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it was. russian officials reveal the identity of the gunman who killed 2 and injured 5 in a shooting at the federal security service building in central moscow we spoke to the father of the attacker. clearly he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange beast in accident used to tell me that he liked shooting and even wanted to get the speech right become a mole still holds it's. also more than 3 years of deadlock and new projections the u.k. parliament finally backs prime minister boris johnson's breaks it with all agreement . facebook is tarnished by yet another huge data breach as admits private
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information about millions of users was exposed online for anyone to access. live from moscow where it's just past 2 in the morning you're watching international welcome to the program. russia's investigative committee has released the identity of the gunman who was opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening 39 year old evgeny manure of lived in the moscow region he killed the f.s.b. officer before being shot dead himself another officer died later in hospital and 5 other people including one civilian were injured at the moment the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's how the situation unfolded at the
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scene of the shooting. because usually when you get to the end we heard strange sounds we needed to realize that we should hide it then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. to us and that's when the man wasn't shooting randomly and i think we heard him shout out something but we didn't manage to make out what he was shouting at. the city in a basement we're watching now when a guy came in who just been outside and he told us there was a shooting out that i'm so injured pass and he told us the injured party had been dragged into the cafe. while there are reports the
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russian investigative committee has searched the home of the suspect and interviewed his family and friends we spoke to the neighbors and father off the shooter. but lately he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange eastern accent used to tell me that he liked shooting and even wanted to get a sports rank to become a more star all sports team where he worked he replied in the emirates embassy as a security guard though i do not know if it is true he was a very calm guy and then somehow the change started growing his beard maybe it happened of the his grandmother. he's a lawyer worked somewhere in moscow he comes from a good family mother grandmother she was a good man she was always very polite attentive i can't say anything bad about him i can't believe what's happened in the country does in your house and he was he wasn't aggressive very calm quite quiet he was lonely no friends no girlfriend we found out about his hoby by accident he invited my husband to join him at
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a shooting. when he refused the topic was never raised again although we now know is what we've been finding out now from the media engine. but with more on how it all unfolded in central moscow here's our correspondent daniel. wasn't calm last night here the f.s.b. building is just to the left of me and the whole thing happened at around half past 6 in the evening right on the opposite side of this main f.s.b. building of this f.s.b. had quarterlies according to an unconfirmed video which we can show you right now the alleged shooter took his position between behind one of the columns right again on the opposite side of this building he took aim armed with an assault rifle and he opened fire it seemed that he was specifically targeting f.s.b. offices coming out of the building now just to give you an idea as to how busy it was here last night what you're seeing right now is pretty white desolation
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compared to that because this is the heart of moscow it's the very center of the russian capital it's a trendy and hip area with plenty of bars cafes and restaurants so at 6 o'clock it wasn't just the end of the work shift it wasn't just the end of the work they wasn't just people leaving their offices offices out in the streets but also plenty of people just out and about plenty of tourists i mean if you just look over there christmas decorations are already up here so people were doing their christmas shopping there's a st regis hotel right across the street from me so there were literally hundreds of people out and about on the square and they were terrified by the shooting but initially many of them were confused because with christmas right around the corner many of them mistook the 1st bursts of fire with well fireworks. i was sitting with my friends at a bar when the shooting began it was the sound of
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a kalashnikov. all right phil i know what it sounds like my friends were like oh it must be firecrackers but i told them no way it's not firecrackers and then we saw people running down the street it was scary at 5 or 10 minutes past 6 the gunfire began and it was not just a few shots it came in bursts we saw officers taking cover behind the cars. left work met up with my girlfriend and when we heard some dull sounds in the distance i thought at 1st it was fireworks or some firecrackers but as the sound continued we realized something was wrong traffic police who were and because that's key bridge as usual began evacuating people they apparently got on to what was going on people started running we heard the gunfire plenty of details are missing right now no more official information as as of yet we do know that the russian president is being kept in the loop of this attack right here in the heart of moscow. while security analysts chance to bridge outlined where he thinks things
