mystery suspense and the russian firm fertile. the name of the agent is stapling song my name is evelyn so then you are at us and spoke. this guardian story had every ingredient for a thriller recipe the u.s. secret service as quite clearly stems from the very name is one of the most enigmatic agencies of the u.s. government its main function is to protect the lives of u.s. presidents ministers the top political brass and that is where the russians according to the guardian planted a mole the russian spy had been working under tech to the heart of the american embassy in moscow for more than a decade she had plenty of time to gather intelligence without supervision. the guardian's head of investigations claims she was operational for

a whole decade in that time through the agency's internet in e-mail systems she had access to all kinds of highly classified stuff including the shared jewels of the president and vice president all of that according to the guardian the woman fled to the physic be russia's key security agency before being let go last year over security concerns they had lying the narrative the details looked spectacular in the scoop which was even projected to link to a spy ploy in washington d.c. it self or activities of stealing and sharing information could shed more light on how the russians were able to hack the twenty sixteen presidential election office of the d.n.c. except the secret service was. unimpressed by the reporting an order out of shame or embarrassment but because of the facts according to the media release within the agency the woman in question held the position of a foreign service national these employees have their duties outlined very strictly

as by default the secret service used every one of them surprises as potential spies the woman's responsibilities were limited to things like translation cultural guidance administrative support and i don't mean to offend anybody here but this is . sounds more like the job description over tourist guy rather than a spy material employee. and i wish i could say the guardian did not know these things when publishing the article but they did prior to the guardian publishing there are the u.s. secret service provided there and it's their own official statement clearly you flew in found information despite all this the article was published. after all everybody loves a spy drama but some plots a better be saved hollywood script. and while this particular russian spy story was

debunked even by the u.s. secret service itself america's politicians on intelligence community have been doubling down on allegations of moscow meddling in elections they have pledged to protect the upcoming midterm elections in november from foreign interference. our democracy itself is in the crosshairs paid by russia to try to weaken and divide that it's a threat it's not going away prevent foreign interference in our elections to prevent russian and other foreign influence and the russians try to hack into and steal information candidates and government officials alike cyber attacks against voting infrastructure or future intrusions malicious cyber actors charging like the fish that goes around the elections it goes to rushes in chip to undermine our democratic values. content is created tested and hosted on.

reddit and pinterest gets pushed to twitter and facebook with their standing audiences in the hundreds of millions and it's targeted at the most receptive but this is a problem of the entire information ecosystem not this is crossing a platform reddit confirmed on the raids of ira created accounts tumblr did it. a lot of pride pride related content less news more means this isn't just a couple forms this is music apps this is video this is me sharing it it's so much broader than twitter. when you look it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures can undermine american democracy but i think it's just paranoia that goes off the scale it's not respectable for american lawmakers to make a sensation out of nothing we're not the ones who invented social media and we're not the ones who insisted on making social media open to everybody they're going to

blame russia for whatever happens in the november elections whatever goes wrong whatever problems we have it's russia's fault there are no racial divisions there is no way in quality of income there are no problems in this country except the ones that are made by russia this is ridiculous what's going on here they have to use something to deflect criticism from their own. rules their own rules ship this is absolutely getting out of control right now i have not seen it like this before and it's getting more and more dangerous when you think of the relations between two superpowers they don't want better relations with russia they want to push this line and they yes there's a war between trump and his intelligence. thousands of members of the druze religious sect and their supporters took part in a demonstration in the israeli city of tel aviv on saturday against the controversial new nation state law. we are here to see a quick and a for message to their israeli government we will not settle down for

anything less than equal rights as an israeli citizen. we feel we have been betrayed by the government and we are we don't understand how like these have been taken in democratic and the mood at this state like is that we like this state we are fighting. for the peace of the state the legislation enshrines israel as the home of the jewish people and says national self-determination is the unique right of the jews it also downgrades arabic stripping the language of its official status the law though largely symbolic has been widely criticized as it's believed it will legitimize the treatment of non jews as second class citizens now this saturday as protest was organized by druze community leaders of the druze a minority islamic group considered israel's most loyal minority but the sect members serving in the police and military as well as holding political office but

