u.s. democrats can't help gloating as the debate gets underway in the lower house over whether to impeach president trying. a new poll shows brits are losing their faith in the b.b.c. that's after its election coverage faced claims of $5000000.00 health of respondents believe its journalists are no longer trustworthy. and is stirring in off dorothy's threaten criminal prosecution it gets employees of russian news agency sputnik pressuring them to cut ties with their parent company. studio where it's just past 2 o'clock in the morning you're watching our team's

national armories on the low could spankie for joining us. the u.s. house is debating the donald trump impeachment articles prior to the landmark vote it's spectate late today the president himself has accused the democratically of shift pressuring policy members to vote a certain way and have been plenty of sound bites coming from the house floor already. this is a moment that you will read about in your history books he sought to elevate himself as a dictator a king but we are not him aren't monarchy we are the united states of america i want my daughter to be able to tell her children grandma did the right thing because in america no one is above the law now one of the democrat witnesses not one was able to establish that the president committed bribery treason or high crimes and misdemeanors tench taken office nearly 3 years ago president trump has consistently and intentionally divided this country when the president was. held

military aid to vulnerable nuclear ukraine he sought to sabotage our elections after all the drama the majority has not found a single shred of evidence only 2nd 3rd 4th hand information i can't stop thinking about the cost to our country. not just the impeachable offenses but the collateral damage of a president who uses power like a weapon against his own people while this point the fact that the debate is only now getting on the way some are already celebrating namely anchors on pro-democrat c.n.n. have been confidently saying today that trump is poised to be the 3rd u.s. president to be impeached they've also reported the top democrats and house speaker nancy pelosi has told party members not to gloat too much. meanwhile hundreds of activists have been demonstrating outside the capitol building chanting nobody is above the law more than $600.00 pro mph and rallies were reported across the country on tuesday investigative journalist dave lendl

says that the u.s. lawmakers the debate is solely an opportunity to gain political points. and i think this is all a foregone conclusion and it's posturing by the 2 sides to their constituents generally what happens in congress is pretty boring and people don't watch it it's very the only place you can see it is on c.-span and nobody watches that this is a big opportunity especially for minor. members of congress who aren't you know don't have chairmanships of committees and stuff to make a speech and to. to know that their own district people are going to see the you know clips of this in their campaigns so yeah it's a it's an opportunity for lesser known people to get on some t.v. for free. the pressure over the vote is especially high on those representatives

that come from pro trump states and could disappoint that own supporters. and breaks down the impeachment case democrats see launching 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 teach it they argue that months before the 2020 alexion this doesn't look good for the democrats we are broke there are no like i work our you getting here knowing how to drive and i don't think there are you're. 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 this she. 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 trouble 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 caleb oppen r.t. new york. now we bring you this one person is dead and 2 injured following a stabbing at a shopping center in beaverton in the us state of oregon the suspect stole the collar right after the stopping but was later cooled by the local police and there

is still a large police presence near the scene of the itzhak however the authorities say there is no longer a threat to the safety of the public the condition of those who were hospitalized is still unclear. now returning to some other headline news public trust in the b.b.c. has taken a flight with new polls showing deep bias concerns over the broadcasters coverage of the u.k. elections ok partridge has more from london it's all about an issue of trust so do britons trust their media outlets well according to a recent poll trust in the press to tell the truth has fall in less than half the population believe b.b.c. journalists are impartial and one in 5 britons say they don't trust the public broadcaster at all while a set of britons are most likely to trust newspaper journalists working for the times of the guardian well a decline in public trust came as the b.b.c. was criticised by those on the left and the right over its coverage of the general election there's some have even suggested their reporting contributed to labor's

crushing defeat well they cite one reporter talking about boris johnson winning the majority he so deserves and it's believed he meant to say he so desires that the b.b.c.'s election night on down has defended his only brother committed that mistakes are still trying to made the broadcaster itself has issued a statement refuting all claims of bias we delivered almost ambitious coverage ensuring it was fair and proportionate over the course of the campaign we stand by our journalism will continue to make got own editorial decisions and report without fear or favor well such criticism isn't new the broadcaster has also been accused of being anti break says but is apparent bias just personal interpretation of the b.b.c.'s guidelines say it doesn't require absolute neutrality on every issue though is committed to do impartiality which reflects a range of perspectives but as its funding relies on license payers with a range of perspectives and different ideas of impartiality apparently you can't

please half of the people all of the time. is stony and or thora to use have warned employees of a local offshoot of the russian news agency sputnik that if they don't cut ties with their parent company they'll face criminal prosecution with the details of his artie's nicaea or. sputnik editor in chief had described the action from thailand as arbitrary and now planned seek advice from the un the o.s.c. and other international organizations but what they describe as an unprecedented violation of freedom of speech and this comes after the owner of the office where. it was based a broke the lease contracts following pressure from police now employees are also said to have received letters from the police department and the border control threatening criminal proceedings if they continue to work with. the agency in the new year now the move has been justified by the estonian or thirty's by citing european sanctions from 2014 the agency however did not appear on any such

