despite former chemical watchdog inspectors calling it a report on syria's 2018 duma instead of contradictory the west continues to define it at the u.n. security council the debate over that part clashed. with the new leader of. the world are you like the russians pushing their own spin and that we must defend the credibility and the findings of the p c w. also this hour of the divide between the ridiculously rich and the rest of us calling it levels a new report finds as the world's richest and most powerful gather for the 50th world economic forum and the swiss alps. and as the u.s.

secretary of state meets men as well the opposition leader at one american companies get an extension to trade with venezuelan oil companies bypassing sanctions that are applied to others washington have imposed these restrictions to put pressure on the current government in caracas but it seems it's business as usual for us meters. you're watching our 2 international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the un security council as a witness heated debates over a probe by the global chemical weapons watchdog into an incident in the syrian city of dumont back in 2018 the u.s. and the u.k. defended the report despite o.p.c. w. leaks casting serious doubt on whether a chemical attack took place at all. let us be down there was this chemical weapons

attack. we must defend the credibility and the findings of the o.p.c. w. the story of the extremely young p.c. to be reports has become likening fact what counts is the final considerate assessment of his russia and the assad regime that lacked credibility on this issue some of invented a new paradigm. the world of highly like the russians putting their own spin and. russian efforts to exploit the platform of the security council to further its own political and military agenda in syria. any attempt to question the work of the mission is immediately brought to the bar american and british colleagues slander and smear the russian federation's out human is laughable this is a brazen to some permission campaign during the session a former ok c w specialist claimed that fact finding team had serious misgivings that a chemical attack had occurred after his visa application to attend the meeting in

person was rejected artist hale bopp and was following the meeting for us. 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 2018 was discussed now that report from the oas 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 in 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. to. release of the interim report. 2000 and. 2 was that serious misgivings that a chemical attack. now even 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 reflex

a person and. of course there. bound to be robust exchanges of views with voices differing from others 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 some countries. led by the united states of america. continue to exceed the provisions of the convention on the point of chemical weapons. by politicizing the war of the o.p.c. did you under trying to. go from the track it was created to the o.p.c. w a report that was released in march basically accuse the syrian government of being responsible for the chemical incident.

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 based on that this report from the o.p.c. w has been widely questioned allies of the united states seem to insist that the syrian government is responsible and the o.p.c. w. report is conclusive and shouldn't be question so once again we have debate over the chemical incident and countries around the world are just not seeing eye to eye when it comes to the incident and how the investigation was carried out i think the

americans are going to continue to turn from the view of the woods is clear and what they will do to uphold their new order and for what we hope is a final report and then we also know how are these whistleblowers who are made up of the actual scientists and the americans are saying we'd like to report let's just move on and the russians are saying wait a minute let's listen to the international scientists because it sounds like this science didn't actually go into the 50 report so obviously the russians and americans can send a big sigh. with your p.c. don't you want to focus on whether you're talking about troop or one of the scientists who are pushing it goes to think that it doesn't actually represent the flying. we spoke with now freelance journalist previously barred by newsweek from reporting the story on the o.p.c. leaks he quit in protest after the magazine's management gag him. there is no

reporting on the issue and the western media this is not something is going to go away it's very serious so. you know we've seen absolutely no reporting about this in the western media if we have. intelligence officials from the united states that can influence the reports of this body opens the doors to many more situations where you know genuine chemical weapons attacks might not be treated in the same way because the reputation of the body is not taken seriously i think we've already started to see the count of counter propaganda from the united states already kind of trying to change the narrative of c.w. must keep. in check and holder's government to account for chemical weapons attacks but it's completely counter what what the information that we have a present. the world's $22.00 richest men have more wealth than all women in

