fears of a biased trial u.s. federal judge condemns the justice department's unsubstantiated claims that a russian died for election meddling was bankrolled by the kremlin saying they could sway a jury. british ambassador to the united states resigns over the leaked cable scandal in which his private e-mails exposed a far from glowing review of donald trump and his administration and. a free media protects society from the abuse of power. helps release the full potential of a nation the global conference for media freedom is on the way london. and the russian news agency sputnik barred from entering.

a welcome to world news from r.t. international us a federal judge has told washington it must stop alleging that a russian firm accused of election meddling was funded by the kremlin or face a range of potential sanctions the court found that such unsubstantiated claims against the internet research agency which were not included in the $28.00 indictment against it risk prejudicing a jury of reports. the mulu report the us investigation the media everyone accuses russia of carrying out a sweeping systematic campaign meddling campaign in the us election into in 2016 they did it via 2 methods the 1st one was. intelligence agency hackers g.r.u. had his who broke into the d.n.c. systems they allege stole

a bunch of embarrassing democrat e-mails and then released them causing again embarrassment for the democrats all again allegedly russia denies all of this the 2nd part of the operation is the scribe william burns the special counsel report outlines 2 main efforts by the russian government to influence the 2016 election. first the report details efforts by the internet research agency a russian company with close ties to the russian government to sow social discord among american voters through decision from asian and social media operations he said russian operations or russian state the russian government operation the internet research agency they called the troll farm in the united states in the media they're accused of spreading disinformation of backing trump denigrating hillary clinton spreading fake news meddling in the election they're currently

fighting a legal battle against the united states government and the judge has ordered the government to refrain from linking these companies the internet research agency and the russian government because in the mueller report said in the new report that they link this company to the russian government they're carrying out orders on behalf of the russian government they offered proof saying the head of this internet research agency is an ally of lied to me a putin that they've had a number of government contracts and they leave it at that that. supposed to establish that the company was acting on behalf of the extension of the russian government in the indictment the legal document with the charges with the accusations they make new such link they call them a private entity a private company a federal judge now ordering the government to stop trying to link this private company the internet research agency which they've called troll and the russian

government because it is significant and prejudicial until a trial in the future stablish is otherwise if it does so. ok well let's discuss what this ruling could mean life to new york and journalist and author daniel as a welcome back to r.t. daniel so what does this court ruling say about the validity of the moderator has if anything oh it's incredible as no evidence to back that up as william barr said. your described date 2 pronged effort the hacking the d.n.c. and using social media to sway u.s. public opinion but now the court has pointed out that there is no evidence linking the internet research agency the the st petersburg firm which allegedly conducted that social media campaign with the kremlin so therefore the

half of the mueller reports thesis is now been invalidated by a federal judge and even more important mueller has been ordered to stop talking about any russian government links with that firm in st petersburg what do you think using assumption and opinion to make conclusions about the 2016 campaign and i mean is it just run out of time. no i think the i think that the court has pointed up a great contradiction or a weakness in mueller's mueller's whole methodology the americans assume that russia and russians are the same thing but they're not any more than the then an individual in america and american and the trump of ministration are not the same thing so but the report assumes there is that they are the same entity

essentially and this that this federal judge has pointed out that that is not the case and he's ordered mueller to stop suggesting anything to the contrary this includes quite a dramatic ruling does this mean then that the other revelations made by the special counsel likely to be treated differently off the back of this ruling. well yes i mean the at the other half of the special counsel's. case is that the russian g.r.u. hacked the democratic national committee and then released thousands of emails to wiki leaks which that made them public in july 2016 but that's also very likely untrue i can't say it's absolutely untrue but it's very likely untrue because the scenario that that mueller outlines in his report just doesn't make sense the chronology does not add up so essentially what happens is we

have the 2 parts of mueller's case now really just don't add up to anything at all they're both equally weak what are you saying this is a big deal is it going to be enough for those in washington to change their minds on the meddling accusations in the link surrounding them or are they going to stay in their positions. i think they'll stay there the only changed their minds at gunpoint i mean the washington is so is so wedded to the scenario of russian interference that it's very hard to make make them give it up. but in fact the ground is crumbling beneath their feet or that there was in substantial proof of meddling to justify taking on troubles as robert mueller himself explained do you expect that necessary evidence to ever presented. no cause i think the other thing the whole the whole russia gate scenario is untrue

