in the same year, it was blocked in north america after the us treasury department and al sanctions against these law mccrae public. other on broadcasting pro stevie has also been repeatedly censored on multiple social media platforms, including facebook, instagram, twitter, and you to journalists here say this is because the iranian world service division should slice on developments in the world that are either ignored or distorted by mainstream media. to for what is solid imposing sanctions on the iran in media or any other media that are against the western post is not unprecedented. press tv, for example, has also face sanctions in the past. it was removed from some broadcasting satellites. destiny muse agency has also faced similar problems from the canadian government for covering news about the behind the scenes of what kennedy's after in iran is. you know, kinda takes example from the us regarding its hostility to worst iran. and when he expose what's going on behind the scenes, it wouldn't sit well with them. let's say that was where is your face scale media war, i guess, independ

in the same year it was blocked in north america after the us treasury department and al sanctions. i guess these wanting to keep up with other on broadcasting for stevie has also been repeatedly censored on multiple social media platforms, including facebook, instagram, twitter, and youtube general to see or say this is because the you're wanting world service division should slice on developments. and there was, there are either ignored or distorted by mainstream media to for what is solid, imposing sanctions on the iran in media or any other media that are against the western policy is not unprecedented. press tv for example, has also face sanctions in the past. it was removed from some broadcasting satellites, tests, name use agency has also faced similar problems from the canadian government for covering news about the behind the scenes of what kennedy's after in iran, is. you know, kinda takes example from the us regarding its hostility to worst iran. and when he expose what's going on behind the scenes, it wouldn't sit well with them. the journalists say that was where is you

today with the world , america has sanctioned 29 iranian individuals and institutions the us treasury department's control of foreign assets in support of last year's riots has provoked these individuals and institutions . in recent days, it has attached sanctions related to last year's riots against iran. our country is no stranger to sanctions. for years , the united states has imposed sanctions on every field that has created power for the country and is considered a national capability, in order to curb iran's power after nuclear sanctions, defense, security, missile, drone, and even sanctions in the field of science and technology. today, witness the decision of america. 3 iranian media , press tv, fars news agency, and send the picture. sanctions have been added. tonight, in the world today , we are hosting representatives of the iranian three-year-old, mr. mehdi jahantighi, editor. fars news agency, mr. abdullahi abdullahi, the editor of tasnim news agency, and we will also have a telephone conversation with mr. mohammad mahdi mahdavi, the manager of press tv newsroom. i will start this con

from september 2018, with the statement of the us treasury department, the reasons for the us effort to prevent iran's presence in space may be better explained by trump. america's presence in space alone is not enough. we must master the space. iran is one of the 10 countries that have the full cycle of satellite technology. in fact, iran has both the technology to design and build satellites , as well as the ability and knowledge to launch them. seyyed mohsen hosseini khabari sed and sima, the president of the country, obliged the executive bodies in order to make an impact. improve the economic growth rate on people's livelihood . mr. raisi in the meeting of the government board. referring to the statistics regarding the improvement of the economic growth rate in the first 3 months of this year , he emphasized on maintaining and continuing this trend. the president further referred to the two proposals of iran in the un general assembly regarding the creation of a mechanism to maintain the respect and status of the abrahamic and sayyid religions and to support the institution of t

china announced that with sanctions against companies and individuals who, according to the us treasury departmenteveloped drones and aviation. the military in iran is strongly opposed. the spokesman of the ministry of commerce, qi, said: china will take necessary measures against the us sanctions . last week, the united states imposed sanctions against 7 people and four entities located in iran, china, russia, and turkey, and claimed that these people facilitated the sending and financial transactions related to iran's military program. china had announced earlier: america is abusing the sanctions tool. russia warned about the training of elements of terrorist groups by the united states in the military base of atnaf in syria. an official of the russian ministry of defense announced: elements the militants in the etnaf region are training subversive groups with the aim of disrupting the situation in the southern regions of syria . he said: the command of the russian forces in syria and the command of the syrian army will take the necessary preventive measures to prevent such actions. according to

