nothing. but will trump imposes yet more sanctions on iran saying the restrictions will stay in place until iran comprised washington's demands on top of that the us president also floats the idea of a new military alliance in the region. and they tow plate and then you have least you know god they told me i said what a beautiful name the u.s. and other western powers accuse iran of accidentally shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday killing all on board iran though says the claim is scientifically impossible and invites foreign experts to take part in the investigation. and police used tear gas to disperse crowds in paris protesters there gathered to join a major nationwide strike over pension reform now into its 36 that.

fellow they are watching r.t. international president trump has approved a new raft of sanctions against iran following the latest escalation in the region the american leader says they will only be lifted when iran complies with u.s. demands. they're losing a tremendous amount they getting heard very badly by the sanctions can in very quickly but as to whether or not they want that's up to them not up to me it's totally up to them so we have the united states slapping more sanctions on the islamic republic of iran saying that these sanctions will continue unless the islamic republic complies with the demands of the united states iran has responded warning that the recent missile attacks are not the only kind of revenge they're capable of in response to the killing of qassam solomonic it's also interesting to

note that in his remarks u.s. president donald trump indicated that he might be open or interested in the possibility of expanding the nato coalition to the middle east nato and then you have any middle east you know they told me i said what a beautiful name nato personnel in the region to know you're they supposed to us to be honest with you because this is an international problem the trumpet ministration is on the defensive saying that its decision to kill top iranian general qassam solomonic was necessary they say solomonic was engaged in planning attacks against the united states that they had no choice that it was absolutely necessary for u.s. president donald trump to take this action without congressional approval the intelligence assessment made clear that no action allowing so the money to continue his plotting and his planning his terror campaign created more risk than taking the action that we took last week there are members of congress who have seen the

classified information that is available to members of the u.s. congress and they just don't buy it they say based on what they've seen the evidence just isn't being presented to make the case for what pompei o and the administration insists his the unclassified version of what trumps and congress after the hits on some of money from all we've seen including the redacted parts here and the briefing the facts do not show an imminent threat it is not acceptable. officials within the executive branch of government i don't care whether they're with the cia with the department of defense or otherwise to come in and tell us that we can't debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran it's un-american it's unconstitutional in its room now many members of the u.s. congress have argued that by taking out and killing qassam sallah money without congressional approval that this was inappropriate and it was essentially not not

correct for the administration engage in this activity that congressional approval is required before taking these actions furthermore they've said that the evidence for the trumpet ministration made this decision should be provided to members of congress they can see the information on which this decision was based however the administration insists it is not necessary to provide this information to the congress and furthermore that it could be a dangerous thing to do it could lead to the information being compromised when it comes to intelligence we have to protect sources and methods and so there's only a certain amount that we can share with every member of congress but those of us who have seen all the evidence know that there was a compelling case of an imminent threat now this fits a longstanding pattern of members of congress not being given and provided with the evidence to back up claims coming from the administration we heard claims from the obama administration accusing russia of hacking the democratic national committee

that information was not provided to members of congress other allegations against russia in ukraine have been similar furthermore at one point there were claims that iran was planning an attack against the united states that information was also not provided so it seems increasingly we see the executive branch of the u.s. government approaching congress the legislative branch and saying just take our word for it this seems to be a long standing trend lots of lots of debate and criticism about it from members of congress but the administration stands by its policy. well the death of general salim army and the potential for a new start in the region these are just some of the discussed by artie's afshin rattansi and the iranian ambassador to the united nations office at geneva you can watch the interview in full and the latest episode of going underground on saturday but here's a quick taste. by that i thought initially united states has already served pursed the reclines distinguished from bury them from

civilized rules of engagement ok but will there be any more revenge now from iran for the trump assassination of god. this is the beginning of a very. i guess exciting of his or. it was a wake up call for the people in the region and beyond. this was. an action an act of self-defense by an armed forces against us but are they told you or i think this is the beginning of the i hope not too long process that the people of our region would be get rid of. the american presence in the region because their prisons in our region has brought nothing except of misery and war and hatred.

