virtue of just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. the u.s. launches a new strategy to counter so-called malign kremlin influence provoking a harsh reaction from moscow which granted it and to russian propaganda. your boy now. a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a bit custody battle between his divorced mother and father who come to grief which gender the child should be identified as. i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this. and the u.k. government or does an investigation often embarrassing leak of diplomatic cables

describing donald trump's administration as a net. and dysfunctional. fellow monday just 10 10 am in the morning here in moscow my name is kevin and with the world news update for the next 30 minutes thanks for watching 1st and countering malign kremlin influence that's how the u.s. agency for international development has called a new strategy to help european countries avoid meddling and reduce the dependence on russian energy moscow's brand it and the russian propaganda a senior correspondent takes us through the plan. usaid has unveiled a new plan a strategy officially aimed at boosting the resilience of part the nation's unofficial it appears to mean giving lots and lots of money to anyone that vocally

and demonstrably doesn't like russia politicians business these efforts will include creating tools for reform minded leaders and civil society voices to tackle corrupt government practices that kremlin agents often selectively exploit for moscow strategic benefit 1st off the us apparently wants to cut out russia's voice i mean the aims aren't exactly vague what could they mean preventing russia others from meddling in elections ok preventing russia from lobbying for its interests negotiating not ok it works both ways i mean we know what some of the reform minded leaders and civil society voices in the us are like. us eats funding will build the capacity of indigenous media to provide trusted independent news and information sources should be fine and all of america's own

independent news and media weren't viewed as biased by its own people trust in the media is still a business americans believe it's biased it's even worse for online media by the way remember when facebook hired at fact checker linked to the us government poynter institute for media studies to filter out unreliable sources and they ended up filtering out opposing political views before they were caught my point why don't they spend that cash on making america's own media but leave a ball. to reduce your opinion regis dependency on russia u.s. sees assistance will include working with individual states to create effective legal and regulatory frameworks and assisting them to do and will function in local and regional energy markets. there it is the crux of it hiding in plain

sight american shale over russian gas more expensive more cumbersome more political yet it's full of freedom freedom gas they said that i have no idea how they do it with a straight face. increasing export capacity from the freeport l.n.g. project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving america's allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy with the u.s. in another year of record setting natural gas production i'm pleased that the department of energy is doing what it can to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of u.s. freedom to be exported to the world it's a whole package money to the media which cries russian wolf money to politicians who get the american way money to lobbyists and get a nice little kickback from selling american gas and moscow of course isn't happy

the term countering is a clumsy attempt to conceal the aggressive offensive approach this conception is blatantly aimed at propagating risa phobia in the world especially in neighboring countries to russia on our side we have proven multiple times that we are open to a stop wishing constructive cooperation with the us on a basis of equality of rights and the consideration of mutual interests however malicious and the russian propaganda by washington which strikes but global domination cancels out these efforts it's a great pity by the way saving best the last you know why usa was expelled from russia 7 years ago why for an election meddling fiasco that for that became a big thing now isn't that ironic unfortunately a mentality took took hold of the establishment in washington early after the demise of the soviet union that there could only be one global superpower in the

united the united states had to have had germany over the entire world and not just russia russia specifically but not just russia china iran venezuela any country that doesn't come crawling to on hands and knees in front of washington and to kiss the ring is regarded as a quote threat. and since russia is the foremost military power that is not under the control of the united states and that's why we've seen things like the expansion of nato and something like this which is kind of a i and information analogue to nato expansion which is to try to ensure domination of europe and to isolate russia as much as possible. the 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a bitter custody battle between his divorced mother and father and the fact that his parents can't agree on which gender the child should be identified as is making the case even more complicated. your boy right now. carol

ok more the story here when with his mother the boy is known as james lives is a girl named luna since he expressed interest in wearing kills clothes the mother began referring to them exclusively as her luna and even rolled the child in school under the female name. of an hour just spoke to james father jeff young you can watch full versions throughout the day instantly here an ati i took it very seriously because i had to some information what i was still living with with and george wallace my my ex-wife had been putting him into timeouts and saying things like the monsters only eat boys ready and some odd things like that so when i heard this i took it very seriously. he said mommy tells me i'm a girl. and i would ask him you know do you look like a girl and say no but mommy tells me i'm a girl i just wanted to verify and i sent her a text and you know are you actually telling james that he's

