Need to start using role models to make it too expensive to be racist we used to say sticks and stones may break but for principle words can hurt me words cant hurt. Very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me. Our top story this hour democrats led committees have issued a legal notice demanding Donald Trumps personal lawyer turn over documents to their impeachment inquiry they accuse Rudy Giuliani of being involved in attempts to pressure ukraines president to investigate corruption allegations against former Vice President joe biden chumps potential rival in the 2020 president ial race travelodge is biden trying to quash ukrainian probe into a gas company on whose board his son hunter biden sat joe biden has publicly boasted about forcing the Ukrainian Government to fire the countrys corrupt prosecutor democrats accused trump of offering ukraine more military aid as an incentive to launch an investigation into biden. Well meanwhile the biden camp has said to detailed memos to the media explaining why there was no conflict of interest and told top news channels to stop giving Rudy Giuliani at a time as the report. Former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani is making his rounds on americas t. V. Networks now rightly or wrongly donald trump is under a lot of heat facing an impeachment inquiry and Rudy Giuliani intends as the president s lawyer to tell the other side of the story but the president s talking about is however there is a. Motive evidence that the ukrainians created false information people were ignoring that that biden played a role in getting these collusion allegations covered up i didnt ask him to look into joe bugner yes knew of the allegation of the related my client which tangentially involved joe biden in a massive bribery not unlike what he did in china one of the points that Rudy Giuliani has been making is that there seems to be evidence of potential corruption from joe biden and his son in both ukraine and china now the Biden Campaign seems to believe this talking point is off limits in an unprecedented move weve actually got the joe Biden Campaign asking t. V. Networks not to interview Rudy Giuliani saying that what he says in these interviews is somehow out of bounds we want you to demand the 1000 service to the facts you no longer book Rudy Giuliani a surrogate for donald trump who has demonstrated that he will knowingly and willingly lie in order to advance his own narrative its now an open question will t. V. Networks in the United States that claim to be fair balanced in showing both sides of the issue actively boycott one side the president of the United States aside to be precise lets not forget that the debunked Conspiracy Theory that somehow russia and trump colluded in order to win the white house was in the headlines all over the us media and at this point Rudy Giuliani says they are conspiring to silence him why because theyre afraid of the facts and the reason they want me to be silenced is not because im funny and its because ive got. Facts and because shes guilty and these folks are repeat offenders one of the coauthors of the letter is a need to done now she was a former White House Communications director under obama and its reported that as White House Communications director she declared war on fox news the white house had no dealings with a major t. V. Network now some saw that as an affront to the 1st amendment. Lets be realistic here howie you know and they are they are widely viewed as you know part of the Republican Party take their talking points put him on the air take their Opposition Research put money theyre not spying is this move against Rudy Giuliani the 1st step in pushing pro trump voices off of the mainstream american t. V. Networks or is it just a president ial race where all means are good lets talk to new yorkers were not idiots we all know what channels feel a certain way which shows officers. Thats what they do all the time they try to shut out the other side. I think to giuliani should be able to speak and biden should be able to refute any any churches its Rudy Giuliani i think hes earned the right to be a t. V. In fact he was the mayor of new york city through a very traumatic situation not 11 i think everybody has the right to be interviewed. Thats when you knew there was democracy even here in the Democratic Party stronghold of new york city seems like very few americans are sold on the idea the t. V. Networks should be boycotting the president s lawyer. R. T. New york. The Reuters News Agency has been caught house misusing an out of date quote describing a wrong in june 2019 as belligerent and cited something the commander every wrongs Aerospace Forces had said 8 months earlier. Explains. Timing is everything as mortise has apparently only just discovered that the news agency has got itself into a bit of a pickle over this article in it a senior figure in the rain a minute she was quoted shaking his butt literally fist at washington and saying thats what. You have forces in the region where threats but they are now an opportunity for iran they do not talk about war with iran because they know how susceptible to the head of the gods Aerospace Division i mean already hajizada so dont stay to live in. Sounds hostile and sounds like a lighter fluid being added twin raging fire because a void claims that had just to set this in june this year a month which saw tensions between tehran and washington had unprecedented heights troop deployments tanks sieges drones being shot down and fingers on the retaliation trigger the world watched on as the 2 countries seemingly lunch towards a military conflict president tropper approved military strikes against iran last