A chemical factory in northern france locals fearing for their health authorities. With the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the minute developments as well this is the weekly in r. T. International hello and welcome we will get your headline stories in just a moment but 1st police in london preemptively arrested 10 environmental campaigners after Extinction Rebellion threatened to shut down westminster for 2 weeks the Climate Action group which plans to cripple transport networks in the british capital said its also expecting similar protests in 60 other world cities and a possible indication of whats to come some of the movements members occupy a Shopping Center in paris over the weekend calling for an end to help but will isnt excessive consumption. It was god. Was with Extinction Rebellions Campaign Begins on monday with protests planned in europe india north on south america and australia the group has several key demands including the governments the clarity Climate Emergency halt biodiversity loss on reduce Carbon Emissions to net 0 by 2025 x. Our its also known as a stop in london describes itself as a decentralize movement that pursues its aims through grassroots activism it claims to have a presence in 72. 00 countries in all to notoriety in the past year by staging a number of protests. I think a lot of the people. Who are on the group and its aims im happy to say that social commentator milans are an unfree a walker a political commentator and new York Observer columnist joins us live on the program under it can we kick things off with you the majority of climate scientists agree were seeing Rapid Biodiversity loss rising Global Temperatures the destruction of a rain forest now theres a pretty strong case for radical action is there not a moral case even. Well look Extinction Rebellion is without question britains Fastest Growing pagan religion and the reason i refer to as a pagan religion is just as all the classic hallmarks of a group of religious fundamentalists a belief that view is the only view thats acceptable a desire to shut down everything that does not talk so that well i think fundamental belief that they are in charge and everybody else also doubts that beck and call i think theyre an extremely Dangerous Organization now firstly lets make some obvious points pollution is a bad thing and people oppose pollution extinction medallion claim that there are some people who are in favor of pollution who wish to destroy the earth and wish to make humans expects thats of course is a lot we people are gates pollution but how do you resolve pollution you result pollution by technological advancement. The Technological Advancements the Extinction Rebellion oppose remember we have lifted 1000000000 people out of poverty since 99 say in a new Industrial Revolution which is going to end our reliance on fossil fuels which is going to make the world a safer and healthier had less polluted place Extinction Rebellion oppose it i believe that condemning people into poverty while civil tenuously destroying the environment based on their own religious zealotry mo Extinction Rebellion have been described as equal maniacs an Extremist Group breaking the law with impunity and in fact have got their tactics badly wrong are the needing the wider public and in some ways undermining their own aims. I dont think those are the overarching aims and objectives and to hear somebody who supports broadly speaking the tory far right. Calling Climate Change activists religious zealots i think is bloody hilarious lets get to the point the climate is in crisis the world is in crisis there are economic social political and environmental challenges we have to face now while everybody else is arguing about the likes of racism war were not talking poverty were not talking inequality were not tackling global injustice and unfairness and things that need to cling and what this generation seems to be saying is youve messed things up for long enough youre not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther king jr and malcolm x. And rosa parks and people who decided that peaceful nonviolent public protest. Displays of public outrage but tamed and controlled because dont forget Extinction Rebellion and anybody whos involved in political activism or any kind of change agenda they going to use your actions and activities against you so once you know that the side of Dark Politics that some of us unfortunate have to deal with they will use your activities against you they will be 5th columnists in the spanish revolution infiltrating your ranks they will be tories dressed up as labor people and labor dressed up as tory people they will be anti Climate Change activists getting involved and its only going to take one spark one spark for a far or thorough tearing Government Alliance of which this countrys never ever seen to bring martial law and a police state into the city we have breaks it preparedness ready michael gove has his finger on the trigger and hes happy to pull it underage people on the inconvenience caused by these protests but it could be argued that its because governments are feeling to walk down the Environmental Crisis that groups like xsara being forced to tick rather collection. Well i mean if that were true then maybe there might be an argument in favor of it look Extinction Rebellion of demanded effect we have returned to the stone age a removal of economic