we're. going to see. the 50. 50. 5th 1. 6 people have been confirmed dead hundreds more injured in post-election protests that have erupted in the indonesian capital of jakarta. frustration and anger both in the u.k. and europe as british prime minister driesum a tries for a 4th trying to get her brigs a deal over the line sweetening at this time with a promise to have peace to hold a vote on a 2nd referendum if they back it. prepares to go to the polls in 24 hours to take john say that is no saw and of any russian interference they spied much media and political types of the commentary.

$200.00 injured during a protest in the capital of indonesia after the results of the presidential election was announced. if. the if i. i can eat. i. i. guess there's. only. writing project trials and models

and the police have been trying to just for the crowd i'm firing tear gas and this is the 2nd day that. approach hansen thing going on and they are protesting actually. near the elections for my story agency building the authorities are still trying to control the situation. the president in south dakota and they shoot the statement and say that. they will not tolerate anyone who interferes with the security and democracy processes of the country. and they have also arrested about 100 people who have been sent to provoke these protests. the protests started on they should be after the central election committee confirmed the victory of current president joe cole would build though but several 1000 supporters of his

opponent retired military general. took to the streets in a position leader's been claiming there was widespread cheating in that he's going to challenge the results counterterrorism specialists and police radical islamists are penetrating from the school groups in indonesia to propagate their ideas. the situation now in indonesia is getting a little bit here is due to the fact that political islam ringback as been evolving fairs in the southeast asian countries especially in indonesia so we see extreme is . gaining popularity in political parties or position parties such as what for inspiring their own in the media radical islamist. extremist groups up their lips reading ready political ease now and into the living. light where we can actually probably and propagate our ideology to believe or be

a political needs in these countries. 3 times now the british prime minister brags it deal straight back in her face she's back to westminster for a 4th term and wednesday to resume my once again faced fellow and once again tried to persuade them to back a deal this time she even dangled the chance to vote on a 2nd referendum if they back her partridge as the latest from london. it was an equally anticipated prime minister's question time this this afternoon as everybody was waiting for that statement that the prime minister would make on that 4th installment of her break sit deal now what she's done recently she'd had talks with the labor party 6 weeks of talks with the labor party and those had broken down but the pm said that she. we have learned something there has been areas of compromise that she had learned from those talks to the labor party and in this 4th installment she effectively said there will be some concessions and there you see

the form of 10 points which when reading about earlier now there are key points in there about workers' rights about environmental protection and the future relationship with the e.u. but the key point is the potential for a 2nd referendum for m.p.'s to vote if this bill goes through to the people if they were to pass it now along with that they also she called on parliament to break the impasse about the customs union there are huge differences of opinion on how we work with the in terms of trade and development but she called on parliament the m.p.'s to try and help solve that as well as the other impasse we have the special status over northern ireland for all our division and disagreement we believe in democracy that we want to make good on the promise we made to the british people when we asked them to decide on the future of our e.u. membership and we can bring an end to the months years of increasingly bitter argument and division that have both polarized and paralyzed our politics we could move on move forwards and get on with the jobs we were sent here to do what we got

into politics to do just what we can achieve if we support this new deal reject it and all we have to force is division and deadlock here appeals didn't appeal to the opposition leader jeremy corbyn he said that over all her time those 3 years since the wreck that referendum all of it served to do was divide the country and you. know china is now run out she no longer has the authority to offer a compromise and cannot deliver that's why it's trying for a general election to break the break to get you a country so the details of this bill will be published on friday and eagerly pored over by no doubt all members of parliament plus people across the country and there is opposition to this particular day are coming from the labor party coming from. d p coming from the liberal democrats but also from within her own party as well and there have been calls indeed for the prime minister to stand down a senior choice looking at ways of changing the rules that they could challenge

their leadership in less than 12 months which is what the rules say currently so big pressure on the prime minister could she be gone sooner than she thought. so i mean you officials are particularly pleased for treason may's latest efforts are there stressing that the block is in no mood to reopen brags that negotiations on the internet has been having a field day. to resume 1st of her name queen of making it up as you go along the burns kept in chains and mother of chaos may's new deal got a vote to break that to stop regs it waitin for why no reason lucian of brax. former director of research of britain's institute of economic affairs jamie whyte says tourism a has no chance of getting her deal over the line. 3 outcomes that are

