thank you would you leave all that you to introduce one of the future leaders. from election confusion in iowa to donald trump's impeachment acquittal we look at a week of frustrations for the us democratic party. the arrest of an alleged war criminal who lived in hungary and then france on a student visa a real serious and was in the emu which could allow terrorists. and in thailand a soldier goes on a shooting rampage killing 26 people and injuring more than 50 others authorities killed him after and links down.

this is the weekly here on our team welcome to our roundup of the day's news along with the headlines that shape the week. now it has been a tough week for the us democratic party its officials have tried to verify data for several days after a technical glitch in the voting out for their caucus elections in iowa despite all precinct information now being in the final results remain unclear the party apologize for mistakes in the procedure and even called for a complete review of the voting tally was also marred by chaos in the reporting process inaccurate calculations unexplained in consistencies and missing data all the while the campaign obsessed with suppose that external interference. given nightmare scenario and if so what do you do about it these are probably the most prepared we've ever been as a party for these caucuses and we've run through a few different scenarios but i can tell you we're ready was the starting pistol i'd settle for a race and at the end the progs is becoming the presidential nominee and that the

finish line. didn't wait to find out who won. his precinct caucus results started coming in the iowa democratic party ran them through an accuracy and quality check it became clear that they were in consistencies with reports the underlying cause of these inconsistency is was not immediately clear and required investigation which took time this is an embarrassment all they had to do was count the votes going to the polling stations counted the votes all they had to do was add together the tallies what a 10 year old could do in a calculator the democratic party couldn't this mess was caused by a new app designed to speed up vote counting made by a secretive company called shadow inc that i suppose was the 1st clue who contracts a company called shadow to build an open transparent voting app democrats the

people who shouted loudest about russia threatening american elections that breaking news russian hackers tried to hack wisconsin's election system russia's hacked into a lot of things russian hackers the kremlin clan it certainly looks like they're at it again and with an eye towards helping this president to combat strums popularity democrats created 2 organizations acronym and paquin him to flood the internet and t.v. with anti trump and anti russian propaganda trump spent $10000000.00 on a commercial for tonight's super bowl we fixed it for him under president truman america speeding or veterans setting isis prisoners free losing don't reconfirm ladies and gentlemen the worst is yet. here comes the incompetence part these groups

a packed with people who ran and sank hillary clinton's campaign including shadow inc founded by a former clinton campaign manager they've spend fortunes and amateur propaganda and apps that don't work all that. money the effort is just to see trump have the last laugh. when will a democrat stop blaming russia russia russia instead of their own incompetence for the voting disaster that just happened in the great states of iowa i hope that the i were democrats will ask for an f.b.i. investigation on the app i believe that russia has been engaged in interfering with a number of our elections dealing with the 21 election say i'm sorry the 2016 election it's sad. all the complaining and moaning about how russians were out to ruin american elections most of the russians that did it it was the democrats their paranoia and competence they turned liberals and democrats against each other

screaming and shouting accusing each other of foul play of russia could never do the democrats did we've heard the people who are responsible for this catastrophe in iowa the democratic establishment claim that it was russia's intention to undermine integrity in our voting systems in our election process the question is who really threatens us elections and now i think a lot of voters within the democratic party are finally seeing what the real threat is and it's with it's within the heart of the democratic party establishment the more that we talk about the reality of our election systems the more this russia gate hysteria just begins to fall on deaf ears and voters particularly younger voters who are social media savvy reject it angrily.

