to the russians and in that case that would be a massive blow for the audio see and that would in turn mean that the international olympic committee discriminated against the russians the third scenario we heard about from an online that cannot be confirmed but reports are suggesting that there could be a split decision on the russian athletes standing by here at the temporary home of the court of arbitration for sport and i'll give you any news as soon as it comes out however some athletes his participation in the games is not in question and now embroiled in controversy to that so after a norwegian state run broadcaster published a list of drugs the country's team doctor brought to play on chan now remarkable amounts of ask the medication was noted six thousand doses containing banned substances that's ten times more arsenic drugs than for example neighboring finland brought to south korea while the quantity of past my medicine has raised

a number of concerns most of these drugs contain substances that are banned by was or the doping watchdog argues they can enhance an athlete's performance by expanding their lung capacity and always an anti doping agency has also admitted the country has a problem with the use of asthma medication. it is common practice noid to occasionally use assman medicine major elements in the rest between system even with the diagnosis vastly is not specific. latest revelation comes after the release of a documentary that alleges the existence of an organized doping system at norway's ski federation we spoke to one of the journalists behind the film the. federation is very angry about this and they don't want to talk about this problem and that's very sad. it's more. than a ski federation doping program we can see that forty one percent of the middle

east have normal blood that gives it means i don't think this is clean competition you see there are. doping also in this competitions we've asked the international olympic committee whether it will investigate these doping allegations and we're still awaiting a reply however a sports lawyer we spoke to are told as it's worrying the i.o.c. person publicly commented on the issue but it's interesting as you heard the outcry in the media about these allegations you haven't seen any action by wada as it currently stands i don't see there being an investigation which you know is in the light of everything we've discovered with regards to the russian doping allegations is troubling everybody where there is a problem should be investigated we need to understand the doping is in fact a global problem is raised by this documentary we need to understand that doping is

happening and occurs across the world and that this is not an incident slated to russia that this is a global problem it's a continuing problem and it's something we need to address seriously right now even be the greatest. thing experts in the west as a lot of cannot currently detect doping in athletes that's a problem. with many modern day athletes described as heroes we take a unique look at people who unquestionably deserve that title war world a world war two heroes who became a limb pick athletes this is the story of soviet sportsmen who defended the country in the great patriotic war before taking part in the first olympic games for the nation in one nine hundred fifty two is a quick preview. despite its time given the history of the soviet union dominated international sport however it was not about the lives of those champions from. the first soviet olympic team of nineteen fifty two when the fluted seeds of

concentration camp prisoners and frontline soldiers. but you know for the ones who threw it out of the future. our. support for women's rights and gender equality is picking up pace online with a number of prominent hashtags but when it comes to feminism people can't seem to agree on what's acceptable to say and what's not. are you a feminist if you put on a muslim headscarf or on the contrary if you take it off and even burn it according to the internet it could be either you just have to choose your harsh tag that says world hejab day that's the one that promotes women's rights to wear a headscarf it's going big in the u.k. and the u.s.

. i hate job has nothing to do with oppression it's a feminist statement but many men and men had to be women this piece of clothing is the very epitome of oppression but then there's also the no hit job movement the one that condemns muslim headscarves as a form of oppression it's especially relevant in iran right now where women are being arrested for costing off their and the anti head jab brigade is outraged. have you know john. burns the area. but if you thought religious dress was a minefield or simply that it doesn't apply to you beware because language is

getting political too in case you won over faith with the new rules using the word mankind is kind of a foe par that's precisely what the canadian prime minister justin trudeau tried to explain to a female journalist who used the word in a question to him little did he know that an even bigger if opar no matter how much of a feminist you are is mansplaining to a woman that she shouldn't be using the word mankind but don't worry the internet told him maternal love is the love that's going to change the future of mankind so we're like you to look what we're going to see people kind not necessarily mankind .

there's lots of things you can do to be yet another family says a man but here's a simple one don't interrupt. the. writing. part by. people coming. but what about formula one bosses who presumably thought they were acting in an enlightened and pursed weinstein manner when they fired all the grid girls those are the promotional models who traditionally adorn the racetrack there are support the band say that being a pit babe object of follies and sexualizes women but try telling that to the grid

girls many of whom are more than upset and trying to think up a new profession i've never had even the slightest hint of feeling exploited. i've wanted to be that i worked hard to get that they paid me well to do the job i i saw my outfit before i agreed to do it i knew i was wearing i knew what was expected of me the world has gone completely mad. i don't see a problem with promotional work. we all do it by choice and we're not forced into the work and or goals apply for the job it seems these days eucom put a foot right perhaps all the hashtags could now be replaced with one much less binary one something like freedom to choose tributes are paid to the russian pilots who sacrificed his life in syria details after this short break so with us.

