i'm. told trump isn't ruling out and i strike against iran following a u.s. drone being shot down in the strait of hormuz further escalation times as you make a last ditch effort to save the iran nuclear deal. more than 1000000 questions centered in a few in a and often over 4 hours president vladimir putin has from the russian public the annual direct line of the mountain session covered a raft of domestic and international challenges facing russia and its people. and the u.k. government suspends new arms sales to saudi arabia after the court of appeals rules the previous exploits broke the case represents a significant victory for peace activists who say that riyadh is using british made

weapons to devastating effect in yemen. it's 8 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching on to international live from last year with me. welcome to the program the u.s. president has reacted angrily to iran's shooting down of an american drone over the strait of hormuz on thursday saying terror on has made a major miscalculation. i made a big mistake. this strong was in international waters clearly we have it all documented it's documented scientifically not just words and they made a very bad mistake ok. how do you find out. how you want a model find out you'll find you are obviously obviously you know we're not going

to be talking too much about it going to find out they made a very big mistake. iran claims the drone it shot down had been flying over its airspace the u.s. though as you heard rejects that allegation saying it was over international waters it comes at tensions continue to simmer in the regional post there has been. all this i think is an effort by these european countries to try and salvage what they can in terms of the 2015 me kid deal that the united states withdrew from last year they're also stepping up efforts to try and de escalate the recent tensions that we've witnessed in the gulf region the japanese prime minister was in the iranian capital recently for talks as was the german foreign minister and france has announced that it is sending a high level delegation all of them off committed to on the one hand trying to preserve the deal but on the other hand also trying to reach as the european leaders have said some kind of peaceful solution to prevent the situation in the

gulf region from complete deescalating we want to unify all efforts so a process of deescalation starts there's still time and we hope all the efforts will sure more restraint there's still time but only a little time before you'll be the most important mediator for the jews like. you are trying to do what we come to diffuse tensions open channels of communication to make sure doc's noah and his completion is avoidance but the fact is that time is running out and one cannot discount the possibility of war breaking out and this is the spite the fact that the united states has said that it does not want to go to war with iran having said that though the recent shooting down of an american drone over the strait of 4 was was to quote the americans and provoked but it is just the latest in a series of incidents there really have seen an increase in tensions in the region the americans saying that they have been previous ukrainian attempts to shoot damage drones you remember that a little over

a week ago there were 2 tankers in the strait of hormuz that belong to japan and norway that will also hit. now the americans have pointed fingers at the radiance but they still there's no conclusive evidence that iran was behind that and indeed the rains have denied that they were this also comes as the americans are sending roughly a 1000 troops to the region the u.s. secretary of state had this to say president does not want war and we will continue to communicate that message while doing the things that are necessary to protect american interests in the region but we can't do that without making sure that we have the capability to respond if iran makes a bad decision how they married his assessment of f. a drone was shot down while it was over international waters however the radian say that it had already entered the rainy and air space be that as it may the head of the radio revolutionary guards says that their action in terms of shooting down the stroke sends out a clear message that the radiance to do not want to engage in war with the united

states but if forced to do so they won't back down. live not to political commentator. finds that going on to the program let's look at trends reaction how worrying is his reaction concerning a potential strike and and how do you think it's a genuine threat. i think he's measuring his work he said wait and see i'm just crossing back in my mind back on the very 1st gulf war the iran iraq war my family it is the coverage since they're written 2 books about it. there were similar incidents like this when the usually dance where actually harassing. the tank and all that thanks those rewards was about i see it if you get it in your bank account and then we're in loosely got started the americans had some measure of the response when the guards out there. american that

thank those of the americans actually. oil. platform exported. by the iranians and a couple of other smaller literary bases on the islands in the gulf not on the mainland iran and then after that the iranians actually stopped this program and also the royal navy the you remember parts are all in between i think it is 6 not meet the which with the royal navy ships themselves between the oil tankers and the story support and. actually also lead you. to sometimes if you are a preemptive measure without actually going into war that might help reduce that yeah if you're talking about reducing tensions dahlia it seems largely opposed to any aggressive action coming from america even with within congress some are

against their question. how likely is it the trunk will take this into consideration. i think what he probably would take it to exaggeration the my sure down. kind of really and drawn could end up there on their own flying in might took some. something that would not actually be killing civilians just as sure as the end or at least the my. block one of the early and it would usually guards the use some french. speed made speed more to that so they might pick out one of these boards if. they actually come into some kind of a 3 ball why are a like a ship or a tank out by i don't see them going beyond that an all out war because i think the also i now we are some kind of diplomatic efforts to go without.

