A new terror all to a head. I know. Several people on board on their reunion passenger plane after the pilot is forced to make a dangerous maneuver during on the encounter with a u. S. Fighter jet. Over youre tuning in from across the world this hour welcome to moscow and to r. T. International company im you know neal. The u. K. s Opposition Labor Party is pushing for arties broadcast license to be revoked they laid out their demands in a letter to the countrys t. V. Regulator ofcom they watchdog is supposed to be independent and immune from political pressure arties takes us through developments. These must be some sort of record in order vanitys history it has done less harm if any booth immediate and long term to Great Britain to the british people and britains future than one woman did in the space of a single letter and this woman she isnt a russian agent she isnt a foreign spy or bent on britains destruction no she is a member of the British Parliament i am writing to request it off calm urgently refuse license in light of this report into request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss my concerns about the broadcaster just to bring everyone up to speed is an independent media regulator in the u. K. It has rules according to which every broadcaster in the u. K. Must be objective fair and to preclude any government interference or outside pressure of course is completely independent it must be thats the entire point the system has worked for so many decades of calm hasnt strayed it is mercilessly neutral objective but out of the blue come out multiple officials and they do something terrible they try to destroy what off call me ease distortions in the coverage provided by russian state and International Broadcasters such as russia today the high court has ruled that russia today broadcasts actually potential harm what these officials just did is set a precedent its its the worst sort of precedent one could set and attempt to pressure of course a politically motivated attempt to pressure or even dependent body to shut up someone they dont like using cherry picked arguments which couldnt stand up to so much as a gentle breeze. Yes they argue that artie has violated all of court rules been fined by off com which is true but these opposition members do mention is that other broadcasters like i dont know the b. B. C. Have 3 times as many violations b b c 41 violations in 10 years i. T. V. 14 knives sky news 40 c. 14 and that he hasnt had a single violation in 2 years separately you can sort of understand the allegedly on rebel members of parliament with a Prime Minister like Boris Johnson setting that example there isnt much to aspire to the Prime Minister agree with me that its time to look at but the licensing for russia today operates in the u. K. Its because this is because we got in this would come more credibly from the leader of the opposition had equally got these former the former leader of the opposition when he took money hearing in russia today i mean this is peter test this is pretty protested neither against the leaders of the form of your position stance nor against his willingness to take money from russia today even flip flops from day to day basis because this is what i mean the Prime Minister stands there making things up the never paid Jeremy Corbyn a penny to a chattel never not a penny yet barsh johnson he stands there lying and everyone laps it up just hammer a few more nails into this this coffin of nonsense and i am big on hammering those nails in all never found misinformation disinformation or untruths in any of our coverage of the soulsby incident to the bricks at referendum an analysis of off calm violations pay and there are different picture to the role playing fantasy being. Played out in the British Parliament has a comparable a better broadcasting standards record than you k. P. Is it was reported in october 2017 that the b. B. C. Is inundated with 1000 complaints a day 17 times as many objections as rival broadcasters combine obviously of com has dealt with busybodies before and i dont doubt they have their own views on an outsider telling them how to do their jobs but it is worry this hysteria that everything russian is becoming a medical and Mental Health concert an attempt by an endless stream of politicians to pin everything thats gone wrong everything they did wrong on russia and standing here on the sidelines you can only shake your head as you watch the spectacle unfold what is own worst example you can do of russian interference well thats the question which we want to have answered. Delve deeper into this im happy to welcome on to the program once more journalist and broadcaster neil clark neil good to see you knew the person who put the letter forward joe stevens we know that shes made statements about the importance of press freedom in the past does her crusade therefore border on hypocrisy mean it isnt your fault or at least blatantly hypocritical because she was in the house of commons talking about press freedom. And then the same very same person writes this this outrageous letter and i think we sometimes use the word outrageous too freely but this is generally outrageous. A leading British Parliamentarians shot a spokesperson on media writing to the independent the supposedly independent media regulation u. K. Basically urging it to take the television station off at a closing down the same time she was talking about press freedom this is really quite out re just there needs to be a backlash against this and what the labor party doing at the moment is quite that it really they are attempting to be more hawkish on russia than the government seems to be the line theyre taking they are coming up with complete rubbish about russia we saw a clip about cast armor theyre talking about the and the russia recall the russian report you know in their mind to me you know guys are