were air force, or 6 minutes or 400 degrees. i mean, that's very satisfying. in the today's headlines on our t international, a chilling effect on press freedom, that's the reaction to a new law proposed by the u. k. government, which could see journalists face lengthy prison terms if they disclose, said secret the jovial devastation in china made what is said to be the worst flooding in 1000 years. it caused death wiped out transport infrastructure and reached danvers . and a sports world cover up norway. speech handball team is fine for wearing shorts

rather than bikini bottoms during a recent batch. we ask a panel of gap are the rules, texas and should athletes get to choose what they were well done to this brave women you'll setup. ready for other sports teams said full stomach and they may be, didn't this done? it is a sexualization of women ah, broadcasting live from moscow to the world. this is our t 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. as ortiz morrow gazda explains,

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 unauthorized disclosure maybe as or more serious in terms of intent and or damage. what's more, the legislation seeks to remove with blue protections, even if what they leaked is in the public interest. and stead 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 immoral like

the health secretary and leaks video kissing a coworker after he obliged millions to abide by his soon 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 secret. lou has nothing to do with the resignation of hancock officially, but it would have made the scandal very nearly impossible. see, any journalist who shared this video 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 harsh 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, so foreign spies. if the government doesn't have enough evidence to jail, but there may be a strong intelligence case to suggest as an individual is engaging hostile activity, but will 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 or authoritarian regimes in the world

a run for their money. in the past 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, with journalism doesn't come up once in the 66 page report itself fundamental to the 56 page report. journalists can be more dangerous than spun life. obviously the u. s. is prosecuting fe juanita sons on the b, as in jack this own secretary. 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. so journalists have to be done. that is,

is the 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. now in the meantime, us secretary of state antony boynton is facing a wave of criticism over his pledge of unwavering support for independent journalists all around 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 in the united states, believes old jordan las, 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. should lambert this comment and reference assange, but they won't,

because they suck messiah alina. john has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from u. s. government propaganda, oregon voice of america to agitate for regime change in iran, in the bazaar logic of us empire. she's an independent journalist and un assange is a criminal. lincoln's words came in support of marcial and john, an iranian american journalist, and the voice of america host, who was an outspoken critic of iran's government. last week she claimed to be the target of a kidnapping plot organized by iranian intelligence that was apparently foiled by the f. b. i. as i mentioned earlier though, critics couldn't help but point out the hypocrisy of blinking statement, especially given washington's attitude towards julian assad's. i'll just a reminder, the journalist and wiki lee 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,

2010 if extradited to the us. assange could find face up to 175 years behind bars. we discussed the sanchez situation with journalist and author. daniel was there were things that no journalist unsafe 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 antony. blanca stands for. if the prosecution goes forward, then every journalist will be threatened with a similar 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, it's our global viewpoint is distorted by a narcissistic pers national personality on the part of the political lead, which sees everything through a pro u. s. 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 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 me let's break down what's happening across the country here and read behind me,

you're going to be able to see the worst hit region china, central hin, and province. its largest city of john draw 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 nearby coastal regions here in yellow. you can also see on the map behind me among them shanghai. let's zoom in now on john joe and which has seen some of the most dramatic events. now what you can see here is a waterfall pouring through the roof of the city's airport. help was unable to accept incoming flights for 26 whole hours. and parts of the local subway system were completely submerged underwater, leaving terrified commuters trapped under ground. the 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. now cars were seen floating down flooded

streets, while sections of more than 2 dozen highways were closed down by some estimates. 1.2000000 people have been affected by these floods so far. earlier we spoke with a local correspondent who gave us a glimpse of the situation on the ground. i'm here, i want to say that it has been blocked by the way, in a capital city of central china as a whole, not probing where the rescue was due, all the way to has a re for in a capital state. central role has left the top one se ring. you have the funds with right now. the weather forecasts say it will last until tomorrow's latest from the local. i'm sorry to say the rainfall in a capital city hungry. i'm little bit of re days why it's probably year rainfall remains around $640.00 millimeters, which means the city has whoa, yeah, ring for each of the 3 days. the central theatre people's liberation army said on

