a russian company charges parts of a trunk russia collusion investigation pleads not guilty in court amid prosecutors' efforts to delay the case. iraq goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but the vote has raised concern in washington as none of the candidates back its policy of countering iran. a top u.s. state department expert on nuclear proliferation resigns in the wake of trans withdrawal from the granite nuclear deal rejecting the agreement has come under fire in america and in europe. and sweden comes under public pressure for a new study into the link between immigration and crime despite fears it could exacerbate tensions between locals and newcomers.

very well welcome you're watching r.t. international with mean a key arran our top story this hour nearly a year wrong since the start of the special counsel investigation into donald trump's alleged links to russia u.s. vice president mike pence so there's time to bring it to a close. or ministrations provided over a million documents without fully cooperated in the interest of the country i think it's time to wrap it up. it comes ahead of the first hearing in a criminal case brought by the special counsel against thirteen russian individuals and three entities they are accused of conspiracy to interfere in the u.s. presidential race it was thought all of them were unlikely to ever appear in court but after one company decided to defend itself it turns out robert miller's team

wasn't quite ready for that and stuck in the reports. february saw the first real result of miller's investigation finally the russians were being called out directly three companies and thirteen individuals were named and shamed the massive indictment in the robert muller investigation breaking today of thirteen russian special counsel robert most investigation or indicted the russians thirteen russians not only operating overseas operating right here in the united states but given that those targeted are russian nationals with no worries about extradition to the us no one expected the matter to go any further than media headlines but one company named in the indictment concord management and consulting seemingly cold dollars bluff by hiring d.c. attorneys who showed up for the arraignment the plea of not guilty not you think muller's office would be happy to finally have their day in court but no they tried to put off the hearing on the grounds that the defendant hadn't been properly served which is amazing as being served is just

a way of getting the opposing party to show up to court but given that lawyers for concord have done exactly that the judge ruled against that argument it seems borderline immoral to indict someone unless you can prove he's guilty of the crime they did it for one reason only mother needed some russian like dressing on a salad to make his investigation look good the defense attorneys also demanded massive amounts of documents related to the probe things that hadn't been made public and there's no way miller's doing that just think about it turning over classified information to the people representing a supposedly kremlin linked company court investigators from miller's office that they would have been thrilled to see all of the defendants show up like that was never going to happen and went on to ask if the attorneys represented a catering company listed in the indictment as well the aim of which was lost even on the judge. ok would you like me to do with now a status hearing on the case is scheduled for may sixteenth and will likely know by then if everyone is ready to put all their chips on the table. america's anti

russia sanctions appear to have become somewhat of a trend in its foreign policy but the latest round of penalties are driving some officials around the bend. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

thank a top u.s. state department expert on nuclear proliferation has resigned following donald trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with iran he didn't give a specific reason but made it clear that he sold the accord as a as a success and thought it was working many european leaders say they were taken aback by chaunce decision was partly boyko explains they might have seen it coming . our u.s. president risking chaos in the middle east and in case you missed it people are surprised again. don't you campaign by saying that he'd pull out of the nuclear deal with iran but now that he's actually followed through with an election promise he's caught everyone off god for some reason the world is shocked and outraged as if you don't come to read us that says it's bed time sprinkling berry dots all over the middle east and north stirring up storms of

their own just a week or two ago donald trump was being put forward for the nobel peace prize for insulting north korea into fuel and new self respecting republican president was that when his c.v. so twelve years of torture is to fly overseas in the wilds which powerful nations a level of complexity rarely seen in global affairs as government came in when but the negotiations pressed on relentless terms of you have the alarm on the deal was you are horrible on the plus side he didn't say very very horrible which in trump well there's more or less a compliment saying that there is wiggle room on parole the orange one said while tearing up the iran deal that it didn't bring calm it didn't bring peace there and it never will he did not want to read baseball cap when he runs for a second term because one of the message a u.s. president can sell standing with us i am to egg on my face is europe's big three

