russia celebrates victory day marking seventy three years since the end of the second world war with a firework display ending a day of spectacular military parades. the sea of people has swept through moscow taking part in the immortal regiment march remembering relatives who died fighting in what russians call the great patriotic war costs. a cia veteran is thrown out of the confirmation hearing for donald trump's pick as the new agency chief amid protests over her alleged involvement in torturing prisoners. and protesters burn u.s. flags on the streets of tehran after donald trump decides to withdraw from the

arabian you clear deal. thank you for watching the news headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate. russia has been celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany in world war two it's the seventy third anniversary of the end of what russians call the great patriotic war which claimed the lives of almost twenty seven million soviet people. the victory day celebrations culminated with nationwide file it displays some one of the biggest was in moscow and on the managed to find a perfect view. thousands of fire trucks and lighting up this guys tonight sent across and several and spots across more is such as can victory park fireworks will

be illuminating the night skies tomorrow and of the seventy fifth anniversary celebrations it's now down the level in the crowd so you can see people wearing symbols of victory day such as this st george's print in a sign a member in some respects and say when people carrying the red carnations when a name and down if it hits sites across send most of us well but now people will be flocking to try to get the best seats in the house and try and get the. light at the fireworks surrounding the skies that i've managed to grab quite a good seats a nice getting a good view of most case guys alyssa safely you'll be able to catch the colors on your screens. there are a few families in russia who weren't affected by the wars around one in every six people died and in their honor a special moments known as the immortal regiment is held every year this time and you record was set as more than

a million people gathered in moscow and over ten million across russia artie's correspondents followed the march from the heart of the crowds in the russian capital. but it's all about the people whose faces are in these maybe maybe portraits are out there giving here their harangues that's also another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people in 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 in this. mikail difference of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on these portraits is first defended his motherland to make the nazis retreat and then

he got a medal for liberating the city that's now known as cullinan grads the final destination of this absolutely extraordinary immortal regiment marched 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 in the red square and given how this march began a 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 london lisbon and across the atlantic united states and thailand in israel truly a global event so all of those people i found out more about my family as well my great grandmother in 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 bugs had searing that she battled before transferring further back into russia when she was the only surgeon for this ship for quite some time in the form of hundreds of operations later becoming all of the recent us a call for means alludes to town in the republic of tatarstan of the russian president's has been participating in the march as well since twenty fifteen a lot of you oppose it alongside him today the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu who's 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 meet us well we've managed to get some of those stupid stories that capture some of the finds at the back page elizabeth the family history is just one of them that we get .

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of new york the georgian capital tbilisi warsaw and even kuwait city crowds also gathered in australia with people in sydney commemorating their relatives well for many in russia the centerpiece of the victory day celebrations is the military parade through red square here in moscow. 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 pods 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 their big toys. look at the furrows of diesel coming off these tanks that's the armada these are the back once a plan b. to the right that's the terminator. the stones of red square light 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 park the thing. there's a thunderous. many of us in. but. the two ninety five and then there's as nato has come to call them i'm not a hundred percent sure where the you get this she has of these aircraft through you know a camera lens but they're enormous and sometimes defying reason logic calendar things that.

one camera caught another unusual scene on red square a war hero forced out of the way by hunters and the president's security team that hit it and saw what was happening and immediately invited the veteran to war with r.t. caught up with the man and he told us the story. the president was there he has two bodyguards two big lads i was walking behind them the president knows me we've met before and he gave me a sign to come over i went the guards wanted to push me back but the president didn't let them they didn't touch me any more they understood that the president knows me and i know him well 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 lines when i got there moscow had already been liberated so i was sent to small units i took part in the battle for smolensk i was just a soldier for that battle i got the medal for bravery. on the small victory day coverage. when the lawmakers manufactured consensus instinct of public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final merry go round listen to the one percent told. to ignore middle of the room signal. for the real news is

really. going to walk off selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings promise to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that still. produce talks for the tell you that every gossip and public myself or the. other off advertising tell me you're on the cool enough and let's not buy their product. all the hawks that we along with all good for. welcome back donald trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal has sparked a wave of protest in the iranian capital tehran demonstrators burned american flags and photos of the president and there was

a similar protest inside the country's parliament m.p.'s burned a flag in the chamber with vocal support from fellow lawmakers apart from quitting the nuclear deal donald trump has also vowed to impose the toughest sanctions on tehran. 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 tournament to preserve it we expect the rest of the international community to continue to do its part to that on t.v. but it continues to be fully implemented but the sake of our own collective security together with the rest of the international community we will preserve this nuclear deal. we don't 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 actually abandon its obligations under the joint 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 this be very clear to mr tom did not simply exit did. he violated says you know written obligations under the and that is a delicate important point that has been raised by. me and others and this my both. in the international court of justice. legal forms the un

security council another fervent supporter of scrapping the agreement is israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu who's currently in moscow he recently gave a dramatic presentation decrying the deal and has praised trump's decision. israel has opposed the nuclear do from the start because we said that rather than blocking the wrong spot to bomb the deal that you previously runs to an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs israeli influence is absolutely key here trump cited netanyahu is kind of used cars the salesman style presentation in order to justify withdrawing from the iran deal and his new policy of rollback and you know first of all we have to recognize netanyahu introduced nothing new in his presentation the intelligence was arguably fabricated that netanyahu it introduced that trump cited it's another intelligence scam driving us to war nuclear watchdog the international atomic

