i. think. this hours headlines stories award winning journalist glenn greenwald is charged with cyber crimes in brazil his role in reporting on a high profile corruption scandal in the country the case condemnation worldwide. experts call for a probe into allegations the saudi crown prince was involved in the. washington post where journalists. were. killed. on the psychologist designer of. torture techniques in the wake of 911 just the

follow. up free trial testimony. and. i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i guess of today and do it again. every year chiming in from right across the globe are welcome to international my names you know a little in a warm welcome. federal prosecutors in brazil have charged multi award winning journalist glenn greenwald with committing cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated the hacking of top officials phones to get information on a high profile corruption case last year the intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of conversations between top figures in the. probe breaking down the story of what we know on quarter. brazil's

president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was exposed to the money we've got this if you will go off out there with that but no money. but what they're doing with him is you know usually you know very motivated to do whatever you know directly or by bit of both of us on volume thank. you but out there for them goes on and so it's no surprise freedom of the press is once again under attack in the country american journalist glenn greenwald is facing cybercrime charges for leaking text messages of government officials glenn greenwald in a free conscious involuntary way directly assisted encourage and guided to criminal group of hackers criminal practice acting as a guarantor of sat group and also narrow is more than a little defensive he should not be here he says to him brazil where is he he was

denounced by the justice system don't you believe in the system at the same time the president's son who is also an m.p. cannot contain his glee glenn greenwald only said he loved brazil and wanted to get to move the country in depth maybe he will even get to know the inside of a jail the charges come after greenwald's news outlet exposed a possible conspiracy within the judicial system based on the leaked private text messages they purported to show the then federal judge colluding with the prosecution in a high profile corruption case the same one that landed both scenarios main rival lula da silva in jail preventing him from running for another presidential term the federal judge denied everything and even went on to head the justice ministry as for the journalist to shed light on the scandal he found himself under investigation even though the federal police and the supreme court told the administration to drop the case wilson our government president bush norah multiple members of his government simply don't believe in a free press. we don't believe in press freedom they don't even believe in

democracy they've repeatedly and explicitly praised the military dictatorship that ruled the country until they needed 5 disappear your form of government and this is all about assuring him that level of repression whistleblowers and watchdog organizations are calling the situation a blatant attack on journalistic freedom absolute red alert this is unbelievably may could retaliation for revealing extreme corruption at the highest levels of both scenarios administration and the next who stands to threat to investigative journalism in brazil in an outrageous violation of press freedom the brazilian government has ignored a supreme court order in charge journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes for the intercepts investigative series on widespread corruption in brazil. well the government must immediately condemned this outrageous assault on the freedom of the press and recognize that its attacks on press freedoms at home have consequences for american journalists doing their jobs abroad leg length going wild the

prosecution of glenn greenwald is once again putting the spotlight on the current administration's a legit corrupt dealings it's no wonder balsa naro has no love for journalists this is just what's happening to journalism around the world those who attempt to shine a light on the inner workings of power are being. at best pushed to the margins and often prosecuted under the full extent of the law does it make a difference yes i think it's important to journalists it's vital it's essential to what we do unfortunately the power of journalism to. not only expose abuses of power and crimes fraud and wise of the powerful but to then push away then a system so that people are held accountable has been severely weakened and this is just true everywhere including of course in brazil they have old e-mail exchanges

a stand simply between julian assange and. then private bradley manning to argue exactly the same thing and it's it's fictitious it's untrue but it's clear that that is the mechanism they want to use to go after greenwald just like the united states is using that mechanism to go after julian assange. another story we're closely following today human rights experts for the u.n. are urging for an investigation into the hocking of a mobile phone of the world's richest man jeff beatty there are concerns about allegations the saudi crown prince was possibly involved in a data breach which was caused by an encrypted message sent to the billionaire amazon funder that is something the gulf monarchy strongly denies or just appointed base also also will miss the washington post newspaper where dissident journalist jamal khashoggi worked before he was assassinated by assad he had squandered. the

alleged hacking of mr bezos is food m those of others demands immediate investigation by the u.s. and other relevant authorities including investigation of the continuous munty a direct and personal involvement of the crown prince in efforts to target perceived opponents well it appears according to the information that has been presenting it that the phone of jeff bezos was hacked via the messenger application known as whatsapp now saudi arabia denies that that's the case now it's important to note that not only is jeff bezos very wealthy a billionaire in the united states but he's also the owner of the washington post and the washington post was the employer of jamal khashoggi folks will recall jamal khashoggi is brutal killing so at this point that raises some interesting concerns this is what has been presented about the possible hacking the information we have received suggests the possible involvement of the crown prince in surveillance of mr bezos in an effort to influence if not silence the washington post reporting in

