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a matter of. whether it's assimilation projects where this integration project. at the top stories for this. international welcome to your money. now with the threat of russian propaganda still being touted far and wide ever more tools to counter it appears to be being developed a newly emerged documents suggest the. cold integrity initiative has been trying to foster russian sentiments in europe but in a culture of investigations. the integrity initiative first part of a u.k. based and sea shoot called stagecraft charity promoting peace and security league documents published by a group claiming to be. from the hacking collective anonymous revealed that the

charities a main investor is the u.k. home office the integrity initiative suggests this is its purpose do you know people who understand the threats in order to provide a coordinated western response to russian decision from asian and other elements of hybrid warfare those that leaked files say the initiative facilitated a visit from ukrainian reserve officers back in july twenty sixth seen for them to share called bad acts bertie's regarding the russian military the documents to give a full time table for that visit detailing who the militants met with over the course of seven days integrity initiative sent them on a countrywide tool including several days major of military installations offering extensive briefings to key british and nato military intel and planning units they also said down with the u.k. defense committee so who was his military personnel given the red carpet treatment

well that leaked documents provide very little information about them they all say the ukrainian military that's the only thing a stablished along with the hundreds of parachute jumps each have under their belts perhaps enough to score an invite so we have a charity and a group of ukrainian military men now to get this information out in the open well me deborah haynes best known for being the defense editor at the ukase times newspaper well and she is given exclusive access to the ukrainian gas apparently on monday the eleventh of july well that's according to the league schedule just several weeks later an article appears and the times sounding quite severely grint based on an anonymous defense sources that detail a russian triggered. war on a tiny scale in. ukraine there is no mention of her alleged meeting with ukrainian

military officers and no mention of integrity initiatives alleged how been bringing it about just warnings of a ramped up russian threat president putin has turned information into military to using websites social media radio stations and mass text messaging to influence opinion spread fear and cause confusion as part of a new kind of fighting in which anything is a weapon we rode to miss haynes but are still waiting for any response the only common she did make was on twitter answering a direct question from a drawing a list asking if she had met the military group while they were and the u.k. . you describe yourself as an investigative journalist what exactly are you implying if you're really a investigative journalist you know there are serious legal consequences for publishing false accusations even implicitly even on twitter are you saying this

isn't true. i have no seen this hundreds of documents to know what they are all i can say journalist nice people shanker it is called doing my job i meet people all over time does not mean i am connected to them. doing your job what probably entailed researching the leaked documents as world know especially when you yourself were repeatedly named of them did you not research who range the meeting and why to the veracity of the documents published on the anonymous website have been called into question with contacted the times and british defense ministry about that but so far they have chosen not to respond r t did get a reply though from the director of the state crop institute himself thank you very much for your inquiry but as r.t. is a state sponsored propaganda organiser. and not

a legitimate news channel we have no comment to make your sincerely see in donnelly so here we have the birth of a big and see russia had line an exclusive story to bullet according to the league documents it seems like a simple recipe westminster founding wing military man and the journalist to stay together with a think tank allegedly using so-called clusters of journalists all over europe to propagate its ideas the release documents suggest hanes may be a part of a u.k. cluster which is thought aims at shaping domestic politics but we asked the u.k. foreign office to comment on the integrity initiative allegations it told us that the claims were being spread by kremlin news channels as part of a russian dis information campaign season what i guess the of takes a closer look. if shady were an organization it would be integrity initiative low and behold an army of propagandists disguised

as anti propagandists whose job is to malign the slander be it states ideas people even british politicians our investigation has found wiring evidence the shadowy programs official twitter account has been used to attack or been the labor party and their fish oils one three quoted newspaper article calling corbin a useful idiot that goes on to state he's open visceral anti vesting isn't how the kremlin course as surely as if he had been secretly peddling westminster tattle for money you can imagine the shock mr coburn must have felt when he learned through these leaks that integrity knishes eve had not brazen to defame him well funded by the british government no less but slandering german corben opposition politicians isn't their only job with integrity initiative which is working to counter disinter

mission overseas by bringing together groups of experts to analyze and discuss the problem posed by russian this information the government is funding this initiative with barely two million pounds this financial year but funding covers its activity outside the u.k. and it has not found any activity within the u.k. the hacktivist group anonymous has leaked details on the operation integrity initiative functions by setting up independent clusters candidates seem to be hand-picked big plus a few influential charismatic but the chief requirement seems to be you've got to really hate russia the integrity initiative was set up to bring to the attention of politicians policy may. opinion leaders and other interested parties the threat posed by russia to democratic institutions in the united kingdom across europe and

north america now here is what's been bugging me personally if these white knights and self professed fighters for the truth for what they say they are why are they hiding why are they trying to stay in the shadows anonymity of the team remains paramount as our activity increases we will no doubt attract unwanted attention irregardless here is how their class the system works see you have an article in the french le monde a harsh attack on alleged russian propaganda in france the author the french professor happens to be part of integrity initiative french cluster at least according to the leaked lists and gets paid to trash talk russia they even boosted their grand plans when visited by a coup found the institute of statecraft which birth integrity initiative in

