and anymore there could be russian spies in my audience and i would know everyone is a suspect. are you a russian spy now. that's russian spies. ellen de generous knows what's up we need lists so i've put together a quick one to start things off this is a list of american stars who've recently been to russia they held. and did business it's time to wake up russian agents everywhere the president the republicans hollywood your neighbor your friends maybe probably. even you know. a british police monitoring group past forced u.k. authorities to release its kuntar terrorism training materials after years of court battles the document reveals that anti fracking activists are considered extremists

much like radical islamists or new nazis and they are treated accordingly. i. believe he believes. more. no. the police have been involved in dragging disabled people out of wheel on the public highway over salting people and of standing by. private security companies employed by the fracking companies come out of this site on to the public highway and. punching people in the face putting people in to sleep or hold positions all kinds of have happened law enforcement

staff say however the activists are feigning injury for the cameras making false claims over police brutality here's why those activists see reason to fight against fracking let's go through it it's a method of gas extraction were a high pressure mixture of war here and chemicals is pumped into iraq to release gas it's considered by many environmental groups to be dangerous as the chemicals used in the process could contaminate both the soil groundwater they've also been claims or fracking induced earthquakes and tremors. well some of those fighting for the extraction method to be banned or categorized as domestic extremists they're included in the framework of the british counterterrorism program known as prevent one protesters are being monitored by anti terror agencies one case that caused outrage involve three police officers trying to disable down every protester across

our road nichiren talked earlier to the woman in the review eighty five year old. i don't think they did consider me a threat i was simply a nuisance. they were wanting a big lorry and to the sides and i was in the way and. i know all this is really an elderly person fairly frail now i wasn't a big difficult save to them six policeman could have handled me stream well three policemen i think it was handed me quite easily no difficulty to them so i couldn't have been a threat to anyone officially apologize to you following that incident oh no no there's never been any apology i've never had any official communication about it how do you feel about the fact that anti fracking activists like yourself are being compared to radical islamists and neo nazis. it's ludicrous just

playing with words. in one way it doesn't bother me that when say what they like they use to certain they names hurt you. it's how they treat you as a result whether they'll decide to shove me in prison or something that would certainly. mo gray than it is now. speaking on world press freedom day the u.s. state department has been highlighting journalists killed while working but seemingly ignored palestinians who lost their lives covering the protests on the border on the grains the few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have one i don't have all

the details of an investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself last month to the palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in. both were reportedly shot with live ammunition despite wearing vests and helmets identifying themselves as members of the press while the u.s. state department say the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach to the recent probe into the image chemical attack in syria when the us launched air strikes on the country before any official probe taken place journalist dave lindorff believes we're seeing a case of double standards the united states is really using doubletalk here they they know that the israelis targeted these journalists they were wearing press written across both sides front and back and they were reporting on a peaceful protest and the shooting of unarmed citizens and the israelis didn't

want the reports out so they killed the poor of the reporters it was not self-defense of israel these killings of palestinian journalists was deliberate and the u.s. won't condemn it it's a total double standard. well this is actually what's happening right now in gallons the palestinians are again gathering for another is really a protest after friday today marks the sixth week of demonstrations known as the great march of return denouncing what palestinians view as really occupation almost fifty people died during the month of april including two palestinian journalists as we mentioned who were covering the rallies over fifteen hundred people are reported to have been injured in recent weeks israel has been repeatedly accused of using excessive force against protesters these really are meanwhile ses it's the

juicy to protect israeli people to not allow demonstrators to break into the fence so again these are live pictures now from gaza where friday is seeing increased tensions in the area. moving on american military forces in the african nation of djibouti are coming under attack from blinding chinese leaders the pentagon's latest statement also came with an urgent notice of extreme caution for its military and africa. threat to our air. formally to march. and we've. said it's a serious matter and so. now chinese military observers say that the beams could be used simply to scare birds off of the airfield or to disrupt the activities of spider oh they also point out that china is

