hello, headlined right here, 180 international, the iraq, he prime minister, survived a drone bombing on his residence, which the interior ministry described as a terrorist attack. as comes after brutal riot and baghdad over the contested election. often with the weeks top stories here in our t international, a whistleblower report and the british medical journal points to serious flaws and the testing of phases covert vaccine. although so far, you as authorities have been somewhat reluctant to investigate and a cobit skeptics clash with police in germany as a rally against tough new government restrictions takes on all the infections are now going to record highs. also in the program here one r t a canadian comedian is left off the hook by judges and canada, who ruled that as a joke, mocking a disabled singer did not amount to discrimination for here on the program,

we put the whole issue up for debate. the must be a stop between hatred and comedy, between violence and free speech, no one saying there shouldn't be consequences. but the argument is, the consequence should not be you being by tens of thousands of dollars and not be a last centrally not allowed to criticize someone. ah, a very warm welcome to you. this is the sunday weekly program here on out to you to national. we are running down the top stories of the week and of the day. and particularly today we start in baghdad. it's way iraq's interior ministry has now condemned to what it called a terrorist attack. against the prime minister. early on sunday, most tougher al kut demis residents in the capital of baghdad. as we understand was bombed by drones. although he was unheard. let's learn more about this now.

crossing lives. lot middle east correspondence policy. a paula. good to see you. it's a bit later in the day now, can you tell us what we know so far about this? a parent attempt and the iraqi prime minister as well as you can wiki say, this happened in the early hours of sunday morning when there was a reported assassination attempt on the life of the iraqi prime minister. mr. demi, what we are hearing from the iraqi military is that a number of thrones that were made and with explosives struck his residential palette, which is in baghdad. green zone and they were at least 7 security guards who are reported to be injured. immediately afterwards, the prime minister took to his put an account in which he urged for com and was sprained. and subsequent to that, he appeared on state television urging all iraqis to remain calm and saying that he was fine. cowardly rockets,

android attacks don't build homelands, don't build a future. we work towards building a countries to respecting the states in its institutions and building a better future for all iraqis. so we call again for carbon constructive dialogue for iraq and the feature of iraq. o, as yet, no one has taken responsibility for this and aged assassination attempt. what we have heard, however, is that there has been reaction from the international community, particularly dating back to those deadly protests that we saw over the last week. now this relates to the parliamentary elections held on the 10th of october last month and funding the result of those elections in which you have the iranian backed militias showing very, very poorly. some of the leaders who are heavily armed have come out and protested the results. and as a result, the supporters took to the streets on friday. those protests took, did he?

and we had at least one demonstrator who was killed. what is noticeable is that those protests happened near the green zone, which is where the prime minister's residence is. the police fired tear gas and live ammunition into the crowds. the crowds were helping the police with rocks and stones with now some leaders of the most awful militia affections had openly leaned the prime minister for those baby clashes a spokesperson,

who is part of the board coalition of po. iranian ship parties has come out and suggested that the latest incident, the attempted assassination attempt might be a false flag for the prime minister to try and cover how he's got and handled those protests on friday. the prime minister has called for an investigation into those protests and at the same time has said that they will be compensation provided to the victims. now there is international reactions starting to surface these i v. this assassination attempt we haven't heard. we have heard from eli some kenny, who is the secretary of iran's national security council. he has condemned the attack and without mincing his words, he says that this attack can be traced back to the fallen think tanks. he blames foreigners for he says, insecurity discord, and instability, and that they have created support for terrorist holderness ations and at the same time for the occupation that has been happening in iraq for many years. we've also

heard reaction from the united states. they had said that they are alarmed at the same time they have condemned. and the incident and the same time concerned about what's happening in iraq against the background background of the with all of the troops, the deadline of which is supposed to happen at the end of this year. we are following the reported drone attack, these apparent act of terrorism, which we strongly condemn, was directed at the heart of the rock estate. our commitment to our iraqi partners is unshakable. the united states senate with the government and people of iraq. oh, now there's no doubt that it's particularly important that piece comes to rack at this critical and crucial time during the iraqi withdrawal. washington was amongst the 1st countries who praised the results of those elections. so washington will be at the full fund to those countries watching to see how things are unfold in iraq.

i, florida, thanks for that. now shares and the job and that company by on tech, a joint developer of the pfizer covey vaccine will the shares have now plunged by 20 percent. that follows several setbacks including a whistle blower report. and the british medical journal, pointing to serious floor was in last year's vaccine trials. ortiz, correspondent, elliot, katrinka, investigator, how many people do you know who are sick and tired of daily debates about vaccine safety? well, i know quite a few and you know, what really gets me fired up about these conversations. quite often, those who do most of the talking have next to 0 expertise in the relevant science concerning medical trials for example. but what about when those who really do know better south the alarm over possible issues? earlier this week, one respected medical journal published an investigation in which you could read

things like this. one employee said she had worked on over 4 dozen clinical trials in her career, but had never experienced such a healthy skill to work environment. as we've been tabi on pfizer trial, i don't think it was good clean data. the employee said of the dates of ins. harvey generated for the pfizer trial. it's a crazy mess. those are some pretty serious concerns. but let me give you the full picture. these were comments that the journal received anonymously from former employees of one of the firms tasks with carrying out the pfizer vaccine trial vent avia. the authors got in touch with them while investigating the claims of a whistleblower who had worked for victoria for a couple of weeks before being fired, supposedly in connection with sounding the alarm over quite a list of issues including things like this. bob, with both

the whistle, laura provided the journal with internal company, documents, photos, and audio recordings to back up her concerns. i do have to say though, we've not seen them in the article or received access some other way. and obviously it wasn't up to was to supervise an american contractor on a pivotal trial of one of the world's most widely known jobs. the question is, did the u. s. government agency in charge the food and drug administration know about any of that. within ours, jackson, we received an email from the sta, thanking her for her concerns and notifying her to the f. d. a could not come in on any investigation that might result. a few days later, jackson received a call from an f t a in spencer to discuss her reports, but was told that no further information could be provided. she had nothing further

in relation to her report. the right people apparently did no, or at least were notified. did that lead to any oversight of the company? by the regulator? the answer is no. on the contrary, the watchdog was instead quick to greenlight, pfizer for emergency use in america. in 5 as briefing document submitted an advisory committee meeting held on the 10th of december 2020. the company made no mention of problems of the vince javier sites the next day to issue the emergency use authorization of the vaccine. a few more details that right disconcert a summary of f, the a inspections of phasers vaccine trial sites said that 9 of 153 had been inspected. but none of those had been operated by vent avia and no expection had been conducted at all in the 8 months between the emergency authorise ation. and the full approval. pfizer has since hired been toby up as

a research subcontractor to work on for other clinical trials, the use of the coven vaccine, and children, and young adults, a cobit 19 trial involving pregnant woman and a trial of cobit 19 booster doses. this is a global pandemic, and in a global pandemic, we have a duty. this is the important bass. we have a duty. we have an up must duty to look after other nations. it is a clear example of we look after ourselves in the 1st instance. and we are not very interested in the welfare, the well being, the recovery of other countries of cause profit is the biggest motive here. and it is an example of protecting their financial prospects in the future. okay. not an expert. and maybe the trials were actually properly conducted. maybe someone

was just not a big fan of the u. s. pharmaceutical giant. but what i want to be confident about is that some one competent, whose job is to have these trials under control actually does his or her job to the fall. or at least mentions reports on possible red flags. we have contacted pfizer and vent harvey, if a comment on the claims as well as posing further questions about the us food and drug administration. of course, we'll let you know if they respond. in the meantime, dr. randy to provide a consultant physician for britons and a chess things. vaccine development has actually fallen victim to that of corporate greed by the has all made. my name is the 1st time that i've been found to be acting in a way in which you can really say that their commercial interest is compromising bay to nickel and research objectivity and judgment. what this really shows that it's been developed above the acceptable speed of signs of a, the cost of a applied and more people to the trolley kind of adequate staff to run the trial.

and appropriate wayne is a constant commercial pressure even of a sub contractor to make profit. so to have fewest off and generate results more quickly and cut corners. in this way, commercial interest is pressuring and, you know, what would be the best way to treat the pandemic. and the best way to develop the drug. thousands of protesters gathered in the german city of leipzig on saturday against the government's latest covert restrictions as scuffles broke out. as police moved into dispatch the crowd, several people were injured. as we understand our 20 protesters were arrested. this comes and made record daily infection numbers in germany. it's now in the top 5 countries for daily cases. now the latest wave is taking a toll on hospitals. the number of patients and intensive care has served in recent days. and one doctor in nuremberg sized a health care system has been pushed to the brain. first, the situation is very tense. all the beds are full. we're still trying to take care of the urgent cases as best we can. on the one hand we treat many cobra patients,

but we also have to provide the rest of the medical care that is normally done. hospitals all reach the limits, especially the larger hospitals that kind of for the most severe patients, both with and without cove, it for medical stuff, we're now in the 4th wave on a is a huge burden, whatever. so as a result now, several german regions are preparing hot hitting restrictions. as all europe correspondent peter oliver. now reports, covert figures in germany do not make for good reading as the feared. 4th wave is very low to whistles. if we do not act this 4th wave will again bring a great deal of suffering. many people will fall seriously ill and die, and the health services will be under extreme pressure again. around 67 percent of the german population is fully vaccinated, but the numbers coming forward has plateaued in recent months, prompting politicians to fear that a new type of pandemic could be upon us. we are currently experiencing a pandemic of the unvaccinated,

which is massive. there would be few karone of ours patients on intensive care units. if more people would let themselves be vaccinated. the big worry now is that those people who haven't gone for a vaccination have no intention of doing so. and that may well lead to more restrictions on what people who haven't been jobs can do. if the pandemic situation in hospitals worsens than further restrictions for unvaccinated people are possible, some of germany, 16 states aunt waiting for a federal decision to be made and have already put in place new measures in bavaria mosque wearing will be mandated in schools in the state of hassan, there's going to be a new testing system put in place for those going to visit hospitals, old care homes. and in the state of bottom votin book, where you're going to need to show a p c r test. if you all run vaccinated and wants to go to a bar, a restaurant, or theater,

german business leaders want the government to give them the rights to impose the so called 3 g system. that means that anybody who is in vaccinated recovered or tested could be bod, from employment. some of germany's biggest companies of already brought in controversial canteen segregation. employees who being double jobs, can sit together and eats as normal. those who have nots or choose not to reveal their vaccine status, must remain in a cordoned off area where masks have to be worn when not eating. chemical giant via told r t. they may even take this further. depending on specific facility needs, a separate 2 g area is also created which offers immunized to employees a space with less distance to each other on a voluntary basis. this will be planned in close corporation with work representatives and site management in the uncontrolled areas of the canteen. the distance root of 2 meters from each other continues to exist and individual sitting

is offered. all the big names in the german business world say they're reviewing the situation. goods some company say this just isn't the way forward. in the contains as of today now distinction is made between and vaccinated and vaccinated are a current employees. currently we're not consider in separate contin areas, which it every one equally with germany, posting record daily cove. it case numbers, politicians, business leaders and health care professionals all agree that something has to be done and all bracing for things to potentially get worse. over the coming winter months. peter, all of a r. t. berlin judges in canada have ruled that a comedian who mocked a disabled child singer did not breach the youngster's rights to dignity. a comic mike ward hailed the decision by the supreme court as part of a growing backlash against cancer, actually cancelled culture to say,

