point out that china is a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that can cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter-intelligence side so that we have all the defenses that we need there's no doubt about that that's general wald house or the top commander of u.s. military forces in africa now the u.s. military is all over the continent engaging in anti terror operations flying drones propping up aligned governments but while the houser admits that china is doing something in africa that the usa is not doing very well investing look we'll never outspend the chinese in the communist and that's i guess the point i was trying to

make china has been an effort on the african continent for quite some time but we as a combatant command have not dealt with it in terms of a strategic interest and we're in the we're taking baby steps in that regard africa is part of china's one belt one road initiative a twenty first century silk road of sorts enabling countries to trade with each other china has set up a t.v. project for rural africans they've built all kinds of railroad and sharing economic access to remote parts of the continent and among english speaking africans what country do they want to study in the u.s. of the u.k. nope it's the people's republic of china yes the usa certainly has the upper hand in africa i want to comes to flying drones or deploying troops when it comes to something else winning the trust and friendship of the african people china is way far ahead. r.t. new york. washington's relations with pakistan have taken a downturn. it was believed the u.s.

had reached an agreement for the release of a doctor who helps the cia track some of been large and however he remains in prison and islamabad says' no such deal exists r.t. samir a current can tell us more. the pakistani doctor who helped the cia track down and kill the world's most wanted terrorist osama bin ladin is still in prison two years after this promise from donald trump do you think you can get the darker out yes i do i think i would get him out in two minutes i would tell them to let him out and i'm sure they'd let him out in may two thousand and twelve shaquille afridi was sentenced to thirty three years behind bars. jobs. in. two thousand and eleven for being go money to the

militants of that discourage them and he was assisting in medical term that he was making some arrangements for their meeting in is a hospital i met him in two thousand in june and he said that i am innocent and the charges they are totally illegal but last week his family were given a glimmer of hope there are reports the possible deal to secure his release after he was apparently moved to a secure location because of threats to his life but according to the pakistani foreign ministry none of that's true i'm not aware of the new deal regarding dock to secure afridi on behalf of the ministry of foreign affairs i can assure you that he's not being handed over to the u.s. it's an issue that u.s. officials often bring up but given the frosty relationship between washington and islamabad over counterterrorism and other disputes there's still no sign of

a resolution for shaquille a freebie. we spoke to the editor of defense and foreign affairs magazine gregory copley the things that talk to shake kill afridi is a victim of the cia's misleading tactics the cia itself rather than the us government is the one which is most embarrassment and varies by the imprisonment of dr afridi because literally dr afridi is a victim of the of the reality that the cia absolutely misled the pakistan into services and diligence in the hunt for bin lot they told the i.s.i. one thing because they didn't trust the i.s.i. and then went about literally embarrassing eisai by securing a different path to finding. someone been lovely as a result the pakistani government was quite justifiably offended by this lack of trust between our eyes and embarrassed that they cia had done this without

involving. special day in the russian calendar is fast approaching is the country prepares to celebrate victory day on may ninth antti joined present day forces in russia for the rehearsals of the annual military parade to mark the end of twelve fourteen reports. on the field. but yet i think hard trying to make. the. line this is minutes is nothing like that.

for the time we are going right one of them. practice makes perfect they say seemingly simple maneuvers like this one still being told that simple when there are dozens of vehicles involved and they all have to be in sync that's why moscow's main streets have been told for these beasts to refine them a new because. this a.p.c. is designed to absorb explosive damage from landmines and it's all will deflect even piercing rounds now it's not the only vehicle to be making the first show at this year's parade so let me give you a tour. these unmanned drones will be shown to the

public officially for the first time at the parade there were initially being designed as the purely reconnaissance aircraft but now they can carry bombs to. elicit missiles have become an essential part of any victory day parade in moscow and this one is no exception. and finally how about this german they says on the red square no this is not a plug over you holywood blockbuster but rather this tank support it will also be for the first time featured a parade on the red square so now this is of course is just to me a taste of what to expect at the actual parade so do you and then the ninth of may and have a look yourself what these guys have prepared. well back after this short break.

i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super manager killian erroneous and spending to the twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so what more chance for. six minute.

