the week's top stories on r.t. the u.s. accuses iran of attacking to all tankers in the gulf they claim that tehran denies calling it sabotage diplomacy. survivors of the ground fire. against 3 u.s. companies whose products allegedly contributed to the tragedy. and. american in after donald trump withdraws the country's trade states. this is the weekly here a lot international with mina do you or to you time for our top stories from the

last 7 days and latest up to date news welcome to the program. a furious raw erupted in between the united states and iran this week after washington accused iran of attacking to all time because in the gulf of oman secretary of state washington's assessment it was based on intelligence and that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack. 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 an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran the u.s. immediately jumped to make allegations against iran without a shred of factual circumstantial evidence only makes it abundantly clear that the b. team is moving to a plan b. sabotage diplomacy. u.s.

central command released a grainy video which it claims shows iranian special forces removing an unexploded line from one of the vessels there with a tank of those says the crew reported being hit by flying projectiles. the 2 vessels called fire in one of the world's key all routes close to the strait of hormuz you see any way in and out of the persian gulf incident immediately elicited worldwide reaction and taken a surge in oil prices with russia saying the situation could pose a threat to the global economy with more on the story he's kind of more. so there were 2 oil tankers that were hit. probably. hard.

from last year from tokyo you. don't do you remember the real being on board no fly well no i don't care but i don't want. to go into. the boat but it will do. the business so this mean that it will. not supposed. let's go over the facts now the 1st one belongs to john frederick 2 so 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 that. iran from the ancient. of the persian empire into the present day has been the great country of the middle east and will remain sorry in 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 good will so why would they then choose this moment to fire tar paedos in the gulf of oman the iranian foreign minister just zarif is describing these events as suspicious reports of the tanks 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 and the regional tensions threatening to spill over into conflict we asked a number of guests about assessment of the situation. 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 all we can discuss and we can see the geopolitical situation of iran and the united states in the persian gulf we can say that the iranians are not going to torpedo if ship which will lead to the americans to attack them and it's going to give the american an excuse to attack. 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 says he doesn't want to go to war he doesn't want to put boots on the ground he doesn't want 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 security advisor that he once 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 to go to the to discuss with the iranians and even my computer the secretary of state with the hotties and who was go to war all the time he said the recently that the united states is ready to negotiate with iran without any precondition. londoners held a silent march on saturday in 2 years since the plan fell tower 5 which killed 72 people it comes out to 3 u.s. firms which produced materials used in the building face a lawsuit from hundreds of survivors and relatives of the victims some of the

products are banned from use in u.s. skyscrapers prompting accusations of double standards. are comics and the message that foreign lives are 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. lawsuit names cladding producer all conic whose product is by the company's own admission a flammable it also names a whirlpool the maker of the refrigerator that's believed to have caused the fire and insulation made by cielo texas said to have released cyanide gas leading to further avoidable fatalities. at. the end.

all 3 companies expressed their sympathies with the victims well paul also noted the 2 separate probes found to find fault with its refrigerator seal attack said it's insulation was just one element of the cladding system used on the tower whilst all conic said it would respond in court. we spoke to peter herbert co-founder of b.m.a. lawyers for grandfather who says these multinational companies must face up to the law. the united states does have a very good our friendly culture whereby it's very multinational national company hires guilty often selling products or rich trail products without sufficient

safeguards that they will permit those previously big cases in the united states where a building collapse has resulted in damages of around about $230000000.00 to be distributed to the victims residents and the tragedy i believe there's a 2 year limitation here in the united states that action must be tremendous but fall 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 that groundswell started so much going to get you but serial 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 partly just subtle not. the death of a syrian rebel icon tree widespread media attention this week prompting impassioned debate about his legacy according to the opposition clear peepin fighting with

abdel baset also really succumbed in a month to wounds he sustained during clashes with government forces in hama province a former goalkeeper for syria's youth. are shot to prominence in the early years of the uprising saying as street protests against the country's president bashar al assad widely referred to as the nightingale of the revolution he was even and the subject of an award winning 2013 documentary but in the years that followed as the country slid deeper into girling sectarian conflict the number of silent songs in statements became increasingly extreme artie's donald quarter takes a closer look now at the controversy and a warning his report contains images of an execution. he became the poster boy of the syrian uprising or shall we say the voice ringback.

and his death in battle against government forces apparently made him a fallen hero in the eyes of the media syrian football and singer 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. that 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.

and. 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 and 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. i. 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 abdul basset also route not inspire off 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. abdul deserves a grammy no less as in other. kovar western operations it becomes important to to maintain this sense of plausible deniability it's clearly being useful for for the us and the us media to maintain the

whole idea of there being moderate democratic forces 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. we'll be back in a couple of minutes after this break. in a world in which there are the americans that the chinese the indians the russians and 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. sorry really in the 1980s under reagan at that or in deregulation you had this said. and there are some all purpose at that point was to try to squeeze workers completely out of the global economy so wages never went up real terms the 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 though they are causing deflation in an environment where their money printing is increasing the.

