me the the news ah, germany is rotten despite a deadly explosion that an industrial part of chemical company is left to dead or more than 30 wounded vironment. this also sounded the alarm over a huge cloud of potentially toxic black smoke created by the black and the whistle blow. daniel hayley sent it to almost 4 years in prison, leaving classified details about washington's drone assassination program. we get reaction from other 6 chosen to make public lethal state secret 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. it's really a war on truth and i just with the government is at war with its own people. things

seem to be getting hated. the lympics says, russian tennis fell, doesn't matter whether it's challenge during the press conference where they question more about politics. and it was spool ah, i that you watching r t international. greg, have you with us? there is little hope that the 5 people still missing after an explosion of the chemical plant in germany on tuesday will be found alive. that's according to the company that runs the plant. 2 people have already been confirmed dead with more than 30 others injured on these p to oliver reports from the site. well, correct, so the company they to run the facility just behind me of concern. there was 600 to 900000 liters of industrial solvent at the site in tanks where that explosion and

subsequent fire took place on tuesday. now it has been confirmed that at least 2 people have been killed over 30 wounded, a not explosion on the subsequent fire. some of those who are injured are said to be in a very serious condition, but this facility isn't just on the outskirts of the city of labor cruise. and it's pretty much a short walk from the very center of the city that contains over a 160000 people. i spoke to some of those who said they were absolutely terrified when the explosion happened, as it was terrible. i was very scared. i live nearby and i could see everything from my balcony. my windows were rattling from the blast at the start. that was incredibly frightened. then i saw the white glove. at 1st i thought it was a tornado. i was worried we live here. we know what they make and store here, and there are dangerous chemicals on site. it was about $945.00. we were in our

apartment when we heard a lot extreme, loud bang, which it was a container being dropped from a nearby construction side. and people came out of the store here. everyone was very concerned. yes. so 1st we didn't see anything, but just 10 minutes later there was a huge cloud towering over the town. i saw the cloud moving away from the city, so that made me less worry. nevertheless, we took precautions, shut our windows and doors, and all other common sense measures for the concern now is if there is any long term effect from that cloud that people were describing to me. and we've seen on all of the footage from tuesday now the health and environmental protection services of the state of northrop with volley aware that took place as well as the, the german federal equivalence off carrying out a lot of tests all around the clock right now. so far they've said that says no elevated pollution risk in the area following what happened on tuesday. they continuing to test the air, but also the soil, the water,

the was falling from the sky as well. precipitation. we actually had an awful lot of rain on wednesday morning. that's all being samples and tests carried out. we're expecting to hear by the end of the week whether there. busy has been any increased pollution risk, but at the moment, so it's continuous tests that are taking place show that there has been but that doesn't mean that there's not massive precautions in place that is being explicit information given out by the authorities to people in the local area, particularly those who live in the area with from the fire fell. they've been told that they're not to eat anything that's come out of their gardens, that they're not to allow children to play in playgrounds in those areas. you're not supposed to sit on any garden furniture in those areas as well. and if you have a pool in your back garden, do not use it whatsoever until those samples have being tested. and the all clear has been given particularly what they're looking for. here is to do with substances

called die off since they've come from when chlorinated compounds are l burns. and that's exactly the situation we've had here. so they're not taking it lightly as it stands. they saying there's no elevated risk, but those tests are continuing to see if there's any long term effects from the fire and the explosion here in labor cruise and an american whistleblower has been sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for leaking classified information about america's drone program or serving at the bank or mad based in galveston. this was a decade ago. daniel hale help to identify targets for assassination when he then returned home. in 2013, he shared secret details about the drawing program with journalists, an intercept revealing the true extent of civilian casualties in the middle east and africa. and ma child pleaded guilty to linking classified documents which had revealed 90 percent of strikes that actually hit civilians. well,

the us began this drawing program during the bomb administration since then. it's last will them $14000.00 drone strikes and i've gone this done pakistan. yemen, and somali thousands of people have been killed with 300 children among the victims . we spoke with whistleblower and former us intelligence officer, john kieriyaki who attended hale sentencing. hearing the mood was one of great apprehension and the courtroom 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 range, that makes it a crime when we kill civilians and then put in the official reports 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 let the sentencing hail road to lead to the details. some of the things he'd witnessed in his work had included the death of 2 children in one strike. he also slammed the claim of former president breck obama, that drone killings abroad protect 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 about 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. another well known whistle blower, edward snowden, commented on the case on twitter. he conducted the court decision and praised hale, we got reaction to from brandon brand. he's a former us drone operator himself lifted the lid on what his work involved. he says that in the choice between ignoring civilian killings like in the public more while 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 not just some unfeeling part of the machine, your feelings. 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's 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 are 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 me while i could or has we vote julian songs is citizenship saying his original application contained mistakes and that he never actually paid the fee required is naturalization status was put under review in 2019 not long after the u. k. had him forcibly removed from the echoing embassy in london, you can see it happening rather, a sullen,

