thank you. claiming a video. was. staged. so there was no direct.

looking into the allegations for you. would you support. the president's special envoy. you think. she could do it. i think he he should really get along with.

it is just after nine am on this valentine's day in moscow with sunshine and minus eight degrees welcome to your top stories on r.t. and. the b.b.c.'s syria producer is challenging the mainstream narrative on an alleged chemical attack in the country he claims that video of the supposedly aftermath of a toxic strike in the syrian city of duma was in fact staged it is a line that russia and damascus have long maintained many others though have simply accepted the video at face value touting it as evidence of the syrian government attacking its own people. but i guess the investigates you don't hear it very often not even a doubt not a suspicion but a certainty that the hospital scenes of the alleged chemical attack in duma was staged and this is coming from the b.b.c.

syria producer after almost six months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital all the white helmets activists and people i spoke to are either in italy or euphrates sheild areas only one person was in damascus the incident in question occurred almost a year ago when the syrian military took on the army of islam in the town of duma. the white helmets working with islamists released videos of an alleged chemical attack hospitals people in panic reaction was immediate and violent trump launched more than a hundred cruise missiles that syria france and britain chipped in the u.n. security council in uproar few kennie's time to think for you. it is doom had

been held by the army of islam hardcore islam ists the same guys that caged woman and elders and roofs to protect themselves against s. strikes i can tell you that jaish al islam rules dumont with an iron fist very co-opted activists doctors and humanitarians with fear and intimidation you may also remember in the lead up to this incident russia warned this could happen that rebels might stage a chemical attack to invite foreign intervention the rail and evacuation deal we have undeniable evidence that this was yet another staged attack that involved intelligence agencies of one of the countries that is rushing to spearhead a recent campaign. but no one in the west listened or pretended not to hear the media not the politicians here by the way is how b.b.c.

reported in the incident back then disturbing reports of a chemical weapons attack chemical attack carried out by the assad regime the magic's are doing more. but they're overground dozens of people have been killed due to poison gas a chemical attack did happen believes riyadh but everything else the casualties the panic the videos those were meant to achieve something what evidence rearm has we don't know side from a few tweets details are scarce we're waiting for more we've requested comment from riyadh and the b.b.c. and we'll keep you posted but it seems odd for the first full blown his styria over supposed chemical attack casualties in order quiets be how it's claimed. the senate intelligence committee chairman has reiterated that there is no direct

evidence that donald trump was colluding with russia during the twenty sixteen presidential race he's been leading a two year investigation into the matter and during that time parts of the media got very excited about the probe expecting that it would find a smoking gun. and reports so donald trump has spoken up the it twitter. the senate intelligence committee there is no evidence of collusion between the truth campaign and russia now he based this on what was said by senator burr after two years two hundred witnesses and three hundred thousand documents he had this to say. if we write a report to based upon the facts that we have then we don't have anything that would suggest that there was collusion by the trump campaign and russia democrats have now confirmed this to n.b.c. on conditions of anonymity sent investigators have access to highly classified intelligence so for example if there was an intercept between some russian intelligence officers suggesting that they were conspiring with a top campaign they would see that that has not emerged so that evidence does not

exist and trump will claim an occasion well the twitter sphere lit up because for two years n.b.c. has been pushing the trump russian narrative now they're saying the opposite. and b c news and this n.b.c. have been telling us for two plus years that there's always evidence of collusion to the russians hacked their accounts breaking news the narrative we've been spin on endlessly for two years that was based on zero evidence it seems that it wasn't lost on n.b.c. themselves who did everything and to walk back there a policeman but on the very same day we heard this on the very same channel senator burr coming out and saying there was no direct evidence of that kind of conspiracy that also really struck me because prosecutors almost never had direct but it was to the intelligence committee came out and said they found no direct evidence of criminal conspiracy but that's not the senate intelligence committee is read it it is the f.b.i.

in a special counsel's team to do the criminal investigation so he doesn't have any evidence but he somehow just knows it's there. mr trump's claims of no collusion. hold these the claims of a former cia director who previously called doubts on allegations of collusion he's not alone in speaking up and saying that what can't be proven somehow must unquestionably be true but the walls feel like they're closing in on the truth administration right now and i'm not sure they can hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls are closing the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump the walls are closing it with trump on the walls are closing in on the trump white house. all of the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast so if enough people are saying it you don't need any evidence the message of those pushing the rushing eight narrative is just believe it would happen r.t. new york. the new u.s.

