in the stories that shaped the week here on r t tensions escalate in the gulf with the u.s. sending troops to saudi arabia and imposing new sanctions on iran over tehran's alleged attack on an oil facility. more chaos in hong kong where anti beijing protesters clashed with police who respond with rubber bullets and tear gas. plus deadlock in israel after a 2nd election failed to give any side a majority to form a government but both prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival battling to lead any coalition. and thousands of children as young as 5 have been held without charge in cramped detention centers in nigeria when rights watch says

the arrests were made as part of an anti terror crackdown need to scribe severely overcrowded cells 20300. packed into it so it was 10 meters by 10 meters. this is the weekly here on r t welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shaped the week. the iranian president says he wants gulf nations to work together to provide security in the region that comes after his country standoff with the u.s. intensified this week washington accused iran of being behind a drone attack on an oil refinery in saudi arabia and made this pledge of support to riyadh. the president has approved the deployment of u.s. forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the

kingdom of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. to enhance their ability to defend themselves it is clear that even the saudis themselves don't believe the fiction of iranian involvement. however the drone missile attacks were claimed by who think rebels in yemen on friday saudi forces launched several airstrikes near the yemeni port city of hadera a saudi coalition spokesperson said the goal was to provide with the rebels from launching remote controlled assault on shipping in the red sea and the saudis and the u.s. still blame iran for the attack on the oil facility r.t. is garcia has more. that is being decided that iran did it and that started opinion finding with the result of an investigation it's a decision guilty secretary to gather any new evidence that shows who was behind the attacks and do you think it is slam dunk case to bring to the u.n. next week. i think it's abundantly clear and there is an enormous

consensus in the region that we know precisely who conducted these attacks was iran i didn't hear anybody in the region who doubted that for a single mom. is doing what trump does best signing pieces of paper bringing to bear a slew of new sanctions against iran if these are the highest sanctions ever imposed on a country we've never done it to this level. too bad what's happening with iran it's going to hell 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 still working on technicalities like evidence and proof let that sink in. not 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. 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 not once during the presentation that the saudis specifically say that iran did it 1 may ask what unearth saudi defenses were doing at the time they've got the 3rd biggest military budgets on earth one of america's best clients the countries lifted with patriot and other anti missile systems $80000000000.00 a year should protect you from a score of drones and missiles no 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 us 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 their alleged iranian components in the day bri does that mean that the us is responsible for her refit massacres in yemen i mean sure saudi arabia dropped the bombs but those say made in the united states more likely than not to be has been clearing the shelves of american arms manufacturers recently by this logic is new need to investigate to collect evidence it's american bombs it has got to be america.

and. 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. and to beijing activists in hong kong have staged another protest in some way autonomous chinese territory is in the grip of a 16th consecutive weekend of demonstrations and unrest the protesters have been waving american flags and destroying chinese ones on saturday police in the city used tear gas and rubber bullets all writers threw molotov cocktails and started fires on the streets.

on tuesday and leading name in the hong kong protest movement appealed to u.s. lawmakers in congress joshua one wants them to pass a bill that would see greater u.s. support for hong kong hong kong special status under american law depends on the city being treated as a separate customs area beijing should not have it both ways wrapping all the economy benefit of hong kong standing in the world while erosion of our freedom that is the most important reason why the hong kong human rights and democracy act and just bought some throws off hong kong civil society. well me as

a prominent student activists who organizes protests against the chinese government in support of hong kong's independence the 22 year old is also a leader of the pro democracy party. he's already served several jail terms for his activities and either style of explains why one is playing for us supervision over hong kong actually backfire. they are many they've won the fight with the authorities by early submission but they are anything but done the american flag waving taskforce among the hong kong protesters are sending their poster boy to convince us legislators to do something big on autonomy. well for those of you having difficulty making out the absence of this boilerplate script it's the human rights and democracy act and it's meant to show beijing that

the u.s. is serious about fighting for hong kong's rights the united states must make clear to china that its interference in hong kong affairs will have consequences this month we must pass a by cameron bipartisan on consumer rights and democracy act the bill was devised in response to what the u.s. has been calling a chinese infringement on the region's autonomy and requires for america to review own homes special status annually and if that status is ever revoked the region's autonomy would not so much been friendly to but rather new to dust since the early ninety's hong kong has been enjoying huge advantages for wearing washington's special status badge. and some believe that

