British University Cancels a talk by a feminist speaker after students accuse her of transphobia we get her side of the story. I dont believe im transcribing i dont believe i said anything chinese trans firebrick i mean you know universities are learning places there are places you discuss its all disagrees with me then i want to find out why and we can learn from each other but. Good morning if shes going to 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International now newly obtained documents reveal that the us drug maker hugh slating Media Outlets to downplay the risks of its widely prescribe opioid painkiller the drug has been blamed for americas deadliest Opioid Epidemic the revelations were made by the investigative media outlet pro publica misleading articles in question were written by analysts from the funded think tanks and they cited funded studies with more his color poppin. Purdue pharma the corporation that created oxy cotton is generally blamed for the crisis due to their efforts to reorient the medical community and change the narrative regarding the dangers of addiction lets go over a specific example of how they went about doing this in 2004 the New York Times ran an article containing this wildly misleading statement regarding the danger of addiction contrary to media portrayals the typical oxycontin addict does not start out as a pain patient who fell and wittingly into a drug habit. The author of that article is sally said tell a fellow at the American Enterprise institute specializing in medical issues coincidentally the American Enterprise institute received 50000. 00 a year from Purdue Pharma since 2003 plus an additional 800000 dollars for special events according to documents received by pro publica but it gets better what study did said tell site in order to defend a funder of her institute the National Household survey on drug abuse found that among nonmedical oxycontin users 98 percent has also used other addictive pain relievers for non medical purposes and more than one 4th had used herring well what they dont mention is that that study was actually carried out by employees and consultants of Purdue Pharma now sallys to tell says she has no idea that her institute was funded by purdue the New York Times and the American Enterprise institute have denied any wrongdoing but sallies to tell didnt just defend the profits of purdue in the New York Times she also did it elsewhere she was quite a media star when it came to propane killer opining. Oxycontin does not cause addiction its abusers are already addicts. The real Public Health damage here comes from the peach campaign conducted by zealous prosecutors and Public Interest advocates to demonize the drug itself this is tragic because oxycontin has been a godsend for millions of patients. Only a minority of people who are prescribe opiates for pain become addicted to them and those who do become addicted and who die from painkiller over dues is done to obtain these medications from sources other than their own physicians but media spin was just one step for do also funded other organizations to push its agenda of more prescriptions for pain killers the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Pain Society promoted this. For example studies indicate that it didnt over development of addiction we know people had to use for the relief of pain is low furthermore experience has shown and known addicts can benefit from the carefully supervised judicious use of opioids for the treatment of pain for do it rich these donations were made but it defends its position purdue has been contacted over the years by policy experts at a variety of think tanks who are seeking additional context on industry issues for their work our engagement has always been appropriate and aimed at providing a science based perspective that the company felt was often overlooked in the larger policy conversation over 400000 americans have lost their lives to opioids since the year 2000 and many more lives have been ruined by diction. R. T. New york post you has made billions of dollars selling oxycontin is now settling thousands of legal cases that all sleep nor seem to claim the Company Aggressively push the drug while failing to be upfront about the risks of addiction and overdose on average 130. 00 americans to die every day from overdosing on opioids nearly 80 percent of heroin uses started out on painkillers addiction doctor and even then key things that the influence of companies on think tanks is dangerous. Thats typical for produce pharma to try to influence the way that doctors prescribe opioids by going into organizations that they know can influence the way that doctors think about how to treat pain so in this instance influencing a important think tank. Which produces articles about whether or not oxy cotton is safe and effective is a very clever and very standard way that produce pharma tries to influence opioid prescribing in the United States giving money to these think tanks in a clear effort to influence them seems very dangerous indeed. The secretary of state has stressed americas commitment to nato at a meeting with the alliances secretary general in brussels. Before the meetings in december as well and i know well have a successful a tiger together to where we set the conditions so we can have a successful leader summit continue to drive this incredibly important nato mission. Well his words there are in stark contrast to those of one of the lines his leaders punch president obama recently said that nato was becoming brain dead he was donald has more on the story. Nato heavyweights are converging upon brussels and its all smiles and pats on the back and a very very v. A. P. Guest all the way from the United States the secretary of state