On the. British citizens of the country. Youre watching r. T. International im was on a low with welcome to the program. I saw it this u. S. Democrats have labeled fox news an existential threat to us describing it as a russian stooge and some are now calling for the channel to register as a Foreign Agent as caleb maupin reports. Voices in the mainstream of the Democratic Party have escalated their calls for the suppression of alternative views pacifically about Foreign Policy the target now seems to be the Fox News Network one of the most watched Cable News Networks in the United States prominent democratic voices have called for fox news to be forced to register as a Foreign Agent and specifically a Foreign Agent of russia fox news should register with far as an agent of the Russian Federation if its going to peddle the kremlin agenda and propaganda while hurting u. S. National security interests then it should be treated the same as our t. And nick these allegations and this call for suppression of fox news and forcing it to register as an agent of russia seemed to be in response to this comment from Tucker Carlson i dont live like they are about to go on a conflict between ukraine and russia but im curious like i dont like to know why and why should that run for russia which i am Tucker Carlson is a prominent host on fox news he has a nightly program and apparently it was in response to not only these comments but also comments hes made in coverage shes had of the o. P. C. W. Reports questioning allegations about syria and the chemical attack and duma in 2718 here is some of the response that fox news has endured for its Foreign Policy coverage folks news host says he roots for russia against the west he said the quiet out loud this clip is just one more exhibit supporting the case that its no longer the left versus right but democracy versus authoritarianism i think many still underestimate the threat to the republic at this point foxs open the fascist day and g. O. P. Are existential threats to do us say weve reached out to fox news for comment on this issue in this allegation we hope to hear back from them this is not the 1st time that allegations like this have been leveled against conservative Media Outlets in the United States theres currently a case. In court in which one American News is suing m s n b c and Rachel Maddow over their allegation that Rachel Maddow referred to america one American News as d quote paid russian propaganda one American News network as a conservative media outlet they say this is slanderous they are simply not a paid russian propaganda outlet and that this isnt an attack this is an unfair slander from m s n b c and from Rachel Maddow and theyre hoping to win a settlement in court of up to 10000000. 00 it seems that the allegation that one is a russian agent or a russian asset or a Foreign Agent agent of a foreign power seems to be a common theme among those calling for the suppression of alternative views its just not the smear its then thats all it is and they make these outrageous claims with absolutely no backing your no support about being a Foreign Agent which is absolutely ludicrous but they make is going on with no evidence and of course the intent is not to actually get these organizations to register as Foreign Agents thats absurd the intent is to just plant this seed to plant this ridiculous notion which theyve been doing all along theyve been doing this with the russia gates a lot that blew up in their face earlier this year and now with the piece written hearings which is also blown up in their face Democratic Party and the left used to be the party of free speech the priest Speech Movement was started in 1960 s. By left wing activists and d and theyre also the Antiwar Movement and they used to be the party of antiwar weve seen this dramatic shift the entire paradigm has been flipped on its head free speech and war and really foreign born relations is yours 2 of those biggest issues the Democrat Party the left is fundamentally anti free speech. Well staying with media news on spanish will be taken off air in bolivia at the start of december and thats according to the countrys leading t. V. Operator and discuss the details of my clone. Nicky aaron. Well no specific reasons were provided and the bolivian t. V. Operator code which pretty much excluded our t. V. From their list of channels starting from december the 2nd explained it through some kind of order from what they called the companys administration this is a decision taken by the companys administration which touched us with shutting down the channels broadcast is a private t. V. Provider and the leader and believe he is cable t. V. Market we do have to remember that a similar move has been made by ecuadors public t. V. Operator almost 2 weeks ago they cut of r t spanish as well and moscow demanded explanation for that and still hasnt got it from quito now and this particular case its unclear whether the decision came so lean from the companys top management or whether this has got anything to do with the political situation in the country we remember that earlier this month bolivia pretty much suffered a coup and yet take us through exactly what happened that just remind us well now the former president. Was all but ousted on november the 10th 1st he won reelection in a vote however the opponents claimed that the poll was rigged and as a result of that even though he actually promised a new election the military and the police turned their backs on mr morales and he had to flee from x. To mexico where he got political asylum now whats very important here is that the interim leader janine yes was never elected in any kind of vote she basically proclaimed herself the interim president of the country when had to step down when the Vice President resigned and when the head of senate race. Now she says that at the moment her goal is to make sure that new elections are held in the country. That this is the law we believe in we have arrived at this day with the satisfaction of fulfilling that duty because this is the Main Objective of my