will diplomacy, as in 1962, be enough to prevent war in 2022. mm mm. the stories that shaped the week on archie, russia shuts down the moscow office of german broadcaster deutsch, developed after berlin blocks r t sr channel r t c d. in germany, a civilian curling team member is allowed to compete at the beijing winter olympics . this by testing positive for covert. we ask if the rules are for some countries, but not for others. and at least 6 children are killed in northwest korea. those american commanders claim to have taken on the leader of islamic states the same time and place with

bringing you the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well. this is the weekly an rti walker. germany's media regulator this week bound r t 's sister channel r t d. across all platforms, in retaliation, rushes shut down. the moscow bureau of german broadcaster deutsch avella, with the foreign ministry. also warning of further measures, ortiz don quarter, can take it from there. 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 is 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 and 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 every one complicit in this enormous censorship campaign against r t. russia is drawing up a list of representatives of states and public structures in germany involved in the streets in the broadcast of all c, d and putting pressure on the russian media outlets will 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 and 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 our te, holding a legal european broadcast license. r t d 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. or you can still appeal the decision, but how much good will that do at this point? almost immediately after r t d e 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. e 's success, which i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics they using. so r t d cons operate, they're 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 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 over, reacted, but r t d was entirely banned from broadcasting in germany. and that is no small step in the wrong direction. well, among the people we got to react to the story was film director morton traffic. he told us that bon and r t d is aimed at silencing those who challenge mainstream norris's 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 that 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. i would suspect he, let's talk sports australia registered its 1st ever olympic curling event when this weekend stop is despite a team member testing positive for cobra out, the beijing winter games leading to claims of double standards for some athletes. alexi chef ski reports from the host for the 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 tactfully 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 heart warming gesture from the health authorities to allow athletes with low

symptoms. of course, 19 to participate in the games had its not being for multiple heartbreaking stories involving many athletes from across the planet who had been preparing for the games before. 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 has been kept in on top of that, there are many cases involving colleagues of mine, journalists who have also tested positive. i'm 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 moderate self isolation. just to remind you that all of us here are living in a bubble. we are be allowed to be inside the hotels and at olympic. venues 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? well, at least it's not all that sour for many athletes winning golds and fill those already . that is the case of alexandra bush and off of the russian olympic committee team who managed to win gold in the sky race. and that is the 1st gold for the r o c team here in beijing. of course i'm keeping you updated with everything happening here in the chinese capital lecture shift the rti reporting from beijing and china . while talking of contests, a veteran reporter clashed with a us state department spokesperson this week. as officials failed to back up their claim that russia smiling a full flag operation to justify

a war with ukraine. what is the evidence that you have that suggest 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 us to, to, to believe it. without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true. other than what i asked, 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're competent in that information. if you doubt, if you doubt the credibility of the 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. yeah, it was quite the to and fro moscow by the way. say it's not surprised by yet another string of accusations saying it's reminiscent of 2003 when the u. s. made false claims of iraqi weapons of mass destruction. meanwhile,

the full text of the confidential us nato response to russia. security concern as being leaked, the document was published by spanish daily al pies on later confirmed as authentic by washington. my colleagues neil harvey ansolaski at taylor discussed its contents . over the past few weeks, we've seen the highest diplomatic levels, riley's of accusations of verbal sparring, and that's just what's been happening and public's. we can only imagine what's going on behind closed doors, but now a fresh document leak has offered us a glimpse into what is indeed happening behind those doors. and it's really showed that moscow in 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 open hasn't managed to get it hands on the nato and us response to russia. security proposals now will remember those proposals they were

sent back in december. they since triggered a flurry of diplomatic talks and calls, and essentially they requested legal guarantees, restricting for the 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 us 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 vladimir putin 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 postage, just because when you much listen carefully to what i say in ukraine's own doc, try no documents, it is written that they plan to return crimea, including by military means that is not what they say publicly. imagine for yourself that ukraine and nate members will begin military operations in crimea. what do we do? go to war with the nato block? has anyone thought about that? so the situation is it seems to me both sides refused to budge and let him have pigeon set it there in a slightly different context. but what do we do? what's versus reaction? been to this moscow has already sent follow up questions to this document. so clearly that there is a desire for continued a dialogue, but most dispositional 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 a country's 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, even though you know shows abortion is ignoring our concerns, the u. s. and need to refer to the rights of 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 the washing liters, asking why must restart, provide our security that someone else can feel safe. not 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 hear you, but we don't care enough to do anything. and this is, in fact case closed. 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 fun demand 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. it's still ahead this our london police chief feels the heat softer reports reveal is disturbing. private message is between officers. joking about rape and murder, the whole story coming your way. sure. the

