u.s. secretary of state mike peo accuses iran of launching an unprecedented attack on saudi arabia that comes in the wake of a large scale drone attack targeting saudi oil facilities. in practice the u.s. and israel could bill mccollum odds as donald trump announces the 2 nations are ready to take a sort of mutual defense treaty we hear what it could mean for the rest of the middle east. chinese telecom giant qual way says it's ready to sell the element of its high speed mobile internet 5 g. technology with a view to addressing that equipment poses a security risk also ahead.

a peaceful picnic protest in front of so declining living standards descends into violence with demonstrators damaging property and riot police deployment take us. through what you are to international bring your life news updates last year here in moscow welcome to. stop us state mike compare has accused iran of launching a quote unprecedented assault on the walls energy supply saying that tauron is behind the talks on saudi arabia's oil production. we call on all nations to publicly unequivocally condemn iran's attacks the united states will work with our partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and iran is held accountable for its aggression or oil production in saudi

arabia has now been halted doesn't result of 52 major state run oil facilities eyewitnesses sat a video on twitter capturing a huge blaze gunshots in the background. yemen's who think rebels claimed responsibility for deploying nearly a dozen drones to attack a saudi oil processing facility on a major oil field they say the strikes were in response to the south in yemen and demond and then to riyadh's 4 year long intervention in the country backed by the us washington has also previously charged iran with lending support to the who thiis mousavi a professor of political science at the university of tehran believes the u.s. accusations are most likely baseless. i one might compare what has a very long history of making accusations without providing any actual evidence as you mentioned there who deserve already claimed responsibility for these attacks in

although the scale of these attacks are on precedented we have to remember that the hutus have launched drone attacks deep inside saudi arabia for months now so i think there is no surprise there and the us has accused iran of sending weaponry to those who tease but we also have to remember that yemen has been under a very severe military blockade by the saudis with the help actually of the americans for over 4 years now making it very difficult to even send food let alone weaponry so i think he's just trying to come up with excuses to charge you on of crimes that iran is actually not committed. it's. seemingly looking to cement their longstanding friendship further with donald trump announcing the 2 nations are paving the way for a new significant treaty i had a call today with prime minister netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving

forward with a mutual defense treaty between the united states and israel that would further anchor the tremendous alliance between our 2 countries that comes just days before parliamentary elections in israel with trump opening voicing his support for current prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel has long been a major not nato ally for washington but that has never been a fully fledged military alliance in place before we spoke to former pentagon security analyst michael maloof who believes the pact would allow the u.s. to be more involved in middle eastern affairs. in one sense it will commit you know other states to israel's defense even if israel decides it wants to attack let's say for example iran then we would be committed to back them up. without any hesitation even without a piece of paper the united states probably would come to israel's assistance if it was physically attacked. if it was just invaded for example it

certainly would the united states certainly would come to their assistance regardless because of the existing commitments we already have. what i'm concerned about is that if that from the with someone like netanyahu they were actually committed to see even more to. go into a conflict there he may drag us into. chinese telecom giant qual way says it's prepared to sell the coup code of its 5 to technology to any prospective western farms or indeed nations could then reconfigure it and prevent any possibility of a security breach the news comes amid continued claims by washington that chua way is in cahoots with the chinese government and that its equipment could be used to spy on us as ati's done a whole kind of takes a closer look at the company's office. it's one of this year's biggest spy scandals

hallway the chinese telecoms giant accused of using cutting edge 5 g. technology not for the good of humanity but for spying for beijing the united states has also been very clear with our security partners on the threat posed by way as chinese law requires them to provide beijing's vast security apparatus with access to any data that touches their network or equipment so grave was the threat so real apparently the risk that american citizens privacy could be in danger the president trump declared a national emergency then like wildfire concerns spread around the world courtesy of u.s. officials that any country cooperating with law way on building phone or computer networks would jeopardize their security so how real is this danger not at all who always c.e.o. shores us but he would say that right well here's the deal the company has come up with an unexpected offer to reassure its western clients when we transfer the tac

