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tens of thousands of protesters rallied in tel aviv demanding the resignation of prime minister netanyahu who is under criminal investigation for alleged abuse of office. approves the use of u.s. drones paving the way for further troop deployments in the west african nation. the berlin art exhibition on martyrdom gets mixed reactions as it displays martin luther king jr alongside. broadcasting live from moscow this is our two international thomas glad to have you
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with us a huge crowds have taken to the streets of tel aviv calling on the prime minister to resign over corruption allegations. so-called march of shame was triggered by draft law which would prevent police from publishing their findings on to criminal probes involving benyamin netanyahu an estimated twenty thousand people attended the rally on saturday night activists held up signs reading shame and crime minister netanyahu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and calls the accusations a witch hunt orchestrated by a hostile media but protesters are valued to keep up the pressure until he is forced from office. i think the time has come for a change of government the government is corrupt we're sick of the corruption. it's
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in the middle so we have a corrupt government that needs to be brought down as quickly as possible the prime minister nouri colonists along with him. to defend democracy and the rule to build a more equal and just society for there we want. the israeli prime minister is under investigation in two separate cases in one he is accused of receiving bribes from wealthy businessmen and the other involves an alleged deal that netanyahu reached with a newspaper to receive favorable coverage. the government has given the u.s. permission to use drones in anti terror operations in the west african country that is according to pentagon and state department officials you go to is done off has a story for us. drones one of america's best loved warfare tactics is reportedly coming to africa's west coast. a potential new pin on the u.s. bombing map as washington pushes ahead with its anti extremist campaign on the
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continent a leaked memo outlines the units and bolts of the deal between the pentagon and the jail calling for arming of the surveillance drones operating from a local base also and additional troops deployment this operation supports the long term strategic partnership between the dieties states in nigeria as well as the ongoing effort to counter violent extremism throughout the region all in the name of the war on terror since nine eleven the pentagon has been hell bent on dropping bombs from huey's on afghanistan yemen pakistan somalia the line up goes on really but for civilians in those countries a distant buzz up in the sky can be a death warrant in fact a u.s. drones have slaughtered some one and a half thousand civilians according to an estimate by the bureau of investigative journalism and the figure shouldn't really come as much of a surprise to anyone who's seen what has been among the drones targets.
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the same unit which would be in charge of new drone operations is standing accused of killing ten civilians in somalia this summer something the u.s. africa command has denied now that the u.s. is apparently planning to open a new front in its drone war this could also mean more work for the pentagon's p.r. machine you've done of our. not over the deaths of four u.s. soldiers in an ambush in revealed america's military presence in that country until that point even senior u.s. politicians had no knowledge of the campaign american troops were deployed under the obama administration to help local forces fight terrorist cells african affairs
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analyst lawrence freeman told us the u.s. presence in the country is likely to expand probably less than a thousand troops in this year and. significantly increase that over a thousand the first time jones will be flying so this is a big problem for the new government and for west africa and for all of africa. state to carry out these kinds of military attacks this strategy will not work it's not going to be successful without a larger strategic picture and the african countries now are being pressured by the west in the chuppah ministration to allow these armed drones and other military build up and i'm sure it's going to cause them many many internal problems and it will not solve the problem of terrorism. there have been fierce clashes in the
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german city of hanover a crowd of anti-racism activists tried to disrupt a congress that the alternative for germany party known as for its anti immigration stance. i was i. i was i was shocked because i have a feeling i have for you police fired water cannons on the activists as they staged a sit in outside the congress venue several people were injured the alternative for germany party known as a.f.p. has risen to prominence since the start of the migrant crisis party won seats in parliament for the first time following september's election. saying that with germany now a berlin art exhibition devoted to the history of martyrdom has sparked
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a controversy marti's peter oliver has the story. an exhibition called maltese museum has just opened in the german capital alongside socrates and mostly sicking jr it places those that flew planes into the world trade center at the attack is of the but cyclone theater the suicide bomber that killed forty people on the moscow metro saying that they are all examples of people that gave their lives for what they believed in it's all part of a festival of knowle the new european oh it is the brainchild of today both the organizes and the artists themselves refused to either give us an interview or to allow me to film the exhibition they did send this e-mail. what do the people of bilin think about must moved or is being venerated in this way is it right to put these people on display in this type of exhibition here and don't know from you
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know why it is just a reference i think that people would have differing perspectives obviously lumping different groups of people together is always a complicated subject because they come from different backgrounds i don't know i don't think so why. just be at two different types of people and it's not the same move we agree with even perspective or not use is not for us to decide because react is i presume what most of the exhibition is about is about moving the psychology behind most of them or towards people who do certain things it's not a problem as long as the exhibition focuses on the differentiation of martyrdom that could potentially lead to murder curses martyrdom that that you know the civil rights for example like that should be sick human rights the motto or. die only for themselves or believe yeah yeah in what they have believed and the on that
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matter because they count i'm not that person are many other person so i don't think that. yes but you would piece together the all tourists had previously explained to the media that the idea was to try and put yourself in the mindset of somebody who's willing to die for what they believed in even if that belief was to you a sensory experience using lights and sounds to try to explain the old adage of one man's terrorist being another man's freedom fighter. the point is to present a complex view on the world of mosts and we understand that everyone has a different perspective but it's the personal perspective the masses in this exhibition bush to some it's impossible to see the artistic intention beyond the reality of an exhibition that places must murderers a long sight civil rights champions peter all of.
