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welcome to. the. remove him from office. in this world of washington change you hold the line storm clouds lose it because of you you'll fellow citizens live safe at home james mann has resigned last week after the us president announced his decision to withdraw troops from syria he also advised donald trump to keep troops in afghanistan opposing the idea of using private contractors in a war the now it seems that's precisely what could happen next as our correspondent what i guess the explains imagine you're sitting there on your porch reading about guns and huntin and all things good and then you see this ad we are coming

blackwater judging by the logo the infamous private security group who is trigger happy and dick's further disgrace the very name mercenary but i know what it would appear that. they were dead bodies everywhere there's no humans going to. be among the dead bodies lying on the street that's which causes in the world of seven years old.

just last week a former blackwater contractor was charged with first degree murder for his part in that slow thought it was then that things went if he. the mercenary group which was then rebranded renamed and resold into obscurity but it's presumably back now nice states are spent dearly in blood and treasure in time in afghanistan every prince who found the original blackwater now that everyone's fearful over trumps of ghana's down withdrawal erik prince sees an opportunity the option i was pushing the options that were considered by some in the white house in irregular warfare option that would use a capability some special forces capability some contracted capability to

strengthen to give a skeletal support structure to the afghan security forces prince is selling a new kind of war private war war waged not by governments but by corporations the plan is simple six thousand mercenaries backed up by the few thousand u.s. special forces guys give them a small air force private their force and the blue cost to about five billion dollars a year a year for reference the afghan war has cost on average five billion a month for seventeen years but the pentagon is reluctant you just can't trust national security breach these reputation to merck's the guys willing to kill for money when the american put put their mission credibility on the line privatizing it is probably not

a why it's idea every prince has been absent for years he's been selling this plan since he found out that the president wanted to get out of afghanistan the president was right to campaign against endless wars and he resented her message to hand he's going after all the maddest for this to happen if we leave decisions on warfare soley to the pentagon we will be at war for well missed. prince had been new year to you james mattis u.s. secretary of defense will leave his post on the first of january and john bolton trumps security advisor is much more pliable there are always a lot of discussions and i find them helpful i'm always open to new ideas but the issue here is different it's more about principles about morals we know how blackwater behaved in iraq we know what they did when they had immunity they ran wild they shot and killed with abandon would you trust the same people to

run an entire war trump may do it just to because. it won't have the it won't have the spotlight that u.s. troops do it's quite conceivable that he might. buy into that idea united states has had over one hundred thousand troops in afghanistan and still the taliban has grown and in terms of its influence the answer will not be the use of private military contractors to resolve the overall problem of afghanistan but it's going to take because shushan in discussion among the countries in that region every prince's selling point may not be that he's cheaper it's that trump and the pentagon will become less accountable gotta start will no longer be entirely their responsibility if blackwater or whoever alex messes up at the be on their heads and

it'll all be written off to plausible deniability and corporate bureaucracy so what do you think worth a try letting mercenaries run an entire war. the u.s. congress has expressed concern over a new cooperation deal between the associated press and chinese news agency xinhua it's worried china might exploit the american outlook as an instrument of propaganda a correspondent dan off explains the u.s. government is on red alert this time quite literally after the a.p. news agency signed a memorandum of understanding with chinese counterparts in who are the letter lawmakers sent to the boss of associated press explains that since who are journalists are well basically all spies and shouldn't be dealt with at all. singh who are serve some of the functions of an intelligence agency by gathering

information and producing classified reports for the chinese leadership on both domestic and international events the congressmen and women who signed the letter seem to be a bit out of the loop though because here's a newsflash a.p. and seeing who are have been partners since nineteen seventy two this memorandum is something of an official pinky promise to stay friends and make each other's jobs easier the reason them all of understanding updates a relationship that has been consistently the same since one thousand nine hundred two and opens the possibility for future commercial interactions it does not include or invision any sharing for its official intelligence information or any other technology and normally this indeed would be way under the radar of the us government but this time the chinese are involved democrats and republicans in the picture oh they sing in tune nine is effort over take the united states as

a world preeminent superpower china is totally eating our lunch they intend not just to supply america but all countries on earth and the west chinese ruthless in how they go after us we're in a fight with china we have to ride to china tyler earlier this year the wall street journal reported that washington was mewling branding seen hawaii as a nasty foreign agent this is what happened without seeing the us this is what al-jazeera has so far been avoiding the letter to the a.p. chief seems to continue the trend when the american government tries to sketch over the media landscape the mighty still stand for now at least but the foreign agent label begins to loom over the horizon beyond just the burning of bell congressional letter is on the one they want to. protect u.s. national security. but they're trying to protect the country claims. a

