the united states and some additional troops to the middle east tensions with iran continue to rise after washington accused tehran of. 2 oil tankers in the gulf. also ahead on the program a use social media platform. jordan peterson debate. any content u.s. courts order to. people in the public sector are not allowed to work work any more. save a new law violates religious are still. 5

pm here in moscow. they have june 29000 revery are catching the program from this hour hello and a warm welcome to our top story. the u.s. has ordered an additional 1000 troops to the middle east tensions continue to escalate with iran washington ses the forces are for defensive purposes to address threats in the region i have authorized approximately 1000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air naval and ground based threats in the middle east we have received credible intelligence on hostile behavior by iranian forces in their proxy groups that threaten the united states personnel and interests across the region you know our senior correspondent joined me in the studio to explain the significance of the latest appointment. the step itself isn't entirely significant

but there have been so many steps leading up to this less than a month ago a $1500.00 more troops was sent to the middle east they had strategic bombers stationed in the middle east additional strategic bombers they had ph it and t. ed defense system station in the middle east carrier battle group last time they justified it by saying that there was an imminent credible threat from groups that would go in to attack us personnel in the middle east we of course never saw any evidence is all classified this time they've offered videos and photographs apparently showing that the united states is correct and that iran was behind recent attacks and will tankers in the gulf of oman iran of course denies all of this and says that we've seen these reports before the united states blaming other countries things that are very questionable they're saying that the united states is trying to sink diplomacy and at the end of the day they say if they wanted to

shut down the persian gulf with all the oil flowing through it they just do it regarding the new incidents in the persian gulf if the islamic republic of iran decides to block or express a war through the strait of hormuz it is military strong enough to do that foodie and publicly give us a sense of the international reaction to this how is it playing out what are people saying when it comes down or are they siding with just one side or is it more nuanced than that well iran's traditional rivals enemies if you want saudi arabia and israel. of course backed the united states over these claims over these allegations they're willing to stand by the united states in case of an escalation but almost every doubts russia china the european union have taken this. with a deuce of skepticism. sober assessments and wait for some evidence to be. it's ridiculous to cite secrets in this case already in the last days we've called

for the maximum restraint the world cannot afford another crisis especially in an area like that. we call it all parties to remain rational and restrained not to take any action yes collation of tension in the region and not to open a pandora's box there might be the odd trump supporter voted for him and 2016 on the back of him saying you know our adventures in the middle east were going to come to a close it's costing too much money too many lives but yet the trouble are seemingly doing the same thing present donald trump came to power by criticizing his predecessors by saying that enough is enough we should pull out of the middle east out of afghanistan that we're sinking manpower resources human lives into conflicts we don't need to be in i happen to think it was the worst decision made in the history of our country go into the middle it's like quicksand it was a terrible decision terrible nevertheless all the evidence that donald trump is

being shown with regards to. iran for example all of it classified maybe nuff to sway him but it isn't enough to sway other countries including what to do in syria want to bring our troops back home to place one crazy they want to keep but then you have people here in why she wanted they never want to leave some day people will explain what this is a hero to have you do. and they call it the military industrial complex so. remains to be seen where the situation goes from here but so far it's just been an escalation of the escalation. well a special adviser to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief recently spoke to r.t. sophie shevardnadze about the simmering regional tensions not police say she doesn't believe donald trump is in the driving seat when it comes to america's policy on iran you can find the full interview on our website. i also think that it

would be actually fairly irrational for iran to leave the j c p a way before 2020. simply because it is basically what a year and a few months time before there could be a change in the united states or an hour or not so i'm indeed if they are so is not there indeed if i were and i would probably not stick with the way unfortunately at the moment it seems to me that the u.s. is iran policy houser very clear author and that author is not the president of the united states unfortunately on iran 1 he's actually been led into a very different direction as i said particularly by joe bolton who's positions on iran date back way way way or you know further down sort of back the line you know in the bush 2 administration even earlier.

