but how many more exonerations is it going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about. this hour's headlines stories are. it will further rollback its compliance with the 25th. if steps are not taken within the next 10 days to shoot from u.s. sanctions. india imposed. of u.s. products including. billions of dollars in trade in retaliation to tax hikes. on 2 sisters in saudi arabia pleads to the international community for asylum after reportedly suffering years of abuse of their parents and the. growing number of women looking for a way out of the gulf. 247

news live from moscow this is r.t. international pleasure to have your company i mean i know neal our top story iran has announced it is to boost production of low level enrich uranium surpassing the stockpile limits set by the 2015 nuclear agreement. 10 days time on june 27th we will exceed the 300 kilogram limit and then reached uranium to the nuclear deal after that we will continue to increase the speed of production drastically. ok let's go through the story now with our tease igor. how significant is this announcement coming out of tara and just where does that leave the 2015 year career deal well i just say it leaves the 2015. i mean the deal is falling apart so it is pretty much as big as it gets because iran is giving

a final warning in 10 days they will start enriching uranium beyond you know the limits set by the deal and i'm not talking just you know the civilian sort of levels they could easily you know reach those levels of enrichment that would constitute a weapons grade level of enrichment and which could lead to iran obtaining a nuclear weapon and i mean iran is saying that it is a tit for tat measure they're saying that if the united states that they had dropped out of the deal year ago last year. this whole year iran has been very patient but they're saying well if one side is not you know not following the deal then why should. relations between the u.s. and russia have been on this dying words spiral i think it's safe to say for quite some time but it did come in the renewed focus didn't it this month totally i mean just last week to oil tankers were attacked in the word explosions basically in the gulf of oman and the united states for instance they were very very quick to pin

the blame on iran for doing so and some middle eastern allies they jumped on that bargain as well have a listen. 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. sometimes even obvious things must be. 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 iran it replied to the foot by attacking 2 time one of which was japanese. you know one thing all those clips we just saw have in common they're all u.s. allies what about other global reaction what's europe saying oh well interesting thing about that video is that those are pretty much the only u.s. allies that are with washington on you know on this whole thing who are agreeing

that yeah we're pointing the finger of blame and iran and saying yeah tehran had something to do with it when it comes to europe well they're not as trust be not as trusting i should say as saudi arabia and israel. and 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 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 skepticism in and you can see how much of a task what a gargantuan task a washington is facing you know convincing everybody that yeah we run is the run of the bad guys run by the way they said that if the indeed wanted something going on

in the gulf of oman if they wanted to block trade to block this trade route they wouldn't have needed a diversion to do so they would have done it openly saying yeah we're blocking it they're saying that iranian military is strong enough to do it out in the open you know play play by the rules and this is you know as you can see clearly as you can clearly see that there are a lot of there's a lot of distrust when it comes to washington's claims and they're not many people are on board and to some inside the u.s. government blaming trump for ceding this distrust. 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 so it does seem that trump has backed himself into a corner somewhat he has been so vehement in this stance in the election campaign

that the iran is bad tehran. nest of evil the cradle of evil now europe doesn't doesn't want this happening europe doesn't is not engaging in this sort of rhetoric i mean people inside the u.s. government people in washington are not on board they are blaming trump for that and so really trump has quite a lot in front of him quite a lot to do if he wants his policy to succeed all right bring us right up to date on the hot topic our top story thank you of course on earth. just staying with it in fact 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 last one was another war and then another war then another you know things other ways. to solve. things open

assassinations and 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 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 and 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. other countries' interference i can say is i hope nobody gets hurt i hope for world peace. if you use in new york well we spoke to in iran the base

political communications professor who say used to run won't succumb to u.s. pressure. another says that some people in the white house was that they would be able to push it would be able to do. and they would be able to sanction. and you know i wouldn't do much now we know especially after today that. was wrong you don't is not. fighting back this is going to upset the president around but hopefully he will be upset that people like john bolton have given him the advice that iran would continue to follow the moment one so i think trump is understanding that some of the people who. are not giving good advice and i think their job is in mind because doing it.

