international russia expels sixty u.s. diplomats. in. washington the state department says it could now take measures there is no justification for the russian response throughout sixty of their people saying that these. action is justified there is one we don't see this as a diplomatic tit for tat. offer throwing open its doors to refugees germany is now struggling to deport some sixty five thousand failed asylum seekers simply because they have no idea. and the fact checkers also need claims the u.s. crew. online project to expose the alleged bias of existing fact checking sites.

thanks for joining us here on r.t. international just turning now ten am on friday here in moscow we have this hour's top world headlines. russia is expelling sixty u.s. diplomats the american consulate in st petersburg but the measures are in retaliation against actions by washington over the poisoning case russian foreign minister sergei laugh it off response to other states that have also deported russian diplomats as it promised russia has responded to for that for every russian diplomats kicked out from the two dozen or so countries one of their diplomats will be kicked out of russia almost one of those countries by the way the nato members. hopeful's the united states though may have to charter

a jet sixty evidence diplomats have been ordered to leave russia the same number kicked out by washington know what the u.s. consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and mirrors spawn's no more no less and again moscow has called on the united states to stop it is proposed to u.s. authorities inciting in fueling the smear campaign against our country to rethink and curb their reckless actions destroying bilateral relations the sum up russia which denies any role in this poisoning says never before have we witness such mockery of international law it is also convened a special meeting of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons would be c.w. has sent technical experts to examine the substance with which the former russian

double agent and his daughter were poisoned but their best the geisha will be technical. experts arrived in london to analyze the substance used alleged poisoning of. group this will only allow them to distinguish the chemical formula of the substance at the o p c w technical secret syria doesn't have the mandate to verify as u.k.'s allegations as well as the way the investigation into the case is due to the u.k. and its allies insist that russia was behind this russia then eyes any such thing and says that this entire earth air is politically motivated old tension between russia and britain has been escalating for weeks following the poisoning of double agent sort of square powell and his daughter yulia in the city of salzburg u.k. the u.s. and their allies were quick to pin the blame on russia. the u.s.

expelled the most russian diplomats with russia's consulate in seattle also being closed down and this was the state department's reaction to russia's retaliate tory measures. we reserve the right to further to any russian retaliation against the united states so we are reading this we are reviewing it and will respond accordingly i want to remind you that there is no justification for the russian response and i'm not trying to understand you you guys threw out sixty of their people we don't see this as a diplomatic tit for tat the american diplomats who are being expelled are not. spies under diplomatic cover i am saying that they work for the u.s. state department they are colleagues who have served there with great distinction but you but you're saying that these that your your action was justified there is wasn't because these people aren't the equivalent in legs i think we're forgetting what got us to this place will now or dodge questions about whether the expelled

u.s. diplomats were spies or not and then reporters pushed again to understand why the state department considers moscow's actions to be wrong and it seems that washington is forcing moscow to take responsibility and humbly accept punishment for a crime that there is no evidence for essentially you're asking russia to just admit that they did it and and take their punishment be the adult thing to do they're saying that they didn't you are in fact asking them to you know admit to something that they say that they don't you know what there's nothing wrong with admit it meeting wrong doing well now or went on to make some very incendiary comments to justify quote expressing solidarity with the u.k. calling the expelled diplomats russian spies saying that the u.s. is better off without russian spies when there's no evidence that they were spies either when some countries did not support the u.k. and refused to expel russian diplomats among them austria which also claimed it was pressured by britain and the country's foreign minister says the u.k.