ok another story that's got a lot of people talking today a new report by a leading us university has revealed that america's military activities are a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions the pentagon site but in some cases surpasses that of entire nations breaking down the findings of a quarter. forget single use straws and plastic bags there's a much bigger problem wreaking havoc on mother nature its war the pentagon's wars to be exact i. 59000000 metric tons of greenhouse gases that's how much the u.s. defense department spewed into the atmosphere in 2017 alone brown university says the d.o.d. is both the largest oil consumer and institutional polluter in the world there are

entire countries that don't emit as many fumes portugal finland and sweden to name a few how is that possible well the u.s. military does have a presence in over 150 countries it's 560000 buildings worldwide make up 40 percent of its greenhouse emissions the rest is from military operations which in 2016 used up 86000000 barrels of fuel that's in afghanistan pakistan syria you get the picture and it's not like americans are electing people who understand wars environmental impact the department of defense must do more than simply acknowledge take piecemeal action to address climate change while it's increasingly threatens in homs oh militaries infrastructure and operations even the pentagon itself says it's worried about climate change the facts of the changing climate are a national security issue with potential impacts to department of defense missions operational plans and installations the top brass might say they're concerned but

their words certainly are not matching their actions in fact the u.s. military budget may see its 5th consecutive year of growth in 2020 despite spending more than the next strongest military combined the d.o.d. is not cutting back it's actually preparing for more military ventures and considering u.s. iranian tensions are escalating in the persian gulf there are few signs of any turning back. the last 4. major national security threats that both have all of them identified. as being one of those huge threats and soon activities are leading to exacerbate that is this serious threat to global security i didn't follow the pentagon which is kind and yet rather than doing anything serious to. problem miter expenditures do seem to be oriented towards crew to global.

climate change and in many other ways. the divisive canadian professor and author jordan peterson has announced he's launching a new platform called think spot well it's got one key principle no censorship he say's the site will only remove content if ordered to do so by the authorities the spite not yet being fully up and running it's already causing a stir as polly barco reports. if they won't 7 let you in the club just to set up your own that's the philosophy behind a brand new anti censorship social media platform that's hitting the web this think spot will be an intellectual playground for censorship free discourse that's according to its founder controversial academic and bestselling author jordan peterson the canadian professor is

a divisive figure hated by the left and dariya fide by the right earlier this year he was snubbed by the most intellectual of british institutions cambridge university he was supposed to have a visiting fellowship this sort him but that offer was rescinded after a backlash from star students this was jordan peterson's response to the decision at the time what do you think it says about free speech in britain the cambridge university made an announcement this week saying they were going to invite you to speak or you think it says more both nature of the universe to you in general than about free speech in general i mean i don't see all the my invitation has compromised more in free speech ability because i have so many platforms on which i can discuss my ideas according to peterson's latest video think sport will be a subscription service where controversial creators will be able to monetize their

free speech once you're on our platform we will take you down our list were ordered to by a us court of law that's the idea so we're trying to make an anti censorship platform one of the testers of that site will be anti feminist you tube call benjamin his you tube channel saga on a cat was recently downgraded after he made offensive comments about raping a british. politician he was also banned from crowdfunding site patria and last year old right poster boy milo yet not police suffered the same fate for jordan peterson and his community patriotic as actions to block these prominent commentators was the final straw doesn't look like moving to an alternative provider an alternative commercial provider that's out of or bailiwick out of our

control is going to be viable critics argue that an anti censorship platform could in practice turn into a safe place for extremists and the person who most publicly to test the platform is somebody who's not only joked about raping somebody but then doubled down on it saying well if i was junk enough maybe i would you know this man is very dangerous because i mean he's interested much overlap with mine and my government to student of you and many others that you and pizza is interested in but because he has learning and speaks something and this is amazing but very to support the creation of peterson's think spot say that western society need somewhere to exchange ideas without fair of reprisals and clampdowns the major point that we have to defend and cultivate prioritize one thing gauging and the robust discussion in public life is that no situation anywhere as an adult is free of risk in that we