wednesday morning. it has sent for more than 3000 men and 8 defects of equipment to fly to the floods. want to carry out the rest, your walk in a sleepy emergency response level, a flat being raised to level one. the railway operator has to have carried out to ensure a safe place such as the stopping services and lowering the operation at some residential area seamlessly. the half of the cold water supply and electricity, the providential flag control and a drug really had a quarter reported up more than 140000 residents, have been affected by torrential rains. and who and i seem to like 16 and 10000 have been relocated safely so far. no controversy in the sports world that's after norway's beach handball team was fined for choosing, for choosing shorts, instead of bikini bottoms in

a recent championship match. the disciplinary measure provoked an angry reaction and accusations of 2nd 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 i guess that they just do not understand the quality point once. is that even possible? can you please stop the 4th beginning onset said, your beach henberg games. it's embarrassing, disgraceful and sexist. your ruining birth is port in your own reputation. make the international handle federation officials where bikini bottoms for a week. the rules will be changed quickly. why do you force women to tie beach hands borne outfits that sexual objectify and expose them? come back to the 21st century and immediately polish this outdated rules. rules allow male players to wear shorts, but not female athletes. a federation spokes person admitted she herself did not

know the reason for this while stressing that the issue was not a priority ahead of the olympics. norway has campaigned against the rule for 15 years now, and the team short wearing is a deliberate protest. it's not the 1st time though that sportswear has caused such a controversy earlier this year at a beach volleyball tournament and guitar. players were infuriated and after being asked to swap bikinis for shirts and trousers, they'll have them back down and said it was not a requirement at the upcoming tokyo olympics. swimmers have been banned from wearing special taps, designed for people with afro hairstyles after the backlash that decision has now come under review. and last week, a double power olympic world champion, express disgust after an official complains 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, to get the whole thing. we're going to exercise a bit of common sense flexibility and get in with dissolved guys. it's only just

over 1516 years ago that then president of thief, soccer's governing organization. ready set black with an encouraging female football as to a time skin be close because he felt that it would make them more marketable. this is almost unthinkable to ask a women, a serious women's sport contests to abide by laws. the rules that were drawn up some time ago when they weren't offensive, it's 2021, isn't it time that women were allowed to wear shorts instead. if a key needs in sport insurance at the competition were well aware of the rules. you call them have a ration where one of the same obese is the role is because remember, a precedent for all other schools. if you're going to do that sort of thing, you got cooperation with seems it seems,

but it's only for women. this change, this change, we need scenario. how many changes actually won't change as well? rule from there, stupid like this rule, that can be not abide and actually well done to the brave women that finally, they showed 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 with wow, you can show more than you want to show. what do you think they should? definitely not. because you'll suffer customer setup for other sports teams, say post tons and then pines, funds research. they may be different. this done. maybe it's not a standard. 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 they've got to read. the news 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 or the pool women's chains of complain? does that mean? but the rest of the chain is all quite happy. why katie, boston's baby at the side of the atmosphere by applying in find it more comfortable to where i became the boss or did we ever thought, you know, maybe other women and we watch more, you know, football players, if they play with

a tight, you know, shorts of they show their chest. no, of course not. we want the atlas to be comfortable while they're playing. we want them to perform at their best. south africa is still reeling from its most devastating riots and decades sparked by the recent jailing of former president, jacob's human. and while the chaos has led to more than $200.00 deaths, thousands of arrests and an estimated $2000000000.00 in damages, local fear, the situation could for further deteriorate. let's take a look at what's been happening in the country over the past several weeks. the highway of death, gulf war. that's what it looks like down. yeah. if you carry on further down the road because burnt out, recalls in the road that you could everything actually the burning out the burning

