well the part we choose to look for common ground. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. 10 days to save 2015. around announces it will no longer abide by the landmark. steps are taken to show from u.s. sanctions. also ahead on the program india imposes tariffs on dozens of u.s. products including fruit and nuts worth billions of dollars in trade in retaliation by washington. 2 sisters in saudi arabia a plea to the international community for asylum reportedly suffering. their

currency. to join a growing number of women looking for a way out of the gulf. 247 news live from moscow this is r.t. international pleasure your company i mean and only our top story iran has announced it's to production level enriched uranium surpassing the stockpile limits set by the 2015 nuclear agreement on its opening. in 10 days time on june the 27th we will exceed the 300 kilogram limit on reached uranium allows under the nuclear deal after that we will continue to increase the speed of production drastically. you know what does this all mean well in the studio to help us figure it down or figure. just how big is this announcement coming out of and

indeed it was talked about there at the 2015 nuclear deal in iraq but up together 1st and well it i'd say it's as big as it gets because basically what it means is the nuclear deal is falling apart the whole point of the agreement was that iran stops in reaching. a kind of curbs its nuclear program and in exchange it gets a sanctions relief or relief and sanctions imposed by the united states. effectively this is the last warning it's the last call on terrans part saying that they are about to you know abandon the deal almost completely they're saying they're not only they're going to enrich uranium beyond the limits set by the deal but also too will weapons grade levels to the levels that could potentially eventually see tehran obtaining nuclear scientists for energy purposes primarily isn't yes they are saying it's for an energy purposes but more importantly they're saying that it is only fair because it takes 2 to tango i have to admit iran has

been quite patient in this because they waited a whole year after being slapped by new sanctions unilaterally by washington before starting to abandon the deal on their part walked out of the deal of course we should say yeah yes washington did do so and they waited again the whole year before taking these drastic steps and they spent that year talking to other signatories of the deal with the you with russia saying look you guys you also signed the documents so you should be the ones who also hold both parties accountable not just to run who was complying with the deal but the united states still well that didn't happen. it's no secret that relations between the u.s. and iran have been and don't read spiral for quite some time but it did escalate in recent times bring us up to date on the well in recent times well they've been absolute in their total downward spiral. especially after the latest incident when last week 2 oil tankers were attacked in the gulf of oman which is it did mean

these are the tortorella borders iran has direct access to and so washington blamed your run for that and he washington's allies in the region were quick to jump on that bandwagon to have a listen. we are confident that we can take a set of actions that can restore deterrence which is our mission so that you say a full range of options does that include a military response course. sometimes even obvious things must be said out loud and does it in his current firm stance against iran's aggression in the gulf of amman in the persian gulf as well as in the region in general they rein in regime did not respect the japanese prime minister's visit to tehran it replied to his foot by attacking 2 times one of which was japanese. well just interesting enough kind of peculiar to see israel and saudi leadership agreeing on something once in a while but that's of course just a side note value how there's

a difference there isn't it you were talking about traditional allies there what about europe they're in the position here where they could be you know saying hold on a minute to us this is a deal that was part of a place some years ago we have to adhere to it there's as you say 2 sides in this there's iran there's the u.s. what is europe saying well indeed and as i mentioned before when the u.s. withdrew when the us abandoned the iran deal they did so unilaterally which means no other signatories were on board europe with the american historical allies they weren't on board they aren't on board now as so basically when washington is. iran is behind the attack on those 2 tankers none nobody except for the people that we've just heard from nobody except from except for the united states israel and saudi arabia believe in this. music we call upon sober

assessments and wait for some credible evidence to be presented it's ridiculous to cite secret data in this case. in the last days we called for the maximum restraint the world cannot afford another crisis especially in an area like that because 1st of all we need to investigate who is responsible for the attacks we can't say this or that country was responsible without providing any evidence so you just count all the skepticism in into the equation and you kind of get the. task is washington is confronted with you know convincing everybody that indeed it was iran if if washington is so keen on you know moving things forward in negative way with the deal and with everything else and some inside the u.s. government already pinning the blame for ceding distrustful for you know ceding such a incept in this distrust in america's allies they blame that on trump. the

