247 news live from moscow to the world always good to have your company my names you know neal on the international. The 6 trafficking child abuse trial of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is spilling over into the white house with President Trump forced to defend his labor secretary alex acosta when acosta was a u. S. Attorney in miami he signed off a plea agreement in an earlier case involving epstein which critics say was far too lenient. Hes been a great really great secretary of labor. The rest of it will have to look at we have to look at it very carefully but youre talking about a long time ago and again it was a decision made i think not by him but by a lot of people so were going to look at it very carefully Jeffrey Epstein a registered sex offender is accused of trafficking and luring dozens of girls to his mansion if found guilty he may face up to 45 years in prison neither a democratic leadership is putting pressure on mr trump and his team over a potential obstruction of justice. Secretary costa must step down as u. S. Attorney he engaged in the conscionable agreement with jeffrey abstain kept secret from courageous young victims prevented them from seeking justice this was now by the president of the us when he appointed him to the cabinet i am calling on secretary acosta to resign instead of prosecuting a predator and serial sex trafficker of children. A cost to trolls to let him off the Jeffrey Epstein a billionaire caught trafficking underage girls between 20022005 has been arrested yet again this time after horrendous new evidence came to life beginning at least 2002 and continuing until 2000. And 13 is alleged to have abused dozens of victims epstein is well connected and hes evaded these charges for years thanks to a deal he made with the costa when he was the u. S. Attorney in miami instead of being charged with sex trafficking and child rape he only pled guilty to a lesser charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor while serving his time epstein had up to 12 hours a day 6 days a week as work release at his Downtown Office he served only 13 months before then being released on probation during his probation epstein took numerous trips to both the Virgin Islands and new york city in his private jet and a new evidence has forced a costa now come forward and defend his decision to give such special treatment to a sexual predator. With the evidence available more than a decade ago federal prosecutors. Go to jail register as a sex offender and put the load on notice that he was a sexual predator now that you havent seen additional testimonies available the new prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice so democrats just heard about this sweetheart deal and are filled with outrage well actually no theyve known about it for quite some time this is a cost his confirmation hearing back in 27 seen the lawsuit questions why trumps nominee for labor secretary former miami u. S. Attorney you know Xander Acosta cut a nonprosecution deal with epstein a decade ago rather than pursuing a federal indictment in fact the nature of a cost as punishment if you can really call it that was never secret the department of justice. As defended the actions of the office in that matter under both president bush and president obamas administrations so why the sudden outrage well according to Chuck Schumer timing is everything the president needs to answer for his statements he has made about his relationship with mr epstein particularly since President Trump appointed mr acosta to such a powerful position see the issue is that a trumpet ministration official is now caught up in the outrage around Jeffrey Epstein and trump indeed does have some skeletons in his closet when it comes to the epstein case epstein visited mara largo however according to the attorney who represents one of epsteins victims trump threw him out after he started making passes at underage girls on the property furthermore trump seems to be the only prominent individual actually cooperated with the investigation into epsteins crimes trump is the only person who picked up the phone and said lets just to give you as much time as you want we will need to know it was very helpful so that does not put trump in the clear he certainly was familiar with the sexual predator however so was bill clinton the former president actually took 27 different flights on Jeffrey Epsteins private airplanes some of them without being accompanied by secret service and there are rumors circulating that there were underage girls on the plane clinton had his secret service with him and many times he did not almost every time that clintons name is on the pilot logs there are underage girls there are initials and there are names of many many girls on that. Private plane but clinton is just background noise right now epstein fits in with the anti trump chorus from Mainstream Media the federal sex trafficking case against donald trump old friend Jeffrey Epstein times to both the president and notably his labor secretary alex our costume the man who cut that deal with him that was his job then is now the labor secretary hes got supporters are part of this administration so perhaps the victims in this case should be happy that donald trump was elected after all until trumps name was brought in and attached to the case there seemed to be far less interest an outrage about epsteins atrocious crimes from certain voices. Are to see new york. Some breaking news to bring you know on the program u. K. Ambassador to the United States kim doric resigned his post after a trove of documents reveal that diplomats have described the trumpet ministration those uniquely dysfunctional donald trump then went on a twitter crusade venting his anger of the boss of the president also lashed out at the outgoing Prime Minister trees make calling her brakes a deal a disaster British Foreign secretary on one of the 2 men in the running to be the next Prime Minister all of the United Kingdom jeremy hunt fired by. Donald trump friends speak frankly so i will these comments disrespectful and room to our Prime Minister and my country you said the u. K. U. S. Alliance was the greatest in history and i agree but i need to treat each other with respect and threes