losing 3 is by the sea on the other hand there is also suffering rhydian because economic sanctions are biting and every time there's an escalation oil prices go up to the conference in revenue where they are lost in the volume of exporters adele what's it going to take for tensions to deescalate between us and now. i think ironically if the international. powers seem to be actually united in actually giving. some kind of. a warning with an assurance saying if you would be delayed or actually stop harassing this tank as we can perhaps i will work with and

then again see what we can do what you must of. reducing your indium and that's actually where the europeans are trying to do on the other hand let's not forget that the. we're not talking to one iran there are 3 different iran. around the government of iran and then the deep seated iran and then you have the liberal usually guards who are actually there or. not listen to what the official government does them to do ok we'll leave it there political commentator adel darwish thanks very much for coming to the program to talk about this thank you thank you. the russian president has finished his that marathon q. and a with the general public after 4 hours by the mayor put into questions on various subjects including relations between the u.s. and iran with more on lata artie's egos or donaghue at end of the press conference after the event. most like answering questions for hours here in this hole behind me was not enough for him but well one of the 1st things he was asked as he will

showed up for a media conference was the 17 and the question was whether or not russia is ready to accept responsibility to bear the brunt of the blame for the tragedy that happened in 2014 well the question on this response came a day after the joint investigation team of the international dutch led investigation presented their new report naming the 4 suspects for the 1st time giving names and photographs of people they believe responsible for giving the order to down the malaysian boeing here's what vladimir putin had to say about that everything we've seen presented as evidence that russia is responsible for everything doesn't suit us we think it's insufficient evidence it doesn't say anything we've presented our version of the events but unfortunately no one wants to hear it until there is proper dialogue here we won't find any answers to the questions about the plane crash and the deaths of the people on board which remain open really people from all sides of the societal spectrum of view of the of the of

russia have had a chance to ask their questions we've heard questions from ordinary people from journalists from celebrities from bloggers from influences and while the focus was mostly on the internal affairs of russia which is quite expected something like russia's relation with the united states people couldn't help but mention it here's how glad i'm a putin commented on the current state of relations between moscow and washington when these but if the american side shows interest we are always ready for dialogue we see what is happening in us domestic politics the president will always look back on the race he's in right now some in the american establishment are speculating about our country's relationship trying to find problems and telling lies also vladimir putin has cooled the ante russian sanctions american sanctions aimed at russia's economy. a mistake and staying with the subject of the united states glad i'm appalled and also touched something when it comes to relations

between washington and tehran who would like to say straight away that a military conflict between the u.s. and iran would be a disaster at least for the region it would be an outburst of violence with terrible consequences it's very hard to predict what would happen in the case of military force being used when it comes to other instances other subjects it wasn't all there were. no still with there were some jokes a bit of humor for instance there was a question as to whether or not vladimir putin was an alien to which he said no and that was one of the one of the final questions in that q. and a you know this was one of the major one of the 3 major presidential level events. with putin's address to the federal assembly the annual also q. and a with journalists that happens. so i mean we're still early in this race and we're still there are still plenty of time and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask

more questions to vladimir putin. caught in britain ruled on thursday that the government of broke the law by authorizing weapons sales to saudi arabia that judgment comes in response to a legal challenge by police campaigners who claim that they supply to riyadh have been used against civilians in yemen the british government has suspended new arms export licenses but says it intends to appeal the decision with more on the story is charlotte. but 8 a significant victory for cats here at the cooler to the field after it's ruled the u.k. arm sales to saudi arabia that could be used in the war and yet many. more fallout follows that washing now of previous decision by the high court back in 2017 that the sales of. the courts of appeals specifically. one element where it said that you picked up a place with romney in them in

a significant way and the judge went on to say that that's because the u.k. government made concluded assessment of whether the saudi that coalition had committed violations of international humanitarian rule in yemen in the past and had made no attempts to do you saying this was the reaction following that judgment this goes to the very top of the conservative party we now need a judicial review in the whole licensing system has been shown to be totally broken we had 4 years to sort this out and the committee failed to meet the 2 years we now need a public inquiry on this matter the government should not waste time in appealing this judgment the government should fix our system all the sales to saudi arabia by the u.k. government significant amounting to around 4700000000 pounds since 2015 in the u.k. is the 2nd biggest exporter of all to riyadh the united states

