begging for nuclear war north korea claims washington is seeking all out conflict just days after pyongyang tests that it says can hit anywhere on the us mainland. us among the stories that shaped the week on r.t. suicide at the hague as a former bosnian croat general swallows a bottle of poison after his twenty year sentence for war crimes is upheld. the french president calls for military action against human traffickers in libya but critics say he has no right to intervene as the country is not yet recovered from the destruction inflicted by the nato led intervention of twenty eleven.

your seven day summary of the week's biggest events as reported here on r.t. one is calling for a welcome to the weekly from r.t. international first event in the past twenty four hours north korea says the u.s. is begging for nuclear war the statement comes just days after pyongyang launched a new missile which it says he's capable of reaching anywhere on the u.s. mainland that caused quite a reaction in washington and also a counterproposal from russia. little rocket man rocket fuel for the american because. he is a sick puppy the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it and if for comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed we're going to go to the americans should start with explaining their intentions to us all if they are really looking for an excuse to destroying north korea as the

u.s. envoy to the u.n. said it is security council meeting let them spell it out clearly and let the u.s. leadership confirm it then we will decide how to react according to both north and south korea the missile reached an altitude of four and a half thousand kilometers before landing in the sea of japan that's more than ten times higher than the orbit of the international space station right after the launch south korea stated its own missile exercise. i. i it took place close to the border with the mills all to jacqueline bouvier explains how the north korea's nuclear threat has grown in recent. early wednesday north korea suddenly broke in over two month pause in weapons testing and showed a significant bump in their capabilities the missile is believed to be north korea's most powerful projectile to date let's break down the details during a flight the rocket reached an altitude of up to four thousand five hundred kilometers to put that in perspective that is more than ten times the height of the

international space station and while that number does come from a statement from north korea it is in line with estimates released by both japan and south korea the missile splashdown off of japan's west coast but it has been reported that if missile had been fired on a standard path it could reach a target almost anywhere in the world including any part of the u.s. but with higher frankly any previous. research and development effort on their part are you building to look out for the threat. everywhere in the world basically something likely to increase now reignited tensions is the fact that in less than a week the u.s. and south korea will again conduct drills on north korea's doorstep a practice that sees a blatant threat that they will not leave unanswered. i

. russia and china have called for the maneuvers to be paused numerous times and life of the less than friendly climate but those suggestions have been ignored along with pleas to restrain from the back and forth name calling and aggressive rhetoric between the u.s. and north korea that has been a trademark of this year this is all culminated in north korea possessing a nuclear bomb and a missile to deliver it anywhere allowing them to probably announce the conclusion of their nuclear program it looks like diplomacy may never be given a chance. we talked to gregory alledge who's a member of the advisory board of the korea policy institute may believe that washington's actions prove america isn't looking for a diplomatic solution the united states are truly concerned about north korea's nuclear program it would again dialogue that the only way to resolve the problem and north korea said many many times if you are not willing to give up your program unless the united states roughly. i think like

a reasonable request to me the more the united states wants to punish north korea the more they convince north korea that they need to develop their nuclear terror and protect themselves so has the opposite effect thanks to former bosnian croat general who fought in the bosnian war in the early one nine hundred ninety s. committed suicide during a un court session at the hague on wednesday we're going to show you video of what happened so please be warned that it does contain distressing images. here are. still police don't. venture. over who. has taken poison. his trial was part of the yugoslav war crimes tribunals the incident itself took place right after the former bosnian croat military commander lost his appeal probably that was convicted of war

crimes and given twenty years for his role in the conflict in the former yugoslavia before the war he was a theater and film director. the yugoslav was the bloodiest conflicts in european history since the second world war tensions between a complex mix of nationalities forming the state of yugoslavia erupted into a bit civil war originate yugoslavia included six republics with different nationalities and religious groups. the communist revolutionary and statesman tito who established the federal republic of yugoslavia managed to suppress nationalism to his death in the 1980's relations among the republics quickly deteriorated with each of them seeking their own independence as soon turned ugly all sides the nine hundred ninety five genocide in

