rebel group a russian fighter jets in the northwest of syria executes the pilot. also this hour the revelations of a declassified memo claim the f.b.i. and u.s. justice department to secure a warrant to spy on donald trump's twenty sixteen election campaign using a highly dubious report. boards price tribunal court overturns the lifetime bans of thirty nine russian athletes exploiting the evidence skews the proof doping accusations was insufficient. for the weekly here on our to international with me. tonight thanks for joining us

here on the program. we have an update from the u.s. a breaking news story where it's being reported that two people have died and more than fifty injured in a train crash in south carolina there were at least a 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 as a result the front as well as a number of passenger carriages will update you on that when we have more details coming out. of syria rebel fighters have shot down a russian fighter jet in syria. then killed the pilot and verified video of the incident has been posted online by the militants. a lot of work. to do over the. good you bet it is and i shall be somebody from out of the norm. to be.

the. second video has also surfaced online reportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of the pilot just a warning to views you may find the following images distressing another clip appears to show one of the militants taking a selfie next to the victim others are also taking pictures and chanting russia's defense ministry says 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. in the past it's received weapons from washington and the second is the former itself which is allied to al qaida in syria russia

moved quickly to take action number of air strikes were carried out in a live province more than thirty militants were killed as a result. of friday saw the release of a memo alleging the f.b.i. and justice department to be used 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 put your watch there is north koreans goosestepping and why the republican party is so much light that people need to start taking 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 it was granted using a highly controversial dossier allegedly funded by the democratic party there was. revealing the bias behind the document. well the f.b.i.

extended the warrant on three separate occasions contradicting testimonies of the f.b.i.'s former chief and deputy director in two of the seventeen when he questioning whether the agency has become political a little bit 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. with. 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 a fact that fundamentally impact the memos 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 chair of the house intel committee has been compromised by the russians as a possible of the actual russian agents running the house intel committee on the republican side and 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 came up and marty new york. a former cia analyst and whistleblower john kiriakou says this follows what the f.b.i. have been doing for many 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 surreptitiously 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 overturned the last time by ins

of twenty eight russian athletes on thursday hand reinstated this olympic result a part of the doping scandal waiting back to twenty fourteen with russia accused of widespread substance abuse eleven other athletes also had bands are moved but will not compete at the upcoming games in south korea the decision to uphold appeals was met with disappointment within the international olympic committee. treaters unanimously found that the evidence put forward by the hour 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 an anti-doping rule violation was committed by the athletes concerned. this does not mean that these twenty eight actually declared in

a sense but in their case due to insufficient evidence the appears held the sanctions and old and their individual results achieved in such reinstated. couse a decision is extremely disappointing and surprising for. the the i.o.c. we would never have expected these these decision shows so the need for reform. in the internal structure of couse. r.d.c. goes down often looks back over here elsewhere that shook the world of athletic. team russia 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 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.

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 individual sports men's because there was only a very limited time the team of mr mclaren had fifty seven days 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 pyong chang golds as so-called neutral athletes not great but it's something russian are regularly tested and they are amongst the most scrutinized after it's in the world. under the supervision 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 eager zone of r.t. . it was an emotional day for the russian athletes involved you can see the reaction of one of the cross-country skiers cleared of doping after the verdict was announced so many more russian athletes were in high spirits as previously of course they believe their dreams and careers have been shattered. boy you know i found out about the decision during my training c.a.'s decided to overturn my

disqualification my ban 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 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 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 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 of science hand still or 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 scene that was. up to

now was based on the mclaren report and if this is now not basis enough to convict that lets them i do not understand why also all the russian at plates could have been banned colic to flee without having any any prove of the hoping. and back in december the russian flag was by and by the i.o.c. for appearing at the games bethany this will compete as neutrals one running agency though design an alternative uniform for russian.

