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A leaked recording of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif criticizing it's untouchable Revolutionary Guard is shaking up politics inside the country. Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Christiane Amanpour to explain how the tape tells a story of two parallel regimes working in concert. Turning to American politics, racial justice activist and former Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker gives his take on the Justice Department investigation into Louisville's police and its wider implications. After dominating publishing with his legal thrillers, author John Grisham reveals why he's turning his eye to basketball and the crisis in South Sudan for his 46th book, "Sooley." Then our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College professor and social theorist, about his new book, "In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower," that explores the sometimes negative impact universities have on their largely black and brown neighboring communities. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, former Sec. of State John Kerry has been named in a leaked tape of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif who says Kerry informed him that Israel attacked Iranian interests at least two hundred times even after his role as secretary shifted. Kerry continued to represent the United States on the world stage which could be viewed as a violation of the Logan Act. Will the public Integrity section of the US Department of Justice open a preliminary investigation on this? Then, Hollywood leftists have destroyed the once great tradition known as the Oscars. Actor and Producer Tyler Perry publicly announced that he rejects hate against white, police officers, Asians, and others. Imagine if law enforcement refused protection to athletes, politicians, or other critics that don't respect them. Later, Rep. Liz Cheney has broken from the rest of the Republican leadership on the House concerning the panel on the Capitols Riot. Citizen activists in Wyoming must ensure that she is held accountable at the ballot box. Afterward, President Biden is spending like a drunken Marxist, taking credit for Trump's vaccine and he still can't get out of his own way. Kamala Harris is a stalking horse for Biden and has ignored the one job she's been given to resolve the issue at the border.

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, former Sec. of State John Kerry has been named in a leaked tape of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif who says Kerry informed him that Israel attacked Iranian interests at least two hundred times even after his role as secretary shifted. Kerry continued to represent the United States on the world stage which could be viewed as a violation of the Logan Act. Will the public Integrity section of the US Department of Justice open a preliminary investigation on this? Then, Hollywood leftists have destroyed the once great tradition known as the Oscars. Actor and Producer Tyler Perry publicly announced that he rejects hate against white, police officers, Asians, and others. Imagine if law enforcement refused protection to athletes, politicians, or other critics that don't respect them. Later, Rep. Liz Cheney has broken from the rest of the Republican leadership on the House concerning the panel on the Capitols Riot. Citizen activists in Wyoming must ensure that she is held accountable at the ballot box. Afterward, President Biden is spending like a drunken Marxist, taking credit for Trump's vaccine and he still can't get out of his own way. Kamala Harris is a stalking horse for Biden and has ignored the one job she's been given to resolve the issue at the border.

I'd just like to apologize for the audio quality of this episode today. We were accidentally recording through our speakers, which is obviously bad quality audio. The episode is still a good one, but it's rough to listen to. Otherwise, I talk at length the shenanigans in the Senate and why Nancy Pelosi is a horrible Speaker of the House and terrible for her Party going forward. The Supreme Court hands down a predictable 6-3 decision by unceremoniously upending precedent without a reason given. India has almost 400,000 new Covid cases PER DAY. Why what matters to the United States, the World, and you. Finally, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif gives an interview without any restrictions on what he has to say that could lead to some open doors for American diplomacy with the nation. It also turns the tables on conventional wisdom in Washington D.C. by the War Hawks on both sides of the political spectrum.

