do you try to politicize this issue and use sanctions of some way to help them domestically except that they're trying to cover up their own shortcomings their own short changing of the american people and to try the blame our divisions in our economic crisis in our racial divide here on an on an outside power which is the oldest trick in the book going back to the beginning of civilization if the democrats lose or do not do as well as they hope in the november election having used rusher again as their as their main talking point they may have to readjust and realize that the progressive wing of the party is growing and that the american people don't give a damn about russia and that they have to finally address the real issues here and leave this russia issue alone and get back to normal relations with this country that is that it's imperative for for world peace essentially but the specter of alleged russian meddling looms over the u.s. now an american journalist has published a new investigation exposing washington's efforts to interfere with the internal affairs of countries around the world and undermine rival governments marks

blumenthal attended an event organized by the national in dublin for democracy it's a nonprofit in geo founded in one thousand eight hundred three is supported by both the democratic and republican parties currently it operates in more than ninety countries. well enough to indictment for democracy say it's working to help non-governmental groups promote democracy. couldn't help but notice some part of. the right i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets controlled farms of doing in the united states to interfere in other country's politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. on the deed activists out the meeting were quite clear on the ridge and as they explained . once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to

bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens me we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who is behind the transitional justice working group which is responsible for a lot of what congress states and knows about north korea's suppose it human rights violations so basically the united states is paying for its own findings to ramp up sanctions and hostility against north korea and what's really interesting about this event that i attended in capitol hill is that it was timed to coincide with

the trump him summit and it was essentially a u.s. government backed event undermining a u.s. government initiative to foster peace between north and south korea and that to me seems like almost and in a form of internal interference you think that the nash. and for democracy if if there is a peace treaty that they should cease funding civil society groups that seek a transition or regime change no i think i don't know that that's what they do but i do know that they promote human rights wherever they end i mean for example if russia were funding civil society groups inside the us i'm not going to need to put to work they do i think it's pretty obvious i mean two things are going on there first of all you have. these activists and organizations that are funded by the national endowment for democracy the u.s. regime change arm in south korea who are dedicated to regime change in north korea

really worried that the money is going to stop rolling in from washington if there is a peace treaty so basically conflict is an entire industry and it's part of this fake human rights and democracy promotion industry so pelosi wanted to duck that issue and then the other issue she wants to duck is the sheer hypocrisy of supporting an organization that funds civil society groups and opposition media to topple governments and so chaos and sovereign countries while complaining that for example this network r.t. does that in the united states and that's exactly what nancy pelosi and her colleagues in congress do every day when confronted with the issue there's nothing they can do but deflect and run away as palosi did. a lot of what we do today was done covertly twenty five years ago by the cia it's even more the case since the color revolution model has been introduced. and what the ne does is what the cia

might have done to salvador allende in she lay but they do so overtly and therefore avoid a lot of the scrutiny from congress it looks like they're funding democracy and legitimate protests but they're directing their resources exclusively against countries that resist washington's economic and political agenda it's an extension of the cia but it seems like it's pushing human rights and things that americans can get behind and that's why they receive so little scrutiny from the public it's very clever actually a quarter of an hour into the program still ahead one of the world's most recognizable sporting brahms' is facing heavy criticism over the release of new training gear we've got that story and more.

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hello again sports giant nyc is facing buck lush in the u.k. now after releasing a controversial garment with some suggesting the company is cashing in on gang culture the. question has an attachment that can be quote clipped away for easy transit suggest also it has a pocket that some say can be used to holster a weapon there's been an angry reaction online. there's multiple stabbings every day around the country a massive gang problem that's getting worse by the day and night he has released this seventy pound balaklava are they dumb nike are using a black guy to promote a ballot with straps and pockets where there is blood there is money now nike are

endorsing gun and knife crime as well as enforcing racial profiling well done why exactly are you promoting a baloch lover in july if this was in winter at least it's hard to criticize well there have been thirty five thousand recorded not of crimes in britain over the past two years that's the highest a month since data actually became available and more than a fifth of those arrested for carrying a knife are teenagers or younger than that among those busting night for the controversial headgear is social media comedian whitey already he posted this on its roof listen to midnight nike whatever we offer pronounce it listen to him yesterday starting over yes so tell me a sad joke because right now it looks like. the young people who are involved in. this recent stubbins that we've been seeing right now in london this is definitely something we know our. people can write no we need for but take what you what's.

