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Resigns over the leaked cable scandal in which private emails exposed to far from glowing review of donald trump and his administration and. A free media protects society from the abuse of power. Helps release the full potential of a nation the global conference for Media Freedom is underway in london but r. T. And Russian News Agency sputnik a barred from entry. A low for me in the t. V. Reality h. Q. In moscow my names colleen bray welcome to your world news this. Us a federal judge has told washington that it must stop alleging that a russian firm accused of election meddling was funded by the kremlin or face a range of potential sanctions the court found that such unsubstantiated claims against the Internet Research agency which are not included in the 2018 and dime against it are prejudicing a jury. Or against the of reports. The Mueller Report the us investigation the media everyone accuses russia of carrying out a sweeping Systematic Campaign meddling campaign in the us election into in 2016 they did it via 2 methods the 1st one was. Intelligence Agency Hackers g. R. U. Hackers who broke into the d. N. C. Systems they allege stole a bunch of embarrassing democrat emails and then released them causing again embarrassment for the democrats all again allegedly russia denies all of this the 2nd part of the operation is the scribe William Burns the special counsel report outlines 2 main efforts by the russian government to influence the 2016 election. First the report details efforts by the Internet Research agency a Russian Company with close ties to the russian government to sow social discord among American Voters through decision from asian and social Media Operations he said Russian Operations or russian state the russian government operation the Internet Research agency theyre called the troll farm in the United States in the media theyre accused of spreading disinformation of Backing Trump denigrating Hillary Clinton spreading fake news meddling in the election theyre currently fighting a legal battle against the United States government and the judge has ordered the government to refrain from linking these companies the Internet Research agency and the russian government because in the Mueller Report william said in the new report that they link this company to the russian government theyre carrying out orders on behalf of the russian government they offered proof saying the head of this Internet Research agency is an ally of lied to me a putin that theyve had a number of government. Contracts and they leave it at that thats supposed to establish that the company was acting on behalf of an extension of the russian government in the indictment illegal document with the charges with the accusations they make new such link they called them a private entity a private company a federal judge now ordering the government to stop trying to link this private company me into the Research Agency which theyve called troll farm and the russian government because it is significant and prejudicial until a trial in the future stablish is otherwise if it does so the new york based journalist daniel is told me earlier that he believes the ruling is problematic for the miller report. The court has pointed up a great contradiction or a weakness in muellers muellers whole methodology the americans assume that russia and russians are the same thing but theyre not the half of that Mueller Reports thesis is now been invalidated the other half of the special counsels. Case is also very likely untrue because the scenario that mueller out lawrence in his report just doesnt make sense the chronology does not add up so essentially what happens is we have the 2 parts of muellers case now really just dont add up to anything at all theyre both equally weak. The u. S. State Department Official has been defending the trumpet ministrations use of Emergency Powers to sell to saudi arabia despite concerns over civilian deaths in yemen. Grew by senators on the export of 8000000000. 00 worth of precision guided missiles weapons that have been repeatedly used on schools and hospitals and he came up with some surprising justifications for it listening across to the hearing our correspondent in new york can you tell us how the hearing went and. Well it was a Heated Exchange on capitol hill it was a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and we saw this state Department Official being grilled over the fact that the trumpet ministration pressed ahead with arms sales to saudi arabia despite the objections of both houses of the u. S. Congress and now the individual in question from the state department was actually the assistant secretary of state our Clarke Cooper is the assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs and he actually said that selling these weapons fits into a strategy of the United States for promoting human rights this is what he said. Our policy is not just limited to arms transfers it is an expression a manifestation of what else we export open Society Human rights that is a part of our policy we do export the best of america with our arms transfer policy. Now it has been overwhelmingly u. S. Made weapons sold to saudi arabia by the United States that have been used by saudi arabia in its attack on yemen which is ongoing and has killed roughly 70000 people and its important to note that in 2018 on average roughly 100 civilians died every single week now when cooper was pressed further he did admit that this has a lot to do with the bottom line and business this is a follow up after he was pressed. We do not suspend our security relationship with a partner that carries so much weight for our interests and our equity in the region but youre saying that the u. S. Conventional arms transfer policy can be sacrificed if we have an important relationship with a country no it should not be sacrified thats what youre doing because youre transferring weapons after you have knowledge that they followed international norms. Now on may 24th u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o and vote an exemption under the emergency arms control act that basically pushed forward 8100000000. 00 in arms sales to saudi arabia as well as jordan and the United Arab Emirates in response the senate voted to block the deal with a Bipartisan Group both democrats and republicans objecting 8 most especially in the aftermath of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in turkey the extra extrajudicial execution he walked in to the Saudi Embassy in turkey and never walked out again and the aftermath of that there has been widespread questioning of the continued u. S. Financial and military relationship with saudi arabia and it seems that this disagreement that we saw before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is the latest public episode of this strong disagreement about u. S. Policy in the middle east and the continued u. S. Support for saudi arabia. Ok thanks for getting us up to speed on the reporting from new york kind of open thanks. X. The British Ambassador to the United States you can direct has announced that hes stepping down after a series of highly critical comments he made about the trumpet ministration will take to the press in confidential cables and back to officials in london the diplomat to describe the white house as dysfunctional inept and chaotic. Since the leak of official documents from this embassy there has been a great deal of speculation surrounding my position and that you ration of my remaining term as ambassador i want to put an end to that speculation the Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like britains most senior diplomat has been forced to resign and that comes after donald trump the president of the United States that he no longer be able to deal with him hes emails to the United Kingdom they in fact were leaked and they describe Donald Trumps administration as inept now this political scandal has been on ruffling over the last few days Prime Minister to resign may and the labor leader Jeremy Corbyn they were able to publicly back human back they said it was regrettable that he was forced to resign and theresa may went a step further in the house of commons earlier today explaining that british diplomats and politicians should be able to stand up for the principles they believe and if indeed they feel theyre under attack this is a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to leave his position. The. Whole cabinet rightly gave its full support to the kim on tuesday. So kim has secured has given a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. Now it must be said that these robust assessments are in fact routine and secure Diplomatic Communications but of course donald trump has taken his favorite form of social media off twitter to vocalize his anger in fact calling for kim few fit guy now it must be says that number 10 has tried to distance itself from 2nd direct assessments and communications by saying that they do not really support the u. K. Governments opinions having said that its not up to number 10 nor theresa may and what they have to say in fact all eyes are now on Boris Johnson or jeremy high. Of course one of the 2 will become the next Prime Minister and both of them have very different opinions when it comes to this political saga the what he ambassador that the u. K. For we stood upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and Prime Minister maybe about their failed breaks in negotiation and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled donald trump friend speak frankly so i will these comments are disrespectful and wrong 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 always need to treat each other with respect histories im a is always done with you ive got a Good Relationship with the white house and ive had no embarrassment in saying that the United States is has been will be for the foreseeable future our number one political military friend well there you had the gaffe prone guy Boris Johnson with his usual explicit flair and of course this has angered many in the house of commons who are deeply critical of Boris Johnson starts in fact that also includes the foreign 1 Office Minister sir alan duncan and hes accused mr johnson of throwing the ambassador under a bus now we do know that the British Government has announced a full scale investigation into how these unvarnished thoughts of the kim derek ended up on the front pages of a National Newspaper over the weekend following that many really are in a rage and they really do believe that this is a very bad day for british diplomacy a very bad day for angloamerican relations because they consider the former now ambassador of the u. K. To the United States as a man who has been hailed with the height of professionalism and class. This is r. T. International theres a big press freedom get together in london right now were going to have a little bit later 1st though lets go back to the resignation of the u. K. Ambassador in the United