these are the hawks that we along with our loved ones. valving dora sees the secretary of state surprisingly. the president says he's fired because. cia director mike pompei o is set to take over the state department taking the spy agency. in this. program. the british prime minister is expected to announce reprisals against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent. moscow rejected a midnight. questions about the origin of the nerve. also coming up on the program or. will we hear technology.

in future generation. this wednesday march the fourteenth good morning from moscow and welcome to our to international our top story donald trump has followed us secretary of state rex tillerson pointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead well he surprised twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he until did not see eye to eye on

a number of issues. with the sleep. but you look. i think terrible. i wanted. something. different so we were really. very similar. well brecht very good i like rex a lot. i'll be thinking the record over. all rumors now tillerson was heading for the door have been circulating for months in the news with reports of disagreements with the president rex tillerson stay in the job until the end of this month and then will effectively step away from politics. when he goes to down off has more now on mike pump aoe the new face of

american diplomacy and his successor at the cia gina house bill. who works nesting in washington might be the new diplomats in chief or the iron fist to lead america's state department has had the president under his spell for a while already there to see eye to eye on normal most everything the issue that sunk to listen diplomatic career trump and pompei all share common spite towards iran and north korea both of them like to call torture enhanced interrogation and their fans of the n.s.a.'s warrantless bulk data collection where they stand on whistleblowers is one of the few things trump and bone peo don't quite agree on well they have to differ on something. it's time to call out wiki leaks for what it really is a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia . i can't think of a thing that has put america in a better position as

a result of this deal we're a year out from the agreement and every single action the iranians have taken has been bolder and starker than the one they took before the agreement. a very real danger. hardly ever escaped a day at the white house without the president asking me about north korea and how it is that the united states is responding to that threat it's very much at the top of his mind they are ever closer to having the capacity to hold america risk with a nuclear weapon this is the man elevated to america's top diplomat and descending with them is his former deputy gina hospital will be the first woman to lead the cia with her bosses impending departure she worked undercover and in secret for years she clearly likes being out of the spotlight and it could be for a good reason she was one of the torchy chieftains at the cia in two thousand to

ask bell ran the operations of an agency black site in thailand where. two terrorist suspects were tortured one of them was nearly killed during these so-called interrogation agents slammed his head against the wall water boarded him deprived of sleep and kept him in a coffin like box and it was hospital reportedly who later gave the order to destroy the tapes which recorded the torment along with other evidence given trump's pledge to keep the guantanamo bay operational and he's advocating of waterboarding everything falls into place it seems now the state department and the cia will have plenty in common you know in hansing not just interrogation techniques a diplomatic routine to well both new appointees will have to go through senate confirmation hearings before taking office hospital is likely to be asked about her involvement in a cia interrogation program we discussed her appointment with john kerr who was the

first cia officer to expose the agency's use of torture and then later served jail time following the revelations. this is one of the worst moves i've ever heard of at the cia when i sort of couldn't believe it because you know haskell should be in the dock at night in the director's office at cia do you know has bill i has blood all over her hands she's the godmother of the cia's torture program the president is certainly a fan of torture he's come right out and said so and the only thing that it's stopping them from returning to this torture regime is one piece of paper called the mccain feinstein amendment wrote it was an amendment to the national and that's out there is a fact that specifically banned it. exactly the kinds of techniques that you know has was overseen in one thousand. britain's prime minister trees amazed to

chair a national security council meeting later on whedon's they where she's expected to come up with reprisals against russia may earlier gave russian ultimatum to give a credible response to the origins of the nerve agent used to poison former double agent surrogate and his daughter in the inner city of seoul sprit russian declined to respond saying it had nothing to do with the incident the investigation into the poisoning is still ongoing but authorities believe the pearl were deliberately targeted with a nerve agent first produced in the nine hundred eighty s. in the soviet union traces of the substance were detected out the restaurant where the two ate before they were taken and found unconscious on a nearby park bench. it had no connection to the incident and if the u.k. has grounds to believe the nerve agent came from russia it should share the evidence for now russia has received no access to the substance or the

investigation reporting on a case that has spiraled into an international diplomatic crisis here's on the sea a church into and just over we can and fit into a quiet city in southern england snowballs into the biggest international spy scandal in years pushing ties between russia and the u.k. to breaking point. on sunday march fourth a couple are found slumped on a bench and souls bury reporters arrive at the scene for what was thought to be a local incident but soon after a global media frenzy unravels with accusations allegations and speculation moving at the speed of light exposure to an unknown substance and her comparisons to the two thousand and six death of alexander litvinenko march sixth the u.k.'s counter-terrorism police take control of the investigation the u.k.'s foreign secretary boris johnson has this to say while it would be wrong to prejudge the investigation i can reassure the house that should evidence emerges it implies state responsibility then her majesty's government will respond appropriately and

