north korea and the u.s. are set to resume nuclear talks in sweden with both sides testing ballistic weapons in the days leading up to the meeting. ecuador's the president declares a state of emergency as the country is gripped by protests over soaring fuel prices . jailed former brazilian leader. speaks to r.t. about the crisis unfolding in the room where the president recently dissolved parliament. but i think it is see the same thing that has happened to the south american countries we keep seeing new street.

corner broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us my north korean negotiators have arrived in sweden to resume nuclear talks within the u.s. it comes just a few days after pyongyang said it had successfully tested a sea launched missile sparking condemnation from washington the search area had a call with japanese minister defense kono where they discussed north korea they both agree that the north korea tests are unnecessarily provocative and do not set the stage for diplomacy and that north korea should cease these tests north korea says a missile is capable of being launched from a submarine some analysts are calling it the most significant test since the country began talks with washington last year in 2018 and just a few hours later the u.s. fired an intercontinental ballistic missile over the pacific saying the test was

for national security purposes mop and takes a closer look at the claim. north korea and the united states are headed back to the negotiating table this weekend says president trump will see their wanted soffit will be talking to him who will say so we can all just relax and anticipate one step closer to world peace right well no a missile was launched on wednesday the u.s. state department burned with outrage we call on north korea to refrain from provocations abide by their obligations under un security council resolutions and remain in gauged in substantive and sustained negotiations to do their part to ensure peace and stability on the korean peninsula and as you do nuclear is ation now to prove their point about peace and stability the united states launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from the coast of california on the exact same day but they say it is not a provocative move according to the pentagon brass it's all about peace and

security this visible message of national security. interests when a potential aggressor so let's recap shall we this is the puck some 3 it's endangering the stability and peace of the entire region and this is the minuteman 3 i.c.b.m. it's just making the world a safer and happier place in august the united states once again conducted military drills in south korea rehearsing for an all out war against the north but they say it's nothing provocative about it simply a measure of security north korea didn't see it that way into korean concerns will be difficult unless the put an end to military exercise will give a plausible explanation in a sincere manner that is worth mentioning these drills were scaled down a bit compared to the ones done in the past we are working very hard to make sure that it is not perceived as provocative to go as far as to modify even the name of the exercise and to modify the scenario to take out all the offensive characteristics it's all about perception if we do it it's understandable for

security purposes think of the i.c. . b.m. is a jolly little kite bringing joy but if they view it it's a provocation putting the entire region into danger yes it's one sided attitudes like that that are sure to bring peace on earth they fired off an i.c.b.m. missile. you know like 4200 miles to the marshall islands this wasn't a small underground or underwater test so the u.s. is. wants to be able to behave one way as a military might with its military might around the world and the other countries do the opposite and so unfortunately we are left with these types of instances where very few people question the power of the military of the united states very few people question why the united states is testing the nuclear deterrent if you

will. ecuador's president has declared a national emergency following a wave of protests over the cancellation of fuel subsidies the move which came into effect on thursday is expected to cause the price of petrol and diesel to double. now transport workers launched a nationwide strike in response with drivers blocking roads in major cities and students also took to the streets in the capital quito demonstrators clashed with riot police who fired tear gas and made hundreds of avast despite the turmoil president moreno has said that there is no chance the 40 year old subsidy scheme will be reinstated. that there is no possibility of changing those things related to the perverse subsidies are causing so much harm to the countries they were distorting the economy but above all else allow for important national resources to fall into the wrong hands to try to ensure the safety of our citizens and avoid

chaos i have declared a national state of emergency. right ecuador has slashed state spending to meet the terms of an i.m.f. bailout worth $4200000000.00 now intends to reduce its deficit from $3600000000.00 to under $1000000000.00 by 2020 analysts predicted that the economic restructuring will be a painful process for the country. the i.m.f. is giving a credit to a country is under certain conditions on the. day they control the economy and they're going to go home he says of the country so the goal of i.m.f. what they are really following this try to open the economy affect whether just to make the. ecuadorian people in the future but not get access to a different kind of private services that they don't grow. and they don't have it at the moment but the thing is what's the cost of this kind of breast ration of the economy and either my government is changing district or open their markets we basically is the main advice that i am of these given we're going to give to you

