Great to have you with us this evening this is all teens and. United states is introducing major new sanctions on iran including against the countrys supremes leader ayatollah the escalation comes in response to irans downing of a u. S. Military surveillance drone which the Islamic Republic claims violated its airspace. Todays action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian Regime in recent weeks including shooting down of u. S. Flown sig drollness i guess everyone saw that one and many other things have done many other things aside from the individual drone you saw the tankers and we know of other things that were done also which were not good and not appropriate. Because when it uncool to join me. Here reading so often about u. S. Sanctions against iran im surprised theres much left to sanction whats different about these latest ones yeah well neal actually just yesterday Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson was joking around saying that there was nothing left for the u. S. To sanction at all but it looks like they were wrong actually trumps announcement though comes with a bit of confusion within the administration as to who exactly was to blame for the drones downing Vice President mike pence. To trumps announcement in central several interviews but mentioned that the president had some doubts about who was to blame lets take a listen to what pence had to say. Sanctions have been very effective in cutting off and go into the or just see in other people and you know i can only presume im not going to presume why theyre doing things but these are highly highly effective on locking up the iranian economy now sanctions are certainly are a far cry from the airstrike trump apparently helped stop the moments before the execution but this was a strike that washington admittedly expected to kill around 150 iranian civilians lets not forget but senator Bernie Sanders says says that we should hit the brakes before giving trump any credit he says that the whole catastrophe itself was his was trumps fault so lets take a listen what he had to say was president trying to decision this week to call off that strike the right one. So the its like somebody sitting. Through a basket full of paper and then putting it out he helped create the crisis and then he stopped the attacks. I noticed previously that some u. S. Allies particularly in europe a been little reticent about joining in in this financial assault appalled how do they feel about this latest round yeah thats true actually this whole entire crisis can be tracked back actually to washingtons withdrawal of the iran nuclear from the Iran Nuclear Deal back in 2018 when they withdrew and slapped a new sanctions on iran the signatories included washingtons at european allies who were very upset with the unilateral withdrawal but how did trump react he threatened them with secondary sanctions for doing business with iran and even said outright he doesnt care about them. I dont care about the europeans europeans are going out and making a lot of money the europeans are fine but theyre going out in making a lot of money. So while trump is saying that he doesnt care about his european Allies Senate secretary of state mike pompei was over in saudi arabia calling for a Global Coalition against iran washingtons also been saying that theyre ready for negotiations with iran without preconditions while at the same time theyve said that these sanctions will go into effect next week my colleague don of delves deeper into these contradictions in the u. S. A stance towards iran so lets take a listen to his report. Just do it to run a marathon or to start a war as good a motto as any now according to iran the socalled b. Team of instigators ran out of breath whispering in Donald Trumps ear obliterate iran into a beating its just do it the b. Team being advisor john bolton the emirates israel and saudi arabia a rare moment of unity between the latter bolton tried so hard apparently trump said this i have to have some people i have dubs and i have hawks you have some. John bolton is absolutely a hawk is up to him hed take on the whole world at one time ok it was almost Mission Accomplished until the u. S. President decided otherwise at the last moment and saw all hawks turned against him there and the way that he announced it it shows weakness and its not in our interests but what happens when our adversaries understand that hes never going to follow through with President Trump was being urged by outside advisers not to carry out the strikes we dont know who they are or why he would share with them people not in the chain of command or in his defense circle incredibly classified information about a military strike on iran critics went as far as to accuse donald trump of changing his mind under the influence of Tucker Carlson a celebrity folks now something fastings happening the very people in some cases literally this same people who lured us into the. Iraq quagmire 16 years ago are demanding a new war this one with iran the president to his great credit appears to be skeptical of this very skeptical how truly the media has never come closer to serving as the 4th branch of power even john bolton the mother of all hoax had to take trumps side saying that the president didnt just chicken out neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u. S. Prudence and discretion for weakness our military is rebuilt new and ready to go if if he you know started out with the wrong decision and had the advisors saying to attack iran you know people would criticize and then if you cancels it then theyll criticize them for you know not. Showing resolve its kind of assumed by a lot of people that the democrats are not the war party but its not a party of peace and a lot of democrats want to show their toughness by saying you know weve got to stand up against iran and it could be just that as trump himself has been saying that hes neither a sinner or saint everybody was saying im a warmonger. And now they say. And. I think of neither you want to know that im a man with common sense and thats what we need in this countrys government says not starting a conflict with world war 3 potential is good sense indeed he had when it comes to other statements on iran by trump and his servants alike well see for yourself we are prepared to talk to iran without preconditions right but iran needs to understand that we will never allow them to obtain a Nuclear Weapon so is it no preconditions or one precondition its like telling a kid they wont get candy until they eat their greens but then immediately giving them all the canned. And its not the only thing take this for instance what do you think message are trying to send you with this i think they want to negotiate and now how about this donald trump whos taken the time and pleasure tearing into the Iran Nuclear Deal but now wants an agreement over his own i dont care which what kind of a deal it can be separate or it could be total one on one talks