a rebel group downs a russian fighter jet in the northwest of syria and executes the pilot. the revelations of classified memo plainly f.b.i. and u.s. justice department secured a warrant to spy on donald trump is trying to sixteen election campaign using a highly dubious report. and sports highest tribunals court overturns a lifetime bans of thirty nine russian athletes explaining the evidence used to prove doping accusations was insufficient. you watching the weekly here on r.t.

international with mean a day or two day this is all round up of the top stories of the last seven days on the latest up to date news welcome to the program syrian rebel fighters have shot down of russian jet in syria's italy province and then killed the pilot and verified video of the incident has been posted online by the militants. a lot of work. somebody from the. second video has also surfaced online reportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of the pilot i want to now you may find the following images upsetting the clip appears to show one of the militants taking a selfie now. next to the victims others are also taking pictures and chanting

russia's defense ministry saying the plane was shot down using a portable surface to air missile. shortly after the attack to syrian rebel groups claimed they were behind it the first is widely believed to be affiliated with the former al nusra front is known as josh our last are and in the past received weapons from washington the second is the former itself which is conveyed covertly allied to al qaeda in syria russia moved quickly to take action carrying out a number of strikes in italy province more than thirty militants were killed as a result. friday and saw the release of the memo alleging the f.b.i. and justice department abused their 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 did you ever watch those north koreans who do stuff for you and why your

republican party is so much light that people need to start to the streets this is a t.v. 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 found 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. from a chief and deputy director and twenty seventeen have left many questioning whether the agency has become political kellam open takes a look at what this means for american politics if indeed the obama administration used 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 affect that fundamental impact the most accuracy. 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 chairman of the house intel committee has been compromised by the russians as a possible nuclear threat or russian agents reading the house intel committee on the republican side and i hope that's not the case that this whole big stir is over for just. more 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 eff about f.b.i. have been doing for good is 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 their warrant anyway. the court of arbitration for sport overturned a lifetime bans of twenty eight russian nothing from thursday and reinstated lympics results there were part of the doping scandal dating back to twenty fourteen with pressure accused of widespread substance abuse eleven other athletes author had banned from it 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 begats arbitrators 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 concerned. this does not mean that these twenty eight actually sought declared innocence but in their case due to insufficient evidence the appears 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 reform. in the

internal structure of cars. down on the back of the announcement that shocked the world off athletic. 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 they 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 ng 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 cows 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 individual sportsman because there was only a very limited time the team of mr mclaren had fifty seven death bomb sure. to. the russian paralympic team also ahead its fate 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 pyong chang golds as so-called neutral athletes not great but it's something russian are regularly tested and they're amongst the most scrutinized that it's in the world. and the discipline vision of while 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 officer involved you can see the reaction of one cross country skier after think after the verdict was announced many more other russian athletes were in high spirits as previously they believe dreams and careers had been dashed. boiling so new york i found out about the decision during my training with z.f. decided to overturn my disqualification my ban i had only positive thoughts in my head about that 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 requesting it or i was waiting for the results of the appeal when i came back from practice it's amazing yes then my scouts and team started congratulating each other it's such a relief we're 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 true. 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 dope in your phones hence they are not guilty and this is very important also because it makes to make law report to become not in bases which is enough to convict athletes and every seeing that was up to now was based on the mclaren report and if this is now not basis enough to convict at leats them i do not understand why also all the russian athletes could have been banned colic to flee without having any any prove of the hoping back in december the russian flag and national anthem were banned by the i.o.c. from appearing at the south korean games and the athletes will compete as neutrals

but one branding agency has designed an alternative uniform for russian fans. the sun. the sun. the so. the b.b.c.

has been accused of bias in its brags that coverage with the majority of its gas said to have been pro the european union that's according to several recent reports which have prompted anger and britain's house of lords. across our output as a whole we must be inclusive reflecting of bret's and diversity of opinions we must give due weight to the many and diverse areas of an argument. to leave such as let's just say with a group of leaders who having lit the fire of a lot of what he breaks it is a historic mistake for as with the. lie in bed tonight the outcomes of back set once again on the sole lever on a have you seen. frankly

the people you see has become the supporter of over four organize a shirt. oh for your period during the breaks it's true mr david did the city recently that his friends in brussels is maybe even more disciplined is every time he makes a smaller font stuck on the back of the b.b.c. get short that she's older because you do duty of impartiality. we discussed this issue with the director general at the institute of economic affairs which was behind one of the referendum reports on the b.b.c. . but it's true that we are no longer in a referendum period and it is true as the b.b.c. said in the statement they have photos to with that it's no longer a binary choice but the problem is this although there are a wide range of choices really those range of options are subsets of the remaining

