i. know of. some. headlines in r.t. tensions flare up in the gopher region iran says the u.s. is resorting to sabotage the plane see washington the q just a round of attacking to all time kids also to come the u.k. call will hold a hearing on whether to extradite tuna sandwich to be u.s. where the whistleblower could face up to 175 years in prison and take johnson subsidence from speech they don't like that after. video by project. the tape in the way social media interest allegedly senses conservative.

welcome good morning you're watching r.t. international where has just gone isaac ok in moscow now sabotage diplomacy that's what the iranian foreign minister has called us allegations that iran was behind the apparent attack on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday the u.s. secretary of state said that washington's assessment was based on intelligence but he failed to present any evidence. it is the assessment of the united states government that the islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman a proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication the us immediately jumped to make allegations against iran without a shred of factual circumstantial evidence only makes it abundantly clear that the b. team is moving to a plan b.

sabotage diplomacy well the sea vessels caught fire and one of the world's came or oil rates near the strait of hormuz it is the only way in an item think gulf terrans threaten to shut the waterway in response to the us ending why of his own iranian oil imports each of the ships was lighted with a trolley in products the u.s. assessment aside it does remain unclear who or what exactly caused the damage. from the phone call for you. home.

from don't know you got your degree and i'm going to be on my went on programs your money is going on one company. going to. the ball but it. is going to be civil. so this minute it will. not spoil slip. by. well the u.s. military central command has now released a video showing what it claims is the rainy military patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the tank is as we said denies involvement in the attacks and has questioned the timing of the incident. reports. let's go over the facts so we've got 2 oil tankers that were hit now the 1st one belongs to john fredrickson he's a long time norwegian trading partner of iran his relationship with iran goes back to the one $980.00 s. one biography even refers to him as the ayatollah as lifeline so at

a time when washington is using all kinds of pressure to try and stop or running an oil exports it really doesn't make sense for iran to then lash out and attack one of its oldest friends now the 2nd oil tanker to be hit is even more interesting this is a japanese owned chemical tanker and it was hit at the same time that japan's prime minister shinzo abbay was in tehran meeting with iran's supreme leader is that. iran from the ancient times of the persian empire into the present day has been the great country of the middle east and will remain sorry in the future so we're to believe that at the time that iran was making nice with japan while japan was helping them to find ways to help their oil busy exports keep flowing despite u.s. sanctions that iran then turns around and decides to bomb a japanese vessel in fact iran has been rather nice to the united states in the last few days a u.s. resident who is charged with espionage was just released as

a gesture of good will so why would they then choose this moment to fire tar paedos in the gulf of oman the iranian foreign minister job and zarif is describing these events as suspicious reports of the tanks on japan related to tank use occurred while pm was meeting with ayatollah for extensive and friendly talks suspicious doesn't begin to describe what likely transpired this morning. while iran is struggling to keep its nuclear deal intact and keep its economy afloat by selling its most prized resources on the international market like bomb would have us believe they then slipped out and torpedoed their 2 key business partners now why exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions caleb oppen r.t. new york last month for oil vessels were sabotage to need the same strategic strait bank then the us will point the finger at iran and sent an aircraft carrier group

plus bombers to the region in iran said it would renee some of its commitments under the nuclear deal you know that pretty abandoned by the u.s. after washington imposed sanctions this escalation sparked phase of a confrontation both nations they do say they do not want war but we asked 2 middle east analysts for their views on what may have happened to the old time because. washington with mr palm piro and mr bolton are really trying to. escalate the situation so that they have an opportunity and an excuse to attack iran and also in the current situation when these 2 tankers were supposedly torpedoed. us is not providing any evidence that it's also part of the problems for the americans there are more getting kind of the signals the one expecting from iran nonetheless seems even that kind of scenario. the i

think it would be option that. i have been left with. well many would use the proxies like. injun learned and then they will use every possible 3rd of their bio dick and disrupt the crude oil from the go for fremont usa once to remove the current government in tehran mr bolton has clearly been rubbing his hands with glee over the last decade when he wasn't a security adviser that he once removal of the regime in tehran mr pompeo has also many times said that they he wants the government in tehran to not be day in power americans are trying to create a situation where iran is are forced to actually come we're going to push it into

but only stones and condition and i think that is unlikely to happen given the fact that you simply by the japanese. or bradman stroke that did not deliver the kind of desserts that the americans were expecting because iran has not responded positively to the japanese prime minister there are other interested parties who could very easy. really been walled in this particular act which took place in the last 24 hours could be saudi arabia could be washington itself with this fleet in the gulf region. and other news will blow julian assange is appearing in a u.k. court later on friday for a hearing on his possible extradition to the u.s. the head of the hearing the british home secretary said he was glad as sanjay is in jail. we're very pleased that the police were finally able to apprehend him and now he's right behind bars because he broke you cade law i want to see justice done at