repeatedly asked vienna to take specific measures but the government stood its ground austria says it wants to keep channels open and bring people together at a time of need. we spoke to several experts including former u.s. diplomat joining graham and an independent journalist john loria he said the escalation in the us russian tensions is a dangerous development. what i find most alarming in pure of the politicians in the scene scooter people almost always in the whole of the media is the new body seems to understand the danger of the state is that he's not he is illusions. and that's the real danger. we're looking now in six months now of steady institutions a deteriorating relations if you two in the u.s. and russia this is what governments do and they get when their diplomats are expelled they they expel in return and this is what newer to understand is what is

going to happen in the situation united states did and dissipate this happening is a very serious matter here now as you previously said that i've read that russia just doesn't want to have good relations with other countries i mean this is unbelievable in a serious matter like completely unnecessary they serious matter this did not have to get to this point except that that's what britain and the united states want and they dragged along several other allies but this is this is about not going through the process due process to investigate a crime and then wait to see what the results are and then mete out punishment if someone is found guilty there's nothing to do with this this is purely political obviously if you're a political play by the united states and the u.k. and it gets worse and worse and more dangerous and these silly remarks by the state department spokesman do not help at all at all in this matter. germany is unable to deport sixty five thousand failed asylum seekers the problem is they simply don't

have any idea documents on season he picks up the story in the first speech of his new chancellor angela merkel can to avoid all could be the most controversial me if that's an eva one. in migrants into germany. yet she still tries to stick with her we can do this mantra despite its promise that deportations the kind people who have no right to protection will have to leave our country preferably voluntarily but if necessary by state deportations but that si easier said than done as it tends out safe the number of rejected asylum seekers that can be deported has jumped up by seventy one percent in one year away thousand according to reports by the german interior ministry a seen by major german publishing house funky media this increases from thirty eight thousand in two thousand and sixteen sixty five thousand in two thousand and seventeen reasons behind it well a lack of travel documents and the lack of communication between general thora ts

and countries of origin india processing requests for replacement passports is slow or nonexistent despite frequent visits to the embassy pakistan replacement passport procedures are being processed but there is a lack lebannon replies to requests very rare contact with the embassy is poor. thousands about the constraint even have a country they can be deported to as three thousand eight hundred up nationality is unmarked as unclear in the worst case scenario the failure to deport a rejected asylum seeker can have tragic consequences the man behind the deadly christmas markets attack in bed and in two thousand and sixteen was a check to the silent but he couldn't be deported because he didn't have the documents.

we spec two gets from a member of parliament from. a party which won seats in parliament hotly on promises to deal with illegal immigration there are many many plans the new minister wholesale for tries to build up new centers for for speeding up the deportation. we are we are not sure if this will really solve the problem first of all we have to close and control our borders again right now i think we have to enforce the pressure to the people who have to leave our country it's really

a big problem and i wonder if the new government will make it we contacted the german interior ministry for clarification on the issue and they avoided commenting instead providing us with information on voluntary deportation. the arrow of fake news self-proclaimed fact checking websites have been gaining popularity in the u.s. and other such online project has been launched but this time it will check the checkers themselves as reports. big news you are fake news that was my impression of a fake news police officer heard about any of those in the post truth era checker the likes of snow political factor fact check and many others are out there to make sure you digest facts. but fake news police are in some exceptional

human super be in the value of just like any folks sure these conservative guys today go on about political factor as left leaning republican and haters while for them in the liberal camp the likes of the news busters are a joke conservative fact checkers relief so there you have it conservative alternative vs a liberal our feels. this is an apple. some people might try to tell you that it's a business don't be so overly dramatic about it what it is saying it's a false lead and they're giving sean spicer our press secretary gave alternative facts so with a bit of media police evolution we've got to the point where fact checkers began checking fact checkers oh gosh so we've come full circle it began with the liberal media matters site comprehensively monitoring analyzing and

correcting conservative misinformation in the us media conservative news busters caught on those failing to disclose their own left wing bias the problem we have in the united states in particular is that the. corporate media is advertiser driven we really do need truly independent fact checkers but unfortunately in this country we don't have that it's not that we need to or one hundred fact checkers we need hundred million adults for our money there are the united states to start taking there is absolutely engage their minds call up things that seem falls and don't let these people who are spewing false garbage fake news get away with it care so your subscription stop watching the show and call these journalists out when they're wrong by the way when i said fake news police it was meant to be a joke but no kidding if you are in malaysia always taking aim at stake news

