Also ahead around his foreign minister job and zarif accuses the white violating international law. With its threats to. Rate is going through. The Washing Powder. In pakistan challenging traditional views on promoting gender equality we get reaction. A lot of these women it has been their position and their desire to see a change within their country to be on the commercial simply gives them a platform to add and you cant their point that theyve already been using theyre putting pakistani women at risk with their commercial and theyre a liberal american in. A minute past 4 pm here in moscow this thursday the 27th day of june a little welcome to our to international my names you know own. Neal. The leaders of the worlds major powers have started arriving in the japanese city of osaka for the g. 20 summit which begins on friday theyre facing a raft of challenges at this years forum including the u. S. China trade dispute they have deteriorating security situation in the persian gulf as well president putin will be among the heads of state in attendance on this expected to meet with donald trump on the sidelines with more heres. The u. S. President donald trump made it to japan quicker than his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin not that it was a race but still the u. S. President s plane touched down at the airport in osaka just before sunset and ill tell you what the american leader had something to say about the talks even before he left america even before he boarded air force one ill have a very good conversation with what i said it is none of your business theres a possibility im meeting with russia im meeting with john im meeting with many countries were meeting with many countries now just compare that to Donald Trumps words 7 months ago compare that to what he said right before he headed to argentina which hosted the g. 20 in 2018. Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to ukraine from russia are have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously should you are meeting in argentina with president Vladimir Putin that was mr trump referring to the current strait incident last year when ukrainian vessels were trying to sail through the straits between crimea and mainland russia but in any case how was that for a change in tone last year it was widely thought that President Trump chose not to sit down with president putin because he was allegedly fearing a backlash back home from the media and from quite a few politicians and there is barely any doubt that they would have destroyed him otherwise for what they call not being able to stand up to everything that the kremlin was up to while somethings definitely changed this year the confirmation that the whole get together will happen from both the white house and the crumlin old became a couple of days ago and we heard from both administrations that the leaders will discuss the usual iran syria ukraine north korea and venezuela and lets hope that nothing will change at the very last moment besides as i can tell you that ive had a chance to talk to one of the members of the russian delegation earlier on thursday she was physically present in the room where the talks are going to happen its a rather small room with plain white walls the only decorations there will be the flags thats of course a tradition and also the logo of the summit so nothing lavish there at all so hard that around 20 journalists will be let inside to hear the 1st minute or 2 of these discussions so at least in this short period of time well end up being someones business were guard lists of what mr trump thinks. Anybody trying to give us some insight there well lets bring in geopolitics expert here among you all to man for his take on what is ahead youre very welcome what are you expecting from this summit i suppose it couldnt come at a more important time in many ways cut it. What youre experiencing is a new cycle or of geopolitics in the world it means new parag maro emerging and. Varies a great power rivalry which dominates the scene and the latter organisations are less and less of a center of. Attention of great power us and he can see that as of his g 20 eva be led to or do you use an meetings would be more important than 0 g. 20 summit itself. Its its in your i know weaver the new american doctrine america 1st before Young Americans were exerting they are influence and dominance freule International Organizations who un. Or so or nato 20 or different formats and now because of reanimate she put our lord the United States reaver donor trent fink you very be more powerful or to negotiate be that iran dieters but of course these are the negotiations who would lead to to temporary and use didas when we have never gotten that do you think we will see any progress in one big particular aspect that us china trade war at what point is it going to become too damaging to continue pushing ahead with a not just for the 2 nations themselves. The best to. Push the outcome of what we could see in such a g. 20 is it temporary oppose in trade to all but. Taken off towards because or since we are invest new project mon great power rivalry and china and the us because survivor on no off they we are they would continue to to to try to contain to. To fight each over in terms of for the most but also a soso fin for once because of globalization is a carving up of zeroes of influence on the major or jumper ticker objective of United States to east to prevent on the eurasian continent v. A. Mansions of ferrite of our power and. Yesterday to a soviet union and to morrow it would be china and vis a long cycle or so we cannot expect. Any improvement to a situation or need to be temporary and do a prick our use dieters