leaders. made the and then i was and spent a lot of political capital trying to keep in the deal christ at least one of them kissed him in the end they learned a vital diplomatic unless the kid as many gz as you like but the u.s. is going to do what it down will please the europeans and russia and china say they are dedicated to keeping the middle east nuclear free apart from. you know if. everyone took the news of trucks with drool in their words. come to me familiar way the europeans. sternly worded statement and iran burns an american flag on it. and israel bombed the area so perhaps it is reassuring that nothing really ever changes. america's european allies say translators decision risks undermining international order and the west's moral author. this

i think it's not right to unilaterally and so deal that was agreed upon and i'm likely to approve the security council diminishes comfort. it is never good for us to break the laws that we ourselves helped to create why because how can you convince parents that occasionally use force or violence don't respect international law to follow our example when we don't even follow that example ourselves it seems that today screening and shouting insulting bullying systematically destroying dismantling everything is already in place is the mode of our times. the former deputy coordinator for the iran nuclear deals implementation believes trying to decision shows disregard for europe the full interview will be available this sunday on artie's worlds apart but here's a quick preview. after all the bonamy of the macro meeting after the supposedly

improved atmosphere in the merkel meeting and then he actually treated his intention to make this announcement and sort of telegraphed where it was going while foreign secretary boris johnson was actually in washington trying to convince vice president pence and secretary of state to continue the negotiations that whether or not he was intending to be rude whether he was trying to send a message this clearly isn't the way allies behave toward one another i think you see the united states disregarding the needs and interests of its allies and europe and other allies are going to have to look at this and decide how to respond in order to protect their own concerns president trump is trying to tear down the accomplishments of his predecessor i think it's pretty clear from his public remarks that he does not understand what was in the way or what is in the g. c.p.o. a it also does undermine the position of the united states in the world we are demonstrating that we cannot take yes for an answer and that makes it very very

difficult to make a credible deals with the united states. polls that have been in iraq for the first parliamentary elections that since the deface of islamic state in the country is the landmark moment not only for the iraqi people but for other countries to consent by who will hold power back and i doubt they have take the claims that. depending on whose side you are on these elections can make or break the middle east not because of oil nor riches who that helps neither is it ideology or jihad ists these is all about friends. first of three leading candidates i did. come. and prime minister the best

word to describe him is neutral syria stay out of it iran vs america stay out of it yemen stay out he would be buying to iran but neither will he be a poor in america's efforts to isolate iran. candid number two nobody. former prime minister he makes no attempt to hide his affinity for iran imagine if he gave iran bases in iraq allowed troops and tanks to move from iran to syria the israelis the saudis they will like that one bit. candidates number three trumps nightmare. a meeting this guy who's an iraqi himself fooled on the side of iran during the iran iraq war enough said i

believe the american administration could be the biggest loser from iraqi election we have three camps fighting to win this election i mean it can only have one strong ally which is. always what did it and he is trying to keep that alliance with the united states but whether he is going to win this election i have my own doubts i think that that i will have the group that i will give you are very close to the indian and gating a lot of support but i'm not here so i believe they have. until now so you see the problem here one guy doesn't want to get involved in anything one guy is all buddy buddy with iran and the last is supra raney and he'll fight you quite literally and

even with the weight steeped in its favor america says iran is cheating. worrisome evidence that iran is trying to influence using mom the iraqi elections that money is being used to sway candidates to sway votes it's not an insignificant amount of money would believe and we think it's highly and hopeful it's bad so bad that western states are sending ambassadors to trying to empower and the rocky cleric who has supporters had been killing american troops back in the times of the u.s. intervention he even warned two years ago that americans are a target all forgiven and forgotten you see he doesn't like iran. any day that iran's military general kasim silliman he looks at the t.v. and is unhappy is a good day for security in the region and looking at. those meetings in saudi

arabia will make you very unhappy it all depends on who is side your on america lost thousands of men in iraq spent a trillion dollars on the war there and to watch it all go to iran that would hurt. sweden is bowing to public pressure for a study into the link between increasing migration and crime levels however stockholm is still uncertain about publishing data that could reveal the link between the two due to the current political climate. it cannot be noted that the demand in the social debate on information on the relationship between crimes on the one hand and descent and migration on the other hand is so strong there's all sorts of needs to consider the possibilities again the last study and sweet on migrants and crime was completed over a decade ago back in two thousand and five the country's police have also begun

leaving out the nationality of criminals in official reports the push for this latest study comes after around sixty one places in sweden were dubbed it no go zones due to the volume of criminal activity it's believed around five thousand known criminals live in those areas. you need to make clear shift in direction we cannot continue in this direction ten more years society needs to do more we need to do more we need to focus on the serious.