that wonderful series of private fraser and he tells the story of the old energy bar well there was nothing in it and there was nothing in the russian report certainly not about r. T. And sputnik so i think the whole thing from a labor party is really quite pathetic youve lived it i have but i will just i will just labor the point a little bit more off color isnt the pendant on there for should not be influenced by political pressure ill put it to is it the place of m. P. s to be asking for a broadcaster to be banned at any time. No not at all and it would be the same i would say the same thing if we had any peace trying to put pressure off contraband other stations look media pluralism as a very important part of a Democratic Free society which of course to be quaint to be stands against other countries and yet this is happening in front of our very own very eyes and i think i think you know the allegations made against r t a just factually incorrect as your as as your there were there showdowns have been any finding against r. T. For 2 for over 2 years now theres been much a number of investigation to r. T. The other a kind of hidden station so the labor to do this what labors doing now i think that quite clearly we have a new labor leader star hes trying to act to play the part the guy is really tough on Foreign Policy and hes going to be the ultimate sort of bad voter aggression progress thats the line that theyre taking and theyre trying to if you like pressurized the government themselves to put more pressure on the cost of the whole thing is really quite disgraceful and the yet theyre taking their point of view but not with very concrete steps because what weve seen in the last number of weeks particularly claims made against russia british officials tending to use terms like highly likely almost certain it is this letter more of the same accusations essentially without a solid body of evidence to back it art. You know whenever ive been on social media on twitter or anywhere else and ive been saying to people whove been slamming r. T. For misinformation disinformation i said ok then can you please send me some examples of this can you show me some programs or some some commentary where theyve given this information out and they said one of course is the too much we cant got possibly do that so we get just if you want and theyre silent and that tells it all this all hot air that the russian report was a load of hot air when you actually look at you and the parts that deal that mention r. T. And talk about misinformation disinformation actually referred her not to examples of that not to evidence of that but in actual fact to previous parliamentary previous parliamentary report which didnt have the evidence and in fact to a i think an article written by a journalist whos been absolutely harsh critic of r. T. So the evidence is not read there was the evidence then of course people will be able to produce it the fact is the big crime of r. T. Is its motto question more and im afraid that the labor party dont want people to question more they want people to question less and thats why theyre gunning for r. T. This moment just put one last point to that there does appear to be some parallels with what happened in the us here we know that the mahler report failed to find sufficient evidence to indicate russian interference is britain set to go down the same path and all that goes along with that. Tragically the what you say the liberal left in britain like in america and seem to have. Gone. Look unsinkable this russia phobic approach their critique of whether its trumpet america or the conservative governing britain is that theyre not hard enough on russia ludicrous stuff i mean we saw twitter this week allegations it will say more Boris Johnson we know why the russia report didnt have anything in it because he covered it up hes a russian spy all this kind of thing so the left tragically is going down this line a large sections of the left is going down this extremely anti russian line which is which is a tragedy for full court more or less for the democratic process because really the left should be concerned with Economic Issues with issues of inequality with issues of war and instead that the leaders of the left are going down while many of them are going down this russian bashing and actually attacking the the government who are expat british sanctions on russia may be very hard line on russia but some of that is not are not enough it really is White White White plastic neal as always thank you for your time neil clark journalist and broadcaster speaking to us from the u. K. This hour. China has ordered the u. S. To shut its consulate in the city of chengdu inserted for move after washington ordered beijing to close its Diplomatic Mission in houston china says its not looking for a fight. Dramaturgy the Current Situation in bilateral relations which the u. S. Is entirely to blame for is not what china desires to see once again we urge the us immediately to retract its wrong decision and create the necessary conditions for bringing relations between the 2 countries back on track some of the personnel in the u. S. Consulate in chengdu engaged in activities inconsistent with their capacities and interfered in chinas internal affairs they harmed chinas National Security interests china has repeatedly made representations to the former consulates and america is aware of this very troubled ministration ordered china to shut its houston consulate on tuesday night on pale defended the decision claiming that beijing was stealing intellectual property china called the closure of its consulate a political provocation and said its embassy in washington had received Death Threats to 2 anti chinese sentiment being whipped up by donald trump meanwhile the us secretary of state house called in other nations to form an alliance against beijing. But