the top stories on the world can watch dog says it will discuss reinstating the russian antti dating agency as a member after it was suspended in two thousand and fifteen amid claims of state sports and cheating. also this hour more than hoffa french people polled say the u.s. is no longer a trusted ally as president micron prepares to cozy up to trump one small head of an official visit. stay four of russia's largest military drills in decades

see the seize the focus of the exercises shift from the mountains to see. today's about a little. u.s. aids empowerment program for women and afghanistan is labeled a total failure by washington's watchdog in the country. hello and welcome to r.t. international with me and they should be good to have you with us. the russian dating agency could be reinstated its almost three years offer it was suspended if the allegations of state sponsored cheating that comes off of the components review committee of the world's on t. doping agency recommended sports back the final decision will be made following a vote says day. the c.r.c.

reviewed at length a letter from the russian ministry of sport to water and was satisfied that this led to sufficiently acknowledge the issues identified in russia they are fulfilling the first of the two outstanding criteria ever sought as road map to comply and it is important for us to reinstate the next world executive meeting with the decision on september twentieth with hope believe me we did everything that we could and we all ready to further cooperate with our foreign partners to continue to work in this direction and follow common rules which are equal for all. what i was suspended as was i gave russia a list of commitments to win reinstatement the majority of which assessed russia has now fulfilled a key point has been a lack of access to data and sample stored in the mosque a lab the world on today say now says the offer of access to an independent expert would meet its criteria however the may just sticking point in the right to have

compliance has been the reports by richard mclaren stating russia run a state sponsored a pink scheme the left has called for russia to acknowledge its complicity in taping russia denies such a program ever existed but has admitted there was widespread de pain and there were issues with its anti doping system here's a look at the allegations that damning mclaren reports on alleged state sponsored doping in russia has led to many athletes being stripped of their medals and others prevented from taking part in major events including the elim pics however a few things in the report just don't add up before we break them down it's worth noting that the international olympic committee itself was not satisfied with the evidence in a letter to rich mclaren the i.o.c. ostrom more conclusive proof the document was covered with the phrase how to demonstrate almost every athlete name moreover it was a. mislead by water but in many cases the evidence provided may not be sufficient

to bring successful cases dr richard mclaren's findings were issued into pogs they claim that over a thousand russian athletes were involved in a state sponsored doping program let's meet the report's star witness. the former head of a moscow anti doping lab he's facing charges over destroying test samples. and the e-mails presented as proof of state involvement come from his own computer. russian sports officials deny the allegations but did richard mclaren consider to get their side of the story i'd made the decision that with fifty seven days to do my work i didn't have the time and they didn't seem to have the interest so i didn't do that that came after the first part of the reports issued in july twenty sixth. the second came six months later so the investigative team did eventually meet with some russian officials but not but salim the sports minister at the time of the

alleged undercover doping scheme. with. the central allegation of mclaren's record is that positive year in samples were systematically swapped for clean ones on top of that it describes how so what's next cafe granules that it's a clean sample to make the match dirty ones and trick the testers. that information came courtesy of or a chunk of. another question this raises how do you swap the samples of a high security officer which is swiss manufacturing guarantees can't be tampered with richard mclaren doesn't have an answer on how the russians did it he just says it can be done and that's enough have seen it and see that done in either inspected and it can be done in a completely uncertain we don't know how the russians did know that they can be done but despite all the questions and doubts obama. and evidence russian athletes

are being punished on and on president it's going. to we will be able to see some evidence of what they are being punished and it is not that there are some marks on the bottles because then i would be terribly afraid of giving samples. meanwhile international authorities as well as athletes have lashed out over the possibility of arrests are being reinstated even calling it a catastrophe neil harvey discuss the details with r.t. sports correspondent xers have ski suppose anybody's guess at this stage what's your opinion how do you think this is going to play out it's not set in stone obviously because the opposition has been very vocal and it's been a lot of opposition to the russian reinstatement within water. particularly from the u.s. anti-doping agency frankly it stinks to high heaven why did she stop the sleight of hand and release the new compliance review committee recommendation as well as any information received from russia now showing their compliance also the u.k.

anti-doping agency came out with statements and even letters to water and even a clip a video clip that they posted on twitter basically urging water not to take this u. turn there is a water vote taking place on the twenty fifth which is critical to the future of clean sport get behind hash tag no u.-turn order thank you do not use on the russian. do not pay all athletes across the world protect. canadian olympic champion becky sports one of the six members of what is compliance review committee reportedly resigned on saturday reports suggest she quit over beside as possible when statements a move that former sports lecturer at this cashmore believes we can expect to see next week. i think they want to make sure that this overtaxed of the last three years sticks and in other words you know even the russian will be allowed back into

sport they want to make sure that every time any commentator on any radio or t.v. station anywhere in the world mentions a russian athlete they say they no mention of the fact that they've served three years you know example because some go in violation it reality of course every sporting nation on the planet is engaged in some kind of doping violation it's just that they've been a big cleverer about it the russian or the russians simply been singled out as a kind of scapegoat which would be markets frankly but i don't moment we're not back to go into that we're about to deal with the facts as they confront us and i think we will know the truth seven days from now but my feeling is that russia will be rude so that. the majority of french people no longer see the united states as a reliable partner according to a new poll which suggests

