many. missiles identified the suspect in the shooting near the federal security service building in central moscow 2 people were killed and 5 injured in the attack. and other stories that shaped the week last hour and the e.u. lashed out at us sanctions targeting russia's north stream to gas pipeline to germany with berlin saying and amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of duma distorts the facts.

this is the weekly here on r t international welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shape the week. russia's investigative committee has released the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old give guinea and europe who lived in the moscow region he killed an f.s.b. officer before being shot dead himself and another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured in the attack the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing meanwhile we spoke to these suspects neighbors and father. but lately he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange eastern accent he used to tell me that he liked shooting and even wanted to get a sports rank become a more star or sports team where he worked he replied in the emirates embassy as

a security guard but i do not know if it is true he was a very calm guy and then somehow changed started growing his beard maybe it happened of the his grandmother died. he's a lawyer worked somewhere in moscow he comes from a good family mother grandmother he was a good man he was always very polite attentive i can't say anything bad about him i can't believe what's happened. in your house and 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 a shooting range when he refused the topic was never raised again although we know is what we've been finding out now from the media. the russian investigative committee has reportedly searched the home of the suspect and interviewed his friends and family here's a reminder of how the attack unfolded. it

was usually means if the when we heard 3 sounds we needed to realize that we should hide then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. go signals and you'll listen when the man who 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. and what i'm looking for in the city in a basement we're watching now when a guy came and could just going outside and he told us there was a shooting out that i'm certain into pos and he told us the injured party had been dragged into the cafe. 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 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 buzz cafes and restaurants so at 6 o'clock it wasn't just the end of the work shift wasn't just the end of the work they wasn't just people leaving their offices offices out on the streets but also plenty of people just out and about plenty of tourists i mean if you just look over their christmas deck. patients 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 this 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 a kalashnikov assault rifle 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 in the cars

that's could bridge as usual began evacuating people they apparently caught on to what was going on people started running we heard the gunfire plenty of details a 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. we spoke to russia analyst martin mccauley and security expert bridge to get their thoughts on the attack. nobody in his right mind would take an a k $47.00. 10 to get into the lubyanka and start firing at the gods is bound to be killed he knew that he could have gone into any restroom and floated as many people as you liked but that was not his objective he just wanted to kill those associated with the secret service is now the f.s.b. and if you killed one that he would then say they have achieved my objective because i would be killed as well given that the target appears to have been

dispiriting obviously so publicly linked with the security services in the states and given the timing on the almost at the anniversary of. the security services day . because strong indications as to the motivation assuming that the government is a rational actor this attack i think taken place against a more soft target which is usually the case with more explicit or overt terrorist acts then you would have expected i think far more casualties to have resulted. both the e.u. and moscow have slammed the latest u.s. sanctions targeting companies involved in russia's nord stream to a gas pipeline to germany rohan and brussels say that america should mind its own business foreign minister sergey lavrov added that russia will respond to washington's move. unconvince the north stream too as well as took stream will be completed to extremists that for launching just 2 or 3 weeks will respond to

sanctions but in a way in which we will not homo cells but we will definitely respond of course we will keep in mind when developing our relations i'm surprised the politicians reach such decisions which give no credit to high profile political figures the german government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to turks stream initiated by the us congress they think german and european companies and tantamount to interference in our domestic affairs. the pipeline is being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea and will supply enough gas to power almost $30000000.00 households the sanctions target companies and volved in building the last remaining leg of the pipeline and the main swiss contractor has now pulled out or washington's tough penalties in north stream spokesperson told r.t. that completing the project is essential for european energy security and says that work will be finished as soon as possible all the while the u.s.

