into russia right jeanne little sign. men they know is bad wolf. which you week says that its founder julian the sons will be expelled from the ecuadorian embassy in london within hours to days having a high level government source that would be the end of the whistleblower a six year stay in the building. they do accuses russia of imperialism and throwing its weight around the world at the same time announcing the alliance is military expansion in the black sea also. its responsibility to eliminate this risk we own it and we know how to do it. the head of boeing admits for the first time a systems failure was a factor in the recent seven thirty seven crash that claimed the lives of one hundred and fifty seven people.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our th q. and moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the ecuadorian embassy in london is being closely watched after wiki leaks said its co-founder julian assange will be expelled within days or even hours whistleblowers been holed up inside of the embassy which you can see just behind me since being granted asylum there six years ago. outside the embassy for us with the latest. wiki leaks dropped a bombshell on pasting nights claiming that julian assange could be expelled from the ecuadorian embassy just behind me in a matter of hours or days we can leak suggested that i am a papers could be used as a pretext now these papers allege that the ecuadorian president benefits from an offshore accounts in panama which the president strongly denies and although we can

leaks also denies any involvement in publishing the papers murano house responded quite harshly to ease allegations. too many times mr sanchez violates the we reached with him and his attorney he can freely talk he can freely express himself but he cannot lie private accounts or phone we keep leaks and gauges in espionage and hacking snooping on phones even getting photos of my bedroom what i eat and how my wife and daughters and friends daunce ecuador hasn't issued any official statements on the wiki leaks statement when it was first reported i could orian foreign minister actually called it a rumor and we're also hearing from a steamy ecuadorian official that said no decision has been made to expel g.m. the son from the embassy back in two thousand and twelve a son she asked for asylum in the ecuadorian embassy over sexual assault allegations in sweden and a subsequent arrest warrant issued that now the swedish cases have since been

trumped but they're still astounding warrants in the u.k. of a son having to get bail now they're also fears that he could be extradited to the u.s. to face trial if wiki leaks reports of u.s. custody fight documents but meanwhile though we've been speaking to local activists who have set up camp outside the embassy today is in trouble for. supposing the truth about crimes and wars the stray was involved in and is a journalist and a publisher and is free speech needs to be defended we hope that ecuador doesn't for its sake vile. it's only a child in the world and it's only a child and it's against the law he is a political i'm siding under the protection of international it's against the law to be hunted down by back to the people so what they're trying to do here something illegal in a very empty handed way for now would be keeping you up to date on any fed the

developments that happened right here in london outside the ecuadorian embassy. back in two thousand and ten wiki leaks released a massive cache of secret u.s. military files relating to the war in afghanistan detailing hundreds of on reported cases betting taliban insurgency patrick henningsen executive editor of news site twenty first century wired dot com believes the u.s. has a number of tools at its disposal to make ecuador more amenable. look at the claims by moran oh he's accusing wiki leaks of hacking so this hacking accusation where does this sound familiar we've heard this before this is exactly what the united states has been waging on wiki leaks in terms of accusations with regards to russia gate and so with very little evidence to sort of back it up so it seems like the ecuadorian government's getting p.r. cues from washington in this respect certainly there's a number of things that washington can threaten the merino government in ecuador with not only threats not only the stick but also the carrot you have to remember

that the four point two billion dollar i.m.f. loan package that has just been awarded to the government of ecuador. is a massive thing that sort of makes sense a carrot and stick approach this is one of the hallmarks of this white house is negotiation techniques commenting on the latest revelations former ecuadorian president rafael correa says there's plenty of evidence implicating lenin marano if a song does leave. these are huge cases one of the most important. corruption cases in history. proves we have a lot of proof it really really raises we have these secret accounts. we have this if we know really now. i know those. days where they. are used as a firm you told. me many. fine.

