[000:00:00;00] ah, the stories don't shape this week, gun archie, russia shut down the moscow office of german broadcast, 3rd, deutsch. avella, after berlin blocks r t 's sister channel r t d. in germany. also a head on the program on a streaming curling team member is allowed to compete at the paging winter olympics, the spike testing positive for cobit. we ask if the rules are for some countries, but not for others. and 6 children are killed in north with syria, as american commandos claim to have taken on the leader of islamic state of the same time unseen place.

with 247 use live from the russian capital. this is r t great. how are you with us for the weekly recap? my name's megan, and only germany's media regulator this week. bond r t sr channel r t d. across all platforms. in retaliation, russia shut down the moscow bureau of german broadcaster deutsch. avella with the foreign ministry. also warning of further measures, ortiz don quarter house, the story. it was this week, the biggest violation of freedom of the press in germany. the country's top media regulator took r. t. d. e's broadcast off the air on the internet via satellite social media. absolutely everywhere. the required media low license was not available. the organisation and distribution of the tv program by a live stream on the internet for the mobile and smart tv up archie, news,

and via satellite miss death will be discontinued. what was russia left to do, but to respond and kind. deutsch avella was told, its offices in russia will be shut down. it's journalists press accreditation, revoked, and it's russian language broadcasts. taken off the air on top of all that a blacklist was declared to include everyone complicit in this enormous censorship campaign against r t. russia is drawing up a list of representatives of states and public switches in germany involved in the streets in the broadcast of r t d and putting pressure on the russian media outlets would be denied entry to the russian federation. moscow promise. this was just the 1st stage of measures that it was willing to take after all this r t d e ban is only the latest episode in a drawn out pressure campaign that's been aimed at obstructing r t from broadcasting in germany. sure, the government denies playing any role in all this, but it's done nothing about the fact that a number of banks won't do business with our channel or that the country's top

media regulator seems unwilling to even reach a compromise. that's all despite r t holding a legal european broadcast license. o t d e was licensed in serbia under the european convention of trans frontier television, r t t e can book cost as programs in 33 european countries, including germany, artic and still appeal the decision. but how much good will that do at this point? almost immediately after our tv created a youtube account, the platform deleted it. when it tried to broadcast over satellite, the signal was so poor, people couldn't even to an in german officials have even labeled our german language channel, an irritant. it's not difficult to imagine that these problems were deliberately set up to impede our t d 's success, which i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics they're using say r t d can't operate their infringing on freedom of speech, and that's very bad. and yet berlin's acting like moscow took these measures out of the blue

r t d e z. kindly broadcasting without the license. and the trauma has not applied for license the german state media officers decision was based on this. this is a completely different situation to deutsch velez. his license has been revoked. profit, this was the 1st time or even maybe the 2nd time r t was obstructed from broadcasting. one might say rush overreacted, but r t d e was entirely banned from broadcasting in germany, and that is no small step in the wrong direction. on this story, we spoke to film director morton traffic, who said the ban on r t d is in the silencing, those who challenge mainstream narratives in the western hemisphere. so much or what comes up the russia is viewed with such suspicion. because that, that creates a worldview where a lot of people are missing out on potentially valuable corrections or,

or alternative viewpoints to look at the big tech giants who are already censoring, sometimes in very bizarre ways. statements or viewpoints are supposedly unacceptable. it's just a part of a general trend toward a q rated or controlled media world. or this is obviously, i think, connected to the prevailing political situation. not least connected to ukraine, which is by us trillion registered its 1st ever olympic curling event when this weekend, despite the team member testing positive for koby on saturday, of the beijing winter games leading to claims of double standards for some athletes . alexi or chefs, you reports from the city when to lympics are continuing in the chinese capital beijing and we may have

a 1st scandal of big proportions here involving australian curling team. now on saturday night, one of the team members attack lee gill was tested positive for call it. however, on sunday morning, the chinese authority said that she was clear to participate in the competition while observing close contact rules. while looking at curling and the way this game is played, you cannot imagine any way that this is free of any calls contacts. jill herself was probably very surprised to hear the news already admitting she was heart broken . and the official explanation from the chinese authorities was that her copied readings were too low, and that's why she was allowed to participate. i had a look at how this was actually happening. and obviously gill had no mask on whatsoever. a move like that would seem as a very hot warming gesture from the health authorities to allow athletes with low symptoms, of course,

