iraqi officials say. executions of suspected islamic state. they were able to. bear. by the images taken in the videos with satellite imagery to show that they

are fact around the areas of mosul that they appear to be in. we don't really have much information about these videos in particular but they do match pieces that we've been documenting for many months now of actually do show executions by iraqi security forces both federal police forces as well as the popular mobilization forces there are really many many cases iraqi soldiers executing suspected isis militants torturing and abusing family members of suspected isis militants so sadly i have to say that these are not new or surprising you know but these latest allegations come just days off to another rights group amnesty international blame think the u.s. led coalition for thousands of civilian deaths during the battle for mosul and the u.s. state department spokesperson was grilled on the issue by reporters on thursday. it

seems to be and this is not just something that unique to this administration but for many over the course of the last four or five thought of instructions when amnesty or another human rights group group comes out with a report on a country that you don't like if they like north korea or syria you or i and they don't consult those governments when they do that you're for it's you guys accepted you know and you even talk about it and praise the reports from from from the podium and say this is you know we can't relate to chemical weapons in syria but when they come out with a report that is on a country that is a madman i have to say we want is that on that report like hartmann of defense puts together a very thorough humanitarian excuse me a very thorough civilian casualty list this is not a case does not a situation where you accept reports that if you like the results but do not accept them as i'm not going to characterize it that way at all ok i think we better with us now we have repeatedly raised our concerns with the u.s.

government in that light compound operations and will aren't some else really for example about the very many advances that we are continuing to document by iraqi government forces i should say that the interior ministry in iraq has promised for investigate these particular videos just that they promised to investigate prior videos showing severe abuses by iraqi government forces plan to date we have never seen the rocket government actually hold any soldiers accountable for these abuses that are being documented what would really be best is for the iraqi government and the syrian government to ratify the world statute and during the i.c.c. so that we can bring these appearance or to an international tribunal that mistreatment of anybody never justified even if they are isis fighters they should not be mistreated box why we have international laws that are going to separate us from isis that's why we can say the international community better than isis

because we don't mistreat me. a new poll has revealed that the majority of americans now view north korea as the greatest threat to u.s. national security with islamic state terrorists ranking second it comes after pyongyang recently tested a purported intercontinental ballistic missile correspondent. from the streets of new york. when asked about what was the greatest foreign threat to the united states forty percent of americans listed north korea now that's not really surprising given all the talk there's been in the media about the danger posed by kim and his friends. with the united states the north korean dictator kim jong un threatens the united states with nuclear weapons intentions are really inching to the point of war so how much are americans really in danger from north korea their closest neighbor south korea says that intelligence shows that north korea really doesn't have the capability to carry out an intercontinental ballistic missile

strike considering how north korea does not have any testing facilities for reentry technology the agency believes north korea has not yet secured that technology yet north korea is still listed is the greatest threat greater than i still and that's despite the growing threat of radicalization and homegrown terror recently described by homeland security the number of post nine eleven homegrown terror plots in the united states has served so many aspects of this terrorist thing obviously because the homegrown terrorist i don't know how to stop that i don't know how to detect that so why are people so afraid of north korea we decided to find out greatest foreign threat to the united states. everything. they really. were north korea tyranny was career russia chinese i says russia iran or saudi arabia and iraq the relationship between hope and china russia korea i do you think korea is

a threat. well it's pretty obvious they want to destroy they have a very. hostile dictator it's very offensive towards the united states that is to the whole thing without a warm beer stay have the missiles and test it and. it's scary you know i don't know i mean are they really a threat or they will what are they really are they really going to shoot all the missiles i mean if we're going to have a nuclear holocaust i think that's a little bit much you know. but i don't know with north korea is. as big of a threat as we're being as being perceived i don't feel that that they are eminent threat i think that they can start something however did can spy caught globally what makes north korea a greater threat than i so. i don't know that's a good it's a great question i would think they're under dictabelt what they're both unpredictable and i think they have the ability of the atomic weapon i think right now isis is more of a threat the north korea but in a maybe ten fifteen years down the road north korea could be more of a threat i think it's a genuine threat if you like the media is hyping threats about north korea it's

