people. interested in the water. world leaders are. gathering this year's session is expected to be dominated by trade tensions between . in the persian gulf. in the run up to the forum president threatening china with a further $300000000000.00 worth of. trade war. the. trade war. one of the casualties. foreign minister.

says the. international law. with its threat. is country. the un special rapporteur. campaign. in the world and welcome to moscow on to our international unit with you here. the leaders of the world's major powers have started arriving in japan. 20 summit which begins on friday they're facing a raft of challenges at this year's forum including the trade dispute that deteriorating security situation in the persian gulf president putin will be among

the heads of state in attendance is expected to meet with donald trump on the sidelines with more. the u.s. president donald trump made it to japan quicker than his russian counterpart lot of are potent not that it was a race but still the u.s. president's plane touched down at the airport in osaka just before sunset and i'll tell you what the american leader had something to say about the talks even before he left america even before he boarded busy air force one i'll have a very good conversation with a what i said it is none of your business there's a possibility i'm meeting with russia i'm meeting with john i'm meeting with many countries were meeting with many countries now just compare that to donald trump's words 7 months ago compare that to what he said right before he headed to argentina which hosted the g. 20 in 2018. based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to

ukraine from russia i have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting in argentina with president vladimir putin that was mr trump referring to the current strait incident last year when ukrainian vessels were trying to sail through the straits between crimea and mainland russia but in any case how was that for a change in tone last year it was widely thought that president trump chose not to sit down with president putin because he was allegedly fearing a backlash back home from the media and from quite a few politicians and there is barely any doubt that they would have destroyed him otherwise for what they call not being able to stand up to everything that the kremlin was up to while something's definitely changed this year the confirmation

that the whole get together will happen from both the white house and the kremlin old became a couple of days ago and we heard from both administrations that the leaders will discuss the usual iran syria ukraine north korea and venezuela 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 the 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 2 of these. this short period of time

well being someone's business will guard lists of what mr trump things. or geopolitics expert pir a manual to man told us that in light of the shifting balance of global power the meetings on the sidelines of this year's g. 20 will be particularly significant. experience seeing is a new cycle or. just 46 years but war and its means new powers are merging very great power rivalry which dominates the scene and the latter one organizations are less and less the center of. attention of great powers and we can see that as g 20 eva be led to or d.v.d.'s and meetings would be more important g. 27th in weaver or the new american book tree

in america 1st. well before jetting off to japan donald trump threatened to hit all remaining imports of chinese goods to the u.s. with tar us if a trade deal is not struck in the saga. so they want to make a deal they want to make a deal more than i do let me put a bad market they want to make a deal i've only done phase one phase one is 25 percent to 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 yet just let's break that down the u.s. has so far impose tariffs on $250000000000.00 worth of chinese imports over what it sees as unfair trade practices among washington's concerns are beijing subsidies to chinese firms its restrictions and competition and its alleged intellectual property theft china for its. it has placed import taxes on $110000000000.00 worth

of american goods that's hit the u.s. i grew cultural sector particularly hard as china is its largest export market accounting for about a 5th of overseas sales and 2017 or kill him up and picks up the story. 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. gone looked down on his planet 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 were told to go in the fields milk cows again eat supper then go to town and stay fashion that night at 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 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 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 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 are 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 planting 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 or 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. r.t. new york. the u.n. special report to world torture hose once again highlighted his concerns over the case of wiki leaks founder julian assange there's no accusing the media of ignoring the alleged inhumane treatment of the whistleblower clits like the guardian the washington post. and reuters reportedly declined to publish the u.n. officials latest report inet news melzer argues that. been slandered to divert attention from the revelations wiki leaks has helped expose he also sees the whistleblower has been deprived of a fundamental rights. special report to earlier highlighted sun just prison conditions is a major concern he's currently serving a 50 week sentence in the u.k.

