off comm about r t making it more likely for the channel to face punitive action and all that on the british government's payroll no less. integrity initiative is conducting its own investigation into the breach as justification for wiping its website clean even if there's no foul play in that a couple of things don't really add up for example it's not clear why the think

tanks twitter account also turned completely private or hacktivists fiendish thing to get their hands on a couple twitter posts on top of that the mainstream media's coverage on the whole scandal has been mostly deafening silence and those targeted by the integrity initiatives misinformation have a feeling it's not by accident well more than does whether or not all these clusters of journalists who are apparently associated with the integrity initiative has anything to do with it because there are a number of people who have been named problem journalists have been named in the documents which been released one house to house the question therefore is is because of their involvement that they are not. covering this real scum plot surely . serious permanent representative to the united nations issued a warning to israel saying the patience of damascus is wearing thin as far as a series of airstrikes on syrian territory carried out by the israeli air force.

isn't it high time for the un security council to put a stop to israel so repeated aggressions against syria is the only way to attract the attention of the belligerents in this council to exercise our legitimate right to defend ourselves by responding to the israeli attack in damascus international civil airport with one on top of that port. the syrian diplomat there was apparently referring to the israeli air strikes on various targets in syria on monday israel said that it had struck facilities belonging to arabian forces stationed in the country and claimed the attack was in response to a missile being fired into israeli territory syria in turn said it had managed to shoot down most of the israeli missiles however reports suggest the air raid claimed the lives of eleven syrian military personnel israel's been carrying out air strikes against targets in syria on a regular basis over the last few months. at least expert early risk believes that washington support for television has only encouraged israeli military action

israel is the one which has been escalating especially recently particularly since the trial or president trump and also his intention to withdraw from syria since the time we've seen these escalate the israeli attacks on syria are ongoing violations of syrian sovereignty we all know that the u.s. has provided israel with diplomatic cover and i think that the u.s. will probably try and give cover for the years really is regarding the escobar tree activities in syria and i think that bashar jaafari in his remarks he was addressing first and foremost a trump administration because syria syria most of the trumpet of mr ocean doesn't want to get involved in any new wars and i think what the syrians were trying to say to the americans was you know trying to control the israelis otherwise we're going to ignite a war and you trumpet ministration don't want to be dragged into a war if you don't want this then hence put a stop to all these reviews of doing. russia has lifted the veil of secrecy around

one of its ability missiles in a bid to salvage a key nuclear treaty washington alleges the weapon violates the terms of the agreement but moscow refutes that claim and invited foreign journalists the military experts to see for themselves it is done of experience. there are stage lights a red tape and even a red carpet it almost feels like the unveiling of a new i phone except it isn't this is the missile the u.s. says it has knocked out the global nuclear out of kilter it is the reason why washington wants to rip up the existing treaties one of the few barriers holding back an arms race two point zero who rushes been flight testing the s.s. a cruise missile since the mid two thousand it's. been tested in excess of ranges that the treaty permits its range makes it a direct menace to europe. russia says the claims are fools it has tested the

missile and we're being told that its maximum range is way below the five hundred kilometer bar said by the i.n.f. treaty in fact we're being told that this mess is a modification of an older one and in fact the new. has kept the fuel tank of the same size and capacity while at the same time it became larger and heavier so its maximum range reduced even further we've been told here by the russian defense ministry that this rocket doesn't have a fuel lid really so the moment it is out of the factory gates it cannot be tampered with so it can be refused modified when it's in the field who has been saying that the u.s. really deal reeled all its transparency for example like snubbing official invitations to come to moscow and examine the missile in question themselves and in fact russia has its own list of concerns when it comes to the u.s.

