Watching our to International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 10 am to the program. U. S. And canadian investigators are due to arrive at the sign of wednesdays plane crash in tehran on irans invitation a 176 passengers on the ukrainian passenger jet lost their lives iran says a thorough investigation is underway but has rejected what it calls a logical and impossible claims by western leaders that it may have accidentally shot down the boeing jet. Looks at the growing speculation even before any probe has been carried out. Nothing instills confidence and international leaders. Of precise language. We have intelligence. From multiple sources including are allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an array near the surface to air missile and it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say was be can it go i personally dont think thats. Even a question there is now a body of information that the flight was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile which may well have been unintentional we are working closely with canada and our International Partners and they now need to be a full transparent investigation on specific intelligence unnamed allies multiple mysterious sources hardly the right one expects a at that level of diplomacy and b. When discussing the tragedy thats left 176 dead its on surprising that iran has batted off this latest slew of unfounded allegations about the crash of Ukrainian Airlines flight 75. 00 to a nudge for calm and not check to prevail scientifically it is impossible that a missile hit the ukrainian plane and such room is illogical and its not an unreasonable request the investigation into the events of wednesday morning which saw the boeing 737 bound crash just minutes after takeoff has only just begun final report into aviation disasters take months if not years to be published they require coordination between numerous governments and organizations which is why iran has invited multiple investigators including from boeing to visit the crash site in the meantime all there is a series with nothing but unnamed sources to back it all up which is why amid all the confusion and contradictions the ukrainian president who lost 11 of his citizens that morning as they were tonto im also called for an end to all the chatter and noise. Asking everyone to refrain from speak. Nationwide conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions and its not a topic for heights but the spiraling tensions between tehran and washington especially in the past week have triggered an unprecedented level of scrutiny on the region and people dont seem willing to heed calls for calm especially when they feel the tide might be turning in a favored direction iraq could Strike Missile system is among the main working theories since there was information on the internet about elements of the Russian Missile being found near the site of the crash it didnt take long for the Mainstream Media to jump on that bandwagon c. N. N. Has never been one to turn down an unverified source especially when russia is involved pointed the finger at a bomb or missile new evidence indicates iran shot down ukrainian flight 75 to with 2 surface to air missiles made by russia an undeniable evidence they offered a photo from twitter posted on the count that was later suspended maybe it breached the companys fake news guidelines but nonetheless even all the way across the pond the hysteria continued for the 1st one is the possibility that that plane was hit by a Russian Missile just after takeoff independent also published an article citing something called the o. P. s group an independent organization which has little to recommend itself other than it provides information and aviation professionals and foxs thats according to its twitter page nevertheless if confident enough to recommend people just assume the plane was shot down until evidence to the contrary emerges guilty until proven innocent its a new name of the game in todays political landscape. Experts told us that any speculation over the plane crash is dangerous before any official findings have been made public. Its very important that the investigators be gathering the information and that it is the integrity of the evidence is maintained so whats in the materials are gathered samples of seat samples of metal and other you know the black boxes themselves a watch that evidence is being advised to start to be analyzed information can start coming out quickly regarding the alleged cause of the accident in a more confirmed and substantial way this is all speculation we dont really know. The black box which the iranians will have would give some of the clues and we have to wait for the iranian investigation and the conclusions theyve arrived out of did to the americans american sources say that there were 2 missiles which Russian Missiles because the defense the defense is in fact russian of course is jumping the gun its speculation were all speculating because this is something. Tragedy because. It brings into doubt the protection and safety of civilian we have to wait and see what the true reasons were what with the from the scientific technical point of view. The u. S. House of representatives has passed a resolution aimed at limiting President Trumps ability to use military force against iran however the bell may not pass the Republican Controlled Senate the white house has condemned the bill as an obstacle to progress to terrorism and has more. Trump is imposing new sanctions on the Islamic Republic of iran saying that they will stay in place until americas bidding is done theyre losing a tremendous amount they getting heard very badly by the sanctions can in very quickly but as to whether or not they want thats up to them not up to me its totally up to them its classic trump said an