if you play 000-000-0000 extension 0000. 00 not ground arrows. for. us democrats rallied to protect the whistleblower whose claims have triggered an impeachment inquiry look at how the previous these thoughts of prosecute those who revealed uncomfortable truths. of vision is held in berlin for wiki leaks founder julian assange is still awaiting his extradition hearing in a london prison and then to be with our news agency rapley his father says he's as fragile as that. of course. but he continues to. preach free. as bewilderment as a british museum warns art lovers about strong imagery in an exhibition of 19th century drawings we speak to visitors. never ever ever we need to see

the visions of people's minds not how we like the world to be you know we're not interested in going to the gallery of everything's been good in the congo and you will embrace your speech you know expects you to really get. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me carrying. on democrats in the usa it's 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 has rubbished claims of improper conduct on branded the informant a spy. either got a totally wrong and made it up or the person giving the information to the whistleblower was dishonest and this country has to find out who that person was

because that person is a spy in my opinion protecting whistle blowers who see wrongdoing of any kind in our government is essential so president probably doesn't realize. how dangerous his statements are when he says he wants to expose to the whistleblower is and those who may have given the whistleblower that information. while democrats are keen to protect this particular whistleblower they've been less keen on defending the uncomfortable truth in the past kind of open takes a look we are now told that in this dark age of 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 now do you remember how hillary clinton apparently wanted to kill julian assad with a drone well let's not get lost in details but let's go over some recent whistleblowers in u.s. history.

no protection and no praise from u.s. media and politicians some might argue that this case is different because this whistleblower didn't run to the past but simply 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 an 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 the current whistleblowers case is very different from others. the others were blowing the whistle on the system so these were real real abuses what crimes and abuses of our 4th amendment now this new whistleblower we need to put in quotes what was he reporting of course there are double standards there are standards for those who want to put pursue their political aims using this particular whistleblower in quotes and there are other rules for people who really oppose the system and its abuses. meanwhile an article 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 needed to walked out here that the whistleblower met with the staff member of adam schiff prior i love that question should 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 but this is not the only controversy the u.s. house intelligence committee chief has got himself in broiled and and trying to explain. if there was an award for the star on choose tator of president trump certainly this man would make good 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 ph once all 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 his most dangerous democrat political opponent and for the president all means are good even if it's done through a phone conversation with you. president hu mr trump asked you once again hit the trail of joe biden so and so adam schiff was like it is illegal improper a violation of oath a violation 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 27 thing between now donald trump this time adam schiff and supposedly the speaker of the ukrainian parliament 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 that meeting told flynn so all those compromising materials will never leave. 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 your 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 remember all the details surely when you're looking for something to get trump out of there you're good to cross any lines nothing improper or probe or the 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 spoke to us r t r t made in russia get it there's a coalition. and 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 shift and it was frank's that really wasn't the areas they were which we've got some native pictures of trump with some it was a russian bookers if you want to see them so. she was ready to seize on that whereas i think trump was asking i think politically reasonable questions of a state he wants to bring down donald trump he tried to do it with russia gate i mean it 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 gave you can lindsay or russia get so i think that will do a lot more damage shifts. supporters of julian assad have had a vigil in berlin while the wiki leaks founder continues to wait for his extradition hearing in a london prison they gathered next to the brandenburg gate in the german capital on wednesday night when he was holding placards demonic us songes willies and calling for freedom of the press similar rallies have also been held in cologne and does a lot of a scientist albert on stepped in and was also there alongside a german politician and he gave a speech to the crowd party's video agency rapley spoke to him before the start of

the event. the united nations working group on opportunity tension concluded that julian was being out bitterly time by sweden you know ticking looking julian up in solitary confinement. in film. prison a maximum security prison is a continuation. under those circumstances. change males. you know the nation special room to torture has written that julian has suffered. all of the physical and mental. to predation of torture of course he's anxious and nervous but he continues to fight praise freedom unabated in 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 his alleged role in a leak of classified information a british judge has set the extradition hearing for february 2020 the wiki leaks founder 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 details of his current situation. they know that this. situation is difficult if there is an isolation for 23 hours a day that his state of health is fragile that we requested a hearing on his condition but we won't be able to postpone that february extradition is here us that is. violence sadness and fun to see these are just some of the themes you might expect to see when you visit an art gallery but the u.k. is renowned tate britain used museum has deemed a warning necessary for a new exhibition of 19th century drawings by william blake.

never ever ever we need to see the visions of people's minds not how we'd like the world to lose if they see them getting this very very easily if in the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to the gallery of everything's planted in the jungle julian but your vision expects music and. i think you've got generations of religious grandson did that something. and i suppose i would have issues if there is another sexual violence against women or anything like that that being when in fact i don't think.

the bad press some botox painted by our autistic considered by you to be inappropriate so we have noticed that facebook consistently rejects works of all of it peter paul rubens. phenomenon of slight shaming is hammad and impact on global air travel will be back with details about animal stories often based very short break.

and i think that the impedes the elections will be the most. recent american history because the stakes are incredibly party for both sides for donald trump. just implementation of his domestic politics but actually avoiding prison for the democrats. is if we bring even deeper crisis of the party. the survival of the traditional believe it it's the problem of survival for both sides. on the surface this is not reported because it's too hard fine to speak of that exact day credit markets reach such a state of just just repair. that's. causing a run on the dollar.

