the trump of ministration urges congress to permanently reauthorize the suspended mass surveillance program prompting an outcry from rights groups. the u.s. issues a warrant to seize an iranian oil tanker after the supreme court ordered its release earlier this week the vessel was impounded by british royal marines in the mediterranean last month. a young girl blocked from joining one of germany's most famed boys' choirs sues for gender discrimination cases thrown out by court.

live from moscow this is the international on the world update this hour where are you checking in with us thanks for choosing r.t. the top administration is calling on lawmakers in washington to permanently reauthorize the national security agency to use it the request was made in a letter sent to congress on thursday signed by the now former national director of intelligence dan coats additionally his appeal also revealed that the controversial call detail records program had actually been suspended after collecting more information than was legally allowed the spying program falls under a section of the usa freedom act which is set to expire this coming december and now reports. the trump white house is speaking up about a high profile n.s.a. program that allows the recording of americans phone calls and personal messages dan coats the outgoing director of national intelligence is urging congress to reauthorize the law before it expires at the end of the year now dan coats has

confirmed that the n.s.a. has put the program on hold however he says it's necessary to have the ability to get the program going again if needed as technology changes his trade craft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt in light of these dynamic environments the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well a coalition of privacy and civil liberties advocates sent a letter of their own to the u.s. house judiciary committee and said of renewing the program they called for meaningful surveillance reform the government's implementation of the program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and its lack of efficacy it is highly concerning that it took almost 3 years to detect the fact that the n.s.a. was collecting records even beyond the broad authorization provided under the program the n.s.a. should not be permitted to resume this program now the freedom act gives the n.s.a.

the ability to build a network with the telecommunications companies to record the phone calls and personal messages not just of the suspects but of anyone that they are in contact with. and voted to allow it to proceed for the. they are will vote against it it is better than the usa patriot act but it doesn't go far enough in my mind in protecting all civil liberties we find that we're spending resources for no benefit in terms of public safety in real just in terms of freedom and liberty and this is

why i voted against the freedom act when they said it would fix the problems inherent in the patriot act just stop spying on innocent americans instead of trying to make it legal. when the freedom act came down it was a way to try to ease americans and say no no we're going to make sure we work out the kinks but i think americans know better than that because and that's what dan coats is saying here is that anything the n.s.a. and sometimes the n.s.a. just gets surveillance information that's just hundreds and pages of nothing and they've actually come out saying that it doesn't really help resolve or solve any terrorism or investigate terrorism activities so because of this though now they can send out or they can decimate that disseminate that information out to the cia to other players to the f.b.i. and to people who might not have the knowledge of who really is a threat which is going to put a lot of americans at risk certainly these privacy violations so yes you're allowed to surveil you're allowed to keep your country safe from terrorism from these kinds of acts but at the rate that it infringes on the privacy rights of people who have absolutely no known ties to terrorism that's where it gets

a little bit tricky. the u.s. justice department issued a warrant calling for the seizure of an iranian oil supertanker released by to say the document says that the ship the oil it's carrying a nearly $1000000.00 in cash subject to forfeiture of violating u.s. sanctions on iran the world also cites bank fraud money laundering and terrorism related statutes it alleges additionally the iran's revolutionary guard attempted to make use of the united states financial system to support and listed shipments of oil to syria earlier rounds top diplomats sharply criticized the u.s. for attempting to block those days where they said the ship which was 1st seized by british royal marines off the coast of the last month. having failed to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving cancer patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property in the high seas this piracy attempt is indicative of trumpet ministrations contempt for

the law having performed small maneuvers on friday the vessel remains stationed in japan alters waters because the captain reportedly no longer wants to keep command of the ship chief minister says the detention was lifted after the british overseas territory received formal written assurances from iran that it would not ship all to syria in violation of a huge sanctions. the grace one is there for now released from detention under the sanctions act by operational law on the 30th of august i received assurances from the republic of iran that if we leased the destination of the grace one would not be an entity that is subject to european union sanctions i welcome that assures the iranian authorities deny that the grace one was ever shipping oil to syria in breach of a u sanctions for 2 weeks after the vessel was impounded iran seized a british flag tanker in the strait of hormuz claiming that it had violated international law the united states then later announced its intention to create a naval coalition to combat so named iranian aggression in the stray middle east