things but when nice account will be open we will be able to see where does the money go the. most. i repeat there is no chili's yeah sometimes you see it when the audience she has. so i'm going to we're going to do something. will be decided. and they go remember most probably the most but there is right where we will see it were. will do. the u.s. congress has passed a bill against american involvement in saudi arabia the war in yemen both chambers invoked the so-called war powers act to stop the u.s. from supporting riyadh without congressional approval but the motion has had to swerve some rather sneaky efforts to block it as it has done of explains fine print a few lines of text that can ruin you financially allow facebook to know more about

you than your family and friends ever will and keep the u.s. sponsoring a war that has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis the us has passed a resolution to stop washington support for the saudi led campaign in yemen for a very long time many have been desperately calling for this while the war hawks in congress have been equally desperate to prevent it from passing and the means that they've resorted to to derail any such initiative absolutely spectacular. when house democrats put forward a resolution like this last time republicans added an amendment to it which condemned anti semitism this tragedy is merely one part of an upset in development that is a merged in recent years a resurgence of anti-semitism now what does anti semitism have to do with the war

in yemen you are ask nothing but follow the hands the resolution passed in the house but was eventually refused to vote in the senate because it contained a bit irrelevant to the main subject yemen and that bit was yes the anti semitism amendment which house democrats didn't have the guts to argue to get rid of out of fear as to sounds in a phobic and it's not the only time when yemen's fate was decided by the small print. last year donald trump signed into law a bill which he described like this through fires floods and freezing weather we will always stand with the american farmers the farm bill doubles the amount of farmers that they can borrow to expand and improve their farms you sure sounded pleased in this clip yet i have my suspicion that concerns for american farmers have little to do with it because this bill appeared on his table with an

attachment blocking the vote on yemen and an identical thing happened a month before that. the house rules committee voted to advance the manage our wolves act that lifted the ban on halderman to the yemeni war which is an absolute outrage if you ask me because look in these big sad puppy eyes how on earth can you allow the hunting of creatures beautiful as this but in all seriousness though congress finally passing the human bill without any cabinets is a major milestone indeed but it is said to appear on donald trump's table next and just take a wild guess what's going to happen if you truly care about your many lives you'd support the society led effort to prevent yemen from turning into a puppet state of the corrupt british islamic republic of iran so yeah when you fix all the farmers' misery and manage all your wolves you always have mr president to

rely on riyadh intervened in yemen in two thousand and fifteen after the pro side the president of the time was ousted by hooking rebels the bill passed by congress has yet to be approved by donald trump and he may veto that decision sara flounders the head of international action center doesn't think or pass the legislation. the resolution will very much likely go back again they'll be other votes and other efforts and to the holland been. so there is a certain level of international embarrassment the saudis failure to to crush the movement in yemen and that's what's really behind this vote while the vote was important and at least pushing back the total and overwhelming u.s. support for saudi arabia's criminal war against yemen it's a war that would not one day of it would be possible without u.s. support naval blockade air refueling for years it's been four years of disaster for

the people of yemen. nato has agreed on a package of measures to step up its efforts in the black sea and counter russia in the region with more surveillance and exercises promised that's according to the alliance the secretary general speaking at nato seventieth anniversary celebrations . so we are stepping up our records. just agreed with the black sea region we just agreed to package with more surveillance exercises on the old issues which we. strongly believe or irrelevant for the black sea region and of course all of the working with all apart ners georgia ukraine nato has branded russia a global threat within stoltenberg claiming the country has made the world a more dangerous place and it seems he's not alone in that view. but a mere putin harbors dark dreams of imperialism he wants to split our alliance and

weaken our democratic result still russian aggression russia's attacks on western democracies and in the context of russian efforts all around the world if russia did not exist it would be necessary to invent russia just to keep nato going that's the impression that you get from the summit. and the anniversary celebrations that just took place in washington d.c. what worries them seems to be russia's presence anywhere russian efforts all around the world whether that's efforts in ukraine. russians continued. in activity in syria talked about it in venezuela talked about what they did in the sea of as of and they want them as well as the united states says it's responses being prepared as well and what doesn't worry them is their own presence at russia's borders really why would russia being nervous about such moves nato is adamant to present itself as purely a defensive bloc quickly forgetting the havoc it regularly creates around the world

