around few minutes later they began bombing the area and killing people a deadlier strike killed fourteen. children among the victims r.t. speaks to witnesses up the scene also ahead in the program. b.b.q. launching a new twenty four seven language t.v. channel that will expand not only television but radio digital and social media format after withdrawing from iraq threatening new sanctions the u.s. plans a large scale media campaign against tehran. investigative journalist group redfish. is

a both. mentioned. to some. from moscow to the world this is r.t. international very welcome to the program you are in deed i mean unknown our top story fourteen people including children being killed in an era strike in afghanistan in what was meant to be a military operation against the taliban it is not yet clear if it was carried out by afghan or us. spoke to witnesses at the scene a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing. third one is not

how i'm going to predict when he's going to come no one near one of them because no one would do them let's get ready but you're going to want to look it over you're here they're not super cool and that's what we're not going to tell the dead are women and children afghan officials say the u.s. claims it did conduct strikes in the area insisting though that there were no civilian casualties but the report here some rocky. after seventeen years the nile is propaganda by the enemy foreign troops are our friends and we don't target civilians u.s. forces did conduct strikes and on the ground assessments of those strikes reveals no indications they caused civilian casualties. taliban propaganda they claimed with an on the ground assessment to prove it who can argue with that almost sounds like the results of a scientific experiment would have helped of course of that actually visited the place. the americans never visited this area and i'm witness to this

national defense forces visited the area to check and first they wouldn't let us drink out the dead and injured. no foreigners didn't visit this area. they are lying a delegation came here from the local governments and security officials ok so if you take the locals all of them at their word it's the afghan army that lied to the american troops it wasn't until the neighbors relatives erupted in outrage that authorities admitted to potential civilian deaths even the un is on the case so what actually happened. in the stands in five hundred meters away they could easily see that civilians were around a few minutes later they began bombing the area killing people. i saw the bombardment with my own eyes the americans first used artillery they bombarded my

home and my aunt's home without giving us a chance to flee. then they used to big we felt like we were in hell all around us was covered by gunpowder and dust my sister and all my family members were unconscious. on the first shell the area where there was an aircraft bombarded it with three bombs there are twelve and one wounded we dug out the victims from the rubble with one missing were found the hand and shoulders and you other parts of one mark and buried him. the victims in the house owner's wife and daughter in law. three daughters four grandchildren two sons and more difficult to spin them as enemy fighters even with the pentagon's notorious guilty until proven innocent casualty counting mechanism and locals survivors don't have

a lot of faith in justice. my expectations are that they would tell us it was an arson so and no proof that there were taliban fighters here this is not the first time. they always kill civilians and never give us a chance to speak up so that they can say that they killed the taliban. no no i've seen no one help the family i've lived here for a long time during care which time some now and they've never seen anyone given eight. province which is partly controlled by the taliban has a history of airstrikes go in there straight in two thousand and fifteen when the us had the doctors without borders ospel killing forty two the pentagon denied that at first until eventually barack obama himself had to apologize in the last year when the u.n. investigation found that the u.s. had killed ten civilians in a different air strike again denied that even offered

a thorough investigation and again eventually ended up apologizing in response to a request from our nato repeated its statement no civilian casualties resulted from u.s. or strikes the expect details from an afghan investigative team in the coming days until war activist richard becker sees denial has become second nature for the american military. well i think that there's been hundreds and hundreds of such incidents in afghanistan every single time we hear of one of these incidents like this with this one it can do so we hear oh they were all terrorists at first and then some of those out media go out in the interview the villagers and they said no they were just villagers and then the military says well will conduct an investigation and then it's off into the ether and very little ever happens no

matter how terrible the atrocities are but this pattern happens over and over again and no matter what kind of apologies or excuses are given that it's repeated and it's repeated and repeated over and over again. germany is one of the world's largest arms manufacturers exporters but investigative reporting site red faced claim that not all german arms are so legally here's part of the report which can be found in full on the red fish page. in open the mentor to wish to understand our understand to toilsome. as a heckler and koch how tired. they all met. germany gets

a lot of praise for its reasonable approach to politics but the german government has a dirty secret while germany prides itself on having some of the toughest arms export laws on the planet it's actually the fourth biggest arms exporter in the world lawyer holder wrought by hour has taken one of the country's major on as manufacturers and one of the world's biggest small arms producers the infamous heckler and koch to court they stand accused of illegally shipping weapons to conflicts a heckler and koch trial. is not using that word too often it's historic it's a really historic because it shows the i would call it blasphemy this sinking of etiquettes of the german government because the german people even legal on shipments they're accused of include sixteen batches of g thirty six assault rifles some of which ended up being used in a tragedy which shook the world. in two thousand and fourteen forty three students

