it. was i. was under. the british intelligence service m i 5 is under scrutiny after it was revealed the agency has been illegally holding on to masses of personal data. also to come survivors of london's grand felt how a fire begin legal action against u.s. companies whose materials they say contributed to the tragedy and the u.s. for forcibly requests the extradition of wiki leaks co-founder cucumber sandwiches and spying related charges.

hello there good morning just gone 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the british internal security service m i 5 is under fire for illegally holding on to bulk data collected on citizens the situation came to light during a case brought by the civil rights group liberty m i 5 have been holding on to people's data ordinary people's data your data my data illegally for many years not only that they've been trying to keep their really serious errors secret secrets from the security services watchdog who's supposed to know about them secret from the home office secret from the prime minister and secrets from the public which are in the trial emerge that m i 5 was already aware of the failures 3 years ago with more on the story his party. well there might not be a plaque on the door but even google maps will tell you that that building over

there is m i 5 britain's domestic intelligence agency and even though its job is to root out the bad guys the agency itself has been accused of extraordinary and persistent illegality in a high court case civil rights group liberty brought the legal challenge against m i 5 to the high court the case against m i 5 now relates back to a law that was passed in the u.k. in 2016 the investigatory powers act back then the new legislation was sold as something that would create transparency in the wake of the snowden scandal which had revealed that the u.s. and its allies including the u.k. had been collecting vast troops of public data but the investigatory powers act quickly became dubbed the snoopers charter privacy campaigners claim it simply

legalized the practices that snowden had exposed and introduced intrusive new powers. there is however a government watchdog that's meant to oversee the u.k.'s sweeping surveillance laws and according to documents revealed in court that watchdog the u.k.'s investigative powers commissioner has delivered a highly critical assessment of m i 5 in particular over m i 5 storage of cracked public data in one letter presented in court m i 5 knowledge that personal data collected by m i 5 was being stored in ungoverned spaces. there is a high likelihood of material being discovered when it should have been deleted in a disclosure exercise leading to substantial legal or oversight failure back in may britain's home secretary sajid javid revealed that compliance risks had been identified with how and why fide handled data the report of the investigatory

powers commissioner's office into these risks concluded that they were serious and required immediate mitigation the commissioner also expressed concern that m i 5 should have reported the compliance risks to him sooner the court case which is ongoing also revealed that the government watchdog would be subjecting m i 5 to far greater scrutiny from now on comparing it to a school being placed on special measures which is the government's equivalent of the naughty step. with the u.k. home secretary does say that m i 5 has now taken immediate and substantial steps to comply with the law although social media lawyer yeah cohen does not believe that anybody will be punished. it is very clear to him a fact is not complying with the law some of the information was was highly highly

sensitive information if this type of data is been kept in a secure manner it means that it was open for 4 perhaps hundreds of people to view it and then there was a high likelihood that would have been leaked to the public maybe to the newspaper maybe there would have been even. leaked leaks of of the data to do all sorts of organizations which are really be. the data for national security reasons only question is whether they are going to be any sanctions imposed on the individuals. in i think the answer is probably not. now nearly $250.00 survivors and relatives of the victims of the grand felt our tragedy in london a searing 3 us that made materials used in the residential complex they claim they facilitated the spread of the devastating fire in 2017 some of the materials

a ban from use on u.s. skyscrapers prompting accusations of double standards our comics and the message that foreign lives are worth less than american lives and that it is acceptable to expose people outside the united states to dangerous to which people in the united states would not be exposed there or think names are conic whose exterior cladding is highly flammable and help spread the flames quickly it also names whirlpool the maker of the refrigerator there's believed to have caused the fire and insulation made by seller texas said to have released cyanide gas leading to further victims.

