From supporters. Took up social issues and. Thanks. Thanks for joining us on the program. Defense ministry has launched an investigation into why and how exactly a trove of top secret documents apparently ended up in a rubbish bin in london this comes as a huge embarrassment for the top secret chemical weapons facility. Where the thousands of files originated. Has more. One mans trash another journalists treasure in this case it is quite an extraordinary story the daily star newspaper is called big splash on it today they say they were alerted to this trove of documents found in a bin by a member of the public last week and this secret files were dumped in a north london we leave in a receipt killing bin to be precise the kind that sort of stands out on the street outside a residential building or a commercial one and people will waste inside it except that this wasnt wasted it was a massive hole thousands of pages reportedly detailing the past and home address of one. Details of the patrol offices duties there at porton down and the newspapers quoting all sorts of unnamed security sources talking about how appalled they are at this breach of security thats taken place one referred to all this as a terrorists dream and it could have only ended that it could have ended in kentucky strophe they were commenting there are calls for an inquiry now and the ministry of defense has already responded to the story with this statement take a listen we take the protection of personal data very seriously and we have a range of procedures in place to do so including complying with the Data Protection act we also expect 3rd parties who legitimately hold data to apply similar stricter protections we can confirm that an investigation has been launched into the alleged incident and the reason this is raising eyebrows is because porton down is a top secret Government Chemical Laboratory is at the front line of the fight against biological and chemical weapons and the government conducts Extensive Research that. Into all sorts of substances it was in the news quite a bit last year because it was the thora tea that determined what the substance which substance it was that was used in the poisoning of the gay and. That was a huge scandal which saw the British Government accused russia of orchestrating the attack against the double former double agent and his daughter but porton down really coming to the fore then and it was pivotal in determining that this was novacek that was used against the 2 and of course it is just such a secret its in charge of some pretty Hazardous Materials so the fact that any documents have been disposed of from a government site in this way found in a london been 70 miles away from the facility itself will be of concern to both the ministry of defense and to intelligence services. I think portadown should invest in a shredder person the. Former british diplomat craig murray thinks the porton incident raises fresh questions about the script of poisoning. We were told at the time of the alleged attack on the script of that security is extremely tight at porton down and its impossible that the chemical could have come from there we have met too quickly that i think charlies goli one of the people affected in the 2nd socalled novacek incident whose girlfriend dawn sturgis died he has confirmed for certain that the perf human bottle he found in a charity bin was sealed he has also stated that he used to go the to go to been to take things and that the bin was empty the whole store that it falls apart event 2nd bottle of novacek was not there there by whoever attacked the script hold plainly perforce of the socalled novacek is not the 2 greshams who came over. In march and the source must be some wealth and the obvious source of novacek missiles but it is porton down with they have manufactured it for testing purposes. For the headlines outgoing e. U. Commission president jiang told you has criticized the way his likely successor has been picked by block leaders addressing the media in the finished hours or helsinki he compared the way he also loved one delaying were nominated. Very transcript. But the process. Which led to my nomination in 2014 was very transparent because we had looked at the dates everyone knew what was up if this. Would be the shortest pouted look in parliament its a vision to come back to what unfortunately didnt become a tradition ursula on the line is behind these comments and how shes been nominated for the position of European Commission president to take over from steps down at the end of october shes really split opinion with this nomination it you see from the European Council at the heads of government of the 28 Member States of the e. U. Domestically her record as defense minister has been raked over quite extensively with many people pointing out the state of germanys military at the moment is well at its lowest ebb that its been for a long time the blood of despair quite often being the the butt of many jokes about planes that dont fly that dont fire boats that dont sail in submarines that cant submerge all the european level though its been a big criticism of the way in which she was nominated for the position because it doesnt have the right to ignore all the candidates that have been voted for by european citizens the future of europe can no longer be decided behind closed doors bonder laim is our weakest minister thats apparently enough to become Commission President it is an unparalleled act of political trickery vanderlei and should 1st be nominated by germany before other e. U. States can induce the nomination and she should also leave office 1st otherwise it turns it all into a theater and the elections into one big fast well theyre also that all supporting. The line they are praising the fact that a woman