no i. am. running it to one of the afternoon moscow time the french president bush's political maneuvering over the weekend at the leaders of the g. 7 surprise he invited the iranian foreign minister to that g. 7 summit for crisis talks bringing their reaction also to in the headlines for radical new rules are enforced a google with the tech telling employees not been gauging the political debate.

on the family of a british sudanese man who's been languishing in jail in sudan without charge for over $100.00 days condemn the u.k. foreign office is disappointing response as they put it. to here in moscow this monday the 26th of august is kevin only for this half hour of these update and a focus 1st today on what's been happening over the weekend in the south of france that she 7 some with a course of iran's foreign minister made an impromptu visit to the g. 7 summit in france on sunday the whole crisis talks with president emanuel micron. rival caught the other world leaders there off guard apparently in left the u.k. a u.s. delegation has got a clear blindsided shell of dubai and skis got more on the reaction to it. dramatic diplomatic move kind of went down like a lead balloon with the white house delegation we're fusing to meet dia rainy and

foreign minister discuss that iranian deal of course the iranian foreign minister himself under u.s. sanctions at the moment so no meeting between them you might remember that there was an iranian nuclear deal signed a few years ago and then when trump became president of the united states he said this deal it's not good enough i'm pulling this out of it and he did that back last year now since then there's been a war of words with iran they have been these sanctions that have been put on iran by the u.s. and the u.s. has demanded that other leaders who are signatories to that iranian nuclear deal kowtow to his demands and also pull out now the e.u. leaders who at this cheese 7 summit and others say they're not pulling out their signatories to this accord they want it to work and perhaps one of the biggest people who supported this or a new nuclear deal is none other than french president amat corps who is also this

g 7 president now he had quite a few tricks up his sleeve during the summit but he tried to ease the u.s. into his way of thinking very easily instead fast early on we discussed our various initiatives. has taken initiatives towards iran i have taken several initiatives and we have reported on them the g. 7 is an informal club there is no formal mandate given within the g 7. no i just. have. you know it's the people who go into the world dog and dog despite that i did setting in the south of france it was one g. 7 summit that hasn't gone without its own controversy well most of the leaders with looking to get a cord on the table to find agreement there was one who just didn't want to play ball and that was the president of the united states yes donald trump so no agreement on easing trade tensions across the world no agreement so far on

environmental issues although is a suggestion that there will be some sort of formalization of how the leaders of the g. 7 will want to help with those fires in south america in the amazon rain forest and of course they wouldn't be g 7 in france without protests thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend in cities around berates to show their armies and their discontent with the g. 7 summit in fact many of them had actually been participating in an anti g 7 for the last week there were clashes with the police although the protests were largely peaceful many arrest taking place some people injured and the security forces a huge number some 13000 in the south of france around this summit using tear gas to cannons the main overall king theme the main point of this summit it seems was to try and get a cord over iran and so far it's failed. so good move or not did the french

president pull off a diplomatic coup by inviting a runs for a minister lubin here a reaction from both europe and around about the potential implications of what happened. by the beginning i thought like most journalists that it was an all or p.r. stunt public relations effort of mr mark or 2 to make this summit a success but the fact that. the foreign affairs minister of iran is there is in doubt it's a few meters away from the trial is is astonishing is astounding and it seems that is more to it. affect germany and france have discussed with the reins over the last few days and are discussing now with you on office on in beauty it was the french they came to the uranium that had been step to stay in the deal and essentially what that did it actually prolonged the period that you're on fully of lies by the deal and that was very good for the americans i mean it will definitely

have an impact iran is playing a major role in the discussions in the g. 7 and donald trump actually meeting yesterday that major decisions will be coming in the next few days so i think it is important nevertheless i think it's very very early to talk about an actual agreement between iran and the united states. job a series of visits to france comes as his country continues to suffer the effects of crippling u.s. sanctions and international isolation but all that politics aside nor you think about it among those bearing the brunt for instance or iranian cancer patients who say they're struggling to access right now the vital treatment they need.

