he died like a coward in the stories that we've done and trump announces the death of the islamic state leader in syria we compare the raid against baghdad to the operation that killed the. regs it is delayed yet again. heading for an early general election widely seen as another referendum on leaving. an american journalist claims of political persecution after his arrest for an alleged assault blumenthal tells our t.v. he is being targeted for reporting on venezuelan opposition. at the forefront of exposing the us against venezuela and now they're trying to steal my freedom.

by broadcasting live in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program r.t. international. donald trump's announcement of the death of isolate leader. a week ago shocked the world now the terror group has since confirmed the claim the us president said the terrorist detonated a suicide vest during a u.s. raid in syria killing himself and 2 of his children a brutal killer one who has caused so much hardship and death has violently been eliminated he died like a dog he died like a coward. well this drone video shows the aftermath of the u.s. operation the compound is located in italy province the last rebel stronghold in

syria artie's murat ghazi of looks into the similarities between the u.s. raid against baghdadi and of the operation that killed bin laden honestly at this point it's turning into whack a mole whack a terrorist it's like an initiation now for american presidents to kill the biggest the baddest guy you cad and take a really cool photo. the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice. a blue car al baghdadi is dead. but the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden the leader of al qaeda. and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men women and children deja vu doesn't do this just this big bad bin laden hiding out in

pakistan a friendly nation that washington liberally sprinkles with billions in aid big bad baghdadi idea gotten even live a bastion of u.s. supported rebels which up until 2017 washington liberally supplied with guns ammunition and missiles it is the last a major rebel stronghold in the north of syria the last rebel stronghold of in that one of the last remaining areas in western syria that the government does not control booth tara honchos were given the same burial ceremony with the same rights baguette his remains were buried it's the in accordance with the law of armed conflict within 24 hours of his death some of it lodges corpse was taken by the troops to the aircraft carrier the u.s.s. carl vinson the he was buried at sea according to muslim tradition of kools several

things classified new pictures new proof that it was the men they claim to have killed just there would also hero dogs the dog that helped sniff out bin laden and the pooch hurt in the raid in baghdad what are the chances are all well and good the great click bait for the tabloids but the timing in both cases a year before elections to kill the biggest the baddest guy you can add has got to get voters and you aside right the feet of al qaida defeated isis problem is of course they didn't 8 years since bin laden's death we find al qaida alive and kicking with their own mini caliphate in egypt where they were hosting the. of isis is a province which is the largest al qaeda safe haven since $911.00 killing bin laden didn't stop al qaida they all googly grew since then now

a week off to trump off the baghdadi isis has already proclaimed the new cable if but hey at least both a bomb and trump got absolutely bad pictures to 30 commanders in chief you know neal discussed of the death of baghdad and what it means for islamic state with r t america correspondent moment assuming he did it how significant a development is that what extent will i still be weakened well they've lost the territory long ago i mean what we're dealing with for all intents and purposes are small bands of. leftover bands of fighters their power their true power was was broken long ago with the end of the if it's confirmed and that's a big if always because he's been dead what 5 times by now is would be a significant development in so far as he declared himself the colleague and this

the manner of his death has been. there only the legitimizing to that particular role somebody who claims to have the mandate of heaven such as it is and you know ending in such a fashion which i think was the purpose of president trump's comments the way he phrased it there'd be a lot of anger directed double trouble over his. what was called his betrayal of the kurds and that wasn't very long ago potentially beneficial might this be in the other aspect for him taking out such a high profile target well your vast majority of americans would react to this with pride and joy ok daddy. i says done for fantastic the media absolutely hated because this ruins their entire narrative about being a bumbling politician who's who's messing up the syria policy who's just needs to be impeached right away that's the narrative they've been trying to sell the american people for the past 3 years it was a terrible day for them and

a really good day for trump from the standpoint of inter-marriage an optics for the for the population of the country at large because it helped obama didn't win the photo that went everywhere and now they're saying that you have a some very much the same situation analogous situation and yet the treatment is completely different. if it was supposed to be a hollow bragg's it for the u.k. on thursday but the prime minister was forced to ask the e.u. for yet another extension after months of parliamentary deadlock and now the country is heading for a snap election with all options still on the table paula boyko sums up the saga so far. has hit. deadline in case you haven't noticed the u.k. hasn't left the european union again they've called a general election instead it's fair to say that for many here in britain brags it is now a joke and since the country voted to leave the e.u.

