a russian cryptocurrency entrepreneur. at the request of the united states has been extradited from greece to exult have been exploited his removal from illegal threatened his health. was taken by police forces. ordered the doctors to release him even though she was exhausted on the 5 day hunger strike she has been barred from communicating with. violate. the u.k.'s national health service faces a. life changing children. could put an end to the.

experiment. of the last decade edward snowden gives an interview to a former president. saying is the truth he would do it all over again. and i would. i have to say unexpected. thanks for joining us. welcome to the program. a russian cryptocurrency entrepreneur suspected of bitcoin fraud has been stricken secretly extradited to france that's according to his lawyer and exhaustive in nick was arrested in greece 2 years ago washington's request is lawyer told r.t. he was unlawfully taken removed from the hospital where he was being treated after

a month long hunger strike. alexander disappear today he was taken by police forces who ordered the doctors to release him even though he was exhausted and on the 35 day hunger strike as his lawyer i assure you that they had no right to take him because today's decision by the supreme court was not executable i have been in contact with all competent greek authorities today and until 930 nobody knew where alexander was it was confirmed to me by my french call that alexander vinick is already in france in a hospital they will try to interrogate him at this state where he has been barred from communicating with me since yesterday night his rights are being violated i'm sure his very afraid and terrorized by this procedure because

he had absolutely no information on what happened there has been a court decision which was available after 4 o'clock but this is not a decision which allows extradition however it is proven that he was moved to france before even this decision was issued this is a non lawful procedure again still human being who is entitle to his rights and to his dignity when it has been for doing against extradition to the yacht is free for all of us accuse him of loading at least $4000000000.00 worth of bitcoin claiming it was a digital currency exchange which facilitated cyber crime and drug dealing is the noid those charges stating he's a technical consultant and he's been set up. when it has to do is to stand trial in his native russia where he's also sought for alleged fraud claiming he's willing to

cooperate with russian investigators previously moscow has criticized greece's heiling of the case for ignoring evidence it put forward earlier this month when it also claimed he'd faced torture in greece. they're trying to use torture and psychological pressure to break me they do not allow me to breathe fresh air the last time they let me out for a walk for a few minutes was on new year's eve i'm a man without rights illegally imprisoned in greece for 30 months without charges they want to destroy me from my knowledge they want my head on the block just because of what i know and my technological abilities looks out of an explorer again talked to us through the next stages in defending her client i am now in contact with my french coralie quiz already at the hospital where alexander has been transferred all year in paris i have already filed a letter with the judges of investigation in order not to examine him in these

conditions during the night while he's exhausted and he doesn't know what's happening because i had no time to even inform him of the court decision masking therefore with my letter the judges to respect human rights law and respect procedure give postponement of his hearing and not do not hear him in this frail condition and of course we have already made an appeal to the united nations working group against arbitrary detention we are still waiting for them to take action it's very important that alexander be protected and we will exhaust and me legal procedure and anything that we can do to protect this individual because when alexander's rights are violated everybody's rights are violated. the u.k.'s national health service has found itself in hard courts in a landmark case saying that preventing children as young as 9 being prescribed

so-called experimental puberty blockers uncrossed sex hormone drugs one claimant is 23 year old key rebel who was previously treated by the gender identity development service she says she's regrets making that universal change she said it was dusty has the story. 23 year old care about went through gender reassignment as a teenager but years later she decided to reverse the transition while she lived to regret her treatment she also stopped the clinic putting others through what she did she's leading a landmark case against the tavistock and portman n.h.s. trust the u.k.'s only gender identity service that deals with patients under 18 years old often without parental consent care of herself as a teenager and says youngsters aren't given proper information on the process and the drugs to take them through the transition i do not believe the children and young people can consent to the use of powerful and experimental hormone drugs like i did i believe that the current affirmative system put in place by the tavistock is inadequate as it doesn't allow for exploration of the gender dysphoria feelings

nor does it seeks to find the underlying cause of this condition and care it joins a mother of a 15 year old autistic girl who is on the waiting list for the treatment at the service much of the concern of her mother i have deep concerns that the current clinical approach a gender identity development service means that my daughter will be subjected to an experimental treatment path that is not adequately regulated when no one understands the risks and therefore canada ensure informed consent is obtained almost half of children treated at the clinic are prescribed hormone blockers that help people this gives children the time to consider whether they truly want to make a transition to the opposite sex but the drug interferes with natural hormone production it's this step that this legal battle is all about and claim it's a calling for an urgent reassessment of the procedure what is challenged is the current and continuing practice of the defendant to prescribe puberty suppressing hormone blockers and then subsequently crossed sex hormones to children under the

