that was me. ready i today's headlines on r t international, a chilling effect on friends freedom. that's the reaction to a new law proposed by the u. k. government, which could be journalists faith, lengthy, present terms if they disclose the job in front of the devastation in china made what is said to be the worst bloody in 1000 years. it's called depth wiped out transport infrastructure and dampers. and the sports world cover up norway's beach handball team is fine for wearing

shorts rather than bikini bottoms. during a recent match, we ask a panel of gap or the rules, sexist, and should athletes get to where what they to well done to the gray women center for other schools in the state post that those funds may be done. it is a sexualization of women ah, broadcasting live from moscow to the world. this is our to international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. locked up for reporting the truth. that's the faith that could be awaiting journalists if a proposed law in the u. k gets past reporters and their sources could be treated like spies and publishing government secrets would carry a maximum prison sentence of 14 years or more. a gas deal has the story. a

journalists can do as much harm to britain as a foreign spot to argues the british government in this 66 page proposal, which erases the line between investigative journalism whistle. blowing and spies are all the same under the proposed new secret law. although there are differences in the mechanics of and motivations behind espionage and unauthorized disclosure offenses. there are cases where an authorized disclosure maybe as or more serious in terms of intent and or damage. what's more, the legislation seeks to remove with her blue protections, even if what they leaked is in the public interest. and stead it advisors would be whistleblowers to, to go and talk to their boss if they have a moral issue with something that they're doing rather than reveal it to the public that the government is engaged in something immoral or illegal trays is an interesting question. what if it's their boss that's doing something moral,

like the health secretary and least video kissing a coworker after he'd obliged millions to abide by his own strict social distancing measures. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made that you have made. and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them. and that's why i've got to resign officially. this new beefed up version of the secrecy. lou has nothing to do with the resignation of hancock officially, but it would have made the scandal very nearly impossible. see any journalist to share this video or shared anything that they received problem with blue. couldn't face a sentence of more than a decade behind bars. due to the new way of defining espionage, including obtaining sensitive information, as well as pass it on journalists whom are simply working. their stories can

potentially face up to 14 years in prison by receiving some secret information. there's much more to it. aside from the harsher sentences and the least and the data bases of potential threats, there are special powers that the government wants to give itself the power to punish and restrict individuals, be the journalists or foreign spas. if the government doesn't have enough evidence to jail them, there may be a strong intelligence case to suggest if an individual is engaging hostile activity, but to limited evidence that could be openly used to support criminal prosecution. the civil order could include a range of restrictive and preventative measures, including measures to prevent an individual associating with certain people or from visiting specified sensitive locations. currently, these proposals are being polished off at the foreign office but could soon be in parliament make no mistake. this, this new secret he lou would give the most authors area and regimes in the world

a run for their money, a pass, we feel blowing and investigative journalism as we know within the u. k. dead. this is one of the biggest wide ranging attacks on breaths. freedom perhaps since since democracy came to britain, the definitions in the report are very old indeed. in fact, were journalism doesn't come up once in the 66 page report itself fundamental to the 36 page report is that journalists can be more dangerous than spun life. obviously, the u. s. is prosecuting fe juanita sons on the b as jack this secretary of secretary is backing a consultation document that suggests that journalists that much worse than spies supplies after all, can work for one government or another government or one actor jones. if they publish the material, everyone can see it. a journalist has to be done. that is miss the least level of

logic and deduction that is being used here by the british government in a raising freedoms and rights of the free press here in this country that have been that have been created and modified over centuries. so that's, that's quite how dangerous the official secrets act reform looks to be. in the meantime, us secretary of state antony blinkin is facing a wave of criticism over his pledge of unwavering support for independent journalists all over the world. many critics were in disbelief, accusing the us of double standards. the upshot of the ongoing trump by the prosecution of julian sons is the united states, believes old jordan louis, whatever the nationality, wherever they are, have a legal duty to keep the us government's dirty secrets. now i'm sorry, but that's not support. enjoy unless every us media outlets at landber's this comment and reference assange, but they won't because they suck messiah alina. jad has received hundreds of

thousands of dollars from u. s. government propaganda, oregon. the voice of america to agitate for regime change in iran, in the bazaar logic of us empire. she's an independent journalist, andrew and assange is a criminal. lincoln's words came in support of marcial in a job, an iranian american journalist, and voice of america host, who is an outspoken critic of iran's government. last week she claimed to be the target of a kidnapping plot organized by an iranian intelligence that was foiled by the f b i. as i mentioned earlier, the critics could not help but point out the whole park receive blinking statement, especially given washington's attitude towards julie innocence. just a reminder, the journalist and wiki leeks founder has spent more than 2 years in a maximum security prison in london state side. the justice department has charged him under the espionage act, accusing him of leaking classified information in 2010 if extradited to the u. s. a

