president. against any aggressive steps raising fears of a new conflict russia's foreign minister urges washington resolve the crisis talks with the u.s. secretary of state. to. compare how the u.s. is going to deal with the crisis that was made by washington's unilateral decision . deescalation between tehran and washington after the collapse of the nuclear deal. they will reopen an investigation into

a sexual assault allegation made against wiki leaks founder julian assange. tradition from the u.k. . the u.s. china trade was. plummeting after beijing with the latest us. joining us here in moscow watching r.t. . the us president issued a warning to tehran after its decision to limit its obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal was also responding to saudi arabia's claims that iran sabotage to oil tanker. we'll see what happens 9 with iran if they do anything it will be a very bad mistake if they do anything i'm hearing little stories about iran if they do anything they will suffer greatly we'll see what happens with the run the more the us warned us to state my pompei against their skill ating the situation over iran comes as america's top diplomat made an unexpected visit to brussels for

talks with e.u. ministers are all of the reports. michael heard that very clearly today from from the us the most responsible attitude to take is and clearly should be and that of maximum maxon and restraint avoiding any escalation on a military site well this was a meeting that was all set it was all planned there was supposed to be sitting down the e.u. foreign ministers as well as the high representative for foreign affairs federica mockery me she's essentially the use overarching equivalent of a foreign minister they were supposed to be sat down talking about libya they tried to do that as much as they could however might pompei o the u.s. secretary of state he decided he was going to be turning up. of course that has apparently put the cat amongst the pigeons if i listen to some of the people i've been talking to among the diplomats in brussels federica mockery they're far from

happy that might pump aoe was in town on this day he wasn't supposed to be here he was supposed to be a moscow he did turn up and this is what represented the for foreign affairs have to say when it came to the iran deal they need to keep it alive we. still invite iran to comply with all its nuclear commitments and that is a full determination on the european union side and also all that understates expressed that today very clearly on continuing to implementing it full of the nuclear deal with it and federica mockery and he said all of the parts of the iran deal just then because last. week iran said that it would not continue to uphold all parts of the 2015 deal that came on the anniversary of the united states saying that it would pull out wholeheartedly from the agreement now the u.s. decision to do that donald trump's decision to unilaterally pull the u.s.

out of it it caused an awful lot of problems and it saw a lot of a you nations member states also brussels itself condemning the united states for doing so now we've also started to see some of the 28 member states starting to to question iran well ideas when it comes to whether they should stay in it should the uranian government decide that they want to pull out wholeheartedly from the 2050 nuclear deal of it's we agree with other e.u. states the nuclear deal is necessary for us security and it's gong to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons iran has agreed to vital compliance measures if they break that deal then there will be consequences in terms of how european powers react so we urge the iranians to think very long and hard before they break.

the end of today nothing could be worse than iran leave in the agreement that there are new sanctions to do from europe because iran has so far always respected the commitments we get has undertaken this commitment and not respected the question of considerate this is the 2nd change of schedule it is many weeks for those that travel with mike pompei of the u.s. secretary of state that things that have been changed at the last minute just last week it was supposed to be coming here from helsinki to berlin they ended up going to baghdad this time around they're supposed to be going to moscow they end up in brussels they are heading off to russia for tuesday at a meeting with sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and we can certainly expect iran to be pretty high on the agenda. hugh morris foreign minister says that he plans to confront his u.s. counterpart on how washington intends to find a way out of the crisis it created over the iran nuclear deal so you. meet with the

u.s. secretary of state pompei of this tuesday in sochi. so after those dismiss that arms when you will produce tomorrow i will ask mike compare how the u.s. is going to deal with the crisis that was made by washington's unilateral decisions i hope tomorrow's talks will be frank iran has the right to partly suspend the implementation of the nuclear deal if other parties don't keep their commitments in shorts now that the united states is left the iranian nuclear deal and is trying to get the european union to suspend to suspend its implementation of the deal. have a right a legal right to also suspend their implementation of the deal in effect the deal is collapsing because of the united states sanctions because of how determined the united states is to torpedo this deal and to get the iranians to do what they want nevertheless the united states is as i said adamant and believes that iran

must be stopped that iranian behavior is the stabilizing iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve notably however foreign minister lavrov said that they plan to have an honest discussion face to face this question with my pump air tomorrow and see how things out things will go from there . joins me on the line now he's a middle east analyst and the author of several books on iran's foreign affairs couldn't think of a start with donald trump's comments he warns that iran will quote suffer greatly if they do anything it's pretty vague stuff from donald trump is he talking about enriching uranium or something else that he thinks. well who knows what

