the u.n. security council voted unanimously in favor of sweeping new sanctions against north korea in response to pyongyang to intensify missile tests. the u.s. launches a war on government leaks after donald trump's phone transcripts with other leaders have made public threatening to damage american diplomacy. russia's former ambassador to the u.s. opens up in his first t.v. interview since leaving the post about the scandal over contacts with american diplomats.

live from moscow armors on the lockwood with your latest news here on r.t. international the un security council has unanimously approved new sanctions against north korea they will target i restrict north korean exports to other u.n. member states in key industries such as metals and food with the aim to dent the country's economy by around one billion dollars per year north korean nationals will also see travel limitations put in place and foreign investment blocked the resolution drafted by the us was in response to north korea's intensified missile tests russia's un representative has said that sanctions were needed to make north korea stop its program he stressed however the sanctions should be the starting point for future dialogue with north korea. for those who do not to the russian

federation has agreed to the resolution on north korea we understand the need to stop the nuclear program which is unacceptable for us which the newly implemented measures against north korea cannot be an end in themselves but rather an instrument to get the country into constructive talks. only a we talk to gregory elect member of the advisory board of the korea policy institute and richard becker regional director of the antiwar ansa coalition about the new sanctions. thinking in terms of a dialogue no if anything that makes dialogue even less likely than before but if you mean effective authority to impose their collective punishment on the entire north korean population and bring about the economic collapse of north korea then i may be a factor of course unfortunately be with you and thanks for the thoughts recalling the inmates are very the only increase the likelihood of a conflict or increase the tension is at the very least very unfortunate actually the un security council has passed this resolution and i think could misplaces the

blame for the detention and the korean peninsula every year hundreds of thousands of south korean and tens of thousands of u.s. troops participate in military maneuvers in korea that are openly aimed at regime change in north korea that they're rehearsing for regime change it's clear to anyone who's at all objective that north korea's nuclear program is meant as a deterrent they know without a doubt that if they were to one inch of first strike that they would be annihilated by the fire fire fire greater nuclear power of the united states. the white house has announced a crackdown on intelligence and government leaks which have been seriously damaging to the trumpet ministration the culprits a big want to stop now 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 the attorney general says the justice department has been pursuing about three times more leaks than doing. the final years of the a bomber administration and it's not only government employees who could face prosecution the media bay also be forced to reveal sources critics have slammed that as an attack on free speech but there are fears that some leaks could be putting national security at risk jacqueline very good picks up the story. i think we have to stop both attorney general. as efforts are stepped up to root out those responsible and want to turn folks advice kellyanne conway even speculated lie detectors can be reeled 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 is here's the crazy thing it is only you know getting out in the public because of the white house 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 when australia seems to have been the final straw provoking our region even among critics who say a line has been crossed is not shared this president. in terms of the leaks with the large prison terms 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 that it 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 door of the white house they are right inside it too between staff stragglers from the obama era and professional shake ups within. own administration the one thing that is clear is the toxic environment of distrust is likely to cloud the whole 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 only plug in the damage can finally be mopped up. r.t. washington d.c.

. former russian ambassador to the us his lack has opened up about his conversations with ex u.s. national security advisor michael flynn the controversial discussers which took place during the trumpet ministrations transition into power led to flynn having to leave his post more and cassie have talks us through what we've learned he says that he still shocked and indignant over all this attention that's been devoted to his meeting with flynt he asks since when a diplomats forbid an agent with politicians with members of an administration that is after all their entire job with regards to this talk this conversation between himself and mr flynn says that they talked about straightforward things pressing concerns but simple ones such as terrorism for example there were no secrets mentioned he says regards the sanctions and by the way it was sanctions there

potential talk of sanctions that really forced mr flynt to resign mystic is that says you had very direct orders from the top not to mention sanctions. i do not comment on a daily contact with our colleagues i had instructions not to discuss sanctions we never discuss sanctions with anybody and i assure you i've honestly followed the instructions we don't discuss or bargain about sanctions because we believe they were implemented in an illegal politically aggressive way to begin with. kislyak also says that he doesn't take seriously all these allegations of russian meddling during the election and when asked why the russian media focused and covered the elections in such great detail he says because it was fun as good a reason as any or they called him many things the politicians and the media

