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he does feel for you. i'm doing this because i want the future world to future generations to have and enjoy the ocean we have. the u.s. senate struggling rebuke saudi arabia over the shogi murder and calls for an end to the american involvement in the war on yemen is this a defining moment for this by lot of relationship will so-called values trump card political reality. as the sentencing of donald trump's former national security adviser for lying to the f.b.i. is delayed once again we look at how his case is overshadowed by words like treason and meddling. and one of the first journalists to report on alleged trumped
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russia collusion now ses the blockbuster claims made by the sole song like home. after weeks of talking violence yellow vests demonstrations police in france threaten the protest over working conditions or some media blame russia for the on breath so we tried to find those responsible. by you in paris to make people protest known that to look each other up the. phone company but it is. britain's prime minister continues to face opposition to have breaks it down as the government ramps up preparations for a painful no deal divorce from the e.u. . a wall. can you watching r t international with me taking aaron great to have you
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with us this hour our top story sentencing of the first white house official over alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen us presidential campaign has been delayed once again donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the f.b.i. but as more pain explains both words like treason and meddling what flynn is really guilty of. general michael flynn the only senior member of the trumpet ministration to be charged with a crime by the special prosecutor it was supposed to be a smoking gun the judge didn't mince any words when describing it i'm not hiding my disgust my disdain for this criminal offense all along you were an unregistered agent of a foreign country while serving as the national security advisor arguably that undermines everything that this flag over here stands for arguably you sold your country out however the judge took it back i feel terrible about that the
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government has no reason to believe that the defendant committed treason his actual crime was telling a lie to the fed but that's not what the media has been feeding us no treason no sinister connection to foreign adversaries what happened is this in december of two thousand and sixteen as the f.b.i. was preparing to wrap up and conclude its collusion investigation at that point michael flynn had a conversation with russian ambassador. now you'll recall that as far as the media was concerned he wasn't simply an ambassador but a super spy master remember. identified by c.n.n. as a top intelligence gatherer to our spies master in washington d.c. and who we know is the chief spy so course the f.b.i. had no choice but to talk to flynn about that conversation but the way their interview with him was conducted was rather strange no lawyers were present the white house counsel was not informed lynn just sat down with the f.b.i. and at no point did they tell him that what he said could later be used against him
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in court the f.b.i.'s investigation of a guy who pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. he should have been warned you shouldn't lie should have been told you can have a lawyer think of the state of affairs we've ended up in that's nonsense i'm very proud of the way the f.b.i. conducted itself flexible thoughtful pursued believes where you'd want us to at the time the f.b.i. did not see any wrongdoing. general flynn pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the federal bureau of investigation even though the f.b.i. agents did not detect any deceptions your influence interview what michael flynn apparently said is that international tensions shouldn't ask following obama's sanction and sacking of the diplomats however michael flynn told the f.b.i. that he couldn't recall the details of the conversation general michael flynn oh the horror he sat at a table with russian president vladimir putin and he supposedly met with a group alleged to be nazi sympathizers and he supposedly kidnapped someone on
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behalf of turkish president era one and while we're at it let's mention that his son is apparently part of the investigation plans name has been dragged through the mud at the end of the day however the f.b.i. only found one thing to hold onto a lie. r.t. new york. on the same day flynn's sentence was delayed one of the first journalists to report on an infamous trumped russia dossier said that it contains claims that unlikely folse michael believes the most salacious like his ations made in it may never be proven when you actually get into the details of the steel dosia the specific allegations we have not seen the evidence to support them and in fact there's good grounds to think that some of the most sensational allegations will never be proven and are likely false. when the uncorroborated claims that came out in the media it was treated like a bombshell revelation and picks up the story sometimes it takes only one
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spark one report from one or a handful of journalists from a big outlet to really send the media world into overdrive former british intelligence officer behind the dot ca that contained explosive allegations about president donald trump he also addressed the dossier of alleged dirt on donald trump in russia the report included unsubstantiated claims that russian intelligence compiled a dossier on mr trump during visits to moscow what a good example was when the chief investigative reporter for yahoo news michael isikoff made a bombshell out of the infamous steel dossier that was a big one remember with the p. tape aka the golden shower compromise with plenty of alleged collusion evidence well here's what the same man says now in december twenty eighth and this something we find out almost two years since the dossier came to light but back in january
