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google. users. personal location. the country's federal. part of the british army. just a few moments new day. weekend. the russian foreign minister a published sanctions list which includes top u.s. officials in direct response to a new american restrictions imposed on thursday over moscow 'd over alleged harmful activities russia's measures also include the expulsion of 10 u.s.

diplomats on the possible reduction of washington's diplomatic mission here in the capital. join me to assess russia's response here's the statement 1st. the latest attack country by divided ministration cannot. it seems that washington does not want to accept the fact that in the new geo political realities there is no place for unilateral dictatorship and the broken scenarios of containing most to which the us short sightedly continues to deploy when you risk further degrading russia u.s. relations we knew that this was coming in one form or another it was just a matter of time and on friday russia very demonstrative retaliated against those punitive measures that washington announced against moscow earlier this week perhaps the most interesting part is that 8 top level washington officials have been banned from entering russian territory and when i say top level i mean highlight reel you know we're talking the head of the f.b.i.

the director of national intelligence the secretary of homeland security to i people who are powerful decision makers in washington also a lot less to susan rice and john bolton historically to politicians who are you know. this russian rhetoric alongside the names moscow explained that these individuals had been chosen precisely because they all responsibility for promoting america's anti russian policy direction i have to say this is a really strong move because usually such bans are done on the low down in the quiet that are not announced publicly so clearly the kremlin here is so frustrated by what's going on that it wants to make a really bold korea statement of not 10 american diplomats have been expelled a number of american organizations suspected of interfering in russia's internal affairs have been told that they need to stop their activity and it was also made clear that if the u.s. continues to behave this way the more can and will be done including reducing the

diplomatic mission here to just $300.00 and taking action that would be harmful to u.s. business interests so very loud very. announcement leaving the door open for an improvement of relations but at the same time being practical and preparing for the worst as you see it it comes not long after what america said they were going to do as regards sanctions what was said on thursday well you have to look at the fact up to this hostile undiplomatic rhetoric coming from the white house of course now the infamous into joe biden calling president putin a killer on international television and then this final blow out by joe biden signing what can only be called a sanction spree so that package includes a $32.00 russian and an individual sanction for allegedly interference in last year's presidential election stateside a range of financial and technology firms targeted for power and cyber attacks on

federal agencies 10 russian diplomats expelled borrowing money international made more difficult for russia to and why anyone reasonable would look at this and say well this is pretty extensive apparently joe biden claims that this was his take it easy on russia set of sanctions and that ultimately when he really wants is to be friendly and the pressure dial down united states is not looking to kick off the. school is she in conflict with russia we want a stable predictable relationship is the time to deescalate well saying that after announcing a slew of sanctions is mixed messages it's illogical it's very confusing i mean generally punishment and deescalation don't go hand in hand so you can see why the russian side pointed out that the moment there's a huge disconnect between what russia says or rather what washington says and what washington does cool should move to refrain from escalation sound hypocritical in

essence to trying to talk to us from a position of strength we have repeatedly warned and proved in practice that sanctions and other pressures are not only futile but will also result in disastrous consequences for the. to decide on such provocations so clearly normalized relations between the u.s. and russia are going to require a serious shift and but at the moment it does definitely sound that while small scope course doesn't want it to terrorists and relations and it's tried everything it can to a point that at the moment it feels that that might be the only option left i got some reaction to this from a journalist and author done the allies or who believes the biden administration is behaving without restraint in its moves against russia america's behavior is out of control i mean the bought the by demonstration is well spent the last 4 years accusing trump of being soft on russia and now it's what's got into office it is trying to show that it is going to be a confrontational and hostile as

a possibly and that there is no charge that the by the ministration would want level against moscow biden has been absolutely unrestrained he is determined to show that he's a tough guy tougher than than donald trump and so therefore he's being very aggressive with regard to both russia and and china and and there are no restraints that's that that's the amazing thing and the u.s. is just just rampaging around with these charges. a while and feeling the latest rough to all of sanctions the u.s. also cited claims made last year of russia offering bunty use to the taliban to kill american troops in afghanistan the white house admits it has very little to back up those claims but is nevertheless demanding answers from the crim we felt the reports were enough of a cause of concern they assessed with low to moderate confidence as you alluded to