saudi arabia these allegations are relevant as well to on going evaluation of claims about the crown prince's involvement in the $2900.00 murders of saudi and washington post showing this. now in october of 28 teen jamal khashoggi visited the saudi embassy in is stumble and he never came out of the of the embassy he was dismantled within it cut into pieces and at that point there was a lot of international outrage about the incident now sense then they came of saudi arabia has declared this was simply a rogue operation 5 individuals have actually been sentenced to death for their involvement in it however 3 top officials were cleared of any wrongdoing and many observers noted that it took a long time for the trumpet ministration to criticize the actions of saudi arabia or to even give any response to the incident let's review what the response from the trump administration when it finally came was this is how they responded to the

killing of journalist jamal khashoggi employed by the washington post i don't like stopping mess of amounts of money that's being poured into our country spending $110000000000.00 on military equipment and on things that create. like. others for this country we have identified at least some of the individuals responsible including those in the intelligence services the royal court the foreign ministry and other saudi ministries who we suspect to have been involved in mr coo show us death now the possible hacking of the phone of jeff bezos the billionaire and owner of the washington post adds a new chapter to this case however many observers have noted that the ties between the united states and the king of saudi arabia are not small and the trump and administration in particular has embraced the saudi kingdom trumps 1st international trip after all was to riyadh to meet with the saudi monarchy so it

appears that when issues like human rights the killing of jamal khashoggi or the war in yemen come up the united states seems to prioritize its friendship with saudi arabia over other issues so perhaps this new hacking will be another. incident that will that will raise some concerns but many have observed that the usa seems pretty loyal to saudi arabia. and other story to bring you know the psychologist the architect of the cia's and interrogation techniques post $911.00 is almost apologetic about his role in any torture program that admission came during a military tribunals which is preparing a trial against the self-proclaimed mastermind on 4 others of the attacks on new york and washington back in 2000 them. whatever personal consequences i would live with i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i thought my moral obligation to protect american lives outweighed temporary discomforts of terrorists i gets up today and

do it again. james mitchell who was contracted by a cia in the wake of $911.00 to consult create an interrogation program for al qaida suspects he even that committed personally using waterboarding torture technique that simulates drawing several prisoners later he psychologist set up a company that provided support for the interrogations the cia's program included illegal coercive measures. in the immediate aftermath of $911.00 we tortured some folks will lawyers for the 5 detainees are now seeking for any statements made all newer interrogation to be

disqualified from the trial on the grounds of torture no we spoke to antiwar activists or a flaw under surveys of the few think one time will be a court proceedings are deeply flawed. well none of this could possibly be a fair trial i mean how can you have a fair trial with people who've been held in total secrecy whose testimony is based on torture. the media isn't allowed in except for conditions so strict that they can't even have a picture of the court room all the testimony is restricted. none of this none of this layers and layers of secrecy is about providing any kind of justice or accountability or even of information it is going through a theater in order to once again exert their power their power over people's lives and we should just note that there were juveniles who were

a youth who were held for years i've kuantan them oh there were people who had nothing to do who were simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o $780.00 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today well the 1st detainee mr mitchell water boarded was a palestinian man known as is a beta he's never been charged with a crime i mean remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was the 1st known cia prisoner told to go and hunted in turkey even less than i whilst being tortured during his time there was a beta attempt to illustrate his experiences i'm just a warning you may find some of the images the stressing.

as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made the screen unconsciously. they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning in my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen.

the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. there's absolutely no justification that can ever be given or accepted for the horrendous and systematic torture that was used and it was used and authorized from the highest levels from the presidency the f.b.i. the cia the top levels of the military the studies were known the conditions were known this isn't just one or 2 people mitchell and jennings this was an entire unit

set up in order to use torture and to study how to apply the most excruciating forms of torture of pain waterboarding how slamming of of packing into . tight boxes of stress positions and on and on so how could you justify any of this and none of this torture provided any real information of course not that that that would even be an excuse it was done to hundreds of prisoners there were also hundreds of secret prisons secret rendition and a geisha in centers all of this really has to be exposed and there are accounting demanded not only of those who designed the torture but of those who set up these torture camps. for let's bring you know to europe where thousands of greek islanders have been on strike protesting this wednesday against the influx of

migrants for parts all the protests businesses were shut for a full 24 hours on the region's 3 main islands the action was organized by local authorities who plan to travel too often used to present their demands to the government some refugee camps on the more than 10 times the number of people they were originally built for. we are trying to give a message around to the whole world that this can go on it can't go on anymore lance bass has had the load on their shoulders for 5 years. we have nothing against the refugees and migrants have shown this solitary to all this time we are asking for change the government policy should lead to the equal distribution of refugees and migrants. not the migrants should go with the racists simply the situation and there i would be out of control 100 percent you can see for yourselves what's happening coming in and they're not leaving open the borders so

