peter if you want to change something why don't we get rid of the gotye no doubt as to what. money and influence a new report alleges there's a covert multi-million dollar scheme to boost the popularity of the left that cross the us. a top russian business executive is detained in italy at the request of washington over alleged industry espionage and an attempt to steal american tax secrets. and the u.s. carries out its military exercises in south america next to venezuela in line with his apparent strategy of surrounding the enemy will break down why the tactic isn't anything you.

want their mosque and you're watching out international live from our studio and. welcome to the. newly released report by a conservative watchdog alleges there's a covert multi-million dollar strategy to promote liberal values in the u.s. the document and massa scheme to push certain topics from supporting obamacare to slamming donald transportable. takes a closer look at how it operates. what's more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would say nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is good millions of dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending through some of the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media it's a bad thing because the conservatives do it because brothers have made billions

and want to ensure their government doesn't limit their ability to make more conservative donor david koch as one half of the koch brothers came to symbolize the influence of dark money in america but you know who's even better than conservatives that slipping the bills into the prodigy's pockets. democrats according to this research a group called arabella advisors little feat has been in the vanguard of the leftist money holes they shelter under their umbrella for nonprofit organizations by their nature they do not have to disclose who they're getting their money from but this research suggests that they've gathered a huge number of very wealthy donors some of the nation's largest grant making institutions including the rockefeller packard and koch foundations the donors to the funds managed by arabella it remains unclear why such large and powerful institutions seek outside philanthropic consulting but presumably

a significant part of our bill is appeal lies in its ability to obscure large financial transactions these for nonprofits have been showering and to conservative grassroots organizations with their money take this one with a name so noble calling our goal is to oppose and bring in from short list yes they get their pockets stuffed by 1633rd an offshoot of our bell advisors another group save my care has been pushing against republican attempts to repeal obamacare the president is sabotaging the system. other uncertainty in health care. remember this could lead to this. war for again. well their financial bad bone is made up by bills coming from

a nother arabella advisors sprout the new venture fund the dark money is not a trick exclusively from the democratic playbook yes it's been revealed they do outperform the conservatives when it comes to the amount spent by more than 20 percent in fact but pro republican donors. do that too and according to the research media coverage is way out of balance with most outlets reserving a good bashing for the conservatives when you look at the mainstream media which has deservedly declining part declining viewership both the editorial and the production staff is chiefly in the anchors are chiefly democrats or democrat leaning so of course out of the mainstream media you're going to get that narrative reality is the independents and the rising anti-corruption anti-crime only part voting populace the united states is against the use of dark body is against the use of corruptly having foundations reality is that

a lot of money comes in from unions from particularly from the public sector unions to do their favorite politicians both legally and i think illegally but there has been a rise now of dark money and dark money is bad whether it's right or left leaning i mean the public has a right to know each individual's vote counts and that it can't be swamped by the activities of partisan groups that are illegally sourcing and donating money so next time you see a nonprofit ban are stirring up a fight for yet another democratic staple remember regardless of what side of the political spectrum would comes from it's not just people but billionaires fortunes behind it to. his anger at the russian embassy in the united states after a russian executive was detained in italy at washington's request he's been charged

with suspected industrial espionage against an american aviation company alexander caution often is a director at a key russian engine manufacturer has claimed he conspired to steal trade secrets with an italian director at aviation both men were arrested in naples in southern italy let's take a look at. what exactly the men are accused of conspiring and trying to steal intellectual property belonging to gene aviation relating to aircraft engines productions the us justice department says caution of hired staff from the company's technical consultants those employees then allegedly filed a report containing sensitive details lad a mere pittance hit out of the u.s. over the arrest saying it threatens to worsen relations even further. practical this is very bad practice it complicates our bilateral relations and i'm not joking we often see no reason for hostile actions of this kind moreover i have every reason to believe that sometimes these actions are connected with unfair

