Just wednesday morning here in moscow youre watching international from all of us here a very warm welcome to. South and north korean officials meeting for the third time in the space of just a few days to further discuss peace efforts now that includes the potential participation of the two countries under a unified flag of the upcoming olympics meanwhile western allies of the nineteen fifties korean war. Talks on the Current Crisis with a seemingly different approach. It is not the time to ease pressure or to rework no its career the Pressure Campaign will continue until north korea takes decisive steps to do nuclearize i think that could be not is to send out a very clear message that we want to intensify that pressure disco that included cutting off diplomatic ties to his north korea. Arties what ive got there now joining me live mr deer more details on this im about as far as i understand the meeting now has wrapped up we understand what agreements have they have they suggest that they will agree upon well largely more of the same theyre saying that we need to choke throttle north korea into compliance into capitulation to get them to disarm and to give up their Nuclear Weapons that theyve proposed more sanctions tougher sanctions more extensive sanctions although its difficult to imagine what there is left of north korea yet to sanction but after seventy years of sanctions that havent worked you know it begs the question what they hope to achieve with this the other thing that the talking about is another solid step towards peace is tearing apart all diplomatic relations with north korea difficult to imagine what that will achieve but you know this was this was. Belligerent what theyve come up with more pressure more force in order to get north korea to double down and who exactly was invited to this meeting when it was largely participants of the korea move back in the fiftys it was all the countries apart from ethiopia that took part in the korean war on behalf of south korea these were all these rule people states the part in the fighting itself and that in itself is sort of you know its a warning sign but you had countries such as luxembourg and colombia greece belgium participating in these talks and. No offense but its these countries are largely irrelevant to the crisis no to be absent what countries which are relevant to the crisis the two countries that share a land border with north korea china and russia for example and the chinese and the russians werent very happy about this meeting. Russia and china were not invited to this meeting they just said the meeting would take place on the sixteenth of january you can come in the evening we will tell you what we have agreed on which this was unacceptable and what the state Department Said about russia supporting this meeting thats a complete lie we consider this meeting harmful to. The most important parties involved in the Korean PeninsulaNuclear Issue arent taking part in the meeting we dont know what the goal of this meeting is so i dont think this meeting is legal or representative from the very beginning china has been opposed to this meeting. The interesting thing is the drag still is that the u. S. Secretary of state outright rejected the proposal that russia and china have made and stood by for a while now a double three meaning north korea stops its provocative behavior launching Ballistic Missiles further researching in advance of Nuclear Weapons and on the other side the United States and south korea stop with their endless war games military exercises which the north sees as provocative a double freeze to get the sides to relax to cool down and to come to the negotiating table Rex Tillerson outright rejected that saying you cannot compare them launching missiles and are sending Nuclear Bombs very example to the coast of north korea saying that our war games fired in legitimate theres arms which russia and china say isnt very productive its saves me that youve got two different teams on each side of the fence here having their own peace talks for the whole korean crisis youve got this meeting going on in canada which is just as i understand just wrapped up but at the same time youve got the two koreas also holding their talks another round of talks as well more or less at the same time well this is the point at the last of the all these years north korea and. South korea have sat down for direct negotiations first time in years and it comes at a very opportune moment the olympics coming up and everybody wants things to be calm during the olympics theyll be so many foreign visitors so a huge event the North Koreans have sat down theyve agreed on all sorts of things north korea is going to send a delegation seeing is performance theyre talking about uniting the north korean and south korean womans hockey team so were playing under a united flag you know its almost unprecedented and this time when so much is happening you have this meeting of Foreign Ministers on the warpath talking about more sanctions and throttling north korea into compliance and you know youve got to wonder what what these people are thinking and this is the Russian Foreign minister said he didnt hold any hope that there would be anything productive done at this meeting aegis toped that it wouldnt damage anything arent arties more on gas do you thank you. Well we weaken our patch to the international and independent china specialist andrew long now joining us live on the program on r. T. International good to see you today a korean war allies gathering to talk about the korean crisis in effect the group of people meeting together for the first time in nearly seven decades what kind of signal does that send out. Well thats been a lot of rhetoric and posture on all sides. And this program the two parties key to the korean crisis apart from north korea china and russia are excluded from this meeting of twenty western. Nations in canada. Now