u.s. u.k. and canada claim a ukrainian line was shot down in tehran by a missile but that's before international experts about a chance to analyze the data. the u.s. house of representatives voted to limit donald trump soft power to take further military action against iran but it's unclear whether the resolution will pass the senate as lawmakers in the u.s. and abroad question the legality of the u.s. killing of the iranian general kassam solomonic. europe's main security will go a see dystonia to refrain from preventing foreign media from operating in the country at the talent forced employees that are anti sr around the sputnik resign.

good afternoon welcome this is. the united states has passed quote important data to ukraine's president over the passenger plane crash in iran on wednesday the u.s. canada and the u.k. will claim that they have evidence suggesting a rocket from iran itself brought down the ukrainian international airlines jet all 176 people on board lost their lives when the boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in turn around iran denies that any missile was involved and as invited international experts to monitor its investigation echoing an earlier call by the president of ukraine. considering the latest press statements by heads of state we are asking all international partners primarily the governments of the us canada and the u.k. to supply information and evidence pertaining to this plane crash does investigative commission. will allow the americans the french the canadians and the

swedish to come here and see how we investigate this crash special as bodies in canada and america that investigate crashes we trust those bodies what we can say with absolute certainty is that no missile has had the spray in the plane's black boxes recovered from the crash site and been shown by iranian state media around says claims the jet was down by a missile illogical and impossible to get a look at our speculations mounting even before a probe has taken place. nothing instills confidence in international leaders more than my love of precise language. we have intelligence from multiple sources including around lies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an array near the surface to air missile and it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say it was be can it go 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 an intentional we're working closely with canada and our international partners and they now need to be a full transparent investigation on specific intelligence unnamed allies multiple mysterious sources hardly the right one expects a at that level of diplomacy and b. when discussing the tragedy that's left 176 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 a nudge for calm and not check to prevail scientifically it is impossible that a missile hit the ukrainian plane and such room is illogical and it's not an unreasonable request the investigation into the events of wednesday morning which saw the boeing 737 bound for 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 series 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 mourn. as they returned home also called for an end to all the chatter and noise he ever asking everyone to refrain from speculation conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions and it's not a topic for height 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 possible missile 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 it didn't take long for the mainstream media to jump on that bandwagon c.n.n. has never been one to turn down an unverified source especially when russia is involved pointed the finger at a bomb or missile new evidence indicates iran shot down ukrainian flight 75 to with 2 surface to air missiles made by russia an 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 that that plane was hit by a russian missile just after takeoff 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 and aviation professionals and fox's that's according to its twitter page nevertheless if confident enough to recommend people just assume the plane was shot down until evidence to the contrary emerges guilty until proven innocent it's a new name of the game in today's political out. it's been claimed the new video shows a missile streaking into the night sky over tehran and exploding as it hit an object that c.n.n. has suggested it was taken approximately at the time ukraine plane on its doomed flight we asked independent journalist and commentator martin summers what he thinks about the robber media plays as investigators. as you know there's a whole question a struggle goes on all the time for what might be called legitimacy to speak and of course what we've got in the modern world in the english language is

a massive bharati of sources of all color ins with varying competing narratives now it's a bit confusing but in many ways it's liberating as long as people recognize that you shouldn't believe everything you hear and that you've actually got to make your own do your own work and sort through what you what you're being presented with a new and to trust some places it was more reliable than others many in many cases they've been shown in the past to been lying and to be and to have been knowingly manipulated by western intelligence sources they can do that if they like but of course if they get caught out doing it then they lose their credibility that's the game you can lie if you like but if you get caught then you're a liar and therefore they've got to think very carefully whether they're going to blog with stories like that. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution aimed at limiting president terms ability to use military force against iran however the bill may not pass the republican controlled senate the white house has condemned the bill as an obstacle to preventing terrorism ilam open

reports. trump is imposing new sanctions on the islamic republic of iran saying that they will stay in place until america's bidding is done 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 it's classic trump said an ultimatum and wait for a surrender but it's a little bit risky given that it's a ron which has boasted that its latest attacks on u.s. bases are just a hint of its retaliatory capabilities however it's a different kind of retaliation that's facing trump at the moment the trumpet ministration is now on the defensive about their decision to kill iran stop general qassam solid money without congressional approval their excuse they say qassam solomonic he was planning to carry out new attacks against america and swift action was absolutely necessary. was actively planning new attacks and here is

looking very seriously at our embassies and not just the embassy in baghdad but we stopped him and we stopped him quickly and we stopped him. there is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by qassam so the money we don't know precisely when and we don't know precisely where but it was real however members of congress both democrats and republicans who saw the classified intelligence briefing say that the information in the report to back up those claims is wanting 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 here just avoid the nation. so little money for claiming that he was planning imminent attacks and yet they produce no evidence that would just avoid this claim not even in

a classified setting i wanted to hear the intel. 1st what i hear was less than satisfying i can tell you as a united states senator coming out of a classified briefing they did not show us that they were dealing with an imminent threat i saw no evidence of that whatsoever that was insulting that was demeaning to the process ordained by the constitution and i find it completely unacceptable the white house says it is not obligated to share all the information with members of congress and that doing so might me risky mike pence says that at this point congress shouldn't expect anything further and they should trust the president 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 i can assure that those of us that have seen all the evidence that saw the evidence in real time know that president trump made the right decision now this isn't the 1st time that the

