At 7 pm here in moscow from myself and everyone here in the newsroom welcome and thanks for joining us this monday evening. And often a story for you this hour dozens of people convicted of tariff in the u. K. Who were released all set to have their cases reviewed thats according to Prime MinisterBoris Johnson comes off to field fridays London Bridge a taka had himself been released early. Any other legal are in the same he would show load out early and there was no in this has nothing to do with parole there was nothing to do with probation and legally the same as legally there are for everybody so this is really become a talking point over the weekend since that attack on friday on London Bridge towards the side where the city of london financial district is now of course the person involved a small car and somebody who had already been found guilty of involvement in a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange but then was released as part of a scheme and there were attempts to try to rehabilitate him and put him back into society if you will that it was actually one of those events which were organized for not just him as a convicted terrorist but other acts offenders to attend and it was that of reportedly that he decided to launch his attack an attack killing 2 people in injuring 3 others on the London Bridge and as i said that has over the weekend sparked a number of political accusations back and forth about whos to blame for this terrorist being on the streets these people darron should never ever be let out of prison unless were absolutely convinced they do not have the jihadi virus people dont want history lessons after this terrorist atrocity what people want is to put victims 1st and keeping Community Safe 1st and if he had been sentenced under our rules he would still be in jail today no terrorist should be released without it being properly assessed whether or not they still pose a risk to the public scotland we have indeed automatic Early Release for prisoners sentenced to more than 4 years in prison so theres plenty of political fallout as the different parties point the finger at each other the conservatives try. Say that this Early Release scheme is ultimately the responsibility of the labor party while the labor say well firstly it was a conservative government under which this terrorist was released but also that the conservative budget cuts impacted policing meant that terrorists like this its much harder to find now johnson over the weekend has been advocating for a policy of locking terrorists up and throwing away the key if you will even his own foreign secretary dominic robb confirms that the conservative party have a policy of a minimum 14 years sentence for dangerous terrorists and theres no guarantee that even would have made a difference in this case because this man was sentenced to 16 years and were released early so there will be those who are calling for that to be changed while the leader of the Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn is arguing that each case should be taken on its merits and that you cant apply a blanket scheme all round so many different opinions as we head towards a poll in just 10 days now that will decide everything from meet the u. K. s education and environment policy and also how to fight crime and terrorism here on our team we put the issue of Early Release up for debate. Since september the 11th weve released 500 terrorists who have committed acts of terrorism in the u. K. That these 2 men a and clearly we need to toughen up our laws thoughts at the end youve got to remember that these people are quite quite unusual of whilst we need to control them we also need to be very clear that we cannot infringe on civil liberties. Because they are so important because these post isis post liberal post in lighten if you like terror attacks happening on home soil theyve often come from homegrown terrorists radicals criminals whatever you like to call them but they have been institutional failures the state Security Apparatus can do better should do better and isnt doing better and we have to ask questions why i remember the police the Security Services the courts are attempting to prevent these violent terrorists from attacking this country the question here is what are we doing about those people who are involved in terrorist organizations but have not yet committed serious terrorist offenses i say membership of any terrorist organization should have a life imprisonment or if that would resolve the what do you mean membership no even know who carries it but i mean how in a lot buses are terrier and friends on drawdown going on there you know beyond radio currie i dont have a terrorist organization ive got no problem on terrorism the hard line thing to saying like throw away the key or terrorism should terrorists go to prison forever thats absolutely fine you know or even open up a dialogue on is Capital Punishment appropriate some people in some cases ok however what we have to do is ply apply fairly across the board if we are allowing entrapment cases where people are sent to syria and then they come back we reduce their citizenship we transduced their rights you talk about civil rights and human rights what about the Bethnal Green schoolgirls who at 14 or 15 were transported to syria if you join a Terror Organization we have to find out why we have to tackle these issues properly were talking about people going to syria. Or go into Training Camps in pakistan people are engaging in acts of terror whether that be fund raising where that be terrorist training or whether it be actual acts of terrorism in terms of violence those sorts of people should no more pretreated reason of play than somebody who turns around and says i only murdered this woman because it was a crime of passion the law needs to change membership of terrorist organizations needs to hold a maximum penalty of life in prison and then judges can choose whether that maximum is appropriate on a case by case basis that to me