the firm behind the notorious trump russia dossier will face a grilling under oath as its support has been a defamation lawsuit brought by a russian subpoena. that could or confirms the wiki leaks chief julian assange will need to eventually leave the country's embassy in london. and russian president vladimir putin says he's ready to go to washington to meet with donald trump and also invite the u.s. leader to visit moscow. good evening you're always welcome here on out to march first this hour the firm behind the infamous trump russia does say will have to face questions it's been

long trying to avoid that's after a judge in the u.s. ordered fusion g.p.s. to give sworn testimony in a lawsuit brought by a russian. alexi group of halfassed father a defamation suit against the dossiers author along with the media company that released it buzz feed the document claimed that the entrepreneur's firms used viruses and malware to infiltrate the systems of the democratic national committee and also claims goober of worked for the russian intelligence services he very nearly denies all accusations are to smear a con as the story fusion g.p.s. will now have to answer questions regarding its role in compiling the still dossier be very dossier that made headlines a world wide for its unverified salacious allegations about donald trump before his inauguration now lawyers will be able to ask a fusion g.p.s. representatives about its clients how they verify their claims and why they hired christopher steele and they'll also have the opportunity. to find out the nature of

the firm's interactions with government officials and media outlets now the russian entrepreneur is a lawyer who filed these claims against buzzin still called it a victory this ruling gave us everything that we had hoped for after a year of trying everything they could think of to avoid being deposed fusion is finally going to have to sit down and answer our questions he was in g.p.s. hasn't revealed any information regarding the dossier claiming that it would violate confidentiality clauses and free speech rights but for some background the firm was hired in april twenty sixth by the clinton campaign and the d.n.c. to investigate trump's allegedly to russia for a fee of about one point eight million dollars then fusion hired a former m i six operative christopher steele and then buzz feed to publish the dossier even though it wasn't verified now fusion g.p.s. will have until august thirty first to sit in for the deposition but it's possible that the revelations that will come out of that hearing will be more scandalous

than the dossier itself. it seems the wiki leaks chief julian assange may have found state is welcome at the ecuadorian embassy in london this is after the country's president said that he will need to leave the building eventually the song has been hold of since twenty twelve to avoid arrest and potential extradition to this situation cannot go on forever a sense will eventually have to go right if you keep yes indeed yes but his departure should come about through dialogue this isn't the first time we've heard speculation of a song your six year tenure at the ecuadorian embassy coming to an end it is the first time such hints of come from such a high official the president of ecuador himself saw and of course has been a asylum seeker effectively at the embassy since twenty twelve he fled six years one month ago afraid that he would be extradited to the united states. where he's

wanted of course for publicly leaking those military and diplomatic cables which celebs war crimes and human rights violations now of course all this comes in the light of those reports about negotiations between the ecuadorian government and the british government to come to some sort of conclusion to bring this matter to an end the u.k. government has denied that this issue specifically was discussed during president rose recent visit to the u.k. but they have confirmed that negotiations have generally taken place and are continuing to take place to resolve the matter lamoriello himself it has to be said it's not a big fan of assad she's criticized him describing him as a stone in the shoe as a hacker labeled as an inherited problem inherited because of course assad was granted asylum under the presidency of rafael correa now though from with this administration it has been far from smooth sailing for the whistleblower but you

look good for a person to stay confined like that for so long is tantamount to a human rights violation the only concern i have is that i have never agreed with the sundries activity i don't agree with hacking private e-mails to be able to obtain information no matter how valuable it is to expose certain undesirable acts of governments all people of course six years of confinement have taken their toll on assad to have been concerns about his welfare just last month in fact foreign office minister alan duncan expressed those concerns to parliament stating assurances would be sought about his welfare should he leave the embassy. internet access was recently cut off and the visits available to him by third parties have also been limited leaving very much questions both from the public and the media about just how and when this six year saga will finally come to an end.

