we can all. see. our drive from liberties groups french intelligence chiefs question 3. french weapons. human rights advocates raise the alarm over the u.k. defense secretary's proposal for a british veteran saying immunity for criminal offenses sets a dangerous precedent. the united nations warns of fresh fallout from a former u.s. nuclear tests in the pacific ocean we hear from a resident of the marshall islands. that the entire let's not complete

that is just a portion of the radiation i think. a large amount was straight into the ocean. coming all. through the world. one minutes past 6 pm here in the russian capital hello and welcome to our top story this hour leading rights groups have sharply criticized what they're calling it on. press freedom in france fears are growing there about 3 journalists who leaked a classified 17 page dossier on the use of french weapons in the yemeni civil war could be set to face prosecution and prison time with what we know. 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 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 a french government has always denied it but this dossier has said that the french government was made aware of this fact now as a result of that an investigation was launched by the domestic intelligence services here in france and 3 journalists were hauled 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 well our sister channel r.t. france has actually been speaking to one of those journalists from disclose who is

now under investigation. called to be called to surprise because it is not usual for journalists was summoned yesterday morning for disclosing secret national information told from the beginning that. disassociated with our jobs drew is i think that freedom of speech needs to be supported by the people because all cases not be only one intimidation is against society so why was this revelation so controversial not just because the french government according to that dossier knew that these weapons were being used by saudi arabia on the frontline 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. billions who are being hit by this war now this was been going on since 2014 it's been described by

the un as the worst manmade humanitarian disaster it's seen thousands of people killed and millions of people pushed towards the brink of starvation and human rights organizations have said that in june this should be doing this kind of work this should be revealing things like this that are going on and governments 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 an i'm acceptable threat to press freedom and the protection of journalistic sources 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 where surance is 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 called the 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. of the channel from there the 1st woman to serve as the u.k. is the friend circuitry penny mordant has got her term off to a controversial story she's drawn the r. of a miss the international by proposing to limit the authorities ability to investigate and prosecute british veterans accused of war crimes while on active duty. it would be utterly disingenuous to have a presumption of non-prosecution for abuse yet at the same time claim justice is being served british soldiers who break the law must face just like everyone else these proposals potentially set a dangerous precedent. the isn't the only organization concerned about the proposal

either particularly as penny morden wants to extend protections to troops who served in northern ireland as well with more of the controversy breaking a poly boyko. 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 no surprise at preventing

someone who's committed a crime from facing justice this is about stopping in industries 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 murder 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 just because i completed 7 tours nor 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 a concern 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 that the fate of those detained by them remains unknown to them. of course some against an amnesty because of the systematic killing some of the blood they say 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.

there is great 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 battle is one place that there's lots of very wonderful people civilians armed 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 a blanket amnesty or exemption for anyone anywhere the government couldn't find an easy way to say that we will now bring all of these victims back into the un. and this will be on. from. the multinational human rights body the consul of europe has moved towards restoring russia's right

to vote the organization only 5 member states voted against the declaration including ukraine down often are reports and might be other $47.00 yes. dozens of foreign ministers from all across europe have flocked to finland helsinki to participate in the summit of the council of europe when it comes to the russian delegation to their participation it is proving to be quite productive apparently the sort of flavor of the day if i may say so have become the potential return of the russian members of the parliamentary assembly of europe to well fulfill their duties. we very much appreciate that are consistent line on the restoration of justice was supported by both the secretary general of the council of europe toward me on the ag land and the responsible delegations of the member states as a result there was a decision made which clearly confirmed that as the statute states each member state of the council of europe has equal rights and equal responsibilities just

a quick reminder as to why this is important not just for russia but for all of europe the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe is a body that has a say on a number of cornerstone decisions when it comes to european security and stability for instance the members of the parliamentary assembly elect the judges of the european human rights court so it is quite a significant organization back in 2014 and by another decision in 2015 russian parliamentary seats were stripped of their rights to vote on such key issues it was over the situation in ukraine and so that was done despite russia was paying all fees it was jus to the body and that situation had gone on for years now back in 2017 russia stop the cash flow to the body saying that this situation was unjust it was unfair for those we have been continuing to pay our contributions

