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forces to condemn the country's intelligence. document. you may be tuning in from right around the world this hour a welcome to our to international my name. our top story. russian national. has been sentenced to a year in prison in the united states after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to registered foreign agent president putin described the decision and attempt washington to avoid humiliation. they are trying to save face grabbed her seized her put her behind bars but there is nothing they can charge her

with and to avoid looking ridiculous they sentenced her to eighteen months just to show she is guilty of something. maria has already served nine months in jail the thirty year old was found guilty of trying to influence the national rifle association and other conservative groups in the u.s. several american politicians who are suspected to be involved in the case as well reporting from new york all that killer blow up an r.t. correspondent there. those who were in the courtroom heard maria buton give quite an emotional speech prior to her sentence being handed down she talked about how she came to the united states not as an agent or an operative but with purely good intentions and what a nightmare her family has been through this is some of what maria buton a said to the court my parents discovered my arrest on the morning news they're washed in their rural house in a savior and i love them dearly but i harm the morally and financially they're

suffering from all of that i destroyed my own life as well i came to the united states not under any orders but with who and now nothing remains but penitence. now the prosecutors in the d.c. courtroom argued that somehow maria bootless activities with the national rifle association had somehow harmed the political process of the united states significantly they argued that by being an unregistered lobbyist and working behalf on behalf of the russian government inside the national rifle association that she was in severe violation of u.s. law and had somehow harmed to the u.s. political system and done a great deal of damage now the judge did then hand down a sentence of eighteen months in federal prison now nine months of that will be time served that will be the time that she's been held since she was initially arrested so only nine months remaining in federal prison and then after that time she will be deported from the united states back to russia now what's interesting

is that maria bhutto was swept up in the aftermath of the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential elections in which talk of russian agents and russian meddling and russian subversion seemed to be quite widespread there was quite an atmosphere of fear and in that atmosphere she was swept up and it appears that now after months of being detained after quite a bit of time in which it was it was reported that she was held in solitary confinement in rather harsh conditions that she now has nine more months to serve in u.s. federal custody before she will be allowed to return home to her family so people are seeing this is kind of a conclusion to the case as at this point her lawyers are saying they will not appeal this verdict yeah and we spoke to maria put in his main lawyer about the case. he believes the press than it may say it's the middle.

i think it's impossible to separate from from the politics i think that there is a an underlying crime that he pled guilty to which you can make out under u.s. law but i think the notion that this would have been investigated or an arrest would have been made for a typical foreign national who wasn't russian and wasn't in the car environment where in the u.s. i think that it's almost impossible to believe that southern politics has a lot to do with the atmosphere of the case and it's one of those things where if the elements of the crime are there they were selectively enforced in the sense and so i think it's hard to argue. the charges unregistered agent it's not foreign it's not secret agent it's not intelligence agent it literally is just doing something for someone else as being their agent not of maria maria's activities in the us were illegal in and of themselves so there's no classified information

there's no political sensitive kind of information given she was not paid by by the russian federation she's in her shoes supported by americans while she was here financially but she got caught up in this and she rushes hysteria. i would fear that other countries will start applying the same standards and saying that any american who went abroad to another country and was involved in civil society organizations and social and met people and networks that's really all we're talking about doing are more serious than that and reported back on those activities some in the u.s. so i think it's very dangerous because if other countries adopt the same as you're going to get a tit for tat situation with countries grabbing civilians of other countries as leverage or for other reasons that i think it's a bad idea. the earlier comments by president putin but in this case were made in

beijing now he was there for a forum focusing on china's mustnt global trade network known as the belt route and mission of we're talking big figures here it's a one point three trillion dollar project it spawns asia europe africa and over the past few days alone agreements worth some sixty four billion dollars were signed off the ramifications all the surrounding stories from the chinese capital we sent down off period. well busy few days here in beijing as for the russian president he wrapped up his official participation quite traditionally with a media conference and judging by what he focused on for him these few days were heavily dominated by several things trade and and economy and this is quite well natural i should say given the very nature of the belton road initiative which is centered i should say a rowdy around exploring new trade routes and global economy boosting global

