welcome back with r.t. now the king of spain paid a visit to barcelona on sunday prompting both pro unity independence demonstrations to take to the streets resulting in scuffles with police. thousands i was there was king philippe's first visit to catalonia since the region's referendum on independence hundreds of papers you can sing many carrying cattle and flags gathered in the city center where they were and that by riot police that rally carried on into the night with people chanting support for jailed atlanta leaders they were imprisoned after the referendum vote last october which was deemed illegal by the spanish government so here's a look back then and have spain's biggest political crisis in forty years unfolded . when i was in in one thousand see i wasn't in for a few weeks we decided to start the president's vice president and other high ranking officials in the council on government i was i i i well madrid remains firm in its position that the referendum was a legal warning that any attempt to ina

corruption trial is still ongoing in baltimore we will be following it to its conclusion here on r.t. . now a libyan man who lost his whole family in a nato air raid is planning to take his fight for justice to the european court of human rights he says the alliance dropped two bombs on his heist during its military intervention in the country and twenty eleven. now we demand that we need to explain why our house and houses were showing all the military targets i don't understand why nato targeted our house sadly my dear wife died as well as my cousins my innocent children and our neighbors our friends were there with those it was a monstrous crime and nato has the latest equipment and technology which allows them to accurately determine the targets of the nato cross struck specifically at night when people are in their homes they intentionally hit civilian targets those hospitals schools gas stations they destroyed all the infrastructure while they were killing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure apparently knowing there were no weapons though. you can see here on the market w

now but did actually happened. and you can catch the latest episode of the stan collymore show right after this bulletin and throughout the day on r.t. international. now russian meddling conspiracy theories have been dominating headlines in the u.s. for more than a year now but those pushing those series the hardest the mainstream media and now also finding themselves accused of inadvertent involvement in the meddling jacqueline vega explains. mainstream media in the us has been shouting from the rooftops for over a year that russia interfered in the two thousand and sixteen us presidential election and one of moscow's most dangerous tools is alleged to have been online trolls russia meddle in the twenty sixteen presidential election here in the united states russia interference went beyond the election russia was behind the election meddling if you thought the russians and stopped their active measures against the us they haven't it is a genuine threat to our democracy but according to an in-depth research project it looks as if those very outlets were the ones producing the news that was promoted by accounts claimed to have ties

r.t. washington d.c. . now a man interrupting a woman to explain feminism may not be the best idea but that's exactly what canada's prime minister has done justin trudeau got a young lady told a young lady to correct her supposed gender bias language and is now being called sexist himself. i am a feminist being a founder of the feminist and i will keep. it there is repeating. something just. maternal love is the love that's going to change the future of mankind so we'd like you to look what we like to see people kind not necessarily mankind. there's lots of things you can do to be feminist as a man but here's a simple one don't interrupt. bribing. people calling for. disturbing video has surfaced online showing children in libya who are reported to be under the age of nine staging a mock execution. no no. no. no. guess who i spoke with earlier gave us some contrast and views on how such children growing up at a time of conflict and instability should be dealt with. that the individuals who are actually carrying

r.t. international now a humanitarian pause in syria needs to go to has been broken by terrorist for a second day according to the syrian reconciliation center that's after safety corridors established by russia came under heavy shelling from militants preventing civilians from leaving the besieged district a correspondent from r.t. arabic is at the sic. the second day of the truce we haven't seen any civilians walking through the corridor it's known that there are many civilians who want to flee their own place to live through the one and only corridor open for civilians from glitter however militants prevent civilians from exiting and don't allow. to leave through the evacuation route to reach the road to damascus the militant positions are just three or four hundred meters from the corridor or near the camp or far off and in the syrian government has distributed leaflets amounts of aliens on the outer controlled and place with detailed information and a map on how to get into the area under government control we can see that everything is ready here to receive civilians and to deal with an

r.t. paris. now a man interrupting a woman to explain feminism may not be the wisest idea about what canada's prime minister has done just in trudeau told a woman to correct her supposed gender biased language and is now being called a sexist himself. i am a feminist being a founder of the feminists and i will keep. it there is repeating i held the feminist. maternal love is the love that's going to change the future of mankind so we like you to look what we like to see people kind not necessarily mankind. and there's lots of things you can do to be a better feminist as a man but here's a simple one don't interrupt when. bribing. people calling. the u.s. senate has reached a two year budget deal that includes a massive financial boost for the military it's being seen as a major victory for the u.s. defense secretary james mattis who managed to get it through by fighting up the apparent russian threat. today's congressional action will ensure our military can defend our way of life preserve the promis

