To try and get in the. World update from r. T. International in moscow my name is khan and bright 1st for you this saturday then the u. S. Media is already pointing the fingers east this time going after the democrats front runner for the 2020 president ial election thats ahead of crucial primaries in the state of nevada where Bernie Sanders is leading the polls the Washington Post claims through unnamed sources that hes receiving russian help for his campaign and that hes been informed about it. It was not clear what role theyre going to play we were told that russia maybe other countries are going to get involved in this campaign and look heres the message to russia stay out of american elections the do nothing democrats using disinformation hawks number 7 dont want Bernie Sanders to get the democratic nomination and they figured this would be very bad for his chances its all rigged again against crazy Bernie Sanders. One democratic rival billionaire Mike Bloomberg has jumped on the report to target sanders online posting his 2016 president ial Campaign Slogan feel the burn in russian or the other end of the political spectrum the New York Times claims that President Trump is also a benefactor of alleged russian help moscow is dismissing the report and says it expects similar claims to multiply in the run up to the election these are just the usual paranoid claims which unfortunately we will be hearing more of as the us elections approach of course they have nothing to do with the truth so ask it taylor now looks closer at the latest election meddling claims. Dear diary i know i can be a bit of a warrior you know better than anyone but this time i really think we might have a fear e s. Situation on our hands it is the conclusion of multiple Us Intelligence agencies that the Russian Federation is once again trying to interfere in our 2020 alexion our president ial election again to try to elect donald trump the russians off to american democracy again and theres just so much evidence to back it up this time in a closed meeting undisclosed intelligence officials told congress that moscow wants to keep orange one in the white house for another flu yes and 5 unnamed people who apparently are in the loop told us so its a soul thing i turned on the t. V. And everyones quoting it a bombshell revelation just makes me panic more than americas democracy once again under attack by a foreign adversary new revelations about russian efforts to interfere in the 2020 election with the hope of getting the president president. And also to make americans doubt the integrity of the election process this is not a 4 year ago flashback folks this is 2020 and the media would so panic would jump on the bandwagon just to boost their ratings that would be unconscionable wouldnt it i know youll say im im spiraling but can you see how burn up proof this latest report is i mean i agree i did read the article which published the info for us and there isnt a single concrete fact or piece of evidence provided but they promise it will all come to light soon both republicans and democrats the intelligence agencies to hand over the underlying material that prompted the conclusion the rush is again favoring mr trump selection how soon the House Committee might get that information is not clear and if that wasnt convincing enough trump thought the director of National Intelligence and replaced him with a man who supports him that cant be a coincidence can it i mean thats basically admitting that hes a kremlin stooge and the president of the United States is now helping the president of russia help the president of the United States. To get reelected now i dont want to exaggerate or anything but this is a National Emergency we are now in a full blown National Security crisis by trying to prevent the flow of intelligence to Congress Trump is abetting a russian covert operation to keep him in office for moscows interests not americas and politicians are panicking to it so seriously even tweeted about it point henries also chimed in still a bit saw over the whole 26 didnt tast feel i suppose putins pop is at it again taken russian help for himself he knows he can win without it and we cant let it happen i mean its also one of the democrats it has been unlucky the mourner report was a boston pietschmann felt flat on its face but still how could anyone pick trump over that and just tick inspiring democrat candidates on offer take joe biden for example sure hes got a on approach but hes clearly a good parent and thats got to count for something right then does Michael Bloomberg sure he made a few crude comments apparently about women back in the eightys but these were different times now hes just a good old clean billionaire and Bernie Sanders well good old bunny mo was giving his honest opinion when he allegedly said a woman couldnt become a president no no the more i think about it the clearer it is a trump 2020 victory could only have the kremlins fingerprints all over it. Diary what a disaster. Or what the post is facing a backlash for overplaying the importance of elites ahead of the election were going to have more on that for you in a little over 10 minutes. Leading politicians in germany have lashed out at the anti immigration alternative for Germany Party in the wake of wednesdays racially motivated Mass Shootings of 2 bars in that were which 9 were killed the lawmakers argue that the f. T. Has helped create an atmosphere of hatred. At the 1st glance it looks like it was a lone wolf or tackle one man carried it out but there were those who had provided him with ammunition and the a of these definitely among them gifted in germany struggles to come to terms with the events of this weeks tragic slayings weve seen politicians from the Christian Democratic Union the social democrats they are part of the Ruling Coalition as well as the left party on the greens as well coming out and accusing alternative media day of funding the flames of far right extremism in the country of course theres a direct connection between