africa combined that's according to a report by charity oxfam on the scale of global inequality it comes as the world economic forum a gathering of the world's rich and powerful celebrates its 50th anniversary in the swiss alps resort of davos and amid these rising rifts between the rich and the poor confidence in capitalism is diminishing around the globe as all a quarter explains. how many billionaires does it take to change the light bulb of the world economy $119.00 apparently that's how many will be converging on the world economic forum in davos this year but some people showed up early to their ivory tower. every year davos hosts billionaires bankers and politicians of the ruling class to talk about issues of global importance and how they want to shape the future and

every year it's the same old story the economic forum is celebrating its 50th anniversary some things have changed many things haven't changed all that much a tool except the situation is only getting worse as elite forums like davos fail to provide any serious solutions a recent oxfam report revealed just how widely vast the fish are between rich and poor has become it says the top one percent has as much wealth as the poorest wait for it 6900000000 people that means if you had saved 10 $1000.00 and that's a lot every day since the egypt pyramids were built 4500 years ago you would have just a fraction of the wealth of any of the world's top billionaires still can't comprehend how much money that is let's try to visualize it if everyone sat on their total wealth made up of $100.00 bills the majority would be sitting on the floor the middle class at about chairs height and the 2 richest men in the world they'd be

way out in space this shocking economic situation isn't just a set of statistics though it was the root cause of real chaos that plagues some of the world's most unequal countries and 2019. i. i. i i i i am has proposed an additional point 5 percent tax on the ultra rich to level the playing field a bit it could be a good solution in a world where the rich actually pay their taxes one of the world's biggest companies for example amazon didn't pay a dime of u.s. corporate taxes on its $11200000000.00 worth of profits in 2018 in

a system where there's different rules for the commoners and the captains of industry it's no wonder people across the globe think capitalism has done more harm than good in the past the coming to of holy in human history in wish we are beginning to see the end of capitalism now it has produced. a situation where it is both of global system but it has produced results that are simply unacceptable and you see millions and i think bill use of the americans and people around the world simply saying this system doesn't perform the way we want but who cares right inequality has been there since the beginning of time why should you even bother while the problem is if the current levels of inequality are not solved it's just a matter of time before everything crashes don't take my word for it take the one

from the international monetary fund our new research shows that inequality tends to increase before a financial crisis signaling a strong link between inequality and financial stability if we act and act together we can avoid repeating the mistakes of the $920.00 s. in the 2020s. so as the world's elites are skiing past their luxury as resorts in the alps it feels like the rest of us are being blindly led off a cliff that kind of inequality. is responsible for example for many deaths that did not happen the poor of the world the ones that are only able to get by are the ones who died early the social and human cost of the inequality are staggering and on and for really economic development for everybody. here with secretary of state has met with one and colombia warning that washington

will increase its support for the man who proclaimed himself interim president of venezuela last year called for cooperated to remove acting president nicolas maduro . to sure they were to do everything we can assure that you give them an opportunity to get a chance simply to live the life that you want with democracy and freedom. meanwhile the u.s. has given another 90 day extension for american oil companies to keep working with venezuelan oil companies without being subject to sanctions the extended waiver exams 5 major firms the trumpet ministration has imposed sanctions on caracas several times to cut its oil revenues which account for most of the country's income sanctions band american companies from participating and but as well as economy but while the u.s. hand wavers to its firms the white house is sinking and issuing threats to others for trading with caracas. we sanction a moscow based bank jointly owned by russian in venezuelan state owned companies that is helping perpetuate the misery in venezuela by doing business with

a base uk executive order gives authority to the treasury department to impose sanctions on any person or business or entity. period like this the euro to keep it in power but there are allows cuba to plunder venezuelan oil rate its wealth in robert's people and we want to make sure that the resources resources that the venezuelan people are going to need after material leaves we want to make sure those resources are available for the venezuelan people not shipped off to cuba or to russia or to iran professor of latin american studies daniel shot things that the u.s. is being hypocritical in not allowing other countries to work with venezuela's energy sector shows the extremely hypocritical nature of sanctions is a selective sections. share. in the massive u.s. corporation. this is an elite exploitation of another country's resources whether

