the co-founder of social media apologizes pro-democrat operation that created over a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to look like a republican rival. washington expresses concern over russia's new hypersonic weapon saying there are no effective countermeasures god missiles the final test will successfully carried out on wednesday. and a wave of protests spreads across. all the journalists. protesting the difficulties

of being a reporter of the country's economic. it's seven o'clock and you're watching all to live from moscow studio with me. welcome to the program. the co-founder of social media giant linked in has apologized a pro democratic party operation which created over a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to look like they backed a republican rival last year republican candidate roy moore ended up losing the election but in this story fake russian is a company that tracks russian bots reports. embarrassing to say the least and here i thought you could get away with. any. thing nowadays

apparently not but it does set a new loo for democrats making think russian boats to win the elections here's the irony i find the tactics that have been recently reported highly disturbing for that reason i'm embarrassed by my failure to track the organization i did support more diligently as it made its own decisions to perhaps fund projects that i would reject the recap reid hoffman who found linked in contributed we've seen lee or unwittingly money one hundred thousand dollars to approve a democrat cyber security company called new knowledge which seems specialized in fraud fake news lies and this information the company created fake facebook pages to confuse republican voters they created fake russian boats

who retreated and followed roy moore the republican candidate in alabama's two thousand and seventeen special election they then publicly declared that that was proof he had ties to russia because i think russian bots were retreating him dirty very very. so surprise the tougher supporting more they both have a deep love of country the country's russia but still rather treaty car good question is for you know it's pretty alarming when it guys lives in a fluent russian or speaks fluent russian it's russian it's everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office. interestingly enough the democrats love to walk through him or when he accused them of setting him up last year but he isn't interesting tidbit new knowledge she jonathan morgan was

allegedly also the mastermind behind hamilton sixty eight which claimed to track russian online influence operations russian bortz real russian bots. again sad sort of irony that the guy busted for making fake russian bought was

cited by the media's the authority on real russian bots but food for thought the media pounced on roy moore back then on mere hearsay the very allegation of being tied to russia is that damaging it was more by luck of the not that we found out about this. it's called the sea of and light sea but how many more incidents like this could there have been that we don't never will know anything about food for thought. russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic strategic missile named adam gault president vladimir putin called it a big event for the armed forces and the country as a whole and that early in the program my colleague spoke to our correspondent. find out more. tell us about the media reaction to this well this launch did certainly become a top news story all over the world those analytical pieces that have had

a chance to come out there were more along the lines of why the united states should fear this missile and i should say it kind of does carry the same message that we've been a world that we've been seeing for months really because this evan god missile was one out of five vans two weapons unveiled by vladimir putin back this march and that's when the world just everybody went bonkers and everybody should feel scared even though it has been since the message of the russian government that it is purely defensive that these weapons they are meant to defend russia not to attack any other country obviously a very important launch certainly for the security of russia or and as is said by the russian president vladimir putin he was talking about this system back in march the first of this year but what exactly is well first i would like to stop as to why exactly this launch is important it is important because it is the final test before this missile goes into service and now let's just have

a look let's enjoy how it unveiled. well as for what exactly happened god is well it's just one of the most advanced weapons and missiles in the world here's a quick preview of what it's capable of really. so it's incredibly it's incredibly precise and also it is classified as sort of

a glider missile what it means is that it doesn't go beyond the atmosphere it travels through it and this is what allows it to go really low like a pro sort of thing and to maneuver very unpredictably that's why everybody is so concerned that's why even the united states is saying that it apparently doesn't have any means of intercepting it because of its unpredictability and maneuverability but as putin has been saying since day one with the oven god system this is to act as a deterrent this is a defensive system was was he involved in any way with the outs will final test while he is the commander in chief so he watched this final launch and also it was a bladder putin who announced that this mess the russian military will get the first units of this missile as soon as next year that's why russia kind of made an emphasis this year to will roll out as many new and advanced weapons as possible keeping the country safe you know you go to talk to me about the balance of power

here how does this new apple god missile system affect global security well sure it's a miss so by definition it is designed to destroy things to obliterate them to do damage but so does pose a threat but there are two different sorts of how you can pose a threat one thing is saying look we have this new fancy message so we're just going to attack you will. now and destroy your countries and another thing is saying look we have this new advanced weapon so we are ready to defend ourselves but only if we're faced with any aggression and this has really been the case with this message and as put by the russian president vladimir putin have a lesson that shows the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty what's going to happen it's hard to imagine what if the rockets are located in europe what should we do which is of course we will have to ensure our security with some concrete steps let them not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get an advantage but merely to seek your balance to

