now this security concern that he is referring to are forces that have been armed by the united states in syria the kurdish fighters associated with the s.d.f. and the u.s. led coalition now at this point it seems like washington is really between a rock and a hard place i mean they're trying to keep two allies happy two allies that are clearly at odds now things escalated when turkey began its military operations in syria against the kurdish forces this is called operation olive branch and from what we understand there is actually a process in the works to rename the street that the u.s. embassy in turkey is located on to rename that street after operation olive branch the operation by turkish forces in syria against the kurds that are armed by the united states so it's pretty clear that tensions are rising and questions are being raised and the united states with its two allies turkey and the kurdish fighters is really stuck in a strange situation where the goals of its policy are not exactly clear live from

new york city this hour a killer blow up and thank you. a public relations company that barack the u.k. remaining in the european union has released the report alleging that russian media influence the outcome of the breaks it. the p.r. firm claims over four million pounds was spent in influencing the twenty sixteen referendum r.t. russian media nick had a wider reach than the biggest leave campaigns combined on twitter it also alleges so-called russian bots had almost a third of the reach as icons promoting breaks it on social media it's not just russian media that's coming under scrutiny u.s. billionaire george soros has been accused of meddling in british politics he's given his barking to a campaign called the best for britain it's received around four hundred thousand poems in the hope of drumming up support for a second referendum on the u.k.

status in the e.u. are some cell phones valid to continue to fight against britain's divorce from the block. supporter of best for britain a group that wants britain to remain a member of the european union i consider bricks it a tragic mistake. ok for more on the story we can bring in re finch raise an m.e.p. for the u.k. independence party great welcome to the program i do you see this is george soros essentially meddling in british politics. of course he is this is what we've heard all the way through all the way through the referendum and through the us. through the us election we've had foreign forces interfering with the democratic process what is mr solace if not this why why is this man it's a fear in my country in my democracy if he wants to be

a part of our democracy he should pay taxes in our country and stand for election in our normal which is to win we are not a rich man's play thing the british people made a decision to leave the european union and the whigs bought souths not to use who there's a lot of figures being talked about here put it in some context translated for us because the four hundred thousand pines what kind of an impact could that have we know that the leave campaigns budget i'm reading here was an estimated six point eight million another one hundred thousand has been pledged by soros what does that mean. well it's just a start i was on the meter last week and someone asked me about the four hundred and i said that is just the start these people will do whatever it takes to try and pervades our democracy and we must not let them the fact is the british media is overwhelmingly pro remain and they will give him hundreds of thousands of

pounds millions of pounds with the free publicity so this money it's a lot to mean you in the grand scheme of things it's actually just starting and actually the populace is easily in concert he stopped here or could he just continue to put in money into this campaign as much as he wants to do it well this is a very interesting subject i would say not i would say nazi he's not a british national he to some pay any tax to our country in fact as far as i can tell he pays very little socks anywhere and yet he's always saying we should pay more tax mr soros is a dangerous man is just because he can because he's a very very rich man and he thinks he knows better than your patient in the street in liverpool or portsmouth or new castle he should go away how likely is another

break said referendum could it really happen if movements like the one george soros is backing gain momentum with cash and actually at public sympathy well snow public sympathy it's sympathy for the elite the elite media they can try it and most of the conservative cabinets were actually remains anyway. if there isn't the referendum they will be beaten even more severely than they were last time because the british people won't stand for that these people should go away we've made our decision britain is leaving a nation shuttle. extraordinarily polite about it we do appreciate that you are. paid for their u.k. independence party great always good to have you on the program thank you. the foreign minister of the netherlands has admitted that he loved by tearing vladimir

putin talking to reform the soviet union the claims were made about the russian president back in two thousand and six parties. joins us now for this scene you're quite a bold to be as direct. as what it's now being called what's the background story to all of this. well when the dutch foreign minister was campaigning about two years ago he said that he overheard president putin outlining his plan to unify russia ukraine belarus and the baltic states and kazakhstan as a single country back in two thousand and six at some sort of business gathering this has been a general talking point when it comes to russia that putin is supposedly trying to bring back the soviet union but the foreign minister was working for shell at the time but his story was questioned when it was discovered that despite being part of the shell delegation he wasn't even at the two thousand and six meeting and not only that he wasn't even in russia at the time but when he was confronted about

this he said he was lying to protect a source but he also said that he regretted lying but this is not the first time there's been fake news about russia there's also been the whole idea that russia was the breaks of. president mccraw attacks against russia and various various social media giants and well they've all talked about russian meddling but in the end they've all admitted that there's been no evidence whatsoever so it seems that in looking for news about russia they're creating fake news about russia smear account with the latest on the thank you. a fifteen year old does help russia to a silver medal. lympics we've got more than enough there's been some negative reaction as well stay with our kids.