competition including in the aerospace industry if there is some kind of criminal activity here then it's our law enforcement agencies that should cooperate. the united states has made similar before arresting a foreign citizens in a 3rd country the chief financial officer of chinese tech giant while late with a vessel in canada into somewhat of a i will forward at washington's request we've been getting reaction from political analysts about the ramifications of. this is all you see. i think all major powers now realize the competition for technological superiority in the future will be so we're almost be decisive in major power competition the united states certainly adopts the and america 1st 70 under that are not some ministries are and it is

more each. and every month it is the system rather. gauging economic cooperation and the expense and not say less than it was and so on it emphasizes the fact that high tech is a serious problem for the no stage for china or for russia for every country though because everyone is trying to gain actually is to every other country's high tech. and there's a tremendous competition going on and therefore the americans are saying road warning everyone you want prayer price if you in fact steal our secrets but from the american board of view it's quite difficult for them to prosecute someone. in a 3rd country or gain access to the person who have been who they're accused of stealing their high tech secrets. washington seems to be improving its relationship with the latin american nation that borders venezuela it's launched

a so-called humanitarian outreach program led by the air force there to provide some services to locals but also contacts travel for military personnel the mayor has now seen name. and circled by american bases just months after the u.s. backed opposition fail to achieve machine change in caracas our senior correspondent mark examines washington's tactics. the u.s. military has returned to guyana after many years on a joint military exercise slash humanitarian mission there's nothing quite like a humanitarian mission led by guys who specialize in bombing things it's like having a drug rehab center run by drug lords but small details the important thing is that guyana is important guy on a sits in a strategic location on the north edge of south america and on the caribbean and the look what a coincidence it borders venezuela i mean what are the chances of that the same

venezuela that has u.s. bases all around it here here here here brazil is in tin that it's open to hosting a u.s. military base a mile then israel is like the center of ado net of u.s. bases same venezuela that the u.s. has threatened repeatedly where it is trying to spark regime change and which it is encircled with guns just in case trump decides to pull the trigger it's a regime that frankly could be toppled very quickly by the military or the military to do you'd think entirely surrounding nations you don't like might be a bit overkill but it's the pressure the psychological pressure that matters the promise is easier when the guys you are negotiating with always have something to fear specifically about their country being burned down if they say the wrong thing and it isn't just venezuela i mean look at iran as no way to check

a chewing gum wrapper without hitting the u.s. marine on the nose which come to think of it they could well use as an excuse to in . they do ron a few months ago trump even sent more troops to the region just in case they left an empty spot at which iran could through a chewing gum wrapper and china for the faint of heart one gets the impression that there are more u.s. troops around in china than there are u.s. troops left in the united states but don't have the map for you for america that isn't enough the us needs to develop alternative or pretty smooth cations the pentagon will continue to develop new concepts build a distributed and resilient force posture and field new capabilities to counter these threats honestly the drug metaphor seems remarkably apt the pentagon recently boasted that it has luke asians in more than 160 countries absalom sort of military

presence in 84 percent of the countries on this planet and yet not enough they just need more crave more. and in the ongoing trade war between the united states and china many battle lines have been drawn and boundaries set and now a former fox news host is being accused of colluding with the enemy after her line of patriot which she says stands for american values was found to have been made in china. absolutely we don't want to be into the chinese we don't want to be their servants . and again someone needs to make china play fair to be ongoing discussions about russia russia russia what we really should be looking at is china running them out of business or they can buy cheap foreign beef the american consumer

deserves better. whether or not they're going to put a gun in it when other employees are phoning it really doesn't matter. it's about freedom it's about the bill of rights it's about constitutional freedoms and that's what this whole line is about that little box of is about the type of support and inspiration for a long time for. it these new coalition government has had to prosecutors on to the ousted former interior minister matteo salvini gratian firebrand is accused of conducting

