i. think part. of the. new rift between washington and to ron is donald trump announces he will reimpose u.s. sanctions against iran which were lifted under the twenty fifteen. while the u.s. national security adviser brands cuba and venezuela troika tyranny sanctions on two of them plus a t.v. executive in the u.k.

sparks outrage with his halloween costume after he dresses up as the killer. we debate whether it crossed the line. in screaming yelling be offended about everything what's being called complaining is actually political discourse you should i don't know what the fill in the brain the way he put in jail i just calling for that for sleeping. welcome it's just gone five pm here in moscow you're watching international on our top story this hour us around relations have suffered another dime turn that after trump announced the renewal of sanctions against iran that were lifted as part of the twenty fifty new deal responded big planes that washington's past punitive measures made the islamic republic more self sufficient were on science. today

around then announced it is making its own fighter jets for the very first time the country state media say they are one hundred percent iranian made and would be used to shore support missions but after announcing that sanctions would be reimposed did start his twitter message to resemble the tagline from game of thrones however this apparently didn't sit well with the network behind the hit series h.b.o. says it would rather its trademark wasn't quote misappropriated for political purposes the sanctions will come back into force in just two days as you go to dan of now reports what will happen on monday everything that was achieved under the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal will be no more binding on top of penalties imposed additionally by the trumpet ministration there were nineteen rounds of those these new sanctions will accelerate the highly successful effects of our sanctions that have already occurred the maximum pressure we impose is cause the reality to drop dramatically ronnie's cabinet is in disarray and the iranian people

are raising their voices even louder against a corrupt and hypocritical regime a lot of diplomatic achievement has been torn down by this back in two thousand and fifteen the so-called five plus one bloc of countries agreed to open global oil markets for iran's crude in exchange for to iran scrapping its nuclear program even though we run complied with all terms of the deal trump called a disastrous and pulled out unilaterally now with the final push the american leader has delivered while iran keeps abiding by all the demands of the twenty fifteen deal makes while still shipping finance banking you name it really the u.s. hopes to put a damper on all keys sectors of iran's economy in total more than seven hundred entities including both individuals companies and even ships and aircraft will be banned from doing any business with iran bro if you exemptions here in their food or for. suitable industries but the list is not very long to be frank speaking of

exemptions by the way the u.s. also seemed very concerned with the economic well being of its allies we want to achieve maximum pressure but we don't want to harm friends and allies you might assume bolton is talking about europe after all it likes to think of itself as america's biggest ally but apparently that is just not the case and trumps advised there was referring to asian and middle eastern countries we do know that the total of eight states will be exempt from having to cut their businesses their business ties with iran and reportedly there's not a single european country on that list instead it's allegedly india iraq and other nations from those parts of the world another concern washington wants to allay a collapse of oil markets amid fears that prices will just skyrocket if iran's oil pipe runs dry iran's oil exports have already fallen by some eight hundred thousand

barrels per day while america has enjoyed a comparable increase in its crude exports so according to the us not to worry they're happy to fill in the gap putting out additional oil there and exchange for an extra buck they harmed the u.a.e. in the nation they have always been there for the past four decades and they've been arming the you reining in nation all along position that's why many other. states that are under sanctions like russia like theirs they are all against this move especially because this new round of sanctions by washington it doesn't have the u.n. support it doesn't have the support of even the united states close allies like the europeans that have stated their opposition to defiance china turkey or russia and many others have defied the u.s. sanctions against iran and many are worried in washington that this could make these sharp tool or weapon blunts and make you know take it off the menu even for

future u.s. administrations if it goes ineffective. meanwhile it does seem that washington's euro pain is haven't fully supported the latest moves the described trumps measures as regrettable brussels is also valid to support e.u. companies doing business with iran. we remain committed to implementing the joint comprehensive plan of action as a matter of respecting international agreements and of our shared international security and expect iran to play a constructive role in this regard i don't agree with those who say that the americans are have it we're having trouble telling our allies what to do i've seen no evidence of that so far they complain but then do what they're told we have a saying here in america talk is cheap they complain but in the end of they do what they're told i hope it is different this time i hope they look at these actions and

say that their own security may be at stake and they need to summon the courage and the independents to look out for their own interests and not simply submit to the dictates of washington and it's not just around that feeling the pressure from us restrictions at the moment because fresh sanctions have been announced by america's national security adviser against cuba and also venezuela john bolton said that seeing latin american states along with nicaragua do constitute a troika of tyranny and is more against the of now reports that strap line is just the latest in a time honored tradition of phrases designed to turn up the hate. the u.s. government loves catch phrases short catchy and even easier to push through the press and to give them credit they aren't half bad reaganomics a bomb a care in the war on drugs the war on christmas alternative facts and this is huge

and this new one is maybe even better this troika of tyranny this triangle of care stretching from havana to caracas to managua is the cause of an immense human suffering so here is the to radek triple coober nicaragua venezuela all three left leaning socialist states with anti american sentiment what a surprise by the way i reworded troika of tyranny into to radek triple so if i hear the state department stealing my phrase is going to be trouble but. washington has a history of packaging nations into bite size so lurkers who can forget the axis of evil states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world back then the bad guys were iran iraq and north korea and the term was so good that marketing genius john bolton made