might bump aoe himself but behind this facade of handshakes and mutual joy hides a nasty in the blocks fabric and that is between the believers in the alliance and heretics who dare question the relevance of the block and this whole aggravation it stems from right here from france when president emmanuel mccrone dared to assume dare to say that the bloke is experiencing and i quote brain death while we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato nato only works if the guarantor of last resort functions as and now since early november when that happened this jab is still hurting with the nato for instance secretary general young stoltenberg has felt the urge on tuesday to comment on those words and essentially he said that europe is defenseless without nato e. U. Cannot defend europe well mccraw those words didnt sit well with other members of the block to for instance the Us Ambassador to nato she said that she strongly disagreed with them and she called the alliance essential i dont think europe would be se without a transatlantic don that we have the German Foreign minister also talked about this and he said that nato had been europes military insurance for the past 70 years and one polish member of the European Parliament well he managed to find the only present russian trailed behind microns words in fact he stopped very short of calling the french president a russian puppet i think is very sensitive to russian pressure in any case in france this is a long tradition and this is only the latest in a holes. Loyalty troubles faced by nato lately for instance even the locomotive pulling it forward the United States has had its problems with the block donald trump for instance has criticized europe for being unwilling to pay a fair and due amounts for all the benefits europe is well apparently enjoying from its partnership with nato the most are also ensure that nato members meet their financial obligations which spending 90 percent of their job with the piggy bank that they like to take get assessed paying the bills United States. It helps them there in europe helps them a lot more than it helps us that doesnt work folks well i asked parisians where they stand when it comes to the relationship between europe and nato does europe need nato yeah i think so yeah before build up of defense. We have to speak up with the russian and to try to being the europe a bloc efficient between the u. S. And china and russia going to sort it nato is obsolete because europe no longer truly has an organized enemy on its territory. I think europe needs to start having its own weapons both political and economic to protect itself europe cannot defend itself without me being alone we dont advance well with help we can move faster and stronger evidently the chasm between opinions on whether or not nato needs europe and vice versa is as wide here in paris as it is within the bloc itself a mortgage donna reporting from paris. But we talked about this with these are the Crisis ResearchInstitute Mark almond he told us there are a number of disagreements threatening integrity. Brought certain tensions between paris and berlin between paris and washington french so that they need to assert themselves and your needs for such as a separate pillar of nato and not be too dependent on americans but other countries like for instance germany thats often seen as a copartner axis with france running the e. U. Is rather worried about this all of this brings out that there are deep divergence of interest was a deep chasm Division Within your about how you judge the major part to its east and so all of these things come together to make a very messy Birthday Party for a major coming up in 2 weeks time. Bera singh incident during a t. V. Interview with the us democrat lawmaker has gone viral and in its own bizarre way it has highlighted the divisions in u. S. Politics to its ask you take more so than other of the at washington is thick with intrigue and contriver see the public hearings in the latest trump impeachment saga into their 2nd week and Everyone Wants to know has done it will this be the straw that finally breaks the camels back the president used taxpayer dollars to ask the ukrainians to help and should an election that cant be right guys i think weve got the wrong sound bite in the. What really. Ok no apparently that is right. What gate is on everyones lips democratic representative eric swan well was weighing in on the ongoing impeachment hearings when he dropped. Dropped an explosive bomb on m s n b c youd think though that while one world human stuff happens move on and 2 the president of the United States of america could possibly be impeached potentially just the thought in the countrys history but no the scandal over that quick moment is refusing really. To blow over and Mainstream Media is leading the charge trying to get to the bottom of it im really sorry about the but i have to ask if this was you or someone in the studio it was not me i guess did not hear it even politicians have jumped on to the bandwagon keen to show off the shop where it. Usually. Cruz made a rookie error and forgot that he too had been involved in the story that also rippled far and wide to show you senator and thank you for keeping it clean you know without. Him so lets see what all the conspiracy theories on the table are the program on which i happened hardball tried to cover up its tracks and said it was just the presenter scraping his mug across the table to which swalwell took a leaf out of trumps book and breathed a sigh of relief but lets test that one out neal over to you. Not sure so maybe another one the cameraman was to blame they were ways think theyre safe just because theyre in the shot but guys is that even possible you know. Neither of the