now when tensions despite between the u.s. and around last week china weighed in slamming the killing of the reigning in general. america's recent military adventurism violated the basic norms of international relations and exacerbated tensions and unrest in the region not the united states not military force. the killing of solomon e. came just a week after iran china and russia began joint navy drills in the indian ocean where i mean officials at the time described in the free exercise a signal that relations between the 3 states had reached a new level of great green honey a professor of politics east china norman university in shanghai to tell us that the countries in the middle east are increasingly turning to china as u.s. influence is on the way. i think we see increasingly persian gulf leaders looking to beijing where you so you of course very cheering has a very close relationship with israel now and they have been keeping an eye on

syria since the early 1980 s. i think all these things will continue if we look at a broader trend the united states is effectively engaged in a tactical retreat and iraq the middle east and that has been ongoing since obama and i think it's continuing now and this is of course going to. create some power vacuums and then maybe china will take a more active approach. meanwhile western powers including the u.s. and he hit a ukrainian plane that crashed into iran on wednesday may have been accidentally shot down by an iranian missile canadian prime minister justin trudeau said that intelligence reports point in that direction. we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by onery near surface to air missile. this may well have

been unintentional. but iran has been fast acting rejected that the events the head of iran's civil aviation authority said it is scientifically impossible the plane was hit by a missile the iranian government has asked canada to share its information about what may have brought the plane down and said that any country which lost citizens on the flight is welcome to send investigators on quarter looks at the storm of speculation building up in the media before any probe has been carried out. illogical rumors that's what iran called chatter in the mainstream media that ukranian flight $752.00 was no accident anonymous pentagon officials accused iran of accidentally blowing it out of the sky with nothing except their belief to back it up it all started with speculation from ukrainian authorities that a russian made missile was the culprit a rocket strike. system is among the main working theories since there was

information on that into in that boat elements of the russian missile being found near the site of the crash it wasn't long before mainstream news outlets began to roll with it c.n.n. boiled the cause down to either a bomb or a missile and the possibility it was an accident pushed to the background it was a photo circulating on twitter that formed the basis of a new conspiracy theory that a russian made missile was somehow to blame for the plane crash the account was suspended probably for spreading fake news after all who knows where when and by whom this photo was even taken but that didn't stop the b.b.c. from giving the idea some air time while the 1st one is the possibility that that plane was hit by a russian missile i'll just take off the independent even published an article citing an organization called the o.p.'s group that says people should just assume the plane was shot down like m 817 until there's evidence proving otherwise shoot

1st ask questions later sky news telegraph and newsweek also reported this ukrainian speculation and even donald trump chimed in with his expertise in aeronautical engineering it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake as some people say it was been can it go i personally don't think that's . even a question personally all this hype and exactly contrary to what the ukrainian president asked for. i'm asking everyone to. refrain from speculation or conspiracy theories hasty conclusions an unverified version it's not a topic behind you what is more nowadays it seems like geopolitics comes before evidence this is all speculation we don't really know the black box which the iranians will have to give some of the clues. we have to wait for the iranian investigation and the conclusions they've arrived. did to restore america and the

american soldiers say they were to do solos which are russian missiles because the defense is in fact russian but of course it is just really going to speculation we're all speculating because this is something. tragically because. it brings into doubt the protection of safety of civilians we have to wait and see what the true reasons were what with the from the scientific technical point of view. the longest transport workers strike in france in decades is now into its 36th day it was called over planned pension reforms and today paris and other cities were witnessing another major mobilization supported by people of different classes and occupations in the french capital crowds that gather to call on the governments withdraw its plans according to the local unions 370000 protesters did descend on

the city although the interior ministry does claim that it was actually a fraction of that size reporting though in the center of the protest a shot at the big city. hall we've already seen tear gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowd see paris and the crowds are huge i just want to get you to go up and get a sense of looking down this street disqualified to mission $10.14 which all the way down to that last of the publique it is chock up. with people people who've come out to support this strike now in its 36 day this is the full day of nationwide protests and as you can see it doesn't seem as if the support is abating a tool many people thought this strike would only go on for maybe 2 weeks but hey we are not 36 they are going into the 6 week and it still looks like it's getting huge amount to support in terms of have the strike is going there is more public