it's well as well or all career ready. you know because the trump government will look the other way 'd. but the sanctions it's blockade is airtight when it comes to plan a shooting every day $30000000.00 people look at whether the u.s. strategy is always or what will the. revolutionary government so they can go into one as well unimpeded unshared ready and are these are ready some of the most massive oil reserves in the entire world ready. a mere u.s. space foreseen a form and they would learn camouflage print has plenty of confusion critics do not understand the choice and point out that there are no trees in space. just says we have recognized the land air sea in cyber as vital war fighting domains we will now treat space as an independent region with today's action we

open another great chapter in the extraordinary history of the united states military. 'd there eerily similar to earth force uniforms you're going to be hiding behind space bush something. is there a lot of woodland combat environment since clearly you've never been to endorse. my dog is about to camouflage for space than whatever that is if you're looking to save the taxpayers money this is only $3.00 in wal-mart's infant section. who cares

that i can mark i'm still mind blowing me off a dumb spice force. that's out of this world most of the coordinates let's trade. still to come the voice of controversial in the in the american character up on hit t.v. show the same sense hangs up his microphone after 30 years we ask why after the sharp right. politicians to. put themselves on the line they get acceptable. rejected. so when you want to be president bush or. more somehow want to be rich. but you'd like to be cross with the wife of a for 3 of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my god.

there should. be one else so small seemed wrong when old roles just don't call. me the old game yet to say proud disdain comes to educate and in games from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. thank you welcome back with britain finally said to quit the e.u.

prime minister boris johnson's hunt for new trade partners has turned to africa but his past comments on the continent as well as double stoner's when it comes to commerce there are raising fresh questions. the reports prime minister boris johnson is on his latest charm offensive in an attempt to re-establish and boost post threats at business relations and his efforts to woo he's hosted the u.k. african summit right here in london addressing several african leaders though interestingly it was on a much smaller scale than back to his counterparts in russia and indeed china boris johnson's affair was slightly more intimate hosting just $21.00 of the nation's representatives though in his pitch the prime minister did acknowledge there were various competitors when it comes to investing in africa's economy but said that britain in fact would lead the way and nobody could match britain's quote bret's and depth of expertise and while presenting the u.k.

as one of the finest partners for africa boris johnson also mentioned the change of the immigration system within the united kingdom. we will be able to attract the best talent from around the world wherever they may be so boris johnson they're saying will put people before passports but that small so apart from his former rhetoric that he spouted way back in 2002 in fact he referred to africa as a blot and even refused to acknowledge the role of britain's colonial past when it comes to the continent's economic problems the continent may be a blot but it is not a broad support our conscience the problem is not that we once in charge but that we are not in charge anymore now at the summit boris johnson 1 made even further beneficial pledges to the african leaders he called for an immediate end to the u.k. taxpayers' money going anywhere near any coal mining industries in the region and

it's all to do with the drive towards ending climate change from today the british government will no longer provide any new direct official development assistance dismissible critical. for thermal coal mining coal power plants overseas sounds attractive but despite the direct investment that the u.k. has in the coal mining industry actually one of the biggest companies involved is anglo american and it's actually based right here in london so despite the u.k. saying it's going to curb coal emissions overseas some of those involved seem to be a lot closer to home which leads me to say one final question can boris johnson's pitches today manage to convince african leaders to go ahead working forward with him in the future not to mention of course the other global powers as competitors we discuss the issue with host of our teams going underground afshin rattansi he says there may be pitfalls ahead in johnson's bid to strike trade deals with africa