economy and so lattimer putin position russia as the key energy players sort of an oil export in superpower he stressed that russia is not only a key player on the market but also moscow is ready to increase its production and consecutively exports oil exports any given time at any given moment that russia is ready to meet the oil needs of china and many other partners around the world the only reason it has not done so yet according to vladimir putin is because there's an agreement in place between russia and opec by which moscow has promised not to do so at least until someone now also recently the american president donald trump said that he managed to get an agreement from another player saudi arabia to on the contrary increase their oil output and so i asked him

a putin what he thinks of this and what impact this could have on the global market here's what he told me yes because we have an agreement with the opec plus i haven't heard anything from saudi arabia or any other opec members about the intention to withdraw from the opec deal. now quite naturally i should say there was no way other international geo political agenda could be ignored within the frameworks of the forum here vladimir putin has met with a lot of his counterparts with those whom you discussed so. problems as combating terrorism the situation in syria libya and so on and so forth so while he obviously did have his focus on energy economy and trade not a tool was it the only thing on his list let him a putin even joked about how he manages to keep his show jewels so jam packed was bullshit. but it is proceeded into the school clerk. to put you

on that i bought it last summer and you just got it was funny. but you're sort of the clone of the folks following which government will support. so here's the second belton road forum for you as china strives to become a platform for all sort of business and we've done of reporting from beijing r.t. . right to another story we're closely following this saturday dozens of french media companies have back three journalists summoned by french intelligence officials over what's been described as a breach of national defense secrecy that comes after a leaked document was published on the use of french weapons in the four year long civil war that's been tearing yemen apart. we express our full solidarity with our colleagues who have done only that job to bring to the attention of citizens information of public interest on the consequences of the sale of french arms says these revelations the government has remained silent on

the facts they appear to have exposed a government line but now three journalists all the ones being investigated they've been summoned to appear before the french general directorate of internal security or the d.g.a. s.l.i. after a feeling of confidential note from the country's intelligence services it showed the french government knew weapons that sold to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were being used in the conflict in yemen a fact the government has repeatedly denied a war that's left thousands died and pushed millions to war to the brink of starvation it's been described by the un as the world's worst humanitarian disaster.

at the center of all that this storm is a classified by france's military agency the d r i'm real to these journalists it shows forty eight french sees a terrorist guns were being used along the sound the game in that tanks and fight is sold to the u.a.e. in action and it's miss our guiding technology may have been deployed as well in the end of seize a truck mounted how was this had been deployed the year. many borda on the saudi side as of the twenty fifth of september twenty eighth see about forty u.a.e. leclerc tanks are observed in a fixed defensive position and advance positions in the west the french government

has continued to repeat the line that weapons and so to saudi and u.a.e. only being used for defensive purposes to our knowledge the french weapons available to the members of the coalition are mostly in a defensive position outside yemeni territory or on coalition rights of way but not on the front line and we are not aware of any civilian casualties resulting from their use and the yemeni theater france is not among the leading arms suppliers of countries in gauged in yemen the concern now is that this investigation by french authorities is about putting pressure on these journalists to break their professions and most don't let out to reveal their sources challenged even ski altie paris just to reiterate what charlie had said in her report french authorities have constantly insisted it's weaponry is being used for

defensive purposes only while the saudi led coalition denies any deliberate targeting of civilians in yemen political journalist elizabeth in the take give us her thoughts on the leak and why it's cause such concern for the french government . i don't think there's any kind of secret that french weapons are being used in yemen and you could very well argue the government has been saying this and preaching about this that since the civil war in yemen was started by rebels against illegally installed government with the support of a foreign power you're wrong this is indeed in defense of the state it's a member of the us it's the position of a number of people from america britain saudi arabia etc i think what's different in this specific instance is the detailed nature of the report which is fascinating reading but it also ate meat makes it easier to place possible french agents on the ground so the french government feels that this. it's not helping and it's the