. i think there was i think that there were that the ira the internet research agency engaged in minimal activity to very little effect there is no evidence of a russian government government connection and i don't believe that the russian your you russian military intelligence was responsible for the for the wiki leaks disclosure of thousands of emails in july 2016 so i think the whole story is fallacious although as you and i both know this is going to be the last we've heard of it for now in new york journalist and author daniel as are things we get to know . next then the british ambassador to the united states can direct has announced he's stepping down after a series of highly critical comments that he made about the trumpet ministration which were leaked to the press in confidential cable sent back to officials in london the diplomatic describe the white house as dysfunctional inept and chaotic. since the leak of official documents from this embassy there has been

a great deal of speculation surrounding my position and that you ration of my remaining term as ambassador i want to put an end to that speculation the current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like britain's most senior diplomat has been forced to resign and that comes after donald trump the president of the united states that he no longer be able to deal with him he's e-mails to the united kingdom they in fact were leaked and they describe donald trump's administration as inept now this political scandal has been on ruffling over the last few days prime minister to resign may and the labor leader jeremy corbyn they were able to publicly back human fact they said it was regrettable that he was forced to resign and theresa may went a step further in the house of commons earlier today explaining that british diplomats and politicians should be able to stand up for the principles they believe and if indeed they feel they're under attack this is a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to leave his position.

the. whole cabinet rightly gave its full support to the kim on tuesday. so kim has secured has given a lifetime of service to the united kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. now it must be said that these robust assessments are in fact routine in secure diplomatic communications but of course donald trump has taken to his favorite platform of social media off twitter to vocalize his anger in fact calling for kim few fit guy i know it must be says that number and house prices distance itself from. assessments and communications by saying that they do not really support the u.k. government's opinions having said that it's not up to number 10 north to resume a what they have to say in fact all eyes are now on boris johnson or jeremy how. and the 4th one of the 2 will become the next prime minister and both of them have

very different opinions when it comes to this political saga the wacky ambassador that the u.k. for we stood upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and prime minister may about their failed break that negotiation and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was donald trump friends speak frankly so i will these comments disrespectful and wrong to our prime minister and my country you said the u.k. u.s. alliance was the greatest in history and i agree but i always need to treat each other with respect as threes i'm a is always done with you i've got a good relationship with the white house and i've had no embarrassment in saying that the united states is has been will be for the foreseeable future our number one political military friend well there you had the gaffe prone guy boris johnson with his usual explicit flair and of course this has angered many in the house of commons who are deeply critical of boris johnson starts in fact that also includes

the foreign 1 office minister sir alan duncan and he's accused mr johnson of throwing the ambassador under a bus now we do know that the british government has announced a full scale investigation into how these unvarnished thoughts of the kim derrick ended up on the front pages of a national newspaper over the weekend following that many really are enraged and they really do believe that this is a very bad day for british diplomacy a very bad day for anglo-american relations because they consider the former now ambassador of the u.k. to the united states as a man who has been hailed with the height of professionalism and class on today's going on the ground on r.t. a former white house communications director tells afshin rattansi he believes the british ambassador was the victim of a political hit job inside the foreign office we asked our should earlier who if anyone might stand to benefit from so kim's departure. well it goes boris johnson presumably the new prime minister of this country into weeks time was the foreign

secretary and had access to all manner of the intelligence operators but of course in a sense this is also mysterious and i did ask and he's got a movie about this we know through edward snowden who is taking asylum in moscow that the 5 eyes project indeed the national security agency they have access to encrypted emails all around the world why did it take a leak from london to a british newspaper to inform donald trump that britain's man in washington had such a low opinion of donald trump do they not know these things without people here for whatever political reasons for whatever whatever hit men reasons they can they just get it from surveillance do they really need it leaked because of internal politics here that is about the succession after to resume in downing. day one of the global conference for media freedom is being held in london

co-hosted by britain and canada however not all media were allowed through the doors as r.t. and russia split think new day can see where barred from the party a free media post protects society from the abuse of power. helps release the full potential of a nation signing for ages and making speeches is a nice enough they must make sure that the laws respect media freedom they form a lot to reduce join and this is simple and effective and government immunity. are good to destroy the free bricks the gun that was used to shoot a majority still lives. and the same gun lobby use against the politicians if we don't stand up and fight for media freedom 60 minutes is the thousands of reports and thousands of esteemed members of civil society and academics are all due to attend this inaugural conference on media freedoms around the world it's