a girl and she's just replied simply yes and then refused to talk to me about it you know he's never presented himself as a girl to me ever and he factor with me he violently rejects any female identity he won't wear female clothes he won't even wear boy's brief underwear because he says it's too much like girls underwear the fathers won't be fighting for his son to be treated as a boy he's not been accused by wife of abusing the child for not offending him as transgender. but temporary orders that i'm on or before i go to final trial actually do allow me to address him as james and use male pronouns but i cannot do that in front of 3rd parties who know him as a girl so basically i can't go to a school i keep him away from any friends he might have at school that know him as a girl and in my home he's known as james and i use male pronouns what i'm prohibited from doing right now is trying to convince him that he's actually a boy is a boy when he's with you and he forced to dress like a girl or does he dressed like a girl but my his own will when he's with

a mom i believe he dresses by his own will when he's with his mother i just don't think he believes the show love him if he's a boy look i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother busy would do this to her son well this comes especially as to play where the children should be allowed to change their gender at such a young age sociologist frank furedi believes parents shouldn't try to impose agenda choices on their offspring. i think it's wrong for parents to become preoccupied by gender identity it's not something that the vast majority of children ever think about very much so that's something that the experiment with to begin with i think that the danger today is is that we have a very strong political and cultural pressure on the part of parents to be much more relaxed about the boundaries that used to exist between boys and girls

and as the boundaries are questioned so a lot of parents get confused. now expect the headlines supporting the u.k. foreign office has ordered an inquiry into the recent leak of sensitive diplomatic cables penned by britain's ambassador to washington in a series of bombshell remarks donald trump's white house has been described as a net and dysfunctional among many other unflattering remarks by the diplomat we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less and predictable less faction riven less diplomatically clumsy and inept it's more likely that he was never fully onboard and that he was worried about how this apparent reversal of his 2016 campaign promises would look come 2020 at the next presidential election the documents were 1st published by britain's daily mail newspaper over the weekend of my spine the last 2 years kim derek has been the buchanan bastard to the us since 26 states he

was tasked with compiling briefs on donald trump's personality and possible leadership style months before he entered the white house the interim said back not surprisingly maybe the ambassadors assessment of his administration. i would. say that. embarrassingly storm mixed reaction from senior british politicians this was a personal view it's not the view of the british government it's not my view we continue to think under president trump of us administration is not just highly effective but the best possible friend of the united kingdom on the international stage i would be quite careful about what you say which is on a personal basis in those cables because it is all very well talking about the

substance of the relationship the policies but i think some of that may in retrospect to be regarded as unwise i think it is very important that ambassadors give honest unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has been leaked the global policy institute in london told us that the next british prime minister will likely recall the ambassador in a bid to try to contain the damage here. london would like to. close it down i think they probably will have the opportunity in a few weeks when there is a new prime minister installed in number 10 downing street and he will undoubtedly take the opportunity to recall. him appoint a new bass of. time and again shown itself to be utterly craven. american women so we're getting is that however. little

british policy or the british interest what it really matters who the politicians in wire for policy makers in life or is at all times and under all circumstances to keep it in the united states even if it's a totally different mental to british and. staple of america's mad magazine will no longer be a permanent fixture on newsstands it's going to cease publishing new content and the iconic publications monthly issues are going to be replaced with end of year specials instead saskia tayla next morning takes a closer look at whether the media's becoming just a bit too sensitive these days to a joke. the one success to this surreal concept it was shopped vicious at times and wholly irreverent it was called satire and it's dead or rather it's been killed off to 67 years of ruthlessly mocking the wild a bedrock of american comedy the cult satirical magazine mad is shutting up shop

from august it's just going to recycle old content and put a new cover on it this is a publication ingrained in western culture with its child human comics like spy versus spy and even its own board games are doing. ok. it's a game it's truly. not took no prisoners its creator said it was that to toughen up the younger generation show life's ugly side it was also indiscriminate parroting politicians on both sides of the spectrum we pride ourselves on the fact that we have no force. we are all philosophy we are all politics we don't think sides we have no more no scruples we have no safe. we have no bananas and i'm about to set up in 1952 mad was a publication for

