sorry. 6 6 i say it with great clarity once again today we need not to give. the french president says the country stands to find in the face of terrorism after a nice many pages through a basilica in nice leaving 3 dead and several injured protesters group of muslim countries over emanuel across defense of the right to parody religion and his previous remarks on islam and sold to the messenger of god prophet muhammad under the pretext of democracy is not considered democracy we. know. that. playing with fire is still. the debate on the freedom of expression it was sparked 2 weeks ago in france after

the beheading of a teacher near paris but shown his class cartoons of the prophet muhammad. also this hour r t asked social platform twitter to clarify it one of its reports on the us election was labeled potentially misleading. you're watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital with your live news update welcome to the program. we start in france which is once again trying to come to terms with tragedy terror struck on thursday morning in the city of meese when a nice man rampage through a church killing 3 and living several others injured comes just 2 weeks after the brutal beheading of a teacher in paris after each on his class caricature of the prophet muhammad present emanuel mccrone has described the latest attack as an islamist terror

incident. it will be but in this new tragedy today you see victims of islamic fascism repeatedly denounced. as you're going to send it will be the. answer to the siren of the farm and the police arrive to weaknesses really with bikers and everything that followed then they set up a security decision i went down with my scooter and i saw the guy come and take refuge in the cathedral afterwards i heard a lot of gunshots. a

memorial has been set up outside the basilica in nice where the tragedy took place locals have been leaving flowers there and paying their respects to the 3 slain victims our correspondent charlayne damon skein has the latest developments in the case. the anti terror prosecutors said on thursday evening that they were still exploring lines in regards to the perpetrator behind the brutal attack that took place just 24 hours ago in the priscilla me not to the silica in the heart of nice with 3 people were brutally murdered i just want to take you through some of the details we know about the victims of this latest terror attack france one was a 60 year old woman who had gone to the church for prayers for the 1st mass of the morning we heard from the anti terror prosecutor that she was almost beheaded by the perpetrator a 2nd was a man

a 55 year old man who's been named is of all saw cares a father of 3 who also worked as a sex in the church he'd been here for 10 years and the 3rd person was a woman who said to be around 44 she's been named in the brazilian press as being simone silver she was stabbed she managed to escape from the church to raise the alarm so it was as a result of her heroic actions the police were informed and able to come in apprehend the perpetrator she succumbed to her injuries her last words were apparently tell my family that i love them president mark on has warned france's once again an attack but when he visited niece on thursday he remained defiant that freedom and france would continue to up hold its valleys in something before attacked once again it is for our values for our taste of freedom for this possibility on our soil to believe freely and not to give in to any mind of terror

i say with great clarity once again today we will not give in this morning we decided to increase the vigilance everywhere in france to adapt to the terrorist threat i've decided that our soldiers will be more mobilized in the coming hours and we will up the mobilization within the framework of operational so. and to know from 30027000 soldiers on the ground there referencing operation sentinel this is not ration that was set up back in 2015 when the 1st terror wave really hit france following the attacks it surely abdo and then later in the year in paris which saw the the battle plan attacked in those very many people who were killed in those coordinated attacks by terrorists $4000.00 extra security personnel now deployed across france particularly at sites like this church and also at schools and one of the reasons that religious sites are getting the priority when it comes to security

is because there was a release earlier this week from a thought but which is a press agency linked to the terror network al qaeda which suggested that christian symbols should be attacked in nice is already been subjected to terror attacks in the past including that horrific attack back in 2016 that saw 86 people lose their lives when a truck plowed into a crowd of people who were celebrating the july 14th bus the day celebrations in nice is already had its fair share of terror people here disbelief shock once again that this could hit at the heart of the city but there is also anger to. the french the man justice who want these people to be deported to their country ok in security there is no safety 3 people are dead what will america didn't build another mosque some sort beach we are in a country that has witnessed atrocities teachers being beheaded priests having

