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i. think i. personally killed as a car rammed into a crowd protesting against the white nationalists the right. president condemns the violence on all sides its national security adviser calls what happened terrorism. where terrorism is is the use of violence to incite terror and fear and of course it was terrorism. and in other stories this week he launches a campaign to bring home russian speaking children left by their islamic state following parents after the liberation of mosul in iraq. and back
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and forth threats between the u.s. and north to respond fear of a catastrophic escalation. joining us this is neil harvey watching the weekly. international. the us national security advisor mcmaster has denounced what he called an act of terrorism in charlottesville virginia one person was killed and dozens more injured on saturday when i man rammed his car into a group of people who were protesting against the white nationalists rally the driver has been charged with second degree murder warning there are some disturbing images coming up.
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rained down on you. so. far. were all those. trying to get out. intentional tears well we're right now here at the scene of the attack just behind me is where it occurred i think that the atmosphere here right now is are a but also hopeful everyone that we've talked to has talked about the community here in charlottesville that it's very much so more like a family and that they will pull together and they have all been condemning the hate that happened yesterday most people do feel that those that were committing
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the violence yesterday were more out of towners than what the people from here are they said this is a very peaceful town i have with me the headline of a local newspaper here and there's a very intense picture you can see people were thrown up in the air during the attack as the car plowed down the street people were coming counter protesters were coming up to this alleyway when a car came down through the alleyway plowing through the crowd ripping through the crowd of protesters as you mentioned one woman did lose her life in the thirty two year old heather haier of course the driver of the car fled the scene but he has been i rested and identified as twenty year old james fields of ohio he is now being charged with second degree murder for the death of heather there were also nineteen more people injured in that attack at this point there are still five people in critical condition. when this attack did occur while the city was still
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under a state of emergency there was a heavy police presence here but the virginia national guard also here in the town of course it's been condemned and nationwide quoting from the present he did say that all parties must be held responsible a comment that many people have attacked saying that he should have been more specific it's very clear who was responsible for the violence in the city the organizer of the unite the right march attempted to hold a press conference he was continuously booed from the moment he appeared before the crowd and ultimately his microphone was hijacked. yesterday. was very hard. to get out saturday's march began as a protest against the removal of a confederate general stanchions least fifteen people were injured in the ensuing
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clashes and dozens of arrested but the spray bottles makeshift weapons were all used in the fighting in a separate incident a police helicopter which had been monitoring the rally crushed outside the city killing two police officers president some voiced his alarm over the standoff in virginia we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many shots on many sides it's been going on for a long time in our country not donald trump not barack obama. it's been going on for a long long time if the k.k.k. our team were going down there to start a fight shame on them if they were if that was done in the guise of a charity that charity should be revoked and severely disciplined same for the anti for if there are people behind and who are are funding it through through charities which i suspect they may be and in provoking violence around the country even in
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this in a minute sort of passed between the time i was asked to come on the show i walked about a mile through places in new york where there are already protests they do not look very spontaneous to me they have printed flags printed placards you know i think people on both sides are spoiling for a fight here and we ought to think very carefully about what actually happened find out who may be guilty of what offenses best to get them and punish them accordingly before we leap to a conclusion as to what may have happened. the violence in virginia many continue to blame it on deep divisions within american society and increasingly polarized politics. by spitta by you and i do we stand divided people but i'm gutted that i try to respect the people who planted. the democratic leader.
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one of the reasons i won the election has been very very divided nation. this week anti launched a campaign to help bring russian speaking children stranded at an orphanage in iraq back home it's believed that they were smuggled into iraq by their parents who joined islamic state but have now been killed or jailed after mosul's liberation leaving their children behind. mosul was a night man charnel house that orphaned generations not just iraq he's take this baghdad shelter that we filmed heah live the children of i still victims together with the children of i sell fighters.
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to turn them. just. like. these harrowing words touched people's hearts my heart broke watching this story will make a humble but on a slipping will gladly provide for those children should the remain displaced it's nice country here in australia and the children would be loved. in mixed with the messages of support that we received claims from alleged relatives think little league.
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then there's five year old who d.j. and three year old fatima their parents joined the i.c.l. two years ago and were killed in a drone strike in june tells us their grandfather he says a seven year old girl living next door to him recognized fatima and her deja from a video and that he can't wait to see his beloved grandchildren again more than one could i third grade desert and his church. four thirty local. time. there lucky a d.j. or a levy they're old enough to speak. in
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this. thing is important. but what about the many orphaned children to young to speak much less know their names even if their relatives know them it is only from photographs as an example one woman believes she recognized her grandson in our video by his eyes clearly someone completely different economic. benefit station national compassion. there are forty eight russian speaking youths in iraq orphanages that we know of and that's nowhere near all of them will continue visiting iraq often edges and documenting the children there in the hope that after all their pain and loss these young souls can be
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reunited with their relatives back home relatives who desperately love them or i guess the. from dagestan russia. day pass this week without a fresh exchange of threats between the united states and north korea. they will be met. by you're. ready. to state that. maybe it wasn't so. i and all this rhetoric between the two leaders has led to some colorful comparisons as caleb maupin explains. when donald trump threaten north korea with fire and fury everyone online apparently had the same thought game
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of thrones. north korea. best not to hear what threats to the united states. they will be met with five years as. the world has never seen. now arguably the only other world leader whose tirade sound as much like a fantasy villains is kim jong un so we decided to go out and give americans on the street a little quiz we'll give them the quote and they tell us was it trumped was it kim jong un or was it game of thrones the days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us came with their own game of thrones. game of thrones out.