problem is that we are struggling even in the midst of this solid evidence to persuade our allies to join us in any kind of response and it shows just how isolated the united states has become well just giving you an idea as to what iran has to say here they've released a statement and they basically their line was that they wouldn't have resorted to a undercover diversion to if they wanted to you know stop i need trade going on through the gulf of oman or through the strait of hormuz. they said that they had their militaries powerful enough to do that openly and just to you know. stretch this you know strip of strip of water a meanwhile it seems to trump has somewhat backed himself into a corner because he has been so vehement on getting out of the deal on the sending the relations the u.s. iran relations into a nosedive similar to the 1818 who participated who for the

deal the next few days going to be very interesting indeed to your version of bring us right up to date thank you. but we asked people in new york city what they thought about the potential of military action between iran and the u.s. . can you imagine a situation where it would be you would be in support of a war with iran. it was the one was another war and then another. thing is another way. open assassinations of bombing other people and we knew about it you could prove it i think we need real proof that some type of activity is actually happening where people are losing life losing land where some type of injustice is happening at the hands of iran but at this point 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 it's. 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 majlis against the horrors i think the country maybe can resolve his own issues with other countries' interference now i can say is i hope nobody gets hurt i hope for world peace just also in this story we spoke to iran based political communications professor who say to run will not succumb to u.s. pressure. anonymous is that some people in the white house that they would be able to push it would be able to. sanction. and he wouldn't do much now we know especially after today that this was wrong

you know it is not. funny that this is going to upset the president's arm but hopefully he would be upset that people like john bolton have given him this. moment one so i think trump is understanding that some of the people who saw. this and i think that their job is in mind because. ok now the story has got people talking it seems the u.s. might be opening another front in its international trade war this time with its ally india. its impose tariffs on a further $28.00 american products some as high as 70 percent it follows donald trump's refusal to exempt india from increased steel olla minium taxes in the u.s. last year india threatened to increase its targets as high as 120 percent well ahead of the meeting with his indian counterpart later this month the us

president's been accusing new delhi of not giving washington equal access to the indian market. in case you missed the team. america's recent controversial trade policies. how do you know want to war without needing to fight it was in case you missed it the economy and. 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. i did tell you at market. now let's look at the end stage of a well that is our 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 level 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 in time 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 deployed 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. traditionally because it was. sanctions are great to use against the likes of cuba venezuela last

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 from one side ministration has repackaged sanctions he calls them. taric 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 their release of american films this might all have a hollywood ending after all. i got the chance earlier the speak to the editorial advisor from india's republic t.v. she believes there's nothing equitable in business it's not a train well it's

a john think that's what she does i mean he needs to meet these noises he's he's you know he turns every country is constantly constantly saying i'm going to do this and at the end there's nothing equitable in trade no more than that is anything critical in foreign policy the big guys do what they want ok this only stand in place the end trade the pay platform has never been at the top of them you cannot compare a country of the american economy size the indian economy or the grain all the countries the need each other that trade means changing with each other this is business as usual. all right on to another headline stories this hour to saudi arabian sisters describing themselves as refugees have their twitter accounts suspended after using the platform to ask the international community for help the per who say they have been subjected to sustained abuse of the homes of their father used the wall of their videos to plead for asylum are brought. my father

took the lead and. he is looking for us now we trace it to all rights and given nations going to only activities to help us move to a safe tree. well shortly after the suspensions twitter reinstated the sisters' accounts as well as that of a human rights activist who'd been supporting them now the social media giant has not offered any comment on its actions in line with company policy the 2 girls have been detailing on the site their parents allegedly abused them physically and verbally sometimes even causing injuries that warranted medical attention there no in turkey having escaped while on a family holiday there a human rights advocate we spoke to say social media played a crucial role in helping the girls get their story heard. it's very important so

anyone who's potentially at risk to publish their case it's going to help them find asylum loosing other instances where girls have just waited too long to get their story out there 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 choice we have to question them and what their protocols are to protect people who are risk in this situation obviously they need to install more safeguards for situations. the case of the sisters is not unique it's estimated that iran a 1000 women attempt to flee the kingdom each year one recent high profile case was that of a home who tried to flee to australia via thailand after barricading herself in a hotel room she launched the twitter campaign and was eventually granted asylum in

