sad statement there i will be all over that the next day there's a culture of all accountability police officers know that they can make it misconduct that has nothing to do with all their cry. was. britain's foreign office is funding secrets operation of anti russian campaigns across europe according to documents exposed by hack hack agree anonymous names of those involved in the contest in that way a couple also being revealed. yellow vests field price demo spread out across france and as a man wearing one of the garments threatens to blow up the petrol station. replying to a tough question at the top level events in rome russia's foreign minister hits back

at the double standards of some states claiming to fight the human rights around the world. if you are obsessed with. the bowls. which is a feeling. you are one so. it is just ten till i am in the russian capital this is all t. international. we starts with bombshell documents released by the anonymous have they appeared to show the u.k. government's leading a massive operation to control politics and public opinion creating more synonomous calls a large scale secret service across europe. join joins neil harvey in the studio with the story. so 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 human clone operation in spain of course but to ban us was seeking to become director of the country's department of homeland security but this statement made him to pro russian for the integrity initiative what country has everything we like real sure 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 rebuke 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 pain look really bad it's a real danger for the contrary in europe as a whole when realising 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 the federal banus 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 you was too pro russian and as a justifiable cause for that you. they presented the public opinion they themselves

tailored to how they wanted at least that's the narrative the anonymous saying is in the 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 it is storable fact that patrol bonus did not get the position as the director of homeland security in spain so if that's not meddling in foreign countries affairs then what is we asked the u.k. foreign office to comment where yet to receive a response but it told another media outlet that information about the project is publicly available and that it welcomes any publish it gets meanwhile a source at russia's foreign ministry told us that looking at the documents and i'm not surprised that you case carrying out such activities we also got quite a response from one of the people featured in the documents released by anonymous the documents prove no such thing i have not been paid by the institute but i

applaud their work in dealing with the check his regime has put knishes information and influence operations the kremlin is losing russia bullying neighboring countries and murdering its critics why don't you investigate that the real risks of phobia instead of trying to smear people who are trying to resist the kleptocratic xenophobic incompetent hoodlums who make your wonderful country into an international pariah and the farmer discuss the issue with security analyst and former u.k. army officer charles she bridge. what struck me was the sheer speed in which this influence operation was able to swing into action in real time not just in organizing or rather influencing 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 the the pushing in opinion but everybody's entitled to an opinion 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 all violence and so on but what we've got here is it 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. france look set for another weekend of protests against the

government's fuel price hike charlotta been scarce in the port city of calais forus where thousands were rallying on friday evening. carol aides getting a little rowdy know as you can see the yellow vest protesters have taken over soon all the roads they are now completely in control of it and trying to stop the traffic from coming through the police at the moment are remaining on the back but they are maintaining a close watch on this situation. you can hear that the mergers are choosing their horns in support for this movement which is now in its seventh day are about one hundred to two hundred you have over supporters all saying they won't the resignation of president mark owen and they want it to be a complete change in the first fabric here in fronts just how to look at them some

of them while do the excitement as they feel that the momentum of this movement is still building official figures suggest that only between five and six thousand people were out in protest on friday but people say that's because many people are at work and they can't be out to the protests every day but saturday is expected to be another big pinch point in terms of the protests over three hundred thirty and forty thousand people expected to attend a big protest emit paris for the moment it looks like things are heating up being the last few nights they have been fairly a huge number of schools she's between the police and the protest is and yet again it seems like the heat is on as this protest goes into the several flights into you being a very chilly deviously party colleen. a string of deadly violence this rocks pakistan some twenty five people were killed

in a suicide bombing at a crowded festival in markets in the northwest region. but there was another of the ones who don't. know. that. in a separate attacks 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 moments the gunfire started near the consulate. the presence of the blues in the school before he was very much good remember on good terms gauntlet there were more of them were

a terrorist return is going to be. used for good roads. there are good a vote of boost or there was an earthquake or reaction by a box and security forces burned more stuff but the researchers are probably people who have been through phone bill all through poor folks just in the globe live from or being members of the school because of all google extreme your quote all members of the johnny gosch roof will be one member's bill all through. violence also flared in neighboring afghanistan at least twenty six people were killed in the round sixty when days in a suicide blast at a mosque near an army based in khost province that's according to security officials all those killed were believed to have been working for the national security forces the attack comes to read days after another suicide bombing at a gathering of religious scholars left dozens dead. after a dramatic spike in crime police in barcelona have want taurus they may not be safe

that story and more after the break. the british government and the british establishment and mrs bush and mrs mrs may have looks themselves up into his studio about so-called new deal just so he is incredibly misleading as i just sit in so doing a lot of the european union to impose completely draco union is on the u.k. which would last anyway. i think that i would want to go fast but inside i'm i'm dockside i think. going down your backside you can improve yourself. but it's all so bloody.

