A chemical factory in northern france has left locals fearing. Despite the authorities playing. With the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the minute developments this is their weekly R T International hello and welcome. We begin in the u. S. Where the impeachment inquiry into donald trump rumbles on a 2nd whistleblower is reportedly considering filing a complaint for the president s dealings with ukraine and the intelligence official is said to have more direct information than the person who 1st raised the alarm meanwhile democrats spearheading the probe are demanding protections for the informants involved well thats a far cry from attitudes to whistleblowers in recent years scale up and talks through. 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 dont know his name or his occupation but we know that he is good 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 from 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 ball blower statue is for and it is to protect their identity and i understand hes going to testify and well let the process unfold now do you remember how Hillary Clinton apparently wanted to kill julian assad with a drone well lets not get lost in details but lets go over some recent whistleblowers in u. S. History. I never tortured anybody. But im not into prison while the tortures of the lawyers and 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. We got special ops forces the dead man can leak stuff this guy is a traitor a treasonous illegally shoot the son of a. 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 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 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 secure 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 been ask yourself get this information benefit anyone powerful in america if not your official complaint will probably be ignored and if you dont shut up after that the consequences could be severe the current whistleblowers 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. 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 put 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. Well one of the people just mentioned in kill lobs report to Edward Snowden has reacted on twitter he sees that its unbelievable that the media isnt pressing politicians about the case of another whistleblower former n. S. A. Analyst daniel hill whos being prosecuted for lifting the lid on u. S. Drone warfare programs particularly of a time when democrats are making statements about supporting informants. This week india and the world celebrated the 150th birthday of the spiritual leader on the symbol of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on wednesday Major Political parties paid tribute to guarantee even ordered officials to undertake pilgrimages walking up to 15 kilometers a day in their constituencies and sleeping encourages gandhis legacy is recognised little billy on his birthday the 2nd of october is celebrated worldwide as the International Day of nonviolence the indian Prime Minister assigned his praises to the un. Gandhi. Mahatma gandhi was an indian but he is not solely belong to india he stayed far away from the government today in the hearts of billions of people his influence the lives of people who never met him from Martin Luther king jr to nelson 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 tolerance towards other religions but india finally shook off British Colonial rule in 1907 but a year later gandhi was assassinated by hindu nationalists today everyone seems to be a number of peace and tolerance icon gandhis poster in one northeastern city was the feast with graffiti which read the traitor of the nation theres also claims that an urn with some of his our shoes was stolen the editor of news magazine india today blames the act on the descendants of the same hindu extremists. Do remember that not too dumb. And some of his associates shot. Gandhi gandhi even though you are 148. 00 the members of this not poor dumb got sick group who also claim to be hindus they have a very narrow notion of in the wisdom they want to impose some very sort of. Notions of hindu ism deep believe that my heart my Gandhi Gandhi was responsible for the practitioner 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 totally marginalized and because they are marginalized therefore they carry on extremist activities so i dont see this group of this kind of activity coming into the mainstream i see them carrying on these kind of activities once in a while in order to escape a flawed 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 i only had this very tolerant and you know very sort of broadened progress 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. Well we have been tracing the life of Mahatma Gandhi in a set of feature length reports they are all d available to watch on r. T. E. Dot com. He didnt go game night but it is uncool to put it in the dock good night but he. Hed. Fought against the british people to get in advantage but didnt play my leads me to no you cant do that in my nation. He made them leave me in. The mix don he could be of the least gandhi could be a man the next guy could be a 12 year old child it could be any of these people but we need to make this is by the book because deal with why because change. A major fire major worries for locals about what was in the smoke that went up into the year during it despite the authorities in the french city of ruin of declare the area safe after a major blaze on a nearby chemical factory late last month. There is no risk regarding asbestos fiber in the air the results of 3 a specialist tests are available. 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 tool further away. Or in an attempt to kill for years the french government even set up on them urgency help like but locals are still deeply concerned for their health alert deeply skeptical about authorities claims that the air is safe to breathe dubin ski traveled 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. In the dark goodies 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 camera mounted sight 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. 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 were worried about the how to march 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 polluted. 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 off to 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 acknowledged 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 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 memory 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 tell us what to do with our produce so much on the fly advise 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 were 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. Even though the danger is as a result of that place may not a major the months or even years from now show the t. V. Ski azzi rule. A theme park worker has been fired for doing the ok gesture in a picture and well tell you why to the bright. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Theory dramatic. Only. Exists i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Put themselves on the line. To get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president and you. Want to. Have to go right to the pros this is what before 3 of the more people. Interested in the waters of how. Many innocent ok hon gesture theme park employee the sock in florida the no i fire an employee dressed as the character grew from the spectacle me made. An ok symbol when posing with a 6 Year Old Girl who is biracial the ok hon gesture has recently been recognized as a symbol americas on to Defamation League the once innocent sign has been hijacked by white supremacists. Even as extremists continue to use symbols that may be years or decades old they regularly create new symbols means and slogans to express their headful sentiments we believe Law Enforcement and the public needs to be fully informed about the meaning of these images which can serve as a 1st a warning sign to the presence of hate is in the community or school the ok symbols white power meaning was initially part of an online prying but apparently white supremacist liked what they saw and started using it that way in earnest among them they suspected gunman in the Christ Church mosque shootings and userland during a Court Appearance well last year a former white house employee was accused of