i think. the u.s. secretary of state comes under pressure to provide evidence as to why it was necessary to assassinate iran's top. u.s. u.k. and canada claim the ukrainian airliner was shot down in toronto by a missile but that's for international experts to have a chance to analyze the data and you hear it's. not prevent foreign media in the country after forced employees that are to sister outlets to resign. oh good evening you're watching r.t. international now the u.s.

secretary of state has defended the trumpet ministrations decision to take catherine in general. confronted by journalist apparently unconvinced by the evidence presented so far to justify the assassination. the following events for us in the united states good evening carol of a tough day them from. joining this media conference just bring us up to speed as to what happened. well it's been almost a week now since the killing of qassam solomonic made as a decision by president donald trump now that decision was made and it now seems that the administration is on the defensive about whether that was really the necessary thing to do we had a press conference that took place where mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state and steve minutiae in the u.s. secretary of treasury presented new sanctions against the islamic republic of iran and as it went on for over an hour and journalists grilled mike pompei o the u.s.

secretary of state got a little uncomfortable let's review some of what took place up next information about it in the threat and didn't have anything to do with our embassy. we had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threats from included attacks on the u.s. embassies what is your definition of it in that. this was going to be an american lives were at risk because community is not flawless we we get it wrong in this case the intelligence community got it fundamentally right there was an imminent attack that was active plotting is that right now gone with god threats are never going. now furthermore it's not simply the press and journalists that are suspicious of this decision and whether it was really justified but it's also u.s. lawmakers there has been a resolution passed by the u.s.

house of representatives basically calling to restrict the trumpet ministration and its ability to escalate tensions with iran but it goes beyond the press and lawmakers to the u.s. public polls have been conducted at this point 2 thirds of the public in the united states believes that the country is less safe because of the killing of qassam solid money furthermore 69 percent of the u.s. public believes that iran is more likely to attack the united states due to trump's decision furthermore a 63 percent of the u.s. public believes that terrorist attacks on u.s. soil are more likely as a result of it now 62 percent believe that the u.s. and iran are more likely to go to war because of this decision by trump and 52 percent describe the killing of qassam solomonic as reckless with only 34 percent that's only 34 percent of the u.s. public just over a 3rd who say that it was not a reckless decision. generally would have my pump any say about the situation in

the middle east then and perhaps and particularly around. steve minutia he spoke and he also made clear that this new treasury sanctions that are being imposed on the islamic republic of iran that he went over he said that they are working then from there we heard from mike pompei o talk about talked about how iranian high level officials are the target of these new sanctions basically it targets anyone who would do business with any of these high level iranian officials and then from there he tried to describe what he said was the ultimate u.s. end game when it came to sanctions against the islamic republic this is my pompei o justifying and trying to explain exactly what the goal of these new sanctions is . we don't want war we want iran to behave with the noble mission the reason that the secretary treasurer this morning is to continue this campaign our strategic effort to get to run to behave in

a way that doesn't continue their 40 year long effort to terrorize the world. now many people around the world are hoping that this is a point of perhaps a little bit of deescalation between the united states and iran as things have been very very very tense for the last week or so however at the same time all over the world and within the united states many people are blatantly and loudly questioning the pretext for the assassination of qassam solomonic and wondering if indeed u.s. officials are really being honest as the evidence to back up their claim that this was necessary to protect american lives just doesn't seem to be adding up. ok thank you kelly there was a kind of moment for us there in new york while the iraqi prime minister has demanded that the u.s. begin preparations for a troop pullout in a. true state to send a delegation to iraq to work out with cruel mechanism the u.s.

department of state has responded hailing american troops as quote a force for good in the middle east statement goes on to say that any delegation sent to iraq would discuss america's right to have a presence in the middle east as opposed to a true with role and political analyst nice if they told us both politicians and the general public in iraq of a foreign military presence. so far so those 2003 american iraqi relation. went through different stages but now it seems a very critical point after the military action in. iraq we have seen today in the streets in many protests. calling not only for information and upliftment of the government but also for fear you the country of. so this is a. very strong mainstream whether in the public level or political level.

