team trump declares war on government and the media who report on name sources to the latest release of the president's phone call transcript. u.s. diplomacy. coming up. on the streets of venezuela as opposition supporters wreak havoc over the president's controversial constitutional. agricultural chemical. called influencing media and scientists to restore the reputation of

a controversial. good morning this is arts international with me kevin oh in this morning's just turned eleven here in moscow now this saturday and our top story the trumpet ministrations announced a crackdown on federal government leaks which have left the white house in term all the culprits of being want to stop or face legal consequences. leaks are incredibly damaging to our intelligence mission and capabilities simply put these leaks hurt our country if you improperly disclose classified information we will find you we will investigate you we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law and you will not be happy with the result eternity general says the justice

department has been pursuing about three times more leagues than it was during the last years of the obama administration and it's not only government employees who could face prosecution jeff sessions also warned that the media could be forced to reveal sources while critics slammed that as an attack on free speech but there are some fears that some of these leagues could be putting national security at risk as jacqueline booga reports. the white house is leaking like a fever and it simply has to stop both attorney general. as efforts are stepped up to root out those responsible and want to turn to vital kellyanne conway even speculated lie detectors could be wheeled into the west wing to sniff out the signatures these comments of the administration's response to the waves of classified information making their way out of the white house i don't know warming and some say dangerous right i am so glad they're telling us what's going on as a new thing every day and here's the crazy thing it is only you know getting out in

the public because of the white house of whistle blowers the transcripts of phone calls between president trump and two world leaders have been the leaks and published by the washington post i've never seen a white house leak as much against itself as this the latest and most explosive leak conversation transcripts between trump and the leaders of mexico and i still you seem sort of been the final straw provoking outrage even among critics who say a line has been crossed is not fair this president. in terms of the leaks with the large prison term or not no president can do business with their phone calls from the leak to the washington post terribly damaging to our country not just to donald trump politically who i don't support but to our country does is it crimps conversations with foreign leaders all the way down the chain where we saw no leaks like this under the obama administration and we saw only one or two when they were related to the iraq war in the bush administration so clearly the press leaks only what they want to leak because i refuse to believe these are the only times that they've ever had some do gooder and them something that they think should be

published so in the sense that the press is selective i think that they have risen to the level of you being able to demonstrate malice being that they are not others and if they can show malice they should be held responsible absolutely despite the reported risks to national security this leaking pipe of information continues to drip likely because trump's enemies are not only at the doors of the white house they're right inside it too between staff stragglers. in the obama era and perpetual shake ups within his own administration the one thing that is clear is the toxic environment of distrust is likely to cloud the halls of the west wing meaning the president will have a hard time doing his job effectively and the security of the nation remains in question and all leaks are plugged and the damage can finally be mopped up. r.t. washington d.c. . the taliban has been stepping up its attacks in afghanistan mainly in the south deadly assaults in the past forty eight hours alone the thoughts have killed several police officers the militant casualties two dozens were killed during

a lengthy gun battle one market in helmand the longest war in u.s. history shows no sign of ending as regards the if reports next i've got a star on the very word is becoming synonymous with the british the soviets and now the americans three u.s. presidents have tried to win this war and gotten nowhere on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan decided to maintain our current posture of ninety eight hundred troops in afghanistan i'm also sending general mcmaster to afghanistan to find out how we can make progress alongside our afghan partners it isn't getting bad it's been bad for near enough to decades what it is is going from bad to worse monday

explosion near the iraqi embassy tuesday thirty killed in a mosque blast wednesday two u.s. soldiers killed in a convoy attack thursday suicide bomb attacks another nato convoy in the week isn't over yet trumps. he's reportedly threatening to fire the u.s. is top. in afghanistan for war failures see for yourself how much of the country is limits have now taken over and they're not done yet. sixteen years the longest war in u.s. history what is the goal of the can to continue to choose i don't know that we have a goal anymore and i got it i'm not really sure to be honest i mean at this point

it has been going on for a long time and there are now what are we doing there being in afghanistan is an eye opening experience the question there isn't if the taliban will win but when the taliban will win because it sure as heck isn't the pentagon that's doing the winning they'll tell you themselves we're not winning in afghanistan right now but we want an illusion. mr chairman i believe we're in a stalemate then again how do you win this the afghan army fights for paychecks not for a corrupt government in kabul the government fights to enrich itself not the people nato troops they are there to bring freedom they're following orders it isn't for nothing that they call of. the graveyard of empires. earlier this week the united states special inspector general for afghanistan admitted that a defense department program costing taxpayers a most half

