In moscow this wednesday the fourteenth of february and this is your global news update first embarrassing korea and for the Dutch Foreign minister whos been forced to resign after admitting that he lied for more than a decade about meeting president clinton she explained a little she asked me. To be no i said in my state. Myspace in my house. But in a full over. The. Images that we both want to. Excuse. For. An emotional resignation mr departure comes just a day before he was supposed to meet his russian counterpart in moscow lets look at whether those false claims were really worth it after all. In early two thousand and six i was invited to meet putins countryside house but i stopped at the back of a room or a meeting was being held but i could hear very well Vladimir Putin talking about a greater russia he said this included Russia Belarus ukraine and the Baltic States and that kazakstan would also be nice to have but it. Has now acknowledged that was a lie that he wasnt even in russia in two thousand and six he said he did it to protect his source the person of presumably had attended a meeting he now describes it as the biggest mistake of his political career added looks like some people in his country couldnt agree more place because it was not at the ville. Thats a narrative that fits into a frenzy that you want to create but it slowly turns on you like a boomerang because it becomes this thing that gets linked to his Foreign Policy experience from the trustworthiness of the netherlands is questioned international making things strewn with difficult the last of this and then it will be his time if he needed a lance wants to remain credible you cant have people saying that your minister is lying about being at a specific location at a specific time thats not right especially not about exactly that time. But he does seem to have at least found his nation on social media twitter exploded with the hashtags lying dutchman and helga featuring photoshop pictures off about some Historic Events and also visiting landmarks and when he first made his claims no one questioned him back then russia was frequently accused of many things including aggressive politics author and russia most Martin Mccauley thinks the now former dutch diplomat false remarks were a symptom of the times. There are two reasons why he made that statement one is that the projected him into the public newspapers the headlines and so on this was a sensational statement to make and the second thing would be that of course it fed into the need to. The needed narrative the narrative of the west at that time still is which is basically under russian sees video putin as a threat to the National Security and it fed into that and therefore for these two reasons then it appeared to be from the dutch point of view this is a very good very good thing to do. A russian for myself fighter who fled the terror group in syria says he was misguided in his beliefs and pressured to become a suicide bomber he surrendered himself to Russian Security services on his return from the conflict zone. Was raised an Orthodox Christian but converted to islam and in two thousand and fourteen went to egypt to study the religion it was there that he was recruited by eisel to fight in syria and has been explaining to us what he was forced to endure. Well lets look at open permit i got interested and started reading forums and watching video online i was given a phone number of a person who could help me get to syria and so here is sure to me that those who came could leave at any time and no one would be kept there of what they immediately took away our documents and telephones it was a shock for me and i felt helpless and everything was different from what they told me. And syria he lost a leg in an airstrike before finally deciding to flee he returned to russia and surrendered himself to the Security Services however he avoided the punishment over his own decision to leave the terrorists he was one of the thousands of russians who went to syria and iraq to join i still. Today were. Sitting here after an explosion i lost my sight and felt a sudden pain and i realized my leg had been torn off i had surgery and went through rehabilitation at the same time they were making a prosthetic leg for me while i was lying in the hospital people came up to me and tried to convince me to become a suicide bomber and they said that i anyway had no leg what else could i do but i couldnt refuse directly it could have caused a suspicion. I was first overcome with joy while on a bus in turkey and only once i was in russia did i realize i had managed to escape and sort of i went to the f. S. B. Department and wrote a confession i decided that it would be better i was interrogated a lot and i told him the whole story now i have a new family i married a russian muslim girl i work at a Construction Company and still stick to islam but i dont want to go to mosques anymore i want to avoid questions. With lysol but defeated in the middle east now foreign fighters are returning to their home countries putting worldwide security at risk four hundred have returned to run. Perhaps out of more than three thousand of them went to join the problem spreading across europe to foreign fighters of germany belgium france the tops the european list for i saw recruiters. In fact out of almost two thousand known french citizens who travel to join Islamic State intelligence sources there say that sixty seven came from one particular paris suburb from where shot to do better can now report. A short train ride from paris is trapped on the surface theres nothing much to set it aside from the thousands of other towns in the country but you dont have to scratch very deep to see that trump is very different so you wont see any. Butcher shops there were i think at the moment over fifteen hundred prayer rooms and five mosques if you look at people on the street you wont