in the us democrats protection for the whistleblower at the heart of the trump impeachment inquiry and a dramatic departure from the way. people in india and around the world $150.00. seen as an icon of nonviolent resistance posters of his image a defaced in some regions like celebrations. flashing the ok hand gesture is apparently always ok it's now branded a hate symbol. sac in the us it's also. you can find. you search for the. problem the symbol has become and

say hey we are part of this group you are. and that means we're taking a look at some of the biggest stories we've covered here over the past 7 days welcome to the program we're going to start in the u.s. where the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump rumbles on now a 2nd whistleblower is reportedly considering filing a complaint over the president's dealings with ukraine that intelligence official is said to have more direct information than the person who 1st raised the alarm meanwhile democrats spearheading the probe are demanding protections for the informants involved so that's a far cry from attitudes to other whistleblowers in recent years but now reports. 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 and 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 from 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 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 details but let's go over some recent

whistleblowers in u.s. history. i never tortured anybody. but i'm heading to prison while the tortures of the lawyers. and the people who deceived and the man who destroyed the proof of the tapes will never face justice i've never gained anything through what i've said publicly that i've lost everything. we got special ops forces the dead man can leak stuff this guy is a traitor

a treasonous illegally shoot the son of a. mr snowden was a patriot he is a law breaker he violated american law he violated his duties that he assumed when he took the job that he had let's look at snowden here you know some might try to shift say that oh he's a great human rights crusader he is not at all like the great human rights crusaders in the past 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 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 and 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 whistle blowers 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 people just mentioned in caleb's report edward snowden has reacted on twitter saying it's unbelievable that the media isn't pressing politicians about the case of another whistleblower former n.s.a. analyst daniel hale who's being prosecuted for lifting the lid on u.s. drone warfare programs at a time when democrats are making statements about supporting informants. this weekend here in the world celebrated the 150th birthday of its spiritual leader the symbol of the nation by gandhi on wednesday a major political parties paid tribute to gandy they even ordered officials to undertake pilgrimages walking up to 15 kilometers a day in their constituencies and sleeping in villages counties legacy is recognised globally and his birthday the 2nd of october is celebrated worldwide as the international day of nonviolence the indian prime minister sang his praises at the un. mahatma gandhi was an indian but he not only

belong to india he stayed far away from the government but reigns today in the hearts of billions of people his influence the lives of people who never met him from martin luther king jr to know some mandela. back then spearheading the indian independence movement mahatma gandhi is often referred to as the father of the nation throughout his life he promoted the ideology of nonviolent resistance and tolerance towards other religions india finally shook off british colonial rule in $147.00 but a year later gandhi was assassinated by indian nationalists but not everyone seems to be enamored of the peace and tolerance icon gandhi's poster in one northeastern city was defaced with graffiti saying the traitor of the nation there also claims that an urn with some of his ashes was stolen the editor of news magazine in india today blames the act on the descendants of the same hindu extremists who killed gandy. do remember that. and some of that is associate shot. gandhi gandhi in the you're

1948 the. members of this not too damn good sick group who also claim to be hindus they have a very narrow notion of in the wisdom they want to impose some very sort of. notions of hindu ism deep believe that gandhi gandhi was responsible for the partition of india they think that he was appeasing the muslim the muslim league which demanded the creation of pakistan i think such groups have been totally marginalized and because they are marginalized therefore they carry on extremist activities so i don't see this group of this kind of activity coming into the mainstream i see them carrying on these kind of activities once in a while in order to stay afloat they make all kinds of extremist arguments

sometimes they have even built held responsible for some amount of violence so but i don't think it's a very large group but only had this very tolerant and you know very sort of broadened progress a notion of nationalism which i think majority indians understand and that's why such extremist groups can never become the mainstream group in the country and i think you know that we're tracing the life of mahatma gandhi at a set of feature length reports on this channel throughout today which you can also watch online right now at r.t. dot com. illegal late but it will include group but in the mix down the lake but in a game of make it plain. they eat. you fight against the british people who get in a bit but didn't plate mileage me too low you can't drink their imagination.

