All right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our International Im sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the weeks top story. Russias Investigative Committee has released to the identity of the gunmen who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal Security Service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old. Man need who lived in the region he killed in 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. Because usually when you get to the end with her its 3 sounds we needed here realize that we should hide it then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. To the singles and thats when the man wasnt shooting randomly and i think we heard him shout out something but we didnt manage to make out what he was shouting at. Them 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 out that im so and pass and he told us to enter us 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 neighbors they described him to us as a quiet manner though a bit reserved as of late. 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 all sports 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. 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 whole be 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 chief our correspondent 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 quarterlies 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 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 word 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 their 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 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 security expert Charles Schumer bridge for their thoughts on the attack. He had he was obviously extremely antigun hosed by something that happened probably to his family or. 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 gone into any restaurant and floated 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 3 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 at the anniversary of. The Security Forces day of 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 the latest u. S. Sanctions targeting Companies Involved in russias nord stream to gas pipeline to germany berlin and brussels say that america should mind its own business and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov added that russia will respond to washingtons move. And convince the north stream to as well as turks stream will be completed so extremist set 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 and turks stream in. By the u. S. Congress they think german and European Companies and tantamount to interference in our domestic affairs. The 1200 kilometer long nord stream to is being built 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 households and the sanctions that target Companies Involved in building the last remaining leg of the pipeline and the main swiss contractor has now pulled out over washington stuff penalties and nord stream spokesperson told our team that completing the project is essential for European Energy security and says that work will be finished as soon as possible the u. S. Has long voiced its opposition to the project. United states commends all our European Partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream to. 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 complete it. Would make europe even more dependent on Russian Energy would generate billions of dollars for putins billions of dollars that would follow in the Russian Military aggression. We dont want europes Energy Supplies to be defended on flatter me or putin meanwhile russia and ukraine seem to have found a solution to their dispute over Energy Supplies they have disgraced disagreed on a contract that allows moscow to send gas to europe through ukraine but the 2 have come to a settlement in the new agreement is designed to maintain gas transit between moscow and kiev for the next 5 years but also states that russia will pay a crane almost 3000000000. 00 to settle a long running dispute and in return will drop a legal actions against moscow former u. S. Diplomat jim johnson member of germanys the left party b. John and thomas soley believes americas approach is soaring souring relations with europe. When they say oh this will cover in 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 gas if 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 view of people in washington damage to the german American Relations is down and. The idea that america is consciously imposing extra charity extraterritorial sanctions to hurt the German Economy or to hurt the german consumers 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 traditional Christmas CarolsWhitehall Primary School in the southeast of england has redacted several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy jesus critics say the changes amid the whole point of the celebration and some parents have reacted negatively if he was just a baby boy named jesus there would be a celebration in the 1st place his eye will know it 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 but its what christmas is about. Well the school says it promotes British Values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs and has defended the move by saying that some students did not attend last Years Service because of their religious beliefs and it wants to include all pupils during the festive period we discussed the issue with him from a Christian Concern and also with social commentator moments are. The key message christianity and the whole reason why we celebrate Christian Christmas is because jesus was born as a human being and yet it 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 wanted to remove it 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 odd 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 of religious education that include all strains of all walks of life of humanism as well and atheism of people who want to come in there with so have more free range of views they are included nowadays and the question is whether children should be free to opt out from an itty bitty whereas mary jesus a baby jesus and all the question is not decided on in a stable which isnt true i think that sets the parents of the think still composition i think they could cover what 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 watch and 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 sound of it other persons to 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 whether theyre locked out they did i was out thats not the classic you want to opt out no not at that the question no youll just go see the car see the presenters whether you should tell us the wording if its not what people should opt out and if one agrees that theyre not out of my world as my only reason i dont have one place is not a question of my see the word of traditional carols to remove to keep a leaf of christianity into something thats not christian 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 that some so. How do you know migrants i mean when you have a situation that was a christianity