Where you are. Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our Team International thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right democrats on the u. S. House Intelligence Committee have published their report detailing how President Trump allegedly abused his office for personal gain and solicited interference from ukraine in the 2020 alexion the release of the 300 page document which is based on testimony given in a series of closed door and public hearings marks the start of a new phase in the impeachment process and has been taking a look. Well the report from the house Intelligence Committee democrats essentially alleges 2 things about donald trump 1st it alleges that he conditioned military aid to ukraine on an announcement that would have been beneficial to his Reelection Campaign and secondly it alleges that he obstructed the house of representatives impeachment inquiry investigation now adam schiff representing democrats came forward and painted a pretty grim pricks here donald trump and his activities this is adam schiff this report chronicles a scheme by the president id states to coerce an ally ukraine that is at war with an adversary russia into doing the pleasure of the president s political dirty work and he was willing to sacrifice the National Security of the United States by withholding military aid and diplomatic recognition in the form of that white house meeting in order to get what he wanted now before departing the country on monday donald trump dismissed the allegations that were expected to be leveled in this report this is what donald trump said prior to leaving the country before the report was released by the radical. Democrat decides what im going to set up a year ago when im going that was. One of the most important. Thing. For them to be doing saying putting it in the front of the table which. I grew up with in a recent interview the ukrainian leaders alinsky also dismissed these allegations about President Trump behavior and interactions with him look i never talked to the president from the position of a quid pro quo thats not my thing i dont want us to look like bagus now before this report was released on monday we had a report from the republicans that. Released it was 123 pages long and it defended the actions of u. S. President donald trump saying that his dealings with ukraine had not been appropriate and had not violated the law fact that donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report and saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking at the report and saying its simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the United States we discuss this topic with legal analyst lionel who believes the intel committees report has little meaning. What we have here is unprecedented and no one knows what it means because it Means Nothing lets assume the president is impeached so lets assume hes tried in the senate and they vote on a super majority 67 votes to remove him which is impossible but lets say through some act of god or he is removed can he run for president again and the answer to most legal questions of course is it depends but the answer is yes its still unsure the constitution provides you can impeach as in the cases of judges you can impeach somebody and prevent them as a part of the sentence in almost a separate proceeding to keep them from ever running again but absent that additional ruling that additional finding that they can never seek office again there is nothing to prevent a president from being impeached tried removed running again and being reelected again. Shes day has been a landmark day for nato with the leaders of its Member States convening in london to mark the military alliance his 70th anniversary having been hit by a series of high profile disputes in recent months including over defense spending its looking to promote internal unity at the summit and it would seem the organizations chief has been feeling optimistic and that is your breakfast the president trying. To do also so was a good breakfast. Ordered. Breakfast. Was always paid by the state so when. We asked people in london for their thoughts on nato and its successes to date. Police officer people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nates. Model and they even though it stands for. In terms of achievements know very little i dont know what its about have no idea of any advantage of me tell you i honestly dont know anything about it and so the side of the day and only my husband recognize what it was who its a good question. Let me think of a little bit. So one is probably yeah to be honest i dont have i dont have even one. Day one wrapped up in leaders headed to Buckingham Palace for a reception with the queen crowds gathered in Central London in protest of some adopted the slogan no to trump and no to nato. Air force. As donald trump and other World Leaders arrive in london for the nato summit these protesters have gathered with many different part of the many different cultures all coming together we see how the Science Magazine balance against a potential war with iran weve seen many other battles against the protesters who were caught in the coup in libya but also because its a hug domestically many fan is in support of the n. H. S. National Health Service and what protesters here fear could be an attempt to privatized the n. H. S. In the in the event of a post briggs a trade deal between the us and the u. K. Not something thats long been feared by those particularly on the left to the k. And were