it's the world thousands of business community members attend the forum to address today's vital issues. watch our special forum coverage on r.t. . you can leaks co-founder julian assange just slapped with 17 charges of espionage by u.s. prosecutors publishing classified military documents and diplomatic cables back in 20 turned. emotional treason may cause it a day is britain's prime minister announces he's stepping down as ruling party leader. i do so with no ill will but with enormous during gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. and you have this to attack syrian army positions and into the

province using tanks as well as vehicles filled with explosives western governments blame damascus for the escalation. thanks for joining us you're watching international. faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing classified files u.s. prosecutors this week 17 new charges on him all of which fall under the espionage act on top of a charge of conspiring to hack a u.s. government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for a song he's currently serving time in the u.k. don't quarter takes a closer look at what all this means for the whistleblower. the stakes are now much higher for imprisoned wiki leaks founder julian assange on 17 new charges by a notoriously anti whistleblower court and potentially up to 175 years in prison

this new batch of accusations falls under the espionage act used to convict spies and detractors during the 1st world war the indictments legal ease of obtaining and disclosure of sensitive government information which often just means exposing government wrongdoings is lighting a fire under stablish when american journalists since after all they're doing it to this is to put it bluntly wrong unconstitutional and downright tyrannical this is a pretty aggressive new move by the justice department the big deal here for a 1st amendment advocates the government is now trying to assert this brand new right to criminally prosecute people for publishing secret stuff and newspapers and magazines and investigative journalists and all sorts of different entities publish secret stuff all the time that is the bread and butter of what we do with the new indictment of a sauna the government is advancing a legal argument that places such an important work in jeopardy the administration has gone from denigrating journalists as enemies of the people to now criminalizing

common practices in journalism notice anything not a lot about a songes work or fate but quite a bit about there's this is the hypocrisy of the mainstream media here in the united states just a couple of weeks ago the washington post editorial board ran an editorial saying that julian was not a journalist well guess what the washington post one pulitzer prizes you'll using the information that julian and we keep leaks published so you would think that in a normal world the washington post the new york times the wall street journal the guardian and every other major news outlet would be lining up 100 julian to support him they're not the thing is though some might argue the war on freedom of speech began long ago back in 2012. songe fled to the ecuadorian embassy in london for political asylum over fears of extradition to the u.s. after exposing potentially incriminating acts by the u.s. military for 7 years he was interned there and conditions the u.n.

said amounted to arbitrary detention at times he was denied access to the internet stifling his journalistic work and all the while an allegation of rape in sweden has hung over his head his lawyers claim the alleged victim said it was actually the police who sought charges not her the establishment media has had plenty of things to say back then and not much had to do with the 1st amendment the free press is not responsible for the origins of any material that gets to us. unless of course we are responsible for it because we had something to do with how it was a leak illegally obtained if someone's life was potentially a risk responsible media you would not publish yes these are conversations hard conversations that are had in newsrooms around the country and the world at the end of the day what would you say to those people who do claim that look he's his

activities did far more damage than good you are not allowed to help instruct you are not allowed to try to help somebody defeat security system they prefer to accuse the sonnes of working with the russians and of course to claim at the end he neglected his personal hygiene and like playing with his fecal matter for years they've been ignoring restrictions on the songes freedom of speech and smearing him for the sake of the narrative but the monster they created that has now turned against them in the mainstream media is absolutely hypocritical you know they spent these last several years criticizing critiquing damning. stones for constantly continuously all of a sudden now they've woken up and pretended to be so upset about the 17 charges of espionage they do feel threatened now it has nothing to do with freedom of press freedom of speech they feel threatened because they do the same thing to the songes done every day of the week this is called national security reporting and so now

all of a sudden sitting closer to home and they're pretending to be more concerned about it to remind you here are some of the biggest revelations made by songe of the is i can 2010 thousands of documents classified video related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public that leaked details among other things the indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq here later the so-called good move files revealed routine torture we're going to move by the deaths of inmates through harsh treatment 26 think we can leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias during the 2016 presidential campaign and a plot to push bernie sanders out of the race. theresa may has announced that she's stepping down as u.k. prime minister in an emotional speech outside number turn by expressed regret for failing to deliver briggs it despite her best efforts shall resign as party leader on june 7th throwing open the race for a successor. is now clear to me that is it it is in the best interests of the

country for a new prime minister to lead that effort i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. i on earth and. to be chosen by the sea to become. a strong new positive vision for the future of our country let's it means brics it will be no 2nd referendum no tension and that we can risk no breaks it is all we can. i. or we can choose to unite and support the best deal with me because it is now clear to me that is it it is in

