in the middle of the room. really really really really. breaking news here on our t.v. a nice woman has killed at least 4 officers at the police headquarters and harris a number of others were left injured before the attacker himself bush shot dead. more on this throughout the hour. in the u.k. a christian doctor fails to get his sacking overturned at an employment tribunal after us fired for refusing to use different pronouns for transgender people. and as us democrats rallied to protect a whistleblower whose claims have triggered an impeachment inquiry we'll look at

how they previously sought to prosecute those who revealed uncomfortable truths. you're watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 5 pm welcome to the program. we start with breaking news from paris where at least 4 police officers have been killed and several others wounded after a man wielding a knife attacked the police headquarters in the french capital let's go straight to paris now where our to charlotte do when you close to the scene bring us up to speed. well yes that deadly attack took place at about 1 o'clock local time here in france in the building about 100 meters behind me that is the paris police headquarters here in the city and it's where we understand from french media reports that 4 people were killed and we understand

that several others were injured including some who received serious injuries we understand that the attacker was wielding a knife when he went into the courtyard of that police station and started that deadly rampage already we are getting reaction from officials here in paris including this from paris my. paris is mourning its own the soft after this appalling attack on the police headquarters the toll is heavy several policemen have lost their lives in my name and that of parisians my 1st thoughts go to the families of the victims and their relatives. well a sense of sure that there has been yet another deadly attack here in paris this time specifically aiming at police officers in paris now we don't know what the motives were for this attacks but reports are suggesting that the attack. was

actually an employee at paris h.q. and there are also reports of police unions suggesting that this was a moment of madness as you can probably see behind me the area has been locked down there accordance all around us and there is a heavy police security on the part of the obviously they try to deal with this incident very. close to them because of course this is their officers who were targeted in that attack it comes less than 24 hours since there was france wide police protest over some of the issues that they're facing including we talked about police violence violence towards officers from protests rising suicides within the force we've seen around 50 police officers take their lives already this year because some of the precious they're facing due to their work we spoke to some of those offices yesterday and some of those pressures that they're facing. today the police have no money or salaries.

status and are pension are being attacked officers are tired with the yellow vast meaning that there is a lot of work sacrificing their family life and we are expressing a deep depression in our profession. i'm here to defend our working conditions the threat to our special pensions status the lack of resources across the board. we are the police officers from france not just riot police but also misses all the unions we've all gathered to express our discontent with the administration the silence about the wave of police suicides this year we are short of staff short of money we cannot do our job and here to tell the administration that. one of the other big pressures that the police saying is the amount of work they're having to do as a result of those additional process those weekly protests by. the yellow vests as

well as having to look off to security at the summit such as the g. 7 summit which france hosted earlier this year and of course france is also on high alert for terror threats and it's been on high alert back since 2015 when of course we had those coordinated attacks here in paris the battle plan that saw more than 100. people said since then there was the attack a past deal day on nice with 86 people we've also seen smaller attacks it just attacks using night for masai back in october 2017 when she women were killed then of course in december last year there was that strasberg attack at the christmas market with 5 dead just to be clear it's not known what the motive saw for this particular attack there is a suggestion this could be a disgruntled employee or someone as the unions say that these unions have said someone with a moment of madness will we do understand is that the attacker today who carried

out this knife from page was an employee at the police police h.q. and we understand from reports fronts that 4 people have died and at least 5 have been injured including one seriously injured. parties charla devinsky reporting from the scene then gear on. in the u.k. a christian doctor who was sacked after refusing to use female pronouns when discussing a transgender woman has lost his legal fight against his former employers he says they discriminated against his religious beliefs but an employment tribunal has ruled his stance was well you're probably familiar with pronouns such as he or she and them and respecting them is especially important for the transgender community gender nonconforming and binary people however fail to get it right could now cost you your job at least that's the case for one dr he himself was sacked he faced dismissal because he failed to use these pronouns due to his own personal religious beliefs and in a controversial court statement it read his christian values were in direct

contradiction with the fundamental rights of others and lack of belief in transgenderism and conscientious objection to transgenderism in our judgment incompatible with human dignity and conflict with the fundamental rights of others in so far as those beliefs form part of his wine to faith he's why defrayed also does not satisfy the requirement of being worthy of respect in a democratic society so what's the case well dr david margaret as a christian man who worked for the n.h.s. for 26 years now he was subsequently sacked after a conversation with his boss who asked him how would you respond if a 6 foot tall man came into your office and asked to be called mrs or she well dr makris refused and said he would simply not be able to conform to those requests and he was subsequently sacked from his position now he was completely shocked as to how the story unfolded because he himself believes

