i i i. i. vehicle attacks in spain only fourteen killed one hundred more injured in the country into the ranks of european states. low cost terrorist. texas where demonstrators confront a group of activists calling for the protection of a confederate monument. campaign to fund relatives of russian speaking children stranded in iraq after their parents travel to the country to join reveals more heartbreaking stories.

one o'clock here in moscow welcome to the program thanks for joining us here on our teams a national for you news update from around the world with me. we start in spain where this week saw the deadliest terror attack in thirteen years after two separate vehicles plowed into pedestrians killing fourteen and injuring a hundred more we can show you the immediate aftermath of driving into a crowd in barcelona just a warning though the video does contain distressing images. i. mean i saw many

people wanting to cover the bodies of kids lying in the street this is a tragedy. you. saw an avalanche of people running in every direction and when i thought it was total chaos we had no idea what was going on and when i didn't see the man i just heard a boom boom boom sound and people screaming. and . i saw like the blood he was. like it's crazy it's just. let's get a few more details about what exactly happened it took place around five pm on thursday a white van was driven into people in central los one of the popular but i should i streets of last but unless it's a focal point for

a tourists in the city the van drove around five hundred meters until it reached plaza book at a just down here in the south where the driver then fled on foot now he is still on the loose hours later a similar incident occurred in the resort town of competence. the police opened fire on a car off failed to stop at a security check the vehicle carried on and struck people on the promenade before overturning its five occupants then emerged and tried to attack people with knives they were soon shot. dead by police authorities believe the public traces of the two incidents were linked planning much bigger attacks. in boston oh no. i'm here on the run there in the hearts of vassallo know where the deadly terror attack took place on thursday this pos at the city is a tourist hot spot people from my this thirty nationalities became the victims of

this atrocity. and the tragic reality is that events such as this are now such across border threats that even members of one family can become victims all witnesses of different attacks across europe we met one such witness while covering the events here impossible and. was painfully familiar you knew immediately what what was going on i mean i live this life my daughter live next to the bottle in paris my niece was just here for me it's not like for most people here a sudden unexpected. event for me this is the life i live.

i've been working in the immigrant communities and i've been working on jihadi networks all across europe and i thought immediately that it's most likely a moroccan network was interesting because isis had always use spain as this principal. jumping off point for getting recruits into turkey and syria and the question for me is while isis was in control of the attacks were fairly local laws but now i ask myself that these networks are starting to pick up on on their own and whether they'll become just more widespread and markers cross your. yes the fruit seller across from the bar in. brussels. and he knew a hell of a lot more that was going on the police but no one seems to be engaged in understanding what is going on in these networks and there are other examples as well manchester bombing survivor chris pauley also managed to escape death again on

the roundabout and for another survivor to be a moment the boss a loner attack was heard brush with terror and perhaps it's no surprise if you look at how often attacks rock europe these days experts now say that terrorism is a new normality in europe here on the around it looks like it's already returned to normal partridge artsy. also this week in finland two women died in a knife attack in what turned out to be the country's first ever terror incidents eight people were wounded before police managed to shoot the suspect in the leg and the rest him people have been urged to stay away from crowded places security measures have been stepped up at airports and railway stations as well spain and finland are the latest in the wave of terror which was europe in a little less than two years.

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. you all. former british home office qatar advisor mood believes europeans should be extremely cautious at this time. it could happen almost anywhere to be you'd have to literally be watching everybody and have logarithm set to pick up key words and phrases in every single conversation and communication across an entire continent we always knew there was going to be blowback for what happened in iraq the vacuum

that was created by the illegal invasion by coalition forces in iraq and the fact that isis filled that vacuum and they're now looking to him i mean it was predictable it's nothing that we didn't expect. a rally against white supremacy ism in the u.s. city of dallas has resulted in tensions between the protesters and a group of activists calling for the protection of a confederate statue. was. a police moved in to protect a group of demonstrators in favor of the monument remaining both sides are reported to have been armed however there's no reports of shots being fired the tensions are part of the fallout from last weekend's deadly violence in the u.s. town of charlottesville which was also centered around the removal of a civil war monument similar efforts to take down the statues are regarded by some as symbolizing racism have taken place across the country throughout the week.