back in 2016 the u.k.'s internet users have been trying to console themselves through the 5 stages. of grief denial when the brags it was all was fust announced even the queen was confused the british people have to leave the european union right she said the people. and then there was the time that everyone realized that adele song was about brave visit. i'm bragg's it wary journalist started talking about the most important meal of the day 7 instead she will say that breaks it means breakfast breaks it breaks it means breakfast in the u.k. then breaks breakfast we will make breakfast breakfast

a success. after denial that was anger best summed up by john bercow trying to keep a lid on parliamentary proceedings or did. she. know what i'm doing 6. i want it was time to officially trigger article 50 that's that letter telling brussels that the u.k. really does want that divorce well the analogy is well priceless. then there was bargaining when terrorism a made trip off to trip to brussels trying to get herself a brags it deal off to advance the own set of bragg's it induced depression that was when brits started coming up with drinking games just to make things

a little more exciting what we need is a bricks and drinking guy it would be so much more interesting if the whole country lined up some shots and took one every time said. words were mentioned the government is still searching for the censorship. come on guys like you better take breaks a drink you're going to eat a little bit go on. to reason raise government's vision of a successful brags it had become this magical unattainable unicorn. politics basically parents who promised their daughter a unicorn to reason why is presenting them a horse with an oist cream cone gluten which while over in brussels the u.k.'s inability to get a briggs it deal through parliament turned into existential angst there is a special place in hell for those promoting bragg's it without a plan said donald tusk and the guest list is still being finalized

according to. those still empty and. it means to put a lot of space. one man we can bet terse may think will make an appearance is britain's new prime minister boris johnson. with another extension agreed with brussels under a general election on the way the u.k. gets to stay in gregg's it limbo for another few months in fact bragg's it purgatory has become the norm for those of us living in these green and pleasant postures which brings us to the final stage of grief and that is except. in american journalist claims that the u.s. is trying to silence him for his reporting on venezuela max blumenthal was recently

arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman during a protest at the venezuelan embassy in washington back in may he spoke to our t. about the case. why 5 months after the incident alleged in the court documents and this false charge did i have a team of police officers show up and demand entry to my house and take me to prison for 2 days without access to a lawyer i was told by someone who has very good inside knowledge of this case that a judge already rejected the warrant and i for the last 5 months have been able to walk free i have traveled in and out of the country if there had been a warrant at any point i would have already been arrested furthermore. why didn't they notify me that there was a warrant so i could turn myself in and show up at my own arraignment because i have nothing to fear i'm completely innocent i'm not a flight risk why didn't they do that it's an attempt to persecute me for the

journalism that we've done at the gray zone because at the gray zone we have been at the forefront of exposing the u.s. against venezuela of exposing one team for the covert and overt u.s. support they've received and for the massive corruption and now they're trying to steal my freedom. police say the woman in question identified the journalist from a photo she is a supporter of the venezuelan opposition max blumenthal was reporting from outside the venezuelan embassy where the woman claims she was badly beaten. i want to make it to be pushed into the 2 of them then they tried to grab me and take passage so i started to how do. i know well earlier this year u.s. backed opposition leaders in venezuela launched a failed coup against president nicolas maduro and in washington supporters of the

opposition attempted to install themselves in the country's embassy during the trussell for control of the pro-government activists the alleged assault took place . attorney told us more about the political persecution. they decided to arrest him right after the gray zone had republic a story that showed that. and his team were receiving funding from usa id now are those 2 things related it certainly would seem like this is some form of retaliation if you sit in a court for arraignment you'll see 3040 people come up and their cases if it's a simple assault allegedly. will be what's called no paper the prosecution won't bring a case here we have a dynamic where one individual was arrested in may and now 6 months later. they are now bringing a case against max blumenthal on the same matter where i do believe that there are

political motives i mean how else does one explain a case that you know is brought 6 months after the fact right you know what was going on in those 6 months prior why did they not bring the case then because there's not evidence this man didn't do this so here we have a journalist on this topic and others who have been critically reporting inconvenient facts about powerful people. you know both in the u.s. government and u.s. interests and you know it's reported critically on those which is a journalist is supposed to do and now he's being retaliated against and now you know this is his punishment for speaking out that is what this looks like. we contacted the prosecutor's office in washington for comment on case we will let you know if we hear back from them. iraq is in the grips of its worst unrest since the

saddam hussein era that story much more after a short break this is our team international. the world is driven by shaped by our own personal there is. no day or thinks. we dare to ask. you know world of big. lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up

