the stories that shaped the week here to see an extremist rebel group a russian fighter jet in the northwest of syria the pilot manages to object but he's killed on the broad. washington is plunged into bitter conflict as a controversial republican memo alleging. in the f.b.i. justice department is released. and sports court clears twenty eight. doping and overturns old sanctions against them including there's insufficient evidence they took.

with the main stories from the house seven days on right up to the moment developments as well welcome to the weekly in our international our top story this hour islamist rebel fighters shot a russian jet in syria. today they then kill the pilot in a shoot out on verified video of the incident has been posted online by another opposition faction. good you've got to there's not. much. to be. a second video is also surfaced online purportedly. showing the rebels posing with

the dead body of the pilot a warning you may find the following images upsetting the clip appears to show one of the militants taking a selfie. others are also taking pictures and chanting bush's defense ministry say the plane was shot down using a portable surface to air missile the salafist. opposition group claimed responsibility for the attack it was formed just over a year ago from five other this factions including the newer in the movement which is in the past been supplied with weapons by the u.s. some observers say it. is essentially al-qaeda in syria. and russia move quickly to take action carrying out a number of strikes in the province it's the fence ministry says more than thirty militants were killed using high precision weapons.

moving on friday so all of the release of a contested u.s. republican memo alleging the f.b.i. and justice department abused their powers to secure a warrant to spy on a former trump campaign aide in twenty sixteen some in the party have suggested it cast on the whole federal investigation into the claims of collusion between the president's team on moscow the documents publication has led to impassioned debate in the media to. could you ever watch those north koreans goosestepping in line with the republican party is so much like 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 well specifically the memo alleges not the application for a warrant to surveil the former trump agent reliant on the highly controversial democrat funded steel dossier it was compiled by a former british spy on this fall of on verified claims about trump supposedly

links to russia but crucially the memo asserts that the f.b.i. did not reveal the origins of the documents to the court. well both the agency on the democratic party have claimed the memo is incomplete misleading and some legal experts have also said the f.b.i. was actually under no obligation to reveal the memos origen to the judge give them up and not look said 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 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. 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 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

chairman 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 we spoke to former cia unlist whistleblower john korea and he told us he believes the developments have laid bare some of the f.b.i.'s own safety practices. 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 played that judge by not telling them that this was a a partisan. report and and they got their warrant they got their warrant any way. two people have been killed and one hundred and sixteen injured after two trains collided in the u.s. state of south carolina the collision between an truck train on a freight train happened around two thirty in the morning local time the amtrak 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 engine derailed as well as a number of passengers or car edges. to another big story of the week the court of arbitration for sport to overturn the lifetime bonds of twenty eight russian cleats on thursday reinstated their source

and picks results they were part of a doping scandal dating back to twenty fourteen with russia accused of widespread substance abuse eleven other athletes also have lifetime bans removed but will not compete on the upcoming winter games inside korea the decision to uphold the appeal this was met with disappointment within the international olympic committee because of a treatise unanimously found that the evidence put forward by the eye 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 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 these costs a decision is extremely disappointing and surprising for. the the i.o.c. we would never have expected these these decision shows so the urgent need for reform. in the internal structure of couse in her she down off looks back now at the a ninety minute show the world of winter sport. 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 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 individuals because there was only a very limited time the team of mr mclaren had fifty seven death bomb show. 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 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 you know likelihood will up their game bigger than of r.t. . there was an emotional day for the russian athletes involved you can see here the reaction of the cross-country skier cleared of doping after the verdict was heard many more rational plates were in high spirits as the head of the you know it's been their careers have essentially been left hanging. royal and sun in the north i found out about the decision during my training as 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 but i was waiting for the results of a pill when i came back from practice it's amazing yes then my scouts and 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 were day 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 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 then i do not understand why also all the russian at plates could have been banned khalik to flee without having any any prove of the hoping. the chairman 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 deep but 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 reform in the world anti-doping agency and the international olympic committee itself in

particular for showing an inability to act within a democratic framework i think it's a clear sign of the degeneration of the olympic movement and spirit. in december the russian flag a national anthem were bound by the i.o.c. from the south korean games its will compete as neutrals but one design agency has come up with alternative for russian fans.

the so. say a libyan man who lost his whole family in a nato raid is now seeking justice in the european court of human rights he say's 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 and nato has the latest equipment and technology which allows them to accurately determine the targets of the nato cross 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 here on the map where the nato strike took place as khaled mentioned thirteen people were killed in the bombardment including three children he say's his heists may have been targeted because his father was a general who served under libya's former leader moammar gadhafi but tell it say's it was just a family home not a legitimate military target he began his battle for justice back in twenty twelfth but his face an uphill struggle to get his case to court nato argues that it was a military site and it had no intelligence suggesting civilians were in the house

out the time of the strike nevertheless callid stresses this is just one case among many where nato has refused to take responsibility. 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 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. after the break the crime blighted us city of baltimore has called for a cease fire over the weekend in an effort to come record high murder rates more plenty more besides after this. manufacturer consents to public wealth. when the ruling classes

protect themselves. with the famous merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room say. you criminalist released by the white house to and shaming into an institution those included on the list are accused simply by association. being from russia or is now an accepted cause for suspicion so does the kremlin list really change.

twenty minutes into the program welcome back let's start stateside again where there is a ceasefire in the city of baltimore this weekend ain't that the record high murder rate there in the city reported three hundred forty three homicides last year alone . led to cities in body american urban decay more depressingly than the city of baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate lead. murder. in full. length. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy.

working to. kill. but what's happening now is the third ceasefire of its kind organizers have her to run twenty events during the weekend to mourn the victims we talk to the activists behind the campaign. people all around the city make commitments to just be peaceful and not be violent for three days and says celebrate life and do life affirming event so there events over the city we distort what a weekend he would keep it into we see a week in no home the sides of it all comes as baltimore is being rocked by one of the city's biggest poli scription scandals the gun trace task force was made up of

plain clothes officers and were supposed to be targeting the city's spiraling murder rate however it seems they have actually been adding to the levels of crime but you know it was dissolved in march last year its officers arrested then they're facing various charges including fraud drug trafficking and planting false evidence six out of eight members of the group have pleaded guilty to charges of organized crime in baltimore forests similar a kiln. the baltimore police department is now involved in one of the biggest scandals and 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 a where if life were got away with

a lot of things if proven guilty the officers of 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 still 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 should. he surely 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. this week the b.b.c. was accused of bias in its brags of coverage with the majority of its guests said

to have been in favor of remaining in the european union that is 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 i want to put it breaks my heart i lie in bed tonight. to back set off again i'm the soul on a heavy sea. frankly the p.p.c. has become the supporter over for organizing. for the european union the

brics it's true mr david did the city recently that his live in brussels this move even more difficult is every time he makes a small the facts from the b.b.c. get short. because you do a duty of impartiality. we discussed the issue with the director general of the institute of economic a furze who 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 are photos too 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 is 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 stablish an attempt to believe side seems to be the balance of people's rights it makes you feel 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 of the b.b.c. in response said it's guess quote represent a range of viewpoints the organization has stressed its reporting reflects the fact that the debate over breaks it has moved on and there's no longer a simple binary issue. all right what's black and white and perhaps the cutest things to come from china are documentaries title it's a pundit full life perhaps gives away the answer and it's next. most will remember who you are when you don't see. sunni teachers that link to what they did they could pin it. to what can you not through only ten space you.

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