that's. never hateful the trumpet ministration defense secretary james martin announces he's stepping down just a day after the u.s. president surprises allies by saying he's withdrawing from syria. a top journalist from one of germany's most respected publications the dish beagle is exposed for faking his faith he's been stripped of several awards for his investigations including c.n.n. journalist of the year in two thousand and fourteen. president putin gives moscow's strong from the threat of nuclear war the ukraine crisis and breaks it out much more in a year and q. and a with the media. many western politicians and even

ordinary people see russia as a threat they even think that you want to rule the world of course i do this for. international journalists even press the russian leader about potential plans for takeover thankfully everyone sees the son of. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour the trumpet ministration has taken another hit defense secretary james mattis has announced he's stepping down. because you have a right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position. james mattis has served in the military for over forty years and has been defense secretary from

the start of trance presidency he supported trump's course to strengthen the military but was known to disagree with trump on many points including the president's surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria colin cavell professor of political science at bluefield state's call it believes that was the last straw for the four star general. there have been numerous disagreements between secretary of defense james murders and president. including the then enough. troops in the u.s. military the story in the force the putting on of it costly military perini as well as pauline the actors as is and so out of. manners was against the united states withdrawing from the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran so the numerous

disagreements previously but the syrian president trying to bore us troops out of syria was apparently the straw of the. tender his resignation for twenty eight twenty nine to. chance decision seems to have created even stronger division in the us with media on the establishment criticizing the move and ordinary americans strongly supporting the decision with more on that. promise announcement withdrawing the usa from syria has got the media up in arms the republicans and the democrats are livid they say that the usa is losing out i believe it is a catastrophic mistake the job's not over dangerous premature jeopardize america's mission in syria and her allies makes our country an even. bigger laughingstock than it already is that gift it benefits iran the only reason they're not dancing

in the into iran in isis camps is they just don't believe in density media's outrage does not match public opinion polls show that eighty six percent of americans say that u.s. military force should only be used as an last resort now that opinion used to be very common on the opposite side of the political spectrum remember the peace marchers the antiwar movement this is what bernie sanders had to say my main concern terms of the middle east is to make certain that the united states does not get involved in perpetual warfare in the quagmire of iraq and syria we decided to ask new yorkers what they think about the move i am very glad and i feel enough is enough you know we've got to stop focusing on american people in america and forget a ball going to other countries and in such own respects it no i don't think you. should of. longer before i personally don't think it was the right move but i

support president trump and whatever you decide of america we stand behind a truck made the same announcement last year but forces swiftly moved in to change his mind russian president vladimir putin who sent forces to support the syrian government against the terrorists a big game changer in the conflict he says he's a bit skeptical of trump's announcement would be stupid are you considering the us withdrawal from syria i don't really know what that means for example the us has been present in afghanistan for the past seventeen years and almost every year they say that they are withdrawing the troops they are still there now because of the presence of american troops needed in syria or do you think so let's not forget that the presence there was illegitimate it was not agreed either with the un security council nor with the syrian government if the us plans to withdraw that is the right decision while politicians and media from both sides of the political spectrum is voicing outrage trump's move is at least complying with international law now let's see if he sticks to his guns this time. r.t.

new york. some analysts point out that the u.s. backed kurdish fighters will not be left abandoned and vulnerable turkey has threatened an offensive in northern syria against the kurds who they view as terrorists the official spokesperson of the syrian democratic forces which includes the kurds told as why they opposed trumps. because the american decision to withdraw from syria is sudden and shocking to us and even for the american troops here on the ground. the american withdrawal will surely contribute in one way or another to escalating the continuous turkish threats toward the north of syria in general and towards the kurdish people in particular. we spoke to a member of the turkish patriotic party who gives his own view on how the kurds will be treated. the roads are not in danger but all the u.s. armed and u.s. sponsored groups are more than the injured they are abundant their biggest ally

