Hello good morning just gone 11 here in moscow you watching r. T. International that the u. S. President has intervened in the cases of American Service members Service Members convicted or accused of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq or trump 2 u. S. Army officers and restored navy seals rank u. S. Democratic president ial candidates have attacked his decision. Theres nothing military about overruling military Justice System to prevent it from delivering accountability for war crimes the president has again dishonored our Armed Services trumps intervention in the American MilitaryJustice System to pardon Service Members accused or convicted of war crimes betrays the rule of law the values that make our country exceptional and the men and women who wear the uniform honorably he is not fit to command our troops well despite the criticism from democrats its not just the republican president who has pardoned atrocities or give us more on this but just a quick heads up before we do her report does include any feature aq. Are nice to get more information on the story. Victorious Election Campaign on a platform of non intervention but dont trump is still juggling wars against fake news and the democrats and far away against tara so its hardly surprising he has a soft spot for the dogs of war no not this one these ones. I. The. Walking free cut to see of the president s generosity and you know why well when youve got almost a quarter of a 1000000 soldiers aboard boosting morale and giving an incentive to put your life on the line in foreign lands its just what you have to do when our soldiers have to fight for our country i want to give them the confidence to fight for some of their trumps words fail to ring true against a backdrop of human rights reports questioning the morality and lawfulness of american activity abroad for those unconvinced these latest pardons can be added to the already bulging thaw a label of. Military activity with this use of his powers trump has sent a clear message of disrespectful or morality of the military Justice System and those in the military who are barred by the laws of war i would include the victims of these crimes but have no illusion he cares for them to a shameful trump might have been an outsider when he took the reins in 2016 but his policy of whitewashing quo. Suitable u. S. Military activity is a favorite white house pos time previous administrations were also busy putting up cia crimes and ducking accountability brought bamma for example the very president who found the cias tool to techniques went around doing some pardoning of his own giving to soldiers who talked to detainees to death a freepost best not to dwell on the postie said on woods and upwards for those who carried out some of these operations within the 4 corners of. Legal opinions or guidance that had been provided from the white house. I do not think its appropriate for them to be prosecuted as a general deal i think that we should be looking forward and not backwards and apparently it doesnt matter whether you read or blue take george bush he was also pretty relaxed when it came to those secret cia silos and some believe our military and intelligence personnel involved and capturing and questioning terrorists could now be at risk for prosecution under the war crimes jack simply for doing their jobs in a thorough and professional way this is unacceptable. And while these soldiers might have been given a get out of jail free card despite having been tried and convicted by a court condemned by International Watch dogs and housing the blood of civilians on their hands i wonder if 2nd chance cards will be given so easily to those quoting out the crimes Julian Assange is engaged in terrorism he should be treated as an enemy combatant with you it should be closed down permanently and decisively and im not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the death i dont want to do it illegally shoot the son of a this is a man of this gone beyond anything i am aware of wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service u. S. Cyber warfare people should use wiki leaks for target practice it seems for u. S. Officials theres still plenty up for interpretation and that its safer to be trigger happy than dare to expose someone with just the click of your mouse we spoke about this is from the United NationalAntiwar Coalition he thinks it is wrong the u. S. Prosecute those who expose war crimes rather than the use you commit the. It shows that tells the world that the United States can be lawless with impunity in countries all over the world that a position was held but. It was whole but bush it was held by obama now held by trump. Position met cant be justified under any sense of justice these people who deserve to be in jail these were criminals are kept out however people that expose their crimes such as julian to son george also in manning those are the people we go after and prosecute theyre going to kill the messenger but they dont say anything about the message because they didnt say that one word that he said put out through wiki leaks was was untrue. Not a very good policy. Thats them our queer fish was there have temporarily imposed checks at border crossings into sweden the move was prompted by a spate of bombings and shootings around the capital copenhagen among them it was the bombing of the tax agency an organist the Danish Justice Ministry claims the perpetrators had travelled from sweden until a sip sas now reports from the border between 2 countries. Denmark has drawn a line in the bridge behind me they have put checks to stop and search anyone coming from sweden after copenhagen house in more than a dozen exported in the sea this year alone the danes blame it on rival gangs mostly from sweden and hoping that these checks will put an end to it the explosion at the tax agency and the double killing in her leave are examples of the serious crimes that can flow across the border from sweden we will not accept that to counter the threat of serious crimes by the crime we are now strengthening protection of the border with sweden by introducing temporary controls and strengthen Police Efforts in the area then mark and sweden are both in. Area members of the or isnt. Bridge used to be a free passport bridge for nearly 60 years but not anymore for at least 6 months it is this bridge that the danish authorities believe perpetrators crossed into denmark causing all the explosions. But as bombings become a worrying trend in the usually safe country here in sweden criminal gangs are on the rise according to official statistics there have been 38. 