form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with it because the people have less political power. u.s. president donald trump says he called off a strike on iran at the last moment after he found out the number of possible casualties. and said i want to know something before you go how many people will be killed came back said sure proximately 150 and i didn't like it. and government protests continue in georgia due to anger at the visit of a russian m.p. while saddam appears impounds russian airlines from flying to the country in response. a scottish student claims he was cape town's of class office saying that i need to do genders he secretly filmed the teacher telling him off. but you

know what you think and i knew that the thought of he thinks i do it for you if you want to say to clear up very clear discrimination. really if you make an discrimination action pushing for 2 genders male and female. a very warm welcome to you watching aussie international with me becky erin the top story this hour president trump says he called off a strike against iran with just 10 minutes to spare it was despite the unanimous opinion of his advisors on the pentagon that the attack should go ahead. they came in they said sir we're ready to go we'd like a decision i said i want to know something before you go how many people will be killed. in this case the remains they said came back said sir approximately 150 and i thought about it for

a 2nd i said you know what they shot down a man and. a drone and here we are sitting with 150 dead people and i didn't like it so donald trump decided alternately not to go ahead with the attack against iran now the unmanned drone he was referring to was the u.s. drone that was shot down over the strait of hormuz now iran says that this drone violated their territory in the south of the country and that it was in their waters when it was shot down the united states maintains however that the drone was in international waters and was unprovoked only attacked by the iranians at this point we've got donald trump saying that he essentially called off a strike now prior to donald trump's announcement we did see him speak to the media in the aftermath of the drone being shot down by i made a big mistake and they made a very bad mistake ok. you find out. you know maybe you'll find out you'll find. you obviously obviously you know we're not going

to be talking too much about it you're going to find out they made a very big mistake and now tensions between the united states and iran have been rising over the past few months in addition to the united states states withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal 1000 new u.s. troops were added to the middle east region in response to a supposed threat from iran furthermore the united states has blamed iran for attacks on oil tankers that took place on june 13th now iran says they are not responsible for those attacks and have evidence to prove it now at this point we've got many observers looking and saying. the way u.s. officials have spoken and conducted themselves regarding iran especially since the trump administration has taken office the neighbors are spreading ability or terror everywhere we go in the middle east it surrender ran around major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran

our record piers the world's largest finance here of international terrorism behind every problem is a ring and what we've been trying to do is to get iran to behave like a normal nation the united states is calling for a u.n. security council meeting to take place on monday the united states maintains that this drone was shot down in international waters and this was essentially an attack on the united states iran says it has wreckage of the drone and can prove that not only did the drone violate iran's territory in the south of the country but that it was shot down in iran's territorial waters so at this point all eyes on the international community and on the united nations security council in the hopes that things can be resolved i think i would say thanks be to god that he did it and they would have had far more than 150 people killed and although all his advisors pump aoa gina asphalt the torturer in chief bolton they're all constantly calling

for the u.s. to attack iran he didn't do it so i would say that's a very good son maybe he's harking back to his campaign promises of peace and nonintervention so let's hope the president acts like a man of peace that's what he needs a fact to be reelected i think probably the argument that if you went to war against iran he would end his presidency and he would not be reelected so i think that maybe had a fact on him it certainly should have had an effect we need to have the man who ran for office not the guy who surrounded himself with neo cons and warmongers. leading iranian national security official carney told as the country is ready to repel any u.s. strike or have rules. you can find out from statements always different for example statements from yesterday and today he also contradicts white house officials such political memories devoid of logic and common sense we do not take

seriously his threats and contradictory statements but in the end it must be noted that the islamic republic of iran is not iraq or afghanistan we are a big state and have strong popular support both during the present but also past hardships the islamic republic has been standing firm and never attacked anyone and will not do that but if we are attacked the gress are regret it at the same time we strive for peace and security in our region the policy of sanctions and the economic war launched by trump against the iranian people will not yield in the results this is a hostile policy that will be defeated as a result as trump up the stakes with tarana pentagon document shows it believes a nuclear war is winnable as could be a good thing or tell you more on that later this hour. georgia has seen the 2nd day of large scale rallies against russia and the georgian government the demonstrations broke out on friday evening in the capital tbilisi and then meantime