a deepening crack in transatlantic ties that's despite what many have dubbed the brain mounts between presidents micron and trump china de bensky picks up the story . it was a wrong dave room in the city of love that cemented a new brooding relationship to world leaders plenty of hugs and the odd whisper it was all in that first handshake was thank you. thank you . previously at the g twenty matt korn had cozied up to trump making the line to him during a family photo or what other we're going to look at. in astonishment but since those are first intimate moments it seems the relationship has somewhat cooled because it. is free who have come to our aid the united states of america

is one of them the prisons today of the american prisons by my son is the son of a friendship which has stood the test of time. with whom you are. post-war multilateralism seems to bank on this common history but could the bromance be about to be rekindled trump has already confirmed he's ready for paris part with his next visit scheduled for november and while michael still seems open to a special relationship with the u.s. and its president it's clear the french public i want a recent poll showed that only forty four percent of people here still see the u.s. as an ally a partner plummeting by thirty three percent since two thousand and fourteen so what parisians make of the us a country that for so long as being a trusted ally and who has replaced america is old you know our vision of europe

and the world is quite close to germany's. i don't have confidence in the us they don't care about france for them it's just the way to impose their ideas and i would say to me is the most important franchise and england the us used to be important but not anymore i am among those who think that we'd rather ally with germany than with the united states france and germany are interested in hearing each other to give europe a better future. i think the most important ally on a political level is germany today france and the usa divergence. can i travel to the us barrie often but it's true that the french in general are not very favorable of the u.s. but mostly they're not against the people but against the government and the american president trump says only work. it takes decisions that are only reasonable and secure me a little bit she checks everything which is not good she creates tension is only thinks about himself not about he's people or neighbors. no i'm not in favor of him

but we need to recognize that his politics protect the american economy does he mean he's very disrespectful toward everyone has met him presidents he's not a good person not corny isn't firing back at them trump when it comes to winning over the french but now he has a double charm offensive to deal with hazing people and the us president show that deep in ski oxy paris. with french people not particularly fond of d.o.'s on this nida it's unlikely many new parents would currently settle on the name of the best son while many often struggle to choose the right name it's not always up to them to decide.

it stay full of false talk twenty eighteen russia's largest ministry trails in decades and the exercises have now switched from lands to say more gas davis that freston the country's far east.

we're now into the last few days of the vostok two thousand and eighteen war games we've seen almost everything from lost almost formations rushing at simulated enemies to release of helicopters and jets dropping that payloads and defense missiles crisscrossing the sky with trails what's today's about is a little naval action. every branch of the military's involved air force abhi navy to get them. now that the beaches speed cleared a hypothetical mines here come the big boys that's literally the big marine ship translation from russian and it's about to disclose its contingent to take the

beach in force. yet another dusty truck ride later where it's another exercise. don't expect a show like this every year it's tremendously expensive proof that money and deficit but the experience knowledge gaev. use in value. why it's awake that's the name of a so-called safe space set up by a top u.s. college for whites only that sparking outrage the invest here of maryland flyer inviting white students to join the group and discuss race issues has already drawn

harsh criticism from students do you want to improve your ability to relate to and connect with people different from yourself. do you sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before during interactions with racial and ethnic minorities do you want to become a better ally this group over the safe space for want students to explore their experiences questions reactions and feelings. the campus counseling center has now removed the flyers insisting they were misunderstood is also changed the group's name and racism and ally building group students are divided on the issue. i am ashamed over the execution of wide awake nor do i fully understand its claws why do they need to attend therapy sessions and how to be a decent human being in society the way i interpret it is that white people are

being victimized by interacting with us it's giving people a place to express their opinions on race and discuss important topics in a safer environment in general when people who are white discuss the topic it's seen as inherently racist. neil harvey was joined by political activist anthony rogers right and social commentator anthony bryan logan to discuss the controversial campus initiative. i think that i'm not sure why white people would need to feel safe on a college campus person formalised i don't think that they are in any imminent danger and they certainly aren't in any more danger than say muslim students certainly students of color i think that as we heard from some of the students the poor execution you know the name of the group having to change from white to weight is an indication that they pretty much aren't very educated on the issues of racism in the first place people just saw a flier and automatically get offended without taken

a time to really understand what's going on that's why he changed his name because i didn't want anybody to just think automatically oh we're some kind of racist hateful group and they're really on the side of the left i think this right here eggs an example of the left eating their own people who are experiencing the oppression the most need to lead their way out of the oppression is about the liberation of all people who are seeking to liberate themselves from oppression whether that be white poor folk in adelaide sure or the south personally i don't see anything wrong with have been a group that is one particular race or the has one particular race and it's i do you can so shape with whatever you want to associate with you can have a white group black group asian group and all these other groups exist there's never any kind of problem nobody says anything about and i see no organization on campus the black organization on campus and age an organization on campus but we have a white organization all of that is a problem either we have many groups there are no specific groups or we allow all