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donald trump has given his first reaction to the news that his former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. the president once again said there was no collusion between his camp and moscow. and what has been shown. has been absolutely. no clue so we're very happy. flynn pleaded guilty on friday to lying to the f.b.i. about conversations he had a year ago with russians and then ambassador to the u.s. the activities or has also agreed to fully cooperate with the so-called russian investigation and trump also reacted on twitter saying that plan was fired for making the same misleading statements to the vice president and whatever he added that his acts advisors actions during the transaction did not violate the law and he's been as more. we have michael flynn pleading guilty to
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charges of making false statements to federal agents at this point he's facing a sentence of between zero and six months in jail as well as a possible fine of up to nine thousand five hundred dollars now of course the mainstream media is in an uproar others talk about the rush investigation all kinds of things are being made in the press this is being treated as a very big story let's recall how michael flynn stepped down as national security advisor when he was serving in the trumpet ministration mr flynn misled vice president pence and now it appears that he's pled guilty to misleading federal agents now at this point you know the white house has come forward and said look this charge doesn't implicate anyone other than michael flynn the full statements involved mirror the full statements to white house officials which resulted in his
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resignation in february of this year nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates any one of the mr frewen we've had several indictments at this point individuals who misled federal officials made false statements are now facing criminal charges but as of yet the collusion story isn't really materializing court filings reveal flame contacted the russian ambassador asking to delay or defeat a vote on a u.n. resolution involving israel and also allegedly discussed of the response to the sanctions imposed by the obama administration michael flynn also said he consulted senior trumpet transition officials over those contacts former russian envoy sergey because they act though denied he ever discussed sanctions with clinton. i was instructed not to discuss this and i assure you that those instructions we also go over this issue because from the beginning we have illegal. conversations with potentially violate the centuries old prohibits americans from negotiating with
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foreign governments over existing disputes with the us however since the act was passed not a single person has ever been successfully prosecuted under those rules political commentator steve malzberg believes trump is unlikely to be badly damaged by the latest development. he lied to the f.b.i. why he chose to lie about these meetings that with. i don't know what he did and he pleaded guilty for it now they're saying always going to tell everything about trial and coercion or what to tell why none of this relates to kowloon kulula this is all president elect trump asking for or someone on his staff saying hey reach out to foreign countries by the way the great and the mccarthy a former federal prosecutor writes today it's commonplace for an incoming national security adviser to go to foreign countries and talk to his counterparts or reach them on the phone in anticipation of a new administration there's nothing here that's that's going to get trump four or
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course you're in trouble. you government of honduras has imposed a ten day curfew amid deadly street riots in the central american nation is in the grip of a political crisis over claims of ballot fraud in the recent election and delayed a vote.
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longer with the curfew the government has suspended citizen's constitutional rights to help the police and army deal with the situation rest erupted after the opposition alleged fraud in the election vote count one thousand year old female processor has been killed and twenty other people have been injured in the clashes as well. tensions spilled over after both main candidates claimed victory in sunday's vote opposition candidate salvador nasr allah has rejected the final count which gave the lead to current president juan orlando to nando's questions were raised when hernandez suddenly surged into the lead late into the count we asked the latin america experts for their views on the crisis in honduras we're looking at a president in the case of hernandez was trying to prolong his time in power now by not accepting the results or by telling people that they have won when in fact they have not a problem by manipulating the information they need for the population to think
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that there is some kind of manipulation going on of the truth has not been told and now if the results are giving whether it is in favor of salvador or if a vote for an end is nobody's going to be satisfied so the government in a way has by proclaiming victory on sunday and that being prudent has led to this unrest so i think we have to calm down and offer the people often do as a result that satisfies only the people but also the region as well even during people have taken the streets very courageously just as they didn't two thousand and nine when mine was a lie the democratically elected president was overthrown in a coup this cruel military and police rule in martial law are in the curfew are violations of international law in of human rights and there's no question that the hundred people are going to continue to resist despite the state violence that they are confronting. the thirty two teams in the two thousand and eighteen world cup
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have found out of their rivals in the group stage for next summer the draw ceremony was held in the kremlin and here is how the group's look with the opening game will be between russia and saudi arabia at moscow's newly refurbished luzhniki stadium world champions germany are in group alongside mexico sweden and south korea another two favorites portugal and spain were pitted against each other in group b. and there are also some unexpected matches to look forward to in their first world cup appearance iceland will play against argentina we caught up with some of the managers taking teams into the tournament. think we've got a group of players that. contrie over eleven million to produce these sort of footballers are something to be proud of the biggest job we have to be able to see the players working hard for each other but enjoying the responsibility of being seen as one of the best generations of belgian football has ever had.