london at pearson has banned russian airlines from flying to georgia starting from july 8th here's our correspondent with. the protests today much smaller scale than they were yesterday yes there were thousands and thousands of very angry demonstrators clashing with police during the parliament today it's much more the scale of rage seems to have been spent going out of got out of the crowds but there are still crowds about it's much more peaceful new writing nevertheless we've had a lot of reaction today coming in from the georgian president who blamed russia for stooping these anti russian protests which might seem like a very strange thing to do for russia to sort of begin and spark. a russian protest nevertheless the kremlin has condemned the actions of georgian officials saying that they're using this situation to sow and he russian sentiment and they're trying to trying to sort of blame russia for the whole thing and get responsibility

off their own shoulders there was a and into parliamentary assembly an orthodoxy a christian gathering intended to build relations between orthodox nations journeying that session russian parliamentarian was there in georgia and to deliver his opening address he he sat in the speaker's seat in the parliamentary speaker seat and that angered many georgians and they they came out in crowds 1st and then riot started be had $240.00 people injured 80 police officers rubber bullets fired tear gas water cannons and it really was the.

well the police took full control of the situation by doing on friday the method 5000 protesters took part in the in the really as i said vicious demonstrations but georgian authorities have called out the people to refrain from bread breaking the law to behave themselves in a civil manner and it's it's got to be said you know 11 years now after the conflict in south a sense here between russia between georgia there is an underlying sort of the

russian sentiment in georgia. and 17 year old scottish student claims he was kicked out of class after saying there are only 2 genders he secretly filmed the teacher telling him off. well i think it's silly to have anything other than to join a ship that anything he says is a church lease keep that opinion to your own house thank you not until you get to europe and you know the cost and why what i say i am not my money and how sustained i know which in my opinion and not putting my opinion on it i am stating what is national school of thought of policy. not scientific whatsoever. not every policy is scientific so i know what you think and i know what that authority thinks i know what the authorities point if you want to say it is a clear very clear that we make no discrimination on the grounds of videos and i can discrimination i'm simply saying there are 2 genders male and female anything

else is a personal identification for local authorities like the video does not show the full context of the exchange council and that it wants good relations between different groups and schools and an inclusive environment full well discuss the issue with human rights activist peter tatchell political commentator andrea will. i think from what we've seen obviously the people was was fairly challenging but i think that's within the bounds of reasonable debate and i think the teachers are actually quite stern and dismissive and maybe there is more to the exchange than was in the video but i think it's healthy and right that people's and teachers should have a robust exchange of views well i think peter set the tone for the debate by being quite measured and reasoned on the wider point what they don't except paul is when we start pretending that somebody with male genitalia is in fact a woman i think the teacher was wrong to throw the boy out of the class and i think

the boy was wrong to video the exchange however it is a fact that there are basically 2 genders are these morally wrong that anybody who says that should have any trouble from any public call for it say in the united kingdom or elsewhere where there are 2 genders male and female but there are people who have variations of both server example intersex people have a combination of both male and female chromosomes hormones and genitalia so it isn't strictly true that there are only male and female i'm not concerned about the science of brain gender or anything like that i simply say if you wish to transition from a man to a woman you own your body you have the right to do it but actually there is an issue of rights here if the teacher is right then what do you suggest to gays that the policy of the council is that you cannot say that there are only 2 genders and if you say that that is something that should be confined to the home absolutely

this is a free speech issue peoples have a right to free speech that people where you agree with him or not has a right to freedom of expression and that what he's the right he was exercising in that school class should be a place where ideas are expressed with their. challenge with their future to critique supported amplified that's what a good school is a good school as a place where ideas are contested. european commission leaders have failed to agree on who take up the reins of the blocs top post a summit for june 30th has now been announced in another attempt to break the deadlock the commission president council president and for other top jobs that were meant to have been chosen by now artie's peter all of a has more. well this deadlock in the european union over who will fail a number of the e.u. institutions top jobs including the european commission president and president of

the european council those jobs currently held by junk load younker on donald the moment and they've been heading up talks to try and pick their replacements essentially however those talks have broken down one of the reasons that we're hearing that there's no solution so far wealth comes from leo varadkar the irish prime minister he said that it was easier picking a pope than using the system that's used in the e.u. to pick a commission president as well as other top institution posts it's called the spits and candidate method method or system basically preferred candidate in germany is what it is it means that if you look at all of the different parliamentary groups in the european parliament whoever gets the most seats well they're just bits and candidates their preferred candidate gets looked at 1st by the e.u. heads of government if they like that candidate well they put them forward to

