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thank you. thank you. thank you thank you thank. you one of the most noticeable trends in modern politics is a renewed resentment of the outsider it may be logical under logically understandable as an explosive reaction to globalization is economic side effects are out of control migration but all too often legitimate concerns and fears tend to devolve into rank as you know you know phobia which left unchecked or even weaponized drones and outright violence and bigotry one author however has come up with his own remedy to this epidemic of distrust and writes about it in hitchhiking in the axis of evil johnstone earlier sat down with the author juan pablo very you know to hear more about his experience. on publicly useless for joining me today. i

want to start by talking about your hitchhiking the axis of evil book because this is like fasting title and i know it's already been well over ten years over twelve years now since you had these experiences i think they're still relevant to what's happening in the middle east and just to start what motivated you to do this journey we leave from turkey to afghanistan yes unfortunately still in this story i mean the book for this particular historical moment in context because of the old ongoing events and we all know so in the beginning i was a psychology student. i e decided to go around the world with a precise idea of documenting hospitality the a some way to. counterbalance all this through types that were becoming. around countries like syria iran and afghanistan especially after the nine eleven on the axis of evil state of the union speech so i followed that because i haven't

been to hitchhiking wrong many other countries and that i could take this know how trying to find it to do so hitchhiking us a tool to get myself exposure to people in these countries and to show the different angle us to lessen the levels of paranoia around these countries and make sense yeah of course and. let's start with a what were your expectations going into it so of course it was many people worried about my whereabouts and of my my trip by the well i had a time enough for a year to research. even though i knew there was some goes to show for risk serious risk involved in trouble and certain regions such a central afghanistan for example or even northern iraq with me completely safe so in order to actually follow and be consistent with the premise that was like finding hospitality and showing the ninety nine point nine percent of the people were able to give me this amazing and magnificent hospitality towards a stranger. they need to go through these regions too so i was hoping to fulfill my

expectations and didn't have any grounds on which to phone them but it seemed to me . that there had to be something pretty different from a we were being told on t.v. every day. and so when the when you got to syria men in the book you talk a lot about having a fondness for syria this is before the revolution before the civil war and all the internet well it's been a national war frankly we know that the saudis and others a point money into the rebels in the you know the cia sponsored them and all this stuff so basically when you were there before all that what was your experience like which with syria which has a big middle had a big middle class before the war and what was the you know your experience of the police state and the local feeling if you know was it you know was an antagonistic opposed to bush or whatever people just living their lives so i have to say syria was like them one of the most gentle countries and societies i have been to it was

during this trip. i mean by the time of the country with an injury crying over the border from an invasion. so most of the people that had met because i was a huge child and run them in meeting people from all walks of life so late teachers farmers so the host i mean the bill each students were rather supportive of the south. presidency and even though i would i could point out to them and some flaws with things i wouldn't consider completely democratic from my own background where i come from they wouldn't actually. they wouldn't seem to be longing for a change in the way that the west obsessor trying to impose on them they would like yeah point out to the fact that he belongs to that with a minority of islam which only represents fifteen percent of the people. but they were not i don't consider the syria and so was on trucks on the way to such a stupid war that we're witnessing today they haven't even for the fact of a foreign power you know provide them find them. so just because he isn't sorrels i

don't for sure i like old people they made like you know they they were carry on they get old just normalise every day lives. keats respect in the early and just get gentle society around me and that's why holding members of syria which are hard to share because the people now control so you're just being something images of like chaos and war and terrorism unfortunately on terrorism which has nothing to do with things like witness i mean of course they the kurdish with negrete because i was trying to run the kurdish areas and they had some issues there but. i don't think that we're just going on now actually improves things and that's why i still like the syrian armed forces which are like consist of eighty five percent of sunni . muslims are still blocking out assad because they would rather you know i'm not saying that they do that out of the of completely but they would actually they have when this what has happened in media on iraq with the so-called arab spring and

that has already brought to that you know this peroration. has left you've got a vacuum in power but actually i don't know groups as isis to bring to dissent so people can know what they're risking to know exactly so you're saying that even the syrian soldiers are mostly sunni even though assad himself is part of the you know this is a shia actually it's a sub sub group within the shia but they're still backing him because they want stability and they want their state to their being so i think their report matter and they want their they just want like safety and so do you think around them and they know that in the course of events eventually it's going to end up well it has already ended up in a tree and with foreign powers siding you know against the government exactly and then i mean we'll talk about iraq and the kurds because obviously the kurds are a major factor in the region but first iran i mean that you went to iran and that's a country that now obviously. he is under more scrutiny and increasing sanctions

but what was your experience like from the perspective of you know the people the government are the are the people really ready for a revolution if america is putting pressure and sanctions is that can actually help the revolutionaries inside the country the people that are free thinkers actually get you know actually get the revolution that they want or is it going to make things worse so i actually get to talk to a lot of people who are. theater director of intellect or is an artist even though the situation for then on the environment in the context of. a sort of police regime in a way can be challenging they all they made it clear to me that they didn't want to us to get into their into their affairs but the fruition in any case should come from the inside and the just wanted to do their own issues business them selves so they want to know are they expecting. an army from outside to come and so they're pros and that's something pretty consistent with all the tradition of the bush and

