Welcome you watching the weekly here on our C International bringing you all the latest headlines and a round up of the stories that shape the week the 1st u. S. President donald trump called off a strike on iran just 10 minutes before it was due to be launched hes since said hes neither a warmonger nor a dove but a man with common sense and he doesnt want to kill anybody unless its absolutely necessary. One thing i want to know and i want to know it accurately is accurately. How many. Will die i dont want to belong on the radio and i understand that i am radio many i dont want to kill 100 here betty ford everybody. Alleges that we did. The counselor type was meant to be in retaliation for 2 wrongs downing of a u. S. Military surveillance drone over the gulf region strait of hormuz iran is that it was ready to add to its collection of downs drones if washington violates his space arties more pronounceable. In terms of words he seems to have indicated it could have been a human error he pointed out that it could have been a general or some other official who made the mistake of ordering for the drone to be shot down i find it hard to believe it was intentional if you want to know the truth i think that it could have been somebody who was loose and stupid now iran is said that the drone did indeed enter their airspace and violate their territory and that they intend to go to the United Nations in order to prove this they say that it was in the southern part of their country that this drone entered their airspace and that they shot it down for violating their airspace at this point weve got the Iranian Foreign minister condemning the United States for what he calls economic terrorism the us wages economic terrorism on iran has conducted covert action against those and now encroaches on our territory we dont seek war but was endlessly defend our sky land and waters will take this new aggression to the u. N. And show you that the u. S. Is lying about International Waters now the u. N. Secretary general antonio gets here as is calling on all parties to remain calm and exercise restraint i strongly hope that. The situation will be contained because as i said and i repeat the world does not really needs any measure of confrontation in the gulf russian president Vladimir Putin recently said that an attack on iran would be potentially disastrous which id 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 now many observers have noted that it seems that the white house is powerless in toward iran has been rather consistent this is the United States has approached iran during the trumpet ministration of their neighbors are spread instability or terror everywhere we go in the middle east its a rare. Major destabilize. Implodes in the middle east spread death destruction and weve been trying to do is to get the wrong to be able like globalisation. Now the United States recently sent a 1000 new troops to the middle east region in response to a supposed threat from the Islamic Republic of iran now on june 13th when 2 oil tankers were attacked the United States blamed iran for the incident however iranian officials rejected those accusations outright and said that it was actually their ships that were on scene to rescue the sailors who had been hurt and take them for medical assistance so at this point all eyes are on the middle east region all eyes are on the u. N. Where International Bodies will be hearing and taking up this issue and all eyes are on washington as a response from the United States could be very possible up and artsy new york as the blame game ramps up washington is tightening the economic screws on to iran was new sanctions to hit the Islamic Republic on monday people in new york if they would support a war against iran. Can you imagine a situation where it would be you would be in support of a war with iran. It was the last of the left the one was another war and then another war then another you know things other ways. To. Go about things open assassinations and bombing other people and we knew about it you could prove it i think we need real proof that some type of activity is actually happening where people are losing life losing land where some type of injustice is happening at the hands of iran but at this point i dont really know that thats necessarily a terrorist attack on you know innocent people you know Something Like 911 happens of course the response is this is necessary and immediate. Is war the answer to that maybe not maybe but i still think personally we should find a different solution besides war weve been to many wars a lot of people have died in doesnt seem to make the issues go with. Iran is having violence against the horrors i think the country maybe can resolve his own shoes without other countries interference i can say is i hope nobody gets hurt i hope for world peace Senior IranianNational Security official ali some conny say as well to iran has never attacked anybody it is ready to retaliate. Or have whose. You can find our troops statements always different for example statements from yesterday and today he also contradicts white house officials such political matter is devoid of logic and common sense we do not take seriously his threats and contradictory statements but in the end it must be noted that the Islamic Republic of iran is not iraq or afghanistan we are a big state and have strong Popular Support both during the present but also pos hardships the Islamic Republic has been Standing Firm and never attacked anyone and will not do that if we are attacked the aggressor will regret it. At the same time we strive for peace and security in our region that is the policy of sanctions and the economic war launched by trump against the iranian people will not yield in the results this is a hostile policy that will be defeated as a result. Members of the venezuelan opposition have been implicated in a Corruption Scandal leaks documents appear to reveal that officials from one credos movement of been embezzling aide funds for personal use the money was intended for soldiers who defected and fled to neighboring colombia. Humanitarian aid it is more a humanitarian robbery all the money from the famous humanitarian aid fund was stolen of take note washington not only are the opposition liars but they are thieves too thousands of dollars from each other and thousands of dollars from an aid concert on the colombian border were apparently spent on hotels prostitutes and luxury goods by 2 members of quite as party they were in charge of overseeing the humanitarian aid gas the ever pours. Sex drugs and rocknroll arent something youd associate with a humanitarian aid concert wrongly it seems