israel says this was as a retaliation to iranian rockets fired towards the northern golan heights here in israel now israelis seem to have gone into shelters while this happened there were sirens here in israel and. but now business is as usual the regional council in the goal on has instructed to keep going as usual schools are open and public transportation keeps functioning normally farmers are out working everything really is business as usual i would say caution yes but stress not really and now i've seen that some arab media reports that israelis are in a stressful state to running into shelters and fearful of the iranians this is not the case yes they're cautious yes foreign minister israeli foreign minister of foreign minister defense minister victor lieberman. has spoken today in a press conference saying that iranians should be aware because if there will be

rain here in israel there will be a flood over there. in syria and iranian areas ok and i'd just like to point out that while the to now the prime minister and the defense minister are all pro. defending israel's rights and defending its borders the public here is supportive of that as well nobody wants a conflict nobody wants war but everybody does seem to want to defend israel's borders ok she's pretty much being sued presented as the. thanks to her coming on to r.t. that was but if the reporting from tel aviv thank you. controversial pick for the cia director has been cruel to the senate confirmation hearing she was quizzed over her alleged involvement in the torture of terrorist suspects was

interrupted by protesters though denouncing the nominee. oh and. i. was. i was. resisting my money restricts. stop resisting. stop her from you know i don't trust the state. well the second person there in that video who was wrestled to the ground by security and then escorted out is seventy nine year old cia veteran ray mcgovern he served the agency for twenty seven years but then became a political activist protesting the use of torture the governor is a staunch critic of gina hospital we contacted his lawyer who told us the activist spent

a night in jail. the cia's enhanced interrogation program was the main focus of jena high school senate grilling hand promise that under her leadership the agency wouldn't restart the controversial program there was a certain amount of ducking and diving at the 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 to answer the question. and i think i've answered the question i have not torture and morality were the main topics of discussion at today's hearing there was some very clear opposition to haskell 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 first some background on the controversy has will reportedly ran a cia prison in thailand where these techniques were used and she's accused of destroying tapes that documented these interrogations human rights organizations have even called upon the public to reach out to their representatives and oppose her nomination 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 it's unclear whether or not trump's support will be enough for confirmation but what does have to see what happens it jeanne has bill 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 disqualify her she has been doing literally everything she can think to do other than. telling the truth about the cia's torture program to get this job 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 well the recent poll does suggest downy a third of americans believe hospitals alleged involvement in till she makes her unfit for the cia post we took to the streets to see what people think that. no no i don't play so immoral immoral it's pretty cruel and wrong i don't think it's morally morally right. for was going to stop

a terrorist attack it would be all right i don't like them. but i don't claim to understand why or how it's done sometimes such it might be necessary if it kept americans you know here safe from terrorism or information leading to any. terroristic activities of course he was he thought international going to take a quick break we'll be back to. level was telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles. that you saw spreading tell you that because of the public record. highs and tell you all enough to buy your product. all the hawks that

we have on the dollar worth watching. discipline to know that our many years not ukraine or georgia and that our experience is unique to certain extent we're building on the success and the fielder's of past efforts to address the issues that you're talking about so in many ways we have a leg up on anything that's been tried in the past this is. a democrat grassroots effort by the armenian people for the armenian people. hello again i was frail has revoked the work permit for the director of human rights watch in the country authority said the decision was based on a dossier compiled on kids' activities over the last decade which he reported on

israel and the palestinian territories for the rights group he's held his post since april last year and israel has given him now fourteen days to leave the country we spoke to he told us that the real motive behind the decision was to muzzle criticism of the israeli government's activities. the reality is all of the allegations in the dossier relate to human rights activities many of which took place years ago before i joined human rights watch when i was a student in university and the reality remains that even according to the interior ministry neither i nor human rights watch promote boycotts human rights watch is an organization that covers over ninety countries across the world we've won a nobel peace prize you know for efforts we document abuses not only by israel but also by the palestinian authority and i have asked this in the first time of course human rights watch that israel has ordered human rights official out of the country

who've been working here for nearly three decades i met a fifty plus year occupation characterized by systematic rights abuse and institutional discrimination so the real aim is clear it's to muzzle dissent welcome one thing on the situation human rights watch says this is not about the director himself but about shuttling new organizations activities in israel it also said it supports the director and will fight for the decision to be referred to the mushy care again says the organization will push with its one. of the obstacles. barring me from operating here will not stop our reporting we'll continue to document rights abuses and be vocal about the right situation on the ground but i think it's a very worrying signal guarding where israel is and is going we intend to challenge this decision before it is really district court. and we intend to continue to

raise pressure not only to reverse this decision but also to rescind the law that calls for any entry of activists to fully anticipate that that decision or your first and then i will be permitted term in the country. the british prime minister has apologized quote i'm reserve italy for the case complicity in the handing over of an al-qaeda linked libyan opposition leader and his pregnant wife to the government of the now slain libyan leader muammar gadhafi the couple will also receive compensation of half a million pounds prime minister has now written to them both to apologize on behalf of her majesty's government i apologize reservedly we are profoundly sorry for the ordeal which you both suffered and wrote it. ok with our london correspondent party boyko who's been following that session in the british parliament and joins us now good afternoon paula just tell us that the story surrounding this apology does seem

