exist the more growth we give them the sooner we're all. at least 12 people are killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting in the us state of virginia the gunman died in a shootout with police. are you an expert on torture ses julian assange has been subjected to enqueue name treatment and it has taken a toll on the wiki leaks founder is mental health. issues. he threw in the. un assessment on a staunch sees the british foreign secretary go on the offensive calling for the u.n. to stand down and refrain from making inflammatory remarks. the u.s. rebranded shale gas as molecules of freedom in an attempt to persuade european

countries to switch from russian energy to american surprise. a warm welcome this is r.t. international with your world news headlines up thank you. now a gunman has killed at least 12 people injured 10 others in the u.s. state of virginia the shooter opened fire inside a government building in virginia beach and was killed in a shootout with police are these kind of more pain has the details. well at this point we understand that the shooting began at roughly 4 pm local time the shooter who is at this point identified as a city utility worker was going from floor to floor in a municipal building in virginia beach shooting people seemingly at random when police arrived on the same the shooter then fired on police police fired back at him and he was then killed now at this point the motivation is not really known

this is what we heard from the local police responding to the incident we have more questions really than we have the answers and we used the word if that's a call to this devastating incident that happened but none of this want to be here talking about this devastating incident which is going to change the large number of families from our city now we also understand that federal officials the f.b.i. are on the scene trying to determine the cause of this incident the building has been evacuated witnesses are being interrogated to determine what exactly happened . let's not bring it on guests sarah johnson a community organizer in michigan city indiana good to have you with us mr johnson now the gunman has been identified as a local public utilities employee we don't know the motive but how does this look to you. thank you for having me well we obviously don't have all of the details of what took place earlier and virginia beach but i think like all mass shootings this

is definitely not an isolated incident and the hype of tragedy is directly linked to our deeply violent culture that we have in the united states we live in a society with a massive military and prison industrial complex and we also have an increasingly strong militarized police state. and on top of that we have news and television that are constantly bombarding us and messaging. giving us messaging that violence and vengeance are answers to our problems. and really looking at things on an individual basis rather than at. the whether you're in virginia or nevada florida texas indiana you're exposed to these things on a daily basis and i think beyond any motive to the case how much more motive is there needed when this is a recurring societal problem you have the virginia beach chief of police said in

a press briefing just now that the killer was armed with the extended magazines now petunia doesn't have any low restricting large capacity ammunition magazines so the law makers will be under pressure to reconsider those rules now. yeah every time something like this happens which is unfortunately fairly often. comes up with having tougher regulation. and i think we can't sit around and wait for politicians in all of these different states to increase regulation or we're going to be waiting a really long time and continuing to see these tragedies happen happening and i think you know as i mentioned earlier i think we really have to look beyond the regulations and look into why we have these mass shootings and shootings in general across the country which is you know looking at what's happening in our communities in our neighborhoods and people are increasingly isolated and don't have social ties that are holding we have used together. yeah you know if we look at the 5

deadly shootings in u.s. history 3 of them happened in the past 3 days we had las vegas the southern springs in 2017 orlando 26 what do you think is behind the trend. yeah i think a lot of things are behind the trends which i kind of alluded to earlier by any means they colonize and destroy countries communities and families all over the world in the name of democracy in counterterrorism we imprison work people in the united states than any other country in the world and in michigan city even in other communities across the entire country our police have literary. and graft and all kinds of things that people are exposed to every single day and you know ultimately all of these exist alongside. really individual life culture that learned by war and vengeance and murder and i don't see any of these things

stopping without the involvement of millions of people who say that enough is enough and that we want to radically change our culture and not have anything happen anymore one of those people calling for change presidential kinds of bernie sanders he responded to the tragedy saying congress must listen to the american people impulse gun safety legislation this sickening gun violence must stop that was his quote i do think this tragedy i mean it seems like we've been hit time and time again but is this going to be the charge they that will lead to tougher regulations. i highly doubt it but i think that's up to all of the regular and ordinary people across the country in these communities that are constantly experience us and dealing with it on a daily basis to come together and make those changes because our politicians are not just going to come up and make make everything better for everybody across the entire country. where this particular tragedy happened in the state of virginia

that's actually been described by the washington post is the best state for illegal gun trafficking how much of a factor is the illegal trade in firearms. i think that it's that not really a factor but i also think that even if you have regulations continue to have these problems there are no and all over the players and without making those changes to our culture there are going to be problems that exist regardless of regulations but i think that regulations are gottlieb a necessity in states across. so johnson community organizer in michigan city indiana thank you for your time. you know. to other news now united nations expert on torture ses julian assange has been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment and that several democratic states are trying to break his will

