headline news google is accused of interfering in last year's referendum on abortion in ireland sparking protests in dublin among religious conservatives. the ship can be impounded for 2 weeks. to reject climate activism. 800000 people signed a petition calling on the french president to intervene in the case of a man whose life support system. after.

referendum in ireland by blacklisting certain pro-life search terms on you tube in the run up to the vote the allegation that the tech giant may have attempted to influence the outcome has angered those who voted against allowing abortion in the country protests taking place in dublin this saturday with more of the story. when you type are searched into you expect to see the most relevant results but how do you know that that search result hasn't been manipulated well according to recent revelations you don't in fact it's alleged that google which owns you tube. with its you tube search results on the eve of the irish abortion referendum according to the project veritas investigative website google is alleged to have manipulated its algorithms and employed so-called black lists on you tube

a leaked document shows terms such as save the 8000 pro-life were among those thought to be bolted to google isn't denying that it tweaks results of politically sensitive content on you tube by pushing what it deems to be the most credible videos above the ones with the most views we've been very public that for a wide range of news and information queries we have algorithms that are designed to surface authoritative content of all political viewpoints this helps prevent spam and conspiracy theories from surfacing prominently on our site in the midst of the irish referendum on abortion our systems abroad authoritative content to the top of our search results for abortion related queries this happened for both pro-choice and pro-life queries there was no distinction pro-life groups aren't convinced by that statement it's that word or thora to vin google statement that's

causing concern catholic groups in particular say they want to know why it's enormous google employees who get to decide what is and isn't or thora to have content google interference in the referendum an arm and i think is that it should send a warning shot across every to everybody who is interested in democracy google blacklist of beauty. it was and they deliberately and intentionally manipulation the kind of things that people would find when you push in search terms and here's the very obvious question i think from if this was all above board and if this was not mysterious then why did they hide this why we only learning about this because of projects very tight because somebody in google decided that this was wrong and just to project their interest that's the only reason we know to the pro-life camp only gone it 33 percent when the vote was held in may and abortion was then legalized

denial and that issue has now been put to rest but the dispute over the way google cure rate say its search results isn't going away this is horrific what google has been doing and they really need to be held accountable i mean it's at the point now where they're now interfering with elections in other countries to hear that something like this is happening in ireland in a foreign country where a company in southern california the united states is dictating what gets what search results are seeing ireland to the people of ireland regarding their loss pacifically on things like abortion which is already a very contentious issue in the u.s. throughout the globe is horrific google has absolutely no place to take part in political decisions or social decisions and to make sure that they all alone can tell which is the scene and which news is not. what it seems around is going to have to wait at least another 4 months for the return of its oil tanker which was

seized off the coast of cuba. it's suspected that the vessel may have been smuggling all to syria in violation of the you sanctions that ramos says the incident amounts to maritime piracy reporting next to shoddy edwards daschle. if you're brought to court has extended the detention of a tanker carrying a rainy an oil for 2 weeks it comes as the british royal marine seize the ship off the coast of japan alter on thursday for allegedly trying to take oil to syria in violation of the e.u. sanctions now the crew of the sea ship grace one being interviewed by officials and the ship is likely to remain impounded for several weeks now in retaliation teheran demands the immediate release of the vessel and condemns what it sees as an illegal detention tantamount to maritime piracy an iranian foreign ministry official described the u.k. moves on acceptable and called for the immediate release of the oil tanker given that has been seized at the request of the u.s. the u.k. navy's measure is tantamount to maritime piracy britain has no right to impose its

own unilateral sanctions all those of the european union in an extra territorial manner against the other countries this is the very bullying policy of the us britain's foreign office said it would not respond to every single comment about the incident that emerged from iran but it reiterated its position that the action came at the request of gibraltar to halt a vessel believed to be bound to syria which indeed violates sanctions this action the rose from information giving the gibraltar government reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel the grace one was acting in breach of european union sanctions against syria now the e.u. sanctions in place prevent syrian regime from importing oil and gibraltar said it believed that grace one and its barrels of iranian oil were bound for syria however it's understood that iran has provided these documents to the u.k. proving that the vessel was transiting to a primitive destination although it didn't exactly specify where since then world

you're brawl to and spain have become embroiled in a row about the seizure with madrid saying that grace one was intercepted because of a request from the u.s. to the u.k. . koreans we have been aware of the operation civil guard. have been watching the area which were investigating the circumstances under which the u.s. had its protection to the u.k. well as well as spain a senior iranian foreign ministry official said that the united states had asked the u.k. to intercept the ship however it your bolters government said in a statement that they acted independently on their own accord the decisions of her majesty's government of gibraltar would taken to do independently waste some breaches of existing law and not at all based on extraneous political considerations meanwhile the seizure was hailed enthusiastically by a key member of the trumpet ministration excell news yuki has the team this supertanker greece one laden with the reigning oil bond for syria in violation of you sanctions american our allies will continue to prevent regimes into ran in

