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thanks for joining us. we do begin with breaking news several people have been injured in a knife attack in central munich let's go straight to germany right now and. joining us here for the latest what is what is the latest we know at this stage. it is a developing story of course new details are coming in every moment but for now the picture is the following an unknown men armed with a knife has attacked four people at four different locations in downtown new nick on saturday morning injuring than police has reported that the wounds are not life threatening it is also reported that the suspect is at large with police claiming

they are trying to search for him with all the resources and there are helicopters in the skies above the cordoned off area with police rescue workers and numers emergency because on the ground law enforcement officials have also urged people to stay at home this is what they have to say warning avoid rosenheim up lots of tucker is currently still at large locals are advised to stay indoors the suspect is described as a man in his forty's wearing green jacket and gray try the trousers and reportedly he was on a bike but police has urged all the media to avoid speculations and to wait for more further information from officials and there is no any information as for knowledge over the man's identity or possible motives of the attack say we have

following the story right artie's marie from. them thank you. damning new report from a think tank called european values has taken aim at this channel and thousands of people who have appeared as guests on our network the institute which receives funding from the united states as well as other western governments describes them all as quote useful idiots. and i see a chair can i join my colleague neil harvey to discuss the report. it's a bit of a surprise for you the party bashing continues now and this particular report the issues that artie's guests are having really a dig at themselves this is a report by a think tank based in the czech republic called european values reporters called the kremlin's platform for useful idiots in the west an overview of artes editorial strategy and evidence of impact now what this report does is neatly compile

a list of basically all of our t.'s guests because it features thousands of people and it's not just you know or around a list not only are there seven categories in this report dividing our guests into us politicians and political figures british politicians european and other international politicians writers journalists academics and so on so seven categories and if that wasn't enough it also indicates the number of times each guest appeared on r t and links to some of the most relevant episodes it's clear that this particular think tank really worked hard at watching r t here in the u.k. in the states and all around the world he doesn't really mince words when it comes to our team gets not only is the report dubbed useful idiots but it also calls the guests naive and oblivious to our t's intentions so certainly something that is not being too nice to people who have chosen to come and express their opinion on our network and here is why the report decided to really look into all this the purpose

of this list is to identify individuals who either unawareness of political agenda or indeed explicit support of it and instead names and credibility. and proxy agents of the kremlin is pretty clear we need to start. hello my name is neil and faulty what. all we need to be ashamed about a missing one the two things one of the. what have you done what have we done wrong well apart from looking at all of our guests of course this wouldn't be a proper think tank report if it didn't actually try to get r t itself it does say that the goal is to look at the history agenda the evidence of impact of the channel that they describe as quote pushing pro kremlin agenda or under the guise of free speech and alternative journalism now not only does this report claim to be debunking certain what it calls myths about the channel such as being

a reliable news source saying that it's not harmful and also goes into key points such as saying that our cheese whole goal is to denigrate the west and our tea is rooted in the denial of truth we can say that some of the sponsors behind this piece is mostly private donors but as well as open society which is obviously a george soros foundation the european parliament the u.s. embassy in the czech republic and we do know that the author has been doing some work with the atlantic council which of course is known for certain anti russia hype so really no surprises there will have to wait and see what kind of reactions we see from all of those thousands of people who have been coming onto our channel to express their views. program going underground was given special attention in the report and we asked host afshin return to see what he thought of the mantra useful it. amazing that reports like this are actually presumably being

read by politicians and hopefully you know our guests who still continue to appear but as regards guests the guests that they mentioned in the delineate in this report i mean does she really think and do politicians here and in the united states have learned or are going to think that a young is verified and the former first minister scott alexander the former mayor of london that they're just idiots they useful idiots of course they're not in this incredibly insulting i mean there is no not typical consistency here and it is at the moment we're joking about it a little but of course there is a serious side the british foreign secretary did this week of democratically accountable politicians in britain that he should decide which networks are democratically elected politicians should be allowed should be appearing on that that son president. apparently is doing its job according to the regulator here in britain but not according to politicians the clearly do not want certain views

being expressed and given the oxygen of publicity to the british public. and here is some of the names you might be surprised to see on the list of useful idiots for example a senator john mccain a vocal critic of russia listed among the politicians who have appeared here on our c in the celebrity section for instance is a well known film director rob reiner though he's actually now part of an organization called the committee to investigate russia other politicians including a u.s. senator and former presidential candidate bernie sanders as well as the current american president donald trump and even former first lady michelle obama will she go and mention as well now according to the report all of these people appeared on a program on this network called politicking with larry david the problem is the famous american comedian there has never had a program on t.v.

