four hundred. washington after. canceling his purchase of a russian missile defense system as nato outlined new measures to counter moscow. the u.n. says atrocities are on the rise in the west african country of mali with ethnic communities being massacred despite a frenchman u.s. troop presence. and a rights activist. western women who wear the hijab when visiting a wrong for supporting a discriminatory. debate and. i think it's i think

it's ridiculous i think asking women to come in when they come into a country. inside iran there is a role and there is a law and could. change the whole system. it's ten o'clock here in moscow watching r.t. international live from our studio with me welcome to the program the turkish foreign minister co-chairs of the russian four hundred missile system is a done deal he was reacting to repeated u.s. calls to cancel the order the latest of which came from president mike pence speaking at nato seventieth birthday bash. as four hundred deal is a done deal and we will not step back from this in any case we have been always.

trying to improve and strengthen and deepen our relations with allies particularly united states and be valued by that's a relationship if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. does it want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. were doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership. and he was quick to hit back over another sensitive issue in its relations with washington took his vice president has warned the americans against forming an alliance with the kurds in the north east of syria considers as terrorists however the key focus of nato as late as gathering in washington has not been relations with turkey but with russia with moscow being portrayed as a major global threat the nato secretary general got an enthusiastic response from

the u.s. congress as he outlined counter measures against moscow. as well. he might not even have had it in mind when he was doing it but the greatest businessman of all presidents made sure everyone in the club opening their wallets for nato's seventieth anniversary the clear message from prison term. help is having a real impact we see that many more than a dollar meet the two percent god on the spending two percent of the g.d.p. on defense can there be a better gift than me oh yeah but let's keep in mind if you will that vladimir putin is the greatest gift to nato since the end of the cold war and it has provided a new reason for living if you will for nato that's right there needs to be an excuse for the existence of the gigantic cashed of warring juggernaut and for

keeping on getting new members on board weapon making firms need customers the biggest ones happen to be from where this man is in charge if you know what i mean though since the soviet union collapsed almost three decades ago even within the alliance there were some doubts about why nato still needs to be out there in research sponsored by the bloc you may have found stuff like this if they too was created notice to act as a deterrent to soviet imperialism and to counter communism and the perceived nuclear threat then was. as its relevance today there was a point when a former nato spokes man gave lectures on how the alliance was struggling to find itself when the cold war was over even russia's nukes were no longer taken as a big deal for the first time in almost fifty years the us stands on the verge of attaining nuclear promise e when mitt romney called russia out while he was running for the white house he was trolled by barack obama after all you don't call russia our number one enemy.

not al qaeda russia. unless you're still start going to cold war mind war well those were the days if you think of it nato was big failures like afghanistan or libya kind of outweigh whatever the block would try to boast as its success anyway we even got to a point where someone from nato was daddy america the president i mean said they don't is obsolete it covers a soviet union which is no longer in existence and nato has to either be rejiggered reaching india changed for the better it didn't take long for mr trump to be reminded of russia i mean the scary version and that more folks other than saudi arabia will have to buy guns from his military industrial complex i said it was obsolete it's no longer absolutely happy birthday nato and we see a pattern behavior consistent cyber attacks on nato allies and partners targeting

everything from paula months to public goods. sophisticated this information campaigns and attempts to interfere in democracy itself. oh you'll be all right for a very long time reexamination is called for for the existence of nato since the downfall of the soviet union and one thing only one made turtle has been wandering around without a purpose it's been looking for a purpose in the earth it's gone out of the earth it's gone the other places find that it have a purpose needs to find itself and what its relevancy is and it needs to remain as a military alliance. absent the part absent politics absent economic considerations because it's not the job of nato nato

a strictly military the united states is trying to drum up the notion that moscow remains that threat in order to justify not only the continued existence of nato but actually to increase spending of their towards defense. western women who wear the hijab when they visit iran are insulting the nation as according to a prominent to rein in women's rights activist he says regarding the part of every new culture goes against the hard work of activists like a south we're trying to abolish the compiled three head covering they say that this is a cultural issue where where it's out of respect to the culture of iran calling it discriminated law as part of our culture this is an insult to a nation iran is mandatory requires all women to wear it in public or activists condemnation of western women has stirred mixed reactions online. while women in

the middle is to fight for their freedom from this religious tyranny westerners think your job is a cultural good to. know they wear it because the told if they don't they can't get in a state they're just being polite but everyone knows it's mandatory they know they have to otherwise they may never return as a woman fighting against a compulsory he job in iran it's more than painful to me when i hear people say a compulsory he job is our culture it is not just look at the picture of the rand before deny nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution we put the issue up for debate with journalists. and from the council of ex muslims have put. well why do i have to respect laws when i go to another country and when for example even as a veiled person i insulted i am stopped at airports just because i am a muslim woman because i choose to wear the his job and this is something that is

