sometimes. for. headlines for this hour and the international eyewitnesses and the medical staff in the syrian city of duma claim to this channel there was no chemical attack. now even being used in the western media. members of the european parliament to voice their anger at the french president over the action taken against damascus or the u.k. government faces a backlash over its role in the strike. members of this house seem tough my second foreign policy of this country the president trump. and we talk to the producers of a documentary cold in the execution is shot to claim the u.s. death penalty has a racial undertone. to

the top headlines for this hour on live from moscow this is international from the entire news team here a very warm welcome to you. experts from the o.p.c. w. chemical weapons watchdog are expected to arrive in the syrian town of duma in the next few hours the probe will look into the allegations of a chemical attack that emerged on april the seventh mean more doubts are being raised over this footage filmed by the white helmet group in a local hospital the video claims to show the aftermath of the chemical attack that our sister channel the arabic visited that very hospital in duma and told with the doctors and the locals describe what happened on the seventh of april claiming they saw no toxic agents being used.

from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons we saw no sign of that kind of chemical weapons were used against those people medical staff would also be no thanks to. people. it's really good thing that we have been attacked with chemical elements and that when somebody from outside shouting about a chemical attack. we heard an explosion and somebody said it was a chemical weapon and we run to where the noise came from and the started pouring the water over the people but they seemed to be ok and then walked away without any help but. confused somebody started pouring water people

saying there had been a chemical attack but i was at the spot with my wife and daughter but none of us experienced any symptoms of chemical poisoning. even that some western media outlets are now calling into question the allegations of a chemical attack that's off the british. robert fisk visited the hospital and spoke with the doctors there and found absolutely no evidence of the use of any chemical weapons however those who still have no such doubts are washington and its allies the u.s. britain and france chose not to wait at all for the official investigation before launching air raids against syria in the early hours of saturday and u.s. state department spokesperson has the knowledge said washington's decision not to wait was justified. the o.p.c. view is something that we've back strongly but it can also take quite a bit of time for the o.p.c. of you to gather its information and compile the report so i would ask you should

the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances honest people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months this is you know actually scandalous that the u.s. has launched a strike based on insurgent tied social media sources well this is exactly what defense secretary jim mattis said at a briefing several days ago where he didn't have solid intelligence on any chemical attack and do know what he did have were social media reports people saying stuff on the internet and who were those people the same people that state department spokesperson heather now it's referring to there the syrian white helmets which has been funded to the tune of at least twenty three million dollars by the state department. the lack of concrete proof that the attack took place has been raised by some officials and democrats but such questions are often dismissed for example

take a look at this b.b.c. interview if he has used chemical weapons it's absolutely right to do rough across his knuckles but i just wonder you know we have had some bad experiences on intelligence given that we are in an information war. with russia on so many fronts to use. perhaps it's inadvisable to be stating this so publicly given your your position and your profile isn't there a danger that you're muddying the water that was a retired senior officer of the royal navy allen west questioning whether there was enough intelligence to claim assad was using chemical weapons the b.b.c. presenter suggested such comments should not be made publicly because they fall into line with the official position of moscow we've requested a comment from the channel we will let you know if they respond however not just the b.b.c. the times newspaper published an article labeling those who have questioned the evidence of the attack as apologists auntie's easterly has been taking

a closer look. one of the people pointed out or singled out in the times article is louis all day the times said that he had written a tweet calling into question the account of previous chemical attacks mr all day has since gone on twitter and shown that he never sent the tweet and has demanded an apology from the times another example is tim hayward he's another academic here in the u.k. and he's been seen as being guilty of association because he's written for. publication called twenty first century wire whose deputy editor has also come in for criticism by the times that her name is vanessa beatty so all of these kind of examples showing that to stray from the dominant narrative all of the war in syria will lead you to being accused of being an ass that apology apologise that's

been the criticism of some here in the u.k. and there are those who say that this current environment again resembling somewhat of a witch hunt isn't conducive to free speech and to free investigation an inquiry over the events of not just the weekend but the past seven years of the u.k.'s policy towards syria and its support of the opposition groups there international politics lecturer dr tara mccormick revealed what it's like to be one of the academics on the receiving end of the times attack. well i mean it's absolutely ridiculous you know within the working group we have a range of different opinions on international relations and so clearly i have tweeted various things about alleged chemical attack tweeting to it's not signify necessarily into it that's also a different thing from academic research to sort of bizzaro my attempt to

smear guilt by association piece social media posts ridiculous attempt simply to shut down the working group that presumably may be asking questions that the times doesn't think should be false it all in all its already to british journalism and threat to academic freedom and free speech in the u.k. . british prime minister to resign french president emanuel macron have come under heavy criticism from u.k. and e.u. nor makers after their decision to strike syria without consulting their national parliaments for example these are members of the european parliament during president speech there many of them held up signs calling for an end to the military action in syria. and there are reports about the backlash the leaders have been receiving cooperation that killed twenty three countries are going to be for the international community in a legitimate small to actual framework you know it's all gets a. least