and democrats suffered another bitter defeat this week when the senate voted down both their articles of impeachment against donald trump democrats have claimed abuse of power accusing trump of withholding military aid to pressure ukraine into progress suppose a corruption by potential democratic rival joe biden the other charge was obstruction of congress or the president allegedly ordering white house aides to defy congressional subpoenas house democrats refuse to accept the impeachment defeat trump was practically jubilant did nothing. i've done things wrong in my life i will admit not purposely but i've done things well. but this is what the end result is. he was acquitted without facts he was acquitted without a fair trial and what he says or whatever headline he wants to carry around here impeached for ever how in the name of god when do people proceed with some

titular theoretically only impeachment which is just to charge when they know it all to undergo no mathematical model is it possible to gain $67.00 votes to remove this president nobody understood what this president did he abuse power what does that mean here is the best part he obstructed congress by implementing by using affirmatively using a constitutional provision called executive privilege it defies logic meanwhile trump also gave his annual state of the union speech and had his own private battle with the democratic speaker of the house parties in case you missed it looks deeper. thank you thank you

yep the state of the union is in a bit of a state and there's not much union she was just angry she ripped up the she ripped up the speech i promptly and house speaker nancy pelosi have taken playground politics to a whole new level you know these 2 were characters in a wrong call i think i know would be happening next this was wasted really good. commie and handed over to for no see and turned away to shake a hand although in his defense did just try and get him impeached says' pelosi having decided that on this occasion she will not be right above it getting her revenge but it takes out. more to begin to see how rich those bits of paper. really think it's not supposed to be while we're here just take a look at voice president might. we all want to find someone that looks like.

trump coma or still has a couple more points where joining us in the gallery is the true illegitimate president of venezuela why do this is the point we show that even in the darkest of times there is one thing which will always you know republicans and democrats is their ability to meddle with a foreign government this is how to win if you speak to the miracle spirit of. the solar still rising. is still shining. and my fellow americans the best is yet to come which is definitive proof of one thing there's no way out of the problem wife is a speech is. to friends now we're a 4. spokesperson for a syrian rebel group has been arrested on charges of war crimes and torture geodes lived in hungary for months before being granted a student scholarship in march say the authorities were only tipped off after

a human rights group pointed out his real identity politics he looks at the loophole that a lot him into the e.u. . torture kidnapping war crimes these are just some of the charges brought against the syrian he was named on a student visa he went by the name of mushed enough made in france back in syria he was is a wish no ordinary student t. is said to have once been jayashri islamic press secretary previously nor did his freedom fighters the hardline islamist group in fact carried out a reign of terror in the eastern ghouta suburb of damascus. oh.

well you know the global economy if i can see that it was in his linked in profile he describes himself as being specialized in security and terrorism affairs with a focus on syria he boasts of an impressive academic background with bachelor's degrees from not one but diversity's including in hungary and when it comes to experience he mentions being the c.e.o. of the syrian news monitoring network may trace of the allegations of torture or forced in this moment of children raising his history seems an apt given that all islam ceased to exist back in 2018.

as the battle for eastern ghouta played out the french government said it was concerned about a grave violation of human rights and it called for a cease fire now while it acknowledge the presence of just harvests it also accused president assad of using the ongoing conflict as a fig leaf to wipe out any opposition. the syrian regime and its allies are brandishing the fight against jihad his fighters the need for which no one is disputing as just if occasion of an offensive aimed at entirely different goals its real intentions are indeed to annihilate any our normal position and break the morale of civilians by indiscriminately massacring them following that offensive in eastern guta by the syrian army generational islam was talk balt last year a complaint was filed to the courts in france and josh islam and its senior members

and no wanted criminals. the complaint filed in june 29th teen was built on over 3 years of documentation of the crimes perpetrated by jaish al islam summary executions kidnappings and the systematic use of torture the group targeted people suspected of complicity with the regime but also ordinary civilians accuse of not applying the shari'a imposed by the group rigorously enough the international federation for human rights says the arrest of most enough where in mass a paves the way for the 1st investigation of the rebel groups crimes others may be hoping that arrests such as this will help shed more light of crimes committed by opposition forces during the syrian conflict giving a fuller picture of what really happened on the ground. altie paris.