Ted Rall, a political cartoonist and syndicated columnist, joins us to discuss a new investigation in Georgia. On January 2, then US President Donald Trump spoke with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger regarding the outcome of the election. State prosecutors have opened an investigation in which they intend to determine whether Trump violated any state laws, including conspiracy to commit election fraud, criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and intentional interference with the performance of election duties. Richard Lachmann, a professor at the University at Albany, SUNY, and author of "Capitalists in Spite of Themselves," joins us to discuss the second Trump impeachment trial. The Senate affirmed the constitutionality of the impeachment trial on Tuesday; however, former President Donald Trump's legal team seemed disorganized and nearly unfocused as the lead attorney's presentation focused on irrelevant issues. Though the outcome of the trial is not in doubt, several Republican leaders have voiced concern over the unprofessional presentation. Kevin Gosztola, the managing editor of Shadowproof.com, joins us to discuss proposed domestic terrorism laws. Both political parties are coming together to support domestic terror convictions that put them on the same level as laws targeting international groups, like Daesh and al-Qaeda. President Joe Biden recently bragged the Patriot Act was based on a domestic terrorism law he authored after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Activist Ramon Mendez joins us to discuss Ecuador. The Ecuador election seems poised to continue the ongoing pink tide in the global south. The Grayzone, an independent news outlet, covered the election from Ecuador and displayed the results of numerous interviews with locals in a recent article. Also, the crew discusses an article about candidate Yaku Pérez that argues he has been working in favor of right-wing elements inside and outside of the country. Dan Lazare, an investigative journalist and author of "The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court and the Decline of American Democracy," joins us to discuss WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The Biden administration has chosen to continue the Trump policy of seeking the extradition of Assange as numerous human rights and civil liberties organizations have undertaken a letter-writing campaign to dissuade the Biden team from moving forward. However, Justice Department spokesperson Marc Raimondi on Tuesday said the Biden DOJ will not heed their requests. Caleb Maupin, a journalist and political analyst, joins us to talk about censorship. Facebook has hired NATO press officer Ben Nimmo as its intelligence chief. Also, Twitter has been removing accounts at the request of the Saudi government, and Telegram has become the most downloaded app in the world with over 63 million installs. James Carey, editor and co-owner of Geopolitics Alert, joins us to talk about Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is saying the United States needs to demonstrate to his nation that the mistakes of the Trump administration will not be repeated in order to regain their confidence. Additionally, journalist Stephen Lendman has argued the US will continue to use hybrid warfare attacks on Iran, including sanctions, simply because the Islamic nation is not under US control. Dr. Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, joins us to discuss the hurdles for the US economy in 2021. A number of questions remain about the future of the US economy, including whether a successful vaccine program will allow a return to some semblance of normalcy or see travel and leisure-related activities return in time to save related businesses. Questions have also been raised on whether financial markets will continue to hold up or ultimately join the bricks and mortar economy in the economic basement.

In an exclusive interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tells Christiane Amanpour that the U.S. has "a limited window of opportunity" to return to the Iran nuclear deal. As President Biden threatens to review sanctions on Myanmar following the military's staged coup, Tom Andrews, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, discusses how the situation arose. Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat and author of the new book "We are Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People", discuss his investigation into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Emily Ramshaw, the Co-founder and CEO of 19th*, about the non-profit's work covering gender, politics and policy during a pandemic that is hitting women so hard.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In this episode with Larry Johnson, former Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs at the UN, we discuss the recent denial of a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, which occurred as tensions between Iran and the US reached a boiling point. We explore the complex history and law governing travel to and from the UN and the US’s obligations as the host nation under the Headquarters Agreement.

On Sunday 10 November 2019, CICD celebrated its 60th Anniversary. There were number of brilliant speakers.In today's program you will hear part 2 of Bruce McPhie a CICD member from Vietnam speaking about his involvement with CICD during the Vietnam War and his views of what is happening in Australia and around the World. Bruce also suggesting some ideas what needs to be done and hopes that CICD will continue its campaign for peace and disarmament.You will also hear an interview with the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on the issue of the US assassination of the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

In response to Friday's assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the military commander of Iran's elite Quds Force, "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a rare appearance at a meeting of the government's National Security Council to lay down the parameters for any retaliation. It must be a direct and proportional attack on American interests, he said, openly carried out by Iranian forces themselves," the New York Times reported Monday. Meanwhile, "Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Tuesday confirmed reports that the Trump administration has denied him a visa to enter the US for a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York this week," AFP reported. What are we to make of this, and what signals are being sent by both sides?"Venezuelan security forces let US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido enter the legislative palace on Tuesday amid a showdown for control of parliament after the ruling socialist party installed its own rival congressional chief," Reuters reported. "Guaido, who was re-elected on Sunday to a second one-year term as head of the opposition-held congress, had pledged to preside over Tuesday's opening session after security forces blocked him from the building over the weekend to allow socialist legislators to swear in their own speaker. Local television images early Tuesday showed Guaido arguing for half an hour with troops wielding riot shields who again blocked the entrance to the legislative building, but eventually allowed him to push past them." What's going on in Venezuela?"Nearly 200 people have been arrested in Australia and are being accused of starting the bushfires that have ravaged the country in recent months," News Radio 1200 WOAI reported Tuesday. "Since November, there have been 183 people arrested, most of whom are believed to have deliberately started fires. Others are accused of improperly discarding a lit cigarette or match outdoors. At least 25 people have died, hundreds of millions of animals have been killed and over 2,000 homes are destroyed." GUESTS:Jim Kavanagh — political analyst and commentator and editor of The Polemicist.Jon Jeter — Author and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist with more than 20 years of journalistic experience. He is a former Washington Post bureau chief and award-winning foreign correspondent. Daniel C. Hellinger — Professor emeritus of political science at Webster University, USA. He has previously published “Paranoia, Conspiracy, Hegemony in American Politics” in "Transparency and Conspiracy: Ethnographies of Suspicion in the New World Order"; and “Conspiracy Theory and the Paranoid Style” in "American Political Culture: An Encyclopedia."Nino Pagliccia — Activist and freelance writer based in Vancouver. A retired researcher from the University of British Columbia, Canada, Pagliccia is a Venezuelan-Canadian who follows and writes about international relations with a focus on the Americas, and is also the editor of the book “Cuba Solidarity in Canada – Five Decades of People-to-People Foreign Relations.” Dr. Kenneth Surin — Professor emeritus of literature and professor of religion and critical theory at Duke University.

