music jackson's music was created through decades of also a lot of suffering every time. i know myself i'm going to think differently about.

it well welcome to this hell. of president donald trump. rule requiring us to publicly report the number of civilians killed in drone strikes. a new executive order from the white house is reducing the amount of transparency when it comes to u.s. drone strikes now the executive order basically revokes regulations made by the obama administration in twenty sixteen essentially the director of national intelligence will no longer be required to release information regarding un classified u.s. strikes and the non civilian deaths that are associated with them and that would be in areas outside of active hostilities the pentagon will still have an obligation

to report on civilian casualties in compliance with the national defense authorization act of twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen that was very clear in trump's executive order now this is certainly not the first time that donald trump has indicated frustration with the level of information related to military activities that has been made public with fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public believes the enemy the enemy reach those reports are still going to learn those reports you've heard the reports let them do a report. but they should be private reports it's also important to note that that we have a statement that is reportedly coming from a spokes person for the white house security council now it was given on the condition of anonymity it's being widely reported we cannot confirm it what it is saying is that apparently this was the activity of the the intent of this executive order is minimizing to the greatest extent possible civilian casualties and acknowledging the responsibility when they unfortunately occurred during the

military actions but the same time getting rid of what they're calling supreme flew us reporting requirements that don't actually improve government transparency but rather distract intelligence professionals from their primary mission the history of drone strikes is quite shocking there have been a number of rather tragic incidents that have taken place over the years. peace activist kathy kelley believes the decision is a way of protecting the arms industry from scrutiny i think it's an excuse i think that they want to make sure that lockheed martin raytheon and bellowing you know their major defense contractors can can continue to sell the jones in to sell their weapons and when u.s. people are under educated about the consequences of u.s.

military strikes to kill civilians it doesn't enhance anybody's security in fact when other people feel the enraged or just completely confused and frightened this is something us people need to understand and if anything we need to understand a whole lot more i mean a imagine if it's a home in your neighborhood ted you didn't know why where were the women right with the children killed so it's is it proper to deny more information to the united states in a country where democracy is supposedly based on education. pentagon has announced it's revising its arctic strategy in light of a perceived threat coming from russia and china russia does it picks apart the two political rivalry surrounding the north pole. the arctic what comes to mind when you hear that word sea fish ice and how about to start on

russia because that is when the fall is most closely to their to their borders they've begun to move on periodic times to the different weapons systems of control of. the posture of some of our forces so that we in fact deter and we send a signal of the importance of the arctic to us it's always russia isn't it but there is a new gold rush brewing thanks to global warming it is opening the arctic up around fifteen percent of the world's undiscovered oil thirty percent of natural gas may be there perhaps more important though is the northern sea route by two thousand and forty there should be soon little ice that ships will be able to pass year round terrible for the environment rate for shipping it would have the journey time for ships travelling from east asia to europe

a journey that usually takes them through the suez canal it would save billions upon billions for consumers companies governments ergo the gold rush contenders have been quick to make and file their claims and oil their gardens the united states is going at it intensely with military war games reportedly to train military forces to fight and win in the arctic according to the head of alaskan command biggest was nato strident juncture in norway one hundred and fifty aircraft seventy ships ten thousand vehicles more troops a u.s. aircraft carrier even crossed the arctic circle recently announced it will send a warship on the freedom of navigation mission meaning. in all likelihood it will passes close to russian territory as it can speaking of russia it hasn't been

idle either during the recent exercises that successfully tested a new hypersonic antiship cruise missile that's it right there those exercises have become a common thing now with the navy the army the air force drilling troops to fight and win and survive in the frigid north cause there's also the flag which russia planted exactly at the north pole seabed a decade ago still annoys other contenders that norway another big claimant they're spending hundreds of millions rebuilding old the cold war facilities in the north our assignment is to establish a presence perhaps symbolically nor we also moved its military headquarters within the arctic circle in fact norway was so involved and enthusiastic about recent nato war games that one of its brand new warships ended up colliding with an oil