the growing strength of the a. F. D. And the increasing right wing violence citizens of foreign descent are being denied their Human Dignity its so dangerous because it brings someone to a point where they commit a crime here we have a fatal disinhibition up work and the a. F. D. Bear responsibility for that too 9 people were killed this week 2 shooting incidents at 2 separate she should bars in the city of homs now all of those that were killed were from an immigrant background most of them were young people as well we heard from one eyewitness who describe for us the scenes of that night. The man came in and started shooting at a kiosk then he came to us he shot the 1st person in the head then shot of the 2nd person well drop down to the ground i pretended to be dead we all pretended to be dead we all fell down and he the shooter had emptied his magazine by then and just run away so i opened my eyes i was ok i was still alive but i just didnt want to believe it was real i asked unitive everything was ok he groaned he got me he got me there was a hole in his neck i shouted the other guy to ask if he was ok he hadnt seen a bullet in the shoulder. He didnt see the blood as he was wearing a coat he said yeah im ok i stood up and saw interest lying is brother nasser and it was doubtless the others were lying there too so i went out and peeped into the kiosk. The people in there ruled out so i didnt know what to do i just couldnt believe it was happening or police have confirmed that the main suspect had killed himself his body was found alongside not of the 7 the mother the 42 year old own and 2 weapons legally the handgun that he used to carry out the attack had been modified to allow it to release bullets quick as that alongside calls for tighter security and more surveillance of far right to vittie in germany there are also calls for tougher gun laws in the country. And then i have to spokesperson claims that the german establishment is desperately trying to link the atrocity to his party. The killer was a paranoid he was because of. The police said it very soon on twitter. This guy had not gone to action to any any Political Group to any. Extremist to any right wing groups and what as terrible as the situation that the the all Political Parties are trying to stick it somehow to the a. F. P. This is the only way how can they manage to fight against us because they have no real political arguments and pull in the political discussion so therefore they are always just trying to push us into a right to ink corner so that people are afraid even to talk to ours to listen to our political arguments we are we are living in a. Very heavy political oppression in my mind we are not free to express what we want our people are permanently under a tag of left extremist and. You know what what happened now is that we are putting in the corner where we dont belong. To wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is set to begin his u. S. Extradition hearing in a london court on monday and supporters of planned protests over the weekend with veteran british rocker roger waters heading the rally is facing charges of hacking a u. S. Government computer leaking classified documents back in 2010 he spent 70 years in londons Ecuadorian Embassy before big removed by police we spoke to the former pink floyd front man about the importance of saturdays protest. Committed no crime apart from a mine up by a with it fridge when he did it its absolutely clear now that he didnt rape anyone and stuff that was a poor thing to try and get it he was so right when he said he was frightened of going to sweet because they would actually die its nice to see exactly what they would have done is this is being blown out completely by whats happening now here in the United Kingdom where the u. K. Government have decided to feed him to the wolves. Theyve almost killed him in belmarsh hes really sick if you read Craig Murrays description of him in the in the last hearing before that awful matches straight he its really really moving craigs a friend of his and hes in a chilling could you could hardly remember a zone name. He maybe that got a drugged a law which they probably have probably caught on a concert you know trial lawyers to see as well but now hes been in prison for 7 years now in the Ecuadorian Embassy and now in the spice security place at boma its disgusting he hasnt committed a crime. Julian a son should america getting a fair trial 00 charles theyre breaking the law to try and get him there they would there is an extradition treaty between the u. K. And the United States which has a number of articles of the forethought to koloff ways that no extradition proceedings should even taught if there is a political motivation to it this is a political course it is 100 percent political its not a legal proceeding its all its a job and its disgusting and and and for english prudence to fail an ordinary journalist doing his job properly like this. Makes me ashamed to being. The case is crucial only if you believe in the rule of law and freedom of speech and the end if you believe that the press and journalists have a responsibility to inform the public if they kill a song its going to be at the back of everybody elses my god they killed him theyre going to kill me too if i step out of line its a way of searching for authority so that nobody will report on anything that could be so power. Human Rights Groups are demanding that a British University suspends a Masters Program that runs with bahrains Royal Academy of policing how does Phil University flies academics to bahrain despite rights campaigners condemning the kingdom as a torture for prisoner abuse the director for the Bahrain Institute for rights and democracy says it has detailed allegations from 10 prisoners who allege theyve been tortured. We opened those testimonies which came to us that are from this into the prison behind your prison and somebody called us to give us the details of how those individuals or torture this is im talking about the fears 