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

broadcast live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. first let's start with fresh doubts of being cast over the credibility of an 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 misrepresents their findings. the fact finding mission report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to do only one fact finding mission team member a paramedic the so-called fact finding mission called team was. not insisting on being right sions but we all demand. going to be heard we have been stonewalled

throughout by office cation exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior you have a chemical attack in early april last year when portably killed dozens of civilians united states and its nato allies france and the u.k. were quick to conduct air strikes against syrian military targets over it the biggest western military action of the year war now the o.p.c. w. later deployed experts to the scene to investigate this suspected chemical attack and a subsequent report pin the blame on the syrian government r.t. is right because it has been looking into the new revelations. i don't know about the 3 little piglets but the u.p.c. w is having its house blew 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.s.

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 the only team member who went to syria and there was allowed to cool right the syria report was the team paramedic and of the chemical inspectors were allowed to pitch in i attempted to submit my reports the f f m team leaders starting from the 15th of february 29th team 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 it seems no one wanted to read it 48 hours later the u.p.c. w. published its 1st report and someone 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 f m team was the. there were indications of serious

inconsistency is in findings the conclusions appear to have been turned completely in the opposite direction now that we can exist publish what the preliminary report look 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 you're 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 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 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. e they lied they 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.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 biopsies 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 or we have reached out to the o.p.c. w. for comment over the latest leak in the meantime we spoke to

a journalist who attended a briefing by one of the organizations whistleblowers. 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 want 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 there. are protests against a new citizenship law in india have reached the capital new delhi since wednesday

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

is intended to give respect to those who fled to india and were forced to live as refugees and to call the protests deeply distressing however the demonstrations are doing the mental particularly on the country's university campuses anger with prime minister modi these are government has also been stoked by allegations of police brutality on sunday officers in new delhi stormed the. islamiah university firing tear gas and detaining around $100.00 people another $100.00 were also injured while that did follow violent protests authorities now stand accused of beating up students and staff who described the police as a violent mob journalist sara khan who is also a student at the university says there was no way to run. their feet when you have possessing many things from the. oh of the police stopped him to go get this. stuff when this much to do once. again you worse. still is not going to find

sensitive leads and since the clues were untrue i did find exactly where it was. so it must confess i do you know and. started ducking all the students who had. a wrench release all glued to him die you know worse that was noise gay people to any of the students the b.g.p. government under more. downs to set up detention centers and so all of these people especially the muslims in those attention sent goes about it comes to all of the size of the population most in this to constitute 14 boston of the population they don't even own a muslim problem most of the presentation in the parliament i'm going to get into mostly i'm pretty certain one of the of the ballots the be true the weakest actually not this is the id whoever doesn't come song 2 and then i go you do you really turn out in the country and that you know these india was a secular nation. as north korea celebrates yet another missile test washington has

sent its representative to neighboring south korea during a briefing in sold to 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. all of us are they also stressed that president trump remains confident that north korean leader kim jong un is quote committed to the same goal as the u.s. r.t.c. got a lot of looks at how the tables have now turned over the past few years. trumps 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 korea. getting more interest of the united states they will be met with fire as a fury but only have a very good relationship with him just 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 a more lively restraining and overpowering the nuclear threat of the u.s. not a pleasant face rubbing for trump this is no one's idea of keeping america great establishing

their 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 unfortunately 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 not them it's the universal time for new year resolutions but for trump it's way bigger than just that it's the result of his entire presidency 2 years ago he was the queen of the prom playing hard to get with pyongyang standing up his

date 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 or kind of puts them in a bind because the only thing you have going for him as for the. open dialogue with north korea and of. it goes nowhere because he refuses to offer a north korea anything exchange for demanding to know clarification that he's got nothing to show for reelection campaign that implied 30 year north korea and after the new year if there is no resumption of talks that they would resume their intermediate. i.c.b.m. program and their clear 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 u.s. hostile 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 u.s. president enjoyed their correspondence a lot i got a very full letter from him yesterday with the letter. delivered. with very. little security i really. thought you might not enjoy this christmas gift north korea has already put under the white house tree though along with a few into continental firecrackers to light up the new year. to

