i. campaigning on a promise to stop the civil war in the east of the country and reopen dialogue with moscow t.v. star political newcomer vladimir zelinsky secures a landslide victory in ukraine's presidential election. also become the death toll soars in sri lanka almost three hundred people are receives a bomb struck the country's east to celebrations more than twenty people have now been arrested and the king of bahrain reinstated this in ship of more than five hundred people after an outcry from human rights defenders however problematic

situation the country receives little attention from the west a long term ally of washington. welcome just content i am here in moscow you watching r.t. international our top story this hour a total political side famous for playing a president in a t.v. drama acting for the real thing after winning ukraine's presidential election with most counted linsky has secured a landslide win over the incumbent petro poroshenko so let's get more reaction now from. our correspondent who's been following this story illegal morning. i have to play the president for a real world for what can we expect from him well people inside ukraine and outside ukraine couldn't stay. wondering what his first moves are going to be when it comes

to how he's going to deal with russia and what's his plan for the war in ukraine's east and what we did we hear from him at his first press conference as essentially the president alike were the usual words like the minsk agreements or the normandy format this is when the president or top diplomats of russia and ukraine get together with the leaders of france and germany but i have to say that while there is a lens he says that it is tied to the war and now petro poroshenko couldn't do it in five years and pointing that out was one of mr selenski best weapons during the campaign so lets his message is human lives is all we have to think about now and that's why it is time to act urgently but to what extend that would mean directly communicating with vladimir putin the president of russia for example mr

selenski didn't elaborate on that when he was talking to the journalists he fell short of it although he did mention that he wants to start a new information war and that's what he put in sorry to win the hearts and minds of the people that are living in the breakaway regions of ukraine. we will abide by the normandy full marks on the minsk process to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine this. reboot and i think there will be some changes or the least good journalists we will need your help very soon we will be launching a powerful information to end the conflict in the dawn bus. so if we stick to domestic issues of ukraine when it comes to government positions or zelinsky won the admiration of the people by saying that he will bring in completely

new people and in fact when just three days before the votes he was introducing his team to the country there was only one familiar face one person who used to actually serve as a minister in the government of. incentive international reaction then what's been the response from moscow and also elsewhere well no word from the man in charge in the kremlin for now or the likes of sergei lavrov but we did get something from the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman marie is a horrible and there was a tiny bit of a positive tone in her facebook message. ukraine has the chance for a reboot not in the sense of moving the country's wealth from one person's pockets to another but a real conscious consolidation of the people not based on force but on building a common agenda for the country. so i can tell you that of all the ski already

received congratulations on the phone from the world's most powerful people like donald trump or emmanuel macron and he even deserved a tweet from the u.k. foreign secretary this is what he said we look forward to working together as the u.k. continues to support ukraine her chosen euro atlantica path reform and reform process sorry and security while something else that i want to point out here is that inside ukraine though there are voices and people who are saying that this was not a vote in favor of all of them or specifically but more of a massive protest vote against the administration of petro poroshenko here's what was said by one of the candidates who didn't make it into the runoff. more than seventy percent food not just for

a change of president this school is not specifically for the name selenski this is a number of ukrainians against the war hundred six is the destruction of the economy against external control. and just to follow up on that we have to remember the current state of ukraine under the incumbent president petro poroshenko there were so many serious hold that he was given after the my done revolution but right now ukraine own billions sorry ukraine always billions and billions of dollars to international and domestic lenders it's still among the poorest countries. of europe and the old dimmers alinsky will definitely have to come up with some radical reforms which won't be popular and i'll tell you what he didn't talk about them when he was complaining all he talked about were positive things that are definitely going to win as i've said the hearts and minds of

ukrainians but he didn't talk about unpopular reforms and this is something that definitely he'll have to think about right now sure challenges will have to face thank you that was. so following is a victory then ukraine joins a rapidly growing list of countries with leaders who started their career is far away from politics. i am.

and. you're fired for. the death toll from a series of eight explosions and sure lanka has jumped to two hundred ninety with up to five hundred of those injured churches and hotels across the are going to targeted on easter sunday you can see the first blast in fact that hits and anthony's church in the heart of the serang capital colombo many of the victims there were from the christian minority who were celebrating their holiest day

dozens of foreign nationals are also among the dead you might find the following images disturbing. it was a were was well this is footage of a suspect attained during an operation in a suburb with the capitol police say at least twenty four people have been arrested in connection with the attacks however no group has yet claimed responsibility trying his defense minister has said the culprits were religious extremists while the country's prime minister has promised the people behind the attack will face a stern response. let's look back at what happened then because the first bombing

