join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. in yet another attempt to pressure iran donald trump launches an all out to raid against terror on at the u.n. security council that faces united opposition from almost all the other states around the table. mismo graining who helped. get this deal together she's trying to hold a deal together because she did it washington's envoy to the un makes a shocking personal attack on the e.u.'s foreign policy chief with accusations of

ego and pride for trying to retain the iran nuclear agreement. crossing the line the e.u. warns britain is braggs it coverage has gone too far after the sun newspaper dubs the blocks leaders dirties back. and a leaked memo reveals austrian police were told to give less information to the media to help contribution to positive reporting. it's eleven o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r t international with me in a day or two to welcome to the program the un security council meeting on nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction has seen sparks fly donald trump open the gathering by again lashing out at iran probably hoping for

a different response from yesterday when the audience chuckled at his serious breach he did get a different reaction but again not the one he wanted with almost everyone around the table hitting back insisting that iran is abiding by its nuclear obligations if you are trying to reports. donald trump who was chairing a u.n. security council meeting for the first time ever once again used this opportunity to leave the so-called and when your deal rehabbers and it seems that instead of trying to diplomatically convince other countries which by the way this time were represented in many cases by heads of state mr trump decided to stick to threats whether that has had any effect on these countries for now see for yourself i ask all members of the security council to work with the united states to ensure the arabian regime changes its behavior deeply regrets the united states

unilaterally withdraw from the agreement the decision with far reaching consequences that makes it more unsafe but libya could be greatly condemns the you know actual actions imposed by the government of the u.s. against iran. the u.s. president's objectives on the run but we disagree with them that that's. abiding by its commitments on the deal it remains the best means of preventing iran developing a nuclear weapon this is something that we are actively working on together with china iran and the e.u. so this u.n. security council meeting has been further proof that there is a deepening diplomatic well between america and pretty much the rest of the world europe in particular on one day the top diplomat federica moghul rini made it clear that europe wald to bend under american pressure when it comes to the agreement

and the e.u. even came up with a way to defy u.s. sanctions through a special scheme for payments to keep doing business with iran now. just before this year when the session began came a response to federer from the american ambassador to the u.n. and you may find the toll of that statement quite surprising the european union has to so wrong and it's all because of their ego and their pride. and that's not greening who helped. get this deal together she's trying to hold the deal together because she did it but she's not looking out for the best interests of the european countries who number one don't want to do business with iran so indeed this appears to be a direct attack by a senior american diplomat against a top e.u.

diplomat i just want to point this out once again and washington has been sending this kind of message throughout this week to everyone those who don't see eye to eye with washington on the iran issue will face consequences here's the american national security advisor with more on that we do not intend to allow our sanctions to be europe or anybody else. this you want to see session was originally meant to be on iran however then the agenda was changed to non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and a number of speakers immediately used that to tell russia for the script all poisoning scandal another highlight of the meeting was donald trump directly accusing china of meddling in the u.s. midterm elections. political commentator adel darwish believe the u.s.

rile over iran poses a danger beyond just the countries directly involved he probably get used now to people rejecting what he says or making fun of it as we have seen in his first speech. little certainly when the european union foreign affairs the present of. said that. the dubious special payments special give it for iran this is worrying no it's just for president run for everybody including myself because this is shows a split in. european relations. very good for world history and that's not very good for world peace. however it would be the . company yes. the three the people reading we're on the eve

be decided to choose. to read with america rather than with iran then we will have a problem with this company story the within the european union. independent investigative group telling cat has issued a report claiming it identified new details on one of the suspects in the salisbury poisoning case giving not only the man's alleged real name but also some other surprising details from all this now let's cross life artie's alley. take us through telling cats new reports. yes so this comes from the online blog belling kat they have allegedly done their investigations and they say found the real name of one of the two men accused by the british government of being involved in the incident in soulsby earlier this year which involved the use of the novacek know agent of course u.k. government not so long ago named alexander petro of. bashir of as being the two men

responsible for that attack and today the blog claiming that mr bashir on this real name is actually and that's really sheppey guy and he is no less than a member of the g.r.u. which is the russian military intelligence agency now what's pop somewhat interesting is that this man is alleged to be a connal a very high ranking figure within the e.u. and he's also somebody who has been who has received the country's highest military recognition the military on a now within the piece itself it's somewhat surprising that betting cuts own source said that an operation like this with a usually be carried out by someone a lot more lower ranking perhaps a field operative no higher than a captain and it's interesting because there seems to also be a discrepancy with regards to the birth date of the alleged perpetrator this mr sheppey guy the article says he was born on the fifth of may one thousand nine

