just try reading. some. touching down in the japanese city of one of the most important g. 20 gatherings in recent years most of the real business is expected to happen on the sidelines presidents putin and china are expected to meet to. present time threatens china with more tolerance while the u.s. agriculture secretary says american farmers are bearing the brunt of the trade for . american farmer the key in this trade war you're one of the casualties they are. plus the iranian foreign minister accuses trump of violating international law and resorting to

politics with his threats to obliterate iran. and the washing powder outrage in pakistan by challenging traditional values and promoting and gender equality we put the issue up for debates. a lot of these women and it has been their petition and their desire to see a change within their country to be on the commercial simply give them a platform to add in their voice that they've already been using they're putting pakistani women with their own liberal american agenda. it's 1 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching international ally. with me into the commuter welcome to the program. as world leaders had to japan for what's being billed as one of the most important g. 20 summits in recent times all eyes it will be on the sidelines but apparently it's

not open to everyone all trying to hold to c.n.n. journalists the talks between him and president putin on one of his business there for us. live in. the we'll be following. what do you think we can expect from this year's gathering. hello again from austin i can tell you that donald trump is already and japan his plane has touched down at the airport in all soka just a few minutes ago and as you were saying probably the biggest the g. 20 headlines are going to come out when mr trump meets his russian counterpart vladimir putin and in fact let's just go back to what you said in that exchange between donald trump and the journalists just before he went on board air

force one take a listen to that one. i'll have a very good conversation with what i said it is none of your business there's a possibility of a meeting with russia meeting with china meeting with many countries are meeting with many countries now of course we understand that everything could change at the very last moment but for now let's just compare this to what mr trump said 7 months ago when he was heading to argentina for the previous g. 20 summit the get together was supposed to be one of the main. highlights of that one but it never happened take a look at that one. based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to ukraine from russia are have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously should you are meeting in argentina with

president vladimir putin. so some may see this as pay. and a change of tone back then donald trump at least as some media was speculating decided to cancel his talks with vladimir putin because he was worried about the possible pressure from the society and the media and the establishment back in the us why he is not reacting to the things that are being done by moscow the things that vladimir putin is in charge well as you can see right now what he's even saying that what he's going to say to mr putin is none of the journalists business well that's busy quite interesting to hear that from the u.s. leader what i can tell you is that i've spoken to

a member of the russian delegation who was physically in the room one of the 2 leaders are going to talk so she was present she's in charge of some of the technical proper ations and i can tell you that for now it is believed that they are going to let 20 journalists see the handshake and the 1st couple of minutes of these talks so perhaps it will be their business so it doesn't mean that everything will happen behind closed doors the room is just. a plain white location the only decorations there are going to be the 2 flags and also the summit's logo so nothing a lot of ish there and also something that's probably make said their friend from other similar events is that they're saying 1st the leaders will already be seated in their chairs then they'll let the journalists see the handshake and again

see listen to the 1st couple of remarks and then the journalist will be asked to leave so a bit of a change in format. here but obviously this is going to be the most important highlights of the g. 20 along with donald trump's get together with xi jinping we heard from the russian president's advisor before this we hard from the u.s. administration as well that they are expected to discuss syria ukraine north korea venezuela and iran we know that the crisis around the downing of the u.s. drone is in the headlines and also the new u.s. sanctions so definitely they will have many things to talk about when it comes to that particular region as well. and they certainly will have a lot to talk about sand we will all await that handshake. thank you reporting from

japan thank you. one of the pressing issues ahead of the summit is the trying to hold between the u.s. and china trump has threatened to increase levies on beijing in talks with countries pressed into the g 20 prove unsuccessful so they want to make a deal they want to make a deal more than i do let me put it back not that they want to make a deal i've only done phase one phase one is 25 percent of 250000000000 i haven't done phase 2 years now phase 2 doesn't have to be 25 percent it could be 10 percent which people can absolutely handle. u.s. has already imposed $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports over what it sees as unfair trade practices beijing with tally ated slopping its own life hundreds of american agriculture products from the u.s. will not bear the cost of the dispute but this kind of explains it's american farm that's the to the suffering $1.00 section of the u.s.

economy is certainly on edge and that is the agricultural sector farmers have long been upheld as almost sacred in americana from the writings of thomas jefferson idealizing the yeoman to the iconic speech of paul harvey delivered in 1978 and on the age. gone looked down on his planetary guys and said i need a caretaker so god made a farmer god sent i need somebody with me to get up before dawn milk cows were told to go in the fields you know because again each summer then go to town and stay fashion the night of the meeting of the school board so god made a farmer now you would think that farmers would be a central focus of drums promise to make america great again after all it was the agricultural states like iowa wisconsin and minnesota where trump won big however at this point as the trade war with china continues farmers aren't winning they're hurting bad. farmer. trade war i think you're

