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i mean. you know nations continues to meet a big military solution to speak to a country where all of the. political analysts could i hane believes that the new rise of militant groups in the country is a direct consequence of the failure of the u.s. and afghan governments the u.s. and international community has made so many mistakes along the course of last when and how big it within afghanistan they have not been able to put policies in place where they get on the confidence of the out one public the government itself has not been able to deliver good governance and they have not been able to respond to the needs of the general public resulting in
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a loss of public confidence in the government as well as international assistance forces the americans did not work together with the countries of the region the powers of the region such as countries in central asia russia china and then i would then i want to stand to create a set of consensus where we can work together towards stability in afghanistan so many factors coming together that has been reserved. in upsurge of taliban as taliban have been successfully coming forward and picking wooded areas. now the u.s. says the economic sanctions against turkey will remain in place even if ankara releases an american pastor being held on suspicion of terrorism offenses that after both sides imposed for the tariffs on each other meanwhile some turks have chosen to smash up their i phones in protest at washington's economic warfare. thank you oh no. no no no no no.
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they have not proven to be a good friend they have a great christian pastor there is a very innocent man. stepping in on turkey side his cattle which has just approved fifteen billion dollars in aid to prop up the turkish economy quarter has been looking at how the decades old alliance between the u.s. and turkey is being tested to breaking point. she was billed for the entire entire roof so no leading goes to great tree deals as opposed to the horrible food trade deals the drawing heritages your president of the country should not be allowed to come in and steal who will greet you any longer what countries could be meaner stealing could be turkey the country's lira shed
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a quarter of its value against the dollar in just one week after trump's tweet about doubling existing tariffs investors are running away screaming inflation surging and turkey's leadership is bracing for an all out trade war the reason for such a calamity against an old nato friend was ankara's refusal to release an american pastor accused of both terrorism and espionage it's punishment time for a rebellious ally that tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of castor brunson and president heard a wand lashed out in defiance calling the u.s. move an attempt to force turkey to surrender and make them a slave to the greenback but turkey's just one example of how the trump administration treats longtime allies in fact many of america's friends have already been forced into the fray in a war of tariffs and sanctions canada had heavy steel and aluminum tariffs imposed earlier this year and trump perhaps thought the stars and stripes needed some
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protection from its northern neighbor who didn't take too kindly to it that it's kind of insult to move forward with retaliatory measures on july first applying equivalent tariffs as if that wasn't bad enough the us president went and slapped tariffs on europe today i'm defending america's national security. by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum brussels tried to hit back with restrictions of its own tried to appeal to the transatlantic solidarity special relations bonds of friendship but to no avail and it begs the question with such a long list of enemies the us is currently fighting from iran to north korea russia china why kick your allies we have to worry talks about putting america first requires its allies also it with america first to the head of their own interests
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and this is beginning i think decouple some of the lows for america most obviously he's really trying to assert american leadership and perhaps we've tended to think of american aggressiveness in recent years has been probably military involvement suppose like afghanistan iraq and so on but you know we're going to trump perhaps is less inclined to want to use military power but he wants to show that america's two house particular financial who get money in the world competitors like beijing and moscow attempting to pack as much heat as the u.s. these days sanctioning and scaring everyone in view may be the only way for the u.s. to impose its will on friend and foe alike donald quarter r.t. . the c.n.n. presenter chris cuomo has sparked controversy for saying on violence coming from the left wing and to from the mint in the u.s. is more morally justified than violence which comes from the far right the comments were made the day after and had minor clashes with police and journalists while
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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 well earlier i got reaction both for and. against his comments. 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 their fighting hey or whatever they claim you can't put your hands on somebody even hide behind some kind of moral high ground don't touch people if you don't want to be just as religiously simple as day it doesn't matter what political affiliation the other person is violence even if it's the most justified and righteous violence that you can have it still creates negative karma it is still
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very problematic seemed to be. something that should be diverted to only when it's absolutely necessary these people really are what they purport to associate be against they're talking about being anti fascist but a lot of their actions mirrors that of what was on the mussolinis time with the whole black church situation it seems like they're doing the same thing i'm not saying that directly to same as what was going on back then in italy but a lot of their tactics seem to mirror what they were doing just because so everyone is like you that is an ideal or idea like i'll hold on hold on wait wait wait wait 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 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 you know you talk about don't put your hands on somebody will you know he had hired somebody that has it or is yes there's somebody
