the civil war in sudan has claimed close to four hundred thousand lives according to a us state department funded report saying the question then where are the countries which initially supported africa's newest nation now also ahead. pools is there a plan b. and c. questions about what does it have to do is i don't mind answering that question but i'd like to do the other headline and. sexual assault allegations against donald trump supreme court nominee overshadow the announcement of a wide ranging new trade deal with america's neighbors. germany reportedly greenlights a multimillion dollar arms deal with saudi arabia keeping pace with other european suppliers first despite outcry over the saudis participation in the yemeni conflict . writes on the streets of barcelona as the rest of catalonia region marks a year now since an unsanctioned independence referendum faced a brutal plan from madrid. good afternoon this is out international law from moscow with me kevin and it's just in two pm here now this tuesday first this hour a damning new report suggests that the death toll from the civi

international us state department officials say they have spoken to be over the mysterious disappearance of a dissident journalist jamal khashoggi who has spent the past year in the u.s. was last seen visiting the saudi consulate in turkey over a week ago this feared to have been killed increasing concern over the fifty nine year old's welfare house seen pressure months on washington from old sites including american journalists. it's nearly a week it's ween his first reports of his disappearance and that statement from secretary pompei oh are you assuming that taking time to put out a statement means that the state department has not been doing anything is that your assumption what was the state department doing for the state department was engaged at the highest levels and also at the working level and having conversations with saudi government officials and i'll leave it up and so what was the reason that behind that delay in statement i mean i wouldn't i wouldn't call it a delay why has not secretary pump aoe said that if the reports are true and the saudis our allies turn out to be

the civil war in south sudan has claimed close to four hundred thousand lives according to a us state department funded report from the question where are the countries which initially supported africa's newest nation now also. is there a plan b. to questions about what does that have to do is read i don't mind answering the question but you know what i'd like to do the trade has to do with the other headline in the sexual assault allegations against donald trump supreme court nominee overshadow the announcement of a wide ranging trade deal with american made. the people's republic of. a prominent british politicians under fire for an insensitive quip about libya. right in the streets all alone or as the rest of the region marks a year since an unsanctioned independence referendum rendered in place the brutal clown from madrid. good afternoon just turned three pm this chews day here in moscow my name is kevin zero in this is r.t. international first in this damning new report suggests that the death toll from the civil war in south sudan has reached almost four hundred thousand people multiple t

state the americans are bombing us while we fight. the latest suggestion of direct talks between the taliban and washington came from the u.s. state department on friday. this is ministration has made it clear that it is prepared to engage with and participate in the goshi asians with both the taliban and the afghan government and if the leadership of the taliban doesn't want to negotiate with the americans there's never wanted this and the leadership of the taliban never gave permission to any member to negotiate on their behalf u.s. defense secretary james mattis had a meet and greet with the afghan president in kabul they finally decided to play nice in a bid to get the taliban down to talks but just one day before their words of peace washington dropped a big f. thirty five b. bomb on the taliban looks like the peace process is getting off on the right foot especially when the u.s. has for years led up to this moment promising both talk and terror i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement for the taliban when their choices are to reconcile living a

and why was this picture sent out by the us state department in australia? hich he made it clear he does not embrace the concept of american exceptionalism — an idea of global leadership based on values and ethics. it's a notion that's been around for 70 years, but donald trump sees foreign relations more in terms of the costs and benefits to the us. the interview touched on a huge range of issues — khashoggi, north korea, trade, the eu and it's worth a watch in its entirety to understand how mr trump sees the world. but one issue has got particular attention — the president's view of climate change. 0ur science editor david shukman has this analysis. hurricane michael tore into florida gave few days ago, because global warming has raised the level of the sea, the floods were more serious. the us government's coincide to bloom are warning of worse to come, but the president disagrees.” bloom are warning of worse to come, but the president disagrees. i think something is happening, something is changing and will change back again. i don't think it is a hoax, t

