the u.s. repeats its threat of all options on the table for iran including military action over terrans alleged attack on pursue oil tankers in the gulf of oman. india imposes trade tariffs on dozens of u.s. products in retaliation for tax hikes on steel another 1000000 by washington. 2 sisters and saudi arabia played for the international community for asylum after reportedly suffering years of abuse of the hands of their parents in the kingdom they join a growing number of women looking for a way out of the gold monocle. monday

morning of moscow welcome to the program my name's kevin owen here with the latest from the out international newsroom for the next 30 minutes for you washington is once again putting all options on the table with the rand including military action u.s. secretary of state might pompei a reiterated his belief into runs direct involvement into an attack on oil tankers in the gulf of oman. the american people should rest assured we have high confidence with respect to who conducted these attacks as well as half a dozen other attacks throughout the world over the past 40 days we are confident that we can take a set of actions that can restore deterrence which is our mission so you say a full range of options does that include a military response force. iran in turn vehemently denies any involvement branding america statements sabotage diplomacy the united states early released what it claims to be evidence of turan having a hand in the attack including a video which allegedly shows no raining crew remove. having an unexploded mine

from one of those tankers further it seems america's closest allies in the region are all on the same page right now too over it so the arabia's crown prince says he's ready to deal with any threat posed by iran and israel is also joining the chorus with the country's prime minister praising washington firm stance toward a round opening ceremony of a new jewish settlement named after donald trump made the saber rattling to russia knows chipped in and warned the u.s. against fingerpointing moscow cited the invasion of iraq back in 2003 when false evidence was used to justify military action moving in music we didn't forget that miles with white boller screaming that we remember and therefore have learned to show restraint in our assessment is that we call upon sober assessment and wait for some credible evidence to be presented it's ridiculous to cite secret data in this case was beaten into a queue and it seems washington could be once again trying to find a pretext to wage war as r.t.c. goshdarn off explains. donald trump is not

a president known for policy consistency but one thing no critic can take away from him is his apparent a burning hatred for iran but everywhere we go in the middle east it's a rare ran around spread death destruction and chaos behind every problem is iran's a very dangerous player very bad player iran's leaders so yes. death. and destruction and with guys like might bump aoe and john bolton pushing trying to squeeze that trigger it seems a war could be looming but thank god it can be just the president's cool thing like this needs congress' approval on paper except that really it doesn't we were absolutely presented with a full formal presentation on how the 2001 math might authorize war on iran yes i'm certain i'm sorry sir secretary powell pale said it with his own words he did not say i want to go to iran and i'm going to use 2001 he referenced

a relationship between iran and al qaeda there's a convenient loophole that can help them and it's something called a u.s. a u.s. stands for authorization for use of military force against terrorists a long name but basically it allows the u.s. to attack any country that has ties to al qaida this is already been used in iraq and afghanistan and if you look hard enough terrorists can be found everywhere in the past few months iran has been turning into a more and more of an al qaeda haven according to washington for 40 years the islamic republic's revolutionary guard corps has actively engaged in terrorism the world's leading state sponsor of terrorists of the really regimes use of terrorism as a tool of statecraft makes it fundamentally different. from any other government they are a nation of terror and we will put up with it all aboard the militaristic bandwagon it is the best chance the hoops and capitol hill have had in years up until now

would trump has been more or less true to his promise to curb his country's military adventurism being all bark and no bite as a candidate for president. i loudly pledged a new approach. great nations do not fight endless wars. and while there is literally move verifiable evidence that would allow saudi arabia to be bombed into oblivion and. the saudi the good guys in washington's playbook the of course outright denial such claims over devolvement with extremists there america's greatest ally in the gulf which also happens just like trump to hate iran with a passion starting a war with iran would be unlike any other war the united states has engaged in