especially during the early days of trump's presidency they. called him a chief spy they called him a chief recruiter of spies bear in mind this is a respectable person a career diplomat he's been in washington since two thousand and since two thousand and eight and he says that these allegations are offensive and humiliating and not to him but to the people saying them to america itself. i believe all the talk suggesting that i bust through the russian federation i'm a spy is shameful for a country like america has become normal in america to talk about how the russian ambassador is why it's out how bugs were installed on his phone it's an unhealthy society despite everything mystic is like says he doesn't believe we're in the middle of another cold war things haven't gotten that bad he says but there are huge problems and many of them stem from the fact that there's

a self push sieved exceptionalism in american politics and when the media resistance when they need somebody who's willing to stand up for their own interests that's when they get upset we asked russia analyst and historian martin mccauley whether he believes mr kislyak comments will be taken into consideration by u.s. investigators. the problem is that in washington there's a very strong russian caucus and from the democrat side sometimes among the republicans the liberal press and they will literally not accept anything which is positive about russia over russian so something they don't believe it and they were. president trumps knows something about the positive about russia the say that's treasonous you shouldn't be saying that russia is our own base and we should be concentrating on that so unfortunately in washington now

there's an impasse you have been the ones that president trump who would like and his people they would like to improve relations with russia. get things going and so on but congress is doing its best to ensure that relations with russia deteriorate. video has emerged showing the aftermath of a deadly air strike in yemen but due to its graphic nature has been heavily edited and please be warned it is disturbing it shows the bodies of a family being dragged from rubble following a load it alleged saudi led coalition strike nine people were killed including six children after their house collapsed according to local officials the air strike occurred during a battle between u.s. and saudi backed forces in yemen and al qaeda in the city of solder riyadh's coalition denies it was responsible saying they do not target civilians well

reports have suggested that humanitarian groups can all reach areas of yemen as saudi arabia and its allies have restricted fuel supplies the head of the un's development program in the country says the outlook for the conflict is bleak because humanitarian organizations are being shot out another warring aspect to the conflict is what's being called the world's worst outbreak of cholera it's already claimed the lives of nearly two thousand people since october two to contaminated food and water and there's little or no medical assistance for those who catch the disease. yemen is seeing a massive cholera outbreak really one of the biggest killer outbreaks we've seen in our lifetime it started about two months ago and it spreads rapidly across the country and is still growing unfortunately what we found is that there's a million malnourished children living in areas of the worst affected by cholera the cholera epidemic in yemen and the humanitarian crisis more widely are entirely manmade and created by the conflict it's totally preventable and if the conflict

ended it would be much easier for us to bring color under control the conflict in yemen has been ongoing for two years now it's left more than ten thousand civilians dead three million displaced and masses of people in dire need of help. you know. that's what the modelling the a lot of. this i think you know there's a lot of these the limit of those of us that are. there. to azerbaijan now where an explosion has told through a dormitory block in the east of the country resulting in a fire local media have reported that the have been fatalities although no exact numbers have been given yet medics say that twenty five people including one child

are in hospital with most suffering from smoke inhalation the cause of the blast is currently on clay although authorities say the blaze has now been put out of course we'll continue to update you on this developing story as we have all. now the taliban has been stepping up its attacks in afghanistan mainly in the south of the country a series of assaults over the past four days has seen dozens of people killed both soldiers and civilians despite efforts to eliminate the taliban lasting a decade the terrorists still have a large presence in the nation according to the latest u.s. report for reconstruction there forty percent of afghan territories currently controlled or contested by the taliban. but if.

you. look at it. for me that was washington has provided millions of dollars to assist afghanistan in its fight against the terrorists however according to the special inspector general for the country the u.s. defense program has cost taxpayers almost half a billion dollars while failing to achieve its goals of president trump voiced his anger over that failed campaign during his latest meeting with generals and progress reports over the past number of months have not been positive we are not winning in afghanistan right now we want an illusion. mr chairman i believe we're in a stalemate going on year sixteen now people in american people are tired of it they're

looking for alternatives and i think president trump is voicing that their frustration in 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 what their group and to discuss a resolution for afghanistan but the united states refused. unbelievable but it world 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. eight miners a still missing well over twenty four hours after a flood as a diamond mine in russia spawn east water poured into an underground shaft with one

hundred fifty one people trapped inside the rescue operation is ongoing we're about to show you a video of a worker being rescued on saturday morning. one hundred emergency services personnel are involved in the rescue operation and they've been joined by volunteers and some of the miners who were themselves evacuated let's take a look at how this disaster unfolded. the

