Coming up and then there were 2 but really only one the race to become the next british Prime Minister is down to 2 candidates the favorite and this may be a question for the conservative pasha in a country hes looking bars johnson is there a better alternative may the best man win and thats going to be me. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day waiting for the u. S. Response to what iran says was meant as a warning to america earlier today iran shot down a u. S. Military drone saying the drone had violated its airspace in was engaged in spying now thats a claim that the u. S. Has rejected saying that no u. S. Aircraft were in iranian airspace at the white house and on top of a. Hill members of the Trump Administration and lawmakers are meeting in emergency sessions this evening u. S. President trump saying todays move by iran was a very big mistake without a doubt the downing of that u. S. Drone escalates tensions between the u. S. And iran tensions that were already high on monday the u. S. Announced that it will send 1000. 00 extra troops to the gulf and the u. S. Accused iran of attacking 2 takers last week or here is what the head of irans revolutionary guard said earlier today about shooting down that u. S. Drone. How many think that downing american trial was a clear and precise message to america. And the message is that. Those who defend the borders of the islamic nation of iran. Will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusions by foreign elements in iran are. Big on a. Red line of sight and i mean an enemy that our violates our ability to tell you will not return. And will be destroyed. My 1st guest tonight said earlier this week that lack of a smoking gun should prevent further as collations of tensions between the u. S. And iran they wants jurgens has written extensively about the middle east his latest book is making the arab world he is also a professor of International Relations at the one school of economics and he joins us tonight from london fawaz its good to have you on the program youre warning that there is no smoking gun in terms of the attack on those 2 oil tankers that came before reports of a u. S. Drone being shot down by irans does that drill does that change the calculus for washington in your opinion. No it does not in fact i would argue that the trump in this ration finds itself box then theres no clarity in washington. Many divisions within the administration we do not know what President Trump wants. For sure he does not really want war was iraq because the president as we know this clashes was his and i as feste dr donald trump is not really interested in waging wars in fact is trying to disengage from muslim lands and secondly his priority now is reelection for a 2nd president ial term of any war anywhere with basically ham that is that the nail in his Reelection Campaign so he does not want war with iran yet the crisis was iran is a man made crisis in the south in its crisis by donald trump and this is the irony in which donald trump finds in south the death well for us what do you think is happening here or iranian leaders with this drone being shot down are they giving the hardliners in washington exactly what they want and that is a reason to take this to a military level and to go to war. I dont think iranian leader is want a direct clash with washington not that the United States nor iran nor saudi arabia wants a all out war everyone would lose and particularly iran will be the biggest lose because its economic and military infrastructure will be destroyed what iran is engage in is the follow on a calculated and dangerous escalation because the status quo is and parable of the iranian economy is bleeding the iranian back to the wall and their punching bag hoping that the Trump Administration will not basically escalate but this isnt then because everyone thinks every side things that the other side want 5 the fish shot this is how war is this is how miscalculation happens and as youve said youre absolutely correct the Violent Storm is growing and pensions that defending it would take only one miscalculation to really try to get a clash in that particular part of the world youve said earlier that donald trump the us president doesnt want to go to war he has made that clear we know who the hardliners are in his administration and in tehran who is working then with Donald Trumps interest at heart to do you see here trying to keep the peace. Well the truth is i mean donald trump has sat around it himself was hopeless you have all been who is in charge of the National Security in the white house and john bolton is well known long before the iraq war it was one of the leading politicians who call for war against iraq and walsall has called for war against iraq off pale dont forget from pale on trail is a hard line a 2 even though is closer to trump than. John bolton the Defense Department and the Intelligence Services do not tell you want paul because they realize at any clashes iran regardless will be catastrophic more catastrophic than the iraq war the iraq war will pale by comparison with the war in iraq but what were talking about here is miscalculation imagine if the iranians basically shoot a a an american fighter jets in the next few days over the strait of how it was or iran imagine if several american sales i mean at soldiers or Army Officers is this is the kind of miscalculation that would trigger that would ask elation a lot will you do you see that the u. S. President trying to deescalate things earlier today he had a tweet out saying that this was a big mistake shooting down destroy but then later in the day he me he did say openly that theres the possibility that the firing at this drone could have been