u.s. congressmen table a bill to blog president trump from launching a strike on iran while the u.s. presence with obliteration in case attacks american interests. 160 islamic state trying to return to the country recognized as the government has lost track of their whereabouts. and while the conservative party in the u.k. gets ready to choose a new leader from the final 2 contenders the party's facing a new problem poll reveals more appalling and islamophobia crisis within its ranks .

8 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching out international live from boston. welcome to the program. as a verbal battle between iran and the u.s. leadership rages to congressman a republican and democrats have tackled an amendment to block any military strike against iran without the approval of congress. so amendment affirms what president knows and believes unfocussed unconstitutional and ending wars in the middle east make america weaker not stronger congress must result to ensure that any military action is carried out constitutionally and last week we watched president schoen come within minutes of striking of. the united states in yet another trillion dollar war in the middle east present from complaint ending costly wars overseas but given the advisors he chose and his recent risky actions he's not living up to that promise now we have members of congress coming forward one democrat and one republican putting forward an amendment to the national defense authorization act

that would not allow for any funding of a u.s. military attack on iran without the approval of congress the bill would prevent the president of united states from taking action against iran unless there was statutory or congressional authorization for him to do so this bill has some pretty widespread support now us president trump was recently interviewed by the hill and in that interview he stated that he did not believe he needed congressional approval in order to take measures and strike against iran this is what trump said in the interview do you believe right now that you have the authority to strike iran without congress i do i do believe that i like the idea of keeping congress abreast but i wouldn't have to do that this is been a longstanding disagreement if you look at recent u.s. history many military actions by the united states in places such as vietnam or libya have been taken without congressional approval been carried out simply on orders of the president now it's interesting to note that there has been voices

criticizing trump for the potential of a new war against iran one voice was that of mowbray cooksey is a republican member of congress from alabama and he said that in washington d.c. there seem to be some forces that are pushing for new wars without thinking about the consequences for the military military families and others who are affected by the decisions this is mobile rocks. there are a variety of political influences in washington d.c. that love it when we flex american military muscle and they don't seem to care one whit about our men and women in uniform who are risking their lives and sometimes giving their lives well it is interesting to note that recently the united states did come apparently 10 minutes away from a strike against iran apparently there were 3 locations in iran that were to be hit by a u.s. military strike however trump called off the strike 10 minutes prior to it taking

place now that was in response to iran shooting down a u.s. drone now this drone that iran shot down iran says it was in their territorial waters they were defending the territorial integrity of their country however the united states maintains this drone was in international waters and that it was an unprovoked attack all eyes are now on washington d.c. as many voices around the world are deeply concerned about the danger of conflict between the united states and iran. comes on the same day donald trump posted perhaps his most threatening tweet against iran yet threatening obliteration of terror on attacks and i think american and the tension rising washington seems to find a group it says can restore democracy in iran may seem quite contradictory as the senior correspondent what caused it explains. sometimes i get the impression that trump moves what the iranian people want better than the iranian people he his

government congress talk so much about how the iranian people want these that this is good for them and math bad for them it's almost like they knew each other obviously the people of iran are great people you know i know many of them i. didn't new york have been there very much less to have for years but i know many iranians living in new york and they're fantastic people personally i. my doubts about the iranians trump nose being representative of the entire nation but whatever there is one group of irradiance that the white house and friends knew very well could even say that pounds well just had dean hutton or the people's mage of iran will make for short they've been busy bees lately friday they got together in washington protest the leslie calling for regime change and the removal of iran's supreme leader.

