forced into the fray in a war of tariffs and sanctions canada had heavy steel and aluminum tariffs imposed earlier this year and trump perhaps thought the stars and stripes needed some protection from its northern neighbor who didn't take too kindly to it that it's kind of insult to move forward with retaliatory measures on july first applying equivalent tariffs as if that wasn't bad enough the us president went and slapped tariffs on europe today i'm defending america's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum brussels tried to hit back with restrictions of its own tried to appeal to the transatlantic solidarity special relations bonds of friendship but to no avail and it begs the question with such a long list of enemies the us is currently fighting from iran to north korea russia china why kick your allies we haven't talked about putting america first because

his allies also it with america first to the head of their own interests and this is beginning i think decouple some of them are a little bristly. really trying to assert american leadership and perhaps we've tended to think of it with article aggressiveness in recent years has been probably military involvement in place like afghanistan and iraq but you know we're going to trump perhaps is less inclined to use military power but he wants to show that americans to particular financial who get money in the world competitors like beijing and moscow attempting to pack as much heat as the u.s. these days sanctioning and scaring everyone in view may be the only way for the u.s. to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . c.n.n. presenters spark controversy for saying on air that violence coming from the left wing anti from movement in the us is more morally justified than violence which

comes from the far right the comments were made a day after and if it had minor clashes with police and journalists are countering a white nationalist rally in washington or pointers are not equal drawing a moral equivalency between those espousing hate in those fighting it because they both resort to violence emboldens hate legitimizes hateful belief and elevates what should be stamped out when i got reaction both for and against those comments. every time i see them on television they seem to be getting some kind of fight some kind of altercation it always seems to come from them it is a matter if they're fighting hey or whatever they claim you can't put your hands on somebody and then hide behind some kind of moral high ground don't touch people if you don't want to be chased is really just as simple as day it doesn't matter what political affiliation the other person is violence even if it's the most justified

and righteous violence that you can have it still creates negative karma it is still very problematic seemed to be. something that should be diverted to only when it's absolutely necessary these people really are what they purport to associate be against they're talking about being an anti-fascist but a lot of their action mirrors that of what was on the mussolini's time with the whole black church situation it seems like they're doing the same thing i'm not saying that there's actually to same as what was going on back then in italy but a lot of their tactics seem to mirror what they were doing just because so i mean what he's like to do that is an ideal or we all got a hold on hold on wait wait wait wait hold on just because somebody is hateful in your eyes does not mean that it's ok or somehow justified at all to hurt then you can't say violence or maybe justify it no it's not if somebody does not put their hands on you you cannot put your hands on them is very simple if you put your hands

on somebody then that person has a right to defend themselves you know you talk about don't put your hands on somebody will you know he had her somebody that has yes there's somebody that wears a mask attacks dangerous people without personal provocation puts their hands on them you know who it is it's batman this type of behavior is justified in our society violence can be used to prevent greater violence it's a boils down to no it doesn't it is against the law to commit violence against another individual yeah of course but the law does not dictate or al of the law is just the law many people talk in a bow it's morally acceptable to her. those who are talking about hate but what about the innocent people as the members of the media get attacked by and used to use schoolteachers being active in the media is also an attack by dan and his employee wait wait well wait hold on hold on a meth initial you see people are they are people of color in the left likes to call them being attacked by these individuals because of their political opinions so i don't really understand this whole thing about. it's ok to somehow justify the

values that it does because most of the time when i see jimmy gaijin news about its use against those who just have different points of view you know i'd have to see it see the statistics on that. you know we have seen a outbreak in street fighting between fascists and anti-fascists that absolutely has happened these people are just afraid they're cowards and they're acting in a way that is totally irrational because of their fear. that the u.s. secretary of state might pompei or has formed a special group that will coordinate washington's policy on iran that as it continues to pressure the country with sanctions the head of the iran action group with brian hook the state department's director of policy planning he says the u.s. is prepared to sanction any country trading with iran. in our sanctions regime yes we will we are prepared to impose secondary sanctions on regimes i'm sorry on on other governments. the continue the sort of trade with iran for those sanctions

will come into effect on november fifth those will include sanctions on iran's energy sector transactions by foreign financial institutions with the central bank of iran iran shipping and ship building sectors among others were new down to around sanctions were enacted earlier this month after president trump announced the country has the country's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal the sanctions prohibit iran from using the us dollar and restricts trading in precious metals to it also limits iranian currency flows as well as imposing constraints on the auto trade the u.s. move is widely opposed though by european countries so let's get some analysis a with. he's a former advisor to iran's nuclear negotiator and he joins this is saving new very welcome thanks for coming on firstly what do you think this action group will achieve. i really don't think you will hear much

