breaking news international president putin say seven hundred fifty five. will have to leave russia leaving an equal number of diplomatic personnel present in both. the move comes in response to a new sanctions bill which was approved by the u.s. congress this week. so a journalist working with are a big channel has been killed by shelling from islamic state in syria. human rights watch claims one u.s. trained iraqi army unit. numerous extrajudicial killings of suspected.

but the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r t international hello and welcome breaking news this hour vladimir putin says the u.s. will have to cut its diplomatic staff in russia by more than seven hundred personnel moscow applies country measures to russia sanctions by the u.s. congress this week. more than a thousand people both diplomatic and technical staff currently working in russia which are seven hundred fifty five of them will have to stop their activities and that's painful america has taken a step to jeopardize u.s.

russia relations and the important thing is that that step wasn't triggered by anything but this is a move to impose a legal restrictions to attempt to influence other countries including u.s. allies which are interested in developing ties with russia. or just a reminder on friday moscow annoyance that in response to those u.s. sanctions american diplomatic staff in the country must be cut to four hundred and fifty five now that's the same amount russia has in the united states and as we've just heard it means that seven hundred fifty five people will have to leave by the beginning of september russia has also said that two diplomatic properties used by washington will be frozen it's a warehouse in the south of moscow on a riverside retreat in one of the capital's parks it was used by staff members for leisure activities and get togethers well

a new round of sanctions which cause this backlash from russia is now just a signature away as congress waits for president bush trump to put pen to paper washington say they're in response to what they call russian aggression in syria and ukraine and for alleged meddling in the u.s. election but this came up and find out there might be much more behind the initiative. the sanctions bill that was passed it targets many parts of russia's economy it targets mining targets finance and russia metal manufacturing but one part of the bill that was specifically singled out was the energy sector of russia's economy the bill penalizes any company that cooperates with russia's pipeline projects it's about sending a message to russia to hold mr putin accountable for his actions we will take tough action against russia the bill is targeting the construction of a key natural gas pipeline into europe citing what it calls detrimental impact on

european energy security furthermore in the same paragraph the bill talks about exporting more of america's resources in order to create american jobs strengthen u.s. allies and strengthen u.s. foreign policy now that all agrees with a key component of u.s. energy strategy america's global dominance energy policy. is not just a vital element of u.s. economic policy but it's also a vital element of u.s. foreign policy and one of the most important actions we can take is to use our massive shale gas resources to begin shipping liquefied natural gas overseas so there you have it but what does selling gas to europe have to do with protecting the sanctity of america's voting machines the point is has got to do anything with the political sphere with the frozen conflict in the ukraine a with syria and it actually hasn't got anything to do also with an interference with russia until the

u.s. elections this has to do with the approach of the u.s. administration to make deals to get their economy going and so this is very commitment rather than political u.s. leaders say that they don't like russia for all kinds of reasons but one thing they don't mention is that russia is a key exporter of oil and natural gas competing with the big monopolists america's european allies are now crying foul saying that the usa is interfering with their energy policies with these sanctions the u.s. bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the e.u. use energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests come last at this point russia counts for thirty eight percent of the european union's natural gas while the usa only accounts for two percent of the e.u. is natural gas imports you can bet some slick wall street syndicates would like to reverse that lineup so when you hear this explanation of the sanctions the mere

fact that russia tried to affect our elections this stunning breach of our right as a sovereign nation decades of unchecked russian aggression whether it be in the ukraine in the crimea in syria don't forget about this one we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states our natural gas to europe to our allies so they're not so dependent on russia. well as you heard their leaders have reacted angrily to washington's proposed new sanctions it said tend to free europe from its reliance on russia and they say their economic interests are being ignored germany has even warned the u.s. of country measures here's one reason why europe's leaders are unhappy the sanctions could impact on the nord stream to pipeline a major project between european companies and russia's energy sector firms from

germany austria france on the netherlands will they have agreed to invest almost five billion euro notes half of the project total cost there or thereabouts and once completed it should provide northern europe with russian gas according to reports a multinational businesses in the energy sector like b.p. exxon mobil for instance have been lobbying against the new measures in congress so two years like boeing and ford peter all of her husband or. well it's the potential impact that these sanctions could have on both the the business and energy sectors here in europe that has e.u. officials hot under the collar there are potentially huge fines for e.u. businesses that would enter into energy projects with russia many of those blue chip european companies of course are heavily involved there what we've heard from the german foreign ministry is them saying that it can't be accepted that the industrial policy of another nation be passed off as sanctions while the german

government spokesperson also came out saying that e.u. industry can't be targeted and if there will be a response if the sanctions or when the sanctions go through it's not just the germans though the french foreign ministry issued a statement saying that well they believe that the sanctions impacted upon the rights of private individuals as well as corporate entities to an extent that they believe may go beyond international law the austrian chancellor christine care he posted online he said that politics and business should not be mixing when it comes to making decisions like this it's not excluded that they also follow that they also follow their economic interests. we don't complain about that unless it does not affect our own interests but right now it really affects our own interest negatively impact of do you plan sanctions notice

