the global chemical weapons launched on flimsy 2 former inspectors who exposed significant flaws in its report on alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of july we'll look at the credibility of the opiated obviously it was. also this hour a couple accused of ranging the murder of their adopted son in order to collect an insurance payout walks free for now they will not be extradited to india to face trial after the u.k. high court sided human rights concerns. and we compare the us democratic party primary in the state of iowa marred by technical glitches regularities and premature announcements with washington's hysterical response to november's electoral confusion and socialist bolivia.

you're watching are to international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. has lashed out at the leaks provided by 2 whistleblowers who revealed serious d. facts and its final report on an alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma incident has long been blamed on syrian government forces are the latest comments do not restore trust as 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 surely 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 a dedicated stressing how independent this report. 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 specter 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 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 he helped tag and sealed 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 un or through. 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 for getting 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 they apparently lied 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 or 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 ordered it they needed 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 krrish tendo 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 it in due 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 duty and focus he reports on the incident the interim report in 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 it 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 into the final report was the team paramedic not the chemist inspect to be nor the engineer inspected a when it comes to inspect a b 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 writer and freelance journalist who believes the o.p.c. w. is using every method it can to justify 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 the reputation of the organization is that is at risk and to admit 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 they've come forward mr anderson 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 a law essentially a narrative that is not congruent with the facts and you know the u.s. 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. britain is now at the epicenter of another extradition scandal the u.k.

court has denied the indian government's request to extradite a couple accused of arranging the murder of their adopted son a decision based on concern over possible violations of their human rights in india has seen the couple walk free for now you're sure the edwards dashti with more. the old saying goes that no one is above the law but it seems that some people aren't subject to either a british couple adopted an 11 year old orphan boy in india and promised him a better life but now they're charged with the ranging his all for a lump sum of life insurance payout. the. indian police have been battling for over 2 years to get their hands on the couple but to no avail and now british high court judges have ruled they can't be

extradited but not because the evidence against them isn't strong enough. i find very circumstantial primer free she case that ms dear mr a jogger acting together and with others committed the offense to set out above despite all this the u.k. won't send that you are back why well because of one crucial piece of indian at a station that means the packet face a sentence of life without parole if convicted of double murder in the country which the united kingdom says would breach the human rights i find that there are substantial grounds for believing that they would face a real risk of been subjected to treatment like a review of a life sentence which would be inhuman and degrading this would be a breach of article 3 the court's decision falls within the european convention on human rights but the ruling is raising concerns here in britain do we really want suspected child killers roaming the streets of london this is an absolutely crime and i think many people would agree there needs to be the harshest of sentences if they are found guilty it is up to the indian legal system to decide on the

appropriate penalty and we should not be standing in the way of justice being served for the victims but the decision to keep criminals here in the u.k. raises alarm bells is the concept of human rights even for those abusing them seems to provide a quick get out of jail free card the fact is here justice has been denied to the indian people the process of a trial has been prevented because of the european human rights legislation when we're saying that they can't even stand trial because the possibility that they will receive what is called an irreducible life sentence in india means that the possible sentence violates their human rights what the british government is saying is that there is no assurance in place that these 2 people will not be treated in the same way as they would have been had they been arrested in india what we are saying to the indian government and to the good right to authorities is that your criminal justice system simply isn't good enough to try our citizens who was an incredibly serious offense indian people cannot hold people to account under the

terms of the justice system without the european and british courts. saying your justice isn't isn't good enough i think these cases show is that actually what it does is it creates a difference in treatment between european citizens and the rest of the world. just after bragg said the u.k. is embarking on an independent foreign policy we spoke to former british m.p. george galloway about the chances of relations with russia improving. 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. it's all in the balance this year is going to be one of intense negotiation over these trading matters britain will want to be free to strike deals with other countries that are more american style free trade deals free markets free enterprise less regulation less red tape the european union will want the opposite how we balance these 2 things would be a feat of statesmanship and we're must talk but the man behind you lives up to the possibility. still to come us democratic party candidates clash other debate in the

wake of the iowa caucus to buckle that story and more after this. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person of those. who dares thinks. we dare to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going from station let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only mostly.

