i was not having a face at a low expectation to life. i accepted the accept the fact that i made that its warning. we had no fears. del change pretty fast for shots. different stories behind the bullets breaking news on ard see natural gas prices in europe, lead to a record high, sending household bills, skyrocketing on piling, pressure on governments to green light, a new russian pipeline to coming up on the program. facebook denies a whistleblowers claim. it's spreading hates on weakening democracy while us senators call for tougher controls on big tech. it's the latest sign of the tide, turning on social media giants a decade after they were heal for helping bring about the art of spring. yes for

hopkins highlight, double standards as a marine is court martial for slumming, the biden administration sounding of the afghan polite 2 years after another officer was praised for standing up to the front administration. france threatened to cut power supplies to the u. k. and made a post that breaks that route, were fishing lights ah, revery are tuning in from today. welcome to moscow on to the news our on our t. my name's union o'neill, our top story. and we begin with some breaking news. the natural gas price in europe has surged to an all time record. it's now 6 times higher than it was in spring. it's put the continent on course for a major energy crunch with high schools facing soaring course over the winter

season. less crossed now to germany and our europe corresponding peter oliver to fill in more on this for as peter, quite an alarming situation. i would suggest for european consumers now, and there's already some accusations flying around. can you break it all down for us? yes. what we're seeing is the highest prices for gas on the commodity market that we've seen in europe. in fact, the european commission, m, r, ringing the alarm bell. se european commissioner for energy cadre. since and, and it has said that prices may well continue to rise over the winter. in fact, she said just how high those prices rise may come down to something is fickle, is just how bad the weather is over the coming winter months. if it's particularly cold, could see things get a lot higher when it comes to that. a price of gas on the commodity markets that

we're already seeing. now, what this is done is it's prompted countries as well. france, spain grease, the czech republic, and romania prompted their finance ministers to put out a joint statement saying that europe and the european union needs to completely overhaul the way it purchases gas. what we see is an on breast and spike and enterprises. this is not an issue that we can tackle at the national level. we need the european coordinator to response. the thing is, is, this isn't so much a case of high commodity prices will trickle down into high prices for consumers. these high prices may well be about to drop on households from a very great height. and these are households that already saying that they're stretched to the limits as it is anita frost. bison button says it's the 2nd increase this year. and this one is worse than the last one. we have a gas boiler and i heat in the will go up from january the 1st. i've heard it could

rise by 150 to 400 of the senators. i feel angry about this is specialists were told is just the beginning and bills could shoot even higher in spring from the people who are already struggling are going to suffer the most for an average pensioner. it's going to be very significant. holland in the wrong law. well, when it comes to what's responsible for this, there's a number of theories flying around the hungarian prime minister. victor. all banners blamed the european commission saying that their regulations of lead to high and gas prices his country have just signed a 15 year deal with russia's gas prom too called to issue a gas supply to hungry from russia. what we're hearing from the european union side, though, is that they plan to outline their plans for the future of gas purchase by the end of the year. but the e u commission is also said that they're investigating claims that russia has been behind inflating the gas market as it stands now. the russian government has come

out and denied this thoroughly, with the spokesperson for the kremlin, saying that russia's gas supply is a living up to the letter of contracts as they've been signed. we insist that russia is playing no role in what is happening on the european gas market that could not happen. russia has fulfilled and will continue to fulfill to the letter all of its obligations on existing contracts, with gas demand as high as it's been in recent memory. what we could well do with would be a, a new way of supplying gas to europe. and we just have a major energy infrastructure project awaiting the green light to go ahead. that is caused the nod stream to gas pipeline and taking gas under the baltic sea from russia to germany. it's construction was finished in the summer of this year. it's waiting on getting all of the certificates in place before it can be turned online is still a number of hoops though, for it to jump through. once that pipeline is open running,