a very negative form. especially for the energy sector because under sanctions under the threat of sanctions especially energy pipeline exports from russia so what options remain for the european union when these sanctions or if these sanctions come into being the european union could decide to impose sanctions of their own on the united states now this could take the form of e.u. . bank suspending u.s. company's ability to take out short term loans but let's be realistic this would be a nuclear option. for. a young journalist working with artie's are a big channel in syria has been killed by shelling from islamic state correspondent daniel hawkins explain that to us earlier. he was a stringer working for r.t. in syria for those unfamiliar with the term that's effectively

a local contracted journalist often working in dangerous environments in case in homs province where the syrian army is trying to actually liberate a town of which is close to where the incident took place his group or his convoy came under shell fire from isis we understand that he was hit by an antitank missile that's what caused his death and indeed injuries to his cameraman who's also in hospital right now started working with r.t. towards the end of april he did many reports from homs province interviewing the families of victims of refugees affected by fighting from all sides sure in those months or those months and those battles he was also active on social media especially on facebook and we could have a look at one of his last posts in fact a very chilling poignant post just saying god just a few hours before he was tragically killed most of all khaled was only twenty

five years of age he was studying at the university of damascus in the faculty of media and journalism this is some of his last work he filmed before he was killed. in the middle east. if suddenly. now as we said before the camera and working with him at the time the motto as you . he was injured as well in that attack he's been evacuated to a hospital in the hobs province we don't know what his condition is as of yet but

of course we'll have updates as they come in and we can also confirm that it is the first work or the first work of part of all these extended family ever to be killed in a conflict zone so very sad there not only for his family and friends but also of course for all of us here at r.t. . as a tribute to khaled work in one of syria's most dangerous locations we want to share with you one of his most recent reports on the suffering of families in the city of for. those who use the u.s. led coalition planes and those who give the orders to travel long think about the consequences of their actions civilians have been killed or forced to flee because of them and the infrastructure has been destroyed the civilians claim that the pretext of fighting against terrorism and extremism is used to justify the actions of the coalition. and the houses were. destroyed but there was no more water for irrigation as all the

land is burned in record province and there is no harvest and if any crops did remain we were not allowed to use them. to hurt us one of them there are the coalition carries out as trucks on schools so children don't study anymore many more civilians were injured when the coalition hit hospitals as well. and the just so now before going hellish jets bombed our school so we started going there lots of civilians were killed in that airstrike as they were sheltering in fear at the time.

and this real military court upholds a soldier's sentence for a fatally shooting a palestinian attacker that's after the break including life reaction. chose seemed wrong but old rules just don't hold. the ball that you get to shape out just because the ticket and in game trip equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground the.

all the fear we took. every the world should experience. and you'll get it on the old old. old according to josh. a quarter of an hour into the program your welcome back israel's military court upheld the year and a huff sentence of a soldier convicted of fatally shooting a palestinian the incident happened back in twenty sixteen in the city of hebron. zaria who you can see circled in the video killed adel fatah al sharif and attacked

another israeli soldier with a knife he was lying motionless on the ground when he was shot in a call to discuss the case we're joined by the director of the palestinian n.g.o.s show on jabbering you're very welcome as ari is appeal appointed the other similar cases where soldiers were not convicted why is this case different are they trying to make an example of him. look i think this is a relation case it's not the doesn't represent you know the whole case is most of the cases these soldiers keep free they enjoy impunity and no punishment and even for this case there is no balance between the crime and the sentence. the killing gets willful killing that's the case it means that it's

a war crime it was committed by the soldier in front of the coming hours and that day and the sentence is one and a half here it means nothing if an embarrassed immune children throws told whom soldiers are no injury they will get two years three years four years and sometimes maybe they sentence them for twenty years that's the case which it means that this is there much call the israeli military system when it comes to the palestinian cases it's not it has no you know government is for a fair trial and they discriminate against palestinians because they deal with the palestinian the blood. whether there was a lot of able or disagreement challis because as daria howes had plenty of support some have even called him a hero who's been wrongly tried just with that in mind do you think there might be some kind of box last night that the sentence has been upheld in fact protests from

both sides. look i think they try to make comparable gun story to me comparable gunned down even today that in your himself he made the statement that if the application become before him he would give him an amnesty or he would recommend you know to give him an amnesty which it means that even the off the shelves of the highest level they don't feel that they have to hold him accountable for his crime this is also i love that example it gives the this is the way it is you know the impunity it's an off leash on policy it's not just something here on their own or it's like a very silly incidence here or there no this is part of the official policy there is no balance and i think for palestinians today they face the extra just chilly executions and there is no actions you like gives to soldiers or officers where do

you there for draw the line between protecting yourself colleagues and using excessive force because we know that this person was attacking the military we also know that within the past number of months twenty nine its release have been killed by palestinian attackers it is a question of the fine line isn't there. look i think this case is very very clear that there is no military means to city and there is no protection needs you know for this case he was laid them dug down you know on the ground and he was put on lies you know party in the short term in his hair just to kill that's the case and even in many cases seventy five percent of the cases that we did. we can say it's willful killings cases for other incidents for other incidents maybe you can justify it but the question here does is well you know investigate there properly that's the case do they use the cameras