a smear campaign and inciting violence against a german refugee ship captain correspondent charlotte do penske is across the story for us. well salvini is facing this libel case where he's being accused of inciting violence against a cap in this is a captain of a charity rescue ship in the mediterranean carrying a rocket a german citizen now back in july she had rescued 53 migrants in the mediterranean and tried to door ship this was the sea what 3 on a tally in soil she was told no you can't do that that was one of the policies that might be any had when he was interior minister of italy and she then continued to try and dock that boat in doing so she actually rammed into a buddha control vessel and she was later arrested for that no salvini at the time accused captain rock act of trying to sink the patrol boat and actually had cues to

all of an act of war she was later released then put on the house arrest and later court said that she hadn't done anything illegal although she does. will face charges of helping illegal immigration now salvini during that whole incident discussed it on twitter he said things that the captain was a criminal that she was a delinquent that the poor woman had tried to kill 5 italian soldiers and this is why he is now facing this prosecution but salvini says he stands by everything that he said denounced by a german communist the draft immigrants ram to finance god's patrol boat it's a model for me i'll never give up. well it's a nice former interior minister former deputy prime minister. is one of the country's most popular politicians riding high in the polls mainly due to his anti

immigration stance and the fact that he closed ports to illegal immigrants while he was in that position now the current coalition which is the make up of the 5 star movement and the left wing democratic party is said to be a coalition that's kind of come together to form something out of nothing and as a result many people intend that that government itself could collapse in the coming months if not the coming years but certainly many people expecting that before italy's next scheduled election as a result of that the popularity of materials salvini is seen as being thought on inside of the current administration so you can imagine that they're certainly rubbing their hands in glee at any attempts to neutralize material salvini and neutralize the popularity. stories making headlines around the world for you now starting in the southern african country of zimbabwe robert mugabe zimbabwe's former president has died at the age of 95 he led the country for 37 years until he

was forced to resign in 2017 in parts of africa he was renowned as a fighter for freedom being among the founders of a free zimbabwe however in the international community mugabe became notorious for brutal human rights abuses corruption and running our barbaric dictatorship. in russia's follies hundreds of emergency workers have been taking part in ongoing rescue operations severe flooding continues to hit the area surrounding the arm or river in the region heavy rains that fall in there from early august more than $100.00 residential buildings remain underwater things are improving there but only slowly say the weather service. and after years of struggling against widespread reform more than 60 social organizations took a stand against the chilean government on thursday the planned demonstration in santiago was against what the groups of called slipping educational standards and

also social and workers' rights the authorities in the capital used tear gas and other tactics to disperse the protesters. some of the world's biggest oil corporations have spent $50000000000.00 on projects that undermine climate goals according to a report by financial think tank carbon tracker and while climate activists insist large companies and governments should come up with proper initiatives to tackle the problem it seems some experts proposals a pretty radical. there are. going to.

the main official initiative though is the 2015 paris climate agreement it was ratified by 185 states and outline measures countries should limit global warming but most of the signatories of fail to live up to the commitments. to discuss the issue with a panel of experts. parasitic cold was not legally binding there was no reason for anyone to stick to it they can do what they like and they carried on doing what they've like. i'm afraid we're in the grip of a series of systems which are putting profit before everything they're going to wring the last drop of profit out of all the old world industries such as the

fossil fuel industries we've known about this problem we've known about c o 2 we've known about me thing we know about the feedback loops we've known about the effect on the ice sheets capitalism is have plenty of time to solve this problem but i'm afraid it hasn't dealt with it so we have to start dealing with capitalism the only way we're going to do that is by taking radical action on the streets i've been on the streets myself with extinction rebellion and the people come up to us and they're with us u.k. for example there was a lot of activism. in the last 20 years in running up to 2008 when the law was passed called the climate change act that was supposed to deal with the problem and hold the government and all future governments to hold their feet to the fire in terms of doing what's required. and that was certainly the result of lots of different you know different environmental groups and you know hundreds of thousands of people marching repeatedly so i think you know we have seen change but it's just nowhere near enough to tackle the crisis at scale do you as

