A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. The u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran in the process of bringing their Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against a bit another potential a track. For all the details we crossed live to r. T. As caleb mop and so it looks like theres going to be more American Military kit in the middle east what exactly has prompted this well just when many thought the tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen. This is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation iran remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism and now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the United States lets remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now its also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east when just sunday we saw it 2 u. S. Military personnel killed at the hands of the ice ill terrorists these are the 1st u. S. Military personnel killed by ice will sense trouble declared the group had been totally defeated take a listen to the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory were doing a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says weve beaten them and weve beaten him badly the isis caliphate. Has been decimated in another short period of time like hours youll be hearing hours and days youll be hearing about the caliphate it was 100 percent defeated. So despite the fact that 2 u. S. Marines were killed by the ice still terrorists the United States continues to take the position under the leadership of the Trump White House that iran a country that has been key in the battle against isis is somehow the greatest source of terrorism in the region. Arties kilmartin reporting live from new york thank you. A lot of your putin hasnt ruled out staying in power if thats what the people want the suggestion was 1st made by an m. P. As the duma discussed potential changes to the constitution or the president said it would be up to the people decide in a public vote next month and it would also have to be approved by the Constitutional Court my colleague and a farmer was given it more details. So im reported that mr putin say exactly well his speech his address to the parliament was basically a summary of why this is needed why these constitutional amendments are necessary he also address the number of points additional amendments that the parliament had come up with among them was an amendment that would potentially lift the constitutional limit of the number of president ial terms anyone president can serve here blag me of putin was asked whether he supported it to which he replied no. It will be long society should have guarantees that the regular change of power will be ensured we need to think about future generations should i consider it inappropriate to remove from the constitution a restriction on the number of president ial terms look he said russia has had its fair share of revolutions upheavals changes in power you know every time people expected Something Better to come of it and every time what they got was the opposite of corruption mass deaths its been hectic not only putin says theres no more appetite for revolutions in russia but people want change and this is you know this is inside everyone of us we want you blood and he says the point of a limit to the number of times a president can serve is to make sure that theres new ideas new faces coming into the government all the time taking russia into a new level evolving helping keep up with the times but blood near putin was also asked of another potential constitutional amendment of the reset of his president ial limit so potentially allowing him to serve another 2 terms given how wide reaching these constitutional amendments are theyre changing almost every aspect. Of life for russians and heres what that were putin had to say on potentially that. The 2nd proposal means removing the restriction from any citizen and the incumbent president inclusively and allowing their future participation in the elections if citizens support this amendment during the vote on april 22nd this option would only be possible under one condition if the Constitutional Court gives an official ruling that this will not contradict the laws of the constitution worth mentioning is that Vladimir Putin didnt say whether he would run for another term if the Constitutional Court deemed these potential amendments regarding resetting his president ial terms as legitimate as legal so you know thats still up in the air and how do you think the public would react to this then if they had the chance to vote on what people people are going to react differently i mean loudly of putins support his support levels his poll numbers away up he still has majority support an overwhelming majority support but he this is his 4th president ial term ease an old face and he said himself that you know new blood is needed new faces are needed in Government People people want new people want evolution. And here again people will be voting only on whether Vladimir Putin is allowed to run for another 2 terms this is a whole host of issues and the moments that people will be voting for a new livable minimum wage establishing marriage as Something Union between a man and a woman forbidding parliamentarians potential candidates with a jewel citizenship for running from running for high office so these are this is a huge array of changes that we put in here says that theyre absolutely necessary that was the gist of his speech to parliament because times are changing. These are troubled thoughts nevertheless that is his take on how things