[000:00:00;00] a with twitter faces a barrage of accusations validates doing the u. s. government bidding. and after the social media giant work with a washington thank in suspending, more than 3000 that counts from 6 countries for a lead state back propaganda also ahead the u. k. royal college of midwives apologizes for new supposedly inclusive guidelines describing mothers of post natal people. a former n h s nurse tells us that vocal minority has hijacked the conversation yet to now the example of stem role going in with diversity offices and telling

people how to reset the thinking of band members. in a landmark. busy ruling a woman born with a spinal defect, wins her case against the doctor who 20 years ago fail to advise her mother properly. but having children part guess the bait doth issue because what i do now is medicine. now in 20 years time, you may judge my actions as a doctor has completely wrong. but there is something rather bizarre about somebody, shane, and i mean this is a sensitive like, i wish you would never been born ah, from moscow to the world. this is our t pleasure to have your company today. my name's gina. new concerns are being raised over twitter is possible ties to the u. s. government. that's after the

social media behind with suspended more than 3 size in the cons from 6 countries, including china and russia, over alleged state sponsored information operations. now, twitter admits decisions on which cons to suspend were made with the guidance of the australian strategic policy institute. that said, think tank sponsored by us government agencies, including the department of defense ortiz, daniel hawkins, has been delving a little deeper into the institutes, activities. it's common knowledge that trusts in conventional media is falling. you know, when you ask someone where they get their news and they reply, i don't watch tv. i'll do my own research or get my news off social media. that's fair enough. that least with normal news, you tend to know who's sponsoring it, be it's a government or corporation. and you can make your own conclusions. but when you see who's behind an organization claiming to be independent and non partisan draft

in to help provide independent analysis to stop social media manipulation, well, anyone would have a few questions. it's not like the australian strategic policy institute hide the fact they're sponsored by the u. s. government or some of the biggest names in the military. industrial complex. the long list is there for all to see is just when so much funding comes from the sources. one does wonder just how independent and balanced they can be. even former australian officials have concerns about the things thanks. output echoed by some current lawmakers. surely it's fair to subject aspect funding arrangements to scrutiny. sb receives core funding a $4000000000.00 from the department of defense. again, the thing thank makes no secret of its anti china stance and the list of works on their website. in fact, china is a key target of the organizations works from human rights in shin gan to chinese

tech systems influence projects or this information in social media. many funded by the u. s. department of state and defense. their definition of independence may be malleable to say the least. an a s p, i are good at what they do, at least for their defense, industry, sponsors. the numbers say it all since the think tank was founded 20 years ago. weapons manufacturers have collected tens of billions of dollars in government contracts. prior to the current pandemic, the organization hosted dozens of events. i'm with bringing together key players in defense and politics. providing the opportunity for closed door discussions with government departments and agencies. the s p i is so heavily involved with foreign governments and political organizations. it's even registered with the australian governments. forward inputs transparency register. many were so pleased with the think tanks work. their funding to the organization has grown significantly year on year as have their funds from sponsorship and commercial revenue under the

direction of executive director peter jennings. who is himself clear where the blame for increasing tensions lies. militarize themselves pharmacy, posing china's authoritarian control in hong kong, threatening taiwan and japan on a daily basis. china is the strategic problem in the region and back to the point. the thing thank is now partnered with the social media joint, helping to decide and coordinate what information users have access to and what is sensitive so much for an opponent, analysis and serving the public conversation is little wonder that some question whose interests does this really serve or twitter stress is that its goal is to ensure the integrity of public conversation. alessandra bruno an independent political analyst however, believes there's more to it than that. there is

a climate of tension. geopolitical tension already surrounding that. so it's not surprising that twitter is very happy to comply to the you the, let's put at the u. s. mainstream or the deep state view. i'm not surprised at all that they cooperating with an institute such as the australian, and that's not the only one there. cooperating with the, perhaps they chose those too early to appear independent, but they don't expect independent advice. they're looking for the kind of view that reflects we ultimately be american view. how different is the trillion view from the american right now? considering that they have just joined our course, that institute is much more closely aligned to langley in virginia, where i'm located, that it is to twitter users wanting independent information and other story getting a lot of people talking. britain's royal college of midwives have said, sorry for it to the latest supposedly inclusive guidelines which make no reference

to women or mothers, but only to post natal people responding to complaints the college called it an oversight from an h. s nurse. we spoke to say it's not the union's role to tell midwives what to think. perfect. you don't see a slide. they apologize because of the instantaneous backlash. health services set to be a safe environment for this normal process is not to present to happen. it is not the moral college of midwives role to tell them make life how to think. and i'm afraid that this is yet another example of stonewall going in with diversity offices and telling people how to reset the thinking of their members. yet the midwives union with through the gender neutral guide and softer an online backlash in the instructions for n h s. stuff on her to put newborns to bed safely. women weren't mentioned at all. in fact,

