so he claims that's according to new findings make us think. it's a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow and nicky aaron good to have you with us on top story this hour islamic states may be losing its hold over iraq in syria but it's still inspiring europeans and ever younger ones at that to carry out attacks at home a danish court has extended the sentence of a teenage girl who had been planning bomb attacks in the country on monday she was given eight years after initially being sentenced to six and a girl who has not been named was fifteen when she was arrested near copenhagen in january last year her family alerted police after becoming suspicious about

chemicals that they'd seen in the basement of their home during a search police found bomb making ingredients and note expressing sympathy with the so-called islamic state evidence indicated she had planned to attack her former primary school added jewish school in a statement to the court revealed that since being jailed the girl had stopped a teacher with a broken mirror as laura smith explains there's been a growth of radicalized youngsters in europe. seventeen year old boy in wales found guilty car into a crowd in the city of the teen in which he said he was a stabbed a police officer. and on instagram and his ground station in past connection with that attack was just eighteen not all of those attacks were committed by youngsters but we do see a trend emerging one hundred seventeen people under the age of twenty five were

arrested for terror offenses in the year up to the end of june two thousand and seventeen hauffe of those were in the seventeen to twenty age bracket and the other half were slightly older twenty to twenty five some of those arrests of course didn't lead to charges but home office desisted do show a rise in the number of young people being convicted of terror offenses. with less than a month to go until christmas cities across europe are getting into the festive swing but with the threat of terror high or thirty's have come up with a way to maintain security without spoiling the atmosphere has the details pressed of trees the only thing being installed in the run up to christmas on the streets of britain you're likely to see decorations christmas. nine people were injured when crowds ran to escape what they believed to be gunshots after a security lockdown the incident turned out to be

a false alarm as well as an illustration of just how nervous many a feeling this festive season. please see london. throughout europe measures have been taken to secure christmas markets concrete blocks have been installed in berlin munich budapest and a number of other cities. meanwhile the pictures spread on line of an islamic state fighter brandishing a knife with the caption soon on your holidays written in english french and german we spoke to political commentator graham moore who believes if a terrorist is determined to carry out an attack putting up barriers won't help bridge the situation in europe well i'll still flooding. into this country you can't really protect against anyone who is determined whether it be a for a thief in annoy someone stayed in a motorcycle whatever it is you've someone is determined to carry out

a criminal acts and we must remember all the times terrorism is the ultimate crime the old mcroy is murder it goes against the christian faith and terrorism is a crime that's the mind thing you know it's remember what we say these revert back to the closer to shore start thinking on the sidelines here there are barriers that all of these things but determined to cure you do curio done it doesn't modo but what you know now is sit back and enjoy christmas what i want is you to be in fear of our christmas traditions. and the u.s. could have more forces in syria and iraq than i said mitt now the called into findings by the think tank the us defense manpower data center its latest report suggests

there are almost two thousand u.s. soldiers in syria washington there fishel claims that just over five hundred while in iraq now think tanks because the more than three thousand higher the pentagon says the official figures quoted in the reports were only initial estimates. the d.m. d.c. numbers are not the official deployment count the numbers that we provided the approximately five hundred in syria and approximately five thousand in iraq is the official deployment count well off middle east analyst early risk why washington is holding back on the tree figure the american public is exhausted it's against any increase in troop presence and so i think that the pentagon is very intent on keeping this message that it has a low level of troop presence in order not to in order not to lead to an outburst or an outcry from the american public which as i said is very war weary and would

be very much for the very much object to submit increased american presence it wouldn't be the first time the u.s. has been unclear about its chip numbers in iraq and syria with it let's just remind ourselves of the previous soundbite we have. approximately. fifty five thousand syrian or five thousand i'm sorry subverts i think it's all over four thousand u.s. troops in syria right now that are supporting efforts in. against. supporting the us i think it's mostly related to the american public and the fact that that is exhausted with these wars and at the same time we do have generals a lot of generals who want to increase or who want to maybe would be more prone to pursuing military solutions where having a military build up in the foreign countries. more than two hundred afghan a families are trapped in open desert in the east of the country people had to flee

their homes running from crossfire between the taliban and so-called islamic state militants now they live in makeshift tents in the desert with winter fast approaching. a mother now the one we call on the government and international forces to help us. we don't even have access to medical care but doing back would cost us our lives our women and children are in a condition how can we live in these tents cheering this cold winter. kurdish troops fighting in syria have said that have no problem joining government forces if they're allowed to form a federal state in the north of the country the statement comes after turkey claims donald trump promised to stop arming kurdish forces however there's apparently no clear position on the matter and the white house once we started winning the campaign against isis plan and part of the process is to always wind down support

