but that. night. the war on whistleblowers continues the u.s. charges a former intelligence analyst under the espionage act alleging he turned over classified information about washington's targeted assassination program to the media. pakistani officials say a security guard been killed off the gunman stormed a luxury hotel in the south in an attack targeting foreigners. and a dispute erupts in europe over the process that will determine who takes over as

the next e.u. commission president. it's 9 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching all to international live from our studio with me welcome to the program. a former u.s. intelligence analyst is facing up to 50 years in prison for allegedly leaking sensitive information about washington's covert drone warfare program to the media daniel hale who was arrested on thursday served as a language analyst for the air force between 292013 in 2011 he was also assigned to work for the national security agency and given top secret security clearance it's a ledge that injuring that time he established communication with a reporter and late provided him with documents stolen from n.s.a. computers hale was indicted under the espionage act on 5 charges related to theft

retention and transmission of classified information each carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison the press freedom organization reporters without borders has sharply criticized the arrest arguing it represents a direct threat to investigative journalism with more now on the story his more been. many observers are noting that the information provided in the indictment seems to indicate that it's possible he could be the person that leaked information to the intercept and reporter jeremy scahill that was later published in his book the drone paper's however the intercept has refused to confirm or deny that this was indeed their source this is what was said by the intercept the intercept does not comment on matters relating to the identity of anonymous sources these documents detail the 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 or since the alleged

whistleblower faces up to 50 years in prison no one has ever been held accountable for killing civilians in drawing strikes now the information that was published by the intercept seems to indicate that there is a high civilian death toll in the u.s. drone warfare operations that have been waged for the past 14 years in afghanistan somalia and yemen they say the high death toll is due to the fact that there is a preference for killing targets rather than capturing them furthermore it is difficult for u.s. intelligence agencies to extract the information they need from terror suspects and those that they have in custody the military is easily capable of adoption 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 there has been quite an ugly history of the u.s.

drone strike program many civilians have been killed let's review some of what has gone on as the u.s. carries out targeted assassination with drones. many are observing the situation saying there is a big crackdown on whistleblowers being carried out by the u.s. government recently chelsea manning was released from federal custody but it's expected that she could return if she does not testify against wiki leaks furthermore wiki leaks founder julian assange just now facing the possibility of being extradited to the united states to face charges of computer intrusion whatever tolerance there was for those who leaked classified information about government malfeasance seem to be gone there is supposed to be a lot actually that prevents classification of information evidencing

a crime and so a lot of the classification over classification is actually to prevent people from learning about crimes which is completely illegal it's very difficult to explain to people because they don't understand that you're not supposed to be able to commit a crime and then be able to cover it up and we've gone so far and pressing freedom of speech and freedom of the press that people really are pretty ignorant about all of the stuff going on except for the so case you know you know documentary or book written or newspaper article with the help of whistleblowers and the government is definitely trying to stop all whistle blowing in all investigative journalism that would lie sign any insider information. a military source in pakistan says a security guard has been killed off a sample gunman stormed a 5 star hotel in the south. the luxury building is part of

a chinese funded multi-billion dollar project and popular among tourists officials say the attackers were cornered near the top floor earlier we got an update from an expert on international terrorism in islamabad. the baluchistan liberation army b l a has taken this is sponsibility distribute brief background according to the pakistani chinese relationship that is the chinese pakistani economic corridor or it's the 600 kilometer long corridor and god there is the center point or the n.t. point of that forward so that was very obvious target of the terrorist activity that was there but according to the recent of war started coming in and now the police and the armed forces have quarter not the area and the action istream going on around 95 percent of the area has been cleared still some hotel workers are officials who are still inside well there has been an insurgency going on in this largest in terms of its geographical province of pakistan and even in baluchistan

just last month security forces officials were attacked and it was claimed that some of the insurgents were crossing over from the iranian sorry all the attack so an overall situation it appears that the relative calm that has appeared to come back in pakistan has been disturbed i must have some to this is a security failure as well because in the heart of little just on and a lot of that there is no big building infrastructure of the this is such a big hotel the only international doubt there are national international stage with national international dignitaries come there are journalists to come there is no on that obvious building in that area so if that has been adopted out is a serious question mark about the overall security of greatness. about the nation of albania has been rocked by a mass protests in the capital tehran and the south you can see the pictures. these are live pictures from tehran. and not long ago. there was

