the the march by colon skeptics in the german capital. this ends in may, him with protesters clashing with police. berlin has only just back to entry lockdown demonstration. emmett, a 4th wave of infections. israel says it now has proof of that iran on thursday attacking 10 ker off the coast of a mom killing to israeli prime minister and the poly bennett called it a reminder of iranian aggression, however, to iran adamantly denies the claims also in the stories that shaped the week, a case of negligent homicide is launched after a huge explosion at a key chemical plant in germany kills 5 people. environmental group, greenpeace alarms describing the possible impact. and here the main question arises

. it's an acceptable to place this as it were, told the tags near large settlements in american lives. the blower daniel hail is sentenced to almost 4 years in jail for leaking information on us going warfare we hear from others who also followed their conscience and shared government secrets. when we kill civilians and then put in the official report that they weren't children for example, they were goes, that is a war crime. it's really a war on truth. not just with the government is that war with its own people ah . are broadcasting. why direct from our studios moscow? this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now clashes erupted in the central berlin when thousands of coverage skeptic gathered

to protest long running restrictions with police detaining nearly $500.00 demonstrators. it's just over a day and city leaders ban such rallies over the risk of spreading the disease. yeah. ah, ah, the it was a very chaotic day today. here in bowling lot of protests were announced a protest against the corona measures off the measures of the german government. all of these protests has been forbidden by the german police and later on by the court. but still, the protesters came into the city and they came in high numbers. nobody knows exactly how many protests have happened today,

but they were in to 1000. the protesters had no police together from everywhere in the city. they were police check police and they sent the people back. so no protest could together anywhere sort of protest gathered far, far away from the point where they wanted to stop and protest. they never gathered at one point, they were spread all over this city and walking in small little, not just chanting their chance me you see goal such down the final destination today for the protest when the protest or reach this point, the police came up with water cannons and threatened to protest to use those water . can we witness a lot of arrests? we didn't count them a lot of us and sometimes looked a bit arbitrary. the police just went into the crowd and arrested some people. they arrested some musicians, they arrested old people, young people, they arrested hippies. everybody who just stood in their way seemed to be arrested . and sometimes these arrest was pretty violently german political and to be john

to have a solely told us that authorities have taken no issue with similar gatherings that did not challenge their policies. some of the most. well, the most content tracked down on positions in germany, the receipt and reading memory trace and not telling the government are allowed to go forward and even how they're quite organized by government clinician to be in the middle of the day. only the we're holding, we're taking in today meeting, we're the german government to berlin, regional government allow mach 7 time over 80 people last weekend for one of your lots of gay rights parade. to be held in the street, the berlin ocean of the mayor. and of course, the police are not cracked out on the back. and the reason why they were kissing

and the 3 is there i, i'm the german. but so the same way the proud of the today should have the ability to take care, right. read them off the family and thought that the b e in they are in the job, got an explosion that a major chemical plant in germany killed 5 people with 2 more still missing police have opened a case of negligent homicide into tuesdays incident. initial investigators suggested there is no risk to public health from tompkins with more detailed tests experience expected. in the coming days of the site is one of the largest chemical parks in europe. employing $30000.00 workers was in $5000.00 chemicals were manufactured at the area, including elements for the production of explosives. greenpeace has voiced concern over the blast impact. the situation is very difficult for mechanical point of view

. it is really possible to imagine the huge catastrophe. we have a farm for the insinuation of hazardous waste that is precise to those substances that for obvious reasons should not tend to the environment they're collected and burned. and it is such a plan that has now suffered an explosion. it was these substances which should not be in the environment that reacted with each other, burned up and spread in these clouds of gases throughout the region. and we know that the inhabitants did not know what they might be exposed to after the explosion on the subsequent fire. if the incineration plan 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 would 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 that 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 say anything that's being grown in their gardens in the, 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 the 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 of sold off, see that while a number of people still unsure what they should be doing, i'd have to uncertainty to rein people road 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 that 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 in what actually happened. and here the man question arises, isn't of an acceptable to place this as it were? powder tags, near large settlements. a 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 hear 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 wide area of northrop with folly. a whistleblower in the us has been sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for leaking classified

information about america's drug program. while serving at the background airbase enough kind of stand a decade ago. daniel hill helped identified targets for assassination. when he returned home in 2013, he shared secret details about the drug program with journalists from the intercept online news site, revealing the true extent of civilian casualties in the middle east and africa in march. have pleaded guilty till we can classify documents, which revealed that 90 percent of strikes have actually had civilians. us ramped up, it's john program during the obama administration. and since then has launched more than $14000.00 strikes in nations like afghanistan, pakistan, yemen, and somalia. thousands have been killed with more than 300 children among the victims. we spoke to as a blower and former us intelligence officer john curiosity, who in the week who attended hales 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 too, too, 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 ahead of the sentencing hail wrote to the court detailing some of the things he had witnessed in his work, including the deaths of 2 children and john strike 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 drove 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 deaths 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 known whistleblower wait in on twitter, edward snowden condemned the court's decision and praised hale. we got reaction from a former us drone operator who also lifted the lid on what his work involved. brandon bryan 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, through the nicest whistleblowers. 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't, 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 dealing. 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'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 israel's prime minister has threatened to hit back at iran after claiming it has proof that it carried out thursday deadly tanker attack in the re b and c. 2 crew members were killed supposedly by drug strike on the vessel linked

it to in israeli billionaire, however, to ron denies responsibility and pledges retaliation if attacked are to falsely reports now from television changes can the region are running high and major concern that they could be a confrontation between iran and those opposing her. so i think we have seen the red treat increased dramatically, particularly as the israeli prime minister, enough to be bennett has sprung words for tyrann, shall not be off. so he, ron is the one that carried out the attack against the ship intelligence sources have uncovered evidence of this. and we expect the international community to make clear to the iranian regime that they have made a serious mistake. in any case, we know how to convey the message to iran in our own way. now the united states and united kingdom have joined israel in pointing as of yet, and substantiated fingers at iran, blaming her for being behind the tax, the secretary of state, and to be blinked and has said to quote that he's confident that iran was behind

the attack the united kingdom saying it's highly likely that's around was behind it, but we have heard that phrase highly likely before and very often means that there is no evidence. we believe this attack was deliberate, targeted and a clear violation of international law by iran u. k. assessments have concluded that is highly likely that iran attacked the m v most the streets in international waters of amman on 29 july using one or more unmanned aerial vehicles. the radio foreign ministry is denied. the claims are twice accusing the countries of false accusations more to the yet, the norma. this is not the 1st time the legitimate occupying race in jerusalem has made such false accusations against the blind republic of iran. such, it gives a sense of completely unjustified. they must know that the problems will not be resolved by such positions. if those who come to strike a blow will face

a bigger blow, lumnick republic of run will not hesitate for a moment to protect the interests of the staple in its national security. these ready, prime minister, not to be bennett, has not been in the hosted for a long time. and his coalition still remains quite shaky. so it's no surprise that he's quite keen to point fingers. eddie ran and ran up the rhetoric, meaning, suggesting that quick means some kind of war is a way for him to gain political point. at the same time, questions i've been off over the rain nuclear deal that the american president joe biden wants to see renewed with iran's, in the past. it has been repeated, be good because of america, friendship with his role. so questions are being asked as to the timing of the confrontation now and whether or not it is coincidental, meaning suggesting it's not policy a television. richard becker from the anti war answer coalition believes that when

israeli interest are harmed, it's immediate responses. outreach israeli government is hoping to to the rail, the j. c. p o, a, the reinstatement of the j c. p. o way and in any form whatsoever. and it is a possibility. it will be a lot on what the reactions are now from the various part is we do know for sure that on a daily basis on a weekly basis is really we're playing, violate the web and violate the aerospace with syria. carry out not just the violations of aerospace, but bombing inside of syria and many other assaults on around and then very, very outraged and you know, very righteous when something happens that harms their interest. but they do

not accept really international law at all, except to employ it as a me to weaponized. that would be the right way to put it. another act of police brutality has been caught on camera in the us. 2 officers in colorado have been charged over the violent arrest of an unarmed mixed race. men. now please be aware that the next video contains graphic violence. oh, what do i do now? oh, i do. put your hands on front of you. okay. don't stop. sorry. oh oh. 6 0, i don't. the police officers identified carl vinson as being wanted for several offences. after 2 other men fled, he appeared to initially comply with officers commands during the rest, then resisted while being handcuffed. now he was subsequently choked, forced face down on the ground, and pistol whipped by an officer. vinson was then taken to the hospital, needing treatment. the officers in question have since been charged using excessive

force and the local police chief condemns their conduct. does not police work? we don't train this not acceptable. the definition of police were jelly 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 street cop is not the 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 shelven, 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 histories to be looked into. we need to look at how many other times is that person been accused, or have they taken excessive force beyond the level of what they were lawfully around the allowed the youth? 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 to defend 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, has been more drama. the tokyo olympics star us gymnast simone biles has sensationally pulled out of all but one final to focus on her mental health. it is now left to be seen whether or not she will participate in tuesdays balance beam final. and while some observers say that her move deserves praise, others claim that she has led down her teammates. when they have needed are 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. if you may, 1 gold and that discipline 1st, it was cited him on 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 reaction. 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 a mental health issues. now the go to excuse for any poor performance in elite

sport. what a joke just admits you did badly made mistakes and was try to do better next time. kids need strong role models, not best 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's as though she's tighten in a cape round her neck. she's the hero task to 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 gender 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. 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 earlier my colleague where she discussed these developments with a panel of guest mental health issue of simone biles, she withdrew. i mean, this must be 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 limited to the examples why not expect i really feel that 8 especially olympians. they, they, they, they really try the years and years and they carry their contra shoulders is okay. have to be like, okay, i have mental health, i'm not going to be able to call the family. 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. you 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 of putting that on the lympics as well is perhaps too much is a sporting event. it should be kept as

a sporting event. if one is not ready for one really shouldn't. shouldn't be that. you could only find out sometimes, but you're not ready for it when you're there already. in the meantime, a german gymnast have chosen to wear full body unit cards. instead of the more traditional bikini cut leotard, the decision was made to protest the supposed sexualization of athletes. we got reaction from gas. 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 atlantic pattern and your scale, it doesn't actually and what you're judging, not charging the uniform and what, what people don't realize, the sex libation of women. women 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 reason that we should allow them to feel confident in what they are wearing, doing a bit of a problem be on the one hand, the olympics is designs extolled, abuse in the perfection of the human body. operating at peak efficiency, so it's there to be admired. while 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 are political ones? in particular, for example, that could become main talking points in the future olympics. now i'm not worried, i think it's a great opportunity. we seen so many changes already, and i'm not worried. i still feel like eventually it will kind of not 5 down, but you respect, respect that for the for now i'm happy with it to different hill and picks. that's pretty that way. it's an a everyone watching on tv and watching, you know,

68 tests and see the stadium with everything they can come, pretend i'm enjoying it as much as i do. other olympics i have to say, well, you should be confirmed because we don't want to be just a vehicle for the latest. 5 that comes along. lympics should represent social moles as they changed, but it needs to prevent its own central 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 a 32 and a half minutes. that's when i'll be back with another extra weekly. this is our international me

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