A warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nick allen our top story this hour democrats have labeled fox news an existential threat to the u. S. Describing it as a russian stooge with on the blue half of washington calling for the channel to register as a Foreign Agents. Voices in the mainstream of the Democratic Party have escalated their calls for the suppression of alternative views pacifically about Foreign Policy the target now seems to be the Fox News Network one of the most watched Cable News Networks in the United States prominent democratic voices have called for fox news to be forced to register as a Foreign Agent and specifically a Foreign Agent of russia fox news should register with far as an agent of the Russian Federation if its going to peddle the kremlin agenda and propaganda while hurting u. S. National security interests then it should be treated the same as our t. And nick these allegations and this call for suppression of fox news and forcing it to register as an agent of russia seemed to be in response to this comment from Tucker Carlson i dont live like they are about to go out of the conflict between ukraine and russia but im curious like i dont like to know why and why should that run for russia which i am Tucker Carlson is a prominent host on fox news he has a nightly program and apparently it was in response to not only these comments but also comments hes made in coverage shes had of the o. P. C. W. Reports questioning allegations about syria and the chemical attack in duma and 2718 here is some of the response that fox news has endured for its Foreign Policy coverage folks news host says he roots for russia against the west he said the quiet out loud this clip is just one more exhibit supporting the case that its no longer left vs right but democracy versus authoritarianism i think many still underestimate the threat to the republic at this point foxs open the fascist day and g. O. P. Are existential threats to do us say weve reached out to fox news for comment on this issue in this allegation we hope to hear back from them this is not the 1st time that allegations like this have been leveled against conservative Media Outlets in the United States theres currently a case. In court in which one American News is suing m s n b c and Rachel Maddow over their allegation that Rachel Maddow referred to america one American News as quote paid russian propaganda one American News network is a conservative media outlet they say this is slanderous they are simply not a paid russian propaganda outlet and that this isnt an attack this is an unfair slander from m s n b c and from Rachel Maddow and theyre hoping to win a settlement in court of up to 10000000. 00 it seems that the allegation that one is a russian agent or a russian asset or a Foreign Agent agent of a foreign power seems to be a common theme among those calling for the suppression of alternative views its just not the smear its then thats all it is and they make these outrageous claims with absolutely no backing your no support about being a Foreign Agent which is absolutely ludicrous but they make is going on with no evidence and of course the intent is not to actually get these organizations to register as Foreign Agents thats absurd the intent is to just plant this seed to plant this ridiculous notion which theyve been doing all along theyve been doing this with the russia gates a lot that blew up in their face earlier this year and now with the piece written hearings which is also blown up in their face Democratic Party and the left used to be the party of free speech the priest Speech Movement was started in 1960 s. By left wing activists and and theyre also the Antiwar Movement and they used to be the party of antiwar weve seen this dramatic shift the entire paradigm has been flipped on its head free speech and war and foreign war relations is this 2 of those biggest issues the Democrat Party the left is fundamentally and type free speech. Because foreign secretary has been branded a coward tough to apparently refusing to talk to the family of a young man killed in a cox isnt that deadly incident happened in all this time signed an American Military base in england and reportedly involved the wife of a u. S. Diplomat we spoke to the victims father following his confrontation with the foreign secretary. Mr dunn how does all this you know what very heavy security so that are going to go in there that they really have to have the you know the to the right but they found one of the all the things i think that people like very happy for you and to go down and try to speak to him because he had been in concho. Troubles with how rich carricks so yeah were down to speak to him but he didnt want to talk to me because there was some press that would be trying to speak to mr arar for a long time now or just do is call me he goes on a bridge knows where. Orders to do is get in touch with us and we can arrange a marriage so you have all the art since there is weve been asking since the start but we havent had any support from the government really had one meeting with mr brough which wasnt very such structuring for us as a family. Member or not there has been no contact with the right we fail as a family that. Theyre more concerned with helping the american citizen is accused of killing our son then calculus british citizens that been in the country. Teenager harry dunn died 3 months ago as a result of a Traffic Accident between his motorcycle and the car the suspect in question and sucker less admitted she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u. K. Afterwards and invoked diplomatic immunity through her lawyer securely said she had no time to react and apologised to the dunn family the u. K. S Foreign Office says its providing all the necessary help to seek