and the philippines countries which initially had lax regulations to deal with the import of plastic and other waste but now these countries are fighting but militia is sending back 60 containers of waste imported illegally to where it came from and the philippines is shipping back $69.00 containers filled with waste back to canada this is the source of the diplomatic stink tons of rubbish shipped from canada labeled as recyclable but some fun turned out to be household waste for 5 years now it been rotting in philippine ports. environmental activists and government officials have long argued canada should take back its trash. but the canadian government. doesn't. draw diplomatic relations in the name of the elizabeth is important problem but this earlier this month the road plunged the 2 countries into a diplomatic incident as monella recalled top diplomats from canada. that the recall shows that we are very serious and asking them to get back they're going to be otherwise. severe relations with them. that triggered the canadian prime minister to we enter the mess. this is an issue

ways here in the philippines. they say it's unacceptable for rich powerful nations to dump on poor countries which often struggle to dispose of their own garbage the philippines has demanded canada take back its russian refuse they've been protests high level talks and last week government leaders in manila recalled the ambassador to canada after the canadians failed to meet a deadline for action that shows that we are. very serious and asking them to get back their garbage otherwise. seem very religious with them. a filipino court ordered canada to take back the trash in 25th dame the same year justin trudeau became canada's prime minister he promised to look into the matter then and in 2017 when he visited manila not enough for the philippines president to a greater detail say he even threatened war. lord it well. then i would advise. that you have got a big. bear is grounded if that. this is an issue that we have been working very closely with the pit officials in the philippines on over the past months very ha

after the opening of the rice market in the philippines. feel for their livelihoods. welcome to business asia want to get jones good to have you with us the u.s. china trade route enters a new chapter beijing has just announced it will impose tariffs on $60000000000.00 of u.s. goods from the 1st of june this comes just 3 days after washington doubled to duties on a raft of chinese exports and while the economic saber rattling continues u.s. consume us stands to foot the bill. fish textiles in footwear if they're made in china are about to get a lot more expensive for u.s. consumers. that's after the u.s. high duties on those goods to 25 percent more terrorist might be coming according to u.s. trade representatives president donald trump took to twitter to share his people that china would foot the bill for the new terrorists saying we will be taking in.

the philippines holds me tom elections widely seen as a bit of them on president drug to take. on issues hard mind sees all stranded is group on top. welcome to the dublin years a shop it's good to have you without. indians on sunday went to the polls in the 6th and 2nd last phase of the country's mamet's general elections water also took place in the capital delhi where the ruling party or the common man party is seeking to increase its tally of votes it's been credited with vastly improving the face of government funded school education in the city quite unlike other states in india where government funded schools are not saudis state the situation goes to the heart of the state of education in the country india has been spending less than 3 percent of its g.d.p. on education in the last 3 years the figure in 201718 was just 2.7 percent despite this education does not figure prominently as a major election issue in the country in delhi however things are different. this is how premier france is. getting a brand sunderland's rating to school. she's raised in ever since his mot

welcome back a feud between the philippines and count about over a waste disposal has escalated with manila recalling its ambassador and consuls that's after canada refused to take back tons of garbage shipped to the philippines back in 2013. that the cause shows that we are. very serious and asking them to get back they're going to be otherwise. severe relationships with them the dispute began in 2013 when a private canadian company shipped more than 100 containers of trash to the philippines it was later discovered they had been falsely labeled as containing recycled plastic when in fact they contained household waste in 2016 a philippines court ordered the company to take the rubbish back but it continues to languish in a landfill the move comes months after chinese authorities refuse to accept recyclable waste from the u.s. forcing it along with other western countries to rethink what they do with their trash will declare war against canada we can take them down i'll return the trash just wait and see i will advise canada that your garbage is on the way prepare a ground reception

