politics who is simultaneously on the payroll of the kremlin. what? at the same time he works for trump's favorite one america news team, he is being paid by the russian government to produce government funded pro putin propaganda for a russian government funded propaganda outfit called sputnik that had a key in the intervention in the 2016 election to help trump according to the assessment of that attack. they are formally registered as an agent of a foreign power. there is a lot of news today, but among the jiblets that were dropped off to eat off the floor today is the actual news that this super right wing news outlet the president endorsed as a preferable alternative to fox news, but they are insufficiently pro trump and he like this is other outlet better. they share staff with the kremlin. what? it's an easy thing to throw out like an epitaph. that looks like russian propaganda. the most right wing news outlet in america literally is paid russian propaganda. the politics reporter is paid by the russian government to produce propaganda for that

with a kremlin representative who had a detailed understanding of the project, is that right? >> if it's in the report, that is accurate, that piece of report. >> you had candidate trump at the time saying he had no business dealings with russia. his lawyer, who was lying about it, and then the kremlin, who during that time was talking to president trump's lawyer about the deal, is that right? >> i can't adopt your characterization. >> not only was cohen lying on trump's behalf, but so was the kremlin. on august 30, 2017, two days after cohen submitted a false statement claiming that he never received a response to his e-mail to the kremlin, vladamir putin's press secretary told reporters that the kremlin left the e-mail unanswered. that statement by putin's press secretary was false, wasn't it? >> i can't speak to that. >> although it was widely reported in the press. >> again, i can't speak to that, particularly if it was dependent upon media sources. >> but it was consistent with the lie that cohen had made to the committee, is that right? >> i'm not certain i could go that

, vladimir putin's press secretary told reporters the kremlin left the email unanswered. that statement by putin's press secretary was false, wasn't it? >> i can't speak to that. >> although it was widely reported in the press in. >> i can't speak to that, if it was dependent upon media sources. >> it was consistent with the lie that cohen had made to the committee, is that right? >> i'm not certain i could go that far. >> so cohen, president trump and the kremlin were all telling the same lie? >> i defer to you on that, i can't get into the details. >> special counsel mueller, i want to ask you something that's very important to the nation? did your investigation evaluate whether president trump could be vulnerable to blackmail by the russians because the kremlin knew that trump and his associates lied about connections to russia related to the trump tower deal? >> i can't speak to that. >> i yield back, chairman. >> mr. hurt. >> thank, you mr. chairman. director mueller, you've been asked many times this afternoon about collusion, obstruction of the justice, and impeach

you got shit that is not so who is what makes him such a for medical photo the kremlin well back in the 2011 the man challenging lattimer putin's rule at a wave of protests against the president and his party have on the ass spent numerous periods in jail for allegedly disturbing public order and leading unsanctioned protests. after taking to the streets demanding free local elections and an open democracy protesters in moscow now face the threat of prison sentences the same goes for their leader alexei navalny he had been arrested before the protests even began and is now charged as he has been many times before with organizing an illegal protest by the biggest i had gone out for a jog and to buy my wife flowers for her birthday happy birthday by the entrance there was a small bus of russian special forces in there arrested me now i look like an idiot in shorts in the police station but that's how it is sorry your children you. for years russia's government has known the impact could have as a fierce outspoken critic of the kremlin. novelli refers to himself as a nationalist democrat i

launched a new strategy to help european countries counter the so-called malign influence of the kremlin moscow has been branded moscow has branded it anti russian propaganda scene a correspondent what i guess if takes us through the plan usaid has unveiled a new plan a strategy officially aimed at boosting the resilience of the nation's unofficial leader appears to mean giving lots and lots of money to anyone that who clearly and demonstrably doesn't like russia politicians businessmen media i mean it's in the name countering my law in kremlin influence. these efforts will include creating tools for reform minded leaders and civil society voices to tackle corrupt government practices that kremlin agents often selectively exploit for moscow strategic benefit 1st off the us apparently wants to cut out russia's voice i mean the aims aren't exactly veg what could they mean preventing russia others from meddling in elections ok preventing russia from lobbying for its interests negotiating not ok it works both ways i mean we know what some of the reform minded leaders and civil society voices

