post g 7 what is the lay of the land calls for unity to demonstrate the opposite also iran is again in the spotlight just what is trumps foreign policy in this volatile region. journalists are gathering at the airport in ukraine's capital kiev to meet a plane reportedly carrying several ukrainian prisoners says ukrainian officials say an exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine got underway early this morning. environmental activists rally against nestle's plans to draw over 3 and a half 1000000 liters of water from florida's santa fe river every day saying it would threaten the area's biodiversity. and a lack of diversity to seize a european web developers conference canceled over a guest list with no women we debate whether the industry is struggling to keep up

with the times. it's very likely in the real world that that somebody would just not want somebody to speak on the grounds that i'm sorry to say it does happen i'm glad to say it's not absolutely widespread. you're watching r.t. international i'm whereas on a local thank you for joining us we can start with the breaking news we've been following the past few hours a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine has reportedly got under way ukraine's attorney general has said a plane carrying several ukrainian prisoners who are being held in russia is expected to land in the ukrainian capital kiev at any moment over the latest on this we can actually go to r.t. correspondent down off who's joining me live in the studio with some details thanks for this let's start here what details do we know about the exchange at the moment

or resigned i have not too many details in fact we don't know much officially apart from what you've just revealed but yes indeed the ukrainian side has apparently has been confirming that a prisoner swap one has gone under way now we do not know how. many people like officially there's no official figures to how many people the russians are sending to ukraine and vice versa we can only speculate i could only speculate that it could be up to 28 people because what we know $24.00 we're talking the insiders talking about these sailors being freed that's $24.00 people and the additional 4 people also could be freed judging by the names provided by ukraine side now speaking of these 4 names most of them were arrested and given a prison sentences in russia will in relation to terrorism charges the planning an attack or calling for foreign attack on russian soil and another one was given

a sentence for illegally obtaining and keeping having in possession of firearms and ammunition that you mentioned saying is that because we get a little bit more about some of those prisoners perhaps because there was an incident in the coach straight back in november the result a number of ukrainian sailors being taken into custody in russia do you know if if those sailors are included in the take ukraine's ukraine's new ukraine's word for it yes they are again we don't know if all of them are there because that's 24 people just a quick reminder to our viewers as to what happened in the streets back in november as you've just said several several ukrainian vessels military vessels and to the coach straight which is just off crimea is coast off the coast of the crimean peninsula and of course russia regards crimea as its territory ukraine doesn't agree with that ukraine can still considers crimea its territory so the ukrainian military vessels that you know with the warnings of russian ships so the russian

navy to intervene interests there was quite rough there was a quite rough incident because one of the ukrainian vessels was rammed by a russian ship and the russian sailors had to open life injuring i think so. re ukrainian sailors who when they were brought to life received all needed medical attention they needed so this is this is the ukrainian these are the ukrainian sailors that are in question so we have yet to see whether they're going to be included in this exchange and as you said earlier in this way to the airport people away to the airport expecting this plane to land we we knew earlier this week in ukraine russian journalist curial russian ski was released from pretrial detention in ukraine do we know if that's related to this well we don't know about any direct relations with relation excuse me of course but if the prisoner swap is indeed happening because again we still have not heard any confirmation from the russian

ministry of defense or any other official russian source for that instance but if that is happening it means that the ukraine and russia have managed to find some common ground at least there doesn't need come hold on the heels of another positive development at least viewed in russia overwhelmingly because indeed real visions q is the editor in chief of the ukrainian branch of russia's news agency ria novosti after spending more than $400.00 days in jail the court ordered he would be freed on bail so he was freed on bail because i mean he wasn't he hasn't been chipped he hasn't been sentenced he hasn't been given a sentence he's accused of treason he's charged with treason but i mean there has been no guilty verdict as of yet and still he had spent for more than 400 days in the ukrainian jail and the russian side has been adamant that he should at least be allowed to to be allowed to wait for a verdict home so that's when finally this week finally the russian the ukrainian

court obliged and released on bail which also is seen as a very very positive development here in russia well as you've been saying there some complex factors on. line this exchange but we are awaiting more details and we will keep everyone updated as we get the eager start of r.t. correspondent thank you for your insights. now 3 years after a majority of brits voters leave the e.u. and with parliament still paralyzed and suffering from a severe crisis of legitimacy morris 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 no deal departure saskia taylor 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 number 10 talent to resume a husqvarna getting away from it all hiking in the swiss alps spent 3 years trying to deliver to the referendum something we are definitely clear on 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 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 to the opportunity to serve the country i love. and to boris johnson ardent bricks a tear and leave come figurehead johnson promised to take the u.k. out of the european union by how do we do you don't know and that's really riled so where are we now well just 2 months from b. day and with parliament due to be suspended before it's. got going and 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. not democratic it's a catastrophe so anybody who tried to bring it in would be to. get what the people voted for i think it's a constitutional outrage he wants to see. you know when. it's self important don't blame any problems on others and he will be patted on the back for delivering bricks and when 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 our m.p.'s in westminster spending 3 years and piles of taxpayers' money by dithering 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 days britain away from brussels altie london. the british political commentator told us he believes the impasse over bricks it forced boris johnson's hands and take dramatic action. i think you left with no choice i think you sidestepped around recording now has given him permission to suspend barmen and they keep talking about fall next exactly for number one cause a 1000000 people more as lot of petition 17400000 people democratically voted in

