that's the start of the extradition hearings ok danny mcadams executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity thanks for your time. with proving to be more polarizing than ever i was joined in the studio by donna for more on the outpouring of reaction to the case. there is a rest i should say has clearly showcased how much of a divisive figure songe has become he's got an army of supporters on one hand he's got an army of haters on the other one but really whether you like him or not he's won multiple awards for his journalism and that's why some of the most the most vocal bunch i should say were journalists activists and the whistleblowers who have stepped forward and voiced his support to julian and one of the loudest voices in this quiet was edward snowden a fellow whistleblower who is was granted asylum and who is still in russia who doesn't seem to be well moving him anywhere anytime soon but he has been very vocal along with some other journalists and whistleblowers have a listen images of what those ambassador invoicing the case secret police into the embassy to drag a p

has an advisor on the africa program at the united states institute for peace we appreciate your time very much so what do you make of how it seems that at least so far the military is being somewhat responsive to the protesters. i think that there's a fundamental dissonance here however shuttle between what the demonstrators have been demanding for some months now including as you said in the segment as recently as this morning in terms of calling for a civilian led transition and what we haven't seen in the ups and downs of the last week is really anything that looks any something that looks anything like that and so i suspect that this is not this is really not even probably the end of the beginning of the story certainly heartening that the demonstrators have have constituted a negotiating team that has met with the military council and certainly that's an important step but i think we have to be very very cautious in terms of thinking that there is any narrowing of the vast differences between the path for the military council has charted and what the aspirations of the demonstra

diplomat and an adviser in the africa program at the united states institute for peace he says the demonstrators want accountability from the old regime. it's certainly heartening that the demonstrators have have constituted a negotiating team that has met with the military council and certainly that's an important step but i think we have to be very very cautious in terms of thinking that there's any narrowing of the vast differences between the path for the military council has charted and what the aspirations of the demonstrators and the vast majority seemingly of the people of sudan or the seeming firing of the of the intelligence chiefs today. really powerful figure and i think one of the questions that remains is whether he may be down but is he out and i think we've seen very clearly from the demonstrators and others a desire for accountability for the very figures such as solid goes who they believe have been responsible for human rights violations and other other atrocities over some decades algeria's judges have announced they will boycott the supervision of presidents the elections th

institute of peace. thank you for me the disintegration of libya has been going on for some time. what can break the deadlock right now? >> i am of the belief that until there are significant engagements by the principal actors that support groups within libya -- that would be fr,ce, italy, the gulf stat potentially turkey. as well as groups that have convening power like the u.s., you can't resolve this problem. the u.n. alone has pven to be a failure. jane: do these various count have a plan? canhereach an agreement on how to move forward? >> there are too many plans. the french have a plan, the italians have a plan, the saudi's have their own vision.s a plan ie wrong word. they have their own visions for how this should go. what is needed for this point is for responsible actors to bring these disparate groups together to figure out what a political solution looks like and do that en a way thaings fighting and suffering to a jane: one of the key players in this, course, he does not think there is a political riluti

bashir removal from power very grateful for your thoughts and for joining us paid to not speaking from the united states institute of peace. now of course in london has convicted the founder of wiki leaks for skipping by eleven twenty twelve going to some machine pleaded not guilty faces up to twelve months in prison for the challenge and the forty seven year old was dropped from.

thank you, ambassador, for the introduction and i'd like to thank united states institute of peace, particularly president limburg for this gracious invitation, and more important this very significant event today. there's three, three keyways i would address that my bureau,, figure of public and stabilization operations, addresses statement for julie. -- state fragility. first we need to articulate very clearly why this is a national security priority. fragile states are important or their critical because they enable the growth of radical extremism. the incubate transnational organized crime. they stifle economic growth. they spread pandemic disease and the probably destabilizing migration flows. so these are why this is important to the united states to the second part of this is establishing a very clear definition and policy framework. to this end the cso and use a deacon state department and usa have a working to come together to create -- u.s. aid -- come together for a clear definition of conflict prevention. this is i will find this as a limited one, that is to say, conflict prevention

i want to go back and thank nancy limburg and the us institute of peace. thank you for your sponsorship, governor keane is here, thank you for your leadership on the task force, what a terrific panel, very substantive, distinguished panel. join me in thanking them. [applause] >> i have one announcement. it is 11:35, 10 minutes for a quick break and to be back 11:45 for the next session. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] the energy in the room, people having lots of connections. we will get started with our third panel. i would like everyone to find their seats. might. good morning. is roger tomorrow -- raj kumar. year -- to beo be here. i remember many years ago now -- maybe 20 years ago, i tried to understand how the u.s. government organized its foreign system activities. i counted 49 separate programs. that may be a little out of date. it may be bigger now. this morning's c

