people into work. 60% of the people going into the work program are coming off benefits and while the unite unionnd all the unite members opposite might not want to do this and wha why it might not be part of len mccluskey's script, the fact is this program is twice as good as the flexible new deal. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as a doctor who once sat listening credibly to a patient national discussion is nine months pregnant on arrival at terminal three heathrow, i was very pleased to the secretary of state for health, -- does the promise to agree with me that although the savings are modest the principle matters to health service should be national not international? >> i think the honorable friend makes a very important point. this is a national health service, not a national health service. british families pay about 5000 pounds a year in taxes to pay for our nhs and it is right to make sure those people who don't have a right to use our nhs gets properly charged for it. we have made this announcement but i hope there would be full party support for both labour's public health minister has con

the honorable gentleman too receives sponsorship from the unite union. oh, you don't? i suspect we should go through his constituency records and check all the members that are still alive. that would be a good start. >> some people have called him hypocritical. what do you say to that? >> what is hypocritical is to take donations in the form of shares to avoid taxes. that is what the labour party has done. they should pay back the 7000 pounds to the taxpayer. that money go towards schools and hospitals. >> can the minister confirm that the program figures show that it is missing its performance standards? >> if the honorable lady is asking about the work program, it actually has gotten 312,000 people into work. 60% of the people are coming off benefits. the unite unit might not want to hear this, but the fact is this program is twice as good. >> as a doctor who once had to listen in credulously to a patient explained that she only discovered she was nine months pregnant on arriving to the terminal, i was very pleased to hear the secretary of state help tourism today. d

minority opinion in america is that what we knew my generation knew as the cold war between the soviet union in the united states either didn't actually in and with the soviet union or it's come alive again because everything we see in american russian relations since the end of the soviet union looks smells behaves like a cold war relationship it's just in the united states our leaders don't want to admit this player that they lost the opportunity of the post cold war russia to create a new relationship a partnership with russia and that's where we are today so it's a long winded answer but i think historians will tell you in the future and as a historian today i will tell you that we can't understand snowden we can't understand magnitsky we can't understand these recent conflicts without putting them in the historical context of the relationship between america and post soviet russia during the last twenty two years this is a narrative that hasn't stopped i'm saying is that you've just demonstrated that obstacles and opportunities to get to countries closer or get them more apart arise all the time and

well the logic is is that the european union favors the united states foreign policy and likewise the united states has always supported the european union from its very foundation always supported britain being involved in the european union it supports the european union cogic and the european union is not viable to the united states it is or it is a partner and they cooperate on imposing sanctions on various regimes around the world even though their legal basis for doing so is highly questionable the european union does seem to do the bidding of the united states of america which really is an infringement of various other countries soften t. and of course shows that use not really independent in terms of its own foreign policy and seeks to bind to the foreign policies of other member states in europe and control what they're doing which is anti democratic and course really does go against the principles of many other nations but only out of hand snowden has incited a global scandal betrayed his country done damage to its image as a washington's ally shouldn't the e.u. help catch h

is a complete different concept of privacy and predicting citizen freedom also in the european union compared to the united states well certainly issues with protecting citizens privacy within the european union in terms of legislation that's been passed in european countries as well as the u.k. but i'm curious what leverage do you think european partners have in terms of trying to get either more information or trying to push washington to stand down from this kind of spying i mean there have been some economic back but realistically is europe in a position to actually make good on those. so first of all the european union and its member states should doubt that this whole spying activity is only because the fight against terror i think it's also dedicated to bringing the better position to the united states in every kind of negotiations with the european union so always the first place for number one the united states of america this is not something what we could accept but so behind this we have certain instruments least i as a green member of the european parliament some of those instruments we have t