a billion dollars had failed to achieve its goals former pentagon official michael maloof told us that the u.s. has got no strategy and won't have one if it continues using only a military solution. going on year sixteen now people are american people are tired of but they're looking for alternatives and i think president trump is voicing that their frustration in trying to come to some kind of resolution on this now i know the russians have an afghan working group i was told by some officials recently that they had actually invited the united states to participate in discussions with with their group and to discuss a resolution for afghanistan but the united states refused. unbelievable but it worked really underscores once again the u.s. needs a strategy it doesn't have one and it's not going to have one if they're going to

rely solely on a military solution. and as well as newly elected but controversial legislative body has been inaugurated the middle but drop of yet more street violence police in the capital deployed to gas and rubber bullets and clashes with angry opposition supporters. ok thank you. well the hip issue here is that now we have two a parliament one parliament is dominated by the opposition our parliament who thought that by. the opposition how snobbery now is demonstrations that will take your mind things will work out what they are doing it's a beautiful demonstration. they're resold. usually by a well there's we unwound around people who three people killed. in late march i

don't see any understanding i fear this question is they're continuing their fifty's or maybe getting wars i think this will die down in times. both sides are entrenched wildfire however out of the national guard by the allen tie that the other side it's just you know it's a real here's some of the expert reaction we've been getting them to venezuela's political and economic turmoil right now. so-called constituent assembly election was a fraud to call an election would be a mockery of what happened no opposition candidate. and the votes were not in favor of one and against another. so the so-called candidates were all cronies of the president and the ruling p.s.u. the party which controls the executive and the courts certainly there is there are some flaws in the way it was called and the way the election took place but nothing

that is fundamentally anti-democratic that is the opposition had plenty of opportunities to participate in this process itself was completely. straightforward and unfair so now when they do in demonstration they still insist on going to the city center which is has been prohibited and so then of course there are violent clashes between the police and the demonstrators. relations between neighbors france and italy have descended further with economic joking and that migrant crisis fracturing the once rock solid partnership here's how it all started to unravel father too. emmanuel macron would like you to think he leads the e.u. even shows its music to his victory march. try telling that to italians though they've just had their hands slapped away from a huge deal to buy one of france's biggest ship building ports. wanted fifty fifty

but rome was so upset they've sunk the deal entirely. nationalism and protectionism are not an acceptable basis for establishing relations between two great european countries to work on joint projects you need reciprocal trust and respect. he and i am announcing that we took the decision to exercise the preemption right of the state of s t x this decision has been taken in total agreement with the president of the republic and the prime minister this decision has only one purpose defend this to interest of france in terms of labor constructions. it's not just macro his business dealings getting italy's base his attempts to solve the libyan crisis not going down too well either. with. the courage that is yours today by being here and by agreeing to these joint declaration is historic. it's

doing that got the italian press up in arms and the politicians were venting their anger it's true there are too many open formats in libya to many meditators to many initiatives one topic is keeping very hands off zero is migrants italy wants other countries to open their borders but france's doors the staying well and truly shots last month italy asked of the e.u. countries to open their ports to migrants too but france said no way as it would create a magnet effect so what does neighborly love look like right now between france and italy maybe something like this. a french publisher we spoke to says there's a third party effect relations here too in the us germany. i'm not sure that it is absolutely under the economy i think that there is a problem of competition between between italy and france today. two of germany and

two of the importance in europe. with. the turkey assist to the meeting swiss. lake. and there were all there was a problem of trio between the thirty france and germany and today we see that the man who had tried to come back through the french germany. suspicioned drew a cooper with germany we stuck to turkey and we can understand that for eternity it's always drama. right here right ahead there are toxic revelations about one of the world's best selling weed killers we'll tell you all about it after this quick break. make this manufacture consent to step into the public will. when the ruling

closest to protect themselves. with the flaming. lips and be the one percent. we can all middle of the room see. the real news. what do you what's your current take on the administration right now just to. they're having a tough situation would be inherited from obama but i think the big problem for trump is that you soon as you want he protested everything was great i liked him better as a candidate when everything was really when the data was phony great the statistics are real the unemployment. it is much higher don't believe pete the stock market's a big fat bubble that's probably good for the truck by god everything is great it's a bond market the economy is great the fall because.

