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like reciprocating. hire a group. to give something to another group. one minute past 3 pm here in moscow on this wednesday during the 26th welcome to our. verbal battle between the u.s. leadership. post and perhaps his most threatening tweets against the iranian government yet warning heed it. attacks anything american earlier said the white house was suffering from a mental disorder over the latest u.s. plans for sanctions on the country's leadership this is mr. but that message did you want to send your tweet a message you know ok with the messages when they're ready to have to let us know

when they're ready to let us know very simple are you going to. do whatever doesn't make any difference whatever they want to do i'm already have an exit strategy for iran if we're. going to need an exit strategy. i don't need the exit strategy. well u.s. lawmakers have come out strongly against any idea of war representatives from both parties have tabled an amendment to block any military strike against iran without the approval of congress. this 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 a row and evolving 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 this 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 looksee 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 mo brooks. 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. let's get a bit further into this now i'm happy to say that full professor of political communication at the university of tehran joins us live on the program you're very welcome iran's leadership said the u.s.

has closed the door on diplomacy with the latest sanctions what's the implications of that statement do you think we're going to see a protracted political crisis or is there in your opinion a significant chance of conflict. i think significant. because the united states has done activities in the past have invaded honest. neighbor. the only reason they have not that kind of iran is because of us military capability and the fact that he is living in. the. reason the us has not attacked iran is not because of. what may happen is that given the fact that the us is. through an accident confrontation with planned compensation.

sometime maybe the. military. may get back in time. in terms of penalty do you think we will see around them poetry toiletry ones against us or it's. being reported the arena in parliament has proposed legislation that would allow you to collect the total from foreign ships passing through the strait hall of hormuz what you know about. you know the. president. and you know have said in the past. others may not be able to. accept. everybody being able to have a free commerce and. be the only country. there are different

proposals on. this kind of send. could be added to this. intriguing development today. we are seeing that a key source of tension in recent weeks has been of course the attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of amman the united arab emirates foreign minister today said there's not enough evidence to blame the incident. and very clear in what he was saying if that's the case why is it being been pointed out 1st and foremost on that this is the case that iran did this no other investigation would be helped. you know i think. you might say this. president is not going to be a viable partner any country becomes he is in the persian.

said you know. you don't. tolerate. it. back to the states is. trying some but make no. mistake. foreign minister and i think it should be doing the right thing because given the fact that the united states looks at these. call's trump wants. billions of dollars worth of military purchases. look at these sources of income that u.s. or cares. changing. for thanks very much for your time been speaking to

a professor of political communication at the university of tehran. well told from puzzle also claimed its the arena leadership contributes to its people's problems by quote spending money on terror and with tensions rising in washington appears to fund a group it states can stop the suffering our senior correspondent has the delves deeper. sometimes i get the impression that trump knows what the iranian people want bed then the iranian people he his government congress talk so much about how the iranian people want the said that this is good for them and maps 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 live in new york have been there very much less to have for years but i know many arabians living in new york and they're

fantastic people personally i have my doubts about the iranians trump knows being representative of the entire nation but whatever there is one group of the rains that the white house and friends knew very well could even say that pounds were jad dean hutton or the people's mage idea of iran will make for sure they've been busy bees lately last friday they got together in washington protested 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 iran where 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. 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 mullahs regime in tehran and that's why the 429 t.

we hear celebrate in tehran thank you for. now that introductions are over let me tell you about them adjusted dean of iran it hasn't been 10 years since they were moved from america's terror lists still in plenty of others make killed anyone who 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 would taken off these blacklists the department does not overlook or forget the mujahideen had exposed to acts of terrorism including its involvement in the killing of u.s. citizens in the run 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 the mujahideen would you believe it for this. humus crime he was kept in solitary confinement for 8 years scientologists you've got nothing on these guys aside from maybe influence the recently released documents makers who organize dozens of meetings with us politicians interviews features articles with big media begs the question of course where do they get the money it rain ians on donating make has almost no support in iran the answer is well they do the odd job

according to this alleged the 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 maryam rajavi 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 seems to be very fond of using terrorists i mean they meet to using terrorist this is a very very dangerous group not because it has any hope of ever being in iran 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 wouldn't bet on it it's not going to happen i don't think american plans but in america would like to tell them. so that they would continue their activities not because they have been able to we know with the iranians to their side. yet another of our headline stories the german government has lost track of over 150 islamic state sympathizers who left the country to fight for the terror group as many as a 1000 left germany raising fears they could return on recognized our europe correspondent peter oliver as a reporter. the best estimate suggests at least a 1000 people left germany to go and join an 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 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 surest fragmented protection of the ease external borders it is particularly worrying the federal government has a pattern take a no father 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 of. 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 whose 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 berlijn requested it however he believes the germans turning a blind eye to the sea. you ation 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 doesn't recognize the kurdish y p g