italy and the atlantic council published a big study with help from an editor of less stump a very influential italian newspaper surprise more bashing russia it became increasingly evident in twenty sixteen that russian strategic narrative sometimes including dissent from ation and conspiracy theories were systematically spread in italy by the vast network of pro and five s websites and social media accounts not so much of a surprise it's called winnie is also listed as a member of the italian cluster and also gets paid for his work unfortunately according to an internal integrity initiative memo their peers to be a shortage of russian propaganda in italy in italy it appears evident that the. a strategy to spread disinformation and to influence the italian political opinions has been limited in came much more from national populist parties rather than from

russia or what sort of a foreign country strange isn't it how they choose to keep that party secret we can go on and on about other clusters but you get the point they gritty initiative even targets us here at r t according to the leaked documents they have people presumably who they paid to report off gone the british media regulator ofcom actually publishes complaints statistics only if there are over ten complaints didn't make that list it seems like integrity initiative not audience members convinced of calm to go off to sea we've all noticed our anti russian sentiment in the media has soared over the last years and saw as still we now know one of the reasons but above all these leaks and in my view tear the

mosques off the bol that fights russian propaganda as they claim and what's underneath is ugly. we spoke to piers robinson chair of politics at the show field university he says this is much less about countering russian propaganda and more about sowing and embedding narratives on a domestic or regional level. it seems to be just as much about promoting ensuring up official u.k. policy towards russia as it is about actually countering any russian threat the u.k. government and other western governments in the us in recent years have had increasing difficulties persuading enough of their populations as to the legitimacy of the foreign policies that they have been pursuing and at the same time western countries have been going through a period of political crisis an economic crisis and i think

a lot of this drive is as much about trying to shore up shakey official narratives and trying to shore up political systems in a situation of political crisis as it is actually about countering russian propaganda or i think i would suspect that's a little bit of an excuse here that really what's going on the problems much closer to home. this is not just to do the u.k. this is europe wide and there also are indications from the documents that they are intending to start to have some kind of impact within the united states it's a very wide ranging network that seems to be established reason why it needs to be covert of course is that if a media organization or of a journalist is to let on that he or she is involved in a program which quite clearly is pushing a particular agenda then the credibility of that journalist will be damaged and this is really what is very deceptive about the integrity initiative it's about

co-opting journalists and academics into a into essentially a campaign which appears to be a propaganda campaign in order to manipulate opinions and the only way. it can really work effectively is that readers and viewers don't know what they're reading is something which has emerged from a particular political agenda so that's that's why it's covert and that's why it's necessary i think from their point of view to maintain a degree of secrecy over the entire process some people might believe that such activity is necessary some people might believe in the official claims regarding russian propaganda and misinformation cetra and feel that it's necessary i would expect a lot of to push public who want to have information being delivered to them which is not tarnished by such propaganda or manipulation campaigns would be very upset so much money and so much resources are being put into what is effectively

distorting and corrupting the public sphere within u.k. and across european countries this is political interference this is not what journalists it's not what academic should be involved in. it is r.t. international a traditional danish song has sparked controversy that's after a foreign female teacher at the danish business school was offended by a line in that associates denmark with a young blonde girl the school promptly apologized with some media outlets are reporting that say the song was actually banned by the college but indignant danish politicians decided to gather together and sing that song. that. was. the. school's one of the school's teachers says important issues have been raised by the debate generated by the song saying it's helped danes realize quote how blind we are that

just enrage some danish politicians even more. come on this song is about the essence of being then ish it's a pillow for gaucho we should never bow just for it it's a gig to time to find out whether it was a joke unfortunately it wasn't stop it just stop if we're no longer allowed to sing all songs then the party stops it is start really out of proportion we have come so far in the discussion of identity and the violation culture that our society has fallen apart. the song was written by hoffman in nineteen twenty four and is regularly performed all across the country however it is not the first time that a national classic has been dropped after someone took offense a school for example in the u.s. city of philadelphia scrapped the book of the adventures of huckleberry finn due to

its use of a racial slur. and u.s. radio stations refused to play the christmas hit baby it's cold outside after critics said it was actually about sexual assault on our guests debate the issues raised by the danish song. but the only one who really takes it seriously seriously is this head of the school it's a metaphor it's not that everybody here has to be a blond girl to be accepted as a person or to be a citizen in the society denmark has a real problem with integrating whether it's assimilation project where this integration of tolerance projects all the attitude towards immigrants people coming from war zones people escaping conflict and torture and those who are genuinely not over are generally asylum seekers refugees and there's no link between denmark's ability to integrate people and this song this is a song that is hundred years old it's part of being is colter it's part of our

cultural heritage and i think it's horrifying that we're now we have to erase our past people want to live in diverse multicultural blended societies nowadays that nobody's asked them to. change the culture or leave their culture behind in modern enlightened societies we tolerate inclusive people should be able to come to denmark and feel included in society but don't forget you're not actually allowed to come to denmark and be integrated or welcome in society unless you already speak danish this is an attack on danes cultural identity and i think this was the chance of these are the kind of these are the. kind of ridiculous stripes these are kind of the ridiculous tribes no no no i think you're pretty is your point you're ever in his words that he said your point and point is that these are taught are absent . and it's a great thing is culture you need to know what it's all about i tell you get your pulled you horrified we're raising your culture the point is this culture change the slightest change there are migration there are migration flows around europe

and ultimately you are going to have to give way to the new generations who are coming and saying we want integrated blended multicultural society they should be judged on the same songs of yesterday you know what i mean is that all of us today all three i mean people here larry we'll get today's nation where yesterday's news our don't want to sing songs of yesterday i mean we have a past we have a history and to know who you are you need to know your history and what i'm we're very afraid about about this political discussion but it will correct discussion is that a to stickle freedom is under threat because now you can write a song without you know trying to raise your past claim or if you're modest or still to come here on the program on r t the french president now vowing a tough response to violent yellow vest protesters or just.