a small yet vocal group of protesters is laying an explosive tripwire for the whole region which will not enjoy the konami chain reaction if it's ever triggered in a way that is they've just. to get all of the 'd the biggest economy in the world. will all exist on. oh it was. a great deal but it's not just the portly there are thousands of you notice this ready. and it would likewise be affected of course it's. because. he or percent of policy he was the. head of the in be accountable to all. as far as equality is also. but this isn't but on the other hand of course we would wish the one computers as the sea so as to help with the

internationalization of the. american legislators say the bill is designed to punish mainland china specifically as protesters want sean. but while the end goal may very well be punishing beijing in pursuit of a geo political supremacy washington my just overlooked the collateral damage. the israeli president is intervening to break the deadlock around the formation of a new government he's initiated 2 days of crunch talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz both want to head a coalition after step elections fail to return a majority. according to the election commission we have received $33.00 seats and netanyahu did not achieve the bloc that he had hoped to achieve citizens of israel want to the unity government even after previous elections and they want it now i was talking about it almost for the whole year i intend to create a wide unity government with me is the leader. i was surprised and disappointed by

the fact that as of now benny gantz still refuses my call to meet the president called for unity and without a meeting between the 2 major party leaders a unity government cannot be formed israel faces the prospect of a 3rd row. and of elections in less than a year if an agreement between the blocks isn't reached yet the center left blue and white alliance won $33.00 seats while netanyahu is a center right likud party was just behind a bloc of air parties known as joyless came 3rd the block gained 5 more seats than in the previous election posing a major threat to netanyahu is a party as it could enter into a coalition with dance and thought that was spurred in part by netanyahu is inflammatory remarks about arab districts and the potential for voter fraud that led to a spike in arab order turnout which hit around 59 percent. the leader of the arab joint lysle and said the outcome of the election was the price of incitement

political analyst michel barack believes netanyahu has personally destroyed his own political career the ironic thing is the last election which was a few months ago and it's and you know how to really all the options in the world he could have formed a right of center government a narrow one with about 61 seats or he could have sat down with benny gantz and had a unity government with 70 and added more parties he chose to do neither he wasn't successful and either called for new elections now what it appears is i would say it's the final countdown to the end of the career of this and you know he's talking about a narrow right of center zionist government you know a narrow government and benny gantz is sounding like a leader unifying the people the will of the people he's going to talk to all the parties most of the parties that have run from the left blue and white to the labor party to the democratic camp party all of them is said will join a national unity government with the likud even we just won't do it with nets and you know it's

a you know for most israeli politicians and many and many of the israeli people is damaged goods. a long term crackdown on terrorists in nigeria has seen thousands of children being detained that's according to human rights watch we spoke to one of those behind the report. since 2013 nigeria has detained about 3600 children and in june a human rights watch went to the northeast of nigeria where boko haram is 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 horrible 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 being razor blades in a pack 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 facilities spending months or even years there there are frequent reports of sexual physical and mental abuse the children had been accused of involvement with the boko haram terror group. the radical islamist organization is based in northeastern nigeria but carries out attacks throughout west africa in 2015 and pledge allegiance to islamic state many of the imprisoned children or rounded up during military operations against the group. they are just me if i was a member of booker and beat me up when i said 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 be chewed. 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. more than 2000 children have been released from detention since 2013 but joe becker again believes more effort should be made to free those still being held without charge. nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the united 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

community. the nigerian military denies the allegations made in the report saying children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we've asked the nigerian ministry of justice for comment but have not received any reply as of yet their weekly continues after the short break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going from station let it be an arms race on all sides very dramatic to follow the only mostly . i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit

down and talk. tensions between the masses and classes have existed ever since modern states came into being but often serve as a driver political change with russian civil society growing larger and louder against the excesses of the government leaks what does the future of the political system look like. welcome back millions around the world took part in a climate strike this week calling for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases more than 5000 events were held globally from sydney to new delhi new york has been hosting the un climate action summit over this weekend and demonstrators urged

world leaders to take immediate action to prevent a global catastrophe one of the topics being discussed is the fires in the amazon something politicians have weighed in on as our to charlotte n.c. explains. it's an environmentalist not backed wild fully is raging in the amazon destroying the wolves most biodiverse tropical rain forest. our house is burning literally the amazon rainforest the lungs which produce 20 percent of our planet's oxygen is on fire as an international crisis i couldn't agree more manual macro we need to act for the amazon and for our planet talk kids and grandkids accounting on the lines of the entire earth our frac to and that's why we need to find common solutions here leaders of the globe's most advanced countries pledged to do more at the g 7 the heat may have died down but the blame