government new elections will happen in the shortest time possible but it seems that so far her focus was absolutely different 1st of all she was accused of turning a blind eye on a violent crackdown on the indigenous protesters who are mostly in support of the former leader. But also it seems that all d shes been up to is trying to make as many u. Turns as possible in the countrys Foreign Policy she appointed a new ambassador to the u. S. For the 1st time in more than a decade and also severed diplomatic ties with bolivias traditional allies especially under. That is with cuba and venezuela other diplomatic personnel representing major divinest while an embassy in bolivia will be allowed to leave the country for having interfered in internal state affairs well surely perhaps the biggest political crisis in latin america over the last year or so has been the crisis in that as well the fight between the unique loss of a door government and also the Opposition Leader one who is selfproclaimed president there and venezuela well what is also did was she recognized mr glyde bill as the head of an as well as well i hope it will end you with the venezuelan people. Because i believe that they have been many years of suffering mr president i do have to say though that eventually interim president on is pushed through a legislation which allowed a new general election in bolivia although this is something thats going to be boycotted by almost a half. Of the population the supporters of this say that they are not going to take part in this vote so what kind of general election is that gonna be with almost 50 percent of bolivians deciding not to take part well Chuck Ousmane from the lines for global justice believes the new government in bolivia is trying to stifle any critical Media Coverage koop government in bolivia is struggling to establish itself against massive resistance and they cant they cant afford for people to hear alternative voices to the. News that they want the message that they want to get it get out there because they have to have control of the message. People can you know if people have free access to information theyre going to say that other people or country are are suffering the way that theyre suffering and theyre going to know that the reason for the suffering is this military coup the sole legitimate government that that is composed of the resistance will continue on and grow. A Chemical Plant in Southeast Texas has been hit by a 2nd explosion the moment was caught on camera. Well that blast happened around 12 hours after a much larger explosion hit the facility near houston the fire is still raging and at least 3 workers are injured around 60000. 00 people have been evacuated from the surrounding area but the blaze has caused extensive damage and Officials Say it is now contained. Well earlier we spoke to a local resident who told us about the extent of damage to nearby homes our house was actually really damaged but all the garage doors pretty much all of the doors down the middle of all the windows blew out some of the the roof you know. So we had a lot of the image you hear about the explosions but its half and around the area before but not to this extent its never affected all boaters around the refineries i definitely did not expect you know Something Like this that happened but i guess it was living in the area of well the refinery owned by the t. P. C. Group produces thousands of tons of chemicals and Petroleum Based products gymnast and campaign on health and Environmental Issues all of a tickle believes this extension investigation will be needed. Some really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and the manufacturers on this site i think that that really quite a lot of investigation will be needed just to determine the background toxicity in the local area following this instant local community will have a love hate relationship with this plant these plants are responsible for quite a lot of wealth in this area they provide a huge amount of employment they are the economic lifeblood of this Golden Triangle area but at the same time there are these pollution incidents i think that this incident may actually bring quite a lot of additional political pressure on to the trumpet ministration not to cut the resources of the e. P. A. As its intending to do. The u. K. Foreign secretary has been branded a coward after refusing to talk to the family of young man killed in a Road Accident it happened in august outside an American Military base in england and involved the wife of a u. S. Diplomat we spoke to the victims father following his confrontation with the foreign secretary. This is done hope although you know what im very happy you went into a bit of a go in there that they really have to want to do you know we thought it was right but they found one of the all the. People way very happy for you and to go down and try to speak to him because he had been in contacts. Troubles with how rich carricks so yeah were down to speak to him but he didnt want to talk to me because there was some press there would be trying to speak to mr arar for a long time or just do is call me he goes on a bridge knows where. Orders to do is get in touch with us and we can arrange a reaching out oh i dont want the answers as weve been asking since the start but we havent had any support from the u. K. Government really i had one meeting with mr brough which wasnt very such structuring for us as a family and a lover now there has been no contact with the right we feel as a family that. Theyre more concerned with helping the american citizen is accused of killing our son then calculus british citizens that live in the country one teenager harry dunn died 3 months ago as a result of a Traffic Accident between his motorcycle and a car the suspect in question answer coolants admitted that she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u. K. Shortly afterwards invoking diplomatic immunity through her lawyer securely said she had no time to react and apologised to the dump family of the u. K. S Foreign Office says its providing all