To an end for its 70th birthday in the u. K. Member states in the alliance struggle to find common ground. And donald trump labels the new House Intelligence Committee report on the his impeachment a joke as us democrats hang their hopes on the document being enough to the president. This is arent international. Germany has announced it is expelling 2 Russian Embassy employees in response to the murder of a Georgian National back in august attorney general says there is evidence moscow may have been behind the killing a claim russia vehemently denies and the man was shot twice in the head and chest in a berlin park on august 23rd he was a 40 year old Asylum Seeker of chechen descent who fought alongside anti moscow militants in chechnya which is a republic of russia with more on the details of the case heres our correspondent evangelists seeps us. 2 employees of the Russian Embassy are to be expelled and or declared a person non grata after this new general of germany is taking over the investigation of the. In berlin a last august with seem to be an Asylum Seeker in the country germany has taken this action against the russian employees and or to russia because they believe that russia has not done enough to help the authorities in germany looking into this investigation and they also say that berlin is taking this stance because they say that there is some sort of russian state level and for women in this word or the federal Foreign Office today declared to employees of the Russian Embassy in berlin to be persona nongrata with this step as the federal government reacts to the fact that the russian authorities despite repeated high ranking and in fact seek requests did not sufficiently participate in the investigation of the murder of tony k. K. In berlin zoo there are sufficient real indications that the killing is either on commission or done by state agencies of the Russian Federation or such of the autonomys chechen republic as part of the Russian Federation germanys prosecutors say or they have enough evidence linking them or to moscow in article recently posted by the Investigative Group in the pointing fingers and law school that there is a link between the kremlin and the murder of the chechen ethnic last august here in berlin but lets talk about a little bit of what this group the what we know about them so far is that they are of course eyes to western secret services and they have played a major role in major cases that involve the moscow case and the owning of h. 17 in Ukraine Russia has a come out with their own statement of both the reaction from berlin saying that this is groundless this is absolutely groundless speculation this topic is being somehow whipped up by german media but it does not mean it this is how things are. The us also been a reaction by e. German politician from the Free Democratic party Alexandre Graff alam store who spoke to the news agency a. F. P. Hes asking for more information to be clearer shown to people why it is doing this we all i would like to point out here that next week in france the president of Russia Vladimir Putin and the german chancellor Angela Merkel will be meeting in the normandy summit earlier from london today the chancellor Angela Merkel said that this would not affect in any way the talks between the countries since this house to do with ukraine but she did leave open of that its possible that the a lot of bilateral relations between the 2 countries might get affected somehow. And joined earlier to discuss the victims background. 40 year on phil in Congress Village he was killed in what was described as an execution style killing he was shot twice in the head and this is a murder case that quickly became highly politicized in the media with headlines pointing the finger at russia drawing comparisons to describe things in the u. K. Calling it the script pal 2. 0 in fact the media were less interested however in delving into the history of the victim which makes quite an interesting read his c. V. Is quite it shows a quite a checkered history lets say hes an ethnic chechen georgian citizen he was an islamist a former soldier he fought against russia in the 2nd chechen war he has connections to some very high profile terrorists many of the fighters he fought alongside went on to move to syria and join Islamist Groups there and he sought asylum in germany in 2050 and that was after a failed assassination attempt was that the 1st time someone tried to kill him. He was actually on a terror watch list a quite some time here. He was described as the person who detention posed a threat to the Public Safety he was taken off started terra list only last year in just this right in 28. 00 he was removed from that list now needless to say is passed however interesting have a check it may be does not justify his killing and the perpetrator must be brought to justice but perhaps to give a fuller picture its worth highlighting that this guy was not joe bloggs you know he was not your average everyday guy who was a man with connections to some very questionable individuals with some very extreme ideological tendencies earlier we heard from a german economist. You believe that while the case will cause political fallout it is unlikely to have cooperation between russia and germany. We cannot trust any of those explanations from German Governments at all it was already with this creep out it was with iraq all these socalled big evidences turned out to be just nothing if you look at what is happening in the world you will see that everybody tries to get better relationships to russia at the minute because this is the biggest and most important market of the future on the or asian continent and there are some powers who might not want this russian government knows pretty well that German Government and german industry are 2 totally Different Things and i think this might harm their relationships to the German Government but not to the german industry because i think by now Everybody Knows that these are 2 totally Different Things. Donald trump claims he got along well with fellow leaders on the 2nd day of nedas london summit in his latest tweet us president hit back at a viral video showing some of the World Leaders having an exchange or trying to expense the meeting was being held to