age of 18 and it's not just former patients and relatives that are worried medical professionals have also voiced concerns even accusing the specialist clinic for charles gentle children of suppressing negative results while undertaking experimental treatment as a lesson. that's what i found using some unpublished data as i discovered from the tavistock clinic is that after 12 months on p.v. blockers are there were some quite pronounced negatives a tapes it's believed the girls so girls became head of their gender dysphoria increase and some of their psychological problems increased and indeed there is even less slightly increased but statistically significant increase in their thoughts about our suicide so these are all quite negative findings but these are not being published by the tavistock clinics here in london say 3000 percent more patients than they did 10 years ago among girls it's up more than 5000 percent with referrals that's a record high it suggests cases of the transitional rise to that there is no data

to reflect the number 4 who may opt to return to their biological sex we reached out to the tavistock and portman n.h.s. trust for comment our clinical interventions are laid out internationally set service specifications and h s england money says our service very closely the series has a high level of reporting satisfaction and was rated good by the care quality commission but while there is no doubt that this service helps young people who feel the stress in their own bodies the full impact of making decisions about their gender at such a young ages may not truly be clear to much later in their lives sad added stastny r.t. london i think what the government has is giving or that the n.h.s. is giving children a false sense of security they really should be open and honest and say look we've got no idea this is an experimental treatment we've got no idea if it's safe we've got no idea they're subjective so essentially you're just taking a loss but instead there's a lot of false information about it being reversible about it being you know sort

of safe and i think you know we should just admit how ignorance and we need to do much more search on our the actual high quality research on the effects of people up is. so not the only identities get us to. this week later in the program an oxford college back tracked on its rules for our transgender event. after some professors call it out for closing down free speech but more on that in the 2nd half of the program. a whistleblower who exposed extensive u.s. surveillance programs around the globe edward snowden has given an interview to the former president of ecuador ruffo career the u.s. is seeking to shape the discharge floatin with espionage and theft of government property while the former government contractor has said he would leak the information again and that he'd be willing to face trial if he could tell the truth . i mean nice in the beginning many media outlets were supportive of astonishing

yourself nowadays we can say that the mainstream media has changed its tune a book they should be defending access to information the freedom of the press not just for americans but of everyone else why are they now against you both because while the government in the united states currently has not tried to put journalists in prison on a massive scale they have in a few exceptional circumstances. they have thought well. how can we get the media to support our narrative how can we get them to support our perspectives and i think this is what people miss against the distinction between the moral duty and the legality of the thing sometimes the only moral decision that individual happens is to break the law and the question is not what is this disclosure of legal or illegal the question was and the question is is the information that they provide and true or false is the information they provided

useful society to society harmful to society the question is would you rather not know what's really going on there already i mean how do you feel about the fact that back home you can be tried under a law that could land you the death penalty this is why i said there is no fair trial that's provided under the espionage act and despite the craziness of this law i have argued to the united states government i have said i will return and volunteer myself for trial on a single condition which is that i get to tell the jury why i did what i did and the government has refused instead they sent me back a letter signed by the attorney general that says well we promise not to torture you when we see the failures in the system it is incumbent on us to do something about even in small small ways you know people make this big question for me because of course i have somebody critics i have so many supporters they were heroes. or traitor or hero or traitor which one are you and i say i'm neither i'm

a citizen there are no heroes i'm just an ordinary person who did something unusual or do i think you're a hero if you do something really brave but no no this isn't really i don't we really and i think this is better when we say things like you know i'm not a hero. i'm saying that in the context of there are no heroes there are only whole choices to be there if you make me sad or on them just the fish i'd like to ask you would you do it all over again i would definitely do it again. i have to say it's unexpected because i have paid a real price i can't return home when i'm in a country that's not one not of my choosing. but i'm actually. more satisfied and more connected in the work that i did today in the work that i did before the thing that i am most proud of. and the thing that gives me

