watching the little. talk with kala discardable the still for much of the body. iran accuses the u.s. congress see for supporting massive protests sparked by a hike in fuel prices. actually said to the people of iran which to a year and a half ago the united states has with a woman up on it was a people who might be taken advantage of by outsiders economic pressure on the. alleged russian interference is said to be unquantifiable and they still classified u.k. intelligence reports as russian media outlets including r.t. get a mention. and violence in hong kong enters a new phase with a vicious standoff at the university of hong kong processors use homemade weapons including bows and arrows and injure police.

you're watching our to international bring you your live news update from our studio here and moscow welcome to the program. the president of iran has moved to qualms over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices hasan rouhani said on sunday the government will compensate those worst hit however there has been trouble in at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of iran's supreme leader burned. well we've heard something coming out of europe finally and germany was the 1st european country to react and essentially berlin has said has called on the

reigning in government to recognize what it called a legitimate plight of the people it is legitimate and deserving of our respect when people courageously aired their economic and political grievances as this card li happening in iran the iranian government should respond to the current protests was a willingness to negation dialogue while this statement is bound to ruff quite something more feathers i should say in tehran because from the beginning of the of the of all the ring in government has been saying that this hike in fuel prices is a lesser evil that its economy has been backed into a corner and the other option is approaching for the country's economy to crumble under the weight of the u.s. sanctions indeed the american penalties is something that iran has been citing as the key reason for all the economic trouble and hardship and these really unpopular measures monday general public that to lawn has had to go for. but

a bilin is not the only one siding with the protesters washington itself was in fact the 1st for a nation to come out forward and side with the protesters which despite all the violence and rioting and looting and even deaths washington has called a peaceful protest. as i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you the united states supports the iranian people in the peaceful protests against the regime that is supposed to lead them we condemn the lethal force and severe communications restrictions used against demonstrators but we certainly stand by the people of iran what you're seeing today is them standing up. to their government saying that you know we demand accountability such comments have been met with outrage and iran for instance the supreme leader of the country has said that he won't allow any outside force to

hold his country hostage by sanctions i don't know our people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put economic pressure on our nation well it really is the country's economy runs economy of course has been in somewhat of a freefall of a nosedive since these sanctions were imposed against it its currency its national currency has lost some 60 percent of its value the inflation hiked over 41 percent by this tobar and it's not only the energy sector or or the nuclear sector that has been targeted by sanctions no the country's health care system has been targeted and has suffered badly from all the penalties for instance iran has been suffering from a severe shortage of life saving medications and just to give you a reminder as to what the as to where these sanctions came from vast last year donald trump decided to unilaterally withdraw from the runs a nuclear deal that move was met with criticism by all other sides who signed the

agreement back in 2015 those sides include the european union and russia and iran too but when it comes to the european union an american ally they while criticizing washington's decision they have failed to take any action they have failed to pressure to make washington come back to the negotiate. inboard signed the deal again and so this is what really didn't stand well with the to iran and iran has while of the drawn accuse the european union of not being as committed to the nuclear deal as the claim they are and this recent reaction that has been that has started to come out of europe with this recent bush statement from berlin this is not going to give iran any more hold poor or any more trust in europe as its partner economist and publisher dr i qamar believes at present there is little hope

for iranian ties. that europe is more america or more afraid of america willing to stick to its own treaties to its own political agenda it seems as though the new has a lot of an agenda i think this is a very dangerous situation for the you because if they are now or are not reliable as a car in a tree it will hardly be possible to be a reliable partner in arms to a nobody will really take them for granted anymore i suppose if you look at this thing from the outside it looks like the perfect playbook for a region in shape so europe is not in the position to to say anything against the player like this and i think this is the mean background of it.

russian media outlets r.t. and sputnik are largely named in a still classified u.k. parliamentary report on moscow suspected interference in the $2016.00 referendum the claim is made in an article in the british newspaper the sunday times the report apparently also states that the impact of suppose it russian meddling is unquantifiable is alie has more. well over the weekend the murdoch owned sunday times published an article with a headline saying revealed the russia report although this so-called report itself hasn't been released but this times claims to have got access to it and seen what's within it and as far as they're concerned met much of the focus is on sputnik the news agency and also all at sea and goes on to describe some of the numbers behind artie's online activity in the lead up to the 2016 breck's it referendum social media analysis revealed that articles published by the russian sites had 4 times

more social media impact before the breaks of vote than the official leave campaigns more than 260 articles posted by r.t. in sputnik in the 6 months prior to the referendum was shared so widely on twitter that they could have been seen up to 134000000 times so would appear journalism equals interference now the cross party intelligence and security committee they're the ones who have been investigating the so-called alleged russian interference and they're the ones who of drawn up this report but the government led by boris johnson they've been accused of sitting on this report and not releasing it earlier this month and that's led to heavy criticism from members of the opposition by secretary tell me that it is unprecedented but we should have had no response or tool explaining why any further delay is required in this case

this is nothing less than an attempt to suppress the truth from the public and from the parliament and it is an affront to our democracy if the report is being called for and written and should be in the public domain then what has it got to hide people will be justified in drawing the conclusion that the reporters findings are compromising or worse for the governments and the 2. now the opposition say there could be information in that report which is damaging to the conservative party and that's why they haven't released it but number 10 deny any wrongdoing saying that they are following all normal procedures now those of us who've been following u.k. politics are used to open interference from u.s. politicians going back to brock obama telling u.k. voters to vote to remain in the referendum to donald trump just recently telling niger fraud. to come to some kind of leave alliance which the pit is could have actually taken place now yet another u.s.

