thousands rally in madrid and barcelona violin to keep spain together after the declaration of independence. the u.s. senate a 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. and 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 r.t. international live from moscow studio with me in india today welcome to the program catalonia is 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 that came in his first statement since the spanish prime minister put his deputy in charge of the government and regional action has now been called for late december and should seize control as leaders finally proclaimed independence today in parliament the parliament of our country a legitimate parliament largely expected step and largely for force the. 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 without any doubt

god thought was with. was. was there but here we decided to start the president vice president and all the high ranking officials of the council on government was it was it was it was rallies in support of the country's unity continue this saturday

hundreds of gathered in one of madrid squares holding national flags at the same time in catalonia a pro independence and if it is calling for a ten day general strike started downloading artie's charlotte two pounds must be a firing offense at the top was that 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 called us to push him out now 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 the castle and parliament actually voted for independence and declared independence a republic here now i was in a coup. crowd of pro independent school just surrounding the parliament at 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 spoke 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're representing our our government we need to be free. what our population wants i think. people are specifically. clear that we are a nation. 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 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 planned to secede from spain but it's not clear if they will be able to implement that what is clear though is that this crisis is everything and this remains a highly divisive issue in the society we discuss the crisis with a political commentator and also a former 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 movements the problem right now is the. nationalist movement the independent movement is living in a part of the 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 loosen the voice of the people and what we have been trying to do hearing about one year is always not

really like do that all. the point is that you go one people be express their. opinion on what we've been trying to do two years ago is to find the possibility for a couple in society to express this was on the first of all 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. who won for the for the future anybody in the international sphere is going to give a recognition to these estate rights. now this plan is going to mean is working to

restore the constitution. in the region and we have to prodded to protect the heart of the card balance they want to keep their rights they want to keep it remain a spiny. it's very sad really in that you are just saying that you want to save fifty percent of cargo in society you should care about one hundred percent of problems and not getting violent or. hitting the headlines today has been the broader reaction from around the world has been overwhelming support from the trade and warnings about similar independence movements in the european union and 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 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 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 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. we spoke to u.k. independence party m.e.p. david kopel who believes the push for independence time is from a loss of power to brussels i know but from chatting with present you i spoke with a couple of weeks ago the 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 spain that maybe is for a good idea if he actually keypunch of intel little sales of the various countries

because it's just the first of many other countries in europe who have problems with the central administration spain doesn't govern ourselves anymore is governed by the european union decisions alone get me to madrid they're made to brussels maybe the city is the european union has brought this to a head it's not just speed they get sick bring problems with the boss see the front of the the flare 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 you know watching antti international hand we'll be keeping a close eye on spain as events that continue to develop.

now a senior u.s. senator wants twitter to disclose account details relating to wiki leaks and its founder julian assange and including direct message conversations diana feinstein made her demands a letter to twitter's founder and c.e.o. jack dorsey and as it turns out it's a pretty big list let's have a look at what some of the demands are for one she wants to know whether twitter has identified the accounts linked to alleged russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election and also its methods for doing so of course r.t. gets a mention to our twitter account are also under suspicion as for wiki leaks the letter provides a list of some of the accounts linked to it apparently the senator things their message history could prove vital to the investigation here's more from caleb orpen . 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 but 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 believes that sentence request is an attack on freedom of speech there is 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 we cue 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. a small in a capital market issue has been rocked by a story right after this break. what

politicians do. to put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be cross with what before three of them or can't be good that. i'm interested in the waters of.

welcome back to the program two explosions that 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 these lawmakers extremist group al shabaab says it's behind the attacks on authorities have exchanged fire with government from the grave 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. now around britain plaques found on buildings do often represent a place of historic interest but now some are pinpointing locations where shady undercover policing has taken place the project was launched at a book shop in london by a group of campaign at this. was.

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's spy cops operated officially from one nine hundred fifty nine until two thousand and eight offices infiltrated different groups from trade unionists to environmentalists 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 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 spoil the list in general is because they consider the list for it to. proportionally. against national security we don't actually know whether they still live for treating him but if they continue to do that and of course there is now the digital spy the. just the digital spy. eavesdropping the big data stuff so david you may say that they maybe don't need it anymore but i do see distilled doing. a billionaire pharmaceutical company founder faces serious charges in the u.s. over claims that powerful medicines were being mis prescribed to boost sales john poor is charged with bribery racketeering and fraud for his alleged role in

persuading doctors to hand out opioid painkillers called a subsists. 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 or react badly with other medicine in extreme cases an overdose can be fatal the pain killers main component is called fenton and it's up to a 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 to use properly it undoubtedly released pain for many cancer patients however one former company employee decided to blow the whistle after was given to

people who didn't 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 we now believe 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 enforcement 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 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 isn't force meant. the french president's visit to the a.b.c.'s region of french guiana in south america has been met by violent protests demonstrators hope petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas five arrests were made and two offices injured there's discontent in 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 comments sparking anger with some french politicians who spoke to the editor in chief of live puppy micah seen about microns latest poll. it's very sure of himself and a bit of good to you showed it recently and we are not saying that he's not son to

calls to people who are poor and have problems but he did it also recently using ports that i wouldn't use on the new scene or for the body falls or the french left or right it's not a matter of politics considering that as a can trade off to settle cases like that to go from a school should not give away public money without really looking at what they do because right in saying of course that a lot of money is being spent and we are not that that are real problems but it's not a recent to to show with his excess spiration or to show his norns the fact that people come back with their own problem so in this case now it's small for the unpleasantness of seeing the elite. talk talking. in a condescending way to the people. round up of the new the keep up today with any new developments on twitter on the back of the top of the hour.

our culture is awash in lives dominated by streams of never ending electronic hallucinations that birthed fiction until they are indistinguishable we have become the most deluded society on politics as a species of endless and needless political theater politicians more than just celebrity are two ruling parties are in reality one party to corporate and those who attempt to puncture this vast breathless universe of fake news just signed to push through the cruelty and exploitation of the deal that will force our force so far to the margins of society. including by a public broadcasting system that has sold its soul for corporate money that we might as well be mice squeaking against an avalanche but squeak we must.

the mission of newsworthy is to go to the people tell their side of the story our stories are well sourced we don't hide anything from the public and i don't think the mainstream media in this country can say that the average gamer knows that r.t. america has a different perspective so that we're not hearing one echo chamber that mainstream media is constantly spewing. we're not beholden to any corporate sponsor no one tells us what the cover how long the coverage for how to say that's the beauty of archie america. we hear both sarge we hear from both sides and we question more

that journalists are not letting anything get in your way to bring it home to the american people. as. much. as a real irony going. to show the little things that a responsible choice new cable and there is always hope it's one of the other

doesn't always mean something to me a little more arion out wholesale surveillance in c.l.u. i'm already in while those who mentioned insiders in less than trump has used the social media. well i always thought there were those it's garbage real. well the world. and all the news companies merely players but what kind of parties are into america are to america. america first. many ways the news landscape is just like the real news big news good actors bad actors and in the end you could never. so much park in all the worlds of all the world all the world's a stage we are definitely

a player. welcome to contact today we discuss the silence of the left with truthdig editor in chief they have created an atmosphere of hysteria that if anyone questions military spending aggressiveness anything else they are going to be thought to be agents of a foreign power. with chris hedges there is strong evidence that google is suppressing public access to socialist and leftwing websites by using algorithms that divert users away from these sites when they type in certain keywords such as u.s. military inequality socialism and even figures such as julian assange this censorship is being carried out as part of what google along with facebook twitter the new york times washington post buzz feed news as far as press and c.n.n. say is a campaign to marginalize faked.