has long voiced its opposition to the project. the united states commands all our european partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream to. and we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from 60 to 70 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 in the russian military aggression. we don't want europe's energy supplies to be depended on flatter me or put me in all russia and ukraine seem to have found a solution to their dispute over energy supplies they disagreed on a contract that allows moscow to send gas to europe via ukraine but the 2 have come to a settlement the new agreement is designed to maintain gas transit between moscow and kiev for the next 5 years it also states that russia will pay a crane almost $3000000000.00 to settle in

a long running dispute and in return cancel dropped legal actions against moscow former u.s. diplomat jim johnson and member of germany's the left party vision on top us only believe america's approach is souring relations with europe when they say oh this will cover in ukraine out of the transit they will they will get less money we really think that you're about ukraine they're all carried by ukraine at all and the only reason they would be concerned about roo you crane being cut out or going to transit seas is that is that would be make it more difficult to put pressure on russia by having a puppet ukrainian hand on the lawn to speak it with regard to europe's a gash you know that is no longer the case and all we're really talking about is ukraine being included in a more cooperative relationship between europe and russia that's the worst possible outcome from the point of view of people in washington damage to the german american relations is done and. the idea that

america is consciously imposing extra char extraterritorial sanctions to hurt the german economy or to hurt the german consumers is now firmly implanted into germany's minds from the left to the right that is absolutely outraged by the actions of the us government. a u.k. primary school found itself in the firing line this week after parents were angered by changes to the wording of traditional christmas carols whitehall primary school in the south east of england has redacted subtle carols replacing for example little lord jesus with baby boy jesus critics say the change is a myth the whole point of the celebration and many parents agree. if he was just a baby boy named jesus there would be a celebration in the 1st place he said will know it 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 the have been denied the freedom to fully express their faith christian belief and tradition of being 2nd forced 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 the school says it promotes british values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs and as a fan of the move by saying that some students did not attend last year service because of their religious beliefs and it wants to include all peoples during the festive period we discuss the issues raised with him day from christian concern and also with the social commentator who wants our. the key message 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 a 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 of people who want to come in there with 'd 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 and all the question that it is not decided on in a stable which isn't true i think that such 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 is lord i can't even go walks 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 presenters whether you should tell us the wording if it's not what people should opt out everyone agrees that they're not out. what motives my only reason i don't have one place is not a question of my see whether she used the word traditional carols to remove the key beliefs 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 sure it 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 i will say that's of christianity you are the one that's being intolerant here because you're saying they shouldn't saying the word says it all that's the it's all an attitude here. weekly continues here on r.t. after this. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only really

i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical guy time to sit down and talk. with politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be precise this is what the 43 of them all can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of. course.

welcome back this week the russian president held his annual q. and a session with journalists from home and abroad the event took place in moscow's world trade center and ran for more than 4 hours ottomar putin fielded questions on both domestic and international affairs with presidential terms in russia and the impeachment of donald trump among the key issues raised. george what could be done is to cancel the 2 in a row amendment we have 2 terms in a row yours truly served 2 terms then resigned and had the constitutional right to return to the presidency because it was not to tell you in a row the amendment confuses some of our political scientists and public figures so we could be counseled on much. it's just

a continuation of political infighting one party that lost the election of the democratic party is working through result through other methods accusing trump of collusion with russia but then it's discovered that there was no inclusion there can't be the basis for impeachment and i see now they've come up with pressure on ukraine if i don't know what's there in your representatives have a bitterly. as for statements from certain people various political figures about russia about me as the head of the country i've been used to treating this accordingly but i know what the interests of my country are and that it doesn't matter at all what anyone else there is absolutely no value in comparing what they say with the fundamental tasks which russia is interested in solving congratulations to boris johnson nevertheless he turned out to be the winner he understood the mood of the british people better

than his political opponents but. fresh doubts had been cast over the credibility of the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. more leaked emails published by wiki leaks reveal concerns from yet another member of the team that investigated an alleged attack on the ground in the syrian city of do molest here he says they file a report into the incident suppressed and distorted their findings. the fact finding mission report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to doom or only one fact finding mission team member a paramedic of the so-called fact finding mission core team was in duma we are not insisting on being right in our assertions but we are demanding to be heard we have been stonewalled throughout by obfuscation exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior. the alleged chemical attack in april last year reportedly killed dozens of civilians in response the united states and its nato allies france and the u.k.

