police in london confirm they're treating a car crash in westminster as a terrorist incident after a vehicle smashed into security barriers outside parliament during the morning rush hour. also this hour a highway bridge collapses in the northern italian city of genoa sending vehicles plunging one hundred meters with thirty five people confirmed dead. and the latin american news outlet is blocked on facebook for the second time in two thousand and eighteen raising questions over freedom of speech on the social media platform. i warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r.t. h.q.

in moscow thanks for tuning in this hour. police in london have confirmed that they are treating a car crash outside parliament as a terror attack the vehicle crashed into security barriers after injuring cyclists and pedestrians during tuesday morning rush hour the driver was detained by armed police who rushed to the scene the suspect who is now in police custody on suspicion of terror offense offenses has been identified as a twenty nine year old british citizen he is not believed to have been previously known to british intelligence and is thought to be from the city of birmingham in the english midlands the head of the u.k.'s counterterror unit says the suspect is currently not cooperated but police are now searching three addresses in the region here's video of police responding to the incident. was.

at around seven thirty am local time a silver hatchback drove at full speed through the westminster area before crashing into barriers outside the houses of parliament if not for parliament summer recess this would normally be a bustling government area though with iconic landmarks nearby like big ben and westminster abbey it's always very popular with tourists police have now lifted the cordon but with the area already having been the scene of previous attacks m.p.'s are now considering closing the road outside parliament to vehicles tuesday's instant left three people injured two were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries extra officers have since been patrolling the streets of england scotland

and wales and the government's cobra emergency response committee met this afternoon to discuss the incident and to see a chicken out reports from westminster we are as close as physically possible to the houses of parliament that area is now cordoned off as you can see behind me while police now investigate what it is exactly that happens what we do know is about twenty minutes before eight in the morning what is being described as a silver ford fiesta cyclist and then crashed into security barriers right outside houses of parliament i gather the parliament right now is in recess so no m.p.'s were present there at the time and we know that police had arrested one man and taken him to into custody to a police station in south london where. he is being questioned according to scotland yard however this man is not cooperating with authorities quite yet this is what they had to say the driver of the fiesta he was alone in the vehicle was

arrested at the scene by armed officers who were already knew. the man is in his late twenty's and he's been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses and has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in custody. given that this appears to be. the method and this being an iconic site we are treating it as a terrorist incident and the investigation is being led by officers from the counterterrorism tonight two people were injured and taken to hospital it's understood that they're not in critical condition and are going to be fine following this attack and we've been talking to a witness here a local resident who saw it all with his own my eyes let's take a listen to how he described what happened i've seen. a call drive an erratic lead towards houses apartment and the great she hit the one of the big bore logs the barrier is did you see the man who was in the car for the rest i kind of soy i

think he was quite a doctor and the. great to see you know and he seemed quite. calm to me he didn't seem he wasn't i didn't see him i didn't hear him screaming or anything will show in and going to resist arrest is worrying because i'm a father of two young sons you know age almost seven and five and a hoffman were in i mean but. this is like this is one of this is like the number one city in the world in my prince of london you know you so many tourists come here throughout the year and you know it's beautiful weather and you know another thing i understand all the m.p.'s are on holidays. mandy's i don't know what it's all about well if confirmed by the police that this is a terrorist attack it's going to turn out to be the first one this year but unfortunately one of several have taken place recently.

you won't succeed when you want to fight us we will be cowed by terrorists. you will see over the next few days i mean crease number all. across london. the attempt to divide us much countless acts of kindness that brought people closer together. and. they continue to be visible patrols around manchester which include the deployment of offices.

in london as will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days no reason to be a law. broken. people are in a way. that is will see an increased number of the visible police officers. we discussed the incident with x. british police officer roger gray and former intelligence officer charles shoebridge. there's no question that intelligence is key to foiling sorting and alchemy even preventing these attacks taking place and in that respect for example as we've seen today if the intelligence systems fail to the extent that an attacker actually gets through to his target today it was against

a hard target but it wasn't to be a softer target in terms of civilians in the street for example tourists and so on then of course there's nothing can be done at that stage and very little can be done to actually protect them should this indeed turn out to be a terrorist attack but of course it's too early at this stage at least to speculate about today's instant and whether any of those considerations will actually apply but generally speaking of course intelligence cooperation between the different intelligence bodies and the trust that's needed between those intelligence bodies to actually share intelligence in a meaningful way and in a timely way rather than just sitting on the intelligence is absolutely vital and not just between european and other partners but between intelligence services and the police in the countries themselves including as it's been a problem in the past in the united kingdom to there's a danger of overreaction as well london is congested enough as it is it toyman if we start adding more thought of no go zones that were let's go to become worse but

also we don't want to give any terrorist or the process any sense of success in incurring us into doing one thing or the other the result of their actions so it's something that should be considered but why very carefully. a major highway bridge has collapsed in the northern italian city of genoa sending vehicles plunging one hundred meters emergency services say thirty five people are confirmed to have been killed including a child. it will stay breached like the general ones will be highly patched on or there we

