that is responsible for water pollution soil contamination deforestation and cultural up he will allegations it is these pictures of the ecuadorian amazon told an emotional story and it's easy to blame a big oil company like texaco for images like this. there's just one problem texaco now owned by chevron already cleaned up its share paid by chevron to back up that claim with former u.s. trade representative mickey kantor or and former bill clinton chief of staff and even in the past few days a dutch appeals court has rejected claims against the company but the chevrons opponents just like the opponents of exxon mobil which also reported results yesterday with its c.e.o. rex tillerson now go on to become us secretary of state big oil will always be part of a class war and class war is arguably at the heart of a new play premiering at the edinburgh fringe festival next week based on the one nine hundred seventy s. film performance starring mick jagger the performers is a new play co-written by dean cavern the author of trainspotting in welsh the plays

erected by mick more around the star of lock stock and two smoking barrels and the harry potter films he joins me now nic welcome to going underground to tell me about the new play the performance when you start it's as you probably know it's written by a and then cabinet and i think it's just sort of. a modern day waiting for god oh really the pair of them came up with this absolutely brilliant premise which is the nine hundred sixty nine don't know camel film performance people may know the stars james fox and mick jagger dom kind of had this idea of using real villains it was part of this new wave of british cinema and so he he reached out into the underworld to get. as many connections with with real life gangsters and chaps easy as he could. and quite good friends with james fox he plays this devlin the gangs the character in performances directed him in the kid

in the movies i made and and i heard all sorts of fantastic stories about how james had to hang around with the south london gangsters and learn to box and you know learn the parlance and be one of the chaps so in. the premise for performers is the . two gangsters of being asked to auditions for donald camel for this nineteen sixty's art film and basically you have these two chaps in an in a very alien and uncomfortable environment for them sitting in a director in a carson director's waiting room about dition and it's about the parlance between them and how they you know the discussions and how they put the world to rights where they chat and then and then down the camel's assistance turns up and starts soaking them to them about burn well and francis bacon and nick rogue and then they go with it was the was the co-director of performance but it was set more down the camel film. but he's assistant comes in and basically talks them

about how our jaws get stripped naked which you know they they do or don't do which is on and that's really that's where that is that what we get into the nexus between the gangsters and the and the politics and all the rest of the second but so your reaction to her performance watching the film similar to that of the reaction we were having a world. oh it's a cold movie i've seen it a bunch of times i saw it last time i saw it was. every time it's on as a prince you know they showed the electric in portobello road about two years ago and i went with a friend of mine the playwright we both went to see that the print performance tied up another print because the film was banned and then and then and then and then actually seeing it projected this bitrate but and then it was reality didn't some bits were cut out so that sometimes the version isas that you see broadcast doesn't have a lot of the scenes in the movie so violent spiteful scenes in it i mean it's it's

a seminal film for all sorts of reasons but it's a have that to use that as the basis to sort of. the establishment and is that as a premise for so comedy of manners is quite brilliant it takes us back to that time because the film came out towards the end of that. where it's a angst is meant politic it's yeah i think you know what he saw the apex of it really because at the time you everybody people have heard the rumors about. the craze and their connections with the aristocracy and stories are that i don't feel that soak about them and i think we will anyway but it was a time when the government could tell the sunday mirror would do a story about the yeah affair between. one of the cronies graham and booth we are looking into that yes lord i presume we can talk i don't know what their cries are around anymore and maybe you know you said it was the way he is now you ask i

didn't say you made me but you had a little briefly affair as actually that's in the long it was touched upon in legends the crate and there's there are these very strong connections between the cracks of. the underworld in the press in. the world really and this this idea that then. villains. starting to get involved in the arts which is only a matter of time before the art style get involved with villains and i think this this progression of the don't care move made as a conceptual artist and and that his film was going to be about the jew ality of man and and the criminal for tony reflected that so basically go on to really support for people to be in his film with you when you do see it jump indian who then went on to become. quite a few films after that he'd done a stretch for manslaughter you know he killed a man in. your club. you know was was a bit of a face and he's if he's first appearance in a in a feature film and there's

a whole bunch of them they had pretty substantial rap sheets so the idea that everybody in it that wasn't james fox is a is a real villain and ironically enough is something that go ritchie did with lock stock but something that's a bit more accessible and he's funny and self-effacing with the casting of lenny mclean and all the other chaps that he used in in his debut film so i think there's a bit synergy with with the whole thing you mentioned the manslaughter because there was violence they were new generation seeing it in the french way to say we don't have the gangsters and the phrase back i mean they didn't like the bank because the big nexus without i think i think there's a huge shift in dynamics between fringe theatre and whatever bank is to i don't think bankers understand that fringe there exists or not the other thing to be many bankers in there i mean there's this idea that you know there's there's money laundering in it that maybe you know maybe some of the criminal underworld in the