r.t. international now around seven hundred fifty thousand children lack basic medical care in the war torn iraqi city of mosul that is according to the u.n. children's rights body unicef now seven months after the liberation of mosul from islamic state the city is struggling to get back on its feet. or another shuttle. ico. the number of. health care centers or hospitals is very limited the extent of the damage has affected it i was there in one of the health centers the other day the one family came in with their baby isn't two month old baby they wanted a vaccinated there was vaccine there was everything there and starts were seeing over one hundred children a day were able to vaccinate this child but those families have to walk far i also saw the baby unit there were nine incubate has six of which which were filled with premature babies who would not have survived unless those incubate as with their it's a wide area wide level of levels of devastation families have to walk enormous distances to be able to get the health care what we're saying is that the cumulative health care that is r

r.t. international now on monday russia vetoed a draft u.n. security council resolution that condemned iran over actions in yemen and the resolution accused iran of supplying drones and missiles to the rebels in the war ravaged country instead russia offered to support a competing resolution that extends sanctions on yemen without mentioning iraq that document was adopted unanimously let's go now stateside speak for respondants amir of syria tell us more then about the results of the vote. well the u.n. security council met today to discuss the ongoing situation in yemen and to vote on two rival draft resolutions one proposed by the u.k. and the other by russia now the u.k. draft resolution called for quote additional measures against iran over accusations that it violated an arms embargo this came after u.n. experts said in january that iranian military equipment was brought in to yemen after the arms embargo was imposed but they also stated they were unable to verify the supplier now in contrast russia's draft resolution called for the renew

r.t. brussels. now angler merkel has acknowledged the problem of so-called no go zones in germany hit is the first time the chancellor has made such an admission with more details of his paper oliver. we've seen an unexpected change of tack from when it comes to talk of a no go areas in germany and a no go there should not be any no go zones there can be no places where nobody dares to go by these zones exist and they should be named and something must be done about it. burkle hadn't previously used the same injury phrase no go area to describe parts of the country with a high crime rate but that rate has been going up the government's own figures released earlier this year point to a ten percent rise in violent crime between twenty fifteen and twenty sixty ninety percent of which is attributed to young male russian genes there was criticism of last year of the way the german media covered the refugee crisis in a highly respected group of researches said this editors acted as a public educators and that

r.t. trap. now you wouldn't usually expect a classic children's story about a family of rabbit to spark a boycott but a new hollywood version out this month has already got people riled i just need to keep the wildlife out where they belong here to right. these guys. you know this traps a magnificent rabbit he wouldn't hurt anyone. he's found he's just so classic he was like good luck. this is peter rabbit a modern twist on the beatrix potter tale but there's one scene in particular. that's infuriating parents and shows the rabbits attacking their human arch nemesis by throwing black berries at him but he's allergic and starts choking having to inject himself to stave off a dangerous reaction it's led some parents to call for a boycott of the movie claiming that it makes light of a serious issue and could encourage bullying the assman allergy foundation of america has also hit back. sony pictures has apologized for the scene and its admitted being insensitive we're getting reaction from the presiden

r.t. international now we start this hour with the news that russia says it's setting up humanitarian corridors in the syrian enclave of eastern ghouta to let civilians out of the war ravaged area however it's not clear at the moment of groups occupying the besieged region well let anyone out meanwhile the russian foreign minister says this information campaign targeting the syrian government is underway moscow earlier predicted there could be provocative reports of alleged chemical attacks. fake reports are being planted in the media about chlorine allegedly used in eastern guta news outlets are citing an anonymous source from the us let me remind you we've been warning about such fake stories since yesterday and there will be more such stories from social media from the white helmets a provocative organization with a history of fake reports especially when it comes to chemical attacks for which there is no evidence so these provocations will continue with a single goal to blacken the syrian government by accusing it of all sorts of violations and workarounds since well earlier i discussed thi

