iraq's prime minister al qaeda fighters in control of key towns to give up that says the militants enjoy a rise of influence fueled by the war in neighboring syria. the army's greatest threat. military is disconnected from the public who apparently don't understand what it's actually for and that's the claim coming from a parliamentary watchdog. also the sled hockey team prepares to make its debut at the upcoming paralympics meet the captain's family to find out where he is drawing his strength and inspiration from .

center here in moscow this is international with the twenty four hours a day iraq's prime minister is calling on al qaeda fighters and all those who joined them to surrender the militant group is occupied key cities of the country's biggest province and the government is struggling to regain control middle east correspondent is following the conflict. well the situation certainly is becoming increasingly volatile but we've now heard from the iraqi prime minister it is him urging all those who have joined al qaida to give up the fight he has hinted at the possibility of hardening these militants if indeed they do so they are facing a massive siege that has been launched by the government troops now i think he was speaking in his weekly televised address and he volunteered that it takes to continue what he calls the sacred war against al qaida is the local branch which is known as the as the most state in iraq and they live and he also said that he would

continue to finish the push to retake the key ambar cities off the new and ramadi which were taken over by the militants and that the militants had to compete for lucia as their new independent state what we see happening now is that all kinds of things militants are trying to capitalize on the secretary of attention that is currently inside iraq and this is a tension that the united states failed to resolve you remember of course that the united states occupied iraq for eight years and then called out leaving behind this major sick tarion power of the cave at the same time some of the al qaida in linked militants who are now fighting in iraq reported me coming from across the border in syria now of course the united states has been supporting the syrian opposition which inadvertently has allowed these extremist islamist militants to flourish in the first place the united states is now saying that it will be sending an

emergency shipment of surveillance drones and missiles to iraq in an attempt to try and prop up its allies in baghdad. or the militant group now in control of fallujah it calls itself the islamic state of iraq and the levant and its forces are also known as the most radical jihadist wing of the syrian rebels now let's take a closer look at the organization which is gaining momentum in the region what its roots go back to. early years old the iraq war it was established in april two thousand and four by sunni extremists and pledged allegiance to bin laden at the time it was called al-qaeda in iraq two years later it was rebranded as the islamic state of iraq in two thousand and thirteen it gained a strong presence in northern syria which sort ad levant to its name and of course in the latest developments the group has not taken control of the key town in the anbar province in iraq and proclaimed it and islamic state plan is to unite iraq

and syria to form the islamic state known as a kind of fate norman solomon from the american institute for public christiane spectrum earlier he says the crisis in the region is largely the fallout from the policies of the us there's been such a dissention into chaos and violence now ever since the us invasion of iraq more than ten years ago and when more and more weapons are dumped into the region and the idiology that the enemy of my enemy can be my friend and therefore should be given more weapons all that is adding up to just one catastrophe compound being another and for the us government today to act as though it were helping the situation by sending more weapons not only drones but missiles and other armaments this is just. disastrous course being pursued when superpowers insist that it's their way or the highway rather than acknowledging

a need for regional diplomacy then we're going to continue to have this sort of violence so diplomacy needs to be taken seriously and advanced as policy rather than simply an add on to this massive violence and shipment of arms. well the iraqi government has delayed it as assault on the militant held city of fallujah from now in fear of civilian casualties but the troops and tanks besieging the city are ready to attack as soon as they get the order for the residents it's a looming catastrophe as artie's gonna chicken reports. the residents of. hell during the u.s. occupation now face their own army so soft on the cd the iraqi government has lined up tanks on loaded fighter jets preparing to drive al qaeda linked militants out of the city the u.s. is packing more hellfire missiles and other weapons for the iraqi army to use and everybody knows when the bombing begins there will be blood brian back with me

brian so many innocent iraqis have died in terror attacks do you think this anti terror assault could turn out to be just as deadly as terror itself it could be even more deadly if the people of. have been through this before in two thousand and four twice the u.s. marines committed huge war crimes against the people of pollution they they called a kill zone anything that moved was killed when you declare a kill zone you say everything that moves must die everything that moves must be a terrorist everything that moves is a legitimate target who then dies who then suffers it's the the people of pollution themselves of course they don't want to live under what do they want to live under these kind of military assaults paid for by the united states with arms from the united states carried out by the most government which has also been a brutal against the residents of fallujah i don't think so crucial question thank you thank you no doubt there is an urgent need to drive these militants out after

all how can you allow extremists to run talents again territory expand but then you also have to ask if you see bombing as a viable option in order to drive extremists out of residential areas how different is it from what bashar assad is doing in washington i'm going to check on our team well the islamic state of iraq and controlling for is at the same time urging attacks on his rival opposition groups in syria one of the rebel leaders the urging a truce between the factions you can read all about this on our web site right now dot com meanwhile the second round of peace talks in syria. is around the corner but the country's opposition bloc is split on whether to attend coming up in a couple of minutes we've got an expert opinion on what's behind the syrian national coalition divided stands. one of the biggest threats to britain's armed forces is a lack of public understanding of what they stand for and that's according to a recent u.k.

