Meanwhile, russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has used his address to the Unted Nations General Assembely in new york to criticise the unites states, nato and the European Union for trying to force the world to play according to their own self centered rules. The collective west has a calling card and it has long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, inter alia, written ones and legally binding ones, and then theyjust dont fulfill them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. Earlier i spoke to phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university, he told me there was a lot missing from mr lavrov s address. It was a speech that you would say really comes from a Point Of View of weaknes
Meanwhile, russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has used his address to the Unted Nations General Assembely in new york to criticise the unites states, nato and the European Union for trying to force the world to play according to their own self centered rules. The collective west has a calling card and it has long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, inter alia, written ones and legally binding ones, and then theyjust dont fulfill them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. For more on this im joined by phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at St Andrews University welcome to you. Good to have your own. What you make of the comments of Sergey Lavrov . To be as expected . On the one hand absolu
Translation the collective west has a calling card and its long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, written ones and legally binding ones and then theyjust dont fulfil them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. Earlier i spoke to phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university. He told me there was a lot missing from mr lavrov s address. It was a speech that you would say really comes from the Point Of View of weakness on ukraine, that he couldnt even mention the ukraine war, that there was no discussion of russias right to invade ukraine, of russias annexation of ukraine, the parts of ukraine. So, in that sense, it was really running away from the story of the moment which is th
Death is still with him, 20 years after Princess Diana was killed. He was speaking in a bbc documentary on the London Marathon. Police say they want to speak to Arthur Collins about a suspected acid attack at an east london nightclub. Good morning from westminster, where mps are expected to give their approval this afternoon to the Prime Ministers plan for a Snap General Election injust seven weeks. Theresa may says shes going to the polls three years early to help her make a success of brexit and secure a better dealfor britain. Opposition parties have accused mrs may of a u turn, but say they wont vote against the election. This morning theresa may has denied claims of political opportunism and insisted that its in the National Interest to hold a Snap Election. Speaking on the today programme, the Prime Minister has said she is not seeking a mandate for a blank cheque on brexit. So you are committed to fighting the election without spelling anything new out at all . Nothing new about
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