spent 7 years in the messy seeking refuse, following sex allocations made swayed and they've now been dropped. it says removal has been held at a high security british prison waiting for a court decision on the us extradition request. the sanchez wanted by us authorities, authorities on espionage challenges could face up to 175 years potentially in prison. wikileaks, which co founded publish thousands of classified falls a decade ago. they exposed us war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. we spoke with a son, his lawyer, who says ecuador decision to strip his client of citizenship is illegal. so this was developing according to a pre plan scenario. after astonished lost his diplomatic asylum, former ecuador imprison lenny moreno needed to somehow justify the invasion of british police at the embassy. and the only possibility was just to deprive julius orange of ecuador in citizenship, which is against ecuador in legislation. so it would be a good or in foreign ministry council, the san jose naturalization, so that the bridge is police could enter the embassy. they needed to show that he

was not in ecuador incentives, and at the time since the during constitution prohibits the extradition of its citizens to a 3rd country. this was deliberately wrong, a legal, unjust, and contrary to the constitution and human rights, they simply followed this unworthy scenario by exposing ecuador in the extremely unfavourable light. the trial against the thorns is a political one. not only that in the decision to revoke us on just citizenship, they rely solely on a report verified by a former state official who's currently accused of corruption and a trolleys underway against sport. down is day 6 of the tokyo olympics, where the pressure seems to be rising russian tennis started him, advent of lashed out of the question he received during a press conference that he felt was unwarranted in inappropriate k right. after late his victory to ortiz, lexia shasky has the story. you would think that the olympic games,

the 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's starting 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 at all. so was the case of worlds. number 2 in tennis, then you'll meet the idea of who just won his game and unbearably hot conditions. it was very humid and very, very hot on the court. he almost collapsed 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 mitigate, felt that russia's participation in the olympics was cheating in itself. with video came up with a very sharp response. first time in my life, i'm not going to answer

a question. you should be embarrassed of herself. 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 that a journalists have the right to off questions. but speaking of the question, this is not the 1st time this is happening. as i've said to athletes representing russia, media, just call it china 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 what that russia's participation in the tokyo olympics. this time is very much limited because of the doping scandals of the path 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 elliptic committee have been observing since day one of the olympic games. even the opening rest conference at the tokyo olympics, it last about an hour 20 minutes long, 45 minutes of which were dedicated to russia's participation on 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's many journalists, but sickly. 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 olympic pressure is putting on social media. and when 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 dental said she pulled those katie mental health, which you know, most likely that is true given, was taking what people do. it's dennis accentuated and that's like kind of home with then she's, there was a mention of, well, she's been beaten by the ocean girls like, you know, to the former girls, people emotions. 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 the question. they would never before filming up press the button accuses russia, planning to interfere in the 2022 congress elections spot spreading. this information correspondence will explain all after the break

the the new gold rushes underway, and gunner thousands of ill equipped workers flocking to the goldfields, hoping to strike it rich. here the children are torn between gold and education. my family was very poor. i thought i was doing my best to get back to school, which still will have the strongest appeal loan . when i would show the wrong, why don't just don't the shape out this 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 the welcome back. the criminal is strong refusal claims made by us president joe, by the russia intends to interfere in the 2022 congress elections. the russian president spokesman also said the moscow washington can hardly be called powerless today. russia has never interfered in us electoral processes. the results of many investigations conducted in the us confirmed that russia certainly does not, and has no intention of meddling in any electoral processes in foreign states. if you haven't noticed, it's hardly possible to cold russia and the u. s. partners now rather there are opponents with whom we negotiate on he's done cortisol in this story. first, don't really aggressive response that from to beach prescott basically saying that

their enemies who tolerate each other and try to make the best of a bad situation to cool spite claims of from the u. s. of what russia intends to do any substance to back up these claims while neil the whole situation is like never ending deja vu, we have another us selection and more baseless claims that russia is trying to metal. and then of course, moscow rejected those claims. since the only thing we have to verify them is biden's word. i think we also need to take on the rapid disinformation. russia is doing already about the 2022 elections and this information to pure a violation of our sovereignty. now, biden was apparently given this information by the us intelligence community at his daily briefing again without any proof that we know of its being claims that russia intent to metal in the upcoming mid term elections in the united states coming up next year. at that time, the entire house of representatives and

a 3rd of the senate will be up for grabs, which makes one think that it would take quite a lot to even attempt such election rigging on such a grand scale in the united states. but anyway, biden also took a personal jabot, russian president vladimir putin. so let's take a listen to what he said. when i was with mister prudent, who has a real problem, he is he sitting on top of an economy that has nuclear weapons and oils and nothing else. he knows. he knows he's in real trouble, which makes me more dangerous. in my view, it is pretty weird that biden's said that though, since washington has nearly as many nuclear weapons as russia does, which would make moscow and washington kind of on equal terms in terms of nuclear parity. so why is russian trouble? i mean, the whole situation just seems like a lot of hostile rhetoric from across the atlantic, and it's timely because it's,