they can modify codes on top of my tech once that's through it's not only shielded from me it's shielded from everybody else in the world u.s. 5 g. will be their own thing there's no security concern the concern will only be the u.s. keeping the american companies who bought it in check so what does it all mean well who are we would sell its blueprints codes peyton's everything needed for the client to rewrite the code and thus prevent anyone being able to get back door access keyword anyone once you open the source code you can actually make changes to it that are actually going to keep you with all teach and make sure that even if there were that tools it would be very difficult i think wanted to persist with obviously absent there is that they exist and i think what we're going to see is continued patching with all the abilities that people continually seeking. to take

it won't. but if they don't go. they're going to be the hackers they're going to get a massive disadvantage to them about so if that's not enough always chairman even offered to sign a no surveillance pact with the countries in which the company operates no spying no back doors so with this unprecedented offer of compromise from the telecoms giant while the panic and harsh rhetoric well remember when we said anyone spying one act as the source code will hamper beijing spying it will be an equal blow for other countries as well the united states for example who are really who are going to blow it all and whoever's take it all to their license who are the source. you need to be able to trust the organization and there are any number of man of that result there or networking gear at this moment in time all of them have had vulnerabilities in the glass that existed and they've been patched to different elements many of them still how google is out there that they haven't yet and

possibly haven't been discovered but the question is are they actively government entities that have engineered that goes into this equipment will remember all those times washington got caught in the act by whistleblower edward snowden revealed years of interceptions by the national security agency of servers routers and other network equipment made by cisco things were so out of control the company's management even went to the u.s. president to complain we simply cannot operate this way our customers trust us to be able to deliver to their doorsteps products that meet the highest standards of integrity and security so who always seems to have made an offer that's hard to refuse no spine full control for the companies involved and seemingly no more security concerns the ball is now firmly in the critics court. what started as a peaceful picnic protest in the french city of not quickly switch to chaos this

saturday with yellow fast protesters turning violent and smashing shop windows police internals take us to disperse the crowds. people joined in the plan against. home and government against what they describe as one livingstone according to authorities 5 people have been detained. the other fast movement started in november against a hike in fuel tax but has since become much against the french 6 stop this month as to food to prove consecutive weekend of protests in the country. demonstrations have also been taking place just outside the french capital or the international airport over the possible privatization of 2 episodes of paris an official online referendum could block the sale of william powers to cool with opposition or make

his needing full point 7000000 signatures to prevent the deals going through carney it's reported over 700000 people have given their support to the petition. the british army is mulling replacing its fossil fuel guzzling equipment with eco friendly functions according to the country's chief of general stoff. boyko explains that as a wide western armies trying to attract minority and green conscious you recruits to. they might be in the business of killing but they don't want to kill the environment while they're at it the british army is going green general so mark colton smith has said that british forces are going to be phasing out the use of thirsty gas guzzling military vehicles and equipment in favor of plugging in take cleaner technologies it's all in

a bid to attract younger and more environmentally conscious recruits not only will that give his considerable operational benefits reducing logistic drag but it will also get the army on the right side of the environmental argument especially in the eyes of our next generation of recruits who increasingly make career decisions based on a prospective employers environmental credentials. earlier this year the british army launched a new recruitment drive targeted at young people the campaign emphasise that the army could use the compassion of snowflakes the self belief of millennial zz the confidence of selfie take is and the focus of phone zombies and the push for a greener and more inclusive army isn't limited to the u.k. if us democratic party presidential candidate elizabeth warren gets her way the

american army will be adding fighting climate change to its to do list we don't have to choose between a green military and in effect a one my plan will improve all servicemembers readiness and safety and the chief cost savings for american taxpayers together we can fight climate change and doing military exercises are notoriously bad for the environment munitions can take hundreds of years to degrade and toxic materials like lead can spill out and pollute groundwater back in 2017 the u.s. government put out a request for the development of environmentally friendly training bullets both the u.s. and u.k. militaries seem determined to put the eco into warrior and recruit some of them at the same time that's great brilliant good for them i don't know if

