thank you it's about. international russia expels sixty u.s. diplomats shot. in retaliation over a similar actions by washington state. there is no justification for the russian response throughout sixty of their people saying that these. action is justified there is water and we don't see this as a diplomatic tit for tat is ready for. the gaza border. checking us conservative group which is a. project to expose the liberal bias of existing science.

friday's top news headlines for this. international thanks for joining us russia is expelling sixty u.s. diplomats and shutting the american consulate in. the measures are in retaliation against similar actions by washington over the script poisoning case a russian foreign minister. responds to other states that have also deported russian diplomats. promised russia has responded tit for tat 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 over the us 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 witnessed 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 vest the geisha will be technical. o.p.c. w. experts arrived in london to analyze the substance used in the alleged poisoning of surrogate ambulance grupo 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 the u.k.'s allegations by the way the investigation into the case is still ongoing the u.k. and its allies insist that russia was behind this russia then eyes any such thing. says that this entire thing is politically motivated tension between russia and britain has been escalating for weeks following the poisoning of double agent sort of a script powell and his daughter yulia in the city of souls bury the u.s. u.k. the u.s. and their allies were very quick to pin the blame on russia but more than twenty

countries have already expelled russian diplomats with the u.s. expelling the most and russia's consulate in seattle is also being shut down and this was the state department's reaction to russia's retaliate already matches. we 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 our colleagues who have served there with great distinction but you but you're saying that these are your your action was justified there is wasn't because these people aren't the equivalent to any legs i think

we're forgetting what got us to this place well now are dodging 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 might 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 some countries did not so it's a support the u.k. and actually said no to expanding russian diplomats among them austria which also

claimed it was under heavy pressure by britain but the country's foreign minister says other u.k. repeatedly 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. well we spoke to us several experts including former u.s. diplomat john graham and independent journalist joe lauria who say the escalation in u.s. russian tensions is setting a dangerous precedent. what i find most alarming in pure of the politicians in these schools people most know you know all of the media is the new body seems to understand the danger of the steady steady steady is illusions. and that's the real danger. we're looking now in six months now of steady installations a deteriorating relations if you two in the u.s. and russia this is what governments do when they get their diplomats or expelled

they they expel in return and this is what newer to understand is what is going to happen in the situation united states should did and dissipate 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 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 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. clashes have been

reported at some locations along the gaza border where thousands have been gathering for land to demand the return of occupied territories you're looking at live pictures right now we understand thousands are now assembling they'll be there along the gaza border for about six weeks and we expect protests and demonstrations every single friday. has details. tensions are running high as palestinians commemorate land day the preparations are massive and the numbers of people expected to turn out and demonstrate are huge. like that. 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 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. 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 for. our march is 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 have been a number of explosive devices that were detonated along the border fence and earlier this week 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 arrested by israelis. soldiers for allegedly trying to throw stones at them the i.d.f. say that the boy's actions were a provocation we are expecting that in the coming six weeks at least the tensions here on the ground will continue to escalate. in the era 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 was check the checkers themselves are usually a protractor explains. 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 fact checkers the likes of snow political act fact check and many others are out there to make sure you digest facts only but fake news police are in some exceptional human super be can they be biased 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 facts versus a liberal outfalls. this isn't happening. some people might try to tell you that it's a bit. overly dramatic about it check what it is saying it's a false side 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 the 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 they'll check those failing to disclose their 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 news passively. engage their minds call out things that seem false and don't let these people who are spewing false garbage

fake news get away with it care see 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 new recording to proposal submitted to parliament today people convicted of creating and distributing misinformation could face imprisonment i think i know a few important people who secretly love to use a bit of malaysian law me. germany is unable to deport sixty five thousand failed asylum seekers the problem is that they simply don't have any idea documents. picks up the story. in the famous speech of a new chancellor ship angela merkel couldn't avoid all could be the most controversial me if that's a game for one million 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's easier said than done as it tends out safe the number of rejected asylum seekers that can be deported it 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 func a media this increases from thirty eight thousand in two thousand and sixteen to 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 is three thousand eight hundred up because national tea 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 him but then 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 partly on promises to deal with illegal immigration there are many many plans the new minister or c.e.o. 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 and 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 because the german interior ministry for clarification on the issue but they avoided commenting instead they just a provided us with information on voluntary deportation. i will still to come here

on the program on r t international the ecuadorian embassy is not very happy with julian assad right now when his latest tweets in fact they've shut him down we'll give you details after the break. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest street in truth to stand down and lose business you just need as the right questions and

