join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. an exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine could happen soon according to cranium officials a plane carrying several ukrainian prisoners took off from russia in the last few hours and is expected to land soon in kiev journalists are already gathering at the airport to meet them. forced to apologize on their one of a mess n.b.c.'s top poster attracts a story linking donald trump to russian oligarchs admitting the so-called rigorous verification standards of the outlet would not adhere to. also environmental activists rally against nestle's plans to draw over 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water from florida sides of

a river saying it would threaten the area's biodiversity. hello you're watching r.t. international i'm rosana loquitur thank you for joining us and we go 1st to our breaking news story a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine has restarted just in the past few hours a plane carrying several ukrainian prisoners who were being held in russia is expected to land in the ukrainian capital kiev at any moment among those on board are the ukrainian filmmaker and writer sense of right wing ukrainian politician nikolai corporal. craning political activist the swap reportedly started in the early morning hours in russia earlier on july 12th during their 1st phone call russian president vladimir putin and his ukrainian counterpart of law to me is alinsky how

to greet that in exchange would take place this year we will bring you more on this developing story later this hour so do stay with us. n m s n b c host has been forced into a fake news apology after a bombshell report on donald trump and his ties to russia it was claimed the us president had a russian oligarchs cosign loans for him with deutsche bank but the story backfired when it appeared that the source hadn't checked the facts it goes to enough reports . in nooses the loudest the most sensational as to the most explosive is often the winner media is a ratings driven economy and this week a miss and b c opted for nuclear reporting and this single source close to george america has told me. that the trump donald trump's long documents there show. that he has cosigners that's how he was able to obtain those loans and that the

cosigners are russian oligarchs of that time lawrence o'donnell the host seemed to have little doubt in the news he broke. that would explain it seems to me every kind word donald trump has ever said about russia and vladimir putin but then came the fallout and just like the reports all wood was nuclear indeed and it came back to haunt us and we see these statements of false and defamatory and extremely damaging. can easily be proven based on your reckless disregard of the truth and unreasonable reliance on an alleged thought he will not even identify a news story and is likely seeking to mislead you and the public for political reasons or other or to remove. the channel was at a crossroads they stick to your guns and fight a potential $1000000.00 lawsuit in court or own up to the mistake and apparently this time the source wasn't solid enough to risk financial and reputational damage

. tonight we are retracting the story we don't know whether the information is inaccurate but the fact is we do know it wasn't ready for broadcast and for that i apologize or donal left his foot in the door he still said he didn't know if the story was 100 percent for us but since the story didn't go through the rigorous very fit cation and standards process it was unfit for the year and by the way if we take trump's lawyers word for it a google search would have passed for rigorous to show the story was untrue it seems emma's n.b.c.'s very few cation proses isn't exactly bulletproof news fire wall in the 1st place or a very short defense russia can just shut off the electricity they have that ability now and it is like negative 50 degrees in the dakotas right now what would happen if russia killed the power in fargo today and intelligence officials now

believe with a high level of confidence that russian president vladimir putin was personally involved in a covert effort to interfere in america's pride. potential race the only thing we do know is that putin's enemies have a way of turning up dead and that evidence has a way of being meticulously covered up when you have a public figure in this particular case donald trump the president who is suing he has to show that the alleged defamatory statement was the product of actual malice either that the individuals knew it was wrong or they used it here's a word reckless disregard for the facts they are at the ratings basement there are baby monitors that have higher ratings than this they don't care and as soon as they're done with this lie they'll go to the next slide because they can drive as fast as they want through the street called mendacity and it's not

even journalism it's not even remotely that it's i can say what i want and if it's wrong ok will give a little bit of an apple and move on not even a slap on the wrist nothing. 3 years after a majority of brits voted to leave the e.u. and with paloma still paralyzed and suffering from a severe crisis of legitimacy prime minister boris johnson's decided to shut it down the radical move means that after the suspension takes effect lawmakers will not reconvene until 2 weeks before the brakes it deadline and that will leave them little time to pass legislation preventing a new deal to parch or assess cattail reports. boris johnson is being well boris he's being bold as brass and he wants breakfast come what may rather. what you do when parliament won't play ball you suspend it he needed her majesty's permission to do that which he thought we don't get a week into october the 31st before getting on with our plans to take this country

