Other this is r. T. International thanks for joining us. Dozens of people convicted of terrorism offenses in the u. K. Who were released early are said to have their cases reviewed thats according to the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson comes after it was revealed fridays London Bridge attack had himself been released early. How many other people are in the same he would show allowed out and there was no in this has nothing to do with perot there was nothing to do with probation and eagerly the same as legally there are probably about 70 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. Somebody who had already been found guilty of involvement in a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange but then it 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 offense which were organized for not just him as a convicted terrorist but other acts offenders to attend and it was not that of reportedly that he decided to launch his attack an attack killing 2 people in injuring 3 others on 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 i think these people should never ever be let out of prison unless we are absolutely convinced they do not have the jihadi virus people dont want history lessons are sure this is a troll city if you had been sentenced under the old rules he would still be in jail today no terry should be released without being properly assessed whether or not they still pay service to the public in scotland to have ended up the medical 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 trying to 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 got much harder to find now Boris 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 was the least early so there will be those who are calling for that to be changed while the leader of the labor party during the corbin 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. We put the issue of Early Release 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 bought 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 member should know even know who carries it but i mean how hard are terrorism friends that on drawdown going on there you know beyond radio curry i dont have a terrorist organization ive got no problem on terrorism the hard line things are 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 schools who at 14 or 15 were transported to syria if you join a Terror Organization we have to find out why. To tackle these issues properly were talking about people going to syria or going to Training Camps in pakistan people who 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 be treated reasonably 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 much cement is appropriate on a case by case basis that to me seems sensible. Us journalist claims his friend and former boss Hillary Clinton distance herself from him over his investigation of the now disgraced hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. 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 lots 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 ronan farrow their work has clinton special advisor for years including while she was secretary of state or the vice the meanwhile donated tens of thousands of dollars to clintons doomed 26. 00 Team President ial campaign before the Sexual Assault scandal unfolded on his double quarter 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. Leave the country. I wish to do 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 and 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 we had everything. And i tried for 3 years to get it on to no avail and now its coming out and i think 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. 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 write it you areas 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. Most come beijing have launched a 3000 kilometer pipeline dubbed the power of siberia to carry russian natural gas to china jordan yeah today were marking a significant truly historic moment you also need 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 kind projects that will serve the interests of all countries and benefit to all people. The pipeline took 5 years to build and its the biggest russian Gas Investment project yet and one culture of reports from beijing. The 3000 kilometer long power off siberia gas pipeline 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 for. This is a major strategic project for Bilateral Energy cooperation it is of great significance to deepening corroboration between the 2 countries and integrating our interests now russia is also quite pleased that with this project. 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 as 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 su outcasts countries together after waging an economic war with one and slapping sanctions on the other the us ongoing trade war with. 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 Russias 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 soon will start flooding europe with russian gas at a faster cheaper and greener rate that is american alternative washington that 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 would take both of these countries and numerous other countries go out and make a pipeline deal with russia with a thing that is in dollars into the coffers of russia thats one of the concerns the president has about nordstrom to why your 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 dependent on whether mere putin. Im told by political scientists joseph chang told us why this is a win win project for both russia and china. This is significant for both china and russia for china even said a lot in terms of Energy Security in terms of diversification of use Energy Sources front that they dont. And so on to the russian siberia it is also significant for russia because it means there is less and under group in market it opens up the china market with tremendous potential and infrastructure built can also be used to supply oil and natural gas in south korea and japan so there is a lot of developed the asia pacific market is support of the development of Russian Far East and the area in russia. There are china has slapped sanctions on a number of u. S. Nonprofit organizations and also put on the u. S. Navy visits to hong kong on hold and here comes in retaliation for some recent steps by washington which are viewed by beijing as hostile. To me family spawns to americas unreasonable behavior the Chinese Government has decided to suspend all u. S. Navy and air force visits to Hong Kong China will also impose sanctions on the National Endowment for Democracy NationalDemocratic Institute for International AffairsInternational RepublicanInstitute Human rights watch Freedom House and other n. G. O. S are actively involved in the hong kong riots as to when it will end it depends on americas behavior. This comes hot on the heels of trump signing into law last week the hong kong human rights and democracy at legislation with sanction and chinese and hong kong officials believed to be involved in Human Rights Violations in the special Administrative Region but this decision was met with jubilation by hong kong protesters they swarmed outside the u. S. Consulate waving american flags and. Singing u. S. National anthem and back no one at the university of bath in the u. K. Believes that the outcome in hong kong will be the opposite of what the United States wanted. I think what mr trump restoring hes trying to increase more bargaining troops in this hand in trying to get a good deal with china and obviously ward chinese doing this trying to do too tough on up more measures on the whole kong and unfortunately hong kong looks like toole increasingly become a battleground between the u. S. And china condition and im afraid the hong kong will likely to be sick of flies because the. Confrontation between interests china because hong kong has been very sensitive and has receiving a lot of Foreign Direct Investment also from the u. S. Because try the chinese all to do not just back down their true toughen up the measures so in this case i think the result will be just and timely and see it with what washington d. C. Was already on really intended to do. 5 people including a mother who just given birth have reportedly been killed by a u. S. Drone hit afghanistans border province of course the missiles targeted a car carrying 3 taliban fighters who were killed along with the 2 civilians including the mother afghan Officials Say the attack occurred late on friday night or Early Saturday Morning but the pentagon says the incident took place thursday adding it knows about the collateral damage. We are aware of the allegations of civilian casualties and are working with local authorities to determine the veracity of these claims. Afghan civilian casualties from Area Operations in 2019 reached the highest in a decade almost 900. 