to. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me. now are far a debate has taken place at the u.n. headquarters in new york over the conflict in syria the damascus and boy addressed the emergency session accusing turkey and other countries of occupying and pillaging syria and supporting terrorist groups can have more could reports from new york. quite strong disagreements were articulated between the countries represented at the 15 member body that leads the united nations now when the representative of the united states spoke she had harsh words for both russia and syria accusing them of inappropriate and basically unacceptable actions in their efforts to retake the province of live from terrorist forces the trumpet ministration condemns in the strongest possible terms the assad regime iran hezbollah and russia's barbaric an unjustified military offensive. to be quite clear what we are witnessing is deliberate lethal violence against thousands of innocent children women and men now she also mentioned that the united states was going to provide aid to help rebuild syria in the aftermath of the conflict however observers have looked at the situation in iraq in the aftermath of the u.s. invasion many years on and have cast doubt on those claims and promises now the russian representative spoke about how it seemed like the meeting was convened for the purpose of preventing the syrian arab republic from retaking the province of it live from the terrorists it seemed like the meeting was almost scheduled at a range to try an impi this syrian government's efforts this is what the russian ambassador to ben ziad to say these unplanned meets and syria flew a common pattern convene precisely when terrorist groups in the country are under threat and the syrian government is regaining control of its own territory i would like to remind you that these groups are recognized as terrorists by the security council syria has a right and a d.c. to combine terrorists on its sovereign turner tree now the representative of the syrian arab republic spoke about the need for his country's territorial integrity to be respected as it is being widely violated with foreign forces in the country who were not invited by the internationally recognized syrian government which is a u.n. member state furthermore you seem to believe that essentially the u.n. security council has been transformed almost into something else this is what he had to say you will heard the intervention of the u.s. permanent representative when she said that he is a nato ally so this is no security council but rather a council that she's being used as a nato forum it is an acceptable threat to say inside this house that the united states of america protects to keep its final ations of the charter and international rule my dedication reiterates that attempts by. countries to impose names whose agenda on the security council would among the credibility of this council and refute all the pretext used by some to demonize the syrian states russia recently renewed its offensive against the terrorist forces in it live it is supporting efforts to take back the city from terrorists and jihad his forces now one particular group he got to rere al shaab and this is a terrorist group that is widely known around the world for its atrocities for example there are over 1400 attacks with tanks machine guns that have been heavy weaponry that have taken place recently in addition they have been countering civilian protest and ad lib against their ongoing presence in the presence of other militants there have been attacks on humanitarian corridors which is a violation of international law in addition they have been using civilians as human shields syrian representative when speaking emphasize that their territorial integrity was being very very widely violated and emphasized that they were determined to defeat the terrorist forces and that it seemed like the united states and nato were essentially trying to undermine their efforts and prevent them from defeating these terrorist forces and retaking their province of libs so quite a strong disagreement between countries represented at the u.n. security council meeting that just took place here in manhattan. so now it's my karate things western powers are not interested in ending the conflict in syria. well this goes way beyond the concept of one man's terrorist that are is another man's freedom fighter. and down to the black and white of who the west has been supporting all the way through this crisis in syria has been al qaeda affiliates all the time hold the way same with turkey the same with the u.k. the same with israel so it just seems that they have noble cause to play we can only imagine what would happen. russian a russian delegation to the un or iranian or syrian that something along the lines of will exist of targeting isis the west the us and france want to prolong this conflict this is exactly what they want to do whatever taking your car affiliates it sounds insane doesn't it but that's exactly what's going on there appealing to the united nations in order to protect our own affiliates you could only make this stuff up and that's exactly what's going on. the us democratic national committee has called for a reassessment of the delayed results from the iowa caucus as off the doubts were raised whether they were factually correct several months have reports. will caucus democratic caucus still missing a whopping of 3 percent of the results the race is very very close extremely close to judges in the lead with 26.2 percent and bernie sanders right behind with only 26 point one percent than we have warren