discardable. ron accuses the united states of the 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. people will not be taken advantage of outside and put economic pressure of the nation. alleged russian interference is said to be unquantifiable in a still classified u.k. intelligence report 1st russian media outlets including r.t. also get a mention. in violence in hong kong and has a new face with a vicious standoff at the university of hong kong homemade weapons including bows and arrows and injure police.

other thanks for joining us this is r.t. and tonight. the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices set 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 the run supremely 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 into iran 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 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. 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 outside of

economic pressure of our nation. really of 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. 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 where these sanctions came from vats 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 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 negotiating board and to sign the deal again and so this is what really didn't stand well with the 2 iran and iran has drawn accused. 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. become a star and publish it up to i could harm a believes at present there is little hope for a ukrainian ties. that europe is more america or

more afraid of america they're 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 meaning of background of it. media outlets r.t. and sputnik are allegedly named in a still classified u.k.

parliamentary report on moscow suspected interference in the 26th briggs it referendum the claims made in an article in the british newspaper the sunday times the report apparently also states that the impact of supposed russian meddling is quote unquantifiable the details is ugly. 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 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 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 government 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've been following u.k. politics are used to open interference from u.s. politicians going back to barack 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 it appears could have actually taken place now yet another u.s.

politician has decided to wade into this latest row 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 reporter like you and others should be absolutely relentless and 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 that actions are held on the top of the. violence in hong kong is into the new face there's been a standoff at the university of hong kong police there trying to reject demonstrators from the campus but met with fire bombs it was unusual change in the choice of weaponry for the protesters some of them were equipped with homemade both police officers leg was pierced with a narrow confrontation around a barricaded university there are also reports of the rioters hampering the emergency services china has warned a continuation of the protests could lead to

a dreadful future for hong kong. site. is oh. such. since june antigovernment rallies against plans to allow extradition to mainland china have escalated bills 2 or 3 months later but the violence continued the people demanding full democracy inquiry into offices actions they described it as police brutality since the protests began some 4 and a half 1000 people have been arrested from lawful assembly taking part in a riots and carrying a weapon charges carry a sentence of up to 10 years in jail u.k. police officer peter kercher believes that the vast majority of the actions by the hong kong police were norful as 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 to say ok usual instances of high use of force which maybe are excessive not sure of the ins and outs of hong kong law but i suspect it's fairly similar to u.k. law in terms of a reasonable amount of force being used to call riots and disperse protesters who are causing damage or threatening injury and so the vast majority of full speed used by the police would be lawful would be reasonable in most circumstances i. officially mark of temporarily impose checks at border crossings into sweden the move was prompted by a spate of bombings and shootings around the capital copenhagen among them the bombing of the tax agency in august danish justice ministry claims that the perpetrators to travel from sweden vangelis obsess reports from the border. denmark has drawn

a line in the bridge behind me they have put checks to stop and search anyone come . 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 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. members of 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 than 2018 but it's only the 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 it official counts of who uses 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 are. 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants have people who are arrested or from the street and 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 one 1st generation immigrants and that's also why we do this in denmark because we have to know and what the problem is before we can do anything about it from the famously soft approach started once worked well 'd in sweden the government has gone on $180.00 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 law and order's in europe are becoming real again eventual of steps us for r.t. now where the eagle eyed among you may have noticed a new feature with using as of today certain stories have a q.r. code alongside them which you can use to get more information on and the story if you don't find imo give it a try. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the

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come back the number of people seeking gender reassignment surgery in the iranian capital is on the rise according to the iranian legal medicine organization and we spoke with iranian actor and director salman he's organized a small theater group staging before moses to promote transgender awareness. that you came and. i live in iran and i was a well known director and it is clear that during 36 changes a little unnerving when i use a cane my shame and fear is when i went through this procedure at the age of 41 which 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 and 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 but if we can reach just

turn that around 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 centuries ahead also behind some countries so we need to improve and we have the potential. to transsexuality was made legal in around in 1987 the government office financial assistance in certain gender reassignment cases according to these 3 welfare organization of around 70 people apply for help every year sex change that's regarded as a medical disorder in iran and is only permitted after a rigorous assessment process includes medical tests the psychiatric examinations we spoke with surgeon shah rock sack a about this 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 of 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 as 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 home and therapy. u.s. president has intervened in the cases of american service personnel convicted or accused of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq pardoned 2 u.s. army officers and restored a navy seal's rank democratic party presidential candidates have attacked is this issue. visit nothing 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 a troops. despite the criticism from democrats this is not just the republican president to respond saskia taylor brings us more and heads up for you heard reports includes our new feature a q.r. code you can use the more background info on the story. victorious election campaign on a platform of non intervention but don't tell me 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. 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 barred by the laws of 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 reigns in 2016 but his policy of whitewashing questionable u.s. military activity as 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 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 past he 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 act 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 out the crimes julian assange is engaged in terrorism you 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 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. police in the state of oklahoma confirmed 3 people have been killed in a shooting the deadly incident occurred near a war one store in the city of duncan in the south of the state police say 2 the victims were found dead inside a vehicle in the car park the other one close by the anger the source of in found at the scene officials reportedly say the shooter is among those killed. i'm upset over this news i think staying with r.t. updates at the top of the hour in just over 30 minutes time.

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