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thanks for joining us this. political militant group hezbollah has officially confirmed it is fighting islamic state alongside syrian government forces launched a joint offensive against terrorist positions on the syrian border. the operation is taking place and i still is the last stronghold along the border with lebanon the terror group set up a military base there in a mountainous area just inside syria islamic state had been moving closer to the refugee camp just across the border in lebanon on these emily supernal delving into

the history of hezbollah's presence in syria. lebanon's hezbollah has long been fighting alongside assad government forces throughout the six year syrian civil war but for the first time the armed group is making it official. hezbollah claims it's driving isis terrorists as well as rebels out of the last foothold on the syrian lebanese border a mountainous region seen here on the map the green part here is controlled by al nusra rebels and the black here by isis so far sounds like just another development in the ongoing fight against terrorism in syria right so what's the big deal let's break it down. as well as presence in syria has always been a bone of contention as israel the u.s. and the arab league all view the group as a terrorist organization and levanon hizbullah a terrorist organization you just towns to shield itself of tens of thousands of

illegal rockets it's militias stand side by side with syrian troops as they slaughter this the syrian people. iran continues to support terrorism including palestinian terrorists has blown and also. has is a terrorist organization and they are currently. cross international loans in fighting in another country overtly it's in no way trying to demonize a group that is fighting against western against american against israeli and saudi interests in the region. but not everyone categorized as hezbollah fighters as terrorists the list of those who don't include syria russia china and of course iran which funds it and helped create the group in

the eighty's the russian. of all of our allies and they came here legally they support us again the terrorists there are many participants in the fighting these are the syrian army forces and those forces that are usually called pro-government including his which is supported by the iranians his blood is fighting alongside this. block. against the terrorist groups the western media has proven that they were supported by western countries by the united states by saudi arabia and also by israel. so why is hezbollah being more brazen in syria all of a sudden raising the flag. might be an attempt to assure the supporters of hezbollah that the fight will go on against the terrorist groups

until the end looks like has both those waving its flags openly in syria as is feeling confident it's on the winning side. another front against i saw was opened at the end of may when u.s. backed kurdish forces reached the terrorists' capital rocka the battle to retake the city is still ongoing and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of civilians being displaced there are just some of the stories. i. have a total i came from russia nothing is left in iraq except for destruction because of the coalition and i still say but the strength of the coalition will worst some villages were wiped out some neighborhoods were demolished houses families children women all were headed by the random strikes.

and most are left my neighbors at home in the evening and went to sleep outside i came back in the morning just to find twelve of the date the children the mother and the man i buried them because of the shelling. out of the logic coalition targeted everyone just the same one person from i self and everyone else around there is no religion that's not been targeted some people lost their houses of their lost their children and wives. the massacres in iraq are committed by isis and the coalition warplanes together what can i say the streets are full of dead bodies. humanitarian groups are concerned about the possible cost of victory in iraq after another i saw

a stronghold the iraqi city of mosul was retaken at a heavy price there with schools of civilians killed and injured and many more were first of all which is now devastated and we spoke to medea from the u.k. based charity muslim aid she visited most school and describes what she saw. what i saw was just. i mean it was indescribable it was like a movie set it's completely obliterated the whole city is ruined. you know those cars that have been completely obliterated it was like you know i've said this to other people it's like a movie set it was crazy nothing like i expected next even though i had seen the movie. pictures before. it's different when you're there because what you can't seen in photos is just smell. you know it i was in

a school where which had not been cleared yet. there were still bodies underneath the rubble. and i asked my colleagues i said you know what is that smell and they said it's you know people have died here and they've not been cleared so there's basically the smell of death and small and sewage and it adds to the whole atmosphere of the whole city being ruined all the buildings are destroyed i don't think i saw one clearly standing building it's it's just the entire city is gone it's going to take a long time to to get back to what it was. they were living in very difficult conditions they. were very restricted in what they would could and could not do. you know they that they were very restricted in terms of access to food you know obviously mostly made as a humanitarian organization so our primary concern is humanitarian situation and so when asking the question it was mainly at you know along the lines of what they

need. and they were all very malnutrition because you know under occupation they were not able to access at michoud or water even medical care you know everything to the prices of everything shot up so you would see people having to you know sell everything they own just to get you know some sugar or rice. here in moscow the number of migrants arriving in italy growing by the day a group dubbed europe is trying to stem the flow sailing a ship to the region in a bid to turn back migrant boats coming from africa the vessel will be based in the sicilian port of qatar it will patrol the mediterranean off the coast of libya and the mission says it wants to expose humanitarian groups that it claims are working directly with people smugglers it accuses them of effectively providing migrants a taxi service to europe. now the activists are bankrolling the mission with money

raised through crowd funding so far they have gathered more than one hundred twenty six thousand dollars for the mission is being accused of being racist. trying to challenge one of those behind it but also gauge the reaction from local italians we're at the port of in sicily among the ships that come into the sport you will every now and then see boats full of migrants but we are here to talk to an activist who is expecting the arrival of a very different kind of boat with a very controversial purpose. so somewhere around here. probably by next week. when we cherish of course is a cultural identity are you a racist or an extremist organization your final purpose is what. we want to ensure that europe stays in europe this is what some people call racism