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nineteen minutes into the program welcome back nearly four months through its liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of iraq are slowly returning to what is left of their homes but many buildings in the city remain riddled with lun-lun and beatrice and locals say they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. we were forced to leave our homes because when we returned we found everything we do used to rubble and look at all the devastation what rock is a ghost city i mean we're living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed.

this is in rubble that you have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to burn. the u.s. coalition cause the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found of mine on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mine didn't work and walked towards it it exploded my friend was killed i survived. on their second medal at the winter olympics inside korea a silver in team figure skating with calendar taken gold in the u.s. bronze fifteen year old alina as a gate of

a who's debut in the olympics took first place in the free skate section to ensure an overall second place finish but a fellow athlete not actually competing was far from complimentary on her twitter account twenty six year old american figure skater ashley wagner accused the russian teen of killing time in her program and condemned her tactics in which she reserved her jumps for the second half of the routine and the remarks have sparked a furious reaction. i personally disagree that this wasn't the program it matches the belly a relatively well maybe you're just jealous you can't compete with that stamina and those jumping passes your face looks a big green with envy it's just your envy you can't jump like that in the second half and even in the first well we've got reaction from the russian coaches on wagner's comments who told us it's points that win prizes. ashley wagner has done

a lot but they are skating she is an outstanding athlete the rules for the competitions have changed and it's like accounting they simply need points it's not about beauty but in order to win you need to do what alina is a get over did today so she well as well as the competitive side there is also the social aspect to the games with most nations hosting their own hospitality house as they are known russia isn't officially represented it at the olympics but there's still a corner of chairing a very much russian been fighting and. as usual there are all kinds of national houses at the olympics and young chang the likes of the hall and house near the coast the countries like austria and switzerland naturally settled a bit higher in the mountains and since team russia doesn't officially exist here the traditional russian house doesn't either or isn't that a mature orsha. to

make sure russian fans have a home in korea it took a few tricks after all the i.o.c. must be respected the place is called the sports house obviously you find wide blue and red in the design but never specifically and the recognizable pattern like here's white and black in between what could appear to be flags stripes no official russian symbols the mentors because i haven't become official right other than that pure i ration fun and spirit.

among the attractions here are these hosty jerseys from every year at the olympics that russia one goes but this one from nine hundred ninety two like here in korea you won't find the letters russia or the u.s.s.r. i will ask the guest if they know why and why did russia compete under a neutral flag at the olympics twenty six years ago and see money was on own voice you see believe it was increased. and i don't know sorry. i don't know just i got some clues for you countries take turns with the. respect. it's ok you know i know i think it's. funny and then i. think patton is in the same reason. don't know i think it's.

russia let's just establish is a country so being russia was just established as a culture that's when the soviet union. had its break up so neutral flags weren't always down to the i.o.c. sanctions. if you drink go r t chang and you can well fed and watered there well twenty eighteen is a landmark winter edition of the olympics seeing north korea enter a joint team for the very first time but for many punters the first appearance of a unified korea was all about what was happening in the stands rather than on the ice rink. was. yeah what you're seeing here are north korea's no a famous ultras or church leading squad right much they were in good voice singing and waving the united we have right. you know all travelling to see one of the

world's largest sporting events can prove to be challenging especially with similar sounding korean cities and everyone's that.

full disclosure i've done it myself well that is old news for now i'll back in half an hour's time with more global news from r t h q. that's in american interest to not see any russians die in terrorist attacks as it is in russian interest to prevent any terrorist attacks in the united states or elsewhere in the world so i don't think there's any dispute on that in congress and i think maybe some of the posturing is frankly political as opposed to substantive . hey everybody i'm stephen bob. taft hollywood guy you suspect every proud american first of all i'm just george

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i've got. to get the degree which will get them that dream job young americans no longer hesitate to put their health at stake is the first day of term on the columbia campus one of the most prestigious universities in the well more than eighty nobel prize winners have either study to torture here just as in many other ivy league american schools some students take drugs to boost their academic results thanks to unfair to mean divot if they can study through the night without showing any signs of tiredness i did my friend say did. break you could be and there are. in the united states the study drugs have become a public health issue more than

a third of american students take them regularly. go to columbia thanks to an exam she took under the influence of infection. to avoid a disciplinary action she will hide her identity i didn't have any expectations of getting in the essay i wrote was a hot a biography five pages i ended up taking a ph d. in medicine it just it puts you. in a mental space where you can focus entirely why not take a pill if everyone else is doing it to give you that competitive advantage. a helping hand that she got hold of very easily. a friend of mine prescription for a concert and he gave it to us for free i'm probably down like a dozen times or so. and you will see how these pills are almost sold us over the counter drugs on campus. we walk through the streets around new york university

with a hidden camera. after twenty minutes of searching become across this student we'll call him joe. seriously. you know it. just doesn't seem to be shocked we ask him if he can soldiers out. friends. like. people like. the student got to three scription from a fairly unobservant doctor. the million or so using. it. so josh feels the twenty five milligrams that he doesn't use and sell just after a few minutes of negotiation he lets us by. one of his pills ten dollars for thirty milligrams of amphetamines you know going in so they've you.

