if you believe. the. libya peace talks involving the warring sides and world leaders create a new mechanism for a lasting cease fire we'll look at whether the plan you hold. also this hour fearing violence at an upcoming gun rights rally the governor of the u.s. state of virginia declares a state of emergency and imposes restrictions that critics warn are unconstitutional. and 3 belgian doctors face criminal charges for approving the euthanasia of a woman with a psychiatric disorder the 1st such trials and it was legalized at the start of the century.

here watching our change our national bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program a berlin conference has raised a glimmer of hope for peace and war torn libya world leaders pledged to respect an arms embargo and block military support to all parties in the conflict are spitter all over has been following the summit. well the result of the talks here in berlin on libya in the fall and going conflict on the ground there was a document that has been signed off by those that have taken part in the conference still has to go to the united nations where it will be seeking their approval it contained in that document a call for a cease fire also an arms embargo that there should be a rekindling of the political process that human rights must be respected and that we must also you see security and economic reforms on the ground in libya now the

german chancellor also said added that there was no direct contact between. khalifa haftar that had been expected realistically has been hoped for heading into these talks they didn't speak directly that was all done through proxy or in direct conversations passing along messages basically between the 2 sides the u.n. secretary general also speaking at the closing press conference of security as he said that what was of most importance at the moment was getting a functioning cease fire in place on the ground 1st we need to have a ceasefire you cannot monitor something that doesn't exist and so we need level cease fire and we have a 2. and one simple question is that all the produce the plans to do anything to meet it's to support the cease fire and committed to pressure on the parties to the conflict for the cease fire to be reached the german foreign minister heiko must

was also speaking at the closing press conference he was measured in his confidence about what had been achieved here in berlin. we have achieved the objectives that we sent for this conference we now have the e.u. now hands to solve the conflicts now we have to do is use this he put it in the law and open the door from the russians. for all of the foreign minister spoke to journalists as well he was saying that he was positive of what had been achieved here however he acknowledged that the situation between the 2 warring sides was extremely difficult right now so generally we think the conference was useful it's clear that the final decision is up to the libyans it's also clear that so far stable dialogue between the warring parties is under reachable the differences of approach to great still the suggestions the final document contains contribute to

creating appropriate conditions for both sides to sit and talk to ultimately the result of these talks is that they'll be more talks libya though is really coming front and center for international attention that's been seen by just who was in attendance here in some real heavy hitters from around the world coming here as the world tries to find a solution that up ongoing crisis which has claimed so many lives. all some politicians seem optimistic about the summit experts told us it's too early to guarantee a lasting peace in libya. brutal dangerous the main virtue of these talks has been that the external actors will be able to move to agree but as we've heard the 2 main rivals couldn't speak face to face let alone agree and secondly there are perhaps 30 different subgroups fighting on the ground so that it may be that there is going to a ceasefire that holds it could possibly be in the interests of both sides but getting their various cohorts to is not has not been easy so far and there is the

danger that each side will be looking to move or for getting international credibility include or spy saying we're trying to keep the ceasefire but the others are breaking it at the end of the day we're looking at a cease fire that's all we're hoping for this is not going to bring about peace it is not going to really stop all out war we're talking about a cease fire a hold to a cease fire which is not happening today we can have a road. we can have a process for we have. more lines if not the forces dissemination the let alone some level of governance that the 2 parties can work with sos can be very difficult a long long way ahead and we are in the early stages of potentially what potentially help them for libya. the u.s. state of virginia has announced a state of emergency and a firearms ban ahead of a gun rights rally on a savant is seen as a credible threat by the state government as thousands of armed people plan to

attend help often picks up the story. as the 2020 elections get closer there's a lot more dividing america than just political personalities in virginia the issue of firearms and state regulations who can buy or own one is a big point of contention. the claim that universal background checks supposed to stop criminals from getting access to firearms is focus in reality they only restrict you'll feel going to discourage gun ownership and turn otherwise law abiding people into unwitting felons. in states that have these laws legations have resulted in middle of the night rates where gun owners have been killed or have their guns confiscated so on january 20th gun activists are having