there apart from their leader the united states has retreated so they're trying to keep up the u.s. presence in the region but if for example they're organizing marches to u.s. bases on the other hand threatening especially european countries with the releasing i still members that are in the hands of the bew why d. the so-called kurdish movement in syria the period. of u.s. controlled and u.s. led regime change is over as well the old politics of american while imperialism as it is called as it was called to establish. regimes and governments that are friendly. to friendly is also offer that's the second the aspect in fact of this historical decision and connect to that is the transition to a multi-polar world wide because the united states is not able this is acknowledged

by their president is not able to really change on its own so who leads the probe of the political process here in syria and in the middle east right now it's a trio of russia iran and turkey and of course the main weight in this trio. it's for actors actually is the syrian government and the syrian people so that is a political process that is led by different actors and the united states is not of one of them anymore. venturing on deception in germany where a top journalist from the respected spiegel newspaper has been sacked for making up stories for years old quarter. when it comes to trustworthy journalism the mainstream media might tell you there is no alternative.

to. meet one of their poster boys of honesty class reload work for one of germany's most respected newsmagazines der spiegel he was even named c.n.n. journalist of the year back in two thousand and fourteen for a story about prison inmate care the report takes to put it to an interesting approach to a major social problem. if you look who paints pictures in the reader's mind that unfold like a few well an acting career might have been better suited for real odious because the paragon of modern journalism seems to have faked his way through his seven year career of the sixty articles we know der spiegel published reloading us admitted fourteen contained fake news and a story about a young syrian boy he made up quotes and locations the tale of a guantanamo bay prison or

a complete fabrication it was only after his colleague revealed his doubts over a story they were working on together about the us mexican border that the truth came out the. first there were just like little mistakes that i paid attention to things that seemed suspicious a vigilante group that doesn't allow you to take pictures of them but they tell you unbelievable stuff even admit to their crimes like that they detained mexicans and crossed the mexican border with weapons were no went through the ringer with his managers trying to bring his doubts forward imagine challenging the legitimacy of an award winning western journalist praised by c.n.n. itself and if you're thinking this is a glitch in the mainstream media think again all these outlets have parted with journalists after they fabricated stories some more award winning journalists but awards in journalism are a whole other matter take journalist. he faked his own death with the help of the

ukrainian secret service attempting to pin the blame on russia for an assassination it was a calculated deliberate international terrorist crime that can't go with killed due to his professional activities he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia you know it was it was one of the biggest fake news stories of the year but he was even given the time award for journalistic bravery if the mainstream media insists you should question less you might want to take a second to question more donald quarter r.t. . from russia's economy and education to possible nuclear war and world domination president putin fielded a wide array of questions from journalists during his fourteenth annual q. and a with the media and if you missed it don't worry because we've gathered some of the key moments from the event for you.

or. as. the us is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty going to happen it's hard to imagine what if the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to ensure our security with concrete steps that we will let them not say later we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get some advantage with this but merely to seek your pilots to ensure a security. concern in the u.s. withdrawal from syria i don't really know what that means you are in the for example the us has been present in afghanistan for the past seventeen years and almost every year they say that they are withdrawing their troops but they are still there now and what is the presence of american troops needed in syria you pushed you quite don't think so but let's not forget that presence there is

illegitimate but it was not agreed on but it will be there with the un security council you know with the syrian leadership so if the us plans to withdraw masses the right decision. will block just tell me this who set the blockade between on the us and the rest of ukraine that is going to russia you know it was done by the ukrainian authorities they have been forced a full economic blockade of the territory they consider their own they shoot at those they consider their own citizens almost every day civilians die though we provide humanitarian support for those living national but only not to let those people starve to death. i'm sure you will be shot he was assassinated everyone knows that there is evidence script is a lie however there are sanctions against russia and complete silence in the case of saudi arabia is that what this politicized russia phobic approach is just another reason to attack russia. if it was not script help all they would have thought of something else this is obvious to me and the aim is one to hold workers

