cuckoos in the dance the u.s. charges to form a twitter style with being sounding spines accusing them of gathering data on thousands of users critical of riyadh. whistleblowers become the new frontline in the political battle being waged in washington and the bill to protect their identities is blocked in the u.s. senate. tackling hate in hospitals the health trust in england plans to root out racism by threatening to withhold treatment for people who abuse stuff. a message that there's 0 tolerance towards a lead to a level of self-control to treat people they should treat people. without question .

oh you're watching artsy international i'm words on a lot could welcome to the program. the u.s. justice department has charged 2 former twitter employees with spying for saudi arabia prosecutors claim the pair an american citizen and a sounding national used their positions to collect sensitive information about users critical of the kingdom you know no discuss the case with double quarter. list 3 people being charged here 2 are former employees at twitter one being a u.s. citizen and the other a saudi citizen and their 3rd accomplice also a saudi citizen now the duo are being accused of using their positions at twitter to access the personal information of thousands of twitter users in the interests of the saudi government and against to be used against critics of the monarchy now on wednesday the justice department filed

a criminal complaint against all 3 involved the defendant did knowingly act in the united states as an agent of a foreign governments acted within the united states on the direction and control of the kingdom of saudi arabia and foreign officials working on behalf of the kingdom of saudi arabia without prior notification as required by law they had access to proprietary and confidential twitter information including information about twitter users including the user provided e-mail addresses birthdates phone numbers and internet protocol addresses now the complaint also said that these 2 former employees didn't have jobs that required them to have access to people's private information now as for their payout they were given a designer watch that was priced at $20000.00 and another at least $300000.00 transferred into secret bank accounts that they had twitter security its users privet see clearly dealt a blow here but to what extent well just recently the american involved he was

arrested in seattle for tampering with 3 twitter accounts but the real damage was done back in 2015 when over 6000 twitter users had their information stolen by the saudi coconspirator who now is all the way back in saudi he's believed to be back in saudi arabia safe and sound i mean this is twitter we're talking about it's it's a major social media platform that's in countries all over the world and it's a serious concern when just 2 people who weren't even supposed to have the rights to people's private information can get so much of that when twitter says this is supposed to be confined to a small team of trained professionals. we recognize the length but this will go into a on to my no service company limited access to sensitive account information to a limited group of trains and visit employee twitter has agreed to cooperate with the investigation and we don't know how long saudi arabia may or may not have been conducting espionage in the united states but what's significant about this case is

that it's the 1st time prosecutors have ever accused saudi arabia of running agents within the united states and another interesting thing about this is that back when these moves were made against the monarchy's critics the current king of saudi arabia was just coming to power after his father died so that's an interesting thing to know so far the saudi embassy has been silent on the issue but it certainly will be interesting to hear what they have to say if they decide to make a statement. well ben harris quiney is the chairman of the conservative think tank the bow group and he told us that the immense reach of social media platforms represents a serious threat to society the extent to which twitter and other similar social media platforms collects such a wide range of data for the palette these companies that deal with my state somehow this is the power of cults that it exceeds the power of most governments they are able to not only know intimate details about the uses laws but

also predict their behaviors in often more efficient ways than the uses themselves to protect their behaviors and that obviously has a potential very district pm outcome in the future when these organizations operate with the political bias that they clearly don't i think that should be concerned for all individuals that believe in free speech and free expression of democracy. riyad has also been making headlines in another big story this thursday over a video allegedly showing a so-called secret weapons delivery in yemen will have all the details on that and the possible implications a little later in the program. well in other news this hour u.s. 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 the

amendment was designed to both of the senate's position which is that whistleblowers should be protected from retaliation and their contribution of knowledged it comes as the president's son has tweeted the alleged name of the whistleblower who triggered the trump impeachment inquiry saskia taylor reports on the fate of those who recently dared to speak out in america. 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 going close bowl unlike the hundreds of others who chose the path of least resistance you see they quietly launched 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. when 189 out of 190 cases of whistleblower complaints by had to send you the link but the report was shut down i wonder if mr schumer praised or 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 boller worked for the cia now he found himself in a patriotic dye level when he uncovered what he said amounted to the u.s. helping pakistan become a nuclear power including by selling band technology and 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 kayo 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 poor and found himself on the wrong side of the table when he shoved 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. bars 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 laws 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 whistleblower as if you are a whistleblower you need to accept that harassment prison self-imposed exile just being consigned to the forgotten pages of history are all on the cards are less 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. patients who abuse staff at