eight to a record year for global military spend heading highs not seen since the end of the cold war according to the annual report by the stockholm international peace research institute the u.s. and china are responsible for huff of the one point eight trillion dollars spent last year on the big spenders lists that washington and beijing are followed by saudi arabia india and fronts those three states make up iran ten percent of the cash used to develop armies make weapons and other military equipment and russia is on its side the top five down from fourth to six on cut spending by three and a half percent. in contrast the u.s. and china both increasing their funding by around five percent the first time washington had boosted spending since twenty ten. with us now on the program happy to see is dr ninety one researcher for the institute that produced the military spending report welcome to the program the one point eight trillion dollars spent globally that was i think about incentives two point six percent rise from twenty seventeen worrying. well it's not worrying given. the growth rate over the last few years it is the second consecutive year increase what gets p

a new report by the stockholm international peace research institute or see for it shows a rise in global military spending once again much of the increase is driven by the us was steered spent almost as much on its military as the next eight countries combined but china and eastern european countries are also spending more on defense . military preparedness calls for tanks bombs and grenades in the face of growing global tensions many countries are arming themselves more than ever. between one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and twenty eighteen worldwide defense spending rose almost continuously with one plateau to nearly two trillion dollars a year and twenty eighteen a sharp increase over twenty seventeen. the u.s. is by far the biggest spender on weapons and it shows no sign of changing course in twenty eighteen washington increased its military spending for the first time in seven years. china has the second largest defense budget which it also boosted in twenty eighteen saudi arabia a traditionally well armed country with the third largest budget reduced its spending india and fr

eighteen was a record year for global military spending heading not seen since the end of the cold war according to the annual report by the stockholm international peace research institute the u.s. and china are responsible for huff of the one point eight trillion dollars spent last year all the big spenders list washington and beijing are followed by saudi arabia india friends those three states make up around ten percent of the cash used to develop armies make weapons and other military equipment russia sits outside the top five and even cut spending by three and a half percent in contrast to the u.s. and china both increasing funding by five percent or so the first time washington has boosted spending since twenty ten one should point out as well dr nunn from the institute conducted the study shared his concerns with me. in the way the u.s. has a global military presence whereas china look at each other the u.s. is looking to improve its capabilities through better weapons high quality weapons more weapons it's more of a race between china and the u.s. and the child is looking to assert its hard to reach not and call all militias up and just the u.s. close fearing th

was a record here for global military spending heading has not seen since the end of the cold war according to the annual report by the stockholm international peace research institute the u.s. and china responsible for half of the one point eight trillion dollars spent last year on the big spenders left washington and beijing a followed by saudi arabia india and france those three states make up about ten percent of the cashews to develop armies make weapons and other military equipment russia sits outside the top five and even cut spending by three point five percent that's while the u.s. and china both increase their funding by about five percent the first time washington a boosted spending since two thousand and ten doctors from the institute that conducted the study showed his concerns. do it does not interest around the world you see it in your seat in asia pacific some parts of americas and even africa so in the way the us has this global military presence whereas china has us looking to improve its capabilities for weapons high quality weapons more weapons race between china and the us given that the china is looking to assert itself as a regional and global

for now. the united nations remain available to facilitate any political solution able to unify the libyan institutions. libyans deserve peacesecurity, prosperity and the respect of their human rights. he was there for talks with general khalifa haftar from the self—styled libyan national army, but they broke down. khalifa haftar‘s troops are under orders to get to tripoli in order to overthrow the internationally recognised government. this means the battle tomorrow will be on the outskirts of the city. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division, as various groups try to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is the national unity government, led by prime minister fayez al—sarraj. he has urged militias to defend tripoli. in the east of the country, based in benghazi, is the libyan national army, backed by egypt and the uae. but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation, and fear any conflict will propel the country back into a state of chaos. well, a little earlier i spoke tojonathan winer who's a former united states spe

the twenty was a record year for global military spending hitting a high is not seen since the end of the cold war stockholm international peace research institute found that the united states and china responsible for half of the one point eight trillion dollars spent last year on the expanders list washington and beijing are followed by saudi arabia india and from those three states make up about ten percent of the cash used to develop armies make weapons and other military equipment russia sits outside of the top five and even cut spending by three point five percent while the u.s. and china both increase their funding by about five percent the first time washington boosted spending since twenty ten talk to ninety one from the institutions that conducted the study shared his concerns. u.s. has lots of interests around the world you see it in europe see it in asia pacific some parts of americas and even africa in the way that us has this global military presence whereas china look to china u.s. looking to improve its capabilities through better weapons high quality weapons more weapons it's more of a race between china and the us and the child

libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general and the terrorists said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fears the fighting could threaten tools to rebuild libya's practised political system a what and what i think i'd like to emphasize that the u.n. secretary general was surprised at the recent escalation during his first visit to libya by all the parties that the organization stance is clear and the military confrontation. and resume the political process the same message was relayed to all the parties he met with in the opening closed meetings have tell us forces are now advancing on the southern outskirts of tripoli and there are a fears of a major escalation in fighting the un says finding a political agreement is the only way forward but we have to on willing to work with the tripoli based government that looks move remove unlikely victoria gate and be ou

libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general antonio the terrorist said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fears the fighting could threaten talks to rebuild libya's practised political system forward and i think i like to emphasize that the u.n. secretary general was surprised at the recent escalation during his first visit to libya by all the parties that the organization stands as a clear and a military confrontation and resume the political process the same message was relayed to all the parties he met with in the open and closed meetings have to those forces are now advancing on the southern outskirts of tripoli and there are fears of a major escalation in fighting the u.n. says finding a political agreement is the only way forward but would have to on willing to work with the tripoli based government that looks more a move unlikely victoria gate and be a

not only of libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general antonio the terrorist said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fears the fighting could threaten tools to rebuild libya's practised political system but the members of the security council expressed their deep concern that the military activity. here tripoli which risks libyan stability and prospects for un mediation and a comprehensive political solution to the crisis. we have to those forces are now advancing on the southern outskirts of tripoli and the roof is a major escalation in fighting the un says finding a political agreement is the only way forward but would have to on willing to work with the tripoli based government that looks more and more unlikely victoria gate and be algis there. let's get the latest on the situation now. is our correspondent in tripoli mahmoud tell us about the movements of half task

of iraq visited washington, d.c., recently for several meetings with lawmakers, including vice president pence. he also stopped by the u.s. institute of peace to talk about the new parliament's priorities. here's a portion of the event where he's answering questions from the moderator and the audience. nancy: mr. speaker, thank you very much. thank you for your comments. you had a very busy visit here in washington, d.c., so far. i understand you had meetings with speaker pelosi, with secretary pompeo, vice president pence, members of congress, other members of congress. acting defense secretary shanahan. can you give us a flavor of how those conversations have gone and how you see this visit setting the stage for the future relationship between the united states and iraq? mohamed: thank you, nancy. are very much welcomed here in the united states. i welcomed us greatly and ensure these conversations will contribute to help both peoples, the americans and the raqis, and the joint efforts that have been in the past and still going on between the united states and iraq and in general with the international community. we were partners in the f

for us to go further. the best possible way of showing those who oppose peace and democracy is to show that their efforts are futile and for all the political institutions and functioning as was intended by those who reach that historic agreement 21 years ago. let's work together to take away the temptation of the gun and replace it with education, training, with those veryjobs that can transform peoples lives. that is the stark challenge. the secretary of state is right. and it is the challenge to the leaders of sinn fein and dup that they have got to choose. do they want politics of division or will they build politics of unity and purpose? the time has come for the democratic process to debate. no more red lines. we need to get business done. that can only be done by returning to stormont to those elected representatives who want to deliver what our people needs, legislative change. i do agree the time has come for politicians to get back and run the schools and hospitals and infrastructure projects that cross my desk today i didn't day out. people are crying out for those decisions to be taken. this is why it is so important that we show such resolv

libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general antennae ecoterrorists said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fears the fighting could threaten talks to rebuild libya's practised political system but the members of the security council expressed their deep concern that the military activity. near tripoli which risks libyan stability and prospects for un mediation and a comprehensive political solution to the crisis. after those forces are now advancing on the southern outskirts of tripoli and the roof is a major escalation in fighting the un says finding a political agreement is the only way forward but would have to on willing to work with a tripoli based government that looks more and move unlikely victoria gate and be algis their. hundreds of thousands of algeria and several days in the capital for the first time since the resignation of president. they want

