with the u.s. house set to vote on impeaching president donald trump on wednesday some are warning that the whole process could backfire on the democrats and cost them votes and 2020. parents in the u.k. are angry after a school changes the words in traditional christmas carols to be more inclusive we get reaction. and they want to move it references well jesus be king jesus being safe if we don't have those things that we celebrate so if we want to have. a religious education that includes all strains of all walks of life. and germany brands washington's decision to sanction firms participating in the north stream to

project unacceptable we look at who benefits from the gas pipeline and why the u.s. doesn't like it. if you're watching r t international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the u.s. house will vote on impeaching donald trump on wednesday the president himself accuses the democratic leadership of pressuring party members to vote a certain way and also warns that the whole process could backfire all sides have been doubling down on head of the vote. we have impeachment the constitution precisely to protect ourselves from a president becoming a tyrant in a desperate sadly the democrats impeachment inquiry has been flawed and partisan from day one it's clear that this president acted in a way that not only violates the public trust each up or dies to our national security clear and present danger right now in this room is the pattern of attack

an abuse of rules and of an decisions to get at this president what is president trump afraid of the truth the facts the american people understand what's happening here is a hoax the whole impeachment thing is a hoax the pressure is especially high on those representatives that come from pro trump states and could disappoint their own voters. and breaks down the impeachment case a vote on impeachment is set to take place the house of representatives has drawn up the charges and democrats are calling for donald trump to be removed how democrats are focused on fighting for the people we must hold this president accounts abou the constitution and nation dependent democrats seen watching these proceedings as a huge victory they say donald trump has betrayed the whole country but the whole country doesn't agree the country is split and americans don't seem to care for

partisan squabbles and many have become more critical of the democrats in recent months even within the house of representatives 18 democrats are bucking the party line and say they will vote against him to ensure that they argue that months before the 2020 alexion this doesn't look good for the democrats but we are so close there are now like i would tell you getting here knowing how. if i did and i don't either that or you're making. all these factors combined to make some democrats very nervous and donald trump seems to be emphasizing the fears on the other side of the aisle any democrat that votes for the sham will be voting to sacrifice the house majority their dignity and their career. another fear hanging over the democrats is that they won't be able to actually remove donald trump from office after all republicans have a pretty solid majority in the senate so what's the plan well call up even more

witnesses during the impeachment trial in the senate how on such a weighty matter. could we avoid hearing this could we go forward without hearing it i haven't seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldn't testify with these documents be produced unless the president has something to hide. and his supporters want that information hidden but who knows if these tactics will actually pay off remember the brett kavanaugh confirmation hearings the democrats called witness after witness after witness and the republicans seem to have been the big winners then these sexual assault allegations and heated rhetoric didn't win the democrats any points as the 2020 alexion edged nearer democrats stand to possibly lose pretty big from this whole impeachment fiasco after all the trump is actually driven from office the red state in the rust belt base of trump supporters

won't be pleased animosity between the 2 sides could reach a critical juncture and if they fail they could face ridicule for dragging the country through a pointless procedure wasting money and wasting time so what exactly are the democrats trying to accomplish by impeaching donald trump to quote an old american saying after wonder are the democrats perhaps cutting off their nose in order to spite their face up and r.t. new york. 2020 us presidential candidate from the libertarian party told us it's clear what the democrats are really up to with their impeachment drive. anybody with common sense can see it you know there is no basis for impeachment and we know that there is a senate majority the only thing that the democrats are proving is that they were sore losers during the election and we see time and time again a lot of people are gearing away from the democratic party not just by the way they're acting in that they're wasting the tax paying dollars. putting on fiascoes

still cannot get over that donald trump is the president the united states i mean i was against him in the elections in 2016 and i'm running against him again in 2020 but you have to put all that aside and there are facts and there is you know the fake news and that's what we're seeing today. a british primary school has found itself in the firing line after parents were angered by changes to the wording of traditional christmas carols whitehall primary school in the southeast of england has rejected several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy jesus critics say the change is a myth the whole point of the celebration and some parents have reacted negatively . if he was just a baby boy named jesus there wouldn't be a celebration in the 1st place he's a well known and savior and king of all kings that's the whole point it's also a tradition is taking away the traditions of the country i believe my children have