launch we're going to give you credit but only under certain conditions then they're doing that we know they're going to increase inflation we know they've been increasing employment rate at the moment but in theory yes in theory they call that of the future going to be an economy similar like the us economy or mexican economy let's say but obviously with the high like i say with the cost of this region that's going to be there because he's basically that part of it that all the economies got it right now. staying with latin america the president of peru appointed a new cabinet on thursday and we're prepared to govern without opposition until elections in january this comes after a march in a vis car took the dramatic step of dissolving parliament earlier in the week in order to break the impasse over his anti-corruption drive. yes yes. all the president's opponents have described the move as unconstitutional there has been a groundswell of popular support for him across the country since 2016 and many are

leading officials including most of the country's living former presidents have been implicated in corruption leading to several convictions. saying the president is no easy job to stress for a show responsibility for the entire country but being president of the room and so i'm sure you try to at least most likely change is that said this. thing with vice president see defeated and still head of the country. is facing in the i am temporarily assuming the presidency of the republic a response to the fact and president his car has failed but just hours off to be sworn in he resigns i have decided to resign from the position of constitutional vice president of the republic the reasons are explaining in the attach letter i hope that my resignation will lead to the convening and general elections in the surest term of the country. that's up to the current president.

dissolved congress which plunged the country into a political crisis massive protests and his resignation from the nazis this week interesting week this got himself elected he took over from federal public. he resigned over corruption charges just out of a concert in the government palace with a few. a brick through a bunk in a cell for 3 years yet it was the new staff we want to denounce and the name of our family the injustice that has been committed against our father. has been given 3 years of preventive imprisonment to. his previous to. or young the mother was also arrested on allegations of money to drink he is watching his property and freedom being taken away before him up there was a long garcia it won't come as

a surprise that he too was arrested on the same money laundering charges the only reason he escaped prison time is because he committed suicide before trial and the $100.00 bill also with this time in the us a bit before humility guess where he is in jail to 2031. we were joking when we said being who is presidency jinxed perhaps missed that this was made a wise decision resigning so quickly it's a safe. some analysts have drawn parallels 'd between the crisis and the situation in venezuela and me opposition in caracas also rejected the dissolution of parliament and appointed its own interim president however unlike venezuela the u.s. embassy in peru chose to remain neutral we heard from a political analyst about why the 2 countries are being treated so differently by washington. if we compare bin is clearly and we compare peru indeed i mean in this

occasion the united states has decided to ringback step back and see what will happen and what is going to be. a role of the united states if they would be ally doing exactly the same as they have done before you know you would have expected or as we say they would support if they would be more like you know inclined to do the same things and to be more coherent in their in their political stances the united states has played like a kind of a double a rule that it's not very clear right you are ply some criteria in the case of some countries have the not different set of criteria to the situation or crisis in another country which that shows probably a double more are. brazil's former president lula da silva says that the situation in peru bears similarities to what happened in his own country he spoke to r.t.

from prison where he is serving a 12 year sentence. i think peru is seeing the same thing that has happened to other south american countries we keep seeing new ways of staging a coup. no one has to accept foreign interference in the affairs of a sovereign state i do not support american brazilian colombian or any other interference their attempts to control another country by promoting their own candidates by creating a fake figurehead like one guy joe i'm totally against this there are situations that a democratic country has to deal with on its own. you brazil is a very big country it can be fully sovereign it could become one of the main actors

on international policy i admire the role that president putin plays in the modern world it shows that the world cannot be held hostage to u.s. policy to trump's craziness the craziness of a u.s. president who believes that he can invade any country kill any president somebody has to stop him and brazil conclude that. iraq is in the grip of a new wave of deadly unrest that story and much more after we return this is our internet. senator chuck schumer famously said shortly after trump was elected to take on the intelligence community they had 6 ways from sunday at getting back at him in light

of the failed russia gate hoax and this nonsense with ukraine this characterization appear. to be spot on should we all fear the deep state to. make this manufactured. public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final. the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick.

