lou lou is there a conspiracy theory about twitter that didn't turn out to be true? so far they bolted out to be true. you must marks twitter star has revealing how federal agents pushed it as censor negative information about ukraine labeling it. russian disinformation. china calls out the u. s. as a direct threat to international order saying washington is behind regional turmoil in many countries. and burkina faso expels it's un coordinator declaring her persona non grata, accusing the official of painting a negative picture of the countries security situation.

ah, hello and good morning for martine or national studios in moscow for wherever you may be watching. welcome to this hour's top stories from around the world. i'm fuel isabelle, twitter, seo, ellen musk has mocked the social media platforms, previous policy of censorship and its ties to the f. b. i as dubious claims, have become a shocking reality. almost every conspiracy theory that people had about twitter turned out to be true. if it's so think if is there a conspiracy theory about twitter that didn't turn out to be true? i you so far they bolted out to be true. and if not, maybe more true than people thought. the latest exposure of twitters, a. legit shady behavior shows us intelligence agencies aggressively push twitter to sensor anti ukrainian narratives, dismissing them as

a part of our so called russian propaganda campaign. here's our t, the marina. closer ever. with a closer look at the leaks, the west has long been accusing. a rush of lead in an elaborate coordinated effort, a line with its bots and shawl farms viewing kremlin propaganda or, and c, ukrainian views twisting facts and spreading misinformation. the social media platform is trying to focus on the false rumors that are spread during times of crisis. this can be, for example, armed conflicts like russia's invasion of ukraine kremlin is actively deploying misinformation and this information, i guess we already knew something like this was coming. we knew that they were out there spreading all this side, dishonest information it. and once the russians infiltrated the online community, they would slip in other messages. manipulative was 13 russians who allegedly tried to influence the 2016 presidential election using social media.

ah. but when push comes to shove, the evidence is nowhere to be found. foreign meddling had been the ostensible justification for expanded moderation. since platforms like twitter were dragged to the hill by the senate in 2017, the hash tag twitter files show exec sir under constant pressure to validate theories of foreign influence. and unable to find evidence for key assertions. and if you can't try and try again or does bad every one with an alternative points of view, which is exactly what they did using foreign meddling as an excuse. so accounts which post that valid concerns about neo nazis in ukraine or reports of human rights abuses committed by the ukrainian army were simply dismissed as russian propaganda. these people might exist,

but if her awesome person is talking about it, it must be deleted as it doesn't fit the narrative. instead of looking in to the validity of the claims, the f, b, i instructed twitter to get rid of such post twitter executives who are apparently under pressure to validate government claims of a russian meddling campaign, but often came out empty handed for my checks. i could not find any indicators to suggest that the account is russian. however, going by the contents of narrative coming out from the account. it's definitely pro russia. i can brainstorm and see if we can dig deeper and try to find a stronger connection. due to lack of technical evidence, now the rent, i've generally left to be waiting for more evidence. i think that our window that is closing, given that government potters are becoming more aggressive on a tradition the f. b. i allegedly pay twitter more than $3400000.00 in taxpayer funds since october 2019 in return. they had switzer employees. i analyze in

domestic users. i. p data and phone numbers checking for any foreign connections, even to see whether a name was russian sounding. there was even a foreign influence task force was held regular meetings, attended by twitter, f, b i personnel, and virtually every major tech firm like facebook and microsoft. o g, a or other governments organization can be a euphemism for the cia. and that's according to multiple former intelligence officials and contractors. and what was being discussed in those meetings, water, restricted to just international affairs. they kill 2 birds with one stone, and that one burring the hunter by the laptop story and the presence of neo nazis in ukraine. so all this time that washington has been accused in russia or using social media to shake public opinion. and it turns out that they were pulling the