political analyst believes such issues should be better handled by the government. once you enter the european union you can go more or less where you walk there are no border controls how we entered hungary would be an interesting question to know that what is. prosperous and this in this situation is that he entered legally he wasn't even hiding he was living in white which is a neighborhood in the center smack in the center of more state studying in france with no problem whatsoever that means the police cannot do their job properly today in western europe they don't even know who's in the country we've gotten so low as to say that we don't even you don't even know if you've got the means to stop terrorists we don't even know if terrorists are in the country we know there are some but we don't know how many and it's you know it's already difficult capturing those who are not even hiding so i think definitely this is going to hurt a bit the government because this is very bad press very bad press having a terrorist. somebody accused of terrorism entering illegally come from their country go in with legally to university this is very bad press so there might be

some who's in the following days but i think unfortunately if the government doesn't handle the process of immigration illegal immigration illegal immigration and the secret service it's the government doesn't tackle these issues seriously unfortunately this these types of stories are going to continue in time. a tie soldier who killed his commanding officer stole weapons from a military base and went on a massive shooting spree has been shot dead officials say a dispute with a commanding officer may have been a motive that already is are still investigating why he then left the base and shot civilians. that. was. because. he was

scared and ran to the tour that's to hide trying or told us to hide so we all ran teen but it will be when people saw him entering the mall after one month people were falling down pushing each other trying to escape and said themselves and i've heard gunshots trying to stay calm the authorities will come and help you stay calm . thailand has one of the very high at home will cite the raids it has hired a homo side today per capita than the united states lately there is a huge tension there is a social done should in thailand income disparity system and those prices sort of very high tide. realistically high as well which makes it very difficult for both tens of millions of thais to actually sort of wife on the surface all flow

politeness and smiles there is a lot of anger and frustration. germany's political establishment tries to undo the damage after an unprecedented deal with a right wing party star and more after this. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person with those great. dares thinks. we dared to ask.

you know world of big partners new law 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 smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back to the weekly as the u.s. election race heats up twitter and you tube have announced changes to the way they fight dr materials are just all a quarter looks at the tech giants big wording and the new rules. well like a good many i know i do and that's why i'm here to warn you that they're

potentially in danger because of twitter's new war on altered images and videos that might mislead voters we know that some tweets include many plaited photos or videos that can cost people harm today we're introducing a new rule and a label that will address and give people more context around this tweets one man satire is another man's trigger there's bound to be those who will find hilarious songs like this one unhealthy for political discourse i love it when you told me. what is boiled its definition of so-called dr damages down to a few criteria editing of the contents composition changes in its visual or auditory information and anything that simulates real people but who actually gets to make the call on what does or doesn't harm is anyone's guess are these trump dog

and rocky memes politically misleading maybe this one with bernie sanders is harmful a political satire well it's always bound to hurt someone's feelings but if you're not on twitter don't think this isn't going to step on your toes you tube's got its own version of this new policy of the 2020 lection season kicks into high gear in the united states people who visit you tube to learn about the candidates and watch the election season unfolds over the last few years we've increased or if it's to make you tube. and information as well as an open platform for who flee political discourse you remember that video trumps supporters made portraying their president massacring the mainstream media and the church it was funny to them to the mainstream media well they were a bit offended the white house correspondents association says it is horrified by this and is calling on president trump to denounce the video c.b.s. has decided. not to show that video we can't show this video because it's so

disgusting is extremely violent it is disturbing and those bad liberating videos could also be interpreted as politically misleading you're probably only they think a bug just quit right here. we need new babies out there think we need time to make new ones because the old ones just become so big twitters netizens have already picked up on the controversy because people were kind of these fantasy is this i love how you use the word doctored because that's the elites who talk on memes the left caught me on twitter oh yeah well now no one can make your bed in the eames which may cause harm to the left we can read between the lines there would be no unimproved in the people's republic of twitter coverage it seems that without any ultimate authority to make the call on what is and isn't a violation so many decisions will be left to the rules vague wording who knows how internet freedom will fare as a result. in

