Playing with fire. And twitter sets its sights on our t. V. Flagging one of our u. S. Election reports as potentially misleading right after the platform itself is accused of anticonservative. Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our to International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now france is reeling from the killing of 3 people in the basilica it is alleged the suspect only arrived in the city a few hours before the atrocity took place the French Interior minister has warned that more islamic terror attacks are likely in the country. I mean the sums on their fronts as it warms and again were at war with an enemy from within it and from without and were not at war with any religion we are with islamist ideology how do you islam islam is a form of 21st century fascism teaching in the Church Attack happened 2 weeks after the beheading of a teacher in paris who had shown his students characters of the prophet mohammed heres how thursdays tragedy unfolded in the. Well be watching this new tragedy today see victims of islamofascism child repeatedly denounced. Physical abuse and it will be the job for the siren of the firemen the Police Arrive to weaknesses really with bikers and everything that followed then they set up a Security System i went down with my scooter and i saw the guy come in take refuge in the cathedral afterwards i heard a lot of gunshots. The anti terror prosecutors said on thursday evening that they were still exploring lines in regards to the perpetrator behind the brutal attack the attack that took place just 24 hours ago in the behind me not tied down basilica in the heart of nice with 3 people were brutally murdered i just want to take you through some of the details we know about the victims of this latest terror attack air france one was a 60 year old woman who had gone to the church for press for the 1st mass of the morning we heard from the anti terror prosecutor that she was almost beheaded by the perpetrator a 2nd was a man a 55 year old man whos been named this of all saw as a father of 3 who also worked as a sex in the church hed been here for 10 years and the 3rd person was a woman who said to be around 44 shes been named in the Brazilian Press as being simone. Silver she was stabbed she managed to escape from the church to raise the alarm. As a result of her heroic actions the police were informed and able to come and apprehend the perpetrator she succumbed to her injuries last words were apparently tell my family that i love them president mark on has warned frances once again attack but when he visited nice on thursday he remained defiant that freedom and france would continue to up hold its valleys and some said think if we were attacked once again it is for our values for our taste of freedom for this possibility on our soil to believe freely and not to give in to any mind of terror i say with great clarity once again today we will not give in this morning we decided to increase the vigilance everywhere in france to adapt to the terrorist threat ive decided that our soldiers will be more mobilized in the coming hours and we will up the mobilization within the framework of operational sentinel from 30027000 soldiers on the ground there referencing operations sentinel this is not ration that was set up back in 2015 when that 1st terror wave really hit france following the attacks it sharlie abdo and then later in the year in paris which saw the the battle plan attacked in those very many people who were killed in those coordinated attacks by terrorists 4000. 00 extra security personnel now deployed across france particularly at sites like this church and also at schools and one of the reasons that religious sites are getting the priority when it comes to security is because there was a release earlier this week from a thought but which is a press agency linked to the Terror Network al qaeda which suggested that christian symbols should be attacked in nice is already been subjected to terror attacks in the past including that horrific attack by. In 2016 that saw 86 people lose their lives when a truck plowed into a crowd of people who were celebrating the july 14th bust the Day Celebration so nice is already had its fair share of terror people here disbelief shock once again that this could hit at the heart of the city but there is also anger to. The french the man justice who want these people to be deported to their country ok in security there is no safety 3 people are dead what will america didnt build another mosque and sometimes beach we are in a country that has witnessed atrocities teachers being beheaded priests having their throats slit people are beheaded in a church thats not france and even if we take in all possible security measures have been able to come in with a knife and do his deadly deed 0 risk does not exist and thats perhaps the most shocking thing for most people is that this is 3 people who are inside a church and theyre in a place where that should have been sanctity they should have been safety instead they met there and people have been coming to the church in lame true peace since that attack took place but the reality is that this is a community that is still in complete shock over whats happened since those attacks back in 2815. 