according to her polls was submitted to parliament today people convicted of creating and distributing this information could face imprisonment i think i know a few important people who secretly love to use a bit of malaysian law making. a list in your health officials report that one man has been killed and another injured in an israeli artillery fire in southern gaza and the israeli military says it ordered a time to fire against two suspects who approached a security fence at the gaza border there was bracing for possible violence as thousands gather for the annual land a rally and event that typically marred by clashes with israeli forces is our correspondent there. tensions are running high as palestinians commemorate land day the preparations are massive and the numbers of people expected to turn out and demonstrate off.

i didn't. know but. we know that for example in gaza alone some one hundred thousand people are expected to attend the day plays along the israel gaza border fence and from there to hold protests and demonstrations the israelis. all on high alert for any kind of potential violence and as far as the palestinians go they have set up tents in five different locations we are expecting that these protests and demonstrations will last some six weeks as they come on the palestinian calendar with other important dates that will be mocked and commemorated a lot of shuttle because on the land of goes a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people will gather here on friday god willing to stand up there for a return to the historic land of palestine for. our marches peaceful run to show the world where people are not terrorists we want the right of return the israelis for they side have stationed more than one hundred shop shoots his and that's just

for today friday alone the i.d.f. chief of staff says that there will be no way that palestinians will be allowed to cross any of the israeli border fences into israeli territory if the palestinians think they will organize a march and it will pass the border fence and they will march into our territory there roam the israel gaza border has been heating up particularly in recent days there have been a number of explosive devices that were detonated along the border fence and earlier this week gazans who were armed crossed into israel we are expecting that in the coming six weeks at least the tensions here on the ground will continue to escalate more still to come here on the program on the ecuadorian embassy not too happy about julian our salinger's recent tweets they have shut him down we'll give you details after the break.

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because. it is good of you to join us today wiki leaks founder julian assange has been cut off from the outside world since monday by the ecuadorian embassy in london of course where he's been holed up now for almost six years sources close to the whistleblower have told pti that ecuadorian officials placed electronic jammers inside the embassy also a songe isn't being allowed to receive visitors british fashion designer vivienne westwood a friend of the whistleblower expressed her support for him outside the embassy she told us she's worried about his treatment. we're very concerned about the fact that she cons are visitors at the moment and it's really important that he's got access

to the world by all the expose the t.v. manages to do he's a he's a war hero he exposed america war crimes they want to be in concrete and you know is that is just my friend and he's brilliant and i'm a fashion just on the cold live you. see i'm quite regularly and a supporter whenever i can the ecuadorian embassy is preventing us from communicating with the outside world because of his tweets concerning the cattle an issue specifically the detention of the former president in germany earlier this week there were some has been told to do lead his tweets in one nine hundred forty the elected president of catalonia louis compan a swiss captured by the gestapo at the request of spain delivered to them and executed today german police have arrested the elected president of catalonia karla's predicament at the request of spain to be extradited. to the embassy says

it blocked his internet access because a sanch failed on an agreement not to comment on political issues relating to ecuador and other countries but sources close to wikileaks told us there is no such agreement as songs of course took refuge inside the embassy in twenty twelve after being accused of rape in sweden a case that was later dropped he says he fears being extradited to america if he leaves the embassy as he faces espionage charges there australian journalist john pilger says a lot more than that is currently at stake. this is about war and treatment speech this man as being the most basic rights freedom of speech it's the heart why is why the war is against no one and russia is one of them china is another but at the mood of the propaganda this is about the public's right to know

and it's the public's right to know what both governments are doing the second this war is about a real. get the whole idea of trade war we've got the prospect of a real war and lish this propaganda or you see things for the attack on him and will serve years is so important because it does we're just should be doing that is holding power to account. for us judge has dismissed saudi arabia's bid to block lawsuits from families of nine eleven victims under the justice again sponsor of sponsors of terrorism act it's also known as jasper and the bill was introduced back in twenty fifteen and had quite a journey it was first passed by congress then vetoed by president obama but later adopted after congress defeated the veto so far there have been twenty five lawsuits filed against saudi arabia over its alleged links to the perpetrators of

