u.k. government orders an investigation after an embarrassing leak of diplomatic cables describing donald trump's administration is inept clumsy and dysfunctional. you for now. only a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a custody battle between his divorced mother and father come to agree on which gender the child should be identified. so 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 to her son. the u.s. launches a new strategy to counter so-called malign kremlin influence provoking harsh reaction from moscow and see russian propaganda.

by the way just this monday mosco my name is kevin and he with a half hour world news update thanks for your time 1st on the u.k.'s foreign office has ordered an inquiry into the recently of those sensitive diplomatic cables penned apparently by britain's ambassador to washington and if he was a bombshell remarks president donald trump's white house is described as a net and dysfunctional among many other unflattering remarks too by the diplomat let's get across this in more detail for those on the london take a. big embarrassment for the u.k. government isn't it. i there kevin yes indeed it is some revelations indeed i mean as you said this is the story of a foreign office inquiry into a series of leaks memos that came from the u.k.'s ambassador to the us so kim darrick well so kim has a 42 year career in diplomacy but some of these e-mails ended up in the mail on

sunday the british newspaper and in those memos he gave a candid and damning assessment of the trumpet ministration. we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less and predictable less faction ridden less diplomatically clumsy and inept. well so came also called into question donald trump's publicly stated reason for calling off an ass strike on terror on or following the downing of a us drone by iran trump said that he was 10 minutes away from making that command but called it off because there would be 150 casualties but secant says it was actually a question of policy and trying harking back to his campaign promise of not allowing more u.s. troops to go into foreign wars. it's more likely that he was never fully on board and that he was worried about how this apparent reversal of his 2016 campaign promises would look come 2020 at the next presidential election well in response to

these emails and their revelations trump was clearly unimpressed but restrained in his comments. without a doubt. well the response from the u.k. has been rather mixed the trade secretary liam fox focused on the leak itself said it was unethical unpatriotic unprofessional and the person behind them was maliciously trying to undermine the relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. whereas other politicians concentrated on the content of the e-mails and the author itself. 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 the us administration is not just highly effective but the best possible friend of the united kingdom on the international

stage i think it is very important that ambassadors give honest unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has been leaked from the moment trump was elected this man was the wrong person to be the british ambassador the globalist an outlook totally opposed to the time to train the sooner his gun the better. well the leak comes at a key time for the u.k. as it looks to boost its trade with the u.s. following blanks it remains to be seen if this blush in diplomacy will have an effect on the special relationship and the post breaks it economy ouch capehart he's in london there thanks for that update let's get the thoughts live from john why political commentator and journalist and other john thanks for making the time so the pair face a behind the scenes not so diplomatic words allegedly revealed john you surprised by the content of these messages and a broken cover now or not at all this is the normal diplomatic speak that takes place behind the scenes in these numbers at those these cables to the governments

from various capitals given the unvarnished views of the governments and which the are operating as ambassadors there is very about us and i think for the diplomatic service it's embarrassing for treason his government but i don't think trying to be overly concerned he knows that i mean tory government is on the way probably led by boris johnson who has committed to our breaks as if it needs need be and that is of course state of the number of that and as you know and as and a lot of people know donald trump has made known in the past his preference would be financial for ash to be them busted up in washington asia for our speech trump let no one else in the u.k. so few laws that could be coming down the track only it was going the setting in the european parliament the head of effects of arctic president trump was quick to comment but you say he's going to brush this off is it going to affect that much faulted special relationship between the u.k. and the us then or not no not at all i think this will be don't do so kim.

