that. headline stories the u.s. . troops to the middle east tensions with iran continue to rise it comes after washington accused. in the gulf. a new social media platforms the controversial psychologist ignites the bait. any. people in the public sector are allowed to were religious symbols out work anymore but rights activists say the new law violates religious.

city and 7 in the evening right here in moscow this tuesday welcome to our international. the u.s. has ordered an additional troops to the middle east as tensions continue to escalate with iran washington says' 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 and their proxy groups that threaten united states personnel and interests across the region. our senior correspondent there is the of join me in the studio to explain the significance of the latest the palm and. 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 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 u.s. personnel in the middle east we of course never saw any evidence 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 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 all 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 how's 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 back 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 the truth of skepticism. sober assessment and wait for some evidence to be presented

which it is because ridiculous to cite secrets in this case. 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 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 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 it may be enough 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 they want the u.s. people here in why she wanted they never want to leave some day people will explain what this is a view. and they call it the military. so. remains to be seen where the situation goes from here but so far it's just been an escalation of the escalation. special advisor to the hughes foreign policy chief recently spoke to r.t. sophie shevardnadze about the simmering regional tensions knuckly torchy 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 an hour or not so i mean 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 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.

concerns about america's military activities on the climate front as well a new report by a leading us university the pentagon is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. in some cases surpasses the entire mid-sized countries breaking down the findings of 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 while the u.s. military does have a presence in over $150.00 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 the 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 security identified by the pentagon which is climate change and yet rather than doing anything serious to tackle the problem

bigotry expenditures do seem to be oriented towards creating global insecurity both in climate change and in many other ways. the divisive canadian professor on the earth or jordan peterson has announced he's launching a new platform called think sport it's called one key principle no censorship he said the site will only remove content if ordered to do so by the authorities the spite not being fully up and running it's already causing a stir as polly boyko reports. 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 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 fellow ship that 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 cambridge university made an announcement this week saying they were going to invite you to speak or you think it says more about the nature of the universities in general than about free speech in general i mean i don't see all the my decision to sion 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 nice if 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 cad 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 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 our 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 sense this is going to fire you 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 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 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. the canadian province of quebec has passed a controversial new law banning public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols of work lawmakers say the legislation aims to ensure this separation of state religion and the life of the provision of secular public services that change affects government employees including judges teachers and police officers and applies to symbols such as he jobs turbans skull caps on crosses inspectors will also be tasked with ensuring they're not being awarded 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's 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. earlier in here a trainer was shown by a panel of guests to discuss the implications of this new law. 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 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 so that of a pretextual reason there are 2 sides to this debate on their own yes as you

clearly see what are your thoughts on that in my experience especially windsor where you have a significant amount of people who exhibit exterior signs of religious belief i counted discover to my big surprise that sometimes even at symbols of religiosity whether they are and that you or and and or we are pressing can naturally not reflect religious beliefs but more on and to the 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 a common or a box that is then what can be const through the religious symbol. i'm 10 has 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 healthier seem to rub along quite nicely there and that doesn't seem to 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 come 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 and it's not an open province you can't 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 say if you start banning 6 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's a different story that's a veil look we can talk semantics all day long you know now and i know what this is all about come back is a little bit of a man i learned this a little bit different a certain cases and i do believe there is a mixture of. a creator being the uniqueness of back problems. with one lie in the web very candidly called. sure we all know about and it's probably about

controlling or trying to how can i say dress a certain immigration situation i doubt this without even a different story. that makes sense. still ahead on our to international the head of new york's police wants officers to help themselves before others after a worrying spate of suicides. what is it called. magic and the new type of digital currency essential lies digital scarcity chancellor i'm bringing a 2nd for a bank that's called the genesis blog for reasons. this will be a source of optimism because i can control my own financial death any it's just

