the u.s. draft resolution at the u.n. on extending a chemical weapons probe in syria after accusing the panel of. french unions hold rallies across the country against president controversial labor reforms. and the sour media outlets funded by the us government are told they may have to register as foreign agents in russia move mirrors similar requirements imposed on r.t. america. and we'll also hear from an activist that was jailed for terrorism after releasing thousands of animals from a fur farm. live

from moscow with me daniel hawkins wherever you are thanks for joining us this hour and we start with breaking news coming from the u.n. security council russia has vetoed a u.s. drafted resolution on extending the work of a joint probe into a deadly chemical incident in syria earlier this year earlier russia's foreign minister criticized the probe's findings describing them as biased and politicised let's cross live now to cable of. new york get us more inside on the story but quite an intense. about the security council what exactly was said. well at this point the joint investigative mechanism that is looking into chemical weapons allegations in syria is set to expire at midnight now the meeting began with the united states putting forward a resolution to extend the work of the joint investigative mechanism to continue its work looking into allegations in syria well the vote was taken and russia

blocked it as a permanent member of the security council russia blocked this resolution put forward by the united states we then heard from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she was not happy with russia's move this is what she said russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but today it strikes a deep glow russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council and by lemonade in our ability to identify the attackers russia has undermined our ability to deter future attacks now later in the meeting russia and bolivia were able to put forward a resolution that would have extended the work of the joint investigation mechanism but restricted it and urged it to operate in what they called a more reliant and scientific manner and this resolution put forward by russia and

bolivia was also vetoed it was voted down at the council it was blocked by the united states so this is this is what was said by the russian ambassador to the united nations this was this was was his response to russia's proposed resolution to extend the investigation being blocked we would like to remind our american colleagues and those who will failing to explain the details support to this project which is consul from reality that it is you who are responsible for the mechanism cannot be saved russia is doing everything possible to prevent this from happening. security council meeting concluded with the investigation of the joint investigative mechanism of the o.p.c. w. the investigation into chemical weapons in syria going to expire no extension was agreed upon now this is in response to the the chemical attack the alleged chemical attack in qana shaikh eighty people were killed back in april with sarin nerve gas that was used in concha koon now when that chemical attack took place the world had

no evidence no information had been gathered but immediately we heard u.s. officials blame the syrian government the usa then unleashed fifty nine tomahawk cruise missiles against a syrian government airbase this is what we heard from u.s. officials before any facts that even been gathered. yesterday morning. we awoke to pictures to children of beautiful little babies being carried in the arms of desperate parents these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. now russia was quite critical of the earlier work done by the o.p.c. w. they pointed out that at no point did they actually visit the site of conflict in where this chemical attack happened and furthermore they use testimony and input

from people connected to terrorist groups so they talk about the white helmets an ngo that has some shady links to al nasra they furthermore they went on to point out a lot of problems with the report just a lot of a lot of things they felt were just just not properly done but as of now it appears that the joint investigative mechanism to investigate chemical weapons in syria its mandate is is set to expire no extension was agreed upon the proposal put forward by the united states was vetoed the proposal put forward by russia was also vetoed and as of now the investigative work of the o.p.c. w. the joint investigative mechanism is set to expire quite a heated meeting a lot of a lot of words were exchanged a lot of angry things said but as of now it looks like the investigation in the chemical weapons in syria conducted by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has concluded and is set to expire. made things over of course.

unlike idea of a last story we'll get back to you if there's any more updates. in new york well get some more insight on this let's go live to dave lindorff waited for the news website this call be happening thanks for joining us and all to you good to have you on this has been a very much ongoing issue of contention as that between the u.s. and russia. you know all the states on the security council as well why do you think they failed to agree on an issue which really should have brought them together. well i think the point is that the the reporter we just heard made the point that russia is saying that the investigation has so far been very one sided and i think that's correct i mean we have a report from one of america's premier journalist robert scheer who made it clear that the that the. kind that i think is pronounced

