you know the state says it's looking to build international consensus over the alleged all tanker attacks in the gulf of oman and continues to blame the around without providing verifiable evidence we look back at washington's track record when it comes to convincing the global community about suppose it broke states. ministration postpones a controversial bill on extradition to china hundreds of thousands take to the streets in protest. ranks in britain after watchdog group gender stereotypes are harming society. pandering to female narcissism in advertising is appalling and part of that is denigration of men don't want to see

the stereotype the visions of. chaps. this is arty and. 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 claims america is simply trying to build agreement on what happened i think as you can tell we have an international situation there i'm annoying. us situation and the focus for myself and i'm grass or. secretary pompei o is to build international consensus to this international problem. earlier the u.s. presented a video which it claims shows removing an unexploded mine from one of the for. no

one else in the region had the capacity to carry out the attack the tankers owner though says his crew reported the vessel being hit by flying projectiles iran has branded america's statements sabotaged diplomacy and accused the us of destabilization peace and security in the middle east. over the last 2 years the us has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region into global security so iran is questioning the evidence that the us has presented and as artie's nativity to the reports america does have a history of making false claims. event accusation war we've seen it so many times before is history about to repeat the us 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. the toughest security forces in other groups in the region are trying to divide the people by using violence against women and raped as tools war and the united states condemns this in the strongest possible terms the media

swallowed it whole libya mastery claims using vi ag ruby a horrific 1st us and boy gadhafi troops raping issued viagra for as a defense via group branded migs libyan mass rape allegations not exactly the conclusion of the un 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 going into battle against it twice this will not stand this aggression . against the way. in the 1990 s. 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 gates. he took the babies.

children to die of the cold. that was a young a kuwaiti girl speaking to the u.s. congress to 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 by this whalen president nicolas maduro trump says his time's up you will find no safe car no wheezy exit and no way are you will everything. the trumpet ministration accused murderer of torching aid trucks there were photos

to. 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. 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 has been striking the matches so to go back to where we weaken iran still convinced by mr pompei is video perhaps a lesson to be learned investigation before action as opposed to the other way around. and it's incredible that america still plays this game of wanting to persuade because america needs the american people to go to war it doesn't need the international community what it means is for the people at home to think they're killing for the greater good the iraqis have to believe the worst they're waging is

other countries it's not for america's because they want to be the saviors of the world through the exceptional nation and this lie all the still works for america it's just blast its moral standing in the wall because of all it's worth it's lost its treasury now has lost its insanity and if 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 it. following a series of mass protests hong kong's chief executive has postponed a controversial bill on extradition i now announce that the government has decided to suspend a legislative amendment exercice restart our communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society where the bill if passed would allow beijing to seek extradition of suspects from hong kong

to mainland china the final decision on whether to extradite or not would rest with hong kong's courts and its chief executive supporters of the draft law so that it will prevent hong kong from becoming a refuge for criminals but others fear it will erode hong kong's special status within china critics claim it will allow beijing to target political enemies and it's not just hong kong residents who are concerned as evangelos sips explains. for days though 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 and 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 domon 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 media who for part of the protesting one can really run with beth or hung up the 123 the thing between and of the 10 men like americans in particular. to become my new campaign. so while the people of hong kong may have disputes with men lend china they're also finding themselves trapped in a power play between beijing and washington the u.s.

government is threatening eve to be you will be passed if you change hong kong starters if that is the case your own homes just status for the opening import towards the world the movement the true will is intensifying into a cold war it is an interest of the beach to keep us he is a it is going to escalate to be a whole war on point moves to be conceived and out the window connecting to real west as recognized by the united states. with the reports concluding there was no collusion between team trump and russia in this 116 u.s. presidential election many thought that question a been put to bed but stern turned himself as reg knight issue suggesting that he would accept compromising information on political opponents from foreign sources

without necessarily 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 and that's what that interview shows it's a very sad. very sad thing that he does not know right from wrong is not is not 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 not going to know if it's bad but of course you 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 manna for 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 mr lupa because very engaging with ukrainian and other diasporas in washington d.c. and austin who d.n.c. capacity we've learned about the d.n.c. involvement later light is floated by alexandra were related to approaching a member of congress with a purpose to initiate hearings in pomona fooled let's get invests of journalists on prison parson 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 u.s. citizen pool not afford these have the fact 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 on the democrat side they had operative 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. the latest isla vista ministration underway right across from the violent to the competition clashes erupted on the floors used to gas against the protesters. i

and injuries have been reporters and it's the 31st consecutive weekend of these yellow vest demonstrations started in november after people took to the streets over a hike in fuel taxes but despite the timing down over the protests continues now people are demanding improve living conditions for president to quit. claims it's caught it's weapons exposed by almost a quarter over the last year but there are fears that they could surge again after germany boosted trade ties with the u.s. that story after the break. join me every 1st week on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm sure business i'll see you there.

