the u.s. senate struggle. and calls for an american involvement in the war on yemen is this a defining moment. will so-called values trump card. the sentencing of donald trump's former national security adviser for lying to an f.b.i. investigation into alleged russian collusion is delayed once again look at how his case is tainted by words like treason and meddling. and one of the first

journalists to report on alleged trump russia collusion now sais the blockbuster claims made by case thoughts are likely. after weeks of tackling violent yellow vest demonstrations police in france person their own protest over working conditions hostile media blamed russia for the unrest we try to find those responsible. for you in paris to make people protest known that do look need. not use it told you lose your. book when you put it because then you get one hundred days to brag that and britain's prime minister continues to face fierce opposition for her proposals contingency plans and vision more than three thousand troops on standby in the event of a no deal divorce from the e.u. .

a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with mina care and great to have you with us this hour our top story sentencing of the first white house official over alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential campaign has been delayed once again donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to a single counts of lying to the f.b.i. but as caleb morgan explains buzz words like treason and meddling hide 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 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 history is a witness tampering not only 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 troops 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 back 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 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 warriors were present at the white house counsel was not informed linda 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 an actual flexible thoughtful pursuit believes where you'd want to steer the f.b.i. broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and ambushed and rolph 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 making a false statement to the federal bureau of investigation even though the federal

bureau of investigation agents did not detect any deception during flynn's incivil 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 behalf of turkish president era one and while we're at it let's mention that his son is apparently part of the investigation flynn's 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 cable r.t. new york. on the same day flynn sentence was delayed one of the first journalists to report on an infamous trump questioned dossier so that it contains claims that are likely folse michael isikoff believes the most salacious i can say sions 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 first came out in the media it was treated like a bombshell revelation and he 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 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 twenty seventh seeing hours and hours of airtime 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 tape 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 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 so. post to happen as 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 all me 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 stuck 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 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. and weeks of protests still barely a piece in france the police there are now threatening to launch their own blues lest protests over unpaid overtime and dangerous working conditions the original widespread yellow vest demonstrations called for fuel tax levies to be dropped and political reform as some have been looking away from the government for the thoughts of the discord and rush to link the movement to russia so i did bensky

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 paris to find out if they. have been at it again where all they. were. no i don't think i've definitely found one. yes. by you in paris to make people protest known the. uk. no media. in your chest i see in.

the russians are they behind the yellow vest protests or is it that you just like he was just good to release the loop remove. the parts use the news in your mouth of. the mainstream media say that russia is behind these protests you must be wearing a yellow vest on saturday immediately which is a. boy with a request for those are some pictures of. all this place suspiciously could be the center of russian activity in france. france or do you mean you know he is so deep into protesting to just stone france into chaos. the mafia was in full throated so muted political rules here that you love the story what's your favorite color. where. are you sure it's not yellow.

your problem. was the color good books in its value. 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 schalit didn't ski r.t. paris. the demands of the yellow vests have been beings to viewers around the world but some of the coverage in france itself has come in for criticism and french t.v. channel is accused of censoring his broadcast after it appeared to change a placard of one of the protestors it initially said that mccrone out but the last word was deleted it caused mass accusations across social media networks and the channel later said it was an error so we spoke to the protester whose placard was altered. so i was shocked like many others this censorship by france three cancer

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 situations people would say you see we were right in criticizing the media physically manipulate us which i've heard from many people who said they were shocked as well as a backlash online or twitter facebook everywhere i thought this through and decided to file a complaint to the country's media watchdog. sells a laugh to the outcry from the police the french government's 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 toward 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 versts it is because of the yellow firsts really resonates with police i'm going to produce. the british government is ramping up preparations for a no deal brags it has to reason 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 scheduled for january and what 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. more than three thousand troops will reportedly be put on standby as part of the no deal continue. the 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 shanty edwards in london has more. 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'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 is 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 all support any government department on any contingencies they may need across the channel the european parliament's negotiate has sounded the alarms as well over a note. 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 or remove. roads to make lives 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. 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. nation on the faults of the british government to try and scare the people into putting pressure on their 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 slip through concessions from brussels which will enable the succumbs to back a drug deal but i did see it happening she still wants to cling on to the illusion of seeing the deal. but i don't think it will happen would end up getting on with the deal so it's a constant all the while the biggest oil companies find themselves linked to a billion dollar collapse and scandal in nigeria twenty thousand not often so.