one of the casualties they are the trade disruption yes but trump says the farmers should just take it after all it's for their own good in the long term we were going to help out a farmers we will ensure that our farmers get the relief they need and very very quickly it's a good time to be a farmer this claim doesn't match the actual numbers look at soybeans corn and wheat production at this point the midwestern heartland of the united states is already suffering from dust realisation and now it's seeing its agricultural base plummet income of american farmers has dropped to half of what it was in 2013 and the rate of debt of farmers has reached $400.00. $7000000000.00 the highest it's been since the farm crisis of the 1980 s. farmers are also defaulting on their loans left and right the highest rate that it has been in 7 years and 3 months a lot of us were forced to take loans to keep our businesses afloat but yet some businesses were so far and the banks wouldn't give them their operating loans for

the your the prices for greens and stuff have gone down significantly that we're unable to pay most of our bills and get the banks paid off to get our loans back in check with the banks that they don't threaten to shut us down their moods a nigger culture a community are very stressful it's there's anger there's everything else our planting window this year has been so long from the wet spring that we've had half the farmers don't even have all their crops they need to feed their animals to make a livelihood this year in the ground it's very stressful and very irritating now farmers received a $16000000000.00 subsidy in the hopes of making up for what they cannot sell to china but it was only a drop in the bucket the bread basket at the center of the american economy seems to now be on the chopping block as trump plays his art of the deal game with the 2nd largest economy on earth a lot of voices have to be asking how much longer they will mop and r.t. new york noam chomsky 20 trip will also be clouded by tension in the potion gulf on

wednesday or on foreign minister criticised threats to destroy iran saying the statements were illegal under international law. president trump should remember that we don't live in the 18th century there is a united nations tribes hit and threat of force is easy. when asked about the possibility of a war with iran trump boasted that it would be a quick a fab but said that he doesn't want one. something should happen word of verse strong position it wouldn't last very long i can tell you that it would not last very long and i'm not talking boots on the ground i'm not talking we're going to send millions old use it but i'm just saying if something would happen wouldn't last very long and she's day john threatened iran with obliteration if terror attacks anything american the u.s. secretary of state might compare things the u.s. has done everything it can to deescalate tensions with iran. america's done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war as there is

a kinetic activity all because the arabians made that choice america's campaign against terror and includes crippling sanctions and the deployment of additional troops and military resources to the middle east the president of iraq has spoken out against this he warned that 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 have been the teachin of the iraqi government for the specific exclusive mission of fighting isis we do not want to be a staging post for any hostile action against any of on labor including iran tension started with washington abandoning the 2015 nuclear deal last year iranian journalist abbas of larning says the u.s. is actually stoking tension with every move. the fresh air or the approach that the americans or their allies have had toward iran has impact that this behavior iran

now we are in this collection more than the region as a result of the united states withdrawal from the nuclear deal and then followed by maximum pressure against iran on the one side we're seeing the americans talking about negotiation on the other hand you are using military threats as well as economic war against the country this shows inconsistency as well as i think ambiguity in their policies because i think donald trump is enjoying advisers who have conflict viewpoints towards iran and other international issues and this has caused this broad chaos to the white house in relation and is of iran the solution in the region needs cooperation and talks and diplomacy between different sides in the region this is the argument of iran. procter and gamble the consumer goods corporation has angered religious conservatives in pakistan with an advertising campaign for

a washing powder that promotes gender equality. he. laid down. a campaign was launched on twitter pakistani to boycott ariel. boy. were muslim and we love our culture a religion no ritual the government should take strict action against ariel bron i miss my request to my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel the soonest possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion because our prime minister of pakistan we want aerial cloth washing detergent is banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media. companies have challenge conservative values in other

countries too coca-cola came under fire after releasing a video depicting a woman driving in saudi arabia critics blasting the brands saying it was smoothing over the oppression of women in the largely conservative muslim country we put the issue to participate. i don't think it's a big u.s. companies job to insert themselves into pakistani culture or if it was women speaking up against their own culture that would be one thing but i feel that it's very wrong for a western company to come in and insert themselves in a culture that maybe isn't adapted the same way that american culture has and a lot of these women it has been their position and their desire to see a change within their country their desire has been for women to have more rights to you know education to financial stability financial empowerment that's come from within the culture so for these women to be on the commercial simply gives them

a platform to add enhanced their voice that they've already been using this kershaw may set back that agenda this commercial may set back that initiative for these women this commercial may create children are you married at the age of whitney a gala can it be i understand how much that we're not sure brady in our years here today are getting to have marilyn company in jail getting them said are willing to you know why you came saying how i see any women i think they're really pushing the envelope. and they're dealing with sharia law and just like i don't want sharia law to come here to america and take over my western american values i don't necessarily think i think it's very confrontational to go into a country that does have shari'a and insert western values there has never in the history i'm just curious if you're going to acknowledge that any type of knowledge that without women in america who are willing to speak up you're not going to acknowledge if we were in america in the 1928 it were not about women sitting up it

