millions of people very happy and employed see their which is. almost a decade how good are the results. by the people. she. mean to for legal. challenge must. think she something. while the same measure is still in place. the truth they consider is the consequences are actually quite acceptable to the decision maker. who would be told by the coalition it was very clear that they were new insurgents

in the area the u.n. expresses deep concern over the mounting civilian casualties in the syrian city of after coalition asked trikes reportedly killed does. the ball drop the ball for. the. real. meat of the. protests outside a rally in the us. following the president's keynote unity speech about the charlottesville violence i just changed. under. aged twelve just three years has undergone twenty three operations in a country gripped by conflicts between the rebels and the government supported by saudi arabia's bot.

just three pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me the key erin good to have you with us. the u.n. is raising the alarm over reports as strikes conducted by the u.s. led coalition killed dozens of civilians of the syrian city of wrecker. our humanitarian colleagues tell us they're deeply concerned by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by air strike in iraq a city over the last twenty four hours these attacks if confirmed are shocking reminder that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in many parts of syria in recent days and weeks scores of civilians have reportedly been killed or injured in iraq out jus to airstrikes and shelling and up to twenty five thousand people remain trapped in the city when you first hear some of these reports it's easy to believe that they exaggerations take a recent one by the u.s.

led coalition is accused of bombing a house packed with civilians killing dozens and dozens of innocents even more bodies buried under the rubble multiple sources begin repeating the same reports footage begins to a much videos pictures that supports these the reports of these claims but what's truly eye opening is hearing the survivors tell what they've been through it was that the finish second was we were directly targeted by the coalition it was very clear that they would no insurgents in the area there were children playing in the streets and we were carrying water from a tap on house and civilly and homes would do great be targeted reports about the use of white phosphorus civilian areas being peppered with chemical weapons on a so-so in which we heard that the coalition used white phosphorous near iraq it was dropped by the warplanes who else could have done it it had to be the planes they were targeting a civilian neighborhood. we've contacted the u.s.

led coalition are asking them to comment on some of these allegations and b. got the standard response that they're taking all of this very seriously and that they are investigating concurrently one of the defacto we leaders of the u.s. led coalition is actually in ed be with us james mattis the u.s. secretary of defense. well optimistic that we will continue to. make proprietor future. pain the stability that will burn. very very bright a very high cost hardly does justice to how much iraqis have lost and sacrifice during this struggle take mosul an hour's drive from us once a city of two million now reduced to largely a wreck abandoned by its people just west of that is and while james mattis is optimistic here today to be two hours drive from here he's jets

a pounding another community tens of thousands of people a trap now in a new war zone the iraqi military the u.s. led coalition of trying to push isis out of. the conditions there are said to be desperate food is scarce medicine and even drinking water running out. people are in chaos everything in our life is destroyed this is my mother she couldn't walk so i put her over my shoulder and we walk like that for thirteen hours but now we are here and we have nothing. but a loaf here is difficult there is no air conditioning there is no food we pay for our own food we were at the transit system to salute is not a moment. at the end of the day there is little doubt that isis in iraq will be defeated albeit at a tremendous cost but the u.s. led coalition and the iraqi military have demonstrated that it is

a price they will let the civilians of iraq pay all the nicholas davies who has written about the invasion of iraq believes the u.s. isn't taking the issue of so-called collateral damage seriously. they are not taking responsibility for the true scale of civilian casualties in two thousand and seven the un said very clearly the bombing of. civilian areas is a violation of international human rights law and that the presence of a few competitions in a civilian area does not change the nature of that area it is still a civilian area back in july iraq's former minister of finance and minister of foreign affairs hoshyar zebari put the number of civilian casualties in the mosul operation forty thousand the estimate was also backed by the kurdish intelligence

services nicholas davies again believed the discrepancy between those numbers and what the u.s. claims to be the death toll is not accidental. when you contrast that with what the u.s. military has a good knowledge in terms of civilian casualties in its bombing of iraq and syria since two thousand and fourteen it talks in hundreds in on june the second it knowledge at least four hundred eighty four civilians killed since twenty fourteen by eighty or ninety thousand bombs and missiles dropped by the u.s. and its partners. and so this huge discrepancy between any serious estimates of so billion deaths and the kind of figures put out by the u.s. really amounts to an effort to cover up the scale of civilian casualties and

in the entire war so-called war on terrorists since two thousand and one this is not this cannot be some sort of oversight or difference of opinion between between allies. the u.s. air force says it may intensify its airstrikes in afghanistan following president trump's decision to step up this sixteen year long military campaign there on monday trump announced an open ended surge of troops and money to the country in a major u.-turn of his election promises it then headed to arizona to speak in front of his supporters but was met with protests outside the venue. the police formed a barrier to prevent unrest with smoke bombs and fireworks being thrown at them

