r.t. america in the us. and we hear from an animal rights activist who was jailed for terrorism after releasing found minks from a fur farm. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r.t. international. the u.k. prime minister pointed the finger at russia in a speech on monday accusing the country of military aggression and election meddling but she offered very few details and apparently the stalled bragg's at talks are far less pressing chief among those today of course is russia but it is russia's actions russia's illegal onix ation of crimea so i have a very simple message for russia because we know there's a strong and prosperous russia russia has the reach and the responsibility russia can russia does not want to secure the best possible brics it. the day after may's speech a group of researchers claimed russia had set up hundreds of accounts to influence the bags of vote artie's point looks into the story for us in recent weeks and days the british media has been heavily focused on the lack of progress at the brags it talks on the

r.t. america was pressured and basically forced to register under the u.s. foreign registrations act farah now after that happened the state department spokesperson heather nauert insists that we would be able to continue doing our jobs we wouldn't really be affected we would be able to continue functioning after we registered under this law take a listen to what she said when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or affect the ability of them to report. news and information we just have to register it's a simple as that does impact our ability i have now received this letter informing me to that i have to give up my credentials in order to operate on capitol hill now the foreign agents registration act was first passed in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight and it was an attempt to combat the influence of propaganda coming from nazi germany the law basically requires periodic disclosure of activities and the finances of those who have registered it's mainly applied to lobbyists now in the in th

channel to do the same american intelligence has alleged r.t. was used to meddle in the two thousand and sixteen election a claim that russia denies u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has called for a credible probe into abuses against me and mastering the muslims but advised against living sanctions on the country's government to listen is a million mark for talks with the leader aung sang suu chee more than six hundred thousand rohingya have fled military operations in ne and ma into neighboring bangladesh. italian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation after the bodies of twenty six nigerian women were recovered from the mediterranean earlier this month but the truth about their deaths may never be known for many families a tour in nigeria that means a painful wait for news from daughters who disappeared after leaving for europe our correspondent yon phillip sha'ath went to meet them. a faded picture is all that remains john i'm a coups daughter disappeared in february she was twenty three at the time a few weeks ago john received a call

pressure on russia's state funded r t channel to do the same american intelligence as alleged r.t. was used to meddle in the two thousand and sixteen election russia denies these allegations. iran's state media has said the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the country's border with iraq has exceeded five hundred and thirty it was iran's deadliest quake in more than a decade more than thirty thousand homes were damaged and survivors say it has been slow to reach them. four people have been killed and nearly a dozen injured in a shooting at an elementary school in northern california a gunman carrying a semi automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations before he was slain by police two children are among those wounded turning out to australia where more than sixty percent of the people have given their support to same sex marriage in a non-binding posted poll on the issue four out of five registered voters cast a ballot on the issue the government says it will make same sex unions legal by the end of the year campaigners celebrated across the country. she is

the heart of this issue what's particularly interesting though is how the state department when r.t. was forced to register as a foreign agent a couple of weeks that i should the channel that is news operations would not be handed so why did you fail to warn not see that this might happen well i don't know whether there's any communication tree capitol hill in the state department on this issue i don't know where have the newark got this idea so they were lawyers in both congress and the state department that should understand the fire a law and whether or not it applies but this is a kind of unprecedented situation except from the time of the nazis as your reporter mentioned the idea of journalists registering as foreign agents they don't consider you journalists anymore but but real lobbyist basically for the russian government so if you are a lobbyist for a government yes you cannot go and cover a news event as a journalist so they're saying you're not journalists and this is this is a very serious matter and i was i explained i think this is why they're doing it they don't want criti

like artie is going to be denied access to reporting on events on capitol hill now this comes after r.t. was pressured by the u.s. department of justice to register as a foreign agent now heather nauert the spokesperson for the u.s. state department insisted that having us register would not affect our work in any way this is what she said when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or a fact the ability of them to report. news and information we just have to register it's a simple as that well it does appear that it seems to be the opposite of what heather nauert said because as of the moment we've received this letter which is essentially telling us that our ability to operate as a news agency and function and report on events on capitol hill a vital place in the u.s. political system the legislative branch of the u.s. government that ability is now in question now at the moment we have this letter telling us that we need to turn over our credentials now this comes in the aftermath of r.t. being pressured and forced to register un

