but you see curity crisis in afghanistan worsens a suicide bomb attack in the capital claims the lives of at least forty eight civilians it comes after a taliban attack on the security based on the same day reportedly killing forty five. or so to come donald trump provokes the security clearance of former cia director john brennan the white house says the president is looking into also revoking security clearances of several other high profile figures linked with the intelligence community. and russian cosmonauts are currently in orbit conducting repair works on the international space station we'll be showing you live pictures from a cosmonaut forty camera. hello

welcome it's midnight here in moscow you're watching r.t. international our top story 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 a word of warning there you might find the upcoming images upsetting sixty seven others were injured in the attack on a private education center in the shiite neighborhood of kabul it's not clear yet if it was only students or whether teaches rule so among the victims the taliban has since denied it had any involvement in you sold instead the attack is being blamed on islamic state although no one has claimed responsibility this comes after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacks a military camp north of kabul with more his local journalist. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody. 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 that 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 corpse 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 try 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 falling 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. who this is the latest in a string of taliban attacks heavy clashes between the militant group and the country's security forces erupted last week. i saw my friend dying she was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during an arab street last night and there is no attention from the government no facilities for the residents and the dead bodies are still on the roads and i've also been injured. well professor of history in international relations at the lebanese university in

beirut your meal jamal wakim believes that the u.s. is exhausting its ability to provide stability in the country the united states being involved and to many crisis the resources are being trained and at the same time it's antagonizing russia china. iran even pakistan india and other gondolas and. to maintain its hegemony over global affairs but this is exhausting the united states and i believe that it's leading it to overextension the way. they did. by the korean war and kennedy in his famous book the rise and fall of great impose so i believe the united states is being overlooked that it might lead to a crisis within this country and of course it's wrong worldwide.

now the white house has just announced that donald trump has revoked the security clearance of the former cia director john brennan the president's also said to be evaluating to the situation of a number of the riff issues. valuating action with respect to the following individuals james clapper james comey michael hayden sally ates susan rice and german cave peter sure lisa page and bruce or security clearances for those who still have them may be revoked it is for the foregoing reasons that i've exercised my constitutional authority to deny mr brennan access to classified information. ok let's get more details now from smearing counties following events for us in the u.s. and smear a good evening just run through them what prompted this move by the trumpet ministration. well sarah huckabee sanders spoke to the press and she explained his decision to revoke brought in security clearance as based on his quote erratic

conduct and behavior defending the move as an effort to secure classified info from someone who has helped his vision in the past and clearly has very partisan leanings now john brennan himself chimed in a chimed in and he blasted the move as part of a bid to suppress free speech and punish critics but for some context john brennan left his position as director of the cia back in january twenty seventeen and he now serves as m.s.n. b c's senior national security and intelligence analyst but this whole debacle began last month when senator rand paul called brahmins motives into question asking if he'd been profiting off his clearance by divulging secrets to the mainstream media his exact words and rand paul even met with trump asking him to revoke the clearances of not only brennan but a few other a prominent political figures but after that sarah sanders read out

a list of names of who else was in consideration and it even included a former f.b.i. director james comey and former director of national intelligence james clapper and a few others for apparently spreading rumors about russian collusion trouble also tweeted some in direct references to it later on but today sarah huckabee sanders elaborated on that a bit saying that the administration could also revoke clearances of other ex officials including james komi and peter struck from the f.b.i. recently so the f.b.i. recently so what does have to see what happens and wait for the media reaction that will inevitably follow sure ok thanks to me that was american force that in washington. police in the u.k. say the man detained after tuesday's westminster car running incident is being held on suspicion of attempted before making an act of terror he has been identified as a british citizen the sudanese origin with more details to his. 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 it's been 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 back home 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 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 police have

