it's missile and regional activities so this shows that europe is not much willing to you know work with donald trump. a man who was once allegedly osama bin laden's body guard has been living on welfare in germany for more than twenty years with details here's our public. even though some of the laden was killed in two thousand and eleven by u.s. special forces operation he was just the figurehead of the group and some of its members are still out there one of them it turns out has been living in germany for over twenty years now and he's been getting welfare payments to boot he's been named in the media as a he's a to z. anational and he's believed to have joined al qaeda in afghanistan back in two thousand and illegibly worked as one of osama bin laden's bodyguards because he was already a german resident by that point he dented germany three years prior a need on a student visa when he came back he filed an asylum request that was denied in two

thousand and six and a court in germany described him as an acute and considerable danger to public security but a higher court subsequently overrode the deportation order and they cited concerns that this man sami a would be subjected to torture back home in tunisia now sami a was never actually charged with terrorist activities in germany but all sources deemed him a security risk and he has to report to a police station on a daily basis he and this whole story has been unearthed again because it's caught the attention of the alternative for germany party they're the ones that put in a request with the regional authorities to find out the status of this man and how much money he's getting in benefits payments and it's triggered harsh criticism from both the f.d.a. party but also from senior voices within the angular merkel's own c.d.u.

party german asylum laws being shamelessly exploited here do we have to give a tax money because we cannot i have no understanding of these cool. now this situation where suspected terrorists used human rights laws to avoid deportation is by no. means that new here in the u.k. there have been similar cases last year a government report a home office report here revealed that over forty foreign born terrorists had have voided deportation from the u.k. and i think the reason this case with sami a many has caused so much concern is because it's very hard to stomach this idea that somebody who's a suspected terrorist is getting government money well when it comes to asylum in germany a political scientist to one or part celt told us that the whole system needs a rethink these shortcomings of the german legal system in the sector we are not

ready to handle these complicated issues of immigration of asylum seekers we have to deal with this person as we do with all other persons of this crime the issue is that there are states like tunisia that do not simply accept a return of their citizens to the country and do narcs make any of them a chanst that they would not torture their women going big this is an open diplomatic problem we have a new with public discussion with our law system is adequate and is well suited for handling these problems and without any doubt that in the course of these legislative term we hear further clarification. as the syrian military works to secure complete control of the battle scarred city of duma kilometers of rebel built arnolds have been discovered our team has exclusive images of the vast subterranean network that helps to sustain the islamist insurgents.

they starved this they harassed this they moved around in our blood as you see these tunnels are massive they make out his work on them as well as civilians that they wouldn't feed those who refused to work and you can see how big they are and how much they have in there is like a city beneath a city was the. heart of we would be taken to the spot where the fighting with the and they would give as a matter fifteen minutes before it started they showed us how to act and who to shoot the guy who told us what to do you would then disappear after that it all depended on luck before the fighting they used to tell us about you had these

monsters of jihad and about heroic death on the battlefield but other times they treated us like dogs. the russian defense ministry has displayed fragments of several missiles recovered from syria it says the missiles had either malfunctioned or failed to reach their targets they were part of the barrage launched by america the u.k. and france earlier this month artie's mccarran has more. well as you know we've been bombarded with two different versions of events of those strikes that hit syria in mid april and today the russian defense ministry really upped the ante by providing some actual tangible evidence of those missiles that it says were either intercepted or simply malfunctioned and this is going to be an embarrassing development for the u.s. side which had lauded the success of those one hundred five as strikes which it said was were precise and overwhelming also dismissing any suggestions by russia

that any of those missiles have been intercepted also insisting that the syrian air defense capabilities had been largely ineffective with syrian missiles merely being fired into open air take a listen with way over one hundred missile showed that it is shoot worn down the equipment didn't work too well there equipment. they didn't shoot one you know you heard all the show forty and then they showed fifty and there were. no sure every single one of the russian defense ministry also went into detail earlier about the targets of those one hundred five missiles twenty two only twenty two of those one hundred five missiles actually hits their intended targets and it's been revealed at that that they actually hit civilian objects rather than the ledge chemical supplies the u.s. has been so persistent upon take a listen just. some of the missiles don't reach the targets apparently due to malfunction the real threat to civilians there in civilian buildings at the same

time the logic of the u.s. u.k. and france in choosing the targets is unclear you see there were stockpiles of toxic agents there if they were hit by cruise missiles this could lead to widespread poisoning and if it was for damascus itself tens of thousands of people could have died so this latest development is probably going to deal or blow to the u.s. presidency ego as well he had boasted as so optimistically about the performance of his missiles and after those strikes even still his popularity on the upturn with his approval rating jumping a few percentage points so this turnabout is not something we could expect him to let lie. there is top diplomat federico has warned against splitting syria and spoken in support of efforts to keep the country united she gave those remarks at an international conference on syria held in brussels. cross live now to u.s. defense analyst ivan eland to discuss this further thanks for being with us here on