a major shake up in german politics a key regional prime minister has quit just hours after taking up the post that's amid a huge backlash over an unprecedented pact between the ruling christian democrats and the right wing party that brought him to power protests erupted across the country against the move. after quitting as prime minister thomas insisted that future deals with the f.d.a. are out of the question. it's just resignation was inevitable the

dissolution of the parliament is inevitable if detroit yesterday with a perilous trick of damage democracy there was no cooperation with the f.t. there is no such cooperation and will never be told us carrick they're quick to say that he had nothing to do with the deal with alternative for germany but well how long he sticks around at the higher levels of the free democratic party with that may be measured in hours similar to his reign as prime minister of the state of today in jail he's fairly much in the firing line at the moment and has been a huge backlash to this situation it's unfolded into india backlash from politicians also from the public is well it follows this union basically this alliance between the c.d.u. which is angle of merkel's party the right wing alternative to germany part of the

f.d.a. to support and back thomas kennedy to be the prime minister of the state of to even get that resulted in condemnation of condemnation from all the high angle of merkel herself having something to say about it fine this is unforgivable and that's why the result must be reversed the election of the prime minister was a unique process that broke with the basic conviction of the c.d.u. and also of mine namely that no jury should be won with the help of the f.t. this is a ban today for democracy. chancellor merkel have to say something because she often repeated that promise that there would be no alliance between alternative for germany and her pristine democratic union it's really seen as the big to boo in german politics to have anything to do with a day to try and use them to gain power in fact you saw large demonstrations across germany on wednesday evening against what we've seen happening today nya

christian limbo who's the head of the free democratic party that thomas kennedy belongs to at least for now in fact he's called for a vote of confidence while speaking to the party leadership when it comes to the c.d.u. themselves local representatives in the states of today just saying they don't want to see new elections in the state it does look like that's the direction we're heading in at the moment when you look at that it's hard to think that would have been possible just a short while ago while angela merkel was head of the christian democratic union that there would be a local faction of the party that would be so publicly. against what head office is saying is one of the smallest states in the german federal republic it's the rock that's being thrown in there and not pool has certainly cast ripples far afield we've got reaction from different sides of germany's political

spectrum. parliament voted with this majority for this liberal and it is clear that our deputies from f.t. also supported this liberal candidate but it's completely constitutional completely democrat democratic the political left wing a lead the centrist elite and bowlen is not a willing to accept that in a federal state to palm and elects a liberal to be prime minister because to say he has the support of the wrong after all party if he into renia is to 2nd largest force and people voted for them it shows and which states democracy in germany is now off to a government of and get our merkel to lead to. a regional federal government and you left it through fascists this is a group of a chap who is it's not a question of legal it's a quest question of politics the next u.p.a.

and this year. of course in the professional political. system on the federal level you are professional you move all and you think forward ritchson are used. and if you know that sooner you can happen the. kind of trick tries to bring in. governmental legitimated that it's all just politics you should do anything to him. that was the weekly thanks for tuning in. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

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. the welcome to worlds apart showing and shall. though he may appear and donald trump has once again defied his critics by securing the impeachment acquittal from the senate and rising ever higher in the public opinion polls what is it the bollard the 45th president of the united states that makes people laugh and hate him so much to discuss that i'm now joined by somebody who's had direct access to and don't sing or interpreter and former business associate of don charm i mean

there's a lot of mystery a lot of hits pleasure to talk to thank you very much now let me start by asking whether you had any chance to 'd follow the impeachment proceedings this past week and did you root for any of the sides well i haven't pulled the 3rd lead because i've been traveling a lot lately and you know the whole trump segment jury just presidency is surrounded by so much fear you can use a space so i never believed that he could be impeached i always believed that he would be a president and you know all in all he is what it is and you always believed he would be a president then you have. the peers merican through had come with the magna slogan spelled out and i think it's very rare for somebody in russia to have such an artifact is that an expression of a personal or political sympathy it was a gift by the russian artist to during the election and during all the hype about me being somehow involved.