but we're not. earth following opinions twitter is accuse them specifically droning are wrong to wing views with new rules designed to extremism and hate speech. also ahead this hour russia. warns over the future of a chemical weapons investigation in syria. as washington's latest proposal. investigation doesn't stand up to any criticism and it's not known for who will based on reliable evidence came from. the house of cards. they remarkable story of survival we meet a three year old girl rescued from a plane crash in eastern russia that killed all of the six other people on.

coming from moscow twenty four hours a day this is our to international my names you know neil welcome to the program twitter no longer just checks to see if you're a real person it's also not judge and jury views too it's all part of new guidelines being laid done by the social network it's resulted in a number of rubbish being stripped of their official status but not all of them. explains up until this week verification in the straits by eight. on twitter was a symbol that they use as account is genuine if you take the account hair don't own . it to know that yes really all the words of the u.s. president it's a bit like a certificate of authenticity for e. designed

a handbag or a hologram stick on the back of a box containing a computer game and high profile users like trump might have hundreds of fake and power in the accounts hence the blue tick but twitter says that somewhere along the line this verification became known as an endorsement verification has long been perceived as an endorsement this perception when we open the benefit for public submissions and the people who we. believe take perch started off to twitter was criticized for verifying the account of this man jason kessler the organizer of the deadly white nationalist rally in charlottesville an organist eventually twitter came up with an extensive list of the new guidelines the reasons for removing the symbol include intentionally misleading people promoting violence inciting harassment and the list goes on nearly de take to uses

include told me robinson the former leader of the u.k.'s english defense league and white supremacist richard spencer ordinary twitter users have expressed confusion over the new policy. what about accounts like these mohammed a reef a conservative sunni muslim cleric from saudi arabia banned from the u.k. in twenty fourteen his blue tick remains intact twitter says it's conducting

a sweeping review of its verified accounts and it's possible that accounts like this may not have come up for review yet but even before the rethink twitter had been criticized for refusing to verify certain accounts that of wiki leaks editor julian assange for example or project very fast found james o'keefe both journalists with anti establishment views twitter didn't answer our t's request for more information regarding its policy review in recent months twitter has faced mounting criticism for failing to combat extremism and hate speech it's not clear how making itself the arbiter of right and wrong with a seal of approval is going to fix that problem boyko r t london well u.s. republican party activist john griffin sees twitter bosses are stifling debates on

issues that matter to people so the idea of you know firing twitter accounts on the basis of hate is is more to me of a of a symbolic gesture towards preventing dialogue that leads leads to more hateful discourse i think that what's being done is being done primarily because of top down political pressure to try to centrally silence some discussion but the the accounts that have been that have been blocked for hate speech frankly i don't think anyone has a problem with blocking them but the idea that this could create been to something where one side has an unfair advantage in most political discussions that's certainly a question that i think needs to be asked and looked at honestly. well facebook's also been making headlines for its new tool named trust indicators it's aimed at flagging up fake news on the site distinguishing between trustworthy publishers and

the rest the tool is designed to the slows information of by the ownership structure of media outlets it also looks into editorial policy on fact checking ability reviewing headlines and articles but it's actually up to the publishers themselves to provide their own information we heard from a political activist who believes facebook has let its users down facebook has the right to put whatever indicators it once but in doing so it's currently doing a major disservice to its clients it is essentially misleading them because it's basing its trust indicators on the completely flawed idea that what most of the us mainstream media is reporting is basically true so by putting these indicators it is essentially giving a incorrectly high level of trust facebook is a sort of unscientifically assuming that the currently accepted mainstream media is

also trustworthy it is not trustworthy and so allowing these people that they've assumed before even beginning any kind of real review or any kind of real experimentation that they are trustworthy and then deciding to let them show that they're trustworthy by basically saying so is completely backwards. and moving on this hour the u.n. security council will shortly have one more bid at extending the joint investigation teams work on chemical weapons incidents in syria it's after russia and america stole each other's attempts to extend the group's mandate. russia has acted to obstruct these investigations public pressure is being blamed for everything as usual russia has helped to bury the truth legitimate trying to disparage our country russia has played games with too many groceries not playing games you are trying to play games with russia wants american as i'm not an independent one would protest against this blatant professionalism russia has

