everything. should national marine boots never sentenced to eighteen months in prison by u.s. federal court for failing to register as a foreign h. . i don't think she's in jail for old because of politics but i think anyone who thinks that someone who wasn't russian would be in this situation is for self. journalists who need sensitive information i'm all in sales in the yemeni war a hold in for questioning my french intelligence. the projects of truly at the combination britain and germany china's belgian road trading that with conditions if that's the countries take part in a major economic forum beijing's plans.

for joining us this evening this is not. something without breaking news story the russian citizenry a bit tonight accused of conspiring against the us and being of russian agent has been sentenced to eighteen months jail by a federal court and his lawyer spoke to the media after sentencing. clearly ripe for reform you've got an odd situation where maria could not have been prosecuted under civil farah which is the one that everyone knows about through metaphor and other cases because she had no knowledge of the statute in order to truly prosecute under fair you need to have a willful violation so because of her lack of knowledge she ended up being charged with a more serious crime the foreign agent statute i think it's an area that's ripe for reform if you take it seriously and literally the government's position in this case and apply to other circumstances you really end up in a in a pretty dangerous situation. not only for foreign nationals here but i think for

americans in abroad doing similar activities i think would not be thrilled with this i don't know if i'd go that far then we have a overall a good process in this country i don't think she's in jail for old because of politics but that anyone who thinks that someone who wasn't russian would be in this situation is one so. do to know so if only half having already spent nine months in detention gillum open experience those who were in the courtroom heard maria buton and give quite an emotional speech prior to her sentence being handed down she talked about how she came to the united states not as an agent or an operative but with purely good intentions and what a nightmare her family has been through this is some of what maria buton a said to the court my parents discovered my arrest on the morning news they washed in their rural house in a savior and i love them dearly but i harmed the morally and financially they're

suffering from all of that i destroyed my own life as well i came to the united states not under any orders but with who and now nothing remains but penitence. now the prosecutors in the d.c. courtroom argued that somehow maria bootless activities with the national rifle association had somehow harmed the political process of the united states significantly they argued that by being an unregistered lobbyist and working behalf on behalf of the russian government inside the national rifle association that she was in severe violation of u.s. law and had somehow harmed the u.s. political system and done a great deal of damage now the judge did then hand down a sentence of eighteen months in federal prison now nine months of that will be time served that will be the time that she's been held since she was initially arrested so only nine months remaining in federal prison and then after that time she will be deported from the united states back to russia now what's interesting

is that maria bhutto was swept up in the aftermath of the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential elections in which talk of russian agents and russian meddling and russian subversion seemed to be quite widespread there was quite an atmosphere of fear and in that atmosphere she was swept up and it appears that now after months of being detained after quite a bit of time in which it was it was reported that she was held in solitary confinement in rather harsh conditions that she now has nine more months to serve in u.s. federal custody before she will be allowed to return home to her family so people are seeing this is kind of a conclusion to the case as at this point her lawyers are saying they will not appeal this verdict the russian embassy in the united states has already written to the boots and there is a political prisoner demanded their immediate release foreign minister who condemned the arrest pointing out the boots and was a victim of u.s. internal political games and rissa phobia it's national law attorney bruce monks

who question the ruling. i think it's a very unfair and a very harsh sentence for what maria did. the u.s. government has overplayed its hand from the beginning of this case creating the impression that she was a spy she was nothing of the sort they even allege that she traded sex for her secrets which they had to retract. it's hard to see that the solution by the department of justice other than an attempt to retaliate against her for exposing that at least some of the allegations about her work for us as she did violate the statute because she had connections with the russian government official but that's not the type of violation that should have resulted in a total of a year and a half in prison. french journalists are being grilled by an intelligence service

is a very breach of national defense secrecy after leaking sensitive data about weapons used in the war in yemen which other do pinsky has details. they appeared to have exposed a government line but now three journalists all the ones being investigated they've been summoned to appear before the french general directorate of internal security or the d.g.a. s.l.i. after appealing a confidential note from the country's intelligence services it showed the french government knew weapons that sold to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were being used in the conflict in yemen a fact the government has repeatedly denied a war that's left thousands died and pushed millions to war to the brink of starvation it's been described by the u.n. as the world's worst humanitarian to sell stuff. you're.

