little bit of those were. the. last protests erupt across the middle east following the u.s. president's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel . also ahead this hour the russian military says islamic state has suffered a total defeat in syria after the remaining territories held by the terror group are liberated. british soldiers may face trial of the international criminal its chief prosecutor say there is reason to believe that war crimes were committed against accountants in iraq.

today here in moscow this is r.t. international coming in live to your screens every hour of the day i'm going to knowing welcome to the program in a move that's been met with worldwide condemnation the u.s. president has announced washington will officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel donald trump also sees the american embassy will be moved from tel aviv to the ancient city which has long been contested by israel and palestine huge protests broke out across the mideast upon the news. therefore i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. well these are pictures of how parts of the muslim world reacted to trump's decision mass demonstrations broke out in

the west bank turkey lebanon is also facing a backlash from other global leaders many say the move could have terrible consequences for peace in the region. no one has their eyes to play with the fates of either and so if people for the sake of one's personal ambitions. are ignoring the publisher the missionary christian writes in jerusalem will only fuel for the extremism and i'll get my religious tradition. they cannot oppose people's feelings and beliefs this is a new type of adventurism and global arrogance of the us. king so made our position clear during his telephone conversation with president saudi arabia's policy regarding the palestinians will never change the palestinian

issue is a primary concern to us. we warned the us address a year ago we've warned of the consequences that would occur in case the us and president trying to this decision which will damage u.s. relations with the error may show. well a palestinian fundamentalist group hamas has called for a new into father or op rising in response to trump's decision its leader house declared friday a day of rage urging palestinians to go out onto the streets to protest. well sure islam is considered sacred by christians jews and muslims that us quarter of the city is home to the western wall the last remnant of the second jewish temple which was destroyed by the romans the ancient city is also home to the

shrine of the dome of the rock the oldest islamic monument still in existence a. mosque the third holiest site in. islam well israel called true islam its eternal capital and has its government base there are most of the international community doesn't recognize that claim no country in the world has an embassy in jerusalem only some consulates the western part of the city is predominantly it's really the eastern part palestinian it's holy sites are a particularly sensitive issue they have a special status quo which when threatened has led to unrest and violence journalist to haarlem miller seemed told us more about the possible consequences of washington's policy over all. well soon after us present don't trump concluded his speech president mahmoud abbas in a televised speech an angry speech. with. the decision by

the u.s. president and criticize this decision saying that jerusalem will look for ever be an arab and capital of the palestinian future state and no one can change its identity if these deplorable and unacceptable measures deliberately undermine all she suffers from and proclaim that the us are abandoning the rule of sponsor of the peace process that they have played over the past decade there has been in minor clashes throughout the west bank and in fact we've heard that there has been some demonstrations in east jerusalem there will be a general strike and calls for days of rage deferred also reports of demonstrations in jordan and also. the capital of therapy in front of the u.s. embassy as well as demonstrations a few hundred yards in front of the u.s. consulate in istanbul wide condemned nation throughout the middle east and the muslim world with a decision that the present don't trump talk by moving the embassy from the city of

tel aviv in israel to jerusalem as well as announcing that jerusalem is the capital of israel i have to say that really across the political spectrum here israeli lawmakers and the majority of the public here support this move the prime minister benjamin netanyahu put out a statement on you tube this is a historic day the president's decision is an important step towards peace for there is no peace that doesn't include jerusalem as the capital of the state of israel he went on to call this a just and courageous decision and he called on other countries to follow suit now it doesn't look at this moment like many other countries will follow suit but overall this is a decision. it is really have been praising now if we look at the israeli arab lawmakers of course a very different reaction there the head of the major party here that serves in the israeli knesset releasing a statement saying that trump is

a quote hater that he is not interested in any kind of peace between israelis and palestinians by making because he's made his kind of move which really destroys he said the chances for peace meanwhile the current u.s. embassy in tel aviv is gearing up for potential clashes i decide its doors by implementing extra security measures it also issued a travel alert forbidding employees from traveling to jerusalem's old city international leaders of the united nations were quick to voice their concerns about recognizing jerusalem as the capital calling washington step to do so a radical this is your hope that this is a regrettable decision which fronts does not approve of and which contradicts international law and un security council resolutions we disagree with the u.s. decision to move its embassy to jerusalem and recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital before a final status agreement we believe it is unhelpful in terms of prospects for peace

