this hour's headlines stories the u.s. . troops to the middle east tensions with. washington accused. in the gulf. also ahead a new social media platform set up by the controversial psychologist jordan peterson ignites debates he ses. and. a canadian region people in the public sector aren't allowed to wear religious.

freedom. or international news center and this is our company my names you know o'neill our top story the u.s. has ordered an additional $1000.00 troops to the middle east tensions continue to escalate with around washington say 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 united states personnel and interests across the region well our senior correspondent joined me in this should you

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 pictured at and t. ed defense system station 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 on oil 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 and all the oil flowing through it they just do it regarding the new incidents in the persian gulf republic of iran decides to block exports of war through the strait of hormuz it is militarily strong enough to do go out and publicly give us a sense of the international reaction to this house of playing out what 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 and china of the european union have taken this.

with a deuce of skepticism. sober assessments and wait for some credible evidence. to be represented which it is because ridiculous decide secrets in this case. in the last days we called for the maximum restraint the world cannot afford not a surprise especially in an area like that. we call it all parties to remain rational and restrained not to take any actions to provoke the escalation 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 and i happen to think it was the worst decision made in the

history of our country going 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 more 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 won't if they never want to leave some day people will explain what this is. 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. or interesting aspect to this a special advisor to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief recently spoke to r.t. sophie shevardnadze about the simmering regional tensions not only touchy say she

doesn't believe donald trump is in the driving seat when it comes to america's policy on. iran you can watch 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 in our all in all it's i mean if the are not there indeed if i were ron 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 he's actually been led into a very different direction as i said particularly by john 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. you know there's concerns about america's military activities on the climate front a new report by a leading us university at the pentagon is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions it's in some cases surpasses that out of entire countries it's an interesting important quarter breaks it down. 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 $150.00 countries it's $560000.00 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 own military's 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 have all of them identified. as being one of those huge threats and yet its own activities are leading to exacerbation that is this serious threat to global ready security identified by the pentagon which is

climate change and yet rather than doing anything serious to tackle the problem miter expenditures do seem to be oriented towards creating global insecurity both in climate change and in many other ways. divisive comedian professor under 30 jordan peterson has announced he's launching a new platform called think sport and it's got more key principle no censorship he says the site will only remove content if ordered to do so by the authorities despite not being fully up and running it's already causing a stir here is probably boycott. if they won't 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 summer think spot will be an intellectual playground for censorship free discourse

that's according to its founder controversial academic and bestselling all for 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 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 i don't think it says more both nature of the universities in general than about free speech in general i mean i don't see all the why do you see 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 do. unless we're ordered to by a us court of law that's music to the idea so we're trying to make an anti censorship platform one of the b. to test is of the site will be anti feminist you tube call benjamin his you tube channel saga on of 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 olds 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 product 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 is this man is very dangerous because i mean he's interested in much overlap with mine and i mean to student of you and many others that you and pizza is interested in but because he has that learning and speak some say that this is going to fire you but there is 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 what i think 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 think is 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. their school professor peterson's home country other canadian province of quebec has passed a controversial new law banning public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols work lawmakers say the legislation to ensure the separation of state and religion on the life of the provision of secular public services the change affects government employees including judges teachers and

police officers on the plies to symbols such as turn turbans skull caps on crosses inspectors will also be tasked with ensuring they're not being worn on report back although the legislation reportedly enjoys broad support in the province critics have blasted it as a violation of their basic rights the prime minister has once again suggested that quebec values are incompatible with fundamental rights the 16th of june 29000 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 off to 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. well in theory to do was joined by a panel of guests to discuss the implications of the new law take a look. 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 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. 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 thord a religion using so that 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 scupper to my surprise that sometimes even at symbols of religiosity whether they are that you or and and or we are pressing care naturally not reflected religious beliefs but 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 then what can be

const through as a religious symbol and 10 years come up with quite a few interesting points there and having been to windsor myself you see full diversity and when the denny antonio and all here seem to rub along quite nicely there and that doesn't seem to probably average how can this will. 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 in certain cases and i do believe there is a mixture of. this attempt at preserving the

uniqueness of back problems with. very candidly called. 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 look up in the different story if that makes sense. the news keeps rolling after the short of the bricks. seem wrong. just don't hold. any gold yet to shape out just to become active. and engaged equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. starting really in the 1980s under reagan at that turn deregulation you had the fed takeover and their sole purpose of that point was to try to squeeze workers completely out of the global economy so wages never went up real terms sensed that but stock markets keep going up and the reason to justify this is that the fed will say we need to try to take care of deflation even though that they are causing deflation in an environment where their money printing is increasing the debt.

again 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. no 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 to sign his precinct after 6 years on the job 3 officers have now killed themselves in just under a fortnight in new york the city's police have no urge those suffering from mental health issues to seek help from friends and colleagues stressing it's not a sign of weakness well one profits organization which collects data on police suicide ses 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 minds of the. police officers are the single most pressure 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 for 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. right to the other side of the world though in japan where victims of a 1948 sterilization program have appealed against the government compensation

offer saying it fails to cover the gravity of harm that victims suffered the law which will suspended in 1906 a lot of the government to forcibly sterilized disabled people. to prevent hereditary this mission of diseases but compensation was only offered an april this year last month the court rejected the moans for more money because the statute of limitations had passed our $2.00 spoke to a victim's relative a told us about the torment her sister in law experienced. someone you suppose my sister knew was star nice when she was 15 years old while susan thought great of junior high school until the age of 13 shocked and suffered from abdominal pains when i 1st saw of 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 however

she had an intellectual disability because of an overdose as these are should receive when she was a baby i don't believe my mother who 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 to something to star in isolation to demand an apology and compensation from the japanese government back that i feel is their parliament's 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 i'm one of the women who have managed to obtain

a special records relating to the stone 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 probably point you to the victims. of the un's biggest tourism event of the year is due to take place in russia this september us and petersburg was confirmed as the 23rd host city for the world tourism organization general assembly there russia was given the knowledge that by the general assembly to welcome all 150 representatives from across the globe happening in azerbaijan now the event aims to the scots travel trends find solutions as well to problems facing the industry the head of russia's tourism agency explained how the largest country in the world is seeking relevance in a truck. today russia is playing great attention to tourism will have started looking at tourism as a strategic sector of the economy to what's this and we plan to align the work of

the industry with the most advanced global trends and now why our government some investors hoarding more and more gold marks they see in the college report have their say on the in a moment. thank. you .

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i'm actually i was or was not very. well i guess it's time to find out what's happening in the big bad world let's talk with stacey hey you know 1st i want to say that we are going to go on our summer vacation so you will see some summer solutions pretty soon and we are planning those and those are looking really good just a little housekeeping for those out there but i want to look at this headline to set up the other headlines in this article and this is something that we have been saying for 10 years is that you know it's a it's a game of capital versus labor privileged by the central banks versus everybody

else and there's no headline but this and this is from last.