special envoy for venezuela has been accused of lying by the house foreign affairs committee elliott abrams was quizzed about washington's efforts to install opposition leader was venezuela's president in its bid to oust the current president nicolas maduro and there were some tough questions regarding abram's record of alleged human rights violations in latin america. would you support an armed faction within. as you did in. the door and i am not going to respond to that. which is not. permanently. transparently deal. my question is whether you're we're going to transfer of weapons or defense equipment the united states government to groups are going to. question because you have

a record of. guilty to two counts of holding information from congress regarding your involvement in the iran. affair i fail to understand why members of this committee or the american people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful i don't think this entire line of questioning is meant to be real questions and so i will not reply members of congress were referring to his track record in latin america abrams was convicted of unlawfully withholding information from congress in one thousand nine hundred ninety one for him funneling weapons through iran to nicaragua rightwing rebels in the one nine hundred eighty s. his portfolio also includes accusations of covering up massacres and supporting repression campaigns of dictators in guatemala el salvador honduras now the session

was ultimately interrupted several times by protests from activists and national director of the activist group gold was arrested at the. thank you for the opportunity to testify on our efforts to restore democracy venezuela oh no no you. know you still said let me. write me back because again it was always over communicable diseases that are easily preventable or resurgent once again. may i remind. you in supporting the struggle for freedom in venezuela your connected clear middle you define congress like the congress your first read your lying again that bridge was closed three years i think it's really

despicable that elliot abrams has been appointed to this position he has shown through his record to be deceitful conniving and manipulative so as he started to speak i just couldn't help myself to stand up and tell congress just tell the foreign affairs committee don't listen to this war criminal this will elliott abrams from promoting the disastrous invasion of iraq to opposing the iran nuclear deal to his criminal involvement in the iran can contra scandal has shown how much he wants to go to war and this is putting venezuela and a really dangerous situation most likely plunging the country into a bloody civil war and this is not what the people of venezuela want the majority of venezuelans do not want u.s.

military intervention and yet we're in this dangerous situation where it's a real possibility a week of violence has rocked haiti. with protesters angry over rising prices economic stagnation and corruption on wednesday in the country's capital port au prince hundreds marched to the national palace calling for the president to step down the demonstration quickly descended into chaos. protesters hurled rocks at police while the riot police tried to disperse the crowd using material. at least six people have died in anti-government protests in haiti we spoke about the demonstrations in both haiti and just across the sea in venezuela with william robinson a professor of latin american studies he told us why haiti get special treatment from washington eighty is facing a crippling social political and economic crisis it's getting worse inflation is

meaning that food increasingly out of the reach of poor people unemployment is high and it is rising the haitian government is a close ally of the united states it's a simple as that united states has pointed to stabilize and overthrow the venezuelan government for for the last twenty years and at the same time it has been propping up in the elite far right wing government incredibly corrupt government which rules over a social order which benefits a tiny minority for the last thirty forty fifty years so that's nothing new i mean it's not been not only surprised but it does demonstrate the complete hypocrisy and double standard of u.s. foreign policy towards the region and towards these two countries eighty has gone through nearly three decades now of constant foreign u.s. led intervention the u.s. is already intervening behind the scenes it has never started to phoenix haiti is one of the most inch of the country maybe the most intervened in the whole western western hemisphere. the french capital has seen a large demonstration against police violence organized by various yellow vests

groups it comes as one of their own protesters a former national boxing champion is jailed for a year for beating an officer at a rally in january. a video of christophe throwing punches went viral and led to a manhunt one witness claims he was acting in response to a police assault a former boxer has expressed regret over his aggressive reaction. i saw the repression that was i saw the police. i've seen the police hurt people with flash balls i've seen people hurt a sim pensioners get tear gassed i've seen a lot of things i was gassed on the last day yes i wanted to advance on the riot police was gassed with my friends and my wife i was gassed and for a moment the anger came up in me yes well i reacted badly that i reacted badly but i was defending myself and that's it. began the used tear gas against us and then

started listening us with bad moods i found myself on the ground lying cold out i was then chased by the police who tried to grab me another policeman from the rapid response in turn up and tried to grab me also keep punching me in the face right in the teeth and then he keep me i have severe lung disease that the slightest blow can cause them to see if that happens i don't like the books to save my life if he hadn't done what he did i would have died on the spot french authorities say almost two thousand people have been convicted for offenses committed during protests the country's prime minister says fourteen hundred more a car awaiting sentencing we spoke with. who was hit on the head with a stun grenade in december and she claims she's on the brink of losing and i because of it here is her story. but it is still there. we were on the seans elisei it was comment first and there were very calm yellow vests around us then

some who have been started vandalizing the shop on another side of the street trying to set fire to it policeman started to shoot to help firefighters to get through and it was the last then that i remember because after that i fell and the grenade hit my head in the morning they were going to do. it with. my eyes still in great pain and will be removed in the next operation talked to said it can be saying it is painful to touch it i can't move it and i can't read it's estimated around two thousand people have been injured during the yellow bus protests ferry in the linear things the current level of violence between the protesters and the police is far from normal it is his whole career is a policeman a call to work every saturday i understand that they're tired but fatigue is not an excuse for everything especially for leavin people without ice hooligans were on the right and i was on the left to explain to me why the policeman fired in my to

berkshire it is not normal france is one of the oldest democratic countries in the world it is not normal that this is happening here. so this is all too international running down the top stories for this hour of course it is now february the fourteenth a valentine's day and a good enough excuse for us to look at the relationships between the most powerful people in the world reporting from the city of love shout it opens. as couples across the globe celebrated day of love we thought we'd take a look at the burning passions between will to lead is what makes for a great relationship well for starters chemistry is very important.