hundred seventy nine attached a copy of it says he was born on the fifth of april of one thousand nine hundred seventy nine now perhaps there are some out there who feel like betting cat is a legitimate source there are others however who have called into question the accuracy of some of the past claims some of the links to us think tank such as the atlantic council which include rupert murdoch amongst their advisory boards and also some of questioned some of their past research into the conflicts in syria and the ukraine. what it is doing is nothing more than reading tea leaves every level analysis is a method used by hobbyists never been to syria doesn't speak a word of arabic and he conducts his profound reset from the comfort of his armchair. now the u.k. government have of course been blaming the russian government and the highest

levels of the russian government for this incident. they have of course repeated their claims that this was sanctioned by high figures within the russian government but the topic also surfaced during the un security council. the u.k. saw the consequences of these norms being rooted in sorcery this year when russia recklessly deployed a nerve agent on our streets the united kingdom has presented detailed evidence clearly laid out in charges of attempted murder and the use and possession of a chemical weapon against agents of the russian state. uncorroborated rhetoric on the incident is on the rise the u.k. is stubbornly rejecting the idea of a joint investigation with russia which we have proposed on numerous occasions that's despite the fact that such a joint investigation is exactly what's called for in the chemical weapons convention and if they don't want to cooperate the question then of whether the

u.k. has something to hide. now russia has declined to comment on these latest allegations by and have consistently denied any involvement whatsoever with the incident. have called on the u.k. government to provide them with evidence so that they can help in the investigation . ok thanks for the. early reporting from london. now i don't hear about ten euro mobsters just a taste of the anti brussels headlines and insults printed in the british tabloids over brags that negotiations and he is now fuming that the press have gone too far as art in charlotte depends cave reports it seems there is a feeling a little vulnerable in the wake of some media headlines in the u.k. hold the front page this so. the u.k.'s a right meaning tabloid used a clever play on words to get its feelings across of the recent salzburg summit you

know the one where the needs of the e.u. outright rejected the case breaks it proposals well that headline has caused rather a tailspin in the e.u. and the commission is now calling for a more responsible approach by the media in the way that it informs the public about issues like breaks it and there i was thinking that freedom of press was a cornerstone of the new media build the culture of dialogue should build the culture of dialogue on the contrary we see divisions spread misinformation and. exclusion the black suit debate is the best example of that. again remember the front page of a popular british daily calling the judges the enemy of the people. just last week the e.u. leaders called jacques de rats on another front page and i voted

for a european approach to lead based on quality and smart regulation if needed this song on the front page which set the justice commission off is not the only hard hitting act on the part of the british tabloids known for pulling no punches and surely the breaks of debate coverage is no exception. but headlines like this really that offensive earn so it deficient to the extent that some sort of regulation is needed to rein them in i think

a newspaper can write whatever they want to but if it's aggressive towards a community in terms of law regulation. it should be forbidden to media needs to to remain free whatever written in those media and that's it i think that freedom of speech is important so we should be able to write anything if it's necessary to respect why they have expressed by the public should also be respected. it seems the e.u. justice commission is proposals all prissy unpopular at least hey in paris from what i gathered the view on the street is mostly don't touch the press we asked the same questions in london and it seems opinion across the english channel is divided and also influenced by reader's preferences i think they've got the discovery regulations in place to keep her around. by playing fairly i don't encourage

strong language here that kind of headline could be fatal to people but that is almost every person's country look after themselves they won't print that i think it's dropped. off and the paper should be. appealing fellows called global god. if the e.u. was hoping its complaint would promise the british press to change tack it seems the sun didn't get the message on mind say the red top and ridiculed commissioner. as an obscure figure nobody's ever heard of the outspoken newspaper and at the e.u. would be better off disclosing any piece expenses then trying to muzzle the press. of a tough going to stand where hundreds of locals have blocked an entrance to a german military base the protesters have worked in the country for the german government and now demanded help from berlin they say their workers put their lives in danger but it seems their requests for asylum falling on deaf ears.