00 more explosions this year than 2018 but its not only the explosions gun related crimes are fast becoming a concern too during the ninetys the average were 4 per year now nearly 40 and the public puts these incidents down to immigrants but the teligent chief says it is not correct to link newcomers to criminal organizations in sweden they do not they. Make a fist still counts of who says sweetest and who is actually an immigrant so in sweden they do not know this but we make these counts in denmark and we can see that a lot of those who are that they are a 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants of people who are arrested who are from sweden who it does these attacks in copenhagen are also a 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants and of course it would be normal to show that they if theres a problem with the 2nd one 1st generation immigrants and that is social why would do this in denmark because we have to know. What the problem is before we can do anything about it from the famously soft approach that once worked well d in sweden the government has gone on 180 degrees by announcing a plan allowing police to have. Stop and search powers but also making it easier for them to search suspects houses and access their devices and all this with the backing of sweetness officials we welcome that denmark is taking action to fight crime in the orissa and region i have respect for the Danish Government strengthening Border Control you know that to keep criminals on a short leash the country of Little Mermaid bicycles and legal had its fair share of violence in the past in the ninetys this quiet country saw bombings and shootings by rival biker gangs but no checkpoints were introduced well whether you blame it on the migrant crisis or large orders in europe are becoming real again eventual of steps us for r. T. Now the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices some rouhani said on sunday that the government who compensate those who are worst affected theres been trouble in at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of irans Supreme Leader burned. Well the surprise increase in fuel prices was announced on friday with the government saying the revenues will fund support for the poor the moves backed by irans Supreme Leader who described the rioting sabotage and call of the protesters hooligans meanwhile washington has voiced its support for the protest a move that to iran has slammed as hypocritical. As i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the United States is with you i will not hire our people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put economic pressure on our nation or your irans economy has been in freefall since the u. S. 3 imposed sanctions after pulling out of the international uclear deal last year a National Currency has lost around 60 percent of its value on unofficial markets and inflation hit 42 percent in the year leading up to october aside from fuel prices the crisis has put a huge strain on the Health Care System to you with shortages of life saving medication political scientists cafe off the c. R. B. Says though that the u. S. Sanctions have had a devastating impact on ordinary people. We are hearing increasing reports not just from you know reliable lead any other sources but also you and i know the International Organisations are but the devastating effects of the u. S. Sanctions on ordering the particularly with respect to import much needed medicine and you know you also have. All there are economic that is their country be a to tool high unemployment and and so on all are which mr pearl kind leniently. Ignores d the claims to be you know in support of the people shedding crocodile tears for down while imposing these harsh and savage economic sanctions on iran that violation of the Un Security Council resolution 2231 without the International Agreement that the us unilaterally walked all out of. Now you might have noticed a new feature that weve started to run today because certain stories do have a q. R. Code alongside them which you can use to get more information on the stories that he said and give it a try about the morning just after spring. The world is driven by shaped by one person. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. Spearing dramatic developments only really im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Welcome back now universities in australia are being asked to disclose their a. B. C. s financial donors and also Research Partners thats under the guidelines designed to counter foreign interference one quarter as mine. Once a place for the Free Exchange of ideas now a battleground for political influence universities in australia have been ordered to reveal their Research Partners and financial donors to the state all in the name of combating socalled foreign interference weve got to make sure that we continue to because with the foreign interference threat the unprecedented levels it will evolve if we can get a change of culture now campuses that is the best way that we can ensure that we deal with the threat of forward into theory this new federal directive isnt just targeted at any old interference congress convinced chinese influence is growing at an alarming rate how exactly is that putting the nation at risk well a new report says australias universities are too were alliant on Chinese Students for their economic survival its healthy to foreign students the problem is when you have so many foreign students that you depend on them for your financial survival theres a double play here in terms of these training approach the guidelines dont think so who will specify that this is targeted you can say to any one country but everybody knows. Who else china is the obvious so if youre the primary one the congress has still a need to beijings influence isnt only about economics back in july the attorney general called for an investigation into the beijing funded confucius universities in australia it coincided with a protest that turned violent at the university of queensland between pro hong kong independent students and chinese mainlanders now the government suspects students sympathetic to the hong kong protests are being silenced and while admits a lack of evidence the states anti china attitude has been left unchanged the review finds that there are a number of specific facts is that could give rise to the perception that the Confucius Institute is could be facilitating inappropriate for an influence in the department this reviews from no. Evidence of actual political influence being exerted by the Chinese Government through the Confucius Institute in New South WalesPublic Schools no evidence no problem i guess University Staff will still have to follow the rules of this new directive to declare foreign funding but whether or not its a real issue is another discussion especially as reports of racism against Chinese Students have become more and more widespread as of late and as canberra has been stifling scientific cooperation with china by making it more difficult for scientists to get visas coordinated influence from beijing hasnt even been proven to exist and yet the countermeasures against it are already having a very real effect it has the potential of restricting donors and also in the nature of research having direct government interference Academic Freedom is already compromised as it is and its not very clear as it stands how these guidelines are going to operate in the workplace so for example the various University Managers making comments that we will try to accommodate these particular concerns to see what happens at Research Well as to our schools what the end game is and the end game here is to try to broader very public and International Statement distributed wants to restrict and rein in the venture chinese influence whether actual river. Of a number of people seeking sex reassignment surgery near any capital is on the rise according to the rain in the Legal Medicine Organization but we spoke with the iranian actor and director summer and asked whos organized a small theater staging before mrs to promote transgender where. I live in iran and i was a well known director and it is clear that going through a sex change is a little unnerving but i overcame my shame and fears when i went through this. At the age of 41 audiences in our theater include family members of transgender people and workers who come and watch my performance im glad that they come here it changes their views on gender issues i think the influence of my theatre has been significant so we have large audiences and the performance runs up to 24 nights if we can reach just turn that around 3000 people then thats a big step i have the chance to create something positive in the middle east i already have 6 projects going on internationally compared to many countries we are sentries ahead with we are also behind some countries so we need to improve and we have the potential transsexuality was made illegal in iran in 1987 the government offers Financial Assistance to win certain gender reassignment cases according to the state Welfare Organization of iran 70 people apply for help every year where sex change is regarded as a medical disorder in iran and is only permitted after a rigorous assessment process this includes medical tests and psychiatric examinations we spoke with surge in iraq back a about the tread. I carry out gender reassignment surgery on 2 or 3 patients each month patients are fully supported some of their costs are covered by state funds but they need to pay the rest my colleagues are aware of what we do and i havent heard any negative views from patients who come in for other procedures kidney stone removal and so on they view it positively that the patients attend at least 10 therapy sessions with psychologists and psychiatrists theyre given full information on the operations possible side effects the pros and cons so when patients are accepted for surgery and come here they are psychologically prepared then they start hormone therapy. Now if you signed up for disneys Flagship Streaming Service and were looking forward to watching your favorite episodes of the simpsons you could well be disappointed thats because when episode featuring the voice of Michael Jackson has been dropped from the platform. You hire Michael Jackson just. From the simpsons. Episode includes a character who thinks he is Michael Jackson and was in reality forced by the singer credits to mention his name the decision to drop the episode annoyed Michael Jacksons nephew jackson one of finally reports about all the leaving neverland lies exposed or how hypocritical this is for both disney and the simpsons or uses here to take another dig at my uncle who is no longer here to defend himself ok seriously this this is welcome its taken too far theres no need for this im so tired of this p. C. World were creating a world of shelters people who will have no clue of whats what