Tensions with Iran are boiling over following the attack on Saudi oil refineries. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has warned that US military strikes will lead to "all-out war," while Trump has said America is "locked and loaded" but expressed his desire to avoid conflict. So is this a crisis that the US can clean up? And should the response to an attack on Saudi oil be handled by the Saudis? Former CIA operative and CNN Intelligence and Security Analyst Robert Baer sits down with S.E. to discuss America's role in all this, the risks of inaction, and the risks of war.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China, and an award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations.US-China trade is in a state of confusion this morning amid mixed signals and contradictory statements over the weekend from President Trump. First the President said that, perhaps, the trade war was a mistake. Then he said it wasn’t. He later said that he might get even tougher on China. And he finally said that the Chinese had called him to work out a deal, which Beijing adamantly denied. In the end, the stock market is convulsing, prices, especially of farm goods, are going up, and the US is exporting less and less to China. French President Emmanuel Macron pulled something of an end run around Donald Trump over the weekend when he invited Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to visit Biarritz, the location of the G-7 Summit, while the G-7 was still meeting. Macron and others have been pushing Trump for months to soften his stance on Iran, but to no avail. Massoud Shadjareh, the founder of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, joins the show. The Amazon is on fire. It’s not just any fire. It is one of such gargantuan scale that it threatens the health of the planet. So far, the devastation is 85 percent worse than the fires there last year, which then were the worst in history. So far, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has done almost nothing to try to combat the disaster. Today, though, he said he would dispatch 40,000 troops to the state of Rondonia. How does the area known as the “lungs of the planet” recover? Brian and John speak with Fred Magdoff, professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont and the co-author of “What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism.” Besieged Hong Kong police fired warning shots over groups of demonstrators yesterday amid a night of violent protests that saw the protestors throwing Molotov cocktails and paving stones and smashing shop windows. 36 people were arrested yesterday, and the crowds continue to grow. The demonstrations began 11 weeks ago in opposition to a law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited to mainland China. Mike Wong, the outreach coordinator for the San Francisco chapter of Veterans for Peace, joins the show. Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Bill Ayers, an activist, educator and the author of the book “Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto,” joins Brian and John. In this segment, The Week Ahead, the hosts take a look at the most newsworthy stories of the coming week and what it means for the country and the world, including the G7 summit, the U.S.-China trade war and the massive fires devastating the Amazon. Sputnik News analysts and producers of this show Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules with Chris Garaffa is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show.

HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi is in New York, for a rare interview with the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who is attending high level talks at the UN. Hostilities between Iran and the US are at a historic high; recently, President Trump said he was ‘ten minutes away from war with Tehran’. Could the two countries stumble into a war? And is Iran raising the stakes in the Persian Gulf after Washington tore up the nuclear deal last year? Image: Mohammad Javad Zarif (Credit: Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters)

Daily News Brief for Tuesday, May 21st: *)New Zealand charges Tarrant with terrorism Police in New Zealand have charged the man who carried out the Christchurch shootings with "engaging in a terrorist act". Brenton Tarrant, a self-confessed white supremacist, already faces 51 murder and 40 attempted murder charges for the March massacre. The Australian opened fire on worshippers at two mosques during Friday prayers and livestreamed his attack on social media. *)Maduro proposes early elections Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has proposed early elections for the opposition-run National Assembly. The opposition, headed by Juan Guaido, won a majority in a 2015 vote. The next congressional elections are scheduled for 2020. Although the US recognises Guaido as the country’s interim leader, Maduro retains control of the army with the backing of Turkey, Russia, China and Cuba. *)Ukraine’s political establishment gets shaken up Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dissolved the country’s parliament shortly after taking the oath of office. In his inauguration speech, Zelenskiy called snap parliamentary polls – a move not popular with the political establishment. The 41-year-old former TV star also said he wants to end the war with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east. *)Iran not ready to talk to US Iran’s President Rouhani says while he favours talks with the US, current conditions are not acceptable for dialogue. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif earlier dismissed a threat by US President Trump to end Iran as a “genocidal taunt.” Iran has reportedly increased its production of low-enriched uranium after pulling out of some commitments to the nuclear deal. *)Niki Lauda passes away at 70 And finally, Three-time Formula One champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70. The champion died in his sleep, eight months after receiving a lung transplant. Lauda is remembered for his remarkable recovery and return to racing after being badly burned in a crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix.