i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back i divided the us democratic party has seen presidential contenders clash and its latest debacle debate following this week's botched primary part of the debate in new hampshire it was dedicated to arguing over each other's viability and electability to take on donald trump. bertie's label himself me a democratic socialist i think that's the label that the president's going to lay on everyone running with bernie the way you bring people together is by ending

visions of national disgrace of this country being the only major nation on earth not to guarantee health care to all people it's a human right bernie says you have to bring people together and we have to have medicare for all how much is going to cost me ask bernie that he says don't trade here i don't know we'll find out if we do we're joe once will be spending some safety trillion dollars on health care over the next 10 years that's the status quo joe george the entire capitalism socialism dichotomy is completely out of date as democratic contenders expressed concern with trump using the socialist label to scare out voters from the party a poll shows that most americans say socialism and a negative light however we went to the streets of new york and asked people about the socialism ideology and its principles and some still in unaware of what it actually stands for. medicare and all it does have some merits but i do

think that we. need to find a way to balance private with the public interest i think people need personal responsibility for their health i don't know if our project if we can work to get everybody 3 health care. there was absolutely no reason that you went to a college and took out loans and should not have paid them back both sides need to get the students and the university and the country but i think for people that kind of floored it i mean everyone to serve 7 have an education. i don't think it is socialism or say i mean i think you people a research. paper i think it is. coming. absolutely yes everything's

a mix of everything i think most people kind of acquaint socialism with communism but if you look at our history if it wasn't for progressives we wouldn't have some of the benefits that we have today meanwhile the final result from the iowa primary remains unclear despite all precinct information now being in the states party officials have spent the week trying to verify results following a technical glitch in the voting app and one of the contenders named himself the winner before a vote tally was even released but i still mop and explains to us what had gone all in on a coup the same thing happened and i socialist country often the way we interpret events can be very subjective if something happens to someone else we see it one way but it happens to us we see it very differently let's compare the electoral confusion in bolivia last october to the electoral confusion in the us state of iowa last week in both situations an election took place and the results were

delayed and then authorities said that some irregularities that happened to those released by the i would democratic party on wednesday will riddled with inconsistencies and other flaws according to new york times analysis more than 100 precincts reported results that were internally inconsistent that were missing data or that were not possible under the complex rules of the iowa caucuses. there was intentional manipulation and serious irregularities that make it impossible to validate the results originally issued by the bolivian electoral foresees in both instances the public spoke up and cried foul folks i don't know what is going on with the iowa democratic party and the slow trickle of results how many of the counties are having their results falsely reported by the i.d.p. every county needs to release the results now the iowa caucus was rigged by mayor cheap eat pasta don't. you know.

and in both instances the authorities agreed and said that the concerns had to be addressed what happened in iowa was unacceptable and the party chair as acknowledged that he's apologized for that and we have worked together over the last few days to fix the challenges i have decided 1st to replace every member of the supremum like total tribunals and 2nd the whole national elections to allow the bolivian people to democratically elect a new government new political activists except the similarities stop here in iowa a recount is being conducted to make sure the ultimate results are correct and in bolivia the military toppled the government and a woman who wasn't even a candidate in the election has declared herself to be the new leader of the i.c. in the presidency with the fact in line with the constitution in place to take all measures necessary to bring peace to the country. while many have declared what happened in bolivia to be a military coup the u.s.

secretary of state branded it as a transition to democracy we recognize the importance of believe us political transition to democracy in our hemisphere and we admired the believe in people for standing up for their constitution their democracy and for free fair and transparent elections after morale is flat things have been pretty messy. bolivia. there's one more resigning so that my opponents do not continue to persecute my socialist brothers. we want the gracious lady who was automatically proclaimed to so president to resign. i'm wondering if you were going to say she american states as they were said in an election i want you to figure out what's what's going on here no it's clear that in

the case of bolivia. the cleaning of the electoral discrepancies few to justify any campaign to demonize even more of this and then ultimately to overthrow him the reason why debating against the government is because he pursued policies that were of object you ask on the issue of the region so the difference is that in the case of in the case of iwo the presumption is it's just a technical problem or you know there's nothing sort of sinister going on whereas in the case of the government that's all sided with washington also i was on the whites and it was a different standard so if a us state has some electoral confusion we'll look into the matter and get it straightened out however if a socialist government that is friendly to russia and china has a mix up at the poles it's time to reduce the country to chaos caleb up and r.t.

