new. headline story north korea. in sweden with both sides testing ballistic weapons in the days leading up to the meeting. also ahead ecuador's president declares a state of emergency as the country is gripped by nationwide protests soaring. through the turmoil triggered by his. former brazilian president. the crisis.

happened to american countries we keep seeing you. around the clock across the world this is your r.t. international from the team myself you know. our top story north korean negotiators have arrived in sweden to resume your clear talks with the u.s. it comes just a few days after said it had successfully tested a new launch missile in a move that caused alarm in western capitals. the search area 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 say's its 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 28 days. just a few hours later the us started its so launch it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile over the pacific saying the test was for national security purposes came up and taking a closer look at the plane. north korea and the united states are headed back to the negotiating table this weekend says president trump will see their water softeners will be talking to will see so we can all just relax and anticipate one step closer to world peace right well no 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 engaged 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 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 pug 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 safe and have. your place in august the united states once again conducted military drills in south korea were cursing for an all out war against the north but they say it's nothing provocative about it simply a measure of security in north korea didn't see it that way into korean contacts will be difficult unless they put an end to military exercise of

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.b.m. as 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 the 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. ecuador's president has declared a national emergency following a wave of violent protests over the authorities decision to end fuel subsidies the move which came into effect on thursday is expected to coles the price of petrol diesel to double worker. in the transport sector launched a national strike in response but taxi bus truck drivers blocking roads in major city students and indigenous groups also join the protests paralyzing peru's transport networks in the capital so demonstrators clashed with riot police fired

tear gas made hundreds of her wrists despite the turmoil president lenin merino has said there is no chance that the 40 year old subsidy scheme will be really. really 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 in. the ecuadorian government scrapped the fuel subsidies in order to meet targets agreed with the international monetary fund though as part of the bailout deal signed in march ecuador agreed to slash public spending in no intended to reduce its deficit from $3600000000.00 to under $1000000000.00 and they wanted it out by 2020 next year now the view largely agreed among analysts is that economic restructuring will be a painful process for the country. they them the i.m.f.

has given a credit to our country is. on the edge and they control the economy they're going to go down to the so the goal of 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. services. they don't have at the moment but the thing is what's the cost of this going off the direction of the economy and either my government is joining in this and open the markets we basically. give in we're going to give to you laws we're going to give you credit but only. under certain conditions then they're doing that we know they're going to increase inflation we know they've been increased unemployment rate at the moment but in theory yes it's an economy let's say but obviously with the high like i say with the cost of of this region that's going to be there because he's basically that part and that all

the economies got it right now. well let's move to neighboring whose president appointed a new cabinets on thursday and will prepare to govern without opposition until elections in january it comes after markland took the dramatic step of dissolving parliament earlier in the week in order to break the impasse over his anti corruption drug 2. while the president's opponents of this tried to move us on constitution there's been a groundswell of popular support for him across the country since $26.00 when many leading officials including most all of the country's living former presidents implicated in corruption leading to a spate of convictions and frustration among. the president is. this stress pressure responsibility for the entire country but the president of the

room is so sure you time this. is it said this. vice president see the kid until the difficulty. is facing him no i am temporarily assuming the presidency of the republican response to the president's car has failed but just to be still resigned i have decided to resign from the position of constitutional vice president of the republic the reasons are explained in the attach letter i hope that my resignation will lead to the convening and general elections. term of the country. that's up to the current president. which plunged the country into a political crisis massive protests and his resignation will be. interesting the this got himself elected he took over from federal public who

resigned over corruption charges just. have a concert in the government palace with you. a brick from a bunk in a cell for 3 years get it was a month yeah 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 to. guess what his previous this up or young woman i was also arrested on allegations of money injury he is watching his property and freedom being taken away before 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 in jail this time in the us a bit before humoring where he is in jail to 2031. we were joking when

we said being perused presidency jinxed perhaps most said this was made a wise decision resigning so quickly it's a safe. well some of us have drawn parallels between the crisis and the situation in venezuela i know the opposition there in caracas also rejected the dissolution of parliament appointed its own interim president you may remember however all like venezuela the u.s. embassy in peru chose to remain somewhat neutral political analysts we spoke to say is that despite the similarities between the situations and venezuela they're treated very differently by washington. if we compare bin is clearly and we compare peru indeed i mean in this occasion the united states had decided to step back and see what will happen and what is going to be. a role of the united states if they would be ally doing exactly the same as they have done before you know you

would have expected or as we 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 like a kind of a double a rule that it'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 we've been seeking reaction to what is happening in peru the crisis there we heard from the jail the former brazilian president lula d'souza he was speaking to our to spawn a ship channel. 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. ecu warfare 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 can invade any country kill any president somebody has to stop him and brazil concluded that. deadly violence on curfews in iraq over plummeting living standards over option we'll update you on all the. still to tell me at this hour. you know world a big part of the mob and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for

