you. know. invented a new paradigm in. the world of highly like the russian efforts to exploit the pop arm of the security council to further its own political and military agenda in syria. powers and failed to find common ground on a disputed probe into alleged chemical attack in syria after russia raises its concerns at a un session. u.k. and today ping agency refuses to hand over to the global drugs watchdog samples from track superstar mo farah's profit ongoing investigation into the disgraced not oregon project. and 3 belgian doctors face criminal charges for approving the euthanasia of a woman with a psychiatric disorder is the 1st such trial since the procedure was legalized

almost 2 decades ago. hello you're watching international i'm rosanna lockwood thank you for joining us. russia's ambassador to the un has questioned western powers willingness to accuse syria of chemical attacks without solid evidence security council members have ended a session on a probe by the global chemical weapons watchdog into an incident in the syrian city of duma back in 2018 and there was a heated exchange between the and voice. the story. of the room the little man has become likening fact to russian efforts to exploit the platform of the security council to further its own political and military agenda in syria since. some of invented new. but of. the world

of highly like we have had the russians putting their own spin and their own fish in on facts established by an independent body. commission is immediately run to the american of. the russian federation sound human to do p c w c investigation was somehow designed to prove retrospectively the military action taken by u.k. france and the us to this is a brazen to some from ation campaign waged in advance of the anticipated release of the o.p.c. investigation and identification team's 1st report well today the united nations convened a meeting in which the results of the o.p.c. w.'s investigation into the alleged chemical attack in the syrian syrian city of duma in 28 scene was discussed now that report from the o.p.c. w.

has come into question after information was revealed leaks cited that crucial evidence was essentially left out of that final report and that crucial evidence that was left out could have pointed toward the attack being staged now russia at the meeting said it appears that the united states and its allies are attempting to rail and block their efforts to help the o.p.c. w. more effectively do its work and get to the bottom of what actually happened in the alleged chemical incident however the united states accused russia of simply trying to engage in a cover up operation for the syrian government and they maintain that the syrian government must be responsible for the alleged chemical attack however in the henderson who was a weapons inspector he participated with the o.p.c. w in their fact finding mission in duma he doesn't agree with that he says that he pretty much based on the evidence has concluded that the canisters. were placed

manually they were not dropped from an airplane this is what in henderson said to the un meeting speaking through video link this is what he in henderson said the findings in the final report were contradictory. with what the 2 understood. to do. by the. release of the interim report. 2000 and. 2 was that serious misgivings that a chemical attack. now in henderson is himself an expert on chemical weapons and the forensic investigations into them furthermore he actually participated in the official o.p.c. w. investigation but regardless that did not stop certain voices from trying to cast

doubt on what he said to the u.n. meeting take a listen mr henderson's paper has a pitch reflects a personal view of course there are bound to be real best exchanges to fuse with voices differing from ounces in any scientific process but what counts is the final considered assessment now the syrian government has been absolutely adamant and clear it had nothing to do with the chemical incident this is how the syrian representative spoke at the meeting stating his opinion and his views about what possibly could have happened some countries. by the united states of america. continue to exceed the provisions of the convention. of chemical weapons by politicizing the war of the o.p.c.

did you under trying to. move from the thread it was commuted to now the o.p.c. w. report that was released in march basically accuse the syrian government of being responsible for the chemical incident and at that point that was the chemical incident let's recall in 2018 the alleged chemical incident in which the western countries the united states and france they use that as an opportunity to unleash $100.00 missiles against the syrian government there was an attack against the syrian government based on the 2800 incident in dilma however a sense then we've had wiki leaks publish a number of of leaks and information e-mails showing that there just was not unanimous agreement within the o.p.c. w. about who was responsible for the attack that many claimed many of the inspectors believe that the canisters through which the chemicals were delivered were placed manually they didn't come from the air they were not air dropped and so based on

that this report from the o.p.c. w has been widely questioned russia convened today's meeting in the hopes of strengthening the o.p.c. w.'s in the ability to carry out its work and conduct these investigations and do so in an impartial manner come to actual conclusions about who carried out the chemical incident what actually took place but it seems there were pretty strong disagreements while allies of the united states seem to insist that the syrian government is responsible and the opi c.w. report is conclusive and shouldn't be question other countries around the world just don't buy that and want to make the o.p.c. w.'s mechanisms for investigating more transparent and more efficient in getting their work done so once again we have debate over the chemical incident and country . around the world are just not seeing eye to eye when it comes to the incident and how the investigation was carried out. to get

a bit more analysis on this we can now cross live to middle east analyst edmund ghareeb he's the author of war in the gulf 1991 evan thanks for joining us to discuss this me out of this meeting russia convened a meeting to raise various concerns over the report do you think western powers adequately address those concerns. well i think for a large extent powers have had their own narrative of what happened. that. trey ssion trumpeting the station and some of its allies in europe come to a conclusion they believe even before any real investigation took place but that was the syrian government which was responsible but there was a an attack with flooring. many people. became casualties and so as a result. of misprision has been pushing this narrative for

