adequate saturday morning here in moscow you're watching r t international news team here a very warm welcome to you. a damning new report from a think tank called european values has taken aim at this channel and thousands of people who have appeared as all guests on this network. which receives funding from the united states as well as a number of other western governments describes them all as quote useful idiots. and i joined my colleague neil harvey to discuss this report. it's a bit of a surprise for you of the r.t. bashing continues now in this particular report the issues that artie's guests are having really a dig at themselves this is a report by a think tank based in the czech republic. european values report is called the kremlin's platform for useful idiots in the west an overview of artes editorial strategy and evidence of impact now what this report does is neatly compile a list of basically all of our t.'s guests because it features thousands of people and it's not just you know or a random list not only are there seven categories in this report dividing our guests int

you're back with r t international on thursday the u.s. anon state was withdrawing from unesco the un's educational scientific and cultural organization the main reasons for the withdrawal cited by the state department are concerns over munting u.s. arrears the need for fundamental reform and you know alleged anti israel bias the us still owes over half a billion dollars to the organization five times more than all other member states combined when pressed on whether america would pay up the state department dodge the issue is it fair to say that it's for ration is no longer trying to find a way to work at the grocery. well i think we've made our determination and that is to pull out. so in other words they're never going to get their money i knew i would last unless they were for me to rejoin. that. israel has followed the america's lead with prime minister binyamin netanyahu announcing they were quitting unesco as well and twenty six thing israel suspended its cooperation with unesco after it adopted resolutions which ignored jewish ties

headlines on r t international in syria the battle for survival continues despite islamic states.on the program we speak to two girls who have lost everything in this war. hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of in a show of support unity speculation the president could declare independence in a speech to parliament on tuesday.

stories of apos seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly r t international hello and welcome to our top story syrian government troops liberated the eastern. all maya dean from islamic state it's the latest blow to the terror group which has suffered a string of major defeats in the war torn country oh. i. wish i. could. if you just took all the out of the job you describe. looks like. that's america but i. i i. but for the people in the province liberation after three years of brutality doesn't spell the end of their struggle morocco's the if went to meet two young sisters to hear their story. meet sally she's five maybe six will perhaps seven she doesn't know and the smog hits the streets a home surviving isis's c.g. of the resort was no mean feat so many perished as a result of starvation sickness violence. if. sally is a survivor she a sister and brother were abandoned by their parents years ago they divorced and left the children to fend for themselves. can't oh i'm. almost done on the land she spends her days begging stealing playing and surviving no e

r t. international approaching off last night now and wednesday morning we see. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be close beside them before three of them can't be good get. interested in the waters in the. city. los angeles the city of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. is there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in it's been a struggle. this man found his own response to the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing and nowhere to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle but do the authorities accept such solution. be house on a city parking space is not a solution. someone monitoring the site otherwise it will be a free for all there a better alternative to end the homelessness crisis. was selling you on the idea that dr

over here in moscow you're watching r t international live from h.q. this hour with our news review of the week almost starting with this syrian government troops have liberated the eastern city of el my dean from islamic state it is therefore the latest blow to that terror group which is now being steadily pushed from the water one country. i. try. to put this idea. of. liberation is not the end of the story for people in tears or province who've been living under i still brutality for three years of went to meet two young sisters to get a snapshot of life there for whom the struggle is far from over. meet sally she's five maybe six or perhaps seven she doesn't know and the smog hit the streets home surviving isis's c.g. of the resort was no mean feat so many perished as a result of starvation sickness violence. if. sally is a survivor she has a sister and brother were abandoned by their parents years ago they divorced and left the children to fend for themselves out on land. her home. who are now almost gone on the land she spends her days begging st

i welcome back you're watching r t international and the weekly diplomatic relations between turkey and the us have suffered another blow has cut services at its diplomatic facilities across america in response to washington taking the same step following the detention of one of its employees last week. recent events have forced the you know it's a stays good months reassess the commencements of the government of key to the security of u.s. mission facilities and personnel in order to minimize the number of visitors to embassy and consulates while this assessment proceeds effective immediately we have suspended all known immigrant visa services at sole u.s. diplomatic facilities an. employee in question who worked at the u.s. consulate in istanbul was arrested last week is accused of espionage and plotting to overthrow the government and turkish authorities claim he has links to exiled cleric but who lives in the u.s. and who the turkish government says was the mastermind behind last years of failed coup attempt now turkey has long been urging the u.s. to extradite of the runaway preach

