this complaint and he was then stripped of his security clearance now he filed a whistleblower retaliation complaint and his attorneys are pointing out kind of an interesting chain of events this is what his attorney has to say jim baker the director kept contracts very close to the vest and nobody seemed to have any idea what he was doing time he contracted out a good chunk of it. he composed them all and then collect the balance as he's free . is it possible that adam a lot of injure was fired simply for asking about the money that was going to stefan help or in these contracts that these allegations are being raised there's a lot of talk about when is it proper to strip someone of their security clearance and why does it not it indicates that there seems to be quite a bit of disagreement within the halls of power in the united states as we head up to the midterm congressional elections. meanwhile the russian embassy in the u.s.

has accused the local authorities of subjecting jailed russian gun activist to cruel and inhumane treatment including strip searches is under arrest on charges of being a russian agent which was quickly interpreted by much of the western media as being a spy russia's compared the situation to the witch trials of the seventeenth century well after russian diplomats visited maria in prison on the day they did discover her health deteriorated they are demanding the u.s. state department stop psychologically pressuring and humiliating her and she's still a suspect not a convict so let's get more details now from samir who's in washington for a samir just tell us a bit more then in terms of what other information that's come out over this case. oh well for some background maria buthe now was taken into custody about a month ago cues to acting as a russian agent and quote developing relations with u.s.

persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in american politics now if she's convicted she could face up to fifteen years in prison and now the russian embassy has issued a statement comparing it to the salem witch trials and accusing u.s. authorities of subjecting her to cruel and inhumane treatment including night checks every fifteen minutes strip searches after visits she's being denied medical care not allowed outdoor walks and she can't receive any letters in russian apparently because there's a fear that they might contain coded messages now the embassy also announced that it would be sending an official complaint to the u.s. state department over a condition but for some context after booting pled not guilty she was denied bail and her attorney thinks that her nationality might have had something to do with it i am hesitating to say it's completely apolitical we think it's hard to imagine a national in another country would be treated the same way i think we're a little bit of a russian phobic time here in the country. the media might be using language like

spy and espionage but her lawyer says that those words can't be found in any legal documents and that she's never done any military related work and there was no classified information involved now to sum it all up she's basically been accused of lobbying and somehow the u.s. sees it as connected to russia gate her attorney also said that she was open to being interviewed by the special counsel's office but they weren't interested in addition to those charges she's also accused of trading sex for fluence but there's been no evidence to substantiate those claims but what's interesting about her is that she's always supported improving u.s. russia relations and she was pretty open about this it also should be noted that she was arrested hours before the trumpeting summit in helsinki and now just as she's waiting for a trial the date of which is still unknown what we do know is that the next technical hearing is scheduled for september tenth but most evidence against her is

still classified so we're just going to have to see how this case unfolds sure ok thanks samir that was samir khan for us in the u.s. . and other news tonight for the protests have erupted in the gaza strip to mending a return to what they call the home and in israel the crowds can be seen despite the large amount of smoke and take as you can see here the great return on the israeli gaza border did start back in march and up to one hundred seventy civilians have been killed since israel says that hamas which it regards as a terrorist organization is behind these demonstrations using them as cover for illicit activities palestinian journalist has been arrested by the israeli defense forces meanwhile for filming soldiers and allegedly inciting violence. live streaming videos on facebook of israeli soldiers operating in ramallah filming i.d.f. soldiers though it is illegal in these row filming an officer with intent to undermine the spirit of the army is punishable by up to five years in jail the i.d.f.

adds that the man was arrested sorry the man they arrested was inciting violence against the state of israel. gaza based reporter the diary has more details. a palestinian journalist has been arrested for filming i.d.f. soldiers israeli forces raided his home just a day after he lost you videos on his facebook page of the i.d.f. drawing up a plan of a palestinian home a procedure typically done before demolishing the building the man filmed and edited videos of idea of troops during the course of their operational activities while encouraging violence towards them and incited attacks directed at the state of israel and i.d.f. troops. and we were sleeping when we heard a knock at the door in the middle of the night we woke up and opened the door they told us their soldiers they asked me whose house is it i said it's muhammad ali's then they asked to lives upstairs i said it's ali dharavi so they went upstairs and

arrested him he told me mom don't be afraid i hope i won't stay there for a long she's not guilty i'm sure he's not we went to the court and they told us they were prolong his detention dar ali is a well known palestinian journalist working as a correspondent for the palestine broadcasting corporation the agency is calling for the immediate release of a chip or two and say israel is targeting the palestine media these measures are intended to silence the palestinian voice and in the picture so that israel can commit its crimes without any noise is the latest in a number of journalists arrested in palestine within the past two weeks. now staying in the region palestinian rapper mc girls who has risen to fame after filming a music video jury in the great march return he dedicated the song to his friend a journalist who was killed during that march and spoke to them the news issue.

