elite. welcomes donald trump into paris ahead of armistice day commemorations with the two leaders attempting to settle their differences following a dispute over proposals for a european army. the white house finds itself and boiled in further controversy after it uses an allegedly doctored video clip to justify the banning of jim acosta from the press briefing. saudi arabia posts a tweet in support of yemeni children where the u.n. warns tens of thousands die every year as a result of the saudi bombing campaign. and the syrian army rescued over a dozen hostages from the grips of islamic state while the us were board reveals

american aid money is ending up in terrorists. to. broadcasting live their work force it is moscow business arch international thomas glad to have you with us in the french president warmly welcome to donald trump to paris on saturday ahead of celebrations commemorating the end of world war one appearing in front of the press a man who micron appeared keen to show that much talk about the much talked about bromance rather between the two heads of state is still alive. if you look at the. weekly t.v. . well there was still some

tension leading up to the presidential tete a tete a just hours before trump had lashed out on social media over across suggestion that europe should create its own army or it is daniel hawkins explains. president strong one micron i've always been fond of emphasizing their close personal friendship was well as the importance of the transatlantic alliance that was very much emphasized during my visit to the united states back in twenty seventeen but since then things haven't gone so smoothly over seventy world leaders have gathered here in the french capital to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of the first world war trump marks his arrival by taking to twitter to say he felt insulted by none other than his colleague and friend and former president micron of france has just suggested that europa build its own military in order to protect itself from the u.s. china and russia very insulting but perhaps europe should first pay its fair share

of nato which the us subsidizes greatly troubles of course referring to the interview given by micron earlier in the week in which she expressed support for a joint european army a military force to defend the mainland from a range of threats one of which was perhaps a surprise on that list we need a europe which defends itself better alone without just depending on the united states in a more sovereign manner when trouble did arrive in paris their leaders tried to smooth things over saying there was no problem with even micron's office admitting the remarks might have caused just a little confusion since it only hurts you have the european security to be being assured just lines the united states and we need a much bigger version of you would use any rouge area you know mind if he's been doing this we want to show your true employer to see through you think the general

way we can do it the best thing most efficient could be something that you both want so as the u.s. president arrives in the french capital it was all smiles handshakes and thumbs up for the cameras but this misunderstanding by far isn't the only sticking point between the two leaders the iran nuclear deal. the pulling out of that agreement by the author states was roundly criticized with the for all it's germany the u.k. issuing a statement of concern and regret not to mention trade tariffs as well and the pulling out of the paris club as holds trump as well commemoration is the official reason of the gathering here in paris today but they're all keep pressing international issues to discuss behind the scenes the question is will progress be made on those issues will more stumbling blocks be created. president putin and a german chancellor merkel are among the sixty high profile figures expected to attend a commemorations set to take place throughout the weekend the main memorial event

will be on the eleventh of november the date the shooting stopped at the arc de triomphe in the french capital and on the merkel whose nations were enemies during the conflict earlier held hands together at the site where the armistice to ending was the war was actually signed on friday the british prime minister joined emmanuel macron in honoring the fallen soldiers of the great war in which more than fourteen million people were killed. president trump has had his say over a c.n.n. journalist accused of inappropriate behavior at a white house press conference and he defended a twitter post that apparently shows reporter jim acosta pushing the arm of an internet as he tries to ask the president to follow up questions the u.s. is split over the issue not really wish some claiming the video has been doctored in order to justify banning acosta from the white house. the video was posted by trump's press secretary sarah sanders and shows

a close up version of events c n n claims acosta never touched the intern and called the whole incident a threat to democracy here is how the situation at the presser unfold. one of the statements that you made in the tail end of the campaign do we go honestly i think you should let me run the country you run c.n.n. all right and if you didn't well your ratings let me ask you that's an ask one of the other folks that said for me ma'am on this wednesday that's enough the president the other folks that said for me ma'am you are a rude terrible person. was this an inappropriate action aggressive or was it simply an accident well the answer to that depends what side of the political spectrum that you're on liberals and defenders of c.n.n. say that accosted did nothing wrong jim acosta clearly never touched that white house intern that's just a lie and what i saw was a battery not by jim acosta but by the young white house aide if you can use a fake video use a fake video should go all the way do something like this. guy. but