hosted by the u.k. in the canadian governments here in london one of the special guests is a certain a mole clooney the international human rights lawyer also the wife to the hollywood actor george clooney she's been appointed britain's national envoy on media freedoms here at this event the gates to which are just behind me but guess who isn't going to be inside that's right it's me here i am billy no mates outside left out in the cold because myself and my artsy colleagues and also colleagues at sputnik which is the other russian news organization that broadcast in english we've all been banned from attending the global conference on media freedoms we applied in good time for press accreditation like all the other media

outlets and we received a pretty standard stock reply said unfortunately we have been unable to approve your application to a credit as media i think that should have been a warning sign but we thought maybe we just they've run out. space there is nothing specifically about us in that reply but behind our backs all the news channels got a very different message we have not accredited or sputnik because of their active role in spreading disinformation while it's not possible to accommodate all requests for a critic journalist from across the world's media are attending the conference including from russia the russian government isn't impressed with this lack of hospitality to say the least the russian embassy here in london has written to the foreign office to express its expressed resolute disagreement with what has taken place and russia's foreign ministry spokesperson maria zahar of us also weighed in

take a listen. has demonstrated their true intentions in 2 to media freedom by turning the event into the means of achieving opportunistic political and we believe other countries and responsible journalists will draw their appropriate conclusions and we hope that human rights n.g.o.s and relevant international actions he's will not shy away from stating their position. and the arts the news organization itself has released a statement take a listen it takes a particular brand of hypocrisy to advocate for freedom of press banning inconvenient voices and slandering alternative media suddenly the world has learned to expect just that from the u.k. foreign office are not the only journalists that can't attend the global conference on media freedoms i don't want to compare myself to julian assange but the editor of wiki leaks is currently incarcerated in a prison in his london and there is

a small demonstration here calling for his release chanting freedom to julian a song and now julian the songes mother found out about r.c. not being allowed to attend and she's too. her response take a listen to why she thinks we haven't been allowed maybe arti will listen practicing media freedom by reporting the facts of the political persecution of my son journalist julian assange nor to norty don't you realize you were supposed to get us government clearance 1st then and only then are you free to publish one more important thing to note here which i think is quite curious is that all the russian state funded news outlets which broadcast in russia so some colleagues of mine here in london have been allowed they have been accredited and they have been inside attending the conference. i'm out here i've got my eyes on

a restaurant. of former european parliament member stephen says the b.b.c. and are. different but london sending a clear message to moscow. well i think ati is being singled out obviously because it's seen by the foreign office and many politicians both here in the united kingdom in europe and the united states as being the voice in vehicle of the russian government will want to argue that the b.b.c. in many ways is the voice of the british establishment particularly if you look at the way that the european union and the referendum and the brics issue is being discussed upon by the b.b.c. so i think what it is is the foreign office is very clearly making a statement to president putin and the russian establishment that we will not have your voice listened to in europe and we will try and stop if we can. it's known as

the largest tank battle of the 2nd world war in a turning point for the allied forces but now the battle of prokofiev career is being called into question by german journalist and historian he claims there was no massive struggle of attrition back in 1943 or red army victory when felix findings are based on british and german historians using the newly released us archive pictures you say the red army succeeded in defeating only 5 nazi tanks or the soviets lost more than $200.00 and those numbers are in stark contrast to those in the russian archives that say the soviet army destroyed up to $400.00 tanks in that battle political analyst bruno dr says there's no doubting the importance of that battle even if historians differ on the details. i don't use it was a turning point because from this battle up to the end of the war german forces lost initiative and soviet forces took initiatives of course we can. change our mind about details and very important ones that outlaws

especially german losses and and soviet losses but on this trip to point of view it doesn't chance do the basic results of what i would prefer of course is something like you know a scientific conference with germans russian britons and all of their historians and discussing those those those questions. not you know articulate in some. you know new media we need you know all very strong discussion and very long term lurks in the archives. but you know do the rhythm of history. and the region of politics are very short. for sex trafficking and child abuse trial of american billionaire jeffrey epstein is spilling over into the white house with president trump forced to defend his labor secretary alex acosta cos there was

a u.s. attorney in miami the son of a plea agreement in an earlier case involving abstain which critics say was far too lenient it's been a great really great for secretary of labor you know the rest of it will have to look at we have to look at it very carefully but we're talking about a long time ago and again it was a decision made i think not by him but by a lot of people so we're going to look at it very carefully jeffrey upstate who's a registered sex offender is accused of trafficking and luring dozens of under-age girls to his mansion if found guilty he may face up to 45 years in prison now the democratic party leadership putting pressure on donald trump and his team over a potential obstruction of justice. secretary costa must step down as u.s. attorney he engaged in the conscionable agreement with jeffrey abstinent kept secret from courageous young victims prevented them from seeking justice this was nailed by the president of the us when he appointed him to the cabinet i am calling on secretary acosta to resign instead of prosecuting

