america's new top diplomat promises to bring swagger to the u.s. state department as mike pompei o is officially sworn into office with the full backing of president trump. i don't know but. i know what it's like aim to reduce gun crime the paines pull was movement in the u.s. leads to a spate of violent incidents and is believed to be responsible for a number of deaths. and we speak exclusively to the survivors of a saudi led coalition strike which hit a wedding party in yemen at least twenty people were killed in the attack. and there's a sort of at the moment of the people of the book in the whole world some muscle boy i was turning in the many would kill bush from.

a very good morning to you from our team here in moscow you're watching r t international with me nicky aaron the top story this hour former cia director mike pompei o has officially been made washington's top diplomat for foreign policy after he was sworn in as the new secretary of state he's been given a stronger endorsement by donald trump which is in stark contrast to his predecessor rex tillerson who is often at odds with the president. i must say that's more spirit than i've heard from the state department a long time many years we can say many years maybe many decades it's going to be a fantastic start a fantastic day and that spirit will only be magnified only with this man right

here i know that for a fact now it's official praises a true american hero my palm pale has been sworn in as the nation's chief diplomat and he's vowing to make state department great again i talked about getting back our swagger and i'll fill in what i mean by that but it's important the united states diplomatic corps needs to be in every corner every stretch of the world executing missions on behalf of this country as well it does look like a good start for the first time ever donald trump ventured to the state department to witness pompei as formal swearing in ceremony and it wasn't just trying to welcome the former cia director with open arms as these arrests hundreds of staff members pompei was greeted with cheers and applause. and he's wasting no time taking the reins for its predecessor my pompei is spent

his first days as secretary of state showing support to israel and that was just before israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu made some inflammatory claims against iran accusing the country of lying about a secret nuclear weapons program for years but pompei was tough stance on iran and other supposedly hostile states are new. i can't think of a thing that is put america in a better position as a result of this deal every single action the iranians have taken has been bolder and starker than the ones they took before the agreement. a very real danger they are ever closer to having the capacity to hold america risk with a nuclear weapon. it is difficult to imagine a stable syria that still has assad in power he is a puppet of the iranians and therefore it seems an unlikely situation where assad will be sitting on the throne and america's interests will be well served this is the same man who made

a secret trip to north korea to pave the way for trump's historic meeting with kim jong il but bringing peace to the korean peninsula has become a top foreign policy priority for the u.s. administration but judging by the hawkish track records of those surrounding the president you might have to wonder what their real intentions are samir khan r t washington d.c. after a series of foreign trips mike pompei will spend the next several weeks in washington looking to pick off pick up where rex tillerson left off however peter chris nick a nucleus studies director thinks the vision of america first could prove a stumbling block or pump a zero on his diplomatic mission berth korea right now looks very very positive my pump a zero went to pyongyang over the easter weekend and it didn't plan initially to have a meeting with kim jong il but he did have a meeting with kim jong il and the meeting went well. that's a very good step step in the right direction but we know that between now and the

time when this deal is concluded there's a hundred ways that occur blow up every day we know pompei as history and that would not make us optimistic that is going to be a moderating force pump ayos hawkish statements over many years. his openly brandishing his ideas about american exceptionalism. reinforced donald trump's america first policy this idea of make america great again that's not the message that the world wants. exclusive video from yemen now as r.t. has spoken to the groom who survived a saudi led as strike that hit his wedding party at the end of april the attack left over a dozen of his friends and family dead. at the moment of the bombardment the rocket landed and the whole world turned red and i felt that i was turning in the many were killed most struck you know.

