ah, ah, twitter faces a barrage of accusations though they it's doing the u. s. government's bidding. it's after the social media giant work with a washington think tank in suspending. more than 3000 cons from 6 countries for a ledge state by propaganda you case royal college of midwives apologizes for new supposedly inclusive guidelines describing mother's house, post natal people, former and h s. nurse tells us that vocal minority has hijacked the conversation. is he yet to now the example of stem role going in with diversity offices and telling people how to reset a thing a bad man? adults are coming up this hour. in a landmark ruling, a woman born with

a spinal defect wins her case against the doctor who 20 years ago is said to have failed to advise her mother properly about having children, our guest, the fate diverted because what i do now is medicine now in 20 years time, we may judge my actions, the doctor has company 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, 0, one minute past 9 at night this sounded a in doris ceylon in baghdad, hand here in moscow. welcome to then use our and our t, i'm, you know, new concerns are being raised over twitter as possible. ties to the u. s. government. it's after the social media behemoth suspended more than $3000.00. that

comes from 6 countries, including china and russia, over alleged states sponsored information operations. twitter admits decisions on which kinds to suspend were made with the guidance of the st. louis and strategic policy institute. that's a think tank sponsored by u. s. government agencies, including the department of defense ortiz telling, hawkins has been delving 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, world,

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 thing. thanks output echoed by some current lawmakers. surely it's fair to subject aspect funding arrangements to scrutiny. sb receives core funding of $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 cobit pandemic. the organization hosted dozens of events. i'm with bringing it 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. most rising south shawnasee, 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 independent analysis and serving the public conversation is little wonder that some question whose interests does this really serve twitter stress is that it's goal is to ensure the integrity of public conversation, geo politics specialist alessandra bruno however believes there's more to it than that. there is a climate of tension of geopolitical tension already surrounding that. so it's not surprising that twitter is very happy to comply to the you the,

let's put it 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 australia to appear independent, but they don't expect independent advice. they're looking for the kind of view that reflects 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. started britton's royal college of midwife has said, sorry for its latest supposedly inclusive guidelines which make no reference to women or mothers, but only to post natal people responding to complaints and there's been

a few of them the college called it an oversight the organization had taken advice from the controversial pro diversity group, stonewall a former and h s. nurse. we spoke to set up a lobby group has no right to tell midwives what to think. it's perfect guilty. it's why they apologize because of the instantaneous backlash. health services set up to be a safe environment for this normal process is natural process to happen. it is not the moral college of midwives role to tell that make wise how to think and, 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. but the midwives union were true. the gender neutral guidance after an online backlash. in the instructions for an a chair, staff,

and how to put newborns to bed safely. women were not mentioned at all, preferring rather to parents and carers. the guidance was supposed to be l g b, t inclusive, but the response was overwhelmingly negative. how can you possibly rise about pregnancy and bass without mentioning women? that's deliberate, not an oversight. apparently the royal college, a midwife sized midwives need to call mothers postnatal people, not mothers, all women. so to all you ladies out there, you are a postnatal person, not a mother. i right. how did the royal college of meet wives? forget about women. they had to sell reason. he 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 stone. whoa, 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 ease of biological woman, why the world college of midwives has chosen to adopt policies advocated by stonewall, is a match for them to answer. but my point here is that the general public decimals based midwives do not take. i actually not written sir john stanley community, it is one organization that is pushing it. he genders so hard. and he's getting it very, very badly. a mother is a mother and the role of the midwife is to ensure the mother's 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. a young woman with

a spinal defect has successfully sued her mother's doctor for giving the parent bought advice 20 years ago before her pregnancy. in a landmark ruling, the you case, high court agreed that the medics failure to tell her to take supplements amounted to negligence. evie tunes overcame her condition to become a parachute jumping store, though she has to spend days of the time connected to troops. the jury 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 official guidance provided with the correct recommended advice she would have delayed attempts to conceive in the circumstances there would have been a later consumption which would have resulted in a normal healthy child. while the doctor in question denies the allegations saying he provided all necessary instructions, we discussed what precedent the ruling sets with our guests. john gaunt,

radio host and columns on 1st doctor dean exit 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 to probably been giving advice off. well, if your diet is rich and go to cast it, keep 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 standard that we have today. can you really bring one? you can because it's what 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 isn't that kind of situation. this scenario shows that you're going to take a much longer time in the future to very clearly document the advice we give. and more importantly, actually the advice that we don't get. so it's kind of a significant plan to put our time one of the, the big challenges that often documentation. it's about how you're judged because of course, what i do now is medicine. now in 20 years time,

we made george my actions as a doctor as 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 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 they're 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. we do need perhaps now in the light of this we need to put some safety guidelines in there. those to 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 of immense sympathy, obviously, for a lady involved as well. you know, what were already in that position of jeopardy? because as exactly the situation we doctors given it 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 never found it. my argument back would be, well, even 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 i had never come to court. i 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 for months, the british government has been quick to hail at every opportunity. 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 body 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 its budget of 800000000 pounds. the u. k. freedom of information that came into force in 2005 it entitled citizens access to data held by public authorities while hailed as a step towards open government. it has its critics, including among those behind the new exempt research agency. from my point of view

