russia's top diplomat tells his western counterparts at the munich security conference that it's time to seek common ground stop to try moscow as an existential threat. well that says european officials warn of the west's political fragmentation while the u.s. secretary of state insists he sees no threat to the current global order. a pentagon digital defense contractor hangs in the air after hours and challenges the way the multi-billion dollar deal was awarded to microsoft. and the board of france's equivalent of the. director roman polanski sweeping that all the nations of the white still being wanted in the u.s. for statutory rape we find out if actions speak louder than the. 2 figures and

united artists and man he's an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions. here in moscow thanks for joining us in r.t. international's and i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the park russia's foreign minister has used his address at this year's munich security conference to call for a reproach me with the west said that moscow's international partners have long sought to portray it as a grave threat and argue that they need to stop invoking the russian found some with the details here's peter. the russian foreign minister he gave a very quick address to the munich security conference and started off by talking about what russia sees as attempts to rewrite it. of world war 2 speaking as we

approach of course the 75th anniversary of the end of that conflict he went on to say that it's the spirit of alliance is as important today between russia and the west as it was 75 years ago between them salvi union and the west he did say that when it came to improving relationships with europe as some european leaders have been speaking about iraq this year's security conference there remained what mr lavrov called a crisis of confidence that is but eastwards the unprecedented scale of military exercises close to the russian borders the inflating of defense budgets beyond all possible measure all of this generates unpredictability the confrontational dynamics of the cold war have been recreated bill morris he's one of those world leaders talking about improving ties between europe and russia was france's money when my call early on saturday he was also speaking out about his idea to get more

autonomy for europe when it comes to defense so that european nations could be able to act independently of the united states in more yup all new to the point that we can see that there is a certain weakening of the west that has been observed 15 years ago we thought our values would be universal values that would always ruled world i think we're facing the hour of truth here we have a lot in common with the united states freedom and so on so this is why we fight to give a numerous was but is not quite what america wants we need to develop our own strategy . while representing the united states as interests with secretary of state mike pompei o d reject this out of hand claims this western nations role on the international stage needs to evolve i'm happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly over exaggerated. the west is warning we are collectively winning. the west is winning freedom and democracy and winning winning the west

will win that. secular state my pompei o and secretary of defense mark i think quite a bit of china bashing while they were at the podium here in munich they were they to follow it to that same podium by the chinese minister of foreign affairs wang where ye he described those claims by the united states as well and not backed up by any facts hard to see those 2 delegations sitting down for dinner tonight in munich the still a lot to come here at the munich security conference and continue into sunday we're expecting libya to fall into focus on the ongoing crisis in that country course all the news that comes from that i'll be bringing you here on r.t. the french president also offered his thoughts on the economic penalties imposed on russia beginning in 2014 and identified several areas where there's scope for greater cooperation with moscow. i don't think we should lift the sanctions because

i'm just saying that the sanctions and counter sanctions didn't really work out we europeans suffer as much from the sanctions as the russians do in order to teach it dialogue with russia you must take the opportunity to frozen conflicts address cyber issues and talk about space and the militarization of space we also need to be able to talk about addressing conflicts like syria i'm not pro russian or the russian i'm just crew european if you look at the geographic facts we need to build a security architecture based on mutual trust and. certainly europe to open talks to all powers in the world is the only way to exist so to china russia and the united states and be a sort of a neutral police dealing with all these larger now we're not in this division of the west and the rest and sort of fall. imposition of international

order the stone the agreements of the alpha this is over the world these multiple are there are powers which are reclaiming their rule like china and russia it's the same level like the western countries so this is something difficult for the european union which is to redefine its reason to exist in its aids. one of the biggest digital defense contracts in american history has been put on ice online retail giant out of the amazon is taking on the pentagon in court a softer washington gave the $10000000000.00 deal to rival microsoft of the lawsuit dog is donald trump was biased in his this isn't against ours and supremely jeff bezos in a feud between them stretching back to trump's 1st presidential campaign. he wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it if i become president or do

