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the british prime minister offers a vote on a 2nd brags that referendum if she unveils changes to withdrawal deal to try attempts at getting it through parliament also ahead. anger erupts in the caribbean nation of haiti where the government is being accused of links to a massacre in the capital last november. and switch to get rich the u.s. tries to time countries with cash if they buy its weapons instead of hardware from rivals like china or russia.
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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. the chance of a 2nd briggs's referendum is back on the table the british prime minister said on tuesday that m.p.'s will have the chance to vote on the other referendum if they find withdrawal bill which has already been rejected 3 times with more on teresa mayes a last ditch attempt to get a deal through parliament to his polyploid. resume a promise to a bold new and she's unveiled this incarnation of her brags that bill she really needed something different in order to persuade m.p.'s to very tip through so she's made a number of concessions she's going to take the case to the country over the next couple of weeks she's going to unveil these proposals in full over the next couple of days and there are 10 main points to watch out. today i will not be listing them
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all do not worry but the main one is that she has offered to give m.p.'s a vote on a customs union and then there is also the 2nd of. the headline grabber in all of this and that's that she's giving the m.p.'s a vote on a 2nd referendum but only if they vote through her deal the government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill introduction but a requirement to vote on whether to hold a 2nd referendum and this must take place before the withdrawal agreement can be ratified it's a bit of a head scratcher carol it's sort of like a carrot for the remaining is but it's wrapped up kind of bragg's it stick and then it's a question of sort of rolling the dice and seeing if the parliamentary math ends up working in her favor by the the deal is voted through but the 2nd referendum is
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then rejected risky business i tell you and already brags it is in westminster are worried that grumbling that nobody signed up for a 2nd referendum why this strange offer of a carrot of a concession well to reason may never wanted a 2nd referendum she's always said that she wants to implement the results of the 1st one but she's trying everything she can to save her already dented legacy she's really one issue prime minister she was elected almost came to power actually became the leader of the conservative party almost 3 years ago promising to deliver bragg's it and she needs to salvage it take a listen toward her warning that if her deal is rejected again that means a no deal bragg's it stopping bragg's it completely or another referendum some suggest leaving without a deal but whatever you think about outcome parliament has been clear it will do
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all it can to stop it if not no deal then it would have to be a general election or a 2nd referendum that could lead to revocation. 2 reason may said this is the last chance for m.p.'s to vote through deal the fallback the default is a no deal brags that all in all really this is the last chance saloon for 2 reason may to salvage this breaks it process she's failed to push a deal through in parliament 3 times already she's failed 6 weeks of cross party negotiations with the labor party the u.k. was supposed to leave the e.u. on the 29th of march that hasn't happened happened and the u.k. wasn't supposed to be taking part in that new elections parliamentary elections that are taking place this week that is now happening so naturally all the questions at the end of that speech that to reason may just gave from the
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journalists perhaps while they were trying to figure out what it was she just said featured one big theme the question of when is she finally going to step down as prime minister and teflon to resign she's become known here wouldn't elaborate on all of that she's sort of like the walking political dead there's a quiet campaign already being played out for who becomes the next leader of the conservative party it's being sort of a popularity contest is in full swing but here she is still fighting trying to drag this bragg's it deal over the line in parliament within minutes of teresa mayes opposition parties across the board swiftly lined up to reject the new offer even members of the prime minister's own conservative party who have been supporting us saying she's been trying. to prove to the deal last time as i feel we could then drew a line and select a new pm to pick up the pieces but i cannot support this convoluted mess that it
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takes is towards a rig referendum between her. grotesque the pm i supported the dreadful rules draw agreement before they thought it was our only chance of. leaving the e.u. in 20 ninth's march there was draw agreement be a proposal is wars' than before this is not bracks said and i won't be supporting it you three's a maze now supporting a 2nd referendum it makes it very hard for me to support the latest withdrawal agreement bill when it comes to house of commons this is a betrayal of 2016 referendum and a betrayal of everything she has been seen since she became prime minister. in the caribbean country of haiti the government is being suspected of links to a massacre in the capital last november dozens of people including children were tortured and killed his biggest ally the us has so far been silent on the accusations violent antigovernment protests have been raging in the capital for weeks.