they say the new legislation has driven a wedge through their quote special relationship and one druze leader has even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this nation state law is an evil and sadistic law designed to allow the state of israel to become an apartheid state and some members of the knesset including members are prime minister netanyahu is ruling likud party have also lambasted the concord law but he has hit back calling its critics hypocrites in claiming the law does not infringe on the rights of minorities their vote there are suggestions that we should change the flag and the anthem in the name. but first of all in the state of israel it is something that undermines the foundation of our existence for this reason the attacks on leftists that define themselves is absurd and reveals the depths to

which the left has fallen in love with we're not ashamed of siamese and we're proud of our state of being the national home for the jewish people which strictly episodes in a manner that is without the individual rights of all its citizens that we were joined by guests on both sides of the debate to discuss this new law. the state belong to the jews and of course all the citizens but it is the whole and state the homeland of the state of the jews. why anybody would protest against this democratic decision that has been made by the majority of any population in any state and i you know i look on the flags of europe frags which we're speaking about flags of our. our our signs and symbols in the state you can find so many states with the cross of the flags nobody objected big states

surrounding us are you slumming states nobody protest against it why is this wave of protect protest is is made against the jewish that is is that the only democratic states in all this region mejor me this question please well the whole thing is a controversy about this low there is nothing good actually about this law this law in first place doesn't include elements which is essential for having a proper a normal life in this country as it is more twenty percent of the society in israel is not jewish and no way it's transfer all those who are not jews to a second class citizens and after this law and that's were for this law doesn't suit israeli society doesn't laws communities within the states who are part of the

society and want to remain interferences rallies and therefore this low has to be removed this is r.t. international right now twenty twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow about halfway through the weekly rounding up the top stories of the week and of the day back in just about. they gave us national camera. roughly once they showed some new claim for them. to joan cool videos and so on with the roughly string apps. going down more on string i don't rightly don't t.v. . i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the us has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty

five percent of the global wealth he longs to the cult for bridge eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one the one business show you can't afford to miss the one and only boom bust. this good to have you with us today portraits of north korean leaders sun open pride at pyongyang's successful missile launch is probably not what you expect to see in japan but that's what you'll find in one small community of ethnic koreans

now they reportedly fear the growing tide of the far right in japan after becoming the focus of nationalist anger at the redfish investigative group found out what's behind the animosity. i. was this is a song from the d.p. r. k. along with a few other relics mr pic keeps this is one of the ways he keeps up his connection to his home life. was the police so you always listen to this every day. mr peck's life has not been easy year and for younger koreans it's not getting easier japan is experiencing a resurgence of the extreme right foreigners known as guy jing and japanese are increasingly frowned upon but it's choice and koreans or those who identify with the d.p. r. k. who are in the most danger. of the. pupils are too afraid to even wear their traditional korean uniforms called

the true gori to school here they are wearing japanese uniform and here now their safety through the school gates they've changed into their trick or ease. so ready to think it's a. it's it's in their hands and if so what if i think about that you can see that a bit of modern japanese racism as an extra could be tied to in japan was asia's foremost imperial power until it was defeated alongside nazi germany at the end of world war two during that time hundreds of thousands of koreans were forced to work in steve like conditions and japanese mines and factories as the country industrialized at breakneck speed the even have to change their names japanese ones while their newspapers and schools were shut down so kids were unable to learn korean but they were taught on terms of nazi germany and japanese schools the. whole.

you want your tools in general q no. need to get it home so all. some of the media you're going to. come to the hockey to quote i saw a q. out in the wilderness you. go to soccer i is a poster boy of the japanese far right taking his cues from donald trump sucker i launched the japan first party in two thousand and sixteen and quickly became infamous for the center for public use an escape go to japan's ethnic korean minority the larger anti korean voices get the closer the chunkier community comes together. didn't.