free enterprise system that all companies zero free to tree with counterparts not only domestically but around the world so on the it's a contradiction if you want to claim that you have freedom of an enterprise on the one hand and yet you're restricting enterprise on the other hand so it is a very touchy subject and this is the question that war have to go to u.s. public in. and while the u.s. is worried about chinese propaganda china is worried about you west spying beijing is accusing washington of using its embassies around the world for covert surveillance thank you the u.s. accuses china for taking in cyber security a delay just like you weeks relays shows the u.s. is guilty as you throw in sudan and some glasshouse the statement came after wiki leaks published a list of purchases made by u.s. embassies worldwide the report highlighted spy gear reportedly made for cia and

national security agency global operations beijing claims u.s. embassies are being used to spy on foreign nations around the world including washington's own allies now diplomatic compounds are said to have bought various spy equipment and that includes cameras disguised as high short buttons and caps embassies also purchased microphones night vision gear and secret g.p.s. locators that the u.s. has yet to respond to these claims but we spoke with a network security expert of benjamin chyle who told us this would not just be a violation of international law but also of agreements with beijing. the now infamous u.s. eavesdropping of allie's is already common knowledge of the world president's office and openly criticized the us on the use of similar equipment before a sudden spike in behavior right away right violations of international laws and agreements not to mention mention trust for example the u.s.

and china have signed agreements a few years ago on stopping spying activities for commercial purposes the more than china is a peaceful country and we believe in women situation through trade but at the same time china is becoming very well equipped in mordor warfare expression bending the country in electronic. christmas present has just become christmas past and christmas future is still to come inspired by the festive season germany correspondent peter all about now gives his old rendition of a classic christmas tale hello hello and welcome comes under fire would you like to hear story one involving three spirits which is quite similar but for many reasons quite different to a christmas carol well come with me to germany where i'm going to. be mercifully for german journalists abbreviated a.k.k. has been elected to the role of leader of the christian democratic union party.

they can go to the america we run the party. but as the clock struck one a.k.k. was reminded of the past of the party tanking in the polls and also at the ballot box the cd you on their eyes looks to be a lawsuit in twenty eight in bavaria and in both local elections it is painful for the city you that we've lost so many votes the losses for the cd . for the green party on the center left and the on. the immigration alternative to germany right. now after bringing tidings to kate the spirit was gone see this is how it's going to work with me so far right leaving the past in the past and switching to

christmas present the second spirit to visit k.k. showed her the state of play today. was the first choice of chancellor angela merkel to succeed her first choice of a large groups of the c. . germany's conservatives wanted someone a little more conservative. and weakening and a renewal at this time of migration and globalization the modernization must be firmly grounded its national identity and traditional values actions. it's been nineteen a group that fits the bill is pale male and stale if i was to be somewhat unfair the whole be the main task for the woman now essentially the heir apparent to take over from mrs merkel when she steps down. so let's see what the spirit brings with it in the future. there's

a whole load of states and other local elections lined up in germany next year. will be see where the germans believe that k.k. is the woman to take the country forward i'm glad merkel plans to step down as chancellor and twenty twenty one and performances on the ballot box could decide the way it plays out so there we have it all story has come to an end and all that's left for me to do is this and to wish you all the very best from us here at r.t. and hope that twenty nineteen brings you wealth health and happiness. for christmas has passed on the end of the year across the stories of may twenty eighth. here is his. literally. said that white washing.

oh maybe you could read it please stop it you know we're talking about. the. markets dr bird his testimony regarding facebook social media and the loss of data his appearance before face before congress was a disaster nothing short of a disaster next mainstream media news in general took a hit from every conceivable angle and i believe one of the readers might have been . the jim acosta moment next. marco and globalist in general it was a disaster and it was a template and a learning lesson for i think most of the world.

there is a revolution going on in the world right now regarding the new platforms a new bases for information delivery and platforms such as this are proving that this is the best source of news again why the ability to not be limited by a commercial the ability to speak freely the ability to question more. the initial screech and clamor of revolution. we saw with the yellow mass we sought elsewhere we saw a different. what would be cataclysmic change in this structure of the world is what was intended to be

global. zation of the world that changed the. truth. so to come here one of us judge orders pyongyang to pay a half a billion dollars in damages to the family of a student who died after a student in north korea in custody that's.

