look i. i. you i think i cut this off. moscow's slams videos claiming to show a chemical attack conducted by assad as fakes saying washington's threat to strike syria in case of a toxic incident has triggered to get a provocation campaign. donald trump attack today and then again posting a mock wrestling video showing him taking down what he calls

a fake news channel. continued coverage of the by the risk of final here in st petersburg currently germany lead chile by a goal to know jimmy dominated the first half and played with the germans to take the lead into the center dot com bubble get back into the match. hello there are nicky aaron and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shape the week our top story this hour the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman has planned a video is alleged to show the aftermath of a chemical attack in syria saying they are fakes produced as part of an anti assad propaganda campaign. the social media smear campaign under the banner

assad used chemical weapons has now started just as we predicted you'll see more of this fake videos over the following days the complain this plan to be on a grand scale videos purporting to show victims of an assigned ordered chemical attack flooded social media on saturday that's off to the white house to accuse the syrian government of preparing a toxic strike syrian journalist. says it would make no sense for damascus to do anything of the sort survey that came out of the strong issued a statement denying any use of chemical weapons saying that this actually is a well known tactic used by terrorist groups according to the statement of the syrian army when these groups feel that they are on the fallback they try to stage chemical attacks to stop them from advancing we're going to discuss the circumstances surrounding these attacks and it doesn't make a lot of sense for the syrian government transmitting tommy achieving actually substantial most regains

a more than one from what it would do something that would enable the rebels to benefit from international support which would actually force the army to bring its operations into a complete halt when washington was asked to back a base allegations that damascus was preparing a chemical attack if found to provide any evidence but as daniel bushell explains the u.s. doesn't seem to need much proof when it comes to accusing a thought. for sure that there's one really bad habits and that's how it is and he only does this when he's winning he ruins everything but doing something really stupid for no reason at. take me now they crushing islamic states liberating vul swathes of syria and out of the blue comes this. the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the saddam regime that said knows the probe will

consequences of a chemical attack it's the only thing really right now who could ruin him by giving his enemies pretext to attack him why would he do it because he's evil the murderous syrian dictator bashar assad has been a brutal dictator bashar al assad's a murderous regime in syria assad is the worst kind of brutal war criminal a classic super villain both stupid and evil beyond any logic the kind a villain man would go off and america is batman. if mr assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price britain is already on board if it does something really dumb for no reason again the u.k. will join the us in punishing him we think it's absolutely right if we can to prevent the use of chemical weapons and we will fully support any u.s.

action and if you've been following events in syria recently you know they'll hitting the united states has attacked as i said point times and what they say is self defense. problem is justifying the prolonged conflict isn't easy western voters don't want another gung ho i mean campaign they learned their lesson after the first few times the international community sick of reckless interventions the only thing left is to wait for asset to give them a cools and since he's a comic book supervillain that's just part of the script. yalla oberg director of the transnational foundation for peace and futurist says the western media's campaign to demonize assad is verging on farcical the mainstream media the large media that are influencing the western decision making process and the citizens opinion about this you take the case for instance of the totally black

picture that is painted of of laster now nobody can be as evil as he's been made in the western world it is very important then we are aware that knowledge good analysis is all put in the background these days in international politics. u.s. president donald trump has taken another swipe at the media this time almost literally posting a moka video of a wrestling match between him and c.n.n. who else. it with thank you it with thank. trump has been accusing c.n.n. of producing fake news than being biased against him since his election in

a tweet he said he was thinking of changing the channels laying to fourteen news c.n.n. the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house but i'm president and they're not with the we're the fact is the press has destroyed themselves because they went too far. c.n.n. have responded with their own tweet accusing the president of encouraging violence and juvenile behavior. well c.n.n. has been on the defensive quite a lot this week several undercover videos were posted online allegedly exposing after change that the channel towards russia related stories. they want to see constantly in. russia. this is regimes this freedom i