10 testimony from the victims that are detailing how they were abused. There is a consistent account on many of them where subjected to physical and psychological torture some of them were subjected to electric shocks some of a lot of them where to the naked that during their interrogation they were blindfolded some of them at it they were raped and sexually assaulted had the they make threats against their families and just last weekend i happened to know that my own family including my brother in law was subjected to torture at the Royal Academy this is what i got from his last chord as well is that in 2017 a u. N. Report called for claims of torture and ill treatment of prisoners to be more thoroughly investigated so in that previous complaints made by Rights Groups were not reviewed independently of the university itself refuses to confirm just how much its being paid by saying that that information is a commercially sensitive it does say though that it will give consideration to the campaign as requested that theyll respond in the coming days weve also asked the bahraini government and the university to comment the Rights Group Says its repeatedly called for this course to be dropped. The British Government got to stop their own go and get training with Security Forces because if it did anything did they in a state of improving the situation they just simply had to cover up abuses the place where they teach the course is the place where prisoners get tortured so its extremely serious allegations we have extremely strong evidence and can be even better if i had within Asylum Seekers in britain. Go without say from moscow still ahead the New York Times latest contributor the taliban were going to get on to that among all stories after this. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is true whats his face. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Maybe in the shallows. Again the Washington Post salt of the headline which originally suggested that elite should play a key role in picking the countrys president it comes off the after it found itself in the spotlight online. Democracy dies in darkness unless darkness is what the elites need to regain election in which case maybe democracy isnt all that great anyway though close to run the headline that says silence presents the wealthy are speaking under the current us election system primaries take place at the beginning of an Election Year to select candidates in some states every citizen can vote but in others only registered voters can take part however its not just the votes that secure the nomination its also down to the number of delegates they get depends on the sides of the state legal or media analyst lionel believes the article is simply a bold move for attention. First of all it was one of the most poorly constructed arguments ever i read it and i thought to myself i dont understand what this is suggesting so i gave it to a couple of by learned colleagues they dont know what it is either we dont know what exactly this is suggesting who are these elites this is a College Professor a ph d. Ph d. Stand for something this far is the Washington Post goes it is a rag it is a hospital mop it is it is it is nothing it it though the glory days of your from watergate its over with not only that the print medium of this country newspapers are closing the New York Times is a joke so what you see right now is one last gasp effort to put something in it will get people to talk about it. An article in another leading us newspaper written by a taliban deputy leader is not going down well in afghanistan with officials there strongly criticizing the New York Times for publishing it. It is that the New York Times has given the platform to an individual who is on a designated terrorist list he and his network are behind ruthless attacks against some foreigners the how can he and the taliban are responsible for the deaths of dozens of american soldiers and atrocities against afghan civilians the New York Times should be ashamed of itself for enabling this blatant propaganda from a designated global terrorists all in the name of diverse reviews sarojini carneys and tourist war crime suspects being investigated by the International Criminal court why does the New York Times give him or paid space. The authors among the worlds most wanted man and the f. B. I. Office 5000000. 00 for any information that could lead to his arrest sitting in a car is described by the agencys website as armed and dangerous after a backlash that New York Times defended its decision to publish the article it claims its essential to represent all viewpoints on the conflict especially to highlight the progress being made in peace talks and weve discussed whether having a voice on such a public platform should be open to absolutely everyone. I think the Editorial Team of the New York Times or to think very carefully about the decision i think they should think about whether they would publish an article for example by a far right terrorist and question whether or not they would apply their principles universally but nonetheless i think its a defensible position its all about free speech being open to debate and discussion we know that our thought is of negotiations and discussions with p. V. Groups in Northern Ireland things can change but youve got to be open and youve got to be able to listen to that and discuss everything of course were in favor of absolute freedom of speech but i think the decision to publish fish as an op ed perhaps cannot be understated you know the New York Times is arguably one of the most wolk papers in the world and i think there is something extraordinary about the decision to publish this almost without question a piece which is largely without much journalistic mary i would say you. No the piece itself is basically propaganda for the taliban sometimes the dialogue has to be opened in some direction and this may just be that. Which may be out the norm but it may just be a route that theyre looking at we have no idea