politicking has always been hosted by a veteran journalist larry king that wasn't the only mistake though i think it took guests names from the show descriptions of our website which apparently lead to more confusion take boris johnson for instance and claims he appeared on artie's news thing comedy program let's show you his appearance so it's always someone with their finger on the right side of the international affairs it's forward say. welcome. all we go and get a chance to fight the spanish before america and russia kill us so. if you still would you prove to be. poor she has four genuine guests that actually did appear on our channel we are some of them what they thought about her well the way they're being described as useful idiots. development is somehow trash it gets more and more aggressive across europe the

political debates and one of these games they are playing. they are destroying the reputation of politicians they don't like i don't think that it's fair to say that we are simply here is russian stooges i am not anti russian but sometimes i'm quite critical of russia over syria and over the detention of political prisoners like in others. you know of course everybody has their agendas but i think it has certainly not tried to constrain my expression or the expression of many other people i know i work with a network we speak our mind and we're critical of the west when it's appropriate and were critical of russia when it's appropriate. the reality is there is a dissident voice in the u.k. the only very rarely gets any airtime in the mainstream media r.t. is is the only place that has been providing a regular platform for what used to be dissident voices in the u.k.

but now much more mainstream voices or perhaps those some just find it hard to leave the past behind seventy years ago saw the start of america's so-called anti soviet or anti russian which aren't. chairman j. parnell thomas of new jersey all funds an inquiry into a possible commenter spending tyson of a hollywood film industry the committee is seeking to determine if red party members have reached the screen with the first republican.

borrows assume. the lead on the cover of the jackal. which is always phone to look for. anyone who dares to expose individuals come in the suit get off. the debt to different and higher taxes and not be very different because what a lot of our focus on pay for t.v. plotting was to see. if a person defends the activities of communist nations welcome physically attacking the

domestic and foreign policy of the united states she may be a problem and i will say the same jack you are now carrying out the desires of the ambitions of the to rip. i think. it was. a bloodless coup engineered by russia with past the traitorous indifference of the republican party and donald donald trump and the military apparatus of this country is about to be handed over to. war beholden to starving russia and. the spanish capital has right now meeting to initiate the process of triggering article one five five and suspending catalonia as a regional autonomy so i show you some of the very latest pictures from the round table meeting in madrid where catalonia is faith is right now being determined to use it but in a culture of a has been following the development of the crisis gripping spain. the constitutional crisis in spain continues and the situation here and the region of

counseling it remains to be quite uncertain the spanish government has given council and leaders up until thursday to back away from proclaiming independence or to be ready to face the possibility of a direct rule coming from a treat and now the spanish government has announced that it is ready to trigger article one fifty five of the country's constitution to suspend council on autonomy . be a clear and precise response in spanish or catalan is yes or no and we didn't get that so the requirement that supposed an initial step to begin the stablished procedure in article one hundred fifty five of the constitution has been motion. article one fifty five has only two short paragraphs in the in nine hundred seventy eight constitution of the country and it might be applied if they regional government does not comply with the obligations of the constitution now this move

should also be approved by the majority of the spanish senate and this article has never been used before and the country's history now hold this follows the recent statement made by the council and leader who once again confirmed the suspension of the region's independence and we've seen a lot of protests happening here across the region of catalonia and in this capital city of barcelona at this past week now tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the city on tuesday after a court ordered of the detention of two castle and separatist leaders further house collating the situation and here on plus the consul lumia located right and the heart of barcelona we expect to see another mass protest to take place later this saturday meanwhile the crisis is impacting catalonia as are calling me over a thousand and a process of move the headquarters from the region ten percent of companies have frozen their investments and eleven percent of the open bank accounts outside the

region on the. independence activists in catalonia protesting madrid's actions by withdrawing the cash from spanish banks we heard from some of them. came here because pro independence organizations of coldness to take collective action to withdraw cash from banks i think is a fantastic idea because in a manner it allows us to show the power and motivation we have as well as give us strength without home and anyone. who should not change has not began with civil disobedience is one part is that we have to get to this point to be heard as they deal thing would be for the government to be available to hear these demands. from society so it wouldn't have to get to this point doesn't it two point five million of us a catamounts who runs independence so we withdrew a little money and the banks left without assets baffle they will have to react to move see that they shouldn't turn their backs on us spain and europe. and still

lots of stories coming your way today here when our international including drones are soon to be in the skies above los angeles razor gold sorts of privacy concerns will cover that story in just a moment. in