that russian intelligence officer sought to encourage taliban attacks against u.s. and coalition personnel and afghanistan so while there's a lot of moderate assessment of these reports we felt it was important for our intelligence community to look into it this information really puts the burden on russia and the russian government to explain their engagement here just somebody last june it was reported that russian intelligence offered taleban linked militants boaties to kill american troops in afghanistan in 29 the allegations were never proven the pentagon itself said it could not corroborate the reports but that did not stop the media from embracing the story vladimir putin is offering bounties for the scalps of american soldiers in afghanistan now the european intelligence official called this callous shocking and reprehensible overnight president trump dismissed the intelligence denied being briefed on it as new reports emerged saying those payments did in fact lead to the death of americans russia's rejected pretty much ridiculed the allegations with the foreign

ministry bombing in the speculations phobias of the u.s. intelligence community and you know we got to take a former u.s. marine corps intelligence officer all not aspect scott ritter. the mere fact that you have politicians action on intelligence that has appeared on the front pages of the new york times bill is you right off the bat that it's not intelligence it's been it's clear sized information as opposed to hard intelligence look the united states and russia are adults they they they they sit at the big table they were big boys pants and their intelligence services do things against one another because that information normally we understand this is the reality of the world but the united states right now is very defensive it's dealing with the changing world changing reality and the fact that russia refuses to play the game of being subservient to you know a dominant america and so this is

a domestic political problem where intelligence is 0 and a political objective as opposed to doing what it's supposed to do providing insight american decision makers about what ground truth and russia is. you know the story we're keeping a close eye on today the german chancellor has been accused of on demining countries democracy suffering glimmer of hope pleaded with lawmakers to grant the federal government power simple as regional curfews unlocked on's with thought the consent of local authorities reckless heckled during a heated debate in parliament. we're slamming on the brakes nationwide i'm convinced a nationwide imagine see stop is overdue and urgently needed a lauren measures have a single goal to lead our country ad of this terrible phase of managing infections care he said not when you know when sion but they're part of the infection protection or that is currently in place. i ask you jake

colleagues whatever a personal opinions may be don't you think that we should take them into account in the way we're debating this here ultimately what i'm going to merkel wants is changes to the infection protection act that would allow her to not just to say this is what you should be doing but to be able to say this is what is going to happen the way it works here in germany with their federal system is all those things can be decided from the federal government in berlin how they're implemented on the ground particularly when it comes to covert 19 restrictions are left up to the interpretations of the governments of the 16 states that make up germany now what angle america wants to do is take some of those powers from the states and have them for herself well as you can imagine not everybody is happy with that outside of the bundestag there was a small but vocal demonstration against what the chancellor is trying to do in the opposition from the alternative to germany partly though as making the argument

that these powers already exist that they don't need to be given to the to the federal government and that the chancellor should let the states decide what's best for the states this effect to introduce the infection protection act is an alarming document of authoritarian thinking never before has a federal government dared to include so many attacks on the basic freedoms of citizens and the rule of law and on democratic principles and so few sentences as in this draft more we've been here before though with anglo merkel's saying she wanted to implement national 'd measures national lock downs and things like curfews when it comes to the fight against covert 19 just before. easter we heard the chancellor announce this was going to happen over the easter break only for her to have to make one of the biggest u. turns of her political career when just over 24 hours later she said actually that's not going to happen because technically i don't have the powers to be able to tell you to do that. says day to fast of april as well as the surge of april

should be defined as calm days with extensive contact restrictions and a ban on gatherings from the fast to the 5th of april. it isn't going on the idea was a mistake this mistake is my mistake alone a mistake must be called a mistake and above all it must be corrected at the same time of course i know that this whole matter trygaeus more uncertainty i regret that deeply and apologize to all citizens this brings us today and the facts of the matter on the ground when it comes to covert 19 is that germany is being gripped particularly hard by this 3rd wave the robert cock into the tube which handles germany's public health affairs is warning that unless something is done that april could well be a record breaking month for germany when it comes to covert 19 infections what angle are merkel is seeking the power to be able to do is that when cases reach a number of 100 new infections per 100000 over population that an

