[000:00:00;00] ah, the germany's rock, despite a deadly explosion at an industrial park, the chemical companies leaving 2 dead and more than 30 others, wounded environmentalist, full set sound. the alarm over a huge guard potentially toxic black smoke created by the hundreds of videos and images of unconscious. naked women found in the possession of a u. s. diplomat confesses that from olden 14 years he drugged and sexually assaulted his victims. that things are getting hated at the lympics as russian tennis start. the new madrid of his

challenge during a press conference with a question more about politics, to support the american whistleblower. daniel hale is send this to almost 4 years in prison for leaking classified details about washington's drone assassination program, to get reaction from other chosen to make public lethal state secret. when we kill civilians and then put in the official reports that they weren't children for example, they were goes, that is a war crime. it's really a war untruth. and i just with the government is at war with its own people. ah good afternoon. thanks for joining us on a massive explosion is told through an industrial park of chemical companies in western germany. 2 people have been

confirmed dead 31 more injured because of the explosion remains unknown. just before 10 o'clock in the morning on tuesday when there was an explosion at the chemical park just behind me here, ah, than a clue of black smoke into the sky could be seen for miles and miles around and caused huge panic amongst local residents. now, 2 people have confirmed to being killed at the sight following the explosion, and the subsequent fire over 30 people were injured, some of those and a very serious condition. there is also 3 people who remain missing following this

explosion and fire the chaos which it caused well is still being felt. many hours after the fire itself was put out. it took fire services 3 hours to do that. they were on the scene very quickly. hundreds of fire on police services on the scene, but it did say they say over 3 hours for them to put bad out the traffic chaos that it is caused around the area here of labor crews. and it's still all going. it's right in the evening. now on tuesdays and speaking to you, a lot of the roads around here all still very much heavily on the diversions this area in lay the crews and just to the north of the huge german city of cologne is incredible. hope for traffic, but also incredibly important when it comes to the chemical industry. this is one of the main centers for chemical giants of germany like via and laxness. now it was

this facility that they are connected to as well. this particular area dealt with the disposal of waste. now there's still no word on exactly what could have caused this explosion and fire, much of what is just over my shoulder a little bit further beyond those initial buildings has been destroyed by that. and it seems that the investigation in see what cause this will go on for a while now. now there was huge concern in the immediate aftermath. some thing could have been put into the atmosphere, which would have caused grave danger to the millions of people that live in this part of germany. it's the most densely populated parts of the country. this area of north ryan with malia takes in the major cities not only of lay the cruise in the cologne, the so dolph and the plume of smoke. the effects from the plume of smoke were felt as far away to the north west as in tall as well. no people were told initially get inside,

keep your windows and doors close. and that was while tests were being carried out to see if there was anything toxic in the air. it took a few hours before the emergency services to determine that there was no immediate risk. but this has certainly given a huge shock to the people of this area, and it has been an incredibly tragic incident. so those people working the camp are the people behind it. the people responsible for this facility, expressing their condolences for the dead, as people looking to try and determine what exactly caused this tragedy to take place here in germany. local authorities will in the situation post an extreme threats while ecologist, fear talk since may have been released into doubt in the sphere, senior lecturer and environmental sustainability, green technology that's dr. sharon george says it's vital to find out fast what actually was discharged during the incident can show it and she

it's not just the issue, but the contamination that you can see. it's not contamination that you can't say this, the what the black knight that you can see in particular that that is gonna travel quite a distance from the side itself. so that was where the band i think is what we're concerned about is not just the immediate, the immediate range. and this is why the venture so significant because it's close to those populated areas. so we're going to have this pollution spread in a long way going fast. so to the dog is going to be a gas in the other day. and also the way that when he does that, so it may then move again, if he's soluble, wayne's, and then they will travel again, the challenge here is to figure out exactly what is being disperse and then to figure out how to contain it. and as to make sure that, you know,

