twitter suspends details of an r.t. america correspondent only agreeing to reinstate it once a decade's old video of alleged crimes is removed. the reality here. is to watch a video like the outline of the american people need. in the spotlight once again over its links the blood clots while the european medical agency goes on pointing to the benefits. of former u.s. intelligence analyst faces years in jail for exposing america's drone assassination program we speak to a whistleblower who's in close contact with him. he did it because he was exposing

a war crime he's not allowed to see that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal. bricks the price of post border checks we discussed the background to the weekend's violent attacks on police in northern ireland. from moscow thanks so much for joining us today here in r.t. international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. now a correspondent with r.t. america has had her twitter account suspended because she would be tweeted a video or alleged us war crimes rachel levin says the social media platforms attention was drawn by video water as collateral murder which was 1st released by wiki leaks over a decade ago according to the journalist twitter did eventually block her account but only after she moved that post which the platform found in breach of its graphic content policy. then they surely would have heard me ended by later and

told them i would stay in time now locked out of my last night sit down a tree in which i shared the in this collateral murder video that was published by julian simon and we kulaks 11 years ago today slater says that i had violated their content policy one of the things that twitter pointed out was that this video shows the loss of life and they said there's a good footage like that out there on the internet because that would be hard for the families of those victims you know it's harder for the families of those victims know that their family members were murder and the people who did it got to walk away with no consequences because that's what happened in this case the video at the center of the story was released by wiki leaks and 20 time it contains classified u.s. military forces which appears to show the indiscriminate shooting over a dozen civilians and a bag from an american helicopter among those killed 2 reuters stuff we can he said

had managed to obtain a video from a number of whistleblowers. and former u.s. intelligence analysts faces up to 10 years in prison for blowing the whistle on washington's targeted drone assassination program i don't have all pleaded guilty to transmitting and retaining national defense information its case comes of it must disclosure of similar crimes allegedly perpetrated by the united states.

i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who happened to be on the ground i believe that we're we're a nation of laws and we have to abide by those laws whether we like them or not if we don't like them we should change them go through the process and change them if

congress has not declared war on a country we don't have a right to attack it we just can't decide that we don't like the politics of whoever happens to be in charge in a place like yemen or pakistan or afghanistan and then launch drone strikes against them it's a violation of international law while information about these and similar cases was given by hail to journalists from online news publication of the intercept back in 2014 and it's become available to the general public and the analyst was accused of disclosing classified intelligence information advocates for the defendant claims such exposures are necessary for a strong society. using the espionage act in this way to prosecute journalists sources and spies chills newsgathering and discourages sources from coming forward with information in the public interest particularly when it relates to national security where government secrecy is at its height these documents detail the secret unaccountable process for targeting and killing people around the world

including u.s. citizens through drone strikes there are vital public importance and activities related to their disclosure is protected by the 1st amendment or the american government stuck to alternative points of view and therefore 2 years ago heyl was arrested and charged with violating the espionage act and other related offenses one biden came to power up of public and dissipated changes in the drone assassination program but now media are reporting hearings to boost armed drone exports to countries including those with poor human rights records john kiriakou a former cia analyst and whistleblower told us the terms of the espionage act leave hale with little hope. this is the really the worst part of the of the espionage act this is the reason why ed snowden can't come home this is the reason why i couldn't go to trial this is the reason why jeffrey sterling the other cia whistleblower was convicted because there is no affirmative defense we are

prohibited by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian his son it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him when you can see the full version of our interview with john kerry ok on what's in the hoax throughout the day here on author national. election between the astra zeneca drab and blood clots exists yet

a school has yet to be found the research funding from top officials at the european medicines agency shot at the open ski has anything off. possibly the most damning indictment that astra zeneca has received this comes from one of the top officials of the europeans medicines agency which has said that in his his opinion he believes that there is a link between astra zeneca and some rare types of blood clotting specifically blood clotting in the brain no this is america you cover larry who gave an interview to an italian newspaper on tuesday where he outlined his beliefs in that and he said that he believed that the mayor would be looking to confirm this in the next few hours we're trying to get the precise picture of what is happening to define in detail the syndrome due to the vaccine in my opinion we can now say it is the reason association with the vaccine and what causes this reaction however we

still do not know cavaleri did say that the risk benefit ratio we still in the favor of us just make a he was suggesting that he could be. is now recommended for age groups exactly which is the situation here in france where astra zeneca isn't given to younger people because of this possible link of. blood clotting astra zeneca has previously defended hasn't spoken out against these latest claims yet but it has defended it previously saying that there was. an expected rate of blood clotting than you would see in the general population and we may. find astra zeneca just a few weeks ago said that it could be concretely say that there was a direct link at that time between blood clotting and astra zeneca but they did say that they would continue to keep an eye on it and continue to investigate astra

