begging for nuclear war north korea claims washington is seeking all out conflict just days after pyongyang tests a new miss our it says can hit anywhere on the u.s. mainland. among the stories of the week here in r.t. suicide at the hague is a former bosnian croat general follows a vial of poison after his twenty year sentence for war crimes is upheld the french president called for military action against human traffickers in libya that critics say he has no right to intervene as the country's not yet recovered from construction inflicted by the nato led intervention of twenty eleven. welcome to our status on the evening where you watch in the weekly our look back at

the last seven days as well as the latest developments 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 is capable of reaching anywhere on the u.s. mainland that caused quite a reaction too from washington and a counter proposal from russia. little rocket man rocket fuel for the american economy it with the if 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 four comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed and 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 destroy north korea as the u.s. envoy to the u.n.

said it a security council meeting let them spell it out clearly and let the u.s. leadership confirm it then we will decide how to react well right after the launch south korea stage his own missile exercise. i. i it took place close to the border with the north. explains time north korea's nuclear threat has grown in recent months 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. it went higher frankly did any previous. research and development effort on their part are you building to look 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 light 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 miss. well 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 well while north korea is coming coming under a lot of pressure for its actions gregory glick of a member of the advisory board of the korea policy institute believes that washington is not helping the situation for now if it's really concerned about north korea's nuclear program it wasn't going to buy a lot but the only way to resolve the problem of north korea for many many pies for the people who are not willing to give up rupert program unless the united states roughly half the all powerful i think like a reasonable request. for more of the united states wants to punish north korea the more they convince north korea that they need to develop their nuclear deterrent protect themselves so has the opposite of. our former bosnian croat

general who fought in the bosnian war in the early one nine hundred ninety s. committed suicide during the u.n. court session at the hague on wednesday we are going to show you video of what happened so please to be warned it does contain distressing images for all of your . life. stop please please don't. let them. look at. all who. has taken poison. while his trial was part of the war crimes tribunals the incident itself took place right after the former bosnian croat military commander lost his appeal slow but i'm proud of yak was convicted of war crimes and given twenty years for his role in the conflict in former yugoslavia.

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 but after his death in the one nine hundred eighty s. relations among the republics quickly deteriorated with each of them seeking their own independence is soon turned ugly on all sides the nine hundred ninety five genocide in tripoli needs a 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 bosnian serb army

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 serbian civilians were killed by bosnia and herzegovina army forces in the scale on a massacre but an orthodox church in a cemetery burned to the ground. over all 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 k.

. realty of the bosnian serb army. to this day the un special court distin investigating war crime cases from the conflict well a total of one hundred sixty one people have been indicted for war crimes in the former yugoslavia since the tribunals began atrocities 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 to suggest that nearly one and a half thousand years were given to its nationals and that's in contrast to three hundred croats and just fifty years for the former yugoslavia and republics however the un court has never investigated nato's involvement in the war including the use of depleted uranium munitions some of the cases have been so lengthy that several defendants to have died while on trial at the hague the editor in chief of the news website that your own dot com says the tribunals was flawed from the very start in

major criticism of the tribunals is that it is not being impartial if was set up in the in in the one nine hundred ninety s. it was mainly at the instigation of the western powers out at a time when the western powers were criticizing serbia and its government and the people of 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. now also this week the french president tabled a new plan to combat human trafficking in libya that involves military action but a man who mad crohn's proposal is drawing wide criticism to you is the previous

french led intervention in libya left the country in ruins is not against the earth expects. 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 micron but a military operation still round two for france in libya. today

we're 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 gaddafi top was not a mass regime that was destroyed by the french and the british together in two thousand and eleven. so here's how the modern slavery problem then is spread around the world at the moment africa comes out worst at seven point six people per

thousand this followed though quickly by asia and the pacific region with central asia and europe also in their interesting enough though france itself has become a key human trafficking hub according to a report by the u.s. state department it lists the country as a destination and 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 and asked him about plan for military action but we are going to be right but you know. we cannot accept anything. we would all represent to the libyan libyans who would be the ones who do this. with the help of all of the money. well way to help them. to

