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trying to find out why. are you watching. the news. reports. executed fifty two civilians from two iraqi tribes. that's according to the latest report by human rights watch witnesses claim the forces killed women and children fleeing the fighting between government backed forces the victims were from the tribes that had reportedly sheltered and helped i sold militants. but there are two tribes these are sunni arab tribes one called into it the other jaish these are famous

tribes from the area of singe are the historical homeland of the according to the izzy these two specific tribes were complicit with isis and the day that isis arrived in the area these tribes helped isis to round up his east turn women into sex slaves and to massacre other members of the z.t. community since then i have spent much time with u.c.d. elders who told me they had drawn up a list of individuals and of tribes and would target them and kill them if they had the chance heard of incidents where what is now a group of u.c.b. fighters you see the militia empowered on the payroll of the baghdad government that has targeted members of these two tribes but what we understand is that they're targeting anyone from these tribes women children men not because they were specifically involved in nice abuses and abuses against the israelis but just be care because they carry the name of this tribe according to top iraqi officials in

twenty four to you know alone almost seven thousand people were kidnapped by ice or we understand three thousand are still missing. the men want to offer us and skiffs and in the evenings they would get together and treat the women and have their fun with us. it was indescribable funny laugh turned into endless suffering tears and hunger i couldn't do anything about cry and as i saw losers ground in iraq baucus really. as the killings and torture of tribe members by the forces are yet another dog chapter for the war torn country if any one in these battles against isis has been to end

a horrific cycle of violence and erupt violence in iraq and allow only. armed actors to target try to target women children men believe that nothing to do with the crimes of isis with complete impunity allowing them to torture and execute within punitive really will spell disaster for the next steps in iraq and any hopes of reconciliation community and. so with the world gearing up for new year's eve germany has come up with a new way to ensure security safe zones for women are being set up at burdens brandenburg gate party and comes in response to a mass of sexual assaults at celebrations two years ago in cologne artie's maria phenomena has been gauging reaction in the german capital. just like at new year's celebrations the world over hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock

to this place here in berkeley to see out the old and bringing the new you can see preparations the current me on to go in but keeping everyone safe without spoiling the atmosphere is a huge challenge for the authorities and these here organizers i go in one step further aside from usual safety berries and alcohol bans and so-called women's safety area is being set up it's a zone where female guests who feel sexually harassed of just uncomfortable can get special help is being manned by members of german red cross and comes in response to events two years ago back then hundreds of women who were sexually assaulted at new year carnivals they were groped robbed intimidated and separated from their friends according to leaked police documents there were more than one thousand cases reported in cologne in hamburg alone more than two thousand men were reportedly involved most of them asylum seekers the new idea of the women's safety

area has received a mixed reaction that's a good idea many people feel like need help but they don't know who to ask to do and having these services kind of nice i think sexual harassment was people who were in groups and you were so how do you get from here to the safe place i mean. it seems a bit far fetched i don't think it's such a good idea it's to me it sounds it's a bit like an early be set up. after freight but this is this is to aids good because it's needed. in front of many it's kind of interesting that they do it in a new years as an events because i'd be better if it's like a long long get to like tutor or like the big. artistic want think that you do it first pressure because i don't know the south it's a little commercial you know way too early in police has also issued the

recommendations for those who are planning to come here for new year's celebrations including avoiding aggressive groups pain attention when someone gets too close and in case of any danger reporting to police reason otieno r.t. from berlin if the party member in the berlin parliament frank console believes instead of safe zones for women it's migration policies that need to rethink. we feel that there is a new step of. danger coming into our country we've seen it since we have to already build vaults against our christmas markets this is a development we do not want to see really policy should change we should not continue to have this mass migration of illegal immigration we do have we have to count and see who the people are who came to our country have to register them this is a process which has not been come to an end and we must close the borders in order

to have a stable society you can go much further than the security forces or the politicians in germany go so that's a problem and that i think this is not a good sign for the new year to come. an israeli court has sentenced a sixty eight year old bedouin man to ten months in prison and fined him more than ten thousand dollars for trespassing but he claims the land belongs to him. as a village elder and it's located in southern israel but when tribes are settled there long before the state was even a stablished but israeli authorities believe they occupy their land illegally and send in a riot police and bulldozers to demolish the village when ever it's built up so far they've leveled it to the ground more than one hundred times. reports. i'm hearing the nor the negev desert where there isn't much except

