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region you're watching the latest headlines here totty international thank you for joining us. and we start with yet more protests in spain they follow madrid decision to impose direct rule on castillo year in the wake of the region's independence vote well the senate is expected to approve the sacking of the region's leadership on friday and while the council on parliament won't be dissolved it will be stripped of its power to elect a president ati's medina question of our reports from barcelona. walk alone or stay together at the kaplan people had a chance to respond we saw those fully supporting independence and also those who want to be confluence but part of space. probably independence leaders sounded better this in the beginning than the tone changed. the people of good lonia won the right to become an independent state.

we propose that parliament suspends the proclamation of a dependants. we critically deciding the future of a nation is not a crime so here is what we have the region is stuck in limbo while the cattle our government has been and science if for weeks took an unprecedented step and asked the national senate to depose that we got hold of all attentions now that cattle and presidents called at their worst attack since franco's dictatorship if you reward over a with both attackers and the founders using similar arguments on each other. in a greatly irresponsible act christ all boundaries by announcing and in fact a coup d'etat to oust a democratically elected government this is a complete drive there is a clue to fall is the one that have been you know followed by. mr bush and his government. we're now applying five five because no government a tool in

a democratic country can accept that the law will be ignored or violated or changed . the spanish government illegally proclaimed itself the representative of the catalans kaplan us or it is still think they could win local media speculation that the president could even officially proclaim independence this week but it seems ordinary catalans are the ones on the losing site. independence was declared in the very messy way so i'm not surprised by what's happening is that we're a bit lost is the first time we found ourselves in such a situation there are people here doing demonstrations week after week and they don't talk about the only talk about some people that is doing other demonstrations but not the cut to the majority of the spanish senate still house to approve the measure is presented to him a treat and if it does counseling you know will remain a time in this in the moment at least till the next treason elections to take place

within the next six months by the question r.t. barcelona. when we watch spain's foreign minister a spot anger for saying videos of police cracking down on council vote misleading. i'm not saying that all are fake beatrice but some of them are. you know there has been a lot of alternative facts and fake news here i. was . well a number of videos of police using excessive force appeared on social media on the day of the referendum many cases of violence were also caught on camera by our own crews along with witness testimonies. were just helping the people because they were throwing them come up. the stairs and so in that down upon the public here and

taking them so what is on the floor and there is. so on the person that's down the wall a small region in the pyrenees mountains the are on valley says if catalonia breaks away from spain its will break away from catalonia and it has the right to do so thanks to a law passed in twenty fifty. one and. they are on valley is a unique territory within catalonia it is self-governing has its own institutions its own language and its own history in culture only nineteen percent of those who voted in the referendum in favor of catalan independence that it was. our right to self-determination was unanimously approved by the cattle and parliament and by the spanish state we could become a part of france or china tomorrow for instance if we chose to do so but we won't do it we want to remain a part of catalonia and spain. people are really afraid especially for the economy the economy of their run valley is very french general because it is entirely

dependent on tourism therefore any sense that we can see it makes people really afraid that well in the wake of catalonia as referendum two major italian regions overwhelmingly voted for greater autonomy on sunday and here's what the leaders of lombardy and the hoping for. so. we want to overcome the inability of europe just solve problems and face up to them by offering a new dimension we want to a more united stronger europe one that takes into account the specifics of territories this is what can be simply called the europe of regions going to a page of history will be written in any case village so will be the same as before we want to initiate this in amount of the democratic. compatible in line with the constitution. well the two votes are the first of their kind in italy they are non-binding however the regions may now seek to

a to economic independence some locals are unhappy at having to subsidise poorer parts of the country well the regions are two of italy's economic powerhouses accounting for almost a third of the country's entire g.d.p. they are home to several tourism and industry hotspots including milan and venice and university of milan politics professor mark of a sunny believes the map of europe or change dramatically in a future. we witness in really the disintegration of this kind of european order and there will be a confederation in europe clearly like ten or fifteen years from now but not based on the nation states. that we know if they've catalonia. and spain break apart then a lot of things will happen there that will have definitely a domino effect with gamma toe scotland and all sorts of other regions there might be easily thirty five to forty five new countries coming up.

