it's just a new name for a recurring scam like there's only 3 or 4 ways you can rip people off changes is the name they call to rip people off. never the president donald trump picks thanksgiving to his 1st ever visit to afghanistan using the occasion to tell us troops. with the taliban. also this hour a meeting between the chief of nato one for each president fails the result tensions within the alliance with still posting on its purpose we can go on. and we believe you are in the grip of political instability. was brutally beaten and publicly humiliated by rivals of ousted president.

be. my hero. and i want people to. believe. that. thanks for joining us just on 12 here in. the program u.s. president donald trump has chosen to spend his thanksgiving taking part in the perfect photo opportunity and his 1st ever visit to afghanistan and greeting american troops based there had a message for them he told them that talks with the taliban declared dead 2 months ago on. joining the shoot. to get more updates on this maria thanks for joining us what is behind this surprise visit well yes they call it a surprise these a. but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his

presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan this bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so many american lives and so many american dollars trump wanted to ended for his own for steve at home and for his global influence in that region and internationally of course and he's been given this promises so many times that thanksgiving feels that short reason to afghanistan was all about that to demonstrate he's in charge and he is taking everything under control and everything is according to his plan and peace is near that's a perfect plan and you know strong promises except we've heard that before and so many times. the taliban wants to make a deal we'll see if they want to make a deal it's going to be a real deal but we'll see talking to the taliban have a very good discussions we'll see what happens talking about a plan i don't know whether or not a plan is going to be accepted or acceptable to me and maybe it's not going to be

acceptable to them but we are talking we have good talks going and we'll see what happens with these negotiations have been quite stops thought they have there been any success is in the past it would be unfair to say that there wasn't any success because for almost a year a trans key negotiator mr heller former ambassador to afghanistan held 9 rounds of talks extensive talks with the taliban very influential on the ground in afghanistan everybody agrees that they say is a player and no one can ignore and the peace cannot be restored without although many countries still view them as a terrorist group so some were saying that to marry it was close and these negotiations were success but that it was called off last minute because of the bloody incident that took good dozens of lives including an american soldier and the taliban's work week to blame america. we.

didn't want some pollution but it was for to believe. it was considered going to be. one of the most serious message for the forward which is to go for the star that was my colleague talking to the taliban political movement while they visited moscow so some say that america is losing this game in afghanistan because trump is trying to play is solo game there are so many peace initiatives on afghanistan led by most by iran but always rejects holding the taishan is a never takes part in these talks and he's trying to kind of settle it all. just before going to afghanistan on this thanksgiving he posted a photo shopped picture of himself as rocky balboa and i think this is how he feels

maybe maybe this is what he wants to be for getting started he wrote but as they say you can tell what they are by what they do not by what they say or what they post on twitter sure obviously as you mentioned that it's a good photo opportunity good p.r. for the election next year exeunt conservative realistic chance of getting a deal how optimistic and it's very hard to say because it's been on and off all the time but what we can say for sure and you made this point already trump is not going to give up he needs it he needs to regain this influence in afghanistan and in that region and globally and of course they say that ending the war in afghanistan he would rise his chances up to be reelected at home so i mean it's not yet over time will tell thanks so much for that update. let's go live now to. professor and school. of international affairs to get some more updates on this one

visit but all trying to get a stand so thanks for joining us great to have you on the program today obviously as our correspondent maria just said great photo opportunity p.r. for the election what do you think was the principal purpose though of trump's surprise visit to afghanistan. well there is one thing which is constant where donald trump which is is very inward looking and domestically oriented i don't think he's looking to you know maintain his you money in different regions of the world is very different president from on his predecessors so pulling out of afghanistan even really i think is the karma stone achievement he wants to shore before the next presidential election i brought the boys home we're not going to be as money or these you know long drawn out conflicts in far flung regions of the word we are going to focus on domestic issues i think in that sense this is a stationary aspect of trump's line of thinking and he believes that given the long