goes on in mr trump's mind all we know is that he has ranted feverish lee against fake news and is now mastering the art of fake news on iran with this latest shenanigan and the us saudi arabia and you a crumb's really pulled off in persian gulf and try to pin it on iran and i had friends who had that you know those stories full of holes during the claim that you know the explosion in which a or not they say is baseless rumor day contradicted their own a spread rumors and there's not one single photo of the saudi ships that they claim were significantly damaged without one drop of oil being expelled and a lot of water holes through which the whole truck can drive through so you know the iranians are worried about planted accident or a false flag operation and this incident are legit incident in persian gulf as all

the bad orders of the gulf of tonkin like incident in order to facilitate a war of choice in persian gulf mr trump is appearing like a reluctant warrior who may 1 day drop bombs on iran in the name of war peace. this is very simple think it was wrong coming from russia russia's foreign minister said the standoff between iran and the us was created by the unilateral decisions of the united states is that fair comment or is it being of. well i think that russia as well as china are making a very principled stance on this matter. in line with the international obligations under the u.n. security council resolution 2231 as well as the c.p.o. it. agreement and in addition to the russian government the russian nuclear

company or saddam has also announced its stated intention to continue nuclear cooperation with iran to build new reactors in bush despite the recent u.s. decision to ban and sanctions i think it is so you know it's not just russia and china but the europeans also standing up to us rebuffing repeated air force to convince these parties to exit. and follow the u.s. which is of a erroneous decision since the. is a major nonproliferation plus and we heard from the u.n. representative doubling the effort to preserve the g c p o a and the statement by secretary secretary lover of indicates that in addition to going back empty handed

from brussels today. mr pompadour is very likely to face a similar scenario tomorrow in moscow and that really doesn't bode well for u.s. foreign policy so the u.s. is after 2015 agreement iran's threatening to do the same something that really of thing it is to drop a new agreement. well no not necessarily because 1st of all iran has given 60 days to europe to clean up its act and live up to its commitments and we are now starting to see a renewed effort on the part of europe to do exactly that and hopefully they're meeting today. as a fresh reminder to the americans that the course of policy toward europe is failing and europe is determined to salvage the deal just as russia and china are so i'm cautiously optimistic about the lifespan of g c p o and the ability of the

other signatories to join forces and preserve the deal in the interest of regional and global peace and they are making as need to make a u. turn on their own u.s. policy come back to the table negotiate with irina and and in order lot of non-nuclear issues that can be tackled as well right now the u.n. is making serious progress in the war on yemen with respect to the departure of the hutus from what they the poor and so on and the situation in syria is transitioning to a post conflict the situation in iraq is this has a stabilized in many parts due to iran's cooperation with the iraqi government to defeat dieses there is so what is your sister trouble i really think that the us has a misguided foreign policy approach in the persian gulf and immediately is that cause for serious and immediate reconsideration listen to the thoughts of the least analyst on the author of several books on iran's foreign affairs cover africa thank

you. in other news prosecutors in sweden have reopened an investigation into sexual assault allegations against the wiki leaks co-founder julian assange now seeking an extradition warrant against him all the says of course that 50 week prison term in the u.k. only boy has been. well these allegations date back to 2010 and the investigation into them was dropped in 2017 swedish prosecutors were unable to go ahead with the investigation while assad was essentially stuck inside london's ecuadorian embassy but when swedish prosecutors dropped the investigation they said that it could be reopened if the situation allowed so when a songe was dragged out of london's ecuadorian embassy last month the woman had made the allegations against him said that she would like the case to be reopened

and that's precisely what has happened stockholm has requested julian a songes extradition to sweden take a listen to what the prosecutor had to say at a press conference a little bit earlier on my new circumstances have brought about the need to revise or previous decision after reviewing the current state of diploma near investigation my assessment is that there are still grounds to suspect the mysterious songe committed rape and now the statute of limitations on this case expires in 2020 so there isn't much time for the swedish authorities to act of course a sun jewel star has a u.s. extradition request hanging over his head at the moment so there is kind of a legal muddle in place here and in a pit is that only the home secretary is able to decide which of these cases should take precedence and sort of potentially allow the pressing swedish case to

be prioritized and it looks now that it's going to be a political decision as to where a song potentially is extradited to fast technically he can be sent to sweden and the u.s. can then sort of update it as extradition request and request that he be extradited over to the u.s. from sweden but. the u.k. would have to give sweden permission to extradite assange to the u.s. as songes legal team would be able to challenge every one of those moves said we're looking once again down the barrel of a very lengthy legal battle with 3 different jurisdictions in place now a songe has always rejected all the allegations the swedish allegations against him he's always said that he sought refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy not because he was afraid of being questioned by the sweden but because he was always concerned that the swedish case was simply a pretext for a more serious u.s.