please. please. welcome back speaking on the wild press freedom day the us state department spokeswoman highlighted journalists who lost their lives while was ok but seemingly ignored palestinians covering the protests on the gaza border and it raised a few questions. we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent dust of journalists past new journalists in the gaza strip i don't have and i don't have

all the details of the investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in gaza both were reportedly shot with live ammunition while wearing vests and helmets identifying them as members of the press the u.s. state department says the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach on the recent investigation into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched air strikes on the country before any official probe had taken place journalist dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with double standards. united states is really using doubletalk here they they know that the israelis targeted these journalists they were wearing press

written across both sides front and back they were reporting on a peaceful protest and the shooting of unarmed citizens and the israelis didn't want the reports out so they killed the poor of the reporters it was not self-defense of israel these killings palestinian journalists was deliberate and the u.s. won't condemn it it's a total double standard. the spanish breakaway region of castle lonia has voted to shut down a commission that was allegedly set up to spy on politicians opposed to independence following last october's independence referendum which madrid called illegal spain stops the former catalan president and took control of the regional parliament the move led to mass protests across the region some of which turned violent because long capital in particular became a flashpoint for clashes with police and even faso loaners men is well known for being a social activist she became the first female on there of the city in two thousand

and fifteen while representing the left wing catherine party one of her first decisions as a matter was to cut her own salary by twenty seven percent. is also a former anti eviction activist and has been arrested several times during demonstrations the ex-president of ecuador and r.t. spanish show host rafael correia have talks today to callao about her struggles in office. yeah. nevertheless i would like to ask you a question how far can social movements go in democracies citizen sees social movement as a means of protecting rights making proposals preventing abuses of power something that can compensate for institutional weaknesses as in the case of the platform for people affected by mortgages book still be deceived i think many citizens and members of social movements want to replace the government they want to govern without democratic legitimacy this is also a problem for democracy because as

a result we get politicians who don't take political responsibility and we're going to get this example demonstrates there when a ruling party depends in some way on a financial governing body when there are revolving doors when there is a possibility of collusion explicit or implicit it's clear that such a government isn't free and that it can defend the interests of the majority of the population and therefore it's important that people like us get involved and i never plan for a career in politics to be honest it happened because of my activism work lots of us said we need to be in the governing bodies in order to return what belongs to us so it can be used for the common good so that the government reflecting the views of the majority. is part of the european union continue to struggle to handle a wave of my current centering the block the dutch migration minister has blamed the crisis on the southern european countries which failed to secure their borders

ninety five percent of irregular migrants and asylum seekers arrive from other schengen stays about two thirds of them managed to enter and travel through other member states undetected and unregistered despite all measures taken to improve registration. the dutch minister also questions the european commission's previous claims that almost all migrants arriving in greece and italy are being registered he also wants the limbers who refused to share the burden of taking in refugees to be punished. freewriting should have a price member states refusing to demonstrate solidarity in violation of a e.u. obligations should be penalized through cuts in e.u. subsidies we heard from a member of the coalition of the radical left party in greece who believes that his ations being levied against southern european states is wholly unfair. the saying is that europe has failed to provide a holistic and inclusive solution to the problem. it's

a yearly and it cannot prove or saw its solidarity card this crisis is not a greek or an italian problem and it cannot be managed as an italian or greek problem it's a european problem end greece and italy have handled all the burden of this whole situation i think that the criticism is a bit unfair greece any to be are dealing with the refugee in my grand crisis with dignity while there are european member states that have resisted the real occasion quarters that have resisted to abide by the e.u. turkey agreement that have it is isted to take on the refugees and migrants r.t. has asked the european commission for their response to the dutch migration minister's allegations so far they've chosen not to respond to the request. and u.k.

police monitoring group has forced the british authorities to release its counterterrorism training materials off the years of court battles but document reveals that anti fracking activists are considered extremists much like radical islamists or neo nazis and they say they're treated accordingly. you know i don't. believe he believes. that. the police have been involved in dragging disabled people out of wheelchairs on the public highway over salting people understanding boy and watching private security companies employed by the

fracking companies come out of this site on to the public highway and attack people punching people in the face putting people into sleeper hold positions all kinds of have happened. lauren forces on the ambulance staff say however that the activists are feigning injury for the cameras and making false claims that the police brutality here's why those activists see reason to find against fracking it's a method of gas extraction where a high pressure mixture of water and chemicals is pumped into rock to release gas is considered by many environmentalists groups to be dangerous as the chemicals used in the process could contaminate both this foil and groundwater that have also been claims of fracking induced earthquakes and tremors well those fighting for the extraction method to be banned are consequence as domestic extremists that's how they're included in the framework of the british counterterrorism program known as

prevent and protestors are being monitored by anti terror agencies and to fracking activist bob bennett told is the or thirty's are trying to silence anyone but goes against them. trying to suppress any form of dissent. or disagreement with their policy. which is hardly democratic and they just trying to prevent us from tree speech basically you know we have a right to free to free speech we have a right to peaceful protest and they're doing everything they can to suppress it. well get in touch and let us know what you think about this story and everything else by following us on social media join me again at the top of the hour for all the latest headlines see them.

