major u.s. news network all threat to security democrats in washington demands fox news register as a foreign agent in the china russians. on their job. the parents of a man killed in a traffic accident paul pressure on the u.k. demanding justice for the wife of a u.s. diplomat and main suspect escapes punishment. the american citizen. accused of killing the. british citizens. and flames ravage a chemical plant in eastern texas following a huge blast early on wednesday morning so the workers are injured.

is an existential threat to the u.s. describing it as a russian stooge with some on the blue half of washington calling for the channel to register as a foreign agent. voices in the mainstream of the democratic party have escalated their calls for the suppression of alternative views specifically about foreign policy the target now seems to be the fox news network one of the most watched cable news networks in the united states prominent democratic voices have called for fox news to be forced to register as a foreign agent and specifically a foreign agent of russia fox news should register with far as an agent of the russian federation if it's going to peddle the kremlin agenda and propaganda while hurting u.s. national security interests then it should be treated the same as our t. and nick these allegations and this call for suppression of fox news and forcing it

to register as an agent of russia seem to be in response to this comment from tucker carlson i don't like what they are about to go on the conflict between ukraine and russia but i'm curious like i don't like to know why and why should that run for russia which i am tucker carlson is a prominent host on fox news he has a nightly program and apparently it was in response to not only these comments but also comments he's made in coverage she's had of the o.p.c. w. reports questioning allegations about syria and the chemical attack in duma and 27 seen here is some of the response that fox news has endured for its foreign policy coverage folks news host says he roots for russia against the west he said the quiet out loud this clip is just one more exhibit supporting the case that it's no longer left vs right but democracy versus authoritarianism i think many still underestimate the threat to the republic at this point fox's open the fascist day

and g.o.p. are existential threats to do us say we've reached out to fox news for comment on this issue in this allegation we hope to hear back from them this is not the 1st time that allegations like this have been leveled against conservative media outlets in the united states there's currently a case. in court in which one american news is suing m s n b c and rachel maddow over their allegation that rachel maddow referred to america one american news as quote paid russian propaganda one american news network is a conservative media outlet they say this is slanderous they are simply not a paid russian propaganda outlet and that this is an attack this is an unfair slander from m s n b c and from rachel maddow and they're hoping to win a settlement in court of up to $10000000.00 it seems that the allegation that one is a russian agent or a russian asset or a foreign agent agent of a foreign power seems to be

a common theme among those calling for the suppression of alternative views it's just not to smear it and that's all it is and they make these outrageous claims with absolutely no backing your no support about being a foreign agent which is absolutely ludicrous but they make is going on with no evidence and of course the intent is not to actually get these organizations to register as foreign agents that's absurd the intent is to just plant this seed to plant this ridiculous notion which they've been doing all along they've been doing this with the russian gates a lot that blew up in their face earlier this year and now with the piece written hearings which is also blown up in their face democratic party in the left used to be the party of free speech the priest speech movement was started in 1960 s. by left wing activists and and they're also the anti-war movement and they used to be the party of anti-war we've seen this dramatic shift the entire paradigm has been flipped on its head free speech and war and foreign war relations is yours 2

of those biggest issues the democrat party the left is fundamentally anti free speech. the case foreign secretary has been branded a cow a tough to apparently refusing to talk to the family of a young man killed in a confidence that deadly incident happened in august signed an american military base in england and. portably involved the wife of a u.s. diplomat we spoke to the victim's father following his confrontation with the foreign secretary. the don't. know what very have you and some ability to go in there but i think we really have to have the you know the to the right but the one on the one to. keep away from the story of the feeling to go down and try to speak to him because he had been in contact. troubles with how rich carrick's sorry i went down to speak to him but he didn't want to talk to me because there was some press that would be trying to speak to mr arar for

a long time or yes to do is call me he goes on and bruno's. orders to do is get in touch with us and we can arrange a marriage so you have. the answers there is we've been asking since the start but we haven't had any support from the u.k. government really i had one meeting with mr route which wasn't very such structuring for us as a family. over now there has been no contact with the right we feel as a family that. they're more concerned with helping the american citizen is accused of killing us and then how if you know us british citizens that leaving the country teenager harry dunn died 3 months ago as a result of a traffic accident between his motorcycle and a car the suspect in question answer clearly admitted that she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u.k. afterwards and invokes diplomatic immunity through her lawyers cyclists said she

