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a standoff between rights groups u.s. military coalition actions during the liberation of mosul is heating up. the international report accusing the coalition of responsibility for civilian casualties. called the allegations disrespectful. the iraqi security forces have but the safety of civilians is the absolute centerpiece of the liberation of the city in providing support to the iraqi security forces we go to extraordinary lengths to ensure that when we strike we only kill the enemy and three of my children were killed in fighting between iraqi forces in ny still i blew

a six years old in my youngest girl this time this year my older daughter also died she was seventeen she was killed by a man strike by using explosive weapons with wide area facts disproportionate airstrikes in downstate populated areas the u.s. led coalition and iraqi forces failed to adopt the tactics to the reality on the ground during the n.t.i. still operational most of all iraqi and u.s. led forces use unguided artillery mortars and improvised bombs these weapons are highly imprecise and according to human rights watch their use in heavily populated areas like most so war can be quote unlawfully indiscriminate the coalition has also used white phosphorus which in rare cases is allowed under international law however child shoebridge a former counterterrorism intelligence officer says the use of white phosphorus and pop the did areas could be considered a war crime. if these weapons such as white phosphorus or.

tools such as white phosphorus are used as weapons in civilian areas it is likely to constitute a war crime in any case because you're using a weapon that is an incendiary against civilians or in a way that is reckless as to whether civilians are endangered and therefore it will be court considered like this because it is a disproportionate use of that tall as a weapon the obligation legally is to use weapons in a proportionate matter to minimize the risk as fast as possible to civilians but what we see again and again isn't just the use of heavy weapons such as a five hundred thousand pound two hundred fifty five hundred kilo white. bombs and so on being used heavy weapons from across. indiscriminate unguarded weapons such as rocket launchers such as artillery and mortars these can be quite accurate but many of them on not we saw a precision weapons being used by the americans a couple of months ago the target was to kill two isis snipers and yet one hundred

four civilians were admitted body americans to have been killed in the attack even using precise weapons. after the victory over i saw in mosul u.s. command to warn the iraqi government about the possible reemergence of an upgraded version of the terrorist organization a correspondent caleb maupin investigates. making sure that i still doesn't set up shop again might be just as hard as getting rid of it in the first place amal everyone is celebrating the liberation of mosul a top u.s. commander in iraq says to be aware of isis two point zero if we keep isis two point zero from the iraqi government is going to have to do something pretty significantly different so what exactly should the iraqi government do differently any advice i think the primary condition that caused the rise of isis was the fact that a significant portion of the iraqi population this case the sunni's disaffected the

iraqis have to make sure after isis is defeated that all iraqis government in baghdad is their government so sectarian violence is the main destabilizing factor now didn't everything start to go wrong a few years back after a certain little military intervention you know iraq invasion one point zero the consequence was that as we were trying to rehabilitate the country for those elements we're trying to rid spicy terry of violence and that is what we did not foresee so after reducing a formerly stable country to over a decade and a half of chaos the usa now warns baghdad that it better start building bridges and enforcing reconciliation the usa for its part intends to stay the iraqi government has expressed an interest in having the u.s. forces and coalition forces remain after the defeat of isis our government is equally interested in that as are several coalition governments have expressed an

interest in joining in that effort so all of this help with sectarian violence the violence in iraq and syria has only made the long standing feud between the sunni and the shia worse on top of that you have the kurds in their upcoming independence referendum a lot of this sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse has already bolted it's almost like a case of nash. amnesia we forgot what happened in two thousand and three when president bush said mission accomplished we've done everything we need to do a great victory the reality is that just created the problems that we're still fighting today so the idea that we're going to do the same thing which is to defeat so-called enemy there and then remain indefinitely and somehow the result will be different i think it is an absolute fantasy so we won't necessarily turn iraq into switzerland if we leave but it's inevitable but that somehow the iraqis will have to solve their own problems in one way or the other so stay or go it looks like

either way the united states will have to make the best of a bad choice what mop and r.t. new york. the pentagon has briefed the german military on the new f. thirty five fighter jet as the european nation considers it as a possible replacement for his aging tornado will planes jacqueline berger examines whether the f. thirty five might make a good substitute. the f. thirty five was meant to be the ultimate aircraft the swiss army knife fighter jets ready and equipped for everything the project has been years in the making worked on by the brightest minds from all over the globe and has cost billions and billions of dollars.

looks awesome right well the creation of this jack of all trades plane has been a bumpy road the project has seen numerous drafts due to various issues including having the blueprints stolen at one point and the budget has expanded over time as well nearly doubling the initial figure of thirty five program programs record of performance has been both a scandal and a tragedy that his experience issues with cost is going to become completely in affordable aircraft deliveries amount to no more than a mere trickle relative to the original promises of the program what's going to happen with that airplane is it's going to die a slow when i get it isn't that what is so great about the f. thirty five it must be perfect for air combat well now according to a report released by the department of defense it displays objectionable or unacceptable flying qualities but surely it has top notch persuasion accuracy. i'm given no only if the target is clearly marked and undefended the department of defense says the f.

