with parliamentary elections looming sweden is rocked by a string of attacks across the country it is prompting intense speculation over who started the fire. says former cia director john brennan exhibits quote erratic. behavior revokes his security clear threatening a number of other officials with the very same measure. financial markets around the world take a pounding as the economic standoff between turkey and the u.s. escalates.

welcome to the program here with international news team here compiling today's program and a busy day in years. a string of attacks has rocked sweden three weeks ahead of the september elections now three suspects have been arrested one of them in turkey it's widely thought that the timing of the fires which appear to have been a coordinated was not accidental and speculation is rife faster who carried out the impact they may have on the electoral roll race. reports. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train is gone locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. their

next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smashed the wall but mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it the art team in the last few days there were almost identical scenes everywhere you see a flame i can swedish media say at least about one hundred cars are now burnt out piece of metal police have made a number of arrests but basically the country still in the dark about who's behind the menace the most the most road for it. you can. hear from here. in about three weeks swedes will be voting for their new parliament well now politicians there have more things to worry about than stuff like their

election. before but most of the custom have the question has to be asked of those people and if there's no one to hack who are you doing for you who do you think you are born as you destroy the whole area over the neighbors for the children on their way to preschool you have to see burns out because we're going to school there must be a hard response from solid state any of us somewhat strong words but not as emotional as society which clearly wants the ones in charge to get it sorted. such neighborhood disasters don't come out of nowhere when it comes to all kinds of street crime lately sweden's been getting less and less say was i was attacked by five people and they took quiet all by. told that there are increased number of shootings has gotten worse in every way police man said that he had never experienced anything like this for

a chance to practice. it is not the sweetest and when the years of ignoring the trends backfired literally with flames some of the swedish elite chose not to talk about the state rather they came up with conspiracies or in other words pointed the finger at right wing extremists some quote unquote dark forces. they want the elections to be about arsons they want to fuel discussed and fear i hope the whole thing is not orchestrated by the dark forces that threaten our democracy and our independence. last night's events with my mom left before the election while well organized would not surprise me if the extreme right were involved in some way a false flag by the extreme right version is popular among some journalists to. sweden democrats sympathises of running around in the suburbs burning cars in

a coordinated action to direct criticism of the suburbs population in the hope of favoring s.d. . to make sure sweden can dodge any russian efforts to screw up its election stockholm has even splashed out on the media so that they could wipe out the never ending think. that was only to be hit by a wave of homegrown conspiracies before the police had at least something solid for the public believe a tranquil r.t.e. . swedish police noted that similar attacks happened in several swedish child. in previous years but on a much smaller scale and we spoke to a swedish democratic m.p. a roth whose party has sparked controversy over its anti immigration stance he says people are starting to realize that sweden is not as safe as they thought. the situation in sweden started to strip in the international arena when people suddenly realize whoops sweden is not

a nice little country thought it was but now realize what the hell happened to sweden and so this is going on for a long time and we have you all seen. many of you that i just saw some fish sticks that. are still. in cars with intent. has gone up from twelve to thirty percent from nine hundred sixty seven to one thousand five hundred cases a year something that i mean it's been going up in actual numbers to. donald trump has revoked the security clearance or former cia director john brennan lashing out at him saying he exhibits quote erratic conduct and behavior and it's thought brennan is only the first in a line of officials who will suffer the same fate as american not reports. exercised my constitutional authority to deny mr brennan access to classified

information sara sanders spoke to press and she said that the decision to revoke his clearance was based on his erratic conduct and behavior of defending the move as an effort to secure classified info from someone who has helped foment division in the past and clearly has very partisan leanings the most divisive president an individual who basically portrayed his nation he routinely lies betray the women of the f.b.i. he deceived and betrayed the american public and he misrepresents the facts and reality is a betrayal of the nation but this is not abnormal president john brennan himself has already chimed did blasting the move as part of a bid to suppress free speech and punish critics but for some context john brennan left his position as director of the cia back in january twenty seventh team and he now serves as m s n b c's senior national security and intelligence analyst but this whole debacle began last month when senator rand paul called brennan's motives into question asking if he had been profiting off of this clearance by divulging

secrets to the mainstream media his exact words he even met with trump asking him to revoke the clearances of not only brennan but i feel other prominent political figures i am evaluating action with respect to the following individuals james clapper james comey michael hayden sally ates susan rice and german cave peter shura lisa page and bruce or security clearances for those who still have them may be revoked the president is doing the right thing revoking the clearances of people who aren't contributing anything learn lee a lot of them were higher ups in the f.b.i. and also dennis and cia certainly i mean i believe these people are all involved in this rush to get in every case you know of it and then manipulating information and data for the public consumption to confuse and. you know create all kinds of uncertainty in the government the government business that's that's what the that's why they should never have a clearance. the u.s.

remains in the grip of a wave of protests as both far right and left wing groups are rallying to denounce each other off to some of the demos turned violent c.n.n. presented chris cuomo made a controversial claim that violence coming from the anti for movement in the us is more morally justified than violence which comes from the far right all punches are not equal drawing a moral equivalency between those espousing hate and those fighting it because they both resort to violence emboldens hate legitimizes hateful belief and elevates what should be stamped out.