has been nominated for the 1st time for they said well what some would regard as the top job in european politics is Commission President. Theres also been support from World Leaders from european leaders who said they praised her you wrote credentials it was enough on the force who in wonderland has many of the european level know her and then appreciate her experience her as a defense minister and therefore i am convinced that there will be a clear support from the European Peoples Party and hopefully this is well if in the if wonderingly in fails to be elected as head of the commission by the Parliament Europe risks a possible constitutional crisis so i find it a very charming idea the face of europe will be female in the future as well the polling here in germany doesnt really tally with what i think it was just saying there 56 percent of people here dont think that sort of on the line is the right person for the job of European Commission president in fact 71 percent of those polled in germany said the way in which she was nominated was an write a that they would rather see palm and pick who would be the the Commission President as it is parliament gets to vote on the nomination put forward by the European Council as were seeing at the moment in the vote will take place on the 16th of july the European Parliament voting on whether the line will be the next year a peon Commission President ial needs an absolute majority in the europol of it if thats to be so we discussed the controversial choice. With some experts. What i think we have 2 problems one problem democracy must lead in how to do. It different argues her becoming the us the most but what. The president was the European Commission and not something completely different came out some of your. Second thing is the person oh a lot or no mother is quite unpopular and the mormons are as the investigation comments. On who are called. Or external use wrists. People from outside the ministry in the summer of 200000000 euro political decisions can be regarded as democratic if one of 2 conditions are is met the population has to be involved in the actual Decision Making in some meaningful way or 2nd. Political decisions must reflect popular preferences now funder lines nomination that doesnt lead to either cry personally. Says yes its undemocratic by. Standards. As a rule to courts has extended the detention of the iranian oil supertanker for 14 days to iran cause the seizure of the tanker by british marines maritime piracy incident happened on thursday off the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula by a british territory disputed by spain showed it was that he has more. Now the crew of the sea ship grace one of being interviewed by officials and the ship is likely to remain impounded for up to several weeks in retaliation though to her own demands the Immediate Release of the vessel condemns what it sees as an illegal detention and says its tantamount to maritime piracy an Iranian ForeignMinistry Official described the u. K. Moves on acceptable and called for the Immediate Release of the oil tanker given that has been seized at the request of the u. S. The u. K. Navys measure is tantamount to maritime piracy britain has no right to impose its own unilateral sanctions or those of the European Union in an extra territorial manner against the other countries this is the very bullying policy of the us well Britains Foreign Office said it would not respond to every single comment about the incident that emerged from iran but it reiterated its position that the action came at the request of gibraltar to hold the vessel believed to be bound to syria which of course violates the sanctions this actually rose from information giving the gibraltar government reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel the grace one was acting in breach of European Union sanctions against syria however its understood that iran has provided documents to the u. K. Proving that the vessel was merely transiting to a permitted destination although it didnt exactly specify where since then though gibraltar and spain have become embroiled in a row about the seizure with madrid saying it was grace one with intercepted because of a request from the u. S. To the u. K. That i was ok and we have been aware of the operation civil guard petrols have been watching the area but we are investigating the circumstances under which the u. S. And its petition to the u. K. Now as well as spain a senior Iranian ForeignMinistry Official said that the United States had asked the u. K. To intercept the ship however just brought Us Government said in a statement that they acted independently on their own accord the decisions of her majestys government of gibraltar were taken to do independent. The waste in breaches of existing law not at all based on extraneous Political Considerations meanwhile though the seizure was hailed enthusiastically by a key member of the trumpet ministration excell news yuki has the teen the supertanker grease one laden with the reigning oil bomb for syria in violation of you sanctions american our allies will continue to prevent regimes into ran in damascus from profiting off this Illicit Trade so this latest round comes at a time of escalating tensions between the u. S. And iran of course it follows the trumpet ministration previously pulling out of the 2015 Nuclear Program plus has reinforced punishing sanctions against iran iran now says its no longer bound by the agreement and will breach impose limits on iranian stockpiles and although its european allies including the u. K. Have not followed suit in terms of pulling out to her on august other signatories including france and germany havent done enough to keep the deal alive meanwhile other countries including russia have weighed in