seems sensible. A feat of engineering and a fine of strengthening ties moscow and beijing have launched a 3000 kilometer pipeline dubbed the power of siberia carry russia natural gas to china. Today were marking a significant truly historic moment you not only for the Global Energy market but for us china and russia. Our Relations Center in the new era and i hope russia and china will do more projects of this current projects that will serve the interests of both countries and benefit old people. The pipeline took 5 years to build one of the biggest russian Gas Investment projects yet. Reports from beijing. The 3000 kilometer long power off siberia gas pipeline and has been commissioned by russia and china on a monday the ambitious project has united the Northern Hemisphere 2nd largest gas producer along with the worlds 2nd largest gas Consumer Market economic unity and friendship between neighbors or russia and china. And for china it couldnt be more timely the country has been using increasing amounts of gas and its a trend that looks set to stick around after. This is a major strategic project for Bilateral Energy cooperation it is of great significance to deepening incorporation between the 2 countries and integrating our interests now russia is also quite pleased with this project when this name we are starting with the biggest restructuring projects in the world there will be nothing bigger in the sphere for years to come because this is not about breaking records this is an extremely important project for this russia and china but we all know that energy is a stake its all fake and there is no pleasing everyone especially when someones been cut out of the deal now the Worlds Largest producer and consumer of natural gas the United States is now perhaps regretting driving to outcasts countries together after waging an economic war with one and slapping sanctions on the other the us ongoing trade war with. China has driven beijings consumption of americas flagship liquefied natural gas right down to gas like no other apparently this one has a uniquely american flavor increasing export capacity from the freeport liquefied natural gas project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving americas allies a diverse and affordable source of Clean Energy China and russia as energy corp is a double whammy for the United States which is also seeing some of its other gas consumers surging their backs on it in a matter of months and all their Energy Pipeline north stream will start flooding europe with russian gas at a faster cheaper and greener rate that is american alternative washington must be scratching his head at how some european leaders could shun its uniquely flavored gas in favor off a closer ties with moscow despite its best efforts to convince them otherwise were taking germany were rejecting the french with taking both of these personally and numerous other countries go out and make a pipeline deal with right where this thing is in dollars into the coffers of russia thats one of the concerns that President Trump has about nordstrom to why europe would voluntarily tie itself even more to Russian Energy supplies and we make a tough case about ensuring that germany doesnt become dependent on Russian Energy we dont want europes Energy Supplies to be depended on platter mere putin. And also american politics said john and just claims his friend and former boss Harry Clinton gifted tough nuts over his investigation of the now to squeeze 20 would put a happy wife to. Its remarkable how quickly even people with a long relationship with you will turn if you threaten the centers of power or the sources of funding around them ultimately there are a lot of people out there who operate in that way theyre beholden to powerful interests and if you go up against those interests you become radioactive very quickly were going far waqt as clinton special adviser for years including while she was secretary of state Harvey Weinstein meanwhile donated tens of thousands of dollars to clintons 2016 president ial campaign before the whole Sexual Assault scandal unfolded don quarter next looks at how Investigative Journalism in general is becoming harder in the age of big corporate media. Ali what often portrays investigative journalists as knights in shining armor risking it all to protect the truth is that legal what is it is that we do it for a living. If we dont. We will lose the country lose. I wish im doing my job you never want. Your gas tank here and we can tell this story were going to tell it right and reality though snooping around the lives of influential people could have serious repercussions it could land you in trouble even if were talking about hollywood royalty like ronan farrow he was essential to the new yorkers 2017 investigation into rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein the same one that received a Pulitzer Prize and through the me too movement into the mainstream before his journalism career farrow worked as a lawyer at one point serving under the then secretary of state Hillary Clinton as her advisor for global youth issues they made quite the team that is until farah began digging into weinsteins dirty laundry did you feel pressure from Hillary Clinton on her staff raised concerns about the fact that i was working on this story about one of her most significant donors that they had bungler of hollywood money not to mention pharaohs original collaborator and b c refused to publish the weinstein revelations all together but this isnt even the only major story that the Mainstream Media big wigs have tried to smother a. B. C. Anchor amy roebuck recently went public about her investigation into geoffrey epsteins pedophile operation which was killed by the network 3 years ago it was unbelievable what we had. Everything. And i tried for 3 years to get it on to no avail and now its coming out and thinking well of revelations what we had it was unreal there were going back to you know. Get. Years ago so was that it have the rich and powerful