secure and prosperous and democratic. led. new protests brick in the disputed territories of israel palestine after scores of palestinians are killed during protests against the relocation of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. u.s. move. across the globe with several world leaders and even some of israel's traditional allies expressing furious condemnation. also ahead this hour an american soldier subjects and self to waterboarding in support of the controversial nominee for the cia. claiming that the brutal interrogation technique does not torture. with north korea for

talks washington pledges prosperity in return for nuclear disarmament we look at america's track record of current unstick the people see. twenty four hour news live from moscow this is r.t. international my name to you know neil welcome to the program our top story tensions are running high between palestinian protesters on the israeli military after fifty nine people were killed and over two thousand injured during clashes with israeli defense forces that's now have a look at some footage from the west bank cried palestinian protesters have been waving flags throwing stones you're also seeing large amounts of black plumes of smoke. that's from where tires would have been set alight

throughout the day is really defense forces they have responded as well with that tear gas that's been happening a bit chilly right through at the wake or particularly yesterday and also this morning quite come up the moment there are enough of the west bank today we're expecting more violence today marks seventy years since the creation of israel known as not or catastrophe to palestinians under did flare up on monday yesterday a protest over the relocation of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem as well as. a. lot of state. lawmakers. thanks. to this.

letter the word we extend a hand in friendship to israel the palestinians and to all of their neighbors may there be peace. we pray for the peace of jerusalem. i write. these may be soldiers who you might be able to see behind me have made their way into northern my life away they've been firing rounds of tear gas this tear gas causes us to run from this position where we're standing and then return and then run again this is heavy stage of tear gas in the air that makes. breathing

and seeing almost impossible today is not the day and across the west bank palestinians are commemorating what they call the day of catastrophe it coincides with israelis celebration of what they say is the day of independence that harkens back to one nine hundred forty eight when the state of israel was declared yesterday we did see the biggest number of casualties that we've witnessed here since the last gaza war back in two thousand and fourteen fifty nine palestinians were killed in protests along the israel gaza border more than two thousand were injured and those figures are from the palestinian health ministry the israeli army has insisted that it is acting in self-defense and they say that they're behaving the same way any sovereign state would in protecting its borders so if you the situation here on the ground tense we will be following events throughout the course of the day and unfortunately we do expect the casualty count to climb. where protests against the american embassy being relocated to jerusalem have been held

in the u.s. itself the crowds marched in washington and los angeles decrying donald trump's the solution rallies have also been held in several other countries protesters burned us on this really flies in support of the palestinians he also expressed anger at the violence on the gaza border. while several international human rights organizations have accused israel of using excessive force against protesters they call what happened on acceptable and inhumane the scribing the military's action as a war crime well the u.n. security council is not planning a special session on the liveness this really palestinian violence the french foreign ministry they have had their say they say the u.s. violated international law by moving its embassy dutch authorities echoed that viewpoint as well arland says america has made the situation much worse while

africa turkey strongly condemned the move on of recall their ambassadors to israel and also with through its envoy to the u.s. . america 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. to ban is concerned that the move could make the peace process in the middle east even more difficult or escalate tension across the middle east to go to a ten year old. believe that the current us president does not have the ability to differentiate and judge about the long term consequences of his actions. you know

we've been getting a lot of reaction on this we asked a number of our guests for their views on america's stance on jerusalem. only he'll be 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 called by it are you fools poor that they're just you know that of the regional high military who is very aware that what is 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 world the only your start up steadily is what policy has brought to do where would you tell where you have anything resides raising children and. a lot of and not anything if

you define greater israel as the area between the river jordan of 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 democratic. and racist israel becomes there are zero israeli injuries zero israeli casualties over two thousand palestinians injured over fifty seven palestinians killed including l.o.l. how sorry how magic arabs are you. what do all of these protests. all of these are odessa same guys that were happening on gazan soil inside the area occupied by israel in one nine hundred sixty seven israel use disproportionate force in an illegal manner killing scores of palestinians and wounding thousands

literally thousands more but you know hamas is not my favorite organization. so the hamas is a politically corrupt group which has completely failed to exploit israel's growth gross contradictions and to use them against the increasingly is the state whether hamas has consistently by attacking. jews quiet jews and therefore forcing making sure that israelis will band 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 it is 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 subjected himself to waterboarding in support of donald trump's controversial nominee to head the cia tim kennedy posted a facebook video have been drawn to try and show that it's not a form of torture however not everyone seems convinced by the start. imagine me having it tainted 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 base. hero is readied for our that's been appointed to be the director the cia i want every fishel who promotes what are boarding as not torture to be required to demonstrate the validity of their claim by being water boarded in the exact same fashion as this practice them prisoners this includes cheney and hospital i was

a navy pilot and went to the e.r. even one hundred eighty one what the boarding east towards your bonus round if torture is so great and vital why don't we do it to normal criminal suspects they nominate you for a cia director mention in the video has been widely criticized author alagh ations of her involvement in and hunts interrogation techniques which included waterboarding human rights advocates have been urging u.s. senators to vote against her appointment however president trump who picked gina hospital for the job as openly back the torture tactic well 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 prolonged we discussed the waterboarding video with a former guantanamo detainee who says it doesn't matter what one soldier thinks it's still months to torture. many people can withstand different types of torture

for example i know it might be the. pain of having his arm twisted or having the pain in their pulled out 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 intellectual interest in just recently the two people captured by the syrian defense forces who are alleged to be water who look at what . american captives isis also water audit that. they have to so here the americans are saying that these two individuals that have committed war crimes which include what are all the 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 set out was torture completely and it said is that not only physical torture

out of those so it's psychological that they use or to force confessions out of people. living on a road bridge that connects mainland russia to the crimean peninsula is set to open for traffic six months ahead of schedule once in service it will reduce the region's reliance on see her transport and a lot more tourists to visit the area which is a popular summer destination for russians president putin is expected to open what will be russia's longest bridge.

