i miss you in wave and say by day as you're walking out of this is just it doesn't get easier. to. russian national maria boynton is sentenced to eighteen months in prison for a us federal court for failing to register as a foreign agent it's very dangerous because if other countries adopt the same. you're going to get a tit for tat situation with countries grabbing civilians of other countries as leverage or for reasons of three journalists are to be avoided in front of french intelligence officials for questioning over their publication of sensitive information about funds as arms sales to saudi arabia. a

project of truly. britain and germany hailing china's balance in the road trading network initiative that sas the countries take part in a major economic forum on beijing's plans. going to live from the russian capital this is our national welcome to the program . a u.s. court has sentenced a russian national media blitz in the two eighteen months in prison after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent her lawyer robert driscoll's spoke to the media after the sentencing. we've got an odd situation where maria could not have been prosecuted under civil farrah which is the one that everyone knows about through metaphor in other cases because she had no knowledge of the statute in order to be criminally prosecuted or fair you need

to have a willful violation so because of her lack of knowledge she ended up in charge of the more serious crime the foreign agent statute i think is an area that's ripe for reform but 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 i think anyone who thinks that someone who wasn't russian would be in this situation is one so 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're washed in their rural house in a siberian village i love them dearly but at home 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 to 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 russia's foreign ministry has condemned to marry a blitz in this treatment it's alleged as she's the victim of america's internal politics the russian embassy in washington has also issued a scant thing response to the news. more of a political prisoner a victim of a repressive feels justice norms and provocation must some wanted by the u.s.

postal service as we insist on our computer of innocence we demand immediate release i spoke to larry abramson as a lawyer about the case and the president's he believes it's me sense. i think it's impossible to separate from from the politics i think that there is a an underlying crime that he pled guilty to which you can make out under u.s. law but i think the notion that this would have been investigated or in the rest would have been made for a typical foreign national who wasn't russian and wasn't in the car environment where in the u.s. i think that it's almost impossible to to believe that southern politics has a lot to do with the atmosphere of the case and it's one of those things where if the elements of the crime are there they were selectively enforced in this instance

i think it's hard to argue. the charges unregistered agent it's not foreign it's not secret agent it's not an intelligence agent it literally is just doing something for someone else as being their agent not of maria maria's activities in the u.s. were illegal in and of themselves so there's no classified information there's no politically sensitive kind of information given she was not paid by by the russian federation she's out of her shoes supported by americans while she was here financially but she got caught up in this and she rushes hysteria. i would fear that other countries will start applying the same standards and saying that any american who went abroad to another country and it was involved in civil society organizations and social and met people and networks that's really all we're talking about doing are talking about anything more serious than that and

reported back on those activities some in the u.s. so i think it's very dangerous because if other countries adopt the same as you're going to get a tit for tat situation with countries grabbing civilians of other countries as leverage or for other reasons and i think it's a bad idea. three french journalists are to be grilled by the country's intelligence services over what's been described as a breach of national defense secrecy that's after they published sensitive data about weapons being used in the war in yemen. and ski has more. they appeared to have exposed a government line but now it's 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 a feeling of 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 un as the world's worst humanitarian disaster. you're. the way 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 france's military agency the d r i'm real to these journalists it shows forty eight french sees a terrorist guns were being used along the sound the yemen that tanks and fighters sold to the u.a.e. . in action and it's miss our 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 this 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 seen 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 it 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 challenged even ski ulti paris. political journalist and elizabeth day gave us her

side sunday league and why such concern for the french government. i don't think there's any kind of secret that french weapons are being used in yemen and you could very well argue the government has been saying this a briefing about this that since the civil war in yemen was started by rebels against a legally installed government with the support of a foreign power or you're wrong this is indeed in defense of the state it's a member of the us it's the position of a number of people from america britain saudi arabia etc 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 so the french government feels that this has harmed it's not helping earned it's their position that's what they are defending. the u.k.

