i civilly is fully u.s. led coalition airstrikes signed by militants in the embattled iraqi city of tal afar military organizations warn people that could face the same devastation witnessed in mosul. belgium contacted spain last year amid concerns that the mom who's suspected of masterminding last week's twitter address that is in spain may have had terror links as he travels to the hometown where the entire terrorist cell grew up. also this hour the u.s. state department appears the backtrack on allegations russia of the taliban at the

spot previously having said exactly that is the united states believe that russia has no i don't have any official state department answer for you that russia is supplying arms to the carla bruni that is a violation. good morning just going into i'm here in moscow hawkins revue ah thanks so much for joining us this hour. with u.s. coalition forces advancing against the islamic state in iraq the city of tal afar thousands of civilians are being displaced say they're forced to flee from both coalition bombs and the threat posed by terrorists the situation in the city has deteriorated dramatically causing humanitarian organizations to draw comparisons to the devastation witnessed in mosul.

but i want to. know. whether. or not your. mind. and you do you know. as the operations have been moving forward of course we see that there are

a lot of others to be in that have been affected of course fifty billion hardly any similar consequence to what the mood for nothing on the love food nothing for what you're. going to get more and people who are living below. the men you know. ninety one shot. is the latest objective in the u.s. backed war on islamic states it comes off the recap sort of mosul following a nine month campaign that left much of the city in ruins over the operation to liberate tal afar which has been on the ice or control for three years now has done little to ease the suffering of civilians there. does if explains. deila father is the new ground zero in iraq on the one hand you have a massive formation of iraqi forces backed by u.s. led coalition air power versus. trenched in the area for three

years in the middle of that you have desperate civilians and it isn't an easy choice for the risk staying there being used as human shields by risk being killed or the coalition air strike or make a run for it brave or cross the desert in the merciless heat in the hope that you get out it isn't an easy choice. though to sort of do it indeed. when you have done. what the one. with. the u.n. fear is for civilians and. suffering but the joy and the dead you danger of the

face but getting away from isis may be the first part of the journey. plenty more obstacles to go if you travel throughout iraq it's very heavily militarized. numerous checkpoints on magic transport routes to get through those checkpoints you need documentation if you don't have this or if you have the wrong kind of documentation you are prevented from moving further on the people who fled to understand it being prevented from going into east mosul and settling then and also coming into the couldst. bill and other places in. displacement camps when it comes to refugees there's a sense of paranoia soldier manning the checkpoint. refugees approaching him. a real refugee from an infiltrator were a suicide bomber who's just trying to get close to blow his vest so the security

precautions are absolutely necessary but they don't make the lives of refugees any easier the operation to liberate is less than a week old and while. much smaller we can only hope it doesn't end like mosul city in ruins thousands dead more and with nobody to hold accountable. to the u.n. up to forty thousand civilians are trapped in the city basic necessities including food and medicine are scarce getto the un refugee agency representative in iraq says the people who've managed to flee share stories about life in the city. we received. one we've two word children that must any point which. displaced the iraqi people or what games these all meant all this year walking for

three days yet the sleeping ship part of the houses then as burned was killed by a sniper fire some time back and she saw dead bodies out sniper fire and eating landmines all do way she was in a state of deep shock and trauma she said yet he survived the gaunt dirty water and bread for three months you can imagine it will matter a lot we do it she didn't deserve the kind of cases we receive you know what and. i was a murder belgian or third has contacted the spanish counterparts last year amid concerns that a man who is suspected of masterminding last week's twin atrocities in spain may have had terror links it's claimed spanish police at the time deny him arm had any connection to terrorism the main focus of attention is now on a small spanish town just south of the french border here it's where the imaam in question in the local mosque is also where all the members of the terrorists all grew up last week they carried out twin ramming attacks in barcelona and the resort

of. now that left fifteen dead it came just a day after what was believed to be there a bomb making factory and alcohol was destroyed in an explosion peter all of a travel to appall to find the homes of the suspects and speak to locals who have known them since childhood. radicalizing force they were radicalized by a moroccan born in one police now believe the revolt was at the center of the plot . the small spanish town took the way in the foothills of the pyrenees is hardly what you think of as a hotbed of islamic terrorism but it was here in the fall that the terrorist cell which attacked barcelona recruited were indoctrinated and radicalized eventually going on to carry out their deadly mission. was. but it was here that the terrorists that rammed his

truck into crowds of people and boss alone lived. the twenty two year old moroccan was gunned down on monday following it for day manhunt by authorities i was there was you are you were. local people here say they can't believe you lived within their community. they played football together on the beach nearby with other kids from the neighborhood they were brought up here since they were little but. of course it plain it's not who they were behind will happen round here can believe it the seem to be very nice people. who will be. seen by deeds roaming around but it's really just here they came i was saluted with

