french president calls for military action against human traffickers in libya that the disastrous legacy of the last french intervention in the country against the former regime. the special relationship between the u.s. and u.k. turns frosty over donald trump's controversial retreats. reporters without borders tries to cancel a press of a critical of the controversial syrian rescue group the white helmets something slammed by the organizers as a free speech very disappointing to see. global

news every hour you're watching live from moscow. tonight great to have you with us . now the french president is proposing military action against human traffickers in libya claims it would help combat the migrant slave trade. we are proposing to hear from the police the military action. this is a country political transition well human trafficking is indeed a huge problem for northern africa but it's not a new one for years numerous human rights and immigration organizations have been alarming the public about what they call is and more than slavery and no one argues that this problem should be for the french president and the proposal to try to solve with militarily has come as a surprise to you remember france already was part of a massive military operation in libya designed to resolve the crisis of two

thousand and eleven france played then a very crucial role france was saying in its jets to bomb a tripoli and france was considering its actions very successful in libya were a member of the up to the task believe here and leader moammar gadhafi then the president nicolas sarkozy proclaimed officially the now leave is on the way to democracy. rank yesterday really how do you think you're the world you would get rid of a dictator and you would choose freedom the united states is committed to the libyan people you have won your revolution we came we saw very few died. but if we'll look at the facts and what is really happening right now we leave it on the ground we can say that the truth is for all these years has been

a troubled region with a level of violence and distance elicitation just be dramatic. they seize thousand eleven military operation. to dramatic disability and a rise in level of violence throughout the country and this is why after so many proposal to try to want another military a ration in the beer many are questioning whether this time it will actually work to help bring balance back or it will not work. now we spoke to beirut based journalist martin j. he told us about cons playing europe's foreign policy chief possibly taking on too much responsibility madness i think it's the wackiest ideas come up with so far and

in six months in office i mean he's positioned himself to be a sort of a middle east peace broker something you can be very much on the international circuit news shows in the middle east north africa to do that but i think his idea is is just insane i think is he's really trying to be he's actually really trying to take over the job of the e.u.'s own foreign policy for because that's really her role so i don't really understand why he's going ahead with this plan he seems to be under a certain amount of pressure to resolve the immigration crisis but some you know he along with e.u. leaders are not really looking at the real root cause of the problems is only in the recent few years since libya has imploded since disastrous decision by france and britain america to go ahead with the u.n. plan in two thousand and eleven that's made things a lot worse it's been more than six years now since the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi was deposed and killed following the western incursion into the country we spoke about the current situation in libya with gadhafi is former top

assistant. the billion dollar libyan african investment portfolio you also manage the gadhafi family private funds this is what he had to say to r.t. . for the full harvest it's not right to see gadhafi betted say the libyan government the libyan government left about two hundred billion dollars in various banks and ruled and the un has frozen the money orders for the security council resolution and when it comes to the money inside the country those who came out after because after he claimed there were one hundred sixty tons of gold billions of dollars in libyan dinars in the central bank when gadhafi moved from tripoli to search he took nothing with him. and a comparable dollar than what i was government official not was how i dealt with sarkozy as an official with the french media pie another major out this claim that some people met with me and there was

a decision taken to be fifty million i said i have nothing to do with that. allow i'm one of the few delicate nothing is known about that character few statements and sarkozy statements now better believe that after a book of the over. a lot of i don't know this person and i never met him if he says he would recognize me if he sees me that's a lie if he's taking money from someone he should reveal from whom exactly but anyway that's a french problem not libyans. there's a cold front blowing over the special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. where the country's at loggerheads of all things over president donald trump's tweeting explains what exactly caused this latest splat. so this whole issue is started over mr trump tweeting a number of or retreating a number of tweets from the controversial anti muslim group britain first. those

