i. violently protest in ecuador same parliament suspended in the government relocate from the capital also to come to see a new u.s. intelligence report claims that russia is meddling again but they're providing any supporting evidence and there are demands to sack france and syria minister over his handling of the fatal is newest attack at the paris police headquarters last week.

good morning just. watching r.t. international thousands of protesting against the sterett in ecuador's capital for 6 consecutive day the government relocated to the country 2nd city amid armrest and violent clashes. was. i. i me of the demonstrators come from poor and indigenous communities from a core across ecuador the protests were triggered by the decision to end fuel subsidies as part of a loan deal with the international monetary fund donovan reports from kater. yet another day of violent clashes between protesters and police forces here in

ecuador what we've seen today is the indigenous communities thousands and thousands of people that came from different parts of ecuador here to the capital to protest there was a moment of tension when they stormed the national assembly the 1st few moments after that they were dispersed and we saw massive clashes between rioters and police we spoke to some of the people here and this is what they had to say let's take a listen. the government is a traitor underline what we want is for the good we do not have power and we will ask them with all we have without any shame we want to get rid of the traitor we will fight till the end we could die but we will fight till the end just at least one person has died and there's been dozens of injured among protesters and police officers president moreno who is in quiet kill said that the violence was

instigated by his predecessor rafael career and venezuelan president nicolas maduro the tyrant madeira has activated along with korea the destabilization plan route of their the corrupt who have held the food stamps of just disclose and then to make them they're the ones behind this attempted coup de tat because that is the merino also said that he is willing to negotiate a solution to the crisis with the indigenous movement the government has also ordered a curfew in areas close to government buildings insta t.j. can still ations the order prevents public access to these areas between 8 pm and 5 am local time while the national state of emergency remains the indigenous people that are protesting here very clear they won't move until lenin merino suspends the economic measures that hurt him so. so much they say that will they will stay here

they will protest and they won't. or talking to r.t. former ecuadorian president said that the government is trying to shift the blame for the current unrest. it's a difficult time for my homeland this shows the politics of merino in his government he's already been in power for 2 and a half years and he still blames korea for everything economic crisis for security for his political faults and to say that these mass protests are my fault is just crazy. and the merino is not interested in democracy for him the most important thing is to control power control the ecuadorian public so he create projects that can damage the majority but be beneficial for his goals. no more inclusive the i.m.f. we're juggling numbers and fooled people by distorting the amount of ecuador's debt belgium's debt where i live now amounts to 100 percent of g.d.p.

eventually the i.m.f. had to publicize real debt numbers i left my presidential post at the beginning of 2017 after that the debt started growing but the problem doesn't even lie with the debt it's all a sham from the start merinos government betrayed the economic program and in general the political program to which people get their votes for. it is in your dreams you know that man cancelled the previous government program he thought they could create something new and better than before but they achieved only destruction we left ecuador's economy in a state of growth it was like that until 20172018 this year will see a decline unemployment's risen that lead to instability 500000 ecuadorians are facing poverty yet again and now these austerity measures they are justified by any external factors we also spoke about the situation in ecuador with capital health and he's an assistant professor of latin american studies at new york university to

albania and also believes in the rayno is trying to divert attention from his failing policies. lenora you know it's a part of the career administration of. through his campaign certainly years ago that he was going to continue the progressive leftist policies which were not a complete satisfy were successful in many ways of the committee administration but after money and got into office he did a complete about face and he transitions slowly to the right and so he's trying to deflect blame from the cellier of the policies that he's been implementing over the last several years particularly this year again it's very clear that the policies are not working for dorrans are rising up there's no evidence of this is that it's a popular protest people in the street being buried in the with. prospect of further austerity and making that because you know. the u.s. senate intelligence committee claims that russia is meddling again and is surging

