russia's foreign minister demands explanation from the u.s. over the recent downing of a syrian fighter jet as concerns grow over whether washington has its own agenda in syria. europe remains in gold and terror as another attack hits the belgian capital after men detonate an explosive device at a brussels train station. scandal in the u.k. after an opposition m.p. claimed survivors of the grenfell tower fire are being forced to sleep rough guess as a day of rage in london plans to bring down the government. broadcasting

live from the russian capital it just turned twelve in the afternoon here in moscow you're watching r t international. top story at this hour russia's foreign minister says moscow is waiting for washington's explanations after the u.s. led coalition down to syrian army plane near the city off rocka survey lavrov also stressed that the pentagon is still treating various terrorist groups differently. for. the french we have sure the u.s. is really targeting but we don't recall america bombing so actively. so. it's constantly changing its name but it doesn't change its nature because russia has not hold that some cooperation with the u.s. over syria by pulling out of the agreement it has signed with washington to prevent collisions in syrian airspace meanwhile australia has announced that it is temporarily suspending its air operations in syria. the u.s.

led coalition says the downing of a syrian fighter jet came in quote self-defense however in the last month the coalition has already targeted syrian forces and the forces loyal to damascus five times let's have a look at where the attacks took place the plane was shot down here southwest of the syrian city of raka where the coalition is supporting kurdish troops in their fight against eisel the u.s. led coalition has also conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters here in el tam near the training base the bands of on site at the same justification for each raid that pro assad forces has breached a complection zone and he said now we look at how this military escalation may be reaching a boiling point. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been

and. let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lin's going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area a potential targets and are tracking them all of this happened as both the u.s. and syrian government backed up by the russian air force were fighting isis in the stronghold of raka now washington and moscow have locked horns in syria again focus has shifted and isis is probably breathing a deep sigh of relief while watching syrian fighter jets crash in flames on the horizon good job superpowers you're not so super slick. questions are now being asked whether the lines have been blurred between the fight against terror and

outright military intervention and u.s. senators have now joined those critical of the pentagon's policy in syria. this is illegal war at this point then there's a practical question the practical question is doing anything you want killing every perceived enemy and every perceived leader of chieftain of five people in some misbegotten village is it helping are we going to defeat an ideology by killing people the united states and the coalition are there without any permission without any and all full of four are ready to be president and so when we when we not only do we enter syria and there are sovereign airspace. but now we have shot down a syrian jets we have been carrying out bombing attacks this is an act of civil war of aggression under under international law jacqueline looks at how

thomas promises to stop such interventions are now being broken as the syrian conflict escalates. trump made it clear that defeating terrorism and putting an end to the trend of u.s. interventions in the middle east were top priorities so he opted for granting more power to the military what i do is i authorized by military we have the greatest military in the world ok but if it helps eradicate eisel what's the problem well first we have the us training and giving arms to a bunch of anti-government forces one of them the new syrian army would really like to topple assad. then there's the syrian democratic forces largely consisting of kurds who would really love to grab more power from the government and eventually become independent remember the de confliction zones they're controlled by those forces supported by the u.s. and the syrian government is not allowed there so once i suppose finish we will

have fully trained armed to the teeth forces controlling significant chunks of syrian territory partially hostile to the government what could possibly go wrong i don't see u.s. forces leaving in the short term did indicate that he wanted to lessen tensions with the russian federation that he wanted to focus our u.s. military policy towards the elimination of the islamic state what we've seen however over the last five months since he was inaugurated is just the opposite so it seems in this effort to defeat beisel the u.s. could in fact be fanning new hotbed of tension if you like washington has a case of tunnel vision trying to solve only one problem without seeing the bigger picture sound familiar and should iraq anyone but history teaches us nothing clearly not even past tweets such as this one from donald trump to then president obama in two thousand and thirteen he warned that nothing good would come to the

u.s. from attacking syria apparently hindsight isn't twenty twenty one to get to the white house. r.t. washington d.c. . a terrorist investigation has been launched after a man detonated an explosive device at a brussels train station it came just one day after another attempt a terror attack in paris that's cause live now to do penske for more. shallow what are the updates as of now. well the police say that they have been able to identify that attacker who carried out that small explosion and then died at the scene of brussel central station on tuesday evening but as of yet they haven't released any of those details however we are receiving reports that the man who carried out that attack was from the new tourist neighborhood of moreland back in brussels now that neighborhood has a reputation for producing a high concentration of battle hardened militants and a huge number of people have gone on to become jihadi foreign fighters fighting in

wars in syria and also in iraq and then returning back to europe and carrying out attacks here let's not forget it was a cell that was based in moreland back in brussels that was actually the mastermind behind the attack in paris in two thousand and fifteen in which one hundred and thirty people died and of course brussels is no stranger to attacks either there were coordinated attacks back in march two thousand and sixteen and again that the cell that carried out that attack were linked to the those who were behind the attack. who carried out that attack in paris here's a reminder of what happened back in brussels in two thousand and sixteen.

