it has gone to the u.a.e. and say hey please help us can you help us out with this issue we're having with our friends the saudis they also want the us jumping on this but guess what the u.s. is saying because you are both close allies of the us we're both close allies of the us can you believe that the saudis remember them of the plane nine eleven thing and remember canada with all those planes in the air during nine eleven we let people into our homes well we're both close allies according to the u.s. so the u.s. isn't getting involved it's all i'm going to say about that i don't really want to dig too much further into u.s. affairs because you just don't do stuff like that here now good riddance basically to saudi arabia i think that's really the key issue here we saw the nine hundred armored vehicles of that was a very controversial thing here in canada and to with that a lot of canadians thought that we probably shouldn't be doing that since these weapons are being used in saudi arabia and in yemen as well according to some reports but you know there is an issue here we did do something wrong chrystia freeland the foreign minister of canada sent out

a tweet so she decided to twitter politics along the lines of president donald trump and she got us into this whole jam with the saudis because of that this issue really when you look at it how do you resolve it well you know what there is a resolution here and that's basically firing chris jeffrey land at the same time possibly apologizing to the saudis but a lot of a see this as an opportunity to break a relationship that should have probably been broken a long time ago with a country that is the biggest sponsor of terrorism on this planet back to you. well alex alex is a few things to say about that doesn't thanks words oh now those words you know it's interesting to me that there is this idea that she said strongly encourage those strongly worded if a woman says you're wrong and you lose your mind so much that you're pulling kids out of hospitals stalls and shutting down airplanes you might want to ask yourself why that is i think that part of this is right yes ship good or good for her first

speaking out on this issue because it's a joke they get you know saudi arabia we've been sitting here they would get all of this puffed up thing about we're letting women drive. we're going to we're going to have wrestling i mean not the women you know we're going to be just not. it's interesting it's interesting to me because i look at it it's like ok saudi arabia is acting like you're spoiled like rich twelve year old who you know didn't get what he wanted at the toy store you know it's like ok well then if i can't have this and i'm just going home i'm taking my ball and i'm going home and tell you my mega man and i'm done. and i'm going you didn't get me to read megaman that agree with you know and i don't and they were and what's what's interesting is you know basically they're saying like there are a lot of people are saying that this response to is this response to this criticism is seen as a power play by the kingdom's young leader. that they're no longer going to sit back and let people criticize them and ignore demands for political liberalization

which is interesting because it seems like both canada and saudi arabia are kind of just doing what the u.s. does all the time yeah it's we're going to get into twitter wars we're going to get into this like and slappy thing and we're going to be like no my ball i take it i'm the powerful now listen to me i'm going to be king one day right now you know that everybody be kidding but i'm super liberal it's going to be great you should want to big ation here i mean while we're bombing yemen and i don't know saying this is the question i think it makes a good point why when you're out your ally of your ally might not be your friend. and the situation and when she of canada and the united states and saudi arabia maybe it's time that we don't have. companies you know countries like that investing and come government infrastructure when this kind of stuff happens there boy all right as we go to break mark watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics covered on facebook and twitter your full show to our t.v. dot com coming up sean stone delves into the debate over the iran trump and travel ban for with attorney daria stay to watch thank you.

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children can get away with it would literally like to call this the do graphic solution so what the bush should needs to do then he finds out that the priest is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot were the previous standards not the highest ranks of the catholic church conceal the accused priests from the police and justice so listen to that and as old as the eye and then i include at tuesday's out until. the street. this week the united states led by president donald trump and his team of around war hawks re-instated they have economic sanctions that were in place before the

obama administration lifted them as part of a twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal but i saw this move comes after trump's decision back in may to pull out of the international deal which was designed to limit around nuclear weapon capability in exchange for the removal of sanctions but it's not just the sanctions that are continuing to drive a stake in the heart of us or a man relations because also twisting the knife deeper is the. trump administration's controversial travel ban which even the atlantic council bilious falls hardest on iran prison i shan't stand sat down with payment dharm ian and attorney and founder of chos and lawyers to discuss us around relations and trump's travel ban. well frankly. i see a much wider and more sinister picture than what donald trump is showing the world. and first it's not even about religion this is