some of the station because it's like a huge hole with no show gold this you know ability to decide on this so this is a state that they're going through and i don't think by the way some countries which are actually not able to perform full democracy at home and the truth in turn to teach them how to bring things to life so. yeah i think you know. that did you feel the police state presence when you were in iran i mean how much of a police state did you sense that you that you feel the morality police and you feel like sort of this surveillance and the danger of speaking out or you know violating the laws was you know very serious in iran sure i mean like the people that however i was in touch with as i said like one of them most of them writers and intellectuals they really had to take care of what they were bright in some other remember a girl who was like a punk rock singer or a wannabe punk rock singer and she wouldn't be able to perform. to an audience.

that consists only of women so i think it has a lot to do with their own version. of islam. and a lot of many other factors but i do think that the iranian society right now has to work through instance ups of criticism and go through that you know but not through you know nobody's affording torrential yes that's what i perceive. the other way when you mention it right now yourself that there is this difference between islam as practiced from one country to the next that i know for myself from traveling and studying these things that there's a misperception that we have in many western countries that islam is monolithic almost like the catholic church as though there is one islam and yet you've seen yourself what is the main you know what are the differences that people would not expect when they think of it muslims as like well you know they mistreat women in the you know they have like very you know no there's no alcohol all there is no

sexuality it's very like puritanical you know religion i'm sure terry religion you went to the all these different countries tell us about some of the impressions that you had along the way sure so that coming from a western country myself first it was a bit challenged by the differences but i soon they found they go this way there was a huge regional differences between countries whereas for example in turkey people were telling me like i was pointing at them i know what you're doing gallagher hole and they told me something like. yeah but you know like the closest we get the further. we moved from the let's say the most from them into the ocean and of islam actually the closer we get to the actual spirit of the ground that was of the perception of the cornish people they're sort of the turkish people but then like i really didn't sense like sometimes i was being hosted by people farmers or people from all walks of life and i was being late inside their homes. it's hard it's

a it's a complicated matter but you can't expect like the wall just to obey to your own concept of freedom so i wouldn't see just women you know crying number of being whipped around the house or i personally i had this impression of of a gentle you know environment within the houses but of course then when i'm coming coming back to the issue of artists and intellectuals and then i think it's for their present regime should be able to provide more spaces for individual you know expression so that i think we should come to terms that with a compromise solution between those of us of people who actually don't require that there's a lot of people above so these cultural guidelines and are fine in the ways in their own way of observing islam. another threat is played in the residents of hawaii's big island this is residents are growing weary being away from their homes for weeks now artist natasha has the latest from a west coast bureau. smoldering hot lava has now injured one person from the

volcano and now after lava has made its way to the ocean officials are warning residents of lay's lays since plumes of hydrochloric acid and steam as well as find gas particles into the air officials are now asking coastal residents to evacuate and avoid the area and now the first known injury from a third to represent occurred over the weekend on saturday a homeowner of naani farms rose shattered his left leg from his to his foot when lava struck him according to hawaii county mary harry kim's office a spokeswoman confirmed that lava splatters can weigh as much as a refrigerator and even some small pieces can kill and now there are part of the three hundred people at three different shelters over the weekend with more than two thousand evacuated from their homes actually we evacuated twice in the last two weeks and then when it took a slight turn we decided to come back home and. here we are so hoping for the best hoping that it in some. kind of scary times you know to be quite honest.

there's not a whole lot else we can do but be here and just wait it out along the estate's sits in a zone the u.s. geological survey deems to have the highest risk of lava flow so far more than four hundred structures have been consumed while evacuated residents are allowed to return during the day to check on their homes and alba lava has shut down a four mile section of the highway one thirty seven and this blocks one of the main escape routes for coastal residents will be on edge possibly for a year or it's not going to end in that we might be able back in a week. but the threat will be there for sure it's always there but it's even more severe of a threat. at least twenty three fishers have formed along the north east south west line in the red zone and as uncertainty remains over what the killer whale volcano will bring presents for maine on alerts in los angeles and suites.

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america's top. twelve point two around the hardline. home. as a battle ensues against the. secretary of speech has not demonstrated how walking away from the just has made a will make the region safer also ahead the u.k. government is billing for. one from the gren fell tower fire a public inquiry is only getting underway into why seventy two people lost their lives in the london tower block but i don't think they're doing enough for the government haven't done enough not nearly enough no that's making them as i can see

