right brother rat out the world would. look like. if you play 000000000000000. 00 now at ground 0 am known. as u.s. democrats rally to protect the whistleblower whose claims have triggered an impeachment inquiry will look at how they previously sought to prosecute those who were billed uncomfortable truth. a vigil is held in berlin for wiki leaks founder julian assange still awaiting his extradition hearing in a london prison in an interview with our news agency raptly his thought this days he's it's fragile as ever. the course is anxious. but you continue to. preach freedom. and there's the world a moment as a british british museum warns art lovers about strong imagery in an exhibition of

19th century drawings we got the views of the. never ever ever we need to see the visions of people's minds not how we'd like the world to be well you know we need interested in going to gallery of everything's. going to really embrace your speech you know expects you to get. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me caring. now democrats of the usa it's a paramount concern that a whistleblower whose revelations triggered an impeachment inquiry against donald trump be protected an anonymous cia officer alleges that the us president pressured his ukrainian counterpart to investigate a potential 2020 rival trump as rubbish claims of improper conduct and branded the informant a spy either go. totally wrong you made it up or the person giving the information

to the worst of lower was dishonest and this country has to find out who that person was because that person's a spot in my opinion protecting whistleblowers who see wrongdoing of any kind in our government is essential the president probably doesn't realize. how dangerous his statements are when he says he wants to expose who that the whistle blower is and those who may have given the whistleblower that information. on democrats on teams who protects this particular whistle blow up they've been less keen on defending days hoovervilles uncomfortable truths in the past can of mopin takes a look we are now told that in this dark age of trumpington tyranny one heroic individual has spoken up like a voice crying out in the wilderness we don't know his name or his occupation but we know that he is good i think the whistleblower did the right thing i think he

followed the law every step of the way the inspector general of the intelligence community found this whistleblower complaint both credible and urgent i want to say thank you also to the whistleblower for having the courage of the bravery to come forward on behalf of the nation now not only must this gallant hero be held in the highest level of reverence but he must also be protected any attack on him would be an attack on the american way of life from everything we know and we don't know much this is a experienced person who saw things that bothered him that's what the whole whistleblower blower statue is for and it is to protect their identity and i understand he's going to testify and we'll let the process unfold and the you remember how hillary clinton apparently wanted to kill julian assad with a drone well let's not get lost in the details but let's go over some recent whistleblowers in u.s. history.

no protection and no praise from u.s. media and politicians now some might argue that this case is different because this whistleblower didn't run to the press but some. followed standard procedure but the record seems to show that a lot of cases have whistleblowers who do follow this procedure so why jail time for some of them but turns out the law does not actually protect them from retaliation they can be fired or prosecuted are all future whistleblowers doomed well not quite pick your backers carefully so if you're a whistleblower in america take a step back look over what you have been ask yourself get this information benefit

anyone powerful in america if not your official complaint will probably be ignored and if you don't shut up after that the consequences could be severe double standards there are standards for those who want to pursue their political aims using this particular whistleblower in quotes this is very very unusual for the government to be applauding. and the answer is simple this particular whistleblower is being used to start a new russia gate against worse still this particular whistleblower incident is being used to start impeachment proceedings if they didn't have enough to impeach president trump up until now and they're using this for that callow purpose you know been the whistleblower appears to be what he is that is part of this little plot to keep the pressure on trump well meanwhile the

last call in the new york times suggests that the u.s. house intelligence committee chief might have colluded with the whistleblower according to the pace the anonymous cia agent spoke to adam schiff stuff before filing his complaint here's how donald trump reacted to that. there is a report that came out just before you and president minister walked out here that the whistleblower met with the staff member of adam schiff prior i love that question to be filed it shows that schiff is a fraud i think it's a scandal that he knew before i go a step further i think he probably helped write it. well this is not the any controversy the u.s. house intelligence committee chief haskell 2000 boiled down and not easy to put trying to explain. if there was an award for the star inches tator of president trump certainly this man would make it to the list of nominees no need to remind why all right just watch this for a bit president was essentially trying to coerce a foreign leader to help us presidential campaign there seems to be no floor below

