Saying. Very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow into joining us this hour. A scandal has erupted in brazil after leaks messages suggest a Corruption Case against the countrys former president will address silva was politically motivated the messages published by investigative news site the intercept appear to show the judge discussing the probe with prosecutors supporters of Lula Da Silva say the leaks confirmed their fears that the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning his 2018 reelection bid now the probe was part of brazils biggest anticorruption crusade known as operation car wash which saw dozens of high level politicians imprisoned. What was sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for corruption and Money Laundering including for accepting a luxury apartment and exchange for state contracts he however denies ever owning it and the leaked messages suggest that prosecutors themselves question the strength of the evidence against him one of the journalists behind the revelations told us that they made sure that the messages were genuine. Me we waited and waited for a response from the prosecutors for them to prove that the messages were genuine thats a very cautious and scrupulous. When you work with explosive material like this you need to be absolutely certain that what you publish is true the prosecutors and the judge have expressed doubts about the messages they know theyre genuine as do we the leaks have also led to accusations that the judge gave biased advice to the prosecutors. Lula da silva who served as president of brazil from 2003 until 2010 is still wildly popular in the country brazilians associate him with good Economic Times when Living Standards were rising now a newly leaked conversation sheds some light on why he is serving a 12 Year Prison Sentence for corruption it turns out that his trial the judge and the prosecutor were in cahoots these are some of the private conversations that took place during the trial with judge mauro seemingly instructing the prosecutor about how to proceed with the case. Hasnt it been a long time without an operation you cannot make that kind of mistake now the thing called with a thats a good idea and a prosecutor asking the judge for advice what do you think of these crazy statements from the Workers PartyNational Board should with fish to rebut well it is silva has long maintained his innocence he says the entire case was a set up he has named names. On how to political life and all of a sudden i was convicted for Money Laundering and organized crime it was all a law i settled on when i was by the federal police the Public Prosecutors Office someone more of who took on the investigation with more i didnt need any proof of crimes committed because they all had a plan in mind the plan was to paint the Workers Party as a criminal organization with a criminal boss who happens to be made well it seems the new leaks show that will lead to civil was right here is an extract where the judge is seemingly directing the prosecutor and the prosecutor himself isnt moving his case is weak. So listen for me that the Contact Person is annoyed at having to be nice to see dr property transfer deeds for one of the x. President s children apparently the person would be willing to provide the information and therefore pawson it along the source is serious they will say that they were accusing baze a newspaper article and for gyal evidence and here is what makes it even more scandalous loyd to silvas imprisonment is what prevented him from running for president last year and take a look at the polls to silva had a pretty solid lead so then also narrow who won the election after his main opponent was blocked from running actually promoted judge morrow after he took office i salute said garry moore the only man in brazil whos proving that we can do politics differently now the judge seems to think he didnt do anything wrong he says that the real crime is that these conversations have been made public it is regrettable that the person responsible for the criminal hacking of the prosecutors cell phones has not be. Identified as the source there is no sign of any abnormality or providing direction since a magistrate despite information being taken out of context and the sensational as some of the articles known as acquittal so those accusations published by the intercept are not true and their origin is linked to a criminal hack even though i dont acknowledge the trustworthiness of the messages realized that they can create some discomfort for some people who are deeply sorry about that the leak telegram conversations give the impression that the silver was railroaded in order to keep him off the ballot and theres more to come for me and we are continuing our work on the case as we said these are just off 1st reports we have a lot of information we have analyzed i think only one percent of the conversations we will publish materials from these messages. Parts of the Mainstream Media and the Syrian Opposition are mourning the death of a controversial rebel icon who died in a battle in Homs Province against Syrian Government forces according to the rebel faction he belong to the fighters are all in syrias uprising was the subject of an Award Winning documentary film a goalkeeper for syrias youth team he gained prominence for staging street protests against assad and for singing songs praising the revolution some of those songs though espouse about that seem to go against those of western countries fighting Terror Group Islamic state in syria a dollar a quarter explains became the poster boy of the syrian uprising or shall we say the voice. Oh yeah. And his death in battle against Government Forces apparently made him a fallen hero in the eyes of the media syrian football and singer of revolution killed in conflict. Syrian soccer goalie who became rebel i can dies in battle syrian soccer star symbol of free vault dies after battle. That also route was a former syrian footballer who turned rebel fighter and not just any rebel fighter all know he became an icon of the fight against Bashar Al