actions after his deputy is ensnared in a corruption scandal and forced to resign. document calls into question the world chemical weapons watchdogs conclusions about an alleged chemical attack on the outskirts of the syrian capital last year. and anger erupts in the u.s. after the state of alabama passes the country's most draconian abortion laws. you need to make a choice you make a choice. it's going to work please don't like some of the comments. made about women and i also have respect for life.

it's 1 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching altie international live from our studio with me or 2 to welcome to the program. sebastian cortes has requested snap elections after a 2nd in command was caught in a corruption sting and forced to resign. that's the biggest thing if you do after yesterday's video i can honestly say enough is enough for produce the president today to hold snap elections in austria as soon as possible thousands of people have been protesting outside the parliament building when a claim for government in the wake of the scandal on friday and a cover of it here was when the heinz crystal struck off a lucrative public contrast to a woman posing as the niece of a russian olic often exchanged political support his flight having to survive his behavior as callous the former vice chancellor sought to portray himself as the victim of an unequal. yes it was stupid

yes it was responsible yes it was a mistake but at the same time it was a victim of a targeted political attack that have used illegal means so after talks with the chancellor sebastian court i made the decision to resign from the post of flights chancellor. all started with this video that came out of what was clearly a sting it's caused quite a scandal around the right wing freedom party and its former vice chancellor he and the senior member of the party johan good denis were shown cutting a back room deal with a woman claiming to be the niece of a russian all a dark with lothian citizenship back in 2017 right before the austrian elections so they spoke about the party taking money from wealthy donors who kept their paper trail hidden apparently through a charity organization the woman also allegedly offered to buy 50 percent stock of a major austrian newspaper to flip the editorial line in favor of the freedom party

. he says. he. now stretch apologized for what he said today he said he discredited people with his actions said he was dominant barest himself but at the same time he also did so. that he was the victim of illegal entrapment and denies receiving money from this woman and as well as his party as party also denies receiving any money coincidentally this video from 2 years ago also surfaced only several days after there was meeting between the austrian president and russian president vladimir putin nobody knows where this video came from or who set up the camera now earlier today the other guy in the video good in this also resigned from his position in the party and 2017 these those elections they were a big step forward for the freedom party actually they took 26 percent of the vote

their best results since 1999 so the scandal in these reg resignations they could put an end to some of the gains from those elections in which they took power only through the coalition with the austrian people's party so what we're seeing here are some big changes in the political landscape in austria. a political scientist at the university of vienna predicts the corruption scandal will deal major blow to the freedom party and its european affiliates. no matter. who is. likely to always be. distancing himself. so if. he does. these most of them say that's not what.

the us has strengthened its fleet in the persian gulf by sending 2 more of its guided missile destroyers to the region the ships apparently passed without incident in the homeless strait and join the other warship sent earlier this month there's currently growing tensions between the u.s. and iran with washington accusing its side of planning to attack american interests probably because online series in case you missed it has its own unique take on the situation. in case you missed it u.s. forces are on the move into becoming the rod and hold on a 2nd is this a game of thrones i say it. is just that this stuff in the middle east is really important. but honestly it would be stupid enough to compare something as serious as this to at a t.v. show about boobies. is that real you know wow imagine if the latest us iran showdown was actually

a game of thrones i'm not wearing the. golden head donald trump barium in 09000 some of the dragons dragons are a metaphor for nuclear weapons try and stay with me here ok either one round this is to how many just a few of the great houses are allowed the ability to tell an entire city's into smoldering ashes but only one species dead now trump carians forces are gathering outside the iran this stronghold he sent in his ion fleet in part one of there's peace loving at a craft carrier is just off the coast he's even threatened to send 120000 sunday troops there as well but he doesn't want you may be confused by that part of the whole list stuff here tonight john bolton says using the intelligence indicating

that the iran distance is all planning attacks against trump garrion forces there is your pull it's coming from the little the virus netanyahu the middle east the monster of wispa is all of this makes the iran a star is in for a dragon of their own more than ever and they're threatening to try and breed one again soon because the trunk guerin's pulled out of an ancient pact which stopped them during that the stocks of europe a warning that a conflict could stop accidentally but when it comes to the crunch they're likely to scatter in different directions when the fighting begins and at least one will probably view. the problem for the around just as it is that they have no idea if they're dealing with the seasons $1.00 to $7.00 trump carrion or the season 8 version. i have. staying with the game of thrones theme the much anticipated finale to the epic

