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off the nine am here in moscow are you watching r.t. international. string of accusations by a number of western countries and international organizations made against russian military. military intelligence service was implicated in a host of cyber attacks including attempting to the international chemical weapons watchdog. the details. election interference troll factories this information man hacking we've heard most of it before but the latest charge sheet against russia is all encompassing and endless there were hundreds of victims targeted by these russian criminals if they flours international law in

this way russia's indiscriminate campaign of cyber attacks the violations of several u.s. criminal laws they will be exposed russia must stop reckless and irresponsible behavior. this director's pattern of behavior the russian government needs to know they want to fully condemn this it will be exposed and it will be consequences it seems every accusation of malign activity over the last four years from the downing of m h seven team to the water doping scandal has come back all at once united under a common name and symbol before it was often vague russian hackers agents or just putin but apparently we can now maim the entity responsible for everything all along the g o r u russian military intelligence even specific names and faces have been linked with the alleged crimes seven individuals were indicted by the us with four of them also accused the involvement in the netherlands o.p.c. w.

hat and three war already featured in robert mueller is continuing russia meddling probe. this group of just sixteen people is certainly kept busy according to the latest allegations how can the malaysia airlines probe the o.p.c. w solsbury poising investigation and you don't get agencies from canada to brazil the u.s. election you name it the hand of the g.r.u. is never far away and according to some the allegations are irrefutable proof of russia's guilt in all other incidents here you have evidence of the russian military launching a cyber attack on the very organization the international organization in the netherlands set up to investigate those novacek attacks and why would you do that if you were the guilty party and as we've seen before there's no need to me tell you real standards of evidence remember when the n.s.a. was accused of spying on charts on

a merkel back in twenty fifteen when the german federal prosecutor insisted a legal burden of proof to be met to prove this no such luxury when russia was in the dock there almost certain high confidence from u.k. security services are enough to beat the drum for new sanctions and anyway the soviet era k.g.b. is long gone the image of public enemy number one was long overdue for an overhaul and this is the perfect opportunity to consolidate the perfect storm i think this is a coordinated attack look this was got everything it's got it's got chemical weapons got a lecture meddling it's got doping it's got every other thing you can think of that the russians are guilty of and i think this cloud of accusations is its own purpose in a normal rational people would say well why would they be say these things unless they had some purpose in mind the purpose is to poison any possible rapprochement between washington especially and russia as donald trump said he wanted to do

during the campaign to make sure that cannot happen and that relations continue to go from bad to worse. we may not know the whole truth all which side is hiding something but it's image and narrative which is important and the russians you know you bogeyman is becoming firmly embedded in public mindset. we spoke to the u.k. he claims that evidence from the british side is still lacking. we believe that this kind of statement reckless and explain why first of all this statements are not supported by any evidence this is first second we hear this kind of a legations. quite a time and in this to sell than seventeen for a former foreign secretary boris johnson was in moscow. a lover of russian foreign minister offered him to have a consultations on the server security and he said that if you have any questions

in connection with the alleged russian activity we can put this specialist from two countries sit down on the table and to discuss professionally what are the concerns of the british side the british refused to do this and instead of that they launched reckless attacks on us without any evidence this is quite a big story you know this is the name of the russian intelligence organisation you know if you names there are expelled and all these things but the beef i mean this is this substance is not. basically given so we're going to ask the british side to give more information on that and we're going to repeat our call if you have some information please share this information and we are ready to sit down and talk. talks between india and prime minister narendra modi and

russian president vladimir putin are currently underway in new delhi and the two leaders are expected to sign a multi-billion dollar contract part of which out of for the delivery of the russian s four hundred at defense systems r.t. is eager to an office in the indian capital standing by for us right now a good morning to you eager to roughly eleven forty am where you are now we understand the two leaders are expected to sign over twenty agreements today what more. can you tell us about the. well indeed rory about half an hour ago we watched lattimer putin leave this hotel which is the men in the main venue of the event and he's already met these indian counterpart prime minister modi and so well the specter of the whole scale of today's talks is well very broad from nuclear corporation to just massive multibillion dollar trade deals and to well the most anticipated thing is india purchasing russia's s four hundred

missile defense system now this isn't dissipated not only because of its scale not only because the system will expand india's defensive capabilities but also it's just it's a geo politically very bold move for new delhi because you see united states they have a habit of punishing anybody who shows interest in buying russian weapons it happened with china when they bought russia's most advanced fighter jets and the same as four hundred missile defense systems they were slapped with sanctions now and this is not the only country that has faced backlash coming from washington and india it is expected it will be no exception have a listen to how the russian industry minister summarizes this morning when india is no exception in terms of the pressure being exerted on them and at the end of the day it will all depend on how resilient our colleagues are in the face of this pressure here i wouldn't venture to predict through the hundred percent certainty

how india will act but judging by the talks with them surely some obstacles a lawyer will to rise but still the colleagues national policy is independent when it comes to making decisions on purchasing foreign military equipment. well in fact india has already faced a bit of a godfather like threats from the pentagon one of the generals has said that well. the white house is ready to. india with the sanctions in k. . they decide to purchase the russian weapons he said that the decision is the us president has the last say in this but said that they are ready to impose sanctions against india. before washington had to promise to protect against any backlash of this sort so you see how much of a big deal this is for new delhi and how much of a big step and sort of a leap of faith to take if they decide to purchase the missile defense system.

