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to the program. we have your latest world news. a syrian boy. and alleged chemical attack or counting the day in question in an interview with a russian correspondent. on how the video which has been cited as evidence by western powers was actually filmed and how the events unfolded. these harrowing scenes panic fear terror soaked trembling children screaming adults and strange as it may seem many of them had no idea about what was going on. we were in the basement my mother told me

that we had run out of food and wouldn't have anything to eat until tomorrow i heard noises outside somebody was shot in that we had to go to the hospital so we went there when i came in some people grabbed me started pouring water all my had. eleven year old has san diego was one of the apparent victims in the white helmets video here he is after being drenched and sprayed he was found in duma and interviewed by a russian war correspondent. he's fine if a little confused and that's me in the video that's me. yes as were many other kids any child would be terrified ergo the panic which the white helmets were there to film he was eventually found though by his father who was none the wiser. i didn't hear anything about

a chemical attack i was outside but i did not say anything further my family was in the hospital. it does make sense poisonous gas would be invisible you'd imagine everybody would want to take precautions especially when you're hungry and they give out food at the hospital. i went to the hospital walked up stairs and found my wife and children i asked them what had happened and they said he wants i was shouting about some smell and told them to go to the hospital at the hospital they gave dates and cookies to the kids one of the doctors who was reportedly on shift at the time seemed surprised by the sudden influx some people come to. people in what. they say the.

symptoms the doctor and others did however say that some people came in complaining about difficulty breathing which is common when an explosion destroys a building for. for example there's a lot of dust makes it difficult to breathe and especially affects people with asthma also people from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons but we saw no sign of that if chemical weapons were used against those people our medical staff would have also been affected we've sent a request to the white helmets to comment on this but the received no answer yet what we have seen is more and more witnesses coming forward to say there was only panic and no evidence of chemicals and we heard an explosion and somebody said it was a chemical weapon we ran to where the noise came from and started pouring water over

the people but they seemed to be ok and then walked away without any help people got so confused somebody started pouring water over people's heads saying there have been a chemical attack i was at the spot with my wife and daughter but none of us experienced any symptoms of chemical poisoning it's remarkable how these scenes convinced three countries to launch cruise missiles at syria especially remarkable when you realize that so many of the people here had no idea about what was going on only that someone shouted about chemicals. meanwhile allegations of a chemical attack and are being questioned even by some in the western media a british journalist robert fisk visited duma and wasn't able to find any witnesses former counter-terror officer charles shoop rich says he also he's also seeing signs of backtracking on the accusations journalists are getting on the ground

robert fisk is a notable person i'm thinking of there he says and attended by syrian government employees and so on he spoke to ordinary residents and medical staff who none of whom confirmed the idea that there was a chemical attack we're already i think saying i'm detecting science myself that there is a slight backtracking among government statements rowing back slightly saying well actually we weren't completely clear that's why we we were relying on social media we were lying on activists on the ground and that's why we only carried out a limited strike so they're already i think preparing the ground for the possibility at least that port isn't particularly helpful for example it may actually find that there were no trace of chemicals of chemical warfare the team from the chemical weapons watchdog came under fire in syria on wednesday while trying to enter the town of duma they are in the country of course to investigate the alleged chemical attack on april the seventh. are reports on the latest

developments firsts i just want to break down the process for you how it works initially the u.n. security team is meant to be sent on the ground to assess whether it's safe to work there and the agreement has been that a certain stage they must be escorted by the syrian troops in a different stage by russia's military police so the security staff apparently they were on this initial one her trip to put it this way and according to an official statement by the o.p.c. w. they came under small arms fire. then also an explosive device was detonated and that was the reason why they had to retreat and go back to the mask so we understand from the statement from the washing army that the exchange of fire happened when it was specifically the syrian army and charge of providing security

for that squad on the seventeenth of april will securing the u.n. reconnaissance mission in the city of duma a skirmish you could between the syrian security service and figures in the office the from the syrian security service was slightly wounded in an exchange of fire previously washington and london were pointing the finger at russia and their allies syria for what they called trying to hide facts and also hamper the mission of the chemical watchdog in syria why drop ration to conceal the facts of the attack is underway supported by the russians their whole goal in this is to try to cover up of course it's not up to the u.n. and the o.p.c. w to judge who this attack came from but what it is worth asking is whether the russians and the syrians are genuinely helping them out on the ground and if the answer is yes that might put london and washington in somewhat awkward position here chemical weapons expert at rice university james says any attempts to cover

tracks will ultimately proved fruitless be very hard to clean the area up from any trace of the residues of a nerve agent i mean this this is if it's probably dispersed by a nation state attack on people it's going to be all over on walls and buildings and if it was a chlorine attack the chlorine will be gone but no nation state in my view would ever use chlorine it is a very inefficient gas to be used that makes no sense to drop a chlorine so under out of any aircraft. any terrorist group might might a fixer by. to a cylinder and try to blow it up but a lot more people are going to get hurt by the munition rather than by the chlorine it has to be properly dispersed so nation states don't use chlorine. russia's ambassador to the united nations has lashed out at the u.k.