case you're new to the game this is how it works the economy is built around corporations corporations from washington to washington control the media. the media. and voters elected to business to run this country business because. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. thanks for joining us here on r.t. iran has that it is complying with the nuclear deal that donald trump's threatening to. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov weighed in stressing that international security would be threatened if the u.s. scrapped the agreement and that the north korea crisis could. shoot me it is clear

that the failure of the g c p a way iran deal one of the five plus one members especially one of its most active members is essentially the leader of the group would be an alarming signal to the architecture of international security in the settlement of the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula if you want to negotiate with kim jong un and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the united nations and secondly screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is don't make a deal with the united states they won't keep their word just last week the u.s. president announced he would decertify the deal that means the u.s. congress now has sixty days to decide whether it wants to reimpose sanctions against iran or agree on new legislation relating to the record donald trump said he wants his country out of this nuclear agreement even though it is widely acknowledged iran has not been violating the terms we agreed on the fact

that iran is in technical compliance the deal in the nuclear deal with. technical compliance technical violations of the nuclear i'm all for agreements but that was a bad one they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement they are not living up to the spirit of their agreement the iran deal was hammered out back in twenty fifteen by the so-called p five plus one. consisting of russia or america china france germany and iran it followed nine years of tough talks and was hailed as a major breakthrough the former head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog spoke exclusively to r.t. and he told us it's important to work to preserve this deal. settlement and deal with the great achievement. by the p five in the security council

and we have seen that before in the. syrian chemical weapons. settlement and there is also now some sort of agreement. between the p five so it's very important to preserve. these these precedents. between the p five and the security council and if that were to be damaged in the. very serious i think for the future authority of the security of. human rights activists and n.g.o.s. to improve conditions at refugee camps in the country as winter approaches there's growing concern that ill prepared asylum seekers may be left to face freezing temperatures all on their own just last week a five year old girl died from cold and lack of medical support at the morea refugee camp on the boss just hours before her parents were reportedly denied extra

blankets. like other refugee camps in greece is notorious for its condition more than fifteen hundred people children and pregnant women are living many without any source of heating now in winter temperatures can drop below zero in that region and dozens of refugees have died in the last few years simply as a result of the e.u. has pledged to give more than a billion euros to greece by twenty twenty to help cope with the migrant crisis over a million refugees have reached. the main entry point to europe since twenty fifteen as the influx threatens to overstretch the country's resources the e.u.'s response has been called into question. economic could be challenge to governments with the increase simply can't cope with the influx and haven't got the administrative resources talking nice proper relief for refugees or build proper

camps the official a current of the you has a whole have not been signed off by the court awarded to the e.u.'s unaccountable d. for the last twenty three years we know that the e.u. is very little idea about how its money is spent and that's always been through dispute through before the crisis and it's through night during the crisis and the e.u. doesn't know how to manage its money. and you know a lot of the money goes into the bloated bureaucracy and the governments of greece and italy i'm afraid i'm not renowned for the how can i put it it minnesota efficiency or credibility. police in california are set to deploy and test drones in the skies above los angeles initiative has certainly raised concerns of a previously in safety hollywood's recently been making a big deal about the dangers of drone misuse.

after years of heated debate the police commissioner of los angeles voted three to one in favor of the one year long drone program however the vote certainly caused a bit of a star among residents of los angeles. to various protests and a show of discontent over the decision police department union president assured the public that the new technology will be used as a tool to protect both police officers. or the police department chief as assured that only swat officers will be allowed to use drones this during certain specific

operations or in a high risk situations technology can be applied in search and rescue activities or when looking for suspects. spying campaign coordinator. raised his concerns over the initiative. time what we have seen about eighty percent of the time over the last fifty years that's water has been used for low level drug offenses or no knock warrant entries and basically we've seen people's homes being destroyed lives being destroyed as children as young as three month old being killed smoke bombs and a lot of things and then of course surveillance surveillance remains a huge issue i mean the los angeles police department is besides being one of the most militarized police department has a massive massive architecture of human and electronic intelligence gathering so the drones fit into the must much larger apparatus and i think when we when we are looking at technology when we're looking at the uses of technology we have to really take a pause and see that is this technology going to be enhancing the human condition

is this for the benefit of health and well being of the human condition or of this technology is going to be used to terrorize to to stu stock to trey's to monitor and negatively impact thanks for sharing your saturday with us here on r.t. international we come to you live from moscow and we return soon with the rest of your saturday well headlines. still exist. rico's treated as one. of. the islanders controlled by the u.s. government but some puerto ricans crave independence. either way. but. still

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