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little ization was planted on the home december twenty second team. is empowered to crown nationality to protect you. because of great regret that you didn't assign remains in the ecuador embassy it's about this miserable. the embassy you gave yourself up to bush is just. five intelligence officer and he says that this development in the assault this case is a bad sign for the wiki leaks boss. i think it's certainly worrying for a silent yes there's no doubt about it because the incoming president in ecuador seems to see him as a problem he's also under pressure from the americans and from the international monetary fund to raise funding chris' country and apparently it's been speculated

reporters that been threats that this might be withheld if they don't if he does not resolve this case but i think he's right to be worried about being extradited on this to the united states where his organization wiki leaks has already been categorized by michael pompei or as a hostile intelligence agency where politicians been calling for his assassination for the death penalty for the rest of his life in prison and all for publishing just as any other media organization publishes so i think the concern is what the british will do and of course the british government isn't also a very difficult position with practice it they can't afford to annoy their american cousins too much at this juncture of british history so it's a bit of a mess every which way. but imma putin is ready to travel to washington to meet with donald trump he was speaking at the brics economic forum because there are reports from that event in south africa now of lot of putin's media conference became something of a final note of this three day break summit here in johannesburg now the russian

leader talking to the press focused a lot on what was achieved in such a short period of time here in south africa you talked about the deals or the agreements that were signed here but when it came to questions from journalists world somewhat inevitably the subject of his relationship with donald trump the u.s. leader came up there is of course in the context of their meeting in helsinki the question was basically whether or not blair i'm appalled he was ready for more of such meetings with his american counterpart and will answer was yes we're going to houston we're ready for such meetings we are ready to invite president tried to russia you already have such an invitation. i told him about it and i'm ready to go to washington if the proper environment for work is established in general we'll have meetings on the sidelines of other upcoming forums. donald trump is quite a controversial figure of course but the russian president gave him some credit for

putting his money where his words are according to the russian president donald trump he is at least trying to follow through on the promises he had made before he was elected back in two thousand and sixteen speaking about the bric summit as a whole its main focus was on trade wars and ironically enough donald trump was the subject of that is well because after all it is washington that is so trigger happy on imposing new tariffs on the e.u. and pretty much all least according to you i've spoken to a number of south african ministers here in johannesburg has spoken to a number of experts in the euro they've all said that world brics nations economies were in a way to a certain extent damaged by the tariffs imposed by washington but as always every cloud has a silver lining and so in this case it's the brics nations here in johannesburg stressing how the should stick together how they should bond with each other more

and work closely so basically the sanctions are bringing the brakes member states closer to each other and also are encouraging other non member states to dealing more with the brakes nations instead of well seeking trade partners elsewhere so no doom and gloom here in johannesburg in these three days none of that scene and with the whole summit wrapping up on a rather upbeat note flooded putin added his voice to that. you have the white house said the donald trump is open to the idea of visiting moscow and president putin's invitation. in other news the un's human rights chief is the west african nation of cameroon to investigate alleged abuses by the country's armed forces this comes after video emerged of what appears to be the extra judicial execution of two women and two infants a number of rights groups have confirmed the military was responsible for that atrocity and i must warn you may find this video coming up next it was obtained by

the internet you may find it distressing. remarkably fast walk with the arch. drum beat thank you. so it was. it is subtle fair market. now these shocking images show soldiers from cameroon executing women and children now a uniformed demand is narrating their actions he says that the women and children are part of the boko haram terrorist group after the first round of bullets one of the men wearing military fatigues acknowledges that one of the children is still alive so he shoots again first the government claims that the video was fake news but now it's been reported that four soldiers have been detained keep in mind that cameroon is a key ally of the united states in the war on terror cameroon is advice to partner

in the fights against boko haram isis which suffered another violent extremist organizations in the lake chad basin region a relationship with cameroon is designed to promote stability and security within the region now cameroon host hundreds of u.s. troops and a u.s. drone base and at this point the usa continues to supply cameroon with military planes and other assistance even though it's been pointed out by the ambassador to the country that the military has been involved in targeted killings there's going to start recovering there is a good summary executions the your team detaining people. to lawyers to their families even to this is. now the u.s. state department has expressed concerns over the video that seems to show one of its key allies committing a savage act of brutality we call on the government of cameroon to investigate thoroughly and transparently the events depicted in the video make its findings

public and if cameroonian military personnel were involved in this atrocity hold them accountable this is hardly the first time that cameroon has raised the concerns of human rights groups and amnesty international report documented over one hundred cases of murder torture and abuse we used witness testimony and photographs from the social media accounts of. to digitally moto the site and locate incidents within it the legs of a steenie abound in a stress position known as the position. detainees report being held in this way for days at a time and first there were reports that the u.s. state department had temporarily suspended aid to the country but the pentagon was quick to dispel those rumors there has been no change the assistance the department of defense provides to cameroon as a direct result of violence in the angle friend regions of cameroon the united

