and do it yourself. act. for mommy intelligence on the stand with chelsea manning is in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she has been refusing to testify father in the u.s. government's wiki leaks pro. europe struggles to find a common approach to tackle the greater virus outbreak which is now classed as a global pandemic by the wild organization. who viewed 19 can be. used as a pundit meat. and experimenting 6 with explosives in britain can be no fall after the supreme court clears a man of terror related charges we discussed the ruling. you know it was just experimentation it was just learning as the supreme court said you know sense learning to disagree you know we were talking about an individual in

a shed with expose i mean he was also make initiators and destinations. it's just gone 1 pm here in the russian capital this march the us state thanks for keeping me company as we talk through the biggest stories of the day so. let's start with this one imprisoned u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she was due to appear in court this friday manning has been in prison since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury well earlier on in the day i got more on the developments from correspondent like us did. but it was allegedly a very very close run thing because the guards when they found her she was hanging by a sheet in her cell unresponsive unconscious and blue already blue they got there in time fortunately the they took her down administer 1st aid she was still

breathing they rushed her to hospital and then it is now 5 there is no danger to her health she she's responsive she's talking to her lawyers and unfortunately for her to appear in court tomorrow a day after you know a near death experience ms manning is still scheduled to appear on friday for a previously calendared hearing she remains unwavering in her refusal to participate in a secret grand jury process that she sees as highly susceptible to abuse her actions today evidence the strength of her convictions as well as the profound harm she continues to suffer as a result of her civil confinement and give us a bit of back story i mean what has landed manning behind bars again well over the last she has been a seesaw for chelsea manning a very unpleasant one so last year she was ordered to testify before a grand jury

a grand jury is a panel of citizens who have been called by the state to investigate whether a crime has been committed and more to do about it whether to prosecute or whether to let it go and the court ordered chelsea manning to testify before this parable about her ties to julian assange and wiki leaks about the documents that she had handed over in 2010 something that she says she has already done so she said to the judge no i won't do it this is getting you know this is the government abusing the law in order to go after whistle blows to go after journalists to muzzle them to shut them up which is something that chelsea manning doesn't want to do she for. says that this is a she has already testified she has said what she had to say earlier or attempting to chorus me with a grand jury subpoena is not going to work. i will not cooperate with this or any other grand jury the questions are the same questions that i was asked before the

court martial in my. 78 years ago there's nothing new there's not they're not asking anything new they are out there there's no new information that they're trying to get from me in fact that the questions are very much the the same things that i've gone over the judge didn't like that at all so he ordered her to be indefinitely detained incarcerated behind bars until she talked she was let go for a few months then ordered back to prison until she talked furthermore there's a fire as well progressively larger fired every day at this point she's been fined a $1000.00 for standing by her principles essential you talked there about how it's been a kind of tough a few years for us probably an understatement i mean we know she spent such a long time in jail 7 years before then back again in march 29th i mean have human rights reacted to their son and what what has been the reaction of those there's

been all sorts of reaction from from of variety of organizations from rights groups from journalists unions and. many organizations have come out and said what is happening is simply unacceptable the u.n. says that what the united states is doing keeping her president till she says what's the what they want to hear this essentially torture the continued detention of manning is not a lawful sanction but an open ended progressively severe coercive measure remembering to torture and should be discontinued and abolished without delay the practice of coercive depreciation of liberty for civil contempt involves the intentional infliction of progressively severe mental and emotional suffering for the purposes of coercion and intimidation and the order of judicial for. so mark just talk us through what's happened what's led to this moment as a sentence initially which is many years over a decade was commuted by barack obama's 7 years so chelsea manning was jailed back in 2010 for providing leaks for leaking to wiki leaks thousands hundreds of

thousands of classified documents from the pentagon. obviously she tried to kill herself so the pressure must be getting to. you know no

matter how no matter how strong someone is how how how said by the principals they are incarcerated in these huge lines and the pressure it all builds up we'll suspect to john unless daniel asahi told us that there are dangers in pursuing wiki leaks and whistleblowers in general. chelsea manning's attempted suicide shows the highly punitive nature of this entire u.s. investigation into wiki leaks and they are essentially they've accused julian a sonnet of attempting to hack. top secret u.s. computers which is a very strange thing because he really only functioned as a journalist not as a hacker if they succeeded next year out in june of songe and and putting on him on trial. and then convicting him then essentially any journalist who

receives any information at all from any kind of government source will be in grave danger of being accused of encouraging and thereby abetting the leaking of secret information so essentially it's a it's a it's a direct threat to journalism as we know it and that assad is convicted then really half of journalism will be shut down so i think it's very serious it's very dangerous. and i think that any journalist worth his salt should be up in arms you who are government is doing. label stock markets are continuing to suffer blows off to the world health organization officially classified the corona virus outbreak as a pandemic 114 countries now have confirmed cases the number of affected countries. we have that for many of the system and that could lead