conservatives are rounding in on a cost accusing him of being violent practically shoving a woman who is just trying to do her job it just is it crosses a line you don't put your hands i don't want him a cost to sort of wrestling this young white house intern the video was posted originally by paul joseph watson who is the editor in chief of the right wing news outlet no one is in for wars now paul joseph watson defended himself and said that he simply zoomed in and that the quality of the video had gone down due to the re uploading it isn't dr that it isn't sped up it isn't slowed down all i did was look at it again is this an example of someone don't ring good clip to change its meaning no it's virtually identical is it won't hundred percent identical no video compression is going to result in it looking. marginally different so where is the truth americans are probably reminded of the famous dress controversy in the

photograph one looked at it one way it was black and blue and another way it was white and gold depending on the eye of the holder well now we have a polarizing video clip people look at it they see the same seconds of visual recording but interpret it completely differently it seems that as the political crisis escalates that americans literally no longer see things i try there's probably never been a better example of. how the american public is divided we're all looking at the same exact video but we're seeing what we want to see democrats are looking at that video and seeing jim acosta absolutely not coming not touching this in turn republicans are looking at it and saying he he touched her he laid hands on her and i don't really think that's how we should be looking at it we should try to put our politics aside and just try to see what happened this is a press the press corps that's very hungry they don't get very many face to face chances to meet with the president as they did so they're all competing with each

other the room is big you know all their bosses want them to get a question and so it's not surprising that there's a scrum here. fighting continues in the key yemeni port who dated as the saudi led coalition attempts to wrest control of the city from the who the rebels. u.n. says thousands of people are trapped in the besieged area intensified fighting comes despite warnings from aid groups about a humanitarian catastrophe there denies any deliberate targeting of civilians u.n. earlier issued a warning that children in the area are at imminent risk of death. whole day to day very much on the from lines of a brutal war a brutal war against children children have already suffered three men in this to

continue doing so so any escalation of the conflict affecting all day will have brutal consequences not only for the hundreds of thousands of children here in the whole day who may be called in the middle of the conflict but will have consequences for the millions of children throughout yemen who are counting on the supplies coming in through a whole day to help them to survive the un also states of the thirty thousand children die every year in the country from malnutrition describing the conflict as a living hell saudi arabia which has been the leading of the deadly campaign against hooty rebels there since two thousand and fifteen says that they're trying to reduce civilian deaths the kingdom's foreign ministry even posted on twitter that they stand for the children of yemen but the message has backfired as artie's comments just so you know children in yemen some of whom have never seen peace in

their life are not alone says who saudi diplomats on twitter but something seems to be wrong with the photo op and that tweet probably because the reality for most children there looks more like this. or this there is more let's go back to what was under the photo it says your children are children is this really how you treat your children.

these were the pictures now to some of the things that have been said by the u.n. children's fund experts in yemen every ten minutes a child dies from a disease that can easily be prevented yemen is one of the it was places to be as china right now because. the or the number of children minorities two million and the number of two that and don't have access want the same with access to. the u.n. says since march twenty fifth being saudi led coalition air strikes have killed around thirteen hundred yemeni children and injured roughly the same number as unlikely as it sounds saudi arabia is actually yemen's biggest humanitarian daughter with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aid this year alone just like an abusive partner who picks up the medical bills no wonder folks online didn't really by the way saudi diplomats are standing with yemen are these the

children you plan to drop bombs on next should that not read we stand on the yemen just imagine the tweet of the nazi foreign ministry on september nineteenth thirty nine saying we stand with poland that's crazy. there may be people within saudi arabia who certainly feel for the plight of yemenis at the moment and the best way that could be shown in real terms rather than with pastas is if the bombing campaign on yemeni families stopped if we saw that then i would find it much easier to believe that there is sincere concern for the safety and lives of women and children there is no question that there's significant contributions to the humanitarian plan made by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. this year have been well received by the humanitarian community without that money we wouldn't have been able to pull it together with all the funds from other countries and reach people with eight however this is not

