on the economic front and we increasingly understand that we have to go on the defense from. the u.s. ramps up and the pressure on iran continuing doing cuse the country of attacking oil tankers in the gulf of oman we'll look back at washington's track record of claims against so-called rogue states. russian investigative journalist eve on the golan off speaks exclusively to r.t. about his arrest on false charges of drug possession and the shock waves the case has cost. in hong kong postpones a bill on extradition to china after a mass protest movement of that has received global support including from the us.

are broadcasting live in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us by the u.s. and iran are trading accusations 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 and it always is not a us situation and the focus for myself and ambassador bolton secretary pompei o is to build international consensus to this international problem earlier the u.s. released a video which it claims shows iranians were moving an unexploded mine from one of the vessels but the tankers owner says his career port of the vessel in hit by flying projectiles tehran meanwhile has accused america of engaging in sabotage

diplomacy and undermining peace and security in the region. over the last few years the u.s. has been implementing an aggressive approach hailes the international using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region into global security so iran is questioning the evidence of the u.s. has presented and as the day or 2 to reports america does have a history of making questionable claims. event accusation war we've seen it so many times before is history about to repeat the us secretary of state mike palm pale 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 rape a stool so war and the united states come dems this in the strongest possible terms the media swallowed it whole libya mastery claims using vi agri would be 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 gone into battle against it twice this will not stand this aggression . 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 coming to the hospital with guns. we took the babies. to think it is a must be children to die of a cold. that was a young a kuwaiti girl speaking to the us 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 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 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 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 the lesson to be learned investigation before action as opposed to the other way. and it is 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 international community what it means is for the people at home to think they're killing for the greater good iraqis have to believe that the worst they're waging against other countries it's not for america's profit but because they want to be the saviors of the world through the exceptional nation and this is why our older still works with the

america it's just lost its moral standing in the wall big so all its wars it's lost its treasury now has lost its insanity and if people don't stand up to america it won't is not stand up to america then walk for the world because the world will change as we know what. the problem is now underway in russia to find out why a journalist yvonne golden offer was arrested on drug charges which turned out to be false calling off was detained on june 6th in a case that triggered mass protests here he reports in russia for the news website medusa which is based in latvia even going off spoke exclusively to our team after his release. law when i was detained the 1st thing i wanted to do was get my lawyer i was focused on that so i didn't have emotions like anger or fear of this my work as a journalist because drugs for me just ridiculous i never had anything to do with

a 3rd being more plausible accusations i might have had some emotion it's probably either because of the notes that are just being released or the ones. i saw and heard were given a support when i was in court and i came i could hear people shouting and closed windows that was moving i am deeply grateful to everyone who supported me and it seems like this is not about me but about the general outrage that people feel my situation became symbolic for them i couldn't believe it when the newspapers are printing my name i can't remember such a thing happened 3 of the country's main newspaper yes we're taking a common stance on the front pages right now i have an urge to turn back the clock pretend nothing happened so i can ride the metro and peace and do the job that i love. hong kong chief executive has postponed a controversial bill on extradition after a wave of street protests i now announce that the government has decided to suspend

a legislative amendment exercise restart all 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 to extradite or not would rest with hong kong's courts and its chief executive supporters of the draft law say will prevent hong kong from becoming a refuge for criminals but others fear it will erode hong kong special status within china and to target political enemies but it is not just hong kong residents who are concerned as artie's evangel sips us 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.

did you notice the banners written in english or 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 the 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's 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 than the media who for part of the protests in hong kong really run with beth or hung up their 123 the thing between and of the 10 men. americans in particular.

become my new to 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 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 to keep home he is a it is going to escalate to the whole wall hong kong. be conceived and tapped as the window connecting to real west recognized by the united states. president trump has angered his critics by saying he would be willing to

accept compromising information on political opponents from foreign sources without 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 and very sad thing that he does not know right from wrong 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 is 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 regarding paul man of 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 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 in 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 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 on the democrat side they had operated 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. you know this to activists have taken to the streets across france for

a 31st consecutive weekend in paris there were familiar scenes of riot police using tear gas. several injuries were reported the civil unrest started back in november as a protest against soaring fuel prices then snowballed into a mass anti-government movement activists are now demanding a new wealth tax a higher minimum wage and the resignation of president michael. germany's boosting its trade ties with the united arab emirates despite the gulf nations role in the war in yemen before reaching deal was signed a during the crown prince's visit to berlin and it has angered many german politicians as artie's ready for national reports. 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 their main head 46 points and

focused mainly on business ties between germany and the united arab emirates but the conversation apparently went far beyond that to the end of the fight of course we talked about the conflict in yemen and i'm very happy between a green a common explanation and the reason 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 off to 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 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. they are 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 deals mentioned 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 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 parliament or a 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 conflicts 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 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 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 strong pressure you cannot deny that. a strong government would stand up to that 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. advertising watchdog has banned the commercials that reinforce gender stereotypes it argues they are bad for society. all 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 now while advertisers will have to tread carefully when showing women for example during the cleaning or men struggling with household chores but get your butt back to me now back now back to me sadly he is a me. and 3 times the stiff you miss. 3 times to greece. and that just might be the time to relax a kitchen floor. ok so you press the button do this thing go bang no it's. ok. we discuss the story with feminists campaigner linda bellos and the leader of the

justice for men and boys party mike. this is of course just the advertising industry paring 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 suffer defined as feminists yet feminists have huge influence was a lot of this going not to do it because all this 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 norm 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 stereotyped versions and visions of us cleaning out 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 or 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 the radical frankly this is the 21st century and that's what most of us want all right there's a female back in 34 minutes with more news this is art international. i.

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