A multimillion dollar u. S. Surveillance program has only managed to turn up unique data in just a couple of cases. A warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me becky aaron. The residents of towns in northeastern france are creating a stink by trash talking their belgian neighbors theyre accusing some of them of some serious cross border flight epic arties shola depends visited the region. This may look like part of a landfill site but it snot all of this waste has been dumped here illegally were just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and to mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby red its a similar story trash both household and commercial has been dumped under the cover of darkness city. At 1st we thought it was regular waste but it turns out people are illegally dumping their washing machines. Theyre throwing everything away. Yes but here we see its far more serious we estimate around 200 tons of waste its enormous as far as the pollution we dont know whats inside it could be tonnes of who knows what type of products chemicals. We dont know we see cleaning products plastics but more could be hidden it didnt take long before locals track down where the waste was coming from but if we did i was looking through the trash piles and piles of it it all had signs of being from the same place we searched and found out it was from pond turnt up. And if so heres an invoice is it and. Then you know it says entered so. When the company was contacted it didnt any knowledge of illegal waste dumping but the local resident jessica told me that since that statement the fly tipping has continued its been described as dumping on an industrial scale and you can see why back in redone the local Fishermans Association is also concerned. On the water source or close to this pollution so there can be a problem because it could affect our pond this is the 21st century there are designated places to put waste like this its an acceptable people are doing this and regulated the Mayors Office says the cost of cleaning this up is beyond its means you know and if you know so on a financial level for us this is impossible to solve we have a Small Community of 1000. 00 people it would cost the equivalent of the whole annual budget to get rid of this. A criminal investigation into the vicious problem with cross border dumping has we know you print and customs agents have stepped up their patrols now in 2017 they reported that 7 metric tons of waste like this was illegally trafficked into france in 2018 that shot up to 130000000 metric tons now although there are no figures yet available for 29000 it is clear that this issue is escalating the communities here are fed up of being a dumping ground for other peoples waste they want more regulation and are calling on the e. U. To step in to solve a problem that some believe europes open borders are helping to facilitate. Ski r. T. And number of new cases of coronavirus reported outside of china has for the 1st time exceeded the number of new cases inside the country on tuesday china reported 411 new cases while the rest of the world reported 427 and more than 30 countries around the world are now battling the virus italy has been struck by the largest down break outside asia the virus has killed 12 where the government has put several towns on lockdown trying to stop the spread more than 50000. 00 people are under quarantine and shops are running out of essential. Look at you suddenly your folly the across the board the market causes the future the gold mine for when this book youre watching on the weather will be our digital stuff our. Journalist downtown kosofsky has spoken with celebrated russian medical professor andrew olle ag. Specialists imagery leval of about the spread of the virus. The is the word there are 2 types of corona virus the alpha corona virus involves a human virus has been circulating among people for hundreds of years seasonal corona virus a type of acute respiratory viral infection this year around 7 percent of acute respiratory viral infection cases are coronaviruses were not here with humans just got accustomed to them yes humans got accustomed to them they arent lethal they cause some trouble especially among children wileys virus is mostly spread in winter and winter our body is going through some restructuring or a decrease in the resistance to infections secondly when to theres a high concentration of people in houses buildings bars and other places and the high concentration of people is a condition for epidemic spread why is it happening in china there are many people them and theres a high concentration of population then they call it a deadly virus on t. V. Its not deadly its always been and will always be and we should be ready for that ive got 2 words to say about masks these goals ranks on most that old but in china and even in some places in russia they have tight most with a respirator they can protect other people if you are ill so the mosque on top you personally know or only to a minor extent but why is this what does the response through our eyes as well yes and also these polls they can protect them against large droplets a person becomes infected when he or she speaks maybe i have infected you or you are trying to infect me i hope you wont i also hope not to be. On the masks can partially protect from march. A quick look at other stories making headlines around the world. 