that mainstream media has met its maker. russia urges western powers to end the military aggression against syria at a un security council session on the humanitarian crisis in the city of raka. members of the european parliament voiced their anger over the bombing of syria as french president emanuel marked wrong gives a speech while the u.k.'s government is also facing a backlash over its role in the u.s. led strikes of members of this house in topless saying foreign policy of this country the president trump. and his doubts grow over the alleged chemical attack in syria that led to the strikes british media outlets round on academics to question the government's claims.

thank you for watching r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge. russia's envoy to the united nations firstly neighbors here has condemned what he called acts of aggression in syria he was speaking at a un security council session on the long running humanitarian crisis in the water torn country where we can now cross live to our correspondent samir a cart in washington for more on this so severe i mean could you tell us what was actually said at the security council meeting. well tensions escalated between russia and the u.s. at today's a security council meeting now russia called for this emergency security council meeting to discuss the situation in iraq a city that was until recently isis territory but now under full u.s. control and in addition to a rocket they were set to discuss a refugee camp on the syria jordan border but instead the two traded insults and

accusations with russia saying that the u.s. hasn't done enough to solve the crisis in areas under u.s. control to which the u.s. responded first denying the allegation then accusing russia of trying to distract the world from quote assad's atrocities the focus then shifted to a recent events as in the coalition's airstrikes last week which the russian ambassador condemned and then demanded that western countries stop their aggression let's check out what happened. with their acts of aggression the u.s. the u.k. and france to express the solidarity with one side in the conflict and aggressor has no moral right to say he's preparing a legal framework to protect victims operations have succeeded in rolling back the so-called isis caliphate and addressing a dire threat to our collective peace and security the coalition made these gains while the assad regime and its backers focused their guns mostly on the syrian

opposition groups that want isis terrorists. now then russia said that the coalition air strike to discourage syria from participating in peace talks the russian ambassador ended reiterating that there is no military solution to the conflict here's more of what happened between the two there's a little but if the goal is to use bombs to force the syrian president to negotiate and then present it as a victory for him and put him in court as war criminals then this is an impossible goal russia has called us here as part of a messaging campaign to try to distract from the atrocities committed by the assad regime. in order to do that russia has asked this council to focus its attention on the one part of syria where the assad regime isn't pummeling civilians to death with barrel bombs are banned chemical weapons things are heating up between the two countries so we'll just have to wait and see what happens and most importantly how

this will impact syria and in data shows american in washington many thanks. well the u.s. military action in syria has left many analysts questioning whether early exit of american troops from the country is still on the table the white house insists its policy hasn't changed but as i don't know if explains it seems the still room for maneuver. mission accomplished more than a hundred missiles rained down on syria on donald trump's orders and now his message is clear a job well done except syria is in a reno where the world's major powers including the u.s. are pitched against each other wrestling for influence so what mission exactly is trump talking about while the pentagon translated it simply accuracy isn't actually impossible at this states militarily know whether that mission as described was accomplished last night's. operations were successful we met our other objectives

we hit all of our targets successfully russia says syria's soviet era air defense systems show down roughly seventy percent of the missiles fired while the u.s. military stress their success but obliterating a few sites barely touches on washington's greater game plan and syria and when tasked with spelling out what does its overwhelmingly unclear american troops entered and gained a foothold in syria under the pretext of fighting eisel and now it is indeed difficult to see where exactly the us stands on that i am proud to report that the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in iraq and in syria and in other locations as well we are in syria fight isis and that is our mission in the mission isn't over and we're going to complete that mission so in

a matter of a few months islamic state went from almost extinguished from the face of the earth back to a plausible threat and defeating isaw is one of america's more concrete missions the countries you and who for example indicated that cleansing syria of terrorists per se is a start but not the only thing being pursued we want to make sure that the end. of iran doesn't take over the area they continue to cause problems throughout the region and we want to make sure that there is a hold where the nikki haley likes it or not iran is a regional powerhouse and it won't go down easily if that is what america is after the world hear hear syria is apparently adding to the list of conflicts the us has troops bogged down in but possibly the most ironic parts the above couldn't be further away from trump's own mission statement for syria just weeks ago i want to get out i want to bring our troops back all my water stored rebuilding our nation's

critics have been on trump's back for a lack of a coherent plan on syria but it's a strategy that works wonders for keeping their food in the door indefinitely well there's also been public condemnation in the u.s. with thousands rallying cross the country last sunday in protest against the syria bombings we spoke to two usually opposed to political commentators for their thoughts about u.s. military action. some trump supporters are disappointed i'm one of the my i like the trumps position during the election but i think a lot of people on our political left and people like me on the right think we should not be the world's police any longer that was one of the issues and main points the trump made during the campaign you know nobody likes to ascribe to any president whatever their political party killing people using munitions like this just so it's a distraction that's said i mean you can't deny that the walls are closing in on