compliance with the deal and the biggest one is the deployment of the mark forty one launches in eastern europe which are capable of launching american tomahawks right from russia's doorstep. in order to find work. solutions and salvage the i.n.f. treaty we expressed our willingness as a goodwill gesture to allow unprecedented transparency far exceeding our obligations under the i.n.f. treaty in particular we offered to give a presentation along with a briefing on the s s e eight missile and its launcher for the american side as a reciprocal step we suggested considering together with the americans what we could do to ensure more transparency regarding american weapons systems that are causing concern in moscow we are confident that it's precisely concrete steps like this that can help to save the i.n.f. treaty this is what the world is expecting from our two countries. and stuck in the middle of this literally even is europe is us and russia need to remain engaged

in constructive dialogue to preserve the treaty and to ensure. it to ensure its cool and verifiable implementation which of course is crucial for europe's and global security force i couldn't imagine that someone in europe would be interested in a new nuclear arms race and the only option to prevent it is to continue the i.n.f. treaty but the i.n.f. treaty as it is now is not enough we need to expand there because there are plenty of new autonomous weapon systems including those in cyberspace and they should be regulated not only the u.s. and russia should be included in the treaty but other states as well like china the e.u. is a helpless bystander here reduced to making desperate noises arguably it has the most to lose if the starting gun on a new arms race is fired a magus done of reporting from moscow r.t. . countries belonging to the council of europe should pay more into its budget

that's just one of the messages coming from a secretary general who was responding to russia's potential withdraw from the organization the russian delegation has not presented its credentials at this session. and in turn we must therefore plan for a situation whereby do not this year the russian federation has not restarted paying. it always to the columns where you are. but. together member states have the power to remove this factor or wrongly gratian by concrete doing more to the budget two thousand and fourteen brushes voting rights in the council's parliamentary assembly were revoked over the crime is situation three years later russia said that it would stop its funding to the organization until its rights were fully reinstated moscow would be in country to thirty three million euros each year one of the biggest amounts among member states

as we just heard the general secretary say there could now be a budget crisis and geopolitical expert pierre emmanuel to man believes that russia's exit doesn't bode well for the club the strategy of eyes or reaching russia and. put sanctions didn't work and this sheer of big blow to the organization if russia leaves the conceit of europe needs more rush hour than russia itself but because russia is serve the biggest country of the second station on the evolved russia the council of europe is useless we've heard time are passing by and the risk of. russia exiting former conceit of europe really where we try to find a solution to circumvent it but we vote to at the meeting we went too far on video

huge mistake because it didn't change the position of russia. as return to our breaking news story this hour president on trump's officially recognized the venezuelan opposition leader one guy though as the country's interim president killing more peaceful and more as he's in new york but is the latest place. well we have a statement from the white house officially recognizing the leader of venezuela's national assembly wanted wedo as the legitimate president of venezuela and declaring nicolas in the during the elected leader of venezuela the elected president declaring him to be illegitimate this is from the white house now this comes on the heels of a video statement from mike pence the u.s. vice president expressing support for juan guede oh this white house statement comes after these words from mike pence let's take a listen. mike pence the vice president of the united states the united

states supports the courageous decision by one god to the president of your national assembly to assert the bodies constitutional powers declare madeira or your syrup or nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power now in addition to withdrawing u.s. recognition from the statement from the white house also expressed support for. quote efforts to quote restore constitutional legitimacy now many observers are looking on this and saying that this is essentially a call for the overthrow of the elected government of venezuela by saying that kwan wedo is the interim president and withdrawing and no longer recognizing the legitimacy of nicolas maduro as the president of venezuela this seems to be an indication on the part of the u.s. government they would support the euro being overthrown so many observers are

looking on and wondering what will happen next but this seems to be a pretty strong development the white house has been strongly critical of venezuela and of nicolas maduro as leadership however this is a big step at this point with the united states no longer recognizing the girl as the president of venezuela this kind of moment of course when the new york brings the u.s. reaction to those latest events in venezuela. in other news the turkish president is in moscow today for another round of bilateral talks with putin that as expected focused on the fate of syria following america's pullout further reconciliation in the war torn country has crossed slug from refer to attended the press conference for a rare what was said between the two presidents that are. well hi neal the meeting between the presidents of turkey and russia mr at the garden mr putin's eighth one on one in the last year lasted

