the shocking revelations of the forgotten city. and its liberation from islamic state now left for dead and in ruins our correspondent and video agency look at the unimaginable chaos in iraq. along with a. small box of food. a german court bans the muslim call to prayer after an elderly couple complained their religious beliefs were being violated. plus the government sets up a special unit to break news. code looks like common sense should prevail.

eight o'clock. from our studio with me. welcome to the program. kilometers of rubble thousands of forgotten bodies the chapter of mosul victorious liberation in iraq has closed and another is now open video agency ruptly has filmed the grim reality of recovery in the once tormented islamic state held city a warning that it does contain images of a very upsetting nature and with me in the studio is our senior correspondent who was witness to the battle unfolding in mosul. you were at the scene what was the thing that stood out most to you. well it still stands out seven months on since victory at the battle of mosul this still digging out bodies and

there is no end in sight to these eggs i'm asians the these people do this every day and it's just this time we filmed them at that and weren't saying is that obviously we can't show our viewers everything but these pictures a who renders the children's heads sticking out sticking out of the rubble but i was there when the corpses that just started rotting and i think i'll never forget the smell the aren't enough words in english language to describe what it was like there at the time it was beyond sickening it was beyond. literally you could hardly breathe in certain areas districts of mosul so strong was the smell and if you were in used to it well you know breathing mosque wouldn't help you keep retching and it make you sick. and i can see the obvious the fact that not experience has hand on

you and it sounds absolutely traumatic it has been seven seven months since the liberation surely you've seen when you have that noticeable improvements. in the manner of speaking thanks to mother nature and many of the bodies of already rotted the smell hasn't gone it's still there especially when you reach the bodies that were buried by rubble and dust and well that in particular is horrendous but truly these rescuers they're heroes they they witness things that are impossible to describe and they use so used to it that they no longer need breathing mosques or even even rags and in many cases this is moved the residents themselves doing out doing the digging there aren't many jobs left in mosul and the buildings still

standing. how many bodies have you removed since you started working in this area it's approximately five hundred ok are there any more yes in houses and all their odds are actually i don't i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we are currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering this area they have no idea how horrible the smell is or how critical the medical situation is. we haven't received any kind of aid since things finished in seven months ago on one occasion didn't receive a small box of food no coupons no food nothing well aside from the obvious difficulties that you described that what other problems did he say. well mixed with the day breathe the wreckage the clothes people's belongings and bodies a bombs bombs dropped by the u.s. led coalition during the bombing of mosul the bombs that failed to explode you have

shells you have mines isis booby traps i'm unique unexploded ordinance and all of that together with the bodies is mixed in these toxic lethal powder and almost every day the morgue in mosul the chief of the morgue of mosul would tell us most every day more people would be killed because of these unexploded munitions kids playing around in rubble rescuers sifting through the rubble or even people coming back to what remains of their homes trying to you know fire and and salvage whatever belongings they have they stumble on these and. you know another another casualty seven months since the battle of mosul officially concluded and we were there we saw it all from the beginning we saw when the u.s. leds when the u.s. led coalition's jets started bombing isis and mosul that flight day and night then we got closer we saw what those explosions actually did and up close you

know we sure the price of this liberation. oh. the billion cattle thieves are a fact of life in this short of situation. do you agree that some of the the high level of i think ridiculous standard that we had previously is now created this behavior by isis that they now realize if they take human shield they're going to avoid being struck and that actually this is

adding to the problem congresswoman i do believe they understand our sensitivity to civilian casualties and they're exploiting man and i do agree that as we move into these urban environments it is him become more and more difficult to apply extraordinarily high standards for the things we're doing although we will try. laboring street all but destroyed the streets across. the street over there it's the same story wherever you look. first look how close the border scary because of the all this rubble and no one

knows how long it will take to get out of. so let me show you what west mosul is now a wasteland the city for intents and purposes has been raced and there's little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return they would love rather live in shanty towns and in tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it when i see it in this state i wish i'd never combine a financial completely destroyed i don't feel like coming back to this home i've lost all hope of living here after seeing all this devastation. this was iraq's second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction

will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis the u.s. have vastly understated the sheer volume of civilian suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists but the figure around ten thousand senior health chief in mosul who didn't want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. this book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have four or five of these every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions. so where does iraq even begin who will help foot the bill the. simple if given the choice no one it will take tens of billions of dollars to rebuild mosul and there is

a more sensitive issue to deal with first the bodies iraqis hope the u.s. led coalition would help resurrect mosul since its bombing campaign created much of this destruction the americans in turn bluntly said no we freed you will spend two hundred dollars million dollars fixing the pipes but aside from that you are on your own as a call issue and we are not in the business of nation building or reconstruction we must ensure that our respective nations precious and limited resources are to go to preventing the resurgence of isis and equipping the warring torn communities to take the lead in rebuilding their institutions and returning to stability and the civilians in mosul the desperate and hopeless few that have returned have nothing. she said never get over it you know she got the score. mark.

what else is there to do in mosul like to seventy percent just do it don't look all up pushing the picture for me it's a help but let's. leave now as much gas to have talking about the unthinkable revelations of the situation on the ground in mosul after months and the terrorists will r.t. has requested comment from the organizations about the city's plight but so far we've received no response and we did however hear from. an international human rights lawyer and peace activist muscles destroyed first by a group of non-state actors that came in took over the city and then by the iraqi authorities and i should say even before that it was destroyed by i had foursomes that had twice invaded iraq i think they have not only a moral but also a legal obligation to be involved in its reconstruction but i think that it is one

of the most striking examples where the allies who have been engaged in violence against the people there for more than two decades have really forgotten the people that the allegedly were coming to save or at least to assist and i think that if we're going to have any since you already have any credibility in what they like to call humanitarian interventions they need to be humanitarian in those instances and ensure that the people are provided a better life than what they had before in this case that has not been the case and i think that's quite unfortunate and shows a political ization. saying in iraq human rights watch is reporting that hundreds of families are being forcibly displaced the current plan and rocky officials are rounding up people suspected of having families that joined by self. human rights watch interviewed twenty four people from one thousand families. and army forces

rounded up the families with no warning and brought them to the camp after scream at military bases. when they asked why they were being displaced soldiers told them they were innocent but had to move to the camp because their relatives had joined isis human rights watch say two hundred twenty families arrived at one iraqi come polow in a period of less than three weeks all of them were from villages west of the city of kirkuk we spoke to the organization senior research for iraq and qatar who believes this is collective punishment for those with family links to myself use roundups and force displacement is being done by iraqi forces forces that answer to iraq's government these around it was done by iraq's army and with the collaboration of certain groups that also answer directly to the prime minister therefore you know what one can only presume that this is happening with the consent of the government even if it's not

a strict government policy and therefore it begs the question of how the iraqi government can talk about any process of reconciliation if its own forces are participating in this kind of a campaign when i talk to security forces and account management and all of them were the first to admit these families these individuals have not committed a crime they haven't done anything wrong in the eyes of the iraqi legal system the only reason they're being treated this way is because they have had a relative who joined isis now that is collective punishment punishing a family an entire family for what a son or a husband might have chosen to do. a quarter small german town has banned its local mosque for playing the muslim call to prayer after an elderly couple complained but not about the noise. it's a kind of vocal chant in a tone that has a disturbing effect on us but we are mainly concerned with the content of the call this puts our law above our guard of christians and as

a christian who grew up here in a christian environment i can't accept that. the first complaint came back in twenty fifteen and the mosque was forced to stop its called the press however the court only came to its final decision a matter of days ago explaining the ban is over noise however the mosque can appeal we wanted to speak to some of the locals for the ban was unacceptable because the court assessed whether the noise was audible from a distance the people who are here assessed that the noise it isn't possible to hear from over there was this is important for people but the call is there so that they know oh it's time to worship and then they are prepared to pray for me for me it's quite separate from the issue of religion i'm very much for the just freedom but the people who live around there are certainly affected if the cry is call out loudly in the area as they always do also there are quite a lot of mosques i don't know exactly how many mosques there are in any country in

total but i think there are enough. we also got reaction to the ban from a number of experts. i think is of course a mosque has can can discuss the i think making the noise a little bit less discussing with the neighbors and and then themselves say that we're not going to do it but just. asking the low and society that this is i think i think mr green doesn't know that europe has a history not only of christian and and but there are also history of muslims the muslims who are in spain longer than the catholics who have bosnians by the turks in europe so this is. a place where a lot of people believe as nonbelievers those who are faceless or no faiths will live the united kingdom and virtue the good old of europe is founded on the bible as the lord jesus christ as the absolute foundation of our way of life.

