he said there's a conspiracy going on against him and this is part of a move to remove the workers' party'sove the workers' pa rty‘s chances this is part of a move to remove the workers' party's chances of ruling the now, of course, in workers' party's chances of ruling the - now, of course, in the the country. now, of course, in the courts, the situation has been different, the view of the matter has been different, and he's been sentenced to 12 years in jail. the sentenced to 12 years in jail. the sentence has been confirmed by an apple let court and the supreme court yesterday ruled that they denied lula the chance to have his appeals exhausted, so this means there is an open way for an arrest warrant. we're being told in brazil that this would only come next week because there are still appeals he is entitled to, but the case was very quick to issue this arrest warrant, surprisingly but in brazil today and this is the judge, who warrant, surprisingly but in brazil today and this is thejudge, who is spearheading the corruption investigations in brazil, known as the carwash investigations

vice—chairman of the central committee workers' party of career.rty of korea. the director of the workers' party of korea. the chief of the kba general staff. the minister of the people's armed forces of dprk. the chairman of the committee for peaceful reunification of the countries. i , about 25 figures, the closest aides to chairman kim will also attend the dinner —— the dinner. the official delegation for the southside, the chairman of the joint chief of staff, has been added as an official delegate of the south bashed south side. i want to add one more thing to this briefing —— south side. this is the focus of the summit, peace. north korea's nuclear weapons and icbms have advanced significantly so at this point of time reaching an agreement on denuclearisation would be... given the fact that in the early 1990s and 2000, there were previous denuclearisation agreements, but this agreement if it comes bought would be quite different compared to these past agreements, that makes this summit that much more difficult. when the special envoys visited

amy: pt is the workers party in brazil. want to go to the interview i did with lula speaking on democracy now! just a few weeks ago. i asked him about the role of the brazilian press. i was president for eight years. dilma was president for four years. all the pressrs, did was try to destroy my image and her image in the image of my party. i have more negative subject matter about me in the leading television news program of brazil than all of the presidents in the whole history of brazil. words, it is a daily attempt to massacre me, to tell untruths about lula, about lula's family, and the only weapon that i have is to confront them. they are irritated because after they massacred me for four , any opinion poll by any polling institute showed that lula was going to win the elections in brazil. amy: that is lula on democracy now! glenn, can you clarify the role of the present all of this? and does this mean, him being in prison now, that he cannot continue to run? but talk about the press. >> sure. this narrative that lula

amy: pt is the workers party in brazil. want to go to the interview i did with lula speaking on democracy now! just a few weeks ago. i asked him about the role of the brazilian press. i was president for eight years. dilma was president for four years. all the pressrs, did was try to destroy my image and her image in the image of my party. i have more negative subject matter about me in the leadingg television news program of brazil than all of the presidents in the whole history of brazil. words, it is a daily attempt to massacre me, to tell untruths about lula, about lula's family, and the only weapon that i have is to confront them. they are irritated because after they massacred me for four , any opinion poll by any polling institute showed that lula was going to win the elections in brazil. amy: that is lula on democracy now! glenn, can you clarify the role of the present all of this? and does this mean, him being in prison now, that he cannot continue to run? but talk about the press. >> sure. this narrative that lula

the workers party and president lula were to be destroyed, but they weren't. president lula, from the beginning of last year, in every opinion poll, has twice as many votes as the candidate. lula has more than 30% and he has less than 16% support. there is not a center. the center gs 5% from a 4%, sometimes 6% of the support in the polls. so why have they convicted lula? the political reason is because if a coup d'etat is carried out, if a president who is legitimately elected is removed, it is a set of illegalities carried out including the coup, one can not allow the election of lula to be closed off. so what do they do the echo they've removed lula from the presidential campaign. accusing lula falsely of having committed a crime of corruption. what is the crime of which they accuse ? they accuse lula of committing a crime of passive corruption, which entails a 280 square meter with threer a home floors. they say he committed a crime in order to receive that house. now lula is not the owner of that house. ofdoes not have possession the house. he does not use