been discriminated against and they have been denied the freedom to fully express their faith christian belief and tradition of being 2nd feist and silenced in the name of inclusion and political correctness the words lord jesus are about the central message of christmas which is that god is with us in jesus to put it very simply that's what christmas is about the school in question says it promotes british values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs there's a find in the move by saying that some students do not attend last year service because of their religious beliefs and the school want to include all pupils during the festive period we discuss the issue we're 10 deep from christian concern and social commentator low outs are. ok mr christianity and the whole reason why we celebrate christian christmas is because jesus was born as a human being and yet it was god as well and came down and it's an incredible thing to think that god became a human being but that's what actually happened and that's what we're celebrating here and they wanted to remove it reference as well as jesus being king and jesus

being a savior if we don't have those things what are we celebrating i think it's a massive distortion let's be quite clear jesus wasn't god he was odd agreed from a theological perspective not agree he was a mighty messenger prophet there is very little theological evidence the public space and the educational space is one which is secular it does not mean it is bereft of theology or education of belief or conscience but is inclusive of it so if we want to have standing advisory councils of religious education that include all strains of all walks of life of humanism as well and atheism or people who want to come in there with so have more free range of views they are included nowadays and the question is whether children should be free to opt out from a nativity where is mary jesus a baby jesus. you know the question is that it is not it is right it's on in a stable which isn't true and i think that sucks the parents of the think still composition i think they could come a watch if they wanted to they're really so upset about people saying jesus or that they have to not even be in the same presence there's something to talk about that

why are they so upset about people saying jesus is lord i can't even go watch and observe it so i think i want to discuss that with them but ultimately i want to respect their rights if they want to opt out of it they cannot sound of it another person should be made for that and the head teacher has seen that she has had 60 people who last year opted out from religious services worshipful activities and under the education act collective worship is wholly or broadly of a christian tradition but it doesn't have to be particular the question is not whether they did all those out that's not a commercial to opt out no none of that the question you know you just don't see the cost of the presenters whether you should check your wording if it's not what people should opt out if one agrees that they're not out of what motives libraries and i don't have one so please is not a question that might see whether she used the word traditional carols to remove to keep a leaf of christianity and turn it into something that's non-christian after all that's the question islam is best is the completion of god's revelation we are not here to supersede christians we have to live alongside people and one another and

in a modern secular society in the educational space we need to have a plural system where everybody is welcome this is the same old tired arguments that some so. how do you know migrants i mean when you have a situation that was a christianity or not you say should be is not welcome you're saying belief and saying is this going so much as i places you'll discuss it although i would say all of what he's doing and followers will say that's of christianity you're the one that's being intolerant here because you're saying they shouldn't sing the word london this is a law that's the it's all an attitude here. i agree with the parents is u.k. political communications specialist damien wilson and his op ed on our website he argues that the joy is being snapped out of christmas here thanks to a. among other things efforts to be more inclusive get the full take on that r.t.e. dot com. also their time magazine's person of the year is the subject every new documentary goes right back to the 1st protest by the teenage environmental

activists credit who's apparently alone outside the swedish parliament apart from the presence of a film crew to our website to see if the rise was perhaps planned from the start. and following the u.k. labor party's election failure to last. gives us his post-mortem he is among those who think jeremy corbyn was the victim of a media smear campaign and he argues that the labor party needs to get even more radical if it wants to recover the full analysis at dot com. and what may prove to be a major setback for transatlantic relations the us senate has approved a sanctions bill targeting companies and vald in the north stream to pipeline project a measure aimed at disrupting russia's efforts to increase the supply of gas to europe is expected to be signed into law by president donald trump later this week germany the country where the pipeline has slammed washington sanctions. we believe that is unacceptable as it is an attempt to influence the sovereign decisions of