19 to participate in the games. how did not be in for multiple heartbreaking stories involving many athletes from across the planet who had been preparing for the games for, for yes. tested positive up on arrival and were forced to miss out on the lympics. here in beijing, such as the case of a russian by athlete was salva, who was immediately taken into isolation upon arrival, having tested positive for covet. and just a few days back, she put a post on instagram describing horrible conditions as she described it. she had been kept in on top of that, there are many cases involving colleagues of mine, journalists who have also tested positive and been locked away. and even more so those who were on the same plane with them and was sat next to them despite testing negative, are also put into modern itself. isolation. just to remind you that all of us here are living in a bubble. we are the allows to be inside the hotels and at olympic venue were not allowed to go into the city. but with all these new regulations and rules imposed

by the chinese authorities, all this seems like an unnecessary requirement for us here. why are we supposed to be in a bubble when people like gil, are allowed to participate despite having tested positive for corporate, or at least it's not all that sour for many athletes winning golds and fill those already. that is the case of alexander bush and off of the russian olympic committee team who managed to win gold in the sky race. and that is the 1st goal for the r o c team here in beijing. of course i'm keeping you updated with everything happening here in the chinese capital electra, the rti reporting from beijing and china k. no history to bring you a veteran reporter clash with the us state department spokesperson this week. as officials failed to back up their claim that russia's planning a false flag operation to justify a war with ukraine. what is the evidence that you have that suggested that the russians are even planning this mat?

i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this and expect those just to, to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true or them. when i ask, or what anyone else asked what the information you said, well i just gave it to you, which was just you making a statement. we do so we declassify information only when we are competent in that information. if you doubt, if you doubt the credibility of u. s. government, of the british government, of other governments and wanna, you know, find solace and information that the russians are putting out. that is i, that is for you to do when moscow sees it's not surprised by yet another string of accusations saying it's reminiscent of 2003 when the u. s. made false claims all of iraqi weapons of mass destruction. meanwhile, the full text of the confidential us nato response to russia's security concerns

has been leaked. the document was published by spanish newspaper l pies on later confirmed does authentic by washington my colleagues neil harvey, on southgate, taylor discussed the contents over the past few weeks. we've seen at the highest diplomatic levels, riley's of accusations of verbal sparring, and that's just what's been happening in public. so we can only imagine what's going on behind closed doors. but now a fresh document leak has all put off a glimpse into what is indeed happening behind those doors. and it's really showed that moscow and washington, alongside nato, a very, very far from reaching any kind of consensus with regards to ukraine, issue, uninsured. well beyond move, not that does seem to be almost a blind unwillingness from the military alliance to recognize any of russia security concerns. now, the spanish language paper hasn't managed to get its hands on the nato and us response to russia. security proposals now will remember those proposals they were sent back in december. they fin triggered a flurry of diplomatic talks and calls and essentially they requested legal

guarantees, restricting father nato expansion, specifically with regards to ukraine. the document that we're seeing now though, reveals a very blunt response from washington and brussels. and it's in all states should respect the right of other states to choose or change security arrangements and to decide their own future and foreign policy free from outside interference. in this slide, we reaffirm our commitment to nato's open door policy under article 10 of the washington treaty. we have of course, requested comment from both nato and the u. s. state department. but if we take just this document, it seems that it is an open shot case. them, they will not compromise. that is despite flat and person warning. but this is a very reckless disregard of russia's concerns. it's not well for help, because do people realize that this could potentially set all nations involved down a very dangerous path of no return assistance?

because when you much listen carefully to us, i say, in ukraine's own try, no documents, it is written that they plan to return crimea, including by military means that it's not what they say publicly. you imagine for yourself that ukraine in nature members will begin military operations in crimea. what do we do? go to war with the nato block? has anyone thought about that's going on? so the situation is it seems to me both sides refusing to budge and let him have pigeon said it there in a slightly different context. but what do we do? what's versus reaction? been to this most has already sent, follow up questions to this document. so clearly that is a desire for continued a dialogue. but most disposition on this has been consistent from the beginning. it recognizes, of course, that every single country has the right to determine its own policy and assure its own security thought is not what's being disputed. here the issue is when countries choices have ramifications beyond its borders and actually pose a very real physical threat to someone else. and let's just be clear. a potential

natal launchpad located in ukraine is just a couple of minutes miss all away from, from russia. so it's essentially, i think this fear that really underlies russia's concerns in that area. and it shows that ignoring our concerns, the u. s. and need to refer to the right to the states to freely choose how to insure the security. but it's not just about giving someone this right. after all, this is only one parts of the well known formula for the indivisibility of security . the 2nd integral part says that one should not allow the strengthening of any one security at the expense of the security of other states. so there was only asking why must we thought provide our security that someone else can feel safe? that said, it would be remiss if i didn't point out that the document has some encouraging moments. i'm talking about reestablish communication long military channels, reinstating the nato office here and moscow discussing arms control. so reducing