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we have this because belgium who we know everything about them so. i think that game will capture everybody's imagination at home we feel an exciting thing a team that are only going to get better but we are a team some experience of those big matches. we have to give. you know we are really proud to be qualifying for the world we know it will be very difficult. but we are not going to do all good just to stay on the beach and to say you can go straight to the next round. we will have to make the best decisions we can during the tournament starting with the game against portugal there's no such thing as a good or bad opponents who have to have a victory against the teams you've been drawn against the match against portugal will be a great event of them host nation russia is expecting more than half
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a million visiting fans to come and support their teams of the championship more than three and a half million applied for tickets when the first batch went on sale ahead of the draw and supporters from all over the world got the chance to see the world cup venues at this summer's confederations cup. we boys went to the much of mexico russia we thought maybe they were like going to be bad we wanted that company all but they were still like really friendly russian people they are all friendly friendly that's being mean utilize their beautiful
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gathering we would come back for a walk down the beach and. make friends with. poland has launched an investigation into an almost twenty year old video of naked people playing a game of tag in a nazi death camp jewish activists had been demanding an official probe after it was established the video had been filmed in the stood hauffe concentration camp at the time no coming to a would of criticism was heard from polish official sources regarding the video on the from the prime minister's office nor from any official government representative extensive research recently revealed that the site where the video was filmed is the gas chamber at the stew told concentration camp and that it is this discovery which prompted the demand for clarification's from the politician leaders and the administration of the studio of concentration camp site. the video
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was filmed by a polish artist back in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine in two thousand and fifteen it was displayed at the museum of contemporary art as part of an exhibition about our shifts in the film the naked men and women of varying ages chase each other in the gas chamber and while the video has come in for a barrage of criticism the museum's director says people are simply misunderstanding the sense of it but under pressure the film was removed from the museum's website. sixty five thousand people died in the shoot off concentration camp many starved or froze to death and others were gassed the camp was liberated by the soviet army at the end of world war two political commentator skin thinks that some in poland are trying to rewrite history. in our days we see constant attempts to rewrite the he's through a second of all war and there is a very strong feeling. that it's becoming more and more cheap i mean maybe the time
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i have to just destroy all the sides of formal concentration camps there's nothing holy. about these long as they exist of course. just be tolerated by and want to foster. a two point five magnitude earthquake has been detected in north korea close to where the country recently conducted a nuclear test that's according to south korea's weather agency it is the fourth tremor since the test raising fears that the area is suffering so-called tired mountain syndrome with the ground becoming unstable meanwhile japan and the united states have called a u.n. security council meeting after north korea conducted a ballistic missile test on thursday and the south korean parliament adopted a resolution on saturday calling on pm yang to stop provoking tensions meanwhile six u.s. fighter jets have arrived in seoul for upcoming air drills and hawaii has begun testing its nuclear warning sirens for the first time since the cold war.
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thanks. to stream i feel a little bit like it was my idea so much to go like find a bomb shelter and i suppose to go to the bank to go but. i'm not very sure. regarding the new warning alarm. i wonder what good it's going to do i remember when i did what i had to put my head under a desk in the elementary school and ten minutes morning what good does that do you ridiculous. independent specialist and long told us the north korean regime sees
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nuclear weapons as a vital to their survival you've got to understand. all the relevant parties what they want for north korea what they want to know that a car insurance policy against the region change mainly coming from the united states and then that insurance policy that only because if they develop a nuclear weapon at the capability of delivering it with the u.s. homeland as far as the americas of course they feel threatened. the world superpower the whole rate smallish country in both korea developing this capability to challenge their currency but of course what are the options open but obviously the united states had that ability to reiterate north korea from the face of the earth but that there's no option because a is likely to ask into
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a regional group will war and secondly this would put south korea at great risk. switching gears now french president emmanuel macron has met in paris with the iraqi kurdistan prime minister they discussed the recent kurdish referendum and the importance of national dialogue in iraq however hopes of presenting a way forward at a joint press conference well it hit a few hurdles to come up. so. yeah . it is a myth you. see it would have put us as a. new frontier in. muskies with the good wolf if you want streets that have the means to choose.
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from it's a perfectly anderson's english but i think it would be strange to have to hear the prison speaking in english only for the press conferences but i'm pretty sure is that curry screwed organize a test nation for the prime minister. keep up the posse. keep up the seat of it among. the sheep on the killed it. in the family force and he killed the. mother. but i also know francis it won't nuking the song because you're. playing.
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and that does it for me i'll be back in thirty three minutes with i'll get your headlines you are watching r t international. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.
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about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your last turn. caught up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry 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 more fond of you those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind gets consumed with death this one quite different speech because there are no other takers. to claim that
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mainstream media has met its maker. dr eric joining us from santa ram is considered one of the best neurosurgeons in
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brazil. the way this man with no clothes isn't dr jennings he's a member of the indigenous zoe tribe who's helping the don't of put together a personal archive. this is dr jennings people here know him simply as dr eric he's rich famous some always on the move saving yachts and flying aircraft a little like models dr strange of with a full set of working fingers this footage is unique because there's a very tribal lands are normally off limits to the public carrick's allowed in because he's the zoe's personal doctor.

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