Its help to patrol the English Channel as more migrants to make the perilous crossing to reach the u. K. Well theyre welcome just come 1 oclock in the afternoon here in moscow youre watching r. T. International now nearly a week since beirut was shaken by the deadly chemical explosion ensuring antigovernment protests showed little sign of abating the Justice Minister has now become the 3rd cabinet member to quit but thats not enough for protesters they have been storming government buildings demanding proper accountability 150. 00 plus deaths from a blast that destroyed swathes of the lebanese capital. Well thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate ignited last tuesday leveling the port area 158 people are known to have been killed so far but dozens are still missing so it is expected that that number will rise thousands were injured in explosion it is overwhelming beiruts Health System at the moment which was already grappling with the pandemic scores of buildings have been damaged or des
West has become very very controlled its become very centralized this is very small group of owners those owners very well connected within the political system and they have certain perspectives within that political system so the result is we have a dramatic all for pain eons commentry and of discussion and when it comes to facts what you tend to see especially on Foreign Policy issues but even increasingly on domestic policy issues is that the facts now of very very much a present in a certain way that seems to fulfill certain agendas so you will consist see that for example if a particular Foreign Government is on call could look with the United States the entire media will connell in and will repeat the various allegations against it without much sure. Is we see the same kind of phenomena being used on specific toll peaks within the political debates in the n. B. A. Within our within western countries so the intolerance in the media for example when one wants to exceptions to the
A day later by saying. The question is very much open where as everyone else is saying this was just corruption something that i know that youve been fighting for many years in lebanon its nothing to do it cannot be a an attack by some at verse 30 options are open for the investigators what is certain the basis is an absolute case of corrupt. Criminal neglect negligence is what has been the basis for anything that. It is unacceptable an unbelievable that so much so many tons of dangerous material could be stored for more than 6 years in the port of beirut without it being managed in one way or another now that is a crime on and by itself and lebanon now that is i think in the the immediate process somebody dead we need to care for our wounded and search for our disappeared but i think that the next step is looking for the people responsible for this mess but whether or not this explosion was caused by an accidental fire or by criminal fire or 11. 00 or another source makes us go into t
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle is there any news in the truth is there any truth in the news also what is this one creature known as Elliott Abrams say about trumps one pulse. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest alexander make euro some london he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com and in athens were joined by olds christopher he is the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump anytime you want. And i always appreciate who is going to london for us alexander during the soviet union the to the major state publication was probably his best youre proud the obviously means truth is that it means news and there was a joke during the soviet union there is no truth in the news and theres no news in the truth i think i tend to think thats where we are in the west. Where does truth meet news and does news ever have a thing to
Is there any news in the truth is there any truth in the news also what is this one preacher known as abrams say about trumps Foreign Policy. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest alexander mackerras and london he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com and in athens were joined by olds christopher he is the director and writer for the duran dot com or a german cross up rules in effect that means you can jump anytime you want and i always appreciate this go to london for us alexander during the soviet union the to the major state publication was probably his best youre probably the obviously means truth is that you mean its news and there was a joke during the soviet union there is no truth in the news and theres no news in the truth. I tend to think thats where we are. In the west. Where does truth meet news and does news ever have a thing to do with the truth because it is so deep weaponized politicise that it is just a commodity to be us