president duterte is very popular here in the philippines, hejust won very popular here in the philippines, he just won a landslide mid—term election and got a lot of senators into the senate. we went to subic bay to talk to people to see how this story is panning out. for six years, it has been too long, and it is now the time to get the rubbish out. i am happy about it, you know, because in the philippines there is a lot of trash here already, so we don't need someone else's trash. i think president duterte did well, in that decision, to move the garbage back to canada, because it is the only president to do that. the philippines is now looking at other stories — rubbish from australia, rubbish from hong kong. we will also see this week that malaysia has come forward saying it wa nts to malaysia has come forward saying it wants to repatriate 3000 tons of waste back to origin countries. and we saw that china said no to mixed plastics, which has had a huge impact on this region. waste has started to move to other countries and now countries like the philippines and malaysia are saying

this is an issue that we have been working very closely with the pit officials in the philippines on over the past months very hard over the past weeks and we're going to continue to work on this. the issue of unwanted waste has washed up in malaysia to the government says it's cracking down on the enforce of non-biodegradable crush like the c.d.'s not. sending hundreds of tonnes of plastic back to the us you can see canada and other countries in the me whoever that send their ways to malaysia ways where those plastic ways or whatever ways we will send it back and we will fight back even though we are a small country we cannot be bullied by a developed countries. back in the philippines this vessel has come to return the trash to vancouver the canadians will shoulder the shipping costs $200000.00 us dollars the damage to diplomatic ties hard to quantify for more of this west or the problem i'm joined by larry she is the director of greenpeace philippines they're welcome. if i can just ask of the outset how is it possible for developed countries to keep sending their wares to southeas

in the philippines. is it time for another look at the world trade. plus. we look at the sometimes training. but still performing as drag queens. citizens. are performing. well. it's good to have you with us has become the garbage dump for the rest of the world environmentally that is increasingly the case this after china stopped accepting what it called for. until then china would accept up to 51 percent of the world's plastic scrap plastics that are classed as recyclable but are often contaminated china's refusal to accept directed the trash to countries such as malaysia thailand indonesia and the philippines countries which initially had lax regulations to deal with the import of plastic and other waste but now these countries are fighting back sending back 60 containers of waste imported illegally to where it came from and the philippines is shipping back 69 containers filled with wished back to canada. this is the source of the diplomatic stink tons of rubbish shipped from canada labeled as recyclable but in fact turned out to be household waste for 5

here in the philippines. they say it's unacceptable for rich powerful nations to dump on poor countries which often struggle to dispose of their own garbage the philippines has demanded canada take back its russian refuse they've been protests high level talks and last week government leaders in manila recalled the ambassador to canada after the canadians failed to meet a deadline for action that shows that we are. very serious and asking them to get back their garbage otherwise. serialisations with them. a filipino court ordered canada to take back the trash and 25th dame the same year justin trudeau became canada's prime minister he promised to look into the matter then and in 2017 when he visited manila not enough for the philippines president to a greater detail whose even threatened war. lord it well. 2 then i would advise. that you have got a big. bear is grounded if that. this is an issue that we have been working very closely with the pit officials in the philippines on over the past months very hard

here in the philippines. they say it's unacceptable for rich powerful nations to dump on poor countries which often struggle to dispose of their own garbage the philippines has demanded canada take back its russian refuse they've been protests high level talks and last week government leaders in manila recalled the ambassador to canada after the canadians failed to meet a deadline for action that shows that we are. very serious in asking them to get back their garbage otherwise. seem very religious with them. a filipino court ordered canada to take back the trash in 25th dame the same year justin trudeau became canada's prime minister he promised to look into the matter then and in 2017 when he visited manila not enough for the philippines president to a greater detail say he even threatened war. lord it well. then i would advise. that you have got a big. bear is grounded if that. this is an issue that we have been working very closely with the pit officials in the philippines on over the past months very har

and the philippines moves to end the trade in trash it's shipped $69.00 containers of stinking garbage that has stood in a port for 5 years back to canada to the philippines says it will no longer be a garbage dump for rich countries. i'm sumi so much kind of thank you for joining us u.s. secretary of state mike pump ale's european tour got off to a strange start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all in berlin they did agree that they had shared values but there was little beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of disagreement. it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. it is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear dea

