if and when we hear anything will turn strikes a played a key role in the so-called war on terror which the u.s. declared after the nine eleven attacks targeting hostile militant groups as part of that military campaign the u.s. has carried out strikes in afghanistan pakistan somalia and yemen but drone strikes have resulted in numerous civilian casualties in every country involved in the campaign for example in yemen up to two hundred civilians have been killed in u.s. led drone attacks.

jonathan shafi from the new foreign policy group think tank believes that civilians in the area should be concerned about the development. billions in the area of gold not just of it i say we should be concerned about the canes of damage that these drones can do and we've seen a new minister cations hundreds actually over the years civilians have been killed and of course that he action from the local population is what you would expect one of anger and one that wants to see these drones and most of the country that the u.s. claims is going to bring the region closer to paste you see any any sort of valid ety within that plane. i think the problem with us is of course that's always the claim that was a claim with afghanistan of which they're still not quote is there they claim that there are you can even go all the way back to vietnam of course this is always the public relations clean and the reality of course is that the united states is looking to secure a puppet in the regions to secure its own interest in the region and indeed to expand its power to force

a region and therefore public safety the safety of civilians and bring about peace these are all actually subordinates those interests the deployment of drones by the united states not just here but him elsewhere across the region and not just on under donald trump but under obama's wail and often doesn't come to publicly for many months after the operation start if they do it all and that's because the nature of this kind of warfare is to be as far as it possibly can they don't want in the headlines domestically. syria now on the decision to allow militants and rebels to settle in the northwest and in a province turning it into their last bastion in the country and seeing many locals leaving the area of russia sponsored humanitarian card on.

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support all majority of people come with skin and breathing problems all children and the mothers have been checked over so they were given recommendations and medicine to start treatment it's a good idea well if you. keep. international relations professor dr drew up the law believes the humanitarian corridor was a good development for the future of syria without these kind of humanitarian aid difficulty. for the. go back to their homes. and villages especially after the terrorist organization of control of these areas are speaking about the. the future of syria without stepping in it is

security has gone by the tories and there is nothing churchill because of the. i says that it's very very important and it's at the end of the day had been the issue of. the war to make the economy do to have a step after as a civil years of. further fascist war against the syrian people. monday has marks one year since the death of. a journalist working with r.t. arabic he was killed by islamic state shelling in syria well it was just twenty five artie's created a documentary about hell its work in syria is a preview. yes

but he loved lie the morning of the day he died i was worried my mind started to come up with this scary stuff images i was afraid he'd be captured by i so i had a very bad feeling. we were near the front line the syrian army was battling i still i worked was over and we were about to pack our equipment khaled stood near it i put our helmets on him i just wanted to take a photo as a memory of my work with the film crew in the explosion came.

along i realized something had happened i didn't know what exactly out of habit i started to film everything after i began filming and so lot on the camera. i tried the room then realised i couldn't move my legs i couldn't see anything my eyes were covered in blood mixed with doest a call for khaled but nobody. i wanted to go on that mission but how did that you know i had of will she was bright and very determined she was a good journalist you could see that by his reports he did a lot not only for jollies but by his model and as well he helped people soldiers

who had brought them food and promptly. or fresno that i want to do something good for. them or did a lot for me and now i'm trying to do everything for my loved ones that's my main goal. it is all are already set up a special award to recognize the best reporting from war zones the ceremony began with a minute of silence especially when the awards howard's mother gave a poignant speech and if it had not much article of the not. middle you sort of got five bit immaterial hey lou said secular her little head of . with

a moment. that us the. american and the word and i mean i don't want. and don't. mend in america nickel mafia had a duty. because i had been abused i had a corner and that i could emerge as it hasa if you let the lesser get out there to show their. side pixy of us and i had them in ages it was me there is it is it a kind of know how can come along murder her. it's the american game element of humor does make charlie the hipper. concern over global conflict feelings of hopelessness and spending more time on social media they could be symptoms of a new mental condition therapists the united states say that they're seeing increasing numbers of patients with what they're calling donald trump anxiety disorder apparently defect both his supporters and critics of those the dislike amory the world will and supporters feel isolated from society and even their