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i am. a racial tensions in the us have been stoked often don't trump prepared to back down from singling out the role of white supremacists and lost in the junior hundreds protests that are going strong response on monday outside his residence in new york and washington d.c. and i'm open to looking at how america's political debate is now about labeling his report does contain scenes of violence. the chance most frequently used at the protests is no trump no k.k.k. no fascist usa essentially trump and his supporters are being tarred with the same brush as white supremacist right ok u k the only thing that was. that. was not a suspect in the horrific charlottesville car ramming was himself

a member of the far right but the mayor of this city was very quick to put his blame on the white house and president and he wasn't alone he should look in the mirror and he made a choice in his presidential campaign the folks around with them to you know to go right to the gutter to play on our worst prejudices and i think you are seeing a direct line from what happened here this weekend to those choices trump has made it clear with bannon gorka in the white house and the klan in the streets it is now the white supremacists house. the incitement of hatred to the got us here is as real and condemn the bill as the white supremacists and i was tweets the democratic response to the car ramming mirrors the way republicans responded to the shooting at the congressional baseball practice they blame democrats for stoking up the atmosphere while reality of the attack was carried out by a loud republican made up you had an increasing intensity of hostility on the left

three percent tension has been building. i think since election night. that vitriol from the left has spurred threats and now action without historical parallel events like today are exactly why we took issue with and why elites glorifying the assassination of a president now most americans liberal conservative or otherwise are not violent however it seems like the leaders of the two major political parties try to make the other half of the electorate look like they are and that seems to be mobilizing people in both camps if you want to start something. and demonize me that i don't give a. thank you. thank you very much. that.

was the united states has created a political system in a way to demonizing one side means supporting the other side for many voters those who haven't really learned that much about their party's yet the the solution to this is to reduce some of these impediments to we need a system in which political parties have to fight for their own ideas they have to show why what they believe is good and why it's right and what's an excellent idea . not just focus on demonizing be other side so no matter what your political outlook is the best strategy seems to be the same generalizing demonize tabletop and artsy your. children stranded in. just a few months. seems

wrong. to me. to shape our. education and it. equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. welcome back to the program has been campaigning to help find relatives of war from russian children stranded in iraq you often age it's believed their parents traveled to the war torn country to join i saw and then either a band on them or were killed with already received responses from many people who recognize some of the children one of those spotted is a little merrier. the phone call to that very same shelter the voice on the other end says another girl has just been brought in from mosul. but it could be too early to talk for her any question and the girl may break down. in this psychological state she's struggling to answer a question as simple as what's your name got to do it so. i. will study

with us that. this is the good doctor it's clear mariam is lucky to be alive there are scars right on her face surviving this head injury as almost a miracle. surrounded by other kids in caring shelter workers mariam gradually got to the point when she began talking believe it or not mariam gets least stressed when she speaks of her once over the just that i'd like to kill. but in that. it took oakley. is. as close killing you. like it was. it seems the lucky escape happened shortly after that dreadful experience but here's maryam describing what happened just before she found herself at the epicenter of

the war. they teach this. is that you just don't need to do that it will. little if it were known that a lot mariam is not the only girl who has told us about the horrors by some river that's apparently where many children lost their mothers. the mother to suggest that. this little. this was a mom i know never. did what kind of other horrendous things these people went through somewhere by the river in mosul we can only guess mariam doesn't remember anything more or just can't talk about it we ask about her father but she can barely say a thing but who we knew. that stayed with us from below do. believe

. this yet there is a glimmer of hope that she can grow up in peace and reunite with her family grandparents. the good wash. you bob of stuff. you can. tell us that it was. it tough to get into much death and i think that it. elope with glasses that were reading us go to church soon you know more soon you know and i am. i being cheated and that's the end of none of that is this it sure. says that hath hands should try not to even study get a motion to do as i doubt if. that's me wish me.

chair is that of the people that have nothing but i'm touching it's an attention who didn't get enough the steps of our are. here i sit here and there is a i hate those that have opened another day blue sky is now radios now that. i've also been contacted by a couple from they believe they've recognized their granddaughter who is also called maria a girl says she saw both her parents die and that she was originally from physical we're continuing to look for the relatives of these children but more and more people are arriving. says. the film.

