dollars a year truck story shows the truck people rush to a small town in north dakota was an unemployment rate of zero percent like gold rush is very very similar to. this beautiful story ended with pollution and a lot of people have left here i don't know too many people here and slow down so much they lost their jobs that laid off the american dream is changing that's not what it used to be. it's a tough reality to deal. with these foreign office is funding a secret operation of anti russian campaigns across europe that's according to documents exposed by hacking group anonymous names of those involved in the clandestine network up also being revealed. as the yellow vests fuel price demo spread out across france a man wearing one of the garments threatens to blow up a petrol station. a suicide bomber attacks

a crowded festival in northwest pakistan killing twenty five and leaving many others wounded at the same time gunmen target the chinese consulate in the nearby city of karachi. replying to a tough question at the top level event in rome russia's foreign minister hits back at the double standards of some states claiming to fight for human rights around the world. use your system as the roads and. the boulders the road. which is the fuel of the road for. your. giving thanks for joining us this is r.t. and. we start this hour with the bombshell documents released by the anonymous hacker group they appear to show the u.k. government leading a massive operation to control politics and public opinion creating what anonymous

has called a large scale secret service across europe isn't easy it is done off with a story. this hacker group anonymous they're saying they got their hands on a trove of classified documents they see directly from the u.k. foreign office according to the leaked the u.k. has been funding an operation that prompted public opinion makers to promote anti russian narratives on social media or by planting planting stories in the press the british government has apparently been running those since twenty fifteen through proxy organizations it's called the operation integrity initiative now this initiative is not confined to just the u.k. you can see the map here for example it shows the already active cells if i may say so and they're really almost all across europe looks like a ground an expensive operation house is supposed to fight what is so called russian descent from asia and it is that it's expansive it as in all major

powerhouses of europe but the key to understanding this is who they work with they say it's policy makers opinion shapers and so on and so forth and they are formed into clusters according to the documents this network has a very concrete structure influences are divided into clusters based on the geography of their activities there's a u.k. one for instance featuring dozens of names but most prominently perhaps outspoken critics of russia and the right hand the man of the russian opposition figure alexina valley all who is allegedly coordinated through concealed contacts inside british embassies now a very important detail here neal is that yes this operation does have a budget but we do not know whether or not the people mentioned in these cluster lists so to speak get even a penny out of the budget because well the documents that have been published by anonymous they shed no light when it comes to that so for all we know for all it's

worth the people mentioned they could be in it without even knowing that the are being property. by the you can by the u.k. government directly ok just how influential do we consider this operation any particular case is being highlighted well the most illustrated example is the example of the spanish class it seems to be the most powerful at least judging by the documents and they conducted a so-called one claw operation in spain of course but all banned as was seeking to become director of the country's department of homeland security but this is a statement made him to pro russian for the integrity initiative what country has everything we like rule show we've achieved nothing by provoking russia a comment by likely new national security director burn us so yes that statement was would climb to london's richard beauty of machinery into action and he was put on the bad guys list so it's all started with tweets like these in an attempt to

discredit banus by members of the cluster it not only makes spain look really bad it's a real danger for the contrary in europe as a whole putin when realizing that without any effort he has just got one of his affiliates in government with full access to our security and defense policy but that was just the beginning it didn't take long for headlines to follow the online phase the initial phase also anonymous say that they obtained screenshots from the whatsapp conversation quite bluntly called the hash tag no pedro ballasts and this is one of these screenshots and it kind of does shed light as to how the whole thing was coordinated by powerful people within the ruling socialist party are making pressure to stop this this meaning the nomination of badness so what they essentially tried to do was to convince the spanish prime minister from the u.k. that the guy he wanted to take one of the top jobs in spain was no good here was to

pro russian and as a justifiable cause for that either. he presented the public opinion the themselves tailored to how they wanted at least that the narrative of the anonymous saying is in their documents of course we couldn't really very find them independently although we did reach out to the u.k. government but guess what apparently the spanish cluster succeeded and. i mean well historically. that did not get their position as the director of homeland security in spain so if that's not meddling in foreign countries affairs then what is so by the sounds of it it's a u.k. operation of influence but it's good influence according to them what they say. is that engines many things fascinating story it is that of bringing all the details that we have indeed as you mentioned the british foreign office to comment on whether they are or not funding the integrity initiative we'll let you know if and