house and senate have been left in the dark claims about russia hacking the d.n.c. or china spying on the whole world and followed roughly the same playbook there doesn't seem to be any real evidence that iran was planning to attack america that friend in washington d.c. seems to be that the executive branch is out on its own collecting information and engaging in military actions congress is just supposed to take their word for it and trust them and while that may be the steady trend for decades it seems like in the year a 2020 elected representatives from both parties are now saying they're not ok with it i think there is a lot of. american public. concern about the assassination and the fact that it pulls young people think that it made americans less safe and so what was the point and i don't think people are buying trump's explanation that he gave that it was because of an imminent attack on the u.s.

embassy. you know and i mean i think that. it. you keep close during the absolutely of the and it will also merely support the were purchased. the iraqi caretaker prime minister has demanded the u.s. begin preparations for troop pullout and a phone call he asked to send a delegation to iraq to work out a withdrawal mechanism last week's assassination of iran's top general and the american military presence in the region were among the topics discussed by parties or should return 0 and iran's ambassador to the united nations office in geneva you can watch the interview in full in the latest episode going underground that will be on saturday here's a preview. by that i thought initially united states has already sarah pursed the reclined distinguished from better bury them from our eyes the 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 are i guess exciting episode. it was ever wakeup 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 a 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 presence in our region has brought nothing except of. misery war and hatred. the french government pension reform plans have been whipping up fury for more than

a month already the draft bill of the projects that will be presented to the council of ministers in 2 weeks' time has been revealed the rainbird contentions an increase in the pension age although according to the text it's not something that would apply until 2022 unless an alternative could be suggested explains. will you still need to me will you still feed me when i'm 64 or so goes the chorus to that song sung by the beatles now back in the 1960 s. when it was recorded average life spans were far shorter than they are today in france it was around 70 years old the idea of being 64 suggested you were probably close to you wrote an exploration of. in france they consider that the us too healthy at the age of $63.00 so for us if unacceptable to diet work or a time in bad health. it is very possible to die at work at this age. people are tired of that age they can't continue working as phones enters into it 6

week of strikes over proposed changes to the pension system the one element that's really seems to be roiling people is the up being over the age that you can retire at with a full pension to yes you guessed it $64.00 polls show that 2 thirds of respondents find this to be on palatable well some unions if even demanded that all references to retirement at $64.00 be removed from the law. this new age is unfair because it will be no lies those who started working young economists agree that it's unnecessary and people are against it despite the opposition this seems to be a sticking point for the government. i think ostriches know that everywhere in europe in countries like ours across europe people work a little longer because my thanks makes sense he is going to go. well he's right life expectancy has increased significantly in the last 50 years in fact in france

the median lifespan is now 83 years old meaning the average person were toys at 64 would be dipping into the pension system for some 19 years and even if the government refuses to budge old not retirement age compared to other countries in the e.u. some might say that the french have it pretty good in countries like sweden denmark portugal germany and many more the age of retirement is already higher than the current age of retirement in france at $62.00 and it would still be higher than the new threshold at $64.00 in addition the life expectancy in these countries is lower than the fronts meaning that people who work longer to retire on average in those countries and are more likely to access their pension for shorter periods of time so. why are the french making such a song and tell us about this. shit is not about comparing countries

it's about social regression it's about pensions and we don't know what will be next why not studio opposite generally lower the retirement age to $60.00 to $60.00 or less we should do the opposite and not race to the bottom that's the issue for the european union as a whole only seem to they can do and we believe that france is current retirement system is economically viable so as long as we support retirement funds we do not need to slash workers' rights. the main problem for us is not the retirement age the main problem is the row our contracts for this this signifies the complete breakdown of the social system. it seems for the french regardless of what they european neighbors might be doing when they turn $64.00 they want to already be enjoying that retirement and this is no indication jollity been ski.

paris. under pharmaceutical giant has a new chief of public and government affairs it gets to make its image more environmentally friendly will be breaking down why not everybody's buying into that and after this break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

the head of the organization for security and cooperation in europe has called on a stone to refrain from limiting the work of foreign media tallon pressured a stunning employees at artie's sister outlets sputnik to resign as the explains this letter is just the latest in

a chain reaction that we've seen from multiple organizations both government and non-government the european federation of journalists the international federation of journalists increasingly coming out condemning what is seen as stony as crusade vendetta against sputnik news and now the head of the u.c.i. see himself coming out and saying that he's he's concerned about what dystonia is doing commitments to freedom of the media and the free flow of information are in stright in the helsinki final act my colleague is closely following the situation of putting his tonia he has also encouraged the stony and authorities to refrain from put in any unnecessary limitations on the work of foreign journalists or media . it was last year the studio began an aggressive campaign against news they began threatening journalists most of whom are citizens working for sporting news with jailed with criminal liability with prosecution merely for working for the