broadcasting a lot of direct it is r t international i'm sean thomas really glad to have you with us. hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of catalonia expressing their support of or opposition to the movement for independence that follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule and strip the local government of its powers of spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months on leaders have branded the move a coup. but you have this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but mine tension is to hold it as soon as we recover. a lot of us but what about the spanish government has carried out the worst attack against scotland institutions and residents since the orders of the military dictator francisco franco we. were hawaii in a greatly irresponsible act christ all boundaries been asking and in fact a coup d'etat to ask a democratically elected government. the transfer of power to madrid and the dismissing of officials all

and welcome back to watching r t international a think tank called european values has released a damning report about our team and criticized more than two thousand people who have appeared on this channel now the institute which receives funding from the us and other western governments brands our guests useful idiots and the list of names is divided into seven different categories including us political figures european and other international politicians as well as writers journalists and academics it indicates the number of times each guest appeared on our t.v. and mentions in the most relevant episodes here's what the authors of the report have to say about it. the purpose of this list is to identify individuals who either due to an awareness of r.t.s. political agenda or indeed explicit support of it lends their names and credibility to a pseudo news network and proxy agents of the kremlin and we asked a number of guests how they feel about being included on the list. development is on how trashy it gets more and more aggressive across europe the political debates and one of these

you're back with the r t international the world festival of youth and students is open in russia's black sea resort to all sorts the weeklong cultural event is expected to attract all parts of twenty thousand visitors from all across the world and here are some of the highlights from the opening ceremony. welcome to the nineteenth the world festival of youth and students in sochi. as you can see behind me the opening ceremonies of the festival have already begun the aims of the song and dance performances that we've seen and been technology human progress and development many people here all of them very excited wait a moment here so we'll be giving you updates on june and stay in touch and i will be letting you know what develops here on the next five days of the world festival of the students here in sochi well kaleb on my colleague danielle hawkins is also in sort she for us. when we've had. this square here behind me as well of course is the grand opening ceremony which report from culminating in a pretty amazing forward to splay with fountains going off in the square. managed to fin

it's r t international america is now mourning the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in its history fifty nine people were killed in the massacre at a country music festival in las vegas among them husbands wives mothers teachers graduates police officers assignee melton was at the concert with his wife he was fatally shot in the back as he shielded her from the bullets of denise politicus a died and her husband tony's oms just minutes after she posted a photo of the two of them at the concert and jessica clincher was a single mother she died at leaving behind her four children of course many families will never be made whole again here's how the events unfolded on that tonight. i. i. i i i. i. i i. i i. i i i. i. i. i. we need to try to get people out of the hospital ok. stephen paddock. taro raining down on thousands of tiny tiny the concert in las vegas lived in a retirement home in nevada he committed suicide after the rampage police say he had no criminal record and no military background also according to the f.b.i. he wasn't linked to any terror group the shooters brother say

here in the russian capital money this is r t international. the u.s. state department has announced that the country is withdrawing from unesco the un's educational scientific and cultural organization the main reasons given for the withdrawal of the state department or concerns over unesco's mounting a real is the need for fundamental reform they say new organization and its alleged anti israel bias mirror card has more. the state department has just released a statement announcing that the u.s. is officially withdrawing from unesco the un's cultural body which the u.s. helped found back in one nine hundred forty five over the agency's a legit anti israel bias washington said that the move will take effect on december thirty first according to the statement however washington will remain in the organization as a quote nonmember observer state in order to contribute u.s. perspectives and expertise the current director general of unesco irina bokova said she expressed quote profound regret over the. we deeply regret that today i received a letter from t

but staying with this is saving you all watching r t international i will be back at the top of the hour to bring you the very latest referendum for independence in catalonia the referendum that never happened according to the prime minister of spain mariano rajoy. all. about your sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself and taken your last wrong turn. your attitude up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry for me i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feeling started to change you talked about war like it was a cave still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our ark and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind gets consumed with death this one quite different i speak to you now because there are no other takers. to claim that mainstream media has met its maker. whether they are or. what but stupid little fool. there is a when will you have ti

