graphic and disturbing video emerges showing the body of the former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh is understood to have been killed by who he fight is our alliance between them collapsed last week also become the president mali contradicts the french account of an airstrike in northern mali in october saying the bombardment killed soldiers not jihadists and another refraction too from a major us media outlet over coverage of the scandal surrounding the white house and team from the alleged collusion with russia.

hello there come to life from moscow you're watching r.t. international now will begin this hour in yemen where former president saleh has been killed in fighting in the capital sana'a a video has been released showing his body although please be aware the footage we are about to show you is extremely graphic and upsetting to see ability was at the helm of yemen from one nine hundred ninety until twenty twelve and was deposed during the arab spring on rest the internal conflict that ensued afterwards saw him team up with think the rebels against president hardy however salai made a public break from the shia rebel fighters in a speech on saturdays sundays former allies saw this move is a betrayal a move to drive forces loyal to him out of the capital sana'a who threw rebels say the politician was killed while he was trying to flee the city the car in fact you can see here it's believed to be the one he was trying to escape it. the shia

militants claim santa is now under their control with prasar militants defeated a local journalist in the capital yemeni capital believes there's been a clear divide among yemenis over sally's dealings with the saudis. the decision to return back to the domination of saudi arabia has angered many yemenis pressuring the saudi was there to the killing of. thousands of civilians and also it's a devastating impact of its blockade will be imposed of the country. such a decision betty. for. saudi arabia to offer the new charter. schools with. such a news also have been welcomed by some yemenis. well according to the international committee of the red cross there have already been two estra strikes on santa security and political analyst. police the saudi led coalition could sing bring to

bear even more firepower. it's not the first time he switches sides this shift has been part of his political career it's not the first time that he changed changed his political position and is alliances this time was a drastic failure the people of yemen after so many years of saudi bombardment i don't think they're ready to sit and talk with the saudis as if nothing happened there was a statement by the saudis actually where they threatened to bomb some are the night for there is going to be more bloodshed this failure in this conspiracy perhaps will push the saudis for more aggression more destruction and that's very unfortunate for the yemeni people. to mali in west africa now where the country's president has confirmed soldiers were killed in a french airstrike in october the french army earlier said that their operation

targeted forces that had deserted to join and is in this group although it's now believed those soldiers had been taken hostage by the jihadists. the hostages and the should be ambiguity about that between french friends and one of those stories where the truth is really hard to be established but what we know for sure so far is that at the end of the toper the french military stationed in africa is part of the anti terrorist operation at hand carried out a strike targeting the northern part of mali the country's troubled region suffering a lot in the last five years and currently from islamist violence according to the french commanders fifteen jihadist were killed in the attack including who they believe were former marlin soldiers who joined the ranks of the islamists but what is surprising in this situation is the reaction of president despite the death of the country's soldiers that could have been killed by mistake and could be

considered as collateral damage his reaction is very mortar it is regrettable because unfortunately happen in these types of operations we should. not. exist why is he doing that it's really hard to say he may have his that his own reasons and we know that mali has been helped a lot by friends to fight against islamist groups in the northern part of the country but again this is one of those stories where the accounts could be different from sides involved and it's really hard to establish where is the truth . a top u.s. political reporter working for a.b.c. news has been suspended without pay after making false claims about potential collusion between team trump and moscow he stated that former national security adviser michael flynn was directed by trump to make contact with russia before the election took place but flynn is not believed to have established dialogue until

after the vote trumps former aide has been making headlines since friday when here pleaded guilty to lying. to the f.b.i. about his contacts with then russian ambassador to the u.s. in becoming the first former white house official to be charged in the so-called russian investigation but he now explains uses masking what the probe into alleged collusion is actually uncovered. after almost a year of investigations into whether team trump and big bad russia were in on it together the only concrete things to come out of those inquiries is a couple charges of making false statements and a shocking revelation that we knew a year ago this building doesn't see anything necessarily. you know you know appropriate for. members of the incoming administration and foreign officials there are one hundred there for no right now and again this is an ongoing we have no. you know no comment or no problem with them doing such on their own the obama