at referring rather to parents on carers. the guidance was supposed to be l g b t inclusive, but the response overwhelmingly negative. how can you possibly rise about pregnancy and boss without mentioning women? that's deliberate, not an oversight. apparently the royal college of midwives says midwives need to call mothers postnatal people, not mothers, all women. so to all you ladies out there, you're a postnatal person, not a mother. i right. how did the royal college meet wives? forget about when they had the sole reason you even exist. nurse rebecca butler again says that neither the general public or transgender people support the idea. people don't want to replace the word series, a very, very vocal minority, and

a very effective act. this group in stonewall who want to rewrite the rules by which we live. i don't know who they think they're appealing to because the person in front of the midwife is a biological woman. why the world college of midwives has chosen to adopt policies, advocated by stonewall, is a matter for them to answer. but my point here is that the general public does not support base midwives do not support tate or actually neither does the transgender community. it is one organization that is pushing it to gender so hard and is getting it very, very badly. a mother is a mother and the role of the midwife is to ensure the mothers safety and the baby safety, and that is the end of that role. they should not be involving themselves in this. so to ridiculous political posturing. yes thing in

britain, a young woman with a spinal defect has successfully sued her mother's doctor for giving the parent bob advice. 20 years ago before her pregnancy and a lunmark ruling, the u. k. is high court agreed that the medics failure to tell her to take supplements amounted to negligence. every tombs overcame her condition to become a part show jumping star. though she has to spend days at a time connected to tubes, the judge said that could have been avoided if her mother had been recommended to tick folic acid both before and during her pregnancy. in accordance with the official guidance provided with the correct recommended advice, she would have delayed attempts to conceive in the circumstances there would have been a later conception which would have resulted in a normal healthy child. the doctor in question denies the allegation, saying he provided all the necessary instructions 2 decades ago. we discussed the

precedence with that, or guess that the ruling actually sets john gaunt. he's a radio host, a columnist, but 1st let's hear from doctorate, dean egg, it a g p. this changes we're talking about was 20 years ago in year 2001 i think it was. and around that sort of time, we too would probably have been giving advice off. well, if your diet is rich and go to cast it, keep that don't keep doing it. you don't necessarily need to supplement. so again, it's really hard to judge what happened back in 2001 based on the stuff that we have today. can you really bring fun? you can, because it's hot, but can you bring the case 20 years after so many poor to afford? i mean, this isn't for linda mind where somebody was given, you know, a tablet it's, it isn't that kind of situation. this scenario shows that you're going to have to take a long time in the future to very clearly document your advice we give. and more importantly, actually the advice that we don't gave, so it's kind of a significant amount of time. one of the, the big challenges that often documentation, it's about how you are judged because of course,

what i do now is medicine. now in 20 years time, we may judge my actions as a doctor has completely wrong because as time progresses and we learn more, our practice is progress. one of my worries would be for doctors that they would on the side of caution now and perhaps start recommending for other both difficulties . maybe abortion i'm thinking particularly of down's syndrome babies when we do know that they, these people can go on to lead. very successful lives as well. the have to be aligned somewhere, doesn't that because of course we recognize that and patients name certain details of medicine. it's our job to teach them. busy to bring them on that journey to get them on board so that we can make decisions to get that to treat the problem. but if we're saying and all that common sense stuff to falls into the lap of the doctor to have to deal with and say, well, come on, the doctors responsibility to tell you how to live your life. what to do. not only are they responsible for prescribing, but also responsible for telling you how to live healthily and if you don't have

healthy doctors all. and that's an impossible situation to doctors to work it. we do need perhaps now in the light of this nice. we need to put some safety guidelines in there, most of the patient and for the doctor. i mean, i do find it incredible that 20 years after this, the doctor is in this position with his whole life ruined. and i still love immense sympathy, obviously for a lady involved as well. you know, what were already in that position of jeopardy? because that's exactly the situation we doctors given at moment. for example, if i was to get the patients and advice today and the patient doesn't necessarily follow that advice, doesn't necessarily come back to see me again, like i asked him to do. and then sadly they developed a severe illness and they come back and see me and say, well, the doctor found it. my argument back would be, well, you didn't come back to me like asked you to or you didn't do the things that i asked you to. nonetheless, i will have to go through the process of call. i just think this is a really tragic case. and i wish you had never come to court