between 2 long term holidays philippines and canada. tensions between the u.s. and germany are on the rise over the north's term 2 gas pipeline parlance that won't be counted by washington threatens. a meeting for america is acting in this case like germany is its colony thus this is something i don't want to happen and we need to prevent this it costs perlin is currently hosting an energy conference with the as approach to russian gas high on the agenda peter all of our reports from the event. been hearing here at this gas conference in berlin is that europe germany is where in particular needs a reliable source of energy that comes not from coal not from nuclear that the idea here in germany is to get away from well with nuclear by 2022 in coal by the end of 2030 s. by the end of the 2030 s. gas they say is the only way forward however what we are seeing is big opposition to that particularly coming from the united states senator ted cruz of texas has put forward a bill which could see extra sanctions put in place on those companies that are currently building

and the philippines recalled its ambassador from canada in a dispute over vast amounts of trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us all right we're going to start with some news just in a fighter jet crash in california what you're looking at right now are live pictures from the scene where an f. 16 went down near an air reserve base in marino valley to the east of los angeles again that's in california and what you're looking at is a warehouse and the hole in the roof of that warehouse the pilot ejected supposedly before the aircraft crashed into that site that you're looking at now he survived but his condition is unknown certainly interesting. our news room is following the information you're looking at what looks to be like a parachute that could possibly be from the pilot ejected from that scene our team is following the situation and of course we'll bring you more information as we know it but these are live pictures from the scene as we're getting them

on the philippines recalls it's a different county to also a failed to meet the deadline to take tons of falsely label trash shipped to the southeast asian country 2 years ago. good to have your company this evening this is. claimed to be the police have arrested 4 protesters who have been staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy in washington in protest against america's policies on the in this way it follows warnings from police who said the protesters were trespassing. civil really gathered outside defying police sanctions. correspondent rachel blevins has more from washington. police broke into the building this morning at a rest of the 4 remaining activists who were still inside now we're still waiting to confirm the status of those 4 activists i have seen reports that at least 2 of the activists were removed from the building earlier this morning by a police transport vehicle solution to leaving the scene exactly where they are and what charges they're facing now here at the embassy we know that police. reportedly entered the building around $930.00 this morning and so far we

popolls have closed in the philippines. a vote s seen as a referendum on duduterte and his crackdown on illegal drugs that has left thousands dead. campaigning for the eu parliamentary elections kickoff today. hundreds voting for members of the european parliament. our reporter will be onset to explain it all. beijing says it will not baback down a as wasashington escalatee trtrade war with new tariffs. the biggest film festival kicks off tomorrow on the french riviera. the scoop comoming up. sweden will reopen the allegations of rape into julian assange. he is serving 50 weeks for jumping bail in the u.k.. hisu.s. is seeking extradition for his role in a breach of classified data. >> h his legal worries began in 2010 when he was speaking at a conference in sweden. he met two women who accused him of rape. both encounters were consensual. he was questioned and never charged. interpoler 2010, issued a warrant for his arrest. raced more than 250,00000 euros. to smell thet fresh air of london again. as the founder of wikileaks

for the philippines recalls its ambassador from canada after all 2 were failed to meet the deadline to take back tons of trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago. good evening and welcome this is r.t. and. police have arrested 4 protesters who've been staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy in washington in protest against america's policies on venezuela follows warnings from the authorities who said that they were trespassing and protesters have already gathered outside the embassy defying police orders the demonstrators have been staging a sit in for more than a month after the u.s. withdrew its recognition of nicolas maduro as being venezuela's leader he said washington now recognizes the opposition leader wang why don't the heads of states the activists claim the madeira government has given them permission to stay in the building. the venezuelan foreign ministry has branded the u.s. sanctions illegal benjamin from the peace group code pink claims that the arrests are a violation of international law. we got an urgent call from the people inside it 19 this morning