transport that is operational at the moment in paris are we seeing trains operating fairly normally metros operating fairly normally in the mornings and in the evenings during the large part of the day little is operating apart from the automated lines that's 140 now in terms of the general support for this strike the polls in france show that most people are still supporting the strike people very unhappy from across the board about these changes to the pension system to the reforms that the government wants to make it wants to put 42 different pension systems down into one universal system to end many of the special regimes it says that yes actually it's still offering many special regimes to the police to some transport work is set to india as a big choice and get a strike moving to try and get the impasse 8 to cross that the other big issue is

raising the retirement age up to $64.00 it's currently $62.00 a week in front so they want to add another 2 years on to that but of course that won't affect anybody who's retiring in the next 17 years say the government they say will only affect those who turn 18 in the next few years but people are furious here they're saying you know they don't want to sell out their children speeches that run children's features and that's why they determined to come out into the streets to keep protesting tensions are running a thing here 2 or. the end of the protests they just want to get you to have a look back down there that's too would sun lazard in the center of paris you can see those clouds of tear gas inside still do tear gas still raining down on the protesters as the place try and control the situation here you can hear the people in the crowd sound shouting everyone hates the police that's a chant we take quite often but you can really feel that tension right shooting up

a in paris at the end of the protests there has been largely peaceful a tear gas has been deployed throughout it and we have seen some individuals arrested individuals who apparently throwing objects the loads the police that sounds like some grenades but it could also be to gas coming down this but you might be able to see the lights coming up on the fly as it sounds like that was a sound going a going off that people saying that they won't get to even live to enjoy there were time and and they determined to stay out in the streets and to make sure people know they were unhappy this is a protest now 36 days this is the 4th day of nationwide protests across france and as you can see it doesn't look like it's about to be bright child it didn't seem to have the mental health hospital in the u.k. you have been courts happening sex abuse scandal will have that story to set the

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welcome back now hundreds of mental health patients are reported to being sexually assaulted in mixed sex wards in england's national health service single sex wards see 3 times fewer reports of abuse yet despite ministers pledging to scrap mixed wards guidelines do still allow shared spaces to exist there were 1900 complaints of sexual assault a mix was between 2017 and october law. that is right if one attack a day could grant is one of the victims. i was on a mental outward will my depression and anxiety there is very very low i was in this particular hospital. and in the past couple of weeks i met a blast became a stranger it was a staff member who worked nights he comes on time to talk to me that i didn't

really think much of it. but over time and he just became more sunny close to me joking to me always in my gut your know what's in a chat room it was the bus. stop should have no chips event i'm used and you might. even just touching my hand and my own was it was well and i didn't. think it was a program. or weeks later. he slowly became closer to me. i extend to not. sexual so many get to. know you don't seem to me well that. department of health and social care has responded by saying we will not tolerate section abuse in the n.h.s.

a political activist in the balance to say it is this crisis for the decision to axe make sports has still not been carried out and. i think it's that it's about 20 years certainly 15 years ago that. hospitals made an undertaking that they would get rid of mixed wards frankly the government ought to be ashamed that allowing british hospitals to it to not carry out an agreement that they made which was that there would be wards for women and wards for men and they shouldn't be there should not be mixed wards we fought very hard to ensure that women had safety and security so. for no better reason that we could speak to each other about issues of the of of concern i mean lots of women would be in hospital because of you know reproductive issues. of old age and you couldn't necessarily do that in a mixed ward not so men prefer to be in wards in which matters of their you know

the reproductive organs can be explored with other men in a way that is not appropriate in front of most women well i certainly think that in a 1st world country that we should have wards for women and wards for men. the president of poland is pulled out of an event in israel to commemorate fits into the holocaust in the liberation of the ag concentration camp that after organizers rejected his request to give a speech at the event. just because the issues are gradual it turns out that the presidents of russia germany and of france whose government collaborated with nazi germany at the time will speak to the organizers do not agree to a speech by the president of ireland salute do not agree to this becomes amid tense relations between russia and poland over disputes around the 2nd world war was thor's angry head accusations by president putin the country was partially

