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i'm sure it's. just as. i would say. pretty much. time to get into your top stories and international. the new york times. in the us to quote the west. takes a closer look at this supposed history of this information. the seven commandments

of fake news that come on earth click big headlines were not this would be a masterpiece of. cold little style missions in the american heartland twenty sixteen the same techniques same region even. the same. great production value music showing in their opinion how russian this information evolved from the cold war the coming year if regions was evaluated on how many proved to do soon promotional versions of the. quick disclaimer this is an opinion piece so you can bug the new york times about factual inaccuracies which seem to make up the bulk of this series for one the defected spy that gave the interview and confirmed all of this never even worked at the k.g.b. he fled from czechoslovakia which wasn't even part of the u.s.s.r.

putin that started funding something called the internet research agency this is serious said who was the proof how are her hold on i forget opinion piece. well you know it's just like. your opinion the centerpiece of the k.g.b.'s seven commandments on fake news find a crack in society create a lie so big nobody would believe that it was made up wrap it in a kernel of truth conceal your hand as if the story came from someone else find a useful idiot deny everything and play the long game inevitably of course we get in on rubble mention isn't it nice to have your own t.v. show wow that does it it got us stellar journalism mit except you know. i have this nagging feeling this doubt the k.g.b.

playbook that they claim to have exposed to fits one story even better to this probably new york times style commandment one the crack in society donald trump new york times is personal enemy check commandment to the outlandish lie donald trump the president of the united states of america is a russian spy check commandment three sprinkle of truth everyone moves donald trump met with the russians he's been to moscow checks out c'mon meant for concealed go hand the anonymous sources unnamed officials political experts they all seem to spend more time talking to the press than doing anything else check commandment five find a useful idiot hope come on this is too easy his opponents will believe anything

about trump remember the secret dossier that said he hide who gets to peel in a bed check commandment six deny everything check we didn't reveal anybody reported c.n.n. or about as he did when you're going you're going to. first but i'm going to. you know when c.n.n. did come on and seven play the long game that's what they've been doing the endless cycle of stories about russian hackers speak news invasions aggression it's been loam all right. seven commandments have been followed faith is strong father in fake news heaven hallowed be thy name you can it's come you news be done on earth as on the internet. a terrorist group in syria is claiming to have united to rival factions to fight

the government in a province and this comes as the russian foreign ministry accuses so-called moderate rebels of helping extremists violate an internationally mediated buffer zone agreement if a trunk of reports syria's province is still an unbelievably complicated melting pot of anti assad militias from those known as syria's moderate rebels to internationally recognized terrorists like. al shabab probably the mightiest group it's the former nusra front otherwise al qaeda in syria should ring a bell. well a so-called spokesman for the armed wing of that same tough. has given an interview where there are many. who feels like.

the man didn't come up with any kind of full list of who's involved but kept repeating everyone in the free lands that's how he refers to areas not controlled by damascus question if we are to believe the guy have the lines between terrorists and moderates been blurred completely an adlib technically there's a ceasefire between the government and the rebels and a buffer zone in the province right now it was brokered by turkey and russia and eventually backed by france and germany the buffer zone is meant to be free of any terrorists but if it is the terrorists that are now taking control of a joint command center for everyone how does the cease fire deal make sense anyway at least here. going to zation the programs guest works and fights for doesn't seem to have any intention of laying their guns down. nor would you who do certain.

