good from russia cheering goodness. thank the taliban attacks an afghan security base reportedly killing forty five is the latest in a string of offensives which of claimed the lives of more than one hundred military personnel. amid the rising standoff over tire it's turkey slams washington saying it has almost completely halted relations. and u.n. peacekeepers are said to return to the disputed golan heights after militants were repelled from the region and syria and israel have been fighting over the resource rich area for decades. to. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t.

international with me if you aaron. first the death toll from a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital has risen to forty eight and is likely to rise further according to local health officials sixty seven others were injured in the attack on an education center in a shiite neighborhood of kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility the taliban denies responsibility this comes after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacked a military camp north of kabul local journalist sultan fires a reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in northen afghanistan but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve soldiers have been killed and three are missing but in babylon province specifically in. in the location were still it's there are conflicting reports that you know all forty five people or

afghan security forces have been killed but speaking earlier to a spokesperson for the north and corp's he didn't confirm the death of the any soldiers he said that twenty eight soldiers were there and they're missing and they have lost connection and they tried to send reinforcement but they have been also ambushed many people have been actually you know have been you know questioning the management of the security forces that what have been they doing so basically following you know post twenty four teams. they have only involved the forces on only involved in training assessed and advice mission basically they're not on the ground but they have been conducting air strikes that have been causing sometimes civilian casualties. this is the latest in a string of taliban attacks heavy clashes between the same group and the country's security forces erupted last week.

i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during an arab street last night and there is no tension from the government and no facilities for the residents are going the dead bodies are still on the road signs i've also been injured. with me now. now to discuss this further is still tons or former presidential candidate and former and pay levy to have you with us thank you for coming on r.t. now according to different sources the taliban now controls anything from fourteen to about fifty percent of the afghan territory now given that it controlled only one percent off to the us invasion in two thousand and one what is going wrong here

. actually these numbers are very very arbitrary numbers in my view they don't control places for too long they just come and disrupt if we say that they may be able to destruct large percentages of the country yes but they have never been able to control any given city for more than maybe one or two days or three days at most of the guys these cases unfortunately a bit longer but having said that they are able to disrupt and of course the government's hold on those territories are also ten years because because of poor proper or poor governance and improper services so nobody controls those areas in the sense of the word really control that's that's that's and in my view the case some critics the knowledge warring parallels between afghanistan and the u.s. campaign in vietnam is that something you see to.

i think there's a huge difference in my view because this international resolution that brought the international forces the u.s. and other countries stuff on a sun was the result of the bomb conference and even prior to that the resolution of the united nations where even iran and russia and pox on were signatories to that resolution so this was decided by the united nations and the and the parts of space of the international community that's the difference between this one and in vietnam and also that warfare and afghanistan is very different than the warfare that took place in vietnam and the players are different too in those days there it was communism versus. the west and now it's said the the the factors are totally different. do you think it's the case that the longer the war junks on in afghanistan the better it becomes full of the taliban.

actually we have to look at the full picture here with the taleban under the guise of taleban even paddle to taliban there are other forces that are destructing up on this on terrorism has taken a different shape enough honest on their other players like dietitian and even the pakistani taliban and even chechens and others who are here so if that polygon and others prevail and naturally the outcome will not just be affecting up honest on it will affect the whole region so if that part of one f. i one taleban were the only player we would see it different and we are able to resolve things with them but because of the other factors the longer this war continues the more influence other groups will find enough on its own and they will destruct the whole of central asia and beyond so i see

a different outcome. if this war continues for too long with other players involved in it and while the u.k. and the u.s. sending more troops to afghanistan. i actually i think one of the problems we've had since the one conference was improper this is ignorance and. decisions and also ill informed decisions one of the ill informed decisions about afghanistan was a small army not equipped not trained and the international community it did not pay enough attention in time for the training and equipment and now we're playing catch twenty two and also catch up game where far behind the curve and when the british and the americans are increasing their troops it's all reactive measures they're increasing it because afghan forces are fighting very well but they're