preferences is anti trump being used he's anti blacks it used trump is oh sure believe that and a hard place so i think donald trump's restrain language can feign to it's making sure he can nick in on that he doesn't think this is an 8 month the job i think that reflects the fact that this is just going to be glossed over whoever comes in to number 10 later this month probably voters johnson i think his 1st order of business will be to swiftly dispatch so i can dial it back to the u.k. yes there's going to be damage limitation a very quickly. yes very much still very much so the so-called special relationship will not be damaged by this will be an opportunity to someone else in washington. the preferences which regards to donald trump your 2nd ballot in the tourist who was unable to get much contact with the white house saw as personal relations with the trumpet ministration were not the best so they say this will be a train opportunity to someone in there to do a more effective job and

a lot of meetings roundtable this morning asking quite how this type of diplomatic cable information it could've been leaked earthquake serious proceed in a scandal actually given at the heart of the british civil service or corporate government we've heard the recent weeks the leak about civil servants spreading rumors that jeremy corbyn the leader of the opposition is too ill is not to be the prime minister and know this so this shines a harshly on the civil service i think all feeds into the overall overarching paralysis at the heart of the british the biggest to blacks and i think the split a seizure of the civil service is part of the john white plays of commentator journalist thanks make the time for this morning. the. next story of the united states a story of fidelity 6 year old boy in the state of texas 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 their child should be identified as is making the case even more complicated than your boy right now. only carol.

well when with his mother the boy known as james that lives as a girl named lunette since he expressed interest in wearing girls' clothes the mother began referring to me exclusively as her and even rolled the child in school under the female name artie's so selfish of analysis poke direct to james's father jeff younger and in stanley as well a tip of in case of full version of this if you fancy this later this hour on this channel. 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 ready timeouts and saying things like the monsters only eat boys ready 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 boys' brief underwear because he says it's too much like girls underwear with a father's long been fighting for his son to be treated as a boy he's not been accused by his ex-wife the using the child for not of his transgender of the cutting is hassle the temporary orders that i'm under 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 what forced to dress like a girl or does he dress 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 was a broader backdrop to this is comes a specialist debate whether or not children should be allowed to change their gender at such a young age social just frank furedi believes parents shouldn't impose gender 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 it's not something that they 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. next countering malign kremlin influence that the u.s. agency for international development has called a new strategy out to help european countries avoid outside meddling and reduce the dependence on russian energy moscow's branded it in response and see russian propaganda a senior correspondent were guest of across this today taking us through the plan in more detail. usaid has unveiled a new plan a strategy officially aimed at boosting the resilience of part of 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 businessmen media i mean it's in the name countering my line kremlin influence plan.

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 veg 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 yeah our 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 the 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 at 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 they 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 or 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 a and information analogue to nato expansion which is to try to ensure domination of europe and to ice sleet russia as much as possible it day 60 moscow time president trump smalling around to be careful after announce that excel aerated its ukrainian enrichment program and surpass the cap that was outlined in the 2050 nuclear agreement he would inspectors indeed confirm the increase on monday after visiting sites in iran.

300. $65.00 course terrans already considered to be on the breach of the landmark deal after it passed that 300 kilogram uranium stockpile limited ended low also increase which is said the enrichment cap beyond the 3.6 percent a small step towards getting maybe 2 nuclear bows stations up to capacity they hope the officials there also recently ruled out further dialogue with washington and less sanctions were lifted so long ago to think about no iran's deadline for that there's no past that was yesterday with europe only able to provide limited relief it seems the end of the day for the effects of the big financial penalties as part of the agreement signed 4 years ago the united states agreed to ease the sanctions on iran for that surround agreed to curb its nuclear program or not to enrich uranium over an established level the accords been on the brink of collapse since the u.s. unilaterally withdrew from it last year and reimpose devastating penalties on to iran so the escalating crisis has triggered serious concern in the region and among

the western signatories of the deal to. germany like her a 3 in you partners is extremely concerned by iran's announcement that it has begun enriching 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 under 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 a france is in contact with its partners to engage in the necessary deescalation of tensions executive director the ron paul institute done a mcadams things around is still all this said committed to the 2015 agreement. was

pretty amazing when you pull out of the deal when you break a deal and you're curious is that the side that remains in the deal of breaking the deal it was the worst of both of you by your laterally pulling out last year planted to 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 then re-import foreign minister is right there is article 36 which says if the other signatories to the deal do not fulfill their obligations under the deal and they have it neither side neither the us no the europeans then iran can 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 cause around trouble want a war they're pushing it forward they're pushing it further and a push in the same propaganda they push when they want their war with iraq. a staple of american society magazine when a longer be a permanent fixture on newsstands we can reveal t. is going to cease publishing new content and the iconic publications monthly issues