the workers party and president lula were to be destroyed, but they weren't. president l lula, from the bebeginning of last yearar, in y opinion poll, has twice as many votes as the candidate. lula has more than 30% and he has less than 16% support. therere is not a center. the center gets 5% from a 4%, sometimes 6% of the support in the polls. so why have they convicted lula? the political reason is because if a coup d'etat is carried out, if a president who is legitimately elected is removed, it is a set of illegalities carried out including the coup, one can not allow the election of lula to be closed off. so what do they do the echo they've removed lula from the presidential campaign. accusing lula falsely of having committed a crime of corruption. what is the crime of which they accuse ? they accuse lula of committing a crime of passive corruption, which entails a 280 square meter with threer a home floors. they say he committed a crime in order to receive that house. now lula is not the owner of that house. ofdoes not have possession the house. he does n

last month, president lula said his prosecution is part of an attempt to criminalize the workers partythe accusersiting -- for the accusers to show at least some piece of evidence that indicates i committed any crime during the period that i was in the presidency. is thet is behind that attempt to criminalize my political party. what is behind that is the interest in a part of the political elite of brazil, together with a part of the press, reinforced by the role of the judiciary, and preventing lula from becoming a candidate in the 2018 election. amy: well, for more, we go to washington, d.c., for an update from mark weisbrot, co-director of the center for economic and policy research, and president of just foreign policy. weisbrot's new book is called, "failed: what the experts got wrong about the global economy." mark weisbrot, first, can you talk about -- respond to the supreme court ruling, explain what it is, and what this means if lula or to go to jail today. >> yes, well, the supreme court ruled he could be imprisoned while his appeals are pending, even of the constitution say

how things are moving very very quickly i can tell you that this arrest warrant caught and his workers party completely off guard at this hour we know that lula has moved from his home in sao paulo to the headquarters of the metal workers union people are moving in and out of there they're trying we suppose to figure out what his next move will be we also know that the federal police has promised to give what they call a dignified place for him to serve out his sentence the judge said who issued the arrest warrant has said. that he will not take him away in handcuffs but we are hearing now from ford of the sao paolo one of the brazil's most prestigious newspapers that would also be being discussed as a strategy now by lula and by the workers' party is that they resist that arrest. broke obama described. as the world's most popular president the left wing little worker rose to become a global example for others who dream of lifting tens of millions of people from poverty. to presidencies were haunted by corruption allegations they never stuck hence his reputation for having a teflon shield bu

the workers' revolutionary party and the militant tendency but the right wasn't alone on the right the national front and the british national party these were all things get you rejected needless to say on my fives and b.b.c.'s collusion on hiring practices has not gone over too well with reporters who were who were rejected by b.b.c. during that time including journalist isabel hilton who stated quote i felt that the b.b.c. had betrayed public trust by promoting a system in the u.k. by which the secret police were licensing and blacklisting journalists whenever i hear the b.b.c. boasting about it spying traditions of journalism i feel a minor stab of outrage. as should we all because when asked if m i five was still vetting potential employees today the b.b.c. simply stated we do not comment on security issues think on that one as we start watching the hawks. to. get the. real thing. at the bottom. like you that i got. this. week so. welcome aboard watching the harks i am tyrrel but that's out of the last wow i'm not really a rapidly and they're not surprised about oh really i'm

rulings are not just that they are politically motivated and this isn't an attempt to hurt the workers' party and the left wing of brazilian politics so a lot of tension in brazil right now as the former president is refusing to turn himself in and surrender himself and begin serving a prison sentence see how long this time to thank you can't move. now i'll be back with the latest headlines in just over half an hour meanwhile for more on all of our stories go to r.t. dot com. it's the cradle of jazz. so america is still very good we have a. good nose disc jazz feeling. a city of climatic contrast trophies of alligators on the loose of poverty and crime to use by the least swallow members of my friends close most. of street racing in the peace of the night this is new orleans itself from the best place in the world. with no make this manufacture consent to stick to public wells. when the room in closest to protect themselves. in the final merry go round certainly the one percent. during the middle of the room sick. room. and there are some was some of that all of them mama. i don't want. to li

ideological and military power has been successfully established it is the strategic line of the workers' party to concentrate all efforts of the whole party and country on the socialist economic construction kim is apparently seeking to cement his position on the world stage following his meeting in beijing last month with china's president xi jinping talks with cia director mike pompei o in pyongyang and ahead of a historic summit with south korea's president monday and on friday south korea welcome to the announcement calling north korea's decision meaningful progress for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the president's office said it will contribute to creating a positive environment for the success of the upcoming intercourse rian and u.s. north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious. never thought of north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to a complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile program