all 3 companies have expressed seth sympathies with the victims will pool has also noted that 2 separate probes fail to find fault with its refrigerator so the tech says its insulation is just one element of the clotting system used on the tower and our conic says it will respond in court but we spoke to peter herbert a cofounder of b m e lawyers for graham fell he says that multinationals who are found guilty of negligence are likely to be punished. the united states does have a very good a friendly culture whereby if a multinational national company hires guilty often selling nagel's of product or

a rich trail product without sufficient safeguards then they will permit those previously been cases in the united states where a building collapse has resulted in damages of around about $230000000.00 to be distributed to the victims and residents and the tragedy i believe there's a 2 year limitation period at the united states that action must be commenced the floor 2 years expires otherwise the limitation act would rule any action outside of their limited jurisdiction of the u.s. so it is a necessity to safeguard their legal position and at the end of the day the question is are the individuals that grants loans stop that so much going to go to you but serial benefits for those of their families who have been bereaved people who are after the breadwinners and therefore if that is right then that must be part of a just settlement. u.s. prosecutors have made a formal request to the u.k.

for the extradition of the weekly founder julian assange that's according to media reports citing officials from both countries the u.s. has indicted him on 17 counts of spying and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer an extradition hearing will be held on friday resigned his father says his son is currently recovering from dramatic weight loss this is a video from inside the prison and obtained by artie's ruptly video agency arse months during a stand was moved to a medical ward in the prison and this too will to appear in court 5 video link fair hearing. in chief says a santa will not get a fair trial. i don't believe that we are going to win this with legal argument there is no chance the julian will get a fair trial here in the u.k. or in the u. yes of course unless there's a change of reporting that people actually start speaking out we're not talking about a prosecution we're talking about a persecution. was on his father paid him

a visit at belmarsh expressing concerns over his health and possible extradition. which to retore actions in states against somebody who is not a citizen. soldier you can still do it. pretty fully using our car. will work with. you. it's. the worst. sound you serving a 50 weight many u.k.'s high security belmarsh prison for jumping bail in 2012 in april he was forcibly removed by british police from the ecuadorian embassy in london after quito wended his 7 year asylum there if convicted in the us he could be sentenced up to 175 years in jail now while gina sanchez waits his fate his former protector ecuador is refusing to extradite an alleged american fraudster

to the u.s. ecuadorian president glenn moraine has personally blocked the proceedings citing national sovereignty reasons humanitarian concerns and also international law we asked wiki leaks activist clark stokely why the 2 cases are being treated so differently. don't put double standards very hypocrite always very sure of the morals and ethics of these governments you know the message that wiki leaks has been publishing has been the truth showing that these major or. government organizations are committing fraud or committing war crimes and so forth. and you know then the messenger is going to be the one that keeps going you know walk away the fact the mare is it's always will i know percent

factual evidence. maybe people need to start reading the facts of the matter rather than those who present to us. in other news almost $80000.00 people have now signed a petition demanding that it's lead drop criminal proceedings against the german boat captain pier klemp or the 35 year old skipper of the event a rescue ship is accused of abetting illegal immigration that after she personally sisted in the rescue of more than a 1000 migrants they were at risk of drowning in unsafe thing it is they attempted to cross the mediterranean sea to reach europe with more is more if an option. this is a case of peer clem a german boat captain and hero to some criminal to others she was at the helm of the event of boat in august 2017 when it entered the port of lump it was a located on an island between malta and the coast of tunisia the rescue vessel was

detained and appears a lawyer now says she may face up to 20 years in prison and horrendous fines but no matter what appears stance is unwavering get a free have witness to what women and children have to face if they are denied safe travel by ignoring the submarine boats of european warships. and expelling libyan militias from brutal people who shelter refugees from unsuitable overcrowded scraps and beat them up sometimes too late italian investigators have accused her crew of colluding with smugglers with photos leaked to the media alleged in the boat returning to libya's coast on purpose to be used again by smugglers a date hasn't been set yet for with klemp has dubbed her show trial and many agree tens of thousands of people are back in her in a petition calling for italy to drop the charges this however falls under matteo