or not your station is not welcome youre saying belief and saying is this going so much as i place is youll discuss it although i would say all of what i think you can follow it will say thats of christianity youre the one thats being intolerant here because youre saying they shouldnt sing the words this is a law thats the tolerant attitude here. This week the russian president told his annual q. And a session with journalists from home and abroad event took place in moscows World Trade Center and ran for more than 4 hours fielded questions on both domestic and International Affairs with president ial terms in russia and the impeachment of donald trump among the key issues raised. What could be done is to cancel the 2 in a row amendment we have 2 terms in a row yours truly served 2 terms then resigned and had the constitutional right to return to the presidency because it was not 2 terms in a row and the amendment confuses some of our political scientists and public figures so it could be counseled much. Its just a continuation of political infighting one party that lost the election of the Democratic Party is working for results through other methods accusing trump of collusion with russia then its discovered that there was no collusion that cant be the basis for impeachment and now theyve come up with pressure on ukraine i dont know whats there your representatives have a better idea. As for statements from certain people various political figures about russia about me as the head of the country i have been used to treating this accordingly but i know what the interests of my country are 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 but. Fresh doubts have been cast over the credibility of the International Chemical weapons watchdog your p c w more emails published by wiki leaks reveal concerns from yet another member of that team that investigated an alleged attack on the ground in the syrian city of doing my last year he says the final report into the incident so. Standard 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 office cation exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior. The alleged chemical attack in april last year reportedly killed dozens of civilians in response the United States and its nato allies france and the u. K. Were quick to conduct their strikes against Syrian Military targets the biggest western military action of the 8 year war now the o. P. C. W. Later deployed experts to do more to investigate and their subsequent report pinned the blame on the syrian government. Has been looking into the 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 and of the chemical inspectors were allowed to pitch in i attempted to submit my report to the f 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 teen and advised all relevant persons of this shouldnt have been. That 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 eason findings the conclusions appear to have been turned completely in the opposite direction now that we can exist publish what the preliminary report looked 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 youre 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 and 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 suggested. Theres 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 o. 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 when a new p. C. W. Says something people are going to be thinking twice before taking their word for it. On top of that a former newsweek reporter claimed that he quit the magazine when. Scrapped his story that questioned the chemical attack investigation the magazine says 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. Was a bit disturbed. You know i wasnt really given any valid reasons other than. The salt coal. Than 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 storable point of view when we shouldnt be weaponized in them to kind of create the Public Opinion needed to go to war of the moment theyre all very few. Well mainstream western journalists reporting on this so i would say this complete failure of the media is john the start to hold 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 went on turning our job as journalists. The series of chilling sketches produced by an inmate at Guantanamo Bay have been published in a report called how america tortures the pictures illustrate the socalled enhanced interrogation techniques used against abu zubaydah between 20022005 now he was captured at a jihadi safe house in pakistan in 2002 and was then sent to socalled cia black sites in thailand and his drawings relate to alleged torture there he was then transferred to Guantanamo Bay where he is still being held without charge he was the 1st person to be subjected to the brutal 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 what happened. 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 the very strong pain made the screen 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. And. The. Long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight 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 guard. Earlier my colleague you know neal spoke to the inmates lawyer he says the u. S. Isnt transparent when it comes to the treatment of guantanamo detainees. Has he suffered any lasting physical psychological damage a result of the torture well you know he must you know anybody would but its ive visited him 67. 00 poems a year or a robot isnt and its really quite hard to see over the. Years in the midst of adjustments because of what their needs were that you start in the water boarding may produce some problems. The fact is there were you were with him for 17 straight you did it is. d road you didnt want to. Believe hes not going to face any charges he has not faced any charges then the clear issue is here why is he being kept for so long in kuantan him obey. Well i think it is yes or is theres no question that for 17 years hes never been charged ive represented for 10 years weve asked repeatedly for him to be charged with crimes and that is very frustrating but they do it in c. And the cia is to say in the United States. As found he was never a member or have nothing to do. d or ever been in terrorist d acts whats the purpose all that when its been shown to to essentially fail to yield Accurate Information from many suspects so i think it failed to. Produce accurate iterations from almost anybody splits certainly the field to attract any and to obtain any accurate extermination throws a bit of fire because they knew that it is no way accountability is that he agrees and i would love many people held accountable for the terms of. The american model right now d is to look forward not backwards of course the problem we have right now is look if they dont work backwards but digital who are stuck there are going to remain stuck where. No i dont think it will d be the formal systems are believe there are many people who feel theyre all right by what they get in the d car and our troops that didnt exist thats it for me ill be back at the top now with another look your weekly this is our international. The full. Blown welcome to the party