. i think the european union should feel ashamed now they want to use sicily as a rallying point for disgusting racism that does not belong to our culture i know that our welcoming culture is disliked by european fascists but we won't give up we are not going to be silent in the face of this call to violence against desperate human beings these peoples need to buy we're not trying to provoke a situation where anybody's life is at risk so you're not attacking them i know we are not attacking migrants we are not going to attack the n.g.o.s we will just try to document what they are doing and we want to make sure that these n.g.o.s are not working as some kind of proxy for the human traffickers what happens if you see that someone's life is in danger we will also come and rescue them and what are you going to do when a refugee on your boat well we will try to bring them to africa again. people of sicily have gotten used to migrants to the many n.g.o.s that have come

here to help but an anti migrant angio patrolling the mediterranean that is something most people here have never heard of so let's ask the locals about the concept what do you think of the n.g.o.s that are working in the mediterranean to help the migrants to the moon was this the bit i don't like doing what if this is right twinging and geo both doesn't sound good this is the boat. the right wing activists will be on this boat they will be patrolling the mediterranean to make sure that there's no illegal migration and to make sure that the n.g.o.s don't break the laws what do you think about that good job like that it's good and the opinion of the migrants. they don't want migrants here i mean. if they don't one migrants i mean they have to be out the make of. the sense that they say if they rescue migrants from the boat they will take them back to africa that

this is. what go on how can someone who does live i mean up in the middle of militancy you know take the bus to africa that's the thing i mean some people call them racists do you agree with that there's no racist but story there's already too many people here yet. so there's no room for everyone or do you think that's racist i don't think so and i'm not against helping migrants but we should help them in their own country so here's a seeing that seems to have become typical for sicily we've got a park where we can see the migrants then and geo group to help them and also there are locals who are still feeling the burden of the economic crisis and don't want migrants and their hometown and all of them are in one same park not too long before right wing activists joined them on the club believe the trend toward tea could really. if you're looking for something

a little out of the ordinary for the holidays israel may have the it's running an anti terror where you can experience being in a hostage situation. that . everyone anywhere anyplace in. the. white shirt but every.

one that wanted to keep it really is not like. me about. about the idea really. really what they do don't always have to. treat the right. situation in order to when you go back home and you hear or. something new you know the more it's not. controversy surrounding the however it's location it's situated in the west bank which palestinians consider as occupiers territory. the boot camp has been condemned by palestinian officials the local mayor said the mostly american tourists attending

the camp with by directly supporting the occupation of the land we also spoke to a middle east expert who thinks israel is not doing itself any favors by setting up this venture this is something israel has been doing for a very long time reinforces the notion to american visitors in particular that the conflicts can only be solved by military force that the palestinians of the bad guys but the israelis are the good guys i don't think the israelis are really doing themselves a favor though by having this sort of very blatant violence and. tourist oriented operation bring in americans in particular to train them on the so-called palestinian terror threat it is a move that is so clearly rejects the international

view of what should be happening in in occupied palestinian territory is often international thanks for joining us i fall for this program time for a very short break that when we return in the mix of your stories of the media's continued obsession over the looks and styles and mannerisms of donald trump we'll bring up a comparison in just a moment. i do think that archie is propaganda arm of the russian government and helps to spread. information that helps advance russia's interest and so that's why i think it's important for people like me to come on if it weren't me would be somebody who is less capable who would maybe not do as good a job presenting the american point of view. in history. and california generates. new york ten thousand california

is going to have a lot of jobs on the side where nobody is on this but they have a lot of desert obviously if they go solar they get a lot of. folks in texas going to say your ideology we want to this solar jobs you're out of office we're going to bring the folks to do it california's doing isn't that the way democracy works. with us today the u.s. military has one of its latest asteroids in the helmand province killed an unknown number of quote friendly forces according to officials twelve police officers including two commanders were killed and many others were wounded last month at least three afghan policemen were killed in a similar incident there have also been numerous cases of afghan forces killing

american troops the very same day the three officers were killed an afghan commandos opened fire on u.s. soldiers killing three and injuring one the taliban which had infiltrated the afghan forces claim was supposed to belief in that attack meanwhile in march american soul. those were injured in the so-called green on blue was sold as afghan soldiers with nato troops. correspondent picks up the story for hearing condolences from u.s. officials in response to the afghan security forces that were killed but the numbers that we're seeing being released by the u.s. air force confirm that the situation in afghanistan is escalating as of now according to the numbers that we have from the u.s. air force since the beginning of twenty seventeen there been one thousand six hundred thirty four different instances of munitions expended from u.s. forces in afghanistan keep in mind that in two thousand and fifteen the total was

