everybody loves a spy drama mystery suspense and a russian firm for. the name of the agent because stabling song my name is evelyn so then you are a russian spy. this guardian story had every ingredient for a thriller recipe the u.s. secret service has quite clearly stems from the very name it's one of the most enigmatic agencies of the u.s. government its main function is to protect the lives of u.s. presidents ministers the top political brass and that is where the russians according to the guardian planted a mole the russian spy had been working under tech to the heart of the american embassy in moscow for more than a decade she had plenty of time to gather intelligence without supervision said the

guardian's head of investigations claims she was operational for a whole decade in that time through the agency's internet in e-mail systems she had access to all kinds of highly classified stuff including the shared jewels of the president and vice president all of that according to the guardian the woman fled to the office be russia's key security agency before being let go last year over security concerns they had lying the narrative the details looked spectacular in the scoop which was even projected to link to a spy ploy in washington d.c. itself or activities of stealing and sharing information could shed more light on how the russians were able to hack the twenty six thousand presidential election office of the d.n.c. except the secret service was. unimpressed by the reporting an order out of shame or embarrassment but because of the facts according to the media release within the

agency the woman in question held the position of a foreign service national these employees have their duties outlined very strictly as by default the secret service views every one of them surprises as potential spies the woman's responsibilities were limited to things like translation cultural guidance administrative support and i don't mean to offend anybody here but this sad. sounds more like the job description over tourist guide rather than a spy material employee. and i wish i could say the guardian did not know these things when publishing the article but they did prior to the guardian publishing their u.s. secret service provided the or any other official statement clearly refuting unfounded for me point to all this the article was published as is after all everybody loves a spy drama but some plots better be saved for hollywood script. it is arty

international and while this whole particular russia spy story was debunked even by the u.s. secret service it sells america's politicians and intelligence community have been doubling down on allegations of moscow meddling in elections they have pledged to protect the upcoming midterm elections in november from foreign interfere. our democracy itself is in the crosshairs paid by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states' threat is not going away prevent foreign interference in our elections to prevent russian and other foreign influence that the russians try to hack into and steal information candidates and government officials alike cyber attacks against voting infrastructure all the computer intrusions malicious cyber actors are getting elected officials it goes beyond the elections it goes to

russia's intent to undermine our democratic values. content is created tested and hosted on platform such as you tube reddit and pinterest its push to twitter and facebook with their standing audiences in the hundreds of millions and it's targeted at the most receptive but this is a problem of the entire information ecosystem not this is cross-platform reddit confirmed hundreds of ira created accounts tumblr did it. a lot of pride pride related content less news more memes this isn't just a couple of platforms this is music apps this is video this is me sharing it it's so much broader than twitter. and. it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures can undermine american democracy i think it's just paranoia that goes off the scale it's not respectable for american lawmakers to make a sensation after the nothing we're not the ones who invented social media and

we're not the ones who insisted on making social media open to everybody they're going to blame russia for whatever happens in the november elections whatever goes wrong whatever problems we have it's russia's fault there are no racial divisions there is no end in quality having come there are no problems in this country except the ones that are made by russia this is ridiculous what's going on here. they have to use something to deflect criticism from their own. rules their own rules ship this is absolutely getting out of control right now i have not seen it like this before and it's getting more and more dangerous when you think of the relations between two superpowers they don't want better relations with russia they want to push this line and they yes there's a war between trump and his intelligence. thousands of members of the druze religious sect and their supporters took part in a demonstration in the israeli city of tel aviv on saturday against the controversial new nation state law. we are here to say in a week and

a four message to their israeli government we will not settle down for anything less than equal rights as an israeli citizen. we feel we've been betrayed by the government and we are we don't understand how like these have been taken in democratic and the mood at this state like is that we like these states we are fighting for the peace of the state the legislation which was adopted in july has similar weight to a constitutional amendment in the united states and would be very difficult to repeal it enshrines israel is the home of the jewish people and says national self-determination is the unique right of the jews it also downgrades arabic stripping the language of its official status the law although largely symbolic has been widely criticized as believe it will legitimacy eyes the treatment of jews as

second class citizens. now this saturday's protest was organized by druze community leaders at the druze have historically been considered the israeli state's most loyal minority but the sect members serving in the police and military as well as holding political office but they say the new legislation has driven a wedge through the special relationship and one druze leader has even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this nation state law is an evil and sadistic law designed to allow the state of israel to become an apartheid state some members of the knesset including members are prime minister netanyahu is ruling likud party have also lambasted the controversial law but he has hit back calling its critics hypocrites and claiming that the law doesn't infringe on the rights of minorities there's a lot there are suggestions that we should change the flag and the anthem in the name of quality but first of all in the state of israel it is something that

undermines the foundation of our existence for this reason the attacks on the left are circles that define themselves as absurd and reveals the depths to which the left has fallen we're not ashamed of zionism we're proud of our state of being the national home for the jewish people which strictly. in a manner that is without the individual rights of all its citizens we were joined by guests on both sides of the debate to discuss the changes to the law. these three belong to the jews and of course all the citizens but it is the home and state the home and all of the state of the jewels. why anybody would protest against his democratic decision that has been made by the majority of any population in any state and i you know i look on the flags of europe frags which we're speaking about flags of our. our our signs and symbols in the