became collateral in mexico's bloody war on drugs when they were kidnapped by corrupt police who handed them over to the new tourist guerrero's who needles drug cartel at least several of the students were killed by the heckler and koch rifles the company is incredibly hostile the media interest in public attention it didn't take long for the police to arrive to stop us from filming in the town's residents were particularly enthusiastic to speak to a seal we approached heckler and koch multiple times to discuss the allegations cited in this report unfortunately despite all our efforts. we're very happy to see us. because. you don't want to say something. to me to get an export license german arms manufacturers have to go through several government ministries who will check that the shipment destination isn't subject to any sort of ban by german law if it is in

the arms company's application fails then they have another option they can appeal to the federal security council and here's where things get interesting this council is made up of a handful of senior ministers who sit down with the german chancellor angela merkel in a secretive meeting where they review the application and decide whether to approve it or not the details of this meeting are never made public there is no media presence or independence group. well just on the story the heckler company in question say they are fully cooperating with the investigation while also actively contributing to any incidents also the defendant's lawyers are quoted as saying that the guns legally went to a well controlled police depo in mexico. ok germany's thing in the country

say's it will resettle eight members of the controversial rescue group the white helmets as well as their families after they were evacuated by israel from syria canada britain and france have also pledged to receive some of the four hundred twenty two members help out of the region we went through that story a little earlier. well the praise that this massive relocation effort has received in the west from some of the most senior people in charge seems absolutely unanimous it is of course but barely anyone of those joining in the course has actually spoken to civilians on the ground and r.t. has done that and i'll tell you what there really is a rather strong contrast between what the big names are saying now and the things that we heard when we talked to these syrians that we've been able to get these brave people and their families out of syria after the extraordinary work they've

done saving lives this video shows them helping the people but they only help the rebel fighters they really those close to them the last thing they cared about is civilians we complained for the ever creation of the white helmets and i were grateful now that this was successful and that some of these people and their families can be accommodated here in germany where no one did anything out of humanitarian concerns it was all about money the join the white helmets and the others only for money no one cared about the syrian people and what was the urgency behind this relocation well right now the syrian government troops are making some serious advances in the south of the country and that's where areas have long been held by the militants that are seeking to overthrow the assad government and i can tell you that there have already been attempts successful attempts i should say to move some of these rebels to the country's north where areas are held by some

elements of the syrian opposition but now it seems it is turned to relocate the white house although they are being moved abroad and this is perhaps another sign that these people have long had some political connections with the west and after all it is no secret that the group is being kept. afloat with cash from western countries and some cases that's taxpayers' money which means millions of dollars and the white helmets have been working very hard on building and maintaining not just a positive image but an image of heroes their networking their p.r. efforts our ferd's to visualize their rescue activities are really impressive but all of this may backfire if you cheat all that was used in april by those trying desperately to prove that the assad government used chemicals against children and duma was

a white house video but later the very same people who featured in it insisted that the entire rescue operation after the chemical attack was stage. we were in the basement and then heard someone outside scream go to hospital they were scared they started to pour water on me i don't know why they did this you can easily think of other controversies for instance videos with jihad as holding exit cusins and then suddenly out of nowhere men wearing white helmets showing up or videos when people wearing white helmets were waving al qaida flags plus you can just take a look at some of the things our correspondent saw when he tried to trace the footsteps of the notorious group on the ground in syria here's what you'll find in one of the rooms of the former white helmets headquarters here in stomach acid aleppo bomb elements fiends as well as detonators hundreds

and hundreds of empty bullet casings this was by all appearances a weapons factory a ball making factory over here shrapnel. this is what they put in bomb still cause horrendous casualties over there you'll see an industrial mix up again. what they used to mix chemicals and gunpowder so clearly there's a lot of inconsistency is here have these concerns been ignored by western governments altogether no not in all cases you may remember when the white helmets won an oscar for a documentary about the things they were doing when that's when their leader was invited to the u.s. for the awards ceremony but then he was banned from entering the country and that was something that led to a rather awkward situation at a u.s. state department briefing is the u.s.