tanker which is neither very covertly nor very fast people are still wondering how that happened then there are the spoilers great britain for example nations with no arctic claims but rather than each to get involved we need to protect our national interests we will be launching our new defense arctic stress itching the u.k. has unveiled a new arctic strategy where they plan to defend the arctic which may be difficult to do with britain's couple of ice breakers but they go to make up they've even sent a royalty to the arctic great for the cavernous. also

china it has potentially hundreds of billions at stake just in trade ship transport costs it recently launched the snow dragon to an icebreaker the doubles as a research vessel the least goes on and on frankly the degree of militarize ation is alarming but what choice is that russia for one filed its claims that the un will back by geographic data year is years ago and nothing is beat almost no progress on the diplomatic front jus to political pressure or incompetence the fact remains that when diplomats have paralyzed the military but pays every nation state wants to grab all they can grab and go some are much worse than others so we have the us putting all their military in there because allegedly

. there are afraid of the russians doing so us of course is as good it's its troops everyplace and all over africa or asia all of a lot of america they're going to have i guess mr trump would like to have the more in latin america this is all terrible. the us military budget is far too big it's as much as all the other countries in the world put together and of course they keep needing more and more more more more more killing machines it's a sad thing to see this happening in what is actually the spectacular beauty of the arctic but of course the. military is never mind destroying destroying things. of american. michael jackson gathered outside to you gay t.v. channels london h.q. and wednesday and come to voice that. anger over a new documentary that features interviews with two men who claim they were abused by and jackson children leaving neverland ranch production between channel four on

h.b.o. both alleged victims wade robson and james saved for years deny they'd been abused they were called as witnesses for the defense jackson's trial in two thousand and five when he was accused of molesting a thirteen year old boy. if you'll soon. want to be able to speak the truth. as loud as i had to speak a lie for so long since that movie premiered back in january global reaction has followed with the radio stations in canada and new zealand dropping jackson songs the film's been condemned by the jackson estate which surely issued a statement saying the accusers have testified under oath that none of the allegations are true they discussed the issue further r.t. spoke to ron garney who's a film and video director and political activist. this is still pending and investigation and also the whole outrage is happening because of

a documentary that is obviously one sided because we only have the version of the victims i really have a huge issue with quarterly access to arts and to things that have been created in the past by somebody like i said who is dead and who cannot do anything about this at the moment if radio stations want to ban the music i think if the listeners of those particular radio stations are calling up and saying you know what this is criminal behavior that r. kelly and michael jackson have actually engaged in. and we're not ok with that i think that's perfectly fine it's a scary area if we all are judge him for ourselves with very limited facts with facts that we don't really quite cross-examine with actual evidence or other than you know interviews and documentaries that. those sergeants you mentioned that show a lot of evidence. while it's in evidence that it's not been again cross-examined

in the court of law it's irrefutable we should not be talking about michael jackson's music michael jackson's music was created through decades of also a lot of suffering but actually i think maybe the real lesson in all of this is that you know every time michael jackson song comes on i know for myself i'm going to think differently about it i mean i'm not going to say i'm never going to dance to a michael jackson song again because you know maybe it'll play at a wedding or vomits on i might start dancing but at the same token i said i am never going to think about michael jackson in the way i used to and maybe that's the real lesson so let me ask you this when you look at a picasso painting or you read a hemingway book or or you can look at a stop to that was created during the renaissance period where like you know the catholic church was you know torturing and killing people in the name of god are we not able to separate the our that was created. the best moments of these artists from the actual person who was a human being you know the fly made mistakes and some of them admitted those fair

good argument but i think also i think we're entering a new era where i think people that engage in criminal behavior and sexual abuse shouldn't be rewarded in this society and i don't think there's anything wrong with that and if their music doesn't get played so be it. a new antidepressant sprayed it's chemically similar to the highly addictive drug ketamine has been approved in the united states as kurtzman as it's known comes with a strong government drug agency warning about the risks associated with misuse and abuse early trials show positive results among patients with severe depression. it's really interesting to come from a place i've been depressed for so long and so many years to not be depressed at all and to not feeling that feels really create. also known as special k. and vitamin k. is