analyst cover after c.r.b. thinks the u.s. may have overplayed its hand with its british ally. very skeptical the u.k. and gibraltar officials will heed the call by the u.s. call men to continuing pounding the tank and you know this by the legal force thought it is a safe bet that given the fact that iran is also holding a british bank this is part of a quid pro quo whereby the release of the iranian will be followed shortly in the immediate future by the release of the british tanker held by iran we know the. u.k. government and the boys john saw that as well as those in gibraltar are rather annoyed by this lingering crisis and they want to wash their hands off of it and the u.s. is trying every trick in the book to lingard this crisis and to keep you as part of

this so-called mara time. escort for the oil tankers passage through this war was the users worries that once this tanker crisis between iran and the u.k. is resolved then the u.k. will pull out and yours will be a coalition are 1. 9 year old german girl has been told by a girl in court but she can't join the country's most prestigious boys' choir breaking down the case and the debate is triggered his ask a tele. nobody likes rejection and no one wants to hear that not good enough but it seems for one family in germany no just isn't option picture no i'm roll call who just wanted to saying her mother says she's got the voice of an angel and the best place in the city for her training is the blend state interesting to acquire set up in the 15th century it's one of the oldest and most renowned choirs in the country

and it's pretty much just got 2 rules you have to be over 5 to titian jack and if you've got to be a male. under. god apply twice and was rejected both times but try try try again 3rd time lucky she got back from all dition before the door was once again slammed in her face but the choir is out i'm an agenda has got nothing to do with it the acoustic pattern of a choir is part of its artistic freedom the rejection was not predominantly about her gender and she would have been successful had her voice matched the desired sound characteristics of a boys' choir out unsurprisingly of the decision struck a wrong chord with the girl's mother who is now taking the choir to court over gender inequality she says she's got a letter from the dean of. the arts which the choir is affiliated to and which is written that a ga will never sing in a boys' choir boys also argue that as an institution receiving state funds

rejecting female singers contravenes germany's gender to scream anation laws now many have weighed in on the side of the choir saying that mixing it would bring an end to its traditional sound nobody has said girls can sing as well but the tumble is different and judging this should be left to the musicians in the musicologists anyone who wants to misunderstood gender equality here secretary rice is a cultural essence this standoff between gender equality and autistic freedom isn't exactly new music professionals and academics alike have been debating the anatomical differences of boys and girls voices the years saying the former has a purity of the law to just can't attain and just last year the famous british soprano sing a leslie garrett called out all boys choirs for being stuck in the past backward looking traditionalist argue that there's an exclusive purity in the boy's voice but i think that's just nonsense it's an excuse to hang on male privilege and perpetuate a dominant male gender stereotype and male power but not ready to dump the carrot

secure in the squire rolled out a very diplomatic. we recognize different tasks to contribute and that our female singers make to the coral scene here at cambridge we're especially proud to follow mixed voice choir king's voices which was formed 20 years ago precisely to give women students the opportunity to sing choral music in the chapel we all know parents will do anything for their children but trying to shake up an institution that hasn't changed in over half a millennium now that dedication. u.s. congresswoman who said she was planning to visit her grandmother in the west bank has stated chilled no longer be making the trip that's despite israel granting rashida to leave a visa on humanitarian grounds overturning an earlier decision to deny her entry the democratic party representative whose declared repeated support for the controversial boycott israel and had this to say about her fight for palestinian right. they're talking about. the.

need. to read. the. israel's original decision to ban rashida telly as well as representative came shortly after president trump tweeted that the pair should not be given entry israel then reiterated that foreigners who publicly call for a boycott of the country will be stopped from coming in the netanyahu government's treatment of the 2 american muslim nor makers has provoked strong reaction in washington as well. israel doesn't advance its case as a tolerant democracy or and they've ruined us ally by barring elected members of congress from visit in because of their political views i strongly condemn this decision by the israeli government which undermines the ability for our 2 allied countries to have the frank open and it's times difficult discussions that we must

