i think i asked him. why he leaks obtains what it does is a press strategy agreed upon by ecuador and the u.k. to be used to me event which he leaks founder julian assange is extradited to the us for their feeling rumors the whistleblower is about to be expelled from the embassy refuge in london. police and paris used tear gas and arrest more than twenty people as protests gather for the twenty first consecutive weekend of anti-government del of us rallies. plus supporters and opponents of the venezuelan president are preparing for a new wave of protest on saturday the opposition leader announces a new plan to topple nicolas maduro. government that are sort of.

not moving but in the summer and as israel prepares for elections some vying to be prime minister of sport controversy with their tough anti palestinian platforms. you're watching r t international bringing you here live news updates from our studios here in moscow this hour welcome to the program. wiki leaks says it has obtained a press strategy agreed on by ecuador and the u.k. in the event what he thinks founder julian assange is to be extradited to the u.s. the whistleblower was granted asylum in ecuador us embassy in london in two thousand and twelve rumors are circulating that he's about to be expelled and potentially handed by britain to america according to wiki leaks ecuador will claim asylum he broke the terms of his asylum with the u.k. giving assurances it won't let the u.s. sentence him to death that's precisely the fate of songe fears is in store for him if he's extradited with the u.s.

still furious about wiki leaks having release classified material foreign minister meanwhile took to twitter to dismiss rumors that his country would hand over the whistleblower just supporters say he's doing crucial work and must be protected. but it was obvious not possible to mistreat someone this way just because he revealed news that by their beach and powerful people and as a publisher he has revealed all kinds of human rights violations war crimes this information needs to get out united states says that they're defending democracy around the world and they're not defending democracy at all really the united states is is. trying to silence people they're going to are revealing what's happening and julian assange is just so the person who made it possible for those people to be heard much has changed and ecuador since i found out was granted asylum over seven years ago including

relations between cuba and washington and they are trying to accept the story. thank you for the gracious welcome you shown to be my wife sharon on our very first visit to ecuador we are in a huge. place treaty and i just. want to be beautiful video what a beautiful welcome maybe that's the reason the u.s. vice president was pacified enough not to call out names when he brought up the dark times in the u.s. equity or friendship while visiting president lenin moran oh in quito. election our nations did experience ten difficult years where our people always folk loose but our governments drifted apart though that was clearly a jab at someone who proudly stood up against america's whip cracking hand while in charge of the small south american nation just think of how rafa korea sheltered joy in a songe what

a slap in washington's face that was imo though. with given diplomatic asylum to do in the sun softly exhausting all means to guarantee that he's not extradited to third countries which could put his life in danger to life of misters sons as it drifts the life sentence which is being dead live under lenin maranoa who was praised by outgoing leader chorale at the election the tide has clearly changed mr carette even ended up calling his successor a traitor but in terms of absolute need to do the united states is doing. what they did let's look at what he could have meant by that. the first signal joyous could soon be shown the door at the embassy in london was when the american media reported president moran oh had once met donald trump's former campaign boss paul man afford it was claimed mr moran no was trying to negotiate concessions from

the u.s. like debt relief and exchange for. kicking the whistleblower out back then would lead to nothing but today it's clear he's not a fan of assad yet us bases to get out too many times mr sanchez violates the cream and we keep leaks and gauges an espionage and hacking. as a real us imperialism hating tough guy raffle carette was known as a staunch ally of it as well as nicolas maduro while for ecuador's current president someone else quite well known as the true leader in caracas i have spoken with president hu on going i've invited him to ecuador to receive the affection and support of a people he loved more chrissy. mr chorale was on a mission to rid his country of uncle sam's folks step by step he first refused to extend the lease of an ecuadorian air base to the americans beyond two thousand and

nine and then told all u.s. military attaches to leave the country and two thousand and fourteen only a few years later sam is coming back the governments of ecuador and the united states decided to resume bilateral military cooperation training and assistance to contribute to ecuador's ability to combat shared threats. wonder corrals moves were annoying those in charge in d.c. to say the least so starting from two thousand and fourteen millions of us aid cash stopped flowing ketones way under mr moran oh the bucks of freedom are slowly starting to find their way back today i'm pleased to announce that the united states who support that effort to root out corruption merely want to have million dollars to support your efforts. to end corruption and strengthen civil society in ecuador it seems it didn't take long since the right man came in.

