relatives of russian families that left to join us by mcstay to have contact artsy after they recognize some of the children the film crew in a backpack or. a brutal government crackdown on a shia town in saudi arabia is turning more disparate to rubble we hear from locals who ask us to disguise their voices overseas. in. the. end but i think you could dealers. north korea brands donald a guy the raft of reason that's after he warns that any more nuclear threats will

be met with fire and. bangs return to you watching our two international just turn seven in the evening here in the russian capital with you this hour is and the. relatives of russian families that left to join islamic state say they recognize some of the children filmed by an r t crew in an orphanage in baghdad the russian speaking children were placed there after they were rescued during the battle to liberate the city of mosul for myself. so. you. can read them. let. us leave they do i need to kill a doughboy don't me mum it's a. bit of wood and none of us. are going you know

solution to endless affecting me i was just going what does just the topic. and i mean the list. she. wasn't of each. i need. not on a normal. basis. it only need. only a block. on one believes. what. he's seen what bluff goes through a book in a school just to put someone years over the. years clothes will one need. be no night. it's believed they were taken to iraq by their parents who joined and who

are now presumed dead russia iraq and jordan are working to track down other family members are to join the search operation the video we just showed you was posted on our social media pages and was shared by the head of russia's chechen republic can't do it off it was after this test some of the relatives contacted us earlier i spoke to are trying to find out more and it appears that it only took a couple of days for the first responses to come in and to be honest with you we were very quiet and quite surprised about how quickly things were happening so let's take a look at some of the photos that we received now the boy that you can see all. the right here is allie has sent us this photo now on the left is a screen shot from our video we cannot say for sure yet that this is the same person but definitely the boys do look alike and told those whose father has definitely been killed his mother last contacted the family sometime between the

end of last year and the first few months of this year and the family also received this photo from her the most horrendous thing about it is the islamic state flag that you can see in the top right corner now ever since that there have been no contacts with the woman whatsoever nothing company young people more. prevalent. and that just need us but i'm going to send them. and the group of the most. of them nice yes. but they're going after it just because a he some on the. last. time. cheated if that plan should do it in the national meeting with his name if you don't know much but have yet to figure out here. are some. of

the oldest kid in england. each to one year but. you know what. to not tell us but. still in your belief. i'm going to ask. you to let him. you tell me. if he had besides they want to tell other children well three more kids could now be very close to reuniting with their families if everything goes well here's a picture of. a rod on the right again just next to a boy from our video the story. and the story of all we there are strikingly similar and horrendous their fathers are definitely dead and the last time soul tom

rods mother contacted his family was about ten months ago now also take a look at these two girls now they might well turn out to be sisters. and for the team we got this picture from one of their distant relatives and we were also told that their mother and father fled to turkey along with the girls about two years ago and ever since then they've heard nothing from them they disappeared and since they ended up in mosul it looks like the family joined islamic state in the obviously very horrendous situations and they've been subjected to i saw propaganda and also lived through the horrors of war how many such children could there still be out there and you mention the horrors of war of course here we can talk about the liberation of mosul and we remember the joy and the praise that we heard when the city was being liberated we saw the prime minister of iraq he was delighted is right when he arrived in mosul after declaring

victory but what did he see there almost total destruction now when we say humanitarian catastrophe these words can mean many things but take a moment to think about the many very many children that were found. mid this destruction some of these children that were treated at this iraqi shelter they were russian speaking and when our journalists talk to them the only things that they could remember is hunger war and death and some of them were even able to describe the experience of how their parents were killed so it turns out that luckily now four of them pending a d.n.a. test could be reuniting with their families there very soon but of course there are more left a total of almost fifty children and we are of course waiting for more e-mails and photos and hopefully will be able to help them. to other stories now more

districts of a small she is out in saudi arabia have been reduced to rubble by government forces is part of a crackdown that started two and a half months ago with security forces saying they're chasing gunmen responsible for attacks on police and now the town looks like a war so few journalists have been allowed to inside the town most of the footage we've received has been posted online by locals images show widespread destruction and armored vehicles patrolling the streets residents told us exclusively what's going on in his house asked us to disguise their voices as they fear for their safety. but i think you could. turn. the whole operation has been going on for nearly ninety days now. you're watching the city has been completely empty no movement. and nobody's out because sure

sure sure actually our city to shoot everybody who's in the streets free here to sound shooting range on charge and shoot most morally sure it's not cheap. surely. i can't see it by a show without the one i can be on shoot shoot. bush. administration my hunch in which you've changed now i go knock out the last two digits out. unless the months of violence the saudi crackdown has resulted in the death of a child. of

my family. and i one me and i lost my students and friends. in the assault so did the city a child was shot by the saudi special forces and he died just that he was shot in the car this family. when asked about the situation and ellen the region's mayor said all districts are being cleared to make way for new infrastructure he also claimed to most locals want to see their neighborhoods redeveloped like us to look stepper into the reasons behind the conflict in the region. no that's not a war zone. that renovations a little do over neighborhood remodelling with guns that's seriously what the saudis a calling this the workers who are conducting renovation works to ensure the safety

of the on the syria neighborhood have come into heavy terrorist find those pictures from our media town of twenty five thousand people they are foolish enough not to like the king or his family which is the government they're also shia as opposed to sunni and have resisted authorities our media was home to many executed malcontents such as cleric. who wanted democracy in saudi arabia bad behavior is punishable by so-called renovations soldiers plowing through your home with bulldozers or the strong it with explosives and shells security is tight but for some reason the renovators keep on being targeted by terrorists to government.