Dr Bill Deagle MD AAEM ACAM A4M, NutriMedical Report Show, www.NutriMedical.com, www.ClayandIRON.com, www.Deagle-Network.com,NutriMedical Report Show,ANTI-TRUMP COUP PLOTTERS RESPOND TO DEFEATS WITH FRENZIED PUSH FOR WAR!by: Harley SchlangerMay 10 — The combined effect of the release of the Mueller report on March 22, which exonerated President Donald Trump of impeachable crimes, and the ninety-minute phone conversation he had with Russian President Putin on May 13, has unleashed a frenzied drive for impeachment and war, as his enemies from the British Empire’s camp are wildly lashing out, to defend their failed global paradigm. Freed from the attempted blackmail of the “Russiagate” investigation, Trump’s wide-ranging discussion with Putin showed that he now believes that he can proceed with plans for broad strategic cooperation with Russia, which could include joint collaboration with China on dealing with crisis spots, and matters of trade and arms control. It is fear that this has been Trump’s intent all along, to break with the post-war unilateralist paradigm of the geopoliticians, which provoked the British-directed Russiagate operation to defeat him in the 2016 election, and subsequent efforts to remove him from office in a coup after he won.The anti-Trump efforts are spearheaded by Congressional Democrats who refuse to accept the conclusions of the Mueller report, that there was “no collusion” and “no obstruction of justice”, and are pushing harassing investigations of the President on multiple fronts; and by members of Trump’s administration, led by National Security Adviser Bolton and Secretary of State Pompeo, who are issuing threats of military action on a daily basis. These war threats have backing from both the Congressional Democrats and from neocons in Trump’s Republican Party, such as the deranged Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, and are driven by fear that the days of the Empire are numbered, unless they can tie his hands with continuing investigations and war provocations, which threaten his presidency.THE “TROIKA OF TYRANNY”While Bolton and Pompeo have focused especially on Iran, Venezuela and North Korea as potential targets of U.S. military action — nations which Bolton refers to as the “troika of tyranny” — both have warned Russia and China that they must not stand in the way of U.S. actions. Bolton, who was a fanatic supporter of George W. Bush’s disastrous Iraq war, ratcheted the pressure up against Iran with his announcement on May 5 that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group would head to the Persian Gulf, and that B-52 warplanes would be deployed to the U.S. air base in Qatar. The planes began arriving on May 9.In making the announcement, Bolton said the purpose is “to send an unmistakable message” to Iran, that any attack on U.S. or allied interests “will be met with unrelenting force.” He added that while the U.S. is not seeking war, “we are fully prepared to respond to any attack.” Pompeo chipped in that this “is something we have been working on for a little while,” citing “escalatory action from the Iranians”, while accusing Iran of bearing responsibility for the “ongoing violence” in the Middle East. A month earlier, the two succeeded in getting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard designated as a “terrorist organization”, declaring there is evidence of imminent attacks on U.S. interests. Even the usually pro-war New York Times reported that defense and intelligence officials opposed the designation, and that they are unaware of any threats from Iran.The Iranians have announced counter-measures, including possibly restoring their nuclear program, which was ended under the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in June 2015. The U.S. withdrew from the agreement in May 2018, citing Iranian violations, despite affirmation from the other five parties and international agencies that there had been no violations. Bolton and Pompeo also announced that new sanctions against Iran will be forthcoming. While Trump has maintained a hardline against Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told CBS News on May 5, “We don’t believe that President Trump wants confrontation. But, we know that there are people who are pushing for one.”The deployments to the Persian Gulf occurred just days after the failure of a coup in Venezuela by neocon stooge Juan Guaido, which had been given a public blessing by both Pompeo and Bolton. There were grumblings from both that the failure was due to Russian interference. Pompeo refused to rule out a U.S.-backed military intervention, stating “Military action is possible,” despite warnings from anonymous U.S. military officials that a U.S. sponsored regime change uprising there could be a bigger disaster than the failed CIA-directed Bay of Pigs fiasco against Cuba in 1961.Pompeo pushed for support of regime change in Venezuela when touring the region in early April. While visiting Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Colombia, he attacked Russia and China for refusing to accept the anti-Maduro coup. He accused China of “financial interventions [which] helped destroy the country”, and warned against participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which he accused of using “predatory lending practices” to ensnare nations in a “debt trap”, and of unidentified “malign and nefarious practices” used by China, allegedly to build a new empire.POMPEO EMBRACES THE BRITISH EMPIREThat Russia and China are the ultimate targets was clear in Pompeo’s diatribe against the two nations at the Arctic Council Forum in Helsinki this week, where he lectured the member states that their historic approach to joint, peaceful development of the region must end. He demanded instead that they must join the US in denouncing imagined Chinese and Russian “aggression,” going so far as to compare China to Nazi Germany!Pompeo followed his belligerent performance in