i as the us then bridge what she quote is behind such shock such. russia expels sixty u.s. diplomats and shuts the american consulate incident they just copying washington's move over the script all case while the state department says it was a of the right to respond further. sources close to wiki leaks say the ecuadorian embassy has brought julian a saunders internet access to stop him tweeting about catalonia and design a vivienne westwood says he must get on line. it's really important that he's got i say to the world by old we expose the t.v. manages to do. and netflix users threatened to boycott the online entertainment giant as it appoints former president obama's national security adviser to its board of directors.

thank you for watching the news headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow on cape partridge. russia will expel sixty u.s. diplomats and close the american consulate in st petersburg emulating washington's move over the scripts case foreign minister sergei lavrov announced the retaliatory measures against the u.s. and pledged a mirror response to other states that have deported moscow's diplomats. include the expulsion of the same number of u.s. diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in some petersburg as far as other states are concerned we will always give amir a response as it promised russia has responded tit for tat for every russian diplomat kicked out from the two dozen or so countries one of their diplomats will

be kicked out of russia almost all of those countries by the way the nato members will hopefuls the united states though may have to charter a jet sixty evidence diplomats have been ordered to leave russia the same number kicked out by washington you know what the u.s. consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and nearest spawn's no more no less and again moscow has called on the united states to stop it is proposed to us south or ities inciting in fueling this merican pain against our country to rethink incurred their reckless actions destroying bilateral relations the sum up russia which denies any role in this poisoning says never before have we witness such mockery of international law it is also convened

a special meeting of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons would be c.w. has sent technical experts to examine the substance with which the former russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned but their best the geisha will be technical. o.p.c. w explosive arrived in london to analyze the substance used in the alleged poisoning of surrogate and group this will only allow them to distinguish the chemical formula of the substance the o.p.c. w. technical secretariat doesn't have the mandate to verify as. ukase allegations by the way the investigation into the case is still going to the u.k. and that allies insist that russia was behind this russia the nies any such thing and says that this entire fair is politically motivated there's been no investigation no trial no evidence only accusations which have taken

a turn for the literary rather like the beginning of crime and punishment in really crime. i know many ways to treat all of ours at this point. where all the confidence about the identity of the culprit the only question is whether he will first confess or be called brisk actually worse have you read crime and punishment to the end you know unlike you we have read the story you have specially for boris johnson the just j.f.k. quote translated in english from a hundred trivets you can not make a horse hundred suspicions don't make it proof boris johnson went on to cement his case by saying that unlike russia which makes deadly poisons britain manufacture is nonexistent imaginary fantasy weapons that don't work you need to know

about the difference between modern britain and the government to let him in. so i seriously they make novacek we make light statements. one is a hideous weapon specifically designed for assassination the others are employees of the theatrical prep with a mysterious play would normally work opinion is divided on what exactly boris johnson meant or how exactly he hoped this would help his case. however the diplomatic standoff threatens to continue escalating as washington says it may respond further to moscow's moves reserve the right further to any russian retaliation against the united states and we are reading this we are reviewing it and will respond accordingly well state department spokesperson has been out there also claims rush areas isolating itself through its response to the expulsion of

russian diplomats from the u.s. r.t. samir khan has more. well believe it or not the diplomatic spat between the u.s. and russia has escalated even further just after russia announced their tit for tat response the u.s. is now considering new options against russia and just to remind our viewers washington expelled sixty eight russian diplomats and closed russia's consulate in seattle just after london claimed without any evidence that russia was behind the alleged poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter on british soil and in retaliation moscow asked the same number of diplomats to leave now even though it was a tit for tat measure the state department or you had that there is no justification for the russian response and russia supposedly isolating itself from the world and reporter seem puzzled as to why moscow's move wasn't justified and continued to push for more clarification i want to remind you that there is no justification for the russian response and i'm not trying to understand you you guys throughout sixty of their people we don't see this as

a diplomatic tit for tat the american diplomats who are being expelled are not. spies and diplomatic cover i am saying that they work for the u.s. state department they are our colleagues who have served there with great distinction but you but you're saying that these your your actions justify there is wasn't because these people are the equivalent legs i think we're forgetting what got us to this place well now or dodge questions about whether the expelled u.s. diplomats were spies or not and then reporters pushed again to understand why the state department considers moscow's actions to be wrong and it seems that washington is forcing moscow to take responsibility and humbly accept punishment for a crime that there is no evidence for essentially you're asking russia to just admit that they did it and and take their punishment be the adult thing to do they're saying that they did it you are in fact asking them to you know admit to something