which this president can drop serious a level of misconduct about his fundamental betrayal and president has told the american people that yes i leaned on ukraine to manufacture dirt on my opponent and obviously with that in mind it's a piece of cake to guess what this guy's most cherished dream is impeachment for the maggot man it may be that we undertake an appeal nonetheless that compels us to travel down the road towards a pietschmann of those facts which are uncontested at this point compel us to move down the path of a formal impeachment inquiry well if you try and properly imagine yourself in mr shifts shoes you would probably say oh yeah what he's up to is totally legit because mr trump is on a mission to dig as much dirt as possible on as most dangerous democrat political opponent and for the president all means are good even if it's done through a phone conversation with ukraine's president who mr trump asked to once again hit

the trail of joe biden thought and so adam schiff was like it is illegal improper a violation of oath of violations of his duty to defend our elections our constitution for the president to merely ask for foreign interference in our election well it's time to remind you of a different phone conversation from 2017 between now not donald trump this time adam schiff and supposedly the speaker of the ukrainian part. but the nature of the compromise well there were pictures of naked. ok so you have recordings of both so check and bruce of where they're discussing the compromising material on mr trump absolutely on the meaning told flynn so all those compromising materials will never release the will can so little russian saying so ok well obviously we would.

welcome a chance to get copies of those recordings. so we will try to work with the f.b.i. to figure out along with their staff how we can obtain copies of those hoops i forgot to mention something really important that was a prank although it seems mr sheriff was so hungry for the trouble he totally fell for it schiff was pretty serious he wrote all of what we said on the paper remembered all the detail surely when you're looking for something to get trump out of there you're good to cross any lines nothing improper or probe worthy by the way speaking of dealing with the russians in some shape or form as we know anyone who gets themselves involved in that could be compromised or a spider on for the rest of their lives mr schiff once spoke to us r t r t made in russia get it there's a coalition that is looking at

a lot of the national security issues a lot of the so-called war on terror issues including the authorization to use military force many of us on both sides of the aisle feel that that authorization now no longer really accurately describes the nature of the threat that we're confronting should someone put him under a federal probe for that he or his assistants were probably talking to a few russians while the interview was being arranged oh that was long before donald trump showed up in the white house politics should be fine then. shift is certainly a very also a trance also accused him of being shifty and shifty i think is a much more apt description i mean what was going on was shifted was frank's that really was the areas they are which we've got some major pictures of trump with some it was a russian bookers do you want to see them so. she was ready to seize on that

whereas i think trump was asking i think logically reasonable questions of a state he wants to bring down donald trump he tried to do it with russia i mean the ship was really one of the key figures in russia and so now here years is suddenly you know from russia gate is moved on to ukraine get a chance to lead which i think is reasonably based there at the origin of truck russia is to be found in ukraine and he was asking is help in investigating this and in this case ukraine gate is even lindsey or russia get so i think that will do a lot more damage share. supporters of julian as sonship out a vigil in berlin for the we can expand the who is going away to an extradition hearing in a london prison they gathered next to brandenburg gate in the german capital on wednesday nights many were holding placards demanding us are going around and

calling for freedom of the press similar rallies have also been held in cologne and does a little as large as father john sifton was at the vigil alongside a german politician and he gave a speech to the crowd artie's a video agency wept lease though to him before the start of the event the united nations working group on opportunity tension concluded the julian was being out bitterly time by sweden you know ticking looking julian up in solitary confinement . in bilma. prison a maximum security prison is a continuation. under those circumstances. change the males. you know the nice and special right to torture has written that julian has suffered. all of the. physical and mental. to predation to torture of course he's anxious and nervous but he continues

to. praise freedom on the basis of his fight is on a page he continues to fight with all his might is free julian assange is waiting to hear if he'll be sent to the u.s. to face charges under the espionage act for allegedly leaking classified information a british judge says that the extradition hearing for february 2020 we can expand the was arrested in london earlier this year after spending 7 years in asylum at the ecuadorian embassy avoiding extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations he's always denied his lawyers said steve tells of his current state of health when the list this. situation is difficult is in isolation for 23 hours a day that his state of health is fraudulent or not he requested a hearing on his condition but we won't be able to play february extradition is here as in that it is a late night 21 is coming up off this very short break stay with us.