minority opinion in america is that what we knew my generation knew as the cold war between the soviet union in the united states either didn't actually in with the soviet union or it's come alive again because everything we see in american russian relations since the end of the soviet union looks smells behaves like a cold war relationship it's just in the united states our leaders don't want to admit this failure that they lost the opportunity of the post cold war russia to create a new relationship a partnership with russia and that's where we are today so it's a long winded answer but i think historians will tell you in the future and as a historian today i will tell you that we can't understand snowden we can't understand magnitsky we can't understand these recent conflicts without putting. i'm in the historical context of the relationship between america and post soviet russia during the last twenty two years this is a narrative that hasn't stopped on saying is that you've just demonstrated that obstacles and opportunities to get two countries closer or get them more apart arise all the time and thi

the united states welcomes the european union decision to blacklist of the hezbollah military wing. a terrorist group on monday. firefighters and soldiers have been deployed in china after two powerful earthquakes killed 90 people. hundreds more were injured after the quake struck the city. more than 30,000 people have been instructed to leave their homes. >> the sound of rocks rolling beneath the ground, two earthquakes one and a half hours apart. the first had a magnitude of 6.6. the second, 5.6. the epicenter is about 500 kilometers southwest of beijing, but the worst damage is happened in the outlying villages. had little victims warning. the village is so remote it took rescuers many hours to reach them. woundede have held this person, but two others were crushed and have to be immediately sent to the hospital at the foot of the mountain for comprehensive treatment. the key problem is the damaged roads that have blocked the ambulances. we have already run out of medicine for cleaning wounds. >> helicopters, firefighters, armed police, soldiers, all sent to help with the rescue

minority opinion in america is that what we knew my generation knew as the cold war between the soviet union in the united states either didn't actually in the with the soviet union or it's come alive again because everything we see in american russian relations since the end of the soviet union looks smells behaves like a cold war relationship it's just in the united states our leaders don't want to admit this failure that they lost the opportunity of the post cold war russia to create a new relationship a partnership with russia and that's where we are today so it's a long winded answer but i think historians will tell you in the future and as a historian today i will tell you that we can't understand snowden we can't understand magnitsky we can't understand these recent conflicts without putting them in the historical context. a relationship between america and post soviet russia during the last twenty two years this is a narrative that hasn't stopped on saying is that you've just demonstrated that obstacles and opportunities to get to countries closer or get the more apart arise all the time and the s

giving kim il-sung of the green light that would create unnecessary tensions between the united states and the soviet union. the united states and china to prevent a rapprochement. he thought they would come and defend taiwan and seoul thereby creating a tension between the united states and china. so that was i think is sort of giving the green light the same as the changed international situation. but there really backfired because it was because of the great victory he had actually stopped the greatest superpower and korea said he came out with this huge prestige and now he's going to play second fiddle to the soviet union after that. so, instead actually it backfired and he created a more powerful china that is more dependent of the soviet union that later led to this soviet tension and split. when we look at the sort of communications between him the resort of begging him to stop especially the north koreans because they were being completely bombarded and he decided it was strategically good for him. it was keeping the americans occupied in korea diverting them from europe said he saw this was strate

il-sung the green light in korea, that would create the necessary tensions between the united states and the soviet union -- the united states and china to prevent any kind of -- he did not think the americans would intervene in korea, but he thought the americans would come into taiwan, and so that thereby creating a tension between the united states and china. so that was, i think, his main goal in giving the green light to the famous -- the changed international situation. but it really backfired but it was because of the great victory of mao and he had actually stopped the greatest superpower, came out of the korean war with this huge prestige and mao is no longer going to play second fiddle to the soviet union after that. and instead it backfires and he created a more powerful china, china that was more independent of the soviet union, which then later led to detentions and eventually the split. sign -- and he was very -- look at sort of the communications between him and mao and kim il-sung, basically asking him to stop the war, especially the north koreans bus -- he saw the war as strategically go

even if you take out the united states and take out the soviet union and china, it is still likely that there would have been some sort of civil conflict in korea. i think initially neither the united states nor the soviet union intended to divide korea. they both occupy parts of korea as was agreed to during the end of world war ii. they had originally believed that they would negotiate and come up with a formula for a unified agreement. over the course of the.-- the period between 1945 and 1950 you get increasing cold war for cushion. -- cold war friction. this eventually leads to the creation of separate north and south korean states that are rivals from the time that they are created. throughout this period between 1948 in 19 fifth the,-- 1950, north korea desperately wants to invade south korea. they still fill it at -- they still view it as illegitimate. kim il-sung held a number of conversations with stalin. by the spring of 1950 the stalin's to calculations have changed. he was more confident about the future of communism in asia because the chinese prime minister revolution has

