it is what it was because did it because you didn't see little creature if you will be released. from army intelligence analyst and whistleblower chelsea manning is in hospital after attempting suicide in jail should be refusing to testify further in the u.s. government's wiki leaks probe. leaders lambasted president donald trump's decision to suspend all air travel to the u.s. from 26 european countries stressing that the coronavirus pandemic requires a coordinated international response. and experimented with explosives in britain can be lawful after the supremes called clears amount 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 to disagree you know we were

talking about an individual in a shared with exposure he was also making this year just to me it's. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me. now our top story 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 manning has since been imprisoned since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury southgate taylor got more on the developments earlier from correspondent. but it was allegedly a very very close run thing because the gods 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 administered 1st aid she was

still breathing they rushed her to the hospital and then i think is now 5 and there's no danger to her health she's she's responsive she's talking to her lawyers and unfortunately for you 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 simmered just talk us through what's happened what's led 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 a box 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 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 will 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 journalists to muzzle them to shut them up which is something that chelsea manning doesn't want to do she further says that this is a she has already testified she has said what she had to say earlier on attempting to corus 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 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 sent. 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 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 and you know no matter how no matter how strong someone is how how how set by their principles they are

incarceration in these huge winds and the pressure it all builds up. let's discuss this further with our guests now lawyer and activist kevin zeese they welcome to the program it's great to have you whether that kevin is this is a case of feeling too much pressure for manning has he actually been treated you know fairly by the u.s. government. well this whole case is an injustice and a violation of her basic human rights the secret grand jury system in the united states is very unfair it only allows the prosecutor in the room with the jurors no defense lawyer no defendant only hear one side of the story that's what manning is protesting these secret grand juries and she's someone who is very principled i i know manning i was on the these chelsea manning support committee on the steering committee of the committee when when she was being prosecuted for the disclosure of war crimes so i know her and she's a very strong person but obviously it's

a lot of pressure but i think she's more likely go out of that g.l. dead than testifying she is not going to change your opinion she's made that clear and that's why this friday the judge should end this injustice and release or this is a violation of u.s. law a violation of international law and these to come to an end i think that is what can you say down to the previous administration at this what's happening now i think nowhere chance white house is trying to go when it comes to this. well it really signals where the trouble an illustration is going when it comes to julian a songe wiki leaks they already have an indictment against julian assange they are not supposed to use the grand jury for the purpose of gathering evidence to prove that indictment but it shows to me that the government is not very confident about the evidence they have or about that indictment they want more and so chelsea manning and and hammond 2 to another was

a blower are both incarcerate refusing ever just to. answer questions of this grand jury the government is pursuing it because they have a weak case maybe because they want to indict other people is unclear but what is clear is chelsea manning will not cooperate this coersion will not work she will come out of that prison dead. before she testifies this judge has a reputation for being a very and forstmann minded aggressive judge and a very conservative judicial system in the us are just your virginia you know needs to come to his senses and realize that what he's doing is only one of us law and international level government but if he does refuse to testify what does this mean for the government's ongoing case on wiki leaks. well i think this case the case of wiki leaks is very problematic the extradition is a mess the way that julian assange has been treated being kept in the glass box

not able to sit with his lawyers not able to have a computer or access to materials prepared for his actor dish and the fact that the u.s. with private corporations were spying on wiki leaks when when julian songe when he was in the spanish and the sea and when ecuadorian embassy and when you know he was meeting with lawyers and doctors i mean it's just there's so many reasons for this extradition the united on top of that the health impacts all of these are reasons that extraditions had been denied in the past and that's was actually guy for political crimes and this is a political crime as much as the government wasn't tried treat this differently the reality is this is a political crime which he makes was reporting and publishing documents that showed us war crimes showed us transnational corporations corruption of the u.s. foreign policy the one tunnel prison torture wiki leaks was exposing create

keep political information this is a political extradition and in the end it's going to take years and we don't know what government will be in place but time this expedition finally gets to the point of being aside it'll go through a court process an appeals process and then go to a government process and it's very possible that as usual never happen because it's so problematic already and tell the money has attempted suicide before i do think that's what scares me nick know what's given they say with you know like a heavenly delegates. no question the fact that she was able to commit suicide shows a failing on the part of the prison unfortunately if she remains in prison upright mean a harsher kind of solitary confinement i would expect using this as an excuse to tighten down her incarceration this is a totally. incredible abuse of her basic human rights it really shows that the united states is a lawless country does not follow laws laws are created. to in fact empower the

government in these kinds of cases it shows how unjust u.s. criminal justice system is the fact that chelsea manning is standing on principles she's already tested are these issues in her court martials they already have transcripts of that they don't need anymore they're trying to try to get something that hasn't hasn't been said before trying to get as i something she doesn't want to say because it's not true they want her to be a witness against a songe it's just not going to happen and they need to face that reality and and make their case in another way stop abusing the rights of chelsea manning she's as i said both u.s. and international law being by lead here is time for this judge to recognize that and release or penalties lawyer an act of thank you for your time thanks for having me on. now your leaders have sharply criticized the president trying to announcement that the u.s. is the spending most air travel from europe for 30 days in response to the