possible. unlikely the 2nd referendum i think it's increasingly likely or just continuing on until a full blown political crisis emerges which results in a general election on the assumption that theresa may doesn't get this through to the new leader of the conservative party soon enough that person was sent to be starting from scratch not completely because they'll know that there's resistance in parliament almost every possibility so that information is out now but still with no material progress in 2 years and we'll have a new leader who can be starting from scratch. of britain hasn't left the yet it will take part in european elections on thursday senior brussels figures are especially pleased about the prospect of seeing hardcore brags it is galloping into the appeared parliament with france's economy minister for one and the quicker the u.k. leaves the better and some think britain's e.u. vote shouldn't even be happening i mean a supporter of

a 2nd referendum for about 2 and a half years it's just gone on too long but everyone's heard up with. this i think this is a terror trial coming. to get him bricks if they do their hearing about it you'll be voting in the european elections why is that well i'm having to leave you're a bit well it's like this we absolutely floating is really of course. i think it's completely useless and a waste of time for the english and a waste of money for the european union it's going to cost us a lot. more to don't know the english have never really been in the europe they always had their conditions in the surrealist an absurd. example i think it's important that they can vote they are still a part of europe at the moment. i think the british want the french and all

europeans leave and democratic countries and as long as democracy exists it is necessary that everyone can express their ideas and ideals this you'll get seems intuitive to me i can understand but it's difficult to motivate people to world to take part in the election that they should know this but separating. briggs's may be casting a shadow over the e.u. elections something that isn't is russian meddling peter all of our reports on how the kremlin's influence despite being much talked about is nowhere to be found. earlier this week fans were gripped by the series finale of game of thrones but there's also plenty of fun of a nother fantasy tale the story of meddling in a you elections winter isn't the only thing that's coming so is the risk of interference in our elections and guess who the suspect is we investigate the claims of russia's attempts to influence and undermine the democratic system in

europe fears that russia is infiltrating the very heart of european democracy and we're starting to see the early signs of essential you kind of a repeat of what we saw in the us elections in regard to russian hacking and russian tampering but just as some fans of the wranglings of west ross were left disappointed by the way their show ended a dragnet operated by social media companies looking for misinformation and propaganda has turned up well nothing nothing from google. so far we haven't seen any interference on the platforms. what about facebook there have been no published accounts of attacks specifically related to the e.u. election to date twitter that's full of angry people already they must have turned up something we're always seeing a baseline level of it but nothing that has coalesced around a specific topic theme or group or even country but there was one area where it was

said that there was evidence of russian interference the fact that we hear it r t the russian news service sputnik had been talking about the e.u. elections they have been picking up the theme consistently over the past few months they do seem to be pushing slightly anti establishment messages. we've seen european politicians focus their attention on alleged russian meddling but what about real issues russia has been a very common scapegoat these past years i was in western democracies the narrative these past years must be careful there are russian does russian influence the russians are behind this russian is trying to just your democracy and now we don't have any proof and more of them trying to start i asked what have you got they don't have any and the whole narrative just collapsed politicians today were for your party russia and moscow behind the rise in the populist movements don't have an argument anymore or they're using this argument every day and they're in a very bad situation once you prove that there is no more problem coming from

russia then you have to face the fact that the problem is coming from yourself and the team that you have chosen to run the country. while moscow is staying out of it it seems the same can be said for large corporations. take german airline lift tons of for instance which for the clear message on one of its jets the red say yes to europe music streaming service spotify meanwhile called on europe to quote get vocal putting together a special playlist ahead of the vote which featured an artist from each member of the blog the c.e.o. of a rock not investment money just told us large corporations have a vested interest the attitude of the big corporations banks has always been the same of course there are 3 in this in this european environment it's not a surprise to me that they are actively and strongly supporting busy the european views they have a very large network network and they use the use it they leverage in it in order

to bring up their policies good policies they like the most many of these shoes as we know underestimated or even ignored by europe and by these large corporations there are real issues that europe and these large corporations didn't we didn't god didn't respond to you know they come up with some gay europe is not is not perfect about you know there is something to fix where there is a lot to fix there is a lot to fix because they have moved too much forward into a project without taking into consideration legitimate issues raised by the population. of the european elections there have been frequent stories in the media about the fear of russian interference the french president among micron's been claiming it's washington that's been trying to influence the outcome. i see for the 1st time a collusion between the nationalists and foreign interests whose objective is the dismantling of europe lobbyists like mr bannon who most american power see so the