damascus from profiting off this illicit trade so this latest round comes at a time of escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran and of course it follows the trumpet ministration previously pulling out of the 2015 nuclear program a plus has reinforced panish ing sanctions against iran iran now says it's no longer bound by the agreement and will breach impose limits on you graham stockpiles and that although it allies the its european allies including the u.k. have not followed suit in terms of pulling out to her on august the other sink that treats including france and germany and even the u.k. haven't done enough to keep the deal alive meanwhile other countries including russia have weighed in on the diplomatic row with russia's foreign ministry saying that the seizure is an attempt to aggravate the situation around iran and syria and that the reaction from london and washington shows that the incident had been planned in advance. teenage environmental activists gretta from book who shot to

fame by leading a wave of student climate protest appears to be drawing the ire of motorists in germany vehicles across the country have been sporting offenses bumper stickers ridiculing her campaigning it's unlikely to put the 16 year old off though graf has already got a nobel peace prize nomination and she's made it to the cover of time magazine as well. what we do or don't do right now in my generation countdown do. everything needs to change. in this house today. just focused against.

i. think we young people are waking up. and we promise we will not let you get away with it anymore. a recent survey data suggests that the german public are eager to combat the reasons which may be contributing to climate change more than 70 percent for instance say they're prepared to give up short haul flights a majority would also be willing to pay more for meat in the shops as well but when it comes to fuel it's a very different story look only 27 percent are in favor of higher prices at the pumps now that could be explained by germany's passion for cars and also the importance of the auto industry to the country as well it accounts for a 5th of germany's entire industrial output not only that it's also employs more

than 800000 people political commentator alcohol told r.t. that efforts to bring that particular sector want to prove popular. so in germany the people already feel or there's something going on against them and especially if it's regarding their arse germans are concerned. especially because the campaign has started so although well meaning most of the people who just follow the parking off the ground are telling us that they propose but now they realize that there are these n.g.o.s discussions on climate change. with the charo with the aim of jobs in germany in car industry and restricting people using their car and these 2 nurse where the germans are the 1st one who said

well we have. a job and our cars then do a little climate change. moscow has slammed a new strategy paper by the us government's international development agency which is called countering malign kremlin influence the russian foreign ministry has dismissed the organization as a propaganda tool of ideological warfare. the term countering is a clumsy attempt to conceal the aggressive offensive approach this conception is blatantly aimed at propagating risa phobia in the world especially in neighboring countries to russia on our side we have proven multiple times that we are open to establishing constructive cooperation with the us on a basis of equality of rights and the consideration of mutual interests however malicious and the russian propaganda by washington which strikes with global domination cancels out these efforts it's a great pity. usaid says its main goal is to boost the resilience of partner countries to focus on preventing meddling and reducing economic and energy

independence on russia with washington funding about funding would also be given to local media to ensure their independence and trustworthiness. u.s. aids funding will build the capacity of indigenous media to provide trusted independent news and information sources as part of the support usaid will promote media literacy programs that help citizens recognize kremlin driven disinformation efforts because insurance is much bigger in europe than adding the tramlink of the ring to do anyway in the neverland media they're going to phone in eastern european galleries are going to be pointed in media will maybe 2 or whatever and then seize of peaceful of elysian we torture there might exist there depends are we to guarantee so we have been driven into well e.c.s. of us did he to join that herschel year and syria doesn't do any thing of the sort of his neck use of the making of this in the united states and you know this because of the rule of law and international law which the very the world than we

all the essentials of addition of international law all the traits of a vision of international law this is the elevate it is. reporting from florida next more than 20 people are being entered in a blast. in of the u.s. state west of fort lauderdale we'll tell you more about that after the break. something wrong with being rich and being rich is nothing wrong with it people work hard they make a lot of money and for a lot of people that's very satisfying but when you become a rapacious monopolist then you are heading up like a pharmaceutical industry one or 2 or 3 major to kratz collusion colluding monopolist and all the pricing that's not rights that's tied around it.

