Youre watching R T International bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices on rouhani said on sunday the government will compensate those worst hit however there has been trouble at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of irans Supreme Leader burnt. Well weve heard something coming out of europe finally and germany was the 1st european country to react and essentially berlin has said has called on the reigning in government to recognize what it called a legitimate plight of the people it is legitimate and deserving of our respect when people courageously aired their economic and political grievances as this card li happening in iran the iranian government should respond to the current protests was a willingness to negation dialogue while this statement is bound to rough quite some more feathers i should say into iran because from the beginning of the of the evolving ring in government has been saying that this hike in fuel prices is a lesser evil that its economy has been backed into a corner and the other option is for the countrys economy to crumble under the weight of the u. S. Sanctions indeed the american penalties is something that iran has been citing as the key reason for all the economic trouble and hardship and these really unpopular measures the general public that to run has had to go for. But a bilin is not the only one siding with the protestors washington itself was in fact the 1st foreign nation to come out forward and side with the protesters which despite all the violence and rioting and looting and even deaths washington has called a peaceful protest. 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. 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 such comments have been met with outrage and iran for instance the Supreme Leader of the country has said that he wont allow any outside force to hold his country hostage by sanctions i dont know our people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put economic pressure on our nation well it really is the countrys economy runs economy of course has been in somewhat of a freefall of a nosedive since these sanctions were imposed against it its currency its National Currency has lost some 60 percent of its value the inflation hiked over 41 percent by this tobar and its not only the Energy Sector or or the Nuclear Sector that has been targeted by sanctions no the countrys Health Care System has been targeted and has suffered badly from all the penalties for instance iran has been suffering from a severe shortage of lifesaving medications and just to give you a reminder as to what the as to where these sanctions came from vattel us cheer donald trump decided to unilaterally withdraw from the runs a nuclear deal that mover was met with criticism by all other sides who signed the agreement back in 2015 those sides include the European Union and russia and iran too but when it comes to the European Union an american they while criticizing washingtons decision they have failed to take any action they have failed to pressure to make washington come back to the negotiating board to sign the deal again and so this is what really didnt stand well with the to iran and iran has. Drawn accused. The European Union of not being as committed to the nuclear deal as the claim they are and this recent reaction that has been that has started to come out of europe with this recent bush statement from berlin this is not going to give iran any more hold poor or any more trust in europe as its partner. Economist and publisher dr eye calmer believes at present there is little hope for iranian ties the cert europe is more america or more afraid of america willing to stick to its own treaties to its own political agenda it seems as though the new head of an agenda i think this is a very dangerous situation for the europe because if they are now or are not reliable as a car in a tree it will hardly be possible to be a reliable partner in number 2 and nobody will really take them for granted anymore i suppose if you look at this thing from the outside it looks like the perfect playbook for a region in shape so europe is not in the position to to say anything against plans like this and i think this is the main background of it. Russian Media Outlets r. T. And sputnik are allegedly named in a still classified u. K. Parliamentary report on moscow suspected interference in the 2016 referendum the claim is made in an article in the british newspaper the sunday times report apparently also states that the impact of supposedly russian meddling is unquantifiable is al explains. Well over the weekend the murdoch owned sunday times published an article with a headline saying revealed the russia report although this socalled report itself hasnt been released but this times claims to have got access to it and seen whats within it and as far as theyre concerned met much of the focused is on sputnik the news agency and also r. T. And goes on to describe some of the numbers behind arties Online Activity in the lead up to the 2016 brecks it referendum social media analysis revealed that articles published by the russian sites had 4 times more social media impact before the brakes a vote than the official leave campaigns more than 260 articles posted by r. T. In sputnik in the 6 months prior to the referendum was shared so widely on twitter that they could have been seen up to 134000000 times so would appear journalism equals interference now the cross Party Intelligence and Security Committee theyre the ones who have been investigating the socalled alleged russian interference and theyre the ones who are drawn up this report but the government led by Boris Johnson theyve been accused of sitting on this report and not releasing it this month and thats led to heavy criticism from members of the opposition by secretary tell me that it is unprecedented but we should have had no response otoole explaining why any further delay is required in this case this is nothing less than an attempt to suppress the truth from the public and from parliament and it is an affront to our democracy if the report is being called for and written and should be in