Follow the welcome is just a day here in moscow youre watching r. T. International now the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices a sign rouhani said on sunday that the government will compensate those who are worst affected however there has been trouble in at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of irans Supreme Leader but. Ok lets get more details and ive done of good afternoon hugo just explain and have serious is this situation. Well on day in fact iran has been engulfed in protests since friday and the reasons for that as youve mentioned they have been konami a little bit like here in france if i may say so now indeed essentially the iranian government had announced that the fuel prices would hike and that petrol would be rational would be rationed and that caused mass anger people a swarm the streets and well they blamed the their economic woes on the governments but in turn the official tehran has been saying that was it was simply left with no other choice because theres been a huge strain on the rainy an economy by the u. S. Sanctions now just to remind you last year donald trump decided to unilaterally withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal a move that was widely criticized by literally every other single part of the deal the deal had been brokered back in 2015 by iran the United States and russia and sold the United States since then they have imposed a big number a number of sanctions on tehran and there have been at least 3 rounds and it wasnt just the Energy Sector of the or the Nuclear Sector targeted as well for instance the reigning in Health Care System has been put under under jeopardy because since these sanctions were imposed iran has been suffering from a shortage or from a severe shortage of life saving medication. Its economy has been in freefall its currency lost some 60 percent of its value and by tobar inflation hiked over 40 percent so to run has been saying that world this increase in fuel prices thats one of the very few things that they can do to try and save their own economy the United States in turn looking at all these protests that have been gripping to iran they have voiced their support to what they called peaceful demonstrations. As i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the United States is with you the United States supports the iranian people in the peaceful protests against the regime that is supposed to lead them we condemn the lethal force and severe Communications Restrictions used against demonstrators but we certainly stand by the people of iran what youre seeing today is them standing up. To their government saying that you know we demand accountability but well as the United States has been calling these protests peaceful well weve seen some footage of straight up rioting demonstrators protesters they were burning fires in the streets they were breaking windows and the official government the ring in government has said that at least one policeman has died because of the clashes with the protesters and in fact. The Supreme Leader of iran has said that well he wont allow any foreign powers to influence the situation inside their country. I dont know how people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put economic pressure on our nation. Well so really there is that of course though theres defiance by on the part of the official government and again they have been taking steps to quell the anger like with subsidies and. Saying that they will reimburse to those who were held whove had it worst by this fuel price hike but still with all with the mounting pressure both from outside and now from the inside it certainly does look like that the american sanctions are taking its toll on the reigning economy ok thank you igor that was it you go there with the details. Now the u. S. President has intervened in the cases of American Service members who convicted convicted or accused of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq donald trump pardoned 2 u. S. Army officers and restored a navy seals rank u. S. Democratic president ial candidates they have attacked the decision theres nothing prove military about overruling military Justice System to prevent it from delivering accountability for war crimes the president has again dishonored our Armed Services trumps intervention in the American MilitaryJustice System to pardon Service Members accused or convicted of war crimes betrays the rule of law the values that make our country exceptional and the men and women who wear the uniform honorably he is not fit to command a troops more despite the criticism from the democrats its not just the republican president who has pardoned atrocity Saskia Taylor has more on this story but said just a quick heads up to her report does include a new feature a q. R. Code which you can use to get more background on the story. Victorious Election Campaign on a platform of nonintervention but dont trump is still juggling wars against fake news and the democrats and far away against tara so its hardly surprising he has a soft spot for the dogs of war no not this one these ones. I. The. Walking free cut to see of the president s generosity and you know why well when youve got almost a quarter of a 1000000 soldiers abroad boosting morale and giving an incentive to put your life on the line in foreign lands its just what you have to do when our soldiers have to fight for our country i want to give them the confidence to fight for some of their trumps words fail to ring true against a backdrop of human rights reports questioning the morality and lawfulness of american activity abroad for those unconvinced these latest pardons can be added to the already bulging thaw a label. Military activity with this use of his powers trump has sent a clear message of disrespectful or morality of the military Justice System and those in the military who are by and by the laws of war i would include the victims of these crimes but have no illusion he cares for them to a shameful trump might have been an outsider when he took the reigns in 2016 but his policy of whitewashing quo. U. S. Military activity is a favorite white house pos time previous administrations were also busy putting up cia crimes and ducking accountability brought bamma for example the very president who found the cias tool to techniques went around doing some pardoning of his own giving to soldiers who talked to detainees to death a freepost best not to dwell on the postie said on woods and upwards for those who carried out some of these operations within the 4 corners of. Legal opinions or guidance that had been provided from the white house. I do not think its appropriate for them to be prosecuted as a general deal i think that we should be looking forward and not backwards and apparently it doesnt matter whether you read or blue take george bush he was also pretty relaxed when it came to those secret cia silos and some believe our military and intelligence personnel involved and capturing and questioning terrorists could now be at risk a perp prosecution under the war