this is coming just just because last month there was a summit between biden and so yeah, i just want to add because biden forgot it or didn't, didn't know it rushes, the world's biggest grain exporters, well said, you know, guess the gold grain, nuclear weapons and oil. right. maybe even more and russia does have a big oil sector. but pest also mentioned at that statement that it's only around 15 percent of the economy at this point. it's not exclusively oil, you know, context to it makes it makes it very interesting. really appreciate info. thanks don. now tuesday, so the 1st hearing of a special us congressional panel tasked with investigating the capitol hill riot that took place back in january and emotions are running high through the session. though it seems not everybody was convinced by what was said. some views even call did 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 must be an added thing to day on the special commission consist of lawmakers from both parties, critic so claim the minds already made up. most of them being known for the anti trump, these are these kelly more opinions following developments for us 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 could have 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 and saying 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 if somehow doors were left on guarded, what exactly happened? people are looking at this and 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 is 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, even democrats are worried,

they're facing mid term elections. the economies in the toilet, the covey threatened to 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 that it's a bipartisan committee. the 2 people that pillows he chose instead of them are to who voted to impeach trumpet that serves the purpose. 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 2020, in just one so called protest in front of the white house. 60 secret service agents were hurt or injured by george floyd riders. we never had these gut wrenching hearings like this crying in front of the cameras, which we saw. kids are good to 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. rounding up some of the worlds and thousands of national guard members have been mobilizing california to help baffled the fierce wildfires raging. they'll assist the 220055 is attempting to bring the situation under control tend to draw conditions as ordered from a severe drought of sci fi spreading rapidly. some experts, one, the worst is still to come to in the late summer, early autumn in the country by wildfires in greece, ablaze, described as one of the biggest nations experienced in the past 30 years as it goes to an area close to the countries capital number of houses have been destroyed in civil villages. eventually dramatic scenes coming out of china, a sunstorm, engulfing an entire city in the north west of the country. towering at a height of 100 meters, it turned the sky yellow and reduced visibility to just a few minutes. this is a closing habit, of course. on local road,

the west efforts in afghanistan were a failure recording to the russian defense minister. he was speaking at a meeting of the shanghai corporation organization, which brings together top military officials from european countries, including china and india, your asian countries, i should say, including china and india aren't easily per try and keeping an eye on the high profile gathering on money so to speak exclusively to the minister himself, where in the capital of ticket stand just to the north of of janet stand where as a result of a swift pull out by the us led coalition, the crisis is deteriorating. day by day. the taliban is pretty much in control of the entire country, apart from the couple region and this could easily spill over the border. now, as the russian minister of defense was meeting his counterparts from the neighboring countries here induce on bear, he blamed the us for the situation that's getting increasingly dangerous.

the hasty withdrawal of us and nato troops create lots of problems. we're aware of the ongoing robust work aimed at providing security on the border, which is currently a hotbed for many risks, threats and challenges. if you look at the map of, of dentist and you will see that it is surrounded by countries that are russian allies from 2 different blocks, one is made out of post. so the country and the other one is washes alliance with trying it together with some of the different neighbors. now, what moscow wants to do is to reassure its neighbors that it is ready to help at any time if the situation gets worse. moscow has a military base here and to just near to somebody that is ready for action at any time. the other thing that russia wants to do is to cement it's key role in the region, which doesn't make the us happy. as i've heard when i spoke exclusively to the head

of the russian army here induce and make sure plenty of mr. corby over in the management of the u. s. withdrawal is kind of where everyone is taking place. indeed, some of heinously, the u. s. is holding talks with all the countries adjacent to afghanistan on establishing certain logistical hubs on the territories. it begs the question, what's the point of putting out well remaining on the border? the answer is obvious. it's an attempt to retain its position in the central asian region, are to failing absolutely everything in afghanistan when it comes to instability. after the u. s. give me at least one example where the situation has been improved after a long running us presence. now here's a fact for you when more than 25 years ago survey showing was the head of rushes, emergencies, ministry. he was in charge of an entire operation of rescuing refugees that were flowing out of gas stand beyond the soviet pull out. and also when the soviet union collapsed and the situation in afghanistan was deteriorating because of the

stronger islamist groups in the country. now this is why the local ministers of defense and leaders praised survey shows whose role in starting up the current situation. one of the proposals that came from the russian ministers of defense was to intensify the drills between russia and its allies here. and the 1st part of these drills called peace mission will happen in september. and china is also going to take part in those now brings rather to date, watching our t appreciate your company join me if you can for more than half an hour. me the news

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