with number one the united states sanctions medical supplies going to the iranian people the truth is that the united states exempts medicine and medical devices for the iranian people the iranian people know all too well that the real issue preventing access is the regime itself. that is the reality is that the u.s. is putting iran on the pressures and they are justifying their ranks with the. like the one said by mr hook in the video calls unique chemotherapy medicine is nearly impossible to access and expensive on the market mr hook says we give iran's government access to the medicine but when the money transfer system is how can we even buy it. you'll be doing

the realities but all financial corridors in the wrong are blocked and where more table to pull 20 comes from and some from the original providers and brands which are mostly europe and we cannot pay the foreign currency therefore you know the provides even the most generic our government has to import from countries which are not developed in this industry. elsewhere the very one celebrated as a firm that promoted free thought and lively discussion google has issued a new set of community guidelines banning political debate at work the decision marks the culmination of course of several years of intense scrutiny over its policies both internal and external and its influence on public discourse i certainly find the selection deeply offensive and that i think not just in united states but around the world is what's fueling concerns xenophobia hatred and a desire for answers that may or may not be there what we all need right now is the hard google's management has had enough after contending with so much bad p.r.

over the last year the bosses have decided to say no more politics on the shop floor while sharing information and ideas with colleagues helps build community disrupting the work day to have a raging debate over policy so the latest news story does not our primary responsibility is to do the work we've each been hired to do not to spend working time on debates about non-work topics companies new guidelines demand that employees stop insulting demeaning or humiliating their coworkers and others plans or even already in place to hire a team to moderate cold. internal message boards and while political debates are generally frowned upon at work google's earned quite the reputation.

on top of that recent leaks by google employees sparked accusations of widespread political bias in the company from manipulating search algorithms to fit a liberal agenda i see google executives go to congress and say that it's not going to do it it is not political and i'm just so sure that's not true to punishing those who oppose the company's political line one former worker of google even said he was fired for being conservative when i joined google i saw a lot of employees being mistreated and abused and harassed for sharing conservative views or just for question company policies and maybe one of the most powerful companies in the world but it seems when it comes to controlling its own staff management just needs to google it there are always guidelines governing employee behavior of course but this these are unusual guidelines because they're

specifically at targeting political speech now that i've not really seen and that's just tremendous concern because what they're really doing here is when they're trying to suppress political speech by employees they're really trying to suppress political speech by conservative employees leakers the whistleblowers so far have come forward have been conservative employés that's what's google is most concerned about parent lee even starting last year google began. to restrict access to documents by its own employees so i think if you look internally in the company you'll find that they're probably doing much more extreme things to try to get their employees under control then we're aware of i don't think it'll work i think it will backfire.

next is a story about a family of a british sudanese man who's been held for over 3 months in the sudanese prison the strongly condemning what they call the u.k. government's disappointing lack of action over the case goes noam is calm while he was imprisoned after criticizing the african nations transitional military council on social media but later he was cleared by prosecutors of any wrongdoing. the chance to speak to one of mr ahmed daughters but is continuing to tension. on the 11th of may 6th year old. british sudanese citizen was arrested and detained in khartoum despite a prosecutor finding him not guilty of any alleged crimes the sudanese authorities refuse to release him i've come to liverpool where one of kamala's daughters lives she tells me her father's story and how the british government for its failure to take action in protecting one of its own citizens where extremely worried obviously

it's been 3 months now we're going into the 4th month of his detention despite the fact that he has not been charged with anything and his release has been ordered. it still hasn't been carried out gaining access to kemal in prison is difficult and unreliable even his own lawyer has not been allowed to visit him but as it has been once and describes the conditions they're very isolated from the outside world they don't have access to telephone calls we try to send in newspapers he's not allowed access to newspapers. he's not been allowed access to his lawyer which is a pain. cumin right for all detainees kemal moved to the u.k. in 1986 and worked for the n.h.s. as a doctor for 20 years all 4 of his children are british citizens too but the foreign office has been unresponsive to pleas from commands family to step in and secure his freedom the embassy in khartoum haven't actually had direct contact with my father we as

