Was behind the attack on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman during a press briefing he called around a threat to International Peace and security in expects. Well the u. S. Secretary of state is placing blame for the incident regarding to oil tankers he says that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible and that that is the position of the United States this is what we heard earlier from mike pompei oh it is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of amman today these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to International Peace and security a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and in an acceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran now 2 oil tankers were involved along with 44. 00 crew members that were on board those oil tankers the incident took place near the strait of hormuz now at this point were hearing that one of the vessels of the front all tear was described as quote on fire and adrift and we have photos that have been appearing on social media of the flaming vessel the burning ship now front line which is the Oil Tanker Company that owns these oil tankers it has confirmed to Russian Media that there was no oil spill caused by the flames now furthermore we understand that there were actually 11 russians on board of the ship and that the ship the oil tankers were sailing under the flag of the pan of panama and the Marshall Islands now the u. S. Navy reported 2 distress signals in the morning as this was taking place iranian media is reporting that it was an iranian vessel that was 1st on the scene and that has essentially reached the scene and rescued all 44 of the crew members who were involved in the incident they are now getting medical treatment in iran now we also understand that some media is reporting that a tarp yto was responsible for hitting the oil tankers whereas other. Media is saying that this was a mining incident that the thats a was hit a mine now folks will recall that back in may there were 4 oil tankers in the United Arab Emirates that were hit and that unnamed state actors were blamed for it after investigation we now see washington blaming iran for this incident that just took place and we understand that a u. N. Security Council Meeting is scheduled for later today to discuss the incident so all eyes will be on the u. N. Security council as they begin the meeting and we now have my pompei are saying that iran is to blame for the incident people will be wondering looking for more information a lot of Quick Developments here a lot of nervousness in the International Community in response not just to this incident but in response to pompei i was announcement. Kyra is a professor of International Law at Georgetown University joins me on the line now doug my pump made it clear he believes that iran carried out the attack on these tank is no evidence produced as yet what about motivation would round benefit in any way. Why are you. Convinced of what you im not surprised that you. Want to do. First of all he wants to divert attention from wrong. Who are curbing the. Gulf region. And commercially. Enough. Already got out of the nuclear. Family agreement. With iran and the only country that got out not only that. His administration has been pressuring other European Countries to do the same or try to participate in strangling iran economically it is the us that is putting imposing sanctions on iran that without any justification. So its not surprising that he and the 2nd player wants to divert attention and he said what he said i dont think this will go very far knowing that what is the history what led to this stage where the whole world is now it is not surprising at all that this would be the discourse of mr pompeo. If we look at the scenario though weve got japan in the process of working out an oil deal bypassing us all sanctions would it make any sense then to tehran to attack one of the ships thing because japanese. I think within the American Administration there isnt only one opinion about how to deal with iran mr pompei or probably mr Bolton John Bolton are on one side and there are others that the rest of the u. S. Role really on the side of reason and try to get out of this mess that they are and without complication without leading to some kind of military encounter because no one knows how the dynamics of violence would end such if such an encounter will take place. If it wasnt iran then the finger of blame would have to colossal it was United States if theyre making a false accusation against iran does the u. S. Benefit in some way. When its a remote one possibility in my judgment but there are other countries in the area while the gulf countries will try to. Push the e. U. As like saudi arabia United Arab Emirates and others push the u. S. To put pressure on iran i doubt very much they have any interest in having a beer after in the area however we have israel where the u. S. With the entire policy of the u. S. And the changes will visions that it has taken is probably in the best interests of israel only and its the only country that the. Likely to be affected then we should something comes up. Has been trying to drag us into doing war that is really feed our improved urine laudrup what have you syria and look at the role of of. Many. Ready things about it. Though thanks for your time and your opinion my guess professor of International Law at Georgetown University. You case home secretary has handed a us extradition request for Julian Assange to the courts which will now consider the whistleblowers fate and hearing into the matter is settled for friday shadi edwards dashti reports from london. Well its a dark day for Julian Assange and his supporters as the u. K. s home secretary sajid javid has just signed an order paving the way for dear innocents to be extradited to the United States now he himself said that he was pleased that youre innocent just behind bars and that justice will prevail in this procedure very pleased that the police were finally able to apprehend him and now hes right behind bars because he broke you cade law i want to see justice done all the time so weve got a legitimate request so ive signed it but the final decision is now with the courts well it must be noted that the final decision is for the courts and the courts alone of course the United States does want your innocence for 17 indictments under the espionage act for publishing and delivering classified communications and documents all related to the iraq war and the war in afghanistan but also conspiring and even indeed hacking Government Computers and publishing these secret documents now the platform of which was used to do this is wiki leaks and the editor in chief india says that youre innocent