state you can find so many states with the cross of the flags nobody objected big the states surrounding us are you saw many states nobody protest against it why is this wave of protect protest is is made against the jewish that is is that the only democratic states in all this region mejor all me this question please well the whole thing is a controversy about this low there is nothing good actually about this law this law in first place doesn't include elements which is essential for having a proper and normal life in this country as it is more twenty percent of the society in israel is not jewish and the way it's transfer all those who are not

jews to a second class citizens and after this law and that's where for this law doesn't suit israeli society doesn't those communities within the states who are part of the society and want to remain and to feel as is riley's and therefore this low has to be removed and plenty more still to come here on the weekly for example in paris a pro migrant group has been forced to end its activities will explain why after a very short period. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be

an arms race on the very dramatic developments only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

it is good to have you with us today of the volatile atmosphere in one parish district has forced a pro migrant group to end its crucial work that according to volunteers the area is now unsafe and even minimum security measures are simply not being met or the group has been working there for almost two years distributing more than two hundred fifty thousand meals and supplies a shot to toobin skee as more. in paris is a gritty eighteenth hante small town hundreds of migrants clustered together on the streets they gather here as it's where food is distributed by a local for them to group but after twenty months solid data to me call wilson looks set to close its doors saying they just can't take anymore all sorts of it's become more tense we're serving around seven hundred breakfasts every day to migrants who live in terrible conditions they have nothing not even times they sleep on the ground and sometimes woken up by the police in the morning they kick

them and use tear gas to move them so when they come to us they're stressed and nervous twice last week we had to stop serving food to let the tension calm down this is something new for us so yes we're stopping migrants have been expelled by police in this area many times philip tells me that despite this they come back and every time they do this situation becomes even more desperate from the beginning our mission was to serve hot drinks and bread and we've done this for twenty months every day during the last month we started questioning our mission because we don't want to volunteer to be put in danger of. who is to blame for this situation for not giving enough help to the migrants on the streets is this the mayor of paris is this the government of france. is on for us is both the state is responsible for people on the streets for taking in migrants at the same time the authorities in paris are restricting access to water taps in the summer is irresponsible they also

have a responsibility towards the miners their miners here who sleep on the street and in the camber drug addicts me the state nor the parish administration is doing its job you know with the authorities not providing enough support the volunteers giving up just a stone's throw away from haiti is an area known locally as crack hill that's also made things worse for those working to help the migrants felipe says that some of the drug addicts are also coming for food handouts and causing problems. the drug addicts are evacuated recently but nothing was done to help them and they came back today now come for a break for this too it creates additional tension very aggressive including towards the volunteers so this is an explosive situation. well the recording the into the need to think distribution point to take individual approaches for a movie but i saw lambeau media which saves your life and i was there i was only

did i mean i was you know so every city we seem to find that some of the people on the streets are very uncomfortable with it like filming that we're not filming in the cities but they just kept up with the cameras i mean when you typically see this it's the. exact. thing i don't know maybe more people are coming up nothing is being done about it and there are the drug addicts as you saw it's impossible to film people here it's becoming more difficult than before we think the situation is explosive and it puts is in real danger. by shutting up shop so let me call listen know that they are cutting off a vital lifeline for phone working economists but as well as doing it out of concern for their volunteers they hope to move to prompt the authorities to stop ignoring the plight of my clients and force them to take action show the ski altie

paris. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro as a script and attempt on his life drones carrying explosives detonated near him while he was addressing troops in caracas. i didn't know that a good little. innocent. president my daughter was unharmed and slowly moved to safety of those seven soldiers were injured but the venezuelan government says it's already detained some of those behind the assassination plot my daughter has also flung blame at neighboring colombia which denies any involvement calling the accusations baseless an armed group called the flannel soldiers claims it carried out the attack. turkey has vowed to retaliate against the u.s. after washington imposed sanctions on two officials in ankara over the detention of american pastor and troop brunson earlier turkey rejected a u.s.

request to let him come back to his homeland he is currently under house arrest in turkey. you know we've shown patience but the step america has taken does not fit to step taken towards a strategic partner in america has shown serious disrespect to go to turkey on wednesday at the trumpet ministrations slapped economic sanctions on two senior turkish officials and said any property they have in the united states will also be blocked in response turkey has said it will introduce sanctions of its own targeting the u.s. secretaries of justice and the in syria besides freezing their assets ankara says those targeted will also be prevented from doing business with turkey well the pastor at the center of the dispute is andrew bronson he was detained and twenty sixteen in connection with an attempted coup against president of the ones a government that year he's accused of espionage and assisting terrorist groups a deal between the u.s. and turkey to secure the evangelical pastors release broke down last month brunson

