A pair of the top Inspection Team leaders both with impeccable records both incidentally from the west a Group Background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue. Their minds kevin 0 in friday evening 6 or march as it is here in moscow welcome to the program live from the r. T. International World News Center im here for half an hour the updates as reported from russia starting with coronavirus we get them fred the number of new covert 19 cases around the world has passed 100000 this friday is the news with several countries detecting the coronavirus for the 1st time the state of play here in russia at the moment 13 cases have been recorded medical services are in a state of high alert and people arriving from the worst hit nations have today been instructed to self isolate for 2 weeks so with fears of a pandemic growing shoppers worldwide are starting to panic buy as they rush to stock up on essential. Stripped bare is a straw is prepared for a Pandemic Take a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasnt a role inside members panic shopping happening all over the country the great soil and paper palate is in full cry shoppers swarming stores and clearing selves of staple goods as coronavirus called all astray the newspaper even left 8 of its pages empty suggesting you get its readers use them as an alternative to toilet paper if push comes to shove with more of the supermarket onslaught around the world is peter all over. Its called how mystic alphen in german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesnt mean that people here were berlin across the federal republic of being stocking up on adorable Furry Friends it means theyve been panic buying essential in fear of the coronavirus empty shelves in supermarkets across berlin have become a common sight as people hoard fresh fruit and vege as well as nonperishable goods like pastor rice toilet paper Hygiene Products and other basics have been flying off shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the covert 90 crisis spreads around the world while emergency testing tens of being set up at hospitals to identify those with the virus the German Government has been giving its assessments of the Current Situation or sticking to it but he means you know chinas coronaVirus Outbreak has become a Global Pandemic is always a question of finding the right balance on the one hand between the restrictions necessary to contain the virus and on the other enabling every day life to continue whats clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak its not just the muse systems that the viruses be attacking the economy is also taking a real pounding the German Airline lufthansa has canceled hundreds of flights with around 150. 00 aircraft currently grounded the German Economy one of the most robust in europe is facing the real possibility of sliding into recession we asked people here on the streets of pearlie and whether they are afraid of the virus. The supermarkets have been plundered and you take what you can kill in order to serve something at home as a fat ass i will wage where they it is important not to be so hysterical fabric that is theyre crazy i mean once you have a small staggered home which would last for 14 days as supply in some food and food is all right. It but there are a familiar i think its massively exaggerated im not doing penny buying and in my usual Grocery Shopping it would be nice terry if others who did the same then you would not need to drive to multiple stores you might be the new one that there is an epidemic many people die every year and now we have this coronavirus theater its absolutely sickening any thoroughly which is being the hardest hit in europe all schools and universities have been closed for 2 weeks in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus panic buying is also being seen in the United Kingdom where theres also huge economic concerns over the impact in a nation with a poultry system of sick pay compared to other European Countries it could see some force to survive on just over 100 year old we the reality is we dont know what is going to happen next with this new virus the best advice we have is to avoid panicking practice good hand washing hygiene and avoid touching bases peter all of a party. Exactly some sense there around is up against its also been scrambling to contain the virus saying on friday it would limit travel between cities as a number of cases has surged to over 3500. 00 there and he sounded 7 people have died in the country including advisers to the Supreme Leader in the foreign minister but islamic republics Health Care System buckling under the current strain of the crisis is the us president tribe has said that washington is willing to come to rands assisted assistance didnt go down too well though the iranian leadership wasnt too impressed with that particular offer right now. If we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them and all they have to do is ask we will have great professionals over there we have the best of the world if thats the truth the littlest leave the medicine sanctions that is the 1st step so we have done the iranian nation wrong and we apologize no 1st step is to release banking transactions to purchase medicine do we have the medicine and to sit netizens and food. Remind of the current state of play humanitarian goods including medical supplies are officially exempt from the United States sanctions against iran or other financial destruction including crucially the countrys banks impede to rands abilities to import vital medication those sanctions have for instance led to shortages of drugs to treat cancer and epilepsy there are however some all that said in the us who have been pushing for even tougher measures even now a case in point is the other because the group united against a nuclear iran which is