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twenty seventh seeing hours and hours of air time on these steel memos but dared time on these steel memos bombarded t.v. screens to tell the world a story of collusion plus its thanks to the dossier for one that the f.b.i. secured a warrant to spy on donald trump's advisor pretty serious stuff the dossier was full of claims that could have been seen as good collusion or proof the most notable alleging donald trump's former attorney michael cohen traveled to prague to fix and coordinate all that campaign scheming together with russia and the so-called p.t. was perhaps part of it too with the most bizarre claims that russian security services had blackmailed trump with recordings of his dirty deeds in a moscow hotel this wasn't just something that randomly came from donald. trub the president pretty much repeated a crucial statement by the author of the dossier himself revealed in a court hearing chris steele said the following was supposed to happen as
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a result of the dossier is publication based on that advice party such as the democratic national committee and face c c could consider steps they would be legally entitled to take to chinese the validity of the outcome of that election so if she didn't pay for it it was done through one of the klinefelter in his asians only with a specific purpose to find some kind of legal ground to challenge the results of the twenty sixteen vote this just tells you how deeply stark in partisans are in the washington d.c. swap of these partisans lean towards democrats and specifically towards hillary clinton and barack obama this is really an unbelievable literal smear campaign for which grave damages have occurred in the relations between russia the united states to the trump name to the trump family it's cost a lot of money it's cast as bad live the american system of justice which is supposed to be blind to the good sense there ought to be
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a real investigation of how this happened and of why it's gone on for so long and people need to be held to account here this is an outrage. with weeks of protests still barely a piece in france the police there are now threatening to launch their own blue vest protests over unpaid overtime and dangerous working conditions the original widespread yellow vest demonstrations called for feel tax levies to be dropped and political reform but some have been looking away from the government for the sauce of the discord and rush to link the movement to russia tried to ban ski went to find some suspects. it would. at least that the mainstream media was searching for it was the russians who are behind france's mobilization over the yellow dress protest is nothing to do with the high cost of living fuel taxes and deteriorating services in rural areas so we've come out to the streets of
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paris to find out if they. have been at it again where all they. want us. no i don't believe i've definitely found one. yes tell us how you in paris to make people protest known the. up. in your chest. of. the russians are they behind the yellow vest protest or is it that you just like he would. leave the loop remove. the party has the news in your month of. the mainstream media say that russia is behind these protests you must be wearing a yellow vest on saturday immediately. henri was.
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full display suspiciously could be the center of russian activity in france. france the you mean you know he is so deep into protesting this is still in france into chaos. political rules here. you're the story what's your favorite color. are you sure it's not yellow. just. the call it. gives on contract. so it appears at least russians are pleading they are innocent bystanders but they have nothing to do with the protests but they would say that wouldn't play. ski r.t.
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paris. well the demands of the vests have been beamed to viewers around the world but some of the coverage in france is self has come in for criticism of french t.v. chalo is accused of censoring is broadcast after it appeared to change a plaque out of one of the protesters it initially said mccrone out but the last word was deleted well that caused mass accusations across social media networks the channel later said it was an error when he spoke to the protester whose placard was altered. so much i was shocked like many others this censorship by france three karsa shadow in the media in general the process to start to think that journalists are in cahoots with politicians and the financial elite this kind of censorship doesn't help the situation as people would say you see we were right in criticizing the media they manipulate us but i've heard from many people who said they were shocked as well as
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a backlash online or twitter facebook everywhere i thought this through and decided to file a complaint to the country's media watchdog. says after the outcry from the police the french government has made some concessions is proposing three hundred euro bonuses for officers deployed to protests the police union reacted angrily to lat saying its members can't be bought a union representative described officers feelings towards the unrest in the country or government not getting always was to office or even considering the social and professional obligations of our colleagues when they are not in uniform they become yellow vests because we are middle class or even lower because of our salaries our origin that's why some colleagues feel that they are yellow vests because of the yellow firsts really resonates with police summoned. the british government is ramping up preparations for a no deal brags it has to resign may's withdrawal plan continues to face opposition
