thought i was doing my best get back to school, which still it will have the strongest appeal the, the march by codes get to can, the german capital descends into may him with protesters clash with police. berlin has only just banged anti locked down demonstrations amid a 4th wave of infection. israel says it now has proved that iran on thursday attacked a thinker off the coast of oman, killing to israeli prime minister, natalie bennett, called it a reminder of iranian aggression. however, k rhonda adamantly denied the claim. also the story that shaped the week a case of negligent homicide is launched after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in germany kills 5 people. run mental group of greenpeace alarm describing the possible impact. and here the main question arises,

isn't even acceptable to place this as it were, a powder keg near laud settlements and american was oblong. daniel hill is sentenced to almost 4 years in jail for leaking information on us drone warfare to hear from others who also followed their conscience and share government secrets when we kill civilians. and then put in the official report that they weren't children, for example, they were to go. that is a war crime. it's really a war on truth. and i just with the government is that war with its own people. ah, broadcasting live direct from studios and moscow. this is our team international. i'm showing thomas good. have you with us as we recap the weeks tom stores and crashes erupted in central berlin when thousands of covered skeptics gathered to

protest long running restrictions with the police, detaining nearly 500 demonstrators. it is just a day over since city leaders ban such rallies over the risks of spreading the disease. the me the it was a very chaotic day today here in bowling lot of protests were announced, protest against the corona measures off the measures of the german government. all of these protests have been forbidden by the german police and later on by the cost . but still the protest of came into the city and they came in high numbers. nobody knows exactly how many protests have happened today,

but they were into 1000. protesters had no point 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 fossil away from the point where they wanted to stop and protest. they never get it. at one point spreads all over this city and walking and small, little, not just shunting their chance. give me you see goal such down the final destination today for the protest. when the protesters reach this point, the police came up with water cannons and threatened protests to use those water. can we witness a lot of arrests? we didn't count them. a lot of us sometimes looked at the 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. alright. german political

analysts to be, john tele, solely told us that the authorities have taken no issue with similar gatherings that did not challenge their policies. some of the most well, the most content track down on a position in germany, the receipt and reading memory trace. and they're not helping the government are allowed to go forward. and even how the government organized by government coalition to be in the middle of the day, only the posing that we're taking today many were arrested. the german government, the berlin regional government, allow mach 7 over 80 people last weekend for one of your lots of gay wife parade to be held in the street, the berlin patient of the mayor. and of course,

the police and not cracked out on the back. and, and the reason why they were giving and the free is there i, i'm the german but so in the same way the proud of the today should have the ability to take care. ryan, read them off the family and thought that the b, e in their doing the job got an explosion that a major chemical plant in germany killed 5 people with 2 more still missing. please have opened a case of negligent homicide into tuesdays incident. initial investigations suggest there 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 parts in europe, employing $30000.00 workers. within $5000.00 chemicals were manufactured at the area, including elements for the production of explosives. greenpeace has voiced concern over the blasts impact. the situation is very difficult from

a chemical point of view. it is really possible to imagine the huge catastrophe. we have a plan for the insinuation 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 spread in these clouds of gases throughout the region. and we know that the inhabitants did not know what they might be exposed to for 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 say anything that's been growing in their 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 in there by god 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 rein people, wrote to me asking whether they can go out 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 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 why the area of northrop with fall. yeah, it was a blower in the u. s. has been sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for leaking

classified information about america's drone program, while serving at the bug room air base in afghanistan a decade ago. daniel hale 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 new site, 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 strike have actually hit civilian u. s. ramped up into drawing program during the obama administration. and since then has launched more than 14000 and strikes and nations like afghanistan, pakistan, yemen, and somalia thousands have been killed with more than 300 children among the victims. we spoke to whistle blower and former us intelligence officer john cassiano, 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 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 had a sentencing hail wrote to the court detailing some of the things he had witnessed in his work, including the death of 2 children and a drug strike. he also swam the claim of former president brock obama. the 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 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 encourage 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. it's really the misuse of the espionage act which has been continued and other well known whistleblower waited on twitter. edward snowden condemned the court's decision and praised hale. we got reaction from a former us jo 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 where his conscience made up his mind. it's really a war untruth, 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. yeah. you have to bear

witness for the not just 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 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 israel's prime minister has threatened to hit back at iran after claiming it has proof that it carried out. thursday's deadly tanker attack in the arabian sea. 2 crew members

were killed supposedly, by a drawn strike on the vessel linked to an israeli billionaire, however, to ron denies responsibility and pledges retaliation if attack or choose policy reports now from television, patients here in the region are running high and med concerned that they could be a confrontation between iran and those imposing her 30. we had theme, the red treat increased dramatically, particularly as the lady prime minister, enough to be bennett has sprung words here and shall not be ourselves. iran 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 it clear to the uranium 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 and 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 around was behind it. but we have heard that phrase highly likely before and very often means that there's simply no evidence. we believe this attack was deliberate targeted, and actually a violation of international law by iran. u. k. assessments have concluded that is highly likely that iran attack the n v most the street in international waters, off amount on 29 july using one or more unmanned aerial vehicles. the range of foreign ministry is denying these claims are twice accusing the countries of accommodations for more to the yet, the norma. this is not the 1st time to do legitimate occupying race in jerusalem has made such false accusations against the blonde, the 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 big blow, lumnick republic of the 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 hussy for a long time. and his coalition still remains quite shaky. so it's no surprise that he's quite keen to point fingers at he ran and went 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'll be honest, over the iranian nuclear deal, that the american president joe biden wants to be renewed with iran in the past. it has been repeatedly gathered because american friendship with his role. so questions are being asked as to the timing of the confrontation now and whether or not it is coincidental, many suggesting it's not the policy or television. richard becker from the

anti war answer coalition believes that when is really interest are harmed, it's immediate response is outrage. israeli government is hoping to to the rail, the j. c. p. o, a, the reinstatement of the j c. p 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 parties. we do know for sure that on a daily basis or at least on a weekly basis, is really we're playing, violate the airspace web and violate the aerospace with syria. carry out not just the violations of aerospace, but bombing inside 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 alright or certain the employer as to what sorry about that technical difficulties happens in life tv. sometimes another active police brutality has been caught on camera in the u. s. 2 officers in colorado have been charged over the violent arrest of an unarmed mixed race. men, please be aware that the next video contains graphic violence. oh, what do i do? oh, i do put your hands on front of you. okay. don't stop it. oh, oh. 6 0, the police officers identified carl vinson as being wanted for several offences. after 2 other men fled, he appeared to initially comply with the officers commands during the arrest, but then resisted while being handcuffed. he was subsequently choked, forced down on the ground and pistol whipped by an officer. vinson was then taken

to hospital meeting treatment. the officers in question have since been charged with using excessive force and the local police chief condemned their conduct. either way 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 car is not the punish. that's the job of the courts. so white of dish, not a punishment for conviction. if so, if a police officer was aware, as was in the case of derek sheldon, 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, 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 the 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, the defined, the police movement is not properly communicated to the public. the d from the police moment 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. there's been more drama to tokyo olympics star, u. s. a 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 today's balance beam final. and while some observers say that her move deserves praise, others claim that she has let down her teammates, when they've 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 when they became being 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 the discipline 1st, that was cited us simone biles decided to withdraw to medical reasons. then it became clear as cited by the teams entourage. and by bio herself 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 peers, 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 try 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 the mainstream media like washington post a many out of used, you would think that simone biles actually won a gold metal rather than pulling out from the competition. whenever biles pulls on her leotard, it says, though she's tighten 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. she went on instagram recently just saying how much of that weight on her shoulder is being hard on her. and may be this rick, with such reactions, coming from both sides would create even more pressure for the 24 year old gymnast with a very difficult boss. earlier my colleague where she discussed those developments with a 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, pictures of examples. why not expect i really feel that especially in, in can they, they, they, they really try to years and years and they carry the contra mesh 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 both 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 putting that on the lympics as well is perhaps too much

is a sporting event. it should be kept as a sporting events. if one is not ready for it already 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, german gymnast have chosen to wear full body unit charge. instead of the more traditional bikini cut, leotard decision was made to protest. the suppose it sexualization of athletes. we got reaction from our guests. 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 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 scale, it doesn't actually, and that's what you're judging, not charging the uniform and well, what people don't realize this explanation of women when they can be very self

conscious when wearing, we're beating clothing which my 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 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. 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 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 seen so many changes already. i'm not worried. i still feel like eventually it will kind of not 5 down, but you respect, respect for now. i'm happy to different lympics. 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 it 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 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 transience and just this way, following statement. another look at your weekly coming up in about 32 and a half minutes. this is our international stay with us. ah

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the era of $911.00 because abruptly comes in and there is no longer listed among the top spread to the united states. although it claims more lives around the world in 20 years ago. what have the last tuesday gets mad for the people living on the front lines of the war on terror? well, to discuss that i'm now joined by. i've got to some former president smith because i mr. president is great to talk to you. great to see you in moscow again. good. let me start with a question about allowed, because over the last couple of years you weren't shy in saying the americans have out stayed the welcome, but there was a welcome in the beginning. include, welcome from the pers trying to very strong g saying there was ever a good time to leave given how they came into your country. when they came in the aftermath of the tragedy of september 11, 2001 which.