parliament treat reports say that the opposition to wars in iraq and afghanistan and a reduced public appetite for overseas interventions is leading people to question the purpose of the u.k. army public support for defense is dropping due to what is seen as a lack of long term strategic mission meanwhile a massive military budget cuts are putting the army's capabilities at risk despite being one of the world's top defense spenders britain's planning to cut personnel by nearly thirty thousand over the next six years is artes to receive it. but applicant numbers are slow to pick up amid thousands of layoffs there's a massive drive to recruit army reservists but leaked mid year army memos revealed the number of people in the listing and beyond the reserve over a three month period was just three hundred sixty seven barely a quarter of the target the ministry of defense said that after wrapping up the recruitment drive in september there were more than fifteen hundred applicants in

the first four weeks and that it's too early to make a conclusion but this young man says he simply can't be convinced my grandparents were in the air force actually during the second world war at the time enjoyed the . idea to be joining forces because they were fighting a war against fascism i don't agree with the way. it's used for. the grass. and this morning it was arrested to commemorate the conscientious objectors to military service those who would exercise their right to refuse to kill you at the time of the first world war for instance they faced a restaurant jeers from some a society who view them as cowards but times have indeed changed. a decade of fighting in iraq and afghanistan has made the british war weary a most people join forces to be in the peace business not in the war business because.

nobody wants to be in a war to be in a war activists have also lashed out at recruitment campaigns targeted at sixteen and seventeen year olds who according to one recent study a more suitable to post-traumatic stress disorder at the moment were asking a sixteen year old to read an interesting point to drink a pint of beer in the pub we don't trust to fight in a general election we're asking that person to make a very far reaching legal commitment towards a career like having a baby or an accountant the ministry of defeat. the report completely ignores the benefits and opportunities that a military career offers young people but for this young man it's a career path he is a ready to change his mind about the job and you are going to have to show people that if you're joining the army no you're not going to be brought to shoot people who don't. do so so your article. and its german from the stop the war coalition in the u.k.

believes britain's role in the world is changing and so should its defense policies we've had a whole number of years of the war on terror of interventions which have not been successful so people why aren't pinions and billions of pounds being spent. on the armed forces on all these things britain strategic of going to war in afghanistan and iraq have been shown to be complete failures and i think it does raise very serious questions about british foreign policy we've been claimed that we have a special relationship going back decades with the united states but the simple truth is the united states doesn't really need british the british military aspect of it operations and therefore it is quite a turning point for the british military in british foreign policy and it's one that the government is reluctant to accept but which i think in this respect as in so many others the public opinion is well ahead of the government. chalky

has been on the winter paralympics roster since ninety ninety four this year will see russia's team make its debut we've already seen them on ice and met their captain and now we meet those who've helped endure so many hardships in his drive for victory. well four of them so who can he's known as the captain of the national paralympic flood talking team here in russia but in this tells his just notice dad . we asked him a dream about his family and the first time he met his wife irene a woman as we first met when i was in the army serving in this area there was a spark from the very beginning and grew as we dated it you could see it was love at first sight my entire life changed it had a new meaning but another kind of change was coming the two were considering time the not one of a team went off to war where he lost both of his legs i removed into his hospital room to help with his care and the couple continued with their plan to marry when

asked about the proposal irene a said she knew it was coming. well i was expecting the proposal the wedding day we had a lot of gifts and we all had so much fun. but the mood changes a little when we ask irene how she felt about his and jury. i couldn't believe it for a long time coping with the stress of any injury requires real psychological resilience they both clearly have that in spades. he does every feat for the family we all feel that he helps people realize that life isn't over everything is possible life goes on. the marriage is stronger than ever and katia became the second woman to change of a team's life six years ago. now he's heading for the paralympic games and that

also means leaving his loved ones but for the team his two passions in life are never too far from each other. i really enjoy all the time i get suspended home because when i'm away in training sessions with the team i miss my family very much it's the same as the game when you sit on the bench for a long time just watching the others play and then you get this little time and nice you want to make most of it your one hundred percent committed. a commitment shared by everyone in the house while the dream is eager to take home gold come march he already has his prize at home in the moscow region and margaret howell r t well both the one pick in paralympic games foster approaching them forget to follow the amazing journey of the and then pick flame we've been following it all on as well you can catch the best moments of the record breaking torch relay of the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi on all t.v.

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reports of a merger of a massive air strike on populated areas in the syrian province of attack and that's as heavy fighting between moderate and radical rebel factions continues meanwhile outside the country the opposition has once again postponed its final vote on whether to take part in this month's geneva two peace talks while to get more perspective on this let's cross live now to writer he's a german journalist and middle east expert and he's just come back from syria. so you've just returned to the country what did you see did you really feel that you were in a country and after a crisis. it depends very very much where you are expecting it so you have very safe areas for example like the syrian capital like damascus where you see a lot of security and where you even listen to the sound off war coming from the