spearheaded by former Us Government officials including literally hawkish john bolton prior to the corona Virus Outbreak it had been pressuring Big Pharmaceutical Companies to stop trading with to run it since said though that the humanitarian needs of the iranian people must be met we spoke to a professor Mohammad Marandi from the university of toronto who told us just how detrimental these existing sanctions have been. The americans have been forcing Companies Across the world not to cooperate with iran its not just the Banking Sector the Banking Sector does not allow any medicine to be purchased through the network but not only are they blocking bad but theyre also imposing conditions on pharmaceutical companies that are so tough that in reality no one will work with iran so the americans through the sanctions have killed the iranians and right now be or impeding irans battle against the coronavirus. Foreign ministers from across the you throw their support behind greece friday after meeting for a 2nd day to discuss the escalating refugee crisis and its border with turkey. Clashes have been continuing along the frontier under a heavy haze a tear gas with greek police republican masses of Asylum Seekers attempting to cross to europe tens of thousands of refugees have been gathering along the border since turkey said last week that it would no longer on a 2060 migration deal break you dont like his developments than tonight charlotte. Chiefs have said they wont be pressurised Foreign Ministers were meeting on friday to discuss the situation here on the border between greece and turkey amid fresh tensions as you can see some of the Army Vehicles leading the border area now and this is both sides have been accusing the other of using tear gas weve had images from the greek side that they see shows turkish c. S. Gas being deployed into no mans land into their territory what they described as being a series of coordinated attacks theyve also provided us with images which show c. S. Gas canisters that they say they were able to lay to retrieve which have turkish markings on them now they have also been reports that the 2 military. And the police force aiding the migrants to try and cross into greek territory in fact some are even accusing them of trying to julan means using violence to demand access to not just greece but the e. U. But those are of course unconfirmed reports now the e. U. Foreign Affairs Minister has been defiant about the situation and has said that the borders will remain closed if you want to avoid critical situations. People have to. They dont have to tell the people. And people have already passed. Lead to. Well turkey has said it borders will remain open they have been open now for a round a week and we know that camps are forming on the other side on the turkish side as migrants come close to the border in the hope of getting into the e. U. Right now amid these skirmishes between the 2 sides we know that turkey is now reinforcing its Security Forces on the border. A 1000 special forces officers are being deployed to the merrick river on the border fully equipped to event people being pushed back now just to give you a sense of how many people have tried to get through tents or have been of people trying to get through in the last week were talking 203040000 attempts in the 12 hours between thursday evening and friday morning they were just under 3000 attempts actually down from the night before when there was some 7000 attempts for people to get through the border now turkey has said this is syrians who are waiting to try and cross into the e. U. Greece says thats not true in fact theyve. Even the statistics that show all of the around 250 people that have been arrested in the last week the majority were from afghanistan some 64 percent they said in regard to syrians been arrested it so far only 4 percent but the feeling here in greece is one of defiance we know that theyre also trying to extend the fence the physical fence between turkey and greece extending it from around 12 and a half clematis up to 40 kilometers and in fact weve seen new barbed wire fencing passing as it stands defiant and it has the e. U. To back it the message to migrants is you shall not pass show that you can ski. Casting yes on the greek turkish. Political list told us that greece has no choice now but to defend its borders is europes not providing adequate support. The greek government has no other option. Do. You have exams now we are for. My. Zone between greece and turkey. 500000 more and the person who people who are being applied i dont see what the government could to reveal myself. During the previous refugee crisis. System youre actually close though because this might be part of this were destroyed. But europe isnt willing to for some kind of solution because its afraid of. Congress like they will use it is. The issue as a person point against the euro and its governments. Story next to whistleblowers have struck back at the world chemical weapons watchdog issuing responses to an editor inquiry by the p. C. The organization previously said the pair go rogue after they publicly criticize its conclusions about an alleged chemical attack in duma syria 2 years ago they now want to scientific hearing and in a letter to the director general they accuse the watchdog ignoring their work. Inspect to be annoyed tried on many occasions to meet with you you may also know or perhaps not that these requests were all denied the reason given by a senior official was its my role to protect the director general you will never get to speak with him and if you try to go around me to get him there will be consequences letters to the director of the Global Chemical weapons watchdog courtesy of the gray zone project there the latest development in a ping Pong Exchange of correspondence between david and goliath whistleblowers and