that asaad will sell them out to the turks and asaad asaad probably wants both gone. militias have denied reports that they've reached a deal with ourselves forces those say they are in talks with damascus and we spoke to journalist danny makki who says surprisingly enough both turkey and the kurds are now looking to us for decisive action. well it is ironic because both the kurds and the turks of a different time stated their absolute condemnation of the syrian government and their unwillingness to deal with with president assad or the government at any particular moment in time now now both of these groups are now looking at the massacres as some sort of peacemaker in this conflict because the first factory's desperation both sides cannot find an ultimate solution to this conflict which is a murder i mean the turks are losing troops and tanks on a day to day basis because in the south and no allies by any stretch of the imagination but they view that deal with the third would be better than making

a deal on a very weak terms with the turks the second factor is the lack of the definitive role of the united states of america which is essentially think it's two main allies either in syria or next to syria fighting each other now that's the chaos so damascus has just stepped into the void and is filling the vacuum created by this tension and this crisis. over to japan now recently discovered a secret government documents of shed light on the practice of forced sterilization which affected thousands of people with mental or physical health issues the procedure was carried out under the now scrapped eugenics protection law it was adopted after the end of world war two when was in force all the way up until nineteen ninety six it permitted sterilization to quote preserve the purity of the japanese race according to some estimates up to twenty five thousand people were

subjected to the procedure and the newly revealed archive records pertain to fewer than three thousand victims some of whom are now taking legal action and we spoke to one of them. has a hard time getting through the middle school. one of the teachers took me mr cassatt and his house that i was constantly being used by his wife i never got to know never got paid and never had the chance to see the official paper to back my diagnosis either she hated me. my teacher took me for a magical check and then i was taken to hospital he didn't explain anything. when i woke up i was there stephen they told me not to drink water that's what i remember. at the time my parents told me

that i was operated on and now i cannot have a baby my father didn't agree to the british and us forced to sign documents by teaching and welfare from science. i had many chances to get married when i was young but half to the operation i found period i married and divorced i'm married again my husband left me when i told him about the operation. of the committee further recommends that the state party adopt specific measures aimed at providing all victims of forced sterilizations with assistance to access legal remedies and provide them with compensation and rehabilitative services. the government should make upon its loss and pay compensation to them if i was not forced to go to the operation. i know i will suffer until the end of my life if

only i could be caught in time as i caught. the woman's lawyer told us the fight is far from over as he says the japanese government is turning a blind eye to this issue. well two and a half years ago i received a call from mrs zucker it was the first time i'd heard about this matter we found out that people were taken to the facilities and forcefully operated on under instructions from the government it was a whole organized system japan still has a problem with ideas and eugenics and those who claim that disabled people have no right to live some psychometrist have started speaking out about the things that they did back then instead of taking their licenses away i think it would be better to ask them to bring their confessions to light and open up the issue now that we're discovering the truth we need to make those responsible apologize their actions and make sure the victims get compensation it's clear now that the main problem here is the japanese government continuing to ignore the problem and advice

from the un. japan is not the only country that has at some point resorted to forced sterilization programs inspired by eugenics among the notable examples are germany during nazi rule and sweden both countries have since offered compensation to the victims. afghan citizens have submitted more than a million statements to the international criminal court alleging they were victims of war crimes the court began collecting testimonies in november last year the statements describe accounts of alleged atrocities perpetrated not only by the taliban or by islamic state but also by the afghan army and american military forces stationed there some of the testimonies were submitted on behalf of a number of people so the actual number of alleged crimes could be higher we spoke to a high wide fifty two members of whose family were killed in the conflict. in fact a different kind of war crimes happened in afghanistan in the boss sixteen

seventeen years american born villages with policies that's one kind of crime another type of crime afghan security forces into villages. without any reason you kill people without. identifying with the other against the government or just simple people living in the village at the end of last year the international criminal court released a statement alleging american armed forces as well as the cia committed war crimes in afghanistan in the early two thousand and jennifer brief who's an attorney specializing in foreign policy believes that it's going to be very difficult to bring about justice there could be many more claims that come out these claims have come out against three different factions the taliban and their how conny network in afghanistan also against afghan government forces are at afghanistan military there and as well as u.s. military and u.s.

