china in the nuclear weapons game is really small fry compared to the united states and russia the united states and russia both have about $5000.00 nuclear weapons apiece and the arsenal of china is about $300.00 so orders of magnitude smaller now the thing about new start that is very relevant in part to remember here is the new start limits each side the united states and russia to $1550.00 nuclear weapons strategic deployed nuclear weapons and peace now china doesn't have anywhere near that many so it's kind of unclear to me what china joining you start means does that mean that the united states and russia are willing to reduce their arsenal sizes to $300.00 to reach parity with china or that they're willing to allow china to go up to $1550.00 nuclear weapons something which would be incredibly expensive and take a lot of time for the chinese to do so these are answers that the top administration has failed to answer so i really don't see this being a practical measure at all moscow's approach is that they can't really do anything i don't think that i've not heard anyone from the rus

as you pointed out china in the nuclear weapons game is really small fry compared to the united states and russia the united states and russia both have about 5000 nuclear weapons apiece and the arsenal of china is about $300.00 so orders of magnitude smaller now the thing about new start that is very relevant in part to remember here is that new start limits each side the united states and russia to $1550.00 nuclear weapons strategic deployed nuclear weapons apiece now china doesn't have anywhere near that many so it's kind of unclear to me what china joining new start means does that mean that the united states and russia are willing to reduce their arsenal sizes to $300.00 to reach parity with china or that they're willing to allow china to go up to $1550.00 nuclear weapons something which would be incredibly expensive and take a lot of time for the chinese to do so these are answers that the trump administration has failed to answer your side really don't see this being a practical measure at all what we know what the u.s. thinks about beijing what's moscow's approach. moscow's approach is th

for which we submitted 108 amendments by the last ruling united russia party rejected them what's the point of changing the constitution if we keep on keeping for a resource based economy if we choose not to teach children subjects relevant to today or to support science so what's the point to prolong his term. the more radical opposition those against the government and everything anything to do with the government they say that the vote simply isn't necessary that the amendments are bad news and at the end of the day they don't even believe that the vote will be fair something that organizers have told us simply isn't true. our main goal is the health and safety of our citizens ferreting is safe thing getting to the shops or walking in the park there is no obligation to it and no one will know which way he wrote it hence people should feel free to come in in whatever way they want if they decide to vote at all we welcome everyone all the critics the skeptics. the vote was originally supposed to happen in april 1 day in april but because of the pandemic obviously it was postponed and

idea we submitted 108 amendments expected or amendments to be adopted by the last they willing united russiaarty rejected them this raises the question what's the point of changing the constitution if we don't changed. konami if we keep on killing for a resource based economy if we choose not to teach children subjects relevant to today or to support science so what's the point to prolong his term what for the president still has 4 years ago the country out of this crisis sold its problems when you mix together a number of proposals you can't expect people to vote them all through with a single click of the box. the more radical opposition those against everything government entirely gets the vote against the men went together they say that the amendments are necessary they say that the votes will be fair something that have told us that simply isn't true. our main goal is the health and safety of our citizens voting is safe i think going to the shops or walking in the park there is no obligation to vote and no one will know which way he wrote and people should feel free to come in in whatev

he has been ambassador to the united nations, russia, india, israel, among other countries.s the rank of career ambassador which is the highest rank in the u.s. foreign service. thank you for being with us. set the table for it. what is on the agenda for this negotiation and what realistically can the united states expect to accomplish in these negotiations? amb. pickering: thank you, david. most logically, in the most important event on the agenda, has to be whether in fact the u.s. will go along with a very deep russian interest in extending for another five years a very important agreement called new start, which sets overall limits on the number of delivery vehicles that each side equationin the nuclear between them. a treaty which is based on a tough negotiation, very favorable inspection arrangements for the united states. were it to go, we would see the disappearance of the last arrangement coming through and beyond the cold war, to provide inse elements of stability u.s.-russian nuclear relations, clearly very badly needed in large measure as a result of how close we

list serbia is on the list of candidates on the list but very absent from this list are the united states russia and brazil which are very important and big countries and especially americans millions of americans travel to the european union after year so they will be missed here. council has said that they use criteria looking at the number of infections. for a 100000 citizens in the country that's the criteria they say they have used and it's around 16 infections 410-0000 people in a country that's not the united states which has a new outbreak of 19 as we speak russia also doesn't have it under control but again it doesn't mean that there's going to be a huge influx of tourists now and of course it's a very economic important factor to have tourism back on track and this summer season is starting now and a lot of business here and then that looms but also beyond it's very much relying on it and with this policy the e.u. is now showing some kind of unity because they haven't shown any unity during this whole 19 demick from the start every country has done its own thing it has had its own poli