we have to admit hard truth we must about our to the should guide us in the years and decades to come we want to have a free 21st century and not the chinese century of one thing dreams all paradigm a blinding gauge with trying to simply get it done the United Nations nato. G 7 countries the g. 20 our combined economic diplomatic and military power is surely enough to meet this challenge we directed clearly and with great courage to free world must triumph over this new tyranny. Well among the reaction weve been getting was from china expert who believes the u. S. Is acting in fear. Many people in the United States are extremely upset with the very authoritarian way that the trumpet ministration is dealing with the protesters and basically accused china of not following the norms and by leading human rights a lot of people would probably cry foul and say oh you sound like youre being a hypocrite here us or call us the folks basically are worried that china would eclipse the us economically and therefore politically and militarily over time and thats their biggest fear i dont think its as it into human rights. In the story we want to bring you on the program today several passengers on a reunion plane helping left injured after the pilot was forced to change all to true to avoid collision with an american fighter jet the u. S. Air force however insists it meant and a safe distance. Beyond. When we will move to syria to get some new approach to our plane and the pilots reduce the altitudes to prevent a collision this lead to some passengers getting injured. Or your plane approached our plane and caused the airplane to lose its balance and my head hit the ceiling. This is video of the american f. 15 craft flying close in a posture of jet was published by raining state media it happened over syria when the airliner was on its way from tehran to beirut during the emergency maneuver earthy sudden jolt calls postures to hit their heads on the roof of the cabin and left some sprawling on the floor uranian Foreign Ministry says an investigation is ongoing we discuss the situation with politics next for a full and a saudi. Obviously the policy of maximum Pressure Campaign on your on is not working and resorting to these type of tactics terrorizing women and children on a civilian airliner. Not supposed to be in this corridor air corridor so there. Should not be approaching a civilian airliner. And should not be in syria. The Syrian Government has asked the United States to leave its. Own independent country so by engaging in these type of activities they have violated the Chicago Convention they have syrias solvency. They did not do this before and this is. An airline that has been going to lebanon for many many years this is the 1st time they have done that so this may be a policy decision to escalate these type of pressures against iran given the fact that trumper Administration May be out of office in january. Security forces in Portland Oregon have been seeing firing tear gas rubber bullets out of crowd of protesters public anger there has been boiling over since the deployment of u. S. Federal troops. They were sent in earlier this week by President Donald Trump to quell anti racism protests the white house claims the mirror of portland has lost control of the city however more than a dozen us more than democrats voiced the lawn over the federal crack down meanwhile the unrest has hit Small Businesses and portland shops have been vandalized looted over the past 2 months one of the targets was a Jewelry Store thats been operating for 30 years local owned as well back in may looters broke into the premises and stole numerous items the owner. Clients are afraid to go down time because of the protests she spoke to r. T. About the situation important. Not only ones many businesses in Downtown Portland are hurt its not the portland we know its not the city that weve been doing business in for over 30 years its just boarded up streets. You know lot of graffiti just destruction everywhere and were very disappointed with the studio i dont consider what theyre doing to you to ship when you feel businesses like that when your city looks like a war zone that suffield leadership and were very disappointed were very angry and at this time we just dont know what the future of Downtown Portland will look like when you allow lawlessness when you allow looting and we dont hold people accountable this stuff is going to continue and if their leadership failed that business is the residence of Downtown Portland big time and despite this is happening there is no accountability being held right now against looters on the other side of the country new york city is in the midst of a surge in gun crime bill de blasio saying is the brick done in law and order is partly done to the pandemic. In new york city weve been the safest big city in america for years weve had a very tough 2 months no doubt and its directly related to the coronavirus the dislocation its caused the fact that our court system is not functioning yet so many faxes it is not a good situation developing in new york last month the number of shootings and burglaries more than double compared to june last year and not happened just as the n. Y. P. D. Disbanded its anti crime unit im not happened amid the Police Protests at last week however it announced a new plan to counter the violence and include shifting officers to more dangerous areas we spoke to cory pegs corys a former new York Police Commander who thinks Law Enforcement needs to rethink its entire approach or. The i think theres a lot of control when in fact is that a rise in crime in this into coronavirus i believe some of the laws that was enact it only said just pretty much laid down and i really dont and so look for them it was a run in a foot in new york city in pretty much a state where theyre saying hey we dont want the police were