killed the joint investigative mechanism. of those who voted against russia's draft resolution and are responsible for the fact of the joint investigative mechanism to stop operating. russia vetoed washington's latest attempt passing a draft bill in the un that was over and in the rebel held tongue can shake cool which killed eighty people back in april both countries want to prolong the investigation period but are at all and over the timing while the u.s. box the investigation into the chemical attack moscow believes it needs to be completely reviewed well the joint commission leading the investigation claims that the syrian government was responsible for the deadly sarin gas attack doc report came out in october and was criticized by russia for lacking credibility and sufficient due diligence while of moscow's main concerns was with the reliability of the samples used to form about conclusion as experts carrying out the probe

didn't visit the site and receive data through third parties which transported them out of syria russia's ambassador to the un once again voiced his worries during the latest council session. you would you know. this pseudo investigation doesn't stand up to any criticism and it's not known from who or where this unreliable evidence came from well so it falls apart like a house of cards based on this the joint mechanism was brave enough to accuse the whole syrian government in such a ways to sacrifice their own reputation and wrote their names in the history of speculation around syria nevertheless we want to say this joint investigation just lovely as to why russia was not alone in blocking the resolution of the united nations bolivia also voted against the draft china and egypt abstained after the vote r.t. spoke exclusively to the bolivian u.n. ambassador we wanted to get a resolution because not a resolution did or

a percent of the what we need for joining us to. mechanism to to to do our position is that there should be an independent impartial professional technical investigation of what happened there there report that the g.m. has issued a few weeks ago. it has been. criticized by many members of the council we really believe that the investigation should be done e.c. too so if we talk about the attack the attack the in. saw the g.m. the joint investigation mechanism a should go to that place and to collect evidence in order to have a more transparent independent and complete investigation. to quite exceptional story now investigators are trying to establish why a light aircraft crashed in eastern russia on wednesday killing six people however

the incredible story of one girl just three years old and the soul of survivor has captured heart toward what. we're. and the same feelings are crucial to the goal that you have nodding to us on line or soon end of the endless close can aim was to see that you. realize that the miracle happened.

in the. the world doping agency president has admitted it's almost impossible to separate sports and politics craig reading his comments followed claims that want to head up al the suspension of russia's drug body on political grounds it's a sort of. impossible dream isn't it because of it to keep the faith which is very strict of the sports is such a difficult to get good luck on thursday receive a fail to be reinstated after not meeting to try to reappoint said i'd buy wada but russian officials said that those points had no relevance to the agency's work and that it had met the other eighteen points during a tight time frame. these two demands are all be usefully of a political nature we want dialogue not addict at david larkin international

anticorruption attorney has expressed regret that there is no procedure to neutralize politics in sport i thinks politics in sport is a bad thing i don't think there should ever be any political or geo political influences in sport unfortunately that's not reality there are some i mean sport is an enterprise with competing interests what we don't have right now is a procedural and legal framework that neutralizes those completely because of that it's still a factor in sport. the media is pinning the blame on one person for a rise in hate crime in the us the f.b.i. confirms an increase in violent incidents as we look into after this. it's.

going to visit security office side always security to your own someone when. they don't want to be killed you know when the guy calls a woman who have decided it. is much more difficult to do it well to do blogs you know.

a quarter of an hour into the program you're welcome back the term hate crime is usually associated with attacks against minority groups and reports into the problem in the u.s. are suggesting it's on the right. a recent f.b.i. report say yes there was an increase in hate related incidents in twenty sixteen maybe maybe i'd been quick to link it with the american president strong rhetoric similar account takes a closer look at the polls under behind the numbers. a spike in hate crimes in the u.s. is all over the headlines after the release of the latest f.b.i. stats what we've seen since present troll got in office is a rise in hate crimes and hate crimes are on the rise across the u.s.

