i. say. time for whistle blowers in the united states democratic senators have failed to pass moves to protect their identities as republicans push to reveal the anonymous figure behind the trump impeachment scandal. tackling hate in hospitals a health trust in england now plans to root out racism by withholding treatment from people who abuse. this is ridiculous if somebody says i don't want to be treated by somebody who's black white asian there's no reason to respect that you want to use a little card to tell people off i say let's go and prosecuted you didn't want to do that because you said it. and france surveils move to restrict immigration with its 1st ever quotas as the prime minister says the country needs to take control.

good morning live from. moscow it's 9 o'clock in the morning this thursday the 7th of november my name's kevin ode here with the headline roundup you can stick around with me too as we plough through it starting off with this than us democrats have failed to push through a bill to keep the identity of whistleblowers secret republican senator rand paul block the proposal accusing the democrats of spreading selective outrage as he put it the spot comes in the heat of the trump impeachment inquiry ongoing that was sparked by anonymous testimony from an insider says kid taylor reports on the fate of whistleblowers in america recently. for the democrats impeachment must now seem tantalizingly close all they need is the final piece of damning evidence to seal the deal and to senate minority leader chuck schumer he has come out arguing for

the protection of whistleblowers only rather of one intelligence officer whose insider info could make or break the impeachment dream the calls to make public the whistleblowers identity are despicable whistleblowers should be protected period period that's quite the radical departure from his previous comments on those exposing government abuses and each day that snowden is allowed to room 3 is another twist to the merits snowden is a one of the few picked up by the media he chose the path of raising his voice and go in cologne ball unlike the hundreds of others who chose the path of least resistance you see they quietly lodged official complaints hoping for the system to reform but they were out of luck because as

a damning report from an intelligence watchdog shows the cia and n.s.a. would $189.00 out of $190.00 cases of whistleblower complaints by descend you the link but the report was shut down and i wonder if mr schumer praised even remembers all those whistleblowers who ruled against what the name for example rich barlow bring about now living in a trailer in remote montana with his hunting dogs back in the late eighty's bhalo worked for the cia now he found himself in a patriotic dye llama when he uncovered what he said amounted to the u.s. helping pakistan become a nuclear power including by selling band technology though he followed protocol he became the victim of a smear come. disgraced and discredited barely able to scrape together a living i was disgustingly patriotic and i thought the government is allowing

pakistan to develop and spread nuclear weapons and i got destroyed for trying to stop it what about former u.s. marine affronts gayo he thought he'd found a way of reducing the number of u.s. troops dying in iraq as a result of improvised explosive devices all that was needed was a simple swap of patrol vehicles and given that were responsible for over 60 percent of all american losses in the country between 20032008 surely the pentagon would have been interested the response was more of. an automated response he's not obeying our instructions he's he's gone off the reservation as we often say. and we've got to stop him from doing that and just as it took gail 7 years to restore his reputation it took just a few months to discredit peter van buren raising 24 years of loyal diplomatic

service from pure and found himself on the wrong side of the table when he shed light on state department mismanagement i'm waste in iraq what happens when you're thrown out of the government and blacklisted is that you lose your security clearance and it's very difficult to find a grown up job in washington you have to step down a few levels to find a place where they don't care enough about your background to even look into why you washed up there the list of nameless faceless and unrecognized whistleblowers goes on and who to blame them for choosing to do to free fall their complaints because if you follow and manning all snowden's footsteps sure you might end up with your name on a plaque card and become the face of the fight for transparency but you might also find yourself. baas and while you're sitting in prison think about how your brothers in arms only have a how to one and 190 chance of success whistleblowing protection

should actually exist in all countries because it helps the country to have people tell the truth about corrupt officials united states pretends to have allies that protect whistleblowers but they often either don't work or they are deliberately sordid and certainly the government officials do not want anyone ever telling about things they do illegally the governments are basically wanting to control saying and control public opinion they put john kiriakou in prison for telling that for instance is that the cia was torturing so they normally absolutely do not want to protect whistleblowers and they actually hate anyone who tells the truth about their illegal activities schumer about him alongside the washington elite needs to clarify his position on whistleblowers if you are a whistleblower you need to accept that harassment prison self-imposed exile we've