state the americans a bombing us while we fight isis. the latest suggestion of direct talks between the taliban and washington came from the us state department last friday. this is ministration has made it clear that it is prepared to engage with and participate in the goshi asians with both the taliban and the afghan government despite the leadership of the taliban doesn't want to negotiate with the americans and there's never wanted this and the leadership of the taliban never gave permission to any member to negotiate on their behalf u.s. defense secretary james mattis had a meet and greet with the afghan president in kabul they finally decided to play nice in a bid to get the taliban down to talks but just one day before their words of peace washington has been hundred fifty thousand people who took part shows what came out to his base there exists to promote the cause again the cleaners in the country if scotland votes to the meetin say. for example ends up with a new deal sonali then there must be a definite in them because that would lead to saying probably the deepest constitution places in modern history and therefore there's a real

credibility and the united states is losing patience yes south sudan is yet another example of the us state department telling us that they're going to go rescue some or all press people on the other side of the planet and then they're left spending money to analyze results showing that the conditions overall are getting a lot worse to an extent the world seem to have forgotten about south sudan not too long ago it was the world that was running together to form this new nation then at the expense of northern sudan which was run by bashir and it would appear that petty politics between the chinese and the us in terms of the respective influences on those countries have meant that for now at least the world seems to have forgotten about the sudan crisis some so forgotten about the displacement of people women and children under spokesman of children across the nation and it is very much an impoverished states and i know of course we know that a lot of things do not work effectively in south sudan and for the for all intensive purposes the the west and the international community seems to of the blind.

you served long years inside the us state department. flagrant a violation would it be, if we were to pursue the line of speculation and believe the reports from turkish sources that something very bad happened to mr khashoggi inside that consulate building? well, stephen, if the reports are true and there is a lot coming out of turkey this morning, this would be murder. it would be murder by the government of saudi arabia against one of its citizens. mr khashoggi is also a permanent resident of the united states, of the state of virginia. he is a columnist for one of our most prominent newspapers, the washington post. so from an american perspective there is a direct interest of the united states government in trying to pressure the saudi government to tell the truth over what happened. the denials of the saudi ambassador to the us can not be believed at this point and the saudi government has not offered any convincing evidence as to what happened. and so i think that pressure from all world leaders including from the turkish president

the us state department says it's identified some of the saudi officials responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi. secretary of state mike pompeo said they were from the intelligence services, the royal court, and the foreign ministry. president trump has criticised saudi arabia's handling of the killing, calling it "the worst coverup in history". the italian government is to press ahead with its planned budget, despite its rejection by the european commission. the eu is worried about the impact of higher spending on already high levels of debt in italy — the eurozone's third—biggest economy. the european commission described the budget proposals as a blatant violation of eu fiscal rules. it's given italy three weeks to come up with an alternative. hurricane willa has made landfall on mexico's pacific coast, with maximum winds of nearly 200 kilometres an hour. forecasters have described the storm as "potentially catastrophic" and have warned of the risk of flash floods and landslides. thousands of people in the south of sinaloa state have moved into shelters. an official visit by

the uk foreign office speaking of its serious and growing concerns, the us state department dismissingt these camps provide job training. but if you want to get an idea of what china thinks its policies for, listen to this from a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson today, describing the policies is to cure the disease and save the patient. some will wonder, of course, given everything we've shown in our reporting, why there isn't more international outrage. and you have to ask yourself this, sophie — given the uk's shifting international alignments, sophie — given the uk's shifting internationalalignments, given sophie — given the uk's shifting international alignments, given its need for china as a trading partner in the future, how likely is it, beyond expressing concern, that the uk government will really push beijing over a remote muslim people in what is after all often a forgotten corner of the world? john sudworth in beijing, thank you. the fbi is investigating a number of suspicious packages that have been sent to high—profile democrats. the new york headquarters of the broad

he hailed the meeting as productive and we have heard from the us state department that the north koreansclear test site. this is their only known nuclear test site which was blown up in front of their reporters this year. there was a lot of criticism that it was done in front of correspond as such as myself rather than in front of inspectors. they will let inspectors in this time. the downside is that many analysts will point out that they do not need a site any more. they could launch missiles from mobile launch sites and they might not need something like this test site any more. and interesting development on the inspectors because in the buildup to the last summit and the fallout from it, there was a big question about what divilli duration —— denuclearisation means. -- denuclearisation means. the key thing they were looking at from sol was the end of war decoration. —— seoul. —— declaration. it only ended with an armistice. they has never been a peace treaty. both north and south career have signed declarations as they want to end it by the end of this year. —— korea. the us is unwi