emergency brake can be pulled nationally the thing is is there's a lot of pushback against this despite that pushback it does seem likely that these changes to the infection protection act will be made by some point next week we expect them to be signed into law by german president frank fall to. german journalist thomas fassbender believes angler merkel's move makes sense despite criticism from the opposition. she believes in the necessity of increased risk and a strict a lockdown curfew measures etc and she decided to wholeheartedly i should say take this way of centralizing her powers against existing opposition do not assume anglo-american has any idea of attacking the democratic order in germany but it is a test of the democratic order in germany no question under crisis situation which

we have for the 1st time in this country and some people are very much a fundamental lies in what is going on and driving it up to philosophical heights i'd say the majority in germany sees this as an anti effect measure and not nothing more. a pretty seismic event coming out of cuba today where the head of the communist party or old cuss true is officially to step down it brings to an end more than 6 decades of the castro family's political dominance over the car of being an island nation the united front came the opening of the party's congress 3 years ago when he stepped down from the position of president castro has said he'd quit communist party leader and 2021 a successor back then mikhail dia's can know is also expected to succeed him in his

government rule row castro had been in power since 2011 when he took over from his iconic older brother fidel both men were the leaders of the 1959 cuban revolution which resulted in the creation of a socialist government they'll then lead the nation through the cold war the cuban missile crisis will still leader into the 21st century the spy decades or pressure from the u.s. he stepped down as president in 2008 as party leader in 2011 handing power to his brother he died 5 years later when we spoke to latin america specialist danny shaw who believes rule castro's resignation won't alter the country's direction in any significant way. even though i wrote castro is no longer going to be the leader of cuba. as kind then an entire generation if not 2 generations of leaders will now step up and as the cubans have said this is about continuity i think the

cubans are confident they can still continue to build socialism an anti-imperialist despite all of the challenges that they've confronted since then i seen $59.00 revolution and specifically of course the aggression from their neighbor to the north the us imperialism the us government whether it's led by democrat or republican they stopped at nothing trying to suffocate in star b. human revolution cuba basically stood alone in 1991 with the collapse of the soviet union and the socialist bloc around the world. the cubans have been fearless even though they face the worst types of us terrorism and a criminal blockade they cripples the lives of millions and millions of humans every day their leadership has been unflinching in defense of socialism an internationalist. that i hear from

a new study by office for university finds that the pfizer and the dearness coronavirus jobs carry about the same blood clot risk as the asterisk. we've wrecked on that story for you. western governments and western media portray the tensions within ukraine as a conflict involving russia and ukraine this is false there is a road map to resolve ukraine's internal strife and it's called the minsk accords russia is not the problem but nato expansion is.

19 minutes into the program welcome google misled users in australia by collecting their personal location data is the ruling of the country's federal courts and it could do that with an enormous fine australians for a trade watchdog which had filed the lawsuit that the ruling

a world 1st said it sends a very clear message to all digital platforms. what the court found was that google misled consumers into thinking that if they turned off location history then that would stop google story and keeping collecting and keeping their personally identifiable location data when in fact that was not the case. the judge in the case ruled some new users were misled during the initial set up process of on droid devices the big issue being that users were not informed that even if they had the location history button disabled activating another tub called web up activity would mean google could still collect their location data well it's not the 1st time the australian competition regulator and the tech behemoths have flushed last year google along with facebook were obliged to pay news organizations if their content was posted on their platforms google has said it rejects this latest

ruling the location data stating the claims by the watchdog were too broad and the amount the judge's findings only concerned a noro class of users the company said it's considering an appeal internet law expert on social media solicitor your colon assess the impact of the country's ruling. google doesn't care the company's filed to be compiled to move a police state google doesn't care about reputation because there is no real competition out there google also doesn't care about a small a relatively small financial penalty because it's got plenty of money so the only way we can have google starting to care about this sort of thing is by. forcing the company to break up and start creating some real competition or oh and imposing huge penalties the realities that

