that konami and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. the chilean economy scream so wants to make the economy of venezuela scream. the headlines is us democratic presidential candidate slammed on trump's decision to pardon american service members convicted of war crimes we looked at how barack obama also whitewashed atrocities when he was in office also to come we visit the border between denmark and sweden where checks have been imposed after bombings and shootings in copenhagen and around accusing the west of the populous city for supporting mass protest sparked by a hike in fuel prices. as i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you. people will not be taken advantage of by

outsiders and economic pressure of our nation. are there good morning you're watching r.t. international is just gone 9 o'clock here in moscow now the u.s. president has intervened in the cases of american service members convicted or accused of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq donald trump pardoned u.s. army officers and restored an a.b. singles rank u.s. democratic presidential candidates that have attacked his decision. there's nothing pro military about overruling military justice system to prevent it from delivering accountability for war crimes the president has again dishonored our armed services trumps intervention in the american military justice system to pardon service members accused or convicted of war crimes betrays the rule of law the values that make our country exceptional and the men and women who wear the uniform honorably

he is not fit to command our troops but despite the criticism from democrats it's not just the republican president who has pardoned atrocities as saskia taylor now expects. victorious election campaign on a platform of non intervention but don't trump is still juggling wars against fake news and the democrats and far away against tara so it's hardly surprising he has a soft spot for the dogs of war no not this one these ones. i. the.

walking free cut to see of the president's generosity and you know why well when you've got almost a quarter of a 1000000 soldiers abroad boosting morale and giving an incentive to put your life on the line in foreign lands it's just what you have to do when our soldiers have to fight for our country i want to give them the confidence to fight for some of their trumps words fail to ring true against a backdrop of human rights reports questioning the morality and lawfulness of american activity abroad for those unconvinced these latest pardons can be added to the already bulging saw a labeled military activity with this use of his powers trump has sent a clear message of disrespectful or morality of the military justice system and those in the military who are by and by the laws of war i would include the victims

of these crimes but have no illusion he cares for them until a shameful trump might have been an outsider when he took the reins in 2016 but his policy of whitewashing quo. u.s. military activity is a favorite white house pos time previous administrations well also busy putting up cia crimes and ducking accountability barack obama for example the very president who found the cia's tool to techniques went around doing some pardoning of his own giving to soldiers who talked to detainees to death a freepost best not to dwell on the postie said on woods and upwards for those who carried out some of these operations within the 4 corners of. legal opinions or guidance that have been provided from the white house. i do not think it's appropriate for them to be prosecuted as

a general deal i think that we should be looking forward and not backwards and apparently it doesn't matter whether you were red or blue take george bush he was also pretty relaxed when it came to those secret cia silos and some believe our military and intelligence personnel involved and capturing and questioning terrorists could now be at risk a perp prosecution under the war crimes jack simply for doing their jobs in a thorough and professional way. this is unacceptable. and while these soldiers might have been given a get out of jail free card despite having been tried and convicted by a court condemned by international watchdog and housing the blood of civilians on their hands i wonder if 2nd chance cards will be given so easily to those quoting out the crimes julian assange is engaged in terrorism he should be treated as an

enemy combatant with you we should be closed down probably and decisively but i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of a this is a man of this gone beyond anything i am aware of wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service u.s. cyber warfare people should use wiki leaks for target practice it seems for u.s. officials there's still plenty up for interpretation and that it's safer to be trigger happy than dare to expose someone with just the click of your mouse but we spoke to jo bases from the united national antiwar coalition he thinks is wrong for the u.s. to prosecute those who exposed war crimes rather than those who commit them. it shows that tells the world that the united states can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world that the position was held by clinton it was hold but

bush it was held by obama and is now held by trump its position met can't be justified under any sense of justice these people who deserve to be in jail these war criminals are kept out however people that expose the crimes such as julian a son george will see manning those are the people we go after and prosecute others are going to kill the messenger but they don't say anything about the message because they didn't say that one word that he said put out through wiki leaks was was untrue it's not a very good policy. that's them our choir fisher was there have temporary checks at the border crossing him to sweden the move was prompted by a spate of bombings and shootings around the capital copenhagen among them it was the bombing of the tax agency back in august the danish justice ministry claims the perpetrators had traveled from sweden well arty's of ns

a success reports now from the border between its own countries. denmark has drawn a line in the bridge behind me they have put checks to stop and search anyone coming from sweden after copenhagen has seen more than a dozen explosions in the city this year alone the danes blame it on rival gangs mostly from sweden and hoping that these checks will put an end to it the explosion at the tax agency and the double killing in her leave are examples of the serious crimes that can flow across the border from sweden we will not accept that to counter the threat of serious crimes by the crime we are now strengthen in production of the border with sweden by introducing temporary controls and strengthened police efforts in the area denmark and sweden are both. aerial members the or is on bridge used to be a free passport bridge for nearly 60 years but not anymore for at least 6 months it is this bridge that the danish authorities believe perpetrators crossed into then

