in the stories that shaped the week raised over the alleged chemical attack in syria earlier this month i call into question a video. used. to speak to doctors on the. other. side and they told us to go into the hospital. and they. also had a growing number of asylum seekers in germany or claiming to be terrorists in the hope of avoiding a deportation allegedly exploding a loophole in the system also ahead.

protesters in paris the french. hold. labor reform. with the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well welcome to the weekly on r.t. international. video that was said to show the aftermath of an alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma the beginning of this month is now being called into question the footage was released by b. white helmets a group which has long been embroiled in controversy over. war torn syria one of the few sources to report the time. that the hospital. and talk with doctors some

locals who said they saw no toxic agents to use their. 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. people poured water heads were getting that we had been attacked with chemical weapons and somebody from outside shouting about a chemical attack don't know who that was 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 the seemed to be ok and then walked away without any

help but. confused somebody started pouring water over people's heads 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. all our t. talked to a boy who was in the white helmets video has son is safe but is still coming to terms with what happened he sings he was outside when somebody took him and started pouring cold water over his head right because the of the report. 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 and then had out side and they

told all of us to go into the hospital i was immediately taken up stairs and they started pouring water on me do you remember where it happened. here with the hose or is it. here it is. an addict who is water on me he put me here and then took me upstairs to my mother eleven year old ass and dia was one of the apparent victims in the white helmets video here he is after being drained and sprayed he's fine if a little confused 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 and mechanically idea mostly d.n.c. i went up stairs and saw my wife and children i was very surprised and asked what

had happened when my son's eyes were red i found out that it was what about it was cold and he could of course sick and he was undressed when i took my son that first told me that they still needed him but i still to come away from there 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 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 it is not just the white helmets videos that are raising questions the organization has also come under fire from rock legend roger waters the co-founder of pink floyd for trying to lobby his support in the syrian war a group called the syria campaign sent an e-mail to the musician inviting him to a fund raising dinner on behalf of the white helmets affiliated organization in the same letter the group described in detail the work it claims to be doing in syria it insists its mission is to elevate the voices of syria's peaceful heroes and help bring about peace but what is was less than happy with the invitation i was quite

suspicious after i was invited to that white helmets dinner now my worst suspicions have been confirmed on the face of it it felt posable that the white helmets were just good people doing good things but now we know they're trying to encourage the west to drop bombs and missiles illegally in syria. just last week a day before he was jew to give a show in barcelona waters was contacted by a french journalist working for the white helmets the reporter asked for a few moments on stage to deliver a message on behalf of the children of syria waters declined that request as well i'm instead hits out up the group during the concert. boy the main. thing. is that you should. really complicate. your horse. with this to the proper groups the point of mentioning this we would be encouraged to encourage

a couple of months to go and start dropping oh this is serious. i've known roger waters for several several years said that he had just grown so frustrated watching the white helmets footage and duma being cited by the us government and the u.k. government pretty much as their only source as their only source of intelligence to justify bombing a sovereign country that he decided to criticize this organization publicly to warn against its all teary or sectarian agenda this should be the stuff of a national scandal in the us the united states government has provided at least twenty three million dollars to the state department to the white helmets while the white helmets work hand in glove with jabot allness row which is the syrian affiliate of the organization that attacked the united states on nine eleven al qaeda and that is considered a conspiracy in the united states although it's well established so you know i hope that this is that roger's broken the ice here but western media appears to be

completely closed off to the facts about the white house it's well this weekend a mission from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. visited duma to investigate the alleged attack the teen collected samples which will be sent to a laboratory in the netherlands the o.p.c. w. say they're planning another trip to the city as well. however the u.s. britain and france chose not to wait for the official probe citing media reports on controversial activist groups that countries accuse the assad government of gassing civilians and this month launched their rage against syria u.s. state department spokesperson heather nauert to explain the. washington couldn't afford to waste time. the o.p.c. view is something that we 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 but we took the opportunity to speak to two political commentators who are usually on opposite sides of the debate about their thoughts on u.s. military action. sometimes supporters are disappointed i'm one of the my i like the trumps position during the election but i think a lot of people on our political left and people like me on the rise think we should not be the world's police any longer that was one of the issues and main points the trump made during the campaign you know nobody likes to ascribe to any president whatever their political party killing people using munitions like this just as a distraction that's said i mean you can't deny that the walls are closing in on donald trump legally from the special prosecutor moeller from the united states