will now be replaced by just n.d.'s spesh. legs today says kid taylor takes a closer look at whether the media's become just a bit too sensitive these days to a joke. that once existed 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 mascot alfred e. newman comics like spy versus spy and even its own board games. it's a game it's truly. not took no prisoners its creator said it was

that 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 philosophy we are all philosophy we have no politics we don't. have no more. we have no safe. we have no religion and i've. set up in 1052 mad was a publication for a different generation it's lost its place in an era where offense taken 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 happens 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 decide to try move this cartoon from a political media 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 might shut you down on digital forms but it's really the best time to be a comedian or to be a truth teller or to be satirical cartoonist right now because because it's such a sensitive time it's actually in demand it's a great time to be someone who's who's criticizing and making political

commentary and cultural commentary right now it being too political can make you a vigil for social justice warriors but can also cross the line when it comes to a manager just as veteran cartoonist rob watches could walk for 25 years for one outlet he found dozens of his. rejected and a severance package waiting on his desk did your editors give you reasons. no they didn't give me any reason at all so you'd have to ask them but 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 that they were trying to sort of tamp down the voice that i was having about you know being critical of trump but it's a very realistic spend on trump's catchphrase. 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 effect his 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 and made out any recommendation. that i make up and. hunted it in fact there are 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 from a private perspective you have the right to censor anything you want if you don't want pornography or you know. 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. 25 minutes past midday quick reminder as mentioned earlier on the sophie shevardnadze is white in the wings with her latest show the talk but early on in this bulletin stand by for that next but for now here in moscow is kevin i would say thanks for watching this update with more for you in half an hour this is. international. film with not a movie star but in your circles one of. you know one of the much for the call it was a little bit more when you. look. at.

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welcome to sofia com so. transgenders therapy for children of all ages is gaining popularity at a cost make speed all over the world our efforts to fix what nature apparently got wrong justified especially at such a tender age or are we putting our young in danger while we'll talk about that with jeff younger man who is fighting for his son to remain a boy and sociologist frank furedi. your boy. who told you your girl molly gender identity is something children as young as 3 are unlikely to. have a clear understanding of who they want to be. in the crossfire of debate about

whether a sex change their piece should be available to the young and vulnerable while celebrities office support and the whole front calling it necessary treatment. whether such progress really will improve thousands of people's lives represents a dangerous trend for humanity. jeff younger a father of the 70 year old james jeff welcome to the show it's great to have you with us thanks for agreeing to talk to us thank you for you're welcome thank you for having me on so your story has sparked a huge debate all around the world at the very beginning when your son james 1st told you that he was a girl what was your reaction i mean were you taken aback did you take it seriously i took it very seriously because i had to some information and what i was still living with with george was my ex-wife had been putting him in timeouts and saying things like the monster is only

a boy ready and some 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. you know he's never presented himself as a girl to me ever that he factor with me he violently rejects any female identity he won't wear female clothes he won't even wear boys' brief underwear because he says it's too much like girls' underwear so he's basically leaving the bipolar life right now he's a boy when he's with you and he what forced to dress like a girl or does he dress 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 that she'll love him if he's a boy but he dresses as a boy in her house as well did to she somehow tell him not to dress as a boy a few wants to dress a boy. i've only been in public with him as

a girl on twice and on both cases when i brought boy's clothes his mother was extremely disapproving and in one case. hole to mount of my arms and i had to let him go so they wouldn't get her so that he wouldn't be allowed to put on boys' clothes seguin's told you know that she disapproves of it strongly james told you that his mother dresses him and girl's closing uses hair clips puts nail polish on him was that was my immediate reaction would be to get in touch with his mom and ask why you do that why i was what was an explanation did you have to talk about. well 1st of all 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. then the next time.