a big funnel that we could see that people throwing what looked like flyable bombs it looks high peaceful at the moment so the security services are obviously caught it under control opposition. a staging an anti government rally against what they call widespread corruption activists are also a demonstration against organized crime but yet you can see those live pictures right now in the capital. and you can see there that the activists who are demonstrating against organized crime a lot allegations the government denies there is a heavy security presence at the scene which has seen sporadic fires break out as

opposition figures could be heard chanting anti-government slogans on the makeshift podium in the crowd. with the e.u. parliament elections fast approaching debate has broken out in the union over the process that determines who takes the top job at the blocs executive branch here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. reform versus the status quo when it comes to who will be taking the european commission's top job next under the current system called spits in candidate or leave candidates that job goes to the preferred choice of the parliamentary group the takes the most seats in the upcoming european parliamentary elections if we have a look at the most recent polling what this means is this well the a p p's munford verba is the air repair and to. in all but name. not so fast says emmanuel this is the things we do get it out that has been going on artistically

pretty good no i have been clear from the beginning on this subject so i don't think this is the right approach in fact this was something of a theme for mr throughout this week's e.u. summit in rumania he wants to see a change to the current system. if we should in any case avoid agreeing on the least good candidate which can happen in certain situations we must opt for the best possible candidate in order to ensure a strong european project. the problem is while the french president has the backing of dutch prime minister mark rita and others there are all those leaders in the e.u. that think the current system works just fine thank you very much because i believe the process of electing lead candidates should be accepted by the people. german chancellor angela merkel has also given her blessing to month for e.u. commission president however it's not known exactly how cold cream that is should

a better option come on the table list of better though well he's already talking like he's got the job so the future european commission on the my leadership we'll insist the principle of sort of rule of law a solution is going to have to be i undoubtedly a european summit which will take place in june after the parliamentary elections in 2 weeks time because it's. not just the e.u. commission job that needs to find a success soon they also have to find replacements for european council president donald tusk and chief of the european central bank mario draghi by the end of this year earlier this year the money will said he wanted to see a new rene songs take place in europe well if he can reform the way directly elected positions are filled in the e.u. institutions well that may be more akin to a revolution theater all over r.t. barely. a political analyst or a rough as told us he doesn't believe the so-called lead candidate system has lived

up to expectations in my understanding of some kind of diet or lean lead candidate system is a kind of democracy simulation because of the citizens cannot directly choose which candidate is the best option and who represents best for people's interests so it's a party issue of the parties before hand select their most appropriate what they think is most appropriate and how to get and this is quite dysfunctional because even in germany we can see that money is the german spitz going to lead canada for the e.p. it is fighting against german interests just to get votes from for example east european parties when he says that north stream to pipeline should be stopped as it has been half finished now and it's in strong german interest to continue with this work so this is alarming the system has failed. there are

many things which might deter students from applying to top universities expand strong competition or affair a failure at britain's cambridge university has uncovered another lack of decent local. we've been doing some quite detailed research particularly with black students particularly in london looking at old stickles to applying to cambridge and thinking about cambridge and number 3 on the list was hairdressers it's unexpected but we need to look at applying to cambridge from their eyes for those students this is their concern. the internationally renowned institution has also been canvassing current students as part of efforts to encourage more applicants for more diverse backgrounds in 2017 only 2 percent of cambridge intake were black or ethnic origin other to terence were a fear of student debt and not fitting in although the undergraduates featured in the university's promo video say they found college life room or diverse than they

expected. i think i realized what my original perception of cambridge was but just a stereotype when i came here i found there are spaces from out what can your from out what a very small class coming to cambridge i've met so many different people people who look like me but people who. we heard from lee jasper a former equalities of the mayor of london he says the talk of head dresses is just a diversion from the real issues facing the university. there are too many white men running the show cambridge university and they are from a particular class a particular culture the elite of british society and they maintain within them an academic culture that is profoundly classical. and whose culture in terms of research breast values. inimical really to black students who want to critically engage with academia to study the shoes of philosophy history and others you go to