r t international as always. so. says that she is against dividing syria but she supports washington which does not want to give aid to the assad controlled parts of syria which is effectively dividing the country is not this kind of a contract contradicting move is any kind of speaking out of both sides of her mouth here. but i think she was and now the other members of the e.u. are saying that they're reluctant to give aid to syria if there's no movement toward peace negotiations and i think that's their general. so. why would the u.s. only give aid to parts of syria not under assad's control does it hope that other parts of syria will rebel in order to get the u.s. aid i mean we already have a civil war going here are they trying to kind of stoke the fires. well i think

they don't really they've been opposed to both obama and been opposed to the syrian regime of assad and so they don't really want to contribute to that and they they also don't want to. give aid and tell there is a peace agreement i don't think and i think you know if you pour aid into you. tree and civil war you never know where it's going to end up which side is going to get it and that sort of thing well how far will the e.u. go and its support for the united states in syria i mean we saw the limited coalition there some of the european union countries were holding back. does the e.u. in the past they have the same goals. well i think the e.u. are doing like to see a settlement there because they don't want more refugees coming into europe syrian refugees that is and therefore you know they're trying to use the leverage of the aid to get that peace negotiations toward that settlement so that's what the

that's the e.u. . you know perspective now moldering it took another step she called on russia and iran to bring syria to the negotiating table under u.n. auspices why isn't there a possibility of russia and iran in particularly i mean do these countries have specific influence there. yes i think they have great influence on. over assad simply because they saved his regime and the regime was looking like it was teetering on the verge of collapse because of this armed opposition of various groups and the russians and the iranians the russians in the air and the iranian militias on the ground i think saved and in addition to heads below which is an iranian subsidized militia from lebanon so that you can count that as an iranian sponsored militia too so i think both on the ground in the air the ease countries

have really bailed the side out and the side it doesn't have the military where with all do you control all of syria anymore i don't think and now these other forces have been more prone to the war than his forces. and i'm going to ask you to go down the rabbit hole with me just a little bit here. the big question on the table is really how can syria be united and the conflict to be resolved at this point. well i'm not sure that syria can be reunited just like i wasn't sure that iraq could be reignited because there are a lot of the same groups are in both countries it's not identical but there are a lot of similarities and so i think you know they're going to have to reach some sort of a partition agreement i think at some point in both iraq and syria destabilize the entire region now of course turkey is not going to be happy so you're going to have to bring turkey into that as well but i think that's the only way to really stabilize the region and i'm not sure any of the major powers are for that at this

time because the people of the status quo but the status quo in iraq and syria really hasn't hasn't been a peaceful one and therefore to stop the fighting at in the permanently i think you're going to have to have some sort of a partition of both countries all right u.s. defense analyst ivan eland thanks very much for being with us here on our to international interesting your thoughts thank you. all right russia's consulate in the u.s. city of seattle has now officially been shut down with police patrolling the perimeter after reportedly breaking the locks on the main gate to the premises earlier on wednesday two cars arrived outside right before the deadline set for russian diplomats to leave one person stepped out wearing a police uniform while the others were in plain clothes though the building is now empty it is being patrolled by u.s. authorities the russian embassy called attempts to enter the property unfriendly and added it will continue to monitor the situation the closure comes after

president trump's expulsion of sixty diplomats in march over allegations that russia was behind the poisoning of former double agent said gay screwball and his daughter in the u.k. . valens of people across germany have been demonstrating over recent attack against a person wearing traditional jewish headwear in the german capital the violent incident has led to chancellor merkel admitting that she is worried by a spike in anti-semitism our europe correspondent peter oliver was at a rally in berlin. it was just last week when one thousand year old syrian asylum arkan's attacked two jewish men in the rather well to do prince allow a bird's area of a lane no no no susan was primitive fisher is your message she says to me do you know you know that from jewish leaders in the city to say this jewish people should refrain from wearing the keypad now that prompted well that prompted many

people to come out here on to the streets of the german capital in order to say that they were going to wear the traditional jewish headdress the the yarmulke depending on how you want to call it they came out here today this evening and said no we will defy that we will wear it and we are proud of our jewish heritage i spoke to some of those and asked them exactly why they were here and what they wanted to say i think we we need solidarity. with all our inner circles. within our addictions christians jews people and. muslim make us well every religion has this right to live here and believe and it's a freedom to govern that my opinion of my belief. to live here to govern otherwise it's. you wouldn't to i'm actually a christian jewish people belong to the same group of religion desired to i'm here