6 people are dead including the gunman in a shooting at most and calls to bring facility in milwaukee bulls and the shooter was a former employee who had been sucked it earlier in the day u. S. President donald trump has extended his condolences to the victims family in. A bizarre local 1st of all of the exploding sledgehammers has been the center point of celebrations in the small mexican town of san juan dealer vaguer participants attach a mixture of sulfur and chlorate to the end of sledge hammers which they then slashed against rail trucks exploding the substance addict huge clouds of smoke one of those in attendance injured bear leg in a blast and was being was seen being stretchered away by medics. Who have been violent scenes between riot police and hundreds of locals on the greek island of la sports people there are furious over the or thirtys plan to build new Migrant Detention Centers officers used tear gas to disperse the crowds and while there she agrees this meant some 100000 Asylum Seekers will reach its shores locals say theyre fighting for their future for the future of their islands. This is democracy and for this is democracy is that if this is democracy then i dont know what to say i dont know its a shame shame on the government shame on everyone its disgusting its betrayed and. Acceptable for the way the government has acted towards us and they would be treating us like were enemy its ireland is im going to take you to belong to the islanders this country was based democracy and the only they have done is create inhumanity of all for the refugees and for the residents of the island. Almost a 1000000. 00 National Security agency Surveillance Program in the us is only managed to provide unique data such as a couple of cases as according to a newly declassified study by a Us Government watchdog the n. S. A. Surveillance program called prism a top to u. S. Domestic phone calls between 20072019 1st exposed to the public by whistleblower Edward Snowden it was aimed at preventing terror attacks and in the past 4 years the program has cost taxpayers 100000000. 00 however major doubts have been raised about the effectiveness of the new report reveals that in a 4 year period the program yielded only one significant investigation moreover only twice in the last 4 years did it manage to generate information that wasnt already done to the f. B. I. And the Prism Program was authorized through several pieces of legislation including the u. S. Patriot act it was 1st signed by president george w. Bush in the wake of the 911. 00 attacks it was revised as the u. S. Freedom following the snowden revelations in 2030 but it is set to expire next month on the trumpet ministration is struggling to keep it alive and investigative journalist and author joe lauria believes the report proves there is no need for mass surveillance. For longer than a woman that she clearly knew this was a fraud from a very beginning this was about power and money power. Of the government control the American People and the money the contractors that ran this program have made this based on faulty fear and thats the last line of defense of the United States all the time to try to confuse the interests of a small number of powerful people with the interests of the nation you know the United States has had a long history of this false fear of keeping the American People afraid and trying to say that they have to be protected its basically a protection racket they scare the people and then they say we will protect you thats what the mafia does hopefully this report will get the wide attention of deserves so thats beginning people begin to question these false narratives of fear and why they need these kinds of 1000000000 dollar programs that make them rich and keep them powerful but does nothing for the American People and in fact it invades their privacy in a complete violation of the constitution this report should hammer that home that this is a bogus program there is no National Security at stake there is no reason for the government of spied on American People when only one case came out of all of this and it has to stop. Climate change skeptics may have at last found an answer to the phenomenon of teenage i congress a fund 19 year old there me set juxtaposes has described climate willis and she calls it climate alarmism on the sun media were quick to depict her as the ultimate villain. I think. Youre never too small to make a difference. In. A very good news for you why does not and name because of climate change. The what a denier carries a lot of weight and today i consider its an atrocious insults. Theyre going to make her out to be this step further. Alien robot central casting marine wash and this dude you know the pawn the tool of the right wing but grab all gold saving about greg dont know or dont make any comments about her whatsoever her way shes big you know she is she speaks from the heart that that doesnt happen there it would be so reflection to see a counterweight to the how dare you grab her. 80 percent of employees in britains arts and culture sector say they hide their views if they dont fits with a liberal norms and that includes support for the countrys conservative party among other things and your survey has revealed a growing environment of selfcensorship our survey shines a damning light on the corrosion bullying intimidation and intolerance that is active among the community that thinks of itself as liberal open minded and equitable and a poll of some 500 respondents many highlighted the risks of holding socalled controversial opinions spawning topics including braggs its religion sexuality and gender fewer than half of those questions that they felt their views were respected and some even claimed they were offered money to stay quiet about corrupt practices in their fields while others pointed to wider problems in their working communities. It wouldnt be advisable to point out that the arts tend to do well under the conservatives or arts culture and indeed education sectors are not dominated by monolith the politically correct class mostly of privileged white middle class people by the way who impose their intolerant views across those sectors. Anything to do with gender issues especially trans issues you get a lot of flak either for not being on message enough or being off message or 2 on message i mean while another traditional bastion of Free Expression is also under pressure in the u. K. A think tank is warning the countrys universities have quotes lost at the trust of the nation over attitudes towards patriotism the report