all times and we've got a legitimate extradition request so i've signed it but the final decision is now with the courts were killings co-founder is currently serving a 15 week term in the case high security belmarsh prison for jumping bail in 2012 and this is a video filmed inside the facility and obtained by artie's ruptly video agency the u.s. has indicted him on 17 counts of spying and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer if extradited he faces up to 175 years in prison we're killing senator in chief says though that assad will not get a fair trial. i don't believe that we are going to win this with legal arguments there is no chance that julian will get a fair trial here in the yuki or in the u.s. of course unless there's a change of reporting that people actually start speaking out we're not talking about a prosecution we're talking about a persecution in april sanj was forcibly removed by british police from the

ecuadorian embassy in london after quito ended his 7 year asylum he sought refuge following sexual assault allegations in sweden which he has denied arguing that they were pretext to extradite him to the us back in 2010 he released classified documents leaked by former us army soldier chelsea manning showing alleged u.s. war crimes in iraq or the iceland. interior minister discussed how the f.b.i. allegedly tried to frighten misandry not only in sweden he was talking to r.t. is going underground in 2011. the f.b.i. isn't a planeload of. investigators and prosecutors to rebuke without permission without permission which is needed when police work is to take place in another country or if a corporation is going to take place they had no such provision but it came in a way to frame julian and we critics. have information from

within the administration that this was the case it's a question of the role of whistle blows. whether we should break their whistles. or allow the authorities to break that whistles we should stand for those who are or blowing the whistle not break them. and watch that interview in full a bit later on now you change has removed the video by project very test which covers the way social media pinterest allegedly senses conservative views twitter or site chimed in temporarily banning the group for sharing internal communications from pinterest and that's all prompted accusations that tech giants are silencing speech that they don't like their own quarter reports censorship that's how you tube responded to

a recent report by project veritas exposing well censorship in social media. tech giants retaliate the side who leaked docs showing censorship of christine and pro-life material they have removed our investigative inside reports you tube now 14 bullet proof journalism by deleting it the investigation features an inside source from the social media platform pinterest concealing his identity during the interview whistleblower eric cochrane exposes the ways his employer censors conservative voices on the platform words like bible verses and christian are put on a so-called sensitive terms list basically words that might offend people are excluded from search suggestions a list of what the company considers conspiracy theories was formed also to control the spread of certain information and a pro-life website was even labeled as pornography to prevent usage of its link on the platform or her school groups and cruise through.

and somebody. order. are the ones who support our. troops from war groups so what did this whistleblower get in return for shedding some light on social media censorship the boot from his job and the backlash didn't stop there twitter also suspended project veritas after the organization leaked pinterest employee chats publishing conversations without permission violated the terms of service they said but the published talks revealed employees calling ben shapiro a white supremacist the pinterest insider also saw how quote white supremacist unquote content like ben shapiro's commentary for instance goes from identified to censored and somehow his name found its way to pinterest sensitive terms list alongside cocaine and some not so very tasty sandwiches see the connection and to

be honest this isn't the 1st time praja. veritas has so controversially done what journalists are supposed to do. one strategy is better than. the other shut. down someone to hail jelly. fish what she search on. the say well those go to leave and i and i say trouble i says i did and still they believe it's a. good movie it was. i think a lot of fun. but

a bit of both. you know what they say when the going gets tough the tough get going well they didn't want people to know what they found out i mean what they found out was actually very bad they found out that that there was a systematic suppression of conservative voices on on these basically on these platforms that are open and in fact under the law these are supposed to be communication systems which are protected speech that people have that's just like a telephone they don't censor your telephone calls and why should they be able to censor you when you go on twitter or on instagram this is the kind of thing that's happening now and people just need know one thing they cannot trust these platforms for anything. still to come this hour here on r.t. angry pension is a slam the b.b.c.'s decision to scrap free t.v. licenses well have a look at that story. just after the break. i

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hello again her pension is in the u.k. are angry at the moment after the b.b.c. announced it was scrapping free t.v. licenses for the over 70 five's in fact some 4000000 people will be affected by the move a petition calling on the broadcasters to scrap its plans is now gained almost half a 1000000 signatures but i guess the if there's more. respecting and honoring our elders looking out for them is one thing but money is money if a 75 year old can watch t.v.