after all russian state funded international broadcaster r.t. was made to register as a foreign agent on monday so tolstoy told us that you know the u.s. the u.s. has really forced forced excuse me forced russia's hand on this and that there had to be a response to the u.s. but also it sounded a bit like a threat you know this is a very broad law and it sounded like if another government were to accuse russian media of meddling of propaganda then there could be measures for that country's media as well so this is kind of an all purpose weapon that the russian government could could wield at this point even though it's reciprocal at the moment your weapon i think is the operative word here or at a correspondent in moscow really sure when on the story for us tonight emily thank you very much. australians have shown their support for marriage equality and they did it through the mail sixty percent of australians said yes to legalizing same sex marriage in a non-binding postal service a non-binding but the prime minister says he will tell parliament to

the same american intelligence has a lot of r.t. was used to meddle in the twenty six thousand election. in zimbabwe soldiers not police or on patrol president mugabe reportedly safe under house arrest it looks like a military coup the generals of course say it's not tonight and authoritarian african leaders rule appears to be over mugabe is suddenly at the mercy of the military i'm from berlin this is the day. that the that is femi to us safe and sound and if this security is got on t.v. . we only debit including those around you. paid do you jeanette eight hundred twenty two call social and economic situation you know. which if not a trace made is old and you knew i owed it to them. in need before patients will be met with an appropriate response. as soon as we have our companies to our mission. we expect that this situation would it ten of them are. also coming up just in time for christmas all stroll humans giving themselves the gift of marriage equality. we asked them for their opinion and i have given it to us to get on with the j

r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent why forced because the other option was legal actionnd accounts frozen so let's say you're an american journalist and you want to cover stories the mainstream media will never talk about and then all of a sudden your employer is labeled a foreign agent that makes you a spy the o.j. is using a law from one thousand nine hundred thirty eight created to fight non-si propaganda against america but the law doesn't apply to any other foreign broadcasters kept are the u.k. france and many other countries can have their say as long as they don't say too much remember when al-jazeera was a t.v. that changed real quick as soon as they started walking washington's line they became respected journalists you are not a respected journalist if you cover imperialism nato expansion israeli occupation if you talk saudi arabia straight up if you go inside guantanamo to reveal human rights abuses and i say spying currency wars exorbitant military spending manmade interventions and soft coup you are not a respected journalist if you go on live t.v. call out

r.t. america was forced to to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. after months of pressure from washington the channel will now have to abide by a law first set up to combat nazi propaganda before the second world war it will have to regularly disclose full details of its broadcasts and staffing to the u.s. government plus must maintain a transparent financial structure and be ready for a full inspection at any time there's artes and he said no let's talk about the first amendment more american than apple pie freedom fries and gun violence the first amendment is supposed to protect the freedom of. speech right right it allows anyone to have a voice in till you speak too loud r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent why forced because the other option was legal action and accounts frozen so let's say you're an american journalist and you want to cover stories the mainstream media will never talk about and then all of a sudden your employer is labeled a foreign agent that makes you a spy the o.j. is using a law from one thousand nine hun

pressure on russia's state funded or teach channel american intelligence has alleged that r.t. was used to meddle in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election russia has denied the claim. iran state media says the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the border with iraq has now exceeded five hundred thirty people it was a wrongs deadliest quake in more than a decade more than thirty thousand homes were damaged many survivors have been camping outside and say aid has been slow to reach them. all is growing uncertainty about the situation right now in zimbabwe president robert mugabe and his wife are currently under house arrest the military appears to have seized power but denies that it's staging a coup the head of the african union told the a.f.p. news agency however that he thought this crisis quote seemed like a coup and called on the military to halt their actions the soldiers took over a national television station to say it wasn't a coup to both our people and we will be your own borders we wish to make it abundantly clear that this is not a military or of. what o