they have problems they get outside my view is that's not an appropriate way for a presidential candidate to behave using the washington post for power so that the politicians in washington don't tax amazon like they should be taxed finally tracked by donald trump will still reserve he must sit on the blue origin rocket send donald to space so sorry to hear about the news about jeff bozo being taken down by competitive reporting i understand is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper the amazon washington post and at the end of last year bezos stressed the importance of the military project with the pentagon but it's kind of more than reports he's now hindering the deal won by microsoft. remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting and my view is this big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how we're

going to do it we are going to support the department of foods this country is important the silicon valley tech giants love to walk hand in hand with the pentagon but their employees not so much google workers protested a program using artificial intelligence for drones and microsoft employees have voiced their concerns about a $10000000000.00 contract with the pentagon to offer cloud services but lucky enough for the department of defense amazon led by jeff bezos america's richest man has stepped up to the plate they say amazon is happy to do business with the pentagon we're going to continue support to do this is a great country and it does need to be defended so it turns out that when amazon didn't get that contract and microsoft got it instead they as ows was angry he took it to court citing bias from donald trump the preservation of public confidence in the nation's procurement process requires discovery and supplementation of the

administrative record particularly in light of president trump's order to screw amazon the question is whether the president of the united states should be allowed to use the budget of the department of defense to pursue his own personal and political ends but the irony is that jeff bezos with his legal action has double crossed the very same entity he swore to protect as a result of the lawsuit the entire program which the pentagon says is necessary for national security has been put on a hold the military brass is unhappy we're disappointed in the ruling and believe the actions taken in this litigation have unnecessarily delayed implementing department of defense's modernization strategy. deprived our war fighters so instead of keep abilities we need the u.s. department of defense says it will lose $5.00 to $7000000.00 every month the program is the lead users changing is opinion in a way that serves as pocketbook is not necessarily or may serve a spark

a book is not particularly a surprise i think there's a debate to be had on the degree to which these social media tech companies and search companies are able to sway the assuage problem opinion change public opinion restrict debate these are big issues that i think the balance when people think about it are there's going to be a drive i believe a populist drive to lessen the power of big tech the cuts across the political spectrum well apparently for the world's richest man the country only needs national security protection when he's getting a share of the defense budget kaleb up and r.t. new york. there's been a major plot twist that the french equivalent of the oscars the entire caesar academy has quit just 2 weeks before this year's glittering ceremony a paris correspondent shot at doing explains one. this hughes award season has been

plagued by allegations from a lack of diversity in the candidates we've been using that has had over the last couple years oscar so why this year the oscars they have a new house a oscars wider than ever do a lack of the fairer sex hollywood is stuck in the 1970 s. a criticism is a may have been like water off a duck's back of the boards of the british and american academies but here in france they take it it's hot 2 weeks before the french oscars are due to take place in toy board has resigned to honor those men and women made cinema happen in 2019 to find call and ensure that the festival film remains just that a festival the board has an animist we decided to resign this collective decision complete renewal of the board this is a new name here in france have come under fire off it was revealed the convicted child rapist and fugitive from the us justice system polanski topped the

nominations list the director who fled to france in the 1970 s. received the nords for his historical drama and just bowie. and she says it's only. because. the film has received rave reviews from the critics and even had a standing ovation to its premiere at the venice film festival the feminist groups have picketed some of those premises after they found out that if this is up and they would feel this to celebrate an abuser like polanski is to support the system of a punitive for male violence and silence the voices of the victims the rye was then deepened when hundreds of actors directors movie produces and personalities demanded profound changes all the same to me they were unhappy off to a female director and the female writer was. snubs in an open letter to the academy

they denounced it as being dysfunctional with the screws tightening the board took the decision to disband but even that decision has come under fire imagine what happens next new college of voters who are male self-esteem opacity and sexism who will eventually stop cheering rapists peter criminals on the run so how has it gone down here in paris but is a film more important than those who make it it's the 1st on the review i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest is there nothing else in france now really. more star . isn't indulged so he should assume the consequences of his actions. this is to me this is a board resigned rate for them and maybe these resignations can fix the issues and