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. >> the united states, brazil, and russia have an uninveryable lead. gold, silver, bronze respectively in the pandemic. the presidents all populists. suffering the highest number of covid-19 infections. inaction and ineptitude key factors, but each leader earning their podium placing. russia coming in third. early march, state media portrays covid-19 as not a russia problem. late march, putin pulls on a hazmat suit in a hospital, signals he has the situation under control. the next day he announces paid vacation which effectively begins a lockdown. but soon day to day responsibilities. [ speaking foreign language ] >> in later meetings he seemed distracted. problem is in russia when the boss doesn't take a grip, the local officials slack. just what the virus needs. [ speaking foreign language ] >> jair bolsonaro recognized the pandemic's danger but began early prioritizing the economy over health concerns. [ speaking foreign language ] >> he sticks to his damaging message. even joins rallies protesting sound lockdowns advocated by

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outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to have a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvent a more of them which we can begin to work together again. a week of voting is underway in russia on amendments to the country's constitution we'll have details on that after a short break this is the week we are to international. that's kaiser's financial survivor they say money the bellatrix close to this is the central bank support diet coming from the club and might say stop. the welcome back you are watching the weekly right here on our team international now the voting process to reform the russian constitution began on thursday polls are open nationwide until the 1st of july the vote had been originally planned for april 22nd but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and to alleviate concerns about crowds of polling stations are open for a whole week instead of a single day there are about 200 proposed amendments to the constitution one of the changes would allow vladimir putin to ru

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention more of them which we can begin to work together again. week of voting is underway in russia on amendments to the country's constitution offer you the full story after the break. a minimum wage doesn't guarantee you a job. but if you get a job and be paid that wage precisely that that means you're less likely to get the job and so i would predict probably over a 1000000 people would lose their jobs if the minimum wage were double just 50 now they want to phase it in so maybe 800000. would be differentially in communities are a lot of black mississippi lower wage states. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. very dramatic looking only. i don't see a. very critical time to sit down and. welcome back the voting process to reform the russian constitution began thursday polls are open nationwide until july 1st and the vote being origin

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to have a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvent a more of them which we can begin to work together again. we can voting is underway here in russia on amendments to the country's constitution i'll bring you all the details after this break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura maybe in the shallowness. will come back washington has slammed the un for drawing up a resolution critical of racism in america following the death of george floyd however activist groups claim the document didn't actually go far enough because the of reports. when the entire world gets

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention more of them which we can begin to work together and get. a week of voting is underway in russia on amendments to the country's constitution we'll have details a lot after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true. is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back the voting process to reform the russian constitution began on thursday polls are open nationwide till july 1st the votes have been originally planned for able to in the 2nd but it was delayed by coronavirus to alleviate concerns about crowds polling stations are

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to have a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to work together again. the voting process to reform the russian constitution it began on thursday polls are open nationwide until the 1st of july. now the vote had been originally planned for april 22nd but was the laid by the coronavirus pandemic and to alleviate concerns about crowds polling stations are open for a whole week instead of a single day there are about $200.00 proposed amendments to the constitution one of the changes would allow the let me put it to run for president for another 2 terms critics have argued over the all 'd or nothing approach to the vote where people have to say yes or no to the entire package and you can't just pick and choose which amendments they what put in supported the changes in a speech in the state duma back in early march. it was january when president putin stunned russia by proposing changes to the country's founda

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to have a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvent a more of them which we can begin to work together again. a week of voting is underway mushroom amendments to the country's constitution details for you after this break. a minimum wage doesn't guarantee you a job. but if you get a job and be paid that wage precisely that. means you're was likely to get the job and so i would predict probably over a 1000000 people would lose their jobs if the minimum wage were doubled to 50 now they want to phase it in so maybe. that would be differentially in communities are a lot of black mississippi lower wage states. what is the. history why are there are those so determined to destroy cultural artifacts and rewrite history and so the understanding of history a true and dispassionate understanding of history is really about 2 things reverend warning the culture side we are witnessing rejects. the voting process to reform the russian constitution began po