amazing weve done with you. Well treason may also said that she was 100 percent behind kim doric however london launched a probe into who exactly at leaked the Sensitive Information as well another hopeful for the pm job Boris Johnson one of the overwhelming favorites of course has also been trying to smooth a path for good long term relations saying things shouldnt be ruffled by this currents its ive got a Good Relationship with the white house and i have no embarrassment in saying that the United States is has been will be for the foreseeable future on number one political military friend and if we look at reaction again across the atlantic the u. S. State Department Also trying to calm the waters some was saying the president s wrong with london will not affect their special relationship we will of course let the white house speak for the president s tweets we have an incredibly special in strategic relationship with the United Kingdom that has gone on for quite a long time and its bigger than any individual its bigger than any government and something that has stood the test of time and will continue to do so. Well im happy to say we go live now to our tease going underground host Afshin Rattansi for his thick afshan we knew that he was to leave his post by the end of the year how surprised are you that kim doric has gone early. Well its not so much surprise it is that speculation in this country was that if indeed the plum job in britains Diplomatic Service was to and in a resignation just because of a cable in this way and particularly because of the tweets of us President Donald Trump in effect the british Diplomatic Service would be under threat in every nation because leaders from any nation could then basically choose britains diplomatic staff abroad so is britain indeed. Its up to donald trump who chooses the next British Ambassador to the United States and more more than that it is interesting that arguably the incompetence of theresa may whod was defending sic him derek right down the line can be contrasted with the remarks that you just played from the presumably the next Prime Minister in 2 weeks time Boris Johnson who failed to be drawn on whether he would allow the kim darrick would ask him to act to retain his post as British Ambassador to washington almost as if some may be speculating that Boris Johnson had already been briefed by the white house that this would be would actually happen so let me tell you that because they were sensible as we pushed option you think. Well drazen me was absolutely certain that there was no way that the British Ambassador to washington would be sacked and she made it very clear and ive got to tell you the media in britain all the mainstream john of have been saying of course not just because trump tweets this the British Foreign office is independent of all of that and where would this lead to as regards the Diplomatic Community but in todays going on the ground we speak to Donald Trumps former White House Communications director who also defended to kim darrick on the same sort of line so what is actually going on here is perhaps a little mysterious i should also add. This is because of a leaked encrypted diplomatic telegram that came to a british newspaper which allowed the public to see that britains man in washington had a low opinion of donald trump it obvious also he said the sikkim derek was indeed the National Security advisor of this country just as cable gate when we. Revealed to the world the largest of diplomatic cables in history from washington very timely interview that you have with donald trump for a Communications Director as you say what was what was said there of notes. Well there it was in the scaramucci completely defending gold trumpet at the same time defending sic him derek saying he would come to the Foreign Office and sort it out in 11 days who did the leak and everything should be smoothed over a smooth over basically the left of it came as written has said the. Said basically the Current Situation this means that the British Embassy in washington is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like in the past 24 hours the white house rescinded an invitation to a dinner with the emir of qatar presumably no one will take the calls but then again as we just heard from the clip you played of the state department the president to treat the u. S. State department is clear that the white house would do each or something in due course but actually relations between london and washington as regards the Foreign Office here run now by jeremy hunt of course and mike pompei oh theyre perfectly core deal the rest of the world and the rest of the world Diplomatic Community level in the summer parties of different embassies happening within a few miles of this studio be wondering what exactly is going on does washington control who who london can put in this country or that country as a representative of her majesty the queen as you say said. Very longstanding respected but his language was. When he put it out there whether or not he knew that people were going to be talking about it im not sure he would have said the same thing as though the 2 on the side who stuns the benefit from this resignation do you think. Yes of course the british media and jeremy hunt the current foreign secretary very keen and the low be journalists here to say russia was behind the leak because russia would benefit from a leak of information of this kind just so discord between london and washington theres no proof no evidence of that the russian authorities are denied any of that and actually in fairness to british media which is celebrating Media Freedom i should say few miles away and hes not allowed to cover it really even british media said this is not the russians of anything they seem to be suspecting Boris Johnsons camp but theres no proof either of that that somehow this would benefit Boris Johnson but johnson very clear in the past 24 hours he has a close relationship with donald trump and he was giving no promises whatsoever about the fate of the kim who as i say was the National Security adviser he was in downing street under tony blair after the iraq war and he was promoted he became National Security advisor he would have been there sifting through