breaking news this hour international austria's vice chancellor resigns after a video emerges of him allegedly offering government contracts in exchange for political support before elections in 27. document appears to contradict the global chemical weapons watchdog probe into last year's chemical attack in syria russia's envoy to the u.n. says the o.p.c. w.-a becoming. a wave of sparked in the u.s. state of. the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. you need to

make a choice you make a choice if you don't have that ability it's going to work please don't like some of the comments. i also have. around the clock across the world this is your r t international from the team myself you know me oh hello and welcome we start with breaking news this hour austria's vice chancellor resigned following a corruption scandal christian struck it was caught on video reportedly offering lucrative business deals in exchange for political support he says he is the victim of a legal and proper. this is coming soon after talks with the chancellor sebastian courts i made the decision to resign from the post of vice chancellor. in the studio with me to discuss this r.t.s.

double quarter either don a very high profile resignation that's what led up to it yeah well it all started with the surfacing of this video that came out of what clearly was a sting it's caused quite a scandal around the right wing freedom party and its former vice chancellor he and a senior party member johan good in this was shown they were shown cutting a backroom deal with a woman claiming to be the daughter of a russian all of dark and this was just before the osce austrian elections in 2017 so they spoke about the party taking money from wealthy donors who kept their paper trail hidden allegedly through a charity organization and the woman also allegedly to off offered to buy 50 percent stake in a major austrian newspaper to and then to flip the editorial position in favor of the freedom party so stop apologized for what he called discrediting people with his actions he called it dominant barras saying but he also said that he was a victim of illegal entrapment and he denies receiving any compensation from this

woman as does his party nobody knows where this video came from nobody knows who set up the camera but it's no doubt stirring up anti russia sentiments once again around europe in the world let's take a quick look at some of the main parts of this video to see what caused you know so much controversy. speech last. night he said. no not long ago this other guy in the video greediness actually resigned from his position as well and back in 2017 this the election was a big step for the freedom party they took 26. percent of the vote and this is some of their best results since 1909 in such elections so the scandal in the resignations could put an end to these serious gains who were they took political

power on the basis of a coalition with the austrian people's party that's the issue isn't it what happens for austria we know there are being strained in this coalition do new elections how is this big enough of a scandal to start an election where does austria go well australia austria in the media are actually reporting that yes snap elections are being called chancellor sebastian kurtz said he didn't want to work with if he wants the election yeah absolutely he's pulling out of the coalition and struck his replacement reports are saying the transport minister no berchtold for his lined up to become the next vice chancellor so we've already seen 2 resignations in the span of only several hours so what we're seeing here are some major reformations of the austrian political landscape definitely you know one day mixed up really in austria straight elections are happening as if they don't corner thanks very much for bring us right up to date on the. moving on to another of our headlines this week the u.s.

state of alabama approved the new abortion law the most restrictive in the country criminalizes the procedure even in cases of rape or incest and publishes doctors with up to 99 years in prison a similar heart beat bill was signed in neighboring georgia earlier this month came up in the us a story. alabama and georgia have passed their widely decried heartbeat bill these laws banning the terminations of pregnancy after 6 weeks even if the woman has been raped even if the fetus is not viable they make no exception and not surprisingly these bills have been rather controversial this is the most extreme abortion man that's ever been passed so there's a higher penalty for doctors who perform these operations then for most rapists this is the travis. and i pray for all these women and young girls who will suffer at the hands of the system take these are the eat it's making decisions for women in america governor i.v.

shame on you celebrities are now speaking out actress alyssa morano is pulling a page from the old greek comedy list the strada and calling on women not to have sex with men until the laws are overturned and certain voices are calling on big corporations like amazon delta airlines and coca-cola to boycott anti abortion states i think if a woman doesn't want to have and i think that you have the option to be decided as a mayor here in the seventy's to pass through persuade because women were still going to force you just and say but it's not just the pro-choice side that is getting fired up anti-abortion activists are furious about new was in new york and virginia now these bills allow for a doctor to take into account physical emotional and even a woman's age when making the decision to terminate a pregnancy at any point and needless to say conservatives have gotten fired up by the implications of these laws i'm asking you is why is it that a bill banning abortions after a woman has been pregnant for 6 weeks is not