a climate scientist feel that the activists play a serious role in the in the development of towards a solution for climate change problem with the extension of the extinction barely end is that. not what i want now is agent to make change it means the government or the public. need to make massive changes to make this happen we've got ourselves into a situation scientists said they want about blockades and this isn't going to be something that we can just make it quick so they. it's going to be a long haul if we're going to need it was this is site less consumes less consumes differently we get after we pay a lot of economy and that is not made without some impacts i think that people the popular politicians aren't quite aware of the drastic

changes we need to start reducing our carbon emissions and. one of the things that i think we need to consider which is anathema to many people in the green movement is that we we increase our use of nuclear and i know many in the green movement don't like this but really the only country that ever successfully carbonized tricity output is france and it did it in the 1960 s. and 1970 s. by by going for nuclear power why why worry is there i don't think people are ready to cut their energy use worldwide since 970 we've seen worldwide energy use increased dramatically and. that we're not going to be able to persuade people to reduce their energy use and one of the only ways i think we're going to combine climate change is to to for both renewables are nuclear is to to provide alternative sources because i just don't think people are ready to cut energy use

with too addicted to our our lifestyles. siberia's harsh cold climate isn't for everyone but coupled with the region's cheap electricity it turns out it's a haven for the 21st century goldrush that is it to coin mining. the global currency analyst mark vi like the hunger for digital money comes down to trust he's been speaking to max kaiser here's some of the interview that's online

now at r.t. dot com. in crypto and big kohain trust as a big word because it's trust. trust as unneeded the transactions are self verifying you don't need a 3rd party to apply that stamp of approval and in this in this report golden age it is a running trust you put fickle and right up there with gold it's essentially gold and because in our together in your view of how to play this collapsing a world of collapsing trust correct yes i think it's important to to not neglect generally the technological progress which is going on on the crypt over the currency side generally which is obviously also being followed and tried to being taken advantage of from central banks when it comes to bitcoin. i mean this discussion is always interesting one of the. bitcoin versus gold gold is.

obviously a physically metal it's an internal metal it's just never dying and bitcoin is is a man made system so so that would be one fundamental difference but then again from from a from a term of money bitcoin one can make the argument is even harder money than gold in the medium term so so it would be really an interesting measure of value so i think $1.00 needs to follow it closely. the funniest now i'll be back around 30 minutes time with more updates and to stay with us.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond's show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember there was most of my family were unemployed working. there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objective listen today but there was an expectation of the things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america was shaped by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy at tax so low down to engineer elections manufacture consent and other principle holds according to no i'm chomsky one set of rules for the rich opposite set of

rules for poor. that's what happens when you put her into the hands of a narrow sector of will switch will is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america.

greetings and sal you take issue see if recent history has taught us one thing here in the united states is that with every great national tragedy comes an equally great panicked and dangerous blunder of the most often scars is deeper than the original tragedy and world war 2 of the tragedy of pearl harbor we responded with japanese internment camps in the aftermath of $911.00 we elevated the privacy rights shredding patriot act and now it appears that another great american political blunder of epic and dangerous proportions may once again be on the horizon and it's called harv yes harper no it's not

a brand new weather manipulation station in alaska hard by actually stands for health advanced research projects agency and according to the washington post it's the one solution to the mass shooting up a demick that allegedly trump has reacted very positively to harper made into reality would be a brand new agency modeled after darpa except rather than create the robots from drone swarms harpo's main focus would be to reportedly collecting volunteer data from a suite of smart devices including apple watches amazon echo and google homes in order to identify near old behavioral signs of someone he did toward a violent explosive act. only collecting volunteer data you say just like how they said the n.s.a. would never collect information on u.s. citizens or how enhanced interrogation is not torture and how the concentration of immigrants being held against their will long our southern border are not living in

concentration camps and speaking of the immigrant internment camps doctors are now raising questions about the medical treatment of immigrants being held there and of conditions there directly violate a physician's oh for to make the patients well being their top priority from harper to immigration detention centers and a whole lot more prepare yourself for another edition of watching the hawks. as the big cities. like you know that i got. this. one on the watch in the hawks i am tyrol vinter and today like every 3rd.