salvini is crackdown they tell an interior minister and deputy prime minister is known for his open and strong until migrant views to stop rescue ships that are carrying migrants from docking on italian shores and allowing refugees to disembark it's what he's been after since his appointment last year and he has supporters too it's not as though the italians are to do without probable cause there is much truth to reporting that every year of investigation preceded the arrest including videos witness statements don't develop the picture mrs rescuing people from drowning is b.s. propaganda rescue them and take them to germany it is quite convenient to rescue people and leave them initially greece cetera we have enough migrants we do not want any more sheen able the trafficking of people that's illegal she is responsible for the so-called refugee crisis there is a clear split within the e.u. over how to tackle the migrant crisis and while they seat undecided on whether to

assist or hanged the flow of migrants into europe captain peer clem could be losing her battle at sea and on for. rafer nationality reporting from germany well although the italian authorities do say that their anti migrant policy is a success rights organizations say lives are still being put at risk. pretty much. since the start of the year there have been around 2000 and arrivals by seen using small boats sailing boats rowing boats whatever they have to cross the material or that's compared to 14000 last year migrants have no say in how or when to leave the traffickers make that decision for them they couldn't care less if the people arrive dead or alive if we do not intervene soon it will be a sea of blood the reason why all dissent in this because that is no agreement to that european level for the resettlement of the asylum seekers and therefore easily

get to become just the container of all asylum seekers waiting for maybe resettlement in other european countries the 1st thing is to return to the european level and this stablish clear rules that apply to all member states so the country of 1st arrival we could say doesn't become also and only the only one to receive these people so this this would create a flow there should be a coordinated approach. but at the moment europe is not capable of divisive any kind of solution. and i still to come this hour the new york times has dropped political cartoons after the publisher faces of a backlash over one of them well have a look at why that happened just after the break.

recent high level controversy surrounding you tube clearly demonstrates the online universe and freedom of speech are not on the same page the platform says it wants to ban extremism but it's probably fair to say most would agree on this the problem is how you tube defines this concept. we are in a strange situation where everybody is making a lot of noise about military action against iran but nobody in the part of that alliance actually wants to do it. there's no desire for it so to hope that iran makes a mistake. somehow. and then there's some kind of confrontation and then the iranians will be forced to come to the table you know begging for some kind of solution on american terms but you know i think that is dreaming that's a pipe dream.

the russian investigative journalist even going off has been released from house arrest but the charges against him troll but he had been accused of illegal drug possession with intent to distribute him what he claimed was a trumped up case of his journalistic activity officials and i are saying the evidence was reexamined and found to be valid was met by cheering crowds of supporters. i was. i hope the investigation will continue and no one will find themselves in the same

situation i happen to be in trouble. for 6 years thanks a lot of room for support thank you but no need time to come to terms with what's happened because it's right. by the court it wasn't. on thursday with police officers claiming they found drugs on him and that is flat he said the evidence had been planted in retaliation for his investigative journalism the offices suspected of framing him have been suspended russia's interior minister has started an investigation into the detention and asked the russian president vladimir putin to fire 2 high ranking moscow police generals over the case. of the arrest sparked a widespread public outcry in russia many journalists and other public figures rallied in support of him accusing the police of misconduct there were protests in front of russia's interior ministry 3 of russia's biggest newspapers run the same

front page 2 with the headline we are event. independent political analyst alexandra bruno says that the way the case is played act has a number of positive takeaways. it is definitely a victory for civil society but it's also a victory for clean government i'm happy to see that the people responsible have been put under investigation and most importantly the civil society and media were able to express their opinions and support for go enough freely in the west in particular where a lot of. propaganda against russia is presented and prepared. we are often told that the media in russia is very. controlled by the state and censored so i think this case is a perhaps not very good for going off it's

a very important case in helping to show that perhaps the media in russia is much freer than we believe. the new york times officially stopped publishing political cartoons it comes just over a month after a strong backlash against the karting featuring a blind president donald trump led by the israeli prime minister in the form of a guide dog one of the paper's long term contributors revealed the move. the new york times all and all political cartoons are just learned we saw through a publisher syndicated no 2 new yorker to their caused a scandal for me this is the end of an adventure begin to him 2 years ago when the cartoonist their poetry surpassed he also complained about moralistic mobs influencing newsrooms and in his post he stressed that without humor we are all day new york times issues an apology soon after the offending cartoon was published while the disputed image of donald trump and many netanyahu was the work of antonio