theories held up to scrutiny though view was smelt a rat pluto was demoted as a planet which eric swallow is now secure among the gas giants. Is not again it is that you can stand behind the cover of is own worries worse than a crime so while iran faces protests bolivia it faces a coup trump faces possible impeachment and the u. K. Faces and not the string of pranks it delays the media follows its very funny excellent for stories lets see when this one runs out of gas ok this is ridiculous i mean are you know you can talk about this seriously on. Thats to say that will still come few this pink floyds from the man has spoken swati about his dismay what is happening to the whistleblower the songs will have this feeling just after. I have concern about new technologies and i think society should like and i try to help them get engaged in those concerns. But we also should have concerns about doing nothing doing nothing is extraordinarily risky in a world with some point 5000000000 people at a series of over ancient technology that are not necessarily suitable for moral. Politicians do. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Or somehow want to. Have to go right to be close its like that before 3 of them or can people get. Interested always in the waters of. The city. But again the issue of free speech on campus is making headlines again after the u. K. s Oxford Brookes universe to council to talk by feminist asa just after she was accused of discriminating against transgender pay paul. Rachel is a trans exclusionary radical feminist who frequently shows transphobia discourse on her social media we firmly believe that inviting such speakers infringes upon Academic Freedom brooks i dont believe im transfer because i dont believe ive said anything trying to transfer a big i mean were having a discussion based on no facts and you know thats quite worrying and we should be dealing with facts i mean youd be interested to see what their definition of trance phobic is and why theyre calling me transfer a bit. And then we can start the discussion from there theyre always going to talk about my work is fabulous i talk about the problems women have building big installations im especially because i do a lot with technology so i talk about women in stem and stuff like that i mean it was just purely talking about women in art i mean the thing is with the l g b t q plus. Its a very very divided organization you know theres a lot of tension between sort of wimmin trans people and gay people i mean its very very divided and i think thats why one organization like the l. G. B. Alliance has been set up to actually you know just so people who have the same issues around same sex attraction can meet together where. You know the trans people seem to have an issue with concerns over Academic Freedom have been growing in recent years both. With critics are giving that nonconformists voices are actually being stifled by the policy Exchange Think Tank suggest for instance the day of a half of britain students do not consistently support free speech on campus rachel error again says that universities should encourage critical thought and constructive dialogue. Honestly that was ridiculous i mean im talking about art and im talking about the way i make art theres no infringement on Academic Freedom at all i do the honestly i really interesting to see who the complainants are you know and i would suspect theres probably a few disenfranchised men who have problem with women talking about women making awful feminist issues even though you know universities are learning places there are places you discuss if someone disagrees with me then i want to find out more and we can learn from each other i mean what would be really interesting is the people who can put this tweet out why are they hiding behind a sort of fake name why dont they come forward we can have an open discussion you know because they could teach me something and maybe i could teach is about open discussion. Israels political deadlock looks set to continue at the moment that after the leader of the blue and White Party Benny Gantz failed to form a new government the winner of the september elections informed the countrys president of his failure and returned his mandate just hours before the midnight deadline israel has been trapped in the current political deadlock since the 1st general election in april the country is unlike is likely to face to an unprecedented 3rd election in a year we asked political analysts michel barak how he sees the situation unfolding is happening as it sounds easy ok if we dont have a government were going for new elections no one in the country wants a new elections the people are really fed up i mean all of our polling numbers are showing that people are really fed up with politicians of what the government so those in knesset have to know that theres a big risk that they may be voted out of the government because if they have to face new elections again its possible that other parties will run their people will punish those same members of knesset the leaders of the parties that for 2 elections couldnt form a government. 