when we hear anything earlier my colleague andrew farmer discussed this issue with security analyst and former u.k. army officer charles ship which what struck me was the sheer speed in which this influx operation was able to swing into action in real time not just in organizing or rather influence in media coverage but actually through twitter and other social media very rapidly. mobilizing resources in order to change minister appointments even in other countries when you look at the timeline of that operation it was just just a few hours from when the operation was launched to when the operation succeeded is there a gray area. on whether they're actually doing anything wrong here because they're pushing an opinion but everybody's entitled to an opinion aren't they and it would be up to using the spanish case would be up to the spanish officials to take everything on board before finally deciding who to appoint. yes you're absolutely right and it's certainly no problem with anybody expressing any opinion so long as

it's lawful doesn't. facilitate or violence and so on but what we've got here his hidden influence actually these are not genuine opinions or if they are genuine news they're being pushed and given prominence because they are backed including by funding from organizations such as u.k. government and the funding of backing so often of course the whole point of a covert operation is not disclosed and so that gives the impression that these are genuine popular feelings when in fact they have been orchestrated by generous funding and important figures into in this case the u.k. government. has been threatening to blow up a petrol station with a grenade in the town of all share in western france police are currently negotiating with the individual who's claiming to have more explosives correspondent has the latest. the tense situation in the french city of. a man who said to be in his forty's or fifty's has claimed it is holding explosive devices that man is at

a petrol station in that city he said that those devices are on his body he's claiming to be part of the yellow vest movement and he is demanding to have an audience for the movement to with the president at the palace the interior minister has said a perimeter has been put in place around that area where the man is at the petrol station and that security forces are attempting to with him and to establish where the he does indeed explosive devices on him well elsewhere in france there has been a continuation of the yellow vests we haven't i've been here in cali today finding out what's happening here. now in the seventh day of this yellow vests protest i'm here on the outskirts of cali and as you can see there are probably about fifty people who have turned up for the protest tonight it has been growing this evening though while sweeping here and what you might be able to see is what they're doing is they conjugating and occasionally they walking across a pedestrian crossing as

a way of stopping the traffic in this operation s. cargo operation snail that's been going now for the last seven days here in cali they have been in the evening blocking the age sixteen which is one of the main routes here in france they've been taking it over and they have actually been skirmishes with the police as the protesters have taken control of this road will in terms of this weekend tomorrow saturday is expected to be a big protest day for this movement last saturday we saw some three hundred thousand people across france. right. oh i was very sure. oh i am.

sure this movement that's been going on for seven days and to say will go on to an eighty two more in the big protests expected in paris has also been spreading to other countries in europe the yellow vests and now it demonstrating in countries such as belgium which is just across the border but also in places like a bulgarian germany and even reports of some of the protesters here saying they now have support for this movement in spain it's a social movement a spontaneous movement where they're saying that there are no bosses there are new unions and there are no politics involved and what they're looking for is an improvement in the quality of life back or he's working alone we need a good share turi. problem in his head that it is not i sink. not a good. behavior it's not possible to keep going

like that there is more and more poverty some people are work or their life. and it can't warm inside a home. don't have enough money to buy food or to bring their kids. so. life is big it's becoming very bad very bad and this all started over the price of taxes on fuels here in france but it is grown into a much bigger movement that is now looking at the social construct of france and some people are describing this movement is something that has not been seen in france since before the french revolution but to morris protests saturday in palace in perry we know that at least thirty thousand people are expected to come along there many more will probably join them at the main point where the protests rooters would like to hold a demonstration which is a plus to the concourse has been foot by the authorities but the protesters say