a you break it you buy it sort of arrangement that money doesn't come close to absolving the saudi led coalition of the of responsibility for the number of deaths being caused the illness and the long term damage being done to yemen as a country. the syrian army says it has rescued over a dozen hostages from islamic state during a military operation near the city of palmira the captives had been held for over three months but have now returned home. other terror groups are also present in the war torn country and some of them even

have access to foreign funding a recent report has revealed that u.s. aid money is actually lining the terrorists' own pockets. picks up the story for us . american taxpayer money cash that is almost wholly in the u.s. mindset inviolable money that has seen politicians jailed for the slightest misuse is ending up in the hands of al qaeda in syria now that's a sick twisted if anything a new report has found that millions. of dollars in aid to syria has been funneled to terrorists since late twenty seventeen u.s. agency for international development office of the inspector general investigation have uncovered numerous instances of possible or confirmed diversions to armed groups in government in northwestern syria including hayat time of year a designated foreign terrorist organization.

the. h.t.s. nusra front they have many names in short as wing in syria facts of the matter that they were benefiting from u.s. taxpayer money it's no surprise everyone and you. billions traveling through northern syria have to pay to pass checkpoints beads and money in goods this is been a fact for years it's business one of the terrorists' main sources of funding worst of all it is assumed that these jihad ists have been able to infiltrate put their people in the humanitarian organizations from which they siphon money and

aid to further their malign cause one investigation found that in n.g.o.s employees knowingly diverted thousands of u.s. aid funded food kits with millions of dollars to in eligible beneficiaries including your all sham fighters the reported since the fallout here could seriously damage and geo operations all we know is that millions of dollars in cash and in aid have been funneled to al qaeda in syria and that's just what they've admitted found that funding has now been terminated but it's very interesting in this report is that the u.s. aid watchdog does not name the n.g.'s now of course one of those primary n.g.o.s will be the white house probably one of the most primitive. and i can i and these are n.p.r. and he's working on the ground in syria basically providing the point counter in the corporation of the regime change current policy surely the year i should first

of all be left on economic sanctions and it should be if it's necessary be collaborating with the syrian government to provide aid the areas where it's most needed i don't expect this to happen irregardless it's a sick and a sad joke on the american taxpayer trillions of their hard earned money spent on the war on terror originally on defeating al qaida and all the while they've been paying to feed and finance. those very same jihad. still to come this hour we'll look at the deadly wildfires that devastating california that's after a short break we're watching the international. during the past thirty is lebanon has been subject to six invasions from israel.

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oh welcome back this is art international a massive wildfires in california have claimed the lives of at least eleven people and been branded the most devastating in the u.s. state's history more than two hundred fifty thousand people have been forced to flee their homes as the fast moving blaze that rages through the area reports say the fire has destroyed of the city of paradise and burned thousands of houses to the ground firefighters are working around the clock to contain the wildfires but say they are concerned that intense winds and low humidity could fuel them further . the online encyclopedia we could pedia may be the go to resource to endure quiz night disputes but just how much of the content is actually correct it was done of has more now on the site inner workings.

wikipedia is a free encyclopedia based on a model of openly editable contant the largest and most popular general reference work on the world wide web this is the definition of we keep pedia on wikipedia wiki pedia is very different from something like blogs or trying to be an encyclopedia trying to be a really solid stable kind of place ironically the founder of wikipedia is one of the few people who sees the encyclopedic value of his creation the openly editable bases of we could pedia is turning out to be more of a curse than a blessing according to a new study by mit in a search of article disputes editors can't agree with each other major issues include poorly articulated initial arguments excessive bickering during discussions and simple lack of interest from third party editors because topics may be too easy to tear it for instance some users who are very passionate about corn apparently

have been. fighting over this article for at least a decade which is hardly a surprise because forget anything as complicated as call the world still can't agree one on the simplest simplest things like what date it is and come on america the whole month thing make zero sense let me just get it out there on behalf of the rest of the world and you're welcome but silly disputes are far from the biggest problem we could pedia is facing over it's open a disability there are firms that will help you get your story out there for a modest fee like this company with a straightforward name we keep our investigative journalist helen by new skis says it manages hundreds of sock puppet accounts which quietly added pages to favor the firm's thousands of clients sock puppets are basically fake accounts that are all

