there is strong evidence that america and its partners used indiscriminate disproportionate force the impact was catastrophic more from a loss the see it. this amnesty international report dubbed war of and they have nation devastating tolls on civilians in iraq to syria is a very highly critical analysis of the airstrikes that were carried out by the u.s. led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that one hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties. we did everything we could in our intelligence assessment

in our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties the coalition's claims that it's precision air campaigns allowed to bump islamic state out of iraq while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny on the ground in iraq we witnessed a level of destruction comparable to anything we've seen in decades of covering the impact of wars you know when you're fighting an enemy. uses noncombatants as collateral damage you know it's very difficult when the when you fight it we like that too to completely avoid. any casualties of war like that but i can tell you we have a process that we go through. this to minimize you know civilian casualties at all costs well amnesty international interviewed one hundred twelve civilians in as

many as forty two locations of airstrikes for this report and some of their focus was specifically on four families who had lost very big numbers of family members in these airstrikes they look at one family that lost as many as eight members and one airstrike another lost sixteen another family lost eighteen and a fourth family that lost as many as thirty nine people in those airstrikes and of course while we know the coalition says that in this case as others they did all they can to minimize casualties and in these kinds of scenarios according to them this is inevitable according to amnesty international that is just not good enough and they have called for investigations and justice for the victims of those strikes while our team was in syria while the u.s. led campaign to liberate iraq was on going these are some of the reports filed by our correspondent on the extent of the devastation and hodor echoes residents were affected by the battle. the u.n.

estimates that's an average of twenty seven people are being killed in iraq every day nothing is left in iraq except for destruction because of the coalition and deisel but the strength of the coalition will worsen some villages were wiped out some neighborhoods were demolished in the unlikelihood more than eighty four people civilians were killed in two u.s. strikes near the syrian city of braca many have been killed among the my cousin died in iraq in an airstrike the massacres in iraq are committed by isis and the coalition warplanes together what can i say the streets are full of good bodies. are another story we're closely following this hour germany's refugee agency is being investigated for corruption it's accused of offering asylum for bribes chancellor merkel also being dragged into the scandal a claim she was aware of the problems but they did nothing to reform the organization our europe correspondent peter all reports from berlin. the cash for

asylum investigation into the german federal office for migration and refugees all . speed public focus has turned to the german chancellor angela merkel and what she knew about the agency's problems its former head frank here couldn't face gave an interview to a leading german sunday tabloid which he said he held a face to face meetings with the chancellor and made it explicitly clear that his agency couldn't cope with the pressure is being put on it refugee policy. there was no structure or organized development in the form of specific tasks set of priorities or occult collation of personality acquirements since no instructions were available everyone could work as they saw feet in response to those claims a spokesperson for angle merkel had this to say. of course there was an ongoing intense process of changing the work of the german federal office of migrations and

refugees when the refugee crisis broke out i'm just trying to make clear that mr vice is repeated reported on these changes in the prove months to the how the federal states the blunder struck the cabinets he spoke at press conferences and again and again to the public and major league the chancellor was informed about the plan of the reform and the measures taken in this agency. the investigation began after it was alleged that an employee at the un fought for us in bremen wrongfully granted asylum to twelve hundred people on the list though security services say were two islamic extremists one of whom they describe as an actual terror threat while forty four others belonged to islamist groups prosecutors allege that the female employee took both money and gifts to grant asylum wrongfully between twenty thirteen and twenty sixteen as the investigation continues she did nice those charges against her politicians both from the

opposition and from within and glimmer of course on coalition partners saying they want answers. it is not about the accusations it is not about the vindication of a conspiracy theory but rather about a sober investigation. we have to investigate the accusations of negligence and corruption and you have to do it quickly and everyone who was involved should give testimony the former refugee card to nato and the interior ministry there is a way to be done in this investigation last month the country's largest opposition party alternative for germany launched a loss. suit against anglo merkel's refugee policy they say that the chancellor's decision to welcome around one of the half a million refugees to the country should have gone through a vote in the stock and the fact that it didn't is unconstitutional and so we put the legal course in front of the court to question whether there there is a legal. explanation or a legal reason to open our borders hopefully we'll have

a special committee to go into that scandal well the point we're making is probably the scandal is not something about the so one. office environment and has to do with political responsibility and we have to look who is responsible for everything what has happened there before now the big question remains if the chancellor knew that the migration refugee agency was struggling why was nothing done to relieve the pressure betrayal of r.t. . the international nuclear watchdog has confirmed that iran is preparing to restart the production of a chemical compound that can be used to produce nuclear weapons to iran earlier sent an official letter informing the organization that it is stepping up its enrichment capacity. right now the electrical infrastructure and utilities in the