program india is imposing trade tariffs on $28.00 u.s. goods in a tit for tat measure this follows donald trump's decision to withdraw new delhi's at preferential trade status for goods including steel the u.s. president accused of failing to give washington equitable access to its markets so in retaliation import taxes as high as 70 percent have been placed on u.s. products such as almonds and apples we spoke to the editorial advisor from india's republic who believes there is nothing equitable in global trade. it's not a train well it's a john think that's what sean does i mean he needs to meet these noises you use every country he's going to be constantly saying i'm going to do this and we'll do of at the end there's nothing to trade norm or don't do this and if the. foreign

policy the big guys do what they want ok this is the end trade the trade platform has never been the 2 of them you cannot compare a country of the american economy size the indian economy all the great all the countries the need each other trade means trading with each other this is business as usual in the latest episode of artes in case you missed it polly boyko gives her take on washington's controversial trade policies on those countries that were blacklisted by terrorists. how do you launch a war without needing to fight a war in case you missed it if economies. international access to the u.s. market used to be a bit like dating the rich girl next door when you were over was not easy or cheap but in the end it was well i don't have those u.s. markets i'm now 11 and started a welder and filled out window access is now expensive and even if it was worth it

you know it's going to hurt so we all know that america has the biggest military in the world just levels the cost of whatever country you're in there's a good chance that there is a u.s. aircraft carrier staring right back at you so now the u.s. is a weapon raising its economy in order to fight international disputes and dominating the market is i.c.b.m.'s. heard you saying the intercontinental ballistic sanction ready to be deployed anywhere you need it advantages of the i.c.b.m.'s include causing misery to entire populations in countries you. i don't like without firing a single shot collapse the economies of your opponents and then blame the attack countries without actually having to deploy a single soldier and then accuse them of aggression and remember once deployed i.c.b.m.'s will work for decades with absolutely no effort from you just keep it

fueled with a strong dollar. traditionally because it was. sanctions are great to use against the likes of cuba venezuela north korea iran russia you know the bad guys the problem is you can't use them against the good guys which is why you don't move for months administration has repackaged sanctions he calls them our it. allow you to target friends like mexico europe canada and especially your buddies in beijing because while solutions are used as punishment tyrants are just a normal part of global trade right the way the us has been using them as no different china has started fighting back though apparently they've started to

prevent the release of american films this might all have a hollywood ending after all. the community has had to add to the vatican reiterating in the recent report but there are 2 genders male and female it was meant to tackle what the catholic church calls an educational crisis sofitel it delves into the reason for the sudden outrage over a stance the vatican has consistently held. 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 the 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 anything 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 the standing in faith the vatican remains in the dark ages for most in a false teaching the law is a myth rumor unfold 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 and 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 to resign often 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 the 2 pennies while. net the backlash is huge as one bishop in rhode island planned when he decided to chat his few on pride month a reminder that catholics should not support or attend pride month of vance held in june they promote a culture and encourages t.v.'s 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 bishop 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. you know i always taught me what would jesus do yes i know jesus would be attending that pride parade with 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. shown thomas that will take over the top of the day so stay with us.

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absurd it's really harsh things that happen in life. with no make good manufacture come sentenced to the public well so. when the running club doesn't protect themselves. when the financial merry go round lives only the one percent. that's not doing the whole middle of the room signals. to lose them in the real news is really the world. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to.

have to try to be pro-choice this is what before 3 of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my college. for shipping. hello and welcome to worlds apart it's hard to believe now but there was a time when the western economists genuinely believed that the soviet union would almost inevitably overtake the united states as the world's leading economy and it

wasn't just fear speaking they had graphs and calculations to prove but decades later it is now china that's projected onto the thrall and kids benefit and has learned a lot from this obvious failure is that enough though to win and hold onto it cannot make primacy well to discuss that i'm now joined by james robinson prominent political scientist and also of why in the nation's failed mr robinson it's so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time my pleasure now you published the book back in 2012 when the world felt like a totally different place it was before the economy became political again before this wave of populism rolled over a number of western societies if you were writing you today do you think you would have changed anything in it. well not really i mean our focus is very much on the long run you could say. you know we're trying to figure out you know why does the

world look the way it does you know in terms of these big patterns of economic prosperity and poverty and that's a sort of deeply historical process so you don't change your views over a few years and i would also say that you know in terms of populism i mean you're right that in a sense the world looks a lot different but but but not the difference i mean there's lots of populism historically for somebody like me who studies latin america a lot you know very used to populism you know that's all part of the package in some sense well the reason i'm asking is that question is because i have a sense that in many western societies people i'm now starting to question whether indeed they have a winning economic and political systems and you define failure or success as 1st and foremost economic growth but the problem with economic growth in the west is that it's quiet imbalanced a lot of it goes into a very small portion of society the majority here either benefits very

little on doesn't benefit at all so whether you have that growth but only for selected few if that's really a success or failure and qualify the system as inclusive or the other charmi use extractive i mean that's a good question and i think you know in the book we you know we make this argument about how inclusive economic institutions are create broad based patterns of incentives and opportunities are what you need for sustained economic growth and innovation in the long to ship and i think you still do have in the united states i think if you look at these enormously wealthy people like bezos gates and how did they make their money through through innovation you know they they made their money by selling people things that people valued but i also agree with you this enormous increase in inequality is.