just been consigned to the forgotten pages of history are all on the cards unless of course you happen to be that rab breed of whistle blower who finds himself in the right place at the right time with just the right exposé. so for you canucks to city in southwest england's introduced a new red card to racism come against discrimination inspired by a similar one in support of horizon medical staff being abused by patients. hard to avoid this no question we are seeing in the wrong but we really do need to use it to safeguard our staff and work with colleagues every 60 of us and i quote be able to show their face. with a campaign aims to cut out a wide range of abuse that hospital staff could face aside from racism the national health service will apply as 0 tolerance policy to sexism in offensive language and

also appropriate behavior malicious allegations and intentional damage to property patients found to be abusive will face a sports like disciplinary system a warning of yellow card will be given to the 1st incident then a 2nd time that happens patients will be given a red card meaning treatment will be withdrawn once a patient's condition is safe is some of the reaction we got to the plan then from wayman bennett of stand up to racism and the national secretary for the english democrats party stephen morris. my mother was a nurse for most of her life for the n.h.s. and nothing was done about the abuse that she see faced and there's no reason why she should have put up with the abuse of the nursing people in very serious conditions i think a message to tolerance towards it would lead to a level of self control and h.s. is there to treat people that should treat people. without question the issues of sexism racism is a massive can of worms because obviously the hospitals could be in breach of the

only quality because obviously a female that he wants to be treated by a female will not be allowed to because it would be deemed a sexist or if you have certain religious views you won't be allowed because it be deemed racist or sexist in some form that if you're racist you will have a problem with this because you think it's a normal discourse of normal wear behavior some framed in some ridiculous notion that you've got freedom to insult and abuse people on to lock them up is serious actually most of these people will find that one state behavior is deemed unacceptable people realize they can no longer behave like that it's not true that just clogging up the court system we say people should be prosecuted but you don't want to prosecute it because your actual words was it would only clog up the court system somebody who may have a feel philosophical or religious belief about being treated by women are being treated by a certain person then there are philosophical and religious beliefs have to be also respected and if the n.h.s. are not going to respect their views then they're going to fall foul of the courts

the n.h.s. was built on immigrant a migrant labor from all over the world she was going many people yes in ireland my god oh here we go you have no idea as a bill that said on the please don't use that because it wasn't built just on that this is ridiculous if somebody says i don't want to be treated like some of these black or asian there's no reason to respect that at all being a race isn't a philosophical view it's just plain wrong only those piece. believe it should be tolerated actually resists any kind of basic principles. of the way it. prosecuted you're talking about people under normal circumstances these are not normal circumstances where people go into a in a. in pain they wanted us so these an absolute wide range of circumstances just to say can you come down a bit the can ask you like the situation you want to use a little coward to tell people off i say let's go and prosecuted you didn't want to

do that because you said it blocked up the court systems are not against prosecute them i think it's easier it's easier for health professionals to give people a warning about their behavior and challenge it without necessarily bringing in the police and the courts i think the people who are a racist need to be challenge to and that has to be done in such a way as they can simply understand that their behaviors are sceptical what you need to do is make sure you get them treated get them out reports and then get prosecuted if need be afterwards very simple if you issue in your card records in the hospitals that's going that's going to a people more. news in next year that france has to toughen up on immigration numbers the prime minister says the country needs to take control as the 1st ever plans for quotas have been announced shall do benson takes a closer look. matt cooper was catapulted into the french presidency on a ticket of not being from the right nor the left it was a poor enabling him to attract votes from across the political spectrum and it was

a successful tactic half way through his mandate and it seems to still not showing about pinching an idea here all that from his political enemies in order to pepper the french government policies for some there's a feeling that mcallen may be dipping too much into the pool of ideas from the right with a crackdown on immigration high on his agenda takes this. hang on that seems a bit familiar it's all right now we're demanding a moratorium on immigration because the french ship is sinking and what about showing gain for the famous showing an area that using the rules of the dublin regulation does not work anymore if you have to suspend immediately the french public have been given more and more teases of policies to come policies that many feel wouldn't look out of place have they been announced by marine le pen's