their throats slit people are beheaded in a church that's not france and even if we take in all possible security measures have been able to come in with a knife and do his deadly deed 0 risk does not exist and that's perhaps the most shocking thing for most people is that this is 3 people who are in this. church there in a place with that should have been sanctity they should have been safety instead they met there and people have been coming to the church and laying tributes since that attack took place but the reality is that this is a community that is still in complete shock over what's happened since those attacks back in $2815.00 which started this wave of terror in france we saw all those huge attacks and that this is but since then every few months there is another attack just in the last 5 weeks france has been subjected to 3 separate terror attacks it started with the stopping outside the form offices of. that

followed the fact that the magazine reprinted controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammed angering muslims across the world 2 weeks later we saw the beheading of history teacher patti who had used those images as part of a civics lesson to discuss freedom of speech and now we have this attack here in nice there have of course the anger spilling out on the streets too not just in this protests we've seen over the last few days in muslim majority countries but in the song thursday night there was a demonstration held by the anti immigrant group. identity they came out to the streets calling for islam to be out of europe so the really is a huge sense of anger here on the ground to. further details have emerged about the suspect a 21 year old tunisian initially arrived on the italian island of lampedusa just over a month ago claiming to be a refugee in italy has yet to comment on the case but the mayor of lampedusa has

appealed for stricter migrant policies the suspect was reportedly carrying a document issued by the italian red cross after being processed at a refugee center in lampedusa a thai our thirty's were reportedly going to expel him but lost track of his whereabouts the case is causing uproar in rome where calls are growing for the interior minister to step down we discuss the background to the tragic events in nice with a panel of experts when you see what goes on with the stream of speach. and the people that sharing our chose to track they're not doing it because of charlie hebdo they're all doing it because of what's going on there. it serves as a useful way of giving what they're planning to do anyway legitimacy you know there are a lot of people who disagree with charlie or do it it's all just thousands of what you would call is a list is a mystic stream it's. it's very few more to terrorists there's very few people who

actually do deal if he is charlie or do it was so offensive it was so horrible surely there could be thousands of people on the streets starving while another it's not it's a tiny tiny minority what is it about the tiny minority that distinguishes them from all the rest of us and that's why you have to look at this individual level when one starts it almost gives legitimacy to the others so the reason that france has raised its terrorism level is because it takes one and it's kind of like a rally around the flag now we're all going to go because it becomes rational you know when you think you will get legitimacy for it. 60000000 muslims living in france you have a certain percentage who are killed or radical in the last year and then spent a whole business brand has developed a model of as well that from seminars will security act. what france needs right

now is so much more. cohesion or sort of reconciliation and more polarized and here i would observe that things have been going more in a polarizing but again he is supported by the majority of the french muslim countries are indignant over france a stance on freedom of expression protesters say they are offended by present micron's remarks on islam as well as by his defense of the right to mock religious latest rallies took place in. libyan and israeli capitals as the islamic world celebrated the birthday of the prophet muhammad demonstrators carried banners condemning the french president earlier this month mccrone claims that islam was in crisis in libya one local business has gone as far as to place images of the french president on his shop for customers to stand on and there are calls from muslims across the world to boycott france. you see here. the company.

says it's a little bit because of what's happened is that it's still doing the messenger of god prophet muhammad under the pretext of democracy is not considered democracy and for friends honestly we want to tell you that your statements are offensive to every arab muslim and to the whole world we demand. growth and. that. is playing with fire and this things that 'd we denounce from a friend in the prophet therefore we denounce and believe every people do anything from france that comes to us. the outrage comes as french satirical magazine charlie hebdo whose caricature is are at the center of the row and fuel to the fire with its latest front cover it features a cartoon of the turkish president slammed the publication as disgusting the

science fingers are also being pointed at the french government's policy towards muslims. takes a closer look. something in france is broken and it is france nowhere else in europe is there this much terror killing and a complete breakdown and mutual respect and understanding these latest attacks there just that the latest. clearly it's inhumane it is highly reprehensible and i hope that justice will be so this attack who deserves it i do have words as a matter of fact it's really shocking. that when i feel sorrow it makes me crazy so crazy it's impossible to see this i'm speechless i don't know what to say a year ago and warned against stigmatizing muslims we're all one people he said since then something has changed now he's talking about islam of separatism shutting down dozens and dozens of muslim charities and organizations and has