expecting a number of n. H. S. Workers national Health Service workers to join these protests as well in order to show their solidarity not just against donald trump and nato but also again on those domestic issues and i was joined by. The belgian ons who are activists and also alexander the german parliamentarian and. Gave me their views on everything to do with donald trump. We are here because we want to protest a nato summit is taking place today and tomorrow and we are doing this because for example the nato is forcing its Member States to increase their difference budget for my country for example belgium it means doubling Defense Budgets while we are asked to have an austerity policy and the same time they are transferred using this money to transform armies into intervention armies we have seen what this means in libya or in afghanistan destabilizing countries and sold another important issue is the confrontation policy to towards russia which is exactly creating this kind of arms race so there are many many issues why we have to oppose nato thats why we are here if hypothetically tomorrow nato ceased to exist would not create perhaps a security vacuum a security problem in europe that would lead to war instability this is an old argument done by the conservatives a little word i dont think so what we need is a new Security Architecture what i say to the security collective want to bloody all stop this is what helps. Secure. The alliances chief also says he expects the Member States to agree on methods to further strengthen the block at the summit that is despite growing divisions inside the organization itself. Reports. Happy birthday nato thats 70 years of strategic economic and security stability especially if you ask them yourself and your we are proving every day that this alliance this. Is our joy is active and its the neighboring nato is the most successful alliance in history that strive to join showing the historic suspects of nato and liberal nato and theyve has been the most successful alliance in the history and the reason why nato is the most successful launch and history is that we have been able to change in the world is changing but not everyone is in a party mood the thing is the Alliance Members just dont get along as well as they used to. The advent of donald trump s 13 least which stopped the dynamics nato is obsolete it covers the soviet union which is no longer in existence this led to questions over whether the alliance can even survive donald trump perhaps in an effort to mollify him nato has announced a new spending projections and a new formula which will spread the costs of the alliance in central budget between its members a move that might prevent any more embarrassing trump tirades aimed at his nato partners the relationship with nato has been very good the relationship with the secretary generals been outstanding i said it was obsolete its no longer up silly but the truth is hes not the only potential party pooper. In october this year president emanuel mccrone of france stole the spotlight when he dubbed nato strategically brain dead while questioning the validity of article 5 of its founding treaty that is the commitment to collective Security System of the difference nato is a collective Defense Alliance against who and what is organizing who is our common enemy what are our common issues these are questions that deserve clarification but this idea. Its quite similar to the one expressed by another dissatisfied nato member turkey. Turkey has not received the kind of robust support it expected from nato in recent years meanwhile turkeys president appeared to demonstrate his true feelings towards the alliance when he chose to spend money on Russian Defense systems rather than american so what exactly the model that nato member but despite these similar complaints about nato tensions have escalated between turkey and france in recent weeks with mccracken warning turkey but it cannot expect solidarity with its nato allies if it continues to carry out military operations in syria response only up the ante room. Im talking to frances president emanuel macron also say that nato 1st of all have your own brain death checked. As for the u. K. S Boris Johnson well theres not a verse or a gathering could not have come at a worse time. For boris is clearly invested in maintaining the special relationship with the u. S. He knows that a loose lipped troubled giving a glowing endorsement could be catastrophic donald trump is coming to terms with the shortly he offered his support for you and indeed for my colleague knowledge of russia on this Radio Station is that welcome what he what we dont do traditionally. As lobbying allies and friends what we do traditionally is get involved in each others Election Campaign he did when nato was forms the common goal was clear to stand against the u. S. S. R. But i think that once held the Alliance Together is now the missing piece what is naders biggest threat today. Uncertainty and unpredictability we havent identified one main target but we see much more complex on much more unpredictable Security Landscape with a more sort of russia nato needs a purpose and reads our. As an enemy they have no purpose so it is proper. To have. And this is a good reason he. Continued. So they have their reason for existing and they would continue to buy arms. And this is not their very good contribution to peace. The tensions in the alliance were on full display during a joint News Conference between the american and french president s and tuesday