works to be held in washington what was accomplished in helsinki and what is the point of a sequel some. standing five hundred meters away they could easily see that civilians were around a few minutes later they began bombing the area and people a deadly strike killed fourteen enough down to stand with children among the victims r t speaks to witnesses the scene also ahead in the program. b.b.c. is launching a new twenty four seven or c. language t.v. channel that will span not only television but radio digital and social media format after withdrawing from iraq and threatening new sanctions the u.s. plans a large scale media campaign against tehran. and investigative journalist group bread for a shine a light on germany's arms trade claiming that not all is above board.

mentioned to the. total on something. as a. twenty four seven news live from moscow this is r.t. international i'm you know me a welcome to the program our top story fourteen people including children have been killed in an earth 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 u.s. or crossed r t spoke to witnesses at the scene and a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing. the peace moves on because no one knew one of them because no one was in the ninety's where do you.

but you don't want to live here don't want you're here don't see what it's all going to go down officials say that most of the dead are women and children the u.s. claims it did conduct airstrikes in the area insisting however there were no civilian casualties brought because the of takes us through what we know. 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 am witness to this

national defense forces visited the area to check at 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 standing 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 a big bomb and 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 with the victims from the rubble with one missing were found the hand and shoulders and you other parts of one march and buried him. the victims the house owner's wife and daughter in law so. those 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 will tell us it was all

off in our scene so 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 have seen no one help the family i have lived here for a long time during which time some now and i have never seen anyone give an eight. province which is partly controlled by the taliban has a history of strikes go in astray in two thousand and fifteen when the u.s. 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 un 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 well in response to requests from r t nato repeated its statement that no civilian casualties resulted from u.s. strikes adding that they expect details from an afghan investigative team in the coming days and the war activist richard becker say's denial has become second nature for the american military well i think there's been hundreds and hundreds of such incidents in afghanistan every single time we hear of one of these incidents like this one. we hear. they were all terrorists at first and then someone goes out media go out in the interview the villagers and they say 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. to another headline stories this hour germany is one of the world's largest arms manufacturers exporters but investigative reporting for the red fish claim that not all german arms are being sold illegally here's part of their report which can be found in full on the red faced page. in open the mentor to wish to understand our understand to start to tell as some. as a long call had tired. of playing element. 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 heckler and koch trial. is not using that too often it's historic it's a really historic because it shows the i would call it blasphemy this seeking of etiquettes of the german government because the term and people the eagle 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 and 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 with a 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 the heckler company in question say they are fully cooperating with the investigation while also actively country bidding to clarify any incidents the defendant's lawyers are quoted as saying that the guns legally went to a well controlled police depo in mexico. staying in the country germany no ses 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 also pledged to receive some of the four hundred twenty two members helped out of the region we went through that story 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. r t how 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 what helmets and 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 the 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 they want helmets have been working very hard on building and maintaining not just a positive image but an image of heroes their networking their. our 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. video but later the very same people who featured in it insisted that the entire

rescue operation after the chemical attack this day. 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 q. sions 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 the aleppo bomb elements. as well as that in a does hundreds and hundreds of empty bullet casings this was by all appearances

a weapons factory of all making factory over here shrapnel. this is what they put in boredom stew cause horrendous casualties over there you'll see an industrial mix again. what they used to mix chemicals and gunpowder so clearly there's a lot of inconsistency is here how these concerns been ignored by western governments all together 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 the years suspect which is. well again i can't say this is a go against us against them 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 and have a trunk go there well russia's foreign ministry has issued a statement saying that the white helmets fleeing syria shows they are hypocritical and not just there to tend to civilians 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 but it's actually a. which they're worse find itself and it's finds itself supporting terrorists oh well the west to allow 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 thought. that in other countries yes they will be allowed to settle down under this 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 had information i trued to do certain sources that amongst those who were activated not just members of the so-called white helmet space in addition to that intelligence officials from nato from certain gulf arab countries in the gulf like you know saudi arabia etc. double trump ours once again lush tied around he tweeted on sunday that iran 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 because this america should know that peace with iran is the mother of all peace and war with iran is the model of all wars the u.s. senators have echoed the criticism of to run but that's not really new as they took a similar stance before the around nuclear deal was hammered out back in twenty fifty p. run supports terrorism iran has been listed 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. centrifuges this is