run by one person but pretend to be multiple people so the p.d.f. there's a disagreement you want to have other people can come in and take your side because it's in that way it's there is some sort of democratic element to it but the wiki p.r. skinless mostly because they were very openly advertising their services on this website but private firms are not the only entities with a story to sell the us government cares in a big way about what people on the internet right about it especially on wikipedia in two thousand and seven for example the cia and f.b.i. work used of editing articles about the us invasion of iraq guantanamo bay and the page on one former cia chief the cia by the way didn't confirm the claims but kind the didn't deny them either and it's pretty easy to do that as far as outsourcing the third party it is pig guy and they were just being so obvious about it when they thought all is anonymous anybody can do it let's just edit it from our work computers and wherever that's like really bad upset so we one thing if it was

disconcerted by a source like this. sort of a trash read that the bathroom wall of the internet i like to call it. but it's not it's considered this sort of holy oracle of truth and it's really anything but and the reason why everyone wants to have their say and we compete is obvious it is indeed a universal reference to regardless of its actual reliability apples and amazons voice assistant siri and alexa draw information from there for their results to do some research is lazy journalists and students with a term paper due overnight and whoever throws more dollars into the furnace effectively has we compete in their pocket and by transitivity anyone who blindly trusts it. a spy saga is unfolding on the streets of britain at least according to one think tank that every second russian in the u.k. is working as surveillance our producer at his pile of work or goes on her own

investigative mission for the show in case you missed. the british capital is teaming with. or as the neo conservative think tank the henry jackson society calls them russians. and the explosive putin sees and his it all report estimates and they could be as many as seventy five thousand so-called informants routinely helping. the sez i prized by spies by spies by of course this tour de force which is based on anonymous sources taking wild guesses isn't aimed at creating cheap headlines or fear mongering at all it's simply a means to make clear that every other russian is probably a spy they could also be moscow raising as normal people like this. little people to. know are you

a russian spy it's like. you do i look like yeah but there it is that you are the real to be careful really but of the russian market inside using there in his russian shop you know the russians will do it so using the russian spies are in there i think so that everyone maybe you know everyone out . there that doesn't mean i'll be back with more headlines going what's a thirty three and a half minutes you're watching. stay with us. there's no break here no wonder why says terrorists. bad memories. twenty four years ago this country saw most of the world. after the genocide.

there are women in rwanda that man. fell to women to fix what the men had broken. in a world of big partisan movies lot 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 bath 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 the kaiser report on the road with gonzo going to r.t. in december oh it's going to rock it's going to be awesome i got to check about what's happening and like the big bad news cycle all stacy well you remember in the last episode we kind of talked about monopoly power i'm going to get to that in a minute but first i want to talk about that notion of share buybacks because wall street had talked about where the heck are share buybacks in this rotten market so everybody keeps on saying the markets are going to come back once the you know the blackout period for when. companies are allowed to buy the share buybacks happen well that's not happening like the markets are continuing to decline and where the share buybacks are they going to help us i think the rest of the markets are going to save investor as well hasn't happened but so far over the first ten months

companies bought back about three hundred fifty billion dollars of their own shares an average of thirty five billion dollars a month but the really important thing here is he looks at i.b.m. in particular and what i.b.m. has done to the fortunes of their company through share buybacks that share buybacks are pushed on to these companies as investors want them buy shares bought back do it do it do it do it's going to help us well in fact let's take a gander at international business machines i.b.m. one of the biggest share buyback queens since two thousand it blew one hundred forty six billion dollars on share buybacks the chart below shows the cumulative amount since two thousand and thirteen that i.b.m. wasted on share buybacks forty three billion in six years so as you see it's going up so you had thought that would be good for i.b.m. that they're buying back so many shares because this is what you hear on c n b c and bloomberg that it's. really great firm best stories if they're buying back

their shares well in fact wall street gurus keep hyping that share buybacks unlock shareholder value or return cash to shareholders or some other such thing but here is what i.b.m. share buybacks did to shareholder value as measured by the stock down forty six percent since two thousand and thirteen so in fact it has not helped investors really long term investor it's helped insiders at the company with their stock options and it has destroyed the company right well share buybacks up until recently was illegal was completely illegal why because it's accounting fraud in one way mean by that i mean if a company is making a dollar per share in earnings if in fact they start buying back their.