yemen. britain's paralympic team arrived home today after their most successful winter games. menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe became britain's most decorated winter pa ralympians with 1 gold, 2 silver and a bronze in south korea. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. cheering and applause. they left as hopefuls, they have returned as history makers. jen kehoe, menna fitzpatrick, plus extra luggage. four medals including the best they saved until last. fitzpatrick, who has less than 5% vision, following her guide to gold in the slalom, now britain's most decorated winter paralympians, they told me it is barely sinking in. it means everything to me. i have always had a dream since i was little, to come away with a medal in the paralympic games. and 2018 was always that goal, ever since i first started. so, i am immensely proud to have done it. hopefully it will inspire others to go out there and do the same and get out and try something, you never know where it is going to lead. this is a simulation of what fitzpatrick sees when she is skiing. following her guid

london prompted protests outside downing street denouncing riyadh's deadly three year bombing of yemen britain's support saudi arabia is right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including riyadh. any solution to the conflict must ensure that saudi arabia no longer faces this cross border security threat. well around four hundred people gathered to protest against the oil visit activists condemn the war in yemen and u.k. arms sales to the kingdom similar concerns were also raised in parliament by the leader of the opposition. terry in disaster is now taking place in yemen millions face starvation six hundred thousand children have cholera because of the saudi led bombing campaign and the block germany has suspended arm sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisors are directing the war it cannot be right that her government this is cannot be right that her government is cruel looting in one of the united nations ses is evidence of war crimes some did come out in support of the s

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yemen. britain's paralympic team arrived home today after their most successful winter games. silver and a bronze in south korea. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. cheering and applause. they left as hopefuls, they have returned as history makers. jen kehoe, menna fitzpatrick, plus extra luggage. four medals including the best they saved until last. fitzpatrick, who has less than 5% vision, following her guide to gold in the slalom, now britain's most decorated winter paralympians, they told me it is barely sinking in. it means everything to me. i have always had a dream since i was little,

st ultimately denouncing riyadh's deadly three year bombing campaign ongoing in yemen britain supports saudi arabia's right to defend its national security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including react any solution to the conflict must ensure that saudi arabia no longer faces this cross border security threat roughly four hundred people gathered to protest the royal visit activists condemned the war in yemen and slammed u.k. arms sales to the kingdom a similar concerns also raised in parliament by the leader of the opposition. the humanitarian disaster is now taking place in the. millions face starvation six hundred thousand children have cholera because of the saudi led bombing campaign and the bloc a germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisers are directing the wall it cannot be right that her government this is big cannot be right that her government is true looting in one of the united nations ses is evidence of war crimes some came out in support of th

prince to london prompted protests outside downing street denouncing riyadh deadly three bombing of yemen britain supports saudi arabia its right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including react. any solution to the conflict must ensure that saudi arabia no longer faces this cross border security threat well around four hundred people gathered to protest against the royal visit activists condemned the war in yemen and u.k. arms sales to the kingdom similar concerns were also raised in parliament by the leader of the opposition. a humanitarian disaster is now taking place in yemen millions face starvation six hundred thousand children have cholera because of the saudi led bombing campaign and the bloc a germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisers are directing the wall it cannot be right that her government this is cannot be right that her government is cruel looting in one of the united nations is evidence of war crimes some american support of the

britain and saudi arabia. these links go back 100 years. it is very heavily weighted towards defence. that is controversial, because british weapons are involved in the war in yemenup in the talks over and above the trade guilds both countries want to conclude. frank gardner, thank you. the winter paralympics get underway in south korea on friday and paralympics gb are fielding 17 athletes — their biggest team since 2006. they won six medals at the last winter games in sochi four years ago. now they're looking to beat that record. kate grey reports from pyeongchang. 17 athletes competing over nine days of action. never has paralympics gb been represented in so many sports at a winter games. among them, the trusted hands of aileen neilson, leading the curling team. we know each other inside out. we've worked together for a few years now and travelled all over the world, so we certainly know each other and can hopefully get the best out of each other. bronze medallist last time round, they'll be hoping for more in south korea. but this is a team that mixes experience with youthful exuberance. in the alpine skiing, 19—year—old menna fitzpatrick, who only has 5% visi