for skipping bail back in 2012 mr meltzer also brought up other issues last month saying lawyer visits have been limited to shorts and access to case files and documents being lacking. very happy to say we can join the military un special rapporteur on torture live to the program now you're very welcome why do you believe the mainstream media is not paying attention to your findings and in particular op-ed we've been described me. well thank you for having me i think it's a really important issue. it seems to me that the press was interested in my findings as long as i was simply criticising the government's now obviously in the case of julian the mainstream media played a major role in the public campaign that has vilified him for almost

a decade and so obviously my op ed addresses the responsibility of the media and their part in this what i describe something like a village and then probably that's why they are reluctant to publish it. the treatment of julian assange amongst his psychological torture what facts do you have to back that up just to make the point clearer. yeah i think it's very important to point out i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited julian assange i didn't know him before so i took with me 2 experienced medical experts a psychiatry and a forensic expert and have worked for decades in examining torture victims just to go to the objective scientific and medical basis for my assessment and what they found is a person who shows all the symptoms that are typical for

a person who has been exposed to prolonged psychological torture now. i it was my job obviously then to identify the curses for these symptoms now julian assange has been detained or confined to a limited space very controlled environment for more than 6 years where we really know what he has been exposed to so. we could actually identify the causes with a high degree of certainty and now i'm coming to the point he has been exposed to public more being now that's a slippery slope you know who will be in a debate when it's 2 side it's been lobbying basically is something like mudslinging that's not torture yet but when you start exposing a isolated individual who cannot defend himself to a sustained campaign shaming of humiliation of ridicule for even death threats and calls for his assassination and he's completely isolated then that can cause severe

psychological trauma just to go back to the press situation for a moment did any of the media outlets actually explaining to you gave you the reasoning why they ignored the findings on your report. well to be fair they didn't agree nor my initial observations that i published on the 31st of may i submitted because yesterday was the day the international day of the victims of torture and i submitted a op ed for publication that was entitled the masking the torture of julian a son and i submitted it to more than 10 mainstream. indian will saxon area u.s. u.k. and australia and none of them responded positively both. explain the reasons why some of them said that it wasn't. some of them said it wasn't high

enough on their news agenda some of them said that it was not within their core area of interest but you know there have been reporting all of them on the case of julian assange when it was about his cat and his skateboard and kind of the allegations that he smeared excrements on the walls but when you have a serious piece that actually tries to damascus this this public narrative to actually show the facts below it then they're not interested. both the u.k. and australia have rejected torture claims how do you respond to that in the sense of that you are actually accused of meddling in the process of the british court system as far as i'm aware. well basically i'm exercising my mandate a mandate that has been supported by the u.k. and by australia whenever i have criticizing other countries they were instrumental

also in getting me appointed on this mandate and to be clear i you know the foreign secretary jeremy hunt is my counterpart in the u.k. and i asked him for authorization to visit during our son's removed or to examine the situation and the risk of torture and so he knew precisely what i was going to do and when he obviously they didn't like the result of my observations now all of the sudden this would be meddling in the traditional process it is my mandate to examine whether to do just what proceedings are fair whether they are in compliance with human rights and whether or whether we have come to come to the conclusion that rather we are observing judicial harassment that are designed to put under undue pressure and to actually break him psychologically another aspect of this of course sweden has reopened its rape investigation against julian assange there is still the possible extradition to the us from that how do you see this putting it.

well i have made several statements on these 2 little proceedings and in sweden it is not for me to conclude whether there is really any substance to these allegations or not but i have worked in the court system myself and i can say that these types of allegations you know when you keep it under stage of a preliminary investigation for 10 years without having enough evidence to press charges then probably you're not going to have a successful prosecution on these allegations so it rather seems that this has been artificially been kept alive in order to keep under pressure and to undermine his credibility. now clearly the swedes now have to sign. they don't need his extradition 10 years into the process and that they can question him just as well in london which sanchez offered you know for 10 years. and the u.s.

obviously is waiting now and has has published their indictment with the 18 charges which i think is very important that 17 of these charges relate to what investigative journalists are doing every day around the world namely protecting and publishing. information well thank you very much for coming on the program detailing laying out for us reports we've been speaking to the un special rapporteur on torture this hour at meals melzer. still a come this hour an advert by an american consumer giant has pushed the boundaries of tradition in pakistan we have a look at the reaction plenty more besides. the answer to every single the economic problem every single number every single

statistic every single market reactions to lower rates that's the whole it's like an alcoholic drinks when they're happy they drink when they're sad they drink because it's tuesday they drink because it's day time they drink because they're not balling they just drink drink drink drop how rates whether the economy is expanding whether it's tracking booth president doesn't matter his dog bit on his wife hates he's going to lower rates makes no difference that's the only thing they did. 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 what can stop the u.s. from sliding into yet another middle east war.