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that same year the. new was born it is talk of exposing the blogosphere this. welcome back campaign in the u.k. to reverse the break that vote has received a hefty boost from american business magnate george soros best of a person house confirms he donated almost half a million pounds through his foundation george soros foundations have along with a number of other major donors also made significant contributions to our work indeed through his foundation he has contributed four hundred thousand pounds he's funding is one among many sources. besides he's an associate check in now for more on this now stick it to see you so a fairly sizable donation isnt it. that's right nick indeed quite

a considerable amount to donated by american billionaire george soros to the anti brecht's that cause specifically the group that received this money is best for britain they are approach lobbying group and their position is that they don't even want to soft drugs that possibly they want a second referendum one of their key ideas is lead not leave the e.u. and we do know that they campaign to try to influence public opinion as well as m.p.'s who can influence this process and one of the co-founders of this group is gina miller who took the u.k. government to court over the issue of triggering article fifty successfully now that said the group says that the donations made by soros are not as big as the small donations they've also received privately but just to take a quick comparison for example we know that obviously four hundred thousand pounds could be seen as a little bit more money than say facebook announcing that russia had spent seventy

three peat on any kind of bricks and posts around the time of the referendum now downing street has already reacted to these news they've said that there's not going to be a second referendum that the country has voted and breaks it will be delivered however that said we do know that still activities continue including from across the channel to try to impact this whole process among those who don't want to see bracks it happen we do know that a new. renew party is going to be launched in the u.k. with support from france where french m.p.'s who are part of the emanuel. movement not only sort of inspired and supported this idea but have also been apparently giving advice to this movement we don't have much time bill you were winning by the same miracle as michael well a so obviously sometimes it seems that the source of some of this influence that so many want to be a specific country turns out to be from somewhere else and i said thank you for

that. well today the body of russian military pilot remand filipe of was returned home to his hometown of the major died fighting in syria after his plane was shot down by militants. so you really seems like part of the city is here and they came here to take part in the ceremony and of course not only those who knew roman personally but just ordinary citizens of this down in this region were told us that they came here to pay their last respect. and i just wanted to pay my respects to such a strong and brave man. was my close friend he was kind and loved life every minute he was ready to help to support your few such people who remember him forever. we also managed to speak to

a classmate of his who shared with us his memories of rome and moved on and was a very kind very fair person always smiled a lot not everyone can do what he did you should have a special understanding off on and do to just like he did. the palace plane was shot down on saturday in the northwestern part of syria which is still controlled by the latest incarnation of the terrorist group the pilot tried to remain in the aircraft as long as he could he then managed to eject only to find himself overwhelmed by terrorists the pilot who supported felipe of the plane has shared the details of their last communications his voice remained calm when i was there all of the you get out of the maneuver yes i see them was the commander's reply and then he said so even as if it was something ordinary and an important i got hit hard the right is on fire moving south the lift slowing down too and about twenty

seconds later here i did google search and. then he ordered me to gain altitude of course i didn't do it to leave my command is the last thing i would do i always tried to have his back during flights and now i have to do it on the ground while he was fighting i stood there and. several tanks two vehicles that were getting close to where. i stayed until the fuel was extremely low i barely made it back to the airfield roman had waited for the terrorist to get closer to him and only after that he decided to detonate a grenade taking his own life but ovoid capture he even managed to shout this is for our lads when he did that shortly after the incident russia's defense ministry released several details of his life roman left a wife and a four year old daughter behind he was an experienced pilot it was not his first

time serving in syria and he was part of dozen successful military operations and he was only thirty three years old when his life tragically and but he died as a hero fighting terrorists on his own. the story of the pilot's bravery hasn't gone unnoticed r.t. received this letter from a veteran u.s. serviceman offering support and asking if there's a fund collecting donations for his widow and child we also russian armed forces if such a fund is being created and we're still waiting for clarification on that the man who wrote that letter steve gave r.t. his thoughts on major filipov story the new world is churchill's war. and he knew what he had to do. and he knew he was never going to be captured. that's a decision he had to bake. very hard to see but. he

