s perceived non-cooperation with the probe into american financier geoffrey epstein's death and washington's refusal to extradite a british 250 back to killer the wife of a u.s. intelligence official but artie's donald quarter looks at how the 2 states still always seem to find common ground on issues that threaten their political establishment. the u.s. and u.k. have long been close allies but sometimes even friends have their falling outs u.s. courts are still investigating the circumstances of multi-millionaire pedophile jeffrey epstein's mysterious death and unfortunately his former friend prince andrew has been less than receptive to prosecutors so let me say that the southern district of new york and the f.b.i. have contacted prince andrew's attorneys and requested to interview present prince andrew and today. prince andrew has provided 0 cooperation lawyers and journalists were quick to phone in after pleading with the prince to aid the investigation but to no avail despite the value and or gave to cooperate just several months ago i continue to unequivocally regrets my ill judged ass

notorious name from the past year was that of a disgraced american financier and paedophile geoffrey epstein and his role at the head of a traffic sex trafficking operation catering for the rich and powerful he was found dead in prison in august while awaiting further trial his death was officially ruled a suicide but it failed to draw a line on the epstein sordid story as caleb moore penned explains. imagine a billionaire who is friendly with u.s. presidents like bill clinton and donald trump imagine he's also tight with the british royal family and now imagine that he's also heavily involved in running a sex trafficking network where he gives clients access to under-age girls. now a story like that cannot be ignored no matter how hard some might try i had a falling out with them a long time ago i don't think i've spoken to him for 15 years i wasn't saying i was not a long time ago it starts it may be 15 years and it would be. a considerable stress to say that he was a very very close friend but it gets better magine that certain media had been suppressing the story after being put under pr

prince andrew has been dodging their requests for help in the case of just christ a financier geoffrey epstein the wirral had promised to assist investigations into alleged 6 trafficking and abused by abstain and his associates. u.s. officials have confirmed that a small american military plane has crashed enough ghana's down bought will not say what happened to those on board the aircraft went down in the taliban held province of gaza any spokesman for the insurgents gave conflicting statements about whether it had crashed or had been shot down or. italy's right wing likud party has failed in its bid to win a k. regional election losing to the incumbent center left democratic party likud party later vini had hoped a victory in northern humility would help in bringing down the least fragile national coalition government. fans and fellow players a mourning the death of american basketball star kobe bryant and i. died in a helicopter crash the retired because playa was in the private helicopter when it went down near los angeles on sunday leaving no survivors the victims include his teenage daug

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president bill clinton's impeachment and alan dershowitz who is known for defending 6 defended geoffrey epstein. brazil's culture minister has been fired after using language similar to hitler's propaganda minister us of goebbels. used the speeches phrases in a speech to promote a new initiative in brazil focusing on nationalism and religion out of him admitted the similarity but called it a coincidence. officials in newfoundland in canada have declared a restraint of image and c.g. to encrease event of blizzard conditions residents were warned to expect as much as 70 centimeters of snow and i've been told to prepare emergency kits with enough supplies to last for at least 3 days. well u.s. president donald trump has warned iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many to be very careful with his words it comes after the ayatollah denounced the united states and urged iranians to unite behind their government in a rare appearance at friday prayers he dismissed trump as a clown and called his support for the iranian people a pretense how many also defended iran's military after me after it admitt

american was acute as say prince andrew has provided zero cooperation to the geoffrey epstein sex traffickingident trump with more republican saying they will vote with democrats to hear from witnesses in his trial.

about the apprehension the controversial demise of billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker geoffrey epstein the political elites man with the little black book the man who owned an island built on sand with a trail of friends and accomplices that includes 2 presidents and a prince 2019 also brought us real time looks at how the united states flexes its foreign policy in latin america through manipulated headlines jack ryan t.v. shows and brilliantly covert regime change operations that are no longer kerber covert and not really brilliant it's all that and a whole lot more as we take a few moments to reflect on the year that was watching the hawks in 2019. that i got.

about the apprehension the controversial demise of billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker geoffrey epstein the political elites man with the little black book the man who owned an island built on sin with a trail of friends and accomplices that includes 2 presidents and a prince 2019 also brought us real time looks at how the united states flexes its foreign power.

