as well with the comes to mind for the people who take this call it has never been the just this has been the. twenty eighteen winter olympic games inside korea are now officially over but the drama continued right to the very end of the game.

for the first time in twenty six years ice hockey players from russia earned olympic gold beating germany four three in a nail biting at the men's final when gives olympic athletes from russia total seventeen medal. also ahead this hour the u.n. security council unanimously votes for a thirty day cease fire in syria to a lie for urgent humanitarian assistance to reach civilians in the hardest hit parts of the country. in one of the stories which shape the week germany's leading lloyd publishes what they thought was. evidence of russian meddling in the country's politics only to realize it was.

with the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. welcome to the program our top story the twenty eighteen winter olympics inside korea came to a sparkling close on sunday a stunning fireworks display rounded off the night as well as they traditional hundred for two the next winter olympic games that will be held in the chinese capital beijing in twenty twenty two people trying to reports from pyung china. time really does fly and i can't believe that it's already the and of twenty eight ng we've seen the closing ceremony and the nations parade at it and i'll tell you what it was much warmer than the opening on february ninth quite literally and the fans didn't have to freeze themselves that much to see the spectacle something that

hasn't changed though is the fate of the russian athletes who weren't able to march with their national colors there had been a glimmer of hope that they'd be allowed to do that but earlier on sunday the i.o.c. decided not to lift the suspension of russia's national olympic committee after two of the all way our athletes tested positive for doping although the i.o.c. president has said that these two cases appear to be isolated these are cases off of negligence and there is no indication. of so ever for a systemic or systematic. doping affair here the astley's who failed the test though claim it could have been a result of salva tas or some sort of mistake they say that they have never taken

banned drugs on purpose to improve their performance back to the final day of peeling chang twenty eight ng i guess if you asked the russian fans would they rather see their national flags at the closing ceremony or would they rather have their men's ice hockey team win gold for the first time in twenty six years most of them would still choose the second option and that is exactly what happened inside the gardening ice hockey arena on sunday the red machine b. germany for three and a gripping final and then at the prize giving ceremony the olympic anthem was. played instead of the russian anthem obviously the but guess what the winners and the stadium sang then the national anthem of course and that was quite a scene to watch this was the second gold at these olympics the first one was won

by fifteen year old alina as it gets in the figure skating and i'll tell you what these winter olympics were really games of hope for russia with many more experienced star athletes having to sit out twenty home the o.e.r. still won a total of seventeen medals that is of course by far not the best performance but still and these circumstances it deserve a huge round of applause as for the whole medal table norway came first with fourteen gold fourteen silver and eleven broads and that's of course a spectacular result yeah zillion mentions sunday markdown historic win for russia's men's ice hockey squad competing as a limping out pleas from russia and they took gold with a victory over germany in a gripping final the decisive goal was scored in overtime for a four three scoreline. the guy.

was. god well it was the first time in twenty years russian players had reached the final they last won gold in the ice hockey and one thousand nine hundred. was also on a neutral banner the team didn't have its own flag at the time following the break up of the soffit union. after the march the elated but exhausted hockey players took their bus back to the olympic village we spoke to one of the stars of the russian team in the vulture. game was very tough germany didn't get to the final for no reason it's great that we won but we levelled the score and then the final point in overtime i think this goal brought joy to millions of russian fans everyone is celebrating today well after a less than smooth build up to the games of course the delights of the travelling russian fans getting to celebrate their country's second gold of the tournament it

was clear to see. oh my me a ghost lost it but anyway things turned out ok it was a super match and a super victory russia is the champion and we did it. the germans were playing very well it was a beautiful game many thanks to the german team and the russian team for such a wonderful final we're so thrilled so the winter olympics inside korea have wrapped up but it appears that the spirit of goodwill is continuing north korea has said that it's ready for talks with the united states that was announced after the country's officials met with side korean diplomats at the games finale in china but not everyone was happy to see the north korean delegation there were protests on a side korean border town against the visit scuffles also broke between some protesters and police independent china specialist to listen the controversies that could shadow and north korea u.s. talks. as far as the sentients are concerned of course the united states want to