a predator and serial sex trafficker of children. a cost to trolls to let him off the jeffrey epstein a billionaire caught trafficking underage girls between 20022005 has been arrested yet again this time after horrendous new evidence came to life beginning at least 2002 and continuing until 2000 far i've seen is alleged to have dozens of victims epstein is well connected and he's evaded these charges for years thanks to a deal he made with the costa when he was the u.s. attorney in miami instead of being charged with sex trafficking and child rape he only pled guilty to a lesser charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor while serving his time epstein had up to 12 hours a day 6 days a week as work release at his downtown office he served only 13 months before then being released on probation during his probation epstein took numerous trips to

both the virgin islands and new york city in his private jet and the new evidence has forced acosta to now come forward and defend his decision to give such special treatment to a sexual predator. with the evidence available more than a decade ago federal prosecutors. go to jail register as a sex offender and put the wote on notice that he was a sexual predator so now that you haven't seen additional testimonies available the new prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice so democrats just heard about this we are dealing are filled with outrage well actually know they've known about it for quite some time this is a cost his confirmation hearing back in 27 seen the lawsuit questions why trump's nominee for labor secretary former miami u.s. attorney you know xander acosta cut a non-prosecution deal with epstein a decade ago rather than pursuing a federal indictment in fact the nature of

a cost as punishment if you can really call it that was never secret the department of justice. as defended the actions of the office in that matter under both president bush and president obama's administrations so why the sudden outrage well according to chuck schumer timing is everything the president needs to answer for his statements he has made about his relationship with mr epstein particularly since president trump appointed mr acosta to such a powerful position see the issue is that a trumpet ministration official is now caught up in the outrage around jeffrey epstein and trump indeed does have some skeletons in his closet when it comes to the epstein case epstein visited mara largo however according to the attorney who represents one of epstein's victims trump threw him out after he started making passes at underage girls on the property furthermore trump seems to be the only prominent individual actually cooperated with the investigation into epstein's

crimes trump is the only person who picked up the phone and said let's just to give you as much time as you want we will need to know it was very helpful so that does not put trump in the clear he certainly was familiar with the sexual predator however so was bill clinton the former president actually took 27 different flights on jeffrey epstein's private airplanes some of them without being accompanied by secret service and there are rumors circulating that there were underage girls on the plane clinton had his secret service with him and many times he did not almost every time that clinton's name is on the pilot logs there are underage girls there are initials and there are names of many many girls on that. private plane but clinton is just background noise right now epstein fits in with the anti trump chorus from mainstream media the federal sex trafficking case against donald trump

old friend jeffrey epstein times to both the president and notably his labor secretary alex our costume the man who cut that deal with him that was his job then is now that labor secretary he's got supporters are part of this administration so perhaps the victims in this case should be happy that donald trump was elected after all until trump's name was brought in and attached to the case there seemed to be far less interest an outrage about epstein's atrocious crimes from certain voices. r.t. new york a toronto international news for this hour across talks next on the blood boundaries between offense and free speech diversity and disunity. when else should seem wrong. why don't we just don't. let me.

get to see. this day become active. and engaged because betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. hello and welcome the crossed off we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle why is it when you hear the word diversity it's at the expense of unity then there is inclusion but only inclusion when you agree with a certain political thought and world view and of course we can forget about

identity politics if you disagree then you're called a dog whistle how did we get here. across the political correctness i'm joined by my guess joe concha in new jersey he's a media reporter for the hill in charlottesville we have david swanson he is the executive director of world beyond war dot org and campaign coordinator for roots action dot org and in washington we cross to our been for he is a libertarian party presidential candidate as well as author of pull out men modern life and mutiny are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to joe joe very broadly speaking speaking has political correctness just simply poisoned political discourse because what we've gotten down to is people only talking to people that agree with themselves and and what it's done is it is it's really completely corrupted any

kind of debate i debate people all the time with different political views and i learn something and i enjoy it but i don't see that happen it's happening less and less where people of different views speak to each other because when they do their call they call the or interlocutor amoral. or go to some historical reference a nazi or.