growth at any cost. in my view. relations are at a stalemate is in the interests of both of our countries to get out of this stalemate are we interested in me stalling our relations with the u.k. yes we are and so is the u.k. . many western politicians and experts and even ordinary people see russia as a threat they even think that you want to rule the world of course i do i just want to know if you really want this was a real any of your foreign policy. concerning ruling the world we know where the headquarters are located of those who want to do this and it's not in moscow you can connect this to defense spending the u.s. spends over seven hundred billion dollars on all russia only forty six really of them in about all do you really think that our aim is to rule the world with the us that this is just a cliche that's being imposed by the west in order to resolve their own domestic

problem but in the. uk it was english when will you marry in the home and home. you know these are two different questions are you married. yes so he is married and wants me to suffer the same. first of all do they can and then they said my flash was bothering with the russian flag can't bother anyone but i want to refer to kipling who said when everyone is there the great game is finished the at the great there will be a meeting where everyone will die this is a question about how i think it should be the next one of us in the world yet how's your health. do while you would not see me off. or former u.s. congressman ron paul gave us his take on some of the issues addressed by the russian president. i don't think it means that something

horrible is eminent but i think it's a shame that has happened because when we do that as american citizens we see our government doing this then there's a response from the russian government and i see that going in the wrong direction but. i don't think it should be a great alarm that next month there will be a clash. and tromp although he has his ups and downs i think that he has taken a good position he said he wanted to get out of out of syria and he said in the campaign he said that isis is not a threat there and that it's time to come home and i just wanted to be complete yes move the troops out our couple thousand troops but i want to make sure that you know the cia's out in the special forces are out and that we don't use sanctions and that we move in that direction where we just have hands off and deal with diplomacy and getting along with people but in that philosophy that i just spoke it

also means no foreign aid well our problem is if we dominate and militarized a country then we finance all that and if we converted into friendship then we send them millions of dollars because we still hoeing you so we still should be concerned it's great to do troops are leaving and as i mentioned as we began that i wanted to be more inclusive to you know i'm not saying we're going to remove two thousand troops because we've been in a many many countries we continue to be in countries but we start off with our cia agents and we start off with special forces we start off with interfering with sanctions and we just don't we don't need any of that if we're noninterventionist and we just want friendship and trade you don't spend that money because it gets us into trouble. we're just gonna spending several hours with hundreds of journalists a lot of wasn't quite finished a teenage russian girl who's registered blind and hopes to be

a top reporter herself but the country's leader afterwards. hello how are you. if it's you know this well i would like to ask you some questions did you always dream of becoming president or before you wanted to be for example an astronaut you could. honestly i never dreamed of becoming president and i had no intention this happened by chance and there's a probably at first it was very difficult for you can you describe your first days as president. yes it wasn't easy these were very difficult years for the country as a whole we were balancing with survival there was a very difficult situation with the economy and security as well clear last what was your most memorable day as president. it is very difficult to say but we just

talked about this at a big press conference the most striking events of this year with the presidential election on the world cup how do you make a wish and in your. years yes this wish was a secret but i can share it with you i wish all our wishes will come true may had to actually you of course. you are very handsome. thank you very much. well after regina conducted her interview with the president are to start of got to turn the tables and find out what she thought of the experience. i was in major in your interview what were your impressions and how do you feel now. i feel like i did my very best to be honest i was shocked at first i didn't understand what was going on obviously making up my shins almost at the same time because how do you get to the interview. that you know it was first i was very nervous but that i just sat down and got right. questions.

but now it's never that good when i dressed the president for the first time i was extremely nervous. but then i come down he was so kind in answer to question so professionally you saw it turned out to be really easy to interview him. to be someone who was the most interesting question you are and the best answer he received which is that we. found the most interesting answer was dan about music the president told me a lot of interesting things because any turned out he loves classical music especially russian so just. so you've already interviewed by to me. tell me what's next for you is just to be. done i would like to continue interviewing great and interesting people insidious which. you say you see yourself as an interviewer yes an interviewer or presenter.