. but even with nato as number one enemy so clearly pronounced there is still kind of a lack of unity within the block the loudest retort seems to be coming from turkey we still are still pushing on so that you don't need to join nato his demand for turkey to abandon a deal is already been completed shares disrespect for terrorists over it seems like that's how nato second biggest members seem to respond to washington's ultimatum turkey must choose. those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. we're doesn't want to risk the security of our partnership. by making

reckless decisions that undermine our allies and even mr stoltenberg was somewhat disconcerted by this us or them rhetoric it is a national decision. for each other to decide on determined capabilities actually from washington's point of view it's not just russia that nato member countries shouldn't be purchasing from china is also dangerous for the risks associated with the installation of chinese technology and systems related to security there is undoubtedly a risk and every sovereign nation that will make its own decision and then the united states will make its decision so it sounds like friends of the united states are free to trade with the united states alone beyond the u.s. now trading or blocking u.s. corporations from trading with other countries is a very conscious and energetic attempt that's carried out by the u.s. by the state department and the treasury department prevent other countries from

trading with those countries that have been targeted and we see this in regard to iran we see sanctions against russia cuba venezuela north korea sanctions against china many many countries in the world are sanctioned to one degree or another in order to block certain kinds of trade and normal economic relationships what are considered today normal economic relationships in again the interest of a strategy of global domination former vice head of the l.s.t. some late when they would look on two days yes there are many dangerous situations but the most dangerous situation is cleared to by need toll. as the illegal war against formal federal evolver to go if it was love via and all the wall since then enough gonna stand in your noggin seal are you gonna live beyond mali. need to was surf and it's just toying with the vote and it is

killing people in the hundreds of solomons and their followers. who comes from norway. a value strange country and call it was times should be more quiet when he talks of all these things. still to come they had every us plane maker boeing apologizes for two deadly plane crashes admitting that system there was a contributing factor why and that after the spike. join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. bernie made off at army and if you don't buy into my ponzi scheme on going to shoot

my god you even know the this game was well known to be a ponzi scheme m.d.s. you see it investigated bernie madoff police twice before they finally busted him and they it was a well known ponzi scheme invested by well known people massive bernie had an army now apply that to the u.s. dollar the u.s. dollar is a ponzi scheme why do people want the u.s. dollar because if they don't the u.s. military sets and they're obliterated whether they're raca libya or some other place like this around and so that's what we're going to set the new york times right he said the u.s. dollar is worthless it's backed by law. welcome back the boss of u.s. plane giant boeing has apologized after admitting a system failure contributed to two recent crashes involving the company's new seven three seven max eight model the two disasters happened within six months of

each other together claiming three hundred and forty six lives with the release of the preliminary report of the ethiopian airlines flight three zero two accident investigation it's apparent that in both flights the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system known as m. cas activated in response to erroneous angle of attack information it's our responsibility to eliminate this risk we own it and we know how to do it on to the medium income people.

as a safety feature of the boeing seven three seven max features a new type of anti stalling system and the c.e.o. explained that in both tragedies it had reacted to incorrect data causing the nose of the planes to be forced down when the pilot should always be able to override the plane's automated systems. the system repeatedly kicked in and the pilots were forced to fight against it that is as you say a terrifying concept we should always be able to override any electronic system software system protection system on the airplane that stability augmentation system was from the angle attacks answers the question that i would ask is why was it feeding that information to the system is there something wrong with the angle

of attack sensors the way they were installed the way they were connected to the aircraft systems were their manufacturing defect i think those sensors were not manufactured by boeing but perhaps by a third party supplier but i think everybody is focusing on the software that caused the nose down motion when i think the initial question should be why is that giving bad information. the un security council will gather today to discuss the latest military escalation and libya that's after eight lehman's stationed the united nations secretary general antonio terrace is now in libya and called on all sides to avoid bloodshed. i want to make a very strong debian's to solve there is no military solution for any problem in the world and that he's not military solution for the problems in libya. troops from the if i have to as army are now very close to tripoli hundred kilometers from

