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great pat fiarty cool for russia. ah, hello there, good evening. just gone 10 o'clock in moscow. you watching artie international now the u. s. government has seized the web pages of yamini, again, many tv channel and to a rainy and let's including it's key international broadcast, the press tv, at least according to his statement that has a paid on their web pages for. let's get more details now. from keller, balcony joins is from new york. good evening again. caleb, just run through them. what we know at this point? well, if you go to the website of 3 news outlets, one from yemen, the other 2 originating and iran, you will find a statement posted attributed to the u. s. department of justice and the u. s. federal bureau of investigation, the f b,

i saying that the websites have been seized by the u. s. government. now at the moment, we do not yet have clarification from the u. s. government about whether in fact they did take this action. the state department has indicated that the department of justice will give information later today regarding this situation. but if one goes to the website, one will find a statement from the department of justice and the f. b, i with their official seals saying that the website was seized due to laws allowing for the trafficking and nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological weapons, technology or material, or the manufacturer and importation of sale or distribution of a controlled substance to be criminal forfeiture property. furthermore, it invokes an unusual and extraordinary threat and a declaration of a national emergency indicating that may have been the president himself that ordered the seizing of the website. again, still no clarification from the united states about that now. it,

what's interesting to note is that while iran is a country that speaks the language of farsi, this statement is on the website in english and arabic, but not far as the the iranian language, which is quite interesting to note as well. now at this point, it's important to take the context into account. now we have joe biden in his administration that have been in office since earlier this year. that had talked about reopening the iran nuclear deal at criticize the trump administration's handling of us relations with iran. but we've just had an election in iran itself in which we have a new president who is quite critical of his predecessor ronnie and his negotiations with the united states and their lack of success. so we have a new administration set to come into office in iran, we have a new administration united states, and the contacts in the moment of this is quite interesting. now, one of the websites that was seized is run by the who sees in yemen. the,

the government that is, that is emerged that is fighting against saudi arabia and has long been accused by the united states being iranian proxies. the other website that was seized is of iranian origin, and the other website press tv is that is iran's official english language news outlet, the primary voice of iran to the english speaking world. now their website is available at press t, v dot i are, but it is press t v dot com that has this message about being seized. so we are waiting for clarification from the u. s. department of justice. we're also waiting to hear any statement from the islamic republic of iran at the moment. these 3 websites bear this. notice, it's not clear yet what has gone on. could this be the work of hackers? could this actually be an official move from the u. s. government could this indeed have been ordered directly from joe biden, as the statement of the website seems to hand. we don't yet know. as of now, this statement does appear on the website of these 3 news outlets. 2 of them,

iranian one from yemen. it is curious in it. okay, thank. thank hello. that was all it is kind of morphing reporting there from new york and we can now talk to how much, i'm sorry, he's a professor of political science at the university of toronto. we appreciate you coming on this evening. what, what's your feeling on this story? because at the moment we don't know, do a, it could be a hack. it could have actually been done by the u. s. government. the reigning government hasn't commented on. they say, well, what are your initial thoughts on this? well, 1st of all, this is happening at a very sensitive time. iran in the united states are engaged in very complicated negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. now the press tv website just today actually broke in exclusive story saying that the american government is not willing to lift the sanctions that it's supposed to under the deal. and this is coming from sources close to the negotiations. and this property,

we actually had the track record of doing that in the past 2 months. much to the dismay of the u. s. government in bringing down and international new site if in fact it was the u. s. government would be a very controversial especially considering the fact that the you're citing an internal us law that is related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction . as well as the trafficking of drugs, which of course has nothing to do with a news website such as press tv or i'll that know. another curious thing here is the statement. it's a paid on the site is in arabic and not in farsi. does that leave a suspicious sort of smell to you? oh, well, actually i'm on. i'm is iran, premier i or the can huge channel and press tv is iran for most english news

channel. and hundreds of people actually work at these to a news channel. so they're not, you know, small operation networks, they are very popular, especially in the middle east on now. if in fact this was done by the us government, it would become clean the contrary to what joe biden has been preaching this past several months that he's been in office. we know that the u. s. government is constantly talking about human rights, freedom of expression, democracy, etc. if perhaps this was done under to trump administration, maybe it wasn't, it wouldn't be a surprise. but under the current administration, i think would be very controversial. if it have happened again, we are speculating, but would you not expect the iranian government to say something official? well, i think, i think it's still too soon for the iranian government to respond. i think they're still waiting to see what the american government has to say. if this was

