38 people. in new. england in. the headlines this. points the finger at iran over last week's drone a missile strike on its oil refinery site in the sophistication and direction of the attack is evidence that iran is to play. the u.s. keep silent over allegations venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president ron wyden has links to a drug gang that accuses the country's previously he died 6 years ago of the same and a new report reveals that thousands of children in nigeria were being held in die missions without trial over their alleged association with terrorists we spoke to one of the authors of the report. the describe severely overcrowded cells 250 or 350 needs packed into

a cell that once 10 meters by 10 years. hello good morning it's 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.n. has sent a team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate last week's drone a missile attack on the kingdom's oil refineries the u.s. says it is confident iran is to blame and values to impose new sanctions on tehran just to remind you last saturday a dozen cruise missiles and over 20 drones hit a major oil field processing plant in the east of the kingdom the attack which rebels claimed they carried knocked out 5 percent of the global oil supply and saw the price of oil rock it. looks now the evidence that's been presented so far.

it has been decided that iran did it and that started opinion all finding with the result of an investigation it's a decision guilty this was an iranian attack we were blessed very killed in this attack but any time you have an act of war of this nature there's always a risk that could happen rob 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 the what happens we'll see what happens i think we have a lot of good capital and 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 move and was unquestioned be sponsored by iran it's not in the range of yemen's capabilities 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 that these kind of components were made in iran so what they found is the weapons were allegedly made with iranian 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. the rain regime and the i.r.g.c. are trying to hide any evidence of the components and the technology i'm sure we will spoke to launch site we are 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 course 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 where the cruise missiles and drones were made from exactly with that attack was launched or why a defense systems could not prevent that attack 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 does 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

a arabia 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 wires vengeance. gas the of that now there's 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 off

to president nicolas maduro who entered into talks with the opposition parties relations between venezuela and the us went downhill in january when donald trump officially recognized opposition leader. as the interim president of the country he's recently been linked to venezuelan drug gangs that something washington seems unconcerned by it was artie's kind of expect. so we've got a tale of 2 venezuelan presidents we've got interim self-proclaimed president one wedo 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 o. was in colombia trying to sneak across the venezuelan border since its surface one kwaito is shrugged it off as no big deal. the middle regime protects the drug

gangs so they're trying to divert attention the real question is how they go to hold of the picture thousands of people get the food to stay can with me and the images get pasta rotten what's up so who was it that sense of what's a 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 and 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. or couldn't have hoped for anything different i'm innocent they have always made false accusations against me the truth is i'm very happy we were. happens.

as the colombian opposition leaders say if a colombian politician were to be seen in a photo with those criminals he would be prosecuted the union his military and bloody media and political circles are trying to make the scandal smaller which he's actually huge in venezuela colombia and lost 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 when r.t. house the next president of ecuador rafael talk to president mature about the difficult period of venezuela is going. letter. 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 i could not believe it even europe and large in europe 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 extractions 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. 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 whatever happens will protect itself like a family but i don't know the state of the economy has an influence on the political situation because ordinary citizens don't know about that and believe what they hear in the media and media does not inform but manipulate venezuela is and are more than just sanctions it is foreign aggression even 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 not 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 that it's like iraq having. the later in the program the look at how cuba which supported and curates government is now according again to the country a genocide that story details still to come. in other news an 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 a human rights watch went to the northeast of manchuria 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 they never had the opportunity to see a judge the children were denied contact with their families and held in orrible conditions they described so little space that they couldn't turn over at night they were you know piled 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 children as young as 5 were reportedly held in overcrowded military detention facilities to be heard their own little or no evidence or say spent months even years there without charge with reports too of

sexual physical and mental abuse and of course overcrowding where the children had been accused of involvement with the armed terrorist group boko haram the radical islamist organization is based in northeastern nigeria it carries that suicide bombings as well as armed assault throughout western africa and 2015 baka had pledged allegiance to islamic state many of the imprisoned children with them rounded up by nigerian authorities during military operations against the terrorists. they are smee if i was a member of booker her 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 to 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. you know i do and authorities have released over 2000 children from detention since 20 teen nearly all of whom had been held without charge is not known though at this point how many children do remain in custody joe 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 night 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 protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their

families and reintegrating into their communities well the nigerian military does deny the allegations made against them in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we've asked the nigerian ministry of justice to comment on the story too although so far they haven't responded. i mean i'm going with awareness and then he stripped him initially award all because of her support for the palestinian cause we've got the details in a couple. you know world of big partners. a lot and conspiracy. 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. and 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. exit from it's happening as big countries accumulate big positions and goal that's an exit from. because we know that over the past 300 years no fear bloody house or.

