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community for. the. pipeline project is a milestone with over 50 percent off the construction work completed. in the fall that's. made the solid mass the real technological marvel. army here right on 40. 1 minutes past 3 pm this friday the 17th a warm welcome to our to international o'neill and our top story 3 investigative journalists made their 1st the. in court after revealing the use of french made

weapons in the yemen conflict let's cross to charlotte given skee for more on what we know just to put this props in context this is a country for over a century has held press freedoms so dear to be of vital social importance but no as we're talking about 3 journalists are facing potential jail terms what do we know. well that's right the question that's being asked now is press freedom under attack fronts and that question is being posed not just by journalists but also by human rights activists who are hugely unhappy about this investigation that's going on let's just explain how we've come to this point now back in april we covered a story here in r.t. which was that a number of french outlets had revealed and uncovered a secretive military dossier which was allegedly showing that french weapons sold

to saudi arabia will you being used on the front line in yemen in the war and yet been going on now for several years the french government has always denied it but this dossier has said that the french government was made aware of this fact and the fact that these weapons could be possibly being used in south by saudi arabia in yemen all the way back to last september now as a result of that an investigation was launched by the domestic intelligence services here in france and 3 journalists from radio france and also from a new site called disclose will hold in as part of that investigation to be questioned about their sources and some say to be pressurised to reveal who their sources were which is course is something we as journalists considered to be absolutely sacred that we protect our sources this is what disclosed pedia had to say about that. just when we were called to the court to surprise because it is not usual for journalists was summoned just the morning for disclosing secret national

information told from the beginning that we were not those journalists and moods associated with our job as druids i think that freedom of speech needs to be supported by the people because all cases not the only one intimidation is against society. so why was this revelation so controversial not just because the french government according to that dorsey knew that these weapons were being used by saudi arabia on the front line in yemen it also showed how they were being used and suggested that french ships were actually being used to blockade yemeni ports which meant that much needed medication and humanitarian assistance in terms of food was not getting to the civilians who are being hit by this war and this was been going on since 2014 it's been described by the u.n. as the worst manmade humanitarian disaster it's seen tens of thousands of

people killed and millions of people pushed towards the brink of starvation so it's a really big issue and human rights organizations have said that this should be doing this kind of work this should be revealing things like this that are going on in government and they say as a result of this investigation into those 3 journalists just doing their jobs that press freedom here in france is under attack. the undersigned n.g.o.s consider the information unveiled by disclose and its partners to be of essential public interest the threats of prosecution against the 3 journalists constitutes and i'm exceptional threat to press freedom and the protection of journalistic sources. so as i mentioned the fresh government has repeatedly denied that its weapons that it sells to saudi arabia are being used on the front line in that conflict and even last week we had reassurances from president michel that he had spoken to the government in riyadh and they had once again confirmed that that was not the case

but the reality is here on the ground many people aren't seem to be believing that in fact so much so that last week saudi cargo ship was due to pick up arms from the french quarter of last it had to leave because there were protests by people who just don't want any more french weapons to be sold to saudi arabia possibly being used to implicate the country in war crimes you know the ramifications of this case go deep in a lot of levels appreciate you keeping across it for us or to charlotte stevens. moving on to another big story of the day radioactive waste from a u.s. atomic bomb test site in the pacific is an immediate danger of leaking into the ocean according to the secretary general of the united nations. there is a risk of leaking of radioactive materials that are contained in a kind of coffin in the area the consequences of nuclear tests have been quite

dramatic in relation to health in relation to the poisoning of waters in some areas . one of the marshall islands we march from the colonial period or want to end the impacts of nuclear testing conducted more than 6 to get civil only 27 years later and now facing the consequences of climate change the nuclear tests were a curry died from 1940 6 ringback to 958 far away from american territory in the marshall islands in the pacific at the time they were under us administration the tests included the most powerful detonation of an american hydrogen bomb which is $1000.00 times bigger than the atomic bomb dropped on the japanese city of her russian many islanders were forcibly evacuated from their property and resettled and for those who remained there's been some serious consequences. that cleanup of the entire at a was not complete that is just

