a leaked memo suggests brussels is preparing retaliation if washington pushes ahead with new anti russia sanctions that could hurt european businesses as any delegation holds talks with u.s. lawmakers. the u.k.'s trade secretary accuses the b.b.c. of biased coverage of the break that process and of ignoring positive stories about leaving the e.u. i can't. recall a single. our times when i have seen good economic news the b.b.c. didn't describe those despite i asked members of the french president's party demand legal action amid concerns emanuel micron is becoming ever more

authoritarian that as his ratings see a dramatic drop in just one month. it's seven o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from our studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. and you delegations currently holding crunch talks with the u.s. lawmakers comes as a leaked memo suggests brussels is preparing retaliation if washington pushes ahead with russian sanctions that could hurt european businesses kate partridge has the details. this is all about an internal note which was which has been leaked from the european commission which indicates just how unhappy the brussels is over the prospect of new sanctions against russia because of the implications that they have for the u. and what the nie says is that the european commission is prepared to and the quote is hit back at the u.s. within days if this agreement goes through and also if it leaves european energy

and other companies bondable the u.s. interference and let's look at the range of what these sanctions will affect we're looking at a g. which is the big one really but beyond that there's also the financial industry there's also railways the shipping there's metals as mining but the big beef here is all about energy oil and gas but in particular gas and the way that russia supplies lots of energy gas to central europe and in particular to germany and we've heard before from europeans about they they're not happy about the prospect that these sanctions could go through because they control effectively how europe does business and also with whom as we can hear the colonel to accept the u.s. route to impose sanctions that violate international law and afflicted european companies involved in the expansion of europe's energy supply europe so that the supply is a matter for europe i'm not the united states of america it's up to us to decide who supplies us with energy and how according to rules of openness a market competition that must not happen we generally reject sanctions with extraterritorial fact meaning and impact on third countries if heard from the

kremlin spokesman dmitri prescott who also concurred to that point of view that says that these sanctions her third parties so we're talking about countries other than russia we consider the continuing sanctions rhetoric counterproductive it is damaging the interests of our two countries and also potentially damaging the interests of other states with which russia has trade and economic relations developing despite all the negative tendencies well in the meantime we've heard from european commission your highness holland who says that there's a european commission delegation in washington right now talking with the house of representatives because they'll be voting on this issue on tuesday so that just shows you how seriously how worried europe is over this new set of sanctions. we're going to discuss this further with hans you're the head of the economic forum for the alternative for germany party who joins us live now thanks for joining us on to the program now do you expect the european commission delegation to change u.s. lawmakers mind ahead of the voting on the new sanctions.

this is my deep wish that european politicians could change it because this is a case scenario for europe's security and energy supply and also for for for the common russian german european economic ties i can only hope the european commission else can do anything against it in washington you know i mean if those sanctions are approved some people that we spoke to said that were sanctions might be approved what can brussels do to retaliate retaliate and defend its business deals with russia in the future if they want to go that way. brussels i single now the time has come for brussels for for all to repin countries . to to become adult i think that's not the key question since

nine hundred forty five if their western european and then after eight eighty nine or the all the countries they behaved like like little children who did not dare to express their real wish to their parents. so to speak the united states of america i think now that the time machine really the right time for europe to show that we the europeans we have our own prologue we have our own interests and we do not bend down any more before that we shall do not just states of america. but the question still remains what can they do i mean experts we spoke to earlier they told us that the only thing that the can do is to drop sign which is against russia the you expect this to happen any time soon how likely is it to happen. nor the european can do you can do something that the county ignore it because the. imposing new sanctions this will be

a decision of the united states or the house of representatives of the note states of america they do not have any right to export deter return of the legislation to third countries that is what had been torn told before by mr prescott or mr gubb real soul really the ruler pins can do something ignore it just ignore it. what you need for your own interest in european ok hands are very passionate subject for the head of the economic forum for the alternative for germany party thanks for joining us here on r.t. . by the way. the case international trade in france has accused the b.b.c. of willfully ignoring positive news on the progs it process the claim came in a letter to the broadcasters director general however he's already voiced his concerns before. to tell you in the newspaper or listen to the radio t.v.

the story is done very negatively it almost is going to be impossible for us to do these trade deals if you look we spoke to rome undermines the work he's doing. well mr speaker it does appear that some elements of our media would rather see britain feel than seabrooke to succeed. and i i cannot. recall a single time in recent times when i have seen good economic news that the b.b.c. didn't describe those despite rick's. well he says that the b.b.c.'s putting a damper on things economically he says that when his press team calls up the b.b.c. news desks offering positive stories about brags that they choose not to cover them and he says that's hampering his ability to strike international trade deals with he's taken stock with a particular phrase that b.b.c. headlines often feature in these two words despite brags that suggesting an element of surprise from the b.b.c.

