a french opposition leader has found his name on a list of suspicious twitter accounts and mocked the suggestion that he's a russian bot. the netherlands reels from the stock suicide of an anti immigration party politician who claimed she'd been raped by a muslim gain last year. and disturbing video from yemen leaves humanitarian groups and the public stunned with the appalling saudi coalition air strike on a school bus in yemen the rape claimed the lives of twenty nine children with thirty more injured. this is our team from national coming to you live from the russian capital where

it's just turned six pm welcome to the program. we start with these live pictures we're getting from the gaza strip where there are protests over the recent spike in violence between israel and palestine people have come out despite israel and hamas militants reaching a ceasefire agreement following two days of trading heavy fire you can see people at the border throwing objects and also burning tires they've done that in the past to obscure the vision of the i.d.f. soldiers who have often used live fire against the protesters. french opposition leader and former presidential candidate john look most shong has hit back angrily at suggestions that he's part of a russian online dissent from ation campaign after appearing on a list of supposedly suspicious twitter accounts hey stupid spook i'm not a russian but it's just me who tweets against you. although not directly accused of

being a russian but known sean has appeared on a list of accounts showing increased twitter traffic in the wake of the assault scandal surrounding present micron's former bodyguard enter the inference being moscow is pulling the strings they're also on that list as our paris correspondent charles dubin charlotte tell us more. well there's been this huge cry here in france from people who think that they've been accused of being russian boss and accused of meddling in that but now a gate scandal which ingolf france over the last month or so now this is all relating to the fact that a new from belgium released a report in which it was looking at the twitter accounts of people who treated about that scandal involving a former security aide to president matt corn and it basically digested the number of occurrences and the number of people a number of times that they had tweeted about that scandal now the french media

took a step or two fall on the mainstream media here in france decided that these hyperactive accounts that it perhaps treated hundreds of things about you know like gates were in fact not releases they were russian thoughts and they were the ones who were stooping the fire and stoking up the discontent about this scandal here in france but not so says even this information this is the n.g.o.s the published reports they say the report wasn't even about potential russian thoughts. we did not modify the conclusions of our study a lot of media reported that we started and identified that there had been russian meddling that the russian state orchestrated interference in the banal a scandal we never said this the fact that. the government spokesperson immediately exploded this for political ends created this sort of hype there was never the object of our study. well the n.g.o.s even had to step

in releasing a press release to say that the mainstream media here in france had completely misinterpreted their report and it was not about these supposed russian books of which thousands of people appeared on the list now these lists they released included thousands upon thousands of people from france who had been tweeting about the banality. and they were around four million tweets what it showed is that it's heinie fraction around six hundred fifty accounts from people which they described as being in the russian spy a lot sphere that is basically journalists like myself who work for art see my colleagues and people who have perhaps retreated contant in the past never did it say that we were at school russian boats but of course the mainstream media felt that somebody had to be to blame for this scandal which president himself described

as being a tool a storm in a teacup and what's the point in letting the truth get in the way of telling a good story. in paris thank you. there shot across the dutch political spectrum as the suicide of a councillor in the hague just before her death of billy della claimed she had been kidnapped and raped by a group of muslims and accused a former party colleague of orchestrating it more details from our europe correspondent peter all over peter these are some pretty serious accusations what more do we know. well tributes and messages of condolence of the family of former party for freedom council woman. have been flooding in from across the. political divide and what we've seen is the the fifty three year old former councilwoman for the hague took her own life on wednesday that was after she posted

online a video in which she claimed that back in twenty seventeen she'd been the victim of a kidnapping rape at the order of a political opponent. was it was was i in the crux of the old couple of times it. was well later in the video she claimed that she was attacked by what she calls a muslim gang on the orders of a former political colleague who had since converted to islam the deceased claimed that a former party for freedom member. hated her intensely that was her quote the former colleague a since the night these claims via social media involved to pursue liable action in this case now r t got a statement from the dutch police in which they said that although they had spoken to ms deal though no formal complaint had been made nor were there sufficient