not mandatory for me this is something that i choose and this is part of women's freedom people who are standing against this only in order to i think promote the mass media. image of women as objects as sex objects is just. not for one moment even consider the women thrown into prison. tortured raped by prison guards for choosing to remove that you don't ever speak for them you're not full you have real value when you go when you are not forced to yes yes there was lots of proof but you're not going to take into account any of those women's voices because it doesn't fit your narrative. of refusing to you're just lying about the about you know being made to take off your veil it's not an issue of lying look i don't know if i have the chance to talk to

talk right now but you as a person you are insulting at least half a billion veiled women not inside iran outside iran as well it's not just about the veiled woman point is they have the right to your example and they have no right to yell outside of iran. in iran secu that are removing that it was no law they have the freedom what i do know is that iran after the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution everybody knows that it was a people's revolution the i it's all yours it islamic one of these guys that it was an art to serve out was that. it wasn't as. pollution but it was a people's revolution i think it's i think it's ridiculous i think asking wimmin to come in. when they come into your country you do just the way you can't do that not only for women from you know my our country's day then start using as a stick to beat them with they say to them look at these non muslim women that are

coming into your country and wearing your job when you are in your country you have to be moved them taking away their choices those are the women we never ever talk about one people choose the majority of the people choose to be governed by islam across one of them is to wear the her job and his job does not demean women it actually makes them become human beings and i'm not going to unveil we're not saying america is human and women who are veiled i'm not saying that this is another issue but inside iran there is a role and there's a lot of good. unless you change the whole system. the security situation in mali is worsening to spite the fact that french and u.s. troops have been on the ground for over six years according to a u.n. expert who spoke out following the massacre of one hundred sixty civilians in what some fear is the beginning of an ethnic war artie's charlotte to penske reports

last month hundred and sixty people were massacred in central mali. there are. children and pregnant women the elderly and young people. whine well they were flown in an ethnic group you've been accused of having toys to your hardest of course it's a number about three million or ninety percent muslim and a number of did join al qaeda type groups as a result of their ethnic groups have told all of the same brush calling for the whole community to be labeled as a terror group. they are. and they have to be the un has also warned that the following are being sought out for attacks these people are deliberately targeted women men and children simply for being part of

the full on the community mali is a country which has been ravaged by conflict for seven years from six our eyes and the un all have a foothold but as part of a war on terror and to keep the peace but violence is multiplying not subsiding the threat from extremist groups has spread with a u.n. report outlining how attacks are going up often here so important is what's happening in the forward part calling the president might go visit it in his first week of taking office showing support for french troops are based there since two thousand and thirteen and while he may have been hoping for an exit strategy from it's becoming more entrenched this week the country announced a new base for its anti jihadist force. it is time to continue to invest in live chaco because the presence of the sea has virtuous effects that i

think that the population is still happy to see the french army investing in this region. not court has demanded more victories on the ground against the holidays but as the west now is focused that it still rooting out terror many are concerned that what's really happening i was at i think tensions that some of the like going to a genocide is taking place right and then you say it's a large amounts of money they don't understand this war they don't they're not part of it they're not even part of al-qaeda and its mission on this mission but many of their women and children in large numbers have been killed by government forces too in front of u.n. officials in front of peacekeepers they have no way of getting out of this cycle of violence which seems to be between the government al-qaeda that's usually supported by some elements of the full line yes i guess the wider fulani people who

are being attacked in huge numbers as well they have been associated with kind of they've been associated with them losing their loved ones by the government usually under the the umbrella of trying to attack back in a couple of minutes don't go away. little. people in america have no money. and yet and house prices are. skyrocketing relative to their wages but the government says that's not inflation health care

costs are galloping at ten or fifteen percent a year and one. government says that's not in. other words there is. a concerted and decided excise. the workers in the united states. welcome back to the program the minister for the armed forces is facing a backlash after some took him to be saying that only a single civilian death was caused by seventeen hundred u.k.'s strikes in syria and iraq while lancaster clarified his position as follows. it was not our position that there has only been a single civilian casualty as a result of a military action which we have a casualty according to the u.k.

defense ministry the royal air force conducted nearly two thousand strikes during its engagement in syria and iraq in twenty fourteen resulting in the deaths of more than four finals and i saw fighters human rights organization amnesty international released a damning report on even march accusing the u.k. of being in denial of civilian casualties in mosul and rocca. the ukase claiming to have carried out massive aerial bombing of densely populated cities with virtually zero civilian casualties this beggars belief and shows just how deeply in denial the minister of the fast actually is over his role in the mass bombing of mosul and roc-a peace campaigner russell whiting says it's impossible to distinguish myself item from a civilian after an hour strike let's not forget the minister of defense actually only trained one civilian had been killed after months and months of claiming you know the idea that you can know whether someone is an arsenal fighter or

a civilian after a bomb has been dropped on them the idea that you don't have enough boots on the ground for one category of people to be identified that you do for another one i'm afraid there's just absolutely stinks of propaganda from our government i don't think the figures would change i don't think anything that we've been given about our involvement in syria or afghanistan iraq libya have been accurate because we just don't know we keep rushing into these interventions with no idea about who retired getting the best thing to do would be to leave the people of syria to have their own destiny in their own hands and to british troops and british planes to come back to britain. usa is developing a rescue plan for venezuela's economy designed to pop cash into the country through banks smartphones and out but even though the trumpet ministration is rushing to reveal the details the plan has one condition. the timeline is to get rid of

