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a former u.s. government security analyst is facing up to fifty years in prison after being charged of leaking classified documents on us tactics to the press. human rights activists attempt to block france's shipment to saudi arabia concerned that the weapons are being used against yemeni civilians. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with these weapons are made to cuba. and north korea's latest a missile test second within
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a week raises questions in washington over pyongyang's interest in solving the crisis on the peninsula. it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're watching all to international live from our headquarters with me welcome to the program a former u.s. national security analyst has been charged with giving classified documents on u.s. tactics to a journalist he's now facing up to fifty years in prison for his alleged role in the revelation his ati's more pretty. well use thirty one years old his main aim is daniel hale and he's a former u.s. intelligence official and member of the national security agency and apparently he is facing up to fifty years in prison for leaking classified government information . was arrested in nashville tennessee now the indictment against him says that he
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revealed information to an unnamed reporter the name of that reporter is not disclosed in the indictment but that he gave that information over to this reporter who then published it in their book and that this material was related to u.s. anti-terrorism activities and warfare strategy now at this point many people are looking over the info in the indictment and seem to believe that it all winds up with information that was given to the intercept which is an online publication and to jeremy scahill now that is not being confirmed at this point the intercept is not confirming that but some people some people are seeming to speculate that that's the case let's review what the intercepts said when asked about whether or not this was their source who was arrested the intercept was not common all matters relating to the identity of anonymous will souse these documents detail to secrets on the council process for targeting and killing people around the world including
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u.s. citizens through drone strikes they all reverted to import since the alleged whistleblower faces up to fifty years in prison no one has ever been held accountable for killing civilians in drone strikes now the information that many people suspect to this matches is information that was revealed by reporter jeremy scahill regarding the u.s. drone strike program in which strikes were carried out in yemen somalia and afghanistan now what was revealed were classified government documents showing a fourteen year high drone strike campaign and how it suffers from a lack of critical information and how there is a high rate of almost uncalculated civilian deaths due to the fact that often there is a preference to kill the victim rather than capture them and furthermore that lack of information is contributing to the rate of civilian deaths because there is an inability on the part of u.s. officials to extract valuable information from the. those apprehended and those in
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custody and those accused of terrorism the military is easily capable of adaption to change but they don't like to stop anything they feel is making their lives easier or is to their benefit but they have become so addicted to this machine to this way of doing business that it seems like it's going to become harder and harder to prove them away from it the longer they're allowed to continue operating in this way now the u.s. drone strike program which has been going on for over fourteen years has some rather ugly history there have been quite a few incidents of civilians being killed let's review some of what's gone on over the course of this program of the u.s. government. as a rest comes in the context of a wider crackdown on whistleblowers as folks may be aware julian assads the
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co-founder of wiki leaks is facing extradition to the united states there are hearings coming up in which it will be determined whether or not he will be sent to the united states to stand trial on computer hacking charges so at the moment it appears that there seems to be a crackdown on those who leaked classified u.s. government information and people are putting the arrest of mr daniel hale into that context. human rights activists have been attempting to prevent france from sending any more to saudi arabia by finding no things going trans violate the u.n. arms trade treaty they say there's clear evidence that scientists have been using french weapons against civilians in yemen they came the sales of that for illegal and render that micron into ministration complicity inside crimes riyadh denies ever intentionally targeting noncombatants items is covered in normandy in new.