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the situation in haiti is escalating a population that is largely unemployed without electricity and without money once the president out. today the country has reached an end the population can no longer accept the situation. when no one is out at night now there is reduced night life now all the streets are dark you just don't know what are you going to run into you just can't go anywhere now in addition to their other grievances the protesters have a link to the government one of the worst massacres in the recent history of the country.
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they were shooting and i was running to save my life it was a terrible massacre. they were dressed in police uniforms with masks on their faces they snatched people and killed them now the united nations has launched an investigation now in march 104 members of the u.s. congress signed a letter to the u.s. secretary of state calling for an independent investigation as of yet there has been no answer. to support thorough and independent investigations into both the corruption allegations that sparked the current crisis and the human rights violations including extrajudicial killings that have reportedly taken place but the trump administration seems confident in the aligned regime we have always
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underscored in there are statements as well as our diplomatic conversations our belief in the determinacy of heat is institutions and its elected officials so far there has been no comment from the u.s. state department on the massacre while washington routinely condemns governments around the world for allegedly violating human rights when it comes to haiti the white house is unusually silent the u.s. has relied on a policy of gang violence in guatemala and el salvador and honduras in haiti and numerous other countries so this keeps the people in fear. and desperation and they can rule from their washington d.c. by having these gangs in the pain of. do the work the u.s. demands the example of ministry and will do nothing in haiti alerts
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the public regime is. and will. being demonstrated in haiti there does not need. i taught top story now the latest on bragg's where according to british prime minister is a major says the chance of a 2nd a brags that referendum it's back on the table live not to world affairs journalist neil clark neil thanks for coming into the program now the new fields not even published and already m.p.'s are rejecting it does the prime minister have any realistic chance of convincing them even with the offer of a 2nd referendum although there are conditions of course. yeah i think it is the last desperate for the diaspora to return may we know she's going to be in dow within a certain period possibly next month but i think it's actually quite a debt move by her it's quite a clever move in some ways because it does represent
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a bit of a trap for the opposition labor party who haven't seen all the details yet as you said. for the sense that there has been concessions to labor on things like workers' rights environmental protection and only one issue of membership of some form a customs union which will let neighborhood want it and so it's a labor party now comes out and says no we're going to oppose this and to reason why and the conservatives will be able to say look labor doesn't want any for you to talk you told you had the 6 tests we try to meet them you met them and you're still voting against it so i think it's quite a deft move from her and also cause she also said today the era that if that if this is passed if her bill doesn't get past this time the 4th time then that began to break that will be that rex will be going in the water and that's a kind of warning to her if you like the right wing of the tory party the so-called hard city is that this could be the last chance to get a former. top because if it is rejected then what happens next we could be into general election territory and then we could have
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a house of parliament even more possibly possibly even more. than the current one so it would be endangered who would be great in danger so they're fully right and sure you're skeptical have to make a decision on whether they're going to back this but as you said it's only been announced our so who already got a lot of m.p.'s tweeting that they won't be supporting it or labor remain a say they were supported so it does at the moment doesn't look. all that you will be able to get this passed even though it's still early days yamin isn't it has been doesn't look promising does if we look at the remain camp do you think in terms of how they're feeling the m.p.'s suspect that there's nothing to lose you know a referendum vote if they pass the bill would also. potentially mean a vote if it fails why would they do her any favors nail on this for the thought to actually to resume a has said that this is the end they're going to get are so what incentive is there if you like a hardcore remain this you don't want to actually vote for it but if they voted for
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it on the basis that there would then be a parliament to vote on having a 2nd referendum then the band that would have to pass must by no means guaranteed to ask all who have a vote before that year on a 2nd referendum in march that was heavily defeated that was then but this is now it's likely to be a lot closer this time but even so quite a gamble to remain pro remain m.p.'s to vote for the bill which they support really on the basis that they could get a 2nd referendum having said that if if and it's a big if if the 2nd referendum does come about and that would be kicking into the grass again for another year because it would take to get it organized and go to get into the issue there what would actually be on the ballot paper what the question being would it be to support this bill which had already passed its 1st reading or or will it be will there be an option to remain so it's really unclear at the moment but having said all of that i think the reason why we're going to get it while. you've got nothing to lose really she's stepping down so she managed to