on the diplomatic route with russias foreign Foreign Ministry saying the seizure is an attempt to aggravate the situation around iran and syria and that the reaction from london and washington shows that the incident had been preplanned. Professor of Political Science at the university of tehran points out the seizure of the time to result part of a coordinated campaign. And we have to see this incident as part of the Larger Campaign to pressure iran every few weeks we are seeing major provocations by the americans whether sending drones or warship towards iran and now this incident where the british are actually acting on behalf of the americans and we have to remember why this has been in the legal move by the british this is e. U. Law its not International Law so what gives the british the right to seize any iranian ship based on european laws iran is not a member of the e. U. Since the trump government decided to leave the Nuclear Accord the americans have been pressuring irans putting significant pressure on iran and iran has actually been acting in a very relatively cautious manner and we have to understand that iran cannot shore restrained forever i mean moves such as this where iranian ships are being seized illegally they cannot it actually want iran to do nothing in return if you want does nothing in return then they will put more pressure and more pressure. Girls receive Death Threats for internet parodies of an american congresswoman story and more still to go. Magic mushrooms news down to contacts used in the wrong way kerry kerry potential arms like any any psychoactive substances. But used in a right way they seem to have quite a. Profound 32 potential and quite a good safety profile as well. As something wrong with being rash and being rich is nothing wrong with it. People work hard they make a lot of money and for a lot of people thats very satisfying but when you become a rapacious monopolist and you are heading up like in the pharmaceutical industry one or 2 or 3 major cluck to kratz collusion colluding monopolist and all accomplice pricing thats not right thats tied around and. Join me every thursday on the alex im unsure and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back to the program concerns are mounting over natos military exercise seabreeze in the black sea this is an excerpt from its own for motion video. Now the drills thought on july the sun will end on the 12th theyve been taking place every year since 19719. 00 nato states are taking part in the drills this year include 24 hour croft 32. 00 vessels and around 3000. 00 troops being sent to the region for that event. The drills have already provoked tensions with moscow intercepting a u. S. Surveillance plane heading for the russian border russia has since launched its own drills and is monitoring nato activities in the area Foreign Ministry says that the exercises are a dangerous idea little analyst Chris Bambery believes the strategy of nato expansion could lead to die consequences. This is part of a constant drive to expand nato true there are these exercises regularly but you have to put in the context of the introduction of need 2 forces the Baltic States the Missile Defense system the buildup of american bases around russian russian borders russia as we nor since the collapse of the soviet union has been quite contracting particularly given the promises that were made to gorbachev at that time the need to would not expand into the former soviet satellites former soviet republics a promise that has been broken also your treasuring on russias backyard in sebastopol of crimea of very important military bases or naval bases for russia traditionally this is been a quite sensitive area where russia had well the United States has not had a presence of britain before that did not have a presence and its going to lead to an escalation in this called war which weve seen developing between washington and more school. Parents of an 8 Year Old Girl who became an internet sensation with her parodies of americas youngest ever congresswoman have deleted all of her social media accounts thats off the she and her family allegedly received Death Threats from supporters of democrat alexander recorders. Right america is here again this time from washington d. C. Right i ask you to talk about socialism because socialism is so anything like socialism it actually is your 1st oh shut me baby know that thank. You b. S. On the socialist think 3 of the most successful countries in the world i socialist to they israel are they stuck into it a vote will not be doing any more many a o. C. Content the lefts harassment and Death Threats have gone too far for our family we have been getting calls on our personal phone numbers for our safety and for our childs safety we deleted all many a o. C. Accounts young and class and i just thought of making a videos with the help of us that father. She became famous off doing on pressure on fox news twitter account had 87000 followers before it was deleted some of her followers are outraged by whats happened. When you claim to be an advocate for children but you threaten the life of a child makes here arius reduce of the dumbest person in congress who just might be any leftist stay safe youll always be our meanie see what do well do we leave no problem making fun of harassing threatening our president but if you make fun of him you see you get Death Threats this isnt even american anymore i love this little girl to death it is sick that people have been dogging her and threatening her life journalist and commentator child what more so some people just lack a sense of humor. Their videos were so sweet and harmless and so cute there wasnt possibly anything you could find offensive about it one of the big rules about the left is that youre not allowed