where it was or as i want to actually ayatollah were going to have as a nation we can have Nuclear Weapons and if you want to talk about it good otherwise you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to such a consistent inconsistency doesnt help understand what exactly washington wants from its foreign policy. The parents of critically ill palestinian infants whove been taken out of gaza for better treatment in israel of being denied access to their children thats because permits are far harder to obtain for adults but the parents of 2 children who died while they were separated. In the fire and smoke when i was 7 months pregnant and they diagnosed it as early labor but since i had in return for it was a shit if they didnt have the necessary his abilities. My application was very urgent and i should have gotten approval very quickly from the Coordination Office because the lives of the mother or children could have been endangered but it took the quarters nation or those 5 days. To get rusty and they said my surgery went fine and the stitches would be removed in gaza i told them id least want to stay to breast feed. And they said no i kept crying it wasnt easy for me to leave them i didnt know they would leave or die and i went home devastated. One day felt so bad i was exhausted and it was the same night i heard that one girl had died her name was milan she died one week after i went home. The. Fact that our side of one went after a while they told me the other child was not doing well they didnt say he was dad then they said he had to sit in the blood and then they told me that hes heart started. Someone called me from the card Nation Office and told me you have 10 minutes to get ready and go pick up your daughter has to be so my husband told me some jordan to go right now and pick her up in the shop so much during those 5 months i had to endure a lot of suffering and depression but thank god all of that went away when i saw my daughter. Israel justifies its land and sea blockade of gaza by arguing that it prevents local militant groups from launching attacks the un those criticized that code gets the israeli body responsible for coordination between the Palestinian Administration and television stressed to r. T. That assists in delivering Health Care Despite having no responsibility for its physicians for human rights israel and israeli medical ngo says most children travel without their mothers or fathers according to their more than 7000 permits for shoot for minus from garza last year through than 2000 were issued for parents guard or major delays from the n g o told us more about the situation. There is no specific period to have a decision in inquiries for permits it can be one moment and it can be half a year we had cases where people waited for more than one year to pin a permit or to have any kind of decision regarding their inquiry the separation between the kids and their parents influences their psychological and social situation and we know that it also influenced their recovery and the process of the treatment itself. The terms of ministrations peace plan for the middle east has been slammed before even being officially unveiled for allegedly trying to bribe the palestinians into giving up certain political ambitions that offers them 50000000000. 00 worth of investment in exchange for key concessions 1000 the palestinians are taking to the streets in gaza to protest against the peace plan demonstrators burned american flags and portraits of the u. S. President wont with the words deal of the devil demanding a pleat boycott of the upcoming washington backed peace conference in bahrain is my guess the explains why stein isnt buying into the money talks. Is trump not generous its not fair and merciful who outs would offer palestinians such generous conditions such great perks and amazing bonuses that someone else is presumably going to pay for it dont call it the deal of the century for nothing you know and just as with all great deals its totally secret political side and the economic side are 2 very robust efforts our thought was that it was better to put the economic plan 1st makes sense when you are offered a job anyone would 1st want to know how much you get paid rather than what the job is and this pays great 50000000000. 00 in investment though they have no idea where thats going to come from a 1000000 jobs in whats left of palestine unemployment slashed to shreds and still the palestinians are unhappy 1st lift the siege of gaza stop the israeli theft of our Land Resources and funds give us our freedom of movement and control over our own borders and space territorial waters etc then watch us build a vibrant prosperous economy as a free and sovereign people the plowden or well the pay will be discussed in bahrain this week and the palestinians arent going and neither of these release which isnt great considering that this is the palestinian israeli peace deal were not going to turn this workshop the Economic Situation should not be discussed before the political one as long as there is no political solution deal with an economic solution. What the palestinians need to understand is that the again some and get lose in this case you apparently lose most of your country but theyll make the gas and coast really nice 40 kilometers of pristine beaches millions of tourists with great palestinian coups even oh yeah about losing half your country part under certain circumstances i think israel has the right to retain some but unlikely on of the west bank i get why people think this is going to be a deal that only the israelis could love i understand the perception of that i hope everyone will just give the space to listen and let it settle in a little bit yeah i forgot to mention draft of a plan have leaked and according to them palestinians will be forced to give up 60 percent of the west bank it will be forbidden for palestinians to have an army and theyll have to pay israel for protection for ever and if they refuse to go along the us will sanction them to kingdom come also they still have no idea who pays for all of this if its private investors the palestinians will then have to pay them back presumably if so in effect the palestinians have been arsed. Told to give up most of their country in exchange for a loan hill of the century more like deal of the millennium if you go by how absolutely one sided and absurd it apparently is this is. Does not show that the us is. Fair. Mediator between the palestinians and the israelis basically referred to a mr burleson years are not capable of ruling goes out this vision violates International Resolutions and international law. And you know it is the palestinians their basic rights and the fact he makes it almost impossible yes or no external possible that means that israel would be allowed to continue to control resources of the palestinians in the west bank in East Jerusalem and that means that its no longer possible to. Solve or an viable ready palestinian state thanks thing with ulti this evening more news coming your way after a short break. My objection breaks it is not that id like to you but it without the mollifying influence of the e. U. The brits are going to be exposed face on head on to people like Boris Johnson and jacob smog who are who are certifiably and. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us on the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back the race to be britains next conservative party leader and thereby Prime Minister is in full swing but a sky news debate between the 2 remaining candidates has been cancelled after front runner Boris Johnson failed to reply to the invite and if the former foreign secretary does get the top job new polls found that his premiership could have huge consequences for scotland aunties party boy her exploits. The moment hes trying to be as diplomatic as possible ever since the Campaign Began take a listen to what he sounded like his most recent debate in talking to ask about me. Determination. And what i want to do for the for the country and let me just tell you that when i make a promise in politics about what im going to do i keep that promise and i deliver so really boris on his best behavior but hes had to dodge all sorts of questions in relation to braggs it because his own says leave a lot of wiggle room as to that how we departure date from the e. U. And also his private life or raul with his much younger girlfriend has been dominating the headlines here and in the midst of all this there are the results of a very interesting poll carried out by a panel based in scotland using a sample of over a 1000 scots and thats found that overall at the moment in scotland there isnt an appetite for independence there isnt a majority wanting Scottish Independence its a narrow margin 49 percent want independence versus 51 percent of scots who want to stay in the u. K. But crucially that fine balance tips towards scots wanting independence if you add one crucial factor its blown its got scruffy has its Boris Johnson if he is Prime Minister then 53 percent of scots say that they would want independence for that country while just 47 percent would be against it and this really strengthens the argument of scotlands 1st minister nicolas gen who says that having boris as Prime Minister would strengthen the case for independence this was her answering a journalists question as to whether boris would make a good Prime Minister know and want he was a foreign secretary with a reasonable time he didnt display. Any basic competence seriousness of purpose in that job and i find it actually quite hard to get my head around but knowing everything we know about him the tories are even contemplating putting him into number 10 Boris Johnson really hasnt done himself any favors with scotland really an old Opinion Column of his when he was a journalist has thrown up some pretty controversial statements this was dating back to 2005 and in relation to gordon brown but take a listen to what he had to say about Scott Gordon Brown as Prime Minister would be religious not just because you dont popping into fearing tax and complicated of life but mainly because hes a scot and government by a scot is just not conceivable in the current constitutional context what this poll really shows is that even if the johnson win is almost inevitable here and it does feel that way scotland is going to be a thorn in their what now seems to be future Prime Minister side hes not liked north of the border and judging by this survey if hes in charge the likelihood of another person for Scottish Independence is much higher. American veterans who dont respond to normal treatment for depression will be this prescribed ketamine like drug the Us Department of Veterans Affairs has partially approved a controversial new drug amid rising suicide rates among retired servicemen despite lots of questions raised by psychologist and former college just it will now be prescribed in certain cases with the correct authorization. Of the drug goes under the name sprawl its made by pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson and its intended for use when standard therapies fail its not cheap though here supply would set a patient back 30000. 00 however experts both in and outside of the government fear the drug safety the possible side effects of the treatment ranged from hallucinations and dizziness. To sedation during several years of trial 6 people who were treated with the drug died 3 of the deaths were suicide but the drugs maker says investigators established those deaths were not linked to the product and it continues to promote it as a breakthrough in medicine. Spread arto is the 1st new type of medicine for treatment resistant depression in decades we firmly believe that people suffering from treatment resistant depression including our nations veterans deserve the opportunity to benefit from this breakthrough medicine the trances eyes are a big problem in the states on average 20 former soldiers kill themselves every day but the number of doctors reject the idea that the new drug will make any difference the biggest problem at hand is not the drug itself its the fact that instead of representing a revolution in Mental Health treatment as it has been touted to do lets get them in is not a breakthrough at all spirital was shown to have a very slight benefit for patients in general but not for a man or people over 65 and thats mostly who the v. A. s Service Spirit is very unlikely to help most veterans using deviate and so it absolutely should not be included on the for military we talked to the Vice President of veterans for peace she believes government should work to improve standards of living for veterans rather than trying to find a new drug. Were only kind of kicking the can down the road in terms of future problems it was 1st. Prescribe opiates which became addictive been now were dealing with an opiate crisis and i can only imagine the kind of mean crisis that will become if doctors turn to prescribing kind of mean on a routine basis so we are recruiting people into the military having them face untenable situations and then frankly just trying to find a pill to fix it after the fact which only failed and throwing yet another drug into the situation without really taking a step back and trying to figure out what is at the root cause of the suicide of a domenech is a mistake. 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You know world of big parts of the lot and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that make history media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other its taught for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely for watching the hawks. With 10 minutes to spare trump pulled back from attacking iran reception of this new split down the middle for the. Painting a how you view the president what is not talked about is why the u. S. Feels compelled to go to war washingtons obsession with iran is hardly over