and this is really dangerous for drivers to see. u.s. media company is under fire after telling t.v. presenters to read a script to promo against fake critics say it is a politically motivated message. and other news the syrian peace process brings together leaders of russia turkey and around for a trilateral meeting on wednesday as for dinner putin heads to ankara to meet president the one ahead of the summer. and the british media indulge in some alternative theories on the poisoning of form a double agent and his daughter in the u.k. that's amid a lack of any official information coming out of the investigation. this

is r.t. international great to have you with this fight fake news that's the mission statement of the largest local broadcasting corporation in the united states and it's requiring its presenters to read out a scripted message to back that up the sinclair group which is known for its conservative stance almost two hundred stations across america and sent out a memo telling presenters to read a statement during their news programs the script itself attacked the quote troubling trend of irresponsible one sided news stories plaguing our country here's how it looked. this sharing of biased and false news here you can call to comment on the source of your. recently or you would. fortunately summers and receive the. control.

for you and this is really dangerous for drivers to see with a broadcast the says the project served no political agenda but the initiative has drawn outrage across the mainstream media with many saying the message supports donald trump's narrative that some popular outlets the spreading fake news the president has also stepped into the spot to defend the sinclair group he once again describes c.n.n. and n.b.c. as the dishonest fake news networks while telling news organizations what to say and do is an accusation we've heard before jacqueline bouvier explains russian media is a beacon of honesty truth and integrity we work hard to maintain our outstanding level of work unlike foreign outlets who lie i love putting. well stop my mind. in that idea about spicy what i did that's the assumption many in the west make about russian media fully controlled broadcast with angers and correspondent forced to read a pre-prepared scripts no details left to chance so much of it is state funded

after all but in the us where so many channels are corporate owned it must be different right sinclair broadcast group which owns almost two hundred television stations and broadcast on around six hundred channels proudly proclaims its mission statement that it provides stories that make a difference the key to our success is concentrated says one alert protecting them . on all platforms well and its recent promos there is not much of a choice or a difference it seems the sharing of biased and false news has become a call to comment on the social media the more. recent we are going through with the first unfortunately the summers and receive. the same. general control. of the usa and this is really dangerous towards our see as you can see anchors from different channels reading the same script there which was by the

way leaked to some media outlets and it looks like they only had to fill in their names. and i'm be greatest responsibility is to servo northwest community used. and if you look closely you'll notice an absence of certain colors in their wardrobes that's no accident they were given specific instructions on how to dress in order to look neutral the goal is to look apolitical neutral nonpartizan yet professional black. females should wear yellow gold magenta sign devoid red blue or purple because everyone knows that magenta is the color that gives you and your bias away apart from these promo sinclair also distributes what's known as must run segments to their stations so all the propaganda finger is so often pointed at russia it looks like we actually have quite a bit to learn. starting with my wardrobe. president putin is expected to touch down in ankara shortly ahead of

a trilateral summit along with to and around on wednesday before the main event he'll have talks with turkey's leader red chip type bedouin and correspondent has the details we are in the turkish capital ankara it is the first destination abroad for vladimir putin after reelection choose day as the time for all kinds of discussions between vladimir putin and the turkish president type on and on wednesday they will be joined by the iranian leader hassan rouhani reason number one for all that is syria absolutely different things are in it for all three leaders but somehow thanks to the trio the syrian crisis is no longer a dead end the so-called calif it is all but gone and russian efforts have shifted on to conflict notes that before seem to be impossible to untie russia has almost completed its operation and east ghouta thanks to the so-called reconciliation

center and the humanitarian pauses backed by moscow as many as one hundred fifty thousand civilians were able to escape the blockade. less than what the government is going to tell you as you. plus it was stunned that the rebels were never going to leave another area called duma but and agreement has been reached and the fighters are being escorted to adlib on green buses some would argue it only plays into the hands of the assad government but then why are some rebels saying yes to turkey next which is trying to find a balance between the war on. militants which it considers terrorists appeasing syrian rebels and being friends with russia and kurds all of branch military seems

to have paid off for the turks turkey has taken the city of our friend from the kurds and a massive blow for the community that ankara considers terrorists when it comes to sorting out the war damascus vs the rebels turkey is also actively taking part but obviously they're backing the syrian opposition it is thanks to ankara some of the toughest syrian rebels agreed to come to sought cheap for the syria national congress iran clearly wants to stay on top of its game as a shia powerhouse of course we've always been on a sad sight fighting a proxy war with saudi arabia and trying to put up a bit of a show against israel but perhaps surprisingly the tentative few reweigh align seems to be working in the meantime we're knocking the hell out of isis will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now to put it

mildly the russians and the radians won't be so sure it was america that knocked the hell out of islamic state besides take a look back at the last few months and you'll see that lately sorting out syria is really been up to the trio and so they're back together talking again this time in . r.t. . well as we heard it is now close to being fully liberated militants have been cleared from a number of cities including. auntie's video to say roughly visited that area shortly after it was freed and they managed to film inside a network of underground tunnels they were abandoned by militants some we used to connect militant bases in different areas the tunnels also contained a field hospital while syria is struggling to get back to normal life one sector has received. scientists have saved the gene bank of seeds which could help agriculture in the country.