to show my support what's happening in germany right now is no good we've seen people beaten simply because they're wearing a kippah schools have to be protected at all times kindergartens as well this is an acceptable as we've seen from some of those people we just heard for this isn't just you jewish people that have come out wearing the yarmulke in support of the jewish community here in berlin people from all faiths have done the same thing now we have seen a recent rise in anti semitic attacks in berlin we have seen a recent rise and understood that it is. in germany in general some of those involving schools now we did hear from the german chancellor angela merkel who had this to say about recent arrivals and their contribution towards the on systematic problem in germany right now noire we have a new phenomenon as we have many refuges among whom there are for example people of arab origin who bring in another form of anti-semitism into the country i

fortunately anticipate isn't existed before that. and it's not that's prompted thousands of people to come out here to the streets of the german capital to say you know it isn't in this city that you know. of it all its forms. photojournalist from gaza has died of a bullet wound he sustained while document to a demonstration close to the israeli border earlier this month twenty five year old . who was shot in the stomach by an israeli defense forces sniper he is the second a journalist to have been killed while covering the ongoing great march overturn protest campaign assan was reportedly working at a permissible distance from the border fence when he was hit now the i.d.f. has claimed it does not intentionally target journalists and investigates deaths in such circumstances however there has been a global backlash over the israeli military's brutal suppression of the rallies in gaza since the end of march its soldiers have killed forty palestinians including

four children during that period. the world's biggest advanced economies want a better understanding of russia the g seven nations are planning to set up a special working group to study what they describe as moscow's maligned behavior russia was at the top of the agenda at a gathering of the group of foreign ministers in canada artie's jaclyn the volga as the story of. the g. seven a club of some of the world's leading industrialized nations tackling the planet's biggest problems from financial crises to military conflicts but it's also the g.

eight minus russia and it seems they just can't help talking about the member they kicked out russia was the focus of the g seven foreign and security ministers meetings in toronto the g seven foreign ministers are calling attention to so-called malign behavior by russia they're expected to look at ways to keep pressure on russia without imposing new sanctions for today's g seven foreign and security ministers rub shoulders in toronto at an event with the tagline building a more peaceful and secure world and apparently for that to happen first and foremost russia needs to be put in its place then things like war and world hunger can be addressed just like last year and the year before that and so on because he's in ukraine and russia's actions are the very reason for the g seven brussels summit this is now the second year in a row that the g. seven has met without russia another example of russia's isolation ukraine is the victim of russian aggression we must never forget that fact if i think about the

position of that if you putin now he's you know he's talked so far he's. the repeat of russia now this time around it included a whole laundry list of russia issues condemn russia's irresponsible and destabilizing behavior stock demand such alleged actions cease immediately check agree that it is highly likely moscow poisoned sergei screwball and his daughter and that there's just no plausible alternative check and the acting u.s. secretary of state went to far as to tell reporters that russia has to be a quote constructive partner in syria or be held accountable so to be fair they did manage to cover a lot of ground it just more often than not happened to be russia related let's just hope they can avoid getting too carried away with their plans what we decided was that we will going to send a jew seven group that would look at russian malign behavior in all this money for stations whether it's cyber war whether it's this information assassination attempts whatever it happens to be and collectively try and call it out and the

hostile it may not have reached its peak either this meeting was perhaps just a preview of what we can expect when the leaders of the g. seven countries come together in june to tackle the russian mess all right you're watching r t international unshod thomas we back with you in just a second. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. welcome to.

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a ten point three percent higher than a year ago and among the latest earnings reports coca-cola has beaten expert. patients deliver three percent sales growth in the first quarter of twenty eighteen however revenue declines sixteen percent from a year ago to seven point six billion dollars as a company restructures to shift away from bottling and distribution the growth of four percent in soda sales while water and so-called sports drinks only grew by one percent was especially surprising in the midst of the historic low in consumption of sugary drinks coke credited the resilience and soda sales to the introduction of four new flavors of diet coke packaged in slim colorful and coke is also hedged against the turn against soda by acquiring steaks and brands of tea juice and other beverages. apple has reached an agreement with the republic of ireland to pay an estimated thirteen billion euro has to resolve allegations from the european union

the board has over ireland's permissive taxation policies however apple and ireland still reject the two thousand and sixteen ruling by the e.u.'s competition minister that ireland's tax treatment of apple amounted to a legal state aid so while the payments will begin next month and continue through september the fund will actually be held an escrow until the irish government settles their taxation fight directly with the e.u. the money will also be invested for profit so that if it happens to be go back to apple they will have made a little bit of money if they succeed with the e.u. . and facebook continues to have plenty of problems this week they're volved in taking they're being taken to the high court by martin lewis he's an investing in savings and viral advisor in england who is seeking damages from facebook for publishing scam advertisements which use his likeness his photograph more than fifty such false ads in the last year contain bogus claims alongside mr lewis as

