you'll know i. don't trump questions to remove the security clearance of several former intelligence officials they're accused of politicizing and monetizing the information they had access to. a former trump advisor comes under fire off the hear nouns there's a new foundation to reportedly from and a right wing revolution in europe we get reaction from a member of the european parliament. people who goes through. i don't want to show where the money was going for you don't see. that argument not be made to george soros as well you should be should know the boy. and how a seventeenth century slave trader is remembered has divided bristol in the south

west of being from. the old ones will plus going to be so you because you've got to put things into context of what was up you know the sign now you would guess this money is already. a very good morning to you and seen love and i am here in moscow and you're watching aussie international with me thank you erin. donald trump is considering revoking the security clearance of several former top intelligence officials the white house press secretary said they had been making political and financial gains from the information they had access to but the announcement didn't go unchallenged . doesn't like it he wants to punish them for you know i think you are creating your own story there is the president doing exactly what you just said the president doesn't want all these people doing

a little size in matters of national security by going after his political enemies people are politicizing agencies and departments that are specifically meant to not be political and not to be monetized off of security. six people were named including former heads of the three ira f.b.i. and n.s.a. most of them are known for being critics of donald trump's policy if issues themselves say if they clearance is revoked it won't really change anything the security clearance has nothing to do with how i or any of us feel about the president i don't get briefings i don't have access to classified information it's frankly more of a courtesy i don't go back for classified briefings i want to have any effect on what i say all right former u.s. intelligence officials have a history of speaking out once they leave office caleb maupin explained. the former heads of u.s. intelligence agencies are now dabbling in politics the fired f.b.i.

director james comey just advised the democrats to steer clear of socialism. democrats please please don't lose your minds and rush to the socialist left this president and his republican party accounts going to do exactly that now this comes just after his recent tweet and which he said that the only way to support american values was to go democrats. who believe in this country's values must vote for democrats this fall policy differences don't matter right now history has its sights on the us now james komi fits in with a big cast of characters these are former intelligence officers were now telling us what we should be thinking about politics i know we're not nazi germany all right but there is a commonality there and a fear on my part that we have standards we have to live up to having some

understanding of the levers of power that or available to the president if. he chooses to there to size them. there's. downright scary and and disturbing there's a big question first of all in terms of those who are on mr trump's nascar team whether they can continue to serve in good conscience an individual who basically pro-trade his nation now it hasn't always been like this former cia top boss george tenet became a private investment banker he left the public eye after leaving office and a former f.b.i. director louis spray he launched a private consulting firm here's why it's kind of a big deal it turns out that former intelligence officials usually keep their security clearance. is john brennan monetising his security clearance. is john brennan making millions of dollars they've fallen secrets to the

mainstream media with his attacks on donald trump so even after leaving office they've still got power and connections that they could use to further their agenda on the intelligence. so whatever happened to a quiet retirement now in the part of the new forces emerging former top spies who are turning to political activism a lot more of them are to be new york. etc after fence and foreign affairs magazine gregory copley says that in any other country such behavior would be considered treasonous but what we've seen lately and the last two years is. the situation with people like director of national intelligence clapper and the like brennan. and so on making it stream leak comments designed deliberately to undermine the current u.s.

government now who says this would be treason of all the most governments around the world there are profound cases of damage to the united states' image to the united states' ability to function in a national security sense from what we've seen from this range of. commenting in the last eighteen months to two years. president transformer advisor steve bannon has announced plans to spark a right wing revolution in europe he wants to create a new foundation promoting the ideology their plans were revealed in an interview with news website the daily beast bunin says he aims to rival the impact of open society foundations set up by liberal billionaire george soros by an foundation is called the movement and is expected to have headquarters in brussels the organization would offer polling think tank research and advice on targeting

european right wing groups these plans sparked outrage among some members of the european parliament an attack on freedom and democracy in europe we will not stand idle we will respond we have to fight now with good arguments confident and true it's a frontal attack on the e.u. and european values. george soros has spent billions to promote leftist ideas for years for example funding pro e.u. campaigns by supporting a second brags that referendum we asked any piece tell us coloe glue from the series a party what he thinks of balance initiative. what is wrong with promoting an alternative does it not challenge views so you get debate you get conversation instead of name calling people in the united states. if you follow the money so where the money was

