Roughly video agency spoke to the author of the research. Criticisms are all from people who have no Legal Expertise and the criticisms have to do with strange argue the only thing that matters is is this article technically correct this is a science phrase journal. Youre watching our teams or National Bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the Program Russia fully intends to meddle in next years u. S. President ial election that was the tongue and cheek response about amir putin and answer to a question about moscows plans for the upcoming race for the white house. Russia. Attempting to influence the 2020 lection states. Secretly yes we will indeed do that so we could chew you up tripolis but dont tell anybody ok well thats quite a statement coming from the russian president but you have to take it with a pinch of salt because he was obviously joking but on a more serious note he was addressing probably what might be come in russia did his area of volume 2 now after all the numerous investigations that weve seen into russias alleged meddling in the us president ial elections back in 2016 all the media hype that weve seen in the past 2 years pretty much every single quarter someone screamed that it was russia that meddled in the u. S. President ial elections russian meddling in the u. S. Election russia did meddle in the 2016 election for United States to still vulnerable to russian and political interference russias blatant interference in the United States 2016 president ial elections this is actually the crime of the century. If you think about it do you have any dont rush in the future. Is driven by. No doubt about. The same no doubt. No doubt. And almost 4 years since donald trump has been elected there was a number of different investigations conducted by the american intelligence agencies the moola report that maybe had lines and many other articles that were written to prove the existence of the hounds of the kremlin behind the american elections but moscow has always said that it never meddled and putting all joking aside lattimer important has once again stressed that its not just when you want to you know we have plenty of for. Of our own we put our efforts into resolving them and aim to do that above Everything Else didnt prove that we colluded with President Trump in 2016 but expressed fears that it might happen in the future this is ridiculous or rather it would be if it wasnt so because all that we see in us internal politics is about destroying toys between our countries and im certain that holmes the us itself. People in the french city over on are demanding the truth after a major fire at a nearby chemical factory they fear a cover up and claims by the authorities the air was safe for brain child s. K. Has more. Almost a week ago the Chemical Plant just across the water that was a blaze a thick plume of black smoke bellowed into the sky as firefighters battled almost 24 hours against the flames. In the dark goodies with im not saying that the smell isnt pleasant im just telling you what the results of the tests are namely that the air is not harmful since then there has been growing anger over what some say is a lack of information over what was put into not fire and the impact that could have on peoples health. You can talk to any firemen but when you have any type of contact with the smoke its dangerous it can be lethal because of the Carbon Monoxide and in this case when the smoke went into the sky we didnt know what was in it we dont know exactly what is in the year and we worry a lot that in the future it might bring cancer or something else. I have 4 kids and they were impacted by the smell and my grades i thought about having tests done but for was with absolutely no information about what we should be looking for so i could take blood samples but what are you going to tell them to look for i know they could be cancer thyroid problems but the problem is that we hear lots of rumors nothing concrete. I think there is a risk for our health and i can feel it because i have an e g throat and im continuously coffee we worried about the how to march children in the future where they have cancer or something we just dont know around the rule some people are also taking that proportions some locals have also experienced more. Vomiting whilst others have complained that the tap water is black and then there is the stench you can smell that the air is foul its a bit like rotting eggs but with a chemical tinge and despite the initial denials that there was no health risk the French Health minister has admitted that its clearly polluted. It is a factory that produces hydrocarbons even if not in large volumes it is never good for the population to come across these kinds of products i cannot say that there is no danger the city is clearly polluted several schools were closed off to the fire and though some have attempted to reopen many teachers are refusing to return to work. Colleagues from schools near lubrizol who have refused to work until they receive information about what was burnt and the risk because they are just a few 100 metres away from the site they did so to protect their health and that of the children who are under their responsibility and thats why there has been a demand that the original school 30 acknowledged their right not to have children attend school under this condition. While Health Concerns are immediate whats perhaps most telling about the danger people here are facing is the fact that food sales from 100 districts around ruin have been banned any produce that may have been exposed to contamination has to be destroyed that even includes milk. Hybrid carrots and work closely with milk produces dioxins are measured in many grams and there are a problem for us because they become highly concentrated in milk and the toxic so they render