mark the 70th anniversary of the worlds most powerful military alliance arties is how he was at the london gathering for us. This summit is going to be defined not by the unity shown on the surface not least by all the leaders but by all of them very very big and have cracks between many of those coming into this summit one thing World Leaders have regularly here seems to be agreed on is that russia is always the bad guy however the nato generally general secretary himself saying that what was needed was a more confrontation but dialogue with the major eastern neighbor nato essentially rodolfo to shop because russia is our. Closest neighbor our biggest neighbor we need to strive for a better relationship with russia. On even if we are head not able to. Get a better relationship with russia in the near term we need to manage a difficult relationship and elsewhere as well weve also been hearing from manuel macron whos been saying that russia too does need to be dialogue on that fronts now while they advocate more dialogue with russia the reality is of course that war games continue to take place on russias borders with those eastern Member States and of course that expansion of nato to the east continues to be a cause of National Security concern for russia while any of the nato members such as take you for example who do wish to engage with russia even buy weapons from them will find themselves soon be out cost by other members Russian Air Defense system s. 400. 00 would never be anything good that into nato it will never be part of the nato integrated air missile Defense System it was already tetchy in contentious going into this summit and it would appear that things got even worse last night one of the leaders were invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception with the queen and some of the courts on the microphone on the hot mike. Please. Please. Listen to. Me if you see the. This is more hes a great politician that was for the tsunami and she was. At. Least at least 2 faced today scott i find him to be a very nice guy but you know the truth as. I told him out of the fact that hes not paying 2 percent and i guess hes not really have to go to trial not happy he had canceled scheduled a press conference it was due to be held at the end of this and will be leaving the summit early in fact hes been meeting with other leaders socalled 8 plus one who he says 8 countries other than the u. S. Who have met the 2 percent spending targets for military targets and so mr trump making it very clear that sets in countries canada and particular are not welcome not impressed with what he had so overall a very very divisive conference here in london. Political commentator john breaux spahn says the alliance is alienating russia and risking regional stability in the process. Only problem released. Dont close i want to go. On but the relational interests are within we invent all games of problems like maybe this could go for the reason being in germany. Or in fact. That because theyre fighting that we have said weapons do. You know i mean it will be very easy to get into. Per se its gaining because it uses the in the. War zone which is what nato is doing. And theyre spending enormous amount of money and call now to be a big savings plans spirit we send for the Mystic Police easily doesnt. Brings the norm and theyre on the defense which is and this is. British university is being branded shameful and appalling over its advisory guidelines for people based at its campus in dubai here are some of the advice that has come under fire from academics students at the algebra to q. Community do not do anything that may be perceived as a public display of affection by the same sex or opposite sex even if its intended to be innocent try to avoid dressing in a way which is not traditionally associated with your perceived gender if you are in public do not wear any clothes or accessories which could be considered to be a form of the l g q advocacy. The university of birmingham opened its campus in the United Arab Emirates last year offering a range of courses set to u. K. Standards it is currently expanding into buy with plans to accommodate more than 4000. 00 students however there are concerns over the u. A. E. As human rights record and treatment of the community it has prompted a number of the lecturers to refuse taking up any positions in the kingdom which forbids same sex relationships the University Though says the guidelines are to protect students and staff the u. A. E. Denies violating human rights earlier we discussed whether an Educational Institution should be offering such advice even at all. There are thousands of. People who work in the United Arab Emirates and do so for many many years i have friends there who work there so i dont think it is that much of an issue from the point of the of the university its about protecting students and its about having the right guidance and support in place to protect students as they study in the country of the university of birmingham has a very clear and very good equal opportunities policy a very strong policy around human rights diversity and inclusion and by going to dubai it is violating its very own rules and principles may i think quite clearly this is simply a money making exercise the university of birmingham has put profit before human rights i cant is to be with anything peter said about the regime in the u. A. E. Or saudi arabia or some of the other desperate regimes in the middle east where there is no human rights and there is no freedom but i think its important for individuals to know the expectation of you know now that the universities there how they should behave in terms of protecting themselves sorry let me rephrase that how they should conduct themselves how they should protect themselves their own safety and the safety of their peoples and i think thats what the university was trying to do for to get a balance in terms of security and in terms of safety account have one law for people in britain and then a different law for people in dubai that smacks of arrogance its next of western privilege it smacks of disrespecting the human rights of the people of dubai and i want to say that this is not just about the human rights of the lecturers and staff of university