i'm not that confident that the contribution of the united states to that school based system he really does speak. breaking news this hour on r.t. international and a school in russia is eastern siberia leaves at least five people injured. this looks like a drug deal the man with his back to the camera he was the platform still and exchanging some people policy goes underground off the reports the drug related crimes are running out of control on the metro resulting in train drivers refusing to stop but the station. the u.s. struggles to explain earlier statements that it was creating a new military force in syria threaten to trigger a conflict in the already war ravaged country.

not a cold friday morning here in moscow you are watching international and straight to our breaking news for you at this hour a teenager has attacked a school injuring four people including a teacher in eastern siberia let's get more details now on joining us live in the studio this morning what is the latest you can tell us we do have some conflicting reports coming in which in a chaotic situation such as this is not unusual there are reports that there were three attackers others say that there was only one attacker so we are trying to figure out what exactly was happening there but according to local authorities around nine thirty am local time a molotov cocktail was thrown into a classroom of seventh grade students and when they tried to flee the classroom flee the fire at least one attacker with an axe was waiting for them and tried to injure the students and the teacher there. in that classroom now the school the

entire school was evacuated and it is believed that that fire was put out very quickly and according to initial reports at least four people were injured including three of those seventh grade students and a female teacher all of whom of course have already been taken to the hospital but some of which are still in critical condition and it has also been reported that the attacker himself tried to injure himself but has been detained and also taken to the hospital and at this point it is being said that a criminal case has been opened against the attacker for charges of attempted murder but jackie this is the second attack on a school this week and sadly yes on monday in the russian city of perm a stabbing took place when at least a dozen people were injured when a student and a former student entered the building armed with knives let's take a look at what happened there. in the children screaming very lovely we were scared at first we thought it was

a joke but then we realized it was serious there might have been the fire or a bomb we ran i saw three little children covered in blood honestly it was horrible blood was spilling from hands from next absolutely horrible. some guys told me that two youngsters in mosques run into the classroom teacher and started stabbing kids then one of them jumped out of the window trying to escape another cat running trying to injure the children and hit him so. so both in today's attack in the one that took place on monday the motives are unknown and that's what's really the focus right now to figure out what's behind these and it's just the idea that this is sort of becoming a really disturbing trend just this week and what could come out of it all right.

the latest on the breaking news thank you. drug related crimes are becoming so bad on parts of the powers metro the train drivers are reportedly refusing to stop at certain stations that is according to a letter written by a union which represents the metro bus network in the capital cities do you jump on board to find out if those fears are grounded. for most parisians the metro is a staple of life with its winding tunnels and lines that stretch across the city it's often the easiest way to get from a to b. but down in the underground the gritty underbelly of the capital is being exposed drug related crime and violence has been a long standing issue paresis metro but now the unions representing the train drivers say it is spiraling out of control dealers and users including those

taking crack cocaine a new god thing what they've doing. lighting up metro drivers is so fearful of attacks at some stations many are choosing to no longer stop there a survivor more force of i'm not pro quo is very dangerous and it's terrifying it can range from a simple punch to people using nails knives. stations like marks door more and market a year are especially troubled druggies has come here for their daily fix and gangs have taken over the problem of a more. the problem is very dangerous for both the metro workers and for the commuters is even more dangerous they are targets of fast i've seen more than one hundred attacks take place within minutes of arriving at mark's door metro station we witnessed what looks like a drug deal the man with his back to the camera has just arrived with the bag in

hand he walked to the platform stopping and exchanging some packages with people and then he left with his bag empty this seems to be the new normal. there are lots of drug users and i think that with everything that's happening in the match though they should be doing something most of the time the drug users are aggressive and everyone. he's afraid for the security my children. twenty twenty five. lived there we would we verse of course. have been attacked just one time because he had been in the middle of the night is smart for. playing with that problem was the precipice of problem as the security robberies can happen sometimes it's maybe aggression physical aggression sometimes do why ceasar man attack another

young man. as we travel through some of the most dangerous stations we saw metro security and police trying to crack down on the problem they succeeded in moving this bunch along but in reality all they've done is move the problem to another stop on to another day charlotte even ski r.t. paris. a new law in germany which combats hate speech online is making headlines again after the facebook account of a rightwing alternative for germany party member was blocked following a hoax call for people to join a women's march against rape and killings perpetrated by migrants in the country. i organize a women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific rapes and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put on merkel and

politicians from the old parties together but a stake through the streets to fight for our right to freedom and serve the temora nation. builder is a member of the alternative for germany party faction known for its strong anti migrant rhetoric which is also a women's and children's rights activist leyla has been traveling to iraq and syria to help people there on the ground and she is all over migrant origin herself and was surprised at the official reason for her facebook about as going to facebook have a show on my travels with facebook started a few years ago facebook has a big issue with women of migrant background you can notice that i don't have a nordic look you can see that i'm originally from the south here in germany i find for human rights which isn't always easy in islamic countries people like me are silenced by facebook it says i have a surge in popularity and quite a large following i was blocked for thirty days then my account was deleted but that wasn't the first time my accounts have now been purged four times and since i