ensure our security and this really applies not just to this particular message or as a matter of fact to any other for weapons unveiled by the russian president in march this is about the russian military as a whole because the country has been pushing forward its military capability all year it has been sort of the flavor of the twenty teens so to speak but it hasn't been in the offensive sort of way russia has been maintaining that it is a measure of deterrence and not of aggression. we discussed the new weapons implications for global security with a number of experts. but i think the u.s. is also working on these types of thanks and the first one to launch one doesn't always get to win the contest as the as we saw in the age and also in the space race but certainly. they do us existing us defenses can't deal with them by existing us and defenses aren't that good against regular

missiles so it is stark this. doing away with the a.b.m. treaty is start a new arms race but i think you know we're just building more and more nuclear weapons when we should be trying to limit and the new start treaty is coming which is the arms limitation for the longer range missiles is coming up in twenty twenty one so you know that would be a good time to coeur to you know cool off the arms race and you know lock in some limits on these types of weapons as well i think that is a motive i think it's in the interests of the russian people the american people in the whole world to not see an increase in a new arms race the danger here is that the u.s. military establishment is going to react to this by saying well we need to poorer ever more money into developing our own hypersonic missile systems and we have a new new escalated arms race of course right now the united states is spending

seven hundred billion dollars a year on its military which is more than the next nine countries combined so we know who's leading the way in the in the military arms race but i think russia i would assume they're hoping that this can be a reality check and bring and promote more negotiations and less military development. biting tosh. after the death of the reporter who set himself on fire he was protesting growing economic problems in the difficulties of any living as a journalist the incident is joint comparisons to the events that led to. and which also started with a man burning himself and eventually that to the arab spring. for

all people who have no means of subsistence today i start a revolution i'm going to set myself on fire eight years after the arab spring and tunisia is still in turmoil with protests over the economic situation and the high unemployment rate in january of two thousand and eleven the old school dictator ben ali was forced to step down the democratic transition gave way to a new constitution and for free elections that paved the way for pro western secular forces to dominate the new government back then u.s. president barack obama hailed the progress toward democracy and called it an amazing transformation was the first country to undergo the transformation we know

as the arab spring and given it is now the first to have elections we thought it was appropriate that tunisia would be the first to visit the white house that's what progress that's been. going to be this transformation to be inclusive and for . there were very high hopes as well but the recent round of protests sparked by the journalist suicide show that many feel that things haven't really improved and that stability is. fragile and the reasons for this young man suicide a poll that see isolation and the difficult circumstances journalists face in tunisia and benefit as this tragedy sums up the status of journalists in tunisia he was driven to do it because of possible living costs journalists work with no contract and earn poverty wages. in fact a large number of journalists live in a fragile situation both financially and legally and i see that with

a large number of journalists and chinese you sense the arab spring to nisha has followed the path of liberal reforms advocated by western leaders and poverty is still widespread the overall living situation hasn't improved the teachers among other public employees have been pretty badly affected there have been calls for mass protests and when it comes to the european union back then the e.u. demonstrated its support for the transition to democracy by implementing the three m's money mobility and markets however the high hopes have been widely disappointed and now it seems that the clout of the european union has declined in the countries that had revolutions many people have lost hope. probably some of the high expectations. of uprisings in two thousand and eleven but their government has not been able to deliver. the high hopes on the economic

situation has deteriorated. and unemployment is really. sky high and in some areas that have been some improvements we've had elections in tunisia you know. more freedoms enjoyed by the population here freedom of expression freedom but i support terrorists but at the same time social and economic problems the basic. infrastructural problems that existed. are still there that whether we will see similar. results this time i think it's truly have. many similarities but also many differences the same time we're seeing as tunisia streets once again fill up with protesters in response to another public suicide it seems that western style free markets and free elections haven't solved

the country's woes the amazing transformation seems to have left many on satisfied cable mup and r.t. new york iraqi m.p. surprised with that in gratitude for his unannounced visit to the country we'll bring you all the details after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful

very critical time to sit down and talk. when our mind when the content of our mind. changed there are fees to ration the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a form of plasticity can rewire itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the body respond to. welcome back to the program the united arab emirates has announced that it is reopening its embassy in damascus it closed in twenty twelve and

a call the ambassador to syria into civil war has the details. the united arab emirates is reopening its embassy in damascus now this is a diplomatic boost for the syrian president bashar al assad not least of all because the u.a.e. was one of those countries that supported opposition slash rebel fighters against his syrian soldiers over the past few years of conflict it was back in two thousand and twelve that the u.a.e. closed its office in damascus and at that time all gulf countries close their missions as well with the exception of a mine in protest against the ensuing violence.

certainly the fact that the u.a.e. is now opening an embassy does suggest that this is an opportunity for improved relations between syria and the arab league and many are suggesting that really this is the first step that we'll see syria being really involved and we united as part of the arab league community. trump and his wife have paid a surprise visit to u.s. troops in iraq commentators called it a rock star entrance as trump signed autographs and soldiers took selfies with the president.