in my ukraine's president vladimir selinski 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 a ukrainian passenger plane in iran 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 us canada and u.k. all say they do have evidence suggesting a rocket from iran itself brought down ukrainian international airline jet killing all a 176 people on board iran though denied any missile was involved in this invited international experts to monitor its investigation this image and how moment will

out the americans the french the canadians and the swedish to come here and see how we investigate this crash special is bodies from canada an america that investigate crashes we trust those bodies what we can say with absolute certainty is that no missile has had the spray. these are the latest pictures from the crash site where passengers belongings can still be seen the area is reportedly no longer cordoned off and investigate is are no longer present earlier iran said wreckage from the aircraft had been collected and taken to a safe location ukraine's foreign minister said experts from his country had been given access to flight recorders and fragments of the crashed jet when the plane's black boxes recovered from the crash site have been shown by iranian state media turan says the claim the jet was downed by a miss are are logical and also impossible although the nato chief does beg to

differ. we are no reason to not believe reports we have seen from different a little odd couples who have expressed concern about. information indicating the. plane may have been downed by iranian air defenses systems such a tail now looks at how speculations be mounting even before any probe has been carried out. 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 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 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 isn't possible the 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 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 more. as they returned home also called for an end to all the chatter and noise you are asking everyone to refrain from speculation conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions and 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 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 is being claimed in the video shows a missile streaking into the night sky over tiran and exploding as it hit an object c.n.n. has suggested it was taken approximately the same time ukrainian plane took on its flight we are asked independent journalist and commentator martin summers what he thinks about the role the media does play as investigators. as you know there's a whole question of struggle goes all the time for what we call legitimacy to speak

and of course what we've got in the modern world is in the english language is a massive barrage 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 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 have been lying and to be and to been knowingly manipulated boy western intelligence sources know they can do that if they like but of course if they get caught 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 were they going to bring with stories like that. now the french government pension reform plans have been whipping up fury for more than a month already a draft bill of the project that will be presented to the council of ministers in 2 weeks time has been revealed and the main bone of contention is an increase in the

pension age although according to the text it's not something that would apply until 2022 unless an alternative outcome is suggested charlotte n.c. explains. will you still need to me or 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 lifespans 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 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 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 while 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 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 we're toy is at 64 would be dipping into the pension system for 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. 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 believe that france's 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 cars

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world of politics sports business i'm sure i'll see you then. welcome back and i the head of the organization for security and cooperation in europe has called on a stone yet to refrain from limiting the work of foreign media to tolerate if pressured stony stony and employees that are that sputnik to resign when he 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 news and now the head of the u.c.i. 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 dystonia he has also encouraged the stone in 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 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 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 is seen the law as working like this others of course journalists 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 stone is doing is justifiable and that it's just an attempt to silence critical media. and the pharmaceutical giant bomb in san say which does face

a slew of rules over cancelling term besides change tact and those 9 claiming that its products actually help fight climate change peter oliver has more on story. climate change and how best to reverse the human impact on the environment is already one of the main topics of 2020 first's while some are looking for ways to solve the problems others are facing the pointing of accusatorial fingers suggesting they are using climate concerned to try and salvage salida reputations chemical and fire. the siege of coal colossus for example by a bold some so 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 spawn hearings and settle out of court 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 say 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 spokesperson on board as part of by looking to market themselves as a climate conscious corporation 'd 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 climate of their stock prices why not it's

you people about one out of 2 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 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 up to a 1000 years of war to biodegrade so and some alternatives labeled as bio degradable. came out of the market they listen that stuff however in reality they have little faith that what they would say to replace a lot of shops selling packaging described by degradable composed in fact that i think 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 find balance is the vice president of public relations 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 or grandparents so they are trying to reach these young people and make them favorable to their companies and their products and that brings up today that's how things are looking more from us at the top of the. kind of financial survival job today was all about money laundering 1st to visit this cash in the 3 different. oh good this is a good start well we have our 3 banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas in the cayman islands or do we do all these banks are complicit in the kleptocracy we just have to call and say hey i'm ready to do some serious money laundering ok let's see how we did while we've got

a nice laundry watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry and how about. luxury automobile again for max you know what money laundering is highly illegal so if you watch kaiser of course. time after time called her asians repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to excel or a transition to sustainable transport sustainability explainable or man not be more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless does need to. be got into compass my models and copy it into something companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is again all this must be done even and i mean look. this is the move and news limited window nieminen i'm stymied seem them to be best

understood look to those who going in the. same wrong. role just don't all. get to shape out just to become an advocate and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of business and how it affects all of us i'm christiane washington and here's

a look at what we have in store today. going to have a horrible time when this all comes to and when it comes to a new year and it's going to be the worst in my life. who must manage to catch up with world renowned international investor jim martin to get his take on the state of the global economy a local t.v. just over the horizon following some major leagues that rally. continues its well in the wake of a major plane crash in iran that has left more than 170 people dead r.t. correspondent john hardy is digging into the latest developments coming from the investigation and later we are back on the ground in las vegas where 2020 times in my lifetime and there is a 3rd day parties friends of war is there and will bring us up to speed on the latest developments in the auto sector we have so much to get to today and so little time so let's dive right in. china has formally accepted the invitation to washington and come burma vice premier and will lead the delegation while monday

through wednesday you.