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bashir removal from power very grateful for your thoughts and for joining us pay to not speaking from the united states institute of peace. now a court in london has convicted the founder of wiki leaks for skipping bail and twenty twelve going to pleaded not guilty faces up to twelve months in prison for the challenge earlier the forty seven year old was dropped from the ecuadorian embassy by police after ecuador's government revote his asylum status challenge reports from london. they've been waiting a long time but seven years after julian assange should first enter the ecuador's london embassy to escape the british legal system police offices home again ecuador finally tired of its troublesome guest and revoked his right to asylum within hours he was in a u.k. court and the u.s. confirmed it wants him extradited i just claim with mr sanchez in the police cells he wants to thank you for all of his support is for their ongoing civil wars and he said i told you so the wiki leaks founder always said if he left his ambassadorial refuge he'd spend years in jail in the us he's wanted there for publishing government secrets b

of iraq visited washington, d.c., recently for several meetings with lawmakers, including vice president pence. he also stopped by the u.s. institute of peace to talk about the new parliament's priorities. here's a portion of the event where he's answering questions from the moderator and the audience. nancy: mr. speaker, thank you very much. thank you for your comments. you had a very busy visit here in washington, d.c., so far. i understand you had

hard to me thank you let's not speak to him or if he is the head of the peace building interventions program at the institute forjustice and reconciliation he's joining us via skype from capetown thanks very much for speaking to us and just picking up on what our reporter was saying that news just in some of the opposition members have handed in a roadmap to the military council and what they're calling for is the creation of a presidential council with the majority being civilian members could this be a turning point in the political crisis in sudan. yes this could be a turning point if the military council in fact follows through and accept this petition from the people you will recall that the first of january the the movement also issued a declaration on freedom and change and the reason why it could be a turning point is that the african union the regional grouping of fifty five countries of which saddam is a member also has come in quite strongly and issued a statement through its peace and security council on the fifteenth of april the clearing the this this is this takeover by the military council as a c

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peaceful middle east with a strong iranian regime. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. you're welcome. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] iranian officials responded, saying they would propose adding u.s. forces to their own list of terror groups. press tv, iran's state-run english news channel, provided analysis. >> hello and welcome. you're watching world news on press tv. thank you for joining us. these are top stories this hour. the u.s. has formally designated iran's islamic revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. iran top security council designated the u.s. central command in the region as a terrorist group. more in the following report. donald trump took office in january, 2017. he has left no stone unturned to exact pressure on iran through sanctions and threats. trump road knows -- trump showed to achieve his anti-hereon goals. on monday, the u.s. president once again put the spotlight on his hostility against iran and designated the revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. trump accused the irgc of financing and promo

nuclear weapons expert tons christensen works for the federation of american scientists and the stockholm international peace research institute c three. christensen is convinced the devices are stored here devices that could be deployed against enemy forces. there are still tactical nuclear weapons yes. only gravity bombs delivered by fighter jet aircraft they are the last remnant of a what used to be an enormous inventory of about seven thousand tactical nuclear weapons but they're still here in about one hundred fifty of them but only that one time. if a conflict arose these weapons could also be delivered by german air force planes. americans have bases in europe but there are also four countries in europe that have host base arrangement as they call they call it a nuclear sharing arrangements germany the netherlands belgium italy and possibly turkey so those countries are the ones who sort of serve a soto nuclear strike role where their aircraft would be equipped and handed over nuclear weapons in times of war. until just a few years ago all political parties in the german bunds talk had been calling for the nuclear weapo

libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general antennae ecoterrorists said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fears the fighting could threaten talks to rebuild libya's practised political system the members of the security council expressed their deep concern that the military activity. here tripoli which risks libyan stability and prospects for un mediation and a comprehensive political solution to the crisis. have tolls forces are now advancing on the southern outskirts of tripoli and there are a fears of a major escalation in fighting the un says finding a political agreement is the only way forward but would have to on willing to work with the tripoli based government that looks more and more unlikely victoria gaijin be algis there. well as across life nights he owns a serious mahmoud abbas head who's in tripoli for us mahmoud is that advance still continui

libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general antonio the terrorist said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fees the fighting could threaten tools to rebuild libya's practised political system a what and what i think i'd like to emphasize that the u.n. secretary general was surprised at the recent escalation during his first visit to libya by all the parties that the organization stance is clear and the military confrontation and resume the political process the same message was relayed to all the parties he met with in the open in closed meetings. we have to those forces are now advancing on the southern at skirts of tripoli and there are a fears of a major escalation in fighting the un says finding a political agreement is the only way forward but would have to unwilling to work with the tripoli based government that looks move remove unlikely victoria gate a