i want to send a message like all of the senior we were. on the. balcony. and i know jackie and i. just want to. be just one of the three don't we just want a lot of humor. only because a mouse was just dancing with my concept and it made me just to see like i want to start my music theory because on the eve of it's always sunny easy for them. now the wedding of a country's foreign minister wouldn't normally generate many headlines but it seems that's not the case of a certain value made putin is on the guest list that's precisely what's happening in austria on saturday and not everybody is happy about it with more his paper on

the. president vladimir putin will be the guest of honor at the wedding of austrian foreign minister. and businessman wolfgang milingo at the luxury venue that they'll be getting married up just to the south of garth's in austria president putin is expected to arrive by plane early morning on saturday he'll be then traveling by helicopter to the place where the wedding is taking place there is talk of a carriage ride also going on and i think that might be more for the happy couple and not something that mr putin will be taking part in from the austrian side they've confirmed that the usual security protocol will be in place for the arrival of a guest or a visitor of the stature of the russian president but it his arrival and his saying is acceptance of the invitation has provoked a controversial reaction a lot of the press across austria and across europe saying what does this mean of putin's extended an invitation to the wedding of a cabinet member of an e.u.

nation well what we've seen for in reaction terms is from the head chef of the place where the events taking place well he says he wants a selfie with the russian president however we've also heard is from a green party m.e.p. in austria saying that the fact that mrs mills can i sell invited vladimir putin in the first place means that she needs to step down from her position in the foreign ministry for mr nigel bears responsibility for this and should he order to avert any bad consequences for austria immediately resign if she does not do so voluntarily chancellor because should today suggest to the president that he sack been confirmed that the invite was extended back in june while vladimir putin was on a visit to vienna he's making this is part of a stop off on route here to lynn for an important meeting with german chancellor angela merkel rest social appearance though from vladimir putin in western europe

in recent times since twenty. fourteen and since relations between the west and russia took a downturn over the ongoing situation in ukraine we haven't seen much of them coming to places like austria germany in fact on social visits but the austrian foreign ministry it says that this is clearly private visit that they'll be you know journalists in attendance that will be no politics discussed that's sometimes easier said than done especially when austrian chancellor. is also on the invite list almost certainly he will meet with vladimir putin at some point during the wedding it's unknown of course what they will be discussing there but when it comes to relate the relationship between austria and russia it's certainly been far warmer than most other western european nations in fact if we look at the script poisoning case just recently vienna was one of the few russian capitals not to

expel any russian diplomats over that but while it's certainly a private affair while vladimir putin is in austria at this wedding it's very much a business affair later in the day for him it's unlikely we're going to see any pictures from that wedding of lot of me appeared on the dance floor boogying into the night because around six pm he's due to be here in berlin where he'll be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and. peter over reporting there now a new case of police brutality has made the headlines this time involving an eighty seven year old woman he was cutting flowers she was tasered by officers in the u.s. state of georgia he died she got shot like we have never really told her about stun guns or tazers and so she doesn't know what that is when she you realize what happened here is touching you're hired. well the syrian born martha was cussing dandy lines near an after school club across the street from her home of city's

employees though called the police reporting that the woman was carrying a knife three officers were sent to the scene and tried to persuade bashara to drop the knife but when she failed to respond they tasered her she was arrested and charged with trespassing and the rotting offices relatives of the woman oh say she doesn't speak english and suffers from dementia and therefore did not understand police commands to drop the knife that the less officers say they followed procedure but the muscle. and actually to. try to make her understand she continued walking it was time to pull it down several other recent police incidents of control the c two just a word of warning there you might find the following footage disturbing.

