allegations of russian meddling reach new levels as britain's prime minister calls for unity against moscow while accusations fly from spain and even from a star trek actor. russian parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to register media outlets as foreign agents and responsive measures taken against r.t. america in the u.s. . and u.k. think tank accuses the new of criminalising people who help migrants across borders we hear from a former soldier who felt i would be afforded. by

broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international u.k. prime minister pointed the finger at russia in a speech on monday accusing the country of military aggression and election meddling but she offered very few details and apparently the stall the talks are far less pressing chief among those today of course is russia but it is russia's actions russia's illegal onix ation of crimea so i have a very simple message for russia because we know there's a strong and prosperous russia russia has the reach and the responsibility but can russia does not to secure the best possible brics it. the day after may's speech a group of researchers claimed russia had set up hundreds of accounts to influence the budget vote boko looks into the story for us. in recent weeks and days the british media has been heavily focused on the lack of progress at the brags it

talks on the problems facing to raise their maize government the russian interference story has drawn the fire away from all that and now media outlets can pour over the question of how many trolls does it take to incite a revolution not many according to everyone we approached to discuss this story in london do you think four hundred twitter accounts from from russia was enough to change the outcome of the referendum here in the u.k. well i think it could i think it could sort of and the could be a lot more yeah i believe there is some of the books movies and i'm being very careful with my own but. where there's smoke there's fire. for us i did use. the idea that four hundred twitter people will affect the movements of millions as it were mostly mostly people who don't read anything on twitter is absolutely

laughable the prime minister spokesperson has said that downing street didn't have any evidence of successful interference in british electoral systems and this was the way the foreign secretary put it on. the. loose. but that doesn't matter because if you ask a member of the public or if russia did majo the on say is most likely to be. to these or me and other leaders are doing across the west is trying to divert attention from their own responsibility for for the enveloping crises political crises are taking place at home and abroad too in this context they don't need evidence russia is seen as an easy target.

this week spanish officials also accused russia of meddling at this time regarding catalonia as independence movement. and many messages and many interventions that have occurred through social networks come from russian territory and they use the expression russian territory but that's not the soudan mean that we have confirmed that it is the russian government the international media took up the story accusing russia of trying to destabilize spain about the spanish prime minister played down those claims i have no data which can be used as evidence on the involvement of the russian government nothing in the blame russia card has also been played in the scandal over sexual misconduct in the u.s. entertainment industry star trek actor george to kyle was last week accused of behaving inappropriately with a male model in the early one nine hundred eighty s. he denies these allegations in a now deleted tweeted to chi said a russian bots were amplifying the allegations against him he attached

a chart to prove his point however not everyone was convinced. he should have said the cling on may have done it no he says russian box so let me get this straight they're going to get back at you by repeating something which apparently may or may not be true they're not making this up they're not lying they're not crafting some story of you having been and all they're doing is

repeating oh like quoting the new allegations made by someone else who benefits from this this absolutely specious idea that somebody is going to go through all of this work to make some some strange and some cryptic association with some has been star trak actor what an accusation is forty years old i mean it doesn't make any sense but it's great commentary. this week r t america was forced to register as a foreign agent in the us after months of pressure from washington and china will now have to abide by a law of first to set up to combat nantz nazi propaganda before the second world war it will have to regularly disclose full details of its broadcasts and staffing it to the u.s. government plus it must maintain a transparent financial structure and be ready for a full inspection at any time his arteries and he's now going. let's talk about the first amendment more american than apple pie freedom fries and gun violence the

first amendment is supposed to protect the freedom of speech right right it allows anyone to have a voice in till you speak too loud r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent why forced because the other option was legal action and accounts frozen so let's say you're an american journalist and you want to cover stories the mainstream media will never talk about and then all of a sudden your employer is labeled a foreign agent that makes you a spy the o.j. is using a law from one thousand nine hundred thirty eight created to fight nazi propaganda against america but the law doesn't apply to any other foreign broadcasters cats are the u.k. france and many other countries can have their say as long as they don't say too much remember when al jazeera was a t.v. that changed real quick as soon as they started walking washington's line they