officially done by the us government, it's so why has it been done? we have to remember that even if the laws that are being cited in the actual announcement on the web page, even if the reason cited would be in the gym in which actually isn't. we have to remember that the, these are us internal laws. and as such, it would be ridiculous to seize an international new size based on domestic us thought it like the other situation would be high, pathetically, if iran would come in the c n n news website based on internal uranium laws, it doesn't really make sense. and i think it's a clear violation of hugh freedom of expression. ok, we'll look hopefully. all will become clear in the next few hours, but the state department does give a press briefing on this, but it's been really good to talk to you. that was how miss ave of the universe teacher on thanks for coming on to our team. now,

the 1st ever transgender athlete will go to dealing picks this year, or hubbard, who's a white lifted join us zealand team in tokyo. but it's part anger from campaign is calling to save women sports and they say that her superior muscle mass is unfair competition. however, the olympic committee does say that she has met all the necessary criteria for franka, has more than the story. its official new zealand. laurel hubbard. 43 who transition to female in 2012 is heading to the olympics this summer. no transgender athletes have ever done it before for laurel. there's absolutely no doubt it is a dream come true. when the camera zoom in on her and her team at the olympics, opening ceremony in tokyo, it will be a touching moment for the whole community of transgender athletes. i'm grateful and

humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many new zealanders. just before the previous summer games kicked off, the international committee revamped its guidelines for male born transgender athletes. they were allowed to compete without 1st having to undergo gender reassignment surgery as long as they provide tests showing cust esther own levels within a set limit for 12 months. 5 years on news of laurel joining the ranks of the n v t may be joy for some, but it stands out as shockingly unfair to others. we've heard noises in the media that i say are going to be revising their transgender inclusion guidelines and possibly even removing the testosterone requirement. so obviously that will then allow men to compete in the same category are nothing more than a self declaration. and i don't think, you know, anyone could say that that would be grossly unfair and set

a completely unfair competition playing field for women. and perhaps it wouldn't have been so controversial if it wasn't for the nature of the sport. she's competing in the right in weight, lifting every gram of muscle mass matters, maybe and this sport more than in any other last you're a study by you can sweetest scientists found that when it comes to lifting barbells, the male performance advantage over woman was 30 percent however, even when transgender women suppressed assessed her own for a year, the loss of lean body, mass, muscle, and strength was only 5 percent. it's also a fact that laurel hubbard hadn't competed internationally before transitioning, but has already won a number of battles as a female athlete. and so some critics of the new olympic reality have gone as far

as blaming the i o. c for betraying woman. the i o c betrays women, women are not a hormone level. know, are we self declaration of a female gender identity? shame on them. and speaking of those whose desired podium finishes could be lost or lowered because of lorell hubbard's performance. belgium's anna vin lincoln 27 called the transgender athlete inclusion in the tokyo weightlifting light up. a bad joke with all due respect to trans genders. olympic officials, though, have defended the decision. we do know that there are many questions about fairness of transient athletes competing in the games. but i would like to take this opportunity to remind us all that are all has met all of the required criteria. and she's not the only one lawyer and trance woman stephanie hayden says the seas decision is well rooted in science. you've got support, you got opening body,

they have access to sign there of access to data. go, you know, what works for them. now, where a, lots of people go wrong, if they just assume that somebody in this case who was male borns, now transgender female doesn't change. and i think, why did he, they forget to take into account hormone levels reduction in muscle mass over many years. now, what do we do here? do we make evidence based decisions, or do we make prejudice based decisions? that is the simple question. oh well probably there's never going to be an easy solution to this and do expect more debate. the closer we get to the metal run off in the upper rank, there will the if you want to share your opinion on this story, you can let us know what you think at artie don't come. so the french

president has received another slap in the face this time to his reputation for shocking performance and regional elections. manju microns party, and you got around 10 percent of the vote in the 1st round is charlotte davinsky explains seen as a dress rehearsal ahead of next day. is presidential election from seas regional voters illustrating just how tough that bottle ahead is going to be both manual macaroni and marine la pens. parties failed to show that they were the heavy hitters for my calls. republic on the move party. the results were particularly bruising. even party inside is can't deny how bad they sees, not going to minimize what has happened. it's a slap in the face. this is a democratic slap in the face, and it's due to a very low election turn out. all