politician has decided to wade into this latest row i'm dumbfounded that this government won't release the report about russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens reporter like you and others should be absolutely relentless in trying to get to the bottom of it now that report hasn't been released in full yet and it's likely that it will be so off to those that actions are held on the top of. the violence in hong kong has entered a new phase there's been a fair standoff at the university of hong kong with police trying to inject demonstrators from the campus but were met with fire bombs and there was an unusual change in the choice of weapons for the protesters as some of them have been equipped with home made on police officers leg was pierced with an arrow during a confrontation around the barricade at university there are also reports of the rioters hampering the emergency services china has worn

a continuation of the protests could lead to a dreadful future for hong kong. oh. sorry . oh yes. we will. since june anti-government rallies against plans to allow extradition to mainland china have escalated the bill was withdrawn 3 months later but the violence has continued with people demanding full democracy and an inquiry into officer's actions which they describe as police brutality since the protests started some 4 and a half 1000 people have been arrested for unlawful assembly taking part in a riot and carrying a weapon those charges carry a sons of up to 10 years in jail former u.k. police officer peter kirkland believes the vast majority of the actions by the hong kong police were lawful as the city was being threatened. as any use of

force. can be complained about and he's complained about his police brutality to say occasional instances of high use of force which maybe are excessive not sure of the ins and outs of phone calls but i suspect it's fairly similar to u.k. law in some sort of reasonable amounts of force being used to call rights and disperse protesters who are causing damage or threatening injury and so the vast majority of force be used by the police would be lawful would be reasonable but in most circumstances. officials in denmark have temporarily imposed checks at border crossings into sweden the move was prompted by a spate of bombings and shootings around the capital copenhagen among them was the bombing of the tax agency in august the danish justice ministry claims the perpetrators had travelled from sweden a bundle subsets reports from the border. denmark has drawn

a line in the bridge behind me they have put checks to stop and search anyone. and 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 improved section of the border with sweden by introducing temporary controls and strengthen police efforts in the area denmark and sweden are both e.u. and area 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 denmark 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 then 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 a teligent chief says it is not correct to link newcomers to criminal organizations in sweden they do not they. make official accounts of who says sweetest and 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. our 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants have people who are arrested who are from sweden it does these attacks in copenhagen are also 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants and of course it would be normal to show that they are there if there's a problem with the 2nd one for a generation immigrants and that is also why we 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 on 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 of this with the backing of sweetness 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 not borders in europe are becoming real again eventually steps us for r.t. . now you might have noticed a new feature we have started today certain stories have a q.r. code at the bottom of the screen which you can use to get more information on the story so if you get the chance give it a go a lot of snow what you think for now a short break. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. for something i want to.

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welcome back the number of people seeking gender reassignment surgery in the iranian capital is on the rise that's according to the iranian legal medicine organization we spoke with iranian actor and director of some on our us too was organize a small theater group staging performances to promote transgender aware. yes but. 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 shame and fears when i went through this procedure at the age of 41 audiences in our 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 so we have large audiences and the performance runs up to 24 nights 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 all sentry's ahead we are also behind some countries so we need to improve and we have the potential and sexuality was made legal in iran in 1987 the government offers financial assistance in certain gender reassignment cases as well according to the state welfare organization of iran so many people apply for help every year a 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 examinations we spoke with a surgeon in the country about the trend. i carry out gender reassignment surgery on 2 or 3 patients each month patients a fully supported some of the 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 positively this is the patient's attended least 10 therapy sessions with psychologists and psychiatrists they give them 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 home and therapy. in bolivia supporters of former president evo morales are blocking an oil refinery near the country's capital police and military armored personnel carriers are heading to the scene earlier the interim government granted impunity to the security forces the protesters are promising to block the state oil enterprise for what they claim was a coup and the country is reversed on going blockade has a poorly led to fuel shortages in the capital earlier this month evo morales announced his resignation after several weeks of tensions over the results of the election and the claims of fraud opposition says virgin and there's declared

herself interim president after where else fled to mexico. the u.s. president has intervened in the cases of american service personnel convicted or accused of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq donald trump pardoned 2 u.s. army officers and restored navy seals ring democratic party presidential candidates 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 the spite the criticism from democrats it's not just this republican president who has pardoned atrocities brings us more and just

a heads up her report does include that new feature the q.r. code which you can use to get more background on the story. victorious election campaign on a platform of non intervention but don't trump is still juggling wars at home 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.

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 aboard 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 label of. 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 quick. u.s. military activity is a favorite white house pos time previous administrations were also busy putting up cia crimes and ducking accountability brought bamma 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 had 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 watch dogs 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 it should be closed down probably and decisively but i'm

not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a this is a man of this gone beyond anything i am aware of what the 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 data to expose someone with just the click of your mouse that's your global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always head to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. good food descriptions sound up of even for the owners so how to choose this pet food

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however what venezuela's critics didn't do was compare human rights issues to those in other countries on the american continent. civil and political rights have been violated in venezuela. but they're violated every day in colombia and they're violated every day in mexico and they're violated every day in brazil. what i call human rights. what i call. of integration. you shoulder enormous in the nation with regard to many other countries where the situation is many times worse. in brazil the police killed 14 people a day on average. the colombian army killed 10000 civilians between 20022010. that doesn't include

hundreds of political activists assassinated every year by powell ability groups tolerated or even supported by the authorities. even in the usa the police killed almost a 1000 people in 2018. politicians in some of those countries have called for military intervention in venezuela to protect so they say its citizens. we have troops all over the world in places that are very very far away venezuela is not heard far away and the people are suffering and dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary.