just because. it's. new and back to join mission blame syrian government forces for the chemical attack in the country's italy but province back in april. olympic chiefs dismissed media claims as premature that the russian national anthem will be banned at the upcoming winter games. revelations about the offshore tax avoidance and money making schemes of the super rich become a goldmine for the media with many publications rooting out and focusing on the links to russia. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is art international john thomas glad to have you with us we start with breaking news this hour the u.n. back to joint mission investigating the chemical attack in syria is in the province

back in april has found government forces to be responsible the watchdog says that they have looked into various scenarios question hundreds of witnesses and examined thousands of pictures and files however they did stress that they never made it to the site of the actual attack. the leadership panel has identified. as responsible for the use of salt for mustard in. and the syrian arab republic that's responsible for the use of sarin at conseco in the studies showed that the samples from coun match with a particular chemical from the syrian arab republic stockpile that is required to make sarin. correspondent and it has got more on the story. well immediately after hearing the report from the o.p.c. w. we heard from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations now when she spoke she praised the joint

investigative mechanism or the gem of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w for their report and then she went on to urge the council to pass a new resolution prolonging their work investigating chemical weapons in syria she said that she was open to working with russia and china on drafting a new resolution to prolong the investigation and the o.p.c. w jim this is nikki haley the gym's report not only identifies those behind the chemical attack it also explains how it reached its conclusion it lays out in great detail how the team carried out this challenging investigation and just as any independent team of experts would it makes note of any irregularities that found in the information obtained from the investigation with the russian ambassador spoke to the meeting of the un security council and he was less than enthusiastic about the reporters he pointed out to many problems with the report and many aspects of

the way the investigation was done relying on third parties as being rather on satisfactory this is russia's envoy to the united nations said. the investigators carried out their work remotely the report is full of omissions inconsistency and discrepancies a very mediocre quality there is a question as to the samples collected by third parties and whether they are from syria toll it is unclear how the syrian was transported and used also a visit to show iraq an airbase would be crucial to prove it's there and was there and to find out who was responsible for the attack in other words it was the jim task to find this. when speaking to the fifteen member body the russian envoy pointed out that at no point did members of the jet. visit the site of the attack in qana they simply relied on the reports of third parties now it's quite critical to visit the site and he urged the people of the world to consider

a criminal investigation in which the site of the crime was never visited by those investigating the crime in trying to determine guilt was pointed out that in a case of chemical weapons it is essential to visit the site where the alleged attack took place furthermore he had questions about the activities and the background of these third parties that were relied upon pointed out that one of the groups that was relied upon to give their testimony was the white helmet an ngo that has similar links to the al nasra terrorists now at this point we've heard from the european union the european union is calling for new sanctions against the syrian arab republic in response to today's report about chemical weapons so many developments are in the works there's talk of a new resolution russia and china working together with the united states to draft a new resolution but as of yet it's not clear what's next for the o.p.c. w. or the joint investigative mechanism as they continue their work in syria. hard to

discuss this further we're now joined live by rick sterling an investigative journalist and member of the syria solidarity movement rick thanks for being with us here on our to international. so i guess let's get down to it without mincing any words did the investigators come to the right conclusion. well they've got a very shaky conclusion and even their report indicates that the number of various irregularities. not only in understatement inside the report it's knowledge that there were fifty seven victims transported to five different parts but also before the attack even happened. so how do you have a big floor happens the acknowledge in the report that they cannot confirm that there were syrian chair over a country who in at the time of the incident accounts if nobody you know showing syrian jet the syrian air force says they were not quite shaken and they were carrying it. on no one to another town and actually the u.s.

radar tracking confirms that that syrian jet fighter has no closer than quite kilometers conseco so in addition to that any investigation is an essential component but it's looking at motive as a motive or a chemical weapons incident and in syria obviously it's the opposition and the syrian government has every motive to prevent or never to have that happen so russia's deputy envoy to the u.n. has given several examples of why the results may be faulty you've touched on some of them just a second ago why do you think that these problems weren't actually considered in the investigation i mean they mention them but they don't consider them in the conclusion. well that's that's part of the big problem here they they say they didn't pursue the discrepancy between victims and we're not just poking about two or three victims fifty seven at five different hospitals being logged in or the

