i. civilians u.s. led coalition air strikes are still militants in the battle the rocky city of humanitarian organizations warn the people there could face the same devastation in mosul. he travels to the hometown of the suspects of radicalizing the group of men who carried out the recent attacks in spain it's understood to have attended prayers. he's been accused of being the ring behind the. widening social divisions the u.s. media pushes the idea that it's big business that the country's new moral compass

because new yorkers whether they want to be inspired by corporations. and one o'clock here in moscow are watching all the international live with me. thanks so much for joining us this hour and over to iraq first of all with us back to coalition forces advancing against islamic state in the iraqi city of tal afar thousands of civilians are being displaced they say they're forced to flee from both coalition bombs and threat posed by the terrorists. we were in from the shelling from the coalition will lift the people from islamic state.

our children are sick we're stranded here without saying that there is no fresh water anymore some of the aid workers have been here but very few of them this is my son he is suffering we have no electricity. or is the latest objective in the u.s. backed war on islamic state it comes after the recapture 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 under control for three years now has little to ease the suffering of civilians there would have to be as the if has more. it 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 isis trenched in the area for three years and in the middle of that you have desperate civilians and it isn't an easy

choice for them risk staying being used as human shields by isis risks being killed at a coalition air strike or make a run for it brave across the desert in the merciless heat in the hope that you get out it isn't an easy choice. we are hungry we need clothes we need food and water yesterday we get contaminated water even the animals won't drink it we're living in terrible conditions the u.n. fears for civilians and. suffering that they enjoy the deadly danger that they face but getting away from isis may only be the good parts 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 could. bill and other places and way that displacement camps when it comes to refugees there's a sense of paranoia here soldiers manning the checkpoint and seeing refugees approaching him. a real refugee from an infiltrator or a suicide bomber who's just trying to get. 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 telefon is much smaller we can only hope it doesn't end like

mosul a city in ruins thousands dead more missing and with nobody to hold accountable. according to the u.n. up to thirty thousand civilians remain trapped in the city basic necessities including food and medicine are scarce while thousands have been forced to flee and many more are expected to leave as the operation intensifies earlier i got an update on the situation from unicef's representative in iraq the city of erbil what . we know so far of. the operation that's happening in. about thirty thousand people have already fled and between twenty to forty thousand people still remain with dire humanitarian situation. actually knows exactly how many people are inside what will we know eastley condition of the people that are living in there is not something that is considered good.

both food and water and other necessities running short unicef and protection together had been addressing the issues of a company and separated children ten percent or close to ten percent of those children that company and i come many means they're coming to be mustering going son comes with nobody and with no one with them. as the operation deliberate far intensifies many have spotted striking similarities with the mosul campaign that left thousands dead indeed both cities were isolate strongholds besieged by u.s. backed coalition forces just like telephone now thousands of civilians were trapped inside mosul under a barrage of bombs while those trying to flee were caught in the crossfire those remaining had no access to humanitarian aid with food water and basic necessities fast running out we spoke to. from the red cross who says farm may well face the

same devastation as witnessed in mosul and the operations there have been moving forward of course we see that there are others. of course the people in. what. they love for what you're. going to get. people who want to leave. you know when. i'm at one shot. it's emerged the belgian authorities contacted their spanish counterparts last year amid concerns that the mom who is suspected of masterminding last week's twin atrocities in spain may have had terra links its claim spanish police at the time denied any connection to terrorism but the main focus of attention now is on the small spot. just south of the french border here is where the informant question

from the local mosque also where all the members of the terrorist cell grew up last week they carried out twin running attacks in barcelona and also the town of come on the coast here leaving fifteen dead that came just a day after what was believed to be the bomb making factory in al kut are just more south along the coast here was destroyed in an explosion of travel to find the homes of the suspects and speak to locals who have known them since childhood. radicalizing force. in the rock n border police now believe the ripple was at the center of the plot. small spanish town took away 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. 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. why they were. local people here say they can't believe he lived within their community. they play football together on the beach nearby with other kids from the neighborhood they were brought up here since they were little but. of course if. they were behind what happened around here we can believe it the seem to be very nice people who

will be. seeing the roaming police make sure they keep. saluting with a whole slew of things that the sale melted into whole 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 quiet town and is part of the 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 the 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's 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 in at the moment the authorities are writing bad 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 begs the question just how many small tranquil communities like this could potentially be harboring fatal terrorist cells peter all of a spain. i mean want to roam police have used water cannons to disperse more than one hundred migrants. i try i i. i i. of migrants are taking to the streets in protest they would leave action of hundreds of people from an occupied building rising refugees through projectiles at officers and blocked nearby streets with the number of migrants there on the rise in europe questions have been raised over security on the continent spoke to cali deputy mayor philip muni he believes those who pose a threat should be sent back to their native countries alongside special measures

being put in place in europe. i think we really need. a central office european office for intelligence to educated on that. i know there is in europe. project about it but it's not only projects we need we need to work on that and even if they are born in france or spain or whatever born in europe once they go in the country. to learn how to create a tax they must be. kept away from europe and they must stay in this in these countries it's not to decide whether they come back and we treat them differently and we found them to santa is and to try to protect people that such i know they must be probated to come back and we need intelligence a real european intelligence service to work on that nobody in europe whatever they