States in the latest edition of going underground which is what on r. T. Dot com a former White House Communications director tells Afshin Rattansi he believes the British Ambassador was the victim of a political hit job inside the Foreign Office in whitehall so we asked action earlier who if anyone might stand to benefit from sickens departure. Well it goes Boris Johnson presumably the new Prime Minister of this country and was the foreign secretary and had access to all manner of the intelligence operators but of course in a sense this is also mysterious and i did ask and hes going about this we know through Edward Snowden who is taking 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 can they just get it from surveillance do they really need it leaked because of internal politics here that is about the succession after theresa may in downing street and you can watch going underground right now on r. T. Dot com on the way here in a couple of minutes next to a big press freedom get together in london guess whos not invited or tell you in a few seconds. Countries for thats part of it its a poor a wealthy country a sum of all that youve got building stock markets that are owned by the scot 10 percent of the population are most of us. And there are what else is more and its a condition that poor americans dont want to cop to its hard for but the fact is now youve got 150000000 more people america. With this manufactured incentive to public wealth. When the ruling closest to protect them so. When the flaming. Lips meet the woman. We can all middle of the room sick. Welcome back they want the global conference for Media Freedoms being held in london cohosted by britain and canada however not all media have been allowed through the door since r. T. And russias Sputnik News Agency were barred from the party a free media both protects society from the abuse of power. What helps release the full potential of a nation signing pledges and making speeches isnt us enough they must make sure that their laws respect Media Freedom they form a lot to reduce journalese is simple and effective and government in many countries are getting are destroying the free press theyve done that was used to shoot a majority still lives is. And thats. The use against a politician if we dont stand up and fight for Media Freedom 60 minutes thousands of reports and thousands of esteemed members of Civil Society and academics are all due to attend this inaugural conference on Media Freedoms around the world its hosted by the u. K. And the canadian governments here in london one of the special guests is a certain clooney the International Human rights lawyer also the wife to the hollywood Actor George Clooney shes been appointed britains special envoy on Media Freedoms here at this event the gates to which is just behind me but guess who isnt going to be inside thats right its me here i am billy no mates outside left out in the cold because myself and my artsy colleagues and also colleagues at sputnik which is the other russian News Organization that broadcast in english weve all been banned from attending the global conference on Media Freedoms we applied in good time for press accreditation like all the other Media Outlets and we received a pretty standard stock reply i said unfortunately we have been unable to approve your application to a credit as media i think that should have been a warning sign but we thought maybe we just theyve run out of space theres nothing specifically about us in that reply but behind our backs other news channels got a very different message we have not accredited or sputnik because of their active role in spreading disinformation well its not possible to accommodate all requests for recruited fiction journalists from across the worlds media are attending the conference including from russia the russian government is. Impressed with this lack of hospitality to say the least the Russian Embassy here in london has written to the Foreign Office to express its expressed resolute disagreement with what has taken place and Russias Foreign Ministry spokesperson marias a harbor also weighed in take a listen. As is demonstrated their true intentions an attitude to Media Freedom by turning the event into the means of achieving opportunistic political and we believe other countries and responsible journalists will draw their appropriate conclusions and we hope that human rights n. G. O. S and Relevant International actions hes will not shy away from stating their position. And the arts the News Organization itself has released a statement take a listen it takes a particular brand of hypocrisy to advocate for freedom of press and then inconvenient voices and slandering alternative media. The world has learned to expect just that from the u. K. Foreign office are not the only journalists that cant attend the global conference on Media Freedoms i dont want to compare myself to Julian Assange but the editor of wiki leaks is currently incarcerated in a prison in his london and there is a small demonstration here calling for his release chanting freedom to Julian Assange and now julian the songes mother found out about r c not being allowed to attend and shes tweeted her response take a listen to why she thinks we havent been allowed maybe r. T. Will still listen practicing Media Freedom by reporting the facts of the political persecution of my son journalist julian the sunshine nor to norty dont you realize you are supposed to get Us Government clearance 1st then and only then are you free to publish