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of. international. weekly here. the week we start the program with spain where thousands of supporters have rallied both in madrid. and the capital of. activists hit the streets waving spanish flags from their cars and bikes the protests reflect a deepening crisis in society for the region formally declared independence on friday the move. which the entire local government. reporting on how events unfolded on friday. well many people have gathered outside the spanish parliament and i don't know if you'll be able to see just behind me but it has been entirely blocked off because they are expecting this crowd to potentially get agitated depending on what happens today whether that is the

implementation of article one fifty five by madrid or whether indeed it is a declaration of independence here in catalonia the catalan parliament and now discussing the possibility of making that declaration. and on this the coolum because of the citizens polls he is not going to allow spain to be school down we will not allow you to board. a number of the members of the polish she left the chamber and decide that they would not take part in that vote they are parties that are generally in favor of the unity with spain. money upfront fees by year when this album about it is evolving. you certainly in an area of people who are pro independence because when not vote was released that catalan parliament had declared an independent republic of catalonia the crowd would soon be crazy

here thank. god if. i was just talking to a couple people moments ago who said it's not just their mates that parents they come parents and even their great grandparents have been waiting cool because this is something that many cuts alone and have been fighting for independence for almost a hundred years all our lives are our parents around her and they are waiting for the same years and years and years and years dreaming about leaving the spring which is not to them across it we are finally in catalonia a new member of the international community today in parliament the parliament of our country a legitimate parliament to come largely expected step and largely for four step. citizens of cathal or any other comes a time when it is up to all of us to maintain the pulse of our country our peace

our civic duty and dignity as we have always done and always will without any doubt yes the catalan parliament have said that that is what they voting for but there are many of the steps to take including the fact that we saw the reaction here then article one five five this is that the article that spanish senate is in madrid were voting on only whether they would take away the regional autonomy from catalonia. or whether or not but of course the measures regarding implementation of article one five five which were proposed to the senate are approved article one five five part of the spanish constitution has never been enacted it's been described by many people as a nuclear option and that's because essentially what it does is removes regional autonomy then we decided to sack the president vice president and all the high ranking officials in the council on government he's called those snap elections for

december twenty first and he's also stuck the chiefs of police over the catalan police force with was. one of the things that really resonates from this entire situation this week's of weeks if uncertainty about the future of catalog is the fact that today outside the parliament they were fro independent supporters as well as those who work for unity and want to remain in spain and they were standing side by side catalans will say that they do not want a society to be caught by this in decision with we discuss the crisis with a political commentator and a former catalan m.p. both of whom have very differing views. what they are trying to do is to demolition

our regional government institutions. and take control even of. social movement the problem right now is that and nationalist movement independent movement is living in about a war in another war because they have of the people in the arabian and they want to keep remain in a spain you can say that these are democratic to to to listen the voice of the people and what we have been trying to do hearing about one year is always not really like you know if. the point is that you go one people be express their. opinion what we've been trying to do two years ago is to find the possibility for a couple in society to express this was on the first of the over the business and

did these movements and until this terrible time where he did not a question. of which christ democracy and right now the story about this is not a question of companies and business what you have in madrid this is a question of the moderates see and you should listen what people have got on people. they won for for the future anybody in the international sphere is going to give a recognition to these a state right now this money is going to mean is working to restore their constitution or their in their region and we have to broaden it to protect the heart of the card balance they want to keep their rights they want to keep it remain a spanish this is very sad really in that you are just saying that you want to save fifty percent of the. in society you should care about one hundred percent of

problems was i did it i'm not getting violent at all the spanish government's been given overwhelming support from european institutions with nato in the un also one side and most e.u. member states along with the us and several latin american countries are all calling for spanish unity however there are some of those who have said they would never at any point recognize an independent catalonia belgium finland and sweden called for dialogue between barcelona and madrid russia stressed the cattle and crisis is a completely internal matter scotland though has backed the independent schools saying cattle land should be free to determine their own future and senior fellow at john hopkins university for their league of bindi fears catalonians are not looking at the broader picture. the moon is deeply divided on the part of a separatist and that is also a source to all of. i would use the word believe you know me even if it's not

a good word i mean they are in this collective emotional moment and i don't think they're seeing clearly what is going to have been off the day with you know. the way they were the single member states also starting to come out they were also very clear that they all knew that the nice spain. already over one hundred enterprises moved out of. the stock market is going down the so i don't really see how they can understand that alone they're not going to have that the future they're dreaming of. meanwhile the drive for independence and catalonia knows no limits when it comes to an alphabet of independence is on sale in bookshops in the heart of barcelona the letters are not the only lesson children will learn for instance that stands for manifestation s four c.

