if. it is claimed an american born u.k. financier may have ordered the fatal poisoning of his former lawyer sergei magnitsky as russian prosecutors shed new light on a death global attention nearly a decade ago. also this hour censorship policies put facebook back in the spotlight after a. page sees a teenage bride from south sudan auctioned off for cattle and to cash. in

a popular russian cartoon is accused of being a kremlin propaganda tool designed to influence children's minds around the world. are broadcasting. international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us . now there is a fresh development in the investigation over the death of anti-corruption lawyer sergei magnitsky nearly ten years ago russian prosecutors are looking into whether his killing was organized by his former boss the british based financier william browder. post-mortem tests showed that there were symptoms of boys and with the toxic water soluble aluminum compounds taken orally there has

never been full scale research of such substances in russia but over dozens of years texaco logical research of these compounds have been conducted especially by the u.s. and. we have to understand who is mr mcneil and who is mr brown the latin american born u.k. hedge fund manager had a huge business in the ninety's and early two thousand russia believes not very clean he was charged with nine years in prison in absentia for tax. so game admits key was his lawyer and top tax advisor and obviously russia considered him to be involved in mr browder criminal activity and he was arrested hand died in a pretrial detention under control personal circumstances william browder known for his decade long can paint against russian corruption accused russia of killing magnitsky who had testified against the country's tax authorities and police he used this case to lobby the so-called magnitsky act sanctioning russian officials

hey implicated in corruption and now prosecutor general office here in moscow ease practically pushing forward mirror accusations saying that the death of such a game at least he was in fact in the interest of william browder covering his dirty financial schemes and adding that they are opening an investigation into that it has been in the news for year is the trash it is accusing william browder of money laundering and fassel mint and now prosecutor general office opened a criminal case into organizing trans national and criminal networks for these purposes let's take a listen. for long time russia's prosecutor general together with the investigative authorities have been seeking to prosecute william browder and other members of an international criminal network organized by him this network was created in russia in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven and continues to operate today to carry

out serious economic crimes both on russian territory and abroad this is a very serious crime here in russia if bill to mr browder may face up to twenty years of inquiries and it would be fair to mention that mr browder himself believes that all these is politically motivated here rita rated many times that putin personally stopped him prosecutor general office has also said that russia will soon hospital mr brown had to be. extradited since these type of crimes covered by the un convention it was also added that some time ago a huge file about mr browder is crimes by the thousand a long document had been handed over to u.s. authorities but russian never received any answer. human rights activists are sounding the alarm over a teenage bride auction that was held on facebook are too silly a patrol to go look at the uproar the social media giant is now facing. it's twenty

eight seeing we're well into the twenty first century but in south sudan you can still buy a teenage bride for a few hundred cows three jeeps and ten thousand bucks this isn't from a fresh ad on a billboard somewhere in the sudanese savannah the auction and wedding are done and over with and guess where the bidding happened on facebook any form of human trafficking whether posts pages or groups that coordinate this activity are not allowed on facebook and so they took the auction posts down good job facebook just one problem like i said the wedding dress had been worn and it took days and days for the tech giant to act now this is how the family tried to impress the bidders by pitching the girls height the kids of the winner are guaranteed for n.b.a.

slots and among the competing want to be husbands are said to have been local government officials they need to be suspended from their office and have risen full of it in this ng mostly to needs to be held accountable that a girl could be sold for marriage on the world's biggest social networking sites is beyond belief. yes most of the activists fury was about how an entire online auction campaign could happen all facebook's radar so let me give you a quick reminder of some of the do's and don'ts on the network facebook is off limits to you got it fake news and it's up to some mysterious fact checkers employed by the tech giant in america to decide what's good for you to read and what's not also among the stuff that's been banned by zox people are posts featuring the paintings of peter paul rubens because of nudes in them even though he's one of the most remote artists of the seventeenth century or this story on the

starving children in yemen by the new york times for the same reason in that case concerns over facebook's image posting policies at least for some while outweighed concerns over a disastrous famine in a war torn country well we'll see if they're as alert next time someone tries to sell a teenage bride for cattle the response from facebook is oh we took it down as soon as we found out but clearly the implication there is that they still despite you know so many similar stories of things that shouldn't be on facebook being on facebook for too long as far as i can see so far there's been no concrete answer from facebook as to how they're going to show that this doesn't happen again and for it to have been out there for days while this whole gruesome process was completed. seems you know it's a mystery something that should take much more responsibility for and spend more of

the profits are not actually making sure the platform is safe and is no abuse to the sake of human trafficking. sitting the kids in front of the t.v. to watch cartoons should be a safe bet to keep them quiet for a bit just make sure they're not being covertly programmed with propaganda some western news reports claim a globally acclaimed russian series is trying to influence young minds as artie's jacqueline vogue reports. and that little sweetheart was matia from the cartoon in the bear originally russian the series has been trashing the series has been translated into dozens of languages and won the hearts of millions across the globe but it turns out there may be a sinister side to the enduring little girl and her protective pet d.d. trying to.