obviously for its part of americas got so far strong. He doesnt want to exclude the. Vast bulk of the which is supported by russia and china as a way to solve problems but as far as the traumas can sign he does want to give up that option and hence the exclusion of both russia and china from these talks now as far as north koreas going so. For the first time theyre talking to the South Koreans but what does kim jong un want what he wants out with lee is that insurance policy the insurance policy is his Nuclear Weapons and his missile delivery programs now he has to make substantial progress on these two fronts so he feels a little bit more confident to really Start Talking at least initially to the South Koreans of course initially this pos are limited to the olympics but this is a very positive gesture suggesting that the North Koreans are relatively more confident they have now developed this insurance policy in terms of Nuclear Weapons and Delivery Systems now what do. China and russia want of course china russia doesnt want a nuclear iran peninsula least of all because they would spread to other nations including japan for example and south korea this is not very good for both china and russia and then of course even learn from history what has changed for example it went nam war when the United States trying to topple the. North vietnam regime and then ended and in retreat but what has now changed now is not war is not coercion but you could all mix so economics is a very brave powerful way to create a kind of your apology is not a job and enjoy every moment of what a lot of people do not a lot of people do say if you follow a junior economics and you can also understand geopolitics i want to ask you just just briefly here why is it why is it that you have the real game players in the on the Korean Peninsula theyre actually holding talks the north and south talking together but then you have another group over in canada the former korean war allies making up their own rules for some sort of resolution why why two groups meeting separately instead of together are the other true different intentions here. Well obviously. The trauma administration doesnt feel that the time is ripe for them to talk to the North Koreans yet because they want to put more pressure on north korea and put it bring up the rhetoric and all sort of tactics for coercion for example theyre not ruling out. Something like even that blockade but thats a lot of rhetoric but the trauma seems to think that all his higher. Octane sort of rhetoric has achieved something at least the North Koreans beginning to talk to the South Koreans so they dont want to give up their option and. Trying to talk with the allies so trying to group the allies together and the exclusion as i said of both russia and china is because they fear that if russia and china are invited to join their light to scuttle. Americas option for for for coercion so hence there is one side of the picture the other side a picture as i said the North Koreans feel a little bit more confident al they have got this. Power to progress on that there are certainly some international novelists who are saying the first round so far has a long way to pyongyang i do apologize for jumping in so the real time here on the program but there are certain certain World Leaders out there already saying that round one does belong to pyongyang that although we have the careers talking on one side of the fence and certain other allies talking far away in vancouver in canada mr Long International and independent china specialist thank you very much for joining us here on r. T. International today thank you. So a new theories emerged of russian meddling in u. S. Politics the kremlins supposedly behind us whistleblower Chelsea Mannings decision to run for a seat in the senate and is again trying to subvert american democracy is the claim being promoted by some of the Democratic Party including the head of its leading think tank. Senator cardin authored and released a two hundred page masterpiece on russian influence in western elections suddenly he has a primary from kremlin stooges songes weiqi leaks prime resource Chelsea Manning the kremlin place the stream left to swing elections remember that oh my god this is how to arrange to fish to washington is the president of the launches them policy think tank genuinely believes Chelsea Mannings candidacy is a criminal implant conspiracy theories thrive more in mainstream d. C. Than on internet fringes now exact khana say a prominent member of the Hillary Clinton campaign also tweeted out purporting this Conspiracy Theory that somehow Chelsea Mannings bid for the senate was a mosque out plot now interestingly and now those proport in this Conspiracy Theory they have quite a bit of explaining to do now with those who will recall Chelsea Manning was just in prison in a u. S. Military prison for seven years now is it are they purported that somehow russia infiltrated the prison and was able to recruit Chelsea Manning at that point and then furthermore viewers will remember that barack obama pardon Chelsea Manning as he was leaving office then the question is was russia in on the plot took part in Chelsea Manning did they somehow convince obama to pardon shells the manning so their operatives could then get out of prison and run for the u. S. Senate i its not exactly clear so those who are trying to get to the bottom of this vast Conspiracy Theory that they have come up with have a lot of explaining to do about the details of how exactly russia is to blame for someone running for the u. S. Senate in the United States vice chair of the u. S. Libertarian National Committee often vote thinks the establishment house reasons to try and keep manning out of the rice. Bless russia has become an american code a capitalist which i dont think is has theres nothing for russia to gain there are many things however for established interest