north korea and the u.s. are set to resume nuclear talks in sweden with both sides testing ballistic weapons in the days leading up to the meeting. ecuador's the president declares a state of emergency out of the country is gripped by protests over soaring fuel prices. and jailed former brazilian the leader lula da silva speaks to r.t. about the crisis unfolding in peru the president recently dissolved parliament. i think is seeing the same thing happened to the south american countries we keep seeing new.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is an international i'm certainly glad to have you. are a north korean negotiators have arrived in sweden to resume nuclear talks with the u.s. this comes just a few days after pyongyang said it had successfully tested a sea launched missile sparking condemnation from washington the search area got a call with japanese minister of defense 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 well north korea says its missile is capable of being launched from a submarine some analysts are calling it the most significant test since the country began talks with washington last year just a few hours later the u.s. fired an intercontinental ballistic missile over the pacific saying the test was for national security purposes are to give them up and takes

a closer look at the. 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 and we'll be talking to him who will say 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 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 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.

. am is a jolly little kite bringing joy but if they do 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 military of the united states very few people question why the united states is testing the nuclear deterrent if you will . all right ecuador's a president has declared a national emergency following

a wave of protests over the cancellation of fuel subsidies the move which came into effect on thursday is expected to cause the price of petrol and diesel to double and transport workers launched a nationwide strike in response with drivers blocking roads in major cities students also took to the streets in the capital quito demonstrators clashed with riot police fired tear gas and made hundreds of arrests and despite the turmoil president lenina moreno has said that there is no chance that the 40 year old subsidy scheme will be reinstated. that there is no possibility of changing those things related to the subsidies are causing so much harm to the countries 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. ecuador has slashed state spending to me to the

terms. an i.m.f. bailout worth $4200000000.00 now intends to reduce its deficit from $3600000000.00 to under $1000000000.00 by 2020 analysts predicted that the economic restructuring will be a painful process for the country. then the i.m.f. has given a credit to a country is under certain conditions on the. day that control the economy. they're going to go down to the so the goal of i.m.f. what they are really following this try to open the economy up for the other just to make the. ecuadorian people in the future but not get access to a different kind of private services that they don't grow. they don't have it at the moment but the thing is what is the cost of this kind of rest of the economy and either my government is changing district or open their markets we basically as the main advice that i am if he's given we're going to give to you loans 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 increasing

employment rate at the moment but in theory yes in theory of the future going to be an economy similar like the us economy or mexican economy let's say but obviously with the high like i say with the cost of the sewerage and that's going to be there because he's basically that all the economies got it right now all right staying with a latin america the president of peru appointed a new cabinet on thursday and will prepare to govern without opposition intellection is in january it comes after martin took the dramatic step of dissolving parliament earlier in the week in order to break the impasse over his anti-corruption drive. yes 2. while the president's opponents have described the move as unconstitutional there has been a groundswell of popular support for him across the country since 2016 many leading officials including most of the country's living former presidents have been

implicated in corruption leading to several convictions. responsibility for the entire country but being president of the room and so i'm sure you try to at least most likely changed if it said this. the filibuster presidency 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 president his 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 will lead to the convening and general elections in the surest term of the country. that's up to the current president. dissolved congress which plunged the country into a political crisis massive protests and his resignation will be nazis this week

interesting that this got himself elected he took over from federal public who resigned over corruption charges just out of a concert in the government hollis with a view. a brick through a bunk in a cell for 3 years it was a month yet 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. his previous as a young mother was also arrested on allegations of money and he is watching his proper. and freedom being taken away before we mull it 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 and $100.00 don't also enjoy this time in the us

a bit before humility guess where he is in jail to 2031. we were joking when we said being perused presidency jinxed perhaps missed that this was made a wise decision resigning so quickly it's a safe. some analysts have drawn parallels between the crisis in peru and venezuela the opposition in caracas also rejected of the dissolution of parliament and appointed its own interim president however unlike venezuela the u.s. embassy in peru chose to remain neutral we heard from a political analyst about why the 2 countries are being treated so 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 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's not very clear right you apply some criteria in the case of some countries have the not different set of criteria to the situation or crisis in another country wage that shows probably a double more all brazil's former president who does silver says that the situation in peru bears similarities to what happened in his own country he spoke to our team from the prison where he is serving a 12 year sentence. 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 conclude that. iraq is in the grip of a new wave of deadly unrest that's very much why after a break right here on our 2 international. caruthers driven by. a person. thinks. we hear him to ask.

in a world of big partisan movies and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath 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 for watching closely watching the hawks. are welcome back this is our to the international iraqi security forces opened fire on demonstrators in baghdad on friday during protests against corruption and low

living standards at least 65 people have been killed since the unrest broke out several days ago. while clashes erupted on tuesday when the army stepped in to defend the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad where government offices and foreign consulates are located police fired tear gas and live rounds of protesters internet access has since been cut to most of the country and curfews. posed the turmoil has led countries opposition to call on the government to resign peace campaigner sami ramadani gave us his views on the situation. sadly i don't think the

country is going to overcome these enormous problems caused by the invasion and occupation of iraq the us that invasion occupation of 2003. because the problems have become so deep the destruction was so 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.

