join me every thursday on the alex salmon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me the top stories for this all here on youtube removed off these german language channels for allegedly violating the platforms, community guidelines. the editor in chief cause that a fully fledged declaration of a media board by germany on russia for the international criminal court drops a probe into us war times. and i've done the song instead to focus on terra group, right groups condemned to move, accusing the dc of k again to pressure and for my direct at my home page refuses to confirm or deny a 2017 murder lot against julian s dawn. but he says that whatever happened,

he's not sorry about the current wiki leave off. so it's a revelation shows a sanchez life would be in danger if he was sent to america. it's faith when he was grown would be in the hands of those who were planning to kidnap him. bronze rejects what a cold, indecent claims from mali that is a band in the country by withdrawing troops while the african nation turns to russian contractors to fight against tara ah, from start to finish, a big program for you today. you're one of the international. i real re sushi in moscow where it's now just off the penny in on wednesday. youtube has deleted ortiz, german language channels, citing alleged community guideline violations, and rushers. media regulator has weighed in threatening youtube parent company,

google with a fine if the band is not reversed. ortiz causing roscoe, discuss the issue earlier with my colleague niel harvey. you know, the popularity of r t in germany among the german speaking audience has been growing, especially in the recent years. and just to give you some numbers, rti, george had a total of almost 547000000 views. and over 600000 subscribers had not a small youtube channel that placed it among the top german news channels on that platform. you know, in june alone rti george gather over 21000000 views on that platform, which is almost as much as what spiegel tv received. nashville is one of the most credible in the major news outlets in germany and which has been around for decades . so r d george has managed to put up a fight against major german news outlet. and of course, this hasn't gone unnoticed. there are a lot of politicians in germany who have repeatedly called for curbs on r t in in the country. and rti has been struggling to study tv broadcast in germany

for many years, facing both over it and hayden resistance. so all in all its been an extremely harsh environment, hostile environment for our fellow colleagues in germany. so these bands seem like cause treatment. what was the, the potential crime was committed while, as usual, in these cases, the response from a media platform is fake. and youtube send our colleagues in germany message saying that there were, quote repeated violations of community guidelines. so, you know, that's it, you know, get out of the platform. google, which owns youtube, gave us a more detailed response. so let's have a listen. youtube has clear community guidelines which explain what is allowed on the platform. r t. doyce was issued a warning for uploading content that violates our rules in relation to coven 19 medical misinformation policy. this resulted in the suspension of their right to upload videos. during the suspension,

the channels owners tried to bypass the restrictions by using a different channel. as a result, both channels were close, violating youtube tons of service. so to give some context, 1st party torches main e to channel was given several co related strikes and that led to a temporary suspension. so because the main page was suspended, its team decided to continue sharing its content on a different page that belongs to one of its shows. it was different content, not that which had been flagged by youtube, of course, but nonetheless, both pages were completely deleted by youtube without any war. and now what's interesting is that there are no clear rules saying that you can run a separate page or maybe even start a new page if you are suspended on youtube for whatever reason. besides those 4 videos and a question that are 2 doors receive strikes for contained criticism of the government's approach of the pandemic voiced by other medical experts not by

journalists. so to claim that this was medical mis information, misinterpretation, well, in the eyes of rt george, that's debatable. so is he denying any wrong doing? is it challenging this man? while they are saying that they receive an unfair treatment and will actually 1st comment on that story in russia with our own editor in chief, i'm going to get it to see my now. and then she said that was just happen in germany, the rti, george amounts to a declaration of war on russia by germany. let's hear what she actually said. so this time they tempted an attempt to circumvent the restrictions when we invited our audience to our 2nd channel while our 1st channel was serving a sentence for far fetched violation of community guidelines, which were slept in us for airing interviews with critics. of course, 19 measures. it wasn't the 1st i went by to our audience to our 2nd channel, but only today did they decide the band both at the same time and to the vector is terrorists and spacious of all kinds are quietly broadcasting on who's who they

