the presumed death toll following the deadly blaze in a west london tower block has reached fifty eight as protests escalate calling for u.k. prime minister to reserve maid to resign. county official says u.s. forces of one hundred shooting of three civilians including two children in the country suite we hear exclusively coming up from the victim's family and we get reaction from eyewitnesses to. the gunman with extreme anti republican views goes on a shooting rampage in the united states with speculation that the tense political situation in america could be his main motive.

good morning it's eight am here in moscow this sunday i'm kevin zero in welcome to the weekly our thirty minute round up of the big stories of the last seven days here on r.t. international and first the presumed death toll of the huge blaze that torched the grenfell tower in london it's no reached fifty eight people that's the latest number released by police but they're expected to rise to the fire broke out early wednesday morning and swiftly engulfed the twenty four story residential block. the for.

the tragedy and the government's response to it his spot fury amongst the british public protest is in the capital of been calling for the u.k. prime minister to step down of late and urging those responsible for the file to be held accountable treason made admitted that the way the tragedy has been treated isn't good enough she put it meantime dunning street's expected to appoint a judge now to lead a public inquiry into the grim full tower disaster trees of maize also water safety checks on all similar blocks of been renovated however as honest a situation reports the public doesn't think that's enough. we're right outside downing street where if you can see hundreds of people have gathered to protest against a recent maize government this was originally intended to be a protest pressing issues following the election lots of people have been saying they're unhappy with the snap election that's recent made calls on the following polish and that was formed but they do need and this was the original reason but since the tragedy with the grand felt our way as we know believe hundreds left

homeless following what's probably their own these people are saying this is become the final straw for the unhappiness of following the decisions that this government has been making not only that but german word and also brought up the idea of giving the residents were affected by friends fellow residential properties there are some awfully available that area and standing empty in those neighborhoods is something that's been fried into the spotlight. i was going also something large was about you can be acceptable but in london we have looked through buildings and luxury flats left empty as land banking for the future while the homeless and the poor look for somewhere to live and this is what some of the protesters have been telling us here throughout the day if that empty and they have been for six months why not give them to someone temporarily and i mean that really does need it it's been a long drought really foreign investors just come in force up all the slots and most

of the money you can use and yet we have homelessness which has gone up by fifty percent in the couple so you know there's an obvious inequality there we need to start thinking about the people that actually live here look at people that are buying houses you know for millions of pounds and then leaving them empty for six seven months what happened was like many here see him as something that's just a symbol of the huge disparity that exists here in the u.k. and in london between the wealthier and those who are a little less well off this horrible story coming so soon on the back of the election it says everything that's wrong about our society and this is one of the richest countries in the world one of the richest places in the world this bar in london as well and but this is an area where the poor people live and their lives essentially have been sold up the river and we need to be very realistic about this if this were a flat for rich people there is absolutely no way in the world that they would not have had the proper safety measures in place. and this is you know this is the brutal tragedy of a very unequal and wealthy society not like us and i think this is only

strengthened the sense in the minds especially of millions of younger people but also i'm sure a lot of older people that we must see the end of this government. the more the news of the week a local official in afghanistan has told r.t. that u.s. forces killed three civilians including two children on monday. it would be u.s. troops open for as a result they killed a father and his truth on the shooting reportedly happened after a u.s. military vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb our crew went to speak with witnesses and the victim's relatives. takes up the story. they're too young yet to fully understand what has happened or grasp the depth of their loss all they know is that their world has been shattered and wrenched upside down. this is my younger brother for a dollar he was killed by u.s.