countryside but i was also at the city of around twenty five to thirty kilometers or even more away from from damascus where terrorists occupied this. christian pilgrimage and where until to day the war of the better this going on we know in the north of syria that there are fierce battles in and around the city of aleppo all we know about the harsh attacks of terrorists against. reachin so it's very different it depends very much where you are exactly in the country how much you see from that war of course that a peace conference in about syria is due in geneva quite soon now and syrian opposition is saying well it hasn't decided yet on taking part but what's holding it back. the point is that in my opinion the

term syrian opposition is as strong as it could be this these groups are neither syrian nor opposition so they don't have in their interest the the good the benefit of the people or of the country these groups are very very often influenced by foreign countries they are mouthpieces microphones or or foreign militia fighters fighting groups inside the country financed by the west by turkey by the. states by the gulf monarchies so these are not syrian groups and they are not the opposition these are not political groups which are working inside the country we have to imagine or to see those groups more like militant gangs like a sort of mafia system kidnapping people killing civilians occupying industrial complexes and selling their industrial goods to other countries or stealing them as in the industrial area of aleppo for example where militant groups

were. stealing industrial compounds and putting them to turkey so if there's no formal representation of the syrian opposition what's the point of having this peace conference what hope do you have for it. that's that's indeed one of the most important questions because those groups who claim about themself that they represent the moderate opposition of the moderate moderate rebels don't have any influence on the battleground we know in the meanwhile and i think even the mainstream media have to realize that the fights on the ground. by slamming extremists by sunni extremists. related groups so these groups will not have these so-called moderates are don't have any influence and i think they are a phantom they never existed friend of mine the syrian analyst. said today the conflicts we see among the opposition are more or less. inside conflict this has

nothing to do with with different political aims it has to do with influence with stealing goats with kidnapping and with turning out crimean elections when you're thank you very much indeed and right to journalism middle east expert live there in berlin thanks your thoughts. on the view right now disbelief in his own strategies you can log on to find out why the former u.s. secretary of defense feels disillusioned by a bomber's policies plus some other juicy details the former top military man reveals in his memoirs. the holiday of one terrorist might have run over time if he fails to return back to prison after his new year's leave more details on that story just a click away for you at r.t. dot com. russian fishing trawler which was forcibly detained by senegalese authorities over the weekend is now said to be running out of water supplies moscow says it's preparing to file several legal claims to

a court in the west african country over the vessels impounding greenpeace claims the boat had been fishing illegally auntie's and in addition has more. we're talking about an armed detention of the ship and some sixty two russian citizens that are on board about detention it was actually handled quite roughly by the senegalese authorities because of least four people now off the course saying that they are actually in need of medical help however they are not allowed to get off the ship in fact all of the russian citizens have had their passports taken away by the armed officials and they are the ship and the crew are essentially being accused of illegal fishing and poaching in the cynical these waters however the authorities of senegal still haven't given any concrete proof of that actually haven't taken place or have not provided any concrete explanation where these allegations are coming from and still we're already have the green peace which is already making statements saying that they fully support the actions of the senegal

government in their attempt to prevent the alleged illegal fishing this involvement by greenpeace is something that doesn't sit well with russia's federal fishing agency greenpeace says it's been tracking this special time why are they taking upon themselves government's responsibility to protect their waters and biological resources. therefore based on the statements from greenpeace one may conclude that the military of senegal is acting upon these claims as you may know senegal's fishing minister the green party in senegal and was until very recently a member of hence you see the connection between this harsh on the president of russia my trailer and his detention. if you go back to september i will remember the rest of the greenpeace arctic sunrise after an attempt by the greenpeace activists to scale russian oil rig in the northern waters and then of course later they fell under the nationwide amnesty and were released and what we can assume

that they are now safely home in their respective countries however this recent development in the west african nation is. all rise up between. and yet again some other news in brief this in bangladesh police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse angry crowds of student protesters who've been staging a rally followed one of the most violent national elections in the country's history the crowds called for a general strike against prime minister sheikh hasina and won the weekend's poll with over two thirds of the seats since the results were published the country's been plunged into chaos with reports of dozens of deaths and widespread allegations of fraud. elite turbulent kashmir region for thousands flooded the streets for the funeral of a band hizbul mujahideen militant eighteen year old was killed by the indian army in a gun battle the mourners carried the body of the man while shouting anti indian slogans . demanding their dependents from the country the gunfight broke out late tuesday

evening after the army received intelligence about the build up of militants in the area. surgeon c. against indian rule. reactivates and south korea have staged protests in seoul against on the day believed to be the north korean leader's birthday a torch flags of the neighboring country and depicted last month's execution of the powerful uncle of kim jung un raised tensions on the korean peninsula have prompted the united states to deploy more troops and heavy tanks in seoul as part of the so-called military balancing. thought international law to moscow more free in just over half an hour from now in the meantime is there a way to curb violence in america's murder capital shellshocked just ahead for you after the break.

you cannot preemptively restrict your freedoms because of the fear of what something or how something might be used everything that has ever been developed has been used for a bad purpose baseball bats which are fun for you know for baseball players to hit balls you know they've also been used to be people today i mean we just cannot restrict ourselves because something might be used in the in the wrong way. approximately sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on foot they enter territorial waters they fish they load this fish on to the ships

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