going to finance the. movement which so movement rather for the division of europe and north korea the unit you're right could that argument not be made to george soros says well why shouldn't these parties and groups who have support of large swathes of the population get some help from the outside the same way that the left has been getting help from soros and other like minded billionaires this is not the point where yes we know where that money comes from because of the fly in those themselves but they their financing their of sims for what they are in favor of the reste. you know call the previous variable or be you well that's not really on the working class tell us is that there's a lot of working class people who fear that their jobs are being taken by possibly by immigrants possibly by other forces at play and they are voting for who they think will be able to solve those concerns and at the moment across europe in many

countries it's not the left they need an alternative well yes. sort of the left of course so you admit that there is no way you know but it's very easy to be a democrat you don't use a. scapegoat whether this mr soros or the scapegoat is the recruiters are you why workers are going to be excluded right so we could utilize that sort of chill in britain would have breakfasted but now that that's true that's the reason you don't have to be an extreme right winger to have views on immigration do you when you're seeing so many people coming from north africa and sub-saharan africa into your nation that they did not vote for. so you know well if you see so many people at. different places you have to be wise you know and the people who you know we are coming from are or is less rumor or middle east that we started all of

the people out of all of these are reproduced there are people we united states great britain the people of bombarding you know they destroyed the crowd and now they are denying the story go and political responsibility and this is the same it is those same goals for the people not the rivers where immigrants come from africa would be overstated or forgotten or of decatur essentially or you know the reach european governments they go to date their response would be the people of the. people in bristol in southwest england are divided over a plan to add a plaque to a statue that commemorates a seventeenth century merchant involved in the slave trade edward colston is a prominent figure in the city's history for his philanthropy however much of his wealth was acquired through the royal african company which was involved in the slave trade residence

a people need to be more aware of colston's past and are demanding a plaque mentioning his role in the slave trade which may now also calling for the statue to being removed altogether we spoke to racial equality campaign elite jasper and stephen morris from the english democrats. why are we got the statue of a man who sold millions of africans into bondage and slavery ripped african babies from their mother's breast separated families killed maimed and murdered millions of africans but he gave money to charity so we should have a statue of him in our town square we have to look at the full history of the of the slave trade this was going on for thousands of years before europeans arrived africans were enslaved africans and selling them to the arabs way before we got there and it's actually quite unfair to judge the past by today's standards and today's models so from a ates is part of the history but it really got to be showing the full history of

what was going on at the time and not just to be a scene until european issue against the slave trade when the slave trade was very predominant across the entire continents at that time so for me you look at the history of but we've got to put it into context julie fifty million people is a lot more than a ransom. for what we call a redesign and find it that day historians of the tie are all consensual around that figure so i think is you need to get your facts straight all depends what the plots going to be saying because you've got to put things into context of what was going now you're the guest is just going on a complete. whatever whatever point he was trying to put forward whatever argument he was trying to put forward has actually been lost and he's actually learnt now you all the guesses to this man is a racial issue and all the ground so that's what i. wanted before i moved trying to

put forward i'm going to pluck there then you have to make sure that you put it into context of what was happening around the world we shouldn't be imagining and celebrating culture and it should be either bristol. zeal of shame which you can go in and all the order of colonial aspects and relics of the past can go in but i don't worry it should be contextualized as the most terrific period in bristol's history you cannot george historical events by today's standards you have to look at what was going on at the time more blacks was enslaved by blacks than they were by the europeans so he needs to start all the laws and why when i walk eagle why why r t why are you subjecting me to the most ignorant and based racist. rewrite of the street but is it. down to name because of the white man who's got no idea how we normally emerged comments on rich girls lavan more blacks was and slave

by blacks than they were by the europeans so he needs to needs to actually look and stop being very hypocritical. and not stream to pipeline which is currently under construction is set to deliver natural gas from russia to germany the project has been widely criticized by the us which wants to supply its own liquid natural gas instead trunk has also warns that the pipeline will make birdland too dependent on moscow that according to a recent poll it seems the majority of germans don't see it that way. i think it's a horrible thing that you have a pipeline coming from russia and i believe that germany is going to be getting fifty sixty four even i've heard numbers of seventy percent of their energy coming in from russia. and how can you be working for peace and work from strength when somebody has that kind of power of your country i don't think it's good you're not working from the strike you've given up all of your strength i