was not america up against not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell that it is not a marilyn to speak up against play very because it would put people at risk of being lynched coming out the north stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany battles the u.s. so much is planning to sanction investors linked to the project so enroll for you after the break. join me every thursday. and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport i'm sure. i'll see that. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to

be president and she. wanted. to do i believe this is what. 3 of the more. interesting always in the water. it will lead to showdown between washington and tehran there is no regional ally to restrain the u.s. is worst tendencies with barbs treated and sanctions imposed on the u.s. from sliding into yet another middle east you're. welcome back to the program the u.s. is stepping up pressure on a major energy project between russia and europe the house foreign affairs

committee has passed a sanctions bill targeting the north stream 2 gas pipeline which is currently under construction. is a 1200 kilometer long gas pipeline project from russia to germany russian and western companies have invested $9500000000.00 to double gas imports to europe the project is planned to be completed by the end of the the bill is likely to be passed by a senate panel next month if it becomes law the united states will impose sanctions on investors in north stream to european firms have invested billions of euros in the pipeline and have resisted pressure from washington to abandon the project busy . cletus estimate that u.s. sanctions on russia in place at the moment have cost and german companies billions of euros already. these sanctions are counterproductive fail to serve their political purpose drive a wedge between america and europe and harm everyone in the long term. the e.u. should get started with ending its own sanctions against russia. let's bring in

founder of global resources partnership and geo political expert to my met files are coming into the program now. what we know at the moment germany austria and other european leaders back nord stream to you and they've condemned the u.s. threats of sanctions how do you think this is going to play out and are they able to defy washington. well it's quite clear as you said already a senate. of representatives approved the bipartisan bill on sanctions and it will turn into law probably in august when president trumps science it it's part and parcel of the u.s. policy you also mentioned in your news reports that you know we have a trade and technology warfare going on with china tightening sanctions regime against iran very soon there might be a series of sanctions applied on turkey because of a $400.00. defense system board from russia so in

a series of this kind of actions we see that those determination on the side of us and this is also deepening the rift between the europeans and the americans. because us have several objectives for imposing the sanctions initially on companies investors and also individuals this will make it difficult but we should also think that the europeans are acting in uniform yes as you said germany which will be the main beneficiary of this pipeline coming directly under the baltic sea rather than through troublesome ukraine and then you have all streams of course or and we french and gee they're all in the same boat but you have done mark trying to block or hamper the passage of this pipeline through. territorial water and then you have ukraine which will the biggest losers of such

a. project being realize some of the baltic nations are also worried that this will increase dependence on russian supplies so it's a quite complicated picture i mean even if they try to defy it because i'm a project has already finished 2 tours of it even if they try to defy the u.s. sanctions especially the company is which are in world in the project will be blacklisted by the americans and this is going to have very serious implications for their business interests in the united states not in europe therefore i find it quite difficult how this could be resolved in such a way that it will help. european u.s. transatlantic partnership but also european desire. to keep the relationship you know women proposition with russia yeah i mean a yr you raise some good points there mehmet it is said it's going to deepen the rift between europeans and the americans but although european strong enough to

cope with these sanctions how are they going to continue positive relationships in other areas if they go against the americans. but i mean we saw the same thing in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership which trump council there still is he came to power and in nato we have the burden sharing discussions still going on trump is complaining that europeans are not paying enough for russian defense need to defense expensive and also they are trying to portray now in nato russia as the main enemy so again there are they were just of opinion here and but europeans are not united among themselves look at the european union you know it back seat and also a serious problem internally down refugees unemployment racism on top of that and i i find it quite difficult that they will form a unified it from you because as i said already poland nations

denmark they are on the other side and then germany austria and france so 1st they have to sort out the problems just pull tical equal mercial as well as legally within the european union but my we is that whatever the sanctions are. in fact will be quite serious and costly for european companies but russia is determined to go ahead because it's already finished 2 thirds of the pipeline and i think the only big problem they have is the ships that will be under sanctions which will be laying the pipe pipes under the sea this is a technology which gas from doesn't have it yet and it will have implications also for the other russian project that's turk stream coming under the black sea directed to turkey again bypassing ukraine romania and bulgaria and there also i expect that the next. moves on the us side when this project also is going to be

operational by the end of this years we will have problems that perhaps not for the . turks $31.00 which is going to provide a turkish market there will be i think it's going to be supplied not but turks stream 2 which will serve the southeast european markets. most likely there is going to be a problem there as well i expect ok founder of global resources partnership j a political expert at autopsy thank you very much for coming on to the program. you know most welcome. the so-called trump slump is hitting the media after 2 years of media hype or top news executives admit that trump fatigue is very very real and interest in political coverage is down on to senior correspondent more and thousands and why the president star is painting. for 2 years trump was the gift that kept on giving every ridiculous tweet absurd comments shocking revelation

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