this is what i'm hoping for the actors the artists for the directors for everyone. do you think he has an artistic side beyond comparison with other artists from to human point of view it's not good what he did but it's past and we can't make the aspects. returns in danger of slipping into a dystopian society that's the warning from a judge after he rolled in the case of businessman investigated for posting allegedly transferred tweets. the effect of the police turning up at his place of work because of his political opinions must not be underestimated to do so would be to undervalue a cardinal democratic freedom in this country we've never had a check or a good start or we have never lived in an old world and society or the case came about after a transgender woman reported tweets by 55 year old harry miller police came to see him at his work and he was told his post would be recorded as a non-crime hate incident one officer allegedly told him i'm here to check your

thinking mr miller took the case of the u.k. high court the judge ruled that police this report shortly interfered with his right of freedom of expression here's what harry miller had to say after the decision. this is a watershed moment for liberty the police were wrong to visit my workplace wrong to check my thinking. the police in turn say they've taken on board the judge's criticism while in a separate claim the court rejected mr miller as wide a challenge to the lawfulness of policing god lines on hate crimes almost 120000 non-crime hate incidents have been recorded in england and wales in the past 5 years they may show up during criminal record checks earlier my colleague kevin owen spoke to john gaunt a talk radio host and columnist about whether people's beliefs should be monitored . these thought crimes are going too far he is right to describe it as an orwellian state it is not the p.c.

job to police thought it is the police's job to take on board criminal and real criminal activity and put those people before a court of 12 good men in true if you have an advanced criminal check on this would come up now we already know people will not get in jobs because of this social media. terms are scared stiff a space open public social media a great place to bully people as well people have to be distributed people think i get what they like more or less know on social media that has to be policed as the idea that you cannot write your limerick saying that you don't believe that you believe in both old school sex is absolutely ridiculous when one person complained about this mom straight one person this my own ends up with effectively a criminal record this is not what we want to pay the place for.

us titles progress in talks with the taliban at least 8 people are killed in an airstrike in afghanistan war and that's another story after the break.

kind of good intentions revived. maybe even 40 years ago. simply evaporated to see some pleasurable. activity international and afghanistan at least 8 people all believed to be civilians were killed by an airstrike in the east of the country on friday it's not clear who is behind the attack but the u.s. says it was looking into the incident the victim was reportedly driving home when

the vehicle they were traveling in was targeted. well they were my sons and their way home when they were targeted by any strike my 3 sons and several villages were killed in the attack i lost everything i will be more my cousins were on their way home near the village when the aircraft targeted them 1st they were wounded but alive but after minutes some helicopters landed in the area and killed them by shooting them. follows us claims of progress in peace talks with the taliban in afghanistan on thursday defense secretary mark asperse stated both sides had negotiated a week long reduction in violence. united states and the taliban have negotiated a proposal for a 7 day reduction in violence progress has been made on this front and we have more to report on that soon it is our view that 7 days. for now is sufficient but in all things are pro-choice to this process will be conditions

based he said again conditions based so it will be a continue if the u.k. evaluative process as we go forward. scandinavian airlines is facing a backlash over its latest advert which the bunk some of the region's cultural icons pointing to the fact they are all in fact foreign. what is truly scandinavian . absolutely nothing. what nonsense and self-hatred always tried to fly with us but never again that's a promise i have always flown with sas a lot but i would have a bad taste in my mouth if i did it again because they space and i was like that with the airline defended its commercial saying the main message was to inspire people to travel more but after getting tens of thousands of dislikes on its youtube channel it did eventually relent and put the video only to replace it hours

later with an updated version the company says it was pressured by the online attacks it has said that the film has been misunderstood that some have chosen to misinterpret all message and use it for their purposes the pattern of commonsense number of reactions on sas social media channels indicates that our complain is being attacked we are asked people in gothenburg in sweden about the things they think represent their region. skin area and meat balls i hear. made balls and. our food use absolutely. not really. we are you for the way used by many on the cause but i still think.