and i think that impedes the elections will be the most. recent american history because the stakes are incredibly party for both sides for donald trump this stake in small just implementation of his domestic politics but actually avoiding prison for the democrats. is if we're doing even deeper crisis of the party. do survival of the traditional believe it's the problem of something for both sides. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be

an arms race. spearing dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back violence sadness and fantasy these are just some of the themes he might expect to see when you visit and our gallery but the u.k. is renowned to take part in museum has deemed a warning necessary for a new exhibition of 19th century drawings.

never ever ever we need to see the visions of people's minds not how we'd like the world to lose if they think they'll be taking this very very easily if in the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to gallery of everything's blending going to limbo your vision expects you to. begrudge actions of religious grounds that something. i suppose i would have issues if there is a lot of sexual violence against women or anything like that that being deliberate i don't think. the bare breasts and botox painted by our artists are considered by you to be an

appropriate we have noticed that facebook consistently rejects works of art point out the love of peter paul rubens. a number of global air travel passengers could soon decrease that's according to a new report highlighting a phenomenon of so called flight shaming the survey by swiss bank u.b.s. found that while global air traffic continues to grow a 5th of respondents in the u.s. germany france and the u.k. had to cut back on flying over the last year of environmentalists concerns and if the trend continues they expect that growth could be haft some are calling this the grettir effect in honor of the famous teen environmentalists. and on twitter

there's debate about what flight shaming really means. of transportation 2 percent is a travel flight shaming is misguided still not quite sure about the back to that shaming people just love the freedom to explore but there is definitely room to consider alternatives and to make traveling more reasonable flying back and forth to business meetings in one day not always necessary i guess i read that european jet fuel demand is plummeting due to flight shaming by environmental activists i think it's time for some shame in shaming what do you think who should we start with we got opposing views from a political commentator and a climate's campaigner. line that they're increasing that low cost and short flights and long haul flights is allowing people to travel to destinations they've never even dreamed of for at a lower price the most important thing is to show the effect it's having on the earth and how we can better it i don't think there's any evidence that suggests

that by reducing or travel that somehow is going to have a significant impact on the earth's climate and if there is that evidence i haven't seen it yet to get a flight from london to meet is about 1.3 tons of admission of carbon dioxide this emitted whereas for example going by train is only 123 k.g. so i think the main focus is that you should be travelling friendlier if you can rather than getting on the plane and this is the permissions aspect of this whole sort of green agenda ultimately what they're seeking to do is take away the freedom and liberty of just ordinary people to be able to enjoy this planet any ordinary working people look forward to taking their fortnight's holiday off to some sunny destination in the world there or they seek to restrict or freedoms and our liberties to travel that is completely utterly unacceptable to me so if we can get

people from u.k. to go to france instead of flies by just train best that's just a small difference that will have a massive effect on maybe i don't know a fast cross train or something if that's what you can a day but definitely set an example at ritter hypocrisy lies with the grettir fund bergs of this world who of course have been instrumental in this flight simming in its origins in sweden as well and i'm sure you viewers will be interested to to reflect on the fact that words grabber managed to make it across the atlantic in a millionaire's solar powered yacht she also had to fly over 5 crew members. to be able to get the boat back to europe so no matter how you look upon this it's just it's a popular see almost on a cosmic level from these people that don't really seem to want to deal with the horrid realities of the fact that most of the issues that affect our planet come

from the big thing that shines in the sky the sun and that's the the the varnished truth that they all run from and instead the virtue signal about flight. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei osaze a ceasefire in libya is a priority for washington he made the comments during a press conference in italy on wednesday meanwhile the former official spokesman for moammar gadhafi here told r.t. that the us is responsible for libya's collapse singling out former american secretary of state hillary clinton in particular while washington continues to deny these allegations and we can watch the full interview on saturday and on monday here on r.t. and also on our web site r.t. dot com what did you feel when you saw hillary clinton talk about gadhafi far from in those terms but the fact that basically. the real hillary clinton is a war criminal she knew what was happening in libya she understood and this was