to gain from keeping an antiestablishment candidate out so many people in america are so excited to see a true American Hero really stepping up and and standing up to the establishment and we know she can do it because shes already done it she has already put her own freedom and safety on the line to fight for the American People thats somebody that that her even though im running against her even though i have some different policies that someone i can respect. Bitcoins being on a rollercoaster ride as of late the last twenty four hours have seen its value plummet to below eleven thousand dollars in fact old major crypto currencies down a bit coin fell by sixteen percent but rippled dropped twenty nine percent and is now worth just over one dollar the crash follows a global crackdown on the Digital Currencies in terms of regulation in brazil Investment Funds are not prohibited from buying crypto currencies and china authorities are also targeting Online Platforms that offer Exchange Services india is actively targeting wealthy bitcoin is through income tax regulation and some believe asia will bring in even harder measures as there are warnings this could now be oh so viable of the fist full of Digital Currencies. 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Is iran must going to fit into steve jobs which is coming up with Innovative Products you know the electronic gadgets market is a little bit different in the car business because the car business is you know you kind of bound by the highway system and youre bound by the whole infrastructure that is the Automotive Industry and the lobbying of the Automotive Industry so its a bit difficult to be disruptive in the industry in a way hes going to open up his charging stations with one nine hundred fifty style burger and shake joints with servers on roller skates ok thats thats an idea that might take off that might be a new like starbucks like third place that people go to to have an experience that might work. Good to have you with us today activists supporting the Research Movement against Sexual Misconduct taking aim at their peers all foods doctors and other public figures who did adopt the direction of the so called me to campaign is going well its going to face a furious backlash. As the latest examples. I feel like every time you turn around another me too headline has hit the press with new accusations from directors to actors to fashion photographers but it seems weve reached a turning point as renowned feminists are concerned that the campaign is becoming a witch hunt take Margaret Atwood author of a handmaids tale an acclaimed work attacking mythologising who says shes starting to doubt the movement this structure guilty because accused has applied to many more episodes in Human History than salem my fundamental position is that women are human beings the full range of sente and demonic behaviors does entails including criminal ones they are not angels incapable of wrongdoing the backlash is received online and in the media has been roofless strange how someone so brilliant can demonstrate some legal insight and self reflection i guess privilege is blinding wish margaret and i wouldnt would get back to writing the step in a fiction but a message in this world instead of you know actively creating it. I mean Seventy Eight year olds on exactly knowing that progressive takes congolese a right the first female African American secretary of state also says me too maybe changing perceptions of women and not for the better i do think we have to be a little bit careful lets not turn women into snowflakes lets not infantilize women over in france one hundred influential female artists are being led by actress Catherine Deneuve and signing an open Campaign Letter against me to rape is a crime but in system comes the floor is not a crime nor is gallantry of sharpness aggression now this liberation of speech has been turned on its head but the reaction to that was furious and another was forced to issue a hasty apology a few prominent men have also voiced their reservations one of them was actor liam neeson there is a bit of a witch hunt targeting famous people being accused of. Touching some girls lee or something suddenly theyre been dropped from their approval right or something unsurprisingly recent comments have also been less than well received by many the problem here seems to be that theres often a if you arent with us youre against us mentality with movements such as me to those who are speaking out about their concerns are not condoning Sexual Assault nor attacking the campaign itself but more often than not their words are twisted or go unheard outward may have said it best herself in times of extremes extremists when. Barcelona almost twenty thousand people have demonstrated demanding the release of two Pro Independence activists both are facing accusations of sedition after they took part in actions promoting catalonia split from spain protesters gathered outside the regions high court cuse the Spanish Government of repression they also held a minutes silence in solidarity with those arrested a massive rallies have been a frequent scene all over cattle. Lonia following its a vote for independence in a referendum which madrid declared illegal. A debate over catalonia its fate is still raging and together with Pro Independence activists and the Independence Movement have been gaining popularity as well meet. Its a fictional land inside catalonia which includes the barcelona and terra goanna regions the activists who came up with it want it to split from catalonia and join spain this is their reasoning and i specialise in a lot is that i can i mean we went from being one of the main drivers of the spanish economy to a mediocre autonomy to the exit of more than three thousand companies was followed by encouraging the civil population to disobey the Constitutional Order to get a republic that lasted eight seconds