the. headline stories this hour the british foreign. meddling in last year's u.k. general election. for decades. probably some of the victims. lived through. every day was mental and physical mistreatment we were forced to do things

we wouldn't normally do because we were threatened with being destroyed. and we have become a way that we are just a pile of misery. a protester. in new york during a. police chief who. blocked. dozens of people including children are killed in the coalition's latest bombing raids in yemen but the carnage. in the evening here in moscow this thursday july 16th one welcome to our to international my name. our top story the british foreign secretary has accused. of

meddling in the country's general election last year by leaking classified documents let's get into it with our t.c. . who's been following developments on there being quite a few developments but overall it seems a pretty sensationalist came out of nowhere what's being said well i think we can all agree that 2020 was a pretty unprecedented here but one thing that apparently always stays the same that's russian interference and it's free while in a elected to parliament foreign secretary told me that rob concluded that probably the $2900.00 general election wasn't up pure and simple democratic process. the government has concluded that it is almost certain that russian actors start to interfere in the 21000 general election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired in league government documents. there is no evidence of a broad spectrum russian complain against

a general election any attempt to interfere in our democratic processes is completely unacceptable this is of course the general election that boris johnson historically storm it to victory pretty much on the basis of his uncompromising pro starts and as we heard rob suggesting that this alleged interference was done through the online promotion of secret documents regarding a u.k. u.s. trade deal. now some might remember of course these were documents that when leaked and they were posted online and the really cool outrage when then jeremy cool up and came out he waved at me said well this is clear evidence of the government can't be trusted that it's going to sell off on national health service they can sell it off the americans the implication then seems to be from robert that unless these unnamed and mysterious russian actors hadn't got involved talking about these documents online the topic would never have piqued the public's interest but it was a story in the national interest that well exactly and this is something that's

important because i think many people would find that pretty unconvincing given how proud the brits all of the n.h.s. this is something that's only been on to lined in recent days during the. scene people going out with that pots and pans and shouting clapping for that kara's now of course this also comes up it is worth mentioning in the run up to a publication of another government report on elected russian interference in u.k. politics as a whole probably with specific regards to the 2016. which society now that has been in the works for 18 months but is apparently due any time now so potentially of robb's was sort of an appetizer for this main meal going to wait and see just looking through some of the reports on this there just seems to be a lot of unanswered questions here one day there are a lot of question marks here i think that's true i think some would experience some deja vu. quite reminiscent we might remember of 2 reason may is

highly likely with regards to the script will poisoning 3 years on it still remains a bit of a mystery. it's highly likely that russia was responsible we do pose russia koku culpable culpable for the attempted murder of coral is with putin's kremlin and we can overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision but it is a bit of mixed messages because prime minister boris johnson himself twice in fact in the immediate aftermath of his triumph at the polls said that there was no evidence of any sinister outside forces. make it clear. that absent evidence that i've ever seen of any russian interference in u.k. a democratic process is. then there's this very fake russian actors what that precisely means is anyone's guess does it mean the kremlin itself is it russian nationals is it watching companies is that people simply watching out of russia who

are loosely affiliated with russia that really has a sense here that rob is choosing his words carefully precisely because he doesn't have enough information to be more specific skill let's pick up some of those points with a guest from london very happy to welcome political analyst chris bambery onto the program chris good to see you again i was just going through some of those terms which we've heard you know during the years the latest one is almost certain the british foreign secretary says he's called almost certain that russian. russian actors interfered in last year's election by leaking documents how convincing those outside. and not very convincing. russian thespians were being accused of interview in britain's election but. i'm going to be honest if they hand my fuel in this is old to be will these stories if they had evidence wouldn't we to publish it if they're caught when what they mean by russian actor actors surely must be in

russian security forces if they had evidence that russian security forces were guilty of into being in the u.k. general election he would not be prosecuted in rome to release that information that would be headline news in every news outlet in this country and across the globe seized on by the americans and they'd be making he the fact that they haven't done that and the fact they're using terms like actos suggest to me that the evidence they've got is not such a solid you don't know me as well is that they are under criticism for not releasing this report m.p.'s and those are becoming very appreciated it's not been done and all of this comes of course on the back of another follow that britain is involved in with china over the net network which suggests that you know. government as usual is. on the line from washington in all these matters. you know it well it certainly has some of the language that was we heard a lot touring the time of course of the moon or investigation kind of anonymous