have 2 people a now former us diplomatic mexico has admitted that for more than 14 years, he had been drugging and then raping numerous women. he pleaded guilty to filming at least 23 victims and could spend the rest of his life in prison. oh, i i use brian. jeffrey raymond is now on trial back at home in the us, having worked for his government for 23 years in various missions across the world . other than that, we don't know much about his diplomatic career. the f. b, i launched an investigation into him after he abruptly left to mexico last year, shortly after

a nude woman was seen screaming for help from the balcony of his mexico city apartment. she says she doesn't remember what happened the night before, except that he'd offered her food and drinks. eventually, the federal agents obtained warrant to search his home in the u. s. and was able to comb through his electronic devices, leading to a number of serious charges in march 2020, approximately 2 months before his interaction with a v. 7 ramos also text the same friend mentioned above about having sexual intercourse with 8989. he's a resident of mexico and primarily spanish speaker. he text to the same friend that he had to pay for a new birth for a benign and expressed that he was annoying, but ultimately was while, because he was able to have sex with her. raymond could face life in prison if convicted and the justice department is adamant on sending a tough message. brian raymond betrayed the trust, grunted to him as a u. s. government employee represent in the united states abroad by engaging years

of predatory conduct sexually abusing exploiting and recording vulnerable women. he targeted in the united states and around the world. as demonstrated by ramon's prosecution and plea. the department of justice and law enforcement partners will use all of the tools that are disposal to hold accountable those who victimized women, despite the severity of the allegations, the confessions, and the potential impact on america's global reputation. for some reason, the mainstream media is not talking much about this story. i wonder why mainstream media completely ignored the story as big as that becomes what, what we would call all over the world propaganda. where your media, your news reporting had become an arm of a political party or a political factions. we have to rely on for media outlets on anybody else on regular civilians. here in the us trying to post definitely stories like this.

because that is public interest, much of the questions regarding the f b, i know about the how many years to date of the rug and still allow security clearance. people top secret clearance to go through for the person knowing what they knew. i mean, are they, in essence responsible, i mean, in a court of law with the crime of this magnitude. if somebody knew about this and allowed the person to continue perpetuating these criminal act again into that condition, they call that aiding and abetting. they would call that they would call that either conspiracy and knowledge to act, or at the very least, $1880.00 and a felon. and so these are the things that we need to know. ok, stay 6 at the tokyo olympics, and the pressure seems to be rising. rushing tennis felt him at vedder, lashed out of the question during a press conference that she felt was warranted in an appropriate ride. after his latest victory, these alexia shasky has details. you would think that the olympic games to

something only about sports where the athletes have been preparing for all their lives to take part in this ultimate event for many athletes across the world. but this time it started very political. every time an athlete from russia is appearing at a press conference, or after winning a medal a he or she is being tested with questions about the doping scandals of the past and about why russia is allowed to participate in the olympics. that's all. so was the case of worlds. number 2 in tennessee, then you will meet the idea who just want his game and unbearably hot conditions. it was very humid and very, very hot on the court. he almost collapse at one point even, and the questions were directed to him were not about the situation. he faced all the court. but one journalist came over and asked whether you felt that russia's participation in the olympics was cheating itself. with the radio came up with a very sharp response. first time in my life, i'm not going to answer

a question. you should be embarrassed if itself, i think you should wire him from the olympics. i don't want to see him again. the international tennis federation responded that it will not ban this journalist up a journalists have the right to off questions. but speaking of the question, this is not the 1st time this is happening. as i said to athletes representing russia, media, just call the coach on of also said the same that he's been tested with questions about the doping scandals of the past. and i'd like to remind you of you was that russia's participation in the tokyo olympics. this time is very much limited because of the doping scandals of the past because the world anti doping agency, effectively band russia and it's symbolic. strom taking part in major competitions across the planet for 4 years. russia won the appeal in the cost in the court for arbitration of sports, and thus the country was allowed to take part in the olympics under the name r o c. this is an acronym for the russian olympic committee,