there was some victims who were tune in home others were injured in the stomach head neck hands or links my cousin and other relatives were injured and. warner then i came to see the wedding i was looking at people dancing and then. i was he's my like the shrapnel from the rocket. we went to the wedding and suddenly during the celebration the strike came we didn't have anything then no weapons no nothing i lost a foot the same happened to my brother my other brother died because of the bombing we tried to flee but could not walk we had to wait until ambulances came and garces a dozen of the wounded are in a critical condition we've asked the son. led coalition for comment on their investigation into the strike so far they've chosen not to respond. let's start he

led coalition launched its military intervention in yemen back in twenty fifteen in order to fight the rebels who overrun large swathes of territory in the north of the country however riyadh says it does not target civilians since the start of its air campaign the coalition has run a number of its own investigations into airstrikes that led to mass casualties as human rights groups continue to call on saudi arabia to end the conflict. was started as a movement to curb gun crime the u.s. police are now pleading for a trend called paint ball wars to stop after hundreds of police have been caught up in attacks across a number of cities in america. you

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facebook is looking to restore some damaged reputation after the data breach scandal involving firm cambridge and unless a social media giant will introduce a number of changes to the platform including a personalized news filter artist jacqueline vega has been taking a closer look at what the changes have to offer. facebook is working hard to revamp its public profile in the wake of the privacy scandal and the platforms move to eliminate fake news from your feed is one such example i have your responsibility muses to things make sure people get trustworthy news and platform and then we're doing our job to help build a sense of common ground in society now who's to decide what news organizations are worthy the company's two billion users the social network has already started using the results of the user surveys to determine what news publications will be popping up in your feed and which will be suppressed and the range of outlet is based on two simple questions have you heard of them and how much do you trust them and that

means what's to be believed is based on the opinions of the internet not necessarily facts even flat earth errors and burglars may have cast their votes. we put that data into the system and insights and is a booster of suppression and we're going to dial up the intense to that over time we feel that we have a responsibility to further break down polarization and find common ground some other wafted goals given that the internet isn't exactly known for bringing out the best in people there's also surely a risk that such a system will only cause people to further dig in their heels and not break down polarization hopes a result that was seen with one of facebook's previous attempts at tackling fake news last year the company pulled the plug on its initiative which had third party fact checkers read flogging disputed articles as it didn't have the desired effect academic research and correcting misinformation has shown that putting a strong image like a red flag next to an article may actually entrenched deeply held beliefs the opposite of fact to what we intended the big issue here is what. they mean is this

credible or informative new source is it what fits mark zuckerberg political view is it what it's facebook's political view. in terms of unbiased independent journalism i don't see a big success at all i don't see anything which puts a private corporation like facebook who has shown to be not the most trusting of sources of light i don't see anything that putting them in charge of this kind of responsibility could turn out to be successful in a way shape or form for independent journalism so here we are again watching and waiting to see how facebook's latest attempt at social responsibility pans out. and that's not the only new feature facebook's working on the platform is also busy getting ready to enter the online dating sphere though not everyone is sold on the idea. that this is going to be the going to be building real long term relationship or not

just talk. well facebook's also facing criticism over its filtering of news sources that some activists are calling a form of censorship one organization called the u.s.

conservative leaders claims the suppression of right wing news on social media has reached crisis point they say outlets from both sides of the political spectrum should be respected and given equal waiting online but which recent gains in major elections across the globe we also new yorkers what exactly they knew about the term right wing. is election is in austria where the latest example of a shift to the right in europe's politics this this shows that the far right wing has won its prevailed polls in germany predict that a far right party will interpret lament the term rightwing is being used pretty liberally these days we decided to ask americans what does far right or right wing actually mean let's see what kind of answers we get what is far right mean here but wait but that be like a nazi in your extreme we capitalist news probably a more militant version of right wing. maybe

a little more inner. anarchistic view on the world. but just as probably a more extreme viewpoint a far it far right means very far right. what does that mean on the right side very far ok donald trump is far right. i think he's trying to come to the sent to because he has to administer right and he was more far right before he became the president i think he's all over the place to tell you the truth i don't know that he has an ideology other than donald trump no not necessarily and he's right of center definitely yes but i mean the fact is he's a former democrat he's not that far right any world leaders that you would consider to be far right. right fundamentalist leaders are far right. and. i think he's right yeah maybe but like i don't know you in one i'm not sure. he's considered far right