explain the you know and don't do it. well we spoke to the comedian there who described the balaclava as military looking and diets whether it's appropriate i'll even so you get in the lots of these killings that have been happening recently i like ten minutes so we are from my hoax they came up with the wrong timing with this not only that is this something appropriate they should be making because yes this by the club was we notice by the club is right there's many stores you can go into and buy a but. this one just seems to be more military look at i don't think this was a great idea you should get stuck why would we should just upgrade why you have better we place what are you hiding from us army why t.r.t. we'll hear some of the reaction we got amongst other londoners. could be sort of a sportsman like you claimed or. could be also

a terrorist my immediate reaction is terrorists first so it's a bit scary. but at the same time as i do scary it might be just sports equipment to find a menacing no no the problem is i'm from canada so all i think of is someone being warmed to me it could be a good winter i'd outfit. that appealing to me at all i don't think you'd be allowed in banks and. it's not just so much that what's going on. is as if these could have. i don't know you can saw it was so severe them with weapons and weapons guns pulling something like that why the trying to cover the faggots by. i don't see why you watch. you don't want to have a face out you know inviting is not going to make you to buy you know the you know the branded name i don't think it's really a fashion police i think they might have changed colors that is guilty to charges.

i think it's good to. make a profit on the back of that kind of image that was encouraged more gangster than the stuff you think so yeah of course there's nothing to do with nike if they don't get it from making they get it from something else if nothing else oh my god why we're seen around with people wearing. the company say's the product is available in multiple markets around the world does not condone or encourage gang culture in any way it is now removed though they sold out item from its website youth violence activists paul mackenzie say that companies like nike should bear more social responsibility for their warm skiers and snowboarders i agree and i fully agree with that but they're also being mourned by gangs in london and they're also be used to cover the faces of known gang members a lot of the young people i work with are now buying these by the club has and i'm actually seeing these by the club those on

a day to day basis and i'm seeing the being worn by children who do not ski or do not snowboard they actually go out and use those in their crimes and the way that young people look at the use of about the club but now as part of this part of my opinion these brands need to be a little bit more socially responsible when your brand is so desirable and when there is a trend of the moment of young people killing themselves in london who are using figures like baloch lovers to hide their faces on a day to day basis. turning their attention to germany where police there say they have a possible terror plot in berlin and have arrested a suspect of russian origin let's go live now indeed to berlin and a europe correspondent peter oliver who's been keeping track of developments hi there peter what are police saying. well the prosecutors have confirmed that a thirty one year old man who's been named as is the standard protocol with just

his first name and the first letter of his last name as markham at alli c. has been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack now police and counter-terror offices raided an apartment in berlin on wednesday morning this is believed to be part of it is part of a wider investigation into a twenty two year old man in france in conjunction with french authorities he's been named as claymont be who's been a who was arrested last year on suspicion of plotting a terror attack now the two men are believed to have been planning an attack together and that they stockpiled large quantities of explosives in the flats that was searched today in berlin there's no word on what their target their intended target was but what prosecutors have said is that the two men were planning an attack that was intended to cause the maximum amount of deaths now that attack was foiled inadvertently by the police after it seems that the two became spooked after

the amount of police attention that malcolm ed elisi was getting that prompted the thirty one year old to remain in berlin but his twenty two year old believed conspirator to flee arkin and eventually into france where he was arrested now the operation on wednesday was intended to both arrest the thirty one year old man but also to determine the location of the explosives that were believed to have been stored in that apartment back in twenty sixteen now go thora have said that no explosives were recovered from the scene but markham at alli see will be before a federal judge on thursday where he's expected to have the charges read out against him thanks for keeping us right up to date on that artie's peter oliver in berlin. the mall daves former president on the imminent threats facing his nation the mid rising global temperatures on the charts with fashion icon vivienne

