i was asked if you. think. some of the future crackpot. terror group or islamic state says it carried out friday starving attack in london which left 2 people dead. known to your thirty's. some democrats are calling for the republican fox news t.v. network to be registered as a foreign agent. and believe you are in the grip of political instability we talked to a local mayor who was brutally beaten and publicly humiliated by rivals about the president's . and i want people to take a step back. and

in france residents are still demanding answers and action from the government 2 months after a massive chemical factory fire left a toxic cloud over their system. from moscow watching the weekly here not international on daniel hawkins wherever you are today thanks for joining us on the progress of a terrorist group islamic state carried out friday stabbing in central london 2 people were killed in that attack and 3 others badly injured the perpetrator had served time for previous terrorist offenses before being freed early on license last year british prime minister has criticised the practice of automatic really it's. clear to me that. this was. half of the sentence automatic early release. and i have long said that this system

simply isn't working it does not make sense for us as a society to be putting terrorist people convicted of terrorist offenses a serious offense is on early release. 28 year old carmen was released from prison last december he was jailed for planning a bomb attack on the london stock exchange in 2010 his other targets back then reportedly included the u.s. embassy and boris johnson at the time the mayor of london car was still wearing his tronic tag when he carried out friday's attack video showing the aftermath of the stabbing have been posted on social media as you can see some civilians wrestled with the killer pinning him to the ground and one man managed to seize a knife from the terrorists he was then shot dead by police are witnesses described what they saw.

was a lot of movement on the panic. those kind of counts are just like a wave of something going on. and then suddenly everybody said go down into the basement it was extremely frightening but if you don't know what to do you know. you start to do think twice not just by nothing once again it's the 1st terrorist attack on british soil since some mccain prime minister though not in recent history.

we discussed the incident with former british intelligence officer sean and former head of the u.k.'s national counter-terrorism security office chris phillips. in this case because he was acting apparently as a lone wolf there would be no indication that he was planning anything there were to be potentially no chatter out there to be intercepted so they would have seen any of the a preemptive intelligence that our spy agencies are actually mandated to try and gather all that they seem to be able to name and is gather intelligence which they can then use after an attack in the manner of cleese forces to gather evidence to try and piece together what happened in the run up to such an attack that is not

the work of intelligence agencies that is the work of the police and it's an intelligence failure now it's there it's a real problem for a criminal justice system which is not doing what it should do and that's keeping the public safe for some reason our criminal justice system judges and the way our system works allows people out halfway through their sentence which means 5 or 6 years after e committed this apparent he was back on the streets and he was still radicalized so very difficult for the police to to monitor people like this and of course a bit just want to pick up a knife it's pretty much impossible to stop as well so so the criminal justice system here is a whole. us democrats have labeled fox news an existential threat to the united states describing it as a russian stu's someone are calling for the child to register as a foreign agent prox news should register with far as an agent of the russian federation if it's going to peddle the kremlin's agenda and propaganda while hurting u.s. national security interests then it should be treated the same as r.t.

and. the fox news t.v. networks known to appeal to conservative americans often challenges the common us mainstream media narrative for example regarding the alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of do were in 2017 which the west blames on syria's president here's what triggered the latest democrat campaign against fox news. well bring that clip to you a little bit later it's not the only case of for republican media being targeted by democrats in september a conservative one american news filed a defamation lawsuit against their same b.c. and its host roche will moto the modern more than $10000000.00 in compensation after a call that paid russian propaganda more economists that spectacle usa says that

insulting the russian affiliation insinuating russian affiliation rather is a go to democrat strategy in this day and age. it's just not the smear it's then that's all it is and they make these outrageous claims with absolutely no backing your no support about being a foreign agent 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 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 the 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 war relations it's just 2 of those

biggest issues the democrat party the left is fundamentally anti free speech i mean while the washington post has thought of its own crusade against republicans priming them russian propagandists as more guys the if explains that it boils down to some muddled thinking about events in ukraine. we're going to go in a journey you and i a trip into another dimension a magical place written in the rated by the washington post where they're assuming the russian agents in the united states they will soon outnumber americans themselves president trump has been disloyal to the united states not only given russia a leg up in his war against ukraine but also in broadcasting his propaganda and for that republicans are just as guilty like to point out that it was the democrats who bad the sale of lethal weapons to ukraine and republicans who gave you create hundreds of millions of dollars in those weapons but what's the point is no p.

