ah, ah, and the stories and shape the way the case of negligent homicide is launched off for a huge explosion of the chemical plans in germany left 5 people dead, greenpeace. describe the possible environmental impact. and here the main question arises is, have an acceptable to place this as it were. powder keg, me a lot of settlements. wall fires raging southern turkey, killed 6 in what official say is a national disaster. this made headlines to a sporting here or weak willed in the face of a challenge with a penny and very much devoted overstock us gymnast, who's quit 2 more olympic finals over mental health concerns, while german competitors in tokyo make a stand against sexism. we debate if so ready brings up the work games are becoming

increasingly dominated by politics to think is a great opportunity. we've seen so many changes already, and i'm not where we should be concerned because we don't want to be just a vehicle for the latest 5 that comes along america with the blow. daniel hale sentence to almost 4 years in prison for leaking information about us drug warfare . we had 2 from others who also full of the conscience and shed government secret when we killed 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, not just with the government. it's at war with its own people. ah, life martinez will be sent here in moscow with me. kevin, how in this is the weekly. i'll recover the some stories he brought you over the

last 7 days. thanks for checking in this morning. hope your day is going good so far. first and explosion, but a major chemical plants in germany on tuesday, this was left 5 people dead. and 2 still missing this weekend. initial investigation suggest is no risk to public health from toxins with more detailed tests expected in the coming days. the site is one of the largest chemical parks in europe employ more than $30000.00 workers. more than $5000.00 chemicals are manufactured of the site, including elements for the production of explosives, greenpeace very much concerned voice. it's unhappiness about what happened there. the situation is very difficult from a chemical point of view. it is really possible to imagine the huge catastrophe. we have a farm for the incineration of hazardous waste. that is precisely those substances that for obvious, reasons, should not tend to the environment they're collected and burned. and it is such a plans that have now suffered an explosion. it was these substances which should

not be in the environment that reacted with each other, burned up and present these clouds of gases throughout the region. and we know that the inhabitants did not know what they might be exposed to the explosion on the subsequent fire. if the incineration plans just behind me residents were initially told to remain inside, keep that windows and doors closed. a tentative all clear was given following tests that were carried out by the state and federal environmental protection services. those tests to be looking at the quality of the, the soil as well as looking at re, was set that fallen from cloud sort of been in contact with the huge plume of smoke . the enemy emanated from the facility just behind me say they've reported so far, no elevated levels of pollution. but authorities have also said that they're pretty sure that talks and were released into the atmosphere following this fire and explosion. now we have seen

a lot of messages being given out to people in the local area, warning them not to eat anything that's being gro, in there about gardens, in the nearby area. also telling people not to allow children to use playgrounds, don't sit in garden furniture or anybody that has a swimming pool and they've got not to use that either. there's also being warnings about making sure that you take off footwear, outside of your home. if you're in one of the areas with london now, despite these warnings being given out, activists told off see that while a number of people still unsure what they should be doing to uncertainty to rain. people wrote to me asking whether they can go out in the gardens and whether we will take more samples and this worries me, most of all the people remain the dog. and this is not only the fault of the enterprise. after all, the main problem is that no one knows what substances have reacted and what actually happened. and here the main question arises is it's an acceptable to place this as it were. powder tags, near large settlements,

life has pretty much returned to normal and leave a cruise and i'm the surrounding area. we've had condolences being offered to the families of those that died as well as praise for emergency services and rescue as he were on the scene. so quickly, but a lot of people looking towards that information we're expecting to here on friday, about long term effects. that could be that this is the most densely populated area of germany. a lot of people living in the nearby surrounding not just of labor crews and but also cities like cologne in the why the area of northrop with fall wildfires signed by strong winds reeking devastation across southern turkey. the death of a 1000 to 6. well than 500 have been treated in hospitals because of it, a coastal town in 18 nearby villages and districts have been evacuated. officials of coal that situation their national disaster now, and they're also launching an investigation into what caused the suspicions of fire

may be the result of aston turkeys. president indeed earlier indicates that one had been started by children. helicopters was sing dropping water on the fires. we got more information in the week from the scene. there were big sources, defects as you can see. now, women in their location hold this miller. so then the smoke cover all their own. and they start educating people where in the nearby because the people here really trust about cultural tradition. and they've got to pick the controls and in greece trouble where to what emergency services are also battling to contain raging forest fires. saturday one, blaze broker and pa trust in the west of the country for showing burning trees

a large plumes as thick smoke. towering above the great woodland for villages and a tourist resorts have been evacuated for safety and around a dozen homes are believed to have been lost to the 5. 5 have been hospitalized breathing problems. greece has been gripped by a heat wave. no since friday, with temperatures soaring well above 40 degrees celsius. rising. have there's been more drama at the tokyo olympics star, us gymnast simone bowels making lots of headlines, sensationally, pulling out of 2 more finals 1st. she withdrew from the gym, gnostics team event on tuesday, and afterwards from the all round competitions to quote focus on mental health that snow left to see whether or not that she'll be able to participate in the coming weeks finals. while some observers say the move is her greatest achievement, yet others claim she's let her teammates down when they needed her the most. i say