00 which started this wave of terror in france we saw those huge attacks and that this is but since then every few months there is another attack just in the last 5 weeks france has been subjected to 3 separate terror attacks it started with the stopping outside the form offices of show that followed the fact that the magazine reprinted controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammed angering muslims across the world 2 weeks later we saw the beheading of history teacher some of the party who had used those images as part of a civics lesson to discuss freedom of speech and now we. I have this attack here a nice there have of course be angus spelling out on the streets hate to not just in this process weve seen over the last few days in muslim majority countries but hey in the song thursday night there was a demonstration held by the anti immigrant group. I didnt it says they came out to the streets cooling for islam to be out of europe so there really is a huge sense of anger here on the ground too. The french government meanwhile has told its embassies to tighten their security after a wave of protests by muslims in several countries. Was. In libya one local business went as far as placing images of the french leader on his shop floor for customers to stand on and there are calls from muslims across the world to boycott french goods. As you see here. The company. Says its a little bit angry because what happened is that its. The messenger of god Prophet Muhammad under the pretext of democracy is not considered democracy and as for france honestly we want to tell you that your statements are offensive to every arab muslim and to the whole world we demand. Back. And. That. Is playing with fire in this case interesting to see that d we denounce friends of friends in the prophet therefore we denounce and believe every people do anything from france that comes to us some of the anger against mr mccraw has been seen here in moscow on friday a crowd gathered outside of the French Embassy for a 2nd day in a row the protesters could be heard shouting god is the greatest in Arabic Police moved in to break up the rally and several people were detained the embassy has asked the russian government to bolster security for french diplomatic staff. Meanwhile the french satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has upped the ante with a cover featuring the cartoon of the turkish leader thats after president aired one lashed out at emanuel over his crackdown on islam islam has slammed the publication as disgusting our Senior Correspondent but i guess you have picked up a story for us. Something in france is broken and it is france no where else in europe is that this much terror killing and a complete breakdown and Mutual Respect and understanding these latest attacks there just that the latest. Clearly its inhumane it is highly reprehensible and i hope that justice will be served this attack who deserves it i do have words as a matter of fact its really shocking. That when i feel sorrow it makes me crazy so crazy its impossible to see this im speechless i dont know what to say. A year ago macworld warned against stigmatizing muslims were all one people he said since then something has changed now hes talking about islam of separatism shutting down dozens and dozens of Muslim Charities and organizations and has unveiled a plan to domesticate is lot. Of our citizens of this law mix faith must be protected against the evil of a radical islamic but i say it here because the will of the islamists of its ideologues is precisely to the heart of our citizens of and against the republic using their religion and we cannot let that happen. Macro involves forbidding frenchmans from training overseas so restricting foreign funding for religious organizations giving the government control over religious subsidies and you loon you get money if you sign a contract saying you respect french values he even has a name for this new french islam the islam of unlike him and all everyone is challenged about macros little cult and specifically his cracked out on Muslim Charities and n. G. O. S if the government still goes on to divide us it will create separate groups in society and it is not the solution. Maybe some people who come in but not everybody people have the right to breath is their religion as they want so we come closer police who worship like the us expect our government to calm the tensions down today we have to be careful and not developing and then to Muslim Hatred it makes no sense and it is dangerous i dont think that there is an optimal solution it would be utopian to think the opposite but dialogue is a better solution for me muslims are not guilty for the terror attacks the government is not responsible either so precisely both have to discuss the problem find salute. And respect each other it is incredible how simple cartoons can cause this much bloodshed and hated misunderstanding one side sees these cartoons as nothing but an insult in the public stunt which essentially they are intended only to insult and offend more than a 1000000000 people the other side including the french government sees it as an expression of free speech. Than any god and free speech is a constitutional right of any french citizen. And we will not give up caricaturists or drawings even if others retreat started this freedom and look at caricaturist not necessarily but we look at kind of freedom of expression frankly i think its horrible what happened because were hampering our freedom of expression the freedom to learn no news for 14 years charlie has reprinted these cartoons at regular intervals a magazine with a very modest circulation has now found a cash cow for peoples feelings and beliefs for which they themselves have paid a high price. And. Swore never to give up these characters and during. Even if everyone else does only further angering muslims. Needs a Mental Health treatment what else can be said to the head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and who behaves in this way to millions of People Living in his country who are members of a different faith muslims are the primary victims of the cult of hatred empowered by colonial regimes and exported by their own clients in something 1900000000 muslims and their sanctities for the apartment crimes of such extremists is not unique to could be use of freedom of speech it only fuels extremism the recent statements that the leadership level is the dence of this a creation of the holy quran a reflection of this increasing islamophobia that is spreading in European Countries we must explain to the western world the value systems