the. 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 laws struck two bombs on his house during the military intervention in the country in twenty eleven. now we demand that we need to explain why our house and other houses were showing 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 those it was a monstrous crime and nato has the latest equipment and technology which allows them to accurately determine the target of the nato aircraft struck specifically at night when people were in their home when they intentionally hit civilian targets hospitals schools gas stations they destroyed all the infrastructure they were killing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure apparently knowing there were no weapons there. well you can see on the map where exactly the nato attack took place as mentioned thirteen people killed in that 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 a carly though says it was just a family home and not a legitimate target he began his fight for justice back in twenty twelve but it's

faced uphill struggle to actually get his case in court we need to argues that they had no intelligence suggesting civilians were lousy at the time of the strike nevertheless hopes his case will set a precedent for others who also lost their families. we gathered all families in different parts of libya we found a man whose wife daughter and son as well as his mother died during the shelling there were all the families in other cities a lot of families we compiled a report from all identified victims after having documented in photographs the material was so that this case would become a historical precedent. and the russian capital has been hit by severe storms over the past few days what's been called the slow fall of the century one person has been killed and five injured. as a warning citizens to stay away from overhead electrical wires on trees weather because the weather is expected to worsen this sunday with wind speeds reaching

over seventy kilometers per hour a snow fall is a new record for the capital according to meteorology experts. clothing joined us found itself caught up in another scandal this week find out why after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to. let you go right to be precise it's like before three in the morning people are. interested always in the

water. they should. oh no appetite i mean for conflict is very very low these days and public service much more eager to see economic improvement and they are to. actually get into a fight with a neighbor or or with other powers in the world. welcome back to the program the moderates in the u.s. city of baltimore scott rocketed last year with fifty six killings per one hundred thousand people a new record for the city and rudy has a reputation for being dangerous on crime or.

few cities even body america never been to a more depressing lead in the city of baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate. in full. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy. but.

the city. this weekend. stopped spites of killings is the third of its kind we've 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 and to celebrate life and do life affirming events so there are events all over the city with a start where do we care if we keep it in two we see a week in no homicides this 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 plainclothes officers and was supposed to be tackling the city's spiraling moderate over it seems they've actually been adding to the levels of crime the unit was dissolved in march last year and its officers arrested facing various charges including fraud drug trafficking and planning fake evidence six out of eight members of the group of pleaded guilty to 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 where got away with a lot of things if proven guilty the officers and maybe faced 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 still feel to over what they've done 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. be so you see regret for what happened i really don't have any comment 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. by street joined 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 was wearing a hoodie with the phrase coolest monkey in the jungle which caused outrage over the boy's mother however dismissed any claims of racism the people of the game been reacting on social media 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. case you've missed those new show can now 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 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 assume you're 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 be signaling we'll 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 sleeves and 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 apparently not use always about 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 and fifty years ago who wasn't. there and so are these chances michelangelo's david possible weinstein's 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 there are places where everyone's

mind can rest in peace these are the atoms based is these are places where freedom of thought speech and expression are put on hold in case anyone can have that feeling. of power at night. just an update to a breaking news story now from the us where two people have been killed and more than fifty injured at a train crash in south carolina there are at least eight crew and one hundred thirty nine passengers on board an amtrak and freight train collided at around two thirty in the morning local time as a result the front engine derailed as well as a number of passenger carriages we'll keep you updated on that when we get more details in. from myself or the team here at r.t. for this hour we'll see you in about thirty five minutes for more global headlines suitor.

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put on the welcome to worlds apart and shaming has long been depressed burchill of american foreign policy but the new kremlin list released by the white house gives it a more institutionalized form formally speaking those included in the least have done nothing malicious they're just guilty by association but at a time when being from russia is already an accepted cause for suspicion and perhaps even discrimination does the publication of this place really change much to discuss that i'm now joined by eric ferrari a washington based defense attorney specializing in sanctions securities good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you. and having to be here i think it's fair to say that when the so-called kremlin list was published the

wealthy russians breathed a collective sigh of relief they simply expected something both more biting and more precise i wonder though if you believe these relief may be a little bit premature do you think the worst is yet to come yes i do and i think that is reflected in secretary nugent's comments to congress earlier this week that this list could be a preview for future sanctions as the nation's now many observers have pointed out that in compiling this report the trumpet ministration has essentially called pasted both the kremlin's phone book and the forbes magazine's least wealthiest russians what do you make of these hall of fame method of complaisant well so it's not uncommon for the treasury to use on class classified and open source material to prepare such a reporter a list and the point about the forbes list and the copy paste from the list is interesting because if you notice and you're paying attention some of the same.