the only show i go out of my way to. really. is. better than. to see a herd of. the world. i. face constitutional crisis hits boiling point as catalonia proclaims independence moves into the government and sees direct control also the us pressures twitter to disclose personal messages in a can by wiki leaks the social network's lawyer is set to testify in congress on alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election. bribery racketeering and the drug company boss spaces charges for

allegedly getting doctors to overprescribe highly addictive painkillers some fifty times stronger than heroin. welcome you're watching r.t. international where it's just turned five o'clock in the afternoon in moscow. oppose president says madrid's decision to sack the regional government goes against the will of the people that was expressed during the referendum that came in his first statement since the spanish prime minister put his deputy in charge of the capital and government. a contender benish ministers agreed to depose the catalan government intervene in our self rule and dissolve the parliament these are decisions that contradict the will of the citizens of our country to express at the ballot box in a democratic society it is the parliamentarians that elect or dippold

a president. while reacting to the speech the spanish government said that it's now up to the courts decide about who you know and he's not a political figure any more regional elections have been called for late december madrid seize control is catalan leaders finally claimed independence. was we was outside was wow. i. was. fishy there but here we decided to sack the president vice president and other high ranking officials in the council our government.

was it was was i was for rallies in support of the country's unity continue this saturday hundreds have gathered in one of the squares holding national flags at the same time in catalonia a pro independence indicator is calling for a ten day general strike starting on monday r.t. charlotte even ski has been following events in the catalan capital and the spanish government in madrid says it is now taking full control. of catalonia it says it has dismissed the catalonian government as well as high ranking officials and the president. it also says it has dismissed some senior police officers including the chief of the police force in catalonia. who is already under investigation for

sedition you know in addition to that these pronouncements by the government in madrid just came hours after the catalan parliament actually voted for independence and declared independence to catalonia a republic here now i was in a crowd of pro independence school just surrounding the parliament and the national guard suggested they were up to twelve thousand people there and it was like a sea of people they screamed in delight yes yes yes or c c c in catalan and spanish when they heard that result we speak to some people this is what they told us they are guarding our liberty or freedom we are just a country we feel like a country we feel like we are representing our our government we need to be free is what our population wants i think. people you specifically.

we've got we are a nation. we will go when people is trying to explain their opinions and someone is trying to punish bad and trying to use the violence to stop that. is all about human being i feel kind of scared well spain says that the powers of catalonia will not be exercised by the spanish vice president but the pro independence supporters i've spoken to here in barcelona say they will not recognize the authority of spain as far as they're concerned they have no seceded from spain and this is an independent republic. indeed that is something that remains to be said because madrid says that within the legal framework of the spanish constitution its ability to take control of what it sees as being a spanish region is illegal and it is very likely that if this goes to the courts the courts will side with the spanish government on this one so in just less than

a day since catalonia declared independence it's not yet clear whether they will be able to retain that independence and the stand that the some of the pro independence lobby are actually trying to draft a document which they're hoping to release within forty eight hours which will show how they plan to secede from spain but it stopped clear if they will be able to implement that is clear though is that this crisis is everything and this remains a highly divisive issue in this society. ok we'll ask mark over soon he's a professor of politics at the university of milan and joins us this afternoon good to have you on marco what do you predict over the next few days and far enough to look ahead i think we've heering that mr putin is asking people to resist peacefully against the implementation of article one five five what do you expect to happen. well first of all when they're talking about a ten day strike this would be something really amazing because

a lot of trouble but my point mark and i imagine in the next few months there will be some serious attempt fiscal resistance now in fiscal resistance we're talking about more than two million people or at least one million productive people that can stop paying their taxes to madrid and so that could really cause some problems and that's useful act right so there are very many ways in which it can now and can try not to force peacefully. that down that game or the home with the standish government on the other hand our impression is that. that's that's really what's going on on trade side it's a blot you know as soon as they really use violence they become totally outside of the international community so there is something they are pretending they can use