investigated and looked into two properties that could have been 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 we're also hearing here that the car that he had driven to london in from birmingham actually arrived the night before this incident took place and interesting really just to mention we know that the metropolitan police commissioner here in london has said that it might be the worst idea to consider the gesture and eyes in westminster because of what she's described this vehicle attacks being weapons of choice all see if that happens and we've also heard from the london mayor said you can see that it also might not be a bad idea to have security not just in westminster but in london. royal we've got some pictures from space next because right now two russian cosmonauts are carrying out an extended seven hour space walk at the international space station both are equipped with cameras and right right now you can see the pictures coming

live from them. i speak in fact these pictures are from surrogate copy every it's his first mission up there and every now and again we do get a glimpse of the of the course and what makes him to. frolic it's his third time in space to with a start to space more than five hours ago and we're going to be carrying out repairs for howard another two hours too and that will make it one of the longest. in history those spacesuits incidentally they are wearing represents a new generation of space where two they are quickly climate control and body cameras the ones we can see now they are crew shoot three six. rubber elements we're told have been replaced with polyurethane on a suit to which hopes to give. a much longer life span screen you could see the movement through this part of the current space walk cosmonauts were also released for nano satellites built as part of a special project with russian universities and schools

a city is set or serious sam as its nicknamed will provide data about space weather and to them were built by sixty didn't in any around a month while launching satellites is normally very expensive for the students it was for a under an initiative with the russian space corporation ross calls moss the other two units called the new will form part of an experiment to see whether it is possible for satellites that organize themselves in terms of their positions in orbit. well i got to myth who's doing today's walk is also known for a space space blog too which has detailed his trips to the i assess since twenty forty. because music is the no that would be. thanks thanks thanks thanks to her it

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lead. in other news today the turkish president spokes person says that washington is almost completely halted relations it comes amid a rising standoff over tariffs turkey is hiked right song came erick and products including cars and alcohol. here in. the u.s. has brought relations with turkey to an almost complete hoax a disappointment is profound well there i was aggravated when i encourage detained in american passed over alleged links to terrorism among other measures washington slapped additional tariffs on turkish element and also steel and that sent the turkish lira plummeting to record lows against the us dollar stocks have also.

release pastor andrew bronson now or be prepared to face the consequences. we will respond to the u.s. declaring a trade on the whole world by answering new markets and finding a light 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. electronics. are 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 people can no longer afford them. the whole world is watching america cannot confront us directly but it uses the dollar to wage hidden war where the u.s. state department spokesperson was pressed by journalists on the global effect of

the turkish american dispute. i literally issue between the united states has now ruled emerging markets we've had everything from mexico to india currencies morro the developing world of gene effect. and what stage does one stop that that you know the the rest of the world doesn't think this is a very messy economic path well i think what we're seeing overall and i'm not 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 or the former turkish foreign minister yes a yak has told us that the u.s. president's quote undiplomatic behavior is losing him friends across the globe it is more. the political goal rather than economic because if.

two through more we're on the bull and we want to use this live route for political this is something we're all doing for you fortunately you do get to. you know on the plane with you quickly from the growth you. think almost everyone including. you to. not sober. so. you know it will be systems more through of the. un peacekeepers are set to return to the golan heights after the area was liberated from jihadists however the region is still hotly contested with syria and israel fighting over it for decades with more his you got it done. this city in the golan heights is one of the latest sites where the syrian army has brought terrorist rule to an end.

we were among the first international news crews inside after its liberation just months ago the city of corn a chubby i mean it 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 for the inside the city if you hardest 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.

when the jihadi advance the 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 eisel are 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 again. 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. but it together with a u.n. representative we conducted an initial patrol during which we checked the safety of the roads are still there but every 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 the golan heights may still be territorially be in a state of flux but at least the terrorists are finally been repelled and the un peacekeepers can get on with the job. of reporting from the golan heights in syria to r.t. . what we did ask the un mission to comment on the situation there and it has confirmed that is implementing a gradual return to the golan heights. now the c.n.n.