want to move. to more of the. turkey has vowed to retaliate against the united states after washington impose sanctions on two officials and over the detention of american pastor drew bronson. he rejected a u.s. request to let him return to his homeland brunson is currently under house arrest in turkey the turkish president missed out of the one says the u.s. move is quote disrespectful. shown patience but the step america has taken does not go through to step taken towards a strategic partner in america has shown serious disrespect towards turkey on

wednesday at the trump administration slapped economic sanctions on two senior turkish officials and said any property they have in the u.s. will be blocked in response turkey has said it will introduce sanctions of its own targeting the assets of u.s. officials in the country besides freezing their assets and korea says those targeted will also be prevented from doing business with turkey now the pastor at the center of this dispute is andrew bronson detained in twenty sixteen in connection with an attempted coup against president of the ones government that year he's accused of espionage and assisting quote terrorist groups a deal between the us sun turkey to secure the evangelical pastors release broke down last month bronson was then transferred to house arrest over health concerns but he's still facing thirty five years in jail if found guilty and that's led to a heated dispute between the u.s. and turkey. president ever to one and the turkish government i have

a message on behalf of the president of the united states of america release pastor andrew bronson now or be prepared to face the consequences of approaching us with this kind of threatening language will not benefit anyone it is not suitable to use such language against a country like turkey which is still cooperating with nato to the highest level but we have learned a lot of problems with the and there are americans and turkey. made this brownson issue will be tribal issue an american strike to oppress turkey you know to the other teams this is a speck out of the hell out of the problems with the in america and turkey especially footlocker more money and all sorts of. fighters in syria why does the passer bronson is

a very important for americans and we cannot understand that maybe because this is related to. american elections coming elections in november but india and turkey you know were accept any interests from any country because there's interbank of the country and we have you know listen to peace story india and i think they will negotiate with the americans and they will. find a solution well thanks for sharing your sunday with us here at r.t. international wrapping up the weekly for this hour but hope you can join us at the top of the next with more of your top stories from the past. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sport. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

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welcome to well the part the united states and the philippines have a curious history together once a colony down a staunch military ally. neely's now trying to take steps to redefine and rebalance its relationship with washington and by extension some of its friends and both how's it going so far to discuss that i'm now joined by alan peter cayetano secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary it's a great pleasure great on are welcoming you're in the studio thank you very much for coming on the honor's mind thank you very much for having me now your visit to moscow comes at a time when. you can't even describe the relationship between russia and the united states intelligence i mean it's a it's a big mess and i don't think we can even put some label on it i wonder if you believe this trip of yours will be noticed in washington where the friends in need their friends in the russia the russian federation president putin came today the philippines while we were fighting terrorists are we and we owe it

to russia to also come and show our friendship where there are world issues are not being discussed our bilateral relationship is strong and you wanted to be stronger now let's discuss your relationship with the united states first because obviously it has a much longer history and then your relationship with russia i heard you compare your relationship with washington to that of a family with a kid who came of age and wants to try and he's or her own path which means meeting with people that the parents do not necessarily approve of and do you yourself come from a very well placed family i'm sure you on earth your current requests above everybody else's is that how the philippines relates to the united states the well my father a filipino from the smallest town in metro manila and my mother is an american and

my mother and my father loves my mother very much but the least said that the americans cannot dictate to the filipinos what to do and it's. up to the filipinos to chart their own destiny a president that there comes from this generation of appreciating the history noting that there were no points in the history that times that we were taken advantage off but nothing also that the strong military ties and the aide and the help and the people to people relationship there's three point five million filipino americans or filipinos in the in the u.s. having said that you know it's like you love your parents but they can't dictate your life to you know so little about the secretary i think in every functioning family the parents remain the authority figures even after the children leave the house this is what i'm trying to get from you how much of of an authority you have vast in the preferences in it in the opinions of the united states at this

