Devastating effect in yemen. Its 9 oclock here in moscow and youre watching International Live from our studio with me welcome to the program. The u. S. President has reacted angrily to iran shooting down of an american drone over the strait of hormuz on thursday saying to iran has made a major miscalculation. You know i made a big mistake. Drone was in International Waters clearly we have it all documented its documented scientifically not just words and they made a very bad mistake again i mean how do you find out. How you really want to project find out youll find when you are obviously obviously you know were not going to be talking too much about it you can find out theyve made a very big mistake. And im joined by a correspondent caleb more pain from all dave tiles caleb can you tell us about the latest updates. Well at this point weve got the usa and President Trump as you just heard insisting that the drone was shot down in International Waters however iranian officials are saying it indeed violated their air space in the southern part of the country now theres also disagreement about what type of craft it was now at this point Iranian Revolutionary guard corps officials are saying that it was an r. Q. For global hawk and weve got u. S. Navy officials saying that it was a u. S. Navy m q 4 c. Triton which is similar and actually modeled on the r q 4 b. Global hawk we also have heard from the Islamic Revolutionary guard Corps Commander the commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps said that shooting down the american spy drone had a clear decisive firm an accurate message we do not intend to engage in war with any country but we are completely ready for war now there have been previous occasions in which iran has attempted to shoot down u. S. Drones this seems to be the 1st instance in which one was actually shot down and now might bomb peo and the United States have blamed iran for the incident now pompei i emphasize that he said no war is planned but they will be making sure to strengthen their capability in the region this is my palm pale. President does not want war and we will continue to communicate that message while doing the things that are necessary to protect american interests in the region but we cant do that without making sure that we have the capability to respond if iran makes a bad decision. United states recently disposed a 1000 more new troops to the middle east region now iran is saying that they will take this to the United Nations to prove that their territory and airspace was indeed violated by the drone we have the Iranian Foreign minister speaking up on twitter saying that the usa is lying about International Waters going on to say the u. S. Wages economic terrorism on iran and has conducted covert action against us and now encroaches our territory we dont seek war but well zealously defend our skies land and waters so a very tense situation all eyes on washington to see what could come next all eyes on iran a very tense situation people wait to see what happens at the United Nations and we certainly will report on that correspondent ive kind of. Political commentator adela darwish thinks washington has overreacted so far during this crisis with iran. By going to see them going beyond an all out war because i think the also have. Some kind of diplomatic efforts to go without. Losing 3 is. On the other hand there really is also suffering greed deal because economic sanctions are biting and every time theres an escalation oil prices go up so that your whether youre lost in the volume of exports if the. Powers seem to be actually united giving. Some kind of. A warning with an assurance that if you would be delayed or actually stop harassing this tankers we can bring have some word with and then you can see what we can do what you must a strong. Group you say youre really and thats actually where the europeans not going to do. Has stepped up efforts to preserve the 25th inning nuclear deal the u. K. France and germany are looking to unite in a diplomatic push to persuade iran not to pull out of the agreement pulis here as well. But this i think is an effort by these European Countries to try and salvage what they can in terms of the 2015 each year deal that the United States with crew from last year also stepping up efforts to try and see if the recent tensions that weve witnessed in the gulf region and the japanese Prime Minister was eerily ukrainian capital recently for talks as was the German Foreign minister in france has announced that it is simply a high level delegation all of them are committed to on the one hand trying to preserve the deal but on the other hand also trying to reach as the european. Does it say its some kind of peaceful solution to prevent the situation in the gulf region from completely deescalating we want to unify efforts so a process of discrimination starts there is still time and we hope all the actors will show more restraint theres still time but only little time you think will be the most important mediator between the 2 is like. Europe tried to do what we can to defuse tensions open channels of communication. Make sure darts and escalation is avoidance but the fact is that time is running out and one cannot discount the possibility of war breaking out. The russian president has finished his american q. And a with the general public after 4 hours rather near put into questions on various subjects including relations between the u. S. And iran. For those who would like to say straight away that a military conflict between the u. S. And iran would be a disaster at least for the region it would be an outburst of violence with terrible consequences its very hard to predict what would happen in the case of military force being used to stop that as he then met with on a russian journalist. Without. Most like answering questions for hours here in this hole behind me was not enough for him but one of the 1st things he was asked as he will show dove for a Media Conference was the 17 and the question was whether or not russia is ready to accept responsibility to bear the brunt of the blame for the tragedy that happened in 2014 well the question on this response came a day after the