see now what russia has forgotten to mention there is that some cartoons are in fact evil putin propaganda yep according to a times u.k. article moshe is just another putin pop it is funny steep. but also a plucky she punches a bunch of weight is no fun face to see. but it seemed to be particularly worried about one scene and a single episode or moshe's seen wearing a soviet border guards hat. apparently that's meant to be a statement on russia's defense of its borders but even if we say that's true what kind of kid would pick up on that but hey it's best to start when they're young right the studio behind this propaganda masterpiece of course denies being influenced by the kremlin's hand saying they received no state funding but we did a bit of digging and found some ominous signs you simply can't ignore here comes

the kremlin for all of two seconds that could easily be interpreted as a soviet red star to skies as an innocent christmas decoration and you may not realize it but the weird hat that must have got on here is a traditional russian hat now i know those examples aren't so much propaganda as they are just random russian things but that's all we could climb but worry not it turns out the bear itself is a representation of russia as a whole you see bear you think russia right. the bears symbolizes russia it's a fact it's a struggle for the minds part of a hybrid exposure in which a negative image of russia is replaced by a positive oh the horror the horror now you know what your children are being exposed to and can protect them accordingly. and the bear are not coming to invade your homeland masha and the bear is hybrid warfare. he's british empire. and who sums up american decadence bits of the coffee.

my nephews are watching the bears see you they don't seem to be particularly indoctrinated. i really really do not want to read more about how masha in the bat is putin is propaganda. i can confirm that i watched two episodes of there when i was nine and i suddenly became a twitter bot he speaks russian. members of the world chemical weapons watchdog are locking horns over a plan to broaden its powers back in june of vote went in favor of allowing the o.p.c. w. to apportion blame but russia and china are among the countries against the. opposition on the proposal made in june is that in downing the o.p.c. dubey with the functions is not meant to have would constitute an infringement on the un security council's proud. citizen in front of us today and let's be very

clear. to undermine what was agreed by suggesting it was not compliant with convention that is simply not true coming from the russian federation. i might be euphemistic in syria ironic but frankly it is pungent popper so. what have they done for the last few years. but to connive with their syrian ally trying to bury the truth of what has happened in syria alongside. from the use of chemical weapons by the assad regime the delegations present at the conference are told to vote for everything proposed by the western group and a number of times that delegations of come under psychological pressure from the same countries this is ample evidence to the extent of hypocrisy it's open lies and hostility on the part of bill's delegations may be the united states side would

like to ask questions about the lives of syrian people but i believe that they lie when they say they really care about victims in syria between the times diplomatic language used in the chamber it's fairly clear to see that there is a split in the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons right now and that's a place pretty much goes down the lines of the u.k. in the united states on one side or china and russia. is the proposal that was voted through now early in june of this year that was put forward by the united kingdom would give the o.p.c. w. extended powers it would give them the power to identify perpetrators all chemical weapons attacks now russia says this goes again. the charter which created the the o.p.c. w. in fact saying it would step on the toes of the the un security council which currently has powers that in turn was described as a contingent his call crissy by the us ambassador the russian permanent

representative to the. he said russia's western partners were doing their best to undermined russia's proposals considering all the tricks of so-called partners use we understand they are really afraid but they do this if they weren't afraid unfortunately we see that our american colleagues are continuing their conflicting line and we used to it they already left the paris climate accord the iran nuclear deal and now they're attempting to de rail the whole. of the russian ambassador calling for the vote means that they wrapped up on a monday evening with that vote hanging over us it will be sorted out on tuesday morning were expecting to see everybody back here in the hague bright in early to try and get into an end of this current impasse. british prime minister will head to brussels this week to try and seal the deal over brags that the u.k.

