Louder than. United artists and man hes an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous its existed for 30 or 40 years dont they have anything to do except. Live from moscow thanks for joining us on r. T. International tonight im Daniel Hawkins welcome to the program. Russias foreign minister has used his address at this years Munich Security Conference to call for approach one with the west. Said that moscows International Partners have long sought to portray it as a grave threat and argue that they need to stop invoking the russian phantom with the details. So to get allow for all of the Russian Foreign minister he gave a very quick address to the Munich Security Conference he started off by talking about what russia sees as attempts to rewrite history of world war 2 speaking as we approach of course the 75th anniversary of the end of that conflict he went on to say that the spirit of alliance is as important today between russia and the west as it was 75 years ago between them salvi union and the west he did say that when it came to improving relationships with europe as some european leaders have been speaking about iraq this years security conference there remained what mr lavrov called a crisis of confidence that is the u. S. Would be most what you show is a crisis of trust is being felt particularly strongly in European Affairs escalating tensions as nato is a military infrastructure advanced eastwards the unprecedented scale of military exercises close to the russian borders the inflating of Defense Budgets beyond all possible measure its all of this generates unpredictability the confrontational dynamics of the cold war have been recreated the more it sees one of those World Leaders talking about improving ties between europe and russia was france is a money when my call early on saturday he was also speaking out about his idea to get more autonomy for europe when it comes to defense so that european nations could be able to act independently of the United States in more yup all new to the point that we can see that there is a certain weakening of the west that has been observed 15 years ago we thought of arnies would be universal values that would always ruled world i think were facing the hour of truth here we have a lot in common with the United States freedom and so on so this is why we fight to give a numerous was but is not quite what america wants we need to develop our own strategy. Well representing the United States has interests with secretary of state mike pompei oh he rejected out of hand claims that its western nations role on the International Stage needs to evolve im happy to report that the death of the Transatlantic Alliance is grossly over exaggerated. The west is winning we are collectively winning the west is winning freedom and democracy winning winning the west will keep that. State my pompei oh and secretary of defense mark aspect i think quite a bit of china bashing while they were at the podium here in munich they were paid to follow it i see that same podium by the chinese minister of Foreign Affairs or ye he described those claims by the United States is well lies and not backed up by any facts hard to see those 2 delegations sitting down for dinner tonight in munich but the still a lot to come here at the Munich Security Conference and continue into sunday were expecting libya to fall into focus on the ongoing crisis in that country course all the news that comes from that ill be bringing you here on r. T. The french president also offered his thoughts on the economic penalties imposed on russia beginning in 2014 and identified several areas where theres scope for greater cooperation with moscow. But you could leave it i dont think we should lift the sanctions im just saying that the sanctions and counter sanctions didnt really work out we europeans suffer as much from the sanctions as the russians do in our Strategic Dialogue with russia we must take the opportunity to frozen conflicts and address cyber issues and talk about space and the militarization of space we also need to be able to talk about addressing conflicts like syria im not pro russian or russian im just pro european if you look at the geographic facts we need to build a Security Architecture based on mutual trust that certainly europe has to open talks to all powers in the world is the only way to exist to china russia and the United States and be a sort of a neutral at least dealing with all these larger powers now we are not in this division of the west and the rest and a sort of imposition of International Order based on the agreements of alpha this is over the world these multipolar there are powers which are reclaiming their role like china and russia its the same level like the western countries so this is something difficult for the European Union to each is to redefine its reason to exist in its aids for the Munich Security Conference has also seen some tough words from irans foreign minister zarif recalled to us killing of Iranian Military commander casino solomonic back in january and brian that a terror attack. It was a military attack cowardly military attack excuse me pushing back the. Night against a civilian car carrying our general that was an act of terror the United States conduct operations and wants to be immune from the consequences that doesnt happen all his remarks came as white house released the memo further clarified what it called the legal basis for the strike document as 3rd widespread Media Attention as it appeared to shift all trumps main rationale for somalis killing emphasizing it as a response for alleged past actions rather than future ones although the threat of further attack existed recourse to the inherent right of selfdefense was justified sufficiently by the series of attacks that preceded the january 2nd strike or president trumps decision to assassinate general sort of sparked protests across the world with many in the middle east considering him a martyr and denouncing americas action initially the white house justified the attack by saying the general posed an imminent threat to u. S. Forces and property. Telling case of an imminent threat imminent