a hospital in western england could be set to receive lengthy back room using its services the north bristol health trust has launched a red called to racism campaign which could see treatment refused when it is safe to do so. the point to a void is the question we are seeing in the moment we really do need to use it to safeguard our stuff and work with colleagues every 6 of us in our courts to be able to show this the campaign aims to cut out a wide range of abuse the hospital staff face aside from racism there will be is 0 tolerance policy to sexism and offensive language and also inappropriate behavior malicious allegations and intentional damage to property patients found to be abusive will encounter a sports like disciplinary system a warning or yellow card will be given on the 1st incident a 2nd time the patients get a red card meaning treatment will be withdrawn once a patient's condition is safe or here are some of the reaction we got to that plan

from the national secretary for the english democrats party stephen morris and wayman bennett of the stand up to racism pressure group. 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 both 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 they 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 will 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 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 a freedom to insult and abuse people want to lock them up is in serious actually most of these people will find that one step 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 they have their 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 where the actual she was going many people yes in and my god oh here we go you have no idea as a bill that said on the don't use the because it wasn't built just on that this is ridiculous if somebody says i don't want to be treated by 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 people who believe it should be. tolerated any kind of basic principles we. prosecuted you're talking about people under normal circumstances these are not normal circumstances when people go into a in a. in their wanted us so 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 has to be done in such a way as they can simply understand that their behavior is unacceptable 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 start. out in the hospitals that's going that's going to a people more. c.n.n. has published leaked video which it says of merican made weapons being delivered to the saudi led coalition in yemen and this comes as concern builds though the united states' role in fueling the conflict which by some estimates has claimed 100000 lives erica made weapons arriving in yemen and that is even as u.s. lawmakers asked for an urgent briefing from secretary of state mike upon perry demanding answers on how the weapons got there it shows the port of aden which is under control of the saudi led coalition and u.s. made military vehicles being unloaded there now so far we have heard from the

pentagon which has not confirmed the accuracy of this video this is what we've heard we cannot comment on any potential ongoing investigations of course. and to use violations now u.s. law does stipulate that weapons that are exported are required to have end use monitoring to make sure they're not being used for the violation of human rights or the killing of civilians however the kingdom of saudi arabia does maintain that it is not killing civilians in yemen that it is simply fighting a war against the forces however there are many international bodies and observers that strongly disagree with that assessment and say that civilians are dying in yemen let's review some of what has taken place since the saudi led military campaign in yemen began.

now there is widespread disapproval of saudi arabia's activities in yemen in the united states and there have been multiple attempts by the u.s. congress to stop the sale of weapons to saudi arabia and 2019 there was the war powers resolution which was approved by the u.s. house and senate however it was vetoed by u.s. president donald trump and in july of 2019 there were a trio of congressional resolution aimed at banning the billions of dollars worth of weapons that are sold to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and other countries and that was also vetoed by donald trump so this new video us seems to show u.s. made weapons and military vehicles being unloaded at the port of aden handed over

to saudi forces and that is something that many americans and members of congress don't approve but that the president of the united states has made clear he wishes to continue. the french president has said he believes nato is in terminal decline describing the once robust alliance as experiencing brain death consequently according to a manual mccrone europe needs to start thinking strategically and must assert itself as a geopolitical power europe is now dealing for the 1st time with an american president who doesn't share our idea of the european project if we don't wake up there's a considerable risk that in the long run we would disappear geopolitically or at least that we will no longer being control of our own destiny i believe that very deeply. well that stark warning was made during an interview with the economist magazine the french president also cast doubt on the reliability of nato article 5 which requires member states to come to one another's defense if attacked he

suggested that the deterrent has been undermined by washington's faltering commitment to the alliance and it doesn't seem not all of my. allies agree with his assessment though the comments have drawn several responses since they were published. france's president the french president used rather drastic words to express his views this is not how i see the state of corporation with nato so i don't think that such a sweeping judgment is appropriate meter is in our interest it's all security lines obviously we have to take our destiny in our own hands but the transatlantic partnership is absolutely indispensable i agree with the chancellor merkel need to a strong. united states north america and europe we do more together than we are done for decades we have implemented the strongest reinforcement so collected a friend since the end of the cold war. writer and broadcaster jonathan pryor told

us though that chancellor merkel's remarks don't help to clarify her position. there is a certain contradiction i suppose in what she was saying in that if europe is going to be more responsible for its own military as well as economic future then obviously that would suggest a certain weakening of the link with the united states but on the other hand she was basically urging the americans discreetly not to pull away we have to remember that to her she's addressing those remarks basically to donald trump who has given several indications that he would really prefer america to be america 1st america alone as far as possible and really has undermined to a degree nato's integrity and indeed is very critical of the european union which he sees as a competitor rather than as

