a rebel group downs a russian fighter jets in the northwest of syria and executes the pilots. the revelations of a de classified memo plame the f.b.i. and u.s. justice department secured a warrant just trying to sixteen election campaign using highly dubious reports. and sports hires tribunals court overturns and the lifetime bans of thirty nine russian athletes explaining the evidence used to prove doping accusations was insufficient.

to watching the weekly here on r.t. international always mean a day or two later this is all round of the top stories of the last seven days and the latest up to date news welcome to the program syrian rebel fighters have shot down a russian jet in syria's it in a province and then killed the pilot and verified video of the incident has been posted online by the militants. a lot of work. but. there's a lot. of. second video has also surfaced online reportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of the pilot and a warning hey may find the following images upsetting. the clips appear to show one

of the militants taking a selfie next to the victim at this they're also taking pictures and chanting. has more on the incident. well the incident took place in the northwestern village of mussar on an province and that's one of the last remaining rebel strongholds in the country now according to the russian defense ministry the pilot did manage to eject from the plane and parachuted down to the ground in an area that's actually controlled by the terrorist group. he was then subsequently killed in a fight with terrorists again that's coming from the russian ministry of defense they also added that it's believed that a anti-aircraft missile system was actually used in the downing of the plane and very quickly after the attack took place videos and photos surfaced online most of them very graphic and disturbing showing rebels taking photos of the dead pilot and stomping on the debris of the crashed plane now. of the group that has claimed responsibility of the tax say that they are part of the moderate opposition free

syrian army but it's widely believed that they are in fact actually allied with the latest incarnation of they have in the past enjoyed support from washington and even received weapons from the u.s. at this point russia did react quite quickly and has already carried out a number of persuasion strikes in the area with the ministry reporting that over thirty militants were killed as a result. friday still the release of a memo alleging the f.b.i. and justice department abuse that powers to secure a warrant to spy on trump's election campaign putting the investigation into trump's links to russia in doubt which didn't go down well with the mainstream media put your watch there is north korea for you and your republican party is so much like people need to start to destroy this is a dictator this is a tipping point for our democracy declassify this memo for fundamentally a political purpose. the memo outlines the warrant was used for surveillance of

a former trump aide and it was granted using a highly controversial dossier allegedly funded by the democratic party but the f.b.i. is accused of not revealing the bias behind the document. the f.b.i. extended the warrant on three separate occasions and the contradicting testimonies of the f.b.i.'s former chief and deputy director and twenty seventeen have left many questioning whether the agency has become political kellett more pain takes a look at what this means for american politics if indeed the obama administration use the department of justice and the f.b.i. to spy on trump during the campaign this could be quite a scandal it would discredit the d.o.j. of the f.b.i. as nonpartizan a law enforcers and destroy the democrats now the democratic leadership doesn't want to be destroyed so here's a few of their last ditch efforts to keep their boat afloat. now adam schiff from the democratic side of the house intelligence committee says

the republicans edited the document to fit their political agenda he says he's preparing a memo of his own that will expose the misleading character of the document. as expressed during our initial review we have grave concerns about material emissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. we. discovered late tonight the chairman new news made material changes to the memo he sent to the white house changes not approved by the committee the white house therefore reviewing a document the committee has not approved for release however some of these changes came at the request of the democrats and the f.b.i. themselves others included minor edits and grammatical fixes. and it never hurts to throw russia into the mix is it possible that the republican

chair of the house intel committee has been compromised by the russians as a possible of the actual russian agents reading the house intel committee on the republican side i hope that's not the case that this whole big stir is over just for. pieces of paper but those four pieces of paper contain vital information information with potentially enough voltage to light up washington d.c. for months if not years happen r.t. new york former cia analyst and whistle blower john kiriakou says this follows what the f.b.i. has been doing for years this contains some troubling evidence of f.b.i. malfeasance those of us who are critics of the f.b.i. have been saying this for years this is how the f.b.i. does business they do it district issues lee they do it by stabbing people in the back they do it by setting people up by entrapping them by tricking them and that's exactly what they did with the price of court they played the face of court judge by not telling them the source of this deal they plead that judge by not telling

them that this was a partisan. report and and they got their warrant they got there weren't any way. the court of arbitration for sport to overturn the lifetime bans of twenty eight russian nothing to on thursday and reinstated their such lympics results they were part of the diaper scandal dating back to twenty fourteen with russia accused of widespread substance abuse eleven other athletes also had bans for me but will not compete at the upcoming games in south korea and the decision to uphold the appeals was met with disappointment within the international olympic committee. traitors unanimously found that the evidence put forward by the i you see in relation to this much or did not have the same weight in each individual case this is why in twenty eight cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that's an untidy looking rule violation it was committed

by concerned. this does not mean that these twenty eight at least are declared innocent but in their case due to insufficient evidence the appears so held the sanctions and old and their individual results achieved in such reinstated these costs a decision is extremely disappointing and surprising for. the the i.o.c. we would never have expected these these decision. the urgent need for reforms in the internal structure of cas r.t. the. back of the announcement at the world athletics. team rush o. dog the judgment was swift and he immediately became gospel for much of the olympic

world ever since the infamous report on doping in russia saw the light of day but its claims of a state sponsored conspiracy the pretext for the ban have been shaken to their very foundation in the last few days bombshell one. twenty eight russian athletes make a comeback from a lifetime ban over the past few years the international olympic committee unleashed to the ultimate punishment on them following a damning verdict the cheated the tests it seemed that their dreams careers and lifetime goals were annihilated in one stroke but last thursday the top sports court had a different opinion on that the ban was no more those stripped of their medals got them back the i.o.c. was both red faced and furious its members see the thing with bitterness and resentment but all things considered the i.o.c.

