joining me now is sarah firth. are you okay?i'm good, thank you can you describe the newsroom when news of malaysia flight 17 broke? >> of course, i'll based in the london office. so it is not in the main headquarters which obviously moscow base is where i had previously worked for many years. so our studio in london is slightly smaller and you don't have the sort of main frame, the inner circle of the r.t. management there. walking in and watching the story unfold in the way r.t. was running it and i saw very clearly what has happened many, many times in that situation where a story gets reported and it is handled incredibly badly. very clearly, very little fact checking and from a very early point you can see that it is already pitching a particular narrative. and as i said it, it is one of many, many stories that r.t. has handled that way. for me that was the final straw. >> so you mentioned narrative. what narrative did you think they were trying to push on this particular story? >> as i said on my social media account, it w

and sarah firth wrote this on twitter. rule number one on russia today, always blame ukraine.rson to publicly resign from r.t. this year. i don't think she'll be the last. why did she resign. here's a bit of what she told me. >> and that moment the way that we handled that breaking news story was just a clarifying moment for me, really. i've had many times over the five years i've been at r.t. where it had a similar struggle and you've watched the story handled in that way, and you felt very strongly that right away the narrative is being pitched, a very specific narrative to the detriment to the facts and accuracy in reporting. >> firth told me she tried to do good reporting there and feels her colleagues still do. but they're so constrained by the pressure they're under from moscow. so, jim, tossing it back to you, seems to me what's so complicating about russia today, it's both a news channel but also a tool of russian foreign policy. >> no question. and russia systematically shut down independent news outlets whether by television or in print over the last several years, w

all of this is also visible to the agents and they can even manipulate the results of the voting sarah firth spoke to campaign is this see such practice is deeply illegal. there's more than one hundred projects in the listing the g.c. excuse joint threat we search intelligence group they've all got quite eccentric names angry pirates a tool that will permanently disable a target's account on their computer now in a statement to r.t. he say that they are not full well despite what. campaigners are saying that if true the allegations are extremely serious if this is true and have proven to be true it's a huge deal there's a good news to see if you're actually being involved in propaganda and trying to manipulate their brains and that's not the best for their protectors they're for national security not to read online polls either way the latest can certainly be reignited the calls the further oversight. activities it's an argument that we've heard many times before and it's not one that's looking likely to quieten down any time soon so. reporting from london meanwhile the british government is

sarah firth says she quit because of how the station reported the story of the malaysian airliner.he said on twitter that she was tired of "lying" to viewers. and that the station had "disregarded the facts." also - in a twitter conversation with another reporter, firth said the station worked for putin. we'll continue to follow developments online. you can always get the latest information on our website. kron4-dot-com. and on our facebook and twitter pages. a man who was tracked down on facebook -- after being on the run from authorities for criminal charges. francisco le-gaspi is being charged with failing to appear for sentencing in a separate back in 1992, he was charged with helping to prepare false skipped out on his sentencing real hit. we've been getting so many emails from you! which is great. we wish we could do a story on many of them as possible.we are going to try to answer some of your questions and concernsour first email comes from he told us that every morning he walks by the trans-america pyramid in san francisco and sees something he doesn't like. workers using

get the authorities to deal with a rat infested trash monstrosity have been in vain versts far sarah firth picks up the story. and he's not the only one around here saying that after a waste disposal company allowed this rubbish to pile up now estimated to stand around forty feet and how long he been living there the neighbors. were off for years since. they were through with a take on second guy and so on so. he would plastic. is a business plan and for as you can see. they don't quite work it's not just residents who are upset since december two thousand and eleven the london fire brigade have sent out save a six hundred fifty fire engines to twenty three separate fires here racking up more than six hundred fifty thousand pounds worth of resources the environment agency recently asked the high court to find a company in contempt of court after countless missed deadlines and injunctions to meet the waste the judge they dismissed the action it's not immediately clear why understandably the company weren't keen to talk. do you think the way the residents here being treated by a company is t

heroism during a blood stained world war would get fast recognition not a wait of seventy years sarah firth though has met some of the hundreds of courageous british veterans who have only been officially thanked for their courage . well it's high time to see it it's not sure if it's even might probably take up the seat that this is the piece they should make the reach me that my wife will ignite on the way that it's that part of the world that oh no that's ok it's the people the place five of us that they have in that building and that that will finally make that the medal. medal it's funny you know. kate that. in the well. going to have you know one of the saudis. and back to this hour's breaking news just to recap at least twenty one people killed when three metro cars derailed in the russian capital the bodies of two victims remain in the tunnel between the stations in western moscow more than one hundred sixty people injured in this tragedy a rush hour power cut thought to have caused the trains emergency braking system to activate leading to the carriages do you railing some eyewitnes

and four floors high a stinking wayside has been warning suburbs of london for three years and as sarah firth now reports the massive pile of rubbish can literally take your breath away. and he's not the only one around here saying that after a waste disposal company allowed this rubbish to pile up now estimated to stand around forty feet and how long have you been living with that the neighbor. for years is. there what for was a take on. so you're on talk about he would plastic. was a business plan and for as you can see. they've been quite work it's not just residents who are upset since december two thousand and eleven the london fire brigade have sent six hundred fifty fire engines to twenty three separate fires here backing up more than six hundred fifty thousand pounds worth of resources the environment agency recently asked the high court to find a company in contempt of court after countless missed deadlines and injunctions to meet the waste the judge they dismissed the action it's not immediately clear why understandably the company weren't keen to talk. do you think the way the resi

participated in they can also manipulate the results as well it's all visible to the agents as sarah firth. inflating page count speed thing email addresses and manipulating online polls these are just some of the tools and tactics it's been alleged that he they using google quite eccentric names angry pirates a tool that will permanently disable a target's account on their computer now there's more than one hundred projects in the listing the joint threat we search intelligence group now in a statement to r.t. he say that they are not at fault let's take a look at what they said all of g c h q was work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework which ensures that all week to vittie is all authorized necessary and proportionate despite what you see here who say campaigners are saying that if the allegations are extremely serious to huge do because again you seem to be being involved in propaganda and trying to manipulate the brain does not the best for them to protect their financial security not to read online poll either way the latest late can certainly reigni

that comes from that must've pile of rubbish and quite frankly that thinks sarah firth reporting for us. around the world in somalia now a car bomb explosion in the country's capital mogadishu killed at least four people that blast happened outside the main gate of parliament building while m.p.'s were in session al-shabaab islam is militant say they carried out the attack earlier this year at least ten people were killed when the group targeted same site. in afghanistan at least four hundred oil tanker trucks carrying fuel have been destroyed by fire the blaze started in a parking depo used by said trucks delivering supplies to nato the taliban said it carried out that attack. a quarter of egypt's given life sentences to the muslim brotherhood spiritual leader and thirty six of its members they were found guilty of inciting violence after last year's coup toppled president mohamed morsy judges also upheld death sentences for ten other party leaders egypt's army backed government's been cracking down on the group for over a year jelly thousands and killing hundreds of protesters in t