2 months ago the blue and white party be trival which is headed by the incumbent Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu as you can see from the results here norm of the 2 favorites gained enough seats for a parliamentary majority it meant that dance was tasked with then forming a Coalition Government however a number of sticking points to get in his way for example gantz refuses to cooperate with netanyahu claiming hes been in office 40 long and hes wanting corruption while the Prime Minister himself has also said that he has no intention of siding with his rival in addition the kingmaker of the door rejects both of them and insists on a radical overhaul of the entire system believe could could actually form together with blue and white if they were done that and you know if they would replace it and you know if they would find someone else that could happen in the next 21 days its going to be interesting because theres 2 significant things is going to take place 1st is whether litany i was indicted lead attorney general may decide to indict him in 12 or 3 cases right away leaders are crimes of bribery that in you know is reported to have committed while hes been Prime Minister and 2nd the clock is ticking on those 21 days and those members of knesset are going to do Everything Possible to avoid another election. From man of the rock band pink floyd roger waters has spoken out angrily about whats happening to you sanjay in an interview with r. T. It does come amid fears that whistle blows extradition to the u. S. Is now more likely after sweden dropped a 2010 rape case against him america accuses him of conspiring to hack Government Computers if convicted he may face up to 175 years in jail hes currently in belmarsh prison in the u. K. His extradition hearing is set to take place in february which waters told us that the sound is a political prisoner. Theres no process of little big followed at the moment somebody somebody bank up in belmarsh for 23 hours out of every 24 being slowly murdered by the state because he told uncomfortable truths about war crimes committed by the United States of america. It surely purely political this is a political prisoner hes been hung out to dry as a warning to others others who might decide that they might be journalists that they might fulfill that function as journalists by informing the public and the electorate of what goes on secretly in their name so this business objects tradition has nothing to do with the Legal Process hes being railroaded in its disgusting to find the truth these days is that string really difficult in any sane universe he would be lauded as a hero of the people for getting at the truth and then publishing it and hes not killing him. Or was that speaking to us earlier you watching dont forget that weve got plenty of other stories for you to look at so you can find those. 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As we were protests to lay off thousands of employees meet the company is now being investigated by the new York State Attorney general and whether the former c. E. O. Of human. Feeling theyve got their employees speaking of new york the state Financial Services department has been granted a trust license to offer trading in custody a big point of fidelity well tell you how that may affect Institutional Investment in the grip of her got a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we begin with. Falling off a 22 month high as christine mentioned on wednesday with a bump in u. S. China tensions and fears of a possible recession are boosting a bid for bonds and pushing toward safe haven assets like gold theres a thing wall street futures were down point 3 percent to 4. 4 percent which is all from the record highs that the stock market has been seen in the last few days and weeks so what set off this tumbling of wall street futures well a couple of things one the u. S. Senate has angered china by passing a bill requiring annual certification of hong kongs autonomy and warning beijing against suppressing protesters. The senate has just sent a resoundingly message to the Chinese Communist party and president xi that the United States stands with the democratic protesters in hong kong. The Bipartisan Legislation with the great help with the chair and ranking members of the Foreign Relations committee will safeguard hong kongs democracy and autonomy. And then of course the renewed threat from President Trump to increase tariffs on chinese goods if a deal is not reach soon so christine lets talk about this a little bit so 1st at the start with the hong kong bill obviously the bill on some levels it does affect the u. S. Trying to trade talks but it seems like its more of slowing things down because it kind of sets back china in their expectations right exactly and right now its escalating into a new head and so this kind of like oh you wanted us to roll back tariffs well were not going to do that so look over here its another diversion tactic were going to focus on home call instead so this is just the u. S. And another way of exerting maximum pressure theyre back to their all tactics of exerting maximum pressure again in order to try to get a response from china because as we said last week from if you remember china was very silent about this entire thing there was pessimism they didnt think face one would even go through this i mean while on the u. S. Side they were optimistic markets rally everyone say oh phase one is almost done theyre so often mistaken everything and those words were by the way were coming from the u. S. More than china and by the way reuters is now reporting about an hour ago that phase 1 may not happen this year may not happen until next year not really terribly surprised by that because weve also seen you know these record highs in the stock market and on wall street and a lot of that is tied to these claims that the troubled ministration keeps making about phase one and the deal being reached so without all that talk about phase one would we have even seen those highs probably not because the only reason why we got this high was in part due to trade optimism another part was due to the fact that we expected no tariffs on december 15th and for them are a rollback of the existing tests we expected all those to be in place and thats what we forecasting calculated for thats what the earnings reports are based off of azure