former army intelligence analyst now whistleblower chelsea manning is in hospital after attempting suicide in jail he's been refusing to testify further in the u.s. government's wiki leaks probe. the us president suspends all air travel from 26 european countries accusing the e.u. of failing to act decisively to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. and experimenting with explosives in britain can be lawful after the supremes 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 self learning have to disagree you know we were talking about an individual in a shared with explosive being he was also make initiators and detonates is.

a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with meaning. in prison the 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 has been in prison since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury saskia taylor got more on the developments earlier from correspondent . allegedly a very very close run thing because the guards when they found she was hanging by a sheet in her cell unresponsive unconscious and blue blue they got there in time fortunately the they took her down administer 1st aid she was still breathing we rushed her to the hospital and there are things now far there's no danger to health she's responsive she says. lawyers and

unfortunately for jews who 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 simmered just talk us through what's happened what's not to this moment has sentence initially which is many years over a decade was commuted by barack obama said 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.

give us a bit of backstory to this i mean what has landed money 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 stay. to investigate whether

a crime has been committed and what to do about it whether to prosecute or whether the 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 you know this is the government abusing the law in order to go off the whistle blows to go off the journalist to muzzle them to shut them up which is something the chelsea manning doesn't want to do she further says that this is a she is already testified she has said what she had to say earlier on 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 it there's nothing new there's not they're

not asking anything new they're 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 talks she was led to for a few months then ordered back to prison until she talked furthermore 5 as well progressively larger fired every day at this point she's been fined a $1000.00 for standing by her principles censured and you talked there about how it's been a kind of tough 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 ride the. variety of organizations from

rights groups from journalists unions and many many organizations have come out and said what is happening is simply unacceptable the un says that what the united states is doing keeping the president and 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 amounting 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 obviously she tried to kill herself so the pressure must be getting to her and you know no matter how no matter how strong someone is how how how said by their principles they are incarceration in these huge winds and the pressure it all builds up so i

left analysts are those there are dangers in pursuing wiki leaks found with a blow. chelsea manning has attempted suicide shows the highly punitive nature of this entire u.s. investigation into wiki leaks and they are essentially they've accused join the sonics 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 a songe and and putting a him on trial. and then convicted you 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 that 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 or your government is the one sitting. president donald trump has announced that the u.s. is suspending most stad travel from europe for 30 days in response to that was singing career on a virus crisis comes after the world health organization declared on wednesday the world is now in the throes of a pandemic with kotak 19 having spread to 114 countries infecting over 126000 people we cannot cross live to piece all of us for more details on this piece of kit to see here and tell us about the measures and how is the responded. well with the world split over the best way to try and stop the spread of this coronavirus what we're seeing is the european union very upset with the actions

taken by u.s. president donald trump he's decided to ban travel for foreign nationals from within the shang gained zone to the united states apparently a move he made without telling anybody this side of the atlantic coronavirus is a global crisis not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action the european union disapproves of the fact that the us decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation well donald trump came after the world health organization declared the coronavirus to be a global pandemic but the more you look at the decision taken by the u.s. president the more quite arbitrary this ban is $26.00 nations are involved there the nations that make up the shang ginzo not included. the united kingdom island for example and this absolutely nothing to stop anybody from lying from say here in

berlin or paris to london or dublin and then on to the united states but here's the president to explain it more to keep new cases from entering our sure's we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. well if you polled this but fergie see that the ban also doesn't apply to. not only u.s. nationals or permanent residents but those married to u.s. nationals a permanent residence the parents or guardians of u.s. nationals or permanent residents under the age of $21.00 siblings of those who fit that criteria plane or ship crews as well as foreign governments bushed well despite the exceptions and it does seem really rather on an forcible what is being put in place is certainly very common for looted what it has done is how the real

effects on a can on the economics in europe on the economies in europe i beg your pardon we've seen the markets take a real tumble stocks of gone to their lowest in the last 4 years. while the e.u. member states in a while seen you figures are not particularly happy with the united states his actions there's also disagreement within the e.u. over how to tackle coronavirus but also how to deal with coronavirus in the union. 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 major concepts and sports events could well be cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus something of severe impact on business staff productivity but also limiting travel tourism and large public events new cases reported in europe huge by good pieces italy italy on lockdown sweeping quarantine back you order of the population italy

could be justified in moaning a lack of unity from their neighbors earlier this week the italians pleaded with brussels for more help rome should not be left to handle 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 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 we will step up our efforts to export urgently needed materials and equipment to eataly literally told us of protective clothing facemasks gloves 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 if we focus 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 contra productive political i sincerely believe that these out there decision this european carbonation is much more efficient as it can find many post towards a more efficient measures requiring patients to be responsible and say homes quarantine measures are much more efficient and kill them and if you're expecting

that powerhouse of european politics uncle or 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 not true. and experts say about 60 to 70 percent of people in germany are likely to be in fact it if the virus continues spreading. the cost more people will die here to 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 r.t. . as they coronavirus crisis deepens an essay on team as an emergency room doctor to learn more about the difficulties facing medics there. not just that 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 ammonium.

