secure and prosperous and democratic. the gantner israeli border is braced for more violence after fifty nine palestinians were killed during protests against the relocation of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem on monday. u.s. move sparks outcry across the globe with several world leaders and even some of israel's traditional allies expressing furious condemnation. and american soldiers subject themselves to waterboarding in support of the controversial nominee for the new head of the cia claiming that the brutal interrogation technique does not amount to torture. and with north and south korea is that for talks the u.s.

pledges prosperity in return for nuclear disarmament we look at america's track record of carrot and stick diplomacy. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me becky aaron good to have you with us this hour now our top story tension is running high on long the gaza border a gaza israeli border after fifty nine people were killed and over two thousand injured during clashes with israeli security forces today marks seventy years since the creation of israel known as the nakba or catastrophe to palestinians and the fled on monday at protests over the relocation of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem.

water. no such. little dirt we extend a hand in friendship to israel the palestinian arabs enjoy all of their neighbors may there be peace. breaks for the peace of jerusalem. live. live to our correspondent in jerusalem now polis leah a point of how tense is the situation right now. the situation here on the ground

is b ten northern ramallah in an area called better el and for the past half hour israeli soldiers have entered ramallah but you might be able to see them just behind me they've been firing rounds of tear gas canisters and we've been running from this every few minutes and then turning to try and come back and talk to you there are a number of palestinian protesters who following is came to protest here on the border between jerusalem and ramallah now this is part of the imac but demonstrations palestinians refer to this as the great catastrophe it harkens back to the nine hundred forty eight war of independence when is did so well palestinians mock that is sixty three israelis celebrate and stand by for south of protesters across the west bank not only here in ramallah but of course also in gaza and even jerusalem is in a state of high alert the day coincides with the end of six weeks of the great

march those are palestinian protests that have been mostly along the israel gaza border against the occupation and against the moving of the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem just yesterday we witnessed the violence since the last gaza war back in two thousand and fourteen yesterday alone fifty nine people were killed and more than don't quit injured but those figures are from the palestinian health ministry and they say the injuries around half were from live emunah and live fire they also accuse. emergency personnel and journalists the israeli army for its side insists it is acting in self-defense it says and you have a sovereign country in the world it has the right to its borders and that it is preventing armed palestinians from infiltrating israel and carrying out terror against israelis who live along the israel gaza border at the same is increasing

international. and turkey have to does with immediate effect we're hearing from international humanitarian aid agencies that israel has been using to quote excessive force against an armed protester today is a day of mourning in the palace to the trees at the same time the palestinian government is calling on the international committee. that investigation into what prevention and they saying that yesterday was a terrible massacre here on the ground the mood is extremely tense suppose that we're not going to see a repeat of the figures we start the day. our correspondent paula slayer there speaking to us live from the west bank apologies for the poor sound quality there we will try to fix that and returns of paula later in the program. or protests against the american embassy being relocated to jerusalem have been held in the u.s. itself crowds marched in washington and los angeles decrying trump's decision

rallies have also been held in several other countries protesters burned u.s. and israeli flags in support of the palestinians they also expressed anger at the violence on the gaza border. several international human rights organizations have accused israel of using excessive force against protesters they called what happened an acceptable and inhumane describing the military's action as a war crime the un security council is planning a special meeting on the israeli palestinian tensions meanwhile the french foreign ministry says the u.s. violated international law by moving its embassy to jerusalem dutch authorities echoed that idea to ireland as america has made the situation much worse while south africa and turkey strongly condemned the move and have recalled their sadistic israel and we're also withdrew its and void to the u.s.

. american religion didn't we think that the moving of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem is an unfortunate decision we are rejecting once again this decision which violates international law and which is against un resolutions with its latest step the u.s. has chosen to be a part of the problem not a solution and has lost its mediator role in the middle east peace process we don't agree with the decision of the us to to move their embassy we continue to think that the playing the role card at the wrong time. japan is concerned that the move could make the peace process in the middle east even more difficult or escalate tension across the middle east. more. believe that the current us president does not have the ability to differentiate and judge about the long term consequences of his actions. we asked are there our guests for their views on america's stance on jerusalem. only yearly miserable some people around us want us to

expose tolerance to those who declare that they want to kill us who declare that they want to get into israel by booby traps by clutching caused by a guy falls poor that they're just you know at the regional high military power that was exactly on. the nerdier under some years later in that has only two for for eleven years you are the one who initiated this you initiated this you thought you brought the well the only your startup is steadily isn't what policy has brought to the world you tell me you have anything resides raises and. a lot of and not anything if you define greater israel as the area between the river jordan and the mediterranean sea the area under effective israeli control jews are now

a small minority and that population and the more of a minority they become the more undemocratic. and racist israel becomes there are zero israeli injuries zero israeli casualties over two thousand palestinians injured over fifty seven palestinians killed including and i'll share you how magic arabs are about. what do all of these protests. all of these are owed has in gaza were happening on gaza and saw oil inside the area occupied by israel in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven israel used disproportionate force in an illegal manner killing scores of palestinians and wounding thousands literally thousands more but you know how mosses not my favorite organization. so the hamas is

a political impact rock group which has completely failed to exploit israel's growth growth contradictions and to use them against the increasingly is the state where hamas has failed consistently by attacking. jews quiet jews and therefore forcing making sure that israelis will burn together all the more tightly against what they see as an external threat i have something to tell you we want to establish a palestinian state in the future the two state solution is the international solution it's not the palestinian solution alone i do believe still that there is a chance for this solution but it will take courage and it will take resolve from the international community to step up. a u.s.

