the use of excessive force by israeli soldiers. secretly recorded audio released by the intercept shows how the us democratic leadership pressured a new candidate to drop out of the race for the u.s. . a french bank is facing a backlash after it emerged that one of its employees. for a right wing political movement whose members recently. used by. people of the iraqi city of fallujah struggled with consequences of chemicals and radioactive materials used by the u.s. and its allies fifteen years after the iraq war. welcome to the program international one saturday morning story.

no. that's the verdict of the u.s. house intelligence committee which found no evidence that donald trump was twenty sixteen presidential campaign was working with russia the report further deepen partisan divisions in congress as the democrats refused to endorse the findings and to continue the probe. if you've heard it once you've heard it a thousand times but here it is once more for those of you in the cheap seats the russian active measures campaign against the united states was multi-faceted they leverage cyber attacks covert platforms social media third party intermediaries in state run media the house intelligence report begins with a novel idea the american people rightly want to know what the russians did and how and well each section starts off with accusations of what the kremlin did where the evidence is meant to be there is just a bunch of blacked out text nevertheless the committee concludes that russia's goal

was to sow discord in america and cast doubt on the democratic process that's apparently with point zero zero zero two percent of u.s. election related advertising on google and with an equally huge amount of ads on facebook twenty five percent of which were never seen by anyone that's in the report still the aim was apparently achieved and is the sole reason for the expansive divide that has grown in america since the election rush's active measures campaign achieved its primary goal of inciting division and discord among americans for more than a year us politics have been consumed by busy recriminations charges and countercharges about the attacks it's wholly unclear how russia's alleged actions are responsible for the political chaos that has ensued since trump took the white house it wasn't russia reporting that term's former campaign manager has connections to ukraine spelled out collusion one of the many theories that the report shoots down the charges against the for president transform a company manager or c.v.

more than seventeen million dollars in secret payments from a kremlin linked to political party in ukraine but it was the american media that hypothesize that trump jr is meeting with a russian lawyer proved moscow was supporting trump donald trump think he was about to get help from a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin this is looking more and more like treason and all these strange behavior from the president it's all explains now a stream of lee. by the intelligence community condemned by the report as damaging national security wasn't orchestrated by the kremlin who are also learning from your sources that intelligence officials they denied n.b.c. news is learning from intelligence sources u.s. intelligence sources tell c.b.s. news or even take a master kislyak half of team trump was accused of meeting with him and that's threaten their jobs but the report says there was nothing sinister there also there the controversial russian ambassador sergei you look of course of the pictures of course the shameful picture where the united states press corps was kept out by the russians were allowed in there is an open question whether there was collusion

cooperation between trump associates during the campaign and russian officials all of that discord was home grown so after a year of searching that included seventy three interviews nine hearings and briefings and the review of countless documents were left with the conclusion of no collusion and as much proof as we had before the report was released meaning little to none but i know u.s. intelligence report goes without mentioning this channel as a tool of the kremlin's perceived influence this time was no exception the reasoning is apparently popularity the document states that moscow exploits google and its services to spread propaganda columns and notes that r.t. has two million you tube subscribers the lawmakers are also disturbed by the fact that odd to use served in the same manner as quote legitimate news sources media analyst line of things congress is mistaking an alternative point of view into fair use. the only thing that we can maybe point to is that these people

called the russians russian government russian actors people with russian names i don't know but these people that we will collectively call the russian. put a tweet and facebook story that did not encourage armed revolt by the american citizens that i want to intervene it merely presented allegedly the point zero zero two whatever percent of this but presented stories that other american actors and politicians and folks in an activist were alleging as well so it just so happened that this horrible russian examiner's of dissent or whatever was or sowing discord happen to me are exactly the same thoughts and sentiments of actual americans who may have had a different opinion from hillary clinton it's the only story in town and the american public has been so habituated to this mean that they want to hear more of

it they believe there is evidence when there is no evidence oh no no i'm sorry to say this isn't stopping i hope it does but i'm afraid it was. one of france's largest buying says facing about clash with one of its employees as a spokesperson for a right wing political movement. we don't know who she is therefore. we won't know what. your brother came up on for the largest. critics are calling for the dismissal of romain as being telephoning the bank directly and posting tweets one tweet alleges he's a migrant hunter on his days off another asks whether a bank of finances the political group that he represents. while i remain a spinner i was a spokes person for generation event if there is a movement that positions itself against europe's current migration policies last week its members attempted to block an alpine pos used by migrants r t france spoke

to us being there he says the aim was to raise awareness through. our objective was to bring the attention of public authorities politicians and media to the situation in saunas which was a route for illegal migrants although it was a spokesperson i became a target for various attacks on my private life this campaign started on certain twitter accounts of people who pushed it anonymously meaning they were hiding behind their pseudonyms people started sharing my employer's phone number urging people to put pressure on him to get me fired but i also get a lot of messages of support from people of various backgrounds people who agree with us and who support our cause we gauge in activities that are completely legal and peaceful whereas they are trying to do illegal things they help illegal migrants into france which is reprehensible and law enforcement should be able to see the difference. on this day fifteen years ago u.s.