missile deployment to ukraine. but if we get to the bottom of it, let's be blown. according to this document, the west responds to an almost existential concern of russia says we have here, but we don't care enough to do anything. and this is in fact case clothes, we're not going to discuss it further. but here's a list of much smaller things that we feel that we can give you to project an image that we are listening and being co operative but do nothing in any way to address your fundamental concerns. and with that kind of inflexible rhetoric combined, of course, with this ongoing footage of millions of dollars worth of weapons being sent to kiev. it's very difficult even with the best of intentions to see where to move from. now, the big story from the u. k. this week, a police watch dog has revealed the disturbing internal culture of miss. so jenny and off the truth on sexual violence. a warning you may find some of the following content offensive. the reports includes private messages between officers of the metropolitan police force which serves greater london in one officer said he'd like

to rape a female colleague. another jokes about getting a woman into bed using a knife here. sure. u. k. correspondence surely at which dusting all cable incidents of hey crime involving races, texas and home aside. the messages have been discovered by a watch drug investigation into the police. thousands of messages taking place between 20162018 were reviewed yet only 2 officers sucked. 9 of the 14 investigated are still serving in the 4th, while another holds a contract to stop role. now the commission of faces schools to go, but not just from the public, but senior politicians as well as former high ranking offices. we're not seeing one of instances we've seen now too many instances of the most appalling behaviors. i also think it shows a feeler of literature in some quarters. the met police may be the worst for institutional massage any and racism, but they're not the only ones. only

a statutory judge lead inquiry will do. only new leadership will do. surely, christina, dick can not be proud of her record when this is the norman charing cross neck. yet her 6 to your salary past was renewed last auden, which feels like rewarding failure. the defense just bank apparently, in fact the independent office, so please conduct found an officer was named mc great, the right person, following rumors about bringing a woman back to the police station to then sexually assault the met says it was sorry. we are deeply sorry to london, isn't everyone they have failed with their reporting conduct and acknowledge how this will damage the trust and confidence of many in the met in the u. k. officers as opposed to police by consent. but how can trust be restored or even wasn't ever that what investigate to say, the insidious culture is widespread. we believe these incidents and not isolated or simply the behavior of

a few bad apples. the highly dumbing report is just the latest scandal under police commissioner, crescent dicks watch institutional feelings were placed under intense scrutiny by the rape and murder of sara evarado by a serving metropolitan police officer known to colleagues as the rapists during his earlier career. and i'm just the meta serious about reaching the force of rotten abuses of power. surely those individuals must go off to all it's a toxic, dangerous culture that yet again, leadership times a blind eye to any cost. when we actually started our an issue and it made your strong piece to come forward and that one investigation, actually mushrooms and to 9 separate investigations and what we uncovered, where see the thing that was happening here was that thought it doesn't just

devastate public. it also has a devasted. ready on the internal culture with the b service because these officers that were involved with the women, they were officers come from different cultures and no p service. and the promote culture which supports officers no matter where they come from. and they won't enjoy their trust and confidence and enjoy they have in the to weapons and rebuild the trust and confidence of the communities that these very offices, contra unicef, say 6 children were killed at the time. the us conducted a special operation in north west syria, president biden hail the mission,

a success declaring islamic states chief eliminated. forces carried out the operation with their signature preparation and precision. and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. unicef confirms that at least 6 children were killed and one girl was badly injured overnight in the border town of asthma in the northwest of syria due to heavy violence. meanwhile, the pentagon said to children on a woman were killed during the raid. when the ice's leader blew himself up. r u. s . department of defense spokesperson claims there are quote, strong, strong indications. american forces cause no civil in debts. we spoke with juliet to unicef about the cost of ongoing violence, sensory when we have an escalation and violence and bad area. and what this means is that children pay 1st and they pay most. and if we compare the number of casualties of children during the month of january in comparison to say,

december last year, the number is so it's in the higher. and this has been the case since the beginning of the year. and this has got to stop children continue to be the 1st and most to pay in this 11 year long conflict. we call an old fives and all parties to the conflicts in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future. julia to now also video has emerged of what said to be the helicopter, that us commandos were forced to blow up during the rate there you can see what is actually left of the vehicle. american officials deny it's crushed or was shut down and say the crew is safe. iving. none of it was a mechanical failure that led to the helicopter being detonated. we spoke to locals who say they witness the rate. soon as i let them there, there were helicopters flying at low altitude,

about 4 or 5 aircraft. then we saw soldiers landing the soldiers targets as a house near where i live. the house was surrounded, they spoke through land speakers telling everyone surrender or the house would be destroyed. then the fighting started near inside the house. about an hour the helicopter carried out 4 or 5 machine gun attacks on the house. but we were preparing to go to sleep and suddenly we heard wind and the sound of helicopters. my aunt went to see what was going on. she found the sky totally red through loudspeakers to go out. we did that, but then they searched us and hank of my father, they asked our names and what we knew about. and they said we didn't know anything . they asked us to move to the neighboring house and started rating us. while the operation in syria is believed to be the worst case of collateral damage since the u. s. drew and strike on car bull in august which killed 10 civilians, including an entire family and not one terrorist,

but ortho. nicholas davies thinks such tragedies or just the tip of the iceberg. the united states has been a war and all these countries and the middle east, the greater middle east over 20. yes. the last few months. we've had a couple of incidents where just because of the circumstances ah, the united states has not been able to deny the fact that it killed, you know, large numbers of civilians have just been thousands and thousands of these attacks . and to think that, you know, these couple that we have recently heard about some how unique in the fact that they killed civilians is, is just to be, would be utterly cried. you must know a passenger on spirit airlines is crying. censorship after stuff told him to remove his face mouth because he had the anti biden. let's go brandon slogan on that video

of the incident. got attention on social media rocking up more than 500000 views on tick tock during the week. not america anymore. the american anymore, the company here, if i had a b, l math on what did it been? ok, what does that mean? like like that or? no. what is that? well, that's what grand in. what does that mean? it's my name. but isn't it? freedom of speech to have the mascot is it? is it a freedom to see? is this massive home? i just, i can't, we are massive says let's go brandon. like this. anybody, i don't understand. well, li, incident happened on the flight from cleveland to tampa. the one of the crew said it was on acceptable for the passenger, adam redondo to display what she said was a political statement, citing airline policy. and we spoke to adam himself, who says the instant is about the flight attendance, personal views,

not the airlines rules. in the public your, you know, an airline, it's a company. ready that they can enforce, you know, policies and things and things like that. but i still think it falls under freedom of speech because it was, you know, it was basically. ready violated, it wasn't spirit, it wasn't spirit palsy that i should not wear this. so it was, it was a direct situation with the actual flight attendance. i mean anything will offend anybody. it's all a person all saying it's not, you know, she might have thought me might, you know, but is it something else was offensive if i but if i would have had, you know, by the 2024 or 5 mad or anything, anything of that sort what she had told me to take it off, you know, and i don't, i don't think that would be the case. i think if she would have like did,

she would have, let me, let me wear it. well, let's slogan, let's go. brandon has become a code for challenging president biden. on his policy. it started with nascar driver, brandon bryan was being interviewed a number of months ago after winning erase the cry behind him, begun shunting unexplainable up the president. but the reporter, apparently thought they were saying, let's go brandon passenger, other madonna against a censorship is killing freedom of speech and a lot more besides and we do have free speech. i think it's, you know, being taken away from us by you know, one sided censorship. i mean you see i social media. ready all the time that if you know, lot of, you know, jump supporters will post things, you know, they'll be taken down or you know, things that they support. but if you talk to the other side,

it's not censored. so i feel like, you know, the freedom of speech there is, you know, being, being taken away and it's basically one side of oh, nice bring you back to europe. now we're thousands of people hopping, rallying, tried sunday, in the dutch city of rotterdam, against kobe vaccine regulations. the march was led by a group called fire fighters for freedom, who accused the government of violating basic freedoms, threatening democracy flourish were set off on the streets with an estimated 15000 people taking part. i'm almost no police officer to the side by the way. that's because the city's wide police were on strike. also due to boxing, the netherlands was lifted many of its restrictions after months of hard locked guns. but coven immunity. palaces are required as well to enter bars. restaurants, wonderful,

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affair involving his old company, sandlon. but kendall spies, the now is developed a thriving business in private security. and he recently won that monk c 1000000 pound contract. well, tim spices with me now. tim. good morning. what's your summary of the situation in terms of chaos? oh lord over. i advise people to go there if the measures in put in place for their protection. our sant room is a contract in iraq was to oversee the communication and coordination for all the private security companies from the ground with ineffective make that they were the general in charge of all the private contracts . at that point, the ocean military was the largest military presence in iraq, but if you added together all of the private military contractors, spicer was effectively in charge of the 2nd largest unfortunate