see Couples Holding Hands youll see the women are dressed in strict islamic dress. Theres a lot of home schooling so you couldnt really consider trap. Typical french town anymore its a little bit like a state within the state for decades its been considered a magnet for muslim fundamentalists hardline salafism and one hobby isnt a widely practiced and trap has become synonymous with jihadism. And dozens of people. Islamic state others have carried out attacks on french soil have been linked. In. The wire with Terror Threat that appears to. Think that. There is some plain white pride remaining bad but your heart is its only a matter of time before we have another attack the basic problem is that the ideology thats driving this and this goes much deeper than terrorist cells planning and executing attacks that i. Diyala ji is so ingrained that last year a poll of French High School students revealed thirty two percent of Muslim Students believed islamic doctrine was superior to scientific fact another in two thousand and sixteen showed that sixty eight percent believed islamic law was superior to french law theres also concern that in an area like this that was once run. By the authorities that syria is becoming the lands i. Think the full veil covering has been burned to the tees that intra some women are flaunting the nor yet the police are often reluctant to intervene of the riots in two thousand and thirteen when officers try to i. D. A woman who is fully covered its a very very fragile situation which the government doesnt want to provoke urban riots which would quickly spread like wildfire all over france. President says he wants to reorganize islam in a bid to fight fundamentalism but some experts say thats a pipe dream radicalization in places like this they say its already far too deep rooted to take out jollity pinsky r. T. Trap. Now you wouldnt usually expect a classic childrens story about a family of rabbit to spark a boycott but a new hollywood version out this month has already got people riled i just need to keep the wildlife out where they belong here to right. These guys. You know this traps a magnificent rabbit he wouldnt hurt anyone. Hes found hes just so classic he was like good luck. This is peter rabbit a modern twist on the Beatrix Potter tale but theres one scene in particular. Thats infuriating parents and shows the rabbits attacking their human arch nemesis by throwing black berries at him but hes allergic and starts choking having to inject himself to stave off a dangerous reaction its led some parents to call for a boycott of the movie claiming that it makes light of a serious issue and could encourage bullying the assman Allergy Foundation of america has also hit back. Sony pictures has apologized for the scene and its admitted being insensitive were getting reaction from the president of the Allergy Foundation as well as a schoolteacher and a political analyst for their thoughts. We believe that Food Allergies are a very serious condition again two people die daily from life threatening allergies and there are probably two children in every classroom with this condition so making fun of it taunting bullying in any fashion due to a disability or medical condition like in a flock close is simply unacceptable what wait a minute why does that assume bullying why do we assume that the consequence of showing this in the film is going to be bullying look we believe that again we understand you know that movies are to entertain but we just simply do not believe that entertainment should include harming another person making fun of one because of that disability or because of that condition or you know taunting or even putting them in that life threatening situation and making fun of it is really we believe irresponsible theyre watching these rabbits ganging up on mcgregor and throwing what they actively know is an allergen into his mouth and then celebrating that and i dont think that thats ok in the moral of the story from Beatrix Potter original intent was to show that its important to obey your parents and that that will lead to a healthy prosperous life and that if peter rabbit indeed disobeyed in the snuck into the garden with my dog we could just simply not take our children the movies we feel are inappropriate for them and furthermore the idea that we assume that this is going to lead to bullying is a false premise its a false dichotomy i agree everyone has the have their own right to take their children to the movies they choose to see if you choose to take your child to this movie thats your choice i simply hope that youll use that to elevate the conversation and a positive way around food allergy awareness preparing miss an anti bowling behavior the big issue here is that hollywood license and hollywood values are not necessarily. Going to reflect those of the larger viewing public at it these are ways we deal with the problems in by laughing at our own problems in our own challenges we actually can encourage education about them rather than discourage bullying i think bullying is a misplaced focus here. Former u. S. President barack obama has reportedly received a letter containing an unidentified white powdery substance and hes among a number of high profile figures to be sent such mail in the last couple of days and im open has the details now the incident took place at the office of former u. S. President barack obama this is his office on the Northwest Side of washington d. C. Place he has been renting for the purpose of conducting business not too far from his residence now this comes just hours after a similar package with a similar suspicious white powder was delivered to the house of parliament in the United Kingdom so questions are being raised about that individuals are trying to get to the surface of that situation in the u. K. Its being investigated on the previous day we have the delivery of a suspicious and lope to