am a member of the air of d. which in germany fires for women's rights i am a nuisance for facebook and the mainstream media. was by and under the new law that forces social media to delete offensive content within twenty four hours after receiving a complaint otherwise companies would face big fines earlier this month the deputy leader of the alternative for germany party so her facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic. again says people who express their anger at migrant policies in germany seeing their voices silenced online. this problem is you know the policy of the german government and especially of the older parties is intended to help young man from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason and german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they

censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason they try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. so past the hour here in moscow one short statement from u.s. military command has led to a rather uncomfortable situation for the white house the trump administration has been rapidly backpedaling on plans to create a border force with codes in northern syria after sparking a furious reaction from washington's key ally turkey but it was only care to detect and it's really look at this time we want people to stay focused on isis is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to come up with a force of thirty thousand people that that that's wrong or is he just just feeling ok why would he have i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they were clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. part but i'm asking about closing comments yesterday we said

there's no orders to be ready for just that's not what it is like i don't have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is the secretary but somebody clearly just misstated their policy it's as simple as that they had also been threatened to create another conflict in the war torn syria turkey has already started moving its tags towards the border so as regional tensions between the two key allies worse and further. north takes a closer look. the middle east has always proved a tough nut to crack for the united states hardly helping matters now though is lacking a unified game plan days ago the pentagon proudly announced it would create a so-called syrian border security force the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in

the cynical class with the goal of a final four size of approximately thirty thousand but the us apparently forgot to run the idea past turkey for ankara kurdish military groups terrorist factions it's as clear cut as that and washington's announcement drove turkey hopping mad shit. america has admitted that it has established a terrorist army at our border and it's up to us to strangle that terror army at birth turkey power projected additional troops along with tanks to the southern border with syria and amid the spouse america's top diplomat rex tillerson intervened to save the day the entire situation has been mis portrayed mr scribed some people misspoke we're not creating a border security force at all being a mouthpiece of u.s. foreign policy these days is one hell of a job especially when you have to contradict your own military to keep a happy but arguably that's not to listens biggest brain wrench right now

explaining why the us military is still in syria is first it was the we need to fight the terrorists mantra our military policy in syria has not changed our priority remains to defeat of isis so called his state has to all intents and purposes now been reduced to a ragtag of guerrilla fighters but surprise surprise it's left to to listen to come up with a new purpose for the u.s. military in syria it is crucial to our national defense to my inquiry in a military and diplomatic presence and sir. stable unified independent syria under post assad leadership is functioning as a state with. iranian influence in syria is diminished. and as if life wasn't hard enough or to listen here as the tweeter in chief as he's president rex is a bit of a to run

a saurus when it comes to social media but he tries to survive. i don't even have a twitter account but i can follow what he's tweeting so much usually has to pretty his tweets out and in them to me. well turkey's threat that it would take military action against the kurds which the u.s. claim to plan to work with sparked a wave of protests in the region. our freedom will be at the ones graveyard today hundreds of thousands are protesting to tell him that the people of our friend will never leave their land. the international community should send a message to turkey telling them to stop have bought the white beaches and stand so we can defend ourselves. spite of the i go towards turkey's rhetoric regional

analyst high cohen believes in turkey itself there's a growing discontent with washington's influence the u.s. administration right now is trying to lower the tensions but. you know in the fields what we're going to see is the continuation of the u.s. support for this entity is and the turkish administration would like to see the end the end the clear end of the american support to the kurdish people why the n.y.p.d. and basically to really design the american foreign policy in syria i can tell you that there is a very increasing anti-americanism right now in turkey because of the american policy. our still to come here on the program washington says its policy in afghanistan is working closer than ever before the u.n. reports half a million people have been displaced as of late more on that after the break.

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answered. here with us today the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley said on wednesday the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working and they are close to a peace process than they've ever been before however by the end of last year the u.n. was reporting itself that almost half a million people have been displaced in the country let's have a look at some of the latest pictures from that. i think like you look at. the us powerfully on afghanistan is working.

on that we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing our violence a lot of houses have been destroyed and several villages about six to seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. go to. work closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before about them get your money out as you were a taliban and i said we're fighting each other then government forces launched a military operation against our houses were destroyed our livestock world i would like. to see is. that we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism any and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups operating in this country and dozens of suicide bombers are being said we are and we do everything we can to combat terrorism.

particularly has to pretend that u.s. policy is working because she's loyal follower of donald trump she can't say that donald trump's policy is not working his policy is very similar to obama's except to do is now sending another four thousand troops so soon there will be something like fourteen thousand u.s. troops instead of money so that's a sign that the old policy wasn't working but it's not at all clear that the new policy of sending more troops will work the trouble is that whereas five or ten years ago the main opponents were the taliban and since then we've had other people coming into the picture there was. we don't work there was good but in fact my job then the third group that's come up in the last five years is i guess i was just they've been conducting some very dramatic suicide bombings in kabul itself so that kabul itself has become much less safe than it used to be. for people to

file the lawsuit against the city of berkeley in california and it's university for injuries they claim they received during the riots on the campus there last year the violence erupted over a speech set to be given at the university by a prominent conservative.