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could go from here. and there is they've said that from according to reports that nobody else was involved in this attack they will want to be sure that nobody else was actually involved in any planning aspects or in terms of assisting the government and that may take some time for example the examination of mobile phone records of any c.c.t.v. records and of course any. the mouse communications and so on that might be held on the suspect's computers and elsewhere and of course that would require house searches and so on but the fact is i think that even if you were going to have the most benign government most benign state in any country to watch you will get some people who will react violently and soon dialysis of that was just really funny because of policy because of instance all background or the circumstances of their own personal lives. and of news this hour 3 and a half years after the british people voted for the u.k. to leave the european union 3 prime ministers later and 4 breaks it deals with jet
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to buy parliament m.p.'s have finally given their backing to an exit plan is actually has more details. it would appear that way off the 3 and a half years of delays and gridlock in the house of parliament that overwhelming victory in terms of the seats won for the conservative party last week in the general election means that boris johnson could today get his drugs that deal approved by parliament he did so with a majority of our 120124 he managed to get it through and so what that means is by january 31st the u.k. will be leaving the e.u. at which point they will enter into an implementation period or transition period but despite that vote today despite the win for the conservatives last week drags it still leaves many issues on the zoltan also leaves the country bitterly divided one of the main divisions of course comes to the issue of scotland now scotland votes by 2 thirds roughly to remain in the european union during that referendum
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and also last week they won an overwhelming number of the seats in scotland the s.n.p. that is the scottish national party who are of course pro independence and so they take that as a mandate that the scottish people don't want to be dragged out of the e.u. and that they want that independence and those divisions remains clear in the house of commons today before that vote was held. learns the emphatic lesson of the last call and unlike members opposite and reject any delay in scotland could not talk been cleared of last week we did not call for breaks it come in the s.n.p. with a greater monday shows still totally and utterly rejects break ca this tale is a road map for the reckless direction in which the government prime minister adi term and to take our country the story story of the last 3 dollars you will be at
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today and we would be able to move forward one of the concerns to take to the. for the labor leader during the quarter it was workers' rights and the government has now taken out a part of the bill the motion within the bill that would have ensured the protection of workers' rights following prices so that's now no longer going to be part of that deal or the government's priority with that deal and also they have inserted the clause making it strict and making it more difficult if not impossible for an extension to the transition period what that means is that the government would only have from the day leave by the end of january of next year till the end of december takes year to negotiate a trade deal there are many who say that 11 months simply isn't a long enough time for a trade deal to be struck and also go having provisions for u.k. courts to be able to question and challenge and the piece of legislation by the european court of justice that remains in the u.k. laws so as far as boris johnson is concerned he's going to be powering on with his
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efforts to take the u.k. out of the european union. well independent political commentator and any weapon believes the opposition will now lessen its still ety to the government. there is cause for celebration for the country because the 1st period of uncertainty will be over and there's cause for celebration because boris johnson has actually married a commitment which is come true the conservative party has got a huge majority they can get through anything very wants. but that will be a positive thing from the point of view of bracks it's all bird course. the concern might be on other issues where. he could argue that they haven't really yours or mandates but i think the public have given a mandate on the subject to break. and i think certainly some of the opposition think is will probably turn down their rhetoric including even the
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who are a lot of people are getting fed up with because they're only had 45 percent of the vote very claim to speak up for the scottish people which very very clearly don't so i think over the coming months we're going to see some more really sort of. a man accused of stealing and burning analogy beattie flag from us church has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after being found guilty of committing a hate crime and often martina's was 1st arrested in june and accused of desecrating the flag belonging to a local church in iowa earlier in the week he was convicted on charges of not only committing a hate crime but also 3rd degree harassment and reckless use of fire martinez admitted to opposing homosexuality but the length of a sentence has led to some debate
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why does the left cheer when the american flag is burning no one goes to jail for that but they do for burning an activist movements flag while he got more years than murderers get in the u.k. unbelievable so burning a rainbow flag is hate speech burning an american flag is freedom of speech i see. he should have burned the american flag then he would have been praised statues dedicated it is disproportionate it is not commensurate with the crime committed however there are some disturbing elements a he was not given the sentence purely for stealing the flag and for burning it there were also. accusations and claims of arson and threats to burn down other properties namely a strip club when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the
