Sort. Of christmas is coming together im going to talk to my children about Sexual Orientation id like to have that conversation with them one on one i dont really want to come in the form of a christmas coming. To the World International my names you know male 30 minutes of news and views start. After a series of her injuries against protesters its come to light that french authorities were warned of the dangers of using tear gas grenades against demonstrators as far back as january last year. The company that makes the military grade devices wrote to the French Interior ministry about the safety risk being used by riot police the blast effect of the devices produced by an explosive substance a likely to maim or mortally injured an individual well those with. Irreversible he. The resumption of production is impossible without completely review in the production process. In a letter leaked to the french investigative news Website Media part the money fuck sure warns that defects in the grenades were identified but not resolved france is the only european country where riot police use the weapon well despite the warnings theyre still used and how been occasioned being known to simply explode when being handled the grass grenade cause serious injuries among yellow vests protesters 5 of whom lost an elderly woman also died after she was hit by one of a demo in march say last year dozens more protesters say they have been left winded by the weapons. If. You. Remove the National Assembly and people were trying to force their way the Police Arrived and threw grenades one hit the guys leg he tried to push it away with his hands as a reflex reaction. I dont want anyone but me mother says she had been targeted and we want to kiss and do her justice. Were trying to fight against the use of g 4 grenades which are totally from my point of view weapons of war and against rubber bullet guns meantime musts industrial action in france centered its 3rd week on monday with transport workers causing severe disruption to road and rail systems nationwide since the beginning of the summer Public Sector employees have been protesting angrily against the governments pension reform plan sometimes violently. Taking ship across france this choose the 2 in part a starbase where the biggest outing as expected so let us cross live there no end to our correspondent charlotte do been closely following developments charlotte made afternoon horace whats the story there. Well a very strong turnout in paris for what is now a strike thats in its 3rd week across the country another cool by unions for a nation wide set of strikes the suggestion is up to a 1000000 people to take part in this strike today we are waiting though for those officials. It has to come through were just coming up to the bastille we just want to turn the camera around and get you a sense of the situation here people jam packed in around basti as you could probably see there in the distance the police of cordoned off part of the area which means it might be difficult for the protesters to move further on on the already designated route to take them all the way down to plastic. For the moment people look like they are grouping here to work out whats next people are furious they fused about the changes the government has made to the pensions as these changes that have already be proposed by the government are expected to be passed in the National Assembly here in france in early 2020 those changes perhaps the most controversial of them is the idea that french people will have to work for 2 years extra to receive a full retirement that would be a retirement age of 64. 00 the government says it has to do this it has to join paul all these Pension Systems with all the different special bonuses in rates into something this universal fair but people say no it means were going to have to work for longer and possibly end up with less money at the end now this strike has power lies to paris for the last few weeks its also had a massive impact on services across the rest of the country and it is a strike that was called by the Railway Workers by the metro workers here in the city but its also been joined by firefighters the police times who are taking part in this also Health Workers and teaches in students it feels like there is huge anger across the country but its not just about the pensions that was just the struve the broke the camels back there is a why do malays in front so we have been witnessing over. The last year im allays which has seen people unhappy with all different forms of professions and thats why this strike is being perhaps so well supported weve been having a chat to some of the Health Workers who hate to say for them to explain the problems within their own profession. Some sort of course im here today because we have problems with financing for hospitals we have lots of expenses and the right constraints when it comes to procuring materials and recruiting staff were here today to say that will opt out of Public Hospitals and we want to save them. Nobody cares about staff and hospitals these days medicine is no longer a profession and one wants to get into it doesnt pay. Nobody cares about stuff in office of these days medicine is no longer a profession anyone wants to get into he doesnt pay. So concerning is the threat to their professions that all monday 600. 00 hospital workers sent a letter to the government announcing that they would resign unless there was a massive injection of money into the Health Service they said it wasnt just about the money it was also that they needed more stuff and there was concern over shortage of hospital beds one Health Worker has told us that the situation is so bad it could now pose a risk to the lives of patients. In particular we as Health Care Professionals want to be able to continue to do our job the way we were taught and the way we want to without any discrimination about interests which has become systemic we dont have the equipment but its not our fault that we are understaffed but thats not for either i work in hospital one of our patients died almost a year ago simply because we dont have enough stuff to take care of everyone that was a year ago but nothing has changed since then. Well the government would say it has already offered more money to the Health Sector but that was rejected by doctors groups and when it comes to the pensions and the dumonds for you all not decision over the new Pension System here in france the government would also say its not going to do that now just as it says its not going to do that that is despite crowds like this coming out to the streets of france to say we are not happy we do not want this system to proceed and the reality is it looks like that this is a fight a standoff between the government and the protesters and it looks like at the moment. Its not going to questions they will be. True for christmas its not clear if that is actually going to happen giving us a sense of the situation as it stands right now in paris and indeed across france in general in the french capital. The abuse of prisoners in secret cia