demand the right answer. question lol. 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 where of course he's been holed up now for nearly six years and sources close to the whistleblower have told pti that ecuadorian officials placed electronic jammers inside the embassy also just not being allowed to receive visitors or 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't have visitors. really important that he's got access to the world by all the exposed. money. he's a he's a war hero he exposed american war crimes he wanted concrete and you know this is just my friend a nice brilliant fashion just. seem quite regularly and ported whenever i can. or an embassy is preventing us from communicating with the outside world because of his tweets concerning the catalan issue specifically the detention of the former president in germany earlier this week there were so what 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. at the request of spain to be extradited. the embassy says it blocked his internet access because a songe failed to on an agreement not to comment on political issues relating to ecuador or any other countries but sources close to weeklies told us there is no such agreement now songe took refuge in the embassy in two thousand and twelve after being accused of rape in sweden that's 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 part of. why the war is against no one and russia or it's 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 trade war we've got the prospect of a real war and lish this propaganda all through the attack on human years is so important because it does we're journalists and should be doing. holding our truck pound. the saudi crown prince is on a two week tour of the united states he's already met with donald trump in the white house where some lucrative arms deals are 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 and microsoft co-founder bill gates and fact t.v. host and media mogul the oprah winfrey is also getting some face time with mohammed bin salomon as are the clintons barack obama but it's not just the democratic party elite for example former u.s. president george w. bush he's also going to be meeting the role as well now as well as a schmoozing with american celebrities and politicians the saudi crown prince is also gracing the editorial boards of a number of u.s. media outlets with his presence so these include the new york times the wall street journal washington post the atlantic is also giving interviews to the likes of time in vanity fair and to coincide with the crown prince's visit a special ninety seven page ad free magazine dedicated to praising the saudi kingdom has suddenly hit the shelves of american shops so artie's caleb maupin 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 thing as 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 hipper meeting with people apparently we're america loves a rock star 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 really need 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 out nothing to do with it. 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 to go on their own grid to it is silly just to do it i think that's less than likely this is a very very expensive proposition in time i'm just international has taken

a few moments to mock saudi arabia's big p.r. blitz pointing to riyadh over rights abuses. it's all international thanks for joining us on this friday more of your world wide news headlines in about half an hour.

naomi klein the famed off her who is writing extensively on environmental issues and social justice issues went to these conferences in puerto rico and her takeaway was that a bunch of people of showed up and this is a danger to the local economy and to the local barrick gold society so the first thing that strikes me is that lefties like they owe me feel they have a monopoly on good intentions which i'm not sure where that comes from.

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 seventh's what is behind this hysteria what does this message aim to achieve always russia's supposed to react importantly are we facing a possible conflict. a contentious census controversy over the trumpet ministrations intend to add a citizenship question in the twenty twenty u.s. census what's behind this change that's first up on this edition. of politicking on larry king monday the trumpet in the streets of announced a controversial changed to the next official count of people living in the united states that is their intent to start asking participants in the census about citizenship status the last time the question was asked of everyone was in one

thousand nine hundred fifty critics immediately labeled this action is anti immigrant while the administration says the change is critical to the enforcement of the voting rights act and an important tool in protecting against racial discrimination during elections let's begin with our political panel joining me from washington d.c. is chris wilson director of research in digital strategy for ted cruz's campaign in two thousand and sixteen and he is c.e.o. of w.p.a. intelligence and in new york nate lerner a grassroots director at the bill the way of organization executive director of the democratic coalition and creator of the app hash tag boycott from. all right chris we'll start with you what's your reaction to the administration including this synthesis of question i thought the census was about how many people are living in america well it's sort of common sense change is that you read out initially i

think it's also one support about protecting minority rights i mean the fact is the voting rights act requires accounting of citizens and so if you have either illegal immigrants who can't vote or illegal immigrants who awful lot if they can't vote and what that does is undervalued all the citizens and those are citizens and when it's the. down to it this doesn't really affect states like oklahoma or i or places like that where it's affecting is the minority districts outside of houston texas for example or outside of los angeles and so from that standpoint if you have an under representation of citizens or an overrepresentation because of counting adults actually cannot vote then what you're doing is you're under valuing those voters and providing a situation that does not provide the protection necessary for people to voting rights act is meant to protect and the other aspect of this is for the party of the so called party of science to be against actually counting people in the right way it's a little bit surprising i think somewhat funny i mean this is this is porton for several different scientific endeavors be it.