we flew into st thomas like geoffrey epstein had for many years only we were in a small commercial plane and epstein would arrive in his private jet after a night on st thomas we woke up early the next morning and chartered a boat to take us to epstein's little st james and great st james islands of the southeastern coast of st thomas. the trip across the turquoise water from the marina didn't take long only about 15 minutes and then there they were going to tory asylums in a tropical paradise with a sordid story the building on top of the island there that's abstains main residence there's a stone wall there's a lawn there's a couple of other buildings here and we're not sure what they are maybe their guest quarters may be employee quarters we're not exactly sure we're also seeing palm trees lining the island every single palm tree was imported we're told at a cost of $20000.00 each on the opposite end of the $72.00 acre island from epstein's magine is the temple looking structure that once had a golden dome ripped off during hurricane earl according to the locals we talked to many were

has been dodging their requests for help in their investigations into the late sex offender geoffrey epstein and his associates the british royal had promised to assist investigations into epstein's alleged sex sex trafficking of minors in a number of countries. well the last survivors of auschwitz have been gathering at that former nazi death camp in what was once occupied poland their numbers are growing ever fewer but some have returned there to bear witness they were joined by world leaders to mark 75 years since auschwitz was liberated in january of 1945 in the final months of world war 2. reliving the horrors of auschwitz. the agony edged over his face. and yet despite the pain these holocaust survivors have returned to this film a death camp to remind the world where anti semitism and racism can lead. in front of the gates of auschwitz known as the gates of death a commemoration ceremony in which delegates from $61.00 countries are taking part and $200.00 auschwitz survived is each with that terrible memories of what happened here i remember that if she was there to make it to women's

cooperate just several months ago i continue to university regrets my ill judged association with geoffrey epstein of course i'm willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigation if required the prince's refusal gave the u.s. a taste of how u.k. officials felt in august of last year when british teen harry dunn was killed by a car and the driver the wife of a u.s. diplomat was charged with murder following the death of heavy down in north hampton the come prosecution service has today authorized not hanssen ship police to charge and cyclonus with causing death by dangerous driving when the u.k. asked for her extradition in accordance with its agreement with the u.s. the request was flat out denied the united states has a strong law enforcement relationship with the u.k. and in particular a strong track record or close cooperation on extradition matters however under the circumstances of this case we strongly believe that an extradition request would be highly inappropriate that track record didn't stop the stab in the back felt across great britain the prime minister

about the apprehension the controversial demise of billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker geoffrey epstein the political elites man with the little black book the man who own denial and built on sand with a trail of friends and accomplices that includes 2 presidents and a prince 2019 also brought us real time looks at how the united states flexes its foreign policy in latin america through manipulated headlines jack ryan t.v. shows 'd and brilliantly covert regime change operations that are no longer curve or covert and not really brilliant it's all that and a whole lot more as we take a few moments to reflect on the year that was watching the hawks in 2019. it's. like you know that i got. welcome everybody to watching the. robot tour and today we will look back on the year that was we will start that look back with the extinction rebellion in our interview with giovanni to marcus a young man was such dedication to save our future that he led not one but 2 hunger strikes this year with the 2nd including hundreds upon hundreds of people in $27.00 countries spending 6 continents all to prote

friendship with the late disgraced paedophile geoffrey epstein. and so lastly and this is a point that i think a lot of people didn't grow up in monarchies may not really fully understand at a time of political turmoil the royal family families really look to for a kind of sense of continuity instability and you know prime ministers they come and go the crown is for life and so for mexico to come less than 3 weeks before bret's it that's really an earthquake what about the future of harry and maggie themselves i mean we saw in that statement they said that they want to make themselves financially independent how are they going to do that you know well before you begin to worry they're not going to have to sleep in the streets right they'll keep their titles they'll keep their role cottage their security bill will still be paid for what they're doing essentially by stepping down the senior members of the royal family means that they're giving of access to the suffering gran and that is the annual funding mechanism of the monarchy and so they're now