the us treasury department in announced in a separate statement that it had imposed sanctions againstn two dozen persons and organizations related to the violent suppression of protests after the death of amin under pressure and for dissent and restricting access to the internet well, but not only about this in the context , unfortunately, we have to talk about the mossat in person . i'm sorry, the leader. and this is unusual. let's put it this way , history notes that iran can transfer short- and medium-range missiles to russia the war in ukraine in exchange for deadly weapons for israel , we will not only talk about it with igor himself, the senior director of the center for middle eastern studies , he is in touch with us. igor, we congratulate you . glory to ukraine, then that's it. from this case when the leaders of musat are already openly talking about the threat to israeli statehood in connection with such military cooperation of eh technological in exchange for missiles eh and sooner or later does this mean that it is the security and blocks and musat will finally eh turn not

of the biden family through various front companies , in addition, it is claimed that the us treasury department has at its disposal 150 transactions involving the biden family that were marked by american banks as doubtful and suspicious due to e-e among the accusations against jozlo biden also appears and the presence his son hunter biden in the board of directors of the ukrainian energy company burisma offered to listen to the statement about the beginning of the impeachment investigation against joshua biden right now biden used his official position to coordinate with hunter biden's business partners hunter's role in the ukrainian energy company borism despite all those serious allegations it seems that the biden administration offered the president's family special treatment that they would not have otherwise received if it were not for the president's relatives. allegations of abuse of power obstruction and corruption and these allegations require further investigation by the house and representatives that is why today i am directing the pay committee representatives of the beginning of t

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the us treasury department has information about more than 150 transfers related to the bidens, whichthe investigation will allow access to data on the bank accounts of the family of the us president; they will be able to track all corrupt transactions, former prosecutor general. ukraine's viktor shokin confirmed as soon as he undertook to investigate illegal fraud bursim company, in which biden's son held a high position. hunter fired him on the spot. and biden achieved this personally. he even came to ukraine and so that kiev took over the business, ensured the transfer of a billion dollars , replacing the case, a signature feature of the us president , he did exactly the same thing when his son hunter was threatened with a real sentence for non-payment of taxes and illegal possession of weapons. hunter escaped with a slight fright. although , as it turned out, he lied to the investigation when asked by journalists. biden. he just waves it off , mr. president, how do you feel about the decision of the court in the case of hunter republic. the dances plan to complete the investigatio

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will only be able to be used by iran for humanitarian purposes and will be monitored by the us treasury department work will begin today on a more than $7 billion plan to rebuild the wharf in capitola, this beach town. it was badly damaged in the storms earlier this year, according to our media partner, the east bay times, the landmark pier will get a new and expanded. would deck and railing other improvements include a boat launch and binocular stations. construction is expected to last through next summer, but you might notice construction across from the ferry building in san francisco today. crews are building northern california's first paddle courts. over at the embargo adero plaza. these are expected to be ready next month. organizers are calling it a pop up, but the plan is to have them there for at least a year. paddle is described as being a mix between tennis and squash. >> a long time family run paintball facility in the south bay will soon be closing for good. santa clara paintball first started in 2003. it's a six acre site at the county fairgrounds and the owner blames the county's

the funds will only be used by iran for humanitarian purposes and will be monitored by the us treasury department. new this morning. hunter biden is suing the irs. the president's son says the department unlawfully disclosed his return information. he also alleges agents failed to protect his private records. the lawsuit claims two agents and their attorneys announced that personal information and public statements and in congressional testimony by seeking attorneys fees and $1,000 for each unauthorized disclosure. the 49 ers faithful were loud and proud as the team kicked off its first ever 49 ers pride event, a go for it, go for it quarterback, sneak. >> 49 ers. pride is thought to be the first ever team led fan group in the nfl that caters to the lgbtq plus community. their event in downtown san francisco yesterday featured a special t brunch and drag queen halftime show, not to mention everyone there got to see the niners. get that win over the la rams as that game was tight for a half, the niners gambled with one second left before halftime and scored the game tying touchdown when the defens

