graphic and disturbing video emerges showing the body of yemen this former president adly a dualist he is understood to have been killed by who can bite is after alliance between them collapsed last week. also to come on r.t. the presidents of mali contradicts the french account of an airstrike in northern mali in october saying the bombardment killed soldiers not jihadists and another retraction from a major us media outlet over coverage of the scandal surrounding the white house and team from alleged collusion with russia. thanks. for the welcome is just gone midnight here in

moscow you watching r.t. international now will start 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 that the footage we are about to show you is extremely graphic and up setting to see the dollar salary was at the helm of yemen from one thousand nine hundred twenty twelve and was deposed during the arab spring internal conflict that ensued afterwards saw him team up with the who the rebels against president however salai made a public break from the shia rebel fighters in a speech on saturday salaries for morale i saw this move is a betrayal a move to drive forces loyal to him out of the capital sana'a the rebels say the politician was killed while he was trying to flee the city with a car you can see here is believed to be the one he tried to escape in the shia militants claim santa is now under their control with pro salai militia is defeated

a local journalist in the yemeni capital believes there's been a clear divide among yemenis stealings with the saudis. this latest decision to turn back to the domination of saudi arabia has angered many yemenis pressuring the saudi rises to the killing of thousands of civilians and also it's a devastating impacts of its blockade will be imposed of the country. such a decision betty he. called on saudi arabia to offer their new. issues with. such news also have been welcomed by some yemenis. well the u.n. says it cannot confirm the safety of its staff in sana'a the moment and fear is there will be more instability and violence in the country security and political analyst and when a sharp he believes the saudi led coalition could soon retaliate they were heavily

for the death of the politician 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 his political position and his alliances now this time was a drastic failure the people of yemen after so many years of saudi bombardment i don't think they were 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 tonight or there's going to be more bloodshed this failure in this conspiracy and perhaps will push the saudis for more aggression more destruction and that's very unfortunate for the yemeni people. in mali in west africa now where the country's president has confirmed soldiers were killed in a french airstrike in october the french army yearly said that their operation targeted forces that had deserted to join and used in this group it's now believed

those soldiers had been taken hostage by the jihadists. the hostages and the should be. between french friends 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 but hunt 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 mollen soldiers who joined the ranks of the islamists but what is surprising in this situation is the reaction of mali's 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 moderate it's regrettable unfortunate happen in these types of operations we should. 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 assad's involved and it's really hard to establish where is the truth. reporting there will political analyst nicola merkel there is more to the mali in presence wording the meets the eye. don't forget that it was the mali and interim government which invited the french soldiers over there france for historical request oracle reasons has a lot of power today so i think you so she is holding back it is however quite

surprising that he's going public with such a statement and saying that frowns show should acknowledged that it is responsible for such an attack this is rare in such a situation but then my insinuate that france is actually lying on this situation so a definite think there's a this is an agenda between. the french government to do something probably going it's things cust right now don't forget that twenty eighteen is going to be a new year a lot of elections only local regional and presidential elections so this may have to be to do with something between negotiating between france and political parties today and know. how it's claimed that a british aid to companies in the personally funding jihadists in syria adam smith international which aims to improve living conditions in third world countries is accused of letting its funding end up in the hands of terrorists according to a t.v. documentary being shown in britain. has the details but up until last night the

british government had a scheme whereby it provided funding for policing and community projects in opposition held areas of syria and this project was all about funding this so-called free syrian police and it was implemented by a company called adam smith international its offices are in 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. 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 the lefkow province were forced to hyundai of a cache to the extremist group that was in control of the area that it also claims

that the syrian branch of al qaida is your battle nuestra kind 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 not the access to justice and community security scheme in syria take a listen with take and the 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 pick of britain's foreign aid though it 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 thirteen 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's. a top us political reporter working for a.b.c. news has been suspended with pay after making false claims about potential collusion between team trump and moscow he stated that the former national security

advisor michael flynn was directed by trump to make contact with russia before the election took place but flynn is not believed to establish dialogue until after the vote trumps former aide has been making headlines since friday when he pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts but then russian ambassador to the u.s. became the first former white house official to be charged in the so-called russia investigation but as you actually begin to explains fake news is 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 appropriate for . members of the incoming administration. officials never worked for

