Raised questions over a probe into an alleged chlorine gas attack in the syrian city of duma last year arties more against the of has the story toxicologist pharmacologist and bio analytical chemist walk into the u. P. C. W u b c w shows them a video of an alleged chemical attack and ask them what sort of symptoms they see could they tell what gas it was the specialists look at the video and agree on one answer and the rest is classified or was classified. It was agreed among all present that the key takeaway message from the meeting was that the symptoms observed were inconsistent with exposure to chlorine and no other obvious candidate chemical causing the symptoms could be identified another day another leak another embarrassment and another blow to the u. P. C. W. s credibility they knew they knew the rebel video was questionable didnt find any nerve agent any chlorine in quantities sufficient to indicate a chemical attack nothing but they wouldnt admit it we know of at least one person at the u. P. C. W. s very selective about what gets saved and what gets deleted please get this document out of documents registry archives and please remove all traces of those deliberate storage with documents registry archives that was from sebastian brar frances representative to the u. P. C. W in that email he demands the deletion of a Technical Report which concluded that the gas canisters most likely were dropped from the air by acids aircraft but placed at the scene obviously placed by someone staged. Theyve tried not just to exclude certain information but bury it completely expunged from their own all call it. That is not there is not a Scientific Method is it people dont just bury or delete and actually delete all traces of a report that is that the smoking gun of a cover up and there we see the capture and the politicization of the a. B. C. W. Whats really encouraging though is we have people within the organization all willing to join get the truth that it. Is out of its depth here in terms of p. R. And diplomacy in apostate been a quite organization remember theyve won the nobel prize professionally getting on with their work but i pitch have been subverted and led astray if you like and theyve gone into Uncharted Waters where now i think from a p. R. Perspective theyre finding it difficult to cope and in the past if the past 3 leaks because this is a false leak now of documents if the past 3 leaks are current they were. Down and be in denial as indeed is the whole pretty much of the western especially us u. K. Media in not actually investigating your knowledge and the truth that is now actually seeming to be emerging as not enough time to run through everything that the u. P. C. W. Edited out every corner they cut every piece of evidence they twisted to make asaad look guilty and like excluding all but one of their investigators who went to syria for writing the report then leaving contradictory witness testimony classified and keeping secret victims toxicology reports bringing in american intelligence agents 10 electric chemists 2 dozen employees suspected professionalism fraud or even foul play according to leaked emails but the boss he stuck to his guns werent some of these. New. Discussion. I would like to read through it. Unprofessional. Reached by the side. You know who disagrees with him the 1st director general of the o. P. C. W. Who has cosigned an open letter calling on the organization to let people who theyve gagged speak out with every week the story gets bigger more scandalous which they not be the impression you get on t. V. Or in the big big has its all obesity w defends its report and hits back at whistleblowers many of the people writing these are theyre scared theres only so much that theyre allowed to write many editors and many journalists arent even aware of dubious and theyre not to be trusted i think theres probably too much risk involved in shouldnt listen we shouldnt be trusting and i want to show that took place at a news event in takes place of Many Organizations where you go and it says you know possibly senior reporters where you know they go and work in these think tank release you know that cultivating relationships with Us State Department officials or heads of different political organizations and i think what not stars do is. You know it becomes a conflict of interest this is the new p. C. W. It is no longer about 5 didnt the truth stablish in what happened molecule by molecule now it big switch molecule to show in which to hide now the u. P. C. W. Synthesisers chemical guilt literally out of thin air we have asked their p c w to comment on the claims and were waiting back to hear waiting to hear back from them. Yellow vest activists have been marching in paris for a 59th weekend they joined forces with a Mass Movement against Pension Reforms solider bensky is in the french capital for us. Well its the 59th week of protests by the jle asian ones out every saturday to show their discontentment with the french government and what they see as being policies for the rich are they gauge the poor theyve also been joined by protest of those against the Pension Reforms at the moment in france these the reforms that the french government is trying to put through some reforms that would see some food he to different Pension Systems joining down into one universal system so to give you a sense of the crimes that weve got hey you might be able to see i simply ghanas and this protest crowd heading back towards cardinal which is about a kilometer away they are in fact also in front of vs well so far this is being a generally calm protest but as you can see some of the protesters are trying to pull down some of the barrier is that or that fool the rude works of it going on in this area it seems like the tensions are starting to rise now here in paris as act 59 is underway were being told not to fail not to show whats