a popular clubbing drug it causes dreamlike states and hallucinations can also lead to an easier and delirium to now as mentioned ketamine is also an extremely addictive drug much like cocaine and fetterman based products it was initially developed as a horse tricolors and now it is though it's most commonly used in hospitals as a powerful anesthetic and it's hoped this new ketamine based medicine will help addressed widespread depression over three million adults have been dog with persistent depression in the united states psychiatrist is concerned the agency is the solution will lead to addictive drugs being more readily available. obviously we need to find better treatments for depression especially for people who have what we call refractory treatment depression meaning that all of our available remedies are not working for them having said that i am very concerned about the use of cat i mean to treat depression particularly in this easily deliverable nasal

spray and i am very concerned that the f.d.a. approval of these highly addictive drugs to treat these prevalent disorders can lead to more people being exposed to addictive drugs and therefore becoming addicted to these addictive drugs. with terror group islamic states making its last desperate stand in syria those who fled as those final stronghold and all facing new dangerous hunger and illness coupled up inside a refugee camp. i didn't leave to join a cell i left seeking to hide for god because we are all muslims and we have very

serious about jihad in the qur'an. what about the killing slaughtering and torture that i let someone experience for you now did the religion they left these clerics hate that especially in the beginning it had divided into. the conditions a definitely die in the camp the problem is nobody was expecting these kinds of numbers so it has been overwhelming and it hasn't stopped. coming up after the break the united states has taught in the screws on the venezuela war on that story and others in just a few moments. you

know world big part of. lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic to follow the only silly and. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and

talk. pretty. much the progress united states is ratcheting up pressure on the venezuelan government vice president mike pence announce that seventy seven officials linked to venezuelan leader nicolas maduro will have their u.s. visa revoked forty nine people were also added to a sanctions blacklist on friday. well the u.s. is threatening to impose sanctions on foreign banks if they deal with the venezuelan government national security adviser john bolton issued a statement this morning saying quote the united states is putting four in the financial institutions on notice that they will face sanctions for being involved

in facilitating illegitimate transactions that benefit nicolas maduro and his corrupt network the u.s. has also begun to increase pressure on cuba which it claims is controlling venezuelan president nicolas maduro both and wrote in a tweet that the u.s. will continue to tighten financial restrictions on cuba's military and intelligence services venezuelan authorities in turn have declared at the german ambassador daniel crean are persona non grata after what it called interference into its internal affairs he became the first european diplomat to be expelled from the latin american state however during his tuesday address to the national assembly one goh i dos says it's not the german ambassador who is the real persona non-grata everyone in venezuela knows who the persona non-grata is and he's the only one who is known in the region in the world because in the old account. they recognize the

venezuelan fight for democracy as a constitutional right and responded by saying neither the opposition nor the united states wants to help venezuela and have their own interests like venezuela's natural resources russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov also condemn u.s. sanctions against those who support. it is yet another confirmation that american diplomacy is quickly losing its abilities to instruments and is switching to a language that's never been used in diplomacy is a fool and their fears over military intervention the trumpet ministration continues to say all options are on the table but elliott abrams says the u.s. . we'll use other ways to push for what he called democratic transition in venezuela nobody is talking about american military steps except the regime and the russians actually. made it clear repeatedly our policy

is as i just stated diplomatic political economic financial pressure. moving toward a peaceful democratic transition in venezuela that's what we want now we've just learned that the attempted delivery of so-called humanitarian aid on the bridge crossing at the border of colombia and venezuela nearly turned into a bloodbath according to a report in bloomberg news two hundred exiled soldiers were preparing to clear the way for the aid trucks but the plan was actually scrapped by the colombian government why do we also learned was planning to tour european capitals after finishing his tour of latin america but the united states told him to return to venezuela for fears that the that his movement was losing momentum so this suggests that it is not go i don't know who's calling the shots so much but it's actually the white house journalist of the experimental gave us his views on the