to be pretty controversial tell us why. well look there's been a lot of reporting on this story there hasn't been that much detail on the background of the man at the center of it though abdel how keim bell high he is now a prominent libyan politician but while gadhafi was still in power he was a prominent anti gadhafi dissident and a leading member of an anti gadaffi militia called the libyan islamic fighting group. g. that was why he fled libya back in two thousand and one just a little more information about this group the ally f. g. it was operated from one thousand nine hundred five to last year it was considered an al qaeda affiliate and it staged three attempts to assassinate gadhafi the group's been regarded as a terrorist group both by the u.k. government and the us government up until it disbanded last year nevertheless

despite this relatively dubious checkered past bell haulage and his wife have been on a quest for an apology from the british government ever since he was released from prison and documents were discovered after the fall of the gadhafi government that linked the kidnapping of belle harbor and his wife to m i six two british m i six agents she was four months pregnant at the time this happened it was back in two thousand and four in thailand cia and m i six agents kidnapped the two and handed them back to the gadhafi government where claims that he was then subjected to six years of torture at the hands of the gadhafi government his wife was released after four months just before she gave birth so a significant victory for this couple today the british government's top lawyer

jeremy wright appearing in. in the house of commons in parliament apologising so publicly to them admitting that m i six was involved in their kidnapping which is something so rare to admit that m i six was involved in anything from the government saying that the intelligence services got it wrong saying that there was a letter from the prime minister to them apologizing as well and even awarding half a million pounds to bell hard just wife. compensation for the psychological trauma that she experienced during the ordeal. ok thanks for bringing us up to date there was a force in the u.k. . now in with football because for only the third time in the club's history lokomotiv moscow secured the russian premier league title over the weekend and we were lucky enough to have a chat with the club's president because here in the studio. firstly look congratulations your team the champions of russia has the trophy to prove it how

does it feel thank you andrew well it's for the absolutely fantastic for us and you know it from suede for for fourteen years this title and now we're also the british . we're sitting here just thirty five days away from the world cup been around the stadiums of russia how do you perceive russia and its and the prospects for the world cup i think my personal opinion obviously we're really is this small me most small stuff to come about but in general we're absolutely ready and we are waiting room very exciting person and very exciting because of the dramatic and i'm sure you followed western media too. and there's a lot was a lot of negativity surrounding tournament's before they start it doesn't matter which one and russia is no different people are concerned about crowd trouble. i'm one hundred percent sure they will we know with a little bit very very very you know. everything will be alright because we made

a tremendous draw police and the clubs and selves we influence the people we set to go we should be we should be very welcomed and we should really spread across for your for or welcome us to to talk to their guests too because it's it's a it's a huge thing for the country for the clubs for the russian food before you get something absolutely unbelievable to dream you go you leave a dream now for them it's something from test. to moscow president speaking to me a bit earlier you watching r.t. we're back with more news for you thirty five mins. would you like. milton's i would say i'm not a mere good but americans helped out really. world war two cures the depression farce united states is concerned prosperity of

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planet welcome to the party i mean it's parliament hill. as prime minister on tuesday after weeks of peaceful and usually joyce protests having downs their way to the most dramatic power transition in the country's history what will it take for new leadership to give its people what they're asking for well to discuss that i'm now joined by. international media liaison for nicole. and it's great to talk to you thank you very much for being here with us i understand it's been a very very long and joyce day for you so thank you again for joining us i am going

to graduations thank you for having me and thank you now mr passion and managed to get the support of the of about half the parliament fifty nine out of one hundred five members of parliament supported him and that vote comes on the heels of another woad barely a week ago when the majority of lawmakers rejected his candidacy what has happened in those few days to alter the mood in parliament so much well i think what's happened specifically is that the republican party has had to come to terms with the mood of the country and the public opinion and they've had. we had no choice but. as the next prime minister of armenia now when the new. election or selection brother broke his supporters took to the streets many of them wearing wide close reach i understand were a symbols

a symbol of their hopes for the country what is your understanding of what people expect from the new leadership well i think what most people expect from the new leadership is exactly what. has been talking about throughout this campaign which is that the new government will be based on transparency legitimacy will be founded on the agenda missy legitimacy by the people will be based on transparency and justice and i think that's what the people expect and i am pretty sure that that is what new. and will be delivering now i've heard many armenian say that what they hope for is an economic and political system serving and benefiting the people rather than class and i think this is something that we can all relate to but it's easier said than done because armenia is a very close knit society with strong family connections with maybe informal institutions do you think that's going to present the problem while trying to read the system of the clan influence well i don't think the main problem in armenia is

clans or family ties i think the main problem in armenia has been the oligarchic system and pasha is very specifically said that all of our x. will not be part of his government and that there will be a level playing field for all businesses and i think that's what people expect well number of former soviet republics russia ukraine georgia to some extent even was back east on have attempted to limit the influence of big businesses so a big families important families on power with let's say very very in degrees of success generally speaking it's very difficult because powerful in reach people do not like to lose their privileges what makes you believe that i mean you will find it easier well i think first of all is the general. of this revolution it was one based on solidarity and love throughout society first of all second of all i think even big businesses realize that for the basic sustainability of the country the

