arab emirates calling for a popular uprising to restore independence of south yemen is yemen had it into complete collapse. i hope no three i think the. situation is very serious and deteriorating by the day because you know serious action has been taken by either the government of yemen or by the international community and the sponsors of the peace in yemen and because of the loss of direction and loss of ability to and that has turned to the basics of all these conflicts and. the many layers and the conflicts since the situation is deteriorating and will continue to do so yes unfortunately the issue of the demonstrations and the issue of the humanitarian issues are very serious at the moment but. i think they are already flexion of the was the most of the hope of a new solution coming forward and then into the hostilities in the cove that exists now in the country so how does the emirate support for the separatists go along with the united arab emirates military backing of press and how does government in the fight against the rebels how can they support what is called the legiti

the ongoing humanitarian crisis taking place in the war torn country of yemen it appears that after crunching the numbers journalist ben norton and fairness and accuracy in reporting have uncovered that m s m b c did not run a single segment the voted specifically to yemen in the entire second half of twenty seventeen and that in all of twenty seventeen m s n b c only aired one broadcast on the us backed saudi air strikes that have killed thousands of yemenis civilians and it never mention the impoverished nations colossal cholera epidemic which infected more than one million yemenis in the largest outbreak in recorded history. look i'm sorry i'm as a b c but for a purported mainstream global news channel with a liberal bias one can easily argue that that is a pretty significant miss in your broadcast day especially considering the direct involvement of united's of the united states in the destruction of yemen through supplying weapons logistics and revealing capabilities to the saudi air force and their relentless bombing runs that are taking place inside the country even to this d

war against yemen and why arming the can bring is a recipe for disaster as well as the return to trade wars. across talking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and we have dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with spook nick international originally crossed locals in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it first of all we have to go to putin's speech on russia returning to nucular parity with the united states and we have to comment about the erosion of arms control regimes that are very important you know mark and looking at the major cable stations in the broadsheets they don't give much of a background why this speech was given and its significance go ok well there's two speeches the first part of the speech was a domestic state of the union speech saying this is what i've accomplished in my years in office so far this is what we haven't accomplished this is where we want to go this is our obstacles and this is how we think we can get there and it was a very good the majo

and co talks to a nobel peace prize winner about the humanitarian catastrophe in yemen still to. come to sophie and sophie shevardnadze as former get money president killed by his once a country's civil war takes an unexpected turn. and that is well ok to. hundreds of thousands of starvation what is official hold for yemen well i asked about call karma on a famous yemeni political activist and nobel peace prize winner. the civil war in yemen has seen a new bloody twist next president saleh killed by his former allies the battle lines are being violently drawn once again what will bring to the ravaged country. an opening for peace. in the stalemate of war and the law and starving civilians have to wait before the guns fall silent. got among the many journalists an activist winner of the nobel peace prize welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. yemen's former president has been killed by his former allies they who face the alliance between them which fought the saudi led coalition is no more sallys deaths good for yemen or is it only going to make situation worse. fir

and american bombs that are killing civilians in yemen and for yet fake news what about fake history we speak to the director of a reason forget about the real life rambo training the cia to kill innocent civilians in south america and expose the u.s. government drug smuggling in southeast asia plus why a british prisons left short shank redemption and more monty python we'll ask a former prisoner what life is like in the u.k. jail system one which even tony blair's for the lord chancellor charlie for says is in crisis all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first it's exactly one week since the death of a homeless man was reported in the center of the city of bristol in the southwest of england found unconscious just outside a devon is department store emergency services including police and paramedics were called. old but despite their best efforts he died shortly afterwards reportedly he had suffered serious injuries and was in the doorway of the store the thing is that just over a year ago another homeless man michael angle was found dead in the same area it was

british backed saudi bombers began to drop on yemen leaving thousands of civilians killed and tens of millions of people in need of humanitarian aid in the poorest country in the middle east coming up on the show three years on why is the british on the war in yemen still barely making the headlines we speak to the regional director of unicef middle east north africa here about the burying of the world's worst humanitarian crisis and does the largest ever higher education strike in british history mean no u.k. graduates in twenty eighteen professor julian style of russia london's renowned court talks to us about the liberal blog of education and teaching will ask is outside the club plus. we speak to the pirate radio d.j. played by philip seymour hoffman in the book the wrong about breaking the law to circumvent multi-billion dollar record company control and state by beijing b.b.c. censorship although some more coming up in today's going underground but first one thousand and ninety five days five billion pounds in arms sales and millions of yemenis at risk for three years going unde