zeneca vaccine has been the caution with accusations ever since released when you see here in france present. described it at 1st as being policy effective for older age groups it's those older age groups who are now the only age groups in france that can receive astra zeneca and also there have been these questions. about blood clotting and whether there was this specifically to read types of blood clotting now here in france there are actually cases that have been brought complaints for manslaughter particularly one after a 38 year old social worker from the south of france. she reeks of to receiving the food. so there are huge concerns already this interview given by a top official who saying his opinion is that link between this rare type of blood clotting and astra zeneca is bound to. sue many even vigils and raise fears about

this vaccine once again the fees that have been elevated pretty much from the start they will be people who have had astra zeneca in the last few days the last few weeks who might be wondering could they be impacted by this rare blood clotting that there is this apparent link to there will be those who have appointments in the next few days possibly even today who might now think twice about astra zeneca and having that vaccine and also. possibly put a question or people struck in both these like the. board ease medical board these of course european countries because these are the boaties that approved this vaccine if there really is this confirmation that this definitively a link between this vaccine and this rare type of blood clotting many people will wonder if the trust has been misplaced. do you believe

the e.u. regulator had to act immediately to not put human lives at risk. i think it would have been very useful to treat this is very seriously because we're dealing with the lives of people so i think from the moment there was any doubt they should have acted very quickly on that and of people are very worried and they obviously. prefer him to go for a different type of that's a nation yet the general feedback that i'm receiving is that people are unsure what to do because there's so many different conflict in guidance is given out so it's very difficult for people members of the public to make their mind on that definitely need some confirmation of the risk and we need to know how serious and how dangerous is the fact seeing if it is dangerous or if it's not but we need. rather than just allowing people to be guinea pigs and just and now to be given these facts in 1000 without that assurance and reassurance i definitely hope that

they learn from this and they start listening to people's feedback and concerns you know what if they can reassure us entirely then i guess it will be a different thing so i think for me it be wanted to get the assurance from them because recent not long ago they said that there was no connection with drug costs and then today surprisingly we've been that we've learned that they could be or maybe a connection with this red type of brain. and that's the issue and that's the concern because always the we just need to get beyond says and be able to make informed decisions about which friend of vaccination to use. a scandal has erupted in france after it emerged ministers allegedly attended secret elite cafes and restaurants in violation of code restrictions an undercover report found luxury restaurants opening their doors to v.i.p.'s guess what interview even claimed he himself had illegally dined in restaurants with a certain number of ministers yes apparently didn't wear masks they're not about

bottles of champagne members of the french government though have the knives or any knowledge of the gatherings if ministers have broken the rules they must be punished like anyone else. is so well informed let he name names there are not 2 types of citizens those who have the right to party and those who don't or a strong are supposed have been close in front since back in october that order to slow the spread of the coronavirus we gauge the reaction to the claims on the streets of paris. especially when it was because of course we all need to relax but such a different attitude to people is simpler shocking most french people like streamlet attentive we are asked to be on all god and so it is surprising that people are treated differently it seems that everything is allowed for them and they have the right to do what others do not have the right to do i think these ministers need to invite everyone to the restaurants because people have not been to restaurants for

a long time if they invited us it would be nice. on the one hand they tell us stay at home do not go to restaurants close the restaurants and so on and they spend money there and do not worry about the crown of ours and we need to people have no right to go there it's not fair this is an injustice and for going to a restaurant these people men and women are not waiting for the same consequences that would await for us if we were caught doing this it was not from us you're not going to put this if it's true then i think that they're the embodiment of the state the embodiment of decisions taken at the state level therefore they should be a role model and if they do not adhere to the rules that they demand from the citizens then their power loses all thorazine so i think it's very bad if it turns out to be true since the ministers they need to watch their behavior so universally out international mourners heading away just after a short break. you

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welcome back to the program and all that oil and seen several lots of on rest with protesters holding petrol bombs at police the boy saying a recent post brooks it cradles said it was that he has the details. we've seen numerous police officers injured and as these violent clashes as well as dozens of people being arrested some as young as 13 and 14 years of age and so now police are really appealing to community leaders to try and stop this disorder and stop this on the breast as well but it all follows on friday decision not to prosecute leaders of the irish nationalists the shin fein party for allegedly breaking coronavirus restrictions for attending a funeral of a former. leader last year that funeral was in june and allegedly around 2000

people attended so that is one part of the narrative but also a seeing rising tensions due to. issues as well as a specific part of the brics it withdrawal agreement that's the northern ireland protocol is coming under fire today what we're seeing is it all boils down to the fact that these new trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. essentially creates a defacto border on the irish sea what is that good and during the night and from britain will have to go through specific checks a century treaty a completely different to the rest of the united kingdom it's always been a huge sticking point in both theories of may's attempted bret's that deal but also boris johnson signed sealed and delivered bricks it deal that is a huge sticking point officials in brussels dublin and london just on technical terms but actually what we're seeing is a real a motive behind it it's an erosion of sovereignity for some it's