we've always been saying no war no appeasement but change by the iranians and they've shown that in uprisings that it's what the across iran where they chant just like you hear in the background we want regime change in iran and that's that never mind what moves the rain ians the ones actually in iran think on the matter but i digress american politicians love these guys mek they were almost called them you stand for free or rhyme but you stand for democracy you stand for human rights keep up your fight. those who love and cherish freedom in our country and throughout the world stand with you stand back. you're on the right side of history right in fact the united states has big plans for

these mujahedeen great expectations they have destined to rule the declared policy of the united states of america should be the overthrow of the malas regime in tehran and that's why the 429 t. we here will celebrate in tehran thank you for. now that introductions are. let me tell you about them or just dean of iran it hasn't been 10 years since they were removed from america's terror lists still and plenty of others make killed anyone they didn't like shootings assassinations bombings targeting police iranian officials civilians just for supporting the government americans both in iran and in america and yet since they renounced violence they were taken off these blacklists the department does not overlook or forget the mujahideen had

experienced acts of terrorism including its involvement in the killing of u.s. citizens in iran in the ninety's seventy's and an attack on the us soil in 1902 the department also has serious concerns about the mujahedeen hynix as an organization particularly with regard to the geishas of abuse committed against its own members oh yeah they don't just target others they target each other to the best traditions of every crazy cult human rights watch says abuses carried out against dissident members range from beatings and imprisonment to torture and threats of execution according to each r.w. one guy tried to need the mujahideen would you believe it for this he described he was kept in solitary confinement for 8 years scientologists you've got nothing on these guys aside from maybe influence according to recently released documents

makers organize dozens of meetings with us politicians interviews features articles with big media begs the question of course where do they get the money rain ians on donating make has almost no support in iran the answer is well they do the odd job according to this alleged leak conversation between mack members released by iran. we did our best to blame the iranian regime for the oil tanker blasts the saudis have called mary image of his office to follow up on the results to get a conclusion of what has been done and the possible consequences look at it this way whoever is financing them isn't doing it because they're nice they aren't you know the saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend even if he's a murderous crazy cultist apparently unfortunately united states to be very fond of using terror threats i mean they meet to using terrorist this is

a very very dangerous group not because it has any hope of ever being in the run and ruling there but they're very dangerous because they're a cult they are just they do not understand a person human rights and they're terrorists there's no way that they can replace any government in iran and that i can i would bet on it it's not going to happen i don't think america plans it but then america would like to tell them. so that they would continue their activities not because they have been able to win over the iranians to their side. the german government has lost track of around 160 islamic state sympathizers who left the country to fight for the terror group as many as a 1000 left germany waiting for they could return and recognized our europe correspondent peter alba as that entails. the best estimate suggests at least

a 1000 people left germany to go and joy in isis and following a question from a member of the bundestag to the interior ministry it's been revealed that in 160 cases those identified as extremists have disappeared without a trace occasionally such individuals could have succeeded in escaping and all disappearing in an attempt to alleviate fears of isis terrorists living among german society the federal government has said that they are convinced that it would be extremely unlikely that anyone who had traveled to join isis would be able to come back to germany and live or noticed however the m.p. that 1st raised concerns says she's not convinced considering the jurist the fragmented protection of the ease external borders it is particularly worrying that the federal government has a pattern take a no further measures to prevent the uncontrolled reentry of isis militants 2

thirds of those who have left the country have german citizenship this presents another issue what to do with those who want to return to germany well in the case of isis supporter. currently being held in a kurdish jail his lawyers are suing the german government they say has a responsibility to bring him home from our point of view the federal government is constitutionally obliged to bring fabien back to germany it has not fulfilled this obligation for political reasons the lawyers maintain that there is a german constitutional obligation for the government to protect the fundamental rights of their citizens even when they are held in foreign nations and his younger brother who's location is unknown traveled from the central german city of castle to syria to join isis in 2014 their father says he was assured that would be released if berlin requested it however he believes the germans turning a blind eye to the sea. the german government would prefer it if my children on the

other islamist would just disappear forever here's the thing it isn't that easy for the german government to intervene even if they wanted to and there is no indication that they really do germany currently has no diplomatic relations with syria and the federal government here doesn't recognize the kurdish y p g group who is holding. busy a heart in the case of the at least 160 people who travelled from germany to join isis and remain unaccounted for or lynn doesn't know whether they are alive or dead whether they remain in the middle east or whether they've come back here and if they've come back here whether they pose any potential threat to society the german government and the security of the secret service us intelligence services seem to know exactly how many people left germany to go to syria and to iraq and to fight with one of those armed groups and suddenly they say now we lost track of them germany seems to have been sleeping officially they didn't say

