A very warm welcome to you watching r. T. International with me nicky airing our top story a whistleblower has cast doubt on the way the International Chemical weapons watchdog handled last years alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma a leaked internal email from an unnamed employee at the p. C. W. Claims the organization cherry picked and misrepresented facts in its official reports the released by wiki leaks coincides with the o. P. C. Debbys 5 Day Conference which is now underway in the hague. On the agenda of this annual meeting is just routine administrative stuff but this thing this in this whistleblower email is certainly the big elephant in the room because it was compiled by one of the cole all of those over your piece who w. s report on the 28 in the chemical attack in the syrian city of duma and while his words i should say sum up better than anything his feelings when he so. Sure what the report that he was working on turned out to be as hes accusing the o. P. C. W. Of manipulating facts after reading the modified report i was struck by how much it misrepresents the facts an unintended bias has been introduced into the report undermining its credibility crucial facts of morphed into something quite different what was originally drafted now this is not the 1st time this report is drawing criticism some have been pointing out that it took the o. P. C. W. Investigators some 10 days to get on the site of this chemical attack saying that while this is plenty of tying for people on the ground to tamper with evidence it didnt take that long for the u. S. And the u. K. And france to pin all the blame onto the Assad Government and to launch air strikes against the syrian Army Facilities and while this o. P. C. W. Report which by the way took a whole year to finish was not tasked with assigning blame one of its findings did circumstantially pointed fingers at the sun for instance that they have concluded the final version of the report concluded stated that the canisters carrying that deadly chlorine gas they fell from above and the opposition the rebels they simply had no means of doing so they have no air force and that was sort of a redemption for the action taken by the u. S. And its allies but according to the email according to this email this whistleblower the initial version of the report did not paint this picture at all the redacted report states that the gas was likely released from the cylinders the original report purposely emphasized the fact that there was insufficient evidence to affirm this so now with all this criticism coming from both the outside and now the inside of the o. P. C. W. This whistleblower hes calling on the body to make public the version of the report that he saw and that he worked on im requesting that the fact finding report bieber. At least in its entirety because i fear that this redacted version no longer reflects the work of the team well if youre interested in reading this whistleblowers email in full you can go on our website called and find all the necessary information and links there now meanwhile we have reached out to the o. P. C. W 2 just just to see if they have anything to say regarding this scandal regarding this leak so far they are to come back to us during the meeting this monday russia questions the o. P. C. Dubey report into alleged chemical weapons use that saying it distorts reality the russian delegate also called for a reform of the special mission in syria stressing its conclusions can no longer be taken at face value. Well thats not really rally former cia agent and whistleblower welcome to the program its great to have you with us now if the irregularities flagged up in the leaked emails turned out to be legitimate what consequences would the o. P. C. W. Face here. Well lets hope that there is further investigation now based on these 2 whistleblowers because the credibility of the o. P. C. W is at stake and its very sad that after they won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013 in part for having worked in syria to destroy the chemical weapons that previously existed and actually also to get syria to a seat to the Chemical Weapons Convention thats why they were given the Nobel Peace Prize that all these years later now the state has fallen on them that they are you know stealing some of their results theyre in their final reports based on pressure from powerful states like the United States and you know thats really sad because the world needs an independent fact finding a body like the o. P. C. W. But if theyre not independent they lose their credibility i was speaking of during the monday meeting their p. C. Was director of power they put alluded to that league table we could just have a listen and now remind ourselves what he said. These teams and later close or inquiry for in the reveals you know a team to express subjective views what is some of these views the sacred and certain public discussion. I would like duraid to write about are you stand by that you are on professional croakers or has reached the far finding mission. Oh body before thought it was that that i mean to you does this suggest the a p c w is just going to ignore this. It suggests that he will not allow the earlier fact finding reports to be made public and hes i think it sounds like hes suggesting that those should remain secret and in fact if you are able to justify the findings in the final report as he said as he says these conclusions are valid he should then welcome transparency he should welcome the 8 earlier reports to be made public so that he has a chance then to defend the final conclusions by simply covering up those earlier reports that the whistleblower wants made public hes its seems very suspicious im just saying that its not a Good Practice not to have transparency why didnt he would have the authority through i can force the watchdog to take became both variously. Thats thats right the the the people that are the chiefs do have the power the problem is if you know how foreign the United States is that is a really bad example right now because they have a long history of having used pressure and International Officials even this movie official secrets this is the start of the iraq war where the United States and the u. K. Were going to monitor in survey all members of the United NationsSecurity Council and thats a documentary movie right now so there there is also the case of the United States putting pressure it was