donald trump threatens to remove the security clearance of several former intelligence officials they're accused of politicising and monetizing the information they had access to. also this hour seventeenth century slave trader is remembered as divided bristol and southwest england. old friends will the clocks going to be so you because you've got to put things into context of what was up you know the sun now you would guess it's monday it's already. so that's what duck clock. and a former trump advisor comes under fire after he announces a new foundation to reportedly foment a right wing revolution in europe he's taking aim at the liberal philanthropist george soros has been promoting the left for years.

a warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for tuning in. first news just in this hour on our two international the israeli army says it has shot down a syrian fighter jet after it entered the country's airspace two missiles were launched at the warplane which is about two kilometers into israeli territory there were also earlier reports of an exchange of fire on the border with syria will bring you more information on that when it comes in. and other world news donald trump is considering revoking the security clearance of several former top intelligence officials the white house press secretary said that they had been making political and financial gains from the information they had access to but the announcement didn't go unchallenged. and he wants to punish them for you know i think you are creating your own story there is the president do. exactly what you

just said the president doesn't want all these people doing a little side 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 meant to be monetized off of security plans or. six people were named including former heads of the cia f.b.i. and n.s.a. most of them are known for being critics of donald trump's policies but the officials themselves say it's like clarence 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 any 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 often reports 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 democrat. all who believe in this country's values must vote for democrats this fall policy differences don't matter right now history has its eyes on us now james komi fits in with a big cast of characters these are former intelligence officers we're 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 a president if. he chooses to there to resign from. those. downright scary and and disturbing there's a big question first of all in terms of those who are on mr trump's nasty team whether they can continue to serve in good conscience an individual who basically portrayed 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 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. he's john brennan monetizing his security clearance is john brennan making millions of dollars they volunteered 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 air pockets around the new forces of emerging former top spies who are turning to political activism. are to the new york editor of defense and foreign affairs magazine gregory coakley says that in any other country such behavior would be considered treason 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 extremely comments designed deliberately to undermine the

current u.s. government now who says this would be treasonable the most governments around the world there are profound cases of damage to the united states' image to the united states' ability to function. national security sense from what we've seen from this range of visuals commenting in the last eighteen months to two years. people in bristol in southwest england are divided over a plan to add a plaque to a statue that commemorates the 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 some residents want to raise awareness of course and past and city authorities have agreed to make some changes to the inscription on the monument they propose adding facts about the enslavement of thousands of africans around

twenty thousand of whom are said to have died as a direct result of course and involvement in the slave trade. with many now also calling for the statue to be removed altogether we spoke to racial equality campaigner leave jasper and stephen morris from the english democrats while we got the statue of a man who sold millions of africans into bondage and slavery ripped operate them 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 i was way before we got there and it's actually quite unfair to judge the past by today's standards and today's models so familiar it is part of the history but it really got to be shown

in the full history of what was going on at the time not just to be a scene to european issue against the slave trade when the slave trade was very predominant across the entire continent that signing so. from a look at the history of but we've got to put it into context actually the fifty million people who are not a ransom per thing one could go on for what we know and redesign and find here that the historians of the time are all consensual around that figure so i think it is you need to get your facts straight it all depends what the plan is going to be saying because you've got to put things into context of what was happening at the turn 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're the guess is this man is a really nice dog around so that's what. should be 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 colton it should be either a bristol museum of shame which he can go in and all the ardor of colonial aspects and relics of the past can go in but i don't way it should be contextualized as the most horrific 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 tell us all in law why why why critical why why r t why are you subjecting me to the most ignorant and based racist. rewrite have been street but obviously. the name of the white man who's got no idea now we are nearly in michigan. more blacks was

enslaved by blacks than there were by the europeans so he needs to needs to actually look and stop being very hypocritical. president transformer adviser steve bannon has announced plans to spark a right wing revolution in europe he wants to. create a new foundation promoting the ideology the plans were revealed in an interview with news website the daily beast banham says he aims to rival the impact of the open society foundations set up by liberal billionaire george soros veterans foundation is called of 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 confidence 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 box at referendum we asked a local on the syriza party what he thinks of bannon's 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 too far in towns the. movement which so moved 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

the money comes from because of the fighting there's themselves but they have their financing there of sims for what they are example for the roots. you know call the preview list for b u s 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. mr soros or the scapegoat is the recruiters or you wife workers are voting for the it's the right we didn't. in