details given to warrant them starting an investigation of their own or the mayor of the hague. expressed her sorrow at ms deals death saying that her passing touched her very much and at the city had lost a very dear council person and a very committed politician the prime minister of the netherlands marketa said that he was shocked by the death of ms deal and expressed his sorrow towards her family and her party the party leader of the party for freedom get villagers said he was lost for words and that the world had lost a dear friend to him and also somebody who took well bringing politics towards the young very seriously and that she was now departed from this world artie's peter our banks for bringing us that report. were sent a request to ask for an interview with mr x. a colleague but he hasn't responded as of yet. u.s.

senators are accusing the government of contributing to the deadly saudi led coalition strike that hit a school bus in yemen on thursday the red cross says twenty nine children were killed and thirty others injured all under the age of fifteen the u.s. state department is calling on the coalition to investigate but underline too about saudi arabia as a key regional partner for the united states we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry in the data for targeting to the saudis so that. sorry no lie wrong is that we're sorry these ladies every hear laughing. on that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states video of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of the children's injuries please be warned that what we're about to show you is upsetting

to watch the strike hit the north of the country which is under the control of whiskey rubbles saudi arabia launched an intervention against them in two thousand and fifteen the latest u.n. data says that the majority of people killed in the conflict died as a result of coalition air strikes at around ten and a half thousand casualties in an official statement the saudis defended the attack accusing the rebels of using children as human shields. the targeting today is a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to get the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them. the united states is by far the largest supplier of weapons to the saudis and also provides targeting assistance for riyadh air strikes and military drills last year saudi arabia spent seven hundred fifty million dollars on training by american specialists which it claimed was to reduce civilian casualties and to arms trade activists morton told

us that washington and london should be shouldering more responsibility what's happened is a massacre and it can never be legitimate to kill children it's that simple questions must be asked we've seen over the course of this war on cells from washington and london to saudi arabia go up and up when i talk to people in yemen they are salute livid so angry with our governments for arming. arming saudi arabia and for providing the planes the bombs the missiles military training and diplomatic cover for the bombardment which they are living under yes it killed children but it happened in a civilian marketplace as well which is another big question why were they targeting a civilian marketplace the weapons that we are selling to saudi arabia are bombing schools they're bombing hospitals you know we're seeing the world's largest ever

cholera outbreak in yemen and that cholera outbreak is happening because the sewage the sanitation systems have been systematically targeted by british and american bombs and planes dropped by saudi arabia u.a.e. so we really have to ask yourself some questions and start putting pressure to stop this war on saudi arabia. time now for our third and final report in our series looking at the fate of children of i saw foreigners from russia medina cochon over traveled south to talk to people desperate for news of family members who pledge allegiance to the terror group. it's early morning but the office of those human rights group and brosnan is packed with women all desperate to find out any news about their loved ones many have come here from other regions of russia's north caucasus and almost all cases their relatives left russia to join i.c.l.

in syria often taking their young children with them these women are united in their quest to have one simple question answered other family members still alive there are over six hundred women and children reported missing at this human rights office and these are just some of the photos that their family members have left in a bid to locate them now alfre picture has the name date of birth and some general information on the back this is a four year old so maya and this child left russia when he was less than a year but there are so many more of them. that he said doesn't miss a single meeting held at the office she says she has already accepted that she will never see her only son again but she just hopes that her grandchildren are still

alive she brought pictures of her son's wife mariam one taken before she went to syria and another when she was over there with her son has never even seen her grandchildren and pass on both of them were born in syria and communication was lost long ago so much so that she doesn't even know the name of her granddaughter. so we all hope that it will be ok that somehow it will all be ok i just feel so sorry for the children it's so difficult when you don't know where exactly your children are and heard anything from my daughter in law in the last eight months and then i cry and i will turn thinks is this year it is so difficult i don't think i can last much longer. bens that in and tries to spend almost all her free time at this office coming here after work she listens to the women stories fills out forms and registers the newcomers her own personal tragedy brought her here to this place

