have his internet cut off at the ecuadorian embassy. greetings and sal you to me should you don't there's one thing the united states knows really well it's drugs and if there's one thing we know even better it's greed so when you put the two together drugs and greed you get big pharma yes those wonderful legalized drug dealers have been at it again mark watchers this time and one of their oldest go to swindles raking old folks over the coals with exorbitant drug prices thanks to the number crunching of us senator claire mccaskill's internals the top ranking democrat on the homeland security and governmental affairs committee has released a new report showing that from two thousand and twelve to twenty seventeen the cost of popular brand name commonly used drugs for senior citizens here in the united states increased at nearly ten times the cost of inflation with the release of the multi year long investigation macaskill summed up the big pharma price gouging quite beautifully stating can you imagine if you went to an auto dealership in

sources close to wiki leaks say the ecuadorian embassy has brought julian assange internet access to stop him tweeting about catalonia and designer vivienne westwood says we must get back on the line. it's really important that he's got access to the world by old we expose your manages to do. and netflix users threatened to boycott the online entertainment giant as it appoints president obama's appalling national security adviser to its board of directors. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. russia will expel sixty u.s. diplomats and close the american consulate incident petersburg and relating washington's move over the script poisoning case foreign minister sergei lavrov announced the talent she measures against the u.s. and pledged to mirror a response to other states that have deported last year's diplomats. include the expulsion of the same number of u.s. diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in some petersburg as far as other states are concerned we will always give amir a response as it p

saying that that's what the international law requires now the ecuadorian embassy has the. men's pressure in the violation of international diplomatic law. really gross violations of a long time. i have. is a direct consequence of pressure by the governments and. the u.k. government. who somehow manages to keep him that. reason stage as as as you know it was originally a question all. request from the swedish prosecution on and off for it is they want to do him extradited to sweden to. continue to investigate their accusations against him that request is no longer there has been withdrawn and there's no reason why they have been in the embassy and. and these limitations so all direct consequences of pressure primarily from the u.k. government to one point that the u.k. authorities say that we're not keeping him there is his choice not to come out alone if he does come out he's jumped by a once before and he'll get arrested. two to two point that the first is a cause that today is the no for you and ruling saying that you tell your partner by erecting and then i'm just stepp

one of the ecuadorian officials took those decisions as honestly a chicken a report. according to sources close to wiki leaks we have learned that the ecuadorian government had police teluk tronic jammers inside the ecuadorian embassy right behind me where julian assange has been holed up for five and a half years now and the idea of this was to block him from being able to tweet as well as communicate with the outside world hold telephone conversations or have access to the internet generally speaking we also understand that he is but he's been banned from having visitors inside the embassy and apparently all of this comes following a publication in the equipe dorrian press about julian assange just tweets concerning the catalan issue specifically the detention of cattle on independence leader of carlist which demands in germany earlier this week and our understanding according to this source close to wiki leaks is that julian assange would have to has to his team have been informed of having to delete a certain tweet that he had posted among others concerning the ca

wiki leaks founder julian assange has had his internet access and visiting rights suspended by the ecuadorian embassy in london which has threatened further measures. i'm kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. wednesday was a national day of mourning in russia commemorating the victims of sunday shopping center fire in the siberian city of camera sixty four people have been confirmed dead including forty one children the blaze started on the top floor of the four story building where there was a cinema and a children's play area the emergency services say no more people are missing funerals have now started to take place hundreds of mourners gathered to pay tribute to the victims and with many of them from small villages whole communities have been left grief stricken. to deny due to closely only just. to cuba. the situation is that if we racially look at what the dish adichie knew you could you. don't need to. keep going if we could. reach you. if we keep score says we're used to musicals. mushiness should be a. key. compo

that the ecuadorian embassy has blocked june assigned his internet access to stop him tweeting about cattle and issues his friend the british designer vivienne westwood told us it's vital he gets back online. really important that he's got access to the world but although it only shows that he manages to also to come this hour the austrian foreign minister revealed that the country was pressured by the u.k. to expel russian diplomats over the soldiers reported an attack and tens of thousands of previews have joined a silent march in honor of a murdered polish called five he was recently stabbed to death. i welcome good afternoon it's just gone three pm here in moscow he watching r.t. international now our breaking news this hour sources close to wiki leaks have told r.t. why the ecuadorian embassy has blocked june the songes internet access and situ orcon is that side the embassy in london for she joins us live lasted just give us a few more details and about the reasons for the ban. well andrew indeed according to sources close to wiki leaks we have learned that the ecuadorian gover