try the sanctions and use military coercion is what i mean solving international issues it depends on what kind of what the united states has with. the united states obviously one that north korea has to abandon its nuclear arsenal have found the oldest capabilities to develop nuclear weapons and long distance to do business with and that's something which i don't think this is really except that. then we're back to square one and back to confrontation as collation but all the other hand it's quite possible that some agreement reached i mean. the united nations security council has passed a new resolution calling for a cease fire across war torn syria and it's in response to a surge in violence in eastern which is occupied by both the rebels and. just

starts the capital damascus will the truce must be implemented without delay and will last for thirty days it's hoped it will allow time for injured civilians to be evacuated from conflict zones and for much needed aid to reach other stricken regions a number of terror groups such as islamic states al qaida on the latest incarnation of all new genre are excluded from the agreements operations against them will continue to kill up and more now on the un initiative to. there has been a resolution agreed on by the fifteen member body that leads the united nations regarding the situation in eastern guta this is an enclave to the east of the syrian capital of damascus and it's a place that's under the control of rebels and terrorists that are working to overthrow the syrian government twenty thirteen it has been surrounded by government forces and the fighting there has recently intensified and we're hearing

allegations against both sides about human life being taken about civilians being killed we're hearing accusations from the syrian observatory for human rights which is based in the united kingdom there saying that if syria with the support of russia is hurting civilians and committing atrocities against civilians we've also heard reports from the russian center for reconciliation in syria they are pointing out that the area is essentially being used to shell civilians in damascus furthermore they're reporting that the terrorist groups in eastern guta are working actively to prevent medical aid from getting to civilians and they're using these civilians as human shield now after the unanimous vote we then heard from various countries we heard from nikki haley of the united states and she said she doesn't believe the syrian government will actually comply with the cease fire all of this on this council must do our part to press the assad regime as hard as we can to comply we are deeply skeptical that the regime will comply but we supported this

resolution because we must demand nothing less nikki haley the representative of the united states walked out before the syrian representative could speak under u.n. rules if resolution pertains to you all countries have the right to address the security council we also heard from the representative of the russian federation now he addressed the security council and he emphasized that the fight against terrorism is not affected by this resolution that internationally delegated terrorist groups groups like al notes. i says that the fight against them is not restricted by this resolution and that fight will continue he also had some concerns about how the fight against terrorism seem to be serving some other goals a. game of battling terrorism can't become a cover for solving geo political problems of dubious legitimacy and that is exactly what the u.s. is doing in syria right now we insist that the so-called coalition and its attempts and occupation as soon as possible it would have among other things

a clear humanitarian effect now the resolution has been passed so this thirty day cease fire that was agreed on by all fifteen members the council is going to be implemented when investigative journalist sterling believes the russian amendments to the cease fire will be terror operations to continue impeded. but i think a key addition to the resolution was the inclusion. that the syrian government can continue the fight against al qaida and isis in east and i think that was the reason that it did pass unanimously with the support of russia and the encouragement of the syrian government one good thing in the resolution is that it was superbly affirms the fact that the territorial integrity of syria needs to be preserved of course this is very relevant because right now the united states has illegally set up their bases and is occupying territory in eastern syria we've got

turkish soldiers in in northern syria so this is this is a very important to keep reaffirming the principle of territorial integrity you know just enough final point despite the cease fire resolution which encompasses the entire country turkey sais it's not going to hold its military offensive in northern syria claiming the decision does not apply to it and crowds being carrying out an operation against kurdish m t eisel militia fighters there which it to use us terrorist and its push to dislodge the kurdish people's protection units from the border area the turkish military struck a convoy entering the city of offspring on thursday night ses it was carrying fighters and weapons but the kurdish forces insist that the trucks were carrying only civilians food and medicine and also saying one person was killed in the attack. the to the