national rally the country's prime minister has outlined 20 measures for tighter controls these include making it more difficult for migrants to claim benefits and health care under these new rules let me see claim asylum would have to wait 3 months after launching the claim before being able to access proces universal health care france is also looking to introduce for the very 1st time economic quotas. possible but. we see in the post. another. 11 what is called setting quotas for economic migrants is a u. turn from corn during his presidential campaign he had ruled out. so this is a clear attempt to appeal to right wing fotis for whom migration without limit is a huge issue that comes as recent figures showed france had received nearly

$123000.00 asylum requests last year not only a record high but an increase of 22 percent compared to the year before mcallen himself has admitted his party just can't ignore the problem of immigration the border was easy have no problem with migrants because they don't see them but the working classes do and they are being seduced by marine le pen's and take immigration far right national rally may have thrown down the gauntlet in his attempts to pry voters away from the national rally but lappin isn't backing down either she's warned may want to act tough his party is somewhat softer than its leader proposals to prevent abuse of the asylum system were all shot down by his own party members although much cause attempts to reach out to right wing voters comes ahead of municipal elections it's clear this is about something bigger much

bigger in fact 2 and a half years before the next presidential election in france polls are showing that kwame's only competition will likely come in the form of le pen the indication is that the race could be a tight one and mccrone in a bid to stay ahead is having to pull out all the punches even if that means possibly alienating many of those who put him in power in the 1st place. r.t. . to other after 15 past the hour good morning folks for choosing up international richard around the world on the way the u.n. a new rug on israel over move to the portman american human rights chief tells our . president there is a next door in. the boy.

so small seemed wrong when all the roles just don't all. get to say power just because the answer came along and in detroit it was betrayal . when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. what politicians do something a little. bit put themselves on the lawn. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be rich. but you'd like to be closer to see what the look for 3 of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of the gulf.

you know world big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than

ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bath 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. israel's top courts upheld a government decision to deport the regional head of human rights watch. who's

a u.s. citizen cannot be removed under a law that which prohibits public calls for a boycott of israel but the organization was it's going to set a dangerous president we spoke with a man 1st off at the center of the story. neither human rights watch nor i as its representatives have called for boycotts we do not call for a consumer boycott we do not call for a boycott of israel proper what we do do as we do throughout the world is call on businesses to respect rights and in the context of the west bank years of research has led us to determine that any company that operates in illegal settlements inherently contributes to rights abuses so we've called on companies to uphold the rights and stop those activities but we've never called for a boycott of those companies much less israel proper so reaction in the european union 1st off spoken out in support of human rights watch calling on israel not to deport shark it the un too is said that israel must allow rights defenders to quote

carry out their work without threat or intimidation israeli court based its decision on a law introduced back in 2017 which can deny entry to any individual or company if they call for a boycott of the country over its actions or settlements in the west bank here again told us the decision exposes the systematic oppression of rights activists he said. this decision is coming in the context of many other measures that have been taken against human rights defenders just the last couple of months last week we saw palestinian staff member of amnesty international issued a travel ban for unspecified security reasons clearly a punitive measure given amnesty to work we've seen a campaign of incitement against groups like palestinian groups like al that is really groups like that said we saw a raid of the offices of a palestinian prisoner rights group of the media that just in september what's happening here is a systematic pattern but now that the court has rubber stamps and said this has the

nearest legality under israeli law it really sends a chilling message and threatens to embolden the government to take further steps today it might be deportation denials tomorrow is that criminalizing the same kind of speech today it's boycotts tomorrow is that calling settlements illegal or the west bank occupied it's an incredibly dangerous precedent. today around the start of the new phase in deviating from the nuclear deal by resuming your radium enrichment facility president rouhani has announced much the 4th step than in reducing the country's commitments under the iran nuclear deal since the us you left really withdrew from it ronnie says around the would reconsider the decision if certain conditions are met. near this year out of my inaudible the department of energy if you begin the working on the centrifuges starting out from tomorrow. just like a previous ones out is reversible our work will be conducted under the supervision

