another expert who breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog saying the o.p.c. final report into an alleged attack in the syrian city of duma last year misrepresents the facts also and. the new citizenship law in india sparks violent protests nationwide for a 5th consecutive day since it was signed demonstrators that say it is discriminatory for singling out muslims as fears of the build over a mass illegal migrant. and the u.s. calls for denuclearization talks with north korea. here and a deadline for sanctions relief draws near the end of the hermit kingdom steps up its missile testing.

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our t.v. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us 1st fresh downside being cast over the credibility of the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. as more leaked emails published by wiki leaks reveal concerns from yet another member of the team which probed an alleged attack in the syrian city of duma last year he says the final report into the incident written misrepresents their findings. the fact finding mission report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to doom or only one fact finding mission team member a paramedic of the so-called fact finding mission core team was in duma we are not insisting on being right in our assertions but we are demanding to be heard we have

been stonewalled throughout by obfuscation exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior the alleged chemical attack in early april last year reportedly killed dozens of civilians the united states and its nato allies france and the u.k. were quick to conduct air strikes against syrian military targets over the biggest western military action of the 8 year war now the o.p.c. w later deployed experts to the scene and to investigate the suspected chemical attack and a subsequent report pinned of the blame on the syrian government our correspondent our guards there has been looking into the new revelations. i don't know about the 3 little piglets but the o.p.c. w is having its house blow right down from the inside the 1st whistle blower they dismissed the 2nd they sort of excuse themselves and now in what is an absolute bombshell their most qualified inspector the f f m report does not

reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to duma i found that i was being excluded from the work for reasons not made clear allegedly you need team member who went to syria and there was allowed to cool right there syria report was the team paramedic and of the chemical inspectors were allowed to pitch in i attempted to submit my report to the f f m team leaders starting from the 15th of february 29th teen after noting continued reluctance from the f f m team to receive my report i deposited the report in d r a for collection on the 27th of february 29th and advised all relevant persons of this shouldn't have bothered. seems no one wanted to read it 48 hours later the u.p.c. w. published its 1st report and sutherland had to really taken a razor to it so much so that the actual team that went to syria didn't recognize it the consensus within the f.m. team was that there were indications of serious inconsistency isn't findings the

conclusions appear to have been turned completely in the opposite direction now that we can exist publish what the preliminary report looked like here's what the u.p.c. w. deleted one evidence that contradicted witness testimony meaning what the alleged witnesses said deferred wildly from the hard evidence found by inspectors to the fact that the hospital videos which so shocked the world will think the victims all actors the spade symptoms inconsistent with chlorine poisoning or poisoning with anything found at the scene 3 and this is the big one in the final report they found chlorine not how much just chlorine which you can fire did your kitchen in any home in any swimming pool maybe your right what about removing trace or some other wording may work i'm still worried that a stock standard phrase such as chlorine containing compounds were detected or

similar present the danger of it being misrepresented as a damning conclusion it's a political word smithing situation not purely technical and it was the anti acid war hawks trumpeted the fact what the o.p.c. w. did is akin to saying you found radioactive materials in someone's house without mentioning it was a tiny amount to use than fire alarms and this on top of previous whistleblower revelations hard math cast doubt that the canisters at the scene were ever dropped their observations of the scene in the 2 locations suggest that there is a high up. the ability for both cylinders were money placed at those 2 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft it all began with ian henderson when he 1st blew the whistle he was mocked smeared insulted u.p.c. w. claimed he wasn't even part of the team they lied leaked documents clearly show he

was working for the u.p.c. w. shame on the o.p.c. w. you are aware of the highly questionable behavior surrounding this f f m we as others in the team who would like to but are unable are questioning the work practices follow during this investigation we are not insisting on being right in our assertions but we are demanding to be heard we have been stonewalled throughout biopsied exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior this is more than a rebellion this is a catastrophe for the o.p.c. w a best this is a case of gross negligence worse than i pray i'm wrong this is corruption corruption in the very organization that's supposed to keep the world safe from chemical weapons either way from now on when the o.p.c. w. says something people are going to be thinking twice before taking their word for it we have reached out to the o.p.c. w. for comment over the way the latest leak in the meantime we spoke to

a journalist who attended a briefing by one of the organizations was a blowers. the person who presented of these findings was a scientist and through and through it was not a petition at all he told us in the beginning he set you can challenge me you can ask any question you and we just one tool have our voices heard he stressed the point that their findings were excluded from the final report it was completely the opposite actually and i mean the final report was based on the investigations of interior which was working out sites of syria in a country x. we do not know which this country is but you cannot find evidence on something that happened when you go to a different country you must go to the ground where it happened and you have to look at their. violent protest against a new citizenship blog in india have reached the capital new delhi since that