a person's chosen sex is simply an abstract ideological pledge staff in the n.h.s. even those who don't share my christian convictions or also disturbed as they see their own freedom of thought and speech being undermined by the judge's ruling my 30 years as a doctor or. now considered irrelevant compared to the risk that someone else might be offended now the department for work and pensions argues that dr david margaret spears are in direct breach of the equality act of 2010 on top of all of the firms that hired them and is also being sued for religious beliefs in fact many people online have taken to twitter and they're arguing that this is political correctness gone mad and especially given the lack of doctors up and down the country at the moment this is certainly a step too far so the law requires on pain of being sacked a doctor to refer to a 6 foot bearded man as madam if that's what he wants utterly bonkers the world is

mad we live in i'm so done learned good is bad but it's good. you key to any 19 compelled speech is here dr loses tribunals case for refusing to use made up transgendered pronouns even worse the ruling steeds the christian belief is not worthy of respect and incompatible with human dignity but the fact remains that the tribunals did rule of course that his beliefs could cause offense and in fact many people in the trans community and trans activists say that all of this has psychological damage ramifications is tantamount to abuse not to mention of course that medical health care professionals should be treating people and not judging people in their opinion well anyway dr david laughed perth is now saying he will appeal the decision. democrats in the us say it's vital to a whistleblower is protected after his revelations triggered an impeachment inquiry against donald trump an anonymous cia officer alleges the president pressured his

ukrainian counterpart to investigate an issue surrounding joe biden one of his potential rivals in next year's race for the white house trump has dismissed claims of improper conduct and brand of 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's a spy 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. while democrats are keen to protect this particular whistleblower they've been less so about others who revealed uncomfortable truths in the past often has been taking a closer 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 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 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 one of the whistleblowers just mentioned in caleb's report is

edward snowden has reacted on twitter to calls to protect those who spilled the beans noting the case of x. n.s.a. analyst daniel hale is being prosecuted for lifting the lid on u.s. drone warfare programs 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 reports the anonymous cia agent spoke to adam schiff staff before filing his complaint here's how the trump reacted to that port 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 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 this is not the only controversy the u.s. house intelligence committee chief has gotten himself in broiled in. explains. 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 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 piece nonetheless that compels us to travel down the road towards impeachment 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 his 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 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 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. ok so you have recordings of both so check. where they're discussing the compromising material on mr trump absolutely on that meeting and he told flynn so all those compromising materials will never leave. will can so lol russian saying so. well obviously

we would. welcome a chance to get copies of those recordings opes i forgot to mention something really important and that was a prank although it scenes mr chef was so hungry for the tram compromise that 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 crump 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 compromise or a spider on for the rest of their lives mr shift once spoke to us r t r t made in russia get it one of those members of congress a leading the effort is adam schiff from california he joined me earlier about thank you should someone put him under a federal probe for him 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 tribes also accused him of being shifty and shifty i think is a much more apt description of a state he wants to bring down donald trump he tried to do it with the russian gate i mean the ship was really one of the key figures in russia and so now here he is suddenly you know from russia gate is moved on to ukraine get a chance to lead which i think is reasonably based that the origin of true russia is to be found in ukraine and he was asking is help in investigating this and in this case ukraine gate it's even lindsey or the russian get so i think that will do a lot more damage ship. more global news after this short break. what

holds if. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. want to be rich. if you're going to be close this is what the $43.00 of the people. interested always in the water. there should be. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only relief i'm going to resist i don't see how

that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back international relations are the focus of russia's and you of all die conference thursday is the events final day in the black sea resort city of sochi the title for this year's event is the dawn of the east and the world political order where for national isn't such a for us. it has become a tradition but on the last day of valdai discussion club gathering russia's president vladimir putin joins the conversation next topic base your east asia and the middle east 3 days of intensive discussions with high ranking politicians

experts analyst from 7 countries are behind on how to avoid conflicts and violence how to bring peace and stability how to maintain it afterwords hand how to boost development in these strategic and important and large regions how to college and made international efforts to achieve common goals and get better results apart from putting the leaders of as it by john kazakhstan jordan and the philippines are also here exchanging their views and positions and before sitting all together the old have tete a tetes with putin to discuss bilateral as well as global issues and we expect that a major event of this gathering the final plenary session with all the highest participants involved later on thursday will keep you updated on the whole coverage for you of course. has been given the green light to impose $7500000000.00 worth of tariffs on goods exported from the the ruling by the world

