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The facts. For broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the weeks top stories with our Weekly Program this is our team and. Russias Investigative Committee has released the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal Security Service is building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old. Who lived in the Moscow Region he killed and f. S. B. Officer before being shot and killed himself another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing heres a quick reminder of what happened that evening. This usually means if the when we heard strange sounds we needed to realize that we should hide it then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. The signals and youll miss it when mom wasnt shooting randomly and i think we heard him shout out something but we didnt manage to make out what he was shouting at. 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 unsure possum he told us the engine had been dragged into the cafe. We spoke to neighbors and of the father of the gunman he was described as a quiet man though a bit reserved as of late. But lately he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange eastern accent he 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 but 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 now know is what weve been finding out now from the media. There are reports the russian Investigative Committee has searched the home of the suspect and interviewed his family and friends our correspondent course. Has more from the scene of the attack. 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. Is b. Offices coming out of the building this is the heart of moscow its the very center of the russian capital its a trendy and hip area with plenty of buzz 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 in a bow when the shooting began it was the sound of a kalashnikov Assault Rifle i know what it sounds like my friends were like you know 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 to 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 on the connecticut 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 we spoke to russia analyst Martin Mccauley and a security expert Charles Shoebridge for their thoughts on the attack. He had he was obviously extremely antigun nosed by something that happened probably to his family. His friends or somebody else because nobody in his right mind. I tend to get into the lubyanka and start firing at the guards hes bound to be killed lou that could have done to any restaurant in florida as many people as you like but that was not his objective he just wanted to kill those associated with the secret service is now the official tree and if you killed one blue he would then say that i have achieved my objective because i would be killed as well given that the target appears to have been dispiriting obviously so publicly linked with the Security Services in the state and given the timing on the almost up to the anniversary of. The Security Forces day those would be quite strong indications as to the motivation assuming that the government is a rational actor had this attack i think taken place against a more soft target which is usually the case with more explicit or overt terrorist acts then you would have expected i think far more cash just have resulted. In the e. U. And moscow have slammed to the latest the us sanctions targeting Companies Involved in russias nord stream to gas pipeline to germany berlin and brussels say that america should mind its own business foreign minister Sergey Lavrov added that russia will respond to washingtons move. On convince the north stream to as well as turks stream will be completed so extremists that for launch in just 2 or 3 weeks will respond to sanctions but in a way in which we will not harm ourselves but we will definitely respond of course we will keep in mind when developing our relations im surprised that politicians reach such decisions which give no credit to high profile political figures. The German Government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to turks stream initiated by the us congress they think german and European Companies and tantamount to interference in our Domestic Affairs as a 1200 meter long ignored stream to is being billed from russia to germany through the baltic sea it will allow russia to increase gas exports to germany and europe and supply enough gas to power almost 30000000. 00 households of the sanctions target Companies Involved in buildings the last in building the last remaining leg d of the pipeline and the main swiss contractor has now pulled out over washingtons tough penalties and north stream spokesperson told r. T. That completing the project is essential for European Energy security and says the work will be finished as soon as possible u. S. Has long voiced its opposition to the project. The United States commands all our European Partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream 2. And we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and a new pipeline this pipeline if completed would make europe even more dependent on Russian Energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would follow in the Russian Military aggression. We dont want europes Energy Supplies to be depended on flatter me or putin meanwhile russia and ukraine seem to have found a solution to their dispute over Energy Supplies they had disagreed on a contract to that allows moscow to send a gas to europe through a crane but the 2 have now come to a settlement the new agreement is designed to maintain gas transit between moscow and kiev for the next 5 years it also states that russia will pay you crane almost 3000000000. 