one else seems. just don't. let me. get to see pal it just didn't come out to. end in detroit because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to be it's. going to be close it's like the three of them all can't be good. interested always in the water the.

pleasure to have you with us today for the monday program of the u.s. is planning to holler for its troop presence in afghanistan after seventeen years of war in that country but some analysts warn that the war on terror is not only failed to defeat al qaeda but it's actually spawned the birth and propagation of numerous other extreme militant groups don off tech support on. over the past eighteen years u.s. leaders have named a multitude of reasons for its troops to be stationed fight and die in afghanistan . the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda

terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan this military action is a part of our campaign against terrorism nine eleven disfigured and reformed the global security order as ranks of u.s. troops moved into afghanistan to defeat al qaida and dethrone the taliban. desire quote as it may sound the outcome of this almost two decades long war is hardly worth the price both the u.s. and afghanistan have paid more than sixty thousand of us and afghan soldiers have been killed al qaeda is still there and nineteen other terrorist groups including eisel cropped up and gained foothold in afghanistan right under the nose of the u.s. army there. as

for the taliban it is no longer in power but still this is hardly a victory worthy of eighteen years of hard fighting as the current government struggles to remain in control of just over a huff of the country but the war on terror was only one of the points on washington's to do list in the country. we will work with local leaders the afghan government and international partners to have a reconciliation process in every province high. half of afghan children are without education poverty and discrimination are rampant the country is ranked

third for corruption by transparency international not exactly a shining light of democracy so when donald trump stepped into the oval office he promised among other things to focus on soft power let afghanistan be the country its people wanted to be. we're a partner in a friend but we will not dictate to the afghan people how to live or how to govern their own complex society trump calling afghanistan a partner falls into the basket of cases when long distance relationships just don't work be it afghan leadership ordinary citizens they don't see american troops making a difference for them. we have a number of civilian casualties as a result of these attacks and if they are here for our protection and why bomb us why do we have civilian casualties that is why i never feel safe in their presence

. as an afghan citizen and i don't feel safe with the u.s. army vehicles and tanks in the streets we are afraid a blast maker at any time the afghans have faced a lot of issues because of that what they mean of this creation of course business is down there is no security and people can't leave america chief one thing in afghanistan and that was to destroy an already very very hard very damaged country in terms of removing the terrorists removing taliban everything they have failed because taliban is still there taliban have actually expanded now and so trump boasted about being a problem solver in the end we will win but since the u.s. president's own definition of victory is this obliterating isis crushing al qaeda preventing the taliban from taking over afghanistan the u.s. army is not withdrawing its evacuating running away deserts in the battlefield

beaten. the french president is calling for calm and harmony after a sixth week and of yellow vest demonstrations and on your macro also stated that severe measures will be meted out again. those who spread on the breast during the protests. they create this clearly the most severe judicial response this will be brought it is now time for order calm and harmony going to prevail meanwhile this weekend some of the yellow vest demonstrators chose a rather graphic way to show their anger with france's president around ninety protesters gathered in the town of and beheaded an effigy of emanuel micron performance caused an outcry on social media in france as prime minister condemned the protesters behavior. and more beheading of the head of state acts of

unprecedented violence against the police and to semitic justice in the heart of paris trivializing such acts is out of the question they must be unanimously condemned and punished. local officials issued a statement saying the incident had been referred to the public prosecutor's office authorities have confirmed that a probe has been opened and we got reaction to these developments from an adviser to a former french presidential candidate marine le pen. the movement has evolved from a simple tax reform frustration into a more i would sit demand of a deeper change of friends economic and social regulation what we see right now is a more radicalized movement now they're asking about a referendum. now did you know the start criticizing the banking system this to rebuilding against message integration and against european union and the government and those in power of course cannot tolerate that's not acceptable for them and this is why you see such

a harsh response from us from the police obviously this social movements everywhere in europe did your communities killing everybody just getting to work this real trust workers like those you know decent human being or working and the only thing the asking is to me decently that's a small snapshot health the latest oh well news stories here on our team international for this monday that we're back in about a half an hour with many more hope you can join us. for that i. just. came calling oh she was you know you know she was.

so what we've got to. do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to. let it be an arms race based on often spearing dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. time after time to know what you're going on the ground while we're away for christmas we're screening some of your favorite episodes of this season coming up in this show is british ahmed saudi arabia's partner in the yemen war the u.a.e.

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