a signatory of the protocol on blinding laser weapons which outlaws the use of equipment that could cause permanent blindness this is china's only overseas military base located in the african country of djibouti just a few kilometers away from a very strategic u.s. . a military base now you can bet with two key military setups so close together the two geo political rivals are looking for any possible secret info they can get from each other they've even admitted as much we have taken we are taking significant steps on the counter intelligence side so that we have all the defenses that we need there's no doubt about that that's general wald hauser the top commander of u.s. military forces in africa now the u.s. military is all over the continent engaging in anti terror operations flying drones propping up aligned governments but while the houser admits that china is doing something in africa that the usa is not doing very well investing look we'll never

outspend the chinese on the continent and that's i guess the point i was trying to make china has been an effort on the african continent for quite some time but we as a combatant command have not dealt with it in terms of a strategic interest and we're in the we're taking baby steps in that regard africa is part of china's one belt one road initiative a twenty first century silk road of sorts enabling countries to trade with each other china has set up a t.v. project for rural africans they've built all kinds of railroad and sharing economic access to remote parts of the continent and among english speaking africans what country do they want to study in the u.s. of the u.k. nope it's the people's republic of china yes the usa certainly has the upper hand in africa i want to comes to flying drones or deploying troops when it comes to something else winning the trust and friendship of the african people china is way far ahead hey look up and r.t. new york knicks strains between the u.s. and pakistan over the continued jailing of a doctor who helped in

a selma bin laden the details when we return. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all 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 be the center of the. great. game you are the rock at the back nobody gets to you we need you to. go.

alone. and i'm really happy to join the. meet the special one. needs to just take the radio team's latest edition to make up a bigger. look. back at washington's rocky relations with pakistan are being tested again after suggestions that a doctor who helped the cia find some of bin laden could soon be released from prison pakistan insists though he's going nowhere despite his continued incarceration being a source of contention with the u.s. which has long accused the country of being reluctant to tackle terrorism samir account. pakistani doctor who helped the cia track down and kill the world's most

wanted terrorist osama bin ladin is still in prison two years after this promise from donald trump do you think you can get the darker out and yes i do i think i would get him out in two minutes i would tell them let him out and i'm sure they'd let him out in may two thousand and twelve shaquille afridi was sentenced to thirty three years behind bars. jobs. in. two thousand and eleven for being money to the militants of that discourage them and he was assisting in medical term that he was making some arrangements for their meeting in is a hospital i met him in two thousand in june and he said that i am innocent

and the charges they are totally illegal but last week his family were given a glimmer of hope there are reports that a possible deal to secure his release after he was apparently moved to a secure location because of threats to his life but according to the pakistani foreign ministry none of that's true i'm not aware of the new deal regarding dock to secure the pretty one but have the ministry of foreign affairs i can assure you that he's not being handed over to the u.s. it's an issue that u.s. officials often bring up but given the frosty relationship between washington and islamabad over counterterrorism and other disputes there's still no sign of a resolution for shaquille afridi. a special day in the russian calendar is fast approaching now as the country prepares to celebrate victory day on may eighth and r.t. join present day forces in russia for rehearsals of the unusual military parade to

mark the end of the second world war. to continue. even snowmobile with my feet on the floor of the piece is a little odd but i'd be so if you. think. every yeah right make you feel. these people why this yes minutes of a race is nothing like any other before the summit and i'll carry something you know for the first song and we are going to write one of the.

practice makes perfect they say seemingly simple maneuvers like this one still being all that simple when there are dozens of vehicles involved and they all have to be in sync that's why moscow's main streets have been blocked off for these beasts to refine them a new buzz. this a.p.c. is designed to absorb explosive damage from landmines and it all will deflect even piercing rounds now it's not the only vehicle to be making the first show at this year's parade so let me give you a tour. these unmanned drones will be shown to the public officially for the first time at the parade there were initially being designed as the purely reconnaissance aircraft but now they can carry bombs to. and finally how about this jam and they says on the red square no. this is not

a plot over you hollywood blockbuster but rather this tank support unit it will also be for the first time featured at a parade on the red square so now this is of course is just to me a face to what to expect the actual parade to do human in on the ninth of may and have a look yourself what these guys have prepared. for of course the second world war has affected countries families who've lost loved ones r.t. has joined in the commemoration and indeed celebration of the veteran heroes.