about the apprehension the controversial demise of billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker geoffrey epstein the political elites man with the little black book the man who owned an island built on sin with a trail of friends and accomplices that includes 2 presidents and a prince. 2019 also brought us real time looks at how the united states flexes its foreign policy in latin america through manipulated headlines jack ryan t.v. shows and brilliantly covert regime change operations that are no longer curve or covert and not really brilliant it's all that and a whole lot more as we take a few moments to reflect on the year that was watching the hawks in 2019. but that's. what they like that i got. we. would. welcome everybody to watching the. i robot turn to day we will look back on the year that was we will start that look back with the extinction rebellion in our interview with giovanni to marcus a young man with such dedication to save our future that he led not one but 2 hunger strikes this year with the 2nd including hundreds upon hundreds of people in $27.00 countries spending 6 contine

but you won't find the papers very much or we need all programs will go up prince andrew and geoffrey epstein yet actually of the new report leg ations of. a nation in a us prison and so forth but you can understand why prince charles wouldn't want the fact that he sought the advice on his marriage to diana from jimmy savile even the stanway things like that would want to be kept secret. because they would be seen in a bad bad light when in fact they were presumably the it's a completely innocent well i don't think there's no way to know what responsible for what jimmy savile to eat and there's intolerance to in that sort of ghastly behavior that jimmy savile been indulged in but the fact is he should have bad judgment this is our future king he should bad judgment in relying on jimmy savile for marriage advice and being very close to him and being a star at the fed drove him even when it was known to other people that jimmy savile was a bad lot well obviously there are also allegations about how the queen hides her wealth in tax havens but when it comes to the remove. level of the monarchy i

news media should only report the facts never speculation and we don't know what went on in geoffrey epstein cell but it has officially been ruled to have been a suicide however given all the facts we just went over. is it really shocking that millions of americans are saying to use of old timey but t.v. appropriate language i call ballooning what mop and arty new york. another 2019 also saw a year of political dealing over weaponry as the iran euclidian unravels missions boosted the defense budgets to get tooled up on a new arms race waited in the wings now the u.s. withdrew from the i.m.f. treaty on limiting ballistic missiles that was back in 28 team russia than took what it described as a symmetrical response in 2019 it was thought of 6 a closer look at how it developed. an arms race cold war a nuclear crisis it seemed all these things both sparked and faded out of historical relevance in the past millennium but 2019 saw all of them make a comeback the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the u.s. unilaterally demolished a pillar of international stability crushing its

has been dodging their requests for help in their investigations into the late sex offender geoffrey epstein and his associates the british royal had promised to assist investigations into epstein's alleged sex trafficking of minors in a number of countries. israeli president reuben rivlin has begun a 3 day trip to germany together with his counterpart from other steinmeier he was welcomed at a jewish high school right here in berlin the moses mendelssohn high school is open to both jewish and non jewish students and a high profile visit comes amid an alarming rise of anti-semitism in germany. where on monday rivlin and steinmeier attended commemorations at auschwitz marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi death camp the last survivors join world leaders and dignitaries to bear witness. reliving the horrors of auschwitz. the bag in the edged over his face. and yet despite the pain these holocaust survivors have returned to this former death camp to remind the world where anti semitism and racism can lead. in front of the gates of auschwitz known as the gates of death a com

has been dodging their requests for help in their investigations into the late sex offender geoffrey epstein and his associates the british royal had promised to assist investigations into scenes alleging sex trafficking of minors in a number of countries. and lebanon's parliament has passed a budget to address its massive debt and the hopes of protesters who blame politicians for widespread corruption demonstrators vowed to continue protesting until the parliament is brought to how. israel has announced its beefing up forces in the jordan valley part of the occupied west bank ahead of the unveiling of u.s. president trump's middle east peace plan israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington along with opposition leader benny gantz where they've been read meeting with a president trump and together they are expected to present to his long awaited peace plan in a few hours time. while details of trump's proposal remain secret there's been speculation that it could give israel the go ahead to annex the jordan valley a move that analysts say is sure to fan the conflict with the pa