had some trouble standing beside their initial ruling a lot of people asking hell the i.o.c. got the brief so wrong that they were able to throw it out so quickly. well let's let's let's you can look at the decision but let's let's see who will be competing here in the games coming up then we can have this conversation again the embarrassment is understandable the court of appeals decision to reverse the ban was among other things based on the testimony of the very same people who convinced the i.o.c. to impose the sanctions in the first place the mclaren report didn't find any individual violations of the rules of individuals because there was only a very limited time the team of mr mclaren have fifty seven day thing born sure. to . the russian paralympic team also had its very decided this week two

years ago the doors of the summer games in real were slammed in their faces a blanket ban meant no one was welcome this february a team of almost eighty people will have a shot at the golds as so-called neutral athletes not great but it's something russian are regularly tested and they're amongst the most scrutinized after it's in the world. under the supervision of wada we now have a greater confidence that the anti doping system in russia is no longer a compromise and corrupt and given the latest winning streak for russia those athletes who have cleared their names in all likelihood will up their game bigger than of r.t. it was an emotional day for the russian athletes involved you can see the reaction of one cross country skier cleared of doping after the verdict was announced many more russians were in high spirits as previously they believed that their dreams

and careers had been dashed. when the north i found out about the decision during my training c.a.'s decided to overturn my disqualification my band i had only positive thoughts in my head about that i've been ready to ski for a long long time keeping up my training but i had a question right away what about the olympics are we able to dispute this and get an invitation but it just you know i was waiting for the results of the appeal when i came back from practice it's amazing yes then my skeleton team started congratulating each other such a relief when not guilty in the whole public will know that a lot of people thought we date but only those close to us knew it's not tree. or you say they are not guilty or you say they are guilty and they have ruled that there is not enough proof for a doping offense hence they are not guilty and this is very important also because it makes the mclaren report to become not in bases

which is enough to convict athletes and everything that was up to now was based on the mclaren report and if this is now not bases enough to convict at leats then i do not understand why also all the russian at leats could have been banned khalik to flee without having any any proof of the oping back in december the russian flag and national anthem was banned by the i.o.c. from appearing at the south korean games and the athletes will compete as neutral but one branding agency has designed an alternative uniform for russian fans.

a libyan man who has lost his whole family in a nato air raid is planning to take his fight for justice to the european court of human rights he says the alliance dropped two bombs on his house during its military intervention in the country in twenty eleven. now we demand that we need

to explain why our house and other houses were showing all the military targets i don't understand why nato targeted our house sadly my dear wife died as well as my cousins my innocent children and our neighbors our friends were there with us it was a monstrous crime that nato has the latest equipment and technology which allows them to accurately determine the targets of the nato aircraft struck specifically at night when people were in their home they intentionally hit civilian targets hospitals schools gas stations they destroyed all the infrastructure while they were killing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure apparently knowing there were no weapons though. you can see here on where the nato attack took place as colleague mentioned thirteen people were killed in the bombardment including three children he says his house may have been targeted because his father was a general who served under libya's former leader moammar gadhafi but carried says

it was just a family home not a legitimate target he began his battle for justice back in twenty twelve but has faced an uphill struggle to actually get his case heard in court nato argues that it had no intelligence suggesting civilians were in the house at the time of the strike nevertheless had hoped his case will set a precedent for others who also lost their families. we gathered our families in different parts of libya we found a man whose wife and daughter and son as well as his mother died during the shelling there were other families in other cities a lot of families we compiled a report from all identified victims after having documented in photograph the materials so that this case could become a historical precedent. we'll be back in a couple of minutes after the short break.

the u.s. is losing into a summer on the climate denying is precluding them from the dissipating of this new economy number one and number two the effects of climate change and why the catastrophes the global you know migrants that are the result of it all these other problems are hurting the u.s. economy on the other side of the trade so you've got a double. welcome

back to the weekly moderates in the u.s. city of baltimore skyrocketed in twenty seventeen with fifty six killings per one hundred thousand people a new record for the city that already has a reputation for being dangerous and crime ridden. little cities in the body american urban decay more depressingly than the city of baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate little. murder but from full. plate. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy. little.

