i thought i. was i. going to discrimination the manager of several highly successful news projects blasts facebook this money for suspending their account and all about. the french colonel who played a key role in the fight against islamic state in syria could be set to face punishment after america's destructive anti terror tactics. and new report from the u.k.'s house of lords suggests that weapons sales to saudi arabia have exacerbated yemen's humanitarian crisis and left the u.k. quote on the wrong side of the law. how do you.

have. a monday morning here in moscow life more to h.q. kevin and with you thanks ever so much for the time to do with us too so first story then top one the small in the head of a media company behind several successful news projects has hit out at facebook over what he calls unprecedented censorship is after the platform suspended a number of math medias pages what's this all about let's get the details from. take us through it's a bit of a complicated story break it down for us what's the problem here. well kevin you see on the math fake pages you couldn't see the the fact that some of their funding comes from the russian government and also that they're partially owned by

an arty subsidiary now that is the problem but first of all it all goes down to understanding whether the math pages management broke any facebook rules facebook doesn't have any rules requiring some sort of disclosures on links to our tea or links to russia however the social network told c.n.n. whose report coincided with facebook's move that it would ask page administrators to disclose their russian affiliations but again up until now this wasn't a rule so in this is absolutely unprecedented our attempts to get in touch with facebook and demand some sort of explanation have led to nothing for now so all we can do is judge from what facebook told c.n.n. . people connected with pages shouldn't be misled by out who's behind them just as if

stepped up enforcement of car demanded an authentic behavior and financially motivated spam over the past year will continue improving so people can get more information about the page and they follow. the team behind the suspended pages have told us that they received no warnings about this potential about the looming punishment and they hadn't received any messages giving them the right for an appeal but the appeal has already been made and by the way the mouthy pages on you tube and twitter are up and running for them. for so no rules in the first place no warning these pages have been suspended by facebook as must have been trying to hide its identity if you really look at the right you couldn't find it in public records office they were never hiding anything of course it doesn't say right on let's say on their front page some of our money comes from russia but any

employee that started working for this company they're always notified of the parent companies so they always knew who they work for and as you were saying math fake is officially registered in germany so anyone can check out the company's register and get all the relevant information on the funding the all winners the founders of the company but in c.n.n. xin vista get of reports that again coincided with facebook's move all of this is being portrayed as some sort of revelation have a lot. but what people watching these videos may not realize is that the russian government is paying for this soap box wasted back then are three new facebook pages and all part of a growing brand of russian backed influence campaigns. anyway moffett's team house told us whichever excuse facebook might find for their action there's

only one real reason for what they did. we didn't violate any of facebook's policies whatsoever none of our content promotes disinformation or fake news yet c.n.n. and pressured facebook into an unprecedented sasa ship in a desperate attempt to milk ratings by still going to histeria over russia made headlines was that we look at the story is not was a story is that it was c.n.n. first reported i was not really the first ones to start talking about this to bring this up was germany's outlet on line and also the so-called alliance to secure democracy which is part of the german marshall fund which in turn gets some of its funding from the us and the german governments did somebody say government funding anyway when it comes to folks like al-jazeera when it comes to germany's

deutsche where lee and their pages on facebook are up and running even without these pop up alerts. tar government money german government money so indeed this is unprecedented and this is really difficult i'm sure get more answers for the i know you're in charge of the story today so we'll let you go and dig some more is not very happy of these are the search chief margarita simonyan our boss she's responded to the controversy by launching a blistering attack on c.n.n. accusing the to shamelessly acting in washington's interests c.n.n. which is not us c.n.n. is once again acting as the right hand to even lead the state department and everything connected with them and facebook is doing the same c.n.n. doesn't even make a secret of the fact they're there so i had investigated should be more precise now material on a direct hit from a foundation financed by nato and the state department but when the c.n.n. election forced facebook didn't our accounts but facebook in this one could have

refused facebook is so scared of being once again accused of helping the russians out in the election interference and suppressing democracy in the u.s. that it immediately. leads no counter had forty million subscribers and two point five billion views no complaints against the video itself and the content on the whole were made by facebook but when c.n.n. called you said how can you let those russians talk to our people facebook just deleted the account obviously the situation is going to get worse no one now is even trying to believe in any freedom we even talk about it like it is an open geo political confrontation in which media space is loved by many and made into real to you so that's i don't know whether they were set up for this that's exactly what's happening now. margarita simonyan well arty's requested comment from a number of press freedom organizations to decide what they thought about it we had to get their responses early in the day george similarly senior research fellow at london metropolitan university's global policy institute told us that facebook he