action from congress president donald trump is what is the media they claim that pays in a new report on the alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election this states that a group called the internet research agency attempted to use social media to swing the vote in terms favor and so distrust in democracy. as the details the senate intelligence committee they report that the agents of the russian internet research agency or ira quote sought to influence the 2016 us presidential election by harming hillary clinton's chances of success supporting donald trump at the direction of the kremlin now the senate panel cited the quote close ties of the ira's director to russian president vladimir putin as quote evidence of significant kremlin support authorization and direction of the ira's operations and goals now the senate intel committee writes that the december mation put out on social media

sites like facebook twitter instagram and you tube was part of a broader sophisticated and ongoing information warfare campaign designed to sow discord in american politics and society. 80 and this activity increased after election day back in 2016 the report found that doesn't from asian put out by the ira targeted specifically african-americans more than any other age group or demographic to exploit some hot button issues and even convince some people to sign petitions well earlier this year former special counsel for the united states department of justice robert muller reported how the ira designed a social media campaign to amplify political and social discord here in the u.s. favoring president donald trump over hillary clinton now muller indicted 13 russians and 3 businesses for information warfare this report is coming at the same way it did after election 2016 but this time it's before election 2020 here in the states back in july however the federal judge who slammed robert mueller along with attorney general william barr for saying that was all russia when there is

absolutely no evidence of that a u.s. district judge dabney frederick he went on to say that muller prejudiced a potential jury in this case of the russian firm concord management consulting l.l.c. which they're facing a legal battle with the department of justice right now the u.s. government says the concorde funded be quote social media meddling campaign but judge friederich says that there was a lack of evidence supporting that and concluded that russian president putin and president onil trump didn't conspire to win the 2016 election so the biggest point of judge free rebuke of muller was that muller tied the internet research agency to basically all of russia rather it was individuals that happened to be russian so the timing of this report it's also pretty interesting because this latest report comes as house democrats well they've started an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump it's another chance to talk about what is dubbed here in the states as

the russian collusion campaign yet again despite there being no russian collusion now it's also a chance to take a stab at the growing views that we're seeing. right here on r t the report says that youtube continues to be the propaganda vehicle for russia and that the number of views are much higher than the number of actual you tube subscribers on our r t channel so to give you an idea artie's you tube now has 3.7 millions of followers and in 2017 our channel was actually accumulated it's 5000000000 not 1000000000000003 of you and has 3300000 global subscribers on its you tube channel now r t it was the 1st self described news channel to break 1000000000 views on you tube so you could say that artie's you tube is getting a little too popular for the democratic party taste and the kremlin has given its reaction to the report claiming it is just a rehash of old on occasions you say for the wrong poisons to cheat daniel mcadams believes the findings prove nothing. well this is

a house built on sand is what i would say the it's quite interesting because the report begins with the assumption that the internet research agency is an agency of the russian government the drugs friedrich back in july admonished mauler and his group to stop referring to concordance to ira as more of the russian government because it can't be proven here's something interesting one of the 1st sentences in the report in the summary says quote the committee's ability to identify russian activity on social media platforms was limited so here they admit the paid sick leave they have no way of identifying which groups are russian or not even though the whole report is that the russians are behind it all and you know they're just simply hasn't been any proof yet they keep repeating the same old lies hoping that no one will know that. the russian national dubbed by the west is the merchant of death and whose story inspired a hollywood film is told r.t.

he believes he is a political prisoner of the u.s. in exclusive interview convicted arms trafficking of it to boot said he has nothing else to do but fight for his innocence until the very end well the u.s. claims he supplied weapons to the revolutionary armed forces of colombia recognized as a terrorist organization by washington who denies all the accusations he was detained in thailand the request of the u.s. and extradited te's later in 2012 a court sentenced him to 25 years in jail and a $15000000.00 fine last month 7 years into his sentence his family was allowed to visit him for the very 1st time will tell of more pain spoke exclusively to the jailed russian national. a lord of war and the merchant of death that's how western media describes victor boot from moscow he's a political prisoner rejecting his case as unfounded and biased from the start at