while keeping the seeds to be in the second generation in the future for any reason most of the natural whatever. works is in the station. there because. they do want us to get inside this dish and i think. we succeeded to bring one hundred then twenty. from olive to live on with

a special agreement from the government. headquarters. you know that. very optimistic that you'll go. back to aleppo to tell how the station to resume those activities you are very confident of your role in the region. russia has called for a special session of the o.p.c. w. the international body responsible for the prohibition of chemical weapons moscow asked for the meeting of the poisoning of former double agent and his daughter a year in the united kingdom the meeting he said you'll feel some time wednesday but until the organization has just said that questions posed by russia may be answered soon.

so we wait to fish the information from the investigation but in the meantime has not stopped several media outlets in britain coming up with their own theories on what happened in this case our correspondent and c a church going to joins me live from our london office the media been busy what is the theories that are coming out of the u.k. at the moment. well and while russia still waiting for tangible answers when it comes to the screwball investigation keep in mind accusations have flown around punishing measures have been put in place yet tomorrow will actually mark the one man one thousand averse aris since the script saga started yet we haven't seen any real proof and russia is still waiting for that with open arms and while all of this has been unraveling we've certainly seen the press here in the u.k. living it up with catchy headlines and to decipher ing curious details of what

could have happened with this whole incident one of the ones that's been circulating circulating around recently was one about a so-called secret bank accounts there's been reportedly stories going around that yulia scrip all the daughter of sergei screwball who has been in a coma with him is in the hospital who is now said to have regained consciousness and the world is waiting to see what exactly she's going to have to say about what happened reports have been going around that she had gained access just days before the poisoning to about two hundred thousand dollars this was connected to her deceased brother who had died a year ago in the media have been talking about whether or not this has any connection to what happened with them and despite the fact that her brother had died a year before there's been discussions and lots and lots of details about what could potentially have happened to him some reports have been suggesting that he was in a car crash others suggested that he had experienced liver failure while being on

a holiday to st petersburg with his wife at the time with questions being asked about whether his death could have been connected to the script poisoning with potentially people trying to be looking for the whereabouts of surrogates kampala himself lots of reports and questions in the press here as well about the wife of sergei who had passed away back in two thousand and twelve with some allegations being made about how she had died of cancer other reports talking about. reason questions about whether or not she had been in a car crash so lots of questions about the family going around but certainly some details circulating that are doing not very much but raising eyebrows including one of my personal favorite something that's been dubbed the serial mystery about a one pound bag of bark wheat or poor age that apparently allegedly reportedly uli a school pile had asked a friend of hers to bring to the u.k. because it was her father's favorite breakfast and whether or not that poor ridge could have had something to do with the poisoning so certainly lots of details are

going around with people expecting answers more information really keeping the narrative of the story going while yet of course were we to see any official findings including from the organization for the prosecution of chemical weapons and from us could probably get like i said herself who is said to have regained consciousness and certainly people are waiting to see what she will have to say. our correspondent in london to see a chicken and thanks for the update. on to the news german prosecutors are asking for calm is put them on the former counselor leader to be extradited to spade where he's wanted for rebellion and sedition he was arrested at spain's request more than a week ago while returning to belgium where he tried to follow in council ernie's failed independence independence bid last october germany has about two months to reach a decision this month faces up to thirty years in jail if you found guilty he's

reportedly now considering applying for asylum in germany but lawyers say the chances that would overwrite the arrest warrant are slim to politicians from germany's left party visited the former counsel and leader in custody here's what he told them. you know we feel like you know twice we're going to. use the bottom of. the. time catalan independence supporters have been rallying in berlin there demanding pushed more be released from custody we spoke to a member of the german left party martin doul also he told us that the only way to solve the standoff between barcelona and madrid is through dialogue. between notional states and the german government this research in responsibility to find a way that these different actors can negotiate instead of criminalize this movement but we don't like if one political actor in the european countries

criminal law at least. due to a law which is very rigid should be different than criminalization of the. real solution of the problem like now. we're going to do it. now the appointment of a white woman as curator of an african art exhibition in the u.s. has sparked a race debate i'll explain or bring you plenty more stories after this short break . join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

not true. he. said. no i meant to let. you speak french. welcome back hundreds of people on the gaza strip turned out on monday for the funeral of a victim of clashes with israeli soldiers the violence which started last friday

has resulted in at least six deaths and nearly three hundred injuries that's according to un figures today the israeli defense forces tweeted that none of their actions were controlled and they knew where every bullet hit however that statement was later deleted from the social media page. one incident that sparked outrage is seen on this video it purports to show an i.d.f. soldier detaining a palestinian toddler in. the incident was provocation intended to patrol its forces in a bad light they say the boy was sent to throw stones and had a screwdriver in his hand with which he attempted to stab the offices we spoke to relatives of the boy in question. re what i desired of the gun was playing with other children when unarmed man assaulted him and insulted his mother was no justification for arresting the child and hitting him against the wall the child was carrying a kitchen knives for such a young child could not hurt anyone who and i have years old cannot malou and my