also the philippines recalls its ambassador from canada failed to meet the deadline to take back tons of trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago. thanks for joining us this evening you're watching international. police have arrested 4 protesters who have been staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy in washington in protest against america's policy by this way followed warnings from the authorities who said they were trespassing america correspondent rachel blood has more from washington. please enter the building around 930 this morning but it wasn't until about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have been occupying the embassy for more than 3 weeks now and they say that their goal is to hold the building for the government of venice on president nicolas maduro despite the fact that the united states has recognized opposition leader $1.00 as the country's interim president now on monday we saw that police posted a notice on the door of the building and they said that any of th

a prominent philippines journalist is brought before court on libel charges. she says it's because of critical reporting on president duterte. i'm samantha simmonds in london. also in the programme: we speak to a lawyer who was a victim of the whatsapp cyber attack and track down the company which developed the software in israel. we meet the former monk who's now dispensing words of wisdom to 25 million online followers. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 5:30 in the morning in sri lanka, where the second night of curfew has not long ended. the authorities are trying to stop the violent attacks on muslim—owned homes and shops in areas north of the capital colombo. it's thought they are reprisals for the easter bombings that killed more than 250 people. shuba krishnan has the latest. mobs of men armed with sticks take to the streets. they're part of a growing number of anti—muslim rioters causing havoc in towns north of sri lanka's capital

because she writes about philippine president rodrigo to turkey came to a point when did there the himself would. bash me on camera there the kind of emboldened his own supporters to do you know bashing me online so. the death threats and read threads increased exponentially it's almost as if he's saying it's better for you to not gain my attention because once i have i'd be attention to you you could be humiliated. so he was like making an example out of not as critical reporting of the administration angered the president's supporters and the president himself to tear it to batter not a from cover of presidential events and i mean you can hear news outlet rappler is threatened with closure their c.e.o. has been barraged with lawsuits arrested twice and has posted thousands of dollars in bail political harassment threats of rape detention and unresolved media killings this kind of oppressive environment makes the philippines one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists to work in recently a list of journalists and human rights lawyers at large applauding to overthrow the

to launch or lace philippines or canada. a dispute about the building of a new church in a russian city that's collated into a standoff the spin going on now for several days following clashes between the opposing sides on the number of arrests even putin got involved he's more if a national has the details. this has been going on for some time already off to the authorities in russia as c.t.o. if you could in the east of moscow decided to build a new tour of st catharines cathedral on the city's main central square to marketing works 300th anniversary some people get really upset saying this will need to destroy one of the city's few green areas and on monday for the 1st time this discontent took to the streets following a call on social media some several 100 people gathered around a temporary fence marking the sport where the church is supposed to be build chanting we want to square. apparently at some point it went wild according to the region's governor the protesters managed to throw this fence they were arguing with t

is the next to feud between the philippines and canada over waste disposal that escalated in the week with manila recalling its ambassador and staff wednesday so after color they refused to take 100 shipping containers of household waste it said to the philippines back in 2030 . that 3 call shows that we are. very serious and asking them to get back they're going to be otherwise. severe relations with them issue it was later discovered that wasted being mislabeled as containing recyclable plastic in 2016 a court in the philippines ordered the canadian company to take the rubbish back but it continues to languish in the landfill site nonetheless then last month the philippines president stepped in and escalated the standoff will declare war against canada we can take them down i'll return the trash just wait and see i will advice canada that your garbage is on the way prepare grant reception eat it if you want to well back in 2017 the canadian prime minister said he was ready to try to work on a solution is now theoretically possible to get it back but there's still a number of questio

and the philippines recalled its ambassador from canada after all one fail to meet the deadline to take back the funds of falsely labeled trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago. you're watching r t international bring you your long news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. we start with breaking news here on our team to national as antiwar activists have confirmed to r.t. that they are now being evicted from the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. it comes after warnings from police and an eviction notice the protesters have been staging a sit in after the u.s. withdrew its recognition of nicolas maduro as venezuela's president and stead they now recognize the opposition leader 1.0 as head of state will now go live to ariel gold national co-director of code pink who is outside the embassy right now. what can you tell us about what's happening around you. well about 40 minutes ago we got a phone call from captain d.'s a popular resistance one at the embassy protect. the building for believe it's $37.00 days now that they were in fact the buildin