ideological and military power has been successfully established it is the strategic line of the workers' party to concentrate all efforts of the whole party and country on the socialist economic construction kim is apparently seeking to cement his position on the world stage following his meeting in beijing last month with china's president xi jinping talks with cia director mike pompei o in pyongyang and ahead of a historic summit with south korea's president monday and on friday. south korea welcomed the announcement calling north korea's decision meaningful progress for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the president's office said it will contribute to creating a positive environment for the success of the upcoming intercourse rian and to u.s. north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious. to snuffle to others from the north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and mi

our summit state media says kim jong un made the announcement as he chaired a meeting of the workers' party central committee a gathering to rubber stamp the supreme leader's decisions it was at a similar meeting five years ago that kim unveiled his signature policy to prioritize the development of nuclear weapons and the economy the message from the leader now is that weapons program development is complete and the focus will shift to the economy currently under pressure from a u.s. led sanctions campaign. would you call kim jong un clarify the now that the t.p.r. case position as a wall of level politico ideological and military power has been successfully established it is the strategic line of the workers' party to concentrate all efforts of the whole party and country on the socialist economic construction kim is apparently seeking to cement his position on the world stage following his meeting in beijing last month with china's president xi jinping talks with cia director mike pompei o in pyongyang and ahead of a historic summit with south korea's president monday and on friday. south

here and twenty eighteen now lula's worker party fought really hard to build quickly build a previously not exist at middle class in brazil which they successfully did but they did so on the wings of debt that are now soaring in twenty sixteen brazil spent sixteen percent of their their budget on interest only payments for government debts that are privately held by investors and business tycoons they spent more on interest than they spent on education for the country which was twelve percent and health care which was on par with education their only their interest only payments were actually only beaten out by social benefits like pensions that arrived at a whopping thirty five percent so to put it lightly we're just beginning to see the political unrest that's for them in extra complete tied to their economy so i think we're going to see a lot more fallout as as i think what i'm hearing the buzz is that the government is going to reform possibly their constitution a lot of unrest and a lot of changes that will see in their economy the numbers that you cite and thank you for all that b

our summit state media says kim jong un made the announcement as he chaired a meeting of the workers' party central committee a gathering to rubberstamp the supreme leader's decisions it was at a similar meeting five years ago that kim unveiled his signature policy. to prioritize the development of nuclear weapons and the economy the message from the leader now is that weapons program development is complete and the focus will shift to the economy currently under pressure from a u.s. led sanctions campaign would you call kim jong un care a fight that now that the t.p.r. case position as a wall of level politico ideological and military power has been successfully established it is the strategic line of the workers' party to concentrate all efforts of the whole party and country on the socialist economic construction kim is apparently seeking to cement his position on the world stage following his meeting in beijing last month with china's president xi jinping talks with cia director mike pompei o in pyongyang and ahead of a historic summit with south korea's president monday and on friday s

this arrest warrant because lula and his workers party completely off guard at this hour we know that lula has moved from his home in sao paolo to the headquarters of the metal workers union people are moving in and out of there they're trying we suppose to figure out what his next move will be we also know that the federal police has promised to give what they call a dignified place for him to serve out his sentence the the judge said gillmor who issued the arrest warrant has said that he will not take him away in handcuffs a german court has rejected a spanish extradition request for catalonia his former leader carlos put him on he's now being released on bail but could still be extradited on the lesser charge of misusing public funds who was arrested as he entered germany last month from belgium where he's been living in self-imposed exile since fleeing spain south korea's former president will be sentenced in a corruption case the rock the country's business and political elite prosecutors want a thirty year jail term for park high the sentencing will be broadcast live for the fir

james as i understand it in north korea the central committee of the ruling workers' party has just said that it's going to be holding a meeting i believe it's tomorrow to discuss the changing relations in and around the koreas how significant is that and the timing of it. well it's think it's worth noting for you that while you've got these fast moving news conferences and twitter statements coming out of the u.s. administration and out of mar a lago donald trump's state down there in florida the media here the state controlled media works at a very different pace they have not confirmed the visit of mike pompei the cia director nominee to be the secretary of state of the united states they've not made any comment about the comments that have come from president trump instead in much more opaque language they're talking about this meeting which is now being called a clean jury meeting of the seven central committee of the korean workers party and the statement in the state news agency and in the state media says it's to discuss the important historic period of developing korean revoluti