administration saw no issue with michael flynn's conversations with the then russian ambassador because it was par for the course but that didn't stop the media running wild over his guilty plea for in fact checking to the wind like a.b.c.'s award winning chief investigative correspondent brian ross who won't be on the air for the next four weeks because of his false reporting on flynn he's prepared to testify we're told by a confidant against president trump against members of from family and all those in the white house is prepared to testify the president as a candidate donald trump ordered him directly to make contact with the russians which contradicts all the government has said this point that bombshell report sent shock waves across the nation even taking the u.s. stock market only to be proved fake in reality michael flynn was asked to contact the russians only after trump had already won the election which makes a world of difference you can't sway a vote that's already played out a.b.c. issued an apology about how they deeply regret the serious error saying they had

not fully vetted ross the story well maybe they should have known better given his history of producing fake news back in two thousand and one ross made the explode. have claimed that saddam hussein may have been responsible for anthrax attacks in the u.s. citing only anonymous sources the white house person shot down that story and what they refer to as concocted claims one news agency describe ross as quote having produced more high level haphazard reporting than perhaps any other reporter on television although to be fair he's far from alone when it comes to reporting especially when it comes to stories on russia. if you will just spew it that he ever assured the president that he was not under any kind of investigation. the marks the thirtieth and again i think on

a pro level just tell them we're not investigating the person that was true. corrections clarifications and apologies are all well and good but more often than not once the fake story is out of the bag the retraction does little to put it back . meanwhile the f.b.i. has been threatened with legal action after it was accused of hiding information from lawmakers u.s. house intelligence committee says that the agency does need to explain why it dropped a key agent in the so-called russia investigation from new york is. well the u.s. lawmakers on the house intelligence committee want information from the f.b.i. and if they don't get it there could be criminal charges for contempt now at this

point what the committee wants to find out is why top f.b.i. investigator who was looking into trump in the allegations of russian collusion and such they want to know why he was fired now reports seem to indicate that he was fired for an anti trump an anti republican bias that can committee has set monday as the day that they want to know they want testimony and they want answers from the f.b.i. this is devon noone is the chair of the house intelligence committee explaining their frustration. by hiding from congress i'm from the american people documented political bias by a key head investigator for both the russian collusion probe the clinton investigation the f.b.i. and the do you engage in a willful attempt to thwart congress's constitutional oversight responsibility so if information is not provided with monday being the deadline it appears that legal

action could be taken against the department of justice and the f.b.i. now republicans are pointing to peter strock and his possible bias as proof that the investigation into russia and donald trump may be politically motivated from the beginning now in his usual style donald trump got on twitter and he spoke up and was highly critical of the f.b.i. he said that the reputation of the f.b.i. is in tatters and he said that it's tented he called the f.b.i. dishonest now the house and house intelligence committee says that they want answers from the department of justice about why this topic agent was fired they want answers they want information and if they don't get it this will be going to court. is being claimed that a british aid companies in the first simply funding to heidi's in syria adam smith international which aims at improving living conditions into world countries is accused of letting its funding end up in the hands of terrorists according to a t.v.

documentary which will be broadcast in britain in a few hours with the details his party boy. up until last night the british government had just scheme whereby it provided funding for policing and community projects saying oh position held areas of syria and this project was all about funding this so-called free syrian. and it with implemented by a company called. international itself is this. building in london and adam smith international it's a think tank it's a lobbying group and it also promotes democratic reforms around the world given the chaotic nature of civil war and given the makeup of the syrian opposition an investigation done by b.b.c. panorama now alleges that some of that government money may have ended up in the hands of extremists as

a result according to the documents seen by this investigation police in aleppo province were forced to hyundai the cash to the extremist group that was in control of the area that it also claims that the syrian branch of al qaida to battle nuestra hand hand picked the offices for two of these so-called free syrian police forces in the aid live province there are also allegations that there were dead and fictitious people on this force's payroll and the foreign office has now confirmed that it has suspended the funding towards the ajax scheme that is the access to justice and community security scheme in syria take a listen would take any allegations of cooperation with terrorist groups and of human rights abuses extremely seriously and the foreign office has suspended this program while we investigate these allegations it's important to note that these allegations have already called somewhat of a brown hair in the u.k.