enter into these things to try and get something out of it it's hard to argue with the numbers alternative thinkers like jordan peterson and the rest of his self-styled intellectual dark web have attracted millions of subscribers that suggests that audience is all gagging for their free speech barrows not to be gagged. while to mr peterson's home country now the canadian province of quebec has passed a controversial new law. bombing public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols work lawmakers say the legislation aims to in sure the separation of state and religion underlie for the provision of secular public services the change affects government employees including judges teachers police officers and applies to symbols such as turban skull caps on crosses inspectors would also be tasked with checking they're not being worn

a little legislation reportedly enjoys broad support in the province critics have blasted a violation of their basic rights. the prime minister has once again suggested that quebec's values are incompatible with fundamental rights the 16th of june 21000 is a very said date that has just entered the history books of quebec a date that will forever mark a vision of quebec that divides rather than brings together that excludes rather than includes that stigmatizes rather than reconciles will there be police officers going after people to check if they have religious signs we don't know it's not clear we didn't even have time to analyze his modification clearly they did it in a very undemocratic way. or was joined by a panel of guests to discuss the implications of the new novel. i got to say i mean sikhs should be able to wear their turbans and carry their daggers and the idea of banning in yemen is absurd but even in any environment whatsoever including

policing but i kind of agree with them on the burka i mean if you can't see the person that you're speaking to it that's just not compatible with western culture but we had occasion new york city where there was a fellow who was working on subway he was a sikh and he wanted to wear his turban under osha and safety rules he said you have to wear a hard hat he thought they were being unfair in that particular case you could make a point but if somebody says you cannot wear a yarmulke koofi because it might be antagonistic that i think we don't look and see where there is fish possible to allow people to enjoy the free exercise of their religion and to be serving the public at the same time to make sure that this is not some attempt just to thora their religion using it's a bit of a pretextual reason there are 2 sides to this debate on their on 10 years as you clearly see what are your thoughts on this in my experience especially new windsor

where you have a significant amount of people who exhibit exterior signs of religious belief i have come to discover to my big surprise that sometimes even at symbols of religiosity whether they are that you or and and or we are pressing care natural you know are reflected religious beliefs more of the entity statement this came up in many conversations i had with my students and i wonder. if this mind around their various opening up some sort of box that is there and what can be const through the religious symbol and 10 years come up with quite a few interesting points there and having been to windsor myself you see full diversity in wins at any one tenure and well here seem to rub along quite nicely there and that doesn't mean they're probably average how can this little. be passed

in a country that has braced immigrants. i think we have to differentiate between quebec and canada i lived there for 10 years and it's not canadian in fact in co back they they call canada kak canada because there's so much animosity they had a referendum where they almost voted to separate and and then come back they talk about poulain pure wall chemical and it's not an open province you can to emigrate if you don't speak french your children have to go to french schools if you have a sign that says joe's shoes bigger than show still do joe they have actual language police they come by with polaroid cameras and you get a fine now they've managed to maintain a culture where their accent is 100 years old and they're nothing like the rest the country they're nothing like france french people can't understand them so they've managed to maintain this bubble eventually you're going to come across as a fascist you can't have it both ways so yeah i think you just drop it at the

facial veils i have to be able to see your face but you're right if you if you start banning sikhs turbans then you ban the cross around the neck then you start banning that little fish bumper sticker that christians have it's a slippery slope what if it's a nun a catholic nun mother teresa wow that that survey i'll look we could talk some man takes all day long you know now and i know what this is all about come back is a little bit of an island it's a little bit different to a certain cases and i do believe there is a mixture of. this. attempt at preserving the uniqueness of back problems with. very candidly whole. issue we all know about and it's probably about controlling or trying to how can i say dress

a sort of immigration situation i doubt this will have cocked up. even if printed story. makes sense yeah certainly it's an interesting challenge still ahead on our team to national ahead of new york's police wants officers to help themselves before others how for a worrying spate of suicides story and more after the break. you know world of big partisan movies lot 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 smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back 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 for watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. you really. are back with our international a spate of suicides in the ranks of the n.y.p.d.

