thai soldier killed at least 17 people and injures others on a shooting rampage in the north east of the country he's been posting live updates of his attack on social media with police saying he is still at large. the global capital weapons watchdog slams former inspectors who exposed significant flaws in its report on an alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma look at the credibility of the o p c w's claims. that a british couple accused of arranging the murder of their adopted son in india free for now the u.k. high court has blocked their extradition citing human rights.

joining us this evening this is r.t. international. we start with a developing story in thailand where a soldier has gone on a shooting rampage in a city northeast of bangkok killing at least 17 people and injuring more gunman is said to have opened fire at different locations in the city center there's been unconfirmed reports as yet the suspect is also holding several hostages inside a popular shopping mall police are at the site and of lockdown the surrounding area the gunman has been active on social media throughout the attack posting disturbing videos and pictures which was shared online before his accounts were closed. this is what we know about the government so far he's been identified as a junior officer in the thai army the suspect is believed to have shot dead a superior officer and 2 other soldiers inside a military base for allegedly stealing military equipment and hijacking a home the gunman then went on to open fire at several sites including

a buddhist temple and a shopping mall in. jordan munnabhai under overall check you say political analyst and journalist good evening andrea and as i understand you actually partly based in bangkok i believe you got quite good knowledge of thailand as i understand there is a high rate of gun ownership and yet you don't get too many incidents of shootings there is that correct and will this mean that this is going to be a huge shock to the country. well actually to be precise if you go to the statistics of in the poll for instance the thailand has one of the all very high homo site rates it has high in a homo site today per capita than the united states and for many decades actually thailand was portrayed by the west as a land of smile as save the station it is not so and lately there is

a huge tension there is a social tension in thailand it has the greatest disparities of income sin award and that that will see reported even by the time i newspapers so the income disparity is tremendous prices are very high tide bought is. realistically high as well which makes it very difficult for a book tens of millions of ties to actually sort of vive and so this very common now to see that under the surface of the politeness and the smiles there is a lot of anger and frustration so anything can trigger the anything going to get a reaction from from the people and the head of there are talking about the about the soldier or both. you know a person who has access to the to the guns so this is. dangerous.

cocktail if you wish. yeah in deed did the reports say that he was the soldiers actually able to steal munition prior to fleeing the military base with huge concern how that was able able to happen also reports that these are unconfirmed but that the attack may have been motivated by personal dispute with a military commander and that he posted a lot of frustration on social media you wouldn't dissipate when you in that situation that at least the military if no one else would have been monitoring the person in question. yes and personal disputes surely will drives the. crime rate and homicide rate. so high 'd tai-chi i'm sorry not the same as in the best it's not they are usually very personally motivated this is between the couples. you know

or. crimes committed the drunken stupor or. you know the. rage or frustration of attacks so this also calls the attention to the social media you know you mentioned before that he was a communique think through social media account it's like the philippines indonesia and thailand have the highest social media use in the war basically every think it's connected to self. people go to cafes and they film themselves having a coffee they go to hear go on certain they broadcast it all over so unfortunately in this case also. it will happen this murderous spree of the well that i officer he was actually broadcasting his. you know

killing in a mall and he was even on the birth or allegedly asking his followers whether he should stop and sort and. then a are suicide it not true but it was broadcasted life in a very chilling actually. extremely chilling situation and what you're describing there i think chilling for the perfect word it brings up so many questions it clearly shows the social media companies were unable to shut down something like base particularly quickly get think this is a sign of something that we might see more of in the future because it's very reminiscent of the christchurch attack the use of the social media and the concern is going to be is that you're going to get copycats people who are craving attention or craving opportunity to publicly air a grievance that's very scary because of course as mentioned before there is a lot of frustration. a lot of social of pensions. in

thailand time telecommunication companies like it those sit in their leisure or in the philippines. to delimit they're making huge profits busy. they have enormous amount of suspense of scriber smaller than they're often able to handle so it's a bit different situation if this were to happen in japan or in our or in china where actually the companies are much more advanced. they are not 'd all well the number of. subscribers and so i think this is one of the one of the problem of bold copycats yes that that's another possibility in southeast asia very often. everything gets copied from the type of.