the special rapporteur visited the wiki leaks founder in london's bell last prism meld server explains more in going underground when r.t. . consequence is clearly still not being able to access medical care for several years the much more seriously is how he has been mentally ill emotionally physically extremely hostile increasingly arbitrary environment she has the next street for several years so here he really shows all the symptoms that are typical for a person that has been exposed. to. the u.n. official coming into criticism for his comments daniel holkins looks at how deep the controversy could run. reports on the remarks by the un special experts on torture has brought the media's attention but they've also drawn quite a stir online from officials in the u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt for one trading tweets with united nations special

operator about the extent of his involvement in the legal battle surrounding julian a son's. this is wrong assigns chose to hide in the embassy and was always free to leave and face justice the un special rapporteur should allow british courts to make their judgments without his interference or inflammatory accusations. with all due respect sir mr sons was about as free to leave was someone sitting in the rubber boat in the shark pool as detailed in my formal letter to you so far you get called some not shown the impartiality into objects to the required by the rule of law by this thread despite what some lawyer called the controversy mr saunders case has drawn from all sides which you north all rootie human rights organizations and the media community this all stemmed of course from a report released by mr meltzer to the british authorities as well as other countries documenting the treatment of a song that's already got response slowly not only from the u.k.

foreign secretary but also from australian authorities who issued a statement just earlier today strongly denying rejecting any claims they've been complicit in any form of psychological torture saying they have provided mr songs with all the assistance you require as mr meltzer though has insisted that these claims are not just speculation he visited to sanjian belmarsh high security prison where he's now being held alongside medical experts spent several hours evaluating him and his concerns has to be said that didn't pull any punches he's described the treatment of our songs as a psychological torture describing a deliberate concerted and sustained abuse judicial persecution and all which we can farm and before in the. course through his time in the ecuadorian embassy in london he made those comments to add he's going on the ground action or tansey you can see the full interview as you mentioned that morrow here is a good preview of what the u.n. official said to us earlier. where it was but political prisoners prisoners of war

for years and but what we do in these cases you can with a doctor. you sign should call which is designed to examine potential victims of. these standards and use the evidence was well when we look clearer. in the sunshine and be exposed to several. forms of cruel inhuman or degrading treatment which she will do we can only describe. what was he shocked me with this particular case is that a single individual has been selected and singled out by several democratic states and persecuted systematically as a manner to point to the breaking of this comes shortly after julian assange his extradition case in the u.k.

court was postponed view through ill health his lawyers stating he is unable to even hold a functional conversation the swedish authorities on their part have refused to postpone a hearing ruling on his attention and he is at present here despite calls from lawyers and human rights organizations so it's clear he faces mounting legal pressure here from all sides mr meltzer also expressed concerns about the potential for his extradition to the united states where he of course faces 17 new charges from u.s. prosecutors relating to the more serious allegation of espionage as opposed to simply computer hacking these allegations would draw a month's link the a prison sentence we're talking many decades perhaps even life behind bars so really there is no end in sight for the case of julian assad that this has dragged on. you draw emotions on from troubles you from both sides ranging from a forward to these legal experts some people roger musicians to of course there was a journalist community journalist cassandra fab banks told us the 7 years june in

a song spent in the ecuadorian embassy amounted to torture. it seemed like he was losing weight. he was in good spirits and he was feisty and he was fighting but he he didn't seem necessarily like himself and i know that it's been kind of declining for a while now it is very very different than when i visited him the 1st time which was over a year ago and you can kind of see it progressively getting worse i think that the nikkei has already spent $25000000.00 or more on surveilling and busy and they wouldn't have done that if they didn't have intention of making sure that he was prosecuted i mean when i would visit him it was like living it was being in a fishbowl every move that he made was monitored there were cameras going down the hallway cameras outside the bathroom there were cameras in the meeting room where they forced him to have all its meetings i feel like that would take

a huge toll on anyone about a year ago a group of doctors that went in and visited a songe and they determined that he needed to go to the hospital julien couldn't leave the embassy because the u.k. refused to allow him safe passage to a hospital you know this is a form of torture. united states has found a new way to market its shell gas to reluctant european customers officials are now branding it to molecules all freedom correspondent don it has been sniffing out the reasons. oh can you smell this scent of freedom or you can well check your pipes seriously you might have a gas leak and the intoxicating fumes could be all the more deadly for they come from the wrong place too with the u.s. in another year of record setting natural gas production i'm pleased that the department of energy is doing what it can to promote an efficient regulatory system