just not. just. on the you know. just. i was working at the front line with them. together german troops with the german generals when i was taught that my duty they told me. we will help you if you for some problems. you know. knowledge we have this german war in afghanistan in our.

german officer. look at the safe place. we received direct and direct threats. sixty days ago by the militants tortured and. his face smashed on. and on. that showed them that we are really in danger we are not here for picnic we are not here for our time we are here to show them that you are really in danger we have really a big problem. really

in coalition has been accused of trying to restrict media freedoms ofter memo advising the country's police not to share information with certain need to outlets was leaked. picks up the story. the austrian interior ministry has been left red faced it's after an internal memo was leaked in which they instruct the police how to handle the media essentially if they don't write nice things about us give them nothing i would suggest the communication with these media should be limited to only the most necessary levels and that they should not be allowed to contain suis such as exclusive accompaniments the leak included some of the media organizations on the do not engage list editor is raging with the ministry and interior minister but this is informational blockade for bad media and sweets for the good ones our democracy does not have to be in darkness just because

a minister feels too weak to withstand criticism and appears unfit for the sensitive ministry the austrian interior ministry of justified the email saying it had nothing to do directly with mystical saying that this was an attempt to try and establish a united front between the interior ministry and the police against a media that they say is biased against them this is their rights and the best way to communicate both from a legal perspective and for the journalists themselves considering this is my eyes to get certain media out of thin air but austria's top officials have been unequivocal in expressing their anger at the news that this e-mail existed governments and public institutions have a grave responsibility to protect free and independent journalism and any restriction of freedom of the pris is only acceptable freedom of expression media and press freedom of the cornerstones of our liberal democracy and of our constitutional state in austria any restriction of press freedom is unacceptable

that can't be discrimination against individual media the austrian chancellor deemed this leak important enough to take time out from the un general assembly to comment. so it doesn't look like it's going away from the austrian press any time soon we'll have to wait to see if mr kurtz follows up on his words with actions when he returns from new york peter all of our. returning to the issue of iran the us national security advisor has sensationally called on the supposedly independence with payment system on which banks around the world rely on to reconsider its business with taren banks and financial messaging services such as swift must take a good hard look at their business with iran and ask themselves whether it is worth the risk john bolton a short cut move comes after the e.u. russia iran and china unveiled a new payment mechanism to bypass u.s.

sanctions on tehran bolton was also skeptical of that announcement you know the european union is strong on rhetoric and we going to follow through so we will be watching the development of this structure that doesn't exist yet and has no target date to be created we do not intend to allow our sanctions to be of aided by europe or anybody else. let's cross live to economist an independent investment fund manager max max thanks for coming on to the program now do you think swift will obey bolton and stop working with iran. well there is a possibility because the u.s. does put a lot of pressure on many actors source with might do that we don't know but of course the u.s. has had very unilateral and very aggressive policy of sanction so swift will

certainly listen to those words what we know is germany's foreign minister suggested creating alternatives to systems like swift to become independent from the u.s. in your opinion do you think such an idea is feasible. is feasible if the will is there and i think it's highly necessary because of course german the german authorities report all passenger data to the u.s. and there is a grip on on the european data by the u.s. so it's it's very important to break that monopoly but we see we have to see if. germany and the others follow through because this is a long shot yeah yeah i mean you say it's necessary how likely is it that it will go three. well i would give it lightly less than fifty percent slightly pessimistic but not totally different to stick. ok so how much is the belgian based system inevitably influenced by us all impression do you think. well it certainly is i

mean the u.s. has put a lot of pressure on various issues and it has used the sanctions weapon and the economics weapon and the more aggressively even against the european companies against swiss companies and this is as really. put a lot of tensions on european companies and especially since the financial crisis so at some point europe might wake up and say this is too much i mean we have to go on a way and we have to find striking new balance so that might be the turning point right now but we will only see with hindsight yami what do you make of the new e.u. china russia iran mechanism the quite special purpose vehicle with its i possibly u.s. sanctions on tehran it's pretty amazing that such ideas being floated and of course europe is torn on the tween iraq and the house place on the one hand and some loyalty to the u.s.