the visit didn't all go to plan though also on the agenda was a meeting with the iraqi leadership however the two sides couldn't agree on the fall out of the meeting which then ended up being replaced by a phone conversation the head of one of two main blocks in iraq's parliament was not at all amused by trump's surprise visit to the country branding it a blatant violation of sovereignty. and it appears trump agrees that u.s. leaders should stop interfering in other countries the fact is americans shouldn't be doing the fighting. for every nation on earth not being reimbursed in many cases. if they want others to do the fighting they also have to pay

a price and sometimes that's also a monetary price. the pentagon has active military personnel in thirty eight countries they biggest contingent is that german base ramstein where more than nine thousand people are reported to be stationed political analyst chris bambery believes a shift in u.s. military policy is underway but only for the middle east. live now to jan oberg director of the transit national foundation for peace and future research jan thanks for coming on to the program now let's start with your opinion of what you make of trump saying america won't fight in other countries for free anymore. john can you hear me is the dia here. i have

a feeling that we've lost the connection. i think we. you know we have we have lost the connection. jan can you hear me. no we have we've lost our connection. yes ok sorry about that technical difficulties apologies for losing the connection on to our next story french judges have called off a two decade long probe into the deadly attack on the former president's plane which ultimately led to the genocide in one thousand nine hundred four the investigation was a stumbling block between the two countries it was the. officials close to the current president in connection with the death of the country's former leader the decision comes after reports that france also rejected by human rights groups to reopen a separate probe into whether the french military shed any of the blame for the deaths of hundreds of people they had promised to rescue.

today we're being asked to leave with the people who killed our families we're told they're sorry they will do it again and some people believe that i'm not one of them. the fighting was triggered by the downing of a plane carrying the french backed president in one thousand nine hundred ninety four hutu extremists blamed the rebels and the rebels denied involvement for the past twenty years paris has pursued those responsible for the assassination but not anymore the inquiry has reportedly been dropped over insufficient evidence we have

to interpret this decision by friend judges as a form of resignation faced with a political context which prosecutors did not know how to fight over the years france suggested the tutsi rebels headed by the current president paul kagame who were behind the attack they even charged seven p. . people close to the leader for pull could be the physical elimination of rwanda's then president was seen as the only means to achieve his political ends a total victory and this at the price of the massacre of the. so-called interior the rwandan government flatly denied the allegations and cut diplomatic ties with france fast forward and roll want to has some nice words for the french i think the president. put it in. different. but. i think. does an

open mind to. how times have changed the world bank considers rwanda to be more business friendly than much of the developed world and france seems to have an interest macron even back to rwanda's pick for the head of francophonie a group of french speaking countries. if there were to be an african candidate to head the francophonie that would make a lot of sense i think that the rwandan foreign minister has all the expertise for that role sure france and rwanda have had their differences and twenty five years since the genocide to justice has never been fully served but for the present it looks like that doesn't have to stand in the way of a little money making donald quarter. news at this hour neal harvey will take over there on thirty minutes time but stay tuned for a documentary called. us. well

i think it certainly makes sense for for moscow to think. in. and in its contacts with the united states i just fear that the dominant view in this city is that it is merely impossible until the united states kind of settle this domestic divide about the environment in d.c. he's you know i hate to see these laws work toxic but that's exactly what it is and i think it's in a way you know you're damned if you do if you're down the film. i've been saying the numbers mean some big matter you have one trillion dollars in debt

more than ten colored orange happy each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to be rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent is what is your home with four hundred to five hundred three person could push out and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers although it will. be only number you need to remember it was one business show you know for him it's the one and only when. i was in los angeles and it was march of one thousand nine hundred one. i go over and i look out the window and there they are. saw how i was arrested and that day our father and i wanted her to bring bargain but. i understand she area is not going to sell body

and i could probably wouldn't she died me but just to save her always scam not as my daughter so she wouldn't do this. and master resell they were under. i could not plead guilty to everything that they accuse me of is now i pled not guilty alternately i was convicted for conspiracy and die received twenty four year sentence. there's a way in which you have to see the conspiracy law as a very important tool of law enforcement if the crime is selling drugs and some man in miami sells twenty kilos of cocaine to an undercover agent you want to ask who is the seller working where does the money go if the money goes back to

a drug lord in colombia who's going to keep the proceeds he's in the conspiracy even though he actually wasn't there when that sale took place he's a conspirator and so part of the goal of the conspiracy law is to make sure that the most senior level all of those in the criminal organization are justly punished the problem is when you flip it around and the lowest level people in the criminal organization get punished just like the. and that's the big problem in the way in which the conspiracy laws are being applied. and federal prison in dublin california i realized that i would need to spend a lot of time in the law library. i needed to film from a riser in. my case and everything.