hidden dangers report claims hundreds of household items sold in the european union could could. happen. 5 or more years the world's biggest election sees the incumbent prime minister handed another term in india we look at whether the perceived elite mess of his closest rival to turn off the voters. and under attack syrian army positions are targeted by just how this province are used tanks and explosive packed vehicles yet a simple rebranding exercise apparently absolved them in the eyes of the white house.

thanks for joining us this evening this is r.t. international. hundreds of european companies have been flooding the e.u. markets for years with items containing potentially harmful chemicals that's according to germany's largest environmental charity it has released a study that was that consumers right across the block couldn't wittingly be harming their health by using any of the hundreds of popular everyday products the most dangerous item singled out however fall under the category of industrial substances which can cause genetic defects even cancer more commonly used products noted in the study include furniture toys and clothes which is claimed unborn children at risk of certain cosmetic and personal products are said to cause serious. and disease 654 companies were named as culpable most of them german british or touch big names like exxon mobil and buyer they're on the list. as more . when it comes to using hazardous chemicals on home we're told to wear gloves and

to rinse immediately if your skin comes into contact with the product but according to a new report by environmental lobby group and european consumers face exposure on day basis and we don't even know about it as consumers we are kept in the dark not knowing if every day products are safe or not range from clothes shoes and makeup even children's toys borne says these potentially harmful chemicals of widely being sold to manufacturers of household goods without having being properly vetted it says some of these chemicals could cause a range of health problems from cancer to bring disorders were still with your pink chemical agency we see a.j. is accused of trying to sweep this scandal under the rug. has said on

this problem for years we see the agency moving in the right direction by why all the secrecy the very foundation of e.u. chemical safety rules are being ignored bund revealed the top of the iceberg now it's on the to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around $650.00 companies and many household brands of breaking the law by failing to perform the required safety checks that are mandated by the e.c. ha's main safety regulation this includes some brands which are already making the headlines amidst major health scandals we have done and i'm a lot of work but that work i clearly and totally subscribe to is not sufficient and not enough. but we have looked at $700.00 substances up until now of those $702.00 thirds end up needing further data bund says the. it's not enough and is demanding that the e.u.

and national authorities raise their game in a bid to ensure that the products we use are simply just safe. show that even ski r.t. . r.t. asked some of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims including be a surf surf and henkel both surf and handle have responded saying that while they comply with all safety regulations they are committed to improving wherever possible. he heads an environmental n.g.o.s told to see believe the study only scratches the surface of the problem. i think there is a big possibility that the half an hour commute tolls on the market who have the not sufficiently in we house a no q introversion which chemicals we have no clue information which ones have been sufficiently tricked the only thing that we can know for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have to commute those

who are apparently not sufficiently control and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information recorded was. basically. fast and complete. and this is playing with the lives of people. meanwhile activists have stormed the paris h.q. of pharmaceuticals giant to buy bayer which was mentioned in the study they staged a protest against the health and environmental dangers posed by some of the products of the company subsidiary months. the risk surrounding monsanto weed killer roundup who are brought into the spotlight recently when a california court ordered the firm to pay a record $2000000000.00 in damages that sum this to a couple suffering from cancer which they successfully argued had been caused by the herbicide back in france a call there ruled the company was liable for the sickness of a farmer you've used a monsanto weed killer spot the rulings monsanto and bio insist that their products

are safe adding that health regulators across the world agree. islamic states may have been all but routed from syria by jihadist asked the wreaking havoc in the country the latest incarnation of what was on this for a front has attacked syrian army positions in northern italy province the last rebel stronghold in the country but by rebranding the extremist appear to have killed some in the west as the explains. this late in the civil war by any measure this offensive was huge he had to do that shower more h.g.'s widely viewed as al qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad ists for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks quip of various guns 7 tanks 4 a.p.c.'s to jihad move bills or vehicles packed with explosives and driven by suicide bombers as i said

a huge offensive aimed at taking a government held town and the border. according to the russian c'mon the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than 100 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks also reportedly launched missiles at the russian air base in may mean though those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased russia and the regimes decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n.