joint Investigation Team of the International Dutch led investigation presented their new report naming the 4 suspects for the 1st time giving names and photographs of people they believe responsible for giving the order to down the malaysian boeing heres what Vladimir Putin had to say about that everything weve seen presented as evidence that russia is responsible for everything doesnt suit us we think its insufficient evidence it doesnt say anything weve presented our version of the events but unfortunately no one wants to hear it until there is proper dialogue here we wont find any answers to the questions about the plane crash and the deaths of the people on board which remain open really people from all sides of the societal spectrum of view of the brow of the of russia have had a chance to ask their questions weve heard questions from ordinary people from journalists from celebrities from bloggers from influences and while the focus was mostly on the internal affairs of russia which is quite expected Something Like russias relation with the United States people couldnt help but mention it heres how Vladimir Putin commented on the current state of relations between moscow and washington if the american side. Shows interest we are always ready for dialogue but we see what is happening in us domestic politics the president will always look back on the race hes in right now some in the american establishment are speculating about our countrys relationship trying to find problems and telling lies. Well when it comes to other instances other subjects it wasnt all heavy hearted there were more like no still where there were some jokes a bit of humor for instance there was a question as to whether or not Vladimir Putin was an alien to which he said no and that was one of the one of the final questions in that q. And a now this was one of the major one of the 3 major president ial level events. With putins address to the federal assembly and the annual also q. And a with journalists that happens late in the so i mean were still early in this race and were still there are still plenty of time and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask more questions to Vladimir Putin. To International Affairs commentator marc thanks for coming on to the program lets start with the q. And a session what were your biggest takeaways from the president. Well i think what i get from the prison putin is a desire for the International System to function as its supposed to a desire for dialogue primarily with his American Partners as he calls them a dialogue for things to function according to rules of the world order as theyve been established for a considerable period i also detect a slight disappointment that actually a lot of that is not happening precisely because of the attitude of his u. S. Partners in washington who seem to prefer to see interview agreements between contracting parties as much as an inconvenience to be abandoned as soon as another plan comes along and foster instability in the global order as a result so i i detect a slight pessimism about the chances of this thing changing anytime soon certainly on the basis of the current crises in the world which mostly seem to be being created by the unwillingness of these American Partners to engage in dialogue. Its you know its quite realistic to suppose that instability is the new stability i mean if thats the impression that youve got marco why do you think that is why is there a reluctance for the open dialogue to think. I think because dialogue is one thing but dialogue is supposed to lead to an agreement an agreement as i say things where where both parties engage in something or mutual advantage but the usa really the busy washington deep state to be more particular doesnt really want consensus it wants control not consensus it doesnt want agreements it wants a b. D. And its from the party its talking to so it needs to weaken them first busy by its power policy of sanctions and defamations threats and so on and then to hope that by the time they arrive at the negotiating table theyll be 2 weeks apart from to sign fundamentally what the u. S. Wants but what the u. S. Wants is in. Many cases absolutely unacceptable as for example were seeing in the case of iran where last year in may the u. S. Presented in the 12 point ultimatum which was which resembled the one that began delivered via hungary to serbia in the just which began the 1st world war and designed to be unacceptable the u. S. Ultimatum to iran was pretty much the same thing iran is a slightly bigger player than serbia was and therefore war is not necessarily immediately around the corner never the less these kind of negotiations these ultimatums instead of negotiations are what the us is serving up on the world and it is a big problem for the world if we look at how the International Viewing those communities do you think theyll be much of attention even paid to the mere putins q. And a session all of what hes had to say. I think youll be monitored very closely by those who want to examine exactly what kind of psycho mental condition hes in his Energy Levels and these Nonverbal Communications and hes implications yes i think its of great interest to many key departments of power in the west to see exactly how president putin is functioning at the moment and how it functions after a long 5 hour session of of speaking so yes i think it will be of great interest i think what should also be of great interest is this sanctions policy that the u. S. Seems to be laboring against most of the world at the moment hope the world has been danger being sanctioned or is being sanctioned by the u. S. I think that the only this will only really end when the rest of the world come asks itself isnt it time for sanctions against this one road superpower for breaching all the relevant provisions of the u. N. Charter regarding the territorial integrity and political independence of the un Member States we should remember that it was this kind of cavalier behavior towards the sovereignty of others which led to 2 world wars and we wouldnt want to lead to another i mean here he said a stronger response is needed to u. S. Sanctions and spoke a lot about china as