reserve the right but honestly if you think. it's just like. it's mostly the right you know we don't have. john. proof what do you think's going to happen this week it's all russia. that's going to be really . now what you just saw was a c.n.n. producer and one of their political commentators the last of van jones responded to the undercover video saying his words at being taken out of context and that he did not think there was nothing that claims that team trump colluded with russia and tried to cover it up now both videos that were released by investigative journalism group project veritas there found that is already facing a million dollar lawsuit over an undercover video sting against democratic organizations and activists we also americans what they think about their media's coverage all found obsession with russian related stories are you tired of hearing

about trump and russia yes actually yes that's all i hear about. it's just getting tiring we're all exhausted however however it has to be it has to be the truth has to come out and the truth is that there was interference in the american electorate system but by the sentiment you feel like this is what the american people want to see on t.v. is they want to hear about trump allegedly working with russia. not me not a my friend i think they would that something if if there is something secret about something people want to know even more so if you just bring it out in the open if there is something you'll come out if it's not then it's just go away and you feel like the media should be reporting on this more or less less i'd like to hear where these sources are coming from or who's saying it spares i know it could be my next door neighbor they don't have proof they need to drop it well as the people behind the undercover video what the russia thing. we do the entire video

out there i mean people can judge for themselves. further from the conversation but that's certainly my interpretation and i think that's the way the mainstream media from first reading it what the way the drug war and the guidelines strikes again in the president of the united states just two of radios was ursule instagram's you know so i'm assuming your group as well not just c.n.n. i want to make it clear you are the mainstream media in america or you know you are telling lies you are betraying people you are the stories you're keeping the little or none of the truth you're on our list. well the start of the week so the u.k.'s minority conservative government finally signed a deal with no violence democratic unionist party to shore up its power but the price with the prime minister to raise it may having to stump up a billion pounds for the province over the next two years. we have reached an

agreement with the conservative party on support for government in parliament disagreement with operate to deliver a stable government in the united kingdom's national interest at this vital time. agreement sees the prime minister backtrack on a number of key election pledges including reforms to pensions and benefits but do you pay house agree to support the tories on all matters of confidence including briggs talks and national security issues artie's honesty a check and it has been taking a closer look. i thought i heard something there was a no nonsense oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh instead of stepping down the british prime minister had a different plan but it seemed like whichever way she turned there was potential for trouble the tories have penned a deal with the democratic unionist party of northern ireland which is opposed to hard bracks it something may has accepted as

a possibility on top of that the d u p have been criticised for their policies on same sex marriage and abortion as well as previous links with violent party military groups in northern ireland not a perfect ally but the attendee u.p.a. m.p.'s have been crucial for theresa may so much so she was ready to pay their support came with a hefty price tag of one billion pounds to be spent over the next twenty years that's in addition to the previously announced five hundred million and funds to northern ireland and who is footing the bill you may ask as always the taxpayer taxpayers resent politicians cooking up deals behind closed doors that invariably end with their cash being thrown wherever it's politically advantageous rather than where it could be best spent to recently called it a good deal and they do you p.r. delighted if you think the same applies to scotland and wales think again this is the worst kind of pork barrel politics which has shredded the last vestiges of credibility of this weekend prime minister it is outrageous that the prime minister

believes she can secure her own political future by throwing money at northern ireland was completely ignoring the rest of the u.k. despite the british government having now plastered together a solution the question is for how long will it stick after all the irony is that a mere seven tory m.p.'s switching sides would potentially be enough for a majority to slip away and party funded. opposition labor leader jeremy corbin you claimed the deal was not so in the national interest but rather in may's own interests and he voiced concern about where the money for the agreement was coming from on the fact there was no investment for the rest of the country coming up off the break we'll be going live to some pictures but those confederations cup final is underway. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or

