i know that my god there are. some. tensions flare up in the gulf region iran says the u.s. is resorting to sabotage diplomacy after washington the qs it of attacking 2 oil tankers. the u.k. call will hold a hearing on whether to extradite. to the us where the whistleblower could face up to 175 years in prison and tech giants recused collinson speech they don't like that after she moves a video by approaching her attacker still tailing the way social media interest legibly senses conservative.

hello good morning it's 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international sabotage diplomacy that's what the iranian foreign minister has called u.s. allegations that iran was behind the apparent attack on 2 world tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday the u.s. has sent missile destroyers to the area secretary of state might bomb post said that washington's assessment was based on intelligence adding that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack. islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman no 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 the u.s.

military central command has now released a video showing what it claims is an iranian military patrol boat from moving an unexploded mine from one of the tank is but as we said to iran denies involvement in the attacks and this question to you the timing of the incidents is colored mop and expects. so they were to oil tankers that were hit. nobody. probably. horse. but all were. from us from tokyo you. don't know you got a brand you dream i'm going to be on board don't fly with the program here but i

don't want company. to go in. the boat but it will do the civil the bid in the in the did it will it on the not supposedly the let's go over the facts 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 1980 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 ave 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 so i mean 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 us 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 tankers 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 peo would have us believe they then flipped out and torpedo 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 mop and r.t. new york well it's a vessel's caught fire in one of the world's key oil routes near the strait of hormuz that is the only way and the goal of the incident prompted the oil price to serang has threatened to shut the waterway in response to the u.s. sending wave is on iranian oil imports were last month for oil vessels were sabotaged need the same strategic straight back then the us also pointed the finger at iran and sent an aircraft carrier group prosper to the region in may around said it would have been a sum of its commitments under the nuclear deal you know that should be abandoned by the west sof the washington imposed sanctions this escalation sparked phase of

a confrontation both nations say they do not want war we asked 2 middle east analysts for their views on this and who may have been behind the latest incident. 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 when a crime is committed you have to know to whom this crime is beneficial so as all we can discuss and we can see the true political situation of iran and the united states in the persian gulf we can say that the iranians are not going to torpedo if ship which will lead to the americans to attack them and it's going to give the american an excuse to attack the. country of iraq there are other interested parties who could very easily 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 the americans not because the americans despite what donald trump always says he doesn't want to go to war he doesn't want to put boots on the ground he doesn't want to to send his troops to iran to get killed the american people are not ready for that he just want to score a political win and get the uranium to come and discuss on the table with him in the usa wants 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 removed all of the regime in tehran so it's only john bolton who wants to go to war but even the president recently said that he's ready to go to the to discuss with the iranians and even my computer the secretary

of state with the hotties and who was go to war all the time he said there recently that the united states is ready to negotiate with iran without any precondition. in other news the whistleblower in the sanchez to to appear in the u.k. court later on friday for a hearing on his possible extradition to the u.s. ahead of that the british home secretary said he was glad sanch is in jail. we are 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 that we killings co-founder is currently serving a 15 week term in the u.k.'s high security belmarsh prison for jumping bail in 2012 this is a video filmed inside the facility and obtained by artists wrote previously a way agency where the u.s. is 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 can meet editor in chief says a songe 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 u.k. he were 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 well and i was forcibly removed by british police from the ecuadorian embassy in london after king say when did the 7 year asylum he sought asylum there following sexual assault allegations against him in sweden which he has denied arguing they were in fact a pretext to extradite him back to the u.s. back in 2010 he released classified documents leaked by former u.s. army soldier chelsea manning showing alleged u.s.

war crimes in iraq. now the prospect of a songe getting convicted under the u.s. espionage act has prompted some american journalist to raise concerns about press freedoms. this is to put it bluntly wrong unconstitutional and downright tyrannical is a pretty aggressive new move by the justice department a big deal here for a 1st amendment advocates the government is now trying to assert this brand new right to criminally prosecute people for publishing secret stuff and newspapers and magazines and investigative journalists and all sorts of different entities publish secret stuff all the time that is the bread and butter of what we do with the new indictment of a songe the government is advancing a legal argument that places such an important work in jeopardy the administration has gone from denigrating journalists as enemies of the people to now criminalizing common practices in journalism i think that any extradition counsel whether

of for the for the crown or for that the syrians he is going to understand as in many other extradition proceedings particularly one that's open but high profile like mr assad that politics is going to come into play i think it's shiny i don't think that it should come into play in any extradition proceeding i think that an extradition hearing should be based solely in the in the resulting decision either for or against extradition should be based solely on the law but i also believe that that's a naive approach and i do think that politics will factoring in post $911.00. the u.s. and u.k. . entered into an extradition treaty that provides for a lower. standard of proof that the u.s. passed of may to have someone extradited so it's much easier for the u.s.

to have one extradited from the u.k. to the u.s. than the other way around and i'm not familiar with any other extradition treaty that the u.s. house where that floor standard where the. even state between the 2. states is presently the u.s. treaty. now you tube was removed a video by project very task which doesn't cover the way social media app pinterest allegedly senses conservative vs twitter also chimed in to a temporary banning the group for sharing internal communications from pinterest the founder of project very tense is accusing choop of waging war on journalism. censorship that's how you tube responded to a recent report by project vera 6 posing 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 project veritas has so controversially done what journalists are supposed to do.