sleep was riddance repeat half a world away in the war torn country of yemen thousands gathered on monday in the city of sadat to bury fifty one people including forty children lost their lives after a saudi u.a.e. coalition air strike took out a school bus she isn't more grand but why should why should that make me put down my latte or to. it off my ear buds us well i mean innocent children now dead for one but if that's still not enough how about innocent children now dead thanks to us hardware yes your us tax dollars help pay once again for the killing of innocent kids. how you feel about your petty office politics now according to hussein al bhakti another independent journalist working in yemen in this interesting piece of great hardware was allegedly discovered at the scene of the bus strike which later u.s. journalist ben norton researched and discovered to be a piece of the u.s. military industrial complex at its finest norton tweeted it's a u.s. made m k eighty two guided bomb which has been used in previous attacks on yemeni civilians the cage code on the bomb is lockheed

regarding yemen that was proposed by russia has been adopted unanimously on monday russia vetoed a draft resolution tabled by the u.k. that condemned iran over actions in yemen so use american reports. russia's draft resolution has passed unanimously in the security council today they met to discuss the ongoing situation in yemen and to vote on two rival draft resolutions one proposed by the u.k. and the other by russia of a u.k. draft resolution called for quote additional measures against iran over accusations that it violated an arms embargo now this came after u.n. experts said in january that iranian military equipment was brought in to yemen after the arms embargo was imposed but also stated that they were unable to verify the supplier and russia's draft resolution called for the renewal of sanctions until february twenty nine hundred but did not mention iran the russian ambassador called for political dialogue and expressed the need for the u.n. to come closer he also explained the reasoning behind the veto let's take a quick look i will be frank the wording advanced in the britis

your monday headlines just. unfortunately the united nations security council in his approach to yemen is only to listen to the speech of envoys it affords as many months or two months and then that is until tuesday when we expect the erroneous and i mean put him into present tense in the security council would make their statements which are always ready to . join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see that. something seems wrong long haul just don't call. me. yet to stamp out just a constant that's ok and in games from it because the trail. runs on let me find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. it's good to have you with us today a high school marching bands performance in the u.s. state of mississippi has sparked anger by students and acted holding police when at gunpoint a picture showed members of forest hills band dressed up as doctors and nurses and armed with toy guns the performance was delivered during a high school football game officials meanwhile have s

people of yemen not the people of yemen who died under saudi arabia's and yammer audi's indiscriminate bombardment of a country place. that it. will. come to call russia no one has ever no one has ever had a country never even heard about most. played club at least slightly play play play play play play. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the ultra rich eight point six percent market stock thirty percent most last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per circuit first second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one of the one business shows you can't afford to miss. one can only. imagine that being six thirty five and ever but a career and a career involves using your i phone in your computer and things like that in an office and perhaps she started gettin

to push the pentagon to investigate american soldiers involvement in interrogations in yemen's secrets torture prison plus. israel's that supremes called green light for the continued use of lethal military force against unarmed palestinians in the gaza strip eighty six palestinians were injured on friday in the eighth week of anti occupation protests. and muscles and war throws off seattle and west coast of america a test positive for opioids highlighting just spoke of a national prescription drug prices in the new weapons. this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow and welcome to the program this hour now our top story donald trump's historic summit with north korea's kim jong un scheduled for june and single poor might be back on track once again the apparent u. turn comes after the white house called off the meeting on thursday. we'll see what happens to the well we thought that they very much want to do it we'd like to see what. everybody plays here you know that you know that better than anybody. well the world continues to come to terms with donald t

reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is a party continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian outcry. on sunday is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior to see drove the santo also helps christianity in moscow. thank you for watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow. a full state of mass pro-government rallies has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been on marches to show their support for the country's leaders these come in response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. that was. on friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the mayor saying that terror on should be left alone to deal with its own internal affairs well that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nat

pakistan somalia and yemen the drug strikes have resulted in numerous civilian casualties in every country involved in the campaign for example in yemen up to two hundred civilians have been killed in u.s. led drone attacks. jonathan shafi from the new foreign policy group think tank believes civilians in the area should be concerned about the development. billions in need of gold not just of it i say we should be concerned about the kind of damage that these drones can do and we've seen a new minister cations hundreds actually over the years civilians have been killed and of course that he action from the local population is what you would expect one of anger and one that wants to see these drones and if the country that the u.s. claims is going to bring the region closer to paste you see any any sort of a lid to tea within that plane. i think the problem with us is of course that's always the claim that was a claim with afghanistan of which they're still not quote they claim you can even go all the way back to vietnam of course this is always the public relations clean and the re