t doesn't condone violence, but what happened to my policy has been particularly brutal in several regions. that party, it was eliminated from the 2nd round of voting, offering fail to reach the 10 percent threshold needed the vote, even saw government ministers being knocked out. it's something of a surprise blue for my call and his personal popularity, the theme, the surgeon recent month. it also shows that his toward a france, which just took place, which was seen as him trying to sure up the boat ahead of the election. didn't succeed. so roy has his policy failed to connect with voters. it shows even he is even not much more unpopular that it was supposed to because his results are, are catastrophe. it's a vote against him for last year and

a lot of misconduct. and that was shown by the yellow as movement on by the fact that the government didn't react to do all the situation is going worst and worst. and the only way to government behave with our organ. and you know, i mean people don't like our goods. so day it shows the government is complete and macro and basically completely disconnected with the whole society who all rec, or the bench and levels off sending premises to the political landscape more than 2 in 3 people didn't cost a ballot that shows b, b don't believe any more in, in political class, you had striking workers who burned collectively there and an extra cars. so now you have a lot of people showing, they don't vote,

they don't want to vote. they don't believe in any political party in any political liter. people don't vote, not because they are de politicized, but because they don't believe in the existing institution. we're also disappointing for marine pen party had been hoping to show that they would be urea contended while over all the national radi took just on the face of the vote. it took the poles in one region and these results loc, as significant dropping support from 2015. the big win is from the 1st round of voting would the republican party that is not good news for president mike calling, who has increasingly shifted his politics to the right. and essentially has been basing his strategy for reelection next year or more thing up. the very is

a revival of the republican party throws that up in the air and shows that michael has failed to read his policy in the french. so i key, while many may see this as being a context next year between mccolan or pen, there is always the chance an outsider could punch seriously above that weight. one perhaps increased by the fact that the current president's party just doesn't seem to cut it with voters. charlotte, even sky, all see paris for usher, it is exactly 80 years since the beginning of its bloody astir, a great pantry, arctic war. tens of millions of lives were lost in what was then the soviet union in the conflict with nazi germany, which is known in the west as the 2nd world war. when the german newspaper inch the president putin did highlight how people found reconciliation, half to the horrors of battle, and the supreme sacrifice should be acknowledged accurately. despite

attempts today to revive the pages of the past, the truth is that soviet soldiers came to germany not to take revenge on the german people, but with a noble and great mission of liberation. having lived through the horrors of the world war, the peoples of europe would nevertheless able to overcome 80 nation and restore mutual trust and respect. what burden began, bob again emphasizing the, the unfathomable, terror, savagery and devastation of the 2nd world war operation. barbarossa, the invasion of the u. s. a sub, but by not to germany, but prudence prudence peach, was that despite the terror, the horror of the 2nd world war, the europeans learned to respect each other. they learn to forgive each other, france, germany stablish, and the, the, the common steel market. then the, the common market, the european market. eventually that european union, they learned to cooperate rather than compete for resources for business,

for economic prosperity. and this is something that it was who would happen when the u, as a sa collapse, that the east and west would forgive each other than they would lead past wrongs rest. and they would be progress. that would be prosperity. but it wasn't to be, it was a box movement eastwards which by the way, begun when the soviet leadership was actually persuaded to accept the united germany's session, to nato. the 10 to the main reason for the rapid increase in mutual mistrust in europe. many countries are put before the artificial choice of either being with a collective west or with russia in fights. it was an ultimatum product in 999 that have been 55 need to expansions, east of all of them. eastwards towards russia, more natal rockets, troops, me solves jets, moving closer and closer to russia's borders, have given the devastation and the terror of the 2nd world war. tens of millions of

people dead in the us. your memories is still fresh. nobody lives armed forces moving closer to the russian federation that you can, you can ask all manner of experts whose fault current situation is the disagreement between a need to and russia. but russia says that it was need to miss out, but i'm moving close to it, not the other way around. and here that says, the security framework of the european union has now afraid the whole system of european security has not degraded significantly, tension arising and the risks of a new arms race are becoming real. we are missing out on the tremendous opportunities that cooperation offers are common and indisputable goal is to ensure security on the continent without dividing lines. we hadn't heard about the dream of europe from lisbon to vladivostok in a while, but remarked than it again. he said, we can't let pass, grievances past disputes govern dictates our future. otherwise we give up. all hope

