i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground on easter monday for a very special episode looking at some of the biggest questions posed by both science and religion from the very beginnings of life to our place within the universe pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson has just probably. cosmic queries and i asked him earlier about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the n.t. vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because because i look that way and it felt that way and it kind of made sense and there's no reference for example in the bible that identifies earth as a spherical 3 dimensional object and all references that it does make have it as a flat disk all right and in one case perhaps metaphorically referred to corners but the point is the mess.

books called cosmic queries the full interview is on the latest edition of going underground with afshin rattansi which we're hearing today here on r.t. . powerful elites come up again and again in your latest book trying to trying to stop science as it was very aware about the power of astrophysics if your discoveries conflict with prevailing political cultural and religious forces these are forces that historically have always controlled society yeah they'll be resistance for you can you have to expect that because people in power do not relinquish power easily but at the end of the day or at the end of the decade or the century or the millennium nature what is the boy of spending money on a telescope the company repair being sent off like that let alone what's happening on mars in the freezing cold martian surface when there are people in your country freezing to death literally in texas that on the 40000000 on food stamps maybe the real answer is that nasa should run texas. if nasa can put a probe on mars they could run texas in a way that people will not be without heat i guarantee it all ri

obey is depicted in the hollywood film the mauritanian in today's episode of going underground afshin rattansi speaks with the movie director and the lawyer of muhammadu old sly. he was held in the notorious prison for 14 years without being charged or arrested in mauritania by u.s. forces following the 911 attacks mr starr he was accused of being an al qaeda member film in question is based on his diary that was published in january of 2015 it exposed the horrors of life in the infamous detention center the full interview can be watched here in r.t. right throughout the day for now is a preview. you want to represent the head recruiter for 911 constitution doesn't have an asterisk yet. they kidnap me from my home prop me here over the back of my head and chains around my body. they seem to be a lot of pressure going to class pressure i don't know for you to drop the case all through well that there is always pressure against cases in more in guantanamo or cases involving alleged terrorists and we tried did make that point when joni talks about that she's taking the words right out of an op ed

i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground on easter monday for a very special episode looking at some of the biggest questions posed by both science and religion from the very beginnings of life to our place within the universe pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson has just published cosmic queries and i asked him about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the end vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because the kind of look that way and it felt that way and it kind of made sense and there's no reference for example in the bible that identifies earth as a spherical 3 dimensional object and all references that it does make have it as a flat disk all right and in one case perhaps metaphorically it referred to corners but the point is the methods and tools of science that we now embrace that involve hypothesis then testing the hypothesis no matter what your senses might otherwise tell you became so important that in the era of modern in that era from about 1600 onward we don't find ourselves in these pickles where ev

in today's episode of going underground afshin rattansi speaks to the director of the movie and the lawyer of mohammad to slahi who was held in the notorious prison for 14 years without charge arrested in mauritania by u.s. forces following the 911 attacks mr sly was accused of being an al qaeda member the film is based on his diary published in january 25th in which expose the horrors of life in the detention center the full interview can be watched on r t throughout the day but here's a quick teaser. you want to represent the head recruiter for 911 constitution doesn't have an asterix yet. they kidnap me from my home prop me here over the back of my head and chains around my body. they seem to be a lot of pressure going to class pressure i don't know for you to drop the case all through well that there is always pressure against cases in more in guantanamo cases involving alleged terrorists and we tried did make that point when joni talks about that she's taking the words right out of an op ed i did in 2010 where i said i was a terrorist lawyer and proud of it people thought what him and

i'm afshin rattansi and we're going on the ground of lockdown edition as the closing arguments in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer derek jovan begin over the killing of george floyd in part 2 bidens detention of nearly 20000 children with someone who fled us back death squads of salvador but 1st from minneapolis a leading voice in the twin cities black eyes matter movement who's running for the minneapolis city council want to seat robin ones the robin thanks so much for the.

i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground ahead of earth day observed on the planet seemingly closer to extinction than ever whether from nuclear annihilation or the climate emergency in part to a speaker of the sea spirits the star in captain who gives new meaning to direct action at sea but 1st with everything from pandemics to wars over resources to movements of refugees being catalyzed by climate change can the global promotion of basic human rights of a planetary catastrophe joining me now from vancouver is david our boy the un special rapporteur on human rights and the environment thank you so much measure up with your for coming on just explain that remit human rights and the environment. yes it's basically a u.n. volunteer position and they have many of these independent experts and my particular expertise is in the area of preventing adverse human rights impacts from environmental degradation shining a spotlight on instances where this occurs around the world and identifying solutions that can protect the environment and protect human rights now on this show we often talk.

i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground ahead of earth day observed on the planet seemingly closer to extinction than ever whether from nuclear annihilation or the climate emergency in part 2 will speak to the sea spirits the star in captain who gives new meaning to direct action at sea but 1st with everything from pandemics to wars over resources to movements of refugees being catalyzed by climate change can the global promotion of basic human rights avert planetary catastrophe joining me now from vancouver is david our boy the un special rapporteur on human rights and the environment thank you so much measure up of your for coming on just explain that remit human rights and the.