here we're back with an ongoing story now as the crisis in the persian gulf continues around the foreign minister zarif sharply criticized donald trump over the u.s. president's threats to annihilate his country president trump should remember that we don't live in the 18th century there is a united nations tried to threat the force is he going. well when asked on wednesday or by the possibility of a war with iran it would be a quicker for but said he doesn't want a conflict something should happen where the 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 1000000 soldiers it but i'm just saying if something would happen wouldn't last very long. donald trump's numerous

warnings that are run could be heading for a quote old bill iteration the u.s. secretary of state might bump a will say as he believes tehran is wholly responsible for the current crisis. america's done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is warriors there is a kinetic activity all because the arabians made that choice well america's pressure campaign against iran includes crippling sanctions and the deployment of additional troops military resources to they made east now the president of iraq is the leaders high level figure in the region to comment on the situation he warned that the u.s. will not be given permission to use his country to launch any kind of military action against neighboring countries including 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 tensions escalated between tehran and washington it should be pointed out when the us abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal last year here is the view of a notable arena in journalism relations between the 2. 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 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 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. to pakistan where a washing powder out has triggered a gender equality right the brand owned by american multinational procter and gamble opted to show women taking on traditionally male roles. you've. played down. not advertisement those images drummed up plenty of reaction on social media with some people even calling for the authorities to take action against the problem.

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 and it's my request to all my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel assoon as possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycotts ariel prime minister of pakistan we want aerial cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media we are some media commentators whether the the tertian to was right to push the boundaries of social norms in pakistan. 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 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 would it be a gala can it be i understand how much how we're not sure brady and i are getting to know marilyn company in jail getting them said are willing to you know why why you came 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 what merica 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 as if you're going to acknowledge that any type of knowledge that we without women in america 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 again it's not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell that it is not a marilyn to speak up against lavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. seriously change of pace an exhibition of all things military the other. forum army 2019 has been taking place just outside of moscow this thursday it's really been a showcase of cutting edge technology here in russia with a foreign audience watching all very only courses on off to. army 290 and it is these events for russian and international manufacturers alike to

take their brand new weapons and technologies and showcase them to the world i mean look just here we have dozens if not hundreds of pieces of military equipment full fugit exposition where houses and this is just the geographically central part of the exposition you can take a bus and check out the naval part of the expo you can check out the military drill site and see some of these pieces of hardware in action or you can take another bus and go to an airfield and enjoy the airshow it's an international event so companies here are often not competitors but partners france representatives from russia and from abroad are side by side here it's a battle of the brands for exposure here manufacturers resort to all sorts of tricks to attract more attention to their creations from a group seeking solutions like this one to a life sized iron man mask right next to machines of war and put your section where

you can not just try something on but gear up to. the hour those are not what they see and this is the latest interpretation of an unmanned drone i mean apart from a clearly only theological disguise this thing can pinpoint narrowed down the location of a target to 10 meters something clearly worthy of the attention of the commander in chief. it seems there's nothing military you can do here you can go window shopping you can buy. something for personal use on a corporate scale you can play around with various interactive models or add something with a clear field to children as well because tomorrow already this place is expected to be swarming with families with kids.

eager to down off with their report while down here in 30 he'll be here to keep you updated on all of thursday's big news stories but 1st let's get a check on some more great programs beginning moment. greetings and sally you taishan us well our watchers 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 enforcement 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 in the 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.a. investigation well now according to this recent study gizmodo is reporting that the leakage could be as high as 4578 gallons a day and just for you folks keeping score at home with the calculator that's roughly 25000000 gallons of oil leaked into the gulf of mexico since 2004 and why can't they just put a cap on this leak well according to one of the report's authors andrew mason the physical scientists and the oas center for co.