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

broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our intention national thomas recapping the week least stories with our weekly program now islamist rebel fighters shot down a russian jet in syria's elite province on saturday may have been killed of the pilot in a shootout after he refused to surrender and verified footage of the incident has been posted online. but. you. do look good you bet it is and i see somebody from. out of the. cut. was. the. video has also surfaced online purportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of the pilot now 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 salafist here opposition group has claimed responsibility for the attack and it was formed just over a year ago from five other geodes factions including the newer. movement which has in the past been supplied with weapons by the u.s. now some observers say talk here is essentially an al-qaeda 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. now 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 documents publication has led to two impassioned debate in the media as well. put your watch there is 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. the 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 it's full of unverified claims about trump supposedly to russia 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 even said that 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 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 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 lost 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 strip tish's lee 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 then 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 a collision between an amtrak train and a freight train happened at around two thirty sunday morning local time track the 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 railed as well as a number of passenger carriages officials say it appeared passenger train was on the wrong track and 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 accused 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.

treat just you know name was lee found out the evidence put forward by the are 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's an anti-doping rule violation was committed by the athletes concerned. this does not mean that these twenty eight actually sought declared innocence 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 these these decision.

the urgent need for reform. in the internal structure of couse you want it done afterwards back up the announcement that shocked the world of winter sports. team rush zero 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 over a state sponsored conspiracy the pretext for the ban have been shaken to their very foundation in the last few days bomb shell 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 the sanctions in the first place the mclaren report didn't find any individual violations of doping rules of individuals because there was only a very limited time the team of mr mclaren had fifty seven days bomb shell. two. the russian paralympic team also had its fate 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 while we now have 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 eager zone of r.t. . 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 the verdict was heard many more russian athletes were in high spirits as ahead of the announcement their careers had essentially been left hanging in the balance. neulander sentiment in europe i found out about the decision during my training c.i.s. decided to overturn my disqualification my ban i had only positive thoughts in my head about that 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 a pill 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 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 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 at leats them i do not understand why also all the russian at plates could have been banned collectively without having any any proof of the hoping that can december the russian flag and national anthem were banned by the

i.o.c. from the south korean games and the athletes will compete as neutrals but one design agency has come up with an alternative for russian fans. the some. say.

the so. this week the b.b.c. was accused of bias in its brags that the coverage with of the majority of it suggests 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 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 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 sole lever on a v.c. panel that.

frankly the p.p.c. has become the supporter of a four organize ocean. for the european union dave bricks it's true mr david did his 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. sure that 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 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 remaining

camp and the leaf cap 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 e.u. membership it's more the ordinary man or woman who rebelled against the political status an attempt to believe side seems to be that balancing for people's views on bricks 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 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 b.b.c. 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 it's a guess to represent a range of viewpoints the organisation has stressed its reporting reflects the fact that the debate over baghdad 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 that three hundred forty three homicides happened last year alone. illegal cities in body american urban decay more depressingly in the city of baltimore baltimore struggles with a record high murder rate. murder out of principle. 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 events and 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 here we keep it in so we see a weekend no homicides or corruption 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 were 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'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 smear con is following the story for us. 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. we would create false reports to cover up the robberies we were involved in.

it was like a where if life were got to weigh 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 are 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 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 if you first of all we ask god for peace in this country but we are also assisting with humanitarian aid to help us stablish peaceful life here and we mourn him. today we're carrying out to him in terror and mission here in damascus and it feel the unity of it to our nations syria and russia this unity helps fight terrorism and help heal the wounds of the war. on 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. and the district of. the high street a behemoth. back in the headlines after shoppers took offense at stocks it was selling which appeared to have the word allah printed on them. follows another scandal over an advertisement 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 that had racist undertones and as was the case with the hoodie of the controversial socks i've got twitter users riled up as well. this is ridiculous the next will be that they forbid the small w. and the. 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 or go has been looking at how

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