necessary help to seek a resolution to this case but harry downs father told r. T. More must be done for justice to happen. Probably require one ounce acuteness to come back and be charged through our courts for the crimes he has committed and except. For us that is what we are. 100 percent. Sure were going to try how the governments or the countries look at this diplomatic immunity law because its a say rather than. An American Worker can kill unarmed youre all out in the house who needs a coach your own beauty i think the laws need to be updated to be more current with the work you are not songs we live in we feel we cannot let this injustice go or it was a young lad just starting out knowledge in years old started to enjoy his life and it was tight you know i have of him and we would feel we would not be the perch we should be for we we do not try and see this through and get there just as he deserves. Us state department has said it will look into allegations that american weapons have fallen into the wrong hands in conflict hit him and the department of state takes this allegations very seriously and is working closely with pardon in the nations to determine whether there were any such unauthorized transfers or that statement came in response to queries made back in october by senator Elizabeth Warren those concerns triggered a c. N. N. Investigation which claimed mine resistant ambush vehicle sent to the saudi backed forces in yemen apparently ended up being used against them Amnesty International names the us as the worlds biggest exporter of arms to date at the same time it says saudi arabia is the main recipient of american armaments between 2014 and 2018 riyadh accounted for 22 percent of washingtons weapons exports heres a quick reminder of what has been taking place in yemen since the saudi led Campaign Began in 2015. Well former pentagon analyst Michael Maloof told us the u. S. Is unable to keep track of all the weapons it sells. If theres no real strict accountability of these arms particularly in the hands of the saudis and and the immoralities the u. A. E. So and thats what the investigation is going to be about is try to get some idea. How some of that those arms may have gone wayward based on those reports and i dont rule it out because if local troops there can make some money and sell some arms they will now its a little. Fantastical i guessed to have a whole enwrapped go way word like that because those are fairly well accounted for and you know we were involved in so many wars so many actions so many fronts and thats why the Defense Department frankly cannot pass an accounting because. Because theres no way to account for where any of these items go alternately certainly aircraft will be watched bigger items big ticket items ships but not not small arms not thats almost impossible to control. The director of Human Rights Watch for israel and palestine has vowed to continue his work after being expelled on monday from israel the country accuses him of supporting a band boy called that which it sees as a strategic threat. Israeli government has been trying for 3 years to expel Human Rights Watch their rationales have different have differed most recently of Israeli Government claim that we call for boycotts of israel and their focus has been our work on the illegal settlements we do not take a position on boycotts of israel what we do across the world is documented abuses by all actors including businesses in call for actors to refrain from contributing to rights abuse in order to comply with their obligations under International Law and when we applied that universal call to the illegal settlements in the west bank israel said it was a call for a boycott and under a new law called revoke my work permit and then deported me on november 25th where Human Rights Watch has long been critical of the Israeli Governments rights record and the construction of settlements in the west bank is the 1st time a Human Rights Watch staff member has been expelled from israel and the organizations 30 years of operating in the country. Believes the ruling is part of a targeted campaign against rights advocates. Clearly theyre trying to do you by throwing out a representative of one of the Worlds Largest human rights organizations is to say to others that you know your work documenting rights abuses could result in you facing a punitive sanction this move shows the degree to which israel has lost even the pretense of 1st spect for basic International Norms if israel despite criticism from much of the world deplore its me as it did earlier this week for my Rights Advocacy how would ever stop abusing rights the reality here is the Israeli Government feels emboldened and the world spoke out against this and they still did or did me so i think the message is quite clear here that the government intends not only to continue with systematic assault on human rights organizations but intends to continue its abuse of policies that weve been exposing and bringing to light. You know the news this hour sculptures of whistle blowers Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden have made a reappearance in central beilin more than 4 years after they were 1st on veiled the collection titled anything to say has now returned to its former place near the Brandenburg Gate after a world war the artist behind it stab a day dominus said it represents those who dare to say no to global surveillance or who make a stand against lies that lead to war r. T. Spoke to sarve aga nicked from the German Left Party and she told us the art pieces bring to life the hypocrisy when it comes to freedom of speach. Yes this culture attracts attention to this incredible scandal it is the journalists and whistleblowers who uncover crimes are sitting in jail today while those who committed these crimes are not held accountable this has nothing to do with the rule of law and therefore it is very good that we are now so close to direct dialogue because here is the federal government which could have started to act on this issue a long time ago and for example could provide a