crank. the more it seems can't believe. this is really. three. figures over facts the produce of america's c.n.n. news is apparently caught on camera saying most of the channel russia related coverage isn't substantiated that appeals to view is also to come the. attack hit sperms around the globe with russia and ukraine bearing the brunt and russia. to use military force against the assad government saying it is unacceptable and it comes after the white house claims damascus is preparing to use chemical weapons in syria.

the welcome come july from moscow you're watching international our top story this hour a producer for america's c.n.n. news channel has apparently been caught saying the network's russia coverage is more about boosting ratings than offering solid facts investigative journalism group project veritas is released a secretly filmed conversation here's a clip of. the more i see them constantly like russia the structure of. this regimes even if russia was trying to swing an election i think we try to sway the election in this weird little r.c. i do which time when we're out there trying to manipulate governments like honestly if you think. it's just like. it's mostly right now we don't have any. giant. proof i was feeling they don't really have

that they want to keep doing. and so i think president is probably right to say. look who are we trying to put in the c o c and instead in our internal meeting he said good job everybody covering the climate accords. but we're down with that let's get back to russia we did contact c.n.n. for comment although wet was still waiting for response with more on this story now hazy. we have to be careful because as of now the video is not yet verified but it would appear that the person shown in the video is jon bon a field who actually has a page on c.n.n. as well besides now according to project veritas russia was mentioned by c.n.n. over sixteen thousand times since the election and almost every time c.n.n. has been mentioned they have called it breaking news even if the reports are unverified they've reported out of rumors speculation unverified sources and an

attempt to say that trump has improper ties with russia now not surprisingly this has caused a bit of a falling out with the white house can you give us a question don't be rude you know you know if you're not going to give you a question you speak out or you are sure you could use your network i just want to ask you sir i'm changing from fake news no doesn't that under very fake i know but aren't you. project veritas founder james o'keefe has become famous for hidden camera videos in which he gets people to open up in ways that they usually wouldn't do now this has gotten him in trouble in the past he's currently facing a one million dollar lawsuit for a video in which he pretended to be someone else posed as someone else and interviewed people working for a for a contracting firm that was allegedly working for the democratic party now o'keefe says this lawsuit is simply intimidation now if things are as they appear in this video it seems that the fake news label will be on c.n.n.

back for quite a long time when we spoke earlier with the communications director of the group responsible for the video and he told us that the produces would carry a lot of weight aziz at the of the decision making process at c.n.n. . he's sitting in those meetings he's part of the decision making process or privy to the decision making process we're not sure which what they air and what they don't air his own pieces were dry so they could carry russian pieces so he's right in the middle of that mix of what they are and what they don't care yes certainly qualified to speak to the issue the only way to get to the truth sometimes is with undercover video which has a very rich and long and proud tradition undercover investigations of obtaining the truth and other mechanisms fail people are not going to sit up there and brag on the podium that were corrupt we weren't specifically looking for this angle but we know i mean this is the general area we were going we didn't know exactly what would catch we caught it i'm not expecting

a backlash from this particular video because we followed the law we followed what the letter and the intent of the law was how we obtained the video we heard that c.n.n. said that they are going to put out any sort of statement however they're sort of tweeting out some stuff and what we can back at i'm donald trump's tweet now and i'm we're right in the mix with them right now on twitter obviously we're not going to tell you what's coming up or who they are that targets are but we have many targets in the mainstream media that were actively working out and we'll have more on c.n.n. coming sometime very soon and in a development three c.n.n. journalists he would and i were tracked into russia related story of how to resign the network says they didn't follow its standard editorial processes and president trumpets also weighed in once again accusing c.n.n. of publishing fake we have spoken with several experts sabbat these issues. loved it. this was c.n.n.

zapruder film this was the smoking gun now let me tell you were c.n.n. is going to do they're going to say their guy was involved in any betty higher levels of he was a medical correspondent or is. not a term but deep down inside you know what's going on at c.n.n. i begin you are magine this are they heroes of this of this week when they pulled out a story regarding this rush again this if it is true video really does confirm what many of us have already been saying about the fact that this fake russia gate is being built up in order to try and demonize donald trump to make it would difficult for him to build a crush more a working relationship with russia and most of the mainstream media is all about the bottom line it's not about holding power to account revealing truth to the people so they can be informed citizenry it's not just about c.n.n. look what's happened with the washington post as well last year they they printed

