This is also International Thanks for joining us. Mike pompei has announced a major policy reversal regarding israeli settlements in the west bank saying they did not necessarily violate International Law. The establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with International Conclusion that we will no longer recognize israeli settlements as per se inconsistent with International Law is based on the unique facts history and circumstances presented by the establishment civilian settlements in the west bank our decision today does not create prejudice or decide legal conclusions regarding situations in any other parts of the world. Bompas announcement comes 8 months after washington recognized israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that territory was seized from syria in 1967 and formally annex the 981. 00 under the trump of ministration the us has also broken with International Consensus in deciding to recognize jerusalem as israels capital but decisions were strongly condemned including by the un israels Prime Minister meanwhile to praise the United States latest move claiming it quote writes his story wrong. I will consider troop m. P. O. And the trumpet ministration announcement on legality of communities in judea and samaria there is no dispute about the right of the jewish people to the land of israel this is an appropriate response to the European Court decision and the boy could attempt against israel the 600000 illegal status already living in the west bank which is home to 3000000 palestinians we asked the political commentator me or him what the implications of this decision might be. This is of course a very. Discriminating way of conducting diplomacy and the United States has chosen to act unilaterally disregarding the United NationsSecurity Council even its allies and the western allies do not see eye to eye with washington on this topic so obviously it will not be a precedent and do night it states will probably be isolated obviously this is going to please the right wing in israel it is not going to change anything if the toll it is going to give more strength to do extremists in the Palestinian Community who say that people on the sea is not dura for statehood and that they must act violently and therefore israelis should be against this policy announcement and not for it. The president of iran has been used to quell mass anger over 50 percent hike in fuel prices this summer and he said on sunday that the government would compensate those worst hit whether there has been trouble and at least a dozen cities with buildings that vandalized and pictures of irans Supreme Leader burned. Well weve heard something coming out of europe finally and germany was the 1st european country to react and essentially berlin has said has called on the reigning in government to recognize what it called a legitimate plight of the people it is legitimate and deserving of our respect when people courageously aired their economic and political grievances as this card li happening in iran the iranian government should respond to the current protests was a willingness to negation dialogue while this statement is bound to rough quite some more feathers i should say in tehran because from the beginning of the up he of all the reigning in government has been saying that this hike in fuel prices is a lesser evil that its economy has been backed into a corner and the other option is approaching for the countrys economy to crumble under the weight of the u. S. Sanctions indeed the american penalties is something that iran has been citing as the key reason for all the economic trouble and hardship and these really unpopular measures the general public that to lawn has had to go for. But a bilin is not the only one siding with the protesters washington itself was in fact the 1st for a nation to come out forward and side with the protesters which despite all the violence and rioting and looting and even deaths washington has called a peaceful protest. As i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the United States is with you the United States supports the iranian people in the peaceful protests against the regime that is supposed to lead them we condemn the lethal force and severe Communications Restrictions used against demonstrators but we certainly stand by the people of iran what youre seeing today is them standing up. To their government saying that you know we demand accountability such comments have been met with outrage and iran for instance the leader of the country has said that he wont allow any outside force to hold his country hostage by sanctions i dont know our people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders economic pressure and our nation well it really is the countrys economy runs economy of course has been in somewhat of a freefall of a nosedive since these sanctions were imposed against it its currency its National Currency has lost some 60 percent of its value the inflation hiked over 41 percent by this. And its not only the Energy Sector or or the Nuclear Sector that has been targeted by sanctions no the countrys Health Care System has been targeted and has suffered badly from all the penalties for instance iran has been suffering from a severe shortage of lifesaving medications and just to give you a reminder as to what the as to where these sanctions came from last year donald trump decided to unilaterally withdraw from the rons nuclear deal that move was met with criticism by all other sides who signed the agreement back in 2015 those sides include the European Union and russia and iran too but when it comes to the European Union an american they while criticizing washingtons decision they have failed to take any action they have failed to pressure to make washington come back to the negotiating board. And signed the deal again and so this is what really didnt stand well with the to iran and iran has. Drawn accuse the European Union of not being as committed to the nuclear deal as the claim the are and this recent reaction that has been that has started to come out of europe with this recent statement from berlin this is not going to give iran any more hope or any more trust in europe as its partner meanwhile the International AtomicEnergy Agency is saying iran has informed the body it succeeded its stocks of heavy water above the level permitted by the nuclear deal around earlier condemned european signatories to the treaty for failing to deliver on their promises to boost trade with iran after the us withdrew from the treaty and reapplied sanctions since then iran has been taking steps away from the accord 1st of Political Science at the university of tehran believes that europe didnt want to maintain the deal in the 1st place. The europeans wanted to keep the deal in place but they were unable to stand you know american pressure their companies werent able to really invest in iran because of the us hegemony