thousands rally in madrid and barcelona vowing to keep spain together after the catalan parliament declared independence. for u.s. senator precious twitter to disclose personal messages in accounts held by wiki leaks the social network's lawyers are set to testify in congress on alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election. bribery racketeering and fraud a billionaire drug company boss faces charges for allegedly getting doctors to overprescribe highly addictive painkillers some of them fifty times stronger than heroin.

watching altie international live from moscow studio with me welcome to the program . deposed president says madrid's decision to sack the regional government goes against the will of the people that was expressed during the recent referendum to break from spain i came in his first statement since the spanish prime minister put his deputy in charge of the government a regional election has now been called late december but did seize control just as catalan leaders finally proclaimed independence today in parliament the parliament of our country a legitimate parliament expected step and largely for forced. citizens of california there comes a time when it is up to all of us to maintain the pulse of our country our peace our civic duty and dignity as we have always done and always will without any doubt

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rallies in support of the country's unity continue this saturday night at the capitol in one of its squares called the fly and at the same time in catalonia approach independence with what is called for a ten day general strike starting on monday. to panic us we are following events in the castle on capital was 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 call us a push you want it also says it has dismissed some senior police officers including the chief of the police force in catalonia the most squatter who is already under investigation for sedition now in addition to that these pronouncements by the government in madrid just came hours after. because a long parliament actually voted for independence and declared independence a republic here now i was in a crowd of pro independent 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 the learn 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 so angry we feel like a country we feel like we are representing our our government we need to be free. what our population wants i think. people you specifically. when people is trying to explain their opinions and someone is trying to punish that and trying to use the violence to stop that.

is of all human being i feel kind of scared well spain says that the powers of catalonia will not be exercised by this punish 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 hall and the stand that some of the pro independence lobby are actually trying to draft a document the state hoping to release within forty eight hours which will show how

they plan to secede from spain but it's not 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 the society we discussed the crisis with a political commentator and also a former castle an m.p. and they have very different views on what's happened or they are trying to do is to demolish our regional ago remember institutions. and take control of. social movement the problem right now is the nationalist movement the independent movement is living in about a war in another war because they have of their people in the radio and they want to keep remain in a spain you can say that these are democratic to to to to loosen the voice of the people and what we have been trying to do hearing about one year is always not

really like if you had all your years. to. the point is that you the one people be expressed. their opinion what we've been trying to do two years ago is to find the possibility for a couple in society to express these was on the first before over the business and did these movements and until this terrible time where it is not a question of how do you know which crimes democracy and right now the story but this is not a question of companies and business what you have in madrid this is a question of democracy and you should listen what people have got on people. lou one for the for the future anybody international is going to give erica. right now despite he's going. to restore their constitution. in the region on.

the road to the heart of the garden and they want to keep the rides they want to keep it remain because it's very grim of you are just saying that you want to save fifty percent of people in society you should care about one hundred percent of problems without it getting violent or. hitting the headlines today has been the broader reaction from around the world there's been overwhelming support from the trade and warnings about similar independence movements in the european union and this to see a looks at who is and who isn't backing a united spain there is 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 tusk who 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 rajoy 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 but 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 old sort of plight when it comes to this issue we've heard from the u.s. as well the u.s. state department has said they 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 intact 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 we've spoken to u.k. independence party m.e.p. david kopel he believes the push for independence stems from a loss of power to brussels. from chatting with present you as for with a couple of weeks ago. the 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 speaking that maybe it's for a good idea see actually keep each of internal sales of the various countries

because it's just a farce to many other countries in europe problems with essentially the ministration spain doesn't govern themselves anymore is governed by the european union decisions a little bit meeting but during their meeting. maybe to see if the european union has brought this to a head it's not just being sick bring problems with the boss see the system look. at the flood walls in belgium in the various parts of europe that are all these people want to secede. because people don't want to be ruled by a faceless bureaucracy bumping they want to make their own decisions locally and then the national government as well as of the richest well the richer parts of spades to there that's why they're feeling very upset. you're watching r.t. international and we will of course be keeping a close eye on developments in spain throughout the day i.

am. now a senior u.s. senator is demanding that twitter disclose account details relating to wiki leaks and its founder julian assange including releasing direct message conversations diane feinstein listed her demands in a letter to twitter's founder and c.e.o. jack dorsey and it's a pretty big list and we can have a look at some of the demands over here as you can see there are quite a lot of them and among them she wants to know whether twitter has identified the accounts linked to the alleged russian meddling investigation and also its methods for doing so of course r.t. gets a mention to our twitter accounts are also and suspicion well as for wiki leaks we can bring up a list of some of the accounts linked to it and the senator thinks their message history could prove vital to the investigation here's caleb moore putting. 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 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 and 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 julian a sonnet accused him of being a russian agent called for prosecution of julian assange 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 songes a narcissist who has created nothing of value here lies on the dirty work of others to make himself famous he is a fraud a coward hiding behind a screen this guy is 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 jim this day and into the senate is request violates free speach. 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 now 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 skew 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 it's over the top and a terrible threat to first amendment rights in the united states. a somali capital among that issue has been rocked by a story to this point. there what is driving day to day to day is basically a do they complement that to be demagogues to scream if this is what food and

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welcome back to the program two explosions have struck the somali capital mogadishu at least eighteen people were killed and thirty wounded in a suicide car bombing just minutes after the first another bomb went off in a busy neighborhood popular with restaurant goes according to police a suicide vest was also detonated in that area islamic extremist group al-shabaab says it was behind the attacks have exchanged fire with gunmen from the group who stormed a nearby hotel this comes just two weeks after the deadliest explosion in the country's history which killed more than three hundred fifty people. around britain now plaques found on buildings do often represent a place of historic interest but now some are pinpointing locations where shady undercover policing is taking place the project was launched at a book shop in london by a group of campaign is. such.