three tweets that he retreated purporting to show muslims attacking non muslims and one of them proven to be a fake by dutch journalists and so he's come in for criticism for retreating those and that's created a political stand here in the u.k. with many m.p.'s calling on the government to criticize mr trump for doing so and in fact that is what downing street and the prime minister did in a statement through one of their spokespeople it's run for the president to have done this british people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents decency tolerance and respect president trump criticizing to resume a actually and saying that the focus should be more on militants and terrorist groups who are attacking the u.k. and not on what he is tweeting but of course this. special relationship between the

two sides goes back many years the relationship between america and britain will be strong our relationship is very special special relationship that exists between our two nations our people forge friendships together. that is what makes this relationship special i hope to have a good relationship with them has over the years been a special relationship but it would appear that the special relationship is under the thumb strain with mr trump mrs may looking decidedly or quit on their first meeting together in washington there have been many calls today in parliament for the u.k. to take back their invitation to donald trump for a state visit the home secretary under rod here repeatedly saying that the invitation has been extended and accepted but a date hasn't been set but there have also been reports that that state visit has been postponed artificially somewhat indefinitely by mr trump himself who says that

he only wants to come to the u.k. if he has a warm welcome while in this latest raw it's unlikely that the road that the reception here will get any warmer for the u.s. president. the international federation of journalists has slammed the stripping of r.t. america's press credentials on capitol hill that decision was made on wednesday by a congressional committee that side of the channel's new foreign agent status that's despite earlier your answers from the state department no such restrictions would be imposed here's the letter r t america received from congress the executive committee of the congressional radio and television correspondents galleries exercised its authority to withdraw the news credentials of the r.t. network this action was taken in response to the registration of the arts you know at work as a foreign agent. when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or

a fact the ability of the serial report. news and information we just have to register it's a simple as that seems to be the opposite of what heather nauert said because as of the moment we've received this letter which is essentially telling us that our ability to operate as a news agency and function and report on events on capitol hill a vital place in the us political system the legislative branch of the u.s. government that ability is now in question now at the moment we have this letter telling us that we need to turn over our credentials now this comes in the aftermath of r.t. being pressured and forced to register under the foreign agents registration act now this is a law that was passed in one thousand thirty eight to combat the influence of nazi germany and efforts and propaganda efforts by the nazi government back in the one nine hundred thirty s. now it follows months and months of pressure that have been placed on our to see

recently artie's status in the united states with you tube and their ability to do premium ads in the united states was taken away without any real notice twitter has banned advertising by artsy and there's been a series of hearings on capitol hill directed at r.t. which are g.'s name has come up people are calling this atmosphere a witch hunt so this is yet another move another amount of pressure making it harder for reporters like myself to do our job in the united states. spoke to me direct congress actions tiny with the principle of freedom of speach. well it's monstrous really the are closing down free speech in the name of free speech they're closing down freedom whilst posing as the champions of freedom it's monstrous because it was a pack of lies when the four started to register as a foreign agent and then said the that would not affect the r.t.m.

blois doing their job as reporters only know to make it impossible so it's part of this witch hunt while i a proud member of my republic i asked the question how does this look like to the world in the nation's capital the bastion of free speech the first amendment where scores hundreds thousands of people from every conceivable form of press that there is they get a badge but are cheney oh oh oh no they're all foreign agent they're different begon party has been in the nude in one way or another as this for baden fruit this outlaw roe good news organization and you know what happens in this country when you tell americans you

can't do something for when you were a kid your parents said don't listen to that music. and one hell of a challenge a rescue group is again causing some divisions that soft to reporters without borders the swiss press club to cancel a conference because it was critical of the syrian activists the request was rejected by the head of the organization as modern day censorship. you were a challenge in our support for this conference with the name of our organization appearing on the list of media members return only dissociated ourselves from this event and do not wish to be associated with the conference we invite you to abandon this project which will damage the image of this wrist press club it was very surprising and very disappointing to see the journalist association asking for the kind of censorship that was my first reaction and so i decided to reply