europe we are holding negotiations with the united states well just a little earlier the german top diplomat reiterated berlin's stance that these sanctions are unacceptable warts trained to is almost fully complete and i can tell you that this u.s. sanctions bill is believed to open up this 30 day window for the european companies to abandon their work on the pipeline now i can tell you that the german newspaper built revealed internal documents from germany's energy ministry where it says that berlin believes that this pipeline could be completed within this border area and then this could actually lead to a situation when the sanctions prove to be completely pointless but of course we understand that nothing is pointless when it can be aimed at the audience back home the audience that will vote at some point here's the deal from the american

standpoint if the russian natural gas is delivered to western europe through all pipelines through countries like poland ukraine it's all fun it's russia's energy giant gas problems diversifying the ways it's fuel gets to western european countries through new pipelines like north stream more north stream to that's a disaster that gets europe hoped on putin's gas needle so let's just listen to how a u.s. congressman who was behind the sanctions put it last week this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would follow on russian military aggression so we have learned that the us 2020 national defense authorization act includes

a bill that would penalize the companies that are involved in the construction of nord stream 2 there are plenty of german businesses that are who are involved because it is indeed in the interest of european consumers to get a new more reliable more direct route for the supplies now when it comes to the officials in moscow they have been blaming the americans for unfair competition to keep used to moscow does not like such actions. peris these sanctions are a direct violation of international rule an example of unfair competition and an attempt to spread artificial us don't want us to your markets imposition of more expensive and uncompetitive products we are working on the assumption that stream to project will be completed in moscow's message has been very simple you don't really care about europe what you want to do is sell your liquefied natural gas to

cross which makes it more expensive in many cases but i just want to make sure that you listen to one american official because it can't just look at how they put it with the u.s. in another year of record setting natural gas production i'm pleased that the department of energy is doing what it can to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of u.s. freedom to be exported to the world if the gas is russian that is bad news gas if it is something that's extracted in america that's. freedom germany's committee in chief on the economy and energy costs ernst told us berlin is ready to respond to any sanctions imposed by washington. if the u.s. keeps trying to obstruct the north stream project i suggest responding with punitive terror of some german imports of american gas things cannot continue like this if we impose punitive tariffs on us gas sales will fall on the us will have to

reflect on his actions the us is unhappy that we are not vinai gas they want to boost their own trade and that's why they are imposing sanctions on companies involved in building the pipeline in the firstly american liquefied natural gas is obtained through fracking which makes it an acceptable for germany and secondly it is much more expensive than rushing gas by the natural gas we get from russia is high in demand and due to falling production in europe the demand has only increased so we plan to import more of it this is why north stream 2 is so important the americans have tried to interrupt our oil and gas trade with russia from the outset and yet we have managed to cooperate for many years without interruption so both sides need this and we plan to continue whether the us likes it or not. still to come a new report include sketches drawn by a kuantan about inmate allegedly revealing the torture techniques used against him in a secret cia prison that story and more after the break. all

of us will hoops it is being able to learn from the babies so it's a behavior that appears even in deaf and blind babies even if you've never heard or seen. if you're tickled by your parents. and then we learn how to use this in

a more complex way i'm one of the things that we used to have to join in would love to contagiously to love and somebody else loves even if you don't know why they're laughing. welcome back a series of chilling sketches produced by an inmate at guantanamo bay has been published in a new report called how america tortures the pictures so these so-called enhanced interrogation techniques. were subjected to between 20022005 he was captured at a jihadi safe house and pakistan in 2002 and was then sent to a so-called black site in thailand and his drawings relate to alleged torture that happened there he was then transferred to guantanamo bay where he still being held without charge he was the 1st person to be subjected to the brutal interrogation program which was approved by the administration of george w.

bush and i since been acknowledged by the cia here's a quick overview of what happened. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take it curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made the screen unconsciously.

