the stories that shaped the week here on t.v. a rebel group downs a russian fighter jet in the northwest of syria and then kills the pilot. also washington is plunged into political infighting as a controversial republican memo alleging and he trumped bias in the f.b.i. and justice department so it's released. on sports highest court clears twenty eight russian athletes of doping and overturns all sanctions against them claiming there's insufficient evidence they took substances. in the weekly here and all the international with me this is all roundup of the top

stories of the last seven days and latest news on daniel hawkins. a syrian rebel fighters have shot down a russian jet in syria province they then killed the pilots after you managed to parachute to safety and verify video of the incident has been posted online by the militants. well you know. a lot of work. to do over the. good you've done with there's a lot of the somebody from out of the norm. would be. the. second video has also surfaced online reportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of the pilot a warning you may find the following images upsetting a little it appears to show one of the militants taking

a selfie next victim others are also taking pictures and chanting russia's the french ministry says the plane was shot down using a portable surface to air missile it was salafist total sham opposition group has claimed responsibility for the attack it was formed just over a year ago from five other to harvest factions including nor movement which has in the past been supplied with weapons by the united states and some analysts say to be able to sharma's essentially al qaida in syria russia moved quickly to take action carrying out a number of strikes in the province is the french ministry says more than thirty militants were killed using a high precision weapon. but other news friday saw the release of a contested republican memo or letting the f.b.i. and the justice department to buse their powers to secure a warrant to spy on a former trump campaign aide back in twenty sixteen some in the party have

suggested it costs doubt on the whole federal investigation into the claims of collusion between the president's team and moscow the documents publication has led to a passion debate in the media as well. could you ever watch those north koreans goosestepping and why the republican party is so much light that people need to start taking to the streets this is a dictator this is a tipping point for our democracy declassify this memo for fundamentally a political purpose. specifically the memo alleges that the application for a warrant to surveil a former trump aide relied on the highly controversial democrat funded steel dossier it was compiled by a former british spy and it's full of verified claims about trump supposed links to russia crucially though the memo asserts that there didn't reveal the origins of the documents to the court of both the agency and the democratic party of playing the memos incomplete and misrepresents sensitive intelligence information some of

also claim the f.b.i. was under no legal obligation to reveal the memos origin to the judge. what the documents declassification could mean 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. and the f.b.i. as nonpartizan the 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. for. 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 the document the committee has not approved for release however some of these changes are aimed 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 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. r.t. new york. a former cia analyst and whistleblower john kiriakou told us he believes the development of the shadowy practices of the f.b.i. . 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 place in court they played the face of court judge by not telling them the source of this deal. please don't judge by not telling them that this was a partisan. report and and they got their warrant they got there weren't any way. or two people have been killed and seventy others injured after two trains

collided in the u.s. state of south carolina a collision between an amtrak train and a freight train happened at around two thirty in the morning local time there in fact train was operating between new york and miami with at least eight crew and one hundred thirty nine passengers on board as a result of the collision the front edge and derailed as well as a number of passenger carriages. the court of arbitration for sport overturned the lifetime bans of twenty eight russian athletes on thursday and reinstated best salty olympic results that were part of the doping scandal dating back to twenty fourteen with russia accused of widespread substance abuse eleven other athletes have also had removed but will not compete at the upcoming winter games in south korea and the decision to uphold the appeals was met with disappointment within the international olympic committee because arbitrators unanimously found that the evidence put forward by the hour you

see in relation to this matter did not have the same weight in each individual case this is one in twenty eight cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that's an anti-doping rule violation was committed by the athletes concerned. this does not mean that these twenty eight actually saw the clear 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. the urgent need for reform. in the

internal structure of couse he goes down off looks back elsewhere that shook the world open to support. 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 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 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. 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 boards men 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 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 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 you know likelihood will up their game bigger

than of r.t. well it was an emotional day as you can imagine for the russian athletes involved you see here the reaction of one cross-country skier cleared of doping after the verdict was announced many more of an athlete's were in high spirits previously of course they believe their dreams and careers been shattered. loyal i'm assuming you know 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 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 and 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 fruit that there is not enough proof for a doping offense 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 everything that was up to now was based on the mclaren report and if this is now not a basis enough to convict athletes then i do not understand why also all the russian at plates could have been banned colic to flee without having any any proof of the hoping the head of the russian orthodox church shared his thoughts on the court's decision during a service on sunday. their truth always triumphs

even if lies are globally recognised and today we have confidence that after the relevant decision of the swiss court the standard sportsman standing representatives of russian sports will be able to go to the olympics in south korea and defend the honor of our country we very much hope this episode will end all the influence efforts on sport to hit specific political goals and the athletes are not the goal russia is back in december the russian flag a national anthem a by and by the i.o.c. from a south korean games athletes will compete as neutrals but one design agency has come up with an alternative for russian fans.