robustly. russia says it has no information and offers to help in any way it can but this part of events is much less exciting for the media than the spy story unfolding before them by wednesday march seventh police confirm the use of a nerve agent downing street remains cautious in finger pointing it being too early to explain what actually unraveled but that approach will soon make a swift exit these headlines leave little to the imagination long before any conclusions are drawn russia is being vilified the dots have been connected in the eyes of the world press details of the kind of punishment russia could face range from diplomatic expulsions to measures connected to the world cup to be held in russia the summer on march twelfth amidst a media hype and under pressure to take a tough stance from her government british prime minister theresa may is expected to provide clarity the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against and to the script how this highly likely

comes with a pre-determined conclusion can be no suggestion of business as usual in relation to our interaction with russia mr speaker this action has happened against a backdrop of a well established pattern of russian state aggression and ultimatum is given to russia come clean or else while russia asks for proof evidence and facts we're waiting for the united kingdom to respond to requests that we filed in accordance with the very same convention about the necessity to provide us with the substance in question and the necessity to make the whole investigation open to us but the clock keeps ticking and the deadline set for russia to explain itself is wednesday march fourteenth all the while here's the u.k. police where of course getting many questions regarding how and where the nerve agent was actually administered i called comments on that at this time we're not declaring a person of interest or i suspect at least in

a court of law this would at least mean a time out in the. world of political game play apparently means very little and if they see it you're going to r.t. london. meanwhile police in the u.k. are investigating the death of a russian exile in london he's understood to be nicholai glu scoff a friend of the now deceased russian oligarch boris berezovsky was granted asylum in the u.k. in twenty ten after serving an earlier five year prison sentence in russia for fraud he was reportedly found dead his home in the british capital late on monday night well given the current political turmoil between london and moscow the western media has been quick to link the case to the poisoning of the former spy and his daughter in school spree and why london's metropolitan police say a country of terror officers are looking into the case quote as a precaution because of associations he heard british authorities say there's no evidence of a connection. security analyst and former u.k.

kuntar terrorism officer charles chute bridge believes it's far too early to attribute blame for the poisoning according to the legal system for example in the u.k. if it was a person being accused of a crime they were being taught to know what the evidence is against them and of course to be able to use their own scientists for it came to a court of law to challenge that evidence perhaps to show that actually this material this chemical agent could have been produced elsewhere for example we know that. it's not in the ninety's the united states itself was helping to clean up plants not in russia but it is back in strong where this material was allegedly produced and so that's just an example of how this material could have come from anywhere in fact that there are so many very many questions still outstanding and if it's not and of course it's massively premature for the government to be saying to rush or any suspect you've got to forty eight hours to respond or else we're

going to take action in other words take some punishment against you. another verse headline stories the online technology block chain is not only making waves in the banking world it could also be the foundation for a future cities block chain is where sensitive data such as financial transactions are held on a network of computers rather than in one place and not potentially makes them more secure and easier to verify well for artie's online series crypto liam miguel francis has been meeting some of its biggest proponents in silicon valley and finding out how it could see a whole new type of city being built and pericles. good deed to end the world's leading conference on. brought all the stars of watching together once again this time in silicon valley we caught up with our friend from singapore founder of ever coined nico matsumura the view from silicon valley is absolutely amazing i mean i'm talking to general partners venture capital firms their renegotiate their lp

agreements krypto all that want to have custody they're starting to trust your wallets it's unbelievable what's happening here you know i think as well we're starting to see the movement of institutional break capital it's a very very large institution kapil interesting for joe i think that's really positive we also got to take some crypto from bob the original manufacturer of the mousetrap who apparently has been improved for five years now but most people think that big corners like to call in is the essence of the watching in reality the block chains the magic and that will affect i think in the next ten or fifteen years virtually every major industry from pharmaceuticals to law enforcement recordkeeping accounting everything will be tied into that the bitcoin is really more of a symptom or a child of the blocking the block chains the mother i think if the banks allow us to survive and are not too threatened by the competition i think we're going to do very well imagine a city that's operated by block change the knowledge what could

a place like that show the world currently brocken crystal roast beers of blockin unbound are under negotiation with the puerto rican mayor for the purchase of several thousand hectares of land for the creation of such a place the idea is to expose the power block chain on a global scale by taking a place that's been devastated by natural disasters and help to rebuild with and block infrastructure the first step is rebuilding what is there by using better technology more sustainable energy renewable resources and just really bringing green light to the place that exists i think see you is find our ability to build something new and bring all of that he says that we have. our surroundings like to see the local governments of the local population and really build a new type of city state to perform a crypto watching city built together with the puerto rican government which will showcase the world the full scale of what crypto can do to a post devastated state. go.