the british army has caused widespread confusion with a tweet in an hour and now it's meant that black history month is now being expanded to include asian people are to get taylor takes up the story and how it ties into global trends. there are some battles you can't when just ask the british army no i'm not talking about iraq or afghanistan or even the 1st war i'm talking about the fight to win over the hearts and minds of each and every citizen of diverse old blighty black history month has kicked off in the u.k. this week and the british army determined to 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 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 our 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 mums w.t.f. pick 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 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 then they are i can't even pretend to know what politically it is but i can tell you what black history month is initiated by a friend across the pond. the u.s. decided to give off 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 world famous harvard university for example turns out it's got racial quotas to ensure a dive last community something that didn't go down too well with a group of asian americans who filed a lawsuit saying they were being penalized against in favor of their fellow black applicants despite having far better entrants schools and indeed multiple studies have shown that if the university based its admissions process just on academic factors what a bizarre notion asians would 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 but assume 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 are if you're completely detached from reality and society and that sort of started to use all these social awareness things that were 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 let 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 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 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 place one minority waggle faith and not that you've got to admit it's tough out there on the front line of political correctness. and beijing rallies are continuing in hong kong with thousands of people gathering to condemn the local authorities decision to ban of facemasks protesters have frequently cover their faces the movement started 4 months ago officials say the

masks encourage people to break the law the ban comes after clashes turned ugly during these. india's anniversary celebrations of communist party rule in china. now russia is helping china build a warning system for missile attacks it was revealed by vladimir putin at an annual international affairs conference of the valdai discussion club currently underway in such a mission from a game that we are now helping 0 chinese partners to develop a missile attack warning system is a very serious thing that will read the clean hands china's defense capabilities because at the moment only the united states and russia have such a system. now political scientist also chang told us the arrangement could benefit both russia and china both sides understand it is a lot of companies and territory between the 2 countries in weapons development china probably has more research money it can support research and development

programs and russia certainly enjoys considerable cannot go above digits you know all of that technological superiority and abundance is on the part of russia it is in a position to make office 2 countries that and china and cooperation with china may 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 what it can do all after all of the united states is so has the united gaging joint but because development of countries like japan and india and so on. all right that is from i'll be back with headlines of top the hour zar contractional stay with us.

senator chuck schumer famously said shortly after trump was elected to take on the intelligence community they have 6 ways from sunday at getting back to you in light of the failed russia gate hoax and this nonsense with ukraine this characterization appears to be spot on should be all fear the deep state. in 24 to you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just a lawyer here i mean you are liz put video producer in the. school and you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of 2014. of those who took part

in it invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. hello

and welcome to sophie cohen visionaries i'm sophie shevardnadze and some driving cars are already on our road but how will it change the way we live well i had a chance to talk about this with the legend of american auto industry former vice chairman of general motors robert lutes. blocks it's great to have you with us welcome to moscow thank you right so you are saying that in 1520 years human driven vehicles will be replaced by man the cols what makes you think it will happen so soon i mean. well parts of the world will see how people are there like driving horses and carriages i mean that kind of proves that. intaglio methods don't go

away so quickly that's true maybe a little optimistic with my 15 or 20 years it could be you know 15 to 30 but it is going to bring friendster than most people think because the technology is available. for instance in the united states we're seeing the 1st fleets of robotic cities hitting the streets of san francisco in 2019 and i think once it starts in the large cities it will it will make very rapid progress because people will find that it's a much more efficient and safer form of transportation so i'm skeptical about all of that so let's go point by point because i'm an old fashioned kind of girl 1st of all you saying that eventually human terrain cars will be banned from highways as potentially dangerous and does that mean that once there will be only autonomy

models on the road there will be no more accidents. well i think you know the general consensus is that accidents will be reduced by 93 to 96 percent so will there be the occasional malfunction or will we have a situation where the autonomous vehicle is placed in front of a in a moral dilemma for instance suddenly the autonomous vehicle sees a child in its path but it can't stop because it's going too fast and the other alternative is to go off to the side and hit a tree so it doesn't run over the child and keep the driver safe or does it keep the child safe and go off and run into a tree and there will be cases of call a moral dilemma where the vehicle whichever choice the vehicle makes is going to be the wrong choice well i mean that's the that's the whole point of being this point

i think is also selling the trust 1st of all psychologically when you're in an autonomy as car how do you trust a robber i mean we see it like you've just given me an example of their power there would be problems with the dilemma which dracula a child or do i hit a tree and killed the driver or it like well let me know that and thomas car has killed a cyclist i mean he only takes a few accidents like that and then you know in a new film that people won't be able to believe but the companies to him that day were the volvo in the united states hit the woman with the bicycle 1st of all all of the autonomous vehicle features of the car had been disabled and basically the driver was in control so that's not the press like that but on that same day in the united states 130 pedestrians or cyclists were killed by normal cars driven by humans. nobody talks about that. nobody is nobody

is trying to say that there will be 0 acts sort of but it will be less than a 10th of what we have today but how do you sell the trust to people psychologically well because it will stick because when you are in charge you are in charge and you can blame yourself but well with the drones killing the wrong people is not right let me let me remind you of the days when people wouldn't get into an elevator unless there was a friendly elevator operator who held the handle and made sure everybody was there and then he closed the doors you remember the old scissors type of crisscross the need to close the inner door then the outer door would close and let me move the handle and co to the next floor and now we're in autonomous elevators and nobody worries about it and all of the airports have autonomous trains.