here like we heard a little bit earlier the usual. claim or pretext that well the the people they were fighting against were using civilians as human shields or something like that i mean the people who live there they're not human shields they live they live in iraq and they live in these other places that have been targeted by u.s. bands all over the middle east from libya to iraq and the casualties have been astounding and very little known in the west and we took the real casualties of bombing and sanctions and black aid and starvation and all that that's gone and it's in the millions now since nine hundred ninety the u.s. led coalition spokesperson says that no one will ever count the rack of victims do you think that's an adequate statement well i remember in the first u.s. war on iraq that after the war was over i collin powell who was then the chief of

staff i believe of the u.s. military was asked what about civilian casualties you said that's not a number we're interested in that isn't fact a confession of walk war crimes and they're saying again well we'll never be able to know what they did they don't wanna know that's why they're not able to know they don't make an effort and they cover up what is ad b.s. to the rest of the world that in fact the vast majority of the civilian casualties are being caused by their bombing the u.s. britain france and other allies saudi likely is it do you think that the u.s. led coalition will ever be held legally responsible for these war crimes if they confirmed. well i think that someday they will be but it may be a long time from now because there's been no there have been no consequences for the united states in its many wars from korea to vietnam to central america to iraq and the middle east over and over and over again and the reason for that is that

while because some countries are sanctioned those are the poor countries the developing countries the most powerful countries like the united states and its allies britain and france the former colonizing powers in the middle east are always going to free. the amnesty international is not the only body accusing the u.s. led coalition of employing indiscriminate actions in raco russia those i pointed the finger at accusing the u.s. led coalition of call pates bombing. the right and joining the racket campaign at the same time the pentagon has claims they do that best to avoid civilian casualties do you think the u.s. coalition has done enough to avoid civilian casualties well what they really need to do is to get out they need to get out of syria and they need to get out of iraq they need to get out of the middle east there's no reason for the u.s. to be there except for the reasons and empire of profit and power. has nothing to

do with democracy it has nothing to do with defending the people of their region those are the public relations arguments that are presented to try to maintain support inside the united states for the u.s. intervention in the region but they're really that's the only real answer that will be the only solution to this and i'm going tragedy that's taking place the disaster that's been inflicted on the people of the region by powers that have you no business being there and i really they're in violation of international law like the united states should back of the anti war on soko election great to get your take on this story thanks for joining us thank you. well as he was in syria while the u.s. led campaign to liberate rocca was ongoing this is some of the reports filed by our correspondent on the extent of the devastation and how iraq has residents were affected by the battle the u.n. estimates that 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 i saw the strength of the coalition will worsen some villages were wiped out some neighborhoods were demolished in all likelihood more than eighty people civilians were killed in to us says strikes near the syrian city of bragg many have been killed among the my cousin died in iraq up in an airstrike but the massacres in iraq are committed by isis and the coalition warplanes together what can i say the streets are full of dead bodies. that's near putin has said russia will work to strengthen ties with austria in spite of e.u. sanctions on mosco the russian leader visited vienna on tuesday on his first international trip since starting his fourth term as president my guest you have has the details. it's been an incredibly busy hectic day for vladimir putin between

all the talks negotiations conferences and press conferences they talked about a whole host of issues and themes that have worried russia and austria of course one of them being sanctions we believe any politically motivated restrictions of protectionism these tools for resolving political issues are in the end useless in achieving the ultimate goal they're damaging for both sides and i think everyone's interest in lifting the sanctions russia are included we realize it is difficult for individual countries to voice and you know the reasons why however this doesn't stop us from developing ties with austria it can indeed be difficult to voice an independent position in europe on the sanctions against russia for a variety of reasons one of them being that the united states has kept up pressure in european states to keep the sanctions up another reason might be doing against the flow of europe has established position in the austrian chancellor himself said

that as his country as you examine chairmanship of the council of europe that he won't rebel and lift sanctions against russia but he did admit that he's a tough times in austria would do what it could to defuse the situation and he's being backed by other new european leaders my pin. that we will support opening up to russia which has consolidated. which has consolidated its international role in various political crises in recent years. we will push for review sanction system starting with those that risk punishing the russian civil society. another reason for this newfound eagerness to make up with russia could be the fraying relationship with the united states the unpredictability of donald trump washington has slapped new tariffs on

european companies on european goods and that has incensed leaders all over the continent so making up with russia would be not only of political but also a financial sense to take for example liquefied natural gas that the united states has been thrusting on europe that doesn't make much financial sense says the austrian president. it recently there's been some let's call it reproach on the part of some american politicians who suggest that the use to dependent on russian gas but the fact it's been overlooked is that american liquid gas if i'm not mistaken is two not three times more expensive than russian gas so it makes little sense from purely economic perspective to replace russian gas with american liquid gas to be blunt there shouldn't be any expectation of sanctions against russia being lifted in the anytime soon overnight or in the foreseeable future but what we

heard today as well in the in the weeks preceding this this meeting with these meetings is that the currents in europe shifting. political analyst syriani both faulty thinks economic benefits should outweigh political motives. you mentioned all you have to do when you're in this section of utah to last an expert to show russian pre-fight sound we're going to be w. needs to work on the economy crisis. for the russians kind of the only part of the market we can restore. to look at the trade agreements. and as we. say we can overcome all the problems. you're going to hear in program countries are against you know this these cannot understand the. economics for energy policy but this is the right model for the for the reference to work this situation to.

