russia's celebrating a victory day which started with a military parade in the morning and has been wrapping up with a spectacular fireworks display. sea of people swept through moscow taking part in the immortal regiment march that remembered relatives who died fighting in the great war also to. the. cia veteran is thrown out of the confirmation hearing for donald trump's pick for the new head of the agency amid protests over her alleged involvement in torture. also protesters burn in u.s. flags on the streets of tehran after a truck decides to withdraw from the iranian nuclear deal.

this is r.t. internet. russia's been celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany it's the seventy third anniversary of the end of the great patriotic war as it's known here in russia which claimed the lives of more than twenty six million soviet people. victory day celebrations with huge firework displays among them the biggest was in moscow he says he managed to find the perfect vantage point. thousands of fire trucks and lighting up at least guys tonight sent across and several and spots across multiple such as you can victory park fireworks will be illuminating and i

skies tomorrow and of the seventy fifth anniversary celebration it's now down by a little in the crowd so you can see people wearing symbols of victory day such as this saint benton a sign a member in some respects and say when people carrying the red connotations when a name and down at the area sites across send most swelled but now people will be flocking to try to get the best seats in the house and try and get the. lights and the fireworks surrounding the night skies i've managed to grab quite a good scene tonight getting a good view of most case skies over basically you'll be able to catch the colors on your screen it's. hardly a family in russia that wasn't affected by the war in their own or a special march known as the immortal regiment is held every year this time a new record was hit more than a million people gathered in the moscow and more than ten million across russia a correspondence full of the most from right in the hearts of the crowds in the

russian capital. but it's all about the people whose faces are in these maybe many portraits are out if you can hear their harangues that's also another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people and the portraits they survived years of war and this is in memory of all of them a few years ago i promise to myself that in the next four years. every time during victory day i'm going to take one of the portraits of one of my four great grandfathers and i'm keeping the promise and this is mikhail difference of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on these portraits his first event it is my. other lands to make the nazis retreat and then he got a medal for liberating the city that's now known as kaliningrad the final

destination of this absolutely extraordinary immortal regiment marched in his right square and my colleague daniel hawkins was much closer to that final destination take a listen and take a look at what he saw brought located just by the kremlin the red square and given how this last began that made twenty twelve with just a few thousand people running in a small city in siberia it's now on the road to a truly international event with millions of people marching worldwide cities across europe madrid beyond the lisbon across the atlantic united states and thailand in israel truly a global event so all of those people are found out more about my family as well my great grandmother and media all going to a doctor a military surgeon she actually participated in the battle of moscow she was on the front lines here for many months had searing that she battled before transferring

further back into russia when she was the only surgeon thought this ship for quite some time performing hundreds of operations later becoming all of the recent us a call for men's alludes to town in the republic of tossed on about the most recent was an artist might just want to see a lot of your posts and alongside him today the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu was holding a photo of a lot of fights for all the participants of the second world war and hero of the soviet union just goes to show just how much this event has expanded internationally how much this means to people not only here in russia but a broad as well i'm not just some stories that happens sometimes and you mention it and a lot of things it's just something that we haven't managed. bush there.

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also gathered as far away as australia with those in sydney commemorating their relatives for many russia the centerpiece of the victory day celebrations is the military parade through red square in moscow that took place in the morning. o'dowd. i'm agin bands get underway with marching bands from all corners of the wasik spans of the russian federation. you can smell the fumes from all the engines more than

a hundred feet taking part in this year's parade now we can finally see some of the vehicles moving just behind me so finally this part of the parade has officially kicked off so let's just enjoy the view that we have from this vantage point. here they come here they come now it is the big boys and that big toys. look at the fruits of diesel coming off these tanks that's the armada these are the back ones here preamp ha right that's the terminator. the stones of red square like feet the vibrations it makes you think there's some sort of seismic activity underneath the kremlin.

my only question is how on earth does he pocket thing. there's a thunderous. many of us of. your party. the two ninety five and this is as nato has come to call them i'm not a hundred percent sure where the you get this she has some of these aircraft through you know a camera lens but they're normal as they sometimes defy reason logic the things that.

one camera also caught an unusual scene on red square a one point war hero was seen being forced out of the way by members of the presidential security team the president though saw what was happening and immediately invited the veteran to war with him we found the war hero to discover his story. the president gave me a sign to come over i went to the guards wanted to push me back but the president didn't like them so we went together to the tomb of the unknown soldier and to the kremlin my rank is major general i was called up to the army before my seventeenth birthday after six months of training i was sent to the front line i took part in the battle for somalia and i was just a soldier for that battle i got the medal for bravery. to stay with