prisons has been. Really following the release of a report called america tortures it contains a series of chilling sketches produced by is it. Depicting the interrogation techniques he was subjected to between 2002. So it was captured from a safe choice in pakistan in 2002 and sent to a socalled black site in thailand where the torture took place he was then transferred to Guantanamo Bay where hes still being held without charge that was the 1st person to be subjected to Interrogation Program which was approved by the administration of george w. Bush and has since been acknowledged by the cia heres a quick overview of this story. As soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best but in saying for the box was too short i tried to take a cruel position but to no avail it was too tight a very strong maybe scream consciously. They kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen. The. Long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tied to the upper bars. It felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the car. Is a bite as lawyer who is the driving force behind the torture report told us why his client shouldnt be kept in detention any longer. Because were. All virtual i dont know if they are or. Understand why they charged. Or released. The mood. There are no who are. Not saying you know its there are transparency issue with what. The fact is they were you were d. In st it is. Your road it is one of. Accountability is d good i would love many people holy but it turns. Out all right we ready ready look forward not backwards or who ready is deluded. Words. Are going to remove the. Well. d caught between a rock and a hard place americas Family Friendly hallmark t. V. Child has apologized for pulling a commercial featuring a same sex couple and has promised to create more inclusive content the Company Division which operates the network says its been a tough call all round the crown media team has been agonizing over this decision as weve seen the hurt is has unintentionally caused our mission is rooted in helping all people connect summer break traditions and be inspired to capture meaningful moments in their lives we are truly sorry for the hurt and disappointment this has caused or the apology comes after the channel pull the nod for a Wedding Planning website featured a gay couple getting married sparking a complaint do you think solo could have made planning your perfect wedding easier we did and we had to leave these plans just 3 invitations to get started for free and selling dot com so it spurred a petition by a Christian Conservative group 1000000 moms it called d on hallmark to not show any pro l g p t content on the channel claiming it went against the values of its target audience for the removal cause the us on social media to channel executives change their minds kevin only spoke to media commentator gina loudon human rights activist Peter Tatchell about the route. This was just a handful but sought to include women who love each other and that is a fact of life and christmas is all about love and coming together you know i can understand what the fuss is about you know if i saw a card or a verse or anything with a man or woman kissing i think beautiful wonderful i love it they were viewers they were watching it they were thinking hey you know if im going to talk to my children about Sexual Orientation id like to have that conversation with them one on one i dont really want to come in the form of a christmas commercial and that to some people is understandable i mean doesnt mean that they were necessarily bigoted or that this was in any way antigay it might just be that they wanted to be the ones to have that conversation with their 5 year old is there any reason why the channel which describes itself as Family Friendly and it shows 1st 2 shows this year it once and children Families Together on the t. V. Popcorn watch is there a reason to describe themselves as that they should take a bit more care not to offend people that may be offended most young kids get it when they see 2 people in love young kids dont think you know man woman boy girl that they think of love and these were about love not about 6 about love and i would have thought in a modern mature democracy we were better celebrate love in its many forms is this the time of year where we want to be making political statements during you know what is a Holiday Season where we sitting around the fire with our families you know having having a good time and maybe not thinking so much about l g b t or even abortion or other things that might be more of a political statements almost apologise for pulling the did they need to apologize i think they did yes because its quite offensive to say that you know an image of 2 women in love is somehow a. Not fit and proper for a broadcast channel in this day and age. By putting the ad that was a deep insult an assertive rejection of the many same sex couples who do love each other and love each other just as much as any husband and wife you get pushback that is from a Political Action group be it conservative or liberal what youre really getting is a falsely inflated political pushback from people that arent necessarily your viewers when you hear the pushback initially from the viewers saying you know hey were were moms were watching your network and we dont want this on their my guess is that the majority of that was probably organic. Use trying to faisal at the use of poem oil but major producer indonesia suspects some slippery maneuvers to play the reports out of the break. Join me every thursday. And ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics sport im sure ill see you then. Lead. Hello again the u. S. Has rejected a proposal by russia and china to ease International Sanctions on north korea in exchange for a commitment from pyongyang to take steps towards denuclearization this suggestion was put forward in a draft u. N. Security council resolution. In addition to allowing the d. P. R. K. To export certain products it suggest to ensure korean. Projects be exempted from u. N. Sanctions it also calls for a bomb to be lifted on the employment of North Koreans abroad its not known if or when the draft resolution will be put to a vote now to be adopted it would need the support of at least 9 u. N. Security Council Member states in the absence of any vetoes but washington say sanctions relief would be premature at this stage and has ramped up its missile testing this month ahead of a year and deadline its given the u. S. To make concessions and there still are talks not despite the threats america has insisted its all willing to compromise. The United States and the Security Council have a goal not a deadline we want to use this time we briefing to make Crystal Clear to the d. P. R. K. That its continued Ballistic Missile testing is deeply counterproductive to the shared objectives that the president and chairman camp have discussed on 2 occasions political analyst Chris Bambery told us both north korea and the u. S. Have to meet each other half way in order to break the current impasse in talks. I