lead. days after slamming the syrian white helmets as propaganda this pink floyd legend roger waters reveals the activist group has been trying to lobby his supporters also to come this hour in t.v. channel claims it's interview the syrian police seen in white helmets footage reportedly showing the math of a chemical attack the child in this fire they give their account of how events unfolded in duma that day. the u.k. and russia trade fresh exchanges at the u.n. over this group our poisoning case they've learned and visit me neither it nor the international chemical watchdog can confirm the origin of the nerve agent used in the attack and a new trend among refugees in germany migrants rechristen who claim to be terrorists so they are arrested and avoid deportation to their home country.

and i welcome you watching our international this this they are the name which just gone or two o'clock in the russian capital now just days after the name seeing the controversial syrian activist the white helmets the pink floyd co-founder roger waters has revealed the rescue group had been trying to lobby his supports let's get more details now on this from r.t.g. goshdarn if he joins me in the studio so what exactly then is mr waters claiming well he's saying that the pink floyd law excuse me the white house of course lobbyists they got in touch with him and he's saying he's basically provided he's released some e-mails showing how the white house i miss aires have been grooming and courting him so roger waters is of course mostly known as the bass player and songwriter main main songwriter for pink floyd and those emails they purport to show our group known as the syria. e-mail brought aboard invited. him

to a fundraiser to a fundraiser for the cause of the white helmet and that e-mail of the group is going into great detail describing how great the organization which self brands itself as a civil defense group is the even suggested that roger waters should watch a documentary on the white helmets describing it as a very powerful thing well instead bridgewater's as far as we know he did not respond to that e-mail but instead he did his own research and this is what he had to say after that i was quite suspicious after i was invited to that white helmets dinner now my worst suspicions have been confirmed. and that's not the first time is it either that the white house it's a crisis lobby thought i'll know indeed they made another attempt through apparently through a french journalist in another e-mail that said journalist who is openly saying

that he is working with the white helmet he contacted roger waters asking for stage time so basically what he wanted he wanted to get on stage together with roger waters that one of the one of his gigs and make a case for the white album and sort of address the audience with a call of support for the group. instead roger waters did this. the white house. saying. that exists only really complicate. this with this sort of topic under the point home it's in others we would be encouraged to encourage other governments to go and start dropping. syria. now this was roger waters addressing his fans in spain at one of his gigs in spain the musician in fact did not stalk this denouncing the the group he also called on other celebrities and

other musicians not to endorse the group because he believes again here that the group has a very shady reputation now just to give you an idea of what they are the themselves market themselves is a civil defense group and they post videos of how the you know taking children from under the rubble from the alleged to syria government strikes but also there are numbers and numbers of videos online first of all showing the white elements work as volunteers clearing out for example an exit of the of the front to a terrorist organization shows the white house rubbing shoulders and mingling with terrorists as well so their reputation has been marred by numbers of such videos and accounts of journalists working in the area saying that well everything that they're doing should be taken with a pinch of salt now roger waters is arguably the first figure of such scale and

weight to publicly publicly speak out against the white helmet and in fact everything that i've talked about so far he revealed in the e-mails that he provided he himself ridgewood himself over toward his himself provided to max blumenthal contributed so much blumenthal has more on this. for the first time a mainstream figure on an international stage on the eve of war has validated what we've been reporting how this western funded organization funded by western and gulf governments has basically been an instrument of encouraging regime change and it's not just a group of average volunteer rescue workers it's an international influence organization whose representatives show up in congress to lobby for no fly zones and just sank sions on syria as well as parliaments across europe while they're operating on the ground alongside al qaida and their allies this was an enormously

rousing speech by roger waters that has legitimized the journalism that we've been so mercilessly attacked for publishing and it's forced those who've attacked us and accuse us of being conspiracist to actually look at what we've reported and look at the facts and they really have nothing to say back to us they can't simply dismiss it as a kremlin conspiracy anymore when roger waters is saying this however roger waters is now under attack particularly by israeli and qatari media israel wants regime change in syria and qatar does this well and has been a funder of the white helmets so the question is can he hold strong and will there be public support will people support roger waters in what he said and i suspect he's under enormous pressure right now to walk back his remarks in a very dangerously mccarthyite atmosphere. we model correspondent from the russia