madera and to nez back in may he hit back over the controversy claiming the backlash was fabricated by quote jewish propaganda meanwhile the decision of the new york times to abandon political cartoons caused uproar on twitter. the n.y.t. really did fail this time decision not to run political cartoons by n.y.t. opinion is spineless we need political humor now more than ever 4 years ago the new york times was all just see surely now they're no longer publishing cartoons new york times are not throughout to be with the bathwater yes there was a terrible lapse in judgment to print that cartoon so polit gys and have a keener eye free readers flea offensive cartoons john and art from completely well political cartoonist and author ted rall believes that not being able to laugh are political leaders to create a serious problem for society. this is

a pretty despicable series of events i mean 1st of all i don't think we need to throw on tonio the portuguese cartoonist under the bus there really is but it's highly debatable whether his cartoon was anti-semitic or not and i think portraying him as an anti-semite despite the fact that he repeatedly has denied it is really egregious and something that many of my colleagues probably should have spoken out against to months ago and now you have the new york times firing its own syndicate i mean the editors who ran the cartoons are still working at the new york times and the and now they're firing to cartoonist who had nothing to do with the cartoon in question so i mean i've never heard of a political cartoonist getting fired over a cartoon that he did not draw so the new york times has literally declared nuclear war against my art form they've decided that all traditional editorial cartoons that depict a strong opinion about the events of the day will no longer appear there when we

can't laugh at ourselves when we can't poke fun at our political leaders we've got a major problem on our hands politically. that lawmakers in home have delayed to vote delayed voting on a controversial bill after tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets the bill would enable the semi autonomous region to extradite suspects to mainland china pro-democracy activists say that that would see too much control to beijing and in hong kong special status they say it would enable politically motivated extradition supporters of the bill say it is necessary to prosecute crimes committed by home call residents in china yuma shops banks and enterprises to give their employees the day off on wednesday to protest on sunday ever a 1000000 people in hong kong protested the same shit.

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and china have gone south as of late other nations are taking sides taiwan's box cod has said that they won't be able to move apple's production out of the people's republic of china r.t. correspondent alex mchale of it is on hand to catch us up on what shaky relations can mean for manufacturing. amazon has now claimed the title of the world's most valuable company as they are beginning to wade into the new sectors out of matches on how to break down like tech giants are making their way into the finance sector and later on mexico have been avoided for now but what could be in store for trade floor calls from the center for a new international policy joins us to break down trade across the southern border we've got a pound showed you those so let's go and dive right in. i counsel murder leads our global report today as the european competition commission blocks the merger of the steel making units of india's steel and germany's facing crop the 2 companies had previously fact off the proposal after the e.u. competition commission signaled the. both companies would have to divest certain

assets to address the regulators antitrust concerns the competition commission margaret has now effectively terminated the deal that would have created the 2nd biggest steel manufacturer in europe mr best a.j. decisively denied that the after many stakeholders told the commission that the 2 companies counterproposals on antitrust issues would not address their concerns the final denial may fuel calls for reform to the rules the commission runs by as the steel industry observers say that some consolidation is needed to stabilize an industry unsettled by events including the u.s. tariffs on imported metals from the e.u. china japan and russia. a number of technology firms are preparing for the long haul is a turf war between china and the u.s. continues while some companies are trying to avoid the battleground others are asking for help from their governments are to give a chance for the latest in toronto alex without an end in sight right now to say

the least to the u.s. china trade war one of the world's biggest employers taiwan's foxconn technology group says that it is preparing to move its production facilities out of china why is that. foxconn is worried about what investors are thinking investors are seeing this long war between china and the u.s. getting longer and longer this trade war is something that a lot of people in the business community in the investment community want to see go away and foxconn is one of those companies that is affected by this now what foxconn is saying is listen which is their biggest client and the hope is to be an american company there saying we can start moving our operations or productions out of china to one of our many other facilities that we have across the world and we could supply you that way now we're trying to is not of when it comes to foxconn foxconn is taiwan base so as you can see here it's a bit of a split moving away all these operations out of china.