With the top stories from the past 7 days right up to the moment developments as well this is the Weekly International welcome. Tensions soared between the United States this week after washington accused iran of attacking to oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday now the u. S. Claims no one else in the region how they cant possibly carry out the act u. S. Central command released the greeny video which it claims shows a reunion special forces removing and on exploded mine from the vessel the owner of the tanker though saved the crew reported being hit by flying projectiles iran for its part has accused the us of attempting to undermine peace and stability in the region. Its rival is engaging in quote sabotage diplomacy well the 2 vessels caught fire in one of the worlds key oil routes close to the strait of hormuz its the only way in the persian gulf the incident immediately listed worldwide reaction triggering a surge in oil prices with russia saying the situation could pose a t
A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h. Q. In moscow thanks for joining us this hour. A scandal has erupted in brazil after leaked messages suggest a Corruption Case against the countrys former president Lula Da Silva was politically motivated the messages published by the investigative news site the intercept appear to show a judge discussing the probe with prosecutors supporters of wood to silva say the leaks confirmed their fears the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning reelection last year the probe was part of brazils biggest Anti Corruption crusade now this operation carwash which saw dozens of high level politicians and prison will dissolve what was sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for corruption and Money Laundering including for accepting a luxury apartment in exchange for state contracts he denies ever owning it and the league messages suggest prosecutors themselves question the strength of the evidence against him one
Is the week here on r. T. International with me. Time for our top stories from the last 7 days and latest up to date news welcome to the program attention sawed between the United States and iran this week after washington cues to tehran of attacking 2 or oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday the u. S. Claims no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out the act. U. S. Central command released a grainy video which it claims shows a rainy and special forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels the owner of the tanker though says the crew reported being hit by flying projectiles iran for its part has accused the u. S. Of attempting to undermine peace and stability in the region and says its rival is engaging in quote sabotage diplomacy. The 2 vessels caught fire in one of the worlds key oil routes close to the strait of hormuz its the only way in and out of the persian gulf the incident immediately elicited worldwide reaction and triggered a surge in oil pr
It watching our 2 international bring you in your life news update from our studio here and most welcome to the program we start with breaking news this hour as russian officials have announced they are dropping a criminal case against russian investigative journalist north who had been arrested for the illegal possession of drugs the evidence gathered against him was said to have been salmon and found invalid the officers who were in charge of the case have been suspended the journalist attention provoked anger and protests were not joined live by more ive got to for more on this now the case had provoked outrage among the Media Community did anyone expect this latest twist. You know the wood that this was coming the outpouring of support for him was it was unanimous it was everywhere we had protests and in moscow we had russias 3 biggest newspapers. Published the same title. With him basically. It was solidarity like never before this is a journalist working from a doozer i would say
You watching or change National Bring in your line of news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program we start with breaking news this hour as russian officials have announced they have dropped the criminal case against russian investigative journalist. Who had been arrested for illegal possession of drugs the evidence gathered against him was said to have been rigged salmon and found invalid or join live in the studio by now bring us up to speed on the case well were in the heads a ruling in. The head of russias Narcotics Police has been. The Police Officers who carried out the arrest. Suspended their investigation by internal affairs how they carried out the arrest whether the used too much force whether. Theyre also investigating the investigation which led to the arrest to see whether police went beyond the scope of their powers where they were whether they had legitimate evidence proof to carry out this arrest and im sure therell be many more people fired because