To live from moscow where is just pass for in the morning youre watching all t. International welcome to the program and western powers are claiming that he ukrainian plane that crashed in tehran on wednesday may have been accidentally shot down by an Iranian Missile boss a ron has rejected those claims calling them a logical and impossible under inviting International Experts to visit the crash site looks of the storm of speculation building up before any probe has been conducted nothing instills confidence and International Leaders more than the love of precise language that we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by entering in a surface to air missile and it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say was bin cannick i personally dont think thats. Even a question but there is now a body of information that the flight was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile this may well have been unintentional we are working closely with canada and our International Partners and there now needs to be a full transparent investigation. On specific intelligence unnamed allies multiple mysterious sources hardly the right one expects a at that level of diplomacy and b. When discussing a tragedy thats left 176. 00 dead its on surprising that iran has batted off this latest slew of unfounded allegations about the crash of Ukrainian Airlines flight 75. 00 to a nudge for calm and not check to prevail scientifically it is impossible that the missile hit the ukrainian plane and such rumors are logical its not an unreasonable request the investigation into the events of wednesday morning which saw the boeing 737 bound for crash just minutes after takeoff has only just begun final report into aviation disasters take months if not years to be published they require coordination between numeroUs Government organizations which is why iran has invited multiple investigators including from boeing to visit the crash site in the meantime all there is a theory is with nothing but unnamed sources to back it all up which is why amid all the confusion and contradictions the ukrainian president who lost 11 of his that since that morning is they returned home also called for an end to all the chatter and noise here. I am asking everyone to refrain from speculation or conspiracy or using hasty conclusions unverified its not at all that behind you it is small but the spiraling tensions between tehran and washington especially in the past week have triggered an unprecedented level of scrutiny on the region and people dont seem willing to heed calls for calm especially when they feel the tide might be turning in a favored direction a rocket strike. System is among the main working theories since there is information on the internet about elements of the Russian Missile being found near the site of the crash it is. Take long for the Mainstream Media to jump on that bandwagon c. N. N. Has never been one to turn down an cerified source especially when russia is involved pointed the finger at a bomb or missile and the undeniable evidence they offered a photo from twitter posted on the count that was later suspended maybe it breached the companys fake news guidelines but nonetheless even all the way across the pond the hysteria continued for the 1st one is the possibility the plane was hit by a Russian Missile just after takeoff the independent also published an article citing something called the o. P. s group an independent organization which has little to recommend itself other than it provides information for aviation professionals and foxs starts according to its twitter page nevertheless it felt confident enough to recommend people just assume the plane was shot down until evidence to the contrary emerges guilty until proven innocent its a new name of the game in todays Political Landscape where political analyst Martin Mccauley thinks its far too early to draw conclusions on what brought down the plane. This is all speculation we dont really know the black box which the iranians will have will give some of the clues and we have to wait for the iranian investigation and the conclusions theyve arrived at did to mistah the americans american sources say there were 2 missiles which Russian Missiles because the defense the defense is in fact russian of course is jumping the gun its speculation were all speculating because this is something absolute tragedy because now it brings into doubt the protection the safety of civilian we have to wait and see what the true reasons were what with the from the scientific technical point of view. The u. S. House of representatives has passed a resolution aimed at limiting the president trumps ability to use military force against iran the bill will now go to the senate for approval the white house has condemned the bill as an obstacle to preventing terrorism meanwhile trump has announced sanctions against iran. Theyre losing a tremendous amount theyre getting heard very badly by the sanctions can in very quickly but as to whether or not they want thats up to them not up to me its totally up to them so we have the United States slapping more sanctions on the Islamic Republic of iran saying that these sanctions will continue unless the Islamic Republic complies with the demands of the United States iran has responded warning that the recent missile attacks are not the only kind of revenge theyre capable of in response to the killing of qassam solomonic its also interesting to note that in his remarks u. S. President donald trump indicated that he might be open or interested in the possibility of expanding the nato coalition to the middle east nato and then you have middle east. They told me i said what a beautiful name new personnel in the region to know your they supposed to us to be honest with you because this is an International Problem the trumpet ministration is on the defensive saying that its decision to