i mean it would be like. taking the. international expels sixty u.s. diplomats the american consulate. in retaliation over similar actions by washington the state department says it could take measures there is no justification for the russian response throughout sixty of their people saying that these. we don't see this as a diplomatic tit for tat off the throwing open its doors to refugees germany is now struggling to port some sixty five thousand failed asylum seekers simply because they have no idea. the fact checkers also need.

u.s. conservative group which has launched an online project to expose liberal bias of existing fact check sites. for their. international thanks for joining us so far. russia is expelling sixty u.s. diplomats and shutting of the american consulate in st petersburg the measures are in retaliation against similar actions by washington over the script poisoning case russian foreign minister sort of. a response to other states that have also deported russian diplomats as it promised russia has responded to for that for every russian diplomat kicked out from the two dozen or so countries one of their diplomats will be kicked. out of russia almost all of those countries by the

way either nato members or hopefuls 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 though when the us consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and nearest 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 have arrived in london to analyze the substance used in the alleged poisoning of surrogate and your list group this will only allow them to distinguish the chemical formula of the substance the o.p.c. w. technical secret syria doesn't have the mandate to verify as the u.k.'s allegations by 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 tension between russia and britain has been escalating for weeks following the poisoning of double agent sort of his career and his daughter yulia in the city of solsbury the u.k. the u.s.

and allies were quick to pin the blame on russia. but more than twenty countries have already expelled two russian diplomats with the u.s. expelling the most russia's consulate in seattle is also being shot down and this was the state department's reaction to russia's retaliatory measures. i reserve the right for there to any russian retaliation against the united states and 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 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 not be the adult thing to do they're saying that they did it 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 spell diplomats of russian spies saying that the u.s. is better off without russian spies when there's no evidence that they were spies either so some countries did not support the u.k.

and refused to expel russian diplomats among them austria which also claimed it was under heavy pressure from britain the country's foreign minister says the u.k. repeatedly asked to vienna to take quote specific measures for the government stood its ground austria says it wants to keep china as open and bring people together at a time of need but we spoke to several experts including former u.s. defense about john graham and an independent journalist i missed a job loria they say the escalation in the u.s. russian tensions is a dangerous development. what i find most alarming impurity of the politicians in the same scrutiny longbows the reason the whole lot of the media is there new but he seems to understand the dean here of the state is deduced that he is illusion. and that's the real danger. we're looking now at six months now of steady as he was used to deteriorating relationship between the us 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 to support this happening is a very serious matter here 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 let a 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 drag 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 weed out punishment if someone's 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 that they don't have any identification documents. or southie picks up the story. in the same speech have a new chancellor angela merkel couldn't avoid all could be the most controversial me if that's if a one million migrants into germany. yet she still tries to stick with her we can do this mantra despite promising deportation. even 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 seems 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 seen by major chairman 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 swell 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 uppercuts nationality is unmarked as unclear in the worst case scenario the failure to support 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 spoke to gets from ng member of parliament from a.f.c. . a party which won seats in parliament hotly on promises to deal with illegal immigration there are many many plans the new minister horsy or for tries to build up new centers for for speeding up the deportations. 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 is really a big problem and i wonder if the new government will make it well we contacted the german interior ministry for clarification on the issue but they avoided commenting instead they provided us with information on the voluntary deportation. in the air all fake news self-proclaimed fact checking websites have been gaining popularity in the us another such online project has been launched but this time it will check the checkers themselves as a lot easier to track of reports. big. big news you are fake news that was my impression of a fake news police officer heard about any of those in the post proof that checkers the likes of snow political fact fact check and many others are out there to make sure you digest facts only but fake news police aren't some exceptional

human super be can be valued just like any folks sure these conservative guys today go on about political fact 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 facts versus a liberal apples. this is an apple. some people might try to tell you that it's about not 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 it it's not that we need to one hundred fact checkers we need one hundred million adults or however many there are in the united states to stop taking their is passive. engage their minds call out things that seem false don't let these people who are spewing false garbage fake news get away with it scripted stuff watch 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 malaysia taking aim at stake moves the

border into 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 me. palestinian health officials report that one man has been killed and another injured an israeli artillery fire in southern gaza the israeli military says it ordered a to fire against two people who approached a security fence now the gaza border is bracing for possible violence right now as thousands are starting to gather for the annual land day rally an event typically by clashes with israeli forces in fact if you can see right now these are live pictures right now people assembling at the border of palestinians worldwide of commemorated land days since one thousand nine hundred seventy six is when israeli security forces are shot dead six israeli arabs who were protesting the