sources who are appearing out of nowhere they couldn't be identified so i think that definitely has definitely some echoes of that you were talking of course about that document that is probably due to be released before the summer session the parliament takes off do you think that that potentially is a chance that they're bringing this out about these russian actors potentially as a way to kind of battle for soften the blow some embarrassing news that might come out of that report well i think it's. like we're trying to play this up in order because the amman goal in this report is published definitive proof that russia intervenes in the u.k. general election the implication of this by the way as well is that the united the russians want to generally carbon and then leader leaders who win which i'm not so sure about whatsoever and i would also add something else that is the report is specifically mention is this u.s. u.k. document on trade talks which is a hot potato here in britain because people do not want things when coordinated

chicken be alone into this country and i would've thought there are many candidates across the board who bittersweet that document precisely because they are very wily a boat what could be in a u.k. u.s. street deal implications for implications for our house has been opened up to american multinationals. just briefly while we have you be aware that rob the foreign secretary of britain also germany which a few days ago blame russia for hacking parliament there in 2015 any thoughts on the on the timing that these stories especially coming out almost at the same time . well i think we should be aware of the new cold war bulletin russia and china of course will see in our eyes by washington and its friends here europe and i think this is a continuation of the new cold war but i again i want to make the point if they had evidence seeing that russian forces intervening in any of these ways

really do have to lead to releasing that evidence or would have made sure right across news outlets across the globe and of course the answer is that you have done a lot of so i am jugulars these constant reports about this massive networking of hackers accenture across russia and then i asked does britain do the same and i remember you talk to a german. the americans were bugging angela merkel's mobile phones i mean you know in the world international diplomacy and spookily these things go on let's be honest in america britain are involved i'm up to america some things seem to get forgotten in the midst of times political analyst chris bambery live in london thanks chris. just. we're not finished with all the elements of the story are we rush is not only being blamed for meddling in the u.k. elections russian her courage are also being accused of stealing data of the big topic of the day corona virus vaccine research in the u. k.

can you shed any light on what that's about where indeed it's coming from all sides today there are more accusations being flung in russia's direction so you say u.s. u.k. and canadian security officials have all want that russian hacking group called a p t $29.00 or cozy bad as it's also known as i thought has a bit of a change of tone is conducting cyber attacks on international companies which are working towards or somehow involved in developing a corona virus vaccine with allegedly state level backing from moscow apparently hospitals research labs huge pharmaceutical companies have all been targeted in these attacks and in attempt to quote steal everything and this is in fact what london had to say on the matter. it is completely unacceptable that the russian intelligence services are targeting those working to combat the corona virus pandemic while other sports you there are selfish interests with reckless behavior the key and its allies are getting on with the hard work of finding

a vaccine and protecting global health but i do think it is worth mentioning that rob's wives don't really seem to tally with reality given that the strong winds that russia has been making in the medical world with regards to developing this new vaccine in fact this is something that. can tell us all about. we've been livin in corporate shadow for months now the world health organization calls it public enemy number one and it's not loosen its grip more than 13000000 people are currently in fact worldwide back saying remains world's best hope to return to reprint that make life and the raise to find a treatment to protect all of us has been accelerating moskos session of university has been conducting russia's 1st human trials about a month ago 38 volunteer is men and women aged between 18 and 60 stepped in to help

they were given injections before spending weeks in complete isolation under the close supervision of doctors and scientists and today the 1st volunteers have been discharged much of 2 my 1st 3 were in isolation at a health resort for 2 weeks that was the preparation period then we were brought here for 20 days i work in public catering so i'm always around people when this star serves and i realized how many people were falling sick so i decided to help but there was nothing special just a vaccination it isn't scary it's like a fever reducing injection another group of the volunteer is expected to be discharged on monday but after that all those who participated in the trial will still be monitored by scientists and doctors doctors here are confident that the 1st phase has been a success. to vaccine nor the protein produced after to actually provoke the disease my producer had a temperature of $38.00 degree celsius which chills out a headache but all that was gone on the 3rd day there was

a little pain i had no side effects no high temperature i got a headache in the evening i told the doctors and they started to check me every hour in the morning my body temperature reached 37.5 degrees there were no other problems with phase one now complete next comes the big test hundreds and then thousands of people. given doses to test the drug's effectiveness if everything goes well researchers hope the vaccine could officially be registered by the end of the summer was not this is not only about immunity itself but about do you ration after the drug is approved there will be a broader task it's not 30 volunteers that hundreds of people so that we can assess how long. this will be the next piece of clinical trials we hope for success because we believe it will save many lives and help us to defeat the virus our knowledge of immunity is still evolving and one recent study suggests that