that's necessarily a thing that's going to attract young people necessarily i think they i don't know maybe we will for some people. to train the army but sure it would be better for some people like green eggs. i've never thought about. why i don't consider that but i think that i think well you know me to be a need for seems to be door but. what do. very i know well going green should go to. young people at the end of it do you want to be put in a foreign mine and get killed you know it doesn't matter what you drink. you know out of. all eco friendly and being sustainable and out of that community the fact of drain army doesn't kind of speak to me in theory it sounds like a good idea but whether it would actually work or not really money who's going to go in. and that's what we need to do you know. not very well have occurred.

on the program japan and south korea are crossing swords. lympics which critics say evokes memories of war crimes. not on the stories often break. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

the world is driven by dreamers shaped by the person of those great. dares thinks. we dare to ask. welcome back the trump administration has announced the repeal of the clean water role regulations that control the use of chemicals and yet we have to sources the idea is to ease the bureaucratic on funds but it's also brought to the sophos fears

that u.s. will to security could be compromised. like most of us donald trump enjoys the occasional refreshing glass of clean water. but he doesn't seem as keen to keep the water clean as his predecessor trump has recently lifted obama era restrictions and regulations on the spraying of chemicals and pesticides near streams wetlands and other bodies of water in new wood is a definition that provides hardworking americans the ring the tories certainly the need to invest and develop and build new projects that improve lives in the environment so what has changed well during the obama era if you wanted to use certain chemical pesticides and sprays in your body of water you need a permit now you don't there's certainly going to be

a lot of rejoicing about this from certain sectors many american farmers and manufacturers felt that they were being crushed by the obama era regulations intended to curb water pollution it would be great if farmers didn't have to hire an army of consultants and lawyers just to be able to farm now the new rules are being criticized as overly vague with the decision about what bodies of water get protected being decided on a case by case basis now the farmers are overjoyed but that feeling is not being shared by people in communities that depend on streams and rivers many see to some towns to live in with unsafe drinking water and it's very important to us that now it's not the time to cut back on clean water protections that the american farmers haven't been too keen on donald trump lately due to his trade war with china so perhaps rolling back these clean water regulations will help when i'm some point with the agricultural sector regardless environmentalists are up in arms but as many gamblers have said before you can't win them all up and r.t.

new york. south korea has filed a complaint with the international olympic committee of japan's plan to use a minute to fly at your next year's games in tokyo seoul insists the rising sun and them is no better than the nazi swastika represents japanese colonial rule and the atrocities associated with it but tokyo's top official in charge of the 2029 pixies no problem with flying the imperial colors. takes a look now at the long running feud between the 2 countries. this flag is the thing setting apart south korea and japan for almost the whole past decade you might not see anything wrong with it but for more than a 1000000000 korean and chinese people it's no different to a swastika during the 2nd world war the japanese empire made this image of the banner for atrocities which rival the darkest crimes of adult hitler.

the row over the flag largely dates back to 2011 when the nation's football teams met on the pitch to witness the image being literally waved in their faces and since then so has repeatedly asked tokyo to abandon the symbol the latest being their request for the 2020 olympics which japan rubbished the flag itself is not considered to be a political statement so it is not viewed as a prohibited item so now so has reached out to the international olympic committee directly we emphasized that the use of the rising sun flag during the tokyo lympics

would be a direct violation of the olympic spirit promoting world peace and love for humanity and that the international olympic committee should have the tokyo organizing committee prepare strict measures to prevent it from being brought to stadiums just last week tokyo snubbed an international fleet review in south korea over the demands to abandon any hoisting of the controversial image symbols of nazi germany have been outlawed and to this day on solemn occasions berlin speaks of its continued repent at the same time the japanese flag over. korean and chinese rooms repeatedly according to a lesser by south korea. *

and plenty of south koreans agree with the official line one of the reason for doing olympics is. so if you or anyone up please do so and use the flex it's to save or whatever doesn't like that i think. they don't want to rebuild the relationship because they deny or recast i suppose to. governments opinion by so for. users to say look you know little big or other are. inferior out there to feel heard. the only one to receive a poll if they should all pull the sincerely to not only koreans but.