are when he is slowing but the problem is that the concrete that is would be probably already cracked and the or solutions dog or natural we blow we fully release the risk of breeder fracture or failure of this kind of fracture of the a sudden and highly destructive maintenance of such that we should be used is highly costly there works. for the maintenance and where the problem is he sent but apparently it was unpredictable on a such router structure they're going to be managed by doing and the seizure that would be orderly so was afterward and rebuilt. the latin american news channel tell us our has been removed from facebook for the second time this year and the outlet is not alone and being sidelined by some the social media giant artist and hawkins looks into a possible new trend of censorship. a news outlet activist all radio host band

a social media platform for violating terms of use some familiar nowadays just as one scandal over suspending or banning subsides another one brews this time it's the latin american news channel tell us stood that's been on the receiving end of a facebook blackout and not for the first time back in january this year the news outlet temporarily disappeared from facebook allegedly due to an internal mistake on the platform today though things got more serious your page jealous or english has been removed for violating our terms of use telesur a say they received no further explanation of why exactly their page was removed they see this incident as no coincidence but rather a pattern of censorship by social media giants now in case you're wondering this isn't a case of deja vu just last week in fact in four was an alternative to the controversial

media platform run by alex jones was also banned by you tube our poll and facebook for violating policies and terms of use now what do these have in common and independent platform criticized for spreading all right conspiracy theories and a left leaning channel publicly funded by venezuela cuba bolivia. and seemingly diametrically opposed views the answer is both a critical of the american establishment war lobby and global regime change both have now faced bans during the battle against fake news conducted by facebook along with its new partners such as the digital forensic research lab now this is an offshoot of the atlantic council think tank in turn a member of the atlantic treaty organization although formally independent of nato and washington openly sharing both their values and speakers fighting fake news is a noble cause terms of use platforms individua. violet and expect

a band increasingly though the question will be asked is it violating social media policies or violating mainstream consensus and prevalent narratives that can really land you in hot water. we asked facebook to comment on why they banned the outlet so far they've chosen not to respond but we're now joined live by touching on the role of the english multimedia director for tell us our welcome to the program now tells her is banned from facebook for the second time we understand this year and this time you had a very good explanation of for violating terms of use are you aware at all of what exactly they objected to. hi thank you for having me no we're not aware and we didn't get an explanation we're going to mean you know yesterday afternoon saying that our page was removed and this e-mail that we were we were violating the terms of use but it didn't we don't consider that an explanation since we've doing got a reason or we are they didn't explain how in what way were we violating supposedly

violating the terms of use not a specific and that we posed not a specific article or nothing so we're still waiting for more the terms we answer back and we got an answer saying they were there in generics were checking in the case but. that was it. now recently also in for worse was also put banned from facebook both in for wars and tell us or are critical of the u.s. establishment and show the alternative to the mainstream narrative do you think that this has something to do with the blocks that we've seen. well certainly we don't want to speculate but what it brings this remove brings like. alarm about how facebook works and how lacking like any instructors to help them and to hold them into accountable and for many outlets have already

been for years and this is how it works like because they're leaving us out of facebook and out of they let in for who are as well so this means they are kind of deciding we are in. same category but we like before this happened like we were not asking this question about how similar we were to him for like what i mean. is that it's them who are stylish in what can be in our out and but they're not providing like greece and so it is arming. hope with a mistake we're still hoping for them to apologize for this mistake but if it's not we're going to prepare a response and we do think it's alarming and a bit scary that facebook could be yeah a place where. are a span and where some voices are not allow. so in that case do you think that this

move could be defined as censorship. we don't want to speculate yet sorry told you before we're we're still hoping for it to be a mistake and for them to apologize but if not of course there's a lot of censorship we can't announce that yet but we are like alert. is there any chance that this ban will force your company to change anything. i mean no no because we we're not doing anything different from what we have been doing since the beginning of our english outlet. in in facebook so we were aware of the terms of use when we started and we were not violating this terms and we would like change the way our perspective is and the covers we do for this not an inch. but i sure hope that you get a response from facebook and can get that page back up to. tell us our english

multimedia director of think you so much for joining us on the program. thank you for having me. taliban militants have overrun a military base in northern afghanistan killing seventeen soldiers that's as the u.n. has confirmed over one hundred civilians were killed in the latest clashes between the taliban and afghan forces in the city of god locals who managed to flee the area described what they've been through. many people including the one of my neighbors were killed there i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during an airstrike last night in the province oh no not at all i have escaped from gaza province where the fighting is still ongoing it's been about five days since the conflict started but there's no attention from the government and no facilities for the residents dead bodies are still on the road sides i've also been injured. now the city of grozny has long