a lot about this and certainly they have no real policy about us this is why nothing is happening now and that discussion is being put forward through the media or through the facts on the ground they will be forced to do one thing of the other eventually and our society is not really aware and cannot really imagine what these people are might be up to we need a public discussion about this without stigmatizing without being a racist or islam or for big but the german society and the politicians have to be more realistic about the threats. the race for the leadership of the u.k.'s conservative party is down to the final 2 contenders but has now found itself in the spotlight for another reason a counter extremism group is demanding the party confront what it calls and islamophobia crisis with rocks and you paul. but almost 50 percent of telling us

that they don't want unless going into. the hour i think i i. i i'm very clear that retreating from britain 1st was the wrong thing to do i thank you thank you alex thank you. thank you conservatives have paid lip service by saying they have 0

tolerance to islamophobia and and see muslim prejudice but this new poll confirms they face a real crisis. the 1st step to challenge this crisis should be a show of leadership thank jeremy hunt and boris johnson they must both confirm the racism of some quality members and the complacency over. 6. if you say as weird pulling to expect women to cover their faces then i do believe bree it is absolutely ridiculous that people should just to go around looking like little boxes quite a missing woman a litter box or looking at a bank warburg some of the things he said about a black people i wouldn't even the people have told this one he wouldn't like to see it displayed out there could be something a lot of mileage mileage. politicians and want to be officials are

trying to garner support by playing right into people's hatred and fear and prejudices and you know these things that it makes them more popular and therefore they can speed up their career and i think that boris johnson is a perfect example of that and this is quite dangerous because again when you have in such a position of leadership people who do play interest isn't who abide by racism themselves then it is very dangerous for a country such as britain that claims to abide by human rights principles and claim to be democracy but this is an issue that we're going to have to address as a society as a whole it's not it's not anymore something that is just you know confined to certain corners or certain political parties it has become the culture i'm afraid. engineering university only wants to recruit women on its academic staff we have opinions.

you know world of big. law and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than we need to be smart 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 for watching closely watching the hawks. join me every thursday simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of

politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. going to offer its academic positions exclusively to women men will only be offered a job if no suitable female candidates found the irene curie fellowship program. 100000 u.s. spend on their own research and is expected to recruit more than 100 women in the coming years the university. we attach great importance to equal respect and opportunities for women and men we are aware that

we're suffering from an implicit gender bias we're now using the fact that plans to expand our academic stuff considerably in the coming years can be used as a means to make a big step forward in one fell swoop into the move with our guest political activist kate smith late and commentator cornell into. do you say google doesn't use persuasive technology that this cracks or dark without women at the top it's harder for women to break through so they're just taking this opportunity when it comes to discriminating specifically against men that's one problem i have with this but secondly and i think perhaps even even more more imperative is the fact that from this point on if a woman has a high powered job at that particular institution everyone's going to know that she had special advantages to get there honestly right now when i see men in positions of power i think most of them are only there because the system is totally set up

to favor men i don't look around even you know the government big companies working with around when i see their board of directors and it's white guys white guys white guys white guys i don't think i but those are the 10 guys best qualified to run this company as a woman in a male dominated field who has managed to do ok despite discrimination that i've definitely incurred as many women have i would still rather i would still rather fight and win then have a participation trophy which is what this is tantamount to yeah you know you have to you've done great but maybe you deserve to do brilliantly maybe you deserve an even better job than the one you've got maybe you deserve a better salary than the one you've got i think when i look around there are also women i know who've overcome obstacles but i don't feel like you know they've overcome obstacles but have they really reached their full full potential no you would have gone much further if you hadn't had to spend so much time and energy overcoming these obstacles but but i don't think that we do any groups anything in playing identity politics especially where we're shutting down an entire group of

