no idea what if he's doing on vacation but she will be back in september. to french opposition leader reacts furiously to finding his name on a list of suspicious twitter accounts forcing him to declare he is not a russian. netherlands or reels from the shock suicide of an anti immigration party politician who claimed he was raped by a muslim gang last year also ahead. two palestinians are killed and more than two hundred injured in the latest flare up on the israel gaza border soldiers opened fire after rioters hurled explosives and broke through the fence.

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us now french opposition leader and former presidential candidate. has hit back at suggestions he is part of a russian online dissent from ation campaign hey stupid spook i'm not a russian but it's just me who tweets against you. appeared on a list of accounts showing increased twitter traffic in the wake of the scandal surrounding president micron's former bodyguard r t shall dubinsky explains why some people drew the link to russia. well a huge outcry here in france so many people on twitter who thought that they had been labeled as russian boats that's because they were named in a twitter list which looked at the number of people who had tweeted about the but

now a skate scandal here in france some of them even decided to use it as a badge of honor and actually added they. bought their russian bought numbers then twitter accounts now this came out after the banana scandal which was a former security aide to president mike brown who was filmed actually assaulting protesters doing may day now because of that many people were treating about it and an engineer based in belgium this information lab actually decided to analyze the people who were tweeting about that well they published a list of the accounts that it tweeted the most about this particular scandal and the mainstream media here in france immediately decided that the frenzy around that scandal had been caused by not just any votes but russian votes not so those says e.u. just in the mation law which says that the study wasn't even about russian votes we

did not modify the conclusions of our study a lot of media reported that we studied 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 engineer 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 the supposed russian votes of which thousands of people appeared on a list now these. they released included thousands upon thousands of people from france who had been tweeting about the panellists and they were around four million tweets what it showed is that only a tiny fraction around six hundred fifty accounts were from people which they

described as being in the russian style sphere that is basically journalists like myself who were brought to see my colleagues and people who have perhaps retreated contant in the past never did it say that we were russian but of course the mainstream media felt that somebody had to be to blame for this scandal which president himself described as being a storm in a teacup and what's the point in letting the truth get in the way of telling a story. meanwhile the belgium based ngo which had carried out the research has said it gets financing from twitter to put that in context the last autumn twitter banned r t from advertising on the platform it then diverted the revenue it had received from r t two research on how the network is used to during all actions twitter has also decided to take the one point nine million dollars we are projected to have global advertising and donate those funds to support external

research into the use of twitter in civic engagement and elections when depended journalist luke rivera believes that the researchers are working under political pressure. i think that rushing through to try to satisfy the politicians on both side of the atlantic's they see this as a problem they have to deal with it but for them freedom liberty on twitter is for twitter the best thing for their uses so they had to they were under pressure from the european union in this case state they had to do something and they dedicated one hundred twenty five thousand euro to the. countermeasures let's say to challenge the russian this information you could call it the embryo of the propaganda machine of the european union and i'm sure many people many national politicians when they hear about this trip to story are really furious that's the

reason behind this. the suicide of an anti immigration politician in the netherlands has caused nationwide shock before her death villa deal claimed she had been kidnapped and raped by a group of muslims are europe correspondent peter oliver has more tributes and messages of condolence to the family of former dutch party for freedom council of illy dale have been flooding in from across the political divide in the netherlands the fifty three year old former representative in the hague took her own life on wednesday after publishing a video on social media in which she claimed to have been the victim of a kidnap and rape back in twenty seventeen ordered by a political opponent clothes and. i in i. i i in the video misdeal claims 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 a former party for freedom member who quote hated her intensely. in a statement to r.t. the dutch police said that although they had spoken to ms deal no formal complaint was made nor were there satish and details given to warrant starting an investigation the mayor of the hague expressed her sorrow at miss deals death saying her passing touched her very much and that the city had lost a committed and passionate councillor dutch prime minister mark said he was shocked and expressed his sympathy towards her family and party the party for freedom leader good villages said he was lost for words at the death of a colleague he called warm and always particularly willing to help young people in politics recent an interview request to two village deals a former colleague who she accused of organizing the sexual assault we are waiting

to hear back from him. two palestinians have been killed in the latest clashes on the israel gaza border more than two hundred others were injured and crowds have been rallying at the border fence each friday for the past four months in a so-called great march overturn more than one hundred fifty civilians have been killed since then according to the palestinian health ministry now the latest flare up of followed two days of rocket fire between hamas and israel the journalist who dari was at the latest protest. hundred meters away from chanting slogans against israelis. and others. and then there. was.

