Years of extreme you know Public Interest in the attacks on me and a former newsweek reporter launches a blistering attack on the magazine for refusing to run a story he wrote about the alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma last year. Hello youre watching r. T. International im Rosana Lockwood welcome to the program. The abuse of prisoners in secret cia run prisons has been thrown into sharp relief following the release of a report called how america tortures it contains a series of chilling sketches produced by Abu Musab Aden and inmates at Guantanamo Bay depicting the enhanced interrogation techniques he was subjected to between 20022005 he was captured from a jihadi safe house in pakistan in 2002. Sent to a socalled cia black sites in thailand where the torture took place he was then transferred to Guantanamo Bay where hes still being held without charge was the 1st person to be subjected to the brutal Interrogation Program that was approved by the administration of george w. Bush and has since been acknowledged by the cia heres a quick overview of beda story. As soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight a very strong pain maybe scream unconsciously. 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. Long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. Its felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep and despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. 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Now and turn it to some other Headline NewsMass Mobilization against planned Pension Changes have to promise font and wind this tuesday Officials Say 600000 people are involved across the country and other estimates claim that number is almost too many and and what started out as mostly Peaceful Demonstrations in the capital quickly to send it to violence. Reports. C. B. S. Craning joined us here in paris after one of being some small clashes between the police come to the protesters as you can see its all round us as this march is only going oh i started saying i can use to plastic or not you will. Get a bit of a purely human. Just to get through that gas as it is so nasty that gas the police have been warned is dangerous silly news here in france guys you can see everybodys trying to come back up to plus the international to get away from the tear gas filling the skirmishes between the police and the protest this a protest thats been going on no strike for once in his good week a strike that was sparked by the protests reforms that the government has announced and one that is showing the general malaise him front its not just about pensions this is about so much more the Health System says its creaking teachers are unhappy even at times the police have been not processing i gainst the reforms of my corns government so its im here today because we have the problems with financing for hospitals we have lots of expenses and the right constraints when it comes to procuring materials and recruiting stuff were here today to say that will lobby Public Hospitals and we want to say to them. The working conditions of health. Its very difficult for us to live properly on our current salaries theres been no change its just a trauma. Here in solidarity with everyone whos been affected by that reform which is the vast majority of people who. Everybody should be protesting against and for even if they want to become less you know its an accepted was actually. Been told that our pensions will be ridiculous this would make the situation even worse you can see the police start forming a line just on the street that we were in just a few moments ago the street where all the tear gas was being fired pushes out of it you can see theyve formed a huge line the police with White Helmets on and in fact they look like theyve cordoned off most of the streets around where we know that sounds like some grenades going off of than tear gas there. But what was very calm protest just within a few minutes is descended into. Just a difficult place to be what we notice is in the last half an hour now some of those what they call the the castle is the thugs the break is the police said the ultra. Left but theyre also sometimes known as the black box they have actually been systematically hitting points up their street so we saw a post office being attacked many of the bus shelters being attacked as well as just general restaurants in fact at one point when they were breaking some of the gloss over the advertising boards by some of those guys came up and try to harass my cameraman because they thought he was filming them he wasnt but they were incredibly aggressive and thats because they are very sensitive about being filmed when they carrying out any. Destruction work we saw that continuing for about half an hour and its only now as we got to plastic that the police have responded with back here gas and then cordoned this area to try and keep all of the protesters in the government says it wont do a u. Turn only the changes to the Pension System people say that they remain on strike but for the moment this strike has turned nasty once again in paris charlotte even ski r. T. Paris. Well after a series of horrific injuries against protesters its come to light the french authorities were warned of the dangers of using tear gas grenades against demonstrators as far back as january last year also tax the company that makes the military grade devices wrote to the French Interior ministry about the safety risks of its grenades being used by riot police the blast effect of the devices produced by an expose of substance are likely to maim or mortally injury an individual well those within turn sound effects can cause irreversible hearing damage the resumption of production is impossible without completely reviewing the production process. In a letter to the french investigative news Website Media part the manufacturer warns that defects in the grenades were identified but not resolved france is the only european country where police use the weapon and despite the warnings this still used and on occasion happened known to explode when simply just being handled the gas grenade course a serious injuries among yellow vests protesters 5 of whom have lost hands and elderly woman died after she was hit by one of them at a demo in marcell last year and dozens more protesters say theyve been left wounded by the weapons to. Oh. Oh. Oh that was. The National Assembly and people were trying to force their way in the Police Arrived and threw grenades one hit the guys leg he tried to push it away with his hands as a reflex reaction. To this. And again i dont want to kiss anyone but my mother says she had been targeted and we want to trace and did