getting. this investigation by the d.g.'s only has provoked theory with journalists from thirty seven french outlets signing a letter defending their colleagues this document the publication of which in no way jeopardizes the safety of french agents on the ground was revealed because of its obvious interest to the public they have done only their job to bring the citizens attention information of public interest on the consequences of french arms sales at the center of all that this storm is a classified by francis military agency the d r m. revealed by these journalists it showed forty eight french caesar guns were being used along the

sound the game in order that tanks and fighters sold to the u.a.e. in action and its misao guiding technology may have been deployed as well it reveals french ships are serving in the blockade of the yemeni ports directly leading to diet food and medical shortages in additional battalion of sees a truck mounted how was that had been deployed the yemeni border on the saudi side to bring the number of cesar's in that area to forty eight as of the twenty fifth of september twenty eighth seem about forty you look tanks are observed in a fixed defensive position and advance positions in the west of the seventy or so tanks deployed by the u.a.e. as part of the operation the french government has continued to repeat the line that weapons that sold to saudi and u.a.e.

were only being used for defensive purposes but this note was written back in september contradicting those claims the concern now is that this investigation by french authorities is about putting pressure on these journalists to break their professions most. to reveal their sources charlotte even ski ulti paris. journalist and commentator. joins me now a very good evening to you and elizabeth so journalists are being quizzed let's put it politely by the authorities are there any crimes you think they may have committed. in as much as the searchers a a secret documents the secret service the question is you know is this a crime revealing a state secrets on the one hand on the other is there the our product is brought it

with a journalist to reveal something in the public interest and i think that every single case like this and it goes from chelsea manning to to this case through whistleblowers through the ages. you know there's it's he said she said and it depends whose whose whose position you take on this were you i suppose the argument that a lot of the journalists and a member of the public would say well we have a right to know if our government is lying to her because that's where they're trying to deny that they were lying using technicalities but how will the sex play that it knew its weapons were being used in yemen. i don't think there's any kind of secret that french weapons are being used in yemen and you could very well argue and the government has been saying this and preaching about this now since the the civil war in yemen was started by rebels against illegally installed government with the support of a foreign power in iran this is indeed in defense of

a state that's a member of the u.s. it's the position of a number of people from america britain saudi arabia etc i do know i'm i'm not in their heads but certainly that's very that's arguable the fact that there were french weapons being sold to a man is not a secret either it's well known it's documented has never been said to be a state secret i think what's different in this specific instance is the detailed. nature of the report which is fascinating reading but it also ate meat makes it easier to place possible french agents on the ground all if you want to look at consequences more long term and if you remember the. bombing against the french embassy and cheer up possible future acts against french citizens and french and us is another places but. all of which they did or the kind of terrorist agents so the french government feels that this has harmed for arts it's not helping and it's

their position that's what they're that's how they're defending themselves if they were convicted of anything any kind of offensive thing with say a very strong stance from from the country's major understand thirty seven media outlets already backed these journalists well they're not media they are the society of journalists these sort of the local unions of the journalist and that's almost a given considering that in all sorts of cases where it's a lot more than not revealing your sources is is something that you know it opens it creates a precedent for really dangerous practices and you do not want the government to have cause for a precedent so there's a. a good start but the newspapers themselves the media themselves have not. given that criticism it's unofficial it's widespread among the societies of journalists but it's not official criticism how would you assess the state of press freedom of investment investigative journalism in france all things considered. well all

together we're not doing so badly there are countries that i would say that we are probably in the first ten percent of countries where you can do investigative journalism without you to suddenly be found dead in your potman for instance that something that doesn't happen in france. ok many thanks political journalist and commentator and elisabeth move take thank you. the u.k. and germany have praised china's plan for a massive global trading network known as the belt of road initiative a forum for which is currently underway in beijing the leaders from your asian countries and further afield of gathered to share their views on how to develop economic cooperation reporting from beijing his he has done. well i have to say it is more than just a forum more than just a place for people to meet to walk and sign documents no it is a statement by beijing and those countries and group presented to absorb international bodies and leaders who have come here today who have come to beijing