cables released by Julian Assange has wiki leaks in 2011 i think 2012 just after the final tranche of cables showing the level of subterfuge the u. S. State department employs all around the world literally all around the world so cables and sikkim darrick he was promoted through it and it looks like his diplomatic career is finished through them just to get it but your interview with mr starr in which its going to be a must watch for. Certainly in the aftermath of all of this just one of the aspects i saw a line on it saying that he said that the u. K. Envoy is a political hit job victim quite strong language. Did you get a sense that he thought who was behind something about this that who would have the power to carry it out. Well it goes Boris Johnson presumably the new Prime Minister of this country into weeks time was the foreign secretary and had access to all manner of the intelligence operators but of course you know since this is all so mysterious and i did ask underneath scaramucci about this we know through Edward Snowden who is taken asylum in moscow that the 5 eyes project indeed the National Security agency they have access to encrypted emails all around the world why did it take a leak from london to a british newspaper to inform donald trump that britains man in washington had such a low opinion of donald trump do they not know these things without people here for whatever political reasons for whatever whatever hit me and reasons they come they just get it from surveillance do they really need it leaked because of internal politics here that is about the succession of to theresa may in downing street and i just put it to you before you go do you put any currency in the remarks that circuit doric did this knowing that so many hundreds of people would look at these cables he knows he was going to leave at the end of the year anyway and that you know what im going to have my say whether or not its diplomatic or otherwise and this is how i feel its going to get out into the public sphere. Probably nor do i think we. Were giving this information in fact one could regard this as you say well respected by the establishment diplomat as making pretty banal corner. So i think its pretty common currency here the opinions of the british establishment as to donald trump regardless of the state visit which cost millions of pounds to the british taxpayer recently so in a sense if this was the great illuminating information that he was getting for the British Government as ambassador to washington arguably you know wiki leaks produces more secrets than the british Diplomatic Service which was of course the taxpayer affair penny of course it presumably will be up to Boris Johnson who did say in the past 24 hours he will be in control over the appointment of the next British Ambassador to washington and of course theres been some speculation that it could be piers morgan close relationship with the donald trump piers morgan a former journalist who was disgraced from the daily mirror but who also was in a Television Program the apprentice i think with the u. S. President and another person who is being tipped has been a certain nigel farage credited with one of the greatest and most successful political campaigns in recent history in britain the man arguably who created the snowball that is bricks at the bookmakers hastily changing the odds as we speak im sure after a town the r t going underground house thank you very much for sizeable slice of time today. Ok moving on to more world news this law makes state terrorists. Who took part in the 2015 paris terror attacks received 500 euro compensation for a legal terms of the tension he was in a prison cell on a permanent surveillance something that contradicts european human rights laws are t. Shirt to do brings us up today. So low. Infamous name and the last remaining member of a group behind the worst terror attack in frank. Thank. God. I. Just months later 32 people were killed in cold water native bombings on brussels major transport hubs is now serving a 20 Year Prison Sentence yet its now emerged this self confessed to harvest has found himself on the right side of the legal system of the french state was forced to pay him 500 euros why do you bring incarceration here france he was subjected to stop surveillance back in 2016 then Justice Minister explained why that decision was taken i made a ministerial order authorizing Video Surveillance 24 hours a day and on the basis of this decree which i took after consultation with the National Commission on informatics and liberty i took an individual decision on mr disallowed to be put into Video Surveillance even the unions supported the governments position and why that scope of surveillance was justified. In this case Video Surveillance was an effective means of ensuring that the individual did no harm himself and if needed stand trial. For what he did but does lams who is continuing to challenge it and they won in 2017 these minister to court agree that his detention conditions were illegal but this information has only just come to light and its causing outrage. The french judiciary has condemned the state to pay 500 euros to a terrorist who caused the deaths of more than 130 people and left 400 injured on the 13th of november 25th scene this is a disgrace im appalled by the court order to pay 500. 