where leaders are touching done in the japanese city. for one of the most important g. 20 gatherings in recent years most of the real business is predicting. the presidents . are expected to. donald trump threatens china with more while the u.s. . farmers are bearing the brunt of the trade for. american farmer but. in this trade war i think they are one of the casualties they are the trade disruption also coming up iran's foreign minister accuses the white house of violating international law on resorting our politics

with threats to obliterate her. washing powder sparks outrage in pakistan by challenging for additional values promoting gender equality we put the issue off the board to. a lot of these women it has been their position and their desire to change within their country the commercial simply gives them a platform in hand that they've already been using they're putting. women with their commercial and their liberal american it just. around the clock across the world this is our international from the team and myself you know neal hello welcome. we're leaders are arriving in the japanese city of osaka for one of the most important g.

20 gatherings in recent years a lot of interest on the sidelines of the event presidents putin are expected to meet there i'm apparently about sit down between the 2 leaders will not be open to everyone. donald trump telling a c.n.n. journalist out those particular talks are none of her business. right there are forests and. no shortage of topics to be discussed this year what are we expecting. you to know hi well donald trump arrived in japan earlier than bottom our post not that it was a race but still the american president's plane touched down at the airport just before sunset and president already had something to say about the talks even before he left america even before he boarded air force one.

i'll have a very good conversation with what i said is none of your business there's a possibility i'm meeting with russia i'm meeting with china meeting with many countries were meeting with many countries. now just compare that to what donald trump said about 7 months ago to his words that. came from him just before he was on his way to argentina which hosted the g 20 in 2008 saying. based on the facts 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 putin. so how was that for

a change last year it was widely thought that president shows not to sit down with president putin because he was fearing a backlash back home. from the media and from quite a few politicians and there was barely any doubt that otherwise they would have destroyed him for not being able to stand up to everything that kremlin was up to but i can tell you that something's definitely changed this year we only got the confirmation that the whole get together will happen from both the kremlin and the white house a couple of days ago and let's hope that nothing will change at the very last moment besides as i can tell you that i've had a chance to talk to one of the members of the russian delegation earlier on thursday she was physically present in the room where the talks are going to happen

it's a rather small room with plain white walls the only decorations there will be the flags that's of course a tradition and also the logo of the summit so nothing lavish there at all so hard that around 20 journalists will be let inside to hear the 1st minute or 2 of these discussions so at least in this short period of time we'll end up being someone's business we're guard lists of what mr trump thinks yeah good insight thanks for bringing us up to date with some of what we can expect. in the japanese city of osaka. one of the pressing issues ahead of the summit is the trade war of course between the u.s. and china that's been roughly on for quite some time and it dulls from post threaten to increase levies on beijing if talks with the country's president 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 on track they want to make indio i've only done phase one phase one is 25 percent to 250000000000 i haven't done phase 2 yet now phase 2 doesn't have to be. 25 percent it could be 10 percent which people can absolutely handle are pretty startling figures here when you break them the u.s. has already imposed tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports over what it sees as unfair trade practices beijing we tell you that by stomping its own levy on hundreds of american agriculture all products mr trump claims the u.s. will not bear the cost of the dispute but up and talks also through it is american farmers who are suffering one 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 they got mark down on his planned paradise 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 work all make in the fields milk cows 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 trump's 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 more farmer but. a little straight war i think they are 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 and we're going to help out our 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 d.m. 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 $427000000000.00 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 the 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 theirs angers everything else our plaything

window of 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 the 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. well the g 20 will be clouded by tensions in the persian gulf whedon state iran's foreign minister criticized donald trump's 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 that is

a united nations road to a threat of force is either you go. well when asked about the possibility of a war with iran mr trump boasted it would be a quick for but i've heard that he doesn't want. something should happen where diverse drug 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 i just want to point out as well that on tuesday he threatened iran with oh bless aeration if to run attacks called anything can the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o thinks the u.s. has done everything it can to deescalate tensions with the islamic republic. america's done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war if there is a communique activity it will be because the arabians made their choice so america's campaign against iran includes crippling sanctions that the point of