tripoli needs it is one of the bloodiest pages in yugoslav history the massacre of more than eight thousand muslim both the acts perpetrated by units of the both. resulted in their commander ratko being jailed for life by the un special court in november twenty seventh. but atrocities happened on old sites in one thousand nine hundred three sixty nine so being civilians were killed by bosnia and herzegovina army forces in the scale on a massacre but an orthodox church in the cemetery but the ground. overall despite much evidence of war crimes conducted similar taney asleep by different forces the cia eventually declared said militants were responsible for ninety percent of all crimes including genocide. tonight and they took those into action against yugoslavia it is indeed tragic that diplomacy has failed and nato is now intervening in a war in a sovereign country. and eventually nato air

campaign conducted a number of operations to undermine the military capability of the boss and me. to this day the un special court is still investigating war crime cases from the conflict. a total of one hundred sixty one people have been indicted for war crimes in the former yugoslavia since the tribunal began atrocities as we mentioned were committed by all sides party to the conflict but longer sentences have been given to serbians and montenegrins counting up the total time of those jail terms serbian authorities suggest nearly one and a half thousand years were given to international that's in contrast to three hundred for croats and just fifty years for the other former yugoslavia republics however the un court has never investigated nato involvement in the war including the use of depleted uranium munitions and some of the cases in these trials have been so lengthy that several defendants have died while on trial at the hague the editor in chief of the news website the duran dot com search the tribunal certain

it was flawed from the very start and major criticism of the tribunals is that it is not being impartial it was set up in the in the one nine hundred ninety s. in mainly at the instigation of the western powers out a time when the western powers criticizing serbia and its government and the people the serbian people of bosnia for the war in bosnia now that is a problematic steps because when the same people instigate the setting up of the tribunals after they have already identified who they think is responsible for a war it becomes very difficult to expect that tribunals to act impartially. french president of the table the new plan to combat human trafficking in libya that involves military action but emanuel macross proposal is drawing wide

criticism because the previous french lead interventionist libya left the country in ruins as one eyed girl she explained. slavery and human trafficking of violent offenses sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops sitting in city zones we are proposing police military action we are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than a savage civil war more politically correct nevertheless a number of african and e.u. states are ready to help fight this war or rather not really a war says macron but a military operation still round two for france in libya. today

were intervening in libya we are intervening in order to enable the libyan people to choose their own destiny it must not be deprived of its rights by violence and terror the fact that slavery is so rampant in libya is because the country's army and political order were obliterated under nato bombardment six years ago since then libya has been stuck in a brutal and bloody political transition as president calls it or absolute chaos and anarchy as anyone out sward call it as long as it is a failed state the problem will come back as a failed state because the regime of at our feet up was not a minus for she says that was destroyed by the french and the british together in two thousand and eleven. well here's how the modern slavery problem is spread around the world africa comes out worst of seven point six people per thousand it's

followed by asia in the pacific region and then central asia and europe coming in third but interestingly enough france itself has become a key. the human trafficking hub but at least according to the u.s. state department of recent report from them it lists the country as a destination transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking we spoke to the vice president of the libyan presidential council to ask him about plan for military action. we. currently have but no. we cannot accept anything to be done with our efforts in the libyan libyan who would be the one who will do this. with the help of a lot of the money. well that i way to help them we're going to. do the right investment on that country for asia libya is not the country for you know

democratic libya is a country of iran that we as a libyan have already impressed on africa and we want to see anybody local they will get it first that the country what has been done to help this immunity to stay with their loved ones with their families and continuing to position himself as an international mediator the french president also met with the prime minister of the semi autonomous iraqi kurdistan region on saturday they discussed the recent kurdish independence referendum and the importance of national dialogue in iraq despite that though they had a few issues understanding each other. to. get him to meet you. and see if it was just a. piece of fiction from shouldn't. be sweet that it was because he had you on streets at a premium east if you told us you.