families democrats also fret about the origin of trump success the twenty six thousand election which they insist was rigged by russia with details is killing more. well the ideas that are commonly labeled as conspiracy theories at this point are most commonly associated with right wingers and top supporters in the public mind however it seems that liberals also have their share of tinfoil hat thinking polls show that fifty five percent of democrats believe that russia actually did tamper with the voting results only thirteen percent of republicans buy into this idea which is pretty universally rejected even by the staunchest russia bashers stari know of no evidence that through cyber intrusions votes were altered or suppressed they did not change any votes tallies or anything of that sort so if russia did indeed carry out election fraud on behalf of donald trump why would

james clapper and john brennan and the intelligence community say that they didn't do that are fifty five percent of democrats actually convinced that the cia is covering up for russia that's quite a conspiracy theory we decided to ask new yorkers about it do you think that russia changed the voting results in the last election no no not at all ok and fifty five percent of democrats apparently believe that why media that's why. propaganda fake news trump says it best they're delusional misinformed or they have their own agenda beyond that something else do you think that russia changed the voting results in the last election s. can you tell us now well i'm sure through technology they were able to somehow finagle possibly i think so i've heard that a lawyer. oh yeah maybe but i don't know that they found. one story that you keep bringing up and attack president trump and i think they're

going to try to milk as much as they can. i personally don't see any evidence of fresh millionaire elections i lived through critical. our media is a pearl and wall in the united states if people don't know the truth about what's really happening pressure is not the enemy that they make it out to be some people think that the moon landing was fake others think that nine eleven was an inside job and it seems that the majority of rank and file democrats believe that somehow russia got into voting machines and changed votes for hillary clinton to vote for donald trump the truth is out there but perhaps people should look for it someplace else. artsy new york. the frenzy over trump which even so is hollywood style vandalized last week has spoke to ryan response from pranks this.

beautiful. boy. isn't there a sidewalk somewhere russian trump star can be moved so yeah destroying trumps hollywood stars but have you tried voting. president has security out there on the boulevard protecting his star. millions in zimbabwe have voted in the first presidential election since longtime leader robert mugabe it was ousted

a turnout has been high it's the first time in almost four decades of a gobby name has not been on the ballot tracing code both at home and abroad it how this could mark a rebirth for the couple and nation. this election in zimbabwe is a huge milestone for what's been a very troubled country with an even more troubling financial crisis and here is why is the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty the name of robert mugabe isn't featured on the ballots he was held at the country for almost fourteen years and it seemed nothing good price in a way because his departure from his presidential throne was as quick as it was unexpected the big coup unfolded over a fight the power between with his own wife and his right hand man the first lady also known as gucci grace and the voice present nicknamed as the crocodile each accuse the other of poisonings and death threats and it seemed grace had won her way with the ninety three year old husband sacked the vice president personally the

army stepped in taking control of the capital just as the parliament was moving to impeach robert mugabe to quit to now a smooth transfer of power and the crocodile finally got his teeth into running the country. election is seen as being a clash between two main candidates a miss and then gog is a member of the ruling party and the incumbent president appointed after mugabe was ousted although unsurprisingly he hasn't been given the backing of mugabe who claims that he grabbed power from the milly's his closest rival is nelson chamisa he's the current leader of the opposition and a recently qualified pastor if elected he becomes a barbie's youngest ever president at the age of just forty the votes still being counted results are expected to be revealed in around five days time the two front runners are polar opposites not just in terms of the generations they represent but also political views when god favors good relations with russia and china its rival

chemise that is pro west and he travels to the u.s. to meet state department officials and members of congress at the end of last year little analyst and author howard feldman says that washington is playing a dangerous game though by interfering with the vote. i think it's a fairly dangerous. fairly obvious. the us how going to have some form of influence recent days we have seen the withdrawal of funding from the americans from n.g.o.s we also do know that there are still sanctions that the u.s. have applied to this infinitely some form of. politicizing of the oil interference of the elections by the americans and i think america is playing a quite a dangerous game with this because if the wrong candidate as far as they're concerned which is been and if he retains power if he is able to succeed to it and it does look like he's going to that america will certainly be left on the outside

of it having used the influence financial and political influence during the run up to the election i don't believe it's going to be viewed very positively when it's a result has been announced. and we can just have strict rules on what can and can't be done during political campaigns in zimbabwe is no exception some of its destructions during this election though quite unusual.

