nothing out. of. the u.n. security council the west continues to defend the chemical weapons watchdogs report on syria's duma incident in 2018 asked on the watchdog zone former inspector court to get contradictory. the forum to use in the car if the reports were contradictory were complete structure on work to cover the story. because i'm between rich and poor grows further still most of the globe's wealthiest and most powerful gather of the 50th world economic forum in the swiss alps. the u.s. secretary of state means venezuelan opposition leader one why don't american firms get another wave on the sanctions that hit everyone else.

a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me because. the u.n. security council has debated the investigation by the world's chemical weapons watchdog into an incident in the syrian city of duma back in 2018 russia has questions the published findings triggering a backlash from western countries during the session a former o.p.c. w. specialist said the fact finding team had serious misgivings a chemical attack had even occurred ok we're going to give you some breaking news now and go straight to that. she was. going to go to their white house to enter central moscow now where russia is in the process of appointing a brand new government of course the previous cabinet resigned to make way for recently proposed constitutional changes of president vladimir putin speaking about

the new lineup right now so let's listen in as to what he has to say your journey from the. best of luck and success. and your success. just on not only we are interested to see you succeed the whole country wants to succeed the previous government did a larger create a proper foundation for further development and growth we have a very good micro-economic environment for this environment and passport to move our economy forward. you know is social. improvements are possible and thanks to all these labor. and the workers. we need to build on this foundation we should tap into the potential that we have to achieve our national goals and use the mechanism instruments which are already there and i mean the national projects program the previous government worked hard on the track

this is a very good instrument the goals that we have are very good and you have everything that it takes to achieve this goes to the benefit of our country and our people we need to improve the wellbeing of our people that's our primary goal we need to reinforce the statehood and we need to reinforce our position in the world all these goals are perfectly attainable again best of luck i do hope that you will do everything within your powers to achieve these goals that i mentioned thank you very. much mr putin members of the government 1st and foremost i'd like to thank you mr putin for your trust for trusting in this team of ours we all know with very well that the. tasks ahead are we. very difficult to attain but we do think that's what we can do that we'll be having

a meeting that will be dedicated to the discussion of how to achieve these goals thank you again for trusting as we will live up to your expectations and will live up to the expectations of people too. we have a very well balanced government we have enough people who worked as part of the previous government previous cabinet to say we die we have new blood and i think that these good mixture would be a good starting point for you for achieving very good results thank you very much you are the prime minister now in your hands to. achieve success thank you and goodbye. ok we spent listening in to president putin that alongside him was the new prime

minister mccown wishes to putin has approved of the new government he said that he he wished the new government look in and said they're improving the wellbeing of the russian people is the ultimate goal so there we have it and the move comes after the previous government was signed last wednesday to give russian president vladimir putin just a moment. to give the russian president room for amendments to the constitution but i'm a putin suggested changes during his annual address to federal assembly on the 15th of january all among them are some that effectively diminish the president and prime ministers powers wells' boosting those of the parliament the form of government has remained as an acting in an acting role until the formation of the new one and a new prime minister has already appointed was already appointed last thursday we saw him speaking to us then us make our machines did he was the former head of the federal tax service known for digitizing the service well after the state duma

approved his candidacy he had a week to form a new government the term would expire on the 23rd of january. ok well we're going to cross live to our correspondent igor start off now to run us through the changes to the constitution and everything else. ok well we'll be going to our correspondent shortly we're just trying to get a hold of him but for now let's return to our regular rundown regarding the u.n. security council which is debated the investigation by the world's chemical weapons watchdog into an incident in the syrian city of duma back in 2018 russia has questions the published findings triggering a backlash from western countries during the session a former specialists of the fact finding team had serious misgivings a chemical attack could even occurred. here.

for a. so of. course an apology is. as. this fix is. result of each turnaround situation. where your team. let us be know down there was this chemical weapons attack in june we have into huge 15 witnesses in the duma hospital the only witnesses disputable proof that the chemical attack in dumas was falsified and it states caterpillar categorically objects to russia's blatant attempt to use the security council meeting to weaken the credibility of the o.p.c. tasveer and its findings on the duma attacked no one has just to name the guilty.

even without presenting any evidence and enjoy the support of a little someone's who you really cannot have wolf when eunice says their p.c. published reports the organizations own inspectors have voiced concerns the prime misrepresents the facts for example the initial assessment suggested chlorine cylinders were manually placed at the scene contradicting the published version leaks also claim the team that went to dubai was not included in the great putting together the report has more. 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 ows 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. with. 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 pape 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. w. and to trying to. go from the track it was created for that was the chemical incident let's recall in 2008 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. and 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 opi c.w. report is conclusive and shouldn't be question so once again we have debate over the chemical incident i think peter things are going to continue to turn from a view of that is clearly what they don't want to uphold their narrative in fact what we heard is a final report and then also one of 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 national scientists because it sounds like this science didn't actually go into the 5000 so obviously the russians in

a mirror. you know with your p.c. don't you want to vote on whether you're talking about the report or the scientists who are pushing it goes it doesn't actually represent the problem. but we spoke with now freelance journalist dan to previously barred by newsweek from reporting the story on the p.c. w. leaks he quits in protest after the magazine's management gag him down told us there was no reporting on the issue in the western media this is not something that 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 you know influence the reports of this body it 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 kind of counter propaganda from

the united states already kind of trying to change the narrative of the c.w. must keep. in check and holder's government to account for chemical weapons attacks but it's not it's completely counter what what the information that we have a present. that's come critics are pining for a better u.s. space uniform design is the pentagon fails to twig why it's falling flat also have more details on russia's new government so stay tuned for that after this short break. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the us and the world. max kaiser and stacy herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one topic every week. tax student debt trade wars

