the. u.s. u.k. and canada claim the ukrainian airliner was shot down in tehran by a missile but that's before international experts have had a chance to analyze the data. because lawmakers voted to limit on the transfer of authority to take for the military action against iran about him convinced by his administration's evidence or rather lack thereof that the assassinated to reign in general custom solomonic posed an imminent threat. for europe's main security party b o s c he urges astonied to refrain from preventing foreign media from operating in the country after telling forced employees that r.t. sr out at sputnik to resign.

good evening for joining us here on r.t. international. ukraine's president. has spoken with the u.s. secretary of state by phone with mike pompei offering america's support in the investigation into the crash of ukrainian passenger plane in around on wednesday had a phone call with secretary pump am grateful for the condolences of the american people and valuable support of the u.s. in investigating the causes of the plane crash information obtained from the us will assist in the investigation. earlier washington passed quote important data relating to the incident to ukraine's leader the u.s. canada and u.k. of all say that they have evidence suggesting a rocket from iran itself brought down ukrainian international airline jet killing or 176 people on board iran denies any missile was involved and as invited

international experts to monitor its investigation this image in the home of the photons will allow the americans the french the canadians and the swedish to come here and see how we investigate this crash draw special is bodies from canada and america that investigate crashes we trust those bodies what we can say with absolute certainty is that no missile has hit the splay these are latest pictures from the crash site while passengers belongings can be made out in the areas reportedly no longer cordoned off and investigators are no longer present live around said that the aircraft wreckage parts are being collected and transferred to a safe location. plane's black boxes recovered from the crash site have been shown by iranian state media to iran says claims the jet was down by a missile or a logical an impossible task looks at all speculations mounting even before a probe is being carried out. nothing instills confidence in international leaders more than my 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 an arena and a 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 fly was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile which may well have been unintentional we are 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 rhetoric one expects a at that level of diplomacy and b. when discussing the tragedy that's left 176 dead 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 urge for calm and not check to prevail scientifically it is impossible that a missile hit the ukrainian plane and such rumors are illogical and it's not an unreasonable request the investigation into the events of wednesday morning which saw the boeing 737 bound for t. have crashed 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 in. puting 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 morning as they returned home also called for an end to all the chatter and noise here for. 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 752 with 2 surface to air missiles made by russia 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 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 for aviation professionals and foxes that's according to its twitter paid. nevertheless if i were 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. it's been claimed a new video shows a missile streaking into the night sky over to around an exploding as it had an

object c.n.n. has suggested it was taken approximately the time the ukrainian claim took its doomed flight we asked independent journalist martin sun as what he thinks about the robot media plays as investigators. as you know there's a whole question the 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 is in the english language is a must have the right of sources of all call ins with varying competing narratives it's a bit confusing but in many ways it's liberating as long as people recognize that we shouldn't believe everything you hear and that you've actually got to make your own to 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 have been lying into being and have been knowingly manipulated boy 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 or you are therefore they've got to think very carefully whether they're going to bond with stories like. the u.s. house of representatives of passed a resolution aimed at limiting president trumps ability to use military force against iran over the bill may not pass the republican controlled senate white house has condemned the bill as an obstacle to preventing terrorism in the morgan 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 sallah 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 to 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 be 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 the trend 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 needs 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. you can't close the door and not absolutely and it will also merely support the. the iraqi caretaker prime minister has demanded that the us begin preparations for troop pullout and a phone call to u.s. secretary of state might come to send delegation to iraq to work out a withdrawal mechanism let's get the thoughts on this now from writer and political analyst nassir flayed welcome do you think the iraqi authorities will push ahead

with their demands for a u.s. troop withdrawal. yeah thank you i think the situation is actually highly complicated but with row maybe on the long tear him of the usa troops sometime there are there are many indicators that it is likely to happen. if we consider the minister remain here at u. and whether on the public. official political level there is a mainstream and. too clear of a country from foreign troops and on the other hand if we notice the reaction of a trumpet and mr ration. we put rhetoric and populist thing. we can see on one hand he threatened rack of. punishment and

also that the iraqis have to pay the cost of their bases but on their hand we noted that he called for the need to the other part to increase the very existence and iraqi this seems there is may be. a long clear role of schedule the process of the american troops seen more than likely now although there are many things actually we cannot say about american and separation is predictable or clearly but there are indicators. we have seen today in the bag that the story many protesters calling not only for information on the replacement of the government but also for clearing the country of all foreign forces so this is seems very strong mainstream