right them grisman own country foraging libya is not the country for human dignity libya is a country of iran we are the libyans have already impressed on africa and we want to see anybody thought that they would give birth with their country of origin and to give up this image of you to stay with their loved ones with your families are still to come for you on the weekly this hour thousands protesting televisions the israeli prime minister and a draft law that could keep the lid on a corruption investigation we'll have the details after the break. the definition of that is rallying state is. in my opinion floated to add up citizen self as it is a jewish state for the jewish. citizens. state this is how it

goes is that i like so usually equal it says to they come to these when it is the will they are talking about economy but when. they only compare with. the. level below you on the idea that dropping bombs brings to the chicken hawks most need to fight the battle but still. use talks for the tell you that would be gossip and probably a little. off the bat telling me you are not cool enough and lets you buy their product. and all the gold. watch. oh again welcome back to the weekly now it's been estimated that 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 is triggered by a controversial draft law if passed it would prevent police from publishing findings on to criminal investigations into prime minister binyamin netanyahu as well as making recommendations to prosecutors many demonstrators held up signs reading shane and prime minister netanyahu for his part has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing claiming the bill is a political weapon against the legal government the protesters say they do intend to keep up the pressure until he is forced from office. here is my look i think the time has come for a change of government the government is corrupt we're sick of the corruption. it's

an emotion that we have a corrupt government that needs to be brought down as quickly as possible the prime minister nor his crown is along with him. to defend democracy and the rule of floor to build a more equal and just society for rule one israeli prime minister is under investigation into separate corruption cases in one he is accused of receiving bribes from wealthy businessmen and then in the other he is suspected of reaching a deal with the newspaper in order to secure favorable coverage let's talk more about this with herman she's a political science professor at the open university of israel we're pleased to say she's with us now good evening thanks for coming on what shit what's your view on this then do you believe that this draft law is a cover up by the prime minister as many people are suggesting. well it's a complicated matter you know because basically i don't think that the prime minister initiated this piece of legislation which was put recently on the table

apparently the people around him who also quite scared of the ongoing investigations this morning for example a member of class at the town. was called into. an inquiry a police station because of his alleged involvement in some corruption scandal in recent see on where he was. involved in apparently some kind of bribe given to him by by mafia people and so on and so forth so it is not only in that the now that. is worried about the outcome of these police investigations. but certainly there is this sons in law and circles in is that the upper echelons are in fact that with the corruption the problem here is that. it was in very difficult for the organizers yesterday i attended this rally

yesterday it was very difficult for them to separate between people's political positions on the one hand and the anti-corruption campaign on the other hand you see because most people on the right do think that this anti-corruption campaign is actually came by by the left you know the to get rid of netanyahu as the prime minister if israel so as long as they would not be able to frame me as a state matter a concern that should bring together people of all political convictions this would then i why i would say a limited issue to be dealt with by those who do not agree with the now and then. the other sure taking everything into a can there that you said isn't it in the interest of yet in yahoo for example to

perhaps redraw this draft bill because everybody saying it's him that's benefiting from this and if he's innocent as he claims want to just say ok well the police can publish what they like you know i don't feel i'll be facing any charges one or just go ahead and be open actually he said it this morning he said that the legislation in no way would not be relevant as far as his case is concerned. he also mentioned that the police is after him personally based on political matters this base of legislation is just i would say one very critical of course issue to be debated but it is seen by by most of the protesters just as the tip of the iceberg not as the issue. as a whole because the progress is going on for more than a year indeed not in tel aviv but in part the think about but people who were

protesting there for many many weeks this is the i would say the culmination of a sense of this satisfaction which because taking place in television got more coverage than in previous weeks ok good to get your insight we appreciate it we have to leave it there was time at home and political science professor at the open university of israel thank you. like green peace activists broke into a french nuclear power station on tuesday to highlight what they say is weak security at the site. on the kids like you. i met your account hunter valley delusion well i've. just thought i am past goals a greenpeace activist we decided spontaneously to enter the chorus nuclear power