a rally demanding their right to bear arms under the us constitution and local authorities are cracking down saying that no guns may be present at the rally the prohibition is temporary and it will expire on tuesday after the rally and those who would bring violence into virginia have left and returned to where they came from now local gun activists say this is an absurd restriction after all what is the point of having a gun if you can't have it on your person in order to protect yourself especially at a heated political rally where things might get rough they blame this restriction on the democratic party the governor and leadership of the democratic party have declared war on law abiding gun owners and they're tired of it it's basically people saying we're fed up we've had enough governor northam of virginia says it is absolutely necessary that there be no guns at the rally in order to protect public safety he's pointed out that militia groups have made statements about storming the

states. capitol and other things that aren't exactly considered to be peaceful rhetoric no one wants another incident like the one we saw in charlottesville in 2017. we will not allow that made him and violence to happen here. now gun activists say that their rights are being taken away they fear that gun access restrictions in virginia could soon spread to other states virginia is ground 0 for the 2nd amendment right now anti gunners want to take what they did

here in virginia and and replicated in other gun friendly states there are some strong arguments on both sides if democrats oppose owning guns aren't they essentially going against the us constitution and various supreme court rulings that have said that owning a gun is a fundamental right for american citizens however isn't it a bit on reasonable to expect that right wing activists should be allowed to walk around government buildings locked and loaded so sheriffs and virginia or elsewhere in the country have taken states is where they've openly publicly said they will not force what they view to be unconstitutional wall if you can't have universal background checks what is the use of having them to be given. you know we need a license to drive a car. we need more safety to drive a car then to own a weapon that kills we have people in here that are collectors we have people in here that's just their that's their pastime that's what they do they don't have

a criminal background they don't do anything. wrong that is just how they choose to spend their money and their time i made myself i just purchased a gun. you know. like this is a right to bear arms should be for every citizen who took the family business but 66 where he stayed on. the us president has entered the dispute calling the state's response a very serious attack and blame the democratic party for virginia state senator richard black and legal analyst jennifer de master told us they are skeptical about the reasons given for the ban. i don't think that we should enforce these unconstitutional laws that are being imposed on the people in this country firearms are current mendus lee important to americans and so they do become upset i think it is the policy of the democratic party to inspire as much conflict as much

racial stroy as much hatred towards christians and people who live in rural areas that's not designed to smooth the waters to find common ground this is deliberately designed to create a sense of panic and perhaps to create a reaction that can don't be used by the media to to portray ordinary citizens as being bad people it's clearly not a security issue it's just another attempt by the liberal and on their own to at this point to confiscate this site and then the protections of american citizen certainly it has nothing to do with safety and in fact if you look at some of the some of the violence that has occurred it has never occurred at a pro 2nd amendment rallies or the n.r.a. or some of these process going to men and groups in america conservative groups there's never been gun violence there by the very people that support the 2nd

amendment it's only happened at unrelated events and generally typically by people who are not authorized to have a gun and who obtained illegally so none of that is going to help and this is just a further act of trying to deny their constitutional right. they're concerned that violent criminals in the u.k. will be left unpunished under new plans for rehabilitation contracts offenders with mental health or social problems could avoid jail if they successfully take part in 4 month rehabilitation programs but critics warn the victims of the crimes could suffer. an important part of recovering from a crime can be take nourishment the day are a victim to whom room has been done we would expect the feedback of victims involved in the pilots to be taken into account the full run out the deferred prosecution scheme has already been trialled in 10 counties across the country and could now be extended nationwide with the research indicating significant success

participants must carry out 4 months of rehab to overcome underlying issues such as mental health problems or drug addiction and they must not refund in that period however different counties included different crimes when they tried out the scheme some only chose to drug possession and 1st time offenses but others included more serious crimes such as assault domestic abuse burglary and criminal damage researchers claim the new scheme is not only effective but will save money. based on the people that the west midlands put into this experiment it seems overwhelmingly the case that you are better off not prosecuting if you can get them into a proper offender management scheme that is a lot cheaper than prosecution and does more good we discussed the issue with political commentator andrea walker and human rights activist peter tatchell. well of course the criminal justice system has 3 main targets terence punishment and

rehabilitation of those 3 the most important is of course rehabilitation when an offense has been committed because we don't want that person coming back into the criminal justice system we want to help enable them to get back as a law abiding citizen but i do disagree with peter when he says that rehabilitation has to be the most important part of criminal justice i think punishment needs to be the most important part and if you have rehabilitation in education within that then fine but i just wouldn't if it was me i just wouldn't want to be in a position where i was a victim of violent crime and the person who committed it really got off scot free when it comes to violent offenders the likelihood of really offense goes down by 34 percent and this scheme and the level of victim satisfaction increases to 75 percent which is way way way above the normal average so i think clearly it does have some positive benefits it's one of those schemes that is very