a return to the dark ages what's your answer my answer is something called science human life exists at conception it ought to be protected abortion has never been popular in the state of alabama it applies only in a state where a strong majority agrees with it were reflects that community's values well i was rigid so i think anyone who cares about the unborn would have been it is inhumane it is immoral in my opinion and this is what i'm fighting against the anti-abortion side is now calling for drastic action and it's time the millions of commonsense pro-life americans cannot make a boy called new york or genia new mexico rule diamond and all the other insane states that will not protect the babies natives. new york pro lifers gather outside life in new stations with bright life signs show the world your numbers boycott new york boycott new york seriously don't go there if everyone who is pro-life refuses

to visit there we could cripple the tourism industry i decided to find out how new yorkers feel about these new laws. it's terrible for people men and women who need to make a choice should be had the ability to make a choice if you don't have that ability it's not going to work i have mixed feelings i can see both sides i don't like some of the comments that were made about women and rape but i also have respect for life and do you think there is a point where we need to be more mindful of what we're doing certain things this is an old fight in american politics between 2 groups that just won't see eye to eye and it seems that the powers that be have picked this longstanding divide among the american people and said ready set fight it could go all the way up to the supreme court again caleb up an artsy new york. let's move to france where yellow vests protesters are demonstrating in cities across the country for a 27th consecutive week in these are live pictures right now from

horace will lead a series of rallies comes in spite of the problem the government's attempts to address the growing swell just look at those pictures that's exactly the words swelling of people coming into the streets this is something of a really popular anger over fulling living standards the biggest demonstration as we can see here taking place in the french capital so far it has been peaceful but i think huge police presence just leading the protesters on one of the main thoroughfares of the capital plus cards as we've seen for a huffer year also busy there in we'll be keeping a very close eye the day progresses in parlous and of course for. the 27 straight weekend of yellow vest protests are.

now he leaked document cast died on the global chemical weapons watchdogs report on a deadly incident in syria last year let's not have a brief reminder of what happened in dubai city just 10 kilometers from the capital damascus. well a newly leaked document come predicts the o.p.c. w.'s official conclusion issued more than 2 months ago the report claimed the cylinders probably containing the rain were dropped from the air on the city of duma western governments used those findings to blame the syrian government for the

attack however in this document reportedly written by one of its experts it's on likely the 2 cylinders were dropped from an aircraft rather it appears that they were not worried that's the important one placed there nearly our senior correspondent in iraq as the it brings us more. this was a comprehensive study and you way you look at it iis engineers experts accounted for almost everything apparently visited the locations saw well the images the videos simulated the physical properties of the canisters concrete steel supports rebars everything they could account for they did it seems is what they found one location in the crater and the chemical canister simply put didn't match instead the crater appears the being caused by an explosive shell before or after and

the canister in the impact crater just don't match when a metal can falls through a concrete roof and steel supports you'd expect it to leave marks in dense but no consistent marks were found another location that canisters say the authors simply couldn't have fit through the impact crater with the valve still intact the only explanation for all of this the experts state is that they were placed there observations at the scene of the 2 locations together with subsequent analysis suggests that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed it there is $2.00 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft now one would think their findings are incredibly important that they would change the entire narrative is findings completely contradict what was later put in the official o.p.c. w. report on the chemical incident in duma narrative the acids helicopters drop to

these canisters that was established hours after the incident with no investigation or questions and narrative that enabled the narmada of cruise missiles to be launched at syria u.b.c. w. has admitted that documents had been leaked and. they're investigating how it happened which into the veracity of these documents they didn't deny their legitimacy worryingly u.p.c. w. has issued no comment on what the specific report found there were many other reports which the u.p.c. w. compiled for their final version on how these leaked findings fly in the face of the u.p.c. w.'s official report the documents turn the entire story down and bear in mind these aren't just random nobodies we don't know whether this team was part of the u.p.c. w staff members or outside consultants experts and the u.p.c. w.