just. a lot of. earlier in the week pro syrian government forces arrived in africa to help try and repel the turkish offensive that came after the kurds appealed for support the developments in the region have put the u.s. in a difficult position as jacqueline bouvier explains. two of america's main partners in the region are now at each other's throats to put it mildly. and as the u.s. tries to avoid taking sides in the conflict they seem to be losing on all fronts turkey a longtime ally looks to be getting increasingly impatient with washington's inaction america has only dared to call for

a reduction in civilian casualties in the fight prompting a vicious response from the turkish president. what disappoints us most in this process is the hypocrisy and even the levity of some countries which we consider allies and have deep political and military relations with turkey has had enough of life's false promises and delaying tactics and on the other side we have the kurds who have been essential to the u.s. led coalition's fight against eisel and the absence of support from their american partners against the onslaught of turkish forces the kurds have been forced to look elsewhere and that has pushed them into accepting help from pro-government forces this week militias loyal to the syrian government flooded afferent to bolster the kurds. which are we have come to our brothers to fight together to protect africa. we are the popular force we came so that we could help our kurdish brothers because we are one people. now that surely ruffled feathers in

washington where the syrian president comes only after i saw on their list of enemies the us has tried to shift focus to an issue that puts them back in the driver's seat battling eisel calling the situation in africa a distraction what is going on in a dream is taking away from the fight against isis it is a distraction as secretary mabus had called it is. certainly not helpful to have people take their eye off the ball of isis we've talked about that numerous times before but in reality many in the region have already recognized that arsenal is all but defeated despite that the us led intervention which is in its third year has no end in sight but they may be left there with no one to call a friend as they continue to alienate their allies. let's discuss soldiers development in the us in what it all means knowledge jamal wakim professor of history and international relations of the lebanese university in beirut you're very welcome do you think that this cease fire is it possible to implement a and b.

is it going to hold for thirty days. well i believe that the ceasefire is conditional and this is noted in the un resolution because the syrian government and its russian ally will. continue its operations against. isis which are on the terrorist list. this is on one hand and on the other hand i believe that we need to see what would be the reaction of the united states because the united states was the one to call for the un resolution for the ceasefire in the beginning however the russian intervention amended this ceasefire to fit. the needs for fighting terrorism. in syria. while the united states thinks that the ceasefire was meant not

for the syrian government to take control of which should remain. like a region to direct threat to the capital to damascus and there were plans to link. them to a plan for region controlled by the united states to. open a quality door that would allow u.s. troops and u.s. backed. terrorists to reach the outskirts of damascus i don't trust the american intentions jamaal just all of the latest developments on this turkey claims that the resolution does not affect their operation against kurdish groups enough rain is not a fair interpretation of the cease fire agreement. well the. money purely the. resolution the way they want

because so far after one month of military operations the. result the outskirts of green they could take hold of the city the kurdish. parties mended fences with the syrian government and the city went back to government control in syria. doesn't want. that certain situation would be imposed in northern syria that could fit his own interests and that could that he could present. again to the turkish public and that's why. the turkish government declared that it wouldn't fire and continue its military operations just prefer if you can just bring sure in time with parts of eastern occupied by terror groups that are not party to this

ceasefire how can any safe humanitarian access be daryn t. do you think. well. i believe that the humanitarian aid that the us called for is a pretext for opened the door to the terrorists to supply them with. with other logistics i believe that this was the true intention of the united states. that's why i believe that the russians had to intervene and to amend the. two because there is directed view of fighting terrorism mainly i says and i'm sort of so. we need to admit the fact that the united states is using terrorist groups. tools. war by proxy on the syrian government and on syria and also on the iraqi government to control these

two countries that are highly strategic for american geopolitical strategy in the region thanks so much jamal wakim professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut coming up find out when washington thinks it's ok to meddle in other countries elections right after this. united states is going. to miss the crisis. sites. around russia and. lizzie's know russia. can find somebody outside the united states.