after the election and since the one hate crimes are rising since trench victory america has been grappling with a reported rise in hate crimes and hate crimes have reportedly been on the rise across the nation many outlets chose to present the figures as confirmation of reports that blame the rise on racial violence on donald trump's campaign and then there's the southern poverty law center front and center against the rise of hate crimes under trump now they claim a five year high is trump towards the presidency and that was indeed the case let's zoom out so there was an increase from two thousand and fifteen to two thousand and sixteen by over two hundred cases but that's far from a peak now two thousand and fourteen to two thousand and fifteen way before kicked off his controversial campaign was actually a third higher let's zoom out some more seventeen years ago during the bush administration over nine thousand hate crimes were registered in two thousand and

one alone putting last year's figures firmly in the shade two groups the united states does not happen talked about how he is colluded with with the russian government they have provided no up until now still no proof of that and there's been much greater controversies and they've they've completely ignored them to break it down further according to the f.b.i. as data of the highest spike in hate crimes was actually anti white crime well i mean this to to sticks don't bear that out. in two thousand and sixteen the number of hate crimes ticked up very slightly but it's significant statistically insignificant and donald trump at all even paul was only president i mean he was only the president elect. for the path for the last two months of twenty sixteen well the rising. hate crimes is surely a present and grave issue but a quick look at the bigger picture might just put your mind at ease samir khan r.t. . israel's top military official says his country is willing to share

intelligence on iran with saudi arabia the remarks code further complicate not only an ongoing standoff between tehran and riyadh but also internal affairs in the kingdom isa ali has more on the story. over the past ten or fifteen years there's been a feeling amongst those in tel aviv and riyadh that they have a shared interest in pushing back iranian influence in the region but over the last year or two it's becoming more and more obvious and these latest comments by the israeli military's chief of staff essentially saying it admitting that israel and saudi arabia are ready to exchange information and share intelligence on iran and its allies in the region and it's thought that this is something which has been. perhaps to boo in the past something which saudi leaders haven't been able to make the case to their own populations but now it feel more comfortable to do so and it

appears the rule of the middle east is that my enemy's enemy is my friend so those two countries increasing very cooperation in order to push back what they say is rainy and expansionism in the region now of course the situation here in lebanon has been somewhat more tense over the last couple of weeks we've seen that resignation by the lebanese prime minister saad hariri live on television from riyadh from saudi arabia here knows that resignation and many of the political actors in this country the hezbollah political party even the president michel aoun not accepting that resignation because they say according to the lebanese constitution it needs to be made in person and sad to really hasn't returned to lebanon since he made that announcement leading to some speculation that he has perhaps not been returned against his own free will well over the last day or two

we've seen an invitation being extended by the french president emmanuel macron the french leader and he has said that assad hariri is welcome to come and visit him there are many political analysts both inside lebanon and outside who say that that could be the first step to unraveling this political deadlock and seeing him return to the country and what other analysts say has been the failure of saudi arabia to try to divide the lebanese political establishment. well riyadh has long been a supporter of former prime minister hariri whereas the lebanese president is a known ally of hezbollah a political party with a military wing backed by iran for the goal science professor calling cavill ses the israeli military chief statement is a move to form a new coalition against iran. this is the first open. public. and acknowledgement that there is

a strong relationship between israel and saudi arabia and you can assure you that so you know that. this is a president what this confirms is a alliance between israel saudi arabia. and they remain among. iran while staying in the region humanitarian groups are urgently calling for lifesaving supplies to be allowed into yemen saudi arabia has been fighting rebels since twenty fifteen with yemen placed under blockade and it has triggered a serious crisis with millions of people starving and in dire need of medicine.