now they got caught again the australian court found them guilty of effectively cheating on their own customers. the question is what's going to happen next the question is google is likely to be detailed by d's finding. a new study by oxford university has fallen the risk of developing blood clots from having the pfizer and the journey code vaccines is about the same as the under-fire astra zeneca job the study involved more than 1000000 people according to the findings 4 in those 1000000 tested experienced clotting with the pfizer or maternal scenes while it was 5 in 1000000 for the astra zeneca job that compares to a 39 in a 1000000 risk of clotting for those suffering from covert it's a reaction to the story from some guests. to get my roots are sort of daily

reports of how many people are derived as are within a month. of having one with the caribbean but since these will soon be to not have gotten to the senate since funds are very vocal school because school will with them or tribes are launched the roll outs who would suit assess the effort to do so the rollout because we must remember always but see this parent especially this parent also about 2023 and the public needs to be in school so not being in schools are so short but our experiment will start what's happening is all these are reports are coming in so a lot. is quite and trampoline and for people to know that this is a cat is a program to run out of fascination by at the same time there's also research that showing that the potential of the dangers is very difficult for people to know

you know what to do it causes confusion that lots of lessons will be learned and some actions will be put in place to ensure the safety of people and not dealing with sort of experiments on consent in people who've decided to be part of trials for example this is members of the public that coming to and have a vaccination with the understanding that they can be protected and not to be risk . you've heard of the walk brigade oil in the u.k. it's become a natural reality soldiers in the british army's royal engineers regiment are being told to mind their language in case it offends someone r.t. simon right throws a few grenades on the frontline of the culture war. so the main dangers of being in

the military is you can be shot at blown up. or fall victim to non gender neutral language well $22.00 engineer regiment of the british army is doing something about it the language not the horrible bad stuff don't call each other lads soldiers are told to be more inclusive and avoid using words such as mankind and sportsmanship over fears that they could cause offense to regiment sergeant major reportedly told his men. people that they need to try harder to hold the regiments v. and s. v. and s. 1000 values and standards do not mix it up with b. and s. he also said that everyone has to remember d. and on that diversity and inclusion and gents men lads other phrases like there are not to be used and this is my favorite he said it should be made sure that people are getting paid the correct compliments we don't a long way says no. you're. right. we are what

this story has caused some our rage among friends or gobs like these more with of course actually there's nothing new about these directions they came out in 2017 released by the british army's joint equality diversity and inclusion unit or jet oyo as it's known. who are inclusive most important so some poles from the guidance from the u.k. military's jet i war is include suggesting sportsmanship be replaced with fairness or good humor and the word mankind be replaced with humanity whew mankind human race people as had residual some of those of man in as well were british war heroes to tim collins back in 2017 describe to listeners the ludicrous and dangerous morass into which obsequious and p.c. senior officers have led the british army which means he doesn't like it. so we can conclude from this is a. for years on offer about the voice was originally given soldiers are still not

quite ready to have their language policed probably because if you're in the army you've got a few other things to worry about let's not forget that the army has been at the forefront of the quality they've been teaching men to on their own trousers for centuries washing on one saw if they would turn over. to do the book about dropping bombs on middle eastern villages is the absolute definition of inclusive ety they'll kill everyone without prejudice. probably a long time for we see scenes like this on the frontline. heartsore. oh my god did i say that. simon in the trenches all votes the stories are bringing to you this hour we'd love to hear your thoughts on them across social whatever you see the logo give it a click leave us a comment easy. buy from. now

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a good start well we have our 3 banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas in the cayman islands or the oh well these banks are complicit in the kleptocracy we just have to look at all it's a need to do some serious muhlenberg ok let's see how we did well we've got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy old beautiful jewelry and how about. luxury on a bill again for max you know what money laundering is highly illegal here for a lot of course. folks next up on that a similar question why we got a great comedian he's got a 2nd netflix special called the greatest average american that i know we perceive themselves as that except the greatest average american doesn't usually get a 2nd that pluck special the reason he did is because he has i find it really area die perceptive takes on contemporary american life nate barnett see and he's right

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