colombian authorities themselves a shocked and barrister to what theyve uncovered and to think it all began so innocently we need to try to help those who are not getting medical help help those who are hungry and today hopefully on the back of this concert we can start maybe getting supplies into them to sway those people who are not suffering so much back then the freshly selfproclaimed president of venezuela called in the military to defect join him and top of the corrupt regime. We gladly armed forces welcome to the right side of history welcome to the soldiers who are today following the constitution welcome hundreds of soldiers did defect some with families some of the small children they scared to colombia they were put in hotels and by mid march it were living in the streets we are desperate we do not want to stay in colombia we want to return to venezuela but not in the current Living Conditions we do not know. How could this happen out of the 7 hotels that the soldiers were staying in all but 2 were being paid for by the un and the colombian government 2 hotels is all who and why do those representatives had to pay for except they didnt according to the journalists who broke this story why and why do all of this a month ago. We couldnt allow for any bad managing of money to overshadow what has been a big effort on the part of all venezuelans thats why as soon as we had the information about the Ongoing Investigation we decided to send it straight to every impartial of dorothy. The people who did this bear in mind were appointed by why do personally and he only chose to speak with the story already Public Knowledge saying transparent investigation is needed also amazingly managing to somehow imply that the venezuelan government does involve culpable complicit and that guy duo doesnt cover up corruption which he kept covered up for at least a month obviously the actual venezuelan government has questions. Its a huge drop in corruption. That we could use. Instead of being spent including medicine these being used to play throughout the whole prostitutes expensive Shopping Trips and Luxury Hotels as do those allies why is his party which promises to cleanse venezuela of corruption and exercise the demons of the old regime why are these people blowing tens of thousands of dollars in aid money on prostitutes drugs and booze to live a concert that Richard Branson has led along with others in the u. S. A chance of february 22nd 23rd is a complete failure by those forces inside of bennetts well and columbia have been using the money to enrich themselves for luxury in 5 star hotels and therefore theyre really showing what theyre about its about. Power for personal enrichment the Corruption Scandal is just one small part of what the u. S. Is engaging in in this enormous assault a genocidal assault against the people of this well its hundreds of millions its chance of billions of dollars that the u. S. Is stealing in the name of one way though stealing money from the venice well in people. The president of georgia researching russians to continue visiting her country with tbilisi insisting its a photo wrists on foreign journalists thats off to moscow temporarily banned direct flights to and from georgia Russias Foreign Ministry alleges that georgias radical opposition is exploiting the visit of a russian delegation to mount protests 240. 00 people have been injured in the demonstrations including 80 Police Officers and a producer at arties raptly agency. Was sick. The to. The. Market could have got dog or the situation got very heated there was respirator and then the crowd geared up for another storm stone sticks and bottles were thrown from the side of the crowd a special forces fired rubber bullets and deployed tear gas. Protests erupted after russian m. P. s surrogate gavrilov sat in the chair of the Georgian Parliament speaker this happened during the opening session of a multilateral Parliamentary Assembly meant to promote orthodox christianity the georgian opposition prevented people from taking to the podium afterwards we talked to gavrilov who told us radicals are attempting to disrupt already complicated russia georgia relations. But its good to know you only see as a president of the assembly i have the right to take this seat in any country where the Assembly Session is held in this case the place was offered by the georgian side the session was invaded by radicals who shouted threats to our lives we tried to continue but more radical activists showed up with cameras and posters with anti russian and insulting slogans we decided to finish the session in the hotel nearby radicals tried to storm the hotel they attacked members of parliament including me when we tried to leave i believe all of this is the races styria in the wake of protests to take power. Earlier the georgian president blamed the russian official for what happens then the protests benefit nobody but the kremlin she cut short a visit to bella ruse to return home due to the antigovernment demonstrations and the kremlin responded to the accusations of russophobia provocation thats how moscow described the 2 days of large scale rallies in the georgian capital. Or protesters and now demanding the government resign a new rally is being held right now in the countrys capital tbilisi so far as being proceeding without incident we spoke to the former acting president of georgia burjanadze she believes the government has been fermenting antti russian sentiment. The russian border relations are really very difficult and sensitive for your your society and most of the population now receive the same message the russian m. P. In that year of door again speaker is that something which is just creating a problem what stability of the country or something which is the gist. Of that country and it was easy to predict from the side of the government had absolutely unbelievable how and competence is the government and. For me the government did nothing for you problem and void your relations during the last few years so there was no any kind of positive direction. Politic call. Themselves the problem. Right now 2 years of this. To say. The people in their Political Goals and to just strengthen the russian. Exists. To all you what could be blamed for the east and shouldnt be. Ringback responsible. Government and stupidity of this government. Which is some cells to saudi arabia could be on the line after Peace Campaign as well a legal challenge over the potential use of the weapons in yemen they claim the lucrative contracts breach International Law and contribution to what the u. N. Calls the worlds worst humanitarian crisis which appeal court judges are now