to be addressed the situation in yemen was described as having achieved in five months the chaos that syria has achieved in five years and we are very conscious in britain of the importance of tackling the humanitarian crisis and yemen and we do want to ensure that the actions taken by others particularly those who are our partners that make that situation even worse well we spoke to a journalist on the ground in yemen hussain alba cocky about some of the alleged saudi actions that the british government to factor supports. that double top strike that they you know is used to use this tactic and as they say i got al qaeda on as well and afghanistan thought of going to canada but they knew they would be let go is it is used in this against civilians target against a home they target civilians then they thought it is cooler than they thought a good journalist if you have a home has been destroyed by as that i the first people who are going to go that their neighbors don't know this and they do that and i think this is the kind of training that the u.k. is given to the saudi the coalition is using this technique but there are reasons according to britain's

needs to be address the situation in yemen was described as having achieved in five months the chaos a serious achieved in five years and we are very conscious in britain of the importance of tackling the humanitarian crisis and yemen and we do want to ensure that the actions taken by others particularly those who are our partners that make that situation even worse well we spoke to a journalist on the ground in yemen hussein al because he about some of the alleged saudi actions that the british government to factor supports that double top strike that they were as used to use this that thick and they say i guess i'll try that on as well and afghanistan thought again but they you. know the let's call it that is using this against civilians thought to get against home they target civilians then they thought it is cooler than they thought you don't know this if you have a home has been destroyed by as the like the fittest people going to go that that neighbor has a that i don't know this and they do that and i think this is the kind of that i think that the u.k. is they've been through this all get a coalition is using this technique. but there are reaso

britain though welcomes this visit. a small, but noisy demonstration outside downing street, protesting saudi arabia's air strikes on yemenplier of arms to saudi arabia, contracts are worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of britons. in neighbouring yemen, saudi—led air strikes on houthi rebels are blamed for the majority of civilian casualties. in parliament today a question over whether saudi arabia is a suitable ally. there has been a sharp increase in the arrest and detention of dissidents, torture of prisoners is common, human rights defenders routinely sentenced to lengthy prison terms. but the government places huge value on saudi co—operation in counter terrorism. the link we have with saudi arabia is historic it, it is a an important one and it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this country. crown prince mohammed is pushing a sweeping economic and social reform programme, reintroducing cinemas and public entertainment. he's also given saudi women much more freedom to enjoy public life. from june they can drive. we spoke to a prominent women's rights campaigner. when it comes to huma

britain though welcomes this visit. a small, but noisy demonstration outside downing street, protesting saudi arabia's air strikes on yemento saudi arabia, contracts are worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of britons. in neighbouring yemen, saudi led air strikes on houthi rebels are blamed for the majority of civilian casualties. in parliament today a question over whether saudi arabia is a suitable ally. there has been a sharp increase in the arrest and detention of dissidents, torture of prisoners is common, human rights defenders routinely sentenced to lengthy prison terms. but the government places huge value on saudi co—operation in counter terrorism. the link we have with saudi arabia is historic it, it hes a an important one and it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this country. crown prince mohammed is pushing a sweeping economic and social reform programme, reintroducing cinemas and public entertainment. he's also gig saudi women much more freedom to enjoy public life. from june they can drive. we spoke to a prominent women's rights campaigner. when it comes to human rights i thin

just coming out of yemen after another visit another visit making it crystal clear that children are suffering are suffering dramatically of the impact of three years of war britain is of course a donor but to resume says the saudi investigations of discovered no war crimes as such what has been the effect of bombs dropping on villages in yemen well the impact upon children east's and then we have seen last year long over eleven hundred children being killed. or very seriously injured to day at close to two million children in yemen are not able to go to school we have seen last year an unprecedented outbreak of what the. color out we have seen an outbreak of. in yemen. over four hundred thousand children are suffering from the life threatening. severe acute malnutrition as a result of war and it's not one or another part of the it is everybody who has been fighting in their yemen and that has to be held accountable for that the suffering of children. suffering of children in a war that is not of children's making let's be very clear that a war that has become a war on children it's difficult to imagine those numbers obviously is as a human being but while britai