and germany have praised china's plan for a massive global trading at work known as the ballot and wrote initiative a forum for which is currently underway in beijing there are leaders from your asian countries and further afield have gathered to share their views on how to develop economic co-operation reporting from beijing here is. what i have to say it is more than just a forum more than just a place for people to meet to talk and sign documents no it is a statement by beijing and those countries and representatives of 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 the voter mode initiative has tremendous potential to spread prosperity

and sustainable development 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 of 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 of 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 over this belton road initiative as for the russian 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 potentiating ping they shared their thoughts on why they think the belton road initiative is so important . we work together to promote the high quality development of one belt and one route we are told the principle of extensive consultation joint contribution and shared benefits and advocate multilateralism there is no will but that it's

important to create an effective onset of the risks of global economic political and techno. logical space fragmentation and on 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 of 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.

i use county chief prosecutors has taken revolutionary measures to move away from what he calls criminalizing poverty dallas county district attorney john cruz saw says that he they will no longer prosecute south to for sensual items for less than seven hundred and fifty dollars so long as the thefts are not for economic gain criminalizing poverty is counterproductive for communities health and safety for that reason this office will not prosecute have to personal items less than seven hundred fifty dollars and less evidence shows that the alleged theft was for economic gain essential items are defined as goods like crude diapers and baby formula although how exactly to define whether the theft is for economic gain remains unclear most low level marry juana offenses so will also no longer be prosecuted but my share of the establishment including the local police association

mayor and governor of texas are horrified with calls for crucell to step down. those county district attorney stocks crime by refusing to prosecute theft of personal items worth less than seven hundred fifty dollars if someone is hungry they can just steal some food if cold steal a coat where does it end its wealth redistribution by fifty and we discussed this initiative with political activist anthony rocher stright and conservative blogger anthony bryan logan. well i understand it's trying to have some reform and a justice system but it's been a little bit too far i mean talking about not prosecuting seth i mean clearly if if anything below like what i thousand dollars seven hundred dollars is a little bit too far because audrey doing a damn point is making cry and some areas of dallas texas which has a lot of crime problems making the crime worse because you can imagine out there to

say say if you're still a lesbian if in a certain items it's good you won't go to jail vest that how you go about fixing the justice issue by totally ignoring these crimes i definitely understand those concerns are there with me myself i certainly wouldn't put them in prison or jail maybe give them community service but the over arching ishi is that there is a process of criminalizing operating in this country and once that happens people are stuck in a circumstance a penny or so even after you serve your time and can't get a job after you get out what are those people supposed to do we have a president right now who continues to cut programs meant to help these people so that they can paper is one point five trillion dollars deficit induced tax cuts for wealthy people say so many programs out there and he's low income areas especially in these big cities all kind of resources you have people live in poverty and a lot of times they have easier access to certain things people who don't live in poverty do because of all the things and here to help them there's no excuse to

just go into a store and studio and a.b.n. man first of all what we've already seen with trump budget cuts to education by seventeen million dollars cuts to snap as well went to get the paper this one five trillion dollars one point five trillion dollars deficit these stores do have insurance so it's not like they're going to go out of business to bring up if they're not going to and it's if they can't sell anymore if it can't get a case on him why does it keep getting stolen from every day if they will go out of business why was he being a place where you're not making any money the insurance won't cover you if you continuously stay in a place you keep getting robbed every day that it is interesting that you believe that the insurance. doesn't work for the store is good for some reason you believe that snapping or working for these people it is not lifted them out of poverty has no success it's a particularly right now and it's absolutely shameful that someone who claims to come from these communities doesn't have any other ideas on how to. accept telling them to go to churches which are underfunded and which are under supply that is not

a viable option so the solution is not to do it all down on the policies get huge training don't just say ok if you can't make fry we're not going to sing you to jail you can just do whatever you want to do that will make things worse so don't do it would you know change course. we want to get rid of the nuclear weapons that's the message from donald trump and now wide ranging interview where he also welcomed moscow's out for its two held denuclearize the korean peninsula the u.s. president named two countries that must also scrap their atomic arsenals who want to get rid of the nuclear weapons we will have to get russia has to get rid of them and china has to get rid of and. 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 then moscow