donald trump legally from the special prosecutor moeller from the united states attorney in new york with his lawyer cohen so do i think that down trump is that craven as to launch strikes to distract attention. no but the mere fact that it's a question that's troubling i would diminish that he has major issues as just described as a higher approval rating than did obama at this time in his presidency in some polls the economy that is not credible jobs are coming back in the economy's growing great you have well that is it is true in america right now small businesses for the first time look at the decade are excited if you look at the average of all the polls there's one poll that's been consistently and donald trump rasmussen in his camp every other poll if you average them out he is at historic lows for any president since the advent of polling in the united states of america democrats their complaint is what's the broader plan you say mission accomplished mr president what's the mission they see this as not pursuant to any particular

plan and on the right it seems inconsistent with the the promises the president made during the campaign to withdraw so as a result there's just not a big constituency in favor of what he's done mission accomplished was a popular phrase that turned very notorious with iraq and look at where we are now listen i i i find it interesting you have someone on the left and someone on the right politically in america here on r t and we sort of agree the worst case scenario is is assad gets toppled or killed and then we have another iraq for the next decade and then we really get engaged in a war because isis then overwhelms and takes over the country. well meanwhile u.s. state department spokesperson has announced his question the need to wait for the findings of the n.p.c. me on the syrian chemical incident the o.p.c. of you is something that we back strongly but it can also take quite a bit of time for the o.p.c. of you to gather its information and compile the report so i would ask you should

the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances honest people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months secretary jim matta said at a briefing several days ago where he didn't have solid intelligence on any chemical attack in duma what he did have were social media reports people saying stuff on the internet and who were those people the same people that state department spokesperson heather now it's referring to there the syrian white helmets which has been funded to the tune of at least twenty three million dollars by the state department and the trumpet ministrations intelligence is coming from sources that it funds so this is you know actually scandalous that the u.s. has launched a strike based on insurgent tide social media sources that it funds rather than actual concrete evidence of course congress isn't going to debate this but it

should be the stuff of a national scandal. well terrorism may undermine your mark or have come under heavy criticism from british and e.u. lawmakers the u.k. and french leaders who are defending their decision not to consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday these are members of the european parliament during president back last speech several of them held up signs calling for an end to military action in syria. as the latest france's emanuel micron kayser theresa may are facing a pretty tough time retrospectively in trying to justify the airstrikes that they carried out in syria over the weekend here's how the european parliament members met with macross and you can see that they were protesting against the action taken in syria what result that of only three countries are going to be for the honor of the international community in

a legitimates multilateral framework you know it's all gets a. political easter marker and speech was a monument of political cynicism. when we want without any approval. of the polls months where you have with the area of eastern ghouta where the alleged chemical attack took place is controlled by radical islamists like jewish islam or you'd be there it's been done already in iraq and libya why should we be and in syria to the list and he has faced a major backlash domestically as well when he was grilled on monday by parliamentary is for not consulting them before those airstrikes were carried out these strikes demonstrate the irresponsible behavior of the three global powers that yet again gave into the temptation to play the role of world's policeman now over in the u.k. terrorism a the u.k.'s prime minister has also faced a group of parliamentary is led by the opposition leader jeremy corbyn and there

was a bit of herbal table tennis it went on for over eight hours on. a long and pretty similar day to parliament should have as an absolute minimum age drawing in law the opportunity to ask questions before all the government can order planned military action but that does not mean it is always appropriate the executive must be the servant of parliament not the all the way round members of this house seem to have less so you foreign policy of this country than president trump that no one in this house be in any doubt oh i know this government take instructions from any pressure. in. the u.k. the u.s. and france decided to carry out as strikes in duma in syria based on the alleged chemical weapons attack that they did this before an investigation was completed the only known official sources that we've seen circulating around is video footage

taken by the white helmets. and syria have said that on inspection they have not so fall found any evidence of chemical weapons that. well in a day or mention there no probe into the chemical weapons incident has yet been carried out according to the russian military a team from the global chemical weapons watchdog the a.p.c. w will start work in the syrian town of duma on wednesday when we woll many britons oppose the rush to military action a poll by the mail on sunday newspaper found more than half believe theresa may should not have ordered the bombing without the approval of parliament we asked people in london for their views if it was an emergency situation where there was no room for the use of the hardware if you think that this is not allergic liberated one introduced more at least i don't think it's something she should have made a decision on the house of general principle about going to war it should be apology

by i think in this particular instance it was in a war situation undermines rather than page you discuss in parliament i know you're coming you know pick any where are you being possible consideration let everyone else know when it's important decisions like this everyone should have a say like i do think parliament represent everybody they know that you are actually discussing doing it then you must immediately this is not a constitutional dictatorial but certain mark received as it used to stand now console everyone in power and yet think this is the scariest reality. meanwhile the information war over syria has taken a bitter turn with dissenting voices now facing a staunch a time for a new case mainstream media artie's has the details there have been some in the u.k. who have said that the discussion around the u.k.'s policy to syria in particularly particular with regard to the recent strikes over the weekend how resembled

