to treat. people just. after 11 am in seattle 7 pm and 10 at night right here in moscow this tuesday february the 4th welcome to our to international. the u.s. democratic party has suffered an embarrassing night in iowa the results of the 1st major vote in the 2020 primary season been delayed due to a crippling technical glitch or not expected to be announced on tilt choose the evening that's a full 24 hours later all trump was quick to comment on the turmoil at the iowa caucus taking to twitter to have his say on the democrats' apartment ineptitude meanwhile in the absence of any official results 2 of the party's presidential hopefuls decided to claim victory so we don't hear results. all indications we are going to new hampshire victory. due to the failure of the iowa democratic party to release results tonight and in the interest of full transparency bernie sanders a senior advisor jeff weaver is releasing results from nearly 40 percent of precincts in i want results have been delayed so they'll be coming but they'll be coming later nevertheless this is this is a huge embarrassment for the democratic party this this is an awful start to the to the nomination process because i do what is statistically of paper it's insignificant i mean out of the 2000 almost 2000 delegates required to be nominated as the presidential candidate for the democratic party. has fought so you know it's a tiny amount the population is small it is a very representative but. it is the 1st primary it is the 1st part it sets the tone sets the atmosphere if you win it it gives you a huge amount of momentum going forward because it's an example it's a people see that you're winning in they'll jump on board and for this to happen now apparently because of a technical glitch ease awful we've found inconsistency is in the reports in a free says of results in addition to the tax system has been used to tabulate. that's where the using for to suffer results and the paper trail to validate that all results match and ensure that we have confidence and accuracy in the numbers we report fortunately no one's come out and blame the russians yet but did eventually down the line will there be a fall guys who think you know i can just play in the russians and nobody's going to prove you disprove but the point the point of this at the center of this at the center of this mess the point of this app was to safeguard the primary the election the safeguarded from russian meddling from foreign interference from hackers they drew tens of millions of dollars and developing these apps and to develop the developing technology to protect themselves and what you have at the end of the day at the end of the day it all goes pear shaped the entire system is an embarrassment nothing's ready and there's also a scandal brewing on live a cause a lot of people lot of the candidates are very angry that this happened especially those that were projected to win but pete booted judge one of the one of the candidates he apparently bank funded co-founded made donations to the developers of this application is a conspiracy theories brewing among people that don't support him saying that you know how convenient he was spared the embarrassment straightaway of coming in 3rd or 4th in this poll have because because obviously that would be awful for any candidate nevertheless this is this is they're going that this this is this is awful for the entire democratic party this is. the worst part about it is that all the supporters of all the various candidates and now angry not only at the democrats but at each other they're blaming you know candidates they're saying if you would have come in 3rd you would have come in 4th others are claiming victory with nothing to do with nothing to back it up. very ironic because. this is exactly the sort of behavior that the cues to russia of committing that breaking news russian hackers try to hack wisconsin's election system russia's hacked into a lot of things russian hackers the criminal class and it certainly looks like the begin with an eye towards openness president it's ironic isn't it that the democrat paranoia about russia what caused them to develop these apps to safeguard themselves with technological fire walls or what have you eventually that and their own incompetence was the downfall because russian hackers of never managed to stop an election to delay the results of a primary but an election in the united states lie spoke to richard goodstein who's a political consultant and former advisor to the hillary clinton presidential campaign about the chaos in iowa. iowa had no business being the 1st state to kind of act as some sort of sieves that candidates had to move through for 2 reasons one caucuses are entirely undemocratic unless you could take off from work and be there in person for some period of time which a lot of people cannot do. you couldn't vote secondly iowa is very white it's democratic voters are very liberal and very young and frankly most voters in most states. don't have those traits so for i mean i think there's a consensus this morning that this will probably be the last time that iowa caucuses act is the 1st in the nation donald trump is going to seize upon everything he's going to seize upon your name he's going to seize upon your gender he's going to find something where he thinks he has an edge here but i did in this case. because the world was watching america at least was watching what happened was donald trump has every reason to ridicule what happened there that's true he can say if you make all sorts of accusations about the democratic party this was the democratic party of one rather small state iowa we will get to a state next week new hampshire also a small state then we get to increasingly larger states and i think it's a judgment that people have made that for all the strengths of the economy he's not the person they want. in the white house for the next 4 years but what that could change. is turn attention to from swear a former spokesperson for a syringe and how this group has been arrested on charges of war crimes torture he had lived in hungry for several months before being granted a student scholarship and more say the authorities are only tipped off after a human rights group pointed out his real identity charlotte. the loophole allowed a suspected war criminal and tree into the you. can't not being war crimes. these are just some of the charges brought against