interesting re offending rates but doesn't do a great deal for victims and one of the concerns i've got about this scheme is on some occasions it does not involve admitting guilt and can actually make it quite hard for victims to access things like compensation we don't do enough for victims i think that we need to be always mindful of the fact that if you've been a victim of something like burglary it can be considered to be quite a severe violation of your heart how do you know something that you do want to see published there is an allied scheme which has been going for a long time called restore it of justice where with the victims consent and willingness. the victim and the perpetrator meet usually physically sometimes by video link to discuss the effects that the crime had upon the victim and also in some cases where by the. perpetrator agrees to pay compensation or do some kind of community work related to the offense the victims that in 85 percent of cases

they felt satisfied with this alternative system and 78 percent said they would recommend it to other victims of crime i feel for the victims of course and i've been a victim of violent assaults on many occasions because of my human rights work but even so i do want to cure the patient. and rather than kill the patient i think the majority of justice idea is fine as long as there's a 3rd punishment involved as well i don't see why there needs to be either or but i think that a lot of this might be about what they've tried to do on the cheap and i'm extremely concerned that is the real motivation behind this plan. and a significant test case for euthanasia 3 belgian doctors accused of illegally poisoning a 38 year old woman will be question on monday at the 1st time that medical staff in the country face criminal charges over the practice since it was legalized in

2002 artes teller has more. on christmas eve in 2937 year old teenager told her family she wanted to be euthanized but while teen suffering might have ended several months later of in a clinic in the flemish city of god and that of her family is still ongoing because the 3 doctors who were involved are now on trial for how mud this will be belgium's fust criminal case concerning euthanasia since the practice was legalized back in 2002 which accounts for an average of 6 deaths as day the doctors insist they acted in good faith and are unfairly being painted as murderous but the hiring account teen says does give of that fateful day raises questions over the competence and motives of the medical professionals.

belgium is only one of 2 countries which allows for euthanasia on psychiatric grounds and sees people suffering from depression gender identity issues and an erect resort to this so-called must see killing 2 months before her death as is required by your teen went to the psychiatry list doctor 10 point who diagnosed her with a mild form of autism teen's family protests this diagnosis adamant she was simply suffering heartbreak and distress after a failed relationship. she knew that if she wasn't diagnosed with autism or

asperger's she would have no chance of being euthanized as such they say the key legal requirement that a patient be incurably ill was not met and so by injecting her with that lethal dose she was poisoned really confused by the diagnosis and in this particular psychiatrists solution of suicide it just doesn't it doesn't fit together for me i think that there is a danger especially from a mental health perspective when people play god is so to speak when we're making decisions now about life and death or when other people are making decisions about when to in their life based on things that can be fixed pretty easily in some cases mental illnesses autism is certainly very treatable one of my child has some mild autistic manifestations and we get through those you know it's certainly not a reason to kill someone or to commit suicide but this was far from the only

irregularity they noted and when they launched a complaint the doctors allegedly tried to block the investigation with the psychiatry even hitting back at the grieving family. we must try to stop these people. it is a seriously dysfunctional one dead traumatized family with very little empathy and respect for others this is not the fust time psychiatry to diagnose teen has come under scrutiny but in 27000 documents revealed the head of belgium's euthanasia review commission was concerned dr 10 point wasn't fulfilling all necessary equal conditions relations soured so much that he refused to accept any father patients referred by doc to temp aren't her colleagues are also worried that she's allegedly approved around a 3rd of all euthanasia cases for psychiatric reasons in the whole country she is not really a great person to go to in terms of her judgment for this kind of medical procedure

she has a personal and are for looking at euthanasia as a as a solution for these patients so perhaps patients seek her out when for the like this happens it just happens to be too much of this about one particular physician and that's why she's being called into question by 9 other psychiatrist in her own field in belgium that she's doing something wrong so clearly there's some more investigation we need to learn more about this particular psychiatrist and this particular others have said dr 10 point doesn't expel treatment options available before granting euthanasia an allegation backed by teen sistas. instead of trying to guide team to a better life team was deliberately led to death and pushed without the reasonable treatments options being exhausted and consequently without suffering being relieved the question is whose interest was paramount in this process the interest of team or the interest of others euthanasia is legal in just 5 countries and is