a big big time i mean i mean i just i think that it's so it's it's fear mongering you sit down and you watch fox news i mean. the old it's more entertainment now it's more they just want to keep you glued to the t.v. screen to see what's going to happen next is up to media is hyping anything they can hype in order to get people to watch at this point u.s. president franklin delano roosevelt said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself and perhaps the most dangerous fears are those that are manufactured and not based on credible threats they will mop and r.t. new york ok so for a moment here on the program let's have a look and see whether north korea's nuclear program really is as dangerous as the media portrays have to be for example north korea claims it has nuclear warheads estimated to be about ten of them and pyongyang doesn't have any missiles capable of sending the warheads over a large distance in fact we understand the farthest they have fired one is about one hundred thirty kilometers which is a well far too short to reach america and this will means that in effect north

korea has no active strategic nuclear forces to assure all can investigate of journalist says the media is scaremongering. the united states. public has been has been subject to a massive propaganda campaign war is you know coming tomorrow to korea the idea that somehow north korea is more of a danger though you know comes from this propaganda that north korea's aiming is building weapons in an offensive way and this is trying wants to attack the united states and then north korea's development of weapons or aimed right at the rate at all our cities and they are ready at any moment to attack us there is no background at all explaining to people you know how we got here what the role the united states has been in this crisis what can be done to get out of it it's all just scaremongering. a pork barrel known kindergartener

menu's is stirring some controversy in the austrian city of salzburg the rule has been a force for five years but only came to light last week after parents file their request with the mayor's office they were told the decision was made on health grounds but also to meet the needs of muslim children. parents in austria have got beef with the authorities after pork was given the chop from kindergarten. has been missing from menus for five years but now it's been spotted all strains are in. your thirty's claim children simply prefer chicken and carrots the dish was dropped due to health reasons among other things the news of muslim children that's one line this left the norm sweet all sour taste in parents mouths and those polled say they now strongly oppose the decision despite the mayor's claim there's been no official decree is still new some of finding difficult to digest. we had some

interesting opinions from christian edna of the chamber of commerce in vienna i'm a how much of the ramadan foundation. i cannot really is. see a reason why the mayor of of salts work is denying austrian children access to normal austrian pork dishes pork dishes are part of our culture if somebody wants to live here actually they should respect our culture it's a treat from the far right who perpetuated this thing about muslims being outside is you know getting preferential treatment i don't support i second you know i'm not criticising the mare for having a good thought you know i'm trying to be inclusive but i think you can't be inclusive if you exclude a particular community as the one side who thinks we should proceed to a kind of for peace and strategy to accommodate muslims in europe and to make sure

that the feel like at home and others who think wait wait a minute this is europe this is our country these are our countries we're not muslims we want to keep our identity so this is part of a major political conflict muslims are not alien to societies that are early to germany or france or the united kingdom or russia and anybody who tries to divide communities anybody tries to perpetuate this hatred inherent hatred that we see i think should be called off or is it's racism and xenophobia against community there isn't the strategy of the muslims is took out call any criticism on them islamophobia and now especially left wing politicians mr very much afraid of of being called islam a four week course you're a austria switzerland you know we are seen an inherently anti muslim agenda and in those spaces the rights of muslims are being taken away the freedoms of muslims are being taken away and yet still we have people out there suggesting

a similar muslims again preferential treatment it's an absolute lie and it should be called after war is. china is deploying troops to his first overseas military base. in djibouti a small east african country already hosts troops from several foreign powers and artie's emily soon our explains why it's so vital strategic importance djibouti a small country in the horn of africa that often slips through the mainstream international media's radar but this week it made it to the global spotlight and here's why two chinese navy warships left to port john john on tuesday to launch beijing's first ever overseas military base in djibouti but out of all places in the world watch your beauty well for starters the tiny african country provides access through the red sea to the suez canal one of the busiest shipping routes in the world another key aspect of djibouti location is its proximity to potential

