donald trump isn't ruling out an airstrike against a wrong following a u.s. drone being shot down in the strait of hormuz but rather escalation that comes as europe makes a last ditch effort to save the wrong nuclear deal. to. these very governments and friends new arms sales to saudi arabia after the court of appeals rules that previous exports broke the law the case represents a significant victory for peace activists who say that riyadh is using british made weapons to devastating effect in yemen also this hour. thanks. to. rubber bullets water cannon and tear gas are used his anti government protests rocked the

georgian capital tbilisi. to. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international we communicate. our top story this hour the u.s. president has spoken out on a wrong shooting down of an american drone over the strait of hormuz on thursday saying 2 wrong has made a major miscalculation meanwhile the iranian state t.v. has added a video that allegedly captures the moment the u.s. drone was shot down. you know i made a big mistake. this drone was in international waters clearly we have it all documented it's documented scientifically not just words and emitted a very bad mistake. i'm sure you'll find out and

maybe you'll find out you'll find. obviously obviously you know we're not going to be talking too much about it you going to find out they made a very big mistake we've heard trump indicating that not only did iran make a mistake but also hinting that this could have been some kind of human error we have him saying i would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down now at this point we've got iranian officials saying that they intend to take this to the united nations to show that indeed this drone did violate their territory and the southern part of their country it violated their airspace and it was not in international waters the u.s. wages economic terrorism on iran has conducted covert action against those and now encroaches on our territory we don't see quo we zealously defend off sky land and water as we take this new aggression to the u.n. and show you that the u.s. is lying about international waters now at this point we've got the u.n.

secretary general antonio gutierrez saying that he's calling for all parties to exercise maximum restraint now many observers have noticed that it seems like the white house is policy toward iran has zigzagged and been rather inconsistent let's reduce some of what has been said from the trump white house toward the islamic republic of iran if american citizens or facilities are threatened or attacked that there will be a very strong response taking all the appropriate actions both from a security perspective and well as. our ability to make sure that the president has a wide range of options in. but the something should actually take place they should call and if they do we're open to talk to we have no secrets and they could be very very strong financially they have great potential now tensions between washington and tehran have been rising over the last few months we saw the united

states sending a 1000 more troops to the middle east region citing a supposed threat from iran is the reason for escalating their military presence we've also seen the united states blame iran for the attacks on 2 oil tankers that recently took place now we have iranian officials coming forward saying that they absolutely did not attack those oil tankers and that in fact it was iranian ships that rescued the sailors and was able to get them medical assistance and relief but at this point people are watching the situation to see what will happen next trump says there will be some kind of response did not indicate what it would be saying essentially wait and see and that iran made a mistake we got iranian officials saying that this drone did indeed violate their territory in their airspace and that they intend to prove this at the international body the united nations so all eyes on this situation we've got eyes on washington seeing what might come next from them we've got our eyes on iran and their response we've got our eyes on the united nations to see how this plays out in the

international arena many many questions about what could come next as this situation develops meanwhile europe a step to benefits to preserve to 2015 a rainy a nuclear deal the u.k. france and germany are looking to unite in a diplomatic push to persuade iran not to pull out of the agreement put a slip. well they set me as an effort by these european countries to try and salvage what they can in terms of the 2015 the kid deal that the united states withdrew from last year they're also stepping up efforts to try and beat escalate the recent tensions that we've witnessed in the gulf region and the japanese prime minister was in the waning capital recently for talks as was the german foreign minister and france's announce that it is staging high level delegation because they've offered 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 actors will show more restraint there's still time but only little time before you'll be the most important mediator to the jews like. you are trying to do what we come to diffuse tensions open channels of communication to make sure the officer and his condition is avoided so that the fact is that time is running out and one cannot discount the possibility of war breaking out or political scientists and former advisors who wrongs nuclear negotiation team coverage for the rb phase washington's position towards to iran is failing to gain traction. it has failed to build any kind of international coalition against iran and all is you know spate of accusations against iran have been unconvincing to the international community so

busy i think the world has wised up and is a smarter now and is now going to adopt at face value various wild allegations leveled iran including the allegation that wily ron was holstein the historic visit of japanese foreign ministry when an attack the japanese cargo ships and anyone familiar with iran's culture of hospitality alone would know that that's an impossibility and it's another false flag operation in that blaming iran and paving the way to an eventual war which hopefully will not happen and the international community will stand up to the us and this war mongering led by those hawks that have a clear record are pushing for and this is the wars of choice instead of necessity . of course in britain rules on fast day that the u.k. government broke the law by authorizing weapon sales to saudi arabia but judgement comes in response to a legal challenge by peace campaign is