. ah, the food, you know, the moment you offer to this company, one tune your favorite and this is the only place that now we're getting food strong. we just stood out there to protect our families. now former president jacob zelma 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 zoom, a son who's 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 one to 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 one of the people, one of the instigators and not officially so much as making the other cars around social media commentary. and some of them use networks, which is the side of things on the tree. if you look at the basis of those allegations that it's completely baseless, you have certain video clips that have my voice and image which, which are you. 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 that 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 its in. secondly, denying my involvement in its the real issue. the issue is the high levels of poverty and things that can either lockdown, exacerbating the labels. because now you've got more people falling into the bracket of unemployed and, and desperate and hungry. and he's been charged and erased into with, out of federal. gonna 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 and can just be a process that's ignored. calling on the european court of human rights to take

action over ukraine. its its 1st ever interstate complaint where moscow mentions a wide range of violations allegedly conducted by kenneth, including, causing civilian casualties, persecuting journalists, and suppressing ukraine's 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 international legal field force, the ukrainian authorities to stop committing them conduct and investigation and swiftly prosecute those responsible to restore peace and order. ready 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 treatment of its own citizens. now,

the 7 years civil war in ukraine resulted in the death of thousands of people. and of course, an exodus of thousands more refugees and because of the countries a proximity to the russian border and as a result of shilling by the armed forces of 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 fail to close its own airspace when it's in certain context began . 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 complaints also contains a detailed description of the constitutional 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 the key of blaming every thing that's happening in the country on the so called russian aggression. the russian foreign ministry added that they complained was the result of several factors. first, a complete disregard for human rights violations in ukraine. second, the continued violation of their own law. busy as well as their own constitution. and finally, thirdly, an inability of the ukrainian law enforcement and judicial system to properly investigate these appalling facts. there is clearly no political solution on offer over the whole. busy issue of ukraine and crime crimea, the west is backing up ukrainian government and they're taking no heels. and

therefore, i think there is an attempt to find a way run the impasse by taking ukraine to the room and seeing what will come out of that action or force europe in court has to accept as other under obligation to just simply say no, they're being serious breach of their own, their own statutes on the basis or operation, they're going to have to take this seriously. and if they were to say, this is a case where they're not prepared where they're going to have to explain why that is very carefully. i think either the, the don't proceed is going to look not good if they do proceed, but as i say, it's got years ramifications, not just ukraine, but elsewhere inside europe. after years of contention, the u. s. is finally ended its fight against the north stream to pipeline set to double supplies of russian natural gas to germany under the baltic sea. with the construction nearly finished, washington managed to shout

a compromise with berlin. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor anglo merkel, expressed mutual satisfaction at the project approaching completion. leaders are satisfied that the construction of the north turn to pipeline is nearly finished. the russian president noted germany's consistent 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. the u. s. german deal reached on wednesday, provide support for russia's neighbor of ukraine, which is bypassed by the new pipeline. here, we'll 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 kia with annual fees for allowing russian gas supplies to pass through its territory. the u. s. and germany is joint statement also contained a strong warning for moscow saying that russia may face punishment if it uses the

pipeline for political gains. and while merkel calls the deal a positive step forward, she cautions that it didn't resolve all of the differences with germany's transatlantic allies. 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 at 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 blackmail. do you continue to believe that i do sen? we spoke to an economist jack rasmus, who says that the u. s. concession could be assigned that biden simply did not have

another card to play. i think you got to look at an context as a recent meetings and discussions between biden and europeans, particularly jeremy. you know, the germans, the europeans conceded and 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 biking, can feeding what as everyone knows, it's 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 began 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 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 the europeans just waited is out. and then now you got to know the done deal and they got to cover it up somehow. you know, by coming back with his touch concessions and they position the whole thing, you know, with regard to ukraine to make it look like the u. s. is still being tough and isn't constrained in russia. well, that's the news for this. our, if you'd like more details on any of those stories you just saw, you can always check out our website r t dot com or follow us on twitter. i'll be back with more in just about 30 minutes. so stay tuned. oh i know when i would chose the wrong one, i'll just don't get to shape out the thing because the after an engagement equals the trail,

when so many find themselves well, the part we choose to look for common ground in ah ah well come to the alex, i mean, sure, well we examined the consequences of british johnson's freedom day. this monday when made remaining corporate restrictions were lifted. although this just applies to england, scotland, northern ireland and then wheels are falling westminster in their re.