thinks is employing double standards. so anything that the russians have must be looked upon suspiciously but they can't say this explicitly and so they come up with these phony pretext such as oh they haven't disclosed that they're funded by russia what about deutsche envelop what about the b.b.c. what about al-jazeera what about france one i mean all of these are getting funded by governments but it's the same thing applies when facebook every few weeks announces where they've closed seven hundred thousand accounts that they say are fake accounts because they are really russians or the rain ians don't know no one knows these things no one knows who these accounts are but it keeps the story going that the russians or the rain ians to. officially designated enemies are up to no

good. suspensions also drawn sharp criticism from glenn greenwald the journalist best known for his revelations about u.s. and u.k. surveillance programs he accuses facebook c.n.n. and the marshall fund that he was talking about just now selective censorship nice blumenthal from real news media told us the social media behavior is known for its close work with the u.s. government to. well we know for a fact that this was done under government pressure but what's taken place is that a series of groups that appear to be private are taking the initial credit starting with c.n.n. the corporate media types which conducted the investigation but they conducted this fed at best a geisha at the urging of a group that is actually funded by the u.s. government last year my colleague jeff sprague of the grey zone project reported that one of the directors of the alliance for securing democracy the neo conservative jamie fly was promising that there would be more facebook takedowns in

the future after the last year's facebook purge and it appears that in the now is the next victim using c.n.n. to put the pressure on facebook so this has taken place under government pressure. the problem of french colonel who's been involved in the fight against islamic state could be set to face punishment of three published a devastating critique of american military tactics in syria has got the story this morning damning criticism from a senior french official who is being controlling the french artillery who are aging could is on the syrian a rocky border he turning around in this review saying that the u.s. coalition tactics were essentially putting civilians at risk the battle of hygiene was one at least on the ground but by refusing ground in gauge meant we unnecessarily prolonged the conflict and thus contributed to increasing the number

of civilian casualties we have massively destroyed the infrastructure and given the population a disgusting image of what may be a western style liberation leaving behind the seeds of an imminent resurgence of a new adversary hundreds have died in has seen as a result of thousands over the bombs coming down from the air as. result of the u.s. coalition and us person trump is about to declare victory against isis on the ground in syria this colonel isn't so sure we have in no way won the war because we lack a realistic and lasting policy and an adequate strategy how many how jews will it take to understand that we're on the wrong track his comments came in the national defense review the article has since been removed and the colonel now faces sanctions as a result of publishing the article without prior permission from military officials but is damning account adds weight testimony that we've already heard from other

groups such as amnesty international and action against violence who've all talked about the high civilian death toll as a result of the methods used by the u.s. coalition despite the fact that the u.s. official line is that it doesn't target noncombatants the ground the reality is as president trump wants to declare victory the colonel and many others are now questioning victory at what cost at what cost to the people of syria. the u.n. is warning that yemen's humanitarian crisis is becoming increasingly severe as it goes on hundreds of thousands of people in that war torn nation and now reportedly at risk of starving to death a staggering eighty percent of the population are in need of aid there's still no cites to end of the conflict either no light at the end of the tunnel which is continuing to displace huge numbers of people here is the harrowing story of one yemeni girl.

management even the retreat would have anything to feed her. palate that she's skin in the balance that's the worst case of severe malnutrition . child malnutrition cases are increasing not only children under five but mothers suffer from malnutrition and their babies will to.

