A burning in the flag this case has sponsored heated reaction on both sides with some saying the punishment is disproportionate to the crime. Not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the question say no a crime happened it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech. Or youre watching R T International im arizonan no thank you for joining us. Russias Investigative Committee has released the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal Security Service building in central moscow on thursday evening 39 year old afghani minear of lived in the Moscow Region he killed an f. S. B. Officer before being. That himself another officer died later in hospital and 5 other people including one civilian were injured at the moment the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing heres how the situation unfolded at the scene of the shooting. Situation when you get to the when we heard strange sounds we needed to realize that we should hide then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. Signals and this if i were the mom wasnt shooting randomly and i think we heard him shout out something but we didnt manage to make out what he was shouting in. The city in a basement were watching now when a guy came and were just going outside and he told us there was a shooting im so injured passengers he told us the injured party had been dragged into the cafe. There are reports the russian Investigative Committee has searched the home of the suspect and interviewed his family and friends we spoke to the neighbors and father of the shooter. But lately he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange eastern accent used to tell me that he liked shooting and even wanted to get a sports rank become a more star or sports team where he worked he replied in the Emirates Embassy as a Security Guard though i do not know if it is true he was a very calm guy and then somehow the change started growing his beard maybe it happened of the his grandmother died. Hes a lawyer worked somewhere in moscow he comes from a good family mother grandmother she was a good man she was always very polite attentive i cant say anything bad about him i cant believe whats happened in the country does in your house and he was he wasnt aggressive very calm quite quiet he was lonely no friends no girlfriend we found out about his hoby by accident he invited my husband to join him at a shooting range when he refused the topic was never raised again although we know is what weve been finding out now from the media. But with more details on the story heres our correspondent ego stuff. It wasnt calm last night here the f. S. B. Building is just to the left of me and the whole thing happened at around half past 6 in the evening right on the opposite side of this main f. S. B. Building of this f. S. B. Had quarter according to an unconfirmed video which we can show you right now the alleged shooter took his position between behind one of the columns right again on the opposite side of this building he took aim armed with an Assault Rifle and he opened fire it seemed that he was specifically targeting f. S. B. Offices coming out of the building now just to give you an idea as to how busy it was here last night what youre seeing right now is pretty white desolation compared to that because this is the heart of moscow its the very center of the russian capital its a trendy and hip area with plenty of bars cafes and restaurants so at 6 oclock it wasnt just the end of the work shift wasnt just the end of the work they wasnt just people leaving their offices offices out on the streets but also plenty of people just out and about plenty of tourists i mean if you just look over there Christmas Decorations are already up here so people were doing their Christmas Shopping theres a St Regis Hotel right across the street from me so there were literally hundreds of people out and about on the square and they were terrified by the shooting but initially many of them were confused because with christmas right around the corner many of them mistook the 1st burst of fire with well fireworks. I was sitting with my friends at a bar when the shooting began it was the sound of a kalashnikov Assault Rifle i know what it sounds like my friends were like oh it must be firecrackers but i told them no way its not firecrackers and then we saw people running down the street it was scary at 5 or 10 minutes past 6 the gunfire began and it was not just a few shots it came in bursts we saw officers taking cover behind the cars. Left work met up with my girlfriend and when we heard some dull sounds in the distance i thought at 1st it was fireworks or some firecrackers but as the sound continued we realized something was wrong Traffic Police who were in the cars thats good bridge as usual began evacuating people they apparently caught on to what was going on people started running we heard the gunfire plenty of details are missing right now no more official information as as of yet we do know that the russian president is being kept in the loop of this attack right here in the heart of moscow while security analyst charles chute bridge outlined where he thinks things could go from here. Though theyve said that from according to reports that nobody else was involved in this attack they will want to be sure that nobody else was actually involved in any planning aspects or in terms of assisting the government and that may take some time for example the examination of mobile phone records of any c. C. T. V. Records and of course any. The mouse communications and so on that might be held on the suspects computers and elsewhere and of course that would require house searches and so on but the fact is i think that even if you were going to have the most benign government the most benign state in any country to watch you will get some people. And i assume to herself that was just really funny because of policy because of instance or background or the circumstances of their own personal lives. Now turning to some other Headline