for years the philippine government has appealed for canada to take the trash back but canada said its own laws prevent that then the philippine government said he made 15 deadline for the waste to be sent back but nothing happened in response to the terror to recall the philippine ambassador and other diplomatic officials from . greenpeace says impoverished communities like this one in downtown manila are the ones who suffer the most from the disposal of hazardous waste waste wherever it goes. waster it is unacceptable because it impinges on the human rights of people who are at the receiving end of the waste so it violates their right to a healthy life and right to health right the livelihoods right to a proper living activist save the philippines is just one of the many countries in southeast asia that had become dumping rounds of talks like waste from developed countries this is why there is a growing pressure on the philippine government to impose a total ban on the importation of waste the malaysian government also says it will send back some $3000.00 metric tons of non-recyclabl

out in cash here in the philippines by. like a bank account holders who have control of the accounts on behalf of the fraud gangs for the syndicates and the money is then loan it is ultimately into cash. buy now wine brown believes his portfolio is valued at $5000000.00 and he wants to cash it in but there's a catch the scammers in manila tell him before he can sell his shares he needs to pay us tax the tax money was rather right how to.

out in cash here in the philippines by. like a bank account holders who have control of the accounts on behalf of the fraud gangs for the syndicates and the money is then laundered it ultimately into cash. by now wine brown believes his portfolio is valued at $5000000.00 and he wants to cash it in but there's a catch the scam is in manila tell him before he can sell his shares he needs to pay us tax the tax money was rather i thought of $1000.00 us dollars but i said i'd apply before you get that get this cash back from what will follow at once why i started to ask for money that i have to constantly come up with new why explaining why the.

the philippines holds me tom elections widely seen as a bit of them on the.

me to launch a lace philippines again at the. russian embassy in washington says u.s. intelligence may have staged a provocation that is after russian games designer was detained on suspicion of trying to export u.s. fighter jet manuals good to go faces up to 10 years in jail for allegedly smuggling arms documents and plotting against the u.s. government argues daniel hawkins picks up the story for us. conspiracy to smuggle classified documents and undercover sting operation on a trail leading to russia. for a classic james bond movie but for a leg to shouldn't go it's playing out in real life not on the silver screen with no hints of glamour the russian citizen is set to go on trial in august in the united states the charges are serious conspiring against the u.s. smuggling and violating almost export control laws no despite decades of stereotypes about russians missed the titian code isn't a secret agent or a spy many would label him a. uta nerd a guy whose passion and job was developing airplane flight simulators like this one . according to the manuals he wanted to

out in cash here in the philippines by. like a bank account holders who have control of the accounts on behalf of the fraud gangs for the syndicates and the money is then loan it is ultimately into cash. by now wine brown believes his portfolio is valued at $5000000.00 and he wants to cash it in.

so it's not just rappler right you're having this if you like trickle down effect across the entire philippine media corps where if you are seen as an enemy of the government they're going to strike back moving on to another country that we mentioned earlier i mean and maher how do you think the reuters journalists case will play out will they stay in prison for those seven years and what it's it like to be a reporter there well i mean they've just run out of legal remedies right with the most recent supreme court verdict denying their appeal so at this point the last possible avenue the reuters reporters have would be a presidential pardon and it's been so far there's no signal whatsoever that that is forthcoming and here too and me and maher you know it's a situation that's gone from you know from from bad to worse to dire and you see now a military a very autonomous military i mean mars contacts seems to be digging in and going after other local media groups that report critically on various armed conflicts across the country that it shang christin thank you thank you very much. to thailand