months of negotiations that they've already done with the taliban that deal you know we'll eventually do it because on really our drawdown has started i mean the u.s. officially has reduced its numbers by more than 2000 troops in the last one year and so hardly any other 12000 or so are left and trump wants to cut it down sharper and sharper so that he can show the horse in the u.s. that you know i am not a war president and i don't believe in this you know all the logic of liberal hate you money anymore so in that sense it's where the radical foreign policy but there are people opposing it up it through people in the pentagon and also some of their allies in afghanistan and in the region who want u.s. forces to continue to we do their dear so it's a struggle and i see this after again on again peace process as you know a manifestation of this domestic struggle that's going on between different factions in the u.s. government and how realistic can we be about getting a peace deal this time around there have been as i mentioned there so many stocks

thought processes so many media is involved can we see success this time. i think trump is desperate you know he's trying to put on a brave face and saying that the taliban want the peace agreement badly but if you look at the ground situation the taliban continue to make good gains and the violence their degree of control that the taliban has over the war fear it has increased and the u.s. forces are said to draw down they know they can make them out and eventually win this war so trying to simply you know i will you know trying to show some bravado the reality is that he needs this deal much more than the taliban will because taliban anyway are have an advantage on the battlefield and in their name go in there you know potential negotiations with the afghan state which is quite weak so i think the prospects of a deal are there it may not be good for security in the region it may be another situation where the u.s. is just you know backing its bag and leaving isolationist or trump are doing his old trick again but vetter this stimulus the region is

a bigger question but i think from doesn't really care that's the point about him he doesn't really care i would mean getting our of our stupidity in different regions of the world and in that sense for him a victory for a very pure political victory for domestic gains and that's what he wants to achieve through the process so i think he wants a deal and if not korea also start you know his legacy really is in question he's got less than 12 months for the reelection and he wants to shore success and i think the taliban know that they're going to extract a lot of concessions pakistan which backs of taliban is going to try and extract more concessions and in the process the argonne stude is going to become weaker so really the onus is on the countries in the region you know the neighbors of afghanistan to try and stabilize it because as far as the old rule of the us being the policemen are the sheriff will maintain order and balance of power all that is over and trump is simply saying you know i give up but simply putting a brave face on a sheen on it arrives freedom charlie or from the general school of international

affairs thanks for that. that died today on that visit. i meeting between the french president of the native chief is apparently failed to resolve lingering tensions about omar quote again casting doubt on the current agenda of the near 70 year old military alliance. if it looks at the roots of the tensions. one of the 1st symptoms of irrelevance is when you find yourself having to remind people that you are relevant successful and someone's got off in a bit of a verbal self-congratulatory blitzkrieg need to is a strong alliance but more than one we are adapting it we are agile and we are active so we are responding to a changing world and the reason why nato is the most successful launch of these 2 it is that we have been able to change in the world is changing and that's exactly what we have done over the last years that's exactly what we are doing nato is the

most successful alliance in history. and alliance that all those strive to join showing the historic suspects of natal and liberal nato and it has been the most successful alliance in the history is more much more the star machine amount of a standing valid stake a step back look at it objectively almost 30 years since the cold war ended and nato hasn't changed almost nothing about it just as they were then they're still expanding eastward towards russia just as they were then they're still standing up to russia now also in the cybersphere afghanistan a lot of evolution their 18 years of stagnant stalemate what they've really adapted to is pumping out glamorous videos no argument there stella stuff nato is brain dead and those aren't my words their own from the lips of the french

president. the defense critic nato is a collective defense alliance against who and what it is organizing who is our common enemy what are our common issues these are questions that deserve clarification magic or has a vision a united european army a europe protected by europeans not americans no hard feelings i mean how did american feel if the u.s. was protected in the garrison by hundreds of thousands of foreign troops a european military that decides on its own who its enemies are. congenital definitely new is our enemy now russia or china is it the goal of nato to designate them as enemies i don't believe so our common enemy today nato is terrorism which has hit each of our countries but nato is nothing if not adaptable we heard many times now they're evolving to adapt to the fact. that the u.s.