before any real investigation for space that was bombing in. place to punish the syrian government and that raises questions about the credibility. of p.t.w. reports and that's why it's very important what has been going on recently is that we are seeing now reports from wiki leaks from the and i understand from others from some u.s. journalists including a correspondent for newsweek when you had a different wanted to publish stories that printed a different narrative this was recently found themselves. outside the pale in a way. that was not allowed to. publish his story and he was finding difficulty even in some of the other publications to publish

a story on this issue so this raises a real question about. the politicization some of these organizations that are supposed to provide wise accurate objective and balanced reports about what's going on otherwise it's going to be. facing a law. questions about the let's just summit see about the credibility the objectivity of some of these organizations and that's a real problem that i mean you yourself that mentioned credibility and we heard in the meeting the u.s. envoy criticizing the russian envoy is trying to on the mulling the i.p.c. delany by questioning the report why is it the sudden western pa unwilling to look at the problems and she discuss the problems that have been leaked about the a.p.c. top new report. primarily because some of the western governments have their own narrative and also perhaps are trying to find

a justification for 'd some of their actions what this question brings back to my mind at least what happened to jose it was time that the former had opihi w and 200-1002 when basher bolton was also an undersecretary of state said more recently he was the united states national security adviser. went to his office and told him he had better resign within 24 hours or face the consequences and the reason was the last time is that jose was time he was a brazilian diplomat he had been elected about a year earlier to become the head of the o.p.c. that i was going through allow investigators to go to iraq to find out whether iraq had weapons of mass destruction and this did not fit with the narrative that

the administration had gone after he was also it's actually in the results it was 4 years i believe $4743.00 to $743.00 plus supporting his ouster 7 opposed and $43.00 abstaining that he had lay quiet. for a while but then he was interviewed a year later in 20020035 the new york times and he told them that the reason why this took place yet become time back. to france to shut the reason was that inspiration was planning to wage war on iraq and therefore they need this to justify their actions and presenting the results of the investigations by his investigators would have undermined the narrative presented by the 1st middle east analyst and then go read thanks for the historical

context. thank you for. the u.k. anti doping agency has said it's refusing to provide the global diving water while the with key samples from british run as a request for the materials came as paulson on going drug investigation into the night oregon project to neil harvey discussed the story with all teas and next year a chef ski. talking about a 4 time olympic gold champion a 6 time world champion in athletics a runner from great britain and he's one of the biggest athletes of the modern generation now there has been speculation for quite some time that such a success story may have been somehow tainted by the use of performance in hands and hands and drugs of b.d.s. as we know them but obviously that was speculation until last year the former coach of more alberto salazar of the oregon project was slapped with a 4 year ban by the u.s. anti-doping agency for allegedly doping his athletes and we're talking about al

carnitine. drug which is not really outlawed by water but in the doses that salazar allegedly used with his athletes that is against the waters code so he was. creating a whole lot of controversy regarding more fire and maybe that salazar used the same techniques on the british athlete but now the world anti-doping agency asked again the u.k. anti-doping agency to hand over more existing doping samples for additional testing which is obviously in the authority of water which is it does you know in many countries across the world but here is what the u.k. anti-doping agency had to say to that there has never been any ill feeling a lack of willingness always distance in part but when you open the sample up every time you freeze it and thaw it and freeze it again you have agreed in the sample you need to be able to give me credible evidence about what it is you want to look for rather than this just being truly an expedition and on top of that responding

to a question from the journalist head of you said you know whether these the whether water has the authority to pick up those samples and walk into the lab and just grab them upon request she said no it will stay with you cady and that has the authority over keeping those samples so this scandal as i was understand it something's been dragging on for several years in this is nothing new while of a sudden want to get their hands on these samples. on the side of what it may be you know the willingness to assert their power especially in the wake of what they did to russia just fortnight ago on the side of we could speculate a lot but you know the fact that more far is going to the olympics in tokyo this summer you know that could be also the timing because you gayeties being so protective with their star athlete but fair play to more foreign himself he always denied all the accusations of using b.d.s. he's always said you know come get me and if you want to test me again that's what he said again let's listen i'm happy to be tested anytime and anywhere and for my

samples to be used for whatever they need to do keep it and freeze it there is not much more i can do from a fascinating that. is to be tested but. russia knows all about the power of water reacted to this story surely i assume that the heads of the russian anti-doping agency are scratching their heads right now having read the news that you know we could have done the same we could have just kept the samples to ourselves because as we know russia provided all the samples due to water and after that water decided that russia should be banned from major competitions for 'd 4 years and that is something which is now being contested in the court of arbitration for sport as we speak a very sort of long going battle we are expecting to seal russia sporting fate but nonetheless we have a reaction from one side and i believe we can listen to that now i believe that you can it should not obstruct any transfer of samples any a passage on either side and this is not just about you can't create the role of mistrust in the country's anti-doping system and accordingly it's after it's part