00 euros to so obviously this legal outrage must be reviewed urgently this french stay owes nothing to islamist barbarians so what do people here in paris make of this case that more honestly i dont think that 500 euros is a lot and i also agree with the human rights side of it but he didnt respect the human rights of the people either i believe that when you are. Creating an crime that is so horrific that perhaps you should just lose all of your entitlements and a privileges president was about absolutely not thats not normal he committed a crime and now we have to pay him its not normal so really amazing that the french government or 2 previous 5400 fine birds if we are looking to do a side of the justice weve got some rules weve got some lows and we need to respect general. Is no good at all because hes still a terrorist and should be the other way he should be charging condemned some very diverse opinions on a subject that many people were simply shocked by it seems though that does lama has no intention of taking the money so far hes refused it show what do you can ski otty paris or we are star guests and. The rights and the wrongs of the case and as the turns are theory of the view its really not a clear cut. The issue around how we was treated by the french authorities is an important issue regardless of ones background or regardless of ones you know situation in terms of what theyve been accused of the rule of law applies equally there is the same case in belgium actually where they receive compensation because they are in mark a restricted area within prison and they get one euro per day i mean this is ridiculous its not the fact that theyre received the one euro its the fact that the court goes as far as losing time on this issue i mean in middle Eastern Countries there is none of that well the reality is somewhat different the people who carried out those a terrorist attacks in paris and in brussels some of them have got very serious sentences theyve been given life sentences of 20 plus years you know we look here in the u. K. Theres been many terror plots that have been foiled and the people involved have been given long custodial sentences i think that the sentences should be the real sentences the judge pronounces if it is 2030 years life it is a life it is 30 years or 20 years people in the street. Should not get emotional about this but they dont understand the system they have the impression that victims are penalized while the Justice System defense criminals but youve got to take your own emotion out of it and said that the law applies equally to every single citizen and if the authorities the police are not above the law in western societies and if theyve done any particular action which is brought their authority into disrepute then they should be consequences and thats what the judge awarded damages to this individual. Living on the court in italy has 100 die in life sentences to 24 people including high profile officials involved in operation condor that was a campaign of political repression by. U. S. Back to cater shifts in the 1970 s. And eightys in 6 south american countries that 23 of the 24 people were sentenced in absentia the case was initially opened 2 decades ago by families of the victims. Of kidnappings torture of tens of thousands killed including through being thrown out of flying planes the death flights with a cruel dose of irony the operation was also given the ariel name corndog for over a decade the dictatorships of 6 latin american states were cleansing their left leaning opposition through repression and state terror now their victims have some closure but only some the executers of operation condor couldnt have excelled the way they did without help we have followed events in argentina closely with the new government will we wish it will succeed we will do what we can to help it succeed where were you on a difficult period it is a curious to win political criminal and terrorist activities tend to merge without any clear separation when the standard must establish with auriti in hindsight as stablish authority they did oh by all means quite literally all the 6 nations became staunch allies of the us for which the political purges in latin america became a convenient way to scorch communist idea from its backyard outpost of pinochet now a household name almost synonymous with tyranny enjoyed Financial Support from washington at least through his chief of intelligence. Some declassified documents referred to operation condor as a legitimate counterterrorism action moreover Henry Kissinger then secretary of state was briefed on the murder operations of operation quando in august 1976 the operation would last until 1989 and for all those years the cia chose not to step in to prevent the brutal violence in fact the u. S. Kept its finger on the pulse of operation condo ating at times with Strategic Planning brazil argentina chile bolivia paraguayan year ago i make up the nets they keep in touch with one another through a u. S. Communication installation in the panama canal zone which covers all of latin america obviously this is the Commodore Network which all of us have heard about over the last few years this cia did such a great job ensuring control of latin america through operation corndog that in 1977 just 2 years into its official phase europe took notes representatives of west german french and British Intelligence services had visited the condo Organization Secretary its important gerrys during the month of september 977. 00 in order to discuss methods for establishment of an anti subversion organization similar to condo due to their view that the terrorists aversive threats had reached such Dangerous Levels in europe as kissinger was well aware the cia knew all about this state department knew all about this and in fact the United States helped facilitate communications between the 6 countries that were involved in this people are getting some small measure of justice and its much too late many of the perpetrators have already died you have to realize this was a vast operation thousands and thousands of people involved 7 governments involved at least you have to also remember. That you have the Intelligence Services of britain france and west germany also collaborating with these governments in south america so this was that Michael Oboyle operation to silence critics silence reformers this is a horrendous period in history in terms of acts of all justice being met it out year on earth thats probably not going to happen in most cases ok just about time to cross to washington d. C. And find out whats gulf there watching the hawks crew talking today up to see you in 30 for all your latest made we can use updates. Greetings and salyut ations here in the United States of america there has been one insidious enemy of hard working patriotic American Adults since the early part of the 20th century a graver threat to the graver threat than communism far more dangerous than terrorism im speaking of course about the dreaded american teenager yes the United States fear of the teenage mind as a long history in this country from the 1950 s. 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