terrifying there's just no really hasn't been there we're even many of the families want the death penalty to be abolished. the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families what. it's going to give them justice. through this this isn't the way. wiki leaks prepares to take the guardian newspaper to court saying it lied over an alleged meeting between a songwriter and former trump campaign chief. also ahead. don't sell your house. we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back

president faces a backlash in cities in which he promised to revitalize american manufacturing see factories closed and thousands of jobs axed. begin to its mission some scientists want to stop using words like exploration and colonize ation when it comes to space connotation. welcome to world news first for you this hour. once again with wiki leaks saying it's ready to sue britain's guardian newspaper it's accused of fabricating a story of a song secretly meeting donald trump's former election campaign manager paul manifold wiki leaks has already launched a fund to support the legal action with assault instructing lawyers on the case as well the notion of those secret talks as rapidly. spread over the media and comes

as paul manifolds also accused of lying to the f.b.i. in the russia collusion probe the former trump campaigner was jailed this year after being found guilty of charges including bank and to tax fraud manifold agreed to take part in the move the probe over russian meddling into the twenty sixteen us election he denies cooperating with russia or ever meeting us on. this story is totally false and deliberately libelous i have never met julian a songe or anyone connected to him i have never been contacted by anyone connected to wiki leaks either directly or indirectly i have never reached out to a songe or wiki leaks on any matter we are considering all legal options against the guardian who proceeded with this story even after being notified by my representatives that it was false the scandal comes as a u.s. judge postpones a ruling on whether to reveal possible charges against the wiki leaks founder more on that now from californian. as far as the u.s. government is concerned you in

a songe co-founder of wiki leaks is no good time to call out wiki leaks for what it really is a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia being hostile to the united states and damaging its reputation that's not illegal however working with a foreign government to try and influence election results that might be illegal at this point the guardian newspaper in the u.k. is claiming that paul the man of war and julian assad work together during the twenty sixteen campaign they allege that there were secret meetings between paul man of war crimes lawyer and julian aside on all manner of forty three secret meetings with wiki leaks founder julian assange on june clearing one hundred twenty sixteen around the time he became the trump campaign chairman he met three times with wiki leaks founder julian a son living in ecuador's london embassy hall man afford met with wiki leaks founder julian assange on jun several occasions there was some sort of a coronation or collusion this would seem like there's more evidence pointing to

that if it's true of course the implications are explicit right they only relied on an unnamed source allegedly from ecuador and they gave no explanation as to why the london metropolitan police who spent millions of dollars to monitor the ecuadorian embassy around the clock didn't detect such a meeting why is there no evidence why is there no evidence in the visitors logs that are supposedly complete and thorough and manifolds not there there are video cameras everywhere and police everywhere and there's no record we can withhold judgment and remain skeptical but a possible explanation for the lack of evidence is that there isn't any evidence our channel has actually reached out to the london police to see if they can confirm that such a meeting ever took place now we've not yet received any response wiki leaks is saying they will pay big money to anyone with proof of such a meeting or. member this day when they go and permitted a serial fabricates

a to totally destroy the paper's reputation wiki leaks is willing to bet the go indian a million dollars and he said it is that manifolds never matches so on the story is getting even more twisted it turns out the guardian has been editing their article in the aftermath of publishing it words like would have and apparent and hoax are being added it looks like they're starting to back away from some of the allegations they made about man a fourth has been revealed to the sun just possibly facing criminal charges in the u.s. a court filing related to a son was mistakenly made public the reporter's committee for the freedom of the press is demanding that any charges against you in a songe be made public they are taking this to court where the prosecution is arguing that the charges do not have to be made public if they exist. the first amendment does not require the government to confirm or deny the existence of criminal charges and the skis so if julian assad is arrested at that point we will then know what he's been arrested for now this is a little bit strange you would think that if the government is spending resources

and money in order to try and apprehend a criminal that we ought to be privy to know what crime he has allegedly committed however at this point it's widely alleged that julian assange is working for a foreign government this is cut and dried wiki leaks is an outlet for foreign propaganda and julian a son she is an enemy of the american people he deserves to spend the rest of his life in an american prison but how do you prove that after all wiki leaks is an independent outlet now some suspect that julian assange could be charged under the espionage act of one thousand nine hundred seventeen that's an obscure law that goes all the way back to world war one makes it illegal to publish government secrets that could damage national security if indeed a songes charged under the espionage act that'll be the first time a publisher has been prosecuted and many civil liberties advocates fear that this could have a chilling effect making the press afraid to publish information given to it by sources at this point we know that there may or may not be criminal charges filed