the o. P. C. W. Inspector a ny have tried to resolve our concerns with you in private however this saga has unfortunately escalated to a point where we are now publicly portrayed as adversaries inspectors are now being smeared as the into this is of these values for nothing more than daring to speak out the smearing started back in february with a report in response to what the Organization Called a breach of confidentiality leaks that casts doubt on the o. P. C. W. s conclusions about duma they said the gas cylinders were likely place there rather than dropped from an aircraft and that one area was likely not even subjected to a chemical attack but the report barely even touched on any of that the authors were too busy trying to tear the whistleblowers inspectors a and b. To pieces inspectors a and b. Are not whistleblowers theyre individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence their behaviors even more egregious as they had manifestly incomplete information about the doom and vesta gave their conclusions were erroneous uninformed and rone erroneous uninformed that doesnt seem very becoming for 2 guys who are apparently the Inspection Team leaders why would a pair of the top Inspection Team leaders both with impeccable record both incidentally from the west and Group Background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue did these old circumstances not ring some warning bells they sure are confident in their qualification. But it goes farther than that inspectors a and b. Categorically rejects one of the o. P. C. W. s biggest claims against them that they had pretty much nothing to do with the investigation and no access to Important Information when i joined the team shortly after the start of the deployments to do inspect a b. And i continued playing a central role in the overall investigation the final report didnt exactly benefit from the editorial turnaround information was slashed details removed and facts dont explain why its not like the inspectors didnt try to get answers to their questions before pressing the big red leak button something had gone wrong inside the open c. W. Sir and we wanted you to know its that simple they even think there might have been a bit of deception at play the investigation was conducted by a british investigator and a lawyer from the us. The activities of the Fact Finding Mission were managed by your chief of cabinet from france whose views are echoed in both the narratives does it not strike you was somewhat biased in the the 3 individuals represent the 3 defendants the 3 countries who were responsible for the missile strikes in response to the allegation of a chemical attack in duma and l. P. C. W a leak and some back and forth later there are still so many questions and few answers as to what really happened it dont quarter that we asked the o. P. C. W for its response to the claims in the meantime we spoke to 2 former f. B. I. Agent a whistleblower colin rowley who suspects a Smear Campaign the o. P. C. W. The allegation and accusation that these 2 inspectors who were amongst the top experts they were the 1st hand investigators that actually examined the evidence the elevation that they went rogue makes no sense at all and again given that they were amongst the top professionals in it with the expertise in engineering and in chemical weapons these were the top people so it really is really defies believe ability that they would have gone rogue they asked their close to retire you know they have done a many many years of faithful service to the o. P. C. W. They believe in the mission of truth in times of war truth becomes the 1st casualty and syria is no different at this point it would have to be one side is not telling the truth here and the the entity that changed conclusions out of reports would be the suspected entity that is not telling the truth. Now focus on britain the ongoing broke sit down again so we can call it because something has come about from the past is probably going to affect the future britain says it will deploy the navy now to prevent new Fishing Vessels from entering its waters you may recall it was a huge thing decades ago its come back to the surface its becoming a key Sticking Point in the ongoing brics it trade talks while the ones the big ones about to start is easterly explain. The town of pool on englands south coast is one of the u. K. s oldest fishing communities and the local economy relies heavily on the fisheries industry its a calm and a daily town but life could be about to be brutally disrupted if the political rhetoric is to be believed the u. K. s tory government have warned the e. U. That if their ships try to access british waters theyll deploy the royal navy to keep them out setting the stage for a confrontation on the high seas we have increased a. Sufficient the u. K. Is currently in a socalled transition period in the gauche a should have begun which will determine what kind of deal the u. K. Will leave with at the end of december this year but when it comes to fishing the 2 sides are still far apart in the months the u. K. Wants the e. U. To follow british law and for negotiations to take place annually similar to an agreement they have with norway they you however wants to have a Long Term Agreement with quotas on fishing missy uses the deaf or secretary warned the e. U. Against trying to use fisheries as a negotiating chip while the french have hit back saying theyre more than ready to get nasty if the u. K. Isnt willing to play ball all we played with emotion was drama was passion with symbols and we know how to make it a very i think must about both sides both sides very nice about them playing nasty could mean the french blockading channel ports and some british fisherman say that the french are provoking the u. K. Into taking harsh measures if elements decided to take that action. I