happened at around nine in the morning local time in total five blasts in the capital including a church in three luxury hotels the last of them happened in colombo an apartment block during a police raid which left three officers dead about forty kilometers there north in the city of new gone another place of worship was hit and the church was bombed to you in a popular tourist destination on the opposite side of the island after that a small hotel in front of the zoo was targeted local media also say an improvised explosive device was also found near colombo international airport this is the aftermath of one of the explosions sri lanka is the main police country with substantial muslim and christian minorities speaking showing lisa service at the vatican pope francis gave his full support to all those affected. the room and i wish to express my heart little solidarity with the christian community that affected while it was

a prayer and with all the victims of such cruel former three year as a mark of commemoration with the. hundreds killed the lights of the eiffel tower in paris was switched off while a does around the world have been united in their condemnation a strategic analyst javid rana says if there had been disquiet between religious communities in the lead up to sunday's atrocities i think there was a level of uncomfortable. among different communities of the do good only are there was a some sort of lighting between some of the national groups and oddly should not forget the phenomenon of terrorism and violence is not all good news. it was heat from one community. in mind when be able to found an insurgency particularly in the north east of sri lanka. in government that it's already two thousand and nine when they got rid of dark insurgency and then they they all took. this from side

bombing not that is this something again has happened now after nine nine nine years but at this particular point point of time there are dynamics to be used to do that situation there are other factors like because daschle has been operating everywhere in the board well i think the message is quite clear to the community which make up around seven percent of the struggle in confabulation. the messages to terrify them to give them obvious from places and also the messages to the foreigners who have been doing this for the lanka i think it is going to come down hard on this linking economy it is going to be negatively disturbed when it comes to. the situation in the past changing. and the king of bahrain has reinstated this is in ship of more than five hundred people follows a wave of condemnation from international human rights groups almost one thousand

nationals have had vests and shit provoked since an uprising in the country back in twenty eleven many opposition figures were imprisoned at the time or fled abroad. breaks down the situation in the country. this really is evolution look here if someone's being a nuisance like activists or the opposition a normal dictator would get rid of them but it's messy and everyone complains in bahrain they've come up with a novel way of getting around that it's simple and genius to citizenship no voice the u.n. high commissioner for human rights is deeply concerned that one hundred thirty nine people in bahrain were convicted of terrorism after a mass trial which reportedly did not meet with international fair trial standards one hundred thirty eight of these people so all but one had their nationalities

revoked standards mandates it works since two thousand and twelve according to the americans for democracy and human rights and bahrain authorities have revoked the citizenship of nine hundred and nine hundred third of them just last year among them though who the undesirables the human rights defenders the political activists journalists and so on everyone who can't seem to shut up this verdict demonstrates no through sales of weaponized the rb drew the case of citizenship to punish normal average bahrainis. and guess what happens if you complain about it yeah he loses us citizenship or get jailed or exiled this is win win for the king anyway. so much for everyone outs. they need the

glamour of the formula one there is a farmer sinister side to brain revealing the country is a deeply repressive state where anyone critical of the government can be jailed merely for posting a tweet yass but the king is also merciful he takes with one hand but gives with the other his highness has issued orders to reinstate the citizenships of more than five hundred people citizenships so if you were sentenced to life in jail you still work and die in prison but as a citizen how much more mercy do you want understand also this is been a stressful time for the king he and his family really didn't like the arab spring all that commotion and protesting and cools for democracy in common is they really didn't like it. violent clampdown.

bahrain was different from the other arab countries oh sure they bashed protests the heads of like every word out the difference is no one really cooled for the king to step down france and friends didn't bomb it like they did libya the u.s. didn't fund rebels in the islamists like they did in syria europeans didn't call for regime change like they did in egypt you know why because bahrain is a friend whom to the largest u.s. and u.k. naval bases in the region holding the pre stages title of major non nato ally. these gulf partnerships are critical to achieving shared regional objectives defeating isis countering radical islamic terrorism protecting global energy

supplies and rolling back iranian aggression with friends like these who needs human rights bahrain can get away with murder and the west will turn a blind eye and i mean a blind eye they know full well what the king is up to what his henchmen commit what suffering they heap on the people human rights issues included allegations of torture arbitrary detention political prisoners arbitrary or removal interference with privacy restrictions on freedom of expression the press and the internet substantial interference with the rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of association remarkable well bomb syria over mere ruelas tweets sanction iran just out the habit at this point threaten then exile or interfere meddle in its politics trample its sovereignty because well because but bahrain with its torture abuses classical courts are making drunk on

power. that is where they draw the line apparently that's just going too far in our strategic approach it is important to acknowledge with a degree of humility that there are some things that are beyond change the authorities in bahrain claim the country's security has faced an intense threat and all actions have been aimed it achieving stability interior minister blames terrorist coordinated with iran iraq and hezbollah group in lebanon for undermining peace in the region we spoke to former m.p. through came under government pressure himself he believes the arrays won't receive a great amount of international help to restore the human rights. i was part of the first group where their citizenship very well to end segments of november

