the democratic process. a report by the international chemical weapons watchdog on last year's alleged chemical attack in syria is marred by irregularities that's the conclusion of an independent expert panel that's been scrutinizing the o.p.c. wus finding. also this hour the iraqi government calls for a response from the u.n. after u.s. troops making an authorized entry into the country asked us washington to redeploy its troops from syria. and the 1st ever russia africa summit is now underway in the resort city of sochi with a host of leaders in attendance. there

watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 7 pm welcome to the program. the iraqi government is taking in. international legal measures we ask the international community and the united nations to perform their roles in this matter. now mark esper the u.s. secretary of defense is currently in iraq discussing the issue in baghdad he says that the maximum amount of time that the u.s. troops may remain in iraq is for weeks now it's important to note also that the usa is redeploying 2000 troops to the kingdom of saudi arabia however donald trump has

emphasized that saudi arabia is footing the bill for this deployment this is donald trump they are sending troops and other things to the middle east. so to arabia but are you ready so do you rabia at my request has agreed to pay us for everything we're doing. now donald trump has repeatedly emphasized his feeling that it's time for u.s. troops around the world to come home however this new exception to that seems to be in countries that pay for hosting us troops now currently the united states has troops in over $160.00 different countries and the question remains will will these countries be forced to pay saudi arabia is paying for the presence of u.s. troops in iraq does not seem to be paying for the presence of u.s. troops so people wonder if this is a new policy of having countries pay for the presence of the u.s. military. artie's kayla martin reporting live from new york thank you.

i report by the international chemical weapons watchdog on last year's alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma is flawed at least that's the conclusion of an independent expert panel that's been looking at the document penned by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons joining us live now is our to sofitel are with the details what are the main issues that experts have. quite right which leaks has today released a very interesting statement made by a panel that had spoken to a whistleblower from the thought as course the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons now powell the panel members included the 1st ever to write to general of the a.p.c. w. the editor in chief of wiki leaks a princeton professor of law and other figures from both the intelligence and medical communities so incredibly respected figures the panel met in brussels on

october the 15th and it had convened because it was a very concerned about potential malpractise with then the chemicals watchdog in specific relation to its fact finding mission at the syrian city of goma in april last year following an election chemical weapons attack let's listen to the very damning conclusion of stop report. we became convinced by the testimony that key information about chemical analyses talks ecology consultations but let's stick studies and witness testimonies was suppressed the stone simply to free the pre-ordained conclusion. just a quick recap of what happened. on the 7th of april 2802 sites in the last rebel held syrian city of the attacked with chemical. resulting in the deaths of between 40 and 50 people and the entries of around 70650 more now the

new sent its investigators to the site collect samples and in its final report concluded that there had been a poor in based chemical weapons attack the fallout of course was that the international community round down to the syrian army and blamed the syrian government now just to go over some of the warrior takeaways from this panel's statement not fusty the whistleblower and it's worth mentioning that he was actually himself on that fact finding mission. said that those chemicals found up a site actually existed in the surrounding area let's listen to what they had to say on mobs. many if not all of the so-called smoking gun chlorinated organic chemicals are in fact ubiquitous in the background even naturally will and throw put jenny klee would preserve his chlorinated water supplies except. it also it also appears that toxicologists who was at the site wrote the symptoms of

the people following the alleged attack they simply want consistent with those seen off to chlorine based chemical weapons attacks and finally the panel had an interesting take on the precedence for poor in on the site let's listen to. the total chemical supposedly indicating crewing use can also be generated by contact of some balls with the principal ingredient of household bleaching agent. why is this so important well it's important because it's in direct contrast the contradiction. in this final report what's also incredibly concerning is that the whistleblower what says about the chemicals watchdog simply dismiss with the above accounts as on tenuous and unscientific and allegedly for that reason refuse refused to include them in its report. at the same time a wiki leaks has published an engineering assessment which was also admitted in the

final report and that it states that 'd the calmest as with the alleged chemicals were not dropped from the sky from helicopters as the proceed had previously claimed but whacked every kaffir the place at the site of the attack now it is what briefly was mentioning again why this is important and put it in the white picture well wolf intensity for example all the footage from that shit from the ok let's talk couple so being put on to scrutiny in the process also critics have said that the facts that the attack is being used as a justification for it by putting us on the u.k. for the government attacking us several syrian government facilities that is also seen by critics as being somewhat convenient but this makes a statement is different and it's different because it really poses a serious question about the posh on the 2 old p.c.