only two hundred ninety eight and in two thousand and sixteen it was only five hundred forty five now this number of munitions being released this number of airstrikes actually brings the situation in afghanistan to the level that it was at in two thousand and twelve when u.s. forces were all across the country getting into skirmishes with taliban forces two thousand u.s. troops have actually died in afghanistan and a number of them have died from friendly fire incidents like the one that just recently took place there was the famous incident where pat tillman the celebrity football player who had volunteered to fight in afghanistan was killed by friendly fire at this point there are eight thousand five hundred u.s. troops in afghanistan alongside five thousand other nato forces that are in the country as the escalation of air strikes continues more air strikes are being carried out more munitions are being fired the risk for afghan security forces as well as for u.s. troops in the country is rising people should not make such sympathy which will

have a huge you don't need to question without. going to that ship over a moment going to be definitive these kind. of position and make many people actually join them. also it will make their recruitment process much much easier definitely they. definitely are able to frustration and. will wreak these kind of frustration and definitely mr ranney the president will be in a very very difficult situation seeing his people his soldiers. by his friends the americans so it's absolutely positioned. oxfam's released a new report on yemen calling the cholera outbreak quote the worst on record number of people with the disease is now the largest ever recorded in

a single year in any country. a two thousand and fifteen military incursion led by saudi arabia has left yemen in a state of ruin well over ten thousand people have been killed the u.s. reported a number of times about civilians dying in asterix however the saudis claim who think these pose a direct threat to their borders found that yemen representative says saudi arabia can only be stopped when sales to riyadh are halted. their ongoing war is very

much a part of the problem and need to add and we basically are calling for a cease fire and of course we calling for the stock. of arms to to saudi arabia to be used in yemen bombing is not the solution it's you can't bomb a country into. into pieces or whatever the aim is basically the parties need to come together and reach a peace agreement and end the conflict and at least for now give us. and the international communities the u.n. and the government the time an opportunity to respond to the crisis. the media has been obsessing over the looks style and mannerisms of donald trump ever since the billionaire businessman made his bid for the white house but how important is style over substance use jacqueline burger has been trying to find out. america's commander in chief is meant to be a representation of the country as

a whole and its values and what does america pride itself on if not diversity we believe our diversity our differences when joined together by a common set of ideals makes a strong americans are a diverse people with respect and concern for every single human being in this country and being very different from previous u.s. presidents donald trump seems to know what it's like to be the outcast his everyday guy in your face persona is one of the things that got him elected i think by single greatest of any assets i have is by temperament oh just i just. think i'm much more humble than you would understand. you call women you don't like that hague's your twitter account only wrote that you know donald. but it's also what he's attacked for by some of his detractors recently we've seen the media become preoccupied with trump's personal habits some choose to dissect his food choices slamming him for his love of red meat exotic meals fast food you name it

it's true he's not like obama who reportedly only eats seven lightly salted almonds for a night snack others criticize the president's lack of obvious exercise dubbing him the least athletic president in u.s. history well maybe a more athletic build is the key to being popular and a few outlets have gone as far as to warn that trump's unique and often unscripted style of speech may be an indicator of mental health issues many fell in love with obama because he was seen as a cool hip guy. which apparently is not the case with mr trump and that could be hurting him more than he knows because according to a recent poll that's how his predecessor scored high in approval ratings and that same poll shows that sixty five percent of those who do. approve trump do so because of his personality this is a cultural issue they want to fall strum into. and joking because

he represents in that sense the other side of the cultural diversity that i see so it looks like america's champions of diversity disapprove of trump despite him being the man who arguably has made the presidency more diverse perhaps a few more hip trappings could help but probably not. our t. washington d.c. we are legal and media analyst lionel white people who claim to be in favor of diversity one of the most colorful presidents and us history the biggest con in the world is that what people call the liberals and they're not liberals they have no belief system they have no platform they have your ideology no truth no future no nothing these are the people who supposedly are liberal they're the ones who are calling for war with syria why because who ever was against they were

for you just say i hate trump and you're it. they'll deal with any other problem i hate but i'm not crazy about. transgender migration bathroom ok i hate to throw but i'm not sure about women's rights ok well. it is all the international thanks for joining us on this. well up battling the mainstream media in the u.k. . takes you on the ground in just a moment but if you're joining us from elsewhere sputnik will be next with neil clark. imagine being six thirty five and you have a career and career involves using your i phone in your computer things like that in an office. perhaps you sort of getting to see circuits you could have to stop doing all of this i mean this is how you lose the minutes before. my world became

smaller and smaller and smaller until i ended up winning it and i box. very strong magnetic field on my head. think of it like a real heart assured my skin burned and that wireless access point. just continues on saying with our students in the schools. we are just continually baking our citizens in this microwave radiation it is certainly electro small and it's getting worse. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate it's full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah mr john oliver of r t america is doing the same. apparently better than. a c.

people you've never heard of love die. to the next president of the world bank. the army seriously send us an e-mail. i'm after towns here we're going underground on the day that you gain us spooks mingle with b.b.c. c.n.n. and n.b.c. so called journalists in the colorado holiday resort of aspen and its annual security for him coming up on the show is brittle even negotiating with the e.u. with bonnie and davis not singing from the same hymn sheet we quiz multi-millionaire investment manager gina miller who took to raise a maze government to court about leaving the largest bloc in the world britain's prison officers union on this program calls on juries amaze offender agency by.