antibodies start fading away after a matter wigs and even a person unprotected but russian scientists say it's important to say on top of the facts. we hear sensational news every week somebody says or writes something and it causes a stir these announcements often contradict each other for the past 6 weeks we've seen conflicting data on the number of treatment drugs and we see the same when it comes to the duration of immunity in the world health organization says around $21.00 potential vaccines are currently on to go in human trials more than $130.00 are there is are at an even earlier stage they're still being tested on animals this is sort of in most cases section of it could be the 1st to get that much needed treatment out into the world to keep all that 19 at bay and get all our lives back to normal original r.t. from moscow. to another of today's headline stories for years in germany

vulnerable young boys have been placed in the foster care of paedophiles a dumbing study by this time university also sees the authorities either ignored evidence of abuse or are complicit in letting it continue the cases spent 3 decades from the early 1970 s. on the wards peter oliver has been speaking with some of the victims who came forward. decades of abuse carried out by put in a position to protect the most vulnerable in society for 30 years starting in the 1970 s. berlin or thorazine placed children in the care of a convicted paedophile named for its age i spoke to 2 of his victims to protect their right to anonymity they'll be named only as sven and marco. our daily lives were dominated by instructions we were shielded from the outside world

like a sect most of the time we faced violence if we wanted to go out or meet someone else we were intimidated and told these people were bad should have nothing to do with them if we wanted to go anyway we were forbidden every day it was mental and physical mistreatment and we're only realizing this now we were forced to do things we wouldn't normally do because we were threatened that was our life the worse the treatment the more you felt this person was important to you every day with this man was a fight for survival and the fight to preserve yourself what makes this more troubling is that the lives of these men as well as others were essentially being toyed with as part of an experiment some. rated psychologist tell me even after his death in 2010 was regarded as a founder of. he was in effect a little more than a matchmaker putting neglected children into the care of predators. we learned about this experiment called in 2017 my thought was this can't be true i was not

a mere product of chance i was deliberately selected by the berlin branch of the s.p.d. party the ruling party at the time that hired a mercenary to destroy our lives in an experiment when we heard about it we felt. and what particularly bothers us is that the names of those responsible are missing but there must be a further investigation in my opinion this is one of the greatest crimes of the post-war era the fact that it was really an experiment is shameful and very humiliating it was tolerated for decades no one ever came along and asked how we were doing how life with our foster father was going nobody ever came over to check . those responsible are still sitting in offices or enjoying their pensions they're trying to hide behind a statute of limitations to torpedo another investigation is shameful that the perpetrator the organization is hiding behind legal quibbles to avoid shedding

light on it this criminal organization should not be behind the investigation the care system in germany has changed dramatically since scandalous time when it comes to who can act as a foster parent authors of a study into the kempler experiment of told r.t. that there is no way his crimes were carried out without the welfare office being directly involved in germany of course to care is the responsibility of the youth welfare offices still children and adolescents who leave and forced to homes always grow up on just 8 observation the things that occur in foster homes we examined could not have happened without the knowledge of officials in the us welfare authorities there has never been this state investigation into the actions of kempler and his experiment in senator's told us they are pushing for a nationwide examination to look at the real scale of the abuse since we have

nationwide connections further research going to be limited only to berlin the center for education youth and family has said that she wants to submit an application to the conference of ministers to deal with sexual violence and foster homes the victims of abuse say the knowledge of the girl in government it makes them accomplices in the crimes and in moscow of pushing for legal action today after having been failed by the authorities. the berlin senate is 100 percent involved the bird in senate initiated it and then tolerated it it's already been admitted verbal eep but not legally from the very beginning the only thing that mattered to them was how to keep the problem small then criminal charges were put forward. we file charges in the senate kept in touch with us since then there's been no contact with the senate it's impossible to build up such an organization on this scale without state help. we expect justice our lives have been destroyed we

are unable to work and we have become aware that we are just a pile of misery we were put in this situation by the government deliberately it was not an accident as we thought until now it is a matter of course that the senate will make amends the senate has offered as $10000.00 euros in return for us taking no further action against it the names of those responsible and the consequences for these people are still missing as long as it stays like that things are not over this is a particularly harrowing story of exploitation and failure to protect the state who is expressly directed to protect. new york police officers injured a vicious attack by a protester on whedon's they while they were supervising a march. they were assaulted when marchers met protesters on brooklyn bridge the officers were making an arrest when an identified man is seen running towards the

officers and then beating them with a cane the n.y.p.d. says 3 of its officers sustained injuries including a police chief who only last month showed his solidarity with other protestors by taking in me. beautiful moment of calm there as chief terrance monaghan of the new york city police department kneeled in solidarity with protesters i will retired philadelphia police captain ray lewis say's it feels like open season on the officers who are paying for the actions of a select few. there are obviously much more concern nowadays with being attacked due to the actions of other officers because there's such the same called a halo effect and that is now every officer is being assertive. and an enemy of the minority population the fact is these officers were.