forward we are going to have a queen's speech and we're going to do it all october 14th and we've got to move ahead with a new program but why don't the lawmakers a quick refresher if you've been avoiding the news because you just can't take the b. word anymore for a number 1010 and to resume a husqvarna getting away from it all hiking in the swiss alps spent 3 years trying to deliver after the referendum something we are definitely clear of bricks it means bricks it bricks it needs threats it wrecks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it but parliament had other ideas patchy shouting had out even what have her key points had her reaching for her water then she found that brussels wasn't very happy about how to bit adhere to old blighty and wouldn't budge on key points like the irish backstop to maintain a seamless border on the emerald isle they managed to thrash out

a deal though and may tried 3 times to push it through parliament no luck so she shared a tear and left i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. and to boris johnson. and leave can't think it had johnson promised to take the u.k. out of the european union by how do we do you know and that's really riled so where are we now well just 2 months from a day and with parliament due to be suspended before it's. got going and p.s. will only have 2 weeks to try to block a new deal brant said everyone's crying foul saying it's a constitutional crisis others though have just had enough he's gone on for so long now we just need to get on with it because it's just causing more trouble whole process is discussed in. parliament is being bypassed and is. not

democratic it's a catastrophe so anybody who tried to bring it in would be called to disaster anyway we should care what the people voted for i think it's a constitutional outrage he wants to see. you know when. it's self important to blame any problems on others and he will be patted on the back for delivering bricks and win an election that's what he sees boris johnson should do everything he can. to get back to if you can't get it through he's out although where is cynics point out that what's really on democratic m.p.'s in westminster spending 3 years in piles of taxpayers' money by declaring over to leg breck said ok perhaps it was a little rogue ish to disrupt the queen's summer holiday in scotland and maybe suspending parliament was quite drastic for what's supposed to be a parliamentary democracy that's apparently taking back control but then this is

boris johnson who's never been one for the convention and it has been 3 years already just about every hour for new explored every negotiation tactic used every amendment can sit it so maybe just maybe it's going to get his way and bill does britain away from brussels altie london or british political commentator told us he believes the impasse over bricks it forces forces johnson's hand to take dramatic action. i think you left with no choice i think he sidestepped around recording now has given him permission to suspend barmen and they keep talking about for weeks exactly for number one cause a 1000000 people more as lot of petition 17400000 people democratically voted in the largest democratic sources going to let alone to leave so let's put the petition to one side yes i believe boris johnson was delivered whether already to

for them to slot me want. cio terms i don't know but surely loach lived a truly amazed dead in the water and boris johnson is for once as a politician trying to deliver what he promised i think we should be saluting the. environmental activists have reacted with anger are to most at nestlé is seeking permission to extract millions of liters of water a day from natural springs and florida's santa fe river it's all part of a push by the food and beverage company to increase its bottled water production the river runs through the north of the state and it's rich in biodiversity among the animal species that live there are for instance 15 breeds of turtles it's ecosystems are already considered to be at risk though due to years of overpumping . and indigenous communities in canada have also been complaining of nestle's activity saying they've been losing access to clean water they've launched

a petition calling on make government to stop promoting the exploitation of local rivers we have asked nestle for common but haven't received a response yet however the company has always maintained that it appears to all relevant regulatory standards and seeks to ensure the protection and preservation of the river as it draws water from where we are riverkeeper john quarterman what he thinks of nestlé latest plants. i think that senator the river already has problems but too little water the last thing it needs is nestle drawing more water out and selling it back to us and plastic bottles that people will then have to clean up on the rivers and in springs i have a right here this is a nestle bottle of water they suck up the water now. our springs really hard to read but it says on their reduced rate madison county that's on the with the k.c.

river which is in our basin they paid if i recall correctly the grand some of the 120 $8.00 a few decades ago that's all that. and they get to take a huge amount of water and then them good it in bottles like this which people throw it on the river so in addition to the pollution it's also causing the october level to continue growing now it's a bad thing because we need that water for drinking for agriculture or industry we don't really need it to be making profit for the swiss company interest something that nobody actually needs. well now we know about some breaking news we've been following a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine has started in just the past few hours ukraine's attorney general has confirmed that a plane carrying several ukrainian prisoners who are being held in russia is expected to land in the ukrainian capital at any moment and for the latest we can