unveiled a plan to domesticate is lot. of our citizens of the islamic faith must be protected against the evil of radical islam i say it here because the will of the islamists of its ideologues is precisely to turn a part of our citizens against the republic using their religion and we cannot let that happen. macros platen involves forbidding french moms from training overseas restricting foreign funding for religious organizations giving the government control over religious subsidies and you loon you get money if you sign a contract saying you respect french values he even has a name for this new french islam the islam of an lightman all everyone is challenged about macros little cult and specifically his cracked out on muslim

charities and and geos if the government still goes on to divide us it will create separate groups in society and it is not the solution for the muslim mosques in associations and i'm guilty maybe some people who come in but not everybody people have the right to practice their religion as they want so we can close a police who worship like that. i expect our government to calm the tensions down today we have to be careful of not developing and then to muslim hatred it makes no sense and it is dangerous i don't think that there is an optimal solution it would be utopian to think the opposite but dialogue is a better solution for me muslims are not guilty for the terror attacks the government is not responsible either so precisely both have to discuss the problem find solutions and respect each other it is incredible how simple cartoons can cause this much bloodshed and hated misunderstanding one side sees these cartoons as nothing but an insult in the public city stunt which essentially they are

intended only to insult and defend more than a 1000000000 people the other side including the french government sees it as an expression of free speech houllier than any god and free speech is a constitutional right of any french citizen. we will not give up caricaturists or drawing even if others retreat we started this freedom and look at caricaturists . not necessarily off mohamed but we look at caricature has to show freedom of expression frankly i think it's horrible what happened where hampering our freedom of expression the freedom to learn to know for 14 years charlie has reprinted these cartoons at regular intervals a magazine with a very modest circulation has now found a cash cow to people's feelings and beliefs for which they themselves have paid a high price.

and. swore never to give up these characters and turing's even if everyone else does only further angry muslims. needs a mental health treatment what else can be said to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and who behaves in this

way to millions of people living in his country who are members of a different faith muslims are the primary victims of the cult of hatred empowered by colonial regimes and exported by their own clients in something 1100000000 muslims and their sanctities for the apartheid crimes of such extremists is not eunice took abuse of freedom of speech and only fuels extremism the recent statements that the leadership level is the dence of this a creation of the holy cow. iran a reflection of this increasing islamophobia that is spreading in european countries we must explain to the western world the value systems differ for different social and religious and ethnic groups in the world backgrounds tough talk has so far completely failed francis have seen as an enemy in the muslim world islam a book called protests and all that has been his little project his plan to essentially domesticate islam and france may yet be the most admissions thing has undertaken.

still had twitter flags and are to report on the u.s. election as potentially misleading for american voters of a live report on that right after this. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. even after russia gate was debunked as a hoax this conspiracy theory lives on in fact it appears to become part of parcel of our political discourse if you will post someone or an idea all you have to do is play in russia no facts necessary slurs in fact which claims now suffice.

to show seemed wrong. when all the roles just don't all. mean you get to stamp out these days because to add to it and gain from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back r.t. has asked social media platform twitter to explain why one of our reports on u.s. election fraud was labeled as potentially misleading for voters 4 years ago the site was plagued by allegations of facilitating election meddling for all the details we're joined in the studio now by aaron mckie what's behind this decision

by twitter well jacki as we know leading pretty much all the news cycles around the world right now is the upcoming u.s. presidential election this just days to go and reporters all over analyzing the process the polls and everything to do with this major political event and here at r.t. we've been doing pretty much the same but now for the 1st time one of our reporters been red flagged as a civic integrity label from twitter there is a warning if you like for readers that the report might be disputed that the details might be misleading on closer inspection which is failing to see what it is about this report that is wrong alarm bells for the guys at twitter and the reporter our correspondent basically highlights all of the concerns that have already been discussed about voter fraud ahead of the election challenges that the a c. has already raised itself and we quoted that in the report take a listen. overall office for democratic institutions and human rights needs

assessment mission into look it is noted that the conduct of these elections will be the most challenging in recent decades the expected election officials will face serious challenges prior to and on election day new measures in response to covert 900 pandemic and expressed concerns over their ability to overcome them. now they're not a news agency has subject to broadcasting standards which means that every report must be balanced and fair and this report kaleb our correspondent has it here to those rules ensuring to use key words like allegedly and sharing to keep it on a little yet balance and referencing all reports and official channels now what we like to do here at r.t. is we like to bring a range of reports together dig a little deeper try to salvage some accuracy and call out any hypocrisy is why it's hard line here is a question more but twitter did say early this month that it was going to be ramping up its use of these warning labels on tweets to help curb any