didnt explain why it decided to drop the episode but fox 1st removed it after a controversial documentary about jacksons misconduct emerge executive producer of the simpsons said that they did have the right take that particular chapter out of their story that chapter of their book right we put the issue up to debate. I dont think it was right at all heres the thing about it what we have recently seen with what i would call Council Culture is identifying a person who has you know been a sexual predator with Sexual HarassmentSexual Assault sexual abuse there are enough sexual predators that are currently available for us to address them to go digging up dead bones thriller well i see it totally differently i dont think its even touching whether or not Michael Jackson was or wasnt i firstly loved his music i think its as simple production decision and commercial decision by a corporate system thats always been a part of entertainment and benefactor so i dont think it necessarily is a comment by the simpsons or the creators of the simpsons on michael or on what occurred or didnt occur this was not just a decision that was made and it has nothing to do with Michael Jackson this was specifically removed why because it contained the voice of Michael Jackson who they decided they wanted to saying should and just like with countries in International Government you think should someone as a way to punish them my colleague here is very determined to make this about the things that unfortunately were attached to michaels brand identity when he was living and frankly shes the one doing that not the prieta of the simpsons in fact they might be even said to be acting out of respect for the family and respect for Michael Jacksons estate by choosing to eliminate that episode or his voice net as they were in a capitalist society and all of these things have money attached to them if if Michael Jackson appears on an episode of one of the Longest Running Television Shows in the u. S. If his voice is there his family receives royalties ok so in it so his family has no interest in Michael Jacksons voice ever being muted because if i knew actually benefits them to for the for the rest of us to continue to carry on his legacy. Celebrate his greatness i would say that any economic interest of the company the economic interest of the company is just as valid as the interests of the jacksons Family Holdings in their state the the interest of the company to not get sued every time Michael Jacksons name of fans of you or maybe thats a plague in hollywood right now weve seen all these great shows gotten sued and attacked a bunch 1st 1st subjective feelings of viewers so why dont we go ahead and broaden this and just say nobody has to be trying to hurt anybody to and to protect their bottom line. The baby had if you are not see now before we go just reminded that we are using q. R. Codes now in some of our reports scan those and i will lead you to more information on the story. To give it a try but with more at the top and. Join me every thursday on the alex im unsure when ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. The tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implemented for inside venezuela things look different were going to announce sanctions against petroleum to venezuela associated. Famously have a son of the moment goes. Down for something. That would assume the captain of the moment the focus of the whole story isnt new nixon called in Henry Kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. The chilean economy scream so wants to make the economy of venezuela screed. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered Peter Lavelle spoiler alert this edition of the program is not about the pietschmann drama instead we focus on ukraine and why our Corporate Media is so misleading about the military coup in bolivia. Across talking some real news im joined by my guest and he is a professor at the Higher School of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have Dimitri Bobbitt shes a political analyst and editor and interest me internet media project and in london we cross to Marcus Papadopoulos hes the editor of politics for us magazine all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate im going to go to as usual the markets in london 1st here i hope you didnt waste too much time watching the congressional hearings over the last week it was a total waste of time it was a Kangaroo Court but one thing that kind of struck me is that how and i didnt know this i didnt know that the United States and ukraine were the kind of strategic allies that they were made out to be on National Television so tell me marcus when did this happen because as far as i know ukraine is not in nato the United States and ukraine have no treaty of self defense protecting each other and maybe none of these things exist theyve never been debated but apparently according to these functionaries thats what spoke to adam schiff ukraine is an important strategic ally your thoughts my friend. Well peter let me 1st of all to say this there is a clear attempt by the little late within the american establishment to suffer american democracy and this latest attempts to impeach donald trump really does a pitiful eyes what is going on in america now turned into ukraine peter june make our google shops 10 yet in the kremlin he once remarked that there can be no surrogate union without ukraine and indeed that accurate statement by who will shortz can can be equally applied to the russian empire namely without the ukraine that could not have been a czarist and part for centuries the ukraine has been of absolute importance to moscow but if in our recent communist times and in crescent daytimes however peter you credit is also of enormous importance to america because not only does washington carve it the main dust through an agricultural