you're watching r t international broadcasting live from moscow on capon trench thank you for joining us. a pro independence march in the eastern spanish city of poland's fear descended into violence on monday as it faced off against a counter-demonstration for spanish unity. police were forced to intervene to try and separate the two groups pro independence organizers accused the unity supporters of provocation. well the violence comes as the catalan presidents expected this tuesday to address the regional policy is now in session in barcelona speculation about is that carla's bridge to more may declare the region's independence in his speech but catalan society and politicians alike are split on the issue. and we need to declare independence to be on the political level was established to be able to negotiate a friendly breakup and a new context in the current context the results of the one cannot be taken as an endorsement for barack naming catalan independence well officials in that the spoken about catalonia succession bid and some of the statements have resorted to personal thre

you're back with the r t international moscow is concerned about the expansion of america's think missile systems saying it's pushing the world into a new arms race the russian defense ministry expressed its fears of a joint briefing with china at the united nations according to data compiled by moscow there are sixty u.s. country missiles in europe on iran one hundred fifty in the asia pacific the total number though is expected to grow to one follows and in the next five years. well part of russia's concern is over the so-called prompt global strike system the russian defense ministry sais that the u.s. is closely working on the project adding it would not require nuclear weapons but would be just as destructive with more on all violent chuckling booga. if you didn't think the world was scary enough this might just push you over the edge the russian defense ministry says that washington is one step closer to developing it prompt global strike system the pentagon has no moved a step closer to the development of approach global strike system such systems are designed to achieve the same r

welcome back this is the weekly on r t international now r.t. our channel has faced a week of intense scrutiny with of the channel coming under sustained attack for what critics call its kremlin propaganda to your audience explains. ati has been in the spotlight for a while under fire from government officials the media even think tanks here are some recent highlights. boris johnson led the charge in the u.k. house of commons with an attack on opposition m.p.'s who've appeared on this channel if you study the output of of russia today it is a scandal it is a scandal that members of the party opposite are continuing to to validate to validate and legitimating. that kind of propaganda by going on those programs but some of his fierce criticism of the foreign secretary of peers to have missed out a bit of important information his own conservative colleagues have also appeared as guests on the shell as well as someone closer to home his own father stanley johnson was interviewed by going on the ground i was the afshin rattansi just last month. the

she just turned ten of the morning this wednesday the twenty fifth of october you're watching r t international with me kevin no it first today than rex tillerson secret visit to afghanistan is not only signals a significant shift in attitudes towards the taliban it's also left reporters a little puzzled too we'll tell you why play but to spot the difference here is the official picture that was released by the afghan government following the president's meeting with the u.s. secretary of state then contrast it with this later the u.s. also put out a picture you'll notice that in the after on the right a large digital clock in a fire. the state department thinks the photo was altered they say to make it more attractive i think the afghan government changed those photos probably to make it aesthetically more pleasing we never like doctored photos but also understand that perhaps they wanted to present a better image than having that. but again that's that's really all i have for you on that or is there another story here that meeting took place in the heavily fortified a u.s. military base all t

coming from moscow every hour of the day vis is r t international my names you know me welcome to the program our top story there are some changes the top in the world's second largest economy with china unveiling its leadership team for the next five years president xi jinping announced the new lineup to the politburo standing committee of the party's top ruling body it is generally perceived that one of the members of the committee traditionally would be next to take the reins as chinese leader but none of the new strong men appear as an obvious successor to she all of them are in their sixty's which means in five years they may be considered too old for china's top job when she second term comes to. well by the end of the year abusing to pay for oil using its own currency undermining the supremacy of the us petro dollar the energy market expanding more. till now the us dollar has been the only currency with which large scale purchases of oil work conducted hence the term petro dollar but now if the idea of the petro you want that's being introduced which would of course mark a sign

thanks so much for staying with us you're watching r t international latest news headlines and in-depth analysis coming your way at the top of the hour. hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter all about again this network r t is in the spotlight and under attack now the russian authorities are pushing back what is called the in for wars is heating up should in the news consumers be allowed to decide. cross talking real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark slobodan he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with sputnik international and in london we crossed to adam garri he is a writer for the duran dot com or a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate adam let me go to you first in london i think over the last few days of the first time the the the russian authorities are beginning to push back on attacks on our t.v. and sputnik meaning if you read in between the lines that if you mess with r.t. and sputnik while western med