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all of the more coming up in today's going underground first straight to our top story in a nation that arguably encapsulates the fragility of the world from trade wars to carbon emissions the maldives it's twelve hundred islands famous for dream holidays but today it's in the eye of a storm on monday deposed leader of the she'd criticize chinese influence in the region this after britain's foreign secretary johnson voiced concerns to some it appears that nato nations want machine in and president abdoulaye i mean out at elections this autumn well joining me now is the maldives former president mohamed wahid has on he's just been recognized by the center for international competitiveness and research as a member of its twenty eight hundred power brands hall of fame former president welcome to going other god right now what is the strategic importance of your nation because we're hearing all manner of things from press releases from different foreign offices whether it be in the e.u. nato nations there's a reef from china and whether it be from india see more devices strategically

located in the middle of the indian ocean and so anyone who wants to have influence in the indian ocean region would want. more divs on their side so this is way more diverse and important but survived for. or thousands of years without being involved in any global strategic conflict so i believe that maldives is going to continue to roll people over what is it twelve hundred islands i want to get to those specifics a bit later but let's take us back to arguably the beginning of the most current concerns take us back to the night of february seventh was of the day of every seven twenty twelve and the coup you know you became president what would happen if i was vice president at the time and there was mounting opposition against the president for various reasons economy and political president came in in a coalition together with me and other political parties but this coalition fell

apart and so many of the coalition partners turned against him and so the mountain of clashes machine that's not it who's currently trying to get back. there is trying to come back but you know he made a mistake fundamental mistake in arresting serving judge and chief justice of the criminal court without any you know the proper legal process. so that is wanting him today because he is now under a sentence for having abducted a serving judge. so the constitution doesn't allow this kind of acts anymore now living in sri lanka and now living in sri lanka and also he was seen as a hero of the environment but of course what you're alluding to there is that these twelve hundred islands we have got to have the whole history of islam militia group called all that over over centuries the the critical cover between judiciary and

the executive yes we've got a new constitution in two thousand and eight yes which for the first time in more diverse guaranteed fundamental rights of the people and also for the first time separated the. powers of government my sense of it is that we came out with a constitution that is mostly theoretical you know without a basis in the practice of politics in the motives of a country that has gone through years and years of authoritarian rule with patronage playing a very important role and now suddenly you have a constitution that looks like you know you were in the u.k. or u.s. in fact it was a hybrid constitution or with elements of an executive presidency and the parliament system westminster palm tree system so there was you know inconsistent and so you know you have a country where the president was all powerful and so on and suddenly his powers have been taken away anyone from the global elite lucky enough to visit the movies

would say you arrive on one of these twelve hundred islands it's a five star hotel the manager is basically the dictator and we had a personnel is the sheriff there is it doesn't seem to be any lower there at all no motives you know the results in more divs operate very independently and they have you know all the. room to function effectively as a five star seven star what else there is really very little law no interference from the government which is the maldives is an old order society you know people have lived there for almost two thousand years in american history goes back hundreds of years so. there are cultures there already there are that takes a little bit of time to evolve and adapt to new new systems so i mean i become president but i don't have the powers of killing so if people want things from me i can't just you know hand out money there are systems now in place but that's one of the

issues because it could become a very very rich country it's interesting because when when the coup happened indian media were condemning you as far as i understood it or some elements of it the u.s. assistance actress take that robert blake said it was ok for you to become president i don't know i don't have what beijing said at the time you listen to all these different i was actually quite busy. because even i wasn't at all prepared for it and therefore it was the united states didn't want you to be president but i think the united states knew exactly what was going on in mauritius you know they were following the situation so it wasn't really a coup in the you know traditional sense in the u.s. but the u.s. has a military base south of motives in the us here in the child was. technically leased from the british. that's what i do know what the defense would say about that. so when it comes to foreign interference then as you became president