against julian aside and that we have no right to know what those charges are if they actually exist so much for transparency caleb up and r.t. new york of all the guardian hasn't officially commented on the accusations from wiki leaks former m i five officer an emotion thinks the u.s. will go to any lengths to fix charges against a soldier. it's been an open secret for many years that there's been a secret grand jury convened in virginia trying to find a charge any charge helical the make up a new law just to prosecute julian assange venture the fact that he's shown a very bright license a very murky and dark details of what the american state was doing it's very very useful for the american establishment and the democrats particularly to conflate everything with one big mess that you know poor man afford the moon approach donald trump we can mix is all part of win big sort of russia gate type thing whereas a few unpick the details none of that hangs together whatsoever and i think julian

is now becoming a bit of a pawn in a very high stakes game that in american politics washington politics. president trumps in the firing line accused of failing to keep a signature campaign promise american carmaker general motors says it's closing five factories and shutting around fourteen thousand workers including in a town where trump pledged to protect american jobs as the new bushel explains the president's words are coming back to haunt him with bold pledges like things those jobs have left ohio i they're all coming back don't sell your house. we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back light at the end of the tunnel pledge to general motors workers by donald trump but far from coming back over plans now getting closed along with four others in north america over fourteen thousand g.m. workers tipped to get the boot but don't worry you know can't feed your family the c.e.o. says it's all good layoffs or a roth built swing states that put trump in power the donald says he's not happy

with like you would. do with. you know the. whole body you better get back you. talk is cheap republican led congress has done a lot for g.m. management policy involves tax cuts worth millions. congressman jim pocketing that windfall then stabbing employees in the back calling it greed at its worst and more it's insulting aaron and i tell you what he did not lift one finger we sent the president's letter president letters to try to get him in gauged in helping us figure out what the future of this facility is so it's a bronze warning of jim cheese pilfering government to help taxpayers have heard it before when barack obama bailed out the bankrupt firm in zero nine the government watchdog notes his administration was happy so approve of that cash going on excessive bonuses for its management obama did he buy their coal once he quits the white house i actually did inside

a brand new chevy volt fresh out the line even though secret service would let me drive it was when i said i'm five years from now when i'm not granted anymore than i am. well jim just pulled the plug on that model and five others by the way that news release about axing story optimizing workers on allocating plonks just before the festive season a cool zero crushes zero emissions zero congestion at the moment it's one executive tax break five plants shot and fourteen thousand sacked trump and jim exacts you're fired. the president reacted to the g.m. news by tweeting his disappointment with the decision he also threatened to cut government subsidies for the company and confirmed his pledge to protect american manufacturing jobs. with those job losses firmly in people's minds president trump seems to be looking for new ways to make america great again he's even considering a state run t.v. network he goes on of takes

a look at how if it ever makes it to where it might measure up against other global networks. it's been a long brutal and tiresome fight fake fake disgusting. how fake i am not going to give you a question you are fake news fake news comes out very fake to the level of dishonesty is out of control the two go met and clashed and found themselves in a stalemate now trump appears to be opting for a new approach if you can't beat them join them throughout the world c.n.n. has a powerful voice portraying the united states in an unfair and false way something has to be done including the possibility of the united states starting our own worldwide network to show the world the way we really are great. and i wonder what it will look like.

hello and thank you for joining c.n.n. i'm your host for today anderson blooper and our top story a huge announcement from the white house nato is obsolete it is many countries doesn't cover terrorism ok some powerful words from the president that the united states indeed has been the biggest loser in this decrepit organization to quote president bad and well actually now we do have some breaking information just in fact donald trump has just announced that nato is very much relevant again now they do fight terrorism i said it was obsolete it's no longer absolutely now just to clarify things this is most definitely not a u. turn on behalf of mr president but rather a direct result of his artwork and we have reports that otherwise is fake news speaking of which c.n.n. is proud to be recognized as the only fake free t.v.