my colleague andrew from a gut reaction both for and against chris cuomo comments. every time i see them on television they seem to be getting some kind of fight some kind of altercation it always seems to come from them it is a matter of their fighting hey or whatever they claim you can't put your hands on somebody in high behind some kind of moral high ground don't touch people if you don't want to be chased is really just as simple as day it doesn't matter what political affiliation the other person is violence even if it's the most justified and righteous violence that you can have it still creates negative karma it is still a very problematic thing to use so it's something that should be diverted to only when it's absolutely necessary these are people who really are what they purport an associate be against they're talking about being an anti-fascist but a lot of their action mirrors that of what was on the mussolini's time with the

whole black church situation it seems like they're doing the same thing i'm not saying it directly to same as what was going on back then in italy but a lot of their tactics seem to mirror what they were doing just because i mean what is i bet you that is an ideal or a long i'll hold on wait wait wait wait just because somebody is hateful in your eyes does not mean that it's ok or somehow justified at all to hurt then you can't say a word of violence or maybe justify it no it's not if somebody does not put their hands on you you cannot put your hands on them is very simple if you put your hands on somebody then that person has a right to defend themselves you know you talk about don't put your hands on somebody will you know somebody that has yes there's somebody that wears a mask attacks dangerous people without personal provocation puts their hands on them you know who it is it's bad man this type of behavior is justified in our society violence can be used to prevent greater violence. no it doesn't it is against the law to commit violence against another individual yeah of course but

the law does not dictate more ality the law is just the law many people talk and it's morally acceptable to her. those who were talking about hate but what about the innocent people actually members of the media get attacked by and used to use school teachers do you know i mean there's also an attack by dan his complete wait wait well wait hold on hold a meth initial you see people a day are people of color as the left likes to call them being made by these individuals because if their political opinion so i don't really understand this whole thing about whoa it's ok is somehow justified for devalue because most of the time when i see timmy gage in his violence use against those who just have different points of view you know i'd have to see it see the statistics on that. you know we have seen a outbreak in street fighting between fascists and anti fascist said absolutely has happened these people are just afraid they're cowards and they're acting in a way that is totally irrational because of their fear. a group calling

itself new greatness is on trial for extremism here in russia for allegedly plotting a rebellion now there are some controversy over whether the group may have been incited by a secret services mole to break the law it's a bit complicated has been a question of a with an explanation. the members of the new greatness movement are accused of organizing an extremist gang and calling for a constitutional revolution the investigation claims this young man was its leader and here is how he described its purpose. was to establish rules on russian territory put the ruling elites on trial and repealed repressive laws in the constitution. the idea of the movement grew out of private chats on social media platforms here's an extract again the revolutionary fire is starting everywhere but we can't do anything like this here in our country that said it all

began when a few young people from moscow and its regions started to share their political views with each other online later they began meeting in person mostly in mcdonalds cafes to pardon some political rallies handed out political leaflets and made a few trips outside the city to learn how to use firearms they even wrote a manifesto in case of an uprising or revolutionary activities that receive broad public support the organization aims to take part in those actions to the extent of its resources in march ten members of the organization were arrested their defense team claims the idea to create a fool scale movement with its own office program and even a noun blam belongs to an f.a.a. speedy agent who under the name roussillon deed and filtrated the group of the youngsters and courage their ideas and effectively create as a reason for their arrest the detainees say that he was the one who paid most of

the money to rent a place where they gathered and plan to buy firearms and now there are two alleged members one of them exciting police men claimed they only joined the group in order to turn them over to the authorities all of them are witnesses for the prosecution and the case. if you get out of a bit of the law which you regulates intelligence gathering activities in russia forbids pleas from provoking someone to commit a crime the person under the name is a provocateur he carried out a provocation against children he did what he could to create this organization and make sure it looked the way he wanted. this is an unsanctioned so-called mothers march which hit the streets of the russian capital on wednesday people gathered to demand to the authorities transfer of the detainees to house arrest considering their young ages one of the detainees was just seventeen at the time of her arrest

and the group's online chats she wrote that she was interested to learn how to throw molotov cocktails and claim to have known someone who could supply weapons guys i've remembered some connections there's a dude in a desk who trades weapons in ukraine i want to get in touch with him it's a sure thing he knows people from my done maybe they can buy something what do you think since being jailed and as hal has reportedly worsened she cries throughout the court hearings which was being driven in a cold prison van for hours it was minus eleven outside she was interrogated for many hours with no psychologist own lawyer present she was treated like a seasoned criminal they made her cry how can a seventeen year old withstand this. if found guilty they face up to ten years and prison i do not question the party moscow. public about who was mentioned in the report has requested to be removed from detention to be placed under house arrest

and status citing health issues and the court decides on the matter later today but up next what i see at the spiralling trade war between the u.s. and it is getting out of hand i'll give you details justin. on saturday irresponsible lobbyist accessing unlimited credit from an