became respected journalists you are not a respected journalist if you cover imperialism nato expansion israeli occupation if you talk saudi arabia straight up if you go inside guantanamo to reveal human rights abuses and i say spying currency wars exorbitant military spending manmade interventions and soft you are not a respected journalist if you go on live t.v. call out the country that funds your network but keep your job you are not a respected journalist if you risk your life to cover proxy wars violent protests police brutality and coverage without corporate censorship you are not a respected journalist if you win multiple prestigious awards an emmy nominations you are not a respected journalist if you only work for r.t. because it's one of the larger outlets that will actually let you say what no other network. will and touch topics you would be fired for anywhere else you are a spy

a foreign agent it's official the u.s. government now decides what is journalism and what is not but this is just the beginning it starts with russia and it will end i home right in the heart of america. in a follow up the russian parliament responded it to the treatment of r.t. america voted in favor of making it possible to require u.s. funded media outlets to register as foreign agents themselves now the russian justice ministry later released a list of organizations that could be affected by the law when it comes into force failure to register will lead it to prosecution and the outlet could be banned and just like with r.t. america all output by the channels will have to be marked as a product released by foreign funded media british journalist neil clark and former london mayor ken livingstone gave us their views on the issue i think more more attempts over the years to come to try and suppress what the american people get

here because if you merican people could see the truth about a lot of what's happening around the world they would be questioning what their government is doing behind all of that and so on the result of this is going to be more people now finding out on here what's on our t.v. i mean there be people out there now. now that want to know. what's going on i would be a total surprise to find foreign listeners will be more in a few weeks time than they are now when we heard last week that r.t. had until the following monday to register as a foreign agent in america there was silence from groups like out in the state and other groups that are supposed to be defending free speech and free media and yet when russia very reasonably announces reciprocal measures in response to these mega from the us then all of a sudden these so-called impartial western pro human rights organizations come out and say this is outrageous this is terrible russia is clamping down on free speech

so i think everybody can see now very clearly the hypocrisy that underpins so much of this western organizations. scotland's former first minister has launched his new talk show on r t alex salmond was slammed in the press for joining the channel with headlines like these but he is confident he made the right decision. are you not afraid of been hosts in the rush of the program taking into consideration all their publications on the can of and to submitted questions i thought maybe from the sun the daily mail but a bit on the other side i the quick scan back through the. russia today broadcasting and a counted fifty liebert m.p.'s that the tory m.p.'s fourteen s m b m p seven liberals friesian fain to do you'd be in the green of all appear on russia today programs so you know. if it's good enough for john mcdonnell janet corbin diana

john redwood crispin blunt liam for you and black for vince cable and carl and lucas that i can probably stand there the criticism that the the experience does well in his first show alex salmond spoke exclusively to the ousted president who was sacked in october and is now facing charges of sedition and rebellion in spain issued an international arrest warrant after he fled to belgium where he is currently on bail speaking on our team colors put him on to recall the region's referendum day and related his vision of the future of catalonia you can watch the full program r.t. dot com. thousands of people took to the streets of paris on saturday to voice their anger at president social policies crowd was blocked by police as it moved towards micron's official residence at the elysee palace protesters rallied against a growing presidential powers and his labor reforms which he claims will spur

growth and cut unemployment earlier one hundred members of my party and march announced that they were going to quit because of his betrayal of democracy these events are where the latest in a string of protests across france against the president. reports. what we have with thousands of people who have decided to join this small watch which was set up by the trade unions some of the three biggest trade unions in prague's call the nine members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france. a nice some of the damage to the shops that we're seeing along the street where this protest is going on this is that a transfer western union shop and this is one of a number of shops that we've seen this small group of individuals taking part in this protest trying to break and smash what they're using around them is not just

