rush is being investigated over claims that he gave manipulated data to the world anti-doping watchdog casting doubt over its participation in the summer olympics next year the russian side says it's fully complied with all regulations. they highly likely when not sure the u.k. falls washington saying there's a high degree of probability that iran has attacked saudi oil facilities but the british prime minister stressing he is ready to join a u.s. military effort in the gulf region if needed. also this hour u.s. democrats say they may again try to impeach president donald trump for alleged collusion with another foreign power but seem less concerned by accusations of

corruption against her 2020 hopeful joe by. been very reluctant to go down the path of impeachment but that may be the only remedy by failing to act congress is complicit in trump's latest attempt to solicit foreign interference to aid the us elections do your constitutional duty and impeach the president. you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. the world anti-doping agency is investigating its russian wing amid claims moscow provided manipulated data the probe could have serious consequences for russia's participation in next year's tokyo olympics russia's anti-gay upping agency or has already reacted to the allegations. solders and food compliance with the code this is confirmed by the fog that we have been

asked to audits in 2 years i was responsible for them i can guarantee this was absolute certainty is committed to meeting all these international obligations however we have nothing to do is the most school board tree or the samples well with the lympics already upon us next summer the world anti-doping agency is actually investigating a bombshell allegation that could see russia suspended from tokyo games next year now let me give you some details on what's happening now russia has been given a 3 week deadline to explain why data from a moscow drug testing laboratory provided to the world anti-doping agency might have been tampered with and eve these suspicions of tran tampering prove correct then the country could again be suspended and that is happening to a year after russia was reinstated actually handing over that particular day there from villa bora tree was among the critical requirements for the reinstatement and

of course there has been some high level reaction from moscow on to the news and here is what the sports minister had to say we met all the conditions for the restoration of some other which were established by the world executive committee we were told that database transfers to water by the informant was slightly different from the one the water experts had taken a copy of in moscow in 2019 what exactly these discrepancies are and what they are connected with would be established by experts from both sides for our parts we continue to provide all possible systems but let me remind you that russia's anti doping agency was actually suspended back in 2015 and after 3 years it was reinstated as i've mentioned before all of that happened after claims that there was a widespread state run doping scheme in the country actually there was a. a number of some really strong accusations that we heard at the time however not

everything was actually proved with some harsh avid and as for moscow well moscow denied it was state sponsored but still there was enough evidence to ban scores of russian athletes they were allowed to participate only to a limited extent and at the winter olympics in south korea under the neutral flag and now this is just the basically the latest twist in this ongoing story. iran is the new victim of downing street highly likely scenario also used in the script case the u.k. prime minister boris johnson said there's a very high degree of probability that tehran was behind the recent attack on saudi oil facilities and even promised to help the u.s. secure the gulf region. the u.k. is attributing responsibility with a very high degree of probability to iran for the aramco attacks we think it's very likely indeed that iran was indeed responsible clearly if we are asked either by the saudis or by the americans to have a role then we will consider in what way we could be useful the british prime

minister johnson seemingly getting on board with the accusations made by the u.s. and also by the saudis and the iranians if they weren't responsible for that attack particularly the saudis saying that the components that they found were rainy and made in terms of who took part in that attack on the saudi oil facilities and boris johnson there say that it was very likely to have been iran pointing to what he said were cruise missiles and drones and other technology that could have possibly been used in the attack now he said that the u.k. wants to deescalate the situation but would also be willing to commit u.k. military resources and personnel to a possible u.s. led action in the region a military action in the region now it's unclear exactly how far the u.k. would be willing to go in any u.s.

led adventures in the region but we know that the iranians have stated and denied repeatedly that they were involved at any point but have also been warning the west that if there is any aggression against iran they're more than capable of meeting it head on. the foreign powers are sincere in seeking peace and security it must stop deploying dangerous weapons to a region and proven arms troops they should stay away because their presence has always brought pain and misery now we know of course that the u.s. very quick to blame iran saying that they would be deploying more troops to the region but one issue that might help to deescalate the situation the so-called tanker was we saw the iranian tanker. seized off the coast of japan by the u.k.'s royal navy the iranians responded in kind by confiscating the u.k. flag the iranian wanted was released and now the iranians to say that as a gesture of good will and to do deescalate the situation they are willing to

release that u.k. flag not essentially it is free to go so there are some who feel that while the iranians are trying to tamp down those tensions there are some. in washington and here in london who are doing the exact opposite and with the fate of u.s. iran relations hanging in the balance artie's daniel hawkins looks into how the standoff could play out. iran and the united states go way back a relationship at sea in a coup terrorism sanctions even direct confrontation for over half a century hard to find enemies more bitter could we see all out war the question today on the minds of many listening to recent rhetoric you'd certainly think that possibility is growing that if any country wants to attack iran it will seize territory turn into the conflicts main battlefields will never let any war be dragged into iran we will continue until the end we will continue until the full