the united states and the european union are set to hammer out a major economic pact which could create the world's largest free trade zone the deal will certainly have global implications but there are conflicting opinions on which countries will actually emerge as winners are sandra farmer has been investigating the potential repercussions. so on the face of it this trade deal sounds like a win win situation for the u.s. and the e.u. it would simplify trade regulations between the two and doing business across the atlantic would become easier and some experts predict their economies would each enjoy a one hundred billion dollars boost every year as a result so it sounds like a no brainer but it would also create loses within the e.u. economists warn trade between e.u. countries would shrink as american products gain a foothold in the u.k. and germany would benefit overall according to the ifo institute a think tank based in munich france wouldn't gain much and luxembourg would actually lose out but winners and losers would also emerge on the global stage chile and mexico rely heavily

il-sung the green light in korea that would create the necessary tensions between the united states and the soviet union the united states and china to prevent any kind of -- he did not think the americans would intervene in korea but he thought that the americans would come into taiwan. and so thereby creating a tension between the united states and china. so that was i think this sort of main goal and giving the green light. the changed international situation. but, it really backfired because it was because of the great victory of mao. he had actually stopped the superpower in korea so he came out of the korean war with his huge prestige and mao no longer was going to play second fiddle to the soviet union after that. instead actually a backfired. he created a more powerful china, a china that was more independent of the soviet union which later fled soviet tensions and eventually the sino soviet split. when you look at the communications between him and mao and kim il-sung, they were begging him to stop, to stop the war a 52 and especially the north koreans because they were being completely bombard

the united states and the european union are set to hammer out a major economic pact which could create the world's largest free trade zone economist estimate that the ambitious deal could boost growth on both sides of the atlantic by around one hundred billion dollars annually the pact will certainly have global implications and comes at a time when western economic leadership is facing a tough challenge from emerging markets financial analyst patrick young earlier spoke to my colleague kevin no one on the subject. the big free trade agreement between two huge trading superpowers will be good for the world it will help create jobs through white the planet earth and how it's going to tip the balance in recent years we've seen it's the emerging economies that have been doing best and coming out is that going to change and is going to tip the balance in any shape or form it's not going to fundamentally the wonderful benefit of free trading emerging nations that have been coming up throughout the world however it is an incredible opportunity for the frankly currently all full european unio

. >>> the united states and the european union launch a probe into alleged spying by american intelligence workers. >>> and fertile ground for terrorists. afghanistan struggles to contain farm chemicals used to make improvised bombs. >>> egypt has a new head of government replacing ousted president mohamed morsi. the chief justice of the constitutional court has been installed as interim president. adly mansour took the oath of office in cairo. >> military commanders announced they had suspended the constitution and ordered a new presidential election. they chose mansour as provisional head of state. >> anti-morsi rallies erupt ed across the country last week. protesters said the economy and public security worsened after the president took power a year ago. they demanded he resign immediately. military commanders gave morsi 48 hours to resolve the crisis. he rejected the ultimatum, so the army moved in. they have deployed armored vehicles at a number of locations, but morsi supporters have barricaded roads in some parts of cairo. they say they are ready to die fighting the military. a vid

united states trade agreement because this is also very very sensitive when it comes to data takes there is a complete different concept of privacy and predicting citizen freedom also in the european union compared to the united states and the sheer scope of u.s. surveillance is leaving others no choice but to prepare themselves to fight it according to bolivia's president evo morales he visited r.t. spanish studios on monday and is in the russian capital for the gas exporting countries forum. i know that the empires have an espionage network and are constantly conspiring against the so-called developing countries and in particular against those which are rich in natural resources of bolivia as well as venezuela and ecuador are exposed to constant surveillance from the us empire now and when we hear the espionage claims we have to get well prepared to resist any sort of political military or cultural aggression so if. it is good to have you with us here about to today i'm over sushi in moscow a more global news for you the top world headlines in just about. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you s