with 18.2 percent and of course joe biden with 15.8 percent but it judge and sanders do have each 11 delegates basically whoever gets the 1st primary amount of delegates and reaches the $1191.00 before the primaries gets the election but it's clearly too close to call even with 3 percent still missing but in the last hour like you mentioned d.n.c. chairman took to twitter to announce this campus enough is enough in light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results i am calling on the i you would democratic party to immediately begin to recant this so. tweet really came unexpected for the democrats who have already seen a lot of how it came as a surprise to them so at this rate canvas means it's similar to recount but not quite we may be seeing another caucus of sorts to go back and seeing a recount of sorts rather to see who will win it's all been caused by this error called from the application called shadow the error in coding that could not delayed these important results and it's also important to note that this these these primaries the caucus in iowa the new next one in new hampshire and then south carolina and nevada they really are important to kind of give these candidates the 1st momentum in this race but without the iowa results they could be moving to new hampshire we're only days away from that. well the 100 precincts reporting consistencies in their results along with missing they say an accurate calculations also took place the failure to validate it was out correctly on down time has caused widespread anger folks i don't know what is going on with the iowa democratic policy on the slow trickle of results how many of the counties are having their results full see reported by the i.d.p. every county needs to release the results know what it's going to stay for perkins think the democrats on the liberty storming the release of the iowa caucus results . prez is participating in increasing the confusion by asking for even more review even more time to pass between the time the voters voted and the results that they see this is a way of disconnecting voters from the results that they expected when they participated in those caucuses and at a certain point the people of iowa won't remember how they voted and any result that the democrat party wants to report they'll be able to chaos benefits fraud the longer and more difficult it is to understand the easier it will be to report something that didn't happen and people will accept it and the democrat party is terrified that sanders will be the candidate and the democrats will have only managed to tap the brakes on their principal problem which is how to prevent the popularity of bernie sanders from causing him to be the candidate that loses in a landslide to donald trump and they're willing to risk embarrassment to make sure by fraudulent means that he doesn't wind up twitter and you have announced changes to the way they fight materials at the vague wooding in the new rules that's raising questions donald corso will. we all like a good many i know i do and that's why i'm here to warn you that they're potentially in danger because of twitter's new war on altered images and videos that might mislead voters we know that some tweets include many plated photos or videos that can cost people harm today we're introducing a new rule and a label that will address and give people more context around this tweets one man's satire is another man's trigger there's bound to be those who will find hilarious songs like this one unhealthy for political discourse i love it when you told. me. what it is boiled its definition of so-called dr damages down to a few criteria editing of the contents composition changes in its visual or auditory information and anything that simulates real people but who actually gets to make the call on what does or doesn't harm is anyone's guess are these trump dog and rocky memes politically misleading maybe this one with bernie sanders is harmful a political satire well it's always bound to hurt someone's feelings but if you're not on twitter don't think this isn't going to step on your toes you tube's got its own version of this new policy of the 2020 lection season kicks into high gear in the united states people who visit you tube to learn about the candidates and watch the election season. over the last few years we've increased or if it's to make you tube. and information as well as an open platform for who flee political discourse you remember that video trumps supporters made portraying their president massacring the mainstream media and the church it was funny to them to the mainstream media well they were a bit offended the white house correspondents association says it is horrified by this and is calling on president trump to denounce the video c.b.s. has decided. not to show that video we can't show this video because it's so disgusting is extremely violent it is disturbing and those bad liberating videos could also be interpreted as politically misleading you probably in this day think a bug with my ear. we need new babies out there think we need time to make new ones because the old ones just become so big twitter's netizens have already picked up on the controversy cause people harm were kind of instances this i love how you used the word doctored because that's the elisa talker means the left can't mean twitter oh yeah well now no one can make your bed in the us which may cause harm to the left we can read between the lines there will be no unimproved in the people's republic of twitter comrades it seems that without any ultimate authority to make the call on what is and isn't a violation so