people just to give something to another group of people i think it sends a message that those people somehow weren't competent or nothing could earn it and i think that's very dangerous for women i think it's very dangerous if you're talking about you know hiring a doctor for a hospital i don't want to go home. little and and look around a man not be a doctor but this is an academic institution and much as i love reading scientific research papers i've never woken up in the morning i must have 600 milligrams of scientific research paper or i'm going to die this is not the kind of job which cannot possibly be left open for 6 months in fact it's very very common that these kind of academic positions are left open for a lot much longer than that but k k what if what if the research they're doing is for example on cancer or something and it's it's now postponed for 6 months how many people are going to die because that research didn't get out there in time because we were all obsessed with making sure once special group was equally represented i say let the best people on that hold on

a minute at least have the positions and i believe that women will be equally represented in that group because i think women are perfectly competent to get there we know when it comes to academic research that it's really really important to have a wide base of people doing that research and there are lots of instances actually in the past where we've seen research being done by all male groups and when we look at the research when it's published we realise that it's not as widely a political as it could be because it's failed to take into account female viewpoints and female experiences so you know how many lives are being lost because research into all sorts of aspects of human life is being undertaken. and its parent company alphabet under fire from lawmakers in the u.s. congressman have criticized the use of what they say persuasive techniques and the use of artificial intelligence to select content. to use google doesn't use persuasive technology that is cracked or dark persuasive technology is not core

to how we design our products that google which are built around transparency are you going to use over the whole family of companies the whole family of companies including you tube you don't want to clarify that a little further. we build our products with privacy security and control for the users that is what we build. and ultimately life long relationship with the user which is primary that's going to what any of that. the explanations come a day after. a video report into google it was posted by investigative group project veritas and dealt with how the search engine alters its algorithms the video includes an interview with a whistleblower and quickly filmed conversation with a company executive. just. somebody . they were great with. like let her see it very

like the later make a lot of people you know. be charged with the same techniques. that. the google executive filmed by project for a task the video is nonsense she says she has no connection to the projects discussed although admits she did use imprecise language we spoke to benoit a senior lecturer at the melbourne university of technology who believes the algorithms have made more influential than hold states. google has and this is the great paradox of the system as a company it's bows its transparency to information but of course the reality is we do not know. the nature of how its algorithms function and open sense it's not entirely transparent where that is of course in a certain level of google social and says grace in many ways than states

governments themselves and that's rather dangerous if you believe in the notions other and accountable of accountable public institutions and so forth but that is the nature of information management it tends to produce interests of a specific type and that's what google tends to through its algorithm system employ . a funny thing now i'll be back around 30 minutes time with more global app take though do you think that it. is hard to take some from somebody if you know hey if someone replaces. the want to

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started doing this work is the f.d.a. compliance policy i still cannot understand how an industry is provided by a federal tax supported organization loopholes to avoid federal law if you go to the f.d.a. website and just type in compliance policies and then scroll down the page to hand feed and and there's one after another they allow contamination by pesticides contamination by industrial chemicals contamination bad natural toxins contamination filth micro biological contamination over tolerance for permanent drug residues. it's incredible. for the law says that can be but the compliance policy says don't worry go ahead we won't

enforce. for all practical purposes there's nobody looked. now for the average job in 2006 the mystery illness began to sicken thousands of pets across the united states and canada thrusting the industry into the spotlight like never before. ok everyone is so forget about this recall tell us what people need to know about this recall so it's menu for many foods menu foods menu foods and any food on march 16th 2007 many foods began recalling dog foods produced in their facilities in kansas and new jersey what disturbs me about this incident is that it confirms yet again the pet food as well as human food is at risk for than 60000000 packages were taken off store shelves last month because they apparently contained wheat gluten that was tainted with the chemical melamine veterinarian offices are getting flooded with phone calls from concerned that oh in the people on the other end of the phone sound.