united states trade agreement because this is also very very sensitive when it comes to data action there is a complete different concept of privacy and protecting citizens freedom also in the european union compared to the united states now the sheer scope of u.s. surveillance is leaving others no choice but to prepare themselves to fight it that's according to bolivia's president evo morales he visited r.t. spanish studios on monday just ahead of the second gas exporting countries for. i know that the empires have an espionage network and are constantly conspiring against the so-called developing countries and in particular against those which are rich in natural resources of bolivia as well as venezuela and ecuador who are exposed to constant surveillance from the us empire in the us you know and when we hear the espionage claims we have to get well prepared to resist any sort of political military or cultural aggression so it. suppliers need to stand up for themselves and hit back against customers the takeaway message from moscow's gas summit where the world's leading export has gathered to address the challenges facing the industry a report that's coming your way just a bit later th

united states trade agreement because this is also very very sensitive when it comes to daytime action there is a complete different concept of privacy and predicting citizen freedom also in the european union compared to the united states. on a visit to our spanish studios on monday bolivia's president evo morales told us that the sheer scope of u.s. surveillance it leaves others no choice but to prepare to fight it themselves. i know that the empires have an espionage network and are constantly conspiring against the so-called developing countries and in particular against those which are rich in natural resources bolivia as well as venezuela and ecuador are exposed to constant surveillance from the us empire and when we hear the espionage claims we have to get well prepared to resist any sort of political military or cultural aggression so it live from moscow this is r.t. and russian space rocket has crashed to earth just seconds after launch it was carrying three satellites meant for russia's glow a nasa global navigation system let's talk about a further been a caution about is joining us a live in the studio you've been following this story very very closely exactly what happened well

united states trade agreement because this is also very very sensitive when it comes to debt up there is a complete different concept of privacy and predicting citizen freedom also in the european union compared to the united states. while the sheer scope of u.s. surveillance is leaving others no choice but to prepare themselves for a fight that's according to bolivia's president evo morales he visited artie's spanish studios on monday using the russian capital for the gas exporting countries for. you know i know that the empires have an espionage network and are constantly conspiring against the so-called developing countries and in particular against those which are rich in natural resources of bolivia as well as venezuela and ecuador who are exposed to constant surveillance from the us empire and when we hear the espionage claims we have to get well prepared to resist any sort of political military or cultural aggression so it was . watching on t.v. and i russia considers a real life get out of jail free card but with a catch. and i want one of my bathing suit with the government for force feeding them saying it's inhumane and violates human rights i'm on that and the other top he

share of all of this capitalist prosperity they after all did the work and the united auto workers became an emblematic union it won good wages it won good benefits it can arguably be stated that the auto workers shaped the whole notion of the american middle class the american dream of that middle class that they could have a standard of living that included a home a car a college education for your child so yes this was capitalism as it works best up until the one nine hundred sixty s. at that point and this has to be faced as an honest statement detroit has been the emblem of capitalism at its worst of forty year decline that neither the auto industry nor the government of the state of michigan nor the government of this city of detroit nor the federal government had any clue how to reverse and so we now must sit in a final chapter of this stunning sale year of the same capitalism that brought the city up couldn't sustain it and has watched it deteriorate i want to learn a little bit more about your view of capitalism and you recently wrote an article for the guardian called detroit's decline is a distinc

united states trade agreement because this is also very very sensitive when it comes to debt up takes there is a complete different concept of privacy and predicting citizen freedom also in the european union compared to the united states russia's prime minister has demanded a list of those responsible for space rocket crash and curse of sound on tuesday morning and manned space rocket fell to earth just seconds after launch it was carrying three satellites meant for russia's glow nasa global navigation system is meant in a cultural has been following the story for. it was indeed to rather shocking morning for those at the baikonur cosmodrome this this morning and as you can see here there is to be a russian prato on rocket which was carrying three go on our satellites now it went out of control moments into a launch and then the main part of the rocket just to rupture it into a massive fireball and then the smaller parts of the rocket just crashed onto and then habitat's area so clearly it was a massive accidents and surely it would be followed by some environmental impact is while you talk about environmental impact also i suppose the risk to human safety you you talk about the baikonur