think it's very bad for germany very bad for the german people the pipeline will be about one thousand two hundred kilometers long it's a multi billion euro venture between russia and five international companies it runs next to the original nord stream pipeline and will double the amount of gas being transferred north stream two were said to be fully operational by next year economists like hama says the project is the best way for germany to meet his growing demand for natural gas. this is a matter of a great opportunity for germany to have another infrastructure that supply us with natural gas which is needed in germany without being able to be blackmailed by the countries in between every american foreign policy is another duty but they have to did a closer relationship between russia and germany us the us is not in the position

anymore to make a big ace because germany now after the sanctions and after the not allied behavior of america against germany we have to look for better opportunities or other of that unity's and therefore it is no no possibility at all anymore to separate germany or europe from from russia anyway he just wants to be the first he just wants his companies to make the deal and make the your base especially the germans to wait a little bit longer until the american companies are allowed to make deals in russia i think this is all about he is a business that greece is in the grip of deadly forest fires and is asking for help but the latest details on that for you after this quick break.

you know world big partisan new things a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. win goal make this manufactured consensus instinctive public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts and the the one percent.

nor middle of the room sick. leave is really. welcome back a devastating wildfire has reportedly killed at least fifty people and left one hundred fifty injured it's near the greek capital athens. lucky.

jim in football star of turkish descent has quit the national team saying he fails on one side in his own country mesut ozil was subjected to widespread criticism off the posing for photos with the president of turkey and the run up to the faithful world cup. here in houston chantelle national lampoon's closing out a long time ago and not to celtic or to armstrong because in congress someone you don't know that is not a german and someone that should not play football for the germans national team such a photograph has a symbolic value and it is definitely not what is needed at the moment this is clear when you play for germany you represent the country the german values. are

also without a plan was a mistake it is still a mistake to say the reason the president also gave did not convince me so he speaks of respect but that raises the question of how is respect for the victims of battle fronts policy perspective journalists who are in prison because they have done their job. he just as you know the chance to hold mr christensen hi steve. is a great who has done a lot for the national food but he has now made a decision that must be respected and in any case the truth is on the page faster the germs just knocked out wild card has little to do with mr percival having his

picture taken with president. chinese president xi jinping is that rwanda part of a four nation trip to africa to establish deeper trade ties he earlier visited sun the goal which is the first west african country to be involved in china's belt and road infrastructure projects beijing has been expanding its presence in africa in recent years in twenty sixteen alone china invested thirty nine billion dollars in the continent bringing the total to more than two hundred billion but the initiative hasn't been without its critics the u.s. thinks the countries are not prepared for such huge investment and may end up deeply in debt to china however recent offensive remarks from donald trump have strained relations with the continent the president of the united states is racist he really is the devil this is an actual quote from the actual president this is

the gift that he decided to give the american people they're not whole countries for one donald trump isn't there for us it. political analysts we spoke to think that countries in africa are turning to china because of u.s. government policies. the united states has a very nice more outlook towards africa and the rest of the world they do not want to best interest truck which is a long term investment improve their economy and they have basically add it to the united states especially which i mean i know well is to make money in a double digit profits overnight not interested in the want term development of the country that's why the united states and the west don't know all the square of two they can tilt the china still china has built a new energy to energy plants china's built a new ports and there's many more things that they're working on in the course

africa so the problem is that the west expense is not really thinking power to this continent is thinking in terms of how do we make some fast boxes in the united states the use united states influence on africa was already doing lng well before don't want to sean came into the play and it will continue to drink because of some of his comments he's attitude towards africans and he's position on africa in general he's only interested in military bases and africans i'm afraid i very much interested in partnership and those that take them seriously and and of cause like a liberalized continent it's voting with three times changing united states in every sector that i know of in favor of the chinese or i'll force china already had a huge presence and influence and that in france i've just grown to levels for which even if the americans were to try now like you to ever catch the the chinese

in my lifetime. latte love to hate your book some of our stories they do get in touch by following us on social media how they back about thirty minutes with all the latest headlines us either. forman are sitting in a car when the phipps gets shot in the head. all four different versions of what happened one of them is on the death row there's no way you could have done it there's no possible way because the list did not shoot around a corner. shots

seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shake out this thing comes to etiquette and in games from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

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be i think a little bit you know over the top to simply point out all the good things that they're constantly doing so we just try to take a more balanced middle of the road approach that's you know the fact is that they're making all these other economies look stupid by comparison. are. used. to put on the wind.

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