tensions in the persian gulf continue to build around ses it has no interest in going to war with the u.s. and its allies. of president putin seems he has been urging around to stick to the hard for 2050 nuclear deal despite the u.s. withdrawing it. also and on the program human rights advocates raise the alarm over

the u.k. defense secretaries i'm this the proposal for british veterans seeking immunity for criminal offenses sets a dangerous precedent. in the world's biggest tech companies on feel that the new rules to crack gone on violent content after criticism. of the crushed church mosque at times. what if this was an actual real time live stream of child pornography nobody would be even debating this i would say you've got to fix this technology it's a very very difficult to. hold moderating in real time what these videos all of what the content is. with the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on our intern. well welcome the iranian president said his

country is open to holding crisis talks with its international partners but will not respond positively to hostility and attempts coercion. comments come as tensions flare in the persian gulf and fears of conflict between iran and the us grow. while we welcome to go we do not negotiate with a party that behaves like a bully and takes a knife out of his pocket and forces in stone talks we do not hold such negotiations with anybody for their neighbors or spread stability or terror everywhere we go in the middle east it's around in iran and iran may be destabilizing influence in the middle east spread death destruction and the leaders of iran are racketeers the world's largest financier of international terrorism behind every problem is around. trying to. get. what they should. the u.s.

has been waging what it calls a. campaign against the round since withdrawing from the j c p o a nuclear deal last year has imposed crippling sanctions on the islamic republic earlier this month tehran responded by saying it would begin an rich in your rhenium at higher levels on less the remaining signatories to the landmark accord take measures to shield it from u.s. penalties that has given washington fresh impetus to claim iran is looking to develop nuclear weapons and allegation its always denied with more on the escalating dispute here stunning hawkins. seems now although hostilities have reached new heights the u.s. has issued a security alert all its non-emergency personnel in iraq asking them to immediately depart from the u.s. embassy in baghdad and from the consulate bill that's an order that relates to all non-emergency personnel now why the sudden panic well this security alert mentions no specific threats or reasons it's unclear though as to what exactly these threats

are or indeed why the threat level has jumped now nevertheless though officials haven't explained these recent developments and how any sort of iranian threat would actually manifest itself to harm u.s. personnel tensions were wrapped up last week when the u.s. deployed an aircraft carrier group complete with bombers to the region iran has described all such moves as psychological warfare. stating that they're not looking for confrontation or war but they would respond to anything they viewed as u.s. aggression that some. view other echoed by washington as well now the root of all these recent troubles this reason this collation was of course trumps withdraw from iran nuclear treaty that was criticized roundly by the other signatories party to that agreement it was followed by the threats of sanctions saber rattling and rhetoric on all sides now germany and the netherlands have also suspended their military training operations in iraq interesting enough also citing the risk of

potential attacks from iranian proxies although i do have to add the german defense ministry have also added there's no concrete threat once again and the situation is of international concern to many countries moscow one state may have received no sort of reassurance from what compare on resolving these tensions and they are predicting an escalation in the gulf in the coming weeks and months so certainly no sign of things calling down anytime soon. the iranian foreign minister meanwhile has said his country is not seeking to go to war with the u.s. and its allies and does not believe tehran's rivals want a conflict either but did voice concern about some of donald trump's more hawkish officials he believes they're pushing the u.s. president to take a more combative stance that was perhaps a reference to the u.s. national security advisor john bolton who has repeatedly underscored the suppose a danger posed by iran in the middle east but as some have pointed out he can't

necessarily be taken at his word back in 2010 both unstated that he would lie in the interests of national security who would lie in order to preserve the truth if i had to say something i knew was false to protect american national security i would do it bolton is the point man little. jackal to carry this effort to for it and to topple the elected government of iraq from a political perspective we have to see this as a reflection of the system itself the united states they want the oil in iran and whenever a bully wants to take something out of the year position then the rules allege provocations to justify the violence that they're getting ready to perpetuate around was part of the broader discussion between me at top diplomats of russia in

the us which took place this week in the russian resort of sochi the russian president also in attendance he urged tehran to stick to the 2015 nuclear deal of the spike the u.s. pulling out of it. mini-con solution is to go if it was a americans have withdrawn from the iran nuclear deal so the deal is coming apart european countries can't do anything to save it and can't really cooperate with iran to compensate their economic losses but as soon as iran makes its 1st steps in responding and announces its withdrawal everyone will immediately forget that it was the us who initiated the collapse and everyone will end up blaming it all on iran i made clear that the united states will continue to apply pressure to the regime in tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible nations that do not threaten their neighbors or spread instability or terror. the russian and u.s. diplomats said they were ready to move relations forward although admitted they