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've been affected. britain spike cops operated officially from one thousand nine hundred fifty nine until two thousand and eight officers infiltrated different groups from trade unionists to environmentalist some even deceived a number of 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 fear such practices still continue and want more transparency. put i haven't got yet is any information at all not one single scrap of detail about why these people would talk to think why they had their life simple straight 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 authorities feel to spoil on the list in general is because they consider the list a friend to. purportedly. against national security we don't actually know whether they are still live for treating him but if they continue to do that and of course there is no digital spy. just a digital spy. eavesdropping the big day to our stuff so david you may say that they maybe don't need it anymore but i do seem to still doing. the billionaire pharmaceutical company founder faces serious challenges in the u.s. over claims that powerful medicines were being mis prescribed to boost sales john cup who is charged with bribery racketeering and fraud for his alleged role in persuading doctors to hand out an opioid painkiller called subsidies.

the medicine is seen as a breakthrough in treating cancer pain designed for patients in the advanced stages of the disease but like any strong medicine there are risks it comes with warnings it can cause addiction fatal heart conditions all react badly with other medicine in extreme cases an overdose can be fatal for pain killers main component is called phantom ill and is 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 just three milligrams is enough for a lethal dose used properly is undoubtedly relieves pain for many cancer patients however one former company employee decided to blow the whistle off it was given to

people who did need it i knew there was something going on there i started doing some research i realized that i wasn't there to help people that i was actually hurting people. medical workers have leaked similar stories in the past but it's rare that those implicated are at the very top of major drug companies john kapoor's lawyer however says his client vigorously denies any involvement former white house spokesperson bob wiener 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 seas region of french guiana in south america has been met by violent protests demonstrators hold petrol bombs the police who responded with tear gas five arrests were made and two officers injured there's discontent among the territories two hundred fifty four thousand residents over neglect of the health care and school systems on twitter emanuel micron explained he was not father christmas that comment sparking anger with some french politicians we spoke to the editor in chief of the purple magazine about microns the latest poll. he is very sure of himself but good to show that recently we are saying that he's not some calls that people who are poor and have

problems but he did it also always from its recently using words that i wouldn't use on the new scene or a very vulgar the french left or right it's not a matter of politics considering that as a country we now after several cases like that the government of course should not give away public money without really looking at what they do it was right in saying of course there is a lot of money's being spent and we are not that i'll real problems but it's not a reason to show his exasperate not to show isn't mourns the fact that people come back 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 the people. they now are twenty and last year football club have been rounded up by police after they posted stickers

at a stadium mocking and frank the girl who became a symbol of jewish suffering during the second world war. the italian club last year has been in the headlines since last sunday following a match with roma scandal broke out when anti semitic imagery was found at the stadium the next day controversial stickers depicted a victim and frank dressed in a roma jersey janitors also discovered the insignias and graffiti of an ultra right let's say you found infamous for being nasty sympathizers. the football club itself has been trying to clear its name ever since the news broke first for the last year president paid a visit to a local synagogue he also promised to send the ultralight fans this is the site of the biggest concentration for your young thing with this one quarter. i'm old enough to feel it is still just stored in a cool food you wouldn't get but six aboard but still be out on a few but his gesture was marred by an unfortunate although some members of the

jewish community appreciated the move it seems not all were convinced of the grief wrought by the lads here boss to all of the holocaust victims was reportedly found floating in the river tiber hours later as for the latino ultras they didn't seem to understand what the fuss was about. it was a joke it's not a crime to harangue an adversary fan accusing him of belonging to another religion . let's see who tried to get the idea across by using the imagery of anne frank on the team's training t. shirts and reading out passages from the diary of the holocaust victim before matches but the ultras found a way to correct the team's reputation once again. police now say they'll consider a strict a punishment if more incidents like this take place in the future. of the news

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youghal. is or was a cause report yeah things are happening. right well apparently max keiser stacy her very poor were right help to buy has mostly helped house builders boost profits so that's being fair and balanced of course some people say that help to buy in the united kingdom was a ponzi scheme but ponzi schemes do help some participants the good news is that some of these are listed companies in the united kingdom and their profits have boosted so that is a boom to the economy well certainly to certain class of people within the economy that's the good news because remember for the united kingdom we've got to say good things about whatever fraud is committed there has to be a positive side to it presented so we're presenting the positive side and that's the house builders have done well this is a new report out and the chancellor philip hammond is lining up another ten billion .