that they say that they don't you know what there's nothing wrong with. minute it meeting wrong doing well now or went on to make some very incendiary comments to justify quote expressing solidarity with the u.k. calling the expelled diplomats russian spies saying that the us is better off without russian spies when there's no evidence that they were spies either so now we're just going to have to wait and see where this all goes from here. want to discuss this issue further we can cross live now to independent journalist joe lauria joyce thank you for joining us well as we heard there have been now that the u.s. state department was quick to react to russia's return as you measure saying it has justification for expelling diplomats while russia doesn't what do you think. i have to admit that was the first time i heard her remarks today and they're even sillier than the one that i've read there's nothing wrong with admitting that you're wrong and it's the adult thing to do i mean this woman does not belong on the podium the story of the state department because it is

a very serious matter here she previously said that i've read the russia just doesn't want to have good relations with other countries i mean this is unbelievable in a serious matter like completely unnecessary the serious matter this did not have to get to this point except that that's what britain and the united states want and they drag along several other allies but this is this is about not going through the process due process to investigate a crime and then wait to see what the results are and then weed out punishment if someone's found guilty there's nothing to do with this this is purely political obviously if you're a political play by the united states in the u.k. and it gets worse and worse and more dangerous and these silly remarks by the state department spokesman do not help at all at all in this matter and also let's move on the other side then from the russian point of view foreign minister sergey lavrov mentioned the mirror measures against other states expelling moscow's diplomats i mean do you think this is going to point c. would it be a diplomatic no return. and i don't know i hope not i mean this is what governments

do and they get when their diplomats are expelled they they expel in return and this is what newark should understand is what is going to happen in the situation united states did and dissipate this happening and yes other countries that want to long they are going to lose diplomats in russia as well the problem is where does this lead to we need more talk between both countries right now between the west and russia obviously we need a so-called a detente that president trump ran on but now what kind of a puppet of putin's you look like at this particular moment when he's completely gone along with these expulsions when he's absolutely accepted the united kingdom's argument without any and criminal investigation haven't just begun so i've been put to rest the idea that trump whatever he says is not helping matters he's the president but he's allowing people behind him or he's been lying about wanting good

relations with russia because things are not getting better at all he did not have to take this measure he could have said we want to follow what common laws that britain in the u.s. have shared since the beginning of this country that we're going to have to have an investigation and evidence will be produced and then the defense will produce the evidence will find out who did this you know they went right along with this your political power play here to try to undermine the government of a lot of important as you notice barabar is johnson said they're not that he's against russia but the government of putin they want to weaken and isolate this government i don't know that russia is as isolated as united states thinks they've been saying this all along we're denied it we're the moves by the u.s. and they're in their volley ministration against russia only lead to closer ties or change china and russia that did not sound like isolation to me so it's extremely dangerous right now and it's getting worse and who knows where where it's going to lead to and also let's go back to the original point which is the script. is now conscious i mean why do you think that russia still being denied diplomatic access

to the hospital when a russian citizen is being traced as. if they don't let the russian consul officials go and see her and now that she's speaking and that she is conscious and speaking then that tells you a lot right there that they need to allow access to russian consular officials she has obviously some lots of knowledge about what happened we see now samples of this suppose a nerve agent being found on their front door in a garden in a children's garden in the restaurant in the pub i mean this the whole town was sprayed with this stuff it can kill you within thirty seconds so i mean she knows something the russian government has a right to meet with her obviously would be interesting to see if she's we may never know if she's asking to see russian consular officials and have been eyeing her that that would be something we believe again we may not know what information is going to come out of that hospital room dating again on this point sergey lavrov added that the u.k.'s u.k. his allies verdict and the u.k.

on the screen found case makes a mockery of international law do you agree with that assessment. of course i agree with that but the united states and britain have been making mockery of international law for a long time just go back to two thousand and three invasion of iraq and etc so the international mars works as john bolton trumps news not security advisors off as said publicly that the united nations and international law is good when it serves the united states and it doesn't it's useless he's is spelled that out and that is the attitude driving the united states and the u.k. in this story and unfortunately many other issues of international importance that the international are does not apply to them when it seemed convenient for what they want to achieve independent jenna's joey thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thank you. now wiki leaks founder julian assange has been denied internet access since monday and isn't being allowed visitors at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's been staying for almost six years now