team that the country hasn't been crippled economically by its decision to leave the e.u. we've done a bit of research ourselves hair and we've counted dozens of b.b.c. had lines on line featuring this phrase of course liam fox he's one of the chief briggs it is here in the british government so perhaps unsurprisingly this letter to the b.b.c. has really riled up the pro e.u. camp one liberal democrat politician here has accused him of acting like a tinpot dictator they've accused him of trying to blame the b.b.c. for his own failures as international trade secretary and trying to strike those deals in folks isn't the first big politician here in the u.k. to express his dissatisfaction with the b.b.c.'s coverage of bragg's it issues andrei led some of the leader of the house of commons she recently said that broadcasters need to be a bit more patriotic. in the way they approach brags that the b.b.c.

has of course dismissed all of these allegations of bias they said that they don't recognize the characterization of the coverage outlined in this letter and perhaps explaining some of the gravitas with which they approach these brags that headlines they have said that no organization takes coverage of the economy more seriously. a documentary called the risk on wiki leaks founder julian assange was released today something the film's hero is apparently unhappy about respond to cecilia songs wrote to them in a bid to stop the release going ahead we therefore demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all images of the named participants and that you desist from this or any other infringement of the rights of the main participants in the future the documentary took six years to make his a quick preview. i'm

calling from the office of the sun. well let's discuss this further with melinda taylor who is julius arches lawyer million thanks for coming on to the program to discuss this now the producers of the film they claim that aslan wiki leaks have sent letters to distributors demanding that the film not be released can you confirm that that's what's happened . yes indeed mr sanders noir was. in the film and a cease and desist letter to the distributors of the hell do you see the fact that because it is the not all the rights to use their images in the film so it's just

a copyright issue that's what you're suggesting why was your client so upset by this film with several issues at play but at its heart it's about souls protection it's about integrity and it's about context so essentially normal purchase was given access a privileged access to wiki leaks mr s. and so didn't a very strict shave us which were designed to protect the need an important work that we. were those caveats was for example that. was never to be edited in the united states yet it's not purchased relations many wrote that commission into the city to a country where she knew it could be subpoenaed by the rest of the regime who waged a war against wiki. the thing as well and you've mentioned the contracts in the copyright issues but what about the content was there an objection to the content of the film. well the content was selectively edited and taken out

of context and it shows a president who never agreed to be in the film for example and it's not just wheeling stuff but it risk it's also the sources of present day where twitter for example you know up against speaking to people in tunisia about certain crucial issues who are there places them and risk as well so all these persons have been placed at risk because of his desire to show his documentary and really showing it as a documentary about we should be talking about schools protection she took you might government surveillance which was a real purpose of the film what they were led to believe the film would be about. but there is a public interest as in there in a silent himself that he objects to him being in the film he's part of a contact he's the star of this documentary isn't it. well wiki leaks is the star of the documentary and yet it's been edited in such a way that you would think that is no one of the women have been completely and

other persons to be denuded of all agency that means sharing his lavish minions mean yes he did with drawings it's consent but so did others so did his mother so didn't care how harrison. so little not over all because they were not given the fact of opportunity to voice their concerns or in some cases even seen the what which. if we look at the interest in the film how likely do you think it is that this film will make a splash will it be a big enough splash for people to be interested. well i don't believe it's completely topical i mean this was mostly. shot so many years ago and the work of wiki leaks is doing doing now and the real events have not been tried to them it's not for example the u.n. decision of last year is not really shown in the film it doesn't really do justice to this is you know what's going to stop the investigation against him because of

the lack of any evidence concerning him so really it doesn't betray the work of wiki leaks it doesn't show real contributions or in writing and several example about seven so there's a lot of stuff over showing the stars which says in there do you want to know about weekly go to wiki leaks go to justice were so much use the chris documentary does not deal with. the two go hand in hand you know obviously associated with wiki leaks in the public eye and he was and he was filmed so we know that documentaries are edited is a really that worried about what the public city could do when this film you know is watched while these people is any publicist a good for him i think a real concern of the course and the consequences we've got in the ongoing prosecution in the united states and again not just the prosecution would have to do not start except as other members who were shown in this film and potentially

places them aren't risk so again the risk is not just to his sons it's weekly leaks it's also those are the persons who put the lie to malign the security and the lie to do their work. and they are to paid in this documentary under the strict condition that they were receive the protection they would receive this right what's with your to be able to give you divorce or concerns none of this was respected ok well linda taylor as a lawyer thank you very much for coming on to the program to discuss the issues thanks melissa. french president has been accused of having an authoritarian leadership style by members of his own party. and others are for this break.