is saying nothing other than it looked at all versions and sub investigations and compiled 7 them asked for comment a week ago with a list of questions and there's been no response why did they meet this report why did they go for one version of events and not the other why are they taking so long to comment on this so far silence but with the story gaining traction for answers sooner or later. because the of all professor peirce robinson who assessed the document for a british academic research group sees the weapons watchdog has to address whether there is a cover up going on over the do a report. what kind of political pressure and mine to be brought to bear on your p.c. w to lead to what would appear to be the case to to suppress will not

use a report which one of the messed up members has been involved in producing and to rely upon engineering reports from some unspecified external companies those are the kind of questions 3 really need to be asking and really you know p.c. w. has to address this i think more broadly than these who are proper investigation into the o.p.c. w. and how it has been operating because if it is the case that it's organization has been subjected to political pressure and that has led to a distortion there investigations then that is an incredibly serious matter whole number of reasons quite aside from the fact that we did what happened in duma civilians were killed and we need to get to the bottom of who killed them ok this is a war crime has occurred and it is in any way some kind of coverup going on and that's a very very serious matter and it's something which should be people should be

pushing for a proper investigation an international inquiry into what has been going on how do you easy w.b. not crating and critically and investigation to try to understand what has been happening in syria in relation to all of these events new allegations regarding chemical weapons attacks at meanwhile the united nations security council has met to speak on the situation in the middle east including the syria conflict the council focused on air strikes which took place earlier this month according to western countries they were carried out by syrian government forces they cause civilian casualties undestroyed hospitals and they pharmacy russia the u.k. and washington all had a great deal to say only a soft. the city's neither the syrian army nor the russian air force have been waging military operations against civilians and or civilian infrastructure russia and the regime's decision to launch air strikes sends

a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process where we refuse to consider terrorists as an untouchable and will continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our partners russia has claimed this so-called return it strikes where surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen usually i hope you never need a hospital but there are good medical facilities in russia if you ever need it let us know united states reiterate that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize the region. that we have our own view on who's destabilizing the region. if an early game of thrones is but a day away and so what better time to meet up with one of the stars of the global t.v. phenomenon is after the break. most

people who manage public pension funds don't know anything about them they're just the clerks that they just signs in this job they give them a bunch of money and wall street guys come around and they take them out to lunch that thomas marty is and then they sum up back a war some a lot of garbage most toxic risk on wall street is sold into these public pension funds where it goes to die that's why the returns are so. reluctant to give credit to the president trying for just about anything but by action in a way when he said at the beginning of his presidency that he'd be open to it to one state or a 2 state solution whatever these rising balloting is going to agree on i think that was actually a smart thing to say given the legacy of american fulsome support for israel the

expansion essentially over the decades given the kind of political culture and political system that israel has developed there really isn't a way to negotiate something between palestinians and israelis. 19 minutes past 3 pm here in moscow welcome back it is a big weekend for fans of a hugely popular t.v. show game of thrones after 8 years the very last episode is almost upon us the series is also the subject of many news articles as i'm sure you've seen some indeed trying to draw parallels between the plaut the real political situation in the world polly boyko war and. in case you missed it u.s.

forces are on the move when turning could be coming for iran hold on a 2nd is this a game of thrones episode. is just that this stuff in the middle east is really important. but honestly who would be stupid enough to compare something as serious as this to a t.v. show about boobies and global. is that real. imagine if the latest us iran showdown was actually a game of thrones i'm not wearing the. golden head donald trump darian is the owner of thousands of old dragons the dragons are a metaphor for nuclear weapons try and stay with me here ok ito isn't one round this is to how many just a few of the great houses are allowed the ability to tell an entire city's into

smoldering ashes but only ones he's dead now trump guerin's forces are gathering outside the iran this stronghold he sent in his ion fleet and parked one of theirs peace loving at a craft carrier is just off the coast he's even threatened to send 120000 sunday troops there as well but he doesn't want you may be confused by about parts of the list stash here tonight john bolton says he's seen the intelligence indicating that the iran distance is all planning attacks against trump garrion forces 30 reports come from the little the virus netanyahu the middle east the monster of wispa is all of this makes the iran a star is for a dragon of their own more than ever and they're threatening to try and breed one again soon because the trunk guerin's pulled out of an ancient pact which stopped them during that the stocks of europe a warning that