human rights campaigner peter tatchell believes a songe is being used as a bargaining chip between ecuador and the us. i would suggest it's highly likely that the u.s. government has been putting pressure on the government of ecuador and we know that president moreno in ecuador himself is under huge pressure his popularity has slumped to about seventeen percent the new york times reported that president moreno had offered to handover a songe to the u.s. in exchange for debt relief so i think there is something much deeper going on here and it would be a great great shame if i could or bowed to american pressure and gave up the important principle that a citizen of its country a political refugee would be granted asylum should be handed over to a foreign power to face draconian charges cooked up by a secret grand jury the content of which is not known to anyone that would be

a very very grave step to take. yellow bus demonstrators are again gathering across france for what is the twenty first weekend of mass protests against the government in the capital crowds are marching through the center of the city police have used tear gas against demonstrators and there are reports that twenty one people have been arrested had of this the country's constitutional council an old government plans to ban certain individuals on the rioters were approved as artist charlotte devinsky explained. a big slap in the face for the french government as the country's constitutional council has ruled that named yellow vests protesters card to be banned from taking part in the continued demonstrations the council the last word on this said plans to give the power to authority would give officials excessive latitude the provisions leave their forty's too much leeway in assessing of the reasons that may justify the ban so-called anti breakers law was passed here

in france as part of measures to try and control the weekly protests that have rocked the country protests that often disintegrate into writing and fierce clashes with the police so much so that some cities have banned the. streets destroyed buildings satellite calls a move to cycles torched the damages costs of two hundred million euros to the french economy with businesses tearing their hair out even french banks waded into the debate calling an end for more than four months hundreds of local branches through essential links and local life has been targeted vandalized pillaged and

bank offices physically threatened it is time for everyone to condemn acts committed against the bank we must quickly put a stop to this unbridled and unjustified violence and it's not just the destruction of towns and cities that has made the headlines since november seventeenth thousands of people have been injured some suffering life changing injuries. you. keep. to. it. but while some protesters may see this decision by the constitutional council as

a when it's not all music today is the council of held other controversial elements of the breakers law meaning that more severe penalties for organizers of new thoughts demonstrations and for those who cover their faces during violent protests well police now have the right to search individuals and vehicles that could be used as weapons. arty paris the movement began last november driven by rising fuel prices and a decline in living standards for believes the aims of the protesters are too big to succeed. lynch mobs fall into these oh. yes they protest but. really slow you. need to go to the old one who will. be there we should never forget that.

opened up. all of the people received and still perceive the city. but as well as opposition leader is vowing new tactical actions in his latest bid to oust the president won first move calling for more protests on saturday is something we've seen before however he has not gone into much more detail about what his new actions will involve his local journalists are got from the capital. we are here again where one of the most implemented took up positions sounds of protest today protesters are fighting against the blackouts that has been just striking venezuelans since march the seventh this was a called me by one way to earlier this week he called toobin as always to protest every time a basic service fails in the country also earlier this week he created and to yourself communities he plans to tour the country and plans to gain more support

from the venezuelan still he said costs also a us made a new set of sanctions against us one of these years around one hundred and fifty and as one. official source sanction let's hear what mike pence has to say about the venezuelan situation at this moment the united states of america sanction venezuela state own oil company. and today. we're taking action against a vital source for the madeira regimes well it is important to remark that also a call for marches to support his government today also nikolaus madeira said that this is another intervention and from the u.s. and another mendelian in the business is a bonus well up the government of the bully varian republic categorically rejects