a no no and again this is an ongoing we have no. you know no comment or no problem with them doing search on their own the obama administration saw no issue in 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 contacts with the russians which contradicts all that 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 have 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 explosive claim that saddam hussein may have been responsible for anthrax attacks in the u.s. citing only anonymous sources the white house personally 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. he will dispute that he ever assured the president that he was not under any kind

of investigation for. the march the thirtieth again on a. told him we're not opposed to getting personal that was true. corrections clarifications and apologies are all well and good but more often than not once the fake stories out of the bag the retraction does little to put it back at. me while donald trump has had time to the f.b.i. saying it ruined the life of his former aide michael flynn he also hinted to double standards and high the agency treated hillary clinton over her use of a private e-mail server. well i feel badly for you i feel very very. very strong allies and i feel very very young i will say this is hillary really.

nothing after you are. destroyed is why i think it's a shame in other developments the f.b.i. has been threatened with legal action after it was accused of hiding information from lawmakers the u.s. house of intelligence the u.s. house intelligence committee sorry says the agency needs to explain why it dropped a key agent in the so-called russia investigation with more on this from new york is kind of. 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 and 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. investigates both the russian collusion probe the clinton investigation the f.b.i. and the do you engage in a willful attempt to thwart 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 tainted 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. now a senior white house advisor says that president trump has not yet decided on whether to recognize them as the capital of israel speculation has been rife he might make the decision this week president's going to make his decision and. this decision he's still looking at a lot of different facts and that when he makes this decision. will be the want to want to tell your nominee. well jerusalem is a holy city for muslims christians and also jews and it's been a key area of dispute in the conflict between israelis and palestinians to the

israeli government claims jerusalem as its capital but 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 trump's 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 their secretary general in fact warns that the proposal would fuel extremism and also it could lead to by elements there was a similar sentiment to you 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 media activist thinks that the u.s. doesn't understand how sensitive the issue is. not seeing a 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 or tablet tamper with something that sensitive so i think the u.s. is playing with fire the u.s. doesn't understand the 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 in over a billion muslims around the world so i think the their idea is that they want to make sure washington understand that there are tinkering with their very dangerous lives. in a grenade here and it's going to blow up we're going to lob in everybody's face. russia's fate in the upcoming winter olympics in south korea and whether it will be hit by a blanket ban is to be decided on change that the international olympic committee is due to meet in the sand in switzerland to discuss the findings of two commissions into alleged state sponsored dieting in russia which just ahead of that

meeting an interview with a key figure in the doping scandal has been released it takes up the story. this fur ticked in laws wrong 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 eighteen 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 work in 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 rajan called is wanted over criminal charges in russia after he fled the country and disgrace he is called a whistleblower by the western media and the i.o.c. calls him a credible witness well ahead of the international olympic committee's verdict a video interview with mr watson called surfaced and the russian media where one of the things that he's talking about is apparently his motivation. which is the minister. isn't it interesting the so. is this is. what mr rotten

cover is referring to the 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 to it 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 and listen to another bit of that interview sushil going to. east. the only serious. view there is even. if you actually knew. this school. so

once again in a nutshell grigori watching cover just refer to his all lab as one of the two almighty board theories it is allegedly capable of cheating both ways to clear the russian team of positive doping tests or to destroy the russian sport entirely for a few years so you might as well bear all that in mind when you listen to the international olympic committee delivering its verdict on wednesday evening when you hear words like credible witness trusted evidence the international olympic committee stands by all that evidence but remember that mr raja inc of said it out loud that he received a whole lot of money for that evidence. now actress to break into an apple store in paris over the weekend demanding the company pay a fine of thirteen billion euro use.