put mental health 1st because if you don't then you're not going to enjoy your sport and you're not going to succeed as much as you want to. so it's okay. sometimes the even set out the big competition to focus on yourself on tuesday doing the talk, your lympics individual, all around competition and women's gymnastics sim on bias. one of the greatest athletes to ever grace the sport a for time on the big champion, quite surprisingly for many decided to withdraw from the, from the round. and eventually the russian team or r o c f. you may want gold and the discipline 1st sighted us simone biles, decided to withdraw to medical reasons. then it became clear as cited by the teams entourage, and by, by ourselves that this was a mental health issue. it has created quite a whirlwind of reactions. there are those who are strongly accusing and abusing simone bias for withdrawing that i would say spearheaded by pierce morgan,

a famous u. k. tv host, who well just fell short of accusing some on violence of being a chicken and checking out on her team. and i saw something that serial winners do on mental health issues. now the go to excuse for any poor performance in elite sport. was a joke. just admit you did badly made mistakes and was tried to do better next time . kids need strong role models, not this nonsense. obviously, that has created huge responds online and even some mainstream media jumped in. and if you look at the language that some of these mainstream media, like washington post a many out of used, you would think that simone biles actually won a gold medal rather than pulling out from the competition. whenever biles pulls on her leotard, it says, though she's tyson in a cape around her neck, she's the hero tasked with save in a solid sport embodying some tried believe in american dominance, and also carry an agenda and an entire race. that's

a heavy cape and it chokes. but it's one that exceptional black women and women of color are tall to wear because simply being great isn't good enough. for some reason, many of those media and bonded and commentators also decided to bring in her agenda her race into the story which is already creating another type of backlash because people cannot understand what is her decision to withdraw from one particular competition. something she has been preparing for for quite a while, because the lympics is quite important for any athlete in the world has to do with who she has, her skin color and things like that. so it's definitely creating a major rift, and we have to wait and see where the simone biles decides to continue in this lympics. she's it for time champion in the olympics already. and obviously all eyes are on her in the u. s. thinking that she could win more, she went on instagram recently just saying how much of that weight on her shoulder

is being hard on her. and may be this rift with such reactions coming from both sides would create even more pressure for the 24 year old gymnast with a very difficult past. worry. so should discuss the developments of the panel of guests mental health issue of simone biles, as she withdrew. i mean, this must be in a very, very difficult decision for gigi think perhaps she's set an example by doing this is a topic has to be over the years. and only recently are we talking to accept people with mental health? and i think they lim picked the path example. why not expect i really feel that, especially in, in can they, they, they, they really try the years and years and they carry the contra shoulders is okay for her to be like, okay, i have mental health. i'm not going to be able to call the fact that she has withdrawn, has bought further attention to her. i mean,

if she's sort of quietly underperformed and perhaps explained to the media that, you know, this is just one of those events. she can't be at her peak all the time and then quietly slipped away fine, but she really has made an announcement him put mental health health back on the map again. so the importance of mental health issue obviously shouldn't be underestimated. but perhaps putting that on the lympics as well is perhaps too much . it's a sporting event. it should be kept as a sporting event. if one is not ready for it, when really shouldn't, shouldn't be there. you can only find out sometimes, but you're not ready for it. when you're there already. meantime, german didn't have chosen the way a full body unit. todds, instead of the more traditional but katie leotard, that decision was made to protest the supposed sexualization of athletes. i will some found the move and important step towards the quality of the say, it's just in case i'm trying to make sport political. so what is our panel?

think about the increasing attention being paid at the games to non sporting matters. this whole issue of uniform and the sexualization of women has to go quite soon and it can be so very simply, he just say, here are the uniformed men and women, no different. any sport that tries to segregate male and female on the basis of uniform is really back in the 20th century. one of the biggest things about the pattern and your skills and the, and that's what you're judging, not charging the uniform and what, what people don't realize this explanation of women when they can be very self conscious when wearing we're beating clothing which might actually performance. so really, if you really care about the school and the athletes and then we should allow them to feel confident and what they wearing doing a bit of a problem be on the one hand the olympics is designed to extol, abuse in the perfection of the human body operating at peak efficiency,

so it's there to be admired. well the other hand, we have contributed lympics, who may feel uncomfortable with that being a limb. in particular, maybe there's a case for some element of choice, but at the same time we don't want to lose the essence of what they're lympics is. are you afraid perhaps that non sport issues or political ones in particular for example, that could become main talking points in the future olympics? no, i'm not worried. i think it's a great opportunity. we've seen so many changes already. i'm not worried. i still feel like eventually it will kind of not live down, but we will respect respect and i'm happy to different lympics. that's pretty that way. it's an a everyone watching on tv and watching, you know, $68.00 tests and seek to stadium with everything they can come, pretend i'm enjoying it as much as i do. other olympics i have to say, well it should be confirmed because we don't want to be just a vehicle for the latest plan that comes along. lympics should represent social