attack in april was probably not even sarah and it was more likely chlorine gas in a house that was blown up by a bomb and not. as it was presented a syrian attack by syria which had been shown to have given up all of its poison gas so there's real questions about that investigation and i think that. you know russia vetoed it because the country was seeing the same thing likely to continue the united states is vetoing an alternative approach that would perhaps be more balanced and look at multiple possibilities like smuggled gas or you know other things that could have happened and we're not getting a straight story of what happened already and it's not likely that if this had gone forward we'd get a straight story either but it's definitely dead now as long as it's vetoed by both

sides and they can't find a compromise that's for sure it does seem to be like a deadlock doesn't it i mean the russian foreign minister described the un i.p.c.c. findings which place the blame on the syrian government of course as a biased and politicized critics of rochelle the other hand saying that you know defending a dictator who's attacked his own people outside in one version of events isn't that the panel points out that i mean do you think the russian concerns about the reports are justified. well based on i mean i have a lot of respect for robert scheer i known him i read is his work it's always very well backed up. i mean we don't. have better reporters than that. and his report on the attack made it pretty pretty darn clear that it wasn't what it was being presented as you know an attack by

a plane from the syrian air force dropping the syrian. so i have great doubts about what has been coming out from what appears to have been a very one sided approach and as your reporter showed the united states was dead set that this was russia that did it before they had any information at all i mean ahead of the council vote donald trump said to the security council to review the mound saying it was necessary to prevent. them from using chemical weapons and of course he would see the blame very early on and i think remember a matter of hours off to the attack before any sort of this the question had been conducted i mean do you think that sort of out of should makes it more difficult to conduct an investigation which is. unbiased and will take into account all sides of the evidence. well of course i mean the united states has an interest in getting

rid of the assad regime that is why the united states was supporting forces you know like al nusra in syria so you know anything that that tars and feathers assad who you know in my view is a you know a wretched. abuser of human rights and you know a vicious dictator but having said that. you know. whether he uses poison gas or not is another question because he had it he was forced to get rid of it all that all the inspectors have said it's gone. and so when these new reports come out of him using it when he didn't even need to because he's winning i have to be very skeptical ok dave lindorff i guess there was a news website this can't be happening thanks so much for your insight today on

auto international. now the russian justice ministry has sent letters to two major u.s. funded media outlets notifying them that they may soon be labeled as foreign agents that comes of course in response to being forced to register as a foreign agent in the united states samir khan as the story. well the new legislation targets u.s. funded outlets including voice of america radio free europe and its other regional branches this comes only a few days after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent or have all of their assets frozen russian r t have been regular topics of discussion at various hearings in the us discussing alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election but until this very day there has been no evidence to substantiate any of these claims under the foreign agents registration act our team america will now have to disclose its finances provide regular reporting on its activities all within forty eight hours they'll also have

to add a disclaimer on all of its work the ministries latest decision is a mere response to washington's recent crackdown on r t and its measures are similar to those required under fair and clearing disclosing finances and providing evidence of editorial independence but this is the first time that russia has specified a list of companies that could possibly be designated as foreign agents but we're actually still waiting for the official announcement. after all to america registered as a foreign agent we sent requests for comment to dozens of press freedom watchdog rights groups as well those who did reply told us they're not in a position to comment obviously international's office in london didn't respond to us directly but condemned the move by the russian parliament the following following a day calling it a blow to press freedom the organization for security and cooperation and you were initially said it was not ready to make any judgments over america's status but once the russian justice ministry issued its warnings to american outlets the

organization did issue a statement condemning both sides. told us the reaction from rights groups is inconsistent. when we heard last week that r.t. had until the following monday to register as a foreign agent in america there was silence from groups like amnesty and other groups that are supposed to be defending free speech and free media and yet when russia very reasonably announces reciprocal measures in response to these measures from the us then all of a sudden these so-called impartial western pro human rights organizations come out and say this is outrageous this is terrible russia is clamping down on free speech so i think everybody can see now very clearly the hypocrisy that underpins so much of this western the western organizations who claim to be in favor of free media free speech but they're only really start shouting and start protesting when it's