r.t. international now we start with syria where terrorists have shelled a humanitarian corridor or established to allow civilians to leave the war ravaged district of eastern ghouta just outside the capital damascus that's according to russia's defense ministry which helps set up the route before resist tact just minutes later these are pictures from the corridor or checkpoint on the side of government controlled territory but due to the terrorists shelling not a single civilian on tuesday was able to use the opportunity to leave the area r.t. arabic correspondent. is on the ground in damascus and has visited the checkpoint. at the had no civilians have come out of the corridor yet minutes after it was over in the area was challenged five times and several syrian soldiers. have also been firing at those trying to quote your like you know why civilians are in using this route out. well it is located just outside the syrian capital has been occupied by various rebel and terror groups for years in that area there in red ballance there has also recently escalated both sides accusing each other of

keeping a closer eye on these markets in the coming months reporting for boom bust trinity chavez r.t. . and now we move to talking about central banks around the world and we are pleased to be. joined in person this time in new york by daniele de martino booth who is president of money strong and the author of fed up daniel thank you for being here with us so great to be with you in person. let's talk first of all about the thing that's really in the news today and that is you all murs rim civic's the governor of the leptin central bank and the a b l b bank we reported a little bit of this on the headline but on the headline the other day but it is an evolving story and it's quite interesting what do you make of it you know it's fast i mean there's a lot of intrigue involved here i mean we can talk about the e.c.b. in a second but you know that they took him into custody over the weekend on suspicion of bribery charges and then they let him go and in an interview that he just gave live he said well there had been a hint of potential mate maybe there bribing me but it wasn't an actual bribe so i

to discuss this further we are now joined by r.t. is it goes down of now in or can you outline the decision for us in general well of course those twenty eight athletes that we've just mentioned for them it went from a lifetime ban completely not in a single olympics were they allowed to compete it went from that to all allegations and more importantly sanctions against them being dropped so talk about extremes really so for them it is really important because this decision has allowed them to finally clear their names and this is something that they've been fighting for for a while now really also this means that nine medals in these or chilean pigs in twenty fourteen are going back to russia obviously russia is glad with this decision and they're happy about it have a listen the cash decision on russian athletes confirmed many accused of anti doping rule violations are clean i am counting on the international olympic committee to accept cash his decision and to allow the athletes to participate at the upcoming limpid games. this is

about the reasons behind both decisions and you can watch the full interview interview right now on our web site r.t. dot com but for now here's a preview these athletes applied but were united access to the games because the i.o.c. decided not to invite them so it was not just sanction it was an eligibility issue that's a legal difference for us. only reviewed the question of the application of the law of the rules of the i.o.c. it's reviewed only the process whether it was fair whether it was nondiscriminatory discriminatory. it found that it was not critical there was no. the rules were not unfair and they have complied with the you see so it was only a legally stick approach again there was no review of every. for the entire case of the sochi case was not discussed here the metro report was last discussed here. the fact that you cannot establish the give evidence of the good of the doesn't mean that you have established the innocence of the athlete this is the other way around with the sochi case because the i.o.c. had to show that the athletes were guilty the fact that the unable to show the gu

r.t. washington d.c. . now the news a human rights watch report has exposed how drugs are being misused in us nursing homes victims' relatives say strong psychotic medicines are used to control residents with dementia the rights group has released some of their testimonies why are you so sleepy day. one whom he was. totally drowned to you can even talk to my mother's name is laura has been cooler she's seventy five years old when we went to see her she wouldn't talk. with you. wouldn't do anything she would just sit and stare like she wasn't even there if you have dementia and somebody in a nursing facility doesn't understand what your needs are you could be given an anti-psychotic drug and you end your life not being yourself not being understood and there is no reason that this should happen according to the study almost one hundred eighty thousand people mostly with the mines here are given the psychotic drugs each week drugs are often administered without the consent of residents or relatives patricia mcgin

revealed records deal with fewer than three thousand of those victims some of whom are now taking legal action r.t. spoke with one of them. has a hard time getting through the middle school. one of the teachers took me in as a casting at his house that i was constantly beast by his wife i never got snuff films never got paid and never had the chance to see the official papers to back my diagnosis either she hated me. my teacher took me for a magical chacon and i was taken to hospital he didn't explain anything. when i woke up i was there stephen they told me not to drink water at school but i remember. at the time my parents told me that i was operated on and now i cannot have a baby my father didn't agree to are pretty much forced to sign documents by teaching and welfare or for science. but i had many chances to get married when i was young but half to the operation i found period i married and divorced and married again my husband left me when i told him about the operation. of the committee further recommends that the state party adopt specific measures aimed at providing all victims of forced