special forces soldier has objected himself to waterboarding in support of trans controversial nominee for the next head of the cia tim kennedy posted a facebook video of being mocked drowned to try and show that it's not a form of torture however not everyone seems convinced by the stunt. imagine me having a taser does this look like torture to you guys it doesn't look like torture to be either the reason we're doing this at a big. hero is readied for our that's been appointed the director the cia i want every fishel who promotes waterboarding as not torture to be required to demonstrate the validity of their claim by being water boarded in the exact same fashion as it's practiced in prisoners this includes cheney in hospital i was a navy pilot and went to the e.r. in one nine hundred eighty one waterboarding east towards your bonus round if torture is so great and vital why don't we do it to normal criminal suspects the

nominee for the cia director mentioned in the video and reaction to it has been widely criticized after allegations of her involvement in enhanced interrogation techniques which included waterboarding human rights advocates have been urging u.s. senators to vote against her appointment however president trump who hand-picked gina housefull for the job has openly backed the torture tactic now waterboarding has been used by the cia despite being considered torture under international law it can cause serious damage to internal organs or death if the process is prolonging and we discussed the waterboarding video with a former guantanamo detainee who says it doesn't matter what one's thoughts or thinks it still amounts to torture. many people can withstand different types of torture for example i know a individual might be able to bear the pain of having his on twisted or having that feeling they'll pull that compared to others who can't but it's not based on the

individual's ability to be able to take that torture or not it's according to the definition of the law international more interesting to just recently the two people captured by the syrian defense forces who are alleged to be water who have that if you want to avoid it it happed if they're american captives for isis also water that. they have to so here the americans are saying that these two individuals that have committed war crimes which include waterboarding so this kind of notion of it isn't torture it's only torture when we say it is when it affects us it's complete hypocrisy and it's complete and it opposes more importantly international law which which was torture completely it said is that not only physical torture. is psychological port but the use or to force confessions out of peoples. north korea has reportedly started to fulfill its promises on its

nuclear disarmament talks between the north and south are expected on wednesday but with donald trump withdrawing from the nuclear disarmament deal with iran there are fears that washington will win a go on its promises and i doubt you have takes up the story. we all know what carrot and stick diplomacy is but these these goes beyond that way beyond their will get private capital the comes in north korea is desperately in need of energy support electricity for their people we can deliver that and as i said earlier this week we can create conditions for real economic prosperity for the north korean people that will rival that of the south talk about extremes not so long ago people were seriously talking about nuclear war those with a penchant for the dramatic really made the best of the opportunity north korea best not make it work threats to the united states. they will be met with

fire fury. like the world has never seen well north koreans must be sighing in relief instead of fire and fury they're now getting the carrot will they have to do is give up nukes nice let's just hope they have short memories so i think iran is on notice and they are going to have to make a choice are they willing to go down the path which i think ultimately will lead to greater prosperity and security for iran giving up. the acquisition of nuclear weapons or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to confrontation or quote the arabians gave up on nukes dismantle their program complied absolutely with every requirement in the end it didn't matter they gave up nukes and then america took back the whole perspire

it's a thing we'll see how we do with the rand probably we want to very well with them but that's ok too they've got to understand. life because i don't think they do understand life when life gives you lemons make lemonade so long as trump doesn't take the lemons to regardless perhaps this time things will be different iran was a one off right wrong i am pleased that the united states and north korea yesterday reached agreement this agreement is good for the united states good for our allies and good for the safety of the entire world in one nine hundred ninety four bill clinton made a deal with north korea north korea could tells its nuclear program and the u.s. builds two nuclear reactors for it to compensate energy loss gives it huff a million tons of fuel per year and normalize relations they never built the

nuclear reactors they never sent any fuel and they never signed an official peace agreement you're seeing a pattern here right perspire it seems to be the carrots except what no one seems to realizes it's for dangling not for tasting that just life they've got to understand. life because i don't think they do understand life. well there's a surprising front runner in iraq's first election since islamic states defeat in the country we'll look at what it could mean for the region off of the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy one from day shouldn't let it be an arms race based on often scary dramatic development only

personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time time to sit down and talk. at the plate for many clubs over the years so i know the gunman so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money billionaire owners spend spending to get to the twenty million and one player. it's an experience like no one else want to do because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so one more chance with. the base it's going to.