they sure as heck can pay for it says the b.b.c. currently all households with people over $75.00 are entitled to a free t.v. license that government funded scheme which is expected to cost $745000000.00 pounds by 2021 slash $22.00 comes to an end in 2023 tele's over the grandpas and grandmas time to cough up insured millions of pensioners many of them the same will then living on very modest incomes are going to have to sponsor the b.b. she because the corporation doesn't feel like shutting some of its hugely expensive projects the b.b.c. did the math right what they got wrong was the public reaction outrage i'm this close to canceling my t.v. license this close i want my license fee refunded. i'm so glad i stopped

paying for a t.v. license 2 years ago petitions popping up left and right anger frustration a feeling of injustice why of those who worked serve the nation for decades being put in the same level as everyone outs where are your manners even government ministers party leaders are upset pensioners have spent their lives contributing to our society providing over 70 five's with free t.v. licenses is not too much to ask is the kicker the b.b.c. plans to make an additional $500000000.00 pounds by making the seniors pay for comparison that's roughly the cost of $5.00 f. $35.00 fighter jets which the u.k. is buying $140.00 of talk about priorities some are angry about the t.v. license cost say the b.b.c. of today the quality of their programmes don't justify the billions that go into it

with the latest public hits show hosted by a cartoon vladimir putin who has what appears to be a middle eastern accent. of the. us see now why the b.b.c. needs more money the poor fellows can't even afford a russian voice actor public patience is wearing thin for those that are getting tired of the scandals of the scandal coming out of the b.b.c. be it ridiculous salaries for the top guys or lack of objectivity so many british people are asking openly why are they still paying to own t.v.'s in the age of the internet almost certainly this idea of a t.v. being a separate box that different to your computer will complete. disappear. from many

many households and then the question do you have a t.v. will become a weird question to ask by the way the b.b.c. is still 250000000 pounds short of keeping all of its stuff on air so if you have any ideas of who else to squeeze for a few more quid immigrants ginger's centenarians don't hesitate get in touch i'll appreciate it. our white south african farmer was murdered recently amid rising tensions over land ownership in the country where r.t. spoke with the victim's neighbor who was himself attacked the day after the killing night says white farmers a living in fair we were shocked when we difference mut had been killed our 1st thoughts were that the same people that came from because their property is only about 2 kilometers over the hill from us so it would be quite easy for somebody to

get across the down here and there were a lot more scared than we were. even through you 2 years ago up until in the last year ready we had no burger proofing on our hands we didn't think it was necessary. but no we think that the definitely in this is well imposed apartheid south africa whites do make up about 80 percent of the population but they still dominate the economy and no more than 70 percent of the country's most productive land in 2017 the african national congress indorse the expropriation of land without compensation although the policy has still to become law well that prospect has heightened tensions bringing the national debate over the only ship of land to the for the number of farm attacks has increased significantly over the last 4 years the government denies white people they are being deliberately targeted and says farm murders a part of south africa's crime problem. i saw.

a person in the outside the window in the kitchen. and it. all happened so fast he was standing on the ground. said they're coming get in the bedroom so when this guy was smashing the boats with 3 crowborough. i grabbed hold of it to try and get a problem because i thought that i could stop him. from smashing his were in but he was so strong he just ripped out of my hand and i got hold of the 2nd one. and he ripped it out of my hands again and then you were through that window and as he came in he just slammed me across the room. well according to the police one of the suspects in the recent winemakers murder was previously employed by him and

that's triggered calls for better policing a back of cultural farmlands linsey master spokes person for black 1st land says that south african society still lacks equality. south africa is a divided society the most unequal society when the world we continue but people in general in this country are subjected to lead the sickness and in this particular case and white people in particular the white minority continues to elude over the land that they stole since $62.00 p. to 80 percent of the landed people that people had but to kill and continue to live without pain and without hopes in an ugly and dignified way the white community is trying to police into the international community. like the. white genocide against because it's completely false white people when they die in day. 8 of communities or and their followers that the stolen land that there was this white

people in the white community at large tries to make it like it's some special experience that they have been told that if anything we must realize that black people are subjected to in human come the ships that need to get those living in of this society it really made lenders that majority were sewn into that get us and kill each other as it is out of this and why people must somebody to turn them and that they have stolen so as to ensure that we as black people can look with dignity and not be 0 placed in the ways that we have been all being replaced. by the time is coming up see pasta in the morning here in moscow good to have you company back again with more news and the headlines in about often. we are in a strange situation where everybody is making

a lot of noise about military action against iran but nobody in the part of that alliance actually wants to do it there's no desire for it so do you hope that iran makes a mistake. somehow and then does it some kind of confrontation and then the iranians will be forced to come to the table you know begging for some kind of solution on american terms but you know i think that is dreaming that's a pine tree. so you say that brings this to the end of the series if we could just let josie marino walk away and say we decided to treat up stuck to a very special farewell party and by god. we walk along an interesting path as a team but this time to go back to the punch line and thanks for putting one sister

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