for certain groups and now that we're continuing to crush the physical caliphate that we're in a position to stop providing military equipment to certain groups kurdish forces have been successfully fighting islamic state in northern syria you can see who controls what areas on this map the u.s. has long been providing the kurds with military equipment something that's an irritated washington's key nato ally turkey as markdowns to have explains. as the problem says you can't ride two horses with one back side makes sense right unfortunately it doesn't stop people from trying we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the p.k. k. the president authorized the department of fence to equip kurdish elements of the syrian democratic forces we should be using we should be doing that whatever the reason is it is not something that is acceptable for our friends and nato ally

turkey as an ally obviously washington has on the kurds to the teeth saying they need these weapons to fight the jihad ists and turkey sort of understood. when do you need to cooperate with one terrorist organization to fight another terrorist organization it's not the way a serious state should behave and it does not suit the united states so what next does the u.s. abandon one of its most trustworthy partners try to take back those guns the kurds are stupid they can play that game too there is no problem for our forces to join the syrian army if the new syrian constitution is drafted on a federal basis and the rights of all syrian parties are reserved this is a two pronged approach it's a warning to the u.s. we can dump you before you dump us and the message to ash sad give us what we want autonomy and we won't need the americans now we need and as

a kurd i can say that our people want to build a syria in syria but no force or ethnic group dominating any other group i believe it is in the interests of the kurds the second largest ethnic group in syria to build a new multi-party federal syria where the interests of the kurdish people would be enshrined in fusion allowing kurds to participate in parliament and join the army and all the state institutions. a new constitution for syria is on the horizon russia iran and turkey backing the initiative but what the kurds get out of it is still up for debate. the u.s. has never viewed the syrian democratic forces as partners unfortunately the u.s. has only been using them to which leaves us with the u.s. and its two horses the trade the turks a valuable nato ally will betray the kurds their ace in syria alternatively wait

for them to betray the states well it was the turkish foreign minister who said donald trump had promised to cut military aid to the kurds where analysts nicholas davies believes washington athalie i think we have to wait wait and see exactly what this means but at the same time we should be very conscious that most of the so whatever they are saying publicly is not necessarily the whole story there's a lot of holes in that story that a big enough to drive. ships planes and trucks most of to come after this short break stay with us.

he's doing an actual job it's like basically it's like the euthanasia clinic tromp is the euthanasia doctor america is being euthanized and he's doing in a way where it's the least amount of pain but that's not that's not cruel i mean he's doing as a good euthanasia just he's doing things in the cruel free world. welcome back the e.u. has voted to extend the license of the controversial weed killer produced by aqua cultural giants monsanto despite the products being linked to counsel and other

health concerns eighteen countries including germany and poland voted in favor of the license renewal france and italy were among the nine against with only portugal abstaining the decision was met with protests outside the european commission in brussels. and i was livid. that. the cancer doesn't mean anything because you. see that third floor of all. today we're standing here hoping to get a message through to the commission to younger and to specifically that democracy is standing behind a ban on going to see it they can either choose to stand behind monsanto got to say it or they can stand on the side of citizen's opinion polling has been clear those

that sign that you see i have been clear we want a ban on going to see that is where democracy buys they have a choice the chemical in question glad to say has been marketed as the world's most widely used herbicide here's how monsanto describes it in his professional videos but what about their main active ingredient life estate is it harmful how does it work in addition to the u.s. e.p.a. regulatory agencies and more than one hundred sixty countries have approved place the same base products glyphosate is applied to bleach once absorbed it travels to the roots blocks a specific enzyme found in plants not animals or humans. why the site is mainly used on food crops but also on public law one found in forestry the world health organizations council watchdog has raised concerns over the impact of this chemical on nature and humans labeling it as probably carcinogenic the potential dangers feel debate ahead of the e.u. vote. very concerned that this process is scientifically flawed there was

sufficient evidence of cancer in animals and there were strong evidence for mechanisms that we know to be associated with carcinogens garble hair lack of dry cleaning products burnt toast cold all issues which would be carcinogenic working night shifts causing human hair sitting in front of a log far and eating processed meat if we are going to bend life to sleep on the strength of it's carcinogenic risk don't you agree we have to ban these things as well for for cigarette smoking for example i'm telling you it's a hazard i'm not going to tell you how many cigarettes you must smoke in order to get cancer and i can confidently tell you that the story of the company's top selling chemical glaive to sate is not one of truth but one of deceit carefully calculated and choreographed deceit we asked and i mean one of the countries that voted against the weed killer is approval why the e.u.