to the council of europe in good faith and on time for almost 3 years warning every time that it would continue forever and that we would have to freeze the payment of . contributions if the rights of our parliamentarians were not restored which we finally did i do not in any way encourage everyone to resort to blackmail but if we had not done by this our partners might not have realised the inadmissibility of the situation created by the illegitimate decision of the parliamentary assembly well and according to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov today ice may have finally broken and russia's parliamentary is may be on the way to being reinstated in their rights in the assembly apparently in the course of the meetings and the talks with his counterparts most of the member states of the council of europe have supported the idea of russia returning as one of the key members of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe and it could happen as soon as this

june is good that we have reached an agreement that russia should remain in a parliamentary assembly of the council of europe this way millions of russians can see protection of the european court of human rights russia belongs in the council of europe with all of the rights and responsibilities that go with it. a story we're keeping a close eye on today radioactive waste from a u.s. atomic bomb test site in the pacific is in immediate danger of leaking into the ocean that is 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 . for the marshall islands we march from the colonial period or want to and they impacts of nuclear testing conduct of more than 60 gates of will. only

27 years later and now facing the consequences of climate change let's go through the background here of the nuclear tests were carried out from 146-2158 far away from american territory in the marshall islands in the pacific now at the time they were under us administration the tests included the most powerful destination of an american hydrogen bomb which was about $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 we settled in for those who remained there's been some serious consequences. the cleanup of the entire at will was not complete that is just a portion of the radiation that it is the at will a large amount was dumped straight into the ocean the entire at all 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 if there 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 if they are met with silence. this is of particular concern a concrete dome both back in the seventy's and one island as a dumping ground for reveal active waste is not badly decayed it's 40 centimeters thick more than a 100 meters across covering a 90 metre deep crater well the vast hole was created by the cactus nuclear weapons test in 1058 no that cover was fun just really as

a temporary fix but to took cracks may be about to leak radioactive waste but that has been exacerbated by rising sea levels and the crater has never been lined a u.s. government report also warned of the risks several years ago a former worker there told us that people are suffering health problems related to the side. i'm nationalist to go to the marshall islands and we talk of so one of the ones we happily over 40 atomic bombs were dropped and the fifty's and i think into the sixty's i will say in the forty's up to the sixty's to clean up everything there were on the northern islands which were the most contaminated they said any weeks art was contaminated the main alanah self but yet it was they were supposed to take up to anywhere from $6.00 to $18.00 inches a loop so all transported from whatever alan ate they collected onto the island of ruin it place it and one of the bomb craters the blast great is that were created by tomic downstairs and then eventually kept to

a greater supposedly to contain it for ever they told us that we would not be exposed to any more radiation and had been maybe 2 or 3 x. rays a year which was a total lie there was no radiation study with. certain ones would lead out and they would have the. big jug of europe roughly about $8000.00 men went there many of them have passed away since then we're losing anywhere from $6.00 to $7.00 a year and that's a very liberal number we have the facts without george and the government has no compensation for. the american whistleblower chelsea manning is back in jail for again refusing to testify against wiki leaks we thought we were not after the short break.

you know world's big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. when we all make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can

all middle of the room. the real news is. we return with some big energy news the nord stream to project a gas pipeline that's attended the pump russian gas to europe by way of the baltic sea this past an important milestone with over 50 percent of the construction work now is completed we got exclusive access to one of the vessels laying the pipeline . love the sea somewhere between helsinki and st petersburg and i have a valve to show you something that could cause a real scuffle between germany and its european coach and the us it is

a real gas pipes to get to the ship. this is where the north stream the project is born right here. the heartbeat of the ship it's like a kid you know just this gentleman controls the pieces the poles the kings the route. one makes the solitary 5 like vessel real think the odds of them are about the fact that to get the r.v. here right on board. the 5 tanks you have to be