his trial he pled not guilty and he called the accusations against him a bunch of wise the court decided otherwise and jailed him for 25 years he's now served a 3rd of that sentence and he's agreed to talk to me from prison because your case is highly political are you being treated differently well of course i've been treated differently because of my family there and b. will be deciding that on ministers will arrange group or whatever i mean. they don't do for improvements all by e-mail different through truthful by e-mail they're going to limit all us amateur no pollution but on the under very strict supervision and control victor boot describes himself as a political prisoner i asked him what that means this is a 100 percent of all we saw is a political prisoner the close time he'll oh my nation now libby and i did everything i had to cooperate criticize and i'm standing because he didn't do

anything else and we'll fight for my innocence i think i was a trial like a late comer stairs or lock a you know this option could charge how we can go to russians and the state department couple years ago openly admitted to going to keep him and example as a mole hill one of the boys who we think saw the russians would be mad to want to call thereto with us wonder go off to their car up through regime i asked victor about the fact that he's just had his 1st visit with his wife and daughter thanks to the embassy here for 2 very good at the moment the shoulders it's on very good who you know it's you it's really good and i asked victor about other russian citizens that have been picked up in 3rd countries and taken to the united states in order to be locked away i asked him what the motivation to go after. him and other russian citizens really was america just trying to get enough to do you know to suppress their russian the most egregious wanderlust sounds on there if it's an

eatery one of the government's actual official 4 is a commercial director of the russian engine manufacturer but shown by this face looks like we're coming back to the medieval ages where the mediterranean pirates from the coastal city algiers and tunisia arable golan just to hijack the people and didn't fit in the lake until somebody common tried to write some i asked him about deals that have been offered to him in the past and currently well they've been doing for you trial i'm during the trial where there have been through the public defender that i approach and said well we're going to go through it all your time of a green card to settle you there if you you know a fellow some dirt about to turn into how corrupt this regime times although i said i have nothing to do through it to know about putting so i have told certainly no you're going to their own 1st one little for of the deals that's why i went through the trial i asked victor if you thought there was any hope for him getting out of prison before his 25 year sentence was up they never know if it should be in this

political climate in which america is a lot will have come 1st but i'm sure something is on their making and i'm sure something is coming my way through their boot offered up a pretty strong and consistent critique of the us legal system and how he says it is being used against russian citizens who point to what he calls conspiracy laws as a method of imprisoning people not brashly committing crimes but for offhand comments made to undercover officers but says he's not the only political prisoner being held and that the efforts of the russian embassy have definitely improved his circumstances and with moppin argy new york to come this hour could we be heading for a global food crisis we'll have a look at the details on that just off the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the

world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you then.

welcome back on his issued a rallying cry to france kornfield unity and vigilance in the fight against islamist extremism the president made the appeal is the owner of the victims of a knife attack at a paris police station last week. 1st with the always the threat meet in the face of islamist terrorism we will fight relentlessly civil servants of our police prefecture all the security and intelligence forces are of course an essential part of the response. institutions alone will not suffice the government alone all state services alone cannot defeat the islamist hard drive i know the whole nation must unite. and investigation into the days incident the attacker followed a radical vision of islam

a number of early warning signs were also reportedly missed and that's led to calls to sign the interior minister who claimed there had been nothing suspicious in the man's behavior. reports. as part of pays tribute to those murdered in that attack at the h.q. of the paris police by a colleague suspected of having being a radicalized questions being asked as to how it was possible and where the problems with radicalization in the police are imbedded in deep. disturbing information about the attack of 45 year old bone has emerged since he killed 4 colleagues and injured several others u.s.b. sticks found at his home contained did use of executions and ah yes propaganda they also worryingly held personal details of several police officers and it turns out they were even more signs that could have signaled the attack.