it has the potential to provide 55000000000 cubic meters of gas to europe. every single year that's said to be enough to power $27000000.00 european homes. and there really is the demand for it right now. or euro correspond peter over taken us through that from berlin. facebook is in damage control load following claims of spreading hate and division. an employee turned whistleblower testified before the u. s. senate on tuesday after leaking a trove of company documents in a lengthy response to that. on his page c o. mark zuckerberg denied prioritizing molly over the platforms, users we care deeply about issues like safety, well being and mental health. it's difficult to see covers that misrepresents our work and our motives. i don't know any tech company that sets out to build products that make people angry or depressed. the moral business and product incentives all

point in the opposite direction. facebook exploited teens. do you think that teens are profitable for their company? i would assume so those dangerous algorithms that they had met are picking up dead that, that they stream sentence that vision their product. it is often destructive facebook's products harm children, stoked to vision and weak in our democracy. the damage to self interest and self worth of inflicted by facebook to day will haunt a generation. it is pulling families apart. and in places like ethiopia, it's literally fanning ethnic violence. well, it is a very different picture from a decade ago when platforms like facebook and twitter were being lauded by liberal commentators for essentially bringing democracy to the middle east. during the arb spring social media play a role, social media is much broader than sending $144.00 characters or twitter, or updating your status post on facebook. those are use your giving facebook

a lot of credit for this or yeah, for sure. i mean like you can make one dancer much. indeed, social media did have some very pronounced impacts on the arab spring. earlier, my colleague neal harvey discussed the shifting opinions on facebook with our team contributor nicko house. it does seem a little bit peculiar that in 2011 with countries like tenicia libby and egypt, facebook was not only celebrated for put like for helping spread the news about the protests. but the algorithm seemed to be for perpetuating the protests and propelling them for that millions of people are able to react to notice what was going on. now, interestingly enough, about 3 of those countries to protest there actually benefited united states interests. so what it seems like is on the like, now that the script has been flipped 10 years later. censorship actually benefits the united states. so i guess you could say it's pro democracy,

i guess if you wanna call facebook, you know, a democratic institution, i guess you could call it that because the government seems to be on the side of censorship. facebook as readily pushes the ship. is it a very different based these day? so what it was years ago does less freedom of conversation, freedom of exchange, freedom of discourse. ah, there seems to be no consistent application of rules or principles or guidelines on any of these platforms. and i would say that at least on the surface now, it looks like the government, at least their opinions have much more influence. i mean, just a couple of weeks ago, jim pa, sanky was actually saying that it was time to come down harder on facebook and regulate them more fast forward this whistleblower who's actually represented by a firm that the sac he actually worked for. or as a senior advisor, not even not even a year ago, is now sitting in front of the senate after going on 60 and it's getting a lot of air time. so i would say at the bare minimum, what it looks like is there is a lot of coordination going on behind the scenes in one way or another that

everybody seems to be involved in, except for the people who are most afflicted by which i would say is the average working class individual and maybe potentially activists organizing protesters a do you think you ask of an festival has the, has it the powers at its disposal to, to limit to rain in facebook? i think the thing that they need to do the rain facebook in is to hold them to the standards of a publisher. ah. whereas enabling escaping a lot of accountability for the for the how they selectively apply their rules. i like their editorial lists. but they, but the federal government hadn't done anything about it. now on the other side of that fence, they do have the capability. the force in the sense are more to what it does seem like they've had to. they fit every time. one of these is, this is happened. facebook seems to sensor more on their own. so even though they have the power, they have an exercise it. and they've been able to get face with the kind of do what they want more and more without ever having to hold them accountable. and in legal matter. well, friday,

this week's hearing us senators cold for tougher controls on facebook and other social media giants. but there are plenty of questions to over how the government might use or abuse that control. artie who spend swan has more now on the congress testimony. what they're essentially saying is government needs to get involved and government needs to decide what content is allowed and not allowed on social media in order to make it the word they like to use. safe problem is, is that there are so many tens of millions of americans who do not believe that government is trying to keep them safe, but is instead trying to manipulate them and put political messages on to them. should social media b, a public square where people are allowed to get up and speak and into voice their opinions and their worldviews and where rigorous debate can take place as you would have in the public square? or is social media supposed to be contrived and controlled to the point where a few government entities and bureaucrats decide what is acceptable thought and