Assad so he wasnt shying away from speaking the truth heres one of the socalled singer of the revolutions greatest hits judge for yourself. And. Perhaps the lyrics dont exactly communicate the artists intended message thats all right though also it was much more articulate about his political beliefs in this 2014 interview that our vision of what we do blame Islamic State. But that blame comes with love because we know that these 2 groups not politicized and have the same goals as us they are working for gold and they care about islam and muslims no you didnt hear that wrong the same goals as Islamic State and apparently 911 was a great accomplishment to. Was good yet. There are those in the media who acknowledge its problematic characteristics but for them a little elbow rubbing with terrorist groups shouldnt stand between him and his rightful page in the history books. Some individuals celebrated as heroes make you doubt all stories of heroes in history books others like abdul basset also root not inspire of but despite his flaws make those stories highly plausible hes a true legend and his story is well documented may his soul rest in peace so if these guys got an oscar. Abdul deserves a grammy no less as in other. Codes are western operations it becomes important to to maintain this sense of plausible deniability its clearly been useful for for the us in the us media to maintain the this whole idea of there being moderate Democratic Forces and among the rebels in syria but clearly most of the groups fighting the government were really extreme Islamist Groups thats the reality and these were the groups that the cia and and its allies its british and french and saudi and qatari and turkish allies were supporting and arming from the very early stages of this conflict. The u. S. Secretary of state is facing accusations of meddling in british democracy thats after my pump said he would push back if you can Opposition Leader german corben became Prime Minister. It could be the mr corbin manages to run the gauntlet and get elected it is possible you should know we wont wait for him to do those things to begin to push back we will do our level best is too risky and too important and too hard ones who already happened a recording of the remarks made to jewish leaders was leaked to the Washington Post rather devinsky picks up the story. Uncle sam wants you to know that special relationship could end up on the trash heap if it doesnt like the choices that us brits make the us secretary of state mike pompei o has pledged he wont wait for Jeremy Corbyn to become Prime Minister to start the pushback against any actions that his administration might take against british jews while those views come amid stepped back to up of anti sematic allegations in the labor party what the us is perhaps really concerned about is that a corbin government might try to distance itself from the u. S. And pursue a more radical policy when it comes to countries like venezuela called in the call me is hardly who washington sees itself in bed with by airing those thoughts behind closed doors perhaps pompei it was being a little bit more tactful than his own boss who spent last week trumpeting his support for Boris Johnson or jeremy hunt as the next defacto Prime Minister. Worse i like him ive liked him for a long time hes i think you do a very good job boris and trump definitely a good fit both have a shocking blond hair and were born in the u. S. Making boris if he wins the tory leader ship brace an american slash british Prime Minister but is it really fair for washington to blatantly push its weight behind one or 2 candidates over another of course its not the 1st time that this has happened paula im mike pence the Vice President of the United States the United States supports the courageous decision by one god or the president of your National Assembly to assert the bodies constitutional powers declare madeira or your syrup or and call for the establishment of a Transitional Government the u. K. Is hardly venezuela yet when it comes to what the us wants it doesnt seem to matter how independent a country is or how robust its democratic systems are what the u. S. Wants in a special relationship is one where it pulls all the strings charlotte. R. T. London. International Affairs CommentatorJonathan Steele thinks pompei 0 is interfering and british politics. Its one thing to criticize say you disagree with another governments policy thats legitimate under International Diplomacy it to actually take action to try and reverse policies. Is beginning to become interference works when peres said which is really sinister is she said rouge will begin to push back against actions taken by jamie colby will pushing back as much as a criticism that implies that shes going to intervene physically in british politics and possibly undermine that cauldron that they have a government its not a typical slope on chaotic might was that hes trying to organize it would be trying to organize a coup against the British Government or put sanctions on the British Government or some other way try and put pressure between that goes beyond criticism of richard reid and exactly what he has in mind he just uses that word push back its actions hes talking about. Criticism. The b. B. C. Reports it has obtained a draft letter written by u. K. Mobile operators to the british cabinet secretary and it they reportedly asked the government to clarify its stance on chinese tech giant huawei Industry Leaders are apparently concerned over whether the company will be allowed to supply its new technology for a brand new 5 g. Network to go straight now to london and art is probably by that for more on this holiday what exactly are the British Telecom players worried about. Well theyre concerned over the lack of clarity on why way theyve asked for an urgent meeting with the government in order to discuss those concerns essentially theres a sense that theyve been left sort of hanging over the governments indecision over whether or not to greenlight the use of weiwei technology in the rollout of the 5 g. Network care in the u. K. So as a result