united states trade agreement because this is also very very sensitive when it comes to debt up texan there is a complete different concept of privacy and predicting citizen freedom also in the european union compared to the united states or the recap of our breaking news for you this hour here on r.t. presidential spokesperson so is edward snowden has rejected asylum in russia the surveillance was reportedly found conditions disagreeable one of which was that he was to stop leaking information nevertheless we also have that is an extradition is out of the question as russia does not extradite to any country that has the death penalty. all right now we can take this a bit further here and we can get some asian perspective on all of this in cross live steve zion professor of contemporary chinese studies and director of the china policy institute at the university of nottingham hello to you sir thank you for joining us on the program today china reportedly among the states which edward snowden applied to for asylum do you think or beijing perhaps might open the doors and let him in no i don't think beijing is opposed to open the store and let mr snow we don't want a chinese territory the chi

the countries we're talking about the euro spying on, and the european union, our allies of the unitedes. [indiscernible] politicians from all political are shocked by the that the u.s. is spying so hard on german citizens, but also on eu institutions and eu countries. confusion in huge people are also quite angry. >> john kerry on monday echoed president obama's comments, downplaying the u.s. spying on it is notaying unusual. >> i will say every country in the world that is engaged in international affairs of national security undertakes lots of activities to protect and allonal security kinds of information contributes to that, and all i know is that is not unusual for lots of nations. >> that is secretary of state john kerry. malte spitz, did these spying revelations come as a surprise to you cap go -- you? >> not that much. the u.s. iss known .pying all over the world there are 500 million textidual communication each month. it is a huge part of espionage. i think there is no sense of [indiscernible] any longer. it is the u.s. secret agencies are spying so hard on the so- called th

well that is true but you see the united the united kingdom it also was one leg in the european union with one leg outside of the european union the united kingdom has always very much but involved with the american security system but you can imagine that people on the continent are used to that particular northern germany i would say that germany is the most sensitive to this whole issue because of the second world war and also because of the german republic by basically what mr obama can do in one or two days it took the stasi forty years to find over all that information in this country so people are very angry because the fuel's being spied a lie that has targeted germany which basically is a very strong ally of the united states or is a huge disappointment with the obama administration and basically a whole image of the jesus cries from the u.s. has fallen apart. mr. belgium and e.p. from the european conservatives and reformists group who joins us live from strasburg misstepping thank you very much indeed for your views thank you thank you for having me and the circus surroundi

way more stuff that is going to threaten entire trade deals which is the one between the european union and the united states which is certainly what the french foreign minister and the rest of any of germany saying they're going to be urging talks is not taken as a joke because in the european union they harp on and doggone about the data protection act i think everyone in certainly in britain is talking about data protection of european that just nation about it in other words the european union is pointlessly drawing up legislation about freedom of information when in fact all it means is that word military industrial information goes straight to washington ahead of the talks let alone defense matters because france is a nuclear power britain's codes and you are with washington you talk about industrial information many saying this is more about industrial espionage than the national security interests or does this kind of spying industrial espionage leave us with less to worry about or is it just as bad. it's interesting to note from the numbers of countries that are being more sympathetic to cert

the same period last year. only three transactions were individually worth more than a billion dollars. those include mitsubishi purchase of deutsche bank's loan union -- unit in the united states. they take advantage of the strong yen. analysts say the weaker yen this year is making overseas investments much more costly. >>> a group of pakistani children have spent months reble the -- rebuilding their lives after pakistani militants shot up their school bus. one girl went for medical treatment and decided to stay. now her friend followed her to get a british education. she got to britain with help from members of nongovernment organization. she was reunited with her friend. armed men attacked a school bus the girls were riding in last october. they shot her in the arm and her friend in the hand. they targeted malana because she supported education for women. ngo members say that shazia had been receiving threats since the attack and couldn't continue her education in pakistan. her brother said she was too scared to go to school. >> translator: i want her to study hard in britain to become a doctor and come back home. >> ngo members now plan to invite anoth