group who is holding gary busy hart in the case of the at least 160 people who travelled from germany to join isis and remain unaccounted for or berlin 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 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 are through the facts on the ground they will be forced to do one thing or 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 20 minutes past 3 pm here in moscow the news continues right after this.

what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president bush you. want to be rich. but you're going to be the person this is what the 3 of the people that. i'm interested always in the lives of. your back with are to international facebook i'm from have struck

a deal to 100 over data relating to hate speech on the online platform let's go live now to the french capital for more on this leslie or is standing by hi paula what has been agreed in essence then by the social media giant and parse what's the significance. what facebook has agreed to hand over to the french authorities in both cases when it will assist in identifying uses on its platform to engage in hate speech now this is the 1st time that the media giant is going to. the handing over identifying information in cases that are not related to violence or terrorism silencers digital affairs minister says that this is a huge success. this is huge news it means that the judicial process will be able to run normally it's really very important they're only doing it for france.

now it follows a number of meetings that were held earlier in the month between the french president emmanuel necron and the founder of facebook mark zuckerberg and also these things between facebook's global affairs head and french ministers however a spokesperson for facebook says that this does not mean that the french authorities are being given carte blanche and that the media giant will scrutinize each and every request from the french authorities for basic information in criminal hate speech cases he also says that in those situations where they feel that the authorities request is too broad a were inconsistent with human rights or in some way is to be can be unsound they will push best at the moment facebook users artificial intelligence to identify hate speech and it defines hate speech as a direct attack on a person based on their ethnicity their national origin their sexual orientation they jammed they religious affiliation and they race. right thanks for breaking

that down for us live from paris this hour paula sli or. dutch engineering university is set to offer its arc of demick positions exclusively to women on one of its programs men will only be offered a job if no suitable female candidates are phoned the. fellowship will give a female employee a starting package of 100000 europe to spend on their own research and is expected to recruit more than 100 women in the coming years the university's rector sees they are trying to correct a gender imbalance. 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 we discussed the move with guess after was

media commentator gina light and political activists kate smith with. inequality it's a self like reciprocating process inequality inequality breeds inequality because if young women don't see women in positions of power doing the jobs that they might want to do it slows their progress through 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 they 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

but around the world when i see their they're 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've used on 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 lots of women i know who have overcome obstacles but i don't feel like you know they've overcome of. 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 to hospital and and look around and 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 in 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. sarah midweek is looking for now we've got a news room just off camera behind us there getting to grips with all of whedon's this latest developments we'll bring them to you in there.

this is boom bust broadcasting around the globe uncovering the world of business and finance and the impact upon us all. and i'm christiane washington here's a look at what's on deck today. pharma is back in the spotlight as a major merger it's now official advocate has scooped up allergen and a blockbuster boom at a mash of the atomised trading they're standing by to break down the deal and he said there is some pertinent bar in the stock was stocks are in choppy waters as present company are set to meet at the g 20 in japan later this week where he'll are hoping for progress towards the resolving trade and terrified r.t. correspondent alex mahela visit on hand to help look for through what lies in store for markets and finally as we see global markets in are uncertain territory one precious metal regain that shine leadership of euro pacific capital will be joining us to dig into gold a recent tear and what's causing the glow you got to talk show to those who want to

go and dive right in. drugmaker abbey announced it will the choir botox maker for about $63000000000.00 gaining control of the biggest name in medical as that in order to reduce its reliance on key arthritis treatment humira ad be has been under pressure to diversify its portfolio as humira the world's best selling drug posted its 1st ever drop in worldwide sales this year as it face competition from cheaper biosimilars in europe under the terms of the deal the world. pay point $86.00 of us shares and $12030.30 in cash for each share of allergen marking a 45 percent premium on allergen share price this deal comes as the latest in a string of acquisitions for the pharmaceutical industry as they begin consolidating earlier this year bristol myers purchased sell a gene for $74000000000.00 and eli lilly bought locks on college e for $8000000000.00 this is not a typical big pharma for the last 3 decades to.