in the. few minutes later they began bombing the area and killing people. in afghanistan kills fourteen people including children r t speaks to witnesses on the scene. also ahead investigative journalist group redfish. germany's arms straight claiming that not all is a word. to . the western powers welcome the evacuation of the white helmets from syria to jordan

we look at the controversy behind them. live from our international news center right here in moscow welcome to r.t. international good to have your company our top story fourteen people including children have been killed in an earth strike enough dallastown in what was meant to be a military operation against the taliban it is not yet clear whether it was carried on by or u.s. or craft spoke to witnesses on the scene a warning you may find some of the following images. on one of these movies on the carnival out near one of them because no one was in the next but you're going to want to look it over here though not. so we're not going to. officially. say 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 here starting murat guess the if. 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 at first they wouldn't let us drink out the dead and injured. foreigners didn't visit this area.

they are lying a delegation came here from the local governance and security officials ok so if you take the little girls 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 and 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. first they shelled the area with an aircraft bombarded it with three bombs there are twelve and one wounded we dug out the victims from the rubble with one missing we found the hand and shoulders and the few other parts of one march and buried him. the victims the house owners 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 all off in our scene so no prove 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 times and now and i've never seen anyone give an eight. province which is partly controlled by the taliban has a history of strikes go in a 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.

well in response to a request from r.t. nato repeated its statement that no civilian casualties resulted from u.s. or strikes they expect details from an afghan investigative team in the coming days until the war activist richard becker sees 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 with this one it can do is we hear oh they were all terrorists 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 you know 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 and exporters but investigative reporting group redfish have claimed that not all german arms are being sold illegally here's part of their report which can be found in full on the red fish page. in open the mentor to understand our understand to tell as i'm. as a heckler on call how tired. of playing an element. germany gets a lot of praise for its reasonable approach to politics but the german government has a dirty secret well 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 our 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 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 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 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 in 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 the heckler company in question say they are fully cooperating with the investigation while also actively contributing 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. well 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 have also pledged to receive some of the four hundred

twenty two helped out of the region we went through the 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 and 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 another's 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 cue 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 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 boredom

stew 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 how 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 because. well again i can't speak specifically allegations 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 the chinese president is touring africa we've got a live reaction to that after the break.

seemed wrong. wrong just don't. get to shape out. active. and engaged equals betrayed. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. we're back with our t. international chinese president xi jinping has arrived in rwanda as part of his four nation trip to africa to this stablish deeper trade. he earlier visited

senegal which is the first west african country to be involved in china is belt road infrastructure project beijing has been expanding its presence in africa in recent years in twenty sixteen alone china invested thirty nine billion dollars in the continent bringing the total to more than two hundred billion that's roughly twice the a month but the united states has invested enough. and earlier this year u.s. ties with several african countries were put under strain by some infamous remarks from donald trump the president of the united states is racist he really is the devil this is an actual quote from the actual president this is the gift that he decided to give the american people they're not all countries for one donald trump isn't their president. let's cross live now to journalist lawrence freeman

african affairs analyst to get his take lawrence welcome to the program what do you think she jinping will be hoping to get from his tour of africa. i think this is an indication by the president of merriment porton the collaboration with africa he's going to be visiting four countries and then they believe they're going to end up at the brics summit in south africa so this is a continuation of the last several years of the build to grow power in africa and it's been a real boost for african development policy especially in the area of infrastructure energy with rail and i think this indicates that they're going to get to you along that policy for sure do you think china's interest in africa are purely economic or is this also about greater geo political influence. china especially and that this

president has a view who will win cooperation that countries can work together for the common and if it of mankind that they will benefit from economic cooperation the african countries certainly will there's been no infrastructure built in africa really since the colonial period the west we see you united states refute europe is refuse so china billion its infrastructure if you see the kenya nigeria be in other places this is a real positive step for the development of africa and i think the chinese want to help africa they will make money of course the africans will prove their economies and that people standard of living will improve and hopefully we will eliminate a power pretty in africa the way we have in china and many western countries are wary of investing in africa due to what instability security etc china doesn't seem

to have been put off by any of those concerns particularly in recent times why is that the case. china is again especially this president has a vision for the future to develop themselves and to the develop their neighbors and the well of other countries around the world so the whole concept of the built in growth is counter to geo political thinking is countries working together they call it when when and the problem is that the west has no vision for development of africa has refused to develop after so therefore the attack africa they complain about africans alone they complain about debt the debt under western countries the i.m.f. and the world bank far exceeds anything that the chinese have in terms of debt with african countries so the west has to get over their problems get over their old geo political thinking studying and i think china and actually if the president was

intelligent on this question he would join the bell because of china and united states joining together we could transform a car plant and eliminate poverty in a limited hunger and that's what i'm trying to do the thought of lawrence freeman african affairs analyst live on the program lawrence thank you thank you. donald trump has once again lashed out at around he tweeted on sunday that iran should not threaten the u.s. 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. america should know that peace with iran is the mother of all peace and war with

iran is the mother of all wars. well u.s. senators have echoed the criticism of tehran but there's very little new there as they took a similar stance before the around nuclear deal was hammered i'd back in twenty fifty run supports terrorism iraq 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. is a serious threat. president around deal would allow the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. to retire and fell for. centrifuges this is a regime that funds terrorism all around the world meanwhile the us secretary of state mike pump aoe has accused iran's elites of enriching themselves at the expense of ordinary people he give a speech about the country highlighting many problems some of which are far from

unique to iran. with washington and tehran trading insults artie's polis leader takes a look at what's next after the u.s. secretary of state explained america will not target the media landscape in iran to try and change perceptions. they're covertly plotting terror attacks in the heart of europe destroying israel it's at the core of the regime's ideology that has

committed support of 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 and 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 saucy channel now it will be under the banner of the b.b.c. which stands for the ball crossed in the world 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 that for 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 said that you know states was undertaking tough measures against iran of course these comments has prompted an immediate angry reaction from tehran. 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 you ran 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 so that quote the regime would no longer be able to involve itself in death and destruction you also said that they will put 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. live from moscow this is r t international more great programs right ahead. some call donald trump a traitor and the helsinki summit treasonous as the media continue their meltdown

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