and to bring in a foreign god such as the start of the god of islam is what this is really all about and it's about the. spread of islam over europe. and islams potential dominance in it and it always has been an expansionist religion for when it started to notice like you know every religion it is but it's not makes no bones about it and you know a valid point it has to be another way that islamophobia thinking mr green is doing and still celebrating the kickoff of muslims in spain you know in austria there and their faith they see the islamic face was recognized since one thousand two hundred more than one hundred and and more than one hundred years it's nice by the empire as an official faithful in the idea that the religious freedom in muslim countries is complete rubbish will even allow to have a bible in saudi arabia for instance and christians are persecuted in egypt in pakistan in malaysia in mauritania any muslim that for you tonight is not as

represented to find a christian community and. the. the argument falls flat we're being actually. the victims of our own tolerance in europe now that's true or not so true even there the indonesian ambassador here is that this is the largest muslim countries a christian who is here even in nigeria there was a christian president if you go to dubai if you go to qatar if you go to kuwait if you go to oman if you go to all these arab countries if you go even talk to belize and they leave so that's really rubbish to say it's a been out of a bible that is not churches. here secretary of state is in latin america on a mission to improve relations however it appears not with everyone is new oil sanctions against venezuela and the fate of the country's current leader are up for discussion here's how rex tillerson describe what's next for the venezuelan leader . and the girl should get back to his constitution and follow. and then if he is not reelected by the people so be it the kitchen gets

a little too hot for him i'm sure that he's got some friends over in cuba that can give him a nice beach illegal have a nice life over there donald trump imposed sanctions on venezuela last august after the south american country increased president nicolas maduro as authority but it seems venezuela isn't washington's only worry when it comes to latin america . today china is getting a foothold in latin america it is using economic state craft to pull the region into its orbit while this trade has brought benefits the unfair trading practices used by many chinese have also armed these countries manufacturing sectors generating unemployment and lowering wages for workers latin america does not need new imperial powers that seek only to benefit their own people. and perhaps those worries justified u.s. exports to latin america have taken a massive tip over the last two decades and at the same time china is seeing

significant growth. what the united states is entirely against the truth and displayed disrespect to the vast number of latin american countries the development of china latin america ties it does not target or reject any third party nor does it affect the interests of third parties in latin america . also the u.s. president's recent comments could strain relations with allies in latin america don't try to claim countries which he won't name a pouring drugs into america he added it's making the u.s. allotting stock in the region we spoke to a former argentinean ambassador to venezuela. if we read statements by rex tillerson we see made in austin texas we can immediately understand the purpose of his tour during his tour a secretary of state will express his support for increasing pressure in the region

and venezuela which is experiencing a crisis yes it's pressure and at the university of texas tillerson said this venezuelans could overthrow me and that in the history of venezuela and south america it happened many times that the military was able to affect the situation when things were very bad and the country's leaders could no longer serve the people to our sin is to arrive on september the third in very large or to discuss the protection of the national whopping national park in fact it is paradoxical and ridiculous that are representative of the government which has not signed the paris climate agreement he's talking about the preservation and protection of nature the size it is very disturbing that a representative of the trumpet ministration would lecture on democracy and human rights issues he stated that he would not close the guantanamo prison in cuba in which as we know prisoners would not even been convicted of a crime were tortured. formula one is not just about speed and

champagne celebrations on the podium for his fans after decades of entertaining the track and pit lanes at the iconic great girls will no longer be a part of motor raisings prize event. james. one. formula one's commercial director announced the decision saying the grid girls no longer fit with modern social norms he added that it now seems irrelevant and inappropriate for motor racing fans across the world meanwhile the grid girls themselves say they're offended after decades of service to the sport believing there's nothing offensive about their job they say their role is to promote the formula one brand like any other model and that it shouldn't be restricted by issues of political correctness i've never had even the slightest hint of

