top stories this hour a former u.s. government security is facing up to fifteen years in prison after being charged of leaking classified documents. to the press. also ahead human rights activists attempt to blow france's arms shipment to saudi arabia as concerns grow them the weapons are being used against civil unions. why do we continue to school countries that exhibit disrespect for international

behavior why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with saying these weapons are made to kill. north korea's latest missile test it's second within a week raises questions in washington. is interested in solving the crisis. one minute past seven pm here in moscow this friday evening wherever you're chiming in from right around the globe hello and welcome i mean and o'neill this always top story a former u.s. national security analyst has been charged with giving classified documents on u.s. warfare tactics to a journalist he's facing up to fifty years in prison for his alleged role in the revelation for more on this we can cross live. in new

york as far as i'm aware the case centers on the highly controversial drone warfare program what are we learning what do we know. well at this point we understand that thirty one year old daniel hale a former intelligence official for the national security agency has been arrested in nashville tennessee he is now facing charges that could land him up to fifty years in prison now according to the indictment essentially they're alleging that that he handed over information to a reporter this was information regarding the u.s. drone strike program and that this reporter then published it in their book and that this information is classified u.s. government information was made available to this reporter who then made it public now it is not clear in the indictment no reporter is named to the name is left out many observers seem to believe that apparently the record does match that of the

intercept of the newspaper of the intercept of the online publication and jeremy scahill and that the book in reference is the drone papers which is a book that jeremy scahill published now the out that has neither confirmed nor denied that that is the case and that this is their source let's review some of what has been revealed about the case. the intercept does not come in all matters relating to the identity of anonymous sources these documents detail to secrets on the council process for targeting and killing people around the world including u.s. citizens through drone strikes they all revised to limp since the alleged faces up to fifty years in prison no one has ever been held accountable for killing civilians in drone strikes. now the information that was revealed referred to the us drone strike program and which strikes were carried out in yemen somalia and afghanistan now the document reveals that during the fourteen year high of the

drone program there was apparently incalculable civilian deaths and that there was a preference for assassination rather than capture and furthermore it was revealed that the u.s. officials have very little ability to extract the needed information from terrorist suspects now there is a long history with the u.s. drone strike program in the civilian death tolls and revelations about individuals who have been killed and the attacking civilians and civilian deaths as a result of the program now this arrest of mr daniel hale comes amid a kind of crackdown on whistleblowers in the united states at this point chelsea manning who was serving a sentence in military prison before being pardoned for having the sentence commuted by u.s. president barack obama chelsea manning is once again in federal custody possibly remaining there as she refuses to testify against julian assange there have also

been other cases himself the co-founder of wiki leaks and he is now facing the possibility of being extradited to the united states so many people are observing this situation waiting to see what happens next but it appears that any tolerance that once existed for whistleblowers in the united states has ended mr daniel hale is now facing up to fifty years in prison you know through all the votes are. in new york. moving goal no human rights activists been attempting to prevent friends from sending any more arms to saudi arabia. lawsuits arguing that the transfers violate the u.n. arms trade treaty basically there's clear evidence the sobeys of the new. french weapons against civilians in yemen they claim the. ministration complicity in.

riyadh denies ever intentionally targeting the. protesters gathered in normandy. to voice their opposition after the government announced shipments. we are protesting against the arrival of a saudi ship that is coming to collect a delivery of the port of. there is no doubt that france sells weapons used to kill in yemen and used by coalition led by saudi arabia i have no problems with saying that these weapons are made to kill. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel the war the question should be put to the president of the republic and why is it the only he can make such a decision he alone can commit france to war he alone can so weapons to countries and every journalist an ngo in there used on civilians or speaking about the ship it does seem that it never actually docked in france according to trucking data so

it's not clear why that is nor where the ship is heading we do know that pressure has been increasing on the french government since a group of investigative journalists published a sense of the military intelligence report last month it's a devastating effects that french. correspondent. it's a wall that's left thousands dead and pushed some ten million people to the brink of starvation now it looks like more french weapons could be about to deepen the humanitarian disaster that is yemen wednesday it was confirmed there would be a minute shipment of weapons to saudi arabia which is led coalition bombing in parts of yemen for more than four years. the arms delivery according to a commercial agreement which was made a few years ago an emergency procedure has already been filed to try and stop the sale of french oems to riyadh and its coalition partner the united arab emirates it

