thus the both of us love. the. u.s. and other western powers accused iran of accidentally shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday killing all on board iran says the claim is scientifically impossible and invites foreign experts to take part in the investigation. donald trump imposes yet more sanctions on iran saying the restrictions will stay in place and till iran complies with washington's demands on top of that the us president placed the idea of a new military alliance in the region. they tow away and then you have damien middle east build chord they told me i said what a beautiful name. police used tear gas to disperse crowds in paris as protesters gathered to join a major nationwide strike over pension reforms now into its 36 day.

you're watching r.t. international i'm words on the law thank you for joining us. now western powers are claiming a ukrainian plane that crashed into iran a wednesday may have been accidentally shot down by an iranian missile but a run for its part has rejected those claims calling them in logical and impossible and inviting international experts to visit the crash site. looks at the storm of speculation building up before the probe has been conducted. nothing instills confidence in international leaders more than the love of precise language. we have intelligence from multiple sources including are allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down. by entering in the surface to

air missile it was flying at a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say it was mechanical i personally don't think that's. even a question there is now a body of information that the flight was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile this may well have been unintentional we are working closely with canada on our international partners and they now need to be a full transparent investigation. on specific intelligence unnamed allies multiple mysterious sources hardly the rhetoric one expects a at that level of diplomacy and b. when discussing a tragedy that's left $176.00 dead but it's on surprising that iran has batted off this latest slew of unfounded allegations about the crash of ukrainian airlines flight $75.00 to an arch for calm and logic to prevail scientifically it is impossible that the missile hit the ukrainian plane and such room is illogical it's

not an unreasonable request the investigation into the events of wednesday morning which saw the boeing 737 bound for kiev crash just minutes after takeoff has only just begun final report into aviation disasters take months if not years to be published they require coordination between numerous government organizations which is why iran has invited multiple investigators including from boeing to visit the crash site in the meantime all there is a theory is with nothing but unnamed sources to back it all up which is why amid all the confusion and contradictions the ukrainian president who lost 11 of his citizens that morning as they returned home also called for an end to all the chatter and noise here. i am asking everyone to refrain from speculation conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions it's not a topic for hype but the spiraling tensions between tehran and washington

especially in the past week have triggered an unprecedented level of scrutiny on the region and people don't seem willing to heed calls for calm especially when they feel the tide might be turning in a favored direction iraq could strike. system is among the main working theories since there was information on the internet about elements of the russian missile being found near the site of the crash is. didn't take long for the mainstream media to jump on that bandwagon c.n.n. has never been one to turn down an on verified source especially when russia is involved pointed the finger at a bomb or missile and the undeniable evidence they offered a photo from twitter posted on the count that was later suspended maybe it breached the company's fake news guidelines but nonetheless even all the way across the pond the hysteria continued for the 1st one is the possibility the plane was hit by

a russian missile just after takeoff the independent also published an article citing something called the o.p.'s group an independent organization which has little to recommend itself other than it provides information for aviation professionals and fox's thoughts according to its twitter page nevertheless it felt confident enough to recommend people just assume the plane was shot down until evidence to the contrary emerges guilty until proven innocent it's the new name of the game in today's political landscape. our political analyst martin mccauley thinks it's far too early to draw conclusions on what brought down the plane. this is all speculation we don't really know the black box which the iranians will have will give some of the clues. we have to wait for the iranian investigation and the conclusions they've arrived out did 2 missiles the americans very good sources say

there were 2 missiles which are russian missiles because the defense defense is in fact russian that of course is jumping the gun it's speculation we're all speculating because this is something. tragedy because. it brings into doubt the protection the safety of civilian we have to wait and see what the true reasons were what with the from the scientific technical point of view. now the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution aimed at limiting president trumps ability to use military force against iran the bill will now go to the senate for approval meanwhile trump has announced further sanctions against iran in response to the recent missile strikes on u.s. bases in iraq. 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 i did and then you have to me middle east you know they told me i said what a beautiful name nato personnel in the region to know you're 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 the 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 for. or 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 longstanding trend lots of lots of debate and criticism about it from members of congress but the administration stands by its policy. the death of general sort of money and the potential for a new start in the region those are just some of the issues discussed by artie's afshin rattansi and uranium ambassador to the united nations office in geneva you

can watch the interview in full in the latest episode of going underground on saturday but here's a short taster. by that definition the united states has already. serpas the reclines distinguished from better varies from civilized rules of engagement ok but will there be any more revenge now from iran for the trump assassination of. this is the beginning of a very. i guess exciting a pistol. it was a wake up call for the people in the region and beyond. this was. an action of self-defense by forces against us but are they told you or i think this is the beginning of. our whole not too long