a wish the evie had got the help and the assistance she needs. but there is something rather bizarre about somebody saying, and i mean this in a sensitive way. i wish i had never been born. the british government has been quick to hail it every opportunity, really it's planned, advanced research agency, which will fund and develop science and technology projects. but the countries, former information commissioner, is raising the alarm. that's because the bali will be exempt from requests under the freedom of information act, meaning journalists and the public could be left in the dark about how it spends the 800000000 pounds you're marked for it. let's get into this for a little bit further. the u. k. freedom of information that came into force in 2005 it entitled citizens access the data held by public authorities while held as a step towards open government. it has its critics,

including among those behind the new exempt research agency. from my point of view, it is a truly malign piece of legislation. i am fully in favor of decisions and information about them being released, but i fail to see how the process ology, of government benefits at all from freedom of information disclosures. in september, open democracy reveal that over the past 5 years, the u. k. government reportedly spent at least half a 1000000 pounds on legal battles, trying to prevent disclosures of information. those mainly concerned help and social care coordinator of the you case, freedom of information act center mark. what's believe space latest exemption is an attempt to cut transports for the 1st time, i st becomes decided that and it will, it will not have the freedom be subject to the free life. mation act will not be subject to foil. and it's the 1st time that a u. k. government,

department or agency. i can you take government body and has had that exemption and it is an extraordinary development. and i think a lot of people that wondering why, unless it is, i think the lease is quite clear. this is a government that simply does not like the freedom of information act in dated. most governments don't like to be held accountable and tend not to like freedom information very much. and this government here in britain most certainly does not . and the minister lord martin karen and made these comments about how terrible city with nation was in his queue in june. and i think what he was giving away was that will view of the government. and in defending the fact that the same, she would not be subject to it when the agency is formed. he was giving away the wider perception that is held by the government, which is they do not mind figure information. he thinks foyer is repellant. the question is, what does he have to hide?

what is his government at hind the christmas tree in need of a spruce saw pat britton's mock, their capital of traditional festive gift from norway in trafalgar square. questioning whether the u. k. has done something to offend or slow, perhaps coming up with ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah,

with ah, with to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk oh hello again. the new omicron strain of cobit has not been detected in 38 countries according to the world health organization. no debt soviet been reported with this

particular mutation. though the latest data suggests the virus is spreading twice as fast as the previous delta variant. not south south africa, which was among the 1st to report the new strain, a seeing record daily cove infections. the low vaccination rate in the country has started picking up in recent days. jobs are widely available, but less than half of the adult population has been inoculated or corresponded policy, or spoke to vaccine experts and the country's largest city journalist. people don't know what this on the crown is, especially because sciences haven't confirmed conclusively what the side effects are. so we are getting a lot of people coming through out of fear, especially in our older population of people who are regent. 7 seas, an 8 sees we see, been quite anxious to get a booster. and so they, as i would say, traffic sheets, a fear of the unknown, the is a consent at the vaccines onto working. but i always say to them, remember, last year, how many patients we had in hospital in i see use how hospitals almost had to

convert every ward in so many i see you include in the e r's compared to now people are still getting em contracted with cove it but it's manageable. so we are seeing numbers going up. but in terms of how severe the reaction is to the iris, it's a lot to listen to. this is a private explanation santa, which means it is well we thought and full of information, a far cry from many of the vaccination centers in the poor locations here in south africa where there's a lack of resources and people don't have the kind of information that they have here been here 6 months ago. it would have been a very different story. but in the last 6 months, you've had in july and race across the country. and in november you had municipal elections. following those 2 massive in you now have a situation in south africa where almost everybody knows somebody who has contracted co that you need to realize that everything that we do will be

a precautionary measure. so that we can control and help save a good, a good number of them i try to, i certainly meets also take an extra parts that we won't find turing solutions immediately. i just kind of in here what's going on in the world, you realize that if you don't put on the effort, someone else might have to die for you. so i just decided i'm going to protect people and you come and get my vaccination, then we need to get that immunity going. and, and yeah, the boost is, and the vaccines worth the science as shown this with in south africa, specifically, we've known that vaccinated people are not in hospitals, on ventilators, it's mostly unvaccinated of the feeling that they'll be more videos. you know, it's still going, i am still going to be the last one becoming so. so if i'm fascinated, i'm also, you know, positive preaching physically i'm jimmy doodle. so i'll be no strong in my body. this is south africa 2nd christmas and a lockdown. december is also the main holiday season,

which is why many here are concerned that with the ongoing international travel bad, just what the impact on the economy will be, and whether or not they'll ever get to spend a christmas, what they loved ones. policy a r t, johannesburg, south africa. the white house is blaming a surge in lawlessness in the u. s. on the pandemic. brasix, re gen saki, when questioned about recent mass looting, said cobit was a key factor when a huge group of criminals organized themselves and they want to go lu, pay store a cbs to nordstrom, a home depot until the shelves are clean. you think that because of the panda? i think a root cause and a lot of communities is the pandemic. yes, gen jackie's remarks come amid a spike in looting and a number of states over the past month. something that others are blaming on the rise of the de,