again secret documents show that the american agricultural chemical giant monsanto tried to influence media of science reports over its popular weed killer roundup which has a key ingredient is linked to cancer here's how an attorney from the firm that published the documents describes the revelations this is a look behind the curtain monsanto has deliberately been stopping studies ghost writing literature and engaging in corporate malfeasance the world health organization labeled roundups main ingredient for say it as a potentially carcinogenic to humans and animals last month health officials in california also said it could cause cancer although monsanto's promos going to different picture. what about their main active ingredient. is a harmful regulatory agencies in more than one hundred sixty countries have

approved places sea based products like the seed is applied to plants absorb it travels to their roots blocks a specific enzyme found in plants not animals or humans precise effective and proven the newly revealed documents show that concerns among staff about the product safety in fact go back many years in two thousand and three and monsanto scientists told a colleague quote you cannot say roundup is not a carcinogen because he went on to say the necessary tariffs haven't yet been carried out two years before another wrote of serious concerns about testing the weed killer to now the monsanto e-mails also reveal an exchange with a science consultancy called into tech about editing research with monsanto scientists other e-mails show a writer from the magazine forbes requesting a high quality draw from monsanto before writing up an article then round up and was later fired for ghost writing to downplay the risks associated with the product

will harvey put the revelations to a mom son to the executive earlier. an academic ken remailer asked monsanto to draft an article for him did the company draft an article for him or did it given any orders is what he needed to write no we didn't know orders whatsoever as to what he needed to write he asked for assistance with a draft and we provided assistance with a draft as you requested ok i just want to read out a quote from another research i can't be part of deceptive authorship we call that ghost writing and it is unethical what was he referring to there in terms of ghostwriting it was a completely wean aiden's and it was resolved with appropriate full attributed authorship credit says that there was a monsanto scientist who said he would be seriously concerned if somebody wanted to test the weed killer what was that concern we want to make sure good science good lab practices people who know what they're doing professionals who are capable of

conducting tests are doing those we will always have concerns when someone out of the blue tells us that they would like to ask what about the claims scott coming from some people that one of your products roundup has actually caused cancer there are question marks over maybe guy for say the self isn't cancer in juicing but perhaps the actual product how do you respond to that claim well the only other really the roundup is put together with two to two completely round up formulation is what's called a search has been studied extensively neither one of those have to be cancer causing agents my pump attorney is a lawyer and author of the upcoming book law and vengeance believes the u.s. government knew about the dangers associated with ground up. one important thing about these documents it helps paint a very clear picture that monsanto understood the dangers of their product when they were selling it by the ton all over the world the problem is that the

government has known about this for quite a while this case has been out there for quite some time and unfortunately the department of justice hasn't taken it on themselves to actually go after a criminal investigation with this but i understand here you have a company that is actually influencing the very regulatory agency this supposed to be looking out for the safety of the american public and so this has been gone since nineteen eighty five the e.p.a. in one thousand nine hundred five determined that glaive to say in roundup was a primary ingredient roundup needed to be classified as a carcinogen now they said that in the eighty's and then all of a sudden with no reason to change they they said day one it will cause cancer in six years later the e.p.a. suddenly changes that classification the opposite way and now what we're seeing is why they changed it. the british computer hacker credited with stopping the

notorious want to cry cyber attack has legit lead to police that he created and sold well was designed to steal banking details now marcus hutches was arrested at a hiking conference in las vegas he could face up to forty years in prison if convicted the twenty three year old self-taught cyber expert faces six charges for creating and distributing the kronos virus which spreads through e-mail a touch mints and steals banking details were infected computers is lawyers say he plans to plead not guilty became known for discovering that hidden kills which of course just a couple months ago in the one across cyber attack it struck in over one hundred fifty countries causing havoc in airports all spittles banks with a key infrastructure back in may it worked by encrypting data on infected computers making them inaccessible and then demanding a ransom for three hundred dollars with bitcoin. can still ping want to cry those saw him then labeled