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welcome back and let's return to our top story this hour now russia has a new government it was just approved by president vladimir putin as find out more now from our correspondent he goes dano. each of. the joining us could you want to see the changes to the cabinet place well indeed this was the very anticipated a highly anticipated event here the russian president vladimir putin met with the new prime minister mikhail and his newly formed cabinet that has been unveiled to russia and to the whole world now i should say that the russian government has been given a proper shake up and we've seen or we're already seeing plenty of new faces but some of the old veterans and veterans and the most in the true sense of this word are staying and that they are keeping their positions for instance the foreign

minister the will stay a familiar face it will be still surrogate allowed rob so all the foreign partners of russia they will still be talking to them and they are used to be talking also russia's top military man russia's chief russia's war chief. who is also keeping his post as the minister of defense as is doing the top policeman. is also staying is also keeping his post when it comes to so all the changes or the most changes they have happened to the people who are taking up ministerial positions that reflect directly on the country's population like for instance the health ministry is a new phase and so on so. it was a proper sheikh for the russian government and the prime minister mikhail machinist and has said that the 1st meeting that their 1st official session will come as

early as later today and i mean here in moscow it is already past 8 o'clock in the evening so a sleepless something something resembling a sleepless and a late night looking out for the for all the new ministers appointed and unveiled to the world today now just a bit of background the russian president of the this whole thing out. and last wednesday when the whole russian government resigned after putin's address to the federal assembly and largely does view that. the russian president was vitamin putin was unhappy with its performance when it comes to coming into fruition when it comes to fulfilling his directives and his key policies is the key internal policies that the russian president had previously outlined for them so will be interesting to see what this new government will do for russia and what new course it will take absolutely watch this space ecostar thank you for the recap.

coming on italy's former interior minister mattel's salvini has been stripped of parliamentary immunity by the senate it means he could stand trial now over his controversial decision to prevent a migrant rescue boats docking at a tally in port 1000 either welcomes being taken to court to claim any trial would prove him right. with my head held high in the name of the italian people if they arrest me they will have to find a prison big enough for all of us they must find a big enough court this will be a trial against the italian people. the investigation into salvation he will center around a coast guard ship carrying 131 rescued migrants which was prevented from docking in the italian port of all gusto in 2018 they were eventually allowed to dock after a deal was struck with the e.u. but salvini could now face up to 15 years in jail for illegally detaining migrants at sea well as the leader of the leak party cell vini helped propel the once fringe

political movement into a major political force his nationalist message and hard line tone on immigration resonated with voters making the leak into these most popular party salvini quit the government last year and is now seeking a comeback in sunday's elections for the legislative assembly grim old deal so from the leak party believes some of the nice chances of winning any case are high. any normal kountry where an illegal boy are writing your codes to your goal you know your politics. are. higher b you are a security system. have to stop the bend in iraq funding it count to 3 they are legal. you use it it's all arse again our security guard our security the block and the judgement try to 3

to make a try to get me nice now but i was trying to protect the board this infeed the captain of the a legal block that was just arriving. and even any normal bad even in my kountry as the op in your own bed said beany was right position to us the legal boss to stop but to be checked he had the because we want to know harass you know were found they were without us going they was not the refugees. the us secretary of state has led with one way to colombia saying washington will increase its support for the money now back to venezuela's president like pump a 0 called full cooperation to limited income but nicholas may do it. we're here to be sure to do everything we can for sure that you get that opportunity you get a chance simply to live the life that you want with democracy and freedom. but at

the same time the u.s. has also given another 90 day extension for american oil companies to keep what came with their venezuelan counterparts without fear of sanctions they extended waiver exams 5 major firms now be tried but ministration 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 in venezuela's economy but while the u.s. 100 waivers to its firms the white house is still sanctioning and issuing threats to others we sanctioned a moscow based bank jointly owned by russian in venezuela a state owned companies that is helping perpetuate the misery in venezuela by doing business with a basic executive order gives already the treasury department to impose sanctions on any person or business or entity. seriously says the bureau to keep it down but there are

a lot of cuba to plunder venezuelan oil rate as well to 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 are not shipped off to cuba or to russia or to iran professor of latin american studies done or thinks the u.s. dollars is hypocritical. this shows the extremely hypocritical nature of sanctions is a select those sanctions any. share on exxon any massive u.s. corporation can. benefit from the exploitation of another country's resources whether it's venezuela or career 'd or was about we 'd going to cause the trump government will look the other way. but the sanctions this blockade is airtight when it comes to punish any every day 30000000 people of venezuela well u.s.

strategy has always been civil with all the both 'd aryan revolutionary government so they can go 'd into one as well 'd 'd unimpeded unshared 'd these are 'd some of the most massive oil reserves in the entire world 'd thanks for joining us here on r.t. international and to get in touch in shanghai all things on all of our stories by following us on social media well back at top of the hour. liz. lemon. live.

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