differ for different social and religious and ethnic groups in the world backgrounds tough talk has so far completely failed francis have seen as an enemy in the muslim world islamophobia book called spro tests and all that as with his little project his plan to essentially domesticated islam in france may yet be the most admissions thing has undertaken. Still to come this hour twitter flags are to report on the u. S. Election as potentially misleading for American Voters more on that story right after a short break this is art international. Seemed wrong. Just all. The world to shape out this day etiquette and indeed that it was betrayed. When some find themselves worlds apart. Just of the common ground. Welcome back. Now a powerful earthquake in the has claimed the lives of at least 20 people in western turkey with more than 702 people were also killed on a greek island as well turkeys. At least 20 buildings destroyed the search operation is now ongoing with many people reportedly trapped under the ruins the greek island of. Badly hit. Between the 2 nations. Twitter has flagged a report on the us Election Fraud as potentially misleading. Comment on the post or shared twitter to explain its actions but so far weve received no reply. The correspondent at the center of the story comments on what happened. Its very interesting that this report has been labeled misleading by twitter and regards to a civic matter because if you look at it none of the material is original to ourselves right i mean the report that i put together i simply drew from whats being said by International Bodies as well as what was said by u. S. President donald trump this is what we included in the report this election will be the most rigged election in history this is going to be a fraud like youve never seen now we also included highlights of what u. S. Media itself u. S. Mainstream Media Outlets have been saying take a listen to that east texas official is in jail accused of committing voter fraud Manatee County supervisor of elections mike bennett says wiggins requested a mail in ballot for himself and his wife meanwhile the state election board is asking georges attorney general to look into 98 outstanding cases of voter fraud d. O. J. Announced at the f. B. I. In the Pennsylvania State police are investigating fraud in mail in ballots in loser and county we also made a very important point of being balanced we did not only highlight the claims of republicans and Trump Supporters we also highlighted the concerns of democrats about voting irregularities and about polling places Voter Suppression etc take a listen to what we included from democrats who are also expressing concerns if congress and steet dont act immediately our country could face a new electoral tour noble this fall you know when twitter says that this report is possibly misleading about a civic matter that would make you think that we were giving people Incorrect Information about how to vote or Something Like that we did nothing of the kind take a look at the report it was simply pointing out the situation in the United States where there is widespread you know anticipation of this election widespread fear according to polls that there could be violence in the streets and rioting after the elections and you know and the fact that if such an election were taking place in another country there would be statements from. U. S. Officials expressing concern and that there would be there would be talk you know that somehow such an election may not be taken seriously and there would be you know criticism of that electoral process if it was in another country we showed hypocrisy on the part of u. S. Leaders in the up plus up lead in the leading to this election coming up in the United States so im looking for anything in the report that they say is misleading there was nothing in the report that was misleading we quoted other sources we showed what is the reality on the ground in the United States is which is that people are very nervous before this upcoming vote on november 3rd earlier my colleagues jaclyn and macare and discussed why twitters actions against our team might raise concerns. The news agency has subject to broadcasting standards which means that every report must be balanced and fair and this report kaleb our correspondent has a hit to those rules ensuring to use key words like allegedly and sharing to keep it on a little yet balanced and referencing all reports and official channels now what we like to do here at r. T. Is we like to bring a range of reports together dig a little deeper try to salvage some accuracy and call out any hypocrisy is why a tug line here is question more but twitter did say early this month that it was going to be ramping up its use of these warning labels on tweets to help curb any misinformation ahead of the elections take a lesson you may not use to it is services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections civic processes this includes posting sharing content that may suppress participation will mislead people about when where or how to participate in the civic process we believe we have a responsibility to protect the integrity of twitter conversations from interference and manipulation now as part of this twitter has announced that disputed claims in the election process would be flagged or removed tweets that include any premature claims will be labeled as and used as what we directed to the official us election page to tweet same to inciting interference in the election process and all the results such as calls for violent action may be removed and as weve seen recently its not just r. T. That has raised red flags for the guys at twitter this comes just a week or so ago since twitter and facebook i decided to remove links to a story being run by the New York Post regarding alleged emails on an old laptop of hunter biden now this is a story that was rubbished by his father joe biden and yet you know it could