extradition request where he could face serious charges for his publishing activities and wiki leaks published the iraq war logs which others neat government sort of diplomatic and military files they were deeply embarrassing to washington does now that neutral video. collateral damage which shows appears to show us soldiers killing iraqi civilians the news today now means that we have 3 different jurisdictions 3 different countries involved in this a songe legal saga he's wanted in washington he's wanted in stockholm and in the meantime he's in prison here in the u.k. serving out his 50 week sentence for skipping bail back in 2012 ballou for the swedish woman who reported being sexually assaulted by a judge in the song 20 turn welcome the decision to reopen the case so the signals

no one was above the law and that the swedish legal system doesn't give special treatment. we spoke to wiki leaks chief. new believes that sweden was pressured into pursuing this case against islam. julius ars has always been ready and willing to cooperate with the swedish investigation throughout the years and i assume that he will welcome this opportunity to clear is the name and. get this matter over and done with there are many of the normal t. s. in these highly regrettable politicised crosas with the change of julian. worldwide ready. the crown prosecution service in the u.k. was in the driver's seat in this case it seems according to the e-mails the routines that also you information requests everything that pertains to julian as well as these this is a little sized it is very hard to see that the opportunity to install to

a fair trial in sweden in the u.k. or in the united states especially because that is exactly what all the change to an on would actually do to face trial for publishing the truth. global stock markets are taking a hit again in the midst of china u.s. trade blows beijing swung back at the latest u.s. tariffs by imposing penalties on $60000000000.00 worth of american products the measures will kick in next month trade talks between washington and beijing ended last week without a compromise on friday the u.s. heights levies on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports raising the from 10 to 25 percent are saying penalties will be raised on all remaining chinese products with another $300000000000.00 u.s. dollars asian rejects washington's claim that it failed to stick to trade commitments china had already imposed under $10000000000.00 in tariffs on the u.s.

and imports far less american products than the u.s. to chinese but is now slapping levies on more than $5000.00 additional goods they range from coffee beef and beer to t.v.'s president trumper said that beijing should reach a trade agreement with the white house. i say openly to president xi and all of my many friends in china the china will be hurt very badly if you don't make a deal because companies will be forced to leave china for other countries too expensive to buy in china you had a great deal almost complete it and you backed out donald trump insists that america benefits from a trade war with china picking up the losses but even his chief economic adviser appears to disagree doesn't and says china doesn't that china it pays the terrace they may suffer consequences but it's the us businesses and us consumers who paid correct and yes to some extent and yeah i don't disagree with that again ball size ball size will suffer on this. international independent china specialist under

long believes that both countries are digging themselves in for a long trade war. and it would be running out of paris very soon because you love us that is it's not exporting anything near china's exports but on the other hand there are. territory. leavers equal in services including u.s. companies rating in china. including even the possibility of selling some u.s. treasuries just as all of the here. in the u.s. stock market so i think that we're exposed to some really kind of actions on both sides position themselves for a longer game meanwhile there's a great deal of correct through their marriage because don't forget these are 2 the largest economies in the world and they are the center of the global supply chain and now with the strait war all the way because. it's quite likely all the benefits

of a trade cut will disappear and it's going to hit the u.s. economy. as well as wall street. french authorities are investigating a complaint from the country's lamond newspaper which claims that the u.s. based agro chemical giant monsanto compiled a hit list of key people to influence over pesticides. to this something to bits when they. look at the. graphic to be. more fact we produce this just to get our feet is a clue to the best way to give for that don't force your from struggle or affluence and what you do being the french paper claims that the so-called monsanto file dates back to 2016 and contains around 200 names including journalists lawmakers and politicians who had been critical of the company's practices on the ledges the list was drawn up to sway the views of those involved against the use of guy for

say base pesticides now monsanto was bought by the german chemical charge buyer that was last year in a $63000000000.00 deal by itself has apologized for the incident suggested it's likely the did the same across europe it's now opened its own probe into the case hiring an outside team of lawyers to investigate the dean from a green group future generations was one of those on the list she fears that the information. in monsanto could possess. i don't fit us assist in. the dicier contain information on our organization and its head we're concerned about that in may also has private information obtained by monsanto in any case it is known that these procedures are illegal there is no law that allows collection and storage of private data on people our organization will file a lawsuit to at least shed a light on whether they have any other unpublished and it was. well as monsanto's production is widely used all over the world many environmental activists voiced