crashing on the global markets so when that happens people buy gold nations bygone countries michael something backed by the mind all the buy for gold that's making a new all time highs australian dollars to make an almost their eyes on russian rubles almost their eyes and canadian dollars almost their eyes and europe's so yeah all over the world it's creeping higher because of the trust being eroded. in a world in which there are the americans that the chinese the indians the russians etc europeans can only really be a player at that global top table by standing united and we are already united on the economic front and we increasingly understand that we have to do so also on the defense front.

a report by the german government says the country cut its arms shipments by almost a quarter last year 2018 it halted exports to certain states over their involvement in the yemen conflict among them the united arab emirates despite the u.a.e. claiming that it acts only to ensure stability in the region but trade between germany and the u.a.e. has just received a boost prompting fiz renewed arm sales could follow where if an option or 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 treaty of process in 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 its 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 military capacities which he and scrupulously uses to support autocratic rulers who oppose human rights in countries such as egypt levy 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 1000000000 euro partnership between germany and the united arab emirates doesn't include some deadly elements unser into 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 entering. deputy 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. the last year angela merkel imposed an arms embargo on saudi arabia for its role in the yemen war this week she welcomed the u.a.e. crown prince mohammed bin zaid and praise strengthen business links with 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 or 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 starving children to death in yemen merkel she is doing what's convenient and the pressure. from the united states from the. suppliers in germany is strong pressure you cannot deny that to a strong government it 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 army. the u.k.'s advertising watchdog has banned that reinforce gender stereotypes arguing they'll bond for society. well riverdance 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 portrayals in ads can over time play a part in limiting people's potential. the new guidelines apply to all forms of advertising radio t.v. online and print from now whatever ties it will have to tread carefully when showing women for example doing the cleaning or struggling with household. but to go back now back to me now back again now back to me sadly he is

a free. man 3 times a stiff you miss. 3 times to greece. and you know that just might be the time to relax in a kitchen floor. ok sell your press the button do this thing go bang no it's curly ok. we discussed this story with firmness campaigner linda blas and lead to justice for men and boys party might be can. this is of course just the advertising industry bowing down to radical feminism. the idea that there are some big problems well they will. say that linda but only 9 percent of british women suffered and defined

as feminists yet feminists have huge influence also. got this going not to do it because all this judge gender stereotyping thing is just one of countless feminist 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 normal like the no has says it's $975.00 sex discrimination that women should be treated know this favorably than men and therefore we don't want to see stereotype 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 sort of you do have a size and it's got to do with gender differences and 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 warm and that brings us right up to date thanks staying with r.t. i'll be back with more in half an hour. i think you know cubans all over the world you know very similar you know west 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 soviet union. you know often 190 was not so matter of adopting the u.s. constitution it was a matter of finding what works in that cultural context. officer

. told to get up off the ground after begin to paint him down. and then freeze on the sounds of fighting in the grown man like wrestling essentially. through his or john. wish to do away from the officer. of his group. they obviously did a kind of lunge for the web in one smith's and then when it happened on trace one as i didn't hit him i never saw any contact between the 2 any kind went back to where they were so the officers back here their guy again 15 feet apart at this point and that's when the officer pulled out his gun and he bit down tree.

americanos or this is the kaiser report what's happening in the global world well max you know there's been a lot of topsy turvy. especially emanating from the global empire that is the united states and that is causing a lot of distrust of whether or not our trade deals are any good or whether or not our word is any good whether or not we might invade somebody whether or not we might you know spy on an ally like we did under obama with angela merkel for example like so there's a lot of distrust going on and of course the diplomatic speak is that we're all fine everything's great everything's going to be sorted out and this is just the art of the deal but one thing you can look at and the data you can always point to

is not only the invention and creation and the flourishing of bitcoin for example from 2008 since the financial crisis but also the accumulation of gold and how people are nations in particular are turning to gold the global collapse and trust has driven a secret bull market in gold and this is a tweet from dominic frisby and he's the links to his article that he wrote in money week and he looks at a new paper 300 page and or report that comes out of lichtenstein. called from incremental which is a lichtenstein based investment company and they put out a report called in gold we trust and they have a lot of interesting data we're actually going to talk to one of the guys from there soon but incremental observes that in the west trust is disappearing people no longer trust their governments they do not trust their politicians they do not trust their scientist or there are economists experts are biased the media is

biased even systems and processes are no longer trusted whether it's education. health care even democracy itself right larc lack of trust trust is trading at an all time low trust is crashing on the global markets so when that happens people buy gold nations buy gold countries buy gold central banks buy gold they're buying gold bribes from gold it's making new all time highs australian dollars spent almost dies on russian rubles almost denies in canadian dollars almost as a nero's so yeah all over the world it's creeping higher because of the trust being eroded as we get from currency war a trade war and then a somewhat positive we get into a more of a hostile situation you also see that those who sit atop the institutions in which we no longer have trust where there is the large banks or the large education systems or the large corporations or indeed.