a portion of the radiation that exists on the atmel a large amount was dumped straight into the ocean the entire atoll is contaminated not simply ruin it and the radiation affects us on a daily basis then we have many illnesses in our community has that only as a mother or finitely impacts me because when my children get sick i i wonder is that something more than just a cold or a flu that worry is constantly there the island us have always attempted to bring attention to the fact of what has happened and what continues to happen to our no way and including petitions to the un court case. regarding environmental law and they are met with silence well let's have an example of what we're actually speaking about here a concrete dome built back in the seventy's on one island as

a dumping ground for radioactive waste is no bond really decayed it's 40 centimeters thick and more than a 100 meters across covering a 9 metre deep crater the vast tool was created by the cut to nuclear weapons test in 1058 the cover was planned a temporary fix but due to cracks may be about to leak reveal active waste now that has been exacerbated by rising sea levels the crater has never been light a u.s. government report also warned of the risks several years ago a former workers there told us that people are suffering health problems related to the site. i'm nationalist to go to the marshall islands and we talk of so one of the ones where i believe over 40 atomic bombs were dropped and the fifty's and i think into the sixty's i will say that in the forty's up to the sixty's to clean up everything there were on the northern allan's which were the most contaminated they

said any weeks out was contaminated the main island itself but yet it was they were supposed to take up to anywhere from $6.00 to $18.00 inches of snow all transported from whatever alan a they collected onto the island of ruin it place it in one of the bomb craters the blast great is that were created by tommy brown says and then eventually cap that crater supposedly to contain it for ever they told us that we would not be exposed to any more radiation and have been maybe 2 or 3 x. rays a year which was a total lie there was no radiation study with. certain ones would leave and they would have them fill a big jug of europe roughly about 8000 men went there many of them have passed away zone as dan we're losing in a way to 6 to 7 a year and that's a very liberal number we have the facts with our children the government has no

compensation for as. the 1st woman to serve as u.k. defense secretary penny mordaunt has got her turn off to a controversial start unless the international is under by her plan to grant immunity from investigation prosecution for british veterans for crimes committed while on active duty. it would be utterly disingenuous to have a presumption of non-prosecution for abuse yet at the same time justice is being soft british soldiers who break the law must face just like everyone else these proposals potentially set a dangerous precedent. the human rights body isn't the only organization concerned about the proposal especially penny mordaunt wants to extend coverage to northern ireland to use polyploidy with more. the new boss in here has proposed a new law one that would presume soldiers innocent of any offenses committed

throughout the course of a broad more than 10 years ago although that rule could have exceptions for example if new evidence of alleged crimes were to come to light it is high time that we change the system and provide divide legal protections to make sure the decisions how service personnel take in the battlefield will not lead to repeated or unfair investigations down the line for the new defense secretary the new legislation is about making the system fairer and preventing what she called law fare repeated and unfair investigations against former soldiers this is not about preventing someone who's committed a crime from facing justice this is about stopping an industry that surrounds these processes which is not about the pursuit of justice i had at the iraq historic allegations team spent 7 years trawling through allegations of torture wrongdoing

at a cost of 60000000 pounds to the taxpayer none of the claims resulted in a prosecution and in 2016 the unit was shot down speaker i competed 72 as you know all with the infantry or associated units i lost many men. and i was involved in fatality shootings i was investigated along with others. the investigations were. aggressive a bloody awful to go through so well former soldiers and members of the military say that the amnesty doesn't go far enough that it needs to include northern ireland 2 human rights groups are concerned that the government's desire to better protect its former and current servicemen and women will effectively place them above the law it's reported that there are around $150.00 investigations looking

into alleged abuses by british soldiers in iraq and afghanistan the question is how the victims of those alleged abuses will ever get justice if these new proposals become law because so many detained so many killed the troops are the reason for the total destruction the fate of those detained by them remains unknown. and of course some against an amnesty because of the systematic killing some of the blood they said since no one cares we have to demand our rides through international courts because we're just simple people who just can't go by as sobs to get our voices heard because there is grave concern here that the crimes will be forgotten many people haven't received any compensation for the damage those who lost their homes or became disabled what they're trying to do is create an exemption from european human rights or for soldiers of fighters on the battlefield that's obviously really dangerous because obviously the back of the is one place that is

