Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International. With. Iran has admitted to accidentally downing a ukrainian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board the countrys Aerospace Commander has said the armed forces accept full responsibility for wednesdays tragedy he explained that the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. You know were not heard that the floyd who didnt shut down we still was never going to witness such a terrible incident. He went on to explain that an air Defense System operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds to make a decision the general said his units had requested a no fly zone before the incident but the request was denied for on specific specified reasons as part of the investigation the black boxes of the crash the boeing 737. 00 will be deciphered in ukraine with french experts assisting in the Technical Work tehrans admission that it unintentionally shot down the airliner came after repeated denials and shes done quarter discussed events with jacqueline volga. We heard from ukraines president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects irans take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from irans president who promised just that and called this a vent and on forgivable mistake the armed forces internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired you see human error coups the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and the death of 176. 00 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake now irans president also promised compensation for the families of the victims and the countrys Supreme Leader has called for the for the findings of this investigation to be made public now earlier we also heard from irans foreign minister who gave he actually highlighted the nother reason for why this crisis took place. A sad day preliminary conclusions of incident investigation biome forces human error at a time of crisis caused by the u. S. A venture is a movement to disaster profound regret apologies and condolences to all people to the families of victims and to was affected nations give us a bit of background here what exactly is the foreign minister referring to oh well just last week a u. S. Airstrike killed a high ranking high ranking could command. Monny and that brought tensions in the region to a level that we havent seen in decades this guy was considered a hero to many in iran as he was instrumental for the defeat of isis in syria so the government promised harsh retaliation for his death and that came in the form of several airstrikes against u. S. Military bases in iraq that happened just mere hours before this plane went down so at that time the Iranian Military was intice a painting some sort of possible u. S. Response to those strikes which explains why they thought that this airliner could have been an enemy aircraft they said that it was approaching a military installation clearly tensions were very high are there other cases of countries shooting down planes by mistake yeah unfortunately when tensions are this high like you said accidents are more probable for example during the cold war in 1903 the soviet union mistakenly shot down korean air flight 007 thinking it was a spy plane the plane went into soviet air space at the time that a u. S. Reconnaissance mission was going on as well and in 1908 u. S. Navy shot down and a rainy an airliner killing 290 people because they thought it was in the rainy and fighter jet now at that time then Vice President george h. W. Bush said he had nothing to apologize for and that he didnt care about the facts regarding the shooting of the plane down. Meanwhile a vigil for the victims of the tragedy has been held in tehran irans admission of guilt has shaken the public mood in the country with some questioning why the government didnt come clean earlier. And with us on the thick of it unfortunately when i 1st heard about the plane crash it was said to be a technical issues but the announcement came without any preliminary investigation which is led to doubts and around the world but now theyve done the necessary investigation and it was clarified that the plane was hit by a missile and weve been really sad since this morning when we heard the news and we were angry that people told this line which is the most you rightly get of time flies should have been canceled and planes shouldnt have taken off from any air force. And that got the most out of all of the country was in a state of war and this mistake could have been made by any country and their occurrence selfhate or us made a similar mistake after iran hit a u. S. Bases we were in total readiness and thats what led to the mistake weve heard opinion from various experts on what happened. In times of war and the socalled fog of war unfortunately there are reasonable radar yet able to pierce these fog unless there is a big conflicting mechanism so again one can talk about blame and responsibility or accountability the blame is iranian but the responsibility lies on other shoulders too so iranian Defense Systems were on alert and they were expecting attacks by u. S. Airplanes as a stated in the all force is a statement there have been reports that some hostile objects flying objects have been appearing on radar screens in some of some parts around the country so soon as they saw a plane coming to a sensitive i. R. G. C. Base they have you know rushed to jump to the tank luzhin and fired strategic at has become tactical blunders the strategy off that regularly being ordered closing down the s. P. S. Under extreme circumstances called to have avoided this. Magical whenever we have. Been that are you aware that we have bound to have mentioned viz guns cog just ready to fight the it will be said that yours appear to be higher to be the case and the big picture to how to use this and that you on how to be escalated this i believe that onions have taken the 1st step by the initiation process of this whole accident in which 176. 