and. the rocky officials investigate reports of extra judicial killings of suspected. human rights watch calls for a probe into a series of disturbing videos surfacing online. a recent poll says that americans now see north korea as the biggest threat to u.s. security here on the program we assess how much plane can be attributed to the media. on kindergarten menus is stirring controversy in austria.

watching r.t. international live. in moscow with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. iraqi officials say they are investigating reports of extrajudicial killings of suspected islamic state fighters by iraqi troops in the city of mosul that's after a series of videos appeared online showing soldiers beating and shooting suspects and warning you may find some of the following images disturbing. the video we're showing you right now and with soldiers throwing a suspected jihadist off a cliff the soldier. he hits the ground human rights watch told us they were able to confirm that the location of this video is most of. what we were able to verify the images taken in the videos satellite imagery show that they are tracked around the areas of most school that they appear to be in. we don't really have

much information about the videos that you are but they do match pieces that we've been documenting for many months now of actually do show executions by the security forces both federal police forces as well as mobilization forces there are really many many iraqi soldiers execute the suspected isis militants torturing and abusing family members of suspected isis. so sadly i have to say these are not new or surprising these latest allegations come just days after another rights group amnesty international blamed the u.s. led coalition for thousands of civilian deaths during the battle for mosul a u.s. state department spokesman 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 going to amnesty or another human rights group group comes out with a report on a country that you don't like their life north korea or syria you or i and they don't consult those governments when they do those reports you guys except it was 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 up 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 raise our concerns with the u.s. government in that light compound operations and will aren't something else really for example about the very many abuses that we are continuing to document by iraqi

government forces i should say that the interior ministry in iraq has promised to investigate these particular videos just as they promised to investigate prior videos showing severe abuses by iraqi government forces plan to date we have never seen a rock a 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 wrong 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 the street is 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 ranking second it comes after pyongyang recently tested a purported intercontinental ballistic missile artie's caleb maupin reports from the streets of new york. when asked about what was the greatest foreign threat to the united states forty percent of americans was to 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 but. with the united states north korean dictator kim jong un threatens the united states with nuclear weapons and tensions 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 as 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. even the. north korea tyranny was career russia chinese i says russia iran or saudi arabia and about 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 united states that is to the

whole thing without a warm beer stay have the missile and test it and. it's scary you know i don't know i mean are they really a threat are they will what are they really are they really going to shoot over 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're eminent threat i think that they can start something however that can spy cause 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 i think they have the ability of the atomic weapon i think right now i just is more of a threat the north korea but you know 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 is a big big time i mean i'm going to just i think that it's so it's it's fear mongering you sit down and you watch fox news ever since you don't they're all

entertainment now what'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 cable moppet r.t. new york so let's look into whether north korea's nuclear program really is as dangerous as the media portrays it to be north korea claims it has a number of nuclear warheads estimated to be ten but doesn't yet have any missiles capable of sending a warhead over a launch distance the furthest they've fired a test missile is nine hundred thirty kilometers which isn't far enough to reach america this all means that in fact north korea has no active strategic nuclear forces to a shark an investigative journalist says the media isn't 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 could be done to get out of it it's all just. a punk band on kindergarten many it is stirring controversy in the austrian city of thoughts that it has been in for five

years but only came to light last week after parents filed a request with the mayor's office they were told the decision was made on health grounds and also needs to meet the needs of muslim children parents in austria have got beef with the authorities after the pork was given the chop from kindergartens has been missing from menus for five years but now it's been spotted. over its thirty's claim children simply prefer chicken and carrots the dish was drugged due to health reasons among other things the needs 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 contrast ing opinions from christian at the chamber of commerce in vienna and

mohammed shafiq of the ramadan foundation. i cannot really 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 criticizing 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 of all most very much afraid of of being called islam a four week course europe 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 it everything. the

military base in djibouti the small east african country already host troops from several foreign powers and he soon explains why it's vital strategic importance. to the chinese navy warships left to port john john on tuesday to launch beijing's first ever overseas military base in djibouti of all places in the world watchability 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 up 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 social and economic development and enable china to make further 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 of 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 nine thousand eight 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 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 the view that these one day give there would be a quote that i big between them and united just that one day the one thing i do see between them and united to do with the whole clinton i do sin and positioning them so that they came to deal with the united states all clues pushing. for the out of the self and so or no to mother that depend he's going with the person doesn't that . also did get us full of the religion it needed that i was told but you told them the thinking for them did much the interest of the political the power of the politics of their interest in the region apparent progress in the syria peace talks in geneva that animal after this break.

we don't. get it on the old. according to. you don't leave universal basic income when you have an economy around the world that rewards imagination and monetizes free thought free thought free movement of capital and all those 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. welcome back to the program to syria peace talks in geneva on encouraging at least according to russia's representative he says attitudes towards the syrian president a changing. joining the latest round of talks the opposition didn't wants mention any need for assad's immediate resignation or for the removal of the legitimate syrian government that's very significant because apparently even the radical opposition and most of their foreign sponsors finally realize that peace in syria needs to be established first and only then can there be any negotiation of a political reform. with islamic state losing ground both in iraq and syria the group is becoming ever less attractive to would be members they thought only foreign fighters but the women who became the terrorist wives have also been fleeing the former stronghold here is the second part of that testimony about what

life is inside inside ice list like you can find the first part on a website a new page. on their mother of baghdad and 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 that were 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 bleeding go knocking on 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 the woman went into the garden bleeding and stayed there until morning no one paid any attention to her in the morning has found 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. and

. i still fight so separated girls from married women and from slight 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 or killed. my husband told me there is no real need to know laura and that we must return home so we started planning how to escape. a little bit of if in fact i knew what i saw was like i would never have gone and joined my husband their. behavior 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 all of involvement in

a meeting between a russian lawyer and donald trump jr last year u.s. and democrat politicians and much of the media have pointed to that encounter as evidence of the trump team's collusion with moscow during the election campaign. promise one connected lawyer who met with donald trump jr last year and this woman is 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. time jr was initially contacted by an intermediary who talked about handing over sensitive information on hillary clinton that apparently originated from the crown prosecutor of russia that position does not exist so it's believed he was referring to the general prosecutor r.t. spoke exclusively with the international communications chief at the prosecutor's office dennis curtis. some foreign media wrote about the meeting between donald

trump jr and russian lawyer and italian vessel needs sky 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 all official channels as stipulated by international agreements and after a formal request. submitted by a prosecution agency so are you saying that the prosecutor general's office could not have sent vessel needs it's insane to think that 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 with 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 emanuel macron trying to wow his guest donald trump at this year's bastille day parade by getting a marching band to belt out a punch even titian a french electorate to a daft punk's hip get lucky donald the less than impressed. it was. originally. was. it was. the work. of.

trump's antics in public often trigger waves of indignation both in the media and among the citizens that could be one of the reasons his popularity has taken a bit of a beating lately and yet many of his key policies are not only quite popular but also similar to those of his predecessor barack obama whose initial approval ratings were sky high ati's jacqueline bouvier looks at why the two are perceived so differently. 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 by temperament you know just slide shows. 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 at some of the you look like you're pretty tough and and so you just got to keep on going. 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. that goes 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 they're rising 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 jochum book r.t. washington d.c. . rehearsals for one of the biggest most spectacular aerobatic shows on the planet

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