Very good evening and thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Dozens of people convicted of terror of fences in the United Kingdom who were released early are said to have their cases reviewed thats according to the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson comes after it was revealed fridays London Bridge attack had himself been released early. Any other legal are in the same he would show load out and there was no in this has nothing to do with parole it was nothing to do with probation how many legally the same as legally there are for everybody so this is really become a talking point over the weekend since that attack on friday on London Bridge towards the side where the city of london financial district is now of course the person involved car somebody who had already been found guilty of involvement in a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange but then was released as part of a scheme and there were attempts to try to rehabilitate him and put him back into society if you will that it was actually one of those events which were organized for not just him as a convicted terrorist but other acts offenders to attend and it was that of reportedly that he decided to launch his attack an attack killing 2 people in injuring 3 others on London Bridge and as i said that has over the weekend sparked a number of political accusations back and forth about whos to blame for this terrorist being on the streets these people darron should never ever be let out of prison unless were absolutely convinced they do not have the jihadi virus people dont want history lessons after this terrorist atrocity what people want is to put victims 1st and keeping Community Safe 1st and if he had been sentenced under our rules he would still be in jail today no terrorist should be released without it being properly assessed whether or not they still pose a risk to the public scotland we have indeed automatic Early Release for prisoners sentenced to more than 4 years in prison so theres plenty of political fallout as the different parties point the finger at each other the conservatives try. Say that this Early Release scheme is ultimately the responsibility of the labor party while the labor say well firstly it was a conservative government under which this terrorist was released but also that the conservative budget cuts impacted policing meant that terrorists like this much harder to find now Boris Johnson over the weekend has been advocating for a policy of locking terrorists up and throwing away the key if you will even his own foreign secretary dominic robb confirms that the conservative party have a policy of a minimum 14 years sentence for dangerous terrorists and theres no guarantee that even would have made a difference in this case because this man was sentenced to 16 years and were released early so there will be those who are calling for that to be changed while the leader of the Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn is arguing that each case should be taken on its merits and that you cant apply a blanket scheme all round so many different opinions as we head towards a poll in just 10 days now that will decide everything from meet the u. K. s education and environment policy and also how to fight crime and terrorism. We put the issue of Early Release for debate. Since september the 11th weve released 500. 00 terrorists who have committed acts of terrorism in the u. K. That these 2 men a and clearly we need to toughen up our laws but whats at the end youve got to remember that these people are quite quite unusual of whilst we need to control them we also need to be very clear that we cannot infringe on civil liberties. Because they are so important because these post isis post liberal post in lighten if you like terror attacks happening on home soil theyve often come home grown terrorists radicals criminals whatever you like to call them but they have been institutional failures the state Security Apparatus can do better should do better and isnt doing better and we have to ask questions why i remember the police the Security Services the courts are attempting to prevent these violent terrorists from attacking this country the question here is what are we doing about those people who are involved in terrorist organizations but have not yet committed serious terrorist offenses i say membership of any terrorist organization should have a life imprisonment or if that would resolve the what do you mean member should know even know who carries a good. Luck bus a heart of terrorism friends on drawdown going on there you know be under its own country i dont have a terrorist organization ive got no problem on terrorism the hard line thing to saying like throw away the key or terrorism should terrorists go to prison forever thats absolutely fine you know or even open up a dialogue on is Capital Punishment appropriate some people in some cases ok however what we have to do is ply apply fairly across the board if we are allowing entrapment cases where people are sent to syria and they come back we reduce their citizenship we transduced their rights you talk about civil rights and human rights what about the Bethnal Green schoolgirls who at 14 or 15 were transported to syria if you join a Terror Organization we have to find out why. I mean to tackle these issues properly were talking about people going to syria or going to Training Camps in pakistan people who are engaging in acts of terror whether that be fund raising where