a regime that funds terrorism all around the world with washington and tehran trading insults artie's polis leader takes a look at what's next after the us secretary of state explained america will now target the media landscape in iran to try and change perceptions there covertly plotting terror attacks in the heart of europe destroying israel it's 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 force the 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 to thirty seven foreseen channel. under the banner of the big dream which stands for the broadcasting of governors this comprises different radio and t.v. outlets and back in two thousand and sixteen it received a budget of some seven hundred and fifty million dollars now what we're hearing is that this new fasi 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 state news but trying to saying this also say that the you know i said states was undertaking tough measures against iran of course these comments has prompted and immediately angry reaction from tehran. was you do not

blow you would be lying or else you will regret it. now compare also said that the united states was not afraid to challenge we ran with sanctions at the highest level and he called on other countries to also jointly combine in these economic sanctions he also went on to say that the united states was undertaking a diplomatic and financial pressure campaign against her ran that they were planning on cutting off funds so that quote the regime would no longer be able to involve itself in death and destruction he also said that they were putting 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. the nuclear deal was struck between global powers underground back in twenty

fifty you know 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 back in may other signatories are determined that the agreement stays in place a political analysts we spoke to believes around her to change its approach to try and bring about a new deal with washington. it's very interesting of this change of tone and tactics the. president has displayed no it's not very surprising for the trumpet ministration president trump himself having a very strong tone towards iraq 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 and stead now he's

offering rhetorical jostling with the united states in the hope of reaching all going back to the negotiating table once again. britain's prime minister may be facing an even bigger political crisis done she thought over bragg's it a recent survey suggests that many in the u.k. seemed to think her former foreign secretary would do a better job value her exiting the european union. the poll really shows several things the polarization of u.k. society over the issue of bricks and the rapidly changing political landscape but thirdly and most war only for mrs may the unity of voters regardless of their affiliations one way or the other all the dissatisfaction on the status quo on 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 at all be all out right wing

in terms of anti immigration and anti islam another one in three voters would be prepared for the opposite to vote for a party 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 warning that only sixteen percent of voters think she's doing a good job handling a brit suit negotiations over twice as many believe that boris johnson former foreign secretary would do a better job. it's a reason why 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 in the eighteen months the to follow it is as though a fog of so hot has descended it is not too late to save bricks 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 that deal but you also had scathing critical. i'm 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 bricks 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 aiming 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 given the recent protests against his visit it's sure whether this is more of a blow or a boost to the credibility there. a german football star of turkish descent he's retiring from the national team saying he feels on wanted in his own country that's after months of severe criticism and backlash over one photo in particular. the national anthem the cools and one he's president and that seems to be photographed in front of pictures of muslim congress someone that is not german and someone who does that should not play football for the german national team such

a photograph has a symbolic value and it is definitely not what is needed at the moment it is clear when you play for germany you represent the country and the german values. the photo of also with one was a mistake it is still a mistake the reason is it also gave did not convince me that he speaks of respect but that raises the question of how it is respect for the victims of policies respect for journalists who are in prison. only because they have done their job. will surprise retirement seen german politicians softening their tone somewhat take a look. as you know the chancellor holds most with us still in high esteem and so does the who is a great footballer who has done a lot for the national football team he has now made a decision that must be respected. and in any case the truth is on the peach the

fact that the germans were knocked out of the world cup has little to do with mr oriel having his picture taken with president. right let's dig a little deeper into this story because i'm joined live in the program by peter shilton a professor of international relations of the university of gottingen always a pleasure to have you sir is this high profile case an isolated one or do you think this is the result of deep rooted problems coming to the surface particularly after germany's feel you're at the world cup going out in the group stages for the first time since the nineteenth thirty. the situation in the world championship for the german team boss of course. very deplorable and you needed to have a six scapegoat and i think the. zune himself was selected for densher of course the defeats and also their misery performance of the

german team tried to arm it was. not up to our in overall objective assessment because what what we have seen here in the german team is basically a reflection of what is going on in berlin government that german politics is a kind often in best of the kind of to see in mid and there is no initiative anymore and there was no initiative in the german team as well armed from the beginning i mean there at the fight against the other struggle against. sweden and mexico i mean and then the loss against south korea and this was. basically kind of a catastrophic for germany football in the u.s. and a lot of adopt it was put on

a little wasn't because he didn't perform too well germany as a country though prides itself on being welcoming and tolerant how the individuals of turkish descent facing creasing tension since merkel and erdogan the turkish president. since they really began to not dine weren't slope in terms of relations . i don't know i don't think that the. turkish population are the minority and that's the biggest point of my majority and the drum population is facing some hate or some aggression or some resistance from german people no it's not this thing it's going much deeper we have to have to lift the case of the impact of the cutter as a multiculturalism was basically the. elements of the media of the green party of the us that this our social credit party and there's a split of it the rain away it is getting thinner and thinner especially after the

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