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Broadcast studios moscow this is our International Launch on thomas certainly glad to have you with us. A wide reaching Domestic Surveillance Program could be back on the cards stateside the Trump Administration is calling on u. S. Lawmakers to permanently reauthorize the National Security agency to use it the request was made in a letter sent to congress on thursday signed by the now former National Intelligence director dan coats additionally his appeal also revealed that the controversial Call Detail Records Program had actually been suspended after collecting more information than was legally allowed spying program falls under a section of the usa freedom act which is set to expire in december hes been comments. The Trump White House is speaking up about a high profile n. S. A. Program that allows the recording of americans phone calls and personal messages dan coats the outgoing director of National Intelligence is urging congress to reauthorize the law before it expires at the end of the year now dan coats has confirmed that the n. S. A. Has put the program on hold however he says its necessary to have the ability to get the Program Going again if needed as Technology Changes our adversaries trade craft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt in light of these dynamic environments the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well a coalition of privacy and Civil Liberties advocates sent a letter of their own to the u. S. House Judiciary Committee and said of renewing the program they called for meaningful surveillance reform the governments implementation of the program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and its lack of efficacy it is highly concerning that it took almost 3 years to detect the fact that the n. S. A. Was collecting records even beyond the broad authorization provided under the program the n. S. A. Should not be permitted to resume this program now the freedom act gives the n. S. A. The ability to build a network with the Telecommunications Companies to record the phone calls and personal messages not just of the suspects but of anyone that they are in contact with. Voted to allow it to proceed for the. Will vote against it it is better than the usa patriot act but it doesnt go far enough in my mind in protecting our Civil Liberties we find that were spending resources for no benefit in terms of Public Safety and real cost in terms of freedom and liberty and this is why i voted against the freedom act when they said it would fix the problems inherent in the patriot act just stop spying on innocent americans instead of trying to make it legal. When the freedom act came down it was a way to try to ease americans and say you know were going to make sure we work out the kinks but i think americans know better than that because and thats what dan coats is saying here is that anything the n. S. A. And sometimes the n. S. A. Just gets surveillance information thats just hundreds of pages of nothing and theyve actually come out saying that it doesnt really help resolve or solve any terrorism or investigate terrorism activities so because of this though now they can send out or they can decimate that disseminate that information out to the cia to other players to the f. B. I. And to people who might not have the knowledge of who really is a threat which is going to put a lot of americans at risk certainly these prizes violation so yes youre allowed to surveil youre allowed to keep your country safe from terrorism from these kinds of acts but at the rate that it infringes on the privacy rights of people who have absolutely no known ties to terrorism thats where it gets a little bit tricky. U. S. Justice department has issued a warrant calling for the seizure of an iranian oil supertanker released by gibraltar on thursday the document says the ship the oil is carrying and nearly 1000000. 00 in cash are subject to forfeiture for violating u. S. Sanctions on iran the war also cites Bank Fraud Money Laundering and terrorism related statutes it allegedly ledges additionally rather that irans revolutionary guard unlawfully attempted to make use of the United States Financial System to support illicit shipments of oil to syria. Earlier the rands top diplomat sharply criticized the u. S. For attempting to block theres days release of the ship which was 1st seized by british world marines off the coast of gibraltar last month. Having failed to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving Cancer Patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property and the high seas this piracy attempt is indicative of trumpet ministrations contempt for the law while having performed small maneuvers on friday the vessel remains stationed in job or alter waters as the captain reportedly no longer wants to keep command of the ship gibraltar is chief minister says the detention was lifted after the british overseas territory received formal written assurances from iran that it would not ship well to syria in violation of sanctions. The grace one is there for now released from detention under the sanctions act by operation low on the 30th of august i received assurances from the republic of iran that if we leased the destination of the grace one would not be an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions i welcome that assurance. The iranian authorities deny that the grace one was ever shipping oil to syria in breach of use sanctions 2 weeks after the vessel was impounded iran seized the british flags tanker in the strait of hormuz claiming it had violated International Law the u. S. Then later announced its intention to create a Naval Coalition to combat so named iranian aggression in the strait middle east Analyst Thinks the u. S. May have overplayed its hand with its british allies. Very skeptical that the u. K. And gibraltar officials will heed the call by day u. S. Car meant to continuing pounding dating and tank air and you know despite the legal fuss thought it is a safe bet that given the fact that iran is also holding a british tank this is part of a quid pro quo whereby the release of the iranian tank it will be followed shortly immediate future release of the british tank held by iran we know that. Garman and boys john saw as well as those in gibraltar are. You know annoyed by this lingering crisis and they want to wash their hands off of it and the u. S. Is trying every trick in the book to link it describes says and to keep you as part of this so called time. Escort or day or tank is passing through this state of foremost and they will says worries that once this crisis between iran and a youll k. Is resolved then they will pull out and yours will be a coalition 1. 