the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to lead that effort trees of a made for exude a cornerstone of a premiership delivering on the results of the referendum proved an impossible task to do was roundly rejected in huge defeats 3 times then peace on both sides of the house becoming increasingly irate on government start to produce crisis research institute at oxford believes the country faces uncertainty in chaos. it's going to be a difficult task because the house of commons is still strongly against leaving the e.u. except on terms which involve remaining in a customs union almost certainly so that there's going to be a disconnect between the tory party members and supporters and presumably the people who defected to the briggs's party who are mainly conservatives who want a serious break with europe and the members of parliament and so unless you change the arithmetic in the house of commons whoever succeeds mrs may if they want to leave the e.u. was going to face huge problems in the same sort can they force

a new general election what will be the result of that we don't know but there's going to be a great deal of uncertainty and as i say there's this looming deadline of the 31st of october which is the end of the extension of britain's membership and the british politicians seem to forgotten that in the modern world divorce communicated from both sides the remaining members of the european union may decide we find you too much trouble we want you to leave now and so that could be a chaotic disorderly brigs it over briggs it goes next is hard to tell what becomes of the official conservative stance depends largely on who succeeds made labor the main opposition party accepts the referendum results it wants a deal not made ukip and the bags that party are both advocating a so-called hard bags that were put in quit the e.u. single market the liberal democrats the green party change ek they all want to reverse briggs it and have a 2nd referendum. let me state may have been all but routed from syria the jihadists are still wreaking

havoc in the country today. 38 missiles at the town of the color be killing 5 civilians and injuring a dozen according to the russian reconsideration center in the country one said this week government troops repelled 3 large scale attacks by militants and into the province the latest incarnation of what was the on this right front is attacked on your positions with hundreds of militants supported by tanks and vehicles packed with explosives. the u.s. state department claims it suspects the syrian regime of using chemical weapons in

its current offensive and 1st reporting on the alleged attack on tuesday the u.s. said it had seen some signs that might have happened but they did not provide for the details that came soon after the jihadist group. formally known as the al qaeda affiliate on this refund claim that the syrian army had targeted its members with chlorine gas. so the 1st time president assad's government's been accused of staging chemical attacks on its own people last year a toxic attack in the city of doomer 10 kilometers from the capital was immediately blamed on damascus the incident prompted the u.s. britain and france to launch air strikes against syrian government facilities and leaked documents by a group of researchers raised questions about the global chemical weapon watchdogs report about who's to blame r.t. requested the o.p.c. to reduce comment on the report but received no answer you start off explains. we saw petrified children. we listened to the righteous

indignation very terrible regime we read a scrupulous investigation into what happened by the un chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. report was meant to pose an indisputable and to speculations over what happened in duma in syria in spring 2018 except that it really. the 60 newly revealed pages challenge of the bag bone of the official conclusions. after passing through the ceiling in impacting the floor of the lower speed the cylinder continued in altered trajectory until reaching the position in which it was found. observations of the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is

a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed at those $2.00 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft the engineering teams account is well structured it includes pictures from the site of the incident blueprints and images of the test cases studied to deliver their verdict it's unlikely the project tile fell from above which would in that case mean one thing the assad controlled air force had nothing to do with it and while the sky was dominated by the governments of the ground at that time was in control of the insurgents so the question is now who else could have placed the cylinder on that bed now the revelation at the o p c w concerned except not the substance of it but the fact that someone in their ranks when grow and exposed something they tried to bury as. deep and far away from the public eye as possible the bottom line in this is that the documents have been

passed to us which as i've said before we've had we have confirmation from multiple sources which clearly shows that there has been an investigation carried out from within you. an investigation which is not found its way to move leak into the fire do not report and use your proper investigation into the c.w. and how it has been operating because it is the case that this organization has been subjected to political pressure and that have led to distortion their investigations and that is an incredibly serious matter. but this engine airing analysis is not the 1st blow to the official version of what happened in duma now this video purported to show the harrowing aftermath of the chemical attack resonated across the airwaves and was hyped by many channels

horrific images of syrian children fighting for brownfield and suffocating in their homes the editor of urgency shelter many with foam in their mouths disturbing reports of a chemical weapons attack chemical attack carried out by the asset regime except later people in the video said they had no recollection of a chemical attack some people barged into the hospital hosed people with water instigated panic and vanished even a producer with the b.b.c. a broadcaster that gave major airtime to the clip said he believed the hospital video was staged. after almost 6 months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital. in 28 seen the allowed us to voices on the world stage were quick to deliver their verdict and punishment these