strings of one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. journalists, martin jay said some social media platforms are being used as a tool for western information warfare. you know, i think there is a very strong push from western leads to manipulate social media platforms because we don't forget that one of the war is going on on the ground. and ukraine was the greatest victims. in my view, the humble ukrainian people, there's a big, a war going on outside of ukraine, which i think is possibly even bigger and more significant, which is an information in an americans wherever they go around the world. get involved in local political scraps. they always fun of this doctrine of horizon issues dumbing down every think. and then following up with the disinformation campaign, i think it was more we look at the social media platforms, we see that they seem to correspond more with that ideology with those those

morales. if that's the right word, then objects i should say it and then anything else. so it's out there. you know, it's very, very hard to take western social media platforms as soon as you, when there is this real lucid objective to root house. anyone who doesn't really agree, who actually threatens to even start a debate on how we interpret the news every day from cnn and mbc and bbc, etc. you can get more details on all the twitter files. revelations, including the hunter, abide and laptops, candle, security agencies, censoring of social media, as well as the outrageous russian election meddling claims on our website at r t dot com. white twitters, c o, u r must calling himself a free speech. absolute as his platform has been feeling the heat of an inconsistent banning policies as washington based palestinian journalists has been banned from the social media platform for reporting on the israeli armies. actions

the social network has previously been several palestinian news outlets without specifying any reasons. the last week posted on the reporter's account before the band was a photo of 2 israeli security officials during an attempted arrest of an armed palestinian who later died. sight are caught himself, spoke to us about his case, say his reporting on the policy and the conflict was the main reason behind his suspension. i think it's related to the palestinian israeli conflict. and i definitely, you know, i wouldn't say i'm a loud voice, but i'm a voice that speaks of what is going on to the house 10 years, almost on daily basis and the press pretty thing. and i think that may be a cause for annoyance or cause for you know, discontent no, by those who are constantly advocating. praise i do believe that there is sent, you know, maybe at some point to pianist, maybe from israel,

maybe from these re the think tanks and is read maybe the pro rated lobby and then i'd state. i never heard back from them. i know there was a few journalists, liberal journalists, and because there was suspended because they did things about musk and the issue was raised in the state department on the 16th of december. and, you know, i, i said i was banned as well. i was suspended as well, and lo and behold the following day, all the others were reinstated, but not the so i continued to be suspended. i believe that is directly related to the past. in the issue, there is no other reason, you know, we've reached out to twitter for more details and will update you on their response . the u. s. as

a destabilizing force in the world creating disruption in other countries for its own gain. that's according to the chinese ministry of defense facts. having repeatedly proven that the united states is a direct threat to the international audit and the driving force behind regional turmoil. the united states stop only pursues its own interests 1st, and the wilfully wages worse and creates conflicts with other countries for its own self interest, causing the large number of innocent civilian casualties and displacement. the resolution of the taiwan issue is the chinese people's business and china's eternal affair, which does not allow any external interference and the u. s. has no right to make a responsible remarks. the strong statement came after the u. s. authorized up to $10000000000.00 over the next 5 years to modernize taiwan security capabilities. the islands defense ministry says the decision shows. washington is committed to

defending its ally. u. s. arm sales to taiwan have continued to grow. despite the issue straining beijing's relations with washington, nelson, wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies, says the u. s. use as taiwan as a tool and it's multi level strategy with china. where i think it's quite apparent that her the taiwan strait or is not at peace or the moment. and the main reason we all know that it's because the u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card. so hard her as to, to irritate china or butter. on the other hand, their government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they do not seek or taiwan independence. they won't assist, tie one independence, but what they do and what they say they don't actually match. so of course,

the chinese government is quite unhappy about this, and we've already been seeing a spokesperson from china's defense ministry making of our position very firm or so. let's see, let's see. but i hope that during the meeting of us, sir, secretary of state blinkin, when he visits china, matters like this will be discussed. the importance of us china relations has seen a decrease over the past year in eyes of the chinese people, which is now less than 37 percent according to a global time survey published yesterday. in contrast, relations with russia are viewed as the most crucial for chinese diplomacy. china thought diplomat also took the time to praise the relationship between beijing and moscow. did his aperture among but a cap put in the china,

