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poorest and. also ahead for you american lawmakers plan to investigate donald trump's response to the death of saudi journalist. stories live from moscow welcome to the program here on our teens and. the british government is funding a large scale network to control political and public opinion about alleged malign russian activities now that's a cording to documents leaked by an anonymous hacker group. in secret it's funded from the federal budget and it seeks to property and manipulate foreign governments no matter how far they are for all its worth programming. tegra t.

initiative sounds like a brainchild of russian intelligence especially given all the recent hype and hysteria around it except it isn't it's british at least according to a hacker group called anonymous which has published what it claims are classified documents from the u.k. foreign office through a london based and the u.k. government has allegedly been working with opinion makers all across europe to promote anti russian narratives an effective network is best achieved by forming in each european country a cluster of well informed people from the political military academic journalistic and think tanks fears who track and analyze examples of this information in their country and inform decision makers and other interested parties about what is happening in clusters the key instrument of integrity initiative and a fairly powerful one as proven by the spanish cluster which has shown how the program gets things done back in two thousand and seventeen in the u.k. seemed surprisingly concerned with events playing out in spain's catalonia and

london's keenness to see russia's hand in that bid for independence from spain so step one get public opinion on your side it's simple really you can write up a study yourself this cluster produced a major study on russian influence in the catalan referendum process which was circulated privately to key influences in spain including the prime minister's office and throughout europe on the integrity initiative network step to feed the results of your research to the media its main means of influence is through academic papers and especially through articles written by independent journalists in newspapers like el pais based on material provided anonymously by the cluster. the most read spanish newspaper put out quite a number of independent pieces on catalan referendum some of them written by the man named as the head of the spanish cluster just take a moment for this in. from ation to sink in the leader of the cell designated with

pushing a very specific message parts of an information secret service with a budget poses as an unbiased journalist in some of the most popular national newspapers that is what anonymous claimed to have revealed in its leak and the hackers claim it's not about one outlet the list of names in the spanish clusty includes writers and contributors to different media some even outside of spain peddling the same message and then it's step three sit back relax and enjoy the show you scripted what the documents also purport to show you the u.k. government allegedly has an ambition to go global. and we asked the u.k. foreign office for comment we're yet to receive a response but it told another media outlet that information about the project is publicly available and that it welcomes any publicist it gets meanwhile

a source said russia's foreign ministry told us they are looking at the documents are not surprised the u.k. is reportedly carrying out such activities we also got a reaction from one of the people featured in the documents released by the hackers the documents prove no such thing i have not been paid by the institute but i applaud their work in dealing with the checketts regimes put knishes information and influence operations the kremlin is losing russia bullying neighboring countries and murdering its critics why don't you investigate that the real risks of phobia instead of trying to smear people who are trying to resist the kleptocratic xenophobic incompetent hoodlums who make your wonderful country into an international pariah. my colleague and a farmer discuss the issue with a security analyst a trial should bridge what struck me was the share speed in which this influence operation was able to swing into action in real time not just in organizing all the other influencing media coverage but actually through twitter and other social

media very rapidly. mobilizing resources in order to change minister appointments even in other countries when you look at the timeline of that operation it was just just a few hours from when the operation was launched to when the operation succeeded is there a gray area on whether they're actually doing anything wrong here because they're the pushing an opinion that everybody's entitled to an opinion aren't they and it would be up to using the spanish case would be up to the spanish officials to take everything on board before finally deciding who to appoint. yes you're absolutely right and it's certainly no problem with anybody expressing any opinion so long as it's lawful doesn't. facilitate or violence and so on but what we've got here is hidden influence actually these are not genuine opinions or if they are genuine news they're being pushed and given prominence because they are backed including by funding from organizations such as u.k. government and the funding of backing so often of course the whole point of

a covert operation is not disclosed and so that gives the impression that these are genuine popular feelings when in fact they have been orchestrated by generous funding and important figures in the in this case the u.k. government. francis you know week of protests by people in fluorescent yellow vests demonstrating against a government imposed fuel price hike and deteriorating living standards paris is bracing itself for a shoot a rally in the heart of the capital on saturday we will be reporting there throughout the day friday also saw a protest in the french port city of charlotte reports. it's getting a little rowdy know as you can see the yellow vests protesters jake. no but this is section no the roads they are now completely in control of it and trying to stop the traffic from coming through the police at the moment are remaining a further back but they are maintaining a close watch on this situation and you can hear that the merger is cheating their

