ten children's are said to be among the eighteen killed in the natl strikes in afghanistan's konar prevents according to officials there reports say it all happened actually when and that two airstrike hits the home of a suspected taliban insurgents in

a small village at the same time his family was inside taking shelter from the ingoing strikes after the house was hit a local running through hope and the were seen carrying. the bodies of children spend other lives from the rubble the u.s. led coalition has gone beyond that it carried out the airstrikes on that area and in a statement about the spokes man for the forces acknowledge that they were aware of the reports that civilians had been killed also but as yet it could not come from the total dead duraid was apparently called in by an international troops in the vicinity a heavy fighting with the taliban insurgents me the pakistani border at the local government's officials confront another women and

a civilian also died in that airstrike the u.s. led forces say they were carrying out a major operations against the senior taliban commander in that area operations began on friday after a tip of dozens of taliban fighters where concentrated in that area according to eyewitness natural strikes began in the early hours of the morning and continued till late evening and number of fuel is troops. and the civilians advisor working for them are also said to have been killed in the same operation a history of such high casualty strikes as strongly polarize the afghan public leading to mass protests and a growth in support for the taliban are going to you can report on how it has all

soured relations between the west and afghanistan these airstrikes come amid repeated pleas from the afghan government of president karzai to stop killing civilians because in chorus eyes words they fuel insecurity and instability they further alienate afghans from their government which many afghans see as a puppet government so president karzai although he does owe his power to allied forces to washington specifically but he clearly understands that those civilian casualties there are more violence in afghanistan and undermine his government even further these are the types of attacks that infuriate the local population like the one in september last year nato killed eight women or in may a nato airstrike killed an afghan family including six children and two women earlier this year president karzai banned afghan forces from calling in airstrikes although his order appears to have been ignored by international forces now these attacks also undermines u.s. efforts to negotiate an agreement to stay in afghanistan past twenty four team

although president karzai appears to be prepared to strike a deal he knows what kind of a backlash it may have been of ghana's then in order for u.s. troops to stay they need immunity from prosecution under the afghan law and that's what they were negotiating now the deadly strikes killing civilians certainly make it hard for the afghans to accept such a deal and allow foreign forces to further operate there with impunity lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at west chester university says by continuing its operations in afghanistan nato troops are inciting more instability . the question really is what are the american doing why by continuing these sort of operations my feeling is that. government has to do this sort of demonstrate for domestic reasons that it's pretty you know. it's going to leave orderly fashion leaving behind what passes or at least in american rhetoric

a stable government be able to project force and then that government whose arms they go without. orders then it's that governments fault not our what we did all we could we're not going to be the taliban which is. operation we're in a country there really isn't. the central government is really doesn't have a lot of power. and when we're. in my opinion is that it will rapidly does here. and you've been voting on our web site r t dot com on what you think the consequences of this latest deadly strike will be as of now this is what you guys are saying so far almost half of you think that the afghan president will make forceful statements but little else close behind of about forty percent believe that it will spark attacks from groups looking to hit back at

coalition soldiers a small percentage around seven percent think that hamid karzai his hand will be forced and will have to band that nato airstrikes in just six percent of you believe that the date for nato troops to leave will be brought forward had to r.t. dot com and tell us what you have to say about the subject. reports are emerging of israeli and a jordanian police arresting activists in response to the massive cyber offensive by the hacker group anonymous the computer attackers have said their aim is to disrupt and erase israel from cyberspace in protest over its policies towards the palestinians artie's eating english to has more. the information is coming from a palestinian twitter account from the palestinian authority presidential advisor on the technology and communication who said that israel has retaliated to the daylong how king attack on israel by arresting several palestinians and several of

the west bank towns they have the attack on israel is going on for the entire day. twenty eight meijer israeli sites have been down including the knesset's site out of the israeli parliament which we are hearing is still down also the activists are saying that tens of thousands of israeli facebook and twitter accounts have been brought down as well as well as they tried to target the banking system as well as other major sites as well all of this of course is being done. by the had to his group anonymous or or groups associated there with of course saying that this is their way of getting back at israel for buying limbs in the west bank and mistreatment of palestinians where there is an attack there's seems to be a response now at least their husband response from the israeli hackers who have issued a statement saying that whoever whoever is participating in the so-called all israel is weak of people minded and for every attack that they do is really have to tell