we talked to katrina who is taking the legal steps against the university of berkeley she believes the campus and the city's police acted insufficiently during the protests but when the attack started ahead and specially after i was pepper sprayed i was completely incapacitated there was nothing i could do to defend myself so i had no choice but to turn around and just face the barricade i was worried about what was happening to my husband it turned out he was just a few feet away from me being beaten worse than any of us. he was being unconscious that's why it's by the police both the city and the campus police were clearly not equipped given what happened in the injuries that were sustained right i saw personally it was police initially standing outside of the building that they later locked us out as i saw them there their knowledge was with

a wave and by the time the attack actually started they were nowhere to be seen they had locked themselves inside the building and wouldn't give us any aid at all the university of california berkeley has declined to comment but a lawyer representing the victims says they want to send a message to campus staffa and police to do a better job the injuries caused to her clients two of which were beaten unconscious and still suffer from psychological disorders post-traumatic disorders so they are seeking money damages to compensate them for that but the main goal of this case is to send a message to campus police and campus universities that they they have to do their job you know i liken what happened here the deliberate effort to not intervene and to not do anything to fire a man watching a building on fire with their with their hoses water pouring out of them but

they're too afraid to go into the building because they might get hurt it's the goal of law enforcement it's the role of law enforcement i should say to serve and protect the public and they did not do that. so friday means football on r.t. the latest episode of his program a style callable interviewing the legendary sort of the spanish national team to find a new rail madrid captain is a quick preview. that's. ok so i think a. is it important to have a good world call the team gets out of the group for the momentum of the tournament . i think that when one plays at home back by their country one always has a higher responsibility it is

a plus and gives extra motivation which will shine through so i wish the russian team the best because when we have played there they have always given us a friendly reception but i only wish them well until we crossed paths if we ever do . cristiano ronaldo portugal spain the first game of the world called. a very interesting going to start and i believe it's going to be a very exciting game and highly anticipated as well because it is a neighboring country i think they are the ones to beat because they are the current european champions and that will make it a really nice match to watch for football fans we hope to win because it is a very important to kick off the competition with a victory against the favorite. let's

give your mind an hour of our breaking news story here on r.t. a teenager with an ax forced his way into a school injuring at least five people in the town of sort of a border in eastern siberia four of the injured are children and they've all been hospitalized and here are images now from the school where the incident took place a five hundred students were evacuated from. a building. also reportedly used a molotov cocktail and there were reports of a fire in the building so also is claiming the teenager had previously folded with his schoolmates has now been detained by the regional governor has been notified of the incident and he's cut short a business trip. for your friday worldwide news headlines continue at the top of the hour.

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a cocktail of legal drugs. just because something's legal doesn't mean it's a tale of two drums how can lawmakers work with a president who can't seem to stick to a position for more than a day we'll take a look at that on this edition of. taking on larry king politico is calling it a credibility crisis for president trump other news organizations are reporting it too is it possible for lawmakers even those in the president's own party to negotiate with a chief executive who can't seem to stick to a position for more than a few hours and where does that leave important legislative matters on this year's calendar we'll talk about that with eleanor clift columnist for the daily beast political commentator and author she joins us from washington d.c.

what do you make of this is political reporting that his fluidity on important issues has killed more bipartisan deals than he's managed to strike well the amazing thing is that some of us are still surprised that this is how he behaves the premium is on whoever gets to speak with president trump lay asked. because he doesn't really read anything he doesn't do his own research he doesn't have fixed views on hardly any topics and so whoever is with him last can sway him and so we saw that really on display last week when he had democratic and republican lawmakers into the white house and he was agreeing with senator feinstein that we need a clean doc a bill which is to give legal standing to the dreamers people who were brought here when they were children and he agreed with her had to be reined in by someone but

he told they send a lawmaker is i will sign anything you bring me i have great confidence in all of you forty eight hours later republican lindsey graham and democrat dick durbin came to him with a plan that outlined exactly the conditions that he had proposed two days earlier and he rejected it out of hand used crude language to do so and in the room were hardline senators tom cotton of arkansas law and sonny perdue of georgia who have a competing immigration bill and they had gotten to the president and now he is a basically rejected the bipartisan bill and lawmakers really don't know where to go from here you know you've been around washington a long time. do you think is does he has any strategy to it is do you think he shrewd or he just doesn't know or what. i think he does whatever feels good at

the moment he thrives in the adulation of the crowd even if it's a crowd of one who's before him and so he's not an idealogue and i actually thought that was a positive thing when he was first elected i thought he could you know get through all the the tribal partisanship in washington but so far every time he veres towards the center the hardliners in the republican party pull him back and we end up exactly where we were before so. i can't i can't predict where it's going to go on immigration reform i fear the hardliners will win once again for all the years i knew him and there were over thirty he was a centrist right. what do you make of this just playing to the base. he was a registered democrat i think his attitudes particular.