00 to settle a long running dispute and in return kiev will drop legal actions against moscow former u. S. Diplomat jim johnson us and a member of germanys the left party b John Thomas Ollie believe americas approach is sour in relations with europe. When they say oh this will cut cut ukraine out of the transit they will they will get less money but really think they care about ukraine they will carry by ukraine a lot and the only reason they would be concerned about re ukraine being cut out of any transit seize is that if that would be make it more difficult to put pressure on russia by having a puppet ukrainian hand on the lawn to speak it with regard to europes a gash you know that is no longer the case and all were really talking about is ukraine being included in a more cooperative relationship between europe and russia thats the worst possible outcome from the point of people below people in washington damage to the german American Relations is down and. The idea that america is consciously imposing extra charity extraterritorial sanctions to the German Economy to hurt the german consumer is now firmly implanted into germanys minds from the left to the right that is absolutely outraged by the actions of the u. S. Government. U. K. Primary school was the subject of tough criticism this week after parents were angered by changes to the wording of a traditional Christmas Carols Whitehall Primary School in the southeast of england has were adopted several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy jesus critics say the changes omit the whole point of the celebration some parents have reacted negatively. If he was just a baby boy named jesus there wouldnt be a celebration in the 1st place hes a well known and savior and king of all kings thats the whole point its also a tradition is taking away the traditions of the country i believe my children have been discriminated against and the have been denied the freedom to fully express their Faith Christian belief and tradition of being 2nd feist and silenced in the name of inclusion and Political Correctness the words lord jesus are about the central message of christmas which is that god is with those in jesus to put it very simply thats what christmas is about the school says it promotes british it values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs it has defended the move by saying that some students who did not attend last year service because of their religious beliefs and it wants to include all pupils during the festive period we discussed the issue with pay from a Christian Concern and also with social commentator bonser. The key mr christianity and the whole reason why we celebrate Christian Christmas is because jesus was born as a human being and yet was god as well and came down and its an incredible thing to think that god became a human being but thats what actually happened and thats what were celebrating here and they want to move that reference as well as jesus being king and jesus being savior if we dont have those things what are we celebrating i think its a massive distortion lets be quite clear jesus wasnt god he was already agreed from a theological perspective not agree he was a mighty messenger a prophet there is very little theological evidence the public space and the educational space is one which is secular it does not mean it is bereft of theology or education of belief or conscience but is inclusive of it so if we want to have Standing Advisory Councils and religious education that include all strains of all walks of life of humanism as well and atheism are people who want to come in there with so of more free n. G. s they are included nowadays and the question is whether children should be free to opt out from a nativity where is mary jesus a baby and all the question that it is not decided on in a stable which isnt true i think that such that parents are of the fix or position i think they could come a watch if they wanted to theyre really so upset about people saying jesus or that they have to not even be in the same presence theres something to talk about there why are they so upset about people saying jesus is lord i cant even go watson and i observe it you know and so i think i want to discuss that with them but ultimately i want to respect their rights if they want to opt out of it they cannot sign of it another person should be made for that the head teacher has seen that she has had 60 people who last year opted out from religious services worshipful activities and under the education act collective worship is wholly or broadly of a christian tradition but it doesnt have to be a particular question is not what they did i was out thats not a commercial to opt out no none of that the question you know youll just go to the car see the presenters whether you should tell us the wording if its not what a people should opt out everyone agrees that theyre not out. Well i will just as my only reason i dont have one safe place is not a question of my seat whether she changed the wording of traditional carols to remove the keep a leaf of christianity and said to answer something thats nonchristian after all thats the question islam is best is the completion of gods revelation we are not here to supersede christians we have to live alongside people and one another and in a modern Secular Society in the educational space we need to have a plural system where everybody is welcome this is the same old tired arguments some so this is not how do i know you know migrants i mean when you have a situation that was a christianity i know you say sure she is not welcome you saying belief and saying is this going so much as i place is youll notice i said oh no i would say all of what hes doing and i will say thats of christianity youre the one thats being intolerant here because youre saying they shouldnt saying the word one says it all thats the its all an attitude here more of the best stories from this week here on the weekly in just a few minutes this is art huge national. Debt. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race in this spear in Dramatic Development only mostly exists i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. And. One of the things that i started to realize is that the noise in my head as it me i started the practice of organizing my wife around what i wanted my life to be about even when it conflicted with my internal knowledge so you know i wrote a book but in my head im not smart enough people like me to write books. But what i held myself to it was the action and i started to notice that i could coexist with that while still living a life that went beyond the. Welcome back to the weekly on our national this week the russian president held his annual q. And a session with journalists from home and abroad the event took place in moscows World Trade Center and ran for more than 4 hours flying near putin fielded questions on both domestic and International Affairs with president ial terms in russia and the impeachment of donald trump among the key issues race. What could be done is to cancel the 2 in a row amendment we have 2 terms in a row ules truly civil 2 terms then resigned and had the constitutional right to return to the presidency. Because it was not to turn in a row the amendment confuses some of our political scientists and public figures so we could be counseled on much. And when its just a continuation of political infighting one party that lost the election of the Democratic Party is working through result through other methods accusing trump of collusion with russia then its discovered that there was no inclusion that cant be the basis for impeachment now theyve come up with pressure on ukraine i dont know whats there your representatives have a better idea and. As for statements from certain people various political figures about russia about me as the head of the country ive been used to treating this accordingly but i know what the interests of my country and that it doesnt matter at all what anyone else says there is absolutely no value in comparing what they say with the fundamental tasks which russia is interested in solving congratulations to Boris Johnson nevertheless he turned out to be the winner he understood the mood of the british People Better than his political opponents. Fresh doubts have been cast over the credibility of the International Chemical weapons watchdog the o. P. C. W. More leaked emails published by wiki leaks reveal concerns from yet another member of the team that investigated an alleged attack on the ground in the syrian city of goma last year he says the final report interviewed said it suppressed and distorted their findings. The Fact Finding Mission report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to doom or only one Fact Finding Mission team member a paramedic of the socalled Fact Finding Mission core team was in duma we are not insisting on being right in our assertions but we are demanding to be heard we have been stonewalled throughout by obfuscation exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior. The alleged chemical attack in april last year reportedly killed dozens of civilians in response the United Nations and its nato allies france and the u. K. Were quick to conduct airstrikes against the Syrian Military targets the biggest western military action of the 8 year war now the o. P. C. W later deployed experts to do much to investigate and their subsequent report pinned of the blame on the Syrian Government which is what i gather you have commented on the latest revelations. I dont know about the 3 little piglets but the o. P. C. W is having its house blow right down from the inside the 1st whistle blower they dismissed the 2nd they sort of excuse themselves and now in what is an absolute bombshell their most qualified inspector the f f m report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to duma i found that i was being excluded from the work for reasons not made clear allegedly the only team member who went to syria and there was allowed to cool right there syria report was the team paramedic none of the chemical inspectors were allowed to pitch in i attempted to submit my report to the f. M. Team leaders starting from the 15th of february 29th teen after noting continued reluctance from the f f m team to receive my report i deposited the report in d r a for collection on the 27th of february 29th and advised all relevant persons of this shouldnt have bothered seems no one wanted to read it. 48 hours later the u. P. C. W. Published its 1st report and sutherland had to really taken a razor to it so much so that the actual team that went to syria didnt recognize it the consensus within the f. M. Team was that there were indications of serious inconsistency isnt findings the conclusions appear to have been turned completely in the opposite direction now that we can exist publish what the preliminary report looks like heres what the u. P. C. W. Deleted one evidence that contradicted witness testimony meaning what the alleged witnesses said deferred wildly from the hard evidence found by inspectors to the fact that the hospital videos which shocked the world will think the victims were all actors the spade symptoms inconsistent with chlorine poisoning or poisoning with anything found at