well raids are now taking place in the mall in back district of brussels and this attack on brussels central station comes just a day after another attack here in paris when a man driving a van full of petrol and arms drove into a police vehicle and caught fire again the suspect in that incident died at the scene but more details are emerging about that suspect he's been named as a thirty one year old called adam desirea and was apparently known to police now not only was he known to police he was actually on a wanted to watch list yet despite being on that wanted watch list he was actually allowed to have a gun permit and that's one of the reasons why he was able to be carrying those arms at the scene an investigation is still continuing into that and questions are

being asked on the wanted watch list was able to have a gun permit while things are keeping across this story. reporting for us live from paris thank you. u.s. military. excuse me there an american at u.s. military a fiver i five years in afghanistan are finding themselves increasingly under fire from the their it people they've been training in two recent incidents alone three u.s. soldiers were killed and seven more injured parties were gassed once. that camp shane joined afghan and nato military base. here but the taliban infiltrator turned his gun on coalition troops injuring seven american soldiers everyone who knew him or was friends with him is now under investigation being questioned though the base itself is still operational and training continues what

we can safely say is that from now on after this latest incident american troops will be looking at their afghan allies with just that little bit more suspicion. green on blue attacks when afghan forces either infiltrators or defectors purposefully fire on coalition troops it's been a taliban tactic for years this is an achievement for the mujahideen who have managed to create mistrust among the enemy forces such attacks peaked during a bomb as troop surge it got super bad that the rewrote the book on security. oh. you know that the. first american soldiers training afghans were assigned body gods then all coalition troops were ordered to have their weapons looted at all times afghan recruits were made to go through an

eight step vetting process while an inquisition like body purged to anyone it deemed radical yet here we are. some breaking news out of afghanistan three u.s. service members are dead a fourth wounded after a shooting reportedly carried out by a member of the afghan military seven u.s. army soldiers that have been wounded in northern afghanistan now this comes a week after three west army soldiers were killed in a similar incident to a deadly attack on american soldiers two attacks in the span of a week three soldiers killed seven wounded sure it's nothing like two thousand and twelve when green on blue violence killed or injured more than one hundred troops but the situation was different then there were fifteen times as many americans in afghanistan and the taliban was losing not so now i understand it's my

responsibility we're not winning in afghanistan right now the taliban is resurgent taking over vast swaths of afghanistan islamic state is also spreading across the country the afghan army the coalition a beset by challenges time for another troop surge. some additional forces from the united states who come to afghanistan to take part in training and advising our national forces if one hundred and forty thousand troops couldn't win this war what difference will four thousand make with these four thousand troops americans cannot defeat the taliban in afghanistan they just want the fighting to continue so they can achieve their goals. with more american troops in afghanistan people will get more frustrated and insecurity will increase afghans a pessimistic they've heard it all before probably says of security victory at the

end of the day how do you win a war when you can't even tell which of your allies is going to shoot you in the back. more against years. from kabul afghanistan. moving on to the u.k. an m.p. for britain's opposition labor party has raised concern that survivors of the ground fault our fire are not being helped and even are forced to sleep rough that's course alive to laura smith for more. or is there a scandal breaking right now. it's a deep scandal it's becoming more more more news is coming out every day not just about the number of victims of this terrible fire but also about the way that it's being handled on the ground and the newly elected opposition m.p. for the local area north kensington has been talking to the media in very strong concerns that survivors are being taken care of properly they're not getting the

help they need and she says that in some cases they're actually sleeping rough in parks and in their cars maybe because they don't know where to go for the help that they need or possibly because they're frightened of the author of cities in terms of their immigration status let's hear what she had to say. people have been sleeping in cars and in parks because they don't know where to go and they aren't being looked after. team which is now only coordinating the help that these people are getting on the ground say that they're not aware that any victims are sleeping rough but of course the political reaction to this is very much ongoing as is the disaster management prime minister theresa may has ordered a thorough inquiry into the tragedy and she's pledged five million pounds to be available to help these victims we don't know how that money will be allocated or

how they will be getting it but jeremy corbyn says it doesn't really matter it's not going to be enough anyway given the scale of the tragedy and the terrible fire has of course dealt another blow to the prime minister's failing popularity it came very shortly off to it after she failed to gain a majority in an election that she herself calls and her ratings have been suffering severe jaw drops since december in fact a recent hugo of poll shows that less than half of people are happy with her as premier and there is no let up today in the u.k. you'll be seeing pictures from us coming in all day because it's the day of. the queen is going to open up parliament she's going to tell us what the agenda for the new government will be and protesters are using that to shut down london is what they say they want to do shut down london take down what they're calling a rotten government now the grenfell tower victims have come out through various channels and said that they want the demonstrators to keep this peaceful but

tempest all running very high so it's anybody's guess what's going to happen in london later today i'm sure you'll be keeping a close eye on those protests please bring us more details as you get them now as a lawyer smith to be put in for us live from london thank you and more stories coming your way after a short break. it's. people with stories to tell our economy. those who deserve to be heard. inside. it's still a new suit for us. users. to see first and this is. they're here to speak for you there to hear.

