the. 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. rocky parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to register media outlets as foreign agents in response to measures taken against r t america in the u.s. . and a u.k. think tank accuses the e.u. of criminalizing people who help migrants cross borders we hear from a former soldier who fell foul of the. broadcast my direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international

recapping our weekly stories with our weekly program ok so the u.k. prime minister pointed the finger at russia in a speech on monday accusing the country of military aggression and election of meddling but she offered very few details and apparently the stalled breakthrough 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 russia can russia does not to secure the best possible brics it. the day after may's speech a group of researchers claimed a russia had set up hundreds of accounts to influence the brig's a vote argues boycott looks into the story for us in recent weeks and days the british media has been heavily focused on the lack of progress the brags that talks

on the problems facing to raise their maze of 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 is 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 something at the bottom of it and i'm being very careful with my own. where there's smoke there's fire. if russia did this. the idea that four hundred twitter people will affect the lives of millions as it were mostly mostly people who don't read anything on twitter is absolutely

laughable the prime minister's 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 magill 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.

as we get the spanish officials also accused russia of meddling at this time regarding catalonia as independence movement. in many messages and many interventions that have occurred through social networks come from russian territory and they use the expression russian territory that does not necessarily 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 by 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 the allegations in a now deleted tweet said russian bots were amplifying the allegations against him

he trashed a charge to prove his point however not everyone was convinced. he should have said the cling on may have done it no he says russian bots 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 all according to you allegations made by someone else who benefits from this there's absolutely specious idea that somebody is going to go through all of this work to make some sort of strange and some cryptic association with some has been star trek actor or an accusation that's forty years old i mean it doesn't make any sense but it's great commentary. this week r.t. america was forced to to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. after months of pressure from washington the channel will now have to abide by a law first set up to combat nazi propaganda before the second world war it will have to regularly disclose full details of its broadcasts and staffing to the u.s. government plus must maintain a transparent financial structure and be ready for a full inspection at any time there's artes and he said no 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 kept 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 coup 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 and 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. and a follow up the russian parliament responded to the treatment of r.t. america it voted in favor of making it possible to require u.s. funded media outlets to register as foreign agents the russian justice ministry and later released a list of organizations that could be affected by the law when it comes into force failure to register will lead to prosecution and the outlet could be banned and just like with our team 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 give us their views on the issue. i think there's more more of a temper over the years to come to try and suppress what the american people get here because if american 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 i want to hear what's on our t.v. i mean there be people out there never heard r.t. exist now that want to know from it what's going on i would be a top surprise to find foreign listeners of r.t. 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 amnesty 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. skull and former first minister has launched his new talk show on our team alex salmond was slammed in the press for joining this 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 the publications on the care of and to submitted the question is the thought that maybe from the sun the daily mail but a bit on the other side the other quick scan back through the. russia to be broadcasting a counted fifty liberal m.p.'s thirty eight tory m.p.'s fourteen s m b m p seven liberals felician seen today you'd be in the green of all. on russia today programs so. if it's good enough for john mcdonnell gentlemen. john redwood crisp

and blunt. for you and black for vince cable and carl and lucas that i can probably. stand there the criticism that the they experienced as 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 spain issued an international arrest warrant after he fled to belgium where he is currently on bail speaking on r.t. put him on to recall the region's referendum day and related his vision of the future of catalonia and you can watch the full four programme on r t v dot com. thousands of people took to the streets of paris on saturday to voice their anger at president social policies and the crowd was blocked by police as it moved towards micron's official residence the other say palace protesters rallied against a growing presidential powers and his labor reforms which he claims will spur growth and cut unemployment now earlier one hundred members of the. party and march

announced that they were going to quit because of his betrayal of democracy these events were the latest in a string of protests across france against the president as he strode devinsky reports. what we have with thousands of people who have decided to join this march which was set up by the trade union some of the three biggest trade unions in france called on their members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france. and nice some of the damage to the shops that we're seeing along the street where this protest is going on this is a transfer western union shop and this is one of a number of shops that we've seen this small group. individuals taking part in this protest trying to break in 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 off some of this damage. it was seemed to be very targeted very angry stopping the crowds and in fact when they saw that we were trying to film they actually blocked our camera and threatened us and said you know you know also 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 protesters about what this protest was really about because it will get at this thing that the way mccrone passed the law by executive order is an attack of democracy. where very angry because this law is not for employees they simply lose all of their rights. even micro wants to liberalize to miners 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 just people who are here are hopeful that the fact that the code to survive and the fact that although much has signed this and given his approval it still needs to be debated by the parliament here in france and they're hoping 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 mind. germany could be on course for a snap election after talks on forming a governing coalition collapsed the leader of the pro-business free democratic party announced his decision to pull out of the negotiations. we have the other ones we will not abandon our water for a poli sci with vitriol it's kind of it is better not to govern when to govern by a. christian linder gave that statement after more than

a month of talks with chancellor merkel's c.d.u. and two other parties the sides were unable to agree on key issues including energy policy and whether refugees should be allowed to bring their family members to germany on the a miracle said she regrets the f.t.p.'s decision but pledged to see the country through a difficult time her future as chancellor now hangs in the balance that is because the second largest party in parliament to the social democrats has ruled out forming a new coalition with merkel that leaves her with the difficult task of trying to form a minority government by striking deals on individual issues with multiple parties and if that fails the bundestag could vote to remove her as chancellor meaning a snap election would have to be called and voters do not seem too optimistic about her chances the latest polls show sixty one point four percent of germans believe the collapse of the coalition talks means the end of her merkel as chancellor. political scientist and c.d.u. party member vernon ponselle told us that the lack of a stable government in germany would harm the entire european union because sherman

