i. feel. saudi arabia points the finger in iran over last week's drone a missile strike on its oil refinery citing the sophistication and direction of the attack is evidence that iran is to blame. us keep silent so branagh ations venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president who has links to a drug gang while accusing the country's previously that hugo chavez who died 6 years ago of the same and a new report reveals that thousands of children in nigeria were being held in dire conditions without trial over their alleged association with terrorists we spoke to one of the authors of the report which. they describe severely overcrowded cells with 250 or 300 detainees packed interest 10 meters by 10 years.

their good morning is just gone 9 o'clock here in moscow watching r.t. international the u.n. has sent a team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate last week's strike in a missile attack on the kingdom's oil refineries the u.s. says is confident though that iran is to blame. new sanctions on iran just to remind you last saturday doesn't cruise missiles and over 20 major oil fields an all refinery in the east of the kingdom. and rebels claim they carried out knocked out 5 percent of the global oil supply and saw the price of oil iraq it. takes a look now at what is behind washington's version of events. it has been decided that iran did it and that started opinion all finding were the result of an

investigation it's a decision guilty this was an iranian attack we were blessed that there were no americans killed in this attack but any time you have an act of war of this nature there's always a restructured hoppen trub is doing what trump does best signing pieces of paper bringing to bear a slew of new sanctions against iran to come into effect within 48 hours and it isn't done because see what happens we'll see what happens i think we have a lot of good capital that we have to do something we'll do it without hesitation the americans who weren't attacked of already decided what happened then who is guilty the saudis who were attacked and have all the day bree and bits and pieces of the missiles are still working on technicalities like evidence and proof let that sink in. the attack did not originate from yemen the attack was launched from

the north and was unquestionably sponsored by iran it's not in the range of yemen's capability if it was them who conducted the attack this is one of the missiles we have recovered and we have information that leads us to the source of these kind of components were made in iran. so what they found is the weapons were allegedly made with components they were fired from the north the direction of iran and its neighbors so cutting to the chase it was iran that's what you're going to say right . if there iranian regime and the i.r.g.c. are trying to hide any evidence of the components and the technology i'm sure we will spot people on site we're working on whoever is responsible about to take accountability not once during the presentation that the saudis specifically say that iran did it and there's no love lost if they could they would say it but

technicalities but saudi arabia won't do brave journalists will too happy to a very high probability that they were launched from iran tonight u.s. intelligence indicates the unprecedented attack on saudi oil fields originated from around our top intelligence officials think iran did it and so does our top an intelligence official donald trump because 1 may ask what on earth saudi defenses were doing at the time they've got the 3rd biggest military budget on earth one of america's best clients the country's livid with patriot and other anti missile systems $80000000000.00 a year should protect you from a score of drones and missiles no. the news conference from the saudi arabian defense ministries press secretary is a catastrophe for saudi arabia they've shown they cannot prove or know exactly when

the cruise missiles and drones were made from exactly with that attack was launched or why a defense systems could not prevent that tank the only thing that might be iranian related is that maybe some of the equipment some of the technology that the who these have might have been incorporated into the attack but why why or why is anyone complaining especially the saudis since the u.s. has been providing the bombs and the aircraft to the saudis to bomb yemen for 4 years so the who with these are just responding back then again to those saying it's iran because there are alleged iranian components in the day bri doesn't that mean that the u.s. is responsible for horrific massacre in yemen i mean sure saudi arabia dropped the bombs but those say made in the united states more likely than not

has been clearing the shelves of american arms manufacturers recently by this logic there's no need to investigate or collect evidence it's american bombs it has got to be america. an entire country reduced to misery and pain untold thousands dead more to die but you know what it's the oil refinery in saudi arabia the book was vengeance. org asked if reporting now has been a new twist in the standoff between venezuela and the u.s. with caracas now calling on washington to reopen diplomatic ties it does come after president nicolas maduro went into talks with his mission as he's relations between

venezuela and the u.s. went downhill in january when donald trump officially recognized the opposition leader. the interim president of the country he's recently been linked to venezuela drug gangs that something washington seems unconcerned by it was artie's kind of explains. so we've got a tale of 2 venezuelan presidents we've got interim self-proclaimed president one great oh and we've got not nicolas maduro but his predecessor the late leader hugo chavez now both of them are being accused of ties to drug cartels here's a picture of one wedo with the leaders of a drug gang this duo is infamous in the criminal underworld and the photo is dated february 22nd when great it was in colombia trying to sneak across the venezuelan border since it surfaced one good way to as shrug it off as no big deal for him in . the middle regime protects the drug gangs so they're trying to divert attention