the philippines is due to ship 69 containers full of rubbish back to canada today. the disagreement started back in 2014, after the philippines found out canada had delivered household waste, rather than recyclable plastics. president duterte accused canada of turning his country into a "dump site" and the philippines recalled its ambassador in the escalating row. so the tonnes of rotting rubbish that have been sitting in subic bay, a former us naval base, for the past six years, are finally set to be shipped later. let's speak to howard johnson, who's there now. give us an update on the 69 containers, what is happening with them? today we are seeing that these containers will ship out later today. they have been fumigated, canadian authorities have said they have been giving money to the philippine authorities to help them prepare them to get them back to canada. later today we will see a ship, from manila, the containers will be loaded onto that ship. around midnight tonight it is expected they will move on towards china, a transshipment destination on the way bac

the philippines is due to ship 69 containers full of rubbish back to canada today. the disagreement started back in 2014, after the philippines found out canada had delivered household waste, rather than recyclable plastics. president duterte accused canada of turning his country into a dump site, and the philippines recalled its ambassador in the escalating row. earlier, our correspondent howard johnson explained how the dispute is developing. well, it looks like today, this container full of rubbish, 69 containers, will be shipped out around midday onwards. what we are expecting to see is a container ship come up from manila. they will start to load the containers on and around midnight is expected to be the deadline for getting this stuff out. it is expected to then go on to china, which is a transshipment destination, and then on to canada, where they said they will deal with the issue by the end ofjuly. this is a big message from the philippines to the rest of the world, saying they will no longer take western countries' or developed countries' waste and that t

the philippines hopes to end the trade in trash. it has shipped back to canada 69 containers of trash that were in a port for five years. the philippines says it will no longer be a rubbish dump for rich countries. thank you for joining us. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo's european tour got off to a strained to start when he ended german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all in berlin. they agreed they had shared values, but there was little meeting of minds beyond that. policy toward iran is the main cause of friction between the two allies. >> it took mike pompeo 400 days to find time to visit berlin, then official scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan, syria, libya and iran. >> the world is in great turmoil. above all, the question of iran and how to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. >> mike pompeo's discussions with germany's foreign minister brings the country's closer together. washington has been raising the pressure on iran while

it suppresses freedom of the press in the philippines. what happens now is that his allies dominate both houses of congress. what happens now is that his allies dominate both houses of congresslj think dominate both houses of congress.” think the senate is not allied to duterte. he has allies but they are probably not going to say yes. so the renewal of the franchise, i don't think duterte can easily get what he wants. there are some checks and balances there. it won't be easy for him. all right. let us look at the senate, which could be dominated by president duterte's allies. he has been saying over the past few yea rs has been saying over the past few years he wants a shift in the style of government from the current bicameral to federalism. do you think this will be pursued? they will try to push through that again. i think this is one of his major items in the last two years for him. but it won't be easy. the committee of constitutional amendments is controlled by the opposition. in your view, is this what is best for the philippin

a feud between the philippines and canada over a waste disposal has escalated with monella recalling its ambassador and consuls that's after canada refused to take back tons of garbage it shipped to the philippines back in 2013. that the cause shows that we are. very serious and asking them to get back they're going to be otherwise going to see their elation of so with them. the dispute began in 2013 when a private canadian company shipped more than 100 containers of trash to the philippines it was later discovered they had been falsely labeled as containing recyclable plastic when in fact they contained household waste in 2016 a philippines court ordered the company to take the rubbish back but it continues to languish in a landfill last month the philippines president adopted a stronger stance by pushing a deadline for canada to take the trash back and threatening war. will declare war against canada we can take them down i'll return the trash just wait and see i will advise canada that your garbage is on the way prepare ground reception eat it if you want to it is now theoreticall

remember, they hiked to the same as the philippines last year. they are not worried about inflation or growth but are worried about their current account, and when the time comes, they will eventually cut the policy rate, as well. we think that will come in the second half of this year. malaysia just cut on tuesday. we do not think they will cut any more. they are reducing the likelihood they will cut again, and then the bank of thailand, we were talking just a while ago. they kept the policy rate steady at 1.75, but i think the meeting yesterday was very interesting, because they said they are firmly focused on growth now, whereas they were hawkish because they were worried about stability. they said yesterday that any concerns of financial stability is going to be handled through these measures, and growth will be the focus, and given our lower growth forecast this year of 3.5%, we do not think they can afford to hike policy rates. rishaad: who in your view in asean is the star, and who is the reverse of the star? we have nots one talked about.