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christian faith no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech to burn the gates of the gay pride flag in the same way that according to the supreme court's also protected speech to burn the american flag i would say that the l.g.b. flag is a bit different from the american flag because it days ignites a specific community in the same way as maybe burning a jewish flag might designate the jewish community and i think on balance probably we have to defend the freedom to burn a flag but what is exceptional in this particular case is the arson the threats the harassment this guy's sentence was yes there was a threats of arson but it was it is so extreme because of the hate crime designation and burning this flag now i don't believe that this flag necessarily represents the rainbow flag i don't think it represents gay individuals maybe at one point it attempted to there are still loads of discrimination free practices
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and laws and institutions there are parts united states where l.g. because most people do not have protection in the workplace for example they can be sacked from their jobs just because of their sexuality be it victim victim from housing on the base of the sexuality that exist those rights exist in sums. those rights exist in some states that exist in all states america loves gay people we don't need there's this narrative of discrimination is complete phooey and we don't need more laws to try to protect people when they're not necessary quite clearly with this incident that happened with this particular man the battle is not over the people who are prepared to go to a violent ends to dehumanize our community to express their opposition to our community gay americans out spend an hour and they're straight counterparts they have every right in this country they can get married now in many respects gay people at the top of the food chain so why would these laws even still be on the
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books especially for gays it's a non-issue and and i think they need to be repealed. or we'll be back with more news after this short break. well it finally happened donald trump has been impeached by the house of representatives in complete opposition to what the founders had even vision the articles voted on were along party lines it is highly unlikely the senate will vote to remove the president from office so what is the point of this entire exercise. understanding of shell is that it's a money loser from day one but it doesn't matter in the u.s. because all the creditors who lend money into the shell industry are constantly being bailed out by the central bank that prints money that's why they do it for the fees it's great for the banks but it's not an energy play and it's not
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a business it's a sinkhole but here as you point out in argentina so they can't just print their way out of a losing situation and the economy is already a bit fragile you don't want to add another loser into the mix like shale drilling voided completely. welcome back now russia ukraine and the european commission have agreed in principle on a new gas still starting in the new year and that's despite heightened pressure from washington over russia's nordstrom to gas pipeline project saskia taylor looks at how the u.s. is trying to blackmail allies on an energy policy they say politics is a dutch he gave him and his players can be selfish greedy and unethical but for the
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most part they do is pretend they're in it for the right reasons and of playing by the rules i think someone might have forgotten to tell ted cruz you fisa binary choice stop now and leave the pipeline unfinished the express intention of the sanctions legislation which we all thought were make a foolish attempt to rush to complete the pipeline and reese putting your company out of the business forever so what's called an elected u.s. senator so riled up that he's sending out letters with the distinct whiff of blackmail to them how did you guess it's russia almost specifically north stream to the 1225 kilometer pipeline running from russia to germany that's on the brink of completion the us though isn't its greatest fan the united states commands all our european partners who's taken a strong stand against north stream too. and we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from 60 to 70
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percent of their energy from russia and a new pipeline 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. we don't want your energy supplies to be defended. but america couldn't risk letting people make their own decisions time's running out of to rule they decide to to get it down in writing and possibile which will require don't try to impose sanctions on any foreign companies and individuals who are lending a helping hand in building the pipeline like the lucky recipient of cruises let's all see as a company over a 6000 kilometers away from washington in switzerland and like you'd expect from a politician at that level the latter is filled with all the signposts of a moderate person who's just ready to sit down and reach
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a compromise for the next decade your company and personnel will be entirely barred from the united states any transactions will be blocked all property will be frozen now clearly this is a matter very close to cruz's heart because earlier this month he introduced another piece of legislation protecting europe's energy security act that's despite some in europe not actually wanting any protection european energy policy must be decided in europe not the us we fundamentally reject outside intervention and sanctions with extra territorial effect but cruise thinks he knows better he needs to save poor europe from falling victim to those devious forces in moscow it would make europe even more dependent on russian energy and that makes europe susceptible to economic blackmail europe depended on russia is not good for europe it's not good for america i won't waste time and pointing out the irony and it's not even a cheeky one off blackmail kind of thing earlier this year u.s.