of the system you know the most ironic angle to this whole story is the fact that it was the u.k. anti-doping agency and the u.s. anti-doping agency which were the vocal the most vocal critics of russia and. they were calling for transparency they were calling for the world anti-doping fight being equal for everyone and this is exactly what you get have to say we don't have a genuine interest in ensuring. absolute wealth and fair play stay at the heart of the sports movement regardless of nationality so as we can see this is the case of potentially double standards when some rules apply to one's and does not apply to the others in the case of saying no to providing the samples it looks a little bizarre when we discuss these developments in sports journalist alan moore and sports the media lecture ellis cashmore. i think clean sport and fair sports is not i'd play here from you card. they were one of the ones who wanted to have some russian athletes to live because you sat

a dog didn't want anybody at all and you card their fear for their own athletes because remember disses does is not a good sport this is not a fair play to simply vote money and power and so long as you can don't have to turn over samples to your solder then they have her declared keep making money and this is all it's down to because it's you know it was never about fairness they don't care about you pay off these you don't care about russian athletes or are each athlete all they care about is money and power it is double standard there's no question about that in my own mind and i think the rest of the world will stand as the jury on this and say hang on a 2nd a few years ago britain was screaming for. punishment to be doled out to russia because they refused to cooperate now they're doing exactly the same thing themselves so all the guys in punishment. probably are you know because if they refuse and they can they reckon refuse to hand over the

sob to water then they are risking the punishment full british athletes we presume if water is going to be consistent in doling out these punishments don't forget the punishment against russia was to ban russia as a nation so that meant that every single athlete in russia was punished. test case for euthanasia rules is unfolding in belgium where for the 1st time since the practice was legalized 3 doctors face criminal charges prosecutors allege they illegally entered the life of a woman saskia tale has the story. on christmas eve in 2937 year old teen nased told her family she wanted to be euthanized but while teen suffering might have ended several months later in a clinic in the flemish city of get and that of her family is still ongoing because the 3 doctors who were involved are now on trial for her murder 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 every day the doctors insist they acted in good faith and are unfairly being painted as murderers but the harrowing account teen sisters give of that fateful day raises questions over the competence and motives of the medical professionals. who likened her death to that of a pattern that is in pain and as having a shot. when she had died he asked our parents if they wanted to listen through the stones cope

to check her heart had actually stopped beating. belgium is only one of 2 countries which allows for euthanasia on psychiatric grounds and sees people suffering from depression gender identity issues and resort to this so called killing 2 months before her death as is required by law teen went to the psychiatry doctor point who diagnosed with a mild form of autism teen's family protest the story of no says 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

psychiatry solution of suicide it just doesn't it doesn't fit together for me i think that there is a dangerous 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 our system 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 still these people it is a seriously dysfunctional one detroit family with very little empathy and respect

for others this is not the fast 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 legal conditions relation 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 in euthanasia as a as a solution for these patients so perhaps patients seek her out when for 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 of the 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 go team to a better life team was deliberately led to death and pushed without the reasonable treatment 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 globally stories like the teams reveal just how difficult it is to ensure that people's desire for personal freedom isn't tragically misinterpreted and abused. lawyers representing the doctors accused in

the case have said their clients acted in good faith and all 3 deny the charges leveled against them. iran is threatening to quit the treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons to iran says it will pull out if european countries refer the issue of terrans noncompliance with the 2015 nuclear deal to the un security council. if the europeans continue their improve her behavior also in the runs filed with the security council we will withdraw from the nonproliferation treaty. if these statements by europeans continue the islamic republic of iran is designing a final and more effective step in reducing our commitments under the j c p a well apart from the nonproliferation treaty iran has also threatened to completely stop complying with the 2015 deal and this was designed to limit iran's nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions iran says it will also review its corporation with the u.n.

nuclear watchdog and could eventually increases levels of uranium enrichment after pulling out of the nuclear deal the u.s. imposed sanctions on iran and urged its european allies to follow suit well germany earlier confirmed that donald trump had threatened to slap huge tariffs on european carmakers if it didn't move away from the iran nuclear deal the euro trio of berlin london and paris claim iran's noncompliance with the nuclear deal is forcing them to trigger the dispute mechanism iran now has 30 days to return to compliance failing which it will be referred to the u.n. security council which could reinstate sanctions however iran says the door of negotiations is still open heard most r.v. a professor of political science at the university of tehran says the e.u.'s actions are hypocritical. so one and a half year ago when the trumpet ministration decided to leave the nuclear accord it was the europeans that convinced iran to stay in the deal with the promise that they were going to shield iran from american sanctions in reality they did nothing

enduring that year where year on fulfilled all of its obligations essentially u.s. sanctions kept increasing and when that had been iran essentially came to the conclusion that was it was also going to reduce its compliance under the deal mind you iran has not withdrawn completely from the deal now when your aunt did that it was the europeans that came in triggered to dispute resolution mechanism but from iran's point of view this is being very hypocritical actions by the europeans if the europeans were truly committed to the deal they should have triggered that this dispute resolution mechanism in a year and a half ago when the trumpet ministration essentially try to kill it not now well that is your news update for now we're back here at the top of the hour with a roundup of the headlines say that.

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