will not receive a fair trial i do believe that were going to win this with legal argument there is no chance the julian will get a fair trial here in the u. K. Or in the u. S. Of course unless theres a change of reporting that people actually start speaking out were not talking about a prosecution were talking about a persecution welcome to the scientist 1 serving a 50 week sentence in the u. K. As belmarsh prison thats a high security prison here in the u. K. And that was for skipping back in 2012 now this is a video filmed inside the belmarsh prison by an inmate and it was a tame by arties video agency ruptly and as you can see he looked somewhat may see it and rather skeletal there in the belmarsh prison now last month genocide 1 was actually moved to the medical ward there until his father earlier this week said that youre innocent is recovering from a dramatic weight loss during his time. I mean the belmarsh prison and indeed the Ecuadorian Embassy of course tears arent it was thrown back into the public eye back in april where he was forcibly removed by British Police from the londons Ecuadorian Embassy where he was actually seeking political asylum and he was holed up there for almost 2 and a half 1000 days which is the sum of almost 7 years in confinement there well it isnt just the United States that want your innocence were also hearing that swedish prosecutors want you in a science for Sexual Assault allegations made against him something that your innocence he himself then it needed nice you also believes its a pretext to then extradite him to the United States international. A real imbalance in the extradition treaty between washington and london. I think that any extradition counsel whether. For the for the crown or for the defense is going to understand as in many other extradition proceedings particularly one thats high profile like mr sawyer that politics is going to come into play i think its a shame i dont think that it should look to me to apply in any extradition proceeding i think that an extradition hearing should be based solely in the in the resulting decision either for or against extradition should be based solely on the law but i also believe that thats a naive approach and i do think the politics will factor in post 911. 00. The u. S. And u. K. Entered into an expert dition treaty that provides for a lower. Standard of proof that the u. S. Passed of may to have someone extradited so its much easier for the u. S. To have one extradited from the u. K. To the u. S. Than the other way around and im not familiar with any other extradition treaty that the u. S. House where that floor standard where that even standard is between the 2 bilateral states s. President of the u. S. Treaty. Human rights watch says a British Government report whitewashes saudi arabias role in yemens humanitarian crisis the petition Foreign Office report states the conference in yemen has had a devastating impact on peoples lives but it doesnt mention saudi arabia one of the sides in not more in connection with the alleged use of secret prisons. And Mr International alleged the use of secret prisons in areas under the saudi Led Coalitions control there was no reliable process for inquiry into detainees held at these facilities Human Rights Watch and riyadhs actions in yemen could amount to war crimes and accuses the u. K. Of turning a blind eye the reports most striking weakness is on the yemen while acknowledging the many civilians killed in the conflict it ignores the saudi Led Coalitions responsibility Indiscriminate SaudiLed Coalition air strikes in yemen have hit hospitals funerals weddings markets civilian homes and even a school bus killing and wounding thousands many of these attacks may be work crimes since 2015 britain has sold 4700000000 pounds worth of weapons to riyadh making it one of the biggest exporters of arms to the kingdom the issue of weapons exports to the saudis is sparked heated exchanges in the u. K. Parliament we have requested comment from the british Foreign Office we have yet to receive a response sounded Like Coalition began its Bombing Campaign against 23 rebels in yemen which sees as terrorists in 2015 saudi arabia insisting all it can to reduce civilian casualties but the un describe the situation in the country is the worst man made humanitarian crisis on the planet a warning you may find some of the following images upsetting. The bomb is a killing the cholera epidemic the number of people who are in hunger because of the blocking port of data etc the Foreign Office is trying to obfuscate or hide from the british people the fact that they are supporting the illegal action saudi arabia and its allies in its war on the people of yemen the United Kingdom just like the United States has strategic interest in the region they want to protect these unelected dictatorial monarchical governments and order to secure Natural Gas Resources and the people of yemen fighting for their liberation. To their Foreign Policy go and uniforms euro skeptic bloc opposes the extension of anti fascist sanctions will bring you this story animal after the break. What is it calling the coin is magic and the new type of Digital Currency decentralized digital scarcity chancellor. 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But have been hearing about the nationalist alliance in the European Parliament for quite some time already and on thursday in brussels the leader of Frances National rally magnate then announced that officially saying it is a drastic change to the political chess board of the European Union identity and democracy or shortly aidid thats the blocks name will unite the right wing parties from 9 European Countries common direction common goal to take power from brussels and give it to the country members capitals for that very reason they are often referred to in the media as you are skeptics shortly after the new born Party Presentation its core chairman who is also known here in germany as the federal spokesperson for the alternative for germany a right wing Party Presented one of the features of the partys course that is definitely too different from the European Union sanctions against russia make no sense lets take a listen we oppose the extension of sanctions they did not fix the actions of russia we can extend them for another 10 years it will not change anything it came less than a week after the russian president Vladimir Putin said that russia is dreaded to move towards the European Union but the you should take the 1st step if the use policy towards russia changes will not only welcome it will take reciprocal steps this also applies to the countries sanctions we were 1st to apply after the certain restrictions on us then you alliance will take 73 seats of this 751 seat European