some of the many countries in europe. as outrage continues over israel's use of lethal force against protesters and girls are the u.s. is remaining unwavering in its support for its middle eastern ally most recently washington's ambassador in jerusalem dished out some less than diplomatic advice to journalists covering the rallies and which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. the. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israel border under the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the

best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mosque terrorist backed by iran have incited attacks against israeli security forces and infrastructure and we understand that israel has a right to defend itself urged the members of the security council to exercise at least as much scrutiny of the actions of the hamas terrorist group as it does to israel's legitimate right of self-defense now despite the fact that american officials have come out in support of how the israeli army behaved in dealing with those gaza protests there has been unprecedented criticism in the international

community particularly by human rights groups you have for example human rights watch saying that the i.d.f. behavior was a bloodbath you have the united nations saying that it was outrageous you have amnesty international saying to quote if there was a horrifying use of live ammunition against protesters now the latest figures we have from the gaza health ministry are that one hundred and nineteen people were killed in nine weeks of violence the situation on the ground is still tense and unfortunately we are bracing ourselves for those figures to climb. journalist and filmmaker david she has been documenting the racial and religious tensions in the region for nearly a decade he told us he believes the u.s. ambassador's comments are part of a concerted effort to deprive palestinians of their rights and surely he's saying you can't report on any massacre doesn't matter if the death toll goes up into triple digits or if there is medics or whatever journalists are being shot you

can't report on any massacre unless you first frame it within a narrative that justifies it. you know this is ridiculous this whole trampy an attack everything is fake news unless you declare the narrative as we see it and i think it's pretty clear that they're overwhelmingly demonstrating that the israeli government isn't just trying to defend itself but is actually trying to destroy any idea of palestinian nationalism any idea of the chance that there could be some levels some measure of equality. 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 stepping up its enrichment capacity. so right now the electrical infrastructure and utilities in

the towns are ready for hundreds of thousands of separative work you know we started the work yesterday we sent a letter about the start of summer activities to the i.a.e.a. . these developments come with the iran nuclear deal on the verge of unraveling the two thousand and fifteen accord was the result of a long drawn out negotiations that lifted international sanctions against iran and in turn to wrong gave up its nuclear aspirations and significantly limit significantly limited this enrichment program but now that the u.s. has scraps the agreement sanctions are being imposed again and washington is warning there's more to come. 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 sanctions in history when we are completely the e.u. has reacted to iran's latest move saying that although it doesn't constitute

a breach of the deal the revival of enrichment activities by taraneh exacerbates the already fragile situation meanwhile both iran and washington are putting pressure on the europe issuing threats and ultimatums 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. 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. a limits i'm telling those countries that this is a dream that's never going to come true this will never happen. zeidman around the politics professor at the university of two wrong if they're wrong has so remarkable restraint and the ball is now in europe's court. i think 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 battle agreement and the united states is the key antagonists and if they want the united states falls out the. agreement really becomes almost meaningless however you ronny and chose patience and they told the europeans that if they're 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 the agreement. well the fee for world cup starts only eight days from now and only you know we've got a close up look at the biggest prize in football that's coming up after this short break. with manufacture consent to stick to the public will. when the right wing closest project themselves. with the famous. nor middle of the room sit. you.

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 and support in the end there's a lot shown that this year. welcome back it's eight days and counting until football's showpiece tournament kicks off right here in moscow thirty two nations will balance it out to get their hands on the world cup trophy and earlier we got a close up look at the biggest prize in 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 true feel 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 so-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 fee for 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 a lot of us talk literally a massive geography we estimated that around forty million people lives in the nearest proximity to the cities where the traffic visited any special moments in russia including russia for instance a young guy made a marriage 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 sixty 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. well as the excitement builds over which country will lift the world cup in the final in

moscow next month r.t. has been picking the brains of perhaps the most famous manager out there there is a marine here on how the tournament will play out and we invite you to challenge the special one and make your own predictions a little morsel what is to be. the traditions goes along with the players to win but also on my list of all of the sort this is going to be tough. if you feel up to testing your knowledge against the might of marine e.o. head on to facebook or twitter and follow the hash tag much merino to make sure you don't miss any of the games now we turn rounds of predictions from the group stage to the knockouts with the first starting this wednesday meanwhile teams are beginning to arrive in russia out of the world cup's opening game to run scored is the first touchdown in moscow they're in group b. for the tournament and will face one of their favorites spain as well as portugal and morocco iranian coach described qualifying for the world cup in russia as