in the Global Economic order perhaps the europeans didnt want to keep the deal in place from the beginning rather the europeans were playing the a Good Cop Bad Cop strategy against iran in which the americans were the bad cop and the europeans were the good cop when the u. S. Decided to leave the nuclear deal and it was the europeans that convinced you want to stay in the law and they promised that you know they would shield yvonne from the sanctions and as a result of that iran actually stayed in the deal for a whole year without backing away from any of its of the geishas because of those european promises in reality none of those promises materialized so i think there is actual the actual possibility that the europeans went sincere in any of the promises they made from the beginning. Russian Media Outlets r. T. And sputnik are allegedly named in a still classified u. K. Parliamentary report on moscows suspected interference in the 26th briggs it referendum now the claims made in an article in the british newspaper the sunday tods the report apparently also states that the impact of supposed russian meddling is quote unquantifiable is our explains. But over the weekend the murdoch owned sunday times published an article with a headline saying revealed the russia report although this socalled report itself hasnt been released but this times clone served got access to it and seen whats within it and as far as theyre concerned that much of the focused is on sputnik the news agency and also art say and goes on to describe some of the numbers. Behind arties Online Activity in the lead up to the 2016 brecks it referendum social media analysis revealed that articles published by the russian sites had 4 times more social media impact before the breaks of vote than the official leave campaigns more than 260 articles posted by r. T. In sputnik in the 6 months prior to the referendum was shared so widely on twitter that they could have been seen up to 134000000 times so would appear journalism equals interference now the cross Party Intelligence and Security Committee that the ones who have been investigating the socalled alleged russian interference and theyre the ones who of drawn up this report but the government led by Boris Johnson vaguely accuse of sitting on this record and not releasing it earlier this month and thats led to heavy criticism from members of the opposition by secretary tell me that it is unprecedented but we should have had no response otoole explaining why any further delay is required in this case this is nothing less than an attempt to suppress the truth from the public and from parliament and it is an affront to our democracy if the report is being called for and written and should be in the Public Domain then what is it got to hide people will be justified in drawing the conclusion that the reporters findings are compromising or worse for the governments and the tory party now the opposition say that there could be information in that report which is damaging to the conservative party and thats why they havent released it but number 10 deny any wrongdoing saying that they are following all normal procedures now those of us who have been following u. K. Politics are used to open interference from us politicians going back to barack obama telling u. K. Voters to vote to remain in that breaks it referendum to donald trump just recently to. To come to some kind of leave alliance which. Could have actually taken place now yet another u. S. Politician has decided to wade into this latest row im dumbfounded that this government wont release the report about russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before election happened reporter like you and others should be absolutely relentless in trying to get to the bottom of it now that report hasnt been released in full yet and its likely that it will be so off those that actions are held on the top of. The violence in hong kong isnt a new phase has been a fierce standoff at the university of hong kong with police trying to reject demonstrators from the campus and being met with far bombs it was an unusual change in the choice of weapons for the protesters as well as some of them were equipped with homemade both Police Officers leg was pierced with an arrow during a confrontation around a barricaded university russo reports of rogers hampering the Emergency Services john has what a continuation of the protests could lead to a dreadful future for hong kong. Since june antigovernment rallies against plans to allow extradition to Mainland China have escalated the bill was withdrawn 3 months later but the violence continued and people demanding full democracy and an inquiry into offices actions that they described as being Police Brutality since the protests started some 4 and a half 1000 people have been arrested for Unlawful Assembly taking part in the riots and carrying a weapon with u. K. Police officer peter believes that the vast majority of actions by the Hong Kong Police were lawful because the city was being. The bottom line is that there is any use of force it can be complained about when one is complained about as Police Brutality to say occasional instances of high use of force which maybe are excessive im not sure of the ins and outs of hong kong law but i suspect its fairly similar to u. K. Law in terms of a reasonable amount of force being used to call riots and Disperse Protesters who are causing damage or threatening injury and so the vast majority of full speed news by the place words be lawful would be reasonable and in most circumstances. A British University staff union is declared white people are able to be black if they so wish you see you has a long history of enabling members to self identify whether that is being black disabled l. G. B. Plus or women a u. C. U. A new congress and further and Higher Education conferences policy and gender identity has been developed over many years. And this isnt the 1st time the idea of socalled trans racialism or racial fluidity has surfaced. Again you change your race if you ask rachel dollars are the white woman who spent the past 7 years claiming shes a black woman shed probably say yes like ray said as a construct again as a fluid understanding Ansley Lennon has a reputation as a leading figure in british rock fare to the director was even award it a grant reserved for people of color i just want to play with just a little white and i asked him specifically i said you know are you we go we are you we go we white or you biracial or you black or white he says i am biracial i said is that what is on your birth certificate he did not answer your genders are determined by your chromosomes race is a social construct not a matter of genetics judge do is simply taking that wisdom to its logical conclusion born a white male named adam we lurch i do now identifies as a filipino woman and i think its very important that the 2 lived experiences are treated