a resolution to this case but how i dont spa the told r. T. More must be done for justice to happen. Probably reprieve want and secure this to come back so you can be charged through our courts for the crimes she has committed and i accept your punishment for us that is what we are. 100 percent but also were going to try and help the governments only countries look at this diplomatic immunity law because it just say rather than the case that the spouse of an American Worker can kill a knowledge in your all out and out to meet the coach your own beauty i think the laws need to be updated to be more concurrent with the one of the songs we live in we feel we cannot let this injustice go forward was a young lad just starting out 19 years old started to enjoy his life and it will take you know ive loved him and we would fail we would not be the parents we should be for be we do not try and say this through and get the justice he deserves. To. Get can go plant in Southeast Texas is the place following an explosion earlier on wednesday morning in which 3 workers were injured. Am i the at a it to you as my the at my. Money we spent to one local resident or told us about the stock an extent of damage to locals himes. Yeah so our house was actually really damaged but all the garage doors caved and pretty much all of the doors down the middle all the windows blew out some of the roof you know. So we had a lot of the image you hear about that explosions and but and its half and around the area before but not to this extent its never affected homeowners around the refineries i definitely did not expect you know Something Like this to happen but i guess it comes with living in the area of the refinery owned by the tape a secret produces thousands of tons of chemical and Petroleum Based products the situation important h. S. Is still ongoing as Emergency Services seek to bring the fire under control as quickly as possible journalist on campaign and on health and Environmental Issues all of a take out believes theres substantial investigation will be needed to determine any background toxicity. And really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and manufactured on this site i think that really quite a lot of investigation will be needed just to determine the background toxicity in the local area following this since the local community will have a love hate relationship with this plant these plants are responsible for quite a lot of wealth in this area they provide a huge amount of employment they are the economic lifeblood of this Golden Triangle area but at the same time there are these pollution incidents i think that this incident may actually bring quite a lot of additional political pressure on to the trumpet ministration not to cut the resources of the as its intending to do. Sculptures of whistle blowers julian a songs Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden have made a reappearance in central birth then more than 4 years after they were 1st unveiled and titled anything to say the sculptor has now returned to his plea to his place in the Brandenburg Gate after a world tour the artist behind it divvied dimino says it represents those who dare to say no to global surveillance or you make a gun to get flies that lead to war i suspect a start of the next from the German Left Party she told us the r. P. S. Brings to life hypocrisy when it comes to freedom of speech is a good as. This sculpture attracts attention to this incredible scandal it is the journalists and whistleblowers who uncover crimes are sitting in jail today while those who committed these crimes are not held accountable this has nothing to do with the rule of law and therefore it is very good there we are now so close a direct dialogue because here is the federal government which could have started to act on this issue a long time ago and for example could provide a sound or snowden asylum in germany. Well returns to germany as there are serious concerns over wiki leaks that is julian a songs in the u. K. Prison earlier this week more than 60 doctors wrote an open letter to the british home secretary saying a sergeant could possibly die in prison they base their assessments on eyewitness accounts following his october Court Appearance it was reported that a songe couldnt record his date of birth at the hearing and when asked whether he could understand what was happening the australian replied that he could not think straight the wiki leaks cofounder has also complained about the conditions of his imprisonment on multiple occasions to recap a songe is currently being held in Londons Belmarsh prison where hes serving a 50 week sentence for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 separately has also fighting a us extradition request over wiki leaks publishing classified information on american political and military dealings u. N. Reporter on torture nils melds a strongly claims that there isnt this this isnt just about the sons but about the integrity of governments and safeguarding future generations. 