the latest u.s. attack on the venezuelan oil industry and its economic sovereignty duration to take measures that violate international law as well as economic and commercial principles journalist paul dobson says the latest sanctions won't actually make much difference. but. would not have a great impact here in venezuela venezuela currently explore some of the green twenty thousand to fifty thousand barrels of oil a day to cuba a much more pressing measure from the white house would have been to go by the same measure for example. when it's wet and boil exports to china which are increasing every day and have a serious impact of venezuela's books even more across the political divide here in venezuela hope that military action is merely rhetoric and is not seriously being considered by the white house however when you look at the history of the u.s. pressure in latin america and other areas of the world we can see that military action very but i'm covert it is definitely prominent so to think i have to be

taken as a very real threat by all of those who are looking at the venezuela situation. israelis are gearing up to elect their next pm and that's polling day looms one predominantly arab party is begging people not to vote for those who have blood on their hands something some contenders have been boasting about in campaign videos. you out of the get out summary for government that are sort of. nothing new but in the shadow government i hope they've got now mythic. as. they slowly. but people in the police force digital. one of the runners in the race is former chief of the israeli defense forces benny gantz he released

a series of short videos under the slogan only the strong when in them he boasts about killing over thirteen hundred terrorists including a hamas military chief and talks of how he returned parts of gaza to the stone ages in the two thousand and fourteen bombing campaign this comes a time of heightened tensions between israel and palestine last week gaza marked the first anniversary of the so-called march of return protest movement since the demonstrations began in march two thousand eight hundred one hundred and ninety five people have been killed and almost twenty one thousand injured israel maintains the casualties arise because of the actions of hamas or in self-defense.

professor of political science at birzeit university says the shift to the right in israeli politics is being facilitated by geo political factors. the whole israeli public is more towards the right and the right wing's are flourishing and the other reason which is equally important we are talking about around between seven hundred thousand two hundred thousand settlers in the west bank and those they have a huge influence on the israeli parties and on the israeli society itself so the tendency towards the right tendency for more violence against the palestinians is a quite natural thing no it is. elections or not actions but with elections it would appear more to gain the support of the right wing votes so they have to show that they are even the government this is part of sometimes the hypocrisy of the

international community quite clearly and we are talking specially about europe they said it quite clearly as europeans with the americans is far more important to us than the human rights in palestine so it's quite quite you know the huge message to the army to the israeli public that you can do whatever you like with the person it can violate however you want and no one is going to hold you accountable for that mourners after the break. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home field where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw

why not if you think. i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can sink i was going to go. by the way ways of that slide here. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back images have emerged online allegedly showing saudi arabia's first

nuclear reactor experts say the still they could already start operations soon. i would guess they could have it all done with the roof in place and the electricity turned on within a year riyadh is known to have been developing civilian nuclear energy but world powers are concerned saudi arabia has not signed up to rules that prevent them from producing nuclear weapons the kingdom insists it has no plans to use the power for military purposes. we would like to clearly and categorically deny the claims regarding the nuclear facility recently said but the king abdullah's is center for science and technology the purpose and intent of this small facility is to engage in strictly peaceful scientific research educational and training activities in full compliance with international agreements in this matter and in coordination with the international nuclear energy agency the country strongly criticizes iran for developing its nuclear energy sector accusing it of intending to produce nuclear weapons but the international atomic energy agency has visited iranian

plants and confirmed that they are in full compliance with international law peter coors nick director of the nuclear studies institute at the american university thinks that saudi arabia is nuclear activities should be closely monitored by international inspectors. now and is complying with the nuclear deal why not have it the same safeguards in saudi arabia that we have now in iraq the same degree of inspections the same degree of surveillance and same degree of minor . hopefully the world's nuclear fuel suppliers will not provide fuel for saudi arabia until it does come into compliance with the protocols the saudis have some technological capability they're looking to expand their nuclear energy development and that the thing that frightens many observers including me is that they would actually use nuclear energy development as