or yes that is also there and i of course independence we gauge the reaction on the streets of boston mona or where the children should be taught with this book. i think they don't have to learn about. they are definitely too small they will have time to learn them both but maybe in ten years not now you will never use that you know. again oh well why not i can give it to my daughter i think it is a bit simple and doesn't properly explain things but still why not it can be interesting for her. the. kind of things to be it's i think it's something. at this age children don't have the ability to form their opinion properly they believe in what we told them i don't support the idea of independence and therefore i won't show this to my children i want them to have the right to decide for themselves. well i

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twitter has made policy decision to all of board advertising from all accounts owned by russia today and sputnik according to twitter r.t. on behalf of the russian government attempted to interfere in the us elections as claimed by the us intelligence report back in january twenty seventh team no clear accusations of wrongdoing misconduct or breach of policy now this turn of events is almost comical given that last year twitter offered to deliver an unbiased point of view of the us elections through an exclusive ad campaign aimed to promote artie's election coverage and bring it to a wider american audience ortiz released some details of the election collaboration offer to provide a clearer picture now this special offer included many features from customize the mode to analytics and research solutions even a dedicated team of twitter experts to help with media strategy now this had the

specific aim of having a bigger reach to american voters and viewers why would twitter have offered this to a kremlin propaganda tool seeking to control the election after the negotiations r.t. didn't take up the offer because of the hefty price tag it went over all social media budgets what happened over the last year and a half how has r.t.e. gone from trusted media partner to being on par with mysterious russian bots and trolls here are the facts r t never violated any rules while advertising on twitter r.t. has never dealt with and will never deal with bots or any other compromise tools on any social me. platform r.t.d. has never spread any sort of deliberate misinformation if this had not been the case r t would have been banned by any social media platform in question as all of them have strict rules for policy violations however twitter included this channel in their report russian interference in the twenty sixth elections it even went as

far as releasing confidential information on adverts spending on the platform a marketing strategy used by most international news outlets by the way in this day and age but again no proof of real misconduct the unprecedented actions of twitter might end up backfiring for all media outlets as artie's editor in chief has warned . honestly i didn't believe the twitter was controlled by american security services it looked like a conspiracy theory to me but twitter has just confessed it's a pity especially because american news outlets operating in russia will now feel the tenderness of russian tit for tat measures in november twitter officials will testify before congress on russian election meddling no doubt altie will be given a mention and while all the we've played by twitter's rules can twitter say they've avoided by the very principles of free expression they say they believe in since it has already disclosed confidential data about they had

a contract with us just get it all out in the open in twenty sixteen the social media giant made a special us selection offer for a t.v. with a pretty hefty price tag it would have cost us about one point five million dollars over just four months over the few more bolt on options we would have ended up spending three point three million dollars and what you get for that kind of money well for one thing you get a customized emoji that would have set this channel back some eight hundred grand so auntie's management decided to decline the offer from twitter now we discuss the tour to advertisement ban with legal analyst lionel you told us this just an attempt to distract from the inconvenient narratives in u.s. politics. this is a deliberate move to get everybody off of what's happening right now to the hillary clinton f.b.i. investigation everybody's favorite now let me get this straight artie buys an ad or ads ok like the world does what did these

ads do did they survive the election did they cause or were they evidence of or in d.c. of colucci what pray tell did these ads or conflicts they made americans . i think and maybe caused curiosity dissension perhaps that was the collusion so that's a great move for freedom of speech way to go twitter it's disgusting but more of the week's top headlines in just a few moments are analyse international including be classified documents released on one of the biggest mysteries of the twentieth century of the assassination of j.f.k. . what politicians do sometimes. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president and she. wanted. to go right to the press this is what before three of the more people. interested always in the water. there. is basically a big. screen this is what's going to. do and always say and. challenge. no exclusion and they feel. they come together to get you if you want you will.