the Public Domain then what has it got to hide people will be justified in drawing the conclusion that the reporters findings are compromising or worse for the governments and the 2. Now the opposition say there could be information in that report which is damaging to the conservative party and thats why they havent released it but number 10 deny any wrongdoing saying that they are following all normal procedures now those of us who have been following u. K. Politics are used to open interference from u. S. Politicians going back to grok obama telling u. K. Voters to vote to remain in the referendum to donald trump just recently telling niger frauds and Boris Johnson to come to some kind of leave alliance which the pit is could have actually taken place now yet another u. S. Politician has decided to wade into this latest row im dumbfounded that this government wont release the report about russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens reporter like you and others should be absolutely relentless in trying to get to the bottom of it now that report hasnt been released in full yet and its likely that it will be and so off to those that actions are held on the top of. The violence in hong kong has entered a new phase theres been a fair standoff at the university of hong kong with police trying to inject demonstrators from the campus but were met with fire bombs and there was an unusual change any choice of weapons for the protesters and some of them have been equipped with homemade was one Police Officers leg was pierced with an arrow during a confrontation around the barricade at the university there are also reports of the rioters hampering the Emergency Services china has warned a continuation of the protests could lead to a quote dreadful future for hong kong. Oh. Shoot. Since june antigovernment rallies against plans to allow extradition to Mainland China have escalated the bill was withdrawn 3 months later but the violence has continued with people demanding full democracy and an inquiry into officers actions which they describe as Police Brutality since the protests started some 4 and a half 1000 people have been arrested for a Lawful Assembly taking part in riots and carrying a weapon those charges carry a sentence of up to 10 years in jail former u. K. Police officer Peter Kirkland believes the vast majority of the actions by the Hong Kong Police were lawful as the city was being threatened. To use them as any use of force. Can be complained about and hes complained about his Police Brutality to say ok usual instances of use of force which maybe are excessive not sure of the ins and outs of phone calls but i suspect its fairly similar to u. K. Law in some sort of reasonable amounts of force being used to call rights and Disperse Protesters who are causing damage or threatening injury and so the vast majority of full speed by the police would be lawful would be reasonable but in most circumstances. Officials in denmark have temporarily imposed checks at border crossings into sweden the move was prompted by a spate of bombings and shootings around the capital cop in hague and among them was the bombing of the tax agency in august the Danish Justice Ministry claims the perpetrators had travelled from sweden Eventual Success reports from 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 house 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. Liev 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 crimes by the crime we are now strengthen improved section of the border with sweden by introducing temporary controls and strengthen police in the area then mork and sweden are both. Aerial members of 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 then 2018 but its not only the explosions gun related crimes are fast becoming a concern to during the ninetys the average were 4 per year now nearly 40 and the public puts these incidents down to immigrants but a teligent chief says it is not correct to link newcomers to criminal organizations in sweden they do not they. Make it official counts of who says sweetest 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 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants the people who are arrested were from the street and it does these attacks in copenhagen are also a 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants and of course it would be normal to show that they. If theres if theres a problem with the 2nd front in recent immigrants and that is also why we 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 d in sweden the government has gone on 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 that 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 saw bombings and shootings by rival biker gangs but no checkpoints were introduced well whether you blame it on the migrant crisis or not borders in europe are becoming real again eventually steps us. Now you might have noticed a new feature we have started today certain stories have a q. Our code alongside them which you can use to get more information on the story so if you get the chance give it a go global news update continues after this short break. The world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. Anyone else chose seemed wrong all right old quote just dont call. Me if you get to shape out these days you can get educated and in gain from it equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground. Welcome back the number of people seeking gender reassignment surgery in the iranian capital is on the rise thats according to the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization we spoke with iranian actor and director samana ross to organize a small Theater Group staging performances to promote transgender awareness. 