before abroad that would be a conflict that in some ways my be worse than vietnam it certainly won't be iraq the problem is that and bolton are in charge of foreign policy i don't think it really has the details in hand it's like he's a rider on the course but he doesn't have the reins and of course they will use the tool the. authorization with the congress based on terrorism because they will present whatever iran does in the persian gulf or elsewhere as an act of terrorism that is the best way these days to get americans behind. and attack course on the face of it at least on all trumps it repeatedly claimed he doesn't want to go to war with iraq we asked people in new york what they thought of the possibility of potential military action can you imagine a situation where it would be you would be in support of a war with iran. it was not start after one was another war and then another war

then another you know one thing is another way. to. go about things open assassinations and bombing other people and we knew about it you could prove it i think we need real proof that some to. type of activity is actually happening where people are losing lives losing land where some type of injustice is happening at the hands of iran but at this point i i don't really know that that's necessarily a terrorist attack on you know innocent people you know something like 911 happens of course the response is this is necessary and immediate. is war the answer to that maybe not maybe but i still think personally we should find a different solution besides war we've been to many wars a lot of people have died in doesn't seem to make the issues go with. iran is having violence against the hordes i think the country maybe can resolve is all issues with other countries interference i can say is i hope nobody gets hurt

i hope for world peace. meantime that spot assad elsewhere it seems the u.s. may be opening another front in its international trade war this time with its ally india a new delhi's already firing back its impose tariffs on a further 28 american products some as high as 70 percent all this follows donald trump's refusal to exempt india from increased steel an aluminum taxes in the u.s. last year then india threatened to increase its tariffs was high as 120 percent ahead of the meeting with his indian counterpart later this month the u.s. president accused new delhi of not giving washington equal access to the indian market is the american point of view on it polly boy curly in case you missed it take a swipe at america's controversial trade policies these days. how do you launch a war without needing to fight a war in case you missed it the economy stupid. international access to the u.s. market used to be a bit like dating the rich girl next door when you were

a voter was not easy or cheap but in the end it was worth their time for those u.s. markets are now and 11 at the end stage of a well that the downwind 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 away from raising its economy in order to fight international disputes and dominating the market is i.c.b.m.'s. teetered 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 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 to pull oid i.c.b.m.'s will work for decades with absolutely no effort from you just keep it fueled with a strong dollar you're going to leave the country very. traditionalist 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 i don't move troops administration has repackaged sanctions he calls. paret tiris allow you to target friends like mexico europe canada and especially your buddies in beijing because while sanctions are used as punishment tyrants are just

a normal part of global trade right the way the us has been using them is no different china has started fighting back though apparently they've started to prevent the release of an american film this might all have a hollywood ending after all. we spoke to the editorial visor from india's republic t.v. who believes there's nothing equitable in business these days it's not a trade war it's a jon think that's what she does i mean he needs to meet these noises you use every country has constantly constantly saying i'm going to do this and at the end there's nothing in trade no more down there is anything critical in foreign policy the big guys do what they want ok this only stand the end tired tree has never been a bit of it and you cannot compare a country of the american economy size the indian economy or the great all the

countries the need each other trade means treating with each other this is business as usual. 2 sisters from saudi arabia are appealing to the international community for a safe haven after reportedly suffering brutal treatment at the hands of their father the girls turned to twitter to raise awareness of their plight but the social media platform and suspended their accounts without explanation as well as the account of a human rights activist posting on their behalf said all pages of no been restored and one of the videos they appealed to be given asylum. my father took away our past and our national identity he is looking for us now we trace. so on you mean rights and giving nations into all of human rights activities to help us move to a safe country. the young women described how their parents were religious hardliners who were both verbal and physically abusive to them one of them said she

had not to be taken to hospital to treat her injuries but now in turkey having escaped while on a family holiday there when he was rights advocate we spoke to says social media was crucial here in helping these girls speak out. it's very important that anyone who's potentially at risk to publish their case it's going to help them find asylum lucene other instances we girls have just waited too long to get their story out and that's allowed the family to track them down and essentially take them back to saudi against their will we need to be using social media more often it's revolution what allies the way that we can deal with human rights situations like this but at the same time it's hugely risky because when we see accounts being suspended by swiss we have to question them and what their protocols are to protect people who are risking the situation obviously they need to install more safeguards for situations while the node side saudi arabia is another twist to this the still