attorney in new york with his lawyer cohen so do i think that down trump is that craven as to launch strikes to distract attention. no but the mere fact that it's a question that's troubling i would diminish that he has major issues as just described as a higher approval rating than did obama at this time in his presidency in some polls the economy has not credible jobs are coming back in the economy's growing great you have well that is it is true in america right now small businesses for the first time look at that are excited if you look at the average of all the polls there's one poll that's been consistently and donald trump rasmussen in his camp every other poll if you average them out he is at historic lows for any president since the advent of polling in the united states of america democrats their complaint is what's the broader plan you say mission accomplished mr president what's the mission they see this as not pursuant to any particular plan and on the right it seems inconsistent with the the promises the president made during the

campaign to withdraw so as a result there's just not a big constituency in favor of what he's done mission accomplished was a popular phrase that turned very notorious with iraq and look at where we are now listen i i i find it interesting you have someone on the left and someone on the right politically in america here on r.t. and we sort of agree the. worst case scenario is assad gets toppled or killed and then we have another iraq for the next decade and then we really get engaged in a war because isis then overwhelms and takes over the country. meanwhile britain joined the u.s. led strikes on syria with the approval of parliament earlier in the week prime minister trying to me hard to defend the decision we have published the legal basis for action the action was legally questionable we targeted it on chemical weapons capability of the regime chemical weapons have been used by other groups in the

conflict for example josh britain france and america sent a clear message to those to seek to rip up the international rule book stop and stop now prime minister is accountable to this parliament not to the whims of the us president i 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 in foreign policy of this country than president trump that no one in this house be in any doubt that neither i nor this government take instructions from any press was i. what about the public though well a recent poll by a british tabloid find that most people surveyed were against the prime minister's

decision to bypass parliament hundreds also gathered in westminster on choose day that was following me a second round of debates are urging the government to stop bombing syria. protesters also demanded a halt arms exports to the mid east. war rallies are also held in several their cities are run in the u.k. . among them stop the war activists claim the political agenda is prevailing over democracy but i think she many things mistake that we shouldn't discuss this in parliament to be patient and wait for the results and that's the. mission but it's as usual in this country democracy goes out the window when you seeing their own pretty sickening interest why is it the government is crowded out it's not without to buy in the house of commons why is it that i care about is

a child without a father now so common as so that's where it's on. are refugees in germany claiming to be terrorists in order to stay longer in the country our europe correspondent delves into that story after the break. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all but there was one more question by the way was going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous is a huge tournaments and the huge amount of pressure you have to go to the center of the beach but probably with you and the great. you are the rock at the back nobody

gets past you we need you to get the ball going let's go. alone. and i'm really happy to join the four thousand in the world cup in russia meet the special one come on both appreciate me to the radio p.r.t. team's latest edition of make up as we go. to look. at your back with r t international we are going to go to a big week in cuba in just a moment but first some breaking news to update you on at least four people have been killed and twenty injured in an explosion in the afghan capital kabul that's according to officials local news i say that it happened near an election

registration center in the west of the city now the country is preparing for a long awaited parliamentary elections in october the head of the police department told the news that a suicide bomber was responsible at this moment no group has come forward to claim the attack but it is a story will become following over the next few hours. ok after nearly six decades under the leadership of the castro family cuba has a new president miguel diaz was the man chosen to succeed raul castro we took a look at his path to the car to be an island's top job. a new chapter has opened in cuba as miguel de can a live was officially named the country's new leader on thursday with a final vote in cuba's national assembly it's the first time in nearly sixty years

that cuba is being led by a man not named castro that gives us an idea of the magnitude this change will have on the island the s.q.l. is fifty seven years old and wasn't even born when fidel castro led his revolution in cuba d.s. can now is definitely a product of his time he's an electrical engineer by training and he followed every step to within the party was appointed as minister for higher education before serving as vice president yes canel was selected as the unopposed candidate to replace weld castro and in his thirty minute speech he made it very clear that although changes are needed there will be no space for those who want to bring capitalism to cuba the levels are that in other models with the first thing that we want to change is the economic blockade it makes prices too high. i want the new president to think more about young people is he doing what he have i mean i have