the largest democratic sources country let alone to leave so let's put the petition to one side yes i believe boris johnson was delivered whether already the for them to do is like me want. cio terms i don't know but surely loach lived in a truly amazed they're in the water and boris johnson is the world's as a politician trying to deliver what he promised i think we should be saluting their . environmental activists have reacted with anger after it emerged that nestlé is seeking permission to extract millions of liters of water a day from natural springs of florida 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 is rich in bio diversity among 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 the government to stop committing the exploitation of local rivers we have asked nestlé for a comment but haven't had a response yet however the company has always maintained that adheres to all relevant regulatory standards and seeks ensure the protection and preservation of the river it draws water from we also have a keeper john quarterman what he thinks of nestle's latest plans. i think that senator the river already has problems too little water last thing it 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 springs and have it right near this is a nestle bottle of water they suck up water now. our

springs really hard to read but it's those on their roofs brick madison county that's on the at the cage the river which is in our basin they paid if i recall correctly the ground some of the 100 $28.00 a few decades ago that's all that. they get it's a huge amount of water that i'm good at in bottles like this which people throw it on the river so in addition to the pollution it's also causing the local to go right now. because we need that water or drinking for agriculture or industry we don't really need it to be making profit you or the swiss company for something that nobody actually needs. we tend to think of the tech industry as being at the forefront of tomorrow's wealth and also leading the way in a quality and diversity among staff but it seems one european web developers

conference in germany did not get that memo despite promising a rich and diverse lineup it's canceled into its october event after a number of delegates objected the no women speakers were taking part. this year's conference seems to have gone with the white males only conference line up shame is 2019 we can do better there were numerous speakers with 2 sessions myself included workshop in the but no women at all i'm not comfortable that. the organizers have said that only one female submitted a session proposal and critics say though that those behind the event should have reached out to more women we also guess for their thoughts on the controversy. fact is that women are still half the population think we're just marginally over there half the people organizing it seem to be a group of men it was their duty. the requirement to

ensure that they had a wide range of people to speak about the issues that they wanted a 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 get a date 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 got pushed out what you would apply there was basically no candidates now how will the earth is not the fault of men and 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 i don't 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. italy has just got a new coalition government as of thursday after the 5 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. brought down his own really 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 more than 100 m.p.'s that are afraid of losing. this is the real truth there are just 100 m.p.'s clinging to their seats 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 the enemy's 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 that would allow concert 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 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 to 39 percent in terms of approval ratings and 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 to the government described as being made.

millions of italians are probably wondering why vote if those who were kicked out by elections really 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 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 sign tires a real bill a number of us democratic presidential hopefuls have been taking donations from hedge fund managers with a stake in puerto rico's soaring debt despite the fact that those same candidates have made repeated attacks on donald trump for failing to address the island territories desperate economic situation.

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 puts a 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 democrats certainly did speak out plenty from snaps puerto rico didn't sign a disaster relief bill at the 1st. it's shameful the way with 3 to 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 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 to him privatization in order to secure debt payments 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 create 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 it till 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 fight 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. donations 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 table are to new york. strain in government says it's setting up an intelligence tall schools to investigate perceived foreign interference in its universities the country's education minister has cited the growing vulnerability will stray is institutions in the face of foreign adversaries . according to the lightest advice from the australian sabah security center the

targeting of a strain universities continues to increase state sponsored sarees my use university networks as infrastructure due to their reliability and ha and very traffic. to hide in the noise the federal government is working with the university sector to develop based practice guidelines for dealing with foreign interference although no particular state has been named directly the finger is not being pointed at chinese students who account for close to a 3rd of all foreign students in australia last month the university of queensland still tensions between supporters of the process and those in favor of beijing in other cases some teaching materials were sparked outrage among the chinese students as they describe china and taiwan as 2 separate states if you strongly opposed by beijing the chinese foreign ministry there has denied any involvement in australian politics calling the notion extremely irresponsible.

china's so-called infiltration of australia and other similar claims are totally fabricated and underpinned by alterian motives politicizing education and cooperations an artificially create an obstacle is not good for either side. the guess we heard from earlier told us such increased scrutiny could devolve into ethnic discrimination. chinese. demick and students who become more vulnerable to the kind of ethnic and racial discrimination by school to mix up the intelligence part and d.c. is a big brewery to be because. a lot told hunter intelligence and can that is pure nonsense it must be should not open and i'm not transparent a large part of the we will leave us in the dark and we're not what quite sure what would happen to be chinese and the students undercut them it's very for the better

like this that critical which the fact that straightaway get a 1st receiving money from takes out of the futurists use for us and this is something that never mention discussed much of an issue and so recent things straight since this 6 year. the educationists and australia has not really mention anything connected with those tests so i do think there is a bit of a double play. that's your news round up we'll be back here in just over 30 minutes time with all the latest news from around the world to do stay change.

g 7 what is the lay of the land calls for unity demonstrate the opposite also iran is again in the spotlight just what is trumps foreign policy in this volatile. hello and welcome to worlds apart in the world of political matchmaking the european union has long claimed to put values of value creation and that's worked well for a while but now that some countries council a whole new industry in the time it takes the e.u. to come up with a single policy decision is that credo still satisfying for the old members to

discuss that i'm now joined by. the president of the european economic and social committee mr years good to talk to you thank you very much thank you so much for the british and now you often talk about the idea all. for europe while also praising the enormous success of the european project that's been so successful why does it have to be reborn. so let me see that the you know tools to come back to a. more long term. appear to be an enormous success for as many. historical periods of bust implied of the being totally lost that. they could get i to and then they'd need to a new start. came exactly. at the end of the middle age. you know the usual not. to say that the

middle age was age it was exactly the opposite it was a. dark age and there was a change of the east. changed. today with the u.k. is incredible. and the leadership of a country that there are many other countries. but it's interesting let me focus on this idea. because many historians or at least some historians believe that wasn't. and the regional. it was. more a sort of. war. and what i hear you saying is that.