on an answer north pretty modern plane once north one for eight you can see a picture of it there now. r.t. dot com and keep abreast of it as well of course follows on twitter too no they were just some of the big stories of the week just gone near moscow it's kevin and say thanks for watching and hope you have a good weekend. altie we have a great team but we need to strengthen before the free world cold and you're back to been a legend to keep it so it's at the back. in one thousand nine hundred two that must qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and i'm hoping to bring some of that waving spirit to the aussie team. recently i've had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that peter schmeichel will be on the best fall since my last will call on that story as well as three. thousand zero zero zero zero zero. draw i. know i was left left left more or less ok stop that's really good. welcome to max geysers financial survival guide. looking forward to your pension account. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain don't let

r.t. washington d.c. . now a man interrupting a woman to explain feminism may not be the best idea but that's exactly what came of those prime minister has done justin trudeau told a young lady to correct her suppose a gender biased language is now being called sexist himself. i am a feminist being a fan of the film in the cinema. and yes it is the beating i. am in just. maternal love is the love that's going to change the future of mankind so we'd like you to look what we like to see people coming not necessarily mankind. there's lots of things you can do to be here that are feminist as a man but here's a simple one don't interrupt we. bribe. people calling for. a new antibiotics the party is about to be launched in the u.k. and it's finding its first support across the channel french m.p.'s belonging to a manual macross on marsh movement not only back the idea but ever poorly been giving advice to the parties founders are still has the details. this is really a brand new political party that's a boat to launc

r.t. international just now eight zero one on saturday morning here in moscow. the french defense minister says there is insufficient evidence of chlorine gas used by the syrian government that contradicts previous claims by a number of western officials including france's foreign minister when i designed a guess you push jesus you are higher. level but do. absolute. results do kill. the french defense minister saying that there is no reliable evidence to suggest that koori mail was used by the syrian government contradicting what we heard just a few days ago from the french foreign minister who had stated that that chlorine attack it being carried out by the syrian government. in the syrian government has been accused of carrying out or in attacks in areas in the country in january it was accused of doing so by a number of groups including the syrian observatory for human rights which some people have questioned the organization which is run by a businessman in.

r.t. international you can watch the full documentary right now on our website. one key destination for asylum seekers reaching europe germany is also struggling to cope a food bank in the city of s. and has taken the step of barring foreigners from registering citing the growing number of refugee applicants and concerns expressed by elderly germans the decision has drawn criticism and accusations of using a phobia. so it's one of your call for two and a half months we have stopped the admission of foreign citizens because the percentage of foreigners is increasing to seventy five percent and we in essence want to give germans a chance to come to the food bank unfortunately we don't have enough for everyone. people are going to read difficult times because so many refugees kill too many people have been using. syria's cease fire agreed upon by the un security council on saturday appears already to be unraveling with reports of violations in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta the western media very quick to point the finger at the assad government to massacre w

r.t. dot com. now to some more of the stories from the last seven days and three of the world's biggest social media firms are tackled on thursday by british lawmakers who took the unusual step of conducting a parliamentary hearing outside britain as they tried to pin down the companies over alleged russian interference during the breaks but it seemed there was little if anything to back up those accusations. we looked at all advertisements with any connection to russia and we found no evidence of our services being used to interfere in the referendum a very small number of suspects its research agency linked accounts forty nine such accounts were active during the campaign which represents less than point normal for some of the total number of accounts these are very low level things until we complete this investigation we won't know but what we haven't had is. information that enable those to target on a particular page or a particular phenomenon despite all their commitment enthusiasm and hard work