troops this is my brother surefire rules who killed and this is my father he was killed as well they haven't yet learned to read or write but life has taught them early to hate us. i want the government to avenge my father and kill his killers when my father and my brothers were killed everyone was sad at home my mother cries every day it all began when a u.s. military patrol hit a roadside bomb by all appearances they panicked when the explosion happened i was near my uncle and cousins american soldiers opened fire and a bullet flew by my face i ran and hid and came out only a few hours later my uncle and cousins were dead so i went to the village to tell everyone these version is backed in the police report we were shown it says zero ghoul and his sons were at the shop for two hundred meters from the scene they were

taken for terrorists and torn apart by gunfire it was terrible what the americans did to them i couldn't even recognize their bodies. zero ghoul left behind twelve children six boys and six girls from now on their lives will be about. clothing and feeding a dozen youngsters will be hot but for now it's anger that fuels them they killed them in a horrific way. we want to bring them to court so why should american troops be allowed to kill people in the school when the u.s. stresses it takes every civilian life seriously and promises to investigate every casualty of these investigations often end with only apologies and for this family that's not enough they want americans out i don't want

them here because they kill civilians we're tired of american soldiers there are explosions and they're killing the americans not helping us killing us we don't need them in afghanistan that has a reputation a coalition has built over more than a decade sixteen years of war and bloodshed atrocities and excuses and there's no end in sight it's no secret that life would have gotten a start is harsh but for zero goals surviving children the next few years ago and to be tough indeed that though isn't where the trouble ends ten years down the line when they've grown up if you think they're going to support the afghan government and the people who murdered their father or the taliban and their promise of vengeance more i guess the. u.s.

military officials are still not confirm the reports of civilian deaths in an earlier statement the u.s. mission in afghanistan said the troops opened fire in self-defense. public relations disaster for the presence of u.s. troops there any time as you have innocent casualties like this it's basically a recruiting tool for the jihadi sulfurous i think u.s. troops are very very edgy and they're not. they're there they're mostly to give advice and. to advise and assist in training they are not there in a combat role so you're going to have very inexperienced. military personnel there and this poses yet another problem for. him or the big stories of the week a shooting in the u.s. city of alexandria on wednesday is reignited the rhetoric of a political divide in the united states a gunman opened fire at

a republican baseball training session injuring five people the attacker fired over fifty rounds from an automatic weapon he took up position outside a baseball ground and then forward exchanging fire with approaching police officers the assailant was fatally injured in the shoot the only congressman injured in the attack was top u.s. republican steve skellies snow he's a majority whip in the house of representatives his condition has improved we can tell you from critical to serious a bit of an improvement there meantime u.s. law enforcement officials have named the attacker now is james hodkinson the sixty eight year old is from the u.s. state of illinois and worked as a home inspector of what we see a picture of him no he caught the media's attention with a strong anti republican social media presence his facebook page was also filled with support for former presidential candidate bernie sanders to now back in march his posts look to incite violence against president trump as you can see and in

another he said the president should be imprisoned for treason jacqueline bouvier next looks at other extreme examples of political division divided they were. i would say we're more open minded we're kind of more moderate well educated people a lot of educated people that are sensible. they were kind of very good weren't they i'm not to judge what other people's education and stuff is coming at them are not working at mcdonald's or somewhere even though they have a five year six year degree it's not surprising that the country's. since one in the u.s. presidential election last november trump has been calling for the nation to start a start it's different and to unify i say it is time for us to come together as one united people we may have our differences we are strongest when we are unified but it seems that divides are already too deep on wednesday

a republican hating bernie sanders loving gunmen went on a shooting spree aiming according to one witness that killing as many republicans as possible at a g.o.p. base flouting and this is not just come out of the blue this tension has been brewing for quite a while. immediately after the election protests broke out nationwide with america being split into two camps angry liberals eager to denounce the trump was not their president came face to face with trump supporters ready to defend their choice and america hasn't been given the slightest chance to unite with hate becoming the new norm promoted on all levels. what if the incoming president is the media successors were wiped out on day one. i have thought and also

a lot about blowing up the white house. and afterwards rest to look just like president donald trump as he seems to meet it on stage. so with instigating like this it's no wonder that tempers have been firing up over the top again and again. let those who used to be peaceful leftists morphed into the radical left not shying away from using violence just like their political opponents across the spectrum the situation has gotten so tense that people even began bringing weapons to protest violence led to violence pitting republicans against democrats americans against americans leaving the question of what else could happen and is there any

way of fixing this divide. our t. washington d.c. spits about you united we stand divided people but i but i've got to get out of that i try to i respect the people who got to. see the democrats. one of the reasons i won the elections were very very divided nation. i don't see clear how to craft strive to do that anyway i only see that in all