a lot of dates for you in just off analyse the. show seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out this thing comes out ahead and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. the idea of spending money to acquire region to acquire territory took quire wealth

is an oxymoron there is no more wealth to acquire the ecosystem is collapsing the economy is flooded with worthless feel paper and the species is migrating over to the digital sphere feasibly these networks and platforms people are uploading their minds into cyberspace and hope to become thin morkel so every dollar spent on defense every dollar spent by the pentagon is a wasted dollar it's a nineteenth eighteenth seventeenth sixteenth century mindset it's completely antiquated and it's utterly worthless. loaded. some full company on. i use indigenous people as you know we that. paid in the people the trees.

most politicians say the only behind the scenes. and all of a sudden the man just ran and pulled the. time. i said i will then three begin if they will not allow me. if they will shoot we. are all. indeed i'm not i'm not picking on you need to be indicted because how didn't want to go human on my own without a fight. i mean and you got me are you. well

welcome to so. with climate change upon as green technology is becoming all the rage but our being overly enthusiastic about renewable energy well i ask financial guru and cilantro her. problems solar fields if you will made from starch or hydrogen cells it seems that the future of never ending clean energy is already upon this but with the rising of about going green bringing unprecedented caution into the industry are the politicians just writing the green wave without thinking too much about potential pitfalls is renewable energy technology really ready to provide cheaper energy than coal or gas what will be the fallout after the burst of the potential green. pear women are welcome to

the show it's great to have you on our program so clean energy is being pushed upon as it seems with climate change now doing things well can no longer ignore but you sound skeptical about green energy as a whole calling this a green bubble so when look first are in amongst you up on green energy before it's too late. it's true i've written a book called the green bubble and the whole purpose of the book was to really illustrate that if we're not careful how we allocate subsidies and tax payers money it will become a bubble that is very likely to to burst costing lots and lots of money for the taxpayers however i do put forward a proposal where we focus on what on the technologies and the types of green energy that are likely to be commercially sustainable within the short to medium term and if we do that we have a solid future for green energy i do want to see more green energy. but i want to see it implemented in a commercially sustainable way but if world doesn't listen to you and it's not

implemented the way you see one do you think the bubble will burst but i think if we do it for only these subsidies will just accumulate and build up and build up and build up because there is the most noble political deciders to have more clean energy but if implemented in the wrong commercial way. it will over the next few years say within the timeframe of three four five years you will have such a mountain of subsidized projects etc that are unlikely to be able to stand on their own two feet within the next sort of fifteen to twenty years and that will effectively to lower the burden that will then come pressure from journalist pressure from lobbyist groups and also just from normal taxpayers will say what am i getting for my money we're pumping in so much and we're not getting enough therefore it's very important to be commercially disciplined so if we look back

let's say ten years ago green energy was quite costly endeavor but with tech advances in wind and solar energy it's now getting cheaper former u.k. energy minister charles hendry told me it has dropped by house and six years so his costs are coming down these green technologies have a chance of becoming commercial a sustainable no or am i missing something here it is true we've got to separate the green technologies into two groups the group a which is the group that are likely to produce commercially sustainable energy without subsidies within the medium within the medium term call it seven ideas and the other group which very very unlikely to do so in that period now solar energy specifically is a good example of category a way of actually subsidies have helped courtesy of the bigger the german taxpayer as you have effectively subsidize it so much that the cost curve has come down and you can in sudden. it does have solar energy standing on his own two feet without