towns are ready for hundreds of thousands of separate it work you know we started the work yesterday we sent a letter about the start of some activities to the i.a.e.a. . well these developments come with the iran nuclear deal on the verge of a problem the twenty fifteen accord was the result of long drawn out negotiations that lifted international sanctions against iran and in turn tehran gave up its nuclear aspirations and significantly limit its enrichment program but now that the u.s. has scrapped the agreement sanctions are being imposed again washington is warning there's more that i think. we will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the iranian regime the leaders in tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness these will indeed end up being the strongest things in history when we are complete the european union has reacted to iran's latest moves saying that although it doesn't constitute a breach of the deal the revival of enrichment activities by tehran exacerbates the

already fragile situation meanwhile both iran and washington are putting pressure on europe each issuing threats to me tim's is the u.s. going to impose sanctions on european companies that continue to do business with iran i think it would give the answer you know the answer is it's possible it depends on the conduct of other governments how. european countries seem to expect the iranian people to pose suffer from the sanctions and give up their nuclear energy activities abiding by the j c p o e limits i'm telling those countries that this is a dream that's never going to come true this will never happen. sayyid mohammad marandi politics professor at the university of tehran believes iran has shown remarkable restraint on the ball is now in europe's court. thing without a doubt the iranians have shown a great deal of patience so far when the americans pulled out many expected the

iranians to pull out immediately as well because after all this was a multi lateral agreement the united states is the key antagonists and if when the united states pulls out the. agreement really becomes almost meaningless however the iranians showed patience and they told the europeans that if they are willing to grow backbone and stand up to the americans protect their citizens protect their business people and their corporations and companies and banking and financial institutions with real commitments if there have solid if they bring forth solid commitments to show the iranians that they're willing to do this then iran can stay within the agreement but otherwise if the europeans are just going to give verbal support and back down and allow their companies to be sanctioned and punished by the americans then there's absolutely no reason why the

iranians should stay in agreement. switching gears now it is just nine days and kind thing until football showpiece tournament kicks off right here in moscow thirty two nations world to get their hands on the world cup trophy and earlier we got a close up look at that biggest prize in the sport. i'm really proud to tell you that there is more than just a special reason for me to be wearing this golden tie because here in this studio right now we're going to show you a very special shiny gold can we please have a look. is this the actual trophy world cup winners get their hands on after the final the winning team will lift this exact trophy above their heads and this is the one that they keep only for a short while. before the ultimate possession they get

a film called the so-called winner's trophy which it looks like exactly this one but only made of bronze and it's a gold plated bronze so even lionel messi seen as the best footballer today can't touch it indeed this is the one in on li made of eighteen karat solid gold. official before world cup trophy and only heads of state and people world cup winners can touch this magnificent full don't price how far has the trophy traveled on its tour trophy travelled from coming right to leave us talk literally a massive geography we estimated that around forty million people live in the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited any special moments in russia including russia for instance a young guy made american marriage proposal to his girl and that was really really

touching and almost you know i almost had tears in my eyes and a lot of new words coming to see this trophy after their wedding there was a. longtime fan of football he was around sixteen years of age and the guy was crying and i haven't seen you know a sixty year old guy crying at the side of the trophy. yeah tears of happiness and the excitement builds over which country will be lifting the vast world cup in the final in moscow next month and has been picking the brains of rob the most famous coach there jussi on how the tournament will play out and we invite you to challenge the special on our people and he likes to make your own predictions. motional to be able to contradictions because you know what it is to win but that also on my plate is the one to hold it so this is going to be yeah if you feel up to testing your knowledge against the might of my

new head onto facebook or twitter and follow the how much marine you that's all you have to do make sure you don't miss any of the games there will be two runs or predictions from the group stages to get your teeth into the group stage. it all starts on wednesday. you know all teams are beginning to arrive in russia head of the world cup the opening game be around the squad was the first to touch down in moscow they're in group b. for the tournament a tough group favorite spain for c.n.n. all those portugal morocco there as well we're really in coach describe qualifying for the world cup in russia is a dream come true i think that it's taken a lot of afeard and determination of course for his players to get here a very good qualifying campaign for them as well but. armed police in the u.s. state of maryland have broken into the high so whistleblower chelsea manning after she posted messages on twitter and to get suicide.