kill top iranian general qassam solomonic was necessary they say solomonic was engaged in planning attacks against the United States that they had no choice that it was absolutely necessary for u. S. President donald trump to take this action without congressional approval the intelligence assessment made clear that no action allowing so the money to continue his plotting and his planning his Terror Campaign created more risk than taking the action that we took last week there are members of congress who have seen the classified information that is available to members of the u. S. Congress and they just dont buy it they say based on what theyve seen the. Its just isnt being presented to make the case for what pompei o and the administration insists his the unclassified version of what trumps and congress the hits on some the money from weve seen including the redacted ponts here and the briefing the facts do not show an imminent threat it is not acceptable for officials within the executive branch of government i dont care whether theyre with the cia with the department of defense or otherwise to come in and tell us that we cant debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran its unamerican its unconstitutional its room now many members of the u. S. Congress have argued that by taking out and killing qassam sela money without congressional approval that this was inappropriate and it was essentially not not correct for the administration engage in this activity that congressional approval is required before taking these actions furthermore theyve said that the evidence for the trumpet ministration made this decision should be provided to members of congress they can see the information on which this decision was based however the administration insists it is not necessary to provide this information to the congress and furthermore that it could be a dangerous thing to do it could lead to the information being compromised when it comes to intelligence we have to protect sources and methods and so theres only a certain amount that we can share with every member of congress but those of us who have seen all the evidence know that there was a compelling case of an imminent threat now this fits a longstanding pattern of members of congress not being given and provided with the evidence to back up claims coming from the administration we heard claims from the Obama Administration accusing russia of hacking the Democratic National committee that information was not provided to members of congress other allegations against russia in ukraine have been similar furthermore at one point there were claims that iran was planning an attack again. The United States that information was also not provided so it seems increasingly we see the executive branch of the Us Government approaching congress the legislative branch and saying just take our word for it this seems to be a long standing trend lots of lots of debate and criticism about it from members of congress but the Administration Stands by its policy. Or the death of general sort of money and the potential for a new start in the region these are just some of the issues discussed but arties action returns and the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations office in geneva you couldnt watch that interview in full in the latest episode of going underground on saturday but heres a short taster. By that definition the United States has already. Serpas the ridgelines distinguished from better varies from civilized rules of engagement ok but will there be any more revenge now from iran for the trump assassination of. This is the beginning of a very. Exciting a peaceful. It was a wakeup call for the people in the region and beyond. This was. An action 1st offense by going on on forces against us but are they told you or i think this is the beginning of the i hope not too long process that the people of our region would be get rid of. The american presence in the region because their prisons in our region has brought nothing except. Misery war and hatred. Now politicians are having to try to carefully when questioning the u. S. Assassination of irans top general new york congresswoman alexandra to talk or to has come under fire for liking this on twitter. A son flying into the u. S. Says he hasnt seen so much security since 911. 00 the u. S. Is terrified of how iran will retaliate iran wont attack civilians thats what al qaeda does but it shows this is us and he did the opposite of meet the american safer and our leaders know it all that like sparked outrage online but it was apparently not so much because of the content of the tweet but due to its author journalist running a holic critics around it on the air sea accusing her of supporting a war crimes deny and whitewash a middle east murders are livid all that online pressure the congresswoman unliked the tweet but she doubled down on her views on the assassination. Last night the president and gauged in what is widely being recognized as a neck to war against iran when the its now obvious that the lives of millions of innocent people now is the moment to prevent war and protect innocent people the question for many is how publicly and congressionally. We spoke to the journalist at the center of that story rania khaled she told us progressive voices are often sign of spy washingtons hardliners when it comes to questions of war. This is not the 1st time this happened in one omar we did something i said about venezuela at some time last year and she was similarly subjected to a Pressure Campaign by these online regime change trolls what really disturbs me about it is the fact that when you see someone like capitulate and cave to these people what you have here is really orwellian and you have a coordinated Smear Campaign by regime change trolls who are monitoring the social media posts the line seems to be drawn when it comes to Foreign Policy