think that it would just firm up. To. Manage ourselves and on fully prepared for things i dont think it would worry that the u. K. Fishermen until we should have our own waters back. In the past we have adam and if its belgiums fired everyone gets bigger quote those than the english freshman so shanks got to be done if the english freshman done an offender that would be arrested on the other side of the channel the food of mistrust is neutral and the sense is that a confrontation is inevitable but when a sort of a definite now we havent really been informed we hope this case is looking up because if there were no negotiations it would mean a no deal at the end of the year in this case would be excluded from british waters this would be a disaster for the fishermen of the whole to france but also for french fishermen in general. But since youre so obviously it is a deal or no deal but i think that if you are going towards or no deal the u. K. As ourselves the European Union not only france would lose a loss anyway it is not in our interests or u. K. Interests we must find an agreement with great britain. E. U. U. K. Negotiations only began formally this week but already the question of fisheries could derail talks and lead to tit for tat retaliations that harm both french and british fishing communities and damage relations between these longtime allies alley r. T. In called. The half hour to go around the world in brief officials and should be easier say 5 Police Officers and one civilian up in wounded after 2 suicide bombers earlier blew themselves up close to the u. S. Embassy in the capital it was the countrys worst terror attack in recent months no ones come forward to say theyre behind it as of yet. Elsewhere Health Officials in afghanistan say 27. 00 people were killed and 29. 00 wounded after unknown gunman opened fire at a Memorial Ceremony in the capital kabul a dollar a dollar a leading political figure in the countries in attendance he escaped unharmed eisel said it was behind what happened there the prosody comes just days after the u. S. And the Islamist Group signed that big peace deal to try to end the 18 year long conflict in afghanistan and elsewhere. I. Pretty nasty scenes in the colombian capital riot police are using tear gas and water cannon against students protesting near Bogota National University of colombia as they testers have been building barricades torching Police Vehicles and hurling projectiles the countrys seen months of demonstrations over the falls to. Prove the Education System there. A lot of us election focus right now is on how the Democratic Party choice is pretty much done to white men in the seventys as we reported later on this week but hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is still is not to get in the race just about she won 2 delegates in American Samoa and so makes it through to the next democratic debate but the Party Executive wants to shift the goalposts on but how much caleb maupin reports the Democratic Party is machine has been widely exposed for playing favorites when it comes to president ial candidates the latest example of this is the treatment of tulsa gabbert as a result of these super tuesday vote gabbert gained a delegate and was the 1st eligible to appear in the televised debate so the d. N. C. Then changed the rules we have 2 more debates of course this threshold will go up but attorney have the much debate almost 2000 delegates will be allocated the threshold will reflect where we are in the race as it always has the rules keep changing in order to make sure that tulsi is locked out her supporters poured out their rage on to twitter god forbid told c. Gets back on the debate writes translation tosi finally hit the debate qualifications so we got to do something about that despite the fact theres literally only 5 people left in the race. You must really not want to debate stage pathetic the bias against tulsa gabbert is rather extreme media reports pretend that she doesnt even exist they claim that Elizabeth Warren is somehow the only female candidate and youre going to Say Something about Elizabeth Warren is she going to benefit by being the only woman left now that any closer sharers out Elizabeth Warren recently dropped out of the race so if the democrats want to keep with their message of inclusion they should have telsey gabbert on the stage but they seem to have a lock her out just like theyve done in the past furthermore Tulsi Gabbert is currently suing Hillary Clinton for publicly smearing her as a russian asset now some people suspect that the bias against tulsa gabbert is rooted in the fact that back in 2016 she endorsed Bernie Sanders and did not line up behind Hillary Clinton furthermore its worth pointing out that shes been rather critical of the debate process and the lack of inclusion back in november tolson gabbert used her permitted debate appearance to go after d. N. C. Favorite candidate Camila Harris and her record as a criminal prosecutor the facts were damning and the Harris Campaign shut down shortly afterwards however it seems to be tulsi is antiwar stance taken as she is a u. S. Service member that is the real on forgivable clincher she wants to and regime change wars and cut military spending congress and just passed a 738000000000. 00 war budget instead of providing for the health the safety the security of the well being of our people and our planet the Democratic Partys leadership seems to disagree with her they favor regime change operations and bloated military expenditures the Democratic Party favors continued military operations around the world done in the name of defending democracy and at home they dont mind arbitrarily changing the rules to make sure that democracy doesnt get in the way. This vitally important war agenda caleb mopp and r. T. 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