a claim that the arms supplied to riyadh have been used against civilians in yemen the british government has suspended new arms export licenses based says it intends to appeal the decision whether more on a story his solid bensky. well 8 a significant victory. at the coup to the field after its rule u.k. all the sales to saudi arabia could be used in the war in yemen a move fall that follows the washing of previous decision by the high court back in 2017 but those sales would move for the court of appeal specifically the one element where it said that the u.k. government will probably be in the know in a significant way and the judge went on to say that that's because the u.k. government made that move concluded assessment of whether the saudis that coalition had committed violations of international humanitarian rule in yemen in the past

and had made no attempts to do so this was the reaction following that judgment this goes to the very top of the conservative party we now need i did to show review in the whole licensing system parliament 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 judgement 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 south to the united states it exports i coughed or nay poems and missiles well we've been speaking to cat 2 brought this case against the government but also to its solicitor who's told us

that they will review now 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 in a very strong judgment against it. and 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 and make the decisions they took to continue to grant 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 the war is now closing in on the 100000 people move while half 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 to face government previous decision to award those arms contracts not about who 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 judgement won't immediately stop and holds the export of sales to saudi arabia but it is a landmark case for tax it's a big. day of big results and they say that they will continue the fight to stop any further arms sales to saudi arabia. almost 70 people have been injured during an anti-government protest in the georgian capital the capital of tbilisi with police using rubber bullets water callen and tear gas against a massive crowd. protest is attempted to storm the georgian parliament building in the country's capital tbilisi and estimated $5000.00 demonstrators have rallied to oppose the participation of a russian delegation as a parliamentary session for most an orthodox christianity during the event one of

the visiting deputies in front of the chair at the speaker of the georgian parliament so the anger and protest is general parties are going to straight to refrain from a neko act and deployed riot police several protesters were reportedly detained a journalist working for our video agency ruptly was hit with a rubber bullet earlier my colleague into richard i spoke to our correspondent rym on calls we have about the unrest. in syria gas and rubber bullets have been used against the protesters on the street so it's been easy right outside the parliament of the country. the police riot police when the once they use that to push the crowd back and i've got to warn you the video that we're about to show you some of the pictures may be disturbing. we're going to get them. on the. list. was only.

one night we have sources on the ground colas know that one said the situation calmed down just a little bit police started to give the people water they started to help them out and real ones alive as far as we know but to get back to what had actually happened there was more provocation even before the russian delegate came to this assembly for those countries local opposition is our opposition forces they claimed that he said. poured in a local conflicts with a pass' at that sign and what it did happen and they're saying that he killed georgians all this the the russian delegates he said that this is absolutely fake news he had never taken part in any conflict like that and actually we have already an apology from one of the deputies of the georgian political party one of the

organizers of the event who admitted that this particular event should have been take should have taken place in a different setting but the opposition a radical position as we had seen they stormed the building they had sacked the russian delegation with the water they tried to take away their documents and basically shouting obscenities at them in russian and asking them to leave the country soon as possible so the obviously the event was just ruptured and the president saw the chairman of the event he was a from greece he could not continue so that by the way there were 20 that again sions from a different countries present at the time russians are on the way back meanwhile we see the pictures in georgia all the protests are told about those people who were injured injured already but at the moment it seems like there are only hundreds near the parliaments and the police pushed people back where the tear gas and

russian are rubber bullets and then they tended to those people who were hurt and we have a people working on the ground and they're saying people are covering their faces with basque or with and if they they can protect themselves against syria gas and once again it all began once the russian deputy not willingly but he sat in the place of the speaker of the parliament and nobody paid any attention to that except for activists from the opposition and this is where it all began at the moment what's. driving them they're asking for the prime minister to step down they're asking for the interior minister the minister to step down and the servants are said if that least be done to keep the peace he's willing to do that but it looks like the situation is resulting by itself a moment of hope for the situation would have come down by the time this morning.