u.s. backed forces in syria have liberated the country's most lucrative oil field from my sil omar and arrows or province was captured by the terrorists in twenty fourteen the site produces up to nine thousand barrels a day and became a key moneymaker for the terror group well the syrian democratic forces have been fighting terrorists mainly on the eastern side of the euphrates river but meanwhile government troops backed by russian air support are on a separate anti isolation these exclusive pictures of from the town they recently liberated by it in the operation began on the west bank of the river and government troops are now clearing up pockets of terrorist resistance on the east side r.t. arabic spoke with residents about life on the rise till. i saw militants declared jihad a bit more than a month ago this was a general mobilization and everyone had to participate the established age of those

subject to mobilization as from twenty to thirty years did they take all the young pino because many of them escaped the militants confiscated all state property for example i am a civil servant so they took my house and turned it into a living room or headquarters the living room was used to gather women why did they collect women in the living who were their hostages where did they come from they were brought from everywhere they were kidnapped i mean what i say the militants marry them when one of the militants died the second married his woman. that would have to milton's drove also jurors from desir an arab army into cages and put them into the water put into the water to drown they were lowered into the water to militants for sister attention read classes and go to a mosque when they found someone's empty place during prayer they beat us we do with intercourse to the police station once i was standing in a park and watching the children play a city caught me in which me eight times. these are the latest pictures from the

syrian city of rocco where the u.s. led coalition's long fight is now over but the battle has left wide scale destruction president trump branded the liberation a critical breakthrough adding the campaign against eisel will soon enter a new phase artie's the karen has more. the liberation of iraq is indeed a critical breakthrough in the fight against islamic state in syria it brings an end to the four month long siege of the city which is it is the defacto capital and headquarters of islamic state in the country but the liberation of the city has come at an immense civilian cost human rights groups estimate that almost all of the city's residents have been forced to flee the city due to the fighting it's also said that thousands of civilians have been killed in coalition bombings this comes as it said almost eighty percent of the city has been completely destroyed but little mention of this from the u.s. president donald trump who instead boasted that u.s.

military forces have made more progress against islamic state in the first nine months of his presidency than it had under his predecessor barack obama in the final year of his administration also most curiously is how donald trump mentioned what would be the next phase of the u.s. in syria speaking of a political transition which has come as a bit of a surprise to the russian side and of course the syrian government as well earlier today the russian foreign minister was asked for his response to these comments. when we hear about the new u.s. law in syria which establishes local councils on sovereign syrian territories this raises concerns who put this question to washington and expects to receive an honest and clear answer. the russian foreign minister also mentioned serious concerns about the role of coalition forces in iraq zero during the liberation campaign in particular cases where i saw feiss had been able to exit the city of

raco without resistance and then go on to fight syrian government forces elsewhere in the country. there were numerous cases when our so far has flooded areas controlled by u.s. backed opposition forces to fight syrian government forces in particular there were cases of a mass exodus. so far so minutes and rock in the u.s. coalition operation to liberate the city so well the recent victories are being seen as a major milestone in the fight against the terrorist group in syria but also raising serious concerns about the lack of clarity of what the u.s. role and intentions are in syria. now a report of ten by the media under the freedom of information act shows americans be simulating an invasion of west africa following an imaginary terror attack in new york artie's party boyko explains. this fictional scenario begins in may twenty twenty three there's been a devastating terror attack in new york terrorists detonate

a truck bombs at either end of the lincoln tunnel that they kill and injure hundreds of americans and just like nine eleven led to the war on terror in the middle east this fictional attack leads to the deployment of u.s. and canadian troops in africa they're fighting african al-qaeda militants and the president promises it'll take just three years according to this fictional script but two years into the war and things aren't going well there is a ninety percent increase in violence in mauritania and mali where the war has quietly spread to as well and that's despite the fact that there's seventy thousand u.s. and canadian troops in the region now three years later just as the troops are meant to be pulling out according to the president's timeline the war game throws another painfully familiar spanner into the works and that is a fictional general sending