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just coming up to 60 minutes into the are welcomed by the british army house calls the fence along members of one of the minority groups it's been trying hard to woo into its rights it tweeted that black history month which it is marking is now being expanded to include asian people to taylor takes up the story. there are some battles you can't when you just asked the british army no i'm not talking about iraq or afghanistan even the fast war i'm talking about the fight to win over the hearts and minds of each and every citizen of us old blighty black history month has kicked off in the u.k. this week in the british army to tell it you keep its finger on the pulse has dedicated the next 30 days not just to black people but to all the asians who have served in its ranks still haven't got over that clear no 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 hence recognition of our 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 and less these asians a black i don't want to see it to be honest there are 12 months in a year black history month took up one month of the 12 but they wanted to be black asian and minority ethnic moms w.t.f. because another months and make that asian history month i'm sure a lot of asians will appreciate it come on don't be stupid it's blankety blank 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 a month 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 while famous harvard university for example turns out it's got racial quotas twin show a diverse community something that didn't go down too well with a group of asian americans who filed a lawsuit saying they were based here lies to gauge 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 course conclusion the harvard has shown that it submissions program serves its compelling interest in diversity some racial categorizations are necessary to serve the interest 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 and you're completely detached from reality. and that sort of started to use only social awareness campaigns 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 left 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 their what their i think that by providing a lower standard for a certain race of people in 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 an absolute 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. ok let's bring the program on move to hong kong where a fresh round of demonstrations has erupted thousands of people gathering to condemn the local authorities decision to bomb face masks the emergency measure

which is now in effect is aimed at putting a stop to the semi autonomous territories 4 month long beijing proto. campaign protesters have frequently cover their faces while taking place in rallies calling for universal suffrage officials say that mix violence escalates because people are less afraid essentially of being caught in a mob mentality takes over the emergency law comes after clashes turned particularly ugly during 70th anniversary celebrations of communist party rule in china. russia is helping china build a warning system for missile attacks it was revealed by vladimir putin the annual international affairs conference the valdai discussion club currently underway in russia. 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. well political scientist joseph chang outlined to us the ways in which he believes the arrangement will benefit russia china. both sides understand there is a lot of company mentality the $202.00 countries in weapons development time know probably has more research money it can support research and development programs and russia certainly enjoys considerable cannot it go on digits you off the track on logical superiority and bunches on the part of russia it is in a position to make office 2 countries are good and china and cooperation with china made yet. may be used as a kind of model that 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. joint but because development of countries like japan and india and so on. they want to bring in to iraq which has seen more deadly unrest as popular protests against corruption and low living standards continue for a 4th consecutive day security forces opened fire on demonstrators in baghdad on friday bringing the number of those killed in this week's nationwide turmoil the numbers just been revised to 65 the violence comes despite calls for calm from the prime minister on assurances that protesters grievances are being heard.

similar scenes have been happening all through the week from choose they that's when clashes 1st erupted the army stepping in the day to defend the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad where government offices foreign consulates as well are located at least the ploy tear gas rubber bullets and life fire against protesters intern ochs this has since been cut to most of the country and curfews imposed the turmoil has led the country's opposition to call all need government to resign his campaign or some ramadani told us he fears iraq's problems are a near insurmountable. 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 massive and the political elites that the u.s. installed in iraq where almost all the 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 our stories look for in this hour but do stay close because in a few moments we're going to be starting some more our t.v. shows to see what you think of those i'll be here in 30 what plenty more world news

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questions. 2040 you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it still or his. book give you a clue in the. following you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of $24.00. those who took part in this today over 5000000000 dollars to assist ukraine in these and other that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle senator chuck schumer famously said shortly after trumpets elected you take on the intelligence community they have 6 ways from sunday at getting back at you in light of the failed russia gate hoax and this nonsense with ukraine this characterization appears to be spot on should we all fear the deep state. crosstalk in the deep state i'm joined by my guest daniel mcadams include he's the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity in washington we cross to richard goodstein he is a democratic strategist and a former campaign adviser to bill and hillary clinton and in new york we cross to john burnett he is managing director and founder of one empire group a business and political consultancy company all right gentlemen cross the girls

and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i did. i'll make out of some we go to you include you inspired this program with an interview you did a few days ago and with this is what caught my eye this one sentence here was a great interview but this sentence stuck out the u.s. has ceased being a republic and has become a national security state elaborate on what you mean go ahead. well the national security state you know really essentially formed with a 947 national security act which created the cia the n.s.a. and really created a secret underground government that is not really is not really subject to democracy and i saw a lot of this when i was on capitol hill and in fact the term deep state was coined by a good friend of mine on capitol hill michael often but on capitol hill you had permanent committee staff 6 members who are not subject to democratic elections they wrote the legislation they worked together regardless of party they were beholden to special interests i remember sitting there and having a bill dealing with the middle east and one of the permanent staff or says don't

worry about it this is a pact proved it happened all the time they were they were they were subject to special interest not to democracy these people you know politicians come and go representatives or elected or unelected but these people stay forever and there's a real there's a lot of it on capitol hill but certainly as elsewhere in government as well ok well richard let me go to you i mean that and you know if you like the term or not deep state it seems like a lot of people in the intelligence community are at the forefront from front and center of these recent fake scandals russia gate now ukraine gate i mean it's all it's f.b.i. it's cia it's the justice department they seem to be intruding upon the democratic process here and they can they seem to do with a lot of immunity at least up until this point there's some reports coming out maybe that will change but these people are you know when.