the scene 3 and this is the big one in the final report they found chlorine not how much just chlorine which you can fire did your kitchen in any home in any Swimming Pool maybe your right what about removing trace or some other wording may work im still worried that a stock standard phrase such as chlorine containing compounds were detected or similar present the danger of it being misrepresented as a damning conclusion its a political word smithing situation not purely technical and it was the anti acid war hawks trumpeted the fact what the o. P. C. W. Did is akin to saying you found radioactive materials in someones house without mentioning it was a tiny amount to use than fire alarms and this on top of previous whistleblower revelations hard math cast doubt that the canisters at the scene were ever dropped their observations of the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed. At those 2 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft it all began with Ian Henderson when he 1st blew the whistle he was mocked smeared insulted u. P. C. W. Claimed he wasnt even part of the team they lied leaked documents clearly show he was working for the u. P. C. W. Shame on the o. P. C. W. You are aware of the highly questionable behavior surrounding this f f m we as others in the team who would like to but are unable are questioning the work practices follow during this investigation this is more than a rebellion this is a catastrophe for the u. P. C. W a best this is a case of gross negligence worse than i pray im wrong this is corruption corruption in the very organization thats supposed to keep the world safe from chemical weapons either way from now on a new p. C. W. Says something people are going to be thinking twice before taking their word for it on top of the valve a former newsweek reporter claimed a very he quit the magazine when editors scrapped his story that questioned the chemical attack investigation the magazine says that the piece was dropped because it was a Conspiracy Theory and not objective reporting we spoke to the journalist and he explained why reporters should not be exploited to justify war. It was a bit disturbed. You know i wasnt really given any valid reasons other than the link i had refused to the salt coal like i said then all source to be trusted in my opinion. And then finally what kind of happened as i was i kept pushing to try and do the story because i feel like its of extreme you know Public Interest the attacks on me these organizations have taken a long time for us to get here in terms of a historical point of view when we shouldnt be weaponize ing them to kind of create the Public Opinion needed to go to war at the moment theyre all very few western well mainstream western journalists reporting on this so i would say this is a complete failure of the media on the starts a whole governments to account and if governments are going to war on false premises then you know we have good evidence to suggest that now another one is reporting it then one thing our job as journalists that does it for me and we will have more of the week we at the top of the hour this is. What politicians do. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Wanted. To go i. Was like that before 3 in the morning cant be good. Im interested always in the waters in the. First. You know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy its time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that made us free media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the. Past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Who are all those driven by a dream about one percent of those credit. Dares thinks. We dared to ask. Twas the night before christmas and all over the world people are my life seeking individual sovereignty so they apologise for a way because. The man that margaret found it impossible to touch the man she witnessed shooting her husband at point blank range was robin jackson. Jackson was a portadown loyalist who became one of the conflicts most prolific killers. He was also an r. U. C. Agent nicknamed the jackal. 5 days before pat campbells murder a man whose home police had found 64 kilograms of explosives 2 grenades and over 5000 rounds of a sort of ammunition had named jackson as his accomplice. However police failed to arrest jackson meanwhile he is at liberty to murder part campbell. Jackson of being a member of the Ulster Defense regiment then the largest regiment in the british army. He was later involved in the massacre of the miami show. In july 975 when 3 band members were killed by members of the klan and gang as they attempted to plant a bomb on the musicians boss. Loyalist paramilitaries harris boyle and Wesley Somerville were killed instantly as the bomb exploded prematurely. Well the Ulster Defense regiment was the largest regiment in the british army it was geographically recruited here and the north of ireland and it only served here in the north of ireland it was essentially a counterinsurgency unit that was set up the big end of the troubles. That itself took over from the discredit the specials which was a special place chill it thought it exists it since the 1920 s. And it was clear from the outset that the u. D. R. Was set up to recruit from within the loyalist on the unionist community. They were almost entirely drawn from within the community. Declassified documents from british sources from the Prime Ministers Office from the minister of defense secretary of States Office make it quite shockingly clear that from the perspective of the British Government it was acceptable to recruit someone into the regiment who was an octave loyalist paramilitary who was a man