happening and they report that and then they say they did not pursue the matter well what kind of investigation is that just like the fact that they did not go to find shakoor and even though the russians guarantee the safety of the put it best occasion team that was going to go there and the u.n. team in august the twenty thirteenth following that incident a u.n. team did visit the scene of that that crime and report back so that's another element that needs to be pursued that it could be investigation so far has is very . very partial and it's very they've actually. not looked into or considered the reports that have been done but numerous credible people including an mit professor with the specialty in this area including seymour hersh journalist gareth porter have all done very extensive studies and blockbuster reports on this which the investigation team that the joint investigative mechanism apparently has

not considered so let's look at the political side of things i if you pull back a little bit the u.s. envoy nikki haley to the u.n. she said that they want to find a common ground with russia she said that they will introduce a new draft resolution to renew the investigation's mandate this is mean that they concede to some of the points that russia has made that they might not fully agree with us from point to but you see the well i'm not sure if there's a media stunt nikki haley a week before the report was released was demanding a one year extension up to an investigative mechanism or so before the report was hope they were demanding the extension be to the route the russians as i understand it have been suggested. shorter extension the key thing here is that there is the bias in the investigation so. as to be dealt with you need to have an object or show independent investigation and as much as the investigation team says

they're in commercial interest and the facts speak for themselves so that they have not investigated clear discrepancies clear contradictions that have been bent. and they've relied on the witnesses their role i don't even come from you and western a defense against it. so no these are the same defense institutes in the same so-called experts who confirmed that there were don't do mt in iraq in two thousand and three how can we rely certainly interesting question to pose a direct sterling investigative journalist and member of the serious solidarity movement in trying to harriet thoughts glad to have you with us here on our two international it will be here. by switching gears now the international olympic committee has dismissed reports the russian national anthem could be banned from the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics that claim was made in the new york times ahead of the i.o.c. decision on what action to take against russia for alleged state sponsored doping

artie shaw dubinsky reports now from the olympic headquarters in switzerland. well the article by the new york times suggests unnamed sources from the international olympic committee have said that they are discussing a possible ban on the russian national anthem at the winter games in twenty eighteen there also it says in the article discussing a menu of other possible penalties against russia including not allowing delicate and athletes take part in the opening ceremony now we are asked the i.o.c. for a response to that reports and whether those suggestions of those possible sanctions being discussed was actually true this is all premature speculation before the world and schmidt commissions have even completed their work and before which you. yes to which any individual an organization is and try to hold has been followed what it all comes amid allegations of widespread duping following the sort she games in twenty fourteen against russian athletes that led to the the russian track

and field team being disqualified i'm 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 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 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. we've spoken to sports radio host alan moore from capital f.m. moscow he believes the i.o.c. president knows that a blanket ban is the wrong move it is wrong he understands that in terms of human rights it's a wrong. tree because he knows himself and the insiders no doubt there's

a very small group in every country who are able to facilitate this with doctors who are their coaches so in a year to ban people already as we know russia have tens of thousands of athletes bond from competing from track and field especially so he knows and yossi movement knows well the group knows what a blanket ban is just completely wrong. and trove of lead to financial documents is shedding light on where the world the rich and famous are hiding their money find out where coming up after a short break broadchurch international. a fight for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion

from the families it's the age of the super money will be their own to spend spend be true to the twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful guy was great so what will chance with. the banks going to. in terms of foreign policy donald trump has already earned himself the title the low expectations president this title is now being put to the test during his tour of asia even the us a status quo power in the asia pacific region. challenging china.

welcome back this is art international law for moscow now excuses and embarrassment appeared to be the order of the day for some of the world's wealthiest people and companies it comes in the wake of the leaking of a massive trove of financial files the so-called paradise papers have exposed where the richest are hiding their money and how they dodge paying taxes.

trillion dollars is hell 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 so as you can see here there is a whole host of famous faces in the papers not least of which is queen elizabeth she has millions invested in a fund in the cayman islands and then there is the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he is named as the director of an offshore firm used in oil and gas deals that make sense he's the former c.e.o. of exxon now the man next to him is very infamous himself his name is george soros soros he's a billionaire and he has used

a law firm based in bermuda to help manage offshore companies and there are a couple of famous pop stars at the end of veterans bondo and madonna they made investments in through companies in malta and remuda but for the mainstream media it is also about finding a political scoop among the mass 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 and it probably will not surprise you that a lot of news outlets have been trawling through the paradise paper's files in an effort to find enough areas links between russia and the us now to use daniel hawkins look at how they have 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 has interests in a shipping company called navigator and one of that company's clients is russian energy for siebel now two of the shareholders there are fish alley under u.s. sanctions 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 when you have those individuals who've never met them so there's nothing wrong with the that it happens to be a russian company does not mean the only 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 bore who was then saying certain. things in c. but 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. you have a catchy headline now if you're still with me the evidence of russian influence goes even further from these outlines one might think the kremlin all but owns these social media giants but again let's take