one strategy is to back. the other shut. down someone to. show she should show what she shares on. the say will those go to live in a jungle though i says i did and still know the you. know that was. i think a lot of fun. but a bit. like. 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 1 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. while defending the move you tube said that robust privacy guidelines exist because of the importance of user privacy to the company pinterest has added that the website was targeted for misinformation relating to conspiracies and anti vaccination advice and watching r.t. we're going to take a quick break we're back in. 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 and 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 pipe dream. you know world of big partisan groovy lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to

be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. hello there welcome back now the b.b.c. is facing a backlash at the moment from u.k. pension is they are angry after the broadcaster 9 super scrapping free t.v. licenses for the i was 75 but she's going to get stiff as much. 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 a voce 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 here 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 night. you 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 after 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 completely. 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 the all of its stuff on there 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. as if there were present anyone over $75.00 is eligible for a free license under the new system though only low income households will be the b.b.c.'s decision comes after the government passed the cost of funding for licenses for the i 70 five's to the broadcaster it says the move is the fairest way to protect programming. now white south african farmer was murdered recently amid rising tensions over land ownership in the country r.t. spoke with victims' neighbor who was himself attacked the day after the killing gerald knight says white farmers living in fear. we were shocked when we transmit

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 here and we're a lot more scared than we were. even through you 2 years ago up until in the last year ready we had no. we didn't think was necessary but now we think that the definitely. in post apartheid south africa whites do make up about 8 percent of the population but they do still dominate the economy and own more than 70 percent of the country's most productive land in 2017 the african national congress endorse the expropriation of land without compensation although the policy still to become law without prospects has heightened tensions to bring

in the national debate over the only ship of land to the fore the number of farm attacks has increased significantly over the last 4 years the government denies white people are being deliberately targeted and says that far murders are part of south africa's crime problem. i saw. a person in the window in the kitchen. and it all. happened so for us he was standing on the ground so when this guy was smashing the bar has. agreed to hold it to to try and get a problem because i thought that i could stop him. from smashing these were in but he was so strong. according to police one of the suspects in the recent winemakers murder was previously employed by him and this is cricket calls for better policing

of agricultural farm lands and the mass store is a spokesperson for black 1st land 1st and says that south african society still lacks equality. south africa is a divided society the most unequal society the world we continue but people in general in this country are subjected to lead this and this and in this particular case and white people in particular the white minority continues to land at this still since 60 to 80 percent of the land people let people in particular continue to live without land without hopes in an indian dignified way a white community strike to be sent to the international community. like the. white genocide against this is completely false white people when they die in day. 8 of communities or on their farms 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 conditions thrown into kittens living in a recess 80 it really made leninist that majority we were thrown into that get us and kill each other as it is out of this and white people must immediately turn the net and it could have stolen so as to ensure that respect people can look with dignity and not be a placed in the ways that we have been are being replaced. and that is the news for the moment here in r.t. don't forget you can also keep yourself updated on our social media pages and each of. them to sophie and poems so if. one lots of flashpoints around the middle east

flaring up or setting and worse for now there is always the fear that tensions today could mean war tomorrow to talk about this i'm joined by. then our program director at the international crisis. still licking its wounds from the war against isis the middle east is being pulled apart by a cold war between iran and saudi arabia and with america's hawks ramping up the pressure on teheran is the region in danger of having the chill turned into heat wave. didn't keep up the proxy wars that's kind of a definite winner remote from the middle east and rivalry. yes tell to run great to have you on our program today welcome lots to talk about so let's start with this mess around iran. after lots of us deliveries that were coming from the united states toward state are on the line iran we're now hearing. them americans saying

by the way we're ready to negotiate without preconditions. and at this point iran's later anything this is just play words getting it's delayed i think there'll be talks. i'm not going to make predictions in this case because you know that u.s. policy seems to change from day to day. very hard to predict what will happen next but so 2 things one is u.s. policy is really unclear and. we should keep that in mind as we go forward and i think the iranian leadership is also very much aware of that and they are probably i imagine hesitant to stake any kind of. future on the fact that. they cannot predict what the united states will do next secondly there is a real difference within the american administration about how to deal with not

only iran but the world and that difference is most starkly evident in the approach of different approaches of president trump and his national security advisor john bolton. president trump is someone who is more of an isolationist mindset he does not want to see the use of american troops outside the united states unless absolutely necessary. he was against the the iraq intervention not at the time but afterwards of course and and he is he has already said that u.s. troops should leave syria he has no interest in starting a war with iran that would involve the deployment of american forces john bolton on the other hand is someone who is intent on regime change even though he's trying to not use those words when he talks about iran. by whatever means of course he would

like to happen internally inside iraq. not with american military force but when you follow that kind of strategy it's all very difficult to imagine that american troops would not have to be involved but what is this nuclear deal thing this is just standard isn't it 1st confrontation then you start negotiations i understand what you're saying about the differences within the white house but at the end of the day he does what he wants to do with the same happen with north korea yes so i think what is important is that he's not he's seen as a deal maker even though it's not clear he's ever made any deals in his life but he did not japan ok so it was a couple of deals sort of run of the mill deals but in terms of in the middle of the china trade well we'll see what happens in that maybe there will be a deal but.