but he did hail the meeting as productive, and we‘ve heard from the us state department that the northgye—ri nuclear test site. now, this is their only known nuclear test site. it was blown up in front of reporters earlier this year. there was a lot of criticism that it was done in front of correspondents such as myself rather than in front of inspectors. but it does seem that they will allow in inspectors in this time. the downsides are that many analysts will point out the north koreans don‘t need that site anymore. they‘re capable of launching missiles from mobile launch sites, they perhaps don‘t need a nuclear test site in the way punggye—ri was set up. but at least it is a confidence—buiilding step, if they‘re willing to allow inspectors in. yeah, that‘s an interesting development on the inspectors, because in the buildup to the last summit, and the fallout from it, there was a big stand—off over what does denuclearisation mean, with both sides coming at it with quite different definitions. is there any sign that they‘re a bit closer together now? no, one of the key things they we

state owned sub on use one of the individuals a top forensic expert with the saudi government information was tracked down be open source internet tools by several online researches the u.s. state department and the u.n. according for a full and transparent inquiry into the case washington says its quotes concerned about the whereabouts of the journalist. police in germany have arrested a twenty year old man in connection with the death of a bulgarian journalists thirty year old victoria martin over was raped and killed in the bulgarian town of rose saying she'd been investigating alleged fraud with e.u. funds involving businessmen and politicians of all he was found in a park and showed signs of suffocation and blows to the head. the leader of bangladesh's main opposition party has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a two thousand and four grenade attack against the current prime minister tariq rahman is the son of the former opposition leader. who's already in jail rahman was tried in absentia after he went into self-imposed exile in two thousand and eight one of the sons of egypt's former president mohamed morsy has been arrested at his home in cairo the family of a dolla

in this two thousand and ten us state department cable made by wiki leaks the u.s. assistant secretary of state const china as their e aggressive and play nation economic competitor with no more. ultimately the aim of the united states amounts for is to develop mechanisms where access to resources that are strategic that are absolutely essential to several key industries in the united states as well as access to petroleum are secured that it also provides a counterweight to china china is also in somewhat of a race to acquire as many minerals and petroleum and other natural resources that it means for its industries the united states though it may no longer be a major manufacturing power its military industries are heavily dependent on minerals that can be only source then africa. the establishment of africa calm was key for the consolidation of u.s. interests in africa but when the pentagon wanted to set up its headquarters on the continent things did not go as planned is america shipshape i don't believe. us you can see as you see one after week o'malley the probl

security council authorized intervention and nato countries started the bombing and when the us state department heard about this they said you need to stop those negotiations and one of the x. u.s. ex military officers who was engaged in those negotiations he said and he's quoted in the newspaper saying this if you were really serious about trying to protect civilians in. and the violence wouldn't you give forty eight hours to see if they're serious about potentially agreeing to a cease fire why would we pull the plug rather than give them a chance to see if they're interested in peace. the fairy idea was to make as many people as possible believe that we that he's evil and once you believe he's an evil you don't accept the idea of talking to him if there's a way to go and that's what of those who have at least for leisure beast for. who she says the americans certainly got that we came we saw died. when gadhafi sent his danks to benghazi to benghazi and still the you know there is no united nations resolution i ask a cousin of mine who was a dissident military man a koran no and he was a bengh

well lindsey graham is not one to mince words and he has control of the state department budget he can not only use his bully pulpit also the power of the purse to really put pressure on the state department to get answers and we have to remember that the state department just recently endorsed additional spending of u.s. dollars for military support of the saudi activities in yemen and that was very controversial politically the administration took a lot of risks with congress if congress now feels like saudi arabia is going further in aggressive tactics it's going to really be embarrassing to them including lindsey graham and they're not going to respond well jonah final thought from you so how much pressure then can the u.s. put on saudi arabia i mean is washington a lot of the tougher with the riyadh and demand on a stone says as to what really happened here well what we have to repair is that this is a saudi diplomatic facility so ultimately saudi arabia needs to produce information about what took place there they are in control but yes it should be putting pressure on them to open up their d