acceptable belief? and i think that's the real core problem here. when government bureaucracy decides what is dangerous and what is not in the public interest, it breeds all kinds of corruption. and it reads a situation where the average person doesn't have a right to speak or to think in any kind of public spirit. i think that's hugely problematic you this republicans have accused the military of double standards over a marine facing a court martial for criticizing the biden administration's pull out from afghanistan. it's in stark contrast to another officer who was earlier hailed ancy hero for sending up to the trump administration. ortiz kill him up and takes a closer look at the 2 cases. $2000000.00 from over $27000.00 different donors. that's how strongly people are feeling the case of lieutenant colonel sheller. he's facing potential criminal charges over criticizing commanders over the withdrawal from afghanistan. now his hearing has been delayed until next week,

but his family is not very optimistic. or we have been told to prepare that it could be a long prison term. sheller was an active duty u. s. marine, whose frustration over the bungled retreat from cobble lead to making videos, bashing biden. and the pentagon brass that quickly went viral. people are upset because their senior leaders let them down and none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability are saying we messed this up. i'm not saying we've got to be in the in afghanistan forever, but i am saying, did any of you throw your rank on the table to say, hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate bob graham airfield, the strategic air berries before we evacuate? everyone. i am submitting charges against general mckenzie for his bad assumptions . not because i've been did, but because the senior leaders need to be held accountable to the same standard as us. he's now accused of breaking for laws, though there are not formal charges yet. now sheller is not the 1st military man to

raise a voice about issues. lieutenant colonel alexander vin damon was on active duty when he 1st spoke up against the pentagon. brass, he testified at trumps impeachment proceedings. as a pentagon whistleblower he claimed the donald trump had made a quid pro quo with the president of ukraine. he was anointed by mainstream media and the democrats as a st. this guy 0. this guy is a patriot. one of these 2 men, the president and lieutenant colonel whitman, devoted his life to duty and honor. right matters what an extraordinary statement from an immigrant who served this country proudly his entire life. now the answers from the white house quickly turned evasive when they faced some tough questions about parallels prison vancover tenant colonel alexander vin minute hero. for speaking out against his commander, she even has plenty capitol hill in uniform. so how is this different,

especially since he just said the president welcomed the candor handy advice of his military adviser. does the president also see with sheller hero? i dont have all the details on these circumstances. i understand that can be frustrating to you. um, but we will work to get you an answer on republicans or speaking up saying that they see a double standard if you speak out against the democratic president who get thrown in the brig. but if you're doing something against a republican president, your lord of the hero, this is double standard. lieutenant colonel vinland was celebrated by media while of tenant girls sheller is in prison for demanding accountability on the disastrous withdrawal. both challenged leadership, one was treated as a hero and the other punished. i remember when military leadership wasn't an oxymoron, it's no wonder they can see the obvious coming any more. the best bureau cuts on the absolute worst wolf. i says, of the ones that get promoted and make the decisions. military leaders who

criticize donald trump got talk, show appearances and book deals treated almost like heroes. while one who just criticized biden is facing a hearing and a potentially long term spell behind bars. the going to stay in that we see be an exercise here today. it's a very dangerous precedent escort or gets the doll standard by democrats, 1st of all it, but also manifested tremendously by the mass media. there tends to be predominantly less leaning in very much in the cochran or b o, the democratic party, anything that was an antique trump was hailed. and so it's not surprising that anything republican, as in the case with minimum, was, was treated with kid gloves now. and as consequence, or he gets off scott frame, having o late classified information,

the political landscape has certainly evolved from what it was a year ago. democrats are no longer celebrating those with the courage to speak up against those in power. being a hero isn't so much about what you do, but who you do it against? kayla mopping, r t. new york. another crisis brewing in western europe. france is threatening to cut cross cello electricity supplies to the u. k. over a post that breaks it. fishing dispute, charlotte dubin ski reports that from paris on a fight that threatens to up and a series of crucial agreements between the european allies. france could be about to slammed the brakes on the relationship with u. k. as this raw woof of fishing lights is pretty much including last week, u. k refused the majority of licenses that came from french, smaller fishing vessels to fish in its would. it only approved 12 out of $47.00.