that they still will be that. string of deadly violence has rocked pakistan twenty five people were killed in a suicide bombing at a crowded festival a market in the northwest region. that. have done some. of the out there. in a separate attack three gunmen tried to storm the chinese consulate in the southern city of karachi during that incident two police officers and all three of the attackers were killed the following video captured the moment the gunfire started near the constant. the presence of the pollution is going to forces very much to do it in the not around

the chinese consulate there were more of them. a terrorist who are deadly trying is going to be. used good laid. there as it is very gov this there was a strong reaction bipartisan majority forces most of the terrorists which are probably people where they have been killed and there are sort of support for suggesting that probably some of the members of the security forces have also been killed the next you're fired all members of the johnny gosch later twenty one members they are all safe. violence also flared in neighboring afghanistan at least twenty six people were killed and around fifty wounded in a suicide blast at a mosque near an army base in course the province that's according to security officials all those killed believed to be working for the national security forces in tact and three days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens dead.

this is foreign minister has been answering some challenging questions in rome on a work visit to the mediterranean dialogues event in the italian capital has the latest. thirty lavrov was much more outspoken than he usually is at his regular press conferences and the audience right in this building was all yours and it seemed that they view russia as a power that can give direct orders to the syrian government and so this question cable westernization of heavy states if the. thousands of their own populations once the rest of keeping these kind of states if you upset with human rights and don't give them a boat the stability of countries if you dunked give a damn it both the right to life which is a human right but. not to mention the going to become so sure it's then i'm afraid you are one side of the conversation actually took

a real it talian twist when the whole thing started comparing international lay sions with those that he has and his family when my wife weapons to be a russian is an argument with me she often sees. me yet you don't respect me you know there is another russian saying. you are afraid of me then you respect me if you have some concerns normal polite people raise direct question i don't like what they could this is what i you know can you explain this. i mean this if you have a problem with suspicion regarding your voice. i mean you ask the right. way you don't go to the media and don't know so. thank you. lab robbed even shed

light on the exact language that is used by officials as well as former secretary of state rex tillerson when accusations are thrown at russia you know yourself that you do the i'm not joking this is what rex tillerson told me after i asked him to elaborate on hugh's statement that because of undeniable fact that we muddled was all that he left and so but ask your special services though you know what i mean. on saturday said he will be in portugal syrian ukraine on the topic set to be on the table will bring you the very latest from that trip. the british museum is agreed to give back a collection of bronze statues to nigeria albeit temporarily billy boy looks at how a growing number of ownership disputes could see museums losing their treasures. it

may be called the british museum but many of the precious artifacts inside here are from far away a quiet some might even say looted during the times that the british empire ruled far and wide and now an increasing number of persons former colonies all outright victims of theft all saying that they want their precious treasures to be returned home now in response to the british museum has all the courteously said that it's willing to lend out some items rather than return them the latest loan will be to nigeria a collection of bronze statues the bin mean bronzes as the known were originally taken from africa by british troops in eighteen ninety seven and other nations submitting their requests to you have to take it keeping him one hundred in peace to use your skills so once and we can hope that was the governor of

easter island begging the british museum for its precious statue earlier this week and the list of disputed museum treasures keeps on growing. so should the spoils of the empire be returned i want to know what those resisting the museum those feasting their eyes on the foreign artifacts have to say about it there's a lot of dispute actually over some of the foreign artifacts the british museum got in the times of empire should they just return everything. well that would be nice even if there are what a great question of the old who just made talking about it to speak it's been very very scrupulous. so you would have killed so you should go for their little stuff

with the last bit captive in your heart. for other countries that have to shoot so should we breathe feel like we want to fight when we go on strike. should be given back confidence is that a bit rich as well say will lend you back the things that we stole from you possibly. see your lot in the in from the different could use and stuff is just war but would never be to those who wouldn't see it would we were mean less you have a few of the stolen things or yeah if you think yes it should go back to another otherwise i think we should keep it to remind ourselves of our history and why this stuff is here in the first base their risk of the museum being empty if everyone gets everything back. well off the lot it would be pretty good but as for the british museum itself well it told us that it welcomes debate and transparency regarding the history of its collections but that in many cases allowing them to