Parliament 10 percent compared to 5 percent in the last previous significant change 8 makes it to feast Largest Alliance in the parliament which makes the chances are very high that the party will be successful in pushing forward its policy and we indeed are going to see the changes then talked about there are many lawyers them. All the major issues. In the. We have about 25 to 30 percent of your audience and only 10 percent of our friction and we had a lot of allies with whom we cooperate so stronger that people see you bringing all over all over europe and. Bringing them to become more youre. A leader. That a lot of contact with the reality of the members. People want to get control back they want to govern their country. Is ancient and not very popular among the people in europe they want not to expand that they want partnership with russia. And as long as we bring the issue on the table and brussels and all that the federal state and germany but i dont this nation states and europe politicians pressure. U. S. National security adviser john bolton says reports of disagreements between donald trump and his top aides are part of a disintegration campaign by the likes of russia china and iran branded american journalists who write such reports stenographers of these regimes. North korea iran. Venezuela russia and china pride too so this information about the administration and to say that the president his advisors are divided and things like that. Refers of these regimes in the American Press immediately pick it up come on mr bolton in case youve been living under a rock the past few years u. S. President donald trump doesnt get along too well with the rest of capitol hill close to 30 of his team members have either resigned or were fired since he got into office his term has been haunted by a cascade of information leaks by insiders saboteurs and trump hasnt always been on the same page with the rest of the administration. You think north Korea Remains a Nuclear Threat yes but the president said he doesnt its not what he said i mean i know i know personally we did it and there is no longer a Nuclear Threat from north korea. I had a very good talk with president putin is. Not looking at all to get involved in venezuela where he was apparently ready to leave after the airport but the russians talked him out of that is that right thats right now it could be because the trump isnt a tory asli divisive figure by nature could be because he flip flops so much that hes policy u. Turns were created into actual flipflops well you know hes sometimes difficult to keep up with and you know after all he doesnt have to be a bad thing a clash of ideas challenging each other on policies is synonymous with democracy isnt it i really didnt use 3 times due to how unbelievable it is that the russians in other bad guys spread this information about a divided opinions of us president and his closest aides seriously when the president and his inner circle had different opinions it is a sign of the democrat. Process in the country doesnt washington defend this value with such deal so yeah it could be a good thing except it probably stops being one when things move from the realm of professional to personal to go to work for a man who is pretty on discipline and doesnt doesnt like to read doesnt read briefly reports doesnt doesnt like to get into the details of a lot of things but rex to listen didnt have the mental capacity needed he was dumb as a rock and i couldnt get rid of him fast enough he was lazy is how we already know a lot about the discord in the trouble ministration from former tribe it ministration officials i mean lets face it what could north korea do to sow discord in the us what could be his way all of you it doesnt make any sense the white house does not want to appear to be fragile theyre now facing a reelection very soon in 2020 and boldness trying to help trump cover is behind by claiming others are responsible for discord and not those within the wife of course the message being that you know john bolton is looking for a pretext to go to war somewhere hes a very devious man he likes all right. 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Welcome to the alex salmond show interest special program on the tour de leadership race at one point and looked at the election to determine the next leader of the conservative Party Without more contestants in the you to patients song calling test i do even a panicky change of prose from the all powerful bought by 1022 committee has only taken the field going from unlucky 13 to 10 runners entering the starting stalls this morning the great sporting spectacle of velasquez begins next week and this is how the tory hopefuls line up at the post. I did today show we asked during conservative commentator peter oborne to assess the prospects of the race which will determine not just sit next to the leader but the next Prime Minister over the next week or so a tory m. P. For what will the feel dying to just 2 and then just over 100000 tortie members will choose the next Prime Minister for the rest of us studied the results of any race you have to look at ability to form of a course and distance of i think at the class look at the ownership the trainers youve got to make all of these assessments can they cope with the growing have they been taking any noxious substances all of these matters deeds been taken into account but 1st here treat the messages and emails in response to russia of last week on the state visit of President Trump on the politics of protest john says a great interview with bad saunders find of rock against racism on this weeks show bob says social media is probably one of the best one. 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Alex turns to daily mail columnist peter oborne to give us the form and assess the prospects of the field now im delighted to be joined by a top racing pundit somebody whos been studying the form the trainers of the conservative party for many many years peter oborne welcome to the exam show a great pleasure others so what were considering this this new race royal ascot so this is the tory leadership states what do you qualities do you require. As the winner of this race. Well its very like studying the results of any race you have to look at. A form over a course and distance of a big what the class look at the ownership the trainers youve got to make all of these assessments can they cope with the going of a been taking any noxious substances all of these that matters need to be taken into account lets start from the outside. And have a look at the well that and this is no detriment to them as they would be described in recent polls as the rags in the state run or field estell mcvie mark harper and matt hancock though the