political process russia has claimed this so called return it she strikes surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. we refused to consider terrorists as untouchable and will continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our partners united states reiterate that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize. the region will not do that we have our own view on who is destabilizing the region. both sides blame each other for this latest escalation fighting had been building up escalating for days now and as often happens in the rebels' jihad this crying foul saying hass adds gassing them we continue to see signs that the assad regime may be renewing its use of chemical weapons the regime's attacks against the communities of northwest syria must end

remarkably nowhere in their press statement does the us mention al qaida though age c.s. denies any affiliation they were branded change their name from nusra front but that is seen as a rule to avoid the harshest scrutiny nothing has changed in their behavior still executing infidels fielding suicide bombers so imagine our surprise when we did some digging and found that the initial source of these chemical attack allegations which so concern the us initial source was h.t.s. looser front al qaida worth noting though is that the u.s. is saying they can't verify anything bombing attacks which have been indiscriminate in very vicious have sent some 152200000 people in it most of whom are already

internally displaced people to move again to temporary housing and create a huge burden on our very broad humanitarian effort that we in the internet rest of the international community are making so we're watching this very closely also the reports of chemical weapons use so far we cannot confirm it but we are watching it it's an interesting situation the u.s. europe allies spending billions infiltrating bombing fighting isis al qaida in afghanistan. in iraq in somalia or the middle east yet in syria's al qaida is biggest stronghold taking their side if in directly demanding that the syrian government leave them alone taking seriously their claims and statements about chemical weapons as i say remarkable terrorism specialist jennifer britain says damascus should go on the offensive in italy. it's not going to be possible to to fight terrorism without going to the

terrorist strongholds and that's absolutely necessary we're talking about a group h.t.s. which is an offshoot of al knows there are links to al-qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any said she is of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that allen has or offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. the world's biggest election in india is drawing to a close with the incumbent prime minister narendra modi securing another term the p.m.'s celebrating his victory with supporters india has around 900000000 eligible

voters over 600000000 of cast the ballots movies main opponent who has conceded defeat to trying to look for why gandhi dubbed the candidate of the elites failed to make inroads. how to look at this simple guy modi as a child the prime minister helped his dad sell t. out a railway station ever heard of the caste system in india well his was officially classed as backwards there was even a t.v. show called the journey of the common man showing his tough life path.

now let's compare that to opposition leader who gandhi's background his father was a prime minister preceded by guess who his grandmother his great grandfather was the founder of modern india and what matter the ukase super the cambridge university how's that for a contrast gandhi's not seen as a serious challenger to mr not in the mold because dynasty is not it doesn't appeal to the young people in the country anymore if you contrast that dynasty of. gandhi who let's see a prime minister not in. who actually has risen from the bottom he comes from the very poor section of society he comes from a cost which is known although back would cause. so given the fact that there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on

the you know the dynasty of congress and the congress has almost believed it for the last almost 70 years because completely lost it's of the. year on year it's becoming clear politicians all around the world should have realised being a part of the elite is now out of fashion shall i remind you of what's been going on with the people's voting habits everywhere lately. i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we did play or independence from the elites who lead us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. 800 people what. you have heard me talking about the

people who are abusing. taking advantage they are going to go in. and he our main task is to bring into the politics in our country on completely new people fresh decent people who actually care. what if soon government hopefuls will begin misplacing their lead bag grounds just like some do with parts of their tax returns to disappear in childcare professor and dana the jindal school of international affairs believes there is no longer a national opposition party in the country i think essentially it shows that the people of india continue to believe and invest their hopes for india's arrives and for upward mobility and for economic growth and to become

a great poet in world politics all of this to movies the carrying of the hopes of the people of india just because he won doesn't mean that it's all going to be easy but definitely he has the massive mandate of the public behind him saw i think that would give him strength in the 2nd term as he embarks on what because the you know the journey to a new india so that is actually not national opposition party what it's needed anymore and they have to blame themselves for it because they lost sight of the needs of the changing times and of the changing water psyche. donald trump is prepared to do anything to escape even the possibility of impeachment including starting a war with iran according to one u.s. democrat. i believe that the president of the united states is on the cusp of taking us to war without the consent of congress because he fears impeachment just