fantasy t.v. series as on sunday night and according to one study as many as 5000000 people in the u.s. could be set to skip work on the following day meanwhile the actor who plays around the bolton in the show has been on the adventure of his own with his 1st trip to russia he's been talking to danielle hawkins although be where spoiler and if you're not up to speed give a wonder what would have happened ramsay if you had the sort of grisly end in season 6 yeah i don't know. how we would have felt but the nearest you probably would have been to be on your side in a stupid she's got dragged it was but i don't think the way the narrative of the show's played out it would have been as good with ramsey they i think. i think he needs to sort of be gotten rid of in order to. install the starks back to create the drama and the and the intrigue between the nearest and. and john snow obviously because what else are you going to do just use in so many awful

things that you just you know who'd just been are you know was going to do now as you've described as well sort of nothing's black and white there's no villains you know employing those sorts of rules i've never been romeo as you know i mean in. so i guess or. something else. i really enjoy playing the more complex roles because there's just more to it. and it's often yes more interesting i think i don't know what that says about me as a person. or maybe you know i think you need a specific kind of actor to play those roles and in order to make them not be sort of just face value and have depth and to be 3 dimensional and maybe you need a specific kind of actor we had person obviously getting away from a game of thrones is that is the big thing right now that the hype surrounding that i haven't seen much could ask you thoughts of this is a let me follow you yeah absolutely yeah what's your thoughts of the finale i think

one of the great things about it is it just doesn't matter what you people can sit around and discuss in and have all these ideas in or they just no matter what you think they always seem to find a way to twist i thought coming into the series there was no way around it being the nearest but now i was thinking in june last and. so i don't know if she's but i kind of saw up coming i'm very interested to see the scene between. you going to sort all of it goes away something as epic as that which is you know really. defined you at least in the last couple of years as a as a as an actor yeah of course i miss it but it's also it's everything's got to come to a close and i think it's quite exciting that it sort of finishes as you know has just fizzled out going out with the buying in. yen and then on to the next thing in. a leaked document has raised questions about the global chemical weapons watchdogs report on

a deadly attack in syria last year the incident took place in the city of do let 10 kilometers away from the syrian capital as government forces advance towards opposition militants who are on the area is a brief reminder of how the situation unfolded back then. the newly leaked document appears to be at odds with the o.p.c. debby's official conclusion issued more than 2 months ago the report claimed that cylinders probably containing chlorine were dropped from the air on the city of duma western governments use those findings to blame the syrian government for the attack however the documents reportedly written by an affiliated expert says it's

unlikely the 2 cylinders were dropped from an aircraft it claims rather that they were placed there manually our senior correspondent has more details. this was a comprehensive study and the way you look at it iis engineers experts accounted for almost everything apparently visited the locations saw all the images the videos simulated the physical properties of the canisters concrete steel supports rebars everything they could account for they did it seems is what they found at one location in the crater and the chemical canister simply put didn't match instead the crater appears the being caused by an explosive shell before or after and the canister in the impact crater just don't match when a metal can falls through a concrete roof and steel supports you'd expect it to leave marks in dense but no

consistent marks were found another location that canisters say the authors simply couldn't have fit through the impact crater with the valve still intact you only explain nation for all of this the experts state is that they were placed their observations of the scene of the 2 locations together with subsequent analyses suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were manually placed it there is 2 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft now one would think their findings are incredibly important that they would change the entire narrative is findings completely contradict what was later put in the official o.p.c. w. report on the chemical incident in duma narrative the acids helicopters drop to these canisters that was established hours after the incident with no investigation

or questions and narrative that enabled the narmada of cruise missiles to be launched at syria u.b.c. w. has admitted that documents had been leaked and. they're investigating how it happened which into the veracity of these documents they didn't deny their legitimacy worryingly u.p.c. w. has issued no comment on what this specific report found there were many other reports which the u.p.c. w. compiled for their final version on how these leaked findings fly in the face of the u.p.c. w.'s official report the documents turn the entire story down and bear in mind these aren't just random nobodies we don't know whether this team was part of the u.p.c. w. staff members or outside consultants experts and the u.p.c. w. is saying nothing other than it looked at all versions and sub investigations and

compiled them asked for comment a week ago with a list of questions and there's been no response why did they need this report why did they go for one version of events and not the other why are they taking so long to comment on this so far silence but with the story gaining traction for answers sooner or later professor peers robinson has asked the document for a british academic research group says the weapons watchdog has to address whether there is a couple up going on at 11 point. what kind of political pressure might have been brought to bear on your p.c. w to lead and to what would appear to be the case to. suppress will not use a report which one of their star members has been involved in producing and to rely upon engineering reports from some unspecified external companies those are the kind of questions 3 really need to be asking and really you know p.c. w.