us for more of our special coverage as russia marks the seventy third anniversary of victory day. donald trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal has sparked a wave of protests in tehran furious demonstrators burned the stars and stripes and photographs of the u.s. president was even a similar protest inside the country's parliament itself and peace burned the u.s. flag right there in the chamber with vocal support from fellow lawmakers apart from quitting the nuclear deal trump vowed to impose the toughest sanctions on iran. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the agreement to restrict iran's nuclear energy program the crowning achievement of the obama white house has finally been terminated by the donald

today's action sends a critical message the united states no longer makes empty threats when i make promises i keep them but how much impact is this really having only one country the united states is withdrawing and the ryann doesn't seem particularly worried. i have ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to negotiate with and lobby the european countries as well as russia and china and to carry out the necessary qward nation with them russia and china are ready to keep things going as it is so are key allies of the united states and the european union and european union is the termin to preserve it we expect the rest of the international community to continue to do its part to that ante but it continues to be fully implemented but to say of our own collective security together with the rest of the international community we will preserve this nuclear deal. under the current circumstances we

call on all parties concerned to adopt a responsible attitude china will maintain close communication with all relevant parties and stay committed to upholding and implementing the deal in an objective impartial and responsible way. we're deeply concerned over the u.s. president's decision to you know have truly abandoned its obligations under the june comprehensive plan of action on the iranian nuclear program and sanctions on iran now this isn't the only global decision the trumpet ministration has made to be met with chirping crickets remember when the usa moved its embassy to jerusalem other than paraguay and guatemala the rest of the world was not exactly clamoring to follow suit and remember one trouble pulled out of the paris climate change accords well the other one hundred ninety five countries that have signed on they frowned at washington for a minute and then they moved on as if nothing had happened the accords remain exactly the same so once again we've got a big drum roll and fanfare from the white house but with the rest of the world

refusing to go along is washington's global leadership really all it's cracked up to be. and we speak now to a former advisor to iran's nuclear negotiating team that's a big company do you expect this deal to stay in place just without the united states. really think that has a very good chance of surviving trump's big acts and very happy to see their firm responses by among others for the record need us who are in policy chief reminded mr trump that this is an international treaty or agreement that is backed by international law and cannot be unilaterally abrogate it another important voice in support of this has been the un's secretary general mr terrorist who called on all the un member states to our bide by their

obligations because this i.v. man has been endorsed by the un security council resolution two two three one saw given the nancy ation by russia and china as well and the joint statement by the european three germany u.k. and france in support of the j c peel away i will put to bed in on behalf of the preservation of the j.c. appeal and whole fully in the coming discussions between iran and these parties will get much clearer about this cautiously optimistic. for the who are seeable future there's been reports suggesting that iran isn't just going to take this lying down it's actually been preparing a list of retaliatory measures what could they possibly be.

well you know iran has taken the. whole area of obligations and their disagreement including transparency measures allowing you know tremendous access to international inspectors world beyond its obligation under the normal. protocol and curtailing the inspections might be one option for iran to send a very clear signal not just to the u.s. but also to europeans that should you know day they violate the terms of their agreements and let's be very clear about that mr trump did not simply exit the jessep your way he violated the u.s. has you know written obligations under the terms and that is a very delicate important point that has been raised by. mercury me and others and this my go to you know an international court of justice you know other legal

forms the u.n. security council so the battle is not always yet over us as position with respect to d.j. c.p.o. and i foresee a lot of follow up actions in europe and elsewhere but in addition to that iran might resume who will scare nuclear work and president rouhani has instructed the atomic organization to prepare the groundwork for resumption of twenty percent enrichment and even perhaps higher and iran definitely has a will to resist will not be bullied by this. western superpower that is trying to impose its will on other nations with really without any quality body international law and and principles and this has clearly backfired ignace mr mr trump both at home where two thirds of the american voters. or in favor of the j c pier and given

the fact that there's a strong consensus in support of this deal in the international community save a couple of nations and therefore mr trump will will face severe backlash is at home and internationally and i hope that you know the critics at home will keep pressing mr trump to reconsider is unwise and regrettable decision that's contrary to us as own national interest because one of the immediate casualty of this has been you know sixteen billion dollar contract for boeing and i have sent to add that with respect to one thing that your reporter said contrary to you know the paris climate agreement or agreements that trump administration has exited from does an agreement that mr trump has now gone further by reimposing the lifted sanctions and if the europeans want to maintain their faithfulness to the

deal that means that they have to abide by for example section twenty six of the j c p a way that commits these the states to prevent interference with the realisation of the full benefits by iran of the sanctions lifted was section twenty two that allows the sale of commercial airplanes and parts to iran and we have seen just yesterday immediately after trans announcement. attempts by the treasury department to ban the sale of commercial aircrafts to iran or to it by the u.s. ambassador in germany warning the german companies to withdraw from the iranian market those are all interference in the you know any and trade that violate the terms of the j c p a way and if the european three and other european countries want to you know.