crimes jack simply for doing their jobs in a thorough and professional way. This is unacceptable. And while these soldiers might have been given a get out of jail free card despite having been tried and convicted by a court condemned by international what stocks and having the blood of civilians on the hands i wonder if 2nd chance cards will be given so easily to those quoting out the crimes Julian Assange is engaged in terrorism he should be treated as an enemy combatant with you we should be closed down probably and decisively but im not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the death i dont want to do it illegally shoot the son of a and this is a matter of this cumber yond anything i am aware of what the leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service u. S. Cyber warfare people should use wiki leaks for target practice it seems for u. S. Officials theres still plenty up for interpretation and that its safer to be trigger happy than data expose someone with just the click of the all mouse well we spoke to joel im bad a from the United NationalAntiwar Coalition he thinks it is wrong the u. S. Prosecute those who expose war crimes rather than those who commit them. It shows that tells the world that the United States can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world that a position was held but. It was held by bush it was held by obama and is now held by trump its position it cant be justified under any sense of justice these people who deserve to be in jail these war criminals are kept out and over people that expose the crimes such as julian who son george fills in manning those are the people we go after and prosecute theyre trying to kill the messenger but they dont say anything about the message because they cant see that one word that he said put him through wiki leaks was was untrue. Good post. To denmark where officials there have temporarily imposed checks at the border crossings with sweden the move was prompted by a spate of bombings and shootings around the capital copenhagen among them was the bombing of the tanks agency in august the Danish Justice Ministry claims the perpetrators had traveled from sweden sas now reports on the border. Denmark has drawn a line in the bridge behind me they have put checks to stop and search anyone coming from sweden after copenhagen has seen more than a dozen explosions in the city this year alone the danes blame it on rival gangs mostly from sweden and hoping that these checks will put an end to it the explosion at the tax agency and the double killing in her leave are examples of the serious crimes that can flow across the border from sweden we will not accept that to counter the threat of serious cross border crime we are now strengthening protection of the border with sweden by introducing temporary controls and strengthened Police Efforts in the area denmark and sweden are both e. U. Area members the or is on bridge used to be a free passport bridge for nearly 60 years but not anymore for at least 6 months it is this bridge that the danish authorities believe perpetrators crossed into denmark causing all the explosions. But as bombings become a worrying trend in the usually safe country here in sweden criminal gangs are on the rise according to official statistics there have been 38. 00 more explosions this year than 2018 but its all movie explosions gun related crimes are fast becoming it. 2 during the ninetys the average were 4 per year now nearly 40 and the public puts these incidents down to immigrants but the teligent chief says it is not correct to link newcomers to criminal organizations in sweden they do not they. Make in a face still counts of who says sweet is and who is actually an immigrant so in sweden they do not know this but we make these counts in denmark and we can see that a lot of those who are that they are a 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants of people who are arrested who are from sweden who it does these attacks in copenhagen are also 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants and of course it would be normal to show that they are there if theres a problem with the 2nd one 1st generation immigrants and thats also why i would do this in denmark because we have to know. What the problem is before we can do anything about it from the famously soft approach that once worked well in sweden the government has gone to a 180 degrees by announcing a plan allowing police to have greater stop and search powers but also making it easier for them to search suspects houses and access their devices and all this with the backing of sweetness officials we welcome that denmark is taking action to fight crime in the orissa and region i have respect for the Danish Government strengthening Border Control you know to keep criminals on a short leash the country of Little Mermaid bicycles and the label had its fair share of violence in the past in the ninetys this quiet country solved and shootings by rival biker gangs but no checkpoints were introduced well whether you blame it on the migrant crisis or law and orders in europe are becoming real again eventually stops us for r. T. Now you might have noticed a new feature that we have started today because certain stories have a q. R. Code alongside them which you can use to get more information on the story is pretty pretty easy to use so if you get a chance give it a go about mourning the sentiment. What holds us do something to. Put themselves on the line. To get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. For something i want to. Let you go right to be close this is what im up for the 3 of them or cant be good. Interested always in the waters at my age. There should. Seem wrong. Just dont call. Me. Yet to shape out this day become educated and engaged because the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart. She still looks for common ground. With r. T. Now universities in this try to rip being asked to disclose their overseas financial dont listen to or say Research Partners on the guidelines designed to come to foreign interference from quarter explains. Once a place for the Free Exchange of ideas now a battleground for political influence universities in australia have been ordered to reveal their Research Partners and financial donors to the state all in the name of combating socalled foreign interference weve got to make sure that we continue to because with the foreign interference threat thats unprecedented levels that would if we can get a change of culture now campuses that is the best way that we can ensure that we deal with the threat of forward into theory this new federal directive isnt just targeted at any old interference congress convinced chinese influence is growing at an alarming rate how exactly is that putting the nation at risk well a new report says australias universities are too were alliant on Chinese Students for their economic survival its healthy to foreign students the problem is when you have so many foreign students that you depend on them for your financial survival theres a double play in terms of