6 months ago already i went into medical doctors and i sent a clear in the examination and conclusion to the government asking for immediate measures to be taken for his protection and delineation of the pressure on him the government sent me a tweet the next day and waited for 5 months to send any response whatsoever and when they did respond to sent me a 2 paragraph response is rejecting all old all my conclusions theyre not at all indicating the readiness to engage in a dialogue and do what they need to do both doctor said if pressure is not alleviated rapidly that situation will deteriorate to a dangerous level we have seen this happening within 10 days of our visit and since then im seriously concerned for his life this is not really about a son or snowden or manning this is about us its about our governments their integrity the rule of law and the future of our self our Human Dignity and our children. Spotless will be taken off the and bolivia at the start of december thats according to the leading t. V. Operator in the latin American Country here in the studio with me. Joins me live to tell us more about theres really a house has there been any explanation ever why this has happened well this is a bolivian t. V. Provider its called cold house they were explaining their d move to pretty much exclude r t spanish from their list of channels starting december the 2nd because of some kind of order from the administration heres what exactly they said their exact explanation this is a decision taken by the company said ministration which tasked us with shutting down the channels broadcast. So. Is a private operator and the leader in the market when it comes to Cable Television i can tell you though that this decision follows a similar move by ecuador thats another lot an American Country where our spanish where the signal was cut off in moscow is still awaiting response from ecuador for why this is happening we dont know yet whether this d decision by the bolivian operator was made solely by the companys top top management or whether they had been given some orders from someone else and if this has anything to do with the current political situation in bolivia we know that the country is in crisis after what was pretty much a coup so lets rewind and take us through whats going on politically while we remember that earlier this month the main events actually happened on november the 10th the former bolivian president evo morales as was everything but ousted he fled bolivia after being reelected there were claims that the election was fraudulent by the opposition in even though mr morale is offered to hold a new vote he lost the support of the police and the military and then he had to flee the country he got political asylum in mexico but whats important here is the political vacuum that followed the country now has an interim leader her name is janine. But basically nobody voted for her she was never elected she proclaimed her self the interim president after the president was ousted the senate decided that they will no longer operate the Vice President decided to leave his position so with her in power everyone expected her to announce the new election in this is what she said her main task was. This is the law we believe in swanned we have arrived at this day with the satisfaction of fulfilling a duty because this is the Main Objective of my government new elections will happen in the shortest time possible. However. Instead of focusing on that it seems shes been up to something completely different 1st of all whats very important for bolivians she turned a blind eye on a crackdown on the indigenous protesters but again it seemed that she really wanted to take care of the Foreign Policy of that country and make a complete u. Turn what she did was she appointed in a masseur to the United States for the 1st time in over a decade but at the same time she cut diplomatic ties with cuba and venezuela but these were traditionally allies of bolivia especially under president. So again thats a complete u. Turn and heres what she said about that. All diplomatic personnel representing major divinest while an embassy in bolivia will be allowed to leave the country for having interfered in internal state affairs. And obviously if we stick to venezuela which has been suffering political turmoil for months she recognized the legitimacy of the Opposition Leader whos been up against the democratically elected president. Nicolas maduro. That i hope you will and that you will the venezuelan people will soon be free because i believe that there have been many years of suffering mr president. Eventually though ms. Did pass a new bill to hold general actions but the party of isnt even going to take part and supporters of the former president will argue that pretty much at least a 3rd or possibly even half of the country were going to vote for his party and with that party not taking part in the election we realize that this is not going to be a proper election and this isnt something that is supposed to happen in a country which suffered all the political turmoil it is thanks for coming in in britain is that to speed on all the events leading up to the sponge being taken off the air just have to wait to see what this is going to be as trends that we see spread now but thanks for coming in. And we spoke to the National Coordinator from the think Tank Alliance for global justice who says this selfproclaimed government is attempting to prevent the bolivian people from any alternative coverage. Coup government and bolivia is struggling to establish itself against. Resistance and they cant they cant afford for people to hear alternative voices to. News that they want the message that they want to get get out there because they have to have control of the message. People can you know if people have free access to information theyre going to say that other people or country are are suffering the way. Theyre going to know the reason for the suffering. This. Is the sole legitimate government that. Compose the resistance will continue on and grow. The major u. K. Cinema chain has backtracked on a critically acclaimed film about london gang warfare a softer was accused of institutional racism upon its release last week it blew stories violent things spilled out. With dozens of violent incidents reported the plot centers on the lives of 2 young friends who become embroiled in gang life. Sometimes. At least 25 incidents were reported across several cinemas showing the movie prompting security measures to be enhanced following a brawling valving around 100 