rocks on the street but it's when you take a look down here these are the great they're pulling up from around the trees and they've actually been trying to use those to ram into the shops to cool some of this damage. it was seemed to be very tall the tates very angry stopping the crowds and in fact in the suv that we were trying to film that she blocked off camera and frightened us and said you know you know it's allowed to film us doing this because they concerned about the police being able to work out what their identity is well apart from that we've been speaking to some of the purchases about what this protest was really about because it will get a. the simplest thing that the way mccomb possible by executive order is an attack of democracy when it doesn't clip us good we're very angry because this law is not for employees they simply lose all of their rights apply not quite in a complete. even micro month to liberalize optimize and destroy all the

security of workers he wants labor costs to be at a minimum and we're here to denounce this policy which is not in the interests of workers was you they also went to school measure people here are hopeful that the fact that the code to provide and the fact that although my phone has signed this and given his approval it still needs to be debated by the parliament here in france on the whole you think that by holding protests like this by showing how many people are unhappy and concerned about these changes that they might be able to get parliamentarians in france to change their minds. the e.u. is being accused of criminalizing people who try to help migrants cross borders that story much more still to come you're watching weekly art internet. what else should seem wrong. but all wars just don't call. me old yet to shape out these days comes to educate and it gets read because

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welcome back this is the weekly on r t international an anti-racist of think tank in the u.k. has accused the european union of criminalizing people who help refugees cross borders the institute of race relations says governments are using people trafficking laws to punish those trying to get migrants to safety one person mentioned in the document is former british soldier robert lowery and he made headlines last year when french authorities charged him for trying to help a four year old girl illegally come to the u.k. he found her living in the notorious jungle camp here's his story. years ago i went over to help in in france in the notorious jungle and i was building shelters there. and i befriended a young afghan girl and their father and she used to help me for many weeks and you know amongst building shelters until one day i found out she had

a family who lived literally two miles from myself and i decided to you know with with you know a little bit of thought of what would i decided to try and get still her family it was quite obvious that you know i didn't do it for money it was quite obvious i didn't do it for you know any political gain or anything not that it was probably she had a purely did it out of a humanitarian the desire to help this little girl the french government the three judges in the cos so all this for what it was they viewed it as a stupid act by an ex soldier. the former british soldier faced five years in prison before his punishment was reduced to two a thousand euro fine and his actions were called a crime of compassion by the media is rob again on the french authorities i could only presume that agenda would be that if they were to stop aid workers are

humanitarians going to hell then that would force refugees and then back off awesome away unless you've actually lived among refugees and heard some of the stories you can't really understand why they would want to come over you know two european shows the refugees about these. you know these are escaping you know be you know real was let's look at what's happening with governments around the world at the moment let's take donald trump's america show it donald trump is trying to internalize america with itself coupled with the fact that donald trump is completely out of his depth with any kind of knowledge of refugees around the world so if the governments think by restricting humanitarian aid workers other volunteers are charities to help on the ground there can

a kid in cells and that kind of trying to sweep you know the issues under the under the cap it so to speak the situation is going to grow but we realize that you know something has to be done. a british a school teacher has been suspended for praising his student joshua sutcliffe and congratulated his math class by saying a well done girls but about upset one teenager who now identifies as a male teacher insists that he apologized immediately. the student in question. came in did very well and then i said well done girls you started really well and i was met with a fierce rebuttal. and i sincerely apologize. i then found out six weeks later that i was going to be under investigation for a missed gendering within the community and initially for one day that transpired

to be two days and then three days and then it's now been six days where i've been sat in a in an office not being able to teach my math lessons joshua believes he is being singled out because of his religious beliefs i think i've been bullied really for you know for who i am within the school setting up a bible club and then it being shut down with an iron fist really having so many people coming along to the bible club and being interested in the bible i feel like i've been discriminated against within the community and i think that's a trend. nationwide is that christians are able to. live out their faith in a professional setting incident has provoked a debate over whether the school is over reacting. it was not intentional he hadn't meant to cause offense so i think that his suspension is disproportionate i