a family have been in contact with them updating them on my father's condition unfortunately they've had very little input so our only contact with the foreign office has been through our m.p. . and they've been very slow to respond their responses have been very disappointing i think it's very shameful it reflects very badly on the british government. whether you're a dual national or british national if there's injustice happening then you need to take action early on in his detention kemal went on an 8 day hunger strike hoping to draw attention to his plight but though it sparked protests in his hometown the international community failed to take notice it was a cry for attention and he went on a hunger strike for 8 days but unfortunately fell on deaf ears is obvious this is a human rights violation and i would call upon human international human rights organizations to get involved in my father's case i think there does need to be

more attention on this to pressurize the british government into taking action against unjust attention i'm all the case is not unique a recent petition to force the foreign office to make its protection of citizens an obligation not a choice reveals that as many as 1000 brits apparently being detained aboard without trial as as and others like her take matters into their own hands one can also the question is do you government doing all it can to secure the wealth that human rights of all its citizens sask tailor are to him live. well there's a small update for your foot now i can tell you we did ask the u.k. foreign office for comment on come on its current situation thus far we've not had a response as we do we'll let you know it's 150 in the afternoon here in moscow play the come back after the break among the stories this when we look at the case of a texas man who was executed on rape and murder charges last week despite insisting

to live very end that he was innocent. that's my life and you know i started on wall street 40 years ago and i've been living in a log serious life ever cheaper money ever since literally not having to work every day of my life because that's part of 40 years ago i've gone straight up. with lawmakers manufactured. public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round.

we can all middle of the room sick. again thanks for watching today so as mentioned just before the break their story next about a texas man has been put to death over the rape and murder of a college student over 2 decades ago but it's a crime he always insisted he did not commit.

prosecutors say they are certain that swearing john was responsible for the murder they argue that they're among thousands of evidence they say demonstrating his guilt including for instance the victim's clothing that was found in his trailer he also asked a fellow inmate to write a letter to his lawyer supporting to be the real killer so engine also had a track record of violence against women but despite all that his defense claimed otherwise they claim that there are discrepancies in the prosecution's chronology and on that basis he could not have been responsible they also allege that the clothing in the former electrician's trailer may have belonged to someone else moreover that the blood found under the victim's fingernails didn't belong to either her or swearing the executed man's lawyer told us more about this

conflicting evidence than. we presented the opinions of no less than 5 medical examiners who reviewed the path ology who reviewed the histology and all converged on a single conclusion which was that the body was left in the woods after mr sware engine was incarcerated they all work pro bono on mr square engines case they did not ask for a dime the examiner that 1st compared those 2 pieces of pantyhose said they were not a physical match it took 2 and a half days and eventually she made them match mr swear engine was poor he was an educated and he did very ignorant things that made him look guilty we believe that. the state needs to take some action

about. how the scientific evidence is presented evaluated by the courts let's go around the world for top news stories happening in violence breaking out again between police and protesters in hong kong on sunday as that city saw its worst address and for the start of its pro-democracy campaign started back in june during clashes in district offices used water running against the 1st time and pointed weapons at protesters dozens of people including a 12 year old were reportedly arrested demonstrations in that chinese territory region it began in response you may recall to that controversial extradition little since then scott much bigger it's morphed into a movement calling for broad social reform. japan self defense forces have conducted annual military drills close to buying food in the country's south the 4 days of exercises involved a lot of people over 2 and a half 1000 soldiers near about 80 tanks and armored vehicles and 20 helicopters those drills have been