in the region. the european union expresses serious concern about today's announcement by the united states president trump the aspirations of both parties must be fulfilled and a way must be found through negotiations. the palestinians. totally know only the americans the. before. and there is you know whatsoever to any kind of a peace process in those circumstances well the immediate reaction is one of outrage. a little bit perhaps of pity towards the american people who are led by a man who seems to be as clueless as he is ignorant about this conflict about the implication of this reckless decision that he has just taken and about the diminished standing that he is taking his country to because of these policies and

and because of this statement that is absolutely detached from reality and a slap in the face to the internet entire international system this is first of all illegal under international law the message that trump sent out from the white house today is that the united states under the trump administration will reward countries for violating international law would reward countries for being bullies will reward countries for violating human rights and shield them from any form of accountability. of the u.s. has long been an ally of israel with relations seemingly getting stronger since donald trump took office. and explains there's plenty of intrigue on just how close the ties between team trump and israel really are. collusion is a popular accusation to throw around these days and a lot of what we're hearing working with a foreign government receiving money is what the trial team did with israel like

undermining the policy of a current administration in favor of a foreign government michael flynn trump's former national security adviser admits he called russia and asked them to delay a vote at the u.n. security council that israel didn't like and. on or about december twenty second twenty sixteen and very senior member of the presidential transition team directed fully into context officials from foreign governments to learn where each government stood on the resolution and to influence those governments to delay the vote or defeat the resolution. informed the russian ambassador about being coming administration's position to the resolution and requested that russia vote against or delay the resolution now we don't know who engineered it but take a look at this video of hi i'm savin the israeli billionaire and jared cushion or trump son in law seriously you and you. were.

taking steps to try and get the. united nations security council. to. not go along this crowd and myself want to thank you for making that i will thank you very much. and then there are sheldon adelson now he's an israeli billionaire newspaper owner and he's also a top contributor to israeli lobbyists bankrolling their activities well he threw in five million dollars to contribute to donald trump's inauguration now there is money and also personal chemistry the trump family is quite close with benjamin netanyahu according to the new york times netanyahu even borrowed the bedroom of jarrett cushion or when he was sleeping over at his mansion in new jersey now the relationship is no secret even his even bragged about it can i review how long we've known you. oh it was never small it was always big it's always

told but. i've known the president and i've known his family and his team for a long time so where is all this close and sometimes not so open cooperation gotten us well donald trump has now recognized jerusalem as israel's capital now this move is very pleasing to israelis but it's quite explosive for the region but no one is keen to shout about this blatant teamwork unlike some other country that's constantly in the headlines. r.t. new york. russia's central command and once the momentous victory for syria on weapons they are saying the country has been fully liberated from islamic state with moscow's military campaign there seemingly entering now its final stages. of looks back at what's been achieved in ridding syria of eisel. the sioux called islamic state of syria and iraq is a state no more for all intents and purposes says the russian defense ministry it

is being destroyed as a fractured iraq still hot spots and isolated pockets with putin added but with the liberation of the west bank of the euphrates river isis has done seven hundred and ninety days off to russia got involved in september two thousand and fifteen when isis was arguably at its peak fitness lifts . when the russian operation began isis held more territory in syria than any other faction two years in a few months on the caliph it has been reduced to clumps of villages and i don't the habits of dead that most of the russian air force a loon that did this the u.s.

led coalition also played a huge pot we've been covering the syrian civil war in depth before isis even had its name before jihad ists hijacked the rebel schools here are some of the more memorable moments filmed by my colleagues and i. are. this is the ad base from which russian jets. against this comic state targets here in syria. whether it's. time. the pilots are ready to go what's a moment's notice. in

this amphitheater laid down by the romans almost two thousand years ago that isis staged one of its sickest massacres the russian military considers it the crowding jewel of their operation here in syria. you can see had just some of the impressive military hardware that isis have in that possession that has made the battle for power so tough when extremely close to isis positions less than two kilometers away and. were as a syrian artillery position overlooking the industrial quarter of their resort the

battle is said to be theists isis fired back as we filmed shells began falling all around. we ran but the syrian batteries kept firing life even did as ordered is still far from normal but at least they won't be starving to death and the more. ultimately it wasn't russian or american jets that played the decisive role in this these victory belongs to the syrians the thousands and thousands who fought and died to defeat isis those who stood up to jihad ists even when it seemed nothing could stop them unfortunately it's unlikely that this will end. here many isis fighters have escaped to the ground the sleeper cells will terrorize the world for years to come

but now they'll no longer have the caliph that to fight for. oil since the russian military has offered to help the us fight in iraq here's what you've done off with more of the proposal russia has effectively expressed its outright willingness to join the u.s. led coalition against deisel the very same coalition that has been conducting as strikes against terrorists both in syria and iraq now of course russia has yet to hear back from washington the on this the us president has praised the fact that quote i still has been knocked out of syria and knocked out of iraq pentagon would like to minimize the russians. they were they have been complaining about it long and i think the us always has trouble leaving theaters of war the us would probably stay around in syria. with the help of the kurds of course and so