many decisions will be left to the rules vague wording who knows how internet freedom will fare as a result prominent american corruption activist and founder of project very tough james o'keefe how does the council suspended by twitter earlier this week now thought that he was wrongly accused of leaking private data belonging to a member of bernie sanders this campaign. they dispute began when a washington post reporter accused project veritas of publishing secret recordings of volunteers on scientists campaign rather than stuff as james o'keefe then wrote or tweets requesting of attraction and providing a link to publicly available election information as proof the volunteer was actually an employee and although the reporter retracted his story o'keefe the account was still restricted twitter defended the ban saying that journalists had violated the platforms rolls by posting private information without consent james o'keefe gave us his own accounts of what. we reported publicly available f.e.c. documents in a washington post reporter say that the man you just saw the tape there collier rick was a quote volunteer so the washington post reporter deleted his erroneous tweet we reported the information showing that he was not a volunteer he was a paid field organizer for bernie sanders in the state of iowa and then twitter locks my account and does not allow me to tweet it until they tell me i have to delete the tweet reporting the f.e.c. information i don't want to delete the tweet i think that that would be unethical for me to delete information like that i'm trying to report information the public has a right to know so i think twitter is drawing a line in the sand here and i'm not going to delete this tweet i've appealed the decision trying to get twitter to change their mind but it was making the argument that because the f.e.c. paystub had the information about the address of kyle yuruk that's a violation of his privacy but when you're a public figure when you're when you're talking about how great violence is and killing police officers are i think that reporters have a right to publish some things like f.e.c. paystub so i think it's very hypocritical still to come on the program german public figures signed in a pill for the release of julian assange prison in the u.k. state change the details on that. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back now in a major shakeup in german politics the key regional prime minister has quit just hours after taking up the post that's amid a huge backlash over a political union that brought him to power. it's just resignation was inevitable the dissolution of the parliament is inevitable if detroit yesterday with a perilous trick of damage democracy there was no cooperation with the f.t. there is no such cooperation and will never be told us carrick they're quick to say that he had nothing to do with a deal with alternative for germany but well how long he sticks around at the higher levels of the free democratic party with that may be measured in hours similar to his reign as prime minister of the state of today in jail he's fairly much in the firing line at the moment and has been huge backlash to this situation it's unfolded into india backlash from politicians also from the public is well it follows this union basically this alliance between the c.d.u. which is angular merkel's party on the right wing alternative for germany party the f.d.a. to support and back thomas kennedy to be the prime minister of the state of to even get that resulted in condemnation condemnation from on high angle of merkel herself having something to say about it and this is unforgivable and that's why the result must be reversed the election of this prime minister was a unique process that broke with the basic conviction of the c.d.u. and also of mine namely that no majorities should be won with the help of the f.t. this is a ban today for democracy. chancellor merkel have to say something because she often repeated that promise that there would be no alliance between alternative for germany and hope democratic union it's really seen as the big to boo in german politics to have anything to do with a half day to try and gears them to gain power in fact you saw large demonstrations across germany on wednesday evening against what we've seen happening today nya. is one of the smallest states in the german federal republic but the rock that's being thrown in there and not pool has certainly cast ripples far afield christian linda who's the head of the free democratic party that thomas kennedy belongs to least for now in fact he's called for votes of confidence while speaking to the party leadership when it comes to the cd themselves local representatives in the states of today just saying they don't want to see new elections in the state it does look like that's the direction we're heading in at the moment when you look at that it's hard to think that would have been possible just a short while ago while angle a miracle was hades of the christian democratic union that there would be a local faction of the policy that would be so publicly. against what head office is saying there will be a meeting of christian democratic union top brass here in berlin on friday as they continue to discuss the fallout from what's going on in the states elections. well we got reaction to the story from both sides of germany's political spectrum. parliament voted with this majority for this liberal and it is clear that our problem deputies from f.t. also supported this liberal candidate but it's completely constitutional completely democrat democratic the political left wing a leader