something of a mccarthyite witch hunt in the mainstream media and the most prominent example there's been an article written in the times newspaper which has targeted a number of leading academics in. the u.k. and accuse them of being apologists and other unfavorable epithets and one of the people pointed out or singled out in the times article is louis all day he works out so us university and during the course of that article the times said that he had written a tweet calling into question the account of previous chemical attacks mr all day has since gone on twitter and shown that he never sent the tweet and has demanded an apology from the times another example is tim hayward he's another academic here in the u.k. and he's been seen as being guilty of association because he's written for

non line publication called twenty first century wire whose deputy editor has also come in for criticism by the times that her name is vanessa beanies so all of these kind of examples showing that to stray from the dominant narrative of the war in syria will lead you to being accused of being an ass of apology apologise that's been the criticism of some here in the u.k. and it's not just the print media we've seen an interview on the b.b.c. with lord west now he's an individual who is part of the military establishment not somebody who could perhaps easily be dismissed as an asset apologist and he went on the b.b.c. and we can have a look now at that clip obvious interview which has been edited by us here at r.t. to shorten it down but we can see the kind of tone of the discussion which has been going on what benefit is there for his military most of the rebel

fighters this disparate group of islamists. withdrawn given that we're in an information war. with russia on so many fronts isn't there a danger that you're muddying the waters. and there are those who say that this current environment again resembling somewhat of a witch hunt isn't conducive to free speech and to free investigation an inquiry over the events of not just the weekend but the past seven years of the u.k.'s policy towards syria and its support of the opposition groups there and that is leading many to question whether the u.k. will continue to make the same mistakes in the future. experts on artificial intelligence awarding europe against granting legal status to robots more on that after the break.

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. i am i am i. welcome back thousands of wives and children of former islamic state fighters in iraq are being sexually exploited and denied aid according to a report from amnesty international because they consider me the same as an islamic state fighter they will rape and return me they want to show everyone what they can do to me to take away my honor i can feel comfortable in my tent i just wanted door to log and walls around me each time to say to myself tonight is the night i'm going to die i will be honest a report was based on interviews with almost a hundred women staying at camps in iraq they claim to have been denied access to food water and healthcare and according to the organization militia groups running the camps are preventing the women and their children from returning home we asked

aid worker mohammed serco and radio host john galt for their views on how the family members of extremist should be dealt with. people should be treated fairly we need to find out if these people are associated with cherish if they are associated with terrorism then to office far as i'm concerned we need to send a strong message out we've got to be careful with this situation and often iraqis are going to treat these people with respect but by the same token they've got to but the protection of the majority of citizens first we're talking about the islamic state here. this is just an alarm for us to be a tension of what we can do in the post isis so if their ministry has this will be with us we ask for join we ask for the u.n. to to send transparent independence. organization to you to look into making sure those camps regardless of the how the member of isis previously were not of how we

can make sure the cycle of violence to not continue because those ninety two women or the children though tomorrow they're going to take arms against the government that abuse them and become so it is not a matter of underscoring i don't have the i and others are as a tool to there he actually interviewed ninety six people for them said they'd either been raped or chain rape you've got to be careful these people are desperate of course that i want to be in these camps i understand this but you've got to look at it in its totality and marco say i'm not condoning away by not condone any bewsher in any way shape or form but term the iraqi government have got a first and foremost protect the rest of the citizens these people are accused of being associated with the islamic state the report stated perceived those people associated with isis this is not this is not this is not the army this is an idea this is an internal displaced camp where people have lead from isis to be safe on

the count this is not this is not being instigated or being questioned by the police this is how the been treated this is how they get treated and become and this kind of camps build again and build another isis and this is we're concerned about. now the trump administration has threatened to impose new sanctions on russia for supporting syria in the wake of the alleged chemical attack yet on monday the white house said they've been put on hold artie's says he has more on what's goes reaction to the latest developments. kremen spokesperson dmitri peskov has spoken out on the fresh set of sanctions set to be imposed on russia the president some bastard to the un nikki haley sent a strong message after the trumpet ministration repeatedly said it will play sanctions on russian companies thought to be assisting syria's chemical weapons program but president trump has shifted course and rejected for now the fresh set of sanctions dimitry peskov has said that he's not been surprised at such measures

imposed on russia but this commented saying that these foreign policy practices russia simply can't agree with. the only legitimate sanctions are those implemented by the security council or in other words u.n. sanctions sanctions have been announced one hundred seventy four times in the twentieth century a most of that's owned by the us this is the practice of u.s. foreign policy which we don't agree with and consider illegal these sanctions are a third option on their stuff to the u.s. led air strike in retaliation by the u.s. to the suspected chemical attack in syria but it appears that tensions are now fair the mounting and the u.s. and the u.k. issued a joint warning on monday raised accusations that russian hackers are conducting cyber operations allegedly targeting governments and businesses as well as well as individuals homes and offices to be true prescott also responded to this saying that it was unclear what the basis of these accusations were and in retaliation to this statement put out by the u.k. in the u.s.

he says usually accusations are easily voiced but no one is willing to present real evidence here. a group of artificial intelligence experts has written an open letter to the european commission regarding the ethical future of robots the letter says robots should never be given legal status which would make the responsible for their own actions the rights issue has sparked some concern after a number of cases have made headlines. thank you thank. you thank you. thank you. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you. thank you thank.

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