did what he had to do most was a personal decision. he knew what could happen to him he knows what can happen to other troops. and what has happened to his comrades these are very important people to you. and you do most anything for them . even risk your life he had to die like this. i wonder if i would be brave enough to do what he did. he was a he was a good shot you were. high profile politicians public figures and a wide range of top guests will be invited to talk to the former president of ecuador right here on r.t. korea will be hosting a new weekly talk show launched on r.t. in march here's a quick preview. gives players in the world of politics. the social

mechanisms with. which economic strategies are successful. for them and when i will global development leaders. has plenty about all that if i want to interview them i want to have conversations with them. but i would r.t. we love to hear your thoughts on all of our stories so do keep in touch by following us on social media are back at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines us either. hey everybody i'm steven both of the task hollywood guy you know suspect every

proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v. to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru just a little bit different i'm not a abraham lincoln high no no no no doubt with all the drama happening in our country i'm hitting the road to have some fun meet everyday americans come home and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american people which. across europe municipalities are taking their water supply back from private companies to me to people the simple simple song alone even some company elsewhere they invite private companies to take over the utilities anybody tell us that opel

. allowed for miss you guys who got booked but you buy them to pick them up to go buy been this is us to quote them out. of more you than both the left bill brought up locals are ready to stand up for the basic human right of access to water it's about water but it's also over much more than water it's about the hurt and the redistribution of our west towards their debt downwards do you want or will. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm partial to and coming off the u.s. trade deficit. it has widened we'll talk about what it means for the trumpet the

companies and workers and trinity charges has details on some troubling trends with air b.n. b. and congressional leaders may surprise us all and pass a bigger deal a two year deal on the budget which would include infrastructure dollars and increasing the debt ceiling all which could calm jittery markets and i sat down with the crypto champion a reef a common and ask her if the banks have it right about digital currencies and their future. banks have a kneejerk reaction to corruption saudi jabbering about him and. it's quite an interview now let's get to the story stopping today's headlines disney has finally put a price on their new e.s.p.n. streaming service according to disney's q four report four dollars and ninety nine cents will get viewers while allowed them to able to watch extra games if you're a maple leafs fan or a black hawks fan and other content investors have been waiting for the details since disney's announced plans for plus in august another detail e.s.p.n.

plus will not be a standalone service instead it will be an add on to the existing e.s.p.n. app the stream per month service will not allow you or users to watch sports center or live e.s.p.n. channels without a separate subscription to that content. piece fourth quarter profits rose two point one billion dollars as opposed to four hundred million a year ago b.p. would have done better but for the recently enacted tax reform bill plus b.p. continues to have cost tied to their gulf of mexico oil spill that killed eleven people and ranks as the largest marine oil spill in history since the two thousand and ten deepwater horizon disaster b.p. earnings have lagged behind its oil company cohorts the company was forced to sell billions in assets to fund cleanup efforts currently estimated to be roughly sixty billion dollars. and smart so spun sales have subsided for the first

time since two thousand and nine in china raising questions about the long term global future of the devices according to data from research company i.d.c. smartphone sales tranq by four point nine percent last year as in the u.s. and the u.k. chinese consumers are waiting longer to replace their phones. and as i said the u.s. trade deficit grew it grew by twelve percent last year to five hundred sixty six billion dollars that's the widest gap since two thousand and eight and it creates even greater challenges for president donald trump who has made rebalancing trade a key priority hitter discusses david grasso a bold media david thanks for being with us first of all what's your take on this top number the twelve percent increase in the overall u.s. trade deficit in

a single year point to push it up really to the highest level since two thousand and eight looks sort of substantial but what are your thoughts you know the experts say that a lot of this increase comes from the historical hangover of a stronger dollar among other factors you know a strong dollar buys us more stuff and right now people are expecting that the try . deficit may even increase because of a booming economy and because of tax reform ok well the other number that stands out here is the increase of eight percent in the trade deficit with china and that's especially notable in the political context for president trump's rhetorical bettors battles with china and the north korean component what do you think about that one. you know that's something that's definitely the elephant in the room is our trade deficit with china comprises about half of our deficit and you know that's a big number and of course you know stuff like this all comes from there we were just talking about our smartphones or smartphone sales in china you know a lot of our trade deficit comes from china mexico japan all those types of