w m bearing in mind this is a statement from a panel filled with a need to in the field and they really need to fulfill text absolutely no space for misunderstanding very questionable intentions behind the. actions so lots of concerns here and such and all eyes on the view for its reaction and response to this and potentially what else might come out of all of. our 2 thoughts cotillard breaking that down for us thank you. let's now bring in an emotional member of the core courage foundation advisory board and former intelligence officer now you're part of the organization that has come out with this damning assessment what prompted you to set up this panel in the 1st place and scrutinize the o.p.c. report. well it's not just the courage foundation there are a number of other groupings that are behind this report and helped organize it most notably the sam adams associates which is a salute grouping of international intelligence diplomatic and military

whistleblowers of whom i happen to be a part so i sort of have given low level help in this endeavor but i think the the key reason why people thought this was so important was the way that all the stories have been so mixed up and obfuscated about what's going on in syria over the years by the mainstream media and here we have a source from the p.t.w. itself coming out and saying you know there are all these inconsistency is we need a new inquiry we need a new inquiry because these and consistencies and the official story have led to further attacks and interventions by the west now i think they're the key point of course is the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons was instituted as a global organization that's supposed to be totally independent impartial and it goes around the world investigating alleged breaches of the chemical weapons convention now if we can no longer trust this global organization to be scientific impartial and independent and yet we don't base our actions and our diplomatic response in

a military response on the conclusions which are coming out then i think we have a problem and the fact the source and the panel in a consensus statement at the end of their questioning of this source said very clearly that this was a preordained conclusion that the o.p.c. w. worked towards then we really should have concerns because it sounds like the o.p.c. w. has been politicized to work with and to bolster a western agenda in the syrian conflict. now obviously a whistleblower should always remain a protected source because there anything you can tell us about the whistleblower and their credibility. they understand that they were founding absolutely credible by this very senior panel of people coming out of the intelligence world the legal world the medical world journalism and of course also the 1st head of the o.p.c. w. himself who saperstein honey so these are not just random people off the street they know what they're talking about they know what they're dealing with and i

think the sense i got was they were very convinced by all the information that the source gave to them they were particularly convinced as well by the internal documentation they were shown of e-mails text messages and suppressed documents and this is why they have called unanimously for a new proper an independent inquiry into the reporting on the events and this is why they've also called as well that there should be no reprisals to any sources coming forward any of the inspectors who were barred from actually contributing to the finalized report which is so under question today so yes i think the source should be taken as highly credible by some highly credible panelists who interrogated him how likely do you think it is that will have some sort of reaction from the o.p.c. w.-o. . i think it's unavoidable they will have to react in some way it's whether they actually live up to their mandate of being transparent and being impartial or

whether they try and brush it all under the carpet and penalize the source which of course is the kneejerk reaction of any major organization that has to deal with a whistleblower however in order to engender full global trust in the impartiality and the good work of this organization for future investigations i would say suggests that than that it is very much in their own interest to take this seriously have a full frank and honest appraisal reappraisal of what happened in tumor and then come forward with a proper report not one that was preordained by their political masters. member of the courage foundation advisory board and for m i 5 and telephones officer they give your time and your comments. the 1st ever russia africa summit is being held today of $43.00 leaders are taking part with the aim of boosting cooperation. the list of deliveries is experimentation with the share of processed agricultural products increasing russia is one of the top 10 largest food supplies on the

african markets we are exporting more agricultural products there than weapons so this week africa is russia's guest to get russia to be africa's guest more often or even permanent in some cases the rush hour for economic forum and summit that's what they're officially called are well underway and we know that before the summit all the african leaders got an invitation almost all of them made a 2 sought she so now nearly 50 heads of state from africa are here getting together and also most of them will get an opportunity to talk face to face with vladimir putin we know that such economic and global powerhouse is such as the u.s. europe and china of course previously through similar events now it is russia's start although some people would say that in many cases countries that i mentioned