going to show you which i think they should be taking a proactive approach that police they just need for the Police Commissioner and his top leadership executive staff to come up with some innovative ideas not get rid of the anticrime unit around the city and leave violent free since before outplaying close to me i think they should have done something more appropriate. The fia in this town bowl has reopened for muslim prayers with its 1st friday worship it comes after a top Turkish Court provoked its status of the museum its the 1st time a Muslim Service has been held in the building in almost 90 years crowds of worshippers gathered in the nearby square for the event turkish president Tayyip Erdogan was also in attendance heres a quick look now at the history of the unesco World Heritage site. Where from no on during prayer is the christian frescoes icons littered all across the former cathedral will be covered with curtains out other times though the artworks will be kept on cardboard with the only side open to tourists. Some World Leaders have criticized turning the sights which as we pointed was originally built as a christian cathedral into a mosque again inside turkey the decision met with a mixed reaction one turkish poster found that almost half of respondents saw it as an attempt to shift focus away from the countrys economic woes heres what people in istanbul had to say about the issue. Of few years of fundamental right of muslims its been converted into a mosque as a result of this victory no muslims can pretty freely when hyacinth fee was a museum there was a restriction that prevented worship but its totally the wrong decision even if its not an insult it can offend after all the founder of a country gifted highest. The fear to humanity has a museum and i think it would be better if it retained the status of historical artifact. We need to respect every religion in fact mohamed had always advised peace saying a christian neighbor is in my can there arent supposed to be any into thief conflicts it is important that the. Remains of museum and it is important that it becomes a mosque but it doesnt matter to me this is. Because you have more im still plans for you as the center of. The work of now if you try to raise the more i dont know what you supporters of. Perhaps preparing elections are in therapy so this is is a domestic when you because there have been ive been in this issue. Is the reality. Of france or greece the answer in the same time of france or. Civilization in the vehicle near our reward is against this decision it harms relations. And it elations between europe and the European Union and the other. Countries turkey. They need as. You know a story which has got a lot of people talking today a youth court in germany has hunted done a sentence to a 93 year old man at the age of 17 he was an s. S. Concentration camp guard hes been convicted of over 5000 counts of accessory to murder our europe correspondent peter all of our house more. This 2 year suspended sentence that was handed down to 93 year old bruno d. Could well be the last verdict handed down to a perpetrator of crimes a cheering the holocaust he was found guilty of being an accessory to 5232 counts of murder while he was an s. S. Guard the tough concentration camp. Due to his age 93 years old as i said it was always unlikely that a judge was going to hand down a custodial sentence the 2 year suspended sentence though was greeted with mixed opinion by those representing the victims i understand how they reached the suspended verdict but i cant accept this its all because a suspended sentence for a mass murder even when the defendant was a teenager juvenile is basically sending the wrong signal. A verdict is balance this verdict is also a signal to Foreign Countries namely that these crimes will be punished havent 70 to 75 years after a mass murder judge on my a good bring said that bruno de viewed himself as just a mob server in the killings that were going on and she also contradicted claims made by the defense team the 93 year old would have tried to escape from the camp himself if an opportunity had arisen the judge said he knew what was going on there and how people were being killed earlier this week we heard from bruno de himself who said how he felt about the actions that took place all those years ago. I would like to apologize to those who went through this hell of madness and their relatives Something Like this can never be repeated there are other investigations into the crimes of the holocaust ongoing but due to the well the amount of years that have allowed since the crimes were committed and the age of those who are accused of perpetrating those crimes as well as the age of those who survived it seems that the struggle may be the last one in the german court that will be seen through to completion. Its madness to rebuild cities because of a virus so say as a world were not expert on urban design speaking about the future of architecture in a post covert world young gal is todays guest on visionaries a model starts in moment. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business im show business ill see that. Problem drugs dont always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the United States we see me very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids oids invaded america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so whos to blame patients doctors manufacturers all the governments of. The demick no certainly no borders and just lying to nationalities. As america we caught up with turkey we told them the facts in the whole world beats to be. Judged. 2 commentary crisis with this system to moment time so we can do better we should. Everyone is contributing each of their own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges created with the response has been masked so many good people are helping us