san could face up to 175 years behind bars. we discussed the san just situation with journalist and author. daniel is our who thinks that no journalists to see every american journalist will be under threat. i mean, it's a, it's a, the prosecution of massage is a dagger aimed at the heart of us journalism. and that's what the, by the ministration is doing. and that's what anthony blanca stands for. if the assange prosecution goes forward, the every journalist will be threatened with a similar. ringback legal charges and espionage is a very dangerous thing. espionage guy could land you a life sentence and a maximum security prison. so that will definitely have a most serious shilling effect america as a country that has completely lost the ability to engage in any kind of self criticism whatsoever. it's a, it's a global viewpoint, is distorted by

a narcissistic pers national personality on the part of the political lead, which sees everything through a pro us land. the u. s. is always right. everybody else is always wrong. so the u . s. never persecutes journalists on the other countries to do, but the reality is quite different. now in other news, devastating floods in central china with at least 33 people killed and another 250000 evacuated from their homes. and what is said to be the heaviest strains in a millennium. the who's let's break down what's happening across the country here in red, you're going to be able to see the worst hit region china, central, hannah,

and province. its largest city of jung. jo is located on the yellow river, the banks of which have burst forecasters predict a grim few days to come with more heavy rain and strong winds. the typhoon causing all this havoc is also expected to hit the nearby coastal regions here in yellow, as you can see among them as shanghai. let's zoom in now on jung joe, which has seen some of the worst drama, the most dramatic events. where you can see here is a waterfall pouring through the roof of the cities airport. now the help was unable to accept incoming flights for 26 whole hours. and parts of the local subway system were completely submerged, leaving terrified commuters trapped underground. a network had to be completely shut down and at the same time, at least 10 trains carrying about 10000 passengers were halted with some travellers reportedly stranded for 40 hours. cars were also seen floating down

flooded streets, while sections of more than 2 dozen highways were closed by some estimates. 1.2000000 people have been affected by the floods so far local corresponded, gave us a glimpse into the situation on the ground. i'm here, i want to say that it has to be blocked by the to actual way, a capital city on central time of the probing where the rescue was due. all the way has a rate for a capital state pro has left. it's called the only one se ring you have proof of funds is right now for weather forecast. say it will last until tomorrow. the latest from the local authorities say that the re, for in a capital city, a recent hungry and time limit of 3 days for year rainfall remains run to $640.00 millimeters, which means the house with me today is a whole year ring for each of the 3 days, the central theatre people with liberation army said on wednesday morning. it has

sent for more than 3000 man and a piece of equipment to fight to the plot. to carry out the rest, your walk into stacy emergency response level, a flat being raised to level one. the railway operator carries out us to ensure safety such also stopping services on lowering the operation speed at some residential area. so you have to be caught up water supply and electricity, the providential flow control and the drug really had a quarter, so reported up more than 140000 residents have been affected by rational rings and who and i, since july 16 and 10000 has been relocated safely so far now, controversy in the sports world that's after norway's beach handball team was fined for choosing shorts instead of bikini bottoms that a recent championship match. the disciplinary measure provoked an angry reaction and accusations of sexism. this is completely ridiculous. how many attitude changes

are needed in the old fashioned matcher? world of international sport. oh my god. the worst thing is that they just do not understand the quality point once. is that even possible? can you please stop the 4th beginning nonsense at your beach handbook games? it's embarrassing. disgraceful and sexist. your ruining birth is port and your own reputation. make the international handbook federation. officials where bikini bottoms for a week. the rules will be changed quickly. why do you force women to, to be hands bowl? now it says that sexual objectify and expose them come back to the 21st century and immediately polish this outdated rules. the rules allow may or male players to wear shorts, but not the female athletes federation, spokes person admitted she herself did not know the reason for this, but stressed that this issue was not a priority ahead of the olympics. nor re his campaigned against the rule for 14

years now. and the teams short wearing is a deliberate protest. now, this is not the 1st time that sportswear has caused controversy earlier this year at a beach volleyball tournament and guitar. players were infuriated when asked to swap bikinis for shirts and trousers. don't have been backed down and said it wasn't a requirement at the upcoming tokyo olympic swimmers have been banned from wearing special caps designed for people with afro hairstyles. after a backlash, the decision has is now being reviewed. and last week, a double power olympic world champion express, discussed after an official complaint that her sprint briefs were too short. my colleague rory survey discussed the rights of athletes with a panel of guests. they should give them the money back and say, get the whole thing. we're going to exercise a bit of common sense flexibility and get in sync with designs guys. it's only just over 1516 years ago that then president of thief,

