cohen i'm guided by the beauty of our weapons what change last night i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment president trump isn't the fess to employ such tactics in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight bill clinton's decision to bomb iraq coincided with him facing impeachment at the time this sort of a shadow of him lying under oath in relation to the monica lewinsky affair. i did not have sexual relations with that woman miss lewinsky to strike military and security targets in iraq they are joined by british forces their mission is to attack iraq's nuclear chemical and biological weapons programs saddam hussein must not be allowed to threaten this neighbors are the world with nuclear arms poison gas or biological weapons now any aircraft fire everywhere i remember. he can forget the actual operation desert storm launched by president george h.w.

bush when the economy in recession the gulf war boosted its his approval ratings. have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. which. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. you don't have to look too far back in history to see world leaders employing distraction tactics so also self this question what would dominate an international media narrative the possibility of a global war or the domestic troubles of a western country you want me to produce or not a war it's a pageant we need. some visuals we know it's a pageant well to ask how the media of trump's decision as to how water affects of fish truck lives and breathes by media. reading's approval there is

a long tradition of president's domestic political trouble using international crises to distract the public and certainly. the. military action so in terms of the attack on the syria that we saw over the weekend it does seem to give the president something to talk about other than stormy daniels and the other issues that he's contending with after the rifling of his personal lawyers offices a new development to tell you about russia's foreign ministers denying allegations that the russians time to do with the evidence when experts visited the site of an alleged chemical attack in syria's eastern ghouta it's an accusation it was made by the u.s. envoy to the un's chemical watchdog the o.p.c. w. british news interview rob says he can guarantee that nothing of the sort happened

he also reiterated that all of the evidence pointing to the alleged attack appears to have come from media and other social media reports that investigators from the o.p.c. are currently in the region to assess the claims but one part of that delegation does say that they've not been able to visit the site of the attack we'll have more on that interview a little bit later in the program. next an italian journalist claims he's living in fear for his life over his work to expose an infamous maffia clan last week italian investigators say they obtained a phone conversation between members of the gang in which one of them allegedly tells his son to murder paolo bottom netty. always. leave the. level. where you are this is. investigators believe there was an imminent plan to assassinate he's now under round the clock police protection the journalist says mafia bosses of made numerous

death threats against him because he runs an anti mathie a website he's been telling us what it's like to live with a price on your head. first i received warnings then letters containing bullets and then anonymous phone calls then one day i was attacked i was assaulted by two hooded men and since then i've had an injured shoulder so. i've now been living under the protection of a caribbean area for four years i have launched fourteen criminal cases against almost thirty mafia bosses these mafia bosses tried to kill me anyway i managed to save myself from an attack thanks to the skill of the carabineers. i know that at the moment there are five mafia clans the woman. i live with five men five carabineers are you follow me day and night i live far from my family from my loved ones these five carabineers are the first people i see in the morning and the last night before i'm left alone with my conscience. has been investigating details of the clans illegal activities and publishing them online he believes mafia influence

is spreading across the globe. many journalists do not publish names or photos of mafia bosses many of my colleagues do not do investigative journalism i do i publish names and surnames i publish photos and above all i try to follow their business schemes their money this is a business worth billions not millions we're talking about billions of euros the journalist has a fundamental role telling the truth talking to people and doing investigative journalism. but i don't have the obstacle we thought the mafia was defeated we thought this because the bombings were over because arrests were made we did not understand the mafia was radically changing it infiltrated the state and public bodies something of the matter is just an italian problem but unfortunately that's not true the mafia has spread from italy to europe and the world you're watching r.t. the top german music awards being handed to rappers best known for their anti semitic

lyrics it's among our stories still ahead after the break. when gold make this manufacture come sentenced to the public wells. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final larry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room six. million real new. american sanctions would be damaging but i mean is this justice is a threat is this all us or would use a country like

a tissue paper and when it thinks it doesn't need it anymore it just costs the way i think it's very immoral. welcome back more on a story we brought you a few minutes ago russia's foreign minister is denying that the country's military experts visited the site of an alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma and tampered with the evidence it's in response to claims made by the u.s. envoy to the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. let's get more on this now from correspondent. what else is going to have to say well what this is actually coming from is a report from the news agency reuters who apparently was able to get these comments from inside a closed door meeting at the o.p.c.

