the stories that shape the. rebel group of russian fighter jets in the northwest of syria and then kills the pilot. also in this hour washington political infighting as a controversial republican and. the f.b.i. and justice department has released. sports highest court players twenty eight russian athletes of doping overturned all sanctions against them explaining there's insufficient evidence they took substances.

thanks for joining us here on r.t. international with me. round up of the top stories over the last seven days the latest global headlines. now is the mr rebel fighters shot down a russian jet in syria's province on saturday they then killed the pilot in a shoot out and verified video of the incident has been posted online by another opposition faction. a lot of work. to do with the. good you about who these are. the somebody from out of the norm. out of you know. the. second video has also surfaced online apparently showing the rebels posing with the dead body of a pilot a warning you may find the following images distressing. a little it 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 the salafist opposition group last claimed responsibility for the attack it was formed just over a year ago from five other hardest factions including the north. which has in the past been supplied with weapons by the united states some analysts say a total sham is essentially al qaida in syria russia moved quickly to take action carrying out a number of strikes in the province its defense ministry says more than thirty militants were killed using high precision weapons. friday saw the release of a contested republican memo alleging the f.b.i. and justice department to buse their powers to secure a warrant to spy on a former trump campaign aide back in twenty sixteen some of the party have

suggested it casts doubt on the whole federal investigation into those allegations of collusion between the president's team and moscow the documents publication has led to impassioned debates in the media as well could you ever watch those north koreans who stepping in line the republican party is so much light that people need to start taking to the streets this is a detail this is a tipping point for our democracy declassify this memo for fundamentally a political purpose. now specifically the memo alleges that the application for a warrant to surveil the former trump aide relied on the highly controversial democrat funded to steal dossier was compiled by a former british spy and is full of one verify the claims about trump's supposed links to russia crucially though the memo asserts that the f.b.i. didn't reveal the origins of the documents to the court of both the agency on the democratic party have claimed the memos incomplete and misleading some of also

claim the f.b.i. was under no obligation legally at least to reveal the memos origin to the judge caleb moore but now looks at what exactly 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 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 chair of the house intel committee has been compromised by the russians as a possible plea at all 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. and also you spoke to former cia analyst on whistle blower john kiriakou he told us he believes the developments of really bad 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 face of court they played the face of court judge by not telling them the source of this deal they plead to a judge by not telling them that this was a a partisan. report and and they got their warrant they got their warrant anyway. and other headlines two people have been killed and seventy others injured

after two trains collided in the us state of south carolina a collision between an amtrak train and a freight train happened at around two thirty am the amtrak train was operating between new york and miami at least eight crew and one hundred thirty nine passengers were on board as a result of the collision the front engine derailed as well as a number of passenger carriages. the court of arbitration for sport has overturned the lifetime bans of twenty eight russian athletes and reinstated their salty olympics results they were part of a doping scandal dating back to twenty fourteen with russia accused of widespread substance abuse eleven other athletes also had a lifetime bans removed but will not compete at the upcoming winter 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 matter 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 athletes are declared innocent but in their case due to insufficient evidence the appears held the sanctions and old and their individual results achieved in such reinstated. cost a decision he's extremely disappointing and surprising for. the the i.o.c. we would never have expected these these decision. the her chin the need for reform. in the

internal structure of her cause it was not enough takes a look back at it now it's one that shocked the world the winter sports. 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. 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 dissensions in the first place the mclaren report didn't find any

individual violations of doping rules of individual sports men's 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 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 after 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 or likelihood will up their game eager zone of r.t. . well as you can imagine it was an emotional day for the russian athletes involved you can see here the reaction of one of those cross-country skiers cleared of doping after the verdict was announced many more us in our thoughts were in high spirits of course previously they believe their dreams and careers have been shot of. oil and so 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 and 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 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 dope in our 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 everything that was done 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 athletes could have been banned khalik to flee without having any any prove of the hoping. well let's share one of russia's federation council the upper house of the country's parliament has given her thoughts on the controversy over the court's

decision when you know i'm with you through the thirteen we don't know the people at the court of arbitration for sport but i think we should be grateful the despite the unrelenting pressure they found the courage to be guided by objective data and the principles of the olympic movement by making their decision of course it can be argued there is a need to reform the court of arbitration for sport especially given the i.o.c. and happiness with the decision but it also makes sense to think about reforming the world anti-doping agency and the international olympic committee itself in particular for showing an inability to act within a democratic framework it's a clear sign of the degeneration of the olympic movement and spirit. back in december the russian flag on a national more by and by the i.o.c. from the south korean games their families will computers neutrals one design agency though has come up with an alternative for russian funds.