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fighting is ongoing when we get the updates. meanwhile the death toll from a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital on wednesday has risen to forty eight and is likely to rise according to local health officials sixty seven others were injured in the attack on a private education center in a neighborhood of the capital the taliban has denied any involvement in the polls and know what the group has claimed responsibility and one of the victims describes . how it happened. which. my friends and i were sitting in examine class first period finished and we went out for great time afterwards all the students return to class just two minutes later boom suddenly went off when i heard the sound i couldn't feel anything. for the education center attack came hours after reports that dozens of soldiers had been killed in a taliban attack on a military compound north of kabul and on friday the taliban launched a massive offensive on the city of gaza in the battle raged for several days

prompting civilians to flee in the wake of the recent violence in afghanistan the united nations has reiterated its view that war is not a solution for the country. united nations continues to maintain that could be no military solution to the conflict in that country jamal wakim a professor of history and international relations at the lebanese university in beirut believes the u.s. is exhausting its ability to provide stability in the country. the united states is being involved in too many crisis the resources are being trained and at the same time it's antagonizing russia china. iran even pakistan india and other. to maintain its hegemony over global affairs but this is exhausting the united states and i believe that it's leading it to overextension the way. they did. by the historian

paul kennedy in his famous book the rise and fall of great empires so i believe the united states is being overstretched and it might lead to a big crisis within this country and of course. the u.s. says economic sanctions against turkey will remain in place even if ankara releases an american pastor who made it arrested on suspicion of terrorism ties after both sides impose further tariffs on each other and concerns over whether the situation has escalated too much were raised at the u.s. state department. one fortan this this one american to put global financial stability at risk. put u.s. base presence in turkey at risk put a nato ally in line for the nato partner at risk for one american who's being put

through the turkish just so you're saying this is our fault and this situation is our fault why escalate it to that level or or for a single american why they would not been tortured or treatment. i think that is why i would take issue with the premise of your question turkey is a financial situation has been in the works for quite some time and it dates prior to the imposition of sanctions on august i believe was august the first so this has been in train for quite some time and you cannot blame the us government for that. one quarter now takes a look at how the decades old alliance between the u.s. and turkey spiraled to this point. country was built the entire entire if the no leaving goes to great new trade deals as opposed to the horrible food trade deals the drawing heritage as your president of the country should not be allowed to come in and steal the wealth of all great you. what countries could he mean are stealing

could be turkey the countries lira shed a quarter of its value against the dollar in just one week after trump's tweet about doubling existing tariffs investors are running away screaming inflation surging and turkey's leadership is bracing for an all out trade war the reason for such a calamity against an old nato friend was ankara's refusal to release an american pastor accused of both terrorism and espionage it's punishment time for a rebellious ally that tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of pastor bronson and president her to want lashed out in defiance calling the u.s. move an attempt to force turkey to surrender and make them a slave to the greenback there is an economic attack against turkey only as such things were done in secret and now they're open to us we can react in two ways economically and politically. still some are wondering if anchor actually has the

power to challenge washington. come through of doing things. to come more. and they want to use this for political put forth but turkey is just one example of how the trumpet ministration treats longtime allies in fact many of america's friends have already been forced into the fray in a war of tariffs and sanctions canada had heavy steel and aluminum tariffs imposed earlier this year and trump perhaps thought the stars and stripes needed some protection from its northern neighbor who didn't take too kindly to it that it's kind of insult to move forward with retaliatory measures on july first applying equivalent tariffs to the ones that the americans have unjustly applied to us as if that wasn't bad enough the us president went and

slapped tariffs on europe today i'm defending america's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum the american steel aluminum it just really has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it's really an assault on a country brussels tried to hit back with restrictions of its own tried to appeal to the transatlantic solidarity special relations bonds of friendship but to no avail and it begs the question with such a long list of enemies the us is currently fighting from iran to north korea russia china why kick your allies i think this has become a real tit for tat thing and i do not for a new york minute think that the pastor is really what is going on here now of course are washington with that group been strained for some time ever since the coup attempt against terror go on i suspect there's something going on with

regional politics maybe with regard to syria that is really the reason behind its competitors like beijing and moscow attempting to pack as much heat as the us these days sanctioning and scaring everyone in view may be the only way for the u.s. to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . running us off the program here on r.t. two russian cosmonauts have conducted one of the longest space walks right outside the international space station both were equipped with cameras to share the view with here. wow. that really gives. you a little bit of

a. right to be loved there for a little bit and you know i think if. we had let let it be able to do it if it were . right that would lead to that i mean it was. never much of my going to be back with more and hostile. illegal. hurdled never great was founded on the rapes and the murders. nothing changed so we

said all response to these situations that we're dealing with. people here is sad every day she used to stab people kill each other blood for killing children. so it was just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down by law enforcement. this country doesn't work for us it doesn't function for us. this is can't be happening in america we call from the streets we've got to deal with why this is the reason i have to ride like this is the reason. when lawmakers manufacture come sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect them so. when the financial

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