wu and these comments were actually coming from the u.s. envoy kenneth ward he was speculating that it's possible that russian experts when they were on the ground they may have tampered with some of the evidence let's listen to exactly what he had to say. it is long overdue that this council condemns the syrian government for its reign of chemical terror and demands international accountability for those responsible for these he knew sacked. so he was referring to the fact that just after the chemical alleged chemical attack took place russian experts actually did go to the site there and said that they could not find any evidence that a chemical attack had taken place. at that point called for other international powers to come in and do an investigation themselves the o.p.c. w. is in syria but it's not clear if they have started their investigation but the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has already responded to those comments saying that they're not true. you would go to the leaders of france and the u.k.

and the united states and threadless featuring all the leaders of the quote it was based on the media reports and on social networks. also went on to to again repeat russia's stance that the chemical attack was actually stage and did not actually take place this past weekend he also questioned why the strikes that were carried out by the u.s. the u.k. and france unthought a very took place just before the o.p.c. w. was set to arrive and actually start the investigation from happening. ok thanks very much for that. next to the road calls for calm in the small former soviet republic where days of protests are reaching a boiling point over the long time former president being sworn in tomorrow as part of entry system reducing the president's role to the ceremonial the former leader who held office for nearly a decade and promised that he would not seek the job of prime minister a position campaigners say he's broken in order to secure his grip on power.

politics dominates parliament and he's the only nominee for prime minister. there's outrage in germany after two rappers known for using anti semitic lyrics in their songs won a top music prize there the controversial lyrics include comparisons to auschwitz prisoners and entered another holocaust despite that the raptors won the best hip hop album prize in germany's top music awards last week the latest release sold more than two hundred thousand copies after initially defending their decision the organizers have backtracked or germany's foreign minister has called the award repugnant holocaust survivors are also voicing their outrage political commentator i may or it says are to should not use freedom of expression as a free pass to say anything of course freedom of expression is a blessing think we shouldn't restrict the freedom of

the artist or decree eight or to break any old mold because this is how men kind progresses but having said this there are a few sacra things we should be careful. and of course for israelis or for jews all over and for people of conscience regardless of their faith or nationality the holocaust should be broached in such. a cheap manner. it's less than two months now until the twenty eighteen world cup kicks off in russia preparations are almost completely complete and the host cities and anticipation is growing as well the twenty eight hundred fifty world cup is also going to see the first russian referee to oversee games in twelve years so got ourselves spoke to us about his excitement of being part of the competition. you know to those who do that i can't even describe my

emotions because the shortlist process started four years ago and it's been a long wait for us so when we found out our brigade had been chosen it was just tiredness and relief how you would feel after finishing a very difficult task. as a rule at tournaments like this one your second wind kicks in and there are no thoughts that millions of people are watching and if you are thinking about it then you will definitely fail our work is to walk out and get into the zone which. fractious with you it all starts when you get inside football life as a referee or should players start to probe you especially young ones checking how you behave in certain tense moments if you position yourself in the right way you won't have any problems during the game. and we've got our own star studded lineup for the football extravaganza peter schmeichel stan collymore and chose a merino on the. pieces already been checking out the host cities for you his

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you can check out more of page his travels around the welcome cities online at ati dot com five thoughts and for now i'll be back to update you again on the biggest stories around the world in about thirty six minutes iraq to. apply for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super money kill you narrowness and spending student twenty million fly a. book it's an experience like nothing else i want to do because i want to share

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for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goal people . but there was one more question by the way who's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and the huge amount of pressure you have to me they put the center of the problem here with you and you go. all the great game the greatest game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down going let's go. a low as i want to and i'm really happy to join the to for the two thousand and thirteen world cup in russia meet the special one come on south of. me to just say the reno bianchi team's latest edition of make up is bigger so i need to just say

look. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent the highest last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one.