and a very warm welcome to you you're watching archie and. former army intelligence analyst and the whistleblower chelsea manning is in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she's been refusing to testify father in the u.s. government's wiki leaks probe. europe struggles to find a common approach to tackle the corona virus outbreak which is now classed as a global pandemic by the world health organization. called did not seem to be. used as a pundit me. and experimenting with explosives in britain can be lawful off the supremes cortically is a man of terror related charges we discussed the ruling. it was just experimentation it was just learning as the supreme court said you know self learning i have to disagree you know we were talking about an individual in

a shared with explosively he was also make initiators and detonates is. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me nicky aaron it's great to have you with us our top story this hour imprisoned u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she was due to appear in court on friday morning that has been in prison since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury got more on the developments earlier from correspondent. 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 their entire unfortunately the they took her down administer 1st aid she was still

breathing they rushed her to hospital and then i think is now 5 there is no danger to her health she's 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 panel 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 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 the 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 attempted to corus me with a grand jury subpoena is just 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 you know in 78 years ago it 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 led to 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 and you talk 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 i have human rights results 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 is essentially torture 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 authorities some are just talk us through what's happened what's led to this moment has sentenced. 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 we can 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 incarceration in these huge lines and the pressure it all builds up i

don't understand elizondo says there are dangers in pursuing wiki leaks and with. 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 july in a sonnet and and putting on him on trial the us 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's the saddest 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 of the up in arms or your government is doing the. level stock markets are continuing to suffer blows off 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 assessments that quoted 19 can be kind of as a pundit mix. and europe italy remains the biggest concern with more than 12000 known cases of corona virus on same as an emergency room doctor has to learn more

about the difficulties facing that ix. turn up the rest of the night was very exhausting just like all night 7 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 ammonia. not to let it clear that if the community doesn't follow the restrictions on the numbers continue to rise at a certain point our ability to help people will reach its limit ringback.

ok assuming there are a approximately 40 patients that are waiting to be admitted over the same problem which is corona virus like pneumonia. but of course the e.u. the number of corona virus cases has topped 28000 and your correspondent piece all of it looks into how the block is struggling to establish a joint response. concern over the coronavirus is running at fever pitch in the year right now it's now caught up in the coronavirus panic sweeping the globe major concepts and sports events could well be canceled in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus i think it's a very impactful business staff productivity but also limiting travel tourism a large public event as new cases reported in europe a huge spike in cases italy italy on lockdown the sweeping quarantine back to the order of the population italy could be justified in promoting

a lack of unity from the e.u. neighbors earlier this week the italians pleaded with brussels for more help rome should not be left toggle 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 1000000000 euro aid package for member states to help them deal with the crisis there was no specific date for italy announced leaving the hardest hit in europe to rely on the hardest hit in the world for the aid they sorely need. after get that italy support to 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. focus is what we don't want things to get out of proportion why 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 i sincerely believe that these are bad decisions european carbonation is much more efficient aphasic confinement postcodes are more efficient measures requiring patients to be responsible and stay home quarantine measures are much more efficient. and if you're expecting that powerhouse of european politics until

a miracle 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 by the muslim 15 minutes you will start we have to understand that the population have no need to the virus there is no vaccine so far not 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 and trenching itself in europe so it seems is

division in how to tackle it peter all of a r.t. . as the coronavirus crisis deepens in italy an association of lawyers that has requested humanitarian assistance from the russian or boris he's saying the e.u. is not doing enough what we cannot cross live to alexandra maria to rally now to discuss this further he's the president of italy's chambers of european and international law welcome to the program it's great to have you with us now mr truly extraordinary measures are being taken and severe penalties for not abiding by them how badly is that affecting day to day life where you are. well human mabel's now the situation is completely tragic even because we think that government to call. to call has the season very late sincerely and the problem is that population especially in the safe parts of the country. but relation as not to the necessary kicked. her before a ward we need as mass p.p.p.

to 3 of the global us to realize and build up well and glasses this is what we need to bassett clearly and we are in a very and destined situation national broadcasting alike giornale sic cetera explain our o.d.s. out to produce homemade ice with film from chicken that is the situation in italy government is. completely unqualified to rousseff you know some cargo of moscow from anywhere we will receive 1000000 mice may be from china and that is the reason that our association. international a lawyers. made the does a strong step to contact to do a russian government or to us a new humanitarian corridor even when moscow and some other need something and what

we want to us to the president. to ration is to send urgently a cargo plane with with some mas because we are not infected arias and we must prevent damage before we also this area will be infected this is a pond to me i think that in the northern 8 celie we will arrive 2 to 70 percent of the people affected that is there the troops in the soudan we have no does so strong situation but we must tell dad. sure dot. as are probably not too real what they can give you is a very good news that we are our a center all by role of naples central or spittle especially a very good doctor the. president of there this is mr powers here.

