research going on in hawaii where these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. the u.s. says it's looking to build international consensus over the alleged attacks in the gulf of oman and continues to blame iran without providing verifiable evidence we look back at washington's track record when it comes to convincing the global community about supposedly rogue states. in the news hong kong's administration postpones a controversial bill on extradition to china hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protest. axed in britain after a watchdog rules gender stereotypes. pandering to female narcissism in advertising is appalling and part of that is denigration of men we don't want to

see stereotypes and visions of us. chaps. good evening and welcome this is our team. the u.s. and around the 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 that america is simply trying to build agreement on what happened. i think as you can tell we have an international situation very noisy subscriber you worse situation and the focus for myself grass or board. secretary pompei o is to build international consensus to this international problem earlier the u.s. presented a video it is claiming it shows iranians removing an unexploded mine from one of

the vessels adding no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack the tankers owner though says that his crew reported the vessel being hit by flying projectiles tehran has branded america statements sabotage diplomacy and accuse the u.s. of d. stabilizing 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 and to global security. so iran is questioning the evidence presented by the u.s. and as artie's nigeria cheeta reports now 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 u.s. secretary of state mike compare 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 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 rape as tools of war and the united states come dems this in the strongest possible terms the media

swallowed it whole libya mass rape claims using vi agri would be a horrific 1st us and boy gadhafi troops raping issued viagra for as a defense viger 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 with guns. they took the babies.

to think you must be children to die of a cold. that was a young a kuwaiti girl speaking to the u.s. congress cue 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 harbor. no wheezy exit and no way. you will know everything.

the trumpet ministration accused murderer of torching aid trucks there were photos to my dogs civilians killed by live rooms and the burning of trucks carrying badly needed food and medicine this is being response to peaceful efforts to help venezuelans countries that still brooke it blows 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 the 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 american is 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 of killing for the greater good the iraqis

have to believe that the worst they're waging is other countries it's not for america's but because they want to be the saviors of the world to be exceptional nation and this lie. works with america it's just blast its moral standing in the wall it's that all it's worth it's lost its treasury now has lost its insanity and if people does sound up to america the world does not stand up to america then walk for the world because the oil 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 exercise restart our communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society now 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's courts and its chief executive supporters of this strategy or so that it would prevent hong kong from becoming a refuge for criminals but others fear that it will erode hong kong's special status within china critics claim it allows beijing to target political enemies but it's not just hong kong residents who are concerned as evangelos 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 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 extrusion 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. behind 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 protests in hong kong really run with beth or hung up the rung to thieve the things between and of the 10 men. americans in particular. become my new crew 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 do you us government is threatening eve to be you would be passed if you change hong kong starters if that is the case your own homes status quo the opening import towards the world the movement the true will is intensifying into a cold war it is an interest of the beach in florida to keep us is a it is going to escalate to be a whole war on point moves we consider out the window to reverse that's recognized by the united states. with the mother reports concluding there was no collusion between team trump and russia or in the 2016 us presidential election many thought the question have been put to bed that donald trump himself was rigged knighted the issue by 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. he is 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 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 do not get an obit spread 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 mr lupo because the very engaging with ukrainian and other diasporas in washington d.c. and often had 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 the purpose to initiate hearings and pomona fooled well that's an investigative journalist 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 all manna 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 this 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 going 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 operating are produced not only actively seeking foreign information on president trump then candidate from 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 yellow 1st demonstration underway right across fronts this turn violent in the capital clashes erupted in the authorities used to go against

the protesters. i have been reported it's the 31st consecutive weekend of your live us demonstrations which began in november after people took to the streets over a hike in fuel taxes despite the government turning down over that issue the protests continued now people are demanding improve living conditions under president michael quit. a report by the german government says that the country cut its arms shipments by almost a quarter last year 28 teen 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 in its prompted fears that we knew damn sales could follow if and explains . it was clearly a fruitful meeting but it's left

a bitter taste in the mouth for some the visit will ration german chancellor angela merkel and the crown prince of abu dhabi signed in berlin ahead $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 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 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 arm deals mentioned this time the bundestag opposition found out earlier that the multi-billion euro partnership between germany and the united arab emirates doesn't include some deadly elements answering to a 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 talk to its palm and 3 day. puti 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 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 are in trade with the united arab emirates over yemen claims there is no solid evidence that german made weapons are used in the conflict and therefore the country's guidelines have not failed its embargo with saudi arabia is doing for us and the general dropping german is our 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 we are without weapons is said to flourish i think it's the absolute apex of hypocrisy to be talking business to dictate who is at the same time china slaughtering civilians with bombing hospitals

and diving children to death and in yemen merkel she is doing what's convenient pressure. from the united states from the. supplier's germany strong pressure you cannot deny that to a strong government would stand up. to you and put the interests of the german population 1st america 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's thinking about rowing the german arms to. the u.k. sometimes he won't stall because bond reinforce gender stereotypes arguing they are bad for society. 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. all these new guidelines apply to all forms of advertising be it radio t.v. online or print 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 go back now back to me now back again but now back to me sadly he isn't me. than 3 times the stiff you miss. 3 times to greece. and 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 oh ok.

we discussed this story with feminist campaigner linda bell loss leader of the justice for men and boys party might be counted. this is of course just the advertising industry bowing down to radical feminism. the idea that there's some big problem here any well will you say that linda but only 9 percent of british women suffered and to far as feminists yet feminists have huge influence over of it's got this going not to do it because all this gender stereotyping thing is just one of countless firmness 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 law has says it's $975.00 sex discrimination at that women should be treated no less favorably than

men and therefore we don't want to see stereotype versions and visions of us cleaning up after 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 a ties 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 want your chin are to international appreciate you company this evening i'll be back with updates at the top of the hour. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. when we all make this manufactured to sentenced to the public well. when the remain close is to protect themselves. when the crime and merry go round lifts only the one percent. that's not doing all middle of the room sick. i mean real musicians. in a welded in which they're all the americans that the chinese the indians the russians except for europeans can only read to 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 in the defense from. hawaii paradise with some all year round turned into a round the experimentation field for agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major irritants there's no question otherwise why would the chemical company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments that often in day you have many of these people who have one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel

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