it was. a u.n. security mission enters the syrian town of duma a day before chemical weapons experts start their probe into an alleged attack. members of the european parliament voiced their anger over the bombing of syria ost french president emanuel lack long gives a speech while the u.k.'s government is also facing a backlash over its role in the u.s. led strikes. members of this house in tampa same 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.

on cape cod for you watching the latest headlines he went on to international thank you for joining us. a united nations security team has entered the syrian town of duma their job is to ensure the safe arrival of a group of chemical weapons experts will be investigating the alleged chemical attack on april the seventh syria's ambassador to the u.n. made the announcement a few hours ago at a security council session in new york with. the head of the mission today the u.n. security team until tomorrow at around three pm to moscow's time eight am new york time to assess the security situation on the ground if the u.n. security team decides that the situation is safe in douma and the fact finding mission will begin its work there tomorrow. well the u.n. session was convened by russia to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in syria during those talks the russian and u.s.

ambassadors accused each other of destabilizing the country and preventing a peace settlement representative assuming it ends you warned against trying to resolve the conflict through military action samir khan has the details tensions escalated between russia and the u.s. at today's security council meeting now russia called for the security council meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in iraq a city that was up until recently isis territory but now under of full control of the u.s. and a refugee camp on the syria jordan border but instead the focus then shifted to recent events as in the coalition airstrikes last week which the russian ambassador condemned then demanded that western countries stop their aggression 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 to nine the allegation. with their acts of aggression the u.s. the u.k. and france expressed the solidarity with one side in the conflict and aggressor has

no moral right to say he's preparing a legal framework to protect 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 then russia said that the coalition's airstrikes discourage syria from participating in peace talks here's more of what happened. if the goal is to use bombs to force the syrian president's 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 or 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 well the u.s. military action in syria has left many analysts questioning whether an 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 there's 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 stage militarily to know whether that mission as described was

accomplished last night's. operations were successful we met all of our 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 m. . 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 home by what is stored rebuilding our nation 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 it's also been public condemnation in the u.s. with thousands rallying across 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. sometimes 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 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 has 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 a now which has questioned the need to wait for the findings of the n.p.c. 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 or terry jim maddest said it 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 meanwhile terrorism may undermine your mark or have come under heavy criticism from british and e.u. law makers the u.k. and french leaders who are defending their decision not to consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday well these are members of the european parliament during president marc klass speech several of them held up signs calling for an end to military action in syria artie's new day we're tutor has the latest france's emmanuel micron kaizad to raise a 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 on you can see that they were protesting against the action taken

in syria what very sort of only three countries are going to be for the honor of the international community in a legitimate small to actual framework you know it's our gets a. democracy speech was a monument of political cynicism. when we want without any approval. of the past 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 be it's been done already in iraq and libya why should we be out 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 but yet again gave into the temptation to play the role of world's policeman now over in the u.k. terrorism a u.k.

prime minister has also faced a group of parliamentary is led by the opposition leader jeremy corbyn and there was a bit of table tennis it went on for over eight hours on. day one and pretty similar on day two parliament should have an absolute minimum in trying to in law the opportunity to ask questions with full 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 other way round members of this house seem to have less say in foreign policy of this country than president trump that no one in this house be in any doubt that neither i nor this government take instructions for any president. 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 there they did this before an investigation was completed the only non official sources that we've seen circulating around is video footage taken by the white helmets both russia and syria have said that on inspection they have not so far found any evidence of chemical weapons there was no direct just mention though probe into the chemical weapons incident has yet been carried out and according to the russian military a team from the global chemical weapons watch told the a.p. c.w. will start work in the syrian town of too much on wednesday well meanwhile many britons oppose the rush to military action a poll by the mail on sunday newspaper found more than half believed to reason may should not have ordered the bombing without the approval of parliament but we asked people in london for their views. it was an emergency situation where there was no room for maneuver if you think this is not an urgent it could've waited one two days more at least i don't think it's something she should have made

a decision on the house of general principle going into war. i think this particular instance it was in a war situation. discuss it i know you're coming you know pick anywhere are you shooting much more consideration than everyone else know when it's important decisions like this everyone should have a say like i do think parliament represent everybody knows that you are actually discussing doing it then you just immediately this is not a constitutional dictatorial sure but certain mark received has it discussed and console everyone in power and yet i think this is the scariest to be honest well the information war over syria has taken a base a turn with dissenting voices now facing a staunch attack from the mainstream media. has the details. there have been some in the u.k. who have said that the discussion around the u.k.