revealed in her e-mails that were leaked by wiki leaks she said very clearly that the charges against gaddafi where at least exaggerated and that the french were into this because of the libyan gold and because of their objection to what khadafi was doing in africa but she went along with it because she knew that with the collapse of deference libya they will have the states and europe a greater chance of controlling africa which they did. the americans now have many many military bases and they have increased and intensified their dig for gold for you rainy i'm in nature for example for gold imports enough asshole and for other natural resources the libyan oil and gas. and so the politicians there are

nothing but servants for the machine but why is it taken you show a lot and talk to the media since the death of gadhafi well after the collapse of the country as leaders of the political military and cultural resistance against the western project in libya we have been politically persecuted continuous attempts to silence us and to marginalize a sparrow did you survive even because there are reports that you were captured. loads of reports rick appeared in september to the level of there were 211 generator it will air a truth in this no no i mean we have always been in the middle in the heart of it. but we have been working underground inside libya and outside libya. with many thousands of foreign leaders from all contexts we have been leading the alternative

for libya and we have been talking to our people our tribes our cities and we have been very successful only recently in the last year or 2 the political scene have changed positively namely the whole conspiracy against libya has been exposed. political turmoil in peru the south american countries vice president has now quit after the opposition led congress appointed that her interim leader it refuses to recognize her boss as the country's legitimate president but over the office has led to street protests in support of both sides.

tensions have surged after president martin vickery dissolved congress for failing to report his anticorruption reforms the parliament which consists mainly of opposition parties that he voted to remove the president from office. meanwhile despite taking sides in other similar similar disputes elsewhere in south america this time the us appears to be staying somewhat neutral. washington supports peru's democratic institutions and continues to work as its partner in democracy people are protesting. us through. can see the wrist he going to the usa it's very very. so devolvement because person is absolutely. possible in the sense that what they have

done with wide or they're doing it with this current are both areas are strict eagerly independent one with a return i mean business we're going to go to the upper crest of the south continent of south america united states would never do stand with. we had with the rule we would never have allowed you know full independence so totally through i mean a lack of garment which was kind of socialist leaning on it in the seventy's you know it was immediately go back to. a struggled by the state department. let's face up now with some world news in brief a peace plan for ukraine is that restive east has led to a large rally in kiev the country's president gave a nod to granting a special status to the don't pass region and allowing it to hold its own elections

opponents say it's a complete capitulation to the separatists. to the. iraqi government has imposed a curfew in several cities things have seen violence erupts have a corruption and for living standards 7 people were killed on tuesday in army clashes with protesters. and fresh public sector strikes in greece brought athens to a standstill on wednesday workers are person against plans to deregulate the labor market for demonstration immobilized by. can services and transport networks without porson train stations severely affected meanwhile the conservative government says new laws are needed to tackle unemployment and encourage investment . thanks for joining us here on r.t. international we're back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines we see that. the

bid . on the surface this is not reported because it's too harsh trying to speak of that the fact that a credit markets reach such a stated district disrepair. that's. causing a run on the dollar. a paradise with some all year round turned into a round the experimentation field for agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major irritants there's no question otherwise why would the chemical company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments that often in day you have many of these people where one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in

the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. when lawmakers manufacture consent instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the financial merry go round lifts only the one percent. of the time to ignore middle of the room signals. going to bring real news real world.

greetings and salutations responsibility yes that word responsibility seems like a lost cause these days hawk watchers the act of taking responsibility for one's actions seem to be just as mystifying to the modern political world as trigonometry is to a 5 year old take the united states military africa operations for example back in march of this year was reported that a u.s. airstrike run by africa in somalia targeted and killed 3 al shabaab terrorists while they were riding in the toyota surface suvi in somalia's lower shabelle region evil terrorist warded good guys when truck blown up and.