sound or snowden asylum in germany meanwhile there are serious concerns over wiki leaks cofounder julian assault who was in the u. K. Prison earlier this week more than 60 doctors wrote an open letter to the british home secretary saying a song could die in prison and they base their assessments on eyewitness accounts following an october Court Appearance it was reported that dishonored couldnt recall his date of birth at the hearing and when asked whether he would understand what was happening the australian replied that he could not think straight the wiki leaks cofounder has also complained about the conditions of his imprisonment on multiple occasions sanji is currently being held in Londons Belmarsh prison where he is serving a 50 week sentence for breaching his bail conditions back in 2012 he is also fighting a us extradition request over wiki leaks publishing classified information on american political and military dealings the un rafferty on torture meltzer claims that its not just about assault but about the integrity of governments and safeguarding future generations. 6 months ago already i went into medical doctors and i sent a clear in the examination and conclusion to the government asking for immediate measures to be taken for his protection and delineation of the pressure on him the government sent me a tweet the next day and then waited for 5 months to send any response whatsoever and when they did respond to sent me a 2 paragraph response is rejecting all old school all my conclusions so theyre not at all indicating their readiness to engage in a dialogue and do what they need to do both doctor said if the pressure is not alleviated rapidly that his situation will deteriorate to a dangerous level we have seen this happening within 10 days of our visit and since then im seriously concerned for his life this is not really about a son or snowden or manning this is about us its about our governments their integrity the rule of law and the future of our self our Human Dignity and our children well thats your news update for now will be back with a roundup of the headlines in just over 30 minutes time civa. Its an understatement to say america is a very divided country many have even spoken openly about the possibility of civil war what is scaring the country apart what is keeping it together it cannot only be about donald trump what will it take to start a sustained social and political dialogue before its too much. Of the same to talk about on the show if you read the Financial Press about the latest scandal its just a new name for a recurrence like theres only 3 or 4 ways you can rip people off changes is the name that you call to rip people off. Much in a powerful unstrung the system and then you have the record and what we have done is to try and identify something happening in the brain where the extension of the ripples. Of consciousness. Time after time so were going on the ground 48 hours after the u. N. Security council met to discuss resolution 1701. 00 between israel and lebanon as israels primary military back to the United States defies its own congress by continuing to withhold more than 100000000. 00 in aid to a country suffering some of its worst protests since the civil war coming out of the show after failing to overthrow the government of syria and wiki leaks whistleblower revelations of 6 chemical weapons dossiers to persuade britain to bomb syria now with the intentions of nato nations in neighboring lebanon. We speak to the former president of lebanon emil about decades of dubious intentions all this and more coming up in todays going underground but 1st alarming news from belmarsh prison 13 miles from this studio 60 doctors have signed an open letter claiming the worlds most famous publisher Julian Assange of wiki leaks may die without Urgent Medical attention as he waits trial for extradition to the usa for revealing major nation war crimes here is that journalist john pilger in the past 72 hours who has been speaking about the issue of a character after its metering by newspapers like the guardian who are songe supplied with the revelations for so long whenever i see it online im reminded of the responsibility of the person. Yes the freedom of speech and freedom. But of the home office is a strong. Stronghold of all. The characters and demonstrate for most of the story. I salute before u. K. Authorities attempted to silence wiki leaks as revelations of mass killing at the hands of nato countries as on japan donati interviewing us not enough or has a bowler who had successfully saved lebanon from israel in 2006 shaikh nasrallah famously told the psalms that hezbollah believed in the freedom to worship and the freedom not to worship god today lebanon is in the grip of demonstrations as well or accuses the usa of interference in its internal affairs joining me now from beirut is former lebanese president and me of the hood former president thanks so much for coming on going underground before we get to the ongoing demonstrations in lebanon your reaction to a wiki leaks whistleblower alleging the o. P. C. W. Report which. Same chemical weapons used by assad of syria may have been compromised it was the report which britain used to bomb syria yes as usual we used to it especially in lebanon you know after our experience with the un. Unfortunately they do what the us tells them weve been through that and as you said there was still blowing a said that they were making that to me. Proved that there was nothing to prove that and i can tell you i had the same thing in lebanon. Many instances a stock thing with the implementing 4 to 5 state 22 year there is only to know by the implied they did and then we when we got back our land by force. In 2000 had a big argument that the time with mrs albright and she was convincing me from new york that they would there are lots happened that there was still 20000000 meters that 2 x. Still missing and she is has talked for about 3 hours on the phone to come visit me telling me that if we will look after it i said i cannot if there is one meeting missing i have to get it back