station we succeeded in getting into the cooling. well it is a stunt greenpeace's conducted before in france it is part of a wider campaign to show that all fifty eight french nuclear reactors do have serious security issues france is deeply reliant on them as they do account for seventy five percent of its electricity when the country has the second highest number of nuclear power plants in the world two and in a report published back in october a number of international experts did assess the risks posed by nuclear plants they highlighted the security shortcomings in france and in europe generally point out that most plants were built before modern day terrorism emerged france recently replaced its two year state of emergency with tough anti terror legislation to help it deal with the threat posed by terrorists the state electricity company that

looks after the sites confirmed the intrusion but said that no threats were posed to the plant safety former british army intelligence officer chris hunter told us though that greenpeace still succeeded in highlighting a real danger. given the number of power plants in france and across europe of course there has to be a review of security and certainly they've got to be multiple layers of security whether that's what they call physical security the electronic surveillance the you know fences and walls that actually alarm when there's any sort of intrusion this incident in particular tells us quite a lot about the level of security you know getting over one fence is a possibility but i think they managed to get quite close to the area where the spent fuel rods are stored and that is quite a concern there are a significant number of power stations across france that have nuclear power plants those facilities were built long before there were threats from al qaida and isis they were built to protect against every day threats security definitely has to be

tightened given the number of these facilities and you know the number of vos threats from al qaeda and isis. look at other news now in r.t. america had its press accreditation in the u.s. congress revoked on wednesday his the less he received informing us of the decision it does say the decisions with through a credentials was taken unanimously by the congressional press office and it came in response to the networks forced registration as a foreign agent in america at the time the state department said it would not affect the channels freedom to operate in the states when the united states tells someone to register 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 the register it's a 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 our chain oh oh oh no vero foreign agent very different this is just gone on to the point where it's becoming absolutely ridiculous. you're going to ization for security and cooperation in europe this is how to the decision to strip r.t. of its press credentials in a tweet the us he said it does demonstrate how foreign agents status affects media freedom the president of the international federation of journalists told us the trend is deeply alarming it's a form of insidious censorship or because you can see the media is free to operate but do it when you withdraw the. us effectively you cut. the media from sources of information which is which has

a name censorship in our ethical rules we have a very famous say facts are secrets comments are free so. the creation is supposed to give you access to the effect and from the facts to a 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 actions of journalists reacted several times in the past to one r.t. and other media or. we cannot accept that the media and join the list are used in kind of iduna to a war between the united and nourish a journalist or journalist they're not agents. now the controversial white helmet screen piece causing divisions again a conference featuring critics of the syrian activists had been held despite pressure to call it off it was organized by the swiss press club but reporters

without borders said it shouldn't go ahead. we were challenged on our support for this conference with the name of our organization appearing on the list of media members we totally dissociate ourselves from this event and do not wish to be associated with the conference we invite you to abandon this project which will damage the image of the swiss press club it was very surprising and very disappointing to see the journalist association asking for the kind of censorship that was my first reaction when so i decided to reply writing your letter and asking them to respect the freedom of the speech constitution everything describe the writer meds as an. organisation they cannot admit they were wrong and yes they didn't even admit to here are the people who are

criticizing the white term that's his it was a taboo to speak about them that's impossible for a serious journalist or simply hardest person to admit such such abuse of your own but it's the first time in the twenty years of the existence of this response work that we receive such demons from a journalist association which is supposed to support two to support the press freedom while white helmets are known for their work in syrian conflict zones and filming it saying this year the group received an oscar for a documentary showing them risking their lives helping victims but there have been you recently gave the white helmets have ties with terrorist organizations they also took part in a provocative manikin challenge video filming a fake rescue operation some people in a conflict zone say that it that in reality the group is very selective about who

they help. shows them helping the people but they only help their rebel fighters they really those close to them the last thing they cared about is civilians. whenever food aid was brought into the white helmets and the rebels would take it all for themselves they give us nothing not even bread and he did so us what there were many people buried alive the woods helmets would come to save their own and if they found civilians they might still and they might not thanks the company tonight you've been watching at the weekly here not a morning now for the. whole

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