threat selami was plotting imminent insidious terror attacks on american diplomats and military personnel can reveal that i believe it would have been for embassies lets cross live now to independent research and write a song before rick thanks for joining us or our good to have you on today all we heard back in january now that sort of money posed an imminent threat we heard threats to to attack embassies u. S. Property u. S. Personnel this is quite a turnaround isnt it why do you think theres been such an about face here. This is a turn around only because its been submitted in writing that even back in january we knew that in fact there was no imminent threat and certainly the democrats were outraged because when supine pirro justified it and then their own trial couldnt stick to the same line they kept changing and saying it was for and this is are 2 embassies and. You know that there was no imminent threat at that time and in fact the former iraqi Prime Minister in early january stratton mathy had said this general so they might was in iraq to broker peace between saudi arabia and iran to deescalate tensions so we knew all this this memo does not come as a surprise what does come as a surprise is the fact that we tend to forget what happened a month ago and in february nancy pelosi in the state of the union hoarded donald trump for the assassination so we must not think for a moment that the 2 sides differ in their ideology in their courses and in applauding assassinations and violating all laws all International Laws i mean preemptive selfdefense is never a justification for assassination and we know that that wasnt even in the plans speaking of the law as a legal basis a document refers to the 2002 authorization for use of military forces against the rock to justify the strike now obviously saddam husseins regime was launched so long since passed into history do you think using this law as a basis for military action is justified. Well unfortunately its not and i think our congress is very reluctant to change it i mean there are several lawmakers republicans who did speak out against it but still the trunk has. The power and its not just a 2002 law that was passed america is in the habit of attempting to assassinate leaders that will not succumb to its will i mean we saw how many times we know them a chance to try to assassinate fidel castro. And thereafter and there have been numerous other occasions when he did take out foreign leaders general for president for pass a law that this should be stopped but he never did and again after 911 i mean look what happens in libya and unfortunately im not going to place all the blame on the United States the world has withstood this kind of behavior for far too long they never start the assassinations they never stop the illegal wars and at every turn its almost as if other countries stood by thinking well if i was for oh say iraq or libya or syria in front of this beast that wants to occupy the whole world there are the safe so that nobody has stood out to what america is doing so america alone is not responsible here is all those people who are now in a sense complicit with their sons are there in action through United Nations condemned the assassination of general soleimani just in the same way that they can down the increased settlements all the time or israelis actions then what what are the consequences and there needs to be consequences for this kind of outlandish behavior that this jeopardizing the whole world i mean this is as as a nation was a threat to the internet so they money was a threat to the United States and the sense that peace is a threat to america without if there is he. Then america cannot have an excuse to expand to. And to occupy so hes. Not also knows so they might actually. March general that was loved by you know beyond orders they know about research and write a song. For coming on today good to have you on the program and. Well one of the biggest digital defense contracts in American History has been put on ice thats all for Online Retail giant amazon took the pentagon to court after washington gave the 10000000000. 00 deal to rival microsoft the lawsuit dogs donald trump was biased in his decision against ours and supremely jeff bezos in a feud between the 2 stretching back to trumps 1st president ial campaign he wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it if i become president or do they have problems they get outside my view is thats not an appropriate way for a president ial candidate to behave using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in washington dont tax amazon like they should be taxed finally treasured by donald trump will still reserve he must sit on the blue origin rocket send one or 2 speeches so sorry to hear about the news about jeff bozo being taken down by compared to reporting i understand is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper the amazon Washington Post at the end of last year bezos stressed the importance of the military project with the pentagon but as caleb maupin reports he is now hindering the deal won by microsoft. Remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting and my view is if big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how were going to do it we are going to support the department of foods this country is important the Silicon Valley tech giants love to walk hand in hand with the pentagon but their employees not so much google workers protested a Program UsingArtificial Intelligence for drones and microsoft employees have voiced their concerns about a 10000000000. 00 contract with the pentagon to offer Cloud Services but lucky enough for the department of defense amazon led by jeff bezos americas richest man has stepped up to the plate they say amazon is happy to do business with the pentagon were going to continue to support the duty this is a great country and it does need to be defended so it turns out that when amazon didnt get that contract 8 and microsoft got it instead they as ows was angry he took it to court citing bias from donald trump the preservation of Public Confidence in the nations procurement process requires discovery and supplementation of the administrative record particularly in light of president trumps order to screw amazon the question is whether the president of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of the department of defense to pursue his own personal and political ends but the irony is that jeff bezos with his legal action as double crossed the very same entity he swore to protect as a result of the lawsuit the entire program which the pentagon says is necessary for National Security has been put on a hold the military brass is unhappy were disappointed in the ruling and believe the actions taken in this litigation have unnecessarily delayed implementing department of defense this modernization strategy. Deprived our war fighters of a set of capabilities we need the Us Department of defense says it will lose 5. 00 to 7000000. 00 every month the program is the lead is us changing as a pinion in a way that serves his pocketbook is not necessarily or may serve a spark of book is not particularly a surprise i think theres a debate to be had on the degree to which these social media Tech Companies and Search Companies are able to sway the assuage problem opinion change Public Opinion restrict debate these are big issues that i think are the balance when people think about it or theres going to be a drive i believe a populist drive to lessen the power of big tech the cuts across the political spectrum well apparently for the worlds richest man the country only needs National Security protection when hes getting a share of the Defense Budget kaleb up and r. T. New york. Theres been a major plot twist that the french equivalent of the oscars the entire seas our academy has quit just 2 weeks before the years glittering ceremony for paris correspondent sean to do inskeep explains what. This year is award season has been plagued by allegations from a lack of diversity in the candidates weve been using that has had over the last couple years oscar so why this year the oscars they have a new house a oscars wider than ever to a lack of the fairer sex hollywood is stuck in the 1970 s. A criticisms a may have been like water off a ducks back of the boards of the british and american academies but here in france they take it its hot 2 weeks before the french oscars are due to take place in toy board has resigned to honor those men and women cinema happened in 2019 to find call and ensure that the festival film remains just that a festival the board has an animist we decided to resign this collective decision complete renewal of the board this is. Here in front of come under fire off it was revealed the convicted child rapist and fugitive from the us Justice System polanski had topped the nominations list the director who fled to france in the 1970 s. Received the nords for his historical drama and disposal i. Do so since only love. To complete. The film has received rave reviews from the critics and even had a standing ovation for its premiere at the Venice Film Festival the feminist groups have picketed some of those premises after they found out that it this is up and they would feel this to celebrate an abuser like polanski is to support the system of a punitive for male violence and silence the voices of the victims the riaa would then deepened when hundreds of actors directors movie producers and personalities demanded profound changes of the same academy they were unhappy off to a female director and the female writer was. In open letter to the academy they denounced it as being dysfunctional with the screws tightening the board took the decision to disband but even that decision has come under fire imagine what happens next new college of voters with all male selfesteem opacity and sexism who will eventually stop cheering rapists peter criminals on the run so how has it gone down here in paris but is a film more important than those who make it its the same with a good movie i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous its existed for 30 or 40 years dont they have anything to do except protest is there nothing else in france now really. More soft in my opinion the 2 figures are United Artists and man hes an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions. This is are to me this is a resigned rate for them and maybe these resignations can fix the issues and this is what im hoping for the actors the artist for the director is for everyone. But you think he has an artistic side beyond comparison with other artists from to human point of view its not good what he did but its past and we cant mix the aspects. Britains in danger of slipping into a Dystopian Society thats the warning from the judge after he ruled on the case of a businessman investigated for opposing a posting allegedly transferred between. The effect of the police turning up at his place of work because of his political opinions must not be underestimated to do so would be to undervalue a cardinal democratic freedom in this country weve never had a check or a good start. We have never lived in an old world and society. Well the case came about after a transgender woman reported tweets by 55 year old harry Miller Police came to see him and his work and he was told his posts would be recorded as a non crime hate incident and one officer allegedly told him im here to check your thinking mr miller took the case to the u. K. High court the judge ruled that police disproportionately interfered with his right of freedom of expression is what harry had to say after the decision. This is a watershed moment for liberty the police were wrong to visit my workplace wrong to check my thinking and the police say theyve taken on board the judges criticism while in a separate claim the court rejected mr mann as wide a challenge to the lawfulness of policing guidelines on hate crimes almost 120000 noncrime hate incidents have been recorded in england and wales in the past 5 years they may show up during criminal record checks and my colleague kevin owen earlier spoke to john gaunt a talk radio host and columnist about whether peoples beliefs should be monitored. These thought crimes are going too far he is right to describe it as an