it meant if he doesn't explain the meaning of that the fact that they're not going to know how to identify what they found in the rubble where airstrikes of that magnitude are concerned i remember in the first u.s. war in iraq that after the war was over our collin powell who was then the chief of staff i believe of the us military was asked what about civilian casualties he said that's not a number we're interested in that isn't fair to confession of walk war crimes and they're saying again well we'll never be able to know what they don't want to know that's why they're not able to know they don't make any effort and they cover up what is obvious to the rest of the world that in fact the vast majority of the civilian casualties are being caused by their bombing the us britain france and other allies r.t. was in syria while the u.s. led campaign to liberate iraq who was ongoing these are some of the reports filed by our correspondent on the extent of the devastation and how right because 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 but 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 two us says strikes near the syrian city of bragg many have been killed among the my cousin died in iraq up 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 dead bodies. that i'm a parrot in has said russia will work to strengthen ties with also in spite of e.u. sanctions on moscow the russian leader visited vienna on tuesday on his first international trip since starting his fourth term as president my goal c.f. 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 going against

the flow of europe has an established position and the austrian chancellor himself said that as his country assumes chairmanship of the council of europe that he won't rebel and lift sanctions against russia but he did admit that these are tough times and austria would do what it could to defuse the situation and he's being backed by other new european leaders. 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 a review of the sanctions 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 could be not only of political but also of financial sense 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 if not three times more expensive than russian gas so it makes little sense from a 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 over night 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 giuliani before what he thinks economic benefits should outweigh political motives. you mentioned it's all you have to do when you're in this section of usually lasts an explosion regression pre-buy so i'm going to be that you through work on their economic crisis. for the russians kind of the market we can restore. the trade agreements. in this we. are going to. you know this cannot understand the. economics of e.g. . this is the right model for the workshop or the reference to work or trying to

promote your version with many countries in europe. as the outrage continues over israel's use of lethal force against protesters in gaza the u.s. is remaining on wavering 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 in which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to feed the cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israeli border and the

cover of burning tires and with pistols another tough 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. for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mass 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. the hevia was a bloodbath you have the united nations saying that it was outrageous you have amnesty international saying to quote that there was a horrifying use of live ammunition against unarmed 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 sheen 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 the death toll goes up into triple

digits or if there's 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 on this you declare the narrative as we see it 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 level some measure of equality. gemini's refugee agency is being investigated for corruption it's accused of offering a phylum for bribes chancellor merkel has now also been dragged into the scandal with claims she was aware of the problems but did nothing to reform the

organization our europe correspondent peter all of the reports from berlin. the cash for asylum investigation into the german federal office for migration and refugees all come from gap is 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 good advice 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 pressures being put on it by 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 stock the cabinets he has spoken at press conferences and again and again to the public and major league the chancellor was informed about the plan of the reforms 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 accusations it is not about 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 last. 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 start 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 are 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 but for now the big question remains if the chancellor knew that the migration and refugee agency was struggling why was nothing done to relieve the pressure betrayal of r.t. earlier the international nuclear watchdog has confirmed that iran is preparing to restart the production of a chemical compound it can be used to produce nuclear weapons to iran earlier sent an official letter informing the organization that its stepping up its enrichment capacity so right now the electrical infrastructure and utilities in the towns are

ready for hundreds of thousands of separate it work units we started the work yesterday we sent a letter about the start of summer activities to the i.a.e.a. is 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 to negotiations that lifted international sanctions against iran and then turned to iran gave up its nuclear aspirations and significantly limited its 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 is will indeed end up being the stronger sanctions in history when we are complete the e.u. has reacted to iran's latest moves saying that although it doesn't constitute a breach of the dail the revival levon which meant activities by to run exacerbate

the already fragile situation meanwhile both iran and washington are putting pressure on europe issuing threats and ultimatums is the us going to impose sanctions on european companies that continue to do business with iran i think it would give the answer you say 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. five mohammad marandi a politics professor at the university of two wrong believes iran has shown 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 lateral agreement and the united states is the key antagonist and if when the united states pulls out the the agreement really becomes almost meaningless however you ronny and showed 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 mirror 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. when it's eight days and counting until football's showpiece tournament kicks off right here in moscow thirty two nations will battle it out to get their hands on the world cup trophy and only else we've got a close up look at the 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 and yes can we please have a look. is this the actual true free 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 called the so-called winners 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 kaliningrad 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 made american marriage proposal to his 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 jersey meridia on how the tournament will play out and we invite you to challenge the special one and make your predictions a little bit of emotional with this to be good to the traditions no one would believe this story but they also want my players to go on the whole it is so this is going to be tough but if you feel up to testing your knowledge against the might of marine head on to facebook or twitter and follow the hash tag match marie near to make sure you don't miss any of the games they'll be two rounds of predictions

from the group stage to the knockouts with the first starting this wednesday meanwhile teams are beginning to arrive in russia ahead of the world cup's opening game of wrong score does the first touchdown in moscow very group be for the tournament and will face one of the favorites spain as well as portugal and morocco the iranian coach described qualifying for the world cup in russia as a dream come true i think that it's taken a lot of effort and determination on the part of his players. and russia has played its last a friendly fixture before the world cup gets underway they drew one one with turkey in the russian capital we've lost people outside the arena and moscow about their impressions of the game and their expectations for the upcoming tournament. yes now you saw me greeted lyrics in becoming to russia it's such a pleasure we are really looking forward to starting a world cup a challenge that i don't know not the. load to leave because they can

effectively will come to be a major celebration and these home stadium in my never happen again just the force that if you like but it is joining. us. to feel the desire from the country the spectators fantastic. for great atmosphere great people. i just still your team could provide them with what it is it really is for russia of course both. england first russia second go this way that if i show them the big. this is it's a real holiday representatives of lots of different countries are all coming to russia football is uniting the game we will all be hugging and making friends. so it's over to vote for you there is.

no other news now emmanuel mccrone has made an unusual comparison during a press conference with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu answering a c.n.n. reporter's question about a phone call with donald trump the french president borrowed a quote from nineteenth century german statesman also von bismarck. it's. true that you had to strain career sation was donald trump. 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 c.n.n. report describes that phone call between the u.s. and french leaders this terrible when i spoke to media analyst lionel tate thinks mccraw quip fits into a catholic crafted public image. mccrone is obviously trying to show that he is tough too maybe he's trying to act more of the pollie 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 this hour on r.t. international we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines.

join me every thursday on the elec simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i've been saying the numbers mean something they've mater the u.s. is over twenty trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamping each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be culled from rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent the highest last year some with four hundred to five hundred trees per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is

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