actually boltons official pretty sure and the former head of the o p c w so this is not coming out of the blue like its brand new there is a history here and i would think that if you were wanting to have credibility of the o. P. C. W. Now that you would want to embrace full transparency and yes if there are arguments that you have to justify the final report then fine lets hear the factual basis for those conclusions a rally former f. B. I. Agent turned whistleblower thank you for your time thank you. The health of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange just being part of a very risk during his 50 week sentence in the u. K. Prison but according to fix the doctors who say the whistleblower could die they find it open letter to the british home secretary outlining their concerns. Mr song shriek was urgent expert medical assessment of both his physical and psychological state of health were such urgent assessment and treatment not to take place we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr song could die in prison the medical situation is the boy urgent grizz no time to lose. Credible reports from people who saw julian recent weeks such as the souther. His barrister robin song and the former. Mary they all agree that julians physical and mental condition. To be in seriously. So his medical doctor. Extremely concerned that nothing. By now or many consider him a political prisoner was. Reason doctors were numerous countries such as the us australia and italy have made their assessments based on eyewitness accounts following his october quarter parents back then it was reported that a songs couldnt record his date of birth and when also whether he could understand what was happening the australian replied that he couldnt think straight but that is a has also complained about the conditions of his imprisonment on multiple occasions asylum just currently being held in Londons Belmarsh prison where he is serving a 15 week sentence for breaching his bell conditions and 2012 separately has also fighting a u. S. Extradition request over wiki leaks publishing classified information on american political and military dealings we heard from a doc from dr mark again one of those appealing to the British Government who believe this on just situation is worsening rapidly. Not any official response but personally im not holding my breath. Content if and when it will be forthcoming in the law that is christian wage muniz been treated to date because. Of the state for a man who. Is innocent until proven. Guilty. To bring 1st for the shame that in Democratic StateSomething Like that. Will have an impact but again personally to see me stick to the. Human right to medical medical care will be a pale british say given. So far. As attending the hearing in february in a Democratic State you would not expect that that does not appear to be. Your feet to plead on Health Grounds or should be forced to stand trial. If theres one thing allison doesnt like its losing a business basle the internet giants formally launched a legal challenge against the Us Defense Department as off their rival microsoft so off the phone to clinch a very lucrative data contract the decision surprised at the list so you thought i wasnt hard in the bag but the rouse them about more than just money as the teller breaks down. Amazon and white chris offed 2 giants that have changed the way we experience the wild. Yes warm and fuzzy ads to appeal to our pockets over the Holiday Season but it turns out the real money that goes softer is the pentagons given the u. S. Military spent over 600000000000. 00 annually its unsurprising theres a battle for the big contracts so head to head and microsoft have been vying for the pentagon prize of 10000000. 00 over the next 10 years the contract in question is for the jet die project and ambitious event that would allow the pentagon to stall Sensitive Data on a single large cloud it would also allow the military to take full advantage of fishel intelligence tools tools which have drawn concern from ethical watch dogs for their lethal potential in guiding missiles and drones amazon thought it had its foot in the door not only is it the lead in the walls of Cloud Computing its also made 600000000. 00 from its dealings with the cia since 2013 so you can understand the shock when microsoft was crowned and amazons not happy its so unhappy in fact that its filed a lawsuit saying that it was passed over at the recommendation of a certain donald trump we believe is critical for our country that the government and its elected leaders administer procurements objectively and in a minute is free from political influence numerous aspects of the joint enterprise defense infrastructure evaluation process contain clear deficiencies there is an unmistakable by. And is important in these matters be examined and rectified its true trump and bezos have rarely exchanged a kind word the president argues that amazon is swindling the u. S. Postal service out of money and doesnt pay enough tax hes also not a fan of the bezel so and Washington Post whose Printing Press is pretty hot from all its anti trump coverage so we probably wasnt hard to guess who trump was not going to throw his support behind were getting tremendous. Really complaints from other companies and from Great Companies some of the greatest companies in the world are complaining about it having to do with amazon and the department of defense and i will be asking them to look at it very closely to see whats going on because i have had very few things where there is really such complaining i mustnt think that there is evidence of undue influence something both microsoft and the pentagon deny the acquisition process was conducted in accordance with the political laws and regulations in law for as were treated fairly and evaluated consistently with the solicitation stated evaluation criteria we have confidence in the qualified staff of the department of defense and we believe the facts will show theyve been a detailed seren fair process in determining the need to the wolf item a best made by microsoft but while these Companies Fight it out for the pentagons affections others have been more reticent last year outrage was sparked after it emerged google was cooperating with the department of defense on a project that helped the army identify drone targets over 3000. 