was made by human rights organization of the evidence emerged showing french weapons were being used on the front line and possibly use in war crimes in yemen we called for the suspension of arms transfers to the countries of the coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates responsible for war crimes and even crimes against humanity in yemen the sense of urgency is driven by the worsening humanitarian situation in yemen a report by the united nations development program estimates the number of deaths at more than two hundred thirty thousand by the end of twenty nine thousand including more than one hundred forty thousand children under five if the conflict continues to intensify despite a classified and do your m a military note with feeling french weapons are being used along the saudi yemen border and that friendships are serving in the book a good bit many ports exacerbating the suffering paris continues to deny its role

look the government has never deny day existence of french weapons in yemen and the finance minister florence pearlie said it and i'll say it again today there is no proof that these weapons are being used against civilian populations so enraged was some french m.p.'s by that dinoire they walked out of the assembly session. oh it's the world's third biggest armaments exporter has so far resisted calls to halt weapons sales to riyadh it could also mean that france is in breach of the arms trade treaty that it signed the treaty aims to regulate the sale of conventional weapons to prevent them from being sold in the member states is aware of they used to target civilian populations given that the government has been warned how french weapons are allegedly being used in yemen some might claim it's turning a blind eye to the suffering while filling its pockets with saudi catch challenged

even ski party paris we've been getting reaction on this within the country including from america more wiil he told us he believes that the arms transfers reflect not at all well on the mccrone government. the factor that paris supports a politically do certain regime is already shocking you have to know that french is an older state. the french public opinion is not so really aware of what is happening in africa with the new korinos and the french is a waging a war to cage france abounds the endless stream of weapons of mission and software that would be kinda miss constance lee acquiring and what's what is new is that these arms delivery comes in full controversy on tuesday are all a left wing lawmakers expects it's a poly mention protest and that's that's pretty new and. yet another story i want

to bring attention to today the rocky relations between the u.s. and north korea are taking another dive president trump has hit out at pyongyang the latest missile tests and casts doubts over its willingness to engage diplomatically the relationship continues but we'll see what happens i know they want to negotiate they're talking about negotiating but i don't think they're ready to negotiate. genuine peace and security of the country are guaranteed only by a strong physical force capable of defending its sovereignty the recent test on the korean peninsula saw the launch of two missiles they were partly short range ballistic rockets fired from the north west they landed here in the sea of japan. just a few days after north korea took everyone by surprise with a similar test last friday launch broke a moratorium on tests which had lasted more than five hundred days north korea described the drills as regular defensive but there's been plenty of reaction from

its neighbors japan claim pyongyang has violated un resolutions with its actions while china has been calling for peace on the peninsula. we hope that all parties can continue working towards the resolution of the issue through dialogue and making positive efforts to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula. or we heard from dr park wang a senior politics lecturer at a top british university believes the u.s. and north korea have hit a dead end in their bilateral negotiations. this is a new indication of a shift of the north korean government and after one and a half year of silence both parties has realized that each other's bottom nice and despite i'm nine says the no way could be reach a consensus in other words they find it their difference a soul even saw them to bow and then to all my one hand north korea we crass the

united states to stop center naming and west on the other hand you notice they continue and persist to ask north korea to talk or dismantle the nuclear and missile program both sides have to take responsibility but i think now the situation has taught us one thing more crystal glee korea than before is sending a clear message to the world that now the situation has changed. right some big meetings have been confirmed in the past number of hours it's now official the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei will meet the russian president on foreign minister during his upcoming visit to russia ortiz's leave the train told me more. the announcement on the state department's website has it two days two cities a conversation with the russian foreign minister