additional troops and military resources to the middle east the president of iraq has spoken out against this quite rare for him to do so 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 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 iran or tensions between iran and washington rose when the u.s. abandoned the 2015 hard fought nuclear deal last year it really a journalist. me believes the u.s. is actually still contentions with pretty much every move take a listen. the pressure 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 tehran on the one side we're seeing the americans talking about negotiation on the other hand they're using militant 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 advisors 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. or let's move the program on 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. down. there is a campaign running right now on twitter in pakistan to boycott. boy could ariel we're muslim and we love our culture or religion and no rituals the government should take strict action against ariel brand i miss my request to all my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel a soon as possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycott areal prime minister of pakistan we want ariel cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media

. well companies have challenged and at other times overlooked staunchly conservative values in other countries as well coca-cola came under fire all through leasing a video this pick being a woman driving in saudi arabia critics blasted the brand saying it was smoothing over the oppression of women in the largely conserve muslim country we put the issue off for debate. i don't think it's a big u.s. companies job to insert themselves into pakistani culture 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 in 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 kirshner 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 gal can it be i understand how much how we're not sure brady in our years here dating are getting to know marilyn company in jail getting them said are willing to you know why you claim saying how i see any women i think they're really pushing the envelope when 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 and 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. if we were in america in the 1928 it were not about women sitting up it was not america up again it is not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell what it is and not a marilyn to speak up against the lavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. the so-called trump slump is hitting the media after 2 years of media hype top news executives admit that trump fatigue is very real and interest in overall political coverage is dull and artie's senior correspondent rocco's the of delves into why the president star is seemingly fading . for 2 years trump was the gift that kept on giving every ridiculous tweet absurd comment a shocking revelation milked for all it was worth but all good things come to an end and people getting bored did it to the man for trim related content has dropped

29 percent between the 1st 6 months of the trump presidency and the most recent 6 months from wasn't a craze he was and is the bread and butter for an entire industry the media all the ratings are up it means you can do without donald trump you would be lost with donald trump when he says no that's not true c.n.n. newsroom's would be a look toilet with you. with the trump did you date him because you you hate him back you love him no one in this room ones to admit is that trump has helped all of you if only it were that simple this was a merciless and unforgiving rat race every page of you every t.v. rating point had to be 4 to over pundit versus pundit and media arms race began

to really win the audiences with any piece of trump trivia and the crazier the more absurd it was the more people would click you heard the juiciest part of the trunk cohen tape every day just see the big story about trump being an agent of the russian government over the weekend donald trump's personal doctor and secondhand speedboats salesman declared that trump would be the healthiest individual ever elected president the former trump insider says she has recordings of him using the n. word his own words and actions are racist to stormy daniels new book about her life it's not that book wow she tells all from the details of her career in one. 2 guests being in bed with the future president of the united states it was the golden age of sellout journalism stars rose and fell on trump's name career has made and done made they were drunk on ratings pal up but well good

things come to an end now comes the hangover it marshall media in the united states is driven by profit trump has been extremely profitable for them they give disproportionate amount of airtime to anything from tweets or says or does they are driven not by any sense of responsibility towards journalism with a mole or report people realize that night after night they had been fed unsubstantiated conspiracy theories there are their ratings have declined precipitously since then. so they're going to be searching desperately to maintain the kind of revenue that trump has. consistently brought in for them and which they profited by over the last couple years. i want to bring in now to north africa news coming in from tunisia where

a suicide bomber hust carried out an attack on security forces in the capital tunis the country's interior ministry saying that blast injured 9 people including 4 police officers be assaulted place near the french and the scene in the city no group has yet come or detained be attacked the incident comes 4 years after 60 people were killed in 2 attacks on a museum and beatrice award in the country it's on the state those responsible will bring you more on this as and when it comes. up after the break the nord stream to the gas pipeline from russia determining is a partly ruffling hear us father so much it's planning to sanction the investors linked to the project.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see if. we're going to st petersburg international economic forum and the topic and always are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the global economic order well the answer of course is yes it's a matter of degree. in the lead a 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 us from sliding into yet another middle east war.