of them yeah so so two things i mean i think we have to be clear and stating that first of all people of color especially black people can and cannot be racist ok because racism only if we change it is an racial prejudice there is no there's no debate as race racism is not something that you can just turn on the tone or it's an off color or anybody could be racist that that's not true you have to have power so. the races have to have power black people don't have power most likely next people don't have power native american people don't have power now i want to deny that black and brown people can be bigoted but that is different from racism racism is racial prejudice i mean it's power that according to you say today you have to have powers to be racist i mean when did a definition become the standard like i never seen it before is it exactly legalese i mean i think i don't think that like we can go by a dictionary that was written mainly by white people to force standard definition on an issue like racism as we saw in the scene not

a mix of spike lee's movie when you look at that dictionary and just look at the definitions of white and black you can already see implicit bias and racial prejudice right right just in those two words alone. there will this largest program for same an empowerment has been branded an utter failure in afghanistan that's according to the head of the us washed out say in the country jones top cow also said usaid ovah sole of the permit project and lied to merican taxpayers when it started in twenty fifteen back then the project was budgeted at more than two hundred million dollars the organization hopes to persuade other countries to contribute and double the funding it was designed to help more women in afghanistan find jobs and other opportunities to ensure the inclusion in politics and business since two thousand and one the door has been reopened for afghan women millions of afghans have sent their daughters to school women joined the workforce they joined

the police the army and entered politics but this is just the beginning for still hundreds of thousands of women across afghanistan ready to learn ready to work ready to help build your nation's future that's what promote is all about. so far the project has cost american taxpayers almost ninety million dollars but house of the seventy five thousand women it's only resulted in fifty five of them finding a job and the watchdog even said it's unclear whether the program could even be credited with that as we spoke about the situation with the war news that is jason debt's who says many could see problems from the outset. i don't think it's surprising. this this is kind of bad usa behavior in afghanistan and in other countries they get these ideas there is something they would be done that would help afghanistan like in this case and powering women they don't really have

a great idea how they could even do that there's over ambition there's a tendency to over promise the rest so you ministration and there's also a tendency to simply not care if things don't get done so long as there's temporarily the illusion that they're tackling a problem if you read special inspector general reports on a regular basis you see that this happens all the time that these programs are almost only it's too expensive they deliver a little bit about things and then there's not much accountability to. facebook's under fire after the left wing think progress web site found itself censored by conservative fact check is the fake news hand is part of facebook's publicly stated pant prevents election interference and exercise tighter control over what news is see on the news speeds. news outlets on the only player is a risk under this system as a legal matter facebook is treading on very dangerous ground by providing no

oversight of its own fact checking operation. according to its new policies facebook to mozart of course deemed to be fake by its fact check is significantly reducing the post distribution and also now start fact checking videos and means posted on the platform caleb maupin reports. facebook's new fact checking efforts are going a splendidly now that's a statement that definitely would not pass their fact checkers facebook the social media giant has recently begun efforts to crack down on fake news now the result has been a fight bigger than they could have expected the first side to come out swinging was the right wing with the president himself so. breaking up you look at google facebook twitter and other social media giants and i've made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship blacklisting admiring search results but it didn't take too long for the left to start crying foul with

roughly the same grievances as the right but the fake news crackdown in which an anonymous fact checker gets to decide what's true and what's not won't stop with news articles at this point facebook has announced it's going to start fact checking videos as well as photographs the reason that's important is because when people come and they're screwing their nice little they can see information in a link i think i've also seen a photo and some pieces of photos or videos might be more believable so perhaps this crackdown on photographs is based on allegations that somehow russia meddled in the twenty sixteen election with facebook means but where do you draw the line what's an obvious joke and what's considered to be fake news let's take a look at some social media favorites is it laughing or lying.

i don't think it's possible for any social media platform certainly not facebook with its track record to actually determine fairly which news is real and which news is fake will this will have what's known as a shilling effect on free speech in the united states and there are there have been very few efforts to take this into the courts to make this a free speech first amendment issue but mark mark my words because of the chilling effect that this will have on free speech this may indeed even to reach. the supreme court so when facebook has someone behind a keyboard someplace determining whether or not your post gets suppressed they don't just risk losing their authenticity as a personalized platform in which users get to represent themselves they also risk becoming another dead dry news source losing their sense of humor. archie new york

. u.s. official say eleven people have been killed since tropical storm florence made landfall on the east coast and began tearing through north and south carolina florence was downgraded from a category one hurricane after it struck on friday as authorities are warning it will bring severe flooding in the coming days almost eight hundred thousand properties across the carolinas to set's be without power at the moment is rescue as a way to save people in the two states who've been trapped in their homes by rising floodwaters u.s. officials say florence has broken rainfall records in north carolina ahead of the storm one million people were told to flee their homes in the area although many of those who have stayed put so. meanwhile on the other side of the pacific the philippines has also been devastated by a huge storm authorities there say typhoon monkey it's killed fourteen people as it

slammed into lose on the country's main island there's been heavy flooding and winds have reached speeds of up to one hundred eighty five kilometers per hour causing extensive damage to buildings in some areas thousands have been evacuated from their homes. thanks to staying with us hey the latest world news coming to you in half an hour's time stephen.

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