the world anti-doping agency recommends a 4 year ban for russia from major sporting events while the international olympic committee says any punishment will focus on the country's authorities not athletes . and 2 months after a disaster people in the french city of one gathered to protest against the handling of a huge fire that ripped through a chemical plant. wants. people to. put in my garden. and his cues. to me in life i mean. you carry court bans her parents from protesting l.g.b.

t v quality classes dismissing claims that the lessons are not age appropriate and go against some people's religious beliefs. that are broadcasting live his musket this is our international thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right the international olympic committee has stated that russia's sports movement is clear of any wrongdoing in the latest anti doping scandal the i.o.c. however says it will support tough sanctions on the russian authorities which have been accused of manipulating anti-doping data bases this comes after a world anti-doping agency committee recommended a 4 year ban be applied to russia for all major sporting events. gave us details earlier. so just a day after the world anti-doping agency came out with their accommodation for

a 4 year ban on the russian side consisting of many elements the international olympic committee said that it would support the toughest measures against those responsible for the manipulations with the databases but they pointed out that they believe the russian athletes and also the russian national olympic committee had nothing to do with these manipulations we note that the report proves that any manipulation of the data is the sole responsibility of the russian authorities at the same time we also know the report finds that the sports movement has not been involved in any of this manipulation and the report does not indicate any wrongdoing by the sports movement in this regard in particular the russian olympic committee or its members at that seems to be a word that's repeated manipulation manipulations what are the i.o.c.

and wada talking about when they're saying manipulations they're talking about the long process of russia getting its house in order after the infamous doping scandal and allegations of state sponsored doping in order for the russian national anti-doping agency to regain its international status to get back its international recognition the russian authorities had to meet certain requirements and a very important requirement was that they were supposed to hand over the database of the moscow anti-doping laborde tree from the previous years. the handover did happen with a slight delay although initially the international authorities were happy with that but then they decided to investigate and a team of forensic experts hired by the world anti-doping agency found that this database was somehow manipulated some. the elements of the database were either raced or modified and as a result of this

a group of water officials came out with this commendation for the main world anti-doping agency decision makers what they want is the toughest punishment for russia and we do remember how as a result of the doping scandal for instance during the winter olympic games and $20000.00 in south korea the russian team had to compete under a neutral flag they weren't allowed to be called team russia so now these sanctions are in place the same story will happen in tokyo during the summer olympic games but that is not it because that ban could be extended to 4 years and other 4 years sanctions could fall for instance a ban on all russian officials to be present at major sporting events possibly russia will be barred from hosting top class competitions and the ice hockey world championships volleyball world championships the way for champions league final and so on and so forth so all that is now in jeopardy the reaction from the russian

side has been coming in the minister of sports is saying that russia has been fulfilling all the requirements providing all the answers his side is still ready to cooperate however they will appeal any punishment that they see as unfair because i want to say that we. provided all the necessary information and questions. have been discussing the case with wada but unfortunately the position has not been heard if the russian anti doping agency would dispute the decision the case will go to court with all the evidence will be examined and all witnesses in experts heard again we also heard from the russian most senior diplomats. who said that russia is ready. to play by the rules which it has done before however they want to make sure that these rules are fair

and that they're the same for everyone. there are some people who want to put russia in the position of a defendant accused the very thing in this world that's why we will fight for the necessity of fear dialogue which can be the only one or 2 for instance china and russia are guilty of everything and violate everything but the others follow the rules established by themselves without consulting anyone and make the governments respect these rules now i just want to go back to why the international olympic committee statement is crucial they will not be the ones will be making the final decision the i.o.c. has to accept any verdict that comes out of or the court of arbitration for sports if an appeal is filed by russia however the i.o.c. does still have a significant influence on the world anti-doping agency because of their way to

the world's main big sports organization and also because of the many connections in the world of sport so the final decision will be made by waters executive board which will convene on december the 9th so we'll be waiting for what comes out of that. fearing for their health and demanding transparency protesters have gathered in the french city of exactly 2 months after a fire engulfed a chemical factory in the area and he's he goes down off reports from the city. right now we will king with the crowd over it looks like a 100 maybe a bit more time when you see all the way to the end of this column through on and indeed there are concerned people from all really the whole society spectrum is here there are young people there are elderly there are eco activists there are anti capitalist at a certain point this this march took a real left turn figuratively speaking speaking and they are simply concerned

citizens and all of them are indeed demanding transparency from the government and from lubrizol the company the chemical plant that well of that released all these chemicals into into the atmosphere some 2 months ago. now this rally started with an installation it featured mannequins wearing gas masks and the with bags of money now that all of these just a matter foods to what people what people reported what they felt right after the fire because they many of them many of the locals complained about the burning sensation in the throat for instance or about feeling nauseous after the release of the chemical just simply because of breathing the contaminated air and they're

