the global chemical watch watchdog slams to form inspectors who questions the o.p.c. w. reports into the alleged chemical attack on the syrian town of duma. a passenger plane in syria and now really avoid being hit by air defenses reportedly fired in response to an israeli missile attack. and britain's determination to stop terror offenders getting automatic early release from prison that's a don't call a collision course with the e.u. i think human rights we put the issue of the debate. people particularly when it if they're going to start applying it to people who have already been convicted already been sentenced already so part of their sentence then it's unfair and

potentially breach of human rights potentially on multiple don't forget they violated people's human rights to being there in the 1st place. and i welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me here our top story this hour the international chemical watchdog the o p c w has lashed out at the leaks provided by 2 whistleblowers who raise doubts over the bodies report into an alleged chemical attack in the syrian town of duma now the incident has long been blamed on syrian government forces however the latest comments by the o p c w has only raised more questions than answers as the of explains. there are 2 types of investigation the 1st type is intended to find out and explain what went wrong the 2nd type of investigation is intended soonly to cover your butt and the

u.p.c. w. lets you know what type of investigation they've done pretty early on the 1st 2 pages are dedicated to stressing how independent this report is. and dependent and objectivity and dependent independent dependent independent and then we find out that they were just kidding the boss nominated his deputy to explain how they were both innocent i designated the deputy director general as senior investigating officer this is an investigation into 2 whistleblowers inspector a and inspected b. and its intention is to show that they're bad people. whistleblower a was behind the study tran that these cylinders allegedly used in the duma a chemical attack were likely placed at the scene which she had no business doing

in fact according to the soupy she w. report inspects a is a new body inspector a was not a member of the fact finding mission inspector a played a minor supporting role in the investigation of the duma incident we then find out that the guy who was apparently just there to watch did a whole lot more he was in fact the head of the u.p.c. w.'s syrian command post he helped collect samples of the alleged chemical attack site also at the hospital where he helped tag and seal those all important cylinders they then asked him to invent a rise of the classified information collected on the cylinders and asked him to decide what else might be worth investigating it's right there they say so themselves also remarkable for someone who apparently wasn't even part of the team so he did as he was told inspector a without authorization contacted companies via email about conducting an

engineering study on the cylinders oh but they did give him authorization here is where the report stops making any sense they gave him permission to conduct an ortho right. study it's nonsense u.p.c. w. tries to get around this by saying they didn't give him permission to share classified information so it's all unauthorized they also tried to dismiss the study by saying he had incomplete evidence somehow forgetting that one page ago they admitted to asking him to invent a rise the evidence they had on the cylinders in june 2800 inspectors a was assigned to conduct an invention of the highly protected information collected on the cylinders so their parents in law and he did have the relevant information that the u.p.c. w. had at the on those cylinders the evidence and he used that to carry out

a study but but they argue 6 months later after he left they may or may not have had additional information it was created through the misuse of incomplete confidential information by a staff member who had ceased to provide support to the f f m 6 months prior to the release of the final f f m report duma which isn't in direct admission that he did have all the relevant information at the time in fact it was so relevant this report according to the u.p.c. w. that they all did it deleted from archives they go on to explain why they did this apparently because inspectors a and b. not whistleblowers they were individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence allegedly this study otherwise known as a view and which apparently isn't backed by any evidence actually had classified

evidence in it and had to be stored in a special top security archive now we come to the icing the krrish do in this absurd story this study they never even looked at it. in the interests of transparency and completeness inspector a's assessment has been transmitted to the i-t. and will be examined by 8 in jew course which adds another layer of lies they previously claimed they examine and take into account all evidence and when alice but they didn't in this case this single highest profile report they never took seriously. and if you think they treated inspected be any more seriously than inspector 8 you're in for a surprise most of the doman team failed to see reports on the instant interim report and the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally irregular and possibly fraudulent inspected be end others raised concerns back in june