a whole slew of things that i. was. so sick that i don't know who influenced them but i do know that you consonantal it was such radical ideas yourself when you're seventeen the owners of the news shocked me because they wore my neighbors when you them since they were little he was saw them go to school and play football with other. children in the cell melted into society attending the local high school and being a fixture on local football fields so how did say seemingly quiet group of quiet teenage is a quiet town and as part of a jihad to sell. the answers to that many are looking towards the mosque that they attended it's here that they're understood to have attended prayers led by our

society who's been accused of being the ringmaster behind this terrorist cell the authorities pointed the finger at him and now that's being reiterated by some of those accused of being part of the cell have appeared in court but who will. see what do we know about the. moroccan national we know that he had a criminal past in front back in twenty ten he was sent to prison here in spain for his part in a drug smuggling operation and it's in jail where he is understood to have become radicalized in fact he's believed to have spent time with those who plotted and carried out the madrid bombings we also know that back in twenty sixteen he spent time in belgium around the time of the bombings on the metro the airports in brussels. he is believed to have been killed it was announced by authorities that his d.n.a.

was found at the site of a bomb making factory did exploded and at the moment the authorities are writing that off as that his own potential weapons of death course him out in the end. as the investigation continues arrests continue to be made including that of the owner of an internet cafe that suspected members of the terrorist cell and no into a frequent it. but here in the poem the town is coming to terms with the fact that it had no idea that such a group was living we see in its community it begs the question just how many of the small tranquil communities like this could potentially be harboring fatal terrorist cells peter all of a day. after cases repeatedly of tourists using a terrorist or other using vehicles to round pedestrian cities across europe often

taking precautions in milan concrete barriers have been installed in several locations including this shopping center barriers have also been put up on westminster bridge in london that followed two recent car running. the u.s. state department has backpedaled and accusations russia is arming the taliban in afghanistan just a day after wrecked the lists and made that allegation is the united states believe that russia's arming the taliban and i don't have any official state department answer for you on that russia is supplying arms to the taliban and that is a violation obviously international norms are abolished of years curity council norms. however it's not only russia that the u.s. turns to blame for the. explains seems that this is the new strategy coming from washington to pull in as many countries as possible to the afghan conflict in his speech on monday trumpet accused of providing safe havens for terrorists adding

that the u.s. is growing impatient and wants to see a stronger commitment to anti terror efforts coming from pakistan this time for pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilization order and to peace pakistan has reacted quite angrily to donald trump's allegations accusing washington of trying to find a scapegoat for its own failures in afghanistan and at the same time washington is calling upon india's support to resolve the terror crisis another key player in the region we've got to put the pressure on india that they have to be part of the political solution or doing it together if not the united states alone so it seems that after a moment washington could just be searching for an exit strategy from a sixteen year deadlock in afghanistan by trying not to just share the burden and the blame but also by issuing what some believe are unjustified demands these three months follow the adoption of

a new strategy for america's longest war. the us is expected to send up to four thousand more troops to afghanistan although the exact number will remain a secret america's top commodity for the middle east for toll says the new forces could arrive within weeks political analysts that broader bercow believes the u.s. isn't actually interested in ending a war brings millions of dollars for the arms and history. the pentagon doesn't want to end the war they're perfectly happy with the stalemate as it is it's a cash cow for the pentagon and for u.s. war contractors i think the reason for trump's decided animosity and announced animosity towards pakistan and that was seconded by mike pence the vice president who has now said as of today pakistan has been put on notice is that pakistan has been reaching out to russia in the last few months and drawing russia in and asking russia to actually be the primary stabilizing force in

a possible peaceful outcome in afghanistan the u.s. does not want russia meddling in afghanistan the u.s. has spent a couple trillion dollars as i said a big cash cow there's many many pentagon bases in afghanistan these are long term projects on the part of the pentagon they don't want russia to come in they don't want peace to break out in afghanistan german politicians lash out at donald trump's foreign policy more about story and others for the short break.

what is it when the swiss national bank the central bank and other central banks on behalf of governments are now the biggest owners of stocks when japan is the biggest seller of exchange traded funds that's called nationalization that's socialism and combined with the central bank the polish bureau that is fixing the price of money it's not a free money market for money and combined with the purchase of open house it's nationalizing those assets that's a pretty good communism that's nationalism that's why this is just global economy is shrinking because the social breakdown of what danny blanchflower flowers says they're not operating in ways to free markets. and head of germany's general election both it's one of the cube rivals from the

social democrats happy with the country's closest allies going to buckle has his out at the american policy wal-mart and schultz promised to remove u.s. nuclear weapons from germany if he becomes chancellor with more on the deepening rift with washington who. for years it seemed that you could safely assume germany and the u.s. would be best friends forever but as the trumpet ministration charges forward with its america first approach to foreign policy they might as well be leaving behind one of their closest and most important allies take the rising tensions with north korea for example that issue and a clear divide and opinions trump saber rattle and lashed out with threats. make it even worse threats to the united states. they will be met with fire fury while merkel flat out refused to back trump's plan and i have to answer that no i do not see a military solution from north korea i cannot accept that and just this week after

