artie's headline news the dutch foreign minister quits after revealing that he lied about his meeting with the russian president in two thousand and six a claim mr putin spoke about ambitions for a greater russia. inside i saw a former fighter for the terror group who fled to syria surrenders to russian security services he tells r t what the jihadists expected often. while i was lying in the hospital people came up to me and tried to convince me to become a suicide bomber. and a cradle of terror report from a notorious paris suburb where dozens of residents have already been recruited by islamic state.

hello there it's wednesday the fourteenth of february one in the afternoon here in moscow welcome to r.t. international and your hourly news update with me colleen bray where it's been an embarrassing end to the dutch foreign minister he's been forced to resign after admitting that he lied for more than a decade about meeting president putin but in a fall over. i don't know a lot of media from both a lot of. people over for if it is. an emotional resignation mr departure comes just a day before he was supposed to meet his russian counterpart in moscow let's look at whether those false claims were worth it after all. because. in early two thousand and six i was advised to move putin's countryside house i stopped at the back of a room or a meeting was being held but i could hear very well vladimir putin talking about a greater russia he said this included russia roofs ukraine and the baltic states

and that kazakstan would also be nice to have. has now acknowledged that it was a lie and that he wasn't even in russia in two thousand and six he said he did it to protect his source a person that presumably had attended a meeting you know describes it as the biggest mistake of his political career and it looks like some of his fellow citizens couldn't agree more but. that's the merit if that fits into a friend you want to create but it slowly turns on you like a boomerang because it becomes this thing that gets linked to his foreign policy experience then the trustworthiness of the netherlands is questioned international move on making things strewn with difficult the last. if the needed lands wants to remain credible you can't have people saying that your minister is lying about being at a specific location at a specific time that's not right especially not about that place at that time.

but he seems to have at least found his new show on social media twitter exploded with the hashtag lying dutchman and featuring a photo shop pictures of him at some historic event and also visiting landmarks. when he first made his claims that no one questioned them back then russia was frequently accused of many things including aggressive politics author and russia analyst martin mccauley thinks the now former dutch diplomats false remarks were a symptom of the times. there are two reasons why he made that statement one is that the projected him into the public newspapers the headlines and so on this was a sensational statement to make and the second thing would be that of course it fed into the need to. the needed narrative the narrative of the west still is which is busy and the russian sees put in as a threat to the national security and it fed into that and therefore for these two

reasons then it appeared to be from the dutch point of view this is a very good very good thing to do. an alarming report predicts increased terror attacks across europe this year carried out by returning fighters some skilled in high tech warfare defense analysts jane's terrorism and insurgency center warns that some will have knowledge of drones and sophisticated bomb making techniques and the number of returning eisel fighters is increasing with the problem spreading across europe fighters have returned to germany britain and belgium but it's france where i saw recruiters have had the most success. but a former russian i saw a fighter who fled the terror group in syria says he was misguided in his beliefs and pressured to become a suicide bomber he surrendered himself to russian security services on his return from the conflict zone europe action was raised an orthodox christian but converted to islam and in twenty fourteen went to egypt to study the religion he told r.t. that it was there that he was recruited by eisel to fight in syria. and this little

implement i got interested and started reading forums and watching video online i was given a phone number of a person who could help me get to syria here's sure me that those who came could leave it any time and no one would be kept there but they immediately took away our documents and telephones it was a shock for me i felt helpless so everything was different from what they told me. in syria he lost a leg in an airstrike before finally deciding to flee he returned to russia where he surrendered himself to the security services of yuri was one of the thousands of russians who went to syria and iraq to join i so. to. get in here after an explosion i lost my sight and felt a sudden pain i realized my leg had been torn off i had surgery and went through rehabilitation at the same time they were making a prosthetic leg for me while i was lying in the hospital people came up to me and

tried to convince me to become a suicide bomber and they said that i anyway had no leg what else could i do i couldn't refuse directly it could have caused a suspicion probably. i was first overcome with joy while on a bus in turkey and only once i was in russia did i realize i had managed to escape inside or out of i went to the f.s.b. department and wrote a confessional i decided that it would be better if i was interrogated a lot and i told them the whole story now i have a new family i married a russian muslim girl i work at a construction company and still stick to islam but i don't want to go to mosques anymore i want to avoid questions. in france out of almost two thousand known citizens who travels to join islamic state intelligence sources there say that sixty seven came from one particular paris suburb from my shul or do bensky now