latest u.s. measures against caracas. seventy seven new officials having their visas revoked is not necessarily going to change the situation in venezuela however there is a concern within the venezuelan foreign ministry that this could affect their ability to represent and this whale at the u.n. which is supposed to be a neutral body i don't know if that would be the case but it would be an unprecedented escalation from the u.s. and in an attempt to completely disrupt diplomacy. ukase the parts from the european union is proving to be full of a mon's the u.k. government doesn't seem to know the best way out on the british public don't know how europe's top brass even got their jobs according to a lead in. i couldn't tell you who they are on or what they do or how they came by their jobs or how they may be removed from office i have no idea how to kick those

particular. the e.u. is currently going through the process of choosing its new leaders for example the next commission president will be nominated by the e.u. council with a nominee then going forward for approval by members of the e.u. parliament it seems that you citizens are confused about the process with some thinking it's very who get to pick the new president. i think it will be in their pull something like that and yes i going to vote. never to vote. maybe to cleves down i see i don't have a clue about that. yes of course but i don't know really. i think i will go to very sort of course it's important for me to take part in for a federal europe this year what do you go to court or you go to. i don't know i don't know what you have toward i don't know i don't know i am not sure for the

date but i would go to vote. on the twenty sixth of may and i'm planning to vote. for russian ministry of defense has released a video showing a russian fighter jet intercepting what it says was a u.s. aircraft u.s. plane was identified as a boeing r c one three five reconnaissance aircraft that was heading towards russian airspace over the baltic sea after being trailed by the russian su twenty seven the american plane changed direction and left the area. those are the headlines for the south and the team on myself thanks for staying tuned here not international see we're going in thirty minutes for the latest global news headlines.

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greetings and sal you take. you know there are many different types of jobs in this world auk watchers there's shops garbagemen brokers security guards writers runners thousands upon thousands of different professions and industries for any of us to try to build a career or. some jobs are good some are bad some are just there to get us by and then there are some jobs that make you question your own moral code in the olden days one of these jobs was execution or. it was so bad you had to wear a black mask to work every day today the black mask has been replaced by a designer suit i'm talking of course about the fine jobs found in the corporate hallways of the top dogs of the so-called merchant of death the military industrial kabul. lax and while their moral code may be compromised their bank accounts my friends are is booming yes that late at the latest numbers are in and according to

the stockholm international peace research institute military spending is going up around the world usa today reports that the global rise was driven partially by a nine point six billion dollar hike in u.s. arms expenditures you see the red white and blue is still the world heavyweight champion of military spending despite russia's recent move into second place surpassing the united kingdom the united states his position as the top arms producing nation in the world remains unchanged and for now i'll challenge. and for any reasonable thinking person not talking war cheerleading death on cable news every night this should be concerning this should be a very concerning bit of data because when your country is home to five of the world's ten largest arms dealers sorry defense contractors you have to ask yourself is your country really a bastion of peace or is it really just war mongering for prosperity so today

now that the numbers are in let's find out just who is the best of the best in the business of death as we start watching the hawks. get the. real deal with. you that i got. a little in watching. and i'm to have a lot. selling selling an arm. and everything that goes with a good business is their business apparently it's very good business it's very good

business so much so that you've got to stand back with a certain amount of. tragedy and that feeling like you want to throw up in the back of your mouth when you see them out of money being spent you know idea you know we're suppose we're making all this money american companies making this ridiculous amount of money selling arms. and yet where are we seeing any of the money or the taxpayer seeing any of that in taxes from these companies know we're paying to subsidize their industry most definitely i mean look at not there it's really only break down if you tap at the wallace and those of you at home the top five merchants of war right now at number five comes northrop grumman and then they're out of the united states total arms sales twenty two billion dollar.