think that the school should obviously point out to him that he made a mistake which of course he doesn't recognise and then get his assurance that it won't happen again i think that is the end of the matter transgender agenda he's got a much much too much influence in the british media and embrace society there are very small minority i feel sorry for anyone who thinks they are trapped in the wrong body they should be treated with respect and tolerance but where is the tolerance for this man he's a christian but of course you're not allowed to be a christian anymore are you in modern britain i don't see that he's done anything wrong actual and the majority of people in the u.k. i'm sure will agree with me. british forces have struck a deal with moscow to allow dozens of russian speaking children to return from syria the children had been taken there by their parents who joined islamic state parties but i've got to have visited the kids as they prepared for their journey

home. with isis now on its last legs flights like this becoming a regular thing russian citizens looting the wives and children of isis fighters is being collected wherever they're found whether they've surrendered or been captured and taken back to russia to rejoin their families it isn't often that a high ranking syrian could visit the russian airbase in syria but this is a special exception nineteen russian speaking woman along with twenty six children were being held by the y.p. they came from all around from rocka their heads or. it took time to confirm their identities and to secure their release that it was dangerous to flee directly for three or four months we try to find a way out of syria. for them to. turkey and all mothers went to

the beach and then our fathers told us we were going to visit someone who got into a black car that took us to see area the children bad obvious signs of trauma stunted speech and the development excessive nervousness and other symptoms brought about by what they saw war and carnage. when we first tried to flee i saw militants caught and imprisoned us were put in prison on three separate occasions the last time they didn't release my father and later this hour he had died when all is said and done there is some responsibility to be taken here these women came to syria voluntarily and that they may yet have to answer for if you move at the then you need to be honest just for the thrill. only. i didn't have a husband version less ideas but the family got there they took all close. money

watches rings ever since they could sell out which was just me i was thinking i was let's move up after we divorced i came to tell my husband i was going to leave the country in the fall when day he took my son and told me i would never see him again almost all had family relatives who were more than willing to help her job which we were sure the work i want to go home to my grandma. and that does it for me i'll be back in thirty five minutes with another look at your we do your watching art international stay with us. throughout. the hour.

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welcome to all the part of the truth in this situation may be unconventional in many ways but like most its recent predecessors i also want to try found at mediating b.s. really palestinian conflict the u.s. delegation allowed by the president's advisor and son in law jarrett question are expected in the region this week the stops in a number of arab capitals including cairo is the current here is administration well equipped to take on the challenge like this especially given the divisions at home want to discuss that i'm now joined by foreign minister of egypt so michel karim minister it's great to see in moscow thank you the last time we had a chance to talk here was in spring of two thousand and sixteen in the final years of the obama administration when the wall the ready since like a pretty messy place judging from your vantage point in cairo how has the situation in the wall changed since then. well we certainly have. continued to strive to meet

the various challenges both regionally and internationally change and in the administration the states of course is an important juncture with new policies in place and we seek to cooperate both with the united states with the russians for the nation with partners in europe to create the necessary stability to regain especially not part of the world the stability that has been gravelled by the events of two thousand and eleven the situation in conditions in iraq in yemen in syria have all had very negative impact on the area. the return to the. state institutions that effectively create stability provide for the needs of the people and protect from the sorts of terrorism now you mentioned the political change in the united states and last year you famously said

. the strategic relationship with the united states was the foundational cornerstone of addiction foreign policy and i think it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that. both friends and foes of the united states have been somewhat astonished by many of the bands in that country don't you think that this cornerstone foundational cornerstone has become somewhat on hinge for edge of to safely build its foreign policy on. think maybe it was taken somewhat out of qantas that this is not the the only foundation but there is a multitude the foundations of our foreign policy among them of course is that it is based on principle and. stablished rules of international law and also relationships like that which we have with russia which is a story which is a very deep and multifaceted relationship with the western europe with our partners and you know live when you take one major cornerstone it's still.