it's very fishy that this happened to chelsea manning and it was her home that was raided she's a former whistle blower who was sentenced to thirty five years in prison after leaking government documents to wiki leaks now she's also an activist who routinely takes part in protests the last one was in may where she was protesting against the prosecution of those arrested during trump's inauguration and she's running for senate but even though she's had a history of suicide attempts it's pretty controversial that the police broke into her house for some questionable tweets under the promise of a wellness check and this was all captured on camera and the video showed officers breaking in and searching her apartment with their weapons drawn now mandy wasn't at home when this happened and her friend was actually relieved when she found out she wasn't at home saying that the raid could have resulted in manning's death if

she was at home now mental experts are opposed to these so-called wellness checks arguing that they shouldn't be done by police in the first place now the american civil liberties union has also raised concerns about this practice saying that potentially suicidal people need professional help not police raids the montgomery county police department however feel differently at first they question the authenticity of the footage and then they defended their actions saying that they only conducted the raid after receiving calls from quote concerned parties now when they were asked for the need for weapons the police captain said that the decision to draw weapons depends on the officer and the circumstances but as for manning her friend says she saved but she's also asked to give manning some more space but to provide some statistics these raids sometimes don't end very well and twenty eight hundred loan officer shot dead sixty four people and it's definitely suspicious that it's happened to chelsea manning who's been on the government's radar for

quite some time now. u.s. federal prosecutors working on the trump russia proof of accuse the american leaders former campaign manager of pressuring witnesses to give false evidence ahead of the trial poll mama ford is said to have failed to register as a foreign agent when he lobbied for ukraine in twenty twelve but this and he examines when it comes to interfering the u.s. prior experience they matched meddling in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election still dominates headlines stateside russian meddling into the twenty sixteen election russian interference in russia is again trying to disrupt our elections russia did meddle in the two thousand and sixteen election but he david a history lesson to understand that foreign meddling is a global game one that the u.s. plays very well. through our history when we tried to manipulate or influence elections or even overturn the governments it was done with the best interests of

the people of that country in mind given the traditional reverence for human rights according to studies between nine hundred forty six and their two thousand great powers intervened one hundred seventeen times in foreign affairs with the us making up a large chunk of those statistics. part designed in the cold interventions in other words situations when great powers that intervene in elections in other countries in an attempt to determine the election result the united states intervened in elections of this. election's in this manner in forty seven countries for this purpose between one thousand nine hundred eighty six and two thousand here's a few examples the say i publicly admitted it was behind the notorious nine hundred fifty three of iran's democratically elected prime minister he insisted on oil should be nationalized which perhaps wasn't in the best interest of iranians or washington so it seems so he was overthrown and the shells were all installed for

the next twenty six years to safeguard the west's all ambitions in the country until it all ended and anti west an islamic revolution. the one who is an enemy is america there is not based on prejudice or pessimistic points of view but rather it stems from experience you know from a pre-planned real understanding of the actual realities of the word from a wrong to chile two decades on and the cia is supporting a bloody military coup in south america the pinochet government prisoned torches and killed some forty thousand and also political enemies including us citizens and the f.b.i. surveillance like caesar peering into the colonies from distant rome nixon said the choice of government by the chileans wasn't acceptable to the president of the united states but the attitude in the white. have seemed to be if in the wake of vietnam i can no longer stand in the marines then i will send in the cia with this

in mind is alleging russian meddling in the us election a little hypocritical the reelection campaign a former russian president boris yeltsin was secretly managed by three american political consultants they spilled the beans to a us magazine about their collaboration with the clinton white house to bump up his approval ratings although the americans spoke no russian and worked through translators they began secretly laying out an american style campaign to counter the public sentiment running against yeltsin the plot was thrilling so much so showtime made a movie about it based on a true story told the russians how to play the meat you get not your government whether they wanted. to look out today apparently stalin. it seems as though outside intervention in domestic politics is as old as politics itself and when it comes to us meddling it will change your country for the best

whether you want it or not. that's our news stories for this hour but next. on solar cells in the latest kaiser reports you're watching r.t. international. our. thanks.

hey this is max a bit about your this is a report only got all kinds of good stuff for it today. max i want to bring up the issue of squirrels because the squirrels in this world are the bane of my existence we have many schools around here in north carolina and you know i notice because they're always dodging in front of my car and then i have to screech to a stop and they were running in front of the road and they have a little acorn in their mouth and they're like they think i'm going to stay alive and i spend all day long so so busy so engaged in burying all these acorns all over the place because they're stupid and they have a bad memory so they don't learn from history that the fact is that they lose their

cones all the time though they are so afraid of somebody stealing it and this is how stupid i think we as a human race are this is a very interesting analogy that you're making there what the squirrels you know they've got their own economy coming down harsha list corals they nuts and other squirrels fine and it's a big economy it all works out in the squirrels have been around for a long long time they were here before humans were here their ancestors and they'll be here after all gone because they've got a unique way of surviving this world well even think about it they bury these nuts and then other squirrels find it now look at this whole resistance movement in america and the media space we have they basically ran on a platform of outrage and looking for anything to get the other side fired and now it's back firing on a lot of media personalities here in the united states from the left wing the from the resistance i might point out joy reid. our samantha bee everybody's looking we