yemen. and after britain expels nearly two dozen russian diplomats moscow replies in calling. welcome to the program the political storm surrounding the firing of a senior f.b.i. official is gathering momentum in the united states media there are reporting that under mccain kept personal memos on his interactions with president donald trump and that those documents are now with the special counsel investigating the trump campaign ties with russia while socks f.b.i. director james comey has also issued a direct warning to trump tweeting the. people will hear my story very soon and they can judge for themselves who was honorable and who is not what trump of course was hit back criticised in the media for its apparent sympathy for mccabe but also saying kerman knew all about the lies and leaks at the f.b.i. as there was talk of them has more now from washington d.c. the various sources have said that mccabe's contemporaneous notes and memos are now in the possession of the special counsel robert muller and presumably as indicated by mccabe's comments and reaction to his firing th

britain's links to saudi arabia. it's afterjeremy corbyn accused the government of colluding with war crimes in yemen by selling armsster for us now. thanks. before every pmqs we try to guess whatjeremy corbyn is going to go on, invariably i get it wrong but my colleagues were spot—on suggesting he'd go on saudi arabia. why? it's an issue mr corbyn has been very vocal about, where other politicians perhaps have them there so. politicians perhaps have them there so. mr corbyn did indeed tackle mrs may over the visit by the crown prince, suggesting britain was complicit in war crimes for supplying arms to saudi arabia, which were then used in yemen. that lesson. despite much talk of reform, there has been a sharp increase in the arrest and detention and dissidents, torture of prisoners is,, human rights are sentenced to lengthy prison terms for unfair trials and executions are widespread as amnesty international confirmed. as she makes her arms sales pitch, will she also call on the crown prince to halt the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? mrs may replied by pointing to the fa ct mrs may replied by poin

yemen. and out of britain expose nearly two dozen russian diplomats moscow replies and. welcome to the program the political storm surrounding the firing of a senior f.b.i. official is gathering momentum in the us media thing are reporting that under mccabe personal memos on his interactions with president trump and those documents are now with the special counsel investigating the trump campaign's ties with russia socked f.b.i. director james comey has also issued a direct warning to trump tweeting the american people will hear my story very soon and they can judge for themselves. who was honorable and who is not what trump's hit back criticized in the media for its apparent sympathy from a k. but also saying coming knew all about the lies and leaks at the f.b.i. and the trump person lawyer has told the daily beast publication that the entire russian investigation led by robert mala should be shut down well it's called as a former assistant secretary defense he says there are unprecedented levels of tension between the white house and the f.b.i. the fact that you fired

to be addressed the situation in yemen was described as having achieved in five months the chaos that syria's achieved in five years and we are very conscious in britain of the importance of tackling the humanitarian crisis and yemen and we do want to ensure that the actions taken by others particularly those who are our partners make that situation even worse well we spoke to a journalist on the ground in yemen is saying how the cost you about some of the alleged saudi actions that the british government to factor supports that double tops that i like that they were as used to you as this that thick and they say i guess i'll try the on of the world and afghanistan. but they you. know the let's call it as it is use in this against civilians thought it against the home they target civilians then they thought it is secure then they thought you don't know this if you have a home has been destroyed by as the like the fittest people going to go that that neighbor has a that i don't know this and they do that and i think this is the kind of that i think that the u.k. is they've been through this all get a coalition is using this that the. but there are reas

to be addressed the situation in yemen was described as having achieved in five months the chaos that syria has achieved in five years and we are very conscious in britain of the importance of tackling the humanitarian crisis and yemen and we do want to ensure that the actions taken by others particularly those who are our partners make that situation even worse well we spoke to a journalist on the ground in yemen hussain alba cocky about some of the alleged saudi actions that the british government to factor supports. the double tap strike that the u.s. used to use this tactic and iraq as they say against al qaeda and of the world and afghanistan targeting al qaeda but the. saudi led coalition is using this against civilian targets against a home they target civilians that they targeted riskier than they target journalists if you have a home has been destroyed by a strike the first people who are going to go there if their neighbors journalist and they do that and i think this is the kind of training that the u.k. is given to the saudi the coalition is using this tactic but there are reasons according to britain's former ambassador william patey that w