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donald trump game of thrones it's kim jong un ok all right. i tried you know as many people as i can you never know which one you'll need. non-neutral also donald trump donald trump donald trump came through and you're correct that is game of yes all right our military will be given the resources that its brave warriors richly deserved. to. control them came of their own can join them. down a trail right that's donald trump i will not allow the mistakes of the recent decades to define the course of our future. came through and donald trump donald trump i'm just going to go with donald trump again that's correct and you're right you're right we can keep any cesspool of evils in the earth. including them within our striking range game of their own. game with their own spin. on.
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your enemies steals and murders your children. kim jong un donald trump to be. able to. control the game of thrones. the great. confrontation between the two military powers has of course provoked a lot of international reaction while russia says that the risks of war are high china warned trump against playing with fire over north korea some u.s. allies have also stressed they're not supporting the escalation for example germany says that a harsh exchange of words isn't the correct response or the u.k. insists that the situation should only be dealt with through the u.n. some analysts that we've spoken to believe both the u.s. and north korea should change their policy. i don't see the plus in these threats were we getting something in return from these president's threats i don't see it
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i've never seen the tension so high in the korean peninsula i'm extremely concerned i hope the president's advisors rein him in general kelly you know the new chief of staff he's got to tell the president you can't conduct foreign policy the way you're doing with words with fiery words i think the north koreans have put forth look we will stop our missile tests if you stop your war games we've been doing war games on that peninsula for fifty or sixty years from now so what good does it to walk away from that entry point into negotiations other than the fact that the united states simply does not want to really enter into negotiations is not one we only want negotiations where the negotiating entry point is the north korean surrender syrian pro-government forces a celebrating the liberation of
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our. engagement. find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. syrian government forces and their allies have liberated the town of also in the east of the country from islamic state it fell into the hands of jihadists in may two thousand and fifteen should the same bottle when i still captured palmira for the first time russia's defense minister says the liberation of also paves the way to advance on to the strategic city of dare resort. we're going to do things today that everyone is ready to fight and today there was just. a resume which i would.
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have been courageously defending it for years now food medicine. to the liberation of the city would be a point in the defeat of. all these video news agency ruptly film they say exclusive footage from inside which was the last islamic state stronghold in the homes region is just fifty kilometers away from the border with dead as a province which is still mostly on the eisel control trying to explain the significance of the events. syrian war geography the south east as where the color coded key is least complicated government controlled red vs eisel held the black divided by won't long doesn't front line and it's just shifted to the right of a town called no. there's plenty to celebrate for these for with food and their commanders saving. edges them
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closer to their ultimate goal and this part of syria dare as zoar where one to two hundred thousand people are completely surrounded by islamic state and a few more months the siege will have been ongoing for three years. more on that ballet getting to the neighbors as isis terrorists raided our house my thirteen year old cousin was staying with us i hid her in a water tank so that the terrorists didn't take her as a slave. it was obvious that is not good is the situation in there is or is catastrophic terrorist from iraq execute civilians in the streets and leave bodies lying there for up to five days i secretly drove my sons out of the city otherwise
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isis militants would recruit them by force inject psychotropic substances and gives them suicide bombers. civilians don't have access to regular good to commodities to services planes aren't always able to reach that or iraqi power through the equipment or the food which is needed for the many civilians in trapped inside the city and the soldiers who are fighting on the front lines in strategic terms is the last stop on the way to dare as province taking control of this province will mean why being out i sold impromptu or production no more cash for the terrorists from al so the government troops can also push to the north and if they can we night with fellow soldiers and the rock a province isis forces will end up cattle in the geographical heart of syria
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certainly it's definitely the beginning of the absolute end of isis in syria where there are definitely two potentiality of a subcommittee is only fifty kilometers away from that is over retaking that particular city is of vital importance to the reopening of the route and the road to that is or now the other option is to actually link up with the forces coming in from the northwest now that would create a huge pocket of remaining i think a force that is i think the army will potentially link up with what's left of the horses and at the same time push for their vote in the quickest form a new way possible we've seen the syrian army gaining ground and then relinquishing some tough lessons in war geography have been learned those trapped in the arizona can breathe momentarily with relief but there's still a long way to go. a group in the united kingdom calling itself
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the x. muslim council has been stirring controversy this week and members attended an l g b t parade in london on tuesday where they held up banners that denounced islam and accuse muslims of homophobia specifically they accuse the east london mosque of promoting hatred towards gay people in response the mosque accuse the group of feeding and his law mysteria the x. muslim council refuses to apologize the same it doesn't need anyone's permission to march for bt rights we heard some contrasting views on the story. diggins people is always wrong with muslim or anyone else but criticizing bigoted intolerant ideas is entirely right and proper i hope the likes of peta and i have a lot of respect for the human rights over the years he's deeply misguided that what he supports an organization that has made it mission to demonize islam the
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religious belief of muslims in this country around the world many of us who are marching or individuals from muslim heritage so i myself am a british pakistani who grew up as a gay individual in with and this is my community i have no interest in galvanizing hate against muslims because i will be subjected to that same hate this group was targeting islam must homophobia it wasn't targeting muslim people or even islam in general or the council of muslims has never criticized or condemned muslim people it is only condemned and criticized is the most extremists who advocate hatred and violence against the people if these people have left and that's their right let's accept that they got a right to live there why are they constantly upset. they need to get a life move on enjoy their life on their new freedom as they tell is asking us to
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leave the religion and then be silent about. kin across the world who are being victimized by muslim states is a request they are rampant islam or for big organization they are responsible for promoting hatred against muslims now let's just say that is there a council of christians is there a council of jews a council of x. induce a council of x x where religion is legislating against people like gays we will challenge that and we were challenging. i would challenge it in meaningful ways holding signs that provoke thought provoking. views discussion and dialogue. they're staying with us here in washington national don't forget you couldn't full of the news on the go we're on twitter we're on facebook you can even download the ati.
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