building behind me is the metal workers union headquarters very much the heartland of his ways workers party he's in that building waiting for the mass to begin the masses in commemoration of his wife who died last year today would have been had sixty a day she was a very popular figure within the workers party and the cross brazil he's been negotiating you know i should mention he should have turned himself in yesterday he's since been negotiating in that building with officials from the prosecutor's all base about the terms of the surrender they will then when that happens take him down to the southern city of port of kiba that was where the arrest warrant was issued and that was where the special specially prepared jail cell is waiting for him let's assume that twelve years i was in prison on corruption charges after a two week ceasefire the syrian government has conducted more than fifty airstrikes on the city of duma that's the last remaining rebel held area in eastern guta. dozens of civilians including children have been killed. malaysia's parliament has been dissolved paving the way

late why but it's who died in february of last year she was a very popular figure within those workers' party saluda will attend that ceremony and it does seem as if his lawyers have indicated he will hunt in self in that he will then be taken to the southern city of creek which is where the investigative judge the prosecuting judge issued the arrest warrant the deadline initially was about four hours ago which decided not not to meet but he will then go down to could achieve a sale a special cell has been put pads for him that his way. of the beginning of his twelve yeah and one and one month sentence on those corruption charges the judge has said that he won't need to wear the handcuffs that they will still be some dignity for the acts president lula all along has talked about his innocence he has said this is a political campaign against him to try to prevent him from running in the october presidential elections elections which some opinion polls indicate that he would win he's still a very popular figure in brazil he served as president from two thousand and three to two thousand and ten

defendants were charged with supporting organizations that turkey views as terror groups the kurdistan workers party and the ultra left revolutionary people's liberation party front that of course via their coverage now and we're going to move on now to our other top story and that is macro and in the united states french president emmanuel micron has addressed a joint session of congress he urged american lawmakers to reject fear in isolationism and instead to launch a new era of twenty first century leadership backroad addressed syria free trade and the paris climate change agreement all topics where he and truong disagree and he urged the united states not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. and his rendezvous with u.s. lawmakers and a call look to share their love heaping praise on france's special bond with america but his message seemed to wrecked it to an audience of one u.s. president donald trump on iran and warned against abandoning the twenty fifty nuclear deal but still took a hard line. for iran our objective is clear iran shall never up of this any nuclear weapons. accomplish back on tra

back in sao paolo the leader of lula's workers' party and announced that the former president would take part in saturday morning mass at the union headquarter . indicating that the standoff would stretch into the weekend. this is where we will be this is where the president is this is where we are and this is where we will stay. and was reports suggest that lula's aides have been negotiating his surrender with police and that he will be taken into custody later on saturday. a lewis arrest warrant has sparked concerns over a growing political instability in the country palla based correspondents and co he gave us this assessment of the political divisions in brazil brazil can see news more and more polarized we've seen recent spate of political violence we saw it lead counsel council mariani franco assassinated the country's recently divided divided that's already fueling the political instability on the night that was his case judged in the supreme courts the night before brazilian army general came once weeks you're in basically a lage he made some what was seen as threats the supreme

a remembrance this mass late why but it's who died last year a very popular figure within the workers' party lula will attend that mass and then hand himself in it appears to the prosecutor prosecuting officials to be transported. where a special cell has been prepared for him separate from other prisoners where he will. begin to see the twelve years a one month sentence for corruption he will long has expressed his innocence he has said this is a political campaign against him to prevent him running in the presidential elections in october and elections that many feel if you were allowed to stand he would win that will now not happens it seems although he continues to fight brazilians continue to watch await how this drama unfolds u.s. president donald trump is moving to end the practice known as catch and release that allows immigrants caught in the u.s. without proper documents to be freed while immigration cases play out in court washington has impose new sanctions against some of president vladimir putin's key allies they target seven russian businessmen and seventeen senior government