camp and the leaf cap i think it's pretty poor that a public broadcaster a skewed that gets some panelists so dramatically in this direction on the top political issue of the times. in general in britain a stagnation figures famous figures and influential people have tended to be in favor of e.u. membership it's more the ordinary man or woman who rebelled against the political status and you tend to believe side seems to be the balancing for people's views on breaks it and making sure you have a fair share of voice from both ends and all ends of the argument should be a very very high priority indeed. i think the politicians on the leave side of the argument those who are in favor of projects that are beginning to lose their patience with the b.b.c. but i would say that the b.b.c. now should be concerned but there are politicians who are seriously raising in the british parliament in the house of lords genuine concern about whether the baby so

you really can be considered a neutral broadcaster one that doesn't just tell you versity if used but a proper balance. plan itself courts and another scandal this week find out why after this break. they everybody in stephen bob. to come in with a gun you expect. that american first under george bush in our view to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru just a little bit different. you know when those up with all the drama happening in our country i'm rude have fun every day americans. and the store to bridge the gap this is the great american to.

the us that is losing into a summer one the climate denying is precluding them from the dissipating in this new economy number one and number two the effects of the climate change and why the catastrophes the global you know migrants that are the result of it all this other problems are hurting the us economy on the other side of the trade so you've got a double bind. welcome back to the program mother writes in the us city of baltimore skyrocketed in twenty seventeen with fifty six killings per one hundred thousand people a new record for the city that over ready has a reputation for being dangerous and crime ridden.

city's embody american urban decay a more depressing way of the city baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate. murder that will. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy. where. the city introduced a ceasefire this weekend and attacking those record high murder rates and stopping

a spate of killings is the third ceasefire of its kind we talked to the activists behind the move people around the city make commitments to just be peaceful and not be violent for three days and to celebrate life and do life affirming event so there are events all over the city we distort what do we care if we keep it in a week no homicides it all comes as baltimore has been wronged by one of america's biggest police corruption scandals the gun trace task force was made up of plainclothes officers and was supposed to be tackling the city's spiraling murder rate however it seems they have actually been adding to the levels of crime unit was dissolved in march last year and its officers arrested they're facing in various charges including fraud drug trafficking and planting false evidence six out of eight members of the group have pleaded guilty to the charges of organized crime. 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 we're got away with a lot of things if proven guilty the officers that may 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 she. regret for what happened.

to the economy 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. we have some breaking news from the us this hour where dozens of people are feared injured in a train crash in south carolina there were at least eight crew and one hundred thirty nine passengers on board and i'm track and freight train collided at around two thirty in the morning local time and as a result the lead engine derailed as well as some passenger cars and we will of course keep you updated on any more details as they come in. now 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 but 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 been done by them getting a little tired of saying you can't make this stuff up and in case you've missed it probably because new this show can 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 into that 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 quite confusing 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 as humor 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 go to signaling will cover you every time there is no time limit shakespeare was writing four hundred years ago and still some of the wonder kids 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 who missed twitter and even throwing in a lesbian couple wasn't diverse enough apparently not used always about nineteenth century imperialist sessile rhodes students 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 situation that your liberty immigrant and course the redeemer possibly offensive to jews are on the list limbs the little guy being in the fountain naked it's time to act what is great is they're all places where everyone's mind can rest in peace these are the world based is these are places where freedom of thought speech and expression all put on hold in case anyone can have that feeling. america safe. and just to mind of our breaking news story from the u.s. where dozens of people of faith injured in a train crash in south carolina there were at least eight crew members on one hundred thirty nine passengers on board and i'm track and freight train collided at around two thirty in the morning that's local time and as a result the lead engine to rail as well as some passenger cars and we will keep

you updated over the course of the day when we get more details in a lot story. now you have been watching the week here on all to international. at the top of the hour with do stay with us.

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stephen baldwin gosh what a task hollywood guy usual suspects my favorite movie proud american first of all i'm just as george washington and r.v. enthusiastic uncle steve joined the big boy was this is my buddy max the famous financial guru and will he's a little bit different on a stage you're abraham lincoln hall i know there were no windows up last but not least my larger than life. the night an aspiring star rio with all the drama happening in our country i'm hitting the road to have some fun. meet every day americans who are calling. what's america to our ancestors suffered the most and see how things got so crazy i was naked. the right thing to do to please start to bridge the gap this is the great american pilgrimage.

today marks the beginning of the final leg of the pilgrimage as a reunited steven in macs are shipping up to boston and boy if he missed max's ramblings because as miles davis. asked him about his genius he said it's not actually the notes he's playing but the rest. it's what between the notes that's what makes the pop i mean think about people it's the n.t. no this is the n.t. you know it's five food. you know rod it's the rebel baseball rock n roll in country music it's for forks on the side. of the rock and roll baby and rock and roll and then have like a waltz is a three d. like the will to live a little done about this three b. three four and then my marching man i suppose there's two to four this side down at

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