sources close to the whistleblower group have told r.t. why the ecuadorian officials took those decisions as an associate churkin reports according to sources close to wiki leaks we have learned that the ecuadorian government had police teluk tronic jammers inside vehicles or an embassy right behind me where julian assange has been holed up for over five and a half years now and the idea of this was to block him from being able to tweet as well as communicate with the outside world hold telephone conversations or have access to the internet generally speaking we also understand that he's better he's been banned from having visitors inside the embassy and apparently all of this comes following a publication in the equipe dorrian press about julian assange just tweets concerning the catalan issue specifically the detention of cattle on independence leader of carlist which demands in germany earlier this week and our understanding according to this source close to wiki leaks is that julian assange would have to

has to his team have been informed of having to delete a certain tweet that he had posted among others concerning the catalan issue in one thousand nine hundred two the elected president of catalonia louis compared this was captured by the gestapo at the request of spain delivered to them and executed today german police have arrested the elected president of catalonia karla's put to much at the request of spain to be extradited now julian assange did not delete this tweet and it's our understanding again according to these sources that are close to julian assange and wiki leaks is that the ecuadorian government has informed him and his team about their discomfort with his expressing his opinions about the catalan issue and following that information they did put those our tronic jammers in place to have. stop communicating with the outside world and curiously all of this comes following a statement from a top official here in the u.k.

describing julian assange as quote a miserable little worm let's take a look at this because of great regret the judean a silent remains in the ecuador embassy it is people even deeper regret that even last night he was teaching against her majesty's government for their conduct in replying to the attack in souls it's about time that this miserable little worm walked out of the embassy and gave himself up to british justice well earlier we know that claims were made by the ecuadorian government who said that julian assange had signed some kind of agreement saying that he wouldn't weed or say anything about politics of ecuador as well as other countries but again according to this source close to wiki leaks those claims have been false. when we were british fashion designer baby in westwood is a friend of a sergeant gave him her support from outside the embassy on thursday she says she's worried about his treatment. we're very concerned about the fact that she can see our visitors the moment and it's really important that he's got access to the world

by all the exposures achieved manages to do he's a reserve war hero he exposed american war crimes they want to be concrete and you know this is just my friend a nice brilliant arma fashion designer called vivienne westwood to see him quite regularly and are supportive whenever i can. well as i was took refuge inside the embassy in twenty twelve after being accused of rape in sweden which was later dropped by stockholm or surratt is the whistleblower fears leaving the embassy and being extradited to the u.s. where he faces charges of espionage and i recall the end of the courage foundation says his remarks on the catalan referendum may have proved too much he seems to be an escalation we're talking about a few tweets about the catalan election which for particular reason seems to be

particularly sensitive to ecuador and their international relations goes to show that although it could have done an amazing service and are doing an amazing service in protecting julian assange and the issue of the catalan election i think which may not be obvious to many people in the catalan referendum rather which may not be obvious to many people in the speaking world is in the spanish speaking world an extremely controversial issue it thinks it's. the situation is in crete is increasingly difficult for him and quite frankly you know there is no they was an investigation going on in sweden there is no longer any investigation there's no good reason for him to be threatened with arrest. now and that clicks uses threatened to boycott the internet giant over in a bomber official joining us board of directors details on that story after the break. it's.

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welcome back online entertainment giant netflix may pay did leave for a high profile new appointment customers are threatening to cancel a subscriptions after president obama's national security adviser susan rice joined the board of directors jacqueline burger explains why the move is facing such a backlash susan rice is a big name in washington she served under presidents clinton and obama and was a u.n. ambassador slowly but surely working her way up the white house ladder and during barack obama's second term in office it looked like rice would likely become his secretary of state until she was forced to withdraw her name following the ongoing controversy related to the attack on the u.s.

consulate in benghazi rice had made inaccurate public claims that the attack wasn't premeditated. what our assessment is as of the present is in fact what began spontaneously in benghazi it spun from there into something much much more violent rice was later forced to eat her words and admit they were in fact planned causing a massive backlash against her so she stepped back settling instead for national security adviser a tale as old as time really well if you're not slick fail secretary of state that's what i wanted that's all i wanted that's what i was promised and now here i am and now it looks like rice is ready to netflix and chill with the streaming giant who announced that rice is coming on board on wednesday netflix co-founder and c.e.o. reed hastings put out a statement welcoming rice to the team saying that the company will benefit from her years of tackling complex global issues now netflix is the world's leading entertainment service and according to their site they have around one hundred

seventeen million users and over one hundred ninety countries and are continuing to expand their reach which with rice's help could have a more political spin to it and while it's not yet clear what a lifetime politician will bring to a media company the naysaying has begun already with many users calling for a boycott of the service hey netflix i've been a customer since day one that's just changed you must be absolutely insane to think that americans would you adding susan rice as a board member who priced your bonus into liberals can keep you in business if anybody wants to boycott something because of an individual's actions i suggest boycotting netflix if a crew from netflix is filming and comes under attack what is she going to blame it on a film just cancelled my netflix membership reason susan rice they can have her but not me. this is where our family takes a hard bass were canceling netflix altogether our kid will be better off instead of