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from m.p.'s the deal can't be adopted if it doesn't receive necessary support in a parliamentary vote for january and one is adoption is in question the u.k.'s breaks it secretary say is a no deal scenario is now a serious consideration the government's priority remains to secure the deal but we need to recognise with fourteen weeks to go that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without. three thousand troops will reportedly be on standby as part of the no deal contingency plan other measures include securing medical and food supplies during the coming weeks families and businesses will also be receiving official guidance on how to prepare for a possible chaotic divorce from the e.u. shandy edwards in london has more on this. well if you're struggling to keep up with all the latest developments you're certainly not alone and one thing that we can all actually agree on and keep up with is the fact that to resume
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a deal probably won't make it through parliament in january and today the cabinet use its last meeting before breaking up for christmas to agree to ramp up no deal preparations even though it's still certain still believes that delivering the deal that the prime minister did agree in brussels is still the government's top priority having said that bracks that is just one hundred days away now so ministers are now preparing for a note let me just talk you through a bit of those preparations we're hearing that all u.k. citizens will be sent information about how to prepare for a no till breakfast and think of it maybe like a survivor sky two a no deal but most worryingly the defense secretary gavin williamson he's saying that three thousand five hundred troops could be put on the streets on standby to help the u.k. deal with the impact what we are doing is putting contingency plan to close and what we will do is have three and a half thousand service personnel. readiness including regulars and reserves and
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all support any government department on any contingencies a minute across the channel the european parliament's negotiate has sounded the alarms as well over a notable breakfasts and those like jeremy hunt who glorify no deal broke so they are totally responsible it's not the job of politicians to make the people the lead poor or remove. rights and make lives more uncertain there's no such thing as a man there's no deal it's still doesn't look too hopeful for the prime minister especially given the fact that the e.u. told her categorically that they would not be renegotiating her deal and they would not be doing so under any single circumstances so now many people are telling theresa may urgent a reason may to stop running scared and hold the vote sooner rather than later i think this is. the. terminations on the part of the british government to try and scare the people in to putting pressure on their m.p.'s. to vote for mrs may is
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absolutely abominable deal. she still thinks so she still has to believe that she might get some kind of slip through a concession from brussels which will enable the house of commons to back a dreadful deal but i did see it happening she still wants to cling on to the illusion icing the deal. but i don't think it will happen i think would end up getting out without a deal while the migration crisis in europe continues to cause political upheaval as the belgian prime minister steps down over the divisive issue we have all the details on that and plenty more after this break. you know world big partisan movie. and conspiracy it's time to wake up
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to dig deeper to get 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. make manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. be the one percent. they can or middle of the room see.
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a comeback a bunch of hacks documents reportedly from the u.k. funded think tank integrity initiative apparently revealed the anti propaganda sites links to nato among the revelations are supposedly efforts to infiltrate european media and editing wiki pavia pages in an anti russian mother playboy co takes us through the story it's got a cosy sounding moralistic name the integrity initiative is part of the u.k. based institute for state craft charity it's purpose to counter all that kremlin dissent from asia and flooding the globe leaked documents have shown the noble crusade receiving funds from the british government's foreign office and the. has revealed some of those who were paid by the info wars unit. two thousand five
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hundred pounds a month not bad his day job is at the atlantic council and nato backed think tank ties to nato seem to be a good indorsement if you want to get paid by the integrity initiative apparently ties to our channel can also get you the gig remember liz was a presenter of variety over in the us who resigned after this newscast i'm resigning she received a three figure sum from the group for an article titled inside r t where she compares the channel to isis we've contacted both the integrity initiative and the institute for statecraft over the payments but so far there's been no comment while the u.k. foreign office which has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the program had this to say the truth the state craft an independent charity was hired several weeks ago and numerous documents were published a number of news channels the russian state media campaigns objectively clear this is just another example of russian just information intended to confuse audiences
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and discredit an organization which is working independently to talk of the thrust of dissent from asia the integrity initiative has been caught three tweeting stories that explore conspiracy theories about the u.k. opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn despite receiving funding from the foreign office some including wiki leaks have question the veracity of some of the leaked documents the statements from the british government that have been sent to r.t. in response to repeated questions about integrity initiative appear to have struck a nerve although that's by no means proof that the documents are real for the most part the mainstream media here in the u.k. has chosen to ignore the british government funding and russian networks story except for one aspect of it why. foreign office minister has now demanded a thorough investigation of the charity's criticism of the labor party on calling