one more important thing to note here which i think is quite curious. Is that although russian state funded news outlets which broadcast in russia say some colleagues of mine here in london has been allowed they have been accredited and they have been inside attending the conference as for me im out here ive got my eyes on this case a restaurant. A former british and stephen both told us as far as he sees it the b. B. C. And r. T. Arent all that different but london is sending a clear message to moscow. Well i think also use being singled out obviously because its seen by the Foreign Office and many politicians both here in the United Kingdom in europe and the United States as being the voice in vehicle of the russian government will want to could argue that the b. B. C. In many ways is the voice of the british establishment particularly if you look at the way that the European Union and the referendum and the brics issue is being discussed upon by the b. B. C. So i think what it is is the Foreign Office is very clearly making a statement to president putin and the russian establishment that we will not have your voice listened to in europe and we will try and stop if we can. Increasing numbers of people with diabetes in the United States say they have no choice but to go to canada to get affordable intil in a group that we spoke to spent 15 hours on a bus trip to buy their medication where it costs a 10th of what it does in the u. S. So this is when i just went to c. B. S. In minneapolis minnesota and the retail price of that vile is 340. 00 when i saw a london ontario to pick it out at the walmart pharmacy there. In us dollars the retail price was 26. 00 so there is a huge price discrepancy and so 1st so Many Americans they just simply cant afford that i have never had to personally ration insulin but from the high cost of insulin i have had to go into debt because of it ive had to put it on credit cards ive had to reach out to family members to help me pay for it because it has gotten too expensive that i cant cover it. Because it astronomical cause but i also realize there are people that are not as fortunate as me and they dont have family members they can reach out to that can help bail them out and according to the Diabetes Association in the us 30000000 a currently living with the illness while more than 7000000 have to rely on and of course it remains the main treatment for diabetics in order to control their glucose levels its been around a while the 1st produced in 1921 and toronto in canada back then the painting was sold for a dollar with the hope of making the treatment available to anyone who needed it but there was a spike in prices between 20122016 not for some to start rationing that medication nicole smith hold from the Diabetes Charity t one international told us about the tragic consequences of having to limit doses. The price is raised to over 1200 percent the past 20 years and theres just no reason why its been increasing to the point where people just theyre dying because they cant afford their insulin my family has paid the ultimate price of the pharmaceutical Companies Price gouging their patients in 2017 my 26 year old son passed away. From diabetic ketoacidosis from rationing his insulin and he was rationing it because he couldnt afford it the Monthly Price for his insulin and diabetic supplies was 1300. 00 is going to such an extreme that people are resorting to some really drastic measures to be able to get affordable insulin and people are traveling outside of the United States and going to other countries to purchase it where its actually affordable. They director of the Washington Pain Management Center told us hes calling for fair competition in the u. S. Pharmaceuticals industry. Sometimes it happens the United States the f. D. A. Requires pharmaceutical industry to have a certain standard of care and standards are great but sometimes Small Businesses cannot enter that market because its such a barrier by making a 1000 dollars or 3000. 00 a year in a product when i as a company want to get into that maybe we need 6 companies but we need a company and the way that you do that is again make sure theres a less of a barrier to make this product if you use competition then me as a patient im empowered to understand how much is this medication cost is this product equally as good why would maybe you know take a lesser expensive medication than the other. And thats it from a thanks for watching saskia tayla has your next ati International News in 34 minutes from. When it comes to north stream saying great clarity that the position of under law americans and drive among the government is Crystal Clear that it is a business project it is not a political project we understand that the americans would like to sell their natural gas instead but it is among government the government of the federal republic of germany Crystal Clear that we stick to the plans to let the drammen and European Industry go ahead with this approach. And you try and be professional you try and leave it outside the door you try and put in a comma compartment in the eyes its in your brain and so you can forget about it but little by little. These little whispers come and for me it was actually putting some ice into my wifes glass of gin and tonic saw it and the sound of the ice cream to the glass reminded me of how we kept the bodies cool in bali which was with bags of supermarkets are ice. Im on chance am i unfairly at mit and i was. 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