her justice. I will try to fight against the use of july for grenades which are totally from my point of view weapons of war and against rubber bullet guns. All french journalist a american morning bill told us he thinks the government is using the grenade as a terror and. But you also mustnt forget the use of the trash for rubber bullets during deserved demonstrations which have her led to several people losing a knife more than 20. For you remember the rest see that there is no political will to stop his madness in my opinion it is very cynical to do it on purpose they want to dissuade people from the most rating and problem showing their anger and during this yellow vests protest they preventively for instance arrested people because they were carrying swimming lessons in order to protect their their eyes from cheer gas it is a way of proving to most rationing why preventing it from being massive. Magazine at newsweek is in the spotlight after a former reporter claimed he quit when editors threw out his story on a chemical attack investigation in syria then our public route between the outlets and tarik had that has intensified we spoke to him about what happened. I kept pushing to try and do the story because i feel like its of extreme you know Public Interest the attacks on me and it is a kind of nit picking on on certain things i was doing in my articles but it was purely on just to be able to target me in an email so after i took pushing kept pushing essentially was told a couple lawyers about why they wouldnt run the o. P. C. W. Story and it was a long list of things that ive done personally wrong and i was very unhappy about this because you know ive never experienced like this Something Like this in my in my journalism career and tarik who just saw there is a writer and freelance journalist who joined news weekend september this year just 2 months later he quit after pitching a story on a report by the Global Chemical watchdog handling of the alleged chemical attack in syrias duma the outlet rejected it now it is a legal battle for publishing an exchange of corporate emails it followed whistleblowers claiming facts have been misrepresented by the o p c w regarding do. Pitch the idea to his editors to write about what dogs the females are reminded that the conclusions of the report lead to the United States france and the u. K. Conducting air strikes against Syrian Military targets tarik again believed his case shows the failings of the mainstream media. Lets look at the evidence that we have available to us at the moment there are scientists from a nonpolitical body of the united nations. That say that their report their findings from a chemical weapons site were not representative in the in the final report that was released to the world to me this is you know doesnt really need explaining why this is a newsworthy story is that these organizations have taken a long time for us to get here in terms of a historical point of view when we shouldnt be weaponized in them to kind of create the Public Opinion needed to go to war at the moment there are very few western well mainstream one. And journalists are reporting on this so i would say this complete failure of the media. You know our job as journalists are to hold governments to account and if governments are going to war on false premises then. We have good evidence to suggest that now and no one is reporting it then were not doing our job as journalists well as for the magazine itself newsweek has given this statement saying tarik pitched a Conspiracy Theory they couldnt run because it goes against objective reporting. Now in what may prove to be a major setback for Transatlantic Relations the u. S. Senate has approved a sanctions bill targeting Companies Involved in the north stream 2 pipeline project the measure aimed at disrupting russias efforts to increase the supply of gas to europe is expected to be signed into law by President Trump later this week earlier my colleague kevin owen discussed this with our correspondent. This has been another milestone in Americas Mission to protect europe from russias natural gas and we have and you may want to ask lee ilya what are you talking about because countries do need russian natural gas just to keep warm well let me explain how washington see it heres the deal from the american standpoint if the russian natural gas is delivered to western europe through all pipelines through countries like poland d ukraine its all fun and by the way once russias starts playing its new pipelines elsewhere this immediately causes a meltdown in government offices in kiev and warsaw but back to the 2nd option the way it is seen in d. C. If Russias Energy giant gas problems starts diversifying the way its fuel gets to western European Countries through new pipelines like north stream more north stream to thats a disaster that gets europe hoped on putins gas needle so lets just listen to how a u. S. Congressman who was behind the sanctions put it last week this pipeline if complete it. Would make europe even more dependent on Russian Energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would fund Russian Military aggression so we have learned that the us 2020 National Defense authorization act includes a bill that would penalize the companies that are involved in the construction of nord stream to that is a brand new pipeline project that is by the way its almost complete and it is intended for direct natural gas deliveries from somewhere outside St Petersburg to northern germany and were talking about these companies these are by far not only russia and there are plenty of german businesses that are who are involved because it is indeed in the interest of european consumers to get a new more reliable more direct route for these supplies now when it comes to the officials in moscow they have been blaming the americans for unfair competition in moscows message has been very simple what you guys want to do is you dont really care about europe what you want to do is sell your liquefied natural gas across which makes it more expensive in many cases but i just want to make sure that you listen to one american official because it cant just look at how they put it if the gas is russian that is bad putins gas if it is something thats extracted in america thats all accused of freedom with the us in another year of record setting not to Gas Production im pleased that the department of energy is doing what account to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of u. S. Freedom to be exported to the world ok so you mention that when it goes without saying really of course a lot of European Countries a huge pipeline project this a lot of jobs are going to be on the line a lot of