9 year old german girl has been told by a berlin court that she cannot join the countrys most prestigious boys choir breaking down the case and the debate it has triggered here is our cheese sauce to tailor. Nobody likes rejection and no one wants to hear that not good enough but it seems for one family in germany no just isnt option picture a 9 Year Old Girl who just wanted to sing her mother says shes got the voice of an angel and that the best place in the city for her training is the bilin state and cathedral choir set up in the 15th century its one of the oldest and most renowned choirs in the country and its pretty much just got 2 rules you have to be over 5 to edition check and youve got to be a male ha undeterred though the god apply twice and was rejected both times but try try try again that time lucky she got back from all dition before the door was once again slammed in her face but the choirs adamant agendas got nothing to do with the acoustic pattern of a choir is part of its artistic freedom the rejection was not predominantly about her gender and she would have been successful had her voice matched the desired sound characteristics of a boys choir out unsurprisingly of the decision struck a wrong chord with the girls mother who is now taking the choir to court over gender inequality she says shes got a letter from the dean of berlins university of the arts which the choir is affiliated to and which its written that aggarwal never sing in a boys choir boys also argue that as an institution receiving state funds rejecting female singers contravenes germanys gender Discrimination Laws now many have weighed in on the side of the choir saying that mixing it would bring an end to its traditional sound nobody has said girls can sing as well but the tumble is different and judging that should be left to the musicians and musicologists anyone who wants to misunderstood gender equality here is a cultural essence this standoff between gender equality and artistic freedom isnt exactly new Music Professionals and academics alike have been debating the. Anatomical differences of boys and girls voices for years saying the former has a purity of the law to just cant attain and just last year the famous british soprano signal Leslie Garrett called out all boys choirs for being stuck in the past backward looking traditionalist argue that there is an exclusive purity in the boys voice but i think thats just nonsense its an excuse to hang on male privilege and perpetuate a dominant male gender stereotype and male power but not ready to dump the carrot secure in his choir rolled out a very diplomatic arent we recognise different tasks to contribute to the tower female singers make to the choral scene here at cambridge were especially proud to follow mixed voice choir kings voices which was formed 20 years ago precisely to give women students the opportunity to sing choral music in the chapel we all know parents will do anything for that children but trying to shake up an institution that hasnt changed in over half a millennia now that dedication. Us democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders has been forced to clarify comments he made about the Washington Post on monday every month senator was accused of peddling conspiracy theories by suggesting the papers editorial position reflects the interests of its owner billionaire amazon founder jeff bezos. Why future is on the phone call your Washington Post what you do absolutely. Doesnt work what i think is immediately in general there is a framework you go to. The Washington Post office of c. N. N. For itself. And anybody you know how much amazon paid in taxes what is. The united what about all the time and then i wonder why the Washington Post which is owned by jumping through on time thought of the right particularly good article about i dont know where senator sanders is a member of a large club of politicians of every ideology who complain about their coverage contrary to the Conspiracy Theory the senator seems to favor jeff bezos allows our newsroom to operate with full independence as our reporters and editors can attest Bernie Sanders has long been a vocal critic of Corporate Media arguing that they misrepresent his views and ultimately act in the interests of the elite. The working families that should not have to subsidize the wealthiest people jeff bezos made a leben 1000000000 dollars last year they didnt pay a nickel in federal income taxes wealthy people should stop paying their fair share of tax thats out of. Bernie sanders makes like skin crawl and i cant even identify for you what exactly it is because i see him as sort of a pro woman candidate or he could seriously bashers billionaires flaming which many of the problems many inner most americans suffer just means knows is who just man the world works and just of course he is you know. Because hes threatening the class interests and work on trying to keep him from being elected president will be even long standing for the billionaire class and. Its definitely an obstacle because they have more dollars and conforms and they can reach almost all americans the influence all americans think about but who clearly has a discrete message from the you that was resonating with his voters and supporters in the den already get the nomination he could be charged if you get sued or general lection but they are the Washington Post on here in the southeast media would be great to off the group who think were looking at all voting just democratic will be independents and even some republicans he would have to decide to send them for the media who are against him and against the would be quite. The media i think both candidates. Are if you like your vodka with a kick british scientists have developed a liquor within a toy. Twist as our reports among our stories after a short break still. Chokes seem wrong. But old clothes just dont hold. Any you get to shape out just to become educated and indeed trained equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. They put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. So if you want to be president. Or some want to. Be pros this is what the 3 of them would be good. Interested in the water. Or National African spy scandal has thrust chinese tech giant wall way back into the headlines after allegations were published in the wall street Journal Newspaper alleges that while way technicians and at least 2 cases personally help african governments snoop on their political opponents uganda and zambia allegedly enlisted the companys assistance for wiretapping conversations cracking through encrypted communications and conducting surveillance while way denies the accusations claiming it has never engaged in hacking activities here is part of an interview given to r. T. On the issue. We refute it quite vociferously again it just feels like its one of those stories that come up now and again go to completely verify it it sounds like even all the companies that have been cited