new york. and from one fell to another following an unsuccessful us back last year they were asked has imposed another round of sanctions on caracas washington has blacklisted by as well as a largest airline and threatened new restrictions on foreign firms who work in the country russia's foreign minister expressed solidarity with venezuela during a visit to the capital. we reiterate all solidarity towards venezuela and the venezuelan people in their fight against the united states but we denounce old methods such as legal sanctions and the attempts to demonstrate the will of the people as well as these if ference in internal statements are. not in any going people that there is new police here for imperialist illegal sanctions and military intervention which we can reiterate that we say that it's well it can't tolerate sanctions and let me know that the latest round of u.s.

sanctions target 40 aircraft about as well as national carrier comes on top of existing penalties on the country's firms including the main oil company under the restrictions u.s. companies are barred from directly importing about as well as crude and i've seen financial transactions between the 2 countries severely limited earlier this week the trumpet ministration threaten to sanction firms whose activities help the venezuelan government including russia's biggest oil producer ross nafta meanwhile but as all opposition figurehead one wideout was warmly welcomed in washington d.c. after the white house backed him and last year's coup attempt he received fresh pledges of support we will all 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 and illegitimate president of venezuela why and why do. journalist

paul dobson says 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 white house pale 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 publisher piece done to try and boost his popularity both internationally and here in venezuela that's where world news wrap up for now but i'll be back the top of the hour thanks for tuning in. copper prices telling us about the globalisation the dollar as a nation the population of the big things the market tells us the cycles of the markets are telling us something that you don't hear in mainstream media and that's always been the case since markets are invented it's always price precedes knew.

this is a good bust the one business show you can't afford to miss and then swap a number to 4 in washington coming up president trump and president xi are making the case that the phase one trade deal won't be affected by the coronavirus why do they need to make that public will explain plus the global global car industry is basically a huge shock from china the car coach lauren fix is here to break it down just the u.s. attorney general really just say that the u.s. government should take ownership stake in cell phone companies which companies and

why just minutes away a lot to get through on this very busy day so let's get started. and we begin as president and china's president xi are making. and reaffirming their commitment to implementing phase one of the us china trade deal what was the need for that well because as we have reported inside that deal is a disaster related clause that clause would allow china to avoid repercussions even if it cannot meet the target of purchases of u.s. goods and services for 2020 it's a pretty big deal and that is why friday president trump and president xi both expressed confidence in china's strength and resilience in confronting the corona virus outbreak according to the white house the 2 presidents quote agreed to continue extensive communication and cooperation between both sides they also noted the great achievement of the recent united states china phase one trade deal and reaffirmed their commitment to its implementation in quote which on its officials have been hoping that the u.s. will agree to at least some flexibility on the pledges of that deal and bet it's

actually fascinating here because of that disaster clause its own most like we're steps closer to our good friend and host of boom bust i'm just sitting in her chair and today christiane who's been saying that those ag purchases are unsustainable and that we will never actually see china make the purchases that they have promised to make in phase one and that was without the coronavirus being a part of this are you christie was already suspicious of that as well as the soybean purchases the chinese agreed to china it seems like has bitten off more than they can chew for lack of a better term in terms of some of these purchases but with the coronavirus it gives them an out where they can say hey listen you can't punish us you can't add additional tariffs because we have this disaster related clause and because the w.h.o. has now declared coronavirus a net worldwide health emergency it kind of triggers that disaster related clause if the chinese were to choose to pursue that we don't know if they will as we look at it on the american end here you know president trump it doesn't matter whether there's.