ultimatum and wait for a surrender but its a little bit risky given that its a ron which has boasted that its latest attacks on u. S. Bases are just a hint of its retaliatory capabilities however its a different kind of retaliation thats facing trumpet the moment the trumpet ministration is now on the defensive about their decision to kill rons top general qassam sala money without congressional approval their excuse they say qassam solomonic he was planning to carry out new attacks against america and swift action was absolutely necessary. Was actively planning new attacks and here is looking very seriously at our embassies and not just the embassy in baghdad but we stopped him and we stopped him quickly and we stopped him. There is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by qassam so the money we dont know precisely when and we dont know precisely where but it was real however members of congress both democrats and republicans who saw the classified intelligence briefing say that the information in the report to back up those claims is wanting his the young classified version of what trumps and congress after the hits on some the money from all weve seen including the redacted parts here and the briefing the facts do not show an imminent threat there just avoid the nation ok so lamont you are claiming that he was planning imminent attacks and yet they produce no evidence that would just avoid this claim not even in a classified setting i wanted to hear the intel. 1st what i hear was less than satisfying i can tell you as a United States senator coming out of a classified briefing they did not show us that they were dealing with an imminent threat i saw no evidence of that whatsoever that was insulting that was demeaning to the process ordained by the constitution and i find it completely unacceptable the white house says it is not obligated to share all the information with members of congress and that doing so might mean a risky mike pence says that at this Point Congress shouldnt expect anything further and they should trust the president when it comes to intelligence we have to protect sources and methods and so theres only a certain amount that we can share with every member of congress i can assure that those of us that have seen all the evidence that saw the evidence in real time know that President Trump made the right decision now this isnt the 1st time that the house and senate have been left in the dark claims about russia hacking the d. N. C. Or china spying on the whole world and followed roughly the same playbook there doesnt seem to be any real evidence that iran was planning to attack america that friend in washington d. C. Seems to be that the executive branch is out on its own collecting information and engaging in military Actions Congress is just supposed to take their word for it and trust them and while that may be the steady trend for decades it seems like in the year a 2020 elected representatives from both parties are now saying theyre not ok with it i think there is a lot of. American public. Concern about the assassination and the fact that it pulls young people think that it needs americans less safe and so what was the point and i dont think people are buying troops explanation that he gave that it was because of an imminent attack on the u. S. Embassy. You know and i mean i think that. You close the door in the last duty of the senate will also nearly support the were parishes close in. The death of gen solomonic the potential for a new start in the region those are just some of the issues discussed by r. T. As Afshin Rattansi and the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations office at geneva you can watch the interview in 4 and the latest episode going underground on saturday but for now heres a short preview. By that assassination the United States has already. Served because the that reclines distinguished from better varies them from civilized rules of engagement ok but will there be any more revenge now from iran for the trump assassination of mali this is the beginning of a very. I guess exciting episode. It was a wakeup call for the people in the region and beyond. This was. An action an act of selfdefense by an armed forces against us but are they told you or i think this is the beginning of a i hope not too long process that the people of our region would be get rid of. The american presence in the region because their prisons in our region has brought nothing except. Misery one or and hatred. Large sections of the french population are joining what has become the longest transport workers strike in decades called over unpopular pension reforms. But weve already seen tear gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowds here in paris and the crowds are huge just want to get you to go up and get a sense of looking down the street to seclude to Mission Tents and pushing much all the way down to our last of the publique it is shaka block with people people whove come out to support the strike and it still looks like its getting huge amount to support in terms of have the strike is going there is more public transport that is operational at the moment in paris are we seeing trains operating fairly normally metros operating fairly normally in the mornings and in the evenings ive been doing that the large parts of the day little is operating apart from the automated lines thats 1. 40 now in terms of the general support for this strike the polls in foggs show that most people are still supporting the strike people very unhappy from across the board about these changes to the Pension System to the reforms that the government wants to make it wants to put food to different Pension Systems down into one universal system to end many of the special regimes it says that yes actually its still offering many special regimes to the police to sometimes but work is said to india either be destroying get a strike moving to try and get the impasse safe to cross that the other big issue. Hes raising the retirement age up to 64. 