the residence of Donald Trump Jr the son of the u. S. President now when the package was delivered we then heard that his wife Vanessa Trump the wife of the president s son that she was taken to the hospital preemptively in the concern that this is fishs white powder may have actually contained a dangerous substance like anthrax or Something Like that it was tweeted out that this could have come from the opponents of President Trump however it has now been determined that in the envelope that was sent to the residence of Donald Trump Jr all that was contained was simply cornstarch now keep in mind a week ago a suspicious package containing white powder was sent to the residence of julian a sign she was hauled up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in the u. K. Lot of questions are being raised now a lot of people in the United States in the United Kingdom are observing these events as they go on but at the. Point we really dont have enough information to draw any clear conclusions about who is behind this or what the purpose of these suspicious envelopes really is at this point were still waiting for the truth to come out this is just what he thought corners have been turned in the korea conflict new threats are being made the details when we come back. Join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Manufacture consent to public wealth. When the ruling class is protect themselves. With the famous merry go round. We can all middle of the room sit. Room. Welcome back next up for you the pentagon has confirmed that it destroyed a progovernment tank in a drone strike in Eastern Syria on sunday calling it an act of self defense. We didnt then start the tank that took a shot at us. So we in its a huge insult of birds our rules of engagement to protect ourselves and i believe that was something that we are always there the right to do make sure were in a position to do that no u. S. Military personnel or coalition backed forces were killed in the strike at the weekend and it comes less than a week after another major clash with progovernment forces such incidents could result in a dangerous escalation in the region and some american now reports. The pentagon says that it was an act of selfdefense accusing Syrian Forces of trying to attack Kurdish Forces but apparently with u. S. Forces embedded they were forced to respond now on wednesday the u. S. Said it carried out defensive airstrikes in retaliation for what they saw as an unprovoked attack but according to reports more than a hundred fighters aligned with the Syrian Government were killed in the airstrike now this latest escalation is definitely something to worry about on all sides especially considering that the syrian conflicts been a largely perceived as a fight against terror well against isis in particular which is almost wiped out but its also opened way to a whole series of new conflicts we have the turkish kurdish conflict the tensions between israel and iran but even though isis is pretty much gone the u. S. Is still wants to stay in syria with the secretary tillerson announcing plans to maintain an open ended military presence in the country some two thousand troops or so to prevent a resurgence of isis and to counter irans influence. But surprisingly the u. S. Isnt the only one the french president said that france will attack if they find proof that chemical weapons were used against civilians promising to strike or chemical shipments originated and such an. Interview why the military situation with all of these forces very close to each other in a medium sized country but in regions that are actually rather small regions then the possibility. Of things spiraling out of control. Very very real and that theres a. You have to begin with the intervention or the decision to intervene or escalate on the part and one part is part it could have been the climbing of the escalation ladder is sometimes called can happen without the intent being at the beginning and either side to have a larger scale war but a product of that claiming that escalation letter can be a larger war. North korea has renewed threats against the United States in response to a new Nuclear Policy that washington unveiled earlier this month kyung yang says it increases the risk of a nuclear war adding that those fond of fire will perish in flames which might be a reference to Donald Trumps threat made back in august they will be met with fire as a fury. Like the world has never seen. Donald trumps Nuclear Posture review the first of its kind in seven years includes an option to unleash Nuclear Weapons in response to a known Nuclear Attack it also calls for the development of less powerful weapons which critics say might trigger a new arms race however pentagon officials are trying to show that the u. S. Is actually lagging behind its perceived out of a series. Heres the chart included in that review it makes it look like the u. S. Has quite a modest but it doesnt show some of the missiles that washington has on the developments or upgrades to their existing stockpile plus it puts countries on the same scale despite key differences in the weapons they hold the head of the Nuclear Monitoring organization Los Alamos Study Group says theres a powerful lobby in the u. S. Government pushing for more weapons there are those in the u. S. Government who would like to increase the nuclear military capability of the United States now some of that is just posturing on their part and i wouldnt say that this is necessarily a majority view the actual military is not for the most part that interested in Nuclear Weapons but there is a faction which is at the moment very powerful that you thinks Nuclear Weapons are an important symbolic tool for increasing pressure. Of the russia and china. Secretary mattis used the chart to argue for increased investment in americas Defense Budget which already vastly outstrips all its rivals