manage it and all i can do is keep trying to care for her and that she will be starving again and again because the horrible conditions live and. meantime a new report from the house of lords has suggested the u.k. is greatly contributing to the crisis in yemen but selling arms to the saudi led coalition the document says that the u.k. should be prepared to suspend some of its weapons exports in order to avoid bridging international law. the government asserts that in its licensing of arms sales to saudi arabia it is narrowly on the right side of international humanitarian law we assess that it is narrowly on the wrong side. it's almost four years since war erupted in yemen although the house of lords in the u.k. says it's deeply concerned that the weapons are being misused by the saudi led coalition cells to riyadh nonetheless have previously been defended by the

government saudi arabia for its part says it takes all precautions in the fight against the who three rebels who took power in twenty fifteen ousting the then president before we spoke to a political science professor in the u.s. who told us the u.k. is unlikely though to give up such a lucrative end of the day business. the u.k. government apparently is not interested in how much destruction is actually being of either by a british workman really given to saudi arabia from the british point of view early ninety's even condone the independent on whether their weaponry is responsible for the bombings for the killing in yemen they were lying strictly on the facts and data provided to them by the current saudi arabian government the british government must realise this for the united states go. mama been farming and war and here is not going to stop until both governments or weapons to this.

to fifty of them all in this monday thanks for watching around the world who days going good so far ahead after the break among the stories we're covering the u.s. attempting to send aid shipments to venezuela but president material is still refusing to allow it over the border its story is bubbling away more across it next . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in. spearing dramatic development the only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

seem wrong. to shape out to stay active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. again as i was mentioning for the break that the u.s. is stepping up its attempts to ship humanitarian aid into venezuela sending supplies to the venezuela columbia border could be a flashpoint area this one the shipment was accompanied by an american delegation

which included the florida senator marco rubio he took the opportunity no time to hit out at the embattled venezuelan president nicolas maduro. very minimal enduros regime is not a government it is a mafia it is an organized crime syndicate similar to the mafia's that existed in the forty's and fifty's in all parts of the world and the united states it's a mafia it is nothing like a government. this visit comes days after the country's washington backed opposition leader called for an army of volunteers to gather at the border to receive the aid supplies but for his part president duras still hanging on in there is consistently said that he considers u.s. efforts to be interference in the country's domestic affairs he ordered the military to prepare for a permanent deployment of forces on the border with colombia to avoid what can be described as provocations now it's not only madeira who has doubts about these u.s. shipments the international committee of the red cross in colombia itself says it

has got no plans to participate in any deliveries of assistance to venezuela which it believes has political motives the executive director of the ron paul institute della mcadams told us he believes the u.s. is simply disclosing a regime change operation. well the international aid organizations have explicitly refused to participate in the u.s. is quote unquote humanitarian aid convoy aid relief to venezuela because it's not a centrally what it is is a regime change operation to skies as aid and in fact that would be illegal according to international law the politicisation the use of the aid that dangling the food in front of people if they overthrow their government is an absolutely cynical move which is not allowed according to international law marco really at the border is designed to escalate he's he's forming a lie and you know that he's engaging in a psychological operation a covert operation in the nose that he's standing in front of the last he ended task bridge saying the door stop closing this bridge that bridge as your viewers

know has never been open meanwhile back in the u.s. the state department restricted the travel of the venezuelan ambassador to the u.n. it comes after samuel more can't accuse the u.s. of blatantly attempting to walk a straight a regime change in venezuela he's now been banned from leaving new york some accuse the u.s. of lying in manipulating the facts he said to mislead people about the true situation in the country but as well as minister of foreign affairs has responded to all this by calling the movement restrictions an attack on freedom of speech tell mcadams again of some thoughts on this to. well they do this to countries that they want to talk to target for regime change or target for punishment i think they think it did for russian diplomats washington d.c. if i remember right and they do this for other countries that are on the u.s. bad list it's just another attempt to marginalize legitimate government representatives have been as well it is the most this is the most you've got to hand it to this is the most transparent in overtly explained regime change in

history. draitser up to the u.k. over the possible return of a nineteen year old i still wife who holds british citizenship nineteen year old should name a beggar most spent four years in syria but wants to return to the u.k. to raise a new born baby and. i think a lot of people have like sympathy towards me for everything i've been through you know night there i didn't know what i was going to do and i left and i just was hoping that maybe for the sake of me and my child let me come back never did anything dangerous and made public and i never carry become serious britain's home secretary strongly opposes the nineteen year old's return and says he will do everything to prevent it from happening the u.k.'s justice secretary wrote taking a softer stance he says begum has the legal right to return and that citizens cannot simply be made stateless for the london neighborhood where brigham used to live what they thought about him coming back home again potentially. the teacher

