the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. subscribe to read people also get iraqi culture for just twelve euro fifty. the sentencing of donald trump's former national security advisor for lying to an f.b.i. investigation into alleged russian collusion is delayed once again we look at how his case is tainted by words like treason and meddling. and one of the

first journalists to report on alleged trumped russia collusion announces the blockbuster claims made by a key source on like a fox. after weeks of time violence yellow vests demonstrations police in france right in their own protest over working conditions while some media blamed russia for the unrest we tried to find those responsible for you in paris to make people protest known that do let me. use it. properly but it is. one hundred days to breaks it down britain's prime minister continues to face fierce opposition to her proposals contingency plans and vision more than three thousand troops on down by in the event of a no deal divorce from the e.u. .

a warm welcome you watching r.t. international with mina care and great to have you with us our top stories 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 caleb maupin explains both words like treason and the meddling hide what 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 when serving as the national security adviser 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 government has no reason to believe that the defendant committed treason is an actual crime with telling a lie to the fed but that's not what the media has been feeding us. it's it's funny because the street isn't witness tampering now it is possibly treason but my client is what people thought about when they're thinking when he's talking to people who might have gone along a treasonous path to him how many trips did michael flynn take his place anthony bourdain of treason 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 spy or master in washington d.c. and who we know is the chief spying 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 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 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 the f.b.i. broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and bush the only reason that they did it was the trumpet ministration and they thought they could get away with it at the time the f.b.i. did not see any wrongdoing. general flynn pleaded guilty to make in

a full statement to the federal bureau of investigation even though the f.b.i. agents did not detect any deception do 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's supposedly met with a group alleged to be nazi sympathizers and you supposedly kidnapped someone on behalf of turkish president 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 sentence was delayed one of the first journalists to report on an infamous trunk russia does cia says it contains claims that are likely

folse michael isikoff believes the most salacious like his ations made in it may never be proven. 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 more sensational allegations will never be proven and are likely folks when the uncorroborated claims first came out in the media it was treated like a bombshell revelation it picks up the story sometimes it takes only one 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 da 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 and december twenty eighth and this something we find out almost two years since the dossier came to light but back in january twenty seventh seeing hours and hours of air time on these steel metals 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.a. was perhaps part of a. two 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 trump 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 a result of the dossier is publication based on the voice party switchers the democratic national committee and she could consider steps they would be legally entitled to take to challenge 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. the american system of justice which is supposed to be blind in a good sense there ought to be 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 fuel tanks levies to be dropped and political reform but some have been looking away from the government for the

source of discord and rush to link the movement to russia china devinsky went to find some theft pics. maybe it would. at least the. mainstream media was searching for it 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 paris to find out if they. have been at it again where all they. know the skippy i don't think i've definitely found one. yes by you in paris to make people protest known the two look need. look. no need to say when your chest i see in.

the russians of a behind the yellow vest protests what is it that you lose just push out good to release the loop remove. the party as the news in your mouth of. the mainstream media say that russia is behind these protests you must be wearing a yellow vest on saturdays immediately which is a. very. well this place suspiciously could be a center of russian activity in france. france the you mean you not here it is so deep into protesting just spoon france into chaos. here that you love the story what's your favorite color. where. are you sure it's not yellow.

there's a problem. was the color good books in its value. so it appears that these russians are pleading they are innocent bystanders that they have nothing to do with the protests but they would say that wouldn't they charlotte didn't ski r.t. paris. the demands of the best to viewers around the world but some of the coverage in france itself has come in for criticism of french t.v. channel is accused of censoring his broadcast after it appeared to change a plaque card of one of the protesters it initially said mccrone out but the last word was deleted it caused a massive accusations across social media networks in the channel later said it was an era when we spoke to the protester whose plan called was altered. 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 people would say you see we were right in criticizing the media did they manipulate our project i've heard from many people who said they were shocked as well there's a backlash online on twitter facebook everywhere i thought this through and decided to file a complaint to the country's media watchdog. after the outcry from the police the french government made some concessions is proposing three hundred euro bonuses for officers deployed to protests the police union reacted angrily to that saying its members can't be bought a union representative described officers feelings towards the unrest in the country. or you are not getting always was took 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 or origin that's why some colleagues feel that they are yellow versts it is 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 from m.p.'s the deal can't be adopted if it doesn't receive necessary support in a parliamentary vote for january and while his adoption is in question the case breaks it secretary say's a no deal scenario is now a serious consideration the government's priority remains to secure the deal but we need to recognize with fourteen weeks to go that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without

more than three thousand troops will reportedly be persons down by. 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. shaadi 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 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 still says and 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 think of it maybe like a survivor sky to 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 plans in close and what we will do is have three and a half thousand service personnel. readiness including regulars and reserves and all support any government department on any contingencies they may need across the channel the european parliament's negotiator has sounded the alarms as well over a no till breakfast scenario those like jeremy hunt who glorify no deal broke so they're totally responsible it's not the job of politicians to make the people the lead poor removal for toona teeth rise to make loads more uncertain there's no such thing as a man there's no deal it still doesn't look too hopeful for the prime minister

especially given the fact that the e.u. toltec 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 because this is. the. terminations on the part of the british government to try and scare the people in to putting pressure on the m.p.'s to vote for mrs may's absolutely abominable deal she still thinks she still has to believe that she might get some kind of sliver of 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 i sing that deal. but i don't think that will happen i think i would end up getting out without a deal. still to come the migration crisis in europe continues to cause political