its also about the human rights of the people in dubai itself who live under a very very oppressive regime reality is the university is there and theyve got. A moral duty to make sure that the safeguard and protection of their stuff and their peoples is good and theyve done it in that way which i think is most responsible giving advice to people. Impeachment proceedings in the u. S. Are gaining steam after the House Intelligence Committee released what democrats are calling a damning report the document claims that President Trump abused his office for personal gain by soliciting interference from ukraine in the 2020 alexion donald trump branded the election or the allegations rather a joke with details and commentary heres our views dont quarter President Donald Trump is on the impeachment block again hearings are under way again and then another impeachment reports been released accusing him of more than just a few misty perhaps thats why trump thinks its a joke i saw it and its a joke everybody is saying it for the democrats though this is no laughing matter. President trump and his senior officials may see nothing wrong with using the power of the office of the president to pressure a foreign country to help the president s Reelection Campaign however the Founding Fathers prescribed a remedy for a chief executive who places his postal interests above those of the country impeachment remember the flunk that was russia gate Robert Mullers investigation into trumps alleged ties to russia 2 years in the making and yet to deliver the grand revelations of promised but thats yesterdays headline the democrats have no time to lose with the 2020 president ial election looming closer theyve put their hopes in the new ukraine gate report which this time took only 2 months to put together the dems say impeachment wasnt an easy conclusion to come to but come on guys weve been hearing this stuff since Trump Took Office our rise today mr speaker to call for the impeachment of the president of the United States of america your son listed as you said home alone if you want belief dont play and maybe days off because were going to go in there were going to be some other we shouldnt be impeached for a political reason and we should avoid punishment for political reasons it may be that we undertake in a pinch but nonetheless the document is basically a summary of the impeachment hearing thus far it claims the testimonies were overwhelming evidence of trumps misconduct but some witnesses werent as convincing as others there was no mention of withholding 8 on the call correct thats correct and there was no quid pro quo correct correct was there any reference to withholding aid you know there was not any reference to bribery there was not any reference to quid pro quo no there was not you have any information regarding any criminal activity that the president of the United States has been involved with at all. Now ukraine gate was handed to the dems by an anonymous whistleblower so. I want to put the final nail into the coffin of trumps political career someone protected from prosecution just what the anti trump brigade needed but you have to blow the right whistle to find protection under the law to take julian assad which he spent 7 years hiding from the law in londons Ecuadorian Embassy without any sympathy from washington i think a son should be assassinated actually. Contracted maybe use a draw or something but this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the United States the guy ought to be and im not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the Death Penalty want to do it illegally shoot the son of a i think the man is a terrorist act tough and say if we catch you were going to hang you one has to wonder how the Founding Fathers would have treated someone claiming to stand up against tyranny if they were with us today. We asked former florida Democratic Party chairman cesar and media analyst lionel how weighty they think the report is. I do believe that the democratic report was factual and obviously the republican response was perhaps a fairy tale that people do want to repeal have to support some went to bed specifically you have very different responses be on the lookout for this one we have to look at is different order was given that are going to come out that will be pretty straightforward theres going to be an abuse of power because as you say in the quote he took his interest above the National Interest theres also going to be obstruction some is obstruction of congress not letting people cooperate what we have here is unprecedented and no one knows what it means because it Means Nothing why do we call it an impeachment inquiry because if it was an impeachment hearing or an impeachment proceeding the president would have been allowed to invite it to subpoena witnesses but since they didnt do that and didnt want him to do that they call that an impeachment inquiry and they have not changed one i ota from what they said when they began the inquiry that and i will paraphrase it the president used to his position his authority under article 2 of the constitution for personal and or political benefits and the last time i checked every president since George Washington as done this this is not impeachable when hes after a short break to start. Join me every thursday on the alex simon short and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Up until recently politics were about policy preferences and ways to implement them that is not the case today your political views are now what define you as a person and there is a moral dimension bias against those who are not politically correct is the last acceptable form of discrimination this is the end of politics. And. The European Unions tendency to believe that it is and represents europe has long been a major gripe for russia but as the e. U. Experiences significant internal difficulties it is started to reassess what it is and what it stands for what does that process mean for the countries sharing the continent with. National now russias envoy to the world chemical weapons watchdog says a new investigation is needed into last years alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma this comes after a number of o p c w employees raise concerns about