was then transferred to house arrest over health concerns but he's still facing thirty five years in jail if found guilty and that's led to a heated dispute between the u.s. and turkey president heir to juan and the turkish government i have a message on behalf of the president of the united states of america release pastor andrew bronson now or be prepared to face the consequences of approaching us with this kind of threatening language will not benefit anyone it is not suitable to use such language against a country like turkey which is still cooperating with nato to the highest level but we have learned a lot of problems with the and there are americans and turkey where this brownson issue will be a tribal issue and now americans try to oppress turkey you know to the object things this is the specter of the hell out of the problems with the in america and

turkey especially. and also may go. there are many combat. ideas. fighters in syria why does the passer bronson is really important for americans we can not understand that maybe because this is related to. american elections coming elections in november but india and turkey you know were exempt from any country this is integral to the country and we have you know there's a d.p. story in there and i think they will negotiate with the americans and they will. find a solution thanks for joining us here for the weekly for this hour here on r.t. international but it's been a busy week for worldwide headlines i hope to see you in half an hour for the next weakling.

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dates you in arizona and our heroes have spent the night in the parking lot of their new favorite restaurant. steven looks ahead to the future while max brings the pilgrimage party to one of the biggest party schools in the nation and. we're going to cause america. talk about america. back. how are you you know i am. you could trust me i was the president i think that if it was just for the record abraham lincoln did

not look like that he kept us may look at it. people have all the warmth for a blink and i see that in their faces so you know i and other. abraham lincoln exactly now i'm going around your founding fathers i'm one of the most important i'm on your find don't know yet now i am an american a while so asked me what went on when i was president there was a civil war going on a very contentious a lot of anger but every sold out concert in correlate that. is far as the liberals and conservatives just want to put a little bit of us some political disputes of knowing north korea but a little bit of russia also all right what's going on leisure they were launching a plane back on monday yeah well the currently we're all friends of. the liberals on trying to say that we reveal much to trump and all the liberals of the

russian liberals and we're cool that russia is not right and then russia pissed because they did not read the luncheon right and that now they're on our no they're well i have todd lincoln my son to school them from time to time for stealing up oh i know i know i read a. young tot he died tragically young man is trying to mind it really upset my life i have a lost the serval. so some liberals are saying that russia has something to do with the election yet but yet they think that hillary didn't win because they bring the election that's my trump one really doesn't make sense doesn't. it. stephen heads back inside cafe pino to meet with a regular customer who's running for the senate from the state of arizona. and. stephen baldwin. thank you for coming in.

so arizona is. in my heart i did a t.v. show called the young round. the western. e.v.c. stanleys the t.v. show of the pony express so i thought we were going to shoot a pilot and there was no way this thing was going to serious three years we do it and it was a blessing it's really cool. in tucson another five years. going to two los angeles . and what's really horrible so i'm here for sure we should still. early want to tell you. there's a difference between if you were born a muslim or so tell me that story. of. oh no this is how you know it's just my brain to calibrate what i want to ask you because it would be very

different if you were born into the muslims than if you married me in this and so i don't know. me there but. grew up in arkansas and the first thing i learned about islam was in the sixth grade social studies class and learned about world culture and i learned that in the middle east all the women were property and walk two steps behind the men and then in seventh grade we learned about world religions and then after every chapter of my teacher would say i was in public school but my teacher would say and they're going to hell and because they're not christian they don't believe in jesus and so when we got to islam it was. it was muhammad is. seriously so in college i started meeting people who were middle eastern exchange students and i was and still am a minister and the. police would go up to them and tell them how awful they were that they beat their wives and they didn't believe in jesus so i was trying to convert them to christianity and they would explain to me well no that's not what

islam says i mean some people are bad to women but islam is and and we do believe in jesus in fact we have an entire chapter on the mother of jesus of how he was born and all of his miracles so then i start. learning more about islam and the more i studied it the more i liked it and it spoke to me. before that you're a christian. that's amazing that's an amusing testimony. and for me i didn't change religion's i expanded on my understanding of my relationship with god isn't just killing overeating so you. know he's very important profit and teacher in islam. because what's fascinating is here sits two individuals from two totally different walks of life i'm a guy that was a dumb jock from long island new york whose dad was

a public school teacher and football coach i grew up on a friday night lights fighting every weekend drunk. and yet there's things i know about your face now. and things you know about my face and the things you know about your faith based on the fact that you know things about my faith and yet. you choose. to trust to the truly is just interpretation a lot just means god in arabic just like a law is not the god of the christian god if you read the koran it's all the same prophets i mean look at abraham and absent the same god everybody then sure they got the message right so the almighty. is the same father. only called according to the motion of the same god but we don't believe that god had a child and that jesus was a miracle birth but that did not make him these eight on the sand dead on

a child of god anymore than it made the rest of us that were all children of god. and and but it being the same entity yes we believe it's the same entity the same prophets this isn't even the same stories just as some details changed. you know i bet you were a lot more similar than we realize while stephen is being schooled on the second largest religion in the world. max is well. below us big. time and he's not a blink in. my driveway i my five and the american dream is still alive i i don't know what to say about that honestly because it's just an american dream good so to me subject and honestly my parents. were. going to give me an education.