00 civilians have already been injured or killed in the year up to september 3 quarters of the casualties of a nato Led Coalition airstrikes according to the Un Assistance Mission in afghanistan to stop the war coalitions Chris Nineham believes that these airstrikes have to stop well i mean the strategy that has been pursued in afghanistan really since the very beginning in 2001 has been a complete disaster is 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 these kind of attacks need to stop and to win for there to be a negotiated solution which is so desperately needed for the people in afghanistan who suffered so many years of war and not just from the west but the previous wars a 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. Wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is set to take part in new Legal Proceedings but this time as a witness the spanish courts will question the whistleblower in a case against the private Security Firm that allegedly spied on a stance during his asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in london and also possibly distributed the footage in order of materials for 3rd parties including the cia some videos have been previously league by the newspaper. Cameras recorded both video and audio of the meetings that really unhealed with his lawyers. Its claimed the company was instructed to spy on a son just conversations with his lawyers in particular and they were drawing up his Defense Strategy to avoid extradition to the United States the company itself has commented on the accusations saying even though it cant provide details about its actions at the embassy no ethical and moral rules they say were violated. Sans is currently being held in a Londons Belmarsh prison where he serves a 50 week sentence for breaching separately hes fighting a u. S. Extradition request over wiki leaks public publication of classified information on american political and military dealings the combined charges could land him a 175 year jail sentence the former counsel of the Ecuadorian Embassy in london told us hes been shocked by the revelations. Defunct embers he was sort of a deal. By this by nish company. Contractor they called the in government we suspected all alone but we didnt know that they were recording and spying for a 3rd party sole to learn and us the information was given to the americans is is shocking well there are many many reasons why they shouldnt hand Julian Assange. To washington but this certainly is in breach of certain protections that everybody is entitled to and that is no lawful of course not. French magazine charlie of dough which going to global attention over its characters of the Prophet Muhammad has compared our sister channel r. T. France the nazi propaganda war to france requested the right to respond in the publication over a paris court rejected the move my colleagues ask you taylor discussed the issue with. R t france has been locking horns with charlie of dough in a legal battle for quite a while now so hows that for the line of thought by the authors of this years february edition of sharlee dome our france is filthy propaganda because its loved by the yellow vests which is the protest movement from the nightmares of the french government but its not just filthy propaganda propaganda thats as bad as that of nazi germany so this comparison with nazi germany was the red line for the r. T. France management but all they wanted to happen is to be able to use their right to respond all they wanted is for Charlie Hebdo to find space in the next edition of their magazine for the statement to be published however the magazine ignored arties demand then the management of our channel in paris filed a lawsuit and made came the verdict from the court which wasnt in our favor r. T. Then appeal the appeal was rejected now theres another appeal pending on what was wrong and can give us some more to tell not while we understand that the magazine is famous for its cartoons yes there were a lot of green cartoons because of the color of our logo and then ways to try and copy some soviet style posters with one of them featuring a topless man writing a bear thats clearly a reference to Vladimir Putin some may see this as funny others may not but what was definitely not funny is the text after the idea that arties loved by the yellow vest protesters as ive said came this new show of them on the head of. The from to frederick. The show band from banning where he chatted with emmanuel told about the yellow vests the only 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 but this was basically r t being put in the same camp as the signal magazine which was something that was recognized during the years of world war 2 as a particular tool that nazi germany was using in the occupied countries to spread their fascist ideas you mentioned the yellow fast protest as they really are to frances west. Well let me just put it this way the french officials may like it or not the mainstream french Media Audience may like it or not but the coverage of the yellow vest protests by r. T. France was extensive and this led to these kind of scenes of me to show you. Most surely we may speculate whether this is a coincidence or not that the french president Emmanuel Macron has a problem with the yellow vests we know that he has a problem with r t we were denied access to the press events at his office at his residence and now charlie abdo has a problem with r t as well the french court has a problem with r t well again probably no coincidence but clearly all of this is a sign that r. T. Has occupied a certain each in france. Retail giant amazon is facing a backlash from the Auschwitz Memorial after it offered for sale a range of christmas ornaments that contained images of the former concentration camp products have since been removed Christmas Tree decorations trinkets and bottle openers board images of the camp the memorial called the items rather disturbing and disrespectful enough for them to be taken down but something amazons not to blame. I think or hope this isnt a deliberate listing rather a computer grabs images and puts them on generic ornaments if god forbid someone were to purchase them then they would make one whats wrong with people who would buy that let alone make it look in add their products i believe it is Computer Generated and they have agreed advised what image has been used. We have asked amazon to comment on the story we will bring you any response once we receive it we also spoke to mark shulman newsweek columnist and editor of history central dot com he believes that the Company Needs to police its platform more carefully the issue with amazon as it has thousands i think actually millions of merchants who they sell for on their platform and the problem amazon has is they do not do a very good job of policing those merchants and so therefore anything can appear on their platform and they do not do a very good job of finding those things and removing them quick enough its a similar problem they have with all sorts of counterfeit goods as well so you know its a general problem with all these big high tech giants with their biggest concern is Growth Growth growth and they dont spend the effort of policing their own platforms as necessary and this is a perfect example that it shouldnt require people speaking to amazon to take it down amazon has enough computer capacity and Everything Else to were able to found this by themselves and not allowed it to appear on their platform at all but they didnt spend the effort to make sure it doesnt happen. Ok that is all for this hour and indeed all from maine for this evening of appreciated your company do stay with us if you can sean thomas will be with here with updates on a lot of stories in half an hours time. John after a time here were going underground as leaders of the nato military organization launch 70 years ago to wage war with the u. S. S. R. Made in london after one of its key members described nato as currently 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 perceived enemies and the silence of others. As 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 all of them all coming up in todays going underground but 1st as donald trump arrives in london ahead of tomorrows nato summit lets go straight to rome to speak with nato is former deputy secretary general as andro minute to resign