a conflict could stop accidentally but when it comes to the crunch they're likely to scatter in different directions when the fighting begins and at least one will probably use. the problem for the iran desk as it is that they have no idea if they're dealing with the seasons $1.00 to $7.00 trump carrion or the season 8 version. i haven't heard. pollies going to like this next bit because our correspondent daniel hawkins actually got to speak to one of the big stars of game of thrones known to fans as a ramsey bolton remember him now he was all not adventure of his own coming here to russia for his 1st visit and not full interview is on our website and you choose cello here some of it give a wonder what would have happened ramsay if you had the sort of gristly and in season 6 yeah i don't know. i don't know how we would have felt but a near is something you probably would have been to be on your side in

a stupid she's got dragon i was but i don't think the way the narrative of the show's played out it would have been as good with ramsey they i think. i think he needs to sort of be gotten rid of in order to. install the stocks back to create the drama and the and the intrigue between the nearest and. and jon snow obviously because what else are you going to do he just is in so many awful things that he just you know who'd just been a you know was going to do now as you've described as well sort of nothing's black and white there's no villains you know it's interesting playing those sorts of roles i've never been romeo you know i mean in. so i guess i'm. something else. i really enjoy playing the more complex roles because there's just more to it. and it's often yes more interesting i think donna well that says about me as a person. or maybe you know i think you need

a specific kind of actor to play those roles and in order to make them not be sort of just face value and have depth and to be 3 dimensional and maybe you need a specific kind of actor and we had a person obviously no getting away from a game of thrones is that is the big thing right now that the hype surrounding that that always a i haven't seen could ask you what's this eerie so let me follow you yeah absolutely yeah what's your thoughts of the finale i think one of the great things about it is he just doesn't matter what people could sit around and discuss in and have all these ideas in for they just no matter what you think they always seem to find a way to twist that i thought coming into the series there was no way around it being the nearest but now i was thinking in june last and. so i don't know if she's but i kind of saw the upcoming i'm very interested to see the scene between. you going to miss it all off to after it goes away something as epic as that which is you know really. defined you at least in the last couple of years as a as

a an actor yeah of course i miss it but it's also it's everything's got to come to a close and i think it's quite exciting the sort of finishes. as you know has just fizzled out with buying and. yen and then on to the next thing and. before we go this hour i want to bring you back to france where yellow vests protesters are demonstrating in cities across the country for a 27th consecutive. dry pictures. from horace where ma says a people have been at really marching through some of the city's main thoroughfares for the past 3 to 3 hours and are expected to do so at rights until that time not really coming in spikes we should of the government's attempts to address the royal swell of fulfill their anger over a folding living standards so far it's peaceful here all the noise

a lot of people out with flags but what protestors have said this week they want people to come. teachers pupils families to really get away from the sense that there's a far left element trying to infiltrate the community say this is the people we have our problems it's been going on for the past half a year and we are not going anywhere we'll be keeping a close eye not just in part us but the rest of the friends cities just to see if more rallies which are expected to happen to break. stay with our 2 international for us. it is indeed the weekend the news does not stop keep right up to the moment by keeping a close eye as well our twitter page 30 with all the latest global updates from our t h q.

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this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world. business and finance in the i'm upon us all i'm daniel britto in washington we're glad you're on board we've got a special show for you to today today we're all about change and we're bringing you cutting edge insights from the biggest names in the block chain set. to take things off like to welcome our own brain job or our own brand to bore who joins us in studio. christiane who joins us from los angeles today sounds of content straight ahead so let's just get to it right now no the ever changing landscape cryptocurrency has raised a lot of questions a lot of questions about the knowledge of the not least of which is regulation of the of the cryptocurrency space while bitcoin the world's most popular virtual currency is viewed and legally treated as a commodity in the united states annoyed initial coin offerings or token sold during the fund raising process are regulated securities this is one reason why the

u.s. has been left out many of many of those c.e.o.'s and many people in crypto currency traders in countries like the united arab emirates are starting to support these i.c.l. as more and more kristie tell us why is the united states such an outlier on the restrictive and the spectrum when it comes to these icy o's. yeah so the u.s. doesn't make these regulations for no good reason that they feel actually is there for because right now they're looking at the i see a landscape as a call back to the i.p.o. heyday which then led to the stock one of the biggest stock market crashes in 1029 following the stock market crash in 1929 the f.c.c. was actually created in 1934 specifically for the sole purpose to prevent some sort of market manipulation like the i.p.o. crisis from ever happening again so now they're looking at crypto currency and i think this as a threat i suppose are going on regulated unchecked and they're raising money from a lot of investors.