the problem. is gusting a possible ban on the russian there also it says in the article discussing a menu of other possible penalties against russia including not allowing delicate and athletes to take part in the opening ceremony now we are asked the i.o.c. for a response to that report and whether those suggestions of those possible sanctions being discussed was actually true this is all premature speculation before the old world and schmidt commissions have even completed their work and before due process to which any individual or organization is and try to hold has been followed well it all comes amid allegations of widespread doping following the sort she games in twenty fourteen against russian athletes there that led to the the russian track and field team being disqualified and barred from the rio twenty sixteen olympics

and the entire team being barred from the rio paralympics in the same year now the i.o.c. is currently investigating some of the allegations against russian athletes from the sochi games in twenty fourteen and so far they have removed two medals from russian athletes both from the skiing events now the athletes in questions have said that they will appeal those decisions and their lawyer has described them as being a scandalous the i.o.c. is also due to decide next month whether or not the russian team will be able to participate in the next winter games in twenty eighteen. excuses and embarrassment to appear to be the order of the day for some of the world's wealthiest people and companies too it comes in the wake of the leaking of the massive trove of financial files the so-called paradise papers have exposed where the richest the hiding their money and how they dodge paying taxes.

trillion dollars. offshore and this means that hundreds of billions of dollars worth of taxes go uncollected and you end up with what i would call apartheid but the billionaire class escalating we know this and meanwhile the poverty levels are continuing to rise because people are being gouged they're being ripped off and into the mix comes the social uprising more violence because

naturally if you have everything stolen from you you have nothing to lose so you become violent well as you can see here there's a whole host of famous faces in the papers not least the queen of is elizabeth she's got some of her investment in a fund in the cayman islands and then next to here the herd is the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he is named as a director of an offshore firm used in oil and gas fields and then the man next to him is the billionaire george soros he used the law firm based in the media to help manage offshore companies and then a couple at the end i'm sure you recognize in the famous pop stars of bono madonna they made investments through companies in motor and also but for the mainstream media it's also about finding a political scoop amongst the masses of information. another member of the trump white house is now under scrutiny for his ties to russia there ought to be hearings

and if he fails to provide a convincing and compelling explanation he ought to resign but it probably won't surprise you that a lot of news outlets have been trolling through the paradise paper files in and then to find nefarious links between russia and the us the new hawkins' takes a look now it's how they've been getting on. it's one of the biggest leaks of private documents in the world revealing the financial dealings of the super wealthy and powerful four royal families to global corporations but for most media the focus has been east putin's cronies kremlin meddling team trump's ties to putin's family all the elements to grab the reader's attention so let's break it down meet wilbur ross u.s. commerce secretary and investor now he's with another claim to be putin's son in law and those alleged ties to the russian president and his family could create a conflict of interest for ross now the commerce secretary himself left navigator's

board back in twenty fourteen having joined it two years before that he's adamant he's done nothing wrong i don't know any of those individuals who've never met them so there's nothing wrong with the fact that it happens to be a russian company does not mean that there is any evil in it though it's important to note to see war as a company is not subject to sanctions and it's been left pretty buffel by the reaction so i bore it sort of was there in saying sion is nails in sieber expresses it surprised at the politically charged interpretation in certain media publications of regular could push your activities over many years which from the outset were reflected in the company's published accounts now if all this sounds complicated and confusing it's meant to be offshore dealings through

third parties often aim to avoid regulation and taxes but that's not the main thing find a connection any connection to russia and you have a catchy headline now if you're still with me the evidence of russian influence goes even further from these evelyn's one might think the kremlin or owns the social media giants. but again let's take a closer look two banks controlled by the kremlin provide the cash to third parties or investment vehicles to buy stakes in some of the world's biggest companies russian tech investor you remailer is a key link in these operations eight years ago and d.s.t. global has since sold all of their holdings in facebook their stake ended five years ago when we went public and if russians apparently influence your social media do they also control your music taste a new york holiday bookings d.s.t. global's investments in facebook and twitter were just two of the more than thirty