at risk of being found by the authorities that's because of a smartphone up that's been created by the saudi government it could be used for monday in things like renewing passports and paying parking fines but it can also allow male family members to track female relatives and even prevent them from traveling because the sisters is not unique and every year around a 1000 women attempt to flee the kingdom one successful case was that of. who tried to flee to a strain of thailand after barricading herself literally into a hotel room she launched a twitter campaign eventually she was drownded to solomon canada a saudi diplomat later joked that denying her access to technology might have been a good idea. when she arrived in new twitter account and her followers grew to 45000 in one gene it would have been better if they'd confiscated her mobile phone instead of her passport rather surly again says that as the number of cases rise everything must be done to give these women a voice. over the past year we've seen cases such as secular ringback teeth or

we've seen around half mohammed done we've seen hints from the u.a.e. and we're seeing more and more and i think that as as each case is quite public and in fact hundreds case was published and broadcast inside saudi arabia is a step in itself to sort of promoting those more secular secular belief system and the fact that it was since it is quite surprising and therefore that it's going to inspire more and more girls who are suffering abuse to really try to escape in and risk their lives to secure the kind of freedom from abuse that of course everybody wants i mean often these women would like to report the kind of abuse they have suffered to also are at ease within the coaches to the u.a.e. authorities to saudi but they're not taking seriously and in fact it can lead to the increase in mental punishment or even death by way of homage killing. ecuador has granted the united states permission to use one of its famed collapse because islands is an airfield but the government of commuters facing

a backlash what did critics are calling a violation of the country's constitution and what he says could tell it takes a closer look this morning. the galapagos islands home to the giant tortoises birthplace of darwin's theory of evolution and it'll when you walk to see by the sound of lapping waves and the gentle hum of american planes you know as you know you know i love those i've mentioned that the galapagos for ecuador is our aircraft carrier it is a natural carrier because it is shores us permanent replenishment did deception facilities and it is a 1000 kilometers from our coast united states is going to take charge of improving conditions especially refueling watches might now find some new star-spangled species sipping across the sky because ecuador has just agreed to allow the u.s. military to use the u.s. go world heritage site reports claim the pentagon will now keep planes on the historic san cristobal island for operations in the pacific ocean with the primary

purpose said to be fighting drug trafficking so far so good that's just a small catch a minor inconvenience really the ecuadorian constitution doesn't allow foreign military bases on its soil but no fair says the defense minister it's not a base pesetas it's a funny little gathering place going to any of the u.s. aircraft meet for periods of no more than a week and is subject to the protocol of the preservation of sovereignty those are my concerns gone also on the plus side washington is covering all the costs but perhaps unsurprisingly not everyone is happy about this latest addition galapagos is not an aircraft carrier for gringo use is an ecuadorian province patrimony of humanity patriotic ground that his vessel soul can reach such a level describes very well the government to represent now ecuador and u.s. relations hit a no no under former president rafael correia he i'm going to washington by closing

one of the largest u.s. bases outside the state relations father soured one craig ranted wiki leaks co-founder today in a solemn. asylum and sheltered him from the long arm of the u.s. justice department for years but things have been on the up recently thanks to lenin morano who's been in power since 2017 it was miranda who decided that a son should outstayed his welcome at the embassy in london we all know the fallout from that the whistle pro was dragged out by the british police slapped with 18 criminal counts by washington now faces extradition to the u.s. and potentially a 175 years behind bars now coincidentally or not at the same time acquittals bank account got an almighty boost with a $4200000000.00 loan from the i.m.f. the international monetary fund where the u.s. has huge voting rights we all know friendships about give and take so at the end of the day what's a small national treasure when your allies go deep pockets so i can tell you that

this is alex international it's coming up headlines with the morning ahead after the break and i guess of treason president trump blasts the new york times over an article about u.s. cyber attacks on russia's power grid some history to put through the president of the paper as we'll see when we talk about. what holds if you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president which. is something i want to. achieve right. this is what the. real big. interest of all is it.