and on the other hand it's the loyalty to the treaties and to nuclear. proliferation on top proliferation and so it's really a choice that trump has put the europeans in and so it's pretty amazing that even such in the nouns with this coming out and mike pompei of the has come out that he was deeply disappointed that europe might not be following through in the mail well the but his disappointment was a strong language and so it is it is an amazing story it is an amazing announcement is now and why why do you think this is happening now why do you think this country is all even publicly teaming together. well too much is too much the pressure on german diesel cars coming from the u.s. which would benefit the u.s. car industry the pressure on swiss things by the us the pressure on many other industries the russian sanctions which mostly of good germany and austria on the

western side so there's been a lot of economic warfare in the last ten years and that has helped a lot of companies a lot of countries in this might just be the turning point because it's to not we don't know we'll see we'll see afterwards like cement and a pump a u.s. secretary of state come by and he has reacted furiously to the move let's have another listen to what he actually said unfortunately just last night i was just erb and indeed deeply disappointed to hear remaining parties in the deal announced they're setting up a special payment system to bypass u.s. sanctions. this is one of the most counterproductive measures imaginable for regional and global peace and security by sustaining revenues to the regime you are solidifying iran's ranking as the number one state sponsor of terror. yeah you could hear that disappointment actually during these meetings that we see in the

u.n. general assembly on the security council we've heard some very strong rhetoric haven't we could washington impose sanctions on countries who use the new mechanism or continue to trade with iran. well of course washington has been doing this for the past ten years even though it's on its allies so it has caused massive sanctions in the past ten years that i've heard many of the allies and so this might just be the turning point yes washington could who's rosendahl centrals but the allies probably or some allies say this is enough for me we can't bear any more. front to those sanctions and the support of them long enough we have to find their own way so this might be the breaking point it might not be but it's certainly a very good development and it gives hope to a more thorough approach that europe can find its own in those issues and. that's still far off what those sort of the. some hope they're. never no economist

and independent investment fund manager max arthur thanks very much for coming on to the program. on friday the fate of brett kavanaugh nomination as u.s. supreme court justice is expected to be decided following a string of sexual misconduct allegations so far three claims have been made against the nominee since the first accusations came to prominence last week kavanah has been the top target for trump's opponents and some are even questioning whether a presumption of innocence should apply this was attempted rape i believe professor ford judge kavanagh has lied multiple times she doesn't kavanaugh have the same presumption of innocence as anyone else in america his credibility is already very questionable in my mind and in the minds of a lot of my fellow judiciary committee members the democrats i don't have eyes lying that you're well i believe her let's put it that way there is credibility to

her story. the allegations are leading democrats to call for coven his nomination to the country's highest court to be blocked this is not the first that recent case of unproven sex like ization is damaging us politicians careers republican roy moore lost last year's alabama senate elections following sexual misconduct accusations from nine women he sued three of the accusers also in twenty seven hundred eighty eight year old civil rights legend john conyers resigned from congress following sexual misconduct claims from several women both politicians deny any wrongdoing on thursday brett kavanaugh will give testimony on the claims against him he denies all allegations pass through a process. of waters from both sides for rushing to join. we invited guests to debate whether political motives may have been behind the timing of the story and if the presumption of innocence no longer

applies. we're convincing people who probably had no idea anything about this case or even that there was a supreme court nominee to suddenly think that brett kavanaugh is a monster based on these these these allegations these paintings of how he's been meanwhile all we have are the words of two people that's not to say that they are lying but we have absolutely no evidence for that and that is simply the complete opposite of what the united states constitution and our judicial system was set up to create so i don't think anybody is assuming that anybody's guilty but that doesn't mean that we don't have a responsibility to take victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment very seriously and i think that's what we're doing right now particularly as it applies to the misuse of power by people and in particular men in power in our institutions in this country so i think right now it's perfectly plausible and important to hear out these women a lot of people believe some very important things in danger of being overturned

and i think there's a some very serious implications there is not and i understand the role again general but i hear your. disagreements in the fear that roe v wade is going to be overturned but again these are more media allegations these are more allegations from from liberal stating that if trump has his people and if conservatives come in that then roe v wade will be overturned in all of this that's simply not due process of the american legal system or the supreme court they can't just come in and overturn laws there have to be cases there have to be precedent that this is politically motivated against cavanagh it has nothing to do with any evidence it's actually been brought forth the sides of besides allegations from two women all processes that bring about the interpretation the production of law in any society is inherently political trumps appointment of cabinet is political there is an agenda at play here this is a field of deceit are you mentioned that the legal system in america america in.