The only remedy by failing to act congress is complicit in trumps latest attempt to solicit foreign interference to aid the us elections do your constitutional duty and impeach the president. Follow their good afternoon welcome youre watching international now top story this hour the World Antidoping Agencys investigation is russian wing i made amid claims that moscow provided manipulated data the probe could have serious consequences to for russias participation in next years tokyo lympics lets get more details and break it down a bit with medina. In the studio with. A complicated story but just sort of tell this brings up to date with whats happened well it is indeed rather a complicated story we keep receiving different reports now. But what happen is that the World Antidoping Agency has aligned the world basically another investigation into russias Anti Doping Agency now everything happened on the 17th of september however it became officially known over this weekend and as i said before we keep receiving developing reports on the story this monday as well now what we know is that russia has been given a 3 week dad line to explain why data from moscow that was provided to the World Antidoping Agency might have been tampered with now there are a number of different reports now circulating in the media all suggesting that the russian Antidoping Agency could face another suspension based on information indicating that data from the moscow Drug Testing Lab had been millipede manipulated before being delivered to the World Antidoping Agency now if these particular suspicions of tampering prove correct then the country could again be suspended and that just a year after russia was actually reinstated now let me just add that handing over at that particular data which is at question at the moment was among the critical requirements for the reinstatement of god just a year ago so theres going to be an emergency meeting later in talk yo the waters or it where theres going to discuss this question in more detail but again there will be no decision made on suspension only after of that particular 3 week deadline that was given to russia but its a developing story and potentially russian athletes could be. Released from competing on the russian flag. I mean its all part of the why did open scandal that was rumbling on since 2015 that it concluded sort of a few months ago. But now of course its all kicked off again just give us some background then as to why this whole saga erupted in the 1st place while it is going on for quite some time its true now russian antidoping Engine Agency has spanned back in 2015 and after claims that there was that why state run doping scheme in the country now moscow denied all these accusations stating that there were only several isolated cases but the National Team was banned from a number of International Competitions including the 28000 Winter Olympics and again after these recent reports there are fears at the moment that this may actually lead to russias National Team being suspended participating in the next Olympic Games which is going to going to take place and talk ok so all become clear then perhaps in the next few days ok thanks have media over there. Now the iranian president says he will unveil a plan for security in the gulf the u. N. Sunday harney also warned against foreign powers meddling in the region amid escalating tensions between the. Foreign powers are sincere in seeking peace and security they must stop deploying dangerous weapons to a regional provoking an arms race issue because their presence is always pain and misery for the announcement comes after the us said it would send more troops to the gulf region that was in response to an attack on Saudi Oil Refineries washington blames the ram for that attack something that iran rejects and hawkins looks now at how the standoff could play in. Iran and the United States go way back a relationship but soon a coup terrorism sanctions even direct confrontation for over half a century of foreign enemies more bitter could we see all out war. The question today on the minds of many listening to recent rhetoric youd certainly think that possibility is growing that if any country wants to attack iran it will seize territory turned into the conflicts main battlefield will never let any war be dragged into iran we will continue until the end we will continue until the full destruction of any aggressor and we will leave no safe place for enemies and that was a very large attack. And it could be met with an attack many many times larger very easily by our country the saudis have called for u. S. Help after those attacks on its all refineries it seems all those billions spent on u. S. Military gadgets werent enough to keep them safe back in may the u. S. Sent an Aircraft Carrier strike group to the gulf to this latest incident the u. S. Was quick to announce another military deployment the president has approved the deployment of u. S. Forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and Missile Defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the u. A. E. To enhance their ability to defend themselves many see some historical deja vu in this latest move dating back 3 decades at my direction elements of the 82nd Airborne Division as well as key units of the United States air force are arriving today to take up defensive positions in saudi arabia i took this action to assist the Saudi Arabian government in the defense of its homeland operation Desert Shield back then protecting these 3 brilliancy of the region and the worlds oil markets and supply lines was one key factor behind the intervention but much has changed in 3 decades the us is now the Worlds Biggest Oil producer protecting gulf oil exports just isnt a priority anymore neither is being in the middle of a war between riyadh and tehran the United States is. Assuming its own interests and that is to control the floyds flow of