a direct attack on iran by pressuring iranian citizens dual citizens that are no trouble citizens of iran and other countries. in order to achieve their political objectives this is. the executive order that basically the third one the third version that we presented because the first two there were so ridiculous they are contra to the. which is the immigration and nationality act of one thousand nine hundred sixty five because it directly bans. any prejudices based on national origin place of residence or race. and the constitution of the united states vance. even prejudice is based on religion and the

stablish macaws of the first amendment the free exercise clause of the first amendment they are there for a purpose but the argument of course is that it's not a religious bed because obviously you're lumping in a lot of muslim countries like somalia and iran syria but you're also lumping in venezuela north korea and so the ban well frankly if they wanted to do this based on religion and based on muslims as is radical rhetorics has been very clear in the past with we know his intent from one side he is bending backwards for the saudis who are actually the founders the founders of many of these organizations to begin with iran was fighting against isis and taliban for a long time but george bush when he was in office they were fighting on their ugly american site they had nothing to do with nine eleven now they were trying to bring

this make this an issue that iran was the funder of nine eleven i'm not representing iran i have no interest in a theocracy but the fact is that if we go back in history we will know we will see that this is an issue that is started in one thousand or one where when the british colonialists took over the iranian oil and this has been all of these sanctions they have been repeating and repeating and repeating. the same. sort of nonsense and there are all iranians this iranian but this is not the case the only thing that iranians have been trying to do is defend their rights and try to prevent pillage and plunder so all. of this immigration that you see they bring other countries a little bit to make it less sort of obvious but this is this is all cunning this

is political chicanery we know the facts this is against the rockies and it affects me affects i can't even send a few thousand dollars to my mother who is an early eighty's who needs my up now because all the banking. are basically are blocked by the sanctions by the sanctions by crippling sanctions these are no longer. sanctions too because iran is basically complying with all its agreements i mean look at the atomic energy agreement. iran has complied with this is just. sort of mentality sure sure and i mean obviously you know to this administration israelis would have their own arguments as to why the iranians are violating the agreement but the point being that this travel ban you say has to do with iran because here we're talking about syria yemen other somalia i mean i don't i don't

see necessarily why they are part of the considered part of the iranian sphere i mean it's kind of being bombed by the saudis syria is still suffering a civil war though assad is from there with the russians and the iranians both somalia i don't really see in anyone's necessarily sphere of power so how do you see this pressure on iran through these other countries north korea's well being barred i think they are just. part of the show. they the most important step here to go against iran and isolated from any country that shows any interest and standing with iran. and again this is not you know the history of. nine hundred fifty one could it. have it was headed by the united states of america and this is a lingering effect that it's just being repeated and those who do not know their history as the proverb says. are doomed to repeat the same mistakes

again and again and again and unfortunately people are being fooled well here we are of course being ripped having our history repeating itself with this supreme court decision to uphold the president's ability to use national security is just to pick ation for banning people from certain countries now we've seen this is doric li being used against chinese laborers we've seen it used against the iranians in the poll in the wake of the seventy nine revolution we've seen it against even like jews during the holocaust for example or communists at one point the fifty's were barred from coming here. anarchists before that so what does that actually mean for the supreme court to uphold this president of the president having the ability to block people just based on what country they live in from visiting or coming in trying to move to the u.s. well your brother very important point they have practiced banning people based on religion actually san louis ship had nine hundred thirty five jews. they

were running away from the eve of war. and humanity i think. they were not allowed to. come to the united states they were shipped to latin america somewhere then we had the irish catholics the they were banned also to come to the united states to mention chinese the japanese i mean internment we have a very dark history very dark prejudicial history and what this supreme court did in fact put a rubber stamp on a very ridiculous executive order i've read it i've read all three of them and this is this is nothing that is compelling. to save us from terrorism this because that's when you are banning people based on

