there's always a small. mexico holds the 1st funerals for an american family brutally slaughtered by a drug cartel as it's revealed they were killed with weapons that originated in the u.s. we'll look at how the illegal arms trade is fueling violence. also this hour president mccrone of france lashes out at nato and says it's in terminal decline adding that europe should no longer rely on the u.s. to come to its defense. and korea apparently unites a survey of south koreans suggest they would rather support the north in the event of a war with japan. a

very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teach q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour hundreds have gathered in northern mexico for the 1st funerals of an american family brutally slaughtered by a drug cartel earlier this week was later revealed they were killed by weapons that originated in the u.s. and i scale now reports there's little to restrict the flow of arms over the border . 9 americans dead 3 women and 6 children hit by mexican drug lords a 13 year old boy who walked 23 miles to get help for the others and now us politicians are willing to run through walls to serve up justice it seems this is the time for mexico with the help of the united states to wage war on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth we merely await a call from your great new president the mexican government can't protect americans inside of mexico but america may have to take matters into our own hands this is only 50 miles away from our southern border we can certainly defend american

citizens inside of mexico with mexico and mexico was not willing or able to do so is the senator suggesting that the united states send authorities or perhaps even troops into sovereign mexico now the perpetrators of this heinous crime may be subject to a high profile murder trial but are we overlooking something this was a mormon family slaughtered with 223 remington rifles made in america over 200000 firearms are smuggled from the usa to mexico every year this comes at horrific cost to society south of the border and $28000.00 alone the mexican police opened $33000.00 different homicide investigations at a higher rate of homicide than conflict at syria mexican law makes it near impossible for civilians to legally purchase guns in fact there is only one store in mexico that actually sells firearms but yet the mexican drug cartels continue to get their hands on high tech weaponry because the weapons that are right in the

united states of america because they are in the united states ended up recording them mexico the low as well so that that's very lucky or it there if the united states. or or they went their order would be in in lima. arm or the structure and that's no arm and arm session or arm in concert or prick now or who we're going to meet by it's a hypocrisy in that sense the office of government accountability in the united states has documented that 70 percent of the weapons seized by the mexican police originated in the united states mexican leaders have long urged the usa to crack down on the flow of weapons into their country however attempts to do so so far have failed for decades here's the thing mexico is certainly dangerous or at least

that's the message that donald trump rang out pretty loudly on the campaign trail in 2016 nearly 180000 illegal immigrants with criminal records ordered deported from our country are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens when mexico sends his people to not sending their best to sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems with us. they're bringing in drugs they're bringing in crime drugs like heroin and cocaine are flowing over the mexican border into the united states however the gangs that are executing people resisting law enforcement and transporting those drugs are armed with guns that originally flowed in the opposite direction the united states has to deal with its action problem with this problem not just like being on the supply side of things but also on that man and treating these as

a public health issue would be a good idea to start with these also the sales of arms not just like benefiting those businesses that also benefit the economy of the united states and cooperate with next providing. information to do financially teligent in a more appropriate way and really participating in. strad. president mccrum of france says that the one throw bust nato alliance is in terminal decline and is becoming brain dead although his comments have been dismissed by other members. france's president the french president used druther drastic words to express his views this is not how i see the state of corporation with nato so i don't think that such a sweeping judgment is appropriate made to ease in our interest it's all security lines we have to take our destiny in our own hands but the transatlantic

partnership she's absolutely indispensable i agree with the change of merkel need to stream. united states north america and europe we do more together than the done for decades we have implemented the strongest reinforcement so collective defense since the end of the cold war mcgraw made his remarks in an interview with the u.k.'s economist magazine the french president also cast doubt on the reliability of nato's article 5 which requires member states to come to one another's aid if attacked he suggested that the deterrent has been undermined by washington's faltering commitment and also said that europe needs to assert itself as a geo political power. europe is now dealing for the 1st time with an american president who doesn't share our idea of the european project if we don't wake up there's a considerable risk that in the long run we would disappear geopolitically or at least that we will no longer be in control of our own destiny i believe that very deeply writer and broadcaster darkened prior told us that the french leader wants

to see a more independent europe but president mccall seem to be concerned about 2 particular was both the disengagement of the united states under donald trump who has made it clear that he would like europe to look after itself militarily much more than is the case the president think it was a little premature in the sense to certainly call nato brain dead but it does need to work out exactly what it's for these days it was founded 40 years ago in principle to oppose what was perceived at the time as a communist threat from the east but of course that's no longer the case and its operations have spread into other parts of the world but the does need really to be serious thinking about what is nato for. germany has been facing with widespread demonstrations from its farmers as they disrupt transport

routes using tractors to block traffic it comes as the industry feels it's being unfairly blamed for climate change on having to bend to berlin's bold moves to become carbon neutral art is a boundless seps us has more. german farmers are furious but this is not a united front 2 camps are taking aim to the government over its environmental rules for very different reasons although one corner thousands of farmers causing gridlock in several major cities over environmental measures which they say are crippling their life the biggest one in bonn hold to the german argue cultural ministry were a 10 kilometer convoy brought the city to a halt. a