opposition that's what they're defending the question is you know is this a crime graffiti a state secrets on the one hand on the other is there. is the brother to the journalist to reveal something in the public interest. more trouble for the french president as his long awaited all of branch to the yellow vests protesters appears to have fallen flat they're out for the twenty fourth weekend in a row protesting social inequality the spike the money or macross promise to cut taxes raise pensions and reform the civil service the march in paris so far has been peaceful today last weekend's rallies sold violence after weeks of relative calm on the street on thursday president mccall gave a televised address in which he said french democracy means more decentralized government rules as well for uniting public referendums it followed his ambitious

three month public feedback exercise known as the great national debate. staying in france the blazer earlier this month at the north or a dumb cathedral in parents may have been caused by an electrical short circuit or a discarded cigarette those two theories are being considered by authorities after they were finally able to actually access the burnt out building a noah disputes raging over the restoration of the eight hundred fifty year old mark. i knew all about you we will rebuild the cathedral and all but you only put them we will rebuild notre dumb because this is good if i said that because this is what the french expect sinatra's do well because this is what our history deserves because this is our the destiny. should we rebuild the spire shouldn't be the same adapted to the techniques and challenges of our age and international architectural competition for the

reconstruction of the cathedral spire will be organized. don't touch not to die. halleluiah french president marcos says not saddam should be rebuilt consistent with a modern diverse friends and architect suggest

a minaret macron says not her dams should be rebuilt in line with diversity architects suggested minaret glass roof steel spire the west as sick and france as the dying man a few around. we're back with plenty more stories after the break including the u.s. is pulling out of another major arms treaty the president claims it's the fende american sovereignty we've got reaction time to more office. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president and you. want to.

have to go right to the press this is what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of the how. things should. be neat politically false needs to come. from. but ideally the moment before it got into pasta house in. giving political guidance to the process and so basically what i'm waiting for he's an author politically. ideally stemming from the moment you feel.

twenty minutes past six pm here in moscow welcome back a russian university student who fled and attempted to join the ranks of islamic state has been released on parole after serving more than half a sentence she spoke to r.t. all quarters across the story for us. twenty three year old. girl of a successfully got out on parole earlier this week and she was sentenced to four and a half years in a penal colony for trying to go and join the islamic state now the defense team actually petition for her early release back in november which clearly didn't fall on deaf ears and she told r.t. that she was overjoyed about her new found freedom. yes is not you it's a. i still can't believe everything is so different i have no idea how to describe my feelings i don't remember the fishing idea to guess i wasn't dissipated my mom take care of your family appreciate everything you have in your life even if you think it isn't significant because you play

a very high price to realize this her saga began back in two thousand and fifteen with an isis recruiter she met online she left the country to go and marry him and just a little a week later she was detained in turkey for attempting to cross the border into syria now although she later helped russian security services contact her ex fiance she was nevertheless still arrested back in october two thousand and fifteen by russian police and prosecutors say that her leaving the country with the intent of joining islamic state was enough to find her guilty but the defense says that carla was blindly in love with someone that at first she didn't actually know to be a member of islamic state and they too were very happy with regard to her release we could interest of which she was very glad that everything ended this way none of us expected to see things happen this quickly finally will see a family reunion varvara is free to do she's a very happy girl but in prison she was the opposite her lawyer also mentioned at

a press conference will be held on monday discussing further details about the trial and are released on parole so we're bound to see new details in the near future. in defense of american sovereignty. that the united states will no longer be part of the global arms control treaty his remarks kate address the un you will meeting of the country's national rifle association. my administration will never ratified the u.n. arms trade treaty and i am officially announced today that the united states will be revoking. the effect. of america's signature from this badly misguided treatment we're taking in our signature back the united nations arms trade treaty aims to promote global peace and stability and requires that signatories ensure the weapons they are exporting do not end up in the wrong held more than one hundred countries have ratify the deal the us signed up to it under