now turn to dan of who is joining me live in the studio igor thanks for your time this morning let's start here what details regarding the exchange do we know at the moment well i have to have to start with saying that not too much details not too many details apart from the ones that you that you've already provided because it has been a very very sensitive matter for both countries for both ukraine and russia and i mean for the negotiations between the 2 have been going on for a very very long time very tough negotiations as to what people should be released as to what people should be exchanged and so for instance all information we have has been coming out of ukraine i mean right now russia it appears is trying to do everything is secretly and as moodily as possible just to ensure the safety of all parties involved i would presume but judging by what has been said by the ukrainian side the the total of 29 people just could be en route to cuba of right

now i mean again this is not a number in officially confirmed number it's just some math that i have done because of the ukrainian side is saying that these sailors and some other people and 5 other people in route to key of so we do know that $24.00 ukraine sailors were arrested they were detained after and after an incident last year so $24.00 plus 5 that makes 29 i mean apart from those sailors what we know about the other 5 people is we know that most of them have been arrested related to have received sentences relist. excuse me related to to their religion terrorist involvement for instance one of them got 6 years in prison for calling for terrorist attacks on the territory of russia 2 others good each good around 20 years in russian prison for their participation for taking part in for fighting

russia's armed forces back in chechnya are back in the ninety's from one of them from what i understand another one was arrested for illegally obtaining and storing firearms and ammunition and another one was arrested was arrested for preparing terrorist attacks in crimea ok so there is some indication that 12 russian citizens held in ukraine including journalist curial will be part of the exchange do you know anything more about that as well when it comes to we know the just just recently just a few days just a few days barker he finally was released and it's not like he was released but he was released on parole from what from what i understand on bail so he's he was arrested last year. of course the head of ukraine's branch of the russian news agency he was he was arrested he was and he wasn't he

wasn't found guilty of anything but just just as the court was trying to establish to determine his guilt he had to spend time in effectively effectively in prison and the russian side has been adamant that he's a journalist that he didn't do nothing wrong he was just doing his job like you or me for instance the same thing that you or me do and that he should be released and for a very long time the ukrainian side remained to about and so just recently just days ago he he was he basically was allowed to he was allowed out of prison and he was allowed to well attend the court hearings begin related to his case it goes out of as you said it's a complex diplomatic process is ongoing and we are still awaiting details we'll bring them to our viewers as the morning progresses thank you for your time and insights. we tend to think of the tech industry as

being at the forefront of tomorrow's world and also leading the way in equality and diversity among staff but it seems one european at web developers conference in germany did not get the memo despite promising a rich and diverse lineup it canceled october's event after a number of delegates objected that no women speakers were taking part. this year's conference seems to have gone with the white males only conference lineup shame is 2019 we can do better there were numerous speakers with 2 sessions myself included workshop in the search but no women at all i'm not comfortable that all the organizers have said that only one female submitted a session proposal critics say they hope that those behind the event should have reached out to more women we asked our guests for their faults on the controversy. the fact is that women are still half the population think we're just marginally over the half and the people organizing it seem to be

a group of men it was their duty. requirement to ensure that they had a wide range of people to speak about the issues that they wanted to debate when you want to be diverse you know on some occasions with people willing speakers on some occasions we don't more bad speakers but it is also the also the child to say if you're going to have people in and effectively racially or sexually profiled i just say we're not interested what your speech is good debate we're not interested your level of talent we're not interested in the relevancy all were interesting is the color of your skin or your gender that is a joke the point is not about qualifications the point is about a culture which i'm sorry to say you seem to represent which is which is about accusing women of daring to be in your workplaces that would be a further comment if the women had applied local who got pushed out what it would

apply there was basically no candidates now how will the earth is that the fault of men it's very unlikely in the real world. that somebody would just not want somebody to speak on the grounds of their gender i don't think that's very realistic i don't think that's something that's really going to happen i don't just don't think it's it's factually accurate it does happen i'm sorry to say either i'm sorry to say it does happen i'm glad to say it's not absolutely widespread but you may be in your little. haven in which everything is right and rosy but for lots of women though lots of ways in which women are excluded however competent they are i'm sorry that's still happening i wish it wasn't but unless it's get spoken about i don't think much will change. it. really hans just got a new coalition government as of thursday after the find star movement struck a last minute deal with the democratic party to scuttle an attempt by the country's