right country malign kremlin influence the u.s. agency for international development has called a new strategy to help european countries avoid quote outside meddling and reduce their dependence on russian energy moscow's brunner the russian propaganda our correspondent of take us through what we know of the. usaid has unveiled a new plan a strategy officially aimed at boosting the resilience of pardon nations an officially it appears to mean giving lots and lots of money to anyone that vocally and demonstrably doesn't like russia politicians businessmen media i mean it's in the name countering my line kremlin influence plan. these efforts will include creating tools for reform minded leaders and civil society voices to tackle corrupt government practices that kremlin agents often selectively exploit for moscow strategic benefit 1st off the us apparently wants to cut out russia's voice i mean the aims aren't exactly veg what could they mean preventing russia others from meddling in elections ok preventing russia from lobbying for i

launches a new strategy to counter what it calls the kremlin's malign influence to draw a sharp response from moscow. and to russian propaganda. for europe for a. 7 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a bitter custody battle between his divorced parents. should be identified as we hear from the father. i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this to a son. live from moscow you're watching international. tonight thanks for tuning in. president trump has said he will no longer work with the british ambassador to the united states kim could now become the 1st u.k. envoy to be expelled from washington you know over a century. in which she described as inept and dysfunctional. as the story. washington will be cutting its ties with british ambassador kim derek now this comes on the heels of a damning assessment of the trumpet ministration in leaked diplomatic cables which have just recently been made public here's what donald trump had to say in re

has a new strategy to conjure what i'd call to kremlin influence drawing a sharp response from moscow which is. russian propaganda also ahead. now. a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a bitter custody battle between his divorced parents who counts agree on which gender their child should be identified we hear from them all but. i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this. 247 news live from moscow welcome to r.t. international 7 pm here in moscow 30 minutes of global update starts. the u.k. foreign office has ordered an inquiry into the leak of diplomatic cables penned by britain's ambassador to washington in a series of bombshell remarks president donald trump's why tell us is the scribe in a dysfunctional among many other unflattering comments made by the diplomats are partridges across. this is the story of a foreign office inquiry into a series of leaks memos that came from the u.k.'s ambassador to the us so kim darrick well so ki

launches a new strategy to counter so called malign kremlin influence provoking harsh reaction from moscow and the russian propaganda tell you all about it plus. your boy. alex a 6 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a custody battle between his divorced mother of father who can't agree which gender the child should be identified. i consider this to be child abuse and the sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this. for an embarrassing leak of diplomatic cables describing double times of illustration is inept clumsy and dysfunctional. by the late monday morning here in moscow just 10 11 am kevin no immediate world news update thanks for your time countering the line kremlin influence that's how the u.s. agency for international development has called a new strategy to help european countries avoid outside meddling and reduce the dependence on russian energy moscow's branded anti russian propaganda our senior correspondent takes us through the plan. usaid has unveiled a new plan a stra

launches a new strategy to counter so-called malign kremlin influence provoking a harsh reaction from moscow which grounded it and the russian propaganda. forms around to be careful as to run scales but this 2050 nuclear deal commitments increasing its uranium enrichment. and the government all this investigation of an embarrassing leak of diplomatic cables describing donald trump's administration as an act clumsy and dysfunctional. a.t.m. bosc over a good morning start of a brand new week of course i'm kevin only thanks to all of us for this half hour news update them from our to international 1st countering malign kremlin influence no less that's how the u.s. agency for international development has called a new strategy to help european countries avoid outside meddling and reduce their dependence on russian energy moscow's branded anti russian propaganda for a start our senior correspondent of take sister the plan. usaid has unveiled a new plan a strategy officially aimed at boosting the resilience of the nation's unofficial e it appears to mean giving lots and lots of money to any

lies about a gleaming tower in moscow and lies about talks with the kremlin. lies about the firing of james comey and lies about efforts to fire you, and lies to cover it up. lies about secret negotiations with the russians over sanctions and lies about wikileaks. lies about polling data and lies about hush money payments. lies about meetings in the se shells and about a secret meeting in trump tower. lies to the fbi. lies to your staff, and lies to this committee. lies to obstruct an investigation into the most serious attack on our democracy by a foreign power in our history. that is where your report ends, direct mueller. with a scheme to cover up obstruct and deceive every bit as system attic as the russian campaign itself but far more pernicious since this rot came from within. even now after 448 pages and two volumes, the deception continues. the president and his accolades say your report found no collusion, though your report explicitly declined to address that since it can involve criminal and noncriminal conduct. your report laid out offmultipl offer