. the accusation spread. in washington trumpeted russia collusion probe goes full circle the f.b.i. is now under the microscope for its inquiry into the us president. seventy m. in montreal nine pm in sydney two in the afternoon right here in moscow this choose they may twenty second i'm you know neal welcome to the program our top story opposition is munting against washington's new proposal for the iran nuclear deal the u.s. threatens tehran with what it's called the worst sanctions ever on monday the us secretary of state mike pump put forward twelve promising on presented financial pressure if they are not men. iran must declare

a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear program iran must stop enrichment but then support a middle east terrorist group around must also end its military support for the food the militia iran must and its threatening behavior against its neighbors we will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the iranian regime the leaders in tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness united states intends to work hard at diplomatic peace of working alongside all of our partners we focus on the europeans. secretary speech has not demonstrated how walking away from the disappear way has made a will make the region safer there are scores of countries around the world who share our concerns we will remain committed to the continued full and effective from the mentation of the gist of the zero eight and i'm convinced that over a period of time there will be a broad recognition that the strategy the president trump has laid out is the right one. there is no alternative to the just sit. on stomach mark we want to preserve

and salvage the iran deal because it provides additional security and transparency for germany and europe since we don't see any facts alternative a present we don't want and need to deal with. president has given a firm response to the demands saying the u.s. can't dictate to tehran and that the world will no longer cave in to washington's all the ng in a speech america's top diplomat also made a statement in which he appeared to encourage people to question the country's leadership at the end of the day the iranian people will decide the timeline. at the end of the day the iranian people will get to make a choice about their leadership if they make the decision quickly that would be wonderful if they choose not to do so we will stay hard at this until we achieve the outcomes that i set forward today if we ever again. by sitting down at the negotiating table it will be detrimental to iran we better not do that ever again.

americans keep saying they have nothing against us ordinary iranians thing they only target the government but in actual fact the think sions of the general public of iran just as much the united states has closed the door to negotiations we cannot hold talks anymore the secretary of russia's security council has warned of all minutes consequences facing the world on the back of american polling of the deal he was speaking at the shanghai cooperation summit along with other high ranking officials from seven countries and the start of a new work of the u.s. you know natural withdrawal from g c p o a a result of long and difficult talks is another example of america's irresponsible behavior while dealing with international issues there is a high chance of iran taking tough council measures including the refusal to meet its commitments and restart the nuclear program this will intensify the conflict in

the region. and it seems the demands made by pompei or aren't sitting well with the u.s. media either some analysts even described it as fantasy certainly under piping other experts said washington's belligerence code calls also across the middle east and leave the u.s. increasingly isolated. this is not the first time actually american administrations in the past have tried to actually destabilize the from the inside but the problem with that is that establishing governments in this part of the world from libya. in . various parts of the egypt. in tunisia these disruptions for. the stability of these countries created more damage and more harms for the rule of law for human rights for human dignity all over the region seeing that the wrong will not trust the united states for years and the allies of the united states on the other hand even the europeans they cannot count on what the united states say.

be that ministration regardless of what their allies in europe are saying they restore the that the europeans were supporting i think it will be very hard for the united states to bring europeans are the sensors on board in order to support that pressure that they are talking. almost a year on from the grenfell fire in london which clean the lives of seventy two people a public inquiry has officially been launched the moment it happened was filled with emotion for those involved one survivor spoke of his stillborn son born just hours after the tragedy some of the following images you may find upsetting so i hold my son. hoping it will create oh hi. she's made of the hardest to go i know.

it was a strength coach will be. i . i. survivors will give her a concert over the next week or so on the probe well then look into wider issues like government response time preventative actions reporting live from london that

you richard. it's almost been a year since the devastating blaze and what's left of the grenfell tower could be seen here behind the scaffolding it's a harrowing reminder of a tragedy that has left many questions unanswered. there are over one hundred tower blocks in london alone similar to grand felt and people living here want their government to make sure that it is also like that does not happen again it's like a year now and we're still living in the same situation when we found out altered to be true when. it just costs us praise and just think it was cheap too why would you risk the lives of so many people into these photos on the street. so we know that it's obviously not safe before we could help in the good of the moment for for

the good with the book on the homes with so what can the residents of tower blocks like these do in an emergency the advise used was to stay put but now according to the london fire brigade is being changed to similar evacuation because of the farmable clopping however the government is yet to ban it tourism a promise to spend four hundred million pounds to replace unsafe cladding on high rise public housing projects just sixteen of the tower blocks have had their island many including material replaced with non combustible materials so all of the authorities doing enough awful lot of government haven't done enough. to the needs of those of the search by going through in terms of people that experience when family i don't think they're doing enough for them not nearly enough no i think the issue with the clothing they should have resolved upon our. shores i could see i mean the gardens that were sort of coming over and nothing. what struck me as i've

spoken to a number of residents who live here at the child cults estate in camden is the fear in their eyes at the thought that they too could have lost their lives and now they're off to a clarification from the government as to what's going to happen next to resolve those problems and action to be taken. r.t. . the u.k.'s housing minister has said that the government is listening to concerns and will discuss a policy review concerning a ban on flammable materials in construction when over two thirds of former grenfell residents are yet to be really honed while some eighty two hostels are still residing in emergency accommodation we've spoken to a campaigner about the tragedy we haven't seen corresponding option on to see action it's difficult to believe the government what i asked for council.