looming ban on the controversial weed killer and tighter controls on slurry and fertilizer are just some of the measures that farmers say will force them out of business germany's lost 16 percent of its farms between the years of 2007 and 2017 a trend that the germans farmers association says is reflected across western europe farmers see the had enough of being labelled as the bad guys in the growing climate change movement we are not satisfied with the agricultural policy which is being shaped it's a policy that is not based on facts new requirements are being issued all the time at a rate we simply cannot keep up with we have no chance to adjust our farms in time the wish list from different n.g.o.s is getting longer and we are getting fed up with the fact that we're being made responsible for every dead insects and so on them we are fed up with this pharma bashing campaign. we simply want to show that

we're fed up with being the scapegoat for everything is negative we are to blame for climate change for air water pollution you can't go on like this. but on the other corner or the german farmers are accusing the government of failing the environment and putting them out of business if you want the federal government to rethink its crime and goals rather than take further action to reduce c o 2 emissions instead of roadblocks they try taking the legal route the 1st time the government had been taken to court for failing to protect the environment. he has become clear that climate protection is prosecutable we can end up in coolant that is how i see i believe that we should move forward with a positive attitude and i think more action must be taken now. germany's plan was to cut 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and compared with those in 1990 but it has fallen short it only reduced 31 percent but

a court in berlin found that the targets were not legally binding on their target the farmers or digging in on both sides we want to be perceived as people who produce healthy products in harmony with nature and not as the biggest destroyer of nature in germany more needs to be done so the government recognises that it must act now they may be opposites over the impact and solutions of climate change but there's one thing that they do agree on that bird lynn is failing them both a federal law suits us for our team. despite a history of animosity between north and south korea people in the south believe they would side with north korea in the event of a conflict with japan that's the result of a survey by a think tank and seoul almost half of those asked said they would back north korea even though there was an option to stay neutral only 15 percent said they would

side with tokyo this despite continuous reminders by western allies of the threat posed by north korea. north korea's to 6 test of a nuclear. device and its missile launches are a threat not only to the people of south korea but to the people all across our globe it has never been bored important to be working closely together given the threat of north korea north korea has conducted 10 missile tests this year 2 of them involved solid fuel missiles which the north can launch with less warning we saw soldiers preparing patriot missiles to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles from north korea the most immediate threat tonight from north korea is far more conventional they could fire on south korea the survey also comes as relations between south korea and japan are seeing another low with disputes resurfacing over a longstanding controversy is back in 1910 japan turned korea into a colony and fought hard against its independence movement back then japan

controlled almost every aspect of life on the peninsula during the 2nd world war 2 heavily on korea hundreds of thousands of koreans were forced to work in japan where conditions were so bad it's estimated that over 60000 died because of it women from korea were also used as sex slaves by japanese soldiers many koreans believe the treaty signed between the 2 countries in 1965 didn't amend the wrongs that were done meanwhile human rights attorney eric can believes both japan and the u.s. often paint a dark picture of north south relations to fit their own political agenda. these outside influences japan in the united states for their own political purposes i think they exaggerate the desire of the north koreans to somehow attack south korea and i think that this will begin to bear out when these types of surveys and discussions take place and when the mood in ministrations finally i hope has

the ability and the the guts frankly to do what they say they want to do and that is in. peace and settled agree more with the north koreans and so i think that japan will continue to say on these flames until the south koreans really put into it by formalizing relations and taking further serious steps toward peace. us democrats have released $300.00 pages of testimony from the country's top diplomat in ukraine and it bill taylor claims there was an improper quid pro quo arrangement with kiev he says the release of hundreds of millions of dollars of financial aid was dependent upon ukraine launching a corruption investigation into trump's potential political rival joe biden some media says it's a crystal clear sign of president trump's guilt this is

a deeply credible knowledgeable person and he allegedly realizes that there is a quid pro quo if testimony has been one of the most important for democrats who say it provides the clearest explanation for what president trump and its allies were demanding at the time this was all going down he texted are we now saying that security assistance a white house meeting are conditioned on investigations conditioned we talk about quid pro quo condition is a key word there that is what prosecutors call a head shot it is right on point. republicans have pushed back against bill taylor's i cound though they say that despite the ambassador's claims he actually had no 1st hand knowledge of the alleged agreement. and as i understand from one of the maybe the article in the new york times giuliani was interested in getting some information on vice president biden he says he's going to one client and he's useful to the client and then it's your inference that mr giuliani's goal would be the president's goal yes and your source is the new york times yes so do you have

any other source that the president's goal in making this week was was anything other than new york times i haven't talked to the president i have no other information from what the president was thinking the muddied interest that george soros and other people can arrange for a diplomat like taylor to leave whatever position he had to get a very cushy lifestyle who knows what this guy has been promised who knows what his motivations actually may be but he's betrayed so far show horrible judgment coming out a one thing apparently on the strength that he read something in the new york times he didn't like the new york times reporting sadly in the last 20 years has become scurrilous there are numerous examples of new york times stories that were puffed up beyond all measure i mean this is really just beyond silly and to suggest with a straight face that the trouble house could not have could not consider his in treaty because they were too busy figuring out how to buy greenland is just a telegraph that this guy is you know is john mccain refer to people he's a whack