with a kremlin representative who had a detailed understanding of the project. is that right? >> if it's in the report, that is accurate. recitation of that piece of the report. >> so, you have the candidate trump at the time saying he had no business dealings with russia, his lawyer who was lying about it, and then the kremlin who during that time was talking to president trump's lawyer about the deal, is that right? >> i can't adopt a characterization. >> not only was cohen lying on trump's behalf, but so was the kremlin. on august 30th, 2017, two days after cohen submitted his false statement to this committee claiming he never received a response to his email to the kremlin, vladimir putin's press secretary told reporters that the kremlin left the email unanswered. that statement by putin's press secretary was false, wasn't it? >> i can't speak to that. >> although it was widely reported in the press. >> again, i can't speak to that particularly if it was dependent upon media sources. >> but it was consistent with the lie that cohen had made to the committee

that the kremlin tells it to. this yes it's sending a very putin was sending a very powerful message to believe that the you should put the present georgian government should put their busy house in order that they should clamp down on the . demonstrators and on the opposition impose order and then the there will be no sanctions then the ban on travel on these direct their travel between russia and georgia will be lifted and there are things going to be ok it's clear that moscow is very been upset for some years increasingly with the georgian policy of the georgian government of the georgian party of the georgian dream the kind of balance between the west and moscow to increase economic relations with dorothea with russia at the same time with the european union and having a military exercises with american troops this year landing in charge and having exercises with heavy equipment and moscow doesn't didn't like it i mean this what's happening right now. preferred story of russia wants to see georgia solidly insi

department's unsubstantiated claims that a russian died for election meddling was bankrolled by the kremlin saying they could sway a jury. british ambassador to the united states resigns over the leaked cable scandal in which his private e-mails exposed a far from glowing review of donald trump and his administration and. a free media protects society from the abuse of power. helps release the full potential of a nation the global conference for media freedom is on the way london. and the russian news agency sputnik barred from entering. a welcome to world news from r.t. international us a federal judge has told washington it must stop alleging that a russian firm accused of election meddling was funded by the kremlin or face a range of potential sanctions the court found that such unsubstantiated claims against the internet research agency which were not included in the $28.00 indictment against it risk prejudicing a jury of reports. the mulu report the us investigation the media everyone accuses russia of carrying out a sweeping systematic campaign meddling campaign in the us election int

without the kremlin having to do anything for that so really. was really needing to hear continued support for the sanctions and he got that from donald so really the europeans coming up with the goods but. let's be clear that this is not a conflict that will be resolved in any other way but through diplomacy with the sanctions as the kind of extra factor that will really bring russia to the negotiating table right nick calio reporting from kiev ukraine thank you for your reporting. at cycling's that told of hans sergio leone has taken over the leaders yellow jersey after winning a stage 3 well the french one broke away from the rest of the field with 15 kilometers remaining he held off the chasing pack up a steep climb to claim the when will is the 3rd tour stage victory of his career. and the 2nd week at wimbledon and wimbledon rather is underway and the 1st of the quarter finalist have confirmed their spots in the last 8 well a world number one ashley barty however is not among them a shock result saw her knocked out by american allison risqu

moscow has slammed a new strategy by the us development agency usaid titled country malign kremlin influence the russian foreign ministry has dismissed it as a propaganda tool of ideological warfare the term countering is a clumsy attempt to conceal the aggressive offensive approach this conception is blatantly aimed at propagating risa phobia in the world especially in neighboring countries to russia on our side we have proven multiple times that we are open to establishing constructive cooperation with the us on a basis of equality of rights and the consideration of mutual interests however malicious and the russian propaganda by washington we strikes but lobel domination cancels out these efforts it's a great pity. well usaid itself says its main goal is to boost the resilience of partner countries it focuses on preventing meddling and reducing economic and energy independence on russia with washington's funding and not funding will also be given to local media to ensure their independence untrustworthiness. us and funding will build the capacity of indigenous media to provide trusted ind