a cover for developing nuclear weapons if that happens in the middle east and sastre. university in the u.s. has found itself at the center of controversy over one of its courses the university of kansas announced that soon students will be able to enroll in a program called angry white male studies according to the university course will examine the rise of the angry white male in america and the u.k. starting from the one nine hundred fifty s. open school republican congressman ron estas believes the course runs the risk of violating them in the university of kansas has decided so food costs the divides the student population goes to talk to nine violation by creating the whole style campus environment the university one user called it a casket trap saying if you object to being labeled an angry white male and that makes you one other suggested it's precisely because of courses like this so called angry white males exist we discussed the issue with comedian and political analyst

steve perkins. i see it as they're looking at something that's going on contemporarily they're looking at anger which looking at a more big picture on the medicine community so i didn't i didn't connect with the outrage surrounding this course at all i don't see what the outrage is about like find the idea both appalling and completely expected from the left that they would set up white males in a class in a college class for a bunch of eighteen nineteen twenty year olds to learn that white males are the problem white males are the catchall abuser in american politics now for for the left here white males are specifically christian white males which goes along with the angry white males in the opinion of the left are trying to call out and marginalize and catch in the spotlight and give a hundred feel do white males so that they no longer exert dominance in society so that they can be repressed and held down you know i can see how some people came to

the conclusion oh this is an overgeneralization or something like that but i read you know the course description that was in the article and i didn't see it that way i didn't see it as oh all angry white men are just angry because they're bigoted or anything like that i read it as you know this is something that's going on this is something that's on the rise contemporarily we're going to look at these different factors and try to make connections it's a principled and determined effort to make the next generation not have any idea what made america great or what made judeo christian western tradition great they're trying to turn everything upside down and call good evil and evil good and this is just the latest manifestation of that i don't think it has to be divisive at all i think it's all it all depends on the implementation i think that if you read the description they kind of say what they're looking at contemporarily why they're looking at the different factors they're exploring could something like

this become. divisive certainly but i don't think it has to be enrolled that way at all it's very divisive and division is the way that a left wing government that wants to grow bigger and get more authority over people division is the way they do that because they set each group against each other group and put themselves in the position of the referee and the judge of who wins at the end of the battle between the groups i was raised to believe that people exist and thrive and rise on their merits and now i'm being told it's exactly the opposite of what i was told when i was young when martin luther king dreamed of white kids and black kids playing together and nobody caring what color their skin was because it was all about character today it's all about everything but character it's about what group you're a member of that has a grievance and the only group that's not allowed to have a grievance is the group whose fault everything is that's wrong and that is the american whitetail. that's a news break down for this hour and that's all for me as well but we're not you

know harvey will be taking over and about thirty minutes thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. 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 well being of the just got this memo from certain french officers were going to attack and destroy the government in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with the money those 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 for an easy this.

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agents. thank you for joining me while the entire country focuses on trump and his book blue marie very few seem to care there are organized murder machines continue their work around the world that's a term i like to use instead of military. organized human murder machine you know that has a nice ring to it just kind of rolls off the tongue got it. sounds like a super lame millipede you met at a party at military over there is an accountant if i hear one more capital gains tax joe i'm going to kill myself. so let's just go along with organized human murder machine. ten months ago i covered how twenty one trillion dollars had gone unaccounted for at the pentagon over the past twenty years don't try to think about the number twenty one trillion because you'll pass out and hit your head on a desk ok if your salary is forty thousand dollars a year in order to earn a twenty one trillion it would take you five hundred and twenty five million years

. at which point you can even enjoy the new jet ski you bought because you're a brain in a jar. since i last brought you that report there has been a little more coverage of it the nation magazine did an article for and did another article in just a few weeks ago mad tell you wrote about it in-depth in rolling stone then in a few a few months ago i brought you another report about the huge number of whistleblowers the g.a.o. but you already know this i've covered it before so why am i bringing it up again well now the g.a.o. has come out with a new report showing the total defense sorry organized human murder machine and it's nearly of thousands. oh i'm sorry pearlie the wrong. ten thousand whistleblowers come what what i'm trying to do what oh. what nearly all hundred thousand come on that's just stupid is that is this robbie

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