. the war in yemen is getting more complicated by the day with an imminent humanitarian disaster looming over the warring factions can anything be done or is it too late today i talked to a former foreign minister of yemen. the war in yemen is taking a new turn. for the red cross to sell corning for a bird to shoot of the country while the saudi led blockade is threatening yemen with full fledged famine. any kind of solution we reached at this point is a military victory possible for any warring sides and what are the ways out of the current stalemate. dr abu bakar of. the former foreign minister of yemen welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now dr s. this situation in yemen wasn't complicated and now the protests have now broken out in the south of the country where the south a transitional council supposedly backed by the united arab emirates calling for a popular uprising to restore independence of south yemen is yemen had it into complete collapse. i hope no three i think the. situation is very serious and deteriorating by the day because you know serious

having their homes destroyed in yemen is a very different message message it sends to venice but they're human rights don't matter message it sends to vend is that their lives are of less importance than profits for b. systems when i'm sure you i don't know whether you go to say that the royal air force. trainers are training. saudis to do it there is should they disobey their order we don't believe they should be taking part in training programs because they're ordered to where there's a beer is i mean if you. want to do so is more of a point we would make the u.k. has been utterly complicit in the destruction of yemen from day one it has the u.k. government is not against as it is giving aid to yemen but the treeview case has given so many to yemen and we hope that but it is reaching people in need but the key point is the u.k. is also licensed almost five billion pounds worth of fighter jets and bombs to do so in some bombardment began and there is no question that results have been devastating even borders johnson has called it the worst humanitarian crisis in the world yes a

over missing journalists should some argue attention directed. to yemen where humanitarian crisis is becoming critical. kindergarten faces an outcry for promoting itself as a nursery school with quote. joining us this evening this is r.t. international. a guy. and a bomb attack on a college in crimea has left nineteen people dead more than seventy others injured it was carried out by a student to later committed suicide which is investigative committee says the explosion occurred in the college canteen and the device was packed with metal objects here is the moment of the attack obtained by our video agency ruptly. i think it was the reverse of what i look at i picked it up when i. looked at it right at the school over there. what. i was going. to correspondent is in crimea and brings us details of how the tragic events unfolded. it began as an you wouldn't read day at this college in carriage with students faculty going about classes fitting the cafeteria going about their meals when an improvised explosive device or bomb detonated in the cafeteria on the first floor was apparently

aid to the gulf kingdom more often in yemen something the white house adamantly opposes. ninety extends beyond our. current christine paint. a sexual abuse survivor in the u.k. calls for a change in the role of the man who raped her is told about possible access to her son when as a result of the assault. on the best protesters in france are planning another series of rallies against president mccomas fuel tax increase on french police voiced their demands for more support. for the situation on the ground might be very different but according to the information we have here everything is correct and the problems happen when management does not understand the risks we have taken on location because they sitting in their office. there is midday here in moscow where i view watching this there's a welcome to news update from the international with me calling bright first for you this hour the u.s. senate and the white house of locke homes over america's support for saudi arabia senators are demanding that the government end military aid to the saudi led war effort in yemen here's ho

gulf war effort in yemen something the white house . also at this hour. remind me is to be interrupted by the council. on course to take on train telegrams it's revealed a serial rapist can apply for access to a child he faltered in one of the offenses he was jailed for the woman he impregnated when she was fifteen is not calling for a change in the new cases legal system to protect people in her situation. yellow face protesters in france are planning another series of rallies against president fuel tax increase while police voice heard the my as for war. the situation on the ground might be very different but according to the information we have here everything is correct and the problems happen when management is not understand the risks we are taking on location because the city. whenever you're tuning in from rights a run the world this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know neal good to have your company in our top story the u.s. senate's on the white house have locked horns over america's support for saudi arabia senators are demanding the government