material. i have no idea when that's going to be that would begin immediately it's a question of. getting hold of the what i call the machinery of government. the venezuelan opposition plans to renew its efforts to oust president nicolas maduro on saturday and as that day draws nearer calls to install one quite though the leader of the opposition are getting louder in the u.s. some advocating for quiet at that are apparently doing so under false pretenses as caleb maupin explains. with venezuela in conflict the media definitely needs voices to explain you know analysts to assess the situation in the country and it also helps if they can speak perfectly fluent english so meet joanna hossam and speaking in an editorial for the new york times about that his way or this movement on the american left against any u.s. involvement in this way that is gaining traction dangerously glorifying the brutal

dictator and promoting inaction final is a social democrat appointed by the national assembly the only remaining democratically elected institution left in venezuela she's venezuelan american and she's a comedian she loves to call out critics of u.s. foreign policy because how dare they forgives full support to juan guede oh the self-appointed u.s. backed president of venezuela but here's a detail the new york times failed to mention her father is ricardo hossam an economics professor from harvard university and ricardo haas a man her father is currently the envoy of wand wedo to the enter american development bank the biggest lender in latin america looks a lot like miss hosmer has a pretty big swale on who wants what's best for her people it should be nerves or that her father has a lot to gain politically and professionally should regime change happen very cool of the new york times not to mention you know the fact that john houseman's dad is an economic advisor focus now the folks who handle ethics of the new york times

have a special section dedicated to possible conflicts of interest from contributors stuff members must be sensitive that perfectly proper political activity by their spouses family or companions may nevertheless create conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflict but in the end the new york times didn't really care they presented her as just another voice we were aware of her father's biography before publication but miss housman is an independent adult woman has built a popular following on her own by producing a portfolio of argued videos about venezuela. and it wasn't just the new york times she made her rounds to buzz feed c.n.n. and the for freedom forum none of them thought that her blatant family ties to one grade zero were of any concern and not presenting the full picture is not all that uncommon in american media there was a lot of outrage recently when a c.n.n. q. and a with presidential candidate bernie sanders stuffed the audience with people

tied to elite think tanks and the democratic party but presented them as just average citizens with tough questions how could a voter like me. feel confident in your ability to represent the party. good evening. there's a lot of misinformation regarding your plans for universal health care. perhaps the most blatant example of media concealment was now europe and her tearful testimony before the congressional human rights caucus could be because i think it is. to think abuse to do it because she failed to give her last name but her tearful testimony plucked america's heart strings and it paved the way for u.s. support from kuwait during the gulf war it turned out that no year zero was

actually the daughter of the kuwaiti ambassador and her story could not be verified in furthermore she had arranged to testify without taking an oath making it illegal for her to lie yes when it comes time to push for a certain agenda the media seems to ignore rather inconvenient facts but remember behind every face is a story up and r.t. new york. the number of people killed in the flash floods in the southwest of iran has risen to sixty two the day which started two weeks ago has destroyed key infrastructure that the late organizations say sanctions are preventing vital help from getting three. through the helicopter as we try to move to people from. the tents for the for temporary shelter in of the people and as well as a distribution of relief items actually it is a living basically attempts were affected people they run their cars on society

they have their partner one hundred ninety one national society that our partner and we somehow we receive some candle answers from them and in some cases like gemma it goes we are going to receive relief bullets from general red cross and talk us christian talk you should send and send relief items and we have some some others if it's just for you there are those that they announced their readiness to dispatch their relief items we have not received any one any any in in our accounts you to decide actions against and so there are a lot of people in our brought that wants to help us and want to donate their money especially iranian people who are living abroad but we cannot use our foreign currency as. the u.s. government meanwhile alleges that poor infrastructure is to blame for iran's difficulties in dealing with the flooding rather than assisting as trafficking for

sanctions targeting the iranian economy. these floods once again show the level of the iranian regime mismanagement in urban planning and emergency preparedness the regime blames outside entities when in fact it is their mismanagement this led to this disaster to even jail environmentalists for attempting to help iran prepare for these very issues.

that's the news at this hour i'll be back around thirty minutes with more updates but in the meantime do stay with us for a bust which is next here on our international.

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this is boom bust broadcasting around the world covering the world of business and finance and impact on us all i'm christiane. and washington org. coming up today as the saga of the u.s. china trade war reached its third act richard will professor of economics and america as the university of massachusetts amherst is standing by to sift through what it means for shipping and us market. plus there are some major mix ups in the markets today and we are back around to check in on where looks like the stock has slammed on the brake at a mesh of the adam mesh trading group gets behind the wheel and drives us through the numbers. and finally drags it is bearing down on british business and business leaders are sounding the alarm hillary for which of the british american business association joins us to break it all down all of that directly ahead but first some

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