two thousand and twelve and they start with our group and that was. an order from an assessment curio no evidence or no claims is being given to us political and economic or rice you will lose it and you don't have any access to the health care nor do they do cation i describe it like add a social death unfortunately there are those standards and the foreign policy or many western countries mainly u.k. united states it has so much of it pratik the police see when they did well the allies when the international community especially want rights internationally did indicating in all the reports that i was i was the type of the you more as well if she was in bahrain particularly but meanwhile it's being backed otellini by these international allies the united kingdom iraq the states and not only that even they

are supporting them internationally and they mention in many of their speeches that bombing is going on right track why they are proud to have such allies so we see there's no logic behind it that's still to come peta savvy and honest seeking justice for the victims of the agent orange have the psyches during the vietnam war by saying it's pretty monsanto company but have a look at that in detail to stuff the brain. trump said many times that you know we got there are let's say advantages you know with the embassy to jerusalem the recognition of jerusalem as our capital. he said that there would be some painful things. either so this is why i think the palestinians should come with open. minds. to the negotiations.

the housing crisis was the result of securitizing mortgages that were resold to dozens of times like goldman sachs was betting as are all clients and they were engaged in massive fraud again bailed out by timothy geithner it is friends and now they go of that controlled demolition of the housing market is that all housing is concentrated in a few as like blackstone as a gift from their friends of the central banks and the result is medieval of. fear is demanding justice from the agro chemical giant monsanto after

a series of u.s. court rulings awarded millions of dollars in damages to the american victims of herbicides dioxin a highly toxic element of the so called agent orange besides shoes widely against vietnam during the war it has been linked to the facts counts is another major health problems. well in an open last of the vietnam association of victims of agent orange asked a u.s. court to reopen

a previously dismissed lawsuit against monsanto the association believes the recent us court rulings have set a precedent on santa itself which is now a part of the pharmaceutical giant by admits responsibility for creating agent orange but not for the damage associated with it but in one thousand nine hundred four a class action case was settled out of court and over ten years a total of one hundred ninety seven million dollars in cash payments were distributed to vietnam veterans who suffered from agent orange investigative reporter dave lindorff leaves for courts to rule in favor of american soldiers but not for actual victims in vietnam smacks of double standards. the u.s. what for i think over a decade. vietnam veterans who were getting the same kinds of illnesses that the vietnamese people are getting because they handled it and because it was sprayed on them and finally they won and the government now accepts

that fourteen diseases. auto immune and cancers are presumptively caused by exposure to agent orange so you know for the u.s. to do that for its own soldiers and then not do it for the people who were actually the targets of this mess to spring of to fully and this is is simply the most incredibly double standard behavior. and there's a lot more vietnamese who are suffering from agent orange than there are american veterans. is being claimed that american intelligence reports have warned britain the telecom giant has been funded directly by chinese spy and security agencies the revelations come in the wake of possible cooperation between the u.k. and over a new mobile network with more details his success. just when it looked like the u.s. china relations were being somewhat patched up the cia house fired out of strong us

accusations so forewarning but the chinese telecom giant while we has the potential to eavesdrop globally after claims it's received funding from a branch of the chinese at teligent network it all comes as while we could be said to play an instrumental role in setting up a five g. network infrastructure these allegations may not be a public bombshell washington has said it all before while we spying for beijing stealing american companies secrets and it's not getting the message to all pulled sanctions on iran either the us is still pushing to extradite while he's that future woman. dictating canada back in december at the request of the united states for making deals contrary to the sanctions this has all too familiar ring to it currently there is no evidence and while the cia drags its heels over claims of chinese intel funding huawei is the nine everything. does not come into unsubstantiated allegations that evidence from anonymous last december china

accused the u.s. of quote throwing stones in glass houses after weak links revealed a list of spy equipment u.s. embassies had purchased ruled wife for cia n.s.a. operations it included spy ties pretty much the whole soup shirt buttons and even night vision and g.p.s. gear despite this battle against wall with a telecom from currently holds less than one percent of the u.s. market in comparison with all that has about eighty five percent of the chinese tablet market in twenty six percent of the whole mobile market share in china some big numbers considering their repeated concerns over only alleged cyber security flaws apple's cloud allows the authorities to requests from u.s. companies whether that's cool or abroad or let's take for example another u.s. tech company h.p. the company produces various hardware including laptops and it stands among the all hundred u.s. government contractors and it sells its progress. two governments worldwide so with

the cia stressing its fears of the so-called five eyes alliance the u.k. australia new zealand and canada hell culpable will these countries be if washington is each dropping. for this hour back with more as usual and thirty five mins. 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 sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective and i'm used to surprising. when not if you think. i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you just think i was going to

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