but even that name and full cannot be used. it's just r o c. and this is something that russian athletes and the russian and limpid committee have been observing since day one of the olympic games. even the opening rest conference at. busy the tokyo olympics, it last about an hour 20 minutes long, 45 minutes of which were dedicated to russia's participation on the a different name in the olympic games this time. and despite all that, despite all this pressure coming from all side, because not only kind of plant, but obviously the athletes and all other disciplines are being asked questions like that, trying to ignore them all the time. despite all that, russia or the r o c. if you may, is performing very well right now. it stands for, and the overall metal stable nearing on its 20th metal in the olympics and day 6. and that is something that many journalists, particularly those sports related, not politics related, cannot avoid. and they note that russia is performing or the r o c is performing

while at the olympics. but we'll see how obviously this continues because this has been the trend since day one, even before the olympic started. and i will keep you up to date with everything that's happening until you pressures putting on social media. i mean, we seem sort of the law of the media immobile when there were questions being asked about her medication. some people started asking questions medication. she didn't seem to be doing so well. i didn't said she quote, any mental health which, you know, most likely that is true given, was taking what people just dennis accentuated and that's like kind of home with then she's, it was a mention of, well, she's been beaten by the ocean girls like, you know, to the former girls, people emotion, it was a really weird thing to put in a diesel by, you know, let's just say journalist from the usa that i will respect what they're asking these questions. they would never before the american whistle

blower has been sent us almost 4 years in prison for leaking classified information about the u. s. drone program while serving at the bathroom base. and i've got to stand a decade to go. daniel hale helped so identify targets for assassination when he returned home in 2030. the shared secret details about the drawing program with journalists from the intercept, revealing the true extent of civilian casualties in the middle east and africa in march have plead guilty to leaking classified documents which reveal 90 percent of strikes have actually hit civilians. america began a strong program during the bomb administration, and since that has lost more than 14000 drug strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, yemen, and somali thousands have been killed more than 300 children among the victims. we spoke to whistleblower and from us intelligence officer john kodiak, who attended hel sentencing. hearing the mood was one of great apprehension, and the court room was packed for daniel hale. it was all quite dramatic,

but we were apprehensive because we really didn't have any indication of which way the judge was going to go. and then he surprised everyone by clearing the courtroom and sealing it for 2 hours. while the justice department argued in a classified venue for a sentence of 9 years to me, the fair verdict would have been to, to, for the judge to come off the bench, shake his hand, thank him for his service to the country and let him go home to his family, i didn't think he deserved any prison time at all because he revealed a crime that was being committed by the u. s. government, the crime of, of the murder of innocent civilians. these are war crimes when, when we know that civilians are within the strike rage, that makes it a crime when we kill civilians and then put in the official report that they weren't children for example, they were go. that is a war crime and it became a matter of course,

it became something that many drone operators and their supervisors were doing at the sentencing hail wrote a letter detailing some of the things he had witnessed in his work, including the death of 2 children in one strike, he also slammed the claim of former president brock obama, that drunk killings abroad, protected americans. the policy of drone assassination was being used to mislead the public that it keeps us safe. whenever i encounter an individual who thinks that drone warfare is justified and reliably keeps america safe, i remember that time and ask myself how i could possibly continue to believe that i am a good person deserving of my life and the right to pursue happiness. please strode circle 24 hours a day and delivering depths from the skies have turned most of the muslim world against us. it's been completely counterproductive and i think hail understood that and he sought to inform the american public. but we can't have

a debate. we don't know the truth and we know the truth about drones because of the courage of daniel. and it's not just about going after someone like hale, it's really kind of a death blow to the press itself because it prohibits the press from shining a light on the inner workings of power. that's really the misuse of the espionage act which has been continued. another well known whistle blower, edward snowden has commented on the case on twitter. he condemned the court's decision and praise hale. we go reaction to from brandon bryan to form us drone operate, who also lifted the lid him what his work involve. he says in the choice between ignoring civilian killings and making the public aware his conscience made up his mind. it's really a war on truth, not just whistle blowers. we've got people that have been propagating this war over in the middle east for almost 2 decades. now. the government is at war with its own

