oh well. now granted i am known. as us democrats rallied to take a whistleblower whose claims have triggered an impeachment inquiry we look at how they previously sought to prosecute those who revealed uncomfortable truths. a phenomenon of so called flight shaving could reduce global air travel according to a new report and get 2 different views on the matter. i think the main focus is that you should be traveling friendlier if you can rather than getting on the plane they seek to restrict our freedoms in the parlor bringing the trouble. lately orderly on acceptable. there's been a world demand to the british museum warns art lovers about strong imagery in an exhibition of 19th century drawings we speak 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're not interested in getting a gallery of everything's been good in the congo and you remember your speech you know expects you to get. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me the caring. democrats in 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 rifle trump as rubbish claims of improper conduct and branded him the end of the informant a spy. either got a totally wrong and made it up or the person giving the information to the worst of lho was dishonest and this country has to find out who that person was because that

person's a spot in my opinion so the president probably doesn't realize. how dangerous his statements are when he says he wants to expose he's the whistle blower is and those who may have given the whistleblower that information are democrats keen to protect this particular whistleblower they've been less thinking on defending those who've been revealed and who have revealed uncomfortable truths in the past caleb maupin takes a look. we are now told that in this dark age of trump ian 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 and the 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 whistle ball 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.

some might argue that this case is different because this whistleblower didn't run to the press 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 so it turns out the law does not actually protect them from retaliation they can be fired or prosecuted. so are all future whistleblowers doomed well not quite secure backers carefully protecting whistleblowers who see wrongdoing of any kind in our government is essential 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 no 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 one of the whistleblowers just mentioned in kellems report is edward snowden has reacted on twitter to coal to protect those who spilled the beans in the case of x. and i say analyst daniel hale who's being prosecuted for lifting the lid on u.s. drone warfare programs. meanwhile the last call in the new york times suggests that the u.s.

house intelligence committee cheese might have colluded with the whistleblower according to the piece the anonymous cia agent spoke to adam schiff stuff before filing his are met with a 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 only controversy the u.s. house intelligence committee chief asked himself embroiled in as also trying to explain. if there was an award for the. tater 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 a 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 undertaken a peace nonetheless that compels us to travel down the road towards impeachment 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 and 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 parliament the nature of the compromise well there were pictures of naked trump ok so you have recordings of both the sochi. where they're discussing the compromising material on mr trump absolutely on that meaning told flynn so all those compromising materials will never release the will can solo 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 with scenes mr chef 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 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 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 shift that was frank's that really was the areas they know we've got some native pictures of trump with some it was a russian hawkers if you want to see them so yeah it 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

it was really one of the key figures in russia and so now here ears 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 has to be found in ukraine and he was asking is help in investigating this and in this case ukraine gate is even lindsay or russia get so i think that will probably do a lot more damage ship. a number of world wide air travel passengers could soon decrease spends 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 is currently growing a 5th of respondents across the u.s. germany france and the u.k. have recently cut back on flying i've environmentalists concerns and if this continues they expect growth could be hard some are calling this the grettir effect in honor of the famous teen environmentalists grettir funk and on twitter there's

debate about what flight shaming means. and this flight shaming the has been part of the gret a fact travelling is one of the things that helps you learn the most about the world around us about the people and cultures of the world and helps everyone understand each other better. flight shaming shouldn't be a thing if you're cash limited and time limited you haven't got the funds or time to schlep over land or sail for your one or 2 holidays a year instead shamed those who do business trips where video conferencing would suffice 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 we got opposing views from a political commentator and a climate campaigner. lines are there increasing that low cost 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 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 permission 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 and utterly unacceptable to me so if we can get people from u.k. to go to france instead of flies by just train best at best just a small difference that will have a massive effect on maybe i don't know fast class 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 sharing in its origins in sweden as well and i'm sure new viewers will be interested to to reflect on the fact that boyd's 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 poker see almost on a cosmic level from these people that don't really think the wanted daily with the hard realities off the fact that most of the issues that affect our planet come from the big thing that shines in the sky the song on that's the the the varnished truth that they all run from and instead they're very the virtues signal about flight when he's coming up after this short break. on the surface this is not reported because it's too hard trying to speak up that track today credit markets reach such a state of just disrepair. that's. causing a run on the dollar. over the situation.