it is a statement that this is a new way to boost global prosperity and also it is far from being just a regional event for instance the boat and road initiative and this forum have been the cautiously praised by the european union have a listen to both the mode initiative has tremendous potential to spread prosperity and sustainable development to achieve as it does potentially seventy percent of the world's population a project of truly epic ambition the u.k. is committed to helping to realize the potential of the belgian road and to doing so in a way which works for all of those whose lives are touched by the project in the big used seats we have agreed that we don't want to sign any by a literal memorandums but together make necessary arrangements between the greater european economic area and the economic area of greater china we will take this promise seriously this tone goes into a bit of a contrast with what the united states have been saying in fact washington has been one of the most stark opponents to the whole belt and road initiative because they

see it as a threat to their dominance and here's why because thing is this forum is merely a tiny part of a much larger scheme a much grander vision beijing outlined its concept for the first time in twenty thirteen and since then it's been all about well investing into global infrastructure into building new major trade routes somewhat inspired by the you once prosperous silk road in fact he's a map showing you two key projects two key trade highways if i may say so that are being developed within the framework of of this belt and road initiative as for the rushed. in leader vladimir putin he's of course here in beijing and when it comes to relations between moscow and china the two haven't really pulled any complements i should say when it comes to that and also both lattimer. they shared their thoughts on why they think the belton road initiative is so important. we work

together to promote the high quality or to quell of months of one belt and one route we are told the principle of extensive consultation joint contribution and shared benefits and after create multilateralism there is no will but that it's important to create an effective on search for the risks of global economic political and technological space fragmentation and onset to the rise of protectionism the most dangerous form of which is the illegitimate one sided measures taken without any account from the un or even worse trade was well when it comes to action besides her russia and china have already agreed to conduct joint military drills sometime in the near future the also announced the establishment of a new fund of a new investment fund and it is now it is said to gain of the net capital totally worth around one billion dollars and its key purpose is to streamline the process

of investments of russia and china investments into projects within the framework of the bridge of the belt and road initiative and somewhat beyond that as well so i guess it is fair to say that russia for now has asia and its spotlight. we want to get rid of the nuclear weapons that's the message from donald trump in a wide ranging interview where he also welcomed moscow's efforts to denuclearize the korean peninsula the us press the name two countries the must also scrap the written mccaskill's. who want to get rid of the nuclear weapons we all have to get russia has to get rid of them and china has to get rid of it. tom's call comes just a day after the opposite message from the pentagon's top policy official deputy undersecretary david trachtenberg said u.s. nuclear forces will be ramped up as they play catch up to beijing and moscow adding that he would try to counter russia's competence we're trying to take some modest steps in order to lower russia's sense of confidence that what they are doing gives

them some kind of exploitable advantage that could lead to a miscalculation on their part that we absolutely do not want to see. the issues of increasing concern after the u.s. and russia suspended participation in the un if treaty eliminating intermediate range nuclear forces you spoke to mark who pollute professor in the pasteboard defense curriculum at the university of north carolina he says that we should be concerned by the military rhetoric. we are seeing a new arms race or resurgence of the arms race that it's been developing over several years and it's got a lot of people alarmed hopefully including the president but when i hear him making these statements i think we're in danger of falling into two traps one is to put too much faith donald trump is really going to achieve something major in arms control when in fact it seems as though there isn't much substance it's very

reminiscent of the kim summits where they met twice and they've made grin but they haven't agreed on anything substantial. and the second is the all or nothing trap this notion that we have to have one big deal that's going to solve all our problems so it's i think a good thing if everybody gets together and. and ambitious agenda of talks and look at all these issues but if we say that we have to have one big deal and solve all our problems at once then we're probably not going to get any deal at all. julian assange is right to privacy may have been violated or he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london representative is now investigating whether that's the case. supported because it was a very special set of circumstances were a person who was not formally. subjected to separate. us now assessing

whether acquittals decision to place the wiki leaks co-founder under strict surveillance violated the universal declaration of human rights was arrested earlier in the month when he was dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy where he'd been claiming a son promised seven years may now face a tradition to the states to charge their conspiracy to hack a government computer. science gained international attention through his wiki leaks project which publishes leaked documents that incriminate governments around the world is organizations behind some of the biggest disclosures of classified information ever. look. how much i.