19 can be kind of as a pundit mix. well in if you're a prophet it's a remains the biggest concern with more than $12000.00 known cases of corona virus ati maton imagine see room doctor to learn more about the difficulties magic's a facing. turn up the rest of the night was very exhausting just like all nights over the past 2 weeks around here we saw dozens and dozens of people of varying ages that arrive at our emergency room with coronavirus like the amount of.

clear that if the community doesn't fall of the restrictions on the numbers continue to rise at a certain point our ability to help people reach its limit. ringback and there are a approximately 40 patients that are waiting to be admitted over the same problem which is coronavirus like you know. so that's the situation all across the e.u. the number of corona virus cases has topped 28000 while europe correspondent peter now looks into how the block is struggling to stop a joint response. concern over the corona virus is running at fever pitch in the year right now it's now caught up in the corona virus panic sweeping the globe major concepts and sports events could well be canceled in an effort to stop the

spread of the corona virus so i think it's a very impactful business staff productivity but also limiting travel tourism and large public events new cases reported in europe a huge spike in cases italy italy on lockdown the sweeping quarantine affected order of the population italy could be justified in promoting a lack of unity from their neighbors earlier this week the italians pleaded with brussels for more help rome should not be left out of this crisis alone this is a crisis that requires a global 1st and foremost a european response we are thankful to the european commission for its positive engagement but it's time now for the e.u. to go beyond engagement and consultations with emergency actions that are quick concrete and effective while the european commission announced a multi-billion euro aid package for member states to help them deal with the crisis there was no specific aid for italy announced leaving the hardest hit in

europe to rely on the hardest hit in the world for the aid they sorely need. for good that italy supported china during the most difficult times of fighting the pedantic now we also want to stand by the italian people although china still has a large demand for medical supplies will step up our efforts to export urgently needed materials and equipment to eataly literally told us of protective clothing facemasks globes and all important lifesaving ventilators from china are expected to be in italy by the weekend meanwhile the e.u. nations can't decide what to do with italy with some fencing themselves off from their beleaguered neighbor it be in its. focus is what we don't want things to get out of proportion as you fly because it needs to be useful and because this is only the beginning of the epidemic and if we take disproportionate measures they will be unsustainable in the long run and there's counterproductive because i sincerely

believe that these out there decisions european carbonation is much more efficient efforts at confinement postcodes are more efficient measures requiring patients to be responsible and stay home quarantine measures are much more efficient angle of merkel to bring some calm to the current situation you'd be disappointed the german chancellor is expecting things to get worse before they get better but a muslim 1st in the us if you will start we have to understand that the population have no need to the virus there is no vaccine so far no treatment experts say about 60 to 70 percent of people in germany are likely to be in fact it if the virus continues spreading. but of course more people will die here too perhaps recognizing the disjointed response from the european union the chancellor also called for solidarity and unity between the member states but all the e.u. members were left only impressed i don't want to comment on the situation in

germany although i believe that such statements rather cause panic in any case we have adopted strong measures for such worst case scenarios to be out of the question with the coronavirus in trenching itself in europe so it seems is division in how to tackle it peter all of a r.t. . and staying on the continent the current of pirates crisis has also reached the greek island of boss while one case has now been confirmed that's concerned that now break well thought the stretch public services on an island that's currently sheltering more than 20000 in a crowded refugee camp conditions enough shelter in the tourists and poor the lack of basic hygiene and health care provision locals on low. now worry that it will accelerate the potential spread of covert 19. in that. if it gets like italy will be doomed because the only not only has one hospital it