think about it now we're at war with iran everybody is afraid of iran the whole middle east is in turmoil and we are impeaching a president iranian president hassan rouhani however says that he is ready to face any pressure coming from the united states and will not surrender even if washington decides to use bombs and considering new reports coming from the u.s. the possibility of conflict may be going more real ilam orpen explains. at this point we are seeing reports from different news agencies that the usa is moving between 5 and 10000 troops to the middle east region and that this is an escalation with the islamic republic of iran in response to their withdrawal from the nuclear deal and recently there was a vote on wednesday at the senate foreign relations committee and the vote was to essentially not provide any funding if the trumpet ministration in the white house were to carry out an unauthorized attack against iran the idea was that no funding would be put forward for such an attack if the white house chose to move forward

however that vote failed it was defeated and so that stipulation was not in act now chris murphy was a democratic member of congress expressed concerns that the white house could use legal loopholes to attack iran without the approval of congress maybe trump will say but iran the c but that's a loophole that would have any president to claim any number of middle east crisis as an emergency and then congress will never be able to object to a non-sale again recently mike pompei o the us secretary of state as well as the acting chief of the u.s. central command met with members of congress they briefed members of congress on the situation regarding iran and while that meeting was closed afterwards there were mixed feelings from members of congress who described the meeting our biggest focus at this point is to prevent the running of miscalculation.

very much but intentionally or unintentionally we create a situation in which a war will take place this is about deterrence not about war that's been our worry from the beginning that this is blind escalation with the hope that the arabians will come to the table and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in the escalating not escalate i think when you do that you're talking about a war that will go. and on and on now a poll was recently conducted among americans and a solid majority of the u.s. public does believe that within the coming years there will be a war between the usa and iran now only 12 percent of the u.s. public feels that the u.s. government should be the 1st to strike however 60 percent a very clear majority feels that the united states should not launch a war or confrontation against iran so at this point a lot of nervousness on capitol hill and in washington d.c.

a lot of nervousness in the middle east as there seems to be an escalation of tension between the usa and iran with many fearing it could escalate into something bigger. turkey's refusing to back down over its decision to bomb the russian made s. $400.00 missile defense system this this point washington threatening is nato ally with sanctions if it follows through with the multibillion dollar deal made back in 2017 with certain personnel to russia for training that will begin in the coming days. months the news of tookie reaffirming its commitment to the deal comes after the u.s. reportedly issued an ultimatum saying ankara must turn its back on the s 400 by june in favor of a u.s. made alternative to that he would otherwise face repercussions from nato so the 1st time washington sorts of pressure it's over the agreement with russia turkey most choose its potential acquisition of the 100 will result in

a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f. $35.00 program those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world we are against the having some of our partners and allies around the world potentially purchase that's for hundreds to potential sanctions or doesn't want to risk the security of a partnership. washington has cited the s 100 in compatibility with nato technology as the reason for its opposition it also said that there's a risk russia could gather sensitive information about the u.s. made f. 35 fighter jets which turkey has in its air force. now turkey has consistently defended the deal saying that its neighbor greece has an older mode of the s 400 and does not face any blowback from the united states signed back in december 27th the price tag on the 4 s. $400.00 is 2 and a half $1000000000.00 around half the price of the us all to the 1st batch is due

to be delivered early this summer china and india also signed up for the s 400 former turkish ambassador to the states says that washington's rhetoric of ultimatums is simply not conducive to cooperation. i think the propensity. for the u.s. administration and now the congress to impose sanctions on anything that they don't like. is very unfortunate we have seen this in the case of iran and now triggering sanctions. on countries that purchases $400.00. is in my judgment a lawful and necessary goal for i think. america. make its products more technology and more price competitive. trying to. force countries. to make choices. in life