that be terrorist training or whether it be actual acts of terrorism in terms of violence those sorts of people should know more p. Treated reasonable and then somebody who turns around and says i only murdered this woman because it was a crime of passion the law needs to change membership of terrorist organizations needs to hold a maximum penalty of life in prison and then judges can choose whether that maximum is appropriate on a case by case basis that to me seems sensible. Moscow and beijing have launched a 3000 kilometer pipeline to the power of siberia that will carry russian natural gas to china. Today were marking a significant truly historic moment you not only for the Global Energy market but for us china and russia. Our Relations Center in the new era and i hope russia and china will do more projects of the sky and projects that will serve the interests of both countries and benefit old people. In the pipeline took 5 years to build and is the biggest russian Gas Investment project yet hes around cost of reports from beijing. The 3000 kilometer long power off siberia gas pipeline and has been commissioned by russia and china on a monday the ambitious project has united the Northern Hemisphere 2nd largest gas producer along with the worlds 2nd largest gas Consumer Market economic unity and friendship between neighbors or russia and china. And for china it couldnt be more timely the country has been using increasing amounts of gas and its a trend that looks set to stick around for. The shes a major strategic project for Bilateral Energy cooperation it is of great significance to deepening incorporation between the 2 countries and integrating our interests now russia is also quite pleased with this project when this name we have started with the biggest restructuring projects in the world there will be nothing bigger in the sphere for years to come because this is not about breaking records this is an extremely important project for this russia and china but we all know that energy is as stake its all fake and there is no pleasing everyone especially when someones been cut out of the deal now the Worlds Largest producer and consumer of natural gas the United States is now perhaps regretting driving su outcasts countries together after waging an economic war with one and slapping sanctions on the other the us ongoing trade war with. Has driven beijings consumption of americas flagship liquefied natural gas right down to gas like no other apparently this one has a uniquely american flavor increasing export capacity from the freeport liquefied natural gas project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving americas allies a diverse and affordable source of Clean Energy China and russia as energy corp is a double whammy for the United States which is also seeing some of its other gas consumers surging their backs on it in a matter of months and all their Energy Pipeline north stream soon will start flooding europe with russian gas at a faster cheaper and greener rate that is american alternative washington must be scratching his head at how some european leaders could shun its uniquely flavored gas in favor off a closer ties with moscow despite its best efforts to convince them otherwise were taking germany were rejecting the french would take both of these countries and numerous other countries go out and make a pipeline deal with right where this thing is in dollars into the coffers of russia thats one of the concerns that President Trump has about nordstrom to why your would voluntarily tie itself even more to Russian Energy supplies and we make a tough case about ensuring that germany doesnt become dependent on Russian Energy we dont want europes Energy Supplies to be depended on platter mere putin. China has slapped sanctions on a number of u. S. Nonprofit organizations adults who put on a u. S. Navy visits to hong kong on hold the move comes in retaliation for some recent steps by washington which a viewed by beijing as hostile. Cindy may find response to americas unreasonable behavior the Chinese Government has decided to suspend only u. S. Navy and afterwards visits to hong kong. China will also impose sanctions on the National Endowment for Democracy NationalDemocratic Institute for International AffairsInternational RepublicanInstitute Human rights watch Freedom House and other n. G. O. S are actively involved in the hong kong riots as to when it will end it depends on americas behavior. This comes hot on the heels of trump signing into law last week the hong kong human rights and democracy act the new legislation would sanction any chinese and hong kong officials believed to be involved in Human Rights Violations in the special Administrative Region times decision was met with jubilation by protesters in hong kong they swarmed outside the u. S. Consulate waving american flags and thing in the u. S. National anthem. Dr pack known juan is a senior lecturer in politics and International Relations at the university of bath and kearney joins me on the line now very good evening to you tube and what were witnessing now Donald Trumps move chinas countermove is this is all part of the dance of of an ongoing trade negotiations or is it a sign that things arent going well. Well i think i agree with your disses. Tree in the tree is also a bold us china competition. I think all this has been triggered by the reason a little sledge the legislation all the hong kong human rights and democracy act. Or we tie asian again is the washington