could have been an act that was also a mistake that doesnt sound like or a war mongering president does. Not a colt no one is saying no one is saying that dog tom is a warmonger thats not the question that the assumptions on which the the sit in his own decision the reason why i said this is a manmade crisis it was donald trump who exited the nuclear deal was which it was barak obama was signed it and 6 great powers and the assumptions is assumptions or the people out around dawn of problem is that iran will sat around iran will come back to the negotiating tables in fact they this has happened iran is punching back to iran is not surrendering your own will not sat around because it would bring about the collapse of the regime itself so the question is what are the options that donald trump has and thats why hes trying to deescalate in fact its the same statement after the attacks against the the ships in the gulf of oman he said oh it was a little attack the one that police say is setbacks and now theyre saying some might have made a mistake what this tells you that does not really want war that he is he has boxed himself and the iranians know it and theyre really trying to push basically the wrong bottom donald trump because it he realizes the options that he has a very limited but what the iranian leadership might be might be miscalculating as well might be fake it might be making some terrible risk that could really come to harm the iranian leadership in the next few days and next few weeks well those those those bad decisions that you are implying that may be in the process of being made does that include iran saying that it is going to take steps that could violate the Nuclear Agreements because we know that it has put the burden on europe to rescue the deal in within 10 days but europe has also made clear that if the nuclear deal is violated by iran then the European Union has no choice but to reinstate sanctions against iran. Absolutely and thats why i mean the general foreign minister and the French Foreign minister i really taking a serious initiative not their real major if no magic initiative escaped out by boat germany and france the French Foreign minister is go into iran to meet with his counterpart that taking iranian threat today say is the i dont think is in the interest of iran to accept the nuclear deal because it will lose not only the United States it would lose iraq europe is the only hope for iran but the iranian leaders the man that iran is bleeding the economy is bleeding the status quo is not tenable and that has economic war that has exacted the heavy toll on the iran so the iranians that thats and thats why the escalating and the dollar and as weve seen in the past you know few weeks i was gerges from the London School of economics joining us tonight from london for once we appreciate your time in your valuable insights tonight thank you and thanks for having me. If it happens once a year it is considered to be one of the biggest shows that the kremlin puts on for russia in the world president Vladimir Putins annual question and answer session with the public just tell spontaneousness event is one that can be debated but it is one of the most important p. R. Events for putin and his hold on power more than one of the half 1000000 people submitted questions to the president hoping that he would call on them on National Television now it wasnt a total love fest whether some russians confronted with their fears over falling incomes and the countrys Ailing Health care system acknowledged the concerns about declining incomes but he insisted the worst economic challenges are behind the continent on the. Use moscow correspondent. Sure when watched. With a careful. Bloody mirror putins annual call in show is like a safety valve its an opportunity to ask critical questions in a controlled state t. V. And environment this year the focus was very much on domestic issues after all theres a lot to discuss there there are the unpopular pensions reforms theres the hike that happened at the beginning of the year there are falling real wages and rising prices usually russians tend to blame the government rather than letting their put in for their problems but surveys show that trust in bloody near putin is that a long term low and in a surprising move in the show bloody near putin took responsibility for the failings of his government still the show is always an opportunity for putin to kind of wave his wand at the problems of ordinary russians and to make problems from dirty water to low wages simply go away the problem and the question at the moment is whether real russians here are normal russians really believe that Vladimir Putin can make those problems go away. Well there is one tall big many russians. What will happen to their garbage rather what happens to other peoples garbage if the excavation of a new garbage dump. Is already underway but local residents environmentalists they are doing their best to take a look. Human shields against diggers these activists have created a tent city and shes a town in northwestern russia authorities told them construction on a new garbage dump would stop but the arrival of a new excavator has spurred protesters back into action. We wont give up on she swilled ta if we have to the right of. This is all and we wont give it up. And one of the Security Forces keep an eye on things but they dont get involved and in the end the digger driver gives up. Shes has achieved prominence far greater than its modest train station would suggest last year local authorities struck a deal with moscow to dispose of garbage from the capital. Construction began a what would be one of europes biggest landfills but residents wouldnt put up with it. Private