hundreds came out to protest more than a week off the deadly violence in charlottesville and the president's controversial remarks on the role of hate groups trump defended his response during the rally calling out the k.k.k. and neo nazis racial tensions tensions have intensified in recent days and it seems they have overshadowed the trunks decision to drag the country into a dead end will go reports the way president donald trump is portrayed you think you are evil leader the likes of which america has never seen shadow of moscow seems to haunt president trump the shining light of democracy has gone dark and it was right there in our during speeches take a look at what some of the new year not is are saying about his speech. even terms announcement of a new afghan strategy was skewed to supposedly show how the president was stirring up racial tension the president began his nationally televised address monday night urging americans to come together to rise above racial and ethnic divisions he

wanted to speak to the nation about charlottesville and his comments he should have spoken to the nation about stroke zero and modeled it by putting it into a speech about afghanistan that's what i thought as an american but can we just get back to afghanistan for a second please the president just made a fairly hawkish decision to boost. america's military presence in the country unfamiliar on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan i know that many of you have grown weary of this conflict. as you are well aware i do not support the idea of endless war given what's at stake in afghanistan i am firmly convinced that we should make this extra effort i don't well what both previous presidents both democrat and republican chose to do so it seems hard but clearly not impossible to chalk it up as just another misstep by the big bad billionaire we will also expand authority for american armed forces to

target the terrorist and criminal networks that so violence and chaos throughout afghanistan this is in traditional with all u.s. president trump is no continuing that long held tradition and if we look at u.s. foreign policy over the decades it is one long today pretty much on broken into our action or gender always regime change or military intervention is always the order of the day and diplomacy always takes a backseat over the years afghanistan has been a massive drain on both u.s. financial and human resources and yet trump is choosing to soldier on. and all of those resources have led to little measurable success loss to the quagmire of the afghan conflict understand it's my responsibility we're not winning

in afghanistan right now. this in tahrir is intended to put pressure. all the taliban through the taliban understand you will not win the battle field there three we may not win one but you things are going to get worse for the people of afghanistan especially the civilians we're going to see formal casualties their country in general is going to continue to spiral out of control some of the neo con generals the retired generals a couple years ago talked about a military u.s. military presence in afghanistan for at least fifty years they might be exaggerating but i can easily see that happening because there's this hardly any opposition so despite the promises of making america great again that it seems that washington is just going to continue to fight and that endless war that seems almost impossible of actually winning. washington d.c.

a spanish town every poll emerges as a potential hotbed of terrorists the last week's deadly attacks in the country we've got now story and more coming up after the break. what politicians do something good to be put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something want to be rich. but you'd like to be prosperous like the flag three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of my colleagues. there should. be.

some seemed wrong when old quotes just don't call. me old yet to say proud disdain comes to educate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. welcome back at least thirty five people have reportedly been killed after an airstrike hit a hotel near yemen's capital sana'a whose the rebels have blamed the attack on saudi arabia which is regularly carried out air bombardments riyadh supporting the government which is fighting against the rebels therefore we cannot independently

verify the information but the saudi led coalition has been repeatedly accused of killing civilians in yemen although riyadh denies the claims. r.t. has been to visit a yemeni boy aged twelve who'd had almost double that number in operations after falling victim to armed clashes in his country just a warning you may find the following images obsessing. rarely gets the chance to leave hospital constantly battling against cholera the saudi led coalition is accused of being responsible for the outbreak of the disease in yemen which has been described as the worst in the world after it cut all

supplies and medicine and food to rebel controlled areas of the country that was the conclusion of a study by the queen mary university in london. someone living in rebel controlled areas is seventy percent more likely to contract cholera and fifty percent more likely to die from cholera than somebody living in government controlled areas so the internationalized government in yemen are supported by a saudi red coalition this coalition has bombed the rebel controlled areas pretty much most of the city and without much concern for for civilian life. they've been civilian infrastructure so we've seen hospitals destroyed schools destroyed the coalition is also enforced and naval blockade on the rebel controlled areas this means that there are shortages of food shortages of fuel shortages of medicine all of which contribute to a situation where cholera can prosper. his father says all these tragic

episodes in the boy's life explain why he's so vulnerable to the devastating epidemic that swept through the country. community even a slight cough affects him badly he's very weak his elbow has been damaged by frequent falls as you can see his neck is injured as well these tragedies come from war the boy spent a month in intensive care before regaining consciousness he's undergone surgery many times and will need more operations could all his injuries he's lost all his hair the number of cholera cases in yemen has now exceeded a half a million the outbreak of the waterborne disease has been filled by the destruction of the country's infrastructure during the war and ongoing saudi led as strikes the world health organization has spelt out the problems is says if there were only one hundred people in yemen more than a half of them wouldn't have access to clean water and would have been at risk of