three years ago her brother left home and never returned his phone was last tracked in turkey but not a trace since almost three years of silence said. it is very difficult for me now it was so close since we were kids always together went to school together to university together work together he was always around i guess after he left i feel like part of me is gone i don't leave a normal life now i just exist. was arena still believes that one day she will see her brother a life she has dedicated her life to helping others find their families twenty one russian women are currently in prison there are all of them were sentenced to life behind bars but they're there in prison with their children so now we're trying to

bring back these children it is going to be such a joy just one child for to us if i help these children maybe this might somehow help me bring my brother back home. for her search has come to its conclusion but there was a no for a retail ending she found out that her older sister aida is among a group of russian women convicted and sentenced to life in prison in iraq for joining and supporting i so she is in jail with her twelve year old daughter so while you have got out knows she will probably never see her sister again she is doing everything possible to. get her a nice back home and give her the childhood she's so clearly lost sass that she still canned food come to terms with her sister's decision.

i don't think she was looking for a better life there were building a house together our brothers gave us the land we had so many plans we planted trees there we wanted to do so much we had so much planned for the future and suddenly this happened. all these stories a tragically familiar had the set out of a who leads the search for missing people says that the real number of families in fact it is catastrophic she says their database comprises over two thousand people. that i feel irritated when i hit people say you're saving terrorists i'm deeply disturbed by that was what is this child's fault what's the fault of these children only the fact that their parents took them and they became victims of this war when you start to deal with this problem you understand these are human lives we're talking about and they are the citizens it's easy to just ignore these people there are only two official

employees working at this office the others are volunteers that help when there is time as there is not enough manpower to deal with the vast amount of people affected and every second counts we can't afford to lose time every minute cost the lives of one or two children says afterwards began to reunite families nine planes have arrived back in russia carrying a little over one hundred people just a fraction of the thousands stranded and the war torn region. reporting from russia's republic of chechnya. earlier this week we aired the first two episodes in that series about two russian sisters found in an iraqi orphanage a woman convicted to eight years in prison on terrorism charges after following her husband syria in case you missed them they are now available on our you tube channel.

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what politicians do something. to put themselves on the line. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. for something i want to reach. out to the right to be close that's what the force screen can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of politics. there should. welcome back described as the brink of a new economic war washington is seeking to further tighten sanctions on russia russian prime minister dmitry medvedev has described the proposed move over accusations about the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei screwball on his daughter in britain back in march yes it was for solution the but if it comes

to banning banking activities or certain currency use we will be able to call it a declaration of economic war and this will require a reaction by implementing economic political or if necessary any other measures. the new sanctions will come into rounds the first will limit investment and exports especially on a number of national security goods including the energy and tech sectors the second wave is expected to be much harsher as it will hit diplomatic relations as well as banking imports and this is something takes a look at how far the new penalties might go. when it comes to global disagreement sanctions that the u.s. weapon of choice as russia's number two at the u.n. put it let's us welcome the united sanctions of america well russia has been on the receiving end of plenty of them they stem from allegations of election meddling military aggression human rights abuses all cyber crimes take your pick and the latest well that's of the souls we're poisoning washington says it has determined

that russia used a military nerve agent to attack form a double agent sic a script paul and his daughter where are you getting the conclusion that russia is behind the screen poisoning i will leave it to others to characterize the current state of our understanding of the screen but others haven't given any evidence either just various grades of highly likely it's highly likely that russia was responsible we do hold russia culpable culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder and there's been uncertainty from specialists investigating the case. as analysis of the p.c. w.'s report i did to find the country. of origin of the agent used in this attack and we continue to see a sort of a series of corporate baggers here of insinuation that russia is involved which basically is a mood music which is feeding the population in the west with the idea yes it is

