pen international say they want to drill particular attention to her case in recognition of the extreme violence taking place violence that's claimed the lives of more than sixty journalists this year a line. rustam candy is a writer and activist who is himself imprisoned in iran now and now lives here in exile in germany welcome to the double thank you for having me what were you doing in iran that serves the authorities. i was doing what i was i had always been doing before but what happened was that i was in more than the organization of a conference for writers and political activists from a different political shades that was going to take place in berlin in germany in the year two thousand. so this was being organized by the. and. i did you know some of those friends who were going to take part in the conference were my friends or they knew me well and i knew them well. because i've been involved in writing translating for many years so. after the conference. there was a lot of noise in the come friends and. some people were arrested when they got back to iran and i was in iran my

thank you so much rice is the conscience keepers of society so says the writers organization pen international which is marking the day of the imprisoned writer pen is drawing attention to the cases of five individuals who it says embody the fates of many journalists and writers around the world here's a look at three. arrested. jailed murdered. three cases thousands of miles apart persecuted for their work. first all accents off he's known as russia's most famous prisoner. the ukrainian writer filmmaker and fierce critic of the kremlin is serving a twenty year jail term he's accused of plotting acts of terrorism charges he says are politically motivated. sally jewell an award winning photographer writer and activist he's been accused of making false and provocative statements during student protests and says he was beaten and pretrial detention alarm has just been granted bail but press freedom activists say there's a growing crackdown on dissent in bangladesh according to reporters without borders one hundred seventy journalists are currently behind bars around the world activists say this n

you there have that today is the day of the imprisoned writer the annual event is organized by pen international to highlight threats to freedom of speech around the world tennis highlighting the cases of five individuals who it says embody the fates of many journalists and writers across the globe here's a look at three of them. arrested. jailed murdered three cases thousands of miles apart all persecuted for their work first leg sense of he's known as russia's most famous prisoner the ukrainian writer filmmaker and fierce critic of the kremlin is serving a twenty year jail term he's accused of plotting acts of terrorism charges he says are politically motivated. so he do alum an award winning photographer writer and activist he was being held in pretrial detention since august this year he was just granted bail thursday he's accused of making false and provocative statements during student protests. he says he's been beaten in custody critics say his arrest is part of a growing crackdown on dissent according to reporters without borders he's one of one hundred seventy journalists currently beh

. >>> the fiancee of murdered journalist jamal khashoggi penned an op-ed calling on the internationalhis killers accountable. writing the trump administration is devoid of moral foundation. looking through the prism of cynical self interests. >> she continues, i know that governments operate not on feelings, but mutual interests. they must ask a fundamental question. if the democracies of the world do not take the steps to bring the perpetrators of the act, what more are they left with? >>> the president asking to draft a deal with china. the report reveals a phone call with president trump and xi jinping. he said we talked about many subjects with the emphasis on trade. those discussions are moving along nicely. with moo with meetings scheduled at the g20 summit in argentina. that deal would hopefully end the trade war with the u.s. and china. in a statement from the foreign ministry, the spokesperson says both countries should find an acceptable deal. just yesterday, the trump administration announced to combat the trade threat. accusations of committing trade secrets from chip make

today's russia hostage and russia let talks he's basically her a pen and public appearance off to top based taliban movement at an international gathering delegations. from nine o'clock east nine countries are participating in today's discussion that aims at finding ways to peace in afghanistan including of course the gani delegation is while many admit this is great achievement of russia's diplomacy foreign minister sergei lavrov has put into the conference by thanking all the participants for calm into moscow stressing afghanistan's people deserve peace and multi-sided efforts to bring it to this war torn country let's take a listen. to the afghanistan's problems we can only be resolved by political means through nationwide consent with the participation of all warring parties the people of afghanistan advised with concerns in the first place because kabul has decided not to send its diplomats here but the country's high peace council members government appointed body that is responsible for overseeing the peace process in afghanistan have agreed to take part a had a chance to talk to them before the conference started and a

. >>> the fiancee of murdered "washington post" journalist penned an op-ed in the post. calling on the internationalmmunity to hold his killer s accountable. the trump administration has taken a devoid position of moral foundation. statements framed by fear and cowa cowardice. >> she continues that governments operate not on feelings, but mutual interest. she asks if the democracies of the world don't bring the suspects to justice, what moral authority are they left with? >>> all right. throw rocks, risk getting shot. the president has a stark warning for migrants. the politics of fear along the border dominating as we approach the midterms. >>> they want to throw rocks at our military. our military fights back. we're going to consider it and i tell them consider a rifle. >> throw a rock. risk being shot. the president's stark warning to migrants heading to the southern border still weeks away. >>> the oldest victim of the pittsburgh synagogue massacre will be laid to rest today. the first sabbath since the massacre happened. >>> the trade deal with china for the president. he wants the package fini