of anything because the united states unilaterally and very illegally remain poor sanctions that have been lifted by the international community u.n. security council resolution. of two thousand and fifteen so the question is how can the u.s. justify. rationalization for these sanctions that don't have the backing of the international community if the u.s. perceives as threatened a real threat to allies in europe in particular but also in asia and they will distort international trade and they will not gain iran's chronic clients because they don't leave any incentive for you round from clyde because iran in order to get the removal of sanctions greta the nuclear deal that has not been remade by the

tramp administration training rain causing them and lowering the bar for imposing sanctions and introducing outright blatant economic war where it against the grain and people inflicting a lot of damage to use of human rights economic human rights of the iranian people so i don't we don't think that this is going to succeed at all and it's destined to fail could it do you think make matters worse because there are sort of frayed relations now with the way with this issue and around sanctions this working group if it plans to try and strong arm paypal in the sanctions there's a danger that relations between america and its allies could actually get worse as a result. absolutely you know this has become the poison pill of the american foreign policy it's not an art form a dollar some of the apollo. and architects of the us sanctions possibly claim

because this is the antithesis of peace and harmony relations among nations and it's a tool of american hegemony intended to reign and into submission to their will and that's not going to happen and for years our era any and resistance against america and bullying and using. joining and prodding them to go along with them has proven that so history itself operates against this logic of american sanctions that in the didn't mean it is contrary to international law particularly international humanitarian law was and is opposed by the europeans just as you said with a enactment of the rocking regulation that opposes the second it sanctions on the european firms so i think that america has. a very dangerous gambit that harms

their own economic interests and tantamount to self sanction in their own companies and their allies in europe and elsewhere and it's a really recipe for disaster for american foreign policy. good to tell you're going to have to leave it there was covered. by a former advisor to iran's nuclear negotiating team thank you. military intelligence compound has been attacked in the afghan capital kabul two gunmen have been killed by security forces officers finally took control of the building from where the gunman had been firing at the compound in a by university was also placed on lockdown no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack this latest assault by just as the country's security services struggle to deal with a spike in terror attacks. wish

. my friends and i were sitting an exam in class first period finished and we went out for break time afterwards all the students return to class just two minutes later the bombs suddenly went off when i heard the sound i couldn't feel anything. no none of. them in the. united nations continues to maintain it can be no military solution to secure the country. like a. political analyst and again police have the right the new rise of militant groups in the country is a direct consequence of the failure of the u.s.

and afghan governments the us and international community has made so many mistakes in the course of the last one and how big it within afghanistan they have not been able to put policies in place where they get on the confidence of the out one public the government itself has not been able to deliver good governance and they have not been able to respond to the needs of the general public resulting in a loss of public confidence in the government as well as international assistance forces the americans did not work together with the countries of the region the powers of the region such as countries in central asia russia china and then i would then i want to start to create a set of consensus where we can work together towards stability in afghanistan so many factors coming together that has been reserved. in upsurge of taliban as taliban have been successfully coming forward in peking wooded areas. now are. russian court has placed two teenage girls under house arrest after they were

detained for being part of a gang allegedly plotting the pair were arrested for their role in a group calling itself new greatness and have been charged with plotting to overthrow the russian government within a quarter of a reports now from outside the court. a most court has decided to transfer a mighty had to buy beacon on the public under house arrest and there are the members of the new greatness to movement to which is also accused of forming an extremist organization now both of them are forbidden to use a mobile phones or internet and also talk to the price of the prosecution itself to ask the court for such a decision now these two detainees are the youngest participants of this movement now one is eighteen years old and she was just seventeen at the time of her ras and the other is nineteen years old there were several dozen people gathered here at this courtroom and they're waiting for this decision and they greeted it with the

flaws we've seen the relatives of the girls was seen a team of lawyers just one of the girl's father has decided to represent her interest at the court and of course we're seeing a lot of journalists here as it is a rather complicated case that has attracted a lot of attention here in the country and here is a report that i made earlier on the overall investigation the members of the new greatness movement are accused of organizing an extremist again and calling for a constitutional revolution the investigation claims this young man was a sleeper and here is how he described its purpose. was to establish rules on russian territory the ruling elites on clones i'm repealed repressive laws the constitution. the idea of the movement grew out of private chats on social media platforms here's an extract again the revolutionary fire is

starting everywhere but we can't do anything like this here in our country that said it all began when a few young people from moscow and its regions started to share their political views with each other online later they began meeting in person mostly in the. ronald's cafes to pardon some political rallies handed out political leaflets and made a few trips outside the city to learn how to use firearms they even wrote a manifesto in case of an uprising all revolutionary activities that receive broad public support the organization aims to take part in those actions to the extent of its resources in march ten members of the organization were arrested their defense team claims the idea to create a fool scale movement with its own office progress.