policy to syria in particularly in particular with regard to the recent airstrikes over the weekend resembled something of a mccarthyite witch hunt in the mainstream media and the most prominent example has 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. publication called twenty first century wire whose deputy editor has also come in for criticism by the times her name is vanessa beanies so all of these kind of examples showing that to stray from the dominant narrative all of the war in syria will lead you to being accused of being an ass that 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 added to the. 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. withdraw 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 and inquiry over the events of not just the weekend but the past seven years of the yukos 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. well international politics lecturer dr tara mccormack told r.t. what it was like to be one of the academics on the receiving end of the times attack well i mean it's not ridiculous you know within the working group we have

a range of different opinions. on international relations and so you know some colleagues have tweeted various things about alleged chemical attack but really the how fair. it is actually lou to you know that those up see it's a sort of bizarre attempt to smear guilt by association you know through social media probes so it was so ridiculous that the day that america throw. strikes of syria before the a.b.c. debbie went without their oppressive mandate in the face of cooking or opposition in the u.k. back to the times front page double great trade spread its i am glad it's for you was attacking sort of four or five by the bunch of academics. i think i think

actually the time was going to shut itself in the front of it but that is just so preposterous thousands of wives and children a former islamic state fighters in iraq are being sexually exploited and denied aid according to a report from amnesty international because they consider me to 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 lock and walls around me each time i say to myself tonight is the night i'm going to die well the amnesty report was based on interviews with almost one hundred women staying at camps in iraq they claim to being denied access to food water and health care and according to the organization militia groups running the camps are preventing the women and their children from returning home we are asked aid workers mohammed circle and radio host john go and for their views on how the

family members of extremists should be dealt with. listen 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 these law makes day if. this is just an hour long for us to pay attention 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 independent. organization to to look into making sure those camps regardless of the how the member of isis group is in north of how we can make sure the cycle of violence that is 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 under already and it is the. result as a tool to their reaction 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 mark or say i'm not condoning the way by not condoning abuse in any way shape or form but the iraqi government have got to first and foremost protect the rest of the citizens these people are accused of being associated with that 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 a month 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. the trump administration has threatened to impose new sanctions on russia for supporting syria in the wake of the alleged chemical attack here's on monday the white house said they've been put on hold and sethi has more a moscow's reaction to the latest developments. kremlin 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 dmitri peskov has said that he's not been surprised at such measures imposed on russia but has 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 but 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 at 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 wasn't clear 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. now a group of artificial intelligence experts has written an open letter to the european commission regarding the ethical future of robots the letter says robot 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. thanks. thanks. thanks. thanks. thanks thanks. thanks. thanks.

thanks. that's more fundamental. never got into these easy you might need them oh about like intelligent beings surely even then human that i might be but a. lot you know even i we have and that is. that we are entering a new zone and we cannot simply. we don't have the right. well last year european lawmakers passed a resolution to grant legal status to electronic persons well that move is now being reconsidered by the european commission politicians claim the change in status would make robots responsible for any damage they cause however philosophy warns in the robot era more attention needs to be given to the rights of humans we should not eat a bulk how we survive. the unique we interact with our own what

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greetings and salutations what is this talk watchers i leave for a few days and suddenly we are back to bombing poor people in syria again. not that this is much of a shock to anyone who's been paying attention last friday united states president donald trump along with u.k. prime minister theresa may and the president of france emmanuel mccrone unilaterally attacked the sovereign country of syria despite not being threatened molested or attacked by the war torn country and anyway. the attack consisted of more than one hundred missiles at alleged chemical weapons storage and researches facilities near the syrian cities of damascus and elms and while some war hawks like republican senator bloodstained cotton praised president trump's actions declaring the butcher of damascus learned the two lessons tonight the hard way

weapons of mass destruction won't create a military advantage once the united states is done with you and russia cannot protect its clients from the united states or the wrestling of him others were not so pleased like senator lindsey graham who feels that short term death and destruction just doesn't send the right kind of message i fear that when the dust settles this strike will be seen as a weak military response and assad will have paid a small price for using chemical weapons yet again and senator graham is not alone many of the neo liberal cons and their news media parents were very disappointed that president trump didn't use the recent incredibly convenient alleged chemical weapon attack and doma to as they call it broaden the united states' syrian strategy which is the polite capitol hill way of saying hey let's go spend spend the summer dropping by.