victor may be. prime minister of austria perhaps. but i don't know there might be a few others seems that in politics words can be rather hard to define caleb mop and art see new york from u.s. diplomats jam jar trust believes there's a multifaceted effort by social media platforms to sideline views that don't fit with the company's political agenda i think there's a real concerns that the conservative voices are being discriminated against in social media not only facebook but twitter which i use quite a bit and google and the the idea would be to marginalize or stigmatize conservative voices as somehow being beyond the limits of legitimate discussion and we also have practices what they call shadow banning where there are ways to downgrade content if it's politically not correct so that it has fewer viewers that

they try to deem monetize conservative voices so that they can't actually support their platforms in the way that voices on the left are able to do it which evidently is more acceptable in the circles that in which the managers of these platforms operate. the boy scouts of america are set for a name change often more than one hundred years but what boy will be dropped from the iconic organization in twenty nineteen as it prepares to allow go to join. we wanted to land on something that evokes the past but also conveys the inclusive nature of the program going forward we're trying to find the right way to say we're here for both young men and young women a scout movement was founded in the early twentieth century in the u.s. two groups aim to teach boys and girls separately to develop life skills and character however the girl scouts have firmly said they won't be changing their

name girl scouts is a premier leadership development organization for girls we are and will remain the first choice for girls and parents in a letter to the boy scouts of america last year the girl scouts accuse the movement of performing a covert campaign to recruit girls away from them meanwhile the debate has taken to twitter with plenty of people criticizing the name change let's be honest the boy scouts as we knew it is now effectively dead girls are not supposed to be a part of boy scouts they have their own organization called go scouts as a form of boy scouts i say this is a terrible idea boys need to be with other boys at times without girls being present to be boys most girls would not want to do what the boys do and it is wrong to change the boys counts in this way the boy scouts are opening the doors to girls due to losing membership and money feminists are loving the boy scouts move not

realizing it may destroy the women run going to scouts we had both sides of the argument from political activist kate firth weight and legal and media analyst lionel. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very very obviously there are a lot of dr like climbing trees and there are lots of way there is like baking cakes and to try to say to young people you have to only do this what we should of course to do is give them a range of activities that he led and actually encourage them to try new stuff because that's what. it is what it is right now i found out what this is about and you know it there was an absolute determined effort to destroy whatever was left of this thing called the jones or it's now considered almost like races or inappropriate to do anything to distinguish boys from girls who are playing it so

safe we've got a helmet there was a time when if you were a red blooded american male that's not how they're always learned to have kids you know his right arm knowledge and cried i read here and there he means fine and there was nothing wrong with that i'm kind of concerned with the idea that it somehow great to encourage boys to to fight and be super of super rough and super violent with each other i think that this is two thousand and eighteen and the idea that it's somehow good for young men to be thrown into some sort of boxing ring i think that we should offer young people boys and girls a whole range of activities and there are definitely arguments in favor of allowing them to do some of those activities and violent marriage definitely arguments in favor of allowing them to do at least some of those activities mixed environment most people think that this is absurd kids are not allowed to be kids anymore people are afraid that there are genders and they're boys like to do boys stuff and

their girls like to do girls stuff it's not accurate their stick it's true but to most it's come after this short break stay with us. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics school business i'm show business i'll see you then. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you were on there was a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure you have to go i mean eighty percent of the beach but probably with you and the great game the great game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down going let's

go. alone and does that worry you and i'm really happy to join our team for the two thousand and thirteen world cup in russia meet this special one that was also appreciated me to say the review p.r.t. teams latest edition make up is bigger than a better jersey book. welcome back police body come footage has emerged of offices in the u.s. tasing a mentally ill man eighteen times i've been tremelo was later pronounced dead a warning you may find the following video upsetting. you know our. greg. greg why did you have.

three officers arrived at the twenty two year old's apartment after a call from his neighbor which reportedly mentioned them trauma was threatening to hurt himself jamal was in the shower when police arrived he was tasered multiple times when he failed to respond to their commands in one instance for thirty four seconds. tremelo died less than an hour later according to the medical examiner's report the manner of his death is undetermined however it was also stated that the taser used was a contributing factor despite that a county attorney found no evidence against the officers over his death and adam's case is far from the first to have thrown the heavy handed use of tasers tasers into the spotlight.