crisis areas namely yemen where saudi arabia is fighting who the rebels in an ongoing civil war and somalia a stronghold for the al qaeda linked militant group al-shabaab so what's in it for china officially it's to boost the thousands of troops and millions of dollars beijing has poured in to assist the u.n. peacekeeping efforts in africa will be joining a two bit of fulfill its international obligation in somalia such as carrying out its missions and providing humanitarian aid it will also benefit in suzhou and economic development and enable china to make for the contribution in safeguarding peace and stability in africa and the world the base also helps secure china's fast economic interests in africa with beijing investing in so many key infrastructure projects wrote the continent that is why china is joining the crowd of global powers over ready operating in djibouti washington spilt its biggest four thousand strong base on the continent as you can see marked in blue here on the map france

has one thousand nine hundred troops there six hundred japanese marines are stationed nearby and saudi arabia is also building a base in the tiny east african state with all. all these different countries flexing their military muscles almost literally side by side is djibouti becoming the next playground for the world's leading powers the chinese these one day if there will be. between them and united is there one day the point that i do between them and united to do with clinton i do sin and positioning them so that they came to deal with the united states all clues pushing. on through the ottoman self and so or no money that depends on the solution doesn't define the full possible i will also get us for the region in minutes and i was told to go to egypt but each of them thinking for them did most of us the political. power to put to do that

instead of. a quarter past the hour here in moscow still many stories coming your way on the program today on r.t. international just a moment we hear what life is like inside i still from the women who became the wives of terrorists we're back in just a moment. you

don't leave universal basic and when you have an economy around the world that rewards imagination and monetizes free thought free thought free movement of capital and all the intermediary forces go out of business a lot of bankers lose their jobs a lot of politicians lose their job the nation state collapses as we know it and people are as free as their money because right now money is a lot freer than people. thanks for sharing your saturday with us here on r t international with islamic state losing ground in iraq and syria the group is becoming less attractive to would be members and it's not only foreign fighters but the women who became the terrorists why have also been fleeing the former strongholds and here's the second part of the testimonies about what life is like inside i still you can find the first part on our website.

never mind up that there were a lot of horrors in places where women live kids had rashes lice and when they got sick they didn't get treatment those places in iraq are like real presents and it was absolutely disgusting to be there but one woman had contractions so she went to the chief and cinammon the woman was knocking at her door and crying for help but most of them i kicked her out saying that she wants to sleep and shouted i wish she were all dead but the woman went into the garden bleeding and stayed there until morning no one paid any attention to her in the morning hasn't came to her lying in the garden and walked by as if nothing happened as if she was just a dog if wires were treated this way others weren't even seen as human beings. at least that i still fight so separated girls from married women and from slightly

lots of attention was paid to the girls men broke the make up just to sell them for fifteen thousand dollars virgins were sold for thirty thousand some girls managed to escape to rock those who helped them were killed. my husband told me there is no release of the year no lore and that we must return home so we started planning how to escape. a little bit of thick if in fact i knew what i saw was like i would never have gone and joined my husband there. for him and not my husband and i made a huge mistake when we came here and thank god we escape. the russian prosecutor general's office has denied claims of involvement in a meeting between a russian lawyer junior last year or us democrat politicians and much of the media

have pointed to as evidence of the teams could lucian with moscow during the election campaign. prime one connected lawyer who met with donald trump jr last year for this woman as the russian government lawyer and he did know it was information gleaned by the russian government he took a meeting with a russian lawyer was connections to the kremlin after being told she might have information helpful to the campaign and jr was initially contacted by an intermediary who talked about handing of a sensitive information on hillary clinton that apparently originated from the crown prosecutor of russia but that position does not exist so it's believed he was referring to the general prosecutor and we spoke with the international communications chief at the prosecutor's office. some foreign media wrote about the meeting between donald trump jr and russian lawyer and italian vessel needs which reportedly took place last june and possible involvement of the russian prosecutor general's office in brokering the meeting how would you comment on this information

i would not want to comment on something that is totally untrue. you have to understand the office of the prosecutor general does not share information of these individuals in the us such contacts can only happen so or official channels as stipulated by international agreements and after a formal request. submitted by a prosecution edge and soon so are you saying that the prosecutor general's office could not have sent vessel needs it's insane to think the prosecutor general's office would use a private lawyer to transfer information any exchanges of information about criminal cases ease down through the country's official agencies their russian prosecutor general's office and the u.s. department of justice. so if we need to share information to resolve our

american colleagues we send it to the justice department and you can watch that interview in full right now at r.t. dot com. so emanuel tried to while his guest donald trump at this year's bastille day parade by getting a marching band to belt out a punchy rendition of french electro duo punks hit get lucky don although looked less than impressed.