a different generation it's lost its place in an era where offense taking on victimhood have become new norms cartoonists now are gagged by hyper sensitive readers and profit driven media moguls cracking jokes is a risky business nowadays as the new york times found out after a jewish themed illustration well went a little wrong and it scrapped all political cartoons and just in case anyone missed its 1st apology it did not the one you know to be on the safe side we are deeply sorry for the publication of an anti semitic political cartoon last thursday in the print edition of the new york times that circulates outside of the united states and we are committed to making sure nothing like this ever had. again such imagery is always dangerous and at a time when anti-semitism is on the rise worldwide it's all the more unacceptable and sometimes you just need a helping hand in pacing offense for example instagram decided to move this cartoon

from a political account on to the general ban of that it was offensive the account was also put on notice told it could be shut down at any moment being too political can make you a voodoo doll for social justice warriors but can also cross the line when it comes to your manager just as veteran cartoonist rob rogers who'd worked for 25 years for one outlet he found dozens of his cartoons rejected the severance package way too on his desk did your editors give you reasons no they didn't give me any reason at all so you'd have to. but the common theme and all the ones that have been rejected is that like 90 percent of them have something to do with trump so so there's a clear pattern they were trying to sort of tamp down the voice that i was having about you know being critical of trump puts a very realistic spin on trump's catchphrase you're fired because making fun of reality has become a minefield now shortly after matt was set up in the fifty's it's created to have

to testify in congress on the negative effects comics were having on the youth of america consultant dr spoke at the hair and worried about whether this innocent generation was prepared for the horrors of it opinion. without any reasonable doubt. any reservations. at anybody. and i have been. getting fact that many of them and i have it perhaps they knew what was coming but for the magazine it seems society has had the last laugh we're in a an era of political correctness and from a private perspective you have the right to censor anything you want if you don't want pornography or you know fatal videos on your on your platform that's totally fine when the government starts censoring i find that a bit alarming the idea that some authority is going to determine what's safe for

us to hear and what's not safe is ridiculous expressing different political opinions is the best thing you can do it's important that people say what they believe and that's why no matter what the opinion is i'd rather the person say it and believe what they're saying and be able to say it so everyone can look at that and hear grit and and judge it for themselves. coming up this monday morning from moscow with a. nuclear deal hanging in the balance president's trump's warning to iran to become. a boost you ready if you read him in richmond programs one of the stories ahead after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development only.

exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. seem wrong. to shape our. attic. and engage with. the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

to the more and more time good morning next president trumps morning a run to be careful often announce plans to accelerate it you're ready i'm in richmond program and suppose the land of the 2050 nuclear agreement. the few 100 feet of the $105.00 thrones already considered to be in breach of that landmark deal after it passed the 300 kilogram uranium stockpile limit it also increased the enrichment cut beyond 3.6 percent yesterday a small step towards getting 2 nuclear power stations up to capacity officials there also recently ruled out further dialogue with washington 2 unless sanctions are lifted well iran is deadline for the past yes that was big news yesterday wasn't it with a year of only able to provide it seems limited relief from the effects of

financial penalties as part of the agreement signed 4 years ago by the united states agreed to ease the sanctions on iran you may recall for that surround had agreed to curb its nuclear program and not to enrich uranium over an established level just talked about the accords been on the brink of collapse though since the u.s. unilaterally withdrew from it last year reimpose devastating penalties on to around well this escalating crisis now has triggered serious concern in the region and among the western signatories of the deal to. germany like her a 3 in you park nurse is extremely concerned by iran's announcement that it has begun in reaching uranium beyond the concentration of 3.67 percent we have repeatedly called on iran not to take further measures that further undermine the nuclear deal while the u.k. remains fully committed to the deal iran must immediately stop and reverse all activities inconsistent with its obligations we are coordinating with other j c p o a participants regarding the next steps on the terms of the deal including