these industry bosses cant invest in vital infrastructure Going Forward and actually theyve already been affected commercially as a result of the big phone network care has had to delay the launch of its huawei 5 g. Handsets vodafone has had to suspend orders on it as well and the governments been asked for reaction on this news of industry bosses can sons and for the government theyve stressed the importance of security above all else take a lesson. The security and resilience of the key still to come snap works is of paramount importance we have procedures in place to manage to National Security and are committed to the highest possible security standards. And actually the same statement goes on to say that the governments decision or rather the telecoms supply chain review. The decision on the use of wa way is expected in june pool so weve no firm date for when this decision will be made and the while the industry has questions for the government over wa way the governments got questions to walk away and it was actually while ways Cyber Security officer who was. Was giving on says in front of a committee of m. P. s publicly yesterday and the politicians repeatedly asked him about wild ways alleged links to the chinese states and about alleged human rights abuses as well and his repeated was that while way works within the framework of the norm which didnt seem to win any of his critics on the committee take a listen to what they had to say to him. Should we do business with a company that is complicit in utility pieces he should do business with all companies that stick to the little theres a lot of northern china isnt there just like there was a lot of law in nazi germany some laws are good little some was a bad move was some company to tell the repressive one party states nothing to communist china doesnt that put you see. Who it would be for. Your company is right you for whom im your son should. Be the soldiers of the chair of the government your research and we will. Paint a different picture. That language when you hear the company was way being compared to the company that manufactured gas for a nazi death camp gives you an idea of just how contentious the issue of the chinese telecoms has become in britain and the war over weiwei has really become a daily source of headlines and this industry frustration now gives you an idea of the fact that theyre really sort of stifled commercially now because no decision has been made and of course there are strong arguments on both sides on the one hand youve got the u. S. Pressuring the u. K. To reject Huawei Technologies saying that it presents a danger to National Security and on the other hand theres the opinion that in measured doses only on certain parts of the 5 g. Network using way can be perfectly safe and is actually vital for the future of britain as sort of a front runner in the lead technologically and so far this debate has been very political but now were seeing industry step in and say actually we need clarity on what happens with wall way. Overboard bring us the latest from london thank you. Your global news update continues after this short break. Inconvenient truth time weve never been off the gulf and. People say we left the Gold Standard but in fact Central Banks clear all their. Dealings with gold and now after this period of experimentation with a purely wrong currency. Various countries are recognizing that. They need to go back to pure standardization. Join me every 1st week on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics. Im sure. Ill see you then. Welcome back muslim gangs in u. K. High security jails are forcing prisoners to convert to islam with threats and beatings as according to a new ministry of justice report. All the prison is scared of us they know theyre only going to 3 of the jail sunday know that will be brought this way to stop them there is an underlying pressure for people to convert and join the gang the tactic they use to befriend someone when they come in if they dont convert they will then start spreading rumors about them that the person is a snitch so that they will be ostracized then the beatings will follow. So you go into a category b. Prison ill say goodbye to easy if i said i didnt want to be a muslim i need to watch you know in case someone stop me its very dangerous to denounce. It to be nice to be true to myself the study conducted at 3 top Security Prisons found that muslim gangs use violence and threats to push prisoners into conversion the report says forced conversions are becoming increasingly widespread and high security jails thats due to such factors as social isolation deprivation of liberty and the need for protection there are almost 13000. 00 muslim prisoners and british jails about 15 percent of the total jail population in march 2017 there were 186 terrorists being held in british jails 90 percent of them were muslim 3 socalled jails within a jail were also set up to house problem islam is inmates are guesstimated the issues raised. Only in prisons gang culture has always existed what happens here is its a loose label of a muslim we are now touching ourselves with someone not being converted forcibly converted theyre actually drifting towards the brig a group of people who they feel more aggressive and if they coexist with that maybe well ive worked in prisons david if you have a donor is an intervention have you worked would like to have work in prison but im going to have an opinion on line terrorists well done but that doesnt divert from the simple truth in this report and the truth in this report is that muslim goings are causing great trouble inside Marksman Security presence and that the people at the top of the muslim gangs are convicted terrorists and its not going to be solved by diversity and the snow going to be caused by reaching out to them its going to be cause its going to be solved by making sure that the terrorist ideologues are taken right out of it where they cannot spread their poison its really simple and money every way we have a little it will be able to die it is a national thing david we need a multidimensional approach