Also coming up with foreign minister zarif accuses the white house of violating International Norms and threats to obliterate his country. And the u. N. Special. Friends an impassioned defense of whistleblower. Has been the victim of a relentless smear campaign. Live from watching our teams national on daniel. Thanks for joining us. Now the leaders of the worlds Major Economic powers have been arriving in japan for the g. 20 summit which gets underway on friday facing a whole raft of challenges at this years forum including the u. S. China trade dispute as well as a deteriorating security situation in the persian gulf president putin will be among the heads of state in attendance he is expected to meet with trump on the sidelines reporting from osaka he is. 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 i have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled 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 kremlin 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. Geopolitics x. But a manual for man told us that in light of the shifting balance of global power the meetings on the sidelines of this years u 20 will be particularly significant what you experienced seeing is a new psych your. Job critics in the world it means new power our own merging varies a great power rivalry which dominates the scene and multilateral organizations are less and less of a center of. Attention of great power us and we can see that as g 20 the letter or d. V. D. s and meetings will be more important g 20 summit said if i know weve for the new american doctrine america 1st. Before jetting off to japan donald trump threatened to hit all remaining imports of chinese goods to the United States with tariffs thats if the trade deal isnt struck in a socket. So they want to make a deal they want to make a deal more than i do let me put a bad market they want to make a deal ive only done phase one phase one is 25 percent or 250000000000 i havent done phase 2 yet now phase 2 doesnt have to be 25 percent it could be 10 percent which people can absolutely handle. Well you know it is states has so far impose tariffs on 250000000000. 00 worth of chinese imports over what it sees as trade practices among washingtons concerns of beijing subsidies to chinese firms its restrictions on competition as well as allegations of intellectual property theft and china for its part has placed import taxes on 110000000000. 00 worth of American Goods thats hitting United States a Group Cultural sector particularly as china is largest export markets accounts for almost 20 percent of overseas sale and 2017. Came of more pain has more on the story 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 they look down on his planetary guys and said i need a caretaker so god made a farmer you need somebody with me to get up before dawn milk cows work all day and the fields you know cows again each summer then go to town and stay passionate night 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 more farmer but. A little straight 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 our 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 threaten to shut us down their moods a nigger Culture Community are very stressful its theirs angers Everything Else our planet the window of this year has been so long from the wet spring that weve had half 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 they will mop and r. T. New york. The g 20 will be overshadowed to some extent by the crisis in the persian gulf and the risk of conflict now and wednesday runs foreign minister job and salary for show really criticize Donald Trumps bullish behavior as well as his threats to annihilate the Islamic Republic. President trump should remember that we dont live in the 18th century the United Nations tried to and threat of force. When asked most recently about the possibility of war with iran trump boasts that it would be a quick affair if it did take place but did say he doesnt want a conflict something should happen where a very 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 millions or use it but im just saying if something would happen wouldnt last very long despite trumps numerous warnings that iran could be heading for obliteration the u. S. Secretary of state says he believes to iran is wholly responsible for the current crisis. Americas done everything it can to deescalate if there is a conflict if there is war if there is a connecticut activity all because the iranians made their choice to trumpet ministration for the past year has been waging what its called a maximum Pressure Campaign against the run and attempting to financially strangle the Islamic Republic while deploying additional troops as well as a Strike Carrier Group to the region the mounting tensions between washington and baghdad in recent weeks have been of no particular concern to iraq which is allied to both sides president saleh has warned he wont allow america to use his country to launch any military action against its long standing rival the american troops the Coalition Troops in iraq are there 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 for any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran tensions escalated between tehran and washington when the us abandoned the 2050 nuclear deal last year is the view of iranian journalists on relations between the 2 states. The 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 maximum pressure against iran on the one side were seeing the americans talking about negotiation on the other hand you are using military 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 the. Un special rapporteur on torture has once again highlighted his concerns over the case of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is now accusing the media of ignoring the alleged Inhumane Treatment of the whistleblower outlets like the guardian the Washington Post as well as reuters have reported it declined to publish the u. N. Officials latest report mills meltzer told us the reasons he was given for the refusal. Some of them said it wasnt high enough on their news agenda some of them said that it was not within their core area of interest but you know there have been reporting all of them on the case of Julian Assange when it was about his character into skateboard and kind of the allegations that he smeared excrements on the walls but when you have a serious piece that actually tries to do mask this this public narrative and to actually show the facts below it then theyre not interested in the special repartee highlighted a songes prison conditions as a major concern whos currently serving a 50 week sentence in the u. K. For skipping bail that back in 2012 mr meltzer also brought up other issues last month he said lawyer visits have been limited and too short accessed the case files as well as documents has been lacking heres what he had to say on that. I think its very important to point out i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited Julian Assange i didnt know him before so i took with me to experienced medical experts a psychiatry and a forensic expert and have worked for decades in examining torture victims just to get a objective scientific medical basis for my assessment and what they found is a person who shows all the symptoms that are typical for a person who has been exposed to prolong psychological torture he has been exposed to public mobbing now thats a slippery slope you know well be in a debate when its 2 side its done mobbing basically is Something Like mudslinging thats not torture yet but when you start exposing a isolated individual who cannot defend himself with a sustained campaign of shaming of humiliation of ridicule of even Death Threats and call for his assassination and hes completely isolated then that can cause severe psychological trauma the foreign secretary jeremy hunt is my counterpart in the u. K. And i asked him for authorization to visit during our sanjay in order to examine the situation and the risk of torture and so he knew precisely what i was going to do and when obviously they didnt like the result of my observations now all of the sudden this should be meddling in the judicial process it is my mandate to examine whether to digicel proceedings are fair whether they are in