the united states funds the class we are on a trip organized by the us army and state department they want to show us what has been achieved since the victory over here as in russia and they want to encourage small countries to fund the stabilization of the city. the security measures during our visit here in the aca a very very tight they have been several terror attacks over the past months and there are still i as sleeper cells operating in the city. the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left valley any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people are slowly coming back. we really need work they don't have to work you can't eat or drink work is the most important thing for sure will come of that it luckily some schools are opening again and we registered our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i.i.s. now she is in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's not been found at the the u.s. has

the united states funds the class we are on a trip organized by the us army and state department they want to show us what has been achieved since the victory over as in russia and they want to encourage more countries to fund the stabilization of the city. this week euro to measures during our visit here in the aca a very very tight they have been several terror attacks over the past months and there are still i as sleeper cells operating in the city. the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left barely any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people are slowly coming back. we really need work they don't have work you can't eat or drink work is the most important thing for sure will come about it luckily some schools are opening again and we were just heard our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i.i.s. now she is in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's not their father at the foot of the

the stated department is fighting us on this, which is most of troubling. dge jeanine: the state department as well as the department of justice said hillary clinton was a private citizen and her records shouldn't be rea available to -- shouldn't be available to the public. doesn't a judge have the right to hold these lawyers in contempt? >> you see, that's potentially the relief that may be granted add we get some of the questions we still have pending with the state department. we are asking for this judge to allow us to oppose hillary clinton directly. and he's considering it still. cheryl mills also. i think it's a significant likelihood it will happen. we questioned her under oath with written questions. we are fighting to get more questions answered. discovery from hillary clinton is a real possibility. judge jeanine: you said it's time to bring mueller in to testify before congress. are you talking about oversight, in their oversight capacity or the judiciary? who? >> the oversight committee, the judiciary committees of the senate and the house. quest

we followed up this morning on sunday as well the short answer is the state department if they do know anything they aren't telling us the latest statement we got from the state department simply says we are not in a position to confirm these reports but we are closely following the situation in quote to that so again if the state department knows anything they're not releasing it publicly but be rest assured that relations between saudi arabia and the united states are very good right now for the best they've been in over a decade or so nearly a decade or so so there are very clear lines of communication that could be happening between washington and riyadh but as of now the state department simply saying they just do not know anything or they're not telling us that they cannot confirm these latest reports he was very well known in the united states he was or actually a u.s. resident after self-imposed exile living here in the united states in washington for some time the washington post where he was a columnist issued a nother statement late on saturday that read in part from this is from the editor of the editoria

is saying he had some advanced knowledge of. >> our michelle kaczynski is with us as well, who covers the state department. michelle, i think you do have, we're hearing, new reporting on this. what can you tell us? >> we have found out earlier from a senior state department official that she just notified her top staff about this resignation this morning. so that was the first that at least many of them, according to this source, knew about it. now we're being told by another diplomatic source connected to the u.n. that what she told them was that she has done her two years and now it's time to move on. any further detail than that, i assume, we'll get soon from the white house. but we're also hearing from a senior foreign diplomat, more surprise that she was well liked at the u.n., according to this source. and that they didn't see this coming. >> yeah. richard roth, if you're still there over at the u.n., as poppy was saying, you have a few years in that building, you know it well. he was, and i heard this from a u.n. diplomat -- she, rather, was seen as a bulwark against the outliers, you might say, in

us persons or revoke the visas which it has already issued but it does also have a privacy clause and so the state department is not able to tell us who these twenty one people are but based on what we just heard from the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh these are all people who have significant roles in the saudi government either they are members of the royal court or they're part of the foreign ministry or part of the military or the intelligence apparatus these are not run of the mill people whose visas are either being pulled as we speak or who never get a u.s. visa this also does not preclude lauren the idea that more people might find themselves either losing their visas or perhaps being barred from ever coming to the united states and this also does not rule out the possibility that one or more persons could face some sort of criminal prosecution that of course is very very difficult but that is something that the u.s. government would naturally want to take a look at and the quote is also from pumpin these penalties will not be the last word on the matter from the united states and getting tha