for legal reform of he was jailed for releasing thousands of animals from farm kevin johnson spent three years behind bars on charges including terrorism we spoke to him here on r.t. two thousand and thirteen a close friend of mine tyler lang and i and thirty east for ranch in northern illinois for thirty six years of the facility that was imprisoning and killing manc killing children within the sight and smell of their mother's offer fashion and so we entered the facility we opened all the cages in the facility to free two thousand mink and saved their lives and we painted the words liberation is love on a barn to demonstrate that we weren't trying to threaten anybody we were trying to have a message of compassion. when we were arrested we were sensed under state law for possession of burglary tools we were already doing time for the crime in illinois state and the federal government intervened to indict us under this terrorism legislation you know which ended up being a nightmare and i was in prison for three years now the controversial law which kevin was jailed was post back in two thousand and six and bans actions that cools losses to companies dealing with

was on our t.v. and there be people out there never r.t. exist now that want to know what reform it was going or i would be told surprised to find foreign listeners of r.t. will be more in a few weeks' time than they are now when we heard last week that r.t. had until the following monday to register as a foreign agent in america there was silence from groups like amnesty and other groups that are supposed to be defending free speech and free media and yet when russia very reasonably announces reciprocal measures in response to these measures from the us then all of a sudden these so-called impartial western pro human rights organizations come out and say this is outrageous this is terrible russia is clamping down on free speech so i think everybody can see now very clearly the hypocrisy that underpins so much of this western organizations. scotland's former first minister has just experienced some of the pressure that working for r.t. can put you under and examined us land in the press after signing up to host a show on this channel that ha

r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent or have all of their assets frozen russian r t have been regular topics of discussion at various hearings in the us discussing alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election but until this very day there has been no evidence. substantiate any of these claims under the foreign agents registration act will now have to disclose its finances provide regular reporting on its activities all within forty eight hours they'll also have to add a disclaimer on all of its work the ministries latest decision is a mere response to washington's recent crackdown on r t and its measures are similar to those required under fair and clearing disclosing finances and providing evidence of editorial independence as news of russia's response went global amnesty international was quick to react and released a statement on the issue saying that the legislation strikes serious blow to what was already a fairly desperate situation for press freedom in russia but the organizations concerned wasn't extended to r.t. america when they were ini

unbearable working conditions for a media organization and then before this there was social media giant twitter banned all r.t. ads that we purchased according. with the rules of twitter and twitter was citing a u.s. intelligence community report on allegations of russian meddling in the us presidential race where an entire chapter was dedicated toward speaking of allegations of russian interference with the presidential race i want to tell you so. when u.s. air force one the plane of donald was on its way to her noise the capital of vietnam journalists talked about donald trump bringing up the allegations of russian meddling during his conversations with weiner putin i'd just like to give you a quote from donald trump he said this every time he sees me he says i didn't do that and i really believed him when he told me tells me that and this is something that for vladimir putin according to donald trump is very insulting when a lot of important during his press conference was asked about the ongoing investigations inquiries hearings that he called anti washington a lot of our proven replied saying that he bel

was depicted as an enemy during a recent nato drooled. suicide surges in the french police force with more than forty officers taking their lives this year alone r.t. speaks to an officer who made two attempts on her life. what was really bad is that we were not given the tools to fight with terrorism some peace men received new weapons some received training but not one of us the measures that they have introduced were minuscule. a very warm welcome you're watching our c international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital i mean karen good to have you with us. germany's president frank walter steinmeier says his country is facing a situation not seen in seventy years merkel's party is at a crossroads after negotiations to form a coalition government failed steinmeyer urged all sides to form a coalition and snorts let down voters who cast their ballots in september's election. gets we are confronted by a situation that's not existed in the history of the german federal republic for seventy years this is a moment when all signs need to take. stock and reconsider their conduct all parties elected to the bundestag have a shared duty to se