i mean why is the united states spying on the european union on brussels. it's on the war on terror i mean why would we have to worry about the you know i know a lot of people european union don't like brussels but i mean why is the united states have to spy on them. i don't know presumably the united states wants to gather information everywhere they can i want to address something jim said earlier that you said that the united states was found some sort of of loophole in their law every time someone complains about finding loopholes in the laws what they really mean is that person is acting illegally and that's one of the big problems many people have with snowden this idea of calling him a whistleblower you are called a whistleblower when you are when you are typically pointing out illegality there hasn't been any proof yet that what the united states did was in fact legal within the united states its loophole is go ahead jim go ahead but what this loophole is the united states constitution guarantees privacy in the fourth amendment for its own citizens

i mean why is the united states spying on the european union and brussels. it's on the war on terror i mean why would we have to worry about the you know i know a lot of people european union don't like brussels but i mean why is the united states have to spy on them. i don't know presumably the united states wants to gather information everywhere they can i want to address something jim said earlier that you said that the united states has found some sort of of loophole in their law every time someone complains about finding loopholes in the laws what they really mean is that person is acting illegally and that's one of the big problems many people have with snowden this idea of calling him a whistleblower you are called a whistleblower when you are when you are typically pointing out illegality there hasn't been any proof yet that what the united states did was in fact legal within the united states this loophole is go ahead jim go ahead but what this loophole is the united states constitution guarantees privacy in the fourth amendment for its own citizens

. >> the space race at train the soviet union and the united states were intense. after sputnik, america was desperate to catch up. top minds were summoned. among them was mary sherman morgan. her story went untold for decades. her son talks to us about her incredible achievement. >> america's reputation was on the line. twosoviet union launched satellites into orbit. people knew we were far behind in the space race. people were saying there is only one country in the space race. it is the soviet union. it is not even the race at all. the book i wrote is about my mother. ." is entitled "rocket girl monday, we opened our newspaper and found the soviet government had launched sputnik into orbit. we were theed technologically superior country. but it did not shock warner von braun. he had this rocket that had by himself, called the redstone rocket. fellow german scientist, now american naturalized citizen scientist, discovered the rocket was not quite powerful enough to reach orbit. replace the fuel was something more powerful. they gave a contract to north american a

another part of the legislation section 181 deals with legally inconsistent non-residential units. there is some question on how those relate to the second unions. those are not traditionally in-law units their traditionally built before the zoning of the city and it's on a parcel that's zoned for two unit. we want to have legal protection for those units. at the planning commission they asked for additional time to look at this so we want to introduce new legislation and the planning commission will reconsider this on september 19th. we've hoping to move forward on the criteria in september on a separate track to get our minds around this in the legislation. with that i'll leave it >> thank you very much so to continue to the call of the chair. >> yes, that's right. and supervisor avalos will be introducing new legislation >> the plan is to introduce amendments that remove section 181 to twisted the file but we can do that tomorrow. >> should we then - will this item number 3 if that's not relevant should we table it. >> we're planning to have this legislation h that will have everything but section 181 and we'll have a new option to go back t

prepared to deal with an organization like the united states and in any serious way the european union doesn't have a spying agency you know they probably never thought they might need one bless them so first takeaway there is i think you've been absolutely humiliated and it's illusion to be a major negotiation block on the world stage secondly you're never going to know if i how can we ensure that the u.s. rolls back person we do believe john kerry would you believe barack obama the point the point is you never know about anything surely we as citizens are it seems are so disempowered in this day and age and as high technology day and age where governments have so much more control and power in fact to listen in on us and i think the biggest lesson here is for brussels because the u.s. certainly spies and all countries spy like you've been bringing up. on russia. but not probably with tapping my russian you sort of saying here's in the kremlin in the you know the government buildings in beijing you're probably not going to find wiretaps that's what you found them and maybe you will bu

