for joining us of the day are. already made in the shallows. bush's top diplomat tells his western counterparts at the munich security conference that it's time to seek common ground and they must stop the train moscow as an existential threat european officials warn of the west's political fragmentation while the u.s. secretary of state insists he sees no throughout the current global order. a pentagon digital defense contractor hangs in the air about after a muslim challenges the way the multibillion dollar deal was awarded to rival microsoft. was the board of france's equivalent of the also goes quits on the last over director roman polanski a sweeping abomination is at this point still being wanted in the us with statutory rape we find out if actions speak louder than our. 2 figures are united artists and

man and he's an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe this story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest. a very warm welcome you're watching r t international with minichiello. russia's foreign minister has used his address at this year's munich security conference a call for approach went with the west so 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 phantom with the details his piece of. so to get allow for all of the russian foreign minister he gave a very quick fire address to the munich security conference he started off by talking about what russia sees as attempts to rewrite history 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 the then soviet 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 the u.s. would be most what you show is a crisis of trust is being felt particularly strongly in european affairs escalating tensions as nato is a military infrastructure advanced eastwards the end precedented scale of military exercises close to the russian borders the inflating of defense budgets beyond all possible measure its 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 of 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 of ronnie's 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 . well representing the united states is interests with secretary of state mike pompei oh he rejected 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

transit will have to go why and is grossly over exaggerated. the west is winning we are collectively winning the west is winning freedom and democracy winning winning the west will win. sexual state my pompei o and secretary of defense mark asked but i think in quite a bit of china bashing while they were at the podium here in munich they were made 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 lies and not backed up by any facts hard to see those 2 delegations sitting down for dinner tonight in munich but 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 economic penalties imposed on

russia beginning in 2014 and identified several areas where there is scope for greater cooperation with moscow. but it would leave it i don't think we should lift the sanctions 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 our strategic dialogue with russia we 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 i'm too russian i'm just pro european if you look at the geographic facts we need to build a security architecture based on mutual trust. certainly europe has 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 powers now we are not in this division of west and the rest and a sort of imposition of international order based on the agreements of the alpha this is over the world these multiple are there are powers which are reclaiming their role like china and russia. at the same level like the western countries so this is something difficult for the european union reaches to redefine its reason to exist in its aids. they need executed conferences also seen some tough words from iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif recalled the u.s. killing of a rainy and military command a cousin through the money back in january and branded it a terror attack. there was a military attack. powered the military attack excuse me pushing. the.

night against a civilian court carrying our general that was an act of terror the united states conduct operations and wants to be immune from the consequences that doesn't happen his remarks came as the white house released a memo further clarifying what it called the legal basis for the strike the document instead widespread media attention as it appeared to shift donald trump's main rationale for the money's killing emphasizing it as a response for alleged past actions rather than future ones although the threat of further attack existed recourse to the inherent right of self-defense was justified sufficiently by the series of attacks that preceded the january 2nd strike president trump decision to assassinate general somali sparked protests across the world with many in the middle east considering him a martyr and denouncing america's action initially the white house justified the

attack by saying the general posed an imminent threat to u.s. forces and property. telling case of an imminent threat imminent threat so a man who was plotting. imminent and pseudosphere attacks on american diplomats and military personnel can reveal that i believe it would have been for embassies preemptive self-defense is narrow justification for assassination and we know that that wasn't even in the plans even back in january we knew that in fact there was no imminent threat and certainly the democrats were outraged because. you know justified it and then they're on trial they couldn't stick to the same line it kept changing and saying it was for and this is are 2 embassies and. you know that there was no imminent threat at that time i mean this is us in nation was a threat to the germans something when it was a threat to the united states and a sense that peace is

a threat to america without if there is peace then america cannot have an excuse to expand to exploit and to occupy so peace was a threat to them not to also those so they might actually as. one of the biggest digital defense contracts in american history has been put on ice online retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in course that's off the washington gave the $10000000000.00 deal to rival microsoft the lawsuit argues donald trump was biased in his decision against imus and supremely jeff bezos and if he had 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 oh do they have problems they get outside my view is that's not an appropriate way for a presidential candidate to behave or 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 him a seat on the blue origin rocket send donald to space so sorry to hear about the news about jeff bozo being taken down by competitors reporting i understand is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper the amazon washington post the end of last year bezel stressed the importance of the military project with the pentagon this kind of open reports he's now a hindering the deal one 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 8 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 as 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. and deprived our war fighters of a set of capabilities we need the u.s. department of defense says it will lose $5.00 to $7000000.00 every month the program is the late users changing as a pin in a way that serves his pocketbook is not necessarily or may serve a spark of 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 are the balance when people think about it or 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. has been a major plot twist to the french equivalent of the all sky is the entire season economy has quits just 2 weeks before this year's glittering ceremony a paris correspondent explains why. this year's 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 oscars so white 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 top board has resigned to honor those men and women cinema happened 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 need 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 but.