has to address this i think more broadly than that there needs to a proper investigation into the o.p.c. w. and how it has been operating because if it is the case that this organization has been subjected to political pressure and that has led to a distortion their investigations then that is an incredibly serious matter. whole number of reasons quite aside from the fact that we did what happened in duma civilians were killed and we need to get to the bottom of who killed them ok this is a war crime has occurred and it is in any way some kind of coverup going on and that's a very very serious matter and it's something which should be people should be pushing for a proper investigation an international inquiry into what has been going on have you easy be not crating uncritically an investigation to try to understand what has been happening in syria in relation to all of these events need allegations

regarding chemical weapons attacks as division in the us out to lawmakers in alabama passed the nation's toughest abortion bill i thought to this break. verson petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing their key economic issues facing russia emerging markets the world thousands of business community members attend the forum to address to the use of vital issues. what your special forum coverage on r.t. .

most people manage public pension funds don't know anything about them they're just clerks than they are signs in this job they give them a bunch of money and watch 3 guys come around and they take them out to lunch that thomas marty is in and they sell me a bag of worms some a lot of garbage most toxic risk on wall street is sold into these troubled pension funds where it goes to die that's why the returns are so. welcome back to the program this week the u.s. state of alabama approved a new abortion or the most restrictive in the country it criminalizes the even in cases of rape or incest and punishes doctors with up to 99 years in prison while a similar heartbeat bill was signed in neighboring georgia earlier this month caleb

moore penn has the story. alabama and georgia have passed their widely decried heartbeat bills these laws ban the terminations of pregnancy after 6 weeks even if the woman has been raped even if the fetus is not viable they make no exception and not surprisingly these bills have been rather controversial this is the most extreme abortion ban that's ever been passed so there's a higher penalty for doctors who perform these operations then for most rapists this is a travesty and i pray for all these women and young girls who will suffer at the hands of the system these are the eat it's making decisions for women in america governor i.v. shame on you celebrities are now speaking out actress alyssa morano is pulling a page from the old greek comedy list the strada and calling on women not to have sex with men until the laws are overturned and certain voices are calling on big corporations like amazon delta airlines and coca-cola to boycott antiabortion

states i think if a woman doesn't want to have an i think that you have the option to be decided as a mayor here in the seventy's to pass through persuade because women were still going to force in just one state but it's not just the pro-choice side that is getting fired up anti-abortion activists are furious about new laws in new york and virginia now these bills allow for a doctor to take into account physical emotional and even a woman's age when making the decision to terminate a pregnancy at any point and needless to say conservatives have gotten fired up by the implications of these laws i'm asking you is why is that a bill banning abortions after a woman has been pregnant for 6 weeks is not to return to the dark ages what's your answer my answer is something called science human life exists at conception it ought to be protected abortion has never been popular in the state of alabama it applies only in the state where

a strong majority agrees with it were reflects that communities values will. well i was a ridge so i think anyone who cares about the unborn would have been it is inhumane it is immoral in my opinion and this is what i'm fighting against the anti abortion side is now calling for drastic action it's time the millions of commonsense pro-life americans canonically boy new york virginia new mexico and all the you know the insane states that do not protect the babies native new york pro-lifer gather outside like the news stations with pro-life science sure the world your numbers boycott new york boycott new york seriously don't go there everyone who's pro-life refuses to this is we could cripple the tourism industry i decided to find out how new yorkers feel about these new laws they're awful their terrible for people men and women you need to make a choice should be i do believe make a choice if you don't have that ability it's not going to work i have mixed

feelings i could see both sides i don't like some of the comments that were made about women and rape but i also have respect for life and do think there is a point where we need to be more mindful of what we're doing certain things this is an old fight in american politics between 2 groups that just won't see eye to eye and it seems that the powers that be have picked this longstanding divide among the american people and said ready so fight it could go all the way up to the supreme court again caleb up an artsy new york. vision song contest is currently underway in the israeli city of tel aviv with 26 singers competing to be crowned champion here are some pictures from the village i can tell you that the voting is taking place as we speak russia is currently in 2nd place there are thousands of fans watching the show is the 64th eurovision contex contest and the