00 its currently 62. 00 a with front so they want to add another 2 years on to that but of course that wont affect anybody whos retiring in the next 17 years say the government they say will only affect those who turn 18 in the next few years but people are furious here they saying you know they dont want to sellouts their children speeches that run childrens features and thats why they determined to come out into the streets to keep protesting tensions are rising here towards the end of the protests they just want to get you to have a look back down there thats too would sun lazard in the center of paris you can see those clouds of tear gas inside still due to gas still raining down on the protesters as the police try it and control the situation here you can hear the people in the crowd sound shouting everyone hates the police thats a chant we take quite often but you can really feel the tension right shooting up a in paris at the end of the protests it has been largely peaceful a tear gas has been deployed throughout it and we have seen some individuals arrested individuals who apparently throwing checks to the police that sounds like some grenades but it could also be to gas coming down this but you might be able to see the lights coming up on the fly as it sounds like that was a sound going to aid going off that people saying that they wont get to even live to enjoy their retirement and they determined to stay out in the streets and to make sure people know theyre unhappy. Cultural wants her slumber here jack says the rally strikes at the very ideals of them across the government for more on this story including his analysis that our web site party dot com. You know all still to come on the program under fire pharmaceutical giant bear hires a new chief of public and. Government affairs as it begins to make its image more environmentally friendly or break down why not everyone is buying that after this. Reduced to 6 physics is nothing but the harmony you can create on vibrating strings that is chemistry chemistry is the melody the melodies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is a symphony of strings. Trump is a new yorker and he looks at the global picture and he sees the tension in the middle east he sees iran doing a dance with the neighbors and theres like you know what lets just cut to the chase this is take out a guy in iraq and were going to get more money printing right away because i want to make my pain med this weekend why fots around this is the new york way of doing things i said it when he 1st got elected its like having a new yorker in the white house and having in new york around the world im a new yorker so you know i got to tell you i want to. Join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and ill be speaking to guest of the world the public picks for this list im show business ill see you then. Welcome back mr tickle john bear month facing a slew of lawsuits over its cancer link her best time brand roundup has changed tack now claiming that its products help fight Climate Change are to put all of our explains. Climate change and how best to reverse the human impact on the environment is already one of the main topics of 2020 but while some are looking for ways to solve the problems facing the pointing of accusatorial finger is suggesting they are using climate concerned to try and salvage sullied reputations paid chemical and pharmaceutical colossus for example buyable some thought to be more exact the group of facing a string of lawsuits of allegations there wed kill a coles and continues to coles council the company has tried to spawn hearings and settle out of coal too with some accuses now theyre taking a different tack in claiming their product is good for reducing c o 2 levels the production of dreyfus eightys quite c o 2 intensive but its you save 3 times more c o 2 if you use a tractor with a plow you generate Greenhouse Gas emissions but has been used to be an m. P. 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Quick fix being sold by business not being really Viable Options when it comes to tackling Climate Change are out there to see fake plastic bags for example the scourge of the garbage dump a plastic bag can take up to a 1000 years a biopsy been told to biodegrade so and civil tentative labeled as bio degradable came out on the market they were a snap self however in reality they have little better than what they would say to replace a lot of shops a selling packaging described by degradable composed in fact that i think might only be composed in an industrial composed and even then some items might not be food digested this is where people have to be careful because while there are all those out there looking for Real Solutions to the real problems there are also the areas that see a popular hash tag or a trending topic on social media while they have business attached to it and while that may be very well and good for the find balance is the Vice President of Public Relations has the potential to distract from the great day shes monsanto as a long period of trying to influence the results of science and interfere with the regular scientific communities were its been going on for over 20 years and monsanto has never had any respect for the environment in any of its work its not honorable to all of a sudden pick out one thing and claim that theyre going to be for sustainable environment its what we call green washing when a company over a sudden jumps on something sustainable and claims that theyre doing the right thing while it is a common trend because they realize that young people have different ideas than their parents or grandparents so. They are trying to reach these young people and make save or alter their companies and their products. 