i beg your pardon. we have the reaction now from both sides to this ruling. i'm like o, j. i one. this is a vest, i'm so happy. i think this is a good sign for comedy. i think this means the pendulum is about to swing the other way. comedians are going to be able to keep on doing jokes. i would want to tell him about how i fell when i 1st heard that they yelled as if 13 years old to chance. think about gang because a 40 year old men say so that you should die. singer jeremy gabriel, who was now 24, was born with a congenital disorder that causes scull abnormalities. he found fame in 2006 and even performed for poke benedict. but in 2010 comedian mike ward began making jokes about his disabilities. and i gabriel was just 13 years old at the time. now, gabriel's family father, human rights complaint,

but canada's highest court said the singer was targeted not because of his disability, but rather because of his fame. while mister ward received support from the comedy world, others still believe the jokes, like that should have consequences. oh, we had a pretty lively conversation about it here on our tea. the panel of guests. you know, i, i agree with the court's conclusion. i mean that they acknowledge said that this was a nasty thing that was said, but you know, it doesn't go as far as to, you know, have a legal financial consequences for this person. when mister work comes to your town, you have the option to not buy a ticket. you can ignore his podcast. you have the right to do all those things. but should he be prosecuted in a court of law? that takes it a bridge way too far. in my opinion, we have to sink about. he was a child, he was 13 years old. and i truly believe we should safeguard our children more because especially in this case it was not only a child,

but he was and he still is disable. so, you know, the must be a stall between hatred and comedy between violence, you know, and free speech. got to charge in and find a guy, tens of thousands of dollars for a joke, comedy and joking. and freedom of speech is a human right. when did this change? this is nuts to me and, you know, i have to disagree with the, the woman who spoke before. but this, he was not making fun of his disability. he was primarily making fun of people who thought the kid was so weak. that you couldn't comment and make fun of his singing is still alive. he the only thing that's wrong with it was a little different. and he, you know, he has to wear a hearing aid. i, we shouldn't be treating people like so differently. i mean, have some respect for the guy, he's not some weakling that you need to defend like this. first of all,

it was violence. verbal violence towards a child that was 13 years old and disabled child. i don't care if it wasn't addressing his disability. he wants to sidle after that and you can be free to say whatever you want and be buying renting every way you want in that and you know, in your job, i'm in a shipper now. if to my cheek my disable, you know, employee like that, i would go to court to because that consequences for every one of us though what we do in our life, okay, it's not only speech is an action, no one's saying there should be consequences. but the argument is, the consequence should not be, you mean by tens of thousands of dollars and not be a less centrally not allowed to criticize someone. well, i just want to say this in response to that. i'm a lot of comedians and, and i would like to think i'm one of them. it is possible for us to have 2 thoughts in our head at the same time. thought number one, that's a joke that a lot of us would never make. i personally would never make a joke like that that's me. ah, but another thought that i am also able to have in my head at the same time is i

can see the dangerous slippery slope of having legal consequences for someone who chooses to make such a joke. even if i find it in incredibly poor taste. and you know, free speech is just her virtue that i think is very important. and without it, i certainly wouldn't have a job or just about approaching the half way point over sunday. weekly programs still to common the mix of your stories or the u. s. military says you didn't break any laws in an oldest drone strike that killed 10 civilians including 7 kids in cobble. that story in the mix of your top weekly headlines. we are back in about 60 seconds. ah

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oh, it's going to be to join us for the weekly program here. when archie international, the u. s. military has concluded that a botched drone strike in afghanistan in august was not unlawful. the naturally showed no sign of any negligence us. despite the strike killing 10 civilians including 7 kids at the u. s. a air force inspector general announced the probes findings. the investigation found no violation of law including the law of war. did find execution errors confirmed by confir may or a combined with confirmation bias and communication break. the breakdowns that regrettably lead to civilian casualties. the cobble drawn attack was one of the final acts of the u. s. war in afghanistan. the pentagon at 1st claimed it had taken out an imminent threat and didn't appear to involve any civilian casualties.