troops fired on civilian protesters in the iraqi city of fallujah the ensuing first battle for for it to show would see some six hundred civilians killed half of them women and children the operations by the u.s. and its allies in the cities saw the deployment of white phosphorus and depleted uranium used as offensive weapons something that which. well other legal uses highly debated a word of warning about from the following images to stopping according to a report by the us government told national center for biotechnology information local iraqi doctors source and infant deaths miscarriages and birth defects between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine there was also a twelve fold increase in child cancer cases. that among hiroshima survivors. are years on a loser residents are still dealing with the consequences. that took the sun here the story begins with that. when the americans attacked at first i had

a few miscarriages and then i had tried to months. the doctors discovered that it was a result of the phosphorus which was used by the americans. and i have conducted a study based on samples and analyzed them in certified german maps which have nothing to do with any political party they found. other pollutants i know. she's a very good student despite her disability when she writes on the board or in her notebook and it is very nice she's one of our best students in.

san. however the u.s. withdrawal in twenty eleven from iraq did not mean an end to the conflict in fallujah with islamic states soon getting a foothold there it would take iraqi forces four and a half years to drive out i saw local residents say life in the city still has not returned to normal. and although we came back from the camp to fallujah they told us that the city and its suburbs are clear of lightly so we came back as we were cleaning the house an i.e.d. went off and killed my sister and sister the little girl i didn't want to go on at this neighborhood went through a lot this house lost two women and i lost

a son and the other was crippled and seen any official pass by here about us offer condolences. but the area is destroyed it's not a place anyone would want to come to stay in our house go to the house in front of us use this road to come in and out of us that's what we don't go anywhere else the area is full of bombs or additional fire look at these flags all over the place which we can't work here the area is dangerous soldiers have come here set off two or three bombs and left the syrian behind these closed off from the flanks trying to come home but they can't. the us democrats are in hot water after secretly recorded audiophile the party's leadership tried to pressure a candidate for a u.s. house seat in colorado to drop out of the race. he would like me to get out of the way. i know your fundraising for.

you guys are suddenly money and. undemocratic dollars. from one and then try to read the primary. but you were part of that. levy till then the supports a single payer health care system an equal rights for women on the l g b t community he was endorsed by the state senate in may last year but as we've just heard has been asked to drop out of the race of the house minority leader however has defended the leadership's interference in the primary race. don't see anything

inappropriate let. mr hoyer engage in the conversation about the realities of life in a race as to who can win in the general election of course not the first time the u.s. democrats are trying to influence various elections e-mails revealed by wiki leaks show the party's officials tried to use bernie sanders religion against him in favor of hillary clinton both representing the democrats in the race for the u.s. presidential seat for twenty sixteen more over leaks also showed that the former democratic national committee chief secretly and illegally gave clinton debate questions in advance that was during the time democratic primary the current chair of the democratic national committee however says incidents like this are a thing of the past. but we're moving forward we have to make sure that everything is fair and open and everybody has a fair shake and that's what we're going to do well the tape recording released by the intercept put that into question journalist and author daniel believes that

reveals a growing divide within the party. there's a split in the party between the base and the and the higher echelons the elected officials it's totally undemocratic it's smoke and mirrors the base thinks they're getting a choice but they really aren't because the the real candidates or the side are chosen behind closed doors but the democratic party is in the danger of self destructing it's it's trying to think it'll win in two thousand and eighteen if it passes itself off as roots the republican lite party. but that's a very risky tactic because of the risk the danger is though you wind up needing its base of support which will either stay at home or vote for green candidates or others who are challenging the democrats from the left so they're trying to try to walk a very thin line and i don't think they'll be able to to do it. three

people have been reported dead and almost nine hundred wounded in the latest palestinian and the occupation rallies in gaza that's according to the palestinian health ministry the protests are part of the six week great march over tongue demonstrations that. i was a little bit of it was. over . i think.