had no time to react and apologize to the dunn family. case foreign office that is providing all the necessary help to seek a resolution to this case but how does this father told our team or must be done for justice to happen. probably require one ounce acuteness to come back and be charged through our courts for the crimes he has committed and exceptional polish work for us that is what we are. 100 percent but also we're going to try how the governments or the countries look at this diplomatic immunity law because it's a say rather loose. the spouse of an american worker can kill a 19 year old out in the house who needs a coach your own beauty i think the laws need to be updated so be more concurrent with the work you are not songs we live in we feel we cannot let this injustice go

forward was a young lad just starting out 19 years old started to enjoy his life and it was take your wife of him and we would feel we would not be the parents we should be for and we do not try and see this through and get through it just as he deserves. chemical plant in southeast texas as a blaze following an explosion early on wednesday morning in which 3 workers were injured.

earlier we spoke to one local resident who told us about the shock and extent of damage to locals homes. yeah so our house was actually really damaged but all the garage doors pretty much all of the doors down the middle all the windows blew out some of the the roof you know. so we had a lot of damage you hear about that explosions but and it's half and around the area before but not to this extent it's never affected all the owners around the refineries i definitely did not expect you know something like this to happen but i guess it comes with living in the area of. the refinery and by the t.p.c. crew produces thousands of tons of chemical and petroleum based products that situation important is still ongoing as emergency services seek to bring the fire under control as quickly as possible generalist duns campaign on health and environmental issues all of a to kill believes that

a substantial investigation will be needed to determine any background toxicity. really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and the manufacturers on this site i think that quite really quite a lot of investigation will be needed just to determine the background toxicity in the local area following this instant local community will have a love hate relationship with this plant these plants are responsible for quite a lot of wealth in this area they provide a huge amount of employment they are the economic lifeblood of this golden triangle area but at the same time there are these pollution incidents i think that this incident may actually bring quite a lot of additional political pressure on to the trumpet ministration not to cut the resources of the e.p.a. as it's intending to do. i think spanish will be taken off air in bolivia at the start of december that's according to the country's leading t.v. operator ellipse trying to join me earlier to discuss the story. well no specific

reasons were provided and the bolivian t.v. operator which pretty much excluded r t from their list of channels starting from december the 2nd explained it through some kind of order from what they called the company's administration this is a decision taken by the company's administration which talks to us with shutting down the channels broadcast says a private t.v. provider and the leader and believe he is cable t.v. market we do have to remember that a similar move has been made by ecuador's public t.v. operator almost 2 weeks ago they cut of r t spanish as well and moscow demanded explanation for that and still hasn't got it from quito now and this particular case it's unclear whether the decision came so leave from the company's top management or whether this has got anything to do with

the political situation in the country we remember that earlier this month bolivia pretty much suffered a coup and yet take us through exactly what happened that just remind us well now the former president. was all but ousted on november the 10th 1st he won reelection in a vote however the opponents claimed that the poll was rigged and as a result of that even though he actually promised a new election the military and the police turned their backs on mr morales and he had to flee from x. to mexico where he got political asylum now what's very important here is that the interim leader janine yes was never elected in any kind of vote she basically proclaimed herself the interim president of the country when had to step down when the vice president resigned and when the head of senate resigned now she says. that

at the moment her goal is to make sure that new elections are held in the country. that this is the law we believe in we have arrived at this day with the satisfaction of fulfilling that duty because this is the main objective of my government new elections will happen in the shortest time possible but it seems that so far her focus was absolutely different 1st of all she was accused of turning a blind eye on a violent crackdown on the indigenous protesters who are mostly in support of the former leader. but also it seems that all 'd she's been up to is trying to make as many u. turns as possible in the country's foreign policy she appointed a new ambassador to the u.s. for the 1st time in more than a decade and also severed diplomatic ties with bolivia's traditional allies especially under. that is with cuba and venezuela other diplomatic personnel