you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital with me thanks for joining. following those massive strikes against the spanish government that attracted over half a million people in catalonia now anti independence activists have gathered in barcelona this is all of course after last weekend's controversial referendum which saw violence break out across the region and associate churkin a has been following events for us in barcelona and you can see hundred people. gathered there right there. oh you didn't see any signs that you know the kind of rally thanks they are quite loud and really are symbolic terms of passing seemingly right right. here in barcelona if you can see the street here it was people are quite fascinated about keeping spain and how we have been speaking out against the independence they've been talking about how they want the rule of law to prevail how their extreme. the way that we've been conducting with the rest and their friends in the crackdown of course that of course we criticize on the day of the referendum on of your. people here

it watching r t international line from a moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program according to officials ninety percent of people who took part in an independence referendum to have voted to break away from spain the catalonian president has announced the region deserves to be an independent country following sunday's vote let's hear what he says. i'm i guess a little nervous but i'm so happy with this day of hope and suffering that the citizens of catalonia have earned the right to an independent state in the form of a republic as a consequence my government will announce in parliament the center and expression of our people sovereignty and the results we have received today from the referendum. the voting there wrapped up spain's premier sent his congratulations not to the voters but to the national police for their work we have been very special things to the state security forces to the national police and the civil gods they have carried out their judy and the mandate they received for your fuel storage fees. mariano rajoy praising the national police but let'

of the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly an r t international hello and welcome to our top story syrian government troops have liberated the eastern city of. from islamic state it is the latest blow to the terror group which is being steadily pushed from the war torn country. thank you. i thank. you i got the job because i. think i. think i. think. a liberation is not the end of the story for people endure is your province who've been living under ideal brutality for three years right guess the of has been to me two young sisters for whom the struggle is far from over. meet sally she's five maybe six perhaps seven she doesn't know and the smog hits the streets. surviving isis's see each of their disorder was no mean feat so many perished as a result of starvation sickness violence. heat if. sally is a survivor she a sister and brother were abandoned by their parents years ago they divorced and left the children to fend for themselves. oh. you are now almost gone learn that she spends her days begging stealing playing and surviving no easy lot fo

well thanks for sharing your friday with us here on r t international more of your pretty weekend worldwide headlines coming in about thirty two minutes. when your makers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. nor middle of the room six. real news is. we're in sochi in the south of russia attending the ball by discussion on this edition of the program we discussed. and it's impacting our new us pressure religion. donald trump wants to read all the u.s. tax code but first congress has got to agree on a budget resolution will either happen this year we're taking a look on this edition of. welcome to politicking on larry king president trump eager for a legislative victory ten months into his administration is touting his framework for reforming the u.s. tax code and not many details in the president's plan but it does call for a substantial reduction in the corporate tax rate and changes to individual tax brackets as well but no reform is going to happen until congress agrees on a bud

you're watching r t international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. wish only expecting the council on president to speak about whether the region is going to declare independence from spain after ninety percent of participants in the referendum on october the first voted in favor of it but let's start in paris where police have used tear gas during part of a nationwide strike against the government french unions called on five million civil servants to walk out of their jobs and join it over one hundred thirty planned marches against president macross labor. reforms. a number of arrests were made as protesters clashed with police and he shot a devinsky has more of what started as a peaceful rally. well the peace is over as police have been firing tear gas on the protests to say in paris now we're in the middle of a crowd i'm going to give you a sense of like how angry people are we've got students small minds me who was unhappy about the cuts they hate soon to support the teachers the hospital workers and the rest of the civil servants who are ta

and welcome back to watching r t international wire from moscow now saturday marks sixteen years since the us invasion of afghanistan in two thousand and one then president george w. bush accused the afghan government of sheltering the al qaeda leaders who masterminded the nine eleven attacks that saw the beginning of the so-called war on terror now america's longest running conflict ahead of the adversary hundreds of people protested in the afghan capital kabul against the continued presence presence of u.s. troops in the country demonstrators carried anti u.s. and nato signs denouncing what they see as america's occupation afghanistan of. stan it comes as new figures released by the united nations reveal an increase in casualties in the country over the last twelve months. he says any for me i was praying in my house and when i saw american helicopters i told my wife and children to save themselves after that i just heard a loud noise and then my house was destroyed six people were wounded including women and children. they destroyed our house and our family members wife the american