look at some of the stories you can find it r.t. dot com just today wherever greg goes controversy inevitably follows the team climate firebrand has become embroiled 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 supremacists. also russian water just 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 archie dot com. support for palestinian refugees has been extended to by the u.n. and it has not gone down well with israel and the united states as among our top stories after the break stay with us. is you'll media a reflection of reality. in

a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. tyson nation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maid in the shallows. that is relatively easy to explain the tory spectacular victory in the general election for the elites it was about jeremy corbett but for the voters it was all about brakes and indeed it was briggs a 2.0 for bojo it is time to deliver. france's

massive 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 paralyzed 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 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 one school by teachers 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 normally decline 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 it'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 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 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 quit. the high commissioner for pensions was one of the 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. in addition to his cabinet job that corn and his government remain locked in a standoff with the unions and neither side seems willing to budge. in paris. a book by russia's u.n. ambassador vitaly churkin has the shelves difficulties of it translation is a collection of memoirs by the famous russian diplomat passed away in 2017 before

publishing the book and it was finalized by his wife who presented the book publicly on monday with russia's deputy foreign minister alexander upon can was fluent in english french and mongolian and he served in a variety of roles such as directing the press or service of the ministry of foreign affairs at a crucial time for russia during the 1990 s. and also worked to resolve the conflicts in ukraine and syria. i think i did nation so we'll 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 relief services to refugee host countries and issue a tried to influence the agency over before now in 2018 the u.s.

halted $360000000.00 in aid while this year over $60000000.00 insecurities 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 a funding cuts. we hope that the american review again just to reconsider the importance of. disservices that we provided and how it would be if the stability in the region one had how would you draw. is an element of peace and stability. or the only one was providing health and relief services for palestinians they've been doing so since 1989 israel and washington accuse it however of extending the region's conflict by widening refugee status to millions of descendants rather than only 2 original refugees it operates in the west bank

and gaza as well as in jordan lebanon and syria are 2 spoke to some of the refugees it helps. and 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 if well food coupons go it will be difficult as so many families rely on it 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 un on a because they want to cancel any rights for a few g.'s they want to cancel in the name of refugees so that they can sake that you and. out of gaza strip c.f.c. away with this at the end of the day it's

a political game by the us and israel they want the palestine issue to die in advantage. so other news from around the world this hour in australia brush fires have burned through around 20 buildings as firefighters warn of a mega blaze in the state of new south wales the country's largest city sydney has been covered in a fix mob with emergency services working on. the clock to contain the fires outside of the city that has been the situation for weeks already compounded by extreme heat and dry weather. officials in bangladesh say 10 bodies have been recovered from the charred remains of a factory near the capital dhaka a fire tore through the 3 story building on sunday it is unclear how it started and how 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 has

been reported she fell victim to a robbery attempt. police suspect 2 teenagers were involved and have reportedly apprehended 113 year old in connection with them or. is it from a more news of this is international. dream agreed to prison which old mr a member there was and most of my family were working. there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objectively day but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shaped by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy

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low end welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle it is relatively easy to explain the tories spectacular victory in the general election for the elites it was about jeremy corbett but for the voters it was all about briggs and indeed it was brags that $2.00 for bojo it is time to deliver and mr close to washington. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest ninety's and he is

a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the nikkei of western civilization and we surgeons of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor and you know so many internet media project and in london we cross alexander make errors he's a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com hi gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime we want in. always appreciate it let's go to london alexander the dust is settling ok about this general election the blow out of the of labor is spectacular and we have to go all the way back to 1935 ice i suppose the the civil war within the labor party has already started and now we have a majority for the tories something we haven't seen since margaret fine not sure what does this tell us about the electorate because a week ago if you were to tell me working class people have never voted tory ever in their whole life or millennia old voting for the 1st time they all voted or many

of them majority of them voted tory what is going on this is a earthquake in british politics it was an earthquake in british politics but essential to qualify and i've seen many places this claim about labor having its worst results since 90935 this is highly misleading. if you look at the percentage of the vote labor got around 32 percent that he's more than he got in 20152010 in 198-7992 it's simply not the number of them he has that he got in the house of commons and that is a reflection of a rather strange electoral system and the fact that labor in 2015 lost around 50 and he. went out but alexander says maybe ok but ok.