britain. the uk supplies the saudi air force with warplanes and munitions. in neighbouring yemen7”, w, 7 fl 7” ,. that's prompteéraw a protest is scheduled for later today outside downing street. but oil—rich saudi arabia is britain's biggest arab trading partner. thousands ofjobs depend on it. in a post—brexit world, britain is looking to boost alliances like this one, while saudi arabia is looking forforeign investment to find jobs for its overwhelmingly young population. when crown prince mohammed meets leaders in london today, his message will be "saudi arabia is open to business" but this relationship will always be a controversial one. frank gardner, bbc news. mo farah claims he was racially harassed while travelling through germany's munich airport. the four—time olympic champion filmed an altercation with an enforcement officer on social media — claiming "it was "pure harassment." there is, however, no evidence of any racial abuse in the 47—second clip. action's being ta ken against so—called "secondary ticketing" companies over what's being described as "misleading pricin

participating in facilitating why having military advisors there britain supports saudi arabia's right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including riyadh this is cannot be right to the government is true looting in one of the united nations' ses is evidence of war crimes although the u.n. calls yemen the worst manmade humanitarian crisis in modern history it says over twenty two million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid last year there were almost a million suspected cases of cholera and twice as many children acutely malnourished . well thanks for sharing your sunday with us here on r.t. international we're back with. in the heart of the swiss alps this is a place probably more secretive than the pentagon more mysterious than the cia and better guarded than for knox ellis was customs are here permanently and all the site is controlled by them and they impose the opening time so if you're opposite the possibilities from is all plus the procedures in place of the strictest in all europe masterpieces by artists like pecan so and modigliani i can't boards and sold i

britain. the uk supplies the saudi air force with warplanes and munitions. in neighbouring yemenmed for mounting civilian casualties. that has bothered calls by some to break off relations with saudi. a protest is scheduled for later today outside downing street. but oil—rich saudi arabia is britain's biggest trading partner. thousands of jobs arabia is britain's biggest trading partner. thousands ofjobs depend on it. in the post—brexit world, britain is looking to boost lies like this one. saudi arabia is looking forforeign like this one. saudi arabia is looking for foreign investment to find jobs for its overwhelmingly young population. when crown prince by it beats leaders today, his message will be saudi arabia is open for business. but this will always bea for business. but this will always be a controversial one. we'll have more on that visit in a news briefing shortly. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. the trial of ahmed hassan begins in london — he faces two charges in relation to the parsons green terror attack last year. the european court o

facilitating no point having military advisors there britain support saudi arabia its right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including riyadh this is rejoining can. the right to reduce crime looting in what the united nations sais is evidence of war crimes but the u.n. calls yemen the worst manmade humanitarian crisis in modern history and it says over twenty two million people are in dire need for humanitarian aid last year there were almost a million suspected cases of cholera and twice as many children acutely malnourished . now the news and it is groups and riot police clashed in the greek city if there so long nikki on saturday night. i. was the clashes erupted after two thousand protesters from across the balkan region marched through thessalonica in protest against nationalism dozens of mass protesters threw petrol bombs at officers police responded with tear gas and stun grenades reports suggested balkan anarchist groups came together after far right nationalists allegedly burned down a building occupied by anti fascist activists in testimony came in ja

yemen. here's our security correspondent frank gardner. touching down in britainbilson man being greeted by borisjohnson hammered bilson man being greeted by boris johnson and others. hammered bilson man being greeted by borisjohnson and others. —— crown prince mohammed bin salman. a lavish public relations campaign has alerted londoners to his visit. but so alerted londoners to his visit. but so too has this, anti—war protesters say the prince has blood on his hands for saudi led air strikes in yemen. they want the government to stop defence sales to saudi arabia. defence and security contracts dominate trade with the uk. they are worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of britons but in neighbouring yemen, saudi led air strikes on who the rebels have been blamed for mounting civilian casualties, which prompted a question in parliament this morning over whether with a poor human rights record, saudi arabia is a suitable ally. as she makes her arms sales pitch, will see also call the crown prince to stop the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? th