now with the details of exactly what was discussed there the only thing we do know because state department tells us is that the secretary of state might bump a zero was also present at that meeting but the silence is a bit strange given that president trump had been so adamant in recent days that this was a critical meeting in terms of the u.s. getting information in terms of his administration getting information to determine how it is going to act in the days ahead mike hanna live in washington thank you mike some countries have already taken steps to sanction saudi arabia germany has stopped saudi weapons deals with chancellor angela merkel joining other european countries and calling for a credible investigation by canadian prime minister justin trudeau says it would be hard to scrap a thirteen billion dollar arms deal with riyadh as he comes under pressure to punish the kingdom on tuesday politicians in spain voted against blocking weapon sales to saudi arabia and on wednesday a bipartisan group of u.s. politicians introduced a bill to ban arms sales to saudi arabia if they cut military cooper

state department provided clearly false statements to derail lawsuits over clinton's private email server and the 2012 been ghazi attack that killed four americans, predestinate -- president of judicial watch joined usng our efforts to bring her in and question her under oath and answer any additional questions on the clinton email issue, they want to shove it down. jillian: a federal judge is shocked and unfounded to learn the fbi granted immunity to clinton former chief of staff cheryl mills considering the classified information went through her account. rob: joe biden does not think donald trump should be impeached at least for now. >> of democrats when the house do you believe they may move forward with articles of impeachment? >> i hope they don't, i don't think there is a basis for doing that. we should wait until a report comes out. rob: democrats should wait until robert mueller's investigation is complete before making any moves after bloomberg reported mueller is expected to issue key findings in his russia probe right after the midterms. jillian: despite blasting sharing services like uber and lift, alexandria ocasio-cortez seems to be a fan of the taxi alternative. she recently linked t

state department telling us that they're going to go rescue some four zero press people on the other side of the planet and then they're left spending money to analyze results showing that the conditions overall are getting a lot worse to an extent the world seem to have forgotten about south sudan not too long ago it was the world that was running together to form this new nation then at the expense of northern sudan which was run by bashir and he would close to hunting out routes and contracts for garbage disposal now italy stance when it comes to refugees and migrants has changed in recent times they've moved away from the policies of the said to right government that was operated under metiria renzi and the new coalition government certainly has picked up a populist and more well m t my grid view this coalition between the five star movement on the league headed up by the prime minister take they've really changed tack in put forward a far more well stronger view and stronger politics when it comes to refugees and migrants from italy that we've seen in the past. a prominent m.p.

about how to restore that. , i've been in the agency for international development, the state department of what used to be the arms control and disarmament agency. it, ims of where to put would put it in the state department, where it should be. but this is a case where congress needs to work with the administration to make some pretty fundamental changes in the structures we have now. mr. blumenthal: we are going to open it up to a few questions. .here is a big crowd out here we will keep the press for last. i think that is what he said. if you can ask a question so we can get everybody's questions in. mr. ambassador, thank you for being here. -- arizonath the state chapter. of the policies -- not going to war has itself become the policy to many americans, the policy objective, which has decreased our deterrence level. ,o you think this is an issue and if so, does the administration have plans to fix this problem, perhaps by a ?uccessful display of force are we going to war anytime soon? amb. bolton: to put it in practical political levels, no. [laughter] if i were back in a think tank environment

and we don't know who this individual is we do know that as of tuesday late tuesday the state department had been using its diplomatic back channels but it now appears the president has taken that one step further with his own individual calls so we're pressing to find out what that means in terms of the president discussing that call what he would only say is that he believes this is a very serious situation and then expressing some confidence that as a result of the efforts by the state department pressing for a transparent investigation he says i think we'll get to the bottom of it he wouldn't say whether or not the missing journalist is alive or dead what he did say is that he is interested in finding out who is responsible just a quick word kimberly all vice president might pincers all sorts of. that's right in fact the president or rather vice president on tuesday recorded an interview that was made public on wednesday where he if says echoing some of the concerns of donald trump that this is an issue of press freedom the vice president saying is deeply troubling anyone who cares about a free pre

