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live 5 from moscow a 3rd will still blow because further doubt on the chemical weapons watchdogs investigation into alleged doom or chemical attack in syria claiming he faced intimidation. elsewhere today a man of across political woes grow as a key ally of the french president drops out of the paris merril race now following the leak of the sex tape. and the last minute legal intervention could eventually see a killer and rapist released back onto the streets of britain as 25 violent criminals have their deportations to jamaica block. it is not my responsibility to pay for a foreign national to commit crime in my country any of these people they committed
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a single offense many years ago since then i mean obviously from the that just shows how little trust we have in our own criminal justice system. friday the 14th of february welcome to the program live from the r.t. international world news center is kevin oh in here with his latest update for you and we started with this one 1st the 3rd has chimed in with claims accusing the world chemical weapons watchdog of creating an atmosphere of intimidation during the o.p.c. w.'s investigation into the alleged chlorine attack in the syrian city of duma in april 28th. the years are server the most stressful and unpleasant ones of my life i feel ashamed for the organization and i'm glad i left it so a reductive email given to investigative news website the gray zone project highlights issues of integrity cheering the probe it follows revelations by 2 other
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watchdog employees stressing the same issue they also question the findings of the final o.p.c. w. report which in effect pin the blame on the assad government now is today our senior correspondent were a guarantee of sieves through what might be facts and what might be fiction we liked magine that these massive global organizations the un the i.m.f. the u.p.c. w. these juggernauts a good but knives that at the end of the day what they do is good for mankind but as with many things in life you take a closer look and you are left disappointed one whistleblower saying the u.p.c. w. was biased corrupt well he could be wrong just an opinion to whistleblowers saying the same thing except think could they be right you can see w. says no ignore them space is a and b. are not whistleblowers they were individuals who could not accept that their views
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were not backed by evidence as could be expected their conclusions are uninformed and brum sure sure one whistleblower could be wrong too well could be wrong but when it's 3 when it's 5 when it's a dozen whistleblowers you know something's rotten. i share those behind the crimes that have been perpetrated in the name of humanity and democracy they will not hesitate to do harm to me and my family just what the hell is going on at the o.p.c. w. what could be so terrifying that its own employees are afraid for their lives and feel their employer could target them and their families it isn't just one individual it's others too whose crimes were that they would just doing their jobs i submitted a requests to the team leader i asked i repeated this request a number of times all requests were declined or simply ignored just the guy doing
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his job what it said in the job description at what was a respectable organization according to testimony given at the un that's not what the u.p.c. w. the management wanted all requests were denied the responses i received included this is too big don't make yourself a martyr i deposited a dossier requesting an investigation months later i was informed that nothing would be done i requested a meeting with the director general as i thought the situation was serious enough to warrant him being made aware of it the request for a meeting was denied and i was informed by a senior manager that you will never get to the director general and if you try to go around me to get to him there will be consequences but don't you think the u.p.c. w. hasn't learned that lesson it has it isn't the lesson you and me might think of you know being more honest the lesson they learned is everyone everyone working for
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them needs to learn to keep their mouths shut and additional bigotry organization wide confidentiality training program will be instituted for all personnel employed by the secretary and this training will be accompanied by annual are to stations and just in case anyone anyone gets any smart idea. as in the future the bosses over the u.p.c. w. could always show them this letter and tell them this is what happens to you when you dare speak out against the u p c w i don't want to expose myself or my family to their violence and revenge i don't want to live in fear of crossing the street while a footnote to this i can tell you as mentioned the o.p.c. w. went public in doubt in the credibility of the 1st 2 whistle blowers move asked the international chemical weapons watchdog now to comment on all the allegations as when they get back to us we'll let you know what their response is. go to europe
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next one of the french president's closest political allies has withdrawn his candidacy for mayor of paris following the leak of a compromising video but a minute decision to drop out of the race represents a major blow to a man a mccrum and whose party's suffering across as a confidence right now going to next month's local elections surely reports from paris for you. well the dissemination of these incredibly videos and photos has resulted in that shock announcement by benjamin cleaver benjamin cleaver one of lachlan's closest allies they haven't authenticated those videos but it is being reported in the french media did recognize them as being authentic and that's why he drew his candidature so quickly let's have a listen to what he said. when i announced my candidacy for mayor of paris i knew how harsh political life was for over a year my family and i have been subjected to defamatory statements lies anonymous