and welcome back this is our international now iraqi security forces opened fire on demonstrators in baghdad on friday during protest against corruption and a low living standards at 65 people at least 65 people have been killed since the unrest broke out several days ago. clashes erupted on tuesday when the army stepped in to defend the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad where government offices and foreign consulates are located police fired tear gas and live rounds at protesters internet access has been cut to

most of the country and curfews have been imposed the turmoil has led to the country's opposition to call on the government to resign peace campaigner sami. has given a stake in the situation. sadly i don't think the country is going to overcome these enormous problems caused by the invasion and occupation of iraq the u.s. led invasion occupation of 2003. because the problems have become so deep the destruction was so all massive and the political elites installed in iraq where almost all the very corrupt and this has added to the problem of trying to recover from that destructive occupation that is the problem with the with iraq that the problems are so deep and there are so many

corrupt senior politicians it's very difficult to implement a lot of the demands of the people things like eliminating corruption getting rid of massive unemployment among young people housing problems poverty problems. the british army has caused widespread confusion with a tweet it announced that black history month is now being expanded to include asian people sounds good taylor comments. there are some battles you can't when you just ask the british army no i'm not talking about iraq or afghanistan even the fuss the war i'm talking about the fight to win over the hearts and minds of each and every citizen of us old blighty black history month has kicked off in the u.k. this week in the british army to tell it keep its finger on the pulse has dedicated the next 30 days not just to black people but to all the asians who have served in

its ranks still haven't got over that clear no guilt that we missed a trick here we didn't explain that black history month has expanded to include the history of asian people and their contribution to hence recognition of our historic partnership with the indian army but in the minefield of political hypersensitivity the initiative might just be a flop it's been slammed by the very communities it was supposed to ingratiate yourself with and less these asians a black i don't want to see it to be honest there are 12 months in a year black history month to go one month of the 12 but they wanted to be black asian and minority ethnic moms w.t.f. because another months and make that asian history month i'm sure a lot of asians will appreciate it come on don't be stupid it's bloody black history month why is that you can criticize the army for its lack of manners for

the move very thought point for the british so thank goodness for the good old delete button because the tweet in question was removed not before had fired up the haters of course and even the odd lonely voice of support. the contribution of sikh hindu and muslim communities can't be ignored if they consider themselves politically than they are i can't even pretend to know what politically black is but i can tell you what black history month is initiated violence across the pond the us decided to give up a month every year you know to repent for all those centuries of slavery and segregation and it's part of a growing trend of affirmative action that might just be backfiring take world famous harvard university for example turns out it's got racial quotas twin show a diverse community something that didn't go down too well with a group of asian americans who filed a lawsuit saying they were being penalized in favor of their fellow black

applicants despite having far better entrance schools and indeed multiple studies have shown that if the universe to based its admissions process just on academic factors what a bizarre notion asians make up over 40 percent of harvard's classes that's more than twice its current figures. the coolest conclusion the harvard has shown that its admissions program serves its compelling interest in diversity some racial categorizations are necessary to serve those interests and while the court might have backed hard at this time it's opened a can of worms an increasingly divisive issue a fund to action lifeline that its heyday is over so there's a huge amount of marketing executives and only sort of social media advisers you know in places like the british army if you're completely detached from reality and society and that sort of started to use all these social awareness kind of term means things that were just for marketing and this entire social awareness kind of

you know progressive stuff should probably let the people who are actually experiencing racism probably less to look older people who are actually out there on the streets brinson these things rather than you know. who are sort of defining and sort of deciding their what their i think that by providing a lower standard for a certain race of people in a higher standard for a different race of people certainly 1st of all creates a lot of conflict between different races of people that would not have existed otherwise but i think it also demotivates. certain people you know who probably would have been more motivated to go out and do so based off of their hard work and absent which now they're not being rewarded for and i think that it provides unfair advantages soon we're going to run out of months and seeing any action one takes to piece one minority we're aggravate and not that you've got to admit it's tough out there on the front line of political correctness. and tie