well it appears the u.s. might be opening another front in its international trade war this time with its ally india huge at least firing back its impose tariffs on a further 28 products some as high as 70 percent it follows donald trump's refusal to exempt india from increased the loan minium taxes in the u.s. last year back then india threatened to increase his tariffs 220 percent had a meeting with his indian counterpart later this month the u.s. president's been accusing you of not giving washington equal access to the indian market so what do polly only in case you missed the team think of trade in modern age. 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 7 was not easy or cheap but in the end it was worth their time for those

u.s. markets are now and 11 and stood in a well lit 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 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 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. traditional because it was . running since august rate to use it 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 know the difference administration has repackaged sanctions he calls. 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 their release of american films this might all have a hollywood ending after all. poly is only partly well we spoke to the editorial advisor as well from india's republic to uva who believes there's nothing equitable in business. it's not a train well it's a john think that's what shawn does i mean he needs to meet these noises he's used you know you need to every country is going to be constantly saying i'm going to do all this and we'll do of at the end there's nothing to do in trade no more than that is anything critical in foreign policy the big guys do what they want ok this only stand in the end trade has never been at the top of them 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 cheating with each other this is business as usual. here to a story we're closely following today to some of the sisters describing themselves as refugees of their twitter accounts suspended after using the platform to us the international community for help the per who say they have been subjected to sting the peace of the homes of their father used one of their videos to plead for asylum abroad. my father took the lead and. he is looking for us now we trace. so on rights and given nations to only its activities to help us move to a safe country. yes shortly after the suspensions twitter reinstated the sisters a concert as well as the out of human rights activists who had been supporting them 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 how their parents allegedly abused them physically and verbally sometimes even causing injuries that warranted medical attention there are 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 lucene 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 the protocols are to protect people who are risk in this situation obviously they need to install

more safeguards for situations. like case of the sisters is not a unique one it's estimated that around a 1000 women attempt to flee the kingdom each and every year one recent high profile case was that of women who tried to flee to a string here via thailand after barricading herself in a hotel room she launched a twitter campaign and was eventually granted asylum in canada a saudi diplomat to leave her job denying her access to technology might be more effective than taking her passport. when she arrived in 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 or another challenge faced by girls fleeing saudi arabia is a new government created smartphone up now it can be used for the more mundane things are new passports paying parking fines as well but also allows male family

members to track female relatives and even prevent them from traveling sterling again sees them as the number of such cases rises everything must be done to give oppressed women a voice. over the past year we've seen cases such as secular teacher we've seen a half muhammadan 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 why applique and in fact moment mohamed's case was published and grew because inside saudi arabia is a stand in itself to sort of promoting those more secure a 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 have some to also receives within the countries to the u.a.e. authorities to saudi but they're not taken seriously and in fact in leaks they

christened mental punishment ethan did by way of ahmed killing. coming up a little piece of parra tice home to spectacular wildlife the u.s. has picked the go up because islands for the site of a new or base but as well here after the break there's a backlash. starting really in the 1980s under reagan and that turned deregulation you had the fed takeover and their sole purpose at that point was to try to squeeze workers' completely out of the global economy so wages never went up real time sense that buy a 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 now that they are causing

deflation in an environment where their money printing is increasing the debt. do you suppose. they put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and she. want to be. with you going to the press this is what the 3 of them will be good. interested in the water. question. if the minutes past 5 pm here in moscow welcome back there is a big question mark hanging over washington is donald trump being kept out of the loop specs of foreign policy ideas being stirred by

a new york times article on cyber warfare which claims that u.s. hackers attacked russia's power grid to try to explain whatever actually happened it's a well no win situation for everyone. one of the biggest stories of the weekend america is in the midst of a real cyber war on russia's energy grid at least as the new york times puts it they say a number of current and former u.s. officials told them an american computer code had been deployed inside the grid the grid of the biggest country on this planet was it russian hackers we kept hearing about all the time make no mistake the u.s. government has plenty of cyber warriors at their disposal within hours of the story circulating the tromp twitter rant began an act of treason that's how he called the n.y.t. piece and after the usual metaphorical or not flushing of the paper down the toilet

the president called the report a lie but the new york times is adamant there saying you are wrong mr president accusing the press of treason is dangerous we describe the obstacle to the government before publication of those story notes president trump's own national security officials said there were no concerns so we've been left guessing if the massive hack actually ever took place that's a tough one blood lot of our putin's press secretary doesn't rule out this could have been the case. and this president trump as far as i know denies the information about cyber attacks in russia them up or if indeed some agents are doing it without informing the president then this indicates a hypothetical cyber war with russia we have previously sent then our strategic and essentially konami spears have been on the cyber attacks from abroad many times and our agencies are countering these attacks you know to prevent any harm to our economy russia has consistently tried to initiate international coalition to find