not so very wonderful people civilians are and others who might not be after that whose human rights need to get those soldiers should have understood what they need to say just sr if you committed you or if we should you get punished if you haven't you don't so there shouldn't be any market amnesty or exemption for anyone anywhere the government couldn't find an easy way to say that we will now bring all of these veterans back into the court. and this will be on. ok moving on though the nord stream to project a gas pipeline that's intended to pump russian gas to europe by way of the baltic sea has passed an important milestone with over 50 percent of the construction work done and dusted we got exclusive access to one of the vessels laying the pipeline. of the sea somewhere in between in helsinki and say petersburg and i have

a valve to show you something that could cause a real scuffle between germany and its european code and the us it is a real gas pipes to get to the ship. this is where the little steam the project is born right to. the heart beat of the ship and such if you notice this gentleman controls the pieces the forms the kings the rude. one made the solitaire by quite facile real think the odds of them are about the fact that

again our being here right on board. the 5 banks should have to be protected oh well they have to. just imagine you are a real shopaholic you love going to all kinds of stores but they're not handing out comes out what you do is you swipe look for the best thing push the button and your shipment is ready so probably you're going to change your shopping habits a little bit but what if someone forces you not to do it this is probably not a perfect analogy but it does explain what's happening with the north st jude project if you will not supply me to someone else will but in the end. we still would only get. just because we decided to have a guess where this project is low in washington they want american companies to

sell liquefied natural gas to europe and send it there on ships america has literally been fully europe with all kinds of rights the american ambassador in germany put on president pressure on local companies sending out letters to them and just recently and draft bill has been proposed in the u.s. senate suggesting that companies and individuals working on the one strain could have their absence frozen and they could even receive travel bans to the u.s. can i do but it should do a job and so i think we all need. to come from somewhere when you hear these kind of things are you ever worried or do you ever think about it. to be honest the throwing of the finger bowl the only way to fight all of the world. political deal shouldn't really come in at the end of the day we've all got a job to do but no matter what there you have it what's probably going to be long

is to get the strength and the world is making its way into the seawater and the pace is. kilometers today when this kind of performance the team is expecting the project will be completed by the end of this . and even trying to with the hard hot there on american think tank flags up what they call the case in today's media in the united states we'll take you through that on plenty more besides off them. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the multiple different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and

a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not the or else if you think i was going to go. by the way ways of the slide here. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

hello again apartment lee it's not much more difficult to tell fact from fiction in news and reporting in the u.s. according to a new study by the round think tank. so we end up in a situation where not only are we not sure what's true and what's not but we're not even really sure where to go to find that factual information that's cognitive bias and the way we process information we like to be right we seek out things that prove that we're right we disregard things that say that we're wrong technology changes fast and institutions change slow so schools haven't caught up in terms of providing students with the skills they need to be able to navigate that space and then finally polarization and we've alluded to it here several times in the political space but it's also important to think about social economic intent or graphic polarization news in the digital age report examines the coverage of 15 media include such delusions the new york times the washington post

t.v. stations network c n n n b c fox although the microscope well along with digital platforms politico breitbart and buzz feed as well when the report suggests that for 99 to 2017 us media has taken a gradual subtle shift towards subjectivity and away from fox and no us has its is only line media in particular reflects personal frames and subjective references it also claims t.v. news reporting is being replaced with opinion based shows led by pullets well prize winning journalist chris hedges told us earlier that the findings are just the. i think on the cable news channels whether it's imus n.b.c. or c.n.n. or fox they've actually given up on journalism. and replaced it with.