r.t. former scottish first minister alex salmond spoke exclusively with ours that castle and president calls pushing on for a rare insight into the independence referendum want was of course sacked as the cattle president he's now facing charges of sedition and rebellion spain issued an international arrest warrant after you fled to belgium where he's currently on bail speaking to r.t. puts you want recall the region's referendum day and told alex salmond how he views the future of catalonia let me take you to that the extraordinary day in the first of october. tell me what your emotions were that the in the one hand there was the celebration of. millions of your fellow country people coming out to exercise or vote for self-determination on the other hand or was the the violence that we all saw on television screens from the state police or what will the conflicting emotions that you felt as president of catalonia when that famous day there was a day of the big story of catalonia and the other hand of course there was a day of the extremely violent. i couldn't imagine the the direction like that from the democratic state european union it was a tragic day today

intelligence agencies allege that r.t. was used to interfere in last year's presidential election. and afghan officials say one policeman has been killed and two wounded in a suicide car bombing that targeted a police compound they say a single bomber caused the blast in the southern helmand province the group has claimed responsibility but helmand is in taliban heartland. more than five hundred asylum seekers remain stranded in a decommissioned australian migrant camp in papua new guinea because it was officially closed on the thirty first of october and the power food and water cut off however most of the camps residents have refused to relocate because of concerns for their safety and threats they say they have received from local residents. let's turn now to the middle east where tensions between saudi arabia and iran are on the rise and have spilled over into lebanon now hundreds of gulf states citizens are leaving the lebanese capital beirut after saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and kuwait advise their citizens to leave immediately the power struggle between saudi arabia and

r.t. is what i was given exclusive access to the high security facility known as the black dolphin arguably russia's toughest jail. in these provincial town at the edge of siberia is a prison but it's no ordinary prison the mere sight of the statue has broken the most soulless butchers the black hole for russia's highest security prison it is here that some of the country's worst maniacs serial killers terrorists and even cannibals i held in this cell a man who raped forty four miners and killed five children aged seven to eleven some of the people in this prison will never be allowed out so we dread for the things that they've done and then the man in a drunken killing frenzy killed six of his friends in this cell a murderer killed eleven people. seven hundred inmates sentenced to life between them they've killed almost four thousand people everything is procedural everything intended to minimize risk from sleeping schedules to how inmates are schooled that bend to the waist and blindfolded so they can't memorize the prisons layout. it may seem excessive humiliating even but do not forget

documentary makers redfish have compiled some of their stories and their film is next week here on r.t. . i was born a girl for how it was my whole for twenty five years the firewood the four instead of. going food changed everything you talk politics now and how we can take power. if not shut people out we can change this community. we need to realize that collectively we have real power with real real power to shape our destinies and to be artisans of operate so we need to seize these opportunities in an organizing much. anyone can place was over the ones on the fence but it's unethical and not the way for people to behave the main thing is that they behave well and respect the law the world jewish congress has made it clear accusing the polish authorities of failing to prosecute the hotel owner israeli jewish studies professor jeffrey wolf told us there's a worrying rise in anti-semitism in poland. the jewish population is very very concerned they find it very worrying i spoke to a number represented a number of representatives of the community today. but on the other hand they know how much

r.t. america was required to register is a foreign agent why have prominent media outlets and civil liberties groups been largely silent also making sense of saudi in lebanese politics and not american footprint in syria. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have victrola bitch is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have some euro con she is an r.t. international correspondent based in washington d.c. all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it's new let me go to you first because you're a international correspondent but you're based in washington d.c. what is your reaction to this whole fara episode i would say for a farce when it comes to free speech well as you can see the conservative and liberal free speech warriors are totally silent and. bipartisan russia hysteria political discourse be it clearly because of that it's damaging free speech or i mean i think we have this this is the weapo

r.t. america was required to register as a foreign agent i have prominent media outlets and civil liberties groups largely silent also making sense of saudi and lebanese politics and about american football . i'm after a time here we're going underground just twenty four hours away from m.p.'s checking their pockets and going through the books as they announce the details of last month's political donations coming up in the show we are asking wiki leaks lawyer if despite denials the u.k. crown prosecution service on the key a storm of purposely deleted e-mails and breach did so.