have cost a shot away his chances in the race to the white house but twitter wasnt the only one to shun this story while i will intentionally not link to the New York Post i want to be clear that this story is eligible to be fact checked. By facebooks 3rd Party Fact Checking partners in the meantime we are reducing its distribution on our platform and after this twitter as well as other Major Internet Companies have come under intense scrutiny and faced a grilling in the senate your position is that you could sit in Silicon Valley and demand the media but you can tell them what stories they can publish or you could tell the American People what reporting they can hear is that right. Out every organization that stands up to twitter agrees to its terms of service and so when you deny their platforms the answer shipped us press that we havent censored the us president oh yes youre out now the senate tearing as you can see was pretty intense you saw the republicans and democrats interrogate the heads of Twitter Facebook and google and it really exposed this deep distrust in the power of Silicon Valley to police the web. Now this isnt the 1st time that r. T. Has received a twitter label those who follow us on the platform will know that our account has been branded as state affiliated media tell us about that you write your twitter has previously labelled arties editor in chief Margarita Simonyan russian language twitter account russias state affiliated media which struck many as a little bit unfair considering that other news groups that are also state finance which is the b. B. C. And n. P. R. Were not given similar titles facebook has also labeled atis account of state affiliated media again failing to do the same for other foreign state media such is the voice of america is there a facebooks position back then is stated was to provide Greater Transparency into publishers that combine the influence of a Media Organization with the strategic backing of the state so i think the double standards are quite apparent that nonetheless whether its stories being run by the New York Post by r. T. Or anybody else questions are increasingly being raised over how much power social media hasnt attempting what people read or dont read and what they trust now we have that requested comment from twitter and we will bring it to you when we get it. Interestingly enough that discussion you just saw has also been flagged via twitter as potentially misleading content we heard from independent researcher piers robinson who believes social media giants are going way beyond their remit. The biggest concerns that i have about any of these attempts to sort of control the misinformation. Is that youre really no longer trusting viewers and readers to actually use their own intelligence and judgment to assess and commission you know its a much safer better open democratic turned road but it turns to go down dont censor dont try and go into this possible terror deciding what is this information and what is not but you actually are allowing for classes without the serial requirements etc without wanting to make suitable the plan you know the criticism will be that you choose twitter etc and facebook are seen and controlling information flow which really is going one direction which is actually politically biased the actual x. A late news this is part of the bias itself. Which is why its such a dangerous road to go down i think more in general i mean he does the i think a wider crack concern amongst people which i think is probably increasing now that you know information is being censored weve seen it in so many different rounds on so many different issue areas and of course going code 19 control the c. E. O. s scientists being blocked from you shoot and so on and it is just creates an overall sense of distrust in me and tech giants as well. To poland now where around a 100000 people have flooded the capital protest against a more extensive ban on abortions have been ongoing for over a week now with this the largest rally to hit warsaw in that time. Yes. The current standoff is over the potential outlawing of abortions in cases of severe fetal deformities legal grounds in poland could be restricted to when the Mothers Health is in danger incest and rape the government has attempted to compromise suggesting terminations could be allowed for life threatening defects the National Prosecutor earlier threatened criminal charges against those organizing the protest movement with the recent surge in covert 1000 cases in the country. The woman who has accused democratic president ial hopeful joe biden of Sexual Assault has spoken to our team terror reid worked as an assistant in the Joe Biden Office in the u. S. Senate back in the 1990 s. She says that in 1903 the man she once considered her hero physically attacked her in a court order joe biden has repeatedly denied the allegation of course terrorism terrified a criminal complaint in april this year and has given us her version of events on our Team Americas podcast which is available on our you tube channel. I did try to come forward at that time in 1903 with Sexual Harassment and i lost my job and was terminated for speaking up i did not discuss at that time the Sexual Assault i was too intimidated by the process im to do so as soon as it started getting you know really reported on i immediately got smeared so it was either silenced or smeared and i sort of went through the silencing and smearing rotation you know throughout the destroyed my reputation when after my education they went after everything about me smearing the and every opportunity they could from the time i was 7 years old on you know i lost my housing i lost work i lost money everything my pets were threatened my daughter was threatened my life was threatened its not even about hunter per se or you know my story is of course important to me but but on a matter level its about the fact that weve weve entered into a propagate