well in the trade war. Do you think russia sees china as the ideal partner to team against team up against washington. I think. This is a partnership of respect and convenience is not to say that they dont bargain. Behind closed doors but they do recognize the enormous the biggest chunk of the world as long as they Stay Together they are safe from the kind of attitude the u. S. Would like to implement. On the smaller targets so i think that partnership is here to stay for Mutual Benefit of both russia and china ok International Affairs commentator marc thanks very much marco for coming on to the program thank you thank you. Because in britain ruled on thursday that the u. K. Government broke the law by authorizing weapons sales to saudi arabia the judgement comes in response to a legal challenge by peace campaigners who claim that the supply to riyadh have been used against civilians in yemen the British Government has suspended a new arms exports licenses but says it intends to appeal the decision with more on the story has shown it depends. 8 a significant victory for the call to the field. U. K. Arms sales to saudi arabia. Follows the quashing. Previous decision by the High Court Back in 2017 the sales of. The court of appeal specifically. One element where it said that you. Were. In a significant way and the judgment went on to say that thats because the u. K. Government made it clear assessment of whether the saudis that coalition had committed violations of international. Monitary in yemen in the past and had made no attempts to do you saying this was the reaction following judgments this close to the very top of the conservative party we now need a judicial review in the whole licensing system parliament has been shown to be totally broken we had 4 years to sort this out and the committee failed to meet the 2 years we now need a Public Inquiry on this matter the government should not waste time in appealing this judgment the government should fix our system all the sales to saudi arabia by the u. K. Government significant amounting to around 4700000000 pounds since 2015 in the u. K. Is the 2nd biggest exporter of all to riyadh the United States exports. Poems and missiles well weve been speaking to cat 2 brought this case against the government and also to its solicitor told us that they will review not just the u. K. Government steals but also on the seals to saudi arabia from other countries this has been a brutal call damnation of u. K. Foreign policy business been a very strong judgement against it we want to see action from the government the court has done its job its time for the government to do its job the decisions that took in relation to existing licenses and the decisions it took to continue to grow on licenses those decisions are unlawful and they have to go back and reconsider well in regards to the war in yemen its estimated that the death toll direct deaths attributed to the war is now closing in on the 100000 people meanwhile hoth of the countrys 22000000 strong population said to be in Food Insecurity lets have a look now at the conflict of the last few years and the impact its having on the grounds. Well in the coalmines following the who decision we heard from the secretary of state for International Trade liam fox who has said that the government will now review its licenses to sell all of this to saudi arabia but the u. K. Secretary of trade did also decide the federal government previous decision to award those arms contracts about could have the government has made the right or wrong decisions about granting export licenses but concerns the rationality of the process used to reach decisions as i said earlier we disagree with the judgment and the secret mission to appeal this judgment wont immediately stop the holds the export of sales to saudi arabia but it is a landmark case for fact its a big day and a big result and they say that they will continue the fight to stop any further arms sales to saudi arabia. U. S. Government documents have raised questions about the f. B. I. s conclusion that russia was behind the alleged attack of the Democratic Party service in 26 staying the agency never received a final report from private Cyber Security company crowd strike which was hired by the party to investigate the hack report was the core evidence of the russian hacking investigation with more on the story has that lurid girls death. Faith is a remarkable thing it can move mountains if you believe something hard enough heart and soul it doesnt actually matter if its real it ot faith in god in family or in Russian Hackers russia also who now after having hacked into the d. N. C. Russia hacked into the pillar of our democracy russia is hacking and having gas currently and we did not mention exactly that did occur nobody is debating that that did or did not happen it did happen faith no need for evidence proof friends ex or facts but as with every religion there are the tracks is doubt has one of them is roger stone a former advisor to the tribe paid now indicted for alleged witness tampering and making false statements all related to wiki leaks as part of his defense he has requested evidence that russia was behind the d. N. C. Hacks of 2016 so the government gave them all they had a redacted draft report from a Cyber Security company it is clear that the government has relied on the assumptions made by a source outside of the Us Intelligence community that the russian state was involved in the hacking and that the data taken from the various servers were given to wiki leaks the government does not have the evidence and it knew it did not have the evidence when applied for these search warrants crowd strike the d. N. C. Cyber security contractors what is amazing is that the draft report was redacted by crowd strike itself they gave the f. B. I. A rough document with parts blacked out the government does not possess the information the defendant seeks and thats all they gave them neither the f. B. I. Nor the government gotten an redacted version. Why for the security of the d. N. C. Of course cant have the f. B. I. Knowing everything at the time of the voluntary production counsel for the Democratic NationalCommittee Told the