american was acute as say prince andrew has provided zero cooperation to the geoffrey epstein sex trafficking enquiry. the tide in congress is turning against president trump with more republican saying they will vote with democrats to hear from witnesses in his trial. it is increasingly likely that other republicans will join those increasingly likely that other republicans willjoin those of us who think we should hear from john bolton. hello. 75 years ago a ray of light shone down on the darkest place on earth. the soviet army liberated auschwitz birkenau, the vast complex in muncie occupied poland were over a million prisoners died. on monday, survivors were joined by international leaders in a ceremony to help keep the memory alive in the hope that today, in a world where racism and fascism is on the rise, we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. world leadersjoin world leaders join survivors world leadersjoin survivors here world leaders join survivors here to keep alive the memory of the vic's. 6 million people, mostlyjewish, murdered by the nazis. more than a million of them in this

with our proposals for the economy society and family because prosecutors have volved of the geoffrey epsteinsex trafficking inquiry want to speak with britain's prince andrew but the chief federal prosecutor for new york geoffrey bourbons says prince andrew has provided 0 cooperation he says the best gaiters have contacted the duke of york's lawyers and asked to interview him but there's been no response. some of the last living survivors of the holocaust have shared their emotional testimony as they are the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp in poland more than a 1000000000 people barely jews were killed at auschwitz alone between 140 and 945 jonah hill has more from the ceremony. facing the entrance to auschwitz birkenau seated alongside the railway line the delivered multitudes mostly jews in cattle trucks to their deaths survivors shared their stories. from when. i remember making women driven in trucks from the barracks a gas chamber i can hear them screaming i can hear it in my subconscious when i remember those events world leaders royalty and religious leaders liste

impeachment of bill clinton 22 years ago on the celebrity lawyer alan dershowitz who's represented geoffrey epstein o.j. simpson roman polanski and might tyson the trial will be led by white house counsel and trump's lawyer. and the 1st aerial images of the toll volcano in the philippines shows the extent of the devastation tens of thousands of people have already been displaced and they have been advised not to return to their homes because of fear is that the volcano could erupt again. that's it for myself in the team here in london counting the cost is coming up next. the climate crisis and the environment take center stage at this year's world economic forum in davos business people experts and leaders from around the world can expect an icy reception from some as they discuss how to save the planet from the ranks of rising temperatures get the latest updates on al jazeera. this is counting the cost of al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week for signing march. march there are 40 or $50.00 to our farm that's our farm thank you i keep trying hard to track. china.

simpson move producer harvey weinstein and he also represented geoffrey epstein has more from deborah was on the our correspondent in washington who tells us how president is not taking any chances with this legal team. trump is taking this very very seriously i mean these 2 lawyers that he brought in to be part of this team are celebrity or lawyers that are very very well known in washington and have a long history in this city and really in the nation 1st looking alan dershowitz a long time a law professor at harvard he's considered one of the preeminent constitutional lawyers in the u.s. dershowitz is actually a democrat voted for hillary clinton however he has come out very strongly over the last 3 to 4 months or so before that saying that he believes that this impeachment trial is something that should not be pursued constitutionally and that there are no high crimes and so-called misdemeanors and so that's really caught trump's attention and i think that's probably why he brought dershowitz on his team also dershowitz his peers on television here in the united states as a legal

these allegations against prince andrew meantime gloria already who is representing one of geoffrey epstein's accusers says that she has also personally reached out to prince andrew in a letter asking him to provide information into the epstein sex trafficking investigation but he has not responded to her either last month. on or about well december 10th i sent a letter 1st to the lawyers for prince andrew urging prince andrew to. to agree to be interviewed by the f.b.i. . about what he would know about. jeffrey epstein and or anyone. in mr epstein circle she needs. to provide relevant information. most people if they know that a crime has been committed. or most likely was committed and they have relevant information. as i've said whether they're prince or a proper they should provide it however legal experts say prince andrew does not have to speak to investigators because he has no legal duty to do so but not a total surprise that prince andrew has not apparently come cooperated with the the abyssinian inquiry. prince andrew will have been told by his lawyers it may appear morally indefens