us to do so. >> the state department repeated today -- promoting human rights and democracy, -- [inaudible] however, the brazilian president-elect has made very controversial comments about minority opposition, the military -- [inaudible] my question is, if the white house claims to -- assurance from the government in brazil, that they will protect human rights and democracy in brazil, and another question, what you think about his comparisons that people -- >> let me address the first thing. first we promote human rights all over the world. we value our long-standing relationship with brazil. we want to continue to work with them. we'll see what happens from there. >> what to teaching butts comparison people calling both -- [inaudible] or any plans to go to brazil? >> there's only one donald trump in my opinion. >> i like to follow-up on the caravan. the president used the word invasion. that's the same word was mentioned in the constitution to three times, invasion. with respect to powers of the federal government to repel invasions. my question is, have been 80 discussions with to that about the

member state department state and a partnership with. our it our political correspondent nina joins us for more on the story we heard the chancellor say they want to strong partnership but that it's not the same as membership what does she mean by that is what i'm going to the german government have said from the start since the referendum since britain decided to leave the european union that they do want to keep britain close as an ally as an important trading partner as a political partner but they have to figure out just how to do this if britain is no longer a member of the european union and of course for germany it's always been about the european union and about protecting the single market about not giving any other e.u. member an incentive to leave the union and about keeping this union together that is what i'm glad michael has said from the start which is why she's rejecting all proposals coming from the u.k. where people are thinking that they could split up some of the movements could take some of the freedoms like including freedom of movement of people to make that has

all of this and those personal ties are what the trumpet ministration was using rather than say working through the state department through the military up to the point where they initially backed the saudis when they blockaded qatar back in two thousand and seventeen now the question is whether the agencies the state department in particular are going to say look we need to use this episode to row this back a bit i don't think by going after trump regarding saying you've got to get rid of the crown prince but for example what i expect washington to be possibly urging is a reconciliation among skull from trees in other words let's urge the saudis to make peace with qatar to end the blockade and let's turn therefore the negative of the fair into a positive which is the u.s. gets a stable relationship with not only the saudis but with qatar where they have a major base and the rest of the gulf countries as they try to put pressure on iran jill rubin let me bring you in the head we've heard that it is time to perhaps reset the relationship maybe bring in the gulf countries a bit law and not to rely solely on saudi ar

reached out to the state department and done so several times both late saturday and into early sunday as well if the state department or the u.s. government knows anything they're not telling us they're keeping very close to lips on and we asked them specifically to respond and they said quote we are not in a position to confirm these reports but we are closely following the situation in quote that is all the reaction we're getting from the state department so far but make no mistake that the saudi government the u.s. government have very close relations right now so there is nothing preventing the different security apparatuses or governments from talking to each other that's for sure and he was very well known here in the united states particularly in new york and particularly in washington d.c. let's not forget that he was a u.s. or is i should say a u.s. resident after living here after self-imposed exile from saudi arabia he spoke at many different i think tanks many conferences in the u.s. and of course as you mention as well as a columnist for one of the most important and powerful newspapers in the entire united states certainly in this city the washington post fred h

state department telling us that they're going to go rescue some or all press people on the other side of the planet and then they're left spending money to analyze results showing that the conditions overall are getting a lot worse to an extent the world seem to have forgotten about south sudan not too long ago it was the world that was running together to form this new nation then at the expense of northern sudan which was run by bashir and he would appear that petty politics between the chinese and the us in terms of the respective influences on those countries have meant that for now at least the world seems to have forgotten about the sudan crisis some so forgotten about displacement of people women and children underspent of children across the nation and for allegedly helping immigrants illegally obtained the right to remain in the country is our europe correspondent peter all of us. domenico latino is the mayor of the small town of the at che and so the italy now he came to prominence after he well opened up his town to refugees and migrants taken as many as five hundred into t