the stories that shaped the week here on our team international an extremist rebel group a downs a russian fighter jet in the northwest of syria the pilot manages to object but he's killed on the ground. washington is plunged into bitter partisan conflict as a controversial republican. bias in the f.b.i. and justice department is released. and sports highest court clears twenty eight russian athletes of doping and overturns all sanctions against them concluding that there is insufficient evidence that they took banned substance.

or 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 but province on saturday they killed the pilot in a shoot out after he refused to surrender and verified footage of the incident has been posted online. good you've. got to be cut cut cut cut. the load. the video has also surfaced online purportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of the pilot and

a bit of 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. salafist the. opposition group has claimed responsibility for the attack it was formed just over a year ago from five other jobs to factions including the north. movement which has in the past been supplied with weapons by the u.s. some observers say. is essentially al-qaeda in syria. well russia 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 spy on a former 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 would 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 that the application for a warrant to surveil the former trumpet aide relied on the highly controversial steel dossier partly funded by the democrats it was compiled by a former british spy and is 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. now both the agency and the

democratic party have claimed 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 electronic campaign this could be quite a scandal it would discredit the d.o.j. and 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. but. 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.

but. as expressed during our initial review we have grave concerns about material emissions a fact that fundamentally 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 chair of the house intel committee has been compromised by the russians as a possible plea at all 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 whistle blower 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 any

way. two people have been killed and one hundred sixteen injured after two trains collided in the us state of south carolina now 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 no as a result of the collision the front engine d. railed as well as a number of passenger carriages officials say it appeared the passenger train was on the wrong track now the an investigation is ongoing. international olympic committee has refused fifteen russian athletes the chance to compete at the two thousand and eighteen olympics record of arbitration for sport overturned the lifetime olympic bans of twenty eight russian athletes on thursday and reinstated their results from the sochi two thousand and fourteen games now they were and golf to a doping scandal dating back to those olympics with russia accused of widespread

substance abuse eleven other athletes also have bans removed but will not be allowed to compete at the upcoming winter games in sochi sorry excuse me in south korea the court's decision was met with disappointment at the i.o.c. . gass arbitrators unanimously found that the evidence put forward by the i.o.c. 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 appearance of held the sanctions and old and their individual results achieved in such reinstated.

cost a decision is extremely disappointing and surprising for. the the i.o.c. we would never have expected this. decision. the her chin the need for reform in the internal structure of because you got it done a hoax a baguette the announcement and shock 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. 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 the sanctions in the first place the mclaren report didn't find any individual violations of doping rules of individual sports men because there was only a very limited time the team of mr mclaren had fifty seven death 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 russians are regularly tested and they're amongst the most scrutinized.

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 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 the head of the announcement their careers had essentially been left hanging in the balance. neulander so in the north i found out about the decision during my training c.s. decided to overturn my disqualification my ban i had only positive thoughts in my head about 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 western europe 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 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 a basis 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. back in december of the russian flag and national anthem were banned by the i.o.c. from the south korean games and we have athletes will compete as neutrals but one designer agency has come up with an alternative for russian fans.

well this week of the b.b.c. was accused of bias in its breadth of coverage with of 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 of bret's and diversity of opinions we must give due weight to the many and diverse areas of an argument. to leave such as let's just say with

a group of leaders who having lived the thought of a long while it 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 banks that once again i'm the sole lever on a v.c. . frankly the p.p.c. has become the supporter. over for organizers from. all the european duty of the brics it's true mr david did the city recently that his job in brussels is made even more difficult if every time he makes a small defaults that he's probably on the market for the b.b.c. get short acting or both because you do a duty of impartiality. we discussed of 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's 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 believe cap i think is pretty poor that a public broadcaster a skewed that gets some panelists so dramatically in this direction all the top political issue of the times. in general in britain a stagnation figures famous figures an 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 status 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 projects 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 guests represent a range of viewpoint the organisation has stressed its reporting reflects the fact that the debate over budget has moved on and is no longer a simple binary issue. there is a cease fire in the us a city of baltimore this weekend aimed at tracking the record high murder rate there the city reported three hundred forty three homicides last year alone.

iloveyou cities in body american urban decay more depressingly than 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. illegal alien.

is the third ceasefire of its kind in the city organizers have prepared 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 to celebrate life and do life affirming event so there are events all over the city with a start what a weekend here we keep it in so 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 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

or to 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 be. we would create false reports to cover up the robberies we were involved in. it was like a way of life were got to weigh 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. 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 in 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're carrying out a humanitarian 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 working group was established the initiative of the russian orthodox church in april of last year it has successfully carried out two humanitarian campaigns in syria sending aid to liberated areas of aleppo lattakia and the district of. the high street a behemoth is back in the headlines after shoppers took offense at socks it was selling which appeared to have the word allah printed on them now it 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 and that too caused

outrage even though the mother's own. the boy's own mother excuse me dismissed the claims it had racist undertones and as was the case with the hoodie the controversial sox have gotten twitter users riled up. 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 which has been looking at how all sorts of things have become offensive today polly's new show in case you've 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. it's quite 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 is

actually hard to tell is our guide to being offended in the modern world if i'm sure as you are offended twitter will always let you know what you're offended about if only one person out of one hundred is offended you need to pretend that you are offended to go 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 a homeless twin and even throwing in a lesbian couple wasn't diverse enough but may not use always about the nineteenth century imperialist sessile rhodes students at oxford university wanted his small barely noticeable sound to go on why because he was bad at one hundred

fifty years ago who wasn't. there and so are these chances my grandfather is david possible weinstein's situation is that your liberty immigrant and course the redeemer possibly offensive to jews and muslims the little guy being in the fountain naked it's time to act what is great is there are places where everyone's mind can rest in peace these are the old rules based is these are places where freedom of speech and expression all put on hold in case anyone should have their feelings. america safe. right that does it for me and my call and colleague media twitter will be here in about thirty minutes time with a full look at your news you are watching our international and we're so glad to have you with us.

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or all things considered i'm peter lavelle the memo has come and gone but this controversy is far from over the political bias of the deep state has been revealed and the illegal activities exposed if anyone will be held responsible. crosstalk in the memo i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have a he is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have is a political analyst we spoke nick international rules in effect that means.