twenty four t.v. channel claims to found a syrian boy seen in the white helmets footage said to show the mouth of the alleged chemical attack in an interview which cannot be independently verified the child and his father recall how events did unfold and on april the seventh not against the stand that the new accounts. 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 charging 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 drained 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 this is the belief i didn't hear anything about a chemical attack i was outside but i didn't notice anything further my family was in the hospital. it does make sense a 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 people outside 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 had. 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 example there's

a lot of dust makes it difficult to breathe and especially affects people with asthma. 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 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 run to where the noise came from and started pouring water over the people but the 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 had been a chemical attack i was at the spot with my wife and daughter but none of us

experienced any symptoms of chemical poisoning and 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. well the u.s. and the majority of european countries say a chemical attack did happen in the town of duma citing their own intelligence sources they accuse the syrian government of deploying a toxic agent over the area which at the time was held by rebels american british and french militaries hit syria with an airstrike in retaliation targeting a number of facilities which they claimed were related to chemical weapons production and development. meanwhile allegations of a chemical attack now being questioned even by some in the western media british journalist robert fisk visited do you know i wasn't able to find any witnesses for

my counterterrorism officer charged to breach says he's also seeing signs of backtracking on the accusations journalists who got him on the ground robert fisk is a notable person i'm thinking of there he. attended by syrian government employees and so on he spoke to ordinary residents to medical staff who none of whom confirmed the idea that there was a chemical attack were already i think saying i'm detecting science myself that there is a slight backtracking amongst government statements rowing back slightly saying well actually we weren't completely clear that's why we we were lying 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 the port isn't particularly helpful for example it may actually find that there were no trace of chemicals of chemical warfare meanwhile russia's ambassador to the united nations has lashed out at the u.k.

over its handling of the script poisoning case the sealy the benzine 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 solsbury 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 power poisoning and questions over the source of the nerve agent used in the attack to remain unanswered u.k. says neither its military lab nor the global chemical watchdog have been able to identify the country that produced the agent neither tutor 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 source of that chemical agent that was used in the salisbury attack that's a quick listen to what was said. now that the. analysis nor

the o.p.c. w.'s report i did too far as the country. of origin of the agent used in this attack there is no proof of alternative explanation for what happened. 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 and secondly russia provided proof that novacek was produced and payton tidd in the u. s. as a chemical weapon back in twenty fifteen. russia will not accept any national or international results of an 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 inside of three and so from the russian perspective the lack of evidence as they see it is being widely ignored by the wider community or former m i five agent annie mashonda says that even though the u.k.'s position has weakened somewhat london is unlikely to backtrack on his allegations against russia. they sort of backed themselves into a corner 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 virtually 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't for diplomatically to

row back from this position particularly a very vulnerable diplomatic time for britain looming so i'm not quite sure what they can do apart from to keep scapegoating russia but i suspect rather sadly this is going to sort of languish in the conspiracy theorists category for anyone who questions this very thread of their official narrative that britain has pulled together. national going to take a quick break now we'll be back with more news and. manufacture consent to public will. when the ruling closest to protect them so. when the crime and. the routes to.

the fed prints the money and then the pentagon blows it up in various countries around the world or sends us soldiers out there to get maimed and blown up as you don't die for your country to protect democracy you die in america to stop inflation that's what the soldiers out there are dying for they should replace the american flag with an upside down dollar sign or something. welcome back now the number of terror related investigations in the german state of the has skyrocketed recently although it does turn out that hoffa the case is

a self-supporting refugees peter all of a has been taking a look at what is behind the 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 almost always allege 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 but 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 face 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. . this phenomenon is not just consigned to germany so let's have a quick look at the situation in greece hundreds of asylum seekers recently

gathered outside a police station in the city of tests along a k. for the very same reason many of you were asked if you arrest as an opportunity to stay in be an. the fastest way to get the necessary paperwork started a large waiting line reportedly formed for days after illegal border crossings from turkey follows ankara's military operation against syrian kurds shia political analyst and consultant writer office believes the refugee crisis has been very costly for europe we continually see that the judicial system of the european countries is simply not true. to the challenges the refugee crisis is in the past years by end of twenty seven big change. the german government asked lloyds over two thousand. traditional experts to deal with the increase in crime cases concerning.