and then we. have a. you know. this video also deserves a quick look to the right at the interview or some t.v. stations used to love having be lobdell karim on air people executed it's as simple as that what can i do here and see a blend in the crowd i don't think so am i going to turn my so over to the regime forces absolutely not i'm out to see some of them. i'm. not going to spend some. time sometimes you will hear someone say that they are part of al-qaeda but what is their real affiliation to al qaeda other than some romantic notion to be honest with you he was one of those who were one sending out last messages from besieged aleppo before death from assad's bombs here in the siege of

aleppo. we may not be able to see any more messages as regime forces push closer this might be close to if not be a last communication but his reports have since kept coming and he was even accused of links to al qaida something he has denied c.n.n. actually try to distance themselves from a door karim and one of their more recent documentaries well november twenty. two interviewing a high profile figure of tough we're all shot aka. a al qaeda in syria. journalist patrick hannifin believes that by supporting moderate rebel groups western powers are effectively helping terrorists now you have effectively a consolidation of all the militants under one terrorist umbrella effectively so

if the west is going to intervene diplomatically if the us is going to want to stop syria from retaking its own territory and its allies who are helping them do that then effectively they're taking the side of of a terrorist. conference officially according to h.t.s. el nusra front in charge al-qaeda affiliate all under their control now so any moment if they were moderate yesterday they're not moderate today syrian army. turkey. even the u.s. everyone has to accept the fact that it lives a terrorist occupied. region right now. a group of members of coals youth party have sparked outrage him after being caught singing a nazi era song and shouting homophobic slurs that is an intellectually took place in a bar earlier this month on the anniversary of the infamous nine hundred thirty eight

nazi paul graham against that years. a. lot of. the controversial divest of old song is originally from one nine hundred thirty two and was a frequently sung by nazi soldiers during invasions including that of france and of the netherlands it remained part of well the job and he's official military song book until just last year around fifteen youth party members were caught singing the west of auld drawing condemnation from politicians. to sing popular a very marked song on the eightieth anniversary of the november programs is stunning i'm ashamed of the j. ews brunches dissing of him at some that was sung during the invasion of belgium luxembourg and france is not acceptable this is not my j u local chapter of the cd use youth wing party has issued an apology for the disturbances caused by its

members at the bar although it didn't dismissed any wrongdoing describing the nazi era tune as a german folk and hiking song we spoke to a member of germany's left party who says the incident only adds more shame to one of the country's darkest chapters. germany i'm disgusted by the way here the discredited everything that people did after the war are too great that image not. marching into our unless it's because that the song the exact same song when they march to prance. when they. see you ready to live is always that more right wing and right extremists. but it was always balanced by liberal liberal part of the youth.

and if you look into the sea view in general and it's not an isolated incident at all it's all me holding pronounced to nazi ideology major is. a minute of silence to commemorate the people that were violated by the nazis it's a day of shame. they did those c.d.u. well she testified that she showed us that all the education a little education of the last two years and. those red wings. everyone knows how the french love white so when the us president said american wine is just as excellent as the french variety it seems to have hit a nerve we decided to put parisians to our very own wine challenge to find out who comes up trumps. as donald trump thrashed out at france's president this week on twitter he also took

a moment what he saw as unfair trade practices when it comes to wine tariffs way said the french who are very precious about that wine the donald said both countries made excellent wine but france made it very hard for the u.s. to sell its wine. to the country and challenges big tariffs so that got us thinking who makes the better wine. all fronts it's time for a battle of the new world wine this is the old and the judges it's the parisians. and the roots will soon. know. the full state where we. don't you know. really think of it.

i would say our pool room. we would. certainly be in a big city mosul a bit more where. the dizziness don't look very much but. in the wake of. the verdict is in hyundai is pushing clear parisians preferred the wine from the us all her well maybe for once the don't rule towns being vindicated as the wine from his country seems to have trumped that from france so on this occasion from paris we admit defeat but nevertheless we will always weighs a gloss and say so and say show that you can ski auti paris.