andrew fowler early discuss the story with a member of sweden's democrats party who highlighted that his country hasn't been honest enough over the impacts of immigration. because from these countries they create havoc all around europe and you know this needs you know you need to stop this is sweden the media they need to stop you're protecting them or denying the problems we have with immigration with the information received them from this how can it be used productively to solve the problem. well i think that once people realize and one once they dare to admit it's the other causes of the problems from specially some kind of immigrant groups then it's much easier in any division arguments to stop immigration from these countries because in the end our responsibility is to our citizens and i'm quite sure that you know this survey will

be yet another one that will show how the media and the left wing liberals have lied for thirty forty years and about immigration can also say that many people in sweden commit sex crimes but we don't make an issue of their origin. yes there are of course swedish people who commit six razor crimes in general but that thing is when you have an immigration you need to know how does that immigration affect your country it's better enough if a swede rapes someone. we don't need to import more rapes into the country well we're back after this short break.

the iran nuclear deal was once seen as a major achievement of american diplomacy but that's no longer the case donald trump's decision to pull out of the deal has reopened a major international problem and left allies betrayed and the bursaries confused. the world perceives.

welcome back now american whistleblower chelsea manning has been protesting in washington d.c. over a trial to take place on monday and which demonstrators against president trump inauguration will be facing charges the former soldier became famous for having a prison sentence refuted by barack obama after she leaked confidential u.s. documents she also commented on the recent case of activist speccing abuse at the u.s. senate hearing last wednesday proceeding protesters placed all across the country from california to new york to north carolina where they're facing charges they're facing felony counts are going to be brutalized by police and this is not new but it's certainly becoming precedent for certain. to have stopped.

one of those violently arrested at the u.s. than a tearing was seventy nine year old cia veteran ray mcgovern after his release on thursday mcgovern showed the bruises he claims he received from police offices. was . the first resisting mcgovern came to the hearing in protest against the nomination for the new cia chief gina hospital the video shows police removing him from the room last seen him to stop resisting we spoke to ray mcgovern himself who described the senate's hearing as a sure rod. this hearing started in a most unusual way with the cheer saying this and it poured in i can't wear my glasses very well because as you could see they're twisted out of shape but what he said was this. this is an open hearing and it will be a close election those people who want to say something extra. do it

fast. so i noted that i take copious notes wherever i go especially at hearings like this and i put it on the top there said well though maybe maybe this is an invitation to rick of make a remark all do it quickly and then i'll go the hearing was in many many respects a charade the people running the hearing especially chairman richard burr are known to be like this with the cia and senator wyden said now ms haskell were you in charge of the interrogation the waterboarding of illness shiri in thailand where you personally in charge and she said well senator i appreciate the question but we'll have to take that into closed session because it's secret now who made that secret. it was jena high school so the prospect of. the nominee making incriminating evidence on jena has book secret

so that the american people couldn't see on t.v. that she was indeed the torture in chief of al nashiri in thailand make it go to the close or should that was too much and that's why i got up and i said that i said senator wyden is entitle to a direct to an honest answer on that question. candidates conservative house leader counties but and ones to know what to authorities a doing a bounce at least sixty four ma i still find it is you have returned to canada it comes off to one of them confessed to carrying out executions in syria and a new york times podcast. describe how he executed individuals by shooting them in the back of the head he said that the people he was shooting deserved it and he said i know i won't be held accountable he said that at least twice in the form i still find to who goes by the name of abu whose guy confessed to taking part in