force but they're not actually using it and going i doubt they can really when you say for small people sometimes a shame that means you know perhaps police brutality to some extent will use the force of the low but if you're just talking about the lesser of the little they've said that could be arrested they said that those who try and re-enter the catalan parliament could be arrested considering it's been dissolved doesn't madrid have the upper hand. well they can do they can do these kind of things right but that so these are still current peaceful things and because you put people in jail then there's going to be a trial we'll see what happens right so they can run the stuff i'm going to have the remorse and talk about. what i'm talking about is you environment like putting all the guardians to deal or the awful the army on the streets of attacks because if you do that it's going to look like like the best nine hundred fifty s. . the right are so on and no evolve and so you have to start if they start shooting

at the cattle and at that point only try to vote and get their voice heard from a democratic point of view now i understand there's no clear majority in their right and mark believes there is but there's i have some doubts but they've always said all right let's call international observers and let's have a referendum the way you want but they never agree so the only thing you only talk that month reid has is to send this soraya outside the santa maria who is you going to be like on general macarthur for japan for a few years just going to be wants power issues. and then shit really not why by the catalans say it so they or ational or the rest division isn't mako in catalonia itself i've heard the counter-argument that many people didn't turn up for the initial referendum on either those that did or supported independence but

many people didn't turn up perhaps because it was illegal so they didn't want to say i mean this is not a real assurances that one hundred percent of paper or even sixty percent of people in catalonia want independence yet the new the new polls are pretty clear that the truth is a majority actually polls that showed a majority on the side of non independents on the unionist side were were produced by the independent is they want to convince been treated that they could have made a referendum but my greatest never going to let people vote why then didn't they they will never let the people vote because they know what's going to happen there's they're going to win at that point how do you stop them from our from being an independent nation i mean i'm very i'm just very practical and this orchard will be an independent nature nation i don't see why and this point makes not. when you're. thirty at this point nobody is negotiating are they just

a question of waiting and seeing what happens over the coming weeks and months but really appreciate your time today marco that was market disini professor of politics at the university of maryland thank you. now are hitting the headlines today has been the broader reaction from around the world there has been overwhelming support for madrid mornings about similar independence movements in the european union and sit your looks at who is and who isn't backing a united spec. there's plenty of reaction coming in given these major developments happening in catalonia albeit with very few surprises we have heard from the president of the european council donald to school has said that nothing changes and that the e.u. will continue to speak directly with madrid we've seen reaction from germany of course the german government said they do not recognize this unilateral declaration of independence we've heard from of course the french president also showing his

support in full support to the spanish prime minister mariano boy here in the u.k. of course also plenty of reaction we've heard from downing street saying the does not and will not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence because this vote the referendum on october first was deemed illegal by spanish courts that was a reaction from to recent votes from scotland's nicolas sturgeon we have seen a reaction of seeing the people of catalonia should have the ability to determine their own future so supporting what has happened in catalonia given scotland's own sort of plight when it comes to this issue we've heard from the u.s. as well the u.s. state department has the support keeping strong and united spain together also similarly from nato so as all of these reactions are continuing to come in it's important to really remember that despite the fact that political leaders throughout the european union have consistently said they don't want catalonia to break away from spain to really keep the european union and tax the pro

independence movement in catalonia has repeatedly said that despite the fact that they want to leave spain they don't necessarily want to leave the european union whereas throughout the year we've heard them say that if catalonia doesn't fact leave spain they're going to have to essentially get at the back of the line to get back into the european union. well we spoke to the u.k. independence party and he paid david coburn and he believes the push for independence stems from a loss of power to brussels by nobody from chatting with present you i spoke with a couple of weeks ago the new european union have no intention of interfering in spanish affairs internal affairs i think they've now got the idea with the problems i was taking part in spain that maybe is true a good idea if they actually keep watch of intel the sales of the various countries this is just the fact that many other countries in europe who have problems with the central administration spain doesn't govern themselves anymore is governed by