that allows for molecules of u.s. freedom to be exported to the world yep kids the next time i geography teacher asks you what's buried in that texan shale you can proudly old freedom and all mel gibson from braveheart on them and don't even think of wasting your money on the dirty desperate gas coming from the wrong places seriously for some exporting those freedom molecules from the us to europe is a heroic milestone akin to defeating nazis 75 years up to liberate in europe from nazi germany occupation the united states is again deliver a form of freedom to the european continent. and this genius freedom marketing is only the latest fad in america's push to monopolize the european gas supply chain ever since donald trump got into office his administration has been pushing the wall becoming increasingly aggressive with time we are committed to securing your

access to alternate sources of energy so poland and its neighbors are never again held hostage to a single supplier of energy. when germany makes a mess of oil and gas deal with russia. we're supposed to be guarding against russian security goes out and pays a $1000000000.00 a year to russia. we have not deployed the full sort of tools that could significantly undermine if not outright stop the project. we emphasize that companies involved in russian energy exports are taking part is something that could prompt a significant risk of sanctions if you come up with the same actions or the current history or german banks or the german chemical industry and so on and so on and so on and then you tell them they have to keep their freedom. on this

same person that creates your economy are story this can't be honest ironically enough it seems that energy aside trump and co have done everything every possible thing to alienate europe from threats of a trade war to straight up trying to dictate policies to countries like germany so not only is it cheaper for the e.u. to get its gas from russia it naturally doesn't want to keep all of its eggs in one basket. germany is entitled to secure its energy requirements in various ways one of these places fresh natural gas i have a big problem with a 3rd country interfering in our and the deposing german industry needs more room to to enhance and a discipline safety. saying morlock use of freedom instead of natural gas is like calling. a liquid bomb magnet except the latter is actually

rooted in reality but well in the age of i phones and all out marketing they had to try. to get more expensive. rush or the well market price for gas and they have to because the u.s. made this agreement with john kirk to explore natural gas to europe and you agreed and you said ok we'll take a certain amount and the whole house for service so i think this was a try to make. that a people that it is more expensive with the u.s. continuing to rail against europe's imports of russian gas 37 are seen as been talking in depth to kremlin spokesman dmitri peskov he explained why the nord stream 2 gas pipeline which is expected to come online next year has got washington worried full interview airs on monday but huge international project. that

we've seen out of the project is being and did before it started. well that is being performed for for the benefit of those countries supplying natural gas and receiving natural. the project there would be a very significant contribution for energy security of europe and the project that is a huge competitor and very serious competitor for american gas producers and suppliers . so in syria that's the main reason of course instead of fair. competition. they prefer to act by wild west time. so they just show the gun and they said no no you guys here in europe you're going to buy our natural gas and we don't care that it is at least 30 percent more expensive

than the gas coming from the russians. and malaysian prime minister has questioned the findings of the dutch led investigation into the downing of malaysian airlines flight m h 17 over ukraine in 2040 mahathir mohamad say is the international inquiry which alleged that russia was complicit in the atrocity was politicized and has not found enough evidence to support its conclusions he also claimed to malaysia it has not been allowed to inspect the plane's flight recorders. accusing russians of bias. but where does the evidence you couldn't even be the ukrainian government because the 2 have disappeared. our correspondent among cause whoever has been covering the mh 17 tragedy since it happened earlier gave you know neal more on the latest developments. 5 years have passed but it only seems like it happened yesterday you know i was there one of the 1st reporters on the scene so we have the. prime minister who says malaysia accept the results of the investigation

however they accepted to certain points they accept that the plane was brought down by russian missile but to this is that has not been concluded and this is what malaysia has a problem with the moment also there is absolutely nothing that supports the investigators claim that the weapon was actually smuggled from russia and after the d.d. was taken back from the korean territory which there were claims that the mist belonged to the russian military moscow obviously denied all those claims and what they did was actually trace its origin back to the soviet union the missile was manufactured in the soviet union but then it was routed to ukraine and this is where remained. for the rest of the time and also russian defense ministry said that the type of weapon that the joint investigation committee claimed was used is not being utilized in the russian army in this 21st century the last time they used it was