blue. busy with u. s. air force inspector general, it said his report on the strike will remain classified because it contains details about the military's ass dry tactics. however, the associated press report at the pentagon found no mistakes after an independent review of review, also recommended the military improve its procedures to ensure civilians are not present before launching any. strike. john we spoke to former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he believes that there was no justification for the drones strike and such a heavily populated city. here is nothing but negligence here from the beginning when they identified or miss identified the target to the end when the decision was

made to pull the trigger. i can't see a single legitimate reason to go forward. and yet everybody did go forward. and if they're not being honest about it and saying that mistakes are made, this is going to happen again. this isn't the 1st time we fired a missile. it's killed civilians, it isn't the 2nd time, 3rd time board time. it's the hundreds time. and the, the reality is the united states, as known for some time now as a procedures it has in place a cherry out counterterrorism strikes in a real world, you know, real time a event or are not sufficient to the task that we kill civilians. and yet we went for it anyways because there was political pressure being placed on the military to be seen as doing something. i thought final story here in the program a kenya has reopened a criminal probe into the horrific murder of a woman, allegedly by a british soldier. and a single mother was beaten,

stabbed and dumped in a septic tank back in 2012. a family believed the details of the case were hushed up at the highest levels lead you the i did johnny recently learned that is the british army involved because there were a lot of cover albums do that. but we are glad that now think of being brought to light my wishes, the culprit to face the law because i had to be a burden that wasn't mine because i had my only children to take care of. though i was not employed, it has been a real struggle with the family of agnes when terror, when jacko. a canyon woman allegedly killed by a british soldier, is crying foul as they are yet to receive justice. almost 10 years after her death . when jack, who was a 21 year old sex walker, any money to feed her newborn baby, and she was reported missing in march of 2012, 2 months later her body was found in a hotel septic tank near to where british soldiers had been stationed though it's been revealed that a british soldier named only a soldier ex confessed to killing her,

but who the i feel so sad as those in positions to help us that took so long. recently when the me death started erin, the story top and old one i get like agnes has just died or it has the been affected, her daughter. but we had to let her know what is going on. and i pray that god crossed the british government the wisdom to handle this case. well, when i think of agnes, i remember how happy she was that you love to sing ada. she taught my youngest daughter how to sing. what are the person who killed agnes should face the lordly? because the charge was orphaned, has suffered a lot to load. bearing in mind, she was just by my soul, very even feeding at the time was difficult. according to the u. k. defense mystery . it will continue offering the support to the canyon investigation. the u. k. stands ready to support all requests says we have done since day one. as with other investigations, we always work in partnership with the canyon police and subject to international and judicial processes. our help will always be forthcoming. will activists in kenya, a calling for the extradition of the alleged killer to be held accountable while

the labor party here in the united kingdom say the 9 year old deal with an investigation even being who sit, has denied the family justice. there's been no minister defense lead investigation of the soldiers involved a no inquiring to why the minister, the funds failed to respond when canyon detectives asked for help. 9 years on justice must now be done for agnes and her family. revelations of the tragic death of when jackie continued to become more sinister, it's been reported that a group of 9 british soldiers joked about her death on social media several years later. the family now hi, this fresh investigation will give them that also. they so desperately move on to her. i feel a lot of pain when i remember agnes, we brought her up well. and just as she was settling down her life was taken away, leaving us defense for her young child. i mean to say it's my hope that this child will get justice. it's been 10 years, but we hope to finally get justice. this case strikes right at the heart of alleged

exploitation killings and cover ups in the british army. in fact, the very same defense secretary assisting this probe into an jacko's death officially closed at stores on investigations and to more than a 1000 allegations of abuse by british soldiers in iraq. so with no prosecutions there, will this mean justice may never be served for angus when jerry, when jack, who and her family? chateau edwards dusty r t. london. i like just about wraps up this house addition of the weekly. it's been such a busy week for you both. i'd headlines. we appreciate you spending some of your time with us here in moscow. it's a hot boss. 12 in the afternoon now sunday program still to come to the top of the hour. more stories when we return very soon i.