organization in canada right, us treasury secretary den get in his set that the prize cap imposed on russian oil by the g 7 countries is use this quality. now the treasury department official side of the cap is working. now earlier i discussed the contradiction with audi contribute to chris adams area and have it listed to both statements as it does point to some reduction in the effectiveness of the price cat. russia has spend a great deal of money and time and effort to provide services for the expedite of its oil. they have added to their shadow fleet, provided more insurance, and the kind of trade is not prohibited by the price cap, 9 months and up orientation. the cap is working and then we're seeing rushes revenue cut by almost half since this time last year, while all markets of remain stable. looking at the contradiction, i mean, we spent the morning looking at different sources and just trying to get to the bottom of, of how he could have come up with this. and even, you know, the america's, let's say, own backyard, the international energy agency, which is based in paris. it's america as a member of this organization, i've come out and given that really

variety of schemes the dprk is using to evade those sanctions and some of the firms that are aiding and abetting in that effort. i've spoken to the department of the treasury, u.s. department of the treasury about this and we need to do more to plug the gaps in the enforcement regime. including cracking down on north korea's use of crypto to evade sanctionsns to fund its illegal weapons programs. we should also shine a brighter light on the horrendous human rights abuses in north korea. chairman of the senate foreign relations subcommittee onit east asian indo-pacific i will be exploring these w questions more deeply atse an upcoming hearing that i'm holding on the korean peninsula, and getting what i know will be good advice from dr. cha, who will be one of the witnesses at that hearing. of course it is c not only kim jong-un who is watching our response to putin's aggression in ukraine. so isio president xi, especially as he weighs his options in taiwan. by all accounts, xi has taken note of the unity of the nato alliance as well as south korea-japan and other democratic partners in the face of that aggression. in fact, our comparative advantage in meeti

house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden from the treasury department. the us are flagged as suspicious activity. the investigation will allow access to bank account data. the family of the us president , they will be able to track all corruption deal, former prosecutor general of ukraine viktor shokin confirmed as soon as he undertook to investigate the illegal machinations of the brusima company, in which biden’s son held a high position. hunter fired him on the spot. and i achieved this personally. biden. he even came to ukraine and in order for kiev to hush up the matter, he ensured the transfer of a billion dollars and replaced the case, a signature feature of the us president . he did exactly the same thing when his son hunter was threatened with a real sentence for non-payment of taxes and illegal possession of weapons. hunter escaped with a slight fright. although, as it turned out, he was lying as a result of questions from journalists. biden. he simply shrugs it off. mr. president, how do you feel about the court’s decision in the hunter case? the rep

identified a variety of states they are using to evade the sanctions and some of the firms that are embedding in that effort. i have spoken to the department of treasury department of treasury about this and we need to do more to plug the gap in the enforcement regime including cracking down on north korea's use of crypto to evade sanctions for funding illegal weapons programs. we should also sign -- china brighter light on the horrendous human rights abuses in north korea. as chairman of the senate -- east asia and the pacific. i will be exploring these questions more deeply at an upcoming hearing i am holding on the korean peninsula and getting what i know will be good advice from dr. chop -- who will be one of the witnesses -- dr.cha. who will be one of the witnesses. president xi is taking note of the unity of the nato alliance as well as the south korea japan and other democratic partners in the face of that aggression. in fact, our competitor -- comparative advantage meeting the challenges opposed by russia, prc or other authoritarian regimes has been the strength of our alliance and the ability to mobilize those alliances to face common threats