00 employees signed a petition calling for the trial of more ality over money and ultimately resulting in the Search Engine not renewing the contract we believe that google should not be in the business of war building this technology to assist the u. S. Government in military surveillance and potentially lethal outcomes is. Not acceptable so while some battle with that conscience and mothers refuse to accept lost fortunes for microsoft its been a Golden Autumn with its war chest filled by a milestone contract shaz jumped 3 percent and to top it all off bill gates has recently returned to his favorite position the wilds of richest man rumor has it even helped jeff bezos clear his desk for him back in from the antiwar answer Coalition Says the pentagons always considered to be a solid Business Partner as defense and profits tend to go hand in glove but amazons lawsuit represents indicates the cutthroat competition between the mega monopoly corporations that are competing with each other to become an appendage of the pentagon Big TechnologyCompanies Know that in order to really prosper and thrive in the American Economy you have to affix yourself to Pentagon Spending because the lions share the majority of discretionary budgeting each year in this massive federal budget actually goes for death and destruction for the u. S. Military machine so this is not simply a matter of war the Defense Department in the contracts this is it this is business in america war is very profitable and war contracting very very profitable. Fun of the fashion world all not social media has upped the ante in response to iconic lingerie brands victorias secret counseling is 2001000 show the decision was made after criticism that the events last diversity and a drop in ratings Parent Company l. Brands and months last week that its socalled angels wouldnt be taking to the catwalk has some of the reaction online. Finally the ridiculous victorias secrets fashion show has been canceled gender equality sexier than laundry its already dated just like the labor drive is just for you all behind the scenes explosion we made the models on the costumers the only people who like you all the girls could be. Nice to tori secret fashion even if i will never look like their age old or even if i dont look good in the laundry why does not the family you have to destroy it with the tory a secret show was cancelled because of leftist in france project a few women even though they literally sound women janice tractates everything going to find physically attractive and because they hate themselves. Over the last 2 years sales have increasingly gone down for victorias secret while the media called out the brown for being sexist and anti feminist the companys management has stated it will now focus on a digital audience explaining that the other will show wasnt boosting sales with think its important to evolve the markets in a victorias secret will be communicating to customers but nothing that i would say is similar in magnitude to the fashion show. Well the fashion show has appeared on you away on t. V. Screens for more than a decade attracting big audiences and some high profile appearances. Discuss this further now were joined live by body comes a confidence advocate do you want to do one more all is that and gemma how with these the founder of a london based model agency welcomed both to the program 1st of all there are a number of theories here but why do you believe the show has been cancelled. I believe that theyve had really bad publicity lately and rightly so and i think that they finally come into realise that theyre hyper sexualized ation of women is no longer. Adaptable and its no longer interesting to other customers the modern day customer nowadays like the inclusive ety and they like a brand that empowers women not to mind them so i think that they realize that theyre going to go into maybe different marketing where they can kind of incorporate more diversity and so i actually im actually really happy about it to be honest if you if they do increase the diversity in marketing youll be a great move but at the moment the fashion show is a great move being counseled totally i gem of the Parent Companies that its about the show not being profitable this is just a sensible business decision a case of adopt all guy. I actually think its a mistake that they cancel the show i think they have such a platform to do publicist and i think they should have done a show that couldve been much more diverse inclusive and they couldve just really kind of changed how they had their show and generated more sales by actually making it more inclusive. People are saying that the shows are anti feminist how would you adopt the show to make it less objectification of women. I would have 1st for just have it inclusive have it represent you know like riana did recently with fenty just have women of all shapes and sizes have transgender models have cars models house thin models but have a diverse range just to have it more you know more real. Victorias secret is faced a backlash saying you. Know go ahead go ahead please. I dont think that a brand that has lacked for so many years to come and only last year with the show that they had one box with Winnie Harlow and think one box with the darker skin model and one transgender model i dont think of a brand that has really let the best he can now incorporate it which is probably why they come to the show just going back to what was said. John earlier the market chief of the show said it was intended to be a fantasy there was no need to hire transgender models what a transgender person see that is being shunned and rejected. Yeah of course i remember we actually did a protest against the as well we went into the store and we showed that actually its not found the i mean it is a fancy to maybe one type of man but different men have different found these im sure there are some men that do have these of transgender women curvier women women with scars women with different different physical attributes for themselves so definitely disagree with pretty sure he apologize for that of you know the mistake was already made jimi your thoughts. I think i agree i think his comments were probably not the wisest of comments but i really do think its a mistake to just shut the show down i dont think its a good you know marketing angle you know london my agency we. Transgender models of models i think they should just completely change the aspect of the show and how the whole thing more diverse than and try and use it for a positive rather