22 minutes into the program welcome back the united states is stepping up pressure on a major energy project between russia and europe the house foreign affairs committee has passed the sanctions bill targeting the nord stream 2 gas pipeline which is currently under construction or stream to is a 1200 kilometer long gas pipeline from russia to germany russian to western companies have invested 9 and a half 1000000000 euro to double gas imports to europe the project is planned to be completed by the end of this year now the bill which we're speaking about is likely to be by a senate panel next month if it becomes law the united states will impose sanctions on north stream to invest. tours european firms have invested billions of people in

the pipeline and have resisted pressure from washington to abandon the project business leaders estimate that u.s. sanctions on russia in place at the moment have cost german companies in particular dearly. these sanctions are counterproductive fail to serve the 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 well i geo political expert we spoke to say that no matter what the sanctions actually are russia can still come out on top. there is determination on the side of us and this is also deepening the rift between the europeans and americans. because us have several objectives for imposing the sanctions initially on companies investors and individuals this will make it difficult even if they try to defy it because i'm

pushing this road to finish 2 tours of it even if they try to defy do our sanctions especially the companies which are involved in the project will be blacklisted by them. and this is going to have very serious implications for the business interests in the united states not in your price is extremely important in this natural gas trade and russia having the largest reserves and the exports to the european union if they play with the prices and also terms of contracts restructure the contracts make it more attractive to the europeans with what they were the u.s. sanctions are will be very incentive for us to get more gas from russia and russia has despite to do it this way it will also prevent. us gaining market share kept market share from russia for its own natural gas especially at

energy exports that we have expected we are expecting to queens continuously over the next years. to a twister than ever present story and i well doubled from complains of a flood of migrants trying to get into the u.s. across the mexican border there's a steady flow in the opposite direction we caught up with one of the many people heading south. we've been trying to do people you can do it we can do it this is. the problem a lot of. i

was born from a mexican mom american dad he's from texas my mom's from. i was raised in houston texas i decided to move to mexico because i feel like i could go ahead and give a different look into what traditionally is done in mexico i believe mexico say very multicultural very strong but we tend to do things very traditionally. being mexican american i think we are the best at being able to promote this diversity within the mexican productive we are kind of the voice of these dual system that we're living through. i think mexico. could treat or is treating immigrants a bit better than they may be other countries why because it's been an

immigrant exporting nation i would say that mexico right now it's in a moment of change. or i mean to the rafters watching the hawks next we're crossing to washington d.c. on the gun in a moment close part to international. live . play. the full. play. play.

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and very well welcome to you watching us and send us. that's geysers line as. they say. this is a central plank so for dying at the moment they're all the right stuff to. greetings and salutation as well watchers that it seems that despite the incredible breakthroughs in green energy we've seen emerge over the last few decades we humans

and our governments and our businesses and militaries are still stuck on the great oil spigot that got us through the 20th century and the results of this wonderfully sticky toxic relationship are grim discoveries like the one recently uncovered by the federal bureau of safety environmental and forstmann along with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration which found that the longest oil spill in u.s. history may be 900 times larger than originally estimated yes way back in the bygone age of 2004 hurricane ivan crashed through the gulf of mexico and damaged an oil production platform operated by taylor energy to the tune of a continuous leak of 3 to 5 gallons a day despite the company's best efforts to stop it or at least that's what we were told back in 2015 when the leak was finally finally revealed to the public thanks to an a.p.o. investigation well now according to this recent study gizmodo is reporting that the leakage could be as high as.