broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas really good having you with us as we recap the week's top stories a 2nd whistleblower has emerged in the impeachment probe against donald trump and the unnamed intelligence official reportedly has information on the u.s. president's dealings with ukraine meanwhile democrats spearheading in the investigation are demanding protection for the informants involved that is despite their attitude toward other whistleblowers in recent years and comments. we are now told that in this dark age of trumping tyranny one heroic individual has spoken up like a voice crying out in the wilderness we don't know his name or his occupation but we know that he is good and i think the whistleblower did the right thing i think he followed the law every step of the way the inspector general of the intelligence community found this whistleblower complaint both credible and urgent i want to say thank you also to the whistleblower for having the courage of the bravery to come forward on behalf of the nation now not on

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas good to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories. syrian state media is reporting that government forces have begun moving into the north of the country where turkey is carrying out an offensive against the kurds these are images from the northern syrian city of. syrian media says locals are celebrating in agreement to their between damascus and local kurdish authorities our middle east correspondent policy or has. just received reports that the kurdish administration and the syrian government have signed an agreement that will see the syrian army deployed along the whole border with turkey nasr in state media is reporting that the syrian army forces are making their way to the north of the country in an effort to stage off what they call an offensive by turkey on syrian territory at the same time we're hearing from lebanese television reporting that some of the syrian forces have really interested in more than just the in town of money bish and that they were able to do so beca

our broadcast live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas from the glad hand with. our north korean negotiators have arrived in sweden to resume nuclear talks with the u.s. it comes just a few days after pyongyang said it had successfully tested a sea launched missile sparking condemnation from washington secretary had a call with japanese minister defense kono where they discussed north korea they both agree that the north korea tests are unnecessarily provocative and do not set the stage for diplomacy and that north korea should cease these tests well north korea says the missile is capable of being launched from a submarine some analysts are calling it the most significant test since the country began talks with washington last year and just a few hours later the u.s. fired an intercontinental ballistic missile over the pacific saying the test was for national security purposes are these give them up and takes a closer look at the claim. north korea and the united states are headed back to the negotiating table this weekend says president trum

or broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right in the u.k. a christian doctor who was sacked after refusing to use female pronouns when discussing a transgender woman has lost his legal fight against his former employers in an interview with r.t. dr david mackerras explained why he refused to back down in the dispute. as a christian i would consider the dishonest use pronouns with no way. to make a christian or god. as a doctor it's quite simply unscientific. that i would never refuse to treat any patient that whatever they are they come from the question here is with a rope and be forced to do something so something which goes deep is my conscience . live with it but i desire not to be forced to do something that i cannot do. artie's shadi adwords daschle has borne the story. well you're probably familiar with pronounce such as he she and them and respecting them is especially important for the transgender community gender nonconforming and binary people however face it get it right co

for this news hour appreciate you company to say that it's all from a on the fray but don't worry sean thomas will bring it right up to date enough about. he. was cute. oh. yes. senator chuck schumer famously said shortly after trump was elected to take on the intelligence community they have 6 ways from sunday at getting back at you in line to the failed russia gate hoax and this nonsense with ukraine this characterization appears to be spot on should be off fear the deep state. welcome to the alex salmond's who were removed from the parliamentary fireworks in the house of commons to those who have no homes at home the homeless like the poor seem to be ever with us i know it is issue more of patent than on the streets of london london writes 6th in the league table of the richest cities in the world unfortunately it's also ranks as one of the leading cities for rough sleeping. this most cosmopolitan of all cities is still struggling with the homeless issue which is rapidly growing no it's gradually diminishing this week we move from parliamentary debates to people on the ground who are takin

sean clare with that report. we wanted to speak to someone from conservative—controlled barnet council or from barnet homes. we tried the leader of the council, daniel thomas she didn't call me back. when i tried again her phone was switched off. in fact we tried every conservative councillor on the regeneration committee and every conservative councillor on the housing committee. we tried all the conservative councillors for the local area. not one person was available or willing to come on. we even tried the man who was chair of the housing committee until recently, gabriel rozenberg — he said no; i left two messages for the local conservative mp matthew 0fford. there he is with esther mcvey the housing minister. he didn't come back to me; obviously we tried ms mcvey who wasn't available. we can speak to brian coleman who was a leading member of barnet council for ten years from 2002 — while lots of the planning and work on this regeneration project happened. we're also going to speak to annie — who you saw in our film. she's asked us not to use her surname. and ken loach, who in 1966 directed a landmark film that highlighted the devastating impact of ho