is just. one. term. the renovations began back in april then the un condemned what it's called forced evictions and demolition people being thrown out of their. with little or no compensation those who resist being shot at by the way in no small part to western partners canadian military vehicles are reportedly at the forefront of the saudi renovation. we are looking at these claims very seriously and have immediately launched a review remind me what did you expect would happen when you sold billions of

dollars worth of vons to one of the most repressive regimes on earth profits of course dumb question saudi arabia is canada's second biggest arms buyer most western arms manufacturers sell all they can to riyadh weapons that eventually get turned on civilians both at home and abroad and then they feign outrage since two thousand and eleven. was. one of the strongest tones in qatif calling for reforms calling for more rights in saudi arabia not only for shia but even for certain needs are will there the government to invite independent investigation of what's happening to interview these twenty thousand who have been displaced not to say let some who

they know what would they say then they will to the government narrative. r.t.s. reach out to several human rights organizations over the situation in the town the red cross amnesty international and also the united nations have refused to comment citing a lack of information on the matter and meanwhile british contractor in afghanistan is accused of wasting millions of tax dollars that story and more after a short break. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate just pull on. the only show i go out of my way to find you know a lot of the really packed a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are

apparently better than nothing. and see people you never heard of love right back to the night i'm president of the world bank will take. me seriously send us an email. from a walk telling you of the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles. that you saw to try to tell you that would be gossip to the public by. the bad guys who tell me you are not cool enough to buy your product. all the hawks that we along with our loved ones. welcome back to the program the u.s. is ratcheting up its rhetoric against north korea the defense secretary has warned

of the destruction for north korea's people if telling young continues with its nuclear weapons program the d.p. arky must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons the d.p. arky should seize any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people washington had earlier already given a strong warning to north korea. north korea. there are make it even worse threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen is he exacerbating the president spoke to him to kim jong un in a language that secretary television has said and said this morning in the kind of language that kim jong un will understand have the president of the united states keep threatening to destroy north korea this is how shall i put it this is not the language of democracy is but by the way an act of war as well the north koreans

either have a nuclear deterrent or they're pretending to but the only reason if they do have it the only reason they've got it is to keep themselves from being exterminated by the u.s. let's say the worst happens it could wipe out south korea it wipe out japan it could do just. to china the damage to russia i mean this is then of course all the u.s. troops in south korea would all be killed too but this is this is not anything anybody should want why is this the u.s. is business why is south korea own north korea they like why is it owned by the us this would be such a horrific disaster it could be the worst military disaster in human history if the north koreans actually have these weapons which by the way i'm not convinced they do have them north korea and it's turned slam trumps comments as nonsense and went on to say no serious dialogue is possible with a u.s.

president who made this wide as a guide the raft of. how big a threat is actually posed by north korea artist him off and has been gauging opinion in new york. with exchanges between washington d.c. n.p.r. and becoming even more menacing fear is growing across the united states according to a recent poll as many as two thirds of americans possibly believe that north korea is a serious threat we decided to talk to new yorkers and see if they could pinpoint exactly where this serious threat is coming from if you feeling north korea is a threat to the united states i don't think so my paranoid no but i definitely feel that north korea is a potential definite threat i think north korea is a serious threat to the region but not to the united states not scared of of north korea i'm not scared but i'm scared of our leaders are in many countries and how they're behaving they're not asleep behaving in the interest of of the people fully

is becoming more of a birth votto than any time you're dealing with an a country that's led by your irrational dictator i think you know even you to appear for the worst yes pretty threatening and we responded in a threatening way that scary you point to north korea on this map. there no that's that's siberia ok. there that's that's still siberia. that's that's southeast asia that's you know that's like vietnam. man mark there you go yeah that that's that's when i knew that she would get it and you find north korea on this map of the world her all that's australia actual oh well north korea . southeast asia that's cambodia that's. ok so it's here that's australia you're someone that's saudi arabia forget me i'm hopeless it's for a it's. around here around there yeah you're right

