now and talk with with in the stories that shape the wig from r t a bomb shell report to ledges the cia plan to kidnap or assassinate. even the wiki leaks found the julie, the sarge with the agencies. busy former chief might pompeo at the center of the plot. russia threatens to block you, chewed after the video sharing platform permanently deleted our teeth, german language channels. moscow believes the u. s. company would not have acted without approval from berlin. and also coming up here with extraordinary disaster, if we didn't have a president that was so adult, you all would be fired. i don't think anyone control anything as president says

about afghanistan. us lawmakers lambasted president by nowadays top bras over was some in congress, a colleague washington's humiliating withdrawal from afghanistan. we ask though, if the whole afghan campaign might have been a bigger failure than just the pull out itself. and human rights groups are outraged as the international criminal court decided to ignore, alleged american war crimes. in afghanistan, we hear from a man who lost 10 relatives in the us drone striking cobble at the end of august mark, i may be on the floor. i will keep demanding that each person who has committed a crime here must be convicted and punished. if americans committed a crime, they must be brought to justice. they should be held to account ah, to pass through the afternoon here in our sunday of october live from ortiz. well,

these h q. moscow will welcome to the program. it's the weekly with may kevin. oh, le packet. some of the main stories of the last 7 days. and 1st it was revealed and the cia plotted to kidnap or assassinate the wiki leagues found the julian assange when he was in the ecuadorian embassy in london a while back. the u. s. media report was based on statements from 30 former u. s. officials and centered on mike pompeo. while he was director of the agency during the time donald trump was empower, pompei was denied the accusations, and indeed was action taken against those who made them. or they should all be prosecuted for speaking about classified activity inside the central intelligence agency. maybe they didn't, maybe as a gov, just made it up. but you should, i take seriously my responsibilities to protect that information. this can be seen as pompoms confirmation of the assange kit, not all kill story. why else? what do you want to prosecute those sources? speaking about classified activity, kidnap ariel man,

hunt and shootout with russian spies and central london. a new james bond movie. not exactly. in fact, these are the highlights from a reported cia secret plan to silence the journalist already who revealed americans for dirty secrets. location london, the year 2017 starting julian, a sorry, a man of interest. heidi ecuadorian embassy might compare, then c, i achieve evil mastermind behind the operation. the russkies. the essential ingredient for any good spy story. down the cia would break every possible law to silence independent journalist stay tune. the upcoming details may surprise you. we are recording chapter one, the assassination. my compare wanted the cia to be creates instructor ordinance not to self sense of themselves. when it comes to dealing wiki links. sometimes,

oh tricks work best they might have thought and came up with a good old assassination plot. detailed sketches options on how to murder sounds, reportedly with disgust in the whiteness on the biased possible level. why would a cia achieve plots of the killing of an independent journalist? well, it was an act of personal vendetta. back in march 2017, the newly appointed c. i. a chief found himself in a very difficult position when wikileaks released top secrets yay papers. they were completely detached from reality because they were so embarrassed about vault 7. they were seen blood chapter to kidnapping. but somebody in the white house might have thought paid, no killings where a civilized nation that's kidnapped this journalist and sentenced him to death by american law. the plan was simply break into the embassy drag assange out and bring

him to where we want one small issue. the u. s. justice department failed to keep up with cia fantasies. they were still processing the case and didn't file charges against the wikileaks found them. so the cia was going to kidnap the foreign citizen from the capital of washington's closest ally with no legal basis tool. a perfect master black deed do could possibly spoil the fun russians of course, chapter 3, fighting russians. what if vladimir putin intelligence gets there 1st, a ducks a sound and then flies him to moscow? that's a possibility. the paranoid ca offices thought brace yourself, the plans accounts of russians may just blow your mind. the cia left nothing to chance. besides, it gets into the car with the russian operatives. a cia initiates a car crash with the russian diplomatic vehicle. god knows how many other londoners