become so strong. Long that Investigative Journalism has no place in the 21st century you probably cant reach. You know 1020000000 people with investigative stories that really attack it wealthy and powerful when you do Investigative Journalism which i do for a career in a living and you bump up against the rich and powerful especially if if your publisher is friendly with those who are rich and powerful you. You know you pay a price you either are taken off the beat and given Something Else to do like right of it you or you are you know in the worst case youre fired. Or youre sort of let know that you know your career is not going anywhere there so you should look elsewhere. Office to channel france has been compared to nazi propaganda by the french media outlet Charlie Hebdo which gained of course global attention over its in a strain of the prophet mohammed did request the right to defend itself from the publication however a paris court has rejected that news joining us in the studio now to get more on this trying to break it down frost out of the back story of bring us up to speed. Hi again marty friends has been locking horns with charlie. In a legal battle for quite awhile now hows that for a line of thought by the authors of charlie rose february edition from this year our t. V. Is filthy propaganda because its loved by the all of us movement we remember that this is the movement which is from the nightmares of the french government especially back in the winter. Which was what almost a year ago but just sliding off wasnt enough for them its like an r. T. S. Propaganda they went as far as to compare our sister french channel to nazi propaganda which really did become the red line for our management in paris but all the management wanted was to use their right to respond all they wanted is for charlie a bill to find a space in their Next Magazine for their statement and technically french law is on their side thats how its supposed to be but the demand was ignored by the magazine then r. T. Filed a lawsuit the court didnt rule in favor of the channel and then eventually another appeal was rejected now its time for a 2nd appeal that is still pending and told us what was wrong in not to comb the. If you want to tell us well you know that charley of those mostly famous for cartoons there were some cartoons which in a funny way copied drawings from the soviet era of the posters. Of course we could see a topless man riding a bear which was clearly a reference to Vladimir Putin although that didnt really say so a lot of greenery in there which is obviously because of the color on our logo and there was text so pretty much the insult was more in the text. First they began by saying that again like i said are these loved by the yellow vest protesters and this is what followed that particular idea. And is it dont you showed them in the head of our image went to our t. Front to frederick toadies show band from banning where he chatted with emmanuel told about the yellow vests the only small criticism he was embarrassed by the very name of the channel russia today a name that makes it clear where its funding comes from the fortnightly magazine signal published by the command in occupied countries did the same when it gave column space to coax and ferragamo this appearance of normality one end of the telescope is essential to the success of the propaganda operation. Well they were referring to the signal magazine which was indeed a tool for nazi germany and had a massive circulation thats what they were using during the times of world war 2 in occupied countries so perhaps no wonder the bosses at the French Version of our channel found that as an insult you mentioned previously about the protesters liking the front is that really care how much do they like well you know the audience in france the mainstream audience as we usually call it may like it or not the officials may like it or not but we did cover the yellow vest protests extensively and thats how we got these are thats how the audience expanded in that country and it resulted to scenes like this during the protests just have a look. Could be a coincidence or its the yellow vests hate emanuel macron emanuel macron hates the yellow vests emanuel mark crowd hates r t thats why weve had problems with getting axes to press events. His residence his office and so on and so forth and we dont know whether whats been happening in the court whats been happening with the shore leave go is also something thats in line with all these events or wait and see but clearly this is a sign that our team does occupy a certain niche in the country definitely much more complicated than many would like to have us believe. In the studio. 5 people including a mother who had just given birth have been killed by a u. S. Drone in afghanistans border province of cost the missiles targeted a car carrying 3 taliban fighters who were killed along with 2 civilians including the mother afghan Officials Say the attack happened late on friday night or Early Saturday Morning but the pentagon says the incident took place on thursday adding that it is aware of the civilian casualties. We are aware of the allegations of civilian casualties and working with local authorities to determine the veracity of these claims afghan civilian casualties from aerial operations in 29000 have reached the highest in a decade always 900 civilians have already been killed in the september 3 quarters of the casualties are from nato Led Coalition airstrikes according to the u. N. Assistance mission in afghanistan. To talk through some of the key issues here weve got were going live to Chris Nineham who is a National Officer and deputy chair of the stop the War Coalition chris tell me is that any justification for killing civilians even if it the only way to stop the taliban or even is even killing fighters themselves through such strain strikes we need even more in egypt yes. Well i mean the strategy that has been pursued in afghanistan really since the very beginning in 