shipped it out that night and. if any one was you know they just are not a country suffering and the only. offering this is something that's really really serious and sprinkler for too long she says says so. people after terrorists. start to be wanted to hold on i think she still is still a citizen. she doesn't have enough. to. this is sort of a he started shipping in many months just this is like i said this is a little. how would you feel if he was to move into your neighborhood. wouldn't you know this is a story. well i think it will not happen because you. know how. many more. repeating. it's going to be something

someone. will begin with you came twenty fifteen along with two other teenage girls who said fifteen at the time she said one of their friends later died when her home was bogged we discuss the controversy with philip ingram a former military intelligence officer and she had a mood of home office counter-terrorism adviser. she didn't individually choose to leave u.k. a room free will swear allegiance to a forced it on a terror organization and that terror organization wanted to destroy the very well mike that she had run away from and that terror organization has stated them has killed people in the u.k. she still remains loyal to you has condemned it she has felt any remorse for what she's done so the british government choices with liquid any effort in to bring your bike and my first use of them think there should be real difficulties when she can back she would be a burden on society i believe she should be allowed back because she was groomed as

a child not as an adult she was brainwashed well it's fully aware that the ashes are blind propaganda is remarkably powerful so we should show some level of mercy and tendency and i think it would also be out about cages for us if she were to come back because we could perhaps pick the influence that they were able to have on her and possibly divert or at least you know obstruct other people from going in the future new mysteries of the why we should better back in the u.k. says it can become stateless on that basis she should be allowed back in safely we don't know of any crime she's actually committed i think we have the capability to ensure that she is fully integrated back into somebody's life. thanks for watching this person life martin to national with me kevin owen i'm here for the coming hours don't forget for all the stories as they happen get a little sad all the headlines stretching mobile device check out our teeth or

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know more a lot. more. not a little shame when you don't let. the little. we're going underground nine years to the day we released classified u.s. cables revealing the scope of washington war crimes coming up in the show is this the only way to avoid world war three head of next week's trump talks in vietnam we speak to the man just norman aged by congressman to be this year's nobel peace prize winner a work in north korea and off to prove that the venezuelan a bridge picture is fake we look at elite media manufacturing consent and the

corporations that benefit from it says u.k. welfare workers threatened strike action because of austerity we also can you are a scientist how eight years of tory economic policy has changed how we view the poorest in society. today is going on to grab a fest rate to next week's trump kim jong un talks in vietnam billed as a reducing the chances of a third world war britain's labor prime minister clement attlee infamously allowed us bombers with atomic weapons to be stationed in britain and between winston churchill unary truman a third of the population of north korea was killed donald trump was arguably changed all that opening unprecedented levels of communication with pyongyang joining me now is a politician known eighty by members of the u.s. congress for this year's nobel peace prize and it's not donald trump he served as president obama's comment and bill clinton's u.s. ambassador to the u.n. as well as energy secretary the former governor of new mexico bill richardson joins me now from santa fe bill thanks for coming back on the show congratulations first be on that nobel peace prize nomination for the work on north korea any members of

congress tip you off about the nomination well twenty five members of congress four senators submitted it and i was very honored obviously but it's very difficult to get a nobel peace prize there are a lot of nominations a lot of worthy candidates. but for me it is an honor especially for the work we've done on human rights political prisoners denuclearization on the north korea issue but thank you for mentioning it but we're going to get to the head of the talks in a second but just remind us how you opened up things with north korea because people might not remember the britain and the united states were in a war that killed a third of the population of korea how would you be even begin to tell will with a country which knows that very well well i've been to north korea eight times i first was there in the ninety's as a congressman getting two american pilots out of north korea from that visit came other visits bringing remains back other political prisoners some

denuclearization issues but the north koreans and i built some trust among each other this is difficult to do with them and i know how they operate and they felt that i was always that an honest broker so this result that in over eight trips that i've made to meet with a lot of their leaders and it's an opening especially after what you said the korean war where millions were killed millions of americans brits millions of north koreans so. this was a start to a relationship that we still have with the north koreans they don't necessarily like me but they respect me but in a sense donald trump has followed in those footsteps and made a breakthrough equal to the breakthrough you may well know i mean he he deserves credit for having a one on one with kim joan accepting it there's less tension what i'm worried about is that he's giving up.