a marker and speech was a monument of political cynicism. without any approval. to show you the polls months we have we had in the area of eastern where the alleged chemical attack took place is controlled by radical islamists not jewish shop or you'd be there that's been done already in iraq and libya why should we be and in syria to the list but there has been a backlash for him full emmanuel micron. the fact that he didn't also palmas permission i don't you know people have not necessary decisions going forward but he was actually grilled in parliament on monday these strikes demonstrate the irresponsible behavior of the three global powers that yet again gave into the temptation to play the role of world's policeman now over in the u.k. to raise animate the u.k.'s prime minister has also faced a group of parliamentary is led by the opposition leader jeremy corbyn that was

a bit of the pool table tennis it went on for over eight hours on day one and pretty similar day to parliament should have as an absolute minimum age drawing to a new law the opportunity to ask questions all the government can order planned military action the elected representatives in this house should be able to debate the deployment of british military forces into combat but that does not mean it is always appropriate the executive must be the servant of parliament not the other way round members of this house seem to have less say and foreign policy of this country than president trump let no one in this house be in any doubt that neither i nor this government take instructions from any president. i now despite terrorism is far remarks in her defense we go to reaction on the streets of london where people seem to think that

parliament should have been consulted if it was an emergency situation why there was no room for maneuver if you think this is not an urgent it could've waited one two days more at least i don't think it's something she should have made a decision based on her general principle about going into war. i think in this particular instance it was in a war situation is rather than play you discuss it you know you're coming. back anyway are you staying. consideration that everyone else know when it's important decisions like this everyone should have it like i do for them and represent everybody they know that you actually discussing doing it then you just immediately this is not a constitutional. democracy. and until everyone. think this is the space to be on it. following the weekend bombing raids in syria

a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has unveiled new legislation to limit the white house's power to continue its global war on terror for too long congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war we've let the nine eleven and iraq war authorization to justify was against multiple terrorist groups and over a dozen countries from nigeria to the philippines a proposal finally repeals those authorizations inmates congress do its job by weighing in on where when and with who we are at war the proposed legislation would require the president to give congress forty eight hours notice the head of any new military action congress would then have sixty days to review that move and doesn't set a limit for any military action however it does include a congressional review every four years the proposal also expands the president's authority to take action against al qaeda isis or the taliban but not

a state the current war powers have been in place since nine eleven and have been used nearly forty times in fourteen countries we discussed the proposed overhaul with former u.s. congressman and presidential candidate ron paul. it more or less is defining things slightly differently but one slow up i think the effort to go to war i don't think it really repeals their war powers resolution but it does save congress gives the present the authority to go to war against radical violent groups like al qaida and i says and maybe taleban but they say not a country. i really don't think it's going to pass. we'll see i only welcome the debate but i think they'll wake up and find out it's not doing anything and that when they pass these resolutions most of the time things hit worse so this whole idea that you can fight radicals any place in the world that's

what they're doing already it just gives more authority to the type of policy that we've been following and getting us into trouble. your news continues and just about. anyone else chose seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to shape out this day comes at a cost and in gains from it because betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside i. football isn't

only about what happens on the pitch pull the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super manager killian erroneous and spending two hundred twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else i want to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful guy a great so one more chance for. the base this minute. quarter past the hour here in moscow thanks for joining us a seventeen year old school student in central russia has a tacked his class and trying to set it on fire in the town of steadily according to investigators he stabbed one of his classmates and the teacher before the room enough liquid and setting it on fire the fire alarm then went off and the building

was evacuated he's since been charged with attempted murder of the attacker also stabbed himself in a an apparent suicide attempt it's been reported the youth had learning difficulties and all those injured have been taken to hospital including the perpetrator. a new documentary called in the executioners shot pulls back the curtain on the subject of capital punishment through three different stories claiming races at the heart of decision making when it comes to the death penalty in america. my team members take. it i didn't. even do anything. you don't know because you will not choose.

recent figures reveal black people make up around forty one percent of those on death row while making up only about thirteen percent of the entire u.s. population. in addition they are far more likely to be given death sentences in cases of inter racial killings or we spoke to those behind this film. the racial application of the death penalty is that out. like that not to look so much at skin color of the perpetrator but the skin color of the victim if the if the murder victim is white. then the prosecuting attorney four to eleven times more likely to seek a death penalty and if the victim were black and so what message is the justice system send to society. one way that it can be interpreted is that white life is

worth more than black white we're going to punish people who kill a white person. more severely and we are. going to have to do more for every nine executions there is one exoneration so for every nine inmates executed one person is found innocent i think that's the most startling in the context of the innocence and how egregious this could be and as our executioner. the jury givens are the former executioner of the state of virginia states one of the things that i think it's really. something that he expresses so well in the film and is this idea that it's it's an imperfect system works human we make errors and there are errors being made in the criminal justice system and as long as that straight we should not be executing people. it is not international so there are

now less than two months before the curtain is raised on the world cup here in russia the tournament's host city is already preparing to welcome guests from all around the world and legendary danish goalkeeper and a host of artes world cup twenty eighteen coverage peter schmeichel has been to one of them we're talking about the city of simyra on the fold over. rock come to some arena it looks a bit like a u.f.o. from the outside so who's going to be flying high is a kind of behind this part of the case when he takes columbia here all very hungry i assume lose two hours who returns to world cup action what else is going on.

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