feeling exploited. i've wanted to be that i worked hard to get that they paid me well to do the job i saw my outfit before i agreed to do it i knew i was wearing i knew what was expected of me if you look at any kind of advertisement or branding these days you know you have beautiful glamorous hostesses working for the best lines in the world you have victoria's secret models who represent the brand so while that they model for and so i don't think you can say that having great girls and glamorous promotional models isn't keeping up with the times i'm an ism shouldn't be a dirty word but obviously it could boil down to that sadly if we want to say to women you know we want to feel empowered and we can do whatever we want to be but oh no you can't be a great girl you can't do that you can't dress like that and promote a brand in that way which seems crazy to me i feel like that's

a massive backward step the world has gone completely mad. i don't see a problem with promotional work at all we all do it by choice and we're not forced into the work and all girls apply for the job and all the girls i know absolutely love the job so i don't see that there's any sort problem with it all a lot of people do come to the shows of the to meet some of the girls as well to get the pictures with the girls that they're probably and some of my friends who work in the professional work they've met their future husbands i know a lot people that have always wanted to do the job so they've always looked up it's been their dream job to be on the telly and work on the grid and i think it will stop a lot of people going to see it as well it would be really male dominated i don't know why they haven't said anything before i don't know if it's because too many people would objectify and they probably didn't think that this much would happen. i'm not sure why they didn't consult them first some formula one fans are also

against the initiative a website has been launched supporting models with a petition receiving the backing of around seven thousand people many of them claim the decision has nothing to do with promotion or modeling. as negotiations over britain's exit from the e.u. continues the u.k. government is making strong moves to battle fake news which could impact on the talks a special unit will be set up to combat any decision from a ship and in case you missed it r.t. is probably boy who has been getting stuck into the issue in a new show is now available on all our social media platforms here's a quick preview. in case you missed it fake news is everywhere but don't worry because the politicians are stepping in to. break news what is this election promises border walls extra cash paradise break quick break articles claiming you'll never guess what kids in college actually have done

this time online five star reviews for hillary clinton's latest memoir break faith but you know all this the rest of us used to just call it bull. but don't trump labeled it and now even the perp is condemning fake news you wouldn't believe the porky's head saying they were at the vatican and the british government which ways has everyone's best interests so hawt is actually setting up an anti faith news unit in other words. if there. is like easier includes shutting down all news papers t.v. stations the internet and i'm placing gagging orders on anyone with an opinion but there is another way all explained are human the majority of them contains the great many humans use them to think for themselves the detectives of pre-install some still believe my stuff anyway but not full select

and will sort out how to mention me whereas these are politicians and they will choose what news is fake i suspect you'll be amazed by how much can change depending on who's in charge i mean he's paying the bills. and finally this hour an update from the world of cryptocurrency fronts his son is your guide. welcome to our weekly digest on everything in the world of block change this is our g.'s would tell him i'm your breasts and. this is the w.b.c. the world blog chain and could still currency summit here in moscow and this is exciting so many different people from all over the world we have presidential advisors of the russian president we have lad martina from the theory him

chamber in russia. some people call this guy the russian bill gates we have all kinds of representatives a lawyer is and private investors from europe and all and even american canada so let's see what this is all about and this is definitely a very interesting time for crypto currency here in russia let's go. now let's. move in for example i have twenty hives where bees are mining honey they do everything on their own and mine two hundred kilograms in each hive so as long as i just eat this honey myself and share it with my family and friends the government doesn't care about what i'm doing when i make a move to sell it the government immediately calls it a business i think that investments and crypto currencies are very risky even worse than forex. there is a very strong government any government in the russian government to get on the

control of but at the same time the smart governments them to stand first of all it will be extremely difficult close to impossible but also. smart governments trying to understand how to to create a certain legal framework not to kill the industry and then based on this experiment to really understand what's the real risks and as soon as we understand the real risk it will be much easier to introduce property just nation to manage the. sometimes we need the dips because there's a lot of hype and frenzy right now which is not healthy for the ecosystem. so i actually like this because i buy in dips and then i hold them and i think. we will probably see elijah do at some point the ice field crypto bubble will burst in the same when we had the dot com at some point but then you know those are really generating value will survive so to me sometimes those periods are cleansing

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