graham children are living children is clear proof. is it true that. these cars used to people grow big. break room. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic developments only i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. i. welcome back violence sadness

and fantasy these are just some of the things you might expect to see when you visit an art gallery but the u.k.'s renowned take to 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 think they can be taking this very very easily upon the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to gallery of everything's planted in the congo julian by your vision expects music. i think you've got jackson's a religious grandson did the same thing. 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 artists are considered by you to be inappropriate we have noticed that facebook consistently rejects works of art by op a living peter paul rubens. live.

us president donald trump's got a green light to impose $7500000000.00 worth of tariffs on good say exported from the e.u. the ruling by the world trade organization is the largest in its history and is positive a 15 year battle of illegal subsidies made to europe. plane maker bus then a terrorist could hit as the as soon as the 18th of october and would include a 10 percent levy on european aircraft and 25 percent of popular food items like scotch whiskey and french cheese brussels has warned that it ready to retaliate. if the u.s. decides to impose w. countermeasures you will be pushing the e.u. into a situation where we will have no other option than to do the same and meanwhile the u.s. trade office says it expects to enter talks with the e.u. in a bid to resolve the dispute we spoke to a political science professor about the impact this all has on western relations. so if you go on to start that dispute within the alliance and interest

rivalry between the united states and the e.u. then this threatens the unity of the western wall the further the us is taking has ruined poland so it's severe. goods reflects either some severe problems economic problems in the united states or a possible position for some sort of. action. in the world perhaps military. under the current situation with president roh he is definitely asserting that dominance and he is demanding that your for they so the u.s. demands the european leaders or not ok with. number one but number 2 they are caught. they don't have anywhere no.

supporters of julian a song have held a vigil and lindwall at the wiki leaks on the continues to wait for his extradition hearing in a london prison they gathered next to the brandenburg gate in the german capital on wednesday nights many were holding classic cars demanding a song just release and calling for freedom of the press similar rallies have been held in cologne and decile door as his father john shipped him was also there alongside the german politician and he gave a speech to the crowd video agency that place spoke to him before the start of the event. the united nations working group on opportunity to change and concluded the tooling was being arbitrarily time by sweden and you know it is. looking to lean up in solitary confinement in the bill much prison with next. security prison is a continuation. under those circumstances if you change males in the

united nations special room to torture has written that julian has suffered. all of the. physical and mental. to predation so the torture of course is anxious and nervous but he continues to fight 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 his alleged role in a leak of classified information a british judge just 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 has always denied his lawyers said details of his current situation.

when the list this year in the us on the situation is difficult he is in isolation for 23 hours a day his state of health is fragile we requested a hearing on his condition but we won't be able to postpone that february extradition here as. u.s. secretary of state might pompei o. ses a cease fire 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. is 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 gadhafi 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 that 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 the asia 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.

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well welcome to worlds apart according to karl marx history repeats itself 1st as tragedy 2nd this far is but in the case of american politics it's fast turning into a sitcom and i wish not only the characters but even the situations remain invariably locked up another gave this time ukraine gave taking over washington is there still a chance of ever moving it has on the world's crossing problems well to discuss that i'm now joined by the meat that is so slow of deputy director of the center for comprehensive european and international studies at the higher school of economics in moscow miter it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time hello nice to meet you now we are recording this conversation on the sidelines of the discussion forum which was set up as

a serious academic platform to deal with the issues of global importance in the year after year those issues take a back seat to the twists and turns of the american politics and i'm pretty sure it's going to be the case this year too as much as we all like to talk about the changing world order the americans are still commanding everybody is. army well absolutely. the u.s. for the u.s. domestic politics the stalemate that exists there is i think one of the most important problems of international relations because it paralyzes u.s. foreign policy biggest single it becomes the result of the domestic fight. second layer you know these jewel provisos of the global problems because the u.s. is still the most powerful country in the world but instead of fixing other problems. its approach towards this problems becomes the result of

the domestic interplay which of course does nords contributes to the stability or governability in the world that speaking about this interplay and others you believe that not much. from this impeachment proceedings in terms of that intended goal then i'm likely to take down but do you think they may actually work the other way around and solidify his reelection chances well i think there is some chance for a doc over abusing his prospects for reelection although mult very high chances for that you're absolutely right you know. even when the crime is obvious the experience of previous in.