back in 1993 mother who did the investigation then when you read it i'd like to actually come to such conclusions well we began this story with the world so the malaysian prime minister is a saint so i think we should get back to him because he's explained it best in my opinion as evidence and. we don't know way we excluded from the examination but from the very beginning we see too much politics in the idea was not to find how did this happen when all that. seemed to be concerned that it didn't need to be need on russia headed mean a neutral but the examinee and making. a wholly sweeping through except we have but these who have some political interests in them it. all very goal promise or malaysia say this and himself political reasons behind it

are right from the get go from the very beginning everybody was accusing the russian federation of what had happened and also each time we heard some revelations from the investigation saying it was highly likely russia is highly likely russia that we are more than convinced that it was russia however there was never ever any undeniable proof that would say that this is exactly who the culprit is and also from the from the very start of the inquiry methods themselves well they did raise a few eyebrows around the world 1st of all ukraine was allowed to participate in the gate and that's a country who did not close their airspace while there was an internal conflict going on in ukraine and also prime minister of malaysia was saying it and the 17 belongs to malaysia is the malaysian airline however that country was not allowed to participate in the investigation of the black boxes so quite

a few things there that raise eyebrows around the world the fact that evidence parties including malaysia under russia has been excluded absolutely undermines the credibility of the inquiry the investigation itself because of course it raises the suspicion that evidence and parties have been excluded because. it's not convenient to the desired conclusion and that would suggest that a conclusion was arrived at before the investigation was even mounted or perhaps as indeed the malaysian prime minister suggested actually was that the back of people's minds throughout the investigation that the purpose investigation was to pin the blame on russia rather than actually establish what happened. germany has found itself wedged into the u.s. china trade dispute after my compares visit the e.u. nation america's secretary of state met with german chancellor angela merkel and other top officials and it appears washington is trying to ramp up pressure on berlin over defense issues especially when it comes to the new 5 g.

mobile networks and energy matters maria financial reports from berlin. well the message should the u.s. secretary of state mike compare brought to berlin on friday was quite clear china and its giant who while we world's largest telecommunications equipment producer world's 2nd largest smartphone producer that washington had recently accused of spying on the american government for b.g. and stealing intellectual property the company that america had also blacklisted threaten national security of not only america but also europe and western democracies all around the globe and america's mission. in front of the cameras is to make sure that the channels through which the information flows are trusted and that data is not going to end up in the hands of china's communist party my compile was quite direct remember that hawaii is a company that is building right now the fast 5 g. . network that america is so unhappy about but there was another mission mentioned

by the u.s. secretary of state and that is to protect america's part in this worldwide by opening their eyes on threats dangers and risks that cooperation with china and these companies may let's take a listen and national security risk to the states of america we think to europe and western democracies around the world and so we are laying out a new just ready series of courses of action 2nd mission which is to make sure that we have to get our friends about these risks as well that we talk to them plainly openly they'll make their own sovereign decision and that is something really hard to believe given that america had repeatedly put pressure on the european countries asking to ban who are we here as well go in as far as threatening germany with consequences through its ambassador in berlin something that angered germany dramatically experts say they say as the country among many other is that where the

band is very unlikely to be implemented anytime soon and that is making america cross of course so. obviously my compiler came to berlin seeking for support and putting more pressure on german and other european countries a but it is not quite clear whether he was able to find what he was looking for meanwhile china is striking back and we hear about the decision to create a blacklist of companies and officials promoting her while we ban and also we hear that the american personnel of the company working throughout the country had been expelled from china thanks for chasing us the international web back in 30 minutes with the headline. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has

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is it that slider here. all come to so if you know i'm sophie shevardnadze the united states has ordered a military buildup in the middle east side and rising threat. nations on a bring all out conflict i ask any of the executive director of the center for strategic and diplomatic status at the university of south florida. with a new round of sanctions on iran by the united states the prospect of a working diplomatic solution to the question of iran's nukes is fading and with american troops massing in the region the tensions between tehran and washington

are becoming more dangerous for everyone will trump iran it will push the president into an even tougher stance on iran what exactly is the u.s. hoping to achieve with this month's hostility towards the islamic republic and can the renewed american pressure really make to ram budge. most and milani of the executive director of the center for strategic and diplomatic studies at the university of south florida while come to the show does rate great to have you with us mr maloney now you have been saying that chances of an all out war between united states and iran are very slim now as no side is really interested in an open conflict but recently pentagon has sent a us u.s.s. aberdeen lincoln aircraft carrier and b. $52.00 strategic bombers to the persian gulf to prevent iranian miscalculation as u.s. defense secretary has put it so what possible miscalculation can there be on the part of iran what is there to prevent. thank you.