network and like these other stations especially the. well on the political front donald trump has revealed that there is no reason to believe that russia meddled in the twenty sixteen election i have president putin he just said it's not russian i will say this i don't see any reason why it would be getting a confirmation from vladimir putin himself never settling for this anonymous source is rubbish just as we don't as well well. now actually we do have an update on this story have a listen and a key said in my remarks i said the word word instead of word. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be a rush well you know what this is hardly an update though obviously would instead of

wouldn't i mean yeah the complete opposite of each other but that's just being unpredictable the great thing about our president and now finally that we have that sorted out to domestic affairs and our contributing show cooking with friends the type of deterrent being used is close to the pepper spray it's literally water tap or with a small amount of alcohol for evaporation purposes it's natural you could actually put it on your nachos and eat it well nachos with tear gas topping is actually the only way we have nachos here at c.n.n. so some spicy peppery nachos with a water canon shower to wash away the tears delicious try it if you haven't so that was it our morning kids show this is c.n.n. . monday it was touch and go for a while but masses inside miles of land the did touch down safely on the red planet

and you might be thinking that the missions about exploration but some of the space agency are raising questions about that particular narrative. what michael and i think it's still thinking these narratives are the reasons the history upon my conscience. exploration of a red planet exploration exploring the moon and mars moving a little. i got to make water and grow food on

a planet where nothing grows i am the greatest botanist on this planet. in your face and. cut to use that would means you're already starting on the wrong foot language is all folks impression. i don't believe man i know you don't use it a martian remarked mark how much of you mark bunker mark. the two. can be trusted to be in balance with mars if we refuse to be in balance go there. i think we need to clean up our mass before we start making a new mess somewhere else. the to. go without a ukrainian sailors captain the coach straight off primary doing course had

a russian court later this wednesday we'll update you on developments after the break. i've been saying the numbers. they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime tamping. eighty five percent of global wealth to the rich six percent markets thirty percent year some with four hundred to five hundred three per circuit first and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i

industrial. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember one doesn't show you for one and only. twelve ukrainian sailors in a russian court wednesday following sunday's clash in the coach straight off the coast of crimea the incident brought russia and ukraine close to full blown conflict the sailors are charged with illegally crossing the russian border and could face up to six years in prison. have already been ordered to be held in pretrial detention for two months off the russian security services seized three ukrainian ships that they say violated an agreement regulating the safe passage of

vessels in the area. of the showdown took place in the narrow body of water between the russian mainland and the crimean peninsula ukraine says it ships were intercepted after they'd already left russian territorial waters it claims that it notified moscow about the vessels route. and condemn the seizure of its ships as an act of aggression russia says kiev ships ignored orders to stop and have prepared their weapons to be ready to fire also also says the ukrainian crew's actions were ordered by the ukrainian government. and the incident quickly drew attention in the west with many countries expressing their full support for ukraine the british parliament even held an emergency session to discuss the issue of polyploid reports from westminster. well it wasn't in the plan but politicians demanded an urgent debate on the situation in the sea or was over and they got it except i would say that it wasn't much of a debate because the condemnation of russia's actions was pretty much unanimous president putin's actions have redrawn barstools the borders of the european nation

for the tonton second will rule we must never forget or normalize the united kingdom will certainly continue to be committed to the crane's independence sovereignty and territorial integrity to be putin's approach is very similar to the idea of heating a frog in water that he keeps on pushing things and keeps on pushing that he will not be what you said it's to reaction there was talk of russia being a pariah state ignoring the international rule based system also talking about showing russia the consequences of its actions and debates on how to show ukraine practical support there were a few questions about making sure that president poroshenko of ukraine doesn't abuse this martial law that he's going to be putting in place making sure that he sticks to the elections that are scheduled for early next year perhaps the brightest note struck from that debate was from the foreign minister saying that

the u.k. really wants to have a good relationship with russia if only moscow would behave better now a similar attitude coming from across the poland the u.s. state department announced today that it condemns russia's aggressive actions as well canada issued a similar statement saying siding with ukraine calling for russia to release the captured vessels and we heard from the russian foreign minister as well today he was actually in paris meeting with his french counterpart to join even a drea and according to the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov this was all a provocation but not from the russian side from the ukraine. inside take a listen you're using your i don't see any need to mediate if the ukrainian side and its partners in europe are interested in not having such incidents those ukrainian allies should send kiev strong signals so that such provocations never happen again on