the room and on that issue of yemen one of things that jerry coburn raised was the fact that germany for instance into. suspended on south to saudi arabia where as britain is continuing them on the issue of yemen what kind of leverage does she really have or does the u.k. have well in terms of cutting down the human disaster that's taking place there i don't think a great deal despite her claim that it was because she had raised the issue that the ports were opened and now some aid is getting through the interesting thing is that at the same time when germany stopped its arms sales british sales absolutely went through the roof it is the largest recipient of british arms sales of all the other recipients combined and this is the timing is interesting because this is just as the united states senate is beginning to consider a war bill that would actually give them the chance of stopping arms sales so in many ways threesome is an excellent position to exert quite a bit of leverage on this you mentioned as we first started then the issue of a deal of perhaps international anxiety about the the kind of economic stability of saudi arabia the context of peopl

listen in to what boris johnson has to say about yemen >> it's vital we bring this appalling conflict, which has inflicted so much suffering to an end britainrts saudi arabia's right to defend its national securit security against missile attacks from yemen, many targeting cities like riyadh any solution to the conflict must ensure that saudi arabia no longer faces this cross-border security threat. >> in spite of those questions in terms of the ethics of selling 1$1.1 billion in 2017 t saudi arabia that has not stopped the government and prime minister theresa may from committing to 65 billion pounds in the near future over the next ten years in terms of cross-border investment, economic opportunities and the security dynamic we'll wait to hear more over the next couple of days in terms of what happens next for the crown prince and previewing his visit to the united states that's coming up in a couple weeks. >> you're standing on a busy intersection there various buses and taxis driving past you >> little too near the traffic >> i know you're standing in front of the house what should we expect to hear from the house later today >> this is

opposition job in some months visits as well as how britain has cozied up to the saudis opponents accuse the saudis of killing thousands of civilians in yemen as well as committing widespread human rights abuses at home the leader of the opposition labor party germy corben has called for a halt on all weapon sales with several other members of parliament also against m.b.'s his visit i think most people in this country and many following terry's probably majority of voluntary and do not welcome this this despeaux in this country and in a good mistake there's a lot is to get an audience with our head of state i think sends all the wrong signals it's legitimizing an illegitimate regime a despotic regime and we need to do better britain needs to do better. at a media conference by the stop the war coalition organizers announced a protest outside the prime minister's home in downing street they want to send the message to been said man and his hosts that this by the p.r. campaign patrolling him as a reformist they believe the saudi regime is an oppressive one the argument about reform management being salmond is a reformer is a spin and the mos

foreign policy today britain de facto supports what damascus calls terrorism it supports saudi bombing of yemen even inviting a saudi prince to london next week when it comes to oil interests in order to the pentagon it seeks the overthrow of governments one in particular venezuela the nation with the world's largest known resources of oil a march in support of president maduro is shed ewald in london for ten days time with dora's foreign minister.

yemen one of the people we spoke to was the labor m.p. chris williamson the british military advisors to be involved but sixty two a whole new level and and frankly trampling on britain's reputation. as a nation the stance of the human rights we've got no place it seems to me selling arms to saudi arabia and certainly we should not be participating in facilitating the role why having military advisors there now since the saudi bombardment of yemen began in two thousand and fifty the u.k. has sold over four and a half billion pounds worth of weapons while the us. is still worth over one hundred ten.

yemen. as saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman rounded off a trip to the uk tonight, his country has signed a letter of intent to buy 48 more typhoon fighters from bae systems. britainhts groups for arming saudi arabia at the same time as mr bin salman, prince bin salman, one of the architects of the yemen war is portrayed by his country's media as the kingdom's best hope for human rights, reform and renewal. today's announcements about the planes followed meetings with theresa may, boris johnson and the queen. earlier, i spoke to sherard cowper coles, formerly british ambassador to saudi and former consult to bae. i asked him if this deal was good news for people in factories across the uk. yes, good news for the british economy, but also good news for british influence in the middle east. good news for our relationship with saudi arabia. good news for a britain leaving the european union, still to be a player in this sort of area. and the question you have to ask is, if we hadn't gone ahead with this order, what would have happened to our relationship? but also, where else would they have gone? but if the uk hadn't gone ahead, would it in a sense have cleaner hand