still don't see eye to eye on a number of crucial global issues with more or not many summit here's our senior correspondent. russia saying that it believes the iranian nuclear deal of 2015 is the best option going forward it's a system a platform a framework that's already established that will guarantee to the international community that iran isn't pursuing nuclear weapons the united states agreeing to disagree most the moment we have many disagreements on iran now but the fact that we've started talking on this issue gives us hope that we will be able to achieve agreements if both sides show willingness to do that but nevertheless both sides have said that you know they will continue to work together on coming up with some sort of solution along with the other signatories of the iran nuclear deal. and venezuela we have disagreement i urge my russian colleagues to support the

venezuelan people as they return democracy to their country. the united states and more than 50 other nations agree that the time has come for nicolas maduro to go he's brought nothing but misery to the venezuelan people. and we hope that the russians support. for my girls will and democracy to see you and use them our democracy can be imposed by force the threats coming both from u.s. officials and the opposition leader. who is always reminding us of the possibility of military intervention have nothing to do with democracy. what both countries seem to agree on is that. that should decide what happens to their country they've managed to talk about all their differences and they vanished honestly say to each other we disagree on this this is how we see. 5 major internet giants have committed to come by having violent content online after world leaders urged them

to do so at a summit in part on wednesday that meeting was convened in response to the recent terror attack in christ church new zealand which was live streamed and then widely shared over facebook. terrorism and violent extremism are complex societal problems that required all of society response for the commitments we are making today will further strengthen the partnership the government society on the technology industry must have to address these threats the tech firms including google and microsoft have signed up to anyone who shares violent or extremist content they've also pledged to follow up on material flight this terrorist propaganda more promptly while new rules for live streams will be implemented in new zealand 10 people have been charged for sharing the video of the christchurch massacre and since it all unfolded a reminder in march this year a gunman killed $51.00 people into last the video was uploaded some one and

a half 1000000 times on facebook in the day that followed the live stream and we discussed who should show responsibility for removing a stream is content platforms themselves or the users with we spoke to privacy activist bill you the media analyst lionel on 1st let's hear from rights attorney jennifer break. you have an army not just with facebook but with twitter there's an army of contractors employees and other people who are there to immediately get it off right away as has been stated this happens with people that espouse certain political opinions and other ideologies and so now we're talking about you know we're talking about getting off far more egregious things monitoring or moderating in real time what these videos are and what the content is funding some research to try and improve their ability to detect this in real time with sort of automated means which is absolutely necessary given the volume of content but the technology simply isn't up to it yet the idea of somebody actually showing in broadcasting

real time the slaughter of human beings i make it even simpler what if this was an actual real time live stream of child pornography nobody would be even debating this i would say you've got to fix this technology and now this is nothing to do with freedom of expression nothing to do with the dissemination of ideas in no way does it violate and by the way very quickly safe book has the most incredible celerity what it comes to shutting down and immediately knocking somebody off who are spouses a poll a little opinion just by merely supporting somebody you need to recognize the fact that a 1000000 copies were taken down effectively and we need to actually take a hats off to facebook the fact that it did take down so many different copy there would have been any number of different videos being all being shot similar to a new slate and i see dealing with all those in real time would be almost impossible but those were the perpetrators do you publish them is that report told

do you allow that what about people who were filming atrocities in my i am more there doing genuine reports do you allow that if it appears to be atrocious attacks and therefore we actually have to be slightly more realistic than saying the technology could do it come on get you move get. move over there is a formal complicated challenges they have i do believe and i know that they have this technology not only do they have that they have hundreds upon thousands of employees of contractors of people whose jobs it is to sit there and to see what's coming up in the moment something that is violent that is agree just that it's horrific the horrific thing about this is that we are now given social media giants like facebook and twitter a very very severe amount of power that was supposed to only be a spouse of the us government federal government and state governments under the 1st amendment and now it's as if social media giants and platforms like facebook or twitter have taken over the you know what you guys have your 1st amendment

governments you can't do anything we're the ones who dictate your speech now that's dangerous and that's something that needs to be consistently watched i don't want to hear anybody tell me that the technology is not there or there's no way to monitor this because let me tell you something if this war is something that was contrary to the zuckerberg world view it would be awful for anybody even thought it so they're dragging their feet it's nonsense and they know exactly what has to be done and they're simply not doing it. because the torah funded broadcaster host who can done a controversial online video which claimed the holocaust was quote different from the jews tell it. to do that and he would be able to hide. if you will you turn to the. danone should discuss. the 7 minutes plus video gained over a 1000000 views before being taken off al-jazeera social media pages even primarily