will turn out it is entirely another whether russians agree with him and the vote is next month in april and that is when people will decide ultimately whether they believe his words whether they believe that these amendments will make for a better tomorrow. Italy has been dealing with its 1st full day on lockdown the number of infections nationwide has now surpassed 10000 while the number of deaths has grown to more than 630 the country is the 2nd worst affected after china. I am a book to send a decree that we can sum up with the expression day of homes there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a zone one or a zone 2 on or peninsula there will be at li li that is a protected zone. Amid the tight new restrictions uprising broke out any number of jails in the country prisoners and bony i have been writing since yesterday after they took over a jail and set it on fire in milan the inmates were filmed on the roof top burning items and shouting and 60 trainees died in clashes in the Northern City of modena. Relatives of prisoners gathered near jail concerned that prisoners could be infected by the covert 1000 virus prisoners are reportedly angered by new rules which have seen family visit suspended citizens in the italian capital lined up in long queues at supermarkets on monday night after the countrys pm extended the lockdown measures to the entire country meanwhile were seen fleeing from the peak of the outbreak in the north to sicily in the south. Of institutions requires a strong sense of responsibility especially. Because for example im coming from the nato and probably put myself in voluntary quarantine and i do not think it is a right time to exporting germans. In any case it is a question of respect for us and for others in particular because i am 25 years old but our family members are. Literally were the situation were finding this place is getting complicated so the situation is already out of. School its clearly that everyone takes on their responsibilities and its approved precautions are taken with someone still a strong. Political analyst paul over a phone i believe the efforts to contain the virus have fallen short so far. Italy is a democratic country and there are a number of interests to be taken into account already the effects of the stock markets are very severe and therefore the government is trying to find a middle way between the containment of the virus and the Economic Needs but the 1st thing is the participation responsible decision if you dont see this its this doesnt happen in the least new way to contain fires you have as confidence is can intervene above the Member States but even in this case because versity of the you to intervene in this emergency has been very vague as you call you just the sort of solidarity among states which has not been seen. After wall street suffered its 1st automatic halt in trading and more than 2 decades with stocks falling nearly 8 percent World Markets seem to be slowly recovering so is the price of oil which also went into freefall yesterday after a price war triggered by saudi arabia and in the u. S. The dow plunged more than 2000 points the worst one day point drop ever prompted by Oil Price War that stunned markets around the world we had a huge market event yesterday as a lot of investors repriced at all a sharp crash restart market than a 2000 point swing on the dow the same for what happens today Business News now starting with the crude oil markets as they try to bounce back from their worst day since 1901 oil prices plunged 30 percent on whats been dubbed black monday in the biggest single day fall through the 1st iraq war it was sparked by a spat between top crude suppliers riyadh and moscow who couldnt agree on a deal on production. Saudi arabia says its slashing oil prices to grab market share from russia it falls russias refusal last week to back an opec plan to cut Oil Production to bolster its price believes that would only benefit high cost producers in the u. S. Russias Energy Minister had this to say about the situation. Unfortunately opec plus partners decided at their meeting to reduce Oil Production by the end of the year 1500000 barrels and they did not consider any other options of course this led to the fact that no consensus was reached the extension of the agreement and starting from april 1st all countries have the opportunity to independently determine their production policy on them yesterday very strong decline in World Markets and accordingly prices this was primarily cause that appeared on the weekend that saudi am caus had offered its consumers an additional price reduction however today we can see that markets have partially recovered showing about 7 percent growth see how the situation develops but it seems to me that the panic that took hold yesterday has already partially subsided the market now. Analyst told us that saudi arabia is playing a game. Anyone whos an observer markets could see this coming the credit bubble d blowing up again this is part 0 of the 2008 financial crisis you know it turns out russia has the best chance at that you know a lot of coal oil going you know russias cost of energy is about 7. 00 a barrel ok saudi arabia has close to 3. 00 a barrel but russia has got no debt and theyve been buying goal meanwhile in usa and america their cost is closer to 50. 00 this will be the complete this arrangement of the american shale industry saudi arabia and america are really that position that this International Oil kolker game and i think russia is holding 3 aces the Current Situation clearly the saudis are to blame they have taken a move whose only benefit will be the only potential advantage in the general strategic mikey of alien terms is the surprise taddeo arabia vastly increased production to create a huge price drop and with potential for further price drops were talking something some analysts fear prices could go as low as 23. 