2001 has been a complete disaster its an 18 year war that is actually appears to be getting worse now weve reached the highest level of civilian casualties for probably a decade this year in afghanistan it clearly isnt working this is the longest war the us is ever been involved in its 4 times longer more than 4 times longer than the 1st world war its a disaster the whole operation the whole project of this is a disaster at the same time as theyre conducting the us and the Afghan Government conducting these murderous. Drug tyrants and bombing raids theyre also trying to negotiate with the taliban and that doesnt make sense either the has to be some sort of diplomatic solution thats the only way this war is going to wind in the end of the day the quicker that happens the lesser billions will be killed so this isnt going anywhere at the moment and the needs to be a very very quick and sharp trying in what the west is doing in that country well chris you meant. And the negotiations i want to pick up on that because of course we know that trump did a surprise blanks giving visit to the troops in afghanistan and he made the announcement that peace talks with the taliban are on the table do you think this latest strike could potentially jeopardize those talks now. Well apparently the taliban were taken by surprise by the spill in the 1st place and actually goes oceans on taking place and that what trump said wasnt actually true which wouldnt be the 1st time. But i think absolutely these kind of the times which are obviously liable to prolong the war to increase the level of bitterness and anger not just amongst Taliban Forces but among innocent. Civilians who were killed they can only make they can only prolong hostilities and when the situation according to some reports where 11000 civilians have been killed this year by drone strikes or in in the wider war i mean that is not a situation in which youre liable youre really likely to be able to pursue peace talks so the Strategy Change sharply the needs to be quick room towards negotiations and really western forces need to start pulling out of afghanistan immediately you talked about the mass casualties from drone strikes we know of course there are also concerns from several watchdogs about the use of Artificial Intelligence for example how they could be misused is that any evidence that the u. S. Does proceed with strikes even when there is a risk of Collateral Damage. Well i mean this particular. Time is in itself evidence of i mean at least 2 civilians were killed in this attack. One has to assume that the intelligence was that was clear about who was in the car so thats just one example there was the also the time in september on a wedding which killed. I believe 40 civilians this is this is what happens when when drones are used in warfare its just to me that they are. Able to just. Able to just focus in on on militants or competence time after time there is Collateral Damage and that is damage to thats real tragedy to innocent people and civilians but its also. Its also going to you know prolong the warfare and prolong the combat so these kind of attacks need to stop and to win for there to be a negotiated solution which we so desperately needed for the people in afghanistan who suffered so many years of war and not just from the west but the previous was 3035 years of permanent warfare has absolutely devastated the country and it needs to end really for there to be any kind of progress any kind of possible solution for the people of afghanistan many thanks chris for your insight on your tie about was Chris NinehamNational Officer and deputy chair at the stop the War Coalition. Thats all from me and half an hour neil harvey will be here to take but dont go too far because up next its going underground. You know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the path and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. Seem wrong why dont we all just dont. Get to say proud these days because as a kid and in detroit because of the trail. One song many find themselves worlds apart. She still looks for common ground. John after a time here were going underground as leaders of the nato military organization launched 70 years ago to wage war with the u. S. S. R. Meet in london after one of its key members described nato as current the experiencing brain death coming up in the show the man who once ran nato on the responsibility of the secretary general to galvanize nato nations against the cvs enemies and the silence of others we speak drove above the director of an Award Winning film about the brutal legacy of nato nations support for fascism you know not says im a dictatorship all around the world told them all coming up in todays going underground the 1st as donald trump arrives in london ahead of tomorrows nato summit lets go straight to rome to speak with nato its former deputy secretary general as andro minute to reserve thanks so much for the deputy secretary general you were actually acting secretary general for a while about the conference the bulletin of atomic scientists when estimating the threat of earths destruction due to nuclear war claims with 2 minutes to midnight you think Something Like that will be on the minds of nato and leaders this week while i dont think so why do why you ask me this question on against altenburg is saying that nato faces a bigger and bigger threats and that in fact nato has to be prepared for coverage ations theoretically with russia and with china well you know. Dont train that are more and more frets i mean the the world is confused but rather stable i mean in terms of frights as far as i know and so you know russia tried out they are why dont ya lobbied i dont fit in they are actually menacing them. Threatening made on more than they did before so i dont see disarm in the raising of credits lets put it that way say you dont agree with nato secretary general against bolton were gays even saying that he wants to nato to make space an operational domain enjoying the sick