and without any international support. Pro and anti independence camps have been upping their rhetoric as late as today the new Catalan Parliament will hold its first session after a recent snap election in the region Pro Independence parties gained a majority in the Parliament Body now has to elect the regions new president one of the council this is college to look at the form of president the closed off the referendum the man who fled to belgium where he still remain he claims he could run the region via skype or through a special representative. Renewable Energy Benefits everyone else so were told it turns out in germany the Wind Turbines have been spinning too fast and the over production of energy is now costing taxpayers a strong winds have resulted in a recent oversupply of electricity and Energy Prices going below zero in germany is extremely rare phenomenon is called Green Electricity peaks and while the difference between fixed and market prices increases its taxpayers who have to somehow plug the gap in germany the issue of Renewable Energy is of key importance it was a cornerstone during the failed coalition toltz between the ruling c. D. U. Party the free democrats and the greens and now is the new grand coalition with the social democrats looms the issue has risen again if successful the new coalition proposes to double Renewable Energy production by twenty thirty we are aiming for about sixty five percent of our energy to be renewable by twenty thingee the production of Renewable Energy must be significantly increased we want to finish the development modernize our energy network. And while the German Government wants to drastically increase the use of alternative Energy Sources more than the half of germans claim the cost of transition well thats just too high seventy four percent want this shift to be much better organized. Now ahead of the whole a possible new coalition there are increasing concerns the government is not addressing the problem of taxpayers having to pay extra for Renewable Energy as geo political analyst rana rougher so explains what really goes wrong in germany is that some of the costs that are attributed to the Renewable Energies they in fact cover other costs of. Their Energy Providers and if it comes for example to the dismantling of Nuclear Power plants we should normally expect that. Power companies themselves how about the costs of that and you know all that will in the end also be covered by the consumer by the taxpayer and therefore we dont have really a transparent and chest system of attribute ing because. In the way that it. Is reflected by the real costs of. Energy production. Well thanks for joining us so far here on r. T. International more of your wednesday worldwide News Headlines are very soon. 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Government led by Prime Minister theresa may is today scrambling to keep British PublicServices Running because of mondays liquidation of taxpayer funded multibillion pound Trans National contract karelian allegedly one of the most shorted companies on the London Stock Exchange meaning the city of london knew it face problems karelian continued to win taxpayer funded contracts even as it paid out shareholder dividends while it faced a pensions black hole tourism a presided over two billion pounds of contracts being given to her former Advisers Company after a profit warnings and with a Civil Service oversight role concerned with really an unfilled questions in even Mainstream Media now center on whether its time to rethink capitalism after decades of thought write a new labor outsourcing joining me now is Angus Macneil hes the chair of Britains International trade select committee as well as being on the u. K. S National SecurityStrategy Committee and the s. N. P. Shadow spokesperson for the environment and Rural Affairs analyst thanks so much for coming back on before we go into the iraq other issues surrounding this debacle are your only National SecurityStrategy Committee what implications for defense of the realm given that karelian is in charge of certain facilities around britains Nuclear Deterrent in Scotland Faslane Naval base well the tentacles of cotillion seem to be what they are they are todd mark in the past a company that i was a very weird if i did a degree in Civil Engineering they built some of the floating docks. And they would undoubtedly be still be. Delivering for the ministry of defense its a concern in defense of its a concern on the civil side as well primarily of course my my sympathies and understanding of course forces to the workers and the employees who are losing their jobs who find themselves in a precarious situation hes forty thousand. Indeed you know whats the management penalty here we see managers here on bonuses clawbacks been taken away. On their watch this has happened to this big company also question for the u. K. Government to full question theyve taken away their current order to the current representative i should say who who kept an eye in companies quite closely in what closely with these companies that didnt happen also when the give the profits warning the u. K. Government kept pushing money in the direction of clearly and which could only mean they were putting taxpayers money at risk public money at risk whereas the Scottish Government at that point was trying to manage and move are we being aware of the difficulty that could arise that no hazardous and because i was and i were Prime Minister whose Corporate Responsibility czar job advisor on called responsibility up until recently was the person who then became chairman personal of karelian Village Green here sure do you have the regular phone calls saying these are normal profit warnings you just cyclical nature of the economy nothing to do with the systemic existential threat of the gun raises huge questions though about the relationship and the overlap and the coziness that