Helsinki with an unannounced stop in Iraq, where he warned the Iraqi government against any collaboration with Iran, which he accused of plans to attack U.S. military positions in Iraq. Iran has collaborated with Iraq to defeat the terrorist ISIS-Al Qaeda terrorists there, and the Iraqi President stated after Pompeo left that they would not accept attacks on any forces there, including those aligned with Iran. Pompeo next went to Great Britain, where he proclaimed that “the special relationship [between the U.S. and Britain] does not simply endure, it is thriving.” Nevertheless, he issued pointed warnings that the U.K. must back his posturing regarding Iran, Venezuela and China. After meeting with Prime Minister May and Foreign Secretary Hunt, he delivered the “Margaret Thatcher Lecture”, in which conjured up the ghost of Thatcher, asking “would the Iron Lady [Thatcher] be silent when China violates the sovereignty of nations through corruption or coercion?”THE TRUMP-PUTIN PHONE CALLThese provocative ravings from Pompeo and Bolton are explicit rejections of the commitments made by President Trump after his discussion with Putin. Trump said they discussed joint efforts for peaceful resolution of hotspots, including Iran, Venezuela, North Korea and Ukraine, and elevating the discussion of new arms agreements, to include China, to avoid a new global arms race. Trump reiterated in impromptu press discussions afterwards that he wants peaceful relations with Russia and China, and expressed renewed optimism that this is feasible.The groundwork for this talk may have been arranged through meetings in mid-April in Moscow, as both Fiona Hill, the National Security Council Director for Russian Affairs, and Stephen Beigun, the envoy for North Korea met with their counterparts. And before Pompeo launched his rant against Russia and China in Helsinki, he met with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, a meeting which both described as productive. When asked about Pompeo’s attacks on Russia, Lavrov brushed the question aside, saying it is not useful to comment on public pronouncements, which are made for political reasons. It was announced on May 9 that Pompeo will be headed to Moscow on May 13, to meet again with Lavrov, and possibly with Putin.Thus, while it is clear why Trump’s enemies in the Congress continue to threaten national security with their rage-filled drive for impeachment, the seemingly schizophrenic behavior of his foreign policy team represents a different, more dangerous threat. This was summarized by the Schiller Institute’s Helga Zepp LaRouche, in her weekly webcast on May 9. She said that “this is the kind of behavior which makes it very difficult, and I think Trumpis not well-advised to keep these neo-cons around him, because… he almost says it every day in some tweet, he wants to have good relations with Russia and China, and then the entire intelligence community, which just was caughtred-handed in a coup attempt against his administration, they’re coming out with this absolutely violent, anti-China line, and that the neo-cons in his administration, namely Bolton, Pompeo, Pence to a certain extent, they’re doing everything possible to heat up these crisis spots so that any kind of serious policy for Trump is impossible.”She continued, “This is an untenable situation, because either Trump succeeds in improving the relationship with Russia and China, and then every other crisis can be settled, or these neo-cons have the upper hand, and then the Trump Presidency will not succeed in what it set out to do.”In this context, it is necessary to ask why declarations of eternal adherence to the “special relationship”, such as the fawning remarks by Pompeo in London, are tolerated. As he was kissing the behinds of the Queen’s “Five Eyes” intelligence operatives, President Trump has been blasting them, in a series of tweets targeting the British role in launching Russiagate. Referring to the bombshell which came out from a release of documents on May 8, obtained from an FOIA request, which showed that top State Department officials were aware that “ex” MI6 operative Christopher Steele was acting with the Clinton campaign to smear then-candidate Trump a month before the 2016 election, and days before the fraudulent filing to the FISA Court requesting surveillance of the Trump campaign, the President tweeted, “This British spy, Christopher Steele, tried so hard to get this (the Fake Dossier) out before the election. Why?”The answer to this is obvious: the British Empire opposed then, and still opposes, Trump’s efforts to break with the geopolitical doctrine which is driving the U.S. toward a catastrophic confrontation with Russia and China. In his 2016 campaign, and since his election, he has repeatedly denounced the policies of endless wars and regime change. With the hot spots around the world getting hotter, it is crucial that dialogue between the U.S., Russia and China proceed on an urgent basis.END For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast, we discuss the attempted resignation of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and the growing protests in Algeria against President Bouteflika's proposed fifth term. In Iran, Zarif announced his resignation in a February 25th Instagram post, but President Rouhani insists that Zarif keep his job after widespread support for the Foreign Minister's performance. In Algeria, protests continue to swell to hundreds of thousands as Algerians denounce President Bouteflika's plans to run for a fifth term in office despite his ill-health.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif joins Fareed to answer Trump's allegations against Iran this week at the UN. And, Fareed talks to heads of state from all across the globe as they gather in New York for the UN General Assembly. GUESTS: Javad Zarif, Chile Eboe-Osuji, Enrique Pena Nieto, Alain Berset, Jacinda Ardern, Mohammed Mahatir, Mark Rutte, Petro Poroshenko

