the austrian chancellor calls for an early election after his deputy is ensnared in a corruption scandal and forced to resign. over the document calls into question the world chemical weapons watchdogs conclusion so abound in the lead a chemical attack on the outskirts of the syrian capital as fear. and anger erupts in the u.s. after the state of alabama passes the country's most draconian abortion laws. you need to make a choice you make a choice if you don't have that ability it's not going to work please don't like some of the comments. about women and i also have respect for life.

from broadcasting live direct from our studios most of this is r t international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us i think chancellor of austria sebastian kurtz has requested an early election after his 2nd in command was caught in a corruption sting and forced to resign. after yesterday's video i can honestly say you know if is a no use the president today to hold snap elections in austria as soon as possible . thousands of people protested outside parliament in vienna on saturday calling for a new government on friday undercover video was released showing heinze christians . offering lucrative public contracts to a woman posing as the niece of a russian tycoon in exchange for political support the vice chancellor resigned but claimed to be the victim of an illegal hit job earlier my colleague you know neil discussed the story with r.t.

is donald quote. this is. yes it was stupid yes it was responsible yes it was a mistake but at the same time it was a victim of a targeted political attack that he used illegal means so after talks with the chancellor sebastian quirked i made the decision to resign from the post of fleiss' chancellor. all started with this video that came out of what was clearly a sting it's caused quite a scandal around the right wing freedom party and its former vice chancellor he and the senior member of the party johan go dennis were shown cutting a back room deal with a woman claiming to be the niece of a russian all of dark with lothian citizenship back in 2017 right before the austrian elections so they spoke about the party taking money from wealthy donors who kept their paper trail hidden apparently through a charity organization the woman also allegedly offered to buy 50 percent stock of a major austrian newspaper to flip the editorial line in favor of the freedom party

. he said. he. now stretch apologized for what he said today he said he discredited people with his actions said he was dumb an embarrassed himself but at the same time he also did say that he was the victim of illegal entrapment and denies receiving money from this woman and as well as his party as party also denies receiving any money coincidentally this video from 2 years ago also surfaced only several days after there was meeting between the austrian president and russian president vladimir putin nobody knows where this video came from or who set up the camera now earlier today the other guy in the video goodness also resigned from his position in the party and 2017 these those elections they were a big step forward for the freedom party actually they took 26 percent of the vote

their back. results since 1999 so the scandal in these ragged resignations they could put an end to some of the gains from those elections in which they took power only through the coalition with the austrian people's party so what we're seeing here are some big changes in the political landscape in austria a political scientist at the university of vienna told us the corruption scandal will deal i'm a jerk blow to the freedom party ahead of the european elections no matter what. it was it's. sure that if. there is. likely to always curious whether or spears on the girls with their image. distancing himself. so if. he does. things most of them say it's not.

us has strengthened its fleet in the persian gulf by sending 2 more of its guided missile destroyers to the region vessels pass through the hormuz strait and joined the other warships and earlier this month this comes after the u.s. accused iran of planning to attack american interests or to spy boyko gives us her own unique take on the situation in her online series in case you missed it. in case you missed it u.s. forces on the move when can become a lightning rod and hold on a 2nd is this a game of thrones i say it. is just that this stuff in the middle east is really important. but honestly it would be stupid enough to come past something as serious as this a t.v. show about boobies. is that real you know wow 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 one sees dead now trump carians forces are gathering outside the iran this stronghold he sent in his eye and feet and popped one of there's peace loving at a craft carrier is just off the coast he's even threatened to send out 120000 sunday troops there as well but he doesn't want to you may be confused by that part of the whole list that cheered night john bolton says he was in the intelligence

indicating that the iranians stood as all planning attacks against trump garrion forces 30 reports coming from the little the virus netanyahu the middle east the monster of wispa is all of this makes the iran a star is in 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 doing 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 view. 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 area or the season 8 version . i haven't heard. staying within the game of thrones theme vera the much anticipated finale to the

epic fantasy t.v. series airs on sunday night and according to one study as many as 5000000 people in the u.s. are planning to skip work the following day meanwhile the actor who plays ramsay bolton in the show has been on an adventure of his own with his very 1st trip to russia he spoke to daniel horowitz and bit about warning you should know that there are some interview spoilers contained here give a wonder what would have happened ramsey if you had the sort of gristly and in season 6 yeah i don't know. how he would have felt but and there is i think he probably would have been. in a stupid she's got dragged it was but i don't think the way the narrative of the show's played. 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. jon

snow obviously because what else are you going to do he just is in so many awful things you just you know who'd just been oh you know we're going to do now as you've described as well sort of nothing's black and white there's no villains you know playing those sorts of roles i've never been romeo you know i mean in. so i guess i'm. to 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 i don't know well that says about me as a person. or maybe you know i think you need a specific kind of arc to play those roles and in order to make them not be sort of just face value and to have depth and to be 3 dimensional and maybe you need a specific kind of actor we had person obviously getting away from a game of thrones is that is the big thing right now that the hype surrounding that . could also use that what's that this is

a let me follow you yeah absolutely yeah what's your thoughts and 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 i thought coming into the series there was no way around it being the nearest but now i was thinking in june last. don't know if she's but i kind of saw a lot coming i'm very interested to see the scene between. are you going to settle it goes away something is epic because that which is you know really. defined you at least in the last couple of years as a 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 that it sort of finishes as you know has just fizzled out going out with the buying in. yen and then on to the next thing and. switching gears now a leaked document has raised questions about the global chemical weapons watchdogs

a report on a deadly attack in syria last year the incident took place in the city of duma 10 kilometers from the syrian capital as government forces advanced towards opposition militants would occupy the area here is a brief reminder of how the situation unfolded back then. i. the newly leaked document appears to contradict the o.p.c. w.'s official conclusion issued more than 2 months ago the report claimed that cylinders probably containing korean gas were dropped from the air on the city of duma western governments used those findings to blame the syrian government for the