well our own daniel hawkins is on the grand opening of the bridge in southern russia good afternoon daniel a big day for crimea quite a feat of engineering we were looking at as well and also for for locals it's going to make a lot easier for them six months ahead of schedule they can have

a and i summer holiday they can get eyed at the convention visit relatives etc it's a big day. it's early zenon yes but a long time coming a long time planning actually i decide did to link the trust of the region to the crimean peninsula dates all are back to saw its russia to the reign of saw nicholas the second one the project unfortunately can be completed because of the outbreak of the fust old war then into soviet times on the stalin when it was poles because of the second world war funny now it has a cut in modern russia and completed in record time. struction began in february twenty sixth and is completed as you say six months ahead of shows on the first vehicle pass here in just about twelve hours' time five thirty am tomorrow morning the official opening ceremony as you say of course is the day the russian president will arrive shortly to inspect the bridge and another perhaps slightly smaller celebrity a feline a celebrity

a cat that was found on the bridge construction workers he's been nicknamed the most sick little bridge they say he's officially right across the bridge to inspect that as well he's given the go ahead for this as well just to bring this into perspective you don't miss bridges nineteen kilometers long that makes not only the biggest bridge in russia but the biggest bridge in the whole of europe as well at peak capacity will be able to carry up to forty thousand vehicles a day thirteen million passengers millions of tons of cargo a lot of very important for the crimean peninsula because right now the only land border it has of course he's with ukraine a lot of people tourists cargo has to be delivered either by air or through a ferry that goes through the port of craft pass along the kurdish strait this will make things much better as you say not only from the tourist perspective but also from the trade perspective from goods to put this give you some more interesting figures here the bridge of course as you say the biggest in europe a huge amount of work has gone into where it's got dozens of big supporting pillars

to support it through those quite treacherous conditions in the sea off and they've required as much steel as thirty two eiffel towers that's how much has has gone into this now this bridge as we say possible arriving just an hour's time or so to to inspect a big day connecting across the region here behind me to the crimean peninsula just beyond the camera here and we'll bring you all the latest updates of course i'd like goes ahead and do say hello to you or he or she called little bridge that cuts given this seal of approval to the preachers well for us don't you hawking. standing on russia's longest bridge that connects mainland russia to crimea thanks for night. there is a surprising frontrunner in iraq's first election since islamic states defeat in the country we look at what it could all mean for the region after this.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. with this manufacture consent to stick to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the fines. be the one percent. nor middle of the room six.

nineteen minutes into the program welcome back north korea has reportedly started to fulfill its promise is on 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 washington will run naked on its promises right because the if 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 that 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 the prosperity thing well 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 too regardless perhaps this time things will be different in 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 thousand nine hundred ninety four bill clinton made a deal with north korea north korea could tails its nuclear program and the u.s. builds two nuclear reactors for it to compensate energy loss gives it hard for 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 carrot except what no one seems to realizes it's. not for tasting that just life they've got to understand. life because i don't think they do understand life. a shia cleric with strong anti-american views looks on course to become the most

powerful figure in iraqi politics. years coalition is sweeping to victory in the parliamentary election he's known as being an outspoken critic of the u.s. military presence in iraq and an opponent of iran he even led to revolts against american forces after their two thousand and three invasion while washington calls shia militants loyal to said they are the biggest threat to iraq's security some iraqis support for his religious beliefs others backed him as a symbol of resistance against the u.s. . well winning the election what effectively make a kingmaker giving him huge influence in choosing the next prime minister iraqi law gives the political blocs ninety days to form a parliamentary majority and then select their leader middle east experts. to list the election result could have a major impact on iraqi relations with the u.s. . and this movement has since two thousand and three fourths the rocky it could

patients there's a sense among the iraqis specially those on the subject of the song that a lot of conflict the reason can think iraq including ice is its own horse they do it to the us and years ago asian and us dollars for storage for such an extremist group so against the influence of the presence of u.s. troops and and advisors 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 us will how much more difficult times ahead dealing with this become a government down with about the any modicum before. an obsession in the us media is making it difficult to find variety to your daily news articles killed mark but not looks at how double 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 trumped 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 be anything in the media about this on any of the networks or 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 is a.b.c. c.b.s. or n.b.c. discussed 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 the. 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. but no one in this room ones to admit is that trump has helped all of you he couldn't sell steak survive or water our college or tied his or erick. but he has helped you know he's helped you sell your papers and your books in your t.v. media like almost everything else in the land of the free is a business profits keep rolling in while americans lose a limb up and are to see new york fracking in focus next in the cocksure report this is our two international.

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