about two hours from now will be addressing the press will be watching through to you and that conference shortly here. thank you very much. the u.s. congress has approved the creation of a sixty billion dollar investment agency to fund projects in developing countries over the move could run counter to some of trump's key policies and reports remember donald trump's plan to put america first i will always put america first america first america first rebuild and restore america's depleted infrastructure and i've been in construction and building all my life i love it. i love the smell of a construction site right the roads railways power plants and water systems of the united states are still in some pretty poor conditions but donald trump said that fixing it up would be a breeze if your structure is the easiest of all but now the department of

transport disagrees with him there appears to be a lock of consensus and how to pay for this and tom told us how he was going to pay for rebuilding the united states he was going to do it by cutting overseas spending we have spent seven trillion dollars in the middle east seven trillion dollars what a mistake we're trying to build roads and bridges and fix bridges that are falling down and we have a hard time getting the money it's crazy and the usa is already saving money this way they've just cut aid to the pakistanis to the palestinians and to the united nations so are you ready to start revving up those drills and jackhammers are you ready to start pouring some cement and laying rails well yes but not in the usa the usa is about to spend sixty billion dollars to build infrastructure in developing countries sixty billion does that number sound familiar well it should that's the

amount of money china promised to africa last month and it's pretty clear that u.s. politicians heard about it this investment will allow us to reduce poverty in areas that are critical to our national security compete with chinese influence in the developing world so if you were all excited about railways and highways and development here at home wait a minute looks like america is not going to be first after all it's a very strange situation to be talking about being sixty billion dollars in infrastructure development in the third world which certainly needs it while not funding the disastrous infrastructure in the us which is as bad as in the third world i don't see it going anywhere frankly big. as i think when this comes out and american see it happening they're going to freak out because our roads are as bad as third world where a. why it didn't happen was because. trump head other things he

wanted to do more of which was to give tax breaks to the rich and to. fund a huge huge increase in the military budget. as caleb just mentioned the us is seeking to compete with chinese influence in the developing world and it looks like washington is already attacking beijing on several fronts along with washington imposing hefty tariffs the u.s. vice president mike pence now claims that china's actual goal in the trade war is to oust donald trump china has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence american public opinion the two thousand and eighteen elections and the environment leading into the twenty twenty presidential elections china wants a different american president. brought in first wave of tariffs on chinese goods beijing onside with restrictions on u.s. imports it also filed an official complaint with the world trade organization

washington then followed up with more than two hundred billion dollars worth of tower of sickens china and china retaliated by imposing sixty billion in levies also china has announced it's stopping all american oil imports and one of the country's top crude carriers say that business has quote totally stopped and beijing had been the second largest importer of u.s. oil and jeffrey alba taco from the american institute for economic research thinks that china may actually have the upper hand in this trade or. do us is definitely in a lose because if you look at what's happening in the china right now they're actually lowering terrorists on many goods or. from imports from other countries besides the rest like actually lowering tariffs that's actually a good thing for chinese consumers and it's going to help the chinese economy and china is seeking to become. independent in terms of its fuel needs from the u.s. going forward this is a presumption widely shared all over china and they're definitely going to achieve

it because the u.s. does not have a monopoly on oil exports so they're going to get away with that and it's actually in the end really going to hurt u.s. exports. of international monetary fund chief is now facing potentially four years in prison for allegedly using company credit cards it seems he is not the only a holder of the top job with the i.m.f. to have a full and from grapes. now for several years dominique strobes can took part in six parties around the world

that involved prostitutes the former i.m.f. chief has been charged with involvement in a prostitution ring off reading out of french luxury hotels. i am not satisfied with it but there's a point in time when one just stopped turned the page and move all. have very quickly becoming a busy day for your worldwide headlines here on this friday on to you we are back in just a moment. most