when it comes to issues involving war and peace when it comes to issues involving u. S. Regime change campaigns and whatever you speak on the issue of iran on social media your inundated by these people this is a very well funded coordinated effort to try and their viewpoints and interactions its also as an example for other people if you dont want to be smeared like a o. C. Was then dont interact with these antiwar voices. Now the longest transport workers strike confronts in decades has now ended its 36 day it was cold over planned Pension Reforms paris and other cities are witnessing another major mobilization supported by people of different classes and or patience in the french capital crowds gathered to call on the government to withdraw its plans according to the local unions 370000 protesters descended on the capital although the interior ministry claimed it was a fraction of that size showed a difference he reports from the center of the protest call weve already seen tear gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowd see paris and the crowds are huge i just want to get you to go up and get a sense of looking down this street to school of thought to mission and push you much all away. Down to the last of the publique it is chock a block with people people whove come out to support this strike now in its 36 day this is the full day of nationwide protests and as you can see it doesnt seem as if the support is abating a tool many people thought this strike would only go on for maybe 2 weeks but hey we are not 36 they are going into the 6 week and it still looks like its getting huge amount to support in terms of have the strike is going there is more public transport that is operational at the moment in paris are we seeing trains operating fairly normally metros operating fairly normally in the mornings and in the evenings during the large part of the day little is operating apart from the automated lines thats 140. 00 now in terms of the general support for this strike the polls in france show that most people are still supporting the strike people very unhappy from across the board about these changes to the Pension System to the reforms that the government wants to make it wants to put 42 different Pension Systems down into one universal system to end many of the special regimes it says that yes actually its still offering many special regimes to the police to some transport workers except to india at a bid to try and get a strike moving to try and get the impasse a to cross that the other big issue is raising the retirement age up to 64. 00 its currently 62. 00 a wave front so they want to add another 2 years on to that but of course that wont affect anybody whos retiring in the next 17 years say the government they say will only affect those who turn 18 in the next 3 years but people are furious here theyre saying you know they dont want to sell out their children speeches that grandchildrens features and thats why they determined to come out into the streets. Keep protesting tensions are rising here towards the end of the protest just want to get you to have a look back down there thats too would sun lazard in the center of paris you can see those clouds of tear gas inside still do tear gas still raining down on the protesters as the police try and control the situation here you can head are the people in the crowds and shouting everyone hates the police thats a chant we take quite often however you can really feel that tension right shooting up a in paris at the end of the protests there has been largely peaceful a tear gas has been deployed throughout it and we have seen some individuals arrested individuals who apparently throwing objects the loads the police that sounds like some grenades but it could also be tear gas coming down this but you might be able to see the lights coming up on the flags as it sounds like that was a sound going to aid going off that people saying that they wont get to even live to enjoy their retirement and they determined to stay out in the streets and to make sure people know theyre unhappy this is a protest now 36 days this is the 4th day of nationwide protests across france and as you can say it doesnt look like its about to be bright. Mental Health Hospital from the u. K. Have been caught up in a sex abuse scandal that story and more after this short break. Join me every 1st day on the alex island show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Hundreds of Mental Health patients are reportedly being sexually assaulted in mixed sex wards in Englands NationalHealth Service single sex ward see 3 times fewer reports of abuse yet despite ministers pledging to scrap mixed wards guidelines still allow shared spaces 1019. 00 complaints of Sexual Assault in mixed wards between april 2017 and october 29000. 00 thats a rate of one attack a day rivka grant one of the victims told us her story. There i was on a mental outward for my depression and anxiety there is a very very lair i was in this particular hospital. And in the past. I met. A stranger it was a staff member. Comes on time to talk to me i didnt really think much of it. But over time just became more friendly close to me talking to me always in my gut your know what in a chat room it was the 1st. Stop should have no chips im used and you might. Even just touching my hand on my arm. And i didnt. Think it was a program. That adds. East nearly became close to. What extend another. Specialist there are many to. Seems to me but that. Of the department of health and social care has responded by saying it will not tolerate sexual abuse in the n. H. S. But political activist linda beloff says its disgraceful that the decision to axe mixed water still not being carried out. I think is that its about 20 years certainly 15 years ago that. Hospitals made in undertaking that they would get riddles mixed wards frankly the government ought to be ashamed