the european union decisions alone get me to drink they're made possible maybe to see if the european union has brought this to a head it's not just speak they get sick bring problems with the boss see the front of the. of the floodwalls in belgium and various parts of europe but are there problems people want to secede. because people don't want to be ruled by faceless bureaucracy in brussels they want to make their own decisions locally and then have a national government as well catalonia as the richest well the richer parts of spades so that they are that's why they're feeling very upset we're watching r.t. and of course we'll be keeping a close eye on developments in spain throughout the day.

now a senior u.s. senator is demanding that twitter disclose account to account details relating to wiki leaks and its founder julian the science including releasing direct message conversations of dianne feinstein listed her demands in a letter to twitter's founder and also a c e o jack dorsey here we can have a look at the left which is a big list and we can have a look at some of the demands that were made as you can see there are a lot of them among them she wants to know whether twitter has identified the accounts linked the ledge to russian meddling investigation and also its methods for doing so of course r.t. also gets a mention here to our twitter accounts are also under suspicion as for wiki leaks we can bring up a list to have some of the counseling to it and the senator thinks that their message history could actually prove to be vital in the investigation with more his caliber oppa. feinstein the u.s. senator from california is requesting that the direct messages on twitter sent by

wiki leaks be turned over and given to the congress for their investigation you know they're asking for the direct messages of wiki leaks the direct messages of julian a songe as well as the direct messages of the hacker known as good for to who is reported to have been the person who turned over the e-mails of the democratic national committee to to wiki leaks now it's important to note that dianne feinstein who's requesting these direct messages on behalf of congress that she is certainly no fan of julian aside this is what she said about julian assange in the past well mr sun just one of my most unfavorite people in the world i believe he's done a great discredit to this nation now dianne feinstein is not the only figure within the us political establishment who has voiced opposition and hatred for julian assad and many figures within the u.s. government many senators congressmen leaders of the military have spoken of julia

songe accused him of being a russian agent called for prosecution of julian assad called for wiki leaks to be shut down this is a widespread sentiment in washington d.c. i mean he's a tool of russian intelligence and if he's such a you know martyr of free speech why doesn't wiki leaks ever publish anything coming out of russia you should be treated as an enemy combatant we should be closed down permanently and decides we wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons a saunders a narcissist who has created nothing of value here lies on the dirty work of others to make himself famous he's a fraud a coward hiding behind a screen disguise a traitor a treasonous and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it. illegally shoot the son of a as we know on november first the owners of twitter will be testifying before the

u.s. congress and this is all part of the investigation of alleged russian meddling in the us presidential elections in twenty sixteen and now we see this additional requests to being given to twitter just a few days before they're set to testify so one wonders is any new information going to be determined from these direct messages or is this the government of the united states in particular the congressional committee putting additional pressure on twitter in the lead up to their testimony investigative journalist dave lindorff release that the senate says request violates free speech there's no indication that wiki leaks is a tool of russia wiki leaks has been major source for american journalism and british journalism for a long time but no feinstein's trying to imply that wiki leaks is somehow in league with this alleged russian effort to swing the election in the united states in two

thousand and sixteen even if you took the worst case scenario and you said that russia was behind an effort to get people's perspectives about one candidate or the another in the election that is not a crime so to me and that is private communications on twitter when there isn't any criminality being even alleged is over the top and a terrible threat to first amendment rights in the united states still to come this out of the find of a u.s. drug company facing serious challenges for an extreme driving told to prescribe addictive based medicine but have the details on this just stuff the bright. and. if you're new to the game this is how it works the economy is built around corporate corporations from washington to washington.

voters elected to businessman to run this country business. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. under margaret thatcher there was a transition away from public housing and government assisted government underwritten public housing and they sold off all the council estates. people bought into the units across the country and they became the land owning the new land owning neoliberal gentrification under the current government in the u.k. it's another socialist. government underwriting property but not for the poor people they do it for the rich people.