welcome a shia cleric with strong anti-american views looks on course to become the most powerful figure in iraqi politics mike todd our sluggers coalition is sweeping to victory in the parliamentary election while he's known as being an outspoken critic of the u.s. military presence in iraq and an opponent to iran he even led to revolts against american forces after their two thousand and three invasion while washington called shia militia loyal to solder the biggest threat to iraq's security some iraqis support our solder for his religious beliefs while others see him as a symbol of resistance against the u.s. winning in the parliamentary elections would effectively put al solder is king maker giving him huge influence in choosing the next prime minister iraqi law gives the political blocs ninety days to form a parliamentary majority and select their next leader middle east experts on their

theory told us the election result could have a major impact on iraqi relations with the u.s. . and this movement since two thousand and three there was the iraqi educational there's a sense among the iraqis especially those on the subject and song that a lot of conflict the reason can think iraq including ice is its own was mostly due to the u.s. in years ago beijing and u.s. dollars for storage for such extremes crude so against the influence of the presence of u.s. troops and and advise that and so on with iraq because they think they are part of the problem rather than solution there might be some sort of a conflict of disagreement between the government and the united states on what that and how the united states can keep some sort of present in iraq and so on so the u.s. will have much more difficult times ahead dealing with this becoming government

than with about the an amount of cubicle. and obsession in the us media is making it difficult to find for riots a you know daily news on these caleb maupin now looks at how donald trump has been keeping the mainstream media satisfied. there is no shortage of trump bashing in american media and unsurprisingly americans are pretty sick of it some media personalities have even come forward and stated the obvious we in the media are essentially all trump all the time and the upshot is that we risk not covering a lot of really important things at home and around the world and what about the wave of teachers' strikes arizona oklahoma west virginia this is a historic shake up in the american educational system but the american media blinked and didn't notice i didn't see her to be anything in the paper media about this on any of the networks even some of the networks that we watch. you know russia turn the channel russia russia russia russia and how about poverty thirteen

percent of americans live below the poverty line homelessness is on the rise having increased for the first time since the great recession but the media doesn't put much attention onto that issue either. we see an average of seven to eight hundred people every single day. congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation that will deliver more joy higher wages and massive tax relief. and amid all the poverty some americans are doing pretty well now the media likes to focus on one particular rich guy who happens to live in the white house but what about the rest of the american one percent who are shaping the laws and controlling

newsrooms how often does a.b.c. c.b.s. or n.b.c. discuss the role of the koch brothers and not the billionaires play increasing the political system which allows the rich and powerful to significantly control elections and the legislative process in congress sadly dion's to these. questions is almost never polls show that americans have a lot of real fears these days they're worried about health care education economic growth and jobs however the media seems to focus their outrage only on a man with a bad toupee was busy ranting on twitter this is how michelle wolf the comedian put it at the white house correspondents dinner what no one in this room ones to admit is that trump has helped all of you. he couldn't sell steak serve our water our college or ties or air it. but he has. he's helped you sell your papers and your bug in your t.v.

media like almost everything else in the land of the free is a business profits keep rolling in all americans lose. new york. a road bridge that connects mainland russia to the crimean peninsula is set to open for traffic in six months ahead of schedule one thing service that will reduce the region's reliance on sea and as transport and allow more tourists to visit the area which is a popular some a destination for russian president putin is expected to open in what will be russia's longest bridge.

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the politics in washington up and driven by the fossil fuel energy lobbyist they could of gone into renewable ten twenty years earlier and those jobs would be in place generating good paying jobs in america and be part of a growing world beating industry because they kowtow to those lobbyist they got stuck in the coal business which a goblin or a by the gas business which is a trillion dodgy and for a lot of reasons and now it's going to be obliterated by the chinese led revolution in song.

separated by three thousand miles when we think of hollywood we don't necessarily associate it with washington politics but art by its very nature imitates and reflects life whether promoting lifestyles idiology cold war the media has a powerful hold hold public opinion. hollywood greats the grand perception of the. it is the wizard behind the veil we know politicians court hollywood stars for support. katy perry is paid over seventy thousand dollars to perform for the hillary clinton campaign well it seems

no money was needed for that eastwood to stump at the republican national convention in two thousand and twelve harvey weinstein's ties to the clintons and barack obama ran deeper than the millions of dollars of campaign contributions he's raised obama's daughter malia went to in turn for the weinstein company after his presidency a political campaign support should be expected from citizens celebrity or not. the deeper threat arises when film and media are influenced to tell stories on behalf of the political establishment such products could be construed as propaganda. they were all. in hollywood who have some kind of relationship with the cia and department of defense and off a long list of individuals that we have in the book i mean look at these people have visited langley and some of them have a close connection. so ben affleck for instance but affleck former wife jennifer

got to recruitment out of the cia in early two thousand and thirteen americans might have found it curious to see the first lady appear via satellite at the academy awards ceremony to announce the best picture oscar for a film about the rescue of american hostages in iran in one thousand nine hundred by the cia well when i think of other films big films that have conveyed the cia's message i think argo argo was a film that talks about the daring do of a couple of cia and soon to go to iran and rescue six american diplomats the iranians wanted to let go of those hostages pretty quickly they didn't really want to cause a problem with the united states of america but i am told that khamenei who is meant personified as evil and the us press had made a deal.