the ecuadorian embassy has blocked julian assange has internet access to stop and tweeting about cattle on issues his friend british fashion design if you west were told as it's essential to get back online is really important that he's got access to the world via all the. money to german. elsewhere netflix uses to threaten to boycott the online entertainment giant is that a point form of president obama's national security advisor to its board of directors . thanks for joining us this evening my name's neil harvey this is r.t. international the russian foreign minister has announced retaliatory measures against the united states also pledging a quote response to other states that expelled moscow's diplomats over the script case. include the expulsion of the same number of u.s. diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in some petersburg as far as other states are concerned we will always give amir a response as it promised russia has responded tit for tat for every russian diplomat kicked out from the two dozen or so countries one of their diplomats will be kicked ou

elsewhere wiki leaks founder julian assange says internet access and visitation rights suspended by the ecuadorian embassy in london which has warned of further measures if necessary. joining us this hour my name is neil harvey this is r.t. international. wednesday was a nationwide day of mourning in russia commemorating the victims of a fire at a shopping center in the siberian city of camera the blaze began on the top floor there was a cinema there and a children's play area sixty four people have been confirmed dead including forty one children emergency services say there are no more missing people. funerals are now started to take place hundreds of mourners gathered to bid their farewell to victims of the winter cherry mall tragedy and with many victims from small villages whole communities have been left grief stricken. tonight it will close in on my niece just three. motion kristie good you feel blue chip cookies which if you should put it to me look at what the british editor knew you could you just don't need to do. you could be doing if we. could reach. here to wish that we did it don't

he's been holed up now for almost six years sources close to the whistleblower have told pti that ecuadorian officials placed electronic jammers inside the embassy also a songe isn't being allowed to receive visitors british fashion designer vivienne westwood a friend of the whistleblower expressed her support for him outside the embassy she told us she's worried about his treatment. we're very concerned about the fact that she cons are visitors at the moment and it's really important that he's got access to the world by all the expose the t.v. manages to do he's a he's a war hero he exposed america war crimes they want to be in concrete and you know is that is just my friend and he's brilliant and i'm a fashion just on the cold live you. see i'm quite regularly and a supporter whenever i can the ecuadorian embassy is preventing us from communicating with the outside world because of his tweets concerning the cattle an issue specifically the detention of the former president in germany earlier this week there were some has been told to do lead his tweets in one nine hundred forty the elected

has been denied internet access since monday and isn't being allowed to receive visitors at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's been holed up now for almost six years so it's as close to the whistleblower have told to you that ecuadorian officials placed electronic jammers inside the embassy they are preventing him from communicating with the outside world because of his tweets concerning the catalan issue specifically the detention of the former cattle and president in germany earlier this week a son she has been told to delete his tweets. in one thousand nine hundred forty the elected president of catalonia louis compan a swiss captured by the gestapo at the request of spain delivered to them and executed today german police have arrested the elected president of catalonia karl is put to them once at the request of spain to be extradited. this is not the first time julian assange has had his communications cut in twenty sixteen the embassy suspended his internet access following wiki leaks release of e-mails of the democratic national committee and to hillary clinton's campaign a

see i'm quite regularly and supported whenever i can the ecuadorian embassy is preventing us from the communicating with the outside world because of his tweets concerning the catalan su specifically the detention of the former cattle and president in germany earlier this week there was has been told to delete his tweets. in one nine hundred forty the elected president of catalonia louis compan a swiss captured by the gestapo at the request of spain delivered to them and executed today german police have arrested the elected president of catalonia preached a moment at the request of spain to be extradited. the embassy says it blocked his internet access because a songe failed to honor an agreement not to comment on political issues relating to ecuador or other countries but sources close to wiki leaks told us there is no such agreement now a songe took refuge inside the embassy in two thousand and twelve after being accused of rape in sweden a case that was later dropped he says he fears being extradited to america if he leaves the embassy as he faces espionage charges there australia