military personnel and afghanistan now on the domestic side the united states military code has a very strict and stringent of very long lists of laws that military personnel men and women have to be subject to and they have to follow but in terms of international crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the international criminal court then no then the u.s. cannot be held under their jurisdiction because the united states is not a signatory to the rome statute which created the international criminal court so in that case it would be less likely that they'd be brought to justice by member states or those that are aligned or fall under the jurisdiction of the i.c.c. . a medal winning from russia are still waiting to learn his fate after becoming embroiled in a doping scandal at the winter olympics in south korea alexander crucial needs he allegedly returned a drug sample the tested positive for bell dhoni and the results of his second test

are expected to be announced later in the week the athlete debuted with his wife and teammate anastasio bruce got over in mixed doubles curling at the u.s. year's games last week they clinched russia's first ever olympic medal in the discipline after beating the norwegian pair and finishing third and reportedly believes that his food or drink could have been spiked. you don't need to be a secret agent to give athletes a bottle with any kind of banned substance they totally unprotected just put it in a hotel room it's easy if you can see the bottle and it's like locked open it you can see it was locked he open it drink it and as long as you keep an eye on the bottle that's fine if you just like turn around for a second don't use this bottle the substance in question is believed to boost insurance and increase recovery it was widespread in russia or in eastern europe before it was banned just two years ago and the latest potential doping scandal

shocked many in the curling community a sport where skill and precision come before brute strength. i really don't think that in curling is useful i think in curling is really important and it's like mansell and. so is absolutely at this aspect i don't really understand what what it would approve or what it would improve you and your game and things. i don't understand what it will do for you many of russia's medal hopefuls are missing at these games as they were not cleared to compete by a limb big chief said despite having no doping history and though there were no big hopes for the olympic podium some young russian athlete still managed to knock up some victories as any reports. russia's top ski racers were made to sit out chang to any team their ski boots were big ones to step into but against the odds

these judy years pulled it off all you need to know about the performance of russia's young cross-country skiing team is on this board at the house for russian fans unbelievable but almost half of it always are medals so far for one by the cross-country squad now the norwegians russia's number one rivals in the sport know they'll need to keep looking over their shoulders. to define who is the best. i think the younger ones will come in next year on so who's hot on norway's heels made twenty one year old dennis speeds of who's already won a bronze and a silver n.p.r. chang almost i feel proud for spit so off you see this young guy winning bronze here this was a great surprise for me was dedicated himself completely to the sport how is it possible not to support such passion in africa and of course the athletes feel i

suppose the performance against all the odds wouldn't have been possible without. a former olympic champion now in charge of the washing cross-country skiing federation she wasn't allowed to come to korea as an official or a coach so yes here at all the races as a thing and crying tears she was the one who raised the new generation of olympic medalists in skiing. before our athletes were suspended from competition the initial plan was to get one gold medal one that's whosoever and then one of us who bronze but given the fact that we came to the olympics missing eight athletes six and reach our team leaders in world skiing i said if we only one promise it will mean there we've done better than we planned five medals. counting by the clean young determined olympic cross-country out from russia are still to come here on

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palo. alto. and in. the trail. find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. thanks for joining us here on r.t. the latest a hollywood superhero blockbuster a black panther has been praised ole raul but for some that's a problem. and explains. the new hollywood blockbuster black panther is creating quite a stir in an era where diversity is a favorite word the film is seen as a huge breakthrough for african-americans the first ever big budget comic book story with one superhero the cultural significance of marvel's black panther is

a med sting praised for its impact on the black community it's white people as we see ourselves even as we like to see ourselves as again masters of our own destinies that we can see here to come and rescue is from whatever receiving ourselves now there's a common criticism of hollywood that film directors and actors of color are less acceptable in mainstream culture so the fact that a film like black panther is making such a huge splash is seen as a huge breakthrough and success by many americans shows positive african-american heroes and that's something that hasn't been in film and i think it's fabulous now this folie a movie that represents black people was like you know the good guys for once now it's pretty clear the film is touching a nerve in us society as some say criticizing the film is unacceptable i implore media outlets to please seek out rightists of color to you the black parents in the . not so bold prediction of the first critic to write so roxanne review of black

palm for will be white now we decided to ask moviegoers here in new york city if they thought the film was good or bad for american political discourse folks on the internet are saying that if you're white and you criticize the film that's unacceptable that's racist do you buy that no absolutely not it's like any other film it's a bad movie it's a bad movie doesn't matter what color i think every movie should be criticized on its own regardless of who you are no matter what your background is people have their own opinion do whatever say whatever they want right now just let people be happy you know they'll read it good or very views if you read them later now the film is widely celebrated by advocates of diversity however some activists are criticizing the film for the fact that no l g b t seems or characters were included it looks like today.