progress a commitment to not grow the economy a commodity not be that and when you can really just write of colonization on the outside you dont undersell and so and so i go on im going to 2nd i was about to say its all there so look so essentially the British Government for example has committed to being 0 carbon by 2050 which i think is nominally sensible you cant or shouldnt trust the word that comes out somebody had our city contrast that comes out of numbers and its become cleaner every single year our cities become clear that every single year we had a problem in the past remember that these people in the Climate Movement began as a kind of people i meant change denials or does that have to date us all right and we no longer laundry we had our own like can we not have realized it is a significant danger. Listen how he totally forgot his look at the push actually made the crowd very please. Can we not pop Extinction Rebellion all right now let me just make something clear i am one of the inaudible really is not so not really and that support their cause right im really well im certainly not really just as ive actually left my rock robot at home with my son it with a chicken biryani on the go to come and fight for this because i think. I should have a shot at my size for they said it was a way where you live you believe the other a good suit if he was going to give the guy a big party lets do the view as we both human rights to do what ive known is hardly extinction or about you not a journalist i was going to say i dont think i would question a commentator i was meant to be id see how were going to allow me to be living secondly i was like you are just the more i dont know how to say the answer hes got to hold on to the next lot and i can tell you there are seconds on this he just interrupt shutting down and so i sit in this moment on time whoa whoa you can hear interview the great taught me to continue talking because i dont think its all that exact of all its all except i can. Hardly feel right i think what important thing is this guy in syria thing is going over the top and im sure im going to tell you told you what theyre saying is because simply because you asked me to answer the question im good to people actually are going to thank you they are still going to ask the question is do i need to follow whether people are going to iraq about all this letter im going to happen here and im sure if it does seem truth. Hey look we can either do this interview or not if hes just going to shout so go ahead were just wasting outside but the answer to your question the answer to your question is that look if people if people would not getting their way on the environment if there were no actions being taken to clean up pollution or gates plastic bottles or to reduce Carbon Emissions then perhaps it would be sensible to stop people in the streets going about their business but in fact there are no climate deniers in this country the truth is we are taking action on the environment but this group of ox extremists believe that whatever they say everybody else should acquiesce to alas we live in a democracy shutting down cities can have dangerous consequences how would you feel for instance if someone died because the protests stop someone from getting to hospital additionally we heard of Primary School children not sleeping because theyre terrified the earth is going to end before they get old. You know. If i can speak directly into the camera my 11 year old son who was at home with the band hello guys and we had a debate before it came on tonight about does he want to. Leave school. Take a break for an afternoon or a day to go and protest he was worried about the consequences at age 11 he understands that the climate is suffering and that rapid change is needed and me and my generation those who came before us have made a real mess of this and sorry for that but im going to tell you should go and protest when you feel the need dont worry about the consequences we are trying to do things in a good way but change is always difficult and the people who fear change who dont want change like Boris Johnson of the far right people who want a thorough terrorism here who want to divide us they will use climates they will use religion they will use any agenda they can to make us divided so we have to be strong we can have an icky weve got to stay calm and stay strong because apartheid would never have slavery would never been abolished there would not been secular freedom so we need to do these things and well do our best and Everybody Needs to pull together because this is about all our futures yours and mine 100 of the final 30 seconds to you. Hey look you made a good point i thought it was important i saw a group of children Walking Around the other day so you will die of collapse of old age i will die of Climate Change we are lying to people the earth is not going to end in 5 or 10 years bought we do need to tackle pollution but i will tell you something you you reverse the economic advantages of lifted a 1000000000 people of poverty and you do not make the earth a better place Extinction Rebellion are lying under walker. Thank you very much gentlemen for your take this hour. Ok lets turn attention to the u. S. Where the impeachment inquiry into donald trump and a 2nd whistleblower is reportedly considering filing a complaint over the president s dealings with ukraine intelligence