nine eleven the court rejection of the saudi bid to block the lawsuits comes amid a high profile visit to washington by the kingdom's crown prince to shopping around for some new military gear and well riyadh has repeatedly denied any links to the perpetrators of the terror attack the report put forward by the nine eleven commission suggested that some of the terrorists did have direct links to officials in the saudi government something previously stressed by the man who just hosted the saudi crown prince at the white house. because papers are there that are very secret. these. these are very wealthy nation and they're going to give the united states some of that well hopefully very very. five hundred thirty three million dollars five hundred twenty five million dollars that's been a three year period has been. a very great friend and other

thing that coincided with the crown prince his visit was the release of a ninety seven page advertisement free magazine praising the kingdom. and got his hands on a copy. it's slick glossy and a certain government in the arabian peninsula says it has nothing to do with it on newsstands across america you can get copies of the new kingdom it's a magazine all about saudi arabia and how it's a happy place that's open for business american media incorporated the print conglomerate that published this has a c.e.o. who says that he's actually a personal friend of donald trump now the saudi kingdom says that they had no role in financing it apparently american media into just feels very passionate about global politics we decided to have a chat with legal and media analyst lionel to see what he thinks of the sudden appearance of this pro saudi glossy so interesting publication we've got here the new kingdom now it talks about how saudi arabia is

a key ally of the united states in the fight against terrorism leaves out the fact that they have been supporting extremist groups in syria what you make of that this is not a an encyclopedia of of saudi arabia it's brilliant and most americans will read this and say this is fantastic very frankly i don't think you're going to be seeing too many aspects of a pro saudi arabian glossy talking about the darker sides of of the area well sure i mean it talks about their romantic landscapes it talks about talks about their beautiful traditional ceremonies doesn't really get into the public beheadings that go on still do you think there's any chance of that i mean i understand that but not only the treatment of women to go go through that you know we we've been having lately the comments of saudi arabia with nine eleven you're not going to see this but remember the only way this would ever work is when you have

a country as of ours where people know hey is that a coincidence you think that the crown prince is currently on his two week tour of the united states at the same time this hits the show absolutely not of course. not there's no such things a coincidence it's brilliant but look at what's happening look at how he's being presented thirty two year old he's almost like the prince harry young the meeting with people apparently remember america loves a rockstar if you're trying to win america over this is a way to do it because remember we don't know anything we don't read the we don't know anything about history but just give us a rock star and we're in and out of saudi so they have nothing to do with this coming hour is not nothing to do with it do you buy that i know what you're saying you're saying somehow the national enquirer or somebody benefited maybe in the back and i don't know who am i to say no i think though that for somebody to on their own. for no particular reason come up with this extremely expensive look at the

quality of this look at the colors that are on their own grid to what is only just to do it i think that's less than likely this is a very very expensive proposition. the russian defense ministry has released a video showing the second successful test launch of the country's new hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile known as saddam out this missile as part of russia's new unveiled by vladimir putin at the start of. its claim to be russia's most powerful ballistic missile with no range limit. enormous payload over the north or south poles to anywhere on the planet and allegedly out smart all existing missile defense systems a full production expected to start in twenty nineteen. this

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follow and welcome across not we're all paying for considered i'm peter lavelle the russians are coming the russians are coming for well over the last year and a half this is the message western audiences have been served up twenty four seven what is behind this hysteria what does this message aim to achieve how is russia's supposed to react importantly are we facing a possible conflict. sucking anti russia hysteria i'm joined by my guests lord richard in london he is a member of the u.k. house of lords in paris we have john laughlin he is a historian specialist in international affairs and in washington we cross that we tried.