adam smith international have called the allegations entirely untrue and misleading they put out a statement saying that it refutes the claims and will pursue every legal avenue to defend the reputation of the project and the company as well the child pic of britain's foreign aid though is highly controversial here is one that's been part of public debate because it's all about taxpayers' money being censored brought to help of the country's third. seen billion pounds a year to be precise and many here say that the government should be spending at least some of that money on funding things like the national health service or education instead so allegations that some government money could be getting into the hands of extremists in syria is only going to fuel that argument. now a senior white house advisor says the president trump has not yet decided on whether

to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel speculation has been rife he might make the decision this week president's going to make his decision and. his decision he's still looking at a lot of different facts and that when he makes his decision. will be the one to want to tell you. well jerusalem is a holy city for muslims christians and jews and it's been a key area to have disputes in the conflict between israelis and the palestinians government does claim jerusalem as its capital although most of the international community doesn't recognize it as such however if the u.s. were to recognize it it would likely inflame tensions in the middle east trumps initiative to move his country's embassy to jerusalem which he outlined on the presidential campaign trail has been condemned by the arab league countries and their secretary general warns that the proposal would fuel extremism and lead to

violence to there was similar sentiment from jordan's foreign affairs minister here he warned of a negative outcome for the whole of the arab and muslim world jordan has already called an emergency meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation and the arab league on the potential consequences of trump's decision journalist a media activist thinks that the u.s. doesn't understand how sensitive the issue is. not seeing the country today has an embassy in jerusalem because they understand that this is a sensitive issue and they don't want to kind of hurt our tap to tamper with something that sensitive so i think the u.s. is playing with fire the u.s. doesn't understand that jerusalem is not a palestinian issue alone it is an arab issue it's in the muslim issue and it's an issue of real consequences and sensitivity to millions and over a billion muslims around the world so i think the the idea is that they want to

make sure washington understand that there tinkering with their very dangerous lives. in a grenade here and if it's going to blow up we're going to blow up in everybody's face the russians fight in the upcoming winter olympics will be decided in just over twenty four hours we'll have a look at what is at stake just after the break. but i don't want more value on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to buy the battle. field to do stocks for the tell you

that because of the public. was a. lot of talk about her eyes and tell you to think you are not cool enough to buy a product. of the heart that we along with all our good work. again you with by tomorrow we should know russia's fate for the upcoming winter olympics in south korea and whether it will be hit by a blanket ban that's because the international olympic committee is due to meet in less than switzerland to discuss the findings of two commissions into alleged state

sponsored doping in russia just ahead of that meeting an interview with a key figure in the day peace scandal has been released he will to talk about this . joins us in the studio and it will get on to that interview just in a sec but also just explain a bit of background for those that know how we've reached this point hi andrew well this fur dicked in-laws long it could still be anything has got plenty of options from a blanket ban of the entire russian team to giving an option to the sporting federations the international ones to decide on specific disciplines and individual athletes when it comes to making decisions on either the young chang twenty the limbic hopefuls or saatchi champions or both so far the i.o.c. has been sticking to an individual approach in all cases are being looked at separately which does give hope to the russian athletes however as the investigation continues the man who was behind all the end to watch and accusations

in the first place the former head of moscow's anti-doping laborde three grigori watching call of keeps coming up with more things to blame the russians for just to remind you mr roger roger end of story is wanted over criminal charges in russia after he fled the countries in disgrace but in the western media he's been called a whistleblower. the i.o.c. calls him a credible witness well ahead of the international olympic committee verdict a video interview surfaced in the russian media where mr raja mr raja one of the things that he's talking about apparently and his motivation we don't you. just let us do. a little eleven o'clock you know.

the minister is going to seeing this. and that is this is. what mr rajan cover is referring to that documentary film he's talking about the it curtis film which brought up the russian doping scandal and he was one of the main contributors toward but it looks like from what he said that there are always folks that are ready to offer plenty of cash for what the doctor says or what he allegedly has how this affects his motivation you can decide for yourself but let's move on to listen to another bit of that interview sushil going to it's going to. be an east.