are migrants or not and nobody in europe can say i'm safe in my country because corporations be the new moral compass of the united states we take the streets of new york to find out after the break. it's. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. want. to go to the press this is one. of the more people. interested in the water. situation as there's concerns on the part of the four out of countries egypt saudi

arabia. as relates to policies of. have to be addressed. very adverse impact on national security and the case of material evidence exists in the face of policies that have adversely impacted has created. a loss of life in egypt this is a. situation. welcome back to the program. claiming america's moral compass has lost direction on the donald trump the us media pushing the idea that it's now big business leaders who offer the best guidance in the bullpen aust people in new york whether they share that view. with so much chaos and confusion these days many americans are looking for a new source of moral guidance so who should be giving 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 i hate to be condemned and has no place in a country that draws its strength from our diversity and humanity prism draw missed a critical opens unity to who bring a country to give them 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 sweat shops 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 they're in walker's 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 a pepsi are they a good moral company. i mean personally i don't think their products more high the i don't think feeding sugar to you know americans in the quantities of nestle morrow. overall they're dependent on their products that are maybe not good for.

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 i want about wal-mart do you think they're a good moral compass for america probably too big or too big of a monopoly when you hear people's experience it will not get one 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 sweets but rather that they discovered that social justice is a great marketing strategy caleb oppen artsy new york. we spoke to a quote of mr christopher green he doesn't want to have the moral ideals of wall street's big wigs make them a good fit for the role they're taking the moral high road is because they're being pressured by the system that doesn't support trump you see the entire system the

establishment media the establishment elites are against donald trump he wasn't supposed to win the election so they've got to take him out so they're incentivized by money and what they're trying to do is create this fiction divide the american people keep us focused on each other this is a very effective strategy it's definitely incentivized with a profit motive that's that's number one for these companies these companies have zero moral highground. i would say europe now were ahead of germany's general election both the chancellor and one of the key rivals from the social democrats happy with the country's closest ally and it's out of the american policy almost shuls promise to remove u.s. nuclear weapons from germany that if he becomes chancellor more on the deepening rift with washington his jacqueline bouvier. 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 has shown a clear divide and opinions trump saber rattle and lashed out with. make it work 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 afghan strategy you know more troops and no end to 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 cooled makes 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 no not out of some sudden newfound affection towards russia but because the measures were approved without heeding europe's business interests and could actually end up threatening them that must not happen we generally reject sanctions with extraterritorial facts meaning and 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. . in the us charlottesville virginia a controversial monument of a confederate general has been covered in a black shroud that was carried out a spot of the mourning for a woman who was killed in the recent my him that erupted over that particular us. through the violence broke out almost two weeks ago when a rally in support of the monument faced a counter protest since then

a war on confederate heritage has been proclaimed in different parts of the country with several monuments already demolished although sometimes it's all gets a little more unusual. i don't care if the george washington statue or thomas jefferson statue or robert is the statue of a fallen into. 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 not 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 it was in its most of our founding fathers were slave owners right they were participating in the. evil of slavery suzanne we have tear them down should we take washington off the one dollar bill it's a teachable moment you walk in with your kids to the south and you see a line of the jefferson davis or whoever it might be it's a moment to sit with your child to reflect on what was and how we moved from it i think we're heading to a very dark place and it scares me quite a bit it does seem the war on monuments is now even crossing oceans a journalist for a major u.k. newspaper is calling for calm in london to be torn down the article unleashed much debate in the media some readers defend the author's claims that the country's naval hero was a defender of slavery money the completely opposed the idea of taking down the key london landmark people in london with more nelson should be given his marching orders. there's been an argument me saying that in this day and age you would be

perceived as a white supremacist. robert everybody as you see everybody seems to enjoy and i don't think it should be. going to do any harm. no one well you will you can get. that. show shown that the that you can get rid of. will be with you next hour for more headlines from around the world.

was it when the swiss national bank. and other such governments are now the biggest owners of stocks when japan is the biggest of exchange traded funds that's called nationalization socialism combined with the central bank the polish bureau that is fixing the price of money. market for money and combine with the purchase of. that's nationalism that's why this global economy is shrinking because the social breakdown of what our. there not operating in ways. free markets.

about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your last wrong turn. your at the top to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry but only i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feeling started to change you talked about war like it was again still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our ark and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters in mind it's consumed with death this one difference i speak to now as there are no other takers. to claim that mainstream media has met its maker.

stance and glance only learned of this case through the documents we showed him. the approaches that they used to attack the person doing the research on linking cured meats with cancer were the standard things they do one is to go through her work with a fine tooth comb and find every little thing they could possibly complain about and because the issues tend to be fairly technical you know if you're a politician or if you're a reporter or english or a highly specialized reporter all you hear is well this person said there was something bad and this other person said that they didn't know what they were talking about and settled these efforts to go after the scientists and to discredit the scientists is a key element of a much larger strategy to just gum up the entire policymaking process to the point where nothing happens that translates into hundreds of billions of dollars of sales

and profits for them so the whole game is just slow down. in the documents on dr preston martin other even more machiavellian scenarios were studied. here it was suggested that talks be held with the scientist. here a proposed seminar in order to lure her. to influence her and even shape the conclusions of her future studies. the common point of these documents they all come from the same lobbying firm multinational business services. already hired by philip morris to contest the effects of passive smoking on health and headed by a certain jim toth see a master of influence.