western countries plus the u.s. china sometimes they're way too eager to get that slice of the african pie after all 30 percent of the global natural resources that something that does sound quite tempting although top russian officials have been saying that russia's approach is completely different russia's i'm bishan when it comes to africa call are far behind and when it comes to the spectrum of the things moscow has to offer when it comes to business and different kinds of projects really does meet the natural demands of the african nations and the desire needs to come from both ways when i met the the russian minister of economic development in. the former quarters here's how he explained that concept in detail when you know his name is he was in the union when you put them but not imposing our services swear not trying to pressure

you we rather working on bilateral projects which would help improve the quality of life in africa you said you're not going to push your products but the offering government loans why it's not pushes compared to foreign competition some good in china. but it's a complex approach to the promotion of goods and services in relation to a specific country that each country wants to get a specific product at the end which requires financial and construction parts so a variety of different projects that should be packed into one so of course big infrastructure projects come with financing now just before the summit a lot of my approach had much tougher things to say about the western countries he was very frank about his opinion he was mostly talking about former colonial powers according to the russian leader they tried to put on a new face but then yet they still continue to exploit african countries although

like i said according to the russian leader the russian plan is completely different to what a moscow is looking forward to as partnership on an equal footing based on trust and friendship but of course besides business opportunities this country is also geo political player that has some geopolitical interests in the region and that explains the number of high profile meetings the ones that i mentioned between the russian leader and the other african leaders the most notable summits are the one between the president of egypt and vladimir putin and also the leader of south africa and mr putin. more news after this break.

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thinks. we dare to ask. welcome back there was a grim discovery in the u.k. today when 39 bodies were found in the back of a truck it's now believe the trailer entered the country overnight across live now to our teeth kicked partridge for the details what else do we know. hi there jackie yes we have more details coming out about as you said this grisly the sad case a murder investigation is now well underway after 39 bodies were discovered in the back of a lorry now we know to have been registered in belgariad which was parked in gray's in essex at an industrial estate in the south of england where which we believe to have been an active people smuggling that's gone wrong though this is yet to be confirmed so far a 25 year old lorry driver from northern ireland has been arrested that his

identity has yet to be revealed earlier prime minister boris johnson gave us this response. to an arm imaginable tragedy and truly heartbreaking i know that the thoughts and prayers of all members are with those who lost their lives and their loved ones i mean i'm receiving regular updates and the home office will work closely with essex police as we establish exactly what is happening. well earlier police said that they thought that the lorry had entered the u.k. mainland by a harley heading wales which is the port town that services northern ireland and that you're right that it happened on saturday evening but now that they believe that actually the trailer part of the lorry arrived from zebra in belgium actually overnight arrived about 30 minutes past midnight tonight while they believe that the track to part of the lorry the engine part of the lorry had originated in northern ireland the to join together they believe at about 5 past one in the port arriving as i say from post fleet into grays at about 120 c.c.t.v.

capturing those images as the lorry arrived in the industrial estate then not too long after about 20 minutes afterwards the ambulance service then called the police who made the the sad discovery searching 9 bodies of which we believe $38.00 were adults and one teenager there were no survivors and no cause of death at the moment has been revealed and also in terms of identification the police say they believe this will be a lengthy process as it's believed that people are not from boulder area as well gary of course is part of the you and the people would have had access to the u.k. rather than travelling a circus route well both areas foreign ministry in the meantime has confirmed that the lorry was registered in both garia to an irish woman or a company owned by an irish woman i should say meanwhile ball gary and media saying that the lorry was registered in barberry on the 19th of june 2017 and then left the country the following day this is something that hasn't yet been confirmed by

the u.k. police in the meantime then the water blade industrial park where the bodies were discovered has been cordoned off by police it's still ongoing but the lorries being removed to what the police call the sensitive identification process the industrially state itself is actually on need to the m $25.00 which is the motorway that services london well this is very reminiscent of a case in the year 2000 when 58 chinese immigrants were discovered in the back of a lorry in the fall. the dutch lorry driver was jailed for their manslaughter in the meantime though in this case police are still investigating it's still pretty early on and they are appealing for more information our 2 k. partners staying across this story for us thank you. economists have criticized u.s. credit rating agencies for again going easy on heavily indebted companies and one example if firms growing debt was seemingly ignored for 4 years in a row and that's creating fears the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis haven't been learnt from