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for a public inquiry into the integrity initiative and similar information or at this being funded by our government as for the rest of the integrity initiatives and the russia work there is the afa lated to the group say they're merely defending democratic institutions and fighting the good fight while we discuss this with award winning journalist and filmmaker john pilger on lottie's going underground to commercial full version on saturday but for now here's a preview having grown up on the cold war i find it quite difficult to believe that journalists some of them to sting worse than there are many but a lot of willing journalists distinguished in their own right. should go alone should allow themselves to be in davos by the british government at a time when there is. a litany of lies about. russia about china about so many issues but in
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dangerous i've never known the such a grotesque absurdity as the the the the elevation of russia and china and the perceived enemies to. the kind of cold war status they had when i was a child. belgium's prime minister has announced his resignation following the collapse of the ruling coalition are they signing on to a new un migration pax. st i make the decision to resign and my intention is to get to the key. cause which i was left with a minority government after the largest of the parties quit over the un agreements a right wing rally in the belgian capital on sunday against the pats street more than five thousand people.
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thanks. more than one hundred sixty un member states have already signed up to the pact it aims to find a common global approach to migration but critics say it will limit the ability of countries to shape their own policies the u.s. was the first to oppose the pact claiming it legitimizes illegal migration australia rejected it too while some european countries have also shown fierce resistance the leader of the belgian people's party thinks signing the pact was a matter of principle for the prime minister. so the
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monitor for use. it was a. question this. should at least for the end of the year which was the spanish alliance the largest spot the. decided to make also in south america the principle wrong the signature of this motion. filed by civil but curia understood that there was absolutely no support from the opposition parties to maintain his government even inducer conditions. you can have your sound out of our stories by following us on social media anything all your comments that we love to have them and we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines see that.
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greetings and salutations well this week it's been russia russia russia has stereo watchers as two new reports were submitted to the senate intelligence committee on monday outlining this supposedly vast russian social media dissent from ancient campaign during the two thousand and sixteen us presidential election the first report prepared by oxford university's computational propaganda project along with the network analysis done by the firm graphic they looked at the notorious internet research agency troll farm and it breaks down how the agency supposedly divided americans into groups for targeted messaging with the goal of emboldening pro trump
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voters and dividing all others including black americans as the washington post reports quote the russians particular energy at activating conservatives on issues such as gun rights and immigration while sapping the political clout of left leaning african-american voters by undermining their faith in elections. trust me folks pretty sure it's not russian internet trolls that are more than their means sapping black americans faith in the country's electoral process and anointed leaders democrats and republicans have had that market cornered for many years now through broken campaign promises gerrymandering the way the power of the black vote and passing laws that imprison black americans at a rate five times higher than the white american average so no a snob i mean but the second report prepared by researchers for new knowledge columbia university careful research delve deeper into the supposed the targeting of black communities by the internet research agency but what's left out of all the headlines the new news articles on this report is that what's also interesting is
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that new knowledge has some pretty crazy connections investigative journalist yasha levine points out that the company is founded by state department operatives and spies here we have a very clear case of homegrown meddling in our democracy a nexus of spy craft and corporate profits so today let's delve into what's new in the latest round of xenophobia and conspiracy theories surrounding russia gate and the social media of the twenty sixteen presidential elections because we can't ever move on but we can start watching hocks. to win the league in the playing field that this would. allow us to part of. what the like you let down our guard. which we. would. be.
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everybody to watching the hawks on top of the wall isn't joining me today to discuss russia gate and beyond. it is r t america correspondent sara modest thank you so much for joining me thanks so much i want to first is there anything new in these new reports that we haven't seen before about that sort of point one point zero one percent of internet traffic during the top of that it's more of the same narrative basically saying that facebook targeted these ads and the russians targeted facebook ads to help trump when the presidential campaign the election but really the only new thing i guess that's really surfacing is that now it's instagram so and again these these ads are kind of laughable if if you will but again facebook owns instagram so really is just using this new platform to ago.
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