night and then changed his mind u. S. Surveillance drone flying above the straits of hormuz over International Waters shot out of the sky by Iranian Missile present approved military strikes on a number of iranian targets of an american drone by the iranians last night but this is a direct attack on a u. S. Military asset and given the quote fit the favored narrative of iran iran the wool monger a iran the disobedient child the headline got picked up by news outlets from aljazeera to the New York Times but like i said timing is everything because hodges ought to set this north in june 29000 as reuters reported but almost 8 months in november 28th seen during the poor cost on a rainy and state t. V. Be worth threat for us before but now they are an opportunity why dont they speak with us about warren attack because theyre french. For sure even back in november the comment would have got washingtons all up after all it doesnt take kindly to threats unless of course its the one making them but at a potentially explosive cross where its in a radian us relations it seems reasonable to suggest that should have stopped just that much more. Checked its banks just got much more virally but hey jude its all the same to reuters. The court from Iranian State television era. In which we always monitor live on june the 21st the quote reflects irans usual stance so its no surprise that this is been issued on numerous occasions before reuters journalists are here strictly to our trust principles maintaining independence integrity and freedom from bias in our news gathering we stand by our reporting of this story now everyone can forgive an honest mistake but theyre just a couple of sticking points here 11 rockley the ritual agency which uncovered the false report started to probe a bit deeper it got boosted that is what has just stopped replying to what should be cautious of falling victim to the crime one accuses others of white as is probably feeling but quit now given its earlier report on how iran has become a master of dissent from ation voters has unearthed more than 70 websites which look like news outlets but are actually channels for a renewed propaganda and fake news often people ask of influence operations actually have any real world impact and in the case of the Iranian Campaign we can say yes it has and 31 case of honest miss reporting is a mistake but anything move begins to look like a pattern and that is more back in 2018 reuters published this article and with its poll shows the quoting of those belligerent iranian generals gave this citation iran apparently had its eye on expanding its Weapons Program putting u. S. Bases on ackroyd carriers under threat of those naughty beloved us to rain yes but wait lets just rewind one sentence today we are working on increasing the range of our air to air missiles therefore one of our most important plans is increasing the range of missiles no munition we are working on beyond visual range missiles and ammunition and consider no limitations in this regard for ourselves because the air force should heighten the countrys deterrent power along with other armed forces to. Missiles all those u. S. Bases and aircraft carriers which are suspended in the sky but a watch out for you guys asian which markets itself as a fisted us Fact Checking behemoths it should be in unapologetically loose lipped on one of todays most politically volatile topics. Germany has announced plans to carry out more random border searches in order to discourage migrants from moving illegally irans the European Union last week the german interior minister extended border controls for another 6 months due to the high numbers of illegal entries germany is not the 1st country to have reintroduced border controls norway sweden denmark austria and france already undertaken similar measures in order to prevent illegal migration meanwhile the number of migrants arriving on italian shores is on the rise again arties ski picks up the story. Under the cover of darkness fresh arrivals set foot on the telly soil these migrants were picked up off to being spotted by the coast guard in the mediterranean over the space of a few hours by the boats full of people also landed on Lampedusa Island 3 years has been the frontline of italys migration crisis. Im very worried to go home im especially worried but all the small bolts that alarmingly i would not want the situation as it was in 2011. I hope that my feet turn to the government so that he might feel stablish lets say an equilibrium in the island and stop this trafficking former interior minister mr you said beany may not be everyones cup of tea but its hard line anti immigration policies did seem to resonate with italians his most famous perhaps and most popular move was to close italys ports. Charity rescue ships before salvi nice party the league came to power as part of a coalition italy had been described as collapsing under the weight for my quince in 2017 almost 120000 or ride by sea routes in 2018 the yourself we need close the ports that dropped to a little over 23000 many had hoped that the end was in sight now that seems to be fading. But i think there has already been and gratian people this is the beginning of migration from one producer now italy has a new government one that is more pro e. U. And has distanced itself from the politics of selby ne its using much softer language over the issue of migration and its where you open the ports for some this is the start of a slippery slope and it does seem that as the ports are reopened or rivals are increasing in the 1st few weeks of september official figures show that around 1700. 