00 a barrel which would be levels than the early ninetys and this move was solely precipitated by the saudi arabia simply because the russians did not go along with the previous proposal when in fact there was room for further negotiation what print some mind wants to achieve with this remains unclear because his Oil Production increase is also compromises the saudi states ability to fulfill its welfare function and therefore to keep domestic stability. Still to come in the program relatives of the u. K. Army better in through the commonwealth have one stayed on. Decision about what they call a grave injustice well hear from some of them after this short break. Seems wrong. To see. The answer. And in. The trail. Find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. But if we talk about trouble hes gonna demystified this whole political space if you werent clear before like these folks are no better than us so you know i you know you can reach out to friends say you know take responsibility maybe run for office at the end of the day you know i dont see how weve weve allowed a system where these people get away with you know misrepresenting us why not step up and do it yourself. Welcome back u. K. Army veterans from the commonwealth and International Association of states formally part of the British Empire have criticised what they call the grave injustice that they could be deported m. P. s from the Ruling Conservative Party are now calling on the government to help former Service Members with the complex and costly procedures to stay in the country. Its hard to imagine people more entitle to live in our islands than those who have fought to defend them we need to look hard at these cases and ensure we support those who should have been able to stay all along. This dont seem wrong i hope the home office will rectify this quickly and save these former british soldiers from the trauma of Court Proceedings and further delay under home office rules commonwealth veterans who have served at least 4 years in the u. K. Armed forces can apply for indefinite leave to remain also known as settlement however many cannot afford the procedures which can cost thousands of pounds and those who dont apply could be forced to leave britain a veteran told us that their treatment by the government is appalling we should not be. Made an obligation to the many occasions and that. You see me and refusing me all of. The armed forces from the territory i mean that refuse me from working in. Which and right now i have. Only one. Mean thats wrong. For them and. I mean thats wrong and it can. Do is. Remain as. The wife of a british soldier from south africa has started an online petition to make a life long stay in the u. K. Free for all commonwealth veterans she said shared her thoughts on the story. They have so sad our country they are full of clinton country i mean my husband a lot of these hes done 2 tours hes. Streets and under nafta a terrorist attack and taxis theyre not entitled to any benefits or anything to go out why have we charges such a ridiculous amount of money for them to remain in the u. K. Pop to death done everything thats done we leave life to children and it was come to redundancies and i was a bit worried that its like i said oh ok we need to start making sure we got money aside and just kept going up and up every year every day when they go out there restock my husband and send back to subclass occurred to me having to explain. If anything happened to him jennys army career i think they need to reevaluate the course. There have been significant irregularities in democratic primary voting and couldnt close or relocated polling stations and an extremely long lines thats according to the league of united latin american citizens without the views of independent news site the gray zone he said the organization of american states should perhaps take a look at the claims. The u. S. Must send an emergency Election Monitoring Team to the United States to ensure independent scrutiny of a president ial primary that has been marred by clear regularities and this is an high need to scream into obstruction of citizens right to vote in the United States what we actually have witnessed are major discrepancies between exit polling data in the democratic 2020 primary and the final computer count which is being conducted in a very opaque fashion weve seen in minority and poor communities people having to wait in line for 5 hours just to vote in the state of texas 750 polling places have been removed since 2012 that means there is one polling place for every 7700. 00 people and this is particularly an acute problem in latino and africanamerican areas why are there no election monitors in the u. S. Why does the oas only send election monitors to places like bolivia to falsely allege fraud and trigger military coups if texas or New Hampshire or South Carolina were socialist latin american countries the cia through the oas would have already installed a stick right wing government like that of janine anya is today in bolivia and october of last year the oas accuse bolivia socialist government of irregularities and vote counting which lead to even morale is having to step down after being told to do so by his military however a new top level u. S. Study has found no evidence of Election Fraud and the former bolivian leader who is now in political asylum in argentina said the oas stole the elections. Last year we won in the 1st round now researchers and scientists are demonstrating that there was no fraud on october 20. 