taxpayer supporting a group whose leader you have banned from coming to the states i mean if you have reason to revoke his visa that he could be a security threat or something like that why would again you just support but again trying to separate this individual from their roots so the government is saying that basically that he is suspect which is. and again i can't speak to this if i go against against him and i'm sorry. so it might indeed get complicated when it comes to some elements of the white helmets group and the security back home. you know lots of reaction to this story including from russia's foreign ministry which is issued a statement saying that the white helmets fleeing syria shows they are hypocritical are not just there to tend to civilians all the risk who is a middle east affairs expert believes not all the western states that initiated the evacuation will readily resettle the white helmets members this section reflects

a level which they're worse find itself in its finds itself supporting terrorists oh well the west allowed these people to settle. in these countries in the us i'm not sure i don't think that they will allow what i think that would really reveal their wish to be true hypocritical but i think that in other countries yes they will be allowed to settle down under this a label with these people are freedom fighters or involved in rescue operations i also would like to point to the following that yesterday here in beirut i hold information i trued to to certain sources that amongst those who are activated not just members of the so-called white helmet spurs in addition to that intelligence officials from nato from certain gulf arab countries in the gulf like you know of saudi arabia etc. double trump has once again lush died out around he tweeted on sunday that tirant should not threaten the us otherwise it will face

serious consequences never ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death be cautious america should know that peace with iran is the mother of all peace and war with iran is the model of all wars. well u.s. senators have echoed the criticism of terror ron but there's very little new in they took a similar stance before the around nuclear deal was hum or died back in twenty fifteen iran supports terrorism. iran has been listing missiles iran tramples on human rights the things that they are doing to support terrorism ballistic missiles their human rights violations yes they are iran is

a serious threat. presence around deal would allow the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. to retain thousands of centrifuges this is a regime that funds terrorism all around the world well with washington around treating insults artie's paullus leader takes a closer look at what's next after the us secretary of state explained america will not target then media landscape in iran in order to try and change perceptions there covertly plotting terror attacks in the heart of europe destroying israel at the core of the regime's ideology and this committee has reported many acts of violence and terrorism against both countries now the united states is undertaking a diplomatic and financial pressure campaign to cut off the funds that the regime uses to enrich itself in support death and destruction the b.b.c. is launching a new twenty four seven four c. language t.v. channel that will span not only television but radio digital and social media format so that ordinary iranians inside of iran and around the globe can know that

america stands with them. the situation between the united states and iran remains extremely tense and as we see now happening the u.s. has set its sights on the us media in terms of how to deal with this we've heard the announcement from the u.s. secretary of state that they launching a twenty four seventh's foresee channel that it will be under the banner of the b.b. which stands for the broadcasting board of governors this comprises different radio and t.v. outlets and back in two thousand and sixteen it was seized a budget of some seven hundred and fifty million dollars now what we're hearing is that this new fossil channel will also be available on digital and on social media and we hope the u.s. secretary of state say the full forty years the iranian people had been subjected to hearing from their leaders about what a great satan the united states was and that now finally they wouldn't have to subject themselves to fake news but tried to saying this also say that you know

states was undertaking tough measures against iran of course these comments has prompted and immediate angry reaction from tehran. was you do not blame you would be lying or else you will regret it. now compare also said that the united states was not afraid to challenge iran with sanctions at the highest level and he called on other countries to also jointly combine in these economic sanctions you also went on to say that the united states was undertaking a diplomatic and financial pressure campaign against iran that they were planning on cutting off funds to so that to quote the regime would no longer be able to involve itself in death and destruction you also said that they will put in maximum pressure on the regime's ability to regenerate and move money now of course we're waiting to hear what other measures the united states is planning on putting in place we know for example that the next round of sanctions goes into effect on the

fourth of august so certainly relations between the two countries increasingly tense. you know the background to this of course is that nuclear deal it was struck between global powers under ran back in twenty fifteen in it iran agreed to some limitations to its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions being lifted but the u.s. unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in may other signatories are determined that the agreement stays in place a political analysts that we've spoken to believes or runs had to change its approach to try and bring a broad and new deal with the u.s. take a look. it's very interesting of this change of tone and tactics that the iranian president has displayed no it's not very surprising that for the trumpet ministration and president trump himself having a very strong tone towards iran this is this is been consistent but we could see that the president has changed his tone differently than before this is

a way of trying to get into the negotiating table in another way that this pragmatic approach that he had before has not been for full instead now he's opting rhetorical jostling with the united states in the hope of reaching are going back to the negotiating table once again. britain's prime minister may be facing an even bigger political crisis than she thought over a break did a recent poll suggests that many in the u.k. seem to think her former foreign secretary would do a better job at exiting from the european union the poll really shows several things the polarization of u.k. society over the issue of brics and the rapidly changing political landscape but thirdly and most war only for mrs mavie unity of voters regardless of their affiliations one way or the other dissatisfaction on the status quo in the way that