a fictional communique saying that he recommends delaying pulling out the troops by one year at least in fact he recommends sending more troops to the region in order to avoid the mission failing entirely so the word quagmire certainly springs to mind it is all pretty reminiscent of the. u.s. is other real forays that brought for example in afghanistan but the whole point of this war game is to help prime the future generals of the us it was being simulated in the most elite military training academies across the u.s. and it's interesting that the action plays out on the african continent bear in mind there are already one and a half thousand u.s. troops in africa already is this all a forty m. slip about where the pentagon thinks the war on terror is going to shift to next and does a share of the pentagon's stark realize they're about the way that u.s.

military conflicts tend to pan out. or young oberg from the trans national foundation for peace and future research says it isn't easy for washington to change its approach to conflicts. walking illustration is the only answer be american when american we look cheery and political people our leaders to for tat violence against violence and this is our indy we'll never going to have solve the problem of terrorism by killing terrorists it's as stupid as it would be to say we want to eradicate all new seizures by killing all patients if you really stroll in the you know. let's say don't mention of power that you how are you. all problems the world will be seen as subs and will be solved by means of hammers and instead of you know or using other tools you are ending up smashing one country after getting hit it. after the break donald trump gives

a surprise explanation for why the e.u. isn't backing sanctions against iran using. local blogs selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. for new socks for the tell you that every gossip the public. doesn't tell you on the cool enough to buy their products. that we all. want. to make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is to protect themselves. the family.

we can all middle of the room sick. really. really really. welcome back we don't need that's donald trump's dismissive message to e.u. leaders on the wrong in a fox news interview the us president also joked europe should just keep making money do you think you're going to get the europeans to support you in terms of sanctions in terms of not selling technology to iran i really like those people i told them just keep making money don't worry about it we don't need you on this you just keep making money. well earlier france germany and the u.k.

issued a joint statement denouncing trump's decision not to recertify iran's compliance with the nuclear deal they also says they're concerned about the possible implications and reminded the president the deal was implemented by all sides not just us president of the united states as many posts not this one it is not a bilateral agreement it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it we cannot afford as international community as europe for sure to dismantle the nuclear agreement that is working and delivering especially now this is a difficult and in our view dangerous signal the agreement with iran has shown for the first time that it's possible to prevent war through negotiations the destruction of this agreement would mean that others around the world would no longer rely on such treaties it's therefore a danger that goes far beyond iran. or two weeks ago donald trump said he wanted his country out of the nuclear agreement and announced he would decertify it

congress now has two months to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on iran as well as come up with new legislation political analysts shabbir razvi told us there are other considerations for trump ahead of terror. mr trump really you can say whatever he likes but i think the reality is that europeans perhaps merely nodded their heads and agree with mr trump but in reality they would continue to do business with iran because europe is not in a wonderful place at this moment economically therefore any business coming from iran is in the interest of european nations whether it's france germany you care spain or holland there are a whole host of internal issues that mr trump should be focusing on rather than sort of trying to come out of this particular treaty which is in the interest of

everyone and as our british minister said that for international and global security people will not accept any other agreement in future if few years later you tear the agreement away and one of the parties say that we no longer want to be part of it so it doesn't create diplomatic relations it doesn't create goodwill on the part of other nations to negotiate with america or other european nations. you may think it's only they all saw it is they can collect your personal data and compile terrorist watch lists but the case of one journalist highlights there are other entities doing this sometimes causing big problems for everyday people or imagine that suddenly your bank account is closed and you cannot pay your bills and then in is also the ministry not knowing why or what's wrong with me why why are they closing down my account and not only my personal accounts