2018 according to this investigation those concerns were taken into account a month after hearing out all the inspectors and their concerns and their thoughts and their dreams the u.p.c. w went ahead and excluded most of them from the investigation the point regarding the effort and in particular the ongoing duma work should be discussed with alpha seem the least of team members was recently sent who not on that least should not be involved on the smetana. courtesy of leaked e-mails posted by wiki leaks apparently the only team member who went to syria who was allowed to pitch in to the final report was the team paramedic not the chemist inspect to be nor the engineer inspected a when it comes to inspect to be it's what the u.p.c. w. doesn't mention that's interesting is that allegations never address what the

whistleblowers said of them by dismissing it as irrelevant and unauthorized not inspecting a who's report they apparently didn't even read nor inspected be whose main arguments about evidence suppression and bias at the u.p.c. w. they just ignored well not entirely as could be expected their conclusions are rona's uninformed and wrong mission accomplished but covered and if you are at the u.p.c. w. watching this you may be saddened to learn that you are now going to have to attend mandatory classes on keeping your mouth shut and additional obligatory organization wide confidentiality training program will be instituted for all personnel employed by the secretary at this training will be accompanied by annual atta stations right on freelance journalist erica downplays the i.p.t. deputy was using every method on his disposal to justify its own mistakes. fairly

sure that this is been labeled as a security breach just to attack the whistleblowers think they're in a very embarrassing situation where you know their reputation of the organization is that is at risk to admit that these whistleblowers. raised valid concerns about the evidence that they found in duma would be very damaging so i think they've gone on the offensive and try to discredit the people that come forward mr henderson led the team that is to do murder in 2018 and he wrote his report that you know clearly stated that there was no evidence of chlorine use. and you know that found themselves in a situation where they're having to you know manage a lie essentially a narrative that is not congruent with the facts and you know that's what us what you have to do when you have to lie you have to kind of fudge the specifics to try and make it fit your case but unfortunately that doesn't work out so well. a

passenger plane carrying 172 people has been forced to make an emergency landing in syria backed off the end narrowly missed being hit by the country's and defenses which it would portly been fired in response to an israeli air strike russia's defense ministry denounced israel claim it is claiming it had used civilian aircraft as a shield. only due to the time the actions of damascus airport dispatches and efficient operation of the automated traffic control system did the airbus a 320 manage to successfully land the closest alternative if eld russia's base i was on the streets when the attack happened here in damascus at about 1 12 am local time here on thursday on the sets off this month at about $115.00 local time a loud explosion was heard and that was the syrian air defenses. trying to repel

what looked like an israeli attack and then later on the syrian army command issued a statement clarifying what happened saying that israeli fighter jets carried out attacks from over southern lebanon on the occupied golan heights against various syrian army military targets in damascus around damascus damascus countryside and also peninsula and which is in that are countryside and the result according to the syrian army was the injury of 8 syrian soldiers and the russian ministry of defense statement which also gave some information important details that there were 4 actually israeli fighter jets who fired at least 8 missiles on various targets in syria at that time and that israel is using civilian and passenger aircraft in order to avoid being hit by the syrian air defense system combat operations by the israeli joint stuff involving the use of civilian aircraft to shield and prevent

retaliation by syrian air defenses is becoming a distinguishing feature of the israeli air force this is a very important point especially that russia made it clear that this is not the 1st time that this happens it happened in 2018 when also russia criticized israel for in danger and putting in danger to passenger aircraft in 2018 of course 2008. the israeli strikes not coordinated with russia cause the downing of it was an aircraft with 15 russians on board who were killed were said that time also. and said that israel is behind this incident but the 4th one is wrong because at the end of the day israeli fighter jets put actually the. russian aircraft in the path of the syrian air defense. systems. and israel has previously denied using aircraft as shields against syrian defense systems though it has yet to comment on this

particular instance it does acknowledge that it's carrying out strikes in syria to stop iranian military entrenchments and this 1st which captures the aftermath of the missile attacks that's hit a suburb in the countryside west of damascus on thursday you can see residents clearing rubble from the street cars and buildings have been completely destroyed 2 with those 2 people living in the area. we woke in the morning to find this look at this destruction may go take revenge from them israelis look at this people's livelihood is destroyed as you can see yesterday the area was targeted by israel this area has a lot of car hire companies and as you can see many cars were damaged thank god the garbage was only material. every nation security advocate to get in u.s. told us why it's so difficult for civilian aircraft to avoid danger. clearly what happened was the when the attacks by the israelis underway damascus 30

c. . of the aircraft diverted them to the russian as we've seen recently tragically i think there are different servicemen the source felt that there are not there is only one outcome in a military aircraft there are systems on board the aircraft there will detect the launch of a missile and suggest that countermeasures or even automatically to record the missile countermeasures appropriate to the type of missile that's been launched at it equally but military aircraft of course is very maneuverable and can take physical action as well as electronic or not countermeasures and there are no it doesn't come with that kit it's certainly not standard equipment a civilian aircraft does not help new problem until you tune to a subsequent system. the u.s. has slapped new sanctions on venezuela this time targeting the country's flag