execution style murders of sunni muslim men he said he decided to leave syria after the second time he killed a person he left canada in twenty fourteen to join the extremist group when he was seventeen years old whose life and now lives in toronto as canadian house members were told to their surprise this guy is apparently in toronto canadians deserve more answers from this government official why aren't they doing something about this. well canada's public safety minister refused to provide details on the status of the eggs ice or fighter however he insists that canadians are safe and that security agencies are doing their job as under bruno contributor to geo political monitor dot com thinks western governments policy toward syria has encouraged people to join extremist groups there. many western governments have taken a very ambiguous line at best. so france united states great britain have to

get the red line in antagonizing the syrian regime making it seem like it was ok to go and fight for isis given that we were fighting the evil regime of assad so definitely there should not be surprised of blowback but at least sixty such fighters will come back from fighting in syria rather than putting fighters in jail of the sort of debriefed after this story and has come out in parliament particularly people conservatives at particular in certain provinces don't like trudeau will definitely make. this into a bigger story and i'm sure that true door will probably price or have to explain before the next election. a u.s. congressman has asked the trumpet ministration to resume its funding of the controversial syrian activist group the white helmet reports of washington cutting

money to the group enlarged a week ago though no confirmation has been issued so far more pain has the details . well ed royce from the foreign affairs committee of the u.s. congress he has met with the white helmets on many occasions with other politicians he's been photographed with them he's a big supporter of the white helmets and now he's calling for their funding to be immediately restored we cannot abandon the region we must work with the news and use overthrew the diplomacy including financial pressure and u.s. assistance to change conditions on the ground the administration should start by immediately refusing to believe one thing including through the white house. now already the united states has provided the white helmet with over thirty two million dollars from the u.s. a id now they also receive funding from various european governments as well as governments throughout the middle east and when it was announced that their funding would be cut there were offers from the united kingdom to fill the gap for the u.k.

to provide funding of their own to actually fill up that gap and make up for the loss of funding from the united states they've actually had a close tie with the united kingdom for a long time in fact the white house that's were organized by a former member of m i six they have faced for a long time accusations of having ties with extremist groups as well as the fact that they only operate in rebel held territories that they didn't know why the accusation that they cooperate with the extremist groups now the white helmets of always claim they're an impartial organization we've actually heard some very strong criticism cism of them coming from russia and syria and the governments of russia and syria have gone as far as to point out that it appears that a number of their videos have actually been staged in order to effectively serve kind of talking points against the syrian government the way helmets have lost their luster they've been widely discredited in the eyes of the whole world as a crime as a propaganda arm western military intervention illegal military intervention in

syria mr will carry weight with the way home. he has a republican and he has the support on fortunately the rest of the congress is behind the illegal war and i have to say that this is a good time for u.s. taxpayers to pick up the phone and call their am their congress person and their congressperson island out or their senator and say i don't want my tax dollars to be used to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign country without with l.a. to the top of the hour see them. to to. court . across europe municipalities are taking their water supply back from private

companies. and said we're going underground in a week that sees the e.u. china russia and iran in iraq we are british here about our move about deadly geopolitical there is and whether britain will now go to war with iraq and can you save pamela anderson reportedly appeals to kanye west to reach out to donald trump to help wiki leaks founder julian a surge we speak to journalist and author dr new. about why everyone on earth needs wiki leaks but as manslaughter investigators reveal new information about an emblem opposed to ideal weight off geraghty. on the right wing guide to grand fell brittle all the some more coming up in today's going underground but first will london support the white helmets group in syria even if washington withdraws supporter over evidence of collusion with islamists that's what one of jeremy corbin's m.p.'s wanted to know that this week's prime minister's questions despite the ever present

threat of death from both syrian and russian airstrikes and in the face of smears and disdain for mation the rescue workers of the white helmets have never stopped saving the lives of their fellow syria last week the trumpet ministration from their u.s. funding with thousands of civilian lives at risk will the prime minister step our pledge the government to plug the funding shortfall that now exists and is sure these heroic rescue workers can continue their work he clearly thinks all the evidence of white helmets collusion with is the mist in syria is this information so will teresa may defy washington's appraisal of the white helmets we do support them we will continue to support them and my right on will find the international development section will be looking at the level of that support.