the u.s. says it's trying to build international consensus over this is suspected of tax money and continues to blame iran without offering much evidence we look back at washington's track record when it comes to convincing the global community about was a rogue state. plus hong kong's administration postpones consideration of a controversial bill on extradition after hundreds of thousands take to the streets in protest. and numerous ads are acts in britain after washington rules that gender stereotypes are harming society. pandering to female narcissism in advertising is appalling and part of that is denigration of men we don't want to see stereotype versions and visions of.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the u.s. and iran are stepping up the blame game over a suspected attack on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman washington's acting defense secretary though claims america is simply trying to build agreement on what happened i think as you can tell we have an international situation there in all of this is not a u.s. situation and the focus for myself and grass are both me and secretary pompei o is to build international consensus to this international problem. earlier the us presented a video it claims shows iranians removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels saying no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out the attack

the tankers owner though says his crew reported being hit by flying projectiles iran has in turn branded america's claims sabotage diplomacy accusing the u.s. of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east. over the last 2 years the u.s. has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region and to global security. so you ran this questioning the evidence the u.s. has presented and as the day or tutor report america does have a track record of making false claims. event accusation war we've seen it so many times before is history about to repeat the u.s. secretary of state mike pumpin who's 100 percent convinced iran's got blood or in this case burning oil all over its hands 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 today these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to international peace and security a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and in an acceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran but similar bold accusation claims have been made in the past and how have they worked out countries invaded have undeniably been led by controversial figures often dictators but the evidence supplied by the us has more often than not been somewhat lacking and let's not even mention weapons of mass destruction let's take a look at libya in 2011 more gadhafi equaled enemy number one secretary clinton was there to tell us. gadhafi security forces and other groups in the region are trying to divide the people by using violence against women and rape as tools of war and the united states condemns this in the strongest possible terms the media swallowed

it whole libya mass rape claims using vi aggro would be a horrific 1st us and boy gadhafi troops raping issued viagra for as a defense viger branded migs libyan mass rape allegation. not exactly the conclusion of the u.n. or even human rights groups come with your conclusion that there is a systematic policy of rape in my opinion we can't i know i said i wouldn't mention iraq so-called w m d's and i won't but i will talk about iraq because remember washington's gone into battle against it twice this will not stand russian against the way. in the 1900 george bush sr was ready to go to war after iraq's troops entered to kuwait not convinced of the need for action perhaps this will help there i saw the wreck you saw use come into the hospital that. they took the babies. to think abuse among the children to

die of the cold. that was a young a coed to girl speaking to the u.s. congress q the headlines witnesses talk of iraqi atrocities the rape of a nation and some literal identity theft and q the war just one problem that girl was the daughter of the kuwaiti ambassador in the u.s. while the interview was organized by a p.r. firm later investigations once again concluded reality was far from the truth back to present day and a new holder of the america's most hated title but as well and president nicolas maduro trump says his time's up you will find no safe car no wheezy exit and no way. you will know everything. the trumpet ministration accused murderer of torching aid trucks there were photos

too. dogs civilians killed by live rooms and the burning of trucks carrying badly needed food and medicine this is been response to peaceful efforts to help venezuelans countries that still brooke it goes madeira should take note. they are endorsing and once again the media lapped it up a bit embarrassing when the new york times is later forced to admit it was in fact the opposition had been striking the matches so to go back to where we began iran still convinced by mr pompei is video perhaps a lesson to be learned investigation before action as opposed to the other way around it's incredible that america still plays this game of wanting to persuade because american because the american people to go to war it doesn't need the international community what it needs is for the people at home to think they're killing for the greater good the iraqis have to believe that the war is to their waging against other countries it's not for america's profit but because they want

to be the saviors of the world to be exceptional nation and this is why our older still works for america it's just lost its moral standing to the wall because of all its wars it's lost its treasury now has lost its insanity and its people does stand up to america the world does not stand up to america then walk for the world because the world will change as we know what. following a series of mass protests hong kong's chief executive has postponed a controversy bill on extradition. i now announce that the government has decided to suspend a legislative amendment exercise restart o. communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society the bill if passed would allow beijing to seek the extradition of suspects from hong kong to mainland china the final decision on

whether or not to extradite would rest with hong kong courts and its chief executive now the board bill has polarized opinion in the region supporters of the draft law say it will prevent hong kong from becoming a refuge for criminals but others fear it or wrote hong kong special status within china and critics claim it will allow china to target political enemies and it's not just hong kong residents who are concerned as a boundless success explains. for days there hong kong has been gripped by protest over an extradition bill that would allow alleged fugitives to be extradited to mainland china as well as taiwan. the was. did you notice the banners written in english or it doesn't seem the best way of