but 1st senior diplomats from the united states and russia are meeting to discuss arms control in vienna the talks come 8 months before a key nuclear weapons party between the 2 nations is due to expire around the world only 9 countries have nuclear weapons and over 90 percent of those weapons belong to the united states and russia each possess over $6000.00 warheads following far behind is china with iran $300.00 europe's 2 nuclear powers france and the u.k. have $3200.00 respectively the remaining countries israel india pakistan and north korea each have fewer than $200.00 warheads. more in today's talks in a moment but 1st let's take a look at how the u.s. and russia arrived at this point. this state of the u.s. russian arms control negotiations today makes the cooled war look congenial by comparison the intermediate range nuclear missile treaty or i n.f.l. . assigned by u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev in 1987 it was considered a cornerstone of euro atlantic security it eliminated land based missiles and launchers with a range of 502-5500 kilometers th

face an uphill battle in untangling exactly what happened here see a diplomats from the united states and russia are meeting in vienna to discuss control the talks come 8 months before a key nuclear weapons pact between the 2 nations is due to expire around the world only 9 countries have nuclear weapons and over 90 percent of those weapons belong to the united states and russia they each possess of a $6000.00 warheads all knowing father hind is china with around $300.00 europe's 2 nuclear powers that would be france and the u.k. have 200 or rather 30200 respectively the remaining countries israel india pakistan and north korea each have fewer than 200 warheads now more on today's talks in a moment but 1st let's take a look at how the u.s. and russia arrived at this point. this state of u.s. russian arms control negotiations today makes the cold war look congenial by comparison the intermediate range nuclear missile treaty or i.n.f. was signed by a us president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev in 1987 it was considered a cornerstone of euro atlantic security eliminated land base

an explosive report in the new york times is receiving responses from the united states all the way to russia with many calling out the publication for quoting alleged intelligence officials but failing to provide any supporting evidence the article quotes an anonymous source is claiming russia paid bounties in afghanistan to kill americans for more on this still developing story let's go to our she is rachel blood and she is joining us live in studio now as rachel what has the official response been from all these various sides or president trump was quick to deny this report and here of course responded on twitter where he called on the new york times to reveal these anonymous sources that they used in. report now he then went on to say quote intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible and therefore did not report it to me or vice president penn's possibly another fabricated russia hoax now a spokesperson for russian president putin also spoke out he denied the report and he called the credibility of the new york times into question noting that they have published a

a brand new treaty and he's really putting the last remaining nuclear treaty between the united states and russia at danger by waiting for that and then at the same time we've also seen increased tensions in syria where moscow has called out the united states for keeping troops in a country where they are not invited and they have also called them el for wanting to still syria's natural resources now the trumpet ministration just announced a new round of sanctions against top syrian officials so there are a lot of questions about if the u.s. is going to try to ramp up its interference in syria and if that would then put them in direct conflict with russia definitely not matching up with john bolton's statement so we will see how that plays out rachel blevins thank you so much thank you. and after 4 years of campaigning to get a spot on the u.n. security council table canada was denied a front row seat now this is the 2nd time in 10 years canada has failed to make the cut and the us to save the country's liberal government is pretty disappointed argues alex mile of each has the story for us from t

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to uproot a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to work together again. i think the biggest danger that has come out education to destroy us is its us highlighted issue inequality that exists and i think one of the things that education and political each that changes access to the internet for educational purposes needs to be added to this is essentially 200 rockets. still seem wrong but we'll just don't hold. any balls to say palin is going to come after all and in again. equals betrayal. when something in mind themselves worlds apart we just of the common ground. right. back ok let's turn now to the corona virus pandemic and the way that it has been handled in united kingdom with doctors fearing they simply will not be able to cope with a 2nd wave that's according to a new survey of health care workers obviously as we come out of the lock and now that the numbers are manager poll the question is what do

the voting previously still with improper oh we submitted 108 amendments but alas they were when united russia party rejected them what's the point of changing the constitution if we keep on catering for a resource based economy if we choose not to teach children subjects relevant to today or to support science so what's the point to prolong his term. the more radical opposition those against the government and everything anything to do with the government they say that the vote simply isn't necessary that the amendment bad news and at the end of the day they don't even believe that the vote will be fair something that organizers have told us simply isn't true bill so that's our main goal is the health and safety of our citizens very thing is safer than going to the shops or walking in the park there is no obligation to vote and no one will know which way he wrote it hence people should feel free to come and vote in whatever way they want if they decide to vote at all we welcome everyone all the critics the datas the skeptics. the votes was originally supposed to happen in april 1 day in april