representing major divinest while an embassy in bolivia will be allowed to leave the country for having interfered in internal state affairs well surely perhaps the biggest political crisis in latin america over the last year or so has been the crisis in venezuela the fight between the nicolas maduro government and also the opposition leader one who is self-proclaimed president there and venezuela well what is also did was she recognized mr glyde bill as the head of it as well as well i hope it will end you with the venezuelan people. because i believe that they have been many years of suffering mr president i do have to say though that eventually interim president on is pushed through a legislature in which allowed a new general election in bolivia although this is something that's going to be boycotted by almost

a half of the population the supporters of this say that they are not going to take part in this vote so what kind of general election is that gonna be with almost 50 percent of bolivians deciding not to take part. we spoke to the national coordinator from the think tank alliance for global justice who says the south proclaimed government attempting to prevent the bolivian people from any alternative coverage kook government. is struggling to establish itself against massive resistance and they can't they can't afford to for people to hear alternative voices to the. news that they want the message that they want to get get out there because they have to have control of the message. people can you know

if people have free access to information they're going to say that other people or country are are suffering the way that they are suffering they're going to know that the reason for the suffering is this. is the sole legitimate government that. composed the resistance will continue on and grow. has announced it will look into allegations that his own weapons a fall into the wrong hands and conflict. the department of state takes these allegations very seriously and is working closely with pardon in the nations to determine whether there were any such unauthorized transfers. that statement came in response to queries made back in october by senator elizabeth warren those concerns triggered a c.n.n. investigation which claimed a mine resistant ambush vehicles sent to the saudi backed forces in yemen apparently ended up being used against them understand to national names the u.s.

as the world's biggest exporter of arms to date at the same time it's a saudi arabia is the main recipient of american armaments between 20142018 riyadh accounted for 22 percent of washington's weapons exports here's a quick reminder of what's been taking place in yemen says the saudi led campaign began in 2050. thank you. thank.

you. from the pentagon analyst michael maloof told us the u.s. is unable to keep track of all the weapons it sells. if there's no real strict accountability of these arms particularly in the hands of the saudis and and the immoralities the of the u.a.e. so. that's what the investigation is going to be about is try to get some idea. of how some of that those arms may have gone wayward based on those reports and i don't rule it out because if local troops there can make some money and sell some arms they will now it's it's a little. fantastical i guessed to have a whole. go way word like that because those are fairly well accounted for and you know we were involved in so many wars so many actions are so many fronts and that's why the defense department frankly cannot pass an accounting because. because

there's no way to account for where any of these items go alternately certainly aircraft will be watched bigger items big ticket items ships but not not small arms not that's almost impossible to control. sculptures of whistle blowers julian a stance chelsea manning and edward snowden have made a reappearance in central berlin more than 4 years after they were 1st unveiled and titled anything to say the collection of sculptures has now returned to its former place at the brandenburg gate after a world tour the artist behind it defeated 2 minos they think represents those who dare to say no to global surveillance or who make a stand again flies that lead to war r.t. spoke to star of vodka next from the german left party she told us the art piece is bring to life hypocrisy when it comes to freedom of speech. is a good justice this culture attracts attention to this incredible scandal it is the

journalists and whistleblowers who uncover crimes. are sitting in jail today while those who committed these crimes are not held accountable this has nothing to do with the rule of law and therefore it is very good though we are now so close to direct dialogue because here is the federal government which could have started to act on this issue a long time ago and for example could provide a sound asylum in germany the return to germany comes as there are serious concerns over wiki leaks editor julian assange is in a u.k. prison earlier this week more than 60 doctors wrote an open letter to the british home secretary saying a songe could die in prison they based their assessments on eyewitness accounts following an october court appearance it was reported that a song couldn't recall his date of birth at the hearing and when asked whether he could understand what was happening the australian replied that he could not think straight the wiki leaks cofounders also complained about the conditions of his

imprisonment on multiple occasions to recap a songes currently being held in london's belmarsh prison where he's serving a 15 week sentence for breaching his bell conditions and 2012 separately he is also fighting a u.s. extradition request over wiki leaks publishing classified information on american political and military dealings un rapporteur on torture knows melds strongly claims that it's not just about sons but about the integrity of government found safe guarding future generations. 6 months ago already i went into medical doctors and i sent a clear in the examination and conclusion to the government asking for immediate measures to be taken for his protection and delineation of the pressure on him the government sent me a tweet the next day and waited for 5 months to send any response whatsoever and when they did respond to sent me a 2 paragraph response as rejecting all old to pull my conclusions they're not at