have repeatedly said outright that they shadow banners and don't let us in, but this turn out to be not enough. we grew despite, they're not letting us in. now they simply didn't us. this is a full fledged declaration of media war by germany to worth russia or just foreign ministry spokeswoman but also weighed in by saying that would just happen was an act of aggression and that there's going to be a symmetrical response directed at german media working in russia, now the message she had didn't clarify what exactly that means, but i guess her truman colleagues working here can be bracing for a bumpy road ahead. we discussed the potential moves behind the youtube band with our guest, but also we covered the issue of the long running claims of russian disinformation is a clear case of political transition. democratic society with german. he is, should be able to handle different opinions and you, what you meant. google is american companies,

and the companies as well should be able to handle different ideas and not to send law some different opinions. this is some kind of altering and manner which is not worth for a democracy. this, this idea of giving strikes for medical misinformation. this is something that you tube has begun doing since the beginning of the pandemic. and there are locked in with various governments, mainly western governments. this is really a credibility war between russia in the west and in the media space. and despite constant efforts by western countries, nato government to paint russian outlet says kremlin propaganda or russian disinformation at no time. can they ever demonstrate exactly where the disinformation is in the content which is being broadcast? and i think this situation is more or less a continuation of that is

a national criminal court. his resuming and dentist on war crimes probe now was the investigation will ignore any allegations of us wrong during setting. instead, we'll only focus on the taliban and out of ice escape militants. well, let's investigate deeper to the story. now in new york, our correspondent caleb moment military personnel and top brass who were involved in the 20 years of us operations in afghanistan can now sleep easy because it appears they will not be facing prosecution from the international criminal court. the new chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has said they won't be looking in the u. s. atrocities in afghanistan because of the taliban take over the country and quote, limited resources available to the international criminal court. i have therefore decided to focus my offices investigations enough, going to stop on crimes allegedly committed by the taliban and the stomach state correson province and to de prioritize other aspects of this investigation. now

this decision to quote de, prioritize as the international criminal court is calling it has upset many human rights organizations. they feel that washington is essentially being let off the hook. the prosecutors telling war criminals around the world that the u. s. playbook of delay and intimidation works. it also validates one of the cool criticisms of the i, c. c that it only takes action against politically weaker individuals or nations while giving western powers a pass. by d prioritizing, investigating us and former africa national security forces, the icpc prosecutor, it's shamefully having him get out of jail free card. now, there were plenty of scandals and horrendous incidents over the course of the 20 years of the united states military presence in afghanistan. all culminating in the recent chaotic pullout and we also witnessed the incident recently where there was a drone strike that intended to hit isis k fighters and ended up killing civilians

. a family ended up dying at the hands of the united states, but it appears that incident like this will not be investigated by the international criminal court. it's unlikely any individuals involved in such events will face charges in the hague. busy now the i c, c tried to probe us activities in afghanistan, and in response, donald trump slap sanctions on officials of the i, c. c. here's how then secretary of state mike, palm pale, commented on it at the time. we cannot, we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court,

we have responded any way. the way a responsible nation must, by condemning the investigation by suspending cooperation with the court and denying basis to those most directly responsible for going after our personnel. now, while the international criminal court will be investigating situations in afghanistan, they won't be investigating the role of the united states. they say they simply don't have the resources to do it. they're citing the taliban take over the country . but many observers are looking on and wondering if this is simply due to the fact that the u. s. a has been so harsh and placed sanctions on. i think the officials who did look into them, they're wondering if the new prosecutor simply wants to avoid having his own name on the sanctions list. we spoke with human rights lawyer, don cavallo, who thinks the ccs decision makes a mockery of international law. bullying of the international criminal court did what it set out to do, and that was to get the u. s. off the hook here. miss,

that's a terrible precedent. you know, the job of the i, c. c is to investigate crimes within these theaters. not to favor one party over another, and that's exactly what it's doing. what i and many other, you know, human rights advocates have been saying for years is that the i c. c has been used as a tool by the west to punish developing countries. the only leaders successfully prosecuted by the i c. c, have been from african countries. what is this saying to the world? it's saying to the world, if you are a week country, you can be subject to i cc prosecution. but if you are a strong economic and military power, like the us who can throw its weight around, you will be exempt from human rights prosecution. basically what we are left with is the law, the jungle, the might makes. right? and that is not what, how international law is supposed to work. it never was supposed to work that way.