wiki leaks founder julian assange has these internet access and visitation rights suspended by the ecuadorian embassy in london which has warned of further measures if necessary. thanks for joining us my name's neil harvey this is our international. wednesday was a nationwide day of mourning here in russia commemorating victims of a fire at a shopping center in the siberian city of camera the blaze started on the top floor it was a cinema and a children's play area sixty four people have been confirmed dead including forty one children emergency services say there are no more missing people funerals have now been taking place hundreds of mourners gathered to bid their farewells to the victims of the winter cherry mall tragedy with many victims from small villages entire communities have been left grief stricken. you know my niece just three. motion pushed you know if you feel like you got the switch and you just did it to be nice to be look at what the dish adichie knew you could you. don't need to. be doing if we could. reach it was documents. that we need to believe if we keep score says wh

i will still to come here on the program on r t international the ecuadorian embassy is not very happy with julian assad right now when his latest tweets in fact they've shut him down we'll give you details after the break. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest street in truth to stand down and lose business you just need as the right questions and demand the right answer. question lol. good of you to join us today wiki leaks founder julian assange has been cut off from the outside world since monday by the ecuadorian embassy in london where of course he's been holed up now for nearly six years and sources close to the whistleblower have told pti that ecuadorian officials placed electronic jammers inside the embassy also just not being allowed to receive visitors or british fashion designer vivienne westwood a friend of the whistleblower expressed her support for him outside the embassy she told us she's worried about his treatment. we're very concerned about the fact that s

chinese and canadian companies have succeeded to persuade the ecuadorian government to grant licenseso open up this ground, ignoring the opposition from the native population. president rafael correa is now confronting the quechua indians after he pledged to defend their interests when he was elected 7 years ago. ppresident rafael correa has been concentrating power around his government after being reelected to a third term. now correa's leadership and popularity is threatened by grarassroots and indian movovements that oppose his d de to make mining a main source of revenue for ecuador. >> [speaking spanish] >> ecuador faces a tough dilemma. should its natural resources be exploited on a large industrial scale? or should they be preserved for the sake of the environmental protection? according to this analyst, mineral riches are the only means to finance healtlth, education, and public works, so necessary for the development of the country. >> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] nina: our next speaker is someone who has been tirelessly and courageously y tackling some of the mo

that today to see a new show you starting out he hosted by the former ecuadorian president rafael will have the details on that because of the story speak to just after the break. if anyone thinks that for the sake of joining the european union serbia would recognize kosovo under the conditions that they compose right now and not on the basis of dialogue or compromise school very wrong this is a once a compromise but the solution proposed by cost of oil is not a real solution. i would normally manufactured. public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the frame of. the one percent. nor middle of the room. in the. south african parliament has voted in favor of new legislation that could see land from white farmers under the plans white farmers will be tripped of their land but no compensation although this does run against the constitution which would have to be amended here's what the man behind the initiative had to say about it the time for reconsideration is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensatin

today wiki leaks founder julian assange has been cut off from the outside world since monday by the ecuadorian embassy in london where of course he's been holed up for almost six years sources close to the whistleblower have told me that ecuador and officials placed electronic jamas inside the embassy also not being allowed to receive visitors british fashion designer vivienne westwood a friend of the whistleblower expressed support for him outside the embassy she told us she's worried about his treatment. we're very concerned about the fact that she can stop visitors at the moment and it's really important that he's got access to the world by all the exposure the t.v. manages to do he's a he's a war hero he exposed american war crimes they want to be concrete and you know this is just my friend a nice brilliant i'm a fashion just on the call the. see i'm quite regularly and supportive whenever i can the ecuadorian embassy is preventing us from communicating with the outside world because of his tweets concerning the catalan issue specifically that attention of the former catalan president in

which has exposed millions of confidential documents over the years he sought refuge inside the ecuadorian embassy in london in two thousand and twelve after being accused of rape in sweden a case meanwhile dropped by stockholm authorities the son says he fears leaving the embassy and being extradited to the u.s. where he faces charges of espionage the executive editor of the news website twenty first century wire gave us his reaction to the developments. it can only be described as the sort of atmosphere in parliament is descended into a sort of a public school lunchroom rather than this sort of the decorum that you would expect from elected representatives when you're talking about serious matters of state julia saunders only highlighting some of the. discrepancies the hypocrisy. the unanswered questions of this very serious case and the statements coming from this member of parliament really you should read into that is that the state doesn't want people with dissenting views to have platforms and be able to express those if they're in opposition to whatever the official party line is.