a syrian who was named on a student visa he went by the name of mushed enough may in france back in syria he was is a wish no ordinary stews and tea is said to have once been jayashri islams press secretary previously nor did his freedom fighters the hardline islamist group in fact carried out a reign of terror in the eastern ghouta suburb of damascus. when you look. in his linked in profile he describes himself as being specialized in security and terrorism affairs with a focus on syria he boasts of an impressive academic background with bachelor's degrees from not one but diversity as including in hungary and when it comes to experience he mentions being the c.e.o. of the syrian news monitoring network may trace of the allegations of torture or forced in this moment of children raising his history seems an apt given that all islam ceased to exist back in 2018. as the battle for easter. well a doubt the french government said it was concerned about a grave violation of human rights and it called for a cease fire now while it acknowledge the presence of joe harvests it also accused president assad of using the ongoing conflict as a fig leaf to wipe out any opposition. the syrian regime and its allies are brandishing the fight against jihad his fighters the need for which no one is disputing as just if occasion of an offensive and it's entirely different goals it's real intentions are indeed to annihilate any a normal position and break the morale of civilians by indiscriminately massacring them following that offensive in eastern guta by the syrian army generational islam was talk balt last year a complaint was filed to the courts in france and josh and the senior members and no wanted as it was criminals the complaint filed in june 29th teen was built on over 3 years of documentation of the crimes perpetrated by jaish al islam summary executions kidnappings and the systematic use of torture the group targeted people suspected of complicity with the regime but also ordinary civilians accused of not applying the shari'a imposed by the group rigorously enough the international federation for human rights says the arrest of most enough where in mass a paves the way for the 1st investigation of the rebel groups crimes others may be hoping that arrests such as this will help shed more light on crimes committed by opposition forces during the syrian conflict giving a fuller picture of what really happened on the ground. paris well political analyst nickel america which believes similar situations will continue to arise unless the french government tackles both legal and illegal immigration at all. once you enter the european union you can go more or less where you want there are no border controls how we entered hungary would be an interesting question to know that what is. prosperous in this in this situation is that he entered legally he wasn't even hiding he was living in the white which is a neighborhood in the center smack in the center of more state studying in france with no problem whatsoever that means the police cannot do their job properly today in western europe they don't even know who's in the country we've gotten so low as to say that we don't even we don't even know if you got the means to stop terrorists we don't even know if terrorists are in the country we know there are some but we don't know how many and it's you know it's already difficult capturing those who are not even in hiding so i think definitely this is going to hurt a bit the government because this is very bad press very bad press having a terrorist. somebody accused of terrorism entering legally come from another country going legally to university this is very bad press so there might be some who's in the following days but i think unfortunately if the government doesn't handle the process of immigration illegal immigration illegal immigration and the secret terrorists if the government doesn't tackle these issues seriously unfortunately this these types of stories are going to continue in time. in precedented with some of britain's most senior political journalists have walked out almost from a dining street briefing on the prime minister's bragg's at plans picking up the story for us not to richard or. a number of political journalists have boycotted a number 10 briefing after the prime minister's a try to ban selected reports is now as a consequence of this a number of genesis refused the briefing and walked out including the b.b.c.'s laura kearns but i t.v.'s robert preston and political journalist from the daily mail telegraph the sun financial times and the guardian and this is a big statement the sore thumb number 10 said there was a normal prefix following the pm speech all along. this but confirmed that there would be and i quote a small a selected briefing for specialist journalist the source went on to say that a number of uninvited journalists barged into number 10 and demanded to be part of it they were told that they were not allowed to attend the implication of these actions of course categorize the journalists present at the time apparently some were specialists and some one not in fact all of the journalists present work political journalists and it hasn't gone unnoticed the tensions between boris johnson and the media have been escalating over recent weeks and there's been a huge reaction online to this latest incident kudos to reporters from the b.b.c. mail telegraph the sun financial times and guardian who are working out of a government briefing after the mirror i and huffington post riband see would you like about u.k. newspapers with the journalists working for them or undeniably good also this idea there should be technical and specialist separate briefings rist some political journalists are excluded is a joke excuse this is about the major plan of johnson's policy all outlets and their interests have a right to know the details. u.k. media is proud of their ability to report freely but incidents like banning the mirror for example from the campaign bus during the election have not gone unnoticed at that time the editor of the daily mirror said that the society of editors thought that the bad was disturbing and an attack on free speech now this walkout certainly suggests that some very high profile british journalists may finally have had enough. just something to add here in july last year r t n sputnik journalists were barred from a conference on media freedom hosted by the