the treasury department has strict oversight over the use of the funds, we have visibility how they are to police their use. >> and one more thing, i know you guys have kept saying these are two separate tracks, like we are not in a place to revive jcpoa and all that, but if this goes just fine, what is next for u.s.? are you thinking about trying to revive the nuclear talks one way or the other? >> i think what's next ultimately depends on iran, and what it's willing to do. these are separate matters. this has been a policy we have pursued, or action we have pursued to free these five wrongfully imprisoned american citizens separately, we do remain focused on constraining iran's nuclear program, constraining destabilizing behavior, committed to ensuring it never obtains a nuclear weapon. and the reason i said it's up to some extent to the actions by the iranian, you just saw the remarks from the director general yesterday who said iran is not cooperating with the iea in a satisfactory way. so, if iran wants to -- we have always said we welcome diplomacy and open to diplomacy to seek a

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staggering levels. recently the posting be $33.00, a trillion dollar mark using a historic record level according to the treasury department, as a to trillion dollar increase since last year when washington began so heavily support kids and my colleague rachel variable discuss the issue with all to contribute to chris and we haven't even, we've seen nothing yet. and if we the today, i've just been looking with this morning even a, just across a broad scope of mainstream media in the us just to see where other analysts seeing this that, that going. and most of the coming out with, with the same by 2030, it's going to be 50 trillion dollars. i mean, these are just, i watering sums of money. the 2nd real issue is the fact that in order to service that, that they currently have the united states government a paying one trillion dollars an interest. and just to put that in perspective that we've covered at all on the program, just the size of the us defense budget. so i see that it's servicing of the debt on top of all of this borrowing is way more than the actual budget. and then we go on to other issues in the us economy. we

officials say that iran will only be able to use that money on humanitarian purchases and that every transaction made will be monitored by the u.s. treasury department. the deal also includes the release of five iranian nationals who have been in u.s. custody. cnn's natasha bertrand is in washington for us. but we want to start with our becky anderson, who is in doha, qatar. becky, first of all, do we have a sense of the timing of when these five americans are going to land there in doha? being they have just, we now learned, left tehran. >> that's right. we have just had the first official confirmation, both from the qatari side and the u.s. side that those five u.s. detainees plus two family members are wheels up in the air, and out of tehran airport, inbound for doha. this airport in doha, the tarmac is just behind me here. and they will be expected within the next couple of hours. the flight time generally within about two hours. they will be met by an american delegation, the delegation which has been working with the qataris indirectly of course with the iranians, the u.s. and iran obviously not in direct negotiations but the qataris have medi

use the funds for humanitarian needs. >> the criteria is that these funds, when they're deposited can only be spent for humanitarian purposes like food, medicine. the treasury department strict oversight over the use of the funds. >> the iranian president telling nbc in an interview that will air tonight that tehran will use the money wherever they need it. >> this money belongs to the islamic republic of iran. we will decide where to spend it wherever we need it. how to spend our money is under the authority of the islamic republic of iran. >> martha: let's bring in john kirby. good to have you here. thank you as always for joining us. >> so what do you say to those that say we got $5 billion back. we got 5 people back. how is that an even exchange? >> first thing is, we're going to get five people back. five americans that can come home, be with their families and get them out of that evil prison. that's the main goal here. sometimes when you're going for that, americans need to know that we're going to continue to look out for them, means you have to make tough decisions. means you have to make negotiations and compromises. this is what it took -- >> martha: does a

guitar, it will be uh, held there under strict oversight by the united states treasury department and the money can only be used for mandatory purposes. and uh, we will remain vigilant and watching uh the spending of those funds and have the ability to freeze them again if we need to. so this whole thing about were getting it without the, the, you're doing every year. you're on blocking it basically your, your telling international banks in these european countries in the age and the middle east that you're fine. go ahead and do it. so. ready the idea that you don't have anything to do with it is i, i, i did not say that and whatnot. so that we are, of course, taking steps to effectuate the transfer of these funds. these are rank ronnie and funds. however, the point i take issue is to give something that must be something that's yours and this is not our money. it's is around in money. the waiver, sorry, grant the waivers, then they wouldn't get the money. i'm not disagreeing with that, although it's gets their money in the 1st place, they wouldn't have access to it. they wouldn't, they wouldn't be able to effe