sanctions list the agency's press service has since responded with feeling that it is based on powell problems whilst operating in the country take a listen we consider the actions. to be. such a national organizations as the un the council of europe. are demanding a broad cements of the unprecedented case of violation of freedom of speech in recent years and measures to ensure the right of all journalists to carry out the professional speaking back in november the editor in chief of margarita simonyan said that the news agency had received more pressure in a stonier than anywhere else in the world she how employees had been intimidated by security services even had their bank accounts frozen and estonian banks that did service the agency have frozen all accounts since then so meanwhile the c.s. of all the nears the executive director plans to raise the issue with the russian

presidential cumin rights council so needless to say this is an issue that the agency is not taking lying down. now independent journalist and commentator martin summers believes the threat by the a strain in authority is our politically motivated i think it's a political action quite clearly and it's related to the kind of pressures and tensions that are in the international system at the moment in which a stone near is plays a key a key role there's a big issue in the in general about what is legitimate freedom of speech i mean in the in the general election he just of the b.b.c. and its role and whether it was biased in favor of the government. but also of course you've got private newspapers and private broadcasters who are openly pause polities on now is that acceptable or loss if you think that during the american revolution there were lots and lots of people publishing stuff which was very n c the british government should that have been burned sure the winsome control over it these are wider issues but i think the timing of what's happened here in

the stone year is to do with the possibility of the negotiators solution in ukraine and the dislike of that by some elements within the a stony and stubborn. about the u.k. now because 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 south east of england has redacted several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy critics say the change is a myth the whole point of the celebration 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 our lord 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 but it's what christmas is about well a school in question says it promotes british values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs and has defended the move by saying that some students did not attend last year's service because of their religious beliefs and the school wants to include all pupils during this festive period we discussed the issue with him via pay from christian concern and social commentator. 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 that reference as well as jesus being king and jesus being 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 of profit 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 and religious education that include all strains of all walks of life of humanism as well and atheism are people who want to come in there with so of more free n.g.'s 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 in a 1000000 or the question that is not decided on in a stable which isn't true 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 there why are they so upset about people saying jesus lord i can't even go watch and

observe it you know and 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 a particular question is not what they did i was out that's not a commercial you want to opt out no none of that the question you know you just don't see the cost of the question is whether you should tell us the word and if it's not what a people should opt out if one agrees that they're not out. why bell says my only reason i don't have one to save face is not a question that my see what they say and i use that word me all traditional carols so removed to keep belief of christianity and 10 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 say i'm sure you know migrants i know when you have a situation that was a christianity they are not your station exams he is not welcome here saying belief and 2nd is the one so much as i praise is you'll discuss it although i would say all of what i did to you then i will say that's of christianity you're the one that's being intolerant here because you'll saying they shouldn't saying the well this is a little that's the in solomon attitude here. us streaming service who do is set to premiere a documentary on 16 year old climate activist present them back but it turns out they began filming long before the question was a household name off that full story after this short break. you know world's big partners. and conspiracy it's time to wake up

to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. markets means being in some ways similar. to the. the traditional jewish way of acting so in other words if my doing it is about the urban. occupation the flexible physically for studious articulate and so on then jews were the 1st modern schools that was the specialization.

welcome back no 16 year old climate activist and time magazine person of the aggressor thornburg is getting a high profile documentary us streaming service who knew says the film what with the working title greater will premiere next year however it has a most of the film crew has been following the celebrity from her early days of skipping class to protest at the swedish parliament against climate change that was long before her global notoriety and some have voice surprised at how the filmmakers could have guessed that this unknown schoolgirl would turn into a global superstar. and sweden's national broadcaster didn't see the attraction at the time according to local media back in 2015 parents tried but failed to convince s.p.t. to film how she was badgering them about the environment radio host a political analyst dave perkins things great is quick rise to fame has been

engineered by her family. it's become famous in a way that a 16 year old does not have the breadth of wisdom or imagination to achieve or accomplish on her own ergo therefore she's being pushed and it's coming primarily from her family who are showbiz and entertainment people actors producers she has performing siblings there's no doubt they saw her as someone who could be indoctrinated and trained and raised up into an environmentalist warrior from a very early age people don't know greg his mother wrote a book that has in the title our lives for the climate that family is an environmentalist activist family and has been probably since before grettir was born looks like the business of raising up a child to make her famous as an argue or for one side of a case when she's never learned the other side of the case and she probably won't ever learn it now but yes it's obvious to me that it's a set up from the beginning. in what's become something of