demanding every view here is what the opponents of the arms sales to the kings have had to say right after the verdict. This goes to the very top of the conservative party we now need a judicial review in the whole system parliament. Has been shown to be totally broke 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 this has been a brutal condemnation of u. K. Foreign policy visit in a very strong judgment against 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 make the decisions that took to continue to grow on licenses those decisions are a little full and they have to go back and reconsider where the close decision might affect the u. K. s largest defense can contract be a systems as riyadh represents a significant part of the groups business since the sound of that bombardment began in 2015 the u. K. Has licensed 4700000000 pounds worth of weapons were sent is the 2nd biggest exporter of arms to the saudis and its the u. K. s Largest Military export contract with no end in sight to the conflict yemen is on the brink of collapse and i find some of the following images disturbing. Since the beginning of the operation the saudi government has been insisting its fighting the his the rebels are only without targeting civilians meanwhile in the face of strong criticism at home conservative Party Ministers have been at pains to stress that its not think you can which chooses the targets in yemen a former british politician we spoke to say as a general election could be a game changer. At a time when most of british attention is focused inevitably on braggs it its really important that we do look at 2 the issues such as sales and in particular in this special case because so many people are losing their lives in yemen and really its a difficult situation that has to be resolved and its significant that all of the opposition parties not just the labor party but also the liberal democrats and the scottish nationalists and other smaller parties have agreed really that this is not something that britain ought to be supporting its really only the conservatives who have taken this line of strong support for sales to saudi arabia and so there are probably will need to be a general election for that to change and that is more likely to succeed perhaps than the legal challenge. Of russian president than you will kill in a session received more than 2000000 questions from the public but im a peyton spent some 4 hours on the sale answering more than 80 questions on various subjects including International Issues if you watch the full session in full online but here are some of the high that. Is if the american side shows interest we are always ready for dialogue or what 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 with trying to find problems and telling lies. Which is going to use if we want to mirror zelinsky went to paris and said he would not talk to the separatists representatives of these unrecognized republics how will they resolve this issue but modern history doesnt provide a single example of a conflict which was resolved without direct dialogue between the sides we need political will from kiev. Everything weve seen presented as evidence that russia is responsible for everything doesnt suit us we think it is insufficient evidence it doesnt say anything weve presented our version of your vents but unfortunately no one wants to hear it until there is a 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 this is a tragedy and we mourn its victims such tragedies are unacceptable. Look we are. In a rerun of in stumbles male election the opposition candidate. Has once again claimed victory the vote was widely seen as a political test for turkish president which at Tayyip Erdogan and his party the reward was ordered by the government off to reclaim the march election was rigged the vote back then also saw the opposition candidate defeat his ruling party rival the opposition candidate. Him oluwale its going to be the citys 1st marin 25 years whos not from president obamas party he mostly campaigned on urban poverty after techies slid into recession in the monos 1st victory was an old in may after claims some officials overseeing the vote were not Civil Servants as required by law after todays victory him only said hes ready to work with the ones government despite previous claims by the turkish opposition that the decision to rerun the election was politically motivated and not legally justified. This is not just an election for the istanbul great municipality had the same time it is a day it is a vote to repair the process the nation has experienced in this democratic process. I am ready and willing to work with you president. Political analyst use if iran believes the formula from the 990 s. Of who wins if dumbo wins turkey is now an outdated model this is a watershed moment while the kinds of hell you needed to realize this a little action in the making of turkey has greatly changed the importance of many and it will be in provinces. Become depleted out exaggerate this victory beyond the local election is just not right National Politics general elections are totally totally different monster in turkey its an area where president sells the most the best easy to read and his ministers are very experienced people going so were going to have to see how the c. H. P. Is going to be able so redolent their top level cabarets a general election in the future and will they be able. Against present i want to be a. Russian School Leavers have gathered in the countrys Northern Capital some pages but to mark the end of 11 years of studies and this years celebrations did not disappoint. Every year the city holds the event as the scarlet sells festival and then comes from a novel by 20th Century Russian fantasy writer Alexander Gray just like in the book the high point is the a parents of a wife bessel with scarlet sails symbolizing the beginning of a new life a passage of the ship is accompanied by a light and final work show as well as live music. Thanks for joining us on r. T. International bestseller we will be back in 35 minutes with the latest headlines. Some time old shows were like a honeypot everyone believe that it was all on stable and on the reliability of russia but they thought that everyone was great over their russian businessmen who want to do business in the west because they feared some could take everything away from them in russia which now is the opposite dave business is outside of russia was snatched less is frozen the old log the student whine about. Backscatter Survival Guide book stays in your wallet to start simply. There you go. Back to. 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