is seeing this bubble of unreality an anomaly in. the space time continuum of commonsense that the washington post exists in it is up to mainstream media to directly challenge republicans who yes engage in un-american activity there deliberately assisted in a russian propaganda operation in this wondrous realm that jennifer rubin has brought to life everyone who disagrees with her is a traitor a traitor as anyone who mentions that democrats accepted foreign meddling in the election willfully eagerly accepted foreign help to try to get clinton elected democrats cooperated and ukrainian election meddling official show the surprising lack of interest and indications of ukrainian election meddling that deeply concerned the president at whose pleasure they serve during the election ukraine

released damning information about trump's then campaign head paul manifold causing huge damage to the tycoon in fact we have would you sit nick a ukrainian official using his powers of office then bragging about quote helping hillary. i didn't help him trump i helped hillary it would be better for us a fact that ukraine's courts ruled to be interference election meddling ukraine's own chords said that but in jennifer's magical kingdom this isn't true she crossed out the old you his admission the court ruling and cited to reports that it's all a russian psyop and because she crossed it out it's no longer true just because you try proving her wrong if congressional republicans have evidence our intelligence community is wrong they need to present it otherwise they need to be

called out for deliberately assistant hostile foreign power evidence is something that. supports jennifer's point of view if it doesn't it isn't evidence see when special counsel robert mueller root in his report that russian hackers seemingly and apparently quoted from the report hacked hillary's servers that's evidence but when you give her or her car in the recording a confession and a court ruling you're an american in the course of this investigation i would ask that you please not from a politically driven false or clear answer some interests so of mueller's good enough for you let me do him some justice it appears the jennifer rubin is a 2 faced hypocrite allegedly she may also be a foreign agent see that she and her current have done and are doing more damage to america as

a nation than anyone else after all and correct me if i'm wrong but isn't rabidly undermining the us government spreading fear and hate on an industrial scale to every american home smearing half your country is traitors isn't that about as un-american as you can be. a chemical plant in southeast texas was hit by 2 major explosions on wednesday the last happened 13 hours apart and caused extensive damage.

on friday an evacuation order for more than 50000 residents was lifted and has as the fire has been contained it's still active in some areas that when there is smoke in the air officials say it's hard to say when it will be funny extinguished and we spoke to a local resident who told us about the extent of the damage to nearby homes. 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 the explosions but and it's happened around the area before but not to this extent it's never affected around the refineries i definitely did not expect you know something like this to happen but i guess it just living in the area of the refinery owned by the t.p.c.

group produces thousands of tons of chemicals and petroleum vice products health and environmental campaigner all of a tick out says a substantial investigation will be needed. it's a really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and the manufactures on this site i think that the 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 it's 2 months since another massive fire engulfed

a chemical factory in the french city of rod local residents that fear for their health and to the streets demanding transparency it was that of reports from. we're walking with a crowd of well it looks like a 100 maybe a bit more can't really see all the way to the end of this call them through on and indeed there are concerned people from all really the whole society spectrum is here all of them are indeed demanding transparency from the government and from lubrizol the company the chemical plant that while of that released all these chemicals into into the atmosphere some 2 months ago. many of the locals complained about the burning sensation in their throat for instance or about feeling nauseous after the release of the chemicals just simply

because of breathing the contaminated app 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 on loop results position has been that while there was no immediate health threat that all of those effects would pass and that there was no environmental impact but people here are not buying this i found this in my garden and every day i can find it it comes from the lubrizol. fire and so my children's doesn't go in the garden so that's that's why i am i am very very angry and i created this this exhibit to show that we are boring about people who when money and how our life are becoming like that. remove through the surgery this was right we want the truth to be revealed about what happened in the loopers over accidents because now everyone's just passing the buck and no one