distinctly i am a transgender woman and i am not qualified to comment on race. How somebody identifies is primarily a matter for them and whether or not that is recognized by the legal system is an entirely different question i believe its about lived experiences and its important in my view to troll a distinction between your live to experience and what the law and the state recognizes its not for any other person to pass judgment on the lived experience all the other if however one wishes to access for example Services Provided for a specific group of people that could them become an object matter where the state steps in. The u. S. President has intervened in the cases of American Service personnel convicted or accused of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq donald trump pardoned 2 u. S. Army officers and restore the navy seals rank Democratic Party president ial candidates of attack the 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. This fight the criticism from democrats its not just the republican president pardoned atrocities brings us more and just let you know her report includes a new feature q. R. Code you can use to get more Background Information on this story. A 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. These latest pardons can be added to the already bulging saw a labeled 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 up to a shameful trump might have been an outsider when he took the reins in 2016 but his policy of whitewashing questionable u. S. Military activity is a favorite white house past time previous administrations were also busy posturing up cia crimes and ducking accountability barack obama 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 past he 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 a perp prosecution under the war crimes act 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 Watchdog and having 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 you should be treated as an enemy combatant with you it should be closed down promoting indecisively but 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 thats safer to be trigger happy than dare to expose someone with just the click of your mouse. Officials in denmark of temporarily impose checks at border crossings into sweden the move was prompted by a spate of bombings and shootings around the capital copenhagen among them the bombing of the tax agency this was in august the Danish Justice Ministry claims that the perpetrators are traveled there from sweden and hes evangelise obsessed reports from the border. Denmark has drawn a line in the bridge behind me they have put checks to stop and search anyone coming from sweden after copenhagen has seen more than a dozen explosions in the sea this year alone the danes blame it on rival gangs mostly from sweden and hoping that these tricks 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 inflow across the border from sweden we will not accept that to counter the threat of serious cross border crime we are now strengthening protection of the border with sweden by introducing temporary controls and strong. And police and fire in the area then mork and sweden are both. Aerial members of the or is on the 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 then more 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 official counts of who says sweet is 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 the people who are arrested who are from sweden 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 the 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. Once worked well in sweden the government has gone on 180. 00 degrees by announcing a plan allowing police to have greater 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 label 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 not borders in europe are becoming real again eventually steps us for r. T. Mentioned earlier might have noticed a new feature that weve been trying out today certain stories in our run down of a q. R. Code alongside them you can get more information on the story concerned if youre interested give it a try ok that wraps it up from may for the saving appreciate your company this is a taste the chorale reason i look will have the latest for you and. Spoiler alert beside issued on the program is not about the trumping pietschmann drama instead we focus on ukraine and why are the Corporate Media so misleading about the military coup in bolivia. Good food descriptions its owned up to tell using even for the owners so how to choose his pet Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us then whats 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 that can allergies we are actually creating these problems and its a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to fairy simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets streets a larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making a 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. What holds to. Put them so. They get accepted or rejected. So when you want to present. For some who want to be pressed. Into the right to be pressed as what the 43 of them or cant be good. Interested always in the waters of morality. Question. From. Time after time if you were going underground is pictures continue to emerge of alleged atrocities committed in gaza before the signing of a temporary cease fire agreement coming up in the show we go to ramallah to hear from the former palestinian Prime Minister nabil shaath now Senior Advisor to president abbas plus what is netflixs the crown season 3 not telling you about the british monarchy u. K. Former Home Office Minister and privy councillor to the Queen Norman Baker reveals all that you want to hear from the mouths of a navy a coleman and Helena Bonham carter all of them all going up in todays going underground the 1st this month marks 45 years since Yasser Arafat became the 1st socalled on state leader to address the United NationsGeneral Assembly in his speech he claimed optimism based on the attitudes of human rights of the u. N. Charter. This attitude heightens the hypes all the world attached to the un contribution in defending the issues of peace and justice and independence to create a new world free from colonialism imperialism neo colonialism and racism in all its forms including zionism he went on to offer israel and all of branch about 15 years ago last monday he would be dead israel still continuing to violate un Security Council resolutions and in the past few days fighting has intensified between the socalled largest prison camp in the world gaza and illegally occupied israeli settlements israels ambassador to london has not got back to going underground and successive representatives have never been available for interview on this program joining me now from ramallah is a Senior Palestinian official and former chief negotiator and Prime Minister of policy