whether in the public level or political level. to be away as far as can bus or world from the direct iranian american conflict. but the u.s. state department has said that any delegation goes to iraq will discuss strategic partnership they won't discuss troop withdrawal can america just make that decision is it legal under international law. international law of course are not. an action all the time on it is already been violated many times but if we look to the consideration that we. also there are. as we can follow in the media big change in inside the united states for example between the congress on one hand

and the muck around sound ration on the other hand. many american themselves seems not very satisfied with the reason. that this historic was necessary and the there was an imminent attack on american troops so the lack of strategy lack of a clear strategy this is very important factor. in. american. policy seems for for now. but if this continues own. seems the most likely process is a gradual or scheduled process or for the role without not provoke provoking away from the iraqis. maybe this is possible but actually it

is high difficult very difficult to predict the reaction of. the american federation and thanks to my guest flavor writer and political analyst thank you. french government pension reform plans have been whipping appear if for a month for the project that will be presented to the council of ministers in 2 weeks is being revealed the main bone of contention an increase in the pension age although according to the text it's not something that would apply until 2022 unless an alternative outcome i suggested or to show that david scott reports. 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 before 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 expiration. in france they consider 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 parents enters into a 6 week old strike so the proposed changes to the pension system the one element that's really seems to be roiling people is the upping 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 while suddenly 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 penalize those who started working young economists agree that it's

unnecessary and people are against it despite the opposition to this seems to be a sticking point for the government. i think he does know that everywhere in europe in countries like ours across europe people work a little longer because life expectancy is going up. 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 to some 19 years and even if the government refuses to budge all not retirement age compared. 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 funds at 62 and it would still be higher than the new threshold at 64 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 toil so why are the french making such a song and dance about this. it 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 sympatico on doing 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 0 hour 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 their retirement and this is non-negotiable jollity been ski altie paris. pharmaceutical john cena chief of public and government affairs says it's to make its image more environmentally friendly robredo why not everybody's buying into that after this break. you know world of big. and conspiracy it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than

ever we need to be smart 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. trump is a new yorker and he looks at the global picture and he sees the tension in the middle east he sees iran doing a dance with there and then the neighbors and there's like an hour let's just cut to the chase this is take out a guy in iraq and we're going to get more money printing right away because i want to make my premed this weekend why fuss around this is the new york way of doing things i said it when he 1st got elected it's like having a new yorker in the white house and having a new york around the world i'm a new yorker you know i got to tell you i want to.

welcome back the head of the organization for security and cooperation in europe has called on the study to refrain from limiting their work for media that's up to telling pressure dystonia employees that aunty sistren that sputnik to resign because the of reports. 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. self coming out and saying that he's he's concerned about what dystonia is doing commitment 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

splitting dystonia he has also encouraged the stone and authorities to refrain from put in any unnecessary limitations on the work of foreign journalists or media. it was last year the stonier 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 sporting news itself many media organizations that see this as an attempt to silence to muzzle sputnik gladly 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. from citgo joined by monsanto facing a slew of lawsuits over its canceling herbicide brown round changed tack now claiming its products help fight climate change and he's peta all of it has more. 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 fingers suggesting they are using

climate concerned to try and salvage salida reputations paid chemical and pharmaceutical colossus for example buyable some thought to be more exact the group of facing a string of lawsuits over 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 eighty's 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 turned cold spokes person on board as part of by looking to

market themselves as a climate conscious corporation 'd and a key part in the news 2050 environmental goals industry should be at the forefront of europe's ecological modernization bio will 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 a coup. quick fix being sold by business not being really viable options when it comes to tackling climate change are out there to see fake plastic bags for example the scourge of the garbage dump a plastic bag can take well up to a 1000 years

a biopsy can roll to biodegrade so and civil tentative labeled as bio degradable came out on the market they were a snap self however in reality they have little better than what they would say to replace a lot of shops a selling packaging described by degradable composed in fact that i can only be composed in an industrial combustion 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 basis attached to it and while that may be very well and good for the find balance is a vice president of public relations has the potential to distract from the great day she's monsanto as 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 all the 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 or grandparents so. they are trying to reach these young people and make them favorable so their companies and their products. joining for updates and oftentimes say that.

hello and welcome to crossfire or all things considered i'm peter lavelle over the past week we've heard a lot about escalation deescalation and what is proportionate we've also heard the words war this is how the u.s. ran complex describe what is not talked enough about is the necessity of ending the american military presence in the middle east these endless wars must cease. talking the us around conflict i'm joined by my guest mohammad marandi in foreign he's a professor at the university of toronto.