the russian president has finished his marathon q. and a with the general public of the 4 wow is about amir parrots into questions on various subjects including relations between the u.s. and around. the school 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 the president didn't stop that as he then met with foreign and russian journalists aren't you think of was that he addressed. 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 blame for the tragedy that happened in 2014 well the question and 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 brow 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 vladimir putin commented on the current state of relations between moscow and washington when it's better 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. well when it comes to other instances other subjects it wasn't all. heavy hearted there were more like nolde 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 now this was one of the major one of the 3 major presidential level events here on par with bladder problems address to the federal assembly and the annual

also q. and a with journalists that happens late in the year so i mean we're still early in this race and there were still there are still plenty of time and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask more questions to vladimir putin what i get from the prison putin is a desire for the international system to function as opposed to a desire for dialogue primarily with his american partners as he calls them a dialogue for things to function according to rules of the world busy order as they've been established for a considerable period i also detect a slight disappointment that actually a lot of that is not happening precisely because of the attitude of his u.s. partners in washington who seem to prefer who seem to view agreements between contracting parties as matters of inconvenience to be abandoned as soon as another plan comes along and. instability in the global order as

a result so i detect a slight pessimism about the chances of this thing changing anytime soon certainly on the basis of the current crises in the world which mostly seem to be being created by the unwillingness of these american partners to engage in dialogue. it's quite realistic to suppose that instability is the new stability. u.s. government documents have raised questions about the f.b.i. conclusion that russia was behind the alleged attack of the democratic party service in 26 the agency never received a final report from private cyber security company crowd strike which was hired by the party to investigate the hack the report was the core evidence for the russian hacking investigation with more on the story here's why down here. 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 ot 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 friends x. or facts but as with every religion there are the tracks is daoud has 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 it knew it did not have the evidence when it 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. broth document with parts blacked out the government does not possess the information the defendant seeks and that's all they gave them neither the f.b.i. nor the government gordon unredacted. why for the security of the d.n.c. of course can't have the f.b.i. knowing everything at the time of the voluntary production counsel for the

democratic national committee told the government 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 return 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 we're that's 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 cybersecurity company to blame russia the new democrat testament russia did it of course that will be doubtless and beulah may be one of those heretics you need 26165 dear you officers appear to have stolen thousands of emails and attachments which were later released by week or weeks in july 26th seen now odd hate to be accused of blasphemy but perhaps a little more investigating would be helpful alternatively russia did it so it is

written the less it be the word of crowd strike men. former cia officer ray mcgovern told us he believes that the n.c.a.a. invented the russia hacking story as a distraction to the wiki leaks revelations there's no factual basis for the russian hacking into d.n.c. computers and now we know that the f.b.i. went over went along with the very styria us evidence evidence with no chain of custody evidence incompleted redacted big game was this so assume as the democrats realized that julian signage had these messages they composed a cover story playing julian a signed release those e-mails went to the press the press was a willing a cockles and they said look the russians did it russia did it and so the headlines were not clinton steals nomination from senators but rather the russians had waited the russians had white this attack the war it worked like a charm i call it

a magnificent distraction there is on the headlines for you for this hour back with the headlines at and that's the way. describing the trump administration's iran policy is confusing contradictory and even incoherent would be an understatement as members of his administration beat the drums of war the president suddenly inject themselves into the conversation with words to the cause what is the world thing. good food descriptions sound up tasing even for the owners so how to choose the

head food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out and pet food may not be as healthy as people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders allergies we are actually creating these problems it's a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets less treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because they're already making a $1000000000.00 on it and there's no reason to do that research.

because the owner of the obama modality was. that it seemed that it was. odd. was. the accounting fraud at deutsche bank is all in. now just being revealed at the tip of the iceberg this they're sitting on a half a quadrillion worth of worth close to rivet of that if you mark to market would would be greater than 5 times global g.d.p. this isn't in fact the beginning of lehmann to point out. elizabeth warren's poll numbers are up is she emerging as the progressive as

alternative to bernie sanders and will her steady grind on the campaign trail pose a threat to democratic front runner joe biden we're taking a look on this edition of. welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king former vice president joe biden remains the clear front runner in the race for the democratic nomination for the presidency not only is he well ahead of his primary challengers some polls actually show him beating donald trump in key swing states but something interesting is happening in the fight for 2nd place in the primary among the democratic candidates some polls and a few editorials show senator elizabeth warren gaining on sanders and suggest a cooling toward the vermont senator this as political analysts expect senator warren to perform very well in the upcoming democratic primary debate in florida so will that progressive ring of the party embrace warren at sanders expense.