horns in support of this movement which is now in its seventh day. about a hundred to two hundred you have are supporters all saying that they won't see the resignation of president corn and they want there to be a complete change in the first rule but break here in front of a lot of people who become more poorest and. will we disagree with the politics you want to do. it's not possible to keep going like that there was more and more votes you don't go there are people who work but when they get to

the end of the month they're in extremism perhaps that's why these people are here and we'll keep taking these measures just have a look at them some of them while do the excitement as they feel that the momentum of this movement is still building official figures suggest only between five and six thousand people who are out in protest on friday but people say that's because many people are at work and they can't be out to the protests every day for the moment it looks like things are heating up being an hour late the last few nights there have been barely a huge number of schools she's between the police and the protest is and yet again it seems like the heat is on as this protest goes into this several night. in the way they show the t.v. agin. it or a clinton defended her suggestion that europe needs to curb mass immigration to prevent the election of populist leaders critics say it's hypocritical to fight

populism with what looks like populism they also know that the refugee crisis was well in part created by foreign military interventions as peter all of her explains former u.s. secretary of state and twenty sixteen presidential candidate hillary clinton has been having her say on the state of liberal democracy in europe she says the e.u. nations need to cap immigration if they're to halt the rise of the populists i think europe needs to get a handle on migration because that is what lead the flying i admired the very generous and compassionate approaches that were taken europe must send a very clear message we're not going to be able to continue provide refuge and support if hillary clinton is correct and immigration is the root of the popularity of the populists and i have a look it's where those refugees and migrants have come from and why they came to

the european union well the top three nations of origin for asylum to the e.u. since twenty fourteen syria iraq and afghanistan all of those countries that have been bombed or in some way to stabilize by the united states and their allies in nato. currently one of the main routes into europe for refugees and migrants is the dangerous mediterranean sea crossing from libya a nation that was plunged into chaos following the nato intervention that took place on mrs clinton's watch we came we saw that he died. apparently politicians couldn't have forseen. people would start fleeing in their thousands since they were bringing democracy and a new promise for the future we are standing with the people of libya. let it be european soldiers have been fighting shoulder to shoulder with american

soldiers in afghanistan and get out of his domination of libya so freedom can develop his country and when refugees did start arriving they told europeans not to worry we need to face our own european demographic trends we need and we would continue to need to make ration of those who flee misery a war of political oppression there we have the responsibility to help we need european solution slamming the door on every syrian refugee that is just not who we are the rise of populous parties is also a major concern for those at the very top of the e.u. tree liberal democracy has never been under such attack since the collapse of the soviet union it's all well and good for hillary clinton and like minded e.u. politicians to say that they are concerned about a rise of populism in the e.u. but when they say that the way to stop this is to clamp down on refugees and

migrants it comes across as more than just a little bit hypocritical especially when they had a direct hand in making those people refugees in the first place directly contributed to this rise in populism it was under her rule so to speak under the obama administration that libya was bombed into the stone age. supposedly to promote democracy and created a failed state is in direct effect from what she did in office. when i hear a prison just being told that migration is a bad idea plans for an e.u. army have also been criticized from across the pond in case you missed it polly boyko takes a closer look at the french german idea of a european military force which has upset washington. in case you missed it the europeans talking about building on the they get. to go wrong.

and i know mike brown and the angle america have been breezily outlining their plans to dominate continental europe the french president declared that it's a friend that a german responsibility to prepare as the reef founding of the europe i'm sure that the other twenty five union members have nothing to worry about i'm sure that the plan much less nineteen thirty z. in the original french at least this time paris and berlin all working together the german chancellor she won't run in another election can finally say what she actually wants and she really was a real true european army isn't it lovely how europeans have mature because no one is running their lives grieving their hearing in germany leaders say that well i won from the brits and we can't wait to get out and seeing eminem's plans friends it may finally lead like a good idea of course looming in the room is

a rather large numbers are going to brother nato which has been in charge of making sure that europe doesn't hostility after itself for the past seventy years behind very specific to the process plays by the time you start the world does not like the sound of it you're in. trouble kids from his french kissing buddy rather well breaking out the classic you'd be speaking german if it wasn't for us. and britain called the idea of a european army to undermine nato crazy so let are we stand european nations don't like being told they morph a nation a say they plan a whole new army of their own which will cost more than outsourcing to the us marines i am usually the us once europe to do. to defend itself as long as it doesn't hurt when you told me to do it and britain moans about the threat to nato unity even one join just

a pure peace and unity of these armies to fight anyway micron is worried about china russia and the us but that is a whole nother episode. and still to come here on the program on our t.v. faces an investigation into its response to the murder of journalist. and your other stores just. seems wrong. when old rules just don't hold. me. to shape our disdain comes to educate and in games from an equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. good politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be rescued. that's it right to be press that's what i'm up for the last three of the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my colleagues. question.

