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the french president bush's political maneuvering takes the leaders of the g. 7 by surprise. foreign minister to the summit crisis talks. coming up in the program rules are in force. but the tech telling employees. in the political debate we're. also the british sudanese man who's been languishing in. charge for $100.00 days the u.k.
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foreign office is. disappointing response. just after 7 am in dallas 10 pm in melbourne 3 in the afternoon here in moscow this monday august the 26th welcome to our to international i mean and. iran's foreign minister made an impromptu visit to the g. 7 summit in. sunday to hold crisis talks with president and money mohammad javad zarif survival called the world leaders off guard though reportedly leaving the u.s. delegation blindsided charlotte do penske brings us details. traumatic diplomatic move kind of went down like a lead balloon with the white house delegation refusing to meet dia rainy and
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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 there were in 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 their own 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 are 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
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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 against people who go in 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
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environmental issues all those 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 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 and water cannons but the main overall king theme in the main point of this summit it seems was to try and get a chord over iran and so far it's failed yes just
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a little bit did the french president actually pull off a diplomatic coup then by inviting iran's foreign minister we have been hearing reaction from both europe. about the potential implications of what. by the beginning i thought like most journalists that it was an all or p.r. stunt a public relations effort of mr mark or 2 to make the summit a success but the fact that oh the foreign affairs minister of iran is there is in doubt it's a few meters away from the trouble is is astonishing is astounding and it seems that is more to the french and germany have discussed with the reins over the last few days and i'll discuss it now with a look at the office own in beats it was the french they came to the uranium that convinced them 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
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good for the americans i mean it will definitely have an impact iran is plain a major role in the discussions in the g. 7 and donald trump actually made it 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. visit to bere its comes as his country continues to suffer the effects of crippling u.s. sanctions and international isolation but politics aside among those bearing the brunt are really in cancer patients who say they're struggling to access michael supplies.
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myth 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. as the reality is that the us is pushing iran under pressure and they are justifying their acts with these lawyers like the one said by mr hook in the video while calls unique chemotherapy medicine is near 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 closed just how can we even buy it.
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with the realities with financial corridors in the wrong a blocked. reports many comes from and some from the regional providers and brands which are mostly in 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 and this industry. moving on once celebrated as a firm that promoted free thoughts on likely discussion google has issued a new set of community guidelines falling political debates at work the decision marks the culmination of several years of intense scrutiny over its policies both internal and external and 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 zina phobia hatred and a desire for answers that may or may not be there what we all need right now is
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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 districts in 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 no one topics company's 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 coworkers internal message boards and while political debates are generally frowned upon at work google's earned quite the reputation. and.
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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 in the view. and harassed for sharing conservative views or just for questioning company policies 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
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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 it'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 employees that's what's google is most concerned about apparently 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 sayings 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.
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the film the british sudanese who's been held for over 3 months in a sudanese prison have strongly condemned what they call the u.k. government's disappointing lack of action. it was imprisoned in may after criticizing on social media the african nations transitional military council but was later cleared by prosecutors of any wrongdoing. or the chance to speak to one of mr daughters about his continuing detention. 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 anger at the british government for its failure to take action in protecting one of its own citizens were extremely worried
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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 described the conditions there are very isolated from the outside world they don't have access to telephone calls we've tried to send in newspapers he's not allowed access to newspapers. he's not been allowed access to his lawyer which is a basic human 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
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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 jewel 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. would call upon human international human rights
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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 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 abroad without trial as as un others like her take matters into their own hands one can also the question is do you take government doing all it can to secure the wealth that human rights of all its citizens sask taylor r.t.m. livable ok just a small up did all this the u.k. foreign office has stated that it is in contact with the sudanese authorities concerning commercial detention what comes of it we'll bring it to you. still to come in the hour we look out the case of a texas man who was executed all rape and murder charges last week the spite
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insisting on to live area and but he was innocent it was. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be rich. but you do like to be crooks that's what before 3 in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the logs in the house. something seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to say proud disdain. and engage equals betrayal.