from a significant distance english but i think it would be strange to have the prison speaking english for christmas. but i'm pretty sure that stories could organize the times lieschen for the prime minister. keep on the front seat of it among. the people who killed. even the commies for sinecure the. let us also move closer civil nuclear missile to get killed.

on the way christmas market alerted germany off to police discovered a suspicious package the details when the weekly returns after the break. but politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be preached. to the right to be press it's like well before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the water using our. first sip. there is no center in the united states' political discourse it's all center right

ever since the clinton people came into power the center right has become the right and there is no peace party that exists in my country and i don't see any evidence of it except this third party that is so criticized the green party. for a view all the way to one of sunday's stories to keep you updated on new york police are searching for a driver who rammed his car into pedestrians several hours ago now killing one person the incident happened in the borough of queens reportedly during a knife outside of. the cording to police six people were hit by the car and two others were stabbed one person was taken into custody in connection with the incident dissociated press news agency quotes a police detective who says the incident is not believed to be terror related.

a christmas market in the german city of potsdam was evacuated on friday after a suspicious device was found police said it was packed with cables batteries and nails but that it didn't appear to be a viable explosive despite that the brandenburg state interior minister said it was a successful attempt to spread fear as germany is on high alert after a number of recent terror attacks. meanwhile in a europe wide threat a picture is been making the rounds online of an islamic state militant brandishing a knife with a caption soon on your holidays written english french and german and it's a threat the u.k. is taking seriously as reports festive trees aren't the only thing being installed in the run up to christmas on the streets of britain you're likely to see decorations christmas markets and an extra dose of concrete new security measures being put in place at festive markets across the country and steel barriers like these around london's winter wonderland are intended to protect pedestrians from

ice still style truck attacks for anyone put off by all the steel and concrete this could be the answer or thirty's in the city of whole have come up with this novel way of dressing up there and t. taro crash barriers london's metropolitan police have said that this year the public may see additional protective measures and security checks at festive advance around the capital and it's not just rings of steel and concrete permanent bollards like these have become common place they prevent cars and trucks from entering pedestrians though is you feel a bit more cypher seeing the police now when they were top of it ok so the extra security visibly makes you feel better to get there from a different way you know we just expect small security everywhere now is just it because that's just fortunately the way of the world. after the deadly terror attacks this year many in the u.k. are feeling vulnerable last week

a security alert at london's oxford circus sheep station triggered mass panic. 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 of feeling this festive season. please see. how the fact it's not only the u.k. that security measures have been ramped up ahead of christmas concrete blocks have also been installed in berlin munich budapest and a number of other cities across europe 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. there are barriers all of these things but if i r.t. terming to cure you they're curious it doesn't matter though but what you know it's

now sit back and enjoy christmas what i want is you. both christmas traditions all of that. on christian faith and christianity on our nation. is also a political fight. because he ended it tell you i will never how. as a. that's to me to twenty thousand people rallied in tel aviv on saturday calling on israel's leader to resign over corruption allegations. the so-called march of shame was triggered by a controversial draft law which if passed would prevent police from publishing

findings on to criminal investigations into prime minister benjamin netanyahu as well as making recommendations to prosecutors many demonstrators held up signs reading shame and prime minister netanyahu for his part has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing claiming that the bill is a political weapon against the legal government the protesters say they intend to keep up the pressure until he's forced from office. because if she goes my look i think the time has come for a change of government the government is corrupt we're sick of the corruption. we have a corrupt government that needs to be brought down as quickly as possible the prime minister nor his columnist along with him. to defend democracy and the rule to build a more equal and just society for rule one the israeli prime minister is under investigation in two separate corruption cases one he's accused of receiving bribes from wealthy businessmen and the other he's suspected of reaching a deal with a newspaper in order to secure favorable coverage. senior correspondent and