welcome back now a famous pakistani novelist has been denied your ministry award over her political activism she has been calling for a boycott of israeli goods one quarter picks up the story 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 the 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 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 holliston into 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. thank you but 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. well the story of u.s. sanctions on cuba does date back to the late fifty's then washington imposed an

arms sale embargo on cuba a move seen by some as a bid to help rebels overthrow then current regime makes the u.s. cut all diplomatic ties with cuba and banned all exports relations reached a low point in 1960 with the cuban missile crisis we asked people in havana and also in the u.s. to what they thought about relations between the 2 countries. it 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 cooper is a constant battleground for american politics you know the us government does not serve its own people it serves money the same financial interests the behind this blockade behind the i'm proud to be a cuban stands as an example of how to stand up to power to the u.s. 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 mass 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 and giving the u.s. congress a dressing down 16 year old told members there to listen to the scientists and to

take real action well earlier she met the former president barack obama and addressed the said. 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're trying but just not hard enough sorry or she is in washington for a few days ahead of a global climate strike plan for friday she will also address to the un climate action summit in new york on monday the youngster became the face of this year's climate protests by taking parting global school strikes held by students around the world scientists are warning of a growing number of youngsters being treated for incurring exonerating after being exposed to di warnings about the earth's environmental plight britain's climate psychology alliance says that children are being prescribed psychiatric drugs to cope once the problem to become a recognised condition. young people are naturally very empathetic to the state of

the environment most going on in the wild at the moment talking about the future of course they perceive this as a real threat to them so i think it's perfectly understandable that they are really quite stressed and stressed about this is a very emotionally healthy response to the music that well the man and a recount ignore what's going on in the news because graphic images. being really quite right i would be very concerned to hear that said children's just gestures being medicated away. you know their emotional responses make perfect sense in their lives 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 trees and high to choose from them but tell them about these things in ways that they can understand don't exaggerate. because.

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this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our 21st century global economy and daniel britto in washington christiane is on assignment today shows just roaming with hot content and we start here in the united states where the federal reserve has cut interest rates yet again as demanded by president trump but what will this move mean for markets richard was that prescient professor is on hand today to break down the future of the fed was amazon's algorithm is under a harsh spotlight today as recent reports allege the company's search tool favors the company's products offer and alex south of earth joins us show today to give us insight into what the e-commerce giant has been up to and what legal challenges they could be facing so we guy just a little bit global business news to bring you the best market moving information let's go. another cut in u.s. interest rates leads our leads our global report today as the federal reserve

unveils an expected quarter point interest rate cut the 2nd in 2019 after 2 days of policy meetings a federal open market committee of the u.s. central bank said it would lower the target rate for the benchmark federal funds rate to between 1.75 percent and 2 percent in a policy statement the fed committee reference quote the implications of global developments for the economic outlook as well as muted inflation pressures as reasons for the cut 7 of the 10 members of the f o m c voted for the new policy while the fed was meeting it has been an interesting week for the overnight funding market as interest rates temporarily rose as high as 10 percent for some transactions on monday and tuesday the uncommon rate jumps cause u.s. central bank to rein them in stabilizing markets by wednesday morning. and while the u.s. central bank makes their latest policy moves their counterpart in the european you . in is marking an official leadership transition on tuesday christine legarde

officially became the new president of the european central bank and the former managing director of the international monetary fund with 394 votes to confirm her in the european parliament 206 members of the european parliament voted against muslim garb and 49 abstained from the vote where it is reported in ms the guards latest financial policymaking position she will likely have to decide on whether and how the e.c.b. takes on a new investigatory role in a year's long cascade of scandals at deutsche bank reuters reported that e.c.b. staff are considering opening a formal investigation deutsche bank for alleged authorized purchases of their own securities specifically bonds classified as 81 and 82. joining us now to once again orient us to the global event economic events of the day is richard wolfe professor emeritus of economics at the famed you mass amhurst and author of democracy at work.