youths in birmingham some carrying machetes views them as dropped the film. Thank. You says its initial decision came after careful consideration and was taken to ensure the safety of its staff and customers it denies the move is a race issue however that said its normal less face claims of suppressing black art or the movies director insists his piece is about love not violence conservative radio host dave perkins and london social activist lee just shared their thoughts with us. Away incident so all sorts of fail right across the weld almost every day those films do you know and getting banned. Culture is under constant attack grime music now they say now black failings whatever were doing it even in the areas where we have fabulous they successful we still dont a scape bit to criticism why dont we just assess all asia and to tame and activities in britain in relation to the hot coals because football at least people aged movies in a cinema we can think of thousands of types of activities that take place where serious crime and criminality is much more in excess than we witness over this. So lets treat everybody on an equal Playing Field i dont think its possible for the movie to cause violence i think its possible for the movie to set the foundation for violence and then predict with some level of confidence or even certainty that violence is going to happen so i want to clarify it like that in a sense in the sense that all movies do when theyre about a cultural feature it glorifies the business of being in a gang that doesnt mean it glorifies violence per se but people involved in gangs do have a considerably higher rate of violence than people who arent involved in gangs and heres the thing when you draw them all to a place at night a whole bunch of young people together with a very high degree of involvement of one form or another in gangs thats why they come to see the movie because it glorifies the culture that theyre in the likelihood of something terrible happening is very high. The director of Human Rights Watch for israel and palestine has vowed to continue his work after being expelled on monday from israel tel aviv a cases i was a kid of supporting a ban the boycott in the front on the country which it sees as a strategic prize. Israeli government has been trying for 3 years to expel Human Rights Watch their rationales have different have differed most recently really government claim that we call for boycotts of israel and their focus has been our work on the illegal settlements and we do not take a position on boycotts of israel what we do across the world is document abuses by all actors including businesses and call for actors to a frame from contributing to rights abuse in order to comply with their obligations under International Law and when we applied that universal call to the illegal settlements in the west bank israel said it was a call for a boycott and under a new law called revoke my work permit and then deported me on november 25th. Human rights watch has long been critical of the Israeli Governments rights record on the construction of settlements in the west bank is the 1st time a Human Rights Watch staff member has been expelled from israel in the organizations 30 years of operating in the country believes the ruling is part of a targeted campaign against rights advocates. Clearly theyre trying to do by throwing out a representative of one of the Worlds Largest human rights organizations is to say to others that you know your work documenting rights abuses could result in you facing a punitive sanction this move shows the degree to which israel has lost even the pretense of 1st spect for basic International Norms if israel despite you know criticism from much of the world for its me as it did earlier this week for my Rights Advocacy how would ever stop abusing rights the reality here is the Israeli Government feels emboldened and the world spoke out against this and they still did or did me so i think the message is quite clear here that the government intends not only to continue a systematic assault on human rights organizations but intends to continue its abusive policies that weve been exposing and planning to light where we would love to hear your thoughts on this story and Everything Else they do get in touch by following us on social media and making a comment that were back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines state that. 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Security council met to discuss resolution 1701. 00 between israel and lebanon as israels primary military backa the United States defies its own congress by continuing to withhold more than 100000000. 00 in aid to a country suffering some of its worst protests since the civil war coming up on the show after failing to overthrow the government of syria and amidst wiki leaks whistleblower revelations of sexed up chemical weapons dossiers to persuade britain to bomb syria but now with the intentions of nato nations in neighboring lebanon we speak to the former president of lebanon and me alone mood about decades of dubious intentions all of them all coming up in todays going underground but 1st alarming news from belmarsh prison 13 miles from this studio 60 doctors have signed an open letter claiming the worlds most famous publisher Julian Assange of wiki leaks may die without Urgent Medical attention as he waits trial for extradition to the usa for revealing major nation war crimes here is that journalist john pilger in the past 72 hours who has been speaking about the issue of a character after its metering by newspapers like the guardian who are songe supplied with the revelations for so long whenever i see it online on reminder of the responsibility of those of us in the field. 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