are not the actions of a man they are crying of a monster instead the nations of britain france and the united states of america have martial their righteous power against barbarism and brutality. but with this new information it's not that obvious anymore and although it speak the interest of the politically engaged classes in lots of the new evidence from on o.p.c. w. engineers report i hope the guardian newspaper will have the good grace to print an unreserved apology for their scurrilous ad hominem attack on me after i denounce the white hellman's potently can cook 2 story for what it was when they have just discovered a major piece of the puzzle explain how similarly independent international organizations how deceive us into consent into wars and regime change

interventionism around the world there's a deafening silence from the great and good. a split emerges in the trump administration of north korea's latest missile test with north not one of the stories after a short break. they were going to see that happen. it was not feet but they managed to overthrow the previous government the the former president and c.e.o. court which. the country people wanted much more and they didn't want just to travel freely with europe they won't afraid to become part of. this is very far way to go still in in you bring.

you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. trump said that he has no fears of the latest military test spinal korea spondee diplomats john bolton and my palm pilot condemning young sanctions north korea fired off some small weapons which disturbs some of my people and others but not me

i have confidence that chairman kim will keep his promise to me. u.n. security council resolution spread but north korea from firing any believe stick missiles in terms of violating security council resolutions there is no doubt about that. this comes after north korea launched several short range missiles earlier this month sometimes all fired initially condemned to pyongyang's tests which broke a $500.00 day moratorium samba talks between the 2 countries collapsed live in the year after washington rejected a partial lifting of sanctions without full denuclearization. comes to eat comes through in his 4 day visit to japan which has become increasingly concerned about pyongyang's military activity has been highly critical of the tests with the recent missiles launched landing in the sea of japan and also insists north korea's actions violate un resolutions for us to prevent jim jeffords thinks that some

peace keeping a balance between both a carrot and stick approach is. how you as far as mr trump's public disagree with mr bolton their number of questions raised the most obvious one to anybody who supported drum so if the election is why is bolton there in the 1st place mr bowles been quite clear that he wants regime change in north korea by military means of necessary whereas i believe president roh has quite committed his relationship with god chairman and to bring about a peaceful resolution on the korean peninsula and i think this is something that the his his underlings have been trying to sabotage for quite some time they've managed to tank the hanoi somewhat and i think what we've seen with some of the recent tests from north korea are showing a very good relationship that and that's one reason mr trump is saying i don't care so much about that because he still committed to the agreement most of the news coverage coverage about trumpeters because your hand has been about korea i think there are other bigger issues on the table because we know sometimes destruction is

one thing and that is another thing he wants to look at the way that he can he can keep some pressure on the north koreans but also keep the door open. i would agree with kim realizing he can't trust the people he has around. or don't terms coming under pressure from his top diplomats over north korea in syria it's the u.s. arms industry to supplying force demanding he keep thousands of soldiers in the country into more pain reports. so who sets us foreign policy well when it comes to the projection of military force of 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 the thing you have people here in why she

want it they never want to leave some day people will explain what this is that if you will do have you do have a group and they call it the military additional 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. folks 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 trunk presidency that has been a boon to 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 promoter of values. we've lost thousands of american lives spent nearly a trillion dollars. to the merge and it's 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. 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 run 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. because the european union of voting in the final day of the e.u. parliamentary elections polling stations in 21 the united nations opened on sunday well the member states had already voted in the 1st to cast their ballots with the u.k. and the netherlands they held elections on thursday e.u. citizens are choosing 751 any peace for the next 5 years some 403000000 e.u. citizens of eligible to vote. on the 1st of the results were coming in very shortly from those european elections stay with r.t. for coverage of the.

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the more i tried to understand venezuela the more i could see the signs of all solitary unism emerging on my continent as well. however what venezuela's critics didn't didn't do was compare human rights issues to those in other countries on the american continent. civil and political rights have been violated in venezuela. but they are violated every day in colombia and they are violated every day in mexico. and there violated every day in brazil. what

i call human rights. what i call selective integration. you show enormous in the nation with regard to one country. you keep quiet with regard to many other countries where the situation is many times worse. in brazil the police kill 14 people a day on average. the colombian army killed 10000 civilians between 20022010. that doesn't include hundreds of political activists assassinated every year by pal ability groups tolerated or even supported by the authorities. even in the usa the police killed almost a 1000 people in 2018. politicians

in some of those countries have called for military intervention in venezuela to protect so they say its citizens. we have troops all over the world in places that are very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. i'm always careful when we talk about south and central america and the cia there's a lot of stories. we are very hopeful that there could be a transition in venezuela as i was just down in mexico city and in bogota week before last talking about this very issue trying to help them understand the things they might do so that they can get a better outcome c.n.n. can now confirm the president trump asked a number of his top foreign policy advisers last summer about the possibility of in

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