around britain. buildings too often represent a place of historic interest but now some pinpointing locations to where shady undercover policing has taken place the project was launched as a london bookshop by a group of campaigners. much. they say they are opposed to police surveillance because of reported cases of abuse carried out by officers working undercover they want complaints to be fully investigated and for victims to receive support they're also encouraging people to come forward if they have been affected by britain's spy cope's operated officially between one nine hundred fifty nine and two thousand and eight officers infiltrate to different groups from trade genius to environmentalist and some even deceived

some women into entering relationships with them to win their trust while working undercover london's metropolitan police apologized and paid compensation for their offices wrongdoing but the activists do fear that such practices still continue and want more transparency. why they haven't got yet is any information at all not one single scrap of detail about why these people were targeting them why they had their life simple trade to this extent and why they found themselves sometimes in an intimate relationship with somebody who was being paid to spy on them the reason i feel the forty's so to spy on the west in general is because they consider the left afraid to. portly. against national security we don't actually know whether they still live for treating him whether they continue to do that and of course there is now the digital spy the. there's the digital

spy. eavesdropping the big data stuff so david you may say that they maybe don't need it anymore but i do think they're still doing. now a billionaire pharmaceutical company founder does face serious charges in the u.s. over claims that powerful medicines were being miss prescribed to boost sales john kapoor is charged with bribery racketing. and also fraud for his alleged role in persuading doctors to hand back to no pureed painkiller called subsidies. well that medicine there is seen as a breakthrough in treating cancer pain designed for patients in advanced stages of the disease but like any strong medicine there are risks to it does come with

warnings it can cause addiction fatal heart conditions or react badly with a medicine and in extreme cases it can and overdose can lead to being fatal or the pain killers main component is called fenton il and it's up to one hundred times stronger than morphine not only that it's also ten times deadlier than heroin according to the new hampshire police forensic lab and also just three milligrams is enough for a lethal dose used properly it is undoubtedly good for relieving pain for many cancer patients however one former company employee decided to blow the whistle after it was given to people who didn't need any there was something going on there started doing some research i realized that i wasn't there to help people that i was actually hurting people in medical workers of league similar stories in the past but it is rare that those implicated are at the very top of major drug

companies jungle pause lawyer however says his client vigorously denies any involvement white house spokes person believes that such abuse is widespread in the industry. this is vast it is a vast conspiracy in each company the same as a tobacco lobby did for so many years and got away with it it's not a matter of regulations it's a matter of and force mint and the lack of will for enforcement they have let these companies and the doctors who illegally prescribe the drugs that are supposed to be just for severe cancer and they get everybody else addicted it's not even just a matter of the the suffering because some of the addicted people like getting high it's a matter of it's illegal and dangerous what they're doing and yes there is in force meant. the french president's visit to the territory of french guiana in south

america has been met by violent protest demonstrators hold petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas five arrests were made and two offices were injured this discontent among the territories two hundred fifty four thousand residents over neglect of the health care and school systems on twitter a monumental crime though explained he was not the christmas and that comment sparked anger with some french politicians we spoke to the editor in chief of the people magazine about microphones latest. he is very sure of himself in a bit of good to you showed it recently we are saying that he's not some good calls to people who are poor and have problems but he did it also point from this recently i'm using words that i wouldn't use on on the new scene or a very fault or the french left or right it's not a matter of politics considering the us out of control even now after several cases

like that the government of course should not give away public money without really looking at what they do leave was right in saying of course there is a lot of money's being spent and we are not that are real problems but it's not a reason to go to show his exasperate not to show his northerns at the fact that people come by with their own problems so in this case now it's small for the unpleasantness of seeing the elite. talk talking count in a condescending way to to the people. watching austin's national. five year moscow will be back with more news at the top of.

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