at youth it questioned the number of jews murdered in the holocaust accused israel benefiting from the tragedy. that he was removed because it violated the network's editorial standards the world jewish congress called the video. rudely offensive. with me now to discuss what occurred historian dr frame who is the jerusalem office director for a jewish human rights organization they seem on vice and center welcome to the program sir al jazeera polled the video saying as we say it violated the network's editorial standards are you surprised that this made it online and how satisfied are you that broadcaster acted quickly enough to take it down. i'm not surprised at all quite frankly because this is a common currency in the arab world in the muslim world where we face

a very serious problem of holocaust denial holocaust distortion very often with the support of government the authority of government funding of governments so this is not at all surprising. please that it was taken off but i have to say these this these are the stock arguments of moslems who acknowledge that the holocaust even took place and has a certain level this is actually progress because in in many parts of the arab world they don't even admitted the holocaust took place but in any event this is obviously a totally distorted picture of the events of the holocaust is the distortion part of this and significant in particular because that video doesn't deny the holocaust but does say it's been exploited by israel pointing out that people with disabilities homosexuals are christians who are also targeted during the nazi atrocities your thoughts on not aspect. first of all there's no

question that the jews were the primary ideological enemy of the 3rd reich and they were singled out for mass annihilation and in fact the plan of the nazis was to totally wipe out the entire jewish population in the world this was not the case as far as the other enemies of the raft go but having said that we have we admit that we knowledge and we note the fact that the jews were not the only victims of the 3rd reich so i mean this is a false accusation is false on 2 grounds 1st of all we the jewish groups that deal with the holocaust acknowledge that they were the victims and 2nd of all that. and there is. this is this is something that was not done is not being done and should not be done but we also have to distinguish between the victims and their level of persecution and i lay should. on the wider notes or as the years rolled by we get further and further from those defining offense what are the risks

of history being renewed unlicenced given a different texture is fewer and fewer 1st hand accounts are available. this and this is definitely a very serious danger and we see the very negative results already in certain places today regarding the holocaust in eastern europe there's been a systematic attempt to distort the history of the holocaust in other words they do not deny the new democracies of eastern europe do not deny that the holocaust took place but they deny that their population were actively involved in implementing it so in other words in countries like the through way in the latvia estonia ukraine croatia and others in poland where the locals played a very important role in the mass murder of jews they don't deny that the jews were murdered they simply deny that those responsible partially responsible had some had

some to do with it and they try to claim that communist crimes were just as bad as nazi crimes which they were they too were genocide which it wasn't and we're seeing this you know all over the world i mean this is this is a very serious problem which is why the efforts made over the last 70 years to accurately document the holocaust in places like you had to share in the ways of those sent in the u.s. holocaust memorial museum and more memorial museums all over the world are extremely important of course that hasn't stopped people from lying certainly not in the arab world where with so many people don't only distort the holocaust they deny that the holocaust even took place. thank you so much for your time this sunday doctor a frame 0 off from the seem all advise until the center live in jerusalem. the 1st woman to serve as the u.k.'s defense secretary has got her term off to a controversial start penny more didn't draw in the ire of the international by

proposing to limit the authorities ability to investigate and prosecute british veterans accused of war crimes while on active duty it would be up to be disingenuous to have a presumption of non-prosecution for abuse yet at the same time claim justice is being served british soldiers who break the law must face just like everyone else these proposals potentially set a dangerous precedent well amnesty is not the only organization concerned about the proposal either particularly is pending mordant wants to extend protections to troops who served in northern ireland as well with more on the controversy polly boyko. the new boss in here has proposed a new law one that would presume soldiers innocent of any offenses committed throughout the course of jews abroad more than 10 years ago although that rule could have exceptions for example if new evidence of alleged crimes were to come to

light it is high time that we change the system and provide devide legal protections to make sure the decisions how service personnel take in the battlefield will not lead to repeated or unfair investigations down the line for the new defense secretary the new legislation is about making the system fairer and preventing what she called law fare repeated and unfair investigations against former soldiers this is not about preventing someone who's committed a crime from facing justice this is about stopping in industries that surrounds these processes which is not about the pursuit of justice i had at the iraq historic allegations team spent 7 years trawling through allegations of murder torture wrongdoing at a cost of 60000000 pounds to the taxpayer none of the claims resulted in a prosecution and in 2016 the unit was shot down speaker i