former us secretary of state mike palm paid, has refused to confirm or deny a report that the us plotted to kill julian. a sons, pompeiian, made it clear that whatever the trump administration did, he's not sorry. i couldn't tell you who they have is their sources. but the sources didn't know what we were doing. i make no apologies for the fact that we and the administration were working diligently to make sure we were able to protect this important sensitive information from whether it was cyber in russia or the chinese military. or anyone who was trying to take this information away from us. while our reporters without borders has joined an international outcry over the last plot against us on stating back to 2017, the press freedom organization said the report is corroborated by multiple sources . show that the wiki leagues found his life is still in danger, and he should be released from a u. k. prison for his own safety. meanwhile, wikileaks editor in chief christian tramps,

and discuss the case in our program going on the ground. you can watch a full episode just a bit later in the day. many stunning revelation is quite shocking to see that this was being conquered in the, in the, in the state kits. nothing possibly killing. we had to wind up some of this before through the proceedings in spain, criminal proceedings against members of the security company, you see global, who are supposed to be overseeing julian science. it's the curity in the u. s. embassy, and the embassy. but actually, we're bribe try to ca, to spying on. julian, provide it in life feeds from the cameras inside the embassy and 2 devices that they implanted on top of that. of course, they were stealing legally privileged material. and do you think this article will help to make the case even more clearer that julius on should be freed at the end of october at his hearing immediately. given that the whole process is being that

it's about. it should have a bearing and normal circumstance. and so there are 2 main reasons. if julian is expedited to be in the hands of the c, a to to decide whether he is put under so called sam, special administrative measures, which is another word for 12 to an isolation is said on the ground would be in the hands of girls who were planning to kill him when these discussions were going on. there was no engagement against julia. he hadn't been charged with anything. so if there was any doubt about the political nature of the indictment and the creation of the entire case, it is now confirmed to be so it is a political persecution and nothing still to come here on the program. on our team, nato has a rom top. it's military precedence on the course of o serbia border. i made fears of a brand new conflict. would hear from

a local correspondent at the scene in just a moment. oh i use ah ah, me a try now, which is so many inputs on a daily basis that are completely related to reality. so think about how and social

media filters and they basically present themselves in every unrealistic way. and so we come to a fomo and be involved more than that. it's about the sort of envious or something that may not exist. and it's also really tied to the fact that humans, we want to be part of the crowd. ah, all the ways they program here on our to you welcome to it. so franz has angrily denied that it's abandoning molly despite a partial troop pull out after an 8 year anti terror campaign. and the african nation though was looking now for support elsewhere. it's turning to russian contractors. i thought he'd surely do biscuit now explains it's a situation that's going from bad to well disastrous for a moly. alright,

loggerheads, operation ball cain and security in the former colony marley's prime minister has been clear that the operation has failed without the you and he went even further. he does need to last him to button the situation arising from the end of operation buck and puts molly in a phase accompli bundling those mid flight to a certain extent. and it forces us to explore alternatives and means to better insure a security autonomy safely or with other partners. so as to fill the gap that will certainly result from the withdrawal of back on in the north of the country. in the month up, i decree that lake of fire and the french armed forces minister us. it's a lot of hypocrisy. it's a lot of bad faith, a lot of indecency, especially because these comments were made on saturday, september 25th. but on friday, september 24th, if, if the 2nd french soldier gave his life fighting terrorism in the hell. poly has

also accused morally of provoking a storm because of an inability to keep a commitment to return power, following a military coup to civilians. next year, i have the impression that the date does not see them perfectly, and that they want to prolong the things. but from wanting that to wiping his feet on the blood of french soldiers, it's an acceptable somali paul is real concerned about the future. earlier this year, president my call now the end, authoration ball came french troops have been engaged on the ground since 2013 in a be to fight your heart is groups. but now, according to my call, that will be profoundly changed with the closure of french army bases, the withdrawal of more than 2000 soldiers that lead to fears molly could see a search into a hardest activity. whole situation in this,

the herald is right now, not being addressed because you can't address it simply from a security standpoint. last 1012 years molly is gone to one destabilization after another is not going to be resolved by military deployment by the french or anyone else to say how is suffering a massive economic under development deserts, open space. and in the open space is that the terrorist and others live and deploy for has my 1st work out how it's going to fight against such threats. it's turning the idea of using private companies in a big to sure up security. however, the fact that these companies or russian seems to have really looked at problems, but also you the certainly could seriously

