is not a solution perth to have someone wanted to ring the site otherwise it will be a free for all the news there a better alternative to end the homelessness crisis. in the stories that shaped the week independence referendum sees spanish police use brutal violence against voters as madrid calls the push for illegal. coming up empty handed the u.s. senate intelligence committee admits to finding no evidence that russia's alleged meddling affected the outcome of the american presidential election unfortunately the committee who's who of the wall the issue of collusion is still open no vote totals were. another blow to bilateral relations and washington. following the detention of a us embassy employee in turkey last week. broadcasting

live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is an r.t. international. now the spanish prime minister has told a national newspaper that he will not allow the region of catalonia to break away from his country last sunday's disputed referendum saw the majority of those who voted vote for secession madrid however insists the poll was illegal riot police across catalonia used violent tactics on the day to try and prevent it and almost nine hundred people were injured.

i. attribute. that. one video to emerge and particularly captured the shocking good tally of riot police as people queued to vote in barcelona an officer can be seen jumping down a staircase and stamping on it some. were just helping the people because they were

throwing them from up top of the stairs and throwing them down appoint them from the hair and kicking them someone is on the floor and there is a guy that jumps on the person that's down and they went up and very it's where they got this girl that was one of the organizers and they grabbed her and they broke their her hand if you imagine if that's supported by a democracy you were there is saying that's the law that's what you consider the law since the vote catalonia and other regions in spain have seen a number of mass protests both for and against the law on independence on sunday three hundred fifty thousand people rallied in barcelona to show their support for unity and some protesters expressed their gratitude to civil guard officers some of whom were using force against voters on referendum day that were seen hugging them and giving them flowers as well other pictures show some thing a rally with spanish flags giving nothing salutes. and medina question although.

the streets are still love that let's get together thousands of people. i know. that. love to get another. place here and that's ok thanks to that all of these people it was going through it it was they say they saw was a load of separated from the rest of the truth was were overweight are were letters rosaries. was writing that was not right and there was a was right at your door and was that was the reason that so it was a. day to day was all the protests that have been taking place here was thanks to t.v. we try to figure out it's a good start but the old school rule was we do know the just two blocks away from here there was another polling station at a building of

a school and just an hour ago police raided that building and forcibly removed people out of there they broke the windows of the school as they a pushed people out they used force the right thank you ok i can see police every riving right now and people are starting to clap we can hear right now sirens of police cars and we can hear khalid copters in the sky. this is what i got holy aware as you can see the protests continue here on the iconic sware of the barcelona says he hundreds of students have gathered behind my back to protest against the events that we saw here on sunday they're protesting for the independence of catalonia thank you this really and pressed the dentist

was he on the street was a lot as well the only people we see here are different sorts of people now not only students or young people who came here holding plaques up in the garden council on here we see here families would. most children we see elderly people here and you are asking if they're shouting at national police forces to leave the region the consul on the at. the you can see. gathered here. rather you see any independent thanks they are quite loud and really are symbolic. to me was here and. thank you as you can see the atmosphere is quite stands as the protesters here are the ones who are against the police brutality and for the independence are being confronted by another group of protests over there you can see them there so police

between these two groups to avoid any kind of trouble and these two groups have come out onto the streets to really as yet another example of how high the division has been here during these last several days. i thank you since higher square in front of the catalan leader's headquarters is packed with thousands of people dressed in white for here to call for dialogue but this is yet another protest of many that have been taking place here throughout catalonia in the last week and the e.u. commission statement called catalonia as independents voted illegal bud stated that it was an internal matter that spain should deal with that prompted angry actions inside the european parliament and stephen walt spoke to us about that use reaction to events in catalonia. it's been despicable it's been dishonest and it shows really that the e.u. has favorites and they will stick by bought that by their favorites as long as it

means keeping everybody in the club by demanding that they must be some sort of negotiations and talks between the spanish government and also those in cats a lot but the must first be a denunciation of the violence by the police. the police will feel that they could do it again. i. feel. well there is still no evidence of collusion between donald trump's election campaign and russia according it to us senate intelligence committee on wednesday they briefed the public on the ongoing investigation into moscow's alleged meddling in last year's presidential election the issue of collusion is still open. we continue to investigate both intelligence and witnesses as it relates to the steel dossier. but unfortunately the committee has hit a wall we can certify i believe that no vote totals were affected they did not

in any way shape or form that we've been able to find alter that this channel has also been on washington's radar artie's editor in chief says the network is now facing unprecedented pressure in the united states with both staff and contributors being targeted all that is by no evidence to suggest r.t. actually influence the outcome of the election. the r.t.s. on twitter were almost uniformly anti clinton and those i think you look at them and you have to conclude you know there was a clear design in these ads so that's one congressman's opinion yet on the same day the senate intelligence committee probing alleged russian meddling so the complete opposite there is no way that you can look at that and say that that was to help the right side of the ideological charge. and. not the left or vice versa they were indiscriminate it seems that the overall theme of the russian . involvement in the u.s.

