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the year. palestinians clash with israeli soldiers in jerusalem and gaza a journalist working for aussies caught up in the on the rest. of. the world. the firm behind the notorious trumped russia dosia is summoned to court in the u.s. a lawsuit is brought by a russian entrepreneur. and ecuador says wiki leaks founder julian assange may simply have to leave their embassy in london where he's been for the past six years.
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this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. two palestinians have been killed and dozens injured in riots on the israel gaza border crowds have been rallying every friday for the past four months demanding the right to reclaim ancestral lands gaza based journalist into tree was caught up in the turmoil. so this is the. drawing that. does. it mean. for. the not doing. but what if. we just woke up from. inhaling and suffocating tear gas i think it's going to go to you guys one
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more time by all the tear gas canisters of augustinian protesters continue to protest and are still very very close to the fence participating in the great much of a trend this is not the first time they have been saying this violence and business as a force but they have been witnessing this for more than eighteen weeks now most of the injuries today have been injured in the upper part of the body where most of them are in the chest in the stomach and down in that and i had this palestinian minister has stated that most of the injuries today are from live ammunition this is a protest that was killed to his just then people are saying that he's shot killed it's very dangerous for us to be here but despite everything we're still here covering all the israeli violence against the palestinians the clashes also erupted between muslim worshipers and israeli security forces on temple mount in jerusalem
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. oh. several explosions were heard with smoke covering parts of the holy site israeli police say muslims were throwing stones and fireworks at them they responded with crowd control weapons including stun grenades police also stormed the al aksa mosque after people barricaded themselves inside several injuries were reported as. the firm behind the infamous trump russia does here has been summoned to a court hearing in the u.s. a judge ordered the fusion g.p.s. company to give sworn testimony in a lawsuit brought by a russian tech guru alexei goober to he filed a defamation suit against the dossiers orser along with buzz feed the media company
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that released it r.t. samir khan has the story. but fusion g.p.s. will now have to answer questions regarding its role in compiling the steel 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 fusion 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
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firm was hired in april two thousand and sixteen by the clinton campaign and the d.n.c. to investigate trump's allegedly to russia for a fever about one point eight million dollars then fusion hired 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. wiki leaks founder julian assange may soon have to leave the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's been holed up for more than six she is the president of ecuador lenin merinos said the stalemate has gone on for too long. to put this situation cannot go on forever a sense will eventually have to go all right it will keep yes indeed yes but his departure should come about through dialogue this isn't the first time we've heard
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speculation of a sarge six year tenure at the ecuadorian embassy coming to an end it is the first time such him come from such a high official the president of ecuador himself a songe of course has been a asylum seeker effectively at the embassy since twenty twelve he fled there 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
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it's not a big fan of assad she's criticized him describing him as a stone in the shoe as a hacker while you labeled as an inherited problem inherited because of course it was granted asylum under the presidency of their now though from with this administration it has been far from smooth sailing for the whistleblower for a person to stay confined like that for so long is tantamount to human rights violation the only concern i have is that i have never agreed with the songes 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 a song 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
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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. the government. loyalties traditions with the safety of. the inside one of the
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diplomatic mission decided to give the money to the site. for our. work our. it was asian it was planted on the ground will descend into. your income is empowered to grand national. because of great regret that julian assange remains in the ecuador embassy it's about this miserable walked out the embassy and gave himself up to british justice . well
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a slowish was granted political asylum back in twenty twelve by ecuador's then president rafael correa he spoke to r.t. about the latest twist in the case. that a songes actions were absolutely unlawful the state has a right to keep secrets assigned was granted asylum not as an apology for his actions it was because there were no guarantees that the investigation would be held in the proper manner and now marina says dialogue is needed ecuadorans know what that means is total hypocrisy. no talks about dialogue or making deals behind the scenes he already has an agreement with us on what will happen to our sons and now he is just trying to sweeten the pill by talking about dialogue but i'm afraid and i said it's a few months ago that the days of his songes presence in an embassy almost over. if you leave the embassy without a guarantee of safety he will end up in u.s. the legal framework being used to build the case against him alas
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a capital punishment and even if that was not the case a lot of people such as the signage and his alleged deeds a different no one says it is a crime to spread confidential information asuncion manning stole this information but it was the media who spread it why does no one say anything about that because they are part of the system they want to give the impression that the information was stolen without mentioning that it was them who spread it this is just across the. former m i five intelligence office animations says this development in the case is a bad sign for the wiki leaks boss. i think it's certainly worrying for us aren't 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 for his country and apparently it's been speculated reporters have been threats that this might be withheld if they don't if he does not resolve this on a case but i think he's right to be worried about being extradited on with the
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united states where his organization wiki leaks has already been categorized by michael compare 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 is an also very difficult position with brick says 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. a growing number of public figures are getting in trouble to their tweets artie's police barco explodes. 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
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a journalist who used to write for the breitbart website after her tweets came to light the same fate be felled the sisters 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 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 movie and of
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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 toy to spare the host of the daily show travel 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 keen to get revenge on the left was the one who found the james gun tweets 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