navalny has been a constant thorn in the kremlin side.sident putin's personal ratings falling, this charismatic anticorruption activist has the ability to really mobilize anti-kremlin sentiment. this is not the first time critics of vladimir putin have been poisoned in this manner. last year, sergei skripal was poisoned in salisbury along with his daughter. in 2006, another poisoned in a london restaurant. this is something the putin government has used on a few occasions before. it remains to be seen how alexei navalny recovers. >> shepard: benjamin hall, thank you. a surfer who got bitten by a shark says his elbow must not have tasted too good. >> i was laying on my board waiting for a wave. a shark comes out of the water and grabs onto my arm. all the teeth clamped onto my arm. >> shepard: jacksonville beach in florida, his friends say after getting treated at the beach, he went to a nearby bar instead of the hospital. the surfer said you're more likely to get struck by lightning then killed by a shark. i'm going to buy a lottery ticke

so years russia's government has known the impact could have as a fierce outspoken critic of the kremlin. novelli refers to himself as a nationalist democrat in recent years however fighting corruption and nepotism in russia has become his priority. this video from 2016 shows several properties which allegedly belong to vladimir putin their value far exceeds the official income of the russian president the kremlin rarely reacts to these accusations but nevertheless he is repeatedly caught in the crosshairs of the russian justice department time and again his efforts to organize against the kremlin have seen him end up behind bars in total he has spent 5 months of his life in russia's prisons. and we can speak to our correspondent emily sure win in moscow now i am lee what can you tell us about alexina volleys condition. well he has as you say been discharged now doctors at the hospital where he was being treated say that his condition has improved they have diagnosed him with what they say is contact dermatitis that's essentially a kind of rash on the skin caused by contact of the skin w

belong to vladimir putin their value far exceeds the official income of the russian president the kremlin rarely react to these accusations but nevertheless he is repeatedly caught in the crosshairs of the russian justice department time and again his efforts to organize against the kremlin have seen him and up behind bars in total he has spent 5 months of his life in russia's prisons. all right let's bring in our correspondents and we sure in and now she joins us from the russian capital of moscow emily what do we know about alexina valley's condition. well a we've had contradicting accounts of. these health all day we just heard from alex and i'm these doctor who said that he had been poisoned and that he really shouldn't be sent back to detention on the other hand the doctors at the hospital where he was being treated diagnosed him with what they said was contact dermatitis which is basically a rash that you get when your skin reacts allergic lead to something that you touched they say that his condition has improved that's why that they said that's why they sent him back and when one

crimea who knows but fundamentally this is a conflict that has to be resolved with the help of the kremlin and a big part of ukraine isn't willing to give present selenski that much ground of the ok usenet connelly thank you for that. and we turn to britain now and tensions with tehran the u.k. is considering its options against iran following the seizure of a british flag the oil tanker in the strait of hormuz on friday speaking on sunday british finance minister philip hammond said the u.k. would pursue every possible diplomatic route to resolve the situation according to iranian press reports the 23 crew members of the stain in cairo have now been taken off the ship for questioning audio has emerged of a tense exchange between british and iranian navy officers recorded moments before breaking the best. obstruct. the angry stoner in. iran to mr burt. security number. 8 international. and through to the end of the senate and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. hundreds of migrants have marched in the chilean capital of santiago to protest against the country's m

who knows that but fundamentally this is a conflict that has to be resolved with the help of the kremlin and a big part of ukraine isn't willing to give the present selenski that much ground of the ok nick connelly thank you for that. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. hundreds of migrants have marched in the chilean capital of santiago to protest against the country's migration policies they want the government to normalize their status many of the margins are from venezuela which is in the midst of an unprecedented economic and political crisis. twin attacks in northwestern pakistan have killed at least 9 people and wounded dozens more gunmen opened fire on police in the city of dera ismail killing 2 a female suicide bomber then killed another 4 officers and 3 civilians outside the hospital the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks. japanese prime minister shinzo bay's ruling coalition has secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in sunday's elections but will fall short of the super majority needed to propose constitutiona

that the kremlin tells it to. this yes it's sending a very putin was sending a very powerful message to believe that the you should put the president busy georgian government should put their house in order that they should clamp down on the. demonstrators and on the opposition impose order and then the there will be no sanctions then the ban on travel on these direct their travel between russia and georgia will be lifted and there are things going to be ok it's clear that moscow is very been upset for some years increasingly with the georgian policy of the georgian government of the georgian party of the georgian dream the kind of balance between the west and moscow to increase economic relations with gerard you know with russia at the same time with the european union and having a military exercises with american troops this year landing in church and having exercises with heavy equipment and moscow doesn't didn't like it i mean this what's happening right now. preferred story of russia wants to see georgia soli