oil to the world and that means providing oil to its friends and denying oil to its enemies weve seen the United States embargo oil to play countries like syria the sale of oil from iran sudan libya many other places this is about the United States control over the most important commodity in the world that keeps industry going and keeps country standing on their feet and domestic appetite for sending the boys to a place of sand and death is weak according to a recent poll just 13 percent would support a military intervention to protect the saudis adding a 2nd or 3rd party into that kind of tense scenario doesnt necessarily deescalate things if anything it escalates things even further that we get into another war like afghanistan or iraq and get stuck over there for another 1015 years we think iraq was bad iran to be 100000 times worse and we would absolutely destroy there i just think we should be less involved in other World Affairs no desire for conflict with iran this seems to be a war that neither side wants or at least says they want yet still seem to be on a collision course we have made it very clear that we dont want war we have made it very clear that we dont want escalation making a statement that we dont want war we dont want to engage in a military confrontation america 1st has been trumps mantra since before his Election Campaign ending costly conflicts no more world policeman with analysts warning of the devastating costs of a war with iran the u. S. Stands at a crossroads just how high a price are they willing to pay to meet their objectives the u. S. As we know is now the worlds Number One Oil producer fracking has changed the nature of Oil Production to in the u. S. And there is an overhang in the oil market so Many Americans are saying why. We are we interested in the gulf we dont need saudi oil but you know if the less said the fact of the matter is that oil is not just a product it is leverage over the International Community is geostrategic lee important ever since world war 2 the United States has wanted to control energy in the world so the United States is very loath to leave the gulf even though it doesnt actually need the oil itself. Or later this hour we visit an afghan refugee camp where people are desperate to return home as u. S. Peace talks with the taliban again collapse dimming hopes of ending nearly 2 decades of. Number of u. S. Democrats say they may start impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump on the back of reports he pressured his ukrainian counterpart to investigate possible corruption involving 2020 hopeful joe biden. Been very reluctant to go down the path of impeachment but if the president is essentially trying to browbeat a foreign leader into doing something illicit then that may be the only remedy by failing to act congress is complicit in trumps latest attempt to solicit foreign interference to aid him in the us elections do your constitutional duty and impeach the president at this point a bigger National Scandal isnt the president s low breaking behavior it is the democratic participation usal to impeach him for it. Well on sunday trump denied any misconduct while discussing his potential rival during a phone call with president that he was in and back in june he also accused the former Vice President of corruption tied to his sons Business Activities in ukraine the phone conversation has come to light after a whistleblower claimed that trump solicited help from a foreign leader. Youve got to give it to the democrats theyre hard working but especially when something is related to the biggest pet peeve canoe said but we want to temps over the past 3 years to push trump out of the white house havent for a bit flat new rumors have put the fire back in their bellies complain about President Trump it involves ukraine troubling promise president may have made to a foreign leader years ago 1st got in office were also nervous the donald trump was some sort of sleeper agent who was going to sell america out to a foreign power behind our backs. Well Throwback Thursday low balled into multiple reports of potentially illegal activity new allegations of attempted foreign collusion the Washington Post reported that back in july trump and the newly elected wanted to miss and how did a little chat in which trump asked his ukrainian counterpart to investigate for Vice President joe biden and apparently top level whistleblower leaks that trump unethically said hed be generous with billions worth of American Military and intelligence aid if selenski was cooperative whistleblower is under what i can only imagine must be the most. Intense pressure sharing anything that is truly sensitive and endangers our National Security here in our world the trouble sounds to see but then things took a slightly disappointing turn the Washington Post sort of backtracked and admitted that well actually they might have jumped the gun just a little. One source familiar with the conscience of the phone call so the crew did not raise the issue of American Military and intelligence aide that the administration was at the time withholding from ukraine indicating that there may not be no explicit quid pro quo expressed in that conversation but for the desperate damns even the with of a scandal was enough reports of a reliable whistleblower complaint regarding the president S Communications with a foreign leader priest grief urgent concerns of our National Security when you have the president call him in from other countries and whistleblowers are talking about compromising who he has deemed a political enemy this is serious this is very very serious and we have to investigate it this is all in the spirit of pursuing justice and protecting the American People from shady political dealings so probably a bit that trump was gunning for an investigation into how a bomb as a right hand man biden had pushed for a top ukrainian prosecutor to be fired but hey