3 and lets not have any fear of dictatorship brothers and sisters we are going to defeat a dictatorship with democracy with the conscience of the bolivian people. The Un Human Rights Organization has expressed concern over the prosecution of dozens of people close to the former president libya is now headed by a right wing conservative government led by janine on yes it was claimed herself interim president Saskia Taylor picks up the story. But libya was promised peace what i got was beatings bullets and a whole lot of. Wants boldly waving from the balcony of the president ial palace the self appointed interim president janine anya is now ha its from angry crowds who are chanting assassin traitor because the woman who promised peace. I assume the presidency with a midget of fact in line with the constitution and pledge to take all measures necessary to bring peace to the country has waged war on john and as politicians and on have very own people. Their actor of the state Radio Station was tired to a tree and humiliated for hours. An incident that was reportedly documented by argentine journalist mauro who was found unconscious in his home a day later with injuries to different parts of his body and who died 6 days later. Various Foreign Ministers described whole east containing their home interests as telephone Numbers Family addresses and other personal information are being circulated viral facebook and other social media. It has also been publicly reported that the lifeless bodies of several people were. Killed in this occurred disappear allegedly after being collected by Law Enforcement officers and no further information has been provided on them says shes already cracking down on the violent supporters of the previous government but either way it seems its easier to make promises of peace when you havent had a taste of power yet manda parity bang is quite likes the taste because despite promising not to seek election may shes decided to throw her hat into the ring of to rule now washington must be pleased it was all to rule in its support of the democratic regime change in the latin American Country but it also considers itself the need of the free waltz so surely such reports of brutality would deserve at least a slap on the wrist no. Silence or as good as silence to the killings to the beatings to the to gas a diluted lets all be well behaved and its not a one off pos why was the indignation when hundreds of human rights activists leftwing community does what killed in colombia when there was peace killings in brasilia neighborhoods all ringback when the president was allegedly linked to drug traffickers there wasnt any or it was hard hearted best and what do they all have in common all the countries are run by right wing government too many have nice things to say about donald trump latin america has long been washingtons playground from panama to guatemala from venezuela to grenada washington has been keen to strong arm in sympathetic leaders and it seems that once that in human rights be damned. Of the days top news for now but ill be back in about 30 minutes time thanks for tuning it. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see of an. Apprentice of the call for sure but all the little truck was a News New York at the salon in china to stop and shirtless with achieve a quick look you feel and i ministries for war for your program or not and i do it is mind but i will push the fossil fuel bush are going to get us no. No solution. Yes. Quite adoptions driven by banks failing and countries failing and now in la but i got a huge crisis and of course because come to the rescue. Good food descriptions sound up even for the owners so how to choose the 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 may not be as healthy as people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders the cat allergies we are actually creating these problems its a huge of a democrat problems all of them i believe can be linked to a very simple problem of diet and some dog owners. So heartbreaking stories about their pets last treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. Global markets plummet amid widespread sell on at this time while at the culprit this is boom but the one business show you cant afford to miss im christiane and im bridgeboro in washington. The market bloodbath rages on amid inspection fears and oil have stalled with rights and dropping below 40. 00 a barrel we take a look at the big picture and what the future may have in store. And the World Health Organization says the possibility of this sort of are becoming apparent damage is very real we will break it down and discuss what can be done to control the spread of the virus. Was the chairwoman a wildfire had just stayed out of a congressional hearing and which is that will. Break down the shake up one of americas largest banks a lot to get here on a very busy day so lets get started. On oil loss as much as a 3rd of its value monday in its biggest drop since 1901 gulf war. Fell to 30. 00 to 30. 00 per barrel as saudi arabia launched a price war with russia after the 2. 00 failed to come to an agreement at its vienna meeting russia declined to agree to production cuts that have artificially kept Oil Prices Steady officially russia said it wants to wait and see what the Coronavirus Impact on demand is before agrees to cuts on officially russia is angry about u. S. Sanctions of russian
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