donald trump says russia to try and shoot down u.s. missiles over syria and suggest that a strike is imminent the u.s. president goes on to say relations between the two powers are worse than the cold war. the us is threatening military action against damascus over an alleged chemical attack get a probe into the incident is yet to take place with an international fact finding mission not even in syria until the end of the week. also facebook's boss says probed over election meddling and data leaks but it turns out that those grilling the c.e.o. being financially supported by him in the past meanwhile the social media giant faces a fiery battle with some of its books users. we want thanks for. being

. thanks for joining us my name's neil harvey this is r.t. international. get ready russia that's the message sent by u.s. president donald trump in a seven am tweet he promised quote nice and new and smart missiles will be fired syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in duma he also said relations with moscow and now even worse than jury in the cold war i mean spokes person to be depressed pointed out that russia will use twitter to discuss such critical issues. we do not do to diplomacy we support a serious approach we continue to believe that it is important not to take steps

that could damage the already fragile situation. to new york now our correspondent kelly morgan's been following events tell us about this latest escalation. well we're getting reports that the pentagon is saying that they're still gathering information and weighing their options but they are ready to strike on the president's order now at this point people are looking at twitter and seeing some kind of a mixed messages and changing moods from donald trump within an hour he's basically threatening russia urging them to just try and stop him and and such and then and then just shortly afterwards he's making tweets calling for good relations with russia so it's difficult to digest it's not exactly clear now this obviously did not start today let's recall the u.n. security council that happened on tuesday where there was two resolutions put forward one from russia one from the usa both of them vetoed the two the two

countries could not agree and the u.n. security council could not come to a resolution about the o.p.c. w. allegations about chemical weapons in syria let's take a listen to what went on yesterday at the u.n. security council the tuesday meeting. good some would clearly explain to me what this alleged chemical attack was necessary for the mosque especially for almost all militants. because on today they vetoed for the sixth time a resolution condemning assad for chemical weapons attacks on his own people the removal you have already applied to guilt in such cases bush in the wrong. way we are not able to support the text it would be like. and identifying that and doing nothing to put out to the. american bankers and colleagues the real investigation. now at this point the

o.p.c. w. is on its way to syria trying to get to the bottom of this now russia has repeatedly emphasized that they want the chemical experts from the o.p.c. w. to actually visit the site where the alleged chemical attack took place and it's been even asked by russian officials if this talk of a bombing would essentially hinder the work of the o.p.c. w.n. could in effect conceal any evidence that could be gathered from the site now we also have an interesting statement from the u.s. state department had there nauert who represents the u.s. state department the spokesperson she has said that the usa doesn't exactly know what went on there they don't really have very much information this is how they're nauert now we do know that some sort of a substance was used a chemical was used we're just not sure at this point today exactly what was what used now furthermore we've heard from the russian defense ministry and they

say that they have sent their chemical experts to the site in duma and that they just don't see the evidence that that attack even took place so this is the russian ministry of defense. but you but you're. off to the duma incidents russian experts arrived at the site of the alleged chemical attack took soil samples and collected data which showed there were no police in the substances at the scene at the medical institution shown in the helmets footage move the stuff nor pollutions confirmed any victims or use of poisonous substance is now at this point u.s. fleets are on their way to the middle east and the world is holding its breath wondering what will happen next and how much restraint various world powers will be able to show as tensions are clearly escalating many thanks our correspondent carolyn warping with the latest there from new york. may be rushing to act

now but it wasn't always like this back in two thousand and thirteen it was highly critical of then president barack obama's approach on syria saying bad things will happen if washington launches an attack but after becoming president trump dropped tomahawk missiles on syria and is now seemingly gearing up for action again here's one possible reason for such a change of tune. funny ron the flag effect and increased popular support of the president during war accompanied by reduced criticism of governmental policies. any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean.

the use of terrorism and it's. just. political to me. to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and our allies have prevailed. and i don't order. new jersey. or if you.

i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. let's bring in political commentator and. the tweets that just sent out they got a lot of attention do you think his cabinet supports his stance his approach. well as i was certainly home last february are all sorry we will have a situation similar and soon the north korea trying and the czech strains of be irreversible china got involved somehow at strom drowned and i think we need better lives the wisdom of solomon. sons will depart mostly we need to reason why a who's supposed to be a christian to give christian but he's trying to act as

a media between donald trump and president reagan satan or receipt need somebody to bring about face to face talks between those two presidents because the current situation is really getting out and of course i don't think perhaps trump has helped with his language because. he is just not the way it's true gentleman repairs in my opinion a talk about the interims language one moment he's saying get ready russia the missiles are coming at them within an hour he's saying that well you know relations with moscow don't need to be this way they shouldn't be this way everything is always the biggest with with donald trump including his threats can anyone actually tell what trump really wants and what's on his mind. well it is difficult this is why i think somebody with floats needs to be. a bring about some diplomacy i researched many his track right who didn't start. or go last couple of years