you doesn't fold but at the same time you have to understand that israel is a rather powerful country and of course the officials long before the attack has actually taken place and it was well it was well advertised you may say they have said that they're fully prepared for this stock and they have their best specialists working on preventing it and yet we're looking at twenty major sites down we're still looking at thousands of israeli accounts which are being housed which kind of brings the question exactly what exactly is happening with the israeli specialist and just how powerful the the anonymous hackers really are. now our team managed to ask an anonymous hacker about the aims of the cyber attack on israel let's take a listen i said. we are the sons of palestinian people and we feel the pressure of the israeli occupation not only in gaza but also in all the arab and muslim world and as the first retaliation we committed a fast and full scale attack on israeli web sites to warn israel and all its

supporters about the threat that hangs over them they have weapons and we have our own means as a result of this attack we receive the names of those who cooperate with israel the aim of the attack was to show the world the true face of israel and its armed forces and we coped with our task we failed to fulfill our goals by using force to resist but we succeeded through the cooperation of palestinians and the whole arab and muslim world so now we make a clear warning to israel in the future be ready for a new larger surprise this. president vladimir putin addressed at the largest industrial fair in hanover germany as he arrived in the country on sunday for an official visit the russian leader will also be meeting with the german chancellor chancellor angela merkel with the role of the country's funds in debt hit cyprus as well as europe's economic troubles up for debate peter oliver has been keeping across developments for us. of lot of mia putin used the opening ceremony here at

the hanover messy trade fair to really highlight why people should be doing business in russia one of the main point c. he made was well rush's three point four percent growth rate in g.d.p. in twenty twelve also the low levels of unemployment the secure amounts of currency and gold reserves that they have he did however point out some of the problems he was aware that russia had particularly when it comes to inflation inflation at six percent last year and russia worth pointing out that is the lowest it's been in twenty years lot of saying that the u.s. committed to getting inflation down as that was key in order to get businesses to invest in russia now. angler merkel the german chancellor also taking to the stage here she praised the cooperation that had gone on in the past between germany and russia or in the terms of not just trade but also political cooperation on monday

what we're going to see is to me a putin angle a merkel visit a memorial here in hanover to those who lost their lives in the fight against naziism during world war two they'll be laying a wreath there and then the two will be taking to the floor of the trade show the message from putin was from mr putin was very clear he said russia is open for business and open for investment. artie's put all of our reporting for us there now egypt is once again being gripped by protests and fighting one person has been killed and around sixty injured as violence erupted outside cairo's main cathedral following the funeral of four coptic christians are killed in a sectarian standoff outside the capital on saturday following the unrest in cairo for us is journalist tom dale. i spoke to one witness who said that events began when bottles were thrown from

a nearby building down on to the funeral march and marches responded by attacking cars but what is clear is that fighting quickly escalated between the funeral marches and locals the marchers retreated within the i would say a cathedral compound and after that security forces were involved in standing by while first locals fired weapons into the cathedral there were five people killed in four sauce which is a town outside of cairo and sectarian rioting four of those were christians and it was their funeral which was being held at the st mark's cathedral sectarian violence in egypt is nothing new it goes back decades so we have a combination of hardline religious activism and security forces by the standing by we're actually getting involved themselves many mourners and many others feel that the muslim brotherhood and freedom and justice party government is encouraging an

exclusive religious identity the basis of what it means to be an egyptian so this is the second consecutive night and we've seen violence in cairo on saturday the clashes resulted from a protest by the april sixth youth movement which was calling for a new more inclusive government and an opportunity to rewrite the constitution again on a more inclusive basis on saturday crushes broke out when police attacked that demonstration spreading take us and rocks once again in downtown cairo. and calls for justice from prisoners at america's war on terror camp are being ignored. as the hunger strike at guantanamo bay enters its third month later in the program we assess why the authorities are still talking the scale of the protest. and. also the toxic river dozens of residents are forced to flee their homes as a major pipe burst swamping a small u.s. town with five thousand barrels of oil that's after

a short break right here on our team. with the. series technology innovation all the leads developments from around russia. the future covered. ten years ago. was overtaken. ten years of political infighting terrorism and economic decay. in iraq a rise in the fall of by. april ninth.