sixty's is pave the way for what some of the banking on the world do bit later on but i think i think it's all about ego i think really you can't become wealthy without because without affecting your ego and that's something the art i've learned over the years. you know being in. environment and seeing friends around but i think it also happens if you are if you're a villain if you become if you become powerful you want to become famous and so the krays had david bailey take your photographs you know those famous or comic you know one in front of the other this is the sort of outline of that that said david bowie portrait done in his studio because the crazed thought that they were they were celebrities now and the idea that. of course or they're all going to be a movie star you know that that pass of course that's the next step some is going to have been a film and the idea that in donald campbell with a scene that brought down them what's interesting about the plight you know why

it's so funny is because obviously they can act they don't react they have one of them does a spacewalk on act. of an apprentice i have never been with ask anyone i've never been to of and they are really that that would be being said in a theater full of you know. actors that go is but the idea that the celebrity is the thing whether you're a banker or whether you own a. chain of hardware store shops or or whether whether you are the chairman of a football club you know what you want it's about being famous it's about that ego and i think that's what's interesting about even the title performance is that is that the villains are there performing with its own and the great thing about the plays it that's what sets you up with your comedy of manners because you have to be put in front of them at all times on the villain on one of the chaps are don't want to look at pictures of francis bacon and get naked in front of you chris that's not what we do is there is there's never everybody has got

a front so who is more powerful than we are to see world or the gangster world i mean journey riches in vain which is that he claims of bug been bugging harold wilson the prime minister that it was in power rather to have a formula how much who's more part of the earth's world or the political it it the thing. about gangsta you never eat never have you never call him a liar you know so charlie which isn't much say that you'd have to go oh yeah charlie wilson says you wouldn't actually called so i will go on their way the time you were saying and write down what we're not so i never asked and i didn't want to spend but you don't whereas if you do it you're called to account the thing about the world of the world is that you know it will change the world i don't know if it will but it does it does happen just push things in a certain direction people need media people need people who. is storytelling and

storytelling informs and and affects people and and i think i think the government realized that and realize that if you can beat a friendly face in a in a film if you can be whether you're one or the other then you're going to you're going to cut more favor with the public you know i mean so i don't know that what i do know is i don't know much about harry potter but you were in their report of yes i was yes a resume read all of her report against. your fault about the ascent of to resume them i don't know if she's in league with a bunch of wizards. whether welcher where the trees but what i do know what is very ironic is that obviously she does a lot from her films but she has the worst head in the history of media and names trends and i think they are any of it is really rich and i want to pick up on thank you thank you and the other shampoos are available you can go and see

the performers at the edinburgh fringe festival from august the third in scotland that is after the break as the u.s. navy ship fires warning shots of the iranian boats in the persian gulf we are programmed. if sanctions are actually strengthening the islamic republic all the more coming up about doing going underground. yes well this is all the proof.

that he has to feed. this. view of this. to be understood. but. that's the. economic development is. really important.

but what do we know about the other figures. when i think that that our c.e.o. might do. over twenty million dollars last year more than one thousand times the average wal-mart. with all due respect i have to say. i don't think that's right. free market works. people went from pretty simple financial lives. to the point now where people are. just totally submerged in their financial accounts and they're all in debt and what exactly divided society. the protests of the government try to do. it might be amazing six were. hopelessly. wrong. welcome back here in the u.k.

prime minister has taken from the state mandated b.b.c. to be communications director across the new communications chief has a different background antony scaramucci who speaks of political. unconventional political convention in california within the next what is very much of the swarm said he wanted to drain the new white house communications director for the fourth . is a wall street hedge fund manager and goldman sachs alumnus expertise that is arguably suited to a climate of mainstream media speculation and watergate theory now after graduating from law school scaramucci began his career at goldman sachs in one thousand eight hundred nine but after two years was fired only to be rehired by the same company months later after leaving in one thousand nine hundred seven before the asian financial crisis hit sky bridge capital now with offices in new york zurich and