to verifiably fake stories which they then had to retract but they did ask very sort of minuscule in very shy way if a c.n.n. producer is actually admitting employed the he believes these own products is rubbish or things of public interest in the and therefore the hidden cameras are justified to get ratings is just a four blue zones it's done in the in a responsible worry but it's not just about ratings there's also political agendas people or you know people some people are very unhappy with trump selection as president let's face it for those who are opposed to trim looking for any code of means to to get at him. now he cyber attack is hit in at least ten different countries from india to the united states it was first reported in ukraine and russia which have been the worst hit hit countries we go france to santiago has more. all several major companies all across the europe have come under attack

a major firm in the u.k. w p p a major logistics company in denmark major companies in the netherlands we're getting reports from spain and france the most countries affected have been ukraine and russia in ukraine. he has brazil airport as well as the metro subway systems major ukrainian banks even the ukrainian government computers all have come under attack by another ransomware virus now as far as russia the building behind me eros next to each q a major oil giant came under attack their servers suffered a massive onslaught but were able to revert to reserve systems keeping most of their oil production and shack on the line now the way this ransomware works is it locks the computer down and asked for a four hundred to five hundred dollar ransom to be paid in order for the computer

to be accessible again and just to sort of understand the magnitude of this malware going across the world just a little over a month ago a major attack took place of the same type of virus called want to cry hitting more than one hundred countries more than seventy thousand computers worldwide affect the major hospitals in the u.s. and the u.k. not having access to their computers business is one down you know causing major have a all across and it's funny of that attack in particular russia happened to be the main target suffering the most attacks and taking in most attempts some very successful now as far as this attack that just happened today despair skylab experts confirmed that this malware has spread all over the world and it's really hard to predict when and where it might hit next this is all we know so. so far we will keep you updated. all right let's bring in brunei crime that he's the pirate

party's chairman of it's the name branch and is a kind of join to say the saving how did she bring our correspondent there was just pointing at it does it pay to be even though this is a worldwide virus it does appear to be ukraine and russia that it bearing the brunt why do you think they would be targeted well it's always depending where you stop initially with this kind of virus and with this kind of a ransom attack so i think it was this time as i as i heard from my sources first starting ukraine and russia and it's spreading fast spreading so i think it's a war on. but you never came except to say what's the source and why it's put it i still think it's mainly like a financial interest behind it. the main problem is just that not the right measurements had been taken after the last attack which was called one cry which started first in europe and then spread it from there i mean that was a clear warning sign wasn't it is it surprising that companies lodz large

institutions remain vulnerable to attacks like this. this is extremely surprising that the had we not done any more measurements in steps after i want to cry because one don't want to cry showed us already how vulnerable many infrastructure designer and if you think about hospitals if you think about nuclear plans for example if you heard for example to china be that computers are also infected right now if you think about what this could mean for the future of europe or russia if something really big struck just like running nuclear plants would be on that second also what it means for hospitals to in surgeries and stuff like this i'm really wondering why nothing was done i often want to cry and i just think people still take it not serious enough and i have no idea what should happen to them next time really change because it's not so complicated it's just

a volatile updating you know all windows system are like having the right patches thinking about your feet on route to us and there is really simple steps it doesn't mean that you have to completely have a new infrastructure it's just about the software yeah i mean just on that point if you've got large institutions i mean for example the health service in the u.k. was affected last time around they use a huge number of computers claim it takes time wouldn't it for the for them to update themselves to be protected or does it. loud this is a lame excuse because not only all these institutions have some companies taking care of them it is basically that there is sometimes a lot of self there in corporations which were not opt they did it and then sometimes it's more comfortable to still run it on the old windows ninety eight systems but basically you have to first want to cry we should think about how many

millions these kind of attacks cost then installing a new operating system or for example thinking about to switch from microsoft windows into a more stable linux unix system having more encryption and also thinking about to take certain infrastructures away from internet this month how to lot and this is not so complicated so basically there is the i i t capacities in the companies it would be just the time to take the measurements and so far i have to tell you because i was talking also to many companies in brooklyn it is so old that most of the companies always say like yeah well we had no good luck nothing was happening so let's hope that something like this happens not to again this is the wrong way how you react to this kind of attack yet and intent of catching the perpetrators to brunei that must be much more difficult. yeah this is of course difficult well at the moment it looks that they're takers had done basically

a lot of the same mistakes like the guys who did one cry it's not so complicated to follow the trays of the money. because the ransomware asks not into different pockets just ask coins into one wall and what is more simple to follow up but as always it might be also that there is some false traces put in it for example last time want to cry everybody was thinking it was this had her crew caught lotsa rose from north korea but this could be also just a false treat. bruno nice to have you on our say tonight we have to leave it at that bruno kramm chairman of the burden branch for the pirate party thank you. russia's call of the united states threatening to force against the syrian government unacceptable the white house earlier claimed that the assad leadership is preparing a chemical weapons attack present terms press secretary says the u.s.