we think that we didn't find the final therapy but we are not doctors found out very good therapy do or apply that terribly end to stare a p doesn't beat the virus boxes succeeded in open in the belongs bronchus s. so one thing lives in their own island is a thought a center at what do you make of the kind of strategy being taken by countries to cope with the crisis the point is you speak about strategy i am very set to tell you that government our government has no specifics in strategy that is the problem the governor's making and not. decision day by day now and they are starting to to to give a strategy the strategy is to block the area shanklin is suspend we can say that europe fallen down because we have know of 3 circulation between concrete of europe and even between a region of the same kountry i make an example i cannot go to rome i get them to go

anywhere i can not even move from my house so. a constitutional assett of course is having a crisis because of course we are the lords are affecting. the constitutional i said but lo those laws are necessary the point is that well does it up i don't want to put it on pull it on politics because i'm here to oscar. the new money tear in have what they can tell you is that shanklin is fallen down. sincerely it's ellie is not even on the necessary how. old the counter is mr ali germany and france. show we have a very strong poly take problem you know and this is the reason why. it's making

a strong up again because we think that italian government must be legitimate to ask france and partners to hold companies included rochelle course the virus as a virus by the national health systems come under strain do you think it's less likely that was the more countries coming to each other as a we will not receive any any any aid because the system the house system will fall in that in total strain. the german one the french one does is the troops we are. in towns terror for example we are all spittle here and we had to do and 20 or 30 even it's for intensive therapy and maybe we are like 1000 patients so now we are like you know in a movie where the doctors must choose who is the demand that they want to save and who is the man they 'd want to let die this is the reason and sicilian we are been

to the point for example there is a man of 40 and a man of 50 and they say ok we try to save the man of 40 years this is the reason that it's completely necessary to make the prevention and dipper adventure you can do prevention only with a kit only with a mask only with gloves only with losses if you don't have dots. you take the virus business and there is no dog no question and we don't have this but i seek to use it's unbelievable the government may order to do. well to big groups but we did not receive it yet pharmacy are completely empty and this is the reason that we are remained china is standing they say 1000000. our gross product fall 'd down. fell down 20 days in

20 days of the. $100.00 almost to $100.00 billions of us dollars. and. this is the tragic situation i'm sure it is. for the emphasis but we are there we appreciate your time alexandra marriott's ready president obviously that criminal shames that european and international law thank you can feel time we appreciate you. and u.s. military drills in the arctic such as the race for the earth is answer to dominance that is heating up we have more on that story on title coming up after the break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there.

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comeback now in an unprecedented move britain supreme court has found that experimenting with explosives can be legal for after a man with cleared of terror related charges 22 year old chose that copeland who is diagnosed with or to autism was arrested and 2018 after making homemade bombs and conducting its experimental explosions in his backyard he was initially charged with 6 counts of possessing information likely to be useful for an act of terrorism copeland was only handed a 22 month prison sentence but has not been cleared of the most serious terror charges. as a matter of law personal experimentation and self education are lawful objects we discussed the ruling with the police officer leaves beckett university law school school senior researcher down a low and also human rights lawyer. 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 give give in this defense of experimentation and and education but 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 died you know it does cause a person to become antisocial perhaps he was withdrawn perhaps he was an introvert he wasn't able 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 there's no legitimate reason it's like with firearms mobley 5 issues in the past we've introduced legislation to protect the 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 and 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 a 2 dissenting judges you need a lawful purpose and that's what they said now agree with the. u.s. nuclear submarine has been caught on camera breaking through ice in the arctic with critics saying it's a clear sign of an increasing military presence in the far north the vessel was taking part in a u.s. led drill aimed at improving operational capabilities in the region.

earlier 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 2018 thousands of american soldiers took part in a large scale nato drill in norway meanwhile mosco has approved its new arctic state policy through 2035 it sets out the country's main objectives tasks and national interests there the plan that say's that russia is primarily focused on economic issues from improving living standards for local russians to fostering development and protecting the environment but 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 was such institute mark on land believes the potential for conflict in the arctic has reached a dangerous level. i think there is a danger of militarization of the arctic region and. that in turn raises questions of security for everybody concerned because we've got used in the sense to this being a relatively low tension are but now if you're going to have nuclear submarines perhaps some small 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 move by states withdrawing from control agreements so having a new one for the arctic region is maybe you talked to mr. hope which is too optimistic. thanks to cheering on the international we're back with the latest in

30 minutes. so we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to let it be an arms race. spear in dramatic developments only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. you sit down and talk. i don't. want to do with. little or no menace was only missed so much you know. you know you know. there's

a god or there but let's run through to tell them they can use what the oh. oh. hating on that. one you. and your young enough for you. and. with because there have been students in video. being briefed. by the small boys so this is when they deal with.