donald trump signs an executive order to counter foreign interference in america's elections while insisting there's never been any in the past. the russian defense ministry claims militants in syria's it live province of film the staged chemical attack and sent it to the un and circulated it online. hungary censured by fellow e.u. members for breaching the bloc values over migrants we look at other nations risk risking being on the watch list.

it's thursday september thirteenth and this is your news from r.t. international this. donald trump signed off on moves to tackle foreign interference in the us elections which he describes as a national emergency the president issued an executive order which refers to any attempt by individuals or countries to influence or alter vote results now the reason he's so concerned about all this is because a lot rides on those crucial midterm elections which are coming up this november now in the event that any meddling is proven sanctions would be imposed targeting sectors of strategic importance from fine up through to defense down to tech and transport of washington correspondents americans been taking a closer look. the order will authorize sanctions against the entities charged with election meddling this applies to a companies organizations and even individuals the term entity means a partnership association trust a joint venture corporation groups group or other organization now if they impose these sanctions will block assets limit access to the us financial system and ban

people from entering the country in the order trump admitted that no foreign power has ever successfully influence a us election but he signed the order anyway although there has been no evidence of a foreign power to ring the outcome or vote lation in any united states election foreign powers have historically sought to exploit america's free and open political system now it's also important to note that the order did not specify any country in particular the term foreign government mince any national state provincial or other governing authority and any political party or any official of any governing authority or political party in each keys of a country other than the united states these sanctions will also be imposed on anyone accused of spreading propaganda and this information and the authority determine who's been meddling has been granted to the director of national intelligence the state department the treasury department homeland security and the

justice department with forty five days to do so legally a media analyst lionel believes the executive order is vague unlike previous documents of its kind but a couple of things i want to bring up using the canons of of all american law away which i know a little bit about and whenever we look at any statute any statute law or regulation executive order p.t.d. you name it anything that is written one of the candidates that we always look to is are the behavioral are the prohibited actions are those intended. activities. yes spelled out accurately enough and with specificity enough so that you were able to read that particular executive order read the statute and comport accordingly meaning may i read this and say oh i know what to do now the next thing is sometimes we have terms void for vagueness vagueness ambiguity what is

interference and i don't want to do this the air quotes but imagine i'm doing it what is interference what is propaganda what is one team two if you have a good effect and i can come up with a lot of terms interpretations new ones if i tweak and leave the verity veracity what does this mean i don't even understand how you would even know paul i do this because normally when you look at the statute it. interference shall move this it means it does not mean this the dissemination of an idea discussion debate what is that what when any country has any discussion i think there is an effect so it's very concerned if it concerns me for vagueness and ambiguity but what it is is the u.s. presidency responding to the domestic media and any doubts that people might have

of foreign interference in the election the substance of it really is not material because there are not going to be any measure of all indications of foreign interference in the election you know with vote rigging or tampering in any event so basically this is a public relations exercise from the white house. russian military claims that extremists in syria as it led province have staged and filmed a chemical attack which they intend to blame on president assad's forces moscow says the fighters will send some of the footage to the united nations and secondly the rest online. following the filming on the evening of the same day at a joint meeting between representatives of the white helmets and terrorists. out of the nine videos from the two were approved to be sent to the us and the o.p.c. w. the rest of the material was suggested for social media because of low quality according to the russian reconciliation said to the preparations were made near the

syrian town of qana shaikh code where an alleged chemical attack took place on the fourth of april last year which claimed the filming took place in a nearby village where there's also a chemical stockpile washington's ignored warnings from russia that the self-styled syrian rescue group the white helmet to directly involved in staging the attack saying there's no evidence to support that claim and as the battle for at least province looms the u.s. is pouring troops into syria saying that if there is a chemical attack there will be a much stronger response than before jacqueline bouvier looks into how washington's approach in syria has evolved over recent years. the deeper the u.s. gets sucked into the syrian conflict the more the continuity of time seems to change when it comes to decision making in washington back in two thousand and thirteen when allegations of chemical attacks arose barack obama was still in the hot seat and time still seemed linear we intend to investigate thoroughly exactly what happened. obviously in syria right now you've got a war zone we have to make sure that we know exactly what happened what was the

nature of the incident what can we document what can we prove. our commonsense review the evidence and attack if justified later the idea that investigations require time those were the good old days but two thousand and seventeen came and times changed syrian dictator bashar. launched a horrible chemical weapons attack to gated the mystery but found no trace of a malicious plot both the u.s. and then u.s.s.r. are known to have pursued the type of weapon described in of initial reports but as of now no microwave device capable of deep frying the brain is known to exist for many scientists actually talk like this is akin to flat earth theories kind of affected speech talked about with the embassy is really a theory it's only conjecture that might involve not just measure. the