3rd time is being held in israel this year the netherlands sweden france and russia uppity. to be among the favorites. but it's not been without controversy though been protests and calls for a boycott of the competition rights advocates argue the event is being used to whitewash and destroy crimes committed by israel in the occupied palestinian territories. added next week's elections to the european parliament italy's far right interior minister is stepping up efforts to form a united euro skeptic front. trust thousands of supporters at a rally in milan this saturday alongside nationalist leaders from across the bloc including france's marine the pan and the netherlands builders with the populist right continuing to gain in europe and expected to make dramatic gains in the upcoming vote a new poll has revealed that a majority of citizens believe the block is now facing an existential crisis faced

with a raft of serious political and economic challenges there's apparently a widespread fear it will collapse within the next 10 to 20 years. reports. with less than a week to go before the e.u. heads to the polls it seems that euro files have found something new to panic about according to one think tank this is the european council on foreign relations there are just 7 days to save the union now that may sound drastic but when you look at the results of a survey that they've just released. understand why the e.u. has been described as the world's best no peace project but it seems a surprisingly large number of voters across the block off fearful may break out between member states here in france that was the greatest pessimism with 34 percent saying that it was a realistic prospect so we've been putting this to people here in paris to find out

if this scares the bejesus out of them. i hope that this will not like more consequences like wrecks either so i think you're dreaming. like nightmare there will never happen it is something the suppose in the future to think you wouldn't think so we have for the 1st thing. in the. always we we need to always try to move move on we're not really afraid of. economy very open economy. we're dependent on foreign investment. in 20 years lots of things could happen and there could be a war we could see a repeat of the 1st of the 2nd world wars i'm not actually worried about that but we never know i would think all of that's happened over the course of history but europe would not want to do that again because i think it's

a problem for the future and that's why it's important to though to the elections perhaps just as worrying is that some 58 percent of respondents here in france thought that the e.u. was likely to fall apart in the next 10 to 20 years reflecting a general trend in other member states including germany italy and poland it may be a bit late in the day but i think tank e.c.s. far is now looking for inspiration as how it can encourage more true e.u. voters to cast their ballots next week to safeguard the future is suggest taking a leaf out of the book of protest movements like the yellow vests here in france or even extinction rebellion basically the penny has finally dropped many voters are turned off by traditional politicians and there is huge apathy towards the e.u. parliament and its institutions so is it too late to save europe or to save it from itself. r.t. paris. shown thomas will take over in the round for tea minutes with more world

updates so to stay. i am reluctant to give credit to the president trying for just about anything but by action in a way when he said at the beginning of his presidency that he'd be open to a 21 state or a 2 state solution whatever these rising balloting is going to agree on i think that was actually a smart thing to say given the legacy of american for some support for israel the expansion essentially over the decades given the kind of political culture and political system that israel has developed there really isn't a way to negotiate something between palestinians and israelis.

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after the redacted. this is a congress you know where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents. now you've probably heard of vice news rights in a region 8 it is vice magazine it started out as a fun nihilistic hipster media outlet it was a cow that you go to to find out how best to have sex with someone you don't know all injecting heroin in your ass. you know what the cool kids did but a funny thing happened on the way to counter culture stardom the corporate pro-war powers that be bought up vice and at the prospect of switching gears and becoming a hipster propaganda outlet for our us empire vices management responded who give them the money to get a man out of. this came as quite a shock seeing as vices motto since its earliest days has been who gives

a crap about it again i am we were all floored. in order to find out why vices collapsed into a pile of bull let's start at the beginning vice was co-founded by all rights hero gavin mcinnes who have to leave in vice in 2008 founded the proud boys considered by many to be a racist a massage an estate neil fascist group and sure enough the charleville terrorists who kill kill the heather hire was a member of the proud boys so even from the beginning life was run by really upstanding people i mean. come up with a lot of people you'd introduce your grandma you know 2 because because when you're rooted in neo fascism what could go wrong. after the axis mcguinness the vice organization and co-founder shane smith made a shift to a more respectable news outlet as seen here. and they got.