been considered a strategic area due to its close proximity to the capital fighting there escalated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm gusty and take control taliban fighters have been blocking the roads in and out of the city to prevent the afghan military getting reinforcements ilia to try to go look at how almost two decades of the american led war in afghanistan has failed to make the country any safer. this is what's happening just a little more than one hundred kilometers from the capital kabul there's barely a camera in gaza any available to film this dreadful battle locals say there are stronger descriptions than simply the tele bed is back in action and if it wasn't for u.s. air strikes the afghan army could have been in far worse trouble so it makes you wonder do american diplomats and their military keep in touch there is nothing that

precludes us from gauging with the taliban we're doing everything we can to ensure that our actions help the taliban and the afghan government does the same table everything they can only a few weeks ago the state department said talking with the taliban was a good idea and regardless of how hostile their actions the extremists say they're forward to this is what we wanted and were waiting for to sit with the us directly and discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistan the rumor is there's already been some direct contact at least we know for sure alice wells went to qatar last month where the taliban's got a political office i'm confused the armed group has all but regained its might which not so long ago are in them a reputation of outright islamist barbarians in america and pretty much all over

the world we acted and the taliban no longer is in power in afghanistan which is not only good for the security of the free woad it is incredibly good for the people who suffered in afghanistan on the barbaric rule. time flies us administrations common go fair enough but the things the people in charge say about insurgents today could be totally different tomorrow taliban this taliban that the taliban are fighting isis and we encourage that because isis needs to be destroyed. oh so they're good for something at least if it's about knocking out islamic state yet just a few months earlier general nicholson said the taliban's fight against dyess was a piece of russian propaganda we see here a narrative that's being used that grossly exaggerates the number of isis fighters here this narrative then is used as a justification for the russians to legitimize the actions of the taliban and

provide some degree of support complicated hol of ghana's stan business as usual and the american strategy for afghanistan see above the american strategy a strategy from the beginning of the so-called war on terror which was launched after the september eleventh attacks as this war has turned out to be an utter failure. you know i was we all know was in a stronger position than it ever was in two thousand and one. so and so i think it's proof that the u.s. has been pursuing a wrong strategy in defeating terrorism on the contrary i think that the u.s. involvement up until now when the focus on military force in the region has the growth of terrorism the taliban is not just pulling out a gun it's firing it it could be time for the pentagon and the state department to hunt for ideas together and be more precise. more than

twenty five thousand refugees have returned to syria in the past four months authorities say that people have been coming back since victory over terrorist groups there was no interest on the met some of the returning. to the border between syria and lebanon which is literally some two kilometers away from here is expected to become a major flood gate for those whose home sickness has turned into something big going to the actual return home right now we are one out of five ports of entry established by the syrian. government as they welcome its citizens whole like there were many things to run from terror. pointless and unspeakable brutality but now there's one homeland i know we suffered from terrorism for three years and eight months all kinds of weapons were used against us but we stood firm and did not give up and kept fighting until we were transferred here the terrorists who are

against life itself against peaceful citizens women and children it was very difficult for us to leave but the terrorists were living in good conditions come to the terrorists left my city so i decided to return because it is safe there now i learned my town in syria is safe and that is why i decided to return with my family the government has promised to restore infrastructure in a modest scale from hospitals to schools judging by the wars in this school there's a new subject on the curriculum and it's called survival from different types of landmines to improvised explosive devices and just simply objects that kids should be aware of this is what children in this school will be taught about when it opens this september but not everyone will be welcomed back to revive a peaceful existence here like the white house hailed as a rescue organization by the west damascus isn't looking forward to their return

syria's living abroad who have committed nothing against their i mean you know citizens should feel nothing at all the government would ensure their safety and those who chose to flee the country should have committed a heinous crimes. which made them very afraid of staying in the country so the white helmets are criminals and they should be treated this way there are many displaced syrians who are being warned against getting ready to come home just yet we think that it's premature. to promote returns serious still very insecure there's still a lot of lore going on in syria even though out of the seven million people that escape the conflict almost equals the rule of them to come back to syria but there will be no hope rebuilding the country from the west far to do over to be a particular western countries should support the return of syrian citizens and

lift economic sanctions against syria because people who want to return need schools hospitals food and shelter for their families the e.u. and the us have been and when we say the e.u. we must remember is britain is the driving force of the policy towards towards syria what britain and us led in you following along in its wake have since twenty eleven made it their policy to destroy syria to destroy the syrian government by any means necessary to facilitate a train and equip a sectarian brutal sectarian insurgency that laid waste to the country their policy has been to make syria uninhabitable and their policy remains to ensure that it stays uninhabitable so syrian refugees in europe absolutely caught between well a rock and a hard place is putting it very very mildly on the one hand they have the e.u.

then the us still continuing to enact this policy of making their own country uninhabitable and then in the same time you have this growing fascist street movement in. in the e.u. that's actually has even influence over for example the british government whose policy is to basically make europe uninhabitable for their hatred towards assad unites a lot of syrians who chose to flee their country well now at least judging by the promises the syrian government seems to be extending an olive branch to those who seek to do no more damage done of reporting. from syria fog see. that's our breakdown of the day's top stories for now but keep in mind you can always find us on all of your favorite social media platforms for up to the minute reports.

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