our blog professors you go to our curriculum that reflects a multicultural britain and moreover you've really got a leadership from the very top of the university that demonstrates its commitment to race equality and unless cambridge really takes the issue seriously then they will forever focus on. dresses and steel plants or most nights to cure the problem . of the many people vying to be the next u.s. president there's one which donald trump seems to be watching pretty closely former democratic vice president joe biden from spotted a few similarities between early successes in his 2016 campaign and not of his rival today and that's not all the 2 may be opposites on the political spectrum but it seems they've also got more than strategic success in common and media from 2006 has resurfaced showing then vice president biden saying he voted for a strong border fence partly due to migrants from latin america bringing drugs all

while they're different from his later on. for. firewood white on white most democratic society all white are over $700.00. polluters are. going to drive across the border. 5. very wired products that if. their job was actually good we keep warm self lost in the problems that are not bound by border drug traffic climate you know can't be done. by those not the only democrat to argue for a stronger border defenses while running for office barack obama and hillary clinton on lot. the bill before us will certainly do some good

there will authorize some badly needed funding for better fences and better security along our borders maybe they'll need a moat. they do want to alligators in the most secure our borders with technology personnel physical barriers if necessary and some places we will not build a wall instead we will build an economy where everyone who wants a good job can get one. joining us to discuss this further is janice north a done elizabeth the coming of the well now could these comments in your opinion come back to haunt joe biden in the democratic nomination race even if they were more than a decade ago. only joe klein who will say. he doesn't care whether the. all.

alone now. yeah and donald trump he is watching him rather closely isn't he is so what does that mean does he see him as the most as the strongest candidate oh no he's the he's the candidate who sample above but you go yes and he is already clinton so so therefore a true i'm delighted to face joe klein because i think very easy to sasha. what about the other candidates though daniel who is he watching well i think the strongest candidate would be would be sam sanders you. might see trump's so-called you know elitist populist rhetoric. to suit one. of the other mainstream democrats trump knows quite well this sort of stand for the same things that he does you know everything there are greater saviors for

the rich for the deplorable still it's not the. american the you know the american workers working class and so i'm sort of show i think trampled a lot harder time space and sanders socials matter what. i think we lost the connection there apologies there i hope you can still hear with danielle if we go back to the border issue it seems to be. something that the american public pretty split had been worried about soused it and we mentioned the other leading democrats who pushed for stronger boys in the past but some seem to be softening their stance want why do you think this is. well there is that there's an incredible hypocrisy on this issue i mean 1st of all nafta which is the free trade agreement between the u.s.

and mexico has led to a huge increase and trucks behavior traffic across the mexican border and this is facilitated the transport drugs so on and so smuggling drugs across the border has never been easy. but it's this this is this free trade agreement which the clintons you know author of and home loaded that has made this possible so so it's really difficult. to criticize trump the whole straw on the borders of the same time without recognizing that the the the the more liberal border arrangements promoted by nafta asses. the transport of drugs and other substance is across the border so democrats enjoy playing both sides of the crafts. they have tried their best to keep immigrants out they have contributed to.

a dismal conditions in central america which are generating waves and waves of refugees who want you to the same time they want to blame trump war on not having. rather a humane attitude a both major parties are thoroughly implicated in this in this quarter of disaster which is reaching truly. unprecedented proportions ok we'll leave it there thanks for your opinion that danielle and janet and all think i have a pipeline that you. the african national congress has returned to power in south africa but with a reduced majority in what is its worst result since taking office 25 years ago it's confirmed the n.c. took 58 percent of the vote from wednesday's general election the party has ruled in south africa since the country's 1st free election back in 1904 and victory means president cyril ramaphosa will have another 5 years to appease those who've

accused him of failing to address issues in the country like corruption the main opposition party leader a critical alliance picked up 21 percent of the vote while the leftist economic freedom fighters took 11 percent double what they received 5 years ago in the last election. here's a look at some of the reasons a voters may have turned on the a.n.c. failing to combat high unemployment which currently stands at 27 percent also theft and murder rates are on the rise land reform has triggered debate with white farmers holding the vast majority of private farmland julius malema from the economic freedom fighters was one of those pushing for that reform with some fiery rhetoric against the country's white community. well to pull you will. let you know we are godly to a seat do you know what. does. that