reality show. you know news programs newsprint at the same time has become so in the mic. and that real journalism in most major cities has withered away you take for instance philadelphia live an hour from philadelphia the philadelphia inquirer was once one of the great newspapers with its own foreign correspondents and it's all gone and the internet is a kind of free for all were people are getting wise to into whatever particular political belief system or you know conspiracy theory that they happen to embrace their reinforce so if you look at the especially the electronic media fact is interchangeable with opinion people believe whatever they want to believe be 2020 u.s. presidential election is already seeing

a spike in the number of democratic candidates eager to challenge on donald trump in new york city mayor bill de blasio has become the 23rd democrats who announced his campaign and it seems the party is focusing on the visions in us society rather than unity as killam open explains. the way politics is supposed to work candidates are expected to win the hearts and minds of voters by promising ways that they can fix up the country's problems and pointing the way forward for america however in 2019 it seems that a lot of candidates are arguing rather that who they are in terms of age race and gender is more important than any policy proposals i think we need to articulate the values of our philosophical commitments and then develop policies off of that joe biden and bernie sanders both of them elderly white men are the 2 top candidates for the democratic nomination in the year of $20.20 now regardless of their policies that fact alone has got top democrats crying sexism i think is just

gender bias i think people are genuinely biased against women i think. young women they're just bias and it's real and it exists but you have to overcome it's a female candidate amy clovers shar has been accused of being too harsh stories of her mistreating her former staff members and creating a harsh work environment of found their way into the press now her supporters say that is not a legit concern that's sexism and a coalition of women's groups has stepped up to say that the media's coverage of the 2020 race is the latest in sexism and gender bias now it's important to note that hillary clinton made similar arguments back in 2016 i haven't been shouting but sometimes when a woman speaks out some people think it's shouting democrats have been quibbling about the importance of women and minorities to counter trends so-called white

identity trump has perfected white i didn't the politics the republican party is increasingly a white identity politics party in today's america why come up with complex policy proposals when you can simply run on the basis of what you were born asked and why defend yourself with logical arguments when you can simply decry europe. conant as being a big hit in today's america it seems that identity politics is a new reality as the country shapes up for the next election although i didn't see policies come from the left because that's what they've been injured in their campaigns over the past few years they're creating division all to try and get certain people who believe the same way they do last summer 2016 there was no so-called person of color on a democrat is a battle over who's going to be the actual came to date there's going to be some identity politics going on there if joe biden is successful people may say oh where you have a woman over here a black person over here in person over here while we're there liked it and then if

a person is not a straight white male becomes the nominee then the problem will be if they lose it was because they are of disparate people it is particular identities. ny us or craft manufacturer of boeing ses it has completed a software upgrade for its 737 mux model which has seen 2 deadly crashes in the past number of months it comes as another theory has emerged on what could have led to those 2 accidents with some in the u.s. now speculating it could have been down to a lack of pilot training. try to be respectful because their deceased do we now have concerns with not only the training of pilots in other nations but the reliability of their logged boeing eventually halted deliveries of the planes on the method there was a flaw in the aircraft's control system a boeing 737 max

a crushed in indonesia in october last year killing 189 people then in march another came down in ethiopia killing all 157 people on board it was later sure enough there was a technical fault in the workload. and partly it's not only senator mitchell who believes it could have been human error that contributed to the crushes during the same senate hearing the chief of the us federal aviation administration also backed the theory. what concerns me about the data from the flight data recorder is the apparent lack of recognition of runaway stab trim runaway stab trim is taught at the earliest stages of aircraft that have stabbed motors you don't pull out a checklist you don't open and look at what next it's memorized as

a pilot as you asked me that's that's what i saw the lack of control in the speed and ethiopian in the inability the apparent. not doing the step trim cut out switch procedure well an aviation security expert we spoke to say such statements by u.s. politicians are not helpful. 1st of all i think that language is totally out of order they know full well that investigations are going on there is a political shall we say divide within the within the usa and they're actually trying to apportion blame somewhere else you have to get all the together and you have to draw on various resources from people and it is a cooperation and you don't inflame the situation by putting out ridiculous statements like this and it is a ridiculous statement because if you are going to sell these very expensive aircraft around the world you must make sure there's no training package in there

so people can actually fly the model pilots will be trained to usa standards but that is the way of the world you still can't send a plane to a country if they're not able to fly the aircraft coming up talking next generation but not take us birthrates it at their lowest level in 32 years is it a trend that's set to continue watching the hawks delve deeper right after this. is out there to see on his attorney. getting help going on google plus all the.