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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 i'm not ok with what's happening to him james gunn i think you for your trial 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.v. family some have even started a petition to rehire him but to it's fair 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
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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. the un has urged cameroon to investigate allegations of abuse by the country's armed forces it comes after video emerged of what appears to be the extra judicial killing of two women and two children in the central african country news website the intercept obtained the following video and a warning you may find it distressing. the market bus in order to get out of the
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arch. drug. thank you. but it will. be too subtle for my wit to make it. 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
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in the fight against boko haram isis west africa and other 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 is going to start the government there is to do so every excuse in the t. t. t. t. three. to four years to the 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
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public and if cameroonian military personnel were involved in this is city 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 best soldiers to digitally moto the site and locate incidents within it the legs if they stay taney 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 from regions of cameroon the united states constantly tells us that its foreign policies are about defending freedom it
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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. . searchers amnesty international. claims the army of cameroon routinely violates human rights it is indeed one of two most shocking and despicable be just that i've ever watched in my entire career we spent a lot of time at amnesty to analyze didio we have collected to steal money said information for our sources underground 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 army weapons such as in just over twenty one which is
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a serbian made weapon consistent with those used by the coming army we have very surprised and shocked by the fact that the minister of communication s dismissed the video s. fake even before launching an investigation on the case and recorded systematic torture extrajudicial executions. arbitrary arrests cases of enforced disappearances and all these cases that's never been dealt with. we asked the cameroonian prime minister's office to confirm whether the government is launching an investigation so far we've had no response. now french president i'm on your micro has sent twitter into a frenzy after he challenged critics to come and get him he was referring to an incident with his security advisor who struck a protest at what dressed as a policeman. some other stuff it doesn't do you get especially. if.
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your. background admits to being responsible in the penhallow fair else us to come and get saved in that case let's get mackerel. we arrive together and united more determined than ever. mike ross security adviser alexander last hit a man chairing a may day rally which was caught on camera with the shocking images the president suspended his age but many felt mark long didn't go far enough when the footage emerged the last hour or so that some of the police investigation was launched on friday
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a number of demonstrators took to the streets of paris in response to not cause the latest statement. by 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. in organizations called for us to gather here against macro's behavior he also challenged us to come and get. 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 my gran's a that's the same thing macron is the president of the reach of governance in favor of the reach i mean the. genius here has released a suspected islamic terrorist who'd been deported from germany two weeks ago well thought his claim there's not enough evidence against the man although they added an investigation is still ongoing slimy i do d. is no. al qaeda member and was accused by the german interior minister of being one
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of osama bin laden's bodyguards he'd been living in germany since one thousand nine hundred ninety seven and applied for asylum there in two thousand and six and his bid was unsuccessful he was arrested and subsequently deported from the country earlier this month. while in twenty ten adult sort of court prevented identities deportation it will the man could be exposed to torture and inhumane treatment in tunis here and at the time a number of german politicians said the court was in the wrong would free to wait sami in tunisia is not a problem of german taxpayers to protect and financially equipped and islamised while less and less remains for our own people is not acceptable but it suits chancellor angela merkel's vision for germany is allegedly a hate preacher he has al qaeda training and is said to have been the bodyguard have been lauded and anyone who thinks that we've done something terrible to sami a
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has to weigh up how long this man has already been in the country and how long we have tolerated this security risk promised that he. should have been left in germany for ten years and secondly. the way he was brought back to tunisia where he was deported there is scattered it caused to question the rule of law in germany no one wants this man in germany but it is roughly what happened there cannot be described as legal it anyway the court ruled and how do you move government is bound by court rulings they have just disregard of course yes this man was. not without risk. and without a are the way the government respond it in a very matter oh you know speech for a start it's ok it's now. a powerful drug
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cartel in colombia has taken out a hit on a german shepherd dog the canine angered the drug barons after it sniffed out a huge stash of cocaine. well for more on these and plenty of other stories that go to our web site.
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otherwise i'll be back with the headlines at the top of the hour you again. is democratic socialism the future of the democratic party the future of america is moving to the left a winning strategy to take on donald trump's vision of conservative populism one thing is undeniable mainstream politics in both parties for under pressure to
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evolve and become more accounts. kinds of financial survival jobs today was all about money laundering first to visit the us in just a difference. oh good this is a good start well we have our three banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas or the cayman islands or do we do all these banks are complicit in the tough talk received we just have to give mccoll and say hey i'm ready to do some serious mood ok let's see how we did while we've got a nice laundry watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry how about. a bill for max you know what money laundering is highly illegal here for a watch guys record.
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welcome to sophie and colmes sophie shevardnadze and. push back against sexual harassment has been a revolution in america is 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 across the world with high profile scandals and major changes happening to what's acceptable with a movement lead to a permanent shift in our perception of relationships with abuse of power and harassment be stamped out by this wave of outrage and could also inadvertently
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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 to an affair house perhaps changed away with think about male female interaction in general so as romantic courtship going to change irrevocably from now long 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.

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