collateral damage is. they say, assange gets on the plane. the cia blocks, it's on the runway by shooting its tires. as well as anything and anybody else's way the plane takes off with a flat tire. the c i, a hovers, a helicopter over is still manages to leave the ground. they demand the european countries close their recipes. we are still talking about catching julian assange, not the number one terrorist. oh, well, if you are an independent journalist who happens to cross the american governments pass the cia, it's pretty much the same thing. rule of law may not apply you. what mean time back to jail in his son, she remains in a maximum security prison in the u. k. in reality, right now, despite our british judge ruling against his expedition to the u. s. over fears about his mental health, he faces a 175 years in prison,

where he wanted on charges of hacking and espionage in 2019 assange was forcibly removed by police from the ecuadorian embassy in london after the country terminated 7 year asylum. they're following the recent developments we heard from former cia and list, and there was a blow, a john kerry acco and also wiki leaks editor in chief, kristen, half anson, many so stunning revolutions. quite shocking to see that this was being conquered in the states. so the kidnapping them, graham, possibly killing. if julian is expedited to to the other states, it will be in the hands of the seo his faith on you as ground. it would be in the hands of those who were planning to kick up killing him. when these discussions were going on, there was no indictment out against julia. he hadn't been charged with anything. so if there was any doubt about the political nature of the indictment and the creation of that, i went on the entire case. it is now on for him to be so it is

a political persecution and nothing else. the world understand that the united states is trying to criminalize journalism. they refused to accept the fact that julian assigned is a journalist, that the american people own this information and they have the right to know what it is. and that the government behind their backs, the backs of the american people, is trying to assassinate someone who has not been kid victim of a crime. in one of the things that we learned in this article was dad, the british intelligence service, the external intelligence service, and my sex was apparently involved, you know, where they were talking about, shoot out the potential, pursued out in front of the ecuadorian embassy. that was the british that were supposed to be doing the shooting when they talk about shooting out the, the tires of a russian plane that might have been taking jillian assigned to, to russia. that was the british that were supposed to be doing the shooting. so i would certainly hope that the british courts finally say enough is enough. there's

no way that julian assigns should or could be extradited to the united states, and he should be free to go. this, my big news in the wake of russia is threatening to blog. you chew. but now after the video sharing service deleted artes, german language channels, and the week for allegedly reaching community guidelines. moscow described the move as an act of unprecedented information, aggression. then, with the russian foreign ministry saying the measures against r t could not have been taken without berlin's approval. there is no doubt that youtube was acting with the open and tacit support of the german government and taking these unjust measures. they have exposed correspondence of russian broadcasters to years long harassment, including the blocking of bank accounts and public slander. the purpose of this aggression against the russian media holdings projects is obvious to drown out sources of information that clash with a media background that is comfortable for german officialdom. the german

government denied the allegations early. neil harvey spoke to a correspond constantly, rose coff about the ban and the possible ramifications coming up in or you know, the popularity of r t in germany among the german speaking audience has been grow in, especially in the recent years. and just to give you some numbers, artie doors had a total of almost 547000000 views and over 600000 subscribers and not a small youtube channel that placed it among the top german news channels on that platform. so artie dodge has managed to put up a fight against major german news outlets. and of course this hasn't gone unnoticed . odd, there are a lot of politicians in germany who have repeatedly called for curves on r t in a in the country. and rti has been struggling to start a teeny broadcast in germany for many years, facing both overton hayden resistance. so all in all is been an extremely harsh environment. hostile environment for our fellow colleagues in germany. so these

been, seem like kosh treatment what, what was the, the potential crime that was committed while, as usual, in these cases, the response from a media platform is vague and ye tube send our colleagues in germany message saying that there were, quote repeated violations of community guidelines so you know, that's it, you get out of the platform. google, which owns you tube. a gave is a more detailed response. so let's have a listen. ye cheap has clear community guidelines which explain what is allowed on the platform. i'll t deutsch was issued a warning for uploading content that violates our rules in relation to cove at 19 medical misinformation policy. this results in the suspension of their right to upload videos during the suspension. the channels owners tried to bypass the restrictions by using a different channel. as a result, both channels were closed, violating you cheap times of service. so to give you some context, our 1st rti george, his main youtube channel law,