the. it's. the. same. the south. c.b.c. has been accused of bias in its products a coverage with guest sets of bit in steve of the e.u. that's according to several reports which prompted anger in britain's house of lords. across our output

as a whole we must be inclusive reflecting the breadth and diversity of opinion we must give due weight to the many and diverse areas of an argument. to leave has left us with a group of leaders who having lit the fire of all the while it breaks it is a historic mistake for us with it breaks my heart why in the end in one thousand eight hundred eighty and comes back said once again i'm the soul reaver on a.b.c. . frankly the p.p.c. has become the supporter over for organizing. for the european union the brics it's true mr b. the day the city recently that his live in brussels this move even more difficult is every time he makes a small the fafsa is probably on the line for the b.b.c.

short that in order because you do a duty of impartiality. we spoke about this with the director general at the institute of economic affairs he was behind one of the reports critical of 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 furnished you 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 remain camp and the leave camp 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 the 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 statement you tend to believe side seems to be that 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 pricks it 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 show a diversity of views but a proper balance after the break the u.s. city of baltimore has a cease fire in an effort to combat record high murder rates more on that in just a few months.

when lawmakers manufacture can be sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes to protect themselves. in the final merry go round to be the one percent. nor middle of the room six. that you criminalist released by the white house turned shaming into an institution those included on the list are accused simply by association. being from russia or is known excepted cause for suspicion so does the criminalist really change it.

welcome back to the program as a ceasefire in the us city of baltimore this weekend aim at tackling the record high murder rates the city reported three hundred forty three homicides just last year. few cities even body america never been to a more depressingly the city of baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate. murder. in full. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy.

we're. here to talk about. as the third of its kind organizers of twenty events during that we came to mourn the victims we spoke to some of the activists behind the campaign. people all around the city make commitments to just be peaceful and be valid for three days. and do life affirming events so there you are this city with the weekend here we keep. a weekend no homicides this comes as baltimore's rocked by one of the city'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 murder rate 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 charges including fraud drug trafficking and processing fake evidence six out of eight members of the group of pleaded guilty to charges of organized crime some are called investigates. the baltimore police department is now involved in one of the biggest scandals and us 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 if life were 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 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 client sorry for what they did or she. should see regretful of what 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. highstreet the shine they should i was back in the headlines off the shoppers were offended by one of its designers they appear to have the word printed on them this follows another scandal over

a not vote featuring a young black model who was wearing a hoodie bearing the phrase coolest monkey in the jungle about to cause outrage even though the boy's own mother dismissed the claims add racist undertones as was the case with the hoodie the controversial socks of twitter users riled up as well . 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 or use poly workers been looking at how old sorts of things have become offensive now days in case you missed it new a show can now be found on all of our social media platforms take a look. in case you missed it one of the great things about life in twenty eight c. 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 a few your offended twitter will always let you know what you're offended about if only one person out of a 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 i'm still some of the one dickens that cambridge university had to be warned about the distressing see 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 to use always about nineteenth century imperialist sessile rights 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 michelangelo's david possible weinstein 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 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 are going on hold in case anyone should have their feelings. are at stake. also for the cell for myself on the team here at all t. will be back in about thirty five minutes five pm oscar time for global headlines so you got.

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sort is dangerous threatening whereas other people including use or as a symbol of something very different was it. a powerful. protecting. that is far from. the people who criticize you what they're based. by right wing lunatic. eighteen years ago i traveled across the united states exploring america's deadly love affair with the gun i witnessed the grim results of these weapons in hospital emergency rooms morgues in the confused of to mass of mass shooting sprees after each new massacre the newspaper headlines were always the side why did it happen here. since my book was published in the year two thousand more than half

a million americans have been killed by firearms in the usa five hundred twenty seven thousand people dead and many more injured i decided to return to the subject to track down each gun owner who i'd met and photographed those years ago to understand why despite this death toll there is such fierce resistance to even moderate gun control laws in the usa. is thing or was even on the trigger that's now at the picture is about he's not trying to harm me. he is trying to protect me. i'm looking after myself my family my neighbors.