the boom. we spoke to the founder of communities are united against police brutality who believes taser regulation is a big problem in the u.s. . the police violated a number of countless stories first of all they broke into his home without probable cause to do so and secondly they taste him multiple times eighteen times in fact while he was in the bath tub where the person is. if their skin is wet much more electricity conducts through their body the sad reality is that tasers

are very early very poorly regulated the united states we started out having some rules around using tasers now they literally stick a taser on people they don't want their answer to something and it's outrageous because these devices are dangerous in this case and in many other cases they've proven to be deadly more than fifty percent of the people who are killed by police in this country are in the throes of a mental health crisis so we can see that it's really a problem and we really really need to stop using police as the way that we address mental illness in this country. thirteen people have been reported dead after a group of militants attacked libya's electoral commission headquarters in tripoli at least one suicide bomber blew himself up as other armed men tried to storm the building people were there to register to vote in the country's national election expected later this year islamic state has claimed it was behind the attack.

well here at r.t. we'd love to hear your thoughts on all of our stories though do get in touch by following us on social media i'll be back with the latest headlines in about thirty minutes i'll see them. that's. what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject . so when you want to be president and. want to. have to go right to the press it's like them before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. first sit.

in the heart of the swiss alps this is a place probably more secretive than the pentagon more mysterious than the cia and better god than forty. swiss customs. all the science is controlled by them and they impose the opening to un so it was it was a do it just for us the procedures in place of the strictest in all europe must to pieces by artists like and modigliani camps boards and sold inside this warehouse that's where the report comes in it covers up deals which are naturally discreet commercially discreet step but also discreet secrets they concern fraud. some of those paintings are linked to dog secret sq nobody knows how many of these secrets they kept inside the geneva freeport system place and that you'll never obtain an inventory of all the works in the freeport who knows how many there are three

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very different views over the state of politics and the public. but first thank you for the tweets messages and emails let's look at a few nelson says rachel as usual enjoyed the whole kit revival idea after last week's show i was inspired to knap up to dunfermline mind the videos carnegie boating anyone going should miss the rebirth place museum free entry always a bonus i quite agree and i suddenly recommend people going to college surely says your us item on our need to meet x. and viewing he certainly left a legacy as regards the world he paid my granny season one thousand election for a degree at edinburgh university the sort of gift that keeps on giving it might be said absolutely a lovely little story there shelley garden says always an excellent show with great interviews well done to myself and to alex jones says hi tazz and alex love the shoe one thing that stands out from other shoes is alex's easy manner and lack of aggressive entry techniques so broadly used in most of the other shoes great to

hear answers don't change a thing he said to me when joe thanks for that and finally dying by the arm and says i'll examine could you do an us and them challenge do to compete with b.b.c. question time no holds barred just truth i'm not sure about the us and them idea we try to avoid confrontation but it's an interesting idea that will certainly tick i'm bored now back to alex's in washington d.c. with commentator ad anchor ed schultz. welcome to the alex thomas show the sellers my pleasure thank you know it's new you've been commenting on the american political scene from a variety of platforms for a substantial number of years i want you to tell us how people are becoming adjusted to the trump presidency and let's start with the establishment republicans are they reconciled to donald trump for the president and do think he'll be their candidate in two years time well to start with i think the uniqueness of donald

trump is nobody owns him there's no political organization that he's loyal to there's no lobbying firm that he has to answer to he came to washington as an outsider as a businessman to upset the apple cart and he does it on a daily basis the man wants to do business and he wants to do it in a way that washington is not used to see being done and i think that his pace of trying to get things done totally works against the culture of washington you know the rules of the senate the senate is about all cogitate take your time trump is not at that pace at all and so the republican establishment has had to figure him out and move at his pace if they want to get anything done and i think that it's just been two cultures clashing in washington too after that collision of the.