point of time well that's precisely what we want to change you know. we we will not swallow hook line and sinker that we have called one or the same interest when our interests they verge we will pursue what this in our best interest when their common interests we should pursue it but gone are the days when anything that the west or. american to say is good for us you know we're not in the cold war i came from well some people say we are in in an even worse period than the color of their you know their students today students for international relations from the cold war mentality we should have the coldplay mentality you know and it's all about fixing ourselves about you know seeing the light and being honest with each other we live in a multiple or world and the u.s. and other great powers have to find its place in the new world order now the new policy of independence is associated first and foremost with president ready to

detect there who judging from polls remains quite popular among your country manned by. as you yourself never tire of saying the philippines is a democracy and therefore can elect somebody with a totally different vision help us understand here how much of the current poster is tied directly to the president his personality and how much of it is institutionally driven that bill out lost him. well in the sense that precedent that there may be no gave no illusions and during the campaign said this is how i'll treat china this is how i will treat the u.s. i don't want any one dictating upon the filipino people i'm accountable only to the philippine no people so in that sense it's very institutional in the sense that it's very personal it's really the president and there are clinton that the foreign policy but our constitution says independent foreign policy meaning

a foreign policy for us but in the past we've always said whatever the u.s. or the west that's right for what is your sense of your own people's desires do you think that kind of irene taishan is going to stand for longer than four years that he has it now my godfather was always telling me in the time that we had walkmans if you ask anyone do you want an i pod no one will say i want the night but because you didn't know what it is' you didn't know what i tunes to us so you know we're now discovering what the independent foreign policy is what it is to have mature friendship with the u.s. but the leading them that we want a mature relationship with russia we have a dispute with china but still we want the relationship with china and the rest of the world so it's too early to tell but i can say there's a lot of excitement there'll be a lot of benefits for the chinese people the filipino people the russian people we

have a lot of chinese filipinos but when the former president went again to china they were just quiet so now there is some noise or some people are quiet in the u.s. but they know that the people to people relationship you know but still different from the international relationships of state to state now there is an asking you because the philippines is definitely not alone in adopting this more versatile foreign policy what you say is very. it's you how for example the pakistanis. describe their relationship with the united states and other actors so it doesn't look like a broader trend the question is and it is often asked by our american colleagues is whether it is likely to make asia more or less stable i mansour question by a direct example so you talk to the americans and they saying they're increasing their presence in the south china sea and in the sea because. the chinese are also

getting more aggressive in building some defensive posture and putting military assets on some features in the south china sea and according to the americans the sea lanes there are too important for world com worse you talk to the chinese they'll tell you that seventy percent of their economy passes through that channel and commerce is too important to that so both are saying the same thing but from an opposite point of view so what do we do if filipinos believe the pro chinese are doing be pro america or do without both of them were pro filipina and you guys have to talk and work out this regional greece so that the us in a sea and the philippines will be caught in between so i think it's not just a trend it's the right thing it's really difficult not to be caught in between especially as time just but it's not the cold war anymore there's no left and right through right than wrong or evil and good you know it's a multi-polar world you have bilateral relationships you have multilateral relationships you have transnational crimes you have risen so you know we have to

get we have to find a way not only to live with each other but to find the world order where all of us have an opportunity for growth and i ask you though we just discussed a little bit become plexi of your relationship with the united states how you try to rebalance it while retaining the positive i'm sure your relationship with china i mean it follows a different trajectory but you would agree perhaps that the call. that is just as complex and challenging on a personal level on professional level who do you find more challenging the americans or the chinese when you negotiate. say said in the think back in the us the americans are veterans but we're saying we're off to college and allow us to pick our own friends the chinese are roommate you know they're close neighbors so regardless what we do with each other and how we treat each other it's going to affect our economy our people are security. you know so to.

be complexity comes in not in the bilateral relationship but in the overall. regional and world grieve agrees and in the world order so it's equally. challenging but we are speaking this frankly to our american counterparts and to the members of the u.s. congress who care about the philippines and we think to a frank discussion you know we'll get somewhere now you just mentioned your talk at the council on foreign relations last year and in that talk you also suggested that the russians i be cautious have been pursuing a relationship they philippians because of the says deeply ingrained called war perception of your country as a very very close american associate not even an ally it would say i think more like an associate more and ate how far have.