a dream come true adding that it has taken a lot of effort under terminations on the part of his players. in other news now emmanuel mccrone has made an unusual comparison during a press conference with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on during a c.n.n. reporter's question about a phone call with donald trump the french president borrowed a quote from a nineteenth century german statesman author von bismarck. it's. true that you have to strain career sation is donald trump she's a miracle to decrease i never tell what happens backstage because as bismarck said if you tell people how sausages are made they'll probably stop eating them for you he continued almost and then he asked and then report describes that phone call between the u.s. and french leader as terrible as we spoke to media analyst lionel he thinks mccrone script fits into

a carefully crafted public image. mccrone is obviously trying to show that he is tough too maybe he's trying to act more of the polling on a visit that he is has been alleged to be sporting maybe he wants to beat up don't think for a moment that trump and micron didn't work this out where they said you say this i'll say this we'll both be happy and we'll talk later the world doesn't understand this because a lot of people just don't like trump they think he's a fool and he speaks stupidly at times he has been in the number one television show for ever and this is his first time it seems like he knows p.r. he knows image he knows exactly what to say he knows the way the media will place up the he's very very smart and very very deft and very adept and very adroit when it comes to pursuing and presenting things in terms of the media and mccraw maybe

doing the same thing for all we know this could be orchestrated both look tough both sides when. thanks for joining us on the international will be back with the latest at the top of the out. going to thank. you. lisa it wasn't easy for me. to leave.

what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or interim or somehow want to preserve. that you'd like to be first to see what the before extreme the more people that might be interested always in the water out. there should. shots seemed wrong but all roles just don't call. me to call the police yet to stamp out this thing because the attitude and endangerment because of the

trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just in the common ground. of the fight for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside out. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch put a final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman each kill the narrowness and spending to get to the twenty million and one player. book it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game played great so well paul chimes for. and takes this minute.

hello and welcome across town for all things considered i'm peter lavelle faced with frustration and dismay from america's allies even members of the g.o.p. donald trump is sticking to his campaign promise to recast washington's trade relations with the world the reaction has been loud and swift are we on the verge of a global trade war. cross talking a possible trade war i'm joined by my guest seamounts we're going to accuse the conservative political commentator also in new york we have sarah hsu she's an associate professor of economics at the state university of new york and an exit or we have macleod he is head of research for gold money all right crosstalk rules in

effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me let me go to sarah first in new york on skype here. it's not hard to find the term trade war in the in the mainstream media of corporate media here are those overblown expectations because i've been looking at a lot of c.e.o.'s reporting on bloomberg and they're keeping their forecasts more or less the same their investment projections moving forward of course they're mindful of this but i sometimes wonder if it's being a bit overblown you know donald trump is a larger than life figure go ahead sara in new york. well right now we're not entirely sure what president trying to slate you but that the senate he has stated that he's going to implement fifty billion dollars in terrorists and goods imported from china and this is going to result in retaliatory attacks from china china has promised to impose tit for tat terrorists on u.s.

goods and this is going to strongly affect both the u.s. and china in terms of consumers and producers and in fact we're already seeing some of the blowback from that china has stopped purchasing soybeans from the u.s. due to the threats potential trade war and they canceled about sixty three thousand metric tons of soybeans by mid april and they're purchasing a lot more from russia a lot more from brazil and american farmers and michigan and iowa have already been hit really hard ok will you steve here i mean obviously does there is already brought up the blowback here i mean i guess again if you're going to get into a trade war and you consciously get into a trade war you have to figure you got more punch to the other guy or other a guy because the europeans are furious right now but they've been very much coddled over the last seventy years and i'd like to talk about that i think there

needs to be a redress of issues there that you say there is issue with china i think is separate but you know donald trump made a campaign promise and he's keeping it for better or worse steve absolutely and you know china and the european union canada mexico the that this is separate they're separate issues really in china i think the ultimate goal is that order to bring down the three hundred fifty fifty billion dollars trade deficit that we have with china but also to get them to stop stealing our intellectual property and treat us more fairly in that respect so i think that's part of a grand scheme plus there's. geopolitical considerations beyond trade and economics that china plays into as far as canada and mexico especially canada there and the european union they're really ticked off that trump is using the pretext of national security to implement these tariffs on aluminum and seal in particular and that's taking them off no way and trudeau has been very outspoken about that but i

think when push comes to shove they need us more than we need them they know that trump is a grand master at bargaining in negotiations and this is all part of it i believe ok we'll get close steve we'll go back to that but i. i think it on the whole you're right but i think the u.s. and the trumpet ministration is underestimating the options others have in the world or let me go to exit or i want to react to some of the things we have said here because there's a very real possibility there could be a real trade war but i don't think we're there yet it depends on how everybody reacts ok and not just two words donald trump is good with words but see about actions let's go to alistair go ahead yeah i mean i don't quite buy this story that . you know the trump is really having a go at trying and all the rest of it i think it is part of a negotiating process and i think we have to bear in mind that there are two things going on in the background firstly we've got midterm elect.