was given several code related strikes and that led to a temporary suspension. so because the main page was suspended, its team decided to continue sharing his content on different page that belongs to one of its, ah shows. ah, it was different content. ah, not that which had been flag by youtube, of course. but nonetheless, both pages were completely deleted by youtube without any warning. now what's interesting is that there are no clear rules saying that you can a run a separate page, or maybe even start a new page if you are suspended on youtube for whatever reason. besides those 4 videos in question that rti doors receive strikes for are contained criticism of the government's approach of the pandemic voiced by other medical experts not by journalists. so ah, to claim that this was medical law mis information, misinterpretation. well, in the eyes of archie george that saw debatable so is ality denying in the wrong

doings it challenging this. but while they're saying that they receive an unfair treatment, and actually the 1st to common on that story in russia was our own editor in chief museum. co deletes for several months before channels were banned. the german media had been publishing scare stories about r t. german, becoming too influential to significant, according to their own calculations, were ranked forth in terms of influence in germany were bigger than, well were bigger than germany's own. shines like, don't you? well, no one expected that of course, we also didn't expect that to happen so quickly. i mean, that would attract so big an audience, have so much success. they made us out to be a bogeyman. they refused to give us a license. they forbade banks for working with us. they pressured luxembourg, so we couldn't get a license there. and when all that didn't work, they deleted us from youtube using the far fetched pretext that was predictable because no normal person believes that freedom of speech exists in this countries. the question is, how rush response we're looking forward to. it was just foreign ministry

spokeswoman money as a ha also we'd in by saying that would just happen. ah, was an act of aggression and that there's going to be a symmetrical response to directed at german media work and in russia. now the message shed didn't clarify what exactly that means, but i guess her art driven colleagues working here should be bracing for a bumpy road ahead. we'll keep track of it. we go. thoughts of alexander neu from joey's left party. know so of believe, emma, who's a politician for the c d u party. they say it was a step backwards for press. freedom in europe does isn't. oh, clearly this situation does not put european freedom in a positive light. we have to acknowledge to deny mediaspace has been subject to seth a ship and manipulation which reminds me of the worst times in germany. it's in our interest for our see to make an even greater contribution to german and european media diversity. as i've said before, r t has become an integral component of european press freedom. we as citizens have

the right to be informed and have access to high quality journalist regardless of its origin. fitness, you know, i considered it a challenging situation that now the russian point of view, public or political is being more and more suppressed. archie deutsch does not have a particularly good reputation in germany, not with readers, but rather among their colleagues. they don't like our tea deutsche, because it has broken their monopoly and the dictate of opinion in german journalists and journalists who practice journalism that preaches the authorities instead of critical journalists, do not like such competition. they don't like it that a mirror has been put in front of them in which they can see what they really should be doing. we're tracking this for you to have to chaotic scenes in the u. k . in the last 7 days, some petrol stations that are still dry, especially in the southeast, the country, despite the fuel crisis, easing britain, so massive cues on full coats across the country and as frustration, bold over. indeed, in some places, drivers even resulted to violence at times you drive, oh, okay,

got a new one, then got you. okay. so plenty attention on display and the weight, the massive cues and panic by and kicked off after all from b p or did would have to temporarily close over petrol stations because of a lack of laura drive is needed to deliver the fuel supplies and the u. k now saying then as from tomorrow it's going to bring in the army to help deliver fuel. is reminder about how it all unfolded. ah, with many you work a she worked inside the u. k. left new driver did not enter her profession. bish, all came together in debt. the supply chain simply stops.

