r.c. international all the latest headlines and a roundup of the stories the shape the week but first the u.k. was thrust deeper into political turmoil this week after to resign may's proposed the e.u. divorce deal was dealt a crushing defeat in parliament the following day though the prime minister's so often no confidence vote called by the leader of the opposition leaving the country no closer to a breakthrough on brics it here's a quick recap of all the drama. i . put up. or you know what i'm doing with. the country and up here in this old me to you frankly oh a little cold but it's the five hundred years from now we're going to resolve these questions reject this deal reject this deal because of the wrong we could do. yeah i still write two hundred until you know used to the last form drilled in the thirty two children lose i didn't have it it is clear that the house does not support this deal. let me be ordinary so i am sure you would be able to change the government good thing want. to the right we are not inferior. to the larry three hundred twenty five and please if this house ha

r.c. international airports with no flights and no passengers for years this gleaming facility in the hop on toto district of sri lanka has been lying empty so it will really for one million. it's been explained. within the us but so far we don't see any opening. in this so for an emergency. in future. the airports opened five years ago and is among a number of ill fated construction projects in the country other examples include a conference center that hosts no events a hospital with no doctors or patients. and a highway junction with little or no traffic all of these initiatives funded by china. i go to the bag i tick along and the band tells me look i'll give you a hundred piece but you have to build your house according to this this and this and he had to buy all the bricks from me to take my people. and what it that's what is happening and then just twenty percent interest on top of that is where. the deals with china were inked by sri lanka's former president mahinda rajapaksa he himself comes from a district of happen toter the project here bear his stump including the chinese fun

r.c. international. now any hopes the french government had the yellow vests protest would be confined to last year were dealt a blow on saturday at least fifty thousand people once again took to the streets across the country in a scuffle with erupted in the capital protesters set barricades on fire and called for president to resign. and the was was. the. was. literally out of the commodity dock and more were these things were calm at first people were told they needed to declare their gatherings to authorities and that would guarantee our safety we declared the gathering spot where was our security things got out of hand everywhere they used tear gas on us it looked like a civil war they charged us used pepper spray journalists trying to take cover inside building lobbies were thrown out it's a hostile situation and it's terrible in any case what's apparent is that this movement is still here it's not losing steam into twenty nineteen it's still going on so as we saw the movement hasn't called a halt

r.c. international with me making. now our top story this hour just days before starting its official withdrawal from an lang's mark cold war era treaty washington has announced it's making a new nuclear warhead artie's takes a closer look. it is the pentagon's newest toy the w seventy six dash two when it is essentially meaning new less baggage less radiation less fallout and most importantly less responsibility i think you started through a major. blow up a new tree. there. cannot be. treated so well does not want dominated country in the world could do could be age more. naturally this new nuclear arms race is not america's fault but every what outsiders namely the usual suspects since twenty ten we have seen the return of great power competition to varying degrees russia and china have made clear that they seek to substantially revise the post cold war international order and norms of behavior we could of course beat a dead horse and again point out that russia is not even in the same league as the us when it comes

saying that this should be a recount of the vote quickly backtracking saying that the internal institutions into the r.c. should deal with any sort of fall out at a day or two should deal with it as a sovereign state and now we've had the setting for instance congratulate the hillock to security so it seems that that result and perhaps a conclusion to that electoral process welcomed by is that they can particular but also we know the african union had voiced its own concern think it was serious doubts around the election result and at one point saying that within the high level delegation no confirmation yet whether or not this will still happen president welcomed me as one of the chief of the a you would you to visit the earthy in the coming week but to give us some more insight into some of the reaction we're joined by. of the means is second analyst now let me say that the reaction from the international community any sort of indorsement or not doesn't matter to the p.r.c. thank you very much yes it does first of all because. we see what congolese people as a spread has now agreed about the internati

r.c. . you repeat the question please do you expect the international community and the united nations members to be able to speak with one voice. i i think the international community and of the moscow monday it's sure that speak with one voice and speak strongly we regret that. is not playing that role so far. has been very silent when it comes to defend the transparency of this electoral process and we fear that the united nation won't be able to speak only for the truth but i think the united nations should and must stand for the values that the u.n. is promoting and that is democracy and freedom and. free and fair elections in mt among many others so the u.n. as u.n. has a live range and and opportunity to stand on the right side and they should use all the means that they have to make sure what is the truth of this election is known and defend why do you think will happen when martin for you will actually lodge is that legal challenge in court and do you believe that a peaceful democratic transition of power is still possible in that the r.c. . i think there can be only peaceful transiti

r.c. leadership here would be happy to see some level of support from the international community a you has said that it's appropriate to work. with the new president the e.u. not as forthcoming saying that it's no easy constitutional court ruling he also expected the african heads of state to including president kenyatta from kenya the african nation all really think never going to african nations congratulating religious security on his win and we do expect some of them here in the course of the day you know of course i will follow those events with you for me to as the day progresses thank you. russia's president vladimir putin and turkish leader rest of the one have to coordinate their next move in the syrian war putin has welcomed president trance announcement of u.s. troop withdrawal another one says his country will deal with any groups that may fill the void created by the americans departure challenge has been following developments from moscow there have been speculation that these two men might strike some sort of deal with russia saying that turkey could have its buffer zone aga

documented the crimes taking place in congo calling for an international tribunal to be able to trap of the crimes that have been ongoing into the r.c. and that's the hope one having a new leadership coming to the country and to that the people we have in the congo can have some form of justice for the crimes that they can play so they can turn on a new page for the country and come up form a whole long he's through a conflict that they had some kind of really thank you very much involved thank you . now at least three people have been killed in more anti-government demonstrations in sudan protesters are angry about rising food prices and an unstable economy they want president omar al bashir to step down but he remains defiant a bit morgan is our correspondent in the capital khartoum was there. for three weeks now this has been the scene in many parts of sudan people coming out to protest against president all metal bashir is twenty nine year rule and demanding that he step down. or work out of whether we are under a dictatorship for thirty years they have used religion to stand power now is the right time for people to come out an

r.c. right now what are their plans if they are not satisfied with these results are they planning to to challenge the result was a very very serious issue and respecting now the international community especially what the usa has taken a position to go and help the on the citizen of all or the country should go in a particular people during the storm because of people suspected to see the real change to be the way to do this for long and the peoples are determining to see really credible outcome of the election and it does have to happen just very briefly can i ask you could you concede we've already seen violence and protests in the country could there be more violence in the coming weeks and months is a really predictable because people suspect you to see the change and the government it's been a using the delay tactic has been using force to kill or you know citizen and to use different forms of abuse including or to mediation the congolese people we come to this to do we want to see a change of regime for this to be told the country who have to contribute in our planet thank you very much for coming in to speak to us the key to turn goma really appreciate miriam thank