a closer look to 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 and also invested in cards that's a start up founded by jared krishna donald trump's son in law surely there's a smoking gun on russian meddling but here's what the protagonists in this conspiracy have to say themselves we announced via an august twenty eighth that the s two global led a round of investments in twitter they have since divested their interest from twitter in me twenty four tomb the investment was made 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 and your 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 market nations 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. today we have been marking the one hundredth anniversary of the revolution that led to the creation of the u.s.s.r. and we have been running real time news feed on twitter you can follow all of the latest by searching the hash tag ninety. seventeen live and that will show you how events were unfolding minute by minute back then on the timeline right now things are still evolving rapidly the revolution has taken a dramatic turn revolutionaries have breached the winter palace and entered the

nearby hermitage museum as well meanwhile the members of the provisional government have reportedly been captured with the palace is now under the full control of the revolutionary so that's what was happening exactly one hundred years ago tonight. now with more of our project. there's never been a revolution quite like it the world of today was shaped by reddit tobar one hundred years ago on the one hand it borders socialism international borders as they are now racial and class equality women's rights universal health care and education on the other hand it led to a bloody civil war nato and the cold war imagine living through

such a pivotal moment in human history well you can almost feel ever dreamed of time travel brings you a digital time machine that sexy back to two hundred seventy. we looked at the revolutions and wondered what if twitter existed a hundred years ago lenin nicholas the second and dozens of the big players of the revolution live tweeting as though the revolution was happening now. this is your chance to interact with them log on to twitter and tell lenin what you think about his plans he know not us but the russian telegraph of one

hundred years ago has also been posting live updates until the takeover. information is power and no one weaponized it like the red russian telegraph became the revolution retired and you needn't just read about it you can see it happen.

scenes 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 nineteen seventeen lives history today. now you may be wondering why we're talking about the october revolution in november was because soviet russia adopted a new calendar after the bolsheviks took power on the twenty fifth of october one hundred seventeen that is november the seventh according to the gregorian calendar used today in most of the world here's a short recap of what happened in russia one hundred years ago. it's october one thousand nine hundred seventeen and russia is fast approaching 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 rise in pain zhan nicholas 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 their friend emmy's the petrograd soviet group formed 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. in cruise a rural signalling the stops of the storming of the winter palace. am on the twenty sixth of october the revolutionaries occupied and arrested the provisional government the new bolshevik government was formed with lenin at the helm. the one hundred seventy revolution is also being remembered outside of russia an improvised parade was held earlier on today in berlin there soviet era vehicles to be part of a reenactment of the revolutionary regimes stationed in petrograd with communist

flags and photos of historical leaders. bizarre t. stay with us. little odd but it was. easy. to. us just. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be rich. that's a going to be for us it's like that before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. city. the financial table and the financial parasite is in the body economic and it's destroying us from within this predation that's happening in the pharmaceutical industry just other aspects of the host that we have become for the parasites in the pharmaceutical industry and wall street and other various industries and so what's the cure for how to get rid of the tape how to get rid of a parasite. time

when the frances is being bussed broadcast around the world from washington d.c. coming up power plays in saudi arabia the palace purge of dozens upon dozens of princes business layer leaders and current and former ministers of government are arrested the crown prince says it's only the beginning on top of that renewed tensions with iran we're going to dig into the effects on oil prices and the paradise papers what's the fallout when you hide money overseas to avoid taxes and then you're caught out we've got more details the dirt and more pending troubles for the big names. and finally my guest conservative t.v. and radio host steve malzberg sounds off the fight is on between republicans and democrats in the fine print tax reform stand by far right now.

as president donald trump winds his way through asia on a five country tour topping his agenda is striking down the nuclear threat from north korea on the third day of his trip and a joint press conference with south korean president new dry in he said efforts to put press. sure on the north korean regime has been successful as for what's next he likes to play his cards a little close to the vest and that he wants north korea to come to the table here in the south korean leader discussed amending the free trade agreement between the u.s. and south korea which came into force back in two thousand and twelve five years later after the ink is dried the total trade between the countries has totaled out and one hundred forty four point six billion dollars of the u.s. trade deficit hit seventeen billion.