official is said to have more direct information on the person who 1st raised the alarm meanwhile democrats spearheading the probe are demanding protections for the informants involved its a far cry however from to choose to other whistleblowers in recent years. And reports. We are now told that in this dark age of tyranny one heroic individual has spoken up like a voice crying out in the wilderness we dont 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 only must this gallant hero be held in the highest level of reverence but he must also be protected any attack on him would be an attack on the american way of life from everything we know and we dont know much this is a experienced person who saw things that bothered him thats what the whole whistle blower statue is for and it is to protect their identity and i understand hes going to testify and well let the process unfold and do you remember how Hillary Clinton apparently wanted to kill julian assad with a drone well lets not get lost in the details but lets go over some recent whistleblowers in u. S. History. I never tortured anybody. But im heading to prison while the tortures of the lawyers who people who were and the people who deceived and the man who destroyed the proof of the tapes will never face justice ive never gained anything through what ive said publicly that ive lost everything. Weve got special ops forces i mean the dead man cant leeks up this guys a traitor a treasonous illegally shoot the son of a. Dont think mr snowden was a patriot he is a law breaker he violated american law he violated his duties that he assumed when he took the job that he had lets look at snowden here you know some might try to should say that oh hes a great human rights crusader he is not at all like the great human rights crusaders in the past now some might argue that this case is different because this whistleblower didnt run to the press but simply followed standard procedure but the record seems to show that a lot of cases have whistleblowers who do follow this procedure so why jail time for some of them so it turns out the law does not actually protect them from retaliation they can be fired or prosecuted so are all future whistleblowers doomed well not quite pick your backers carefully protecting whistleblowers who see wrongdoing of any kind in our government is essential so if youre a whistleblower in america take a step back look over what you have an ask yourself get this information benefit anyone powerful in america if not your official. Will probably be ignored and if you dont shut up after that the consequences could be severe the current whistle blowers case is very different from others. The others were blowing the whistle on the system so these were real real abuses what crimes and abuses of our 4th amendment now this new whistleblower we need to put in quotes what was he reporting of course there are double standards there are standards for those who want to pursue their political aims using this particular whistleblower in quotes and there are other rules for people who really oppose the system and its abuses or one of the people just mentioned in calebs reported word snowden has reacted on twitter he says its own believable at the media isnt pressing politicians about the case of another whistleblower former n. S. A. Analyst daniel heal who is being prosecuted for lifting the lid on the u. S. Drone war for programs particularly at a time when democrats are making statements about supporting informants. This week india on the world celebrated the 150th birthday of its spiritual leader and the symbol of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on wed and state Major Political parties pay tribute to gandhi even ordered officials to undertake pilgrimages walking up to 15 kilometers a day in their constituency sleeping in village legacy is recognised on his birthday the 2nd of october is celebrated worldwide as the International Day of nonviolence the indian Prime Minister had this to say at the un. Gandhi. Mahatma gandhi was an indian but he not only belong to india he stays far away from the government but reigns today in the hearts of billions of people his influence the lives of people who never met him from Martin Luther king jr to know some mandela. Spearheading the Indian Independence movement Mahatma Gandhi is often referred to as the father of the nation throughout his life he promoted the ideology of non violent resistance and tolerance towards other religions where india finally shook off British Colonial rule in 1947 but just a year later gandy was assassinated by hindu nationalists today not everyone seems to be a member of the peace and tolerance i calmed down these poster in one northeastern city was the faced with graffiti which read the traitor of the nation which also claims that an earth with some of his arches was stolen the editor of news magazine india today blames the act on the descendants of the same hindu extremists who killed. Due to a member that not too dumb. And some of his associates shot. Down the mob by gandhi in the you are 948 the members of this not poor sick group who also claim to be hindus they have a very narrow notion of the wisdom they want to impose some very sort of you not ignore sions of hindu ism do you believe that. The gandhi was responsible for the partition of india they think that he was appeasing the muslim the Muslim League which demanded the creation