will take action if that happens the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the saddam regime the united states is in syria to eliminate the slum extent of iraq and syria if however mr assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price. middle east correspondent porous lead gauge the international reaction to those clips the kremlin has responded saying that it is familiar with the statement but it is not aware of its basis a criminal spokesperson said that they categorically disagree with the wording and the other attack stressing that damascus cannot be held liable for the last attack because despite all of russia's demands an unbiased international investigation has still not been carried out moscow also says that it considers any threats to the legitimate leadership of syria unacceptable. we consider such threats to the legitimate government of the syrian arab republic unacceptable

but at the same time it's important to point out that we consider unacceptable the use of chemical weapons the potential danger of repeated provocation with chemical weapons in syria still exists while the white house a statement on the threat of a new chemical attack is interesting indeed let's first look at the wording the statement says that they have detected potential preparations that would likely result in mass civilian casualties particularly innocent children are that's quite emotive language obviously used to garner support for such a statement the statement also talks about potential preparations but what exactly does this mean there are no details given other than that it is similar or seemingly similar to what the u.s. detected before the last chemical attack back in april the statement also says any chemical attack in syria in the immediate future will be blamed on assad and his allies now there is no investigation no due process just punishment now as far as

the damascus government goes they've denied the white house allegations that they may be preparing for a new chemical attack they insist again that they've never used such arms at the same time we're hearing from several state department officials who are typically involved in coordinating such announcements and they say that they were caught completely off guard by the warning which didn't appear to be discussed in advance with any other. kind of national security agencies and then the united kingdom is weighing in it says that it will back u.s. action against syria despite seeing no evidence of this alleged attack even being prepared i want to leave your nodo we think it's absolutely right if we try to prevent the use of chemical weapons and we will fully support any u.s. action while the u.s. allegations come despite moscow's latest call for washington to avoid any provocations in syria russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov made the request in a phone conversation with his u.s. counterpart the call was initiated by washington is the first time the diplomats

have spoken since the downing of a syrian military jet by the u.s. just over a week ago that we discussed the need to consolidate a cease fire in syria as well as the press attempts to use chemical weapons by any party to the conflict and this mentioned mr lavrov stress the u.s. must not carry out or style actions against government forces we discuss the latest with jamal wakim he's a professor of history and international relations at the lebanese university in beirut he believes the u.s. is looking for an excuse to attack the syrian government. so i believe the this is mainly. by the united states to have a pretext because i believe that it's planning to. have an update on the syrian army at the time when this army is achieving major success in the field. was able to reach the iraqi border to spite of. all obstacles by the

united states and against all odds it was able to reach our. city on the freighters and at the same time it's heading towards a date which will be a tenth of the united states to have. influence in syria and the north eastern part of the country. now has been a milestone decision for russia's anti doping agency to solder some of its powers have been reinstated to conduct tests on athletes again under supervision restart it was stripped of its accreditation back in twenty fifteen by the world anti-doping agency after it was accused of systematic don't think what it says that russia has complied with four key demands safe and he could be fully reinstated by november this year meantime the world body says that there is still more to be done and we start it will continue to be monitored by wider appointed experts and the u.k.'s anti doping agency it does come too late for russian athletes who are hoping

to reach this summer's world athletics championships in london still a blanket ban in place on team russia but individuals can be cleared to compete independently world to discuss all of this we're joined by ellis cashmore he's professor of sociology at aston university hell a cheap. first lady. maybe you could say at long last a bit of good news for russia on this topic. i think this is the first step towards what was called a reintegration of russia back into the war sport it's been on the margins since two thousand and fifteen there is. i suppose restoration of a degree of independence to. the russian agents signals that they have at least satisfied some of the protocols. of the border agency i magine there are a lot more to go through before they're fully compliant but this is at least

a recognition russia is trying to do something to put its house in order yeah and you think what has been pap's farias handling then nothing russian scandal it does seem as though it's done what it could to help we sought to put right the wrongs that were uncovered on this topic at least. well a legit wrong let's put it that way. if you go back to two thousand and fifteen mclaren reports the allegations of state sponsored doping the report will pretty comprehensive but some of our viewers will remember that the head of the i.o.c. that is the olympic committee thomas ball requested further evidence from mclaren in in fact he said let me see the hard evidence of state sponsored doping and that wasn't forthcoming so i think for us cynics the case against russia is still unproven at the moment but i think there's an under a rock and