look to. the to lead. you to. lead. the ul wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service talks like a hostile takeover. earlier interviewed a friend richard in the song swedish gymnast. who is sure that the rights of the wiki leaks from violated numerous times. who quite clearly you was just under is

only violating the law daily since that goes basically without sin percy is currently detained for no other reason than being a journalist and they and this is think is probably one of the most important developments that has happened recently and that is our roughly nine years of returns where discussions and have been concerning it really julian. italy and least resistance towards just now with. the reason. the charges as far as you know we don't have any substantial evidence only for it to start with and the second issue is that. even the way the only describe it as a classical. relationship between a journalist and a source where according to the arguments of the court as far as i understand it at

least. his orders to provide him with material if that is illegal and seriously journalism is as such you know. this week the race for the u.s. presidency in twenty twenty stepped up again after the former vice president joe biden threw his hat into the ring democrats are hopeful they can pick candidates to topple trump but the need plenty of support and to get that they're considering extending voting rights to prison it's people in jail can vote now here is my view but i think the right so folks it's inherent to our democracy yes even for terrible people but people who are in convicted in prison like the boston marathon bomber they should be able to vote i think we should have that conversation. it's not just prison it's democrats want to get into the polling booths andrew young one of twenty democratic presidential candidates has also suggested lowering the voting

age to sixteen republicans in particular of come out against the move saying it would give democrats an unfair advantage many say it's the economy that will determine the outcome of the elections which could potentially be the key to a trump picture and recent c.n.n. poll shows more than seventy percent of americans are positive about the economy a record number since two thousand and one in particular more than half are pleased with trump's handling of the economy and now it's an analyst's predict a healthy economy coupled with low unemployment and rising wages might lead to a second term for trump political expert and author jean allowed to think that the democrats have lost touch with the average voter. most americans think once you kill people and you take away their right to be alive your rights are pretty much negated at least until you've served out your term in prison and in in some cases even as you know in the united states we are going to the death penalty regarding murder because we believe you relinquish your rights when you take another life

they realize now that the basic americans out here that people are the recall and joe sixpack in america the guy this just working his job trying to provide first family he's not going to vote democratic or because the democrats have gone so far regressive left that they've lost their rank and file old school democrats that used to vote for them and in fact not only have they lost i'm president trump has removed them then and has become the president really of the average american so the democrats realize they have to go someplace else they're quite desperate and they're willing to let criminals and children vote. squee may be happy with the saying god bless all who sail in her but it seems the maritime museum in scotland isn't bigger referring to ships as it's to appear more gender neutral the move comes after it was found people have been scratching off references to boats is she from information science or the museum's director says

the vandalism wasn't the reason for the swap but instead to recognize changes in society despite this the british marine industries federation says their organization will continue the centuries long tradition. or so to both. dates back to least the fourteenth century so mr lawrence believes so. from an inner city with motherhood protection but the struggle to keep up with modern times is sparking heated debate in society we took to the holy city of portsmouth for reaction. i disagree tre i think nation day is it all to do with history and things like that i think that's quite important to keep our history so i think. i think that so beautiful feigns and therefore they ought to be fairly. slowly. changing the major cities change for the sake of change i mean if it's historically the bridge. for ships and for it don't see any particular need to train you

personally. because we have a queen and if we had a king then the ship would be what do you think was. going to be angry. with a former submarine captain ron ramsey who believes that generations of sailors will be angered by such making. sure it is a safe haven for many scientists and actually see that. capability because. it's not so much whether it's. a man or woman but actually some of the ships named. after everything but especially when the ship. for the. speciation for a long long. history and tradition it's. also within the military. or the u.k. is no closer to heading out of the easy exit door it seems one french diplomat is still looking to the future he's predicting the country will be left out in the

cold when it leaves you and that's not gone down well in westminster. you gay has vanished every time the british military is meeting with the american military the americans are talking about the french. polynesia until there's a french president's bust in the oval office we will not take any lessons in having good relations with washington. the white house still in lafayette square is new it's not sure if you know these jeremy but i hear there is a big old phrase that you know nothing new york they. can

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