of pakistan i think such groups have been told the only marginalised and because they are marginalized therefore they carry on extremist activities so i dont see this group of this kind of activity coming. Mainstream i see them getting on these kind of activities once in a while in order to be afloat they make all kinds of extremist arguments sometimes they have even billed ahead responsible for some amount of violence so but i dont think its a very large group but on the odd. You know of any sort of broader than a notion of nationalism which i think majority indians understand and thats why such Extremist Groups can never become the Mainstream Group in the country. A major fire major worries for locals about what was in the smoke that went up into the earth during it this by the authorities in the french city of aurora and help to clear the area save for a major blaze in nearby chemical factory late last month. There is no risk regarding asbestos fiber in the area the results of 3 a specialist tests are available. For the best here we are in the area closest to the place of the disaster and we can see that the white swans have stayed there in their habitat and there is no trace of pollution in the water so we have physical proof that the environment and wildlife are not currently affected by the pollution that occurred to the 2 further away. To kill him for years the french government even set up an emergency helpline but locals are still deeply concerned for their health on the spite claims by the authorities the fear is safe to breed chart to minsky was there. The Chemical Plant just across the water that was a blaze a thick plume of black smoke bellowed into the sky as firefighters battled almost 24 hours against the flames. And its good is with im not saying that the smell isnt pleasant im just telling you what the results of the tests are namely that the air is not harmful since then there has been growing anger over what some say is a lack of information over what was put into not fire and the impact that could have on peoples health. You can talk to any firemen but when you have any type of contact with the smoke its dangerous it can be lethal because of the Carbon Monoxide and in this case when the smoke went into the sky we didnt know what was in it we dont know exactly what is in the year and we worry a lot that in the future it might bring cancer or Something Else but. I have 4 kids and they were impacted by the smell and my grades i thought about having tests done before was with absolutely no information about what we should be looking for i could take blood samples but what are you going to tell them to look for i know they could be cancer thyroid problems but the problem is that we hear lots of rumors nothing concrete. I think there is a risk for health and i can feel it because i have a need to throw it and im continuously coffee we worried about the how tomorrow children in the future will they have cancer or something we just dont know around the rule some people are also taking that proportions some locals have also experienced nor vomiting whilst others. Complain that the top will to its black and then there is the stench you can smell that the air is foul its a bit like rotting eggs but with a chemical tinge and despite the initial denials that there was no health risk the French Health minister has admitted that the rule is clearly pollutant. It is a factory that produces hydrocarbons even if not in large volumes it is never good for the population to come across these kinds of products i cannot say that there is no danger the city is clearly polluted several schools were closed after the fire and though some have attempted to reopen many teachers are refusing to return to work. Colleagues from schools near lubrizol who have refused to work until they receive information about what was burnt and the risk because they are just a few 100 metres away from the site they did so to protect their health and that of the children who are under their responsibility and thats why there has been a demand that the original school 30 acknowledge their right not to have children attend school under this condition. While Health Concerns are immediate whats perhaps most telling about the danger people here are facing is the fact that food sales from 100 districts around ruin have been banned any produce that may have been exposed to contamination has to be destroyed that even includes milk. Hybrid carrots and work closely with milk produces dioxins are measured in many grams and there are a problem for us because they become highly concentrated in milk and toxic so they render it unfit for consumption it is vital for us to know as soon as possible whether there are any dioxins in those burning materials whats going on he would term us what to do with our produce so much from that fire has even reached as far as belgium and the netherlands raising concerns that the impact could be even the ija reaching flags have also been raised for the health of the police and the firefighters who are on duty during the fire protests like this have now formed to pressure the authorities to outline any risks they make face they demanding answers but are afraid that even if they recede. Isnt that the danger is that as a result of that blaze may not have major the months or even years from now show the t. V. Ski all to see the world. 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