trained they're illiquid and they don't have enough troops for the proper rotations or i think the americans have realised this and i think the british are trying to help them but i hope that the intention is that i hope that they see the problems from the eyes of the afghans not from their own. form but not healers from the presidential candidate and former m.p. through tons or thank you for your time. now police in the u.k. say the man detained off the tuesday's westminster colorado incident is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and performing an active terror he's been identified as a british citizen of sudanese origin you can get more now from our london correspondent for d.h. i can honestly see a little information so far but what else do we know about this man. well and the key details have certainly started trickling in and being discussed in the press

about the possible identity of the man behind this crash that is now being indeed investigated by authorities here as a terror incident as well as attempted murder and we do know that the press here are saying that this is a man who is twenty nine years old he is being named as sally kadir british citizen of sudanese origin is being reported that this man came to britain back in twenty ten as a refugee and applied for asylum and was granted british citizenship within the last two years it's also being reported that this is a man who lived in birmingham and was actually according to some reports being made now in london to reportedly apply for sudanese visa to be able to visit his family buck home now and some reports have suggested that he actually had peepers or documents on him suggesting that's what he was planning on doing so some questions still to be addressed there it's also being reported that he was not known to the m i five or the counter-terror police but local police in birmingham where he lived

were aware of his identity and excuse me we do know that police here who are now investigating this case have been saying that he's not been cooperating with them and that's their main priority remains to be able to determine what exactly has motivation is and given the man is not speaking and saying very much about why he did what he did that remains a challenge and we're also hearing here that the police the car that he had driven to london in from birmingham actually arrived the night before this incident took place we're also hearing that neighbors are saying that he was a quiet man who lived over an internet cafe but in fact the landlord of the police used to live said he didn't live up that internet cafe for a few months before this happened so really lots of questions still we also know that officials and police have investigated and looked into two properties that could have. associated with him still searching another but no other people have

been arrested in connection to this so the police are continuing to look into that and interesting we just mentioned we know that the metropolitan police commissioner here in london has said that it might be not the worst idea to consider pedestrian rising westminster because of what she's described these vehicle attacks being weapons of choice so we'll see if that happens and we've also heard from the london mayor can see that it also might not be a bad idea to have security not just in westminster but in london. and this is their check and i thank you for the update. u.n. peacekeepers are said to return to the golan heights after the area was liberated from the hardest however the region is still hotly contested with syria and israel fighting over it for decades on t.v. caused on a report. this city in the golan heights is one of the latest sites where the syrian army has brought terrorist ruled to an end.

we were among the first international news crews inside after its liberation just months ago the city of corn a truck behind me was still under the control of well with most of the infrastructure gone this is the main focus of the syrian government now. liberated but far from safe we weren't allowed further inside the city if you hardy's have made the mining the area a painstaking process for decades the golan heights have been fought over both syria and israel claims the land. as far as the un is concerned it's definitely syrian but that's food to stop the exchange of fire.

if. it got worse when the jihadi advance so u.n. peacekeepers flee into any fourteen they've been the only force to try and ease tensions considering the volatility of the situation here at the golan heights the u.n. made a big point out of establishing a presence here well speaking about this particular checkpoint they were driven out by terrorists al nusra front and i saw the two main factions that briefly gained a foothold here and well this area doesn't need any more hostility there's plenty of it here already after all the front line was just over there with a friend i saw holding some territory and israel. doesn't need terrorists on its border and its jet points begin right over those mountains now at least the un patrols can begin again with the help of some russian backup nice of me. put it

together with a un representative we conducted an initial patrol during which we checked the safety of the roads are still there but the main problem is that there are lots of explosives which we've sent all the information we have to the un peacekeeping force for analysis to reconstruct you in checkpoints the russian military police are helping the u.n. mission to inspect the u.n. checkpoints on the golan heights may still be territorially be in a state of flux but at least the terrorists have finally been repelled and the un peacekeepers can get on with the job done of reporting from the golan heights in syria for r.t. . we asked the un mission to comment on the situation it confirmed it's implementing of a gradual return to the golan heights well turkey warns its relations with the u.s. are on the verge of stalling completely in a rising standoff over trade carrots all the details details for you after this