florida he's written several books including good bye gordon gekko how to find your fortune without losing your soul to the little book of hedge funds he's also a loyal republican with democrats in the past including this interaction with the then incumbent president. barack obama and i represent the wall street community we have felt like opinion maybe you don't feel like you're whacking us with a stick but we certainly feel like we've been whacked with a stick but like many loyal republicans scaramucci hasn't been certain loyal to the current commander in chief attacking trump as well as showing support for wiki leaks disgraced hillary clinton calling her incredibly competent in fact his twitter account shows that beyond just being anti trumpy different from the republican base on a wide range of issues in the past the mooch has tweeted that he is and the death penalty pro-gun control pro-choice a strong believer in climate change and against trump's mexico border wall on

russia scaramucci is with the state tweeting that one should follow altera roads they lead not just to damascus but to moscow but is he totally committed to the obama clinton strategy of de facto supporting isis and al qaeda linked groups against damascus is he really committed to obama's leadership president obama did say that he was drawing a red line and then he took it away since the wrong message to our adversaries not just the syrian government but people around the world and so i think he had to adapt the play here scaramucci is republican evangelism arguably shows in his donations he was a proponent of the supreme court's twenty ten citizens united decision that allowed big money to attempt to rig elections he said of the decision that it activated a sleeper cell of hedge fund managers against obama allowing them to use their capital to influence the debate and since then he's donated vast amounts of money to various political campaigns before maxing out his donations to trump at one

hundred thousand dollars he raised money for two other twenty sixteen republican presidential candidates scott walker and jeb bush his head and also donated money to mitt romney in two thousand and twelve and call ruben twenty thirteen all donations that would have been illegal before the citizens united decision but despite his doing. scaramucci has little to no experience in political combs aside from numerous appearances on the murdoch and fox network but if you're looking for a reason as to why trump her scaramucci some point to its success in helping to force the resignations of staff from c.n.n. over an inaccurate story about his ties to russia trump advisors have said that he loved the way the mooch handled the situation and still talks about it the president then even tweeted about the event having what about all the other phony stories they do maybe the guy would use ability to force news organizations to back down is why he hinted of a job at the b.b.c. back in twenty sixteen stating of don't trump become the next president i'm looking

forward to the b.b.c. helping me find a flat somewhere in london. this week washington again prepared for more sanctions against countries not in line with us at the moment power there was legislation this week that prevents even president donald trump from vetoing sanctions against countries perceived as enemies of u.s. politicians in congress one of the countries in the usa cites is middle east superpower iran continually destabilized by successive u.k. governments until the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution blessed or cursed with some of the largest known reserves of oil and gas in the world iran is being only charm offensive in europe sending its foreign minister mahmoud jerry capitals but not to london to increase ties with the world's largest trade bloc well we've caught up with one of iran's most senior clerics grand ayatollah sheik most an iraqi he is

a member of iran's assembly of experts which has the power to appoint and dismiss iran's head of state such as current leader of the islamic revolution the company with me as grand ayatollah shaikh most an iraqi and thanks so much for speaking to me grand ayatollah let's begin with the terrible figures coming from the middle east in numbers of. at a mosque maybe a thousand since israel on july fourteenth put the metal detectors up your reaction . so. in the name of god the most gracious the most compassionate or the issue of the mosque is a major issue in the world it doesn't only concern the palestinians not just the muslim world of the it's an issue that concerns humanity and muslims have been praying for hundreds of years in the a lot for the israelis to harm and prevent the palestinians to break goes against the most basic of human rights we see that the youth radio key patient has resulted

in the killing in torturing of the palestinian people right from its creation they impose themselves with violence and no doubt this behavior from them will not stop unless there is a severe response not just from the palestinians but also from the muslim world and anyone who defends human rights and who wants justice and peace why they are mad when a mission to a center on british media it is the palestinians doing the violence and it is called temple mount not allowed or. not. and this is to. be back we see that the western media does not give an accurate portrayal of events and this has a negative impact against their own citizens. they are not happy for happy ha. ha been happy with you because the inaccurate coverage doesn't just affect those that are being oppressed more but it's also denies that people of the world demand

the truth of what is happening and the people of america and europe supports human rights and oppose oppression so if the coverage is inaccurate this may lead them to support the brushes and not the oppressed or for the happy of the israelis have not defined their borders and and they came and occupied palestine that palestine has been there for hundreds of years that jenin jews have also been living in palestine for the hundreds of years or they were considered as part of the palestina. a nation at this even in iran where there are jews you live with freedoms and rights and they are represented in the iranian parliament scene you jews have lived in muslim lands for hundreds of years along with the same rights when the let's let me . to morrow muslim mean muslim one we know that both saudi arabia and qatar have relations with israel why does the islamic republic