now a chinese passenger plane skidded off the runway while landing at manilla airport in the philippines one of the passengers managed to film what happened from inside . well luckily all a hundred fifty seven passengers and eight crew on board the boeing seven three seven were unharmed in this incident during the landing one of the engines was ripped off from the plane's wing as you saw there the region is currently in the

grip of a typhoon so you causing major disruption to flight share jewels this incident though follows an unusual day of activity in the skies with a number of flights being forced to make emergency route changes in south america after a series of bomb threats and nine flights were diverted across chile in argentina and peruvian air space and this is video showing emergency services rushing to one of those planes of the airport and piss in a room all the planes have been checked and declared free of explosives also on thursday to greek air force fighter jets intercepted an escorted a german passenger plane it was redirected to the island of crete after the pilot reported possible explosives on board. now it has been a month since the final whistle was blown on the world cup here in russia but the memories is still vivid for one football fan who managed to attend games and stay in the country for free he's now released

a video showing how he did it. you know if they believe that it did she. should be. free. virtual the right to be deeply and from the whole time we got to three in the morning that bought his house that met the couple conversations on the internet a lot of the press. heard. someone in. the soviet nuclear warheads. out there yes. i. was.

you know he had a good summer we caught up with him and he said his time in russia wasn't just about the football. it was so much more than just sort of attending the matches it was it was really this experience of a month of making unbelievable amount of friends whether they be russian or foreigners and it was the whole project was meant to through this idea that football is extremely powerful tool in creating human connection and can really cut beyond the sort of divisive political narrative that we are experiencing media and really through this tool of football we actually had this passport in national tournaments to meet people from all over the world and actually distinct credible things most interesting with the fact that russians themselves the average citizen you know the normal football fan was really galvanized by this idea and this sort of negative press that occurred around the hooliganism situation and so it became an instance of people sort of you know stopping me on the street of my shoe she was untied if i was lost somewhere they would give me a ride to the place and wouldn't accept any money for it it was there was there was

almost a sort of national fervor to actually be as welcoming as humanly possible this tournament only gave us access to thirteen of the eleven of the cities and one third of the country you know i'm still very curious to see blood it was darker novosibirsk or a ton of the regions across the country that sort of still remain a mystery to me it wasn't necessarily the cities like st petersburg and moscow or sochi but that really surprised me it was it was more my experiences and some are you ecoterrorism burg cities that have never likely gone to if it wasn't for this tournament that actually i discovered were incredibly interesting and unique in their own ways. finally border fences are generally used to keep people lanky but in denmark it is all about pigs at the moment with a critics not squealing with delight.

it's well known the wild boar love the water and out of good swimmers. when the friends is there we can just add a few metres to the height so can keep not only germany wild boars out but also asylum seekers and those chancing their law regardless of how the fence is set up will only strengthen border control and you just please. international thanks he company this friday night we're back again with more news in half an hour.

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greetings and salutations i know it's hard to believe but the united states of america didn't invent economic sanction the athenian empire introduced the concept in the year for thirty two b.c. and apparently sponsored the mcgarry and decree against the trade port magara between athens and sparta the people of magara work accused of planting crops on land that was consecrated to the goddess damn it or the ancient great goddess of farming they were accused of sheltering escapes the right slaves from athens but the sanctions were against merchants not farmers because just like modern sanctions they didn't make magara bended knee it actually helped trigger o. little bitty test known as the peloponnesian war the united states sanctioning russia is nothing new either in fact the united states has been imposing economic

sanctions against russia almost continually since one thousand nine hundred eighteen and for a century a century it has been next to impossible to see the value in it the latest sanctions are again for russia's alleged attack on democracy but as stephen cohen professor and emeritus of russian studies and politics and n.y.u. and princeton said in the nation. and in reality there was no attack no pearl harbor no nine eleven no russian parachuters descending on washington only the kind of meddling and interference in others domestic politics that both countries have practiced almost ritualistically for nearly one hundred years and that kind of meddling and interference is just like what was revealed again this week when documents provided by whistleblower edward snowden to the intercept revealed the documents showing that the n.s.a. hacked into encrypted network of news organization al jazeera why well in the words of the n.s.a.'s own documents recently the n.s.a. has decrypted a number of interesting targets deemed

a by product lines to have high potential as sources of intelligence the u.s. targeting of al jazeera again is nothing new and whether it's with sanctions or bombs it does nothing to protect democracy so what sanction the nonsense and start watching the hawks. the. real the. liars the bottom. like you are going to. love them everybody watching not on top of the wall this is joining me today to talk about sanctions the n.s.a. al-jazeera is former cia analyst philip giraldi thank you for joining me today.