before their meeting donald trump had described a suggestion that nato is in terminal decline as the pair then gone for joust over a range of issues in front of reporters including the fate of european isis fighters in this bizarre. Were the right attitude for. The when youre looking. For a no never mind just go wrong on this coming from the c. E. O. Of the big. 5 uses he. Is more hes a great politician because that was where the greatest challenges are. Just hours before that meeting the president threatened to turn pose huge tariffs on french goods including cheese and champagne. On the. Well to add into those tensions that nature even if simmering tensions between us and the us this comes off to the us just threatened to add more taxes on french products in retaliation for the so called for talks this is a tax on digital joints such as google amazon. You spoke and apple suggesting it will levy those taxes of up to 2400000000. 00 some of that. Pain on luxury goods such as handbags and also the famous french cheese some of these products could see taxes of up to 100 percent doubling that price for u. S. Consumers now the u. S. Trade Representatives Office has said that this socalled gaffa tax is discriminatory and trump is hittite against that tax saying frogs will not be taking advantage of his watch. Your friends say terrorists are on our companies again these are companies that are against you know they were good for you if i read the papers correctly or whatever were going to be were going to be this is because be very powerful in you know one so maybe theyre not seeing her but there are companies i dont want to bridge catching American Companies if theyre going to be taxed its going to be. Taxed their wealth of frances part they think that they have a right to the slice of the pie of the profits of these big digital giant saying its unfair that theyve chosen to put the European Headquarters in low tax countries and thats why they slapped this 3 percent levy on these companies this year and the french finance minister says hes furious and this is unacceptable that america is now threatening more taxes. This is unacceptable behavior by the United States towards one of its main allies france and europe in general in case of new american sanctions the European Union would be ready to respond. At that into the mix of the other tensions weve seen over the past 2 years between the 2 administrations things such as the Iranian Nuclear accord and of course the u. S. Administration holding out of the paris climate accords and it looks like theres going to be a lot of discussions a lot of hard soon faces at this native meeting and unlikely that theyre going to. Be popping the champagne corks as they should be celebrating the end of this story. In the democratic republic of congo people are voicing opposition to the u. N. Peacekeeping mission and demanding it leave the country that story much more short break this is our. Geysers financial survival guide. Housing bubble. Oh you mean theres a downside to artificially low Mortgage Rates dont get carried away bad guys report. Shows seem wrong. When all the rules just dont hold. Any new gold yet to stamp out they become agitated and engagement equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Up until recently politics were about policy preferences and ways to implement them that is not the case today your political views are now what define you as a person and there is a moral dimension bias against those who are not politically correct is the last acceptable form of discrimination this is the end of politics. Welcome back this is archie international now it has been 35 years since one of historys most devastating industrial disasters hit the indian city of bhopal a highly toxic gas leak from an insecticide producing factory spread to nearby towns of catastrophic consequences thousands died and around half a 1000000 more were fact. It is still unclear to this day what really caused the incident as the Indian Government continues to argue over the disaster and how it was handled but the company which ran the factory at the time called it an act of sabotage back in 2018 former plant employees were sentenced to 2 years in jail apiece all the Rights Groups working with the victims so the verdict was it too little and too late we heard from the curator of the remember Bhopal Museum who says the consequences of the disaster still run to. The 2nd in the current generation and continue to they continue to suffer debilitating health has the impact of the tragedy that took place in 1984 and rule out using many many families were destroyed they were pushed forward t. Because you know able bodied workers could no longer work they could not bring out to these homes they cannot sign full Employment International attention has been there my need peoples individual small donations have come in that sustains and activists have been honored like real justice continues to it with them because people of bede been to this after decades people who literally 95 percent of people got about 500. 00 out of 2 decades of rating thats how bad it was. Demonstrations against United Nations peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo have left 5 people dead and at least a dozen injured. Violence broke out on monday as protesters marched on a un base near the eastern city of beni demanding that they withdraw from the region locals have accused the peacekeepers of failing to protect them from attacks by rebel fighters. 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