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 was a kid my shaman fears when i went through this procedure 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 we have large audiences and the performance runs up to 24 nights if we can reach just 13000 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 all sentrys ahead but 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 offers Financial Assistance in certain gender reassignment cases as well according to the state Welfare Organization of iran 70 people 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 with a surgeon in the country about the trend. I carry out gender reassignment surgery on 2 or 3 patients each month patients a fully supported some of the 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 the procedure is kidney stone removal and so on they view it positively this is the patients attendant least 10 therapy sessions with psychologists and psychiatrists they give him full information on the operations possible side effects the pros and cons so when patients are accepted for surgery and come here they psychologically then they start home and therapy. In bolivia supporters of former president evo morales are blocking an oil refinery near the countrys Capital Police and military armored personnel carriers are heading to the scene earlier the interim government granted impunity to the Security Forces the protesters are promising to block the state well enterprise into what they claim was a coup and the country is well versed on going blockade has reportedly led to fuel shortages in the capital earlier this month evo morales announced his resignation after several weeks of tensions are the result of the election and make claims of fraud oppositions under jean and is declared herself interim president after morales fled to mexico. The u. S. President has intervened in the cases of American Service personnel convicted or accused of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq pardon 2 u. S. Army officers and restored a navy seals rank democratic president ial candidates have attacked his decision. Theres nothing promilitary 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 despite the criticism its not just a republican president who has pardoned atrocities heller brings us more and just a heads up her report does include our new feature the q. R. Code you can use to get more background on the story. Victorious Election Campaign on a platform of nonintervention but dont trump is still juggling dwarves at home 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 aboard 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 saw a labeled 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 until a shameful trump might have been outside when he took the reigns in 2016 but his policy of white washington. Questionable u. S. Military activity as a favorite white house passed time previous administrations were also busy putting up cia crimes and ducking accountability brought bamma for example the very president who by 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 for 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 Watch dogs and housing 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 you should be treated as an enemy combatant with you it 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 this is a man of this gone beyond 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 how paid than dad to expose someone with just the click of the. Global news break down for this hour and thats all for me as well today thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. What holds a hunch to. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Or somehow want to. Have to go to the press this is what will go for 3 of them or cant be good. Interested always in the waters in the hollow. Descriptions sound up to easing even for the owners so how to choose pet Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than whats necessarily good for the pet turns out may not be a sophie people belief we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders theyve got allergies we are actually creating these problems and its a huge of a demagogue problems all of them i believe can be linked to fairy simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets less treats a larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making a 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. I mention it out there were going underground is pictures continue to emerge of alleged atrocities committed in gaza before the signing of a temporary ceasefire agreement coming up in the show we go to ramallah to hear from the former palestinian Prime Minister nabil shaath now. Senior advisor to president abbas plus what is netflix is the crown season 3 not telling you about the british monarchy u. K. Former Home Office Minister and privy councillor to the Queen Norman Baker reveals all that you want to hear from the mouths of a libya coleman and Helena Bonham carter told us more coming up in todays going underground 1st this month marks 45 years since Yasser Arafat became the 1st socalled on state leader to address the United NationsGeneral Assembly in his speech he claimed optimism based on the attitudes of human rights of the u. N. Charter. This attitude heightens the hopes all the world attached to the u. N. Contribution in defending the issues of peace and justice and independence to create a new world free from colonialism imperialism neo colonialism and racism in all its forms including zionism he went on to offer israel an olive branch for 15 years ago last monday he would be dead israel still continuing to violate Un Security Council resolutions and in the past few days fighting has intensified between the socalled largest prison camp in the world gaza and illegally occupied israeli settlements israels ambassador to london has not got back to going underground and successive representatives have never been available for interview on this program joining me now from ramallah is a Senior Palestinian official and former chief negotiator and Prime Minister of palestine Neville Shaath now bill thanks for coming on the program so the idea of says they attacked underground rocket launchers elite launching stations underground terrorist infrastructure and military forces of the Islamic Jihad organization your reaction to the renewed violence in gaza and the occupied territories and israel this is a pure cold blooded murder this is an assassination i mean this is this is not this is not a warfare this is a deliberate assassination of