energy agency says iran is honoring its commitments to the deal other interests are also vying to fulfill their obligations despite the u.s. withdrawal here's how the original agreement was put together. it took nine years of talks numerous attempts and was even days of meetings. we're seeing kerry. the e.u. u.s. russia china and iran had to overcome their trust issues. are racist but they believe it was even possible. to be able to mystery and yet it happened a diplomatic breakthrough a true success after a decade norm standoff in. one

country to who was unhappy i think. that. for a while he was all on his own until the new guy came to the white house the worst deals i've ever seen and the disaster is still one of the dumbest details one of the worst deals ever heard was the iran deal i'm all for agreements but that was a bad one first came decertifying the deal we cannot and will not make this certification the e.u. took it personally president of the united states as many posts not this one to trump went even further threatening to pull out of the data altogether i pay a total terminations that's a very real possibility some would say that's a greater possibility israel was jubilant they're trying to bamboozle the entire world and i'm very glad that president well enough without the e.u. trying to knock some sense into trump with france germany and the u.k.

sending their top guys to try and change his mind the president has been right to call attention to it but you could do that without just throwing the baby out with the bath water nine years of talks a diplomatic breakthrough. a true success was it all for nothing. donald trump's controversial choice for cia director as being grilled at a senate confirmation hearing over her alleged involvement in torturing political prisoners gina house will insist under her leadership torture in the cia will 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 the 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 the president 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 do 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 you've answered 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. for. police was removed was. was. was. her.

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. or was. or. was going to. vote right there right. it's unclear whether or not trump support will be enough for an easy confirmation but we'll just have to see what happens or back a month off the cia veteran you saw being removed from that hearing to comment on trump's choice of jena housefull ray mcgovern is now in custody here's what he previously said to aunty. 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 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 for revealing torture or not for doing it he commented when cina hash bill 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 couldn't violate laws it will take care of you it gina has full has had practically every senior position in the cia's headquarters she's currently the acting director of the cia i knew her when she was

the chief of staff in the counterterrorism center she's been in the senior intelligence service for decades but i think that she's not qualified to lead the cia because the actions that she took during the dark period of the cia's torture program disqualifier the crime was on her part it was that she was doing this torture program not that the american people learned about it gina haskell had the opportunity to say the right thing that this was a dark period in u.s. history people made mistakes the program was immoral it was illegal it was unconstitutional she never said any of that. antiwar activist type barry things the white house is using housefull status as a woman to sugarcoat her involvement in torture. were many more than two people arrested there were nine people arrested the capitol police arrested seven people before the hearing started because they didn't want to be interrupted and the

charge against jena aspel is exactly as ray mcgovern who was bloodied and injured in his arrest but also by john kiriakou there were arrested without provocation before the hearing started were given a fifty five dollars fine and released almost immediately it helps that genius was a woman but you can't have an unqualified woman the reason that they picked gina housefull is the very fact is she is a woman trump administration use those floyds to push a no torture the things that isis did where they were beheading and doing all the things that they were doing are no different under international law and human rights as what gina aspel was doing we should denounce or at every opportunity. the disputed territory of the golan heights on the border between syria and israel is on high alert israeli military claims iranian forces based in syria have launched twenty missiles at their positions there are also reports israeli air

forces have returned fire the area has been a point of contention for decades between syria and israel locals were warned in advance to take refuge in bomb shelters engines optimistic creases don't come by nuns the u.s. would withdraw the iran nuclear deal. more news at the top of the. join me every thursday on the elec simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. lorien remember in city 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 in america we discussed how that conflict continues to view of the world to this day.

greetings and salutation united states president donald j. trump has showcased his dealmaking savvy once again and pulled the united states out of the iran nucular deal further pushing the dial closer to world peace said no headline anywhere whatsoever yes not even on barry weiss's new dark web safe space for her and her fellow big media platforms no fix would you see a headline that ridiculous yes the fallout since the brand name in chief has been fast and furious with european cosigners on the iran deal now scrambling to keep the agreement alive french foreign minister told friends as a r.t.l. radio that quote the deal is not dead there's an american withdrawal from the deal

but the deal is still there and while france germany russia china and the u.k. fight to keep the deal alive for those of us here in the u.s. watching and hearing trump and his cabinet starting to feel a little like deja vu all over again for anyone who is paying attention during the old run up to dick cheney's iraq war all those years ago with iraq invasion architect and cheerleader now national security advisor john bolton dramatically declaring this week quote what president trump did by pulling out of the deal is get back to what the real objective should be stopping this dangerous regime from threatening us and our friends around the world with nuclear weapons. so while the war hawks feed us the same lies we heard fifteen years ago iran actually appears to be making moves to keep the deal in place iran's president hassan rouhani has stated if we achieve the deal's goals in cooperation with other members of the deal

it will remain in place so will run become the new iraq or will president trump and his gaggle of chicken hawks fail in their efforts for yet another us war let's find out by watching the hawks. what it. looks like. it's like. as you get to the bottom of it. but it looks like you know that i got. this. week so let's. drop the watch of the hawks am tyrone for i don't have a glock. zero zero and i'm saying that. it's very low it's a.