L. G. B. Flag this case had sponte to reaction on both sides with some saying the punishment is just to the crime. He did not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon the use to kill a stream of interpretation of the christian say no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent are sufficiently protected speech. Live from moscow where its just past 5 oclock in the morning watching R T International thank you for joining us. Russias Investigative Committee has released identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal Security Service building in central moscow on thursday evening that you 9 year old afghani manure of lived in the Moscow Region he killed an f. S. B. Officer. Before himself before shooting he before being shot dead himself another officer died later in hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured at the moment the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing heres how the situation unfolded at the same. Situation when you get to the end we heard strange sounds we needed to realize that we should hide then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. To the Single Person i were 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 weve just been outside and he told us there was a shooting im so injured passengers he told us the injured party had been dragged into the cafe. There are reports that the russian Investigative Committee has searched the home of the suspect and interviewed his family and friends we spoke to the neighbors and father of the shooter. 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 why it isnt 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 he was a good man he 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 but chick. With some more details on this story heres our correspondent ego stand off. It wasnt calm last night here 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. S. B. Offices coming out of the building now just to give you an idea as to how busy it was here last night what youre seeing right now is pretty white desolation compared to that because 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 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 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. Security analyst charles he read outlined what he thinks things could go from here. Theyve said. From according to reports that nobody else was involved in this attack they will want to be sure that nobody else is actually involved in any planning aspects or in terms of assisting the government and that may take some time for example the examination of mobile phone records of any c. C. T. V. Records and of course any. Emails communications and so on that might be held on the suspects computers and elsewhere and of course that would require house searches and so on but the fact is i think that even if you were going to have the most benign government the most benign state in any country the world you will get some people who will react violently to the policies of that autopsy just react violently because of policy because of instance or background or the circumstances of their own personal lives. Now turning to some other Headline News 3 and a half years after the british people voted for the u. K. To leave the European Union 3 Prime Ministers later and 4 breaks it deals with checked by parliament m. P. s a fine begin their backing to an exit plan is to early has more details. It would appear that way off the 3 and a half years of delays and gridlock in the house of parliament that overwhelming victory in terms of the seats won for the conservative Party Last Week in the general election means that Boris Johnson could today get his drugs that deal approved by parliament he did so with a majority of our 120124 he managed to get it through and so what that means is by january 31st the u. K. Will be leaving the e. U. At which point they will enter into an implementation period or transition period that despite that vote today despite the win for the conservatives last week brags it still leaves many issues on the zoltan also leaves the country bitterly divided one of the main divisions of course comes to the issue of scotland now scotland voted by 2 thirds roughly to remain in the European Union during that referendum and also last week they won an overwhelming number of the seats in scotland the s. N. P. That is the Scottish National party who are of course Pro Independence and so they take that as a mandate that the scottish people dont want to be dragged out of the e. U. And that they want that independence and those divisions remained clear in the house of commons today before that vote was held. Learns the emphatic lesson of the last call and unlike members opposite and reject any delay scotland could not talk been cleared of last week we did not call for breaks it come in the s. N. P. With a greater monday shows and still totally and utterly rejects break ca this tale is a road map for the reckless direction in which the government Prime Minister adi term and to take our country the story story of the last 3 dollars you will be at today and we would be able to move forward one of the concerts particularly. For the labor leader during the quarter and with workers rights the government has now taken out a part of the bill the motion within the bill that would have ensured the protection of workers rights following prices so thats now no longer going to be part of that deal or the governments priority with that deal and also they have inserted the clause making it strict and making it more difficult if not impossible for an extension to the transition period what that means is that the government would only have from the day leave by the end of january of next year till the end of december takes you to negotiate a trade deal there are many who say that 11 months simply isnt a long enough time for a trade deal to be struck and also go having provisions for u. K. Courts to be able to question and challenge and the piece of legislation by the European Court of justice that remains in u. K. Law so as far as Boris Johnson is concerned hes going to be powering on with his efforts to take the u. K. Out of the European Union well independent political commentator and see whether believe the opposition will now lessen its still ity to the government. There is cause for celebration for the country because the 1st period of uncertainty will be over and theres cause for celebration because Boris Johnson has actually married a commitment which is come true the conservative party has got a huge majority