is good if they manage to isolate one or 2 of those infected with corona virus one of the feel and let the infection spread further you can imagine what will happen if they begin to move them and there will be many issues and they will be big the virus is likely to spread very fast it will only be maria that's affected but also mightily the whole island of lesbos will be in trouble i have family on the island and of course i'm afraid we have our homes our farms our jobs they see many bad things about us but it's dealing with this issue. and precedents britain supreme court has found that experimenting with explosives can be legal it's off to a man was cleared of terror related charges so let's talk a bit about that man he is a 22 year old coach has copeland he's diagnosed with autism he was arrested in 2018 off to making homemade bombs and conducting experimental explosions in his own backyard he was initially charged with 6 counts of possessing information likely to

be useful for an act of terrorism copeland was earlier handed a 22 month prison sentence but has now been cleared of the most serious territory. as a matter of law personal experimentation and self education are lawful objects while we discuss the ruling with former police officer needs beckett university law school senior researcher that's david low as well as human rights. obviously every case is different and we have to look at the facts of each case and this case the explosive substance that this 22 year old at that time perhaps even younger had made in in the unit in the garden shed in his house was just less than 10 grams of that substance my main question is why would anyone want to have explosives in the 1st place you know i look at it from from the the aspect of terrorism this country the u.k. faces a terrorist threat from 3 fronts there's a missed the extreme far right the neo nazis i don't lessons to give given this defense of experimentation and and education i think this over use and over

expansion expansion of terror offenses i think this is a good at least a good 1st step to say that no not everything where you see explosives or where you see something we don't quite understand what that person is doing or what their motives are it doesn't mean that they're they should be treated as a terrorist suspect the fact is that you know terrorism legislation has to be why when you're investigating you want to prevent with a small plane you want to prevent an attack from happening just because someone has in their possession you know any amount of any explosive substance doesn't mean that they should be guilty of a criminal offense or a tariff fans because of his condition he might have had you know it does cause a person to become antisocial perhaps he was withdrawn perhaps he was an introvert he was unable to join the army as he wanted to because of this condition you know it was just experimentation it was just learning as the supreme court said you know self learning i mean if anything perhaps it's a benefit but i don't see any harm that came from it i have to disagree you know we

were talking about an individual in a shared with explosive when he was also make initiators and detonators and i want to know why would anybody just want to have explosives on their own property because there's no legitimate reason it's like with firearms moby thought issues in the past we've introduced legislation to curtail use of firearms we know why he was doing what he was doing now of the. in another case where someone's trying to hide it we're not quite sure of someone's motives then they would question uninvestigated in a different way but the whole point is that it can be an innocent pursuit it can be an innocent hobby it can be just for self learning as that is not impossible to me it's the legal point of the fact that you have these explosives and ok that could be a defense but with the 2 dissenting judges you need a lawful purpose and that's what they said no i agree with them that can stand if the united states is military expansion in northern iraq while attack he rocket attack has seen coalition troops killed near baghdad that and much more in just

a moment. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. put clothes from our time here no one said that compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world who understands it turns it he who doesn't pays it this is a remarkable quote from my stein and it has so much to do with today's stock market volatility and the coronavirus all working at the same time and showing what

compound interest is all about. we have to realize we are all living on a small fragile spaceship together and it's really no different than a bunch of people in a harsh environment trying to rely on each other to survive we we are interconnected on this planet we rely on each other or do around the world to survive as a species. now to americans on one british soldier house being killed and at least 12 others injured in a rocket attack on an iraqi base near baghdad the coalition has confirmed me instead but given no father details. 3 coalition personnel were killed during the rocket attack on camp taji iraq on march the 11th the names of the personnel are withheld bended next of kin notification in accordance with national policies the

attack is under investigation by the coalition and iraqi security forces petition rockets were fired on a military base to the north of baghdad that houses american military personnel to american soldiers and one of bush's servicemen has been killed 12 people have been wounded and are being treated for their injuries now the following video purports to show the moment of the attack but it is and they were fired some are some are some are. not working or. so at it because of our garden and reclear but the vehicle that launched the rockets has been found an investigation has been launched now we are hearing of strikes that are happening in the iraqi province and in the syrian area of book near the border it is not certain whether these are telling a true text for the strikes on the air base but it certainly does seem that way at the moment at the same time we can tell you that tensions in the region and particularly in iraq have been increasing ever since the assassination of