the capital however reports today claim forces loyal to the tripoli government have taken one hundred forty five of the advancing prisoners earlier huffed are ordered his forces to open fire on civilians are you a lot of us are heroes the time has come only use your weapons against those who have decided to fight those who have chosen bloodshed but those who lay down their arms must be spared it is your responsibility to protect the citizens institutions and interest of the capital. the country has been torn apart by warring factions since gadhafi was ousted years ago since then two rival governments have emerged one backed by the u.n. and based in tripoli and another in the eastern city of tobruk allied to haftar the latest exclamation comes just days before a un brokered peace conference which is supposed to pave the way for new elections a joint statement has been issued by the u.s. france italy the u.k. and the u.a.e.

they are calling on all sides to avoid military posturing and show restraint and they insist that there is no military solution to the libya conflict but independent political analyst bruno says the situation in libya could still deteriorate further. it's a very serious situation no matter what happens general. has gained political currency because military because whether or not the conference in. which the reconsideration confidence goes through or not he has a big hand right now and also that there are the. as i mentioned various city states let's call them which are very significant interests of their own in maintaining a certain autonomy from everyone else one of these is missing maybe the most important one. they will probably put up

a fight. i don't think they see very kindly to. after so potential is there finitely exists for blodget. france is leading the fight against fake news with present micron pushing through a new law to battle misinformation however it seems some social media giants are confused over just how to implement it charlotte devinsky reports ahead of the e.u. elections the french government information service g.i.'s launched a campaign aimed at boosting voter registration but twitter found that the we thought campaign is in violation of france's own anti fake news law and. through an accident and the storm broke twitter his actions were called out of date. due to does not know how to do this at this time and has therefore decided to have a completely extreme pausing cutting and is supposedly

a political campaign they were. illegal i thought it was an april fools joke to do blocks public company for voter registration so as not to respect the un to fake news transparency rules appalling and illegal which is priority should be to fight content glorifying terrorism not campaigns to register on electoral rolls of a democratic republic. after a lot of pressure twitter quickly relented it after numerous discussions we have decided to allow ads encouraging electoral put the space but such burns don't always end on a high note the social media platform is known for banning and suspending accounts often without reason including the use it considers russian boughts even movie accounts have been suspended for no obvious reason take the pro-life film on planned off the raking in six million dollars at the box office on opening weekend

it found its twitter account was banned go it was later reinstated mysteriously around one hundred fifty thousand followers were dropped and it doesn't stop from the left to the right of politics twitter often acts as the judge and the jury so enraged to users that many are leaving the platform altogether the problems become so embarrassing to twitter that it's now going to stop and none saying how many uses it keeps using twitter may have appeased the french government for now but all the birds circling overhead charlotte dubin ski r.t. paris that's your headline news wrap up for this hour but don't forget you can always have to our website or to dot com for the details on all those stories and many many more.

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building two point one billion dollars a i indulge. but don't let the numbers over . the only number you need to remember one one business showed for the mid one and only boom but. us veterans who come back from wall often tell the same stories. we're going after the people who are killing civilians generations of them so i just got this memo from the secretary to branches off that says we're got to act and destroy the government and seven countries in five years americans pay for the walls with them money those with dad lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war then surely we can risk some discomfort for an easy mess

for peace. hello and welcome to cross where all things considered i'm peter lavelle china has arrived in europe in a very big way and not everyone in the west welcomes this italy's support of china's belt and road initiative is

a game changer the washington consensus that has dominated the world for the past seven decades is being challenge the turn to the east continues. across knocking china i'm joined by my guest patrick lawrence in new york he is a foreign affairs commentator whose columns appear in consortium news in other publications also in new york we have remy he is a senior director at america's market intelligence as well as a research associate on political economy and foreign policy at florida international university and in paris we cross the from the he is president of asia center i jump in crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate this but this program has been inspired by an article you wrote a consortium news.