a sequel that same year beyond the axis of evil there are other rogue states intent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction particularly biological weapons that included libya syria and cuba again congratulations coober for making it both into the axis of evil and the troika of tyranny and lots to look forward to more sanctions invasion maybe there are still spots open in the fall faction the villainess few and the atrocious assembly hugo of anna well they all have sort of socialist government stayed hours. hugh the u.s. line in latin america but this is still a stretch i mean they're not they're all poor countries relative to the united states and even if they were scheming in some sort of an alliance but it's nothing that would threaten the united states f.y.r. the original axis of evil and beyond the axis of evil nominees were libya syria and

iraq and all were either invaded by the us or torn apart and civil war with american troops coming in later but that's by the by what i can tell you is it isn't easy to come up with and market these little slogans for everyone you don't like which is why they have a generic term as a placeholder regimes the syrian regime aside and putin regimes kim jong il in his terror regime the regime of nicolas maduro and iran's regime so china russia iran and others regimes and everyone else that doesn't do is the u.s. says on the other hand saudi arabia and duress and other family run and the prizes a government's government atari's governments saudi arabia and the u.a.e. their governments government under is government of qatar i mean nothing personal

it's just politics you do is the us send you good and you get a clean slate and a blind eye to whatever shenanigans you're up to but if you don't you're in trouble mr worst case he had saddled with the nickname conjured up by a board with access to a thesaurus and too much free time and even worse case scenario invaded in case you were a put nomination igs sure to look up for any parachuting us troops primarily to these regimes as evil but it's really it's a real problem we demonize other countries because then pressure. builds well why aren't you doing something about it and so i mean we go down this road you could possibly have some military action against one or more of these countries simply because the rhetoric gets inflamed when you put labels on you know clever marketing way opposed to one countries together let's just lump all the you've all in the

world in one slogan and that's again what we're doing i think they're taking the pattern of the george w. bush administration. and using it again. meanwhile the un has voted overwhelmingly in support of lifting the us economic and financing bargo currently placed on cuba it is the twenty seventh time assembly has issued the call to end the restrictions america's envoy to the un though has lashed out at the global body for adopting the resolution. once again we were reminded why so many people believe that faith in the united nations is often misplaced the brutal winds of the castro dictatorship the now of freedom and the did now of the most basic human rights for the cuban people the people of cuba are our neighbors and our friends and they are fellow children of god they use this all the time that's the word bandied around but these are democratically elected people as you've known it

really struck flies in the face of a country that just demands having voter suppression whether it's immunize these these are popular governments with with participation voter participation percentage is that far outstrip the united states you only have about a little over fifty percent now after barak obama of the approach of the electorate participating or the the citizens immunize these protests putting elections in cuba it's like eighty percent of these attacks are completely against the spirit and the foundation of the united nations charter they are via flagrant violations of the sovereignty of nations none of these countries have posed any threat whatsoever to the united states or to any other countries. the u.s. midterm elections are just a matter of days away and everybody is all of that for more russian trolling it seems because after the alleged interference in the twenty sixteen presidential vote u.s. intelligence and the media are convinced moscow is that is again his party boyko

with her latest episode of in case you missed it with a special guy to sporting russian medalists. the u.s. military has all the wires to it and in case you missed it it's highly likely you've been interfered with by a russian. these u.s. midterms are being described as the worst imports and since the last one and russian into barons has been mentioned so often that some merican think at the main account today there will be so naive votes as who don't believe that russia's influence their votes but the media and politicians in need of support or an excuse to say most definitely has and if you come across them in russian and can be subliminal to underestimate how susceptible you are. so you can make sure that you don't pull rank tim here's what i see why my handy guide on how to spot the

russian influence campaign called way if you use a russian any russian you've been tampered with it's pointless to even vote saying the search and media is the main battleground of russian influence for example if your attention is captured by a bright and mildly funny online video about politics presented by a girl with from toxic half always find out who is signing the paychecks is unique . attention to detail is key don't let anything positive you buy russians. i cannot stress this enough the influence can be subliminal voting republican will make you more attractive expert speculation suggests that russian interference on twitter that is actually really easy to spot if you come across extreme views questionable means old badly thought out opinions there probably from some between twenty fifteen and twenty seventeen an overwhelming one out of every

twenty three thousand pieces of content it's just a place to visit existing russian trolls lom this is why vigilance is key. i know that there are role models who can help to show the way like hillary clinton she could find russian interference in the slightest sum up and one i also might leave we will only know how much russian interference says once the results are announced if the democrats do well demo russia had no influence whatsoever but if the republicans do well well then break out the board because you're basically living in the united states of russia so as you prepare to vote in the more times they. want to get them quite a presidential suite it. t.v. royalty oprah winfrey has scorched rumors that she is going to run for president in

twenty twenty of the celebrities still go after the top job at the white. this is what i'm here to tell you that this was meant for you i mean. you've said though that if you did run for president you believe you'd win. rather well i think that when i tell you i would go into lives. i don't want to run.