the arms separatist group from spain's basque region send it has disbanded and ended all political activity the spanish prime minister those sais madrid won't rest on its laurels explaining it will continue to track done the former militants and to began its nationalist campaign back in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight pushing for the northern basque country to go independent from spain over the decades the organization has killed more than eight hundred people including politicians and high profile businessmen at a is viewed as a terrorist group by the e.u. however the leader of basques main separatist party says the region's independence movement will never end. so you must. we are still people who still know

neither peace nor freedom we will not stop looking for months we reach that with our work and all day long. another spanish region well known for its strong separatist sentiment is catalonia following last october's independence referendum which madrid called illegal spain sacked the former catalan president and took control of the regional parliament the move led to massive protests across the area some of which turned violent the catalan capital in particular became a flashpoint for clashes with police and barcelona's mirror is well known for being a social activist too she became the first female member of the city in twenty fifteen while representing the left wing castle on party one of her first the citizens was to impose a curb and tourists to cut her own salary by over a quarter. is also a former eviction activist and has been arrested several times during demonstrations in an interview to r.t.

she told the former ecuadorian leader an r t spanish show host but i feel korea about her struggles in office. nevertheless i would like to ask you a question how far can social movements go in democracies citizens see social movement as a means of protecting rights and making proposals preventing abuses of power into something that can compensate for institution weaknesses as in the case of the platform for people affected by mediating that is still there but don't be deceived i think many citizens and members of social movements want to replace the government they want to govern without democratic legitimacy this is also a problem for democracy democracy as a result we get politicians who don't take political responsibility and we can amend their example demonstrated that whenever a wing party depends in some way on a financial governing body when there are revolving doors when there is the possibility of collusion explicit or implicit it's clear that such a government is free and that it can differ. and the interests of the majority of

the population and therefore it's important that people like us get involved in that and i never planned for a career in politics and to be honest it happened because of my activism workman lots of us said we need to be in the governing body snatcher to return to the long time so it can be used for the common good all those so that the government or flatly the values of the majority do feel safe but it's a part stan collymore show next from sitting down with a french world cup winner to seeing which world cup kits get the nod of approval from juan mata stay with art. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going from duration let it be an arms race is often experience dramatic development only

mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. shows seem wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just to get educated and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart week just to look for common ground. welcome to the stan collymore show i mean maybe even columbia filming for a future episode so watch this space but this week's episode comes from paris from the beautiful world cup winner six time with us to have

a chance we're going to be chatting to a foreman same item on the legend is ian roche and rob bland chats goes up to manchester to look at some of the world's concept for sure welcome to this town called we will show. we're in paris city of lights to talk about the great. french football. and that was when the local play in. front of let's go back to nineteen ninety four for my european champions how disappointing was it is a nice you know as

a young footballer to not qualify for nine hundred ninety four that was a disaster because we had two games in hand true and we needed one point to go through and to go to the united states and they do work we lost the two games we had a home and it was a real disaster i mean the. the dream that we have we had to see that some beautiful squad going to the united states fell off in one minute we started off with goals for the last second and. everybody was ashamed of being a french guy loving football you have to remember that you do european championship in one thousand two was also a disaster when we went out after the group stage so. we had the idea of rebuilding everything in fact in international way and when he took charge of the of the job we just followed him he had an idea of creating