is tired of paying for everyone because everyone else is so successful that no one wants to foot the bill we work together and getting some of our allies to pay their fair share it's called burden sharing and as you know when i came it wasn't so good the united states plays for a very big share of nato a disproportionate share but in all seriousness there is something that has changed in the last 30 years it'll countries a buying russian weapons turkey spending billions on russian s 400 air defense systems and refusing to go and march up and down on russia's borders until nato acknowledges that its members have actual problems. if some countries object another country's security concerns are being interest in there will be no unity with the natives are nato the galaxy's greatest military

alliance since the big bang it isn't gentleman all since the moment of creation probably arguing about it is well nato was created. to face the communist threat at this time and when u.s.s.r. was the sole. normally need to shoot had been dissolved too because it was the only and only target of need to. so today the nato members are wondering what is the use of nato and the european countries. unfortunately are very quiet and very tightly to be in

and they are the commander of united states or america because nato is. really commanded by the united states. of america small town in bolivia who was brutally assaulted while protesters made an arrest triggered by the country's political crisis is refusing to resign patricia archer has now left hospital images of the attack on her emerged on social media revealing the violence towards politicians of the party of ousted leader ever more or less quick warning you may find the following scenes upsetting. after setting me. a small bare foot and cut her hair in public spraying it red during the 4 hour ordeal she was made to kneel and sign a resignation letter she told us she's still being treated as from spain from the blows in that attack. the bundle what happened was disgusting i'm now

recovering from brean all damage that i suffered during the assault and i'm still in pain the also cut off my hair they beat me out of it all but they didn't change my view that everything was so confusing at that moment many of them covered their faces when we recognize some of them it was sad to see all of those people attacking me it's been a difficult time for my children to see their mother in such a condition i don't want this to happen again but if you. believe he is now facing political uncertainty the self-appointed right wing government of senator johnny 9 years has already been accused of abuses even more as resigned after the country's military suggested he step down was on the back of a wave of protests following election all that occasions a vote fraud his supporters see it as a coup and protest that during the country's post-election unrest 34 people were killed and more than 800 injured but who shot to share again says that the violence must stop. i can't betray my people those who

believe in me i would like to express my gratitude to the staff who have stayed with me and are dedicated to improving the city we will keep working to achieve all our goals it was very difficult to return here up to everything to me and it was terrible to see the city level in such a state after all the work that was done to me. after everything that's happened how can it get any worse or that people need to reflect and stop harming each other we need to restore unity i've never hurt anybody i've always worked for my city and i want. people to take a step back and think they believe in people who cannot believe like this. and more news coming out all soft of this short break states you know it also all time to.

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the program police in the u.s. state of massachusetts avenue kind of canine colleague a highly advanced robotic one machines were built by boston dynamics whose creations have already gone viral. the boston dynamics robot is equipped with 360 degree cameras prompting some concerns over its possible high surveillance capabilities and can reach speeds of almost 2 meters a 2nd on his body is crash and water resistant civil rights groups warn there's a lack of transparency regarding just how such technologies are used through the police though defend their use of the new. robot technology is

a valuable tool for law enforcement because of its ability to provide situational awareness of potentially dangerous environments we just really don't know enough about how the state police are used in this and the technology that can be used in concert with a robotic system like this is almost limitless in terms of what kinds of surveillance and potentially even weaponization operations may be allowed. in all shark a professor of artificial intelligence and robots thanks for joining us so good to have in the program today this these police robots being used to carry out certain tasks are they a good thing is this a step in the right direction or something to be concerned about. it's really a mixture of both of course everybody wants to protect their police forces and the police have been using robots in the united states for many years i mean 10 years ago they were using the towel and sword swat teams were using it going into

buildings where there were hostages taking in mobile phone taking in pizza and that kind of thing and the talon sort could also be armed so it can protect the police and get hostages i but in 2016 the police in in tennessee in memphis killed someone with a robot by planting a bomb and that was a big worry at the time because how far is this going to go so it depends on how they're used really are they going to be used for lethality or just use for surveillance and in terms of regulation of law from the from the sort of legal side of things is any sort of oversight required here i mean could it ever be effectively implemented. i think we do need more oversight i mean there are guidelines for the police worldwide to regulations which is an escalating use of force but here's the problem with big dog i mean a story little dog spot spot is from big dog and big dog was developed for military