adding he would try to counter russia's confidence 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. this issue is the thing crazing concern after the u.s. and russia suspended participation and the i.m.f. treaty eliminating intermediate range nuclear forces we spoke to arms control x. birthmark group about the current 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 warmth 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 face donald trump is really going to achieve something major enormous

control when in fact it seems as though there isn't much substance since very reminiscent of the kim summits where they met twice and they've handshake to meet 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 i'm 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 there once then we're probably not going to get any deal at all down trump has also pledged to withdraw america's support for a landmark treaty regulating global arms sales the u.s. president's made to the announcement on friday as an annual meeting of the national rifle association. my readers surely she will never ratified the arms

trade treaty and i am officially today that the united states will be revoking. the effect. of america's signature from this badly misguided treatment when taking our signature back the united nations arms trade treaty aims to promote global peace and stability and requires that signatories and sure that the weapons they are exporting do not end up in the wrong hands more than one hundred countries have ratified the deal and the us signed up to it under barack obama but never formally joined the un has responded to the trumpet ministrations decision to drop its support for the deal. the arms trade treaty is the only global instrument aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the international arms trade it is a landmark achievement in the efforts to ensure responsibility in international arms transfers this is particularly important in present times when we witness

growing international tensions and renewed interest in expanding and modernizing arsenals investigative reporter dave lindorff told us that he believes trump took the decision to galvanize his support base the biggest supplier of arms in the world is the us and it isn't just a signatory so the fact that trump is cancelling that signature is a green standing actually to his his what he considers his electoral basis for. the senate never ratified the treaty so it's not in effect the united states doesn't to be the world court it doesn't accept the jurisdiction of the world court it doesn't feel obliged to follow the geneva convention relating to war and genocide so tearing up the is this presidential signature which obama put on it really doesn't have any significant change in the u.s.

position. the first adverse summit between vladimir putin and kim john own and concluded to stuck on thursday and what's described as a productive meeting but the north korean leader decided to stay on in russia for and the other day our correspondent when he is in austin i try to find out how his spent it. after the historic first ever a get together between putin and key was over the strangest thing happened the north korean leader decided to stay a little bit longer here in this russian far east import of ledge of us talk why no one can say it's a beautiful friendly city maybe he might feel at home here especially given that he's home is not far from here just one hundred thirty kilometers away this is russia's shortest international border just seventeen kilometers there are several stops and teams off to puting program here and pledge of us stuff including visiting these historic submarine known as as fifty six world war two veteran

famous for fighting successfully not safely back in nineteen thirty nine forty five with laying flowers to world war two memorial not far from this submarine to commemorate those who died in that what a conflict was number one stall but the last minute the north korean leader has sold it with no explanation. two hours later all of a sudden again with no explanation keane decided to go back to his initial plan now we're going to the city center and we got lucky to have a seat in he's cortege our car is number nine you can see here there are many cars and actually he brought. big delegation with him. and one member of he's delegation is satan right now in our car. by you know we share the car with him but can we feel me can we talk. ok yes he

doesn't want to be filmed. here we go we have back to the city center to the world war two memorial where we are. i have been waiting for came this morning as go. through special ceremony here. he's walking towards the memorial. yeah you can see him. he's trademarked cat. he took his hat off right now. he. will go and try to talk to you now. i'm going off.

on all of. eventually the program was shortened dramatically and after the flowers we jump back to our cars and we're driving somewhere and we don't know where it could be rest or end or hotel or railway station we're back to our car number nine and we found another member of games delegation here and we're going to try to talk to him again where are we going now to. where you think we go. while this man is full of surprises even the member of he's delegation doesn't know where we go in. wow. we arrived to an authentic russian restaurant outside. team is expected to have dinner here with the governor off region but. we were advised to stay in the car. i know national economy sticky. historic

visit to russia has now gets into its and that we want to talk to you just want a word. how did you find russia one word please we were no way to what one day he's going home and around seven hours when they reach the border with north korea and then they special train will continue its journey on the north korean territory so that's it. you're watching our international well we'll be back with more on you the south the top of the hour. i. i.

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