a long narrative here andrew and cynic that i am i think that the world of sport is missing russia particularly the russian broadcasting money let's put it this way organizers of international events have begun to sense that russian broadcasters the media are just not interested in the russians on competing and that could mean the loss of revenue in the order and i'm not privy to the actual amounts i have to say that but just a back of the all of estimates tell me that between twelve and twenty percent say drop in revenue that's substantial when we're talking about in some sports costing money in the order of tens of millions in other biggest sports maybe hundreds of millions and so significant amounts of money that have been lost to the organizers of international events i think they want russia back yeah if we saw did you get the all clear then in november would you expect the blanket bans on certain

athletes such as the athletics team the russian athletics thing to be lifted. yeah . that is the particular case because we know lord coe has made signally clear that he doesn't doesn't go on feel that russia has made significant progress towards compliance now he's going to be contradicted by this latest decision so it will be interesting to see whether wadah can persuade a lot to allow russia again to use this word reintegrate itself without that it's not going to be in time for the world championships as you said earlier but i would think perhaps in time for maybe the indoor season which starts generally two thousand and eighteen and what about the paralympic team to the winter paralympians they look to compete don't they the winter olympics next year what. they have in them i think very harshly and unfairly in my opinion they're missing

two cycles now. that paralympic the wall a governing body has again. reiterated its point that he doesn't feel that rusher is ready to come back into the fold if that is blanket that was almost a combination because it didn't even require testing it just said no no paralympians no parent athletes are going to be allowed into our championships from this point forward so what they want to i don't know but a do think that this is a significant move forward because water has now to stop persuading other governing organism sorry not the other but the governing organizations around the world and here is all of us that the supreme well done. so it should have some persuasive power. on people to see russia make concessions that was obvious wasn't it from the very start of this story well i guess they have and i haven't i yeah they have

certainly but the point that russia has made throughout this whole. series of incidents some are good it is that it hasn't put its hands up and said yes that is sponsored doping here it's well shows the evidence of this we know the world's media has been led by the nose to to believe that there is state sponsored doping but mclaren has yet to provide evidence so we want to see the same as everybody else so it has admitted culpability sponsored doping so now i think russia every sporting organization in russia is trying to bend over backwards to not just be compliant but demonstrate exhibit to the world. well let's hope earth things get sorted out over the coming months anyway good to talk to that was ellis cashmore professor of sociology at aston university thank you.

the u.s. state department has released its annual report into countries with the worst human trafficking record the report has broken down into different categories two countries that have improved on last year's report in terms of eradicating children being used as soldiers in mind and iraq that's despite though numerous violations being reported by human rights groups in those countries will joe becker a directive human rights watch believes that such moves are effectively a green light for third violations. the new list is unfortunately a lie it's saying that burma and iraq have no child soldiers were in fact we know that it's a continuing problem political calculations are probably at play here and we're urging congress to ask questions about what the process is that state department used to come up with the list this year the significance of this list is that any country that's on it can be subject to u.s. military sanctions and in fact the withholding of military financing and military

training has influenced countries in the past to make real progress on ending the use of child soldiers but by leaving burma afghanistan and iraq off the list altogether the us is losing its leverage and these countries have no incentive to address this problem. now this summer as festival of football is entering the knockout stages in russia we are covering all the action both on and off the pitch at the twenty seventeen confederations cup with neil harvey and stan collymore. very good evening to you thanks so much to every single one of the joining us here on r.t. for our coverage of the confederations cup alongside me my cohort stan collymore pleasure as always to be working with you let's just soak up just for

a moment the beautiful sights of magnificent cars and i'm not overstating this behind as we can see the because you can see that the blue onion domes of because the docs church just behind it the minarets of the reef mosque and slightly further along i think we can see them on the street i should be now behave impeccably on this trip the great. world cups of it to bring people together culturally and sporting events of course the biggest every four years in two thousand and ten i was at the world cup in south africa the first world cup in continental south africa and i came from all over the world to ensure that event will be the first predominantly muslim city to host the world cup which is quite incredible considering the world cups i've been going since ninety let's talk a little bit about the football and showed us where you want to know so let's start with the game is going to taking place here the rena is going to portugal against chile portugal know all about winning european champions chile the copa america

victors so see it seems that a battle hardened they've got both got match winners it's a tough one to call isn't it it is a regional i was going to offer chile to win the tournament was because the champions of south america that means they were better than the likes of lee you know messi argentina and i must brazil you have to be a very good thing to do that in this tournament they've been a little bit flat they played a hell of a lot of football over the last twelve months continually shown they've won the one great guy in the confederations cup so for portugal our. i mean. christian over now that we see the peter pan of football he plays games year in year out fifty go fifty five goals he scored in fifty four guy and he's still the fastest player on the pitch i'd say without it and for me enjoy the one for a man of the match awards in the three games that he's played two goals again i believe it will be the difference that he will take portugal to the fall i know let's catch up with a bit of team use hopefully now because.