a top in rain in general because some sort of money so short time ago and since then we've seen these tensions escalate. but we also got reaction from retired u.s. air force left and a colonel colonel at costco who says that u.s. military violations of brought have created hostile conditions. you know we have international international law and conditions of international conduct that we honor. that we expect other countries to honor in the united states we don't honor them at all apparently consider that any country can be a target any country can be an enemy and we do not need contrary to our constitution we do not need congressional declarations of war before we bomb industry other countries you know the american people are not well informed on foreign policy in general really are generally one side of it it's not just that we it's not just that we take a lawn chair our hands that we invade and bomb other countries without warrant

without a legal or rational justification for it we also lie about it before during and after. a u.s. nuclear submarine has been caught on camera breaking through ice in the arctic the critics say it's a clear sign of an increasing military presence in the far north the vessel was taking part in the u.s. in a drill aimed at improving operational capabilities in the region. well this week u.s. and canadian fighter jets intercepted 2 russian reconnaissance aircraft off the

coast of alaska the u.s. has been raising concerns over claimed threats in the arctic region last year congress approved funding for 2 new icebreakers on back to plan for no less than 6 more and $2800.00 thousands of american soldiers also took part in a large scale nato drill and that was in norway meanwhile moscow has approved its new arctic state policy all the way through to 2035 it sets out the country's main objectives talks a national interest the plan says russia is primarily focused on economic issues from improving living standards for local russians to fostering development and protecting the environment but to u.s. officials remain unconvinced by fielding advance a long range missiles and expanding its military presence in the region russia has left us with no choice but to improve our homeland defense capability and capacity . director of the oxford crisis research institute mark almond believes the

potential for conflict in the arctic has reached a dangerous level. i think there is a danger of a militarization of the arctic region and. that in turn raises questions of security for everybody concerned because we've got used in a sense to this grassed area being a relatively low tension area but now if you're going to have nuclear submarines perhaps sensible minds in moscow and washington could talk through this and come to some arrangement to regulate the presence of military forces and the use of them but sadly in recent years we've seen the united states withdrawing from arms control agreements so having a new one for the arctic region is in maybe you talked to mr. hope that is too optimistic. and fine for the sour supporters of one u.s. election candidate who dropped out of the race have given themselves a permanent reminder of their efforts by getting to tuesday reflecting elizabeth

warren's campaign slogan but the designs are causing offense let's take a look. i . think. if you're thinking of getting the holocaust style tattoo you know on or off your favorite politician please don't. look like or whatever but my grandparents had concentration camps to sing now and it just seems insane that they wouldn't think if it weren't supporters branding themselves with holocaust and

crypto fascist imagery it was not the turn i expected but in retrospect the post-modern world system is collapsing so. thanks to all who called me on this i didn't want to evoke or make light of the holocaust i apologize for missing the mark. and you all i'm sorry as well and will be making modifications i would recommend for frank sure thinking of a similar to to please luke. so you can look at it from 2 perspectives the answer is on 1st level no you shouldn't be you should not be spared because of ignorance on the other hand we need to come to grips with the fact also that we're in an age where the last of the survivors are beginning to die off and so unless the capital perpetrators have also die and tell young person it's very hard if they haven't

steeped in it to really understand the meaning of it and we need. understand that the we have to accept the fact that some really don't get it at this point it's an historic event that's beginning to fade into historic memories and we need to find ways of making it real for these people so i don't think they can be totally forgiven on the other hand we need to keep in mind the fact that you know we do with a generation that beginning to not to know what this was all about and we need to find the right the right balance but obviously. no one should be doing things like that. that's all from me for today and huff and nicky aaron will be here with the next update joint hot until then sit tight though because it is the. budget we talk about trouble he's got to demystified to so political space if you were clear before like these folks are no better than us so you know i you know you

can reach out to friends say you know take responsibility maybe run for office at the end of the day you know i don't see how we really are a lot a system where these people get away with you know misrepresenting us why not step up and do it yourself. time after time called parishioners repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport sustainability stay in her manner more equitable and sustainable well. they claim their production is complete the hamas. has no models and it does not the companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this must be going to mean and i mean look. this is the move in unison we didn't even an

einstein theme then we understood look to. i am asked kaiser this is the kaiser report let's start off with a quote from our einstein here who once said that compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world he who understands it earns it.