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to work together again. now the u.s. to slam the u.n. security up a resolution critical of racism in america following the death of george floyd. however activists creep steve claimed the documents don't actually go far enough more against the reports. when the entire world gets these agri this few reus something must be done rights groups and civil society have mobilized armies of activists and lawyers to make sure that it does it's now or never here is that chance to get rid of xenophobia and make this world a better place. the undersigned family members of victims of police killings and civil society organizations from around the world call in member states of the un human rights council to urgently convene a special session on the situation of human rights in the united states in order to respond to the unfolding growth human rights crisis born out of the

list serbia is on the list of candidates on the list but very absent from this list are the united states russia and brazil which are very important and big countries and especially americans millions of americans travel to the european union after a year so they will be dearly missed here. council has said that they use a criteria looking at the number of infections per 100000 citizens in the country that's the criteria they say they have used and it's around 16 infections per 100000 people in a country that's not the united states which has a new outbreak of 19 as we speak russia also doesn't have it under control but again it doesn't mean that there's going to be a huge influx of tourists now and of course it's a very economic important factor to have tourism back on track and this is the summer season is starting now and a lot of business here in the netherlands but also we are very much relying on it and with this policy the e.u. is now showing some kind of unity because they haven't shown any unity during this whole covert 900 pound damage from the start every country has done its own thin

outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to work together to get. the u.s. secretary of state is a key to the u.n. human rights council of hypocrisy after release the resolution for on up in the wake of the killing of george for. last month mike also pointed his finger at cuba china and iran where he thinks racial disparity to be systemic however un document itself has also been criticised by activists creeps who being too mild is more against the reports when the entire world gets these agri this view reus something must be done rights groups and civil society have mobilized armies of activists the lawyers to make sure that it does its now or never hears that chance to get rid of xenophobia and make this world a better place. the undersigned family members of victims of police killings and civil society organizations from around the world call in member states of the un human rights council to urge

people in a country that's not the united states which has a new outbreak of 19 as we speak russia also doesn't have it under control but again it doesn't mean that there's going to be a huge influx of tourists now and of course it's a very economic important factor to have tourism back on track and this is the summer season is starting now and a lot of business here and in the netherlands but also we are just very much relying on it and with this policy the e.u. is now showing some kind of unity because they haven't shown any unity during this whole covert 900 from the start every country has done its own thing it has had its own policy with border internal borders also being closed they're now being gradually lifted us while so it is important to have a common policy a common border policy as they. say it's call because the internal borders are all open and people can travel freely so there is a huge risk that if one country does about a thing as the other that of course the pandemic here in europe could start again. at least 8 people have been killed and 80 others injured in the ethi

just last week since a bit we have a message against russia russians and i'm going to let me be and fair to even mention and this because again the united states is a major player in bennett who along with the kid did not mention the kids in the original article whatsoever so everything was directed against russia at the moment i do not think at the moment that russia and the united states are on the same pigeon b.b.'s but again we still need to see a more you know about to talk about this let's bring in jim we are running out of time but very quickly i do want to ask you this question they are when it comes to this proxy war in libya there's a lot of other factors like we say we talked about the u.s. election coming up whether donald trump the bring us president wants to get involved in libya we have the russians we have the saudis etc etc etc where does this need to get to so that the libyan all of the libyans themselves can actually bring about a peaceful resolution to this do do we need a nother peace summit to happen quickly or would go away so far away from that that that's not an issue. no no we are ready to have a peace process

don't think we will see tough economic sanctions like we know the united kingdom or united states imposed against russia be to crane or the case of the poisoning of the double agent screwball in the united kingdom i do not think germany will go that far and that despite the fact that russia has a history of misbehaving in germany we've got russian hackers who attacked the german parliament the german chancellor angela merkel she was the subject of what she herself called outrageous spying me this is happened before do you think though that russia is at all interested in what germany or what the west think it's. well this is a new situation for the german government because we are we are we're watching a growing frustration i would say in the german government with russia because as you've mentioned there has been an attack on the german parliament in the stock 5 years ago which. behind it is russia at least this is what the german prosecutors believe now we have this killing a year ago and russia is not cooperating on the investigation so that might push the german government to do something which hasn'