have in order to ensure israel remains secure and democratic nation israel's analysis and treaty congresswoman taylor and omar is beneath the dignity of the great state of israel was worth noting that critics of israel could also face penalties within the us itself the boy called acts which was passed 2 years ago allows states to cut ties with contractors who support sanctions against the country it was designed to combat the b.d.s. or the boycott divestment and sanctions group which targets israel over its building of settlements in the palestinian territories but critics about legislation argue that it violates the u.s. constitution which states that political boycotts are protected by the 1st amendment we call the force of new york politician money last. i think it is a double standard but actually what is interesting about this is that the fact that there is sort of this retaliation is tarnished meant for individuals businesses that are joining the. first of all it's

a complete violation of our will every american women were allowed to join any or all or all politically with issues that i think which. is really also elements. that. are a lot of. us presidential hopefuls accused of spreading conspiracy theories as we'll report for you after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. with more make this manufacture consent to step into public wealth. when the

ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round listen to the one percent. nor middle of the room see. the real need for a. lot of people talk about policy scales to people they know what a ponzi scheme is. pretty. fucking back us democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders has been forced to

clarify comments he made about the washington post on monday the vermont senator was accused of peddling conspiracy theories by suggesting that the paper's editorial position reflects the interest of its owner the billionaire amazon founder jeff bezos. if you believe this is on the phone calling you go to war you most want to do so. doesn't work for what i think it is in general there is a framework. of the washington post office telling c.n.n. operates on. anybody you know how much amazon paid in taxes what. you know i talk about all the time and then i wonder why the washington post which is owned by jumping through on time thought on the right because we got offical book i don't know where senator sanders is a member of a large club of politicians of every ideology who complain about their coverage contrary to the conspiracy theory the senator seems to favor jeff bezos allows our

newsroom to operate with full independence as our reporters and editors can attest but he sound as has long been a vocal critic of corporate media i'll give him that they misrepresent his views and sell to mentally act in the interests of the elite. working families that should not have to subsidize the wealthiest people jeff bezos made 11000000000 dollars last year they didn't pay a nickel in federal income taxes while the people should stop paying their fair share of tax cuts i doubt. any sanders makes like skin crawl and i can't even identify for you what exactly it is because i see him as sort of a pro woman candidate or he could seriously bashers billionaires flaming

which many of the problems that many americans most americans suffer just missed most is he just man the world works and there's of course you know him because he's threatening the class interests and work on trying to keep him through what you like to present you to be even wants and it would go for the billionaire class and . it's definitely an obstacle because they have more dollars and conforms and they can reach almost all americans the influence all markets think about who clearly has a discrete message from the book review that was resonating with his voters and supporters in the been right already you could get the nomination he could be trying if you get to sit her down for a lecture but they're the washing clothes on here and the other south maybe it would be great to off the group because they were looking at all voting and just democrats independents and even some republicans he would have to decide to send is

it up to him for the media who against him to the good stuff will be quite in the media i think both candidates. and african spy scandal has thrust the chinese tech giant wall way back into the. blind software allegations were published in the wall street journal the newspaper alleges that while way technicians in at least 2 cases personally helped african governments snoop on their political opponents uganda and zambia allegedly enlisted the company's assistance for wiretapping conversations cracking through encrypted communications and conducting surveillance while way denies the accusations claiming that it's never engaged in hacking activities here's part of an interview given to r.t. on the issue we refute it quite vociferously again it just feels like it's one of those stories that come up now and again go to completely verify it it sounds like it's even other companies that have been cited in terms of involvement have made it

very clear they don't even have contracts in. one of the countries involved so it looks like the story is unfortunately really just fake news and we have to suffer with the you know well why is currently the world's 2nd largest producer of smartphone said it's been in the spotlight in recent months over its large scale investment in developing 5 g. mobile technology in may the u.s. put restrictions on the company citing national security concerns after washington accused weiwei of spying on governments for beijing which were always also evenly denied strategy vice president andrew williamson again told us security is a top priority. it's a private company owned by its employees as i say there's about $100000.00 shareholders and to me as someone that's come to this company i think it's extraordinary the benefits of running an organization like that because people don't necessarily just pick up their paycheck at the end of the week of the end of

the month they have a real vested interest in the commercial success you really have to check everything assume nothing. and trust almost nobody and that's the process in the system that we stick to and work with many of our partners around the world on that basis. germany's most senior police officers voiced concern over the rising level of far right hate speech he warned that it could lead to the formation of new extremist groups and terrorist cells in the country. real years now with fluctuations we have seen an increase in violent politically motivated crimes coming from the far right we are also seeing a risk of terrorist groups forming. german authorities registered over 8600 right wing extremist offenses in the 1st half of 2019900 more than during the same period last year but despite the increase the number of violent crimes stayed roughly the same it's a brief look at the scale of the country's problem with far right extremism.