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so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy plantation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk a 16 minutes past midnight here in moscow. welcome back to the program. now thousands of people rallied right someday in the dutch city of rotter, dumb and against colbert vaccine. regulations, the march was led by a group called fire fighters for freedom, who accused the government of violating basic freedoms on threatening democracy flourish were settled on the streets with an estimated 15000 people. taking part,

no police officers inside. you may have thought it. because the cities right police were on strike, also to deflect seen rules. the netherlands has lifted many of its restrictions after months of harsh locked on. the covert immunity passes are required to inter pubs restaurants and cultural events. moving from the netherlands to the u. k. a big story this week in britain, a police watchdog has revealed the disturbing internal culture of miss saadenee and attitudes on sexual violence or warning. you may find some of the following content offensive. the reports includes private messages between officers of the metropolitan police force which served greater london in one and officer said he'd like to rape. a female colleague. another jokes about getting a woman into bed using a knife. are you k correspondent, shabby? edwards? dusty can tell us more. all careful incidents of hey crime involving racist, sexist and homophobic 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 force one 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, they cannot be proud of her record when this is the norm. charing cross neck, yet her 6 to your salary pot 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 mac, 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 a deeply sorry to london isn't every one they have failed with their reporting conduct to 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 are not isolated or simply the behavior of a few bad apples. the highly dumbing report is just the latest scandal under police commissioner crescent dix watch. institutional feelings were placed under intense scrutiny by the right and murder of sarah evarado by a serving metropolitan police officer known to colleagues as the rapist 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 on that boss to all is a toxic, dangerous culture that yet again, leadership turns a blind eye to any cost when we actually started or an issue. and demit your song before stopped all work on that one, investigation, actually mushrooms and to 9 separate investigations. and what we uncovered were cds. so the thing that was happening here was that they thought it doesn't just have a devastate public. it also has a devasted. ready on the internal culture within the b service, because these officers that were involved with the women,

they were officers who come from different cultures and back please service as the promot culture, which supports officers no matter where they come from and they won't enjoy their trust and confidence and enjoy the actual how can they to when, and rebuild the trust and confidence of the communities that these very offices come from? the kind of history to bring you unicef, say 6 children were killed out the time the u. s. conducted a special operation in northwest syria, president biden healed thursdays mission a success. the carrying of islamic states chief had been 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 at my in the northwest of syria due to heavy violence. meanwhile, the pentagon say's 2 children and a woman were killed during the raid when the eyes leader blew himself up. r u. s. department of defense spokes person claims there are quote, strong, strong indications. american forces cause no civilian that we spoke with julia tumor from the u. n's children's agency about the cost of ongoing violence in syria . when we have seen an escalation and violence in that area, 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, let's 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 fight and all parties to the conflict in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future. also, i want to show you this video has emerged of what's said to be the helicopter that us commandos were forced to blow during the rate. here you can see what's left of the vehicle. american officials deny that it crushed or was shut down and say, the crew is safe fighting, not it was a mechanical failure that led to the helicopter being detonated. we spoke to local to save a witness the rate soon as i left them there, there were helicopters flying at low altitude, about 4 or 5 aircraft. then we saw soldiers landing the soldiers target is 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 for about an hour. the

helicopter carried out 4 or 5 machine gun attacks on the house of. okay, bummer! 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, the 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 our neighbors. we said we didn't know anything. they asked us to move to the neighboring house and started rating us all . while the operation in syria is believed to be the worst case of collateral damage, since the u. s. drones strike on capital in august, which killed 10 civilians, including an entire family and not one terrorist author. nicholas did these things such tragedies, or just the tip of the iceberg. united states as being a war and all these countries in the middle east, in the greater middle east for 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 enough to just 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 correct. you must know a lot of discussion about this next story during the week. a passenger on american courier spirit or lines was told to remove his face math because it had the anti joe biden. let's go brandon slogan on that video of the instance spread fast on social media, rocking up more than half a 1000000 views on tick tock alone in a number of days. not america anymore. the

america anymore. the company here. if i had a b, l, a mass gone, what did it been? okay. what does that mean? like lives out or? no. what does that 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 of fiji mazzocco? i just, i can't wear a massive says, let's go brandon. like this. anybody i don't understand fully incident happened on the flight from cleveland to tampa and florida. one of the crew said it was all acceptable for the passenger. other redone get to display what he claimed was a political statement, fighting or line policy. and we spoke to adam himself, who said the incident is but the flight attendants, personal views, not the airlines rules. in the public, you're an airline, it's a company that they can enforce, you know,

policies and things and things like that. but i still, they get balls under freedom of speech because it was, you know, it was basically violated. it wasn't spirit, it wasn't spirit policy 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 and it's, it's not, it's all a personal thing. it's not, you know, she might have thought, you know, but is it something else was offensive if i but if i would, i had, you know, i didn't 2024 or 5 math 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 where it just some background into this, the slogan, let's go brandon. has become a rallying cry for people criticizing president biden on the policy. it started

with no car driver. brandon braun was being interviewed a few months ago after winning a race. the crowd begun shunting unexplained of aimed ops biden. but the n b c reporter allegedly thought they were saying something else. let's go brandon passenger, either me or don again say selective. censorship is killing freedom of expression in society. we, we do have free speech. it says, i think it's, you know, being taken away from us by, you know, one sided censorship. i mean the cfo media. ready all the time that if you know, lot of, you know, jump supporters will post things 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,

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