watching him chewing he'll be reading and waking up but perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that rice is making the jump from politics to entertainment we've already seen her former boss appear as a guest on the netflix show and rumors have been running rampant that the obama's may be in talks to produce a series starring the dynamic duo raising concerns over where the company is headed . the siberian city of cameras has entered a third day of mourning after the shopping center fire that killed sixty four people including forty one children with more facts about the blaze emerging including allegations of criminal negligence there are also stories of incredible courage. good and i were putting together pairs of shoes just when i smelled smoke heard them a walkie talkie someone thing that people are running out of the stop people rushing down the stairs to say there is an alarm which we started to write to

a people are employees of first of the walk is the jury of the accident that i don't quite remember how i got out in a soon as i got outside i saw a man jumping out of a window from the third floor yes. i am i am. i am. all our coworkers had already stated when we looked at the escalator that it was full of people they started helping people to get out of there we have a back yard at the end of the storage room was still just calling people to come to us when there were disease and help to buy the our guys lived out there will cheers and help them to go downstairs everything i'm glad is the clouds of smoke surrounding yes we breeze that heavily but why is it so dns we just hose to save someone else do some people run upstairs in panic did you feel panic deep inside too of course we did there was no way to escape i don't know what would have

happened to me not them i'm a father a son and a brother too so i can understand those people i wish once some would grow up the same be useful to humans kind we don't consider ourselves rescue as we are old married people if you were in our place you would have done the same we had the loss of men who were burned to death then you say heroes my mother was worried about me sure if it's a hospital and she says it was terrifying. we go to the mosque every day and leave flowers and place candles. well meanwhile the investigation into what caused the fire is progressing the two main areas of questioning are the malfunction of the fire safety system and also the possibility of arson five people have been arrested among them are two directors of the shopping center and the maker of the fire safety system the blaze in camera was one of the deadliest in russia in decades it took firefighters at the

seventeen hours to put it out one section of the complex was completely gus's and large sections of the roof collapsed it's a sixty four people who died almost two thirds were children as the school holidays had just begun. our am was the. well we'll be back in just over half an hour with the latest news but for more in the meantime go to our calls. you all understand how big it's just but two charts overlay them one is the u.s. dollar one is the big prize as the u.s.

dollar has moments of strength in the otherwise long multi decade bear market to oblivion you say pressure on bitcoin as dollar were soon just bear market and its new all time lows on the dollar index below seventy you'll see bitcoin hitting new all time high but the dollar is the devil's currency the dollar is the currency that supports the establishment that supports the charlatans and you know it does have a strong days but the trend is does iraq. if i'm insurgents or terrorist group enjoys foreign sanctuary move no matter how much move it to the pushover you put all know there. will be in one way to. hibernate them so some. time it would be like counting the time not to take the loops.

russia has gone through the highs of photo studio some to the lows of grief over the camera of a tragedy. the launch just exposure number russian diplomats from the west and putin's links to them is off to a rocky start how will he react. greetings and salutations we begin today in that wonderful country just a little north of the united states of empire canada where in the vancouver suburb of burnaby british columbia thousands of indigenous peoples and activists have been protesting the expansion of houston texas based kinda morgan's trans mountain pipeline in fact over one hundred fifty of those protesters were arrested just last

week including canadian green party leader elizabeth may and local new democrat m.p. kennedy stewart the trans mountain pipeline expansion when finished would deliver alberta tar sands oil to the west coast for shipment down to states like washington california and access and into the asian fossil fuel marketplace and according to the seattle times proponents believe that the expansion will give canada access to new global markets provide jobs and millions of dollars in economic benefits and can be done responsibly even canadian prime minister and resident dreamboat himself justin trudeau who appeared to approve the expansion as promised quote we will stand by our decision we will ensure that the kinda morgan pipeline gets built. big oil pipeline getting built despite protests by indigenous peoples who claim

they were not properly informed or consulted about the building of a potential environmental disaster on their lands now where or where aware of i heard that before i feel this runs of days of where what it is oh you who yes yes north dakota appears that the canadian government is quite bullishly following in the footsteps footsteps of its louder violent definitely more of noxious neighbor to the south when it comes to big oil pipelines and water protectors. yeah i think it's about time we start watching the hawks. golding legal looks like a little bit like. analyzing the bottom if you. want to play like you got.