than just cancel it and have everyone thinking that theyve just given up just change and be more positive and be more inclusive. Of our victorias secret it has market rivals that do cater for everyone so isnt it time to victorias secrets do the same and review its strategy here totally totally dark and im missing a massive sales argument saying you know. The sales are going down and down so why not look at what your competitors are doing which im sure they have and i actually think why dont we why dont we do that also the employees that work for the brand they need to feel that they are working for a company that is inclusive theyre not. Sort of a whats this mean for models now i mean if were seeing this iconic victorias secret models theyre going bye bye you know whats next are we going to see the end to catwalk altogether. I mean you will see on the catwalk that we have seen many more because models Alexander Mcqueen for example they were one of the designers recently that have models on the show but many designers now are actually pushing the boundaries which is fantastic and there are laws now you know with the Model Alliance models are not allowed to be under 18 theyre not allowed to be a size 6 they have to kind of adhere to more of the. You know restrictions they cant be a size 66. 00 foot skinny 16 year old its not real its not healthy the brands really are pushing the boundaries which i think its great theyre not doing enough i think they could be doing more and i think victorias secret they had such a platform to publicize this i think its a shame. John victorias secret has already invited one plus size and one transgender model for advertising is that enough for just a concession with the. I think theyve tick the box i think the biggest problem that they have is probably that the people who are the top one theyre men. Too i think what the problem is with brands that are lacking diversity and passivity is that the people working for them are not diverse so the people making the final decisions already represented in the industry if they had a bit more different people and were more diverse in the workplace then they would have the. Problems and also going back to the thing if i wanted to be you i think there are other brown doing amazingly well like for example youve got friends he you also have who absolutely kill in the catwalk and i think even if even if they did incorporate as they have done like youve mentioned theyve still got that negative stigma to their brand because theyve done so much damage and they only just took in the books is i actually think the advocates would actually care about inclusive a team which is why they come to declining so do you think the industry will always have to bend to society now do you think we can still expect small and big businesses to have specific target audiences all will be forced to cater for everyone. I think the industry is changing well hes got a brand but also many. Yeah i mean well actually i disagree i think i think many high high end brands are definitely changing the way that they are advertising youve got a lot of brands now that dont do any researching i an agency owner ive got clients that just wont book models under a certain size and it is fantastic for me you know the owner of body london to know that my models they dont have to be a certain size i can have them be healthy and be happy and not obsess about being stick thin and i think its a really positive way that the industry is moving. And final final words from devaneys from day one please. Yeah i mean i totally agree i dont think that we have to bend to society i mean i just think as in any industry it adapts and it changes according to the demand and at the moment whats popular and what customers want is inclusive in c. And Women Empowerment especially when it comes to the wear and swimwear so i think brands are doing really well to kind of conform to that but you do have some brands that havent we are getting there slowly but surely we definitely have plus size models going and then the size is a more inclusive but we do have a lot more work to do that we need to be a bit more diverse in terms of disability and of just imperfections externally like scarring just didnt realise everything because it was back to kids in school. Kids in school need to look up to these models and they they want to be they want to feel normal so i feel like we have a responsibility to do so thank you both for joining us Body Confidence advocate and gemma how with the founder of a london based model agency thank you. Now stepping in early to remove dolls of bios Bloomberg News has announced it wont be doing any investigative reporting on its own in Michael Bloomberg or any other Us Democratic hopeful as off of the billionaire founder of the outlet officially threw his name in the hat for the 2020 president ial race the current editor in chief that the focus all of its news will be on the day to day workings of those currently in power in washington. We will continue our tradition of not investigating money and his family and foundation and we will extend the same policy to his rivals in the democratic primaries we cannot treat mikes democratic competitors differently from him bloomberg was elected new york met back in 2002 as a republican but now enters the race for the white house as the democrats is that in his statement on his Campaign Web Site he highlighted his main goal was to defeat donald trump who he called an existential threat to america Bloomberg News has an audience of 62000000 people across all platforms we spoke to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and a t. V. Show host chris hedges who sees this as a dangerous fusion of media and politics. Well 1st of all the announcement by Bloomberg News that they want to investigate bloomberg or any of the other candidates running in the democratic primary is an announcement that they are going to do any journalism and this i think gets to the rock of the american political system where you have oligarchy such as bloomberg or trouble or candidates like Hillary Clinton in 2016 who are essentially funded by oligarchy dominating the Political Landscape and that kind of fusion between political power and Media Information is extremely corrosive we are idea that they wont investigate bloomberg doesnt mean they wont cover bloomberg it means they will cover bloomberg uncritically and essentially they will act as a propagandist for bloomberg