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r.t. deliberate. well right now it is all down to that second doping test and if it happens to be positive that will be a real disappointment for many people i can tell you that here and chang the crowds have literally fallen in love with the russian couple alexander crucial need ski and in us this year brazil are husband and wife they won the country its first ever olympic medal in curling and to watch their family team work on ice was something inspiring the media went on about them for a few days in a row and they were even compared with mr and mrs smith but now alexander is suspected of taken the infamous drug that hadn't been banned until a couple of years ago it once cost tennis star maria sharapova a year of her career after her team had forgotten to put it on the do not take drugs list and honestly alexander scase if he had made the same mistake or had taken the drug on purpose that would just be ridiculous when the oh they are are under such a close watch here and pianka chuang me doing it in a cue to induc

r.t. arabic is that the city. nowhow much any economics the second day of the troops they haven't seen any civilians walking through the corridor it is known that there are many civilians who want to leave their own place to leave it through the one and only korea they were open for civilians from. however militants prevent civilians from exiting and don't allow them to leave due to leave occupation route to which the road to damascus the militant positions are just three or four hundred meters from the current or near the campus are offered in the syrian government has distributed leaflets a monster billions on an altar controlled and placed this detailed information and a map on how to get into the area under government control look at you can see that everything is ready here to receive civilians and to deal with any difficulty my italian situation. while the damascus suburb which is under the control of rebel and terrorist groups has seen an uptick in violence this month the un security council unanimously adopted

friend and we've got a profile of their journey to success in south korea which you can watch right now on r.t. dot com. couey legally you would eat to sleep yeah it is and it'll be up in the still of the still here please excuse the it's a good look as if it was legal legality but it looks at least in the not in my book likud believe it or the similarity. to each singer etc there are some areas it's idiotcy here just like her legs missing and some sick of producing. the crying during the summer i see the. i am. i am. i an. illusory when i see when you know exactly a and looking at least. and well done to both of them there's been a bit of a buzz outside the olympic stadium to donald trump and kim jong un have been for a stroll around the host city while the lookalikes have anyway and the trend goes with them. we're waiting for the two main sporting news makers at chang to arrive back in town for the final stage of the olympics. mr straw mr kim here again we're here to go to some hospitality houses walk around and meet some people yeah i'm going to meet some mathlete i see any good ones thank

secretary general asking him about the reasons behind both decisions the full interview available right now at r.t. dot com but here's a preview these athletes applied but were united access to the games because the i.o.c. decided not to invite them so it was not this sanction it was an eligibility issue that's a legal difference for us. the panel only reviewed the question of the application of the law of the rules of the i.o.c. it reviewed only the process whether it was fair whether it was nondiscriminatory discriminatory. it found that it was not critical there was no. the rules were not unfair and they have complied with by the i.o.c. so it was only a legally stick approach again there was no review of every. for the entire case of the sochi case was not discussed here the report was last discussed here. the fact that you cannot establish the give evidence of the good of the doesn't mean that you have established the innocence of the athlete this is the other way around with the sochi case because the i.o.c. had to show that the athletes were guilty the fact that the unable to show the guilt

r.t. staten island right now twenty five minutes past the hour here in the russian capital your programming on r t international continues every. action has a financial survival guide. let's learn about philip let's say on the year i'm greece the flight. thank you for. the story that's true. slavery. run. the best out of. the concerts was preparing to perform i had to actually prepare myself to die. so you can trust me. as most of. you snow in the home of. her. this country was. really good so. we'll see. what if it was any good with us there was just that yes good morning to be patient . education going. on and welcome to worlds apart from the publication of pandemic papers produced a lot of moral argument but very few legal ones that's because as much as the authorities may be compelled to deride offshore financing in reality they do little to stop by how much has the discussion about tax avoidance become a distraction from mismanaging money on shore well to discuss that i'm now joined by anthony travers senior partner at an offshore law firm based in the cayman islands one of the world's

r.t. london. and time now for a quick pause for the promotional cause but stick around because when we return we're talking market meltdown and exotic products and some related problems with the executive director of the healthy markets associates and tyler go away as we go to break the consumer price index for january rose half percent higher than expected but u.s. markets mainly stayed in positive territory here are those numbers the closing bell . and twenty four to you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just no lawyer here i mean you are live with video of clue in the new bill is that on the spelling you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took part in this today over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. with no make this manufacture come

right now turning midday here in moscow on this friday this is r.t. international a very warm welcome to you. the u.s. secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has held talks last in more than three hours with president know one of the nato allies have been at odds over kurdish forces in syria in fact in the run up to the meeting the turkish defense minister made clear what i want from the united states . we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. k. the y.p. . so let's take a closer look at the two groups just referred to by the turkish defense minister the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party. he a group that's been fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years and calls them a terror organization now the y p g on the other hand is a mostly kurdish militia based in syria and regards them as a branch of the p.k. k. however the us led coalition sees the y.p. as allies now in january the pentagon announced it would be