committee is pleased to welcome secretary of defense Donald James Mattis no strategy could survive as you pointed out without the funding necessary resources and insufficient funding for the military sustained investment budget investment the budget for military budget funding and support of most nato allies will also increase in their defense but. At least in the us city of boston a facing a barrage of criticism for their choice of person on a during black History Month they picked a white baseball coach who promoted black players. At around six thirty tonight b p d post a tweet saying in honor of black History Month we pay tribute to celtics legend red are back the first n. B. A. Coach to draft a black player in one nine hundred sixty. Oh well yall couldnt think of a single black person to honor. No myths in the holborn History Month. What part of black History Month dont you understand. B p d realizes that i know their tweet may have offended some and they apologize for that our intentions were never to offend. The people of boston deserve an apology and not the tweet that says. I may have offended some. People need to be understand what has happened in this country with this group of people called African Americans as that theyve made an impact on the world swirl of history that we should be a part of and not just as victims but people who played a role that would make america more smart than to pretend that were not here or that we should only be recognized one month in the year. Virus that can access your computer or mine for crypto currency before sending it back to hackers has reportedly infected thousands of government websites around the world its even affected the Data Protection watchdog the malware uses a technique known as crypto jacking where criminals harness the power of as many computers as possible effectively hijacked computers the visit infected websites then covertly mines for crypto currency before sending the coins back to the hacker leaving the owner of the infected computer unaware of the intrusion many businesses have been hit with similar malware among them the video streaming join you tube we heard from scott helman hes a Cyber Security specialist who is the first to notice the malware he thinks were witnessing a new kind of online crime. The rise of crypto jacking is related to the value of crypto currency so as a crypto currency increases in value if you can stimulate or obtain it illegitimately then the new approach the thing creates you know theyre worth more and we will see the rise of them all projecting that talks like this possibly motivated by the increase the value of cryptocurrency is compassion also stated right now by the ease with which these attacks can be carried out criminals of use cash for hundreds of years and criminals will move to the next form of currency which is cryptocurrency fortunately this was a quiet mild example of what the attackers could have done but i think common advice still applying is you know make sure that you keep your device up to date if its an i phone do the i phone updates if its windows do windows or days make sure youre running the latest versions of maybe you have antivirus programs on your computer is all of the standard kind of advice still applies here. And you know that the why didnt you just need to react to this and start getting on top of these kinds of attacks roy thats it for now if youre on facebook or twitter later look us up and well keep you posted on breaking developments twenty four seven im calling bryce thanks for watching ill be back here with more in just over half an hour see them. Like so many people. So i know the game and so i got. All these and only about what happens on the pitch for the final school its about the passion from the families its the age of the super money just to spend spend be true to the twenty million. Its an experience like nothing else because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful game great so it will all transpire. Thinks its going to. The games have begun the younger sister of north koreas ruler kim jong un has captured the attention of the media while u. S. Vice president mike pence was mocked as a dud even undiplomatic the two koreas are engage each other. 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Markets to worry for which and melissa are most join us to discuss now lets get to the stories topping todays headlines the Trump Interior Department is announce their latest attempt to repeal a rule that prevents emissions of methane an extremely potent Greenhouse Gas by oil and gas corporations operating on federal lands the bureau of Land Management b. L. M. Within the interior department has estimated that the rule could prevent. One hundred eighty thousand tonnes of methane emissions from going into the atmosphere every year that reduction in greenhouse pollution would have the same effect as taking nine hundred fifty thousand cars off the road methane is twenty five times more powerful than Carbon Dioxide as a Greenhouse Gas and about a third of all u. S. Methane emissions are caused by oil and gas operations interior first two attempts to repeal face continued Court Challenges the latest attempt will be subject to a sixty day Comment Period after publication in what is called the federal register where we can all read about it. In stock markets in asia rallied today as some sense of stability returned after last weeks market meltdown while tokyo hong kong and shanghai led a strong advance across asia investors continued to be anxious especially head of key u. S. Inflation data to be released wednesday some of the some of those concerns at such data could spark further volatile market moves almost anything could european stocks have seen a robust recovery also following the worst week in two years bringing back the bullish sentiment which has been buoyed this year by strong Economic Indicators and company