when our mind when the contents of our mind. changed there are. the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a form of plasticity can rewire itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the body responds. right now it's only twenty past the hour here in moscow a u.s. judge has ordered pyongyang to pay a half a billion dollars in damages to the family of

a student who died after being released from north korean custody here's a quick look back at what happened to otto will be. after i landed in detail to accomplish my plan i arrived in pyongyang on the early morning of january first two thousand and sixteen i committed my cry of taking out the important political slogan from the staff only area made the worst mistake of my own life by that point these. can save me. he was aligned he was dead he had

a large scar on his right foot in north korea is not. their terrorist take today's droid stage they purposely and intentionally injured i think you need to define torture the fact that he was an ox thinking in the brain damage caused by the lack of oxygen to bring we don't know what the request was and that is i mean could that have been torture at the time we don't know we don't have enough information about what happened. at that initial insult to draw any concrete conclusions following the death of auto woman washington relisted north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism in november twenty seventh to. reject. the allegation the torture the student prior to his death and with donald trump getting ready for a second meeting with kim jong un we'll look at what consequences the war case. the

u.s. should be prudent and practice self control keeping in mind that if it persists in the end to the d.p. r. k. smear campaign while on reasonably picking a quarrel with the d.p. r. k. over the human rights issue it will pay dearly for all the consequences rehashing accusations of badly evidenced torture against north korea seems to be a step backwards for peace especially when only several months ago trump and cam were shaking hands and making nice. thank you for. did you talk about. the man you met today. as you know has killed family members has starved his own people is responsible for the death of here why are you so comfortable calling him very talented interesting

how back then trump attributed discussions on korean denuclearization to none other than otto himself or rather his death and the north was set out to win as well with the us potentially lifting sanctions but the script on the significance of those deaths has now been flipped aside from kim's destruction of a nuclear test site neither side has fulfilled the promises of the singapore summit despite all the hardy pledges neither denuclearization nor sanctions relief has taken place and looking forward to the next summit it's still unclear how both sides might use all those case in the political arena. the israeli military is claiming to have shot down an anti aircraft missile coming from syria and syrian state media saying three soldiers have been injured in an israeli strike on the warehouse or just to the west of damascus has paula slim. what we're hearing from the syrian side is that they say they activated their ground to air defense missile

systems in response to incoming missiles from israel what we are hearing is that they managed to intercept eight out of ten rockets now syrian state media says that they intercepted what it's calling hostile and in the targets that were aiming at areas in the damascus region we are hearing met the israeli strikes have caused damage to an ammunitions and that three syrian soldiers have been injured we have heard from the israeli side the israeli defense forces the israeli army has issued a statement in which it says it manage to launch its defense missile systems and that they intercepted at least one rocket that was fired from the syrian side now all of this is hot on the heels of the american president donald trump announcing that he was withdrawing american troops here you might remember that just two days ago the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that would godless of whether or not the united states withdraws its will continue to act and act force

of lean in syria or total to the parliament to withdraw two thousand u.s. troops from syria will not change our consistent policy we will continue to act against iran's attempts to stop which military presence in syria and if the need arises through even expand operations there so any tensions between israel and syria are escalating. tennis legend been enough or at all over it in the spotlight after getting embroiled in a twitter spot over transgender people participating in the sport as women. clearly that can't be right you can't just be clean yourself a female and be able to compete against women there must be some standards and have competing as a woman would not be the standard never at a lower than apologized and deleted a tweet following the spate of criticism online including from cyclist rachel mckinnon who last year became the first transgender athlete to win a world title. that's transform genitals do not play sports

what part of related to tennis i help you see your way to regret and how you tremble this never to have a suit is just another variation on someone saying that if you have a piece you're not a woman let's get real and stop pretending she isn't transphobia just because she's range and famous and effect woke like pretensions you're the real hero here and martina the truth is painful to some but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be spoken it's incredibly disappointing that you've been intimidated into backing down from telling the truth never a lover is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time is also widely known as an activist for l g b t rights the issue of transgender athletes and sport is generating a lot of debate you can find out more views on the issue on our website at our to talk. by for the meantime though here on r.t. international many more stories coming your way at the top of the hour hope you can

join us then. join me every focused on the alex song i'm sure when i'll be speaking to get out of the world of politics sports this list i'm sure most i'll see you then. more people feed the economy because they buy scratch tickets scratch off lottery tickets you know when i was living in the ghetto in new york you know the red apple grocery store uptown had the highest price in town and the liquor stores are open and you buy you know more expensive in the ghetto and that's how you build an economy it's always built on the backs of the poor america was built on the slave market america was built on prison labor to give them a look to the good times of america the ne'er do wells it's all very swishy and swell that's over we got to go back to basics.

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a very important tool of law enforcement if the crime is selling drugs and some men in miami cells twenty kilos of cocaine to an undercover agent you want to ask who is the seller working where does the money go if the money goes back to a drug lord in colombia who's going to keep the proceeds he's in the conspiracy even though he actually wasn't there when this sale took place he's a conspirator and so part of the goal of the conspiracy law is to make sure that the most senior level all of those in the criminal organization are justly punished the problem is when you flip it around and the lowest level people in the criminal organization get.