so the temporary orders that i'm under before you go to final trial actually do allow me to address them as james and his male pronouns but i cannot do that in front of 3rd parties who know him as a girl so basically i can't go to a school i keep them away from any friends he might have at school that know him as a girl and at my home he's known as james and i use male pronouns what i'm prohibited from doing right now is trying to convince him that he's actually a boy. and a suspected gas explosion has ripped through a shopping center in the u.s. state of florida injuring 21 people 2 of them seriously the blast is believed to have occurred in a vacant restaurant at around 1130 on saturday morning but it's not clear whether

the shopping complex was actually open to the public at the time pieces of concrete metal can be seen scattered across the mall on the outside emergency crews are brought in sniffer dogs to search for anyone who may still be trapped in the rubble . whenever the west coast united states a 7 point one magnitude earthquake hit southern california on friday night making it the largest in the region for nearly 2 decades tremors were felt from las vegas all the way to mexico despite the severity no fatalities or serious injuries have been reported 5 broke out across parts of california leaving some buildings in general. destroy or collapse only 24 hours earlier the nearby to have a desert was rocked by a $6.00 magnitude earthquake around $200.00 national guard troops currently tackling the aftermath with warnings that aftershocks could last for days or even weeks state of emergency has now been declared in california. more than 100000 people have now signed a petition urging the french president to intervene in the controversial case of

vincent lumber he's a former psychiatric nurse whose life support systems are being switched off almost 11 years after a car crash left him in a vegetative state with no hope of recovery the call comes after france's highest court ended a long running legal battle on friday ruling that doctors can disconnect the 43 year old feeding tubes will leave him dying slowly of dehydration as a dated state ago euthanasia is illegal in france but medics are allowed to put terminally ill patients into a deep state of sedation until their death however while some of lumbers relatives believe he should indeed be allowed to die his catholic parents are strongly opposed to the decision they say that because he only requires basic care and he can breathe on his own he's being murdered. i beg you to intervene to remind france if its obligation to respond to the precautionary measures prescribed by the comedian and not to kill my son the young my son is the lives of oneself and 700 people who share this condition and that are threatened please help us. with more

on the case which is proving to be polarizing both vincent lumbers family and friends society as a whole is where if a martian. this could be the end of a complicated contradictory and absolutely heartbreaking case which has lost more than a decade in 2008 a traffic accident left vincent lumbered a french nurse in a vegetative state his brain was unresponsive his body was paralyzed he could only be fed and hydrated artificially after a 5 year battle for his life the battle for his death has started when numerous medical exams stated vinson's semiconscious condition was irreversible the question arose for the 1st time should be vincent continue receiving life support assistance or not it's not a question that is easy or simple to answer and it has divided instance family his wife and 6 of his siblings wanted to let him die peacefully as they put it this is

not the life vincent himself would want to leave opposing them were his parents arguing that vincent is simply a person who does not fall under france's and of life legislation and that he should leave when the 2 sides failed to reach an agreement to dish all marathon started that resulted in vinson being off and back on life support 5 times after the ruling to stop artificial attrition was confirmed by 5 different legal bodies including the european court for human rights we do rely on doctors of course and as a see vincent has been in this state for 10 years so his chances of recovery let's be perfectly honest with you a route how much does he understand what quality of life does he have would you wish this sort of life on your worst enemy never mind the loved one winces mother was never ready to give up at one point she even released

a video clips of vincent's crying in attempt to show that he does feel and he is aware. but brain specialists say that this is not necessarily the case as far as saying it's. not realizing what the. normal reaction story is. to have nothing to do with emotions several more times the mother has tried to persuade the public and legislators that vincent should leave however every time she appealed him being taken off life support the plug was pulled anyway if you know it's a crime that's all i am ashamed of france this monday been says mother made her very last plea she appeared at the u.n. human rights council in geneva emotionally appealing for her son's life skills in rooms i'm sorry for being too emotional i'm crying knowledge of the top of my voice

that this is the murder offense and that's the right word while we're not being listened to vincent is a human being he is not an object he's had has been held under water i agree to come here and the hope that we might be able to defend him but despite all the efforts vincent was taken off of life support yet again the very next day. that's the end of this dispute there is no longer any plea that can be made that can suspend the discontinuation of care there's no longer any legal obstacle to the discontinuation of care and so that's the end of this legal case benson's stories truly heartbreaking and controversial in many ways the battle of 2 sides of one family both wishing the best for their loved one the mother says she was fighting against a system that she believes fails to protect its citizens but some point out there was an important lesson to bill learned from vincents case in an ideal world most

of us or all of us should discuss death with our loved ones of. we don't especially when you're young of course you don't think you're ever going to die you think you're going to live forever but you know the organization to which i belong friends the end we urge people to make an advanced directive and it seems that regardless whether the man's and is peaceful or not the fight is far from over he's parents and now preparing to press murder charges more. r.t. . news for this more video news on r.t. dot com or are you tube channel or if you're watching this weekend thanks for choosing r.t. international will be back to you again and around 37 minutes from now. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confront

let it be an arms race in this very dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. we have to be expectation that when we lift people out of poverty when we became rich then we'd become. and i think that is what a lot of people ah struggling with now they expected that once they reached a certain level of income then they would be happy. and yet we create new size we create new things we want and i think sometimes we run out of explanations for why we feel unhappy.