looks create chaos at every level all of this is just the latest segment of the russians did it saga we're now all attention seems to have shifted to our channel and its social media ads well it's no secret that r.t. does advertise on twitter and other platforms just like most other media outlets the little blue bird sang a song of russian meddling last week and a report that disclosed how much we spend on ads the sum was two hundred seventy five thousand dollars and it's funny to consider is that being able to make a sufficient influence on the election when all the candidates spend about one billion dollars to make it look as if we've done something obscure shady or semi-legal of course i don't nonsense tutors contacted us with their proposal like sheen he sure does a presentation at the adverts so that is how much it would cost and we greet recently google became the latest internet giant to jump on the anti r.t. bandwagon when it yanked us from its premium ad service in the us without any warning whatsoever now that move is unlikely to have an adverse effect on our

channels reach as we are already of the most feared news network on you tube and fact last month we hit the milestone of over five billion views nevertheless this ban only adds to the mounting pressure on the channel until recently no active measures except getting our reputation have been taken against last specifically no where else have we operate through. it's a kind of shared experience last twenty to twenty three twenty four seven out of the country washington is absolutely insane with the idea that our t.v. is out there and they want to condemn it as somehow russian propaganda but the fact of the matter is whether you love our tea or hate our tea the idea that the u.s. government can tell you what you can watch and can't watch the idea that there's a government censor or something like google in bed with the government telling you what you and or can't watch this is like something out in one thousand nine hundred four the deadliest shooting in modern u.s.

history happened this week we'll bring you up to speed on the investigation and much more after a short break watching our confession. here's what people have been saying about rejected and i was actually just. the only show

i go out of my way to find you know really what it is that really packs a punch at least yampa is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than that and see people you never heard of love redacted the night president of the world bank hate to interrupt me seriously send us an e-mail. i welcome back to watching the weekly right here on our international diplomatic relations between turkey and the us has suffered another blow on korea has cut visas services at its diplomatic facilities across america in response to washington taking the same stab following of the detention of one of its employees recent events have forced the you know it's a stays good months reassess the commencements of the government the key to the security of u.s. mission facilities and personnel in order to minimize the number of visitors to our

embassy and consulates while this assessment proceeds effective immediately we have suspended all known immigrant visa services at sole u.s. diplomatic facilities and. the employee in question who worked at the u.s. consulate in istanbul was arrested last week he's accused of espionage and plotting to overthrow the government turkish authorities claim he has links to exiled cleric fatou allow golan who lives in the u.s. and who the turkish government says was the mastermind behind last year's failed coup attempt and turkey has long been urging the u.s. to extradite the runaway preacher but washington is yet to commit to any such move in that is just one issue that has been stoking tensions washington while their support for kurdish forces fighting islamic state has also angered onco which sees both groups as terrorists and the turkish leaders bodyguards were caught on camera attacking opposition protesters during a trip to the u.s. back in may also straining ties hussein of the middle east technical university

told us relations are likely to deteriorate even further. first time in the history we have this type of situation and the tension will increase because the american side and the turkish side are ready if you want to fight in this case and probably in the coming days there will be some other majors from both sides it is not a good thing for nato members is not good for a strategic ally it is not yet. poor and. not lawless like this but the tendency is not very promising the more turkey and america will have different views not only in syria but in other issues. america is still coming to terms with the deadliest mass shooting in its modern

history fifty eight people were massacred at a country music festival in las vegas last sunday another five hundred were injured . if i was. how. i. think it. was. i.

was. going. we need to truck we just need to get people over to the hospital ok got. her her. so. the gunmen knocked out of the window of his hotel room overlooking the festival before unleashing a shower of bullets on the crowd he also fired shots at a fuel tanks that were stationed nearby but they did not explode when police stormed the room they found the shooter's body as well as an arsenal of weapons

including a handgun and numerous rifles you can just hear the railroads almost like creek. do you feel like they're just it's like make those shots don't stop you don't hear that it's like being in a word. you just. having to run over all these children to tell you it. i'm just so grateful. i just but there's also so much pain i'm thinking like. why did those people. the shooter was sixty four year old steven paddock who lived in a community for retired people in nevada he turned a gun on himself before the authorities got to him police say that he had no prior criminal record and no military background and the f.b.i. says he wasn't linked to any terrorist groups despite claims by islamic state. switching gears now turkey has launched

a military operation against militants in western syria the move comes after turkey russia and iran reached an agreement during the talks in kazakhstan last month you know. russia and iran developed a plan the decision being implemented by the us we are operating together with the free syrian army while russia is outside. ancora is now supporting the free syrian army against a top tier al sharma terrorists in a mission that has been coordinated with moscow turkish troops are poised at the syrian border but have not yet crossed into the country director of a british bintang on the middle east believes that there is now a tacit agreement between ancora and damascus well the very fact that. this time around when turkish observers and troops are heading into the country and we haven't heard from the syrian government that this has gone into a further step previously when turkey when into syria for example in northern syria