more subtle. little . the city introduced a ceasefire this weekend aimed at tackling those reco time to rights and stopping a spate of killings is the third ceasefire of its kind we talked to the activists behind the move. people all around the city make commitments to just be peaceful and not be violent for three days insist salivary life and do life affirming event so their events are all over the city we distort what do we care if we keep it into a weekend of no homicides it all comes as baltimore has been rocked by one of america's biggest police corruption scandals the gun trace task force was made up

of plain clothes officers are supposed to be tackling the city's spiraling murder rate however it seems they have actually been adding to the levels of crime the unit was dissolved in march last year and its officers arrested they're facing various charges including fraud drug trafficking and planting false evidence six out of eight members of the group of pleaded guilty to charges of organized crime artists america has been following the story. the baltimore police department is now involved in one of the biggest scandals in u.s. law enforcement history for months now the court system has been trying to investigate corruption within the city's police force eight officers are on trial over drug trafficking racketeering robbery and planting fake evidence like drugs and. we would create false reports to cover up the robberies we were involved in. it was like aware of life were got away with a lot of things if proven guilty the officers and maybe face twenty to one hundred

years in prison and six of them have already pleaded guilty and are now acting as witnesses in hopes of softening the moving verdict and their lawyers claim the officer spilled guilt over what the mr jenkins is extremely remorseful he's been remorseful for a long time even before these charges were brought and he's relieved that today finally he was publicly able to accept responsibility for their clients sorry for what they did or should. you still seem regretful of what what happened i really don't have any common meanwhile officers cases continue to be dismissed with hundreds under review and most of them involve incidents of officer switching off their body cameras to plant drugs or guns and then reenact seizing the evidence they had already planted. high street giant h. and m. is back in the headlines after some shoppers were offended by a design that appeared to contain the word it comes on the back of another scandal

over an advert featuring a young black model he was wearing a hoodie with the phrase coolest monkey in the jungle which caused outrage the boy's mother however dismissed any claims of racism people have again been reacting on twitter. this is ridiculous the next will be that they forbid the small w. and them people have choices if you don't like them then don't buy them getting a little tired of saying you can't make this stuff up. and in case you've missed it . cannot be found on all our social media platforms she's been looking at why anything and everything could be offensive and how you can fit in with the trend in case you missed it one of the great things about life in twenty eighteen is that you're free to be offended by anything. it's got confused and recently people have been offended by history literature being a man being a woman meat pro-immigration anti immigration the list is endless because it's

actually hard to tell is our guide to being offended in the modern world if i'm sure a few your offended twitter will always let you know what you're offended about if only one person out of one hundred is offended you need to pretend that you are offended to signaling will cover you every time there is no time limit shakespeare was writing four hundred years ago and still some of the one dickens that cambridge university had to be warned about the distressing cvs even friends is too much for some millennial zeal to choose an italian american a guy with a transvestite dad a homeless twin and even throwing in a lesbian couple wasn't diverse enough but. not you always about the nineteenth century imperialist sessile roads at oxford university he wanted his small barely noticeable start to go on why because he was bad one hundred fifty

years ago who wasn't. there and so are these chances my grandfather is david possible weinstein's situation that your liberty immigrant and course the redeemer possibly offensive to jews and muslims the little guy being in the fountain naked it's time to act what is great is there are places where everyone's mind can rest in peace these are the old beast is these are places. freedom of speech and expression all don't hold anyone to have that feeling. right. now. with many believing the future. with the technology behind it. a trip to. the famous specialist. now it's

time to take a swim at the coins bank asian block chain crews. coins bank. conference we're about to get acquainted with over a thousand different disciplines from fifty different countries including a hundred russian i ceo's some of the hottest new stuff in the world of change let's go. to events like this allow you to mix and mingle with some of the top talent in the block chain industry one of the speakers happen to be a man who is considered by some as the blog chain guru john mcafee what are some of the. criteria that you would suggest to look for in a good eye c.e.o. . first and foremost is is something that you would use if you would love to have what they're trying to build are very supportive number two is a team and you can find this out because in in the white paper will be

a list of the founders and developers have had experience in building things if not you might think maybe they can produce it. does it sound like the people who are doing this corner love it themselves and the story. one of the more unique c.e.o.'s i found here is a russian project called mark space it's intriguing to say the least in virtual reality space screen. platform powered by block chain technology basically it's a way for businesses communities and really anyone to run and showcase their service or an idea in virtual reality for example to virtually take a walk through a flagship store in beverly hills or do a test drive in that car you've always wanted so what's this hype and why why i think because you know people understand that we have existing company with more than ten years experience you know easy and if you are and three dollars additional

and we all now have a product that they can try you know they go to our website and they try our budget and structure and they build the all in three d. reality but it will go upside they see that it's walking in here how does it actually work you go to a website you choose the place and now if you see steam you see units it's a virtual space then you do sell bushel constructor and you build it very fast and very easy so you know even kids can do that you build your own three d. and d. are compatible website. in five years time over half of the world are polish you will be using chips or crunch and the half that does a lot is going to be the half that probably doesn't have smartphones or any access to the other. i mean watching the weight they have on all to international back at the top of the alamo so they stay with us. and then they you know when you don't. see the teachers who are. there they

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