twitter removes a blue tick verification from a number of far right public figures in an effort to tackle extremism and hate speech but questions are raised over how the punitive measure is being applied. warns over the future of a chemical weapons investigation in syria scofield's washington's latest proposal to the. investigation doesn't stand up to any criticism and it's not known from who. evidence came from. the house of. the remarkable story of survival we meet a three year old girl rescued from a plane crash in eastern russia that killed the six other people on.

from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow and to our international my names you know neal good to have your company our top story this hour a number of twitter accounts belonging to far right figures have been stripped of their verified status the network sais it is changing its guidelines over concerns the blue badge is seen as a sign of endorsement but critics say the measure is not being consistently applied to reports. up until this week verification illustrated by a blue tick on twitter was a symbol that a user's account is genuine so if you take the account air don't old trump the blue take care to notice that yes these really are the words of the u.s.

president it's a bit like a certificate of authenticity for a design 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 in the months this perception when we open the benefit for public submissions and the people who we. the blue tick perch started after 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 detect uses include tommy 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 al 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 veritas founder james o'keefe both journalists with anti establishment views twitter didn't answer artie's request for more information regarding its policy review in recent months twitter has faced mounting criticism for failing to combat it. 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.

and us republican party activist john griffin told us why he sees the move as problematic. 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 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 creep into 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 meanwhile face because also ruled out a new to us part of its efforts to root fake and use its introduced water called

trust indicators they're supposed to help users distinguish between reliable publishers and those peddling misinformation online for now it covers a small group of on place but is to be expanded in the future the feature details the organizations editorial policies fact checking abilities as well as ownership structure but it's actually up to them to provide their own information well we heard from a political activist who believes the social networking giant 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. the u.n. security council will have one more chance to extend a joint investigation into chemical weapons attacks in syria later on friday japan has submitted a new resolution for consideration after russia under american stalled 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 the real grocery is not playing games you are trying to play

games with russia wants a mechanism but not an independent one would produce a protest against this blatant unprofessionalism russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism here to prove also those who voted against russia's draft resolution are responsible for the fact that the joint investigative mechanism to stop operating. when russia vetoed the u.s. drafted resolution to extend the probe into a toxic gas in serious counts koon which have over eighty people own draft resolution also did not pass the un vote both countries want to prolong the investigation period but over different terms the u.s. sparks the existing investigation into the chemical attack whereas moscow believes it needs to be completely refuted in october the joint commission leading the investigation released the report blaming the syrian government for the incident russia criticized the conclusion for lacking credibility on sufficient do diligence

. one of moscow's main concerns was with the reliability of the samples used to form the conclusion experts involved in the probe did not visit the site received data through third parties which transported them them are out of syria russia's ambassador to the un has once again voiced those worries. 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 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 chief sacrificed their own reputation and wrote their names in the history of speculation around syria nevertheless we want to say this joint investigation. russia wasn't alone in blocking the resolution after the un bolivia also voted

against the draft while china and egypt abstained after the vote r.t. spoke exclusively to the bolivian u.n. ambassador and as it has turned out he shares russia's concerns we want to get a resolution because not a resolution did or a percent of the what we need for joining. 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. he has been. criticised by many members of the council we really believe that the investigation should be done e.c. two so if we talk about the attack the attack the in saw the g.m. the joint vertical the mechanism a should go to that place and to collect evidence in order to have

a more transparent independent and complete investigation. to a quite extraordinary story 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 sole survivor as captured hearts worldwide. we're. still in the crucial to the girl that had ninety she was found lying or under the endless clothes aim was to see the child has been

a. real lucky that the miracle happened. it is. a term hate crime is usually associated with attacks against minority groups and reports into the problem in the us suggesting it's very much on the rise. a recent f.b.i. report suggests an increase in hate related incidents in twenty sixteen and many media outlets have been quick to link it with the u.s.

president's strong rhetoric samir accounting takes a closer look now at the cause and effect 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 arising since trench victory america has been grappling with a reported rise in hate crimes of 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 trump 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 the mainstream media in the united states do not like donald trump and they've painted a very false narrative of him talking about how he will increase in a mosque the between ethnic and racial groups the united states does not happen they talked about how he is colluded with the russian government they've provided you know 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 in dollar crop at all even though i was only president i mean i was only the president elect. for the last two months of twenty sixteen well the rise in 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.e. the chief of the world watched on declarer's the politics and sports are inseparable will be delving into that story in ninety seconds. here's what people have been saying about redacted and. the only show i go out of my way to lunch you know is the really packed a punch. yeah john oliver of r t america is going to say we are apparently