office you go to to the horror films that are being produced in indonesia or in thailand or in malaysia do unfortunately also die of crimes now it will all depend now hold this case is going to be handled and also whole all this is going to end if this is not good or and well for the of for the killer then maybe we will not see so many go because but the real be able to negotiate escape which is highly unlikely then it would probably have a very bad effect on the entire society and on the future of cases like this and i greatly appreciate your analysis thanks so much 100 wilczek political analyst and journalist. international chemical weapons watchdog a p c w slash down to the links provided by 2 whistleblowers who revealed serious defects in its final report on an alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of demon. and

verify video emerged in april of 2008 seeing claim to show the aftermath of the alleged assault it was immediately blamed on syrian government forces prompting the u.s. u.k. and france to carry out airstrikes on scientific facilities they blame for the incident even before an probe of what is my guess the ever explained how the o.p.c. w.'s latest comments don't appear to restore trust in the official findings 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 solely to cover your butt and the u.p.c. w. let's 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. independent 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 a 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 a study tran that these cylinders allegedly used in the duma a chemical attack were likely placed at the scene which he had no business doing in fact according to this o.p.c. 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 seal those all important cylinders inspectors a and b. a not whistle blowers they were individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence 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 now we come to the icing the question 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 it into course. 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 the interim report in the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally regular 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 and in particular the ongoing duma work should be discussed with of of 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 inspected 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 allegations they 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. it just ignored well not entirely. as could be expected their conclusions are 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 access stations. but instead the epicenter of another extradition scandal the high 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 a possible violation of the human rights in india the scene the couple walk free for now they deny allegations the edwards daschle 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 murder all for a lump sum of life insurance payout ringback.

indian place 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 prime aphasia case that ms dear mr a jogger acted together and with others committed the offense is set out above despite all this the u.k. won't send the 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 being 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 as 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 you are justice isn't isn't good enough i think these cases show is that actually what it does it creates a difference in treatment between european citizens and the rest of the world. those are the democrats presidential primary process is still moderate views and after the disaster school just details shortly. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. some want.

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the final result from the botched democratic primary still remains unclear despite all precinct results now being in the state officials have spent the week trying to verify the figures following a technical glitch. and many now question how the chaotic scenes could have been allowed to happen and all. those been reveling in the back. democrats don't know what the hell they doing. well. they can't carry out simple votes but they want to fix your health care system. and questions of race over any election results in the u.s. the soon followed by pledges it'll be quickly sorted but the scale of morgan explains when it happens in other countries it doesn't usually take washington long to start shouting fraud. 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 throughout the collection of records over results the i would democratic party identified in consistencies in the data and used the redundant paper records to probably correct those errors there was intentional manipulation and serious irregularities the 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 foolishly reported by the i.d.p. every county needs to release the results now the iowa caucus was rigged by near

cheap eat pasta don't. you. 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 has acknowledged that he's apologized for that and we have worked together over the last few days to fix the challenges to see the i have decided 1st to replace every member of the supremum like total tribunals and 2nd to hold national elections to allow the bolivian people to democratically elect a new government with a 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. how. i see in the presidency with the middle of the fact in line with the constitution and

pres 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 us 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 had mire the believe in people for standing up for their constitution their democracy and for free fair and transparent elections after morale a sled things have been pretty messy and bolivia and that's why my resigning so that my opponents do not continue to persecute more socialist brothers. i'm wondering if the organization of american states as they were said in an election i want you to figure out what's what's going on where you know it's clear

that in the case of bolivia. the cleaning of the electoral discrepancies to justify a campaign to demonize lettuce and then ultimately to overthrow him the reason why did he go against. them just because he pursued policies that were of objecting to the west on nation 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 and also i was on it why it's a different standard so if a u.s. 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 polls it's time to reduce the country to kill. asked caleb happen r.t. new york. president of the philippines

a very good eternity is planning to end a longstanding military pact with the u.s. after washington cancel the tourist visa issued to a filipino senator and one of his close political allies and he made his feelings clear about the issue sube up all. be in their love but go on so i merely am wondering your this is the 1st time. in the in in your. you know. why are you in a better man may be said visiting forces agreement. up all same time. the so called visiting forces agreement has been in place since 1909 that provides a framework for u.s. troops coming to the philippines for joint training exercises if it is canceled it