has been described as a mental health crisis by new york's police chief. the depression is real and people need to understand that this is that ok i don't feel i don't feel myself i feel down i'll bring myself out of it sometimes it's a downward spiral that unless there is intervention from the outside it's not going to stop and something bad is going to happen you need to talk to someone in the latest case a respected 29 year old detective committed suicide and his precinct after 6 years on the job 3 officers have killed themselves in just under a fortnight in new york the city's police urge those suffering from mental health issues to seek help from friends and colleagues stressing it's not a sign of weakness. well one nonprofit organization which collects data on police suicides say is the number of officers who have killed themselves nationwide is higher than those who die in the line of duty it also says the worrying trend has been on the rise since $26.00 we spoke to

a former us police officer about the intense the mountains of the. police officers are the single most treasured tested men and women on the planet everything they're doing is criticized by the public their personal problems are being criticized by their families and then their behavior on both calls which is a mixture of both personal and private or private and professional actions are being criticized by the command staff the public doesn't understand the pressure that the street or the 1st responders do and that goes all the way through to the detectives but for the most part it is it's a basic concept that these men and women are in a daily pressure cooker from every single angle of their lives and they have no they have no escape from that. by let's turn attention to chip where victims of a 1948 sterilization program have appealed against the government compensation offer saying it fails to cover the gravity of harm the victim suffered the law

which was suspended in 1900. allowed the government to forcibly sterilized disabled people to prevent hereditary transmission of this he says but compensation was only offered this year back in april last month a court then rejected demands for more money because the statute of limitations passed we've spoken to a victim's relative who told us about the torment her sister in the experience. some sicko song my sister in law was star lies when she was 15 years old while susan thought great of junior high school until the age of 30 shocked and suffered from abdominal pains when i 1st saw a really big scar that was when i knew something was very wrong in the old records i found it was written that my sister underwent forced sterilization due to

hereditary developmental disability or whether she had an intellectual disability because of an overdose as these issues received when she was a baby i don't believe my mother in law gave consent to the operation because the disability was not inherited. to you said. the chief judge declared that the old eugenics rule was unconstitutional he also showed it was impossible for us those who suffered from forced on isolation to demand an apology and compensation from the japanese government back than i feel as their parliaments a lack of interest in the problem affected our trial and that we couldn't get a good result of the 20 victims who filed the lawsuit it's only my sister and one of the women who have managed to obtain official records relating to the star lies

ations the others don't have them it was a member of the japanese diet that introduced an education that means the government is responsible for the matter i think the japanese government should offer a proper apology to the victims. just before we go a bring this story to a russian fighter jets of intercepted redirected several u.s. bombers heading towards russia's border. according to the russian ministry of defense this pilot video apparently from a russian su 27 reportedly shows the jet and then fly thing nuclear capable b. 52 h. american strategic bomber as a result of the maneuver no actual violation of her borders took place along the baltic or black sea a week ago another russian su 27 intercepted us on swedish scots to an instant confirmed by washington. all right so we're back watching the hawks in moments

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greetings and sal you taishan us a short while ago in the winter of 2016 just a few short weeks before donald trump would assume the presidency the new speeds were awash with apocalyptic headlines declaring that russia had attempted to hack into the vermont power grid upon hearing the news the very month congressman i had one carrying that news vermont congressman peter welch declared it systemic relentless predatory they will hack everywhere even vermont in pursuit of opportunities to disrupt our country for months senator patrick leahy also joined in exclaiming this is beyond hackers having electronic joyrides this is now about trying to access utilities to potentially manipulate the grid and shut it down in the middle of winter that is a direct threat. soon after it was discovered that poor performance power grid was

not in any real danger in the russia actually had made no attempt to hack it whatsoever now let's flash forward to today when this weekend the new york times revealed to the world that the us military has hacked into russia's power grid the times reports that american strategy has shifted more toward offense officials say with the placement of potentially crippling malware inside the russian system at a depth and with an aggressiveness that have never been tried before so hard watchers it appears that essentially the u.s. government is now freely admitting to doing to the russians exactly what we accused them of doing to us in 2016 but unlike 2016 this isn't some madcap russia gate conspiracy theory courtesy of rachel just left of alex jones maddow this is a very real cold war 2.0 escalation with very dangerous implications and potential

real world catastrophe.