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that wears a mask attacks dangerous people without personal provocation and puts their hands on them you know who it is it's batman this type of behavior is justified in our society violence can be used to prevent greater violence it's a boils down to no doesn't it is against the law to commit violence against another individual yeah of course but the law does not dictate or al of the law is just the law many people talking about. morally acceptable to hurt those who were talking about hate but what about the innocent people as the members of the media get attacked by and used to use schoolteachers being active in the media is also an attack by dan his complete wait wait well wait hold on hold on a mechanician you see people today are people of color the left likes to call them being attacked by these individuals because of their political opinions so i don't really understand this whole thing about why. it's ok somehow justified for the values that it does because most of the time when i see jimmy gaijin news about its
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use against those who just have different points of view you know i'd have to see it see the statistics on that. you know we have seen a outbreak in street fighting between fascists and anti fascist said absolutely has happened these people are just afraid they're cowards and they're acting in a way that is totally irrational because of their fear. russian court has placed two teenage girls in the house arrest after they were detained for being part of a gang allegedly passing the pair were arrested for their role in a group calling itself new greatness and have been charged with plotting to overthrow the russian government and in reports now from out of sight the court. most court has decided to transfer a mighty had to buy beacon on the public under house arrest and there are the members of the new greatness movement too which is also accused of forming an extremist organization now both of them are forbidden to use
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a mobile phones or internet and also talk to the press the prosecution itself ask the court for such a decision now these two detainees are the youngest participants of this movement now one is eighteen years old and she was just seventeen at the time of her arrest and the other is nineteen years old there were several dozen people gathered here at this courtroom and they're waiting for this decision and they greeted it with applause we've seen the relatives of the girls who have seen a team of lawyers as one of the girl's father has decided to represent her interests of the court and of course we're seeing a lot of journalists here as it is a rather complicated case that has attracted a lot of attention here in the country and here is a report that i made earlier on the overall investigation the members of the new greatness movement are accused of organizing an extremist again and calling for a constitutional revolution the investigation claims this young man was
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a sleeper and here is how he described and spat this so you know it is. now being used to establish rules in the russian territory the ruling elites truro i'm repealed repressive laws the constitution. the idea of the movement grew out of private chats on social media platforms here is an extract again the revolutionary fire is starting everywhere but we can't do anything like this here in our country that said it all began when a few young people from moscow and its regions started to share their political views with each other online later they began meeting in person mostly in months. ronald's cafes to pardon some political rallies handed out political leaflets and made a few trips outside the city to learn how to use firearms they even wrote a manifesto in case of an uprising or revolutionary activities that receive broad public support the organization aims to take part in those actions to the extent of
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its resources in march ten members of the organization were arrested their defense team claims the idea to create a fool scale movement with its own office program and even a noun blam belongs to an f.a.a. speedy agent who under the name bruce lundy and filtrated the group of the youngsters and courage their ideas and effectively create as a reason for their own arrest the detainees say that he was the one who paid most of the money to rent the place where they gathered and plan to buy firearms another two alleged members one of them an acting policeman claimed they only joined the group in order to turn them over to the authorities all of them are witnesses for the prosecution and the case. the law which you regulates intelligence gathering activities in russia forbids pleas from provoking someone to commit a crime the person under the name is a provocateur he carried out
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a provocation against children he did what he could to create this organization and make sure it looked the way he wanted. this is an unsanctioned so-called mothers march which hit the streets of the russian capital on wednesday people gathered to demand to the authorities transfer of the detainees to house arrest considering their young ages one of the detainees was just seventeen at the time of her arrest and the group's online chats she wrote that she was interested to learn how to throw molotov cocktails and claim to have known someone who could supply weapons guys i've remembered some connections there's a dude. who trades weapons in ukraine i want to get in touch with him it's a sure thing he knows people from my done maybe they can advise something what do you think since being jailed and his health has reportedly worsened she cries throughout the court hearings you are near was being driven in
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a cold prison van for hours it was minus eleven outside she was interrogated for many hours with no psychologist or lawyer present she was treated like a seasoned criminal they made her cry how can a seventeen year old withstand this. is found guilty they face up to ten years and present i do not question r.t. moscow. now with eleven school shootings already this year the u.s. is planning to spend almost two million dollars and training pupils to respond to emergency situations with more details is callup more. the u.s. department of homeland security has just approved a grant to create a trauma training program for high schools around the country essentially one point eight million dollars is being offered for those who could create a long term self-sustaining mechanism for the safety of high school students teenagers are being taught how to treat gunshot wounds and deal with dangerous
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situations in ohio tactical grade pepper spray is being placed around the schools now when a canister is removed alarm will sound alerting the authorities here's how one politician described the pepper spray system trust me this will stop anyone in their tracks. in north dakota the police are asking that high powered rifles be stored on school grounds meanwhile texas is jumping on the bandwagon of giving teachers guns we need teachers to be armed we you know when you have when you're facing someone who's an active shooter the best way to take that shooter down that is with a gun but even better than that is four or five guns to one there's even talk of firearm training for preschool children it's something that we should.

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