reports. a short trade right from paris is trapped on the surface there's nothing much to set it aside from the thousands of other towns in the country but you don't have to scratch very deep to see that trend is very different so you won't see any. butcher's shops there were i think at the moment over fifteen hundred prayer rooms and five musts if you look at people on the street you won't see couples holding and you'll see the women are dressed in strict islamic dress. there's a lot of home schooling so you couldn't really consider trap the typical french town anymore it's a little bit like. stayed within the state for decades it's been considered a magnet for muslim fundamentalists hardline salafism and one hobby is a widely practiced and trap has become synonymous with jihadism. and dozens of people like. islamic state i was have carried out attacks on french soil have

been linked. in paris in two thousand and fifty while the terror threat appears to be down in process as think that. there is some plain white pride remaining bad but your heart is only a matter of time before we have another attack the basic problem is that the ideology that's driving this and this goes much deeper than terrorist cells planning and executing attacks that ideology is so ingrained that last year a poll of french high school students revealed thirty two percent of muslim students believed islamic doctrine was superior to scientific fact another in two thousand and sixteen showed that sixty eight percent believed islamic law was superior to french law there's also concern that in an area like this that was once

granted. by the authorities that sharia is becoming of the lands. the full veil covering has been banned the cheese but entrapped some women afflicting the north the police are often reluctant to intervene off the riots in two thousand and thirteen when officers try to i.d. a woman who is fully covered with a very very fragile situation which the government doesn't want to provoke urban riots which would quickly spread like wildfire all over france. president mccord says he wants to reorganize islam in a bid to. fight fundamentalism but some experts say that's a pipe dream medicalization in places like this they say it's already too deep to take can't. ski. track.

former u.s. president barack obama has reportedly received a letter containing an unidentified white powdery substance he's among a number of high profile figures to be sent such men in the last couple days of them open as the details of the incident took place at the office of former u.s. president barack obama this is his office on the northwest side of washington d.c. place he has been renting for the purpose of conducting business not too far from his residence now this comes just hours after a similar package with a similar suspicious white powder was delivered to the house of parliament in the united kingdom so questions are being raised about that individuals are trying to get to the surface of that situation in the u.k. it's being investigated on the previous day we have the delivery of a suspicious and lope to the residence of donald trump jr the son of the u.s. president now when the package was delivered we then heard that his wife vanessa trump the wife of the president's son that she was taken to the hospital

preemptively in the concern that this is specialist white powder may have actually contained a dangerous substance like anthrax or something like that it was tweeted out that this could have come from the opponents of president trump however it is now being determined that in the envelope that was sent to the residence of donald trump jr all that was contained was simply cornstarch now keep in mind a week ago a suspicious package containing white powder was sent to the residence of julian a sign she was hauled up in the ecuadorian embassy in the u.k. a lot of questions are being raised now a lot of people in the united states in the united kingdom are observing these events as they go on but at this point we really don't have enough information to. draw any clear conclusions about who is behind this or what the purpose of these suspicious envelopes really is at this point we're still waiting for the truth to come out. next you wouldn't usually expect a classic children's story about a family of rabbits to spark a boy call but

a new hollywood version out this month has already got people riled i just need to keep the wildlife out where they belong it's a good thing right. he's very he's just so classic he was like. this is peter rabbit a modern twist on the beatrix potter tale but there's one scene in particular that's infuriating parents it shows the rabbit attacking their human arch nemesis by throwing black berries at him but he's allergic and starts choking having to inject himself to stave off a dangerous reaction it's some parents to call for a boycott of the movie claiming it makes light of a serious issue and could encourage bullying i asked my analogy foundation of america has also hit back sony pictures has apologized for the scene and has admitted to being insensitive we got a reaction from the president of that allergy foundation i mentioned earlier as well as from a schoolteacher and