joining us here on this sunday the u.s. congress tries to piece together what led to the deaths of four subbasement in knees yeah this month lawmakers complained they had no idea that. even in that african nation three weeks ago a group of american and local troops were ambushed by islamic state fighters for us and ten nigerian soldiers were killed the pentagon admits full support was not provided until two hours after the fight began and the chair is thought to have the second biggest u.s. military presence in africa eight hundred out of six thousand troops across the continent the tiny country of djibouti is first with four thousand servicemen somalia and cameroon house four hundred and three hundred soldiers respectively. samir a car now reports on the wiring disconnect between key u.s. lawmakers and troops on the ground. so it's official washington has intervened in

so many different countries even u.s. senators seem to have lost track but i didn't know there was a thousand troops and this is an endless war without boundaries no limitation a geography and senator graham is not the only one senator graham there you know we have a thousand troops and did you know i did not and there you have it two sitting senior senators one republican and the other a democrat had no idea the u.s. currently has over one thousand troops in news year so how is this possible past administrations have used the authorization for use military force against terrorists or the math to warrant military operations involving non-state actors or terror organizations passed by congress right after september eleventh that allows the president to use force against those who planned committed or aided the nine eleven attacks and only one person voted against it congresswoman barbara lee my

friend let's step back for a moment let's just just for a minute and think through the implications of our actions today so that this does not spiral out of control according to a two thousand and sixteen congressional research office report the bush and obama administration's use the on thirty seven to initiate military action in over a dozen countries and now with trump it appears there's even less oversight the pentagon has just announced that they will no longer disclose troop numbers in iraq and syria but can this apply to other regions besides iraq and syria. and really be. consistent in the complete. lack. of transparency and accountability in your own religious tradition you know it's gotten significantly worse. has touted this is reform. reform this policy in undermining one. you're going to have even listen to me.

how many troops do is. when the former defense secretary and cia director leon panetta who was once. the u.s. . seemed rather lost it's a good question but you know it's. to stop and think about the now with very little transparency in u.s. operations overseas may not exactly like to laugh about. our team washington d.c. . one of the twentieth century's darkest moments was back in the spotlight this week classified documents relating to president kennedy's assassination were released by donald trump administration this was after a decades long deadline to keep the information under wraps finally expired here's a small snippet of what was revealed. the thing i'm concerned about is having

something issues so we can convince the public that oswald is the realest. lee harvey oswald was blamed for killing j.f.k. and dallas november one thousand nine hundred sixty three president had been traveling in an open top car with the first lady when shots rang out also hold was swiftly a rest it was himself shot and killed two days later while under police escort historians of long discussed his motives and his past including an interesting if brief experience in the soviet union and retracing his footsteps. correspondent. where might you find the most drama and lee harvey oswald's life story before the events of november nine hundred sixty three well it could be his short but eventful stay in this city four years before he is president kennedy.

most of the places which form part of extraordinary trip still exist like the. railway station where he arrived from helsinki in finland his last stop in a western country before reaching the u.s.s.r. . stayed right here at the hotel berlin which is now the savoy it's just a few minutes walk from. the former k.g.b. headquarters. his visa meant that he only had six days to get a soviet citizenship so he wasted no time in trying to secure his hammer and sickle passport which began with this letter i believe harvey oswald request that i be granted citizenship in the soviet union i want citizenship because i am

a communist and a worker i have lived in a decadent capitalist society where the workers are slaves i do not want to return to any country outside of the soviet union there was interview after interview with the k.g.b. but couldn't convince officials he should be allowed that passport then back inside hotel berlin. in reality a supervisor that is assigned to every foreign visitor. inside the bag. inside one of these rooms he slashed his wrist. attempting to commit suicide doctors managed to save oswald's life he was allowed to stay and wait for mercy from a higher soviet authority with this confidence boost to the extreme asked american diplomats to revoke his citizenship then he agreed to an interview with one u.s. journalist i would say he was extremely superficial. very immature.

and very misinformed and. it took the former u.s. marine an enormous effort more than two months to get a soviet passport only for one year the day after he got hold of the document he set off for minsk and bell reuss the capital of one of the u.s.s.r. small republics to work on a soviet factory he boarded his train ride on this station and minsk oswald met his first soviet lover but she turned down his marriage proposal because she was afraid to marry an american and just two months later he met a nineteen year old marine a person his future wife and mother of his first child yet with a drab job and nothing to do outside of work according to oswald himself he would soon make the decision to leave the u.s.s.r. for good along with his family. after what seemed to be disillusionment with the u.s.s.r.

there was only one way home for oswald and that was through the american embassy. ilia patrol. tracing the footsteps of lee harvey oswald and moscow. all thanks for joining us here on our international for this edition of the weekly on this sunday we are back in about thirty one minutes. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your last wrong turn. to caught up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words and hopes to put to rest things that i never

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