the u.s. and iran trade accusations at the un security council as the other member states call for calm. u.k. stops and selling crowd control weapons to hong kong over the recent protests crackdown that seeks to resume arms exports to saudi arabia despite the bombing campaign in yemen. and the german government admits it has lost track of around $160.00 islamic extremists who traveled to syria and iraq. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our chief international and. have you with us fired world powers have called for an urgent deescalation between the u.s. and iran envoys from the 2 countries addressed to the u.n.

security council and seemed in no mood for compromise. iran's defiance of the security council and its reckless behavior threatening peace and security globally must not be downplayed in the name of preserving a deal the doesn't fully cut off iran's path to a nuclear weapon the international community should also does is against us. yes if you want our war to be governed by the rule of law not by you to love power the united states has made clear its willingness to engage in dialogue with iran to negotiate a deal that will better serve international peace and security we hear certain that nobody is planning a regime change in iran and the same time we hear threats about obliteration and new sanctions are being introduced there were calls that dialogue and then in power of well openly they declared the intention to increase military presence in the region such signals which even an experienced cryptologist would struggle to decode which can only bring the situation to a point of no return germany jointly with the remaining participants will continue

to work to ensure that iran can receive the economic benefits from sanctions relief i won't once again to call for deescalation for dialogue and for full respect the international rules are earlier the us president threatened to obliterate iran if tehran attacks anything american that was after iran's president said the white house was suffering from a mental disorder and donald trump later defended his aggressive tweets but measured did you want to send him your tweet a message and take the messages when they're ready to have to let us know. when they're ready to let us know for something to go to hear me whatever doesn't make any difference whatever they want to do i'm already have an exit strategy for iran if war does break out. you're going to need an exit strategy. i don't need thanks in stratagems meanwhile the president of iraq has said he will not allow the u.s.

to use his country to launch any kind of military action against iran. the american troops the coalition troops in iraq again at the invitation of the iraqi government for the specific exclusive mission of fighting isis we do not want to be a staging post foot any hostile action against any of on neighbors including iraq former u.k. army officer charles shoebridge believes america is isolated in its harsh stance on iran what iraq has said today it's largely consistent with what the rest of the world is saying to a lot or perhaps more pointedly what the rest of the world isn't saying even britain. the closest one of the closest u.s. allies hunter myself said today that he couldn't imagine or couldn't in the circumstances under which the u.k. would join in with the u.s. and that's act on iran it's an indication of the messaging that's going on that perhaps with the exception of maybe his route of countries such as saudi arabia the

united states pakistan's pretty isolated in its campaign i think what could be fairly called aggression against iran at the current time so increasingly we're seeing america actually isolated from even its closest allies in its campaign against iran at present donald trump has also claimed that the real reason the iranian people are suffering is because their government spends all of its money on terror and while the white house continues to insist it's not seeking regime change in iran there is one group it would perhaps like to see take power there are. comments. sometimes i get the impression that trump knows what the iranian people want better than the uranium people he his government congress talk so much about how the iranian people want the said that this is good for them and matts 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 uranium trump knows being representative of the entire nation but whatever there is one group of iranians that the white house and friends knew very well could even say that pounds would judge dean hutton or the peoples mage idea of iran will make for sure they've been busy bees lately last friday they got together in washington protested powerlessly 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 your stance 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 or just 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 yeah 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 iran in the 19 seventies 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 naive 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 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 to meeting has almost no support in iran the answer is well they do the odd job

according to this alleged conversation between mack members released by iran. 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's 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 just they do not understand at 1st in human rights and they're terrorists

there's no way 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 we know with the iranians to their side. view care has suspended exports of crowd control weapons to hong kong this follows a recent police crackdown on protests against an extradition bill in the chinese territory the british foreign secretary explained a move in parliament. we remain very concerned with the situation in hong kong and i raise those concerns with the chief executive on the 12th of june today. i say our government to establish a robust independent investigation into the violent scenes that we saw and we will not issue any further export licenses for crowd control equipment to hong kong and

elsewhere satisfy the concerns raised on human rights and fundamental freedoms have been fairly addressed the freeze on sales of police equipment. comes just 8 days after the u.k. was forced to suspend new weapons exports to saudi arabia or to show dubinsky take a closer look at the 2 cases becomes just a week after the u.k. government also announced that it would not be allowing any new licenses of exports of arms sales to saudi arabia and to its coalition partners in the war in yemen that followed a decision by the court of appeal here in the u.k. that said that those arms sales had been a norful again citing possible violations when it comes to human rights now despite that decision by the court and despite the fact that the government says it will look at that decision the prime minister to resign may said that the u.k. government will look to appeal that decision we continue to operate one of the most