waves of indignation both in the media and among the citizens. one of the reasons his popularity has taken a bit of a hit lately and yet many policies and. also very similar to those of us. whose initial approval ratings were sky high. why the perceived. according to a recent poll president trump's approval ratings are low really low but it seems that people don't so much just like him as a president as much as they just don't like him as a person sixty five percent of those who disapprove of trump said it was because of his personality while only sixteen percent objected to his policies ok trump is undeniably a one of a kind president who has said and done some awkward things i think by single greatest and any assets i have is by temperament you know just like showed. i'm really rich just i'm like a smart person i think i'm much more humble than you would understand. if you

compare term to his predecessor barack obama the figures were almost the exact opposite at the beginning of obama's first term sixty five percent disliked his policies while fourteen percent didn't care for his character a large portion of america really fell in love with who he was. in my first term we ended the war in iraq. in my second term i will win the war on christmas. you pretty tough guy are you a tough guy you look like you're pretty tough and and so you just got to keep on going on. but for often being perceived as polar opposites the two actually have a number of political moves in common our own members trump's controversial travel ban that affected people from seven muslim majority countries while the obama administration did the same states as areas of concern and put travel restrictions

on their citizens and some of the rhetoric we've seen from both presence is shockingly similar take their stances on america's place in the global arena it's better that you know i'm out of american lives could result the political just remember that lies at the heart of someone else's civil war we cannot be the policeman of the world and of course those promises to help out the average joe. we're going to bring back made in the u.s. and we're going have a lot of jobs come back we're going to have a lot of jobs made in america hopeful trend they're bringing jobs back from overseas as for trump the analysis of that gallup poll functions off with a rather somber prognosis for him there izing that unless the president changes his unique style his numbers will continue to plummet it seems in this case everyone is judging this book by its cover r.t. washington d.c. and i said joining us here on saturday coming up next on the network the kaiser report.

is still exist. ricos treated as one. of the puerto rico as you know and i knew a lot of seats and they could be seen on the island is controlled by the u.s. government and some puerto ricans crave independence just a little see it already donna you know. either we like it but i mean to sort of i mean we're taking a game a game but. still many do wish to join the u.s. hundreds more leave every day. with the country at a crossroads anger on the island is on the rise. made. even though there are plenty of oil because of the new. season

so how can you see into the new technology is a very bored and. would produce should too. oh. in the us a child can choose a course in school. with his teachers we don't. recruit will says to if the cadet is interested in go on in the military but we don't recruit ourselves. the pentagon is funding a program to boost interest in the military among teenagers. to step up to an apollo so that comfortable with yourself. you can't go wrong with the military it's a great stepping stone for whatever career you want to do but some veterans are willing

to tell enthusiastic children a little more they ask me call of duty is a very popular first year video game. it's play an ask me it's like call of duty to turn off call of duty oh yeah or you can turn off your lot of these kids just don't hear. the darker side does the pentagon allow them to be told or does it just need more recruits. imagine being six thirty five and you have a career and a career involves using your arsenal in your computer and things like that being in an office. perhaps you sort of getting headaches or kids. are going to have to stop doing all this and this is tell you lou the minutes must be from my world became smaller and smaller and smaller until i ended up winning it and the box. or addict a very strong magnetic field held in my head. think of it like

a real hard pressure my skin burned and wireless access point out there just continues on with our students in the schools. we are just continually bathing in our citizens in this microwave radiation it is certainly electro small and it's getting worse. oh mass geyser and this is going to be our first little summer solution share of the kaiser report it's all about the solutions so many people started twenty one seven twenty seventeen with what they thought was their solution.