to know if they did leave here. the next door they could be of the police grundy could be a man the next girl it could be a 12 year old child it could be any of these people but we need the big sky which is very important because deals are required because changeable. next seemingly innocent hand gesture has landed in a theme park employee in hot water in florida the actor distrust of dressed as the character grew from despicable me made an upside down ok simple when posing as a 6 year old girl who biracial and has autism the ok hand gesture has recently been recognized as a hate symbol america's anti defamation league says that the once innocent enough

sign has been hijacked by white supremacists. even as extremists continue to use symbols that maybe years or decades old they regularly create new symbols memes and slogans to express their hateful sentiments we believe law enforcement and the public needs to be fully informed about the meaning of these images which can serve as a 1st a warning sign to the presence of haters in the community or school the ok symbols white power meeting was initially part of an online prank but apparently white supremacists liked what they saw and started using it that way in earnest among them the suspected gunman in the christ church mosque shootings in new zealand. during a court appearance last year a former white house employee was accused of making the white power sign but her defenders pointed out that that was unlikely because she's mexican american and a descendant of holocaust survivors so we're still going to take up all the dangerous appropriation of every day symbols and gestures we put it up for discussion. i think it's pretty ridiculous to label a thing like oh bull or the ok symbol as

a symbol of white supremacy i feel like races do do certain things but i mean at a certain point they do everything or people do mean races have to eat food they have to drink water they have to breathe air so at what point do we label eating food as racist drinking water as received in breathing air is received it's just really can of started his particular point sounds a little some of these things that have been in his ear things were a very long time with or a soused hateful subversive groups the problem is that the symbol has become an actual code to say hey we are part of this group you are not and you know the minute one of us is like. well it's a far it's far right movement supporting you know again far right ideologies that are very well known in this country to be you know forest and but my point is you know is vastly out for instance and it was an indian sacred religious symbol

50500 years b.c. and you know. people in germany it's ok to put it on a on a red flag and now it was a symbol it was an inverted this massacre and that became the symbol of nazism and ok but the ok sign is nat day all right ok so you can find it right now on your phone via. device i phone you can find it ok so right now when you search for the new moji there is the equivalent to ok ok it is being used ok for a very lonesome it wasn't a couple years ago where it was some kind of troll thing happening on the internet there it became so on those because the mainstream media picked it up and i think the whole purpose of trolling campaign was to trick the mainstream media into doing it and of course now we hear that the a.d.l. is looking for here is not to label every single thing that we do say or or. or you know we communicate what they are specifically doing is trying to inform you know

people that there are certain symbols that seem innocuous but that are currently being used to. actually incite violence and crime and you know fundamentalists political ideas that put this democracy in jeopardy it is not simple it is the n.s.a. it being if people want to use it for whatever you want to use it for ok but to compare it to nazi flake is absurd ok millions. like. verses do ok so i think i was not a hate symbol until it was. you know whole can ensure that any stock in this is r.t. from moscow had more of the big stories we brought you from the week just gone a toxic scare after a massive fire at a french chemicals in a factory locals are really worried we'll tell you why.

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thinks. we should ask. welcome back adding to already fractious relations a fresh diplomatic spat is brewing between moscow and washington a russian politician was subjected to and i was questioning by the f.b.i. when she arrived at the new york airports on saturday night the russian embassy in the u.s. has already sent a note of protest to the state department saskia taylor has the story. the russian foreign ministry reported on sunday that a member of the russian parliament in got was detained at the airport after flying into new york this week she described how she was led to a separate room why documents were taken away from her and how for around an hour

she was questioned by an f.b.i. agent with the questions being described by the russian ambassador to the u.s. some is unclear others as unacceptable what makes this quite curious is that after this interaction the f.b.i. agent suggested that he and you washable go to a more informal setting a coffee shop in fact seemingly to continue the conversation now you must have a coordinator for relations with the u.s. congress and she was actually flying in her professional capacity on a visit to the for 4 ross somewhat ironically given it is a conference that's dedicated to improving dialogue between russia and the u.s. in moscow the russian foreign minister disappointment over the incident saying the recording it really a hostile act that can only serve to wason relations between the 2 countries and indeed noted that if the situation were reversed there would undoubtedly be

a huge outcry from washington so that's where we are at the moment you must have said that she of course reported this immediately to the russian authorities she's not going to provide any further comment tonight and she's going to wait for the diplomats to get to the bottom of the issue. next a major fire major worries for locals about what was in the smoke that went up into the air during it nonetheless the authorities in the french city of rule have declared the area safe after a major blaze at the a by chemical factory late last month. there is no risk regarding asbestos fiber in the air the results of 3 a specialist tests are available now here we are in the area closest to the place of the disaster and we can see that the white swans have stayed there in their habitat and there is no trace of pollution in the water so we have physical proof that the environment and wildlife are not currently affected by the pollution that occurred to the tool further away. in an attempt to calm fears the french government set up an emergency helpline but locals are still deeply concerned for