countries. let's take a picture or come close i think 1st of all a tad when these people have to know about the history and the object of our money that's made their forwards. and maybe we can. get better relations. finally as shatha and food activist in town into a screeching stuff over alleged racism and weston table minutes after little girl was told she was not allowed to eat rice with us in a school cafeteria. suggesting that a child who eats with their hands has no manners is an echo of european colonial powers looking to tame the wildness out of the people they controlled these european table manners were imposed on conquered people in an attempt to civilize them the idea of a single standard of acceptable table manners is just one of

a host of strategies used to grow and promote racism her thoughts have been hard to digest in some quarters though they article. was published in a canadian parenting magazine she argues that table honest should be updated to be more diverse in getting in schools but it's left a sour taste with many another nail in the coffin of the word racism having any meaning left whatsoever shame of colonisation food activist stick a fork in us we're done no wait not a fork that's racist culture isn't a race when will people learn the difference between culture and race. you know we all have different cultural norms and certainly if when you come from a certain from a certain country there are variations of customs depend on where you live children they learn their customs and culture

a city in that their own table so when they travel someplace else especially young children they are not going to know now as adults we do our homework and if we are conducting business in another country we certainly want to learn customs and we all have basic rules of conduct at the table when you visit another country you always want to do your homework in advance much like the way that we drive much like the way that we tip in different society in different cultures because it all varies if someone comes to another country and they have a different a different mannerism or a different custom we don't want to berate them for using their customs we as as guests at a table always want to be accommodating to fellow guests and we want to treat everyone with respect and i think that's what it boils down to is being respectful of another person. means us always full stories had him over to kong for now they stay with us for. codas quips.

this is our last show in paris and then we go on to other countries oh my so excited you know that you've heard about it we're going to talk about it we're going to talk about the french economy yup they are one of. the. there's a lot on the. culture going to does it cause you know the false soldiers you can sleep. with bullets at the moment so most of the lots and lots you know something. dramatic video of the british. song should i mean she's on that found

a soft spot will not keep you down at this time i don't. need to promote. more dribbles committed to defeat the continued police through the use of the police reports for the way. of. the. film begins in hawaii in the middle of the pacific ocean in spite of the an interim ok ok sion it is also foreman victim to the epidemic of the 21st century plastic. plastic pollution is littering beaches and endangering certain species of animals

no. matter how remote or out of reach. in this elaborate tree in the north of the occupied ago scientists study marine animals not plastic at least in theory. no idea what that is. but it's certainly plastic. and jessica perelman is a biologist accustomed to finding plastic in fish stomachs she has started a very unique collection. of casually often plastic bags. and this was all coiled up at the stomach when i found it had no idea what it was and i all that it just. or did you react when you find this installment i was shocked i started you know documenting it measuring it taking photos showing whoever else

was around in the lab and we were kind of. we were just in their shock to think that these fish are are really ingesting this i mean. to her disbelief the scientists has found plastic in the unlikely specimen known as the fish. the young one was not expecting such a surprising discovery when she began how this. fish lived at a depth of about 200 to 400 meters and they're clearly coming in contact with plastic and it appears that plastic is truly a deeper problem that. even swimming at these depths the long sit fish manages to swallow tribute plastic objects. i mean occasionally you might find

a brand name such as this. bottle label. what is this so this is a label from a water bottle. and found amongst the. design design is a pretty well known. bottled water company. you know finding finding a label such as this in the stomachs makes it that easy to determine where you know where it may have originated. this is always more to taste than just what you see. is just water in the bottle. in fact sunny is one of the world's best selling brands. and if you're not familiar with you will certainly know the name of the group behind it the coca-cola company .