the protesters were seen how doing banners saying we will stop when apple pays and also pay your taxes they occupied the store for several hours and only left and they were assured a meeting with the company's management similar demonstrations took place across france well a year ago as a bit of background the e.u. ruled that island had applied preferential rules to apple allowing it a lower tax rate than other companies registered their european commission ordered apple to pay thirteen billion euros but the company has appealed the decision a spokesperson for the activists in france says that the they will continue to protest until the tax bill is paid. we know very well that up always great to play has as much as it can do again you know over escaping taxation but we are not going

to to stop our actions and we're going to put pressure on the government on the european commission so that this is this operation bridge stocks so. we do go on and we know very well that apple is going to try to move to change the strategy but this won't stop us. seven nato members are considering a more aggressive approach to tackling state sponsored hacking they say cyber attacks could also be an option however there could be some hidden pit force too is murder against the explains. first came. then navy's air force is next now there are a cyber nice there is a change in the mindset that computers just like craft and ships have an offensive capability in two thousand and fourteen need to recognize the need for collective self-defense in the cybersphere self defense in two thousand and sixteen need

to recognize the online world as a battleground land sea and the internet in two thousand and seven seed they're now talking about a sense of capabilities offense attack boy that escalated quickly it is inevitable because the way competition works if someone doesn't do something then someone else will and so either you're doing it often safely or you're doing it defensively so the likelihood of it occurring is very high and i would say that most responsible heads of state would. would be on board with such a program the united states britain germany no way spain denmark and the netherlands have a spawned two alleged cyber attacks with their own the problem here is not that all these countries shouldn't they have the right to stand up for themselves every

nation does the problem is how on earth are you going to prove anything proxies and to spoof. it's very difficult to tell where a cyber attack originate able to capture the code compromised some machine. they can sometimes read the signature of that code and say oh that looks like russian code or looks like chinese code or looks like israeli code so they can say it reminds us of or has sections or modules that look like ones we've seen before and so that type of forensic analysis can be used to determine the likely source but you can't tell where. the actual payload came from that isn't fantasy thanks the wiki leaks we know that the cia has an entire mechanism dedicated to impersonating others they do this by faking digital i.d.'s and by leaving behind traces leading to rules the cyber world is wilder than the wild west. ok let's

go back to our top story on president trump's former allies pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. in the so-called russia investigation he also hinted it double standards in how the agency treated hillary clinton over her use of a private e-mail server. well i feel fairly for you i feel very very. very strong allies and i feel very very young i will say this is hillary really. nothing after. destroy it is why i think it's a shame. ok well let's talk about this further with me mckay a piece of washington based political journalist and editor it's a big league politics neal good evening welcome to our saying do you agree with what president trump said there that double standards are at play when it comes to general flynn and hillary clinton. well i i i i think it's only a double standard it's it's a question of magnitude where general flynn literally told a fib to some f.b.i.

agents who were setting up an obstruction trap whereas hillary clinton had this entire enterprise of secret e-mails and deleting e-mails under subpoena and then lying about the e-mails that are under subpoena and then members of her entourage who are sort of working back and forth between witnesses and and investigators and then there then the f.b.i. somehow gives them all immunity and near this whole sort of enterprise around hillary clinton and then really what did mike flynn do pretty much nothing. in your opinion why did that happen why does the pay that the f.b.i. isn't going to bring charges against hillary clinton given what you just said well i think that's a great question and i think that what's happening is the f.b.i. is inspector general michael e. horowitz is investigating that right now which is why we found out that two people

from the f.b.i. were taken off of robert muller's team. because of the sort of funny business going on inside that investigation with regard to the russia links and the investigation into that it's been ongoing hasn't it for months now but not really produced any substantial evidence i mean how long is this investigation going to go on for do you think before perhaps it keeps up. well i think if you look back at the history of how democrats have tried to invalidate each republican victory of the white house going back to one nine hundred sixty eight when they claim that nixon had made a set a secret deal with the south it needs to torpedo those peace talks then you see what they did in seventy two then you see in one nine hundred eighty they said that reagan had made a special deal with the iranians in one nine hundred eighty eight that was of course the surrounding of the iran contra we know in two thousand it went all the

way to the supreme court in two thousand and four the democrats said that there was funny business in ohio and it just seems like every time a republican wins the white house the democrats will spend a year or two or maybe longer just trying to invalidate that election so how do you think this will play and then they will just briefly trump it to stay absolutely and i think what we saw the stock market with that fake news that came out from a.b.c. news the stock market.