its probably just a coincidence that the prosecutor was leading a corruption investigation into a Natural Gas Company that bidens son was linked to biden bragging that he basically blackmailed x. President Petro Poroshenko into firing the guy isnt that convincing is what i said you know i get the 1000000000 i would be leaving iraq i think it was about 6 hours 6 hours and the prosecutor is not fired youre not getting the money. No not biden surely not he looks so good in those shorts back in the sixtys he had such a lovable bromance with obama he cant be shady i love joe biden but there is still so much good in this country and joe biden i think represents that the democrats will see him as the best choice voters in the battleground state of wisconsin say they favor by never President Trump everyone loves your by if youll trump because an elusive phone call from a secret source reported in a classified document leaked in an article but that corrected itself would be declared hard evidence and bring the year. Democrats knocking at your door but if youre the only candidate your party has mustered up that even stands a chance of getting to the American People in 2020 so you get something thats up for interpretation and timing a blind eye. No harm no foul this is a bomb that basically joe biden has set off himself thats going to i think in the end push him perhaps out of contention it seems very much that the democrats like to shift Public Opinion away from their misconduct by alleging misconduct of trump and it fools. A large number of people who are not deep divers into details but its certainly not pulling me and its not full and i think many other pundits around the world who look at this and say the democrats are just deceiving themselves at this point they opened this can of worms trump didnt bring it up 1st they brought it up now that people have brought it back up there are serious questions about what was going on in ukraine i would argue from 2004 forward. Involving corrupt elements of both Political Parties inside our country and the other democrats support this up again i believe trump has a megaphone with his twitter account and were going to get to the bottom of what was really going on in the changing nature of u. S. Ukraine and russia relations going to 2004 forward or maybe even further back than that. Japanese film a case being sued over his documentary on the war time in slaving to women might have a look at this story just off the. Same wrong. But i. Just dont. Get to see palin just come out of. And engaged equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. What holds his hands to. Put themselves on the line. To get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Or some want to. Have to go right to be close thats what before 3 of them or cant be good. Interested in the waters it back out. Again without saying now a filmmaker is being sued for his documentary on the sexual enslavement of careen women and others by japanese troops before and during world war 2. They were not sex slaves they were prostitutes. I want one i want to know how many think it is that we need to. Get more oborne i thought thats what theyre. Going to cure or want to talk about home for later use more of them ask you to. Come for a minute shoot has always been a very contentious issue between korea and japan and some people actually think its the most contentious issue between the 2 countries and through my own research i realize that you know my korean friends and japanese friends didnt know certain information i thought if i made a film i could possibly fill in this gap in information and bring more context in hopefully both sides would you know be able to talk about this more productively after the film the conference an issue is very taboo in japan and surprisingly a lot of people like the film i notice a lot of people who dont like the film are people who havent seen the film. Or the plaintiffs participated in the film and represent the view that there is no direct proof that women were forced into slavery however they did claim that their views were distorted and that the filmmaker deceived them into thinking that it was for his own Academic Research they did not think it would result in a commercially released documents when the phrase comfort women is a euphemism for girls who were forced into sex slavery by japanese soldiers in occupied territories in fact at least 200000 young women were made to work in military force these women were from across Southeast Asia but the majority of them were from korea where the japanese government issued a statement about all of this back in 1903 that it made responsibility for the sexual coercion of women and apologized the filmmaker make it is actually the only things that if his film is censored it will violate his right to free speech. Well i think its definitely a case of freedom of expression and i think my film if it gets silenced or taken down or you know if they prevent bigger distribution then this is another you know. Expression in japan in its in its these little tiny digs at freedom of expression that make it really hard for the media and people in general to talk about these issues and so it just becomes one of these things where the powerful people get to say what they want to say about the issue and then the people who have an opposing opinion can say anything. And hes representatives of the terror group the taliban have made chinas envoy to afghanistan meeting in beijing on sunday was saying that providing failed peace talks with the u. S. Donald trump abruptly ended those talks earlier this month after a u. S. Soldier was killed in a Taliban Attack in kabul with hopes of peace a fading again poor slave visited in the afghan refugee camp in pakistan where people are desperate to return. Im here in an afghan refugee camp in the pakistani capital islamabad more than a 1000 families called us home and they were small percentage