00 people were lost was done by the americans of the video and yes that is true. Ukraine Airlines Tragedy and the us iran standoff overshadowed a meeting in moscow between Angela Merkel invited me to putin the leaders of germany and russia agreed to do Everything Possible to preserve the iran nuclear deal. Russia and germany support further implementation or a joint plan to deal with iran iranians have the rights its realigned in support of European Countries that were promised to create a special mechanism independent of the dollar for trade with iran. As the sort of from the beginning of the crash their liner iran announced today it was a big error and its good news that those responsible have been named and i think now Everything Possible must be done to find a solution together with the countries that Citizens Group on board that plane to clarify told the situation in iran was indeed in the spotlight during the meeting between Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin even though this meeting mine the 1st one in the kremlin between the 2 with the past 5 years had been prearranged back in december so way before the tragic events in iraq but these events they have brought into the spotlight the reality of a major conflict in the middle east as how it has been showcased so vividly by iran and the United States of america sold leaders talked about all sorts of things like syria like libya and Vladimir Putin has talked about what sort of consequences a war in the middle east could have not just for the countries involved not just for the middle east itself but also globally to look at us when you i hope very much that we will avoid large scale military conflicts in the middle east if it comes to that it would be a disaster not only for the region much but the whole world. For instance but im a putin talked about the potential humanitarian repercussions and consequences of a conflict in the middle east because while a refugee flow from the middle east to the rest of the world could be catastrophic if anything if the war on the ground was to break out also talked extensively about libya and about the fact how the hostilities in that country should cease and because this was what he agreed. And this is what he discussed and agreed on with the turkish president pressing. Turkey obviously being a major powerhouse in the region but the middle east wasnt the only thing on the agenda another big point is the nord stream to gas pipeline gas pipeline currently under construction from russia into germany to provide the whole of europe with russian with the russian gas it was a major it is i should say a major bone of contention between Germany Europe and the United States because washington sees that washington doesnt want this doesnt want to see this pipeline it doesnt want this pipeline to be built so it has for instance European Countries european contract is under sanctions it has threatened them with sanctions and other opinion trying to pull out in the face of the stretch of lot of stress that russia is able and that will finish the construction of this pipeline so you just said that while the finish the end of construction will be delayed by a few months because of that but also Angela Merkel that she has stressed how important this project for germany and from her standpoint to the whole of europe to heres what she had to say about it. This is 1st and foremost an economic project we consider it to be the right thing to do and after todays discussion with president putin i believe its possible to complete north stream to despite those sanctions. The tone of the meeting was neutral positive i should say in fact Angela Merkel she repeated at least twice that it is better to talk to each other rather than about each other so this could be an indication that russia and germany could drift closer towards each other in the near future. The libyan cease fire which you go to mentioned took effect at midnight local time just over 2 hours ago that has been confirmed by the Libyan National army now. Well and has already accused the un backed government of violating the truce but says their troops are still committed to the cease fire this week has seen an escalation between the 2 rival governments in libya there have been numerous reports of clashes and airstrikes around the city of syria which with dozens killed in the cease fire was brokered by the leaders of russia and turkey at a meeting in istanbul on wednesday and on saturday the german chancellor urged to the warring parties in libya to find a compromise at an upcoming peace conference in a berlin. There have been more protests against Pension Reforms in france rallies in paris and other french cities were joined by members of the Yellow Vest Protest Movement in the capital things did turn violent with police resorting to tear gas. I. Was. I was. I. Thought i. Was i was. I further west in the city of nonce anger also boiled over into street Violence Police used water cannon to disperse the crowds almost 3000 people took part in that road. Unions say half a 1000000 people demonstrated across france they are angry about government plans to raise the retirement age and to unify the Pension System on friday the government introduced its bill but said it was open to alternative ideas the unions. For their part are continuing their strike action over the issue. Around the globe to look at some other news making headlines this hour activists have gathered outside an air base on the a talian island of sardinia it is used as a Training Facility by nato forces protesters are demanding an end to the International Military presence on the island. Elsewhere hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of sultan. Of oman who died on friday at the age of 79 he had ruled the gulf nation since 1998 making him the longest serving leader in the middle east he was quite popular at the time of his death his cousin has already been sworn in as the new sultan. 12 migrants have been found dead and 21 have been rescued after their boat sank in the ionian sea off the greek coast according to a coast guard spokesperson 50 people were in the boat 6 rescue ships and a helicopter have been searching for survivors. In sad news a cameraman who contributed to our t. V. Channel has been killed while covering protests and that story and much more after a break this is. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy to confront a shouldnt let it be an arms race is on all sides very dramatic developments only mostly im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. What holds and you should continue to. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president and she. Wanted. To go right to be close thats what will befall 3 of them or cant be good. Interested always in the waters about how. This should. Help the bugsy live but if she warned you and i do the show would be sure that there was more of those g. s new speech and she me we didnt you. Know when you guys e. T. S. In the news i mean that is where that inference involved. A lot of the you will see sawing youre in fuzzy fights about 2 kids each other both hard. As a middle eastern as if. These. People cabinet 5 days doing this it. May be a different people who simply do so in new. Human include in total. Or welcome back this is R T International cameramen who contributed to our team working in iraq city of basra has been shot and killed his colleague a reporter from a local news agency was also killed in the shooting on friday parties. Takes a look. Were talking about 2 reporters one corresponding for a local t. V. Channel his name is ahmed abdul some odd and hes camera man who also contributed soup art see that said a sufi godly both lived reporters were shot dead in their in their car by unknown gunmen as they were leaving the site of the protests in basra group ordered earlier that there are protests going on all across iraq and of course basra is just one of those places local reports suggest that there reporter died from a gunshot wounds to the head right there the scene meanwhile safaga ali was its taken to the hospital here a scene thats a gunshot wound to the body and thats where it he died and fortunately as well. Like i said. Works contributed to our t. He filed a police a 30 reports for our channel and i believe that we can take a look at some of those reports right now ah now what the law and at the law at least the that and i know the d now the so far weve heard from the committee for protection all for Journalists International ground station theyve called for theyve called on the iraqi authorities suit investigate this as soon as possible to find out who exactly wore those gunmen and so why those journalists not to die. Unfortunately this is not the 1st time an artsy contributor size i have after working of course back in 27 seen. 25 year old syrian reporter. Also. Attacked them with rocket fire and of course we talked quite a quite a lot about that fortunately in this day and age its not safe for reporters to be working there or in places. You know it doesnt matter where they youre at war or you are in the city and anything can really happen and of course whats expressed condolences to the family to the loved ones old. And the cameraman. Donald trump has claimed the u. S. Is doing a good job in venezuela he was speaking almost a year after the white house recognized the Opposition Leader won by dell as the countrys president Nicolas Maduro is still in power. We have a good strategy but were taking care of people helping people colombias helping a lot of people some of the nations surrounding and helping people but where i think were doing a good they have a system that right now is very broken well see what happens stay tuned. Meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state has called for a swift negotiated transition to democracy in venezuela mike pompei all said the government and opposition need to form a Transitional Government and hold free and Fair Elections on tuesday why dont we sworn in for a new term as the leader of the National Assembly that was after a standoff with soldiers who tried to prevent him from entering the building why dont we declared himself the countrys interim leader last year after branding them a duro presidency legitimate during meanwhile has refused to resign. Journalist paul dobson believes the u. S. Does not seem to have any clear plan for venezuela it is very difficult to actually understand the u. S. Strategy in venezuela. It was very clear that political strategic goals in the country in 2019 would not achieved they did not achieve regime change they did not achieve ousting with or from power and the comments coming out of the white house in the last few days seem to suggest that there is some confusion about the current u. S. Strategy that we saw secretary of state michael talking about dialogue transition which is a significant step down in the rhetoric regarding venezuela however only today we saw Elliott Abrams the special u. S. Envoy to venezuela bringing the issue of military intervention back on to the table for these 2 comments taken merely 24 hours upon really sure that there is a process a revision of the u. S. Strategy in venezuela going on behind closed doors in washington on that there are certainly differences of opinion out there what the way forward to achieve these strategic objectives which is very much standing there around getting nicholas mother out of power. 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The fed dont fight the fed for sure cant fight the fed because the fed will print and print in print and of course everything went up in 21000 as we pointed out and even assassinating the head of another state or a leader in another nation cannot stop this bull market but you know here is the chart that was quite interesting i thought telling you know that as soon as the u. S. Did assassinate sell the money in iran well he was in iraq but they remain in head of their military Division Gold crude and big coin as you see they all spiked at the same exact time with the same movement is there then we have gold and oil and so they all went up together safe haven well a couple things so because it is proving itself to be a safe haven like goal so bitcoin a store of value and safe haven as weve been saying on this show for 10 years finally the markets coming around to that point of view the idea of big oil as a medium of exchange you need to emphasize the transaction ability is false and thats why Something Like that coin cash is a nonstarter however lets look at this other idea you talked about 2008 what happened in 2008 while the markets were constrained somewhat because of the plumbing of the way markets work the pipe that delivers cash or liquidity from the. Bank to the primary dealers to wall street to commercial banks is somewhat well known in terms of the architecture involved there in 2008 so with tim geithner and ben bernanke and all those president s men they decided to expand those pipes to be 23040. 00 times bigger to accommodate much more money printing and were still seeing the benefit of that because they went ahead and printed almost 20. 00 trillion fresh dollars that they swapped with banks for their junk and they put that on the Balance Sheet of the fed which town has many trillions of dollars worth of junk as do all Central Banks around the world the question is how fat are those pipes can they another 20 trillion and joan and i posit that they can so were this is a got a long way to go in these wars only stoke the money printing which means much higher prices yes of course in the you know dropping bombs just waste money right there over 100000 each misao and that sends some of our inflation overseas but i think now that were now officially in 2020 all he does is of course look at the stock market thats his entire gauge for all that he does so anything to keep the stock market up thats why youre going to see now not only do we have that china trade deals on no its off yes its on no its off because of course its hes trying to manipulate. The prices on the stock market send some sort of investment move here