a quarter past the hour here in moscow a new children's toy aimed at kids aged five and that's going on sale in america. with critics saying it brings the political divisions tearing america her apart right into the kindergarten. and looks at whether this is a case of millennial is becoming too sensitive. in these extraordinary top sea turvy times one would hope that the lives of our kids could at least for now remain innocent and protected from the political craziness but think again this christmas one conservative website would like your children to build the wall of the law you know. and not just any wall but one that will keep your country safe as a mob yes a mob of ten thousand migrants march across mexico untoward to the border sounds

like an ideal stocking filler or maybe not. as this politician will tell you you'll never too young for politics brown loves playing the kids build the wall then mr trump said you're fired i love them for building blocks on your child's thing perhaps they'll have more fun putting hillary clinton behind bars with this play sets and while we're at it these are not the only games being criticized as highly inappropriate now we all adore a six hour game of monopoly that usually ends in tears but now players may start crying before they even open the box but a new millennial is addition of the game offers and i watch ring taste

a reality the tug line says it all forget real estate you can't afford it anyway forget about passing go because you don't make money you just collect experiences like sleeping on your friend's couch or visiting a vacant b. stroke mr monopoly also got a make over taking a selfie with a participation medal the company insists that the game is aimed at adults something to chuckle about on christmas morning with uncle john but spoof or not the outrage has been relentless. so it turns out we could have called classic monopoly boom a monopoly all along has a bunch of money you have no debt everything is affordable and you can go straight from starting out in life to a rich british state mogul with no formal education you are aware that student debt and the rising cost of rent is crippling the economy talking about it a ya dick but then what are we to judge what's acceptable for kids to play with

some point out that today is that old grow up playing with unrealistic female role models like barbie and racist not to mention sexist stereotypes like super mario and let's not even get started on fairytales. ugly scenes erupted in the sri lankan parliament as a brawl broke out between lawmakers. i was . tempers boiled over following discussions over who should lead the country house for lanka has been in a political deadlock since last month when as president i briefly sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament critics branded the move illegal and unconstitutional. twenty past here in moscow

a split between the ukrainian and russian orthodox churches could soon become official and my colleague neil harvey discussed the situation with our correspondent daniel hawkins while religious scandals around churches in ukraine to many might seem irrelevant a historic theological debate but actually carries a lot more meaning to orthodox believers need to look at the basics first the eastern orthodox church is made up of fifteen different churches each of which one has autonomy in religious language that is called autocephaly meaning church has its own self governance in. pens and jurisdiction now the russian orthodox church for centuries has had rule over the key of orthodox church have been political and religious factions in the country which a very long time pushed for a independent ukrainian orthodox church to be established indeed the president of ukraine petro poroshenko has been a supporter of this he's implied that the creation of this church is just as

important to ukraine's independence and rebirth as joining the e.u. or nato autocephaly is the most important event from the same serious as our aspiration to join the un nato the association agreement a visa free regime with the e.u. withdrawal from the c.i.s. rejection of the deceptive treaty and friendship with russia etc all this is the basis of our all new way of development development of ukraine so this is going to happen it's going to come easily it's quite a complicated situation in ukraine is that yes there's more than one orthodox church in ukraine apart from the main one recognized officially as part of the moscow patriarchate there are also two other churches now they broke away in the early ninety's when ukraine got its independence from the u.s.s.r. this is the key of patriarchates and the ukrainian autocephalous church these claim independence but they have never been recognized officially as official corrugations that's until very recently when the patriarch of constantinople made

moves to give them that autonomy independence as well this is very much angered the moscow patriarch the russian orthodox church does not accept these decisions and will not follow them schism is give them and its leaders are the leaders of the schism and the church that accepted this gives them excluded itself from the canonical field of decision has been made to drop to full communion with the constantinople patriarchate we cannot be in communication with this church which is in schism what about the everyday church goers were they in any way be affected or think it's going to cause a lot of confusion and division i mean this is seen as a wider context as part of that conflict. between russia and ukraine east and west those debates over independence and cultural heritage in the bigger picture here tensions have been rising since about twenty fourteen there have been dozens of attacks since then by ukrainian nationalists orthodox churches aligned with moscow they view them as enemies of ukraine as effectively tools of the kremlin in terms of church property there may be conflicts as well the moscow aligned church owns