they can get through anything very wants. But that will be a positive thing from the point of view of bracks its all her course. Because of concern might be on other issues where. You could argue that they havent really yasser mandates but i think the public have given a mandate on the subject to break through. And i think certainly some of the opposition think is will probably turn down their rhetoric including even the who a lot of people are getting fed up with because theyre only had 45 percent of the vote very claim to speak up for the scottish people which very very clearly dont so i think over the coming months were going to see some more really sort. Of a man accused of stealing and burning and l. G. Bt flag from the us church has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after being found guilty of committing a hate crime Adolfo Martinez was 1st arrested in june and accused of desecrating the flag belonging to a local church in iowa earlier in the week he was convicted on charges of not only committing a hate crime but also 3rd degree harassment and reckless use of fire martinez admitted to opposing homosexuality but the length of his sentence has caused some debate why does the left cheer when the American Flag is burning no one goes to jail for that but they do for burning an activist movements flag wow he got more years than murderers get in the u. K. Unbelievable so burning a rainbow flag is hate speech burning an American Flag is freedom of speech i see. He should have burned the American Flag then he would have been praised statues dedicated it is disproportionate it is not commensurate with the crime committed however there are some disturbing elements a he was not given this sentence purely for stealing the flag and for burning it there were also. Accusations and claims of arson and threats to burn down other properties namely a strip club when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the Christian Faith no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech to burn the gates of the gay pride flag in the same way that according to the supreme courts also protected speech to burn the American Flag i would say that the l. G. B. Flag is a bit different from the American Flag because it days ignites a specific community in the same way as maybe burning a jewish flag might designate the Jewish Community and i think on balance probably we have to defend the freedom to burn a flag but what is exceptional in this particular case is the arson the threats the harassment this guys sentence was yes there was a threats of arson but it was may is so extreme because of the hate crime designation and burning this flag i dont believe that this flag necessarily represents the rainbow flag i dont think it represents gay individuals maybe at one point it attempted to but it is weve come to a point where the rainbow flag and all the symbolism represents an l g b t political ideology there are still loads of discrimination free practices and laws and institutions there are parts United States where l. G. Because most people do not have protection in the workplace for example they can be sacked from their jobs just because of their sexuality they could be in. Victim victims from housing on the base of the search already that exist those rights just in sums those rights exist in some states that exist in all States America loves gay people we dont need theres this narrative of discrimination is complete frwy and we dont need more laws to try to protect the border not necessary quite clearly with this incident that happened with this particular man the battle is not over there are some people who are prepared to go to a violent end to dehumanize our community to express their opposition to our Community Gay americans outspend and out there straight counterparts they have every right in this country they can get married now in many respects gay people at the top of the food chain so why would these laws even still be on the books especially for gays its a nonissue and and i think we need to repeal. A setback for the u. S. Space program boeings stall on a spacecraft has failed a nasa flight test on friday the starliner was supposed to dock with the International Space station when the orbital procedure went wrong then the ship was forced to return home the test flight was a key part of nasa is plan to end u. S. Dependence on russia for space writes no one was on board as the flight was supposed to be one of the final tests before a man the launch during the flight boeing announced on twitter that there had been an off normal insertion on air announce the said Mission Control is weighing all its options and the life was cut. Now we turn to this breaking news President Trump has signed a defense bill that will see sanctions imposed on russias turks stream and north train to gas Pipeline Projects and that is despite germanys vocal opposition to the measures targeting the north rim project. Evil is a good federal government is against extraterritorial sanctions really dont approve of this practice we oppose especially extraterritorial sanctions that his german and european companies. Know extreme too is a gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea it spans over a 1000 kilometers and the u. S. Has long voiced its opposition to the project going as far as to threaten european companies. The United States commands all our European Partners whos taken a strong stand against nordstrom too. 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 fund the Russian Military aggression we dont want your Energy Supplies to be dependent on platinum or put. Well in response to the american legislation swiss starch Construction Company all seas has suspended work on the north train to project Us Libertarian Party president ial candidate alvin vor thinks washington should mix political and economic interests it is a mark of a very problematic Foreign Policy a disease Foreign Policy there is based on the fiction there American Companies and american individuals care at all where we get the needed resources from whether the United States get resort to get oil from russia or canada or iran hoary the edge it doesnt make any real difference to us trying to micromanage the economy the World Economy based on political motives all its going to do is create Economic Data loss thats how you create economic deadweight thats how you increase the price of needed goods thats how you decrease access so its part of a its an extension of a longstanding american policy to conflate non economic concerns with economic with Economic Issue