the real question is how they go to hold to that picture thousands of people get the food to stay with me and the images get passed around and what's not so who was it that sense of what's up picture to the leader of the socialist party. now the u.s. state department also says that it is no big deal wedo still receives full u.s. backing but when it comes to hugo chavez the story is a big deal never mind that it's more than a decade old in that hugo chavez is long dead they say that he tried to flood the united states with cocaine and in spain they wanted the head of military intelligence in venezuela extradited but the judge in the case isn't buying it. i couldn't have hoped for and if i'm different i'm innocent they have always made false accusations against me the truth is i am very happy with what has happened. as the colombian opposition leaders say if a colombian politician wants be seen in

a photo with those criminals he will be prosecuted he's the union his military and bloody media and political circles are trying to make the scandal smaller actually huge in venezuela colombia a loss in america. 2 presidents 2 stories and 2 different approaches because why focus on the connections of your ally in the present when you can focus on the alleged connections of your enemy 10 years ago. r.t. new york well r.t. how you see the next president of ecuador rafael talk to president mature about the difficult period venezuela is going through. letter to. the strategy of building a parallel government out of the support of the u.s. and its latin american allies from the lima group has failed it had no chance of success. in a player can hear that they would hope i could not believe it even in europe enlarging europe people recognized as president someone who simply declared himself

to be so on the streets without winning a presidential election he got. the real power is in the hands of the european only garc extra who are the closest allies of the us government they are like blood brothers donald trump has imposed his extremist policies towards venezuela on europe that amy you know in a story like there is a distorted image of venezuela in the international media and there is the real venezuela which you can see with your eyes it is a nation that's whatever happens protects itself that it is a nation that whatever happens will protect itself like a family but not a state of the economy has an influence on the political situation because ordinary citizens don't know about that and believe all they hear in the media a media that does not inform inclusive but manipulates venezuela isn't there more than just sanctions it is foreign aggression that even if it were just sanctions what would be the justification in. a year and rafael i'll go even further if we

look at modern history we see what happened to saddam hussein in iraq after the gulf war in 19921901 of the u.n. security council imposed economic trade and financial sanctions on iraq and on sudan but later the security council allowed him to get medicine and commodities and food exchange for oil tankers that venezuela is not under the u.n. sanctions these are unilateral illegal sanctions by the u.s. but we are not being given any opportunity to get it's like iraq had. well later in the program with a look at how cuba which supports government is now calling trans blockade against them and. an assault. and anti-terrorist crackdown in nigeria has led to thousands of children being detained that's according to a new report from human rights watch we spoke to them about their findings since 2013 nigeria has detained about 3600 children and in june

human rights watch went to the northeast of nigeria where boko haram its most active and we interviewed more than 30 children who had been detained the vast majority of these children were never charged with a crime in fact they were never taken to court and never had the opportunity to see a judge the children were denied contact with their families and held in or a book shims they described so little space that they couldn't turn over at night they were you know high all one next to the other they described it like the razor blades packed many of them something began losing hope that they would ever be released some thought that they would die in detention or children as young as 5 were reportedly held in those overcrowded military detention facilities on little or no evidence they spent months even years there with that charge with reports too of sexual physical and also mental abuse and also overcrowding to the children had

been accused of involvement with the terrorist group boko haram the radical islamist organization is based in northeastern nigeria and it carries out suicide bombings as well as armed assaults throughout west africa in 2015 book a 100 m. pledged allegiance to islamic state many of the imprisoned children were rounded up by nigerian authorities during military operations against the terrorists. they are asked me if i was a member of booker and beat me up when i said no they tied my hands and legs and hung me to a tree and continued to flow camy they flogged me and left me tied to the tree from morning till evening one person from my village was killed during the interrogation if you make a noise if you drink water without asking them if you go toward the door to get fresh air they beat you. the soldiers had girlfriends one of the girls from our

village was a girl friend of a soldier she would usually take her out of the compound some ladies got pregnant in the cell and delivered while i was there. of the nigerian authorities have released over 2000 children from detention since 2030 nearly all of whom had been held without charge is not known at this point how many of them still remain in custody jo becker again says the government should make more effort to release them nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the nations or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian child protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and

reintegrating into their communities. the nigerian military does deny the allegations that have been made in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we are the nigerian ministry for justice to comment on this story too although so far they haven't responded. still to come the daughter wins and then he stripped off the german military you all because of her active support for the palestinian cause i will have a look at this story plus others to just after the. join me every 1st week on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