this is our international my names you know me welcome to the program the latest news here on r t international spotlight prime minister mariano rajoy house decided to suck the council and government on coal snap elections stop the spanish government will assume the powers of the current administration this of course all comes after the council on parliament today voted to declare independence from the country. yeah truly historic day for the catalans today the results of a secret ballot that ruled in favor of independence were released in the late afternoon a total of seventy lawmakers voted in favor of the regions the session night ten voted against to upstate. do you . wish. i knew of that i. was. before. i was. in the midst of all the celebrations in barcelona charlotte dubin ski has been there for a number of hours taking it all in you've also charlotte been seeing how the day unfolded in parliament just tell us about that first please. thank you. will that motion to declare or to vote on a declaration of independence was pushed to the council and told that this morning when it was accepte

you're watching r t international still ahead for us this afternoon the band of a u.s. drug company faces serious charges after allegedly driving doctors to prescribe addictive ice medicine and other details just often. make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room sit. room. there is dr there. is basically a due. to be there we go off the screen this is watch for you there but they are. doing always. becoming more and more fundamental challenge. no exclusion and they feel. they come to get enough to get you we each of you on your world. hello again around britain plaques found on buildings do often represent a place of historic interest but. are also pinpointing like ations where shady undercover policing has taken place the project was launched at a london bookshop by a group of victims. by. the campaign is there say they are opposed to police surveillance because of reported cases of abuse carried out by officers working undercover they want complaints to be fully investigated a

from moscow to the world this is r t international i'm you know neal just after nine pm here in the russian capital and the welcome our top story russia has blocked a u.n. resolution to extend a probe into the use of chemical weapons in syria moscow is waiting for a new report from the joint investigative mechanism known as j i am. on thursday. you can extend the mandate of the gym a few days before the publication of the report on the twenty sixth even though there is no urgent need for the gym will be operating until seventy of november and no nothing prevents adopting a decision. before that date so why to d. what is the haste this isn't don't don't you think it's strange. and it's to our t's killam open who's in new york for a skilled talk us through the session if you will well this proposed resolution that was defeated would have extended the mandate of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons for an entire year now already set to expire on nov seventeenth now washington had prepared this proposal this proposed resolution that would have extended the mandate and it was

r t international in a new report the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog say it is confident that syria was to blame for a deadly attack in the rebel held town of kuhn in syria in april parts of the document were leaked to the media this is how the a.f.p. reported on it more than eighty people were killed in the attack on the o.p.c. w. confirm the use of sarin gas at the time the government was widely blamed although it was based on disputed evidence the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog assigned a special panel to investigate the incident saw the u.s. launch a missile strike on a syrian military board which it claims was were the chemicals. syria has rejected all made in the reports of using chemical weapons permanent mission to the u.n. is concerned. it's already questioned the documents credibility. it's probably. even it shows that there are many inconsistency and discrepancies don't fool witness accounts and then verified evidence is still in the report it also uses the same testimonies which sparked our deep concerns in the pas

you're watching r t international still on the way for you to. fight for freedom spills over to other parts of europe we'll have the details on that plus other stories just as. well the mainstream media and the chattering classes obsess. goldstar family the pentagon's growing footprint in africa was publicly revealed it would appear it does not matter who is president rather lose except to be fight. now let's turn to catalonia and its push for independence because it's dividing families across spain but surprisingly it's doing the same in france as well a former french prime minister who has roots in the breakaway region is concerned about the repercussions it could have for a broader europe. to dismember a state like spain this beginning gradually to dismember europe it is also a progressive route we can in europe. box to the collapse of europe. former french prime minister well files that mincing no words when it comes to catalonia independence he was one of the most staunch supporters of course you have spanish unity and he was actually born i

it's just turned two pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t international with me jacqueline thanks for joining us. following those massive strikes against the spanish government that attracted over half a million people in catalonia now anti independence activists have gathered in barcelona this is all of course after last weekend's controversial referendum which saw violence break out across the region and to see a church has been following events for us in barcelona. then you can see a couple of hundred people was gathered there was this. oh yes and independent robbing banks there are quite loud and really are symbolic of massive seemingly was here and know that if you can see the street here it was people are quite fascinated about keeping spain and hearts have been speaking out against the independence they've been talking about how they want the rule of law to prevail how there. was a way that we've been conducting was arrested and your friends in the crowds out of course that of course we criticize on the day of the referendum one of the worst of the people here now ar