a few dozen and recognized bedwyn villages this is one belonging to the tribe but there are some two hundred fifty people who live here and they say that this land is they is going back generations but israeli authorities insist they here illegally. oh. it will take years until this fight ends they're looking to push us so we'll compromise and we'll give this land to the state. he my your duty if i was jewish the soldiers wouldn't come here at six in the morning on a rainy day they don't care this is just a bedouin house they don't think the bedouins are human beings they don't care that

bedouins the citizens of this country they don't care that bedouins live on this land not the country's land. the trying to say is they've lived here for seven hundred and fifty years. many this document is from one thousand and five in the autumn in the air and the second one with the red stamps is also from autumn in times nine hundred twenty nine and this third one doesn't have to do with the land it's from nine hundred thirty six and these are receipts from taxes for the land. everybody here is family father mother uncle aunt relatives only the alps worry family is buried in this cemetery no one else only al torrey tribe and their relatives. live. thousands of palestinians

clashed with this ready force and gaza and the west bank on friday. i was was. loading. prices through rocks and burning tires as they confronted i.d.f. troops soldiers deployed to gas in response to be honest on thousands need to treatment by paramedics the mass demonstrations have become a weekly a car and since donald trump recognized jerusalem as the israeli capital on december the sixth. now if you were to take the word of the mainstream media russia has had a very busy twenty eight seventeen especially when it comes to sowing discord and

interfering in elections the world over although in his latest interview russia's foreign minister had a word or two to say about it. he does all the billboards said. we should. be. off. but it. was right. up there with. the manuals and the political. people which. we've said you know just about the bill will go go go. so did you hear that

russia's foreign minister actually admitted to meddling in elections around the world i don't pay to us is that i didn't know that was actually a video. and. what do you think do you think that that actually i mean are you surprised by that that he would admit to actually meddling in the u.s. election absolutely i think definitely changed everything that the public was seeing right now and of course he would never meet if they did anyway right it's quite surprising that he would admit something and even go further it's actually it's a prank video it was a comedy show that he did he was totally being second guy i mean this only i knew. he was being sarcastic ok much more sense you're saying he's joking yeah it was a comedy program you're right but who knows that he's joking do you feel like people are predisposed to believe negative things about russia one hundred years ago and today i think that we have a very negative connotation about people and yeah it's the way versions are

pictured than western countries. if you thought that installing the latest antivirus software would protect you from being hacked think again even leading cyber security expert john mcafee has not been a me and he's claimed his twitter account was breached and used as part of an elaborate crypto currency scam as well. can what. has been notified of the day tweet was not me.

john mcafee of course the creator of the popular mcafee antivirus software is also behind a wide range of other cyber security products we spoke to him about his recent online security woes and his take on the rise of crypto currency as we lie on a number of people we will rely on our carriers to telephone shares around twitter my father was hacked through my carrier eighteen t. prior to being hacked my phone was totally disabled you couldn't call into and i got calls from it they sent to my phone number a special code so that i could get in but it wasn't me it was the hacker. this is something totally out of my control totally out of everyone's control and what happened to me is not a threat or there's a great threat to all mind this is

a great threat to off evil who of cryptocurrency most people do not keep their common sense on their own while we're living in a new world and a new world of risks for all of us using the internet actors are becoming more and more efficient and more sophisticated in their hacking techniques this is going to happen to me and promised it can happen to him and i just a moment here on r.t. international we talk to the son of a french aid worker who's been held hostage by terrorists in mali for more than a year now that story in the mix of your headlines after the break. join me every. time i'm sure and i'll be speaking to. score. i'm sure i'll see if.

it is the big countdown the ball is going to drop new year's starting resolutions will be created it's all so very exciting let's. we have. doctors here. they say the relatives would hate them. and it just so. inspiring to hear something telephone call or a person coming. in my room the same where he says my wife has just died thank you.

with us today it's been more than a year since a french aid worker who had gone to mali to help malnourished children was abducted sophie petang is seventy two years old back in twenty sixteen she was taken hostage by local terrorists in july this year she was shown alongside five other captives and so-called proof of life footage released by al qaida and we spoke to her son who says despite an ongoing investigation he's received no information so. no you.