today sees a new show starting on hosted by the former ecuadorian president rafael correia we'll have more details on luck after the break. when you don't. seem to. get a court. what are the most true only ten states. left in the hills said. cement claiming to know servant is best to let. you speak french. this is all. the same yes he will send them all to new. people so busy signal to. join me every thursday on the all excitement and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you there. welcome back germany's dark nazi past still troubles the country although less so it seems in some parts a small village near frankfurt is being thrust into the spotlight after it decided to retain a nazi symbol. i think. because couple of people don't like. having the ceiling to know that there's a cloak with. a big story like this. yeah yeah and this bell has been here for some time and now someone wants to get rid of it as a side of this bell didn't do anyone harm i think there are more terrible things to pay attention to. the south african parliament has voted in favor

hosted by the former ecuadorian president rafael correa i would have the details on that plus of the stories for you to just after the break. they put themselves on the line. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express an injury. or something want to. get it right to be close this is what the three of the people. interested in the was. there should. be. welcome back now the south african parliament has voted in favor of new legislation that could see land seized from white farmers under the plans white farmers will be stripped of their land with no compensation although this runs against the constitution which would have to be amended here's what the man behind the initiative had to say about it the time for re conciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land. well julius malema there is something of a controversial figure in south africa he has been convicted of hate speech in back in twenty sixteen he said he was not calling for the slaughter of white people

the heavens the earth and the underworld were in a new ecuadorian. for most of meso america the age of venus had gone for two hundred sixty days in the year lena's rises first in the evening sky and sets last in the morning the new symbolize the balance of the divine powers and was variously represented in ott. presently monta gone had new over you know they had connections with the poll tax a great nation to the northwest founded around the year seven hundred and d. by the father of the legendary cat socorro. new temples and palaces were built they were consecrated to venus the evening star but the new rulers were not alone. other families on the south side of the great square raised claims to power their temples was sacred to venus to venus the morning star. entered upon a new golden age its territory extended from western and northern mexico to the regions of yucatan and honduras to the south and rulers of mountain wealthy and respected and from up here they could oversee the entire economy of mesoamerica. throughout the country really round as wa

amy: the ecuadorian government has cut off julian assange's internet access in the ecuadorian embassy of london, accusing assange of breaking an agreement not to issue statements that might interfere in the politics of other countries. the suspension of his internet came after assange challenged britain's accusation that russia was responsible for the poisoning of a russian spy and his daughter earlier this month. in a statement, the ecuadorian embassy said assange's social media statements "put at risk the good relations ecuador maintains with the united kingdom, with the other states of the european union, and with other nations." puerto rico's governor challenged puerto rico's unelected congressionally imposed fiscal control board in an impassioned speech wednesday from only hours after the board told the governor they were mandating additionally -- additional austerity measures, including cuts to the island's pension system. he has repeatedly rejected the idea of any cuts to the pension system. the proposed additional austerity measures come as puerto rico is still recovering from

i did go to the ecuadorian embassy. some people like him, some people don't. it's irrelevant. the e-mails in play. he revealed the e-mails to the world. the question that i think we've got to ask ourselves, if robert mueller, if his mandate, which is now expanded even into the uae and well beyond what his original mandate is, if his mandate is to discover trump russia collusion, where the e-mails came, from did they come from russia, don't you think the first guy you might want to ask or try to get information from would be the guy that we -- the one person on earth that you know knows where that came from? whether you like julian or don't like julian, that would be julian assange. i can say with certainty anybody else on the face of this earth would know 100%, but he would. >> well, when i said on msnbc tonight that i did not believe that julian assange was a russian agent and i didn't believe that wikileaks is a russian asset, i think he's an honest journalist. nobody has questioned the accuracy of any of the materials that wikileaks has released. >> sean: 11 years -- >> the

that the ecuadorian embassy has blocked june songes internet access to stop him tweeting about catalan issues. from foreign minister reveals that the country was pressured by the u.k. to expel russian diplomats over the poison attack and tens of thousands of prisoners have joined a silent march in honor of a murdered holocaust survivor who was recently stabbed to death. by their good afternoon welcome.