going on. A pretty serious series as you can see my camera is being addressed that the schedule of the president. Who has interest. For this or the book of all this is all. The political will just trying to do our jobs in paris here by showing whats going on with the protests as you probably can see from the end of that footage my cameraman was attacked when we tried to stop the attack us from talking in the camera and that she smacked me across the face this is the kind of reaction you get from some of what people describe as being the black blocks just literally walking me smack across both sides my face because i was trying to explain to him that way doing our job and to stop trying to harass my cameraman and attempting to break the camera. As you can see the police going 6 to would satisfy you that has been laid by the protests since you can see things from thrown out the police by some of the protesters now as they try and get closer this is the area where we were trying to film earlier and were attacked for doing so by some of those mosques to protest is that fire being said to some of the rude words that were taking place and it looks like theyve been able to get some rubbish to put on top of that police now putting that out very quickly and trying to secure the area as the protest is still around and you can feel the tension rising in the end of this 50 knowing sweet of the yellow vests protests and of course joined by those on protest against the changes to the Pension System praying book food by the french government. Thanks. Thanks thanks. For the tear gas now we just purses the police trying to control those crimes you could see there were bottles they look like lost vocals being thrown into the pace you can still see some things being thrown into the air and not tear gas now that cloud coming pushing us away as a mechanism again for trying to control the protests picking at this is already is its coming quite close to i say really need to move forward a bit faster if we possibly can just to try and get away from that particular now just 1st by the police and attempts to control the crowds here close to shuttle a in the center of paris just give you a sense. Where she actually is its just across the water from your tie down at that famous cathedral here in paris the police there trying to move themselves away at that tear gas unusual to see the police crying from the tear gas its a perhaps nice to see for me that im not the only person who is impacted by the cas. Meanwhile police say they arrested 3 people during saturdays rallies in paris and activists are accusing offices of resorting to brutal tactics because. It is striking that there are a serial types of protesters but only the yellow thus have beaten all its unbelievable yellow vests representatives of trade unions and these and just passers by were all gathered here to say no to the governments reform the protesters should be respected this year lets get rid of all the special police unit began to beat us with shields he romas in front they hit him hard with a shield once again hitting is you fell on the ground when i was raising him up with a fine tear gas. Enough to say hit my face with the sill that is what is really happening in france now what did i do to them on the pacifist asked everyone to stay calm ask for the right to go in demonstrations. A lawsuit has been filed in the u. S. Against military contractors who allegedly Pay Protection money to the taliban and afghanistan caleb maupin has more on the case. Ever since 911 the u. S. Government has been working to criminalize prosecute and sanction those who Fund Terrorism however theres a recent lawsuit that seems to hit pretty close to home a new lawsuit alleges that some u. S. Companies operating in afghanistan contracting with the u. S. Military have been paying out large amounts of protection cash to the taliban now the lawsuit is filed on behalf of those who have lost relatives in afghanistan this is how the lawyer representing those family members explained the legal action the antiterrorism complaint alleges that 8 launch multinational corporations most of which are american regularly paid protection payments to the taleban including conny network which was designed to boost the companys profits by redirect some funds way from the room business interests we believe plaintiffs to the consequences and the scale of the payouts was quite staggering between 20 and 40 percent of all funds for Major Projects in afghanistan and up lining the pockets of insurgents now 2 of the firms that are named in the papers the da i global and Louis Berger Group they received roughly 1000000000. 00 in Development Aid between 20072009 now one of the Companies Named in the case says its very proud of the work that it did in afghanistan a spokesman for black and veatch said hes competed from a direct use of u. S. Government agencies and was proud of his projects in afghanistan earlier this Month Congress released a report regarding the war in afghanistan and which u. S. Military officials revealed some hard truths about the u. S. Campaign. What are we trying to do here we didnt have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking there is a fundamental gap of funder standing in the front and over stated objectives and over lines in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary so this latest case adds to the overall picture of billions wasted and pointless loss of life in what has been the longest war that the United States has ever waged wheels the firms named in the lawsuit and also the u. S. State department to comment on the story and we will of course bring you any response we get from them iraq war veteran told us the Case Highlights the flaws in u. S. Policy in afghanistan in order to make money for Contracting Companies that dont care they will they will bid the contract theyll take the contract and then