around twelve thousand parishes in ukraine those two other ukrainian churches which may soon unite control about half that number so in terms of ownership of churches in terms of income revenue in terms of where followers are going to go and practice their faith this is an issue that's not going to go away and is likely to certainly cause more confusion and division in a country already deeply divided and we discussed this potential division here with the church history professor alexander the borken. operator worth all of you will allow but there kate to exist whatever this new church will be the notes you can use but there are three and i still have my doubts that it will be for the for the independent political surplus there is sort. of the discrimination of those believers that would want to stay with the canonical church will increase of course they will try to take their property away from them i mean the church property it will increase also. all the tensions in the society as

a way to increase all the divisions in the society to increase all the disagreements and this is. it will harm your prey. a man who cut off his wife's hands in a premeditated attack and then gloated about it has been sentenced to fourteen years in a high security prison in russia he's been in a culture of investigations from this picture you'd think marguerite and maitreya lived in blissful happiness they've been together for five years and even had two young sons but behind the smiles another story some of their friends say that they were in fact colostrum divorce margarita often complained that her husband had episodes of uncontrolled jealousy he was enraged that i was getting my nails done he'd think i was cheating on him if my bra in my pants matched he emptied out all my shampoos and creams and left empty choose in their place he was angry that i was

doing well at work apparently he even kept her phone messages i woke her up during the night and asked who it was she said to drive in from work but i didn't believe her i was on age his suspicions fueled his anger so he forced her into the car drove her out into a forest threatened her and demanded she had me to cheating on him that time he let her. go she fled to the police but was told that there were not enough grounds to open a case against him her pleas for help fell on deaf ears and and with her husband's final brutal attack in december last year.

to help i wanted to put my bag in the book he said there was no space port of thought that it was taken by an axe and bandages he played his part like a real actor silently he closed the door and drove off not to work into the forest . as we drove to the hospital he shouted what an adrenaline rush worst of all i was still conscious apparently my body gave the signal to keep holding on microsurgery lost it for near me nine hours the doctors managed to sew back one hand but the other was so badly damaged in the brutal attack during which margarito remained conscious that it was impossible to save this case sent shock waves across the

country and attracted so much needed attention to the problem of domestic violence mitri was sentenced to fourteen years in prison while the officer who refused to open a case against him when margarita first went to the police is under investigation for dereliction of duty. that is wrapping up the program for this hour here on our international they retreated to have an awful lot of stories to get to you today on this friday if you can join us in twenty five minutes weird luck to see you then. you know world of big 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 smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad 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. come on and welcome to worlds apart it took a quarter of

a century since the collapse of the soviet union for the issue of inequality to resurface at the center of political and economic debates this time in the west some would even argue that it has already sparked a populous revolution culminating for now with the back side more with the election of donald trump well the western quest against inequality being more successful. then the soviet one well to discuss that i'm now joined by jason hickey anthropologist at the university of london and author of the divide a brief guide to global inequality and its solutions dr he called it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thanks for having me now you know i come from a country reach for seventy years had the run the massive experiment in the rabbit kidding inequality and many people here in russia believe that this fixation on inequality ultimately made the soviet system. incompatible with reality to what extent the opposite is true if you abandon any regulation and leave it all to the

market forces can you have a harmonious well functioning society and i think it's quite clear that. you know extreme inequality has become a very serious problem around the world both within countries as well as between them and what's evidence is that it's creating not only economic crisis. but also political ones in the sense of richer people are able to control political outcomes what usually. poor people feel deeply disenfranchised disaffected with with a government system so i think that it's quite important that we see to address this problem as urgently as possible well i'm not trying to draw any direct comparisons between the soviet focus on inequality and the western one but i wonder if you see any historical continuity between the collapse of the soviet union and the triumph of neoliberal economics back in the early ninety's and such a sharp rise of inequality a quarter over a century later so i think it's quite clear that with a collapse the.