a political analyst for their fault. we believe that food allergies are a very serious condition again two people die daily from life threatening allergies and there are probably two children in every classroom with this condition so making fun of it taunting bullying and any fashion due to a disability or medical condition like in a flock those is simply unacceptable but wait a minute why does that assume bullying but what why do we assume that the consequence of showing this in the film is going to be bullying look we believe that again we understand you know that movies are to entertain but we just simply do not believe that entertainment should include harming another person making fun of one because of that disability or because of that condition or you know taunting or even putting them in that life threatening situation and making fun of it is really we believe irresponsible they're watching these rabbits ganging up on mcgregor and throwing what they actively know is an allergen into his mouth and

then celebrating that and i don't think that that's ok moral of the story from beatrix potter original intent was to show that it's important to obey your parents and that that will lead to a healthy prosperous life and that if peter rabbit indeed disobeyed in the snuck into the garden with my dog we could just simply not take our children the movies we feel are inappropriate for them and furthermore the idea that we assume that this is going to lead to bullying is a false premise it's a false dichotomy i agree everyone has the have their own right to take their children to the movies that they choose to see if you choose to take your child to this movie that's your choice i simply hope that you'll use that to elevate the conversation and a positive way around food allergy awareness prepares ness an anti bullying behavior the big issue here is that hollywood license and hollywood values are not

necessarily going. reflect those of the larger viewing public that these are ways we deal with the problems and by laughing at our own problems and our own challenges we actually can encourage education about them rather than discourage bullying i think bullying is a misplaced focus here this is out so you know if korea has reassured its threats against the united states to washington revised its nuclear weapons policy no matter when we come back. to.

the whole existence to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. somehow want to be that's . what you're going to be for us this is what the four three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the logs in the. city. welcome back north korea has renewed its threats against the united states in

response to a new nuclear policy that washington unveiled earlier this month pyongyang says it increases the risk of a nuclear war adding that those fond of fire will perish in flames which might be a reference to donald trump's threat made back in august they will be met with fire fury. like the world has ever seen donald trump's nuclear posture review which is the first rethink of its u.s. policy in seven years includes an option to unleash nuclear weapons in response to a known nuclear attack it also calls for the development of less powerful weapons which critics say might trigger a new arms race however pentagon officials are trying to show that the united states is actually lagging behind its perceived adversaries here's the chart included in the review it makes it look like the u.s. rivals moved far ahead with the development of new systems but it doesn't show some of the missiles that washington has in the making or upgrades to its existing stockpile and also puts countries on the same scale despite key differences in the

weapons they hold making north korea look mightier than china even though it's estimated to have some twenty times less warheads. and the head of the nuclear monitoring organization at los alamos study group says there's a powerful lobby in the u.s. government pushing for more weapons. they want to shake money loose for new weapons systems and they want to break the taboo against new weapons systems that has gradually built up to do that they have to painted essentially faults and alarming picture of us capabilities with respect to other countries that it was an embarrassment but it happened the actual military is not for the most part that interested in nuclear weapons but there is a faction which is at the moment is very powerful that you thinks nuclear weapons are an important symbolic tool for increasing

pressure. of the russia and china and secretary matthews that we just showed you to argue for increased investments in america's defense budget which already outstrips old its rivals mideast pleased to welcome secretary of defense donald james mattis no strategy could survive as you pointed out without the funding necessary. and insufficient funding funding for the military sustained investment budget investment in the budget for a military budget funded and supported most nato allies are also increasing their defense. the pentagon's confirmed that it destroyed a pro-government tank in a drone strike in eastern syria on sunday calling it an act of self defense. we didn't song the to. be continued to.

you to insult of the rules of engagement protect ourselves in the movie that was. we always have the right to do a major do that no u.s. military personnel know coalition back forces were killed in the strike of the weekend that it comes less than a week after another major clash with pro-government forces no such incidents could result in a dangerous escalation in the region as some may recall reports the pentagon says that it was an act of self-defense accusing syrian forces of trying to attack kurdish forces but apparently with u.s. forces embedded they were forced to respond now on wednesday the u.s. said it carried out defensive airstrikes in retaliation for what they saw as an unprovoked attack but according to reports more than a hundred fighters aligned with the syrian government were killed in the air strike now this latest escalation is definitely something to worry about on all sides especially considering that the syrian conflicts been a largely perceived as