subsidies for instance in certain parts of spain and that's why we need to get serious the soul and she's a great example of that on shore wind in part also in particular if you use big big turbines like six megawatt turbines you will in certain places be able to generate so much energy so much wind that it can actually be economically viable without subsidies and that's exactly what we need to get to that as a whole you're blaming politicians for giving green technologies subsidies without really looking into whether they can become stable why do you think governments do that blind hope or political calculation. i think there's a general sort of desire amongst politicians to be front page front page news and as long as it's green and the looks good and there's an attachment with his good image. i'm not sure all politicians look through the actual economics of it and that's what i'm what i'm asking for we need more commercial discipline here. but

that's just political life political life is usually a cycle of four to five years depending on the country and therefore those of us decide to do good or be seen to do good but here i come in as a business person saying listen it might not be so good for the long term for the for the taxpayers so therefore let's be disciplined about how we spend our money and national renewable energy agency says a rapid scale up of investment in renewable energy infrastructure is needed had of the agency i'm not i mean tell me that total investment has already rates two trillion dollars but he needs to double that before the end of the decade to grow further to more than three times to current level in two thousand and twenty so is this a realistic goal. i think so it's certainly a goal to be desired we certainly need more green energy production and today it's still a very it's a small lower single digit percentages. of the total energy produced so there's a lot of

a task ahead of us if we don't do it we will run into problems of the year two emissions we have seen it already the effects the melting of the ice cap and the the war with global warming etc so the symptoms of there so we do need to push ahead on it but it's a mammoth task it's going to cost a lot of money globally fortunately we do see some countries really powering ahead now i mean look at china for instance was talking about making diesel and petrol cars. with within you know in the in the twenty twenty five or something you seem frons you see no way of putting forward initiatives in that regard so suddenly the whole transport transportation sector have seen a massive shift in political sentiment and decide and even legislation to move our economy towards more green driving economy and i think that's a very good thing he is directly and indirectly subsidizes fossil fuels more than green energy direct subsidies worldwide are bigger than those for renewables so if

we're trying to same logic here are we in an oil bubble as well. you could argue so i mean energy politics is obviously is very strategic for a country very sensitive in a g. pricing i mean look at india for instance where those massive subsidies mean that that is clearly due to politics because you know your fuel cost is something very important just as well as your living standards so you have seen it also in the in the area of a few of those been massive subsidies i think we need to get into an area where we have a more equal level playing field. but in the short term we face the challenge of making green energy more attractive we do need subsidies i do acknowledge there is a need to to assist in giving birth to this massive new sector but it is in the long term interests of people on earth effectively because we're not getting less and less quite in the country is more people consuming more more energy so we do

need to have more more green energy in this world and it does require investments so that part is good but we can we just need to get more bang for a buck. return on our tax dollars invest the power make it what if you like that car you know a thing or two about both money and natural resources what's your opinion which create green technologies in particular are now worth putting money into but one area we like a lot is the whole area of efficiency the. technologies that basically make you do so use less energy for instance l.e.d. lighting by using that you effectively cost your consumption of energy by ninety percent one zero percent that's huge now the. light bulbs will cost you a bit more in the beginning but over time you end up saving so much energy and what saved you don't have to produce so actually look at the whole green energy market efficiency and small house solutions l.e.d.

lighting such things actually account for about fifty percent of the whole market so i think that's a fair. tast a garret to to focus on secondly we do like hydro a lot hydro power energy why because it's baseload it's big it's gigawatts and it's green unfortunately you can only do it where you have rivers so you do need to be lucky enough to have a big river running somewhere but hydro power is fantastic and finally nuclear power we consider that to be green yes there is a disposal problem to a degree on the on the waste but net net it is still a green technology that today has become so much more safe over the years and it is a technology that delivers big gigawatts so if you can construct these power plans of the reasonable cost which seems to be a bit of a challenge sometimes around the world then i think that would also be part of the energy mix those three things hydro nuclear and efficiency those are the ones will

move the need.