a lot of people want to see a different leadership today or you have to provide a better leadership today seriously would you run i would i'm seriously considering like you i. why don't you vote for president that way everyone will have everybody ran for president i would. never. come this. in the u.k. after a t.v. executive that dressed up for halloween as the killer. we'll have more on that plus a debate just off the break.

before chinese dominance going forward but only as a technology venture capital but they've been buying gold by hundreds and hundreds of tons as is russia so they understand that only keep money in fear that you are willing to lose the chinese government's message to the people is only keep money in fear that you're willing to lose chinese people that's the chinese government tells our people the chinese allayed are buying gold by the ton hundreds of tons hundreds of hundred tons but they know that the money inflationary spiral is a part of. the united states under many press as a long warning of breakin its treaty and other promises not the united states says it's going to leave the treaty.

hollowing costumes aren't just scary these days because sometimes they can also cause offense a t.v. in the u.k. has sparked outrage there after dressing up as the killer of the side each in this sort. just sickening insensitivity and indifference to the murder of jamal khashoggi just see on fit for your job with i.t.v. his a public figure and has shone upon a new but taste and insensitivity in. does the head of commissioning for comedy entertainment still have a job unbelievably crass and stupid behavior while the i.t.v.

editor a safety body showed up at a celebrity party in london wearing a bloody white coat a headscarf and also carrying a plastic severed hand with turkey now accusing a saudi hit squad of killing the journalist at riyadh's consulate a month ago this is the body though says he does regret his choice of caution. i'm a private individual who attended a private party i realized my halloween costume in offended some people for which i apologize. what a buy new footballer also made a similar apology for dressing up as a suicide bomber but if in your in the right of the picture that showed up at a team party on wednesday in a traditional arab lassies carrying a box with the wood danger on it the brazilian defender like to tweeted that he didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings we had some contrasting views on the story from our guests. i just choose to be offended by actual actions by things that actually matter things that actually do hurt people where there is real violence or

real threat in a political environment like the one that we have no that is very violent characterized by tragedies by violence by racism. what we are seeing in this outrage is that people find it unacceptable and are demanding a higher standard for how we should come together and represent ourselves as a culture i don't see the hate in all the more video that your other guest happens to see and i'm not saying that it doesn't exist out there in pockets certainly it doesn't certainly we should fight that but let's do it effectively and not worry about how people dress up we have to understand that politics comes in a range of forms it comes in elections and voting obviously it comes in through the economy and who holds power of service to sions and it certainly comes in the culture as well what are you going to do are you going to pass a law that bans hollowing if you offend someone you should i don't know what what fill in the brain blank be put in jail i just calling for in place calling for

sleeping fat no i don't know but i'm asking you what should i know but it's all in front of me in law this culture plays a tremendous role in shaping the ideologies the believes and the actions that play out politically on more formal concrete ways will want to be offended and spend their time that way that's fine i see identity politics as something that is has grossly divided us the problem with public policy is we can. screaming yell and be offended about everything what's being called complaining is actually is actually a political discourse and political practice you know and that's what we're doing and i'm not saying that it should never be mentioned if someone where something that you know is hurtful or insensitive i think that we've taken it a bit too far in some cases. now at least seven palestinians were injured in clashes with israeli forces on the eastern border of the garza strip on friday as palestinians continue their territorial protest known as the march of return

demonstrators had been burning tires and waving flags israeli forces and responded with tear gas reportedly leaving dozens suffering from breathing problems palestinians have been coming to the border every friday since the end of march demanding the return of historical lands israeli authorities have continued to defend their use of force they saying they are defending the border from terror and over five thousand palestinians are currently imprisoned in israel meanwhile with more than five hundred serving life sentences for terror related offenses they are often forbidding to you from having any contact with their family and this is led the wives of some of the prisoners to resort to radical methods.

including actually found me on some sort of his son to cut all prisoners will be doing. that as israeli prisons of the most secure in the world the palestinian prisoners are still able to toss the sperm to their wives present were newly released in the wife's great idea flipboard she's with this. it's hard to believe it could happen because of the tight security measures being taken during security prisons meetings with their relatives and in general.

there's this. moment in the zero hour in just breeze and there they have and don't move for assistance. please. and i'll bring you up like this i don't forget they we have plenty of stories for you to you at our website you can find that at r.t. . i am not a terrorist i am not a terrorist i am not. but. these days no matter where you are in the world the chances are you're being watched. in the deaths of innocent people just like any anywhere over ten thousand meters and yet you probably won't have the slightest idea. and if you won't see it coming. what.

would you have seen in post nine eleven scenario. you had been given a license to kill the villagers their villages their houses their mud houses the bombing them sometimes the terrorists and then you see he is alive so who are the killed. children for contrary for profit. smile. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then.

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