quotes governors and chancellors who fear academic institutions often is out of touch and goes on to say this that to should show that it speaks for and reflect the whole of the u. K. And also encourages universities to make sure students feel safe to express conservative viewpoints a professor at the London School of economics told us universities are supposed to allow critical examination of all ideas british universities have become what we call very wall that is very sensitive to. The broader issue was the sexual inequality and student unions in particular but also all sorts of groups of students create riots and lobby the University Authorities make a great deal of noise in different ways its a sink an academic or a visitor whos been invited to speak at the university or one of the students at the university has said something which doesnt fit in with the kind of left wing politically correct consensus. The loss of students who are very shy about expressing their views particularly of the conservatives i dont particularly believe in bricks in. The u. K. And to this poster brags that transition period is facing a given a challenge to its Economic Future chlorinated chicken the e. U. Says it wont agree a trade deal with britain unless it keeps the ban on the products news trade negotiations with the us aussies Kate Partridge explains. It seems the humble chicken could sink u. K. Hopes of a trade deal with the e. U. Thats because europes in a flap over britain potentially importing chlorine wash chicken from the u. S. As part of a new trade deal with washington the e. U. Outlawed the practice in 1997 and the french are saying if the brits been the ban they can forget any deal with the block this also goes with the nic British Companies i hear them i see them i mean they all tell me we want to keep european rules because we want to ensure access to 500000000 european consumers i dont need any convincing no british or European Company produces goods according to just any old standards on the contrary all companies in particular british farmers understand that to keep exporting its best to do all they can to have the regulatory alignment that will grant them access to oil markets but also in the wings is the u. S. Which for years has tried and failed to get the e. U. To weaken its food and farming standards to bring them into line with americas brecks it presents a chance to break open a major European Market the other issue which people got very obsessed about here is chlorinated chicken deliver on our comes that benefit the Agricultural Sector and most importantly consumers who are going to be the beneficiaries of these really good deals american producers claim theyve turned away from chlorine in favor of other disinfectants but the e. U. Still believes the use of such methods at the end of the meat production process could compensate for poor hygiene standards plus other fears of Inhumane Treatment while farmers leaders think it would be madness to import such goods this year the government must show Global Leadership insists that u. K. Farm standards are the benchmark for Climate Friendly farming around the world and that whoever wants to trade with us trades on our terms and we must not allow those standards to be undermined by import. Goods which would be illegal. To produce here to the average briton chlorine is associated with keeping swimming pools clean a not for washing chickens so what do people think on the streets of london would you eat chicken as we did to glory no of course not you know you cant just mean that hes going to be vegetarian not going to consume she could be more thus not we dont you know i definitely wouldnt eat it i just had to choose and buy my chicken there so they get a quite Welcome Center here we dont have to buy it so yeah i would advise yes but i think the problem is that people wouldnt necessarily know so on the one hand theres the chance of a deal with the e. U. Already the u. K. s biggest trading partner and guaranteed food standards all meals are a potential deal with the u. S. The worlds biggest economy and cheap chlorine chicken a foul conundrum for the u. K. Government paid partridge oh to london. Pipeline protests across canada brought several of the countrys Rail Networks to a standstill opponents to natural gas projects running through multiple provinces say the pipelines violate the rights of indigenous communities by going over their land police may have been on mondays eclair activists from a blockade set up on the train tracks on in the city of bellville and on taria making several arrests as after a local rail company won an injunction to clear the cab but mohawk nation member russell de are both say is using force to break up the protests is pointless. These actions the government has taken us to really promote war. Support actions across the country in support of the what should i dont think you can use force because you take one blockade down and 3 more appear across the country there is widespread support for the which there were very changed plans so they cant really result by force look at the question of canadas economy right now by trying to force the pipeline through their church or all their support actions will continue until the Government Works with the company to get that pipeline out of the. Meanwhile industry representatives are calling on the government to take action after suffering heavy losses amid the disruption with the countrys farming body claiming the protest action is damaging agriculture to the tune of more than 50000000. 00 a week on the premiere of key banc says that the province is losing some 76000000. 