popular deeply divisive interior minister to take power 2 weeks ago matter of selvi brought down his ruling coalition in the hope of triggering elections but thanks to his rivals negotiations that's not happened he's calling their agreement an affront to democracy. but. the real truth is the 60000000 italian held by the 100 m.p.'s that are afraid of losing. this is the real truth there are just 100 m.p.'s clinging to see if you can call that a democracy but then don't be surprised if people say why do i need to vote well talian politics is a bit of a minefield some describing the latest crisis as being the most craziest yet what resulted is into enemies strolling hand in hand to form a new government that's the democratic party and the 5 star movement of the

president today. we told the president we have reached a deal with the democratic party. to be the next premier and try to form a long lasting government. but we have expressed to the president of the republic our support for the attempt to create a new government with a new political majority why have the 2 forces being brought together well this always all is the result of the 4 partners a 5 star movement headed by the storm anti immigration interior minister. trying to pull down the last government in the hope of having snap elections that's because he was void by polls showing that he was on 38 or 39 percent in terms of approval ratings i'm thinking that perhaps he could go it alone and form his new own government if they were fresh elections held in italy so we need one of italy's perhaps most popular politicians at the moment has been frozen cold government

described as being made. millions of italians are probably wondering why vote if those who were kicked out by elections re enter via the back door just. political games for this still a lot of tricky hurdles for the new italian government to meander through including creating a new budget that brussels will approve the new government will be led by just said he was the prime minister in the last coalition government will he be the glue that holds these 2 parties together or is he going to be pulled into very different directions with parties with pretty much at most points opposing ideology there is still a chance that mattel yourself being he could get his wish and italy could see snap

elections before those scheduled ones at the moment pasted in for 2023. the daily caller new science has revealed that a number of us democratic presidential hopefuls have been taking donations from hedge fund managers with a stake in puerto rico's soaring debt that is despite the fact that those same candidates have made repeated attacks on donald trump for failing to address the island territories desperate economic situation. rudy giuliani. little.

puerto rico is just like the rest of the united states except it isn't and if their votes don't count in the final election why should presidential candidates care. 20 candidates 5 moderates says 2 debates and only one mention of puerto rico in a democratic debate that took place in florida home of 1200000 puerto rican zz and these are the progressives show as your p.r. policy when it comes to going after donald trump anything goes even the all but forgotten puerto rico democrat certainly did speak plenty from snubs toward a rico didn't sign a disaster relief bill at the 1st. he's shameful the way we're treated puerto rico in the islands i'm not even sure people in the president's administration you poor

3 kinds are all citizens if we're talking about territories let's make sure the people of d.c. actually get senators let's make sure the people of puerto rico are actually treated like fellow u.s. citizens that they are and let's make sure that we have some handle on the financial future of this country are very honorable of them but what is not honorable is cashing in on puerto rico's difficulties and big hedge fund managers have been lending lots of money to puerto rico money the government cannot pay back and those very same hedge funds are now funding the democrats joe biden has gotten roughly $25000.00 from hedge funds like oak tree capital black rock and to comic capital and he's not alone a coalition of puerto rican activists is calling for the democrats to give that money back these hedge funds have pushed a program over stary team privatization in order to secure dep amens in that in many cases could not be paid by the puerto rican government the lives of countless

puerto ricans have been destroyed as a result put a ricans will be denied a better future if hedge funds are allowed to continue to profit from austerity and privatisations on the island you can either stand with the people of puerto rico or with the hedge funds that have harmed puerto rico you can't do both but so far only bernie sanders and elizabeth warren have returned their donations these democrats did not pay. any attention to puerto rican issues intil they had an opportunity to criticize the president and isn't that ironic isn't that so hypocritical that it wasn't until they had an opportunity to find a criticism with president trump that they found puerto rico even an issue for them they should have been addressing this the entire time if this was important to them the only reason it's important now is because they found a way to criticize donald trump these hedge fund do nations are the core of hypocritical the fact that these democrats can sit back take these donations where

people are profiting off of the economic problems in puerto rico and then at the same time say that they're concerned about this country is one of the worst things that i have seen i think when these democrats accept donations they don't check and i think they check only when it's convenient for them and they want to look at donald trump's campaign donations but they don't want to look at themselves and they don't want to look at the fact that they are taking donations off of the very thing that they say that they're against so far hedge funds making money off of puerto rico's debt crisis have donated roughly $230900.00 to democrats who are running in the 2020 alexion imagine what that kind of money could do for the people of puerto rico. are to new york. news round up i'm resigning oakwood not be back here in just a bit minutes time with more breaking headlines from around the world see them.

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