know the old. ten percent of students who take drugs become addicted. island is very familiar with this phenomenon a journalist at the new york times he was one of the first people to raise the alarm. but i have to succeed i have to get an a i have to get into the best law school i have to be in the in the cream of the problem if average is no longer acceptable we're all in very big trouble among the most fragile of students these pills can cause violence elucidations and suicidal thoughts. despite the risks a real traffic of these drugs has developed over the internet. this classified ad site well known by americans has dozens of office for study drugs. to attract students these miracle pills have even been renamed study. in order to get hold of

them a simple phone call will do. good the police have been looking at these new internet dealers for quite some time oktober two thousand and twelve operation dot com led to the arrest of twenty one new yorkers who were operating on this site. among them a student at n.y.u. . the aim of the authorities is to break up any traffic where doctors may be involved. on campus the addresses of these specialists are being exchanged illicitly we went to interview one of them. and it was like listen to this is what is wrong you know before i take a test or something and i pretend to be a student who is having difficulties. so here's what would trigger. it said

exactly. no no health scam no verification of my student status instead of any medical examination he just hands me a sheet. there's far. more of. this and do you have problems organizing yourself or concentrating do you have memory problems now that this questionnaire put together by the world health organization helps diagnose attention deficit disorders among adults. it will so works as a medical guarantee for this doctor is that you will be able to walk with. your roof over to the source of the root and the root of the origin that's the yeah exactly this one balls. to protect himself from any possible prosecution the psychiatry's made to sign a disclaimer. would support for it ok. as it was.

in two thousand and nine almost six million prescriptions like this were issued to young americans every month in four years this figure has more than double good to succeed other students hedge their bets on another system of co-working which has stood the test of time. back at the university of kentucky. these great victorian like buildings are home to the famous fraternity house on the front of each building week letters identified. ronald reagan george w. bush steven spielberg mark zuckerberg all of them have been through these exclusively male secret brotherhoods. although they encourage support loyalty and integration as a code of conduct many americans consider them as violent and sectarian.

after a few weeks of negotiations some of them allowed us to film them. it's rush week the week for selecting new members and tonight it's operation charm at the sigma alpha epsilon house. so they are just so good says. the aim to find future flatmates for this brand new house located in the heart of campus inside there's a fireplace a club arm chair paintings of the former alumni you. you know most forget that students live here and we retire so these are all before any real championship. tonight the fraternity will only be create the university's best pedigrees. graham has been an essay member since two thousand and ten he knows the selection ritual well. for the house event so there are also you then. we started a short history. there you go. the atmosphere is rather relaxed

everybody's trying to make a good impression you're going to take over the house in a couple of guys together although they are. good for their candidates the first visit is only the beginning of a long process selection hazing initiations to get a place here they will have to get through what are sometimes violent challenges but not tonight discouraging the contenders is out of the question their attack is still focused on the competing for eternity the farmhouse right down the street they're building this new house that's going to be like one hundred square feet here in ars just to be bigger than ours but they're doing it like a two million dollar west budgets are struggling here for the fraternity is operate with huge budgets entry for these first few students cost between one thousand to three thousand euros a year. the wealth of these fraternities is mainly gifted to them by former members it's you know kind of like a a sweet almost for two people but. benefactors who will become sponsors of these

students once graduated found this is a fraternities main strength building a professional network to get re going door to hit so there's a presence around it's kind of his role model. these fraternities are mainly hope to young white anglo-saxon americans. it's a great way of continuing a system of the elite and privileges spencer but they are a very bad place to hang. yeah yeah. this student in the red shirt gets a slightly warmer welcome spencer is a different kind of candidate to the us. though i mean you know that i feel as i do my big head. you know. you know it's. right there at the s.a.e. house spencer is already a little at home. his place in the house is reserved it's a family heirloom. but there are no serious. very serious

it's yours if you prefer. their preferences. or its territory. at the university of kentucky twenty five fraternities shared the campus and the pick of the students quite apart from their parent teaches him they also indulge in fierce competition in terms of pot and alcohol. what's up. for in that this is what gives a fraternity its reputation these nights of heavy drinking at the end of the afternoon and on a campus delta sigma fi house has already started to party we need more pitchers. delta saying share this is your channel twenty two he's organizing the feeling he's in charge of the fraternity social life his mission for the days to motivate those

who are choosing the new members and they begin by going over the classics. is a very great joy. was a good mate is best says i i. thought this was a good buy. for her name it gets around here and we chant this song and yeah you. rush hour yellow. yeah but it's welcome like well you know it's. fine it's all these much obituaries have only one objective tonight the potus for life who i would push might say he was it up by five guys. even though what. they were doing was. aside from the camaraderie the fraternities also have another purpose to.