russians and others have never gone to such great lengths to sponsor and help extremist parties but looking for answers many of his country's citizens seem to be seeking solutions recent polls show a sharp fall in support for the president's party. has details. in 2017 france was gripped by the presidential election in the one corner it was not deemed the pen in the other a manual mark or now despite the protections of a close fight my corner ended up delivering the knockout punch to. the european elections feel like a bit of a rematch with their respective parties clashing on the future of the e.u. and the polls are suggesting that le pen's national rally could actually win this spot many french people see this as being a referendum on a president who's in leadership or seen the rise and social unrest of the yellow best movement for months now in the polls of pain to do with the women picture

a man called with his disapproval around 2 thirds so we've come to his home town of imam to see if things look any better for him here zoe my grandson to find my political ideas so i think if we are speaking about the european elections we should probably lean towards the national rally as some sort of way of sanctioning him. i think he's forgotten the people of france he doesn't do a lot for us at the beginning i thought he'd be a good president but now i don't think so it's not new not what we did was stupid yes it's possible the french are sanction in the crimes in politics especially those who don't but i don't think it's a solution as books and we will see what. i'm going to say for the national rally because i think it's i meet them they can find the solution what we tried to right the left the center is the right center and left at the same time and it doesn't change anything corn has laid out his ground a vision for european wants closer integration better cooperation and an e.u.

army but if his party flops at this e.u. election and he's been a euro skeptics one question will launch it mark who can't convince his own citizens let alone other e.u. leaders about his vision of europe huh. credible is it in the 1st place mcroy he wants to be obama. to to say but marina up and wants to be a trunk she she went to the trump tower during a container shoes and 9 myra of whom don't like to be the best of enemies it's useful to them and we don't have a single choice on real topics like the possibility of a real exists on the e.u. from the euro international rally abandon this policy of her tricks it's comparing to the last elections and last year for instance maryland suggested russia should be a part of nato i think the real enemy of them are the next and it will be the political extension because it's a topic of paramount importance but it would be wise to delegitimize or use the

euro parliament that doesn't have any power because in europe it's the european commission that is a ruling in. the u.n. general assembly has voted overwhelmingly 116 to just 6 in favor of a resolution calling on the u.k. to give the child go silence in the indian ocean bank. even we didn't expect support for the u.k. to go into single figures more importantly this is happening despite the huge huge pressure on national capitals and at the un the expulsion of locals from the islands has been described as one of the worst examples of britain's days as a colonial power a community of displaced islanders in london has been campaigning for decades for the right to be resettled there is about from the chair go silent as movement told us even with the thave rable un vote political powers shouldn't forget talking to the displaced locals. we have done so much we have suffered so much and of are

still suffering our identity our value or both our belongings our belongings our culture all this were robbed from us it is about time to rewrite all the wrongs doing consider us as human beings just do the right things. and start dialoguing we've he. says that we can move forward we will stand up for ourself and keep on fighting for our voice to be heard and. to be respected to be treated with dignity so that we can go back home. the chuggers islands have been at the center of a decades long dispute between britain and the richest switch in the 160 seeded the territories in exchange for independence plus 3000000 pounds move allowed the us to

$97.00 we want to build a military base on diego garcia the largest of the adults written evicted about one and a half $1000.00 in this threat room for the u.s. base there garcia was an important launch pad for u.s. missions in iraq and afghanistan u.s. lease runs until 2036 and washington was among the only 6 countries who went against the un resolution. earlier this year the international court of justice ruled that britain illegally split the islands and should return them to malicious rejected their ruling and richest issue to the general assembly in 2017 only 15 delegates opposed to the colonization bid some in the u.k. also on happy about britain's claim to the islands. this is not a matter of degree or nice ation for the general assembly it's a bilateral sovereignty dispute between the united kingdom and maurice it is a complete case and double standards and in fact many african nations will