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when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back the turkish president spokes person phase washington has almost completely halted relations it comes amid a rising standoff over tyrus turkey has hiked a great funky american products including cars and alcohol. truth here in. the u.s. has brought relations with turkey to an almost complete hopes a disappointment is profound iran was aggravated when uncle are detained an

american pastor alleged links to terrorism among other measures washington slapped additional tariffs on turkish media and steel that sent the turkish lira plummeting to record lows against the us dollar turkish stocks have tumbled to. release pastor andrew bronson now or be prepared to face the consequences. will respond to the u.s. declaring the trade on the whole world by answering new markets and finding allies at the president's direction the department of treasury is sanctioning turkey's minister of justice and minister of interior. we will boycott u.s. electronic goods. waging an economic war against turkey for this reason i've changed all my u.s. dollars into turkish the roots. i think we should always use locally made products

after the spike in the u.s. dollar the prices for foreign products increased dramatically and people can no longer afford them. you know the whole world is watching america cannot confront us directly but it uses the dollar to wage a hidden war the u.s. state department spokesperson was pressed by journalists on the global effect of the turkish american dispute bilateral issue between the united states has now ruled emerging markets we've had everything from mexico to currencies from morro the developing world. and what's staged as one. so that you know the the rest of the world doesn't think this is a vitamin of the economic package well i think what we're seeing overall. and i'm not a an economist of course but economists would certainly tell you that what is happening in turkey goes far beyond the united states and united states recent policies. are

less now discuss this live with former turkish foreign minister a yosh mr you thank you for joining us on the program it's great to have you with us and now that turkey is hitting back do you think that washington is having any regrets about imposing those tariffs on anchor. actually regrets. both sides would be really think for what is what has happened. to both sides to be blamed for that because this question could have been solved more easily if thousands diplomacy silent diplomacy what was given priority but now that both side has sharpened the position it has become a little more difficult but of course when a country of the size of the united states is in collusion called. course

with control to turkey's side. it is to be turkey that it will be affected more negatively. it does think that the trumpet ministration is making a bit of a habit of alienating its international friends doesn't it yes it does and. i think from brought this new era or good of eliminating almost everyone including the nato allies turkey also with the new with the with an article published. by presenter dan he said that turkey has other alternatives this shows that if this goes like that turkey. several of its server is listening entirely with the united states but it will distance most

worldly now the trigger for the terror standoff was the detention of a u.s. pastor i can't that be further political as well as economic surprised by either side how far could discuss. i think it's more political than economic or economic measures are used in order to achieve a political goal because. pastoral branson is an evangelist christian country i understand that the people the. inner cabinet of presidents or close associates of president terms are all almost all of them are evangelists and there is elections to be held in the united states on november the fourth i think. because of this it has gained. domestic political dimension unnecessarily and they cannot

step back from this either yeah shi'a cash for much hackish foreign minister thank you for joining us on r.t. . french m.p.'s warn they're sickened by us high street fashion giant gap showing a young muslim girl wearing a headscarf thousands of people have now signed a petition demanding up end the campaign back to school campaign was shot in new york but when gap kids publish the photos and videos on its french social media site it sparked a massive outcry muslim clothing is a divisive issue in france with his job star head coverings banned in schools the country is the killer a city or separation of state and church is enshrined in the constitution or is the u.s. first amendment guarantees freedom of religion and expression we went onto the streets of paris to gauge opinion and gaps move. on acceptable to

court just because they show the money to buy classes which is snow. girl the way she sees things difference are in. the back three it's not something we're used to the room and wearing veils but really children well yeah some of these are from. all i'm against showing a little learning where you think it's a shame to get says young children or tomorrow to stick to the issues concerning the. law. but we have asked for comments and we'll let you know when they respond but french politicians are already calling to boycott the brand. gap charles the little veiled girl markets in promotes submission to islam ism where are the need to out to pig movements get continues its submission to islam islam with its posters of veiled little girls i have denounced several times this rise in power or

