vehicle attacks it's a leaving fourteen dead and one hundred others injured with the country now joining the ranks of european states affected by unsophisticated. terrorist. tensions flare up turn anti hate rally and demonstrators that confront a group of activists calling for the protection of a confederate monument. campaign to find relatives of russian speaking children stranded in an iraqi orphanage after the parents travelled to the country

to join i saw. more heartbreaking stories. neil harvey you're watching the weekly here on out. this week in spain deadliest terrorist attacks for thirteen years vehicles in two separate incidents plowed into pedestrians killing fourteen and injuring one hundred others about to show you the immediate aftermath of a van driving into a crowd in barcelona i must warn you though this video contains disturbing images. he. was. at that.

and i saw many people running the covered bodies of kids lying in the street this is a tragedy. saw an avalanche of people running in every direction that would mean it was total chaos we had no idea what was going on and when i didn't see the van i just heard a boom boom boom sound and people screaming. and. all around the people in the floor i saw all of the blood it was. terrible. like it's crazy it's christmas. at around five pm on thursday why van was driven into people on the popular

pedestrian ice street of last us now that's a focal point for tourists there in the city the van drove on for around five hundred meters until it reached plaza. where the driver then fled on foot is still on the list of thirty say they don't know his location he may have even left the country they say hours later a similar incident occurred in the resort town of campbell's. police opened fire on the car after it failed to stop at a security check the vehicle carried on and struck people in the problem before overturning this five occupants emerged and tried to attack positions with knives and those seen shell dead by the police authorities believe the perpetrators of the two incidents were linked and that they were planning even bigger attacks these has more from spain. i'm here on the rambler 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 or not. it was painfully familiar you knew immediately what what was going on i mean i live this life my daughter lived 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 the attacks were fairly localized but now i ask myself what these networks are striving to. on their own and whether they'll become just more widespread and cross your. the fruit seller across from the bar in. brussels what's going on 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 their own blood and for another survivor of monaco the boss a loner attacked first 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 rambla it looks like it's already returned to normal partridge artsy oscillates. and also this week in finland two women died in a knife around page this has been described as the country's first ever terrorist attack more people were wounded before police managed to shoot the suspect in the leg and to arrest him people have been urged to stay away now from crowded places security measures have been stepped up at airports and railway stations it tax in

spain and finland they are just the latest in the wave of terrorism which is spread across europe particularly in the last few years. isis magazine directions to rent a truck and drive into a crowd. just

days after the terror attacks in spain australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull unveiled plans to make crowded places in his country more secure against such atrocities and he proposes police advising local businesses on what safety and

security measures they can and also aims to increase the number of balls to separate calls from pedestrians or the presence of officers and security personnel in public places should be increased. oh really protesting white supremacist in the city of dallas has resulted in tensions with a group of activists calling for the protection of a confederate. everybody please don't tell me about. the police moved in to protect a group of demonstrators in favor of the monument remaining both sides are reported to be unarmed but there were no reports of shots fired the tensions are part of the fallout from last weekend's deadly violence that was in the u.s. town of charlottesville which was also centered around the relocation of a civil war monument similar efforts to take down that she's sure to go to by some

as symbolizing racism have taken place across the country throughout the week. but this symbol i just. think they were told in our dallas. here. that she worked for the statue radicals that they. think it's owned by a slave owners. yeah it should be there's a difference between honoring history and recognizing that we shouldn't repeat it.

racial tensions in the united states have been stoked after doesn't trump a bit to back down from singling out the role of white supremacists in last saturday's brawls in virginia rallies similar to the ones in charlottesville took place in boston. today thousands of counter protesters marched against the planned dryly for free speech with pointed clashes between the demonstrators in the police will then thirty people were arrested also earlier in the week hundreds protested against chump himself outside his residence in new york and also in washington d.c. . petitions been launched on the white house website it's calling to recognize the far as a terrorist organization numbers are increasing nearly seventy five thousand people now have already signed up in just three days one hundred thousand the required for

the white house to have to issue a response elim opens been looking at how america's political debate is increasingly about labeling divided groups i must warn you his report contains scenes of violence and one of the chants most frequently used at the protests is no trial no k.k.k. fascist usa essentially trapped in his supporters are being tarred with the same right as white supremacy. i. have a suspect in the horrific charlottesville car ramming was himself a member of the far right but the mayor of the city was very quick to put his blame on the white house and president trump and he wasn't a law he should look in the mirror when he made a choice in his presidential campaign the folks around with them 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 incident of hatred to that got us here is as real and condemn the bill as the white supremacists you know 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 the attack was carried out by a was public and you had an increasing intensity of hostility on the left sleepless intensity has been building. things 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 bell 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 and i don't you. do. thank you. thank you that is. right 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 third parties 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 watch an excellent idea. not just focus on demonizing the other side so no matter what your political outlook is the best strategy seems to be the same generalizing demonize tabletop and artsy your. going to have more news on all these campaign to find relatives of russian speaking children who've been stranded in an orphanage in iraq that's coming up after the break. here's what people have been saying about redacted in the sixty'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 at least yampa is the john oliver of harvey americans do the same we are

apparently better than the things that i see people you've never heard of love redacted tonight president of the world bank so take. me seriously send us an e-mail. seems wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out to stay. active. and engaged equals betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

welcome back nancy has been campaigning to help find the relatives of orphaned russian speaking children who were stranded in an iraqi orphanage it's believed that their parents traveled to the war torn country to join eisel and then either abandon the children or they were killed we already received sponsors from people who have recognized some of the kids one of those spotted is little mario. a 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. this psychological state she's struggling to answer a question as simple as what's your name got to be as old as i. studied us maybe. get us a good doctor it's clear mariam is lucky to be alive there are scars why donor face