have voted. in favor of the england giving it up right now the big occupier of this island is not the u.k. there are some u.k. status staffers from the military because it's all military but it's the united states that controls a lot of them drawn there have a tact afghanistan over the past few years came from this base it's also the the there's also a prison there a kind of more isolated version of one time and i think at best what we can expect might be some kind of financial compensation for the shugart living in marriages it's sad to say but to keep quiet unless we see political change elsewhere and unless the united states decides that it wants to change its foreign policy for good. the u.s. state department says it has intelligence suggesting the syrian government is

planning chemical attacks and is vowing a quick response comes as the interim claims that he's being pressured by the u.s. arms industry to keep thousands of the birken soldiers in syria. so who sets us foreign policy well when it comes to the projection of military force the constitution and common sense says that's the president your sound george w. bush put it but i'm the decider and i decide what is best but recent statements from donald trump throw that into question here is what he said if you do have a military industrial complex they do like war you know in syria with the caliphate so i wipe out 100 percent of the caliphate i shall want to bring our troops back home to place one crazy they want to keep it there you have people here in wa she want it they never want to leave some day people will explain what this is and if you will do have you do have a group and they call it the military just

a couple so according to trump he wanted to bring troops back from syria but he was compelled to leave several 100 of them there why well according to him the usa has quite a powerful military industrial complex and if our president is fighting against it it seems that he's hiding this fight rather well recently donald trump appointed patrick shanahan as his new secretary of defense shanahan spent 30 years at boeing which is one of the largest defense contractors in the united states and one of the world's biggest arms manufacturers and like many other companies contracted by the pentagon boeing is having a great year. in this industry have actually pointed to what they call the trump effect have you seen that in terms of our allies and our spending not only have i seen we think it's the best time we've ever seen in a long time for the defense industry but it's not just the truck presidency that has been a boon. into the military industrial complex many different political leaders in the united states have campaigned on

a platform of peace and then expanded wars once they've taken office. nations making progress toward freedom will find america is their friend. we're promote our values will promote peace. we've lost thousands of american lives spent nearly a trillion dollars alienating allies neglecting the merging all in the cause of fighting a war for well over 5 years in a country that had absolutely nothing to do with the 911 attacks. i will never send our finest into battle unless necessary and i mean absolutely

miss and will only do so if ringback we have a plan for victory with a capital d. . it's as if we've learned nothing from history the 34th us president dwight eisenhower warned the public about unwarranted influences when he left office over 60 years ago in the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or runs on by the military industrial complex . the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist . we must never let the weight of this combination in danger our liberty our democratic process. we should take nothing for granted. in the american people don't want. were so presidents always run as the peace candidate and then you know

inevitably they start wars even richard nixon during the vietnam war was only elected because he was saying he had a secret plan for ending the vietnam war as it turned out his secret plan was to escalate the war and add more troops and enlarged it works all of doubt you know these large monopolistic companies wanting to get a huge bunch of money they like threats of war they like active war they are you know they're the war mongers and they have an enormous amount of influence is that commensurate with the amount of money that they put into campaigns. joining us this is an international the bout with updates and often i.

join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately there was also a very dark side. they are constructing a profile of you and that profile is real it's detailed and it never goes away turns out that google is manipulating your opinions from the very 1st character that you type into the search bar it will always favor one dog food over another

one comparative shopping service over another and one candidate over another they can suppress certain types of results deiced on what they think you should be see if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair election doesn't exist the more rope we give them the sooner we are all.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered peter lavelle our china in the u.s. in training and game the battle lines have been drawn and demands made in this trade war it appears both sides are preparing for the long home what does it mean to win a trade war what does it mean to lose and how far could this escalate. crosstalk in the trade war i'm joined by my guest fred tang in new york he is president of the american china public affairs institute and we cross to james bradley he is a new york times number one best selling author of among others flags of our fathers and the china mirage rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it when we go to fred 1st in new york well it's been months and months now we've been talking about a trade war i don't know if that's the appropriate term i'm more concerned with

something much more broader than that is a cold war. that pits the united states against china and when i mean cold war i mean all encompassing trade geo political and actually the balkanization into a bipolar world that that would be a cold war very different than the one we had to the 2nd world war so the question is is there a new a new cold war just with a new player this time china go ahead fred. i think you're right you know whether this is a tray war or not shots already been fired and right now the negotiations are really a ceasefire rather than avoiding this happening as far as a cold war goes i think yes in some way because there is such atmosphere i do think that this time the curtain is on the u.s. side right on the china.