the. stories that shape the week a blame game flares the u.s. accuses iran of attacking 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman well to run brands the accusations sabotage diplomacy. survivors of london scramble tower fire start legal action against u.s. companies whose products it's claimed contributed to the tragedy. was 170000 people signed a petition demanding italy dropped criminal proceedings against a ship's captain the rescued more than a 1000 refugees from drowning in the mediterranean.

hello there good morning to start international this is the weekly around the big stories in the last 7 days with me kevin owen here this morning with his just turned 10 am oscar time 1st then the united states and iran are stepping up the blame game after washington accused iran of attacking 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday saying that no one else in the region have the capacity to carry out the attack u.s. central command presented a video it claims shows arabians removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels the tank is owner though says the crew reported being hit by flying projectiles surrounds in turn branded america's claims sabotage diplomacy accusing the u.s. of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east the 2 vessels caught fire in one of the world's key oil routes near the strait of hormuz it's the only way in or out of the gulf indeed is to do mediately cause worldwide reaction as well as a surge in oil prices with all the details. so there were 2 oil tankers that were hit.

hard drive your. foot all want to throw. to the front row for you. don't know you got to remember the real being on board don't fly with the program your buddy don't want company. to go in. the boat but it will do the civil. so this mean that it will. not supposed they can 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 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 goodwill 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 tax on japan related to tank use 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 torpedoed 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 hale bopp and r.t. new york well hold on to the we just go we did try to get to the bottom of it in more detail we discussed who exactly could be behind these latest incidents.

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 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 talk is cheap which will lead to the americans to attack them and it's going to give the american an excuse to attack that. they ran their 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 say 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 wants removal of the regime in tehran so it's only john bolton who wants to go to war but even the president from recently said that he's ready for the to discuss with the iranians and even my computer the secretary of state was the hottest and was go to war all the time he said the recently that the united states is ready to negotiate with iran without any precondition. nearly

$250.00 survivors and relatives of the victims of the grenfell tower tragedy in london assuming 3 u.s. firms that made materials used at the block of flats it's claimed they facilitated the spread of the devastating fire in 2017 some of the products a ban the date from use on u.s. skyscrapers prompting accusations of double standards are comics and the message that foreign line of the worth less than american lives and that it is acceptable to expose people outside the united states to dangerous to which people in the united states would not be exposed the lawsuit names cladding producer conic use product is by the company's own admission flammable it also names will pull the maker of the refrigerator that's believed to cause the fire and insulation made by seller texas said to have released cyanide gas leading to further avoidable fatalities and. i was.

all 3 companies for express their sympathies for the victims will pull also noted the 2 separate probes fail to find fault with its refrigerator sela tag said it's ensure lation was just one element of the cladding system used on the tower or psychotic said it would respond in court we spoke to peter herbert co-founder of b m e lawyers for graham fuller who told us that these multinationals well eventually have to face up to the law. the united states does have a very little good

a friendly culture whereby if a multinational national company hires guilty often selling negative product or a failed product without sufficient safeguards then they will carry those previously been cases in the united states where a building collapse has resulted in damages of around about $230000000.00 being distributed to the victims and residents and that tragedy i believe there's a 2 year limitation period in the united states that action must be commence the floor 2 years expires otherwise the limitation act would rule any action outside of their limited jurisdiction of the u.s. so it is a necessity to safeguard their legal position and at the end of the day the question is are the individuals the grindstone stuff that so much going to go you go to real benefits for those of their families who have been bereaved people who are often the breadwinners and therefore if that is right then that must be part of

a just settlement. nearly 170000 people have signed a petition demanding that italy drop criminal proceedings against a german boat captain accused of abetting illegal immigration 35 year old peer klemp could face up to 20 years in prison itself if she personally assisted in the rescue of more than a 1000 migrants they were at risk of drowning in unsafe dennys as they attempted to cross the mediterranean to reach europe rif national report. this is a case of peer clem a german boat captain and hero to some criminal to others she was at the helm of the e.u. vented boat in august 2017 when it entered the port of lumpy do is it located on an island between malta and the coast of tunisia the rescue vessel was detained and appears a lawyer now says she may face up to 20 years in prison and horrendous fines but no matter what appears stance is unwavering get out food have witness to what women