that allowing british hospitals to it to not carry out a an agreement that they made which was that there would be wards for women and rules for men and they shouldnt be they should not be mixed walls we fought very hard to ensure that women had. Safety and security so. For no better reason that we could speak to each other about issues of the of of concern i mean lots of women will be in the hospital because of you know reproductive issues. Old age and you couldnt necessarily do that in a mixed ward lots of men prefer to be in wards in which matters of their you know the reproductive organs can be explored with other men in a way that is not appropriate in front of most women well i certainly think that in a 1st world country that we should have wards for women and wards for men. Now in other news this hour the polish president has pulled out of an event in israel to commemorate victims of the holocaust and the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp after organizers rejected his request to give a speech at the event itself or presentations or it turns out that the president s of Russia Germany and of france whose government collaborated with nazi germany at the time will speak to this once that the organizers do not agree to a speech by the president of ireland or to make an absolutely do not agree to this up of when it comes amid tense relations between russia and poland over disputed around the 2nd world war warsaw is angry at accusations by president putin that the country was partially responsible for the outbreak of the war poland also summoned the Russian Ambassador over putins harsh words about a polish envoy to nazi germany smallish city and mutes get a scumbag and anti semitic pig you cannot do it any other way of that it will be expressed in full solidarity with hitler in his anti semitic views you will moreover you are a mockery of the jewish people he promised to erect a monument to hitler and warsaw. The holocaust during world war 2 resulted in the deaths of around 17000000. 00 people of which 6000000. 00 would jews and that accounted for more than hoffa of europes entire Jewish Population mark shulman editor of history central and a newsweek columnist says the organizers of the event in israel have every right to decide who should be given a platform was clearly the 1st country that was invaded during world war 2 it was the place where you know the largest number of jews were killed in poland so thats the fact that you know the polish Jewish Population was totally annihilated while in other places it was only partially annihilated so theres no question poland was central to the holocaust but thats a solely means that the current polish president should be the person to be speaking i mean everybody comes im sure wants to speak there about 50 heads of states are coming and i guess them the organizers decided which ones were more important than which ones had a greater role to play and which ones have been most helpful and in remembering the holocaust again and in some levels the idea of you know im not coming if i dont get to speak its almost childish. Well that is your update to ill be back here with the rest of the team at the top out with more news from around the world will see that. You know world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other its a target for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Good food descriptions sound up to tell using even for the owners so how to choose this pet Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out that food may not be a sofa the best people belief we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders the cat allergies we are actually creating these problems its a huge epidemic of toms all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets less treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making it a 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. Time of the time called her ration to repeat the same mantra sustainability its very important. Transition to sustainable transport sustainability space where men are more equitable and sustainable while. They claim their production is completely harmless. Companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away this is something this must be done even as im looking. And used to me didnt. Understand the looks to going in. And. This is broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of business and how it affects all of us im christiane washington and heres a look at what we have in store today. Were going to have a horrible when this all comes to and when it comes to a new year and its going to be the worst in my lifetime. Manage to catch up with well going out and not fun thats our job to get his take on the state of the Global Economy i was just over the horizon following some major leagues that rally. For you to fall in the wake of a major plane crash in iran that has left more than 170 people dead heartache for spawning john how do you figure into the latest developments coming from the investigation and later we are back on the ground in las vegas where 2020 times in my life time a shell has entered its 3rd day parties by. More is there and will bring us up to speed on the latest developments in the auto sector so much to get to today and so little time. China has formally accepted the invitation to washington and confirmed by spring nearly all will lead the delegation from monday through wednesday. At the invitation of the e. U. Well. A member of the Political Bureau of the communist party of China Committee do you support among your state council and chief of the chinese side china u. S. Economic dialogue will lead to the delegation to washington from january 13th to you know what they will sign the phase one frequently with the u. S. And china and us are in close communication over the arrangement was remits signing now details on phase one has still not