moles as they changed, but i need to prevent its own century old brand needs to keep, continue to keep that. wow. so that we have when we see the olympics of it with their own specific procedures and, and, and habits and ways. and that's the beauty olympics, that's what we want to say. we don't want to make it to the temporary to trans unit . and just this waveform, same story, generated a lot of chatter in the week story. but the whistleblower in the u. s. has been sentenced almost 4 years in prison for leaking classified information about americans drone program, while serving at the bathroom at base than enough chemist on a decade ago. daniel hale helps identify targets for assassination. when he returned home in 2013, he shared secret details about the drone program, with journalists from the intercept, revealing the true extent of civilian casualties in the middle east and africa. in march. hail pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents, which revealed that 90 percent of strikes of actually hit civilians. the u. s.

begun is thrown program during the bomber administration. and since then this loads more than $14000.00 strikes and i've canister pakistan, yemen. somalia housings have been killed with more than 300 children among them. we spoke to whistleblower former us intelligence officer john kerry accurate in the week who attended hales 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 rage, 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 goats. that is a war crime. and it became a matter of course, it became something that many drone operators and their supervisors were doing ahead of the sentencing hail wrote a letter detailing some of the things he says he's witnessed in his work, including the death of 2 children, one strike. he also slammed the claim of former president barracka bomb with a drone 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 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. 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 hail, 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 ours. it's really the misuse of the espionage act which has been continued another well now whistleblower edward, snowden commented on the case to on twitter. he condemned the course decision and

praised hale. we got reaction as well from brandon bryan to former us drone operator himself, who also lifted the lead on what his work involved. he told us in the choice between ignoring civilian killings and making the public aware and of the day it was his conscience that 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 still ahead . this is the 1st with me, kevin. now in pictures, he may find upsetting and more of our top stories of the last 7 days. elise brutality in america captured on camera than a violent arrest of a colorado man. is the opposite of old faith who charges now after the break. ah, the shrugging will be come would like me

seeking the best rights for people for children. and that african should have the best education as nurse to eval. if the taliban continue to post. this will be confronted. i want to discuss edition to be political if they don't allow them to, to continue to, to, to seek their own domination of, of kind of the way they incorporate. that will give rise to the national uprising without a doubt. and i'll be one of the what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even for taishan, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful,

a very critical time. time to sit down and talk the good morning. so another 2 police brutality caught on camera in the us. 2 officers in colorado charged over the violent arrest of an armed mixed race man. one of you may find the following video disturbing. oh, what do i do now? oh, i do put your hands on front of you. okay. don't stop it. oh, oh. 6 0, i don't know. the police officers identified the suspect kyle vincent. his name is being wanted by the authorities for several offences. off to 2 other men fled, vincent appeared to initially comply with the officers command, sharing the arrest,

but then resisted well being handcuffed. he was subsequently choked, forced face down on the ground, and pistol whipped by an officer in some is then take him to hospital leading treatments the officers in question and since been charged with use of excessive force and the aurora police chief is strongly condemned. their conduct not police work, we don't train this, not acceptable. the definition of police were tele is itself is a problem. you are you, you use the force necessary to effect in a rust. you keep yourself safe to keep the citizen safe and you actually keep the person that you're arresting safe. the job of the police officer, the strict cop is not to punish. that's the job of the courts. so white edition, not a punishment for conviction. if so, if a police officer was aware, as was in the case of derek shoulder and that he was being video camera right, your body cameras recording you and they were this comfortable with their actions.

there is a serious epidemic and a serious problem. and then police officers, history needs to be looked into. we need to look at how many other times that person been accused, or have they taken excessive force beyond the level of what they were lawfully around the allowed to use. because if somebody's feels this comfortable to get this out of control on video camera guarantee is that the 1st time they've done this? as an incident like us defined, the police movement is not properly communicated to the public de, from the police movement is a political card. it's what the politicians are using to wind up bolstering your base for more voting. it really just removes programs funding for certain areas for police officers tuesday. so the 1st hearing of a special us congressional panel talk to the investigating the capitol hill right back in january. emotions are running high during the session, although it seems old everyone was convinced by the words heard with some who is even calling it a performance. democracies are not defined by our

bad days. were defined by how we can backs 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 us will be great so much later, but it's must be an added thing today. the special commission consists of lawmakers from both parties, but critics play their minds were already made up with most known for their anti trump views. as his colored open followed, the developments for us as congress here is testimony about the events of january 6 . the it 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 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 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 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 country 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. and that's

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