countries like russia who are taking action in response to action taken by western governments. you know israel's top military official has said his country is willing to share intelligence on iran with saudi arabia his remarks could further complicate that ongoing standoff between tehran and riyadh takes up a story. this chief of staff now his his comments are quite interesting his name is the eyes and cuts and he says that where possible israel and saudi arabia will share intelligence he also says that iran must pull back what he calls their militias from places like syria iraq and of course in lebanon but here in lebanon the situation is far more complicated you know you have hezbollah who are the perhaps the more militarily powerful group here in lebanon but they're also a political party they have m.p.'s and they have ministers within the government as

well and of course we've seen in the last twelve days or so the prime minister saad hariri rather bizarrely announcing his resignation from saudi arabia and it's his party which are traditionally been supported by saudi arabia but in the last few days even those members of the lebanese parliament in the political landscape have been calling for him to return to the country because there have been suspicions he's been held against his will in the last day or so their invitation has been extended by the french government and emanuel markram to sad hariri to visit paris and it's thought that that's perhaps the first stage of this whole crisis being resolved and it's actually been welcomed by the lebanese president michel aoun who is a christian that he's in an alliance with the hezbollah party and so it seems like that attempt by saudi arabia to try to force the lebanese people into putting pressure on hezbollah seems have backfired and the people here in lebanon are

expecting mr hariri to return to the country they say hopefully within the next few weeks coming up an animal rights activist in the u.s. is pushing for legal reform after he was jailed on a charge of terrorism that story and more on that for you in just a few moments. security

of his side always security your own someone. attacking but they don't want to be killed. when the guy calls a woman who have decided it. is much more difficult to do it to do you know. who will be with. the. when his new with the president called into the independence referendum was of course sacked as the castle president he's now facing charges of sedition and rebellion spain's issued an international arrest warrant off he fled to belgium. when he spoke to r.t.

must recall the reasons referendum day and told that excitement how he views the future of catalonia. let me take you to that the that extraordinary day in the first of october and tell me what your emotions were that the in the one hand there was the celebration of the whole millions of your fellow country people coming out to exercise their vote for self-determination on the other hand it was the the violence that we all saw on our television screens from that the state police or what will the conflicting emotions that you felt that as president of catalonia when that famous day there was a day of the victory of catalonia and the other hand of course there was a day of the extremely violent acts. i couldn't imagine the the direction like that from the democratic state in the european union it was a tragic day to day because i see directly the violence in my face school in

my hometown there a lot of injuries i was of injuries by the start of the next week the spanish judicial system all rolled into action and took away the constitutional prize that catalonia had gained well this mistake in fact start a new era in the end of his era that will start a time rapidly because in these conditions is not possible is not possible there is no future for catalan to remain spain in these conditions what is your message to the people of catalonia we must to be confident resilient because we will we. will succeed finally democracy will prevail.

and animal rights activist in the united states is pushing for legal reform of he was jailed for releasing thousands of animals from farm kevin johnson spent three years behind bars on charges including terrorism we spoke to him here on r.t. two thousand and thirteen a close friend of mine tyler lang and i and thirty east for ranch in northern illinois for thirty six years of the facility that was imprisoning and killing manc killing children within the sight and smell of their mother's offer fashion and so we entered the facility we opened all the cages in the facility to free two thousand mink and saved their lives and we painted the words liberation is love on a barn to demonstrate that we weren't trying to threaten anybody we were trying to have a message of compassion. when we were arrested we were sensed under state law for possession of burglary tools we were already doing time for the crime in illinois state and the federal government intervened to indict us under this terrorism legislation you know which ended up being

a nightmare and i was in prison for three years now the controversial law which kevin was jailed was post back in two thousand and six and bans actions that cools losses to companies dealing with animals if an individual causes damages of over one hundred thousand dollars they can face up to ten years in prison. and gave us his views on being treated as a terrorist court essentially found was that the government is permitted to apply the label terrorism to virtually any activity that it doesn't like in this instance the court said it was not quote utterly unreasonable so that's their standard for determining whether the government can call something i may take pause which was the entire purpose of the federal government when they passed the law even if people look at it and say well that's silly they still take that these diseases favored proposals for sweeping reforms senior conservative m.p. crispin mills.