the confidence to say that i would do it again. is that when somebody asked me what are you can do about it i have my answer. and this is the thing that i think all young people need to hear when we're living in a truly historic time where everything is changing. when someone asked you what are you going to do about of the answer is everything that i can. climate refugees or people that moved due to environmental disaster can no longer be sent home to their country of origin if they're seeking asylum and bad lives are in danger that's according at least to a new landmark ruling by the united nations which could set a new precedent for migration. the committees of dubuque dad with us national and international efforts the effects of climate change are receiving states may dispose individuals to a violation of their rights thereby triggering dinar reform obligations of sending

states like ruling is based on a complaint brought by an islander from crew in the pacific ocean who said he was in danger due to rising sea levels employed for asylum in new zealand but was rejected he also failed when he took it to the un but the case has now set the way for others to apply germany's interior ministry has spoken out against the united nations the citizens. most studies suggest that environmental change is a trigger but not the sole cause of migration decisions political commentator david vance and former leader of the wales green party people bartoli gave us their views on the case. i think the u.n. ruling is a good one we're going to see millions and millions of people maybe 300000000 people. fleeing climate change where the through starvation or drought storm flood to certification and we have to be ready for it we have to start talking about this we actually must start preparing ourselves for this it's just

another way till essential exploit the u.n. support but to advance open borders and you know even at the most obvious level i can't believe anyone swallows the gulf that actually contradicts much of what the u.n. talks about i mean the u.n. constantly whines avoid the desperate need to reduce our carbon footprint well hey if you bring hundreds of millions of climate refugees from low carbon societies to our advanced higher carbon societies you're going to increase the carbon footprint so the un really need to start to get it right this is not restricted to the developing broke world we have most of our cities i think there are something like 32 of the world's greatest cities largest cities are likely to be under water london new york delhi there are just so many of them. it doesn't make any

sense to just to look at this in any way other than the fact that people will be on the move and we have to start talking about how we deal with this in the un has opened this conversation. but pepper you've missed something you've just said so many of leading cities are going to be under water so you see all these people coming from the less developed world i mean we can surely import them and submerge cities and therefore cities submerged or i don't know any right is suggesting that all these people. what you just did you know you answered your stealing and said. well you just said you said that many of these well beyond are water which by the way is absolutely disconnected from reality but even if i take you point on the war on your actual words what you're saying is that spring 3rd world people to submerge their faith up and make a lot of sense doesn't everything and simple country even germany is going to

reject it so people like pepper can continue to dream on but what we need to do as a country and to protect our borders protect our people and look after our own symbol of our. russia became the hot topic of the continuing democrat impeachment trial against donald trump on wednesday the head of the house dems adam schiff mentioned he put the apartment all important word in his opening speech dozens of times. russian intelligence services russian expansionism russian forces and their proxies russia kremlin russia's president vladimir putin the russian military agency. we can fight russia over there in the russians the russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said he russia if you're listening they were listening that's the russian story. while the cameras were focused on the senate floor due to the rulings some sketch artists capture the atmosphere in the chamber so the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process

stretching their legs doodling even falling asleep at the outcomes of the senators had to spend 12 hours at their desks following the strict no phone policy. and we spoke to journalist and political commentator chad it more and he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment are bored with the russian they're at it. the democrats already has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax russia go completely flat and even their strongest support everything they thought of the president as a plot even their strongest supporters the people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolutely will not. even they've grown bored with this narrative and when they start ripping up russia again. it's just so sad you can't help but laugh and laugh and laugh and then see below see 7

times at last count referred to russia or putin the impeachment proceedings i don't know they trying to tie up the loose ends of this narrative are they just trying to connect all of these threads that they everything that sort of thrown at the wall to the eggs to the expense of millions upon millions of taxpayer money everything that didn't stick to waste everyone's time. and you could watch the group was announced with just 100 seconds to live while reference to the symbolic doomsday clock is talking at metaphorical top of course the warning made at a media event in washington comes off the increased pressure from u.s. sanctions against iran over the breakdown of the 2050 nuclear deal a recent escalation in the middle east which saw the u.s. assassinate a top iranian general. coves the time keeper for this one. so the news is there's another apocalypse alert but the doomsday clock is being set at 100 seconds to midnight we are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds

or even minutes it's the closest to doomsday you have ever been in the history of the doomsday clock so how do the people who reset the hands explain why it is pushing us to armageddon while they're saying it could be just around the corner because of the following lack of climate action rise of cyber enabled disinformation campaigns oh right that's the new black and the threat greater fashion industry and most importantly the nuclear threat indeed what did the new year bring along hash tag iran has tagged world 'd war 3. let's hear from someone else who was there to crank up the panic meter former u.n. secretary general from the u.s.