affect you to be in union relations with molly. so why all the you in front? so concerned about international security measures. a molly, is this just the case of fearing that they are losing control and you know, but if you could just not a huge way, mother has approached rush and private military companies. we have nothing to do with this as an activity that has been carried out legitimately. the west is killing itself and is now heavy, less and less leverage in africa. they're making africa part of the geo political doctrine, remaining to one number one superpower in the world. and they're attacking washington, china. so they're the ones that actually can danny development because of their geopolitical view of russia in china. and that's the mistake china. he's never going to be put back in the box. they're all over africa and african countries more

and more terrain to china because they also. ringback it is ration volcano was supposed to have reduced that your heart is right across the sol. how region, which includes molly inside the us state department report is previously suggested that attacks of actually increased 250 percent since 2018 quite simply, it's not working. and frog is acutely aware of this, hence to some degree. that's why it's stepping back, but in doing so, it seems incapable of allowing others to fill the void. instead, it's thrashing out and possibly permanently damaging. it's african toys. show that to you, been ski 40 paris, a feud between serbia and cause a voe of a road access shows no sign of abating. nato troops have boosted that presence along the cause of serbia border as the e. u and us of cold on both sides to show restraint. a local reporter,

boris bought a gorski reports from the frontier. so i am currently here at the administrative crossing between central serbia and coastal. it's been a tough day and negotiations between the mayors and the serbia minutes. apologies in the north of constable and k for the nato forces in charge of keeping the peace in kosovo. k for his suggest it to the mares is that a key for troops actually replaced the special units called ross that were sent by per stina to remove the serbian license plates. but the mayors have refused this because it doesn't solve the issue that cause the crisis. it doesn't solve the fact that they would still be removing serbian license plate services in protesting for the past 9 days. saying that this is a violation of the brussels agreement. and that they are restricting freedom of movement of serbs in the province. the way they see it, a serbia has sent military forces, a tanks armored vehicles to the region around the administrative crossings with ca,

civil. while the serbian president alexander butcher himself, has remained silent today, cancelling all of his meetings at the same time, albania, the prime minister, has visited coast of all that a proceed. i sent the message, the belgrade should ease up on the tension on people here that have been protesting, serves who live in the north. of course, civil are hoping that this will be resolved peacefully. they have been imposing barricades, hoping that this issue will be solved without any conflicts, kosovo unilaterally declared his independence from sophia back in 2008. was a, excuse me, almost a decade after a devastating conflict on that of a nato intervention. but around half of un states, including several e u members have actually refused to recognize because of as a country, a political analysts, nickel markovich, things because of ours actually been emboldened by foreign support. just one new crisis. as we've seen many every, every these past years and this is not something actually renewed when deeper, what is new? is that and you see the again,

that in this situation for the 1st time serving got afraid to seconds, muscle and show that red line has been crossed. nato is responsible of the situation. if nato had not bomb illegally yugoslavia in 1989, we would not have pen situation. we do have in coastal med, tapia, and surgeon. so i think the fact that nato had not been capable of managing the situation which he created. so it is definitely not a good idea to have nato forces, again, on the administrative border between central serbia and kosovo. and it took here. but then the western organizations have shown that they have failed, totally failed in the balcony, and they should let the nation stay over and probably maybe let the surgeons and albanians and countries from that region. the situation between themselves for us are there are some of our top stories for this. our here live on arte international, the wednesday program. we're still more storage to come when we return at the top

of the hour. hope you can join us in about 27 minutes. oh. as angela merkel makes her exit from german politics, voters have made it clear they are looking for new ideas and directions. reckless parties suffered electoral defeat with smaller parties in the mix to form a new governing coalition. will this be called the merkel inherit? ah comes to me, if you look at the little boy, the

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but it doesn't shop. there will tell you why more than 130 being called out for presiding over cases where there was a clear conflict of interest. we have a pack show today for di, right in we leave the program with another drought to global supply chain, which you've already been heavily impacted by economic locked downs and the cobra in 1900 pandemic now. and energy crunch in china is creating a new set of issues for global supply government efforts to curve energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions. along with surging coal prices are leading to power outages across many of china's manufacturing hub. these outages could further disrupt the supply chain for some mine conductors, which of already face george's worldwide, along with other vital goods as winter is fast approaching. so what will the supply chain shortages mean for the global economy all around will? joining us not just our host, chris b i and.