more causing all the explosions. but as bombings become a worrying trend in the usually safe country here in sweden criminal gangs are on the rise according to official statistics there have been $38.00 more explosions this year than 2018 but it's all movie explosions gun related crimes are fast becoming a concern to during the ninety's the average were 4 per year now nearly 40 and the public puts these incidents down to immigrants but the teligent chief says it is not correct to link newcomers to criminal organizations in sweden they do not there . make a official counts of who says who is actually an immigrant so in sweden they do

not know this but. we make these counts in denmark and we can see that a lot of those who are that they are 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants of people who are arrested who are from sweden who it does these attacks in copenhagen are also 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants and of course it would be normal to show that if there's a problem with the 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants and that is social why would do this in denmark because we have to know. what the problem is before we can do anything about it from the famously soft approach that once worked well in sweden the government has gone a 180 degrees by announcing a plan allowing police to have greater stop and search powers but also making it easier for them to search suspects houses and access their devices and all this with the backing of sweetest officials we welcome that denmark is taking action to

fight crime in the orissa and region i have respect for the danish government strengthening border control you know that to keep criminals on a short leash the country of little mermaid bicycles and label had its fair share of violence in the past in the ninety's this quiet country saw bombings and shootings by rival biker gangs but no checkpoints were introduced well whether you blame it on the migrant crisis or a lot borders in europe are becoming real again eventual steps us for r.t. . now the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices some rouhani said on sunday that the government will compensate us who were affected is being trouble in least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of the supreme leader.

well the surprise fuel price rise announcement came on friday with the government saying that the revenue will fund support for the poor the moves backed by iran's supreme leader who described the rioting is sabotage and also call the protesters hooligans meanwhile washington has voiced its support for the protest a move though that iran slammed his hypocritical. as i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you i don't know how our people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put economic pressure on our nation or what iran's economy has been in freefall since the us re imposed sanctions after pulling out of the international nuclear deal last year the national currency has lost around 60 percent of its value on unofficial markets and inflation 42 percent in

the year leading up to october and aside from fuel prices to the crisis is pretty huge strain on the health care system with shortages of life saving medication political scientists cover a after a c.r.b. believes the u.s. sanctions though we've had a devastating impact on ordinary people. we are hearing increasing reports not just from you know reliable lead any and sources but also u.n. and other international organizations about the devastating effects of the u.s. sanctions on order in the rain and particularly with respect to import match needed medicine and you know you also have. all there are economic that is contributing to an employment and and so on all of which mr pearl kind leniently ignores and claims to be you know in support of the

people are shedding crocodile tears for dental while imposing these harsh and savage economic sanctions on iran that are in violation of the u.n. security council resolution 2231 as well as the international agreement that the u.s. unilaterally walked out of meanwhile in iran more and more people there are seeking sex reassignment surgery with the islamic republic offering financial assistance in certain cases we'll have a look at this and it more detail press of the story to tell you just after the break. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the

day or thinks. we dare to ask. in a world of big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad 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 for watching closely watching the hawks. again welcome back now universities in the struggle of being asked to disclose

their overseas financial news and also their research partners sunda guidelines designed to come to foreign interference on his don't quarter expect. once a place for the free exchange of ideas now a battleground for political influence universities in australia have been ordered to reveal their research partners and financial donors to the state all in the name of combating so-called foreign interference we've got to make sure that we continue to because with the foreign interference threat the unprecedented levels that will evolve if we can get a change of culture now campuses that is the best way that we can ensure that we deal with the threat of forward into theory this new federal directive isn't just targeted at any old interference congress convinced chinese influence is growing at an alarming rate how exactly is that putting the nation at risk well a new report says australia's universities are too were alliant on chinese students

for their economic survival it's healthy to have foreign students the problem is when you have so many foreign students that you depend on them for your financial survival there's a double play in terms of the straight in approach the guidelines don't think so who will specify that this is targeted you can say to any one country but everybody knows that this who will china is the obvious the primary one but congress has still a need to beijing's influence isn't only about economics back in july the attorney general called for an investigation into the beijing funded confucius universities in australia it coincided with a protest that turned violent at the university of queensland between pro hong kong independent students and chinese mainlanders now the government suspects students sympathetic to the hong kong protests are being silenced and while it admits a lack of evidence the state's anti china attitude has been left unchanged the

review finds that there are a number of specific facts is that could give rise to the perception that the confucius institute is or could be facilitating inappropriate for an influence in the department this reviews from no. evidence of actual political influence being exerted by the chinese government through the confucius institute in new south wales public schools no evidence no problem i guess university staff will still have to follow the rules of this new directive to declare foreign funding but whether or not it's a real issue is another discussion especially as reports of racism against chinese students have become more and more widespread as of late and as canberra has been stifling scientific cooperation with china by making it more difficult for scientists to get visas coordinated influence from beijing hasn't even been proven to exist and yet the countermeasures against it are already having a very real effect it has the potential of restricting donors and also in the

nature of research having direct government interference with recruiters already compromised as it is and it's not very clear as it stands how these guidelines are going to operate in the workplace so for example the various university managers making comments that we will try to accommodate these particular concerns to see what happens research when asked our schools what the end game is and the end game here is to try to suit me a broader very public and international statement distributed wants to restrict and rein in the venture chinese influence whether actual real. now the number of people seeking sex reassignment surgery in iranian capital is on the rise that's according to the uranium legal medical organization we spoke to surgeon shout orcus saké about the trend. i carry out gender reassignment surgery on 2 or 3