. they don't want to give the that territory back to assad there's probably no military reason for them to be there any more i don't think that will hold territory because i don't think the great powers of the are in the regional powers that will let them do that but after their brutal rule that they have territory that they had occupied. british soldiers could be facing war crime charges over allegations of abuses in iraq that story and more after the. corporations are living. on people. representation worse my representation of them is on stop unless i get a good measure. amazon stock to participate in the growth of this corporate takeover i'm under no obligation to fulfill this. trump just based.

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thousand and three and two thousand and nine the court's chief prosecutor sais there are reasonable grounds to believe that some troops may have abused the captain's reporting on this. it's a court that seen a number of historic and high profile trials of war criminals including the cases of slobodan milosevic rod crime lab and charles taylor and now the international criminal court in the hague is looking into british troops ledge to war crimes against detainees chairing the iraq conflict i respect for years after u.k. troops officially pulled out of iraq the only thing is chief prosecutor has said that there is a reasonable basis to believe that british soldiers unlawfully killed prisoners during the portrait acted u.s. led the war.

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was shot down earlier this year accused of a lack of professionalism it didn't result in any prosecutions and the long awaited chilcot inquiry which came a year before that concluded that the two thousand and three invasion of iraq was based on the false pretext. in the past the international criminal court has been accused of racism and imperialism by pursuing predominantly african politicians the probe into british soldiers alleged war crimes would see the court investigating one of its main back as victims and their families will be hoping to see the i.c.c. deliver justice where the british government wasn't able to. see

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hello and welcome to world apart just as the war in syria started to show some promise of abating the violence in yemen has intensified to a degree that may once again put the middle east on the brink of a major confrontation does the idea of forging some kind of regional understanding amount to anything more than a doomed task to discuss that i'm now joined by iran's foreign minister zarif minister it's great to see in moscow welcome good to be here and good to be with you now minister you've been in the city since monday and i assume the topic of syrian reconciliation always feature high on the agenda but i wonder if the fast moving events in yemen to the now confront killing all of the former president saleh has forced you to shift your focus how vulnerable is the syrian peace process

to outside the bounds but i'm a happy to be in russia the work we close even russia and other regional countries in order to help bring about an end to syria i'm here this time for caspian research is an important issue for iran russia and the three other countries neighboring caspian we have made important progress in syria with russia and turkey are both true astana processes but that's true sochi and we had hoped from the very beginning that a political solution could be found for yemen as we continue to hope that a political solution could be found for syria a few. days after the breakup of the. now thirty month old hostilities in yemen the mob bodmin tovia many civilians we proposed a four point plan for yemen immediate ceasefire urgent humanitarian assistance

intra yemeni luck and the formation of an inclusive broad based government that remains i believe the only solution to yemen that the minister i'm sure would agree with me that that plan is now. perhaps even less realizable after the such a kind of profile killing do you think that complicates the international effort both in the yemen and in syria unfortunately the events of the past few days have not helps this process and be hope. biddies on fortunate developments over the past four or five days we do unfortunate developments of the past thirty months and beyond everybody in yemen and all the neighboring countries would come to the realisation that we have to put this nightmare to an end and we need to get together and put a plan to end the conflict in yemen now if i may share a personal impression of it here because they have the video of the president's

body wrapped in a blanket being mounted onto a pickup truck there is some very grim resemblance to the killing of moammar gadhafi six years ago and i was kind of surprised. mr saleh was a controversial figure for sure but i was very surprised by the lack of sympathy in the arab or more broadly a regional media. when it comes to his faith is that faith is that the new political norm in the middle i certainly hope the leadership in the earlier would move in the direction of responding to the needs and requirements of the population so that they do not face this grim fate at the end of the killing of came shortly after he pulled out of his tactical alliance with the who are these and signaled their willingness to negotiate with a salad a lot coalition.