program at the stockholm international peace research institute and he joins us by skype and in boston we have link on a former deputy national intelligence officer fortransnational threats on the u.s. national intelligence council welcome to you all mohammed the classified documents of the french military intelligence along with the investigative journalism done in friends and in the u.s. revere is what the american and french officials have been denying for many years that the weapons that they are selling to the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are not for offensive purposes purposes in yemen. of course we've been listening to all of these statements for a long time from both countries on from their cars run that all these weapons are used in yemen or by the borders of saudi arabia with yemen. in according to the policies followed in these so countries or to countries including they were ok. the problem is it's not that these weapons are used in in both size or in in the border by yemen and saudi idea about there are also weapons came from other countries such as iran as the united nation mentioned and many statements that have meanings of the weapons foun

libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general antonio the terrorist said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fears the fighting could threaten tools to rebuild libya's practised political system a what and what i could not call it i like to emphasize that the u.n. secretary general was surprised at the recent escalation during his first visit to libya as all the parties that the organization stands as a clear and the military confrontation and resume the political process the same message was relayed to all the parties he met with in the opening closed meetings have to those forces are now advancing on the southern outskirts of tripoli and there are fears of a major escalation in fighting the u.n. says finding. a political agreement is the only way forward but we have to are unwilling to work with the tripoli based government that looks move remove unlikely vict

program at the stockholm international peace research institute and he joins us by skype and in boston we have link on a former deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats on the u.s. national intelligence council welcome to you all mohammed the classified documents of the french military intelligence along with the investigative journalism done in friends and in the u.s. revere is what the american and french officials have been denying for many years that the weapons that they are selling to the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are not for offensive purposes purposes in yemen. of course we've been listening to all of these statements for a long time from both countries on from their cows run that all these weapons are used in yemen or by the borders of saudi arabia with yemen. in according to the policies followed in these so countries of thirty countries including they were ok. the problem is it's not that these weapons are used in ball size or in in the border by yemen and saudi idea about there are also weapons came from other countries such as iran as the united nation mentioned in many statements that the meanings of the weapons foun

institutions. russian military advisors in africa they're not officially representing the kremlin but working for a private security company russia claims they're helping bring peace but critics say it's a discovery is for the expansion of russia's military influence talk to al jazeera gains exclusive access to a russian military training camp in the central african republic. striking a conciliatory tone set and an hour later lives a nighttime curfew and promises to up to post president omar al bashir is. or shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a wave of their strikes as fighters from eastern libya intensify their efforts to take control of the capital tripoli. yes president is accused of inciting violence and dividing americans after a tweet attack on one of the first muslim elected to congress and a rock star perception for india's and uneasy as president that is rallies voters for the final time ahead of wednesday's elections. students reeling military council has begun talks with organizers of the mass protests and the opposition the country now has its third leader in three days and he has promised to hand over power to a civilian gov

for a while at least. j-- least. jaime, thank you very much. we appreciate your insights. a new report by the stockholm international peace research instituteshows a rise in global military spending once again. much of the increase is driven by the u.s.. last year, it spent almost a much on its military as the next eight countries combined. china and eastern european countries are also spending more on defense. reporter: military preparedness calls for tanks, bombs and grenades. with global growing tensions cacannot many countrtries are ag themselves more than ever. betweenn 1998-2018, worldwide defense spending rose continuously, with one plateau, to nearly $2 trillion a year in 2018, a sharp increase over 2017. the u.s. is by far the biggest spender on weapons. it shows no sign of changing course. in018, washington increased its military spending g for the first time in seven years. china has the second-largest defense budget, which it also boosted in 2018. saudi arabia, a traditionally well armed country, with the third budget, reduce its spending. india and france increased their defense budgets, as did russia. major world powers china

transitional institutions our city and will continue till our goals of the revolution for a civil transitional authority with all its executive powers is executed nothing will discourage us our peaceful resistance will continue. more than two weeks since the fall of the regime of model bashir the crowd at the sittin in front of the army headquarters only grew larger their commanding a speedy and from transfer of power to a civilian government. the city has turned into an open exposition ground for labor unions social movements come to groups professional and artistic associations young painters artwork on a colossal mural that's tended to gain a place on the guinness book of records and figure in mind and i love how. we wanted to create a list of one million signatures of protesters and then we decided to decorate it with paintings that represent and celebrate the revolution we will be three thousand meters long and will go around the army headquarters as that's the space occupied by the sit in that the declaration with which these artists work is matched only by the unabated vigor of this crowd that's been braving the summer heat for weeks refusing to go home until a real change is