wednesday across the country 6 people have been killed and dozens more injured in demonstrations the muslim community says is not only discriminatory against them but also unconstitutional. i. was. there yeah was. was. was never on here was. was. a very long question would offer a faster track citizenship for migrants from some neighboring muslim majority countries however the list excludes muslim migrants themselves the indian government insists it is in no way discriminatory prime minister narendra modi says

the law is intended to give respect to those who fled to india and were forced to live as refugees and call the protests deeply disturbing. however the demonstrations are gaining momentum a particularly on the country's university campuses anger with prime minister modi is government has also been stoked by allegations of police brutality on sunday officers in new delhi stormed the jamia millia islamia university firing tear gas and detaining around $100.00 people another $100.00 were also injured while that did followed by a protest the authorities that now stand accused of beating up students and staff who describe the police as a violent mob journalists are a con who is also a student at the university says there was nowhere to run. the lucky few who possessed the many fees for these and owing to police stopped at the oh guess. that's not when this much to do once. you know worst

16 bando you don't still time go on minding sent the bus. and since the good news was i needed to i did define exactly want to ski. so it must be inside the university and it started ducking all the students who had. a ranch release all glued to indict a university that was noisy able to any of the students the b.g.p. government under more. downs to set up defense and sent the us and all of these people especially in the muslims in those attentions and goes about it comes to of the size of the population most in the us to constitute 14 boston of the population we don't even have only a muslim problem most of the presentation in the parliament and you don't have al getting the muslims and british out in one of the of the balance the be true the weakest actually not the society who am a dozen times long don't want their ideology wouldn't turn out differently and that

you know these india was a secular nation. as north korea celebrates yet another missile test to washington has sent its representative it to neighboring south korea during a briefing in seoul the u.s. special envoy revealed that washington is nowhere near reaching its denuclearization goals with pyongyang and is calling on them to continue talks here today let me speak directly to our counterparts in north korea. it is time for us to do our jobs. let's get to stone. we are here and you know how to reach us the u.s. envoy also stressed that president trump remains confident north korean leader kim jong un is quote committed to the same goal as the u.s. he has john of now comments on how the tables have turned over the past few years. grumps relations with north korea have been erratic from loathing to admiration go

we are going down sideways across every dimension really. relationship with to me as you probably know korea. getting more interested the united states they will be met with fire as a fury but only have a very good relationship with him is on a suicide mission for himself while now the countries are back watching their relations freefall pyongyang fired the 1st shot literally 2 long range missile tests to rub american faces in it priceless data experience and new technologies gained in the recent tests will be fully applied to the development of another strategic weapon for definitely i'm reliably restraining and overpowering the nuclear threat of the us not a pleasant face rubbing for trump this is no one's idea of keeping america great

establishing the denuclearization deal has been hailed as a trump's crowning moment as president despite it now seeming as far away as ever but with time thinking away and before north korea's latest test washington acted like end of year deadline was in its problem. we do not have a year and a deadline there's an artificial deadline set by the north koreans and it's fortunately it's a deadline that they've set upon themselves fast forward to after the launch the u.s. special representative for north korea puts on his best poker face and flies out to south korea the same guy you've just listened to saying that the deadlines for pyongyang know them it's a universal time for new year resolutions but for trump it's way bigger than just that it's the result of his intel your presidency 2 years ago he was the queen of the problem playing hard to get with pyongyang standing up his dates dishing out

sanctions left and right now he's already conceded in his trade war with china backtracking on tariffs in exchange for a pinky promise from beijing so north korea wants to strike 2 while the election is hot and trump is soft i think for trump a kind of puts him in a bind because the only thing he has going for him as for the meant is that he's open dialogue with north korea and if. it goes nowhere because he refuses to offer a north korea anything exchange for demanding to know clarification then he's got nothing to show for reelection campaign that implied the north koreans after the new year if there is no resumption of talks that they would resume their intermediate. program a nuclear weapons program of course i think in reality north korea would probably

hold off on that and still hope that talks could resume but they're trying to encourage basically the u.s. to return to the negotiating table a resumption of tensions or resumption of dialogue that's choices up the united states and stead of offering north korea and through the. policy which threatens its right to survive oh and development then there can be no hope for a solution kim jong un and trump all known pen pals and the us president enjoyed their correspondence a lot i got a very beautiful letter from him yesterday were delivered. delivered. with. love to give it really. that he might not enjoy this christmas gift north korea has already put under the white tree though along with a few continental firecrackers too late to help the new year.

here's a quick look at some of the stories you can find at our t.v. dot com this tuesday it wherever greg goes controversy inevitably follows the team climate firebrand has become employed 'd in a dispute with a german train company over her suggestion she had to spend hours sitting on the floor. u.s. navy and army cadets are facing a backlash for using the ok hand sign which has been adopted recently by some white supremacist. also a russian the warship is keeping an eye on a u.s. destroyer that entered the black sea on sunday just a snapshot of what is lined up for you right now at r.t. dot com. support for palestinian refugees has been extended by the u.n. and it has not gone down well with israel and the united states that is among our top stories coming up after a short break stay with us. join