about all. terrorism but there's also all the pleas is exactly that on the german traditional system it means a sharp increase also in employment costs. now another nice afternoon thousands of anti-government protesters in the armenian capital get a van have tried to prevent the new prime minister breaching the parliament building it's led to clashes with police in a number of arrests have been made. i was the by the new pm is the former president's stock seann who stepped down this month due to term limits set out in the constitution however his candidacy was put forward and approved for prime minister which the opposition claimed amounted to refusal to surrender power that sparked some a wave of mass protests which have been continually gaining momentum here police

are said to have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse some rallies more than one hundred arrests have been made during six days of protests. thousands of wives and children of former islamic state fighters in iraq 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 i say to myself denied is and i am going to die while the amnesty report was based on interviews with almost one hundred women staying at camps in iraq they claim to have been denied access to food water and also health care and according to the organization militia groups running the camps

are preventing the women and their children from returning home we asked aid worker mohammed circle and also radio host john gaunt 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 but the protection of the majority of citizens first we're talking about these law makes. this is just an hour long for us to pay attention of what we can do on the post isis so if their ministry has this will be with us we ask for join we ask for the u.n. to to send transparent independent. organization to to look into making sure those camps regardless of the how the member of isis previously were not 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 is not a matter i'm sorry i don't have the i and others are as a tool to there he actually interviewed ninety six people for them said they'd either been raped 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 marco say i'm not condoning the way by not condone any buescher in any way shape or form but the iraqi government have got a first and foremost protect the rest of the citizens these people are accused of being associated with the islamic state the report stated precede 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 built again to build another isis and this is we're concerned about. we had here you won't be company today but back with more than thirty five minutes. twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest kill people. but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and the huge amount of pressure you have to the center of the beach. and the all the great. you are the rock at the back nobody gets to you we need you to. go.

alone. and i'm really happy to join for the world cup in russia. this special one. needs to just take the review theology team's latest edition to make up as we go. i think obama the durand line never fulfilled his this 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. greetings and salutation we are celebrating the great american tax basheer in the united states this week orc watchers yes every spring in april millions upon millions of hardworking us citizens file their tax returns and celebrate the exciting ways their government is spending their dollars in fact as an added bonus this year u.s. taxpayers got to see their hard earned tax dollars in action with president trump's

bombing of alleged chemical weapon facilities in syria just a few short days before this year's annual tax day on april seventeenth and want to display it truly was according to c.n.n. b c last saturday u.s. forces fired sixty six tomahawk cruise missiles on three syrian targets early in the morning local time making for a price tag of ninety two point four million dollars for those missiles alone ninety two point four million dollars. that is that is that is one the hell of an early morning bill not even bill maher celebrating his birthday at jumbos clown room in los angeles reaches that kind of proportions. jeffrey epstein birthday party you know maybe given the cost of legal beans and the stains on your soul from attending but it wasn't just the u.s. taxpayers that got nicked for this little meal liberal con morning john tim syria

u.k. prime minister theresa may spend roughly six point three million euros on the eight storm shadow missiles or she fired into an alleged research facility near almost bend re of common space points out quote that it costs twenty three thousand four hundred twenty pounds to resettle a syrian refugee for a year six point thirty two million pounds could therefore resettle two hundred sixty nine refugees from syria. and remember these figures are just for the missiles alone we haven't even begun thinking about the cost of fuel logistics and the man hours that went into the strike imagine how many schools hospitals are affordable housing you could buy for the cost of one friday night out on the town with the military industrial complex this is why we are always watching the hawks.