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hello again our famous pakistani novelist has been denied a german literary award over her political activism she has been calling for a boycott of israeli goods don't quarter picks up the story now i'm from berlin. the city of dortmund has reversed its decision to hand a literary awards to british pakistani author kamila shamsie that she plagiarized something commit a crime perhaps now it's all because she supports an anti israel movement called boycott divestment sanctions at the time of the decision none of the jurors knew that kamila shamsie had supported the boycotts divestments and sanctions campaign in the past b.s. aims to isolate israel economically politically and culturally b.d.'s has a presence across much of the globe but in germany it's had a few run ins with the government palestinian women's organization recently sued the city of boston for being excluded from the festival and the court ruled that

discrimination based on the organization's belief in b.d.s. was unfair treatment. of freedom of expression includes the freedom to discuss and call for a boycott of campaigns and is also protected by the european convention on human rights however this case is the exception not the rule the border stock has made it clear they see b.d.s. as an anti sematic movement not just anti israel. the arguments and methods of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement are anti semitic the message of the campaign to boycott israeli activists and goods or i'm innocent of the most terrible period in german history the do not buy a stick is an israeli products bring back associations with the nazi slogan do not buy from jews and similar graffiti in facades and shop windows the law makers concern isn't out of the blue given germany's past but calling the movement nazis could be a bit of a stretch since b.d.'s are mostly left wing activists calling attention to israel's

mistreatment of the palestinian people and the palestinians who are protesting say it's not the palestinians who are doing the oppressing just look at this protest represents the 1st step in confronting the german parliament's motion which is against our arab nation and against the palestinian cause they are part of the. netanyahu axis that tries to crush the rights of our people and the right of return the boycott movement will continue and it is supported by the palestinian liberation organization along with youth and student groups around the world more and more politicians are questioning israel's policies as oppressive risking being called anti sematic along the way i can't stand by and watch this attack on our freedom of speech and the right to boycott the racist policies of the government in the state of israel the oppressive netanyahu administration and i have seen this in gaza where families have lived that have been bombed by targeted bombing by israeli

jets what the united states should be doing and of course the trumpet ministrations doing exactly the opposite isn't sort of applauding israel for its actions israel should be condemned germany's past is certainly still haunting to many after all you can't just wipe its horrors out of history but when it comes to israel and palestine it's not a simple as black and white donald quarter r.t. berlin. i keep has expressed anger over the us toughening sanctions on the country its foreign minister says that the blockade against cuba is unfair and is harming people. the blockade is illegal criminal genocidal it causes human damage it constitutes a massive flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of cubans the us has imposed it for most 6 decades but it has not been able to break the unity and resistance of our people. the story of u.s.

sanctions on cuba started back in the sixty's in march 1958 washington imposed an arms sales embargo on cuba a move seen by some as intended to help rebels overthrow the then current regime next the us then cut all diplomatic ties with cuba and banned all exports relations then reached a low ball low point in 1962 with the cuban missile crisis we asked people in have an hour and in the us to what they thought about relations between the 2 countries . has affected every aspect of our country's economic political and social development there have been 12 u.s. presidents since the blockade started and the situation has not improved because of its location is a constant battleground for american politics you know total from the us government does not serve its own people it serves money the same financial interests the do behind this book when a behind the i'm proud to be a q q a stands as an example of how to stand up to power. which imposed

on us what is the purpose of the ongoing u.s. economic blockade of cuba what is the purpose. of history i guess you know obviously everyone wants to see progress but i think sometimes all beef gets in the way well we're probably trying to make this a country where there's socialism right and we don't want these people coming in so they're blocking key bracket was actually never great to us anyway there doesn't seem to be any stated foreign. or international purpose that the assad ministration seems to have it it seems its main endeavor is clearing up one problem. or mess every 5 or 6 hours and you're so overwhelmed by that that there's not really i think a good focus on what's happening internationally cutey including cuba. now the teenage