their concerns in demonstrations and protests around the globe on centers face huge criticism for its use of life to save the little compounds produced by the firm is found in the most popular weed killer in the u.s. it's been traced to food and drinking water it's been linked cancer but buyer monsanto refutes all the claims about this dangerous and just again believes the use of such chemicals must come under strict controls. if you were also concerned about the fact that the list mentions private persons politicians journalists who are pressurized to support the company to secure its place in the market of compounds which by the way are considered to be carcinogenic in fact today the company has a quite negative image which is clear that the situation in france has become active specifically over the guy for city schoo the national center for cancer disease research said life this it is the men herbicide produced by monsanto which

probably can be carcinogenic and since then we've been watching a huge backlash from some farmers from the our great culture sector as a whole and there are plenty of facts. because. the pentagon is said to have developed a secret weapon a missile with blades nicknamed the ninja bomb is designed to be more accurate than explosives and in theory that reduces civilian casualties in drone strikes a little but experts. drone warfare has long been part of the us government's war on terror and it's gotten ugly on more than one occasion.

killing people by. drones basically sitting on a screen and eliminating. dehumanizing them. as if you know from some other planet not giving them a basic right of proving their innocence i mean it but it's norms of justice on top of that it's all classified so leaking the methodology behind what human rights groups have called a method for extrajudicial executions can get you in a lot of trouble for daniel hale an n.s.a. officer and now suspected whistleblower that could mean up to 15 years in jail that echoes chelsea manning say she's just recently been released from jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury but she could return soon as she's already got another subpoena now to be fair u.s. leaders have long talked about their deep conviction over civilian deaths the architecture the legal architecture around to the use of drone strikes or other

committed strikes wasn't as precise as it should have been and there's no doubt that civilians were killed but shouldn't have but apparently it was u.s. president barack obama who ordered the creation of a new missile device that would increase the percentage and accuracy of these predator drone strikes and minimize civilian casualties it's apparently called the ninja bomb now it may be the pentagon's worst kept secret they have not officially confirmed it but so far several military officials have said that it's being used it's argued. that the new missile might enhance the image of the united states and the countries that are already subject to u.s. military drone strike operations unlike a regular missile it doesn't explode instead it deploys 6 blades that fanned out of its casing moments before impact blades are so sharp they can cut through vehicles and slice their target into pieces so we've got blades flinging through the air in order to reduce civilian casualties sounds plausible enough apparently the new

ninja bomb has already been used in iraq libya syria somalia and yemen so is this new missile the answer will it improve the image of the drone strike program in the eyes of the american public what do you think of the drone strike program. ok with it i know nothing about it it's pretty awful actually we have this thing now called a bomb and what it is is it and when it detonates it sends blades through the air and the idea is this will minimize civilian casualties we can pick the terrorist we want to kill so in the ninja bomb and fewer civilians will be killed you know that the blades kill the. terrorists and not the civilians it doesn't seem like the you can target maybe specific people with that seems like you'll just. spread out a lot of. a lot of damage i think that's also did a pretty good program number limit civilian casualties you're going to do not that's not happening i think if somebody suggested that that. i had i don't think

that is even real i don't think it really busy. room reduceable you know actually so i think this is a. propaganda whatever you want to put it that way to make people feel that there's a kinder gentler way of killing people went. through sesame oil international. humanitarian worship you are right the kind of person you're talking about. actually you know also whole and the notion of no assassination whether precise or generalized is so totally unacceptable. we have asked the pentagon to comment on those reports we'll let you know if we get a response. protests in albania which began earlier this year are continuing with the opposition keeping up the pressure on the current government to quit the opposition's been demanding an early parliamentary election although the current government shows no sign of giving in to those demands all started as

a small protest sunday in response to the arrest of a democratic party official rapidly grew into a national demonstration socialist governments being accused of corruption links to organized crime those claims it has completely denied. a musicians from all over europe walks down the red carpet of the euro vision song contest as the opening ceremony officially got that event underway on sunday delegations from $42.00 countries will be taking part in this year's edition which is in israel but a wave of control of the sea rose right from the start to the state of broadcaster released those clips hundreds of jokes advertising israel to tourists. is that it's a land of warren argued for. much more than. the real big. people here.

channels published a statement on twitter saying the video is only musical satire some praised the humorous genius but others found it offensive. elise you guys are knowledge in the occupation this is the price israel paid for a cease fire with hamas this is grinch worthy beyond words not in the slightest funny just offensive and bears seeing this whole thing is genius from beginning to end down to the small details the dude is wearing an i love i and don't t. shit brilliant and totally israeli it starts with a joke about war and occupation then uses the anti-semitic trope that jews are greedy which is perhaps unwise given rising anti-semitism in europe disgrace almost a 1000000000 seconds and all you managed to produce was an on to some music clip because of it with it this way and off about say that.