twenty four hour news live from moscow this is r t international my names you know no good to have your company this hour our top story russia day u.n. resolution to extend a probe into the use of chemical weapons in syria moscow is waiting for a new report from the joint investigative mechanism that's on thursday you can extend the mandate at the gym a few days before the publication of the report on the twenty six even though there is no urgent need for the gym will be operating until seven thousand of november and no nothing prevents adopting a decision. before that date so why today what is the haste don't don't you think it's strange. well arty's killam up and is in new york and has more on the latest russian move. now the resolution that was defeated would have extended the o.p.c. w.'s mandate for investigation for up to a year now on november seventeenth that mandate was set to expire now the russian ambassador he explained this move saying that russia wants to look through the methods of the o p c w he was said he would agree with the o.p.c. w.'s findings if they would provide i

it is r t international thank you for joining us today. my colleague don hawkins and we continue our coverage all breaking news here on this channel the shooting in las vegas near mandalay bay casino police are saying at least twenty people killed and over one hundred injured with some in a critical condition. thank you.

their morning here in the russian capital you are watching r t international news team here a very warm welcome to. the french parliament has adopted a controversial. bill handing increased powers to the security services and the new law has drawn criticism from rights advocates. civil liberties correspondent who's been following developments for us in paris well we know much more about the measures that they contained in the antiterrorism bill. will it take effect now or november first that's when the state of emergency will end here in france this will give the security services why draft of new preventative measures to combat potential terror threats to france now let's have a look at some of those measures they include the ability for the police to have more ability to go in and search somebody's home they will have a raft of new powers which will give them greater ability to stop and search people on the street if they think they're acting suspiciously it will also allow them to wiretap communications so that it could be communications on your telephone or via e-mail and it will al

twenty four hour news from moscow this is r t international. your company our top story this hour the iraqi army say it's taken full control of the city of. kurdish peshmerga fighters it was described as a declaration of war by the kurdish military which promised a heavy response. there was. no i don't want to go either way. it's been the problem you guys. all want to. get. along. i mean an hour from now one hundred or so but the god that people know there's. how much did that god. brought aboard and i'll go on. the book that. the iraqi government say's the move was to quote increased security but the oil rich city has been under the control of kurdish forces since twenty forty knots when the iraqi army fled the area to escape islamic state if you try to go has more on how the war on terror in iraq has turned into a battle for territory gunshots and one of the largest cities in the north of iraq that had nothing to do with terrorists. i mean it's about the terrorists not being there anymore after the kurdish units also known as push mariga and

moscow good morning from me kevin i would then it's eight am here now we're watching r t international the first today austrian voters have made a clear shift to the right course to put the world's youngest leader in office people party leaders sebastian kurtz is poised to become chancellor it seems also his sense a right group secured thirty one percent of the vote while the right wing anti immigrant freedom party is in line to become second with over twenty seven percent its leader christian struck jubilant as the winner at times as the first results were announced both parties stand for tightening austria's borders and toughening up on immigration both leaders gave similar promise. to deal with it. the white today is our chance to take over the reins in this country and make sure there's a real change in austria. when someone says the commie more of the same and saying no we insist on a much needed and lasting change so the big question in austria now is what kind of coalition will be formed to make the next government report from vienna for. well it tension turns towards who will f

international news center in the russian capital this is r t international my names you know me welcome to the program our top story this hour the iraqi army say it has taken full control of the city of kirkuk kurdish peshmerga fighters it was described as a declaration of war by the kurdish military which promised every response. i think. it was. you. know i don't like either one. leaving me with mental problems because. all boarding although you don't want this monkey to go. a long. time at your best nothing to back up my friends. and i'm in an hour from the guy behind the camera left at the college there but now there's the shabby irish decrypted. how much did the. port authority on the block know nobody in the book or the crew or. the iraqi government say's the move was to quote increase security but the oil rich city has been under the control of kurdish forces since twenty fourteen that's when the iraqi army fled the area to escape islamic state and even tranquil has more now on how the war on terror in iraq has turned into a battle for sea territory. gunshots and one of the large