support cuts which currently has relations with israel we have proof of. through un could limit loom so open that the public of iran the defense of all those who are oppressed whether it is or saudi arabia if saudi arabia were being oppressed by anyone it is iran to defend them but here we see that saudi arabia offer also fully imposing demands that's are unacceptable the saudis want to follow what ever they ordered them to do saudi arabia has done this towards yemen as well and trying to force them under their will and with this is unacceptable at this and it's strange that the western nations are supporting saudi arabia with no logic the russian ality model of the. us are already ordered up on this road. now the. prime minister to resume wants to overthrow the government or has wanted to overthrow the government of syria for

a number of years just to clear things up for our audience why does a holy person like yourself support a secular system in syria the secular government of president assad. who really walk off the syrian government has stood up against the biggest issue affecting the world today and that is the palestinian cause is. syria did not stand by the palestinian resistance and if they did not create a barrier to. aspirations of israel then israel would have taken control of the entire middle east and would now be on the borders of iran. so this stance of theirs is of utmost importance and it's iran's religious and moral duty to support syria even though it has many differences that one serious support of resistance groups especially in the south of lebanon is in the interests of the people of the region. there's been so many reports of britain and israel backing al-qaeda linked

groups in syria do you welcome donald trump's decision to stop cia funding for al qaeda and isis linked groups fighting assad in syria. it is unfortunate that the us has proven it is untruthful even donald trump had previously attacked obama's administration for supporting and creating isis but twice now we see that the us is supporting isis they are obvious soldiers have witnessed on many occasions how u.s. helicopters would come and provide weapons and other provisions to isis so that they can continue fighting their r.v. nation and this at the same time the u.s. claims they are fighting isis and this double standard from the u.s. prevents us from trusting them we believe that the terrorism in the region is because of america's policies around the world. your drug of human rights what

about human rights in iran. in equality under your president rouhani has increased under his presidency of course he's been reelected under president of and in a judge who i interviewed in tehran i should say inequality fell in his final four years. how dangerous is the inequality problem right now under rouhani his policies of privatization in iran and giving more money too. the rich private all agog in her. fear there are always political differences each group accuses the other of not doing a good job but this is natural during election time however the truth is that there aren't a lot of differences between rouhani. and hard to meet leadership there are major political policies that's no administration can overrule except for a few limited number of things so the accusations and month slinging between

political groups are mostly political spin and not necessarily true yes there are economic difficulties but overall the economic situation is good. the middle class make up seventy percent of the country the wealthy class make up twenty percent and the poor make up ten percent but there are societal and governmental institutions that take care of those under the poverty line. and talk a little shabbily on just finally this week the us congress discusses terms on russia trump one sanctions it seems on iran iran has always had good relations with the cuban revolution sanctions good for iran apart from say civil aviation of course but dissensions may countries struggle in their current drops in to see. if a country makes clever political decisions then they would be able to turn the

sanctions imposed on them into a golden opportunity to develop their nation and to rely upon themselves the developments that have taken place in iran whilst under sanctions may not have ever happens and if sanctions were not imposed on it in iran is one of five leading nations in terms of their scientific developments. and we believe that sanctions on russia could benefit them of course russia is a very strong nation and it's a superpower so the sanctions against russia by the u.s. . in some european nations will only make russia more independent and even cuba and other nations like venezuela off free and sovereign nations and they don't want to be on the americans controlled. kind of. iraqi thank you very much. to his grand ayatollah shaikh most an iraqi talking about sanctions ahead of washington's threats against the world's greatest reserve of oil

venezuela as it prepares to vote at tomorrow's constitutional elections and that's it for the show we're back on monday bill then people talk about social media one day three hundred fourteen years to the day british authorities put the writer of robinson crusoe daniel defoe with a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after a satirical attack on the tories public chose to pelt him with stones with flowers . it's a very rough terrain you sort of climb up and you have to fight to be able to them . it was. very fresh what happened in the end i mean even. you know i don't want. to see a better body in this world and is ready to participate in the good. old.

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but i'm also t. out over holding the white house again donald trump's now replaces chief of stuff with the current secretary of homeland security but a look back at all that said been so the infighting the current us administration is saying so fun. coming up soon this thirty minutes like living in hell the describing it as human rights watch say police are abusing migrants in the french port city of kalak while authorities say they're struggling to cope with a new influx of people. office ition protesters clashed with police in venezuela ahead of a crucial vote on who will be involved in rewriting the country's constitution we break down the situation in that crisis told country do you can download those.