Watching R T International bring you your like news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. Facebook c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg has met with President Donald Trump the social media platforms chief is looking to defend his company amid mounting criticism over privacy issues and Data Protection and i recently cold case facebook claimed its a publisher and is therefore allowed to ban whoever it wants but that potentially makes it also liable for what goes out on its platform or sponsibility its previously tried to dodge it looks at the potential ramifications. So what have we got here. Thats better. Plaintive ultra right activist laura luma who was taken off pretty much all major Online Platforms defendant facebook one of the giants which kicked her out we carefully flicked through these court papers which the defendant filed to fly and bury the lawsuit and heres what really caught the eye. To the extent miss lewis claimed targets facebooks decision to deactivate her accounts it is also deficient on the well established law need to facebook know any of the publisher can be liable for failing to publish someone elses message 1st amendment provides absolute protection for such decisions what was it again either facebook nor any other publisher protection by the 1st amendment so in this particular case the lawyers of sucking co are happy to legally refer to their social network as publisher digging a bit deeper will reveal facebook has done that in the past as well when last year an app startup was crossing swords with facebook in court this is what came from the network spent the discretion is if 3 speech rights are respected what technological means is used so is it just me or somethings wrong with how the platform we use every day identifies itself because when facebook bosses take questions in other places it seems they always try to distance themselves from the notion publisher which are you are you a tech company or are you the Worlds Largest publisher because i think that goes to a really important question what form of regulation or Government Action if any we would take senator this is. A really big question i view us as a tech company because the primary thing that we do is build technology and products as your sponsor for your content which make exactly on of a publisher. Well i agree that were responsible for the content but we dont produce the content and thats been the message for quite a while. We are a tech company not a media company. I do think we have to be the publisher and we definitely dont want to be the arbiter of the truth now just imagine what kind of legal trouble the tech giant may put itself in if it becomes universally recognized the company Mr Zuckerberg is running is a publisher not just a tech platform are they really ready to be responsible for anything disturbing more outright criminal that gets posted under the blue logo the examples have been out there in abundance. The way. Or what if simply someone decides to lawyer and bully me with all kinds of offensive stuff right on facebook should i then also follow defamation suit against the network because they as a publisher alloted its well known you cant have a cake and eat it at the same time will probably unless your last name is sucker berg. Austrian m. P. s are urging vienna to veto a major trade deal between the e. U. And south america theyre unhappy about the way brazil is handling the large scale amazon fires similar concerns have been expressed by france and germany however many e. U. Businesses do work with firms that have a direct connection to the fires as artists are the explains its an environmentalist Worst Nightmare wild fly is raging in the amazon destroying the worlds most diverse tropical rain forest. Our house is burning literally the amazon rainforest the lungs which produce 20 percent of our planets oxygen is on fire as an International Crisis i couldnt agree more manual macro we need to act for the amazon and for our planet talk kids and grandkids accounting on the lines of the entire earth are for acted and thats why we need to find Common Solutions here leaders of the globes most advanced countries pledged to do more at the g 7 the heat may have died down but the blame game certainly hasnt with some looking closely at where the amazon wus may. Europes Financial Institutions the companies and the financier is housed in those countries are contributing to the forestation many of these companies are known to have unsuitable practices in their supply chain to be clearing areas for the expansion of agriculture especially pursuing cattle so yeah and cattle ranching account for 80 percent of deforestation Major Companies such as a. T. M. Call gail j. B. S. Are being financed by some of us biggest banks including b m p paragraphs dont spank and block walk they not only bankroll the debt theyre also major shareholders with the force in how these companies are run so areas of the amazonas sometimes. To provide all earned for cows to graze or to grow crops to feed life stock these european banks are directly building the forestation do it your bank he black rock in vanguard collectively more than a 1000000000. 