a colleague. a financial exodus could be on the cards if jeremy corbyn sweeps to victory in the u.k. snap general election on december 12th that pre-breakfast warning has come from the country's super rich with their lawyers saying they could bail on britain if the labor party wins next month's vote glans on the whole be more concerned about jeremy corbyn than about brigid i believe we can realistically expect a korban government would trigger an exodus of the country's most successful and wealthiest individuals who contribute significantly both directly and indirectly to the british economy lots of high net worth individuals so worried about having to pay much higher taxes some their wealth and have already prepared for the possibility of a korban government transfers of wealth are already arranged in many cases all that is missing is the signature on the contract. jeremy corbyn has been seen as a threat by the u.k. so-called elite and wealthy and here's why back in 2017 the opposition leader plan

to impose a strict a tax system of high earners with 45 percent of those earning above $80000.00 pounds and 50 percent for more than $123000.00 pounds right now the 45 percent rate is only applied to income of more than 150000 the u.k.'s prime minister says the corbin's reforms will destroy the economy that is. the problem with bolivarian revolution recession ism as practiced by generally called the labor party in the labor body always runs out of other people's money that's why. it will happen again or with jeremy core being the most pressing concern for some right now the u.k.'s exit from the european union is still lurking around the corner of that struck fear into the e.u.'s wealthiest a major companies unsure of the economic impact back in 2016 the brics referendum

was dubbed a once in a lifetime opportunity then and now the labor party seems to be offering something similar this election is a once in a generation chance to transform our country to take on the vested interests holding people back and ensure that no community is left behind a financial commentator charlie boyle claims corbin's policies would pose a threat to the british economy. lawyers 'd and people that have businesses that are fairly well off not quite millionaires those are the people that pay the most tax but they've also got large amounts of debt the reason why we're able to service these debts is by low interest rates and a certain amount of tax breaks and regardless of what you think of that that's all going to be cancelled out by a lot of jeremy corbin's policies and and by the way even if he never gets around to doing any of them just the thought of him winning the election or winning it

even if practicality sets in is going to be enough to topple the u.k. economy and possibly the world. of staying in britain for a moment a quaint seaside town of the southwest of england has been swept up in a storm of controversy over the suggestion it a longstanding nicknames mack's of white supremacy and it's left a couple of the locals a little nonplussed. if this were doing is not removed the town council could be classed as a racist white supremacist therefore this issue should be rectified immediately.

all who have traveled through the delicious scenery of north devon must needs know the little white town a bit if it. can imagine why it would get. shocking really shocked everybody. over the top. and everybody. i think it's stupid. little white town is a white town because a lot of properties if i did was nothing to do with rice it's unbelievable political correctness. well that's news update for now we'll be back here in around 30 minutes time with

a roundup of the headlines see that. 30 years ago the burren wall fell the cold war had essentially come to an end the fall of this cold war symbol was heralded as a new spring of nations and the end of communism decades on what is the legacy of this historic event of the promises of 1909 been fulfilled. time after time her asians repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport sustainability them in a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless

. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away this is. greetings and salutations over the weekend thousands gathered on the banks of one of them india's most sacred waterways that you moon a river to pay respect to the rising sun the waters of human a river are meant to be holy to cleanse however what was once

a place of peace is now covered in toxic foam brought about by the estimated one and a half 1000000000 liters of untreated sewage that enter the river every day but it was the skies above new delhi that had many stopped in their tracks this weekend as a public health emergency was declared when the air quality index reached 999 in most areas the reason it was 999 is that because that it that's as high as the meters are able to record it's estimated that the air in new delhi is 7 times as bad as the air in beijing china and 20 times what the world health organization deemed safe this means thousands of schools shut down flights cancelled and cars banned from the road. on certain days to mitigate the already growing danger so what happened in india and the annual tradition of burning off what those in india call crop stubble combined with the excessive use of fireworks during religious ceremonies in recent weeks and you have just the right amount to

tip an already pollution filled area over the edge new delhi resident explains the other reasons for the crisis. foreigners and the government should restrict some of the factories as well as traffic which both limit pollution we have to plant more trees and people should use more public transportation better the situation. and on the other side of the planet and a place where the politicians are supposed to be eco conscious in the water crisp and clear canada is now facing a flint of its own over 120 journalist editor students and teachers across canada came together for a research project called tainted water they found that in montreal's got no saskatoon regina moose jaw and prince rupert had lead levels comparable or higher than those in flint michigan during its 2015 led crisis as the sky is burned with our waists and our waters team with toxins it's time to stop doing.