The broadcasting studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Now former Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has attempted suicide in her jail so her lawyers say now according to the reports she was found still breathing by a guard and rushed to the hospital she is now said to be fighting for her life Chelsea Manning was being held in detention for refusing to testify before a grand jury regarding wiki leaks and Julian Assange she leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks while serving in the u. S. Army and spent 7 years in prison manning said last may that she would rather starve to death and then give testimony in the investigation of course were following the situation and well keep you posted as we get more information on. We spoke to journalist daniel pearl as are about the possible repercussions. That Chelsea Manning attempted suicide shows a highly punitive nature of this entire u. S. Investigatio
Of october, 1962 when the United States and the soviet union faced off over missiles in cuba in one of the hottest episodes of the cold war. He explains how the ideological militancy of cuban leader fidel castro worried leaders in both moscow and washington who did not truly desire Nuclear Conflict despite their tough talk. Dr. Kengor all right, welcome. Here good we have cspan today. And we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis. And specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. So we will hit a. Of 1957 until 1950 nine until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. Aboutst class we talked july 20 6, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. That was when fidel and force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks santiago,o, in cuba. It did not go well. A bunch of rebels were killed. Fidel castro ascends to 15 years in prison for that. He did not quite serve 15 years in prison. He served less than one year, 11 m
Try to find a way to bring iran and the u. S. Towards agreement and away from confrontation. The u. S. Says no to iraqs request to step up talks on plans to withdraw american troops from the country. How to tie up to stand ready to move in support a medically australias Prime Minister sounds more troops to areas facing devastation from rapidly spreading wildfires. And im far as smile have all the days sports news including rafa nadal fights back to lead spain to victory over belgian reached the semifinals at the 8. Polo we begin with the latest fallout from the u. S. Airstrike that killed a top iranian general washington has an l. The new wave of sanctions on iran that target the countrys steel and Iron Industries the sanctions also go after 8 senior officials and the new measures are in response to irans missile strikes earlier this week on an Iraqi Military base that houses u. S. Soldiers today sanctions are part of our commitment to stop the iranian regimes terrorist activities the
A Public Statement from president selenski committing to investigations of the recent and the 2016 election democratic president ial hopefuls of criticized trump during their debates in atlanta such as a Bernie Sanders called him the most corrupt president in u. S. History but he also warned democrats not to get too obsessed with trump. We have a president who is not only a pathological liar he is likely the most corrupt president in the modern history of america but we cannot simply be consumed by donald trump because if we are going to watch were going to lose the election American People understand is that the congress can walk and chew bubble gum at the same dodd had other words we can deal with trumps corruption but we also have to stand up for the working families of business contrie israels president has asked parliament to find a new Prime Minister to avoid a general election this year after incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival but against both failed to form a government
Fourhour meeting with turkish president erdogan. Vice president pence one week ago Turkish Forces crossed into syria. Earlier this week, President Trump took Decisive Action to call on Turkish Forces to stand down, to end the violence, agree to negotiations. Today, im proud to report, thanks to the strong leadership of President Donald Trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and the United States of america, that today we United States and turkey have agreed to a cease ire in syria. The turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of y. P. G. Forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. All military operations under eration peace spring will be paused an operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. Our administration has already been in contact with Syrian Defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe withdrawal from the nearly 20milewide safe zone area. South of the