the un back to joint mission blamed 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. and revolution about the offshore tax avoidance and money making schemes of the super rich become a goldmine for the media with many publications of rooting out and focusing on the links to russia. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is an international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the u.n. back to a joint mission investigating the chemical attack in syria's needly province back

in april has found government forces to be responsible watchdog says that they have looked into various scenarios questioned hundreds of witnesses and examined thousands of pictures and files however they did stress you never made it to the full side of the attack but the leadership panel has identified i saw the ad responsible for the use of salt for mustard in. and the syrian arab republic that's responsible for the use of sarin at conseco and their studies showed that the samples from handshake koon match with a particular chemical from the syrian arab republic stockpile that is required to make sarin. r.t. correspondent kelly mop and has 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 and consistencies 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 sheraton 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 out. when speaking to the fifteen member body. the russian envoy pointed out that at no point did members of the gym 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 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 and 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 and we

have spoken to an expert who believes that the report is based on fundamental mistakes. when we give you an example whose creator. the crater is allegedly where a corning according to claims a russian designed chemical bomb was dropped and a sarin release occurred from it now if you drop a bomb that is designed to release chemicals you will find around the area where the release of her large pieces of the bomb this is not an explosive bomb it doesn't it doesn't detonate and create many fragments it's almost that it's a canister that is filled with a chemical that's a liquid that has looks a lot like water and behaves a lot like water and it's got a small explosive charge in it and the explosive charge ruptures the canister so

that the material will fall out on the ground now. any place where this kind of munition is used is going to the remnants of the munition will be there. the international olympic committee has dismissed reports that the russian national anthem could be banned from the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics the claim was made in the new york times ahead of the i.o.c. his decision on what action to take against russia for alleged state sponsored doping show 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 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 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 what it all comes amid allegations of widespread doping following the sort she games in twenty fourteen against russian athletes 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 start she 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 we spoke to radio host alan moore from capital f.m. moscow he believes the i.o.c. president knows that a blanket ban is not the right move. it's wrong he understands that in terms of human rights it's a wrong thing to buy an entire country because he knows himself and the insiders know that 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 by and from competing from track and field especially so he knows and yossi movement knows well what the early group knows all of a blanket ban is just completely wrong. excuses and

embarrassment appeared to be the order of the day for some of the world's wealthiest people and companies and comes in the wake of the leaking of the massive trove of financial files the so-called paradise papers have exposed where the richest are hiding their money and how they are dodging to pay taxes. trillion dollars is held offshore and this man 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 ask relating 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 as you can see there is a whole host of famous faces in the papers not least queen elizabeth she has millions invested in a fund in the cayman islands then there's the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson himself now he is named as a director of an offshore firm used in oil and gas deals that make sense as he's the former c.e.o. of exxon mobil now the man next to him is billionaire george soros that's an infamous name he used a law firm based in bermuda to help manage offshore companies and then we have

a couple of pop stars of the very end we have bought though and madonna they have made investments through companies in malta and bermuda but for the mainstream media it is also about finding a political scoop among 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. it probably will not surprise you that a lot of news outlets have been trolling through the paradise paper's files in an effort to find an if arius links between russia and the us our chief daniel hawkins looks at 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 has interests in a shipping company called navigator and one of that company's clients is russia now two of the shareholders there ends with another claim to be putin's son in law and those allegedly could create a conference having joined two years before that he's adamant he's done to 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 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 cyberwar itself was. saying sion is. expresses its surprise at the politically charged interpretation in certain media

publications of regular could push an activity 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 airlines one might think the kremlin all 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 but also invested in cards that's

a start up founded by jarrad 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 twentieth. that d.s.t. global they have since divested their interest fourteen the investment was made mobile has since sold all their holdings in facebook their stake ended five years ago when we went public and if russians apparently influence your social media based in new york paula they bookings d.s.t. global's investments in facebook and twitter were just getting air b.n. b. spotify g.d. dot com is a landfill and alibaba offshore 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. donald trump's visit to south korea has barred protests among the locals in seoul

more on that after a short break stay with us. in terms of foreign policy is president this title is now being put to the test during his tour of asia because the u.s. is status quo power in the asia pacific region china. they are out in force and the south korean capital american presidents visit now at the same time pro trump rallies are also taking place prompts a trip to seoul is the second stop on its historic twelve day asia tour got underway in japan where trump outlined what appears to be a major topic of his trip the sale of u.s. weapons and it has left some asking if you sticking to the exact same script from

country to country. the prime minister to pay and is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment as we should and 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. now while in japan on that monday trump asked congress in washington for an extra four billion dollars for missile defense and enhancements rather to counter the north korean threat had another billion it to support his plans for the wider region. now reviews trumps tour of asia so far after meeting with trump 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 him 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 is apparently a dangerous state most importantly we're 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 well

this is expected to be a major theme on this sweeping asia tour but it all sounds too familiar in essence almost identical to what he said throughout his middle east this is earlier this year 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 arms deal u.s. history saudi arabia worth one hundred ten billion dollars but who's the enemy in this scenario for decades iran has fueled the fires of threatening the region and causing so much of by alliance all nations of counts must work together to isolate there is a growing realization among your arab neighbors that they have common cause with you and the threat posed by iran then it is indeed a threat there's no question about that so the solution sounds fairly simple buy u.s. weapons and the world would be

a better place so 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 in the u.s. presidents the question is doesn't it just adds fuel to the fire. samir khan our team washington d.c. . 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 a real time news feed on twitter you can follow all the latest by searching the hash tag nine hundred seventeen live that will show you how events were unfolding minute by minute back then now on the timeline right now things are still evolving rapidly and revolution has taken a dramatic turn revolutionaries have breached of the. winter palace and heard of the nearby hermitage museum as well meanwhile the members of the provisional government have been placed under arrest and the winter palace is now under the

full control of the revolutionaries so that's what was happening exactly one hundred years ago tonight. now with more on our part. there's never been a revolution quite like it the world of today was shaped by reddit tobar one hundred years ago in the one hand it borders socialism international borders as they are now racial and class equality woman'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 takes you back to. the year. we looked at the revolutions of scenery and wonder 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 no no. 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 reds the russian telegraph became the revolution retires 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. i may be wondering why we're talking about the october revolution in november because soviet russia adopted a new calendar after the bolsheviks took power on the twenty fifth of october one thousand seventeen that is november the seventh according to the gregorian calendar used today in most of the world is 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 right in pain tsar 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 in me 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 to work his deputies is the only possible form of revolutionary government place power in the hands of the proletariat and the poorest strasser 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 sick. the start of the storming of the winter palace by two 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 nine hundred seventy revolution is also being remembered outside of russia an improvised parade was held earlier on tuesday in berlin where soviet era vehicles evolutionary engine and readers as well. who's watching much international stay with us.

but politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to be. at it like to be press was like them before three of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. special. when gold make this manufacture consent to public wealth when the ruling class is protect.

it is in the body economic and it's destroying us from within this predation that's happening in the pharmaceutical industries almost that we have become for the paris and. crosstalk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle in terms of foreign policy donald trump has already idle is now being put to the test during the status quo power in the asia pacific balancing china. visit to asia i'm joined by my guest michael maloof in washington he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense in lake jackson we have daniel mcadams he is the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity and in brussels.