of the centrist elite and bowlen is not a willing to accept that in a federal state the parliament elects a liberal to be prime minister because they say he has the support of the wrong after all party if he into renia as the 2nd largest force and the people voted for them it shows in which states democracy in germany is an hour after government of i get our merkel to lead a. regional federal government and you elected through fascist this is. a brute of a job it's not a question of legal it's a quest question of politics in this year. of course in the professional political. system on the federal level you are professional you move all and you think forward rich scenarios. and if you know that sooner you can happen the. kind of trick tries to bring in. government legitimated that it's all fascist politics you should do anything to him to. a group of 130 german public figures have signed an appeal for the release of wiki leaks founder julian assange from prison in the u.k. from a german vice chancellor think my gabrielle is among the signatories as well as several nobel prize winners. this bridge our aim is to make it clear to the public that it's not only about the defense of the sun it's also about the defensive freedom of opinion and the press and consequently of democracy itself. in discovering state crimes journalist whistleblowers and the media need to fear persecution imprisonment or even fear for their lives in the future the 4th power is more than in danger. their sons was arrested in london last april and is currently serving a 15 week sentence for skipping bail back in 2012 he's also facing extradition to the u.s. on espionage sounds computer hacking charges the american case that is on the publication by wiki leaks of thousands of classified military files in 2010 including this video incriminating u.s. troops in iraq if convicted us dollars could get a prison term of up to 175 years the final stage of his extradition trial has been pushed back to may meanwhile their son's remains in belmarsh prison well i thought it was only recently moved from solitary confinement that's after repeated appeals by is legal team citing poor health he still faces tight restrictions on visitors what his lawyers say they've also found it difficult to neat their client in an open lesson last month with dozens of leading medical experts warned the u.k. government that the wiki leaks co-founder could die in prison affair echoed on multiple occasions by the un's special rapporteur on torture. the blatant and sustained arbitrariness shown by both the judiciary and the government in this case suggests an alarming departure from the u. case commitment to human rights and the rule of law unless the u.k. urgently changes course and alleviates the inhuman situation mr songes continued exposure to arbitrariness and abuse may soon end up costing him his life hopefully the judge will decide in a thoughtless favor and and turn extradition down on the on the grounds that the u.s. is not an honorable partner in these proceedings i think it's clear that assad cannot be will not be given a fair trial fair treatment and the british government should take that into account the prosecution of a sausage is obviously would be a major blow to to press freedom throughout the world he's been put in and solitary confinement until very recently in a maximum security prison and that's obviously having a very damaging effect in terms of as his physical and mental health so it's been it's been extremely harsh treatment. and and certainly belies britain's reputation as a place of civil liberties and civilized treatment of people like that. a healthy girl he's been living in a moscow hospital her anti-life is being handed to social services by decisions being made by a court after her parents fail to take her home for 5 years this girl is 5 years old and she's had a bizarre sheltered life. this is the room where she lives it's not in a house or apartment and her relatives are not by her side it's an elite private hospital in central moscow and for her entire life she has never left his grounds for the wrestling machine or stressing me or her up in washington. equal. to be here with him but. the voice or sharing is not her mother it's her nanny the mother has decided that her daughter is hopelessly ill and must be confined to a hospital. however doctors say that the girl is perfectly healthy and there is no medical reason to keep her in the clinic although they have been unable to discharge or without parental consent one thing isn't it she doesn't know and yet in life but she's a good normal girl the girl's parents have paid the hospital huge sums of money almost $200000.00 a year to keep her there in the company of private nannies almost a year ago the parents stopped sending their payments but they still refused to take her home and a legal battle has been raging so the hospital convinced the parents to leave their child in the hospital all this time that's the logical conclusion the child has been hospital for 5 years the parents are not doctors they just paid the bills how reliable is information the child is healthy and there is no need for her to stay in hospital. on monday the corps delivered its verdict that's. the parents are to be stripped of parental rights to the girl and she will be placed in the custody of child welfare services perhaps soon she will finally leave the confines of the hospital and see the world she has been drawing for all these years the parents can appeal the decision but russian officials hope to eventually give the girl to have grandparents. well 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