game certainly hasn't with some looking closely at where the amazon wu's may. europe's financial institutions the companies and the financier is housed in those countries are contributing to the forestation many of these companies are known to have unsuitable practices in their supply chain to be clearing areas for the expansion of agriculture especially pursuing cattle so yeah and cattle ranching account for 80 percent of deforestation major companies such as a.t.m. call gail j.b.s. are being financed by some of us biggest banks including b m p power of us don't spank and block walk they not only bankroll the debt they're also major shareholders with a voice in how these companies are run so areas of the amazon are sometimes.

to provide all earned for cows to graze or to grow crops to feed life stock these european banks are directly linked the forestation do it your bank he black rock in vanguard collectively more than a $1000000000.00 in debt in just the 3 largest away in the 3 largest cattle companies operating in brazil are these even banks often vocal about their staying ability policies. are also being accused of hypocrisy environmental campaign group amazon watch contacted them about their role in the amazon was fine as well deutsche bank and blackhawk didn't respond b.m.p. paragraphs had to say been people rebar has been strengthening insecta policies related to deforestation for several years and is prompting its clients to protect natural ecosystems and preserve biodiversity to the best of their abilities that experts say is just simply not good enough while we have applied

the efforts of the. history of the seed gardens in their portfolios our research demonstrates that another another process is playing out on the ground they are claiming to protect forested forest peoples in their official policies wow if you leave the destruction of the amazon there invest. there is a consistency here that needs to be essentially right home to these companies so that they better understand their role and also they can themselves be part of the solution rather than part of the problem without the traceability and the accountability of all actors involved including here in europe the fear is that our house will continue to burn. off powers we've asked her to bank to comment on its links to the deforestation of the amazon bringing any response we get. large scale military drills called center 200-1000 were

conducted this week across central asia and russia troops from countries took part in creating china a long time adversaries india and pakistan the goal was to cooperation fighting terror groups like islamic state. thank you for keeping. clean. clean . clean.

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hello and welcome to. the tensions between did masses and the classes have existed ever since more than states came into existence often serving as a driver of political change with the russian civil society growing larger and loud there against the excesses of the governing elites doesn't bode for the system as a whole to discuss that i'm now joined by constance you gaza the resident scholar at the carnegie moscow center and such an is good to talk to you thank you very much for coming into the studio and for the invitation now as we are recording this program moscow as i still take getting governments buildings. in moscow or in supporters of populists in the an axe or who was detained during the election protests and sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for

a legit violence against law enforcement a charge that is contradicted by video evidence which deport refused to consider now the conviction buys of the russian court system is nothing new but i think the bill is ation off russian society provoke is what strikes you the most about it i think the reaction though from the called public opinion on the picture on from our coalition troops almost stripped like half of nation does prove in the same moment it was oh a huge focus on state control to be the protest isn't organic it's co-sponsored from the west and so on and so on but still half of the population said that they just. i don't like the picture of troops in the capital and i think there's a horse was disproportional it was known that the quote and that of course he's sort of

a. it's part of social fabric in russia we well we are the chosen for how far we adequate for how far the situation is that and the use of force was absolutely none of it and i think apart from disapproving of the massive use of force. a lot of people in moscow and polls show that the majority of people in moscow actually support it people's right to take to the streets which i think is also an interesting indicator i think one of the features that distinguishes the current protest away from the previous ones is that it's becoming increasingly mainstream it's not just the mostly intelligentsia on non-systemic opposition anymore it's much more broad based actors journalists priests isn't that actually a very good development that the russians aside is finally becoming a subject rather than object of politics. if we compare protests and shias in the one description and protests the mosco we'll see still the pictures quite

different clothes and shoes it's more like one of my colleagues foreign journalist a moscow characterized it as a green red or even green bro mating that this is actually these same social groups that support for example russian role in ukraine but they also care about the environment and in moscow for example it was pretty different picture it was yes it was not just what you call an intelligence it means old public noons those who have some voters who are traditionally critical of their as those who control sort of symbolic capital like the language the humanities and so on and so on but they were joined by 3 of the groups 1st and them them the most interesting group in this protest moscow activist who participate in . different forms of when a signal governing day in war in.