a betrayal by the british government and all acutely rips up the good friday agreement all together and all the promises of peace within it as well it does seem like neither the shin fein for that matter nor the d.p. are in the mood for to taunt any time soon when it comes to these violent clashes old to do with that northern ireland protocol and it seems all of this stoked up tensions is accelerating by breck's at seeing the appetite to unify northern ireland an island really increase in the last few weeks if not more. months to its highest level of around 42 percent not just confined to the wish for nationalists either but that appetite is also growing amongst the devolved nations too we know that over in scotland that appetite has been growing for some years but nicholas sturgeons reenergize efforts are seeing that trajectory continue as well even though looking at wales which is the 2nd smallest nation of the 4 nations they're jumping on the independence bandwagon too with around 25 percent in the polls

saying that they would vote for independence which is double what it was around 6 years ago so it seems like these recent clashes over the last few days in northern ireland really are just real reflect real concerns when it comes to the disunited kingdom. professor of international history so you believe that the leaves northern islands on the other parts of the u k. till's says that the unionist loyalists produce an. hour or 2 you know on. being treated like 2nd class citizens and are beginning to realize it and feeling it. known protocol. more or less takes away from you know it's a kingdom and makes it a kind of provence of the european union so they're in a situation. unlike the rest of britain and all the european union laws regulations directives apply. and they're under the jurisdiction of the european.

court of justice so that means that you know to produce it uses the not citizens of the european union and the laws of the european union for. being applied to in the course of doing this. hostilities are flared in eastern ukraine with reports of daily exchanges of fire and shouting on front lines rebels in the nets krege and claiming a ukrainian drone strike killed a 4 year old boy denies the claims and is demanding evidence that a strike did actually take place so far hasn't been possible to corroborate the claims but it seemed from marty's abruptly video agency attended the voice of funeral and spoke to his grandmother about the incident. that i do understand his grief you have to go through it it's really hard just parents and beside themselves split screen if especially his mother i don't care that the house was damaged but

why did this child have to suffer does he shoot someone dad or something although did he say a bad thing to someone he was just a child only who years old ringback and mental in god's eyes. well as tensions soar in eastern ukraine officials and military staff in kiev have blamed russia our senior correspondent report. this is far or what there was of it is crashing and burning under a sustained barras from both sides the only see has the numbers more than a 1000 violations most of them artillery exchanges were detected on april 3rd ukraine's propaganda machine is also churning it is now officially calling thousands of its own citizens russian militias who are to blame the party line says for everything corrina ukraine and its partners are taking note of russia's

systemic escalation of the security situation and the nats going lugansk regions and in the republic of crimea all of this is happening against the background of the russian federation and willingness to reaffirm its commitment to the ceasefire or the current escalation by the russian federation the systemic and the largest in recent years a common goal is victory in the war against the aggressors and to ensure a stable peace to restore the territorial integrity of ukraine we will need the consolidated efforts of all the ukrainian people all ukrainian people apart from the ones they now call russian militias in a bid to discredit them their beliefs and their grievances probably not the best idea if you want stable peace but there are 2 major takeaways from their recent statements 1st after years of stalling delaying and torpedoing negotiations here of seems to be entertaining the idea of a military solution to the civil war victory by brute force the other takeaway is

that ukraine has virtually because war and russia officially naming it the russian ukrainian conflict russia isn't even a party in this civil war if its military was involved it would be over there ie very quickly that much is obvious if scrapping imputed to the russian army is moving within. territory in the directions it deems necessary in the shape and form it sees fit to ensure the security of our country this shouldn't concern anyone in the slightest russia poses no threat to any country in the world and that of course includes ukraine russia always pays very close attention to its own security cordons ukrainian president probably not helped by dismal ratings his seemingly bed on calm for a day ship is military has issued this statement warning moscow that the u.s. promised it won't leave ukraine alone and it won't let russia's aggressive plans

materialize the state department has confirmed this ukraine zoon aggressive plans it seems get a pass. unfortunately the actions and reaction of our western colleagues to ukraine's buildup of military infrastructure as well as transfer of troops to the line of contact in eastern ukraine is disappointing was the truth our western colleagues still seem to proceed with her support to the ukrainian authorities including in absolutely unacceptable actions and a statement. lot all hope is yet lost there is still a chance that cooler heads will speak out that they'll stop this escalation will cause countless lives and achieve nothing but that's going to take an international effort rather than egging ukraine on with promises of support and righteousness as has been washington's policy so far former u.n. weapons inspector scott ritter says nato backing for kiev's actions is key. the

despair comes and 3 things one is the ongoing material support the united states continues to provide big holes arms munitions and other military equipment to the ukrainian military much of this is lethal in nature meaning used in combat then there's the the the training that's taking place that the cross training between nato forces including americans and ukraine and ukraine believes that this training shows that they're somehow you know brothers in arms and then there's the political rhetoric the phone call for instance from the secretary of defense it was ukrainian counterpart yes ukraine is being led to believe that there will be support and there will be but the support will be military the support will be diplomatic political you know they they support the rather than the ukrainian objectives and they also view the ukrainian russian. tension as supporting an

overall western strategy of containing and destabilizing russia so everything bad that you have been ukraine today you know props up. in american and nato a policy of containing and destabilizing russia. next boom bust brings the wants and us markets separation have been this in politics process but you know confront us in the u.k. backing off analogy once again that before that i just had one.

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