organization the justification that they're using here is that the head of the parent company that owns news under european sanctions he's personally and the european sanctions so not do you organization that he heads and he was placed there back in 2014 a student here is now saying you know after all these years that because he's sanctioned by the european union individual sanctions that everything he heads is also under sanctions that essentially new european organizational citizen can work with them and there's still one year is the only country in the european union that has seen the law as working like this others of course journalists the news itself many media organizations that see this as an attempt to silence to muzzle sputnik vladimir putin himself coming out in support of the organization saying that what the sunni is doing is justifiable and that it's just an attempt to silence the

critical media. i'm a suitable giant facing a slew of lawsuits over its canceling her beside brand roundup has changed tack now claiming that its products helped to 5 time it change auntie's peter all of explains. climate change and how best to reverse the human impact on the environment is already one of the main topics of 2020 but while some are looking for ways to solve the problems facing the pointing of accusatorial finger is suggesting they are using climate concerned to try and salvage sullied reputations paid chemical and pharmaceutical colossus for example old buyable some thought to be more exact the group of facing a string of lawsuits of allegations there we'd kill a coles and continues to coles council the company has tried to postpone hearings

and settle out of coal too with some accuses now they're taking a different tack in claiming their product is good for reducing c o 2 levels the production of dreyfus 80 is quite c o 2 intensive but it's you save 3 times more c o 2 if you use a tractor with a plow you generate greenhouse gas emissions but time has been used to be an m.p. for the german green policy now he's the by a moment son so senior vice president for public and government affairs having the former climate crusader to call for a spokesperson on board as part of by looking to market themselves as a climate conscious corporation and a key part in the use 2050 environmental goals industry should be at the forefront of europe's ecological modernization bio would do its part to ensure that the e.u. commission's goals are implemented well one santo knows that the environmental crisis is high on the list of priorities around the world and so hiring the green

party m.p. really icy as a strategy for simply trying to stop the plummet of their stock prices one at it's young people about one attitude people in america now are expected to get cancer and yet they are monsanto justify allowing a carcinogen to be sprayed in our food the warnings of aig. quick fix being sold by business not being really viable options when it comes to tackling climate change are out there to see take plastic bags for example the scourge of the garbage dump a plastic bag can take well up to a 1000 years a biopsy been told to biodegrade so and some alternatives labeled as bio degradable came out on the market they were a snap however in reality they have little better than what they would say to replace a lot of shops a selling packaging described by degradable combustible in fact that i things might

only be composed in an industrial composed and even then some items might not be food digested this is where people have to be careful because while there are all those out there looking for real solutions to the real problems there are also the areas that see a popular hash tag or a trending topic on social media while they have business attached to it and while that may be very well and good for the fine balances of vice presidents of public relations it has the potential to distract from the great. monsanto has a long period of trying to influence the results of science and interfere with the regular scientific communities were it's been going on for over 20 years and monsanto has never had any respect for the environment in any of its work it's not honorable to all of a sudden pick out one thing and claim that they're going to be for sustainable

environment it's what we call green washing when a company over a sudden jumps on something sustainable and claims that they're doing the right thing while it is a common trend because they realize that young people have different ideas than their parents and grandparents so. they are trying to reach these young people and make them favorable to their companies and their products ok but that was more for you have i not say it often i see them. reality has mandates of its own that go beyond what our wishes and preferences are . and our utopian visions maybe we're going to get a new deal but it may not be the green new deal that people are expecting will get the green new deal that we have we deserve rather think we are going to get

a green new deal because the green you're dealing compass is things beyond just right infrastructure health care is in that new deal there are other elements if you go back 20 started in 2006 that we are going to get and that are popular in this country. time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate transitions to sustainable transport sustainability stay in her manner a more equitable and sustainable well. they claim their production is completely hama's. libby. has got it into something companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away this is something else this must be going to mean and i mean look. this is the move in unison we didn't do any minimum stunt

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and value taishan welcome to 2020 hawk watchers i hope i hope you all had a beautiful fun safe new year's celebration with your favorite family friends and your pets i have missed you will admit i've missed you all so what so let's ask ourselves now though what has been happening since we last saw each other well it appears that just a few days before we were drinking champagne and kissing strangers in times square the wheelers and dealers inside the white house and the pentagon decided it was a good time to drop some bombs on iraq and syria once again last sunday the guardian reported that according to the pentagon the attacks were defensive strikes against the kut high the hezbollah militia group which u.s. officials said was backed by iran 2 days after a u.s. civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an iraqi military base and as physics has taught us for every

action there was a reaction and in reaction to the united states air strikes killing at least 25 of these militia fighters in response to the death of just one u.s. contractor many in iraq took action and that actions was a massive $6000.00 plus protest in front of the u.s. embassy in iraq a protest that included a small siege on the embassy the washington post reported that members of the u.s. trained iraqi security forces stood by as supporters of the qatari but hezbollah militia surged into the usually heavily guarded green zone breached the main embassy reception area and then set it on fire naturally all this led to a tweet off between u.s. president donald trump who blamed iran for the protests and embassy and the embassy siege and iran supplying leader ayatollah ali khamenei who called bollox trumps theory tweeting out that guy has tweeted that we see a.