agreed to shut his personal charity down amid allegations that he used to coordinate his presidential campaign and make business deals the new york attorney general explained that the move followed a lawsuit against the trump foundation however the president isn't the only person whose charitable organization has drawn attention.

i'm going to let their rise as saudi arabia giving twenty five billion dollars guitar all of these countries. you know it's that a judean a song has welcomed visitors to the ecuadorian embassy in london for the first time in hockey gear two german m.p.'s met with the whistle blower to express their solidarity and hopes of finding a legal solution to his situation and assisting picks up the story. m.p.'s from the german bund to start and it's committee on foreign affairs who also wrote a letter in support of we q leaks founder julian assange signed by dozens of m.p.'s have been visiting him here at the ecuadorian embassy in the british capital they

are demanding that the u.k. provide assurances that the song would be able to leave this embassy without being extradited to the u.s. we see the next step in this ever lasting case is the responsibility the united kingdom united kingdom has to take the measures now. to thank you solution which is in the frame of international law and not in the frame of the u.s. at new station boys gates international law and against actually the u.s. will i mean against the first amendment they are taking measures like the protection of journalists and freedom of speech and the freedom of press so we have to actually protect them from themselves not to or violate the first amendment julian assange just father also visited him here on thursday saying he did not find

his son in the best of conditions good. morning as you would expect a few should. go straight. to patients. show more. strictly business tell you. to leave no job. no friends. only lawyers. the m.p.'s visiting from berlin have demanded that the international community listen up to the united nations ruling that has now quite a long time ago found that julian assange has detention is arbitrary united kingdom government tried to appeal to the un decision and but they lost and still they are not except g.'s and. accepting this un decision and this has to be stopped and they have to i mean it's a member of the united nations it's have

a seat in the security council and in my point of view you can't united kingdom is dead to accept and respect the international law and international rights of someone over who likes to you know harsh ecuadorian officials have letelier been increasingly indicating that the wiki leaks founder has out steve has welcomed behind these walls while the sancia spent the last sixteen years here fearing that if you leave the premises he will be extradited to the us and prosecuted for his work as we cue weeks publisher that released information that washington would rather have kept under wraps reporting from london. with r.t. . meanwhile a journalist who has been a long time media partner for wiki leaks has won a freedom of information act appeal the ruling requires the london metropolitan police to turn over any correspondence they may have between u.k. and u.s.

authorities regarding three wiki leaks journalists and a u.s. court ordered google to disclose the journalist's emails and i peer dresses back in two thousand and twelve as part of an investigation into wiki leaks but journalists lawyer still to hong spoke to r.t. about the. tribunal decision is a very important decision for journalists the key point that it's clarifies is that a journalist can use freedom of information legislation which in the u.k. entitles access to documents held by public bodies that journalists can use that to obtain personal information about individuals where they have those individuals consent and that was being argued by the metropolitan police not to be correct they were suggesting that the individuals themselves had to make their own requests under data protection they're just lation so the metropolitan police has been required by the tribunal to confirm or deny whether it holds the requested

information within twenty eight days and they then have to go on to provide any information that they hold all they have to explain using freedom of information laws why they are not able to provide it. as migrants continue to make their way to europe a huge fire has raised to the ground a makeshift refugee camp in morocco north africa many lost all of their belongings in the blaze which they were sure was started deliberately is the third time the campus been struck by fire which has become a stepping off point for my friends heading to europe and in ceuta a spanish city on the north african coast many put their lives on the line the dream of reaching maturing.

how to get to the dream even study i also want to get a job make some money and go back tomorrow cruden. loose. the ambulance took me to hospital with a broken arm where a doctor took care of. that head exhibit a border guards catch illegal migrants at the ferry they beat them up. there is no work no education nothing i want to look like europeans our life in america is just stuff from. the streets on the street in the cold when the locals

insult us we cannot turn to the police as they might deported us. sale thought so many of our stories then do get in touch by following us on social media and even on your comments that we're back at the top of the hour with the latest see them. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter 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 for watching closely watching the hawks.

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