were quick to conduct air strikes against syrian military targets the biggest western military action of the 8 year war the only c.w. later deployed experts to do much to investigate and their subsequent report pin the blame on the syrian government our senior correspondent ryan garcia of takes a closer look. i don't know about the 3 little piglets but the u.p.c. w is having its house blow right down from the inside the 1st whistle blower they dismissed the 2nd they sort of excuse themselves and now in what is an absolute bombshell the most qualified inspector the fs report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to duma i found that i was being excluded from the work for reasons not made clear allegedly you need team member who went to syria and there was allowed to cool right the syria report was the team paramedic one of the chemical inspectors were allowed to pitch in i

attempted to submit my report to the f.m. team leaders starting from the 15th of february 29th teen after noting continued reluctance from the f f m team to receive my report i deposited the report in d r a for collection on the 27th of february 29th and advised all relevant persons of this shouldn't have bothered it seems no one wanted to read it 48 hours later the u.p.c. w. published its 1st report and sutherland had to really taken a razor to it so much so that the actual team that went to syria didn't recognise it the consensus within the f.m. team was that 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 used in fire alarms and this on top of previous whistleblower revelations hard math cast doubt that the canisters at the scene were ever dropped their observations of the scene in the 2 locations suggest that there is a 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 they lied the 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. if f.m. we as others in the team who would like to but are unable are questioning the work practices followed during this investigation this is more than a rebellion this is

a catastrophe for the u.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 u.p.c. w. says something people are going to be thinking twice before taking their word for it on top of all that a former newsweek reporter claims that he quit the magazine when editor scrap historian that question the chemical attack investigation the magazine says the piece was dropped because it was a conspiracy theory and not objective reporting we spoke to the journalist and he explained why reporters should not be exploited to justify war. i was a bit disturbed. you know i wasn't really given any valid reasons other than i had refused to the salt coal like i said than all source to be trusted in my opinion. and then finally what kind of happened as i was i kept pushing to try and do the

story because i feel like it's of extreme you know public interest the attacks on me these organizations have taken a long time for us to get here in terms of a storable point of view when we shouldn't be weaponized in them to kind of create the public opinion needed to go to war at the moment they're all very few well mainstream western journalists are reporting on this so i would say this a complete failure of the media our job as jonah start to hold governments to account and if governments are going to war on false premises then you know we have good evidence to suggest that now i'm no one is reporting it then we're not doing our job as journalists that's our breakdown of just some of the biggest headlines from the past week for more on those stories and the latest news head to our website our to dot com.

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things has long become a matter for for the more the lifestyle which more often than not results in the failure of success and the scarcity of abundance what happens when the rats stop running and even try to leave them a while to discuss that i'm now joined by gary john bishop by new york times bestselling author and a life coach gary it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time yeah great thanks for having me now is the 1st time on this show that i cannot side the titles of the books because that peppered with the expletives except for your latest one called do the work i know how much you care about language as a means of self-expression what was the reason for. using the beef words in your 1st 2 titles and defying that habit with the latest one yeah well you know that's just basically the way that i talk really wanted to write a book that was an authentic expression of me i didn't want to do something that

was just designed to sell books you know i wanted to do some that willie was my voice so the titles of the books just seemed you know normal to me doesn't mean that at this point in your life you're relying on the expletives a little bit less than before well. you know a long time ago somebody said there's a big difference between being in trouble and being a bleep in trouble and you know it it really can a resonated with me i really got like there's a there's a seriousness about our lives that i think occasionally a little explicit expletive or 2 helps to can i really point to the can a gravity of what we're dealing with and a life's so you know i'm on a bike the occasional curse word now in your books you project this image of

a no-b.s. guy and yet you cite a lot of philosophers including one of the forefathers of modern linguistics ludovick with ken stein who is famous for his thinking on how the limits of our language is sad the limits of our worlds and not only him in a broad cultural sense but also in everyday life the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and about others that's essentially what your 1st book after yourself is all about isn't it yeah well you know you could put 10 people in a room. and they would all describe it desperately and you know something or might be similarity some things of the same but they'll beat the b. distinctions they'll be very distinct things that are that are clearly different from another and so another way to say that is we all living life through a very unique lens and that lens is created the language it sends.