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more than france on thursday to voice their opposition after the government announced a new shipment. what this thing called we're protesting against the arrival of a saudi ship that is coming to collect a delivery of arms at the port of africa there is no doubt that france sells weapons used to kill in yemen used by coalition led by saudi arabia i have no problems with saying that these weapons are made to kill but. 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 that only he can make such a decision he alone can commit friends to war he alone can so weapons to countries and every journalist and n.g.o.s share in their used on civilians but it seems the ship never actually docked in france according to tracking data it's not yet clear why that is no where the ship is heading now pressure has been increasing on the french government since a group of investigative journalist published
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a sensitive military intelligence report last month it details the devastating effects that french tanks and artillery have been having in yemen here's our paris correspondent charlotte to betsy. it's a war 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 arms to riyadh and its coalition partners the united arab emirates it was made by human rights organization of the evidence emerged showing french weapons were being used almost. and possibly use in war crimes in yemen we call for
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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 to 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 many ports exacerbating the suffering paris continues to deny its world. 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
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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 in front of the world's third biggest elements exporter has so far resisted calls to hold in sales to riyadh's 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 if the member state is aware of that 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. altie paris. french journalist american mondale told us he believes the arms transfers effect not at all well on the map. on government. the factor that's paris
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supports a politically do sir the troll sure this 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 colonialism the french is waging a war decayed france abounds the endless stream of weapons of mission and software that would be kinda miss constance leo acquiring and what is new is that these arms delivery comes in full control of a suit i'm sure they are all a left wing lawmakers expects its apollo months in protest and that's that's pretty new in. the rocky relations between the u.s. and north korea taking another dive presenter and has hit out at pyongyang as latest missile tests and cast doubt over them willingness to engage diplomatically . the relationship continues but we'll see what happens i know they want to
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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 everything test on the korean peninsula saw the launch of two missiles they were apparently short range ballistic walkers fired from the northwest they landed in the sea of japan the fresh drills come just a few days after north korea took everyone by surprise with a similar test last friday that launch broke a moratorium on tests which had lasted more than five hundred days north korea described the drills as regular and defensive but there's been plenty of reaction from its neighbors japan's claimed pyongyang has violated un resolutions with its actions while china has been calling for peace on the peninsula. to move on with our duty that we hope that all parties can continue working towards the resolution of the issue through dialogue and making positive efforts to achieve the
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denuclearization of the peninsula we had from dr pak no a senior political actor at bharti university in britain who believes the u.s. and north korea have her dad and in their bilateral negotiations. this is a new indication of a shift of the north korean government after one another half year of silence all parties has realized that each other's bottom line and despite a nice easy no way could be reach a consensus in other words they find at the difference a soul to bowl and then on one hand north korea we class that you notice to stop send your name and where on the other hand you noticed this continuum persists to ask north korea to totally dismantle their nuclear program both sides have to take responsibility but i think now the situation has taught us one thing more crystal
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clear than before is sending a clear message to the world out now the situation has changed. some big meetings have been confirmed in the power few hours now official that u.s. secretary of state might pompei or will meet to the russian president and foreign minister during his upcoming visit to russia are to tell us 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 ale in this country and i can tell you that there was a rather long pause in direct contact between top american air. russian officials and this trip probably is a sign that the two sides are realizing that there is a lot of catching up to be done and in fact they have already begun doing it last
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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 sergey 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 . the 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 whom has been to russia to meet. nuclear tests on the korean peninsula and so on as surrogate said in finland
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on monday it is time to get busy with real politics. so markets around the world have plunged off to washington increased levies worth a two hundred billion dollars on chinese goods when it came to. between the two countries donald trump stating that the u.s. is preparing to hit all chinese imports with twenty five percent. terrorists will make a country much stronger not weaker just sit back and watch in the meantime china should not renegotiate deals with the u.s. at the last minute this is not the obama administration will the administration of sleepy china get away with mood today. beijing says it will retaliate and has rejected u.s. accusations back tracked in the trade talks the latest edition of in case you missed it breaks down the trade tensions in case you missed it i'm historic trade
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deal between the usa and china could be in trouble really really. don't threaten china with trade tariffs again i must predict disaster because that's what i'm paid to do 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 its cue anyway and dropped quicker than a teenaged boys. behave a little secret they were tell you they make just as much money when the stock market goes down as when it goes up it's been a slow process and every year that paula is trying to squeeze as america's dangly bit that little bit tight the u.s. is like the playground bully that knows this his victim was going through a growth spurt and started lifting weights and just as an historic trade agreement between the world's biggest economies looked imminent beijing decided maybe it
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won't change it in the world just to keep his lunch money. the way you see the germans were because they're broke that. they broke the. broke. thank you do that so they'll be paying. we don't make the deal enough the room would take it over one hundred billion dollars a year. just trying to get a better agreement and so were the chinese one could call it the art of the day you going to risk sinking the u.s. economy a year before we lose the next day let it i'm trying now with its one hundred year president. bush to choose public opinion look probably just play the long game and start the whole negotiating charade only very get with the next guy in the white house or gal probably guys only one thing remains that communism and liberalism worship the old. pragmatism and
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a lot of cheap tat will continue to be made in china and you will still be able to buy it in walmart or on amazon using oh always. the russian president has swapped his official attire and donned his ice hockey care for a gala match in the saatchi night hockey league blood amir peretz and scored ten goals as his team won fourteen a seven he also joined on the ice by the country's defense minister putin has been playing in the league since twenty twelve and four faceoff this friday which the russian national team not and they got off to a flying start at this year's world championships in that slovakia winning a five two i came to norway. now english football's feeling on top of the world right now or at least europe after causing two major upsets this week in the champions league dutch giant killers i.x.