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 bottles, trying to prevent disclosures of information, those mainly concerned to health and social care mark what 2 probes levels of information available online believe's. the latest exemption is an attempt to cut transparency. so the 1st time i say the comments decided that and it will, it will knowns have the freedom to be subject to the free roof. mason act will not be subject to foil and it's the 1st time that a u. k. government, department, or agency. i a u. k. government body has had that exemption and it

is an extraordinary development. and i think a lot of people are wondering why in the us 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 is government here in britain most certainly does not. and the minister gorge martin, karen made these comments about how terrible with mation was in his queue in june. and i think what he was giving away was the real view of the government. and in defending the fact that the saint, 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 for information. he thinks foyer is repelled months. the question is, what does he have to hide? what is his government at hind?

no ride hitting the height, snow are the only total solar eclipse of 2021 has provided a dazzling spectacle over tar. let's take a look. the only ones to see it though, were a handful of dedicated scientists working at a remote station there. and plenty of emperor penguins to the astronomical phenomenon where the moon totally blocks the sun on turns day 2 nights last for just less than 2 minutes. if you fancy thing one for yourself, you've got a bit of a wait. the next total eclipse won't happen until april 2023. the new ami kron strain of cobra has not been detected in 38 countries according to the world health organization. no debts have yet been reported with the mutation though the latest data suggests the virus is spreading twice as fast as the

previous delta variant about south south africa, which was among the 1st to report the new strain is seeing record daily cove infections. the low vaccination rates in the country has started picking up in recent days, jobs, there are widely available, but less than half of the adult population has been inoculated or corresponded. policy cleared, travels to the country's largest city, johannesburg, to speak to vaccine, that 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. you know, 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 due to fear of the unknown, the is a concern that 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 sets of converts every ward and so many i see you include in the

e r's compared to now people are still getting contracted with covet but it's manageable. so we are seeing numbers going up. but in terms of how severe the reaction is to the virus. it's unlocked and listened, and this is a private explanation faint which means it is well we thought and full of information, a far cry from many of the vaccination santa's 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 way across the country. and you know, and that you had municipal elections following those 2 mess events. you now have a situation in south africa where almost everybody knows somebody who has contracted coverage. 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 act of parts and that we won't find turing solutions immediately i just kind of inherent girl allen, 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 come and get my vaccination, then we need to get them in the to go in and, and yeah, the boosters and the vaccines worth of science as shown us. and 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 vaccinated, i'm also, you know, positive preaching physically i'm jimmy doodle. so i'll be, you know, thronging my body. this is south africa, 2nd christmas and a locked down. december is also the main holiday season, which is why many here are concerned that with the ongoing international travel

band, just what the impact on the economy will be, and whether or not they'll ever get to spend a christmas with a loved ones. policy a r t, johannesburg, south africa. the white house is blooming, a surge in lawlessness in the u. s. on the pandemic press. secretary gen saki when question about recent mass looting, said covered was the key factor. when a huge group of criminals organizes themselves and they want to go lu, pay store a cbs to nordstrom, a home depot, and tell the shelves are clean. you think that because of the hand i, i think a root cause and a lot of community is, is the pandemic? yes. well gen sack, he's remarks come amid a spike in lute saying in a number of states over the past month, something and others are blaming on the rise of the defunct, the police movements. ah,

a retired police officer donkeys who told us why he thinks the crime serge, on the pedantic, aren't linked just embarrassing that they're not admitting what it is. it has nothing to do with co, but it has everything to do with bell reform, and them releasing criminals right back on the street, not prosecuting properly has nothing to do. coven defun. 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 who this is defining the police, which means we're going to get rid of the cops on our streets. and then let's replace them with the 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 the 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 to defend the police, which means they're gonna side with me. it's a mindset of it's okay for us to do this. and we're gonna act like criminals because 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 that ministration for that with 20 percent of respondents in a recent nation. wide pole thing per leadership is the country's top problem. that includes democrats with some quitting the party, uneven switching sides, breaking it all done for us. our team kill apartment. apparently it's not only

working families throughout america who are disappointed by the biden administration's 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 wonder democrats as far away as texas are switching sides friends, something it'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 valise 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 that 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 had given his president and his congress a chance to governor and you know, 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 if things don't turn around. and i did very, very quickly where people can start to see a trajectory of it going upwards in their favor. they're going to respond with their votes and the democrats could be wiped out just before we go to that break. some news coming in an explosion has reportedly been heard near a nuclear facility. in the iranian city of nut tons, reports a large blast at was heard, accompanied by a flash of light kilometers and kilometers away the iran. mo tree is reportedly claiming it was a drill being conducted nearby. that's on confirmed our website is across the story . there's a line there, seeing that unconfirmed reports in the arena and media have suggest the blast sun was caused by the destruction of an unidentified drone by an anti or craft miss l

again, that is unconfirmed, not verified at information coming in from a run. so a little bit of confusion about just what happened near that nuclear facility in the iranian city will be across here on our t dot com in the coming hours as well. stay with us. this is our t international season. ah, well driven by a dream shaped plan for those with theirs thinks we dare to ask in

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