legendary physicist professor stephen hawking has died at the age of seventy six he was perhaps best known for his work with black holes and quantum theory which he said could predict what happens at the beginning and end of time he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease when he was in his twenty's and given only two years to live walking spent most of his life in a wheelchair but was able to communicate through a specially invented voice synthesizer he was the author of several books popular science books one of which a brief history of time sold over ten million copies stephen hawking will also be remembered for his sense of humor which we caught a glimpse of when he was a guest on our teaser laurie king show two years ago what still mystifies you about the universe the universe and all of the laws of nature exist are they necessary in one sense or because we would be here to ask the question but it's very deep

and six years ago you told me the only thing you don't fully understand is women have you learned more since we talked i have learned a lot about women since you know it it's my turn to ask a personal question you have been married eight times to seven different women is that a triumph of hope over experience you make a good point steve in. a big yes. yeah quick question that's ok more news coming up right after this. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. want to be. too great to be

close this is what before three of them can't be good. interested always in the logs it. seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to say proud to stay active. and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

nineteen minutes into the program welcome to the right wing can be an octave is being detained in front son bomb from entering britain lauren southern was held to of a british border point in cali the u.k. home office told her she was being bombed for distributing racist material in the town of luton last year one of the poster said allah is a gay gold officials the scribe the twenty two year old is a threat to u.k. public policy so they can say she was interred gated in the french quarter under the u.k.'s terrorism act. i got a knock on the door from the kent u.k. police who handed me this form and that's when things kind of went sideways it's the schedule seven terrorism act and they said you need to read this you are being brought in to be questioned under the terrorism act then they asked me about my religion and asked if i was a christian extremist how i would describe my christianity. and after that

this is where things got really weird they said how do you feel about someone driving a car or a truck into a group of people a group of muslims. or other right wing activists have been barred from britain for similar reasons austria's martin southern or other american commentator brittany pettibone where this man detained for three days before being deported soner had been scheduled to speak at a free speech conference in london's hyde park. last week and from entering the u.k. for various reason for me it was because i wanted to give a speech about freedom of speech on speakers corner. and for me i am an american conservative commentator and i simply wanted to enter the u.k. of course i was going to watch martin speak but i was primarily going in to do some interviews i wanted to interview tommy robinson who is outspoken against islam and

they essentially labeled him a far right leader who incites racial hatred and that's why they didn't want me to enter to interview him so it was very interesting why they suddenly are deciding to crackdown it seems like a court unaided attack on conservative media that's what it really seems like to me that it's a huge crackdown of censorship but not only you know them banning us but also on the internet right now as we're seeing on platforms like you to been twitter the bones have caused anger in some quarters with supporters saying that while rightwing activists are being bombed rather killed islamic preachers are allowed to speak freely known terrorist suspects are allowed entry into britain. the bit ridiculous if you look at us that both of us are as i called i'm acceptable characters for you if you pose a threat to the court again piece of the local communities wired to same the very same country lets radical muslim extremists just freely enter the country they have

all these muslim grooming gangs but still we are the main threat and we are kept out of the country i think is just ridiculous yes we are the ones that they target and this is the stuff they take you know dedicate all their resources to focus on it people like martin me and then our good friend lauren southern who is also banned and it seems like the government wants to protect its citizens not from terrorists or rapes but form challenging and difficult and one that the years of characters like written in meat. next as we count down toward sunday's presidential election here in russia we are introducing you to some of the voters choosing who they want in the kremlin and the candidates vying for their support today we speak to members of russia's vast agricultural industry to hear what farmers want for the future.

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in the gym you would do it with. the w.c. beautifully so it's a little bit of. someone you've got to be the dualist east not you received the most of the sort of what you eat privately good stuff very little. was normal so yeah you're good for dealing with the fault of the one much money the less than you thought surely in the winter foster mom there were the. yes dear but i was the to his thoughts are supposed to last for some of them are. not but my tip of the phone you've. seen. so that's what russian farmers think while the candidates we're profiling today is hoping to secure his afore. term in charge incumbent president vladimir putin is running as an independent best time on a platform aimed at boosting russia's economic growth with three terms under his belt he has a lot of experience but critics accuse him of not being tough enough on corruption

here are some excerpts from recent interviews and speeches on where he stands on the biggest issues facing russia and the wider world. we want to make our country brights moving forward into the future because our ancestors really actually are what you we live here our kids are living here and our children and grandchildren will live we'll do everything for them we'll be happy. and that's you sleeping so we have our own principles we do not let anyone interfere in our internal affairs and don't interfere ourselves that's our principle at you should treat your partners with respect and then you will be respected for it's a qualm. when you can

get they don't have a program of development for our country what i appreciate about them is they talk about the problems as indeed a good thing and that should be done but there's not enough for the positive development of the country to concentrate only on problems can even be dangerous because that might lead to destruction we need construction at the investigation. but i see those in the new russia not only has to secure a place in the top five biggest economies in the world but also to boost g.d.p. per capita one and a half times by the middle of the next decade that's a hard task but i'm sure we can do it. going to. work as hard as i can if of course the voters give me a chance to one. where we are profiling all the presidential election candidates here on r.t. international we'll bring you more of those over the next number of days as well as hearing from russians nationwide but what will win them over come polling day

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