would affect more than $300.00 military personnel and analysts are concerned that wider economic and diplomatic ties may also be impacted. because get more on this now from political scientist and foreign affairs analyst richard good to have you on richard if this. does happen if the cancellation happens how significantly do you think it will impact us for the pings relations. well to begin with the hospice see whether jesus going to move forward i think it has to be clear to everyone the forces the looking foreign policy is concerned no matter how popular president 30 s. and no matter how strong it either is it isn't the start of the union lots of power 'd over determining the country strategic direction especially when it comes to relationship with the united states centuries old and especially because the defense establishment and other centers of influence of very strong ties to the united states and sent about so now we see that because our focus and some senior officials open the and contesting the report by the spokesman of the president that

he has already ordered determination ne to be sent to the americans so we are seeing perhaps some internal already happening right now now if they ease indeed taken out that means the end all significant amount of american military to the philippines which amounted to $1800000000.00 already possibly a case and it's going to make him a very difficult for them arrogance operation alive because if the if they the software that allows for the operationalization the hardware to my locker line and you do it like you want so it's going to be very difficult for americans to get the kind special forces training that you money for at this doesn't effect the relief operations assistance and also to help the means by prep of the shipping their military equipment close the contest but i'm not going to solve genesee we're developing and china very far as an american. if we look at the way the donald trump acts as a president between china around this and us examples he's thinking you know

imposing some kind of sanctions sometimes tariffs strong bend countries to his will what kind of response would you anticipate from washington if they submit his council. well prison to a certain prison trial are supposed to have a conversation soon on this issue disclose the announcement that came out well we have to keep in mind the president trying to present a 3rd have a very strong personal rapport i think quite similar to britain from the present with the answer or because a similar condemns of their character day they all the gender shirt a threat of what they see as a liberal international or democratic opposition nonetheless i think the pressure here would come not the serpent present trump but by the american defense establishment and by the american to call the state on the you can president if ever he really wants undermined by lafferty's of the united states in any significant way to the 2 countries have been allies for almost a century present that it would be the 1st everything the president to significantly downgrade that relationship seems at least we draw up american troops

in the philippines in 1000 then to. this part of the visit because on the sunday council by the policy we've just 190 days notice suggests that there was always a kind of sense that this was a short term deal that the policy just and whenever they feel like it. well i think 1st of all there was complacency on the part of the united states that no one like britain it was ever make it through electrons well surprise surprise there was also i think complacency that there will be other sense centers of power trying to push back but the reality here is at present the 3rd is really angry at the united states not only because of the troubles on or the restriction imposed on southeast of key allies but there are concerns that the united states might actually move forward. and other kinds of sanctions against the president himself down the road especially when he's out the power he's going to step down plenty plenty to i think there was some complacency on the part of united states now the only thing we have to keep in mind is that this agreement has not been gratified by the u.s.

senate but it's been ratified by the philippine senate so there's also a legal argument whether president 13 so as the commander in chief and the head of a branch can do this without the concurrence of the senate in senate and interesting that we see that even some of these. men 1000 gordon have been also pushing back and suggesting perhaps that didn't think that it was the obvious but previously we saw the philippines was able to unilaterally withdraw from international treaty thing couldn't the international criminal court which may actually investigate present the 3rd and on allegations of crimes against humanity and present that they do what they will to do that unilaterally without the conference of sentencing so we have a pretty dense when actually present that there is a really wants to he can get out now let me walk in the city. and a defense establishment close to the united states beneath me in the importance of the life of the united states mean do internally to prevent this from happening richard great to have you appreciate your time political scientists foreign affairs

analyst richard hey daryn and thanks to guns at home or with a grateful feel company to stick around the small news stories coming up. on headlines for you in 30 minutes time. after a tense you're welcome to going underground through the lebanese embassy in london i'm here with ambassador coming up with a show with britain looking to expose future will it violate not only you but it's only sanctions when it comes to a trade deal with lebanon and after this week's u.k. armed israeli bombing of a nearby syria how stable is lebanon the 1st arab country to sign a post gregson trade deal with the u.k. . thanks so much for inviting us here to the u.k. government it's trade webs.