a practical level local border authorities on both sides could have discussed any ten accounted cease if the ukrainian so i didn't understand something although they used the existing procedures back in september. well sir as is the case with the recent history the international community saying one thing and russia standing firm and saying that's not how we say it. with journalist martin some of says that until now ukraine had stuck to the rules for passing through the strait whatever you do you're going to be rolled so if you let the ships through what you've done is you've created a precedent where they will think that they can come back the next on without going through the procedure and they will so you can't really do that but if you stop them then you then you are made to look like the bad guys because you're stopping people most people don't know that there's an agreement about how to use the strait so they don't know that the ukrainians always up to now have fulfilled that egregious so as far as they're concerned the russians seizing ships well that's the

russians seizing ships as an example of the of the bad behavior but of course they don't know the background of course nobody's going to explain the background to them either i'm quite sure that most of the parliamentarians for british parliament have no idea what the agreement. straight says or doesn't bother to look. for most of the year media attention has been focused on the protests and the border well now young palestinians and israelis are trying to give each other and the world a glimpse into what their lives are really like. because of the world sees in the news is mostly about numbers numbers. numbers of homeless . numbers resisting in gaza is that. you can help us find an ugly foil or voices to share our stories with the world.

some of the pictures we post and some of the videos we make or instagram at the side of the story that isn't normally the case if i may surround libya the stories of regular people the farmer the shoemaker's downstairs everyday people the ones we don't normally hear about in the news the forgotten ones the ones behind the numbers this kindergarten was destroyed by these ready bombardment of a nearby building some of the children went to the kindergarten and found it destroyed but they played with their toys despite the destruction. of humanity and among the i'm alone among the you couldn't learn. learn it was.

how long will the children live on the border here on a daily basis the sounds of loss how long the entire family has been days and nights in bomb shelters where selling stories from a sixteen year old's point of view not from the police to feel that we don't have any family tickle sondes we just want our lives to return to normal and be able to return to our homes peacefully we want our visa rather just to sleep in peace and not to worry about the situation one place will want to leave normally we didn't do anything to them. that are all to news for this hour thanks very much for watching you next update

from me in the moscow news teams in half an hour after a quarter with commissioner chilton and boom bust. us veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circulating branches off that says we're going to attack and destroy the government and seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with them money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for

a war surely we can risk some discomfort or easiness or. join me every thursday on the alex salmond's show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see that. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact on all of us i'm part chilton in washington thank you for being on board we're sure glad to have you coming up we've got the latest on that french fuel fight we told you about yesterday from our teams charlotte

dubinsky in paris plus we'll look at some big business news and these stocks and companies impacted from autos to technology from retail to airlines will do so in light of the major news about general motors plants there shutdowns that they've talked about with the able assist of artie's alex miles veterans toronto and will have an expert commentary from danielle sherry of simpler trading and the c.e.o. of straw mark hillary ford which they're standing by all of that in our sights but first we have a right to some headlines let's go. internet intrigue in asia and oceana leads our global report today chinese tech giant huawei is set to complete construction of a broadband cable network for the island nation of papa new guinea according to william duma the minister of public enterprises and state investment the project will connect the island nation to neighbors and the online world the undersea cables a specialized task for while ways marine unit the decision to proceed was

a rebuff to the governments of neighboring australia japan and the united states which have all objected the u.s. has made efforts to a good china companies like while way from such vital project expression a state of the art five g. internet infrastructure citing national security concerns mr duma was notably defiant telling reuters that decision was quote and honor and integrity once you enter into a deal and an arrangement you go with it he went on to dismiss the outside internal effort to dissuade his government from proceeding saying it's a bit patronising. and last time we told you about the french fuel fight and speculated the big. this community may soon well you know well they have plus the impact of protesters has actually hit retailers in paris during a time when many store owners had hoped to reply. from holiday shoppers for more we go to paris where our two charlotte dubinsky has been following the story liz usual

no all the yellow vests moving to france started just so you know we could go because the taxes on fuel skid protesters are unhappy the price of some fuels of risen by more than twenty percent in the last year however the spontaneous movement has come to symbolize more than this with many old so unhappy with the cost of living in france over the last two weekends hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across the country to voice their concerns. chewing cans of destructions some businesses are now adding their voices to the mountain crowds and they have reason to the minister of the economy says the loss of turnover of the shops was thirty five percent on november seventeenth and eighteen percent on the twenty fourth the day after black friday and that.