trade organization is the largest and it's history and it's part of a 15 year battle over illegal subsidies made to european plane maker airbus and the tally and journalists seized the chance to express his opposition to the move by handing the u.s. secretary of state a large wedge of parmesan cheese encounter happened during a photo opportunity between my pump a.o. and italy's prime minister in rome on wednesday. i'm going. to. make a show and. the . the new tariffs could come into force as soon as the 18th of october and will include a 10 percent levy on european aircraft and 25 percent on popular food items like scotch whiskey and french cheese brussels has warned that it's ready to retaliate if the u.s. decides to impose w.

cio iranis countermeasures it will be pushing the e.u. into a situation where we will have no other option than to do saying the u.s. trade office says it expects to enter talks with the e.u. and they bid to resolve the dispute european affairs expert errol trust myth and believe ordinary people will suffer the most not the corporations it's a very complicated world out there right now i mean this could be we won't necessarily the immediate impact him especially when you look at aircraft after a long. you know long lead time in item so i mean many of our airlines buy from both boeing and from from airbus and this could. this could have ramifications down the line on their bottom line as well so i think the not in the deal in the near term but a long term you could see prices increase on aircraft well you could see prices increase from other fall of being terrible it's not the company to suffer some of these that pay for that is the average person that's safe here that's the bottom

line and i think your this could disrupt the supply chain in the just addition to what's going on in asia and definitely put additional threats on. global trade in the global economy within the next year. the iraqi government's put an indefinite curfew on the capital amid reports of more than a dozen deaths and hundreds of injuries as a wave of violent protests with the country. demonstrations began on tuesday over unemployment and corruption with clashes erupting when the army stepped in to defend the heavily fortified green zone police

have deployed tear gas rubber bullets and line fire against protesters they say they're angry at the way the country is being run. come to your senses adel go away we didn't elect you the iraqi people don't have real elections anymore you have changed the turnout from 19 to 45.5 percent there were no elections according to the laws of all the countries in the world if the turnout is less than 19 percent elections didn't take place no matter if they are true iraqis and honest people they will immediately hold an emergency session to make the prime minister the leader of the army and the interior affairs minister resign the blood was spilled for iraq true iraqis took up the streets for iraq for our land we are iraqis and we love our count tree if they are traitors that will be our neighbors we the iraqis won't sell our homeland. the government also restricted internet access and they bid to control the unrest and this has coincided with

a visit by high ranking iraqi officials to the us the new is seen by some as a sign of loyalty to washington baghdad now on lockdown iraq's prime minister says it's up to local governors to decide whether to declare curfews in their own provinces. that's a global news wrap up for now but i'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest thanks for tuning in. when lawmakers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the running clubs isn't protect themselves. when the financial merry go round lifts only one percent of. the time we can all middle of the room signals. tomorrow morning real news.

how why 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 that the chemical company workers themselves be geared up and 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.

joined me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. max kaiser this is the kaiser report so much to cover so many things to talk. yes you know i notice that it's basically crash season upon us and you could tell that

because how dark it is outside all the time in the morning late into the morning that it stays dark and everything on the surface seems a ok but under the surface there's some sort of turmoil brewing in the financial markets in oh we've been looking at this repo situation and you know something apparently like at least one bank survived going under in the past week or 2 according to nick. but here's an interesting interpretation as well from rick ackerman at rick ackerman dot com he's a former market maker and financial journalist and he says repo rumpus foreshadows a short squeeze on the dollar the feds so far 128000000000 dollar intervention in the repo market slipped off the wall street journal's front page thursday evening hardly

a concern don't be surprised if years from now the squeeze on short term borrowers that cause this flurry of excitement is recall as an early warning sign of the banking systems coming collapse on tuesday there simply weren't enough dollars to keep short term loans rolling this implies that the dollar short squeeze that i 1st wrote about barron's and the san francisco examiner more than 2 decades ago may have. array the dollar short squeeze the fascinating topic. this would be deflation according to the deflationists out there and how the collapse of the bond market the credit markets. continued despite all the money printing despite all the attempts to reliquefy banking system doesn't matter the internal machinations of the bond market as a.