it's good to have you with us today american lawmakers will investigate president little trump's response to the death of a journalist. for possible double standards when it comes to treating allies and enemies of all households he was killed in the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul last month i read has denied any awareness of the orchestrated killing and it's launched an investigation charging eleven officials. takes a look at how foreign policy can be a very flexible thing depending on who's involved. no significant action will be taken against saudi arabia for the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi trump says there are significant allies so we have to give them a pass now many prominent democrats and republicans disagree the language that was used it was as if they were riding a press release for the saudi arabia not for the united states it is certainly

testing the proposition that the enemy of our enemy is our friend our friends don't murder journalists but in response to his critics trump has a pretty solid rebuttal maybe the world should be only because the world is a vicious bush and there you have it us middle east policy in a nutshell in order to maintain your allies put your moral principles aside it's not just saudi arabia back in twenty seventeen the u.s. secretary of state blocked all aid to egypt and since then they've admitted that the human rights situation is getting even worse but now aid has started flowing once again and trump has had glowing words for president el-sisi relationship has never been stronger. working with egypt or tunisia for drones including the military and free agent whatever you could work for. we're going to be. honored to be with you. and how about qatar a long time u.s. ally that's not exactly a human rights paradise probably is to say that they were sponsoring terrorism the

nation of. unfortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. at a very high level the palestinian organization known as hamas designated by the u.s. state department as a terrorist organization is quite open about receiving qatari support however washington and our cozy were working very well together and i think it's working out extremely well so amir thank you very much for being here. now the same thing is true for nato member and long time u.s. ally turkey the usa hasn't stopped them from going after the kurds and us allies in the fight against islamic state in syria so from the words of paul in a little flat yes please mr kurtz we're trying to get along very well we do get along great with the kurds were trying to help them a lot to great people. and we have not forget we we don't forget i don't forget

what happened some day later but i can tell you that i don't forget these are great people ok for a long time it seemed like cable news had most americans convinced that foreign policy was about lofty ideals like writing freedom and overturning dictators but it seems now that most americans realize that that's not the case at this point it seems pretty clear that u.s. foreign policy is about taking care of your friends no matter how shady they might be it does seem hypocritical in some ways that the united states preserves democracy promotion for its enemies but that has been the trend in the past it's still the most powerful country but it can't do what it used to do i mean eight nine hundred fifty three for example we were able to overthrow most adept in the iranian government for three million dollars today we're spending billions of dollars on sanctions on trying to affirm other countries and we have the un we have not been succeeding in overthrowing the islamic republic and that's

a sign of it is growing you know that there are other competitors out there. we are not robots that was the rallying cry of disaffected amazon employees across europe on black friday as they staged protests against what they describe as inhuman working conditions in the online retail giants warehouses and was on workers in the spanish capital demanded better conditions and salaries while over in the united states they protested against plans to open a new amazon headquarters demos were also held in france germany italy and the u.k. now one trade union through its weight behind the protesters with the following video. no no sound of a book. and a story we. broke. out of the. amazon for its part has denied its exploiting its workers saying that it provides

a safe and positive workspace with competitive pay and benefits but labor rights lawyer told us warehouse employees work in quote prison like conditions. we see in the united states that because of bad publicity and some calls by people like senator bernie sanders amazon raised its wages to fifteen dollars an hour from about twelve dollars an hour so we see that they are amenable to pressure look it's a consumer oriented business and particularly if consumers are willing to put pressure on them they will change their ways but also again people do care about working conditions of others in the pay of others and i think people realize that while jeff bezos is making many many millions of dollars in his people or working in prison like conditions it is unacceptable. animal rights activists have been

accused of woolly headed thinking after calling for the englishtown of wall to be renamed apparently the name change will be an animal friendly thing to do but not everyone is entirely convinced. with a simple main change huge can take a stand against cruelty and remind everyone that it's easy to stay warm and be warm hearted to sheep by choosing begin to move. the name should remain as it's news the idea of renaming the village is possibly ridiculous the most is you want to go easy i have come across in a long time the name wall has nothing to do we cheat it calms from the sack to the

word bush springs. wrapping up the program for this hour here on all the international more of your sort of stories about half an hour of you can join us that. all. are.

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