a fifth day of unrest in iran sees the u.s. and israel accused of trying to take advantage of the situation and seek regime change. also to come this hour a palestinian teenager is charged with assault for punching two israeli soldiers while the palestinian leader's faster party issues a guide for children on how to throw stones at security forces. or what we see. is permanent inside for people to come back to the israelis have used live fire they have used tear gas disproportionately . on the cryptic message and a link to a rap song wiki leaks edited jena songe gets his followers guessing with a media twitter.

hello good afternoon welcome you're watching r.t. international where it's just come one o'clock here in moscow our top story this hour a fifth day of unrest in iran has seen a number of deaths climbed to at least twenty one six died overnight after anti-government protesters tried to storm a police station in central iran while another three died in separate incidents nearby rising living costs the key driver for the protests which have seen violent clashes with police some protesters have also been trying to take over military bases two deaths at the weekend so the government deny police had opened fire within the last three days alone have reportedly been more than four hundred fifty of arrests meanwhile iran's biggest protests in nearly a decade have been getting encouraged and from its major political rivals the u.s. . israel with more on that is. what began as discontent over economic hardship and

alleged corruption in the room has evolved into massive nationwide anti and pro-government demonstrations iran's president came out saying citizens have the right to protest as long as it's done peacefully you know. in recent days we have witnessed protests and everyone must be aware of this point that we are a free nation and according to the constitution and human rights the people are absolutely free to criticize the government and even protest the government will not tolerate some protesters who want to destroy public property will disrupt public discipline and create turmoil in society that's made hundreds of arrests violent clashes and even deaths and the conflict has now spread beyond iran's borders as international powers give their two cents donald trump unleashed a stream of tweets on the issue accusing the islamic republic of corruption human rights violations and squandering the nation's wealth on sponsoring terrorism

hassan rouhani hit back at his american counterpart saying washington has no right to act as if it sympathizes with the iranians when trump not long ago called their country a nation of terrorists iran he cherished nation like few others but if you look closely trump has ever so slightly adjusted his rhetoric he shifted the blame solely on the government while calling for change of course we've known for quite a while what kind of change the trumpet ministration would like to see in the ram our policy towards iran is to push back on the show germany contain their ability to develop obvious me nuclear weapons and to work toward support of those elements and shout of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of that government those elements are there surely as we know so trump may be hoping these protests will be the perfect opportunity to achieve just that but he's not the only one charming in the israeli government has voiced encouragement for the. anti-government protests bravely reigning its are pouring

into the streets they seek freedom they seek justice they seek the basic liberties that have been denied to them for decades and when this regime finally falls one dude will iranians and israelis will be great friends once again i wish the iranian people success in their noble quest for freedom and what's even more surprising is what's happening on his own doorstep sunday saw thousands gather in tel aviv for a fifth week of anti-government corruption demonstrations just last week over ten thousand protested throughout israel yet the media have all but ignored them the israeli probably they're working very hard with america would be stabilized counter. basically the decision has been very clear and vocal by the israeli they want the united states to actually attack iran militarily so if they can use some incitement they will do but they know they're going to leave it to the united

states to do the work on behalf of them. backing protests abroad but ignoring mass demonstrations in your and your allies backyards it may be a new year but good luck waiting for a new approach from the u.s. or israel on that. you get there well there have also been protests in the region for the last month over the u.s. presence recognition of two recent and as these daily capital. i was a one hundred. leap i could.

sleep. with anger showing little sign of calming the palestinian leaders party has posted online a guide for youngsters on how to throw stones at security forces the tweet from faster was later deleted we had reaction from both sides. all what we see now in

india terry told us is permanent incitement for people to come and. use and even the last. we saw when they explained to the children children you know what teenagers do to throw stones on the israeli passengers. innocent people in cars and they say don't underestimate the stones it's a fossil damage please throw stones on the israelis and we're usually here listening i'm gonna answer back listen it's not it's not partial no picking up stones and throwing at the occupier is not a palestinian invention and it's certainly not something that all of a sudden popped up in two thousand and seventeen the fact is palestinian protests throughout the past weeks since the announcement under islam have been peaceful there have been absolutely no use of arms while the israelis have used life fire