stay in the museum gives them wider public access we are very much in favor of more transparency around the provenance of objects and museum collections we still believe however that there is a very strong public benefit for museums like the british museum housing objects from across the world under one roof while the issue of foreign artifacts has been made all the more thought he thanks to a more laissez faire attitude across the channel the french president emmanuel macron appears to be more willing to send france's colonial acquisitions back to their rightful owners and that's putting museum directors here at risk of losing large swathes of their collections in a bit of an awkward position. tourists in the catalan capital barcelona are no longer safe that's the message on leaflets being handed out by local police there was a spike in the city's crime rate over the last year some three thousand leaflets

have been given to tourists in seven languages including english french and italian police let's include tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of crime. currently there are some sixteen and a half thousand officers in the area but the force says it needs around two thousand more police personnel on the supporters took to the streets back in october protesting against the catalan interior minister. i am to. officials say the crime rate has skyrocketed nineteen percent on last year to levels not seen since the eighty's however some tourists on local residents think

the situation isn't. this was one factor that was looming one may they're different not secure leg that is why i'm getting such a big bag insert for normal company. other parts of the world and it feels pretty safe all the place in the world you never get it get rid of your present. just tell people to. be careful and keep their bibles in their pockets as you know i haven't come across anything that should meet me feel uncomfortable and see. i feel super secure obviously i take care of my personal belongings but it's a quiet city safe you can walk at night i don't feel like something bad will happen to me. and the legal first for the united states a judge has declared as unconstitutional a law banning the practice of circumcision known as female genital mutilation the judge said the power to laura was down to individual states not congress he

dismissed some of the charges against eight people including two doctors for conducting the procedure under-age girls practice is mostly carried out in africa asia and the middle east can have serious consequences including in some extreme cases death and estimated two hundred million women around the world are thought of undergone the procedure which the u.n. and world health organization consider a violation of human rights put the issue up for debate and got opinion on both sides of the argument. that is absolutely misleading to suggest that female circumcision i'm talking about all three forms is intended to actually just suppress female sexuality well i'm a doctor of human developing women's rights so i want to make it clear that i am not pro mutilation i would never support the mutilation there are a set of practices that supporters like myself refer to as female circumcision and there are many different forms usually what happens with this terminology you know genital mutilation or. is it the most extreme form which is very actually. quite

rare is what gets gets conflated with all the other practices my counterpart here is is comparing apples and oranges she's talking about the difference between women who make a conscious decision as an adult to have to undergo some sort of cosmetic or other sort of procedure no one has a problem with that here and that's not what our conversation is about we are talking about seven year old children almost babies having these decisions to make them essentially a sexual and to risk their lives doing it i reject the term i reject the term mutilation as sexist and racist you do not refer to boys as mutilated so you don't refer to our bodies as mutilated so how far do we let those values impose themselves up on american values which are based on constitutional and individual freedoms and certainly genitally mutilating

a child without their ability to even consent as an adult is not an american value most of the women from my knowledge from my twenty five years of research as well as from my experience do not. consider themselves as mutilated and don't experience themselves as mutilated existing with a multinational journey for updates and often a. future historians may look back at dummy transcending of the moment jamal khashoggi as

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going all middle of the room sick. welcome to. the breck said dale is in turmoil yet again as a storm over the draft agreement approved by their estimates cabinet. is to draft what the wanted and is it really better than a no deal well i ask member of the european parliament. the tentative deal to move along with european leaders to resume his position and split the party with

members of the road travel to trying to pull the rug from under the feet will to resume manage to push the deal through the political will wind sweep the british pm away but what happens if the u.k. ends up with a no deal breaks it. well and doubtless number of the european parliament welcome to the show great to have you with us so they draft for exit deal that is currently all going to be a thank you on the table it seems to offer too few new ties to please remain urse and not enough independence for hero to please the leavers is it a work in compromise or does only serve to annoy everybody well. known or amazing that the british government have managed to produce something that satisfies absolutely nobody all the remain as they like it and most of the leavers don't like it including me for whatever that is worth.