my family accounts and my business accounts all of them were closed. well you answer this you just saw asms i me me was mistakenly designated as a terrorist by the database world check run by reuters it's a subscription only service providing various files on individuals all the database is popular with banks as well as the u.k. police to be resold us he was shocked when he learned he'd been placed on the list of terrorists. rather distressed because this is not even the united nations it's not our government and living and their democracy like britain you don't expect something like this to happen if you are not a criminal and if there is nothing against you legally then this should not be you should you should not be proscribed you should not be alienated or excluded and the united essential services after the issue gained publicist the reuters apologized to tell me me and compensated him for his expenses however this isn't an isolated

case the company also had to issue an apology for a similar mistake involving u.k. based radio presenter market now as well there are now concerns such data collecting and blacklisting could become more entrenched amendments to the data protection act are being discussed in parliament top u.k. officials and even have much to the queen have been praising the legislation. the new law will ensure that the united kingdom retains its world class regime protecting personal data including high standards of data protection and human rights innovation and ensure we can remain confident our data. well the new legislation will retain exemptions from the existing data protection act this effectively allows journalists banks and other groups to collect data without people's consent means databases like reuters while check well tough to tell you they consider you a crime risk regardless of who they share the information with or global policy

expert georgetown whaley says the lack of control over handling personal data leaves ordinary people vulnerable. it is completely unacceptable that organizations can collect all manner of very personal data only use them maliciously against. individuals and thereby damage their reputations damage their careers even damage their livelihood how are we able to control. what corporations are doing how are we able to ensure that individuals have some means of recourse against the use of data against them i don't see that within this legislation there is adequate protection for individuals. you know giving them some kind of recourse to challenge this the malicious use of such data.

a russian radio journalist has been stabbed in the neck while working in her news room in moscow she's now in hospital in an artificially induced coma doctors describe her condition a serious journalist works for the echo of moscow seen by many as an opposition radio station r.t. is in here trying to ask more. include all kind of opposition figures including some of the radical voices so this brutal knife attack was really something that grabs so much media attention this place was packed with journalists just a short while ago and there are still many reporters on the scene events here in central moscow unfolded very quickly the man first attacked the security guards downstairs with some kind of spray then he went upstairs on the elevator and went through the elevator doors on my right and proceeded straight into the room where he stabbed. the deputy editor in chief with his knife in the neck

the surgery is now over but the remains in critical condition the attacker was arrested shortly after the incident he has already been officially cues do of murder attempt and police are saying that it's very likely that the attack had nothing to do with politics although they haven't ruled it out just yet when the man was being questioned he claims he has had a telepathic connection with that. for years the radio station itself has released what appears to be a diary of the attack or where he described how. it was telepathically stalking him which could prove that the police were actually right here no political motivation perhaps the man was just mentally ill despite this western media outlets have begun drawn parallels with other crimes against journalists in russia that appear to have

had political motivation they're making lists to what they're calling a crackdown on and vesta gate of an independent reporting and russia although many people here including the employees of the radio station itself house called on everyone to wait for the end of the investigation. well for more on these and other stories go to aussie telecom my colleague neil harvey will be with you at the top of the out with the latest headlines from me.

what politicians do such as meetings to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express interest or somehow want to be. that you'd like to be close to see what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters out. there should. the woodies gaming in a moment that you say are breaking but to fall through the damaging both sides it gets to reality damaging always equal needs damaging the russian economy and the russian the financial system and i know a lot of people who are looking for

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food out of this not because of the this not to be but i mean. did you know it. gets in there but i'm left. stanton glantz only learned of this case through the documents we showed him. the approaches that they used to attack the person doing the research on linking cured meats with cancer were the standard things they do one is to go through her work with a fine tooth comb and find every little thing they could possibly complain about and because the issues tend to be fairly technical you know if you're a politician or if you're a reporter or english or a highly specialized reporter all you hear is well this person said there was something bad and this other person said that they didn't know what they were talking about and.