writing your letter and asking them to respect the freedom of the speech and deuce risk constitution. now autism or i guess the of previously done his own research into the white helmets he's got more details on what caused the split between the journalist organizations. so far almost everything you've been told about the white helmets is stuff from their press releases and review productions not from locals or civilians no know from white helmet sponsors and p.r. agents that's great and all but lets against hear from the people they say they saving shows them helping the people but they only help the rebel fighters they really those close to them the last thing they cared about was civilians have to whenever food aid was brought into the white helmets and the rebels would take it after themselves to give us nothing not even bread and to us what there were many

people buried alive helmets would come to save them and if they found civilians they might help and they might not oh that's a huge surprise what a shocker the white helmets aren't perfect who would have thought they were just regular people with their own shortcomings their own agenda just like everyone else so why on earth would reporters without borders want to censor this absolutely obvious fact calling it russian propaganda i think it was the topic which was this disturbing this disguise now having described. as an independent organisation they cannot admit they were wrong and yes they didn't even admit to here the people who are criticizing the why tournaments has it was

a taboo to speak about that that's impossible for a serious journalist or simply hardest person to add. but it's the first time in the twenty years of the existence of this response that we are. the search demons from a journalist association which is supposed to support to to support the press freedom for whatever reason it is taboo no one in the mainstream media or in western governments says anything remotely critical of the white helmets you remember ever hearing anything unflattering. reporters without borders has all but taken sides let's not forget in two thousand and sixteen they named a syrian rebel activity and the journalist of the year is taunting syrian conscripts buried under rubble he says he wants them to taste a slow death

a swiss press club has made a point not to judge for me i cannot see myself in the mirror or if i am good big censorship or deciding you have the right to speak you have not the right to speak because you are representing the bab the supposed bad part and it is paid off they've received an outpouring of support internationally and they vow to continue doing what they do irregardless of pressure i also received many people criticizing russia. for garry kasparov for mrs name saga who criticize criticizing russia so i am open to everybody even people who are supporting russia and not criticizing that's

the goal of the real person not the politically correct. association a north korean television has been showcasing a powerful new weapon we'll have that story and more just after this short break i'm going to. it's.

what politicians do to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to be close with what will before three of them or people that i'm interested always in the waters of. fresh. water international the north korean television has shown the first images of the country's most advanced missile to date reportedly capable of hitting any parts of the united states. or according to both the north and south korea as well as latest missile reached an altitude ten times higher than the orbit of the international space station experts

have already said if directed differently the missile could reach both washington and europe well following the test the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. warns pyongyang leadership it would be utterly destroyed in the case of war that threat came with an emergency session of the security council. dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroy those that would use to it's difficult to move towards any subtle moment as long as north korea fears that its security is threatened in the current situation we urge them to call on all parties involved to stop escalating the tensions that accompany each new cycle of reactions in response versions we all need to pause and think carefully about the consequences of such steps he will trump meanwhile has

been out to the north korean lot she even broke off a speech on tax reform to take a joy king john there will be rocket fuel. the big little rocket man rocket fuel so the american. he is a sick puppy. of besides that president trump tweeted he discussed the launch with china's president he said major new sanctions will be imposed them with korea the russian foreign minister though saying a lot of off he was more cautious he's question whether there is a hidden agenda behind all. suppose that. the americans should start with explaining their intentions to a school if they are really looking for an excuse to destroy north korea as the u.s. envoy to the un said it's a security council meeting let them spell it out clearly and let the u.s. leadership confirm it then we will decide how to react if it's really concerned

about north korea's nuclear program it would again dialogue that the only way to resolve the problem and north korea said many many people are not willing to give up their program unless the united states rough the policy i think like a reasonable request to me the more the united states wants to punish north korea the more they convince north korea that they need to develop a nuclear deterrent protect themselves so has the opposite effect. if the united states were truly interested in. ramping down tensions it would engage in dialogue with no reason to engage in dialogue. now russia and other leading oil producers have extended a deal to gradually reduce production until the end of next year that follows of course talks between moscow and opec members in vienna and the agreement was struck a year ago to stabilize the global oil price under the terms of russia and opec