that's that's north ridge right up there you go you got it there you are like it's close somewhere yeah furthermore. it turns out there's actually a correlation between knowing where north korea is and favoring military action those who don't know where the country is are actually more likely to want to send troops right now millions of americans are convinced that north korea is out to get them and it seems like those who are the least in the know are the ones running the most scared ok with mopping r.t. new york. a pentagon audits accusing a british contractor in afghanistan of wasting vast amounts of money on some questionable practices they reveal found millions of dollars in taxpayers' money has been spent and to see it has more on the story this was revealed by a latest audit however somehow no no questions were asked on this case previously and now of course this is going to be unraveling and more are going to be demanded

now some of the questionable items or quit really quite fascinating they include seven luxury cars from up porsches to all for males to a bentley to an aston martin and a ladder over new century consulting was unable to provide adequate documentation to neither justified a need for a luxury automobiles nor verified that the use was in accordance with contract regulations as an example and admitted to using the cars during non-working hours without keeping out of good records of didn't work. now also highlighted by this audit the approximately four hundred twenty thousand dollars each in salaries to was being described as significant others for working as executive assistants however not providing any kind of details in terms of what this work was exactly also the audit brings into the light about fifteen hundred dollars spent on alcohol forty two thousand dollars spent on automatic weapons as well as personal travel

expenses now the british contractor in question has said to media outlets that these assessments are unfair and inaccurate we've also reached out for more detail for commentary of the. we will update if we hear back now we have to keep in mind that this particular audit focuses on the years of from two thousand and eight to twenty thirteen and all of this has come out into the spotlight but we do know that there is more auditing going on in terms of what in terms of the years that followed so certainly more is expected to be revealed then and we have to of course keep in mind that this is far from the first time when the issue of contractor spending as well as the efficiency of those training afghan forces on the ground comes into the spotlight the program remain trouble just last month special inspector general for again eastern reconstruction here pretty because of a lack of performance metrics it is almost impossible to assess whether the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the mentoring and training programs were effective while all of this is now being highlighted when of course the trump

administration is considering its steps in afghanistan moving further so really it seems that there is quite a little bit to reconsider. and now it's time to bring you a taste of russia quite literally artist with our friends a sense jago has traveled to the beautifully preserved medieval town hall to find out what speciality is offer soused was often compared to a museum town and indeed its beautiful surroundings greenery and food make it a must see if you're in russia so off we went with my colleagues from our tea arabic and spanish to taste the unknown. during the eighteenth and nineteenth century says don't house the russian coffee factory producing an analogue to traditional coffee this one has no caffeine it's made primarily out of shit yuri it's amazing therapeutic qualities today we can

still surprise guests from all over the world with this unique russian drink. suz there was well is known to be the home of the q come so there's also an interesting dessert called the cucumber jam and buckwheat popcorn the book made out of the amazing. ocean the. kids ever took it's very much like popcorn and. so after some coffee dessert and food in between it was time for drinks. traditional russian moonshine that's made from its name or horseradish add to that

some red peppers honey and cucumbers of course let it mix and mingle for about two weeks and you get a wine like easy to drink spirits that's forty percent alcohol yet it's very enjoyable and tasty so really the taste of your pickle with honey makes an amazing mix of possessed the sweet sour whatever and there was you got this horse radish. vodka basically moonshine that together i mean it's just it's amazing so cheers here. i'll come on come on come on. that day come on go. to happen to be the starting point of the gastronomical map of russia tor where a special team will travel through several unique cities just like this one showcasing the best kept secrets of the russian cuisine out of sous the russia

process and go r.t. . like how like they were joining you for more of the top stories of the day at the top of the hour. thanks for watching. greenspan doesn't really seem to understand that the point of having a central bank is to try to mitigate the risks of these huge swings in interest rates in other words interest rates been through financial repression and they can look this up on google there's a term for it when the central banks are financially repressed the economy is stealing from savers that's the definition. of as you know my point i wanted to.

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greetings and sell you taishan it's august ninth has become an important date in the people's history of the united states my watchers because three years ago on august ninth teenager michael brown jr was tragically shot and killed in the streets by then ferguson missouri police officer darren wilson and the humid dog days of the summer of two thousand and fourteen brown's murder in the dubious actions of ferguson city officials and its aftermath was just the match to gasoline the broad long standing racial tensions between law enforcement and black communities across the united states back into the headlines. killing in the violent militarized police response to the protests over his death helped lead to the exponential rise of the black lives matter movement who originally came into being after the death of trayvon martin at the hands of george zimmerman who like

officer wilson was never actually held accountable for committing any crime despite having the death of a young black man on his hands after brown's death we saw the violent police killings of twelve year old tamir rice in cleveland walter scott in south carolina friday gray in baltimore and recently philander steele in minnesota just to name a few of these deaths in the bureaucratic resistance to justice surrounding them can all be traced back to that fateful august ninth two thousand and fourteen that day when the white side of the united states was forced to come face to face with the reality of the great cism institutional oppression that still goes on today and could no longer be written off as you know rare one off vestiges of a bygone era confined to the dusty pages of u.s. history so today let us remember august ninth michael brown jr and the countless lives who struggle we hope will no longer have to be remembered.