what politicians do you know some people. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to.

let you go right to the press this is like the full story of the people. i'm interested in the lives of the how. questionable. welcome back about documents reportedly from the u.k. funded think tank integrity initiative apparently revealed the anti propaganda sites links to nato among the revelations are suppose that efforts to infiltrate european media and editing wikipedia pages in an anti russian manner takes us 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 it's purpose to counter all that kremlin descend from asia and 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 retirees 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 am 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 of statecraft an independent charity was hard several weeks ago and numerous documents were published a number. by kremlin news channels the russian state media campaigns objectively is clear this is just another example of russian descent from ation 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 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 one u.k. foreign office minister has now demanded a thorough investigation of the charity's criticism of the labor party on calling for a public inquiry into the integrity initiative and similar information war that's being fought 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 discussed this with award winning journalist and filmmaker john pilger on artie's going underground you can watch the full version on saturday but for now here's a preview i've never known the such a group. as the the the the oh a version. of russia and china and the perceived enemies

to. the kind of cold war status they had when i was a child 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 all of the willing journalists distinguished in their own right. should go alone should allow them so to be. by the british government at a time when there is. a litany of law. about. russia about china about so many issues. 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 and i were fully aware that the purchase of a nigerian oil field back in two thousand and eleven would be

a source of corruption in the african country the sea firms have constantly denied the accusations since an instant national scandal broke last year 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 a corruption trial over a one point three billion dollars purchase of a vast oil field in nigeria in two thousand and eleven a report by a prominent anti corruption group alleges that the bulk of the money went to a former oil minister and people connected 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 companies insist their actions were absolutely illegal and correct. even when we believe transactions are legal people will seek to hold you

to account if they see them as unethical show his face in exactly that situation with court action and investigations over a nigerian oil block 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 for five concluded and twenty eleven both with a political laws and global industry practice nigeria's entire national health care budget is less than the sum of the alleged bribe half of the country's population of eighty seven million live in extreme poverty more than any other nation on earth well on down the a corruption investigator says that international companies exploits nigeria's natural resources without giving anything in return. evidence is he. she. does. heavily involved in

bribery and corrupt this is he a nigerian nigeria is not producing country and is just as simple as you feel or what you call. because there is no one refinery in nigeria that is working on the how are you feeling the four in the nation or you present companies come to nigeria and. explore the ari is charted over to wherever the refined oil we don't produce it is the truth about major i. prime minister has resigned following the collapse of the ruling coalition over the signing of a controversial un migration pact. at this stage i make the decision to resign and my intention is to go to the king immediately the 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 . of. 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 pact claiming it legitimizes illegal migration australia rejected it to all some european countries have also shown fierce resistance the leader of the belgian people's party thinks finding the pact was

a matter of principle for the prime minister. go to monitor for you. knew that it was a. question of this that you were told we should at least for the end of the year which was the very sure it's the largest party but we decided to make also in south america a principle wrong the signature of this act motion also no confidence filed by civil but curia understood that there was absolutely no support from the opposition parties to me to discover them even inducer conditions. thanks for choosing ot see this now and to get in touch by following us on social media and even your comments that we're back with the latest of the top of the al in my colleague.

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imagine being six thirty five and you have a career and a career involves using your eyes filled in your computer and things like that in an office and perhaps she started getting headaches and circular to have to stop doing all this in this kind of you lou the minutes must be for. my world became smaller and smaller and smaller until i ended up winning it and the box. or out at a very strong magnetic field on a card held in my head. think of it like a real hard pressure my skin burns and that wireless access point out there says continuous all day with our students in the schools. we are just continually bathing our citizens in this microwave radiation it is certainly electro small and it's getting worse.