presenter chris cuomo has sparked controversy for saying on air that violence coming from the left wing and to from the movement in the us is more morally justified than violence which comes from the far right the comments were made a day after and or for had minor clashes with police and journalists while countering a white nationalist rally in washington. all punches are not equal drawing a moral equivalency between those espousing hate and those fighting it because they both resort to violence emboldens hate legitimizes hateful belief and elevates what should be stamped out. ok let's discuss this a bit further than i would guess the anthony brian likens the political and social issues commentator and also an interest in prior art brenton l'engle they're both with us and you both very welcome chaps and for the let's start with what was your reaction to what chris cuomo said there. well i was pretty surprised at what you

say within again i know it's seen him so i'm not really their surprise but here's the thing. every time i see them on television they seem to be getting some kind of fight some kind of altercation it always seems to come from them it is a matter of they're fighting he or whatever they claim you can't put your hands on somebody in behind some kind of moral high ground don't touch people if you don't want to be chased this really simple is day it doesn't matter what political affiliation the other person is keeping hands to you so there should be two more orders story chris cuomo however did not see it that way apparently still brant and that's bringing you know i mean bodies his violence isn't it it's just wrong it doesn't matter who does it. yes i will actually agree with that i am a buddhist actually and violence even if it's the most justified and righteous violence that you can have it still creates negative karma it is still a very problematic thing to use so it's something that should be diverted to only

when it's absolutely necessary that said. in the case of vs white nationalists i mean there's really no comparison between the two white nationalists here in the united states murders by white nationalists have doubled since trump took office they are the number one domestic terror group with the exception of the number one that the target civilians the only bigger domestic terror group is sovereign citizens and they mostly kill cops so high on brant and i think the people on the right the violence you can't just sort of tar them all here i'm not yeah i'm talking about specific groups i'm talking about sovereign citizens which are the biggest cop killers in the country and i'm talking specifically about white nationalists there are plenty of people on the right who are wonderful people got family on the right my father's on the right but you know he's not a nazi. i just want to get your thoughts further on what to chris cuomo said what you think he was trying to say because on the face of it he thought of saying it

sounds like it's ok to commit violence to be on the left on the right i'm sorry it's wrong. i didn't really take it that way the problem there is that i think he tried to frame it in left versus right issues and i don't think that's right because first of all fascism is not really a left right thing fascism is a fascist thing and fascist will say or claim whatever to gain power for themselves right now they are associated with the right through the election of donald trump and that's one of the reasons that in my opinion why the killings have doubled but you know they aren't they don't they do not represent the right in general and i think most people on the right absolutely would not agree with what they do ok and just your reaction to what we said those who probably thought classically at times . yeah that was that was pretty interesting here's the thing about it these people who really are what they purport to associate be against they're talking about being anti fascist but

a lot of their action mirrors that of what was on the mussolini's time with the whole black church situation it seems like they're doing the same thing i'm not saying that there's actually to same as what was going on back then in italy but a lot of their tactics seems to mirror what they were doing just because i mean what is i bet you that isn't ideal are a whole lot of other hold on hold on wait wait wait wait hold on just because somebody is hateful in your eyes does not mean that it's ok or somehow justified at all to hurt then you can't say a word of violence or maybe justify it no it's not if somebody does not put their hands on you you cannot put your hands on them is very simple if you put your hands on somebody then that person has a right to defend themselves and so at that point you should be able to have a fair exchange of ideas see we have freedom of speech in this country you can say things that offend people and add the right to respond in kind but i can't put my hands are you there's no just if occasion or excuse in any kind of what you're talking legally then you know you've freedom of speech protection from the state