00 in debt in just the 3 largest away in the 3 largest cattle Companies Operating in brazil are these even banks often vocal about their sustainability policies. Are also being accused of hypocrisy Environmental Campaign group amazon watch contacted them about their role in the amazon was fine as well Deutsche Bank and blackrock didnt respond b. M. P. Paragraphs had to say. People rebar has been strengthening in 6 to policies related to deforestation for several years and this prompted its going to protect natural ecosystems and preserve biodiversity to the best of their abilities that experts say is just simply not good enough we can encourage it use it as yours take a role in requiring that the companies have certain standards they adapt deforestation commitments that they implement those commitments and then they were poor on their progress to address the deforestation with in their supply chains given that even if theyre not producing these materials or directly clearing the forests they have a role to play and ensuring that that clearance doesnt happen without the traceability the accountability of all actors involved including the europe the fear is that our house will continue to shoulder. Powers weve also asked bank to comment on their links to the deforestation of the amazon they have yet to receive a response. Not a central russia where Major International military exercise center 2018 is in full swing and addition to the host nations like china and india are also taking part the drill aims to take cooperation between the neighbors to a new level in the face of ice alike terror threats among the spectators as bottom or putin as well as watching the maneuvers the president is also meeting his kirghiz counterpart there. This is a very loud if press of spectacle the simulated food terrorists of predictably being beaten back and just a few meters away from us we have military observers from all over the world i counted at least a dozen nato badges watching the show watching the spectacle glad to be a putin with the president in the stands as well 20 meters away from us but theres a purpose to this is isnt just a shoe for enjoyment to a spectacle this is an exercise to form a unity to Form Corporation between asian nations asian states that threatened by islamic radicalism and this is their effort to sort of get to get to know each other get to Work Together even india and pakistan odds with each other open conflict working together here behind me as i reported earlier the story is radical islamist terrorists of come to power in a simulated Central Asian republic theyve formed a quasi caliph that if you will and the mission is to stop them to prevent them from seizing any more territory they come into possession of advanced weapons and being belligerent towards participating nations and participating 8 countries representing a good heart full of the worlds population china India Pakistan russia as well as for Central Asian republics their mission is to stop the terrorists and prevent them from taking any more territory to defend themselves the military contingency representing those 8 nations amanda 128000 troops as well as 20000 vehicles and tag. Yanks of all time until reagan ad Defense Missile systems as well as 600 aircraft including drones the military exercises themselves are stretched over a 6 day period across a variety of different battlefields and today the grand crescendo the objective is to hold an enemy attack knock out their cruise missiles and at the end go on the offensive and crush them the point of these military exercises isnt to show off the participating nations to some degree will face the threat of radical extremism and the point of these war games is to make sure that if worst comes to worse than these people come to power the bug dissipating nations can present a united front to stop an enemy that has demonstrated its remorseless merciless and capable of anything pakistan is among those taking part quote a commentator and journalist john white emphasized the importance of the country joining india in the drills. Its a growing trend of cooperation between countries in central asia and it makes perfect sense given that the coleman traits stay she was a goddess to global terrorism hugely significant as it will disappear and of india and pakistan of course. Changes over time actually you know be very very high and get the newest article immature that has existed between whats going to this is a testament to the diplomacy of china russia countries into and to disagreement was fatally important in this corporation is that there is more integration. Between countries because you dont know whats going to unfold in afghanistan its very important for the countries who are in the region to have some sort of worked against any you know. To achieve or not. We now bring you some news just in that dollar trump has announced further sanctions on iran in the wake of the strikes on Saudi Oil Facilities over the weekend the restrictions target the Iranian National bank at quote the highest level as trump put it he made the announcement during a meeting with the australian Prime Minister in the oval office the u. S. Of course blames iran for the drone attacks in saudi arabia despite the fact that who think rebels in yemen claimed responsibility and he ran denies any involvement the Russian Foreign ministry meanwhile has called the latest sanctions illegitimate well have more on that story in the next hour. Several 100 people have gathered in the nevada desert in the u. S. Under the rallying cry storm area 51 what started as a joke campaign to break into the secretive military base has ended up attracting about 2000000 supporters on facebook and many claiming the American Government hiding u. F. O. Is there a festival known as alien stock which was due to be held in a nearby town was canceled last week but that has not stopped u. F. O. Enthusiasts from descending on the area despite warnings from authorities about airspace has also been shut down on friday to protect the facility parties on a quarter story. Its the day weve all been waiting for a chance to discover if weve been contacted by aliens over 2000000 people have already said theyre going to storm area 51 top secret u. S. Military base its notoriously connected to u. F. O. Sightings and 2 teens have already gotten their feet wet trespassers caught near area 5012. 