you know usually. there is. always you if you actually. feel. once again in a nutshell mr roger into of just referred to has all the board three hours one of the two. labs that can actually cheat both ways he said it could clear the russian team of positive doping tests or destroy team russia for several years in sport so one might as well bear that in mind the things that are was talking about and that interview when you were actually listening to the i.o.c. delivering its verdict saying words like credible witness trusted evidence the international olympic committee stands by the evidence no matter what but remember

that mr argent of himself said that he received an awful lot of money for that hugh it is interesting isn't it when you hear what he says there ok thank you we should know by this time tomorrow tomorrow should we whether a blanket ban has been issued or not thank you very much it's only. now in other news the saving south korea and the united states have begun conducting their largest ever joint aerial drills according to officials and so the exercise to come as washington indicates war with north korea is becoming increasingly likely. so has the potential of war with north korea increased since this latest launch i think it's increasing every day which means that we're in a race really we're in a race to be able to solve this problem is crazy to send spouses and children to south korea given the provocation of north korea so i want them to stop sending dependents and i think it's now time to start moving american dependents out of south korea. america has sent six tactical stealth jets and eighteen of its latest

fighter planes to participate in the drills along with around twelve thousand military personnel south korea says the drills are aimed at improving the allies wartime capabilities previous joint thrills have been seen by many as a display of the two country's military might. i . last week north korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile said to be capable of hitting the u.s. mainland and also claimed this weekend that washington is quote begging for a nuclear war russia and china have been calling on north korea and america both to refrain from reckless moves but that call has been flatly rejected by washington

political analyst joseph chang believes that's not helping the situation on the peninsula. certainly not sensible and not going to be very effective both to unite us space. korea are not ready to accept the suggestion on the part of china russia may need to stop nuclear missile tests on the part of north korea and military exercises on the part of the united space and south korea to january. atmosphere for negotiations it will be difficult to expect beijing to do more wowed the united states we feel so as to do anything to bring about peaceful negotiations. you're watching our company this even trying to get you to get a chance have a look at our social media pages and you tube channel as well and back with more

news in just over half an. inch of the f.b.i. the reaction of russia gators and the liberal media is jubilation but why when submission in fact deflates now. received. gun some is not so is not could place is not good to country and. true because it is the minister of. local slums. exist without that as a goal that is. the study of the culture. of the culture

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the welcome to sophie and sophie shevardnadze he won oscars called in globe space films are cult classics part of american consciousness now all over stone's latest project was to film an extensive series of interviews with russia's vladimir putin i caught up with the director himself to talk about the experience of my all over so it's great to have you with us today. so if you're having a great trip in moscow there's just got here so your book compared to your extensive interviews with putin is published by you called the put an interview forward a day shift climax to my strange life as an american filmmaker climax your career is the best thing you've ever done. you know i have to take the point of view that

it could be the last film too you never know time is seems more precious when you get a little bit older and as a filmmaker it's a very young profession you know and very few and america especially it kind of goes fast you don't get off in another chance so i felt like this was a kind of a climax not that it's a feature film but that it's the most safe at this time in history the most forbidding character to american media to american and western europe to i think forbidding kind of. cross into that into another world and i'm glad i got here i mean i did mr castro and i did mr chavez i did mr arafat's and also as a yahoo as a character when he was out of office back when he was out of office he's now in

power forever it seems but these characters all led me to this moment with mr putin . and i frankly i enjoyed the meeting him i met him originally on the at the one of my trips to russia because i was interviewing snowden a lot we were doing research with ed and a lot of the movies soden was represents what ed this point of view was so getting that information took time and we came back and we're trying to be accurate the last scene of the movie was shot in moscow so after a by one i met mr putin which is in the back room of a theater in the moscow a play an old like hundred sixty s. play he was attending to promote folkloric culture. we met the back and i asked him about mr snowden and he gave me the russian version his version of what happened which was fascinating different than what we had been told in the public these.