of the international atomic energy agency a. big nuclear deal was signed off between iran and 6 of the parties in 2015 after almost 9 years of complex hard fought to go see ations it saw around promise to stop its nuclear program in return for international sanctions relief but then last year controversially the united states pulled out reimposed a range of financial and economic sanctions since then european countries and around have been struggling to try to keep the agreement alive and to walk campaign a can stone told us the real destabilizing force here is the united states. the iranians are proceeding. according to international law it was the u.s. by abrogating this treaty that has caused increased instability and and the likelihood of further instability it is exacerbated every time the u.s. tries to use its quote maximum pressure and further illegal sanctions for example

the ones the other day against iran's construction industry all these the legal moves by the u.s. against iran threaten the peace and the instability of the region because it becomes increasingly clear that what the us is after is not better trade deal or a peaceful regime of iran's nuclear energy but rather what they're seeking is the actual 'd overthrow of the iranian government and that proposition is very dangerous indeed. american cash to boost roads rail and other infrastructure appears to be getting lost on route the u.s. is playing instead to plow transport funds into a 0 as it competes with china even though 'd americans back home is still contending with crumbling roads creaking railways and day to day poles all despite

the interim selection promised to sort it all out is caleb maupin. china's one belt one road project of building infrastructure around the world is facing a challenger and the united states is not hiding its intent we have no intention of vacating our military or geopolitical position we are here permanently and we will be continuing to invest more here and we will be continuing to have more bilateral trade and i'm spending much more time in the region but wait a mere year ago donald trump promised to channel money into rebuilding america's decaying infrastructure i've asked republicans and democrats in congress to come together and deliver the biggest and boldest infrastructure plan in the last half century a plan generates an unprecedented $1.00 trillion dollar investment in american infrastructure well it sounds great but those plans have been show now the american society of engineers has graded america's infrastructure and they are pretty

unimpressed when it comes to bridges c. plus with more than 200000 around the country that are over half a century old dams d. more than $15500.00 of them are listed as high hazard drinking water d. with 2 trillion gallons of treated water lost every year essentially wasted and energy lines are also pretty weak take a look around new york city the richest city in the country the brooklyn queens expressway is falling apart city planners say that by 2026 big trucks will no longer be able to use it for gifted children sign about london bridge falling down it's the brooklyn bridge that's visibly breaking apart a few years ago 5 people were injured after pieces of granite fell on to the underpass of the iconic brooklyn bridge in fact that bridge is said to be structurally deficient $683.00 bridges in new york city are in disrepair and then

there's the subways. system constant delays the escalators keep breaking down in fact only $31.00 out of $472.00 subway stations are listed as having all structural components in good repair the should be paying attention to what's going on within this country 1st and foremost before we start spending out to look around new york and tell me if that's what we don't need to do absolutely look at the subway system so 100 something years old and it's still like something from the turn of the century we need to invest in our cities our country and make our country a better place to live it was worse when i was a kid. lot of people say u.s. infrastructure is just a mass i mean do you buy that yes i would because i drive a lot of drive it depends on where you live to new york for instance the bridge is in bad shape. and i guess you should take the initiative to really fix it.

yes public opinion seems to feel pretty strongly that we ought to focus on fixing things up here before we go around the world and try to beat china at its own game . r.t. new york. next but a small store in town in southwest winds apparently found itself on the front line in the battle against racism a local councilor put forward a motion to change its centuries old nickname because he says it sounds like a racial slur everyone in the town agrees with. if this word is not to remove the town council could be classed as a racist white supremacist therefore this issues should be rectified immediately.

to have traveled through the delicious scenery of north devon must needs know the little white town a bit if. i can imagine why it would be. shocking. every body. over the top. and everybody. i think it stupid. little white town is a white town with a lot of properties if i did want nothing to do with rice it's unbelievable political correctness. without full we'll leave you for now that's the way some of the main news stories is shaping up so far this morning so much more for the here more than it's cover though in the rest of the morning wishing you

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