the stories that shaped the week here on our t.v. an extremist rebel group down to russian fighter jet and the northwest of syria the pilot manages to eject but is killed on the ground. washington is plunged into bitter partisan conflict as a controversial republican memo alleging antitrust bias in the f.b.i. and justice department is released. and sports highest court clears twenty russian athletes and doping it overturns all sanctions against them concluding that there's insufficient evidence that they took banned substances.

broadcasting live iraq for our studios in moscow this is art international john thomas certainly glad to have you with us now is almost a rebel fighters shot down a russian jet in syria's italy province on saturday they then killed the pilot any shootout after he refused to surrender unverified footage of the incident has been posted online. you know. who the good you've been with there's not. the somebody from out of the norm. but. to be a part. of the. video has also serviced online purportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of a pilot no warning you may find the following images upsetting the clip appears to

show one of the militants taking a selfie next to their victim others are also taking pictures and chanting russia's defense ministry says that the plane was shot down using a portable surface to air missile. the salafist your opposition group has claimed responsibility for the attack it was formed in just over a year ago from five other job is to factions including the nor al dean movement which has in the past been supplied with weapons by the u.s. and some observers say tough we're all shot is essentially al-qaeda in iraq and russia moved quickly to take action carrying out a number of strikes in italy province it's a defense ministry says more than thirty militants were killed using high precision weapons. friday saw 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 two thousand and sixteen some in the party have

suggested it casts doubt on the whole federal investigation into the claims of collusion between the president's team and moscow the documents publication has led to impassioned debate in the media as well. put your watch there is north koreans do stepping 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 specifically the memo alleges that the application for a warrant to surveil the former trump aide relied on the highly controversial steel dossier partly funded by the democrats it was compiled by a former british spy and is a full of unverified claims about trump's supposedly to russia but crucially the memo asserts that the f.b.i. didn't reveal the origins of the dossier to the court both the agency and the democratic party have claimed that the memo is incomplete and misleading and some

legal experts have also said the f.b.i. was actually under no obligation to reveal the dossiers origin and now looks at 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. 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 reading 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. r.t. new york former cia analyst and whistleblower john kiriakou told us that he believes the developments have laid bare some of the f.b.i.'s more unsavory 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 to 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 a partisan. report and and they got their warrant they got their warrant anyway. two people have been killed and one hundred sixteen injured after two

trains collided in the us state of south carolina the collision between an amtrak train and a freight train happened at around two thirty sunday 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 d. railed as well as a number of passenger carriages officials say it appeared in the passenger train was on the wrong track the investigation is now ongoing. the court of arbitration for sports overturned the lifetime olympic bans of twenty eight russian athletes on thursday and reinstated their results from the sochi two thousand and fourteen games they were engulfed in a doping scandal dating back to those olympics with russia of widespread substance abuse eleven other athletes also had bans removed but will not be allowed to compete at the upcoming winter games in south korea the decision to uphold the appeals was met with disappointment within the international olympic committee

because of a tree just you know name was lee found out 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 an anti-doping rule violation was committed by the athletes concerned. this does not mean that these twenty eight actually start declared innocent but in their case due to insufficient evidence the appears up 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 this. decision.

the urgent need for reform. in the internal structure of costs. or you want it done after bank of the announcement that shocked the world when you 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 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 dissensions 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 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 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 wada we now have a greater confidence that the anti doping system in russia is no longer 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. . well it was an emotional day for the russian athletes involved you can see here the reaction of one cross country skier to cleared of doping after the verdict was heard many more russian athletes were in high spirits as the head of the announcement their careers had essentially been left hanging in the balance loyalists in the north 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 but 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 such a relief when not guilty and the whole public will know that

a lot of people thought we date 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 the mclaren report to become not in a basis 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 basis enough to convict at leats then i do not understand why also all the russian at plates could have been banned collectively without having any any proof of the oping wagon december the russian flag and national anthem were banned by the i.o.c.

from the south korean games and the athletes were competing as neutrals but one design agency has come up with an alternative for russian fans. the so. so.

so so. this week the b.b.c. was accused of bias in its brags of coverage with of the majority of its guests is 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 of 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 i want to but if it breaks my heart i lie in bed tonight worrying about the outcomes of backset once again i'm the soul reaver on a.b.c. panel.

frankly the p.p.c. has become the supporter of a four organize ocean. for the european union of the brics it's true mr do they do this it to me recently that his job in brussels this move even more difficult if every time he makes a small advance that he's probably of the mind for the b.b.c. get short actually in order because you do a duty of impartiality. we discussed the issue with the director general at the u.k.'s institute of economic affairs 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 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 a stagnation figures famous figures and influential people have tended to be in favor of a you membership it's more the ordinary man or woman who rebelled against the political stablish an attempt to build a leave site seems to be the balance for people's views on bret's 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 that 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 when the b.b.c. in response has said it's guests represent a range of viewpoints the organization has stressed its reporting reflects the fact that the debate over baghdad has moved on and is no longer a simple binary issue. well it's a skyrocketing murder rate the u.s. city of baltimore is attempting another cease fire but it has also got corrupt cops to contend with all details after trowbridge's are to international in the weekly. appetite i mean for conflict is very very low these days public service much more eager to see. but then they are to.

actually get into a fight with a neighbor or or with other powers in the world. just to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go on to be press that's what before three in the morning and people. i'm interested always in the water.

welcome back conditions aren't international and the weekly you know there is a cease fire in the u.s. city of baltimore this weekend aimed at tackling the record high murder rate their city reported three hundred forty three homicides last year alone. you cities in body american urban decay more depressingly than the city of baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate. murder is out of control. yes baltimore there is a robust active crime strategy. we're. talking about.

illegal. it is the third ceasefire of its kind in the city organizers have prepared around twenty events during the weekend to mourn the victims of crime we talked 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 are events all over the city we distort what a weekend and we keep it into we see a weekend of no homicides it all comes as a baltimore is being rocked by one of the city's biggest police corruption scandals the government traced 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 various charges including fraud and drug

trafficking and planting false evidence six out of eight members of the group have pleaded guilty to charges of organized crime 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 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 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 for sure. he certainly is seen 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. the high street behemoths h. and m. is back in the headlines after shoppers took offense and socks it was selling which appeared to have the word written on them it follows another scandal over an item for ties been featuring a young black model he was wearing a hoodie bearing the phrase the coolest monkey in the jungle that too caused outrage even though the boy's own mother dismissed the claims it had racist undertones and was a v. k. as was the case with the hoodie the controversial sox have got 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 then don't buy them getting a little tired of saying you can't make this stuff up and go has been looking at how all sorts of things have become offensive today new show in case you missed it can now be found on all of our social media platforms. 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. good school 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 a human 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 she signalling 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 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 it's not you always about nineteenth century imperialist sessile right students at oxford university 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 with these chances my grandfather is david possible weinstein's situation that your liberty immigrant and christ the redeemer

possibly offensive to jews and muslims the little guy being in the fountains naked it's time to act what is great is there are places where everyone's mind can rest in peace these are militants based is these are places where freedom of speech armed expression all put on hold in case anyone can have that feeling. america. and there you have it that does it for me i'll be back in about thirty three and a half minutes for full look at your news watch martha international says. when lawmakers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the

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