u.k. and canadian governments as explanation the british foreign office accuse the 2 agencies of spreading dissent from a ship without providing any evidence to support the accusation veteran british journalist peter oborne sees it's unprecedented to hold a separate briefing for selected journalists and dunning street. incredibly unusual and quite sinister here i think you are trying to split the political reporters into 2 categories one who get better briefings get special access than the others who are put in a different room not allowed into the briefings and. it's never happened in my 30 plus years as a political journalist we're talking here of an attempt to manipulate and bring light journalist to come on our side you write what we want you to write and the you're free you're a given special status and if you don't do what the government wants then your frozen. britain is rolling on the green carpet with the country's energy regulator unveiling plans to scrap gas heating and the sale of all you petrol and diesel cars by 2035 dots in the hopes of hitting a net 0 emission targets some 15 years after that but there are worries it will hit the most vulnerable in the pocket of every house in the country set to pay more. well this is it the moment we've all been waiting for the beginning of the end of carbon emissions as the u.k. could be on the path to nets there are a monday the u.k.'s office for gas and electricity markets all of presented its new action which is aimed at transforming the country's infrastructure to make it more eco friendly britain has come a long way it is decarbonise faster than any other major economy but we must go further particularly on heat and transport we are taking an approach that recognizes that our role protecting consumers includes a cheering net 0. it is now vital that the energy industry rises to the challenge and demonstrates how it will work with the government and off jam de carbonized britain's energy system at lowest cost well it's a $9.00 point plan and if you don't drive electric car yet you may be in trouble as under the scheme 10000000 petrol diesel cars will be replaced with the green immobile and for the time being you better keep your winter jackets on because gas central heating is to be ripped from every single home well the plan also wants to shift towards renewable sources of energy like solar and wind which is great news for g.d.p. then with all the rain so how much will this cost that well as our demographic would put it you can't put a price on saving the globe can you and also doesn't have a direct answer either recognizes that there are tradeoffs to overcome such a scale is spreading the cost of a low carbon energy system between today's and tomorrow's consumers when apparently this $9.00 point plan is all down to you so it could all go up in smoke when you know how much it can set you back well the rollout alone of electrical vehicles could be $2000000000.00 pounds a year which is the equivalent to 30 pounds on every household bill. chandler. police use. i think. it is going to be good for the planet if we do have to pay a bit more money if i live. in a freezing cold tap system so that's my. maybe a little bit to the table. i guess providing it's not done and i want to buy seats with people just paying money out. there so that i mean well jim could cause an uncomfortable atmosphere as it has a history of hiking prices for consumers for its own good just a few days ago the national audit office revealed that electric bills were unnecessarily hifi yiss setting the public back 100000000. pounds annually but if it's all spread out equally for the good of the planet then 1st fair right well the royals wouldn't get the warmest reception on this one when prince charles hopped on his private helicopter producing c o 2 emissions to get to climate change conference this in order for him to undertake as many engagements as he does across the u.k. and around the world he sometimes has to fly as he has often said assume is there is a more sustainable way of making these journeys he will be the 1st to use it so as to use it or a $1001.00 it's hard to believe when buckingham palace top the list for the most environmentally damaging buildings in london all about the time when her majesty used the state's poverty fund to heat a humble abode i don't think robin hood would approve of the time being there are many the 5 alternatives out there the flying around the thing is fairly bright. it is so. you can't stop him so you sort of get that he's a boy and he needs to be. high security. yeah this makes sense but when it comes to the climate it seems like the ordinary britain should brace themselves to be ready for the additional financial sacrifice but everything is on the altar of a carbon free future. around the mood over the opening of a new swiss payment mechanism the channel was set up to a low life saving aid to be sent to the islamic republic while eradicating any risk of falling foul of american sanctions or to run believes washington is still the privateers of essential food and medical supplies by constantly imposing penalties . this channel fall short of implementing the international court of justice order which ruled that the united states does not have the right to block the entry of food and medicine into iran this is not a sign of america's good intentions it is not even a sign that the united states has taken the smallest step in the direction of fulfilling its commitments well the newly established attorney in channel for food and medicine has already started shipping camps or an organ transplant drugs the united states say's the channel will come under strict scrutiny to ensure it isn't misusing it although a run produces much of its own basic medicine advance treatment is generally imported but as the road between washington and tehran deepens vital medicine is getting harder to source and 285-6000 patients died of cancer in this republic in just the one year period between 2018 and 19 the cost of medical services rose by almost if it ever washington still say that sanctions are not hurting the industry since medicine doesn't fall onto the sanctions i want to talk directly to the iranian people to dispel myths about u.s. sanctions that continue to be promoted by the iranian regime myth number one the united states sanctions medical supplies going to the iranian people 'd the truth is that the united states exempts medicine