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done before. right. welcome back well it's the last day of the confederations cup twenty seventeen and the final between chile and germany is now underway neil harvey and stan collymore incent petersburg and have been closely watching the closing stages of the tournament so let's hand over to them now for our special coverage. hearing saying things and getting germany was chilly there with around fifty six going it's like chilly dillman ated the opening call but a nightmare moment for the center of diaz that gifted germany the opening goal

stanko take this through it absolutely awful defending you can just see the beginning of the clip. on the edge of his own box just dongles he did this in present the gifts to the german plays and it's the easiest thing topping to do to see that goofy defended least played you know bravo manchester city in no man's land these brightly and great and the germans took the lead the irony of that of course was nail that was on the back of the passage of ply where chile out thirty forty passes through all four shots on target they give the ball away germany go the other end amount which leads to a goal and that's the game was opened up in the second off it's been a bit scrappy but germany of forty hit the post you look at for the sixty fifth meetings sixty five minutes is usually when a football team freshens the table so we could expect substitution from chile or maybe germany to give those players coming on to the pitch the opportunity in time to be able to make a really impacting the going nuts for those fresh legs who presumably could big difference for germany very unusual to see the german side dominated in this

fashion they surrendered sixty three percent of the ball they gave up twelve shots to five i mean it's not normal to see how many play the minor role spying for example by kick the ball their whole mantra is if we have the ball you can't have it and that translates into a ball slowing of course one of the biggest clubs in the world germany always traditionally in european club football and international football in particular they do everything well keep the ball well. well been very physically strong with very well disciplined some secure men saw you defend their own home often say you can bring the gun to want we're going to pick the ball off you and all the other end is very very unusual but the reason more that you use is that the monitor you can love perhaps doesn't trust some of these younger players yet you saying you've got the ball then let's use our youth let's use our exuberance let's use our price don't create problems at the other end i'm not is what i am don't generally playing

to their strengths playing on the break and looking very dangerous in the second half now what kind of reaction to the goal was there in the fans own here in st petersburg i think a partridge was there what's the atmosphere like a. pioneer stan yes it's pretty tense here actually it's quite a party isn't cry because so many of the russian fans on the other fans that have come here to the fan zone a very much on the chilly side of course as he is you know the chilean now trailing one nil and it's all got rather quiet and they've all headed off for a few drinks and they will start coming back but sir if you can be tasty on the pictures we're looking there's a bit of a toss of the machine kitchen arturo vidal and everybody here is very much glued to the setting of their drinks and waiting if they can for that equalizer because it said they're pretty much on chilly side that we got the occasional jennifer and cheering here and there but then you know we were all six chile as we caught up with the fans and the team as they were leaving their hotel i do this often ing. close. plays it just about what.

i'm. got right that. you. know they say good boy they're. going to celebrate it with a lot of. flags and as you can hear it's going to be noisy is. zero. oh. well there you go there are certainly a jolly bunch there is very tense ears i think the noises over there in the stadium but everybody's waiting to see whether or not chile can equalize produce to germany in the lead here is when the fan zone is petersburg. yeah chile will need vocal support will they there are needed in this competition many thanks kate partridge for us wrong lisbon meeting fans just outside the some british bank stadium where

the game of pool is while into the second off is what he told the sun. i've been speaking to a number of funds you know got a lot of clubs in a german model at the beginning of the tournaments just speak to them they were thinking we've won world cups reborn european championships we don't really need to confederations cup today not so for change the people i've been speaking to say we want to tick off our box it's a young team but it's a good team a lot for charity and fun so i've seen twelfth oyster so i think of trouble from showed up along the way a lot of expense so just goes to show they're fully behind their team they've just wore makeup america for the second straight time so the funds are here on their expecting a lot of from the likes of song cheers and good ol i've just been millie go on the at the press center as well you know but oh he'll bump into their half a mil your face is one of whom was somebody i've talked about for a long time in my previous job as