all indicating readiness to engage in a dialogue and do what they need to do both doctor said if pressure is not alleviated rapidly that his situation will deteriorate to the dangerous level we have seen this happening within 10 days of our visit and since then i'm seriously concerned for his life this is not really about asuncion or snowden or manning this is about us it's about our governments their integrity the rule of law and the future of our self our human dignity and our children. the director of human rights watch for israel and palestine has vowed to continue his work after being expelled on monday from israel to live even accused of supporting a banned boycott movement on the country where to seize as a strategic threat. the israeli government has been trying for 3 years to expel human rights watch their rationales have different have differed most recently really government claim that we call for boycotts of israel and their focus has

been our work on the illegal settlements and we do not take a position on boycotts of israel what we do across the world is documented abuses by all actors including businesses and call for actors to refrain from contributing to rights abuse in order to comply with their obligations under international law and when we applied that universal call to the illegal settlements in the west bank israel said it was a call for a boycott and under a new law called a revoked my work permit and then deported me on november 25th. he when rights watch has long been critical of the israeli government's rights record on the construction of settlements in the west bank it's the 1st time a human rights watch staff member has been expelled from israel and the organizations 30 years of operating in the country omar sheikh here believes the ruling is part of a targeted campaign against rights advocates clearly they're trying to do by throwing out a representative of one of the world's largest human rights organizations is to say

to others that you know your work documenting rights abuses could result in you facing a punitive sanction this move shows the degree to which israel has lost even the pretense of 1st specked for basic international norms if israel despite criticism from much of the world for its me as it did earlier this week for my rights advocacy how would ever stop abusing rights are the reality here is the israeli government feels emboldened and the world spoke out against this and they still did or did me so i think the message is quite clear here that the government intends not only to continue its systematic assault on human rights organizations but intends to continue its abusive policies that we've been exposing and bringing to light. and made to you case in a my chain has backtracked on its banning of a critically acclaimed film about london gang warfare and solved it was accused of

institutional racism upon its release last week blue stories of violence the spilled out the on the screens that british cinemas with dozens of violent incidents reported the plot centers on the lives of 2 young friends who become embroiled in gang life. from the gulf we live with. that image it's not the. building sometimes just this building but you. at least 25 incidents were reported across several cinemas showing the movie prompting security measures to be enhanced following a brawl involving around 100 youths in birmingham some carrying machetes view cinemas dropped the film.

of you says its initial decision came off the careful consideration and was taken to ensure the safety of its staff and customers it did nice the move is a race issue however that said it's nonetheless faced claims of suppressing black art while the movie's director insists his piece is about love not violence conservative radio host dave perkins and london social activist lee jasper shared their thoughts with us. away incident so all sorts of fail right across the weld almost every day those films do you know and getting banned. culture is under constant attack grime music now they say now black failings whatever we're doing it even in the areas where we have fabulous they successful we still don't escape bit to criticism why don't we just assess all asia and to tame and activities in britain in relation to the hot coals because football least of all people in should

movies in a cinema if we could think of thousands of types of activities that take place where serious crime and criminality is much more in excess than we witness over this. so let's treat everybody on an equal playing field i don't think it's possible for the movie to cause violence i think it's possible for the movie to set the foundation for violence and then predict with some level of of confidence or even certainty that violence is going to happen so i want to clarify it like that in a sense in the sense that all movies do when they're about a cultural feature it glorifies the business of being in a gang that doesn't mean it glorifies the violence per se but people involved in gangs do have a considerably higher rate of violence than people who aren't involved in gangs and here's the thing when you draw them all to a place at night a whole bunch of young people together with a very high degree of involvement of one form or another in gangs that's why they come to see the movie because it glorifies the culture that they're in the

likelihood of something terrible happening is very high rates of pay your thoughts on this story and everything else they do get in touch by following us on social media back at the top of the. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. it's an understatement to say america is a very divided country many have even spoken openly about the possibility of civil

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