america r t dot com or international twitter platform as well as our two russian german arabic fronts for french r.t. u.k. news effectively all of our bureaus worldwide they will no longer be able to advertise on twitter although they do also say this isn't a decision they've taken lightly they justify this decision according to this statement they've made because of artes inclusion in that january twenty seventh d.n.i. report on those allegations of russian meddling in the us election now it's interesting that this is happening now because obviously on the first of november twitter representatives are due to give testimony in congress based on those accusations of election interference and this comes of course in the wider context if you remember back in the end of september twitter issued a report i believe it was called election interference bots and misinformation which mention r.t. as one of those factors which affected the middle in the u.s. election in that report they also released confidential data related to how much money spent on twitter social media platform advertising t

election quite why r t you know an international media news organization that has repeatedly said it has nothing to do with with trolls with bots they do comply with the shuttle does comply with the policies of the social media quite why they've been made the focus of that report back in september and whether they will remain the focus of this testimony in front of congress really begs the question of why so margarita simonyan there mention will be interesting to see if twitter does mention that in their testimony than they were the one through approach us with this exclusive u.s. election office certainly what it's complicated but thanks very much for breaking it all down for us that was dan hawkins there. well the decision to block all advertisement from a cancer martin sputnik was immediately followed by reaction online to some have expressed their discontent with the move on twitter slamming the social network for being connected to the white house and looking locking news outlets that contradict the this. well let's get there he's now mark allman he's director of the crisis rese

the former real estate account zelman the whole said to r t the nikki haley's experience in foreign affairs was a few visits to the international house of pancakes as i might use for i wish i had said. that's a great that might be stretching it but this speech was obvious. bellicosity it does more than just question the u.s. is reliability as a partner europe had an eight year honeymoon with obama and to be fair if this was hillary clinton leading this decertification they would probably be getting in line for it but if trump and they need to be rove they're reminded again after george bush now again with trump that every four years they face the prospect of being. stuck with a us that they simply can't at least values wise align with but more than that this is a big threat once again the us is the world's biggest problem with anti-proliferation nuclear proliferation efforts around the world they keep sabotaging this again we saw libya we saw iraq saddam hussein we're seeing this occur with north korea and now with iran iran comes to the deal with a civilian nuclear program and under blackmail from the obama regime it agrees to

international and at your own leisure you can always get updates on our web site r t v dot com for now though back in to our regularly show if you will. the over the last couple of days this isn't the first attack we've seen from sora an incident yesterday which islamic state claims it was behind that was a knife attack that killed two women main train station and the perpetrator was also shot dead by security services very quickly just minutes after that incident. we heard women screaming outside then running in people didn't know what was going on we were taken out of the train and then evacuated. at a canada has also just experienced a tuck police there are treating the ramming and stopping of a fellow officer on sunday as related after finding an eyesore in the attackers car a thirty year old driver has been handed a manhunt followed the robbing of the officer who was stabbed several times but survived the driver was then stopped but managed to flee to get a truck for continued driving hitting a protester and a high speed police chase around the stand no deaths were reported milita

revealed tom watson negotiated with me for a long time to come on my r t sure and the only didn't because we fell out over an internallabor party martin namely his leadership of the coup against jeremy corbin so mr watson was more than happy to appear on r t and i have the written exchanges to prove it on a visit to britain hillary clinton also jumped on the r.t. ads listing them among the alleged threats coming from russia maybe you've even seen the ads in a london underground from one russian state funded propaganda source bragging watch r.t. and find out who we are planning to hack next mrs clinton has never recovered from the fact that the american voters rejected her and quite right they were to do sort to blame russia to blame paul came on to blame anyone but themselves is of course par for the course in western politicians. the spanish government is planning talks on triggering article one fifty five on saturday which would revoke can't alone is autonomy the statement follows the continent leaders confirmation in a letter sent to spain's prime minister on thursday that the region's local ration of independence

the question begs to be asked how does an international news organization become just the new year and a half power with bots and trolls really baffles me now r t house come under increased pressure not only on social media but through registering as a foreign agent in the u.s. that whole scandal going on we've had a reaction as well from our editor in chief about how this could impact media relations on both sides of this scandal let's put it that way let's take a listen to what you had to say. well honestly i didn't believe that twitter was controlled by american security services it looked like a conspiracy theory to me but twitter has just come fast it's bt especially because american news outlets operated in russia will now feel the tenderness of russian tea to protect measures. as you say and it's just very ironic that a social media platform but itself offered r.t. a customized package that would enable it to reach more audience members on a wider reach in the united states then goes on to conduct a reporter affectively having very thinly veiled accusations at the channel about misinformation and wrong doing and violating policy terms an

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