worsening coronavirus crisis comes after the world health organization declared on wednesday the world is now in the throes of a pandemic with covert 19 having spread to 114 countries infecting over 126000 people reporting from berlin his piece all over. the world split over the best way to try and deal with the corona virus that continues to spread what we're seeing is a spotter merging between your leadership and the u.s. president donald trump this is after the president announced a. travel for foreign nationals from within the zone in europe to the united states apparently in a movie made well without consulting his allies on this side of the atlantic the president though says it was necessary to keep new cases from entering her 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 the 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 with donald trump comes after the world health organization declared coronavirus to be a global pandemic but the more you look at it the more it seems well pretty arbitrary really those nations that involves of the $26.00 that make up the shame game so it doesn't include the united kingdom it doesn't include ireland there's absolutely nothing to stop somebody say flying from here where i am in berlin over to london and then on to the united states. same somebody can fly from paris to dublin then on to the united states then when you look exactly who it involves it only involves foreign nationals so u.s.

citizens and those with permanent residence can still travel from these countries also those married to u.s. citizens or permanent residents the parents or guardians of u.s. citizens of permanent residence under the age of $21.00 the same goes for siblings of those that fit that criteria plane crews also ship crews as well arriving in the u.s. they're not covered nor on them because of foreign governments it does seem incredibly convoluted it does seem like it's going to be a bit of a nightmare to enforce if it's actually even enforceable bought the news that it was announced that's hit the european economy pretty hard we've seen the markets tumble with stocks fall to their lowest in the last 4 years but while e.u. leaders are increasingly unhappy with the actions taken by the u.s. president there's also infighting within the e.u. over the best way to handle coronavirus and also how to handle those member states hardest hit by this virus concern over the coronavirus is running it feed the

picture 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 corona virus something of severe impact on business staff productivity but also limiting travel tourism and large public event as new cases reported in europe a huge buy good piece is italy italy on the last sweeping quarantine 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're 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. to 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 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 the 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 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 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 backs. and 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 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 in 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 our team met an emergency room doctor to learn more about the difficulties facing medics there.

turn up for 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 man here. ringback it's clear that if the community doesn't follow the restrictions the numbers continue to rise at a certain point our ability to help people reach its limit. ringback approximately 40 patients that are waiting to be admitted will be the same problem which is coronavirus might.

not unprecedented move britain supremes court has found that experimenting with explosives can be legal and softer among was cleared of terror related charges 22 year old cho's copeland who is diagnosed with autism was arrested in 28 enough to 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 discussed the ruling with former police officer and leads beckett university law school senior research of david lowe and also human rights lawyer so i can. 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 and the lessons to give given 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 the 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 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 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 we're not quite sure of someone's motives then they would question and investigated 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 is that that is not impossible to me is 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 not agree with them. a u.s. nuclear submarine has been caught on camera breaking through ice in the arctic with critics saying is a clear sign of an increasing military presence in the far north the vessel was taking part in a u.s. led drill and 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 and back to plan for no less than 6 more in 2800 thousands of american soldiers took part in a large scale in nato drill in norway and meanwhile moscow has approved its new arctic state policy through to 2035 says that the country's main objectives tasks and national interests there the plan states 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 between proven homeland defense capability and capacity director 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 a militarization of the arctic region and. that in turn raises questions over 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. thanks for choosing r.t. international went back to the top of the hour with all the latest headlines with

the then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to go in for the duration let it be an arms race is on offense very dramatic development only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time to sit down and talk. time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important. to transition to sustainable transport sustainability. a more equitable

and sustainable way. they claim their production is completely homma. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something this. new. markets bleed again as the world health organization labeled the coronavirus a pandemic this is the one business show you can't afford to miss i'm going to bore

and i'm 20 i'm 110 straight ahead markets are down as much as 5 percent in the u.s. after that i'll be a announcement one thing done to ease the pain down the fall move and other factors taking up the market. plus we've discussed the breakdown of supply proof and kind of we now turn our attention to the pain being felt in europe flow. go in-depth with expert analysis we have a packed the day so let's dive right in. and as corona virus continues to spread around the globe the world health organization has officially labeled it a pandemic. has been asked to seeing this outbreak around the cloak and we're deeply concerned by the a lot of being leveled off spread and see very easy and by the i'm not a mean level. we have that freedom in the us system and

that 19 can be contacted i used as a pundit make over the past 2 weeks the number of countries affected by the virus have tripled globally there have been more than 120000 cases with over 4300 deaths more than 67000 of those infected have fully recovered here in the united states there are now more than 1000 cases speaking in front of the u.s. house oversight reform committee the director of the u.s. national institute of allergy and infectious diseases said things are going to get worse. so i can say we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now how much worse we'll get will depend on our ability to do 2 things to contain the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country bottom line it's going to get worse and meanwhile in europe german chancellor.