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in more the news of the week human rights groups slammed the u.s. led coalition in the report on wednesday for its alleged use of the notorious weapon white phosphorus while fighting islamic state human rights watch site to this unverified footage reportedly showing the use of the incendiary munitions in the syrian city of rocket activists say the volatile weapon poses a serious threat to any civilian still trapped in the battle there right under that stuff a leading expert told us the legal basis for using white phosphorous is exploited built to buy at phosphorus has been used in syria and iraq on previous occasions but on this this this time we decided it was time to put out a statement of our own warning against the use using white phosphorous to attack personnel people on the ground or material objects are not clear rules in terms of using. white phosphorous as a weapon it is not covered by international law or it's not primarily designed as

an incendiary weapon but its incidental effects can can cause terrible injuries burns smoke inhalation so our question is what is it hitting on the ground and adequate provisions being taken to ensure that civilians and not falling victim to white phosphorus another watchdog list international says the use of white phosphorus by u.s. led forces in iraq could amount to a war crime but the pentagon is defending its right to use the weapon in its fight against are you still nonetheless. we won't confirm whether are we used to a phosphorus bow we do reserve the right to use it in accordance with the law of armed conflict we have already shifted from attrition tactics probably shove them from one position to another in iraq and syria to annihilation tactics to billion casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation meantime the un has warned of a spiraling civilian death toll from the ongoing u.s.

led airstrikes where i still is battling hard still not to lose that city u.n. investigators say at least three hundred people have been killed by foreign bombing campaigns in that city since march that's in contrast to figures released by the pentagon that we should meet scaling less than three hundred in both syria and iraq over the past three years in just a few occasions offer airstrikes we each have believe that the ground for the various raca has resulted not all the staggering loss of see if you don't live but tears also lead to two hundred hundred sixty thousand civilians fleeing their homes and becoming in devon to displace while focusing their military efforts on fighting eisel than the u.s. and its allies continue to insist on seeing the assad government out of power in syria baroness caroline cox who heads the u.k. based humanitarian aid relief trust spoke to us in the week and says the syrian

people opposed such foreign meddling still. there is great concern from everyone meet in syria have been back in the region recently about u.s. and u.k. foreign policy with regard to syria and its commitment to regime change everyone we met in that area is terrified of regime change in the u.k. u.s. foreign policy if they see it would just lead to another iraq another libya and in fact one person said to me not many others said the same sort of thing in your previous you oppose president sad you even have drawn the demonstrations against him but now you would actually die for him and i think us and you kate need to listen to the people of syria in deciding what our foreign policy should be with regard to that country. ok let's lighten the mood little bit now as the big sports story that kicked off yesterday this summer's festival of football kicked off in the russian city is simply this book's out a day with

a host beating new zealand in the only much of the twenty seventeen confederations cup so a good start for russia with more of the game plus all the latest in the tournament here's neil harvey and stan collymore. lots to be cheerful about here in the venice of the north or was it suitable victory for russia over new zealand in the opening match of the she's confederations cup alongside me a former super star of the film festival a strike of stanley called a more stand we have dolls that we from palos political talk a city actually yes it is a fantastic performance from start to finish from the russian national team under a great deal of pressure it's fair to say as well this is the second goal and the second all follows just hanging around the four post the first one was for me very