was in favor. follow the money and especially for the only gentleman you know your saddle is good to be the bull by the by you're the big pharmaceutical. company lou was the one who's the late brother sort of will say look at the state of the days are still ahead for the people there are many houses there big soon discovered recently bailey those kind of scary from the edge they are going to look these are big if you look at the nation be dishonorably digit which care for the people of the farmers as well of the goal schumer's of the or the brother it's the will be made with the user who will look for state is not a big deal for the government. or the u.s. and south korea will be conducting a major military exercise exercise where the north korean border next week russia has voiced concerns over the drills which will involve around twelve thousand

american soldiers are to sleep or trying to install but the latest. what has been donald trump's approach to sorting out the north korea crisis in a nutshell all options remain on the table second option not a preferred option they will be met with fire and fury do not underestimate us and do not try this the distance from here to the border with north korea is only about forty kilometers and once you end up in seoul which is well in the firing range of kim's artillery you can't help looking at that rhetoric from a different perspective especially if there is what you'd call a totally different approach. there's absolutely no alternative to dialogue but in order to start the dialogue everyone has to stop take a deep breath and a step back from the red line which will. so why can we hope that the only option according to moscow will prevail well the south korean capital is hosting

a washington valdai discussion club conference where local officials and experts have gathered to hear what the russian diplomats and researchers have come up with so russia's been saying hey we've got a plan step one north korea should completely hold its missile and nuclear tests for the u.s. that means and ends two almost nonstop war games with seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step two might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved. the doors are closed for the main session and one of the south korean officials who is taking part is the presidents that come up with the most at risk rest reigning behavior do

you think it's enough initiative to create and sustain peacefully impingements are on the table north korean knew that the military option egypt always under the table. by putting the military option under and under the table. it's not likely change you know screen behavior as the advisor of the south korean president what do you tell them about the drills you know you know i personally in the favor engagement dialogue and negotiation with north korea and some people in the government may have different ideas that brings us to why the russian road map may never actually work. because i think most korean politicians believe the trills must be pursued for a defense and i would not canceling u.s. korean exercises we just want to postpone for the olympics. that's just in a few days anyway for those who live in seoul or poor here to talk about keeping

the peace in korea there's something to bear in mind be it for war games or real strikes that would put millions of lives at risk the decision who cares about peace in the region is putting forth right now is that these military options are not realistic and you need to sit down at the table and when they do those exercises something could be mistaken as invasion something could be mistaken as live attacks and such and so we put the millions and millions of people in the sole area in south korea in japan and other places at risk this seems like folly and foolishness when we have such a volatile situation full of the latest headlines you can join me again at the top of the hour. three of them.

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for. the base and it's going to. greetings and salutation all right we begin today with our good buddy horizon lawyer and corporate cheerleader turned federal communications chairman mr i was been dominating the headlines and news speeds recently after taking a carving knife to the f.c.c. rules and net neutrality but there is no thanks in this giving unless you're a giant telecom company looking to squeeze even more dollars out of your cable and

internet customers here in the united states on the eve of our holiday of thanksgiving pie outlined his dystopian science fiction vision of the internet last week and his resorting internet freedom order what a name and a statement declared from up on high that under my proposal the federal government will stop micro-managing the internet instead the f.c.c. would simply require internet service providers to be transparent about their practices so that consumers can buy the service plan that's best for them who cable and internet giant comcast also chimed in adding comcast commitment to our customers remains the same we do not and will not block rodell or discriminate against lawful content and we will be transparent with our customers about these policies. well i mean in my book that pretty much settles any debate whatsoever i mean if you can't trust a corporate lawyer and

a cable company i mean who can you trust your head right in keeping with the postings giving beam democratic absolutely commissioner i mean your own cliburn called pi's new vision a cornucopia oh full of rotten fruit stale grains and wilted flowers topped off with a plate full of burnt turkey. food metaphors a satire of the dismantling of net neutrality due to corporate greed and lust to can troll the last great britain tear of freedom that is our internet that is the very reason that we always must be watching the hawks. because. this is the. real this is. the politics it is. like you know that i got. it was three.

weeks ago. while there were watching the hawks science i robot times out of the wallace.