a bird. still ahead stress levels are up in the u.s. with people almost as worried about next year's presidential election as they are about terrorism that story after the break. the analysis still seems wrong. but i'll. well we just don't. get to see how it does the consequences. and in detroit equals betrayal. when something you find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground . in a world a big part of truth. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig

deeper to hit the stories that made history 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 the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back a new poll in the us suggest the majority of adults there are getting stressed over the upcoming presidential election in fact it worries people almost as much as terrorism or climate change and the main reason behind the concern is believed to

be the media blowing things out of proportion because of that nearly 40 percent say they have now taken steps to reduce their news consumption. at the same time we're seeing democracy under threat we're seeing state actors try to meddle in us elections this is bad for democracy they want to disrupt our democracy they want to disrupt our our system they want to cause doubt in the our state its traditions and our and our leadership donald trump circus has ruined our country and our country is all the rooms like nothing we have ever confronted before as a nation now we can binge watch the end of america with increased attention i think that news media particularly in the united states has given. the political body i guess you'd say i don't think that that is that notable a certain level of stress around election time can prompt action everyone knows for sure there is going to be an election and elections absolutely have consequences no

matter where you live and so if it prompts people to take action founding fathers of the united states would say that might be a good thing and that some stress that leads to action in terms of voting would be a good thing and so sometimes a little bit of stress around an election time that leads to action might be a productive thing according to that poll many americans feel the country is at its lowest point in history they report mixed feelings about the country's future with less than 40 percent leaving the u.s. is on a path to being stronger dr gene allowed again says americans are now beginning to understand that the media is skewed in the way it presents information. there's definitely a disproportionate negative coverage of politics in the united states media there's no question of that i think the figure is the high ninety's percentage of coverage in us media is negative and so that isn't surprising that that would leave

some level of cynicism or negativity with the electorate and some level of stress absolutely and as so you know the media does bear some responsibility on the way that they present the news the good news on that is that americans are very aware of this in ways they didn't used to be americans understand that the media is very skewed and that more than 90 percent of the media in the united states presents the negative side of it so americans kind of know to look for the positive and that's the good side that's the good news if you will. now so world news in brief this friday on hospital run by doctors without borders has been partially destroyed in yemen have been reported but all medical activities have been suspended the charity claims the damage was the result of an aerial attack saudi led coalition has already blamed who the rebels for the attack saying they fired 4 ballistic missiles were of house been orchestrating air strikes against the

militants in yemen since 2015. a chilean police officer has been arrested over the shooting of 2 students during protests in the capital thousands of demonstrators rallied there against a government plan to tighten public order the measures include a ban on wearing hoods and also promises greater protection for police unrest began in the south american country 3 weeks ago over a now suspended hike in subway fares that grew into demands for the president's resignation. and demonstrations between supporters and opponents of president raul is have turned violent in bolivia reports say that several protesters and police officers have been injured protest and marches have been ongoing in bolivia in response to claims of electoral fraud in the 200-1000 general election which has been denied by the country's leadership. moscow says it's ready for further talks on nuclear disarmament but is waiting for

the us to respond to its suggestions from russia's foreign minister speaking at a key forum on nonproliferation in moscow over 40 countries are expected to take part but not america despite being invited notion that reports. seems that all the participants all the speakers i heard a good we on the importance of a sincere and productive dialogue between the states in order to find common ground but they all confirm there is a lack of such discussion hand they disagree on who is to blame for that russia points at america saying that we joined from the i.m.f. treaty after rejecting what my putin's offer to suspend deployment of missiles in the europe with the new start treaty that expire is next february now in danger and following numerous violations of nonproliferation treaty america's behavior threatens global security here is said again lover of russia's foreign minister

speaking about that. the problem surrounding the nonproliferation is weapons of mass destruction require special dialogue and we are ready for it however when the main partner here in the united states doesn't give us a comprehensible reaction to anything we suggest it's hard to try and act alone we constantly remind the us of our numerous suggestions and they know it already as well as other leading countries some have been complaining that today's discussion is not quite balanced since official american representatives are not here although they have been invited and basically they have rejected this invitation so i talked about america's role with un high representative happy or not you have to take it for granted when they tell me that they still share the global objective of a world free of nuclear weapons i have to take it for granted i think it's all very important we keep you know. with the united states like very much like.

regular contact with the the rest of the p 5. china diplomatic test also taking part in today's hot debates and he was almost attacked with accusations that gene an important player when we speak about global security spam. surely given that one of the biggest threats is coming from south asia rejects the dialogue we think us china has never let me repeat china has never rejected the so-called meaningful dialogue with anybody in the us has made this so much noise about having this financial negotiations but let me make it clear so far until now the u.s. has never told does what exactly they want to talk about in this trilateral today's gathering here in most ways a very good chance for participants to prepare for next year is meeting to make it more productive and more effective. that's our rob up of the day's top news for now

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