process that the people of our region would be get rid of. the american presence in the region because their presence in our region has brought nothing except. misery war and hatred. now in other news the longest transport workers strike in france in decades has now ended its 36 day it was called over planned pension reforms parents and other cities are witnessing another major mobilization supported by people of different classes and occupations in the french capital crowds gathered to call on the government to withdraw its plans according to the local unions 370000 protesters distended on the capital or the interior ministry claimed it was a fraction of that size challenged events he reports from the center of the protest . 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 disbeliever to mission and put you much all the way down to the last of the week it is chock a block with people people who've come out to support this strike now in its 36 day this is the 4th day of the nationwide protests and as you can see it doesn't seem as if the support is updating at all many people thought this strike would all. we 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 workers except to india as a big choice and get the strike moving to try and get the impasse a 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 they run children's features and that's why they determined to come out into the streets to keep protesting tensions are rising here towards 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 in christ don't tear gas still raining down on the protesters as the police try and control this. you a should hear you can hand over the people in the crowd sound chanting everyone hates the police that's a chant we hate quite often but you can really feel that tension right shooting up a in paris at the end of the protest that has been largely peaceful a tear gas has been deployed throughout it and we have seen some individuals arrested individuals who apparently throwing sticks towards the police and that

sounds like some grenades but it could also be tear gas coming down this but you might be able to see the lights coming up on the flags as it sounds like that was a sound can aid going off that people saying that they won't get to even live to enjoy their retirement and they determined to stay out in the streets and to make sure people know they're 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 2 2 like it's about to be pro. mental health hospitals in the u.k. have been caught up in the sex abuse scandal or have that story and more after this short break. so these terms inflation and deflation they tend to hand the traction between the

finance economy and the real economy and sometimes the finance economy gets out of hand and you have crashes and sometimes the real economy gets out of hand then you have stagflation because wages are too but sense 2000 and getting even more pronounced since 2008 we have 2 separate economies there for katie there's these privately owned central banks who print money for private the top 110th of one percent of private citizens and then we have the service class or the neo feudal class and these 2 don't interact and. reduced to 6 physics is nothing but the harmony you can create on vibrating strings but it's chemistry chemistry is the melody the melodies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is a symphony of strings. now

hundreds of mental health patients reportedly being sexually assaulted in mixed sex awards in england's national health service single sex wards see 3 times fewer reports of abuse yet despite ministers putting to scrap mixed wards guidelines still allow shared spaces there were 1019 complaints of sexual assault in mixed wards between april 2017 and october 2981 attack at day. one of the victims told us her story. there 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 i didn't really

think much of it. but over time he just became more friendly close to me talking to me always in my get your know was in a chat room it was the best but you. 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. he slowly became closer to. what extend to no. specialists or brain egypt. no you don't seem to be all that. well the department of health and social care has responded by saying it will not tolerate sexual abuse in the n.h.s.

but political activist linda bell also says it's disgraceful that the decision to axe mixed wards has still not been carried out. 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 they should not be mixed wards we fought very hard to ensure that women had safety and security so there's. no better reason that we could speak to each other about issues of the of of concern i mean lots of women will 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. and other news this hour the polish president has pulled out of an event in israel to commemorate victims of the holocaust and the liberation of the outfits concentration camp that after organizers rejected his request to give a speech at the event. that's. it turns out that the presidents of russia and germany at me and of france who's got michael over a deal with nazi germany at the time will smith of his answer to your argument is do not agree to a speech by the president of ireland or it can make any absolutely do not agree to this again is up of when it comes amid tense relations between russia and poland over a dispute around the 2nd world war warsaw is angry at accusations by president putin

the country was partially responsible for the outbreak of the war poland also summoned the russian ambassador over putin's harsh words about a polish envoy to nazi germany. smallish city yeah it's good a scumbag and anti semitic pig you cannot do 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 and during world war 2 resulted in the deaths of around $17000000.00 people of which $6000000.00 jews and that accounted for more than half of europe's entire jewish population mark shulman editor of history central and a newsweek columnist says the organizers of the event in israel have every right to decide who should be given a platform was clearly the 1st country that was invaded during world war 2 it was the place where you know 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 the holocaust but that's only means that the current polish president should be the person to be speaking i mean everybody comes i'm sure wants to speak there 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 it's almost childish well that is your update for now i'll be back here the rest of the team at the top of the hour with more news from around the world see that.

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