majority votes for them they put them forward to the european parliament parliament then votes on them and if they vote them through they become the next european commission president if they don't the whole system starts right over again with whoever came in 2nd as we understand it well so far the heads of government weren't that impressed with munford verba who is the candidate from the p.p. who got the most seats in the most recent european elections and also they weren't that keen on france timmermans from the socialists the european socialist group who got the 2nd highest amount of seats in the parliament so we really are all up in the air at the moment we are looking at a split though between key power brokers inside the e.u. over this money we're mccaughan in france he's not a fan at all of this bits and condit method and on the other side. merkel the german chancellor who wants to essentially see her man put into play as the next

european commission president now money with. what he's being while he's been speaking out against the system that's in play at the moment he's also said the hot angela merkel throwing her hat into the ring he would have been inclined to vote for her i have nothing against a german candidacy i said it and wasn't a joke had the chancellor been a candidate i would have supported her because i think she has the qualities the skills to be a very good president of the commission it is not what she wants i respect that very deeply well i'm glad merkel has dismissed 80 chance of her running to be the european commission president she was speaking on friday she also tried to calm down rumors that baena a serious rift between burley and paris over who should get the european commission top job. and i still say no and i want to add that i'm a little bit sad that my words which i've said so often and i parent lee not respected at all were respect each other i do not want to make a decision against france and i believe that france doesn't want to make

a decision against germany of the very latest it does seem that money isn't getting the amount of votes and needs from heads of government to be put forward as the next president of the european commission that hasn't stopped the german chancellor though for saying that she still bucks her mom in repeat what i said and to avoid any unnecessary questions we stand by our lead candidate the p.p. candidate manfred weber other stand by their lead candidate obviously those are quite tired looking young who address the press after this meeting broke down he's searching for his own replacement however he did allow a joke his own expense. i noted with satisfaction yes pleasure that it seems it's not easy. to replacement. so with no decision from the heads of government of the states over who they want to see appointed as the next european

commission president they're all going to have to come back again next week on the 30th of june for another round of talks in the go see asians to try and hammer out a solution. a u.s. congresswoman has received a firestorm of criticism after comparing detention centers for undocumented immigrants on the mexican border to nazi concentration camps but alexandria cacio cortez is refusing to back down. the united states is running concentration camps on our southern border and that is exactly why they are there concentration camps where people across the u.s. political spectrum flounder the comparison by cortez often referred to by her initials a o c the whole course remembrance group say she needs to educate herself on the issue and one polish m.p. invited the congresswoman to his country to see real concentration camps.

informally inviting alexandria casso cortez to come to parliament where i don't hitler set up the worst chain of concentration camps the world has ever seen so that she may see the scoring political points with inflamed rhetoric is unacceptable in our contemporary western societies and to take something that happened in history where millions of jews have died and equated to something that's happening on the border she owes this nation an apology a o. c. concentration camps assured slave labor supplied to help in the nazi war effort even as to protect the life inside the camps have to assure the ultimate goal of extermination through labor learn about concentration camps. a you see do us all a favor and spend just a few minutes learning some actual history 6000000 jews were exterminated in the holocaust you demean their memory and disgrace yourself with comments like this nazi and hitler comparisons have become a common argument and us political discourse.

it is estimated that 6000000 jewish people were murdered in german concentration camps during world war 2 by comparison more than 50000000 babies have been aborted in the united states since 973. i'd like to see the president and the congress invest tens of billions in new level energy i would point to the fact that it took roosevelt many many years to get america willing to go into world war 2 and fight the nazis or we have an enemy though different but perhaps very much devastating in a similar way to you. even as a carbon dioxide is just like that beam in a safe in of the poor jews under hitler government is actually

a benefit to the world and for where the truth is. donald trump you are the president and all citizens of this country you must not inflame the hatred of some at the violent expense of others we've seen jews subjected to persecution. look at the ortez. when she said concentration and she knew that everybody would be thinking about it i she knew were what she was saying how explosive. it is but she's an attention seeker. she knows how to play the media and she knew perfectly well that when she brought up the topic of concentration camps she would be on television everyone would be talking about c.n.n. interview. was even more.