and as a result of that, iris is furious. it's now saying the bilateral agreements that cover everything from security, border control to trade in energy on now and the threat because paris says that london simply cannot keep its commitments under the brakes. it deal. bruton does not respect it some signature month after month. the u. k. presents new conditions and delays given definite if licenses this cannot be tolerated. we know the u. k is facing this unprecedented energy crisis, just like pretty much all of the countries across continental europe. and it could be a back to get even worse because france has said that it could in the next few days decide to turn off electricity supplies to the u. k, well, how significant is that pretty darn significant. according to you, k governments own papers in july of this year, france supplies almost half of the energy for electricity for the u. k. to this

really could see the lights being turned out. while you mean it, both buquet depends on our energy exports. they think they can live alone while also beating up on your own. and given that it doesn't work, engage an aggressive one. upmanship. we negotiate the commie nicely. you know, 9 months in our shots are not legal, don't and add to this pretty much perfect storm, a threats that are coming directly from the french fishermen themselves. now we know that boss johnson has already wound the u. k. that the supply issues in the lead up to christmas, thus with energy that's with petro, that's also with products in stores. and now french fishermen the same. you know, what, if you do not approve of fishing licenses, we are going to block the ports, will make sure that they'll be no imports and no exports between europe and the u. k, which really could and to forest johnson boys. and those are threats that the u. k . should also take pretty seriously, given that we know that the french one, they like to protest and 2, that have already been tense stand offs in the last year over this issue over

fishing licenses. now the u. k. for its part says, look, we've done nothing wrong. in fact we keeping to our commitments and we're keeping the agreement over fishing licenses. we have granted 98 percent of the license applications for me, your boat to fish in our waters. so we do not accept that we are not a biden by traded cooperation agreement. we have been extremely generous and the french folks in, in, on a small category of bows and claim. and we have behaved, unreasonably, i think is not really a fair reflection of the efforts we have made france as well as pulling out the big guns with those threats over energy. and bilateral trades has also asked for the european commission to take a much tougher stance when it comes to the u. k. over this and other issues. the u commission though, isn't sort of really wanting to get into the murky waters over at this particular spot. it's saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. can explain its

methodology and it will sort of go from that or limp from that. the reality is though, in this prose baggers, it will as the issue surrounding that are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment, and it does seem as if boys chunks and has some really tough decisions to make. he's essentially caught between the devil and the deep, please say 221 here in moscow. still i had on the program, a disbarred american lawyer is loved with a prison sentence for criminal contempt. years after winning a case for ecuadorian villagers against oil giant chevron more and that's on plenty more. besides the shortest of brick blue ah . let's see. on the internet,

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ah. and we're back american human rights activist and former lawyer. steven dum digger has been sentenced to 6 months in prison on charges of criminal contempt. now he had earlier waged a decades long crusade on behalf of ecuadorian farmers and indigenous people against chevron. during that time, he won a $9500000000.00 judgment against the oil giant in ecuador over pollution in the countries rain forest. the reason i'm locked up is because we were successful. okay . i, along with other lawyers helped indigenous peoples america, or when a historic 9500000000 dollar pollution judgment, a good chevron for the deliberate dumping of billions of goals of cancer causing waste into the amazon. mr. danziger was charged in 2019 placed under house arrest