a conversation with the russian president it is going to be a busy one for my pump aoe in this country and i can tell you that there was a rather long pause in direct contacts between top american and russian officials and this trip probably is a sign that the two sides are realizing that the rizzle lot of catching up to be done in fact they have already begun doing it last week vladimir putin and donald trump war on the phone for about an hour and a half on monday this week the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov had a quick meeting with secretary of state mike from pale in finland but perhaps that was just a rehearsal before a much more serious much more lengthy round of diplomacy and if you watch the news in the last few weeks for you it won't be a problem at all to realize to guess what is probably going to be up for discussion

to ron's decision to stop playing by some of the rules of the so-called iran's nuclear deal venezuela needs to be sorted out ukraine's got a new president and north korea's kim jong un has been to russia to meet a lot of more potent nuclear tests on the korean peninsula and so on as surrogate said in finland on. monday it is time to get busy with real politics. thursday saw russia mark the seventy fourth anniversary of nazi germany surrender on the end of the second world war on the eastern front in the run up to victory day we brought you the story of a ninety four year old only evolve them who joined the resistance straight after leaving school becoming a front line scott her husband died several years ago and she has no remaining relatives so i asked people to send her letters and postcards to mark victory day

we're very happy to say they did in some way take a look. put your feet to. the book and he just threw a bit to the ears of the ever heard the rumor this big hit here dear that we. need to seriously regime you're with the middle east it is the preacher there's interest and these if you believe you believe even. matters grief is for. pushing things here in the earth if it was easy to remember you here people are barely getting by you want. you to keep secret service or that.

we're all right we're with you there. are things. that we. heard that. yeah it was a beautiful response on the. way the u.s. hits china with a must if increase in tara what does that mean we're might lead we take a look it's coming in one thousand. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

a recent report from the u.k.'s foreign office highlights in detail the persecution of christians around the world in the middle east the cradle appreciated the christians face extinction why is it dave politically incorrect people in the west foundational religion. it's a church our economy there's two tutor for the world that unless i just in america if i go into a big bank bank of america citibank wells fargo bank and i say i want to borrow hundred thousand dollars and i want you to charge me is zero percent interest rate on that and then i want the cause of that hundred thousand dollars that your bank and i want you to pay me five percent and i want to therefore. get a tax free ok can i do that now but it back to do that.

welcome back stock markets around the world stuff to washington increase levies worth two hundred billion dollars on chinese goods the announcement came during trade negotiations between the two countries almost trump also stating that the u.s. is preparing to hit all chinese imports with twenty five percent. terrorists will make our country much stronger not weaker just sit back and watch in the meantime china should not renegotiate deals with the us at the last minute this is not the obama administration or the administration of sleepy geo who let china get away with murder. so you see it will retaliate rejected us like you say. in the trade talks with the latest edition of in case you missed the trade tensions . in case you may stay on a historic trade deal between the u.s.

they are trying to get me in trouble. so don't try threaten china with trade tariffs again i must predict disaster because that's what they did there you ever notice how many dissolved as i predicted compared to how many actually take place well it's a lot of the stock market took his cue anyway and dropped quicker than a teenage boy. behaves a little secret they tell you that they make just as much money when they don't market goes down as when it goes up it's been a slow process but every year that paula is trying to squeeze as americans dangly bit that little bit tight the u.s. is like the playground bully that knows this his victim was going through and started lifting weights and just as an historic trade agreement between the world's biggest economies looked imminent decided maybe it won't change it and the old just

keep the lunch money some other way you see the germans were doomed because they're broke that. they broke the. broke. they can't do that so they'll be paying we don't make the deal nothing wrong with take it in over one hundred billion dollars a year. just trying to get a better agreement and so are the chinese one could call it the art of the do you. thinking the u.s. economy a year before he. let it i'm trying now with its one hundred year president. to choose public opinion well maybe just play the long game and stop. right well a very good at the next guy in the white house. probably guy anyone they were making that call me and them and me are liberalism worship the old.