to the imposition of tension consumption and it's wrong it's all lawful that chile . japanese tech firms to sheeba panasonic have suspended shipments to china as well way they joined the likes of google and intel they've also altered relations with the company over u.s. restrictions the trouble ministration accuses one way of spying for beijing something the firm denies washington has blacklisted while we meaning american firms can no longer trade with it it's all comes amid an ongoing trade war between the us and china sea in america impose tariffs on 2 $100000000000.00 worth of chinese goods in retaliation beijing plans to raise import tariffs to 25 percent as of next month in response president trump a threatened to raise the stakes even further by introducing tariffs on an additional $300000000000.00 worth of chinese imports. but in the u.s. $173.00 companies including added us and nike have written an open letter to donald

trump urging him to call off the tariffs on china they're arguing american consumers will be the ones to lose that. adding a 25 percent tax increase on top of these tariffs would mean some working american families could pay a nearly 100 percent duty on their shoes this is unfathomable your proposal to add tariffs on all imports from china is asking the american consumer to foot the bill it is time to bring this trade war to an end economist richard wolffe discussed the impact of the trade war on china on artie's boom bust program it was a full episode of that on our website r.t. . well the trade war dispute between the u.s. and china left many businesses in a state of confusion and uncertainty and i expected beneficiary emerges be an arm companies operating in china have been subject to increased tax on exports to the u.s. so businesses are making a smart decision to move manufacturers and production over to friendly southern

neighbor but how much of it has to do with tariffs for companies both chinese and foreign in china they looking always for the cheapest labor they diggin long before the tariffs to look around elsewhere in asia particularly for example in vietnam where the wages were and still are considerably cheaper now they have a 2nd incentive not only will they make more profits by cheap wages in vietnam but the united states has not yet put tariffs on vietnam these goods so that they don't have that problem either every company and every country in the world is watching an aggressive economic nationalism make it risky to do business with an american company or with anybody from the united states because you could be cut off suddenly by some politician who's looking to advance his career the way mr trump is a little mean taking a step back from business with america cutting

a deal with another producer was not a very good even if that's not the best price because you don't have to worry about any history of politicians interfering in this dramatic way. thanks for keeping it r.t. this evening join me for updates on our top stories in half an. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going

to do next the hope the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective from time used to surprising them by salt or not so you think. i'm going to talk about football narvi or else you can think i was going to go. by the way ways of the slide here. are we entering an era the end of flag money money with flags on it or roger the open tate or royal person good day. when lawmakers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the room

in closest to protect themselves. when the financial merry go round lifts only the one percent. that's nothing to ignore middle of the room signals. to leave room for the real news is room. for error. welcome to the part one of the most chinese fables these days he's the one about tigers clashing in

a monkey i treat waiting to reap the benefits ass promising as it may be for those watching china and the united states jostle for the technological gemini is it realistic to extract the standoff between the worlds largest economies will not get everybody to discuss that i'm now joined by salvatore a bonus associate professor in sociology and social policy at the university of sydney professor both this is good to talk to you thank you very much for your time oh thank you for having me on the program i really appreciate it now i mentioned this rather optimistic tigers and monkey outlook in my introduction but another adam old proverb that is very popular in this part of the world is about 2 allophones and it says that it doesn't matter whether elephants are fighting or making lots of the big grass underneath gets shuffled anyway which of the these 2 wisdoms do you think is more relevant this people around the world are trying to understand how this no american fad is going to affect them oh i don't think these

kind of metaphors are really very useful you know really there's there's not much happening in the global economy as a result of the u.s. china so-called trade war you know tariffs are not the end of the world and supply chains are not being destructive because of these these conflicts i mean just to put things in perspective you know most things that are exported from china see united states are exported as finished products the same holds true for most things exported from the u.s. to china so any tariffs on those products while they might affect price levels in the u.s. or in china and they might affect the level of trade between the u.s. and china they simply don't disrupt the global supply chain so the rest of the world is hardly affected at all well they haven't disrupted global supply chains yet but i think there is some a administration officials who express that into.