despite that all tone was. never flagged up to an investigation and even had a top security clearance well thought says interior minister had initially claimed that there had been nothing to indicate a problem that. this man is known to have worked in computing he never had any behavioral problems and he never acted suspiciously. and in paris seeing gas led to calls for his resignation i said very clearly christoph castor no longer has

a place in the interior ministry his resignation would be an honorable action for him i am demanding the resignation of custer near because he has deceived the french he lied about the killer's profile by saying he had never presented any warning sign despite the fact he was rather causation it was known after the revelations about me behavior and radicalization kasten as position that the killer did not have any behavioral difficulties is untenable he must finally take responsibility and resign and while the interior minister has brushed off those calls anger is mounting within the police force we want him to resign but for everything he. has been nominated. he has been a very bad very very poor minister into you was he was a jew we are afraid that the problem is much more bigger we we know that some some cops when this. is inquiry about knowing if the person can come and

work in the police sometimes this a no i don't think that this one is a good one and sometimes people above him saying no we want this man because we think that you can do something and is not follow the decision without. taking the position of. the last many are now wondering how many enemies of king within it's being reported 19 officials at the ministry of interior are currently being monitored for islam missed radicalization while around 10 others have been dismissed or resigned the people who we knew. were probably very. few feel to say anything because though there was on the line. there were afraid to be said that there were. big that they were overseas that they

didn't care about people who were a problem so there was true then that to speak and when you you say something in french and the french british. when they say that there is a problem you become you also become a problem and part of the problem so if you don't say anything if you're not listen to anything you don't feel in a sling you have much more chance to get promoted and not to have a problem than to say anything the face yet to uncover that urn to react to the radicalization of our poll has cast a dark shadow of security forces here in france eroding trust with many officers perhaps now left wondering how many more extremists are hiding in plain sight charlotte r.t. paris. now when it comes to environmental threats to humanity climate change currently dominates the debate but a new report does predict that another potential catastrophe is on the horizon one

that is on for a few people's radar a shortage of phosphorus the continued supply of 4 straight 1st lies is that underpin global food production is an imminent crisis the rock phosphate deposits on which the world depends not only finite but some are contaminated and many located in geo politically unstable areas. well phosphorous is essential for all life it takes part in many fundamental biochemical processes for example creating d.n.a. but it also has a commercial applications to these widely uses of fertilizer while phosphate compounds are used in production also well demand for the element has been soaring among the concerns raised in the report is a lack of mines to cope with this demand existing mines were depleted he says in

a time our guest andrew revkin gave us his idea is there one how to avoid shortages . phosphorus is an essential essential nutrients for plants for us to grow enough food to feed even today's world we lead millions of tons of the last great rock where i think is important in cases like this is to understand the way we've used this mineral in the past is incredibly inefficient and crosses pollution when it leaves of fields in the agricultural fields so it's sort of a no brainer to me to focus ever more on more precise use of the fertilizer if there's a way to just precisely target for each plant the amount you get starts very different than having in london that it's and up running into the ocean it's pretty well known uncharted where the phosphate rock exists on the surface if the supplies going to tell enough that we were worried about global agriculture people get

pretty inventive pretty quickly about finding you know either more efficient ways to use it or new ways to extract it that will make the shortage look silly in the long run. some will say in brief and in the capitol people are demanding the army stay out of politics a private test so 14 people arrested algeria has been in the grip of a political crisis since february demonstrates is also want an end to corruption and the release of opposition leaders from washington d.c. gay rights activists gathered in the the steps of the supreme court that. writes case this could result in all of us states having to adopt anti discriminatory nourse protect. and hoff currently have such legislation and the brazilian president has claimed that criminal activity coming from another country is the reason for the huge oil leak in the country maybe 100 or spills have been detected along brazil's northeast coast sin city september triggering concerns for shoreline

wildlife the source of the lake is still to be established. officials point out that crude is neither produced in or exported to resume. and that brings you up to date that's how things are looking so far this morning. in this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see the kids ask and as

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