people been involved in this either which way this pipeline ends up in germany supposed. I have to say about it well just a little earlier the german top diplomat reiterated berlins stance that these sanctions are unacceptable the German Foreign minister called an attempt to influence sovereign decisions in europe but i just want to bring up something very important like i said before north strained to is almost fully complete and i can tell you that this u. S. Sanctions bill is believed to open up this 30 day window for the European Companies to abandon their work on the pipeline now i can tell you that the german newspaper built revealed internal documents from germanys Energy Ministry where it says that berlin believes that this pipeline could be completed within this area and then this could actually lead to a situation when the sanctions prove to be completely pointless but of course we understand that nothing is pointless when it can be aimed at the audience back home the audience that will vote at some point when germanys committee chief on the economy and energy told us then is ready to respond to anything since imposed by washington. If youre going to give but if youre broke if the u. S. Keeps trying to obstruct the north stream project i suggest responding with punitive tariffs on german imports of american gas things cannot continue like this if we impose punitive tariffs on us gas sales will fall on the us will have to reflect on his actions the u. S. Is unhappy that we are not buying their gas they want to boost their own trade and thats why they are imposing sanctions on Companies Involved in building the pipeline the firstly american liquefied natural gas is obtained through fracking which makes it an acceptable for germany and secondly it is much more expensive than rushing gas by the natural gas we get from russia is high in demand and due to falling production in europe demand has only increased so we plan to import more of it this is why north stream 2 is so important the americans have tried to interrupt our oil and gas trade with russia from the outset and yet we have managed to cooperate for many years without interruption both sides need this and we plan to continue whether the us likes it or not. Now caught between a rock and a hard place americas Family Friendly hallmarked t. V. Channel has apologized for pulling a commercial featuring a same sex couple and has promised to create more inclusive content the Company Division that 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 celebrate traditions and be inspired to capture meaningful moments in their lives we are truly sorry for the hurt and disappointment this has caused and the apology comes after the channel pulled an ad for a Wedding Planning website that featured a gay couple getting married sparking complaints. Things although could have made planning your perfect wedding easier we did. We got a 1000000 couples plan registry and invitations and get started for free its only dot com. Well the effort spurred a petition by the Christian Conservative group 1000000 moms called on want to not show any pro l g b t content on the channel claiming it went against the values of its target audience however the removal caused a backlash on social media channel executives change their minds my colleague kevin own spoke to media commentator gina luden and human rights activist Peter Tatchell about the role 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 and it 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 the only reason why a channel which describes itself as Family Friendly and it shows 1st 2 shows this time of year it once you children and Families Together on the t. V. Popcorn and 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 a lot about 6 about love and i would have thought in a modern mature democracy were going to be a 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 the Holiday Season where we were 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 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 or 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 there my guess is that the majority of that was probably organic. 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 the suggestion was put forward in a draft u. N. Security Council Resolution on monday in addition to allow the d. P. R. K. To export product. Octave suggests that into korean road and rail projects be exempted from u. N. Sanctions it also calls for a ban 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 to be adopted it would need the support of at least 9 u. N. Security Council Member states in the absence of any vetoes bonce washington says sanctions relief would be premature at this stage young and has ramped up its missile testing this month ahead of a year and deadline its given the us to make concessions in their store to Nuclear Talks and america has insisted its unwilling to compromise. The United States and the Security Council have a goal not a deadline we want to use this timely 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 President Trump in chairman camp had discussed on 2 occasions well political analyst Chris Bambery told us both north korea and the u. S. Have to meet each other halfway in order to break the current impasse in talks i think relations of ruzicka 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 the situation room one house or one of these countries hasta make some concessions to try to get the talks back on track some humanitarian guest gesture by the United States might help bring this situation but the moment what were getting is hardly a message that really know all compromise is an offer from the United States. Now in other news this hour the Russian FederalTourism Agency has kicked off a Promo Campaign in the age of Pacific Region to promote the countrys tourist destinations the 1st event of the campaign has been held in tokyo and the roadshow comes ahead of the u. A. E. Fit euro 2020 football championship where the russian city of St Petersburg will serve as one of the hosts apart from showcasing tourist hot spots in the country the campaign will also promote russias new electronic visas for asian visitors simplifying the entry process a large number of visitors to russia come from asia and the figures are only expected to grow in coming years especially from south korea japan vietnam and china. Of that is your news update for now were back in around 30 minutes time with a roundup of the headlines see them. The be. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line. They get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president or injury or somehow want to be rich. 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