we have. an old cultural walkies before i don't think we have something that's just swedish. completely wrong there is absolutely skin liviu of things i learned more about countries struggling through their identity crises on our website tearing down statues classical literature. art or. some other stories making headlines globally palestinian protesters have clashed with israeli troops in the west bank and wait on growing tensions over donald trump's contentious middle east peace plan. protesters were seen hurling stones at security forces while also dismantling roadblocks to an israeli settlement. overwhelmingly opposed to the middle east peace plan which they say rejects their claims over the west bank and east

jerusalem. has confirmed the 1st coronavirus fatality in europe after the chinese died of a lung infection nearly a month after contracting the illness there are 11 confirmed coronavirus cases in france with more than $63000.00 cases around the world the vast majority of which are at the center of the epidemic in china over 1500 people have died of the disease since its outbreak in december. london's fashion week has been disrupted by activists of the environmental group extinction rebellion demanding big cancellation of the event activists say they're trying to promote awareness of sustainable fashion industry has been a major contributor to climate change. up next redacted tonight looks at the d.n.c. primaries and more u.k. viewers examines the ongoing u.s. tensions and the future of.

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why have you not shut down our t.v. on you tube it's a propaganda machine mr walker. financial guy i don't buy it i was on a few. of the friday as of last summer buying from the future cracker watch guys. in 24 to you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just the war hiccup but if i mean your list book to do with the bill is that i'm spoiling you go to the former ukrainian president recalls

the events of 2014. those who took. you've invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these an article that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. back to. those that come to tell the americans in america covering america news are called foreign agents where the hell did paid to judge come from all right he's running 2nd in the democratic race yet he has basically no political experience and don't don't don't tell me that you can't bring the mayor of the 4th largest city in indiana all right political experience he won by getting like 9

people and a half a gaggle of gays to vote for him all right he was running against true sheep in a cow patty and the cow patty only lost by 3 votes. so where are the hell did this guy come from that he now own the democratic machinery. and why do i say he owns it because the shadow app which was used to turn the iowa caucuses into a hurricane of stupid was created by 4 former hillary staffers and the c.e.o. of the company is married to a booted judge strategist so clearly the d.n.c. and the corporate media is behind this nothing mayor as is the national security state according to the gray zone he recently became the top recipient of donations from staff members of the department of homeland security the state department and the justice department furthermore he is the spooks joyce coup plotters and cia agents fill booted judges list of national security endorsers the booted judge

campaign published a list of $218.00 endorsements from foreign policy and national security professionals so how in the hell does a 4 foot tall matter from a small town and part time alfred e. newman impersonator. give the entire national security state 5 why it seems good a judge has been groomed for a political position for a long time after college the presidential hopeful took a gig with the strategic communications firm founded by a former secretary of defense who raked in contracts with the arms industry he moved on to a fellowship at an influential d.c. think tank the truman center described by its founder as a counterpart to the neoconservatives of the one $970.00 s. and currently booted judge is still on the truman center's board and then there are the mysterious things about him his best man at his wedding was once in

a spaniel myers more on him in a moment and he served as booty judges traveling partner on a trip to somaliland where the 2 bodies claimed to have been taurus in 2008 when they wrote which they wrote about for the new york times. yes they were tourists. but somehow they interviewed unnamed government officials and spent only 24 hours there and somaliland is roughly 3 hours farther away than the middle of nowhere ok according to former cia agent and now whistleblower john kerry octu there really is nothing going on in somaliland to say you go to somaliland as a tourist is a joke to me it's not a war torn area but nobody goes there is a tourist so 26 year old. so 26 year old peavey flies around the world to a small autonomous region of africa for one day just long enough for the jetlag to

cause you to crap your pants and then heads back to the us to write a new york times op ed about it and this had nothing to do with the government agency mama that horse don't dance all right. now i will admit i don't know what that expression means but it was something my grandmother used to say and i think she's right. so who is nothing. flyers currently works as a senior advisor for the u.s. agency for international development office of transition initiatives in washington d.c. now that's the fancypants way of saying he works to d.c. .