money laundering charges the only reason he escaped prison time is because he committed suicide before trial i handwrote also enjoy this time in the us

a bit before humility guess where he is in jail to 2031. we weren't joking when we said being perused presidency jinx perhaps missed that this made a wise decision resigning so quickly it's a safe. well some analysts have been drawing parallels between the crisis and the situation in venice weyler the opposition there also rejected the dissolution of parliament pointed its own interim president however on like venezuela the u.s. embassy in peru chose to remain somewhat neutral political analysts we spoke to say is that the spike the similarities between the situations in peru and venice will either treated very differently in washington. if we compare bin is clearly and we compare peru indeed i mean in this occasion the united states had decided to ringback step back and see what will happen what is going to be the. role of the

united states if they would be ally doing exactly the same as they have done before you know you would have expect that congress would say they would support if they would be more like you know inclined to do the same things and to be more coherent in their in their political stances the united states has played kind of a double a rule that's not very clear right you apply some criteria in the case of some countries have the not different set of criteria to this key to asian or prices in another country wage that shows probably a double more all. well among the reaction we've been getting to the prevent crisis r.t. speil is channel got the opportunity to speak to jailed former brazilian president lula da silva. and i think peru is

seeing the same thing that has happened to other south american countries we keep seeing new ways of staging a coup. no one has to accept foreign interference in the affairs of a sovereign state i do not support american brazilian colombian or any other interference their attempts to control another country by promoting their own candidates by creating a fake figurehead like one guy joe i'm totally against this there are situations that a democratic country has to deal with on its own. you brazil is a very big country it can be fully sovereign it could become one of the main actors on international policy i admire the role that president putin plays in the modern world it shows that the world cannot be held hostage to u.s.

policy to trump's craziness the craziness of a u.s. president who believes that he could invade any country kill any president somebody has to stop him and brazil can do that. deadly violence curfews in iraq over plummeting living standards corruption. on some other stories of a couple. who are driven by.

no dares thinks. we dare to ask. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice or the biggest raid in truth to stand out of those business you just need to ask the right questions and demand the right answer. question.

let's start back in asia where a fresh round of demonstrations i was arrested in hong kong with thousands of people gathering to condemn the local authorities the face masks the emergency measure which is now in effect is aimed at putting a stop to the semi autonomous territories for a month long until the beijing protests campaign protesters have frequently cover their faces while taking part in calling for universal suffrage officials say this makes the violence escalate because people are afraid of being told the emergency law comes after clashes turn particularly metering 70th anniversary celebrations of communist party rule in which. the british army house calls the fence among members of one of the minority groups it's been trying hard to move into its ranks it tweeted black history month which it is marking it's no being

expanded to include asian people to get together to help the story. there are some battles you can't when just also the british army no i'm not talking about iraq or afghanistan or even the 5 war i'm talking about the fight to win the hearts and minds of and every citizen of old blighty black history month has kicked off in the u.k. this week in the british army keep its finger on the pulse has dedicated the next few days not just to black people but to asians who have stopped in its ranks still haven't got over that plain old guilt that we missed a trick here we didn't explain that black history month has expanded. to include the history of asian people and their contribution to and recognition of a historic partnership with the indian army but in the minefield of political hypersensitivity the initiative might just be

a flop it's been slammed by the very communities it was supposed to ingratiate herself with unless these asians a black i don't want to see it to be honest there are 12 months in a year black history month to go one month of the 12 but they wanted to be black asian and minority ethnic moms w.t.f. become the other months and make that asian history month i'm sure a lot of asians will appreciated come on don't be stupid it's bloody black history month why is that you can criticize the army for its lack of manners for the move very thought point for the british so thank goodness for the good old delete button because the tweet in question was removed not before had fired up the haters of course and even the odd lonely voice of support the contribution of sikh hindu and muslim communities can't be ignored if they consider themselves politically than they are i can't even pretend to know what politically black is but i can tell you

what black history month is initiated violence across the pond the us decided to give up months every year you know to repent for all those centuries of slavery and segregation and it's part of a growing trend of affirmative action that might just be backfiring take a while say let's harvard university for example turns out it's got racial quotas twin shaw a dive us community something that didn't go down too well with a group of asian americans who filed a lawsuit saying they were basically realized in favor of their fellow black applicants despite having far better entrance schools and indeed multiple studies have shown that if the universe to based its admissions process just on academic factors what a bizarre notion asians make up over 40 percent of harvard's classes that's more than twice its current figures. the coolest conclusion the harvard has shown that its admissions program serves its compelling interest in diversity some racial

categorizations are necessary to serve those interests and while the court might have backed hard at this time it's opened a can of worms an increasingly divisive issue affirmative action lifeline that its heyday is over so there's a huge amount of marketing executives and only sort of social media advisers you know in places like the british army if you're completely detached from reality and society and that sort of started to use all these social awareness kind of term means things like work history month just for marketing and this entire social awareness kind of you know progressive stuff should probably let the people who are actually experiencing racism probably less to look older people who are actually out there on the streets variance in these things rather than you know. who are sort of defining and sort of deciding there will there be i think that by providing a lower standard for a certain race of people and a higher standard for a different race of people certainly 1st of all creates a lot of conflict between different races of people that would not have existed

otherwise but i think it also demotivates. certain people you know who probably would have been more motivated to go out and do so based off of their hard work and absent which now they're not being rewarded for and i think that it provides unfair advantages soon we're going to run out of months and seeing any action one takes to piece one minority we're aggravate and not that you've got to admit it's tough out there on the front line of political correctness. russia is helping china build a warning system for missile attacks it was revealed by vladimir putin at the international affairs conference the volatile discussion club currently underway here in russia. from a game that we are now hoping no chinese partners to develop a missile attack warning system is a very serious thing rather clean hands china's defense capabilities because at the

moment only the united states and russia have such a system or political scientists have chairing outlined to us the ways in which he believes the arrangement will benefit both china and russia both sides understand it is the law of complete mentality the $2.00 to $2.00 countries in weapons development time no probably has more research money it can support research and development programs and russia certainly enjoys considerable cannot go beyond digits you know all of that technological superiority and abundance is on the part of russia it is in a position to make offers to countries that and china and cooperation of china. may be used as a kind of model for the united states will certainly be very unhappy about this but it is say you meant to it what it can do after all of the united states is so has

the united gaging joined by its development of countries like japan and india and so on. scenes from iraq which has been undergoing deadly unrest the popular protests against corruption and low living standards continue for a 4th consecutive day security forces opened fire on demonstrators in baghdad friday bringing the number of those killed in this week's turmoil to $44.00 the violence comes despite calls for calm from the prime minister and assurances the protesters grievances were being heard.

well clashes 1st erupted on choose day when the army stepped in to defend the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad where government offices and foreign consulates are littered at police the ploy tear gas rubber bullets and live fire against protesters internet access has since been cuts to most of the country and curfews imposed iraqi peace campaigner some me but i'm a dummy thinks the country's problems are deeply ingrained down near instrument. sadly i don't think the country is going to overcome these enormous problems caused by the invasion and occupation of iraq the u.s. led invasion occupation of 2003. because the problems have become so deep the destruction was so well massive and the political elites

installed in iraq where almost all very corrupt and this has added to the problem of trying to recover from that destructive occupation that is the problem with the with iraq that the problems are so deep and there are so many corrupt senior politicians it's very difficult to implement a lot of the demands of the people things like eliminating corruption getting rid of massive unemployment among young people housing problems poverty problems well that is your news update for no. stay close though for more great programs they get their start in moments life for most go this is archie interest.

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