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fell to london's tottenham hotspur while liverpool stage an incredible comeback to send mighty battle and packing into days on the touchline on r.t. which as a marine your takes us through the tournament and latest amazing twists and turns. one of them the force that he gets is the biggest one the biggest one of all so one of them will go to the go be the two big hears we'll have you. have more of this. sinking that one of them is going to lose means more and. more than anybody else more than the players more than the phones more than the your nose and more than everybody else headaches and says sokol after the game they
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need a neck massage. because they didn't touch the ball in the second alls and they were just. looking at the wall ok let's go against our principles let's go against our philosophy but this is the way we have to hurt them i am surprised. that. they did nothing for all the screw up it is it is and they are from minute one and two minute ninety five they play only with their philosophy and in 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 crew of the stadium and the players that empathy nothing of that surprised me how can boss around 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
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game we are going to score a goal 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 top the kid knew what he was going to do then our legs are not. you read the situation. fantastically well it's not easy ball looks easy but it is not easy and important that the zone was not there the first two guys of the first post door not there i really don't know what happened this fire and all these goes in favor of the people that sings that no player is more important than the team the final little pool against spurs who's caught the hitch.
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reduce democracy attacks. engineer election manufacture consent and other principles according to. one set of rules for the rich. that's what happens when you put her into the. truth will switch is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most into one chill intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. what is it going to coin is magic internet money a new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity chancellor i'm bringing a second bailout for bank that's called the genesis block for reason to coin
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a civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can't control my own financial death any it's just a new way of coming to consensus it's a game changer in the human history and this is columbus discovering a new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat the apollo eleven landing on to the moon that's next and stacy. greetings and sell you take. sometimes your greatest enemy comes in the smallest of forms heart watchers in april a sobering and frightening report was submitted to the united nations inspector
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general report laid out the threat posed to humanity by drug resistant diseases or super bugs as they're commonly called entitled no time to wait report stated that anti microbial resistance is a global crisis that threatens a century of progress and help and that unless the world acts urgently adze microbial resistance will have a disastrous impact within a generation. and when they say within the generation my friends they are not playing around the report estimates that if we as in all of us humankind everybody do not make radical changes and focus on fighting this threat these drug resistant diseases could kill roughly ten million people a year by two thousand and fifty a year that's only thirty thirty one years from now and just like mom jeans in the dynasty reboot what was once old has now come back to haunt us again because it
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seems that what's true in pop culture is true in superbugs as well tuberculosis yes tuberculosis inbox holiday red dead redemption that tuberculosis has now hatched a strain that is drug resistant nicknamed ebola with wings given that tb can spread through the air by the simplest of coffs the permanent effect of person it's estimated that in just the year two thousand and seventeen the drug resistant tb killed roughly two hundred thirty thousand people much like climate change this isn't a threat to our present this is the threat to our present and future that can be ignored while we hyper focus on things like russia gator building the great wall along our southern border these are real threats that we can no longer ignore pretend don't exist or play the blame game over. you see it's it's time to put aside the petty political garbage and strive to be the brilliant that we could be
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when we work together to stop this threat that would start watching the hawks. get the. real thing this would. be like you that i got. with. the watching the i robot and i'm to have a flawless and night last shutdown have to be thankfully good this is real this reporter's business truly is sobering when you look at the numbers and you see how many people are dying from these you know antibiotic resistant you know there's eases and viruses and now tb making
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a comeback like for all those who don't really know tb like they're so that's what they'll kill me and tombstone. it's not like consumption yeah a lot of artistically i'd say when you raise their right characters like oh she's amazing she died of consumption and that's what it is because your lungs are well if you're consumed by it and then you die it's terrible i think one of the big events we've been told for a long time that this like shoving ourselves full of these pits super more powerful and about this is much like painkillers they just become aces kept coming out with stronger and stronger and stronger and stronger antibiotics that's not good no no if you're exactly right it does this comes from our overuse of antibiotics and like everything because everything's antibiotic members are never where you go antibiotics so antibiotic this yes the u.n. report. states that misuse and overuse of existing anti-microbial microbial than humans animals and plants are accelerating the development spread of antimicrobial
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resistance because as we also shoot all our food up with it as well before even gets to our dinner plates these are all those things that create these superbugs another we're talking about we also have your final getting water and all of that like you said to putting in our food and then we're literally taking it and then we need stronger ones to combat whatever it is also i think it's you know it's all a matter of we've all been taking antibiotics for the wrong things and doctors are more than happy to hand them out when they're like all of the as i recall they keep taking and keep taking them and that's not helping that's a symptom of of capitalism really like our pharmaceutical problem like we wouldn't have this if it weren't for capitalism because nobody would be out there making and shed trying to push something that ultimately men. don't want to actually be popular no.

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