my country become a better place i want to stay here the new president said the country needs to advance in its economic model and adjust to the new context of modern technologies as far as cuba's foreign policy d.s. canel said that in these times of uncertainty and threats to international peace and security cuba's foreign policy will remain an altar of all. terrorist investigations in aside western german state have skyrocketed and it seems that many of the cases actually involve refugees turning themselves in but why people all over tries to get to the bottom of it. the number of asylum applicants coming here to cheer me 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 kill 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 that you have a death or a seize on 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. . and in fact germany is not the only country seeing such a trend in greece hundreds of asylum seekers gathered outside a police station in the city of thessalonica for the same reason many reportedly view arrest as an opportunity to stay in the e.u. and the fast. way to get the necessary paperwork started a large queue form four days after a surge in illegal border crossings from turkey geopolitical expert runner rough us believes the refugee crisis has been very costly for europe we can see the

judicial system of the european countries is simply not true. to the challenge and. the refugee crisis is just in the past years by and twenty seven became. the german government has to employ over two thousand. traditional experts to deal with the increase in crime cases concerning. about all. terrorism also in the police's legal. move to destroy the system it means a sharp increase in employment costs. staying in europe and french public sector workers have been protesting in paris against president micron's labor reforms several groups including transport workers are refusing to back down in their long running strike the spirt shara dubinsky was up

the demonstration on thursday. this is yet another day of protests of it turning into clashes between the police and the protesters unhappy with many of the reforms that the my own government wants to make and they determined to make a voice is heard and it seems that voices are being heard but yet again it's just clashes that what most people are speaking about. the process that he doesn't care about our movement but if he wasn't afraid at all he would not send so many national police officers here anymore because you've got them on the people here and happy with the government because the poorest classes are always the ones who are forced to give and there we just are always the ones who are being given today were fighting for public services from medical services with good hospitals and equipment i don't. hear micron's government towards the movements and the problems

work is a facing a somewhat so to stick the head of state seems to be deaf judging by his speech at the problem destroys book he thinks that he's in a position of power. we've just come away from the crowd and that's because if you just take a look behind me might see the old look of the people have got their faces covered they're wearing black and that's because they know now as being the black box of the empty fodder these are the anti capitalist say in front of a don't like a filming them close and that's because the security services might be able to identify them now it's this group of individuals that are the ones that we see clashes as you can see that are throwing project downs at the police as the police are coming round and this is something that we have been seeing not just today but in all of the clashes project just being thrown blocks bricks glass bottles

anything they can go there and get their hands off. well we're in the middle of what seems to be a standoff between some of the protesters and the police just take out a look behind me and you can see a row of the police vans army the lot that end their riot gear blocking off this particular route and some of the protesters are told seeing them now they've also been using as smoke flares to wear to attention to what they doing there lit fires at some of the bins and they've also been throwing projectiles to wards the police this protest was meant to be about reforms of macaroons government it's once again turned into a clash between the police and a small group of anti capitalists protest is. an a day before the out on rest president mccrum issued

a plea to those on strike saying they should quote stop holding the country hostage and police there are taking an increasingly tough line officers in riot gear were seen pinning the demonstrators to draw a crowd making. thousands also rally even more say on thursday in a stop in march it was organized by left wing party leader minshull. i got real in the process where president marcos radicalism has pushed everyone together every week the head of state seems to distract us and go further with reforms so we need to step forward to we know one of those plain evil like this. in one thousand nine hundred five he had to finally step back this is not fair to announce to the people i will pass over you i will destroy you these are not ways to act a president shouldn't like this story i could not stay silent on the. shoulder

launch sectors on strike transport and. workers health workers all these sectors are represented today i don't need us to make contacts and want to change but he will see when all the countries paralyzed he will be forced to negotiate well join me again and iran three and it's time for more of the stories that shape the wake in the meantime more great our team programs like just around the corner. most definitely wasn't a victim. of any kind of federation or i think from the russian side because it was both really destroy russian kind of divinity as far as exchanges are concerned and they depended on it because they certainly have to get their people back into they get into trouble.

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