ah, the government has not done anything. the government isn't making that time to be honest with anything marriage, you've taken us 10 years back, doesn't restore confidence interval. there's always a plan b. well look at those who come into the room i'm believe. don't know what's in the next level. what is the next stage with a leash, the potential of the entire people of this country, ah fish offering off he shot, showed him totally no strategic strategy to solve the issue in the industry. and

this will not be shawl thread, pending all 5000 feet, not if know a place be strategic actually taken. it role also only become more worse this week. so tough talks in congress than as you, as low mike as lashed out a joe biden on his top military command as over the afghan, establish droll, the bud administrations received a lot of flack over recently with some calling the pull at humiliating for washington. it was just some of the accusations that were fond of the president and his team. the president said, none of his commanders said that he should keep troops in afghanistan was out of false statement by the president. i just remember you do not have a duty to cover for the president when he's not telling the truth. i've given you my judgment on it. now we think we all know it was a false state. i have been frustrated by the lack of someone in charge on the biggest national security fiasco in a generation. there has been 0 accountability, no responsibility from anybody. we have poured cash and blood and credibility

into a ghani government. that was a mirage. it fell immediately. we were buying into the big lot, the big law that this, that this was ever going to be successful near. here's the thing. there's only 3 possibilities here. either the president lie to the american people, or he legitimately cannot remember the counsel of his top military advisors in winding down the longest war in american history or you have not been fully accurate under oath. we didn't have a president that was so adult. you all would be fired. thought is not just the pull out this been a tag. the entire afghan campaigns now coming in for increasing criticism was kind of moping, explains a testimony before congress was dancing. not only was the pull out of afghanistan fiasco, but the campaign failed to achieve its primary aim. it was an extraordinary disaster . it will go down in history, is one of the greatest failures of american leadership. we have 0 presence in

afghanistan. it could be as little as 12 months before al kato will use afghanistan as a base conduct as a base to conduct air strikes or strikes against the united states. frankly, after this debacle of withdrawal, i don't think any one can trust anything. this president says about afghanistan. we need to consider some uncomfortable truths that we did not fully comprehend. the depth of corruption and poor leadership in their senior ranks. that we did not grass the damaging effect of frequent and unexplained rotations by president ghani of his commanders. and that we fail to fully grasp why there was only so much for which and for home. many of the afghan forces would fight. so after an entire war aimed to eliminate a terrorist threat to america, that threat could now be worse to real possibility. in the not too distant future, 612182436 months that time the time frame for re constitution about kite are isis terrorist organizations seek ungoverned spaces so that i can train and equip and

thrive. and there is clearly a possibility that that can happen here are going forward. afghanistan in effect now has become an entire terrace state taliban, even though they may think that they're trying to govern that place itself to slit and already we're seeing isis attacking caliber. and there's no guarantee then that taliban can ensure that attacks will not be planned and launched from that from afghanistan. thought there were more revelations in the testimony, apparently behind closed doors. the biden administration was more divided on afghanistan. i think a while we've, it's conceivable that you could stay there. my view was that you would have had to deploy more forces in order to protect ourselves and accomplish any mission that we would have been assign. it appears that the department of defense was not fully on board with pulling out of afghanistan,

and they are arguing for maintaining some presence in the country. my view was that we needed to maintain about 2500. and we also needed to work with our coalition partners. we had about 6000 troops and there nato and other core countries that would, that would remain there. this flies in the face of the biden administration's claim that pulling out was the unanimous decision. it's unclear what would really change if the united states stayed in the country. it has been 20 years after all, and the security situation in afghanistan has not improved. so maybe the mistake wasn't pulling out in 2021, but rather going in in 2001. now that's a discussion you won't hear on capitol hill, but it's probably taking place in many american minds for officials on capitol hill to attribute that solely to the somewhat chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan is completely absurd. if the u. s. officials had dealt with these crime