famine the red cross in the region stressed the catastrophe in yemen is manmade. we have a bit less than two thousand people who have died half of the people who are affected by the color are children and a quarter of the people who have died from six suspected cholera cases are children everything of the country has collapsed that includes the water system it includes the health system it also includes the fact that there is no garbage collection in the country. is a water borne disease when you don't have garbage collection when you don't have proper treatment of the water it's a whole number of factors that make that that cause the scholar of the break to be as serious as it is and as it was the situation in yemen into that it is extremely bad it's a manmade situation it's due to the fact that there is a war going on in the country and there are people who are civilians who are being the highest price of this war. the french president's plans

to relax the country's labor laws kurt unleashed a wave of unrest after one of france's biggest trade unions threatened strikes in september on tuesday the government began the last round of talks with the unions and employer groups that come as a man on the crimes popularity plunged to a new low this month employment reforms were one of the main pillars of his election campaign the former investment banker wants to allow employers to negotiate work conditions at a company level rather than sticking to the trade unions requirements the reform also seeks a cap on compensation for dismissals and proposes to downsize workers councils critics say the plan puts business is interests before employees similar reform attempts by the previous socialist government resulted in mass protests across the country last year. i.

was. was. was i. was. i. the french interior ministry seems to be preparing for the worst it's announced a twenty two million euros attend a full riot gear that includes non lethal weaponry for controlling crowds such as stun grenade launchers and take out us original head of the trade union which is threatens the strikes in september but leaves a repeat of last year's violence is highly likely. there are

already many unemployed people in france and simplifying the foreign procedure will raise unemployment we don't want this flexibility which the government is seeking we want job security for our workers i think this reform is coming from people with backgrounds in the financial sector like. we think there will be crashes and people will be injured at the next protest the police need to keep their distance from the crowd void clashes rearming the police not to fight terrorism but to crush street is a terrible idea. media reports now say spanish police have found an explosive belt during a raid on a house in alkan a just a day before the notorious twin terror attacks in spain which took the lives of fifteen people there was an explosion in the very same house it's believed the site was being used as a bomb making factory for the group now this goes in line with what suspected members of the cell revealing revealed in court they said the group was planning much larger scale attacks including on the spanish landmark this a grad

a familiar the a mom who's thought to be the mastermind of the terror attacks was allegedly planning to commit a suicide bombing near the barcelona monument however their plans were directly old after the explosion and they changed tactics to vehicle attacks a spanish town of repolish has also found itself at the center of the investigation into last week's terror attacks because members of the cell in question had grown up together and been radicalized in this small town on the border with france. police investigators have identified the less robust terrorist and skewness quds a suspected driver of the van comes from the pier in ian town of recall.

the. police searched the apartment of a new mom in revolt because it could have been a radicalizing force the way they were used in the room i used to see them walking to buy bread over there you know i need a small community and up until now we lived peacefully together but this piece has been broken. just to believe of the moment there are twelve people in this terrorist so. this shows us that we have prejudice some of these are radical islamists are others

not just people growing in the suburbs of our town he told serbs outside of the cost city centers we can find them anywhere in europe in society today no in small villages which will seem religious nobody would talk about the ripples very interesting village and no catalonia and even there we have islamist bases i think that this shows how widespread this status movement or trend is in europe today it's much bigger than what people thought and it can be actually anywhere. so these are the suspected members of the terrorist cell in question and there's been widespread surprise at just how young many of them were the barcelona attacker was only twenty two years old for instance provide applies teenagers is not a new phenomenon last year a sixteen year old syrian teenager was arrested on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack in the german city of cologne

a fifteen year old boy was arrested in paris of suspicion of planning an attack in public spaces and two girls aged just fourteen and fifteen back at the time where arrested on the same suspicions and the homes were raided but we sent our correspondent peter all over to the town of a search mission of his own tomorrow you'll be able to see for yourself just what he finds there here's a taste of what's coming up. the image of the school located in the building just behind me. he is understood accused of being the mastermind behind the terror attacks he spent time in prison in twenty ten until twenty fourteen after he was charged and convicted for smuggling how sheesh it's understood growing while he was in prison he turned to radical islam and may well have met with planned and carried out the two thousand and three madrid train bombing.

meanwhile following a spate of vehicle ramming terror attacks across europe major cities have been reinforcing their security measures at popular tourist sites in milan concrete barriers have been installed in the historic center as well as at the entrance of its most famous shopping mall or in london police the same using the same measures along westminster bridge following the two incidents in the british capital last year as some locals have complained the anti terror measures are ugly and spoil the look of an area others argue it's the price to pay for safety. well i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news in the meantime have your site you'll stay on the day's stories by following us on facebook and twitter.

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