destruction of any aggressor and we will leave no safe place for enemies and that was a very large attack and it could be met with an attack many many times larger very easily by our country but the saudis have called for u.s. help after those attacks on it's all refineries it seems all those billions spent on u.s. military gadgets weren't enough to keep them safe back in may the u.s. sent an aircraft carrier strike group to the gulf to this latest incident the u.s. was quick to announce another military deployment 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 many see some historical deja vu in this latest move dating back 3 decades at my direction elements of the 82nd

airborne division as well as key units of the united states air force are arriving today to take up defensive positions in saudi arabia i took this action to assist the saudi arabian government in the defense of its homeland operation desert shield back then protecting these to the of the region and the world's oil markets and supply lines was one key for. active behind the intervention but much has changed in 3 decades the us is now the world's biggest oil producer protecting gulf oil exports just isn't a priority anymore neither is being in the middle of a war between riyadh and tehran the united states is pursuing its own interests and that is to control the floyds flow of oil to the world and that means providing oil to its friends and denying oil to its enemies we've seen the united states embargo oil to play countries like syria the sale of oil from iran sudan libya many other places this is about the united states control over the most important commodity in

the world that keeps industry going keeps country standing on their feet and domestic appetite for sending the boys to a place of sand and death is weak according to a recent poll just 13 percent would support a military intervention to protect the saudis adding a 2nd or 3rd party into that kind of tense scenario doesn't necessarily deescalate things if anything it escalates things even further so we get into another war like afghanistan or iraq and get stuck over there for another 1015 years we think iraq was bad iran to be 100000 times worse and we would absolutely destroy there i just think we should be less involved in other world affairs no desire for conflict with iran this seems to be a war that neither side wants or at least says they want yet still seem to be on a collision course we have made it very clear that we don't want war we have made it very clear that we don't want escalation i'm making

a statement that we don't want war we don't want to engage in a military confrontation america 1st has been trumps mantra since before his election campaign ending costly conflicts no more world policeman with analysts warning of the devastating costs of a war with iran the u.s. stands at a crossroads just how high a price on. willing to pay to meet their objectives the u.s. as we know is now the world's number one oil producer fracking has changed the nature of oil production to kill in the us and there is an overhang in the oil market so many americans are saying why are we interested in the gulf we don't need saudi oil but you know if the less said the fact of the matter is that oil is not just a product it is leverage over the international community is geostrategic lee important ever since world war 2 the united states has wanted to control energy in the world

so the united states is very loath to leave the gulf even though it doesn't actually need the oil itself. a number of us democrats say they may start impeachment proceedings against president donald trump that's on the back of reports he pressured his ukrainian counterpart to investigate possible corruption involving 2020 hopeful joe biden. been very reluctant to go down the path of impeachment but if the president is essentially trying to browbeat a foreign leader into doing something illicit then that may be the only remedy by failing to act congress is complicit in trump's latest attempt to solicit foreign interference to aid him in the us elections do your constitutional duty and impeach the president at this point a bigger national scandal isn't the president's low breaking behavior it is the democratic party is refusing to impeach him for it on sunday trump denied any

misconduct while discussing his potential rival during a phone call with president vladimir is alinsky he also accused the former vice president of corruption tied to his son's business activities in ukraine the phone conversation has come to light after a whistleblower claim that trump solicited help from a foreign leader are reports. you've got to give it to the democrats they're hard working bunt especially when something's related to the biggest pet peeve collusion but with all attempts over the past 3 years to push trump out of the white house haven't for a bit flat new rumors have put the fire back in their bellies complaining about president trump it involves ukraine troubling promise president may have made to a foreign leader years ago 1st got in office were also nervous the don't stop with some sort of sleeper agent who was going to sell america out to a foreign power behind our backs. well throwback thursday the wall into multiple reports of potentially illegal activity new allegations of attempted foreign

collusion the washington post reported that back in july trump and the newly elected wanted to miss and how did a little chat in which trump asked his ukrainian counterpart to investigate former vice president joe biden and apparently top level whistleblower leaked that trump unethically said he'd be generous with billions worth of american military and intelligence aid if he was cooperative whistleblower is under what i can only imagine must be the most. intense pressure sharing anything that is truly sensitive and endangers our national security world or trouble sounds to see but then things took a slightly disappointing turn the washington post sort of backtracked and admitted that well actually they might have jumped the gun just to listen. one source familiar with the conscience of the phone call so the crew did not raise the issue of american military and intelligence aide that the administration was at the time withholding from ukraine indicating that there may not be known explicit quid pro