embassy as i know the only suggestion that this might be. in the e.u. institutions essentially taking away their right to have a say hungary is charged with breaking a wide array of e.u. laws but when you look at them as a group there are many member states that aren't in breach of some of the same things being levelled at budapest individuals into governments have envisaged themselves their family members difference from public funding from utopian taxpayers money bulgaria is also down there at the wrong end of the table when it comes to corruption and conflicts of interest transparency international puts them bottom of the list when it comes to e.u. member states but also down there at the wrong end of the table a countries like rumania greece italy and croatia any piece reserved a real tongue lashing for the government when it came to the rights for minorities

the council of europe's commissioner for human rights indicated that he was concerned about the deterioration of the situation as regards racism and intolerance in hungary when it comes to discrimination against vulnerable groups let's say for example here muslim migrants from north africa it's a far worse picture in the netherlands where almost. off say they've been the victim of discrimination italy and france don't fare well here either another area where hungry has crossed the line for parliamentarians arguably the biggest issue many had with viktor orban is the collision course the garion prime minister has been on with brussels over migrants we need more europe you know. i would like to raise the voice of the people all over in europe that they are full of fear we need more union in our refugee problem is not a european problem we need

a fair and just distribution the problem is a german problem it is not a problem to create a new legal situation at the borders for it to be even more free than it was but now we're hearing similar messages coming out of italy. it's over we welcome those who deserve to be welcome to receive lives we save women men and children but italy will no longer be the european refugee hungry taked to many of the boxes too many times when it came to breaches of e.u. core values and that is why any piece of voted to start article seven but what it may also there's a reminder and a wakeup call to some of those nations who also find themselves not exactly whiter than white that they could well be next peter all of r.t. . about carrying government denounced the voters fraud and called it the revenge of pro migrant politicians journalists luger of a told us that certain political forces believe it's their last chance to stop

populism advancing in europe the left is furious it's really a crisis to an incredible point as well as the liberals the globalists because they know it is their last chance to obtain that populist sop punished somehow the list grows longer you have the austrians you have the italians it didn't work it won't work and all day do is for. demised old bon bon will be reelected certainly one time comes with a big majority because he's a victim of europe the worst that europe can produce we heard yesterday and today today it was less important vote happened and that was it but the report produced by mrs sargent teenie was a green party activists from all and is israeli a piece of work and it's really incredibly aggressive in its content and she didn't even go to hungary to make this report this bullying will go nowhere you know

article seven will never be applied italy austria poland will refuse of course that this be applied at council level if not at the parliament level so they are afraid of the next parliament after the may elections that's the thing wednesday also saw another heated vote in the e.u. parliament as it moved to back new copyright rules which will have a major impact for anyone who uploads and shares material online if passed legislation could force tech giants to use filtering systems to block copyright protected content on it. don't let them take away what we love and our creativity this people know nothing about what they're doing the internet can move more people than this eat it scanned

. article thirteen will be put into practice use an automated content filtering systems good about using copyright protected material for commentary. this is madness. this legislation is now better balanced answering many of the concerns of journalists publishers and musicians whose work has been shared freely online without stiffening innovation or fundamentally changing the nature of the internet . suite thank you. thank.

her. for the superb screen. right legal terms here's what it boils down to they're called articles eleven and thirteen eleven tech giants will be forced to pay for hosting and sharing content including articles and scientific papers and it's being called

a hyperlink tax article thirteen stipulates that online platforms must filter use as opposed to ensure that unlicensed copyright material is not being shed a campaign is fair that legal content may also be blocked in the process entering free speech a final vote expected this year but the concerns are there that the rules may be adopted anyway the internet will change to a place where consumers can enjoy sharing creations in i.d.s. to an environment that used a restricted and controlled. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution here to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it the lawyer who. put

the. split needle the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. those who took part in this today over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. led. banks kaiser sign it looks like a little place a money the delicate look let's take it easy this is a central bank support diana cummings kind of call them right now and say stop the . you know world of big partners. 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. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact upon you i'm bart chilton in washington thanks for being on board coming up as a category three hurricane florence affair is down on the coast of the southeastern united states what could be the impact and what are economic and market affects of hurricanes molly barrows legal journalist that ring of fire network joins us to

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a toll on other natural food retailers artie's rachel blevins gives us the latest first we get to some of the stories topping today's headlines leading our market report the managing director of the international monetary fund christine legarde has said the currency crises in emerging markets could intersect with the u.s. china trade by exacerbating both sets of problems ms legard lamented that the cycle of threats has already begun to corrode business carpet. it's even before major economic damage has taken place she told the financial times that the u.s. china tit for tat tussle could deliver a quote shock to emerging markets but also caution that she does not yet see any signs of specific contagion problems in nations including turkey mr gard also made news on a personal career note batting away suggestions that she.