they can go to salute bulgaria germany. last year greece became the main entry point into europe for migrants and refugees many thing world poverty and. sorry africa sayf asia syria in response greece's new conservative government is promising tougher asylum laws to expel all refugees who are not entitled to protection. german chancellor angela merkel is calling on the world to include china in the pursuit of common goals not return to cold war era exclusion. of course we also have to build up fairness of course we have to practice multilateralism so the rules apply to everyone but i believe for us not to fall into an e.u. bipolarity but rather that we try was a result of experience we have to include a country like china multilateralism and treated at least equally well those

remarks come not long in the wake of the us china managing to reach a truce in their trade war the german manufacturer suffered collateral damage from tensions between washington and beijing that mostly hit its car industry another flashpoint was chinese tech giant while away we know the u.s. is continuing to pressure the european union to while away 5 g. equipment over fears it could be spying for beijing stealing intellectual properties the company denies all accusations made against it in germany the question of 5 g. has long been debated by lawmakers with beijing promising a backlash if weiwei is bombed in order to appease washington. if germany was to make a decision that led to the exclusion from the german market there will be consequences the chinese government will not stand by. well we've been getting

inside. story in all of the different strands to it here some of what's being said to the program earlier. for germany and for e.u. to maintaining its independence to maintain its own judgment on major issues in the world rather than purely passively just of farnell the leadership of another major tranter makes a lot of sense china after all is a permanent member of the security council of the united nations and it is the 2nd largest economy in the world and to marginalize china will not succeed to a large hand and also will bring a lot of economic it is advantage to whichever country which tries to push china down on the ground the e.u. in general is one of the poles down in a global order and china doubtless needs another one so were there would be more collaboration between been

a continuous agenda or and also because of the ship is the means dong very soon and there be a new suspects so maybe it is a plan to install a new policy to create as a new concerns among the concert and for china of course right now is quotes on critical and or the period of a sign us trade war on china's government always want to engage the european countries as a remote island to kind of kind of balance ok i want to move on notice regenerating quite a lot of interest today automotive electrical energy giant tesla well if they're fighting the residents of a time near the german capital or plans to create its 1st in european and get factory there dozens of demonstrators have been denouncing possible environmental damage with plans to cut down 300 hectares of forest to make the factory but they were met by counter protesters who appeared to be enthusiastic over the promise of fisons of jobs. many people are absolutely not aware of those decisions great

fallout our water management agency has already admitted that there is no guarantee that the locals will be. supplied with enough water after the launch of the factory they have to think about it because they've got not sure whether it's good or not i'm worried about the environment being advanced there will be new jobs and new transpired but it's hard to imagine anything battered that's got this nickel it's a good opportunity for our region but electric cars went so far everything and they manufacture causes environmental damage as examinee are but i'm in favor of job creation and tesla as a company but wasn't there any other place for this fracturing and. you know it began the young graduates haven't been able to find work that fits

their skill was hearing growing haida so a lot of them how to move to other cities and i hope this project might try to do so for the whole region because of bonds of course are concerned about it on the one hand we're glad that investors are interested in brenda more on the other hand we're talking about serious interviewer ince natural processes we should be carefully considered that we should do everything to mitigate the damage based on the deforestation area the implications would be very grave we're talking about total deforestation and the extinction of all the animal and plant species which once inhabited this who.

are i tell him to plumb the depths now because an agreement between london and washington meant to protect. wreckage of the titanic has finally come into force after its rather vacation by the us that serves a private american firm is pushing to move ahead with a project to salvage relics from the famed sunken vessel and wants to use submersible robots to retrieve artifacts to tell the stories of the 1500 people who perished. of course we recognize and respect the tragedy of what happened but the hard truth is that we need to share what we can see with the rest of the world why should only a few scientists be allowed to see the artifacts firsthand it's elitist and it's wrong. well the wreck of the ship which went down after striking an iceberg and 1912 still contains the remains of puss injures many relatives of the victims are

concerned over plans to remove a worsening section of the roof we spoke with just sweeping them from the british titanic society who told us that many people will be upset if the american firm gets its way. this stage the announcement they are misty have made it is quite vague you know come at such an exhibition event even take place from a technological point if week sam and the equipment that's available at the moment in the technology they have. the jennifer a mother ship is out of commission so is at the moment really for us it's kind of just like a big topic. we will kind of supporting this decision sometimes you know if we've got a view that they shouldn't people it's a mystery left in peace but we're going along to museums and going to these attractions and then in essence with us consciously playing a role in that process it retreating off of it's a really difficult one to gauge this will upset a lot of people and lots of people that are interested in titanic in general so be

interesting to see the next days i'm kind of looking forward to getting a stay on how it wants feeling about. what is our midweek news run looks for the team just off camera busy putting together all your latest updates we'll bring them to you in just over 30 minutes hope you'll join me then this is artsy international. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see if that.

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