to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. this is the weekly on r.t. international now huge crowds have flooded central baghdad throughout the weekend calling for a radical overhaul of the country's political system going to strangers have been blocking major roads and burning tires forcing government officers offices and businesses to close rallies have also been taking place in the country southwest protesters disrupting it transport networks in basra iraq's government is accused

of rampant corruption and failure to restore basic public services adding to the anger it has also launched a brutal crackdown on the centers killing more than $250.00 since the uprising began. to meet the love of god all of the university students in baghdad are taking part in this protest it's for our country most of the people here are deeply patriotic. these protests are sending a message if our demands are not mad we will hold even bigger demonstrations. lead the people decide for themselves let the people form the government at least go where the people are protesting and say the government should resign everyone is taking to the streets students young people the elderly when everyone is in the streets. middle eastern affairs analyst alley risky told us more about what is driving these protests. but the fact is that you do have the choice 'd for corruption in iraq this is something which iraq these iraqi citizens have

complained all the time and again you have to remember that there's a lot of. resources in iraq iraq is a very rich country you know oil so we rock should be a prosperous nation if you take it will new start does it mine do you know its economic strengths your revenue it's as i said reduced to restructure the worst place where many shop who don't visit. europe does indeed suffer from this problem. was donald trump's a former national security adviser pushed into pleading guilty to lying to the f.b.i. in 2017 while u.s. federal prosecutors have refuted those claims of course but michael plans a new legal team claims evidence against him had been manipulated flame had admitted misrepresenting conversations he had had with russia's u.s. ambassador at the time and was prosecuted as part of the investigation into supposedly russian meddling.

michael flynn lied to the f.b.i. flynn is a proven liar factus liar michael flynn is a liar lied to the f.b.i. was a lawyer general flynn casualty number one of the russia gate saga is calling out the f.b.i. he claims they changed the wording of his responses to their questioning and did so to arrest him we also have information that the agents did manipulate the 3 o 2 you know it was long in a quote deliberative state as they called it which is highly unusual in an homage self we attach as exhibit 11 to our document comparison of the february 10th and february 11th 3 o 2 that show the addition of substantial additional claims that were not in there

before and are not supported by the notes. the f.b.i. uses 30 tuesday keep an official record of their interviews in flynn's case the form was used by the f.b.i. to claim he lied but did he really it's not so clear anymore flynn's defense team just released a court documents suggesting something very different happened that the f.b.i. actually significantly changed the meaning of what he actually said. the f.b.i. wanted to know if len had ever discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador he said he wasn't sure he had spoken to many i'm basters and didn't really keep a tally although the record showed he said this. flynn stated he did not the narrative of flynn the liar was born but that wasn't the only problem with the interview some of which were there from the get go. the f.b.i.

wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview senior official you would work through the white house counsel and the discussions and approvals and it would be there and i thought it's early enough to send a couple guys over so who did call me send on over agent peter struck who was fired for sending messages to his f.b.i. girlfriend funny enough it's those messages that shed some light on how flynn's 3 o 2 was apparently tampered with a major edits and sent them to joe i also e-mailed you the day 230 to all of this was proven to be a lie it was a set up and there is an investigation that is going on by attorney use the f.b.i. for political purposes in order to manipulate or to target certain people like michael flynn by using countries like russia and others as scapegoats as enemies of the people as is those not to be trusted all of this was set up in order to harm

political opponents and these notes that were typed up later were altered in edited even so much so that the written word again was altered later it would be as if somebody say you are either normal person was questioned by police officers about a robbery and you say i did not commit this robbery but instead the officer writes down they committed the robbery and then you have to go before a judge and argue that your statements weren't lies within the notes of the officer that's what this case is talking about that's why this is so important. russians are often the go to villains in today's computer games and the latest edition of call of duty takes it to a new level although in a bid to protect sales the version for the russian market has quite a few differences.

the russians only understand violence so i showed them quite. closely i was. going to snow white. because they killed all soldiers. look at. the u.s. and allies in rocky soldiers as they tried to flee kuwait and return to iraq. by way of the russians bombed. killing the people trying to escape.

we want to. get perspectives we don't want to say that one of them is correct. a lot of hearts out trying to blur the lines between good and bad but it ends up quickly establishing the good guys as very clearly that's right it's cool to shoot at russia. and you keep lessons yes they do but i make no distinction between alcohol and also not me that both terrorists and then your presence in your dichotomies me by. putting. my thumb on your door to.

that does it for me more of the weekly up top they are stay with us. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. today there are good dentists and bad at it it's the bad news in yemen the united states deems to be a threat the looked at it is those who work in syria the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up right away military

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