making the white power sign but her defenders pointed out that it was on likely because shes Mexican American and a descendant of Holocaust Survivors so a storm in a teacup or they dangerous appropriation over every day symbols and gestures we put it up for discussion. I think its pretty ridiculous to label a thing like global k. Or the ok symbol as a symbol of White Supremacy i feel like races do do certain things but i mean at a certain point they do everything or people do mean races have to eat food they have to drink water they have to breathe air so at what point do we label eating food as racist Drinking Water as received in breathing air is received its just really can of started his particular point sounds a little some of these things that have been in his ear things were a very long time with or a soused hateful subversive groups the problem is that the symbol has become an actual code to say hey we are part of this group you are not and you know the main point of it is like. For well its a far its far right movement supporting you know again a far right ideologies that are a very well known in this country to be you know forest and but my point is you know is vast to get for instance and it was an indian sacred religious symbol 50500 years b. C. And you know. People in germany took it put it on a red flag and now it was a symbol it was an invert the swastika and that became the symbol of nazism and ok the ok sign is nat day all right ok so you can find it right now on your phone via. Device i phone you can find it ok so right now when you search for the new moji there is the equivalent to ok ok it is being used ok for very long it wasnt a couple years ago where it was some kind of troll thing happening on the internet there it became so on those because the Mainstream Media picked it up and i think the whole purpose of trolling campaign was to trick the Mainstream Media into doing it and of course now we hear that the a. B. L. Is looking for here is not to label every single thing that we do say or or. You know we communicate what they are to specifically doing is trying to inform you know people that there are certain symbols that seem innocuous but that are currently being used to. Actually incite violence and crime and you know fundamentalist political ideas that put this democracy in jeopardy it is not. It is the n. A. C. It being if people want to use it for whatever you want to use it for ok but to not see is absurd ok millions. Like. Verses do ok so i think i was not a hate symbol until it was. An indian use a daily thing all creatures or that although its not all right some more headline developments to bring you on the Program Starting in ukraine thousands of protesters are rallying in the capital kiev to try and plan to hold elections in the countrys war torn east the demonstrators say the plan amounts to a quote capitulation to russias president selenski had previously said there would be new elections in ukraines breakaway regions until they were back on her government control under the new road map and lugansk will receive self governing status wants to hold the. I. Us police say that 2 people may have been involved in a shooting at a bar in kansas city early on sunday morning 4 people were killed in the attack and another 5 injured no one has been detained in connection with the incident on the motor is not yet known. As prince of the middle east where rocks and bottles administration has signed off on a raft of social reforms as it attempts to quell only popular burst of fury over desperate Living Conditions since tuesday the country has been rocked by violent Anti Corruption protests in which at least 104 people have been killed and more than sick. The injured Security Forces have repeatedly used live fire against demonstrators. To most of our. Well thats the news that made headlines from the weak ones for more programs starting in moments. When youll make this manufactured consent instant to the public will. When the room in close is protect them so. When the crime and merry go round lifts only the woman has a job. Thats not to ignore middle of the room signals. From the real news is rooted. In his community there are people who believe that its ok. Its really hard there are no jobs and you see that ive got kids ask and as a parent. I can come up with lots of arguments theres a lot of conflict in the game between the 2 teams most of the conflict i would say overall is around money and most of them money is made. Close one on each others cosimo each other is Good Business the state of california alone makes 6000000000. 00 a year of the prison complex just to get some 20 alive where. You dont care about your so you dont care might anything. Hello welcome to worlds apart the formation of a Constitutional Committee for syria has been billed as a sign of hope for the long suffering Syrian People the peoples hopes for peace were dashed too many times over the last 8 years is there any reason to believe that this time around things will be different to discuss that im now joined by as a. Former deputy special envoy of the un secretarygeneral for syria mr rounds its good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you very much for inviting me now you stepped down from the sposed a few months ago but im sure emotionally and professional you still care about whats going on in syria given the scale of suffering given the scale of divisions how significant or insignificant is this latest development arent we all sort of overselling the whole that is there well 1st let me say that i remain of course very much attached as you said emotion to syria this is the 1st this is the reason why i took the drop 1st with the u. N. Try to help bring about. To meet the aspirations of certain people you know coming from the region. I think you would understand now the Constitutional Committee i look at it as a milestone. Very long process in bringing about a peaceful so peaceful and political settlement in syria. It is something that weve been working for as you know for some time ive said it before no suit again i think we could have had earlier it will help syrians you know go in the opposition but also independents to put their minds together and work out. A new constitutional framework you know i think. Im sure you know that there have been a number of internationally mediated efforts to resolve this conflict since 2011 and some of them failed because of the breakout citron of the syrian actors many oh well at least some of them failed because of the positions of foreign powers what has changed on the ground to give you this faint hope that you just articulated though you know it may lead to something beyond talks well 1st of all i mean you refer to the situation in. The world of the war is certainly warranted and i think people are tired in syria and beyond and i think this is. A mechanism that allows the syrians to get together and do something about now. Positions have changed and i told you i mean we could have an agreement or your call and why its happening now because positions have changed has the positions how the positions changed within syria or is it the stance of foreign partners or foreign sponsors affair insides that have well. As you know the syrian. Conflict has 3 levels theres the international theres a regional and of course there is a good message glocal. The positions have changed both of the regional and of people. In the sense that at some point or countries did not see. Much meaning towards a Constitutional Committee i think that has changed i think they have come around and that has influenced the syrian parties. A messenger i know that when it comes to syria you like quoting him a french political economist who used to say that to solve an intractable problem you need to change the context now apparently the context has been changed as you said but. There was also a big believer in coordinating diplomatic and military policy is among european nations particularly britain france and the United States and hes even credited for shortening the 2nd world war through his coordination efforts do you think the syrian war would have been shortened a more specifically do you think the coordination among western powers on the syrian front did ultimately how to prolong or to shorten the syrian conflict as you pointed out when there was basically talking about europe and were talking you later or he was advising them merican president as well but in the middle east