use and the marines tested a little dog spot but rejected it so they lost that contract but nonetheless the difference between this and other robots the police line using is that this one has a thomas capabilities in other words it can work on its own with a program whereas the others are all controlled remotely with a person in the loop and i would be worried about weaponize ing this for instance the police in north carolina and i are loath to arm the robots with tears or is or with firing non-lethal rubber bullets that kind of thing and i'd be worried that this was spotted with an autonomous system and then it becomes an autonomy weapon system which is very worrying. in terms of your future of policing do you think robotics artificial intelligence the going to play a more prominent role in the future i mean there is a concern things can get quite dystopian here currently. the could get quite dystopian and that's

a real worry i follow what the police are doing all the time the using artificial intelligence for all sorts of things and i for fierce recognition for instance and not very accurate despite what you hear and also for things like predictive policing so trying to work ai trying to work out which area is most likely to have crime and of course that reinforces it it's a feedback loop you put police more police in an area then they find more crime then that area becomes more criminal and so on so it is a worry about it kind of dystopia but there's a lot of good civil society groups working on this to try and prevent those large reverser of ai i am robotics thanks for your time here that are things that are. thank you. the black friday shopping extravaganza gets underway in shops all across the world today that alyssa saying americans alone will spend around $87000000000.00 this time around chasing the best deals there is

a darker side to this retail low artie's that all quarterly reports. black friday is coming up big box retailers are gearing up for their annual mega sales super profits and consumer stampedes that will probably result in more than a few injuries in a georgia wal-mart to have been fighting over pots and pans one refusing to let god . that wasn't brutal enough for you there is an even darker shade of black friday the kind that takes place on the darker shade of the internet called the dark web it's a place where black marketeers pursue huge profits with alluringly low prices just as much as the legitimate guys probably more so and there are plenty of consumers looking to buy those contraband goods society has become more digital and own without so his crime despite their activities being on rule from an illegal

criminal is already turned in surprise in a sense i'm not looking to maximize the opportunities it's no small enterprise either last week the european union published a report about online narcotics sales in the u.k. it said 24000000 pounds sterling worth of the stuff was sold in 201720188 low and on black friday everything from credit cards fake passports and illegal drugs are for sale at bargain bin prices and marketplaces that are specifically designed to be completely untraceable and while buying illegal items puts you at risk with the law you should also be aware of the very vendors you're buying from security experts are sounding the alarm and how you can avoid a black friday. as we head into the holiday shopping season and notice there is a new online scam that involves fake retail websites that look real but they are not scams come in many forms one popping up more and more is fraudulent websites

that look exactly like the real thing no doubt the a thorough. these will be hard at work trying to stop these dark web deals but what about the consequences that come with legal black friday consumerism for so long 'd the overproduction and overconsumption that characterizes the holiday have been cordially accepted as the norm no matter the frenzy that overtakes many or the damage it wreaks on the environment the latter has become so bad the french government is debating on banning black friday altogether but for now expect the usual frenzy for anybody who takes part in a black friday so who wants to be part of this when ever there is a chance fraudulent activities especially with what we know about the dark web in certain facets of the internet and with all of the hacking capabilities of fire wall breakings and all this other stuff we need to be taking personal responsibility individual responsibility and being sure that we are in charge of what happens to our finances and where we are putting our finances that it really

takes advantage of the the narrative that people have to shop on black friday that that is the only time you can get presents for your children for your family for your loved ones and your friends and so it really gives the some of these hackers or these dark web or some of these false sites an opportunity really to to prey on these on these shopping sentiments and to try to find people who are going to be likely to give in to any deal that looks too good to be truly and because we don't take the time to look into that especially on black friday when it went in and so it's not only a frenzy but there's a time constraint we have one hour we have a certain amount of time or it's going to be over and you'll miss it forever and that's what gets people in these modes where they're not going to look it up they're not going to research to see which sites are legitimate which sites aren't and that's where they might be able to be taken advantage of cross to come your way just a few moments time low by 1 pm with the latest news rundown for you will see you back that.

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the nato military alliance is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant and even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro.