the berlin police say the use of violence as part of germany as legal system. the response to claims of employing excessive force against protesters at a recent anti lockdown rally. julian assault, supported, gathered outside london, high court that listened to washington's appeal to extradite the whistleblower to the u. s. a former british opposition leader was among those lending support to the wiki, like founder german is under threat to serve his depression and what he's also on the, for the threats of example. so all about take my 1st helicopter right. can be for a better reason. and our to joins a helicopter cru battling the devastating wildfires that have ravaged rushes far east for months. ah,

we're broadcasting love direct from our studios. and also this is our to international. and i'm sean thomas from midland to have with us. or you know, a helicopter crash and rushes far east come chuck go. region has left to people. seriously injured of the 16 on board 13 are understood to be tourists. one a small child. now the m i 8, crashed into curial lake. 3, our excuse me, at 10 am, thursday local time while trying to land in the nature reserve, it was taking tourists to the area of thermal springs. a people were on the board and they were rescued by a boat 6 of them, tourists and the regions governor is on his way to the scene. the cause of the crash is currently being investigated. un special repertoire on torture kneels, meltzer has met with berlin's interior minister and top police officials about

allegations of police brutality and an anti lockdown protest. earlier this month, the when expert said the authorities were open and ready to share material, but police have remained unapologetic about the use of force against demonstrators . the very question is, violence, violence, hurt, injured, violent look, violence, direct coalition. even with, for the picture that go with it, is still part of a legal system. when those heron, thim, for police officer slammed an elderly woman to the ground surface, there was a wave outrage here in germany. call him alice police brutality from the side of the german police. they looked at the same scenes and called them off the course. and in part of the legal system, the sucking statements came in response to prove a few years complaints of police misconduct as an actual law down pro tacked on the

1st. oh good. on that the some 5000 people came out to the street. they were mad with force with officers, so when using peppers pre on one bake, hold on. all right, protest almost 600 people arrested and injured such seems conduct thompson of the you. watch her on torch. her nails smells her number of videos have been spread that give ground for concern that was a strong enough the human rights violations were possibly committed. he also said that the woman and the now infamous video could have died yet to utter. do believe from critics a colleague of the purpose raise her claim. he was actually protect, ensure that was neatly executed, had lever hold. the officer held the woman until contact with the ground so as to avoid head injury. police went so far as to criticize the warrior on the you are poor for being hit statements because only enrolled in the demonstrators,

the service footage of police brutality may not been you, but to officially now a clean. that's why she, the 4th is legitimate. part of the code lineal system. it's certainly an original way to describe that journalist and author thomas fast vendor told us that german officials seem to care more about police brutality abroad than at home. this is a troubling, a very troubling phenomenon which i personally have lived in germany for so many decades would not have expected. it is clearly excessive what we saw and it is troubling the reaction by the birth enforce the the refusing to admit that they have been wrong doings, especially if we think that one year ago the german media, the german public, so 100 percent li, condemned the violence against black people in the u. s. a. i fully understand german media,

german official decides of the european countries for the us for the, for, for police force. but why do they refused to do the same thing when their own police forces are concerned? that is the, the ordering fact supporters of wiki league founder join assange have rallied outside the high court in london to protest and appealed by the u. s. it was filed against a january ruling not to extradite the whistleblower washington has now been allowed to challenge key psychiatric evidence against his extradition. the hearing will take place in october. the songs was arrested in 2019 for breaching british bail conditions. he remains in a london jail and is still wanted on espionage charges in the us. more than a decade ago, the week you weeks, co founder published thousands of classified documents, exposing pentagon war crimes, and dennis 10 and iraq, he could face up to 175 years in prison. if extradited to america or to keep

partridge reports from outside the court period, the u. k. is high court of justice in central london. the u. s. is being allowed to appeal against the decision not to extradite ricky league founded to in a, sorry, i'm not sure which is broadcast. some of his supporters with what's going on during the 15th of purchase justice has just been thrown out the window. the u. s. government is using the u. k. tax payers money for these aberrations of justice cases. the whole thing is going to be can't depend on the fresh. and on addition, anybody, li, 3 in the mainstream major in the you are on notice. if they get behind these, they're going to be next. on january, the 4th, the british judge should rule the launch, couldn't be expedited to america fighting concerns about his mental health and the risk of suicide. any us prison records remain in

a british high security prison. he's considered a flight risk and has spent the last decade either in the u. k. prison or the ecuadorian embassy in london. when a decision on the phone, his latest hearing isn't expected. and so we also want to fight the high court authority supporters were protesting against his extradition, including form opposition, leader, jeremy coven. journalism is under threatened to his one impression in many companies. what is, what is also the threats of example, what is news corporation? huge control of most media, television, radio and french media, and they become a friendship on gender, have journalists, richard met hurst, watched a video stream of the hearing and says he was deeply disturbed by what he saw. i literally did a double take. i can recognize that it was

a song she looked extremely old. you know, he's wearing a white shirt, some glosses, his harris, his ruffled, and yet here the tie that wasn't actually on just really looks completely. i mean, you know, part of the rash assessment. he looks very awful and ill and which is normal because the whole point of the high court, preliminary hearing today was to discuss his health. right. so we had extensive medical witness testimony during the expedition hearing at the old bailey back in september and october. and this was again, brought up today and its going to be brought up again in october and in at the high court that his health is deteriorated. he's been tortured, and this is, i'm a journalist who's not serving a sentence. he's not a criminal and he's in a maximum security prison in britain's guantanamo bay. i mean, someone needs to explain that to me what is happening because this is completely unjust and it's a crime against press freedoms and it's, it's an a front against his personal health. the most important thing about this case is press great, because when you have someone who's publishing, you know, work documenting war crimes from the united states in indiana, santa and iraq,

to people again, they think this is something to do a 2015. absolutely nothing to do 2015. he's being charged. julian, the songs being prosecuted biting faith because he published documents relating to iraq and afghanistan. he published evidence of war crimes of kidnapping rendition and torture. but at the high school students in the u. s. state of oregon will no longer have to prove that they are proficient in reading, writing, and mathematics in order to graduate. this is according to a new law, signed by the governor or to kill them up and picks up the story. according to the bill that was signed into law in the state of oregon, last month, students in order to graduate from high school in the state of oregon will no longer have to prove that they're capable of reading, writing, or performing basic mathematical operations. this is don, according to the bill of language to help students from communities that have quote, historically experienced academic disparity. the testing that we've been doing in the past doesn't tell us what we want to know. we want to have kids getting

a chance to do and learn and be curious about everything. and what we've been doing is stopping that curiosity. now the bill from what it's supporters say is about trying to help students who are from immigrant populations or refugees who have come to the states who the examinations and the tests required for graduation are seen as kind of a barrier to them getting the high school diploma now, reportedly these rules will now be in place for the next 5 years now. the bill was signed into law without much fanfare. there was no signing ceremony. there was no press release announcing the bill, and it was added to the database a few days after it was signed and now i was last month. and now there's been quite as strong and negative reaction. this is the progressive left form of education, dummy down kids. you are taking away the only tool to get to break the poverty

cycle. this is the type of legislation that they want to make black people a permanent underclass. these requirements were suspended during the pandemic due to the circumstances, but now the suspension of those requirements has been fully signed into law in the state of oregon. now it's possible that the federal department of education could step in to overturn these requirements. but many see this as a trend of lowering standards. for example in the state of new york, they're getting rid of some of the examinations and tests that were once required. many critics are arguing there's kind of a dumbing down of american education. they see this as a result of that as, as, as a continuing of a process in which the academic standards are lowered across the united states. former oregon, a republican party chairman parish atkinson says, the new law could drag down the states entire education system has really upset a lot of people and oregon parents in particular,

school boards across the state are very upset about it. and i think that the fall out is just now starting to happen. it's somewhat races. i mean, you're putting a class of people down and you're bringing everybody down in time. are you forcing colleges to lower their standards in order to get students in to pay their bills? the whole system of education gets damaged by this. i think that there's plenty opportunities. there are what we have headstart systems here in oregon. we have tutoring system. we got everything in place to help a student, the struggling to succeed. that's what education is about not to bring the whole system down. this bill will create an evacuation out of public schools in the private schools and homeschool, and that in turn will hurt them financially. it's one of the most infamous symbols of the vietnam war, agent orange through the extremely toxic herbicide. and to fully ant, used by the u. s. military and the campaign. the chemical caused the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people and the lasting effects have passed down across

generations and a bit of a warning. you may find the next images upsetting. ah, this me, that was born in 1975. and i was missing both my arms at the elbow down and my left leg from the knee down. the hospital that i was born in. never seen anything like that. so they weren't sure if i was going to live or die. and it's made my life pretty difficult growing up because i had to just to everything. ah, they were just following orders. they weren't like arguing say that they weren't gonna spread. they were commanded by the officials to spread. so they had to do

what they were told to do. the me several major court cases against me every single one day when i'm not sure why they won't take responsibility, but as it is right now, over 8000000 people have died from the effects of aging. and there's countless numbers of people, more number, disfigured and deformed and they have cancer, tumors. you can't even really name them all because it just so many. ah, the me, my mom live in the veteran. my disability would be a 100 percent over by the and they would take full responsibility for it. but since it was my dad, they said that there is no way that it kind of affected the veterans. kids and the

veterans themselves have serious health issues and medication is like outrages. me like i know several of my friends that are children of vietnam veterans and with the illnesses that they have. they literally spend thousands and thousands of dollars a month out of their own pocket, because the us government will even supply the medication they need are they all misses and they've done the exposure. headline grabbing exclusives and scoops sway public opinion key political decisions, perhaps even entire elections. it is remarkable how much power unnamed or anonymous sources they cite really hold. what's more remarkable is how much the authors of such headlines often seem to have in common parties. and hopkins has the story. the link between thing, thanks the military industrial complex and the media has been around for a while. often yourself to follow the money on the trail is pretty hard to miss

some of america's top foreign policy insecurity. correspondence hold residencies at the center for new american security. what exactly is the cna? yes, the thing time it takes 2nd place for receiving the most to us government and defense contract or funding sponsored for years by the biggest names in the defense banking and oil sector. the organization of course, claims to be impartial. see him as does not take institutional positions and policy issues and the content of cns publications reflects the use of the office alone along publication history of some of the names on the cns ross suddenly for interesting reading. take one example before the iraq war, david sanger and michael gordon report from iraq alleged weapons of mass destruction made dramatic headlines, helping shape public opinion before the invasion in 2003. in later years that employs themselves are forced to admit that mistakes. but by then the damage had

been done. a devastating conflict with consequences still felt globally to this day . we have found a number of instances of coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been. that report concerning the aluminum tubes that the administration advertised insistently as components for the manufacturer of nuclear weapons fuel. it should have been presented more cautiously. the series of times of schools in 20022003 strongly suggested sadam. hussein already had all was acquiring and awful of weapons of mass destruction. many of those articles turned out to be an accurate. it's not like things stopped after iraq. the focus shifted to russia. one report speaking of russia, linked to marked men in ukraine. again, a retraction, swiftly follows, but the patent is clear to see even to the editors themselves. more recently, some of these grainy photographs have been discredited. it all feels rather. 7 familiar, the rushed publication of something, fighting, often based on an executive branch leak. remember that story on russians paying the

taliban bounties for the heads of american soldiers co authored by erik smith, another c and a resident. it was the bunks will be, it's a year later, but it made for a great story. and if c n a s alumni do really well, they can graduate to top positions in the pentagon or state department, more than a dozen have been selected to serve in the blood and administration. let's give thing, thanks on their resident reporters. the benefits of the doubts, perhaps they do it. he listens basic principles. but let's also ask questions. where does need trying to see and objectivity stop and conflicts of interest begin? when should we feel uneasy about in the rec size between a stablish moment and journalists, and should we always take information we see at face value or dig a little deeper? with the new york times, the washington post and foreign policy magazine have done over the last. 6 20 plus years and the name of journalism is nothing but war propaganda to support all us

aggression around the world. we see this going back to, to george bush's war on iraq that was based on the iraqi w and the hoax. and it continues to be that way, nothing has really changed only that 2003 for, you know, many journalists in the mainstream is kind of seen as an aberration when in fact, the iraqi w and the hoax set a precedent is now the rule that everyone should live in order to justify u. s. aggression against it. rival countries like china, like russia, like ben, it's way like cuba. and that's, that's just the way the u. s. considers. journalism is practiced and a bit of a correction that was dan hawkins, are very own instead of mister hopkins as previously. now, you're watching our international. let's move on to wildfires in your region that

continue to raise and rushes far east. 6 moke has covered cities in your cookie and reportedly reached as far as the north pole volunteers, firefighters, heavy machinery and airborne forces are all involved in trying to extinguish the flames. and it's heavy, exhausting work. as ortiz, dimitri power discovered when he joined one helicopter cru heading to the front line. so i'm about to take my 1st helicopter right before a better reason. we're going to take a look over the fires of the region, just north of the capital. of course, we're going to see how about the situation is because right now the fires are threatening several villages. we will see just how about it is and deliver supplies to the people on the ground fighting it and well take off. this isn't scary at all .

on the way to the village, the views were stunning, but the closer we got to the village day became somewhat terrifying. first it's clear skies and an endless horizon. and just moments later, it's a wall of smoke. soon as we land, we see a whole bunch of heavy machinery. mister defense has a lot of military equipment, vehicles, and trucks and everything to this region because it's all under break right now from the flyers. armored personnel carriers, a couple of heavy duty diggers and several trucks. their purpose to create a mineralized zone there which the fire will not be able to pass, but no less important are the human reinforcements, fearless, volunteers, and professional firefighters. they too are getting ready to head out to battle the fires. we, on the other hand are moving on. we travel to a nearby field where 2 trucks full of firefighters are having difficulty getting through the dense forest fires. so we lend them our helicopter right now and taking

all the stuff out of all these firefighters that have been deployed here to help with the efforts. by the way, these are 40 firefighters that have traveled all the way from the other side of russia, from cornelia morland's car hunger. they who have battled wildfires in their home regions this summer, but now that they have finished the job at home, they've traveled to your crew yet to aid their fellow colleagues. and there they go to the front line of this seemingly endless battle. moment we came from more money to help the regions, we will work to extinguish the fires, we will do everything we can when we go back to your goods. and on the way we are once again reminded of just how chaotic situation is with the several more fires and even a new one apparently as we circle around it. and the fire washers note is location on their maps. all in all, not bad for my 1st helicopter flight. russia is not the only country battling

wildfires. volunteers and firefighters in greece are also still fighting flames. they're destroying for shows the extent of the damage and recent days. thousands have been evacuated from the region and the greek pm has apologized saying that they had done everything humanly possible, but that it wasn't enough. you also described the situation as a natural disaster of on presented unprecedented proportions. almost 600 wildfires are burning across the country. several european states are assisting greece in its fight. i see them in the order was sent to me. what should we do? just gets up and go. we can't. if we don't save our houses, he will, if they're doing nothing. today is the 4th day and there are no aircraft yesterday . they only carried out to walter draws, but yet the local people saved the place to rest with little children left of course. but we are not leaving, even if the fire reaches to see we will not leave our village. we will stay for as long as we can and do whatever we can do about. we're going to stay here and try to

save our place. we need to stay strong for our children. the politicians and the public have criticized boards. johnson, after his official residence, splashed out nearly 100000 pounds on 2 paintings amid huge reductions in public spending. the lavish purchases come after the government approved a 20 pound a week cut to the universal credit benefit system and uplift to introduce to support low income families. at the start of the pandemic, that's on top of a pe freeze for teachers and police along with as a pay rise of just 3 percent for health workers on the cove. it frontline, the prime minister spending priorities. it's always about himself. as government cuts, universal credit and freezes, frontline nurse police pay, johnson has found more money to treat himself again, and it is in desperate need of funding on the pay rise in order to be able

to recruit and retain staff and catch up with the enormous backlog of work so i, i think the issue about the paintings is something covered irrelevant. my understanding is it's largely paid for through public money rather than donors, as governments, as suggested by government is going back down stairs at the root. whereas at the beginning of the co bid, we were able to see that when money was needed it could be found. and in fact, the treasury came up with a lot of money and its initial time efforts to help the n h s. response of the crisis, and now i want to turn the top off again. and it's not the 1st time britain's leader has been question for expensive home improvements. in may, the prime minister's advisor on standard said johnson had been unwise in how costly

refurbishments on his private, flat above 11 downing street were funded the full details on which johnson has still not disclosed. this time the government defended the artwork purchase by saying most of the cash came from private donors. the government, our collection helps to promote the creativity of british art and culture. it acquires new work such a consulting and securing the approval of an independent expert panel. and the majority of funding for acquisitions comes from philanthropic sources, not taxpayer money. former head of an english health service trust. trust told us that the timing of this latest scandal could not be worse. i think is a very poor decision on this occasion. i think there are 2 reasons why bad judgment we have firstly, we've just recently gone through a pay a pay round without nursing stuff where the government have been pretty mean in the way that they've approached it. and secondly, of course is the overall economic situation. so whether or not these are good

paintings and whether or not that good value for money is not as important as what does it look like? what do people think when they see the economy is not very good. we've just denied frontline and her stuff. a decent play rise and the prime ministers hanging too expensive paintings in the sitting room. number 10, a just look, but there's been a year since bell roof was engulfed in mass protests following a widely contested presidential election or t spoke to a journalist activist behind the protest. romano. but the image preserve, savage reported on the events from neighbour and poland, where he had earlier claimed a political asylum. now he came to global prominence in may when his flight from greece till this, when he was grounded in dollars for the savage was held and placed under house arrest, where he still remains after he had made confessions, incriminating former associates in recent months. he has also given

a number of interviews and bell rous expressing regret for his role, but skeptics suspect they have been made under duress, fellow opposition activists claim pretty savage has been tortured in jail and allegation he himself has rejected on multiple occasions. we cannot verify these allegations, but here is some of what he had to say to archie russell. go many years in the presidential election, embarrass in the process that followed over this year. your life changed dramatically. do you regret anything at a promise? upon returning to bella rous, i've seen a lot of things from a different perspective. i got to talk in person with a lot of people. i had previously considered enemies. i realized that the world we're living in is not as black and white as you may think. if you get all of your information from program for me and media or from opposition, telegram channels, things are much more complex. you said in one of your interviews that you had some ideas about launching your own media projects. could you tell us in more detail whether you fund like this project and if so,

when can we expect to see it on there? i've got plans big plans that that impeller is there hardly any media outlets that occupy the middle ground. and this is exactly what society wants at the moment because people are tired of brazen propaganda and hate speech. society is tired of never ending accusations. all you see in both opposition and pro government telegram channels. it's just a stream of invective. and i want to create something in the middle, something that anyone would be able to read without feeling a strong emotion, i hope to contribute to officials and the state becoming more open. 30 minutes and 30 seconds, that's when i'm back with more news. this is our international stay with me the the, the, the, the,

the, the with i'm action or can see we're getting underground uncovering allies told by the so called mainstream media coming up in the show as the us sense gun ships into afghanistan is why do you suppose withdrawal from the country, we speak to award winning join the simple british army, captain one smith, my 2 decades of lives told about the war and ask if truth can be found in the fog of war. while the western media differ to power and is u. k bright minister bars johnson, the government backs new colonialist actions around the world. we speak to the artist to his bringing article on unit sculpture to the.