around classifies the u.s. armed forces is a terror organization in response to the pentagon's killing of terrans top commander that is huge crowds of mourners gathered for the funeral of carson solomonic. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi meanwhile announces a resolution to curb trumps ability to attack iran however a similar restriction was stripped from the defense bill passed by congress just last month the russian president vladimir putin holds talks with his syrian counterpart bashar assad in damascus amid rising tensions in the middle east and also to come the new year the hangover of political correctness seems to continue notably over the new gangster film the gentleman we put the sheep up for the back.

of the most foul and disgusting racist language this was a movie gangsters and hey guess what really gangsters don't speak in politically correct balanced way is. oh they're just gone 9 pm here in moscow you're watching international now in a rapid escalation of what's already a volatile situation the iranian parliament has designated the us armed forces a terror organization it came in response the killing of the country's most powerful general and u.s. air raid baghdad airport in iraq on friday tensions across the middle east have sold the reigns demand retribution.

for those who ordered this is well as the perpetrators of this crime the killing of general kasim solomonic with the pentagon and the. military counted as terrorists. but the body of the iranian general has been taken back to his home in time for burial and it's reported dozens of people were crushed to death in the huge crowds that had gathered there with hundreds injured. who are in grief into iran where millions for did the streets meanwhile the iranian foreign minister has accused washington of violating u.n. agreements after he was denied a u.s. visa which does mean he cannot address the u.n. later this week meanwhile democrats are still angry with donald trump failing to seek congressional approval for his actions in the middle east kind of market as more promise decision to kill iran's top general isn't exactly bringing peace and stability to the middle east as the world is on edge waiting to see how bad the

fallout will be democrats have spoken up however the objection of the democrats isn't that trump killed got some solid money but that he did it without their permission the operation against iraq was conducted without specific authorization and any advance notification or consultation with congress there is usually a congressional consulting process it's both constitutionally required we see a gradual march to military action directly or indirectly with iran that has not been authorized by congress but they did actually have a chance to stop trump the recent 738000000000 dollar defense spending bill could have included amendments that tied trump's hands and mandated he not carry out any attacks against iran. no federal funds may be used for any use of military force in or against iran unless congress has a declared war or be enacted specific statutory authorization for such use of

military force if the president wants to attack iran he needs to come to congress for authorization i proly support this amendment prohibits in the use of any funds for war with iran without congressional authorization number of progressive voices did speak out but they got outvoted the bill was passed. any member who voted for the national defense authorization act a blank check can't now expressed dismay that trump may have launched another war in the middle east my amendment which has stripped would have cut off funding for any offensive attack against iran including gates officials like sunday mommy now democrats in congress are looking to pass a resolution that would not stop but only limit trans actions when it comes to iran and no surprise there because in the aftermath of solomon is killing democrats seem to add go trams claim that he was indeed an awful person who deserves to be shot down so the money was a murderer responsible for the deaths of thousands including hundreds of americans

general shalani was a violent man. who died a violent death toll money was a bad guy there's no question about that a notorious terrorist. no one should shed a tear over his death he deserved to be brought to justice he deserved to be brought to justice. this seems to be the outlook of the democratic party it's ok to kill the top general of a foreign country and put the country on the brink of war you just have to ask permission 1st they don't sound as much like cool headed dogs but rather like noxious bureaucrats waving the rule book and from space demanding proper procedure well one of the 1st repercussions of the assassination came on sunday when iraqi and pasted to expel foreign forces from their country the u.s. secretary of state meanwhile has rejected claims that sum of money was actually in iraq on a diplomatic mission zarif statement. his 1st