to contain revive our every normal life and what they are for or just bearing not in mind what you said spearman what you think will be the focus of President Trumps talks with lot of mirror putin what will the to be looking for from their meeting. In the past busy trump or one to 2 is sort of reset negotiations weve russia putin but to is own administration is following the your classic line no for the United States of trying to reduce or rush us power in eurasia so is very very difficult to a situation but at the same time. We can expect to do not trying to try to. If pessah not or deal is weve. Had of states of big power us into wars of need looks like you more and more 19th century style politics where there is a is sort of concept of great power us emerging on the way or the head of states of big states try to with. Negotiate temporary didas break our use didas ok and contain each of all yeah fascinating insight there thank you so much for that geopolitics expert p. R. Among you all to man live on the program or before jetting off to japan donald trump threatened to head all remaining imports of chinese goods into the u. S. With tar if a trade deal isnt struck in osaka thats the threat. So they want to make you feel they want to make you feel more than i do let me put it they want to make a deal ive only done phase one phase one is 25 percent of 250000000000 i havent done phase 2 years now phase 2 doesnt have to be 25 percent it could be 10 percent which people can absolutely handle well yet the us has so far just to expand or not impose tariffs on 250000000000. 00 worth of chinese imports over what it seizes on fur trade practices including some of these limits on competition on intellectual property theft thats something weve heard a lot about beijing retaliated by slapping its own levy on hundreds of American Idol cultural products the u. S. Has other meant it will not bear the cost of the ongoing dispute but a scale up and talk through it is American Farmers in particular are feeling the pain. One section of the u. S. Economy is certainly on edge and that is the Agricultural Sector farmers have long been upheld as almost sacred in americana from the writings of Thomas Jefferson idealizing the yeoman to the iconic speech of paul harvey delivered in 1978 and on the age. Gone looked down on as planned paradise and said i need a caretaker so god made a farmer god sent i need somebody with me to get up before dawn milk cows work all day and the fields milk cows again eat supper then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting in a school board so god made a farmer now you would think that farmers would be a central focus of drums promise to make America Great again after all it was the agricultural states like iowa wisconsin and minnesota where trump won big however at this point as the trade war with china continues farmers arent winning theyre hurting bad. Farmer. Trade war i think they are one of the casualties they are the trade disruption yes but trump says the farmers should just take it after all its for their own good in the long term we were going to help out a farmers we will ensure that our farmers get the relief they need and very very quickly. Its a good time to be a farmer this claim doesnt match the actual numbers look at soybeans corn and Wheat Production at this point the midwestern heartland of the United States is already suffering from d. M. Dust realisation and now its seeing its agricultural base plummet the income of American Farmers has dropped to half of what it was in 2013 and the rate of debt of farmers has reached 427000000000. 00 the highest its been since the farm crisis of the 1980 s. Farmers are also defaulting on their loans left and right the highest rate that it has been in 7 years and 3 months a lot of us were forced to take loans to keep our businesses afloat but yet some businesses were so far and the banks wouldnt give them their operating loans for the your the prices for greens and stuff have gone down significantly that were unable to pay most of our bills and get the banks paid off to get our loans back in check with the banks that they dont try to shut us down the moods a nigger culture a community are very stressful its theres anger theres Everything Else are part of the window of this years been so long from the wet spring that weve had have the farmers dont even have all their crops they need to feed their animals to make the livelihood this year in the ground its very stressful and very irritating now farmers received a 16000000000. 00 subsidy in the hopes of making up for what they cannot sell to china but it was only a drop in the bucket the bread basket at the center of the American Economy seems to now be on the chopping block as trump plays his art of the deal game with the 2nd largest economy on earth a lot of voices have to be asking how much longer. R. T. New york. Will the g. 20 summit will also to some extent be overshadowed by the crisis in the persian gulf runs foreign minister job and so brief sharply criticized donald trump on wednesday over the u. S. President s threats to destroy israel. President trump should remember that we dont live in the 18th century the United Nations tried to threat of force. When asked about the possibility of a war with iran mr trump boasted it would be quicker for but ive heard that he doesnt want something should happen one of birth strong position it wouldnt last very long i can tell you that it would not last very long and im not talking boots on the ground im not talking were going to send a 1000000 soldiers it but im just saying if something would happen wouldnt last very long also this week he threaten to run with or blitzer ration if to run attacks