the veil imposed on little girls which is an abuse and trampling on our values of equality freedom and secularism. live now to multiculturalism experts to fill the room miss liberty thank you for joining us on the program now this ad campaign is praised in the u.s. precisely for showing a veiled girl throw while so many in france against it do you think. well first of all in france really when you're thinking of that societal issue an issue like this the first thing that should come to their mind is is it something that's legal or inly illegal in france and this is a picture of a young girl wearing a veil with another girl and a different ethnicity and it shows in my opinion more tolerance than anything else and there's nothing illegal about it so as far as the politicians are concerned that's really the only thing that they should be pronouncing themselves on yet

instead they're starting to polemic and use the theme of islam very frankly to try and make it look bad and in this case they're attacking gap which which is just very misplaced on the part of the government. it's really too bad that this government is getting involved in what should be more a debate of opinion you can like it or not like it and i think your idea of interviewing people on the streets is excellent you know let's see what people think people talk about it. but as far as the government is concerned there question should be ok is it legal or illegal in france putting the veil on in school is illegal so if that hechsher were something that were happening in school then get france would have to ask us to make a different people picture because they can't. put a schoolgirl in a veil yeah i think it's

a little sorry to interrupt that want to find out what you make of the french and pays coulter now boycott gap. i think it's really unfortunate to be honest and that's the point that i was trying to make is that i think it's very unfortunate that a politician should get involved in what should be an opinion debate and you know she might express herself as a citizen and say that if she had a little girl she wouldn't want to put a veil on her little girl that's her right and it's her right not to like the veil but as a politician she should only be talking about whether it's legal or illegal in france and reacting because of the gap based on that and nothing else do young veiled girls have a place without the ties and in france i think they should have i think that france we were just seeing the debate over the over the. the very varied nature of the french soccer team who won the world cup and there was

a lot of debate about how they should be called and you know of course they're french citizens but let's not hide the fact that many of them are of african origin france should embrace its diversity so in my opinion. these type of pictures should be welcome in france i used to work in the perfume industry and france was always very very free about showing a lot of the female body and profumo advertisements and if we had clients in other countries who didn't agree with it or who had laws where you couldn't expose the ladies their body too much then we simply provided them with another picture. you know based on the legality if france has a problem with that you know they can always ask that but. otherwise the debate should be on the streets and among citizens it should not be a french government calling for a boycott i think that that's very mean minded and it's using the muslim population

as a target. in that ugly way so their lives are thank you for sharing your thoughts with us on out international we appreciate him you're well i hear it i'll say it we love to hate your thoughts on all of our stories so to get in touch by following does the unthinkable media coming up at the top of the hour my colleague andrew fama will be here with all the latest. greetings and salutation. this week here in america while we enjoy our i tunes and sip our lattes crunch our big macs and stress over our normal daily routines you know work eat sleep was rinse repeat a half

a world away in the war torn country of yemen thousands gathered on monday in the city of saddam to bury fifty one people including forty children lost their lives after a saudi u.a.e. coalition air strike took out a school bus cheating isn't more grand but why should why should that make me put down my latte or take off my ear buds us well i mean innocent children now dead for one but that's still not enough how about innocent children now dead thanks to us hardware yes your us tax dollars help pay once again for the killing of innocent kids. how you feel about your private office politics now. according to hussein al bhakti and independent other. journalist working in yemen in this interesting piece of grey hardware was allegedly discovered at the scene of the bus strike which later u.s. journalist ben norton researched and discovered to be a piece of the u.s.

military industrial complex at its finest norton tweeted it's a u.s. made m k eighty two guided bomb which has been used in previous attacks on yemeni civilians the cage code on the bomb is lockheed martin's yes appears to be another fine american product for killing innocent children around the world brought to you by our good friends at lockheed martin and the pentagon but not of course if you ask the u.s. military army major general army major josh jock's a spokesperson for u.s. central command told box quote we may never know if the munition used was one that the u.s. sold to them we don't have a lot of people on the ground you see. you know what you do have though you do have a lot of weapons salesmen in the boardrooms of the piers so let's start watching the hawks. but that's. just silly.