wedding party in yemen that bombing killed at least twenty people and injured dozens more some reports suggest that as many as fifty people might have been killed and i must warn you the video that we're about to show you what you might well find this distressing to watch a small seven year old boy is seen clinging to his father's body the set of trouble from another part of the country to attend those celebrations the man's body was reportedly the very last to be taken away following the ice truck because the boy wouldn't let go if and many of the victims were women and children. i was the bridegroom on those our friends gathered in our place and were hit by a near strike many in some people were killed and injured. this is my nephew who was injured last night by the airstrike he's two brothers were killed. and we made contact with a number of humanitarian organizations to get their response human rights watch said that saudi arabia continues to target civilians and refuses to adequately investigate or compensate the victims condemned the attack and called for an investigation

blockading the port despite a bar of international criticism. the only way for those in the west and yemen to receive humanitarian support vital supplies the saudi led coalition claims there who are using this port to receive iranian supplied weapons. well the saudi military incursion into yemen now in its fourth year we understand over twenty two million people in the country have been displaced during this time. sophie shevardnadze discusses the most recent developments in yemen with former yemeni foreign minister you can watch that in full on our website but for now a preview. the coalition is mounting an offensive on the only port left and who see hands dissociate it press is writing that cutting his off the ocean will mean famine death for millions why does the coalition resort to something so medieval as a flood located in the side against. you know i think bouquets of oil has been unfortunately successful. the actually have the impact on the of a deep water so this outlet forces have been accused by the un of causing enormous civilian suffering so i talked to him or his palm and spe

city's main hospital yemen's health ministry is clear on who it thinks is to blame that. the health ministry strongly condemns the crime of targeting the hospital in the fishermen's market in the. streets bruce full responsibility is the united nations and its organizations and the international community have remained silent in the freeze of the gratian from the american israeli the coalition in the sunni allies and their crimes for more than two thousand two hundred twenty days ago and. that the saudi led coalition has been at war with the rebels since march twenty fifteen when it sided with the government done joined the civil conflict since the intervention the un say's the situation in yemen has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis and aid organizations are struggling. the great recession is very. destructive to still think. of. the pollution. in terms of. all of us and the international community if they don't. see that it's been many. will not. there when we. are going to. do. through the duty should be to use to reason. so the arabia and the us have enjoyed wide mili

stuff the reason that it will need a right. the u.n. reports that the conflict in yemen escalated significantly just over this weekend of fourteen million people are facing a pre famine conditions and what follows is a tragic story of one little girl who was caught up in the war. why i'm a mouse mother our situation is getting worse and we're suffering from malnutrition and passed away from malnutrition after twenty days in hospital one of my neighbors call to say that one of my children was sick i dragged my daughter and one home after two days she died of malnutrition and her brother is also l. before she died and left her brothers at home and then with her to hospital but she died on the way her father went to borrow money for her burial my cetacean is better my hope has gone after him out on it. despite the fact that she was sick i loved her more than her brothers whatever she needed i did my best to bring that to her but i had no money to send her to or santa in apps finally i brought her to hospital after disease had taken. out a has mother according to her mother she was ab

taking place in the war torn country of yemen it appears that after crunching the numbers journalist ben norton and fairness and accuracy in reporting have uncovered that m s m b c did not run a single segment the voted specifically to yemen in the entire second half of twenty seventeen and that in all of twenty seventeen m s n b c only aired one broadcast on the us backed saudi air strikes that have killed thousands of yemenis civilians and it never mention the impoverished nations colossal cholera epidemic which infected more than one million yemenis in the largest outbreak in recorded history. look i'm sorry and as a v.c. but for a purported mainstream global news channel with a liberal bias one can easily argue that that is a pretty significant miss in your broadcast day especially considering the direct involvement of united's of the united states in the destruction of yemen through supplying weapons logistics and revealing capabilities to the saudi air force and the relentless bombing runs that are taking place inside the country even to this day. so let's do what m.s.n. b.c. a

. understanding video from yemen leaves humanitarian groups on the public stand with this week's selling coalition or a strike on a school bus in yemen the raid claimed the lives of twenty nine children dozens more were injured.