Your hosts, Lynn, Levon, Marie Claude, Marc  (scroll to bottom for video of show) ListenEN_Interview_2-20180525-WIE20 The Friendly International Dispute Over an Arctic Island View of Hans Island located in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait, which separates Ellesmere Island from northern Greenland. (Photo courtesy of Michael Byers) It's a very small island in the middle of the Arctic ocean. Trouble is it's smack dab in the middle of the maritime boundary separating Greenland, i.e. Denmark,  and Canada. Small, barren and uninhabited, both countries claim it, and have done so for years. Now both Canada and Denmark/Greenland have decided to establish a task force to resolve this friendly dispute.  Levon speaks to Canadian Arctic expert Michael Byers who says the longstanding dispute seems to come back in the news whenever a national election looms, but says the island dispute should be very easy to resolve. Canada's (almost) Official Bird- gets its real name back The Canada Jay is not shy and will land right on your camera even without the temptation of food. (Gord Belyea) Canada, like many countries, has an official animal, the beaver and even a second official animal , the Canadian horse,.  In fact, Canada, and each province, like many countries and states, also have official animals, trees, or other plants, and birds. Canada so far hasn't named an official national bird, although the Royal Canadian Geographical Society held a nation wide contest and the grey jay won.  Except, it really shouldn't be called the grey jay.  A long standing effort to recover the bird's real name has finally born fruit. Lynn spoke with ornithological expert David Bird about the re-naming of the "Canada Jay". U.S. to withdraw from Joint Comphensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Iran nuclear deal Several world leaders and top government officials including John Kerry of the US and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif are shown in 2015 announcing the deal worked out to end Iran's nuclear weapons programme for at least a decade. Source: CBC news Two weeks ago, U.S. President Trump announced the country was withdrawing from the JCPOA saying it was a bad deal and did not go nearly far enough in limiting Iran's nuclear weapons development goals and capability.  That would mean the re-imposition of harsh sanctions. Iran would like to keep the deal to avoid such sanctions and has expressed willingness to re-negotiate although with an underlying threat that it might restart its uranium enrichment efforts if a deal isn't reached quickly. Most other countries, including Canada, expressed dismay at the U.S decision. In this excerpt, international affairs expert Ferry de Kerckhove from the University of Ottawa says Canada's opinion carries little influence but agrees the U.S decision is ill considered. Lobsters and Snow Leopards Marie-Claude is back from a trip to the Maritime province of New Brunswick and show photos of her experience with lobsters and a lobster recipe, and we have a brief look at Lynn's story along with the cutest photo of baby snow leopards born in the Winnipeg Zoo. Images of the week window.jQuery || document.write('

Fareed gives his take on President Trump's fiery UNGA speech. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif discusses the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tells Fareed about his somewhat unlikely friendliness with President Trump and offers his opinion on Trump's new plan for his region. GUESTS: Javad Zarif, Ashraf Ghani