wants to take responsibility for it and the truth about the accident has not been established just today we should have health monitoring which we currently during the. tonight 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 banned from harvesting their own crops by the french government because all of that well because because of the fears of contamination so you can clearly see why people here are demanding more transparency and they would want an in-depth look as to what's going on at that lubrizol plant. the health of wiki leaks founder julian assange is being put at severe risk fearing his incarceration in a u.k. prison that according to 60 doctors who were earlier this week signed an open letter to the british secretary same whistleblower could die mr song's requires

urgent expert medical assessment of both his physical and psychological state of health were such urgent assessment and treatment not to take place we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr sanchez could die in prison the medical situation is thereby urgent there is no time to lose and we have credible witness reports from people who saw julian recent weeks or so chairs the souther. barrister. and the former u.k. and brassard creamery and they all agree you did the julian's physical and mental condition. straight in the in seriously. so it's medical doctors we extremely concerned that nothing is being. done now how many consider him

a political prisoner. british brazen. the doctors who come from a number of countries made their assessments based on eyewitness accounts following as an october court appearance back then it was reported a sons' couldn't recall his date of birth when asked whether he could understand what was happening the australian replied that he couldn't think straight with a weekly said it's also complained about the conditions of his imprisonment on multiple occasions. their support for assad isn't limited to doctors sculptures of him and to other blows chelsea manning and edward snowden have reappeared in central lin 1st unveiled over 4 years ago the collection titled anything to say has not returned to its former place near the brandenburg gate after a world tour the artist behind it. represents those who dared to say no to global surveillance or to make a stand against the lies that lead to war. from the german left party she told us

the r.p.c. is bringing to life the. surrounding freedom of speech. he said. this culture attracts attention to this incredible. it is did journalists and with the richest one classic lines are selling until today. these crimes are we are how do you counter this how do you not know what to do we do rule of law. it is very good so we are now seeing this is not right it does make you sad because here is the bad regard my dosage could have to 32 are doing this to show you a good long time ago and for examples i could provide the. sounds in germany. a song is currently being held in london's belmarsh prison where he's serving a 15 week sentence for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 is also fighting a us extradition request over wiki leaks publishing classified information on american political and military dealings going up a turn towards meltzer claims that it's not just about a son's but about the integrity of government and safeguarding future generations.

well the whole system is skewed against him this is not a case of prosecution it's a case of persecution and that's how persecution works politicize show trial you know that secret evidence closed doors he's going to be sentenced by the same judge the judge sentences all of these whistleblowers in a closed court in this region here and he will disappear in a high security prison in inhuman conditions for the rest of his life this is not really about a son or snowden or a man and this is about us it's about our governments and their integrity the rule of law and the future of our so far human dignity in our children. the matter of a small town in bolivia who was brutally assaulted by the morales protesters a maid at rest triggered by the country's political crisis so i shall not leave her post a warning you may find it was in the following report distressing. early days of

that attack on social media revealing the violence towards politicians of the ousted leader ever more as at the start of november after settling setting the town hall on fire and. i think i had read and during the 4 hour ordeal she was made to kneel and sign a resignation letter which was out of her has now left hospital though she told us she's still being treated for kidney damage sustained from the blows you see. when all what happened was disgusting i'm now recovering from greenall damage that i suffered during the assault and i'm still in pain the also cut of my hair. but they can't change my view that everything was so confusing at that moment many of them covered their faces when we recognize some of them it was sad to see all those people attacking me it's been a difficult time for my children to see their mother in such a condition i don't want this to happen again. bolivia is now facing political

uncertainty these. self appointed right wing government of senator joining the army as has already been accused of abuses if one were out as resigned after weeks of protests over allegations of fraud while his supporters protest what they see is a coup and during the country's post-election unrest $34.00 people were killed with more than $800.00 injured which is our show again says that the violence must come to an end. the days you're going to be made can't betray my people those who believe in me i would like to express my gratitude to the staff who have stayed with me and are dedicated to improving the city we will keep working to achieve our goals it was very difficult to return here after everything he did to me and it was terrible to see this illegal in such a state after all the work that was done to improve after everything that's happened how can it get any worse that people need to reflect and stop harming each other we need to restore unity i've never hurt anybody i've always worked for my