in general blues to drive out isis or. the syrian state did not endorse the operation on the called it in a in an official statement as an aggression. now adays we've heard or previous like you one or two weeks ago we've heard the syrian foreign minister say that this is going to be like a test for turkey so this is a step forward which tells you that the cooperation between the countries has taken a step forward and apparently to what he's hoping to take it all along the way to ease the syrian crisis is out. staying in syria now after three long years of the city of dairies or has finally emerged from under and i still see each at least from a military perspective. but i have reports people there are now struggling to recover from living in the shadow of terror. in there is or you'll find little i marked by war every crater has its own tragic story and i think it

exploded right here a neighbor was sitting here holding his two year old nephew another man was there and my son isa was right here shrug no hit him in the back in the waist and the legs a piece wanted his lungs he still suffers pain from it. isa has now survived isis shells twice he well remembers his last brush with death and how his sister found him. i said judy judy my back hurts but she said only my legs were hit when they picked me up they so blood flowing down my back my sister started screaming and hitting herself. the first time he was nearly killed by an isis shell he was just ten months old then shrapnel peppered the baby isa slicing off a toe in all he has eleven scars and a lump of jagged metal in his lungs that could still eventually kill him but at

least he made it the other two year old boy at the scene wasn't so lucky these hell lasted for three years it left a mark on everyone. the word tragedy does not begin to describe what happened in there is or any door you knock on any family you talk to tell you of their loss and their suffering truly the one thing that unites this city is that everyone has a horrific story there was no place in daters or where the population could find sanctuary there is no place that the battle left untouched dust craters bullet holes and devastation everywhere entire districts of the city are in ruins entire generations traumatized entire generations lost.

during the battle with isis i was shot just above my jaw the bullet is still there my left eye was destroyed and i have ten percent vision in my right eye the reality of war i delves to where others were also in the army defending dad as order they were literally protecting their family against isis he is the only one left alive these family's loss is neither unique nor the worst. i was once a lee's one c three sons many families gave more than me in my office there was a man who lost five sons and a daughter this is a war he concedes and destroys everything. for many the worst is over the breaking of the siege of daters or heralded

a new beginning yet others in areas still being liberated it's just the stot psychological scars left behind will take decades to heal more i guess. from desert syria. that does it for me i'm sean thomas i'll be back in thirty six minutes with another look at your weekly watching international . on larry king you're watching our america question and more. in case you're new to the game this is how it works in the economy is built around corporation corporations from washington to washington post media the media.

and voters elected a businessman to run this country business equals power who must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. people have got to know whether or not fair present or supply american people deserve to know at this point does it mean has to guard against the military industrial or we shall never know gold again or in our ability to run. or you should know that there is still much yes we do but we must. think.

we'll. have an tonio in this is america's lawyer a few weeks ago is the state of florida was bracing for hurricane irma to make landfall millions of florida residents were ordered to evacuate due to the destructive potential of the storm many chose to heed those warnings in evacuated while others made the decision to stay but some residents were allowed to make a choice at all and they paid for it with their lives a nursing home in southern florida refused to evacuate their residence after the storm hit the facility was left without electricity had no means to care for the

residents at all not surprisingly nearly one dozen elderly citizens at that nursing home died as a result and tonight we'll tell you why this disaster happened and how the governor of florida refused to do anything when he was alerted to the problem and later in the show a brazilian organization says members of the. amazon tribe were ruthlessly murdered by gold miners leading to an official investigation so don't go anywhere america's lawyers start right now. on. the abuse of the elderly in nursing homes is one of the most overlooked stories in the united states each day our family members face nightmarish conditions under unskilled caregivers attention abuse can come in many forms the most obvious this is physical abuse but other forms like verbal and emotional abuse and neglect are the ones that so often

go unreported and they're just as serious and they're dangerous this is physical abuse that can cost people their lives according to statistics compiled by the nursing abuse guide the problem might even be worse than the few reports on that issue have stated here's what they found between one nine hundred ninety nine and two thousand and one almost one third of all nursing home facilities were cited for violations of federal standards that could cause harm or did harm elderly residents of those facilities nearly ten percent of nursing homes of violations that posed a risk of serious injury or death of elderly residents more than forty percent of nursing home residents have reported abuse and more than a ninety percent report that they or another resident at a facility have been the gleg or abused research from two thousand and ten indicates that up to half of all nursing home attendants have admitted abusing or neglecting elderly patients in the aftermath of hurricane irma in the state of

florida we saw another form of abuse take place even though massive evacuations have been ordered for most of the state an elder care facility called the rehabilitation center at hollywood hills decided to ignore the evacuation orders and kept more than one hundred elderly residents at this is. silvy even though one of the largest and most secure hospitals in the state was right across the street in the days after the storm the facility was left with no electricity no running water leaving residents to become dehydrated and overheated as a result eleven elderly residents died a massive investigation is underway to determine what haven't in why the syllabi didn't evacuate the residents and even the governor has stepped in to demand answers but unfortunately for florida governor rick scott the story is now developing is one that shows he and his administration had completely ignored the calls for help coming from residents at that nursing home.