photo while mr lewis context facebook and sometimes the ads are taken down sometimes not they seemed to go right back up and mr mr lewis says that facebook has an advertising department they should simply allow not allow the ads to go up in the first place such false ads have reportedly also featured like this is over well known individuals such as sir richard branson mr lewis said quote i've been fighting for over a year to stop facebook letting scammers use my name yet it continues i feel sick each time i hear another victim conned one lady have had over one hundred thousand pounds taken and here to talk about facebook's continuing problems as c.e.o. of straw mark hillary for which hillary thank you so much for being here so what's going on over there in on this particular case it's seems pretty interesting. thank you it is interesting and martin lewis even though he's not really as well known over this side of the pond he's quite a celebrity thing on so part of this he had self admitted he said is he on

television rights again. just to give i.c.l. yes precisely and he's actually even said part of this whether he wins or loses in court is that ship publicize the stunt because he wants to protect other people from such scams and what's important is that even if he wins he's going to give everything to charitable causes that prevent such scams i would have my head absolutely yes and he said you know no news paper would run an ad over fifty times as it happened i think the issue that facebook actually has though is this is piled on top of everything else going on with cambridge analytic of course the issue is that faced. purports to be a champion of good causes and so this actually flies in the face the second issue is they have plenty of money they just need to hire more staffers if that's their excuse and i think that's what the resentment is they have the money they haven't spent it in those kind of places they be making profits and not taking care of these issues you know i mean i heard mr lewis on radio the other day on a p.r. and he said look if the if they take care of the problem or you drop the suit

absolutely so you have a different rising department don't allow these ads to go up you know it's not just him he's right you're right about richard branson as well as many other celebrities . ok so let's talk about facebook generally is there any sort of escape hatch from their troubles now hillary or has that boat already sailed i mean they've got we've got the i forget the acronym but the new internet laws coming into play in the e.u. in may there are those even in this environment the u.s. with republican house and senate that are considering what sort of rules or regulations should be imposed upon platforms like facebook yes is there a way out for them or are they going to be in this mess for a long time well i wouldn't call in the state patch there isn't any escape hatch however i think it would given the opportunity we saw when zuckerberg was testifying he was actually off the biologist by a number of congressmen and senators they actually asked him they said would you be

willing to work with us to craft legislation to prevent this happening in the future and now of course that's like asking the fox to guard the hen house but i think that these issues the so complex i think our political leaders demonstrated they didn't have a solution for the complexity of the issues so i think facebook's only really escape even though there isn't an escape there only way out of this is to help croft a solution that would protect the public equal to responsible thing to do and like you say they have the resources and i've always argued that from my days as a regulator come in and tell us what we got done well we may not do exactly what you said we may make an opportunity to make may actually make it weaker in some areas but at least explain your circumstance rather than having something ill fitted laterite imposed upon us ok so let's compare for example hillary facebook's handling of this circumstance to like starbucks we know the reporting on that ten days or so maybe two weeks ago a couple of african-americans were in

a philadelphia starbucks waiting for the turns out a white friend but they were about to be ushered out because they had purchased anything in we're using the. starbucks handled that whole circumstance differently and maybe even better than what those books don't talk about that yes absolutely i would say hats off to kevin johnson their c.e.o. he did exactly what every c.e.o. should do it every audience of everybody watching anybody who's in a leadership position look at what he did he actually apologized he met with those two gentleman himself then he took action and the actions actually very clever the action is very public action they are closing eighty two hundred of the starbucks stores and those will be on pretty much i think i think it's may twenty second right after memorial day weekend but law says something like fifteen million this is in terms of the train and they're not causing it for barista training now they're going to train it in terms of this in a subconscious or unconscious bias and i think what's very clever is they were swift he meant his apology he actually acted upon it and that was very different

than facebook but you know if he took some time you know i mean i could just invision that there were people out there not not me but there are people that write opinion editorials and i do write a lot of them that we're going to see a new story like this editorial for probably being written about well if you're a black person at a starbucks you can't use the y. five but if you're a white person and more fortunate exciter you can and starbucks is discriminatory. and this action as you say by the c.e.o. sort of nips at the bud a little bit they've essentially written the next news story and they got ahead of the news cycle and not only did they pay production what also he didn't do he didn't blame his stock and he didn't call it a one hour incident he took this across the corporation immediately and starbucks every single facility in the u.s. will be shut for that afternoon and i think that's a very good move it shows they mean it and they mean it is the important part you know i was talking about a little bit of this the spin in the.