d. C. Has to do with the act which is being perceived by beijing is interfering and breaching all the chinese saw frontier over hong kong. A few years ago or the beijing or 40 or the same state of the world out beijing has all for jurisdiction over hong kong and because the act having certain impact and construct over how Hong Kong Government will conduct is only turn off here so does this being perceived by beijing as completely breaching the chinese sovereignty over on cop did you think when trump signed the hong kong human rights and democracy act into law or do you do you think he really thought china would just sit there and accept it. What i think what mr trauma storing hes trying to or increase more bargain in troops in his hand in trying to get a good deal with china are trying to close up the to close the trade negotiation with china as soon as possible unfortunately. North very optimistic about what is going on and obviously ward china is doing is trying to tighten and to tough on up more measures on to hong kong and unfortunates the hong kong looks like to increasingly become a battleground between u. S. And china can with and im afraid to hong kong where were likely to be sacrificed because of these a confrontation between and us china because hong kong has been very sensitive and has been receiving a lot of Foreign Direct Investment also from the u. S. Because try the chinese altie we were not just back down and we were true toughen up the measures. And eventually the whole call rule be. Backed by china into closer to ease. And then so you saw in this case i think the result would be just and timely and obviously of what with with what washington d. C. Was all region really intended to do. Ok wrap it up there many thanks to my guest dr pack knowing well hes a senior lecturer in politics and International Relations at the occasion university of bath thank you thank you. Ok plenty more coming up this hour to stay where theres a bit back after this short break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond short and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sport im showbusiness ill see you then. Welcome back the retail giant amazon is facing a backlash from the Auschwitz Memorial after it offered for sale a range of christmas ornaments that contained images of the former concentration camp the products have since been removed Christmas Tree decorations trinkets and bottle openers board images of the camp you know morial called the items rather disturbing and disrespectful and asked for them to be taken down but some think not to blind. I think or hope this isnt a deliberate listing rather a computer grabs images and puts them on generic ornaments if god forbid someone were to purchase them then they would make one whats wrong with people who would buy that let alone make it looking at their products i believe its Computer Generated and they havent realized what image is being used. Ok we did ask amazon for comment on the story we await their response in the meantime lets get some reaction now from mark shulman hes newsweek columnist and editor of history central dot com good to have you on. Just to look at the less obvious angle to this lots of people on social media saying you know this isnt really amazons fault they said the images were automatically generated by computers effective this saying this was a service that was abused whats your take on it. Well its partly yes and partly no the issue with amazon is it has thousands i think actually millions of merchants who they sell for on their platform and the problem amazon has is they do not do a very good job of policing those merchants and so therefore anything can appear on their platform and they do not do a very good job of finding those things and removing them quick enough its a similar problem they have with all sorts of counterfeit goods as well so you know its a general problem with all these big high tech giants with their biggest concern is Growth Growth growth and they dont spend the effort of policing their own platforms as necessary and this is a perfect example that it shouldnt require people speaking to amazon to take it down amazon has enough computer capacity and Everything Else to were able to have found this by themselves and not allowed it to appear on their platform at all but they didnt spend the effort to make sure it doesnt happen. Yeah mom is on as i understand theyve removed the products from site but there have been yet more complaints products like mouse pads showing the memorial cropping. Online now so is this what youre suggesting that actually its going to take quite some method for amazon to change the way it operates in order to stop this happening regularly. Why i think so i think theres no reason with Artificial Intelligence that amazon has in it say the u. S. Division that they can automatically skin when anything comes up on amazon for when someone enters anything for sale they can automatically scan for what it is and whether it meets certain guidelines and certainly anything that relates to the holocaust in any way of that kind should be automatically banned and this is not something that be very difficult for a very for to be able to do with ai it just requires putting the effort in to make sure its done i mean amazon cares about 2 things it wants the Largest Selection of products possible and who are the ones to make sure the products get delivered on time using amazon prime or other systems and what they need to do is be much more selecti