in terms of involvement have made it very clear they dont even have contracts in. One of the countries involved so it looks like that this story is unfortunately really just fake knees and we have to suffer weve. Always currently the worlds 2nd largest producer of smartphones and has been in the spotlight in recent months over its large scale investment in developing 5 g. Mobile technology in may the u. S. Put restrictions on the company citing National Security concerns after washington accused while way of spying on government for beijing which while way has also vehemently denied strategy Vice President Andrew Williams and went on to tell us security is a top priority its a private Company Owned by its employees as i say theres about 100000 shareholders and to me as someone thats come to this company i think its extraordinary the benefits of running an organization like that because people dont necessarily just pick up their paycheck at the end of the week of the end of the month they have a real vested interest in the commercial success you really have to check everything assume nothing. And trust almost nobody and thats a thats a process in the system that we stick to and work with many of our partners around the world on that basis. Germanys most Senior Police officer has voiced concern over rising levels of far right hate speech he warned it could lead to the formation of new extremist groups and terrorist cells in the country for several years now with fluctuations we have seen an increase in violent politically motivated crimes coming from the far right we are also seeing a risk of terrorist groups forming. German authorities registered over 8600 right wing extremist offenses in the 1st half of 2001000 that is 900 more than during the same period last year but despite the increase the number of Violent Crimes stayed roughly the same here is a brief look at the scale of the countrys problem with far right extremists in. One case and that potentially highlights the threat from the far right was the murder of the politician walter lukey he was a member of uncle merkels c. D. U. Party and was a strong supporter of migrant rights he received Death Threats and was killed in june at his home with a gunshot to the head is the suspected killer is believed to harbor extreme right wing views although the police say that they are working hard to tackle extremism martin doul sir from Germanys Left Party does not believe enough is being done. And the problem is that the right wing extreme right wing. For violence lists as well of any nice. Busy group called do not call it specialist extreme right wing group and they had a list of 25000 people who do politics christians who do activism for refugees we have a saying in german which say that the authorities blind on the right that means they dont really know what the right wing of the real extreme right wing doing and during the last years they did a lot of Movie Division organization especially in the extremist militarist and so we have the increase of. Crimes of the right wing we as well we have a lot of. People of color left wing people being in danger or abused by right wing people in the last year. Now for something completely different few people would be willing to visit the site of a Nuclear Disaster a few are still you would think would want to buy products made in the exclusion zone but a group of british scientists is looking to change that they have been working on producing a vodka made with the grain from chernobyl jim smith a professor of Environmental Science at Portsmouth University says the atomic spirit is completely safe and has been tested in world class laboratories. Well what we did we set up an experimental sailcloth in the main exclusion zone about 20 kilometers south of the power station and its not one of the most radioactive parts of the exclusion zone but obviously theres some contamination that and so we looked 1st at the transfer of radioactivity and crops and we grew ron and so then when we amended the grain and distilled it to produce alcohol we as we expected because any chemist knows that when you to still something you leave a lot of the impurities in the waste product and not in the the distillate alcohol so what we found was that when we measured the distillate alcohol that we couldnt with very sophisticated equipment we couldnt find any radioactivity except a natural carbon 14 which would get in any spirit drink. Will disaster shot the soviet union and the world 33 years ago almost 600000 people were affected by the catastrophe at the Nuclear Plant this according to the World Health Organization professor smith says the vodka project is not about grabbing headlines but more promoting recovery in the economically depressed area. What we want to do is make make money in order to help develop that area and support the communities that have been affected its a long road you know 30 years after the chernobyl accident and there are still issues particularly around the perception of radiation risk and people worried about the radiation perhaps when we scientists think the shouldnt they insert things in forums from that point of view to show that we can make a Consumer Product that hopefully people will want to drink so i have to say that this is technically this is not of god its more like a very high quality moonshine than what were producing is something using the more traditional way thats been done in ukraine belarus russia poland for many centuries to our distil that he thinks and i agree that this is a good way of doing it because it keeps more of the flavor of the original grain and weave that which ended at the expo tasting and they like the flavor well that is for me i will be back in about 35. 00 and a half minutes with more news you are watching r. 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Employee who was murdered on the job this past saturday Evening Police say they have caught a man who did it the Sheriffs Office says he goes by the nickname. 21 year old james rhodes is charged with the murder of 20 year old shelby farah. You. Know if. Shes in the news here in the chair. With a 40 glock and every bone. In. Her standing then she collapsed to her knees she was reaching for the. 20 minutes before she died. I think about that every day where she reaches for the. Struggle to take even a few steps towards her daughters vigil she says tonight the pain of shelbys loss is real im going to make sure if it takes the last breath that he needs to get the death penalty. We begin today show with a look at the chaos surrounding executions in the United States now that many of the drugs use relief the injections are no longer available the execution of drugs scarcity stems from the receipt of manufacturers in europe and United States to live to be used to people to death. 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