r.t. network this action was taken in response to the registration of the art unit work as a foreign agent. when the united states tells someone she register under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or a fact the ability of them to. report. news and information we just have to register it's a simple as that seems to be the opposite of what heather nauert said because as of the moment we've received this letter which is essentially telling us that our ability to operate as a news agency and function and report on events on capitol hill a vital place in the us political system the legislative branch of the u.s. government that ability is now in question now at the moment we have this letter telling us that we need to turn over our credentials now this comes in the aftermath of r.t. being pressured and forced to register under the foreign agents registration act now this is a law that was passed in one thousand thirty eight to combat the influence of nazi germany and efforts and propaganda efforts by the nazi government back in the one nine hundred thirty s. now it follows month

r.t. which was previously known as russia today says a cover story is ignored by western mainstream media alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . r.t. has been broadcast around the world since two thousand and five initially calling itself russia today it says presents an alternative view of the world away from western centric networks of politicians in the u.s. claim it traffics in conspiracy theories and works as a propaganda arm of the kremlin after being accused of influencing the last presidential election it's been forced to register as a foreign agent under a pre world war two a law that worked to block poor nazi propaganda channel will now have to file by a new report to the us government a flag backing from the russians now was the sit with me just imagine you work in media and you should sign anything you do with foreign agent or produced by a foreign agent how does it feel for any media for interviews that you do to be declared to the institutions and ministries this can't be called working these conditions are aimed at destroying us as mass media the state department has sa

r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent or have all of their assets frozen russian r t have been regular topics of discussion at various hearings in the us discussing alleged russian interference in. the two thousand and sixteen election but until this very day there has been no evidence to substantiate any of these claims under the foreign agents registration act our team america will now have to disclose its finances provide regular reporting on its activities all within forty eight hours they'll also have to add a disclaimer on all of its work the ministries latest decision is a mere response to washington's recent crackdown on our teeth and its measures are similar to those required under fair and clearing disclosing finances and providing evidence of editorial independence but this is the first time that russia has specified a list of companies that could possibly be designated as foreign agents but we're actually still waiting for the official announcement. out of all rights activists in the u.s. is pushing for legal reform off he was jailed for using thousands of anim

r.t. international. was. that the. news. in the culture is good out of the big picture but it's it's a girl for real business which we need to maintain we need to but it's not the fact of the profit so the more go forth with the dross with the automotive g.p.s. driven tractors other machines will have less and less people employed so the fact that we easily get this feel business just so. the rest of the wall does get a little bit. with the ego. you seen years ago i traveled across the united states exploring america's deadly love affair with a gun if a bad guy tried to get to one of my family members he would have better a lot better and i think they are inheriting one of my my babies says my book was published in the year two thousand more than hoffa million americans have been killed by phone to the us and we had a thought to me as i did this this is a middle school we go through drills and we put ourselves some real scenarios it was interesting to see who actually got hit by the gun i just saw i did to return to the subj

r.t. berlin after was announced the talks had failed the german president called on all parties to work towards producing a stable government this is the moment when all those involved should pause and reconsider their stance in all the parties voted in the parliament are committed to the common good they are serving our land expect from everyone a willingness to talk in order to facilitate the formation of a government in the near future at it. markel has already indicated her readiness to renew the so-called grand coalition with the social democrats that's a system that's governed germany for the past four years the chancellor says the alliance has proved very effective social democrats with modern schultz at the helm seem to have softened their position as well they'd previously of course refused to deal with merkel again i would be surprised if we had fresh elections but apparently stated we are going to have them both policy of always clung to power and i thought she would have sought another negotiated solution for everybody it's just f.t.p. but in the end to to make a coalition agree the

channel to do the same american intelligence has alleged r.t. was used to meddle in the two thousand and sixteen election russia denies these allegations. iran's state a media has said the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the country's border with iraq has exceeded five hundred thirty it was iran's deadliest quake in a more than a decade more than thirty thousand homes were damaged and survivors say it was slow to reach them. and here's one for the record books the largest diamond ever has sold for nearly thirty four million dollars one hundred sixty three carat flawless emerald cut gem seen here suspended from her jewel encrusted necklace went out of the have in geneva at the christie's auction house it was sold to a telephone buyer who wished to remain anonymous. mouthwatering stuff no money goes there from our business and finally a fantastic deal for us at the dubai airshow monica exactly almost the same league as this diamond airbus might be in trouble selling the a three eighty but the european plane manufacturer is doing well with small