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do this and the thing is if this is rejected new year new year if you can come around and say look i try my best or times or try to get through it was rejected by the labor party and vice right and people of my own party they're the ones to blame for not having a proxy that's what she'll be able to say well that message was loud and clear wasn't in her speech today that the seashells and the only one responsible that you know is the responsibility of everyone and if we look at the braggs m.p.'s and they're also living on there because this could be that last chance to avoid getting a 2nd referendum or even a general election and what kind of reaction do you think they're going to come up with. well is tricky one isn't it because already our scenes and tweets for it came on air from some right wing tory saying this is not rex it is not actually want you know they're against this whole idea of talking about being in a custom new customs union arrangement so there are white clique to support this even though the wrist a very high cost a big factor which we're going to discuss briefly is the european elections in
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britain where it's uniform party is if we believe the polls don't do very well indeed what impact that will have the tory party of polling if polls can be believed around 9 or 10 percent which is extremely low so what impact will that have on m.p.'s if the british party does sweep the boards that might concentrate the minds of a few m.p.'s who are on quite sort of in the middle of all of this who might be soft remains or sharper it is to go one way or the other up they may decide who actually is in their interest or support to reserve base bill because the election repercussions for them in the net forthcoming general election would be too severe so so i suppose the bracks it party does get 35 percent but if you are tory m.p. who's a kind of soft remain you may think oh my god i'm going to lose my seat in the next general election to his party so i've been a vote for this bill so i think that that could be the decisive factor in all this is is really what actually happens on 1st it how well are you actually does because
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going to have to wait and see only nail 10 is they'll clark always good have you on the program thank you that's what they are. saying that britain at present is planning a wide ranging updates to its espionage and treason laws which could lead to the introduction of a foreign agents register and tougher penalties for whistleblowers the proposed overhaul was announced by the incomes home secretary. getting this right and having the right powers and resources in place for countering hostile states must be opposed breck's it priority so i can announce today that we're preparing the way for nash benard bill this will bring together new and modernized powers giving our security services the legal authority they need to tackle this threat at this stage is not clear exactly what else will be included in the new espionage bill is intended however to address perceived shortfalls in the u.k.'s trees and north as well as the official secrets act which was last updated in 189 and prohibits the
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leaking of any information that could be considered damaging former m i 5 agent to an emotional and told us what she believes the changes will entailed. what they're trying to do is amalgamate all of these different acts including the treason act trim the middle ages and say actually we need a new act the 21st century but what they're doing with this is they're making the provisions much more stringent and draconian and they used to be so for example under the $989.00 act if you're a whistleblower talking about the crimes committed by the military of spies you would face 2 months in prison you know under the new act what they're trying to suggest is that if you're whistleblower revealing the crimes of the spies then you will face 14 years in prison they actually have also suggested they get rid of what's called the prior publication defense which came in in the 1980 s. now this means because something is in the public to make you can then report it without any penalize ation what they're now suggesting is to take away that so that
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means for example if i want to talk about some of the things that are in my former partner disclosed 20 years ago under this new law i would not be allowed to talk about them even though they were already in the public to me have already been exposed across the international media and have been cleared to be included in my old books in 2005 so this is a very draconian law they're proposing. u.s. state department is planning to offer more money to countries who are willing to switch from russia to american made arms is an expansion of an existing program as a patrol car like take this through. defocus in charge of sales for the u.s. military industrial complex take an internship somewhere that sells these free samples work just as fine in the international big guns business look what america does as it turns out if it gets assurances from european countries that they all
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did and stop buying weapons made in russia or china free samples won't take long to arrive there's an entire government program under which these countries will get or already have just under $200000000.00 worth of hardware the idea being we can put in some u.s. grant military assistance they would then put in some amount of partner military funding of course the free batch should be followed up by proper contracts plus there's going to be maintenance upgrades and so on nice $1.00 0 let's face it try before you buy is worked for everything from clothes to kiss medics and the program is being expanded to other continents. appreciating customer loyalty is key remember when the killing of
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a saudi journalist in turkey could have led to international boycotts against the biggest buyer of uncle sam's toys back then the american president was quick to set things straight is the best equipment in the world but if they don't buy it from us they're going to buy it from russia or they're going to buy it from china or they're going to buy it from other countries so the saudi contracts should stay the way they are safe and sound. nato member turkey one's got too carried away trading with russia or so says the american government and thought it was a good idea to buy russian missile defense systems you will regret that came the message from d.c. . we've clearly warned turkey that its potential acquisition of the 100 will result in a reassessment of turkey's participation in the f.