a little bit more than two hours syria and the situation in this country dominated the talks the two leaders confirmed speaking at the press conference that followed the talks more precisely its northern region east of the euphrates river this is the area where the u.s. troops have been stationed once the out and that is after don't trust sudden decision to withdraw american army from syria this area will become very vulnerable and the fate of this region in syria's north will be unclear the question will definitely arise who is going to control it right now serious kurdish forces are in charge and they are cooperating with official damascus and syrian army regarding this region and weidman putin has said today at the press conference that most welcomes and supports these contacts but the problem is that turkey sees most of these forces as terrorists and mr erdogan has read to rated today one more time

that turkey is going to protect its safety and its mission as a state east to fight terrorism including isis and why p.g. and why p.g. is exactly one of the kurdish forces are in syria's north that is right now in charge of a base region so it's. clear that both russia and turkey agree to fight terrorists and to bring stability and peace back to syria at the same time still disagreeing on who eased to be called a terrorist speaking more about that mr editor gun has said that the crucial thing following us we draw from syria is to every a vacuum of legal power let's take a listen. it is critical not to allow a sort of vacuum of power to replace american troops which was our only aim is to counter terrorists and to clear syria from an eyesore and the wife b.g.p.

and terrorist organizations that are trying to undermine our relations with russia . to speak in a ball to u.s. troops in syria vladimir putin has said that he wants to read to rate this one more time and stress that u.s. army is in syria illegally let's take a listen. americans were emotional relationship with the american military remains on syrian territory illegally there is no ground for their presence sanctioned by international law there is neither illegal invitation from the syrian government nor a decision from the un security council we discussed how the decision of the us to withdraw troops from syria will affect the situation in the country if such plans all implemented this will be a positive step. so it is clear that following u.s. troops withdrawal from syria the reason a lot to be done to be discussed to be called an aid to on the ground between

russia and turkey both at the gun and putin today reiterated also they are afterwards to bring peace to syria and to stabilize the situation there through so-called asked enough form and we've done so it is clear that the countries are going to work together on that but still it's clear that the rug disagreements big . we the parties involved back to you from international reporting for us from the venue of today's meeting in moscow. in other news an american and iranian journalist has been held in detention in the u.s. for more than a week is said to be released. it was detained by authorities on a material witness arrest warrant but she is expected to be free to go won't she's given testimony in a criminal case today but her plight has sparked a lot of controversy the rest of january thirteenth while visiting family in the state of missouri according to u.s. officials she's being held as

a material witness in an unspecified criminal case she hasn't been charged with any crime because she will be released after giving evidence something that is normal practice under u.s. law we talked to a friend and former colleague of the journalist who is in contact with her family. as is being detained under a controversial law yes it is a law but the material witness law has been deemed unconstitutional by york appeals court and where the court has said it's been misused the a.c.l.u. and human rights watch of talks about how since nine eleven this law has basically been used to detain ms muslims indefinitely without trial in essence on a session expedition and i think that whilst we hope there is no indication that he is going to be released today but we hope she will because the courts have said dorothy is the government has said that once she is finished being a witness she should be released. and why were her civil and religious rights

violated her job stripped of her had a mug shot taken without her her job on going to tell arlen vegetarian of you effectively denying her food in the initial days of her detention no one has been able to speak to apart from two telephone conversations with her family she does have legal counts. we don't know what this this case that she's a material witness for is about we don't know why the children have been subpoenaed there's been two phone calls with the children in the first the children were very worried because as i said she explained those civil and religious rights violations and the second call she said that those had now been. asked and misers oldest son believes that is because of the media coverage and because of this outpouring of activism around the world in support of my z. as a the magazine and against her arrest. the global news network c.n.n.