to mock them that is one of the biggest no nos you cannot laugh at them you cannot make fun of them they are moral and intellectual superiors and the people who are most effective at mocking them are the ones who get attacked the most this this child was just so sweet having a bit of thought and at one of the most laughable characters in american politics its unfortunate we live in this world where the left works so hard to silence people enjoy intimidate them and this is all about intimidation the left has controlled the culture for 405060 years theyve dominated and they cannot handle it that the right is beginning to wade in culture they cant handle it the right is being funnier than they are. Disney has announced that its remake of the childrens classic Little Mermaid will star black actress halle bailey in the lead role that has sparked controversy after an extensive search it was abundantly clear that halle possesses that rare combination of spirit heart youth innocence and substance plus a glorious singing voice all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role. And back in 99 disney released its adaptation of the famous fairy tale written by the danish author Hans Christian andersen and that motion ariel was a blue eyed redhead white know of some argue that the new version should stay true to the 89 film others though say having a black lead is a win for diversity. The actress cast is areal can sing act dance and is beautiful but racists yes that extreme irritation you feel is racism or like mermaids can be black wool crabs can talk so were all stretching here shut up fat box the Little Mermaid lives on a tropical coral reef with a calypso signal with a strong jamaican accent when you think about it its bizarre she was white the fust time around there goes my favorite princess cant believe the just 3 my favorite princess she has a beautiful voice but if shes playing ariel im going to be she doesnt fit the look at all could you imagine the uproar of the cast a white actress to play tiana in the live action remake i just dont understand why is this necessary here at all to put the issue up for the but. Well that what people are trying to do is trying to bring people back to a certain kind of reality that we live in a very Diverse Society and to try and present as if you like to try and normalize but because what happened before was that we had a society which those people were excluded or if they were presented they were presented as before they were prevented of course in the translation which was derogatory to them we bring race to the forefront and make it an issue when it really isnt an issue i think its a very dangerous precedent and i think it is think it really is not i think its really not about the inclusive it is that your other guest discussed discusses i think its really a leftist agenda to divide us and keep us from working together and i think the people are only concerned about his presentation are trying to as they said they want something they used to but only challenge. Challenges if you challenge is what they think they think they think they should be like a princess can be black and what we want to do where it is not a lie not that so every every single hollywood movie made from now on must have a gay person a jewish person a black person hispanic person and all were probably better represent all that you know population so lets say a puerto rican person a cuban person and i dont know there are people here from from our other countries too should we should we just make sure now that every single movie has every single race religion color size Socio Economic level where do you draw the lying if you look at the history of hollywood birth of a nation it started off really badly with the original 1st feature film been a racist film which used skin color in a negative way of course they should be a good story line but also a film can do multi faceted things and i think we have to move beyond being obsessed by the fact that we live in a society that is proud to support diversity we do live in a society that does have problems around racism in American Society has that and i think that the people who are denying. Our people are not willing to begin to really talk about challenging it we had some because dylan roof to walk into a blood shot of the body im sorry theres been a number of shootings in on the places these a tragic tragic things we had black president black billionaires all over the place all sorts of hispanic people and in positions of power i would hope that no one would not like this character based on that they might not like the idea of it being imposed they might feel that its a little bit racist to say oh well we have to have a princess be a certain color i dont think that makes them a racist i think that makes them somebody that just wants the best person for the job to be chosen whether its a movie or a corporate venture i think the best person should always be chosen regardless of their skin color or anything else or stand with us on the international the top of the our latest global headlines. 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Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle a new Foreign Policy think tank will start business challenging Foreign Policy orthodoxies its called the Quincy Institute for responsible state this is not an ordinary thing it is funded by charles koch and george soros among others talk about strange bedfellows can these establishment billionaires take on the Foreign Policy blog. Talking strange bedfellows im joined by my guest on the bar in new york hes host of the c. P. R. News a daily radio newscast in london we have been he is a professor of International Politics at City University of london with Research Interest in american Foreign Policy and