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35 program. and risk other. potential future arms transfers to turkey. as well as lead to potential sanctions did someone say fair competition you know if you want to be rich thinking about fair is really something you can ditch. there's a united nations treaty that aims to make sure the global bad guys don't get their hands on conventional weapons and hardware even if they can't afford it it's called a.t.t. barack obama signed it a few years ago donald trump though did it his way and said this in april my reduced race you will never ratified the. treaty and i am officially announcing today that the united states will be revoking. the effect. of america's
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signature from this badly misguided treatment when taking our signature about a champion gun seller just once to make sure nothing can stop them from adding new names on the buyer's list even if there are perhaps a few issues with the reputation. britain's defense ministry is facing a backlash over claims that instituted a policy that allows for intelligence sharing with international partners even when there's a risk it would lead to torture u.k. government rules state that its personnel should not participate in condone solicit or encourage torture and other forms of degrading treatment or punishment documents obtained through a freedom of information request show however that last year the provision allowing ministers to override those home office guidelines the controversial provision says that even if there is
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a risk of torture when it says can push ahead with intelligence sharing should they consider it to be beneficial to the u.k. it also says they must be ready to accept the legal implications of that decision. where there remains a serious risk of torture a minister should be consulted but the presumption would be that we will not proceed unless ministers agree that the potential benefits justify accepting the risk and the legal consequences that may follow. in the wake of the revelations the newly appointed defense secretary has pledged to review the defense ministries guidelines on television sharing and torture pending mordant insists though that the u.k. has not broken any laws these laws and norms are there not just to protect the enemy they also protect our own policy and activities in this area in accordance with both domestic and international law or we cannot overrule the law nor can ministers be advised to the law or disregard the law they have no intention of cutting off those intelligence sharing agreement
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they'll just come out again with some more mealy mouthed language about not condoning or not encouraging it plainly illegal in terms of international law the united nations convention against torture program for talks of complicity and torture and by continually and pretty well on a daily basis of training intelligence from the torture chambers of countries like saudi arabia or by alone the united kingdom is plainly complicit united kingdom no longer. illegally in international law the united kingdom has become a rogue state. around 5000 islamic state fighters are positioned along afghanistan's remote border region with central asian republics that of russia's federal security service says the terrorists are consolidating their forces and seeking new ways to launch attacks. possibly this book was with
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specially concerned over terrorist groups transfer to northern provinces that border with c.i.s. countries one of the r. is branches has already deployed around 5000 villagers their c.i. a citizens who have fought in syria account for a great part of these militants afghanistan is far from the only hot spot on the islamic terrorism he for instance according to the information in possession of the f.s.b. such regions as the north africa and asia have become places where islamic terrorists have been steadily gaining foothold and now the following piece of information revealed by board nick of makes things even more concerning apparently terrorists have developed and obtained all means necessary to produce chemical weapons and to carry out chemical attacks. we have obtained reliable data providing that bandit's testing new means and methods of conducting subversive activities criminals have
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materials to knowledge is an infrastructure for creating chemical weapons and biotoxins the use of unmanned aircraft in order to deliver projectiles. terrorism activities they're not limited to the well physical war if i may say so for instance according to board think of islamic state has been bolstering its so-called cyber departments they have been expanding their ability to bring down these cyber infrastructure all of official bodies and apparently even governments now especially with islamic stadiums well holding no ground they have moved their operations to the dark corners of the internet they have been spreading propaganda and misinformation even more actively than before according to the f. is be in a bit of course to gain new followers new sympathizers new recruits with world potential to turn them late into active terrorist cells. canvassing for
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regardless of where you stand on the issues i think we can all agree that blocked toes in the intolerant is one of the best pani names ever in the future their evolution will not be posturing i'll have what he's wearing but in short. that's our news for now i'll be back with more global updates around 30 minutes time so stay with us.
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