is cede most important power of the european union as the european union certainly cannot move without germany and foot your money to move with the european union or to stop pushing it forward whatever germany is in need of a stable government so far we have no stable government see a floor all european business has to wait until germany is ready again to be an active player in the european game we will simply have the situation that other than in the last decades germany interest itself which is an exceptional situation but since i'm glad merkel is contributed there are much to this situation well it's up to her to find a way of muddling through. an animal rights activist in the us is calling for legal reform after being jailed for releasing thousands of maniacs from a fur farm kevin johnson spent three years behind bars on charges that included terrorism he told us his story two thousand and thirteen

a close friend of mine tyler lange and i entered the east for coming cranch in northern illinois for thirty six years of the facility that was imprisoning and killing manc killing children within the sight and smell of their mothers offer fashion and so we entered the facility we opened all the cages in the facility to free two thousand mink and saved their lives and we painted the words liberation is love on a barn to demonstrate that we weren't trying to threaten anybody we were trying to have a message of compassion when we were arrested we were sensed under state law for possession of burglary tools we were already doing time for the crime in illinois state and the federal government intervened to indict us under this terrorism legislation you know which ended up being a nightmare and i was in prison for three years. gun virtual law under which kevin was jailed was passed in two thousand and six it bans actions that interfere with organizations dealing with animals if an individual causes more than one hundred

thousand dollars worth of damage they can face up to ten years in prison kevin johnson gave us his views on it being treated as a terrorist court essentially found was that the government is permitted to apply the label terrorism to virtually any activity that it doesn't like in this instance the court said it was not quote utterly unreasonable so that's their standard for determining whether the government can call something terrorism and is always when you worry about with employers landlords it's a serious thing even if people look at it and they say that's kind of silly whatever at the same time they take pause which was the entire purpose of the federal government when they passed the law even if people look at it and say well that's silly they still take pause people are nervous i think that it's incredibly cynical for legislators to try to use the rhetoric of terrorism you know in order to essentially repress activists on behalf of industry and finance you know terrorism we all know we've all experience in this country sadly terrorism is the

killing of civilians in order to intimidate their populations you know it's it's a desecration of the of the victims of terrorist attacks and you know an affront to the concept of what terrorism is. this week saw a stalemate at the u.n. security council over a chemical weapons probe in syria resulted in three blocked resolutions in just twenty four hours with russia and the us clashing in a war of words russia had hoped to bury the truth of the church trying to disparage your country russia has played games. is not playing games you're trying to play games with russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism. those who voted against russia's draft resolution. but the. operating. russia's actions today and in recent weeks have been designed to delay to distract and ultimately to defeat the effort. to do you. russia is wasting our

time. everything happening here looks like some ridiculous spectacle to me it all began when russia vetoed a u.s. draft resolution to extend the probe into a toxic gas incident in syria's italy province in april moscow's own draft resolution was then blocked later japan presented its own resolution to the council which would have extended the mandate for another month however russia blocked that attempt as well now russia and the u.s. both wanted to prolong the investigation however the u.s. backs the existing investigation into the chemical attack whereas moscow believes it needs to be completely review in october the joint investigative committee conducting the probe released a report blaming the syrian government for the incident russia criticized the findings one of russia's main concerns is the reliability of the samples used as evidence because experts carrying out the probe did not visit the site of the attack and receive their data through third parties which had transported samples

outside of the country and the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. did not hide her frustration when it came to the outcome of the voting. with the unity of this council or alone and unrestrained about russia's obstructionism we will continue to fight for justice and accountability earlier the russian representative to the u.n. suggested the council is trying to remove russia from syria's political process international affairs commentator jonathan steele told us is atmosphere is not helping the situation on the ground russia is a crucial player in this scary in syria in this war in syria and it is partisan in the sense that it supports the syrian government but then western governments including the british government parties are on the move those supporting the armed opposition so sorry that somebody cannot take part because they are supporting one side or the other is absurd we want people who are involved in the problem to be at the solution so all people should be there including russia

and the united states. and british school teacher has been suspended for praising his students joshua cycle of kind graduated to his math class by saying well done girls but that 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 mis 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 unable to. live out their faith in a professional setting the incident has provoked a debate over whether the school is overreaching. 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 the 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 getting 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 don't say that he's done anything wrong actual and the majority of people in the u.k. i'm sure will agree with me. in light plane crashed in eastern russia on wednesday killing six people but amid the tragedy there was the miraculous story of a three year old girl who became the sole survivor.

alas fame kills the crew it is a show to the girl with her body she was far liner in a similar they had was close to a was just a child others of its. form . we'll watch but the miracle happened. good. and that does it for me i'll be back in a bout thirty three minutes with a full look at your weekly this is our chief national stay with us from.

what holds it has to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so we want to present the injury. or some award. to the right to be first as what before three o'clock can't be good. i understood all those it was a half hour. question. our .

own welcome to all the part of this ration may be unconventional in many ways but like most its recent predecessors it also wants to try to count at mediating b.s. really palestinian conflict the u.s. delegation led by the president's adviser and son in law jared questionnaire is expected in the region this week the stops in a number of arab capitals including cairo is the current administration well equipped to take on the challenge like this especially given the divisions at home 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 be

the various challenges regionally and internationally changing in the administration the states of course is an important juncture with new policies in place and we seek to cooperate well through the united states with the russians for the nation with the 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 the two thousand and eleven the situation conditions in iraq in yemen in syria have all had very negative impact on the area. the return to the. state institutions that can effectively create stability provide for the needs of the people and protect from the first 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 unhinged for its of to safely build its foreign policy on. think maybe it was taken somewhat out of concerts that this is not the the only foundation but the multitude of foundations of our foreign policy among them of course is that 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 somewhat impacted the stability of the building so if i may ask you more specifically how does the

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