competed 72 as you know or with the infantry or associated units i lost many men. and i was involved in fatality shootings i was investigated along with others. the investigations were. aggressive and bloody awful to go through so well former soldiers and members of the military say that the amnesty doesn't go far enough that it needs to include northern ireland to human rights groups are concerned that the government's desire to better protect its former and current servicemen and women will is. back to every place them above the law it's reported that there are around $150.00 investigations looking into alleged abuses by british soldiers in iraq and afghanistan the question is how the victims of those alleged

abuses will ever get justice if these new proposals become law because so many detained so many killed the troops are the reason for the total destruction the fate of those detained by them remains unknown. of course some against an amnesty because of the systematic killing some of the blood they said since no one cares we have to demand our rides through international courts because we're just simple people who just can't go by as selves to get our voices heard on one article there is grave concern here that the crimes will be forgotten many people haven't received any compensation for the damage those who lost their homes or became disabled what they're trying to do is create an exemption from europe here. for soldiers on the battlefield that's obviously really dangerous because obviously the back of the is one place where there's lots of very wonderful people civilians armed others who might not be argued out whose human rights need to get those

soldiers should have understood what they need to say just sr if you committed you resolutions you get punished if you haven't you don't so there shouldn't be a blanket amnesty or exemption for anyone anywhere the government couldn't find an easy way to say that we will now bring all of these victims back into the court and this will be our intention from this. egyptian media quoting security officials are reporting that at least 17 people have been wounded in a roadside bomb attack the explosion took place close to the permits of giza on the ground egyptian museum just outside the capital 10 of the victims are reportedly egyptian nationals while the others are described as being from the south of africa the victims who are in. being on this bus being taken to hospital it's not clear at this stage who was behind the explosion although the egyptian authorities have been battling an islamist insurgency in parts of the country back in december an explosion near the pyramids claimed the lives of 4 vietnamese tourists

well they are news stories for another but next how far away or otherwise are we from a lasting peace between israel and palestine and worlds apart delves deeper in moments . after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i want to the new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw why not if you think. i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you think i was going to go. by the way ways and such like here. in 2040 you know bloody revolution to correct

the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just no lawyer here i mean your list book video 3 me in the new bill is that i mean you split needle the former ukrainian president recalls the events of 2014. those who took. it invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. polity years i've talked to you about the in central ization of the economy mario humans are becoming like the colony of insects bees or dance and that's all enabled by this 5 d.n.a. surveillance pretty cool right.

on welcome to worlds apart the 2 state solution may still be then mantra in international circles but it's increasingly hollow and deceitful promise for these release and palestinians alike according to polls the majority on both sides find it either undesirable or unfeasible thomas more of the status quo will it take to finally change tack well to discuss that i'm now joined by. professor of political science at the university of pennsylvania professor list it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time glad to be here now i know that you personally

started out as a supporter of the 2 state solution but then you changed your mind completely and i think for the majority of of our audience 2 states between the river and the sea still seems like the most optimal and the fairest option why do you think it's good in theory and not so good in practice i put it this way you're correct back in late 1600970 s. i was i began to be interested in the 2 state solution and became very active both as an activist and as a scholar and studying it and i believed until maybe about 10 years ago that it was not only the prettiest picture of the future that i could imagine as plausible but also one that could be achieved through negotiations but as a result of the processes that i and others have been warning about for decades of de facto annexation. u.s. bank in the credible ization of the entire process polarization and so on i no

longer think that it's achievable picture so as if there is one thing to discuss what's the best solution as far as well what would the prettiest picture of the future that you can imagine be the fairest way. one the prettiest one the most attractive but if you can't figure out a way to get there then it's not really a solution it's just a picture so i'm not really saying any that there is a one state pretty picture either yet but i can tell you that there is no way to get to a negotiated 2 state solution from where we are now and the continued attempt to do so is is retarding the process of actually making progress toward a democratic solution for all the peoples who live between the sea in the river now about 2 years ago soon after president trump's inauguration you wrote that by ending this almost obligatory fixation on the 2 state solution tom maybe opening a door for something more realistic do you still feel that way by accident i am

reluctant to give credit to the president trying for just about anything but as the saying goes a broken watch is right twice a day and by action in a way when he said at the beginning of his presidency that he'd be open to a 21 state or a 2 state solution whatever the uprising a paladin's got a green on i think that was actually a smart thing to say and it recognized and in a way the position of the white house that the 2 state solution is no longer achievable through negotiation is correct there is no way to a given the legacy of american folsom support for israel the expansion essentially over the decades given the kind of political culture and political system that israel has developed there really isn't a way to negotiate something between palestinians and israelis on the other hand there are what i don't like about the question or try.