itself. and other news north korea has warned washington of quote merciless strikes ahead of ten day joint drills between south korea and the united states the annual war game simulates a military conflict with an isolated country and young says the drills are a provocation while the u.s. maintains their defensive in nature use comments come despite the fact north korea earlier said it would hold off one of the strikes the next move to washington. looks at how u.s. foreign policy is often seen as going against the wishes of the international community. when it comes to foreign policy it seems that trump is trying to twist the knife into some of the most balto international issues. there's fire and fury for north korea while the international community is calling for deescalation in

the region trying to spouting some of the most aggressive rhetoric that's been heard. and this may not get away with what he's doing only they will be met with fire fury. like the world has never see. the escalation birthrate certainly doesn't solve the problem the solution to this crisis must be political. the potential consequences of military action. to even contemplate. the two thousand and fifteen iranian nuclear deal in a group that took two years to reach and one that was hailed as a landmark diplomatic treatment this is a historic day. in response to washington's threats of more sanctions to promises that they could pull out of that deal altogether but america's u.n. ambassador doesn't appear all that concerned iran cannot be allowed to use the

nuclear deal to hold the world hostage the nuclear deal must not become too big to fail. and then there is venezuela a country divided after months of violent protests and the run up to a key election. help bring an end to that trumps in just meeting fire with fire apparently the white house wants to kill a divided society and political scene with more violence and we have troops all over the world in places that are very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary whatever happened in terms promises of making the world a less nasty place to live i would love to be able to get along with everybody

right now the world is a mess but i think by the time we finish i think it's going to be a lot better place to live for now it seems the president has zero intentions of making friends with everyone. r.t. washington d.c. . will be back with more on the world from my colleague mickey. mouse for me thank you in the book. what politicians do something to them. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to. have to go right to be precise this is what will before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the house. first so.

we all willingly accepted the risk of being shot wounded taken prisoner but noone signed up to be free again poisoned by our own people that was nuclear biological and chemical products the said do not truck tires all types of styrofoam polystyrene these batteries trucks there was a complete denial i think at all levels of government that there was any connection between burn pits and what these brave soldiers were suffering from to compensate every soldier marine airman and sailor that was on the ground that are complaining about illnesses from their exposure from the burn pits would really literally send a be a growth and they don't want to pay it so the way to the decades a lot of those soldiers will die in time and they will have to pay the. cultural to

get the middle finger to their views to model is. delayed and know to be done. when will make this manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. the roots to. really. really.

long welcome to worlds apart he spied on president the pace of scientific breakthroughs humanity still seems to be as far away from the age of reason as ever with really just extremism and political infantilism spreading around the globe aiding each other has the idea of governance based on critical thinking already become a delusion to discuss that amount joined by evolutionary biologist richard dawkins mr dawkins it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time now this is your first time in russia in st petersburg and this is a city that has long traditions of critical thinking of secularism but also a very in a jet a religious community which called for the cancellation of your visit did you have any second thoughts about coming here no i was not aware of any call for my

consideration if i had been i'd have been more determined what is the reception that you has been receiving so far do people know about this country has a magnificent reception huge crowd at the picnic and then the gigantic books i think you i don't know how many books but it went on to get you to now you know you come here at a time when the city ease galvanised over the phaedo for its. largest cathedral beach also happens to be the fourth largest cathedral in the world and it has a very interesting history because back in the early soviet times it was turned into the museum of atheism there was even the fuko pantaloon there to install to demonstrate copernicus ideas but now the church wants it back and i wonder if that really demonstrates that the neither atheism nor religion can every decisively win this battle for hearts and minds in the way your own cause will never be will be fully realised i look forward to seeing the very munch i love seeing because he

calls him i don't want to enter into any local political disputes but local is global these these days if you speak about the value of i run across a village and when i despise all religion and you know had a beautiful cathedral it's a beautiful cathedral and i value the artistic contribution that religion has made of the centuries but don't you think that despite all your efforts to popularize critical thinking to popular atheism religion seem to be having some sort of a comeback not only in this country but also around the world well give us a few more decades. in america for example which is one of the most religious countries in the western world it's where we're winning in the number of religious people it is going down i'm aware that there's a bit of a backlash in russia i take it that's about nash against the communist regime rather than its atheism and say.