and children have to face if they are denied state travel ignore your votes of european warships and expel in libyan militias people who shelter refugees from unsuitable overcrowded scraps and beat them up sometimes too late italian investigators have accused her crew of colluding with smugglers with photos leaked to the media alleged in the boat ads returning to libya's coast on purpose to be used again by smugglers a date hasn't been set yet for with klemp has dubbed her show trial and many agree tens of thousands of people are back in her in a petition calling for italy to drop the charges this however falls under matteo salvini is cracked down they tell interior minister and deputy prime minister is known for his open and strong until migrant to stop rescue ships that are carrying migrants from docking on italian shores and allowing refugees to disembark it's

what he's been after since his appointment last year and he has supporters too it's not as though the talons are to do with our probable cause there is much truth for reporting that every year of investigation preceded the arrest including videos witness statements don't develop the picture mrs rescuing people from drowning is b.s. propaganda rescue them and take them to germany it is quite convenient to rescue people and leave them initially greece cetera we have enough migrants we do. it wants any more sheen able the trafficking of people that's illegal she's responsible for the so-called refugee crisis there is a clear split within the e.u. over how to tackle the migrant crisis and while they see it undecided on whether to assist or hinder the flow of migrants into europe captain clem could be losing her battle at sea and on for. more if nationality reporting from germany for their part the telephone to say that the migrant policy is

a success the rights organizations say lives are still being put at risk. but imagine now you since the start of the year there have been around 2000 rivals by sea with nothing small boats sailing boats rowing boats whatever they have to cross the mediterranean that's compared to $14000.00 last year. by guns have no say in how or when to leave the traffickers make that decision for them they couldn't care less if the people arrive dead or alive if we do not intervene soon it will be a sea of blood the reason why all dissent in this because there is no agreement to that european level for the resettlement of the asylum seekers and therefore easily could have become just the container of all asylum seekers winning for maybe resettlement in other european countries the 1st thing is to return the european level and the stablished clear rules that apply to all member states so

the country of 1st arrival we could say it doesn't become also and only the only one to receive these people so this this food creates a flow there should be a coordinated approach. but at the moment to europe is not capable of device in any kind of solution. to the mainstream media have been focused on the death of a controversial syrian rebel icon this last week had also root died in a battle against syrian government forces according to the opposition faction to belong to a goalkeeper for syria's youth thing the 27 year old gained prominence for staging street protests against the country's president bashar assad and is even become the subject of an award winning documentary film he was also widely known as a singer of the revolution with some of his songs seemingly supporting values that go against those western countries fighting islamic state in syria his double quarter in the week explains more but 1st is

a warning to that his report does contain a minute or 2 sings of an execution. he became the poster boy of the syrian uprising or shall we say the voice. ringback showing. love. and his death in battle against government forces apparently made him a fallen hero in the eyes of the media syrian football and sing of revolution killed in conflict syrian soccer goalie who became rebel i can dies in battle. syrian soccer star symbol of free vault dies after battle. to also route was a former syrian footballer who turned rebel fighter and not just any rebel fighter oh no he became an icon of the fight against bashar al assad so he wasn't shying

away from speaking the truth here's one of the so-called singer of the revolutions greatest hits judge for yourself. perhaps the lyrics don't exactly communicate the artist's intended message that's all right though also it was much more articulate about his political beliefs in this 2014 interview that our vision of what we do blame islamic state. but that blame comes with love because we know that these 2 groups not politicized and have the same goals as us they are working for god and they care about islam and muslims no you didn't hear that wrong the same goals as islamic state and apparently 911 was a great accomplishment to. was

good you know. there are those in the media who acknowledge it's problematic characteristics but for them a little elbow rubbing with terrorist groups shouldn't stand between him and his rightful page in the history books. some individuals celebrated as heroes make you doubt all stories of heroes in history books others like abdel baset also root not inspire of but despite his flaws make those stories highly plausible he's a true legend and his story is well documented may his soul rest in peace so if these guys got an oscar. and.

abdul deserves a grammy no less as in our. cove our western operations it becomes important to maintain this sense of plausible deniability it's clearly being useful for for the us and the us media to maintain. this whole idea of there being moderate democratic forces and among the rebels in syria but clearly most of the groups fighting the government were really extreme islamist groups that's the reality and these were the groups that the cia and and its allies its british and french and saudi and qatari and turkish allies were supporting and arming from the very early stages of this conflict. coming up in all the news of the week here and on t.v.