over its handling of the script points of in case. traded accusations with the u.s. and u.k. representatives during a highly charged session after moscow was once again denied access to the probe. russia has a proven record of conducting state sponsored assess the nation including on the territory of the united kingdom. they keep saying that russia has a proven record of assassinations proven by whom our western partners don't listen to us and don't hear us they don't need facts the united states agrees with the u.k. the assessment that russia is responsible for the chemical weapons and sells very whether that is in their direct act or irresponsibly losing control of the agent which could be worse good luck it will. be c w report has nothing that would help britain to incriminate russia what is more important the c.w. has confirmed the novacek can be made in any liberal tree with the right equipment

and there are such laboratories in the us in the u.k. the formula has been known since one thousand nine hundred eight if you look at google peyton's and search for novacek you can find more than one hundred matches in the us alone. more than a month on from the script poisoning and questions over the source of the nerve agent used in the attack remain unanswered the u.k. says neither its military lab nor the global chemical watchdog have been able to identify the country that produced the agent nearer to it or has more details we've seen an awful lot of tit for tat and actually the accusations are coming from both camps now from the brits and the russians now the o.p.c. w. held a session behind closed doors at their headquarters in the hague it appears that there was confirmation from the british side that there was no information about the thoughts of that chemical agent that was used in the salisbury attack that's a quick listen to what was said. neither as analysis nor

the o.p.c. w.'s report i did too far as the country all a blur of origin of the agent used in this attack there is no provable alternative explanation for what happened inside. the russian state responsibility russia has responded because of those leaks and by releasing a rather strong statement the first being our read them to you that russia has answered all the questions that they've been asked to by the u.k. with regards to solve three and secondly russia provided proof that novacek was produced and payton tidd in the u. s. as a chemical weapon back in two thousand nine hundred fifteen. russia will not accept any national or international results of any investigation without access to full information including materials from the british probe without consular access to our citizens and most importantly without the obligatory participation of russian experts in all actions to establish the truth is all that happened in saul's on

march the fourth so to clarify the situation to date there is no definitive independent evidence that basically points to the fact that the thought came from russia or indeed that the kremlin ordered that attack in the fall of three and so from the russian perspective this lack of evidence as they see it is being widely ignored by the wider community former agent unemotional it says that even though the u.k.'s position has weakened somewhat london is unlikely to backtrack on its allegations against russia. the u.k. was very slow to bring in the o.p.c. w. to conduct an internationally verifiable investigation into this finally did that finally come out with their result and all they could say at the time was that they they backed up the assessment of porton down which is very lukewarm endorsement i can't see how they can they can rescind what they've already said because particularly not only did they expel twenty three russian diplomats that actually

immediately before the o.p.c. w. had even had a chance to examine the so-called evidence but they encouraged a lot of the nato partners to do the same thing so they can for diplomatically to row back from this position particularly in very vulnerable diplomatic time for britain with threats that looming so i'm not quite sure what they can do apart from to keep scapegoating russia. thousands of wives and children over for islamic state fighters in iraq are being sexually exploited and refused aid that's according to a report from amnesty international because they consider me to same as an islamic state fighter they will rape and return me they want to show everyone what they can do to me to take away my honor i can feel comfortable in my tent i just wanted door to lock and walls around me each time to see to myself denied is and i am going to die the report was based on interviews of almost one hundred women staying at camps in iraq they claim to have been denied access to food water and health care and

according to the organization militia groups running the camps were preventing the women and the children from returning home we asked aid worker mohammed sort of carl and radio host john gone for their views on how family members of extremists should be dealt with. people should be treated fairly we need to find out if these people are associated with cherish if they are associated with terrorism then to office far as i'm concerned we need said the strong message out we've got to be careful with this situation nothing iraqis are going to treat these people with respect but by the same token they've got to put the protection of the majority of citizens first we're talking about the islamic state here. this is just an alarm for us to pay attention of what we can and do in the post isis so if their ministry has this will be with us we ask for join we ask for the u.n. to send transparent independent. organization to to look into making sure those

camps regardless of the how the member of isis be soon or of how we can make sure the cycle of violence to not continue because those ninety two women or the children though tomorrow they're going to take arms against the government that abuse them and become so it's not a matter of i'm sorry and as the. others are as a tool to there he actually interviewed ninety six people for them said they'd either been raped or would seen rape you've got to be careful these people are desperate of course that i want to be in these camps i understand this but you've got to look at it in its totality and mark or say i'm not condoning the way by not condoning abuse in any way shape or form but the iraqi government have got to first and foremost protect the rest of the citizens these people are accused of being associated with that islamic state the report stated perceived those people associated with isis this is not this is not this is not the army this is an idea

this is an internal displaced camp where people have lead from isis to be safe on the count this is not a month this is not being instigated or being questioned by the police this is how the been treated this is how they get treated and become and this kind of camps build again and build another isis and this is we're concerned about. plenty of news still coming your way here on the program today on a national for example the refugees are using a new highly questionable technique which ultimately allows them to stay in the e.u. countries well lucky for the full details and just. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics school business i'm show business i'll see you then.