their fundamental rights i'm talking about as an american i am i am affected by this by these crippling sanctions and these bands and we are actually being ridiculed i have been. facing a lot of nonsense since this man took power because they just. how can i say that it stirs the nonsense it makes it even more up to your face. prejudices and prejudices yes. but going to a little bit of what is actually the real implications of practically speaking what will happen now to people like yourself who hold dual citizenships that involve include iran i mean is it possible for an iranian to get a visa to come here or if you travel if you already have can you travel here i mean do we even know the implications of what this decision means well technically for three months there is

a complete ban on people who do not have direct relation to. the united states so if somebody just wants to come and visit the united states. they probably won't get a visa and many of them actually many green card holders were turned back at the border you can't do that that's a direct violation of due process but it's probably because of confusion it would seem to me that there's a confusion in how to actually execute this order and how do you actually execute this policy it seems like there's a lot of confusion and chaos within the state department as to how do we actually treat people with green cards pieces and other forms of documentation from visiting right yes that is correct there is confusion but i also think it is. lawlessness there just direct violation of law. i mean after all this look at these children from latin america or the border there are snatching them from their

parents the bosom of their mothers is long kids they put them in cages. if these are wild animals what's right could they pose and all of these we have to look over this way these will have major implications years from now generations from now because this is not something that we can get away we get another president and issue is resolved it's not this is america it just goes against the whole concept of america being a shining city on a hill of humanity it's just not comporting with that ideology we're actually practicing. certain violent ways of dealing with matters that could be resolved in a very peaceful way and according to the laws of the united states almost like

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headlines here on r.t. international the u.s. slaps fresh sanctions on russia over the poisoning in the u.k. but the state department saying it is determined that moscow is responsible for the use of a chemical weapon against its own. facebook relies on nato and u.s. funded expos to tackle foreign influence on its platform there on the program we take a look at how the state is tightening its grip on social media networks. u.s. senate invites the head of wiki leaks to testify on alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election. also an easter island tribe is seeking the return of

a sacred statue stolen over one hundred years ago but now on display at the british museum visitors if it should be given back off the so long. he thought i have this whole. thing. i've read i think i have it safe says just history. nine zero one thursday morning here in moscow this of course is international a very warm welcome to you. the u.s. has announced it is imposing new sanctions on russia and so for the poisoning of double agent sort of his daughter in the u.k. back in march saying it holds moscow ultimately responsible. the united states six two thousand and eighteen determined that the government of the russian

federation has used chemical or biological weapons against its own nationals. be joining us here live in the studio for more details on this is so can you run it down for us what exactly do these new sanctions and well despite any new evidence coming to light the u.s. wants to impose new sanctions on russia and this is in regard to the poisoning of formant double agents. his daughter back in march now the sanctions will be implemented in two sets the first would ban licenses for the export of sensitive national security goods to russia like electronic goods and these kind of exports have been previously allowed in on a case by case basis but the second round of sanctions are the ones that would be more drastic effects like banning the major russian state line aeroflot from flying to the u.s. and these this second round of sanctions will come into effect unless russia quotes provides reliable assurances that it won't use chemical weapons in the future and

agrees to on site inspections by the u.n. but commission it was already agreed upon by the international community that the o.p.c. w. actually confirmed the destruction of chemical weapons in russia twenty seventeen right exactly yes the chemical weapons watchdog verified the destruction and concluded the last of these in september two thousand and seventeen but we're still waiting to hear if for the evidence as to why these new sanctions are being imposed now the u.s. has already implemented measures because they expelled around sixty russian diplomats in the spring but when questioned at a press conference the state department officials didn't mention any third the reasoning behind the citations whether this was because of all the evidence or new let's take a listen to what they had to say this where are you getting the conclusion that fresh is behind the screen posing i would leave it. others to characterize the current state of our understanding of the screen. we've been very clear that we