thank you for having me. so u.s. secretary of the treasury steven munch and stated that the sanctions against china singapore and russia those were related to assistance provided or trades made with north korea and in an official statement he said that tactic that means entities based in china singapore and russia are using to attempt to evade the sanctions are prohibited under u.s. law and all facets of the shipping industry have a responsibility to abide by them or expose themselves to serious rests can you help myself as well as our viewers at home kind of understand the logic behind the tactic of imposing economic sanctions on foreign sovereign nations for not following us saw and how that makes sense and also what does this work better than diplomacy well it depends on how you look at it and which side of the fence you're looking from. i think the united states at this

point has basically given up on diplomacy. we've seen this very much over the past year plus in terms of how the state department has essentially been playing a inferior role in terms of u.s. foreign policy which is unprecedented so what the government has decided to do is essentially use the only significant a leverage that it retains apart from a military invasion and that basically is is sanctions which are a financial measure and the issue then becomes the ability of the united states to make other countries comply with us financial regulations so pretty much it's if you sort of tell everyone that they have to follow your rules or they won't let you play in our marketplace once economics this attached to that correct. you know

that's basically it i mean that the the the the big one that's coming up of course is november fourth when the united states has decided unilaterally that iran will not become how to sell its oil to anyone and anyone who tries to buy iranian oil will be sanctioned by the united states and this is ridiculous i mean this this is unprecedented in terms of of foreign policy and in terms of interaction between sovereign states the united states is creating a mandate which is based on nothing because the arabians are in compliance with the nuclear agreement that they signed which the united states also signed another saying essentially we've decided that they're not in compliance without providing any evidence and they're essentially going to say to other countries you cannot have business dealings with iran this is ridiculous. and what how far does that end up going because you know it's a lot of burden of proof you know united states our judicial system you know i go

around the world and people tell me like how is important is that we have this burden of proof and that innocent before proven guilty and what what a a bedrock of our democracy that is seen from immigrants around the world and yet in this case you know with either the north korea sanctions or the sanctions to the scribal poisoning which i haven't seen anything it makes me wonder is there a burden of proof that needs to be mad when sanctions are put in place and what effect does it have if if eventually we can't prove that any of these things were a problem. you know this is this is the issue isn't there really i mean the united states has basically said we don't need any proof in the case of this cripples we've had two bouts of sanctions we've also had a whole lot of diplomats declared persona non grata from various countries over the issue and yet the british government hasn't produced on the evidence that anything

actually happens and we're seeing the same thing playing out now in turkey where the united states is pressure the nato ally and saying that you have to release this american pastor who who is in turkey and has been arrested and yet they're not even allowing the turks to present whatever evidence there is that something may have happened. one of the one of the things that one of the things that came out this week along with all of these these sort of what seem like sort of wild sanctions that just sanction everybody who doesn't agree with us which feel scary does this kind of it feels like temper tantrums and i'm getting a lot of people who are saying it seems like temper tantrums what do these temper tantrums what kind of blowback could not have economically on the united states on people of the united states because we know the sanctions you know castro never went without a meal because of sanctions you know clinton is not going to be without

a meal these aren't things that hit the people at the top they have the people at the bottom so what what hurts us by doing this both to ourselves and to those people around the world. correct to say the theory involved here is that the united states believes that by putting and of financial pressure economic pressure on various countries the people will rise up and get rid of their governments or make their governments change their policies i think that's clearly what we're seeing in the case of iran the threat that the united states is going to put pressure on the iranian people and force them to rise up and get rid of their government we're seeing something like that in turkey a nato ally we've seen this played out over and over again the only thing that's unfortunate about this theory is that doesn't seem to work ready if you if if if you start attacking someone the government and you're an outsider the people in

that country are going to rally around the government so it's actually a counterproductive policy but yet it seems to be the only thing that they think will work because the apart from a straight out military threat the only thing that seems to be effective at getting a response from some countries who are fed up with the united states saying do what i tell you is is to apply these economic pressures that the u.s. can indeed come up with because it controls such a large part of the financial system the global financial system. it's sort of wild because well on the one hand this week we're looking at all of these say sanctions and watching diplomacy just be i guess put into the garbage disposal and sort of walk away we also report as i talked about earlier this week that in two thousand and six while george w. bush was criticizing al-jazeera for criticizing his decisions about the war when

they're very vocally criticizing the west. they we find out now that during that exact same time that al jazeera was being targeted and that the n.s.a. was was sort of hacking i guess you call it a running surveillance on the news organization i find it terrifying because i think everyone from c.n.n. to r t this is a dangerous precedent to set and i understand there are security concerns but where or. how do we how do we how do we make sense of that without as they're well it's actually pretty it's pretty simple the. government works for the president the president decided and the white house this started basically that al jazeera was collaborating with the enemies of the united states who have gathered stand in iraq and so they want to head with this scheme i would basically i'm not surprised by it at all they said they they consider them the enemy.