is expanding into new markets opening a portuguese language station in brazil but the team heading up that operation is raising a few eyebrows. resumes

donald trump extreme views on a variety of things telling a congresswoman she was not pretty enough to really express. like a military dictatorship. this isn't. some people might try to tell you that it's a business you might even start to believe this is happening. but it's not. this. is an apple. we did ask for a response from c.n.n. to this appointment so we're yet to get a reply. in the meantime another us media around the buzz feed has again insisted a controversial article or published is true despite it being branded is not accurate or the office of special counsel robert muller the story alleged on trump

ordered his former lawyer to lie to congress about dealings with moscow right against the of reports. tough times if you work at buzz feed lots of criticism abuse the outlets getting these last few days and no it isn't for the post about seventeen adorable cats at work or for their quiz which tells you which muppet you are no one reason is buzz feed's sensational story about trump ordering his lawyer to lie to congress about a proposed trump tower in moscow huge deal this i'm solid my sources are solid this reporting is accurate a bombshell new report from buzz feed news certainly explosive reporting and without question this is a big one it is breaking news perhaps major breaking news thing is if it sounds too good to be true it probably is what buzz feed wasn't counting on is robert mueller

his team itself publicly dismissing buzz feed's story as nonsense both freeze description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony of teen boy this office regarding michael cohen congressional testimony on accurate buzz feed's bad luck didn't then their next one of its journalists after watching a cut clip of an alleged conflict between a bunch of teenagers and the native american man went on a tirade about how white the root cause of the evil. of the conversations over the past twenty four hours how deeply familiar this look is it's the new white patriarchy of course but that familiarity that banality is part of what prompts the visceral reaction this isn't spectacular it's life in america once again the story fell apart after

a full video of the confrontation became available showing that the kids did nothing wrong it wasn't the. harassing people yet they're now getting death threats and that tirade is still up so here have some more fantic buzz feed funny animal pictures. none of it all that surprising when you take into account who founded buzz feed jonah peretti founder and c.e.o. and apparently noted fraudster the big obstacle has revealed how mr peretti in two thousand and three stole the identity of a well known gun activist set up a website in his name and sent out hundreds of thousands of emails pretending to be someone he was not in an effort to sway public opinion on gun control in effect a massive fake news disinformation campaign he was sued for that and settled

eventually. after a year and a half we finally reach a legal settlement peretti also apologized to gold blasts and took down jeff gold black dot com i received an undisclosed monetary settlement or take mr other little stunt detailed in the article this upset that some student had set up a dating website rejection hotline with a similar name to his own dating website rejection live on bread he set up a website legibly for the express purpose of defaming someone ruining a person's reputation emails contained multiple lies about me and betrayed me as an arrogant jerk who was bragging about how i was stole the idea of the new york city rejection line reportedly and that website was also shut down as part of the settlement truly the apple didn't fall far from the tree begun by

a man who seemingly specialized in fake news and disinfo mazan in mobilizing and defaming people buzz feed continues the family tradition and days when it started posting these sixteen adorable pops. we have asked buzz feed to come into the allegations we await their response. and finally quick reminder of our breaking news story president of the trump has officially recognized the head of venezuela's opposition the national assembly that's one as being the country's interim president an announcement comes after go i don't declared himself president in front of a crowd of his supporters that despite venezuela's supremes court declaring all actions of the national assembly illegal in while they've also been massive protests in support of venezuela's president nicolas maduro in addition to those seen against him medea earlier denounced washington support for the opposition in

the country. watching r.t. do stay with us updates in just under five minutes time. you know world's big partners through a lot of things and conspiracy it's time to wait 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 back 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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a new year. hundreds of gathered in venezuela both for and against the current government the u.s. president. to recognize the opposition leader to be the interim president of venezuela . another news a french t.v. shows tried to teach children how to spot fake news while also pointing the finger at certain country's leaders and news agencies. it is the. children i think you should be. i'm astonished that the country.