agree with the assessment that it was a joke agent and that the perpetrator was ultimately the russian federation i leave it to others to give those kinds of details of what we currently understand obviously from reading the press it appears that their investigation is ongoing in terms of the scope and nature of the details and its implications but i'll leave that to others. well the words from the u.s. official where our leave it to others so whether the u.s. wants the u.k. to the skies for the evidence behind the attack remains to be seen in the u.s. is now scared to get around the reasoning at the moment for someone so kind of passing the buck they made this big announcement and then they say don't talk to us or talk to the u.k. and it's the basis of the u.k. is evident in the whole script of poisoning case still based on a quote a highly likely stance exactly the u.s. said it was highly likely that russia was behind the attack saying that russia only russia have the motives the means and the record to target the script of but most

goes repeatedly denied any involvement and offered cooperation on this investigation as to russian nationals were targeted on u.k. soil but london's for pay to play tonight any assistance from moscow but as far as we know the chemical weapons watchdog a p.t.w. porton down haven't been able to confirm the origin of the nerve agent. we have not verified the precise source but we've provided the scientific information to the government but you have not been able to establish at porton down that this was made in russia as i said it's our job to provide eight you know the scientific evidence that identifies what the particular nerve agent is but it's not our job to see where that actually was manufactured not as analysis nor the o.p.c. w.'s report i did to find the country. of origin of the agent used

in this attack. now u.k. officials if incest rather that the task of porton down was just to identify the never agent and not to determine origin and we don't know we do know now that no the child can be made in other countries other than russia well i was going to say that the u.k. prime minister's office has already welcomed this new batch of u.s. sanctions on russia although the russian embassy again reiterating itself repeating itself to say that russia quote continues to strongly stand for an open and transparent investigation into the souls re case of the embassies saying that these newly announced sanctions were draconian not to use any society thank you. well we spoke to former u.s. diplomat jim ross he says the new sanctions have very little to do with this criminal case. i would go so far to say that the u.s. government like the british government knows very well that the russians were not responsible for this and that this is

a political demand this is designed to undercut the overtures from the trumpet ministration for president trying to warm relations with moscow with russia and this is a way to undercut that by making accusations against russia that are not only false but there's no way they can disprove president trump would like to have a good relationship with russia i think political ploy to conduct and sensually a kind of a warfare against russia and i think that people in the kremlin know that i think they know there is nothing they can do nothing they can say that would satisfy these demands. facebook could have much closer ties to washington than previously thought is now of most of the platform is relying on experts funded by branches of the u.s. government and even nato when it comes to tracking foreign influence and explains. how's that for a mark zuckerberg nightmare he or his team in front of a horde of suits go and sort these russian bots out sort out the fakes

sort them out ality web giants of been facing lately in the past election you. we've seen how foreign actors are abusing social media platforms those images that can be attributed or associated with the russian company lack of resources a lack of commitment and a lack of genuine effort the likes of zogby could have proudly said we're just a platform where independent and sorting out what you call fakes is none of our business but when wall street alarm bells are ringing you know how it can happen with the stocks it could be better to zip it and focus on an intense year. see if we stick to be the tough year began with. news feed algorithm the trick was to boost posts with let's say pix of your friends cat and sideline all

that politics related media stuff haha they say this lead to less views likes and comments under donald trump's posts move it on facebook has evolved from policing offensive content to policing news views ideas it can be anything apart from your friend's cat if people flag them as potential hoaxes we send those to fact checkers and if those factor. that is provably false then we will significantly reduce the distribution of that content to what if you want to just say get off our platform will look as a porn to some of this content can be i do think that it gets down to this principle of giving people a voice eventually though the get off our platform way to sort things out still prevailed ok and now it's time to meet the fact checkers. journalists have found them in a tiny room at these guys' h.q. got it at the end of the day facebook's not so happy with that online policeman's

hat so zuck in co are outsourcing the digital share locks i'm being serious that's what they call themselves who are let me check where they come from. linked to nato with their help thirty two suspicious pages have already been sorted out the big ship is not turned around overnight takes a while but i think that the have now given some opportunity to work with them and i hope that in the months when we have at least three other platforms in that we will see. a willingness to collaborate with us to come up with a solution bravo and it's not just facebook doing just as great one question though since already most americans head to social media to get their news when will freedom of speech ring a bell one of the organizations which has links to the atlanta.