well such scenes of devastation how this left saudi arabia's main ally questioning its role in the yemen conflict the u.s. heiser representatives agreed on monday to block its of supporting the saudi led coalition in a non-binding resolution it acknowledges that washington's goal is to defeat al qaida supporting riyadh in yemen contradicts the target congress also called on donald trump to poland to any armed forces the us in yemen this all horror and i'm a story it's hard to see is caused in part by our decision to facilitate a bombing campaign that is murdering children. well since the start of the war in march twenty fifteen the u.s.

has provided saudi arabia. in yemen with intelligence information on military equipment the support also included refusing flights for coalition warplanes as mentioned earlier america's involvement was originally intended to fight terrorist organizations however who see rebels remain the main target of some of the attacks a group not recognised as terrorists and best to give journalist dave lindorff say as u.s. officials are beginning to change their minds on the situation in yemen are seeing that may be that is leading these people in the in the congress to in the senate to look at this and say do we really want to get dragged into another. war it's a shift. has been used abused since it was passed practically which goes all the way back to two thousand and one if they're waking up to the idea that

they can't just keep stretching the boundaries of this two thousand and one station for use of military force. you know they say they should do that but they may you know come up with new acts to do the same thing. friday afternoon here in moscow three twenty four p. and good to have your company stay with us now for more r.t. programs right ahead. crown prince mohammed bin solomon is said to be a reformer and on an anti-corruption drive others say differently saudi arabia is experiencing a life threatening crisis that could ignite a region wide conflict and the trumping ministry she appears to be on board. simply using markets to wage war against country trade individual the individual and we saw in greece when goldman sachs and their buddies decided to tear down that

country to rip it for going to dollars of the profits john paulson we've got goldman sachs that now it's spilling over into the crypto world and the geopolitical world that's happening. that. kids are. not. talking to. deal with the thing i'm done in that equal who don't just listen to

what he calls a still small. don't we don't know him don't know move to those missiles this is. a. ratings salutation. let's begin today with the senator al franken out of the great state of minnesota but not for what you think. alice been acting a little paranoid lately ever since the late october mccarthy hearings sorry senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on russia's alleged influence over the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections via social media you see this hearing has led the senator to spend the last few days preaching at the altar of censorship over

the failures of social media giants like google facebook and twitter to rein in the spread of propaganda hate speech blah blah blah in an op ed for the guardian senator franken essentially threatens that there is only one knowing all powerful entity that can stop and reign in their failures franken writes that yes the government has a responsibility to ensure that these corporations do not endanger our national security our democracy or our fundamental freedoms meanwhile on the other side of the swamp one group that knows a thing or two about censorship as well as as well as rolling out the red carpet the corporate power of the federal communications commission has all but opened the door for a corporate media monopoly in control of our local t.v. news and newspapers this week thanks to former of arise and lawyer f.c.c. chairman and his fellow republican commission members who are basically passing

right regulations barring the common ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the same market as well as prohibitions on television stations were merging together if the deal leaves less than eight different stations and their market were overturned thursday paving the way for the upcoming three point nine billion dollars sinclair tribune media merger so while al franken decides what we can and cannot read online and hands over our airwaves to corporate monopolies i think it's time to start watching those hallmarks. of. but it looks like you're like i got. with. the.

world the world are watching larks i am tired of the story and on top of the wallace. row oh a bit of trouble this week yeah i'm numerous runs through your response oh yeah i do find this kind of disturbing from someone like al franken who is supposed to be this great you know proponent of the first amendment free speech and as a comedian who told a lot of off color jokes about sexual assault. it seems weird for him to be saying that oh we should the government now that i'm in the government i want to tell other people what they can and cannot say online that's where the russia here regarding the current here and russia hearings and the social media giant testimony franken had said this last week quote last week's our hearings demonstrated that these companies may not be up to the challenge they've created for themselves in some instances it seems that they fail to take

commonsense precautions to prevent the spread of propaganda misinformation and hate speech no. do i have to sit there and have this conversation as you know propaganda by its definition of what it is and literally the people who created the idea of propaganda.