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attacks the release of private conversations and death rows yesterday it reached a new level when an internet site relayed despicable attacks calling my private life into question well the reaction to those videos in the photographs has been largely supportive towards benjamin cleaver and that comes from across the political spectrum it's even support coming from those who were opposing him in that race here in paris including one from former on the move m.p. set of a cfi yanni now said to be only what's quite interesting about him is he wanted to be the candidate for my quince party here in paris he lost out to benjamin cleaver as a result he decided that he was going to become an independent and by doing that caused a massive friction in macaroons party and ended up being chucked out in the last few weeks this comes at a time when we've got those elections next month back want to party is not looking like it's going to do particularly too well many is seeing an egg. month's
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elections as being a test for mack won a referendum on his policies particularly some of those that have been unpopular such as the pension reform which has caused huge protests here in paris over the last 2 months now matt coleman was really eyeing the prize of winning that election here in paris and that's why he wanted one of his closest allies former spokesperson to. the party to win that one here in paris would be very. soon this is going to be deeply embarrassing not just for the party but for mark on himself the party will of course choose another candidate or that election but in reality many will be questioning it down which has already been done. hundreds of officials from around the world are converging on munich this friday for the city's annual security conference they're going to be discussing a raft of pressing concerns including the conflict so rolling the middle east in north africa also refugee flows in the west increasing political fragmentation but
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libya is top of the list too peter all of his got more. things coming up over the next couple of days we're expecting a big speech by french president rabbani or mark on saturday where he's expected to talk about a role for russia when it comes to defense in europe also on sunday big talks regarding libya and the ongoing crisis there and that's what we're going to talk about more with right now with peter mauer the president of the international committee of the red cross you're just back from libya just a small thing as i understand what's the situation in a few money monetary and term in libya right now but libya is a context in which i.c.r.c. has been the increasingly involved over the last couple of years because after to terry orating situation and the expanding warfare in particular since april last year when the attack on tripoli was launched and big your front line. in
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densely populated area around tripoli we have seen 152200000 people displaced we see multiple frontline still in the country active in which the i.c.r.c. entertains for offices in all parts of the country in tripoli misrata and it's up high in the south so a big operation which is not typical of. many other i.c.r.c. operations because as everybody knows libya is a country which has been well off for decades and oil rich and resource rich and therefore not their primary client software humanitarian operation but it has degraded in tall a conflict to reality which now becomes a humanitarian crisis now throughout this conference you're going to be having talks with representatives from libyan authorities what are you going to be discussing and what do you hope to achieve from those talks well i hope that we can
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further enhanced the acceptance of a neutral and impartial actor like the i.c.r.c. to work in libya and as well i hope to have more support for compliance with international humanitarian law with the principles enshrined in the geneva conventions in order to minimize the impact and the effect of the warfare on on the libyan population also i think we have to discuss on how to stop the lice the situation how to build capacities in libya now tall. respond to this unfolding to this unfolding crisis and of course a lot of the response will be beyond your many tyrian actors its political and its politicians who have to take their responsibilities as we have seen over the last couple of weeks through the birdland process. this is not international hi good afternoon coming up what we got. boris johnson's.
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trip to the u.s. to meet with president question is why. when we come back.
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we know in psychology that the more people are told that they can't or shouldn't do something whether it's sexual or otherwise the more it makes them want to do so trying new things violating taboos are some of the most common and pervasive elements in our sexual fantasies. well ok movie watcher of the world great to have you watching artie international i can tell you my name's kevin i don't know as mentioned before the break going to u.k. next and talk about relations with the u.s. the u.k. prime minister is reportedly perspire on to trip to the united states to meet with donald trump as tensions increase between london and washington it's no believe that johnson won't meet the american president until june g.
