r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad you're with us. right amid weeks of deadly violence in libya lawmakers have moved to hold a presidential election but have barred ousted from standing in his supporters have caused widespread disruption of protests in the capital and other major cities and recently took 8 soldiers hostage as well. the authorities later said that 7 of the men were released but there is still no information on the remaining officer who was forced to resign after wave of protests following october's election allegations of fraud but his loyalist supporters largely among the indigenous groups who are by. the current unrest during which more than 30 people have died and the self-proclaimed interim president in geneva on yes has herself sparked controversy by giving police. cars immunity from prosecution. ever morality who is currently in mexico after being granted asylum. about what is happening in his country. i learned in my life that you never choose a position it finds you this applies from the position of trade union

international i'm sean thomas certainly glad you're with us. they whistleblower 'd has cast doubt on the way the international chemical weapons watchdog handled last year's alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma a leaked internal e-mail from an unnamed employee at the o.p.c. w. claims the organization misrepresented facts in its official report released by wiki leaks it coincides with the o.p.c. w's 5 day conference which is now underway in the hague. on the agenda of this annual meeting is just routine administrative stuff but this thing this in this whistleblower email is certainly the big elephant in that room because it was compiled by one of the co all of those over the o.p.c. w.'s report on the 2018 the chemical attack in the syrian city of duma and while his words i should say sum up better than anything he's feelings when he saw what the report that he was working on turned out to be as he is accusing the o.p.c. w. of manipulating facts after reading the modified report i was struck by how much it misrepresents the facts an

a lot of direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right bolivia's self-proclaimed interim president has proposed fresh elections. wants to a null the results of the last vote which were mired by allegations of fraud that led to the ousting of a us and deadly unrest in which 32 people have reportedly been killed most recently police clashed with people attending the funeral of a protester. when she took. caused controversy by giving police dealing with protesters immunity from prosecution. was granted asylum by mexico has spoken exclusively to our t. about what is happening in his country. i've learned in my life that you never choose a position it finds you this applies from the position of trade union had right up to the post of presidency in the there is an official report confirming i won the 1st round this is a very extensive report you can check it and any time you can see the election results but there is an important point to be made there was an agreement that the organization of american states was supp

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our to international and sean thomas now we start with breaking news from russia far east at least 2 people have died in a college shooting in the city of blago vission tsk according to police an 18 year old student opened fire on his classmates before turning the gun on himself 3 others are also injured in the incident as well now this happened at a construction college this according to unconfirmed reports it followed a dispute between students a security cordon has been set up around the building and the exact details of the shooting are so far unclear but local media is saying that the shooter entered a classroom opened fire and then fired more shots in the corridor police arrived after students raise the alarm and there was then an exchange of fire with the shooter no officers were injured in the incident classmates have described the killer as a quiet calm student with no previous history of violence. of course our newsroom is staying across the situation it is breaking news story and a developing we will bring you

sean thomas will be with you at the top of the hour with the latest. each. plane. is you'll media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. tyson nation will community. are you going the right way or are you being led somewhere. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. for a mate in the shallows. today there are good dentists and bad evidence the bad terrorists and those in yemen who the united states deems to be a threat the looked at those one in syria the cia and the us military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military windows funding an army of death squads there's no phones any more because there's always a small income for a really good this. prof. imagine being 635 and you have a career and career involves using your artificial in your computer and things like that being in an office. perhaps you sort of getting headaches is circular. you could have

national and sean thomas certainly glad to have with us. all right in yet another twist in the saga of deceased financier jeffrey epstein that leaked video shows a.b.c. news presenter amy robock off air claiming the network had explosive interviews on the convicted pedophiles predatory behavior more than 3 years ago but it chose not to run the content it also implicated high profile figures including britain's prince andrew and bill clinton here's a look at the footage obtained by transparency group project. unbelievable what we have we have everything. i tried for 3 years to get it on. and now it's coming out. of revelations and i'm freezing. every day i get more and more pissed because i'm just like. it was what it was on real. served as a 13 month sentence in 2008 for prostitution related charges involving a minor later he faced dozens of other cases involving sexual solved and trafficking before his arrest in july 2019 on august 10th epstein was found dead in his cell and weeks later the cases against him were closed if ortiz ruled his

by broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right google and facebook's business models threaten human rights by being based on surveillance this is according to a new amnesty international report the group alleges that the tech giants violate privacy and freedom of expression. reports. amnesty international released a report outlining how facebook and google abuse human rights that it's increasing dominance over the new global public square controlling the main channels the company's surveillance based business model forces people to make a fenced in bargain whereby they are only able to enjoy their human rights online by submitting to a system predicated on human rights abuse their report accuses google and facebook of violating the right to privacy on an unprecedented scale as well as freedom of expression not only does it represent an intrusion into billions of people's private lives that can never be necessary or proportionate but the companies have conditioned access to this services on consenting to p

or broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international and sean thomas. with us. all right now the u.k. government has put off releasing an intelligence report into alleged russian interference in british affairs prime minister boris johnson has been accused of burying a document that looked into the break that referendum and the 2017 general election downing street says the amount of time it is taking it to be released is standard as it was only sent to johnson 2 weeks ago despite it being finished in march our correspondent gazi of takes a closer look at the delay. oh boris how you've messed things up rags it bungled election let's toss a corps in and now with the holding a report on russian meddling the latest one number 50 to 60 i don't think anyone bothers keep track anymore regardless that is now boris has problem with us have a committee of parliament waiting to lay a report before this house which comments directly on what has been seen as a perceived threat to our democratic processes if the report is being called for and written and should be in

international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us are we start with news from bolivia now thousands of people are marching in the capital refusing to accept the resignation of former leader ever morality demonstrators have clashed with police who then responded with tear gas. or allah's has fled to mexico along with many of his party members he stepped down among monday after weeks of violence triggered by claims his election victory was rigged morales also said he resigned to end his persecution of his allies describing events as a coup violence looting and vandalism followed and some of his supporters are now saying they fear for their lives. they have carried out a coup d'etat against does as of last night we are living like a dictatorship times. they are hunting our leaders they are hunting it's very likely that they will see me and what my head to. the divisions are caused by reese as they persecute us as bolivians those from they discriminate against us because we come from alto in the past they discriminate against those who wear skirts and we want to allow it o

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right now the international olympic committee has stated that russia's sports movement is clear of any wrongdoing in the latest anti-doping scandal the i.o.c. and however says it will support tough sanctions on russian authorities which have been accused of manipulating anti-doping data bases this comes after a world anti-doping agency committee rec. amended a 4 year ban be applied to russia for all major sporting events he's really been trying to go gives us the details. so just a day after the world anti-doping agency came out with their accommodation for a 4 year ban on the russian side consisting of many elements the international olympic committee said that it would support the toughest measures against those responsible for the manipulations with the databases but they pointed out that they believe the russian athletes and also the russian national olympic committee had nothing to do with these manipulations we note that the report proves that any manip

from broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international and sean thomas really glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories . the death of ice a leader. a week ago shook the world the terror group has confirmed the claim the u.s. president said the terrorist to detonated a suicide vest during a u.s. raid in syria killing himself and 2 of his children. a brutal killer one who has caused so much hardship and death has violently been eliminated he died like a dog he died like a coward. this drone video shows the aftermath of the u.s. operation the compound is located in italy but province the last rebel stronghold in syria ghazi of looks into the similarities between the u.s. raid against daddy and the operation that killed bin laden honestly at this point it's turning into whack a mole whack a terrorist it's like initiation now for american presidents they kill the biggest the baddest guy you cad and take a really cool photo. the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice. of move a car al baghdadi is dead. but the unit

international my colleague sean thomas will be here at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines stay tuned for that. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world the politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. the tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been great only implement from the inside venezuela things look different we're going to announce sanctions against petroleum to venezuela associate the famous will have a son of the moment who is. down person that political battle to stay on the moon the guy who come on the back of a moment of hope of the whose story isn't new makes him cold in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america. terms of economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make the chilean economy scream so wants to make the economy of venezuela screed. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it

following us and there's no media anything in common they're coming up a top of the hour my colleague sean thomas will be with you with a link. the tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faced only implement from the inside venezuela things are different we're going to announce sanctions against petroleum to venezuela so as you. have a son of a moment those who feel that empathy and political battle so on and the people who come to a moment of focus the whose story isn't new makes him cold in henry kissinger to tell on that it would not be tolerated that in latin america. an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make the chilean economy scream so wants and making the economy of venezuela screed. to my the hardest to a dash was to care but it. dhanush. the desire to make the bin. laden or we keep. the same country because he must tell a feeling like us tell us your face your body has suddenly become one thing my mother but it

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