these trade in approach the guidelines dont think so who will specify that this is targeted you can say to any one country but Everybody Knows that this who will china is the obvious the primary one but congress has still a need to beijings influence isnt only about economics back in july the attorney general called for an investigation into the beijing funded confucius universities in australia it coincided with a protest that turned violent at the university of queensland between pro hong kong independent students and chinese mainlanders now the government suspects students sympathetic to the hong kong protests are being silenced and while it admits a lack of evidence the states anti china attitude has been left unchanged the review finds that there are a number of specific facts is that could give rise to the perception that the Confucius Institute is or could be facilitating inappropriate for an influence in the department this reviews found no. Evidence of actual political influence being exerted by the Chinese Government through the Confucius Institute in New South WalesPublic Schools no evidence no problem i guess University Staff will still have to follow the rules of this new directive to declare foreign funding but whether or not its a real issue is another discussion especially as reports of racism against Chinese Students have become more and more widespread as of late and as canberra has been stifling scientific cooperation with china by making it more difficult for scientists to get visas coordinated influence from beijing hasnt even been proven to exist and yet the countermeasures against it are already having a very real effect it has the potential of restricting donors along the nature of research having direct government interference with recruiters already compromised as it is and its not very clear as it stands how these guidelines are going to operate in the workplace so for example the various University Managers making comments that we will try to accommodate these particular concerns to see what happens with research what their star schools are what the end game is and the end game here is to try to suit me a broader very public and International Statement distributed wants to restrict and rein in the venture chinese influence whether actual real. The number of people seeking sex reassignment surgery near any capital is on the rise thats according to the iranian the Medicine Man Organization we spoke with iranian actor and director. Who organized a small Theater Group staging performances to promote transgender awareness that. I live in iran and i was a well known director and it is clear that going through a sex change is a little unnerving but i overcame my shame and fears when i went through this prissy. At the age of 41 audiences in our theater include family members of transgender people and workers who come and watch my performance im glad that they come here it changes their views on gender issues i think the influence of my theatre has been significant so we have large audiences and the performance runs up to 24 nights if we can reach just 10 match of 3000 people then thats a big step i have the chance to create something positive in the middle east i already have 6 projects going on internationally compared to many countries we are sentries ahead we are also behind some countries so we need to improve and we have the potential transsexuality was made legal in iran in 1987 the Government OfficeFinancial Assistance in certain gender reassignment cases and according to the state Welfare Organization of iran 70 people to apply for help every year sex change is regarded as a medical disorder in iran and is only permitted after a rigorous assessment process this includes medical tests and psychiatric examinations we spoke to surgeon. About the trend. I carry out gender reassignment surgery on 2 or 3 patients each month patients are fully supported some of their costs are covered by state funds but they need to pay the rest my colleagues are aware of what we do and i havent heard any negative views from patients who come in for other procedures kidney stone removal and so on they view it positively. The patients attend at least 10 therapy sessions with psychologists and psychiatrists theyre given full information on the operations possible side effects the pros and cons so when patients are accepted for surgery and come here they are psychologically prepared then they start home and therapy ok well before we go lets have a look at some world news in brief because theres been a fierce standoff at the university of hong kong between anti beijing protesters and Police Officers tried to eject the demonstrators from the campus but were met with pet food. Bombs Police Responded to take gas and made numerous arrests elsewhere the latest round of protests in chile saw demonstrates is there fending off Police Forces with laser pointers offices use water cannon and pepper spray to disperse the protesters the im resting chilly are up today made nationwide grievances overnight scrapped transport hikes. So thats how the news is looking quick reminder again that we are using these q. R. Codes now in our reports and they will lead you to more information on the stories are running they are pretty good pretty easy to give from a guy thats how things are looking well from us inhofe and. You know world of big movies a lot of things and conspiracy its time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. 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However what venezuelas critics didnt didnt do was compare human rights issues to those in other countries on the american continent. Civil and Political Rights have been violated in venezuela. But theyre violated every day in colombia and theyre violated every day in mexico and theyre violated every day in brazil. What i call human rights. What i call us. Selective integration. You show enormous in the nation with regard to one country. You keep quiet with regard to many other countries where the situation is many times worse. In brazil the police kill 14 people a day on average. The Colombian Army killed 10000 civilians between 20022010. Groups tolerated or even supported by the authorities. Even in the usa the Police Killed almost a 1000 people in 2018. The politicians in some of those countries have called for military intervention in venezuela to protect so they say its citizens. The that we have troops all over the world this place has a very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and theyre dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. Im always careful when we talk about south and Central America and the cia theres a lot of stories. We are very hopeful that there could be a transition in venezuela as i was just down in mexico city and in bogota week before last talking about this very issue trying to help them understand the things they might do so that they can get a better outcome for c. N. N. Can now confirm the President Trump asked a number of his top Foreign Policy advisers last summer about the possibility of invading venezuela