thirty five will be forced to fly much closer to the ground to engage targets and those will likely need to be only lightly defended ones at most well at least it must be great for a pilot to fly wrong again. last try has it been a good value well now it's been dubbed the most expensive plane anywhere ever i think you know the answer i know its production costs could yet again another seven percent hitting four hundred six point five billion dollars just for a bit of perspective belgium's entire g.d.p. in two thousand and fifteen was four hundred and fifty four billion dollars so with all of that in mind you think the project might have been reconsidered already i think the united states government is to fall too far along with what the f.

thirty five just to abandon it at this point you have other governments now that have committed in there whether nato and nato that committed to the f. thirty it's now become a project that's too big to fail but surely when so much money has been thrown at it there must be something to be proud of so what is it good it's not good at anything in turkey a turkey can fly at least a little bit about something jacqueline r.t. washington d.c. . foster in moscow the us president is in paris for a two day visit disagreements with the french leader donald trump by name and will hold a meeting later today and attend the bastille day parade on friday. i have friends you go to france they love friends they don't love it any more they're not going he said i wouldn't go to france france is no longer france france is no longer france

or the all the. presidents of will visit paris to celebrate the president is scheduled to visit paris president heads to paris. protection will lead to greater prosperity and strength. if. this is a message for american researchers please come to france you all welcome.

now the discord between the presidents might be eased on thursday evening with a bit of wining and dining as mccrone is poised to take to the famous eiffel tower for that right there a red lobster dinner meanwhile the upcoming meeting is a battle between two superheroes so we hit the streets of paris to find out what people think about the. superpowers. he's well. you still need to. care. did you see every piece from the book dump a bunch of the books tell me it is a pistol you can go through flowers and say good sophie maybe peace keeping.

their money is only on the. plate i just tell you. the place you mention down close you down being relieved. to know. the book was to come the superman. movie can come out it's not dead even a bit dense ok macro ok just like you know it being ok might compose. arrived at all the airport near paris. and the powers on bolstering ties between the two real you countries despite the american i enjoy my leaders both coming to the french presidential palace with an hours of each other we understand according to the show jewels. will not be crossing. more years after the break.

there's a growing backlash against social media and actually the smarts the most independents the most interesting people particularly young people are actually giving up social media and i think over the next few years what we're going to see is that the only loses they'll be left on social media. we've got these enormous international problems. we've got issues in syria we've conditions with migration we've got issues in ukraine. none of his issues to be solved i think without collaboration with that with president putin that's why i think when you have something that's cardew for bright suspicious minds some pretty deep into your mr there are those suspicions.

this is international back to iraq now human rights watch has published a new report accusing iraqi security forces of committing war crimes it states that numerous people who allegedly have ice all family members were forcibly sent to a rehabilitation camp near mosul over one hundred families were allegedly sent to receive ideological and psychological help for the mass deportations took place in five regions at least ten women and children were thought to have died on their way to the camp or a rifle let's get some more details on this and speak with. because we're both really senior iraq researcher in the middle east north africa division thanks for

joining us here on r.t. international today can you tell us a little bit more about the report's findings. yes i had the opportunity to visit this town only two days ago and i can tell you it's incredibly bleak also no humanitarian services and you know hundreds of families of women have no understanding of how long they're going to be there and vicarious actually being held prisoner so as far as we understand if the security forces they find a man they say is a nice old terrorist they then they then heard in the family members of that one man and take them to the. correct as far as i understand. well you know i wish it were only happening in that limited fashion and even then it would be quite disturbing but instead what we're seeing is that in areas like the old city that are now finally outside of isis control their security forces are simply

rounding up all the women and kids coming out under the assumption that because they are not. your husband must have been isis was killed in the fighting and these women and kids are automatic. they being labeled as so-called isis families so is this kind of kind of action is does it comply with international law. absolutely not for one thing people displaced have the right to free movement big get to decide where they go forms of force displacement are indeed a war crime and i whole idea of collective punishment punishing a woman for being the wife of a fighter or punishing children for being the children of a fighter that is an absolute violation of international law which does not allow you to punish people for something be good not do now can compute rights watch demand an investigation and potential punishment of those responsible for this as you say this does not comply in any way with international law. absolutely that is

one element of what we're demanding but the other is that we immediately see a cessation of transfer of families to this camp we see the families already bear given the right to leave the app their own free well and we see a complete end to discussions around work camps that are going to essentially function as open air prisons for families that ultimately have done themselves nothing wrong so as you as you describe this a form of for i suppose a collective punishment one of the things we're understanding is that as these families put these potential families a move to these various comes there for ideological rehabilitation that the son a bit worrying what does that mean. you know i have that very same question authorities issued a decision in mosul saying this is what would happen to these families they would go to psychological rehabilitation camps but i can tell you this camp has no schoolhouse no organizations providing any form of programs activities education

and so i think this is simply a guy for wanting to move these families to to a prison when they are there are plans for some kind of rehabilitation program in. in the future i don't know but i have not seen any signs of that and if there are such plans i think the government should be very transparent about what exactly these programs will look like but we also want to see that it's a rocky security forces here that have been named in the report but of course we have coalition forces working in the region as well as somewhere where the accountability should lie always the oversight here is all the coalition forces trying to help this to stop this from happening or are they actually helping it happen. well ultimately the obligation to put a stop to this and to and to previous families lies with the iraqi government because as you say these are iraqi forces moving in here but the entire occupy iraq operation would not be happening without the support all of the u.s.