the so. says. the so. says the libyan man who lost his entire family in a nato rate is now seeking justice in the european court of human rights he says the last straw to bombs on his house during the military intervention in the

country back in twenty eleven. now we demand they don't need to explain why our house and houses were showing a military target 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 targets of the nato aircraft struck specifically at night when people were in their home they intentionally hit civilian targets the hospitals schools gas stations they destroyed all the infrastructure while they were killing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure apparently knowing there were no weapons there. but you can see on the map just here where the nato strike took place as khalid mentioned thirteen people in the town of sylmar 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 or. his home was just a family home and not a legitimate military target he began his battle for justice back in february twenty twelfth he faced an uphill struggle though to get his case to court nato is arguing that it was a military site that had no intelligence suggesting civilians were in the house at the time of the attack nevertheless colleen stresses this is just one case among many where nato has refused to take responsibility. where we gathered our families in different parts of libya or we found a man whose wife and daughter and son as well as his mother died during the shelling and 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 material was so that this case could become a historical precedent. off the break the crime boss of us city of baltimore is

called for a cease fire over the weekend in an effort to combat mother writes. in just a couple of months. here's what people have been saying about redacted in the us exactly to the lawn author of the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than boobs. and see people you never heard of love back to the night i'm president of the world bank so take. me seriously send us an email.

that you crim list released by the white house into an institution those included on the list are accused simply by association. being from russia or is no one except it cools for suspicion so does the kremlin list really changes. the weekly here on our t.v. international and there's a ceasefire in the us city of baltimore this weekend but tackling the record high murder rate there the city reported over three hundred forty homicides just last year. 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. murder you

will. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy. we're. talking about. now this is the third of its kind organizers of proprietor around twenty events during the weekend to mourn the victims we spoke to the activists behind the latest campaign people all around the city make commitments to just be peaceful and not be

violent for three days. and do life affirming event so there you are this city what a weekend here we keep. a weekend no home the sides of this all comes as baltimore is being 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 spiraling murder rates however it does seem have actually been adding to the levels of crime the heat it was dissolved in march of last year and its officers arrested facing various charges varying from fraud drug trafficking and planting fake evidence as well six out of eight members of the group have pleaded guilty already to charges of organized crime samir khan is across 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 b.b. guns 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. is sure to see regret for 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. this week the b.b.c. was accused of bias in its bricks and coverage with the majority of its guests said to have been favor of the european union that's according at least 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 runaway breaks it is a historic mistake for us with it it breaks my heart i lie in bed at night worrying about the outcomes of backset once again i'm the sole lever on a v.c. panel.

frankly the p.p.c. has become the supporter over for organizing. for the european union of the brics it's true mr david did a city recently that his job in brussels is move even more difficult if every time he makes a smaller farts that is probably on the mind by the b.b.c. sure that in order because you do a duty of impartiality. well we had discussed the issue with the director general at the institute of economic affairs so it was behind one of those 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 establishment 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 stab recently tend to believe side seems to be the balancing for people's views on bret's it 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 b.b.c. really can be considered a neutral broadcaster one that doesn't just show a diversity of views but a proper balance that's the headlines for this hour that's it for myself and a team here at r.t. until seven pm moscow time of course i do come back then for more headlines from around the world. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sport that's less i'm show business i'll see you then.

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a more institutionalized form formally speaking those included in the lease 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 lease really change much to discuss that i'm now joined by eric ferrari a washington based defense attorney specializing in sanctions but securities good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you and i'm happy 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 certainly expected something both more biting and more precise i wonder though if you believe this relief may be a little bit premature do you think the worst is yet to come oh 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 does it nations now many observers have pointed out

that in compiling this report of the trumpet ministration has essentially called pasted both the kremlin's phone book and the forbes magazine sleestak wealthiest russians what do you make of these wholesale method of complaisant well so it's not uncommon for the treasury to use. 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 are paying attention some of the same spelling mistakes that were contained in the forbes list have also been carried over into the treasury report well as you say it's not uncommon to rely on public sector materials but at the same time i think this report this sensually makes no distinction between people who are friendly to the kremlin and people who have been it could be argued persecuted by the kremlin so is there any. substance to it because from the russian point of view it's just publishing. at least about.