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7 summit let's get more on this he said alys alone that a no breaks is done and dusted much hope of course for the long running special relationship between the u.s. and u.k. to flourish even more but there's a bit of a. dampener in the proceedings isn't there to say the least take us through it. special relationship we've heard much about it for many decades now and in particular with the victory for boris johnson in the last election and finally being implemented we heard so many glowing words from donald trump towards boris johnson but it would appear since the election things haven't been going well at seoul for example last month the 2 men shared a phone call which reportedly ended up with donald trump hanging up the phone in anger over a number of issues with which he felt perhaps boris johnson was being subordinate from why way to iran and the crisis in the middle east and so it would appear already things seeming the having cracks underneath the surface and the prime
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minister boris johnson pap's adding to those tensions because he was in parliament earlier this week and he was facing with the outgoing leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn who raised the question of whether the extradition treaty between the 2 countries is one sided and it would appear the prime minister agreed that it was . while the u.s. continues to deny justice to harry done will the prime minister commit today to seek an equal and balanced extradition relationship with the united states prime minister mr speaker i to be frank i think the honorable gentleman has a point in he's characterization of our extradition arrangements with the united states and i do think that there is a there are elements of that relationship that are unbalanced why certain i certainly think that it is worth looking at. now of course all of this comes in the
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light of the case of how he done who was killed when the wife of a u.s. diplomat a lady by the name of security struck him with her car she was driving on the wrong side of the road and then she used diplomatic immunity husband's diplomatic immunity to leave reportedly she herself is also a operative an intelligence operative for the cia and so all of that has added to tensions because the u.s. themselves are refusing to send her back to the u.k. to face those accusations. it is the position of the united states government that a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse the use of an extradition treaty to attempt to return the spouse of a former diplomat by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent. so we know that donald trump likes to exert maximum pressure on both his political foes and even his allies but how effective will that be all those questions also
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raise what choice will the u.k. have often brings that they'll be desperate to strike some kind of trade deal with the u.s. so possibly they could capitulate on all the issues that donald trump raises in such a tricky one he's run in london thanks for the finale well this whole harry done thing so controversial in the u.k. we spoke to the dunns family lawyer rod seeger i can tell you he believes that the current extradition treaty is indeed one sided. there has been a special relationship between the 2 countries for a long long time and we all enjoyed that relationship and are glad for it but there is really only one country that is behaving like an ally at the moment and that's the united kingdom because it complies with the extradition treaty. almost all the time at the moment the way the treaty is written is that the united kingdom must extradite people to the united states when it's requested but the treaty reserves
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the americans right to have discretion so the americans may send somebody back to the united kingdom must i'm afraid the family feel that america is putting itself 1st and is trying to bully the united kingdom into ignoring this catastrophic collision which ended in harry doesn't fly but the one thing that the americans need to understand is the resolve and determination of harry's parents and the millions of supporters that they have both in the united kingdom and in the united states frankly the other issue that is becoming very clear is those of us who live near these american bases in the u.k. are not say there was another near miss yesterday of an american driving on the wrong side of the road we are very happy to have these faces in the united kingdom keeping us safe from harm overseas but if they're killing a set home there's no point and they have to go and and harry spreads and supporters will close those bases down and we will blockade them. what's done from
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his lawyer talking to his hugely controversial story a lot of thought going on about it and this one too is staying in the u.k. for our next one the british government's concern that an appeals case could see a killer and a rapist released on bail within days that are among 25 violent criminals were voided deportation from the u.k. this last week for a last minute legal challenge blocked their return to jamaica well one of those $25.00 was found guilty of stabbing a 50 year old man to death fitzroy daly is currently serving a 10 year sentence while also convicted rapist fabian henry is behind bars for raping 2 teenage girls they're set to stay in britain for now than pending an appeal by the government which is concerned that they might pose a threat to the public but for now they've been reprieved because the appeals judge ruled that they hadn't been given access to legal advice or indeed a phone the u.k. government though says it regrets the court has come to that in decision and
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stressed it will act to try to remove serious offenders who are not british. the offenses which these people responsible for include one manslaughter one firearms offense 7 violent offenses 2 which are in the category of rape or sexual offenses and 14 drugs offenses we may no apology whatsoever for seeking to remove serious foreign national offenders we've got reaction about this story from human rights lawyer showed carlin also political commentator andrew walker or whether or not the deported criminals should have been given sufficient access to legal support even if they pose a serious threat to society. this is not a regs issue they supposedly protection issue and it's also a rights issue people talk time and time again about your rights of family life your right to live in the united kingdom you don't have a right to live in the united kingdom or not sure sits in the united kingdom just like any other british national just as anyone else in the u.k.