city and i want people to take a step back and think oh you know they believe in people we cannot live like this. i mean insider has called into question the integrity of the international chemical weapons watchdog claiming they were gross irregularities in the o.p.c. w.'s final report on last year's alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma . across the shadow of the organizations annual conference which wrapped up in the hague on friday as part of an internal e-mail provided by the whistleblower and published by wiki leaks. after reading the modified report i was struck by how much it misrepresents the facts an unintended bias has been introduced into the report undermining its credibility crucial facts of morphed into something quite different what was originally drafted. after passing through the ceiling and impacting the floor at lower speed the cylinder continued in altered trajectory until reaching the position in which it was found.

observations of the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed at those $2.00 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft during the o.p.c. devotees annual conference that passed the budget call committee certainty despite objections from russia china moscow noted the plans include funds for activities that he sees as falling outside the o.p.c. purview civically those of the blues investigation and identification team since being set up last year this is not only best the gate of chemical incidents but also apportion blame is something that russia and syria insist risks to politicizing the organization of and one case in point putting the blame squarely on the syrian government for the 2018 do more incident irregularities highlighted by the whistleblower would not discussed during the open conference directly at the

general appeared to allude to the leak at one point retracing the watchdog's confidence in the duma report. these. oath or. friendly reduce. subject it's. what some of these. youths who the new. public. who would like. reached by the side of the mission you know i can't help that just smile when i hear this. because what he's not saying is that the whistleblowers information is incorrect what he is not saying is that the report was changed redacted report was changed from its original so sure the o.p.c.

don't use a big one for you bureaucracy bureaucracies protect themselves he's trying to protect the organization right now rather than address the facts of the situation and the facts of the situation indicate that the report was changed it was changed for political reasons remember that your p.c. w. is only good as as it's information and if it's going to be political in the summer dissemination of the. information in the construct of its analysis. it's going to damage only so. patients of europe's farmers has been wearing thin of late stave in making their frustration felt in recent weeks all across the continent this week was no exception with angry farmers on tractors swarming this crowd outside but it is iconic brandenburg gate a bone of contention new environmental regulations which they fear would stifle the

agriculture industry the next day in paris around $1000.00 tractors flooded the city center is far. and i grew passion among the things the french farmers aren't happy with our international trade agreements they say put them out of this advantage as well as the way environmental activists up to train farmers in an increasingly negative right it could time to as i think devising a sepsis reports the european union's push policies believes are not to be desired . some people have gathered behind me in large numbers to participate in a post called fridays for a few. its aim to bring more awareness on climate change the topic is becoming ever more popular with a lot of people getting in on the acting hooting hollywood stars activists politicians and european union lawmakers recently the european union even went as far to the clere state of climate and environmental emergency if there's

one area the world needs our leadership it is on protecting our climate this is an it and extensional issue for europe and full of the world here is something you might find very interesting the same lawmakers that advocate for the environment take part into a caravan between brussels and strauss work they convene in shrouds work for one week and then for the rest of the month they go back to brussels this cost taxpayers about a $114000000.00 euros and it's not that it's only costly but it's very bad for the environment as well disappoint claiming to be a company institution the 12 trips to strasburg each year and still make kids to emit between $11900000.00 tons of c o 2 emissions per year all this back and forth is like putting $4000.00 additional vehicles on the streets every year driving nonstop including the ones on the

streets so how is this reducing c o 2 emissions well a german politician says he felt the way to stop this costly practice according to the treaty of amsterdam the parliament has to have a seat in stroudsburg not specifically in the city of strasburg he went as far as making a you tube video to prove his point he got a champagne bottle smashed it in the seat of parliament in brussels and he called it strauss work so it seems like the problem is solved. so from this day on this plan a real hall shall be known as. we asked people what they think of the e.u. lawmaker schedule i think it's. their lives they shouldn't travel like every month like for one week i think that one change because france wants to have this so it's not going to change there should be one european parliament and there should be one please.