to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to be president and she. wanted. to go right to be close that's what the four korean people. understood was it was a. question. hello again germany's best selling newspaper was tricked this week into publishing a fake bomb shell story on russian meddling in the country's politics the reports in build. a mysterious russian agent. called yuri had supposedly

offered his services to the head of the social democratic party's youth wing kevin hoping to sabotage a coalition deal between his party and conservatives here's a snippet suppose it. did care for him i'm yuri i'd like to talk to you about supporting your new group campaign thanks for your mail jay already told me to expect a mile from you but just to be sure could you name me g.'s favorite beverage as you can certainly understand this is a delicate matter me oh me oh marty ginger oh dear yuri perfect that's a relief so what can you offer me basically we can offer you everything an opinion campaign with bazza gates schultz social bots on twitter and facebook or even a targeted facebook advertising campaign so far so good the problem is the whole conversation was fabricated by the german satirical magazine titanic

the editors behind the hoax posted this triumphant post photo online now that shows one of the magazine's employees posing with the transcript of the fake e-mails and the tabloid subsequent article the editor of titanic told me the hoax was all too easy to concoct less than an afternoon's work in fact. we had to turn it over to record magazine we worked with the same. methods as it builds so we knew how to think like and build editor there were no rumors about russian meddling and we thought this cannot be we have to make an alliance with the build tabloids and push a story about russian meddling a story that was techie and like in the spine and we had a good feeling that this would work when there's a story like this for four built they don't care about the details it's only interesting if the story is good and it was a good story indeed it was. like

a good movie i hope it will be made into a movie sometime well bill finally did retract this story what's more the head of the s.p.d. as you telling insists that had he really been made such an offer he would have turned it on. i don't know but this group but of course we would refuse any of these offers don't work with social mobs i don't have information that even received and your was in this. well whenever you do see meddling mention these days russia is usually being linked to it but it seems the united states is way ahead on that front a former cia director has admitted that washington interferes in other country's elections on domestic affairs when it's quote for a good cause rutger's the arabs been taking a closer look no one likes a spoiler medlars interference especially when it comes to american elections

there who really pure and spoiled and unsullied or they were before the russians got to them they say but judge not lest ye be judged especially when you have a fetish for getting your fingers into foreign elections when i just don't mess around other people. are only for the very good do that through a vine video and former c.e.o. for a very good cause. said the former director of the cia it's funny because and when america does it when someone else's even suspected of doing it no no no bad bad did the russians break the rules or do something bizarre the answer is no not at all said a thirty year veteran of the cia come on the cia wrote the book on meddling.

we've been doing this kind of thing since the cia was created in one thousand forty seven we've used posters pamphlets mailers banners you name it we've planted false information for newspapers we've used with the british called king george's calorie suitcases of cash add to that assassinations coups information warfare hacking and that's just the stuff we know about this the johnson that helped oversee the cia's exhibit g.'s he'd know the difference is they say when russia does it it's to destroy the world even when that meddling has no actual impact on the elections as even the justice department just admitted when america doesn't so the greater good democracy and all that you could ask of course how on earth overthrowing democratically elected leaders as the cia has done is helping

democracy how sending billions of dollars worth of guns to gulf dictators is helping democracy but don't well the united states has been interfering in other countries elections since the one nine hundred thirty s. and in the caribbean and in latin america when i was in cia in the seventy's and eighty's in europe i would say that the that the cia and the us government basically were interfering in elections almost every election that was taking place in europe this was just routine that the us wanted a friendly government of a certain type and was willing to do certain things to enable that to happen if we're going to claim that america has the right to interfere behind the scenes in the politics of another country. it's a little hypocritical for then america to say oh no russian intelligence

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