airline carrier convience or it comes as washington also threaten further penalties on entities with ties to venezuelan oil companies while the sanctions were denounced by russia's foreign minister who's holding talks in caracas with president nicolas maduro. we reiterate our solidarity towards venezuela and the venezuelan people in their fight against the united states but we denounce all the methods such as blackmail illegal sanctions and the attempts to dictate the will of the people as well as the interference in internal state matters. not in any one people there is no police here for imperialist illegal sanctions and military intervention we again reiterate that we seek peace in this world can tolerate sanctions and black meal the latest round of u.s. sanctions target for the aircraft event as well as national carrier comes on top of existing penalties on that as well and state companies including the main oil company under the sanctions the u.s.

companies are barred from directly importing venezuelan crude and have seen financial transactions between the 2 countries severely restricted earlier this week the trumpet ministration threatens to sanction companies whose activities help the venezuelan government that includes russia's biggest oil producer rolls left. and meanwhile the man as well an opposition leader one guy doe was warmly welcomed in washington's capital and received fresh pledges of support in his so-called fight for democracy. of stay with you mr president in that fight here this evening so a very brave man. who carries with him the hopes dreams and aspirations of all venezuelans joining us in the gallery is the true illegitimate president of venezuela one void. where journalist mark paul dobson say's washington is resorting to increasingly direct

sanctions against key parts of the venezuelan economy. the sanctions we've seen applied by the united states over the last the last year essentially how rich have been limited to direct sanctions there's been rhetoric or secondary sanctions on 3rd parties but at the moment this is only rhetoric and it's not unsurprisingly they're not targeted yet another state owned industry in venezuela they've targeted oil gold and a range of other public industries so it's not a surprise in the now targeting the aircraft as well yes and we've seen a very clear tendency over the last 12 months where there has lost support here in venezuela and internationally so i think this is one of the last card for washington how was left to play in the quite a tale that we could see to receive him in the way that donald trump did and to give him the standing ovation he received is clearly a publicist done to try and boost his popularity both internationally and here in venice weyler what is coming your way after this short break.

what a week it's been the iowa vote was a disaster impeachment trial fizzled in the senate and the speaker of the house nancy pelosi jumped the rails like a spoiled child and of course the liberal corporate media are beside themselves with rage at the democrats imploding. donald trump showy and shallow but he has once again defied his critics this time by securing his impeachment acquittal what is it about the 45th president of the united states that makes people love and hate him so. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s.

and the world. and stacy herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle. every week. student debt trade was money universal basic. and more catch up with what's front running this sunday exclusively on r.t. . a comeback of some of the u.k.'s 1st policy changes since leaving the e.u. are causing something of a stir in its former club the government says it wants to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders after sunday's attack in london where 2 people was stopped by a man released from prison just 10 days earlier currently convicted terrorists are up for automatic release after serving a half their sentence but britain's proposed legislation could breach the european

convention on human rights so london is considering withdrawing its membership however the european commission warns that it could force it to end judicial cooperation the resist partnership should provide for automatic terminations of law enforcement cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters if the united kingdom were to denounce the european convention of human rights stephen morris from the english democrats party and human rights lawyer sharpe and carr debated the issue. it's a good idea to have a parole board that deals with each case individually in principle there's nothing wrong with that but if what the reports are suggesting are correct that mainly they want to change the potential released release date from a half of a sentence to 2 thirds and i think that's where the problem comes in well one of the things is a sentence in rules are completely to pot them and if somebody gets given

a sentence 5 years than the years that should be let out early anyway then when the fault then you look at the parole and the suitable for release that this is a very very serious and complicated situation that calls for nuanced. periods of debate argument consideration not something that the government rushes through in a matter of weeks is a kneejerk reaction well it has to be at the moment because the government over the last few years of an absolutely nothing to address this problem and we do know that there is a number of potential of people in prison the moment. issues that are about to be released but these are people particularly when it if they're going to start applying it to people who are already been convicted already been sentenced already so part of the sentence then it's unfair and potentially a breach of human rights potentially unlawful don't forget they violated people human rights to being there in the 1st place if they're still deemed as