it unfit for consumption it is vital for us to know as soon as possible whether there are any dioxins in those burning materials whats going on he would term us what to do with our produce so that you dont love my advice even reached as far as belgium and the netherlands raising concerns. The impact could be even the lying to breaching flags of those of the race for the health of the police and the firefighters who were on during the fire protests like this have now. Pressure the authorities to outline any risks they may face they demanding answers but are afraid that even if they receive the dangers as a result of that place may not have made for months or even years from now children t. V. Ski altie while. Staying in France Police have gathered on the streets of paris as part of the strike known as the National March of anger this is the 1st Police Strike since 2001 and officers are demanding the authorities improve working and paying Conditions Police have faced increasing accusations of brutality but thats all theyve come under attack themselves during the protests police complain of chronic overwork outdated equipment as well as present microns reforms of the special Police Pension system theres also been a sharp rise in officer suicides with around 50 taking their lives already this year against 35 last year we asked demonstrators about their demands. Today the police have no money yes salaries keep killing our status and our pension are being attacked officers are tired with the yellow verst movement there is a lot of work sacrificing their family life and we are expressing a deep depression in our profession. Im here to defend our working conditions the threat to our special pensions status the lack of resources across the board. We are the Police Officers from all fronts not just riot police but all surfaces all the unions weve all gathered to express our discontent with the administration the silence about the wave of Police Suicides this year we are short of staff short of money we cannot do our job and here to tell the administration that. A scientific journal that specializes in arms control has withdrawn a study that casts doubt on claims the Syrian Government was behind a chemical attack in 2017 and the town of consequent attack claimed almost 100 lives the author of the report a retired mit professor told r. T. Is probably video Agency Damascus was not responsible for the legit strike. This article that my colleagues and i are publishing has come under attack and the very interesting thing about this attack is that nobody who has any Technical Expertise has provided any criticisms at all the criticisms are all from people who have no Technical Expertise and the criticisms have to do with strange arguments for example i was accused of being. Biased toward the assad regime well im not biased toward the assad regime i just think that we ought to understand what happened here professor postals article pointed out inconsistency is in the official version of events but has come under intense criticism by gaza if explains why. Where the sun revolves around us or us around it where the earth is flat who is god is greater or more recently whether we should question why every chemical attack in syria would magically gets blamed on the government the Syrian Government committed chemical weapons acts against their own people it is highly likely that the regime was responsible for a star an attack on construct a sand rita rita violations of the cease fire and violence through be to be perpetrated by heath armed forces on civilians now usually science is the it is resolved some of our biggest arguments but this question seems to have a strumpet science and Global Security respected journal based out of Princeton University decided not to publish a study that questioned the official version of events that assads government was behind the harm she hoon attack in 2017 it all went Something Like this a former pentagon employee mit professor ted postol together with respected scientists conducted a study u. S. President ial candidate gathered mentions it on her Campaign Website 13 september belling cat noted anti as sad website blasts the study science and global says it will publish it anyway and will judge it on narrative soon after the journal now says its canceling the publication is why officially. These questions included concerns about the technical merits of the analysis in this article as well as the value of publishing the article given the sensitive and contested issue of the use of chemical weapons in syria yet it is take these masses very seriously this review identified a number of issues with the peer review and revision process strange isnt it that no questions about the veracity of the study were asked when it was submitted or when it was given the green light for publishing concerns only appeared when belling cat and its followers attacked the study and the people behind it weve asked the journal for comment but no clear answer yet then again as statement may have said it all sensitive and contested issue that caused your mind back to 2017 within 2 days of the alleged chemical attack america declared it knew everything there was to know on tuesday syrian dictator bashar. Launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians even beautiful. Babys recruiter murdered in this very barbaric attack and so trump ordered a barrel of cruise with cells to be launched at syria now any doubt about acids automatic guilt would make the missile strike a war crime or an International War crime which could be why the scientists behind the study of facing such intense pressure abuse even and surprisingly were the loudest voices of condemnation is coming from Elliot Higgins founder of belling cat and opponent of everything a sad is website which he likes to call an investigative outlet