should be. in a world in which there are the americans that the. chinese the indians the russians except for 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. going good morning double translate into the new york times again this time of an article about u.s. cyber attacks on russia's electric power grid r.t. senior correspondent got more for you it's difficult to pinpoint who declared this

war but it is a war no missiles no armies just articles tweets and a whole lot of hate feeling new york times versus demagogue trump 1st battle took place before trump was even president ford the candidate and the pundits over objectivity was the 1st to fall in this bitter war if you are a working journalist and you believe that donald j. trump is a demagogue playing to the nation's worst racism nationalistic tendencies that he cozies up to and see american dictators and that he would be dangerous with control of the united states nuclear codes how the heck are you supposed to cover him. you'd think the obvious answer would be keeping your opinions to yourself and doing your job staying professional this is war things like honesty and impartiality only

get in the way the n.y.t. even went against its own neutrality bible writers negative should guard against word choices that undermine each ality if one politician is for resolute an opponent should not be rigid or dogmatic if one country in a conflict has a leadership while the other has a regime impartiality suffers in those days the n.y.t. reported but trump destroyed them from the ashes was a new new york times these days in no longer just report he's so persistently lied i do think to be frank he changed us i think were different as a result of donald trump once you break some barriers there's no going back that's it they've gone new york times headlines became the ying the trumps twitter yang trump lies he lies he cheats he tells fall towards

a mock trial for his $10000.00 lies i mean this isn't journalism this isn't reporting this is a personal vendetta just like trump's tweet after tweet accusing the new york times of lying deception of treason most recent incident a story about the u.s. hacking russia's power grid made up says the president. do you believe that the failing new york times just did a story stating that the u.s. is substantially increasing cyber attacks on russia this is a virtual act of treason by a once great paper these are true cowards and without doubt the enemy of the people enemy of the people they don't like that out of all the things from school them that's perhaps what hurts the most enemy of the people is not just a toss of a line it sounds good in the tweet it is a particularly pernicious phrase deep history no president has ever uttered those

words in public what is side the president of the united states and once proud journalists virtually slinging. childishly that again perhaps this is healthy good for everyone else i mean the both of them in others the elites as they call themselves really needed to be taken down a notch has been running against elites his entire business and now is political career and that includes us a footnote to the story into the york times to fire a salvatore's back at the president according to the newspapers the us president's administration had seen the article before it was published with drugs the national security officials expressing no concern the say about the content. as america's trade war against china gains momentum and high tech huawei continues to face scrutiny over spying allegations it seems everything chinese is treated

with deep suspicion these days and a bit more and it's caused some red faces in the west's defense industry. we are celebrating a lot of different approaches of many 35 bipolar there's the world. by the way of the world when you knew that you had your choice. walk away is something that's very dangerous into their close ties to the chinese government or of the tension and cyber espionage. i

think it's bread it's not. bad but it's a question of how bad is it. we have been completely in. the role of china and it is only now that people are beginning to wake up what people are concerned about and i'm one of those is if you have anything with the chinese connection at least it ought to be noted and the risks need to be assessed to have in the world's 1st face generation strike croft i think is really a cause for concern. these parts michael components of the f. $35.00 are inspected repeatedly each stage of manufacture additionally exception p.c.b. has no visibility or access to any sense to program information and there is limited no risk associated minimal role in a program. that's

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get to shape out just to become educated and in detroit because of the trail. when somebody find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. you know world's big. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of

the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see that. in welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the trump administration again obsessed with the rand without evidence or facts or rand is simply to blame for everything under the sun and then there is john bolton are his days at the national security council number. cross-cutting some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dimitri bobbitt

she's a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we crossed to charles bridge he is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counter terrorism intelligence officer are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i'm going to charles 1st thing in london let's talk about mike pompei oh he officially has time. the secretary of state but isn't he really turning into the minister of missing december mation this whole approach to the media explaining what happened in the gulf of oman the attack on 2 or oil tankers both actually going to japan while remarkably chav anees prime minister was meeting with the iranian leadership and this is what my poem peo had to say to the media this is settlement is based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar iranian attacks on shipping.