compliance with human rights and whether or whether we have come to come to the conclusion that rather we are observing judicial harassment that are designed to put under un due pressure and to actually break him psychologically. Well we also spoke to a swedish programmer and Digital Privacy activist all of binny he was released just last week from prison in ecuador after being arrested on the very same day as unisons back in april for allegedly trying to hack Government Computers binny told us his case was politically motivated and the prosecutors allegedly tried to link him to songs he says though hes never worked for we can fix i feel persecuted because public official from going on t. V. Lying about my case and then giving conflicting testimony i feel persecuted because my legal rights have been broken repeatedly and many many times over this process i cant tell you what the reasons are behind it but i can tell you that its politically motivated and there are 2 main reasons why i say this the 1st one is that during the 1st 3 hearings the reasons the judges gave for keeping me in prison were not actually compatible with ecuador law minus will detention was illegal which was confirmed by the heaviest court as tribunal last week and finally the precedents and the minister of interior has repeatedly gone on television show. Saying several different strands about my case that they didnt contradict it when they gave witness testimony 2 weeks ago still to come this hour an advert by an American Consumer giant has pushed the boundaries of tradition in pakistan we take a look at the ad and reaction to it just in a few moments time. Manufactured. Public wealth. When the ruling classes protect themselves. Nor middle of the room. In the lead a showdown between washington and tehran there is no regional ally to restrain the us is worst tendencies with barbs treated and sanctions imposed what can stop the us from sliding into yet another middle east war. Welcome back to the program Washing Powder has triggered a gender equality row in pakistan the brand owned by american multinational procter and gamble opted to show women taking on traditionally male roles. That advertisement has drummed up plenty of reaction on social media with some people even calling for the authorities to take action against the product. 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 ariel cloth washing detergents banned in pakistan immediately for driving and spreading anti islamic campaigns through media and we asked some media commentators whether doesnt add 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 wiki a gal can it be i understand how much how were not sure brady and. That is an American Company in jail getting them said are willing to you know why you claim 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 america 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 if 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 to marilyn to speak up against lavery because it would put people at risk of being lynched. You know an exhibition of things minute tree. 29 teams been taking place just outside of moscow the spin a showcase of Cutting Edge Technology here in russia with a foreign audience whats going on and off. As well. Army 21000 years is the event for russian and International Manufacturers alike to take their brand new weapons and technologies and showcase them to the world i mean look just here we have dozens if not hundreds of pieces of military equipment full fugit exposition warehouses and this is just the geographically central part of the exposition you can take a bus and check out the naval part of the expo you can check out the military drill site and see some of these pieces of hardware in action or you can take another bus and go to an airfield and enjoy the airshow its an International Event so companies here are often not competitors but partners and representatives from russia and from abroad are side by side here its a battle of brands for exposure here and manufacturers resort to all sorts of tricks to attract more attention to their creations from seeking Solutions Like this one to a life sized iron man mask right over here and something with a clear appeal to children as well because tomorrow already this place is expected to be swarming with families with kids. Right next to machines of war and put your section where you can not just try something on but gear up to. The our walls are not what they seem and this is the latest interpretation of an unmanned drone i mean apart from a clearly only to logical disguise this thing can pinpoint narrowed down the location of a target to 10 meters something clearly worthy of the attention of the commander in chief. It seems theres nothing military you. You can do here you can go window shopping you can buy something for personal use on a corporate scale you can play around with various interactive models or if you get impressed enough i guess you can even in list in the armed forces. At 9 pm moscow time at the top of next hour for the very latest global headlines will see that. The answer to every single the economic problem every single number every single statistic every Single Market reactions to lower rate thats the whole 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 a holiday they just drink drink drink drop how rates whether the economy is expanding whether its tracting blue for president it doesnt matter is dog bit his wife hes going to lower rates makes no difference thats the only thing that. Were going to St PetersburgInternational Economic forum and the topic of our panel is are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the Global Economic order let me answer of course is yes its a matter of degree. My 7 minutes 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 we 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. Certain 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 day as youre walking out of a business its just it doesnt get easier. Welcome to the alex adventure where alex goes to the babies with his all time idle robert the briefs in our exclusive interview with film star Angus Mcfadden we examine whether a film about scotlands heat okaying can actually protect me at antiwar message i want her avoid all of the glorification of war scenes and really explore. The loneliness of a guy who has realized that really was what it was and was a good can groper it so thats what his hopes for the future and you know up political protection unless the endgame of this new struggle with in terms of Scottish Independence against us european but well. Well you know ive got my my hopes and dreams as you do and youve got to do the groundwork in order to be ready for the readiness or. All that to come but 1st your tweets on last week sure phaeton political blogger wings over scotland which broke all the records on alexs Facebook Page called and says good interview where he has been a fantastic read over the years the u. K. Media must absolutely detest him as he constantly makes him look so stupid if his blogs were entirely good then nobody would be talking about him keep up the good work surely says i enjoyed your interview with Stuart Campbell sometimes when you who are strangers you fight and wade into. The christmas said really interesting into the about scottish politics and politics in general definitely worth a watch gregg says the 1st we blew the quiz read by most of my family they dont need convincing niall waiting somewhere impatiently for the next 5 bags and thanks to all those who contributed and a big thanks to alex for having him on your show and finally William Ramsey says loving this we roll big moment lets take a look again at still the whole point of kind of things i was going this is to get a referendum or have another another we believe because peoples hands but if im excited says rob and then robert the bruce has this biter and that is where im just excited parties scotlands national kito and the winter of 1306 on the run from his enemies and some self and a very contrasting self in the blockbuster braveheart this new portrayal postulates how the simple patriotism of a peasant family helped the brits overcome his own crisis of confidence and beat the country to freedom. 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