is scheduled to leave the e.u. on march twenty ninth next year just over four months away after that two thousand and sixteen referendum that left in the british public bitterly divided the other twenty seven e.u. states are expected to sign off on the so-called divorce papers and european representatives have been giving some positive vibes that the deal will finally be concluded this week. just to brief the ministers who do you twenty seven and agreement to reach the last week negotiators level and a draft to reach through or agreement as well as on the outline of the particular correction on the future ownership we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that we have been achieved in brussels and in london. i am pretty that ministers today's report to overall package gregory speaking this deal is fair and balanced we want an

orderly exit of you came and the twenty seven stand behind that united. but theresa may is struggling to get support for back home where it has led to a raft of government resignations and party plots to oust her from ten downing street after one of her toughest weeks yet is pm may said that getting rid of her would not make the bread talks any easier it's actually about what's right for the country and as far as i'm concerned i would be distracted from actually the important job in this critical week and against the actions of making sure we do get that final good deal for the country but you know a change of leadership at this point isn't going to make and against nations in need and it's not going to change the parliamentary arithmetic some of the biggest criticisms of teresa mayes you divorce plan comes from within her own party at least twenty five conservative m.p.'s say that they have submitted letters of no confidence in the prime minister forty eight needed are needed to trigger

a leadership vote. it is taking a toll on the party the tories are slipping in the polls as brigs at supporting the voters lose faith in the p.m.'s plan it is seeing the opposition labor party take a three point lead and ramping up pressure for a snap election we spoke to strategic and political analyst apollo rough funny who says the e.u. might be backing this deal simply to move on from bragg's it. dealy itself is a sort of a programme out a deal so it says that the reader teacher will be done. that meanwhile nothing will open it is a measure of the same urge is said that probably will be postponed up to two thousand and thirty two so what happens between now and two thousand times to use a sort of a leg or insufficient in which the decision is due to take a it looks like. the european union leaders in particular.

political aspirations wants to get a treaty of these of these files and so say the job has been done to agreement has been sealed and that's. heads and he can feel free to move to other positions as you know spies to do to sit in the stands even in the u.k. there is this sentiment i mean this great city issues a sort of a daunting case for the entire structure of these situations. protests have broken out across the netherlands over a controversial christmas character called black pete celebrations featuring the character have come under increasing criticism in recent years with accusations pete encourages racial stereotypes.

black peter has been a part of dutch christmas festivities since the mid one nine hundred century when he first appeared in a children's book he is the trusted helper of father christmas climbing down chimneys to deliver presents and sweets to children in parades and other appearances by pete is played by an adult and black face a curly wave and colorful clothes. of this year's protests following years of complaints and censorship of black people in the netherlands and abroad back in two thousand and eleven a dutch christmas celebration was cancelled in a small canadian town after complaints of racism two thousand and fifteen several dutch cities altered black petes image slightly for parades giving him soot on his cheeks rather than full black face a school in ottawa decided to remove black people altogether out of respect for the diversity of its students and only a month ago dutch broadcaster n.t.r. ditched the black face character or the version of the character instead of opting for marks but on the streets of the netherlands the there has been mixed reaction.

i stand here to protest because we'll find a deal that peter ray says we've understood change the festivities are pleasant for everyone i think it's a break first it's. good because they don't see if. these are black or white or it's quote. i think it's. it's a non-disclosure for me. i think that we should keep the festivities as they are and keep black pete i see no point in having a white pete after all this is for children. independent journalist luger of a earlier spoke to my colleague. while he regrets the potential loss of this tradition he understands the need to move on of the times. back in the day that was acceptable it was acceptable colonia practice but it's not now and this is the objection from those protesting against the tradition isnt it. yes yes

and i understand i mean if it goes so far it's it would be it will be very difficult to defend this tradition but i remember vividly in the first day of my primary school you know being scared of this guy we had is surprising our eyes coming to us it was a white man in a black face but he was the interesting character not since nicholas you know the saint ok he was a nice old man but we were more interested by this person with the big crawling eyes so it's impossible i think to continue as he is but are originally it is not racism a troll and we live in a funny world where the political correctness is becoming credible things evolve and obviously with the outcry in the netherlands you cannot keep a swat to pete pete ses that's it's unfortunate for those who love traditions but so it is. monday marks a milestone on the completion of

a major black sea gas pipeline project with the russian and turkish president announcing a key off shore line has been finished artie's but i guess you have has more. of the completion of the portion of the turkish stream is in didn't of itself a milestone politically and economically this is an achievement objective you speaking nine hundred kilometers of pipes two pipes running together laid under the black sea a depths of up to two kilometers under the under the sea itself certainly this is done very quickly and led me a prudent spread hoops that the land bhushan of the pipeline will be laid just as quickly as to with the pipelines themselves they have of throughput a combined throughput of thirty billion cubic meters of gas a year that is enough to keep twelve million european households heated supplied