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when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. 17 minutes into the program welcomed by violence broke out between police and protesters in hong kong on sunday as the city state saw its worst on the wrist since the start of its pro-democracy campaign in june in scenes that were widely circulated in the media all of the rallies saw must activists attacking riot officers who responded by aiming pistols demonstrators at the photos of police
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threatening protesters were prominently displayed in a number of leading publication here's one video of the incident though the footage presents a far less clear picture of which side was in the wrong. i . was. was. a lid on this story now with under walczak entry as a political analyst on journalist and welcome to the program you are to what's it an editorial justifiable decision to feature these images so prominently giving it the symbolism i suppose of of the incident or an attempt to misrepresent the situation. definitely the 2nd that you mention look
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it's a very tense situation now in hong kong and. brought this to most of the so-called protests those are using are throwing stones at the police they are using call for going to sharp objects they're attacking her own law enforcement officers. elise finds themselves very often isolated and or over about now was all they do is that they use the used fire was at least a water cannon so they are fired few shots and to be air now are all given this situation the circumstances this would be totally normal and they learned their war and actually they are our. police acting could have only restrained manner if you compare it to france if you compare it to your arrests and there are protests and berenson in their water cannons the tear gas the floor are very old poisonous
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nature of our used for many weeks now and many months so many people the injured some people rolls their eyes and so on and so on and here are the hong kong a law enforcement on. it's actually a mean good year it's a shooting a few rounds into the air and using water cannons would have 4 stars so this is not really this is not the only thing to do the magic given a look at it though under that hong kong police have have been accused by i'm just looking at some write scripts honesty for instance of violating policing norms of putting putting to one side maybe protesters who were where we're not attacking police but other peaceful protesters in danger is there a fear that authorities might have built up that and made the situation worse. now i think oh. well absolutely for now but they are already presenting the majority of
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hong kong citizens who are afraid of themselves so this cannot go on forever of course and police are some of the greats that i said they are being better clear that the minute somebody is throwing groks at you and you have several of your colleagues injured you are not going to. handle the situation so glocks but let's also see the circumstances the hong kong residents themselves are out of control now the so-called protesters they are are yelling give them you know put down the american plots the art of not really aren't you know your chinese hong kong is china and this is happening in iran in 5 star roles you know where the elites are shopping imagine how warped is the or what is the mood that are normal at least in hong kong so where leeson money base is reacting is reflecting the mood of the ordinary citizens and what i saw this but
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a lot of allusions to earl it began as a pro-democracy really marcus suleman so-called and in the end it was a bit of this this against the majority of hong kong residents and this is happening now it's going. it's going to deteriorate to the sea floor and it will be completion actually between these 2 gold probus the breathless those mature will be full of ankle not for china andrea thanks for your time this hour we've been speaking to untrain vul czech political analyst and journalist life on the program . a texas man has been put to death over the rape and murder of a college student over 2 decades ago a crime laurie swearingen always insisted he did not commit.
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but prosecutors say there are certain soring generalists responsible for the murder they are earlier argued there were quotes mountains of evidence demonstrating his guilt and fitting for instance bits of the victim's clothing folland in his trailer swearing engine also a fellow inmates who writes a letter to his lawyer purporting to be the real killer additionally he had a track record of violence against women his defense however claim there were significant discrepancies in the prosecution's crown knowledge and all not bases he could not have been responsible he also alleged al fayed clothing in the former
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electrician treatment may have belonged to someone else and that the blood found under the victim's fingernails did not belong to either her or swearing in the executed man's lawyer told us more about the conflicting evidence. 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 swear 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
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need to quit sounding and i'm not. one of them but i think it's ended up by doing one thing but one news we're buddy has. a lot on. one of them one night he should have an extra. trips and i didn't want that for i confess i mean yes i knew she didn't have that kind of community yeah i am kind of she. he could feel that he had a ticking bag the night he made a move on to follow the money that he oh no i don't i'm for i don't know.
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