attack. however that document reportedly written by an affiliated expert says it is unlikely the 2 cylinders were dropped from an aircraft it claims instead would be were placed very manually or correspondent as. this was a comprehensive study and where you look at it iis engineers experts accounted for almost everything apparently visited the locations saw all 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 creator 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 cannon falls through

a concrete roof and steel supports you'd expect it to leave marks indents but no consistent marks were found another location canisters say the authors simply couldn't have fit through the impact crater with the valve still intact the only explain nation for all of this the experts state is that they were placed there. observations of 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 and duma narrative the acid's 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 leaks and say 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 these specific reports 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 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 so far answers sooner or later professor peers robinson who was asked of the document for a british academic research group says the weapons watchdog has to address whether there is a cover up going on over the dubai ports. what kind of political pressure might it be brought to bear on your p.c. w to lead didn't to what would appear to be the case to to suppress will not use a report which one of their star 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 that there needs to a proper investigation into the o.p.c. w. and how it has been operating because if it is the case that this organization has been subjected to political pressure and that has led to a distortion their 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 the people should be pushing for a proper investigation an international inquiry into what has been going on how do you easy w.b.

not writing and critically and investigation to try to understand what has been happening in syria in relation to all of these events need allegations regarding chemical weapons attacks. the netherlands have been crowned your vision whereas for the 1st time since 975 to 2100 sun contest wound up just a couple hours ago dutch singer duncan lawrence won over the jury with m. yours as well with his ballad arcade scoring 492 point italy were the runners up with 465 points and russia took 3rd place with 369 it was in the 64th. annual song contest and it took place in the israeli city of tel aviv thousands of people watched the show in the your vision village and then millions more around the world as well. this year's event though was overshadowed by some controversy and there were protests and calls for a boycott of the competition rights advocates argue the event was being used to

distract from crimes committed by israel in the occupied palestinian territory. this week the u.s. state of alabama approved a new abortion law the most restrictive in the country it criminalizes of the procedure even in cases of rape or incest and punishes doctors without too 99 years in prison while a similar heartbeat bill was signed in neighboring georgia earlier this month and he's killed moppet has. alabama and georgia have passed their widely decried heartbeat bills these laws ban 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 ban that's ever been passed so there's a higher penalty for doctors who perform these operations then for most rapists this is a travesty and i pray for all these women and young girls who will suffer at the

hands of the system 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 antiabortion states i mean if a woman doesn't want to have an i have been there since i have the option to be decided as the mayor here in the seventy's to pass through versus wade 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 think it's good news why is that a bill banning abortions after a woman has been pregnant for 6 weeks is not to 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 the state where a strong majority agrees with it were reflects that communities values will. i was outrageous i think anyone who cares about the n born 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 it's time the millions of commonsense pro-life americans canonically boy new york virginia new mexico and all the other insane states that will not protect the babies native new york pro-lifer gather

outside like the new stations with pro-life signs show the world your numbers boycott new york boycott new york seriously don't go there if everyone who's 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 they're awful they're terrible for people men and women you need to make a choice should be at the ability to make a choice if you don't have that ability it's not going to work i have mixed feelings i could 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 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. ahead of next week's

elections to the european parliament italy's far right interior minister is stepping up efforts to form a united europe skeptic front material salvini addressed thousands of supporters out of rally in milan this saturday alongside other nationalist leaders from across the bloc including france's marine le pen and the netherlands geert wilders and with a populist right wing continuing to gain momentum in europe and expected to make dramatic gains in the upcoming vote the new poll has revealed. that a majority of e.u. citizens believe the block is now facing an existential crisis faced with a raft of serious political and economic challenges there is apparently widespread fear it will collapse within the next 10 to 20 years. with less than a week to go before the e.u. heads to the polls it seems that year of files have found something new to panic about according to one thing tank this is the european council on foreign relations

there are just 7 days to save the union now that may sound drastic but when you look at the results of a survey that they've just released beginning to understand why the e.u. has been described as the world's best known peace project but it seems a surprisingly large number of coaches across the blow off fearful war may break out between member states here in france that was the greatest pessimism with 34 percent saying that it was a realistic prospect so we've been putting this to people here in paris to find out if this scares the bejesus out of them i have to say that we are to be scared about so i hope that this will not like more consequences like rex either so i think you're dreaming. like nightmare there will never happen it is something the suppose in the future to think it wouldn't i don't think so we have for the 1st

thing. in. always we we need to always try to move move on we're not really afraid of. economy very open economy. we're dependent on foreign investment. in 20 years lots of things could happen and there could be a war we could see a repeat of the 1st of the 2nd world wars i'm not actually worried about that but we never know i would think from all of that's happened over the. course of history but europe would not want to do that again because i think it's a problem for the future and that's why it's important to though to elections perhaps just as worrying is that some 58 percent of respondents here in france thought that the e.u. was likely to fall apart in the next 10 to 20 years reflecting a general trend in other member states including germany italy and poland it may be a bit late in the day but the think tank the e.c.s.

far is now looking for inspiration as how it can encourage more through e.u. voters to cast their ballots next week to safeguard the future it suggest taking a leaf out of the book of protest movements like the yellow vests here in france or even extinction rebellion basically the penny has finally dropped to many voters are turned off by traditional politicians and there is huge apathy towards the e.u. parliament and its institutions so is it too late to save europe or to save it from itself. ot see paris what does information thomas this hour all be back in about 34 and a half minutes with you are watching our 2. i

am 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 work to one state or a 2 state solution whatever these rising dolphins going to agree on i think that was actually a smart thing to say given the legacy of american false some 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.

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