protection from the cops putting you in jail for what you say and i'm one hundred percent behind that because we can't trust the state with that power to jail whoever that said this freedom of speech does not mean that everything you say needs to be tolerated you know you talk about don't put your hands on somebody will you know somebody that has yes there's somebody that wears a mask attacks dangerous people without personal provocation puts their hands on them you know who it is it's batman. is a they are doing the same things that a lot of our superheroes do i'm not calling them superheroes but i'm saying this type of behavior is justified in our society violence can be used to prevent greater violence and there is nothing greater then people who advocate genocide i mean once again if you want if you want to talk about it until the final hour and they threaten their entire history they have never killed a single person not one but whatever they have pretty years of prednisone. no it

doesn't it is against the law to commit violence against another individual. yeah of course but the law does not dictate morality the law is just the law now if you say like if you're in in person and you go out and you get into a fight and you get caught by the cops sorry you got caught you know and i would say that if i was in the position of a cop or a judge i would have to carry out that whatever sentence seemed fair i might be a little bit more understanding because of the circumstances and that's where mercy comes in was just ok you know the law and morality are completely different ok let me just ask you both to you another question here anthony why are we saying so much talk of violence when the replaceable divisions people have different opinions but now we're seeing much more not just a general debate about politics in saying boils down to violence and concerns about this why have we reached this stage do you think the name. i think some people are

afraid of word a creature is going so they're reacting in an emotional way these people they saw donald get elected so they feel like i don't know maybe they're somehow in danger of being eliminated although there is no redness of a day may feel that way so then they go out and act in a certain way that is totally irrational many people talking about oh well it's morally acceptable to hurt those who are talking about hate but what about the n.s.a. people actually members in the media get attacked by and. trying to help them in their go in many ways but the media is being attacked by then you see school teachers being i mean there's also been attacked by demanding something let it wait wait well wait hold on hold on i'm not finished you see people today are people of color as the left likes to call them being attacked by these individuals because if their political opinion so i don't really understand this whole thing about. it's ok if somehow justify valley ascendancy for days because most of the time when i see jimmy gage in his violence against those who just have different points of view

or innocent bystanders these people who are just afraid they're cowards and they're acting in a way that is totally irrational because of their fear here let's bring in brian from them brant in june failed political debates become more violent now is this something you you're failing or was it just a sensational aspect of media reporting. you know i'd have to see see the statistics on that. you know we have seen a outbreak in street fighting between fascists and anti fascists that absolutely has happened and that's happened previously during the rise of fascism you know you're talking about the black church who did the black church fight they fought the communists they fought the anarchists they fought anybody that stood in their way to take power same thing with the brown shirts same thing with the fascists in spain so the street fighting is new i think that said you know the violent rhetoric this is a violent world we live in america is a violent nation people it's in our media it's in our entertainment it's in our

movies it's all over the place so i would really have to see the statistics to see if things are safer or worse does it concern you where things are great at the moment in america i mean you talk pretty commonly well whenever we speak being you saying pretty reserved about it all but. are you concerned about the way political debate is going well i am kind of concerned about the direction that the left is headed in never leave to bear for my brothers and sisters on the left because i feel later jason at really understanding was going to make her injury those that are just the extremes because their average everyday person they don't really care as much about politics or just trying to go to work take care of themselves and their families they don't really understand what's going on in this political world but you have a lot of people who are out there who are becoming afraid fearful and they exist in echo chambers and then to go out here and commit acts of violence so for those

groups of people i feel concern for and i feel like they're going to be doing this type of thing and so maybe they just figure out what's really happening in our country and i'm not quit i'm not quite sure when that point will actually come joe and brant in just the final few seconds t.v. then how would you sum up the political debate and the situation in america at the moment. you know it reminds me of something that one of the major all right figures augusta sol invictus said in a debate with caleb often archies own kill him off and and he said at the end of this debate politics is when you stop talking and you pick up a gun there is a hardcore a very very dangerous people that are currently trying to undermine our democracy and are trying to inflict terror on people that they think don't deserve to live we've got adam waffen in florida that we're building bombs you've got the murder of heather heyer in charlottesville you've got the murders of those.