a club inside the this election this team started to be built around ninety five ninety six just before the european championship in england and where we winded up finishing i think. it was a real new adventure to recreate to have the time to recreate something to be ready for years after in one thousand eight hundred. groups of play is the group playing at big clubs chelsea arsenal manchester you know it's that when people talk about me knowing me from from the french site i was a tough guy when i go to england i was kind of you know a little. shy guy playing inning against stan collymore and being afraid of being asked and the fact is that's true but going to england for me. it was. learning the defining spirit and never let it

go always having the hope that we can finish something even if you are you are losing to neil and. that's what we learned did you feel before the tournament did you feel in the friendly matches. preparation to win the tournament we were we weren't good we were in good we didn't play well just before the world cup we didn't have the feeling that we could go that far. down and already have done it on was an. average ninety seven ninety six a world european championship and remember if you see all the games which we had a ninety eight he got suspended. after the second game came back for the the quarterfinals. two very good games for the quarter and the semi is. done in the final what was your individual emotion about getting that final call that principle to supply federation francis for you all included congratulations you included in

the final twenty three players to represent france at world well i i i looked on we keep. you know important it is and i'll probably haul you know when you know you you read your name and just before the walk up i had maybe like twelve twelve caps for the for the national champs all rookie kind of going off but lots of calls were not coming to and and and when you know you're going to play a walk up in your country and it's it's a good try you know your family calls you you see how you see i mean and i'm going to fight for for you to make sure you go everybody is going to be proud of. the tournament itself you go through the great stages. appearances because obviously laurent blanc was the yeah it was the talk much of money how did that

make you feel the first one i saw said being rick along being red carded i felt ashamed in a way that i knew that if we would we would we would one would be i would be in the first eleven and i finished on my it's already my place three days before the walk up i couldn't watch t.v. or listen to radio or read papers because it was always out couldn't we i was wrong . so you really feel like a piece of and i didn't know what to do and i said to my ex-wife i said you know what if we win we can and if we lose we're going to stay in england and we never come back to it to friends well it went well it worked well i played a good decent game and we won so everything is perfect of the of the day you know but the fairytale could have been a nightmare so laurent blanc gets a red card in the semifinal. you then went in to ensure that you were playing and i never said we had to talk two months before the walk up where you say ok you

know what there is law and marcel would go and play if any one of them is regarded or injured you play saw a soon as law was recalled and i knew that it would go through i would play teligent feel in the dressing room it's a mixture of things that time goes very slow before the game you want to be on the pitch you want to play you what you desperate to be in the bottle in the bottle and it is getting very long and i remember coming tuesday into the stadium getting out of the bus and taking my heart rate i was one hundred eighty so you're ready sprints and i was already there and then when we went into the dressing room it was over i was a little different because it was hounded up i can relax you mentioned nice family friends it's worse it's worse you have the pressure of a country don't want to ruin the the party after you know you have everybody was ready to party and they did but you can ruin it and they have the dates again it's

a football game so when you are into the game you don't think it's a walk up. i have to be better because it's a welcome not you know some players thing some players get rid of their delusion if they lose their their. their calm i guess the they played the game before has to be done i think it's different between a champ and and somebody you know less not quite less ready to to to fight for those this intensity of the of the game and the pressure of the kid gets is if that's your pocket or the guy right now that was in it. you playing the game you've got one of the world's best strikers you're having a fantastic guy does your confidence grow as the guy who's operating oh yes definitely after the first bull you know you know put on the first touches you know when you control well you pass well you know you feel confident and the first time that i had on i think it was rivaldo i said i said ok i mean i mean i know and i'm

ok i'm going to be good until the end so well you know that things can change but you start well so you know what do you finish well i did better than my idols which is impossible normally so it took me like i would say three four years maybe at the end of the mike area that i realized i became like a player you know when i mean france every day every day there was somebody say oh thank you very much for the world cup for the last twenty years so it takes a time when the whistle goes you know when the refs at the end of the game you just lose the pressure. tell us about it after experience is the part of the relay for the enjoyment of a world cup and going to show the ladies i want of the world's great with five million people the right one when you go into the competition when you're in the sunni's and between the series in the end and the finals.