million twenty two point two million people in yemen are in need of humanitarian assistance so why are the u.s. and u.k. so committed to the saudi u.a.e. war on yemen. s s s s. i exclaimed . question of a call it's a decisive victory over egypt in the world cup after a nail biting game and three won. on the russian side it's clear the old piece that the party will be massive undoubtedly the atmosphere is building up already a lot of people here a lot of jubilation. you know watching out internationally live from studio with me . welcome into special coverage of the world's fastest who has pulled out another victory over qualifying for the knockout stages of the world cup a softer they beat egypt three one we've been keeping an eye on the game with a format and not just a nice goalkeeper peter schmeichel joined by our team's field hockey. playoffs peter truckle all qualify for the knockout stages it would take a reckless turnaround of like saudi arabia winning seven million in the next two much is not going to happen now a good evening no it's not going to happen oh i mean it would be t

britain's continued all of the campaign in yemen. as a new poll finds nearly half of those quizzed in the u.k. are unaware a war even exists that. is that we could hear a lot international with me in a day or two to all round up all of our top stories of the last seven days on the latest up to date news welcome to the program. china's president has raised the specter of a potential conflict after instructing the country's military to be ready for war but how much of this is merely posturing. takes a closer look so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect that's their thing their game make their incredibly careful reserved at least with their tongues so when the chinese president orders his military to prepare for war serious indeed. the military to concentrate on the bouncy revenues for war the chinese are preparing for war out loud how oh how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs it's sanctions his trade war he's also being very heavy handed congress has just approved a seco

over the u.s. saudi arabia with the senate calling to stop the war effort in yemen on the. firm in its support also ahead. of me. today on train till it's revealed that british serial rapist can apply for access to a child he fathered in one of the offenses he was jailed for the woman he impregnated when she was just fifteen is calling for a change in the u.k.'s legal system to protect people in her situation. on the yellow vests protesters in france plan another series are probably president mccollum's fuel tax increase while french police they may be given more support. the situation on the ground might be very different but according to the information we have here everything is correct and the problems happen when management does not understand the risks we are taking on location because they're sitting in their office. around the clock across the world this is your are international from the team and myself you know no male alone welcome to our top story the u.s. senate and the white house have locked horns over america's support for saudi arabia senators are demanding the gov

reportedly continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian i cry one person is believed dead and today. the word just a few moments at christmas is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world are not included in russia where we just saw president putin joining the service the christ the savior cathedral in moscow these are live pictures from the center of orthodox christianity we'll go live to our correspondent in. for a feeling of how things have been going on there for the last hour. we are churning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto our team international good to have your company i mean and only a fourth day pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day opera icing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. i. look. well on friday night the united nations security council on washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticize

somalia and yemen the drug strikes have resulted in numerous civilian casualties in every country involved in the campaign for example in yemen up to two hundred civilians have been killed in u.s. led drone attacks.

. oh no thank you i believe that category of you led us back crisis in yemen is continuing to get ignored by most of our media naomi hear obama is outside the saudi embassy with more on this story saying . it's time for an update on the saudi war on yemen the poorest country in the middle east and this is the first you're hearing of it there is a forty year long war on yemen and there is a head up your ass and it's probably been there for more than four years many americans suffer from this head of a demick which is the most severe at m.s.m. be seen headquarters where in all twenty seventeen and seventy see only aired one broadcast on the us back saudi air strikes that have killed thousands of yemenis civilians and ran nearly five thousand percent more segments that mention russia however m.s.m. b.c.s. credit they did devote significant airtime to an investigation into the business of boy bands backstreet boys are actually still together show they are there twenty years together. i guess who want to answer that right there a man band. but does a backstreet boy know he can really t

washington should stop supporting saudi arabia's incursion in yemen it comes after the un described the situation in yemen as the world's worst manmade humanitarian disaster almost ten thousand people have died in the conflict with twenty two million in need of a and most of the country's key infrastructure has just been obliterated we talked to one man who lost his family in a saudi coalition air strike. this is one of the fall in children what are these children guilty. where is the organization for human rights these are children's toys here is the mother of these children if the saudis call themselves men they should fight against men fighters fairly. these are the remains of innocent children what are they guilty of king of saudi arabia where are the other arab countries where are the muslim countries where is the organization for human rights here are the remains of babies that have been torn apart. a recent human rights watch report documented six saudi coalition attacks that led to the death of thirty three children at the end of twenty seventeen in riyadh had promised to re