a new way of coming to consensus it's a game changer in the human history this is columbus discovering a new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat the apollo 11 landing. to the max and stacey. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only move really. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. hello 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. from depression is real 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 the text of committed suicide i cite his precinct after 6 years on the job 3 officers have killed themselves in the space of a fortnight in new york the city's police have urged those suffering from mental health issues to seek help from friends colleagues. well stressing it's not a sign of weakness one non profit organization which collects data on police suicides says 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 2016 we spoke to a former us police officer about the intense demands of his job. 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 cops have that the 1st responders do and that goes all the way 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. the former head of european football's governing body you a fun house being taken into custody in fronts amid an investigation into alleged vote rigging concerning the 2022 world cup which qatar will host it's been reported that michel platini was also being questioned over improprieties at the last

european championships in front platini was bombed from football in 2015 for an unregistered payment from a chief set the french football legend to has seen twice the spotlight admitting further wrongdoing at the 1908 world cup he returned to the game just 3 months ago . the main allegation the core of the allegation is supposed bribery which may have taken place 9 days before the futile ballot was cast deciding the 2022 world cup host country which eventually went to jail but he wasn't the only person to be taken into custody on tuesday morning along with the t.v. on the former advisor to you could also cause he and also. the former head of these administration they are also suspects in this case the allegation is that michel platini and a couple of persons from nicolas sarkozy's ministration of held a meeting with then prime minister of qatar and the foreign minister of qatar and the investigators on. suspecting that they may have been bribed into voting for

michel platini on numerous occasions back in the day said that he would contemplate voting for the united states for the 20 to 22 world cup but he eventually voted for qatar and he also admitted to that every time there is a big world cup or a major football tournament going on there are a lot of scandals there are a lot of political control of the seas and conspiracy theories flying about we saw the same case in $22012.00 when the euros were held in poland in ukraine the same applied to russia in the world cup last year there was a lot of safety concerns but we all know that everything went well so qatar is no exception to that 12 there has been a major investigation. of bribery allegations of political masterminding of this world cup even more so we've had an opinion from a number of investigators that several countries surrounding may have been plotting a campaign to derail the world cup in 22 into doing but all the officials from

different football governing bodies including including you a for that i've been able to speak to over the last couple of years they've all said in one voice that the world cup in qatar will take place and moreover a just recently defeat for president. during a meeting in the kremlin told me that the meeting that the world cup will take place and. the plan to have 48 teams in qatar was scrapped leaving it to 32 teams but you still are you sure that it will go on as. program start this is our to international stay close.

chose seemed wrong. but old rules just don't. let me. get to shape out these days you can't get educated and engaged with equals betrayal . when so many find themselves worlds apart. choose to look for common ground. what do you do before you came here where did you work before you came here when you live. in many us states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor the death penalty there are some people because of what they did have given up their rights as live among us some other even proven innocent doctor years on death row and 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. you know world of big partisan movies a 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. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

and them are 14th 2006 i was substituting for a 5th grade class all of sudden that's kids come bursting in a library really agitated and one of the boys to the health bill and on the way he collapsed the next morning syngenta was denied denied tonight we were not spraying anything but the teachers had actually gone out and taken pictures when the lot of chaos was going on the school and students were being and they were spraying. right in the fields right adjacent to. a follow up study was done on that 32 page study the last 4 pages are the chemicals that they have found where i may i can your middle school we have shown an association between organophosphate exposure as measured by those metabolites in the mother's urine during pregnancy and shorten just station abnormal neonatal reflexes decreased mental development in the children at 2 years of age decreased i.q.

at age 7 and 10 years of age pervasive developmental disorder which is like or to some symptoms attention problems in school age poor executive functioning in pre-adolescents and we have also shown that there are some populations of people that might be more affected than others i have virtue of their genetics. protecting our kids from chemicals is a common sense thing that everybody can get behind leave points to examples in recent years of students getting sick from pesticides used by farmers near schools this is really great and several incidents in 2008 in why may od koichi where dozens of students got sick after a pesticide was applied on a mere by seed corn plot we've seen example after example where we've had to rush children from a public school to an e.r. .