robust arms export control regimes in the world. and we take our responsibilities on arms export licensing very seriously we're disappointed that the court found against the government on one the ground and we will be seeking permission to appeal this judgment so 2 cases of possible human rights violations let's took a look at the 2 together now let's start with hong kong 3 weeks of protests tear gas being used rubber bullets being used accusations of police brutality and dozens injured but not a single person killed as a direct result on the other hand you have the conflict in yemen. which the saudi led coalition is involved in at the moment and what we have a close to $100000.00 deaths over 4 years the majority of them many say are civilians so what's the difference between these 2 different scenarios on the ground well some would say what you really need to do is to follow the money and

when you look at what the worth is of those sales to hong kong it's apparently only around 1800000 pounds to the u.k. economy on the other hand in yemen arms sales since 2015 are worth more than 4700000000 parents it's a huge difference and some might question whether it's easier to take the moral high ground when there isn't much of an impact to the u.k. economy and that's what this comes down to a not really a stance when it comes to human rights violations. political analyst chris bambery told us that humanitarian concerns take a back seat for the u.k. government when it comes to selling weapons. britain along with western governments is very selective about those that it seeks out the situation with arms sales to saudi is very different because the decision of the hong kong was one mead by the british government in the question of the arms sales to saudi and its coalition

allies in the war against yemen this forward a court hearing it was brought by the campaign against the arms trade and in and what we have here is the british being forced to the british government force to seize these arms sales to saudi arabia and the others but not wanting to do that one iota i think the british will do everything they can to overturn the court's decision and or to find a way around it because this alliance with saudi arabia is fundamentally important to the british to bring great britain p.l.c. they will do everything to maintain it even at the cost of 100000 yemeni date. the german government says it has lost track of around 160 extremists who traveled to syria and iraq to join islamic state artie's peter oliver has a story. the best estimate suggests at least a 1000 people left germany to go and joy and 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 surest 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 bobby and would be released if berlijn requested it however he believes the germans turning a blind eye to the. 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 a heart in the case of the at least 160 people who travelled from germany to join isis and remain unaccounted for or 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 shy 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 this 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 big but the german society and the politicians have to be more realistic about the threats. the u.s. is stepping up the pressure on a major energy project between russia and europe the house foreign affairs committee has passed a sanctions bill targeting the nord stream to gas pipeline which is currently under construction bills likely to be passed by a senate panel next month if it be. law the u.s. will impose sanctions on investors in nord stream 2 it is the 2nd leg of a gas supply network linking a russia and germany through the baltic sea russia is aiming to finish construction

by the end of this year european firms have invested billions of euros in the pipeline and have resisted u.s. pressure to abandon the project. or more of this we can now cross live to earl rasmussen who's the executive vice president of the eurasia center thanks for being with us here in r.t. international. quite an interesting topic this whole thing with russia and the e.u. they've made it clear that they're not going to stop building the nordstrom to pipeline does the u.s. have the power to block construction given the late stage of the project at this point. well sean that thanks for having me it's it's been going along quite well and i think it's busy it's in the european europe's best interest to finalize the project and continue but the u.s. is going to it's going to threaten sanctions which i think this is if you look at

it from a broader perspective i mean from all the sanctions and and tariffs going on it's it's a competitive type thing it's trying to use threats in order to improve the competitiveness of the u.s. so do they have the potential to do this yes is it in europe's interest so so fall to. 2 u.s. threats no absolutely not expression if you look at it i think a better approach would be to to be more competitive and to try if they can compete with that to to try to be competitive on the elegy side unfortunately elegy is very expensive to produce and. purchase pipelines and i think it's i think it's just going to get the europeans so it's going to separate and create more friction between europe and ourselves and and if the europeans back down they're going to be find some. pretty sure they'll be fine because of how long there is the how long the project has been going on so it's really not in europe's economic interests to