the international landlords in the very heart of moscow. and broadcasting live from moscow this is our team certainly glad to have you back with us now this week saw a dramatic escalation on the korean peninsula with pyongyang threatening a preemptive nuclear strike on the u.s. a response was not left wanting to go with u.s. and south korean war ships and aircraft swarming it to the north sea coasts japan is now reporting that its warships have also been dispatched ahead of a potential missile test by pyongyang washington has canceled a planned intercontinental missile test to avoid further inflaming the situation

let's now cross live it to michel chossudovsky director of the center for research on globalization and professor of economics at the university of ottawa thank you very much for being with us. now the standoff on the korean peninsula continues how actually serious is this threat of war do you think we're actually going to get to that point. well first of all we have to clarify where is the threats the threat is not from north korea it is from the united states of america just a few weeks ago it was revealed that the pentagon had implemented so-called playbook which was to ratchet up tensions with north korea during the war. it has dispatched to look to the korean peninsula.

be to be one f. twenty two raptor planes several of these are nuclear capable planes in other words they could carry nuclear warheads and we have to put it in historical perspective because these threats of be in all go away for more than half a century since the end of the korean war so lead and looking at u.s. nuclear doctrine we have a thirty two billion dollars refurbishing of the clear western which is that area of knowledge by the mainstream media we have a ten billion dollars refurbishing of tactical nuclear weapons which could be launched from a b. two bomber which is currently being deployed. and then we have a senate decision which says that nuclear weapons are harmless that the surrounding salut population and can be used in the conventional war theater now ratcheting up tensions for the u.s. for a side north korea has actually been guilty of

a lot of rhetoric if they are not actually planning to strike what are they trying to achieve. i don't think i think that they are they have made openings the united states for the last half century of you to achieve a peace treaty and every single year the united states and south korea hold these war games and the war games this year is a nuclear attack against against north korea i've been reviewing scenarios of what games and i could tell you that the pentagon is contemplating what they call what is tantamount to a well both reese and oreo in other words he identified the so-called axis of evil and clearly and they need to target them now we must also understand that these war games this is the point where the united states is also intended to threaten china

because. more than ten years china's hold. you know. it's front years in a century are encircled with u.s. military facilities so it's it's not strictly directed against north korea but now north korea is a rich north korea is a country now let's look a little bit of history north korea loss of thirty percent of its population during the korean war and hollow on earth under those circumstances could this country be heralded as a threat to global security and real quickly do you see a way out of the stalemate by any by any stretch of imagination. i see a way out of the stalemate america's allies of the american public and people across the land in western countries come to realize that united states is a threat to global security united states and nato threat that global security and

they wish to wage a nuclear war on any country in the well that is a threat you want to go to war and this notion that you can actually implement peace through nuclear is through by dropping bombs. is a is a fallacy all right appreciate your thoughts on the subject always interesting to hear you and on these interesting topics and that was it michel chossudovsky director of the center for research on globalization and professor of economics live from montreal canada now in the u.s. a toxic swamp of oil has down streets in a small arkansas town this week forcing dozens of residents to flee after an aging pipe burst they are currently staying in hotels and may not be able to return to their homes for quite some time locals have now started to feel like victims as they say the company responsible for maintaining the pipe did little to address