a safety risk then they should be let out in a way because. who is likely to attack all the people is a violation of those pedestrians and those individuals human rights as well in terms of what's been suggested about you know we just keep them up until we sure that there won't be a risk any more than we have sentences in the 1st place to me they should have been stripped away 5 years if they say 5 to 5 years and release and if not it has to be drawn quickly and it has to be told to make sure that london and all the parts of the u.k. safe. an opposition figure in nicaragua has claimed his party is getting direct support from the u.s. for a plan to bring down the country's left wing government such an ino serato who leads the right wing p.r.t. party and made that revelation in a video live streamed on facebook. in recent days we

met with political consultants from the us embassy and the european union they said they're ready to support a large who is a good movement which is forming in nicaragua now. but the us has a long track record of intervention in nicaragua going back to the 1980 s. when the cash was funneled to nicaraguan armed groups in the iran contra affair and in 2018 the nicaraguan president daniel ortega accused washington of an attempted coup or followed months of mass protests over social security reform more than $300.00 people were killed and another 2000 injured in the crackdown that follows and are taking a claim that the rest was orchestrated by washington soon afterwards donald trump imposed sanctions on the club where. washington describes ortega's government as a regime and frequently pledges support for opposition forces to the people of nicaragua. they want there will be an expiration date. for the ortega

regime. the american people stand with you in your fight for freedom. and for the rule of law the united states urges the taker regime to resume dialogue with the opposition and restore democracy in the country the us is taking action to restore democracy and the correct tragically the ortega regime continues to repress and abuse nicaraguans we will continue to hold them accountable. live now to gloria from the anti walk on soko elation welcome to the program it's great to have you with us and no glory at the leader of nicaragua's party for democratic restoration is claiming he's getting direct support from the u.s. to bring down the wall take a government does this look like foreign meddling by washington here absolutely and it's just following the playbook of the united states government most directly in recent years with one why though in this well which is

a complete failure for the u.s. and the u.s. threats against cuba now and he got out when remember that it was john bolton who talked about the troika of the kind i was going to swell in cuba however with me because i was you say that before the u.s. is in defeat enormously including our mean the us in the 1980 s. even into the 1993 tens of thousands of nicaraguan civilians were murdered by this terrorist fascist groups and eventually forced the data and the f a s l n to accept elections which were a manipulation of united states the u.s. spent millions of dollars to influence and bring in a right wing government which then had the government in control for a number of years in which poverty increased and then you saw. 3 elections

now with daniel they got the last election he won with 73 percent of the vote. and in that election there were 5 opposition parties who ran so there was a very free and open election but the population supports them and the polls show that so this no interference of the u.s. is an attempt to roll back the progress that the people have seen so why is washington so says against the government wants to what does it pose to the u.s. i think is the example is the threat the example that a country can ally with them as well a cuban and before that was ecuador and believe in which the resources were shared especially the oil resources of venezuela doctors and teachers from cuba who held all those countries the integration economic and social integration which is what the u.s. fears so much and it was president obama when he was 1st running for president in

2008 who warned. the u.s. would put a stop to this he literally said that in his may 2008 presidential speech his campaign speech about latin america of course now trump is following through with that and this is why in june 2009 with president obama's 1st months in office the president. of a good us was overthrown because he was following the course of the leftward move and alliance with you get out of cuba venezuela ecuador and. the u.s. is trying now to spend more money to bring in a right wing extreme right wing. leader this. chart out the. new god i want and i think they're going to lose because a vast majority of people support the presidency of the bigger and more than even

that. as. clearly revenge from the antiwar answer coalition thank you for your time thank you. sanctions on russian goods imposed by the european union in 2015 could potentially be lifted by the u.k. as the country concludes its breck that trade negotiations that's according to the u.k. department for international trade transition reviews will assess whether the current measure is appropriate for the u.k. markets and whether it should be very changed or terminated industrial products such as alimony and for oil seamless pipes the iron and steel fittings are among the items that could be removed from the restrictions list earlier the host of the r.t. show sputnik george galloway joined us in the studio way we asked him about the chances of british relations with russia improving post breaks it. well objectively i mean logically the ought to britain has slipped its moorings in the e.u.

and is setting still for the world russia's a major part of the world moscow's the biggest city in europe russia's the biggest country in europe it's one of the world's biggest economies logically britain ought to be looking for friends and ought to be looking therefore to thaw if not warm up its relations with russia and there are one or 2 straws in the wind that suggest that britain realizes that at the same time britain's under countervailing pressure from the united states. over the while we have other things. there's something to play for. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international we're back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines either.

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