misinformation ahead of the elections take a listen. you may not use to it is services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections all of the civic processes this includes posting sharing contents that may suppress participation or mislead people about when where or how to participate in the civic process we believe we have a responsibility to protect the integrity of twitter conversations from interference and manipulation now as part of this twitter has announced that disputed claims in the election process would be flagged or removed tweets that include any premise your claims will be labeled as and used as what we directed to the official us election page tweet saying that inciting interference in the election process and all the results such as calls for violent action may be removed and as we've seen recently it's not just r.t. that has raised red flags for the guys at twitter this comes just a week or so ago since twitter and facebook i decided to remove links to a story being run by the new york post regarding e-mails alleged e-mails on an old

laptop of hunter biden now this is a story that was rubbished by his father joe biden and yet you know it could have cast a shadow over his chances in the race to the white house but twitter wasn't the only one to shun this story and after this twitter as well as other major internet companies have come under intense scrutiny and faced a grilling in the senate your position is that you can sit in silicon valley and. you can tell them what stories they can publish tell the american people what report they can hear is that right. out. organization that stands up to twitter agrees to its terms of service you're still blocked me to post right now you're blocking their posts now this senate hearing as you can see was pretty intense it's all the republicans and democrats interrogate the heads of twitter facebook and google and it really exposed this deep distrust

in the power of silicon valley to police the web. now this isn't the 1st time that r.t. has received a twitter label those who follow us on the platform will know that our account has been branded as state affiliated media tell us about that you're right yet twitter has previously labeled artie's editor in chief margarita simonyan as russian language twitter account russia's state affiliated media which struck many as a little bit unfair considering that other news groups that are also state finance which is the b.b.c. and p.r. were not given similar titles but it's not just twitter facebook has also labeled ati's account of state affiliated media again failing to do the same for other foreign state media such is the voice of america. facebook's position back then its stated goal is to provide greater transparency into publishers that combine the influence of a media organization with the strategic backing of a state so i think the double standards are quite apparent that nonetheless whether

it's stories being run by the new york post by r.t. or anybody else questions are increasingly being raised over how much power social media has and determining what people read or don't read and what they trust now we have requested comment from twitter and we will bring it to you when we get it. and joining us in the studio to break down that rather nuance story for us thank you. all right for further analysis we're now joined live by political commentator and journalist amir oren you're very welcome to the program what do you make of twitter's move putting this label on that report for of ours. well it's very problematic because you know the very term media reflects the fact that they are mediators between the public and other segments of the public or people with interests. only platforms or do they have any tauriel

offices who is to decide what's true and what's false sometimes only years after the fact you may judge what reality was now there are some scientific fields in which you can have a standard be greedy meantime be demeter and such but trying to tell people not to pursue some item or yes you can have this one available and this one not and this particular output should be bent this seems to be proposed. do you think there's any possibility that this is twitter almost overcompensating after all the scandals it was involved in regarding the 2016 election and the allegations of foreign influence. yes well obviously. you're a swell

a special can. our own defensive. they have been attacked for being. too neutral or indifferent and now they're trying to overcompensate by yes especially on the eve of the elections by trying to avoid controversial items but that seems to whoever puts the most pressure on them gets the best results and this is no way to run a newspaper or even social media and when it comes to social media giants twitter facebook instagram all of that do they really have the point to be able to call themselves or try and play the role of arbitrators a truth you know the responsibility should rest on the consumer whoever wants. to know what's up should go to several media outlets several television channels news sites newspapers radio

stations so what have you and not be necessarily addicted to one particular form but having said that yes they should be accountable they should be held accountable and behave more responsibly we've been speaking with political commentator amir oren thank you for joining us on the program today and it's been our breakdown of the day's top headlines for this hour thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. this is a story of women and women with troubled histories and complex court cases you know some of us deadly leave off who lives out there. where not. the

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