agreed to cut supplies by one point eight million barrels per day since the cost began the benchmark crude price as brant has risen by thirty percent it's now around sixty dollars per barrel. on energy expert told us further production of oil will have all other cuts to the production of oil will have significant impacts on the world economy the influences of the russian role in the arctic execution. reporting is more more significant other than before. condition and all supporting of russian in that significant time and understood what was going the markets and a lot of restriction to maintain the old prices within fifty five dollars not anymore was not significant that part and i think that's so that if you understand why they're all significant also influences of reducing.

the production live and that's a grim in will be more significant in the next campaign all six to nine months and that's i think the brain mind stormy had been done today and been well that's all from us for the sally back at the top of next hour for more headlines from around the world see that. the war hawk telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chickenhawk forcing you to fight the battles that. you talk to try to tell you that because of the public. you

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i'm beyond this you need this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. coming up is there anything we can do to protect our personal devices for hackers the president of the software will tell us and our team correspondent. ashley banks will fill us in on a new lawsuit brought against google which could lead to billions of dollars in fines now let's check the stories topping today's headlines. well it still doesn't look like the world's biggest oil producers are feeling that optimistic about the global oversupply on thursday opec members agreed to continue with oil production cuts until the end of two thousand and eighteen the current deal has producers cutting supply by one point eight million barrels per day though it was set to expire in march the group also decided on capping nigeria's output at the same amount but they haven't made a decision on libya yet both countries had previously been exempt from cuts due to regional unrest brant crude was up zero point nine percent to sixty three dollars

and six cents a barrel in trading while west texas intermediate futures were up zero point six percent to fifty seven dollars and sixty five cents a barrel. india's g.d.p. has bounced back from a five quarter in a row tumble in the second quarter of the year the economy grew six point three percent compared to five point seven percent in the first quarter and the report manufacturing electricity gas water supply and other utilities services were highlighted as having consistent six percent growth the numbers fall in line with most predictions and india's finance minister immediately credited the government for the growth on twitter he emphasized that reforms have helped lift manufacturing and services before the brief slowdown india was the fastest growing economy in the world. after a wild surge over the past week started dropping that's not the only problem cryptocurrency has to deal with now on wednesday

a federal judge in san francisco ruled that coin base which is the largest bitcoin exchange in the u.s. must turn data over to the i.r.s. the court is forcing coin base to hand over information on users that had more than twenty thousand dollars in transactions between two thousand and thirteen. in two thousand and fifteen the i.r.s. noticed that the amount of tax returns claiming gains from digital currency didn't match with the popularity of them as investment vehicles meanwhile over in the e.u. a member of the e.c.b. as board says banks need to speed up immediate payments to compete with bitcoin board member even worse said banks need to implement instant payments as soon as possible and provide an alternative narrative to ongoing public debate on the a legit innovation brought by virtual currency schemes. although technological advancements continue to disrupt nearly every industry there's lots of concern over safety and security not too long ago one vietnamese company was able to break into the i phone x.

facial recognition system proving that even biometrics aren't hack proof to talk more about this we're joined now by todd shipley president of euro software now todd to be clear this company's spent time beforehand making a face mask to help them get past the system and the real user had to be present to unlock the phone each time that mask failed so with that in mind how big of a deal is this really well thanks for having me on today it is a big deal because they did it within two weeks of the i phone ten coming out so the fact that they were able to actually fabric eat something that was to get around it needs to be a concern for everybody if they can do it that quickly. well over time our faces can change whether it's because it age or make up or in some cases plastic surgery so why don't we just stick to fingerprints what is the alert of facial recognition technology. well i think the lure is that it's the ease of use.