we've seen it over and over unions which supported obamacare turning as the realize the consequences. so in april, the united, report of the affordable care act to protect our in four years, our industry and our most important assets of members of our family. mr. president, if you listen to the voice of unions, unions are saying obamacare is failing. the expand in july that obamacare, "threatens to harm the members by dismantling the multi- employer health plans. quite striking there is the teamsters union wrote a letter to harry reid and nancy pelosi stating that obamacare, quote, will destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of of their hard-working americans. why? he explained obamacare is destroying the 40-hour workweek that has been the backbone of the american middle class. mr. president, if you trust the voices of unions, mr. president if you have a concern for the american middle class, then listen to the bipartisan voices that are rising up singing obamacare isn't working. most striking, mr. president, president obama himself who just a few weeks ago was forced to un

standards radio in international diplomacy there are very few norms if it is not in the united states and the. european union i losed to react they have on create to troll the will not treat the rebels in the same way as the agree to a syrian state. meanwhile anonymous u.s. officials claim israel attacked syria's port city of attack yet nine days ago the strike allegedly targeted a russian made anti ship missile battery which syria received two years ago israel's prime minister refused to confirm or deny tel aviv's involvement while saying he will not allow weapons to reach has been up militants in lebanon well it would be the fourth unconfirmed israeli strike on syria within the last several months let's now trace back some of those air raids while a military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on january the thirty first a second similar operation reportedly took place on the third of may rockets struck a warehouse at damascus international airport allegedly containing surface to surface missiles well just two days later massive blasts that were described as earthquake like shook the sam

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need to respect the independence of other nations and they're there via the european union does seem to do the bidding of the united states of america which shows that use not really independent in terms of its own foreign policy european union follows what america does it really does seem to accept american foreign policy goals rightly or wrongly but that's not an independent voice any but i and other countries within the european union under the common foreign and security policy so really it does mean that the cherished principle of a nation state having its own foreign policy is undermined and that then does leave a country to be be a colony of a greater political power which of course want contrary to democratic legitimacy. the french interior minister has said if edward snowden applied for diplomatic shelter in his country there's almost no chance he would get it this following the whistle blows revelations of the blatant u.s. spying on its european allies which sparked a wave of fury in the bloc including paris. explains what we see is actually a curious evolution of france's position over america's spying a

the european union, meaning that single countries will have to integrate further. to them. i gave one particular example in which i thought the phrase closer to the union should be to supply from the united kingdom. nevers something we really wanted to sign up to in the 1970's. i think that we do need that different sort of european union where we give people the choice to join or leave. >> jeremy korman. >> prime minister, help me in afghanistan really. we have been there for 12 years, lost over 400 soldiers, 700 billion pounds spent, and now there are talks of the taliban in qatar. does he not think it is time to reassess the question of intervention and what it does to this country and others around the world and what it does to the world as a whole? >> where i take such a different view is this -- we know what non-engagement with that is what happened after the end of the fall of the previous regime. there was a process for the afghanistan and we paid the price of a civil war that went on for years in afghanistan. we went backwards in every bogart -- every regard. out qaeda extremists, killing people on our soil, in america, in other parts of the world. that is what happens when you

they are used because i this i that it is too dangerous during the cold war for the united states and soviet union to collide. and the nuclear exchange. so both states had clients. or both states had powers of what they can use periodically and alliances. the difference is that the soviet states were really bad actors. the states such as iran for example and iraq. north korea is it and sir yeah. libya. has the u.s. used rogue states in your view? >> i this i that we had rogue states that we cozy up to with communism and not particularly i would say boy scout states or states that we would assume are up and standing for example, the congo, a disreputable character. and suppressed human rights. we backed him because he was a staunch anti-communist or the devalues and haiti a long time. the so-called baby dock. in haiti they were staunchly anti-communist so we did back them. and overlook the execute over human rights violations and never used the states. in a confrontation or to arm them, and to use them in a more aggressive manner as a soviet union did. is there an ex-advantage for north korea as a