a quarter as more. trillion dollars that's almost half of the entire u.s. economy is worth it's not a small number but it is the total debt of all u.s. companies combined except for banks and rating agencies should be sounding the alarm right about now the basic function of the rating agency which is an independent corporation is to assess the credit worthiness of the government that borrows money or of the corporation that borrows money in other words the idea is if the company issues their prints of on good borrows money and gives to the lender of bond it is typically expected that the lender wants to know how safe it is to land just like your cooperation or indeed to a local government or a state government or even a government take newell's brands for example it's

a mega manufacturing us company that's been in deep debt for years but in august the 3 major agencies passed the company with flying colors on their investment report moody's recognizes newell's moderately high leverage with pro forma debt. around $4.00 times however the rating agency expects leverage to steadily approach 4 times in the year ahead through a combination of debt repayment with internally generated cash and proceeds from divestitures and english that means the company has a lot of debt but promise to fix it so it's ok which they also did in 2018 and 2017 and 2016 and 2015 but hey there's nothing to see here definitely no debt problem does this remind you of something 2008 perhaps is going to be one of the water should be punished more through 3 it was a manic monday in the financial markets. the dow tumbled more than $500.00. point

scepter 2 pillars of the street tumbled over the weekend lehman brothers a 150 year old firm filed for bankruptcy just one week before the bankruptcy both moody's and s. and p. gave lehman brothers the highest possible investment grade days later the u.s. economy collapsed with lehman brothers bankruptcy being one of the main catalysts back then there was no mercy for the rating agencies the major rating agencies have done a terrible job of catching financial crises talking about you moody's standard and poor's fitch come on what planet are you guys living on this conflict of interest has cost american investor investors and pensioners billions of billions of dollars 11 years after that and it's business as usual again the grass is still growing the sun is still shining and the rating agencies are still inflating the reputation of

big business if you have the receiver of the evaluation paying for the you know valuation the notion that that evaluation is it is reliable is simply stupid and yet it has continued for many many to work that way and even in the crash of 2008 even though there was some talk about changing this relationship both corporations and the brady agencies were effectively able to evade any change at all that's a global news break down for this hour and that's all for me as well but we're not you know harvey will be taking over in about 30 minutes thanks for tuning in robbie may be.

what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. or some want to. have to go to the press this is like the 3 of them all can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters about how. things should be more. this is a stick for the water bottle found in the stomach of the fish the brand is spawns of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea

was that let's tell consumers there are the bad ones there the litter bugs are throwing this away industry shouldn't be blamed for all this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic. stickle capsules excuse. that seems cool sets their classes to seek a closed. session on projects funded. on the new best dizzy end of a footy team fun now the mountains of waste only grow higher. ratings and sell you take. if you want to history lesson do not ask a politician chances are you only get the version their donors and political parties are comfortable with but what about billionaire social media may well let's

take a look at mr facebook and self mark zuckerberg briefly discussed the history of his own company during a recent speech he gave a georgetown university. yes it was that same speech that got him into hot water with the family of dr martin luther king jr after invoked the name of the civil rights icon when discussing the important role facebook currently plays in preserving the freedom of speech but but let's let's get back to the issue at hand the facebook history want to one during the speech is october discuss the apparent altruistic early origin of facebook let's take a listen back when when i was in college. our country had just gone to war in iraq and the mood on our campus was disbelief a lot of people felt like we were acting without hearing a lot of important perspectives i remember feeling that if more people had

a voice to share their experiences then maybe. it could've gone differently and those early years shaped my belief that giving more people a voice gives power and the power less and it pushes society to get better over time. now back then i was just building an early version of facebook for my community but i got a chance to see my. values and beliefs play out in a smaller scale. as if we just had facebook during the run up to the iraq war there might not have banned an iraq war. according to mr facebook was partly born out of his beliefs that people need to be heard except this this doesn't my friends actually vibe with what we actually know about the founding of base book just ask the winklevoss twins or n.b.c.'s brian williams i'm sure he will tell you he was there right alongside them in creating it. so today

let's dive into the red conning of history by our leaders and cultural figures as we start watching the whole. what would you treat the place like. it's what. you need to pull out of. what they like you.