barack obama but never formally joined the un's response to the troll but ministrations the citizen to drop support for the pact the arms trade treaty is the only global instrument aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the international arms trade it is a landmark achievement in the efforts to ensure responsibility in international arms transfers this is particularly important in present times when we witness growing international tensions and renewed interest in expanding and modernizing arsenals a president from also said he would never let foreign bureaucrats trample on the us second amendment that's the citizen's right to bear arms investigative journalist dave lindorff believes mr trump took the decision in order to galvanize his support base. the biggest supplier of arms in the world is the us and it isn't just a signatory so the fact that trump is canceling that signature is

a korean standing actually to his his what he considers his electoral in a specific industry because the senate never ratified the treaty so it's not in effect the united states doesn't the big way the world court it doesn't accept the jurisdiction of the world court it doesn't feel obliged to follow the geneva convention relating to were and genocide so tearing up the is this presidential signature which obama put on it really doesn't have any significant change in the u.s. position. right let's turn attention to try to link to where police say fifteen people including six children were among those killed in an explosion during a raid on a tense thought to be linked to the easter sunday bombings here so what else we know authorities say they have identified a prominent member of a local extremist group among the hundreds of sticks of dynamite some pottery being

recovered along with us lawmakers state it's a joint police and military operation was conducted in response to the easter suicide attacks that claimed the lives of more than two hundred and fifty people. the twenty first century is fast becoming the era health social networking behemoths the power they wield in society so let's delve deeper into the next. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. confront ation let it be an arms race based on often scary dramatic developments only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very

critical time time to sit down and talk. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home field where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not three or else you think i was going to go. by the way ways of the slide here. of american politics it's only going to intensity and the notion that somebody playing games that the

margins of those election killed could dictate even influenced the outcome is frankly just frankly absurd to food to compare russia with you know the states to know the states has been fall back in influencing the domestic politics of other countries in the learn russia. montes halid on how to put international memorial awards twenty nineteen are now open for entries the media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist work full terms of media for part of a global news conference to participate in sunday published works. video which if not go toward dot dot com and then to now.

and we don't know what facebook's aims are in fact facebook doesn't know what its aims are because it's going to be the sum total of all the people who are working on these algorithms a whistleblower someone who used to work for facebook came forward last year and said i was one of the news curators at facebook a bunch of us to sit around every day and we used to remove stories from the news feed that were too conservative and now and then we inject a story that we saw it was really cool. the facebook founder mark zuckerberg says he's committed to giving everyone a voice he's from responding to an allegation that facebook edits conservative views out of its trending topics they can sit back and type the results based on what they think you should be seeing based on what your followers are presenting now a new report claims that according to a former facebook employee the social media mega company sometimes ignores what is

actually trending among its billion users if the story originated from a conservative news source or if it's a topic causing buzz among conservatives. facebook costly manipulates or users they do it by the things that they insert into the news feeds they do it by the types of posts they allow their users to see and the fact that they actually decided to do psychological experiments on the users is something that i think a lot of people need to really fully understand and they were doing it based upon the fact that different things that people posted they want to see how other people would react to it. on how to watch what your facebook friends posts can have a direct effect on your mood new research shows the more negative posts you see the more negative you could become. so if for example let's say somebody wanted to. something that was on the news feed that was a very negative story they wanted to see how their users would react via their

likes by their statements for their posts and they would show people who already had a predilection to maybe having some depression or maybe having some other issues in their lives and they can figure that out based upon your like space upon your connections based upon where you're going and so what they want to do is take that information and then use it to basically weaponize this information against their users so that way their users could see different things that may affect their mood and may affect how they interact with others and that's something that is highly unethical it appears that some young people may have been so affected by this that they may have done harm to themselves based upon what they saw on their facebook feed and it was all because it is experiments the things that we have no standing with facebook we're not citizens of facebook we have no food on facebook it's not a democracy. this process is not a way we can design the future we can't rely on this single company to invent our digital future.