canada a saudi diplomat later joked that denying her access to technology might have been more effective than taking her passport. when she arrived she opened a new twitter account and her followers grew to 45000 in one day it would have been better if they'd confiscated her mobile phone instead of her passport but another challenge faced by girls freeing saudi arabia is a new government created smartphone app just going through what it can do monday in things renewing passports paying parking fines but also allows male family members to track female relatives and even prevent them from traveling rather sterling again sees that as the number of such cases rise everything must be done to give oppressed women a. over the past year we've seen cases such as secular teeter we've seen a half mama done we've seen hints from the u.a.e. and we're seeing more and more and i think that as i say each case is quite popular

and in fact my case was published it grew because inside saudi arabia is a step in itself to sort of promoting those more secure or secular belief system and the fact that it wasn't 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 also in these women would like to report the kind of abuse they've suffered to also receives within the country as 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 did by way of homage killing. ecuador has granted the united states permission to use one of its famed gala across islands as an earth field but the government in quito is facing a bottle or what critics are calling a violation of the country's constitution artie's saskia taylor has been taking

a closer look. at the galapagos islands home to the giant tortoises birthplace of darwin's theory of evolution and it'll when you walk by the sound of lapping waves and the gentle hum of america complaints you know as you know that your levels is but i've mentioned that the galapagos for ecuador is our aircraft carrier it is our 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 what has might now find some new star spangled species zipping across the sky because ecuador has just agreed to allow the u.s. military to use. world heritage site reports claim the pentagon will now keep payne's on the historic sun crystal 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 now if it says the defense minister it's not a base to say it's it's a funny little gathering place going to. the us to meet for periods of no more than a week and the subjects 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. is not an aircraft carrier for gringo use it 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 low note under former president rafael correa he i'm going to washington by closing one of the largest u.s. bases outside the states relations father soured one craig granted wiki leaks

co-founder today in the 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 murano 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 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 the small national treasure when your allies got deep pockets.

donald trump's name is plastered across some of the most expensive and sought after real estate on the planet. there's this trump heights israel has remained a tiny settlement in the occupied golan heights after the us president to mark its appreciation for mr trump's recent recognition of israel's claims to sovereignty over the territory at the helm what we know is 30 years old it's got a population of 10 people although israel now hopes it will be able to encourage more settlers to move there this by the fund for it's unlikely that trump heights will be officially established be for the country's elections in september now the decision is likely to further inflame regional tensions as with the exception of the us the international community regards israel's occupation of the syrian territory as illegal we asked historian marc schulman for his thoughts on the move and what its implications may well be. usually you name something after

a dead person right then israel there are plenty of things named after dead american presidents there's a lincoln street there's a truman village there's a kennedy forest i can name lots of things named after former american presidents who are long dead or you generally don't tend to name someone who's living everyone knows that the way to get to a president trump to love you is to love him back or to love him he loves to have things named after him and this was another attempt to show love for president and like i said it's also a great way of underscoring in the next the israeli election that's coming again very very soon and that's considered a electoral plus for prime minister netanyahu the fact that he's close to president trump is considered something that israelis say well why would we possibly want to get rid of bibi netanyahu after all he's close to president trump and president trump as a present a united states therefore let's keep bibi netanyahu as prime minister because no one can replace him. right if you get

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oh welcome to sophie and sophie shevardnadze washington's disdain for international agreements has left europe doubtful about the u.s. as a trusted partner while the new constellations of the e.u. parliament help pull through. 2 years foreign policy chief petty. european union is entering a new. old. political coalitions are collapsing and new comers from the right stop

putting the continent's consensus to the test with competition between traditional powers on the rise will the e.u. manage to present a united front and deal with the challenges of today. political forces help you with. tearing it apart. it's really great to have you with us. to talk about so start with the latest elections in the e.u. so the populist wave that everyone thought would take over again happen come about but the far right still got more seats than before in the e.u. parliament. begins in italy in france in hungary. to take over what do you think this game will do will it allow to disrupt the parliament from within. well firstly i think you're absolutely correct the gains have been there but they're relatively marginal we're talking about a 5 percent increase compared to 2014 and also

a very strong on the other side consolidation a very very clear european consensus between 4 political families the popular party the socialists the greens and the liberals now when it comes to the minority that 25 percent minority on the nationalist side in a sense precisely because they are nationalist and being nationalists they're not particularly good at cooperating internationally by definition actually not only is it numerically relatively contained minority but it is also one that is unable to work together i think we have already seen the 1st instance of this was there so we need the leader of a guy in italy there essentially try to unite the national missing the populists to that extreme right but failed to do so i don't think is going to be able to do it and he has a very dense.