a comeback now the number of world wide at travel passengers could soon decrease as according to a new report highlighting the phenomenon of so-called flight shaming the survey by swiss bank u.b.s. found that it's well global that traffic is currently growing a 5th of respondents across the u.s. germany france and the u.k. had recently cut back on flying over and fire mental concerns and if this continues they expect growth could be harvest some are calling this the grettir effect in honor of the famous teen environmentalists grettir fung burke and on twitter there's debate about what flight shaming means. transportation 2 percent desert travel flight shaming is misguided still not quite sure about the impact of flight

shaming people just love the freedom to explore but there's 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 and shame what do you think who should we start with well we got opposing views from a political commentator and a climate campaign. aligned that they're increasing their low cost short flights and long haul flight is allowing people to travel to destinations they've never even dreamed of for a lower price the most important thing is to show the effect that 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 emission 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 and in the world there are 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 and. the flights by just trained best at best just a small difference that will have a massive effect on maybe i don't know 1st class train or something if that's what

you can it definitely set an example at ritter hypocrisy lies with the grutter phone bergs of this world who of course have been instrumental in this flight chiming in its origins in sweden as well and i'm sure your viewers will be interested to to reflect on the fact that voyage grabber managed to make it across the atlantic in a millionaire's smaller part 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 the hard 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.

the u.s. secretary of state might compare say is a ceasefire in libya is a priority for washington he made those comments during a press conference in italy on wednesday meanwhile the former official spokesman for moammar gadhafi has spoken to r.t. he's going underground about america's role in libya's collapse singling out one former u.s. secretary of state in particular 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 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 your rainy i'm in for example for gold imports enough fassel and for other natural resources the libyan oil and gas. and so the politicians there are nothing but servants for the machine but was it a can 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 our spirit how did you survive even because there are reports that you were captured. loads of reports . really little look there were 211 generator it will. be true to me is 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 great people and our tribes our cities and we have been very successful only recently in the last year or 2. political scene have changed positively namely the whole conspiracy against libya has been

exposed. we can watch that full interview on saturday and on monday here on r.t. and also on our web site r.t. dot com. let's finish up now with some world news in briefs 1st to mexico city where people remember the massacre that happened 51 years ago back in 168 students rallied against the government military crackdown led to over $300.00 being killed wednesday's commemoration passed without incident. the iraqi government has imposed a curfew in several cities these have seen violence erupt over corruption and poor living standards 7 people were killed on tuesday an army clashes with protesters.

and 1st public sector strikes in greece brought acids to a standstill on wednesday workers are protesting against plans to deregulate the labor markets the 24 hour demonstration immobilizer banking services and transport networks with airports and train stations severely affected meanwhile the conservative government says new laws are needed to tackle employment i think courage investment. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international we're back at the top of the hour for the latest. we will have a situation where we have grandchildren or little children ask their free grandparents. is it true that all these cars used to have people driving. pretty cramped. that's what we used to lead. our.

2040 you know bloody revolution to change the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it your style or hiccup or if i mean your list put video dream in the new bill is that idea spilling into the former ukrainian president recalls the events of 2014 i tell you who took. it invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these an article that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic.

welcome to alex salmond's who were removed from the parliamentary fireworks in the house of commons to those who have no highs at home the homeless like the poor seem to be ever with us i know it is issue more to patent than on the streets of london london rags 6th in the league table of the richest cities in the world unfortunately it's also ranks as one of the leading cities for rough sleeping. this most cosmopolitan of all cities is still struggling with the homeless issue which is rapidly growing know it's gradually diminishing this week we move from parliamentary debates to people on the ground who are taking practical action to meet the challenge that are a range of charities working in the capital city many a well known and national such as the big issue crisis i'm shelter however today alex visits one of the local initiatives that brixton soup kitchen is on the front line of helping homeless i'm fighting against poverty which blights london's plenty

. of research turn a soup kitchen to realize that a lot of our service users are for mental health so even just seeing the colors on the walls different services that we provide some of. our what we do growing for where they grow their own produces you know we've got massage massage monday's you know and this is initial service is about that is about kind of help in the situations that you're already in you know i've never really understood when they said give a homeless person a heart you mill give up are they give a homeless person a heart you know it's going to come tomorrow still wait for another heart you know it's all the hope pompous of the soup kitchen is to yeah we use food as the vicinity for them to come in but we've got many services was in the masses way possible for them to not with. now in a properly ordered society it would be homelessness not bricks it was really dominating the parliament to bond with however and peace have turned that attention

to the issue this is what the babies prices have had to see and asked me it was 120 homeless people in the northeast has died since 25 in a staggering increases 71 percent of these 120 lives my heart in need to save some recognition the government have said that little studies need to fully investigate investigate the circumstances of these deaths yet they have failed to provide any fun to know and use. porthole to ensure these investigations actually happen is that because people died on our streets isn't really a priority for this government nobody wants to see people ross sleeping on our streets k. my rice going to read join with me and congratulated the huge team while that's going on in kabul across the public sector the private sector which has seen a reduction in rossley for us by over 40 percent. every day someone who is homeless is one too many and we have a moral duty to act we committed to ending rough sleeping for good with the aim of

holding it by 2022 and i stressed he commits 200000000 pounds to tucker a sleeping and it's fun to go for 1750 but space isn't 500 new still through the rough sleeping in the shift it's no coincidence that as universal credits healing in the last year food bank use has doubled even churches when tonight shelter and dealing see a kitchen rhetoric report unprecedented demand 6 years the steps of the soup kitchen in the last year are they not ashamed that christian charity is having to mop up the gaps of its policy and when will they. put into place the n.a.s. recommendation to look up hardship as well as spotting statistics at us. because what i would say is that of course are a range of reasons why people make use of food banks but what's important what is important is that the d.w.p. make sure that we get funds to claimants in a timely manner was absurd when he talks about the.