on disbarred last year. now, as mentioned, he previously represented villagers in ecuador as amazon region, who accused chevron of knowingly dumping toxic waste into lake sun rivers between 19641992. aside from the environmental devastation that pollution is believed to have cause to health problems including cancer. as for chevron, it refused to pay the multi $1000000000.00 fine claiming misconduct by danziger and the ecuadorian judiciary. i. u. s. court blocked enforcement of the fine in 2014, saying the 2011 ruling in ecuador was one through bribery. but mister danziger has plenty of outspoken supports, including his friend, pink floyd, co founder, roger waters. the rock legend told us, the latest ruling against the lawyer said, sir, worrying precedent. the question that arises for a soul is,

what is the law for? and is it available to all of us, all members of society, irrespective of the depth of our pockets or, or, or our connections politically, he spent 7791 days now under house arrest. and it's way too much punishment because all he did was deny judge louis a kaplan access to his computer and his cell phone to give those 2 pieces of equipment to chevron corporation, who are the people who we are fighting this battle against. on behalf of his clients, it were completely contravene all the rules of grant privilege. if he had done that, the initial pollution case was force brought against texaco petroleum or tex pet, which chevron took ownership of in 2001. chevron has denied any wrongdoing, saying, tax pet did it share of the clean up and remediation. and the rest was the

responsibility of state oil from petro ecuador, the government that could go over, saw, and certified the successful completion of tax, pets, remediation, and fully released taxpayers from further environmental liability. petro ecuador, however, failed to conduct the clean up. it promised and has continued to operate and expand all operations in the former concession over the past 20 years. but steven danziger is supporters aren't persuaded. roger waters again says the oil giant should still be held accountable. stephen and i have become friends through all of this. i met him back then and and immediately it smells fishy. the whole thing's mouth wrong to make an israel and it's wrong and it will be go on. it'll go on being wrong and tell chevron pay those $30000.00 ecuadorian people there. it's now

about $12000000000.00 with interest with interest and damages. it's gone up to about $12000000.00 that eroded reparation. and they needed a die. you know poor pads the nino who represents the amazon watch said that he said what was the close? he said this just like barry very slow motion. mass murder is what chevron oak up our guilty else. and it is another story. another update in a story we've been falling for some time. in fact, the u. k. home secretary has a nonce to an inquiry into systematic failures within the police force that led to woman being murdered. back in march, recent tragic events have exposed unimaginable faith in plaything. there will be an inquiry to give the independent side of

a sign needed to ensure that something like this can never happen again. pretty patel was referring to the case of sara everard who was kidnapped in south london, 7 months ago on murdered by a policeman. her remains were discovered in woodland outside. the city in june, constable wing cousins pleaded guilty to raping and killing ever art on was sentenced to life in prison. we spoke with a former superintendent for london's metropolitan police. she thing senior officers should have picked up on alarm bells long before the crime had happened. if you look at wine cousins, he was labeled, his nickname was the right paste. he took prostitutes to a wedding of a colleague, and a prostitute actually came to his what place to collect some money. how is it that none of that was reported? how is it that supervisors didn't know? so there's an environment where people are allowed to perpetuate this behavior. and

that is the problem. you can create more women, but you have to deal with the culture. and the culture is very talk, say, well, earlier a prob, reveal that 27 officers in london's metropolitan police force have committed sex crimes since 2016. the offences include raped on possessing and decent images of children. 2 officers were jailed in april a month after cousins crime calls are not mounting for deep changes in the way the force operates. the last 5 years. so $800.00 allegations of domestic abuse against offices and 52 percent found guilty of sexual misconduct gab that jobs. this isn't one bed dapple when it justice, accountability and culture change. this is not just, you know, that term, which i absolutely hate one bad apple. this it the whole barrel. if not the trees rotten it's been going on for too long enough is enough. and the commissioner really has had 5 years in office. it unto her watch. the organization has been

labeled, institutionally corrupt because it daniel morgan case institutionally 6. it's misogynist and he already had the label of institutional racism. so the commission and now needs to move over. she's not the right person. we need somebody who can re focus and bring new energy to leading the metropolitan police service in the reforms that it needs. they spoke in the firing line on the challenges of creating the 1st ever fictional movie filmed in space. that's all ahead and use views cues next. ah, now it shows the wrong one. i just don't.