the more vulnerable individuals diversity actually does work with them reintegration is a model that the government has been working in the prison system if you isolate no but if you isolate will go in and out of the bottom of that kind of system when they go back into society the transition is that much more difficult my point also one muslim i think that the label is very easily given most muslims would argue that these kind of individuals who forcibly convert people which is against their own faith theyre actually not very muslim if they were muslim in the 1st place they wouldnt be locked up in prisons i mean if theyre not muslims they seem a bit they seem to be unaware of it rather dont they they seem to think theyre muslims the court system seems to think that salute the department of justice thing i think about cigs actually what they are im suggesting essentially a british get more for these end of it individuals thats whats worked successfully in the in the states. Where they would be one target already saw and i think we need to know your allies something with david david we have elected not right situation we dont have the money to build these maximum prisons and what has one top of all really achieved its made sure that those interned have never committed any more crime once they get out of prison they could be even worse insult should be given to is the important thing is we have changed people in prison we have brought them around we do have the counternarrative we have the individuals we have the interventionist practitioners and very well informed scholars who have been able to change peoples mindsets and that actually costs a lot less than building what he sees is what our present or not im going to call or so this is my heart and all i seek to do is to protect innocent british citizens from the consequences of radicalized muslims coming out of prisons and doing the things that weve seen from 2015 out to me by the way on Westminster Bridge and other parts of the u. K. I want to see all that stopped on the way you do that is its not a boat its not a boat pastors its not about preachers its a boy the strongest security a marginal and thats what we need the u. S. Supreme court has refused to hear the appeal of a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay giving no reason for the decision. Has spent the last 17 years in detention without charge according to associate Justice Stephen breyer the president may never be freed. Faces the real prospects that he will spend the rest of his life in detention based on his status as an enemy combatant a generation ago the yemeni citizen has been at guantanamo since 2002 he denies funding for the taliban and al qaeda as well as being a solid bin ladens bodyguard his lawyers call his detention unconstitutional the Guantanamo Bay prison it was created almost 20 years ago that houses 40 prisoners most of whom have never been charged and thats amid numerous allegations of torture back in 2008 the Us Supreme Court ruled that prisoners can challenge their detention in federal courts however most appeals have failed. We spoke with ramsey cost me a law professor at the city of the university of new york who represents all way he told us there is no evidence his client ever fought against the u. S. Or out or its allies if he has not been charged with any crime let alone convicted the u. S. Courts that have looked at his case so far have found that there is no evidence that he ever took up arms against the United States or its allies that point is not even disputed so the fact that the government has still fought tooth and nail to keep going to guantanamo after 17 years in the courts have signed off on that really speaks to the extent to which or reflects the extent to which both the law and the government have become cruel and inhumane in these cases but what is remarkable is that Justice Briar has written a statement which happens very rarely in these sorts of procedures to indicate just how rageous mr always situation is the reason that he remains a guantanamo today and many others like him are free is that he has the his fortune of being the citizen of yemen and not a citizen of the United Kingdom france australia saudi arabia or another cover a government that enjoys strong ties with the United States its really all politics its got nothing to do with security or anything that mr all he is even alleged to have done he remains an innocent man he said want on a more after 70 years when there are 40 remaining prisoners at guantanamo today 26. 00 of them are yemenis. Thats our global news update for this hour thanks for tuning it. Would make the manufacture consent to the public well. When the ruling classes protect themselves. When the final merry go round lifts and we the one percent. We can all middle of the room sick. I am max kaiser this is the kaiser reported now Inconvenient Truth time weve never been off the Gold Standard people say we left the Gold Standard but in fact Central Banks clear all their. Failings with gold. And now after this period of experimentation with a purely run currency and for cities of the globe various countries are recognizing that its all nonsense you need to go back to pure Gold Standard does asian stacie well gold has always been there and we have not found a way to destroy it and throw it into the sun and destroy the truth telling that it does for for the past 40 years 40 plus years weve tried to remove ourselves from a Gold Standard and we pretend it doesnt exist and we pretend that were able through our Central Banks and our masters of our universe and the most elite brilliant Nobel Prize Winning economist like paul krugman that we know better than the markets we know better than the ordinary consumer we know better than they ordinary investor and thats failed because gold is always telling the truth and the reason why gold works is because its trust us you dont have to trust that. Somebody is printing up a whole bunch of money and this was articulated this week by the Prime Minister of malaysia dr m currency backed by gold Prime Minister dr Mahathir Mohamad says malaysias