britain with the brixton. 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 see so many people at. different places you have to be wise you know and the people who you know we are coming from the. middle east that we start the people out of all of these are reduced there are people who we are united states group of people are bombarded you know they destroyed the crowd and now they're at the ninety story go and political responsibility and this is to say it is those same goals for the people not the recruiters wherever girls come from africa would be overstated are critical of the character essentially you know that reach european governments they have to take

their response should be deported to. the north stream to pipeline which is currently under construction is set to deliver it natural gas from russia to germany the project has been widely criticized by the u.s. which wants to supply its own liquid natural gas instead trump has also warned that the pipeline will make berlin too dependent on moscow but 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 or even i've heard numbers of seventy percent of their energy coming in from russia. and how can you be working for peace and working from strength when somebody has that kind of power of your country i don't think it's good you're not working from a 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 and it will run next to the original nord stream pipeline and will double the amount of gas being transferred north stream two is set to be fully operational next year economists i commerce says the project is the best way for germany to meet. 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 under the duty that they have to bid 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 of the like

behavior of america against germany we have to look for better opportunities or other of the two nephews 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 you just want to companies to make the deal and make the your base especially the germans to wait a little bit longer and go the american companies are allowed to make deals in russia i think this is all about he's a business that at least sixty people are reported killed and the worst wildfires greece has seen and more than a decade that's far and more after a quick break. you

know world a big part of. a lot of things and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get 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 bad and 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. so we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development is only really going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

what come back the theme of alleged russian meddling seems to have touched a multitude of areas in recent times from presidential elections in the u.s. to rebellion and catalonia and what's now celebrating its sixtieth anniversary that's apparently gone into orbit. looks like we've had fifty two american astronauts launched by the russians what's interesting is not a single one of them have been african-american none of our african-american astronauts have ever been launched by the russians is mean since two thousand and eleven no african-american astronauts from nasa have been in space as had the opportunity you know it does raise the question what's going on are the russians were fusing to launch african-american astronauts.

if that is the case i have never heard that. certainly i will start asking that question now that you meant that to me but i have not heard that and i am unaware if that's the case. i seriously do not believe it was the russians are russian colleagues partly because i have been through the training with them and i think. i was able to develop really good working relationships with everyone there and. you had a testament to that it was that i think some of the people there may have known

that nasa speaking of doing this but they were adamant that i had to complete all of the training. the chinese president is in rwanda up as a part of a four nation trip to africa to establish deeper trade ties here earlier visited senegal. which is the first west african country to be involved in the in china's belt and road infrastructure project has been expanding its presence in africa in recent years in two thousand and 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 president. johnson from new side viewpoint africa believes countries are looking to china because of u.s. government policies. united states' influence on africa was already doing really well before don't want to show came into the play i need to 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 is your basis and african so i'm afraid i'm very much interested in you talk to ship and those that take them seriously. i know school is like a liberalized constant it's voting with the chinese changing united states in every sector that i know of in favor of the chinese all of course china already had a huge presence and influence and that influence has just grown to levels for which

even if the americans were to try it now likely to ever catch the the chinese in my lifetime. a german football player of turkish origin has quit international football saying he was abused for a photo with a turkish present and uses a scapegoat for germany's poor two thousand and eighteen world cup performance the turkish president has given his backing to star player mesut ozil the said the treatment he has received is racist and unacceptable the german football association has emphatically rejected claims made by ozil that they have been racist and disrespectful to him but the footballing body did accept that it could have done more to protect him after the disappointing tournament in russia critics lashed out at those all for his poor performances during the competition in which germany went out and the group stage.

nearly fused chantelle national. to one president and that's in south dakota from the. congress someone who is not 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. the search i have 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 plans coliseums respect for journalists who are in prison because they have done that go.

hand. or. is it just as you know the chance who holds mr percivale in high esteem is did those illegal rightful bonus he has done a lot for the national football team he has now made a decision that must be respected and state and in any case the truth is on the pitch the fact of the germans was knocked out of the world cup has little to do with mr having his picture taken with the president i don't see. local authorities confirmed that at least sixty people have been killed in devastating wildfires and the greek capital athens one hundred fifty others have been injured players. play.

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