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going back to international france's mass industrial action entered its 3rd week on monday with transport workers causing severe disruptions to road and rail systems nationwide since the beginning of december public sector employees have been protesting angrily against the government's pension reform plans sometimes violently. kate if.

it's destroyed that power lies to much of paris and further beyond and now it's into its 3rd week initially it was called by public transport workers over a planned changes to the pension system here in france now this strike has grown though in stature and support and the malays here is much more than just about pensions as unions are calling for another day of mass demonstrations the rail and metro workers are being joined what school teaches by firefighters and health workers tens of thousands are expected to protest on tuesday but perhaps the stalker's warning but some of the problems the problem is facing have come from medical staff 600 hospital doctors have threatened to quit unless the government injects money into the health system the doctors warn that budget cuts alone with

bed closures and staff shortages are tipping the health system over the edge and it's close to collapse $1.00 health worker has told us that it's putting lives at risk. in particular we as health care professionals want to be able to continue to do our jobs the way we were taught and the way we want to without any discrimination about interests which has become systemic we don't have the equipment but it's not our fault that we are understaffed but that's not. my work in hospital one of our patients died almost a year ago simply because. we don't have enough stuff to take care of everyone that was a year ago but nothing has changed since then strikes have been ongoing in the health sector since last month's president might call a pledge to hospital funding i'm debating this is a start but that was rejected by the doctors groups is no one doing enough

meanwhile the government is poised to push ahead with its reform agenda particularly with the controversial pension reform that's despite the continued opposition on the streets as tens of thousands demand an immediate. well in a further blow to the president must go on he has seen the country's minister for pension reform quote. the high commissioner for pensions was one of michael's most trusted allies he resigned not just over the pensions for all but all through to emerged that he had failed to do more than a dozen posts that he touts in addition to his cap and that job and that corn and his government remain locked in a standoff with the unions and knowing the site seems willing to budge. in paris. the united nations will continue supporting some 5000000 palestinian

refugees for another 3 years the decision was reached after 169 members voted in favor with only 2 the u.s. and israel against the move now the united states wants to shift the un's relief services to refugee host countries and issue it tried to influence the agency over before in 2018 the u.s. halted $360000000.00 in aid while this year over $60000000.00 in security funds to the palestinians were stopped donald trump previously claimed washington received no appreciation or respect for the money it provided to the region but the un agency itself is still hoping america will have a change of heart over the latest funding cuts. we hope that the american review again just to reconsider the importance or. to say that this is why did and how it would be if he just did believe in division one had how would you draw. is an element of peace and stability the owner has been providing health

and relief services for palestinians since the 1949 israel and washington accuse it out however of extending of the region's conflict by widening refugee status to millions of descendants rather than only 2 original refugees and operates in the west bank and gaza as well as in jordan lebanon and syria r.t. spoke to some of the refugees. i like my school is the teachers math english and so many other subjects they provide us with all our books and other stationery i hope that my school doesn't get shut down so that i can go and learn so that when i'm older i'm educated people are in real need of this help because it is providing them with many services for example. it will be difficult as. the situation inside gaza is already so. we have no jobs and nothing improved for workers or even doctors no one can reach

a normal standard of living in the us wants to close the a because they want to cancel any rights for a few g.'s they want to cancel even the name of. the street. whether with this at the end of the day it's a political game by the us in israel they want the palestine issue to die in vanish from global headlines now in australia brush fires have burned through around 20 buildings as firefighters warn of a mega blaze in the state of new south wales sydney has been covered in thick smoke with emergency services working continuously to contain fires outside of the city the weeks long situation is compounded by extreme heat and dry weather. officials in bangladesh face and bodies have been recovered from the charred remains of a factory near the capital dhaka it took fire tore through the 3 story building on sunday it is unclear though how it started and now many people were in the factory at the time it is the 2nd deadly factory fire in bangladesh in less than a week. new yorkers have been paying their respects at

a special memorial set up for an 18 year old woman fatally stabbed last week reports say she fell victim to a robbery attempt police suspect 2 teenagers were involved and have reportedly apprehended 113 year old in connection with the murder. finally. tiger eastern siberia where we want to show you how one post man is going that extra mile to make sure that the mail gets delivered on time tekla. if you have seen how far we are from other people it's relatively easy to travel

now during winter but in some a you can fuss through only by horse or off road we call. her the richard everything i have to occupy myself i like the fire the tea boils because i live like this where i take the newspaper and do the crossword puzzles kill time. i deliver letters and if there's no envelope i get to the nearest town by its and sign it and then send it. to international.

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