from the police movement. ah, retired police officer don't like he's o told us why he thinks the crime search has nothing to do with the pandemic. just embarrassing that they're not admitting what it is. it has nothing to do a cold, but it has nothing to do with bell reform. and then releasing criminals right back on the street, not prosecuting properly has nothing to do. a coven defined the police movement is an emotional response for any time that the public doesn't understand when use of force is needed, right? you have unarmed either black americans or whatever the case is shot by police in and before an investigation is done. the civil rights activists come in and claim police misconduct. so we already have a situation where emotions are high. the voter thinks the emotional voter thinks is

that, oh, this is d funding, the police, which means we're going to get rid of the cops on our streets. and then let's replace them with a social workers or other people who are better trained and equipped to deal with emotional issues on the street. when you start to have that mindset, well then you're, you're looking at police negatively. so already be immoral. the criminal who are out there, feel that they've got the backing of the public. well, i don't have to obey the law. i can break the law because there's already this massive movement defined the police, which means they're going to side with me. it's a mindset of it's okay for us to do this and we're going to act like criminals cuz nothing's gonna happen to us. as well as facing a crime wave, the u. s. is also suffering from soaring inflation. many americans are blaming the, by the administration for that with 20 per cent in a recent nationwide, pulsing per leadership is the country's top problem. democrats there among that number with some quitting the party and even switching sides, breaking it all done. fris, and there's quite

a lot harte's kellum open. apparently, it's not only working families throughout america who are disappointed by the biden administrations handling of several crises. it's also members of biden's own democratic party, some like the former spokesperson for the washington dc mayor have decided to switch over to the republicans hispanic and also black eyes. i should be democrat by default, but i'm going against their narrative. and i feel like right now, everything is crumbling for the democrats biden is completely destroying the economy right now and people can feel it. so that's what's happening in washington dc. now washington, d. c, is a city that is pretty solidly in the democratic camp. democrats sometimes even get 90 percent of the vote in elections. no, under democrats, as far away as texas are switching sides friends, something's happening in south texas, and many of us are waking up to the fact that the values of those in washington dc

on not our values, not the values of most texans, the ideology of, to funding the police of destroying oil and gas industry and the chaos our board is disastrous for those of us who live here in south texas. in addition to the recent shifts, 19 democrats are set to leave the house of representatives in 2022. that includes 3 committee chair, some are retiring or seeking another office. republicans only need to gain 5 more seeds in the upcoming mid term vote in order to re take control of the house of representatives. and many observers say their chances of doing so are pretty good. some are comparing it to the republican sweep 10 years ago. how's democrats have more retirements than they did in 2010 when they lost 63 seats? it's not only the party that's losing people, kamala harris, the vice president of joe biden, is watching her team implode as well. her spokesperson and her communications

director have both decided to quit with reports indicating that there are 2 more aids lab. one foot out the door reports are leaking out about strife between her office and the biden team. and the backdrop to all of this is the jo biden's approval ratings. keep going down. the mid terms are less than a year away and the democratic party seems to be crashing and burning. it appears that some in light of the circumstances have decided to jump out of a sinking ship, which might be causing the democrats even more trouble. the democrats are not delivery of plain and simple, and they're specifically not delivering to the people who are responsible for putting them in power, namely indigenous black, brown, asian, and poor white people. they have given this president and his congress a chance to govern, and the results so far have just not been adequate enough. we have not seen a protection of voting rights. we have not seen police reform. we have not seen action on climate change. i think that people are rightfully letting this

administration know based on the approval ratings that are more needs to be done and very, very quickly. or there will be electoral consequences or things i turned around and i did very, very quickly where people can start to see the trajectory of it going upwards in their favor. they're going to respond with their boats, and the democrats could be wiped out. the festive season hasn't gone off to the greatest of starts in london. the capital showcase christmas tree in trafalgar square, isn't quite up to its usual standard this year. every winter, it's gifted to the city by norway, leaving some to ponder whether london's done something to upset the nordic nation. ah ah, ah, but trafalgar square,

christmas tree, got a trim from forest johnson's baba. all we had to go with no, we now the to focus gray. christmas tree has arrived with the following media includes potentially sensitive content. sometimes i wonder if no way is trolling us a bit when they choose which tree to give us full trafalgar square. ah, i would like everyone to know that half of my branches are not missing their social distancing. remember to stay safe this christmas and where a face covering on public transport. and while inside shops isn't, has

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