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i'll see you then. friday news here on oxy hundreds have been arrested during a sit in protest at u.s. senate offices against a supreme court nominee. was marched to two senate office buildings with banners and signs protesters at one of the buildings failed b.h. and when they refused to leave police made nearly three hundred arrests in the

protests came right after reports of moche stating that the f.b.i. had failed to find evidence supporting allegations against calvin all of sexual misconduct and although the documents have not yet been released they are already far enough republican enthusiasm for the samir a con reports. it just might be the first time that the ruling party retains congress after midterms and the midterms are just about a month away in november and a new poll shows that eighty percent of americans from both parties see it as very important now in july the poll showed a ten percent gap between republicans and democrats but democrats unanimously to continue its efforts to destroy trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault but this strategy doesn't seem to be working for them trump hammered democrats for this at his rally in west virginia you see what's going on you see this horrible horrible radical group of democrats you see it

happening right now they don't get hurt. who have to run over you know order to get our some have noted that all conservatives not just republicans are taking kavanagh's side saying that this liberal scandal has united the right against democrats and apparently this scandal has reminded them that liberals hate them more than they hate the president saying that they are that deplorable is now so we'll just have to wait to see if these predictions do come true in november so the backlash to cover noise nomination may end up playing into the republicans hands but political commentator and the logan things they would have been an outcry whomever nominee. brett kavanaugh himself is not really the issue here it could have been anybody could have been somebody on a lift anybody that done on will put in people would be against simply because donald trump and he has ability to change the direction of the country and also

solidify his legacy people want him to be a one term president to lift their put a lot of money a lot of resources and a lot of time into their kennedys who don't quite understand how the money to put insider candidates is also going to impact and empower the opposite side because we see how much effort they're put into it every happens whether it was a first supreme court just put in an air bridge kavanaugh now the midterms are for like the left the extremes it is they feel like it's an opportunity for these people to come out and express themselves and try to start shown they'll take advantage of it. so ahead of the christmas shopping rush retail giant amazon has announced it's hiking its minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour in a bid to attract new workers though at a time when the country's employment level is at a record high and as a needs to hire a lot of people in a short period of time and the question is how many people want to do that kind of work fifteen dollars an hour will help we listen to our critics the holiday about

what we wanted to do and decided we want to lead president donald trump has previously attacked amazon over his tax setup and criticized its low payments to the u.s. postal service which delivers its possibles as a bunny saunders who joined the criticism says other companies should now follow the lead all of us on boss jeff bezos. i want to congratulate mr based on doing exactly the right thing yes raise the minimum wage to fifty dollars and i will go with the visuals as indicated in his support for raising the national minimum wage. we spoke with. host of redacted tonight the things amazon's real aim is actually to attract a good publicist. i don't know if sanders still has some complaints i certainly hope he does it is not something that amazon just willingly did it with big came

about because workers organize they work together they spoke up about their situation i think that's great i think it's great for these employees to have fifteen dollars an hour but the truth is we as a people are now waiting for the crumbs of of corporate america we're waiting to see what little pieces they'll dish out to us and that two billion that he gives to charity is better than nothing but it is a disgusting scenario in a world that has abundance a world that could feed everyone that could house everyone and we're supposed to celebrate that you know jeff bezos gave what to him is a couple of dollars to help these people that are exploited in our system now the phenomenon of fake news has now moved beyond the media and to i could name you a three scholars submitted a series of hoax papers to supposedly serious journals and got them published despite the absurdity of some of the content.

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kavanagh to take a look at the latest on this edition of. the apology on larry king on tuesday the new york times published a bombshell report saying donald trump and gazed in dubious tax schemes and outright fraud in the one nine hundred ninety s. also d.j.o. hundreds of millions of dollars the president received from his parents which flies in the face of his all told story of being as self-made millionaire are there legal implications for mr trump based on the times reporting and how's the republican base reacting to this explosive story let's start with allison leotta in washington she's a former federal prosecutor what do you make of this new york times story well i think mr trump a certainly going to have his hands full this week not only allegations of tax

fraud but trying to get his supreme court justice through through a very skeptical senate and to a very skeptical america i think he's not going to be getting a lot of sleep this week is that tax. is that criminal it very well might be yes i mean you know that they didn't get al capone on any mob stuff they got him on tax evasion so this is a really dangerous territory for trump these are things that cannot be taken away by a quick tweet or a cute phrase these are things written down on paper follow the money and if that money trail leads to have him he could be in serious trouble statute of limitations will employ. well of course statute of limitations apply but so it will just depend on when these particular crimes fell and for each crime what the statute of limitations is reopening of the cavern or investigations of formal struggle prosecutor. satisfied with limiting it to. no of course i'm not satisfied

with limiting it to week i spent my lifetime trying to get victims to come forward to talk and testify it takes a long time to build trust to get someone to trust you enough to tell you their most vulnerable the most embarrassing secrets the things that happen to them that sometimes they haven't even told to their best friend or to their mom so a week is a very short amount of time especially for something where a position is so important where we're talking about a supreme court justice possibly being on the court for the rest of his life i'm sure the f.b.i. will do a good job but agents are not political this isn't like the senate where everyone has a political agenda f.b.i. agents come out looking at the facts but they need the time that they need to get it done i'm not sure a week is enough not questioning doug ford not questioning dr ford actually doesn't bother me as much because we got to.