on the ground once you get the money then you figure out how you go about it afghan war papers i think they they say things pretty clearly number one there was no mission we have not control the country at all so the taleban d and alqaeda and whoever else is in their Islamic State which is actually a minority basically the finding and the money gets funneled down that way this is where the issue goes back to actually going back to the perpetrators of the war and the conflict and not just you can blame contractors for a lot of things for sure but theyre also they get these contracts and they they get to operate. A truck explosion has killed at least 90 people in the somali capital mogadishu the bomb laden vehicle blew up at a busy intersection on saturday morning the victims include University Students and 17 Police Officers dozens more injured and its feared the death toll could rise this was somalis deadliest incident in 2 years no group has so far claimed responsibility but the city mayor has blamed the islamist terror group alshabaab. This christmas a group of young muslims in london made presents for children at hospital and from less well off families its all part of a drive to improve cultural links between communities east and he has this story. 1st verse its a time of families coming together and people putting their feet up and relaxing if only for just a few days however it can also be a tough time of the year for many in the u. K. Both personally and financially and for that reason many people here also try to make an effort to help their fellow citizens in this festive period one such Initiative Also seeks to strengthen ties between culturally different communities we thought. Why should anyone in christmas especially children be deprived of this festive feeling so by providing them with the gifts we can try and. You know lessen their pain by drawing a big smile on their faces this initiative has been put together by the foundation the shia Muslim Youth Group based in north london its all about coming together with other like minded people and wrapping presents to be handed out to families in need as well as in local hospitals and to children in foster homes the organizers say its a part of their faith to reach out to others particularly those in need the campaign was called gift for messenger highlighting the intimate relationship between islams mohammed and christianity jesus not the end of the day we hope that we can build bridges to become a positive i said to society in london. One local priest is enthused by the message of unity that this event sends and i think its just. Because of the muslims the time they respond to those with compassion and with mostly and for me thats an important issue that if those the qualities of god then you try and replicate those qualities of god so to see this is just wonderful news in that there are some people for whom. Compassion mercy general beneficence all these things. Are important it is a time of rising tensions. In the world of hate crime on the rise its also important to show that those issues dont represent the whole picture beside the. Crowd so rallied in kiev against the release of following former Security Officers accused of killing protesters during the 2014 uprising in ukraine. The men have been in pretrial detention for 5 years and were never convicted protesters trying to block the gates of the facility after a Court Ordered the release of the detainees there were chants of death to book and that refers to Ukraine Special police force which was disbanded after the government was overthrown back in 2014 all 5 of the former officers are on the list for a prisoner swap between kiev and the break were republics in the countrys east where the exchange is due to happen later on sunday and is part of a deal brokered at the normandie force summit in paris earlier this month the president s of russia and ukraine let those talks and the donitz screw publics are expected to transfer 55 detainees to kiev and the Ukrainian Government will hand over 87 is the 1st prisoner swap between the sides in 2 years and its seen as a vital step towards resolving the 5 year conflict in eastern ukraine. Meanwhile deadly forest fires in the australian state of New South Wales have been raging for almost 2 months now firefighters are gearing up for hot or dry and windy conditions next week with the temperature expected to reach 45 degrees celsius and amid all of this the countrys government has Just Launched an expensive ad campaign designed to boost tourism and leading some to wonder about its priorities. In. My last trip. To live with. You you just made some studies say a. Tourism australia should be under investigation its a full stop the tossing the tide has no hope of more offshore prisons smoke shops cities the bushes on fire and the corals of bleached deer australia probably not the best time to run a tourism anyway kumi when you have a science based crime class. Brits walking into australia out to seeing the Kylie Minogue tourism. 2020 is just 3 days away and polly boyko has been picking out the political shock waves that defined the outgoing year in the late sept so dope in case you missed it. The end of 2019 sword trumpeted by the impeachment brits and its own bomb shell leda im puerto tests when a truly global welcome to paul 3 i see why my eyes round up of 29 t. In september Extinction Rebellion back with the Global Strike to draw attention to Climate Change by Community Says meanwhile in washington the dems finally had the donald where they wanted him staring down the barrel of impeachment proceedings georgie phone call where the u. S. President may or may not have put pressure on that comedian ukrainian president to investigate jerry bidens son in return for military aid allegedly. Hit the fan when donald trump decided to pull u. S. Troops out of syria abandoning that kurdish allies to fa