they have used tear gas this proportionately and in a manner that many have said is not in line with international law or the standards used usually by other law abiding states we are not waking up in the only group of followers palestinians to to kill or to shoot what we hear on the palestinian policy no communication mean we hear every day incitement to kill israelis launching resize only exploding what do you expect us to do the fact that israel is the occupying power in palestine is a legal fact it's not up for debate this has nothing to do with opinion it has nothing to do it. certainly has nothing to do with what i what happens every day in palestine is the palestinian population confronting and millet. that is basically with the regional superpower

a military that has control over every aspect of life for palestinians we confront these israel these soldiers at the checkpoints we have to deal with them when we need to move from one point to another in our own homeland they decide whether we can build our homes or not whether we can keep our schools the control is absolute we do a lot. for me only by deduces all capital and i believe that some day. we've come to negotiate us instead of using their all again stars we'll have a couple in the model for the first time in history policy will ever state side by side and this is what we're into what one palestinian who felt the brunt of the police response was this fourteen year old boy had been hurling stones at i.d.f. soldiers and was injured after being hit in the face by a rubber bullet his injuries were

a step the father of the boy's cousin who confronted two heavily armed soldiers last week and was filmed kicking and hitting them. to many there is now charged with assault and incitement along with her mother the court previously claimed that the pair posed a danger and put them into custody and had father defended his daughter though saying that she just feels she had no choice but to take the action. if you like to call herself as a leader of what a fighter for the palestinian issue she believe that we must study directly all the time she need to be in the fruit of the salt in the air in the clashes with me. this is what she believe in. for that when i saw her when

she saw. the army she became more active more of our. leader to fight. now twenty seventeen did see a number of countries tackle independence campaigns from restive regions and they were met with legal clampdowns and sometimes violent force to be done of now looks at the referendums which made waves from europe to iraq. for hundreds of thousands twenty seventeen became a hero hope a year of promise and here broken trust referendums a cornerstone of many democracies in the ultimate soon of transforming the will of the people into people power in practice has arguably broad far more disenchantment than results. leading up to its vote spanish catalonia saw it all from countless wool sprayed with pro dependence graffiti two million strong

demonstrations madrid has never approved of the referendum who ruled illegal under the spanish constitution but when a date was set anyway the future seemed bright for independence of course is. that. it that yet ninety percent at the ballot box said slowly you should break away. that we have the right to decide our future we've won the right to an independent state billed as a republic. the outcome of the vote was hardly a surprise and neither was madrid's response. the catalan government was sacked by madrid independence leaders who accused of rebellion and sedition as they fled into exile were arrested december's snap election brought a slim majority to separatist posses but with

a pro union party winning the most seats so almost back to square one and nowhere near the independence promised at the referendum bus alona was even banned from lighting its iconic fountains yellow with the colors deemed the session a symbol. iraqi kurdistan is another region that short of independence this year and missing two kurds came out in force and voted overwhelmingly to secede from iraq then this is a for the kurdish people point someone to use this is a big victory but despite the good seeing yes to independence that's not what the referendum achieved. and those one spearheaded the push to break way down. i haven't for them and that will not extend. although the bridge that vote took place back in

twenty sixteen it dominated headlines throughout the last year. the sun was risen. in the bad guy to take jamie twenty days the national bank holiday. and the kind of. bridge that was supposed to have moved far closer than it has by now but instead appears to be phasing drifting further away and this is the divorce process wasn't painful enough prime minister may spectacularly failed to sweep to britain's parliament into green lighting her briggs it plans. into law even the international trade secretary said breaks it negotiations would be the easiest in human history i was the prime minister still agree with that assessment some created. but the fusion can be concluded quickly and then that

the commission was trying to bully the british people about this resolution for twenty eighteen don't get your hopes too high for a friend. or a full day in them is thrown out to people as a way of involved. the mass of the population an important decision but then what happens is after the result has been taken that's the process which is counted by politicians one of the things that i think we have to jason is hope does democracy actually function there's a problem with our democracy there's a problem with we're. in our society. now the editor of wiki leaks gina sanchez kicked off a new year with a cryptic message she took to twitter with a seemingly indecipherable and also a link to a popular rap song leaving many people scratching their heads.

fascinating stuff he watching. we do have more on the devastating cost of victory in iraqi city of mosul plus a story on how a. free market brought two strangers to gether from different countries they story stick.