saudi led coalition in yemen saying it's justified at this fighting al qaeda we look at how washington's approach in the region is not always unified. people here are. pretty upset though for what it's worth i've been a very long time hillary supporter it was a shock to her all of us the results of the election and a link to video google's top executives reveal their true thoughts on donald trump's twenty sixteen election win raising questions over political bias. a very warm welcome you're watching r t international with me nikki arran top story murderers having a holiday from hell and makes the case against them even stronger that's just a taste of the reaction it's great to be interviewed to r.t. of the two russians accused of carrying out the nerve agent poisoning in the u.k. city of souls bri the pair came forward and spoke to artie's editor in chief margarita simonyan on thursday. we. it wasn't even in the my been to leave when you called me on my cell phone and told me that you are a slumber shooter from the looks on the patrol and that all of us are we if you really

the capital of the country that shows that it is the will of the people of yemen that prevents them from doing so that shows that the resistance against the saudis and the americans is illegitimate and popular resistance but that's something that they don't want to see because that makes c.n.n. that makes the new york times the guardian the b.b.c. all of them run against their own government if they point these out that humiliates their own government position charles i have noticed that what scant coverage there is on the cable stations the iran card is always almost always played for so ok and there is not the not not there isn't a willingness to admit it or serious war crimes are being committed and i'd like to point out that the who these also have been accused of that in all fairness. but this is a very tragic conflict that again you know what is the endgame here because i mean we're just reading the stats i mean this is a country a humanitarian situation that is winding down very whiney out of control in a very serious way i mean cholera i mean something that is virtually wipe

migration. in yemen the port city of how data is reportedly hit by an aerial bombardment days after u.n. brokered truce was reached as a new report says the number of those killed in the conflict has been grossly underestimated. and four people killed a dozen injured invited attack when a gunman opened fire in a crowded christmas market the suspect was later killed by police. the latest developments and i look back at the last seven days you're watching the weekly here on r.t. and still with me. welcome to the program. the b.b.c. has told our team it was reasonable for its news team to hunt for any connection between russia and the l. of s. protestors in france after one of its reporters said her editors were quote demanding blood over the issue peter oliver investigates over the last five weeks we've seen france engulfed by violence as people come out on to the streets to say they simply can't afford to live on the french president's money well michael i. but there's also a standard trope that's being rolled out all of the problems here in france taxes people's character really man

break and after a short break that short break we'll continue our discussion on yemen state with r.t. . this is says harlan kentucky. boy says he was very funny. a co money since he was almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal mines just said i'd. love to see these people the survivors of disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happening it's happened. welcome to maximize are plentiful survival guide. looking forward to a year that's without. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain. you watch kaiser report. welcome back to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the tragedy known as yemen. ok let me go back to countering on skype in brighton well as we've already pointed out on this program when you put it quite definitively in the first part of the program. the people of yemen do not want to be occupied they're proven over the la

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle yemen and the politics of denial and to see the trump administration's continued support of the saudi led war is morally indefensible and strategically counterproductive blaming iran for the humanitarian crisis in yemen only insurer's more suffering this time to and this senseless complex. talking yemen i'm joined by my guest giorgio he is the c.e.o. of gulf state analytics a washington d.c. based geo political risk consultancy and in norman we cross to joshua landis he is the director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated joshua let me go to you first and norman can you explain something to me and this is something the president of the united states donald trump said on november twentieth of this year quote the country of iran as an example is responsible for a bloody proxy war against saudi arabia in yemen then he further says on the other hand saudi arab

four million twenty two point two million people in yemen are in need of humanitarian assistance so why are the u.s. and u.k. so committed to the saudi u.a.e. war on yemen. this is says harlan kentucky. all in this movie the voices of the street families leave. a co money city with almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal was it said i'd. love to see these people as survivors of a world disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in the million years i would see that and it's how it's happened. please. let me. put it. to you. because. this is. what does society do when someone commits a horrific act of violence. for centuries seeking justice was a community affair. and disproportionate blame fell on the poor mentally disabled and people of color. in the eighteen hundreds some capital offenses were targeted specifically at slaves the stablish in a racial bias that continues today. executions reached a historic peak in the one nine hun

strategy. dozens of families are in mourning in yemen after a saudi airstrike hit a school bus killing twenty nine children u.s. state department called on the coalition to investigate but underlined that saudi arabia is a key regional partner we call in the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry and the data for targeting to the saudis so that. sorry no lie wrong is that wrong sorry of these ladies every hear a laughing. and that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states video of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of children's injuries and please be warned that the video that we're about to show you. strike hit the north of the country which was under the control of the rebels saudi arabia launched an intervention against them in two thousand and fifteen and the latest u.n. data says that the majority of people killed in the conflic