in guitar, it will be held there under strict oversight by the united states treasury department and the money can only be used for coming in and touring purposes. and we will remain vigilant and watching the spending of those funds and have the ability to freeze them again if we need to. on monday, the biden administration informed the congress that had issued a blankets waiver for international banks to transfer the a ran in funds held in south periods. restricted accounts into time. the document allows european middle eastern and the asian banks to convert the frozen assets without violating us sanctions and move as part of the prisoners swap of 5 americans and 5 radians both sides agreed to last month. the white house decision has been met with criticism with the us state department stokes person being grilled during a news conference. so this whole thing about we're not getting it. we're not doing the you're doing every year. you're on blocking it basically your, your telling your actual bags and these european countries in the age of the middle east that you're fine, go ahead and do it. so. ready the ide

risk comes as the us national debt reaches staggering levels recently surpassing the $33.00 trillion dollar marketing. a new historical record. lo, according to the treasury department, that's a 2 trillion dollar increase since last year in washington began to heavily support k of the us. congress now has a limit at a timeframe and to a deadline this month to pass a spending bill with the federal government risk gain, a potential shut down over a lack of funding. it's all right, i'm doing in the studio now by our take contributor chris ams to get more details. chris, it was 1991 when the us special ed that 1st hit 1000000 and that was a staggering number. but now here we are. 42 years later, $33.00 trillion dollars. what are the potential ramifications of that? it's, it's really crazy, right. is a really, really great question. i mean, the one thing we also have to outline now is the interest on the debt to the us. his pay is $1.00 trillion dollars, it's more that means high defense budget, which is astronomical anyway, right. so yeah, one of the, the, you know, what are the, the ramifications of this? well, i think there's a lot of different ways we can look at thi

in a much more restricted account in banks in qatar where it will be monitored bit department of treasury and only usedike food, medicine, baby floor, things like that. we have taken one bank account, put it in a restricted one and told them we will monitor in a restricted manner what they use it only. to my mind it's a good deal. by doing those actions we returned search americans and that's a good news story. >> you are always working on multiple things at once. we just saw morning that evan gershkovich, "the wall street journal" reporter, pretrial trial was upheld. you guys for evan and paul whelan put what you believe to be a significant deal on table and up to this point there had not been a response from russia. is there any change in their posture? >> no change in their posture. that doesn't mean we are not working on things on the side. we have stayed in close touch with the families, in close touch with the russians, frankly, and we will find a way to work this out i would say i am cashesly optimistic we will find a release mechanism in the coming months. as you know from watching the iran dea

accounts, it will be held there under strict oversight by the united states treasury department and the money can only be used humanitarian purposes and we will remain vigilant watching the spending of the funds and the ability to freeze them again if needed. >> iranian president telling nbc news they will decide how the $6 billion spent, they say it was their money and is there money and they are going to decide how they spend it. >> okay, thank you so much, joining us now chairman of the house homeland security committee, congressman, what they are saying, do they really think we are that stupid iran is only going to use 6 billion for humanitarian purposes? iran is a leading sponsor of terror, obama white house is about the snapback clause they will grab the money back, they are incentivizing future hostagetaking and iran reportedly as harboring the leader of al qaeda. when you heard this, what was your reaction? >> it was like a gut punch. thanks for having me on your show. the real gut punch was they did this on 9/11. i remember when joe biden was vice president, they pulled missiles out on the 60th anniv