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again twenty seventeen did see the defeat of eisel in syria and iraq but the human cost of the victory is staggering the u.s. coalition air campaign against the the terrorist defacto capital in iraq all but raised the city to the ground once a city of two million people hundreds of thousands were forced to flee many of those buried under the rubble the horrors of the war were captured by george butler a british british artist imbedded with the iraqi army. for it to the.

through. the other. artes do you hawkins talk to the board winning artist and illustrator about his experiences in the conflicts. and what was your first impressions when you when you arrived and became embedded with the iraqi special forces what i found i guess was huge destruction to. civilian life and as ever it's the civilians that. are losing out more than anybody and they're the ones with the stories and other ones that i as an illustrator and as artist i guess are trying to do to get justice to what was the most difficult almost striking thing that you that you saw there

something that really made an impression on you on one side a pile of endless piles of rubble these houses been destroyed in an airstrike and this. came out and bought me a chair to sit on next you could see i was touring and just begins to tell a story and isis fighters had fled the mosque next door during the fight firefight they'd come into his home where his family were living and then the iraqi army had called in an airstrike which it so often does in mosul of course killing but also killing his mother two of his brothers and one of their wives this attack actually happened on the same day that there's an infamous attack hundred sixty people were killed in mosul and the willingness to talk about it and the openness and the normality of it was perhaps the most extraordinary thing and that is the fact that i was so so regular i guess is just a difficult thing to accept you will always be fortunate to capture this in your drawing but is this something you really occurred all over the city but

a lot of the damage that you see is not done by not done by car bombs or firefights but by a strike that story of people civilians being caught up in that it's obviously very sad but it is happening in mosul over the last few months i just want to ask you on the point of the refugee camp as well you've made one painting in the. amount of recently suffered a heart attack. just after the second world war. five days earlier. lying in this tent outside the main refugee camp conditions the heat alone was and his wife you can imagine the desperation he hasn't eaten for five days or drunk and. it's a very private moment this man may well be dying maybe it will be dead by now but you're inviting strangers in into your tent for those last moments on the off chance that they can help for me was a difficult choice whether you whether you engage with the story or whether you

stand out from it because of course the chance of helping is very i think very slim what memory you are will take away from from your time in mosul the one you know impression that really will will stay with you i think it's always this well i suppose it's always been the same and that is. that it is the majority of civilians losing out. hugely to something that they have no control of over the lack of this kind of very vulnerable the moment and the lack of choice and the thing that i guess it was sticks to me is that the drawings that i'm doing are done with permission the best drawings i did were the ones that i was very much emotionally attached to the kind of desire to draw to do justice and draw exactly what was in front of me george butler talking about his experiences there on a brighton chance find in a camera bought in a moscow flea market set a french program for a seemingly impossible puzzle to solve but she did manage to do it is

a story. sixteen beautiful pictures. black and white pictures which were all about a boy. apparently an important moment of his life so i've got found it find him to to give is photos back to him. who were part of the i was at the airport or my friend sent me a photo of a little boy who looked very much like me with a caption saying looking for a russian boy you know there are so many questions where's these photos come from and why is someone looking for me or who is this elizabeth and how did you get these photos of your picture that you. found me really. i gather what's up with sage from dimitri saying

i'm the russian boy you are looking for. in the end i decided to colored by skype and we talked for two hours about everything she turned out to be a very nice woman. but turned out that my uncle had given it to his friend to sell it to market we had forgotten to remove the film from the. pretty body for elizabeth this planning to come here in february to visit all these places and photos of just written an amazing film script for the story that's going to be turned into a documentary i'll do my best to help her. is the idea would be to use a camera to litter a camera which is it is a key objective know the story and use it as a character and really photo in those of us of the camera and go back to the places where as

a picture was taken. i'm not looking for fame i just want to share this amazing story with other people so that others might realize their life is not just about politics and done but includes room for small everyday pleasures. and you're. looking forward to the documentary you're watching out international good to have you company today we're back with more news in just over half an. hour. when the whole make its manufacture consent instant to the public well so. when the running

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