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towns more now and an extremely more high education the new global economic war. welcome to the stan collymore show i mean maybe even colombia filming for a future episode so watch the spice but this week's episode comes from paris from the powerful world cup winner six time with us to have a chance we're going to be chatting to a foreman same item on the legend is ian roche and rob blanchard it's goes up to

manchester to look at some of the world's caustic for sure welcome to the stan callie will show. we here in paris city of lights to talk about the great. french football. and that was when the local play in. front of let's go back to nineteen ninety four for my european champions how disappointing was it is a nice you know as a young footballer to not qualify for nine hundred ninety four that was

a disaster because we had two games in hand true and we needed one point to go through and to go to the united states and they do work we lost the two games we had a home and it was a real disaster i mean the. the dream that we have we had to see that beautiful squad going to the united states fell off in one study and off the goals for the last second and. everybody was ashamed of being a french guy loving football you have to remember that you do european championship in one thousand two was also a disaster when we went out after the group stage so. we had the idea of rebuilding everything in fact in international way and when he took charge of the of the job we just followed him he had an idea of creating a club inside the this election this team started to be built around ninety five

ninety six just before the european championship in england and where we winded up finishing i think. it was a real new adventure to recreate the time to recreate something to be ready for years after in one thousand eight. hundred when people talk about me knowing me from from the french site i was a tough guy when i go to england i was kind of you know a little. shy guy playing in england against stan collymore and being afraid of being asked and the fact is that's true but going to england for me. it was june or learning the fighting spirit and never let it

go always having the hope that we can finish something even if you are we losing to neil and. that's what we learned but did you feel before the tournament did you feel in the friendly match. was it all preparation to win the tournament we were we were in good we were in good we didn't play well just before the world cup we didn't have the feeling that we could go that far. down and already have done it on was in the time of the average ninety seven ninety six of world european championship and remember if you see all the games which we had a ninety eight he got suspended. after the second game came back for the the quarter final again. two very good games for the quarter and the semi is. done in the final what was your individual emotion about getting that final call of principle to supply the federation francis for you all included congratulations you

included in the final twenty three players to represent france at world well i i i looked on we keep. you know important it is and i'll probably haul you know when you know you you read your name and just before the walk up i had maybe like twelve twelve caps for the for the national champs so rookie kind of going off but lots of calls were not coming to and and and when you know you're going to play a world cup in your country many it's a good try you know your family calls you you see how you see i mean and i'm going to fight for for you to make sure that everybody is going to be proud of. the tournament itself you go through the great stages some substantial appearances because obviously laurent blanc was the yeah it was the talk much of money how did that make you feel the first one i saw said being rick along being red carded i

felt ashamed in a way that i knew that if we would we would we would one would be i would be in the first eleven and i finished on my it's already my place three days before the walk up i couldn't watch t.v. or listen to radio or read to papers because it was always out couldn't we i was wrong. so you really feel like a piece of and i didn't know what to do and i said to my ex-wife i said you know what if we win we can and if we lose we're going to stay in england and we'll never come back to it to friends well it went well it worked well i played a good decent game and we won so everything is perfect of the of the day you know but the fairytale could have been a nightmare so laurent blanc gets a red cross in the semifinal. you then went to ensure that you were playing and i never said we had to talk two months before the walk up where you say ok you

know what there is law and marcel would go and play if any one of them is regarded or injured you played saw as soon as was recalled and i knew that it would go through i would play teligent fill in the dressing room it's a mixture of things that time goes very slow before the game you want to be on the pitch you want to play you what you desperate to be in the bottle in the bottle and it is getting very long and i remember coming to his into the stadium getting out of the bus and taking my heart rate i was one hundred eighty so you're ready sprints and i was already there and then when we went into the dressing room it was over i was a little different because it was hounded up i can relax you mentioned nice finally friends it's worse it's worse you have the pressure of a country don't want to ruin the the party after you know you can be everybody was ready to party and they did but you can ruin it and they have the dates again it's a football game so when you are into the game you don't think. i have to be better

because a welcome not you know some players think some players get rid of their delusion if they lose they lose their their. their calm i guess the play the game before has to be done i think it's different between a champ and and somebody no less not quite less ready to to to fight for those this intensity of the of the game and the pressure of the kid gets is if that's your pocket or the guy when out i was in it. you playing the game you've got one of the world's best strikers you're having a fun guy does your confidence grow as the guy who's operating oh yes definitely after the first bull you know you know put on the first touches you know when you control well you pass well you know you feel confident and the first time that i had done it was rivaldo i said i said ok i mean i mean and i'm ok i'm going to be good until the end so you know that things can change but you start well so you

know what do you finish well i did better than my idols which is impossible normally so it took me like i would say three four years maybe at the end of the mike area that i realized i became like a player you know when i mean france every day every day there was somebody say oh thank you very much for the world cup for the last twenty years so it takes a time when the whistle goes you know when the refs ace at the end of the game you just lose the pressure. telesur after experience is the part of the relay for the enjoyment of a world going to show the ladies i want of the world's great with five million people the right one when you line into the competition when you're in the sunni's and between the series in the end and the finals we sold the people down the streets but we didn't realize you know it was on t.v. and.