News 3 and a half years after the british people voted for the u. K. To leave the European Union 3 Prime Ministers later and 4 breaks it deals rejected by parliament m. P. s have finally given their backing to an exit plan essentially has more details. It would appear that way off the 3 and a half years of delays and gridlock in the house of parliament that overwhelming victory in terms of the seats won for the conservative Party Last Week in the general election means that Boris Johnson could today get his drugs that deal approved by parliament he did so with a majority of our 120124 he managed to get it through and so what that means is by january 31st the u. K. Will be leaving the e. U. At which point they will enter into an implementation period or transition period that despite that vote today despite the win for the conservatives last week drags it still leaves many issues on the zoltan also leaves the country bits of a divided one of the main divisions of course comes to the issue of scotland now scotland voted by 2 thirds roughly to remain in the European Union during that referendum and also last week they won an overwhelming number of the seats in scotland the s. N. P. That is the Scottish National party was of course Pro Independence and so they take that as a mandate that the scottish people dont want to be dragged out of the e. U. And that they want that independence and those divisions remains clear in the house of commons today before that vote was held. Learns the emphatic lesson of the last caller unlike members opposite and reject any. Scotland could not talk been cleared of last week we did not call for breaks it come in the s. N. P. With a greater monday shows and still totally and utterly rejects break ca this tale is a road map for the reckless direction in which the government Prime Minister adi term and to take our country the story story of the last 3. 00 you will be at today and we would be able to move forward one of the concerns to take to the. For the labor leader during the quarter it was workers rights and the government has now taken out a part of that bill the motion within the bill that would have ensured the protection of workers rights following practices thats now no longer going to be part of that deal or the governments priority with that deal and also they havent said to the clause making it strict and making it more difficult if not impossible for an extension to the transition period what that means is that the government would only have from the day leave by the end of january of next year till the end of december takes year to negotiate a trade deal there are many who say that 11 months simply isnt a long enough time for a trade deal to be struck and also that breaks that go having provisions for u. K. Courts to be able to question and challenge and the piece of legislation by the European Court of justice that remains in the u. K. Door so as far as Boris Johnson is can said hes going to be powering on with his efforts to take the u. K. Out of the European Union well independent political commentator and to me whether believes the opposition will now lessen its still ity to the government there is cause for celebration for the country because the 1st period of uncertainty will be over those calls or some abrasion because Boris Johnson has actually made a commitment which is come true the conservative party has got a huge majority they can get through anything very wants. But that will be a positive thing from the point of view of cracks in its course. Because of concern might be on other issues where. You could argue that they havent really yours or mandates but i think the public have given their mandates on the subject. I think. Some of the opposition think is will probably turn down their rhetoric including even the who will also. People are getting fed up with because only had 45 percent of the very very claim to speak up for the scottish people were very very clearly dont so you are going over the coming months were going to see some more really is. A man accused of stealing and burning in l g b t flag from the us church has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after being found guilty of committing a hate crime Adolfo Martinez was 1st arrested in june and accused of desecrating the flag belonging to a local church in iowa earlier in the week he was convicted on charges of not only committing a hate crime but also 3rd degree harassment and reckless use of fire martinez admitted to opposing homosexuality but the length of his sentence has led to some debate why does the left cheer when the American Flag is burning no one goes to jail for that but they do for burning an activist movements flag while he got more years than murderers get in the u. K. Unbelievable so burning a rainbow flag is hate speech but ending an American Flag is freedom of speech i see. He should have burned the American Flag then he would have been praised statues dedicated it is disproportionate it is not commensurate with the crime committed however there are some disturbing elements a he was not given the sentence purely for stealing the flag and for burning it there were also. Accusations and claims of arson and threats to burn down other properties namely a strip club when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the Christian Faith no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech to burn the gates of the gay pride flag in the same way that according to the supreme courts also protected speech to burn the American Flag i would say that the l. G. B. Flag is a bit different from the American Flag because it days ignites a specific community in the same way as maybe burning a jewish flag might designate the Jewish Community and i think on balance probably we have to defend the freedom to burn a flag but what is exceptional in this particular case is the arson the threats the harassment this guys sentence was yes there was a threats of arson but it was may is so extreme because of the hate crime designation and burning this