soccer's governing organization. ready set black with encouraging female football as to a time skimpy clothes because he felt that it would make them more marketable. this is almost unthinkable to ask a women, a serious women sport contests to abide by laws. the rules that we're doing some time ago when they weren't offensive, it's 2021, isn't it time that women were allowed to wear shorts instead of bikinis in sport. insurance at the strong position were well aware of the rules, as you call them have a ration where one of the same obese is the rule is because remember, a precedent for all other schools. if you're going to data sort of thing, you got cooperation with up seems it seems, but it's only for women. this change,

this change. we need scenario. how many opportunities actually won't change as well room when they're stupid, like this role? that can be not abide and actually well done to this brave women that finally, they show the sexism in their federation. they have to stop the thinking that to women's bodies are for the show and they have something sexual with them. so of course, it's a problem to have a bikini, you know how much you have to move when you play football. the kid can, well, you can show more than you want to show. what do you think they should definitely not listen because you suffer past and such are for other sports teams, state, post tons and then pines, funds. they may be different. this done. maybe it's not something i don't think it's, it's done. i just think it some bureaucrat, he's laying the law down to the fine print we've got to read again is it

is a sexualization of women. whether they say it is or not is irrelevant, is if you demand of a woman that she dresses in a bikini rather than sports care, then that is only one way to interpret that. and it's almost what it is preposterous now. almost. it actually is preposterous to try to impose this perverse dress code on women in the 21st century was concerned about is all, but is it the path or the pool women's chains of complain? does that mean? but the rest of the chain is all quite happy. why became the bathrooms maybe at the side of the atmosphere by applying in find it more comfortable to where i became the boss? or did we ever go to know maybe other women and we watch more? you know, football players, if they play with a tight, you know, sure, so they show their chest. no, of course not. we want the eclipse to be comfortable with their plane. we want them

to perform their best. as south africa recovers from its most violent riots and looting and decades sparked by the recent jailing of the former president, jacob duma, we speak in an exclusive interview with zoom, a son who denies having a hand in the chaos. the join me every 1st day on the alec salmon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me financial survival. today we talked about money laundering, person 2 or 3 different this is a good start. well, we have our 3 banks all set up here. maybe something in europe,

something in america, something overseas. and when i let you never know all these banks are complicit in their policy, we just have to give me a call and say, hey, i'm ready to do some serious my laundry. okay, let's see how we did. well, we've got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy. oh, beautiful jewelry. and how about automobile again for mag? hey, no money laundering is highly legal. dokie occurred to me ah ah well, come back to the program. now, south africa is still reeling from its most devastating rights in decades, sparked by the recent jailing of former president jacob zoom up. and while the chaos has led to more than $200.00 deaths and thousands of arrests and an estimated

$2000000000.00 in damages, locals fear the situation could even further deteriorate. let's take a look at back at what's been happening in the country and the recent weeks. the highway of death go for. that's what it looks like down. yeah. if you carry on further down the road, because burnt out, recalls in the road, but due to everything, actually the burning of the burning. ah, you know, the, at the moment you offer to this one favorite and this is the only place that now

we're getting food strong. we just stood out here to protect our families. former president jacob zoom was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after he refused to appear before a judicial inquiry investigating corruption. during his 9 year rule, we spoke to my son who has been accused of instigating the recent violence and allegation he denies. it's unacceptable what has happened and i'm talking about the level of devastation and destruction, vandalism, to, to property. and just the wanton looting is something that should not be celebrated, should be denounced, which i have done. and i'll continue to do so. not being labeled as is one of the people, one of the instigators and not officially so much is making that other circle around social media commentary and some of the news networks,

which is the side of things on the trip. if you look at the basis of those allegations, that's completely baseless, you have certain video clips that have my voice and image which, which are real. but i'm taking taken out of context in relation to the video in its entirety and the message that i was trying to, to put across. so if you look at what i was saying, and i was saying it was done at a time with the beginnings of it, but it happened. this was 3 days into, into what had happened. we understand our country. so it was my way of trying to deal with the situation by 1st denouncing it. secondly, denying my involvement in the real issue, the issues the, the high levels of poverty. and then secondly, the lockdown, exacerbating the level. because now you've got more people falling into the bracket

of unemployed and, and disparate and hungry, he's been charged in a restaurant without of going to find that very, very, very suspicious. and the reason i say that is let him out, let him go through the rigmarole. in the processes of a child, whether you like him or not, who knows? you might, he might end up getting 15 years or not 15 months, but you know, you need to go through that process conscious. the process that's ignored. now, after years of contention, the u. s finally has ended its fight against the pipeline nord stream to set to double supplies of russia, natural gas to germany under the baltic sea. with the construction nearly finished, washington managed to etch out a compromise with berlin. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor anglo merkel, expressed a mutual satisfaction at the project approaching completion. leaders are satisfied