internet companies around the world that d.s.t. global funds have invested in including air b.n. b. spotify g.d. dot com the lando and alibaba offshore financial machinations are seen by many as morally questionable at best this doesn't stop the wealthy and influential from engaging in them but money has the final say business is business unless you have any link to russia then it's political or max kaiser again says that focusing on russia is about diverting attention away from more serious issues. they're trying to look at this big scatter shot of information and with little tweezers they try to pick out you know some what they perceive to be incriminating data points and then they build a scenario there's only approximately six major media companies in america those are owned by the same kleptocrats that are hiding all these billions of dollars they then put that story out there to deflect and confuses that oh my gosh russia

is involved in this scandal russia's involved black lives matter russia is involved with hillary losing the election because she is completely inapt russia russia russia russia needs to cash in on this incredible brand awareness in america from coast to coast everything's about russia you know russian is the start opening up shop here in america cashing in on this russia instead of just sitting back and trying to figure out the mentality of the american consumer and the american politician because clearly there is now a logic behind it it's pure scapegoating. nice guys there now in other news this evening nato we set to boost its mission in afghanistan with an additional three thousand troops bringing the total number of service personnel to sixteen thousand in the country is what the nato secretary general confirmed and our correspondent piece or all of them fills in the details we have decided to increase the number of troops the current level the zone of thirteen thousand. the new level would be

around sixteen thousand a role training a system of the wise nato is set to increase their contingent on the ground in afghanistan this troop increase had been rumbling along since may it also came alongside rumors that each of the member states would be asked to kick in an extra one billion dollars to the the ground to nato part but that hasn't been spoken of anymore just just at the moment we understand that half of those three thousand troops will come from the united states the other half coming from well the air. twenty eight member states that make up nato and they will be in addition to the three thousand extra u.s. troops that were announced back in september by u.s. defense secretary jim mattis this was all part of trump's strategy on how to tackle the taliban in afghanistan sixteen years u.s. and nato i've been on the ground that we have seen that in some areas the taliban

have been routed out they've been rather catered in some areas plain others they've gained ground or they've proved particularly troublesome out from particular tribal areas of the country and just this year twenty seventeen the taliban's claimed responsibility for around one hundred attacks which is killed nearly a thousand people.

well it's not just the taliban the islamic state of also have been operating within afghanistan and it's the people of that country that bear the brunt bear trapped on one side with terrorists trying to kill them while on the other many have been killed as the result of u.s. airstrikes. and u.s. forces bombarded and everyone including children men and women in our houses have been destroyed and the children and women were killed there were houses left. some homes were burned by islamic militants and others were hit by u.s. drone strikes. the fight that is ongoing islamic state militants came and started the clashes they want to cut our heads off when u.s. troops bombed the area so we left and came so an extra three thousand nato troops will be making their way to afghanistan we expect that statement from the end stoltenberg to be rubber stamped and confirmed when the nato defense ministers meet

in brussels this coming thursday. hundreds of anti donald trump protesters in south korea have shown their disapproval of the american president's visit at the same time rallies have also taken place well from strip to soul is the second stop on his historic twelve day asia till it got underway in japan where did outline what appears to be the major topic of the trip the sale of u.s. weapons and it has left some asking if he's sticking to exactly the same script from country to country. the prime minister to pay. is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment as. we make the best military equipment by far. to make the greatest military equipment in the world whether it's planes whether it's missiles no matter what it is we have the greatest military equipment in the world and south korea will be

ordering billions of dollars of that equipment. and while in japan on monday trump did ask congress in washington for an extra four billion dollars for missile defense and huntsman's to counter the north korean threat and another billion to support his plans for the wider region sameera can now refuse trump's tool of asia so far. after meeting with triumph the japanese prime minister said it was time to apply maximum pressure on north korea suggesting that intercepting pyongyang's missiles was possible through coronation to which trump responded that if tokyo purchase arms from the us they'd be capable of shooting him down he will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the united states he will easily shoot them out of the sky why because north korea has apparently a dangerous state most importantly were working to counter the dangerous

aggressions of the regime in north korea. the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese territory are a threat to the civilized world at international peace and stability. we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over while this is expected to be a major theme on this sweeping asia tour and it all sounds too familiar in essence almost identical to what he had said throughout his middle east this is really at the here and we will be sure to help our saudi friends to get a good deal from our great american defense companies this past summer trump signed the largest on steel u.s.