belong to vladimir putin their value far exceeds the official income of the russian president the kremlin rarely reacts to these accusations but nevertheless he is repeatedly caught in the crosshairs of the russian justice department time and again his efforts to organize against the kremlin have seen him and up behind bars in total he has spent 5 months of his life in russia's prisons. and we can speak to our correspondent emily sure win in moscow now hi amalie what can you tell us about alexei navalny is condition well he has as you say been discharged now doctors at the hospital where he was being treated say that his condition has improved they have diagnosed him with what they say is contact dermatitis that's essentially a kind of rash on the skin caused by contact of the skin with something that you're allergic to but no own doctors contradicts that account they have examined him as well and they say that they are concerned about the fact that he's been sent back to detention from the hospital before test results have actually come in they say that he had severe swelling and abscess

is this a sign, do you think of how worried the kremlin is about political rivals? it is a little hard to interpret because the kremlin is smart enough to know that those who were out today are likely enough to come out next weekend and it will increase their sense of solidarity and justice as part of the opposition. they will hope that others riding the fence politically and who are not satisfied with how things are going in the country but are not yet angry enough to join the opposition, they might think twice because it is a decision that has health and other consequences. but i think it is also a signal to the elite, you know, the people at the top echelons of the russian economy and state that the state is willing to use force in this relationship with the people, and so maybe if they are worried about the durability of their regime, they need not worry so much. it will be interesting to see the updates on that story. thank you for your time, sam. fifa has updated its code of discipline to prevent football discriminations, putting pressure on iran, the only cou

it is pretty unusual president putin and the kremlin don't have a lot of friends in the european unionitaly is probably one of them president putin considers former italian president. the former italian president a close friend and a great statesman the current government the populist government here is certainly sympathetic towards kremlin concerns about sanctions about nato's eastwood expansion and he will hope for a sympathetic ear on that issue of sanctions when he meets 2 separate kaante the prime minister later mr conti has previously lobbied for russia to be reintroduced in the group of industrialized nations now known as the g. 7 and russia was of course the 8th member of what was in the g 8 until an extension of crimea in 2014 and sanctions of course have been in place ever since then and also with allegations of election meddling and the killing on british soil of a former k.g.b. agent using. chemical nerve agents an opportunity really for russia to bolster ties with the key you nation and economy at a time when splits are perhaps just beginning to show within the e.u. and in

supporters of kremlin crush. he was poisoned during his latest stay in prison and the venezuelan weightlifter who got very excited at the pan american games. helo's a little front of colder air coming down across the caspian and you just about see it running through turkmenistan and ahead of it the air is to quite warm touch qantas to 38 degrees and maybe showers developing if you're lucky but most likely stay dry same sort of temperature regime down towards terra and of the sea otter down the rock temperature very thing start to rise it once more the next day or so and always cooler for the west you are at least it close to the coast now there are changes afoot to science the show will disappear on tuesday you've got a strengthening southwest is in certainly the clouds pretty extensive. and it runs up through yemen it's a good part of western saudi arabia now are running from tuesday to wednesday late in the day showers develop sunder storm and certainly the entocort are parts of yemen and to leave a much cleare

world class hackers and russians tied to the kremlin.losive material when lined up with the time line in the mueller report paints a striking picture of how assange orchestrated the game changing document dumps from just a few rooms in the embassy. the exclusively obtained surveillance reports show that the wikileaks founder who had been given asylum in 2012 wielded enormous power in the building rivaling even the ambassadors with whom he would regularly clash as these exclusive security photos show, he got physical with the embassy guards. the documents describe how assange demanded and got high speed internet, phones, even a special guest list that allowed certain visitors to not show identification or be searched. epidem ecuador hired three security companies to carry out surveillance of assange, including spain based uc global which compiled the reports obtained by cnn. the never before scecache of documents, he used sound machines so he couldn't be listened to. assange has denied working for the kremlin or receiving the stolen e-mai