of economics at harold university secretary of the treasury of the united states in 1999 2001 professor at the university of virginia at the us department of state 2005-7 endure this war in economic terms, how to rebuild ukraine after the war , what is the marshall plan really, but how to take away russian assets, how much is this one of the biggest sources for the restoration of ukraine, i briefly want a red picture in ukrainian economy today, do you remember when yours rearranges his plan he said that a---------- the patient, we are losing him , and the doctors are thinking what to do with him, in our case, the patient is still alive on artificial ventilation but do they continue to discuss doctors? what to do with him? i think that ukraine has lost approximately 20% of its territory. 12 million internally displaced persons. 6 million left the country . russia's bombing of ukraine, ports , cities, villages, etc. tree by the ukrainian economy is no less important, our inflation is relatively high, gdp fell by 40% last year, this year it is a little better, but again, on the one hand, the ukrainian economy is unstoppable, and frankly sp

use, medicine, food and the like. and the united states will have an eyes on by the treasury secretary, treasury department, so it's very important, if the president of iran thinks he can use this stuff for other, he needs to be reminded of not. it's important when he gets there, so these actual hostages who have been there for eight years or so can actually leave iran. >> it's a critical point. the puzzle pieces have to go together. >> and let's not forget that every administration has done this. this is not just a democratic administration. republicans and the democrats and the brits and the french and the belgians, because that is what iran does. it takes the citizens and then says we want our money back. >> stay close, we're going to keep going back to you throughout the course of the hour as we continue to follow this. a big story, and we are waiting for the plane to be weelheels u and us to get our first look of the five americans that will be transferred back home to the united states today. negotiations are set to resume today. other major news as auto makers continue their historic strike against all three auto

joining us now she also works at the nsc and treasury department and having a busy week. let's start with the prisoner deal. respond if you will to the criticism from some who suggest this is a mistake to pay for hostages because it may indeed inceptvise bad actors from doing it again. and iran floats this could be the first step in improving relations with the united states. do you think that's possible? >> no, to your last point i think it's laughable iran thinks now we have grounds we could imprive our relationship especially when they found they're going to easily and happily nab americans to use as bargaining chips. when they're at the level increasing iranian to the closest weapons grade material ever. it's the lowest point for sure for iranian, u.s. relationship. on the criticism i don't think criticism is wal-marted only because this is good news as secretary blinken said. it's amazing to have these prisonered return. these relations are difficult and trying and complicated and to be honest with you now never know they're going to work until those prisoners are ou

it is very much still within the eye and view of the american treasury department and qatari banks that they will monitor that this is not useder than these non—sanctioned goods for humanitarian use. we believe that they are. thank you very much for your perspective. the bbc persian service giving us the latest on that. the other big strain making headlines still in the uk, sunak london's metropolitan police has confirmed it's received a report of an alleged sexual assault in 2003, and is in contact with the woman, following media investigations into claims made against the british comedian, russell brand. four women have accused him of sexual assault and emotional abuse, allegations he denies. one of them, who was sixteen at the time, has told the bbc that brand said people close to him discussed how to keep the fact she was so young, out of the public eye. his current uk live tour has now been postponed, and he's been dropped by his publisher. here's our media correspondent, david sillito. i can pretend to be nice for a little bit... russell brand. on this weekend's dispatches programme he was accused of rape and multiple c

only a submitted draft of the discussion in the us government regarding budget plans for the next year. it will be three more days. the treasury department of the united states of america announced the imposition of sanctions against five legal entities and two individuals, with iran, china, turkey and the united arab emirates, which facilitate the supply of components for the production of drones in iran. the iranian company peisgam electronic, which bought thousands of engines for the shaheds for hundreds of thousands of dollars, was included in the blacklist, as well as a company from hong kong, which received several orders for engines worth more than a million dollars. sanctions also apply to the management of these financial institutions. a third of the region's population, more than 47 people, left karabakh for armenia. this was reported by the spokeswoman of the prime minister of armenia. these citizens can use state support and receive temporary housing and food. at the same time, during an attempt to leave for armenia , azerbaijani law enforcement officers detained the former head of the so-called government of karabakh , ruben