00 a day i have on the west coast protests have also been taking place against a coastal gas link route this crosses land belonging to Indigenous People in British Columbia and although that the elected Council Agreed to the project hereditary me to suppose that russell d. Although again ses kind of to should reconsider its views on the rights of Indigenous People which through and are asking for recognition of their indigenous title and rights and us to government candidates soft Government Policies land claims policies that are the problem unless the government changes or replaces those policies it doesnt seem like they can really talk to them which shouldnt hurt a church about recognising their diction its title and rights canada as a signatory to human rights conventions and theyre violating the human rights of Indigenous Peoples so they need to look at changing their policies or this is going to be a prolong situation where continue to have the countrys economy affected until they start recognizing it didnt just write st exist a creation of canada and they havent addressed that 952 years i was joining us here on c n to national were back at the top of the hour with the headlines. In the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of Northern Ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks the population tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was a p. R. You see the Police Actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of the streets in belfast at the take more than a 100 innocent civilians with. The review can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent. To which the pollution was involved in some of those cases the killers would lead to be named. I think it went to do very very top i think if the. Water where. You. Give the go ahead. Nuclear become a battleground in the us in vermont people are demanding the shut down of a local plant. Is right now my focus because its a very dangerous. Power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on wheres the power in this country wheres it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is for power lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways our struggle. Well the alternative rock. Taking and as i say the stage. Was called real choices binary choice and only choices. Are available and both binary thing is not a chance for the arab states to the school to provide a new architecture revive the cold start negotiations with. Israel then are invited to negotiate theyre invited to think about whats being put on the table. Time after time see were going underground on day 3 of this weeks extradition trial of the century is the usa fights in a south london court for an effective death sentence against a publisher the u. N. Has determined has been tortured and arbitrarily detained by the United Kingdom julian a son of wiki leaks coming up on the show what does a u. S. Funded u. K. Lawyer mean when he references a case of secret cia Nuclear Warhead a blueprint smuggling to iran as a benchmark for songes extradition to virginia we talked to the espionage act convicted former cia spy checked in court jeffrey sterling and 24 hours ahead of the 120th birthday of the labor party whose trade unionist and socialist beginnings began a new age in Political Representation of the working class we ask a former labor cabinet minister whatever happened to raising the scarlet stamp to tie all the civil coming up today is going on the ground 1st extradition proceedings are underway today in london as the usa tries to get its hands on the most famous publisher and journalists in the world Julian Assange faces 175 years in jail in the q. C. For the usa james lewis is citing former cia. By geoffrey sterling to secure the australian wiki leaks found his Removal Division yeah jeffrey sterling now joins me via skype from st louis in missouri jeffrey thanks so much for coming on the show so you know all about the tactics of the u. S. Deep state racism persecution at the cia what do you make of your name being quoted in court and i find it incredible that their name dropping me so of course of their position and saying i guess they were referring back to the sentencing for me shows how reasonable it can be one thing that if they dont mention was that in my prosecution persecution over yes you know there was absolutely no evidence yeah they had they obviously said it was circumstantial evidence so the u. S. Authorities say but james lewis has his q. C. His exact words were your case and the case did involve pretty bizarre covertly smuggling of Nuclear Warhead blueprints to iran to perhaps create war who knows specifically lewis said you and that case was a relevant benchmark for the prosecution and sentencing does that mean he will get a 175 years at least i was facing are also over a 100 years based on yes you know its our chance that i was alone and i did he may not only in my case that be you know that the judge are going to be clear in stating that the sensing guy rights or way out of balance i think should realize and understood that it was a completely circumstantial evidence with no case and the government actually proved nothing but dark being on the governments side shes certainly going to hear and sentence me to i guess she thought it was a sunni only our 42 months in prison lined out that mr assad will receive that same sort of mercy or weve talked to people whove been in the court they say they can see all the u. S. Officials and then you hear a british q. C. To. Speaking the words what do you think why do you think they might have been using your case so early on in the proceedings at this south london court and they trying to tie up the cia are they trying to connect a publisher and journalist to someone who like you consider themselves a wrongly convicted former cia officer i think what theyre doing is. Considering be efforts to use the espionage act with their own called a darn good job to see to quiet dissent since acquired free speech i think it does make sense and where you know her purse or wait for them to mention my case because there was an appeal in my case where the government wont be appealed to finally decide im clearing me confusion about whether the government would go after the press were any journalists or by oh yes you know to. Be a science case because thats tradition proceeding is a further and