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they committed a crime they said their punishment they were convicted sentenced they serve their time now after that they should be allowed to come home to their family they have british spouses british parents british children british families it is not my responsibility to pay for a foreign national to commit crime in my country any of these people they committed a single offense many years ago since then i mean obviously if we had the that just shows how little trust we have in our own criminal justice system they've been in prison they've been a probation since then why have not been able to be have billeted then why haven't we not been able to reduce the chances of a real finding that is the responsibility of the government i don't have a duty to deal with the world's worst people i don't have a duty for my taxes to be paid on these sorts of people get a grip of yourself look if you wish to come to the united kingdom in order to do a job it all to raise a family it ought to be a reasonable person i love you if you wish to come to this country it ought to sell drugs beat people up rape murder pillage abuse go how many of these people they
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were not given the right to make their legal claims there is no legal aid for such cases anymore and the people who can't afford lawyers aren't able to claim their legal rights and that's why there was an admission in the pointer is not just why are we deporting black people the point is why every deporting criminals who have committed relative do my no fences and relatively short criminal sentences when they have children british families here and reception separating them from them permanently we do not have a duty to loaf and support and trust and respect people who came to this country to abuse extraordinary if that sounds brutal i don't care anyone. ever can be put in a situation where the you know in the spur of the moment they act in a certain way but out of that doesn't mean that we should ever create them and essentially destroy their family lives forever and that's the point really in the in the in the only looking at other way and this is that at the moment in the spare the moments you commits an act of manslaughter or killing somebody in the spur of
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the moment go back. reporting next the pentagon is being accused of failing to thoroughly review incidents of civilian casualties a report revealed that much could be done by the u.s. military more to review and prevent cases in afghanistan iraq and syria caleb maupin looks at whether or not that's the reason for a disparity when it comes to so-called collateral damage to to sticks. united states has always insisted that it takes reports about civilian casualties very seriously especially when we ask them about such reports what does the numbers to the intents have to be fleet you to call it disturbing we always seek to minimize civilian casualties. in any kind of operation military operation air strike that we carry out the u.s. strike that reportedly killed around 20 civilians in the ice and held city of money be in syria was it a mistake. on monday. that's another great accusatory question you've asked here no
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other military works as hard as ours none no other military in the world to prevent civilian casualties those words sound absolutely certain but a new report indicates that things aren't always as washington insists they are columbia law school human rights institute oversees the center for civilians in conflict they have conducted 228 different investigations into civilian casualties in iraq and syria and afghanistan now they looked into how the u.s. military carries out these investigations and they determined that when investigating itself the u.s. military can be rather inconsistent military leaders have publicly acknowledged the value of investigating allegations of civilian harm however over the last 18 years examples of good practice in investigating civilian harm have been overshadowed by the inconsistency of the overall record of military investigations for example when
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investigating civilian casualties u.s. officials rarely ever visit the scene of the crime and only 16 percent of cases do they actually go to the site of the attack and they rarely ever interview witnesses either only 21.5 percent of cases involve interviews with eyewitnesses in too many instances investigations have been concluded based on incomplete or. adequate internal information or have failed to sufficiently incorporate external evidence not to sound like sherlock holmes here but if you never interview any witnesses and you never visit the scene of the crime how exactly do you go about investigating an incident well here is a standard civilian casualties report as if he completed casualty allegation reports for reports were determined to be credible and resulted in 12 unintentional . combined joint task force or oppression inherent and says the remaining 48 could
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pose as non-credible that word credible is key to everything if a flight log or strike record is incomplete the entire incident gets shocked the pentagon says that more than 1190 civilians died as a result of u.s. air strikes in iraq and syria however monitoring group says that number is actually 74385 times higher. ports are very revealing the fact that there they actually went to the trouble to
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outline a catalog these events reflect that results of certain military actions has been devastating the post-strike are. visits are very. less than 25 percent even though they claim that they are women and doing their best to geisha and when . the killing of civilians is made known to the. department shows that the u.s. is very destructive. has it it has developed since since iraq it has developed in 2003 it has developed a reputation of being very destructive and which hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed or maimed and wounded including u.s. forces now this all may sound shocking but think about it what criminal would ever be caught doing wrong if they were in charge of their own investigation. artsy new
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york. things a lookin for me to kevin owen here in russia thank you ever so much international have a great day and. after this break. the liberal media are fickle they fall in and out of love quickly and often not long ago they were infatuated with. now they are smitten by me or the media love to drone on about their preferences in the mean time. their candidate. most people think this is this you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice so the biggest raid. to stand is just
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the right questions and the right answers. question. in 2040 you know bloody revolution 2 to the demonstration going to be relatively peaceful political protest to be creasing move on a. revolution is always spontaneous or is it your goal or here i mean you are loose with beauty with. schooling you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of $24.00. those who took part in this to do over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. the holder doctrine eric holder former attorney general under obama this is the
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idea that banks are systemically important they can't be processed because this would be a danger to the society as a whole but what's remarkable is that this idea has bled over into other industries so now boeing has a major scandal on its hands and it's claiming that a systemic way important in the law doesn't apply to us other agricultural companies are saying now we're systemically important we're above the law that is leading to bionic kleptocracy this becoming i think it's a cracker stock or c. is the right word it's ruled by the least qualified are now in charge of running the economy and results obviously catastrophic.

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