rules of engagement need to change so even for the big businesses for them to continue to maintain their businesses the the system needs to change and i think that is what will ultimately lead to the. leveling of the playing field here while bufkin but let me challenge you here a little bit if you talk to the ukrainians or georgians many of them would tell you that their own revolutions were allowed by the law for their countries. their concern for ed their hatred of corruption their very strong desire to see genuine democratic institutions big build in their countries and i think some of them are disappointed right now again of what makes armenia different from either ukraine or georgia well first of all i think it's important to note that armenia is not ukraine or georgia and that our experience is unique to certain extent. i think for first of all we're we're building on the success and the failures of past efforts

to address the issues that you're talking about so in many ways we have a leg up on anything that's been tried in the past. and i think time will tell how successful will be but i'm very hopeful if i may follow up on that a little bit i know you believe as we all are as we all do that our countries are unique and i know that in your previous academic experience you you had an opportunity of studying the experiences of many post soviet republics and way to democratic or. democratic transitions depending on the on your point of view what is some of the experiences that you think deserve the attention in terms of i mean elating or on the contrary trying to avoid the special sauce and all of this is comes down to. political will and i think what nicol. represents for many people is finally a leader that has the political will because quite frankly

a lot of the reforms i need to be done are not radical reforms they're not they're not you know we don't need to reinvent the wheel here really all it takes is some basic political will and i think that's what nicol pushing represents and that's what nicol cautions governments was going to enact now i know you've written and i could make paper on the so-called political regimes which appeared to some democratic practices but. while also sticking to the autocratic governance when it comes to their political and economic institutions and i think there is a widespread belief in the west that once you take a corrupt or an autocratic leader out of power then democracy sort of naturally blossoms is that what you expect to happen in armenia no because i don't think that democracy is necessarily a linear thing i think what i tried to show my paper is that this hybrid state of not quite a talker see and not quite democracy can actually be

a stable form of government but actually in that same paper the model that is presented shows that there are pathways to overcoming this hybrid regime and that specifically happens at a point when civil society and political opposition join forces and actually that's exactly what happened in armenia i wonder if you expect these democratic transition to be fully grassroots i mean fully grown from within or do you count on support from let's say the european union and other western countries in terms of strengthening and maybelline and perhaps financing some of those changes well look i think all countries have some sort of technical assistance that can always be helpful but this is at its core a democrat a grassroots effort by the armenian people for the armenian people so ultimately whatever you see coming out of the nuchal question young administration is going to be based on armenian values armenian tendencies and armenian people power

now you said before that you don't really need to invent the wheel and we all understand what's good for societies in political and economic terms but i think you know the experience of my country of russia shows that. the difficulty lies in not so much defining what needs to be done but understanding how it could be done how you can bring those new institutions and tailor them to your. culture in a way to allow both to work can sink rather than sabotaging one another or subverting one another i wonder if there is an understanding on your side in the cold cash announced team oh where you should begin what priorities should come first in order to turn this current euphoria into something more long lasting into something that will power those changes over the long call with regard to how things need to be done there's plenty of bright minds in armenia that can figure

that out and are figuring it out but i think like i mentioned previously more important than how things should be done is whether or not they're done at all and that comes straight from the political will. reforms that the nickel question an administration is going to be undertaking are going to be based on as i mentioned the principles of legitimacy transparency and justice so whatever the immediate reforms are going to be are going to be ones that really are just require some political will and are geared towards or focused towards increasing justice and increasing transparency and are going to be founded on the legitimacy that the administration has on behalf of the people which frankly no previous armenian government has ever had i know that this idea of civil ownership people saying that this is our country belongs to as the power has to be accountable to us has been very prominent during these protests and during their protests before and it's easy

to own victories it's much more difficult to own disappointments or frustrations how much time do you think the current leadership has to sustain this current infuses you know keep this momentum running you know i think the question is. it's the wrong question to ask because it's really not a matter of time as long as the people trust nicol pasha. the reforms they will. they are ready for the long haul everyone understands here with all the conversations i've had over the past few days everyone understands the now's the time to roll up our sleeves and really get to the hard work no one expects armenia to change overnight and really that's an unrealistic expectation but people the important thing is that the average armenian use a real means to feel that tomorrow will be better than today and really that's not even about any concrete reforms that's really a psychological state and i think that's what this revolution has really brought to

within their i mean people well the reason i'm asking this question is because for many of these changes to happen you will also have to make sacrifices for example armenia has a very huge four and you know to to to manage it you will have to kod the government spending perhaps make other painful sacrifices and i think you know human experience shows that people's resilience also has its limits one of the reasons people took to the streets right now is because they want first and foremost i believe and correct me if i'm wrong economic change they want to see a canonic development and democratic and political development as well but from my understanding that main motivations are all economic nature and i think dad has a set expiration point don't you think so you know i have to disagree with you on that but because actually if you look at g.d.p. per capita between if you can.