i think obama drew a red line and never fulfilled his his threats i suppose are predictions. on the other hand i also don't support trump president trumps you know unilateral actions either but i'm in favor of multilateral responses not unilateral action we all hope for the syrian people that we can find a good resolution to this in fact we can develop democratic processes in syria and elsewhere in the middle east as well as time goes on. if you join us today the number of terror related investigations in the german

state have bottomed verdun bug has skyrocketed recently although it turns out hot off the cases out self reporting refugees that ati's peter all of a has been taking a closer look at what's really behind this rather unusual development. as the number of asylum applicants coming here to germany decreases what we have seen is an actual increase in the number coming here saying that they were part of a terrorist outfit and it has politicians absolutely baffled i can't understand why someone would accuse himself of a serious crime in the hope of gaining an advantage in his asylum claim to particular reasons in the southwest of the country jump out because it's there that one hundred fifty nine people have declared themselves as members of a terrorist organization already in twenty eighteen if we jump back to twenty seventeen while three hundred people saying exactly the same thing why would

anybody claim to be a member of a foreign terrorist group well because maybe that investigation could be solved tomorrow but most likely never the investigations are proving to be very time consuming because they are almost always alleged foreign acts for example in syria iraq afghanistan or somalia if we look at countries like afghanistan which germany and all the e.u. nations have already referred to as a safe country to return to then you can see why people would come forward and say that they have information and would rather face a trial than deportation that you have an authority zone suggesting this is the easy way out anyone who makes a false confession must understand that he is going to criminal consequences all of which has its roots way back in the summer of twenty fifteen when angela merkel opened germany up to refugees peter all of r.t.

. well this phenomenon is not just consigned to germany that's for a moment take a look at the situation in greece hundreds of asylum seekers recently gathered outside a police station in the city or thessaloniki for the very same prison many of you arrest as an opportunity to stay in the e.u. and the. fastest way to get the necessary paperwork started a large waiting line reportedly formed for days after a surge in illegal border crossings from turkey as following korea's military operation against syrian kurds a junior political analyst and consultant writer officer believes the refugee crisis has been very costly for europe we continually see the judicial system of the european countries is simply not true. to the challenges that the refugee crisis is in the past years and by and twenty seventeen it became clear that the german government has to employ over

two thousand. traditional experts to deal with the increase in crime cases concerning. about all. terrorism but this also please is exactly that on the german traditional system it means a sharp increase also in employment costs. a new history textbook for students in the us is raising concerns over what's said to be its one sided look at events in particular the recent presidential election in the country. tapped into the sense of alienation and being left behind that many voters most of all white poor and working class voters felt clinton supporters fear that the election had been determined by people who are afraid of a rapidly developing ethnic diversity of the country. they were largely white males

more so than any cabinet since ronald reagan there's been a strong reaction to the book so far especially from parents many claimants brainwashing and cold such a style of education indoctrination for it's anti trump propaganda meanwhile the publisher of the book claims it was produced by a professional author and corresponds to academic standards and also points out that the multiple sides presented in the book promote debate and critical thinking but political and social commentator anthony bryan logan thinks school textbooks have to provide facts and not someone's opinions. will certainly want to say and if they go by history books i thought it was posted just give the facts give the basic information about what happened and not interject personal opinion the whole opinion piece is not necessary doesn't that you see on an brandon webb say that it has those kind of things on it as you would

expect from there but for obama it is making the since. textbooks not supposed to spark debate is will be just information for children to learn if you are now school college whatever issue be about learning information to be a bow being indoctrinated in china start an argument education is pretty much consumed with liberalism is controlled by liberalism from top to bottom. well what's happening with education in the us these days i want to lift this are in power to control the teachers the administrators superintendents in college or professors who deans there they control the whole thing so there's no balance when talking about people they're actually implement the education this is also international thank you for joining us for this program so far today we have much more to offer in about half an hour on this channel.

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you start with started when i was working backstage and so how did you survive for the six dollars and it was ok we were able to do it my rent was one hundred eighty seven dollars a month ok in midtown manhattan doesn't make any sense now does it as i walk it yourself and all shop have those where it is in the month i have farmed by the right ok for a performance here where would you suggest would be the ultimate there's a sweet spot for myself when there's going to be a wonderful performance i go all the way back up there where you started the sound . and it shoots right i was going to this is going to the research room. straight question under the most influential school of all time on the medical history. yes i do he did so much for this country that we know

of with the various institutions the libraries the philanthropies but there are also. aspects which a lot of people may not be aware of for example the the hero fund that he. instituted where if someone was. has been discovered to do a heroic act they were given a sum of money and a medal and over nine thousand people were given some money and a medal and when we started the archives here people assumed that carnegie hall had to deal with the andrew carnegie corporation so people were calling to get information about grandpa's medal and grandpa's certificate and i didn't know what they were talking about and then i discovered that there were more than there were nearly ten thousand people whose lives were changed across the country because

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