beijing at rallies are continuing in hong kong with thousands of people gathering to condemn the local authorities decision to ban the facemasks protesters have frequently cover their faces since the movement started 4 months ago officials say the masks encourage people to break the law the ban comes after clashes turned ugly during the 70th anniversary. 3 celebrations of the communist party rule in china. russia is helping china build a warning system for missile attacks it was revealed by vladimir putin at an annual international affairs conference the valdai discussion club currently underway in such a. mission from a game that we are now helping 0 chinese partners to develop a missile attack warning system is a very serious thing that will read the clean hands china's defense capabilities because at the moment only the united states and russia have such a system political scientist joseph chang told us the arrangement could benefit

both russia and china. both sides understand it is a lot of companies and territory between the 2 countries in weapons development china probably has more research money it can support research and development programs and russia certainly enjoys considerable cannot it go beyond digits you know off the technological superiority and abundance is on the part of russia in this in a position to make office 2 countries that and china and cooperation with china may get. maybe used as a kind of model that the united states will certainly be very unhappy about this but it is say limited to what it can do after all of the united states is so has the united gaging joint but because development of countries like japan and

india and so on. right that does it for me i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour this is international. whoever's situation. grandchildren are living children ask their 3 grandparents. is it true that all these cars used to have people driving them. pretty grim to see that's what we. know why a paradise with so much around turned into

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hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle senator chuck schumer famously said shortly after trump was elected you take on the intelligence community they have 6 ways from sunday at getting back at you in light of the failed russia gate hoax and this nonsense with ukraine this characterization appears to be spot on should we all fear the deep state. cross talking the deep state i'm joined by my guest daniel mcadams include he's the

executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity in washington we crossed to richard goodstein he is a democratic strategist and a former campaign adviser to bill and hillary clinton and in new york we cross to john burnett he is managing director and founder of one empire group a business and political consultancy company all right jim cross the girls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always. appreciate daniel make out of that we go to you include you inspired this program with an interview you did a few days ago and with this is what caught my eye this one sentence here it was a great interview but this sentence stuck out the u.s. has ceased being a republic and has become a national security state elaborate on what you mean go ahead. well the national security state you know really essentially formed with a 947 national security act which created the cia the n.s.a. and really created a secret underground government that is not really is not really subject to democracy and i saw

a lot of this when i was on capitol hill and in fact the term deep state was coined by a good friend of mine on capitol hill michael often but on capitol hill you had permanent committee staff 6 members who are not subject to democratic elections they wrote the legislation they worked together regardless of party they were beholden to special interests i remember sitting there and having a bill dealing with the middle east and one of the permanent staff or says don't worry about of this is a pact proved it happened all the time they were they were they were subject to special interest not to democracy these people you know politicians come and go representatives or elected or unelected but these people stay forever and there's a real there's a lot of it on capitol hill but certainly as elsewhere in government as well ok well richard let me go to you i mean that and you know if you like the term or not deep state it seems like a lot of people in the intelligence community are at the forefront from front and center of these recent fake scandals russia gate now ukraine gate i mean it's all it's f.b.i. it's cia it's the justice department it's they seem to be intruding upon the

democratic process here and they can they seem to do with a lot of immunity at least up until list point there's some reports coming out maybe that will change but these people are you know weaponized thing their positions in power and i don't want to get partisan here because this happened during the obama administration these figures here and went into the trump administration i'm worried about institutions as daniel said politicians come and go go ahead richard. you know unlike perhaps some of you on this show i tend to side with the u.s. intelligence community this is in contrast to our distinguished president over putin i tend to think that when our intelligence community and say the bipartisan senate intelligence committee concludes that the russians did indeed again president trump doesn't buy this but ever.