russian authorities probe the arrest of investigative journalist yvonne collude not on trumped up drug charges he speaks exclusively to this channel after the break. starting really in the 1980s under reagan and thatcher and deregulation you had the fed takeover and their sole purpose of the point was to try to squeeze workers completely out of the global economy so wages never went up real terms sense that but stock markets keep going up and the reason to justify this is that the fed will say we need to try to take care of deflation even know that they are causing to place in an environment where their money printing is increasing the debt.

would. be put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have 2 going to be pros this is what will befall 3 of them all can't be good. i'm interested in the water. question. good morning there's outrage in russia or offer an investigative journalist was arrested on drug charges which later turned out to be false the case is a truck to broad public attention he has launched a probe to let's go through what happened and some more teeth.

i. just. want. to follow on from all that out to go to exclusive interview with the mouth of his release on tuesday. the 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 i think all of this to my work as a journalist because drugs for me just ridiculous i never had anything to do with and if there had been more plausible accusation i might have had some emotions it's

probably either because of the notes that are just being released or the ones that are about to be released i saw and heard people giving the support when i was in court in that cage i could hear people shouting through the closed windows that was moving i am deeply grateful to everyone who supported me it seems like this is not about me but about the general outrage that people feel some 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 happening 3 of the country's main newspapers all taking a common stance in the front pages now i have an urge to turn back the clock and pretend nothing happened so i can ride the metro piece and do the job that i love. the l.g.b. to communities it out of the vatican for its latest guidance that questions the existing principles of gender identity it was meant to tackle what the catholic church calls an educational crisis saskia taylor delves more than into the reason

for the sudden outrage over a stance the vatican's held for ages. now you'd be forgiven for thinking the catholic church doesn't really know what turns the public on and you'd be right in fact it's just dealt a mosque a class and turning people off the vatican has released a paper which says there are only 2 genders male and female and it's called male and female he created them just so there was no misunderstanding if we wish to take an approach to the question of gender theory that is based on the path of dialogue is vital to bear in mind the distinction between the ideology of gender on the one hand and the whole field of research on gender that human sciences of one's taken on the other so according to the catholics men are men and women are women and anyone who sees themselves otherwise is provocative and poses a threat to the institution of marriage and seeks to overthrow nature itself unsurprisingly it's head up you know note amongst those who are outraged to find

that any of you want gender theory other than that of course exists by refusing to engage in dialogue with people about their lived experiences or so from a standing in faith the vatican remains in the dark ages for most in a false teaching that relies on myth rumor and false hoods so the paper is not popular partly because it sounds like it's from the time before christ which it is it's filled with quotes from the bible after all because it was released during pride month the 30 days every year the world celebrates the l g b t community quit but wait no where in the paper does it say being gay is sinful and in fact it condemns any discrimination and violence against people the number of men and women who have deep seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible they must be accepted with respect compassion and sensitivity every sign off and just destroy a nation in their regard should be avoided now it's surely not news to outrage friends that the church struggles with accepting homosexuality and transgenderism

and when they do throw in that 2 pennies worth met the by. as huge as one bishop in rhode island planned when he decided to chat his view on pride month a reminder that catholics should not support or attend l.g.b. t.q. pride month of vance held in june they promote a culture and encourage activities that are contrary to catholic faith and morals. it seems the people who replied must of left the christian values of kindness out the door we woke up this morning and we saw the bishops tweet and we were honestly flabbergasted he is like the don't trump of the catholic church goes on twitter and spews out hate my catholic children will be attending pride events as this. guy always taught me what would jesus do yes i know jesus would be attending that pride parade with pride also with pride and i also know that god is love and jesus

is love and love is love the bishop apologized and decided to spread the love but the question begging to be asked is why the surprise kids the church isn't known for being big on reform is it really shocking it's not breaking it's happen it's a pun intended. or a boarding that was rough for some of our biggest will do stories in the last 7 days as reported by us r.t. internationally or moscow when i was given i would join the rest of the weekend. we had one man 3540 years old. it lost this child in the water. some 30 fisherman well destroyed later in his left. eye just

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