one of the most controversial practices been openly stories like the teams reveal just how difficult it is to ensure that people's desire for personal freedom isn't tragically misinterpreted and to be used we are. standing trial in the euthanasia case for a response she told us that she cannot comment at this time all 3 doctors tonight the charges more news coming your way after the short break. what politicians do you shop to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to. let you go right to the press this is what the 3 of them would be good. interested

always in the water. seemed wrong. just don't call. me. yet to say proud just be active. and engaged with. the trail. went on find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. welcome back french prosecutors have launched an inquiry after footage of a riot officer beating

a person went viral. good that you sometimes do it that. kind of thing i know that this incident occurred at a yellow vests rally in paris on saturday the officer can be seen punching a man lying on the ground it's the latest in a line of accusations against police at the protest with another case already probing claims that rubber bullets were fired at point blank range. at the latest march in the french capital people expressed fury at the government's pension reform plans with clashes erupting between police and demonstrators again a strike by public transport workers over the reform has brought chaos to paris for almost 2 months now that's despite the government's promise to compromise agreeing to drop some of the most controversial aspects of its plan with political analysts nicolette more coverage told us that much of the media ignores the violence by police at these demonstrations. all the different demonstrations that we've had these past years have always been tearing up with violence there's extreme violence

in the mainstream media release new violence of the demonstrators and very rarely the violence of the police forces and this is has this has become a very big issue in france where people from the left out from the right just don't understand what's going on we've seen this practically every weekend through the events demonstrations this is one of the methods this is one of the main methods police are using today and it's quite paradoxical because french police was known in the past for being one of the police and europe and we're not using violence or was it french method of controlling demonstrations and then you can even with demonstrations were getting out of hand and this clearly shows that this is part of the past and the new with its mean extreme violence against them traitors. the u.n. security council will convene on monday on russia's request to discuss the international chemical weapons watchdog report on syria's duma in april 2018 the work of the o.p.c. the fact finding mission into the alleged chemical attack has been called into question after

a series of exposé is published by wiki leaks. one of the most damning and recent trove of documents was made public in late december as artistic or stand up reports . the u.p.c. w. is in crisis the body's image once pristine is now being crippled blow by blow or rather one leak after another and it's this video that could bring the eventual reputational disintegration of the watchdog. 4 the o.p.c. w. had been clear that it investigated the 20 team doomer attack analyzed this video 2 and the conclusion was unequivocal the syrian city was the site of a chemical attack but apparently not according to the expertise of a toxicologist a pharmacologist and they by analytical chemist it was agreed among all present

that the key takeaway message from the meeting was that the symptoms observed were inconsistent with exposure to chlorine and no other obvious candidate chemical causing the symptoms could be identified and there's another technical document that puts into jeopardy the official conclusion that the gas canister was dropped from above something the u.s. and its allies postulated before any investigation even took place and analysis suggested that it didn't which could mean only one thing someone deliberately placed this canister onto this bed someone who had unhindered access to the site in a fully rebel controlled area the o.p.c. w. tried to cover up to expire into this expertise from existence not a wise move in the day and age when everything from nudes to president's conversations leaked online please get these documents out of documents registry

archives. and please remove all trace of its deliberate storage would have the documents registry archived league documents also mention dozens of o.p.c. w. employees questioning the professionalism of the investigation in which chemists apparently had less authority than american intelligence agents so much so that even a former director general of the o.p.c. w. felt like writing a letter to the body he used to steer. all of this barely scrapes the surface of just one link one trove of documents casting doubt upon the investigation one out of many to hit the o.p.c. w. over the duma verdict.

consensus really effin scene was that there were indications of serious inconsistency is in the findings the conclusion appears to turn completely in the open as it direction in the report. that the report does not reflect the views of all the team members but deployed to do not only one f.m. team member a paramedic of the so called if i'm called team was in duma the f.m. report was written by this core team. whose only evidence of one among chemicals that contained a reactive to an absolute such chemicals couldn't prove maging radius of household closure and placed bleach purposely singling out chlorine gas is one of the possibilities is disingenuous. so for sure the watchdogs bosses have plenty to talk about though some might suspect it's not professionalism but rather honing of

coverup skills that will top the agenda of this o.p.c. trouble you meeting. that's or global news update for that's our but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all the stories and many more in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s. and the world max kaiser read stacy her but dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one self big every week will stacks student desk trade was cool print money universal basic in gum and more catch up with what's front running there's sunday exclusively on r.t.