00 men from the netherlands arrested after getting 3 miles inside the Nevada National security site it was just a joke at 1st a Facebook Event encouraging people to storm the mysterious space we will meet up in rural nevada and cool neato in policies if we know who to run we can move faster than their boots lets see the millions even the guy who came up with the idea wasnt taking it too seriously it was all fun and games until the f. B. I. Came knocking on his door thinking he could be a terrorist it started out as from a pure stroke of imagination its just meant to be funny i want to do something cool out there now that we have a bunch of people but i dont want anybody to get hurt still that hasnt stopped people from jumping on the bandwagon maybe most will just stick to being keyboard warriors and chicken out at the last minute ok but the authorities are not treating this as a joke which may just be adding to the curiosity. All joking aside were taking it very seriously on nation has secrets and those secrets deserve to be protected secrets well theyve got to be important because extra security and barricades have already been prepared in anticipation of a hoard it also doesnt help that several videos have surfaced in recent years of supposedly u. F. O. Sightings all captured by u. S. Navy pilots. Thank you very much. And the navy only added fuel to the fire of speculation when it labeled those objects and identified aerial phenomena movie does ignatz the objects contained in these videos as identified a real phenomenon the unidentified aerial phenomena terminology is used because it provides the basic descriptor for the observations of. Objects that have been observed entering operating in the as space various military controlled training ranges government secrecy always will fuel all kinds of speculation when you have a government that is not transparent its going to lose the confidence of the people this was the lesson of the soviet union its the lesson of the United States today where there is a lack of transparency where people know that theyre not getting the truth from their government on a large number of matters area 51 and you of those in general have never gone away in the public imagination certainly not in the United States. There have been many sightings of apparent u. S. Those in the vicinity of area 51 and people know about that and theres always been the stories so. I think it just captured the imagination of a lot of people we might not know how many people are really going to this area 51 of and but one things for sure. U. S. Government is acting like its got something to hide donald quarter r. T. A major u. S. Pharmaceutical company has started bankruptcy proceedings after it was fined billions of dollars for opiate abuse lawsuits that story and more after the break. Chokes seem wrong. When old rules just dont call. Me that you get to see out just did you come out ok and in gains from an equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line. To get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president injury. Or some want to be rich. But youre going to be cross its like before 3 in the morning cant be good. Im interested always in the water using my. First sip. I. Come back the death toll from a recent Taliban Attack near a hospital in afghanistan has risen to 39 local officials also confirmed 140 people were injured trucks filled with explosives detonated near the hospital in temple province on thursday the taliban claimed it was targeting a government intelligence building yet the majority of those killed were civilians patients and visitors of the hospital including women and children the number of Taliban Attacks has increased lately with bombings occurring almost every day to discuss this we are joined live now by political analyst Mushtaq Rahim now theres little more than a week left before elections in afghanistan and the taliban has increased its attacks and reportedly vowed to attack people if they decide to vote in the Afghan Government provide safety for those who wish to vote. Well. By look all good things that we have seen or the last couple of weeks since the big the Peace Process between the americans and the taleban one can see there. Can be such attacks that are taking place against the civilians we have been seeing attacks in kabul. And then you have the provinces and then got harder progress. In the bedroom and i think. This is because most people have been sued. Its going to be a few days. To parkers with. Such a. Lease. So do you think that people are taking these threats seriously and do you think that they will still trying cast their ballots. Well off course they have been beaten out from the people because its one of the most important exercises happening in the country particularly off the Peace Process fred there were so many doubts about the elections and the future of the country and the system that will prevail in the country give us so many doubts since those have been cleared after the big down of the Peace Process and people know that they have to support the system to survive but in the meantime get the means going sons. People who will come out in me just seeds in and then be d reasonable hobbs and this should be centered into the centers of the problem says but dont expect a lot of going out in the far flung india as where the taliban who are a lot of control at least as part. Of the blue low out of fat. Which talks talks between the u. S. And the taliban were cancelled by President Trump 2 weeks ago and washington also scrapped Financial Aid to the country blaming the government for corruption how are those type of things affecting the situation in afghanistan. Whether in general i think. Its concerned. Or American Government who has been part of this nation for the last big year supporting. T