being a total of nine attacks all syrian forces many of them he being pressured and so being told and. get. our country in syria which a secular which you know cheap rates which is why it's you know gangs who are against islamic extremism so if. as proposed by president troubled we would be acts against. the army and his lap and cherish his latin very fundamentalist great have just left. the chemical attack because of course there's been you know have a good sober chemical attack it's the videos which they certainly sued over the media which you know solves a poor song but. very few media are actually being question any and

what needs to be dropping is those videos and photos to be subject to through and says i'm not as witness to see and how. genuine they are but the important thing is to know how very p.c. w two come and check on the question. because certainly the syrian red crescent have been there so the russian homie and they found no evidence from that district location in all of any chemical attack the residents in the areas that they never heard of was sorely thing which is a bit bizarre and then there's nobody in the hospital who's suffered macam mccourt's no casualties at all so it all points to big up. thanks for all now i believe the president trying to win some of the other well trained as well aware that this is all fight these but they won't set out next case to. the.

syrian government everyone knows what winning the war against say it was a mess extremists and not that many people were married but more more who some of the western countries have been supporting these so-called. in a past i recall moderate raffles from now the only areas i hate christians i hate are people who don't. want to actually propose that we support these people because that's what we'd be doing to be simple ones like mazie. if in any way we have the syrian government because the syrian people will have had nearly eight years of conflicts but you deserve to have some peace they deserve reconstruction and if we won't have a son school. we can put right our laws on the wrongs

which we created by financing people like the white house of minutes where you have not seen the official who certain social defense by eight percent and so be said i mean people i have given for huge video propaganda outside of the mainstream media in the u.k. . and unfortunately most of the media who swallowed it hook line and sinker so we need to have all media politicians questioning our leaders and say let's stop the what is the better thing to do you carry the usa all that she's taking action against syria because in my opinion. it would only bring the situation worse reduce cheaper absolutely nothing and there are some people who think what we might put boots on the ground would just drop

a few bombs. you know to do it unless we russians are whole though. there will be more casualties among sister own people antony greatly appreciate your time and your views my guest is our political commentator antony whether aren't you now the wake of president from fiery rhetoric u.s. media have been speculating about the country's possible actions over syria highlighting that none of them are ideal and the corresponding is done off takes a look. it used to be all options are on the table for syria well now it seems that this donald trump promise of fire and fury has all but taken a diplomatic resolution off that list from the looks of a trump who doesn't have many doors left open to him anymore but one of them is actually the one he's already tried the same time last year a parallel situation an allegation of a chemical attack blamed on president assad's forces without even waiting for an

investigation trump goes in with guns blazing. back then the u.s. president gave the russians an early warning so that its troops could leave the area hawks in washington ripped from for it saying this is exactly why the airstrike turned out to be a waste of time a nother potential option for trump this time is to go full on forget the warnings forget all caution and just unleashing a unilateral military campaign where could that go wrong well where shall we start it would force russia to consider its own military options evoking memories of the

one thousand nine hundred sixty two cuban missile crisis when washington and moscow almost started a nuclear war reports suggest america's closest allies might not be even in on this finally trump could backtrack on the threat and take more of a co-operative stance like the one indicated by his second to eat buy some say this would be as good as committing reputational suicide for trump this would be you not simply reversing on a promise but also getting soft on russia as the critics would put it after all trump sold ready being called out over of numerous major inconsistency is in his syria approach. for ten months and the trumpet ministration has no serious strategy threats tweets one off strikes are not a strategy baiting russia is not a strategy this is why congress needs to reassert control over war powers so

whatever action he chooses a strike or no strike trump may have just tweeted himself into something of a corner. and on trump's trying to drum up support in europe for his push to strike syria artes and this here churkin has details. we do know that british prime minister theresa may has initially made it clear that she is not a fan of any rushed action when it comes to this and that she would like to see proof of assad's involvement and this at this point seems to have shifted somewhat all the indications are that this was the responsibility of the syrian regime we would. close his eyes to see how we can ensure those responsible are held to account and how we can prevent deter the humanitarian catastrophe just the use of chemical weapons in the future because the continued use of chemical weapons cannot go unchallenged well here in westminster right now debate is right about whether or not parliament needs to be involved in this discussion with many m.p.'s saying that

britain has been here before and they need to be able to vote on any major decisions like this of course let's keep in mind that westminster saw something similar when back in twenty thirteen the parliament did not go ahead with supporting a similar strike in syria along these lines and among those voices we've seen opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn has said that parliament needs to be consulted we have seen the same message come from the defense committee chairman who has said that parliament certainly needs to be consulted on these matters but we've got in syria is a choice between monsters on the one hand and maniacs on the other while those are voices that are obviously calling for parliament's involvement on any major steps like military action on the other side we have people like former british prime minister tony blair who seems to be much more in favor of taking action instead of consulting parliament despite having a reputation that was marred because of the iraq invasion let's take a listen to what he's been saying if you don't respond to this to the use of