quo expressed in the conversation but for the desperate damns even the with of the scandal was enough reports of a reliable whistleblower complaint regarding the president's communications with a foreign leader brings grief urgent concerns of our national security when you have the president call him in from other countries and whistleblowers are talking about compromising who he has deemed a political enemy this is serious this is very very serious and we have to investigate it this is all in the spirit of pursuing justice and protecting the american people from shady political dealings so probably a bit that trump was gunning for an investigation into how a bomb as a right hand man biden had pushed for a top ukrainian prosecutor to be fired but hey it's probably just a coincidence that the prosecutor was leading a corruption investigation into a natural gas company that biden's son was linked to biden bragging that he basically blackmailed x. president petro poroshenko into firing the guy isn't that convincing is what i said

you know i get the 1000000000 i'm going to be leaving iraq i think it was about 6 hours 6 hours and the prosecutor is not fired you're not getting the money. no not biden surely not he looks so good in those shorts back in the sixty's he had such a lovable bromance with obama he can't be shady i love joe biden but there is still so much good in this country and joe biden i think represents that the democrats will see him as the best choice voters in the battleground state of wisconsin say they favor by never president trump everyone loves your by if you'll trump because an elusive phone call from a secret source reported in a classified document leaked in an article but that corrected itself would be declared hard evidence and bring the year. democrats knocking at your door but if you're the only candidate your party has mustered up that even stands a chance of getting to the american people in 2020 so you get something that's up

for interpretation on timing a blind eye. no harm no foul this is a bomb that basically joe biden has set off himself that's going to i think in the end push him perhaps out of contention it seems very much that the democrats like to shift public opinion away from their misconduct by alleging misconduct of trump and it fools. a large number of people who are not deep divers into details but it's certainly not fooling me and it's not full and i think many other pundits around the world who look at this and say the democrats are just deceiving themselves at this point they opened this can of worms trump didn't bring it up 1st they brought it up now that people have brought it back up there are serious questions about what was going on in ukraine i would argue from 2004 forward. involving corrupt elements of both political parties inside our country and the other the democrats approach this up again i believe trump has

a megaphone with his twitter account and we're going to get to the bottom of what was really going on in the changing nature of u.s. ukraine and russian relations going to 2004 forward or maybe even further back than that. still to come a japanese filmmaker is being sued over his documentary on the wartime inflate myth of women that story and more after the break. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to. if you're going to be close this is what makes 3 of the more people. interested always in the logs it. should.

seem wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just to educate and indeed trade equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back a filmmaker is being sued by participants in a documentary over his claims about korean sex slaves and world war 2. they were

not sex slaves they were prostitutes. so it was criminal action to deceive korean women to the station. at least one of the experts quoted in the film denies that the women were forced into slavery however the filmmaker make a design thinks there's other motives for the lawsuit. it's not really top officials who are launching the lawsuits more of these kind of people in my shill interview that are doing the lawsuit in i guess what lies behind it is really them trying to silence the film you know change the narrative of the come for women

issue to their narrative to come from an issue that has always been a very contentious issue between korea and japan and some people actually think it's the most contentious issue between the 2 countries and through my own research i realize that you know my korean friends and japanese friends didn't know certain information i thought if i made a film i could possibly fill in this gap in information and bring more context in hopefully both sides would you know be able to talk about this more productively after the film the comfort women issue is very taboo in japan and surprisingly a lot of people like the film i notice a lot of people who don't like the film are people who haven't seen the film. the phrase comfort women is a euphemism for girls forced into sex slavery by japanese soldiers and occupied territories only 200000 young women are made to work and military brothels the

victims came from across southeast asia with most from korea the japanese government issued a statement on the issue in 1993 tokyo admitted responsibility for the sexual coercion of women and apologized in 2015 japan and south korea agreed a deal under which tokyo paid more than $8000000.00 for a victim's fund but soul has dissolved the fund saying the issue has been settled and victims weren't consulted and the filmmaker says censoring his film would violate his free speach. well i think it's definitely a case of freedom of expression and i think my film if it gets silenced or taken down or you know if they prevent bigger distribution then this is another you know hit on freedom of expression in japan in its in its these little tiny digs at freedom of expression that make it really hard for the media and people in general to talk about these issues and so it just becomes