cortez's original comment because that featured. who was a african american political activist and what name in which it explicitly said. we have concentration camps and then we're going to have the death camps or a holocaust is just something you use as a rip a rhetorical trick in order to try to beat people in a political argument. u.s. military claims these have nuclear weapons could create decisive results and restore strategic stability it comes from a document recently made public but was then classified artie's donald quarter picks up the story. bombers submarines and ballistic missiles the pentagon's triad of nuclear warfare usually atomic weapons are considered a means of deterrence but now classified documents suggest the war hawks in

washington may have other ideas using nuclear weapons could create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability specifically the use of a nuclear weapon will fundamentally change the scope of a battle and create conditions that affect how commanders will prevail in conflict the 60 page document came out in early june only to be classified a week later by the pentagon it's a surprise it wasn't a secret to begin with the fundamental principles underpinning washington's nuclear operations are laid out for the world to see and they don't exactly correspond to some of president donald trump's past talk of nonproliferation between russia and china and the us were. busy making. hundreds of millions of dollars worth busy of weapons including nuclear which is ridiculous i think with that leader i think we're always going to be the leader we have to be the leader i think it's much better if we all got together and we didn't make these weapons so i think that's

something that could be a phase 2 after this is done but then again trump himself hasn't been very consistent on nuclear posture either he called for talks with both busy the presidents of russia and china just last year to put an end to a so-called uncontrollable arms race several months later trump accused russia of developing missiles prohibited by the 1907 i.n.f. treaty although moscow denied violating the agreement signed to specifically prevent an arms race the u.s. withdrew the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february 2nd and it's no secret the pentagon's long been on the anti russia bandwagon in 2018 its nuclear posture review accused russia of producing more non-strategic and i n f banned weapons. but a recent article by the american federation of scientists about d.o.d. exaggerations pointed out something interesting that the nuclear posture review contradicts itself their own statistics indicate that russia had between 3 and 5000

nukes in 200-922-4000 in 20112000 are less than 2018 exaggerating the threat from russia only justify spending more money on weapons that can annihilate humanity and with the risk of nuclear war at a tie if since world war 2 there's no time for war games seeming double standard is to present trump as someone who is reluctant to go to war. i believe it was a mistake you know fear not to probe the turn blue druce rhetoric oh the troubled ministration but is will to buttress his foreign policy which is aggressive growth of. south america growth in the middle east the growth. there could dorian embassy in london spied on wiki leaks founder julian assange

after lennon iran i became president that's according to police recordings of alleged extortionists who are trying to get money from a scientist team by threatening to release the material the group consisted of a spanish reporter and 2 computer experts their information hole included video and audio recordings his medical reports and even legal documents and songes lawyer asked them where they got the pictures of the documents the alleged extortion ists said it was from someone on the inside they out of the embassy used microphones and the recorded material had apparently been handed to the ambassador wiki leaks that it's here in chief believes the ecuadorian authorities were gathering surveillance for the u.s. . who are we when we. sue. you. or go ready ready. all to the. to.

the. call of prosecution or worse yet you sure. it was just days after our son was forced from the embassy in april for tips from inside the building was leaked to the media he's now currently serving a 15 week term in the u.k.'s high security belmarsh prison for jumping bell in 2012 as what he thought refuge following rape allegations in sweden which he who has denied arguing they were pretext to extradite him to the u.s. the u.s. has indicted a songe on 17 counts of spying. for publishing classified documents and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer if extradited he faces up to 175 years in prison by can 2010 a songe release military and diplomatic cables leaked by former u.s. army soldier chelsea manning to telling alleged u.s.

war crimes in iraq that are in chief of wiki leaks again believes the u.s. charges go against journalism. we do not see it not the lawyers it is a crime is being a journalist i consider. this work surface in the air for others and like mental it's not just an indictment against it we must ask what we can use for an indictment of the earliest of all afterwards ready when it was serious to the text of it and so to have an extra territory or leave all the floor just on the concerns of the very damaging reported by the special reports of 4 to the united nations which forms these at least condemnation of 4 of the role of the united states you know the king and sweden and ecuador in basically making life as a whole thanks for joining us tonight a best hour back with the headlines of better minutes.

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