anything american the u. S. Secretary of state might pump a is of the view the u. S. Has done everything it can to deescalate tensions with the Islamic Republic americas done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war if there is a communique activity it will be because the iranians made their choice well Americas Campaign against tehran into its crippling sanctions and indeed the deployment of additional troops on military resources to the middle east now the president of iraq is the latest high level figure in the region to speak guards on the norio he warns that he will not allow the u. S. To use his country to launch any kind of military action against neighboring countries the american troops the Coalition Troops in iraq again at the invitation of the Iraqi Government for the specific exclusive mission of fighting isis we do not want to be a staging post foot any hostile action against any of on neighbors including iran or tensions escalated between tehran and washington when the u. S. Abandoned the 2015 hard fought nuclear deal that was last year now we got a view of where things stand now with an iranian journalist. Pressure or the approach that the americans or their allies have had toward iran has impact that this behavior iran now we are in this collection more than the region as a result of the United States withdrawal from the nuclear deal and then followed by the maximum pressure against tehran on the one side were seeing the americans talking about negotiation on the other hand theyre using militant threats as well as economic war against the country this shows inconsistency as well as i think ambiguity in their policies because i think donald trump is enjoying advisors who have conflict viewpoints towards iran and other International Issues and this has caused this broad chaos to the white house in relation and is of iran dissolution in the region needs cooperation and talks and diplomacy between different sides in the region this is the argument of iran. Ok lets get the program on a move to north africa where at least one Police Officer has been killed and several other people wounded after 2 suicide blasts shook. Capital on thursday the 1st explosion targeted officers in a popular shopping area in Central China as i was close to the French Embassy shortly after the 1st attack a 2nd suicide bomber blew himself up near the governments Anti TerrorismBrigade Headquarters on the skirts of the city no group as of yet has come forward to claim the attack it does come 4 years after 60 people were killed in 2 attacks on the museum beach resort in the country for which Islamic State claimed responsibility. After the break the north stream 2 gas pipeline from russia to germany is apparently rattling the u. S. Quite so much its planning to sanction investors linked to the project stay with us. Join me every thursday on the alex simon short and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. It will lead to showdown between washington and tehran there is no regional ally to restrain the u. S. Is worst tendencies with barbs treated and sanctions imposed what can stop the us from sliding into yet another middle east war. 20 minutes into the program very welcome back Washing Powder triggered a gender equality robin pakistan after consumer goods giant procter and gamble opted to show women taking on traditionally male roles. Yet those images have drummed up plenty of reaction on social media with some people even calling for the authorities to take action against the brown. Boy could ariel were muslim and we love our culture or religion and no rituals the government should take strict action against ariel brand and its my request to all my dear pakistanis that please boycott ariel assoon as possible because religion comes 1st and this is our responsibility to protect our religion boycotts ariel Prime Minister of pakistan we want aerial cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media well we asked a couple of media commentators were there turgeon dad was right to push the boundaries of social norms in pakistan. I dont think its a big u. S. Companies job to insert themselves into pakistani culture or if it was women speaking up against their own culture that would be one thing but i feel that its very wrong for a western company to come in and insert themselves in a culture that maybe isnt adapted the same way that American Culture has and a lot of these women it has been their position and their desire to see a change within their country their desire has been for women to have more rights to you know education to Financial StabilityFinancial Empowerment thats come from within the culture so for these women to be on the commercial simply gives them a platform to add enhanced their voice that theyve already been using this kirshner may set back that agenda this commercial may set back that initiative for these women this commercial may create children are you married at the age of would it be a gallon can it be i understand how much but were not sure brady and. It is an American Company and tailgating them so i know are willing to you know why why you came saying how i see any women i think theyre really pushing the envelope when theyre dealing with sharia law and just like i dont want sharia law to come here to american and take over my western American Values i dont necessarily think i think its very confrontational to go into a country that does have sharia and insert western values there has never in the history im just curious if youre going to acknowledge that any type of knowledge that without women in america who are willing to speak youre not going to acknowledge if we were in america in the 1928 it were not about women