. default to u.s. pressure right now my question comes down to the motivation behind it all i mean what is the motive behind the sanctions bill is it really about defending europe from a russian geo political weapon as the text of the bill complaint says basically or is there more to it now absolutely not i mean look europe has been importing gas. from from russia long before it was. before the fall of the soviet union when it was the soviet union we were importing gas. you know the they've always been reliable russia's been reliable they fact i would say i would venture to say they're much more reliable than the united states on the international agreements on the business agreements but but they this is not about not about energy security at all and if it is then europe should be europe should

make a decision on their own what's best for their energy security and should not be dictated from washington. i think is much more greater this goes into. global hegemony the whole desire the the threats that are coming upon the u.s. . you know that actually if you look at this is this is in a different way this is attacking russia similar to busy the issues that are going on with wall way with china it's a mechanism for the u.s. to. to maintain global control and global influence and much more so than that energy security this is a completely made up fiction and i do not think there's any threat right now we've got to think roughly 37 percent energy going to from russia into the european union 33 percent from me from norway then you've got a scattering from the rest and it's not about the energy security at all it's about

maintaining control and in trying to isolate russia but i think it. in an odd manner it's actually creating more friction between the europe europe and and the us about that friction the german government has actually said that it will reject any u.s. sanctions with an extra terror territorial effect how much power does the u.s. have to enforce sanctions on europe or european firms rather operating within europe i mean that's kind of their own business isn't it. it's it's and we see this going on around even if you look at the issues going on in iran currently the u.s. utilizes the dollar essentially and the financial transactions to go around around the world. to apply pressure to other countries so let's say you've got a company that doing. the signing of things. nordstrom to. but

perhaps are using u.s. or global financial instruments that the u.s. has an interest in or has influence on so they're going to use that mechanism. to influence and apply pressure in that direction or that or they'll be just right out and and try to sanction trade with those companies that that potentially may be doing business in the u.s. as well it's it's really really a very very very poor strategy and very very disruptive to global trade and sets a very poor president i think for the united states that are globally all right or rasmussen thanks for helping us wrap our minds around this it's going to be a tricky one to see it all play out and it'll be interesting to see when the nordstrom true north stream to project finish it thanks. thank you. all right the wall of tech giants is also under scrutiny in france where facebook has struck a deal to crack down on the heat speech or 2 supposedly are reports. facebook has

agreed to give up daughter to the french authorities in cases where it will help identify those uses on its platform that are engaging in hate speech this is the 1st time that the media giant has if we to hand over identifying information regarding its uses that are not related to violence or terrorism cases now france's digital affair is the minister has applauded the news 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 meetings 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 giants will scrutinize each and every request from the french authorities for the basic information in

criminal hate speech cases he also says that in those situations where they feel that the authorities request is too broad or inconsistent with human rights or in some way is legally and sound they will push back at the moment facebook uses artificial intelligence to identify hate speech and it defines hate speech as a direct attack on a person based on their ethnicity their national our region their sexual orientation they jammed they religious affiliation and they raced. our sister channel or to france and spoke with the co-founder of a french media outlet who says the different definition of hate speech is open to interpretation. whole problem is about how we understand the terms hate speech and offensive content that's the problem if they want to include racist anti-semitic content content which is offensive to a certain sex or religion they will need to define it and understand what's behind

it otherwise blasphemy will be included as an offense which is not so you need to be extremely careful about what will be included in the concepts of rhetoric that incite hatred and offensive content and who will decide this is a man you micron said this will be a working group in which there will be a french controller and representatives from facebook they will work together to define it all. that as a back in about 33 minutes of the news started trash. backstabbers financial survival. housing bubble. oh you mean there's a downside to artificially low mortgage rates don't get carried away that's cause report. parts of. the

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a show the end of us in germany we speak to a former top i.m.f. official about the prospects for fundamental geopolitical power transfer all nation that this weekend's japanese g 20 summit and shooting for the stars as we speak to britain's astronomer royal about armageddon and ways to avoid it from space travel to a post human existence all of them all coming up in today's going underground but 1st war ministers from nato converging brussels today and tomorrow to discuss future conflict representing the usa will be acting secretary of defense mark form a top corporate lobbyist for a company alleged in this c.n.n. reporters being involved in civilian using images collected by. award winning yemeni activist group and independently verified by c.n.n. as having been american made c.n.n. has been able to identify at least 11 separate incidents of coalition strikes on civilian areas using u.s. made us lucky mohsen during the bus attack but also raytheon yes raytheon is

involved in the world's worst humanitarian crisis one in which britain still supplies weapons that threaten tens of millions despite last week's court order and though amid calls from u.s. politicians to hold the sale of arms sales to saudi arabia trump has put a former raytheon vice president in charge of the largest employer in the world the pentagon i have as i have concerns about the vetting process i will tell you judy my more significant concern as a member of the armed services committee is this tendency to be very cavalier about what we don't need to send you a nominee let's just have acting secretaries that suggests to me that the white house likes to run. the defense operation politically out of the white house john bolton and others not according to president trump who appears to see advantages in on the.