russia relationship which is based on non alliance, non confrontation, and non targeting of any 3rd party remains. rock solid. such relationship is free from interference or any attempt to so discord between the 2 countries in is immune from change in the international environment. to hustle. nelson wong again told us the strength of russian chinese relations lies in their common vision for the world order. where i think the year the target audience is, of course not only the 2 countries, people of russia and china, but also to the rest of the world that actually shows china's resolve to seek for a better understanding. with the rest of the world was this announcement that china believes in peace. china believes that the relation with russia

really reflects the core interest, respecting of the core interest of the respective countries. so this is something that i think are of friends in other parts of the world need to understand that when it comes to relations between china and russia or our 2 countries do have a lot in common, not only in economic or you know, dependence interdependencies. but also are about our view towards the future of a multi polar world. ah, now to west africa, we're burkina faso government has expelled a top un official for quote, discrediting the country. a local reporter has the details. rick country representative will be you in, in the book in fossil is no longer will come in the country. the government over

prohibition decided to expel by barrel, mainly because they believe she's going to tell us group. and she's painting booking fossil with dark color government. goodman's, that the you and book it will, killer, has decided to classify what i do as a long company, please, will be you and stuff enough, easy enough, believe some will cannot be called about the impact of this decision. somehow, what this is for me, it's the right decision, even if it's not necessarily welcome because given the way the you and representative behave should be replaced, i read the articles, antonio, good terrorist uses in defense of her with i don't think the us should have priority in such issues, but kena fastow is sovereign and has a right to make some decisions. or i would say that the kena fastow is mature. we now really know where we stand and where are we going? currently we need partners and not people who come to the take the law to give us

their opinion. the volcano decided friday to expel, but is it under preventative of the un? what to do? saturday, the un general secretary replied governor will kenna think that it's not possible for the government to think that in the long grub. in other words, about men cannot be expelled by the government of looking at possible. the doctrine of persona, non grata, does not apply to united nations officials. only the secretary general has the authority to decide after careful investigation with respect to the withdrawal of any united nations official for a late gallo political analysts and civil society leader. the fact that she's that kit was to be in touch, we've groups is not a good reason to complain. just a couple of people since i've heard that senior un official barbara mens he was in touch with some terrorists. but i don't think it's accurate. humanitarian workers

have to communicate in many countries grips with conflicts as they're there to provide relief. and therefore sometimes they encounter armed groups in order for them to access people in need. so if it's not explained, well, it can give the impression that there's complicity. personally, i think it's unbelievable that a senior united nations officials would team up with arms militants. it has also been said that she regularly goes to this. it's a disaster area, an area with strong humanitarian needs. so it's normal that the united nations who are involved in humanitarian issues will be there. the arguments are not valid. burkina faso is weak at the moment to launch a show down with the united nations. were too fragile. were one of the most fragile countries. this is ridiculous, at the same time, among the 3 countries, molly niger and burkina, we have 10 times more displaced people than niger and molly, the great grandson of cameron's do walla community king executed by the german

colonial administration in their cameron campaign a century ago. has spoken to r t about the impact of european colonialism on his family as well as the african continent. the cameroon campaign took place during the 1st world war when british, french and belgian forces invaded the german colony. in 1914, most of the campaign took place in cameroon, but skirmishes also broke out in british nigeria, when germany was defeated. britain and france agreed to divide cameroon, despite the conflict lasting just 2 years and taking place a century ago. descendants of the king of the do all the people say the consequences effect. modern cameroon to this day. good sir, was it really? there are 3 things that are very important for me. the 1st one is that, as i often say, our family suffered a lot after our great grandfather died. and we kept from that period what we call