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seventeen minutes into the program welcome back oregon. democratic that some of the french president's political movement has been described one hundred members of his centrist political group are resigning after publicly expressing contempt for its policies and actions. spoke to us earlier on the details. it's only six months since emanuel much corn came to power in france on the back of a wave of his new movement all marsh but already the showing of the young french president and his political revolution is fading one hundred members of what is now level public almost say they quitting the party because the party which promised democracy isn't they say democratic and they say it's a broken out the movement launched by emmanuel macron in april twenty sixth started with the slogan the french people should be at the heart of political life

not its deck or now the one hundred of us can't stay with a movement or party without a clear political line and that has failed to be based on the pillars of democracy denying with the arrogance and contempt the intelligence of the people. the party leadership has dismissed these resignations which come as it prepares for its conference on saturday it points out that one hundred sixty six thousand have joined in the past six months saying some join some leave and that itself is democracy however while it's easy to dismiss one hundred resignations thousands of ordinary citizens keep voicing their anger on the streets of france again and again just on thursday there were major protests held by the trade unions in france who a futurist with forms of the working directive and the latest polls suggest just how unpopular mr conne has become meanwhile mr mann is being accused of being the

president of the rich says he doesn't know what the means and says he is the president of all french citizens commission officers are difficult not to let life . force on force take the system don't give officers are for civil. war the protests on the streets on nothing new and one hundred people leaving his own party may just be a drop in the ocean the reality is that many people in france are becoming incredibly unhappy with the young jupiter who had promised so much when he came into office so what do you can ski r.t. . did on another big story of the week the world and see president has admitted that it's almost impossible to separate sport and politics craig really these comments followed claims by russian sports officials

not one to the suspension of the country's drug body on political grounds. it's just sort of. impossible dream isn't it because that to a face. to the sport is such an important day for the lawyers well on thursday russia's sports drug testing agency resign it was denied reinstatement failed to meet two of the criteria point said i by water but russian officials are adamant those points have no relevance to the agency's work and that it had met the other eighteen during a tight time frame here's what russia's sports minister hunt to say in the wake of what this decision these two demands are obviously of a political nature we want dialogue not addict at david larkin an international anti corruption attorney thinks it's regrettable that there is no procedure to government a more level playing field i think politics and sport is

a bad thing i don't think it should ever be any political or geo political importance and 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. israel's top military officials say as his country is willing to share intelligence on iran with saudi arabia the remarks could further complicate not only an ongoing standoff between tiran. but also internal affairs in the kingdom itself picking up the story for us. 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 and 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 he announced 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 hariri 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 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 or just some background on this riyadh has long been

a supporter of former prime minister hariri whereas the lebanese president is a known alley of hezbollah a political party with a military wing backed by iran political science professor calling cavill sees the israeli military chief statement is a move to form a new coalition against iran this is the first open collaboration public collaboration and acknowledgement that there is a strong relationship between israel and saudi arabia and you can assure you that so that the united states or. president what this confirms is a alliance between israel saudi arabia. and have they remain among so that they could contain iran. well let's stay in the region because humanitarian groups are calling for

lifesaving supplies to be allowed urgently into yemen saudi arabia has been involved in the country's civil war since twenty fifteen has placed it under blockade not six or baited a serious crisis with millions of people in dire need of basic supplies.

well as such scenes of devastation have left saudi arabia's main ally questioning its role in the yemen conflict the u.s. house of representatives have agreed to bach on self supporting the sunday led coalition in a non binding resolution now it acknowledges that washington's goal in the middle east is to defeat al qaida therefore supporting reality in yemen contradicts the target america's involvement in the region is considered to be a part of post nine eleven war on terror but hooty rebels who remain the main target of saudi attacks are not recognized as terrorists therefore america's blocking of saudi operations in yemen might have affected the bloodshed that's the thoughts from inside the u.s. senate 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 the u.s. has provided saudi arabia and its allies in yemen with intelligence information and military equipment the support also included refusing flights for coalition warplanes investigative journalist dave lindorff sais u.s. officials are beginning to change their minds on the situation in yemen. seeing that may be the the images coming out in may be the world opinion that's starting to shift on yemen 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 there is a schneck it's 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 authorization 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. always more news can we find on our twitter page updates quite literally by then minutes and then i'm here with more news in half an hour's time this is our international.

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