totally unnecessarily what disappointed me with this is none of the other protesters even pushed this guy away to come to the ground took his weapon you want to win over. empathy for your movement do the right thing justice is for everybody the solution to violent protests is to confront the reason you have violent protests confront the economic disparities can confront the job lack of job opportunities confront the lack of education for black people these are the so yes that go into these protests. dozens of people including children have been reportedly killed in a bombing raid by the saudi led coalition in yemen a warning you may find the following images were about to show the stabbing on wednesday the ball has landed in

a residential area in the north of the country where a family celebration was taking place according to local media these are pictures from a nearby hospital the survivors are being treated as you might be able to make out there many of them. children according to rebels who control the area $25.00 people in total were killed the attack has drawn international condemnation including from the u.n. children's fund unicef however there's been no immediate comment from the saudi coalition which has always claimed its bombing raids only target hooty rebels and while the coalition has said it will investigate a strike which claimed the lives of 7 children and 2 women the u.n. humanitarian office in yemen confirmed those deaths the bombing happened in had a province in the country's north west. of saudi arabia's bombing campaign has been running since march 2015 claiming tens of thousands of lives and creating what the

u.n. calls the worst humanitarian disaster on earth but the u.k. has decided to keep selling lethal weaponry to the saudis trade secretary liz trust made the announcement a year after a london court ordered the government to stop licensing new seals as a potential violation of international humanitarian law i have assessed that there is not a clear risk of the export of arms and military equipment to saudi arabia might be used in the commission often serious violation of international humanitarian law. let's go live now to writer commentator and long time follower of the situation in yemen the bari atwan good to see you abdel. as you have just heard there liz truss . surmise what she's saying that there's not a clear risk that saudi weapons are being used in violation of humanitarian law do you think that she really believes that. i don't believe she believes that because

this is absolutely not true you know i can actually all financing. about a $100000.00 of those cmin is most of them children and women were by the strike so what happened last sunday and what happens every day now that the saudi aircraft that bombing that yemeni the last one was on with actually when 7 people were killed and we we have seen the picture and the picture and then the headline that that's proof so why united kingdom actually still sending these with those 2 so they don't understand speciously that the british foreign minister stopped to issue some sort of. a yearly report saying that all condemning that kind of thing is which actually bailing them out i am the saudi

arabian government. so i think this is a you know hypocrisy. completely completely misleading to agree but there is sizable opposition within the u.k. itself as well we know that the campaign against the arms trade group has called the government's decision disgraceful and morally bankrupt and they're planning a legal challenge but do you think they could actually win. no i don't believe they can because as the british government the osce he lost money from the so they didn't they need they wouldn't pay any attention to i mean you know a cold case and this field so they know that they can go get away with the problem but you know that he's been on the is that about 2000000000 pounds so i think looking for money now not looking for human rights down not. lucky to protect the.

people poor people in yemen which is the really really of that leak is the disaster now taking place and the whole work so it is you can see from the british government that if you have to supply saudi with beast lethal weapons which you lose actually in the bomb but when the product is called the hospitals for the last 6 years you know sometimes when we're talking we can get bogged down in the legal ease and legal matters aside from those legal aspects surely there's there's a compelling moral argument for stopping arms sales right now to the saudis oh yeah definitely because that is moral obligations and you don't hear the government are talking about human rights talking about democracy talking about liberalism so what this kind of action i need sleep the arms that to our country which actually balmy yemen for the last 6 years now isn't the have more than 100000 people i think this is a moral. undependable so what was done by you know an ordinary people all by

human rights organization so i think the government should stop silly saudi arms so it still actually exciting will be released. and this government is one of the poorest country in the whole work and there are p.c. gamer that makes like their quote on our like they also you know all kind of. there are so many emotion but i don't mean mention coronavirus there just briefly we've got about a minute left but what about the timing here because the u.k. we know has plenty on its plate with krone virus with brags that do they see this do you think as a good time to perhaps bury an ork word story. well actually you know they don't live you know they know there is no hospital. with and there is no medicine it is no any kind of treatment that people actually are dying of the seeds of yemen

because nobody is standing for their houses are normally demolished. destroyed completely by these kind of but it's so why why the government doesn't listen and be by coincidence that you boy and you all in the boy to yemen he is out but it is citizen so he knows mecca you want diplomat so definitely he can all supposed to kill his government that you know a little cannot be is going to be you and they should actually create from arming that country which will make the war crimes of this part of the work was certainly a story we're going to be closely following here on r t thanks for coming on the program and sharing your thoughts and expertise writer and commentator abdel bari atwan. another chapter in the political heavyweight battle between washington and beijing is being written over the future of hong kong next boom bust examines how the tensions could spill over onto the

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