tensions have been flooded between the philippines and canada over a nod to find garbage disposal to allow the story animal still ahead on the weekly . those who they are supporting craft and they have they don't care about the beer they don't kill or the stability of libya the only thing the cure is about your own agendas. and so we might be bugged here for a long time to be really a civil war that continues for for a long time. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to the program the united nations as in the u.k. not to grant amnesty to soldiers accused of historical battlefield offenses it comes in response to a proposal outlined by the country's defense secretary this week which would see british personnel shielded from repeated investigations into possible war crimes dating back more than 10 years many more dense plans have also been condemned by write scripts. it would be utterly disingenuous to have a presumption of non-prosecution for abuse yet at the

i mean the philippines is an american style democracy there. are definitely a referendum on the incumbent president and unlike in the united states presidents do not have an option for reelection but only have a single term for 6 years so this is in many ways question whether the filipino people are going to reaffirm the 2006 elections which again similar to what happened in britain and united states was a protest vote or are the filipinas going to put a brake on president increasing. and that's why you selection is important the 2nd reason why this election is very important is because it will determine the composition of the senate which has acted as a quasar on the president's war. including his proposal for institution of the death penalty reduction of criminal liability h. to only 9 years old and of course. for constitutional change. supermajority in the senate all those proposals were struck down by the previous and the question is whether he gets enough support in the incoming senate and lastly of course this election is also important b

this is the greatest diplomatic crisis president the long term holidays philippines or canada. the know it seems to pipeline project which is intended to pump russian gas to europe by way of the baltics a pasta an important milestone this week is now 50 percent completed aunties and uncles given exclusive access to one of the vessels that lay in the pipeline. there you have it what's probably going to be the longest spaghetti strength in the world is making its way through the seawater and the pace is quite. a lot. so we're projecting in germany we're projecting friends we're thankful for the specials and the numerous of the countries go out and make a high point here we're going. to be honest with one of the fingers over i mean we have probably all over the world political groups should be free be a member of the end of the deal if you want me to someone else will still work if you guess. you've been watching the weekly here on alt international bank with. around 40 minutes time so stay with us. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's busin

this is the greatest diplomatic crisis president to long term holidays philippines and canada. gas pipeline being built from russia to germany has passed a key milestone 50 percent of north stream 2 has now been completed are too silly to try go again big schools have access to one of the vessels laying in the pipeline along the baltic sea but. there you have it what's probably going to be even the longest spaghetti strength and the wall that is making its way through the seawater and the pace is what i've said. a lot. so we're protecting germany we're protecting friends we're taking all of these specials and numerous countries go out and make a hyper i'm here. to be honest i've thrown up a finger go to i mean we have pipe all over the world political future of the previous comment at the end of the day we gave you will not supply or someone else will still worth getting. a dozen backs more than weekly at the top they are watching our trash. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a

the philippines hopes to end the trade in trash. it has shipped back to canada 69 containers of trash that were in a port for five years. the philippines says it will no longer be a rubbish dump for rich countries. thank you for joining us. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo's european tour got off to a strained to start when he ended german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all in berlin.

on the philippines recalls its ambassador from canada in a dispute over vast amounts of trash shipped to the southeast asian country several years ago. very good evening to you this is r.t. international. us police have arrested 4 activists staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy they were protesting against the expulsion of president maduro diplomats last month and u.s. interference in the country and he's rachel blevins has a story. please enter the building around 930 this morning but it wasn't until about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have been occupying the embassy for more than 3 weeks now and they say that their goal is to hold the building for the government of venice on president nicolas maduro despite the fact that the united states has recognized opposition leader one as the country's interim president now on monday we saw that police posted a notice on the door of the building and they said that any of the activists who were still inside would be arrested and charged with tr