of the more than 1000000 afghan refugees who have moved to pakistan in the past 4 decades now they keenly watching developments across the border with the american President Donald Trump recently announcing that he is withdrawing from secret talks of the taliban and russia stepping up to the mark for People Living here what happens in those talks has a direct impact on the lives im going to meet them on khan family to see how they feel about things mom though and we came here from afghanistan and we dont have a stable income sometimes and sometimes we dont only our is keeping us alive. Were happy here in afghanistan we had the land and the house we didnt see bread and butter for years. We came here to work because the situation in afghanistan is too bad and its too difficult to live or we are poor people and we have no limbs and have only god well you know of course we want our children to be well educated and to attend good schools our family runs a store the market would earn hardly anything im suffering from here the titles but i dont have enough money to buy medicine as you can see they dont have very much its 10 people who live here in 3 mad rooms and they survive by selling fruits and vegetables on the sides of the road shaheen is one of the Community Leaders how would you say the pakistani government treats afghan refugees afghan refugees live slightly better here than its hard but we dont have full rights we want to have the same rights as pakistanis you know after he gets a driving license or a car we want peace in afghanistan we will be very happy to be able to return to our country the pakistani ringback Prime Minister in one can in an interview i did with him said that pakistan is willing to do whatever it needs to do to make sure that the talks in afghanistan work america however needs to send its soldiers. But the americans. Would have to of course leave understand and i think President Trump wants the u. S. Soldiers to leave want to start this is not a lot more than pakistan can do than what it is already doing which is urging the. Only who it has influence to sit down and talk to the americans which which they have done and also talk to the of one government which they havent done as yet for the more than 1000000 afghan refugees in pakistan they dont have much but the belief that one day they will return home is something making to. R. T. Islamabad we also spoke with afghans. He says the peace talks between the u. S. And the taliban must regime. Theres been a horse to these of wonder for jews for the last 4 decades almost. These of living in. Camps they have no become a part of Pakistani Society they have deliberately or economic interest or financial interests in this country and they adored want to go back unless the situation is peaceful and stable. People for it to get a lot to reach a negotiated settlement of the crisis is behind the scene in communication with the u. S. And also with. The muscle or call of these these talks are directly all crisis or political crisis the solution is no solution shes coming up 1 30 pm here in moscow thats how the news is looking were back again at the top of the. This is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills a young girl in the streets. What happens to her family and daughters in florida know the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery meaning this is with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the Police Needed a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pen this than him and what happens in court be. Shocked shocked as far as we feel. We dont know still just for the. End of this trial unfortunately you. Will still not know childress. The world is driven by shaped by. The dares thinks. We dare to ask. Is a tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implement from the inside venezuela things look different were going to announce sanctions against petroleum to venezuela associated. Famously yet have a sense of fulfillment. But absent that. Data to see on the. Moment that the who story isnt new Nixon Henry Kissinger to tell on it would not be tolerated in latin america. An alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make the economy scream so wants and making the economy of venezuela screed. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the recent attack on saudi Energy Installations has red faced many in washington and the kingdom we will tell you why also uncle joes travails in ukraine a story begging to be revealed for a very long time. Talking some real news im joined by my guests here in moscow going decent he is a professor at the Higher School of economics as well as author of decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have Alex Christopher hes the director and writer for the duran dot com and were joined by Dmitri Bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate glenn let me go to you 1st here saudi arabia is the 3rd largest spender and military hardware in the world after the United States and china. And were told at least who these claim that they attacked those installations last week and. Theres a lot of red faces in washington and riyadh right now i mean do they have do they actually use this military hardware or is it the wrong kind or is it just expenditures no one is really explained this but of course we know one thing its a rants. You know all the big joke typically has been the saudi arabia has this huge wonderful military but nobody knows how to use it. However so the problem goes a bit deeper than that i think because it also shows you can truly measure military strength soul in terms of the amount of money you spend on arms now for certainly you should get some modicum of defense attorney because when you see any yes of course but when you for example compare how how would a color military conflict look here between saudi arabia and iran often people fail to take account of very simple or cheap