a fight against terror well against isis in particular which is almost wiped out but it's also opened way to a whole series of new conflicts we have the turkish kurdish conflict the tensions between israel and iran but even though isis is pretty much gone the u.s. is still wants to stay in syria with the secretary tillerson announcing plans to maintain an open ended military presence in the country some two thousand troops or so to prevent a resurgence of isis and to counter iran's influence surprise. the. as only the u.s. isn't the only one the french president said that france will attack if they find

proof that chemical weapons were used against civilians promising to strike where chemical shipments originated and the escalating in such an. interest why and the military situation with all of these forces very close to each other in a medium sized country but in regions that are actually rather small regions then the possibility of the things spiraling out of control are very very real and that does not have to begin with the intervention of the decision to intervene or escalate and the power and one party was perfect it could have been the climbing of the escalation latter is sometimes called can happen without the intent being at the beginning and either side to have a larger scale war but a product of that claiming that escalation letter can be a larger war. police in the u.s. city of boston a facing a barrage of criticism for their choice of person to on

a during black history month they picked a white baseball coach who promoted black players. and around six thirty tonight p.p.d. post a tweet saying in arnor of black history month we pay tribute to celtics legend red are back the first n.b.a. coach to draft a black player in one nine hundred sixty. zero zero world your couldn't think of a single black person to honor can do you know missing the whole point of black history month. part of black history month don't you understand. b p d realizes that i know the tweet may have offended some and we apologize for

that our intentions were never to hand. the people of boston deserve an apology and now between that says may have offended some. people need to be understand that what has happened in this country with this group of people called african-americans as that they've made an impact on the world it's world history that we should be a part of not just as victims but people who played a role that would make america more sly than to pretend that we're not here or that we should only be recognized one month in the year. a virus that can access your computer and mine for crypto currency and send it back to hackers has reportedly infected thousands of government websites around the world it's even affected the u.k. so data protection watchdog the malware uses

a technique known as crypto tracking where criminals harness the power of as many computers as possible it effectively hijacked computers that visit fact in. did websites and covertly mines for crypto currency it then sends the cohens back to the hacker leaving the owner of the infected computer unaware of the intrusion many businesses have been hit with similar mel web including the video streaming join you tube we heard from scott helman he's a cyber security specialist who was the first to notice the malware that he thinks that we're witnessing a new kind of online crime the rise of crypto jacking is related to the value of crypto currency so as a crypto currency increases in value if you can stimulate our obtaining illegitimately then then you proceed to increase their worth more we will see the rise of the market so jacking the tires like this partially motivated by the increase in the value of cryptocurrency is and partially motivated right now by the ease with which these attacks can be carried out criminals of use cash for hundreds of years and criminals will move to the next form of currency which is

cryptocurrency fortunately this was a quiet mild example of what the attackers could have done but i think common advice still apply and you know make sure that you keep your device up to date if it's an i phone do the i phone update if its windows do windows or days make sure you are reading the latest versions of maybe you have been to virus programs on your computer is all of the standard kind of advice still applies here. and you know that the wider industry just needs to react to this and start getting on top of these kinds of attacks. right that should news for now thanks very much for watching if you're searching the social networks this valentine's day we'd love you to take a look at out saying all right well next news from us isn't often about what. politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president and she. want to be.

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games have begun the younger sister of north korea's ruler kim jong un has captured the attention of the media while u.s. vice president mike pence was mocked as a dud even undiplomatic the two koreas are engaging each other this makes the washington for. policy swamp hume. cross talking the koreas i'm joined by my guest brian becker in washington he's the director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily new show on radio sputnik and in columbus we have gregory illich he is a korea policy institute associate or a german cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated brian let me get me go to you here i'm sure you saw some of the mainstream corporate is coverage of the opening of the games and the what appears to be a some kind of reproach moment between the two koreas but i thought a lot of that coverage has really missed the point in the what's really important

here is not if the two koreas can actually engage each other because well they are but how much is the united states willing to go along with this and gauge meant here because the united states has an awful lot at stake with its presence in south korea and its own not only about north korea's nuclear program go ahead brian well peter i believe that we're at a pivotal moment because the attempt by the south korean government the moon giant government that came about as a consequence of very popular uprising that overthrew alternately and led to the impeachment of the last conservative government and he. wants to have a rapprochement lessening of tensions and possibly the beginning of real reconciliation on the korean peninsula between north and south korea this happened as happened in the past that happened certainly in the year two thousand madeleine

albright was this.