the israeli this is. the scene in protesters. the policy protesters have been burning tires to the bridge and of they certainly snipers that there israeli forces continue to use live ammunition or scores of the kids have been injured at least five are in severe critical condition into what i saw today and according to all of the injuries. i have to tell you that the tear gas that being thrown today is a new complication on the palestinians palestinians are complete is advocating summing up the twentieth friday of the great march of return a palestinian prime minister was killed while one hundred ten were injured forty the french yuri's were treated in the medical point seventy were treated in the hospitals and transferred directly to the hospitals where their injuries were not

easy five paramedics were injured in palestinian journalist was also. the numbers date and shot went indicate how the israeli forces continue their violence i got the palestinians for the twentieth friday live ammunition and tear gas have been filling the place. since the beginning of the protest protest would continue and the israelis today also use tank shelling on the protesters. israeli military says its soldiers opened fire in self-defense after protesters threw explosives and successfully infiltrated israel's territory. an online campaign has been launched targeting the b.b.c. the hash tag b.b.c. switch off is now trending in the u.k. with people accusing the corporation of political bias and one of the key accusations centers around the b.b.c.'s treatment of opposition the labor party.

has faced constant questions over alleged anti-semitism in the party supporters say the b.b.c. has not given the same attention to conservative politician boris johnson he is under fire over a newspaper column for which he is being accused of making islamophobia comments about face veils backers accusing the b.b.c. of shifting to the right. we put the claims to the b.b.c.

which responded by saying it's proud to be the most trusted news provider and cost audiences of forty pence a day here's some of the reaction we got earlier on r t u k. they perceive the b.b.c. is maybe shooting one person what i would say is that it's without question and indeed the b.b.c. has more or less tacitly admitted this on occasion that they have a strong liberal bias in terms of the main issues of our time i think that's absolutely undeniable i mean or whether it's on migration but the results certainly on brooks said whether it's on climate change they have tended towards a certain viewpoint and i would say this without question the fact that that makes it a bias organization the problem with this campaign is it in a way is beside the point but i would say that the main thing is that the b.b.c. particularly for example since the referendum vote has shown its colors so obviously in so poorly i think there's no question that is bias the reality is that

the b.b.c. if you look at the broadcasters in terms of andrew neil who is the chairman and editor of the spectator magazine you look at robbie gibbs who is the former. former head of b.b.c. political output is now to resume is director of communication you look at craig oliver who was down in streets under david cameron's chief of communication was actually head of programming at the b.b.c. so this idea this notional idea that the b.b.c. is some left wing entity is plainly false it's actually many times pandering to those on the right who talk about pandering you know there was a case just this week where the b.b.c. actually had to withdraw something which they admitted was biased it was aimed at children fourteen to sixteen year olds and it was about migration the history of migration into britain it was so bias it was almost laughable and the b.b.c. actually had to withdraw it all because there were so many protests peter if you

look at your record and you look at the record of your party in the chair i'm not talking about odds are you well i'm not it is i want the melody to receive. your senators are accusing their government of being complicit in civilian deaths in yemen by arming saudi arabia etc saudi air strikes hit a school bus killing twenty nine children so far the state department has refused to condemn the incident. we called the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry then the data for targeting to the saudis so that. sorry no lie wrong is that wrong sorry these ladies every hear laughing. and that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states video of the aftermath shows the extent of the children's injuries

please be warned what we're about to show you is upsetting to watch another strike occurred in the north of the country which is under the who. rebels control saudi arabia launched an intervention against them in two thousand and fifteen the latest un data says the majority of people killed in the conflict and died as a result of coalition air strikes over ten thousand fatalities 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 and the united states is by far the largest supplier of weaponry to the saudis and also provides targeting assistance for riyadh to air strikes and a military drills last year saudi arabia spent seven hundred fifty million dollars on training by american specialists which it claimed was implemented to reduce

civilian casualties and the second largest arms supplier to the saudis is the u.k. anti-war activist chris nine am believes the british government needs to halt the exports. it needs to be in the names oneself so you're right it should be complete diplomacy right from saudi right to the should be against british forces like she should be a britain rather than. polluting the world should join with the un even condemning it and demanding an end to it and to moaning diplomatic solutions more generally up and it needs to be shot changing because for want to see. in terms of the middle east because the light from saddam the mahdi the west philadelphia and school the coalition should raise the money and don't trump the other western countries is stocking up on a potential we should look beyond itself the turkish lira has it nosedived after

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made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath 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. welcome back this is our team international and the russian prime minister dmitri medvedev has warned that if the u.s. adopts a new sanctions bill in september targeting russian banks it will be considered an act of economic war that's after a separate round of u.s. sanctions was passed this week over the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei screwball and his daughter in britain back in march. yes there was

a possibility 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 and or if necessary any other measures. the latest u.s. sanctions will limit investment and exports especially on a number of national security goods including the energy and tech sectors the second wave has yet to be approved by congress it could be much harsher hitting the banking sector and the government bonds and you just have to take a look now 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 it's 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 salt reporting washington says it has determined that russia used a military nerve agent to attack form a double agent say scott paul and his daughter where are you getting the conclusion that her she's behind the screen poisoning i would 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 is 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 she 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 isn't 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're almost in point more sanctions it's time that we get all the evidence but my suspicion is that as i'm going to happen all the way that seems a valid till interest to washington which is found 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 the torso 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 and attempted. shooting relate to the united states will make