states constantly tells us that its foreign policies are about defending freedom it accuses geo political rivals of violating human rights but it looks like cameroon past friend of the pentagon has anything but a clean record they would mop and r.t. washington d.c. . a researcher at honesty international claims human rights violations by the country's army are systemic and go unpunished it is indeed one of two most shocking and despicable be just that i ever watched in my entire career we spent a lot of time at amnesty to analyze didio we have collected an testimony sent in from our sources hundred ground and we have compounded these testimonies with the analysis of our experts including military experts in terms of weapons for example you can hardly be mistaken. the video depicts uniformed personnel from the can literally an army weapon such as in just over twenty one which is

a serbian made weapon consistent with those used by becoming. very surprised and shocked by the fact that the minister of communication s dismissed the d.d.'s faith even before launching an investigation on the case and recorded systematic torture extrajudicial executions. arbitrary arrests cases have been forced to disappearance and all these cases have never been dealt with. we asked the office of the country's prime minister to confirm whether the government is launching an investigation so far we've had no response. french presenter on your micro twitter into a frenzy after he challenged critics to quote come and get him he was referring to an incident with a security advisor who struck a protester while wearing

a police uniform. you can see. being responsible in the fair to come and get in that case let's get macro. we arrive together and unite it more determined than ever. well micron security advisor hits a man during a may day rally a quick warning you may find these images upsetting the president suspended is a but many felt my problem hadn't gone far enough and the footage emerged alexandra

de sac and the police investigation is your pride a number of demonstrators took to the streets in response to the latest state. of this on the right the president of the republic said that he's responsible to say it is one thing but in terms of the constitution he's held to answer before the people certain organizations called for us to gather here against macros behavior he also challenged us to come and get him so here it's not that we denounce banally we denounce violence and repression exerted by the state and the president. every single demonstration across france sees police violence being the law was microns that's the same thing macron is the president of the reach of governance in favor of the reach. an increasing number of high profile people and in themselves in hot water over their old tweets but in the us it seems your political affiliations will dictate just how much trouble you will be in his party boy. it's become

a sport watch someone climb to the top and then knock them off the perch using their own less than savory quotes like t.v. . who lost her long time job a.b.c. following a very racist tweet it also happened to katie mchugh a journalist who used to write for the breitbart website after her tweets came to light the same fate be felled the. stars of the go with no job instagram account they used to have a talk show but it was canceled because they were old. and islamophobia tweets resurfaced on top of that left leaning liberal media outlet found out that the sisters have a conservative news pundit for a mother who likes donald trump a lot in fact one thing all those disgraced stars have in common is that they're politically conservative although recently the liberal camp has been hit by a string of very similar scandals james gotten big hollywood film director made

guardians of the galaxy turns out ten years ago he was making jokes about rape and paedophilia his bosses at disney had to sack him the creator of reckon morty and host of the harmon town podcast dan harmon he had to apologize after an old sketch where he rapes a baby doll called the attention of the twitter sphere the host of the daily show traveled no recently faced criticism when his old sketch poking fun at aboriginal women in australia cropped up online who dug all this up the conservatives to find some politically incorrect skeletons in the liberals closets might you know of it all right blog keen to get revenge on the left was the one who found the james gun tweet he's loving the fact that the lefties are getting a taste of their own outraged medicine. i enjoyed just the wrong human visceral

reaction of jumping into the arena and just swinging the hammer and seeing what is left over afterwards twitter is just modern day gladiatorial combat but there is a slight difference in how the conservatives online misdemeanors and the left wing liberals offensive jokes are playing out trevor noah and dan harmon have managed to hold on to their jobs james gunn did get fired but a lot of the so-called liberal elite standing up for him james gunn is one of the most loving caring good natured people i have ever met he's made mistakes we all have are not ok with what's happening to him james gunn i think you for your towel and your decency and your evolution as a man i'm pausing myself to take everything in the forest because of term i just want everyone to know i love all members of my geo t.g. family some have even started

a petition to rehire him the twitter sphere wasn't quite as forgiving when it came to roseanne barr's hateful language shame on you the real roseanne and a.b.c. network not a single apology can get me to respect your despicable racist character and racism in mainstream media now i'm hurt embarrassed and disappointed the racist and distasteful comments from rosie are inexcusable a.b.c. and disney do the right thing there is still boned reason the age of trump that cannot be crossed thank you for putting values above money roseanne herself has picked up on it i'm disgusted to read all the support for james guns paedophile jokes as the same people supported blackly sue me for a joke they didn't even understand digging up dirt is one thing but it looks like it's more likely to stick if you're on the right side of the political spectrum.