be faithful to d.j. c.p.u. away they have to implement these various specific provisions of their agreement which means in essence is standing up to and call sam and saying get big no to it. and cover just just finally the u.s. has a significant meeting with north korea coming up shortly do you think this u.s. withdrawal from from the iran nuclear agreement could affect north korean trust in anything that the u.s. agrees to. well i really think the. decision by trump yesterday to withdraw was the big. oil although it is not quite a mortal blow as i said in the beginning of this interview and it diminishes the u.s. has credibility world wide just as a number of us. officials form of teachers including former secretary of state john kerry and former president obama have explicitly stated and therefore the u.s.

is hand in a negotiation with north korea as potentially we can but then again what is u.s. is really in tension in those stocks because you know u.s. has already said that they're not going to withdraw their forces strong south korea . i'm very skeptical that they would agree to a full denuclearization of the peninsula so see what happens in that front but the main point we do speak to iran is that the u.s. has now isolated sir from its he allies as been rebuffed by the european leaders and others and is on the defensive and iran has taken the wise approach of staying with this e.p. or having a rule based approach to this issue and trying to galvanize support in the international community against this american bully i will definitely backfire against them kevin many thanks for your time and your opinions cover for sale be my guest former

advisor to iran's nuclear negotiation team. donald trump's controversial pick for cia director gina hospitals being grilled at a senate confirmation hearing over her alleged involvement in torture of the agency's facilities but she insisted under her leadership torturing the cia would be a thing of the past i can offer you my personal commitment clearly and without reservation . that under my leadership on my watch cia will not restart a detention and interrogation program. cia has learned some tough lessons from that experience possibles confirmation might not go so smoothly today's hearing there was some very clear opposition to hostile but those who are skeptical were concerned about her prior involvement with the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques which many describe as a torture program but human rights organizations have even called upon the public

to reach out to their representatives and oppose her nomination but first some background on the controversy housefull reportedly ran a cia prison in thailand where these techniques were used and she's accused of destroying tapes that documented these interrogations but president trump seems to have no qualms with her questionable history in fact he's even praised her for being quote tough on terror so as you can guess torture and morality were the main topics of discussion at today's hearing you believe the program in terms that you can interrogate program was consistent with american values we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standards are they consistent with american values senator i believe very strongly in american values i want to trust that you have the moral compass that you said you have i have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with u.s. law do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral what i

believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to the answer the question. and i think i've answered the question if not the hearing was disrupted twice by protesters who took issue with this and they were immediately silenced and then removed from the premises the first protester screamed bloody jena a nickname that the press often use. the word. trouble police was removed was. was. the second protester wasn't a random human rights activist it was actually rape make governor a veteran cia officer who served in the agency for decades but since his retirement he's been an active critic of torture and more specifically the agency's use of

torture during his disruption he attempted to ask a question but then he was forcibly removed by capitol police. were was. always going to. be very very. it's unclear whether or not trump support will be enough for an easy confirmation but we'll just have to see what happens with the cia veteran he just so being removed from the senate hearing right mcgovern was one of the people that we asked for coleman back a bunch about trump's choice of gina hospital to head up the cia seventy nine year old mcgovern is now in custody is what he told us back a much. gina hash bill was in charge of the black sites in thailand where she not only water boarded and otherwise tortured people who were brought there in two thousand and two and around then but she destroyed the evidence she destroyed the

videotapes that showed how these torture sessions including waterboarding were carried out in other words if you destroy evidence if you obstruct inquiries and then you can move right ahead and i remember my friend john kiriakou who is persecuted and prosecuted and served two years jail time for what who are revealing torture or not for doing it he commented when cina hash bell was named deputy director he commented that this is really really bad what will list say to the troops in the ranks it will say you can violate laws it will take care of you it's time for a woman to head the cia just not this woman i think she's probably the single worst pick in all of washington d.c. and that has personally i worked for gina haskell i don't care if gina haskell's a man or a woman or a combination of the two she's not right for this job everybody is tough on

terrorism all of us at the cia we're tough on terrorism that doesn't mean that you have to ignore the constitution of the united states and to ignore international law to prove that you're tough that's that was just nonsensical thanks so much for saying that all t. this evening based on our top stories coming your way in hoffa. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. it is like the. americans i would say i'm not american but americans really.

world war two cures the depression cars united states is concerned prosperity of the store. for the for us the whole world what it what and. historical rewrite ever since world war two to foment the cold war against russia against communism and. socialists mishmosh you the so you call me out. so you could all go. well i think world war two has been distorted credibly by the anglo-american media and that's because they wanted to minish the role of russia. and stalin who actually defeated hitler.

following the welcome the cross-talk were all things are considered i'm peter lavelle war in remembrance today marks the seventy third anniversary of victory in europe over fascism this is one of the most important dates on the russian calendar that can't be said of the europeans and americans we discuss how that conflict continues to impact russia's view of the world to this day. cross talking the great pay.