a choice either turkey or either the coup blooded terrorists or turkey a country of democracy. or how about the american officials who they are a in extremis grip then wish i had the coke bombs the headquarters of the islamic republic party there is a viable opposition to the rule. and that 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 say that group to form into al-qaeda the people we are fighting today we funded twenty years ago. does america dealing with a spot 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 switching gears now president trump has announced a doubling of u.s. medal tariffs on turkey a key nato ally. i have just authorized a doubling of tariffs on steel and on the menu with respect to turkey is their currency the turkish lira slides rapidly downward against our very strong dollar and the mini moon now be twenty percent and still fifty percent our relations with turkey are not good at this time. this comes amid a growing standoff between turkey and the us washington hasn't been angered by turkey's refusal to release a jailed american pastor accused of involvement in a failed coup two years ago also at loggerheads over turkey's purchase of russian missile defense systems and also their conflicting strategies in the war against islamic state in syria and iraq. which the u.s. tariffs sent to the turkish lira into freefall and president has urged to citizens

to defend their currency. change the euros the dollars and the gold that you are keeping but if you are pillows into lira banks this is a domestic and national struggle. the turkish lira has lost half its value against the dollar since two thousand and seventeen and as you heard president after one has urged turkish savers to sell their u.s. dollars but turkey analyst. cowen believes people are unlikely to heed that call. only in two weeks the turkish lira last experience the devaluation that came to the level of forty percent or more so i don't know if many people even if they really like the president can survive this new friend many people are selling their turkish euros in order to buy u.s. dollars in order to maximize the interests and to have profits of course in the social media we have also seen some propaganda videos. president had once

said and many people even burned they are dollar bank notes so we can not talk about a uniform. form from turkey if if i am not mistaken the bank sector in the construction sector will be affected from this immediately many people may lose their jobs at the route between washington and starting to affect their military ties within the nato alliance a group of turkish lawyers is seeking arrest of several u.s. soldiers stationed at the in bay air base in southern turkey the group accuses them of ties with tulo goole in a turkish cleric living in the us who are considered to be a terrorist now the lawyers are calling for all flights from the base to be grounded so

a search can be carried out the leader of the group mohamed spoke to r.t. . if it was let's go to we have filed a petition demanding the arrest of twelve members of the u.s. military stationed at the nato run into lake eyre basin for ties to fit suited terrorist organizations and we have serious evidence against them even more american officials may face charges the investigation proceeds the united states makes crown with allegations and imposes arbitrary sanctions in other countries while demanding that the rest of the world comply with them. either does it for me i'll be back in about thirty three and a half minutes with a full look at your news you're watching the international. i ask who's going to see the grad students who do this is the thing you did yeah.

says time is problem. was i. will spread it out because the cause of death was. slow. this is my love hate relationship with the united kingdom i'm one hand the a lot of it because it's shambolic and fraudulent. and but he got it because thousands tens of thousands of people had their lives destroyed by r.b.s. .

this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm part children thank you for joining us coming up today we take a look at the debt of the united states with jeffrey ball the president and founder of harbor financial plus what are the costs of those uncontrollable wildfires in california artie's the toughest reports from california and we take a look at the business side of those horrific facilities which housed houses a kind word separated families with human rights activists and tar davidson plus if you thought cutting taxes was over for the trumpet ministrations well think again we'll talk about what's next with american university professor donald williamson all that ahead but first we hit a few headlines and the tropics ministration has moved yet again on the terror front this time targeting turkey president trump tweeted this morning that he had authorized a doubling or. previously in the tariff one aluminum and steel to ten and fifty percent respectively on turkish imports of those key industrial metals mr trump's

tweet also referenced the turkish lira slide the lira is a value on currency trading markets fell over eighteen percent as measured against the dollar after president said quote we are facing economic attacks today and we need to defend our country prompting mr trump's tariff raising tweet bloomberg reported this morning that the turkish lira is now the worst performing currency of twenty eight edging out the argentine peso and it may have farther to fall as the end of the easy credit era continues to deflate the turkish economy mr trius latest international confrontation was prompted by the white house imposition of sanctions on turkish officials over the case of a u.s. pastor who has been charged with complicity in a coup attempt against mr heir to watch. and other currency and sanctions news in the region next door to turkey the value of the russian ruble is seguing has hit a two year low likely under pressure from u.s. sanctions related to poisoning of an alleged former russian spies thirty scriptural and his daughter the u.s.

and some allies accuse russia of complicity in the attack while russian currency tends to have some small seasonal wobble in august the start declined seems to clearly reflect real and growing difficulties for the russian economy. and more russian trade news the russian aluminum giant roussel also american subsidiary that we've talked about before was granted an exemption from trump administration tariffs well now that exemption has been revoked sol america has granted a request exemption on their twentieth attempt in july the exemption process allows for other companies to challenge such requests and the congress department says they noted no objection at the time of the approval but that changed the new york times now reports that after democrat suggested the exemption was granted due to a personal request to mr trump from russian president vladimir putin commerce officials reviewed the record and dust covered that a u.s. aluminum company had intended to object but failed to properly note it on paper the exemption process.