the war on drugs. number of people who are in prison for. for minor minor offenders. it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say. this is just it doesn't get easier. president donald trump issues an order overturning the requirement that the u.s. military makes public data relating to civilian casualties. and plans to change its strategy to perceive russian and chinese threat. i mean do you. think fans of problems in the michael jackson vent their fury over a new documentary alleging the committed child abuse. should not be talking about

michael jackson's music michael jackson's music was created through decades of also a lot of suffering every time michael jackson song comes on i know for myself i'm going to think differently about it. thanks for joining us on the program this hour. the president has revoked an obama rule requiring u.s. intelligence to publicly report the number of civilians killed in drone strikes as the story. 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 roof vokes 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 hostility 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 the public believes the enemy the enemy reach those reports are. those reports should be part of the reports let him 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 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. so what we're basically doing is telling the american people these wars are so

important but they're not so important that we actually have to tell you about them they're so important but in fact we can't carry them out with clandestine to be under the cover of darkness i think what it really means is that donald trump wants to be able to have the pentagon commit war crimes and crimes against humanity and do so with complete immunity and impunity i think that they want to make sure that lockheed martin raytheon in bellingen other major defense contractors can can continue to sell the germans and to sell their weapons this is a very very foolish way spotlessness dangerous and is erratic and send predictable and all of this things down toward. the pentagon has announced its revising its arctic strategy in light of a perceived threat coming from russia and china broadcast the effects of pot as your political rivalry around the north pole. we architect what comes to mind when

you hear that word sea fish ice and how about testosterone russia because that northern she route is one of follows most closely to their to their borders they've begun to move on periodic times to the different weapons systems of control of the area updated our plans as a response as a result of that we've had to change 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. center 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 guns the united states is going at it intensely with military war games reportedly to train military forces to fight and win in the arctic the cording 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 there spending hundreds of millions rebuilding old the cold war facilities in the north our assignment is to establish a presence perhaps symbolically norway 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 strategy 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 ice breaker the doubles as a research vessel the least goes on and on frankly the degree of militarization is alarming but what choice is there russia for one filed its claims that the un will backed by geographic data years and years ago. and nothing has beat almost no progress on the diplomatic front the 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 as everyplace and all over africa over 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 that the. military is never mind destroying destroying things . of american pop icon michael jackson gathered outside of

china london h.q. on wednesday. i had come to voice their anger over a new documentary featuring interviews with two men who claim they were abused by jackson when they were children since the movie premiered back in january and global reaction was followed with radio stations in canada and new zealand dropping jackson's songs. i want to be able to speak the truth. as loud as i had to speak to lie for so long leaving neverland as a joint production between channel four and h.b.o. both alleged victims featured in the movie wade robson and james save chuck for years denied that they had been abused they were called as witnesses for the defense of jackson's trial in two thousand and five when he was accused of molesting a thirteen year old boy now the new revelations immediately sparked public outrage at the film has been condemned by the jackson estate which earlier issued

a statement saying the accusers have testified under oath that none of the allegations are true our guests debated whether an artist's work can be judged separately from the person. 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 access to art 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 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 quiet cross-examine with actual evidence or the you know interviews and documentaries that are. those sergeant you mentioned this show a lot of evidence. well it's an 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 a 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 and 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've been looking to start 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 flyman mistake 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. now you might not be able to vote until you're not old persuading future voters is starting at an early age from story books to comics kids whether they like it or not learning to play politics.

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coming up after the break the united states is tightening the screws on venezuela that story in just a few moments. i do think the numbers mean something they've matter us with over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime happened each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be old rich with six percent world market thirty percent some with four hundred five hundred three first second per second

and this one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars ai industrial park but don't let the numbers over. the only number you need to remember one one business show you know for him is the one and only boom box. welcome back swati international a new antidepressant spray that's chemically similar to the highly addictive drug that's a man has been approved in the united states as kesavan as it's known comes with a strong government drug agency walking 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 of being depressed for so long and so many years to not be depressed at all and to not feeling that feels really create. a chasm and also known as special k. or vitamin k. is a popular clubbing drug causing dreamlike states and hallucinations it can also lead to a museum and delirium as mentioned kids and is also an extremely addictive drug much like cocaine fetterman based products was initially developed as a horse tranquilizer nowadays though it's more commonly used in hospitals as a powerful anesthetic it's hoped this new ketamine based medicine will help address widespread depression in the united states where over three million adults have been dogging those with persistent depression so it. is concerned the agencies 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 care 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. now with terror group islamic states making its last desperate stand in syria those who fled as those final stroll and all facing new dangers hunger and illness coupled up inside a refugee camp. honestly

i didn't leave to join i sell my 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 torturing let someone experience fear now to believe they left these clerics taint that especially in the beginning it had divided. the conditions are definitely dying in the camp the problem is nobody was expecting these kinds of numbers so it has been overwhelming and it hasn't stopped.

you know it is they says rushing up pressure on the venezuelan government vice president mike pence set out that seventy seven officials linked to venezuelan leader nicolas maduro will have the u.s. visas revoked forty one people were also added to a sanctions blacklist on friday cohen has more. 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 with the two they recognize the venezuelan fight for democracy as a constitutional right duro 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 ability to use diplomatic instruments and is switching to a language that's never been used in diplomacy before now there are 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 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. the russian minister of defense has released a video showing a russian fighter jet intercepting what it says was a u.s. aircraft american plane was identified as a boeing ossie one three five reconnaissance aircraft it was heading towards russian aspace over the baltic sea after being trailed by the russian su twenty seven the american plane changed direction and left. it's going to have been thirteen the morning here in moscow those are the headlines for this hour thanks for staying with us at all times and i will see you again in thirty minutes.

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welcome welcome this is post broadcasting around the world covering the world of business and finance and the impact upon all of us i'm part children washington we could not be more excited that you're on board with us we've got a great show coming up korea specifically today there is a new government report saying the u.s. trade deficit is the highest ever and two additional reports both of which say the impact of the trump administration's trade care for hitting u.s. consumers the most the c.e.o.'s are all mark to work for which are the correspondent now it's my halo that you're standing by to dig into the data and the details and we look at a key energy commodity natural gas and a humongous natural gas joint venture in the news today with energy historian doug elam boss plus a pin company's be invigorated by.