flag now i dont believe that this flag necessarily represents the rainbow flag i dont think it represents gay individuals maybe at one point it attempted to but it is weve come to a point where the rainbow flag and all the symbolism represents an l g b t political ideology there are still loads of discrimination free practices and laws and institutions the United States where l. G. Because most people do not have protection in the workplace for example they can be sacked from their jobs just because of their sexuality they could be in. From housing on the base of the search already that exist those rights just in sums those rights exist in some states that exist in all States America loves gay people we dont need theres this narrative of discrimination is complete phooey and we dont need more laws to try to protect the border not necessary quite clearly with this incident that happened with this particular man the battle is not over there are some people who are prepared to go to violent ends to dehumanize our community to express their opposition to our Community Gay americans outspend and their straight counterparts they have every right in this country they can get married now in many respects gay people are at the top of the food chain so why would these laws even still be on the books especially for gays its a nonissue and and i think we need to repeal. A setback for the u. S. Space Program Start on a spacecraft has failed a nasa flight test on friday the starlight it was supposed to dock with the International Space station when the over 2 procedure went wrong and the ship was forced to return home the test flight was a key part of nasa as planned to end u. S. Dependence on russia for space writes no one was on board as the flight was supposed to be one of the final tests before a manned flight during the flight poing announced on twitter that there had been an off normal insertion on air announcer said Mission Control was weighing all its options on the line feed was caught. On facebook suffers yet another Security Breach with the personal data of millions of users exposed but were back with that story after this short break. Understanding of shell is that its a money loser from day one but it doesnt matter in the u. S. Because all the creditors to lend money into the shell industry are constantly being bailed out by the central bank that prints money thats why they do it for the fees its great for the banks but its not an energy play its not a business its a sinkhole but here as you point out in argentina so they cant just print their way out of a losing situation and the economy is already a bit fragile you dont want to add another loser into the mix like shale drilling voided completely. What holds his hands to something. He put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president and. Want to. Have 2 going to be press this is what the 43 of the more people. Interested in the warnings in. Place should. Welcome back and a sign of possible boy in the Russia Ukraine relations as both countries along with the European Commission have agreed in principle on a gas transit deal for the upcoming year the deal only needs a final sign off in russia and ukraines capital before it can come into force. Now we have in place a political framework with the arrangements that are necessary to pave the way for a long term gas transit contract between companies with this russia remains a reliable supplier to european markets and ukraine maintains its role as a strategic transit country gas transit to europe has been a stumbling block for russia and ukraine 3 years stakeouts firms in both countries have repeatedly taken to tell thats caught in the breakthrough comes following the latest round of normandy format talks in prance attended by both moscow and kiev president putin on thursday had this to say about the transit trouble with russias western neighbor. So there is a court ruling and we have to build from that we will proceed from that and will be seeking a suitable solution for everyone including for ukraine as i have already mentioned many times we will keep in place transit the ukraine despite the construction of infrastructure like nord stream nord stream to turkey street and we will seek to ensure that ukraine feel satisfied with these arrangements we have no intention to escalate the Energy Situation or exploit it to influence the situation in ukraine itself we want ukraine to get stable supplies that are consumers in europe feel sure that you can we maintain good relations with our neighbors and everything proceeds to plan. Well so you analyze some of the geopolitical moving parts in this we can now speak live to candidate for us president for the Libertarian Party arvind bora of and thanks so much for joining us this evening your time that Russia Ukraine and the e. U. Are all involved in this who do you think is the biggest beneficiary of this deal and why. The biggest beneficiary of a trade deal like this is going to be 2 groups of people one is anyone who seeking peace trade agreements lead to peace because with trade comes an exchange of ideas and most importantly a situation of Mutual Benefit between 2 groups of people but whos also going to really benefit are a lot of the private sector investors and the people who are going to be benefiting from the additional spillover and ripple effects from this kind of growth so all the people who are involved in these supporting industries are going to see a huge amount of benefit from the end of this kind of state sanctioned delay essentially of what a whats a sort of im usually beneficial thing for everyone theres no reason for this to live in there in the 1st place i mean this is where the private sector should be doing more and the state should be doing less because in a private situation Something Like this would not have needed to be dragged out this all in the 1st place so in your mind then this can only be signaled as a good thing you mention pace that because for years the countries involved russia and ukraine primarily