responsible for the outbreak of the war and also some of the russian ambassador of the putin's harsh words about a polish to nazi germany. small each city and it's good a scumbag and anti semitic pig you cannot put it any other way he expressed full solidarity with hitler in his anti semitic views moreover mockery of the jewish people he promised to erect a monument to hitler and. the holocaust during world war 2 resulted in the deaths of around 17000000 people of which 6000000 which is that didn't count for more than half of europe's entire jewish population schuman editor of history center and also a columnist at newsweek says that the organizers of the event in israel do you have every right to change should be given a platform. was clearly the 1st country that was invaded during world war 2 it was the place where. the largest number of jews were killed in poland so that's the

fact that you know the polish jewish population was totally annihilated while in other places it was only partially annihilated so there's no question poland was central to our cause but that's a certainly means that the current polish president should be the person to be to be speaking i mean everybody comes i'm sure wants to speak about 50 heads of states are coming and i guess them with the organizers decided which ones were more important than which one had a greater role to play and which ones have been most helpful in remembering the holocaust again and. in some levels the idea of you know i'm not coming if i don't get to speak is almost childish. for this and that's how things are looking back again as usual and about 35.

good food descriptions sound up a tasing even for the owners so how to choose the pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want soundless them was necessarily good for the pet turns out that food may not be a soap the people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders that cat allergies we are actually creating these problems it's a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets less treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because they're already making a $1000000000.00 on it and there's no reason to do that research. in a world of big partisan who can last for years 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 smarter we need to stop slamming the door. 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 washington closely watching the hawks. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s. and the world. max kaiser and stacy herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one self big every week. tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with what's front running this sunday exclusively on r.t. .

i am max kaiser this is the kaiser reports i'm trying to lust like a duck as reported by a magazine the spectator magazine in and out of kingdom claims that i have a dark voice. and like andrew neil. who's well we'll go into that you know i'm so old i remember vietnam and back in the seventy's we were involved in a massive war there and all kinds of best things happen kent state students got gunned down and people die 50000 not as many americans died of it as the opiate companies killed last year but a lot of a lot of people did die like 50000 soldiers and what not and anyway this is part of

what we're talking about here stacy that was that closer to 58000 americans died in the war of course many more the enemies that i don't why did we invade vietnam well because we wanted to bring them capitalism to this day they are still communist at least they say they are at least the party is so-called communist that's how they self identify the economy itself is booming and seems quite capitalist if you look at it but the ironic thing is of course that capitalism is supposed to deliver a lot of efficiencies and sort of improvement in lifestyle and all the things around you are supposed to get cheaper your life is supposed to get better and better well americans are retiring to vietnam for cheap health care and a decent standard of living the standard of living in america available to. many low income workers but also retirees is way too difficult to achieve

a standard of living that they were used to when they went there to fight in the 1960 s. and 1970 s. we left vietnam in 1975 well one of them is john rockhold he's a navy vet and he served in vietnam in the war and now he lives there so he was a fighter he was fighting to bring them capitalism and now he's gone there because they're able to deliver all the things that matter and life for a cheaper price than america cam so it was worth it that whole war in vietnam because it secured retirement for americans in the year 2020 they can get a good standard of living and affordable health care so. we shouldn't feel too bad about it the loss was worth it for sure had we won this would not be an option for john rockwall he lives there now he lives on the 20th floor of a condo building for an apartment he bought 425-0000 has like 4 bedrooms he has a wife kid he has nannies and cooks and right this is

a good point because another words this guy retiring to iraq is retiring to libya retiring to afghanistan these are wars that supposedly america won the fact that america lost vietnam made it safe for retirees to get a good standard of living in affordable health care exactly and he says that a majority of vietnamese that he meets there like they don't mind that he served in the vietnam war most of them were born after 1905 the majority of the population there. are living costs rarely exceed $2000.00 a month which is. you know the average cost for health care here for retirees even and it's a lot of things are very expensive out of pocket out of network all that sort of stuff so he said quote the cost of living is so low it's a communist country but if i blind folded you and put you in downtown saigon you wouldn't know.