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hosted by the former ecuadorian president rafael correa we'll have the details on that because of the stories just after the break. ukraine is in a pre-collapse the situation is their moment to do renew all of the ukraine agreement was the all region all disclosure not. exactly because the some countries for the story carries are something the opium countries are obsessed with the role of russian for the rich i can understand breaking up the greek. manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. with the famous. nor middle of the room. here with the south african parliament has voted in favor of need i just could see land seized from white farmers under the plans white farmers would be stripped of their land with no compensation however such a move currently violates the constitution it would have to be amended to allow such legislation to go through the motion came from minority force in the country's parliament but was backed by the ruling party is the man behind the initiative to say about it. the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for

sources close to wiki leaks tell me that the ecuadorian embassy his genius on his internet access to stop him tweeting about cathal an issue is his friend british design a baby in westwood told this it is essential that he gets back on line. really important that he's got i access to the world but all the exposed shows the t.v. money just to do both sides of come the russian foreign ministry says e.u. states have been pressured by the u.k. to take action against russia austria has also confirmed british pressure over this could have piled case and netflix users reckoned to boycott the online entertainment giant as it appoints former president obama's national security adviser to its board of directors.

the ecuadorian government says it wants to stop him from interfering in the affairs of other countries ending for a cat with a bit of a problem. this is gipsy, a pet from phoenix in arizona, who was stuck on top of this power line for three days. eventually some rescue attempts were put into motion, but as you can see, gipsy refused tojump into the bucket and be brought back down to earth. so this brave rescuer climbed all the way up to pick up the cat and return it safely to earth. gipsy was eventually reunited with his owners, apparently safe and well despite the ordeal. more now on our main news this hour — america's cautious welcome of the talks between the chinese president xi jinping and north korea's leader kim jong—un. later on thursday, a chinese special envoy will travel to seoul to update the south korean president moonjae—in. earlier i wasjoined from beijing by miha hribernik is a senior asia analyst at global risk consultancy verisk maplecroft and i asked him if this shuttle diplomacy was paving the way to iron out the details for the kim—trump meeting in may. absolutely.

the ecuadorian government says it wants to stop him interfering in the affairs of other countries. for some of the 64 people who lost their lives in a fire at a shopping centre on sunday. most of those who died in the city of kemerovo were children. relatives claim dozens of other people are still missing. a national day of mourning has been declared. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford reports. they're desperate not to let go. a couple cling to the coffin of their ten—year—old daughter. masha's little brother and their grandma were also killed in the kemerovo fire, on a day out at the cinema. for those left behind, saying goodbye is too much to bear. wailing "save their souls, take them to paradise," natalia begs as her children are lowered into a shared grave. and then she cries out their names. they are three of the 64 who were trapped in a burning shopping centre, where no fire alarm went off and emergency doors were blocked. sergei wants to know why. translation: someone has to answer for this. this can't be allowed. it's so hard to understand why those trying to escape didn't m

that when you show an arty premieres today hosted by the former ecuadorian president rafael his first guest is the american linguist and philosopher and author of more than one hundred books noam chomsky the full version of his interview is available on the spanish version of our website at r.t. dot com and here is a quick test. according to what's wrong under his government. or. true. well actually it's quite the opposite under crumpets becoming weaker lissa for. its internal it does not agree to losing its whatever international authority. and it's also moving to destroy the world the most important policy of the trumpet ministration by for is its approach towards the real existential crisis climate change here the united states under trump has departed from the entire world. read or do you know the states and north korea and what do you know that ace you know or we of consequences could very easily and in this case there happens to be a very feasible approach to dealing with the crisis and it's pretty well known oh it's a chinese proposal which has been on the table for years the p

show hosted by the former ecuadorian president rafael correa made its debut on thursday as well his first guest was the philosopher and author noam chomsky and you can see the full interview on our website r.t. dot com but here is a preview. according to the what's wrong under his government he's more will be. well actually it's quite the opposite under crumpets becoming weaker less effective. it's internally disintegrating it's losing its whatever international authorities. and it's also moving to destroy the world and the most important policy of the trumpet ministration by for is its approach towards the real existential crisis climate change here the united states under trump has departed from the entire world. can be read to or between the united states and north korea and what they do know that ace in a war we are consequences could very easily. in this case there happens to be a very feasible approach to dealing with the crisis and it's pretty well known. chinese proposal which has been on the table for years the proposal is what's called a double freeze north korea freezes its dev