the fact that trump could get elected with a series of maist and distortions is a reflection of the fact that the voting public could be convinced by that and what we really need to do and one of the reasons as a scientist i'm interested in this is we believe need to get people to apply the same standards of politics that applied to science skeptical inquiry empirical testing the demand evidence for your politicians. welcome back the philippines army has launched a fresh push the drive i saw militants out of the southern city of. the military are deploying armored vehicles with warplanes conducting aerial bombing of the terrorists' fortified positions the fighting has now entered a fifth week and claimed at least three hundred fifty lives.

and the country's been receiving some international help u.s. military advisers there to assist their philippine colleagues but it turns out president reagan to turn saying never invited them artes miguel francis santiago looks at how the country's chain of command. so how where is president due to take what's going on in his own country now you may recall that when deterred he became president last year he took quite a hostile stance towards the u.s. not an easy task considering you once wore

a us colony. the. more you. should. but it's going on today that turkey is battling eisel allied groups who invaded the south an island of mindanao and captured one of its largest cities and the u.s. military is there to providing assistance the u.s. embassy in manila claims that the philippines government requested the aid and apparently it wasn't the president who asked for help but the philippines army with the army brigadier general saying to a.p. that we don't have good surveillance equipment so we asked the u.s. military for help now the philippine army stressed it was only the equipment and no boots on the ground however the pentagon said it's also sending an additional three

hundred to five hundred u.s. troops to support regular training activities and note the details now the president know well it turned out he didn't until the help arrived. but made an appeal as it didn't even know that the medic going to love him it was with . technical and president attorney did not see. say whether his military went over his head he only said that because of the longtime close ties between the u.s. and its colony is army has always been very pro-american and now almost a week after that pretty surprising admission we are learning from the president's spokesperson that he quote accepted the situation at this stage frankly president that there does seem to be very vulnerable at this stage. not one who doesn't want the unrest from his own military except the. generals are pro-american call us and it seems that yes to live with that kind of

situation if you want to stay on in power so when you have a leader of a country not aware of a foreign power cooperating with its own military and then saying here except the situation days later that clearly means that something is not right with your process and go r.t. . leading technology companies including facebook and apple are under growing pressure from the u.s. and allied intelligence agencies who are said that this has plans to press the firms to share and crip the data comes amid increasing calls to end online and corruption intensifying fears that people will lose their privacy mcmaster valence the proposals will be discussed at the meeting next month it came from a western alliance known as the five ice formed back in the forty's it conducts intelligence activities by collecting and sharing data working with u.s. national security agencies mass surveillance programs and the u.s. justice department is now seeking new ways to fight and corruption at the trend and

the practice goes global artie's killam up and explains. our enhanced means include forty one point five million dollars to enhance the f.b.i. cyber efforts and twenty two million dollars to address this going dark problem which i think is our most significant law enforcement challenge going dark refers to law enforcement increasing inability to lawfully access collect intercept real time communications and stored data. now this all sounds really complicated like the kind of thing that can only be of concern to tech savvy teenagers and geeks well that couldn't be further from the truth the deputy u.s. attorney general wants to spend millions of dollars to fight against encryption so what is encrypt inclusion is the good you know message and so you want to do the right parties can access it all the major messengers whatsapp telegram you name it are encrypting chats this prevents the messages you send and receive from being intercepted by others so why is the department of justice seeking to meddle in

a thing that works so well terrorism turns out that isis has been using encrypted messages when planning and carrying out their attacks and to spread their propaganda knowing that the information won't get into the hands of those who want to stop them so cracking down on encryption is not just a us thing. at the moment much of this traffic is difficult for our security agencies to decrypt the privacy of a terrorist can never be more important than public safety. later this month five star officials from the u.s. the u.k. australia new zealand and canada will be gathering to share their perspective on why tech firms should be obligated to share their data with policing agencies the prime minister of the united kingdom included this is a plank in her election manifesto and also insisted that the government have a role in controlling the internet france and germany also voiced agreement with the idea. in many cases we're dealing with end to an encryption which means that we

need to end at the end or the beginning of a conversation rather than intercepting between that is obviously much more complicated it needs to be made possible. we are in. a situation with our government where when they know everything about us and we know nothing about what the government is doing they have the right to privacy and secrecy but the individual does not any more terrorists than other criminals will always use all kinds of technologies to enable their activities i mean terrorists use drones terrorists use g.p.s. receivers what are we supposed to do about that should we stop selling g.p.s. we have to accept that when we deploy technology that stood a better benefit of all of society that some bad people are going to use it. looks like all of us will be obligated to give up some of our own private space no matter how much we feel that our personal business should be kept strictly personal but what remains to be seen is how effective this will be in the fight against terror

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welcome to cross talk for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle here's the u.k. in crisis after a series of deadly terrorist attacks a hung parliament and the horrific human tragedy of the greenfield towers as well as the burning issue a break that many are asking if the ruling elites are out of touch. crosstalk in the u.k. i'm joined by my guest steve keen in london he is a professor of economics.