. mean what are these codes. i mean if one has. to say. why we don't care. why not. why don't you know the time i'm saying to you we're not called for the killing of white people at least for now back to the future. for some insight into all of this we're joined by howard feldman a political analyst howard thanks for coming on to the program now let's start off with the biggest in the a and things majority being cut. right so see has been taught a little bit of a listen the last round about 19 seats which obviously will impact on them and one of the main reasons one of the main reasons for that is the the level of

corruption that the a n c has experienced or as a whole has enjoyed over the last number of years with president jacob zuma at the helm i mean despite the presence several around the faces one another 5 years in office but how stable do you think his position is right now. but it was a very interesting one of the main concerns that people seem to have is what happens if sarah is removed and how likely is that to happen there's no doubt that the n.c.s. campaign was very much centered around the remark was there as the president in fact although south africans don't vote directly for a president of the country many of the posters would have said vote for sauron opposed as the president so the n.c. was very very clear. they had to go on this campaign and almost separate the party from the men because the remark was it is a man that has credibility they did i i believe they would have lost

a lot more votes had he not been had he not been in the helm had they not managed to achieve that the a.n.c. has reassured south africans that there's no talk about removing sorona pose as the president and that for the next number of years he will be the leader of their party i believe that they're going to have to do quite a lot more in the coming weeks and in the coming months to reassure south africans that there are good or that are true to their word. and if we look at the criticisms just as the amazing he's been criticized for his racially charged rhetoric how do you assess some of the is more controversial comments given the country's troubled history in this regard. well it is a mess of relief for me there to julius malema is not calling for white people to be killed yet so obviously that that's an immense relief i say that but his we have to also understand who julius malema is and who he's appealing to he grew

up on the knee on the political knee of jacob zuma he and jacob zuma we know he's a very charismatic leader he appeals to he appeals to the people on a very very sort of real and vibrant level julius malema and jacob zuma would very very close at one stage julius malema even said that he'll take a bullet for jacob zuma now of course they say they almost mortal enemies but that was his style of politics to do that and if you recall but of course jacob zuma came up with this whole concept the marketing concept actually of white monopoly capital such a consumer likes to divide the country into into racial groups julius malema has learned to the same thing and he is following that style of. leadership he's very very clear as to who he's appealing to and he's very very clear about his message he's also very populist and i sometimes get the sense that he's saying whatever.

will make headlines he's very active on social media if you look at the social media stats the if and under julius malema is there all the time they're one of the highest spoken about parties but but but still sitting at a fairly low percentage that said they have gained as have the fairly right wing freedom front plus so what we seeing is that there has been a movement on both sides towards the the more right of center and the more left of center being the if and the and the freedom front how anyone can deny the. the divisions racially in south africa for historical reasons and some of those problems still exist today in all honesty does segregation remain a problem in the country. so it's really interesting out one of my concerns or one of my theories is that when south africa transitioned in 9094 most

south africans were very very quick to embrace the wonderful vision of nelson mandela which was the rainbow nation by doing that my sense is that we didn't have a lot of these very very difficult conversations that we should have had and over the last while it's only been it happened but it hasn't happened the way it should for there to reason you do see racial tension existing you do see and i work a lot in corporates you use it most companies are trying to move away from any racially based issues a there's nothing obviously official but but there is a subtle form of racism that does exist in the environment and we have to work very very hard south africans have to work very very hard to get. we it hasn't been that some pull and one of the theories i have is that we were so quick south africans really wanted to move forward on an on racial basis but sometimes we don't have

those difficult uncomfortable and unpleasant conversations that we should have had for that reason it still exists as a spoken dialogue sorry i have to leave it there howard feldman a political analyst thank you very much thanks. back around 30 minutes time with more updates. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia emerging markets and the world thousands of business community members attend the forum to address today's of vital issues. watch a special forum coverage on r.t. .

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only really. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. i'm after tense here we're going underground as the national demo for palestine much as across britain protesting tourism a military backing of slaughter in the middle east in violation of un resolutions coming up in the show is the u.s. 2 party system about to get caught in.