patients each month patients are fully supported some of their costs are covered by state funds but they need to pay the rest my colleagues are aware of what we do and i haven't heard any negative views from patients who come in for other procedures kidney stone removal and so on they view it positively. transsexuality was made legal in iran in 1987 the government office financial assistance in certain gender reassignment cases and according to the state welfare organization of around 70 people to apply for help every year sex change is regarded as a medical disorder in iran and is only permitted after a rigorous assessment process this includes medical tests and psychiatric examination. that the patients attend at least 10 therapy sessions with psychologists and psychiatrists they given full information on the operations possible side effects the pros and cons so when patients are accepted for surgery and come here they are psychologically prepared then they start hormone therapy we

also spoke with iranian actor and director man at so you who's organizing small theater group staging performances to promote transgender awareness. i live in iran and i was a well known director and it is clear that going through a sex change is a little unnerving but i overcame my shaman fears when i went through this procedure at the age of 41 audiences in a theater include family members of transgender people and workers who come and watch my performance i'm glad that they come here it changes their views on gender issues i think the influence of my theatre has been significant we have large audiences and the performance runs up to 24 nights but if we can reach just 10 match of 3000 people then that's a big step i have the chance to create something positive in the middle east i already have 6 projects going on internationally compared to many countries we are sentries ahead with we are also behind some countries so we need to improve and we

have the potential ok let's have a look at some world news in brief now because there's been a fierce standoff that university in hong kong between anti beijing protesters and police officers tried to eject the demonstrators from the campus there but were met with petrol bombs one of the universe. these entrances reportedly set of blades police responded with tear gas and made numerous arrests the latest round of protests in chile meanwhile saw demonstrators fending off police forces with laser pointers officers used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse protests there the unrest in chile erupted amid nationwide grievances over now scrapped transport hikes. so if you signed up for disney's flagship streaming service and were looking forward to binge watching your favorite episodes of the simpsons you could well be disappointed because one episode featuring the voice of michael jackson has been dropped from the platform. you hire michael jackson

jackson's home from distribution. for the ever so does include a character who thinks he's michael jackson and is actually voiced in reality by the singer though the credits don't mention his name the decision to drop the episode did annoy some including michael jackson's nephew. one of finally reports about all the leaving neverland lies exposed or how hypocritical this is for both disney and the simpsons or uses here to take another dig of my uncle who is no longer here to defend himself ok seriously this this is welcome it's taken too far there is no need for this i'm so tired of this p.c. world we are creating a world of shelters people who will have no clue of what's what or does they didn't explain why it decided to drop the episode but fox 1st removed it after a controversial documentary about jackson's misconduct emerge the executive producer of the simpsons said they had the right to take that particular chapter of

their book act we put the issue pre-debate. i don't think it was right at all here's the thing about it what we have recently seen with what i would call council culture is identifying a person who has you know been a sexual predator with sexual harassment sexual assault sexual abuse there are enough sexual predators that are currently available for us to address them to go digging up dead bones thriller well i see it totally differently i don't think it's even touching whether or not michael jackson was or wasn't i firstly loved his music i think it's as simple production decision and commercial decision by a corporate system that's always been a part of entertainment and benefactor so i don't think it necessarily is a comment by the simpsons or the creators of the simpsons on michael or on what occurred or didn't occur this was not just a decision that was made and it has nothing to do with michael jackson this was

specifically removed why because it contained the voice of michael jackson who they decided they wanted to saying should and just like with countries in international government you think should someone as a way to punish them my colleague here is very determined to make this about the things that unfortunately were attached to michael's brand and identity when he was living and frankly she's the one doing that not the prieta of the simpsons in fact they might be even said to be acting out of respect for the family and respect for michael jackson's estate by choosing to eliminate that episode or his voice net as they were in a capitalist society and all of these things have money attached to them if if michael jackson appears on an episode of $1.00 of the longest running television shows in the u.s. his voice is there his family receives royalties ok so in it so his family has no interest in michael jackson's voice ever being muted because if i knew actually

benefits them to for the for the rest of us to continue to carry on his legacy. and celebrate his greatness i would say that about any economic interest of the company the economic interest of the company is just as valid as the interests of the jackson's family holdings and their state the the interest of the company to not get sued every time michael jackson's name of fans of you or maybe that's a plague in hollywood right now we've seen all these great shows and attacked a bunch 1st 1st subjective feelings of viewers so why don't we go ahead and broaden this and just say nobody has to be trying to hurt anybody to and to protect their bottom line. and that's how the news is looking so i thought today we're back again as usual to tell. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president injured. or somehow want to. have to go right to be close to see what the full story of the boy can't be good. i'm interested always in the water using our. best city. tough and finding another one of the highest democrat swayer both the food. bank itself mukti about. closing this way got to dog so hard not to think of the other dismissive look at them look like they are one and i don't mean to start them if. this is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights is moving away. from.

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