back in sao paolo the leader of lula's workers' party and announced that the former president would take part in saturday morning mass at the union headquarters indicating that the standoff would stretch into the weekend. this is where we will be this is where the president is this is where we are and this is where we will stay t.v. cameras reports suggest that lula's aides have been negotiating his surrender with police and that he will be taken into custody later on saturday. israeli security forces have fired live rounds on palestinian protesters at the gaza border . killing at least nine people including a journalist and injuring dozens more all this follows the deaths of more than twenty others in demonstrations last week the palestinian ambassador to the united nations has condemned the killings take a listen the pressure will be mounting an old part of the international community not only the security council but all parts including the secretary general have to do something in order to stop this continuing the massacre against the palestinian people well meanwhile organizers of t

state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are in any where going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states a hotline between north and south korea will be set of on friday allowing south korean president in north korean leader kim jong un to speak by phone ahead of their meeting next week kathy novak has more from seoul. so korean president monday and is continuing preparations for his summit with north korean leader kim jong un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue

ideological and military power has been successfully established it is the strategic line of the workers' party to concentrate all efforts of the whole party and country on the socialist economic construction kim is apparently seeking to cement his position on the world stage following his meeting in beijing last month with china's president xi jinping talks with cia director mike pompei o in pyongyang and ahead of a historic summit with south korea's president monday and on friday south korea welcomed the announcement calling north korea's decision meaningful progress for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the president's office said it will contribute to creating a positive environment for the success of the upcoming intercourse rian and u.s. north korea summits china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious person of the us for north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear missile programs nort

the workers' revolutionary party and the militant tendency but the right was alone on the right the national front and the british national party these were all things get you rejected needless to say on my fives and b.b.c.'s collusion on hiring practices has not gone over too well with reporters who were who were rejected by b.b.c. during that time including journalist isabel hilton who stated quote i felt that the b.b.c. had betrayed public trust by promoting a system in the u.k. by which the secret police were licensing and blacklisting journalists whenever i hear the b.b.c. boasting about it spying traditions of journalism i feel a minor stab of outrage. as should we all because when asked if m i five was still vetting potential employees today the b.b.c. simply stated we do not comment on security issues think on that one as we start watching. the. real thing. as you get to the bottom. like you that i got. this. week so. welcome aboard watching the harks i am tyrrel but that's out of the last wow i'm not really a rapidly and they're not surprised about oh really i'm not rea

the workers revolutionary party and the militant tendency but the right was alone on the right the national front and the british national party these were all things gets you rejected needless to say on my fives and b.b.c.'s collusion on hiring practices has not gone over too well with reporters who were who were rejected by b.b.c. during that time including journalist isabel hilton who stated quote i felt that the b.b.c. had betrayed public trust by promoting a system in the u.k. by which the secret police were licensing and blacklisting journalists whenever i hear the b.b.c. boasting about its fine traditions of journalism i feel a minor stab of outrage. as should we all because when asked if m i five was still vetting potential employees today the b.b.c. simply stated we do not comment on security issues think on that one as we start watching the hawks. what. it looks like. it's like. the bottom. like you that i got. with. this. week so. welcome aboard watching the harks i am tired robot and i'm tired of the last while i'm not really a rapidly and they're not i was surprise

ideological and military power has been successfully established it is the strategic line of the workers' party to concentrate all efforts of the whole party and country on the socialist economic construction kim is apparently seeking to cement his position on the world stage following his meeting in beijing last month with china's president xi jinping talks with cia director mike pompei o in pyongyang and ahead of a historic summit with south korea's president monday and on friday south korea welcomed the announcement calling north korea's decision meaningful progress for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the president's office said it will contribute to creating a positive environment for the success of the upcoming intercourse rian and u.s. north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister it was more cautious. has never thought of north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome it but what's important is that this motion leads to a complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile

up to turning himself in a little to civil was surrounded by thousands of supporters from the workers party and a metal workers union this is the political party that he and the former president dilma rousseff were both members of. was recently impeached and driven out of office on similar charges of corruption however the supporters of former president lula da silva and dilma rousseff argue that the charges are politically motivated that this is simply an attack on the left wing of brazilian politics they say the court rulings are illegitimate and that the jailing of a little of the sylva is simply an attempt to prevent him from participating in brazilian politics in the future at this point we understand will to distil that has been arrested at the time he was supposed to. him self into authorities he was surrounded by thousands of supporters he has apparently turned himself in but the protests are continuing many in brazil do not consider these arrests to be legitimate and consider this to be a politically motivated move. and finally on a much lighter note a heartwarming story from kazak