god. us democrats demanded protection for the whistleblower at the heart of the trump impeachment inquiry in stark contrast to the way other key informants have been treated. also in the stories that shaped the week india march 150 years since the birth of mahatma gandhi is seen as an icon of nonviolent resistance. and a fire at a chemical plant in northern france it triggers health concerns across the region despite assurances from officials.

are broadcasting live coverage for our studios in moscow recounting the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our internet. r.t. 2nd whistleblower has emerged in the impeachment probe against donald trump the unnamed intelligence official reportedly has information on at the u.s. president's dealings with ukraine meanwhile democrats spearheading at the investigation are demanding protection for the informants involved that is despite their attitude to other whistleblowers in recent years as archie's killam up and comments. we are now told that in this dark age of trumping 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 not into 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 lost everything. we had special ops forces the dead man can't leaks that this guy is a traitor a treasonous illegally shoot the son of a. don't

think 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 should say that oh he's a great human rights crusader he is not at all like the great human rights crusaders in the past 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 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 could 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 blower's 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 he says it is unbelievable that the media isn't not

pressing politicians about the case of another whistleblower former n.s.a. analyst daniel hale who is being prosecuted for leaking information on u.s. drone warfare programs. india marked 150 years since the birth of mahatma gandhi a man seen as a global symbol of nonviolent resistance on wednesday a major political parties say paid tribute to gandhi they even ordered officials to undertake pilgrimages pilgrimages walking up to 15 kilometers a day in their constituencies and sleeping in villages legacy is recognised globally and his birthday the 2nd of october is celebrated worldwide as the international day of nonviolence the indian prime minister honored him in a speech at the un. gandhi. mahatma gandhi was an indian but he not only belongs to india he stays far away from the government today in the hearts of billions of people is influenced the lives of people who know the man from martin luther king jr to know so mandela. mahatma gandhi spearheaded the indian resistance

against british rule and 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 1907 but the year later gandhi was assassinated assassinated by hindu nationalists and today opinions on gandhi are more mixed these poster in one northeastern city was defaced with a graffiti which read the traitor of the nation there's also claims that an urn with some of his ashes was stolen the editor of news magazine india today blames the act on the descendants of the same hindu extremists who killed gandhi. do remember that . and some off his associates shot. gandhi in the you are 148 the members of this not poor sick

group who also claim to be hindus they have a very narrow notion of the wisdom they want to impose some new. we sort of in our notions of hindu ism deep believe that might mundanity 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 been to the head 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 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 we trace the life of mahatma gandhi and a set of feature length reports you can watch them on the r.t. documentary website and also the r t documentary channel on youtube. he did make a good night but it would be uncouth group but it didn't stop doc good night but if he. takes the late. night eat. the fog begins in british people to get independent but didn't fight me too you know you can't do that in my nation. he was made to

leave me in. the midst of the could be of them. could be a bad the could be a 12 year old child it could be any of these people but we need the big sky which is but he goes deal with why because changes. in recent fire at a chemical factory in northern france has caused major public health concerns but this week authorities in the city of aurora declared the area safe. 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 habitat and there is no tress 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 even set up an emergency helpline but locals are still deeply concerned for their health and are deeply skeptical about authorities claims that the air is safe to breathe or to travel to pinsky travel there for us. the chemical plant just across the water that was a blaze afic plume of black smoke billowed into the sky as firefighters battled almost 24 hours against the flames. in the dark good 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 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 foreign land 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 but 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. all i have 4 kids and they were impacted by the smell and migrates i thought about having. test them but for once 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 taking that proportions some loopholes have also experienced nor vomiting whilst others have complained that the tap water is black and then their ways 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 completely 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 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 worked 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 from the fire has even reached as far as belgium and the netherlands raising concerns that the impact could be even the lying to breaching flags have also been raised for the health of the police and the firefighters who are 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. isn't that the danger is that as a result of that blaze may not have made for months or even years from now challenge even ski altie rule. if the park worker has been fired for doing it the ok gesture in a photo will tell you why after

a short break this is art international. problem in syria would start to. become exacerbated because probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length they allowed the regional allies to take care of things there are a number of opportunities there were if they were seized and there were really serious attempts by moscow in washington to solve the problem and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible with a short in the war and would have saved a lot of lives there's no doubt. 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 is on all sides very dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. back this is the weekly on r.t. international now a park employee in florida has been fired for a seemingly innocent handed gesture the former employee dressed as the character grew from despicable me and made an upside down ok symbol when posing with a 6 year old girl who is biracial the ok hand gesture has recently been recognized as a hate symbol america's anti-defamation league says that the once innocent 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 means and slogans to express their headful 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 hate in the community or school. the ok symbols white power meaning 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 christchurch 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 is mexican american and a descendant of holocaust survivors we asked our guests for their views on the story. i think it's pretty ridiculous to label a thing like a bull or the ok symbol as a symbol of white supremacy i feel like race is do do certain things 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. 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 florists 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 loans and 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 a symbol it is in a seething if people want to use it for whatever you want to use it for ok but you can appear it's 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 youth a day early years old can ensure that starkey. russian embassy in the u.s. has sent a note of protest to the state department over the detention and questioning of a russian lawmaker a new york artist ask you taylor has more. 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 my documents were taken away from her and how for around an hour she was questioned by an f.b.i. agent 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 is a coordinator for relations with the u.s. congress and she was actually flying in her professional capacity on a visit to the fore 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 ministry voiced its disappointment over the incident saying the recording it really a hostile act that can only serve to wosm 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. of violence in france to see just as some of the female you might expect to see when you visit in our gallery but london's tate britain museum has deemed a warning necessary for a new exhibition of 19th century drawings by william blair. never ever ever we need to see the visions of people's minds not how we'd like to

lose it they seem to be taking this very very easily upon the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to the gallery of everything's. going to limbo here expects you to. think you've got to actions of skip 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 simple to explain. considered by you to be inappropriate you have noticed that facebook consistently rejects works of peter paul rubens.

thousands of protesters rallied in ukraine's capital kiev on sunday against a new peace plan for the country's a war torn east the demonstrators say the plan amounts to capitulation to russia president he previously said there would be no elections in ukraine's breck way regions until they were back under the. image control under the new roadmap and. will receive self-governing status once they hold a free and fair vote. other news. making headlines around the world this hour u.s. police 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 has been detained in connection with the incident and no motive is yet known. the iraqi government has approved

a raft of new social reforms to calling public unrest over living standards and mass unemployment since tuesday the country has been rocked by violent anti-corruption protests in which at least 104 people have been killed and more than 6000 injured security forces have repeatedly used live fire against demonstrators and the internet has been cut to most of the well. as for me this hour and 34 minutes of back and wonders stay with us as we are to international. in his community there are people who believe. it's really hard there are no

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has to ask the question whether there is a form of unbarred.