whether this represents an accurate portrayal and in fact it could do more damage to the negotiations long term and you know why is it that they are so willing to publish the leader of an is Islamic Terror Organization so openly as though they were a writer for their own staff this is really a no platform situation with them if you keep no platform and then people get the wrong view of them soon as you open it up debate and find out how the shoulder in the eyes of the public so yes lets our freedom of speech let it all be out there lets debate it. And then move forward you know if you dont like the debate then go somewhere else and listen to some of the news. Here where we had more sanctions on iran best time over fridays parliamentary elections washingtons targeting the council that vets candidates for excluding thousands from taking part its blacklisted 5 members of that council and one of them has now hit back saying the restrictions have nothing to do with supporting democracy even without boycotts and sanctions on members of the Guardian Council the us regime has so in that it has nothing to do with democracy its a business to stop this dictatorship and milk the region like a cow we are now more determined to learn to old boots to the people. Some 7000 candidates were vying for just 296 in parliament the early results will be announced later on saturday its the 1st nationwide ballot since u. S. Sanctions against iran were reinstated in 28 even as washington stepped up its pressure on terror and after withdrawing from the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal and election comes to iran struggles with economic recession and spiraling tensions with washington over the killing of irans top military general a middle east analyst we spoke to says the sanctions are a way of openly interfering in foreign elections i think that its fine for the west to be pointing the finger at iran because that means theyre actually quite in 4 fingers at themselves showing because the world now has come to laugh at america at the elections that theyve been holding the force and the lies after but i think theres also a dark message in the us and i think that is to actually iranians inside iran and polarize the United States wants to give the impression that is on the side of the people who have who are pro west and their dark reformists theres nothing more outrageously all you know than obvious about the interference of these sanctions because the sanctions insult as far as the monetary things girl doesnt make any difference its just the message theyre sending and theyre saying how do you not have that is there we would approve of more thats basically what it is a. Long standing tradition is no longer to everyones taste in the german city of cologne a special festival cake of sale in one of the citys bakeries have stood debate online because some see it as pandering to racist stereotypes known as chocolate kisses the treats have overly large lips which according to some is offensive to black people. I just received a photo from a cafe in cologne from a good friend the White Chocolates are just as bad they are supposed to look like north africans do you a cafe can visit from your bakery disgusts me the point is that the chocolate caro marshmallows are made to show racist stereotypes with eclipse but people in cologne that we spoke to still have an appetite for their controversial confectionery. No i do not think its racist its a tradition that does not refer to anyone in particular so i think its all right to senate vij doesnt rush nonsense its always been this way i see nothing racist about it and we saw no how is it racist it looks nice im over it simple as a color of chocolate i wouldnt think of turning things negative of current fall no way its racist i think its nice and theres no need to view it this way is a tradition which should be preserved. It has been a smith a long to me black and White Chocolate have nothing to do with racism its rather a matter of tastes they taste different autumn leaves. Swarms of locusts head from pakistan to china the officials there are preparing a further force to fight off the plague like threat. Yes. Frank frank. Frank. Ok thats how it looks from moscow this out thanks for watching all of you next weekend well bob today said just over 33 minutes time see that. So weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy for indication let it be an arms race. Spearing Dramatic Development is only going to exist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Were still in an era of resource colonialism again this is a big risk and the one big thing that could really inhibit the kind of electric vehicle revolution that a lot of us want to see is if we cant resource the battery components in a sustainable ethical way then its not going to be a successful revolution. No snippety you would know the movements through that in your circles modesty. In him before you much for the bliss of a little with 3 minutes to move into. The white english sort of produce youre already in the Eastern Suburbs never you know made it seems to trace. Pretty good. That bad. A lot of young people know nothing about Julian Assange. You know Julian Assange do you know anything about this man and what happens to him do you want to know about your bad 10 years ago. Wiki leaks released a whole lot of information about the crimes that were being committed by. A war crimes but mostly the us governments and particularly the murder of innocent civilians. Or the country just pretend this is the 1st and they didnt think about it kind of forced us to acknowledge it you know we couldnt ignore it. Hes an idealist hes on a mission hes on a mission to harm. People with information. But this comes with the prime. Loan isnt being charitable hes been while he was in the Ecuadorian Embassy for 8 years 7 or 8. A long time he spent in the prisons basically and that now hes being for many months in the present. There are a lot of people who dont want him in prison a lot of the very powerful its