people. if you can, you're part of the machine. the car runs this machine, yet you have to bear witness for it. not just an unfeeling part of the machine. you're feeling silly. and eventually you have to find yourself in the middle of that storm and be like, you know this. i have to do. i have to do this because if i don't do it, who is going to, i find it strange that conscientious individuals that are inside the program that are trying to hold us accountable for the obvious blayton war crimes that we ourselves are doing are being punished and it seems that they're punishing people in order to make them an example. and that really does disturb me, especially if america supposed to be this great country and freedom fighter amongst the world. how we're punishing our own people who are trying to do the u. s. congress is currently hearing testimony into january capitol hill. ryan's book, the hearing, has been slammed by critics for lack of impartiality,

as most of those taking thought are well known for the anti trust. these bringing on a story after this short break the the going to count down the next day she has torn and historic day in monetary history. that would be august 15th, 1971. the day that then president richard nixon closed the gold window, basically defaulting on america's obligations to great britain at the time. and since then we've had pure monetary chaos. long, long when i would show the wrong. why don't we just don't the rules? yes, to shape out,

the thing becomes the after an engagement equal the trail. when so many find themselves will depart, we choose to look for common ground in the i will come back tuesday. so the 1st hearing of a special us congressional panel test with investigating the capitol hill right back in january. emotions are running high during the session. although it seems not everyone was convinced by the words heard some views, even calling it a performance. democracies are not defined by our

bad days. were defined by how we come back and bang the bad days. how we take accountability for that. i have faith because of folks like you and i am, i don't expect this will be quite so much later, but it's it must be an added thing today. the special commission consists of law makers from both parties, but critics claimed that their minds already made up with most known for their anti trump. these ne kelly moore, parents been following developments as congress here is testimony about the events of january 6. the seems we've been hearing both police officers and politicians crying their eyes out. i was assaulted and nearly killed. i lost my life. there was a very good chance i would be torn apart. this is how i'm going to die. defending the sanctions. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. some are looking at this panel on thing. it's simply impartial. we're not hearing both sides

of the story. questions about about what kind of went wrong and whether or not the capital police allowed the protesters to enter. if they made a mistake or, or somehow doors were left on guarded, what exactly happened? people are looking at. this is saying it's not an impartial hearing. it's speaker the house, nancy pelosi was being widely blamed for the fact that you can gresham committee investigating the january 6 events which is convening today of hearing contains only anti trump republicans. it is a bipartisan panel, but there are no trump supporters represented on it. there are simply anti trump democrats, as well as anti trump. republicans, this seems to be what congress is focusing on at the moment. amid surging coven cases, a continued migrant surge on the us border. rising inflation and poll saying that more than half the countries say things are moving in the wrong direction. that is not what congress is focusing on. rather they have decided to re live and rehash

the events of january 6th on capitol hill. well, democrats a word, they're facing mid term elections, the economies in the toilet, the coby, to threaten, they come back, we're told, and they have to do something to demonize their enemies. and that's what they're doing is pretty unprecedented. that the republican liter kevin mccarthy is choices to sit on the committee were rejected. certainly doesn't suggest to say bipartisan committee. the 2 people, the hello he chose, instead of them are to who voted to impeach trumpet that serves the purpose. the purpose of this is not to get to the bottom of what happened on january 6. i don't support people who do violence. people who attack police officers, of course they should be prosecuted. let's not forget, in the summer of 2021 so called protest in front of a white house, 60 secret service agents who were injured by george floyd writers. we never had these gut wrenching hearings like this crying in front of the cameras, which we saw kinder do, and others do it today for them. i have that i am not a trump voter. i am not a republican,

