i. mean i. was it was. for headline stories this hour us democrats the protection for the whistleblower at the heart of the trump impeachment inquiry in a dramatic departure from the way he informants being treated there. also in the stories that shaped the week as people in india run the world mark 150

years since the birth. seen as a. violent resistance. which are based in some regions blighting celebrations. and a major fire on a chemical factory in northern front left locals fearing for their health despite the authorities claim the area is safe. with the top stories for the past 7 days on right up to the minute developments this is the weekly r t international low and welcome our top story we begin in the u.s. where the impeachment inquiry into donald trump rumbles on a 2nd whistleblower is reportedly considering filing a complaint over the president's dealings with ukraine. intelligence official is said to have more direct. information from the person who 1st raised the alarm

meanwhile democrats fear heading the probe are de monday protections for the informants involved that's a far cry however from on to choose to author whistleblowers in recent years as caleb maupin 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 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 people who were 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 had special ops forces the dead man can leak stuff this guy is a traitor a treasonous illegally shoot. 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 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 been ask yourself get this information benefit anyone powerful in america if not your official complaint will probably be ignored and if you don't shut up after that the consequences could be severe 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. well one of the people just mentioned in kill its report edward snowden has reacted on twitter he say's it's believable the media isn't pressing politicians about the case of another whistleblower former n.s.a. analyst daniel hill who's being prosecuted for lifting the lid on u.s. drone warfare programs particularly at a time when democrats are making statements about supporting informants. this week india and the world celebrate of the 150th birthday of its spiritual

leader and the symbol of the nation mahatma gandhi on whedon's the major political parties paid tribute to guarantee the even ordered officials to undertake pilgrimages walking up to 15 kilometers a day in their constituencies and sleeping in villages gandhi's legacy is recognised globally on his birthday the 2nd of october is celebrated worldwide as the international day of nonviolence the indian prime minister is saying his praises at the un. gone do you. mahatma gandhi was an indian but he not only belong to india he stay 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 now some mandela. 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 non violent resistance and

tolerance towards other religions india finally shook off british colonial rule in 1987 but a year later gandhi was assassinated by the lists and today not everyone seems to be enamored of the peace and tolerance i called gandhi's poster in one northeastern city was the feast with graffiti which read the traitor of the nation which also claims that an urn with some of his ashes stolen the editor of news magazine india today blames the act on the descendants of the same hindu extremists who killed their. daughter member that not too dumb. and some of the is a source shot. in the you are 948 the members of this not poor sick group who also blame to be hindus. they have a very narrow notion of hindu ism they want to impose some very sort of you know

notions of hindu ism did 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 billed ahead responsible for some amount of violence so but i don't think it's a very large group but and they had this very tolerant and you know very sort of broaden and 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 who are letting you know we trace the life of mahatma gandhi in a set of feature length reports on this channel throughout the day you can also watch them online at r.t. dot com. he did make a good night but in the group but it didn't go down the night but. i again take the. heat. you fought against the british people to get independent but didn't fight mileage me too you know you can't do that in my nation. to know he made them believe me and. that makes don he could be of them that makes gandhi could be a man the next guy could be

a 12 year old child it could be any of these people but we need the big sky which is ready for those deals are we why because change is. a major fire major worries for locals about what was in the smoke that went up into the urge to ring it this by the authorities in the french city of ruin to clear the area safe after a major blaze of a nearby chemical factory late last month. there is no risk regarding asbestos fiber in the air the results of 3 a specialist tests are available. for the best 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 habitats and there is no trace of pollution in the water so we have physical proof that the environment and wildlife are not currently effected by the pollution