on september the 11th as what they were and found out who was responsible and brought them to justice. and, you know, this would have been, you know, at this point something that just something that happened 20 years ago. that was dealt with instead, they used september the 11th as a pretext for 20 years of war. what the so called war on terror was doing was fueling tech terrorism. and the adjacent armed resistance in country after country the united states has, has actually increased the risk of terrorism me. while human rights groups are fuming over decision by the international criminal court to resume a prob, into war crimes and afghanistan, but to no longer look at allegations of american atrocities the, instead, the focus is going to be exclusively on the tell about analysis k. i have decided

to focus my offices investigations in of janice, down on crime, allegedly committed by the taliban and these law mac state and to prioritize other aspects of this investigation. it comes as washington faces outrage over a wrongful drone strike that left turn. the afghan civilians dead in cobble at the end of august, mcgasey of a senior correspondent looks into what the i c c's decision will mean for the relatives of victims who are still seeking justice. what is caused such a scandal and such furor amongst human rights activists and organizations as that the, as he sees essentially sake, we don't have the time or the means to investigate the, the thousands of verified civilian casualties caused by the united states and the aka military the prosecutors, 10 war criminals around the world that the us playable, come to land intimidation works. it also validates one of the core criticisms of

the i see it. it only takes action against politically weak individuals or nations while given western powers a pass by d. prioritizing, investigating us and so on as a national security forces. d i. c. c prosecutor is shamefully hanging, then a get out of jail free card of the people that have been kidnapped and tortured at afghan bass has or it a secret cia basis here. and i've got to start, they say, how we reached here. this point is, is due to mob tactics. because initially the, i see, she announced that they would investigate everyone's role in any potential walcross here in afghanistan. which, which prompted the tremendous pressure campaign from the united states where they threatened and sanctioned i. c. c. and officials. the timing of the i c. c decision, the announcement. i couldn't have been much worse the international press as well as the u. s. government i still reeling from the fall out of the the last drone

strike of the afghan waterloo. busy busy ah, a drone strike that caused 10 civilian casualties. we have kept in touch with their relatives and the only apology that they've heard this is on television. but the united states, the pentagon, calling the deaths of 10, the 10 of their loved ones, are a tragic mistake. but at the same time saying, no disciplinary measures would be carried out and they're left with with the understanding that if of their loss hasn't been inflicted by the taliban or isis. well,

they're out of luck or commitment to the international court of justice. i will say that we have been demanding for justice for more than one month now we suffered pain. nobody asked us about or helped us. we need justice to be served as soon as possible. i ask americans and other people around the world who allow the american military to palm innocent civilians in any part of the world. this must be stopped once and for all, no killings of women and innocent children any more. the pentagon has offered all manner of excuses, many of which they have funneled into the press. 4 for why this was an honest mistake. they claim that they have learned the lesson of this terrible tragedy. but many people find that difficult to believe if, if this was allowed to happen after 20 years in afghanistan after so many drew strikes. similar to this, when webs wrong path mark already on the horse, i will keep demanding that each person who has committed a crime here must be convicted and punished with the due process of law. it's

unfair. if a person commits a crime and then a different person is brought to court to answer, the criminal must be punished, no scapegoats. if americans committed a crime, they must be brought to justice. they should be held to account americans attack our house. not the taliban. how the taliban will answer for this attack is a logical echo. american drones arm drones keep buzzing viaz space over afghanistan with the american saying that no, they neither need nor, nor plan on requesting any afghan permission to conduct air strikes either gonna stop. just to remind everyone, no one in the by the administration or at the pentagon, has been fired, has resigned or, or intended to leave as a result of what many describe was a fiasco. the united states withdrawal ball out from of gaston. and that's just a snapshot of the many very stories we brought you from around the world in the

last 7 days. thank you for watching out international this week. and i can tell you can find so much more to on the main site or are socials here. in moscow, kevin, oh, in reporting for you, all of us here. of a great rest of the weekend. mm. ah . ah. come with me with a, with

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