From our moscow studio where its currently just a minute past 3 in the morning youre watching r. T. International thank you for joining us we start with this the u. S. Secretary of state mike compare has announced a major policy reversal regarding israeli settlements in the west bank saying they do not necessarily violate International Law. The establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with International Law 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 establishing the civilian settlements in the west bank or decision today does not prejudice or decide legal conclusions regarding situations in any other parts of the world compos and now its meant comes 8 months after washington recognized israeli sobriety over the Golan Heights that territory was seized from syria in 1967 and formally at next in 1981 under the trumpet ministration the us has also broken with International Consensus in deciding to recognize jerusalem as israels capital both decisions were strongly condemned including by the un israels Prime Minister meanwhile has praised the United States latest move claiming it quote writes a historical wrong. I will consider a true pump and the trumpet ministration announcement only galatea 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. Well for some more insight on this we can now cross live to Michael Maloof hes a former Pentagon Security analyst michael thanks for joining us lets start here the u. S. Has broken as we are saying with the overwhelming International Consensus here lets take that thats the u. N. G. A. You want to see red cross and International Court of justice they all say the settlements all illegal so what has prompted this shift in policy from the u. S. Well i think its just one more manifestation of. The United States supporting whatever the israelis want the agreed to the annexation of the go on which was to. And over by conquest. And. The same basically with the west bank and where these what hes doing as netanyahu is doing is just seen everything and he doesnt really care what the palestinians think and i think hes probably developing this from the mood and the signals that hes received from the saudis where they dont really feel that the palestinian issue is anything for them to to get all of of about like they used to so perhaps staring out of some of the reasons or there are other reasons so so are they just they just dont want to. Go ahead im sorry no no please do so youre saying there their fear netanyahu and his government theres a feeling of confidence that theyre feeling stirred on so that they can go make these decisions. Yeah its as long as the United States is back in it whos going to whos going to oppose the people will pose a but whos going to fight it how who whos going to take it to the u. N. And make a big issue out of it nobody and and this is this is probably a crying shame for the palestinians but thats thats the way it is it is the u. N. Is on record and the United States supported not agreeing to the takeover of the west bank as being part of israel and israel for years has been pushing the notion and what it astounded me one time were jewish newspaper actually made mention taking over the west bank where it was part of their labors realm and they use that word their term its a nazi term to to to be make a part of israel for for security reasons and its just going to create castration and frankly the palace its going to be the youre not going to have an end to this current conflict in the middle east as a consequence well lets talk about the palestinians from. Arent there because this is this decision that will affect them you know how likely is it there will be an immediate on the ground in the west bank these are going to give greater impetus to settlers you say theres going to be an ongoing conflicts. Or you know i think it will why youre going to see youre going to see. Bank people probably rising up in creating endless trouble for years to come. And come springtime wait till spring i think that were going to probably see even further demonstrations and probably attacks against the the homesteaders and its not a its not a pleasant thing now they could have worked out something now i think one of the things they want that months. This to do wants to happen is for israel to work with the palestinians to work up an arrangement whereby certain portions will be recognized by israel and that in turn certain portions will be recognized by the palestinians in order to not kill entirely the the 2 state concept but netanyahu basically doesnt support that anyway so he doesnt really care so pompei really wants the wants this to be put at the bilateral level once again between the palestinians and the and the israelis not withstanding the u. N. Resolution that the u. S. Agreed 2 years ago and youre not going to have favorable. Feelings about this from europeans and other in other countries that also voted. To not recognize settlements part of. Israel the area of west bank well certainly a big policy change there from the u. S. And well be watching developments as they have Michael Maloof former Pentagon Security analyst thanks for your time. The president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices her son rouhani said on sunday the government will compensate those worst hit however there has been trouble in at least a dozen cities with buildings 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 rainy and 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 into iran because from the beginning of the of the evolving ring in government has been saying that this hike in fuel prices is a less an 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 final season 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. Actually 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 support. 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 and will not hire people who will not be taken advantage of by outside economic pressure of the nation. Really of 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 where these sanctions came from vats 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 to sign the deal again and so this is what really didnt stand well with the 2 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 you that has started to come out of europe with this recent bird statement from berlin this is not going to give iran any more whole pool or any more trust in europe as its partner meanwhile on monday the International AtomicEnergy Agency said irans reserves of heavy water have exceeded the level permitted under the 2015 Nuclear Deal Tehran has condemned the european signatories to the treaty for failing to deliver on their promises to boost trade with iran after the u. S. Withdrew from the treaty and apply sanctions since then iran has been scaling back its compliance with the accord professor of Political Science from the university of tehran 100 believes you 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 do in place from the beginning rather the europeans were playing in 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 it was the europeans that convinced you want to stay in the euro and they promised that you know they would shielding on from the sanctions and as a result of that iran actually stayed in the deal for a 4 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 were insincere in any of the promises they made from the beginning. Russian Media Outlets r. T. And sputnik are legibly named are still classified u. K. Parliamentary report on moscow suspected interference in the 26. 00 referendum the claim is made in an article in the british newspaper the sunday times and the report apparently also states though that the impact to suppose that russian meddling is unquantifiable easily explains. Well over the weekend the murdoch owned sunday times published an article with the headline saying revealed the russia report although this socalled reported self 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 all it say and goes on to describe some of the numb. Bers 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 theyre 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 accused 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 government 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 read. Simply telling the larger fraud. To come to some kind of leave alliance which it appears 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 your election happens reporter like you and others should be absolutely relentless and 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 to those that actions are held on the top of the zumba. Denmark has imposed checks of border crossings with sweden after a series of shootings and bombings in copenhagen well tell you more about that after this short break. There was an imaginary goes. Enemy out there called russia during the russia gate hoax meanwhile huawei another 5 g. Technology is coming out of china and other technology of china time is actually leapfrogging ahead of the us economically and now these are the currency war so now that whole period of focusing on russia it would be is just a waste of time which had been focusing on the actual rival americas very dominant in the u. S. Now is the time of. The world is driven by shaped by one person. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. Welcome back now hong kong has seen some of its worst violence in recent months as riot Police Continue to lay siege to a University Campus thats become a stronghold for anti beijing protesters on monday off his fine take ass and rubber bullets at demonstrators and were bombarded in turn with fire bombs and other projectiles over 100 people were injured and there was an unusual change in the choice of weapons for the protesters as some of them have been equipped with homemade boat one Police Officers like was pierced with an arrow during a confrontation around the barricaded university there were also reports of the bottles hampering the Emergency Services china has want a continuation of the protests could lead to a dreadful future for hong kong. Oh. Sorry. This oh yes your. Situation thank you. Very. Very. Well since june antigovernment rallies against plans to allow extradition to Mainland China have escalated the bill was withdrawn 3 months later but the violence has continued with people demanding full democracy and an inquiry into offices actions which they described as Police Brutality since the protests started some 4 and a half 1000 people have been arrested for Unlawful Assembly taking part in a riot and carrying a weapon former u. K. Police officer peter kirk and believes the vast majority of the actions by the Hong Kong Police were lawful as the city was being threatened. The boss annoying news that there is any use of force if it can be complained about when hes complained about his Police Brutality you say occasional instances of high use of force which maybe are excessive not sure of the ins and outs of phone call law but i suspect its fairly similar to u. K. Law in terms of a reasonable amount of force being used to quell riots and Disperse Protesters who are causing damage or threatening injury and so the vast majority of full speed used by the police would be lawful would be reasonable but in most circumstances. In other news this hour a British University staff union has declared white people can decide to be black if they so wish in the latest inclusive or to drive to hit headlines. You say you has a long history of enabling members to self identify wh