history saudi arabia worth one hundred ten billion dollars but who's the enemy in this scenario for decades around his fuel the fires of sectarian conflict and terror threatening the region and causing so much of by alliance all nations of conscience must work together to isolate there is a growing realization among your arab neighbors that they have common cause with you and the threat. by around then it is indeed there is no question about it so the solution sounds fairly simple by us weapons and the world will be a better place i would love to be able to get along with everybody right now the world is a mess but i think by the time we finish i think it's going to be a lot better place to live but selling weapons is diplomatic outreach it's been an age old tradition of u.s. presidents the question is doesn't it just adds fuel to the fire. to me a car parked in washington d.c.

. now it is november the seventh and that does mark the hundredth anniversary of the revolution that led to the creation of the u.s.s.r. and throughout the day and evening we are running a real time use feet on twitter for you can look it up by looking at the hash tag nine hundred seventeen live to find out how events were unfolding exactly back then on the timeline right now the revolution is coming close to its dramatic end because the cruiser has just fired at the winter palace the last holdout of the counter revolutionary forces and that's after the provisional government refused to give in to an ultimatum issued by the reds or the remaining loyal forces are also fleeing some petersburg then called petrograd leaving the city open for the taking so that will that's what was happening exactly one hundred years ago his murder against the every more on our project.

there has never been how racial and class at the education on the other hand it led to our blood letting in nicholas the second and dozens of the big players of the revolution live tweeting as though the revolution was happening. now. r t no not us but the russian telegraph of one hundred years ago has also been posting live updates until the takeover.

is power and no one weaponized it like the reds the russian telegraph became the revolution retires and you needn't just read about it you can see it happen. seems from the past three hundred sixty degree videos short as authentically as possible will give you a taste of those monumental events events that largely shaped modern history in the world we live in nine hundred seventeen life history today

was murdered ghastly where you might be wondering why we are talking about the october revolution in november it is quite simple it is because soviet russia did adopt a new calendar after the bolsheviks took power on the twenty fifth of october one thousand nine hundred seventy that is november the seventh according to the gregorian calendar use of what happened in russia. one of the most radical turning points in its history the country had been turned upside down by the february revolution and exhausted by the first world war the whole country floundered in a cold and of anarchy enormous russia bearing the new world writhed in pain zhan eclipsed the second living in exile in siberia with his family following his abdication seven months ago the provisional government occupying the russian monex main residency the winter palace moderately liberal and aiming to create a new constitution then there frenemies the petrograd soviet group formed of

workers and soldiers the two institutions are supposed to share power but in reality are competing for it and that's where the bolsheviks and vladimir lenin come in. it must be explained to the masses that the soviet of workers' deputies is the only possible form of revolutionary government place power in the hands of the proletariat and the poor a structure of the peasantry the bolsheviks promises essentially boiled down to this power to the soviets peace to nations lands of peasants and bread to the hungry it took them just two days to come to power on october twenty fourth and twenty fifth they swiftly seized post offices key railway stations the state bank the port and other strategic locations across the city at a quarter to ten pm a blank shot fired from cruise aurora signaling the start of the storming of the

winter palace by two am on the twenty sixth of october the revolutionaries occupied it and arrested the provisional government the new bolshevik government was formed with lenin at the helm. well the nineteen. nineteen seventeen revolution is also being remembered outside of russia an improvised parade was held earlier on tuesday in berlin these are pictures from their soviet era vehicles as you can see took part in a reenactment of the revolutionary regiment stationed in petrograd with communist flags like.

ok well let's turn to the present because the catalonia crisis is making itself felt in belgium tonight supporters of spanish unity have taken to the streets of brussels to oppose a gathering of separatists cathal and politicians mayors from a number of cattle and towns are there to voice support for their deposed colleagues the region's government was sacked after declaring independence from spain at the end of october. and four ministers then fled to belgium where they are now facing extradition proceedings eight other politicians from the rest of region are also being held in detention in madrid the arrest of triggered widespread anger in catalonia former leader collis pushed among has been among those addressing the pro independence politicians in brussels. so that brings you up to date

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