that the construction of the north term to pipeline is nearly finished. the russian president noted germany consisting commitment to the implementation of the project, which is exclusively of a commercial nature, and is aimed at bolstering the energy security of germany and the e. u. us german deal reached on wednesday, provide support for russia's neighbor ukraine, which is bypassed by the new pipeline key if we get $175000000.00 for the development of eco friendly infrastructure. and the sides will also seek to ensure that the current gas transit packed between russia and ukraine remains in place that provides key of with annual fees for allowing russian gas supplies to pass through its territory. the u. s. in germany is joint statement also contained a strong warning for moscow, saying that russia may face punishment if it uses the pipeline for political games . and while merkel called the deal a positive step forward, she cautioned that it doesn't resolve all the differences with germany's trans

atlantic allied. furthermore, although the u. s. is pledging to no longer stand in the way some american officials are still upset. concerns were voiced, once again, had a recent senate hearing and washington that the pipeline poses a threat to both us and use security. you told this committee that you believed the nordstrom to pipeline would have disastrous effects on u. s. national security. that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic and energy blackmail from russia. and that it would enrich and power to carry out that black male you continue to believe that i do sen. we spoke to an economist jack rasmus, who says that the u. s. concession could be a sign that biden's simply had no more cards to play. i think you got to look at the context of the recent meetings and discussions between biden and europeans,

particularly jeremy, you know, the germans, the europeans, considered us position on the global tax and not taxing us tech companies. i think this is probably a quid pro quo to some extent of biden conceding, what as everyone knows is already a done deal and allowing the germans to continue and get the cheaper gas. you got to understand that this whole sanctions over a gas began nordstrom to begin under trump, when the us had a lot of natural gas and prices were falling. and you know, the industry, oil industry, which trump was running a interference for their solution, was to make the europeans force them to buy us gas. that would cause our prices arise in the us as well as more volume sales in europe. but the problem was, the gas was just too much more expensive and your opinions just weighted is out and

then now you got to know the done deal and they got to cover it up somehow. you know, bio was coming back with his tax concessions and they position the whole thing with regard to ukraine to make it look like the u. s. is still being tough and isn't considered in russia. our last story for this news, our russian calling on the european court of human rights to take action over ukraine. it's in its 1st ever interstate complaint. moscow mentions a wide range of violations, allegedly committed by kias, including causing civilian casualties, persecuting journalists, and suppressing its russian speaking population. the aim of the appeal is to draw the attention of the european court and the entire will community to the blatant and systematic violations of human rights by the ukrainian authorities record the numerous crimes in the national legal field force, the ukrainian authorities to stop committing them conduct and investigation and swiftly prosecute those responsible to restore peace and order on the territory of

ukraine. while the complaint itself is quiet, lengthy as russia brings to light several issues concerning human rights violations in ukraine. well, 1st of all, it lays blame with the ukranian authorities for the death of civilians, illegal imprisonments, and ill treatments of its own citizens. now, the 7 year civil war in ukraine resulted in the death of thousands of people. and of course, an exodus of thousands more if you, jeez, and because of the countries, the proximity to the russian border. and as a result of showing by the armed forces offer ukraine, russian territory suffered property damage as well. now the crash of a malaysian airlines flight and age 17 back in july of 2014 is also blamed on the ukraine since it failed to close its own aerospace, when its internal contact began. now the documents also states that

a resident and so for south eastern part of the country have been denied opportunity to take ports in ukrainian elections. now moscow is also accusing key of suppressing freedom of speech by curbing the work of the media, various internet platforms, persecution of journalist politicians, and all ordinary citizens as well. now the russian complained to the european court for human rights also highlights the policy of discrimination against the russian speaking population, such as the ban on the use of the russian language. and that happens primarily in education and the consumer service systems. now the complaint also contains a detailed description of the unconstitutional change of power in ukraine, and the promotion of nationalists forces into various ukrainian government sectors. now, these allegations have all been dismissed by ukraine over the years was

a key of blaming everything that's happening. the country on the so called russian aggression, the russian foreign ministry added that the complaint was a result of several factors. first, a complete disregard for human rights violations in ukraine. second, the continued violation of their own law as well as to their own constitution. and finally, thirdly, an inability of the ukrainian law enforcement and judicial system to properly investigate these appalling facts. while that's news for this, our, if you want to find more details on those stories, we just went 3 can always check out our website, r t dot com or follow us on twitter. i'll be back with more news just about 30 minutes. so stay tuned. ah, the ah.