back with. the store on which opened the big. round accuses the united states of hypocrisy for supporting mass protests sparked by a hike in fuel prices. the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you i don't know people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders and put economic pressure on nation. alleged russian interference is said to be unquantifiable in a still classified the u.k. intelligence report is russian media outlets including r.t. also get a mention. the violence in hong kong enters a new phase with a vicious standoff at the university of hong kong protesters use homemade weapons including both in arrows and into police.

very good evening thanks for joining us watching r.t. international where we will start this hour with news that has just come in reports claiming a deadly shooting has taken place in a wal-mart store in the city of duncan this is in the u.s. state of oklahoma local media are. reporting information from the highway patrol there that says 3 people have been killed that story is just broken information is literally just come in we'll bring you more on it as it comes in. elsewhere the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices sound rouhani said sunday the government will compensate those worst hit but 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 some more feathers i should say in tehran because from the beginning of the up he of all the reigning 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 the 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 outside of economic pressure on our nation. really of the country's economy runs economy of course has been in somewhat of a freefall of a nosedive since the 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 lifesaving 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 rons 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 tehran and tehran has said that while in toronto 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 of the ica harm believes present there's little hope for e.u. relations. that europe is more america or more afraid of america than willing to stick to its own treaties to its own political agenda it seems as though the new law on agenda i think this is a very dangerous situation for the role because if they now are not reliable as they are in a treaty it will hardly be possible to be a reliable partner in 2 and 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 seoul europe is not in the position to. say anything against plans like this and i think this is the mean background of it. russian media outlets r.t. and sputnik are allegedly named in a still classified u.k. parliamentary report on moscow's suspected interference in the 2060 briggs it referendum on the claim is made in an article in the british newspaper the sunday times the report currently also states though that the impact of supposed russian meddling is quote unquantifiable with more details is our. 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 r.t. 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 brakes a 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 vaguely accused of sitting on this record 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 o'toole 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 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 that 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 have been following u.k. politics are used to open interference from u.s. politicians going back to iraq obama telling u.k. voters to vote to remain in the referendum to donald trump just recently telling niger frauds and boris johnson 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 rout and 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 a 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 and so after those deductions are held on the top of. the violence in hong kong isn't today new face there's been

a fierce standoff at the university of hong kong with police trying to reject demonstrators from the campus but they were met with bombs and there was an unusual change in the choice of weaponry for the protesters as some of them have been equipped with homemade both police officers leg was pierced with an arrow during a confrontation around a barricaded university there are also reports of the riot as hampering the emergency services john has warned a continuation of the protests could lead to a dreadful future for hong kong. oh. oh. since june antigovernment rallies against plans to allow extradition to mainland china have escalated that was withdrawn 3 months later but the violence has continued for people demanding full democracy and an inquiry into offices actions

which they described 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 charges carry a sentence of up to 10 years behind bars for u.k. police officer peter kirkland believes the vast majority of actions by the hong kong police will lawful the city was being threatened. the bottom line is that there is any use of force it can be complained about in the news complained about as police brutality you see occasional instances of high use of force which maybe are excessive not sure of the ins and outs of phone calling law but i suspect it's fairly similar to u.k. law in soem sort of reasonable amounts of force being used to quell riots and disperse protesters who are causing damage or threatening injury and so the vast majority of full speed by the police would be lawful would be reasonable in

most circumstances. officials in denmark of temporarily impose checks at the 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 this was in august the danish justice ministry close to the perpetrators it travelled there from sweden and reports from the border. then mark has drawn a line in the bridge behind me they have put it. 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 strengthening proved

section of the border with sweden by introducing temporary controls and strengthened police efforts in the area that mork and sweden are both e.u. and 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 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 too 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 they . make an official accounts of who uses sweetest and who is actually an immigrant so in sweden they do not know this but we make these accounts in denmark and we can see that a lot of those. who are. they are 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants the people who are arrested or from the street and it's just 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 one 1st generation immigrants and that's also why i 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 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 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. . you might have noticed a new feature that we've slowed to using today said stories have

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welcome back the number of people seeking gender reassignment surgery in the rainy and capital is increasing that's according to the iranian legal medicine organization we spoke with the rayney an actor and director. who's organized a small theater group staging performances to promote transgender awareness. that.

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 that 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 we are also behind some countries so we need to improve and we have the potential for transsexuality was made illegal in around in 1987 the government office financial assistance in certain gender reassignment cases according to the state welfare organization of the rand 70 people apply for help every year so

exchange is regarded as being a medical disorder and around his own permitted after a rigorous assessment process this includes medical tests and psychiatric examinations we spoke with surgeon shock 2nd about the strength. i carry out gender reassignment surgery on 2 or 3 patients each month the 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. the patients attend at least 10 therapy sessions with psychologists and psychiatrists given full information on the operations possible side effects the pros and cons so when patients are accepted for surgery and come here he is psychologically prepared then they start home and therapy. and into oblivion our supporters of former president evo morales are blocking at all

refinery near the capital of the country police and military armored personnel carriers are headed to the seeing earlier interim government granted impunity to the security forces but just as a promising to block the state oil enterprise into what they claim was a coup when the countries were 1st ongoing blockade as reported let you fuel shortages in the capital earlier this month they were all as announced his resignation after several weeks of tension over the results of the election amid claims of fraud opposition senator and has declared herself interim president after more or less 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 padded 2 u.s. army officers and restored a navy seal's frank 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. well spawn the criticism from democrats is not just the republican president to this pardon the trustees taylor brings us more just a heads up a report includes our new feature q.r. code you can use the more background information on the story. a victorious election campaign or a platform of nonintervention but don't trump is still chuckling wars against fake news and the democrats and far away against terror 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 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

though 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 thaw a label. 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. war i would include the victims of these crimes but have no illusion he can screw them up to a shameful trump might have been an outsider when he took the reins in 2016 but his policy of whitewashing questionable u.s. military activity is a favorite white house past time previous administrations were also busy posturing up cia crimes and ducking accountability barack obama for example the very president who by 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 read 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 having the blood of civilians on their hands i wonder if 2nd chance cards will be given so easily to those quoting helps the crimes julian assange is engaged in terrorism he should be treated as an enemy combatant with you it should be closed down permanently 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 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 dare to expose someone with just the click of the all mouse. ok finally this hour reminder of our developing story the reports of a deadly shooting at a wal-mart store in the city of duncan in the u.s. state of oklahoma now local media reports a highway patrol is claiming 3 people have been killed officials also reportedly said that the shooter is among those who have been killed has been no official confirmation of the details on this situation as of yet and new information coming in on this story we'll bring it straight to you. ok thanks for your company this is r.t. international updates coming your way in half an hour. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person.

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hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered peter lavelle spoiler alert this edition of the program is not about the trenton pietschmann drama instead we focus on ukraine and why our corporate media is so misleading about the military coup in bolivia. across talking some real news i'm joined by my guest and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and we surgeons of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor and interest me internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics 1st maggots.