statement that is so the money was traveling to baghdad on a diplomatic mission anybody here believe that is there any history that would indicate that it was remotely possible that this kind gentleman this diplomat of great order cost him still the money had traveled to baghdad for the idea of conducting a peace mission i think maybe reporters like this morning that's fantastic. we know that wasn't true we not only know the history we know in that moment that was not true serif is a propagandist of the 1st order however the iraqi prime minister disagrees with. you i was about to meet silly money at 830 on friday morning on the day of his death he was carrying a message to me from the iranian side in reply to a saudi message that we sent to the arena earlier to rescind porton agreements we're going to do this coalition of tensions in iraq and in the region where we discuss that isis development with mohammed he's the u.n. representative for the iraqi base youth organization called just. the united states

army and the power i wouldn't find them we don't find them useful in our country in my country we don't find that useful because 1st of all they haven't protected our borders when ice is invaded iraq they haven't protected our economy they haven't protected our oil so if the us one it is clear this this is an act of war and is an act of terrorism iran have the right to to to define the finale define the state as a terrorist states big can be counter. act of terrorism because is being committed in a sovereign country in iraq. nearby civilian port targeting well both of them were civilian that time because they travel through baghdad international airport weedy they have changed again or they have changed the rules of the game and this is a clear violation of a human right and a clear act of terrorism. with the rising tensions in the middle east fatima peyton

has paid an unexpected visit to syria talks with president bashar al assad with more on this is wrong on closer. this is let me have putin's 1st visit to syria since the year it's wednesday 17 and his arrival is there it comes amid tensions in the middle east following the killing of solve your rainy and military official in iraq after arrival according to vladimir putin's spokesperson he visited the russian command center in damascus where he held a meeting with president bashar assad and also received a state of affairs reports from the military about what's going on in the rest of the country now in a meeting with bashar assad lot of mir putin. that's a long way in significant steps have been made to establishing the country's territorial integrity as well as statehood meanwhile president of syria bashar. thanked the russian military for establishing in his country and of course for

their fight against terrorism. now the latest movie by the british director guy ritchie has been getting some less than stellar reviews with critics branding the picture is racist and also to touch gentleman so far only been released in 4 countries the rest of the world getting to see in about 2 months time here is a quick look at why so many people got so angry already. it's really you know. every imaginable demographic gets their moment to be targeted and denigrated the only thing that joe one finds worth celebrating is the masculinity. a less forgivable blast from the past however it is a discomforting strain of racially based humor reaching its original script making

flat punch lines of multiple characters. just a shame that guy ritchie falls back on his bad habits casual racism. but still very. i'm being absolutely sincere much rather watch cats than the racist mask that is the gentle. we put the issue up for the base with the political commentary today with the social activist. this is a sort of bygone break movie a sort of muscular reassertion of the we can say what we like is our country and we don't give a damn what anybody thinks it can tell us about our most foul and disgusting racist language this was a movie gangsters and hey guess what really gangsters don't speak in politically

correct balanced way is that snow would gangsters do when we see movies like this is the following day when those racial epithets are repeated on the should treat give cause for concern that. movie makers like guy should have a broader social conscience and responsibility. producing the arjen they do if you want to see a margin doris's them then that's fine you go and see it if we go to see a gangster movie you know we're not expecting to. find high philosophy we're not expecting to experienced work culture that's just reality i think is outdated is outmoded and he's not reflecting the kind of future which is of a more inclusive sense of britishness nationalism you know here we are in 2020 and what we're experiencing over this movie is just an early flutter of walk culture of

the perpetually offended black panthers one of the most successful movies in the world and it's successful economically for a reason i think i'm not in favor of any artistic ban or any law i do think there should be greater diversity in the production and creative rooms quite amusing that you just referenced black panther and you went on then to talk about diversity if i recall the black panther movie successfully there wasn't a huge amount of diversity in not so if you want equality and i do then i think we have to have the fundamental right to have all opinions of all sorts heard saying and understood where the rights and wrongs of political correctness were also hotly debated last year because don of now reports. 2019 was a year of many things it was a year of trump and grettir