like coalition and coolish and forces that have a significant level of obligation to make sure that this operation is conducted in line with international law and when we are facing such a grave violation of international law absolutely coalition partners have an obligation to be weighing in and to be saying to the iraqis this is unacceptable and we need to see swift action. unravel these developments so one would assume you're demanding accountability where where are you putting these calls to is it to be iraqi government is it to coalition forces. yes it's to the iraqi government today i'm sitting in baghdad and i'm having meetings with government officials where i'm raising our very serious concerns and making these these recommendations but i but at the same time i'm talking to coalition partners the americans the british the australians and other members telling them begin to urgently be intervening on this issue because really other people you're talking to are they

taking you seriously. on the coalition side i fear concern from them of these developments they recognise that for long term reconciliation in efforts in iraq that this will find. it meant to me over my. violation of the law but i haven't seen any yet to prove that they are raising this issue. and demanding swift action. from a human rights watch a senior iraq researcher in the middle east and north africa division thank you very much for your time today thank you. well the. analogies in u.s. politics sound surprising well it's actually become something of a trend this year this time the victim was fox news host tucker carlson for suggesting the u.s. should work with russia in syria and i just accept that people who are bad people share interest and suddenly he sounds chinese leader in the 1930's saying hillary hasn't attacked us i think he's insane and you can think it's insane all you want

he's a compared me to a nazi apologist because i asked a simple question he is as bad as hitler. but as soon as donald trump stepped into the office the furor comparisons started flooding. now the scrubwoman is founded in hand with i know the classiest. trump being there reminded me of hitler addressing the nazi party garfield. in these streets a moustache traded far too like ninety percent of what he says i'm like this guy gets it however protesters may have been given a taste of their own medicine of a film chairing a rally speech by a prankster comprised entirely of quotes by you guessed it i don't think. there is one thing we must never forget richard you can never replace the mayor and life is like a mirror if you drop out. if you smile the return. donald trump seems told

her to go for i don't recall you know it will be really it's not the truth that matters. whether to go on a list or charles all told told us the extreme allegations against trump was simply being used as a destruction. just think there's an element on the left that is very fond of gaslighting that is to say when trouble is approaching they come up with the most incendiary comments to distract from the real damage that's going to come the hillary clinton side they'd they've come up with this enormous canard they get the press whipped up and over here our mainstream press moves in lockstep so if the theme comes down that we've got to compare trump to hitler you'll see the washington post do it the new york times the mainstream media c.n.n. and sarah and i don't recall i wasn't following it continually during obama's eight

years i don't recall protracted assaults against obama under a theory that he was some kind of hitler to call somebody hitler may that's a very serious accusation to make if you know anything at all about history and so i think the people who are making those accusations today should be ashamed of themselves. like to me putin's recent trip to a monastery put the tabloids into gossip mode after a lady in a red was apparently spotted in the back of his car but all isn't quite as it seems .

well the kremlin's spokesperson was quick to comment stating that it was actually a male body guard in the back of the car. that is r.t. international here thanks for joining us the killer of

a russian opposition politician boris nemtsov has just been sentenced. down your hawkins for more details on this daniel we understand while the trial has come to a conclusion how did it wind up in the spin around two and a half years since opposition figure boris themself was gunned down in. broad daylight in central moscow just meters from the kremlin it was a case that resonated here in russia and abroad as well accusations speculation was very quick to fly in all directions about the motives of the killers and he was actually responsible. to find those guilty of the killing and after a complex investigation of five men were arrested all from the southern russian republic of chechnya and they were charged with the murder at the end of twenty fifteen last month they were found guilty and today the sentences were finally handed down one of the key men involved. is the actual gunman who pulled the

trigger he was given a twenty year sentence he was a former officer in the church and security services four other men were given sentences of between eleven and nineteen years for their roles in the organization of the murder itself now authorities say one of the masterminds. still wanted at large and another one was killed by security forces in an attempt to detain him now it's worth noting the diet himself. saying it was cow. in revenge for alleged negative comments about islam he subsequently they were tracked to diet and maintained his innocence as the four other suspects we know at least one of them their legal team will be appealing this result. is that even his family they view this case and trial they allege that this was a cover up on that the men were poor simply covering up for somebody responsible for the murder they've even gone so far as through cues the chechen president himself. somehow being involved here of course the strongly denied they say they

will continue to seek justice many others they will view this as a final chapter and closure in a tragic case that has of course become one of russia's most high profile murder cases of recent years. daniel thanks for that. and coming up next to the international the film puerto rico. that is our that our. intelligence. is. on the. by then got a session on the nod that they know. by then is

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