protected well and tested. just imagine you are a real shopaholic you love going to all kinds of the stores but then i hand 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's 32 project if you will not supplying someone else will but in the end. we still would only guess it was. it's 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 and america has

literally been bullying europe with all kinds of rights the american ambassador in germany put on precedent 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 north stream could have their assets frozen and they could even receive travel bans to the u.s. could 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 i try not to think about it i mean we apply all over the world. political view shouldn't really come in at the end of the day if you don't have a job to do but no matter what there you have it what's probably going to be long is the getting strength and the world is making its way into the seawater

and the pace is. kilometers a day when this kind of performance the team is expecting the project will be complete by the end of this year. to developing story nice facebook has taken done hundreds of pages groups on the comments linked to in this really group suspect of attempting to disrupt elections across the world the social network saying it's the archimedes' group spent more than 3 quarters of a $1000000.00 on the facebook instagram platforms to quote disseminate their content and artificially increase and gauge went here's our correspondent in tel aviv polis there. well what we know is that this has been happening for years where you have fake accounts that i'm escalating are there as the locals or as local news outlets and they are either providing blowing information off forming part of a smear campaign regarding candidates who are standing in local elections and part

of the tactic they use is to quote so-called and identified sources and leaked information now what we're hearing from facebook is that this has affected countries such as latin america and numerous countries across asia and africa where we centrally the triune swishes have changed the reality on the ground facebook saying that this is an extensive israeli run political influence campaign having said that facebook has not been that forthcoming and that is largely presumably because the relationship between facebook and israel is very close facebook in the past has taken down political advertisement that are considered in distasteful inconvenient by the israeli government the head of the facebook cyber security policy had that had had this to say today removed 265 facebook instagram accounts facebook pages groups and events involved in coordinated behavior this experience

originated in israel and focused on my son a gold and gold niger and tunisia along with some activity in late in america and some of these stories are now out some of the pages boasted as many as 2800000 followers there were also a series of events that were advertised online but it's not clear whether or not those events actually took place more than $800000.00 is estimated to have been spent over the past 7 years on these advertisements aimed at deception and a lot of that finds its source in an israeli corporation that's called the archimedes group. now we have asked the group for comment but we're still waiting to receive a response from them at the same time a lot of the people or the organizations involved have concealed their own identities now there was a similar case with another israeli organization whose motto was to shape reality

not it was forced to close its doors off to it was implicated in the whole investigation and it was criticized and came under fire for possible involvement in the donald trump presidential election so we need to wait and see how the story itself develops. us army whistleblower chelsea manning is back in prison just a week after being released the ruling was handed done after the former soldier refused to testify before the grand jury over her contacts with wiki leaks the case doesn't make sense it seems kind of bananas in comparison to the evidence that we that we got out i think i think it's going to be i think it's going to be very much a return to the conditions that i was in last week you matter what happens today whether i get into whether you know whether i am placed in confinement or not i'm not going to comply with this grand jury in march this year moment was jailed for 2

months for refusing to answer the grand jury's questions on wiki leaks and its founder julian assange which bombing was 1st detained back in 2010 for sending thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks she was sentenced to 35 years behind bars but then president obama later reduce the term to 7 years former f.b.i. agent coleen rowley believes this is ultimately the main target. the current administration did not like the fact that the obama administration pardoned her so this would be in a legal you know punishment a 2nd punishment after already serving time for the case against julian assange is just that weak that they absolutely need chelsea manning's testimony in order to firm up those specious charges it's got to be one of the 2 things otherwise it makes no sense i have never heard of a jailing a witness this long she's already been jailed for $62.00 days for failure to i

talked to a grand jury and she's really putting on a very brave face in the face of this additional what i would think is illegal punishment to be this struck home ian. ok attempts by migrants from africa on the middle east to get to their chosen european country has led to death chaos an untold expense for all involved our documentary game over the border chronicles that it's next. welcome to max kaiser but it'll survival guide. looking forward to year that's because. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain don't let this happen you watch kaiser report.

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