their concerns one hundred forty residents in the town have filed lawsuits against exxon mobil worried that the value of their homes has now plunged local resident chris harrell says the spill came as a complete surprise. i got off work early and was headed back to my home and the police officer at the entrance to the neighborhood not allowing anybody and i asked why he said the issue was there was no will still in the area and i told him my family and my wife and children at the home so he let me in were a little town to back them up and get the moment rode in and begin to survey the damage and there was a little just flowing down the street behind our house were taking a wait and see approach what happens next how are we going to be compensated and along with for us some of our neighbors can get back in their homes so far as the cleanup process they've done a good job there but they've not done a really good job of communicating to some of the residents that would be much and of course we've got more news for you just a click away including venezuela's acting president nicolas maduro claims that

there's some one badly wanting to prevent him from taking the country's head office in next week's election for more details head to our website. plus is tourism the best strategy for claiming disputed lands that certainly what china thinks says it plans to open the contested parasail islands to travelers full story on r.t. dot com. authorities out of the guantanamo bay prison acknowledged this week of the hunger strike among the camp inmates is growing efficient number of those refusing food now stands at forty one the inmates lawyers however say the figures several times higher with three of the prisoners hospitalized and around a dozen currently being force fed the strike began two months ago and in protest over treatment and conditions jonathan hay fits who's represented a number of the guantanamo inmates believes it will be some time before the extreme action achieves anything. i think the more pressure may force the us to respond it

may not come right away but i think that the pressure that's triggered from the hunger strikes and the international attention of the statement by the u.n. i think you know may have an effect on. time i think that it's going to force the united states to realize that it just can't simply ignore what zach want on a moa and that at some point it's going to have to come to grips with the fact that you know these these men are being imprisoned year after year without charges and you know more and more and more are in fact eyeing him in jail and i think it's very difficult to. you know be able to to justify this and you have to really kind of tires off and not to do so on the summit news in brief from around the globe this hour indian police have arrested nine people on suspicion of colluding to illegally construct a high rise building in a suburb of mumbai arrested included two buildings police officers and municipality officials who say you may face life sentences if convicted the eight story

apartment building came crashing down on thursday claiming seventy four lives building collapses are common in india with weak construction standards to be blamed. for. the portuguese government has announced a deeper spending cuts two days after the country's constitutional court overruled several tax hikes as part of this year's budget cuts will be made to social security health and public enterprises the government is struggling to stick to the terms of the seventy eight billion euro international bailout granted in two thousand and eleven the opposition has criticised of the prime minister for using the court ruling to push forward cuts to public services and urged the government to step down. because heavy handed police have clamped down on an unannounced rally in montreal arresting nearly three hundred protesters new laws say a demonstration has to be registered with the authorities for to go ahead legally even cox's and cut back correspondent for the canadian affairs website rabble dot

ca and says the law is a clear violation of citizen's rights. municipal bylaws the sixties and acted at the height of the student strike last year in your provincial laws. laws twelve which was denounced by everyone in the united nations high commissioner on human rights to back bar association representing all the provinces lawyers and prosecutors but it was a serious violation of civil liberties which was then repealed by the incoming provincial government nobody really knows what to make of this we you need to live in a country where we've always taken for granted the right to protest the right to express our opinion and so a lot of people right now are very very fearful and so there's an attitude that people want to go out they want to challenge this by law they know what's happening is not right but at the same time they're afraid. and that does it this hour but coming up after the break we report on the lives of palestinian families brushing shoulders with an israeli waist down.

you know i always try to stay clear of falling into the trap of fake outrage on this program people love to come on t.v. and be angry over this and angry over that just to fill air time but trust me saying obama signing into law with that wacky lobster like way he has of writing the bill marked the month santo protection act well it does not put a smile on my face that's for sure not only does this bill effectively bar federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of g.m.o. seeds and crops no matter what the health concerns are according to ib times but the bill was also written by senator roy blunt who's gotten sixty four thousand

dollars for his political campaign pain from the g o giant monsanto itself so that's what it costs to allow companies to possibly poison millions if not all americans with risky and unproven g.m.o. technology sixty four thousand fricken dollars that's not even enough to buy a decent house sixty four thousand dollars is chump change well citizens of america now you know how much your lives are worth in washington but that's just my opinion . there's is trash to get rid of. but it's also a treasure. it's worth fighting for. and a trap with no way out.

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