a regular occurrence ever since 961 but worth bearing in mind government has been expanding its military capabilities of late and the 2050 passed legislation allowing japan's military to participate in foreign conflicts. protests been held in the brazilian capital over the unprecedented number of fires still raging in the amazon rain forest tens of thousands of grapes have been recorded this summer far higher than usual with many deliberately started by farmers who with government support are clearing their land for cattle ranching facing a ments international pressure and financial penalties the bulls now administration on sunday then deployed 44000 troops to try to tackle all those fires. and happy employees next to the luxury hotel on the spanish island of the both of been striking of what they say are abysmal working conditions they're demanding that their rights be upheld and their employers treat them as professionals hotels maids of previously claimed that their works akin to slavery and cause. stress and

injury at the same time. final store post story playing out kind of above our heads and on the ground to history could be made in space for all the wrong reason an astronaut who's been accused of committing a crime in near earth orbit while aboard the r.s.s. . what. there is unequivocally no truth to these claims we've been going through a painful personal separation that's now unfortunately in the media.

ok i'm sorry but if this was me i would definitely own up to this how cool would it be to be the 1st human intergalactic space criminal. that potentially the 1st crime in space may have been committed by a woman and a lesbian speaks to how far we've come. that would be astronauts and mclean if this is true will have us her legacy this crime instead of anything else she accomplished. well that's it so far keep up to speed with so much more across kosovo so i talk to dot com and download our up for the latest breaking news story 2 mobile devices when it happens here in moscow is covered now in saying thanks for watching out international.

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did both. of them one night you should have been there so. i didn't want that or i can just let me ask and nation under the name of community yeah because he. gets killed any kind of taking drugs the night he made a move out of a hotel my life young enough i don't come before i don't mess with. one else seemed wrong. just don't hold. any old belief yet to shape out this day to come out to it and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look

for common ground. why a paradise with some ground turned into a ground experimentation field for agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major here tens there's no question otherwise why would that the chemical company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments but often in day you have many of these people one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power.

you're watching the season finale of going underground with me afshin rattansi just hours off the european parliamentarians awarded julian a songe its most prestigious prize for journalists whistle blows and defenders of the right to information we will ask the un special rapporteur on torture about the british capture and imprisonment of the wiki leaks founder but 1st straight to new york to speak to legendary pink floyd front man roger waters about whether the actions of trey's a made all trump and then an merino against a son just symptomatic of rogue states. roger thanks for coming on the show let's

just start with what went through your mind when you saw the pictures of his sons being dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in london by british police we had been warned for several days because wiki leaks had got wind of the fact that they were going to actually do this but to see them physically carrying him out. special under no special branch as pows and putting him in that van and driving him away was absolutely chilling to think that the u.k. has become such a willing accomplice and satellites of the american empire that it would do such a thing in contravention of all lords moral ethical and actual legal restrictions is absolutely stunningly appalling and makes me ashamed to be an englishman i know you have campaigned against environmental destruction in ecuador under the lenin merino administration what do you think is behind the decision to let u.k. billie's in to the embassy to capture him jump ill just said on this show that it

would be a warning from history they bribed him with the promise of a 4700000000 i.m.f. loan i may say that they culminate does not end with getting moreno to give up julian assange. also they have plans to let chevron start drilling for oil in ecuador as most important national park which is a travesty beyond all of. let's stick to judea and the lower in the united states. after the patcher attacks and 10221021 the amendments to it citizens barely have rights anymore everything is at the whim of the commander in chief and the commander in chief is anything is allowed now there is no law there is no

recourse to the little something i've written about in lots of my songs over the years because it's when the law goes. that we find ourselves pitched into. wars and this team at the moment bolton a broom isn't trump himself and pence and all the rest of them are desperately trying to pitch the world the planet that we live on into the wall sorry i'm drifting of julian who we should all be focusing on because he is who the whole world should be focusing on him now because if we let the u.k. get away with allowing him to be extradited to the united states and we allow the united states government at their whim to torture him and to detain him possibly for the rest of his life.