surviving this head injury is 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 out when she speaks of her once over the just that i'd like to kill the one that you're at and that. it took over quite. as close as you will fight aids for sure. it seems the lucky escape happened shortly after that dreadful experience but here's mariam describing what happened just before she found herself at the epicenter of the war. they teach a buddhist it's just that they just need to do that it would. be good if it were known that up 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 . how much of this is just. a. good. thing. the mom i know never. did what kind of other her endless 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 see a thing but we knew this will save us from below do you. believe . this yet there is a glimmer of hope that she can grow up in peace and reunite with her family

grandparents. good food good wash. this to you bubba stuff. it was that it was. you know. who had a good year it. are our. blow to the allows us there are a good as to what is soon you will blow soon you know it and i am. being cheated and that's the end of that is this is. the sad half that's to try not to even say. anything as. far. as she. care is that people that did not suffer i'm touching it in attention who did enough the stuff.

here i sit here and there is a i hate those are. two steps. i've also been contacted by a couple from stunned they believe that they've recognized their granddaughter who is also called mariam the girl in question says that she saw both of her parents die and that she is originally from to gie christan continued to look for the relatives of these children more and more though keep arriving. your mom.

ect ect kept. north korea has threatened a merciless strike and warned washington of the risk of uncontrollable nuclear war if planned ten day military drills between south korea and the united states go ahead and do a war game simulate a military conflict with an isolated country young says the drills are a provocation of the u.s. maintains they're simply defensive in nature some seventeen and a half thousand pentagon troops are expected to take part john donne america's professor at king's college cambridge in the u.k. says there will be retaliation if pyongyang attacks u.s. soldiers. this is a very dangerous situation because. waters happened in the past when north korea has actually attacked. has always been that is attacked south

korean military or naval targets honestly if it is attacked american forces i mean there would be retaliation i don't think you should ever think of this declared intention to use what could be nuclear armed. weapons as an empty threat because it is possible so use them and they have been used before and they are used the results are absolutely appalling and i don't think north korea wants to risk a nuclear war i mean it would have to be crazy to do so and actually not at all crazy. thanks for joining as a savior not about the latest headline see you at the top of the hour.

here we go. every. experienced leader and you'll get it on the old the old. the old according to just. look up the modern world to come along for the ride. i do not know if the russian state hacked into john podesta emails and gave them to wiki leaks but i do know barack obama's director of national intelligence has not provided credible to support his claims of russia i also know he perjured himself in a senate hearing planned three months before the revelations provided by edward snowden he denied to be n.s.a. was carrying out wholesale surveillance of the us. the hyperventilating corporate media has once again proved to be an echo chamber for government claims that cannot be verified you would have thought they would have learned something after serving

as george w. bush's useful idiots in the lead up to the invasion of iraq. it is vitally important that the press remains rooted in a fact based universe especially when we enter an era when truth and fiction are becoming indistinguishable from. your launching an r t america got special report tonight about the stuff you install made his mind up on basically everything that you think you know about civil society have broken down. there's always going to be somebody else one step ahead of the game. we should not be dismissed on the normalising mile and we don't need people that think like this on our planet. this is an incredibly tense situation.

in. which the hawks founded by three young americans who love their country. we have to constantly question our government watching the hawks brings the stories the give voice to the voice. we dig a little deeper we get the stories the average one else is afraid to touch is afraid to talk about because they don't want to upset their corporate sponsors or interrupt their government access now is the time more than ever we may need to question more. we're in this post truth world current world words have to matter to balance educating people and giving them contacts instead of telling them what to make dialogue is far more valuable than debate.

all the world's a stage and all the news companies merely players but what kind of partners are into the american play r.t. america offers more artsy american personal. in many ways the news landscape is just like this you know real news fake news good actors sad actors and in the end you could never hear on. so much parking for all the world's a stage all the world's a stage all the world's a stage and we are definitely a player. my bevan tony on this is america's lawyer if there were a single thing the sound of the year twenty seventeen so far it would have to be fake news fake news has been thrown around by politicians pundits and for for the media they've all been using it to go after their rivals but the over saturation of

that phrase has caused people to lose sight of the fact there's a very real problem with. news in this country but it isn't the way sundin's in corporate media portray it so i will take a look at the legal aspects of the media and what they can say what the first amendment covers and what media outlets do to get themselves in very serious trouble in later in the show talking about the latest multimillion dollar settlement over japanese drug maker accused of failing to warn user that its blood pressure medication can cause severe gastrointestinal disease so don't go anywhere america's lawyers stars now. the first of many in the u.s. constitution covers a lot of ground i mean it guarantees us that the federal government won't establish a state religion it gives us the right to assemble the right to free speech and it

offers protection for the press and it's the latter the freedom of the press that seems to create a lot of confusion in its simplest form the first amendment protections of the press ensures that the federal government isn't going to actively censor the media that's about it though laws and court rulings down the line extended that definition to shield the media from certain libel and slander issues but they can still be held liable in most cases in other words the first amendment does not give the media a free pass to do whatever it is they want to do a few decades ago these laws weren't seen as a nuisance for american media outlets they reported the facts and that was about it but in the nine hundred ninety s. when then president clinton signed the catastrophic telecommunications act of nine hundred ninety six media outlets were gobbled up by big conglomerates who put profits before everything else and suddenly honest investigative reporters found themselves with fewer resources.