one of these things where the powerful people get to say what they want to say about the issue and then the people who have an opposing opinion can't see anything . representatives of the taliban have met china's envoy to afghanistan meeting in beijing they discuss the failure of the terror groups peace talks with the u.s. abruptly ended those talks earlier this month after a u.s. soldier was killed in a taliban attack in cobol with hopes for peace fading again this isn't an afghan refugee camp in pakistan where people are desperate to return home. i'm here in an afghan refugee camp in the pakistani capital islamabad more than a 1000 families called us home and they were a small percentage of the more than 1000000 afghan refugees who have moved to pakistan in the past 4 decades now they keenly watching developments across the

border with the american president donald trump recently announcing that he is withdrawing from secret talks with the taliban and russia stepping up to the mark for people living here what happens in those talks has a direct impact on the lives i'm going to meet them on khan family to see how they feel about things mom though and we came here from afghanistan and we don't have a stable income sometimes and sometimes we don't only our is keeping us alive them nice that we're happy here in afghan. stanley had no land in the house we didn't see bread and butter for years. we came here to work because the situation in afghanistan is too bad and it's too difficult to live there we are poor people and we have no limbs and have only god well you know of course we want our children to be well educated and to attend good schools our family runs a store the market would earn hardly anything i'm suffering from hip authorities but i don't have enough money to buy medicine as you can see they don't have very much it's 10 people who live here in 3 mad rooms and they survive by selling fruits

and vegetables on the sides of the road shaheen is one of the community leaders so he how would you say the pakistani government treats afghan refugees afghan refugees live slightly better here than at home but we don't have full rights we want to have the same rights as pakistanis now after inking gets a driving license or a car we want peace in afghanistan and we will be very happy to be able to return to our country the pakistani prime minister in one can in an interview i did with him said that pakistan is willing to do whatever it needs to do to make sure that the talks in afghanistan work america however needs to send its soldiers home but the americans. will have to of course leave understand and i think president dr wants the u.s. soldiers to leave for one is that this is not a lot more than pakistan can do than what it is already doing which is urging the. only who would that has influence to sit down and talk to the americans which which

they have done and also talk to the of one government which they haven't done as yet for the more than 1000000 afghan refugees in pakistan they don't have much but the belief that one day they will return home is something making to. r.t. islamabad. that are news wrap up for now but i'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest thanks for tuning in.

hello and welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle the recent attack on saudi energy installations as red faced many in washington and the kingdom we will tell you why also uncle joe's travails in ukraine a story begging to be revealed for a very long time. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guests here in moscow going decent he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have alex christopher he's a director and writer for the duran dot com and we're joined by dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate glenn let me go to you 1st here saudi arabia is the 3rd largest spender a military hardware in the world after the united states and china and we're told

at least who these claim that they attacked those installations last week and. there's a lot of red faces in washington in riyadh right now i mean do they have do they actually use this military hardware or is it the wrong kind or is it just expenditures no one is really explained this but of course we know one thing it's a rants. all the big joke typically has been the saudi arabia has this huge wonderful military but nobody knows how to use it. however it serves the problem goes a bit deeper than that i think because it also shows you can truly measure military strength in terms of the amount of money you spend on arms now for certainly you should get some modicum of defense with that kind of expenditures yes of course but when you for example compare how how would a color military conflict look here between saudi arabia and iran often people fail

to take account of very simple or cheap drawn can be used to attack a military installation and this. energy solution and and this is really the vulnerable the weak spots that they have. that they have presented to them so there's not much they can really do about it so they could make peace with the with the hoop these in yemen one think they could do to show us that iran with the various simple weaponry can create some pain for the julio cesar to be care i don't know well i would guess that the drones themselves the construction of them probably some of the strategic directions probably have come. with some input from iran. i think is reason to lose even if it is reasonable until they get over it and let's it seems to me it's not important who orchestrated this because i don't think that's the point i think the point is that it could be orchestrated and it's a demonstration of what can come all right you have saudi arabia spending vast

amounts of money on quote unquote defense that apparently doesn't work or they don't know how it works in the united states is any more forces there they're learning the wrong lesson whoever orchestrated this says stop the war because we can do this again it will be more intense higher magnitude right so the trump is going to sanction our central bank in iran he's going to saying in the sovereign wealth fund as well he's sending. troops to saudi arabia in order to prevent this from happening again and you know do you want to sending a few ships right more troops i was not going to stop this when we were even told there are some people saying that the attack it so or reaching made it in in saudi arabia exactly exactly i think you're spot on peter because it doesn't really even though is a lot of people theorizing who did this was it iran was it the these was it israel was it saudi arabia was it the cia everyone's you know has their theory as to who did this because you know a lot of people saying this was a false flag and that's what we're.