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ambassador to germany richard grinnell previously described by a german politician as acting like the high commissioner of an occupying power and persona non-grata also thought he'd flex his muscles we emphasize that companies involved in russian energy exports are taking part in something that. prompt a significant risk of sanctions now there's not being a fine of something and then there's going to these kinds of lengths and causing diplomatic disputes it's almost as if the u.s. has something to lose from nordstrom to going ahead but it helps american jobs much better for european energy needs to be satisfied by american natural gas that creates jobs here in america rather than fueling putin's military how much and that we have it americans who propounded the virtues of the free market and happy about some healthy competition especially when the competition is providing a cheaper and faster alternative though i'll admit it does have one thing missing
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with the us 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 and does cruisin like his freedom gas in fact last year alone he liked $765000.00 of it that's how much in donations he got from the oil and gas lobby making him the sector's top recipient in all of congress but really that's just by the by we spoke to professor hans going to our pool who's a spokesperson for consumer advocacy advocacy group and they of he told us the u.s. is trying to force its allies to buy liquefied natural gas from america. this project is almost finished and america have intervened too late if they wanted to do something then they should have done it at the start it's clear that germany and europe will be dependent on russian gas and because of that america is right in
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saying that if europe becomes more dependent on russia then america's influence will decrease that much is clear the other aspect is related to economic interests america would like to sell its gas produced in their fracking location that's what . yet another security breach scandal has hit social media giant facebook as a new massive online database has been found that could potentially be used against the site uses more than 267000000 facebook users id's phone numbers and names were exposed most of the affected users were from the u.s. and this data base has since been taken offline facebook stated to us that they think the records were obtained before recent security upgrades. were looking into this issue but believe this is likely information obtained before changes we made in the past few years to better protect people's information or facebook has been marred by
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a security breach scandals that despite its efforts to combat leaks is a look at some past examples. we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry. we've had a series of different day 2 exposures data leaks and facebook cuz how to respond
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reactively to a large number because it's been on the back foot we are going to see more breaches more incidents to come because 1st of all they haven't fixed every single problem and secondly they're all amounts of data that took already be taken through facebook that have yet to be exposed elsewhere as was the case here the problem that facebook has though is that eventually it is going to lose people's trust if it continues to behave in this way and no amount of money is going to back the trust and at the same time with the new g.d.p. all regulations and europe it may face being blocked from processing dates when you're all even sharing that with the u.s. . well that is your date for now i'm right and i'll be back with the rest of the team in about 30 minutes time to bring you know more news from around the world will see if that.
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noam chomsky has made to international reputation why does does is one of the national leaders of american resistance to the vietnam war the deepest is a professor of linguistics who before he was 40 is opened a transformed the nature of his subject. you are identified with a new level whatever that is you certainly have been an activist as well as a writer. that's a lot of times. it is based in anybody's catalogue among the half dozen top euros of the new left. this dandy achieved by adopting over the past 2 or 3 years a series of adamant. rejecting at least american foreign policy at most america itself. budget this notion that he american is quite an interesting one session is to tell
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