the official findings. Report was compiled following the april 2018 attack which was blamed on the Syrian Government the ledge to atrocity prompted it retaliatory airstrikes by britain france and the United States on a number of targets in damascus and on a year later whistleblowers began to cast doubt over the findings claiming the report was heavily redacted unscientifically flawed to suit its conclusions. Most of the demon team failed to see reports on the instant the interim report and the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally irregular and possibly fraudulent. In addition to the o. P. C. W. s impartial impartiality having been called into question a number of academics have claimed in the media has failed to provide balanced coverage of the syrian conflict one of them max abrams explained what he sees as some of the shortcomings. Of the mainstream nehru going to keep to the conflict in a very simplistic way especially by making it seem like i said assad was even more extreme than he actually captured firstly this pro regime change crowd made him seem as if the rebels fighting assad were more moderate than they actually were the more time goes on the more evidence for merchants the more it becomes difficult to claim that you know assad is all evil and the rebels were all good at least 3 different scientists who were involved in this but who are officially part of this group did not but we got a report which has been broadcast in the video actually reflects the song we should hear from those scientists exactly what the scientists was all about. Members of a ukrainian ultranationalist a battalion have apparently turned up in hong kong taking part in the continuing protests there photos of their visit were posted on social media by a former head of one of the azov battalions that units show a number of masked men walking through the city and posing in front of a university damaged during clashes between protesters and police one of them was identified online as an as of veteran and some demonstrators from hong kong arent happy about the unexpected guests. Huge warning about some protests to risk we have just turned up and who were at the rally yesterday if they are reserve battalion then were talking full on neo nazi fascists connected with work rhymes and torture the worst of the worst. When the eyes of battalion is an armed volunteer unit which is now part of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry the group hasnt been accused of Human Rights Violations and war crimes during the conflict in the countrys Eastern Region the battalion is also notorious for its use of nazi symbols back in october 40 members of the u. S. Congress demanded as of be recognized as a terrorist organization journalist martin summers says that such appearances that the hong kong protests are detrimental to the movement. If i was a home call protest i wouldnt particularly like these these rather unpleasant right wing forces from ukraine pejorative not protest but you cant really stop people from turning up such things even if you wanted to give that if youre approach us 3 hong kong you need to be demonstrating some called loyalty to the boy the choice Nice Community and not to be seen as a foreign influence of the foreign influence therefore you dont particularly need to have loads of people turning up to make it look as if you are inside chile of the foreign influence but were seeing protests in hong kong waving american flags for example which back in the days of the chinaman square protests in the late 1980 s. Would have been unthinkable because it would demonstrate lack of patriotism and so on Start International mourning to help here. He didnt do. That financial Survival Guide i dont find any im with you. Most of friday as of last summer buying from the future so cracker was kaiser. My feeling with this world its right now is were so confused and fearful and this certain generation is controlling all the Politics Around the world still when that generation dies off and children are brought off in this new movie are less materialistic dont really care about these things dont even want automobiles want to write this like job want to ride a bicycle this movement is global its going the world is going to house to go in the sky rection and its going to change. Ratings and sell you take shoes since the end of world war 2 when the media orc rise of Pax Americana one of the running tragic jokes on the small blue planet is that you can stand on almost any continent throw a rock and youll probably hit a u. S. Military base with roughly 800. 00 bases in. Over 70 countries around the world the footprint of the United States military on this planet is immense and quite often catastrophic to the communities that surround them take one of the favorite playgrounds of the u. S. Military iraq where the intercept is now reporting that according to a new study children and babies born near the tile air base in southern iraq have not only been showing severe birth defects including near up near a logical problems congenital Heart Disease and paralyzed or missing limbs but also had corresponding elevated levels of a radioactive compound in their bodies no news for you now where a where would you find the chemical element thore them you may ask well about in the United States military is frequent use of munitions containing depleted uranium one of the studys lead researchers told the intercept that quote doctors are regularly encountering anomalies in babies that are so gruesome they cannot even find precedents for them the war has spread so much radiation here that unless it is cleaned up generations of iraqis will continue to be affected but if you think the problems with the u. S. Military bases are confined to the far away corners of the world think again stars and stripes is now writing that the Government Accountability office has warned that here in the United States more than 100 military installations are vulnerable to water shortage risks due to Climate Change issues and this aint just those desert bases like site 51 in the battle no this is affecting bases ranging from the Naval Air Station in key west all the way to the Joint Base Lewis Mcchord in Washington State so that the reach of the u. S. Empire quite literally turning