i'm afshin rattansi and we're going on the ground of lockdown edition as the closing arguments in thetrial of the former minneapolis police officer derek jovan begin over the killing of george floyd in part 2 bidens detention of nearly 20000 children with someone who fled us back death squads and salvador but 1st from minneapolis a leading voice in the twin cities black lives matter movement who's running for the minneapolis city council want to seat robin ones the robin thanks so much for coming on i mean the scenes from minnesota. they look like to me they look like apartheid south africa. just give us a background to what your 1st reaction was when you heard about the killing of dante right while this televised trial about george floyd is progressing. i think this show reaction was this can't be happening and i was actually at my home looking at the live strain of another action that was hosted by a family tonight against police violence they held action to uplift another one of our community members who were murdered by the police and it was organized by its partner and what was t

i'm afshin rattansi and you're watching a world health day 2021 lockdown going underground as official global coronavirus death tolls reach 3000000 in part 2 will investigate whether covert has revealed an imminent implosion of a neo liberal mega machine 1st let's go straight to sydney australia to speak with one of the 13 who have returned from han after w.h.o. investigation into how coronavirus began joining me now is professor dominic to thank you so much professor for coming on the show what what did you find because as far as we've seen in the media it's kind of inconclusive you can't even conclude it came from china. it's inconclusive i mean it was easy we wouldn't have had to go there in the 1st place of course so this is terribly complex of the science is complex the politics is complex but look we went through a large amount of data provided by the chinese you know a number of different areas and made a number of conclusions really about what further work needed to be done clearly we can't figure out patient 0 if you like or virus ciro but we've got it gone a long way to plann

i'm afshin rattansi and we're going on the ground of lockdown edition as the closing arguments in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer derek jovan begin over the killing of george floyd in part 2 bidens detention of nearly 20000 children with someone who fled us back death squads and salvador but 1st from minneapolis a leading voice in the twin cities black lives matter movement who's running for the minneapolis city council want to seat robin ones the robin thanks so much for coming on i mean the scenes from minnesota. they look like to me they look like apartheid south africa. just give us a background to what your 1st reaction was when you heard about the killing of dawn to write while this televised trial about george floyd is progressing. i think this show reaction was this can't be happening and i was actually at my home looking at the live strain of another action that was hosted by a family tonight against police violence they held action to uplift another one of our community members who were murdered by the police and it was organized by its partner and what wa

i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground ahead of earth day observed on the planet seemingly closer to extinction than ever whether from nuclear annihilation or the climate emergency in part to a speak to the sea spirits the star in captain who gives new meaning to direct action at sea but 1st with ever.

i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground ahead of earth day observed on the planet seemingly closer to extinction than ever whether from nuclear annihilation or the climate emergency in part to a speak to the sea spirits the star in captain who gives new meaning to direct action at sea but 1st with everything from pandemics to wars over resources to movements of refugees being catalyzed by climate change can the global promotion of basic human rights avert a planetary catastrophe joining me now from vancouver is david our boy the un special rapporteur on human rights and the environment thank you so much measure up of your for coming on just explain that remit human rights and the environment 1st . yes owen it's basically a u.n. volunteer position they have many of these independent experts and my particular expertise is in the area of preventing adverse human rights impacts from environmental degradation shining a spotlight on instances where this occurs or around the world and identifying solutions that can protect the environment and protect human rights now on this show we often

i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground on easter monday for a very special episode looking at some of the biggest questions posed by both science and religion from the very beginnings of life to our place within the universe pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson has just published cosmic queries and i asked him about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the n.t. vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because because i look that way and it felt that way and it kind of made sense and there's no reference for example in the bible that identifies perth as a spherical 3 dimensional object and all references that it does make have it as a flat disc or right and in one case perhaps metaphorically it referred to corners but the point is the methods and tools of science that we now embrace that involve hypothesis then testing the hypothesis no matter what your senses might otherwise tell you became so important that in the era of modern in that era from about 1600 onward we don't find ourselves in these pickles where ever

i'm afshin rattansi and you're watching a world health may 2021 knockdown going underground as official global coronavirus death tolls reach 3000000 in part 2 we'll investigate whether covert has revealed an imminent implosion of a new liberal make a machine 1st let's go straight to sydney australia to speak with one of the 13 who have returned from mohan after a dummy into investigation into how coronavirus began joining me now is professor dominic to thank you so much professor for coming on the show what what did you find because as far as there we've seen in the media it's kind of inconclusive you can't even conclude it came from china clearly it's inconclusive i mean it was put together in the 1st place of course so this is terribly complex of the science is complex the politics is complex but look we went through a large amount of data provided by the chinese you know a number of different areas and made a number of conclusions really about what further work needed to be done clearly we can't figure out. if you like or borrow ciro but we've got to go a long way to planning what ne