that occurred to the tool further away. in an attempt to kill him for years the french government even set up an emergency helpline but locals are still deeply concerned for their health under deeply skeptical about authorities claims up here is safe to breathe charlotte dubin ski trouble there. the chemical plant just across the water that was a blaze a sick plume of black smoke billowed 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 camera mounted sight and in this case when the smoke went into the sky we don'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 before 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 so 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 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 no vomiting whilst others. complaining that the tap water is 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 it's clearly polluted. it is a factory that produces hydrocarbons even if not in 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 that you don't let the i advise even reached as far as belgium and the netherlands raising concerns that the impact could be eve . in the line reaching strikes have also been raised for the health of the police and the fine scientists who run d.c. during the fire protests like this have now formed to pressure the authorities to outline any risks they may face they demanding answers but are afraid that even if they receive and that the danger is as a result of that place may not to manage for months or even years from now challenge even ski altie who will. a theme park worker has been fired for doing the ok gesture in a photo we'll tell you why just after 3. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday

shouldn't let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic development only i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. minutes into the program welcome back seemingly innocent hunt gesture has got a theme park employee the suck in a florida that i fired employee dressed as the character grew from despicable me made an upside down ok symbol when posing with a sexual girl who is biracial the ok gesture has recently been recognized as a hate symbol america's anti-defamation league sais that they want innocence 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 slogan. 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 warning sign to the presence of haters in the community or school the ok symbols of white power meaning was initially part of an online prank but apparently white supremacist like what they saw started using it that way in earnest among them they suspect a gunman in the christ church mosque shootings in new zealand during a court appearance. well last year a former white house employee was accused of making the white power sign but her defenders pointed out that she was that was unlikely excuse me because she's mexican american and a descendant of holocaust survivors so a storm in a teacup or the dangerous appropriation of her everyday symbols esther's we put it off for discussion. i think it's pretty ridiculous to label a thing like global k.

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 main point of it is like. for well it's a far it's far right movement supporting you know again a far right ideologies that are very well known in this country to be you know fluorescent but my point is you know is vast again for instance and it was an

indian sacred religious symbol for hundreds 500 years b.c. and you know. people in germany it's ok to put it on a red flag and now it was a symbol it was an invert the swastika 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 very long 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 to 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 suitable it is it in a sea of being if people want to use it for whatever you want to use it for ok but to compare it to not see fleg is absurd ok millions. and verses do ok so i think i was not a hate symbol until it was. an indian use a day earlier you know whole can ensure that only snarky. to already fractious relations are fresh diplomatic spot is brewing between moscow and washington the russian politician was subjected to an artist questioning by the f.b.i. when she arrived at a new yorker report on saturday night the russian embassy in the u.s.

has already sent a note of protest to the state department saskia taylor's got the story. the russian foreign ministry reported on sunday that a member of the russian parliament. was detained at the airport after flying into new york this week she described how she was led to a separate room my 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 as 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 form for 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 to relations between the 2 countries and indeed noted that if the situation were for us 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 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. to see just some of the themes you might expect to see when you visit. but that britain 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 to lose it they seem. to miss very very easily upon the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to gallery of everything's. going to limbo here expects music. i think you've got to actions of religious. something. and i suppose i would have issues if there is another sexual violence against women or anything like that but being willing to take.

the bad press explains considered by you to be inappropriate we have noticed a facebook consistently rejects works of peter paul rubens. some more headline developments to bring you on the program starting in ukraine valuations of protesters are rallying in the capital kiev to try and plan to hold elections in the country's war torn east the demonstrators say the plot months to a quote have pitch relation to russia president selenski famously said there would be no elections in ukraine we are regions until they were back on government

control under the new road map then you. will receive self-governing state sponsored free world. u.s. 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 another 5 injured no one has been detained in connection with the incident the motive is not . there roxanne but the lid ministration house signed off on. social reform the sounds attempts to quell a popular i burst of fury over desperate living conditions since tuesday the country has been rocked by a violent corruption protests in which at least 100 people have been killed within 6 security forces have repeatedly used live fire against demonstrators and the internet has been cut to most iraq. stories that shape the week here on our international be back with plenty more in

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