the russians despite the evidence just a constant constant stream of these. people just accept oh yes it must be the russians therefore that's ok we have asked him point more sanctions it's time that we did get all the evidence but my suspicion is that some going to happen although that seems a village still interest to washington which has found moscow guilty slapped it with new sanctions and strangely given its ninety days to prove it wasn't involved or it will ratchet up the penalties to a whole new level with even talk of branding russia a state sponsor of terrorism that regardless of trump. wanting russia as a partner in his fight against terror and just doesn't seem to matter that the u.s. itself has a long history of consorting with groups branded as terrorists for instance america's support for the movement which techie label to terror groups organizing an attempt to. sooner or later the united states will make

a choice either to. either the bloody. democracy. all how about the american officials who backs the arraignment stream this group then wish i had the. bombs the headquarters of the islamic republic party there is a viable opposition to the rule of the. opposition is centered in this room. and let's not forget how america stood alongside the afghan wish i had been in its battle against the soviet union only to see that group to form into al-qaeda the people we are fighting today we funded twenty years ago. does america dealing with these five and groups amount to sponsoring terrorism while the state department has a good answer for that i will leave it to others to characterize the current state of our understanding. us democrats are looking for

a new tool to counterfeit news all morning they want facebook to share data on its users so they can then be fed what they say is the right information party chiefs at the d.n.c. have frequently accused russia of deploying all line distant from nation to try and influence voters in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election who are trying go take a look at what's in the plan. it's ok not as great as we want who might you hear that from a teacher checking your rest say your gym coach boss or a senior technology officer for the democrats talking about how well the likes of facebook are cooperating with their party as if catering to the d.n.c. was on the network's mission statement what would make mr krikorian happier we would love to do is give every campaign something like the weather report to tell every campaign what is being said on social media in the morning and how they can combat it i'll explain the dems won facebook to look for people who've been fed

fakes or propaganda the network should then share that audience with the d.n.c. so that they could feed them what's accurate i.e. the right thing. the democrats are hungry for facebook data this could have been a great moment to remind you of the cambridge analytic data gate if one person if you joined the asp i would not just see your facebook profile i would see all of the facebook profiles of everybody that you're friends with and people had no idea that it was being taken in this way you know that was one massive gate but i'll remind you of something else the a bomb it seemed had a solution in place a facebook application more than one million a bomb about because you signed up for the app gave the campaign permission to look at their facebook friends lists in an instant the campaign had to wait see the hidden young vote just a little democrat trick to get hold of some user data for political gain before the

two thousand and twelve vote you never heard about it because pretty much no one cared those were the days no hash tag collusion media fallout news anchors didn't go on about a twenty four seven and some people in charge at facebook were just real fans of mr obama facebook was surprised to enable to psych out the whole social graph the. they didn't stop us once they realized that was what we were doing they allowed us to do things they wouldn't have allowed someone else to do because they were on our side should we assume the dems are still on facebook's friend list you know they've been told to sort the russian fakes out and so the has been taken measures they've just gotten rid of pages followed by hundreds of thousands of people because they're linked to russia i mean facebook's not so sure about that bit we're still in the very early stages of our investigation and don't have all the facts including him maybe behind us but remember for the democrats it's ok not as great

as we want and so i'd love to know what type of audiences were these hundreds of thousands of people because we want to talk to them or work with them come on it's just a bit of audience data that's our wrap up of today's top headlines for now thanks for tuning. you know world big partisan group has a 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 back 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.

variability never great is founded on the rapes and the murders. nothing changed so we send all response to these situations that we deal with. people get sad every day she is just sad people kill each other blood for the killing children. still is just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down by law enforcement. this country does. didn't work for us it doesn't function for us. this is can't be happening in america we call for those things we've got to deal with life is the reason i have the rat like this is the reason.

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