their health a dispute claims by the authorities that the average safe to bring in charlotte. the chemical plant just across the water that was a blaze a thick plume of black smoke bellowed into the sky as firefighters battled almost 24 hours against the flames. in the dark goodies with i'm not saying that the smell isn't pleasant i'm just telling you what the results of the tests are namely that the air is not harmful since then there has been growing anger over what some say is a lack of information over what was put into not fire and the impact that could

have on people's health. you can talk to any firemen but when you have any type of contact with the smoke it's dangerous it can be lethal because of the carbon monoxide and in this case when the smoke went into the sky we didn't know what was in it we don't know exactly what is in the year and we worry a lot that in the future it might bring cancer or something else. i have 4 kids and they were impacted by the smell and my grades i thought about having test done before was with absolutely no information about what we should be looking for i could take blood samples but what are you going to tell them to look for i know they could be cancer thyroid problems but the problem is that we hear lots of rumors nothing concrete. i think there is a risk for health and i can feel it because i have a need to throw it and i'm continuously coffee we're worried about the how to march children in the future will they have cancer or something we just don't know around the rule some people are also taking that proportions some locals have also

experienced nor vomiting whilst others. complain that the top due to it's black and then there is the stench you can smell that the air is foul it's a bit like rotting eggs but with a chemical tinge and despite the initial denials that there was no health risk the french health minister has admitted that the rule is clearly polluted. it is a factory that produces hydrocarbons even if modern large volumes it is never good for the population to come across these kinds of products i cannot say that there is no danger the city is clearly polluted several schools were closed off to the fire and though some have attempted to reopen many teachers are refusing to return to work. colleagues from schools near lubrizol who have refused to work until they receive information about what was burnt and the risk because they are just

a few 100 metres away from the site they did so to protect their health and that of the children who are under their responsibility and that's why there has been a demand that the original school 30 acknowledged their right not to have children attend school under this condition. while health concerns are immediate what's perhaps most telling about the danger people here are facing is the fact that food sales from 100 districts around ruin have been banned any produce that may have been exposed to contamination has to be destroyed that even includes milk. hybrid carrots and work closely with milk produces dioxins are measured in memory grams and there are a problem for us because they become highly concentrated in milk and the toxic so they render it unfit for consumption it is vital for us to know as soon as possible whether there are any dioxins in those burning materials what's going on he would tell us what to do with our produce so much on the fly advise even reached as far

as belgium and the netherlands raising concerns that the impact could be even the way to reaching flags have also been raised for the health of the police and the firefighters who were on duty during the fire protests like this have now formed to pressure the authorities to outline any risks they make face they demanding answers but are afraid that even if they recede. even though the danger is as a result of that place may not image for months or even years from now charlotte devinsky r.t. the world. violence sadness and found to say they're just some of the themes that you might expect to see when you visit an art gallery but london's tate britain museum has deemed a warning that's a sorry for a new exhibition of 19th century drawings by william blake we'll take a look. never

ever ever we need to see the visions of people's minds not how we'd like the world to lose if they sing. in this very very easily if the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to gallery of everything's planted in the congo julian but here to expect some news here again. i think you've got to actions of religious grand scale that something. 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 politics painted by our office are considered by you to be inappropriate and we have noticed that facebook consistently rejects works of all peter paul rubens. a couple of other headline developments this sunday defiance over a new ban on demonstrators wearing face masks in hong kong has continued into sunday tens of thousands turned out in the pouring rain police resorted to tear gas to disperse the protesters who responded by throwing stones and bottles the announcement of a. restrictions violent clashes on friday targeted chinese mainland banks some of

the territories transport services have resumed operation after being shut down during the violence the initial protest. snowballed into a wider rights movement against beijing. police now say that 2 people may have been involved in a shooting at a bar in kansas city early on sunday morning 4 people were killed in the attack and another 5 injured no one's being detained in connection with the incident and the motive is not yet. ministration signed off on a slew of new social. the fury of the desperate living conditions since tuesday the country's been rocked by violent and to corruption protests in which at least 105 people have been killed security forces have repeatedly used live fire against demonstrators and the internet's been cut off to most of iraq. this is a see before you crane erupted into conflict over 5 years ago there was simmering

tension throughout the country learn more about the factors that ignited ukraine in a few moments. join me every thursday simon sure. politics sport. i'm sure i'll see if. they get accepted or rejected. so you want to be president. it's going to be for us this is before 3 of the more. interesting. so the more. you know world of big partisan

movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

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