brother was playing and the soldiers just took him he's only two and i have years old he can't even talk yet i went and pulled him from the hands of the soldier and gave him to my father. the museum in new york is facing a backlash after a white candidate was appointed as curator of its african art exhibit and even though the woman in question has a ph d. in african art history and previously had experience in similar projects many have questioned why the brooklyn museum didn't hire a person of color for the job the museum has defended its choice saying it is continuing to work on equality issues and will take all concerns into account we asked legal commentator horace cooper and yana indigo writer and activist for their thoughts. there have yet to be any any coverage that suggests that there's anything wrong with this person's skill or talent or capabilities the only thing

anyone has been looking at or race or skin color and that's shameful the point is that there are very few out saturday nights as a tazer very very small you have you have people who have people in our community have it's not have i have written for these arenas where they are there where there are very few opportunities for those young people to be able to even be a to even have the courage to study in these arenas because they know that they're not even going to be considered for these opportunities we absolutely should not be trying to say that it should and should be quote prioritized we're not going to be excited or even what's holding our disgust around the brown people forgetting to give us the opportunities that at least make the most sense to fall towards us racial segregation circa one thousand nine hundred fifty five said certain positions certain duties certain functions could be assigned on the basis of race

if we're doing that in two thousand and eighteen we might as well for get a national holiday for martin luther king. and there's another race control to see making headlines in the u.s. video of a school performance in the u.s. city of atlanta has gone viral showing children reading a poem to mark black history month some of it was my find the following video offensive. the children you could see there was shown wearing black face masks while reciting a poem by nineteenth century african american author it's about racial oppression and it sparked outrage among parents line the school has since issued an apology saying the decision was wrong and promised to make sure that his were educated on cultural issues we've got the opinion of our guest once again the idea that the

only way to stop an idiot from recommending that children put on blackface is to place black people in positions of supervisory authority fails to appreciate the significance of the error that occurred here but is. there actually know what people are going through in these communities and can represent that perspective so that that you don't have just one supremacy perspective that is overseeing this process but you have a diversity of perspectives and that includes the people who you are expecting to be honoring or teaching or developing. thousands of women rallied in yemen on monday against the actions of the saudi led coalition. they came out to express their anger following the alleged rape of a local girl who was into several yemeni n.g.o.s the soldier fighting in the sound he led coalition was responsible for the crime at the same time as the rally

a coalition as strike on a port claimed the lives of several civilians. got a serious look for we were home having breakfast safe and sound when the coalition hit the apartment building on neighbor who was in his car and he left. when he came to take his family on the second strike kids women were running in new directions. it was a huge drug that. is not going to you're going to do more. well the news of the air strike comes just days after the u.s. defense secretary told reporters the pentagon is advising saudi arabia on how to avoid civilian casualties in yemen the u.s. has a long history of supporting the coalition including weapons sales and hawkins explains

the yemeni civil war has been described as the worst manmade humanitarian crisis in decades it will surprise all parties involved want a swift effective resolution also they say we will continue to work together for the stability of the region for a reinvigorated. peaceful resolution of war in yemen. you would regard perhaps this supporters' part of the whole ending the war plan the peaceful resolution may come later and attempt in the u.s. senate to limit military support ultimately failed some will argue that american troops are not out there shooting and getting shot at well please tell him to the people of yemen whose homes and lives are being destroyed by weapons made in the usa on targets chosen with u.s. assistance general mattis argues that sending less arms to the region could

actually do more harm than good and interesting take given that amnesty international drew precisely the opposite conclusion citing a correlation between arms flows into the conflict hotspots and mounting civilian casualties the question of how exactly the u.s. military ensures their support stays in line with the u.s. values remains open does come track the purpose of the missions that it is refueling what targets. in the results of the mission we did not ok on the upside according to. the saudis are making progress and learning lessons from u.s. counterparts with provided training to the saudis and law of armed conflict how to conduct operations in a way to make absolutely certain that you're taking all necessary measures to avoid any collateral damage and we see now that the saudis are starting to slowly adopt some of the measures that we have suggested too slowly perhaps for the people of yemen with ever louder warnings about the ongoing catastrophe falling on deaf ears

. former f.b.i. deputy director andrew mccabe who was fired by president trump a day before he was due to retire has reached out to the people of america asking for money but he's not going to spend a penny of that cash to raise on himself. thanks

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fantastic news that might make all the bad news go down better the higgs bo's'n may already be devouring the universe stephen hawking predicted so yes apparently you know certain spent thirteen point twenty two five billion finding the higgs bo's'n and they found that it didn't eat the universe but they do say that everything seemed to have a happy ending until researchers realized that the higgs bosome has the potential to become unstable and wipe out the universe in a bubble shaped vacuum that travels at the speed of light in fact that universe destroying void bubble may already be on its way does a bubble oh show you a bubble the soul universe is a bubble going wiped out by the explosive you say this is good news so i wonder what the bad is us well this is the good news there is as higgs bosomed field and it could be wrong as the good news is it's just going it will just disappear we won't even know it's not like we're going to see it coming into.