face of the global climate change movement has been giving us congress a dressing down 16 year old. members there to listen to the scientists and a reelection she earlier met with the former president barack obama and addressed the senate. don't invite us here just to tell us how inspiring we are without actually doing anything about it because it doesn't lead to anything i know you are trying but just not hard enough sorry well she is in washington for a few days ahead of the global climate strike planned for friday and she will also address the un climate action summit in new york on monday the youngster became the face of this year's climate protests by taking part in global school strikes held by students around the world for scientists are warning of a growing number of youngsters being treated for anxiety after being exposed to die warnings about the environmental plight britain's climate psychology alliance says that children are being prescribed psychiatric drugs to cope amongst the problem to

become a recognised condition. younger people are naturally very empathetic to the state of the environment most going on in the world the moment we're talking about their future of course they perceive this as a real threat to them so i think it's perfectly understandable they are really quite stressed and distressed about this this is a very emotionally healthy response to the news that the world at the moment we can't ignore what's going on in the news because the graphic images are from being really quite right i would be very concerned here that said children's just gestures being medicated away as i said earlier you know their emotional responses make perfect sense in the light of what's going on in the wild so the 1st thing we need to do is listen to them talk to them and help them process these complicated feelings it's really important to tell children the truth and not hide the truth from them but child number these things in ways that they can understand don't

exaggerate don't minimize because both of those would cruise distress and would cause problems washing out he thanks me company this morning we're back again with more news here in about 35 minutes time time to get there plenty of stories to you at our website at r.t. don't go. the fast enough blood form for syrian conflict mediation never has spoken with one voice but recently disagreement between russia turkey and iran has become so still look good not even the leaders try to hide it as the program run its course or is the friction really a sign that it's working. they all see themselves as dying swans in their dreams.

but only one of the cells will ever make it to the top. they're ready to give their lives for the chance to die on stage if only once. not even broken wings could deter them. for generations at the madrid ski theatre ballet sweat and tears. the process for constructing this was to imprint as a biodegradable scaffold which is porous and when this is inserted beneath the skin when the skin the suction over the scaffold over a period of about 6 months you have to shoot in growth investor eyes eisen occurring in other words the cells in your in your body grow into the scaffold it

grows its own blood supply so now this is fully integrated as part of my arm it's a living part of my arm. my . welcome to the alex salmond show where we finalize our series on economic conditions against which the brics it puts could drama is being played out last week alex interviewed 2 leading u.k. commentators about how brics it was influencing the economy and about how these economic conditions have influence bricks it from england professor richard murphy

detailed the overlooked practical implications on companies of a new deal how the wind breaks it cash flow is actually the biggest potential implication of bricks that i can see no one including the government in its yellow have a document has talked about who is going to pay the cost of lorries sitting for $2.00 and a half days waiting to get through from scotland former m.p. george caravan identifies how falling living standards had driven the politics of bricks that business manufacturing down in 7 years we've got out we've actually sunk the 2nd quarter g.d.p. is actually stalled it's down where well into the 3rd quarter i suspect we may already be in recession in the u.k. this week we turn to the international economy where too late in commentators like the world conditions which are favored the lurch to the populist right professor college bhatia princeton university i guess that small countries have been able to maintain social cohesion in the face of global trends in

a fashion which is eluded their larger neighbors in the past meaning the past sixty's and the seventy's or the eighty's it was all about free market better service intervention or you know socialism versus conservatism and this has progressively changed to protect. action is. some kind of our social democrat globe but globalization package. in some countries i think that the 2nd one works pretty well especially the small countries are in big countries for some reason it doesn't seem to have the appeal or the or the state the capacity to do that and we interviewed the former chief investment officer of credit suisse michael o'sullivan about his new book the leveling which charts the way forward post globalization don't be laziness in that globalization will continue we will go through a follow period of 5 or 10 years internationally while the next world order begins

to evolve and there's lots of hurdles there but 1st your tweets emails and messages in response to last week's show more access such an interesting episode of alex i'm unsure on what operation yellow hammer left out and it's a shocker his will says richard murphy thanks for the creative clinicians on today's alec salmon shield terry says what an eloquent guest i really interesting interview with richard murphy thanks for another great show bartholomew says thanks ricky for recommend to me this episode of the alex salmon sure i should watch it more where we hope you do a.j. i preferred the 1st interview be asked to the 2nd interview dramatic political changes are always going to bring about economic disruptions so i ask him if likely economic disruptions would also be a good reason not to go ahead with scottish independence and see and as both interview suggested the world is headed towards recession anyways i have a think that this is to be.