accusing the government of failing to release the air samples they which were taken right after the fire and the government's position and look results position has been that while there was no immediate health threat that all of those effects would cause and that there was no environmental impact but people here are not buying this. really really angry about the low i want. the people who can put that in my garden must pay and must excuse. to me and my community. through the strategy this was right so we want the truth to be revealed about what happened in the lubrizol accident because now everyone's just passing the buck no one wants to take responsibility and the truth about the accident has not been established today we should have health monitoring this which we currently don't we are denied more extensive blood tests we expect

resignations over this people are concerned about their health but it wasn't just about that local businesses local farmers suffered immensely for instance some 1800 farmers who were were banned from harvesting their own crop by the french government because all of that well because because of the fears of contamination now lubrizol which is by the way owned by the american billionaire warren buffet has promised to reimburse to help financially those farmers but again very few people at least here you won't find find anyone who's at this rally i mean who is satisfied by that response and i should also mention that this plant it has been problematic before in 2013 and the most notable the most notable case there was an accident and the camera the plant leaked some chemicals into the year as well and those chemicals they produced a very foul stench which could be felt as far as at the shores of britain this is

somewhat of a finishing support for the rally because here is this is the low brazil plant this is the chemical plant that released all those chemicals into the air and all these people around me there would really like to have a very good look what's going on behind these walls. out of the u.k. now where parents have been banned from protesting against l.g.b. t. equality classes being taught at a primary school in the city of birmingham a court dismissed concerns that the lessons were inappropriate for young children are too shabby edwards dashti as the story. well this has been an ongoing case for quite some time now concerning parents who are fundamentally in opposition to l g b t classes being taught at schools and of course those teaching them now often months of months of up for an outrage from petitions to protest today the high court has ruled a permanent ban on protests outside the school and they have suggested the school

is promoting homosexuality when it is not parents misunderstood and misrepresented to it is being taught in the school so what is making these parents so angry well a majority of the parents are from the muslim community and for them these classes are a step too far not to mention of course the kids being taught these such lessons are of quite a young age even at times as young as 4 or 5 and as a result the parents have taken them out of the schools but it's not just this school in question that's at the forefront of the protests other schools across bernie and have also seen parents in uproar and outrage saying that the classes go against their religious beliefs they should learn about the after old age not right now because you can once teach your kids to stick with boys and boys who. think this was the glow of a leader with a like you because you have to obviously clearly so you can't scream if you're going to religion and whatnot and that's what they're doing it's 99 percent muslim

it's not about the movement but the jewish community the other communities the christian communities they're all have issues around the way things have been going but the no outsiders program merely promotes equality it includes discussions about diverse relationships saying it's ok to be gay and showing and displaying same sex couples showing they do exist now it's been particularly portrayed 3rd children's books where we see cartoons displaying 2 moms or 2 dads even fairy tales or love stories between love between a king falling in love with a nother king but for many parents they say that a ban on the protests is a step. in the wrong direction for them it's against their freedom of expression to go against the program but for the teachers involved in the program they say it's in the right direction a step for inclusion and diversity but interestingly as of next year in september these sex ed classes that also include diversity of relationships and so on they

will become compulsory so of course the debate is far from over we heard from 2 of the people campaigning against the equality classes in birmingham. and i was asking today is is the judgment fair no it's not it's absolutely one sided it's absolutely based on probability and all the facts that we have given haven't been even regarded and parents are now seriously considering taking this to the supreme court they said based on probability the parents may have they done this or based on probability the protests were not good but the fact was not a single arrest him was made not a single follower allegation we have to safeguard what we think is in the best interest and this is being dictated by the state you know the state is not giving us no right or the school is not giving us no right that we understand that you need to explain diversity but when you say in the words of it's all k.

to be gay these children from jewish muslim and christian background have been taught opposite it's just a very unfair very extreme propaganda that's being done here to dare i say brainwash our children parents who are in despair and this is why they protested the spoke to the room letters to the to the school the sign petitions but they simply were not heard and the local government city council should've engaged to the parents and trying to resolve the conflict so that it was a win win situation which is become an ideological battle not one of equality. we respect. us as human beings they deserve respect and tolerance for their sakes you ality but what they can what the state can do is force that 6 year ality and that belief on or on children who come from

religiously conservative background. the german government minister has angered washington by comparing chinese spying to the n.s.a. that story and much more after a short break. imagine a powerful and. then you have the record and what we have done is to try and identify something coming in the brain. of the ripples. consciousness. in a world big. and conspiracy. to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell. we need to be

smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking. for truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. join me every day. yes. i'm sure. i'll see you then. international now a new poll has revealed a stark contrast between the way americans and germans view each other while most people in the us think the countries have a good relationship just a 3rd of germans see it that way and right now

a key sticking point between the 2 countries is over 5 g. mobile communications the german economy minister is resisting washington's calls to ban the chinese tech giant wild way from building infrastructure he says such a ban would be unfair considering that no action was taken against u.s. firms over the n.s.a. snooping scandal back in 2013. takes us closer into a story. while way a thorn in the side of the e.u. u.s. relations since the beginning of the year the chinese tech giant has triggered a global power play over the role though of its 5 g. network washington once it out of the european markets and after some heavy influencing sometimes not so friendly pressure and the spice agha germany's economic minister has added fuel to the fire by saying there is no reason to boycott while we beg then in the end it's