sitting up there is not america up against not america if we were in america at its peak you would tell that it is and not a marilyn to speak up against slavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. Or companies challenge the times overlooked staunchly conservative values in other countries too cocacola came under fire for a video showing a woman driving in saudi arabia critics described it as smoothing over the all pression that women face in the muslim kingdom but advertising expert leslie allen says its simply the nature of the industry. Brands need to find a way to cook through the muscle accumulation. By one way of doing that is to be controversial and that means not going to if they dont cook through. They cant succeed in getting consumers to make choices and. They will offend a number of people going to be very serious. Potentially increasing sales which. When you get down to it then runs on detriments why the users have to make profits that have to reach new consumers. Amounts what theyre doing very. The u. S. Is stepping up pressure on the major Energy Project between russia and europe in a last ditch attempt to thwart the nord stream to gas pipeline a sanctions bill is being proposed by the House Foreign Affairs committee wants op unrolling nord stream to will stretch 1200 kilometers connecting natural gas in russia to central and western europe 9 and a half 1000000000 euro have been invested in the project thus far with the goal of 2 double gas imports year its plan to become clear by the end of this year now the sanctions bill will likely be passed next month if it becomes law the United States will impose financial penalties on investors in north stream to the spied washingtons opposition some of europes leaders have been unwavering in their support for the project. These sanctions are counterproductive fail to serve their political purpose drive a wedge between america and europe and harm everyone in the long term the e. U. Should get started with ending its own sanctions against russia a geopolitical expert we spoke to say is that nations facing sanctions can still come out on top. Those determination on the side of us and this is also deepening the rift between the europeans and americans. Because us have several objectives for imposing the sanctions initially on Companies Investors and also individuals this will make it difficult even if they try to defy it because im project is already finished 2 tours of it even if they try to defy do or sanctions especially the companies which are involved in the project will be blacklisted by them. And this is going to have very serious implications for the business interests in the United States not in europe price is extremely important in this natural gas trade and russia having the largest reserves and the exports to the European Union if they play with the prices and also terms of contracts restructure the contracts make it more attractive to the europeans we do whatever the u. S. Sanctions are will be very incentivise to get more gas from russia and russia has despite to do it this way it will also prevent. Us gaining market share kept market share from russia for its own natural gas especially l. N. G. Exports that we had expected and we are expecting to increase continuously over the next years. The scenes are an airport in eastern siberia this thursday where 2 people have been killed and 19 injured after a Small Plane Crash landed there arties video agency ruptly obtained exclusive footage of the accident we can see a lot of smoke here and also the aircraft in flames after it skidded off the runway and hit a Water Treatment plant Authorities Say one of the engines fields when the plane took off. Forcing it to return to the europe. The big difference between washingtons clashes with iran and north korea 2 years ago is that the former doesnt have a regional ally capable of straining americas worst tendencies so author and historian David Morrison hes the guest on todays worlds apart and starts in a moment. The answer to every single the economic problem every single number every single statistic every Single Market reactions to lower rates thats the old its like an alcoholic who drinks when theyre happy they drink when theyre sad they drink because its tuesday they drink because its day time they drink because theyre not balling they just drink drink drink drop how well cut rates whether the economy is expanding whether its tracking whos president doesnt matter is dog bit is wife hates hes going to lower rates makes no difference thats the only thing they did. My son in this doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse americas public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse you started going after the users in the prison population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for inconceivable. Sins for owner minor offenders in the drug trade its a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as youre walking out of a business its just it doesnt get easier. Hello and welcome to worlds apart the latest showdown between washington and tehran is a lot like the United States clash with north korea 2 years ago except for one crucial difference there is no regional ally capable or even the willing to restraint the use this force timed and faced with barfs traded and sanctions imposed what could stop the United States from sliding into yet another middle eastern war to discuss that im now joined by david morris and author of dangerous delusion why the west is wrong about Nuclear Iran Mr marson good to talk to you thank you very much for your time right now back in 2013 you published a book with be their old war and making a rational argument against a war or