let's talk about french president emmanuel macron again because he's just expressed concern that a comprehensive trade agreement between europe and washington micron's said the u.s. had to first make some concessions if it wants to enter negotiations with the new didn't but europe and france never wanted a trade war but a good trade discussion can only be conducted on a balanced reciprocal basis and in the case of any sort of threat in this regard we have a number of questions and concerns that we will clarify i'm not in favor of us entering into a vast trade agreement because the current context does not allow for that on wednesday donald trump an european commission's president struck a surprise deal on trade issues under that new agreement the two sides will seek to cut or eliminate import taxes trade barriers and most subsidies in addition the you will expand imports of u.s. liquefied natural gas and certain food items in may the trouble ministration its like have to tariffs on steel and a new mini in products coming from european countries the e.u.

had responded with three billion dollars worth of tariffs on u.s. goods. well president trump appeared pleased with the new agreement even tweeting a picture of himself in junk load you don't get any friendly embrace adding that the u.s. and european union quote love each other but professor of international history alan scared to believe you could see yet another flip flop. present you see it's all just negotiation trumps modus vivendi seems to be that he stirs up trouble he makes outrageous statements he gets people to come to the negotiating table and then it might be that he'll suddenly hit the european union again and slap on the tires anyway and i think the same sort of pattern will be repeated here he's got his headlines he's supposed to go to dealey suppose that they defeated the european union and you know in the end american products will go and great

strengths into europe but what exactly will happen we don't really know. the powerful drug cartel in colombia has taken out a hit on a german shepherd dog according to local media the boss of the cartel is promising to pay seventy thousand dollars for the death of the sniffing dog after it busted a huge wall of cocaine.

billions of people around the world will be staring into the night sky this evening they're hoping to witness the rare phenomenon that is a blood moon this year's lunar eclipse is considered to be the longest in a century here are some really impressive images that we've got from athens the blood moon as long fascinated coaches right around the world and it's also inspired many myths including a number of people who see the blood moon as being a bad oh men i wouldn't worry about them though it's just a phase they're going through and if the world doesn't and i will be back with more in thirty minutes.

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come to sophie and colmes sophie shevardnadze women's push back against sexual harassment has been dubbed to a revolution in america is it going to change the way we'll date marry well we asked helen fisher biological anthropologist and human behavior researcher. the growing campaign against sexual harassment is gaining more momentum. cross the world with high profile accusations and scandals and major changes happening to what's acceptable with a movement lead to permanent shifts in our perception of relationships with the abuse of power and harassment be stamped out by this wave of outrage and could also

inadvertently damage to harm the traditions of courtship. dr helen fisher biological anthropologist human behavior researcher and author of why we love the nature and chemistry of romantic love welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now on the way of sexual harassment allegations to start with the winds down affair has perhaps changed a way with think about male female interaction in general so is romantic courtship going to change irrevocably from now on will we be constantly asking permission to touch someone's hand or kissed him. i think in some ways it's going to be exactly the same and in some ways it's going to be very different i think strangely powerful men are going to think twice about using their power to get a woman to do something i think the days of the casting couch where women have to give out sex in order to get a good job are probably over those are the people at the top but there's an awful

lot of the rest of us who. just go out on dates and don't want to ask permission the brain is not well built for this give and take of do you can you kiss me can you touch my breast can you give me a hug you know courtship was supposed to be a much more natural process and i do think that it's going to be very difficult to change that i don't think that this constant consent is going to end up working what we've really got to do is train women to say no so big so that they never get into this situation where they've got to give this constant give and take so then probably you disagree with the french actress catherine deneuve among others because she voiced opposition at the wave of harassment accusations saying rape is a crime but insistent or clumsy flirting is not a crime nor is gallantry just aggression do you think there's a point here. i do think she has a point one of the problems is you know i'm an anthropologist and i study love men are not as good.