that we have to make a book for years for where would we be without something igniting or flames of course sometimes that spark just isn't there and well that can be a bit awkward especially when the camera's always around. you know every relationship goes through its ups and it stands i mean who doesn't have skeletons in their clothes it. really does it really won't make a go of things and they'll do what any good therapist would suggest they work through it i was really being tough and sure wish i would go back and forth and then we saw

a little of. the really lovely beautiful letters well if there's one thing we know about trump peter likes building rules but sometimes even if he has a boundary issues the president criticized to resign may saying that her plan for brakes it was poorly going to be poorly executed which is essentially the worst thing you could say about her on the first broadside against. france's military records for more nato funding president trump the attack the fight beginning at breakfast today at one point today the president asking what good is nato and saying germany is captive to russia well mr make america great again could have some toys to mend i want better way than the other until i.

so who should be top of trump's valentine card list this year. a million man whose research. prime minister trudeau. i think he should really get along with tourism a reason may she could do with some help. mexican president. happy v.-day can't wait for you to pay for it all he says. but most of all the number one lesson is that before you can love someone else you have to lock it in for yourself first.

a pleasure having you with us today for this program on this valentine's day so many more of your global stories just around the corner with backing up. you know world big partisan movies. and conspiracies 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 smart we need to stop slamming the door. 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks.

make this manufactured consensus public. when the ruling class is protect themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room. good to have you with us today an iranian photo journalist has lashed out at donald trump after he bashed tara on twitter posting a photo of a protest that she had taken yelled out my yadi said the photo was used without permission of the us president published the tweet and both english on monday as iranians mock the fortieth anniversary of the overthrow of the u.s.

backed shah. condemned donald trump for using her photo and video agency ruptly spoke to the photo journalist but. but you know enough i have no twitter account and someone send this picture to me i did not expect this picture to become viral or to this picture in december thirtieth two thousand and seventeen during approach is said to run university against economic situation in the country these photos are like a mirror which we should use for our society and with ourselves and think that these are our problems i am upset as this issue is used for other thing and not to help our society this issue has bothered me for a long time. my lengthy instagram post in which she slammed his policies saying u.s. sanctions a devastating the lives of iranians in the. as a matter of fact my purpose against this tweet can be defined as a social aspect and emotional release of family spurstow right by families in the

us and we haven't seen each other for four years because of the travel ban and i felt like my family was imprisoned because we could not have been visit each other in another country this isn't the issue that has happened almost every family and has affected our society on the other hand the economic and social impact of sanctions that affect the people including those who are not interested in political issues caused me to show a symbolic protest it was not something like a legal complaint or any other thing. italian fashion house gucci is to give staff cultural sensitivity lessons offer a backlash over its products its one of a number of brands to have been accused of racism lately for releasing the lines bearing black face imagery most recently katy perry designed shoes were removed from the shelves after accusations they resembled the black face make up earlier this month gucci was taken to task over a potent x. y. which some people said it resembled a black face costume and in december

a product with true line of monkey key chains after consumers complained they look like caricature has of black people. how does this keep happening with supposedly luxury brands know when the gucci clogged the similarity between their races imagery of their eight hundred ninety eight dollars black frieze jumper and prada ski chain the latter of which was pulled from stores less than two months ago or does it just not care i fail to see racism over this people really need to get over themselves and the victim mentality i would never see a monkey and identity myself with it or swear to warm up my nose do you seriously all three fashion brands apologized not everyone was entirely satisfied we spoke to video artist i'm on jay gone and media specialist cameron thomas to get there though. i believe that there is a clear a lot of sensitivity to issues that are particularly jarrin and hurtful or

offensive at the moment in this country in the u.s. not only is black history month but it's also a time where conservative politicians in this country including the president of the denounce. are particularly time that's when it comes to racial issues and it's very very important that our rulers artists and from editors and creative scholar of all sorts designers as well it's very important that we. listen in to what's happening and not in the beginning and we need to respond to the current political seder with our creation in terms of the issue it's an overreaction this is an issue that's really feeding into a bigger issue a black face that's coming out of virginia. and i think in the in the communications feel old i think we call this i think we call this moral panic you know so when a bigger issue is framing all kinds of other smaller issues within you know within

the culture that that influence is a huge reaction you know katy perry had these shoes in august he was nine different colors in his white case it was black face it was gold plate gold face it was red face the shoes that look clearly like you know iconic you know i think an american or as artists and designers we should do much better than the politicians that are creating what i am decliners the politics of moderate we need to lead the way forward to create connections to understand each other and got to dig down into the you know the motivations psychology and the fashion designer you know maybe they are maybe they are creating these lines to create controversy there's a quick look at the state of affairs around the world for this hour here on r.t. international your program or a top of the. now

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gets to say yes' since the soviet system collapsed under its own not to see developments in the western world in a similar light well we witnessing the final act of the cold war and if so what comes next. the. readings in the salutation. you can still hear a hawk watchers especially here in washington d.c. i know we've talked about it before right here on this very show you can hear it behind every politician speech build lives every lobbyist go.