a joint commission we strongly demand that iran puts an end to all the activities that do not conform with its commitments under the j c p o a france is in contact with its partners to engage in the necessary deescalation of tensions executive director of the rumpole institute daniel mcadams thinks the right is still nonetheless committed to the 2015 agreement. well it's pretty amazing when you pull out of the deal when you break a deal and you accused is that the side that remains in the deal of breaking the deal it was the wish to broker a deal by unilaterally pulling out last year plan that could continue taking the terms of the deal you've already broken out of the fact of the matter is if you do study the j.c. pos very closely the main import foreign minister is right there is article $36.00 which says if the other signatories to the deal do not fulfill their obligations under the deal and they have it neither side has neither the us know the europeans then iran can't take certain measures within the deal remaining in the deal so the

reporting that iran has broken the deal is just not accurate whole thing is rigged the neo calls around trump want of war they're pushing it forward to pushing it further and the pushing the same propaganda they pushed when they wanted their war with iraq. recently declassified documents from the us state department reveals that it expected the canadian government to adopt an american 1st policy the memo was written back in 27 say just after prime minister justin trudeau appointed the new foreign minister tell you hawkins takes up more of the story this morning for you. but it comes to foreign relations canada is clear its own interests come 1st canadians came together and rolled up their sleeves canadians from every order of government and walks of life but their country's interests 1st but perhaps unsurprisingly their biggest foreign policy focus is their biggest ally and closest neighbor the land of the free to everyone thinks of canada's been wonderful and so do i love canada. busy and the united states

have perhaps the most successful economic partnership and alliance and friendship in the history of the modern world all that was thrown into jeopardy with a year long standoff over tariffs and trade agreements prime minister justin trudeau of canada acted so meek and mild during our g 7 meeting only to give a news conference after i left saying that you were tariffs were kind of insulting and he will not be pushed around very dishonest and weak our terms are response to his attention 70 percent on dairy canadians did not take it lightly that the united states has moved forward with significant tariffs that its kind of insulting place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith to the plumbers he would president donald trump and then tries this stab them in the back on the way out the door kind of a slap to the top tariffs on billions of dollars of american goods as trudeau

retaliated against what atol was saw as an injustice on washington's part claiming canada won't be bullied as the back and forth criticism got heated doom and gloom headlines appeared but how serious really was this rift if you thought for a 2nd that this could be a permanent break up don't worry yes trudeau says canada 1st but this declassified documents tells us something we may have known all along so just what does this most. say mr trudeau promoted former minister of international trade chrystia freeland to foreign minister in large part because of her strong u.s. contacts many developed before she entered politics her mandate letter from the prime minister listed her number one priority is maintaining constructive relations with the united states trudeau then added to her responsibilities for us affairs giving her responsibility for us canada trade an unprecedented move in the canadian

context seems harmonizing relations with washington is the number one aim for canada and looking at foreign minister christian freeland's track record it seems her america 1st mission is a success a keen supporter of sanctions she's never far behind washington's foreign policy whether it's overthrowing the most durable government in venezuela putting sanctions on syria and of course russia perceiving moscow as an aggressor i think it's pushing is doing is really dangerous forward. neighbors allies friends we all knew last year spot probably wouldn't last long and what kind of there's america 1st policy any war of tariffs was really more a war of words than any real confrontation america 1st. may not be an emblem of canada but it is a necessity camber is always influenced by what happens in the united states

it's it's a neighbor that you cannot ignore economically financially and culturally it's a very symbiotic relationship it's almost as if candor is the 51st state of the united states there we rarely have a canadian prime minister's challenged american policies do you know who did challenge the most it just into those further pierre trudeau he meant taint a very independent economic a mic and especially foreign policy the the son justin trudeau is not doing any of those things he's. completely repudiated in some ways that independence that his brother expressed i'm not sure whose interests in fact he's doing certainly not the interest of most canadians because. particularly in foreign policy he's made more enemies for canada than friends. on the part of folks watching this world

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below and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered. as u.s. russia relations remain in the deep freeze europe is taking a different path when it comes to russia some are calling it the new thought also china calls all the u.k. regarding hong kong indeed old colonial habits die hard.