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 prime is 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 riaa would then deepened when hundreds of actors directors movie produces and personalities demanded profound changes of the same academy 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 disposed to deal 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 with our male self-esteem opacity and sexism who will eventually stop cheering the rapist 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 just something very good if 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 . have more stars in my opinion the 2 figures are united artists and man he's an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions let you know it's true and 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 to human

point of view it's not good what he did but it's past and we can't mix the aspects . which is in danger of slipping into a dystopian society does the warning from a judge just he ruled on the case of a businessman investigated for posting allegedly transphobia 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 card in a democratic freedom in this country we've never had a check or a good start. we have never lived in an old william society the case came about after a transgender woman reported tweet by 55 year old harry millar police came to see him at his work and he was told that his post would be recorded as a non-crime hate incident one officer allegedly told him quote i'm here to check your thinking mr miller took the case to the u.k. high court the judge ruled that police disproportionately interfered with his right

to freedom of expression or here's what harry had to say after the decision. this is a watershed moment for liberty the police were wrong to visit my workplace wrong checkmark thinking. the police say they've taken on board the judge's criticism well their separate claim the courts rejected mr miller's white a challenge to the lawfulness of policing guidelines on hate crimes almost $120000.00 non-crime hate incidents of being recorded in england and wales in the past 5 years and may show up here in criminal records checks 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 police's 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 and true if you have an advanced criminal check on this would come off now we already know people will not get in jobs because of this social media. firms are scared stiff especially we're going to provide social media a great place to bully people as well people have to be a chariot it people think and go where what they like more or less know on social media that has to be policed as now the idea that you cannot write a limerick saying that you don't believe that you believe in bottled school sex is absolutely ridiculous what an awesome you 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. in afghanistan at least 8 people all believed to be civilians were killed by an ass trike in the east of the country on friday it's not clear who was behind the attack

but the u.s. says it was looking into the incident the victims were reportedly driving home when the vehicle they were traveling in was targeted as. well they were both my sons were 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 want. more to stop my cousins were on their way home near the village when their craft targeted them at 1st they were wounded but alive but after minutes some helicopters landed in the area and killed them by shooting them. they are strike follows u.s. claims of progress in peace talks with the taliban in afghanistan on thursday defense secretary marcus per state of the both sides had negotiated a week long reduction in violence. the 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 i hope 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 we say again conditions based so it will be a continue if i you take evaluative process as we go forward fistfight it has not truly begun so 'd what you would expect is that there would be continuation of some acts of violence or question is. where where does this growth is does this mean that there will be a full withdrawal of u.s. forces from. is this really a peace agreement or is it i know agreement to allow the u.s. to a brawl most of its forces the purpose of the conflict about the war was through to defeat the polyp on the subject. or kurd actually so far what we have seen is. the fall of bond in recent years up and instead gained strength they have regained control over

a lot of areas of. scandinavian airlines is facing a backlash of a slave to h.t. bunked some of the region's cultural icons pointing to the fact that all farming what is truly scandinavia. got. absolutely nothing. what nonsense and self-hatred always tried to fly was sauce 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 specialize like that 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 his you tube channel it did eventually relent and pull the video only to replace it hours later with an updated version the company says it was pressured by the online assault. it has

said that the film has been misunderstood that some have chosen to misinterpret our message and use it for their purposes the pattern of commonsense number of reactions on social media channels indicates that our complain is being attacked we ask people in gothenburg in sweden about the things they think represents their region. or. skin area and meatballs i hear. made. our food you substitute. not really. we are you flew a used by many other cultures but i still. miss you we have. an old cultural walk used before i don't think we have something that's just

swedish although i think that's completely wrong there is absolute to scale a view of things. we can learn more about the country struggling through an identity crisis on our website from tearing down star choose to redacting classic literature is all that arty got. going after some other stories making the headlines palestinian protesters have clashed with israeli troops in the west bank amid ongoing tensions over donald trump's contentious middle east peace plan. i don't. protest as was seen hurling stones of security forces while also dismantling roadblocks to an israeli settlement palestinians have overwhelmingly opposed the middle east peace plan which they say rejects their claims over the west bank and east jerusalem. fran townsend confirms the 1st coronavirus

a tallit sea in europe after an elderly chinese tourist died of a lung infection nearly a month off the contracts in the illness there are 11 confirmed coronavirus cases in france with more than 63000 cases around the world the vast majority of which are at the center of the epidemic in china every 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 the cancellation of the event activists say they're trying to promote awareness of sustainable fashion i mean the industry has been a major contributor to climate change. thanks for joining us here at aussie international we're back in half an hour with the headlines.

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life. to come to the americans in america covering american news or cold foreign agents. where the hell of did pete 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 beat the mayor of the 4th largest city in indiana political experience he won by getting like 9 people and a half a gaggle of geese to vote for him all right he was running against 2 sheep in a cow patty and that cow patty only lost by 3 votes. so where the hell did this guy

come from that he now owned 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 choice coup plotters and cia agents judges list of national security endorsers the booty 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 mayor from

a small town and part time alfred e. newman impersonator. give the entire national security state 5 well it seems a good 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 all. 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 1970 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 to judges travelling 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 somalia 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 p.t. flies around the world to a small autonomous region of africa for one day just long enough for the jet lag to cause you to crap your pants and then heads back to the u.s. to write a new york times op ed about it and this had nothing to do with the gulf.