but i really believe this. bottle that we show our side that it's all we and the band. can be sure. welcome back to the program russia's foreign minister has been answering some challenging questions and right now in a way face it to the mediterranean dialogues of ads in the italian capital. house 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 wants to mention

states. and imprison thousands of their own populations what's the rationale of keeping these kind of states if you obsessed with human rights and don't give them a boat the stability of countries if you dunked give them a boat the right to life which is a human right but. not to mention the going to can social rights 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 sais i mean yeah 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 look good 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 wife. you ask how do you read the right. way you don't go to the media and don't know so. rob you can shed light on the exact language that is used by officials announced by regular house former secretary of state rex tillerson when accusations are growling at russia you know yourself that you did that's that's a i'm not joking this is what rex tillerson told me after i asked him to elaborate on his statement of undeniable fact that we muddled was knowledge he laughed and

said but ask your special services they know what they mean. on saturday say gala for a full b. in portugal syrian ukraine is topic set to be on the table and we'll be bringing you the very latest from the. tourists in the castle on capital boss alone and they read on to say that's the message on leaflets being handed out by local police amid a spike in the city's crime rates over the last year. some three thousand leaflets have been given to tourists in seven languages including english french and italian the leaflets include texts on how to avoid becoming a victim of crime. currently there are some sixteen thousand five hundred offices in the area but the full says it needs around two thousand more police personnel and their supporters took to the streets back in october protesting against the cuts an interior minister.

thank you thank you. thank you. thank you. thank. you officials say the crime rate has skyrocketed nineteen percent on last year to levels not seen since the eighty's however some tourists and local residents think the situation isn't up thoughts. when i came this was one factor that was new when one man here in their prime not secure like that is why i'm getting such a big bag instead of norman come put side by trade to other parts of the world it feels pretty sexy that's all the place in the world you never going to get rid of

one hundred percent crime i would just tell people to. be careful and don't keep their bibles in their pockets as i don't know i haven't come across anything that would make me feel uncomfortable about it and see. i feel super secure obviously i take care of my personal belongings but it's a quad cities safe you can walk at night i don't feel like something bad will happen to me. we are not robots now was the rallying cry of disaffected imus and employees across europe on friday as they staged protests against what they describe as a human way to sions in the only online retail john's warehouses. where kids in germany spain and france all reportedly who walks house from what's typically one of the busiest shopping days of the year demonstrations were also held at several facilities in the u.k. and italy those involved were calling on see. the world's richest individual for

improved working conditions and highest salaries these protests of the first time amasa distaste a backlash in europe with demonstrations also being held by warehouse workers in germany in twenty minutes. well to discuss this further we can now cross live to his human and labor rights lawyer he joins us now so what do we know about working conditions in amazon's warehouses is in human effect tries ation which you say. yes in fact there was a recent report here in the united states by journalist who got a job there and he reported did it reminded him of a low security prison people. are forced to work so quickly that they can't even take a bathroom break. so what can the protest is hope to achieve can amazon be shamed into improving working conditions because so far they've rejected

that demands. i believe they can we see in the united states because of bad publicity and some calls by people like senator bernie sanders amazon raised its wages to fifteen dollars an hour from about twelve dollars an hour so we see that they are amenable to pressure look it's a consumer oriented business and so particularly if consumers are willing to put pressure on them they will change their ways. well let's look at the consumers then how likely is it that they will ten away from amazon and over claims of mistreatment of well the think. always hard to know but i certainly know in the us many many people will not using amazon because of bad working conditions you know and because they feel that you know it's creating this economy of low

wage earners that just is not good for this country so no out of people who who vote with their conscience and i hope that continues. and amisom see jeff bezos recently said that obsessing over customers this case into to ensure the fem survival so wouldn't looking after employees also working on this and favor in the long run. of course because first of all let's be clear there workers are also consumers they employ a lot of people and those people also buy products but also again people do care about working conditions of others in the pay of others and i think people are realizing that larger bozo is making many many millions of dollars in his people or working in prison like conditions this is unacceptable. and it's also black friday one of the arguably one of the busiest shopping days of the year what do you make of the timing of all of this terrific time i mean this is the day what does black

friday mean the day that the retailers want to get in the black for the first time in new year meaning to be making a profit this is the time to hit amazon so i mean this is perfect i appreciate your comments thank you for joining us here on r.t. human and labor rights lawyer thank you thank you. the british museum has agreed to get back a collection of bronze star to use to nigeria but only temporarily. looks now at how a growing number of ownership disputes could see museums lose their tresses. it may be called the british museum but many of the precious artifacts in scientists are from far 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 the british museum has only 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 that been mean bronzes as the known were originally taken from africa by british troops in eight hundred ninety seven and all the nations are submitting their requests to you have to take it keeping him two hundred and fifty years yes it was so months then 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 were to and i want to know what those resisting the museum those feasting their eyes on the foreign office 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 wouldn't be received. but what a great question the world would just be talking about this big speech very very scrupulous. so you would put if you think you should go for the little stuff you do loves it kept it in your power to do stuff for other countries set up to shoot up to assure that we briefly about we want to but we construct. a shriek of thought conference is that a bit rich as well say will lend you back to the things that we stole from you possibly from the sea your lot in the in from the different could use and stuff is

just swallow who would never get it to those who wouldn't see it would we do the mean yes you have a few of the stolen things in the old yeah you think yes you should go back to mother otherwise i think we should keep it to remind ourselves of our history of why this stuff is here in the first base their risk of the museum being empty if if if one gets everything back up the world after the last group would be better 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 hope like 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 from museums like the british museum housing objects from across the world under one roof while the issue of foreign artifacts has been

made over more thought he thanks to a more laissez faire attitude across the channel the french president emanuel macron it is 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. making good on his word crown announced on friday that france will be returning twenty six statues and thrones to the west african states have been in the works have been stolen during a clone in war in eight hundred ninety. you know today two of the latest global news so have more top stories and thirty minutes time.

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