bit too restrained i think i think i think russia now has to go on the front foot i was reading today earlier that r.t. said the party would say that the russian government rather was saying that if r.t. is taken off air in america than the russians will respond by taking c.n.n. off air so i think there's got to be more response from russia to what's going on here this attempt to silence a news channel which the only crime of artes actually put out a narrative that the neo con war lobby don't approve of i only wish r.t. been around it in two thousand and three in the lead up to the iraq war because think of the lives that were told there on the so-called mainstream media channels about iraq having w m d's what was the result a war in which one million people died because artie's around much much harder for these neo cons to sort of sell their water the public and that's why they want to take us off air thanks for sharing your thoughts with us that's now clarke a journalist and writer thanks again. now germany is accused of using combat weapons against protesters we'll discuss that after this short bre

r.t. alex salmond was slammed in the press for joining the channel with headlines such as these but he is confident that he made the right decision. are you not afraid of been hosts in the rush of the program taking into consideration all the publications. haven't disappeared the question i thought it might be from the sun the daily mail but a bit on the other side i'd a quick scan through the. russia today broadcasting and i counted fifty liebert m.p.'s thirty eight tory m.p.'s fourteen s m b m p seven liberals felician seen today you'd be in the green. on russia today programmes so. if it's good enough for john mcdonnell. john redwood crisp and blunt. for you and black for vince cable and carville and lucas then i can probably. stand there the criticism that the they experienced as well in his first show alex salmond spoke exclusively to the former president who was sacked in october and is now facing charges of sedition and rebellion in spain issued an international arrest warrant after he fled to belgium where he is currently on bail speaking on our team recalled the region's referend

legislation strikes a serious blow to what was already a fairly desperate situation for press freedom in russia but the concern for press freedom wasn't really extended to r.t. america when it was initially targeted by washington but we reached out to several press freedom watchdogs for comment and they didn't really appear to be so outraged the u.s. press association said that they weren't informed on the topic to report anything of substance at the national union of journalists in the u.k. and ireland. apparently can only comment on domestic domestic issues saying as this is an issue about washington that it is it appropriate for us to comment on the details now this is the first time that russia has specified companies that could be designated as foreign agents but we are still waiting for the official announcement here thanks for breaking dawn for us this hour assume you're a come live in moscow. where we discuss russia's reaction with our. british journalist knew clarke earlier. when we heard last week that r.t. had until the following monday to register as a foreign agent in america there was silence from groups like amnesty and other groups that are

r.t. arabic. my house was destroyed i'm just an ordinary person in the bus driver i'm not a military commander not an agent of the state why did they do that to me my house didn't hold a single bullet to the fear that i had weapons so i want them to watch this i have nothing this is just a house and i'm a poor person but i was fairly new my head and legs were injured our houses were destroyed this is the result of aggression how how's this and there were affected by the strike riyadh has intensified its bombardment of yemen in response to a missile fired towards the saudi capital a week ago by his the rebels saudi arabia was quick to blame it on a wrong saying to iran directly supports the who thinks later a senior u.s. air force official claims the ballistic missile had been made in iran birth integrated markings on the business. that's been demonstrated and there are pictures that depict that to me that connects the dots to iran terms of supplying. missiles and that capability from i am going to end that war

r.t. doc. i. was ok. he did. not play seated. like i thought it would. be in the needed. they call me a useful idiot i mean you called me a useful idiot useful idiot useful idiots were expressing my opinions on t.v. there's two things of us doing it behind this record is the same strategy we attack persons instead of talking about what's next why stop me from getting this close to the white house i'm with a group code pink why not ban the color pink one hour stretch i should be sent to the town of london because going to try to break me although we'll put up with a long time of this sort of nonsense you don't scare me and i'll continue to voice my opinion i'll continue to speak out in good company i'm in good company you going with me you want to do this because we are free thinkers. you seen years ago i traveled across the united states exploring america's deadly love affair with a gun if a bad guy tried to get to one of my family members he would have better a lot better and i think they are and hurting whenever my my babies says my book was published in the year two th