for instance i'm sure they come at us because they come at us everywhere in palestine on all the main streets in palestine in all the israeli military stations . territory that's the case and they don't show you know the become adults photos for instance for the killings and if there is any really self defense in that case or. n.g.o.s director from palestine it's been a pleasure having you on the program siobhan japery. rights groups on international observers have accused iraqi soldiers of executing dozens of suspected terrorists without a trial that claims come just weeks after a lengthy battle to drive islamic state out of the city of mosul. to international observers who are group of iraqi soldiers who don't find themselves as members of the sixteenth division the true naked men down an alleyway or two it's they had

multiple gunshots they saw through the door of damaged house the bodies of a number of naked men lying in the doorway they said one of the dead men was lying with his hands on his back and appeared to have been handcuffed and there was a rope around his legs. to sixteenth division soldiers the school to one observer and showed the severed head to what the soldiers said was an american female isis sniper whom they had to capture seated it was not clear whether the captives were alive or after her death all the iraqi forces that are involved in this fight against isis has been committing rampant abuses including war crimes and unfortunately in the face of all of these abuses by many different units and many different elements of the iraqi military structure we have yet to see a thing the incident be properly act investigated by the iraqis or any commanders to be held accountable the human rights watch report claims the executions were carried out by the sixteenth division of the iraqi army unit played

a significant role in the liberation of mosul it's been trained by the u.s. military since twenty fifteen an international observers say there's no indication that this support stopped well after numerous calls from international organizations the u.s. led coalition is now urging iraq to investigate claims of war crimes committed by its military. there have been consistent reporting of allegedly of armed conflict violations recently any violation of the law of armed conflict is unacceptable and should be and investigated in a transparent parent manner we meet routinely with our partner forces to advise them on the expectations for throwing transparent investigations and accountability for anyone found responsible for abuses and public disclosure of findings and actions taken well we spoke to a number of experts who appeared to be very skeptical of america's calls for an investigation it's not even cynical to suggest that just because this division

the rocky division trained by the u.s. military that they wouldn't have done this we have to remember the u.s. torture after the during the two thousand two thousand and three invasion and background and abu ghraib. and i think all of those techniques. talked to the standing army that was created after the after the u.s. invasion looking at what we know so far as can be very difficult to specifically accuse any of those american soldiers fool for training iraqi soldiers specifically in the craft of torture but i think it paints a very poor picture and puts the americans. under a very poor lights in iraq generally i mean you know what are they doing there exactly i mean this is sort of a euphemistic term advisor i think the the miss has been busted on one exactly what those voices do and who writes torture and killings allegedly carried out by the

iraqi army have previously been documented by a cameraman embedded with one of the units we should warn you scenes of graphic violence lie ahead alley or county claims to a film the puce an extrajudicial executions some of which he said were also recorded bind the officers themselves last month artie's murat gaz the of spoke to him again some disturbing images ahead. i understand the dark background is intended to conceal the way you walk how serious is the threat to your life after you made these revelations about all this torture and wrongdoing in iraq. my family received many threats from the especially from captain mourners are she wrote to my father on facebook he said they would come in the night and kill them of course i understand that my life is in danger what was your position with the emergency response division of men how to work together every day we all slept together i spent more time with them than with my family but then i saw the other

side the torture the raping the killing first they didn't want me to film the torture and other bad stuff but eventually they relented and gave me permission. after that it all changed it affected me my psychology i kept thinking about the torture of those people and their suffering it got worse and worse and after five weeks it became so horrible that i decided to publish everything. it was unbearable but i made myself continue to film because they knew it was important to torture people and kill them over and over. it is navy da here in russia president congratulated the fleet in the country's northern capital some petersburg thousands of spectators turned out to see the latest seafaring hardware that russia has to offer their forests is remote and costs are at.

i'm. the four fleets of the russian navy are celebrating the navy as a powerful surface ships and stealthy submarines will take part in netflix ill as involving one hundred vessels old around the country st petersburg is hosting the biggest event with forty ships taken part in the parade right here on the net voght river battle cruiser and the ballistic missile carrying a nuclear submarine which are among the biggest nuclear propelled ships in the world have taken center stage and of course smaller cruisers destroyers submarines and surface ships are on display here as well as navy war planes and helicopters

some other russian port cities like several more six of a stop loss rate and leave all stuck overseas are holding may day festivities as well but of course the biggest ones are right here in russia's northern capital of st petersburg are among cost free for r.t. . sony's looks this hour on art international. it's a very rough there and you sort of play them over and you have to find suitable for them the fact that. it was gunshots on top of them and so many friends say what having an egg. in the end i've been even not. having well.

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you can see the border from here was a little. steel fence goes on this side goes all the way down. like i said this is this is autumn land. and this is south america you have every right to be here have a right to call collect my food be a part of my family on both sides of the border. play started an organization called the arizona border recall that we or the stand a little into teeth. that is doing. with these to be done in the five years it's getting worse the violence is escalating because it's millions of the. british are really good are great when somebody calls you know basically they believe that their range is there are areas and they don't believe. that there is taking.