chemical weapons against civilians then obviously you know we're ignoring what the international community has said which is this is unacceptable and those that use such measures methods should be held to. well and meanwhile across the channel in france we've been seeing a man who will mark all of this of course coming following discussions between himself to reset man donald trump he said that he believes that there should be a strong and joint response and that some kind of decision will be announced in the coming days however it's also not so simple in france with some of his being different from his approach that everyone knows perfectly that in wartime the first victim is truth what happens on the ground is almost unknown to us the chemical attack which evidently took place is abominable we must condemn it but we still have to find out who committed it so it sounds a lot like an excuse for the united states of america and their allies to get back in the game and to engage in an armed conflict i think that's currently france is

contributing to the creation of the recreate of a certain form of the cold war with russia it's pointless because it doesn't benefit france or its economy or international relations to let the u.s. seeking to stir up a conflict with russia boss around well so while france and britain are now weighing their options in terms of exactly what they're going to be doing next but it's obviously clear that events are going to get arrival in quite quickly from here so we'll be watching what happens next. french president of our new micron has defended weapons sales through the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen that despite the thousands of civilian casualties in the four year conflict. since the start of the conflict in yemen france has adopted a very specific process. of military equipment are analyzed on a case by case basis and on the basis of reinforced criteria that reflect respect

for international humanitarian law the risk of home to civilian populations. france is one of the biggest arms exporters to both riyadh and the united arab emirates who are fighting in yemen most of northern yemen and the capital son are under control u.n. calls the war the world's worst humanitarian crisis. i'm joined on the line now by dr they are scaring director at the very center for strategic studies in london mary good evening to you dr three in four french people

oppose arms exports to the saudi led coalition that's according to you gov poll do you there's any chance that could influence of trying to change the stance. i don't really think so i think there are what mohamed bin sold a recent visit that just concluded france has done is taken emmanuel mccrone and. basically placed him in a money of all. so he's come out and say do you know we're not signing any any armament deals or anything like that but we the opera house i'm going to find this all going to fund that within your film directors to come and teach saudi arabian directors how to make films you basically if you go back just a little bit on on your commentary the lady from france see. you

know this. this does not benefit syria does not benefit france in any way that is the question that is the main question that the french are going to ask and in order to do that i think moment when someone actually went ahead and answered that question before it was asked so now if a man remark wrong gets gets asked how is this benefiting the french people he has got a small list a slew of things he can come out and say and so this is not going to change anything. the yemeni conflict isn't showing any sign of easing the number of victims just gets bigger why does macron still back at where is that moral outrage that we often see from european nations. i think it's it's it's covered underneath do vary of money. that's where it is because in all honesty

france is a network with the united states and the united kingdom. you know as far as as long as the money is made. you know they will keep this war alive for as long as it takes and it's already taken three years and this is the fourth year now and there is no end to it and they know it is an unwinnable war they do know that that you know in spite of all these countries valving yemen left right and center they have never been able to break the will of the yemeni people and they're still going to supply those arms because saudi arabia is ready to buy them so you know we're going to support that until the well runs dry and then we'll look at something else after that. kareen thanks for your time dr reus karim i guess director the very center for strategic studies. on to other news u.s. social media sensations diamond and sold say facebook still hasn't informed them

why it's sudden restricted their viral pro try page. yes. yes media posting your idea we thought people would just because we have a catwalk. and this here. and i see these two on talent. i say they are the greatest. the jew i became a web sensation after comments on the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election but it's not the first time that they've been blocked online you tube the monetized almost all of their content a year ago meanwhile this was facebook's response you have communicated directly with diamond and silk about this issue the message they received last week was inaccurate and not reflective of the way we communicate with our community and the people who run pages on our platform we have provided them with more information

about our policies and the tools that our political to their page and look forward to the opportunity to speak with them but the duo say that the social media giant cut notifications to their millions of subscribers without explanation the company claimed the content was quote unsafe before clarifying that it was due to inappropriate behavior we spoke to the pair who accuse facebook of discrimination. i didn't understand it and when he said that our car kit and our right hand is unsaved to the community our brain is that i'm innocent guy i'm in the circus to black chicks that's down with politics right now only of that we are conservative we love our country we love our president ok so when i said that i was offended by it we was all dark by it we look at this has been certain issues of discrimination defamation of character and even a byelection of our civil rights being two black women as if we are some type of

animal or limbs or somebody just out there just get out and say that is appalling to me your face book is going to have to answer to that why what was the reason because we don't know that's right and we can appeal that they said that we could not appeal that and this was final phase because a very huge entity ok it is an entity that people from around the world joint base work so we don't want to get into this here our are lying where you have one person dictating what people can see and what people can hear on this platform when a star has millions our round the world not just in the united states but millions around the world because that's where it gets dangerous that's right do not drive or are silent people very speech that's where i stand is that you've got to be balanced and we know that they want to say that they are private entity but you are open to the public eye where you are open to the public you cannot discriminate

facebook chief mark zuckerberg was questioned over the incident with diamond and silk as he testified to the u.s. house of representatives do you subjectively manipulate your algorithms to prioritize or censor speech congresswoman or we don't think ready for doing a censoring speech out there or. there are two types of content like terrorism that i think that we all agree we do not want to have on our service let me tell you something right now i wish the dominance of the old is not terrorism no censorship of speech here or algorithms i'll be back with the latest news headlines in half an hour see them. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport those of us i'm showbusiness i'll see you there.

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