the stories that shape the week here are tea and extremist rebel group downs a russian fighter jet in the northwest of syria the pilot manages to eject but is killed on the ground. washington is plunged into a bitter partisan conflict with the controversial republican memo alleging bias in the f.b.i. and justice department is released. and for its highest court clears twenty eight russian athletes and overturns all sanctions against them concluding there is insufficient evidence he took banned substances.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international now islamist rebel fighters shot down a russian jet in syria's in the province on saturday they then killed the pilot in a shoot out after he refused to surrender and verified footage of the incident has been posted online. you. look good you bet it is and i see the somebody from out of the norm. was. the. video has also surfaced online purportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of a pilot and a 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 the plane was shot down using a portable surface to air missile and the solidest. opposition group has claimed responsibility for the attack it was formed just over a year ago from five other jihadist factions including the nor al dean movement which has in the past been supplied with weapons by the u.s. some observers say is essentially al-qaeda in syria now russia has moved quickly to take action carrying out a number of strikes in italy province its 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 supply to spy on a former trump campaign aide in two thousand and sixteen some in the party have

suggested it casts doubt on of 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 into stepping in line 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 that the application for a warrant to surveil the former aide relied on the highly controversial steel dossier partly funded by the democrats was compiled by a former british spy and is full of unverified claims about trump supposedly to russia but crucially the memo asserts that the f.b.i. didn't reveal the origins of the dossier to the court. with the agency and democratic party have claimed the memo is incomplete and misleading and some legal experts have also said that the f.b.i. was actually under no obligation to reveal the dossiers origin kill

a mop and it now looks at what the document the concept cation 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.

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 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 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 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 u.s.

state of south carolina because in 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 the railed as well as a number of passenger carriages fishel say it appeared of the passenger train was on the wrong track and investigation is now still ongoing. the court of arbitration for sports overturn the lifetime olympic bans of twenty eight russian athletes on thursday and reinstated the results from the sochi two thousand and fourteen games they were engulfed in a dumping scandal dating back to those olympics with russia accused of widespread substance abuse love and 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. unanimously found that 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 declared in a sense 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 he's he streamlet disappointing and surprising for. the the i.o.c. we would never have expected these these decision. the need for reform. in the

internal structure of couse you heard it on the folks back at the announcement that shocked the world of 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. 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 bring 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 individual sports men's 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 pyongyang 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 disc 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 you know likelihood will are play a game bigger than of. well it was an emotional day for the russian athletes involved you can see here the reaction of one cross-country skier cleared of doping after a very 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 in the whole public will know that a lot of people thought we day it's 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 of science 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 every seeing 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. about in december the russian flag and national anthem were banned by the i.o.c. from the south korean beings and the athletes were complete as neutrals but one design agency has come up with an alternative for russian fans.

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city of baltimore is attempting another cease fire but it has also got corrupt cops to contend with all details after a short break this is art international in the weekly. the u.s. is losing into a summer on the climate denying is precluding them from the dissipating in this new economy number one and number two the effects of the climate change and why the

catastrophes the global you know migrants that are the result of it all this other problems are hurting the u.s. economy on the other side of the trade so you've got a double. welcome back this is our international end of the week where you know this week the b.b.c. was accused of bias in its present 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 runaway breaks it is a historic mistake but one is with it it breaks my heart i lie in bed tonight worrying about the outcomes of backset once again i'm the sole lever on a v.c. panel that. frankly is a p.p.c. has become the supporter of a foreigner organize ocean. for the european union of the brics it's true mr david did this city recently that his job in brussels this move even more difficult if every time he makes a small advance that is probably on the mind by the b.b.c. get sure that in order because you do so a duty of impartiality. when

we discuss the issue with the director general of the u.k. since two divakar nomic affairs who is 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 leaf cap i think is 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 e.u. membership it's more the ordinary man or woman who rebelled against the political status an attempt to build a leave site seems to be the balance for people's views on brics 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 bricks that 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 the b.b.c. in response has said its guests represent a range of viewpoint the organisation is stressed its reporting reflects the fact that in the debate over break it has moved on and is no longer a simple binary issue. there is a cease fire in the us city of baltimore this weekend aimed at tackling the record

high murder rate there the city reported three hundred forty three homicides last year alone. you cities in body american urban decay a more depressing lead in 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. talking about.

is the third ceasefire of its kind in the city organizers have prepared around twenty during the weekend to mourn the victims of crime we talked to the activist 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 with a start what a weekend and we keep it into we see a weekend of no homicides it 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 rate however it seems that they have actually been adding to the levels of crime the unit was dissolved in march last year and its officers arrested they are 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 samir khan is following the story. the baltimore police department is now involved in one of the biggest scandals in 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 the weekends 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 and 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 clients sorry for what they did or should. be so it seems 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. on saturday an interfaith working group from russia's presidential council for cooperation with religious associations arrived in syria for a seven day visit the main aim of the trip is to discuss joint activities with the syrian side in addition representatives of russian religious communities distributed the human and humanitarian aid the aid was collected by russian believers of various faiths and will go to the people of syria regardless of their

religion. all religious organizations came here with only one mission so to help the syrian people first of all we ask god for peace in this country but we are also assisting with humanitarian aid to help us stablish a peaceful life here. today we are carrying out a commuter and mission here in damascus and we feel the unity of two our nations syria and russia this unity helps fight terrorism and help heal the wounds of the war. the working group was established at the initiative of the russian orthodox church in april of last year and has successfully carried out two humanitarian campaigns in syria sending aid to liberated areas of aleppo attack yeah and the district of holmes. and that doesn't for me i will be back with more news and the weekly in about thirty three minutes there was.

a few 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 no one except of course for suspicion so does the criminalistic really change. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the us exactly just pull on. the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than food. and see people you never heard of love back to the

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when lawmakers manufacture consent to a student of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round the sun be the one percent. it's nothing we can all middle of the room sick. i mean real news real world. that image was quite controversial some people saw it as irresponsible something of the sort is dangerous threatening whereas other people including you store as a symbol of something very different was it. powerful. protecting. us from our freedom.

but the people who criticize you what are there used. 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 and the confused often mass of mass shooting spree. after each new massacre the news. i had lines 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 us. is there was in there on the trigger that's not what the picture is about he's not trying to harm me. he is trying to protect me. i'm looking out for myself my family. friend neighbors.

this is. relaxing. the thought that some people would want to take our guns away to me is so ludicrous because the bad guys thugs the murderers the ripest are always going to have guns and are you would be doing would be to take them away from the good guys from the law abiding citizens people in this country huddle in their houses and throw their dead belts but i want not succumb to this gown that is out there. we were at our church last sunday and our sunday school teacher mike asked the class how many people had gun permits in i would say over two thirds of the members raised their hands.