. it's. the company that owns the mine is called al riser it's one of the world's biggest diamond produces our mines most of russia's stones the ecu to reach and was discovered to be diamond rich in the one nine hundred fifty s. in two thousand and nine the underground mine was a step to extract a diamond bearing or it produces up. about a million tons a year over the facility has been cults to flee hit by strong underground water currents but we're continuing to keep a watch on that rescue operation and we will keep you updated on the fate of those missing miners. venezuela's newly elected and controversial legislative body has been inaugurated the street violence in the country continues

police in the capital deployed take ass and rubber bullets in clashes with angry opposition supporters on friday. ok. well who should hear of the now we have two a parliament one parliament is dominated by the opposition are a parliamentary that by name call of my lord of the opposition how smart. demonstrations that will to your mind things will work out what they are doing is beautiful the most gracious but they're resold. usually by oh there's when one hung around people who three people killed them or three starters in late march i don't see any understanding i feel this is pushing either continuing our cities or maybe getting wars i think this will die down in time so on both sides are entrenched

wildfire the whole however out of the national guard by the alongside the earth side it's just you know it's a real the country's opposition sees the formation of the constituent assembly which will rewrite the constitution as a power grab as it met for the first time on saturday the new body voted to suspend chief prosecutor louise louise ortega a prominent government critic despite a growing backlash both at home and abroad were brought about as well as education minister defended the assembly. first of all it's unacceptable to limit and inflict sanctions on an independent and free country citizens are taking advantage of their constitutional rights like voting for candidates in the national assembly what is an absolutely unacceptable fact is that we are being punished for following the norms of our constitution in venezuela the national constituent assembly can be crude this can be done by the president of the republican self the assembly members

were chosen by over eight million people more than forty percent of all registered voters through the means of a direct and anonymous vote we are complying with the core democratic norms which are reflected in our constitution venezuela will become a nation where there will be improvements and greater developments in the economy and citizens' rights. in other news this hour secret documents show that the american biotech giant monsanto tried to influence the media and science reports about its popular weight killer called round up one of its key ingredients has been 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 reading literature and engaging in corporate malfeasance. health organization labeled roundups main ingredient life assert as potentially cost majestic to humans and animals last month health officials in california also said it could cause

cancer monsanto's promos paint a very different picture what about their main active ingredient life estate is it harmful regulatory agencies in more than one hundred sixty countries have approved places a base product like the state is applied to once 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 which surfaced during a court case against monsanto show that concerns among staff about the product safety go back many years here are some of them in two thousand and three and monsanto scientists told a colleague that quote you can't say roundup is not a carcinogen because the necessary tests haven't been carried out two years before that another wrote of serious concerns about testing the week or the monsanto e-mails also reveal contact with the science consultancy firm into tech about

editing research with a month santos scientist of the e-mails show a writer from the business magazine forbes requesting a high quality draft from monsanto before writing an article on roundup henry miller was later fired for ghost writing to downplay the risks associated with that product they'll have it put the revelations to a monsanto executive. 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 as 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 assertions 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 clean agency and it was resolved with appropriate. tribunal

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 that good science good lab practices people who know what they're doing professionals who are capable of conducting or 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 site itself isn't cancer in juicing but perhaps the actual product how do you respond to that claim well the only other really that roundup is put together with two to two completely round up formulations is what's called a search it has been studied extensively neither one of those have to be cancer causing agents r.t.

host and author of the upcoming book law and vengeance mike papantonio believes the u.s. government knew about the dangers associated with the round 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 the 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 going on since one thousand nine hundred eighty five the e.p.a. in one thousand nine hundred five determined that glaive a say in roundup was a primary ingredient round of 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 remember you can get your news on the move by now i'm downloading the fifth free on back from a studio in just thirty minutes time take away. what do you want your current take on a mistress right now just to follow or they're having a tough situation with what they inherited from obama but i think the big problem for clark is that is choosing while he pretended everything was great i liked him better as a candidate when everything was great when the data was phony right mr to sticks

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