3 and 4 u. K. Domestic Abuse Victims who are trying to escape their partners last year where then faced with them with online abuse from them as according to the countrys largest provider of shelters for Abuse Victims she would ask other people to check my account and screw child who i was with and where i was huge create fake profiles on facebook and me she would email colleagues contexts she was mean superiors and felt like every day i was looking over my shoulder he had to be unable to access her location the real time calendar with the details of all of her appointments with solicitors doctors the job center etc he could see the Search History of her maps and also had access to her internet Search History knowing her location in the refuge was a huge safe to risk for her other residence is tough she had to pack her bags and move to another refuge in the middle of the night according to the report around 4000 women who sought help in 2019 so that they were abused by their ex partners online about 75 percent of victims of the online abuse comes in different forms the most common methods are tracking the victims locations through devices making revenge porn as well as harassment on social media the report adds that abusers use technology for the purposes of controlling humiliating or monitoring their victims we spoke to social media more your koan here believe social media should take more action to protect victims from online abuse. Online abuse of women has become almost an epidemic in recent years the difficulties that we are having a to do with advanced technology where women can be secretly filmed they can be trucked every movement they make. Is sometimes being traced by abusive spouse or former spouse and it means that they have nowhere to go theres no refuge for them in relation to reports of trolling in the law and abuse on tweeter and instant running out of sorts social media platforms social Media Companies must make it far easier for women who are in distress to receive help this should be an alarm button that is being responded to technically this could be resolved very quickly all we need is well by governments 1st by the u. K. Government to compare website operators to remove abusive content that has been posted about women. Thats a wrap up of the days top news for now but dont forget you can always had to our website r. T. Dot com for the details on all the stories and many more. Good food descriptions sound up to tell using even for the owners so how to choose this pet Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out that food may not be as healthy as people believe and we have animals that have you know diabetes and arthritis they have auto immune disorders theyve got allergies we are actually creating these problems and its a huge epidemic of toms all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets less treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making it a 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. Reality has mandates of its own that go beyond what our wishes and preferences are. And our utopian visions maybe were going to get a new deal but it may not be the Green New Deal that people are expecting will get the Green New Deal that we have we deserve rather think we are going to get a Green New Deal because the green youre dealing compass is things beyond just right Infrastructure Health care is in that new deal there are other elements if you go back 20 start in 2006 that we are going to get and that are popular in this country. Donald trump says that iran is standing down for military conflict is it and if not oil. Happens next with the u. S. Marine crisis expert analysis on this edition. Of the politic on larry king on wednesday downtime suggested that iran is standing down from further military action against the United States has a rand taken a socalled off ramp in the escalating crisis with america and what happens next the current tensions between the United States and to run for a novel says we turn to a couple of its words they are Barbara Slaven director of the Atlantic Council future of iran an issue divs and author a bit of friends bosom enemies or ran the United States and the twisted pairs to confrontation she is in washington. And in Miami Michael centro flow Foreign Policy expert and especially expert in the middle east ok barbara how do you see it with the president that the rain is standing down no not at all on fact there just been some more rockets fired into the green zone in baghdad no i think this phase perhaps is over their explicit retaliation for the assassination of their Senior National security official cause im still in money but this tension will continue as long as the United States and iran are not negotiating are not sitting down and talking about peace so its far from over do you see them coming to the table. Its very hard for me to envision right now and less donald trump is prepared to offer iran some to some incentive some economic incentives as you know the trumpet ministration has put into place a policy of what it calls maximum pressure which entails a and oil embargo. An effort to prevent iran from exporting any oil there have been efforts that that have been made french president emmanuel macro has made these efforts but they require the United States to offer iran some sanctions relief in return iran would return to compliance with the nuclear deal that trump withdrew from back in 2018. Reads im more optimistic the u. S. Military strength in the persian gulf is rather overwhelming so ryan has to avoid a military confrontation that is direct head on with the u. S. Military. In terms i think theyre scared because you know the targeting of the general makes the war afraid