. of course this is down to break said british boris johnson thinks that quick trade deals can be made with african countries he may have another thing coming to him of course china is notable for its massive trade investment strategies in africa they've been going on for more than a decade actually they've been going on for centuries because in the new chinese error they have been continuing with the british companies with their colonial reputations with their reputations for linkages between themselves an arms deals and appalling mining mining scandals or regarding british companies is another matter similarly there are british troops in mali there's a strong british military presence so how the military presence the scandals over mining over the colonial inheritance how these will feature in a sudden easy quick fix to grex it problems as regards britain's trade deficit

will have to wonder about that. after 30 years of voicing a controversal indian american character on the hit u.s. t.v. show the simpsons hank azaria is stepping down as are added it's the right thing to do with the character called long the subject of criticism or allegations of racism . broadcasters and i'll give you the entire bottle i'm sure study our arranged marriage would not come to pass a merge look who i brought. are you rounding up immigrants and those are you who is white has been voicing the character since 1995 who is an indian immigrant who runs a convenience store and uses the catch phrase think you come again the criticism of the character heightened after the release of a documentary in 2017 which argued that as a negative stereotype of south asian people author of the documentary tweeted about

his nuance concerns my documentary the problem with apu was not me to get rid of it. but to discuss race representation among community which i love very much it was also about how you can love something the simpsons and still be critical about aspects of it zachary leaman author of the novel ny and a journalist covering art and culture suggested why the man behind the voice may have had enough now to hear hank azaria say that he's not going to voice the character anymore it makes you wonder if it's a personal decision on his part or if the simpsons producers are doing a 180 for him it might just be doesn't want to deal with the hassle i mean this is not the only voice role he has on the show does not his only show on television so i can understand a guy not wanting to deal with the constant criticism and he's been asked about this a lot for the past 3 years especially since the documentary the problem with the poo came out he's been asked about it

a lot so i wouldn't be surprised if he just got tired of dealing with we were talking about a character that's been on the air for 30 years so of course i think i think to bring up the criticism now it just plays into the sort of trendiness that goes along with these protests today i mean if your problem with pew is that he has these stereotypical traits there are a lot of those characters on the simpsons so they have a lot of work to do if you're saying that approach is your only problem with the simpsons and your problem is stereotypical characters it just comes across as very inauthentic. tons of waste are piling up on the streets of the eternal city a row of politicians kicking up a stink over who's to blame. for

you we're here in a rather central area of the city but in other areas the situation is even works to see every neighborhood devastated by the buzz of rubbish that's there any most such as mine is segal syndrome would be the waste on every street. but it's useless to vote for our politicians i received a minimum pension and i have to pay a lot of municipal waste tax tell me how can i throw out the garbage if the bins are always full. opinions are up for now but i'll be back at the top of the hour thanks for tuning in.

you know before george soros became. a global market manipulator and election rigger he wrote a lot of interesting books and of course see jim rogers at the quantum fund which was one of the best performing hedge funds ever kind of invented the modern hedge fund and he's got a lot of things to say if you look at his old work and we're going to get into it.

this is broadcasting around the world and covering all angles of business and the impact on you i'm christiane and i want to washington hear what we have coming up. while there are signs of civilization the global outlook remains sluggish and the road no clear signals of a turning point for slowdowns in india and other emerging markets mean the global growth forecasts are slowing down so what is in store for 20 and 20 we're breaking it down to u.s. and e.u. trade war president from threatening billions in tariffs on france we'll tell you why it will explain why the next few days will determine where this fight is going to be artificial intelligence regulation needs to take a balanced approach so what if you're looking for lawmakers to do and what has google promise he won't do with a i will tell you so much to get to so let's get started. ahead of the world

economic forum in davos today the i.m.f. has tremendous economic forecast for 2020 from 3.4 percent to 3.3 the downgrade was issued on the back of weed. data at the end of 2019 led by india's slowing growth and credit squeeze this is the i.m.f. 6 straight reduction though it's cautiously optimistic that global growth may be stabilizing at subdued levels manufacturing activity and global trade have baldwins out but the i.m.f. warned that the global outlook remains on the downside additional risks include rising geopolitical tensions between u.s. and iran and higher tariff barriers between us and its trading partners most notably china mark conflict is a rising between france and the u.s. over the new french it'll tax targeting big tech companies and this poses a big risk if it is not resolved at davos as italy the u.k. turkey and other e.u. countries are.