but it's very clear what this is about to be to show trial is to establish a narrative and it's very, very ugly. swiss prosecutors have dropped a decade long investigation into suspected russia, money laundering because of the lack of evidence. the ruling ends, the case that was opened following delegation spine, the hermitage, capital management investment fund. this co found the bill brown was lay to convicted of tax evasion. in russia, my colleagues is donna from rory, sushi, i discussed the case. the investigation has not reveal the evidence that will justify charges being brought against any one in switzerland. the decision has therefore been taken to close the proceedings was a very long investigation into what was suspected to be a dirty money scheme that was run by the russian officials between 20082010. that was the allegation. and like, in every case, there's a plaintiff under the and the defendant. so russia was supposed to be on the

receiving end of justice. and the plaintiff was the hermitage capital fund, which was found headed by bill brown brown. and his fund 4 years, they were investing into russia. in fact, the fund was the largest foreign investor into the country and so proud of claimed he was defrauded. and he accused russian officials in siphoning off $230000000.00 through like fake tax checks and so on and so forth. so, and switzerland was alleged to be the main conduit for this dirty money scheme. william brown. how did he receive this news? one might expect no, very well. well do. that's a very good guess because he didn't. in fact, getting russia was his and still is his magnum opus. he's obsessed with it. i mean, go in his twitter page. his content is almost exclusively focused on russia, how it is evil, how it is corrupt,

and all these magnets q laws act. at least some of us must have heard of the so called like magnet ski act, or magnets kill laws and all that. i re of legislation that the west and like you and the us are saying targets will corrupt officials, mainly in russia for example, this magnet ski actin list all these, all this array of legislation. it was named after the former employee of bill brown . so this statement of his it doesn't really come as a surprise swiss prosecutors drop money laundering inquiry and magnet ski case. this happened after one of the key officials was court taking bribes from the russians to do just this, a very dog staying on switzerland. in all seriousness though, he blames william william brown blames this on corrupt. only corrupts with official, essentially accusing him almost directly and blatantly over derailing the investigation. and indeed the several, several swiss officials,

they were accused of getting like gifts from russia and it was alleged that they were doing so in exchange to well discussing this investigation. but this is only happening, blakely, but even half way through this probe, the prosecutors, they did alert build brown, that the case is going nowhere, that it is falling apart on that. if no, it's nothing new comes up. if no new information comes up, they will have no other choice but to close it and to say what they've said right now, what they've said just a couple of hours ago that there was no evidence to implicate switzerland to prove that switzerland took played any role in this and remember switzerland was supposed to be the main conduit in this whole scheme. so if the main conduit doesn't really work, if it, if it has not, if it, in reality had nothing to do with the scheme than what to make of others. some of the world news, in brief, thousands of national guard members have been mobilizing california,

how the battle fears while fall still assist. 22005 follies is now attempting to bring the situation under control does or conditions resulting from a severe drought. the scene, those foss spread rapidly with some experts warning that the worst is still to come in late summer. early autumn, another country hit by wildfire, greece, where ablaze, described as one of the biggest nations experienced in the past 30 years is engulfed in area close to the countries capital number of houses have been destroyed and several villages evacuated. and dramatic scenes from china, where sun, storm and gulf, an entire city in the north west of the country. towering in at 100 meters in height, it turned the sky yellow. busy and reduced visibility to just a few meters, causing havoc on local roads. and that brings you right up to date you watching are to really appreciate company join me for days in 30 minutes. ah.

we're going to count down the next day as torn and historic day in monetary history . that would be august 15th, 1971. the day that then president richard nixon closed the gold window, basically defaulting on america's obligations to great britain at the time. and since then we've had pure monetary chaos. oh right now, there are 2000000000 people who are overweight or obese. it's profitable to sell food that he's 20 and sugary and all the under the victim. not at the individual level. it's not individual willpower. and if we go on believing that will never change, that industry has been influencing very deeply. the medical and scientific