and medical devices for the iranian people well just bearing that in mind earlier we spoke to a professor from tehran university who explained why iran is still experiencing medical shortages this spike this sector being exempt from u.s. penalties. the americans are saying that they have not sanction humanitarian goods which is medicine and food but in reality because iran is not able to do financial transaction and also because of the fact that the rein in transportation is under sanction essentially it is very difficult to import and export any goods and it doesn't matter whether this is medicine or food or any other material for that matter are so it has had a very real effect on iran now iran actually imports over $4000000000.00 of medicine and medical goods every year and what this happened through the so-called su is channel is only $2500000.00 so it is essentially peanuts considering would you on any iran is a country of 80000000 what do you on really need is is much much bigger than what this was n.b.c. carried out recently. as the prospect of a coronavirus pandemic looms large attempts to prevent the spread of the disease are beginning to impact the global economy with millions of chinese effectively in quarantine and global trade and travel slowing the price of oil tumbled to below $50.00 a barrel on monday for the 1st time in over a year on these among investors also cause the shanghai stock market to fall by 8 percent before it recovers slightly the chinese central bank attributed the plunge to want the scribed as irrational herd behavior the regulator also said the plans to inject over $170000000000.00 into the economy no doubt is a move which would be on par allowed in scale in the past 15 years and if the bank's recent statements are anything to go by more stabilizing measures are set to fall. the people's bank of china will provide liquidity to the market through a variety of monetary posed the tools such as open market operations standing lending to sue its refinancing and re discounting normally this is a technology and business trends consultant he told us earlier that the market volatility is likely to be short lived. as a side i think it will sting which between short term impacts and what will happen in there in the long term lever docked at this kind of doomsday scenario. and what we don't recognize is that even within this crisis they will be enormous areas of growth i think the impact on the pharmaceutical industry is going to be huge in terms of all of the russian antivirus i think that is sectors of the economy that can take advantage of the shutdown like retail food for example online digital services now going to boom as people you know lock themselves up and so it's it's not going to be a one way street it's i'm either and that's why i think it's difficult to predict exactly what's going to happen but i think you can say with a certain amount of certainty that the short term impact will be no i'm not sure how big that they definitely will be a negative impact. in 3 months time this can be overcome factors can be restocked to supply chains sent to get back to what they were no consumer behavior will change and we'll see a bounce back which is what happened in 2003. meanwhile 80 russians have been evacuated from the chinese city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak they are being flown by military plane to the siberians to be of 2 men arrive in 2000 kilometers east of moscow they will remain in quarantined in a hospital there for 2 weeks a further 200 russians are expected to be if i can get it in the coming days we also know that one person has been confirmed to be infected with the corona virus. a wave of protests is expected to rock several european ports this week over the arrival of a saudi cargo vessel those against the ship arriving on the shores claim it's being used to collect weapons to use in yemen civil war our european correspondent peter all of our picks up the story. the saudi arabian cargo ship the but here jambu is on a journey that human rights activists are paying extremely close attention to the ship is currently on route from bremerhaven here in germany to tilbury docks in the u.k. however what's of more interest to the likes of amnesty international is what the ship may be carrying they say the ship has been used in the past to move u.s. weapons for use in the war in yemen there's no confirmation that the ship is carrying weapons however activists were waiting for it in the port of tour a stopover that was ultimately counseled after leaving saudi arabia in november last year the ship arrived in houston stopover one o 4 in the us in canada before traversing the atlantic to germany on its way through the suez canal towards a final destination in the u.a.e. the bihari yabu is expected to face demonstrations as it saw a similar journey last year against saudi actions in yemen which human rights activists claim constitute war. crimes the ship's time in european waters will be the set by legal challenges protest and industrial action a court in belgium is hearing a request for an injunction to block the government there from selling weapons to the saudis while on the city international is set to picket the docks in schauble dockers in the italian port of genoa are expected to down tools in protest to being asked to load what they call hot cargo meaning weapons bound for the conflict in yemen this ship was carrying weapons before and it will slow adding to sue moss so what happens to the national. this. rule 'd the sea and will follow don't want to bring is that they are not really true i mean all weapons the transfer out not yet read small still can out a little bit. every region. where the intention is through its records through another country or through. the workers of troops come together and try to prevent their. ships every small step. while there's still no confirmation that the behavior iambic who is being used to transport weapons human rights campaigners are convents that it's being used to ship more guns into the conflict zone in yemen a conflict which has seen more 'd than 100000 people killed since it started in 2015 creating the world's worst humanitarian crisis peter all of a r.t. berlin just on the story we contacted the study center for international communications to ask about the vessel's visit any response they're willing to give us we will add to the story. line is the way the news on a busy.