exports. poems and missiles well we've been speaking to cat 2 brought this case against the government and also to its solicitor who's told us that they will review not just the u.k. government steals but also all the seals to saudi arabia from other countries this has been a brutal call damnation of u.k. foreign policy business been a very strong judgment against it we want to see action from the government the court has done its job it's time for the government to do its job the decisions that took in relation to existing licenses make the decisions it took to continue to grow on licenses those decisions are unlawful and they have to go back and reconsider well in regards to the war in yemen it's estimated that the death toll direct deaths attributed to that war is now closing in on the high. 100000 people meanwhile hoff's of the country's 22000000 strong population is said to be in food

insecurity let's have a look now at the conflict of the last few years and the impact it's having on the crowds. well in the coalmines following who decision we heard from the secretary of state for international trade liam fox who has said that the government will now review its licenses to sell all of this to saudi arabia but the u.k. secretary of trade did also decide the federal government previous decision to award those arms contracts don't about for the government has made the right or

wrong decisions about granting export licenses but concerns the rationality of the process used to reach decisions as i said earlier we disagree with the judgment and the secret mission to appeal this judgment won't immediately stop the holds the export of sales to saudi arabia but it is a landmark case and for a fact it's a big day and a big result and they say that they will continue the fight to stop any further arms sales to saudi arabia. u.s. government documents have raised questions about the f.b.i.'s conclusion that russia was behind an alleged attack of the democratic party service in 2016 the n.c.a. never received a final report from private cyber security company crowd strike which is hype hearty. investigate hack the report with the core evidence of the rush in the hacking investigation with more on the story his word cast it. faith is

a remarkable thing it can move mountains if you believe something hard enough heart and soul it doesn't actually matter if it's real it ought faith in god in family or in russian hackers russia also who now after having hacked into the d.n.c. russia hacked into the pillar of our democracy russia is hacking and hammering gas currently and we did not mention exactly that did occur nobody is debating that that did or did not happen it did happen faith no need for evidence proof friend's ex or facts but as with every religion there are the tracks is doubtless one of them is roger stone a former advisor to the tribe paid now indicted for alleged witness tampering and making false statements all related to wiki leaks as part of his defense he has

requested evidence that russia was behind the d.n.c. hacks of 2016 so the government gave them all they had a redacted draft report from a cyber security company it is clear that the government has relied on the assumptions made by a source outside of the us intelligence community that the russian state was involved in the hacking and that the data taken from the various servers were given to wiki leaks the government does not have the evidence and he knew it did not have the evidence when applied for these search warrants crowd strike the d.n.c. cyber security contractors what is amazing is that the draft report was redacted by crowd strike itself they gave the f.b.i. a rough document with parts blacked out the government does not. that's the information the defendant seeks and that's all they gave them neither the f.b.i.

nor the government gordon unredacted version why for the security of the d.n.c. of course cond have the f.b.i. knowing everything at the time of the voluntary production counsel for the democratic national committee told the government that the redacted material concerns steps taken to remediate the attack and to harden the d.n.c. and democratic congressional campaign committee systems against future attack so here's how it is a private security company that was hired by the d.n.c. writes a draft report never getting around to finishing the final one crosses out and read that a bunch of stuff because they're worried that letting the f.b.i. know things might for some unexplainable reason hurt their security and this is the chief evidence of russia's role and the hack of course dowd has might ask why on earth a private security company was carrying out the investigation in the 1st place why

it wasn't the f.b.i. our friends expose would always prefer to get access to the original device or server that's involved so it's the it's the best evidence were you given access to do the forensics on those servers we were not we were a highly respected private company eventually got access and shared with us what they saw their remarkable faith really can move mountains transform believes politics countries you don't need prophets and miracles all you need is a private cyber security company to blame russia the new democrat testament russia did it of course that is will be doubtless and beulah may be one of those heretics you need 26165 g. or you officers appears at. still in thousands of e-mails and attachments which were later released by weaker weeks in july 26th seen now are they to be accused of

blasphemy but absolutely more investigating would be of help pull alternatively russia did it so it is written blessid be the word of crowd strike are meant. for. a mcgovern told us he believes the d.n.c. invented the russia hacking story as a distraction to the wiki leaks revelations. and there's no factual basis for the russian hacky into the d.n.c. computers and now we know that the f.b.i. went up went along with the very serious evidence evidence with no chain of custody evidence incompleted redacted beginning was this so assume as the democrats realized that julian signage had these messages they composed a cover story clinched julian a signed release those e-mails went to the press the press was a willing or carpools and they said look the russian to the russians did it and so