it is being handled at the polls showed that thirty eight and twenty four percent of voters respect that we would vote for a new party that would be either committed to bricks that all be all out right wing in terms of the immigration an anti islam another one in three voters would be prepared for the opposite to vote for apology to that is centrist and committed to remaining showing that the issue is as divisive now as it was one or even two years ago on a personal level for mrs may it's warring but only sixteen percent of voters think she's doing a good job handling brought suit negotiations. over twice as many believe that boris johnson former foreign secretary would do a better job. it's a reason why he has very low ratings in the polls the lowest since the previous election she's been hit with a series of ministerial resignations the loudest of which has been of course foreign secretary boris johnson and he certainly didn't choose to go quietly the

eighteen months that have followed it is as though a fog of so direct has descended but it is not too late to say the brits we have time in these negotiations we have changed once and we can change again the problem is not that we failed to make the case for a free trade agreement of the try and spell it out like mr house. we haven't even tried though in his resignation speech and let's say he did give mrs may credit for her attempts at trying to secure this breaks it deal but you also had scathing criticism saying that her method of doing things would leave britain in a miserable limbo almost a colony of the e.u. and saying that it wasn't too late to save brics it speculation has been rife for quite some time now that the role of the u.k.'s top diplomat wasn't enough for

johnson that he's only in for the top job in british politics being a prime minister he certainly seems to have the polls on his side and also indorsements from donald trump for example the american president he said that boris johnson would do a great job as prime minister reload given the recent protests against his visit it's sure whether this is more of a blow or a boost to the credibility there. six prison wardens have been detained in russia central region of jaroslav all that's after a video showing an inmate being physically abused at a facility there last year surfaced on line artie's maria fanaa has more. well it all started last friday when a ten minute was published showing an inmate in a russian prays and being tortured by a large group of men around ten or wearing the uniform of that president's guards shortly after the video leak federal investigators opened a criminal case to investigate the abuse of authority using violence but the most

striking thing about this case of course is that the incident shown in the video happened more than a year ago in june two thousand and seventeen and the question many now ask is that why didn't investigators get a closer look at what's going on behind bars in that prison in russia central regional level earlier with as close as we talk to the man who in two thousand and seventeen was the head of russia's civil monitoring commission the prisoners rights watch and russia they are monitoring the conditions in which the mates all across russia are kept and he has told me that they had tried to alert the authorities before. the civil monitoring commission received information that there had been cases of physical abuse against inmates we visited that penitentiary facility and found four inmates who had bruises on their legs and buttocks the civil monitoring commission is not in a position to collect video evidence or hand it over to other entities so we notified the prosecutor's office of the facts we found the yaroslavl regions

investigative committee found no grounds to open a criminal investigation. now after the video has leaked the criminal case is. the latest is that six people all allegedly connected to the incident have been detained with a report saying that in seventeen employees of the jail had been suspended from the duty and all the materials computers documents are being checked by the investigators. live from moscow this is r t international you're a member updates by the minute quite literally on her twitter page don't miss. some call donald trump a traitor and the helsinki summit treasonous as the media continue their meltdown a second summit is in the works to be held in washington on was accomplished in

helsinki and what is the point of a sequel some. time after time said we're going underground as philippines president. did as his third state of the union address as he allegedly prepares for a bilateral free trade partnership with the u.k. despite the arguable bricks and chaos sure to unfold at today's brics it away day in northeastern england however the show has thirty five countries ratify the international criminal court's new crime of aggression we asked one of its architects un special representative christian went to west why britain appears to be shying away from a law that could have stopped the invasion of iraq and is tourism a intends to double the number of british soldiers in afghanistan seventeen years

into the war we speak to a journalist on the ground in kabul amidst the continuing calm of catalyzed by major nation intervention plus forget today's tereza may bricks it away day we speak to n.g.o.s global justice now about secret trade deals being discussed that could put corporations in control of the lives at risk dollars the more coming up in today's going underground but first this month marks fifteen years since the death of u.k. government scientist david kelly after he tried to warn the british people they were being lied to about the reasons to bomb iraq here was former u.k. labor prime minister tony blair when asked about the need for a further inquiry into the circumstances of his apparent suicide. the attorney general on the greens expected to make an announcement today as to whether there should be a new inquiry into the death of dr david kelly and that i think you've written some of that has weighed heavily on your mind of over the years would you welcome a new. i think i'll let him make a statement on this i mean there was a lot.