government that the returns of material concern steps taken to remediate the attack and to harden the d. N. C. And Democratic CongressionalCampaign Committee systems against future return so heres how it is a private Security Company that was hired by the d. N. C. Writes a draft report never getting around to finishing the final one course is out and were thats a bunch of stuff because theyre worried that letting the f. B. I. Know things might for some unexplainable reason hurt their security and this is the chief evidence of russias role and the hack of course that has might ask why on earth a private Security Company was carrying out the investigation in the 1st place why it wasnt the f. B. I. Our friends expose would always prefer to get access to the original device or server thats involved so its the its the best evidence were you given access to do the forensics on those servers we were not we were very highly respected private company eventually got access and shared with us what they saw their remarkable faith really can move mountains transform believes politics countries you dont need prophets and miracles all you need is a private cyberSecurity Company to blame russia the new democrat testament russia did it of course that is will be doubtless and beulah may be one of those heretics you 261650 you officers appear to have stolen thousands of emails and attachments which were later released by weaker weeks in july 26th seen now odd hate to be accused of blasphemy but perhaps a little more investigating would be helpful alternatively russia did it so it is written the less it be the word of crowd strike men. Almost half of the ray mcgovern told us he believes the d. N. C. Invented the russia hacking story as a distraction to the wiki leaks revelations and theres a look at actual basis for the russian akki it at the d. N. C. Computer and now we know that the f. B. I. Went up went along with very serious evidence evidence with no chain of custody evidence incomplete and redacted big game so assume it was the democrats realized that julian signage had these messages they composed a cover story which Julian Assange released those emails went to the press the press was there will your car pools and they said look the russians do the russians did it and so the headlines were not close to steeles nomination from suitors but rather the russians had one of the russians why this is an act of war it worked like a charm i call it a magnificent distraction. Facebooks plans to launch a new crypto currency next year appear to be courting growing unease in washington the u. S. Senate Banking Committee has announced it will hold hearings next month attempt to understand how libor will work and the potential risks it poses a social media giant says it hopes the Digital Currency which will be backed by assets will offer an efficient means of payment with low transaction Fees Initiative will also target millions globally who currently dont have access to Bank Accounts critics are already insisting there that it must be heavily regulated as facebooks 1st foray into the crypto space would allow its unprecedented access to news is private information arties chief financial commentator max kaiser gave us his thoughts on why the project is causing so much concern and its implications for the military system. Competes with Central Banks and it competes with banks on wall street as a as a fee at current c. And it will do a better job than the u. S. Dollar the u. S. Dollar is challenged by libra jamie diamond and j. P. Morgan will be challenged by libra Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve bank will be challenged by a labor those are the guys who are put on notice if you notice the reaction in the Financial Press was immediate the finance ministers in france and the folks in washington immediately came out and said we need to hold hearings were afraid about this were not so sure about this because they know instinctively that theyre going to be disinterred mediated out of existence because you can create a much better fee out currency thats accessible all over the world as a medium of exchange with 0 transaction fees so it puts the u. S. Dollar as World Reserve germany out of business which is great for a big coin. And ill be back around 30 minutes time with global update so stay with us. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy for and let it be an arms race is often spearing Dramatic Development only personally im going to resist i dont see how thats threatened will be successful very critical dharm time to sit down and talk. I mean. Come on welcome to worlds apart more than 70 years after the creation of israel no Major International actor questions its right to exist except perhaps for these release themselves the allegations of and to some it is more biased surface in almost every critical discussion on israeli policies often to the government side or to shut down the conversation altogether is it still possible to analyze and criticize israels policies without being branded an anime of the state and worse any gater of its right to exist well to discuss that im now joined by omar sheikh here israel and palestine director of Human Rights Watch is the trick here is good to have you on the show and thank you very much for your time. Thank you for having me now i know that Human Rights Watch has had a number of its Staff Members deported from countries that are usually thought of as authoritarian regimes but to have a similar possibility happen in that democratic country i think its quite remarkable what got you in trouble with the israeli leadership Israeli Government going back several years now has been restricting Human Rights Watch as access to both israel and the west bank it began actually several years ago in february of 2017 when the Israeli Government denied Human Rights Watch a permit to have a foreign employee at the time they allege that Human Rights Watch was engaged in propaganda for palestinians we went public it generated pressure the government relented and then last year the government accused me as the israel palestine director of Human Rights Watch of promoting boycotts in israel we sued a court froze the deportation order