security personnel were brought in to discourage the activists but to no avail. Instead more people joined the protest at the moment about 100 of them live in this encampment next to the site. The builders have also set up a tent they call it an Information Center stocked with colorful brochures full of promises that moscows rubbish will be recycled the activists dont believe a word of it. Theyre. Going to get us through this will they say that the recycling plant will be built here and we have experience with this that is going to bury the rubbish in a 30 kilometer long trench and you can install a new. Alexi gun each of is part of a group that plants trees exactly where the construction crew cut down existing trees. Its a. Good look at the 1st row isnt just about this place its about the way garbage is dealt with all over russia were not just fighting for our region. People from other regions portis. We want to solve this problem all over the country not just here. With the program or the landfills financial backers say the possible Environmental Impact on the area is being looked at but environmental activists dont trust them. That says. Follow through. Unfortunately for protesters the local rail operator has announced it will stop Train Services to she sed by june 25th activists will have to find another way to join the fight against moscows dirty habits. Well the United Nations has a Record Number of people worldwide have been forcibly displaced this year by war persecution or violence the figure now totals 71000000 thats 2000000 more than last year and that includes Asylum Seekers refugees and people forced to leave their homes in their own country or to mark this un World Refugee day Amnesty International is highlighting the particular difficulties facing older refugees and to do that amnesty took cameras and recorded at camps that held for hinge or refugees for me and more after a crackdown by me and mars military almost 800000. 00 bourdin just fled to bangladesh and many of them were elderly. Life in bangladesh so crowded refugee camps can be a constant struggle. For the elderly its often nearly unbearable the Human Rights OrganizationAmnesty International interviewed nearly 150 displaced provenge at age 54 to over 90 they found that it didnt seize hadnt done enough to address the needs of older refugees. The latrines not that far for the people who can walk well its only a problem for me. I dont go to the camp to nick they dont provide good treatment they usually only give one of 2 tablets when my son buys medication for me i take that im wary of. Everybody and that this man was able to reach a designated age friendly clinic but such places are rare in the refugee camps for the elderly food medical and sanitation facilities are often difficult to reach researchers documented cases of older patients foregoing medicine because they could not navigate the challenging terrain to the clinics. And despite the challenges these are the lucky ones many other elderly wrote enjoy were unable to flee and me and mars army attacked their villages in rocking state. You know mothers that we were in the field the soldiers with chasing people and shooting people who could run managed to escape but those who couldnt run were killed and then out of the when the soldiers came and. My parents were inside for the last 5 years my parents werent able to move on their own we couldnt take them with his mommy flat my parents died when the house was told. Its uncertain when the road injured refugees will be able to return to their homes and me on mar for the elderly its not clear whether theyll ever make the trip home. Where he will be the next british Prime Minister well the answer to that is an either or situation tonight either u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt or former u. K. Foreign minister Boris Johnson they will now campaign until late july when all members of the conservative party will choose one of them as the partys new leader. We therefore declare that jeremy hunt and Boris Johnson are Going Forward to a page of the qualifying membership of the conservative and Unionist Party thank you very. Well in london right now because moss our very own is following the story for us good evening to you theyre going so former london mayor and foreign minister Boris Johnson remains the top contender for the job of tory leader and the next Prime Minister is his victory i mean is it a foregone conclusion now. Not a foregone conclusion he still needs to go to this final round needs to go to the party base but hes clearly the funder frontrunner and hes extremely popular with the party base hes weak charming he has a lot of charisma his critics accuse him of being a bit economical with the truth in fact they could use him of lying for example over claims during the brics a campaign that britain would save 350000000 a week that they can be used for other stuff here in the u. K. For example for the house have to say all this doesnt faze the party base they really adore him whenever he is for example at the Party Conference they just applaud him like nobody else so hes really very very popular with the base the clear frontrunner and what about his rival of the other candidates the foreign secretary jeremy hunt. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt doesnt have the same personality i would say as Boris Johnson boss and he is a remain us so that puts him at a disadvantage with the party base he did contain full remain during the referendum the party base is very much progress and they want to have this as done done as quickly as possible really jeremy hunt i think is the contender because hes seen or maybe as. A steady pair of hands hes made much about his history as a entrepr