orwellian state it is not the p. C. Job to police thought it is the polices job to take on board criminal and real criminal activity and put those people before a court of 12 good men in true if you have an advanced criminal check on this would come up now we already know people are not get in jobs because of their social media history firms are scared stiff especially provide social media a great place to bully people as well people have to be able to eat it people think they get what they like more or less know on social media that has to be policed as now the idea that you cannot write your limerick saying that you dont believe that you believe in bottled tickle sex is absolutely ridiculous when one person complained about this man street one person this my own ends up with effectively a criminal record this is not what we want to pay the place for. In afghanistan at least 8 people believed to be civilians were killed by an airstrike in the east of the country on friday its not clear who is behind the attack but the u. S. Says it was looking into the incident the victims were reportedly driving home when the vehicle they were traveling in was targeted. My sons were and their way home when they were targeted by any strike my 3 sons and several villages were killed in the attack i lost everything i will be alone or to my cousins were on their way home near the village when their craft targeted them 1st they were wounded but alive but after minutes some helicopters landed in the area and killed them by shooting them. Well the airstrike follows u. S. Claims of progress in peace talks with the taliban in afghanistan on thursday defense secretary marcus per stated both sides had negotiated a week long reduction in violence United States and the taliban have negotiated a proposal for a 7 day reduction in violence progress has been made on this front and we have more to report on that soon it is our view that 7 days. For now is sufficient but in all things are prochoice this process will be conditions based he said again conditions based so it will be a continue its value to evaluate a process as we go forward. With Scandinavian Airlines is facing a backlash over its latest advert which the bunk some of the regions Cultural Icons pointing to the fact that all in fact for. What is truly scandinavia. Absolutely nothing. What nonsense and selfhatred always try to fly with us but never again thats a promise i have always flown with sas a lot but i would have a bad taste in my mouth if i did it again because they spits and i was like that all the airline defended its commercial saying the main message was to inspire people to travel more after getting tens of thousands of dislikes on its you tube channel it did eventually over land pull video only to replace it hours later with an updated version the company says it was pressured by the online attacks it has said that the film has been misunderstood that some have chosen to misinterpret al message and use it for their purposes the pattern of commonsense number of reactions on sas social Media Channels indicates that our complain is being attacked we asked people in gothenburg in sweden about the things they think represent the region. Skinny and meatballs i hear. Made balls on the ikea our food you substitute fleas. You know. Not really. We are flu a used by many on the cause but i still think. And since we have. An old cultural walkies before i dont think we have something thats just swedish. I think thats completely wrong there is absolute diskin liviu of things you can learn more about this country struggling through an identity crisis on our website. Or directing classical music. To get up. Publics to go on the ground brings us National Report on the corona Virus Outbreak plus the latest in u. K. Politics the u. K. View is the Alex Salmonds show is next the nicaea and will be here and often how to guide you through the nights latest. Lovely can go in mexico on the beach at the palm trees swaying in the monkeys chattering special guest with us today alex patch off see i. Bit fear theyre rocking it out in the mining spend. They were going underground 17 years to the day of the repeated largest protest in history when around 10000000 people in 600 cities around the world peacefully demonstrated against tony blairs war in iraq his history shows elite largely ignored that coming up in the show we speak to the 3rd biggest Pharmaceutical Company in britain j. F. K. About the chances of a vaccine amid an epidemic of misinformation about the rotavirus. Code until december the british m. P. For one of the richest places on earth kensington speaks to us about grenville the day after another silent march to commemorate a defining emblem of the cost of bailing out the city of london buses mafias across the e. U. Are accused of using the block to loan. The money we speak to the director of a new film the traitor about real life mafia boss turned informant master was about the cost of betrayal of its socialist beginnings and collaboration with the f. B. I. Told us of all coming up in todays going on the ground 1st ahead of the u. K. Cabinet reshuffle outgoing labor leader german corbin this week effectively demanded the resignation of our strengths and foreign secretary over alleged misinformation link to the cia after johnson appeared to concede the processes of extradition of a cia spy accused of killing were one sided corbin said this this disparity with the u. S. Is about to be laid bare when the courts to saw eat well as the wiki leaks publisher julian a song will be extradited to the u. S. On charges of espionage for exposing war crimes the murder of civilians and large scale corruption will the Prime Minister agree with the parliamentary report thats going to the council of europe that this extradition should be opposed and the rights of journalists and whistleblowers up held for the good of all of us johnson didnt answer the question and then in a week they u. K. Corporate media has been continuing arguable support for islam is to extremism in syria the Scottish National party came out all guns blazing lamenting Syrian Coalition attacks on groups affiliated to al qaida ok