columnist i mean oren from israel's haaretz newspaper told me that netanyahu is trying to defend himself from the public fifty is important for the public to be aware of the police having collected all the evidence and way to what day think and day think that there is no case that's fine too but it is incumbent on the police to let the prosecution and the public know what their findings are now obviously. a transparent move by. his political cronies to shield him from public pressure it is probably the lowest ebb of. prime ministership because politically he has been secure in power until these criminal cases started to close around him. america had its press accreditation in the u.s. congress revoked on wednesday here's the letter that we received informing us of

the decision it says the decision to withdraw credentials was taken unanimously by the congressional press office it came in response to the network's forced registration as a foreign agent in america and the same time the state department said it would not affect the channels freedom to operate in the united states when the united states tells someone she registered under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or a fact the ability of them to report. news and information we just have to register it's as simple as that i ask the question how does this look like to the world in the nation's capital the bastion of free speech thousands of people from every conceivable form of press that there is they get a badge but are j o o no they're all foreign agent they're

different this is just gone on to the point where it's becoming absolutely we day keyless another reaction the multi national organization for security and cooperation in europe has hit out at the decision to strip r.t. of its press credentials in a tweet the a c. said that it demonstrates how foreign agent status affects media freedom the president of the international federation of journalists told us that the trend is deeply alarming it's so formal for in-situ censorship or because you can see the media is free to appropriate but do it when you withdraw the. effectively you cut. the media from sources of information that which is it which has a name censorship in our if you can rule we have a very famous say fights are secrets comments are free so. the station is supposed to give you access to the effect and from the facts to

journalist can comment on their own and they are free to do it this is simply freedom of expression and press freedom international for their issues of journalists were reacted several times in the past to one r.t. and all the media or. we cannot accept that the media enjoy in the east are used in congo free dunaj a coup or war between tonight is a new russia journalist journalist there are not agents. i love the way that we've located all in all a word you often very much for watching this sunday i'll be back with your next week leon about health. care. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your

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welcome to worlds apart seventy years ago this week the united nations voted to recognize the palestine partition plan paving the way for a jewish state alongside an arab state over the following day kids casual

proposition alongside turned into a geo politically fraught proposition at the wisdom of which these really leadership now openly contests to build a time ever calm for alongside to mean decoys existence of the two states as it was initially in this as well to discuss that i'm now joined by ida to muslim and arab member of the knesset these really parliament it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you now missed to muslim on these really authorities have put up a number of celebrations this week to mark the seventieth anniversary of that fateful the un vote but that resolution wasn't just about the establishment of israel it was actually the endorsement of an idea over of the two states living side by side did that figure into at all that it is not about only easing mail it is about israel and its neighbor yeah actually. you got

a sense of that. division. speaks about two states the whole objective messy of their existence was conditioned by a lot of the state and a lot of my a good at it is not happening this is not the situation well it's interesting as you just pointed out the creation of israel. it was very tightly linked chidi palestinian statehood at least as far as the international law is concerned but i sometimes get an impression these really politicians a very consciously trying to sever adot link in the international collective memory they actually want the international community to treat those issues as separate and non-related is that an accurate impression well mainly the. general public don't want to deal with the question of the palestinian state but in my opinion this connection between the two issues cannot

be avoided because first of all the two people are suffering from the continuous of compassion of the palestinian territories there is no possibility to dream for a good life for the palestinian people and for that is the jewish people without thinking about solving this continuous conflict and ending the occupation and establishing a palestinian state so what are we talking about here as we don't fully put the palestinian issue and the continuance of compassion in the forefront of missing the point now israel likes to market itself as the only democracy in the middle east and i heard you say before that a more accurate description would be the jewish democracy a democracy or a country where you have to be a jew to fully exercise your democratic rights what exactly do you mean by that well.