that has received funding from u. S. Government run operations mr higgins is a rabid supporter of the official pentagon line he is debating the issue with dr post or well the open flow bureaucracy doesnt agree with you well that are they lying before i think there is to address the technical point in my instead of citing nonsense because i showed that none of the forensic evidence fit the findings you need to show that what im saying is technically inaccurate i took your research in hex i mean i gave it was someone he said 40 years of experience as a chemistry expert im not interested in other people you claim are experts i want to know why that is not its not in place the full debate is up on dr postals Youtube Channel but his study will be appearing on science and Global Security anytime soon seems twitted criticism has won the day to day where science is told to shut up because its inconvenient its former us secretary of defense famously explained there are some things you just dont know you dont know. There are reports that there is no evidence of a direct link between baghdad and some of these terrorist organizations but there are known no serious things we know we know and we also know there are known and that is to say we know there are some things we do not know but theyre also unknown unknown the ones we dont know we dont know excuse me but is this in the no no. Im not several unknowns that im just what im noticing and im not going to say which is the search you know you might hear if you ever hear the irony is sometimes those unknown noons preferable its better for america in this case for bending cats if no one knows what happened and they what. Investigative journalist rick sterling says that the withdrawal of the article has nothing to do with science and everything to do with politics. The article was authored by 7 scientists who are experts in the field theyve ruled out the fact that. That it was definitely something that could only have been caused by a bomb drop from the from the air it was respected to analyzing the hole in the ground and modeling whether it 122 millimeter. Projectile missile could have caused that and they determined that it could have caused the criticisms mostly have come from non scientific people whats sad is that a journal that supposed to be dedicated to scientific inquiry and that is supposed to be dedicated to disarmament and arms control is apparently being bullied or allowing itself to be bullied into political censorship and bias. Russias foreign minister says countries have turned the middle east into a lap for reckless experiments as in other topics have been chewed over at the major forum and the russian resort city of sochi on that after the short break. When else shots seemed wrong. Wrong just dont. Let me. Get to seep out of the attic. And in detroit because the trail. Went something find themselves well its a party we choose to look for common ground. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president im sure. Some want to. Have to go right to the press to see what the full story of the boy can keep the. Interest of all those in the why. Question. Welcome back russias approach to the middle east is among other Foreign Policy issues up for debate i mean major foreign being held in the black city resort city of sochi the countrys foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is there along with other top officials are to marry for national has been following developments. Wednesdays gathering of Valdai Discussion Club based International Think tank is held him base absolutely stunning place in the mountains outside russias black sea resort of sochi and discussions here today are just as hard as the weather the east has been announced this year is major topic asia and the middle east the latter is in the spotlight today high ranking politicians x. Birds influencers are discussing current challenges and respects 10 ways to bring peace maintain peace has well as boost stability and developments in these regions syria was mentioned too many times russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has taken part in the conversation that last of the wrong 2 hours he has talked about iraq afghanistan libya as brothers set examples of global peace efforts blaming usas approach that he has described as interfering to influence stressing this should be avoided in the future. So that is that in the middle east is a cradle of many civilizations and World Religions of course today when its been transformed into a laboratory for reckless experiments that have led to tragic consequences this topic is very urgent if you look at american interventions aimed at forcing relevant parties to do what washington requires washington usually considers it useful to maintain a certain degree of turbulence in the region because the us has military bases that they can only support one side if its beneficial or the other depending on where the oil flows where the gas is where to sell their weapons. Minister lavrov has said that instead of this toxic and dangerous interfering to influence strategy every International Effort should be aimed at stopping the violence and bringing peace and stability and as an example he has talked about 2 regions in syria where 2 different approaches have led to absolutely different consequences proving which one is more. Effective. In syrias aleppo we were able to return the city to normal in the shortest time possible we didnt mind it in record time as well we provided the entire population with essential skill and people started coming back nothing even close has happened and record with the u. S. Led operation for terrorism with carpet bombing 2 years on and not even all the corpses had been buried not to mention the mining operations. Foreign minister lavrov has also expressed his concerns about american