with the. energy with natural gas for a year so certainly that is a huge amount of energy that europe is now going to be getting from an alternative source the presidents of russia and turkey who met again to mark the occasion both expressed optimism that this is only just the start to talk them we and our russian partners have now come to the final stage of the project this is a project we've put a lot of effort into russia is a long term reliable partner and a very important natural gas supplier. but i want to thank the president of turkey it's good mr you know that i got thank god but i. believe he just google you for his political will encourage why because projects like this can't be realized without cities under increasingly competitive

conditions. over the last year was so glad to be a proven leader frequent guest here was turkey whether it be face to face meetings with the president have. trilateral meetings including iran three countries have helped establish group bases spies in syria set up demilitarized zone and through their agreements that efforts a military invasion of its lead by the syrian government was averted were godless both leaders have remarked time and time again that russian and turkish relations are on the up and up that they're breaking new we levels was for the construction of nuclear power plants new gas pipelines multilateral agreements economic political and military and again they both hope that these relations will continue to improve. president trump has launched into a twitter tirade against pakistan craving that the country is continuing to take

billions of die. dollars in aid from the u.s. but giving nothing in return in one of his posts on monday the u.s. leader pointed to the example of bin laden who took shelter in pakistan trump said that despite washington giving islam a bad billions america was it never told he was living there pakistan's alleged unwillingness to fight terrorism led the u.s. to cut eight hundred million dollars in military aid this year. we're supporting pakistan we've given one point three billion dollars you know which we don't give them anymore by the way i did it because they don't do anything for us they don't do a damn thing for us pakistan's prime minister has hit back at trump rejecting the accusations that islam has supported terrorism imraan khan treated his country has paid a huge price for its involvement in america's war on terror he says tens of thousands of lives have been lost its economy has taken a huge hit and that the u.s. has only sent in a minuscule amount of aid despite that though political analyst bruno told us that

he believes pakistan is wholly reliant on washington's support. pakistan needs american aid it needed american aid from the very day it was born in the one nine hundred forty nine to forty seven sorry. americans have lots of heat into pakistan since the fifty's so. it's very difficult for them to come to combine a strategy to get rid of the problems of the terrorists and at the same time helps pakistan's bottom line but that means they have to think of themselves first i don't think trump will be able to keep up the semblance of cutting off aid for too long because pakistan is the central piece in this strategy even as big as it is we have a confluence of interests coming to play which will keep the americans. force the

americans to get back to pakistan. sorties in the u.s. city of chicago say that three people including a policeman have died of their injuries following a shooting at a hospital on monday medical officials have said the attack is over and event all patients are safe according to police suspect is dead however they have not released any information about the individual's identity it's also unclear whether the assailant took their own life or he was killed by police here is how witnesses describe the events. and this starting right now parking lot not in the hospital so obviously they're still there all still there is had to retreat in the hospital because we will flop being we were barricaded in that sofa while playing a poor death while we were told that some happened terrible. opera's goal was to start getting patients out the rooms and i grabbed who i could took them to safety and locked them in. this one i just you know the noise from

behind the door. peace activist kathy kelly told us the u.s. needs to implement stricter gun control laws. what we need in the long run in the bigger picture to stop the gun violence is to look at what other cities have done all around the world they pass laws to prohibit the sale and the. not only of guns but also of ammunition so i believe that if all of the medical and health care professionals united in every single hospital across chicago and baden very very strong building block to say we don't want the guns the gun sales the ammunition being made available to people any longer it's one of the worst threats to public health i think that would actually be more important than training people to be on guard or wear bulletproof vests or be behind

bulletproof shields and think if we want to shield yourself from gun violence we have to start with the major companies that are selling guns and selling ammunitions shut those places down. all right that does it for me i will be back with headlines about thirty one minutes and fifteen seconds stay with. briggs and high drama the saga continues also the cia says it has high confidence they know who killed the show and position a new approach to some. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to be. actually going to be approached with the bible before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. midst of phone bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact on all of us i'm bart chilton coming to you this time from miami our miami studios we're so glad you're on board coming up today as the holiday season is upon us and black friday approaches we talk about it incredible industry of more than four hundred sixty billion dollars that.