as a media and cultural people are spending our time searching i go some thoughts on well we're searching for those little nuts that have been planted the seeds the acorns and nuts and somebody planted in an old blog post from like twenty years ago and we're trying to say fire that person fire that person yeah you got the squirrels versus the maximum credit tours in the white house that have lunch roasting up squirrel meat of all these media personalities here's the deal you've got basically profanity arbitrage you've got a profanity arbitrage in the making you see trump can say anything he wants to say and you can't fire him you know it won't be another election until twenty twenty and he's gliding into twenty eighteen probably won't even lose many representatives of support in the in this election this year so he says something outrageous he

says something profane that's not profound in any way and then celebrities like a star silberman or it's a samantha baby or is roseanne barr and there's got to be some guys too in this mix can't think of any at the moment but they say these outrageous things they tweet these outrageous things and the course corporate america will immediately fire them and they are out in the street because there's profanity arbitrage so it reminds me if we were living in the south of france if you recall and we live next door to a very famous chateau and this is where the rolling stones recorded one of their earliest records and style main street exile on main street and a lot of the locals trying to keep up with keith richards with his heroin use and they all died but keith richards lived because keith richards is immortal but everyone else died so it's like these are because of the equivalent of us girls that run in front of the car and don't have somebody as nice as i to stop and let

them. yes most people just run them over but i stop you know actually when you talk about tweets and he gets away with it if you look throughout history and mad emperors the mad kings if you look at the series the tutor's it's a good demonstration of this henry the eighth was deranged ok he killed all his friends he executed half the royal family to kratz all over everybody and everybody around him had to go. this year such a benevolent king and of course this is the same thing with the grotesqueness of charles and his tweets when you see europeans when you see asians when you see everybody responding as if they were close allies of america even though trump has tweeted like they're over there and we're never going to we're going to slap on some tariffs and we're not going to deal with those people in there like they have

to be polite and pretend that everything is easy in america has become like british or european aristocracy and they have forsaken their role of telling truth to power years ago decades ago they've become an instrument of corporate power and very little media so i agree with trump when he calls people from n.b.c. c.b.s. a.b.c. fake news because they are. using twitter to go directly to the public has worked brilliantly and i take on bridge at insulting king henry the eighth like this because of course he did invent the church of england which in america became a biskup alien ism which is my my language and also let's a researcher then there are other stories that of you know in this hyper active media world where you have twitter all day long and you need you know excitement and people forget the news cycle within a few moments just like schoolgirls screaming at where they buried their eight corn we have stories like that story i don't know what really happened. some deranged

pretend assassination a fake assassination that happened in ukraine because the ukrainian media or the lobbyist in the think tanks couldn't wait the ukrainians correlate with media amnesia station fake assassination in ukraine and all the major fake news networks in america n.b.c. c.b.s. and a.b.c. with this fact and it got egg on their face and it was quickly forgotten what exactly because the likes of rachel maddow couldn't wait for the real story to happen because i just grew up so they b.b.q. . oh i lost it i don't know i got it by car yeah it is a fake story it's a fake assassination but just like the story about tax returns that she was so excited like it's tax returns i have this tax returns and they should be paid thirty three million dollars in taxes that year and she's like oh i guess that's not so we're going to crawl go rivero alco bones tomb that was the beginning of this fake news cycle he was ahead of the curve or old oh yes that was like twenty years ago people might not remember that but i'm going to talk to

a story about well in twenty years time again people might not remember this guy mike i'm a rube by michael route here is profiled i think it's the new york times is one of these big papers has one million dollars of student loans how did that happen escalating tuition and easy credit have yielded a class of student loan borrowers with spectacular debt they may never pay back due to escalating to ition and easy credit the u.s. has one hundred one people who go at least one million dollars in federal student loans according to the education department five years ago just fourteen people owed that much more could join that group well the typical student loan borrower owes seventeen thousand dollars the number of those who at least one hundred thousand has risen to around two point five million nearly six percent of the borrowing pool according to the edge occur cation department right and they know nothing about it when they go to these colleges and universities they study things that have no marketable after college. well you whatsoever like philosophy or.

art school but they are willing to take on a million dollars in debt so that they can enter the workforce find themselves at the mercy of the government's military industrial complex that will say hey we figured out a way for you to pay off your debt become a drone operator and kill people remotely in villages across the world they're going to stay this is quite multilayered first of all we do need dentists this guy mike maroon is an orthodontist doctors perhaps we need lawyers who knows we need plumbers we need electricians we need. people who can make our coffee for us we need these sort of people and we need to educate and train them right so there is a need for this but have we gone about it in the most drange the way possible we spent a lot of time just like i said about those squirrels they look really busy all day long.