rag. and want cheap hats one can take you to be made in china and you will still be able to buy it in walmart or on amazon using oh. ok the russian president. fishel a tire and domed his ice hockey gear for a gala much in the night hockey league. it was also joined on the ice by the country's defense minister in the presidential and some schools as well sixty six year old has been playing in the league since twenty twelve before faceoff this friday which the russian national team look as the ice man get underway in slovakia for this year's world championships certainly looking good for them as well leading five two against norway in the third period. ok we are crossing to boot in moments but not before check in with our t.v. storm and sports pundit english football is feeling on top of the world right now

or at least europe after causing two major all upsets this week in the champions league dutch giant killers fell to london's top them while liverpool staged the incredible comeback to send barcelona packing so there are or so you're saying when you will be taking us through the tournaments and it is the amazing twists and turns in the touchline. one of them the first that he gets is the biggest one the biggest one of all so one of them will get that the coke we did to be hears and we will have you in his hands i have more of this sad sinking that one of them is going to lose means more

than the else more than anybody else more than the players more than the fans more than the all knows more than everybody else haddix and says sokol after the game they need a neck massage. because they didn't touch the ball in the second elf and they were just. looking at the wall ok let's go against our principles let's organise our philosophy but this is the we have to hurt them i'm surprised. that. they did nothing for all these screwy thieves. and from minute one until minute ninety five they play only with their philosophy and then football is not possible didn't surprise me and field didn't surprise me you will gun didn't surprise me the relation between the team and the crowd the stadium and the players that empathy nothing of that surprised me how. canvasser the be

surprised they were not also the team that sings we are better than them we have better players we are going there we are going to win the game we are going to score a wall and to kill it there were not that two second wall and mentally even physically. collapse the ball boys in a good structure can also play a part i was a ball boy stop the kid knew what he was going to do then are there some that are not you read the situation fantastically well is not these it all looks easy but is not easy and important that the zone was not there the first two rounds of the first post door not there i really don't know what happened this final these goals in favor of the people that sinks their no

player is more important than the team the final little pool against spurs who's got the edge. in. this is a sticker from the water bottle phone in the stomach of a fish the brand is part of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that let's tell consumers there are the bad ones there the litter bugs are trying this way industry shouldn't be blamed for all this waste to company has long promised to reuse the plastic. to cook absolutely. mainly that seems cool sets new classes costly on my end i need to stay clean you don't lose that especially objects from demitasse to close

on i'm your best bet is the end of a footy team but for now the mountains of moist only grow higher. it's a church or economy there's two tutor for worlds that are less that exist in america so if i go into a big bank bank of america citibank was fargo bank and i say i want to borrow hundred thousand dollars and i want you to charge me is zero percent interest rate on that and then i want to posit that on a thousand dollars at your bank and i want you to pay me five percent and i want to therefore collect all that income i get a tax free ok can i do that now but a back can do that. this is a period of sort of the will say well it's just pushed right it. would be you know will the money would be needed it was my job of. losing is it's appeal to

all of the good of the team you know that all you want the solicitor got it would put me on the enemy does that. mean that you all know paul. but well it was pretty good way it was a. covert use there too which could be oh i would only thing. but i. knew i had to leave the room really you're going to you know. sort of my look. kind of story. you know world a big part of a lot of things and you can see yours it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's

time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. this is cafe out around the world and how right now while the business and finance and impact upon it i'm k.c.i. and i'm daniel burke in washington we're glad you're on board straight ahead on today's program the u.s. keep shaping shaking up what gets the world over and we've hit on the impact on the nation's iran sanctions with our chief correspondent boyko who'll be here to break down the reaction from european countries as they try to salvage the international

nuclear deal. plus chinese officials are in the states today talking trade on the eve of more major tariffs but can they strike a deal archies ceremony because they'll get a lens as i am to get to the bottom of the bluster now what is this. technology. joins us from thing apart to break it all down. we have. new u.s. sanctions on iran lead our globe reports it is president trump targets iranian exports the precious metals mr trump signed an executive order to that effect on wednesday and issued a statement boasting that the sanctions imposed on iran's aluminum copper steel and iron would apply to ten percent of iran's export economy the administration also pointed out that precious metals are iran's largest non-petroleum related source of export revenue an assessment supported by expert analysts u.s. national security adviser john bolton has led efforts.