a hero. people sort of inundate me mess just thanking me saying i'm a hare i mean i so just ready for this to maine for tracking and i didn't intend for it to sort of blow up on me to be able to have the media i just saw doing my job and i don't really think that i'm a hero but no. kiriakou believes the hikers are wrestlers too many questions unanswered. i read the indictment and read the statement of fact. i'm i'm not seeing a crime here at least what's in the indictment is very very weak i think is his own attorney described it is very thin and i am perplexed as to why he was charged in the eastern district of wisconsin of all places i don't believe he's ever even been to wisconsin so i think this is really the department of justice trying to make a statement which i think is going to come back and buy it because it's the f.b.i. director and the cia director who have been going to these these hacker conventions

in the past telling hackers would be hackers we're the good guys come and work for us well now they go and arrest one of the most prominent hackers in the world one who's actually provided a public service of his own country this is going to send a chilling effect through the entire hacker community. south korea's spy agencies admitted playing a role in the country's twenty twelve presidential election but the national intelligence service is now we should the statement proposing to quote disassociate itself from politics if you chip the agency deployed its cyber warfare unit back in two thousand and twelve in the polls as many as thirty teams to influence opinion on social media is suspected of toppling the then president and helping the challenger gooden hade to victory. was a big day in twenty six states and this year's been accused of corruption and arrested world affairs right to done glazebrook says the spy agency's admission here is troubling if the south korean state was created to crush popular movements

calling for unification of korea and then it's no surprise really that that's exactly what the what they're still up to because the intelligence service of south korea in twenty twelve but the big big problem was that they were there were the opposition. had too much of an open policy. towards north korea wanted to revive the sunshine policy so-called of the early two thousand negotiations in reducing hostility towards north korea and so on and of course that's the worst outcome for the u.s. because the unification of career would ultimately end the rays on death row for u.s. bases on the korean peninsula which means u.s. bases right on the doorstep of both russia and china so no it's not a surprise but with there's there's a big element which is missing from this story which i think this this would not have taken place south korean intelligence would not have done this without coordinating with this with the u.s.

the. rescuers have managed to make contact with some of the miners who became trapped in a flooded diamond mine in the far east russia on friday a major rescue operation is currently underway one hundred forty three people have been brought to the surface so far but they does that eight still now missing is how the incident unfolded.

bit is about the company that owns the mine it's called all rosser it's one of the world's biggest diamond produces the firm mines most of russia's diamonds and the air it was discovered to be dumb and rich back in nine hundred fifty five in two thousand and nine an underground mine was established to extract diamond bearing all producing up to a million tons a year but the facilities constantly been hit by strong underground currents too and they were at least a bit of good news this in so last spoke at least seems one of the person has been rescued thoughts for the eight still missing will keep you updated that is the news round up so far updated again thirty minutes live for you i'm kevin zero in thanks for watching this saturday he was close by to twenty four seven with.

us. are times are we going underground as politicians or nations are the fastest growing economies on earth gather in order to go to tatters philippines coming up in the show. here including around the world we told the legend three hundred strong collaborator steadman a documentary filmmaker carrie levy about corbin the iraq war and saving the world so critical quick and. you have no gluten dairy corn soy caffeine alcohol and sugar red meat shellfish and white rice should we like.

people power we speak to britain's unofficial. and the london imperial war museum senior curator about using protest dollars to fight for peace all the more coming up in today's going underground but first tomorrow marks seventy two years to the day that the united states used weapons of mass destruction against the japanese city of hiroshima killing maybe one hundred fifty thousand civilians that learn the genetic defects still continuing today the dropping of nuclear bombs as an act of war marked a new era of nato aggression and according to some scientists malta a new era of human history one that could be leading to the destruction of the earth what is less controversial is the fact that species are threatened with extinction due to capitalism and ralph steadman renowned political office do famously work with guns or journalists thompson on fear and loathing in las vegas has teamed up with filmmaker friend carrie levy to author a new book about them they join me now to talk about their third collaboration critical critters and carrie lee welcome to going underground to what are gone savation this guns of ace in its turn

a to conservationists and it's kind of i suppose where we set off on our venture with critical critters having done two books about birds we thought we'd take on the rest of the animals that are in critical trouble in this world today and he's been on this road usually talking about foreign policy. maybe big fossil fuel go but he's you have a gentle critique of him about his idea of language it's in a page five of us i don't criticize anyone you believe animals can talk. and certainly think but i don't think they know when they're going to die or even know that they will die i like that idea to me that really smacks of something clever that they don't they don't know that life and death isn't really i know that a sad pictures of animals with partners and i i know they no idea what death means but.