another deadly. strike that hit a school bus in yemen on thursday the red cross ses twenty nine children were killed thirty others injured all of them under the age of fifteen the u.s. state department called on the coalition to investigate but underlying too that saudi arabia is a key regional partner we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry and then the data for targeting to the saudis so that . sorry no lie wrong is that wrong sorry of these ladies every hear laughing. and that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states. well video of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of the children's injuries and please be warned what we're about to show is upsetting for some to watch the strike hit the north of the country which is under the control of the rebels so the arabiya launched an intervention against them in twenty three th

washington should stop supporting saudi arabia's incursion in yemen it comes after the un described the situation in yemen as the world's worst man made humanitarian disaster almost ten thousand people have died in the conflict with twenty two million in desperate need of aid we talked to a man who lost his family in one saudi led air strike. this is one of the full in children what are these children guilty. where is the organization for human rights of another these are children's toys here is the mother of these children it is the saudis call themselves men should fight against men let them fight us fairly. these are the remains of innocent children what are they guilty of sound on the theme of saudi arabia where are the other arab countries where are the muslim countries where is the organization for human rights here are the remains of babies that have been torn apart. every cent of human rights watch report documented six saudi led attacks that led to the deaths of thirty three children now at the end of twenty seventeen in riyadh had promised to reduce civilian casualties human r

draconian measures. saudi airstrike has killed forty civilians in yemen most of them children according to local sources over seventy others were reportedly wounded strike at a school bus and a marketplace warning you may find the upcoming images disturbing going to the red cross twenty nine children were killed all of them under the age of fifty forty eight of the people were injured including thirty children strike at the north of the country which is under the control of the rebels arabiya and intervention against them back in twenty fifteen an official statement defended the attack in the queues the rebels of using children as human shields. the targeting today is a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to target the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them the school bus bombing has been met with outrage in the united states senator chris murphy tweeted that the united states bears responsibility for the deaths he pointed out that the us supplies weapons to s

ending the gulf kingdom's war effort in yemen something the white house opposes also i had this. remind me as being are going to counseling to apply focus today on train till night a serial rapist is told he can access a child he fathered in one of the offenses he was jailed for in the u.k. the woman he impregnated when she was fifteen just are calling for a change in britain's legal system to protect people in person to a shooting. yellow vests protesters in from planning another series of rallies against president mike rawlings fuel tax increase while the police force their demands for more so. the situation on the ground might be very different but according to the information we have here everything is correct and the problems happen when management does not understand the risks we are taking only cation because they're sitting in their office. twenty four hour news live from the russian capital this is r.t. international my names you know neal hello and welcome. the u.s. senate and the white house have locked horns over america's support for saudi arabia senators are demanding the

prisons i don't want my. and hundreds rally in london against the sound of that bombing of yemen as readouts crown prince arrives in the u.k. on an official visit. thank you for joining us here totty international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate. british police say they're treating an incident involving a former russian spy and his daughter as attempted murder the country's top counterterrorism officer says. and you would deliberately targeted with a nerve agent both remain critically ill london's assistant police commissioner mark riley has given a statement on the case as police reports. was quite unusual was that he was with the country's chief medical officer as well dame sally davis giving you a bit of an indication how seriously they're taking this he said this is a major incident and they have determined that it's attempted murder by administration of a new agent who was put in a position to be. more as a result of exposure. will not be providing credit for most. of the executives of this has been identified he said that public safety remains a priority and for any co

threatens hundreds of thousands with starvation what is official hold for yemen well i asked karma on a famous yemeni political activist and nobel peace prize winner. the civil war and see the new blood of twist president saleh killed by his former allies in the battle lines are being violently withdrawn once again what will the new realignment bring to the ravaged country. an opening for peace. in the stalemate of war and the law and starving civilians have to wait before the guns fall silent. among the many journalists an activist winner of the nobel peace prize welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. yemen's former president has been killed by his former allies they who face the alliance between them which fought a saudi led coalition is no more is sally's death good for yemen or is it only going to make situation worse. first of all thank you sophie and for r.t. for. inviting me to this program. it's a really tragic and the x. rays event highly son. and we. we didn't wish this and for him we made a great peaceful revolution and forced him to leave the authori