countries and we have to tackle those of course those are long term problems if we cause a trade war in the short term it's going to negatively affect our economy and bring down that beautiful economic landscape that we're currently seeing in the united states but what we certainly do have a beautiful economic landscape david but let me ask you about the trade war because you know it's really sort of been an isolation his view that the president has had i mean with regard to the transpacific partnership that group with eleven countries who have gone ahead without the u.s. that's going forward the president keeps signaling that he's going to be tough on nafta even as a no go on i mean do we have a deal maker in chief who is actually going to produce something on this or should workers and companies alike be concerned. you know i think it all depends on the execution i think the idea that the trade deficit is a problem is straight od i of course i'm

a free markets here and would have stayed in you know the trans-pacific partnership but i think donald trump as president is starting to understand the importance of free trade and the importance of stability and free trade but also the idea that trade deals should be fair to american workers of course american consumers largely benefit from free trade through lower prices so it's a very tenuous balance between the short term goal of keeping the economy stable making sure american consumers have enough money in their pockets but also making sure that we're not being taken advantage of by trade agreements with other countries and to go back to china really quickly i mean back during the campaign two thousand and sixteen the president said that he was going to designate china as a currency manipulator you may recall and and one hundred percent he was going to do it it was one of the list of things he was going to do on on day one and that didn't happen and to some extent i guess we can say well look you know we need china to deal with north korea but is that something you think is on the table and

should be on the table. i mean i think cooler heads in the white house are prevailing on that front according to what we're mostly hearing on the ground and i think that's something that i sincerely hope for as well we do need china's leverage with north korea of course everyone knows it's an open secret that china has done some certain less than kosher things with their currency but i think that you know international affairs are a play and also economic stability we largely depend on china for a lot of our everyday where's that i think could be very have to be very careful before we proceed with a trading war with our most important trading partner. agree with you i think most people would we need to be careful but we need to get a good deal i just hope this guy the president not this guy you know our commander in chief does what we had hoped he would do which i expect him to do and it's not just tough talk but it's actually walking the walk and getting these good deals for a companies for our workers and as i know you and i both care about david for our

economy david grasso a bold media thank you so much for joining us hope you'll come back great to hear great to be here bart thanks. and know trinity chavez has details on a new report regarding air b.n. b. and rents she joins us from new york city air b.n. b. is being blamed for higher rents and reducing available housing and new york city a new report outlines some troubling trends about air b.n. b. and how the short term rental site has affected renters even the same kind of room in a place that other people or even seen a home buyers on air b.n. b. a vacation web site meant to make traveling easier more convenient has apparently made things more difficult for tenants looking to rent in new york this year hotel renter for usually you have to go a year up. air b.n. b. we just want something for two weeks and we'll pay the same thing according to a study done by mcgill university in the hotel trades council air b.n. b.

has removed between seven thousand to thirteen thousand five hundred housing units from the city's long term rental market and found that the cost of new york hadn't actually living in the city has been forced up on average three hundred eighty bucks a year and in some areas of manhattan the rent has increased more than seven hundred dollars a year that's because air b.n. b. is listing so-called ghost hotels when listings comprise multiple rooms in a single apartment air b.n. b. even if it's a corporation we're going to be in town for week do you have a three or four bedroom apartment and guess work. fraction of the coolness will take you so that's what's really really really going on right now however under current new york law it's illegal to rent out an entire apartment in a multi-unit building for less than thirty days and although there's have to finds for violators that doesn't seem to deter the vacation website the report highlights that two thirds of the revenue are likely from illegal listings that forty five

percent of all new york the reservations last year were legal and that there are forty seven hundred private room listings comprised of multiple rooms in a single apartment and air b.n. b. also induces gentrification the study found that in nearly seventy five percent of the population in neighborhoods at highest risk of being be induced gentrification across new york is nonwhite meanwhile city officials are saying the short term rental side by lights laws and threatens residents quality of life a spokesperson for the mayor's office of criminal justice told r.t. in a statement a legal hotels are depriving new york families of badly needed housing they also create considerable risks for visitors and residents alike by neglecting safety codes that are required in legal hotels the city has taken aggressive action launching an unprecedented number of investigations throughout the city in the most extreme cases we have taken bad actors to court that brought more than a million dollars in.