expropriation of what they say was arab owned land to northern israel to build jewish communities we also understand that backed by the hamas government in gaza palestinians intend to establish a thousands of people to stay in a whole bunch of tents and these live pictures here thousands will come near the fence and told not to day in mid may we expect weekly demonstrations on friday for the meantime. this report. tensions are running high as palestinians commemorate land day the preparations are massive and the numbers of people expected to turn out and demonstrate offshoot. like this. but. we know that for example in gaza alone some one hundred thousand people are expected to attend the day prayers along the israel gaza border fence and from there to hold protests and demonstrations the israelis

are on high alert for any kind of potential violence 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 on land of goes a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people will gather here on friday god willing to stand for a return to the historic land of palestine from. 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 shooters and that's just for today friday alone the idea of 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 their room the israel gaza border has been heating up particularly in recent days there has been a number of explosive devices that were detonated along the border fence and earlier this week a three gazans who were armed crossed into israel on tuesday there was also an incident in hebron where a three year old palestinian boy was a race to by israelis. trying to throw stones at them the idea of sort that the boys acts in a provocation we are expecting that in the coming six weeks at least the tensions here on the ground will continue to escalate and still to come on the program here when i see the ecuadorian embassy not too pleased about julian assad and his recent tweets that actually shut him down we'll give you details after a very quick break. make

this manufacture consent to stick to the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room see. the real news is really. the war hawks sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that are going. to stop to try to tell you that what we gossip the public by file for the most important news. off of our highs and tell me you are not cool enough to buy their products.

all the hawks that we along with all the one. just turning twenty part here in moscow wiki leaks founder julian assange has been cut off from the outside world since monday by the ecuadorian embassy in london now we understand of course he's been holed up there for six years now but other sources close to the will supply are telling us that are ecuadorian officials actually placed electronic jammers inside the embassy also a sign just not being allowed to receive visitors are 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 can see our visitors at the moment and it's really important that he's got access to the world by all the exposures the t.v.

manages to do he's a weasel war hero he exposed american war crimes they want to be concrete and you know this is just my friend a nice brilliant i'm a fashion designer called live you. see i'm quite regularly and supported whenever i can the ecuadorian embassy is preventing us from the communicating with the outside world because of his tweets concerning the catalan su specifically the detention of the former cattle and president in germany earlier this week there was has been told to delete 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 preached a moment at the request of spain to be extradited. the embassy says it blocked his

internet access because a songe failed to honor an agreement not to comment on political issues relating to ecuador or other countries but sources close to wiki leaks told us there is no such agreement now a songe took refuge inside the embassy in two thousand and 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 of why why the war is against no one and russia is one of them trying to reduce the number 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. figure the whole idea of trade war we've got the prospect of a real war and lose those propaganda or. the attack on human years is so important because it does we're just should be doing. holding our took out. the saudi crown prince is on a two week tour of the united states has already met with donald trump in the white house where some lucrative arms deals were on the table but he's also meeting with some other big names among them for example the space x. c.e.o. and musk apple boss tim cook good microsoft co-founder bill gates t.v. host and media mogul oprah winfrey will also be getting some face time with mohamed

been solved in a as are the clintons and barack obama but it's not just the democratic party elite for example the former u.s. president george w. bush is also meeting with the royal now as well as schmoozing with american celebrities and politicians the saudi crown prince also giving interviews to a number of u.s. media outlets these include the new york times or the wall street journal the washington post the atlantic as well as time and vanity fair and to coincide with the crown prince whose visit a special ninety seven page advertisement free magazine dedicated to praising the saudi kingdom has hit the shelves of american shops. and got its hands on one 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 the 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 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 the 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 is of ours where people know 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. it's 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 meeting with people apparently we're america loves

a rock star if you're trying to win america over this is the 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 by that i know what you're saying you're saying somehow the national enquirer 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 to get the colors that are on their own gratuitously just to do it i think that's less than likely this is a very very expensive proposition. the european commission has set out a plan to speed up the movement of nato units on military equipment all across the bloke the alliance wants to remove delays that might be caused by roads and bridges

being unsuitable for the military hardware the e.u. says it will identify weak spots and propose improvements along north sea baltic routes but eastern europe has been seeing the biggest military build up since the end of the cold war. thank. you.

the director of the transnational foundation for peace and future are so sure yano bug things that nato is trying to send a strong message everybody can see that this is a huge support to nato it has nothing to do with the e.u.'s such have an interest that they're presented by the various authorities behind it and as prices prevention this is what tension prevention this is nothing tension. or tension production this is to send

a clear signal to russia there we are ready we're making ourselves ready step by step to have with you the same goes for the expelling of diploma so the same goes for the middle east the fence the same goes for the increasing military expenditures it goes with arrogant rhetoric can demonize station of hootin and russia or etc if the interests of the military industrial complex and the e.u. was a goner an organization that some years ago got the nobel peace prize if i was sitting in the committee today i'll begin to discuss within the committee whether they should ask to take it back. truck outing off the hour here in the russian capital thank you for joining us so far more of your worldwide news to continue on r.t. international at the top of the hour.

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