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welcome back to the program the scandal over alleged collusion with russia is not running out of suspects the latest in the fire line is of the president's son and the senior advisor who was called to testify in front of the senate intelligence committee over his contacts with russians during a presidential campaign. has the story. yes questioning is being conducted behind closed doors but he did put out an eleven page statement before him and in that document he outright denies all accusations of colluding with the russians or of having any knowledge of others in team trump having done so along with denying having any improper contact with foreign officials jared cushion or decided it was so important for him and other trump transition team officials to have secret

communications directly with the kremlin not just the russian ambassador in washington but with the kremlin bush outlined each interaction he had with russians including the now infamous meeting with a russian attorney that the media has painted as no less than a kremlin agent cushion or was being invited to meet with a russian attorney and it had been promised she would deliver dirt on hillary clinton every now kirshner himself explained how insignificant that encounter was i arrived at the meeting a little late when i got there the person who has since been identified as a russian attorney was talking about the issue of a ban on u.s. adoptions of russian children i had no idea why that topic was being raise and quickly determines that my time was not well spent at this meeting that statement goes on to describe any and every interaction he had with a russian or someone who could possibly have a russian connection at the same time christian or also drew attention to the fact that his job during the campaign was to be the point of contact with foreign

countries and therefore the four times he did encounter russians was well within his scope realistically not having any to report would have been more concerning given the amount of foreign contacts he had during the campaign which he outlined as well let's take a listen i had incoming contacts with people from approximately fifteen countries to put these requests in context i must have received thousands of kools lets isn't emails from people looking to talk a meet on a variety of issues and topics including hundreds from outside the united states well i could not be responsive to everyone i tried to be. respectful of any foreign government so question or stress the fact that he had only limited contacts with russian representatives but it is likely that the hunt for wrongdoing will continue work artless. emanuel micron's being accused of authoritarian rule with some party members now demanding legal action claiming that there's a lack of democracy within the party for more and that his artie's sharlet do

bensky. this is another headache the president back on as these grassroot members of the party say that the ruling top the elite the hierarchy of his party la republica almost are actually acting democratically and the gossoon members say they fear that they will have no power and no say in that party in future the proposed for members to the role of a supporter and exclude them from government from both the local and national level well this is all over the new statue of the party and the members say that they were involved in creating that statue too hastily too quickly they're not clear on what it means and they feel that it's being imposed on them yet again on the high it comes off to an unprecedented spat between president matt gone and his now former head of the french armed forces general de ville is general de villiers had criticized him for proposing military cuts in two thousand and seventeen. that by

completely demolishing the chief of staff over the french armed forces saying i'm the boss you just give it a shit if you're near fifty gun didn't place you would you do nuthin that day many people in front saying that they now unhappy with the leadership style of the president describing it as being authoritarian the recent poll shows that he his humble down in the approval ratings he in front losing ten points since he was elected in may that is the second largest decline so soon often being elected in france but of course michael moore was elected on this platform that he was going to be a different kind of politician that he was going to change politics in france and people now here are saying that yes he is different but he's different in the sense that he's channeling the style of the former french imperial past a not france's democratic president. the italian prime minister has

hit back at neighboring countries for their handling of europe's growing migrant crisis pallo gentle loney added it won't be intimidated by criticism from other member states for its decision to take in more refugees we will not accept lectures and still less threats such as those we have heard from our neighbors in recent days we are doing our duty and expect the whole of europe to do the same alongside italy the warning comes after austria threaten to impose border controls and deploy troops to cut the number of immigrants crossing from italy austria defense minister stood by the way saying the country must be prepared to contain the influx italy has been the focal point of europe's migrants crisis for months now the country has taken in almost one hundred thousand immigrants already this year that's over eighty percent of all migrants arrivals to europe and with little prospect of the number of newcomers to creasing anytime soon italian cities and towns

a deeply divided over the crisis our crew visited one such place. i've been traveling across rural parts of sicily for almost a week now speaking to locals various officials and refugees and i'll tell you what some people may not be willing to admit it but italy has really been divided by the refugee crisis there are locals war ready to welcome migrants and refugees without any preconditions but there are of course others who are willing to put their livelihoods their concerns their lives have been hit hard by the economic crisis and they are the ones who are now having to accommodate the refugees the most vivid example is the mayor of a small community. told me how he started a protest place that has been quiet for decades when dozens of refugees and migrants. hotel the mayor along with the locals blocked the way for an

generator that was being delivered into the hotel and then the exclusive interview he explained to me why they did that. when there's no room there's no room we've already got huge difficulties here like unemployment issues with infrastructure and health care the community does not understand how we can accept more people when we have all these problems but. disappointed with just like pretty much everyone. question that i've been getting all the people are critical with the european approach in dealing with the refugee crisis the mayor told me that he believes that countries like germany and france are trying to keep the status quo where it is italy. being left alone dealing with this. the e.u.

betrayed italy with a problem that's not a talian per se actually it's totally european we are at the forefront italy is where they arrive first but the european community doesn't seem to care some countries even closed their borders more of that exclusive interview with the mayor and also to the abandoned hotel that's now been turned into a refugee shelter. and the full report that will be aired on r.t. international throughout tuesday. you can revolt against the dictator but what about the day after i think. as

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