a year of protests and the year of the insulted getting offended all at once all around the world about all sorts of things militant political correctness brought together the man the human kind of fashion designers wanted people to dress to impress instead some parts of the collections went full on dress to distress this balaklava like jumper by good she didn't thrill anyone not because of the price tag but because some had a black face problem with it singer kathy perry show a self in the foot with the same gun when she suggested people should shove their feed well into something resembling a black face. 2019 was a year when mediocre male wrestlers realized they can be outstanding female wrestlers never says a word against that is

a transfer and i see conferences got cancelled because at a certain age more women than men decide they want to be something else in life than a nerd and saying from personal experience of course. this christmas was unlike any before because only last year did we realize that we in fact have no idea how the famous gingerbread identifies so meet the gingerbread person neither do we know what santa looks like not like any of us have ever seen them so make sure to say santa no more of this father christmas nonsense the christmas classic baby it's cold outside played in fewer homes because some have finally clocked on that the temperature outside or as little to do with the male singers intentions. the p.c. army is world deserving of

a round of applause for its 2019 games but in the spirit of inclusive at sea and with all those triggered by loud sounds in mind here's a silent wave which is just as good and climactic what a way to ring in 2020. the french person to run the macro continues to face mounting pressure from public sector workers and trade unions the country's longest strike in over 3 decades enters another week anger over the government's proposed pension reforms has been boiling over in paris and other major cities to bring public transportation hospitals and schools to a standstill in the capital protesters target a major financial institution that they say to stand to benefit from the new pension scheme that is the government to enter the new round of talks on tuesday in a bid to stand up for. watching r t still to come will continue our review of 20. 1

else should seem wrong why don't we all just don't all. let me. get to shape out these days become educated and gain trade equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. it is physics physics is nothing but the harmony you can create on vibrating

strings but it's chemistry chemistry is the melody and melanie's you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is a symphony of strings. while christmas has ended for many of us millions of worshippers have been filling churches today from the balkans to the middle east is east and orthodox christians celebrate christmas. and.

this is. what will take a further look back now at 29000 or more of the events that marked the last 12 months . i. 29000 was a year of hostility from the trade war between washington and beijing to a wave of terror attacks around the world and last year did see a spike 2 in the number of places of worship being targeted you karen reports. well 2019 saw fewer terrorist attacks the us thought a more worrying trend with acts of terror inciting a tit for tat circle of hate 3 months into the year we saw one of the most peaceful countries in the world raise its terror threat level to high for the 1st time in

its history. people around the world were left stunned when a 28 year old man unleashed carnage on 2 mosques in christchurch new zealand. this is one of new zealand's darkest days the appalling attack set the tone for the remainder of the year the question was what could have motivated this surge in olds right leanings the obvious answer to many was donald trump the u.s. president who had taken what some perceived as an anti immigrant stance also a man who had the misfortune to be named in the christ church attack as manifesto

making him the perfect target for retribution mr trump your awards not. your policies matter i think the public discourse from the president is a factor in some of these actions while politicians play to the blame game a much darker reality was unfolding 9 days after christ church the 1st copycat attack. this time on a synagogue in california police later found graffiti on the driveway leaving little downside for whether the attacker had been inspired by the new zealand massacre the po way synagogue shooting took the life of one person and injured 3 others in a chilling act. off the new zealand attack the perpetrator also released a manifesto in which he praised the christ church terror month place a copycat attack number 2. on the

3rd of august 22 people were killed and 24 others injured in a mass shooting at a wal-mart in el paso texas again the attack of released a manifesto revealing how he was inspired by the christ church mosque shootings. days later another one this time on a mosque in norway one person was injured the attacker also attempted to live stream the crime on facebook in a sinister twist the attacker not only praised to the christ church as a saint but also depicted his fellow copycat attack as heroes amidst the space of copycat attacks and i asked inspired attack in sri lanka.

martin luther king jr said hate begets hate instead of diminishing evil it multiplies it and this may be this sobering reflection of 2090 the word terrorism actually still has no universal definition that every country can agree on and so you can't stop a global scourge if you can't define that in unity so we have to start defining what each of these problems are what each of the intent is even in america some of the shootings that have happened the media has been totally silent about like el paso and in dayton ohio california it just went off the news after a couple days so we need to be defining what happened here and what's going on what are the ties here and so that way we can really sort of addressing that we need to start being more transparent about it on a global scale so we can start seeing our actual nation leaders working together rather than trying to tear each other apart that's what's going to start to make a change and power the people and really be able to take it back. reporting you watching our company this evening we're back again with the headlines and the

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truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. this is broadcast they are around the world and covering all aspects of business and how it affects our daily lives i'm christiane washington and here's a look at what we have in store today as tensions continue to rise in the u.s. and iran oil prices have continued this surge as uncertainty and fear for so we take a look at what has caused the boost and what assets have benefited from the precious with peter schiff of europe with a capital and todd but before i went and plus. doesn't. the process is not out

there or months to go. wildfires continue to rage in australia as an east coast continues to be. ravage r.t. correspondent john hardy is on his to break down how the nation's business has been affected by the blazes and later. bowie's was continue as their problems pile up in this and the so we break down what else has gone wrong for the embattled aerospace giant with molly barrows contributor with american lawyer with so much to get to today so let's waste no time and jump right in. as tensions in the middle east escalate over the weekend global markets are slumping as investors push toward safe haven gold is at 7 year highs and oil jumped briefly to its highest since september and there is fear that any middle east conflict could disrupt global supplies with futures rising 2 percent to $70.00 per barrel and u.s. crude climbing to $64.00 while crude turned lower monday giving up earlier gains it is still posting its 5th straight week of gains the u.s. is becoming less sensitive to oil disruptions and price spikes as a country became

a net patrolling export for the 1st time in modern history analysts have commented that further up style is still remains as iran is almost certain to respond in some scale scope and magnitude and events in 2900 served as a reminder for just how vulnerable the world's oil supply is when attacks in september briefly took $5700000.00 barrels a day off line as the outlook for oil remains bullish for analysts across the board higher oil prices could soon hit consumers out bombs pushing inflation hire a prolonged oil price surge could raise the risk of a global economic recession some learned that in 1970 s. . saudi aramco shares have now slumped to their lowest level since its record breaking i.p.o. as investors brace for potential iranian retaliation over last weekend's assassination of the country's most powerful general the stock dropped over 2 percent even as the price of oil rose 6 percent since friday as investors are increasingly concerned that iran could respond by targeting saudi aramco

a key american ally in the region fears of a possible cyber attack. are widespread as a run has strong cyber capabilities and has previously been linked to attacks on major banks such as j.p. morgan bank of america and wells fargo in 2012 saudi aramco suffered one of the worst cyber attacks in history when $35000.00 computers were partially wiped or destroyed by hackers now while the decline has like almost $200000000000.00 on the company's market cap saudi aramco shares are relatively insulated from conflict as many of them are held by government institutions and regional investors who are less likely to sell the company now continues to lean heavily on friendly local investors to uphold its bloated valuation. now joining me to take a deeper dive into these topics and to give us a broader scope of how markets are reacting we're happy to be joined by peter schiff of europe a summit capital and how tall is above the trading thank you both very much for being here so peter with you gold and oil now are are spiking for very

different reasons what do you think is the better has right now to this geo political crisis such as iran gold or or oil or maybe just simply u.s. treasuries. well 1st of all both gold and oil were moving up before the recent iranian incident so i think those trends are simply continuing i think there is a higher risk premium now being built into both gold and oil for a good reason and i think that risk premium is going to be there for at least the remainder of the presidency if not longer but i think what's really driving particularly gold but also to a lesser extent is the fed its monetary policy its inflation its to return to q we and the rate cuts and that policy is going to continue so i think both crude and gold are going to continue to rally but as a hedge i would favor gold over black gold now the let's take a look at what we call digital gold bitcoin is now also drawing because amid heightened.