of prosperity says, look, look at the past in your prosperity as always come out of cooperation of friendship . when people learn to work together rather than fight, rather than struggling against each other. and here, let me put in again, called out saying that russia as it was, is ready to participate in a joint european security framework. what can see if there were hundreds, have attended moral events held across russia. they gathered, in fact, at 4 in the morning, the time when the war broke came, another early morning event took place in berlin to an orchestra performed in front of the russian hives of science and culture balloon symbolizing the victims were released into the sky. i'm washington also commemorated dated with a memorial service. i rushes envoy to the u. s. he's recently returned to his post was among those who came to pay respects that when a special project here, we have restored and colorized archive footage of peaceful life. here in moscow,

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me there's thing we dare to ask in walla walla chubby and they're looking for something like mark cuban and he falls right into it. because as i've said on this show and other shows for over a year, now narcissism and big point don't make the again now and you have it very into causing alarm. in india, the country already has 30000000 corona vars. cases, the infection rate has been declining, but a new strain called delta plus is said to circumvent the bodies you mean system.

however, scientists do insisted at the moment though it's not a major cause for concern. top officials say they are keeping a close eye on the strain that which the world health organization is not yet officially recognized the regional tow. delta vary and produce the world's highest ever infection rates and india knight per may. and back then you day, the cases did peek at around 400000. when senior clinical lecturer had exit the university's medical school in the u. k. believe it is vital to suppress the new, very the natural biology of viruses is that they replicate. and when they replicate, they make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes are advantages to the virus. and that advantages mistake becomes the new delta virus, for example, and then it takes hold and it spreads across the globe. we always have a cautious approach to variance. variance will always arise, and in fact,

the emergence of variance is a clear signal to the rest of the world, especially to the richer nations that unless and until you allow and support poor countries to suppress infections, we will keep on getting variance. so we are where we are and what we've got to do is suppress said wherever it occurs. meanwhile, ties rules for eating eyes are on the way here in moscow that after city chiefs declared that only people proven to be with free will be allied in restaurants and cafes. from next week is the capital battle occurred. a spike in cases, concerts in gross gulf, has more details. most dramatic change now concerns cafes and restaurants in the russian capital. so starting from june 28th a week from now, they won't let anyone in who either hasn't been vaccinated or hasn't had covered in the last 6 months and can prove the level of antibodies. now if you don't want to get a cobra jap for some reason, you can still dine in,

but you need to show we negative p c r a task which is going to be valid only for 3 days. restaurants were told to get ready to check every incoming customer who must now must have a q r code, which in moscow you get if you have been vaccinated against go. but if the owners can't organize this, they will be forced to work for take away orders only earlier in moscow. authority said that at least 60 percent of that was working in service sectors, including bars and restaurants must be vaccinated against corona virus, which made the rushing capital. the 1st cd in the world to introduce mandatory jap for certain groups now. all and all that goes to highlight how serious the situation is as local officials have to resort to drastic measures with an exclusive gross income in 19 incidence. in moscow, new cases are up by almost 100 percent. all public events either in entertainment

or sports that involve more than $500.00 visitors are now temporarily banned. the cap was 1000 a week ago, but they've decided to lower it even further. for instance, moscow has already shut down a band zone open for the ongoing european football championship. but the reason way out if the organizers of those events can make covert free zone, similar to restaurants, which means they lead in only those who get vaccinated who have enough anti bodies or negative. coby test them, it's fine. but of course, to get such system up and running in a short space of time will be difficult. now, there are people in russia who oppose vaccination for various reasons. and now the question, if such measures are fair, the reality is that discrimination will eventually follow people without immunity or unvaccinated, won't be able to work anywhere. it's impossible, they will be

a threat to other people. as for now, it looks like these harsh measures are starting to have the fact hospitals out in occupation post across the city have now had 4 or 5 fault increase in people who ready to roll up their sleeves. and according to the latest data, at least a quarter of moscow residence now have enough anti bodies to ride out this new wave . and i mean, it's still not enough to achieve her immunity, but it's a radical boost say from last week. and that brings up tonight watching our scene to nash just gone half past 10 here in moscow back again in 30 minutes. ah ah ah, ah.