r.t. trap folks in the u.k. now and its planned exit ongoing from the european union's forces it is the latest as the british foreign secretary boris johnson has been giving an update on the divorce negotiations with the e.u. which many of criticize not making progress or smith across this in london. this is the first in a series of six speeches to be made by cabinet members in the next three weeks boris johnson has opened this series of speeches in titled road to bret's it and it was an address aimed at persuading people who don't think that leaving the e.u. is a very good idea that it's actually all about hope and opportunity but in the same breath saying that reversing that decision would be a very bad idea here here is a fear that some people are becoming ever more determined to stop brics it to reverse the referendum vote of june twenty third twenty sixteen and to frustrate the will of the people i believe that would be a disastrous mistake that would be to permanent and in the radical feelings of betrayal he's

r.t. smear a car now reports on what triggered the case and how the police units crimes were exposed. well it all started with an investigation into drug trafficking in new jersey then as the case unraveled federal authorities found out that the baltimore police department was also involved mostly its elite gun traced task force unit months of recordings recovered from a device planted in a police cruiser reveal that officers were involved in drug trafficking robbery falsifying reports and planting fake evidence in one case a high speed car chase resulted in a crash which the officers tried to cover up one of the indicted x. detectives involved actually broke down in tears in court it was a really bad accident none of us stopped to render aid to see if anyone was hurt we were foolish although i was doing so much wrong it got to a certain point where too much was too much altogether six officers have already pleaded guilty and two are still being tried but there are indications there's more to the story than just one rogue police unit court records show that the city paid over half a m

r.t. dot com for now though here's a preview these athletes applied both were you know it access to the games because the i.o.c. decided not to invite them so it was not this sanction it was an issue that's a legal difference for us. panel only reviewed the question of the application of the law of the rules of the i.o.c. it reviewed only the process whether it was fair whether it was nondiscriminatory discriminatory. it found that it was not critical there was no. the rules were not unfair and they have complied with by the i.o.c. so it was only a legally stick approach again there was no review of every. for the entire case of the sochi case was not discussed here the report was last discussed here. the fact that you cannot establish the give evidence of the deal that didn't mean that you have established the innocence of the athlete this is the other way around with the sochi case because the i.o.c. had to show that the athlete were guilty the fact that the unable to show the guilt of an athlete doesn't mean that the athlete has nothing to do other with the case. we are not acting on the p

r.t. singer joins me now to discuss more serious so here we have at the top diplomat of one country lied about meeting the president of another what's the background to all this. well when the dutch foreign minister was campaigning two years ago he said that he overheard president putin outlining his plan to unify russia ukraine belarus the baltic states and kazakhstan as a fingal country back in two thousand and six at some sort of business gathering but this has been a general talking point when it comes to russia that putin is supposedly trying to bring back the soviet union however the foreign minister was working for shell at the time but his story was questioned when it was discovered that despite being part of the shell delegation he wasn't at the two thousand and six meeting and not only that he wasn't even in russia at the time but when he was confronted about this he said that he was a lying to protect a source but then he also said he regretted lying obviously this isn't the first instance of fake news regarding russia there have been rumors floating around that russia influenced th

but we're going to breaking news now on r.t. international a u.k. judge has ruled that the arrest warrant against julian a song that still stands that's according to the court's twitter account that's basically the only legal course that's been keeping him holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london warrant was issued back in two thousand and twelve when the wiki leaks chief was wanted on rape charges in sweden but he skipped bail and sought asylum in the ecuadorian embassy and flown to house spent over five years in the embassy fearing he'll be extradited to the u.s. where he's wanted over publishing massive amounts of classified data well no official charges have been brought against the songs by washington but hey believes his punishment may be severe up to and including the death penalty and we're going to be bringing you all the latest on the next steps that the songs will take following this decision by the u.k. courts morning. we'll be back at the top of the hour with all the latest on this story and more stories to join as that. across euro