they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guards. my colleagues in the o'neill spoke to lawyer he told us the u.s. has transparency issues when it comes to how guantanamo detainees are treated as he

suffered any lasting physical psychological. torture. well you know he must you know anybody would but it's i've visited him $67.00 times a year or several but it isn't and it's really quite hard to see it in that manner because you have said the minutes of adjustments because of what techniques were used on him the waterboarding may have produced some problems were feared the fact is they were used on him for 17 straight you did it is. road you didn't want to. believe he's not going to face any charges he has not faced any charges there the clear issue is here why is he being kept for so long in kuantan him obey. well i think it is yes or is there's no question that for 17 years he's never been charged . for 10 years we've asked repeatedly for him to be charged with crimes and that is

very frustrating 'd but they do it in c. and the cia is in the united states. as far as he was never a member or nothing to do. or 'd ever did and. what's the purpose all that when it's been shown to to essentially fail to yield dr information from many suspects so i think it failed to. produce accurate interracially from almost anybody split certainly the seal to attract any to obtain any accurate it's rubbish throws a bit of fire because they it is no way a probability is that you would i would love to have many people held accountable for the terms of their murder the model right now 'd is to look forward 'd not backwards of course the problem we have right now is look if they don't what words

but digital who are stuck there are going to remain stuck where. no i don't think. 'd the formal systems are believe there are many who feel they're all right if you buy what they get in the 'd car and hard truths that didn't exist. a pentagon social media account is taking heat online for sharing a colorized image of a convicted nazi war criminal the s.s. officer in question letting unit that killed dozens of unarmed american prisoners of war during world war 2. or.

is that you know kind piper convicted war criminal his rear echelon troops are literally responsible for the murder of u.s. troops at the infamous malmedy massacre i would have been dumbfounded by the decision to try men and he display nazi on military social media on the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. we regret the use of the photograph of your cam piper the intent was to tell the full story of the battle of the bulge which will continue here by explaining the incredible odds that were stacked up against the american soldier by the time the reserve was called in on 18 december. my uncle was captured during the bulge

and spent the next 6 months in star like 9 ve witnessing its last of this so don't anyone say this is ok i hope this is not the real forks of the department of defense i'm really insensitive. that's our global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always head to our website are to dot com the details on all those stories and many more. i had a spiritual experience. and i had the little girl that died in the fire cynthia collins. a 5 yr old son were looking for

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ministration tighten the federal rules regarding work requirements for millions of americans currently on supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap this move effectively leaves an estimated 688000 jobless souls living in the united states without access to discounted or free food also the u.s. department of agriculture can save the government 5500000000 dollars over 5 years or roughly a little over a $1000000000.00 a year meanwhile the business of politics my friends is booming the wall street journal is reporting that spending on political advertisements is projected to hit a new high in 2020 surging 3600000000 above the most recent presidential campaign year and how high you ask 9900000000 according to group the world's largest advertising media company so a close to 7 $100000.00 americans will soon be without food assistance just to save the federal government a buck or 2 political parties and their gilded corporate sponsors are more than happy to waste close to $10000000000.00 on campaign commercials that

works out to a little over $14000.00 per person who is now without food stamps but guess what that $9900000000.00 might be on the low end of estimates group em's global president of business intelligence brian weezer told the media that quote our understanding is that in the typical campaign 60 percent of funds raised may be deployed in the media spending consequently we recognize that the current political cycle could lead to higher levels of spending than we currently incorporate into our forecast that means that by tuesday nov 3rd our illustrious political parties could spend well over $12000000000.00 just to get themselves elected do you really really think they spend numbers like that because they really really really really really want to be humble public servants. not a chance and that is why my friends we are always watching the honks. good. good that's a. real good this would be the last to get to the bottom of it.

but they like you that i got. with that we. would sit. it. out. while the men what it watching the hawks i am tyrol been through and joining me today is award winning journalist chris hedges to talk about the how our political leaders are spending so much money just to get themselves elected and the other battle fronts on the war in the port thank you so much for joining me as always ours i accordingly the federal elections commission total federal election fund raising was approximately 2000000000 in just the 1st half of 2019 and we haven't even started the primary.