the syndrome. because our family suffered from direct consequences, but not only our family. there were direct consequences for the whole world sauer for the entire katya's community. i think in the sense that it was a moment when the 1st elements of our decadence, he appeared before the period of to all a manga. and in the intermediate period, the dollar, the sour in general, but especially the dollar. they occupied the entire region and living great prosperity, the prosperity and expansion were extraordinary. at a commercial level, at exchange level. and since this particular situation, the history with germany and the tragic end of rudolph dwell among a bell, there is a decline. the whole sour world suffers the consequences of this historical situation . and one of the consequences today is the poverty of our community. the poverty means that to day, even in cameroon, our community does not occupy its place in the sense that to participate with its

status in the evolution of our country. i want to say that the history of the hanging of drywall among for us is something extremely painful. we do not express a direct hatred towards the germans, but we have a desire to simply rebuild our community. it is, 1st of all, africa has a lot of resources except that very often these resources are no export directly at national level, but by international companies, powerful countries are shifting their interest towards africa. why? because it is how to say a lot of interest, not only at the population level, africa is a densely populated continent, it means that it is a market for consumption. besides, the africans are improving in quality, and consumption takes road to v big dimensions. it is something that corresponds to the interest of the northern powers, as they are called, because they are interested of course, not only to have a relationship with africa in the present time, but also in the future. well,

despite criticism from e, u and u. s. officials, russian president vladimir putin said moscow has never shied away from peace thoughts with ukraine, adding they have been prevented by its western counterparts. chic dusty mealer asked um we have always sought to resolve all arising disputes via peaceful negotiations. but unfortunately, the other side functions differently, it began carrying out harsh military measures and we were forced to defend the people living in these territories. i believe that we are acting in a justified manner and we are provided no other choice even so we are ready to negotiate acceptable solutions with the inclusion of all participants in the process. tedious. turkey as president and the hungarian prime minister have expressed similar views. the latter has said he believes that if the u. s. wanted to and the ukrainian conflict, it would do so nearly cupidity. unfortunately,

the west has only made provocations and failed to make efforts to be a mediator in the ukraine. russia war. ukraine can only fight as long as the united states supports it with money and weapons. if the americans want peace, there will be peace. however, former italian prime minister mario druggie recently claimed it was the kremlin which is unwilling to de escalate. while nato's chief accused moscow of trying to take advantage of any proposed cease fires, recent weeks have seen a number of top western officials attempt to persuade care that now is not the right time for negotiations with russia. it's our job to continue to sustain our military support to ukraine, so they are in the best possible position on the battlefield. so that if and when diplomacy is ripe, they will be in the best possible position at the negotiating table. that moment is not right now. we have no illusions that to

a 2 piece negotiation that would be possible in the immediate future. we must be clear that any unilateral coal for a ceasefire by russia is completely meaningless in the current context. i think it would be a false call. it would be used by russia to regroup, to reinforce their troops. meanwhile, the chinese foreign minister has defended his country's position of neutrality in the ukrainian conflict, saying beijing aims to deepen ties with russia in the coming year. it comes as moscow continues to strengthen cooperation with multiple countries in asia, africa, and the middle east rushes foreign minister survey laughter of said the world is now moving toward multiple parity with the majority of states, not sharing the west is anti russian stance. banassi just blown the ranks. we have plants within the framework of the eurasian economic union, the shall high corporation organization and also breaks. certainly the overwhelming

majority of the world's countries done of mimic their aggression, illegal sanctions, blackmail and threats to. so the dominance that the united states and it's western allies during the international rena, nobody likes it. menu one such example of the western aggression laughed rob pointed out, is the constant threat to russian finances. russia has reportedly begun removing its gold from european banks in response to sanctions. artie brings the details of moscow's plans to build a self sufficient gold reserve, instead of relying on the u. s. dollar. after western sanctions froze, nearly half of russia's golden foreign exchange reserves. moscow was doubling down on its efforts to counter the increased economic uncertainty with the russian finance ministry now suggesting to replace foreign cash reserves with gold bars. the initiative has found a vocal support among lawmakers. you wouldn't,