think the relations of rooty can or dont turn on the north korean side weve had these missile tests were also having attacks on trumped by the North Koreans on the american side we have an insistence that all sanctions must remain in place until complete demilitarized militarization and that sets up a situation of stalemate it takes 2 to tango and i think in this situation really one house of one of these countries has to make some concessions to try to get the talks back on track some humanitarian guest gesture by the United States might help break this situation but at the moment what were getting is is hardly a message that really nor compromise is an offer from the United States. Indonesia is suing the European Union for its the solution to stop using Palm Oil Based biofuels the e. U. Wants to get Member States to freeze an eco friendly fuels instead but indonesia which is the globes Largest Palm Oil Producer suspects the move is more about trade rivalry about saving the planet as nuclear and breaks down for us. Palm oil its in everything thousands of our everyday products from chocolate to shampoo and cleaning products without even thinking about it we consume are now free to find 8 kilos of it each year the last few years theres been a wind of change with the new focus on emphasizing a greener more eco conscious position and as a result earlier this year the e. U. Began to turn its back on this cheap and versatile product with plans to phase out the use of palm oil in biofuels by the end of 2030. Indonesia is the Largest Palm Oil Exporter in the world within the World Trade Organization has been selling palm oil to some big clients for years for example the e. U. On very good terms for jakarta the stakes are high its heavily reliant on Palm Oil Production as one of its Key Industries with over 2000000 indonesians directly employed by the industry and many more gaining from indirect economic benefits and after threatening the e. U. With countless times since indonesia has now taken legal action against the European Union alleging discrimination against Indonesian Palm Oil exports with the lawsuit indonesia hopes the e. U. Will promptly change its read to policy and delegated act as well as scrap of the high risk in direct Land Use Change status it has given to palm oil and just last week the block imposed a 5 year tower of stone bio diesel from the Southeast Asian nation to counter alleged subsidies to producers in the country of ours off to a complaint from process that subsidized exports of indonesian bio diesel to the e. U. Are causing a threat to material injury to the Union Industry indonesias finest foreign minister accuses the e. U. Of following a protectionist policy and in a sign of further deepening trade tensions in neighboring malaysia the worlds number 2 in Palm Oil Production is mulling taking this same action and the last lines that asias 2 dominant pommel produces may be heading for a clash with the e. U. In the International Court of justice with suggestions that the new stance on palm oil might have something to do with competition in the edible oil business rather than pure ecological concerns. Lets go live now to Richard Wellings in london richard is the Deputy Research director of the institute of Economic Affairs on this very welcome to the program richard are there any other reason. Aside from environmental motives that you think the e. U. Would be seeking to phase i palm oil as a biofuel. Well i mean obviously this is a direct result of the gross stupidity of the you know 10 years ago when they imposed these biofuels targets on Member States and forced consumers to pay extra to have a biofuels as part of their transport fuel because it was obvious back then that this was going to have a devastating effect on developing countries and lead to the destruction of the rain forest these huge land grabs often displacing Indigenous People and destroying villages to make way for Palm Oil Plantations and now 10 years later they finally woken up to the damage theyve done in these developing countries so thats really the background the indonesian officials arent mincing their words are they are they are calling this a protectionist move by brussels. Yeah i think thats part of it and we know obviously view has a long history of imposing tariffs and quotas and bands etc to protect its own industry so the problem is once they implemented this stupid policy which of course did absolutely nothing to address Climate Change because if anything it increased emissions because of the impacts on land use but nonetheless obviously it created its own industry both the farmers and the Processing Plant so it cant reverse gears it has just sort of out on these extra regulations to try and mitigate the damage now just almost point how big a blow do you think it would be then to indonesia and malaysia economies number one and 2 in the world for palm oil and couldnt have a further impact on that region. Well i think thats the problem in terms of the actual exports i think there are around 400000000 euros a year from in the easy to the e. U. Which is an absolutely huge in terms of these use g. D. P. But this could easily escalate into a much bigger trade war and of course indias indonesias growing very rapidly is becoming one of the worlds great superpower so this is really the last thing the e. U. Needs the use suffering from long Term Economic stagnation and now its risky a massive fall in trade with on the Worlds Largest emerging economies who referees this do you expect perhaps the World Trade Organization to step in against the e. U. Well they potentially in theory can do that but weve seen in the recent past the increasingly toothless in these trade battles and these these litigation procedures cases can say years and years to be resolved and even then it then takes 30 years for them to be in force because obviously these big players like the u. S. And the you can pretty much safely ignore the ruling so i really dont see that as a short Term Solution just perhaps theyre looking broader here do you see the e. U. Battle against palm oil expanding from the Energy Industry to perhaps other key sectors. I think you could easily do thats i mean there is you know actually a mental russian the Palm Oil Industry is devastating these developing countries its caused absolute havoc in borneo has been massive destruction of the rainforest and a huge social impact as youve got a basically a very corrupt with the elites able to charge people off their own land to create these plantations which of course they make huge profits from so they are right on that but nonetheless the the sort of oh why the dangers are huge here richard thanks for your time this hour Richard Wellings is Deputy Research director at the institute of Economic Affairs. All right that is a lot for us here in r. T. International but i tell you what theyve been cramming in the stories i look at earlier on our website well worth some of your scrolling time this tuesday morgue. Programs as well get their start here in moments so you say. 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