any type of cyber crime and fortunately our american partners have never taken a stop on this option because in doing so this time in the past to mr pascoe has fallen short of blaming washington for the attacks. but they've been out there and there's no doubt some kind of cyber war is on again the new york times was citing government officials without naming them though and so the question is who the hell is making decisions about this potentially enormous operation if the president is really unaware of the whole thing by the way not that long ago the american media was going nuts about russian hackers allegedly trying to screw up the u.s. power system some feared a true disaster was being plotted by the russians what are they saying this time around it's very clear that president trump isn't even asking to be briefed on the most pressing issues facing our country intelligence officials are not comfortable

sharing intelligence information with the president of the united states apparently pentagon and military officials who are taking these series and actions against russia without briefing the president in full see how no one's using the word hackers when it's not america that's being hacked and anyway this could really prove to be a great mess or another dirty game but with both scenarios in this story be it the president knows or the president doesn't rock bottom moscow d.c. ties won't get any better. here's a story i want to bring attention to today ecuador granted the united states permission to use one of its famed because islands on earth failed but the government in key to its facing a backlash for what critics are calling a violation of the country's constitution. taylor takes a closer look. but cannot pick us islands home to the giant tortoise birthplace of dolphin theory of evolution and until well you walk by the sound of the lapping

waves and the gentle hum of america complaints you know as you know that you know i love those i've mentioned the galapagos is our area it is a natural. kariya because it is shores us permanent replenishment interception facilities and it is a 1000 kilometers from our coast united states is going to take charge of improving conditions especially refueling what is might now find some new star spangled species 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 payne's 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 for a minute to bases on its soil but now if it says the defense minister it's not

a base passaic it's a funny little gathering place going to. the u.s. 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 sole 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 correa he got to washington by closing one of the largest u.s. bases outside the state's relations father soured one craig wanted wiki leaks co-founder to be in the cell and 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

moran oh he'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. 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 whereabouts are among the news round up for now i do join me in just over 30 for all your there's the newsroom just behind the camera there is beavering away to make sure you do not miss a thing this is our 2 international. still

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i mention are times are we going underground ahead of tomorrow's 35th anniversary of the seminal battle of all grieve when thousands of margaret thatcher's police attack striking miners in the name of neoliberalism coming up on the show as britain prepares for a breakfast to prime minister did the man nicknamed mysticism pave the way for the end of the euro we speak to the former prime minister of italy about austerity and the impact of chinese communism and as the u.s. supreme court delivers opinions today is there a war on christianity or a war on the poor new york times best selling author david horowitz well

a marxist dark agenda to destroy american christianity plus as a christian i certainly believe that's possible is it possible that don't trump has been sent by god to protect jews in oil tankers from the arraignment all this of all coming up in today's going underground the 1st which have a conservative politician becomes the next u.k. prime minister there likely be an enthusiastic supporter of brecht's it but our other european countries are now on course to undermine the neo liberal european project to here is a frosty european commission official announcing an e.u. attack on what may be the use 3rd largest economy come halloween the crime failed to deliver austerity only italy today we go public report under article $126.00 point city. the assessing is a breach of the benchmark in 2080. that they've created it is not complied with and. based excessive deficit but a siege of us warrant or is now what is warranted

a european wide refusal to abide by i.m.f. and e.u. economic straight jackets and will the outcome be profound geopolitical realignments that impact not only on the future of the e.u. but global responses to events as far afield as venezuela iran and hong kong because despite attacks on european nations like britain and italy from washington deals are being done to the consternation of the usas military industrial media complex is the arguable horror in bloomberg take on a visit from chinese leader xi jinping to room why is this such a busy worrying potential agreement for the u.s. and particularly for european allies it's the new silk road on the symbolism i was speaking to a u.s. official and they were saying it's the symbolism of it to be signing up a major country the only g 7 country to do so far so volunteering for a role in belton road which is felt in washington that opens up. the silk road to

the heart of europe well joining me now from washington is israeli's former prime minister carlo quarterly goller welcome to going underground just as the u.k. is heading for brics it's on halloween and i think it's really look set to arguably undermine the yoru would something called abort you just explained to be water bought is because that i understand your observatory in to observe a purely italian public accounts is doing has been doing some research on it yet have bought. so it's a way for the government to borrow money what they're proposing actually refers not to the board which has been which have been around for a long time to actually be as i've been around you need to like him off other countries it's about difficult immediate bought so there. is but with a very small donation of something that i feel 50 euros or 100 euros maybe perhaps 500 euros.