have struggled to forge an agreement this is coming off the back of these normandy format talks the recently held in paris is that the key thing thats changed whats changed now so this can happen. I think whats changed now is just basically economic interest has finally prevailed and is taking the day right now we have a situation where there is something that has been recognized recognized for ever as something thats mutually beneficial to both countries and to the people of both nations and the fact that its taken this long i mean its a little bit silly but its good that it finally has because now we have a way that both countries can so fundamentally benefit from this type of open trade this is the type of of of agreement this is the process that we want to see leading to more open trade the fewer restrictions between trade between countries if you are fewer of these type of legal disputes that are entirely unnecessary here well when you talk there about countries benefiting from these type of trade agreements not showing countries working together lets pick up the fact that the u. S. Congress is threatening sanctions on russias pipeline project north stream 2 which is separate to what were talking about here but it is a very piece of news at the moment and part of the reason being given by washington is not being given by washington but is being speculated is it to help ukraine what will washingtons attitude be to this deal to think. This is a prime example of why the United States as great a country as it is should not meddle and have shares of countries that it doesnt really understand because while there has been some divisiveness we see that countries can overcome their own device of this without the United States being involved in any way whatsoever its really important to see this particular situation the United States simply had nothing of significance or real substance to do with this deal and people were able without the United States help at all to find some way to agree trade and peace benefit all countries whether or not u. S. Congress inserts itself in the middle of it the u. S. Congress is opposition to to something or other pipelines or projects to me thats just silly and that is getting involved in things that are honestly none of United States business the u. S. The only thing that we need to be doing is keeping americans safe and making sure that americans can buy oil from somebody whether we buy it from Russia Ukraine or somebody else it doesnt really make any difference to us at the end of the day or as oil as long as we have the kind of open trade that can provide us assuming this this deal works out with this outlined framework pretty Russia Ukraine and the e. U. Do you think it is going to spell an end to this constant litigation that we have seen between ukrainian and Russian National gas companies. Man oh i mean i wish it i wish it would i wish it did that i think that this is a positive step in the right direction i think in an end to the litigation between the the 2 sides is is not realistic but i think as people see the benefits of this theyre going to be more open to finding a ways to agree rather than unnecessary ways to disagree in ways that delay this kind of Capital Investment that delay this kind of transfer of wealth and that delay this kind of economic growth. And just before we let you go so in summary do you think this ultimately indicates the relations between russia and ukraine a following do you expect its been a while for the obstacles. I imagine theres still going to be some obstacles probably quite a few obstacles but again the great thing about peace in trade is that it works and when people see that this works you know maybe that will set the stage for a more open agreements faster agreements less contentious agreements for something that really benefits everyone involved theres no one whos being harmed here and everyone whos gaining by this kind of open trade i think that this can be serve as an example for future situations where issues like this are bound to come up again and hopefully will be settled in the more expeditious and less contentious there candidate for the u. S. President Libertarian Party of him for thanks for your time thanks for having me on. Now on yet another Security Breach scandal has hit social media giant facebook has a new massive online database has been found that could potentially be used against the sites uses more than 267000000 facebook users ids by numbers and names were exposed most of the affected users were from the u. S. And this database has been taken offline facebook stated to me that they think the records were obtained before recent security upgrades. Well looking into this issue but believe this is likely information obtained before changes we made in the past few years to better protect peoples information facebook has been marred by Security Breach scandals and thats despite its efforts to combat lakes heres a look at some previous examples. We didnt take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake but im sorry. Weve had a series of different day to exposures data leaks and facebook has how to respond reactively to a large number of because its been on the back foot we are going to see more breaches more incidents to come because 1st of all they havent fixed every single problem and secondly theyre all amounts of data that took already be taken through facebook that have yet to be exposed elsewhere as was the case here the problem that facebook has though is that eventually it is going to lose Peoples Trust if it continues to behave in this way and no amount of money is going to trust and at the same time with the new g. D. P. Our regulations and europe may face being blocked from processing dates when youre all even sharing takes up. Us. Well that is your day for now im mars analog could now be back here with the rest of the team in around 30 minutes time to bring you more news from around the world will see that. Its. 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