a fair we imposed no boycott the u.s. also requires from its companies that they provide certain information which is necessary to fight terrorism. meyer also mention that there is no link between while way and the chinese state little did he know though that this statement would come back to bite him not only here in germany but on the other side of the atlantic too it doesn't seem to bother the united states if you call them out for east dropping but compare them to the chinese that is a definite no no. the recent statements made by senior german government officials that the united states is comparable to the chinese communist party are an insult to thousands of american soldiers who hope to ensure germany security as well as to millions of americans committed to a strong western alliance these statements have also offended millions of chinese citizens who were denied fundamental freedoms on a room fully in prison by the chinese communist party although meyer claims as

words were misinterpreted about us that mark received his stance on while we house and changed for years now the united states has been warning its allies about chinese spying through its tech companies claiming companies like well wait and see t. have the back door open which allows the communist party to go in and collect information america even send out its big guns with mike pence and mike bell to europe warning them about chinese tech threat the united states has also been very clear with our security partners on the threat posed by. another chinese telecom companies the chinese government can rightfully demand access to data flowing through one way and z. visa systems why would anyone grant such power to regime that has already grossly violated cyberspace but when they're asked the boat evidence they cannot provide any of the other had germany and the us have a little bit of

a recent history when it comes to spying after that and this a scandal over the alleged happening of chelsea or ankle of merkel's phone even though relations between the 2 countries were a little bit intense in 2013 u.s. companies were not banned or sanctioned in germany it seems plain the good regime battery card is kind of working out for washington as it tries the distance beijing from the european market apparently some are willing to put morals over facts and comparing the u.s. to china is morally wrong there is no moral equivalence between china and the united states and one who claims otherwise ignores history i would never be repeated. europeans should ask themselves who is more likely to be listening on the other side of the line. as for the next stage the german parliament will be holding a vote on whether to let while we work on germany's 5 g. network the chancellor angela merkel wants an open bidding process which would

include the chinese firm members of her c.d.u. party are more skeptical. it isn't right that we discuss the question of 5 g. development and the participation of foreign companies and address the question of few work being data sovereignty with confidence we want to build in our own sovereignty and we have a conscious skepticism towards china and the communist regime in china. let's now go live to martin dozer a member of the homburg parliament in germany thanks for being with us here on our team international just thank you for being there so the german economy minister drew a parallel between chinese spying and the n.s.a.'s activities in germany are these 2 things actually that similar. i think. of course you can compare what countries are doing of course is necessary to see what's going on and if you compare the usa to china we can question ourselves as well. how many walls

china do in the last 20 years and when you also did the us proceed to the last 20 years and then we would see that the us did conduct more wars and china so why shouldn't be compared to different countries what their governments i think anyway is a bit strange comparison because the populations they want most of the population want peace in every country and so the government somehow struggling on the canonical power of the us and the moment the struggling against china the brits they. which are the most strong economies in the world wide in the moment and so the u.s. tries with texas and with other political measures to regain the most strong economy in the war for the western states so in the for the western states so i think it's a kind of an economical war which is going on. i think it's it's ok to compare what

is going on so different systems but it's different countries but it's not different ideas of what governments follow in different countries so we can. be like the u.s. ambassador richard responded angrily to back in paris and with china and you mentioned if you look at who has committed more wars if you will then the u.s. obviously is kind of more in the wrong there but he says it's about ideology there is no moral equivalence quibbling thing between china and united states and anyone suggesting it ignores history is that fair. and you can look at history from your point of view it can be the point of view of the us and best of all that it's ok my point of view is totally different when i compare what is going on in countries and i see what kind of politics china offering some who is doing in africa and what

kind of the u.s. is doing enough rico you see what has set up the had happened in libya for example and i see of course there are some rights of freedom may be abused in china but rights of freedom and rights of life are abused in the us as well when we look at the death penalty in the united states against especially against. people and. the population in the prisons in the us so we can see that there is some human rights abuses is going on there so i think it's just a pretense to will say we cannot compare that to hide the real reason of the attacks against the ally and this is the canonical challenge where the us in the moment is not the strongest and as a ms a bit about your money and i think it's a human we'll fight and so we should be honest and we can see china step a lot being in

a gloomy which is very strong and china being some poor countries to boot up an economy the u.s. has a nickel in you which is a bit decreasing and in this moment we can see the argumentation in a different background so i think it's a pretense to talk like this right thank you very much thanks for the thought it is an interesting dilemma for sure martin dolls are a member of the homburg problem and thanks for being with us here on out international thank you as a good evening. several russian tourists are in critical condition after a bus crash in the dominican republic the vehicle carrying $39.00 collided with a truck and overturned just a few hours ago at least 17 people were injured including children 2 operators have confirmed that no one has died in the incident will keep you updated as we get more information. all right this is art international we're back with more news at the top the hour stay with us. later.

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