upheaval as the belgian prime minister steps down over the divisive issue we're back with that story and small after the show but. you know world a big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

make its manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. the final merry go round lifts and be the one percent. we can all middle of the room. welcome back a bunch of hogs documents reportedly from the u.k. funded think tank integrity initiative apparently revealed the anti propaganda sites links to nato among the revelations all supposed efforts to infiltrate the european media and editing wicked pedia pages in an anti russian manner probably

boyko takes is through the story. it's got a cozy sounding moralistic name the integrity initiative is part of the u.k. based institute for state craft charity its purpose to counter all that kremlin this information flooding the globe leaked documents have shown the noble crusade receiving funds from the british government's foreign office and the latest leak has revealed some of those who were paid by the info wars unit. two thousand five 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 about lead times to our channel can also get you the gig remember liz wahl 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 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 object of his clear this is just another example of russian just information intended to confuse audiences and discredit an organization which is working independently to talk of the threat of descent 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 that leaked documents statements from the british government that have been sent to r.t.

in response to repeated. it's about integrity initiative appears 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 network story except for one aspect of it one u.k. foreign office minister has now demanded a thorough investigation of the charities criticism of the labor party on calling for a public inquiry into the integrity and similar information war that's 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 we discuss this with award winning journalist and filmmaker john pilger on lottie's going underground you can watch the 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 their own money but a lot of willing journalists distinguished in their own right. should go alone should allow themselves to be in. by the british government at a time when there is. a litany of law is about. russia about china about some of the issues but in dangerous i've never known the such a grotesque absurdity as the the the the elevation. of russia and china the perceived enemy as to. the kind of cold war status they had when i was a child. belgium's prime minister has resigned

following the collapse of the ruling coalition over the signing of a controversial un migration pact. i make the decision to resign and my intention is to go to the key. government fell apart after the prime minister ignored demands from the right wing coalition partners not to adopt the un agreements thousands took to the streets of brussels over the signing. more than one hundred sixty un member states have already signed up to the pact it aims to find a common global approach to tackle the migration crisis critics say it will limit

the ability of countries to shape their own policies the u.s. was the first to oppose the pads 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. the go to the middle class that fought for you. knew that it was a important. question and this you were told we should at least for the end of the year which was the. largest party but we decided to make also in south america a principle wrong the signature of this motion of so no coincidence filed by civil parties but curia understood that there was absolutely no

support from the opposition parties to maintain his government even though to induce a conditions. with one of the biggest corruption cases in corporate history looming in the background a judge in milan has ruled that oil giant shell and italy's and i are fully aware fully aware that the purchase of a nigerian oil field back in twenty eleven would be a source of corruption in the african country that a fan's have constantly denied the accusation since an international scandal broke last year. the management of oil companies and he and cho were fully aware of the fact that part of the one point ninety two billion dollars paid would have been used to compensate nigerian public officials who had a role in this matter and who were circling their prey like congress sharks the oil firms face the corruption trial of a one point three billion dollars purchase of a vast oil field in nigeria in two thousand and eleven and reports by

a prominent anti-corruption group alleges that the bulk of the money went to a former oil minister and people connected to it to his ownership of the property it also says the country will be six billion dollars out of pocket in lost revenue following the deal but companies insists their actions were absolutely legal and correct. even when we believe transactions are legal people will seek to hold you to account you've seen them as unethical. schellas face in exactly that situation with court action and investigations and i blog called o.p.l. two hundred forty five with hindsight it is not one that we would want to find ourselves in again we wish to confirm the correctness and compliance of every aspect of the transaction in respect of o.p.o. two four five concluded and twenty eleven both with our political laws and global industry practice nigeria's and national health care budget is less than the sum of

the alleged bribe half of the country's population of eighty seven million living in extreme poverty more than any other nation on earth rolling down the corruption investigators say is that international companies exploits nigeria's national natural resources without giving anything in return. evidence is. sure. even involved in bribery and corruption this is he. producing country. is just as simple as you feel or what you call. because there is no one refinery in nigeria that is walking on the however you feel the foreign mission or you present companies come to nigeria and. explore the ari is

charted over to wherever the refined oil is we don't produce it that is the truth about magic. thanks for joining us we're back with the latest the top of the hour say that. the u.s. senate struggling to rebuke saudi arabia over the shogi murder and calls for an end to the american involvement in the war on yemen is this a gift. fining moment for this bilateral relationship will so-called values trump card political reality.

time after time to know what is going on the ground two years to the day told trump was elected president of the usa coming up on the show when he eighteen a year the doggedly signals of the line of western capitalism we revisit the most important stories of the year for us going to make the british will start people will see the windrush scandal the true scale of which is still yet to be joining me to go through some of the is top stories as well as look at a twenty nine his. liberal democrat member of parliament pick right in the u.k. is top independent news site the canary steve trouble and coldness with a fully jarred push their own new york observer on three warka welcome feel one and all let's begin steve with this no the happy story right at the top not so happy story now so this is from the telegraph that are near and i. love them murder rates higher than new york as police investigate sites by stabbing and capital their share this was a four out of the south of the knife crime and epidemic eye for eye which.