protection and sovereignty but amidst all this talk the internal political situation in france is getting worse as the latest polls have showed marine le pen and her euro skeptic party are polling at twenty one percent higher than macron and his party at nineteen percent and it's no wonder really because the country has as of late descended into protests just on november fifth five hundred paramedics and two thousand of their supporters took to the streets to protest a reform that would see the state defund medical transportation and on that same day matt brown found himself trying to diffuse growing public anger about the rising taxes on fuel prices in france already angry citizens are prepared to block roads on nov seventeenth in. response to this and the already is are preparing for the worst even recently there were several severe building collapses in a poor neighborhood of mar say which french politician leftist french politician john mellencamp on called an indifference to poverty so with these social problems becoming more and more of an issue for. it seems like he'd rather be president of the european union than president of franc

wing leader marine le pen overtaking the french president for the first time head of next year's eve you parliamentary election. good evening and welcome you're watching international. the united states is headed to the polls tuesday as if on critical elections here are live pictures for you from polling stations in west allis this is in the state of wisconsin. i would be country divided over the trumpet ministration on the democrats desperate to rest but control of congress from the republicans campaigning has been fierce. you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for. it is. gone whacko and angry left wing mob and that's what the democrats are. two words i'm going to define the night of the two thousand and fifteen election one which kavanagh and the other is caravan supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh brett kavanaugh witches that are placing a hat on brett kavanaugh caravan invasion or about the caribbean chair of. the series of suspicious packages sent across the country mail by mail bombs fire alarm here will keep you posted on that. believe me over. the last. the terms in the united states are held every four years half

right wing leader marine le pen that's overtaken the french president for the first time of next year's eve holiday tree elections. good evening our welcome this is r.t. international. studies is heading to the polls tuesday as if votes in critical election we can bring you live pictures from polling stations in still lots of people keen to express their political opinion in a country that's divided over the trump of ministration the democrats are desperate to rest back control of congress from the publicans and as a result the campaigning has been fierce. you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for. and that's what the democrats i. two words are going to define one of the two thousand and fifteen election one which kavanagh and the other is caravan supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh brett kavanaugh witches that are placing a hat on brett kavanaugh caravan invasion or about the caribbean chair of. a series of suspicious packages sent across the country mail by mail bombs fire alarm here will keep you posted on. the. midterms in the united states are held every four years hoff way through the presidential this year american

you have very strong nationalist forces in madame le pen in france, do you think that nationalism poses a serious risk to the internationalfer something better than the nationalism. and we have to be very clever and to work hard, to give something new for the citizens. because patriotism is not nationalism, because people want to be... love their country, and want to be in their locality, and want to be happy everyday, and so they are afraid about globalism, so we have to link the local problems, the national problems and the international problems, and we have to link these three levels. i am very grateful for your time, segolene royal. thank you for being with us. thank you very much. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — we'll speak to david priess, a former cia and intelligence officer about his new book, how to get rid of a president. three people have been convicted of being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action. daniel bogunovic was unanimously found guilty at birmingham crown court, along with adam thomas and claudia patatas, whom thejury heard, had named their baby boy adolf, out of admi

international trade disputes. also reporting earnings is former signal company mylan, the low price of generic drugs will likely hurt the company but investors will look to hear updates on shortages of the epi— penat has gotten a lot of attention lately. samir hussein in new york, thank you. joining us is randeep somel, the director of global equities at the fund manager m&g. what are you watching this week, concerns mainly about the midterms. there is naturally concerned about the presidency, even though donald trump is not on any ballot. we have seen the dollar strong, equity markets strong so i think they need to getan markets strong so i think they need to get an understanding of what the democrats will want from this process as it is likely they will pick up the house tomorrow. what other aspects at market traders and investors looking at this week in particular the trade war between china and the us is very much in focus? yes. coming back to the election, don't expect a democratic ta keover of election, don't expect a democratic takeover of the house to mean any change when it comes to trade wars 01’ change when it comes to trade wars or tariffs. the democrats are trade protectionist peopl

voted riley to the home of the warriors on international women's day next year and curry is a well known advocates of women's equality earlier this year he penneda passionate se essay on the play is tribune in praise of his wife mother and young daughters one of whom is also called riley and happily under armor have really acted to riley's concerns too this is their website now with curry strainers rightly listed as kids' shoes also on the girls' section now riley wasn't the only youngster who curry took time out for on thursday a couple of weeks ago ten year old canadian zachary walker caught the attention of the basketball world after showing off these moves at halftime during a toronto raptors game and it even got him follow from currie on instagram when he thought that was good but then he got me his idol with the warriors in town to play the raptors zachery posted afterwards at the meeting had reminded him to keep working hard. paul will be working hard later with the sport at eight hundred g.m.t. but for now i'll hand you back to show staff carries a star that's for sure that will do it for a news grid and touch with us on social media a