a christmas tradition in russia over the last few years president putin is about to face a grilling from the media that they will see his annual press conference but if the posted anything to go by can last but i was. that what's in store. christmas is just around the corner so probably stocking up with gifts is the challenge that is on everyone's mind right now well unless you are a journalist with a badge that gives you access to a very special event this thursday the big ad you will putin q. and a well for such reporters the number one challenge is to get noticed and to somehow leave a sea of colleagues behind by the way if you thought that it all happens behind the

famous walls over there in this case you're wrong welcome to moscow's world trade center this is where very soon the q. and a will begin now let me explain how it works mr putin will be sitting at a table lone in front of a massive audience holding up black cards for 5 years i've been using this nice little arty logo a bit further on to the president's left his press secretary usually he is the one who chooses who goes next but sometimes mr putin picks someone out himself and these are the kind of moments we always watch out for if you let them do is complain of their ice or a woman holding a sign that says by by ok go for it turn the heat up. oh my god sorry with age comes eyesight issues to distribute these are just translation difficulties i scared everyone my sign today but actually it's has by

which means grandfather says so what are the chances of getting picked 29 things press or sets a record a total of 1895 journalists taken part over the last 7 years vladimir putin. at the time to answer an average of 58 questions per q. and a so i've done the math the chances are about 3 percent only 3 percent that you get to ask a question not the best of all odds but. the longest event lasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes and usually it's never less than 3 several hours of constantly jumping on your chair waving your black card trying to stand out from the crowd and get the president's attention i'll tell you what that's quite an experience anyway do stay tuned for the show because it could really shake things up a little bit before the holidays from pushing the stock markets up or down to

causing a real geopolitical stir just one example it is right in that building that fly out of our proving once back in 25th thing called donald trump a bright talented man you know the rest of the story. a pentagon social media account is receiving criticism online for sharing a colorized image of a convicted nazi war criminal the often fs s.s. officer in question led a unit that killed dozens of unarmed american prisoners of war in world will too.

is that yoko piper convicted will criminal his rear echelon troops are literally responsible for the murder of u.s. troops at the infamous malmedy massacre this photo looks like you admired the s.s. if that is not your intention please move to later in the article. but. sometimes a move is the move that will create a sense of tension by introducing a bad guy that is technique of effective storytelling. my uncle was captured during the bulge and spend the next 6 months in star like 9 be witnessing atrocities so don't anyone say this is ok i hope this is not real

forks at the department of defense i'm really insensitive. well that is your update for now we'll be back here in around 30 minutes time with more news from around the world see that. argentina love it this country is phantasmagorical the people are extraordinary the government and the central bank maybe not so much because of the central bank but let's get into this a little bit more detail. during the grid to pretty. old must remember there was most of my family were unemployed. and it wasn't it was bed you know much worse objective listen today but there was an expectation of the things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shape by the

turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack so low down engineer elections manufacture consent and other principles according to no on. one set of rules for the rich ops etc. that's what happens when you put her into the. narrow sector of wilf which will is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and she. wanted.

to i could be close as a white woman for real can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the house. yes sure. all of us will hopes that have been absolutely true of babies but say it's about a view that appears even in death and dying babies even if you never heard of same loved. tickles by a parents. and then we learn how to use that in a more complex way i'm one of the things that we learn is to how to join in with love to contagiously to love and somebody else even if you don't know why they're laughing. in dublin the campaign group justice for the forgotten had for years been demanding

a public inquiry into the bombings. it still took 7 years for the irish government 6 years after the $994.00 cease fire to agree to a restricted form of inquiry under justice henry byron the inquiry found in his own careful words and despite london refusing to cooperate with the inquiry that the case for collusion was neither fanciful nor absurd. crucially however for the families bereaved by other gun and murders north of the border daryn published a full appendix listing the ballistic links between other key attacks. after publication of the foreign reports it became obvious that there was still no response from the state. very serious allegations of criminality were not be investigated but there was going to be no response and so we decided that we should respond we should bring people in and their national figures so we approached

a number of people to caterers who'd worked with. people who'd worked on the sets off an interest commission on academics lawyers people's experience and we invited them to ireland and i asked them to look at the evidence. to meet with whistleblowers to meet with families to meet with p.s. and i was seated. and a troll their own conclusions the trope their own report the international report which is what they did and it was a very valuable experience to have people from outside the jurisdiction come here look at the evidence and come to their own conclusions. 10 years ago from 2004 to 2006 i had the privilege of chairing an independent international inquiry into potential collusion by british security forces in paramilitary killings of catholics in northern ireland. they certainly were not

a few bad apples there are a significant number of british intelligence agencies from within the car you see in the u.d.r. who were involved directly in these killings who are in collusion with them and their activities their illegal activities according to the evidence we received were known to their immediate superiors and putting a number of chief inspectors and inspectors where we were not able to ascertain if the time is how far up the chain of command this went we do know that senior authorities in london on notice of information that should have caused them to conduct further investigations of this collusion in northern ireland we found no no indication that they took that obligation seriously. the next big step change came when they started inquiries team was set up to in.