it's 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 approximately 40 patients that are waiting to be admitted will be the same problem which is coronavirus like. us military drills in the arctic for jeff the race for the horse there sounds for teaching dominance barrett hunting up one not top of the bait. join me every day. and i'll be speaking to the world of sports

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welcome back in an unprecedented move britain supremes court has found that experimenting with explosives can be legal as also a man was cleared of terror related charges 22 year old charles copeland who was diagnosed with autism was arrested in 2018 after making homemade bombs and conducting 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 earlier 122 month prison sentence but has now been cleared of the most serious terror charges. as a matter of law personal experimentation and self education are lawful objects we discuss the ruling with former police officer and lead to beckett university law school senior research david lowe and also human rights lawyer showup khan.

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 the time perhaps even younger had made in in the you know 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 aspect of terrorism this country the u.k. faces of terrorist threats and 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 expansive expansion of terror fences 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. the fact is that you know terrorism legislation has to be why when you're investigating you want to prevent with

a small plate 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 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 shed with the explosive being 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 right with firearms mobley 5 issues in the past we've introduced legislation to patel use of firearms we know why he was doing what

he was doing now obviously in another case where someone's trying to hide it we're not quite sure of someone's motives then they would question and investigated in 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 is that 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 the. u.s. nuclear submarine has been caught on camera breaking through the ice in the arctic with critics saying it's a clear sign of an increasing military presence in the far north but 1st the with taking part in a u.s. led to will aimed at improving operational capabilities in the region.

early 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 came threats in the arctic region last year congress approved funding for 2 new icebreakers and back to plan for no less than 6 more and 2018 thousands of american soldiers put took part in a large scale nato drill in norway well meanwhile moscow has approved its new arctic state policy through to 2035 and he sets out the country's main objectives tasks and national interests there the plan say's 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 the rexx of the oxford crisis research institute mark almonds 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 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 maybe too optimistic. hope that is too

optimistic. supporters of one u.s. election candidate who drops out of the race have given themselves a permanent reminder of their efforts by getting tattoos reflecting elizabeth warren's campaign slogan but the designs are causing offense take a look. if you're thinking of getting a holocaust style tattoo you know one of your favorite politician please don't.

look like triggered or whatever but my grandparents had concentration camps to some and it just seems insane that they think if it weren't supporters branding all cost to cripple us imagery is not the turn i expected but in retrospect post-modern world system is collapsing so. thanks to all who called me on this i do not want to evoke make light of the holocaust so i apologize for missing the mark. and you all i'm sorry as well and will be making modifications i would recommend for fall short of thinking of a similar to 2 please. 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 threat the perpetrators have also die and to a young person it's very hard if they haven't stolen steeped in it to really understand the meaning of it and we need to understand that there 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 the generation that beginning to not to know what this was all the balance and we need to find the right the right balance but obviously. no one should be doing things like that. thanks for joining us here on aussie international we're back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines.

from our times dian here who once said that compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world he who understands it earns it he who doesn't pay. this is a remarkable plot from last time and it has so much to do with 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 are interconnected on this planet we rely on each other everywhere around the world to survive as

a species. welcome to alex salmond show and to be a special program and someone who shot to international fame some 20 years ago. in 2001 this investigative journalist was captured by the taliban in afghanistan just as the american led bombing campaign started i'm told life hung in the balance however once released her life's journey took a surprising direction us she converted to islam and became an avid critical question foreign policy in the war on terror and test undertaken speaking tours throughout the world she has been called something close to celebrity in the

islamic world and to size did meet was for to be more specific nice of a woman in this love a quote by islam online after entering domestic u.k. politics as chair of the briefly successful solidarity party she moved to scotland in 2014 to support the cause of scottish independence now she's back in the public eye with the launch of a new book the caledonians however once again the topic represents something up a surprise that was caught up with the boy in the studio. well few people in the last generation of fathers fascinating a life in journalism and political activism than yvonne 'd ridley my guest for today yvonne welcome to the examined show thank you very much child so i was going to go on to this new boot that you're florence which i find fascinating but let's let's start at the beginning you're a county durham last and the area of steel mining and heavy industry and that's

where you were brought up in the 1960 s. how did that shape your political attitude well you know i've got a working class d.n.a. coursing through me and the solidarity and unity in hardship. was the trademark of the working classes and so it really date shaped my life so you went into a pretty early age into journalism as a as a female journalist not the easiest profession to break into and in the 1980 s. but you became an editor one of the 1st female editors of of thomson regional newspapers are behind how did that work i've been working as a journalist for quite a few years and then i progressed up the career ladder and this opportunity came to at.