withdrawal from the paris agreement and the iran nuclear deal to deadlock nuclear disarmament talks and division of the u.n. security council on mechanisms for collaboration being undermined when we need the most so for those of you scratching your heads about who's causing the mess that wasn't a rainy and diplomat putting the blame on trump for ripping up the nuclear agreement it was a moon but probably everyone should have wondered want to go because they care less in d.c. europe tried to butt in but it didn't work because iran is evil anyway some well known faces couldn't help reminding us about it even the holocaust commemorations the world must stand strong against the islamic repub. look of around. israel salutes president trump and vice president burns for confronting the tyrants of to iran that subjugate their own people i call on all governments to join the

vital effort of confronting iran so if bombing the hell out of one top iranian commander this month wasn't enough watch out for more if general as male gani for those who similar path of killing americans he will meet the same fate it's not like the folks in iran would keep. hearing that these words are an official announcement on a clear unveiling of america's targeted and governmental terrorism whether you can actually hear the doomsday clock ticking for the whole of mankind or not what thing's for sure the western ram relationship is deaf or 100 seconds from apocalypse. city diversity has backed down on college rules to allow a transgender discussion of it to go ahead and move forward outrage over guests having to sign a code of conduct that prevented and he diverse identity comments or some professors had accused the college of shutting down free speech and event on

transgender issues ironically named equality convention is hosted by one of the old the oldest merton college shows in february potential participants had to agree to the terms before signing up for the perspectives on trans intersectionality event among the original rules was a battle deliberately mis gendering an individual and language that could undermine the validity of transgender identities ecologists replace the now revoked code code with a statement that opinion and debate is encouraged. history professor at the university of oxford salina todd says the role of the code of conduct rather enshrines the right to free speech. i was stunned because i appreciate that the university of oxford it has tried very hard to uphold free speech and that the code of the university in shrines our right to free speech and freedom of debate

they said event at most 2 college struck me as very serious because it seems to be implying that for the 1st time an academic institution was going to take the same line as student activists i.e. that feminists and debate by feminists was unwelcome what i suspect has happened is that the speakers in that event insisted that that was a condition of them appearing that big his trans activists refused to debate face to face with their critics they refused to debate with feminists and so it's not unusual for them to insist that at events like this they are not confronted with any opposing or challenging view these fall from us for the salad back in 30 minutes or the latest headlines in the meantime coming your way next it's cross talk.

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to toxic manufacturing that destroys sacred sites or ruins the environment. that means local communities that are being poisoned if they object if they do anything that the company feels is interrupting their profits they can they serve. the nationals are taking on the whole nation philip morris is trying to use i.s.t.'s to stop oregon from implementing new tobacco regulations aimed at cutting domestic smoking rates a fringe company sued egypt because egypt raise its minimum wage democratic choice over trump corporate law joining us as we try to find don't want to.

hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle many call the impeachment trial of donald trump in the u.s. senate a political show well if it is it's not very interesting in fact it's quite boring repetitive and tedious clearly this entire process is a blood fest to play for keeps but what about the institutional. damage left in the wake of this low energy process. ross talking impeachment trial i'm joined by my guest man in orlando he's

a socialist activist and political commentator in greenwich we have tom perelli he is a america's voice news contributor as well as executive advisor to cloud hobe and in personal we cross the ned ryan he is founder and c.e.o. of american majority as well as author of the new book restoring our republic all right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate tom let me go to you 1st in greenwich here i mean one of the things watching this entire saga which is unwatchable i have to tell you and my guess and our viewers that this is the 1st major political event i refused to watch because it's unwatchable i played hooky from school to watch the watergate hearings but i can't watch this just unwatchable and one of the things that so does really disturbing to me is that all through this we've seen the face of courts destroyed with the the idea of a whistle blower has been destroyed we have members of the house questioning the legitimacy of the right of the senate to vote i mean one institution after all and by the way.