a sports center at that was yelena isinbayeva she's a double gold medal electric medalist multiple world champion in the pole vault and i got to ask few minutes with you left let's take a listen to what she told me. first of all your thoughts on how russia's was the world for the twenty seventeen confederations cup well i think we host a one on the a very high level and they really hold it all fun so. when you leave all countries will keep those. till the next here and they will surprise them or. for the will temperance of what one of the things going into the tournament there were a lot of scare stories would russia be able to host a tournament of this size the press a lot of the western press are saying russia has welcomed the world if don't well people are writing great stories about it how happy how satisfied are you without reaction from the press not just the fans here well of course side of your leg tractions from the press because it's important. to wards of what who we are and

what we are doing here and when day a speaker in a would have a bad us for us had to be good to have meant and of course haven't led to some few hundreds. of his minutes several minutes to the ever seeing and everyone in the country and really it really look forward to provide the best. time to and ships two thousand one hundred and just a word of what the legacy what what russia leaves behind here when it comes to confederations on the world cup how important are looking at a beautiful stadium here lots of new buildings infrastructure the importance of the legacy the importance of what russia lease behind after these events well of course . they will temper ships it gives as the huge boost for development and we will develop football in our country more than it was before because now we have a parts you need to have such a beautiful stadium as you mentioned before of course we will grow up our football players from from young so we created their new football schools so they didn't

have that that's we didn't have before because if you've never had their. fill of course for development of football it's a huge. huge cheer task if i would see and now all the infrastructure will help us in that and i will just leave you with a thought but gee i only infantino the fee for president said speaking about russia hosting the games in response to how well russia has gone and he said well russia we're supposed to be bob hope so if every tournament is like. this i don't care how about it is if it could take news to be posted like this so that is where it's a break from the fake a spin himself. ok i think something worth mentioning now this just happened on the pitch gonzalo jar of the chili is gone and he's caught one of the german plays with his elbow and it was looked at by the v.a. our video assistant referee what did you think of the decision usually we say this is something that's very new in football the last year or so it's being trialled in

various events including the m twenty won't hear it confederations cup video assistant referee so they get the opportunity for some of the big bowls to be able to go to the referee on the pitch to go to the video assistant referee inside a penalty was a bad foul in this instance it was just you a came a call from the left wing on the left on sort of the pitch for germany and the result. yada you play in the premier league now i think that was a strike rate call it any violent conduct on the football pitch is usually given a red card but the referee had a look at the time he why drop the course of events he would have watched the video assistant referee three or four times it was only given a yellow called now i think the referee was actually being very lenient and i've seen referees automatically go on for and give a red card some maybe this is telling us that in this particular instance the technology that we're in thirty to forty seconds to pass that the referee is going to give the benefit of the day to both players to get on with the game and not

spoil the game you think we're going to see them very reluctant to overturn the referee's decision are they going to be more cautious the video system is on the evidence of that yes because the referee on the pitch when he went over to the player he pulled out the call and gave me a yellow or said to us about the bit of a surprise that should have been raised and i wonder whether anything in a place what we have here is that the video assistant referee would have sent down on the side of caution it's a fall you know let's leave both compliments both sets of players on the pitch and let's see the game properly already given a red card for the interest and see the video assistant referee. is used in this instance ok we've got to that we've gone past that sixty five minute mark you said that's where we should start to see some changes now would a chilly do in this in this situation the one down germany look very dangerous on the break do they gamble a lot now fresh legs you know their white position to be able to get crosses in the box and to be creative as a central striker to score a goal. very often post in the second off as we said when you come out some. aggressive so lively it is very difficult to return up the mentalist or sit with

the gong germy gong have been pick pocketed that quite simply have to pay for defense if this is the only goal of the game how horrific is that for d.s. the center half that's going to cause him not this feeling of a desperate disappointed because in the first ten minutes of the going to be up to seven or eight shots on the german goal song it could be that is apologizing to his team mates in the dressing room if chile did not want to lose that ok thanks during into the nervy final few minutes of the still all could happen will bring it up on the result like.

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