getting the government's attention in beijing but american politicians are receiving the message loud and clear the extradition bill imperils the strong u.s. hong kong relationship there has florrie's for 2 decades if it passes to congress has no choice but to reassess whether hong kong is sufficiently autonomous under the one country 2 systems framework the extradition law proposed by beijing loyalists in hong kong would allow political dissidents minorities and foreign travelers in hong kong to be spirited away to china secret police on the mainland the people of hong kong are assembling in the streets to resist this threat to their freedom and send a message to the chinese communist party we stand with the people of hong kong that peaceful demonstrations are a strong profound statement against the extradition bill which undermines the rule of law on a secure business environment so from america's perspective extraditing suspects

from hong kong to madeleine china seems to be awful but extraditing them to the united states well it seems to be fine because the united states still has an extra a tradition treaty with hong kong dating back to the territories time as a british colony and america is not only giving its moral support the us national and don't meant for democracy has given vast sums to hong kong trade unions and rights groups driving this movement so why. speak i know all this generosity well the chinese state media has made it clear i don't think we're competitive than the media who are part of the protests in hong kong really run with beth or hung. 123 the things between and of the 10 men. americans in particular come to become my new to campaign. so while the people of hong kong may have disputes with mainland china they're also finding themselves trapped in

a power play between beijing and washington the u.s. government these threatening eve to be would be passed. on constructors if that is the case your own homes just status quo as the opening import towards the world the movement the true will is intensifying into a cold war it is an interest of the. 2 people he is. going to escalate to the whole wall. be conceived and tapped as the window connecting to real west that's recognized by the united states . with the report concluding there was no collusion between team trump and russia in the 2016 u.s. presidential election when he thought the question had been put to bed or doesn't trump himself has reignited the issue by suggesting he would accept compromising

information on political opponents from foreign sources without necessarily all alerting the f.b.i. . to somebody that said we have information on your opponent oh let me call the f.b.i. give me a break life as if. he's a traitor to the pillars of our democracy that's what that interview shows it's a very sad. very sad thing that he does not know right from wrong it's not as much interference in our elections it's illegal to take help from a foreign country in our elections it's illegal. course you have to look at it because if you don't look at it you're not going to know if it's bad but of course you'd give it to the f.b.i. or reported to the attorney general or somebody like that donald trump has done it again he's opened his mouth and made a comment that has the democrats screaming we've got it and this time it involves for any info and the f.b.i. now there certainly is growing evidence of foreign contacts during the 2016

elections but not from the truck campaign but rather from the campaign of hillary clinton d.n.c. contractor was in contact with ukrainian officials were guarding paul manna ford and his dealings in the country paul man afore it was the chief of donald trump's campaign at that time the ukrainian ambassador has confirmed that the clintons were digging up dirt the embassy got snow miss chalupa because very engaging with ukrainian and other diasporas in washington d.c. and nothing had d.n.c. capacity we've learned about the d.n.c. involvement later all ideas floated by alexandra were related to approaching a member of congress with a purpose to initiate hearings and pomona fooled let's get invests of journalists on prison portion crow question about mr manifolds during his public talk and washington d.c. according to some documents the obama white house was in on it as well reports show that meetings took place with the ukrainian anti corruption bureau in early 2016 when this is recalled that the u.s. department of justice was investigating ties between the ukrainian party of regions

and folks in the united states they were sniffing around paul man a for its contacts but they didn't bring. charges at the time it was definitely the case that led to the charges against manifolds on the leak to the us media during the 2016 election now the leak was provided by that particular anti corruption bureau in ukraine about millions of dollars that paul metaphoric had allegedly received the key of district administrative court ruled that the national anti corruption group of ukraine direct broke the law when disclosing information about the u.s. citizen pool not afford these have the effect of interfering in the us election in 2016 and was detrimental to the interests of ukraine now whatever you think about foreign meddling this is got to raise eyebrows nothing in the bottom of the report came anywhere near this i think what the d.n.c. did with the ukraine is is absolutely far 10 times beyond what anybody in the trump campaign did and if the standard is going to be seeking or

even hearing information from foreign campaigns that that's going to be a criminal act the democrats are going to be in trouble way before the republicans are going to be in trouble they are really trampling on the 1st amendment now trying to make it a crime to listen to information and i think that's a dangerous path and it is unbelievable the way the other side united states is not wanting to talk about all the collusion the solicited collusion the democrat side they had operating operatives not only actively seeking foreign information on president trump then candidate trump they were paying for that information and i don't know why the left media in the united states has want to cover this it's it's shocking. still the cumberland reduces its weapons exports by almost a quarter last year there are fears that they could spike again after germany boosted trade ties with the new way that story after the break.

manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is to protect themselves. in the middle of the room. i think you know cubans all over the world. all very similar you know western the

western us did not invent democracy you know there's democracy everywhere in world history in india in china if you go far enough back creating inclusion in some of the union the you know after 990 was not a matter of adopting the us constitution it was a matter of finding what works in that cultural context. welcome back a german government report says berlin reduced its arms shipments by almost a quarter last year in 2800 it cut exports to certain states over their involvement in the yemen conflicts among them the united arab emirates despite the u.a.e. claiming it's only to ensure stability in the region but trade between germany and the u.a.e. has just gotten a boost prompting fears renewed arms sales could follow rough national explains. it

was clearly a fruitful meeting but it's left a bitter taste in the mouth for some visible ration of german chancellor angela merkel and the crown prince of abu dhabi signed in their lean head $46.00 points and focused mainly on business ties between germany and the united arab emirates but the conversation apparently went far beyond that of the 2 of you but of course we talked about the conflict in yemen and i'm very happy between a green a common explanation for the recent assessor to support the new sheet of process of the united nations with the u.n. special envoy of course they talked about yemen the united arab emirates is the 2nd key player in the devastating conflict there after saudi arabia and germany reportedly selling it weapons the reason why the warm welcome of the crown prince here in berlin made some opposition politicians fuming as deputy commander in chief of the us armed forces he has access to enormous financial and military

capacities which he and scrupulously uses to support autocratic rulers who oppose human rights in countries such as egypt libya and saddam which sheikh mohammad bin sayed received by merkel and steinmeier a man responsible for war crimes in yemen now concrete actions not just strong words are needed the work crimes of the u.a.e. must not be rewarded by german arms exports even though there were no armed deal of mention this time the bundestag opposition found out earlier 2 that the multi-billion euro partnership between germany and the united arab emirates doesn't include some deadly elements and searing to request by germany's left party the federal ministry for economic affairs confirmed yes german weaponry could go to the u.a.e. and no rules will be broken the party behind the request strongly disagrees we

talked to its palm and 3 day. who is also an m.p. the federal government violates the arms exports to the u.a.e. and the other countries participating in a war in yemen which is a violation of the political principles of the federal government for the export of war weapons and other armaments this document clearly stipulates delivery of weapons or arms components is not approved for countries involved in armed conflict or where there is a threat we contacted the federal ministry of economic affairs for clarification but so far haven't received a response and while there is still no clear understanding of whether germany does sell or whether it should sell its weapons to the united arab emirates the public discussion goes on and on. last year angela merkel imposed an arms embargo on saudi arabia for its role in the air war this week she welcomed the u.a.e. crown prince mohammed bin zaid and praise strengthen business links for the gulf

country no mention of arms exports. weapons are delivered to dubai the united arab emirates in fact there is no expert ban for weapons they're delivered to the military partners of saudi arabia people are dying anyway we need an e.u. wide expert ban germany which had different times has had various restrictions or rates arm trade with the united arab emirates over yemen claims there was no solid evidence that german made weapons were used in the conflict and therefore the country's guidelines have not failed its embargo with saudi arabia still in force and the general dropping german is arm experts proves that the country that stands for peace making moves in the right direction which probably means that the massive abu dhabi berlin trade with a without weapons is said to flourish i think it's the absolute apex of the prophecy to be talking business to dictate who is at the

same time slaughtering civilians forming hospitals and diving children to death in yemen merkel. she is doing what's convenient and the pressure. from the united states from the. suppliers germany strong pressure you cannot deny that. a strong government would stand up to the pressure and put the interest of the german population 1st merkel doesn't do that what she's doing is she's thinking about the 15 nearly 15000000000 in trade between the united arab emirates and germany she thinking about rowing the german arms to. the u.k. as advertising watchdog has banned the ads that reinforce gender stereotypes are going they're bad for society. our evidence shows how harmful gender stereotypes in

ads can contribute to inequality in society with costs for all of us put simply we found that some patrols in ads can over time play a policy limiting people's potential the new guidelines apply to all forms of advertising print online t.v. and radio from now on advertisers will have to tread carefully when showing women for example doing the cleaning or men struggling with household duties but to get back to me now back to back now back to me sadly he isn't me. and 3 times the stick you miss. 3 times to greece plus one. and that's just might be the time to relax a kitchen floor. ok so you press the button

do this thing go bang no it's clearly ok. we discuss the story with ominous campaign when the bell us and the leader of the justice for men and boys party at my. this is of course just the opposite i was again destry bowing down to radical feminism. the idea that there's some big problem here well though you say that linda but only 9 percent of british women suffered and to far as feminists yet feminists have huge influence was up to him over of this girl not to do it because all this judge gender stereotyping thing is just one of countless from this narratives lots of women who want to see equality and justice don't call themselves feminists i've got nothing to do with them it isn't actually has got to do with the norm like the no has says it's 975 sex discrimination that women should be treated know this favorably than men and

therefore we don't want to see stereotyped versions and visions of us cleaning out the chaps from the moments that they leave school they leave full time education to retirement age women are far more likely than men to not work at all or to work part time and this is this is this is got nothing to do with this got to do have it's isaac it's got to do with gender differences in work ethic i want my son i want my grandson to be able to clean up after themselves not just to think it's a woman's job now is that you might mike you might think that this is radical frankly this is the 21st century and that's what most of us won't. that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports.

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