very good pressing pushkov just a little over the goalkeeper they just see their little bit of a mellow milloy and want to happy new zealand defenders briquet he was easy to stop minorities we just have to be all the. goalkeeper put out a very good game it's us and he said the new zealand audience at home for lot of people i would imagine in the st petersburg central area in the state he was caught on in other areas absolutely cut partridge shit was it decent preaches book fun song we were sure that was you can imagine the noise here is really quite something ninety is it the blue touch paper i think it's also like to be a cake series well there's plenty of beer flying when it is off to rule the city of culture and just before we have kick off in this very very merry and happy of environments we speak to some of the fans and they were anticipating a very good sort of and as well will we came to russia because you we've been keeping a marvelous country it's amazing what you have. done

and i am very much excited. as you can tell by severe the yeah the cheering fans there and i think you were just lucky enough to miss some of the fans will keep as well sadly it's fine voice as well so when you said you happy environment for the russia for the fans is in the first match of the confederations cup you can hear them so lots of happy people in the family zone but some fans who came here for the confederations cup they were warned by the media in the home counties about what they might come across during the competition russia doesn't deserve to host any major football tolerance because it has some problems with willingness and racism following that logic through that it was racially abused a very high profile incident in italy recently there for italy any major tournament it's also happened in england a player korean was was racially england itself is out of the equation and it doesn't stop there are numerous small countries where do you draw the line where

you draw the line in a common sense it's an absolute absurdity said to suggest that russia doesn't deserve to host the world cup all the confederations called on the back of forty fifty maybe a hundred hooligans if that was the case in one of our euro ninety six which passed off without troubles only seven or eight years after the very dark days of english football hooliganism when did football related violence first become a problem we don't know it was short but it can be traced way back to fourteenth century. back then it wasn't so much the beautiful game as a rowdy mass brule between rival villages kicking a pig's bladder across town you had with the second word this could lead to social unrest of the. cases of football hooliganism from the modern game fast forward to the eighty's that's when the so-called roughs started causing trouble at football matches talking rival fans and players as well as referees but the heyday of who

did this in the actual term came about a century later starting from the sixty's clashes between rival supporters. for both of them to plug a nice fights between large gangs of hard cold found so-called fun in the first five years of the decade with twice as much violence is that the previous twenty five british hooliganism spread rapidly during the seventy's and eighty's becoming known abroad as the english disease grew to its tragic peak at the european cup final in one thousand nine hundred five when the liverpool fans attacked their italian rival causing a rule in the stadium to collapse killing thirty nine people after the disaster in this clubs were banned from european contests factors the government wants to clamp down. by the one nine hundred ninety football related violence in the u.k. gradually began to wane but the reputation stuck when england failed to qualify for the one nine hundred ninety four usa world cup the committee chief was delighted

that the no england fans. with three countries in the world whose presence would have created logistical problems we're very pleased they will be coming with iraq iran and playing. in the coming years many key international tournaments where mas played badly behaved in the. now days football hooliganism is a pool small thing in english but the international disease one that thankfully isn't as prevalent as it used to be. in the new zealand herald for example published an article today accusing russian fans of racism saying they could not be trusted all the russian only games on. the day i ceased russian people are absolutely fantastic i shall found out some of it is very very good he actually is very quiet it is no trouble that we've seen on the town center. pockets we

didn't even get to the stuff so yeah no good the only chance to show it these. if you see on the m w c one fornace com they go back home and they tell their friends that it's not sold but it's really different so that's why i'm happy that we have these tournaments here that we can show we. so i think that's a problem that we can be deep through the use of some police hard because we will always be fighting but against the formation yeah but we have a lot of free shoots so we just need to show we do want to talk about the blind to things all the nicer things now we talked about predictions today police look at. himself in place look at him. first because boy was this painful decision made to look at this i don't want to choose ok let me go now to nick at the whole a battle. is also throwing her weight in gold contradiction to the confederacy everybody wants to be a star look at that that's how you make a decision to say to be straight i want you don't want to be in the way it will.

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