r.t. international thank you. now a human rights watch report has exposed how drugs are being misused in american nursing homes victims' relatives say strong anti psychotic medicines are used to control residents with dementia the rights group has released some of their testimonies why i'm so sleepy b'day. one whom he was. totally droned to you couldn't even talk to my mother's name is laura has been cooler she's seventy five years old where we went to see her she wouldn't talk she. wouldn't do anything she would just sit and stare like she wasn't even there if you have dementia and somebody in a nursing facility doesn't understand what your needs are you could be given an anti-psychotic drug and you end your life not being yourself not being understood and there is no reason that this should happen according to the study almost one hundred eighty thousand people mostly with dementia are given the psychotic drugs each week or drugs are often administered without the consent of residents or their relatives. or patricia

r.t. reporting from baltimore. now also in the headlines the world anti-doping agency says it's concerned with the court of arbitration for sports the session to what hold the appeals of russian olympic athletes while the understands that this decision will cause dismay and frustration among athletes the agency supports the i.o.c. is intention to analyze these decisions very carefully and consider all options including an appeal to the swiss federal tribe you know. on thursday the court of arbitration for sport ruled to lift all sanctions and reinstate the olympic medals for twenty eight russian athletes eleven others will miss out on the upcoming winter olympics in south korea but their lifetime bans have been overturned and sanctions partially lifted however the decision has disappointed other athletes from other countries who were hoping to move into medal positions retrospective early from the twenty fourteen games. but anything else this is a very very very dark day for the olympics and this is a very very very da

r.t. international a rundown of the week's top headlines. today thanks for joining us. now is the most rebel fighters shot down a russian jet in syria's province on saturday then killed the pilot in a shoot out and verified video of the incident has been posted online by another opposition faction. a lot of work. to do other. good you got to do that. be somebody from out of the norm. of the. world. and our second video has also surfaced online reportedly showing the rebels posing with the dead body of the pilot and warning you may find the following images disturbing the clip does appear to show one of the militants taking a selfie next to the victim others are also taking pictures and chanting russia's defense ministry says the plane was shot down using a portable surface to air missile the salafist but it all sham opposition group has claimed responsibility for the attack it was formed just over a year ago from five other jarvis factions including the nord al denialism q movement which has in the past been supplied with weapons by the united states and some analysts say t

discuss this further now here on r.t. international sterling investigative journalist joining us live here on the program rick it's good to see you today some of the people the band have no prior convictions what so ever so certainly many might struggle to make sense of the ruling by. some people are already asking is this decision based more on sport or on politics. well i think it i think it's clearly politics unfortunately this is a disaster for the individual athletes it's also a disaster for the olympic movement which is explicitly against national the discrimination so last week you had the court of arbitration in war clearing twenty the athletes of any charges of open violations and yet they're all ineligible for participation in the olympic games so that in so is evidence of national discrimination it's a tragedy to see the olympic movement bending to the political winds and the western media and i recall that this all began two months before the rio olympics when as a big story in the new york times featuring rew

r.t. trap. those winter olympics now and severe weather conditions probably evacuation of the olympic park in south korea on wednesday spectators were asked to go indoors for a while and a number of events of perspire the strong winds forced authorities to dismantle information tents trunk was in the eye of the storm so of course for. some very serious wind issues in this part of south korea we saw earlier on wednesday for the first few days of the olympics people were complaining about the cold and then when it finally got warmer some unbearable wind gusts here just a few hours ago i was working outside the coastal olympic park in need and we had to stop filming every other minute because it was almost impossible to work but the volunteers have to stay outside and i even saw one of them being carried away and then taken away by an ambulance so there have definitely already been endure ease because of the high winds i saw the temporary tents with the merchandise being blown away fences falling things falling off the roofs and the trees so that is the reason obviously why the fans were being told to

now that russia seems to have money should build three thousand churches. just very briefly on the media i mean boris johnson the u.k. foreign secretary he was quiet hostile towards r.t. towards this channel and you know there is a bit of a negative media climate right now i mean how do you feel about politicians yourself appearing on r.t. did you have to us boris johnson perhaps get his opinion on your appearance saw as you say in your position in a rage at something you don't worry about. i started certainly didn't talk to anyone to get permission to come on to your program i decided to come onto your program not because i agree with you but because i want to improve relations between our two countries and between western europe and the russian federation and the c.i.s. just in terms of the latest example i mean there's been a kremlin report released in america putting together targets for potential sanctions in the future some of said the list is almost didn't put together in a bit of a random fashion what are your thoughts on that i mean lists are very the in thing to do enough or are they lists of useful idiots are you not afraid of appearing on a list just for

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