very soon afterwards there were voices i think you yourself were saying there's a degree of interference coming from the commonwealth and there was a threat to leave the commonwealth. well you see at that time there were. countries that were calling for immediate elections but you know the president in models and the new constitution don't have the power still called for an election it's like the american system the president or any reason leaves the office the vice president completes the top of the situation motives was quite difficult at the time and also to local leaders when i just said a ten point good to london or to washington and say i'll do whatever you tell me and maybe they could be gloomy. if you didn't know i didn't do that i didn't do that you know we try to manage the situation and i didn't arrest people you know it was not there never arrested he was free to continue to do his political work and. so it was

a difficult situation i tried to manage as best as i can and then we had elections the difficult elections but never this. it was free and fair it actually was very difficult for you there was some controversy because you hired baron a scotsman gordon brown's attorney general we had her to advise us on how to deal with particularly some of our international partners because there was a misunderstanding there you know they thought that you know how come this very popular guy who is you know first democratically elected president you know suddenly resigns and then the next day he comes out and says it's a coup and that i held the gun it is a head i mean it was too much for people to you know deal with and so it's very very indigenous this isn't some cia backed you know this is a structural changes with this there were people who are unhappy with the way things were going and the opposition because you know a lot of the coalition partners had now become gone onto the opposition they were

coming out on the on the streets and the religious element of father inflated it and in december of i think it was two thousand and eleven there was a huge demonstration against the government you know there was a really a turning point for people were you conscious then of outside forces are going to hire some pretty controversial p.r. firms of tourism so important in the mall lives as a. foreign exchange we are very conscious as president i was very conscious that we have to really maintain the we have to maintain stability because tourism is the lifeline of the country but if it stops then people will stop overnight so this is why i thought it was really important to to try. down the situation and be as tolerant as possible and form a government of national unity i invited all the people all the political parties to come of all the p.r. firms why pick on is it all rude ruder finn somebody came up with the suggestion of you know this company. and we hired we didn't know who actually to hire in google.

because they did israel's el al which caused the element of. discord would say against population and then of all the things to do you choose china for a contract you know what over and you know what. the first lawmaker meant with chinese bank was done by. himself i mean the infrastructure project actually rather than the law yeah the lawn was for infrastructure projects it was for the airport upgrade it was for housing projects the first billion dollars or is taken from the chinese exam back by nasheed for housing projects and then later we took more and more money from this government actually took money for them because i'm not criticizing you for doing really i'm just saying i go imagine what we're doing in whitehall here in washington but it is the little brussels i don't say that is what

was wrong in taking that money we needed the money because we want we didn't have the money to be able to meet the rise you expect ations of people in a democratic society the newly democratic country people want housing they want. to say that somehow it's become the people's republic of. this is this is misleading this list leading and i think you know motives economy strong motives will pay its debts and i i don't think we will fall into a situation where you know china will be able to twist arms because of unpaid loans how does developing world nation leader today especially in the indian ocean let alone when we could be of course in the red sea or web so the caribbean managed to pivot between these huge trading blocks which are in effect actually at the moment in the in the global trade war we are caught in between the big powers in the region. india on one side and thailand the other side you know i mean we wish you

both india and china you know able to you know resolve their differences and not have small countries like motives get caught in between you know it's very difficult for small countries not just the maldives but also for other developing small countries in east asia and africa but you know we need the development funds from somewhere and unfortunately in our u.k. or u.s. not providing that kind. development financing and so many countries not just maldives are being forced to go to china because those funds are available from china and you know when you have a democratic country where people's aspirations you know expectations have suddenly gone up you know that you have you are entitled to the you have a right to holocene you have a right to safe drinking water then the government is forced to do something about it former president. more from former president mohammad wahid after the break. vivienne westwood in downing street to protest u.k.

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