during the great depression which are old enough to remember that it was most of my family were unemployed working. there wasn't it was bit you know much worse subject to listen today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shape by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack solo duo engineer elections manufacture consent and other principles according to no on. one set of rules for the rich. that's what. when you put her into the. turf we'll switch is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of

america. now imagine a time they were going on the ground now as before greeks head to the polls to elect a new prime minister just days after christine legarde one of the figure heads of the european austerity that pushed greece to the brink of collapse is tapped to head up the european central bank coming up in the show election time in the cradle of european democracy where every 3rd person is now at risk of poverty we go to athens to investigate the front lines of european union neoliberalism parity and on the day of europe's largest exhibition on palestine we ask our present member and keynote speaker if you use of job or even why the israeli government and you table

being groups are trying to shut the event down with over a 1000000 people expected to take to the streets of london today to celebrate pride we speak to britain's 1st out muslim drag queen messy for love or about growing up as gay on the facts and fighting for equality under theresa may all this of all coming up in today's going on the ground the 1st how out of touch is u.k. labor leader jeremy called and while his calls for a civil service inquiry demonstrate he may now understand there may be a deep state attempt to destroy him what about the policies of those who he has chosen for his shadow cabinet it's something the outgoing prime minister dres m a pinpointed on wednesday where does the labor party stand on bracks it the shadow secretary doesn't support the shadow foreign secretary doesn't support the shadow. chancellor doesn't support it the labor party leader doesn't support. labor wants to block bret's it and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few yes as britain heads for bricks it all been

assembled and the entire remained team around him this in a week when those who seek an anti neo liberal e.u. were arguably dealt a blow is the e.u. chose people like the head of the i.m.f. to run the european banking system yes this person the head of the international monetary fund has been found guilty by a french court of negligence when she was the country's finance minister christine legarde had denied accusations which said she allowed the misuse of public funds over a 400000000 euros state payout to a business tycoon the tapped new head of the e.c.b. is also notorious for backing austerity across europe in britain austerity is linked to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths back in westminster he has long time crusader against austerity jeremy corbyn showing his impatience this government mr speaker is now an irrelevance the 2 candidates is it see. the 2 candidates to succeed i've only got fantasy plans since she and her successors have no answers doesn't the prime minister except the best thing to do would be to

go back to the people and let them decide which way we can perhaps one can forgive corbin his impatience on like trey's a man labour's blairites he opposed u.k. involvement in the nato destruction of africa's richest per capita country libya that's libya where air strikes continued this week and unlike tories he backed the humanitarian treatment of child refugees seeking asylum because of the r.a.f. but on wednesday he had to listen to this we can as a country and be proud of everything that we have done in help terms of how can we actually g.'s and other vulnerable children who are sick affected by conflict by violence and by instability because her support for bombing libya in syria was aimed at creating stability presumably like the 28. bank bailouts and mass austerity or economic warfare on the poor created stability for countries like britain and for that matter greece which faces elections tomorrow joining me now is a communist member of the greek parliament they have a canal a they have thanks so much for coming on the show before we get to any pessimism as

regards the communist party's view of tomorrow's elections why do you think i'm like of the country's voters a may reject the fascism some may call it of golden dawn to morrow i think the i think that we've been fighting with the whole of greek people but especially the communist party to get these nazis out of our parliament and i think that the diminishing of the power is something exclusively big greek now because throughout europe the neo nazis are climbing up only in greece they are going down and that's a very very happy event and they hope we are going to to see again in this national elections as you obviously know have been slapped in public throughout the world everybody everyone has seen what nazis are especially against women certainly everyone around the world seems to be expecting a fight between

a avowedly new liberal pro austerity party like new democracy or series which is implemented or spirity policies and that's when your country has youth unemployment still of around 40 percent why is greece in this situation i think that the choices that to a so-called governing parties and there were so again new democracy now it's new democracy and cities are they are the part is the. choose to be with the european union inside the eurozone and that inside the nato gave us we've got about one 4th of the population being not only poor but with no hope for the future we've got about 600000 young.