well one case that perhaps highlights the threat posed by the far right was the murder of the politician bolton who cut he was a member of angela merkel's c.d.u. party and was a strong supporter of migrant rights he received death threats and was killed in june at his home with a gunshot to the head a suspected killer is believed to have an extreme right wing views. although the police say they're working hard to tackle extremism martin delta from germany's left party doesn't believe enough speaking done. and the problem is that the right wing the extreme right wing they are open for violence

lists as well of any nice place out of one busy group called to not call it such is the extreme right wing group and they had a list of 25000 people who do politics for essence who do activism for refugees we have a saying in german which say that the authorities blind on the right right that means they don't really know what the right wing of the real extreme right wing doing and during the last years they did a lot of what we do zation organization is especially in be extremist and militarists way and so we have the increase of. crimes of the right wing we as well we have a lot of scenarios people of color left wing people. in danger or abused by right wing people in the last year ok that's the way i look

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deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. we came here where you were before you came here when you live. in many u.s. states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor of the death penalty there are some people because of what they did have given up the right to live among us somebody even proven innocent doctor years on death row and how many more exonerations is it going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about.

it. after a time say we're going underground 20 years since vladimir putin became the prime minister of the brics russia coming up on the show did the f.b.i. misuse clinton funded work by an x m i 6 agent to attack associates of donald trump the head of a report by the inspector general of the u.s. justice department we speak because of page after reported inspector general meetings in london with christopher steel when trump met the queen and will banning beef from the menu one london universe. if you win the battle against climate change we speak dr apologist and author of the jason a call about goldsmith green new deal as well coming up in today's going i'm going

to 1st what happened in london when trump came to meet the queen that the media here didn't cover so much because trump's favorite t.v. station covered a reported meeting in london between former and my 6 by christopher steele and u.s. officials what do you make of the fact that we're getting this revelation that christopher steele has been grilled for hours by folks who are putting together this report we're waiting on from the inspector general how do you think it impacts his look into the origins of this whole thing well it's a good development in the the i.g. it was unknown whether or not he was going to talk to christopher still because the house intelligence committee republicans tried to get crisper still to come to the united states to be interviewed he refused this is a man who made up this entire document as you're starting to see it's unraveling what's being referred to there is a grilling of the former by 6 agent christopher steele as part of a probe by michael horowitz the inspector general of the u.s. justice department a question is whether the f.b.i. misused allegations in the clinton finance dossier written by the former m i 6 by 2

attack quarter page he was one of donald trump's campaign advisers on foreign policy and he joins me now thanks so much for coming back on board what did you make of these reports that was of please do the trying to get to the bottom of this i think the more we have the full truth out there the better right so i think you know the more we have correct information and dispelling these myths that this guy was pumping into the criminal justice system the justice system in the united states the better the more that these things get resolved i think will be great strange to be in london the new he's walking around here somewhere i mean for the we just explain how it is that the f.b.i. came to believe this man over the people associated with president trump it was just a. methe these complete lies were misleading the american public and just created such you know such problems for. the trumpet in this story and i think it's just

terrible and the person has allegations that the f.b.i. were worried about when they read this amazing dossier by the against you what was it you were just so preposterous. that i had these meetings with these senior russians which people i had never met in my entire life i mean is this completely fabricated completely made up ok well we have the moon or inquiry now we've got the horowitz inquiry just how does that differ to the attorney general the now it's really general bilbo who's also investigating of the alleged russian conspiracy allegations were created well i think it's important work that they're doing and i just hope that the people that they're talking to. actually give the truth now because they were just giving complete lies and basing

it on false. misinformation that was being fed to them and they just pumped it into the system and unfortunately it just needs it was just complete falsehood and it needs to be. fixed why do you think it took 16 hours is the report for horowitz's team to question in london well i think you know if you look at the countless hours that the misinformation that they gave. really took over the media for a couple of years all i know is the allegations that he made against me was were completely false this is someone who had not been over to russia for many years right so he's just getting false in.