00 migrants landed in italy via c. Thats double what it was in the same period last year now while 4 e. U. Countries have agreed a relocation plan for migrants that arrive in italy this is only a temporary emergency mechanism itself has to be presented to of the e. U. Members later this month and it will remain voluntary thats raising some eyebrows we probably have a huge sort of drugs and. We are not. Going to live. Very. Close we believe its a full week before. Migration. In the unproduced there is also skepticism over the offer of help from the e. U. When i say they do nothing at all everyone thinks about themselves you would if you thought it i would like to trust so good so i do not because everyone has their own interests in Europe Germany looks after its own interest from. Cradle to sea i believe you reap looks more to tell me interests than to those of a single country that has often left alone too many times. Even if e. U. Members agree on a way forward to deal with migration it still doesnt resolve the issues italy continues to face as a result of migration thats already taken place 6 countries have already reimposed to run the border checks to stop migrants moving and stop and Search Operations being ramped up on the german border and if the levels of immigration rise once more many italians fear that they will be run so again left struggling alone with the burden show that deep for all. Which are executive has been exposed by as a British Army Information warrior we have that story and plenty more coming up on this very short break. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person with those great. Thinks. We dare to ask. All great post campbell is ongoing the whole negative Interest Rates are the same its that we work in the better in the bond market these things are happening or experiencing a breakdown of markets all over the world so what we have we dodge one bullet call the we work i. P. O. Were getting gunned down in a financial pull a Strong Financial bad guys shooting at us with impunity. Welcome back to us they were failed the twitches middle east editor is also an officer in the british army thats like a logical wolf a unit also uses the ali looks at how compatible those 2 roles are. They have for years been questions. Authorial policies of twitter well when it comes to the social media giants operations in the middle east it turns out the british army has quite the hand in it. My focus is the future of preparing me to morrow thats ready to fight for middle east has discovered that twitters head of editorial specializing on the middle Eastern Region also moonlights for the u. K. Army former journalist Gordon Mcmillan has openly shared this information when his linked in page and the 77th progress made macmillan serves in is no ordinary unit created back in 2015 it conducts nonlethal warfare with a proud slogan influence and outreach these warriors fight their battles on the front lines of social media seeking to change and influence behavior our aim is to challenge the difficulties of modern warfare use a nonlethal engagement and legitimate nonmilitary leavers as a means to adept behaviors of the opposing forces and adversaries its no wonder the middle east has become a priority for the british army with its forces having played quite a role destabilizing the region in the past decade. Or. So again 77 certainly got plenty to get its teeth into general nick carter the head of the u. K. Army was full of high hopes for his social soldiers in a speech he delivered last year 77 prek. Professional come back weve got some remarkable talents when it comes to social media. Production design and indeed arabic poetry those sorts of skills we cant afford to retain in the regular component but they are the means of us delivering capability in a much more imaginative way that we might have been able to do in the past and at least one of them seems to have lived up to the potential since Gordon Mcmillan joined twitter in 2013 the social media giants a suspended Iranian Press agencies and banned thousands of middle eastern accounts although mcmillan was proven to be working on 2 different fronts simultaneously puts a doesnt seem all that bothered simply referring to it as extra curricular activity we actively encourage all our employees to pursue external interests in line with our commitment to healthy Corporate Social Responsibility and we will continue to do so so our twitter wants to maintain how independent and unbiased that is its policy of encouraging staff to pursue outside interests coming back to want it theres been a u. K. Government propaganda operation which has attempted to create clusters to draw in journalists and academics in order to essentially promote. Agendas in relation to clearly International Affairs and this kind of manipulation of the information environment is profoundly and there are practical and ultimately proudly dangerous it is perhaps not surprising that you have employees for example who are involved in sign up operations or propaganda operations if you allow governments to start to shape what people think and understand about whats going on in the world in a way that is going on through brigade 77 and propaganda operations you see any u. K. When you do look you hotlips maintain any time to check or balance or control loop no government is severely limited. And we asked the british Army Spokesperson for comment he told r. T. That was. No relationship or agreement between the 77th great brigade and twitter other than using it as a social media platform. New yorkers could our phase their quarter of a 1000000. 00 fine for using the term illegal alien with the intention of humiliating or harassing someone same goes for threatening to report a person to our race the u. S. Immigration a