trump announced america's old i'm sorry new at. strategy you know more troops and no into the war and fight that also didn't exactly line up with expectations it is important that the us discuss with europeans how we can work together to ensure that the country becomes more peaceful and secure so the people in afghanistan do not have to flee to us we expect the washington will coordinate its actions with europe so it seems berlin is increasingly irked if not utterly hostile towards a number of moves coming from washington even when it comes to one of their usual mutual enemies russia germany was fuming when trump signed off on a fresh wave of sanctions against moscow now not out of some sudden newfound affection towards russia but because the measures were approved without heeding europe's business interest and could actually end up threatening them that must not happen we generally reject sanctions with extraterritorial fact meaning an impact on third countries friendship is as they say a two way street so perhaps washington should be wary of the fact that america first could end up turning into america alone. r.t. washington d.c.

now with critics claiming america's moral compass has lost direction on a dull trumped the u.s. mainstream media is repeatedly pushing the idea it's big business leaders who now offer the best guidance and ask people in new york whether they share that view. there's so much chaos and confusion these days many americans are looking for a new source of moral guidance so who should be having that stuff i think the founding fathers had a lot of inspiration there donald trump is the moral compass the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists jimmy carter you like jimmy carter yes a lot of mainstream media outlets have another voice in mind the top dogs of corporate america. that's right the big boys in the boardrooms are now standing up for justice and

fighting the power after charlottesville they just can't hold back any longer hate should be condemned and has no place in a country that draws its strength from our diversity and humanity prison draw missed a critical of what unity to help bring our country together the most clarifying voice has been the voice of business these chief executives have taken the risk to speak truth to power yes truth to power and these men are just known for their good deeds j.p. morgan got caught overcharging thousands of military families for their mortgages and had predatory lending practices that specifically targeted black and hispanic people walmart is known to get their clothes from sweatshops in bangladesh where the workers get paid fourteen cents an hour oh and over here they've been caught paying out millions of dollars in bribes in order to get building permits and deron walkers pepsi co they've been caught with discrimination in hiring practices and been forced to pay out millions of dollars in settlements and who can forget their

oh so classy advertisement featuring police brutality protests. pepsi or their. good moral company. not good i mean personally i don't think their products moral i do i don't think feeding sugar to you know americans in the quantities of nestle overall they are dependent on their products that are maybe not good for and. are not good for your health. no no you want to do you think j.p. morgan the banking firm is a good moral compass for america i don't really trust any banking institutions don't think that a corporation should be morally reprehensible what about wal-mart do you think they're a good moral compass for america probably too big too big of a monopoly but when you hear people's experience it will not usually inside it

doesn't seem so they employ a lot of people minimum wage laws are what they are perhaps it isn't just a burning passion for social justice in the wall street suites but rather that they discovered that social justice is a great marketing strategy caleb oppen artsy new york. now over to charlottesville virginia where a controversial monument of a confederate general has been covered in a black shrouds that was carried out a spot as a mourning for a woman killed in a recent protest over that particular monument a war on a confederate heritage has been reclaimed in different parts of the country or sometimes the targets are quite unusual. i don't care if the george washington statue or thomas jefferson statue or robert

is that they fall into combat. e.s.p.n. executives have decided that play by play announcer robert levy will not be in the broadcast booth for next saturday's college football season opener because of the similarity between his name and the famed confederate icon.

this is a perfect example of what kind of a lunacy our country is going through connally's rice said it beautifully these are my these this is our history right and what the left is engaging is a storable revisionism this is the reality for better or for worse of what the us was in its most of our founding fathers were slave owners right they were participating in the evil of slavery so it's i mean we have tear them down so we take washington off the one dollar bill it's a teachable moment when you walk in with your kids through south and you see your my of the jefferson davis or whoever it might be it's a moment to sit with your child reflect a remote rise and how we move from it i think we're heading to a very dark place and it scares me quite

a bit. ok let's throw up off today's headlines from where you can of course get more on the ball stories on our web site. i'll be with you again in just on the hoffa. welcome to. the border.

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a loss of life. in egypt this is a tolerable situation. have you noticed whenever you see a commercial for ham on t.v. it's often set in the countryside. with a nice family and a rustic backdrop. and the hem is always pink. very pink. and one hundred percent natural of course. looks so tasty it has your mouth watering on the couch. with that's the point. but what if behind is pretty pink and one of the biggest health scandals of our era

. in two thousand and fifteen the world health organization listed processed meats as carcinogenic for man. we decided to investigate the ingredients used by the giants of the food industry and d.n.a. breaks new dates cells into sort of precancerous cells. we discovered that to impede or halt regulations on certain additives food industry lobbies have been working in the shadows for decades. you have to understand that the industry is of what he makes and does this so they're very risk averse they're not going to fund a study that is bad for their business it's a thump as if. it's just a baby so to speak political to the people. at the heart of this strategy of influence are the scientists who collaborate needs industry biju for this.