under the current circumstances, people do not have many financial instruments to protect their savings. therefore, this measure is aimed at allowing citizens to protect their savings and at d dollar ice in the economy. especially since now there are various risks when trying to make exchanges for other bank notes that will be impossible to use in russia. gold bars are safer than traditional currencies of so called unfriendly states. the 1st steps on the way to achieve greater independence were made back in march. when new legislation scrapped a 20 percent value added tax on purchasing gold for individuals and allowed buying gold bars with foreign currency, the movies sparked a sevenfold rise and demand for gold on the domestic market with 30 tons being sold so far. this year. the finance ministry expects those numbers to continue to rise and people have started buying more gold bars. these are not necessarily bank standard 12 kilogram bars. they can be much smaller. i talked to manufacturers as

well as the minting company. ghosts knock, they say there are no problems and there is no shortage of gold. it should be borne in mind that russia is one of the leaders and gold production. this is our competitive advantage. we have to use this, especially it's such a difficult time. as toys cynic, atari corruption, scandal which has engulfed the whole of the european union now has a moroccan spy at the center of the investigation. mohammed beller racks. the alleged moroccan secret agent is suspected of corruption targeting european emi peas and recent years. and it turns out he's been on the european intelligence services radar for some time. according to media reports, he is one of the links connecting former european parliament member pier antonio, pon, sorry to the moroccan secret service. pon, sorry, the former president of the n g o f i impunity, which is found to be

a link between many suspects now faces charges for money laundering and corruption . the former you parliament vice president, ever kylie was also arrested in face of them were accusations, other e, you politicians, involved with fight impunity. we're also investigated by police including major union chief look of this and teenie, who was subsequently arrested and socialist m e p. mark terah, bella, whose home was rated. here's how one of the board members described the situation she found herself in i feel extremely used. pans airy has used our names, our reputations. it's just such a betrayal. if this is now a big laundromat, which it seems to be, then it's so cynical because our vital human rights work is something that is so badly needed in the time where we are in total belt. and police have rated 20 locations in brussels, connected to the corruption investigation authorities seized phones and computers, as well as 1500000 euros in cash. the moroccan intelligence service has yet to

comment on allegations of its involvement guitar has denied all the accusations labeling them baseless in gravely misinformed political and financial analyst. angel juliano says the corruption investigation is evidence of a much larger problem. this is yes, but i guess we need to remember this important case, which is we bigger is the corruption scandal between your vondell lie and the seal fighter. we are talking about the a scandal of 35000000000. you low of transactions for the purchase of copays vaccines. corruption is something very widespread in the you. the only thing what is actually very allow me here is that it was not sophisticated the, this, this corruption was made with cash 1500000 euro in cash. she was very amateur, usually the way they do corruption. in d, u is by creating an account and i think maybe they felt untouchable. this is in the

context of the labeling as being in this case it's just keep goals of the collective west. we haven't cut our gates, we need to ask ourselves. the question is because of composition is taking more neutral positions between the collective west and these new multiple what that is a legitimate question because the power was always in the good hotness of the us . so he's the 1st on that actually going to cut heavily. this may be because you started not to listen to the collective west. at least 34 people across the us have reportedly lost their lives due to a fierce snow storm tearing through parts of the country since last week. the vast territory gripped by the storm is nearly unprecedented,

extending from the great lakes near canada to the texas border with mexico across the country. the storm knocked out power to as many as $1500000.00 people with hundreds of thousands more warning that they could be left without electricity. buffalo is the most affected city, were more than one meter of snow fell on sunday, with blizzards, making roads unusable and power stations being frozen. the new york governor described it as a crisis of epic proportion. this is a war with mother nature and she has been hitting house with everything she has, and this will go down in history as the most devastating storm and holiday travellers have also had their christmas plans. ruined as thousands of domestic and international flights have been cancelled due to weather conditions. huge cues were seen in airports with people lying on the floor waiting for flights to resume. we heard from some of the stranded passengers.