the headlines were not consumed steals nomination from sanders but rather the russians had waited the russians had white this is an act of war it worked like a charm i call it a magnificent distraction a nice now i'll be back around 30 minutes time with more updates to stay with us. a paradise with some up all around turned into a round the experimentation field for agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major irritants there's no question otherwise why would the chemical company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments that often in day you have many of these people where one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in

the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. to make this manufacture consent in terms of public wealth. when the room in clusters to protect themselves. in the final merry go round to be the one percent. going all middle of the room 6. 1000000 real news is.

going to. welcome to the alex salmond show from the historic and beautiful english city of buff why am i here in this lovely subject well to interview scotland's most controversial and was successful political blogger before still with the tiles in the studio. are subject to d. is one of the u.k.'s top 10 political bloggers who electrifies scottish politics from the deuce and peaceful findings of the english city of. i've been an

independent guy all my life my dad used to work for billy wolfe the former leader of the s.n.p. in bathgate because i want to make a contribution obviously i couldn't go knocking on doors and stuff so i decided to do it online and take a close look at best with a visitor who is listening into the conversation of which much more later in the last week show our top 20 tips to peter oborne forecast of orders jones would be a runaway favorite for the leadership race and was best placed to reach the finishing line at number 10 downing street however peter also cause something of a feud already by speculating that for johnson becoming to the leader and assuming the office of prime minister might not be quite the same thing a prime minister may consider if he could not come on to majority in the house of commons 20 tories who say we're not going to serve on the johnson or vote for it that he counts the house just says no this is

a great big roles but this is major and sells off into the sunset. as remains as prime minister. and this is what you had to say about the tory leadership stakes for me tweets message and emails inhalation to last week rob says don't know what all the fuss is about as whoever wins will be prime minister for long as come the general elections the tories along with labor will be getting their p $45.00 just what they deserve to mark says it was borders johnson who complained bitterly when gordon brown took over from tony blair and was installed as prime minister boris furiously argue that a general election should be called as great britain has an unelected prime minister i wonder if he says what boris supported the case number 10 diffusive instead of insisting on a general election i dived i agree roy says give us english. if you are a mystery re says we what english independence m g i understand says i tapp we support all countries that the u.k. to become independent. john says there's

a new swell of nationalistic support and little wonder when you see the content the favorites in the leadership for scotland now there's a time and finally jim says great interview alec i really like peter oborne now we'll keep a close find developments as a contest unfolds further but today we continue our series on top political bloggers so great extent political blogging has stepped into the vacuum of serious political comment left by much of the press in previous shows we've noted the success of former ambassador craig marty and come on to a u.k. top 10 slaughter but the book which concentrates on scottish politics the same point applies to mick keelty of northern irish blokes lager to an edition because a cheat a substantial position of influence in the politics of the province although he hasn't himself let in ireland for the best part of 30 years as test me to their impact the issues have recorded a combined online viewership on alex's face book

a lot over 308 that isn't one of these point supply of course to scotland's most popular and often most controversial blogger student campbell of wings over scotland. often under your 4th attack from the mainstream media and engaged in what can best be described as vigorous debates on twitter this hasn't stopped wings over scotland rising to number 3 in the u.k. political blogging charts others caught up with spirit campbell in the beautiful city. so most of that were certain though tell me about this rev a business under dog collar going what's what's all about yeah that's an old one i mean partly it's just a it's just a bit of fun it really winds some people up but i do the regionally store in doing it because firstly just to make myself easier to find on the internet because obviously camels are a really common name there are millions of people if you search just your camel

there's there was a scotland rugby player a footballer there's a famous canoeist there's a famous gynecologist of all sorts people so by becoming reverends to come on the only one of the let's dispense with the dog food of the universe press that you were in past meeting a good revenue. thing we've got quite often with them as i had to windsor with scott would get started well yeah i mean you see after the after the s.n.p. majority in 2011 it was all be said was going to be a referendum on a member and i've been here and i've been an independence guy all my life my dad used to work for billy wolfe the former leader of the s.n.p. in bathgate because i want to make a contribution obviously i couldn't go knocking on doors and stuff so i thought to somebody could knock on doors and buff well yeah it was interesting deception there's not know or votes to be won unfortunately so yeah so i decided to do it online and i tried very briefly.