moscow accuses u.n. chiefs of secretly blocking its own agencies from helping repair a serious conflict i've come up calling me. a teenage girl who escaped from iceland iraq claims she'd been came face to face with her captor in germany where she'd fled for safety we've spoken to her my boss called the police i told them i'd never imagine the possible for and i still find her to be in germany however the police were unable to trace his name. and also this hour an american defense manufacturers photo publicity stunt backfires as twitter users sent in some home truths about the company's bombs in yemen.

this is r.t. international bringing you a live news update from the russian capital where it's just turned eight pm welcome to the program the u.n. is being accused of secretly blocking its own agencies from getting syria's economy back on track the claim comes from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. because . it's turned out of the political department of the u.n. secretary and produced and distributed to secret guideline within the whole u.n. system in october last year it restricted the organizations within that system to take part in any projects on the reconstruction of the syrian economy are only humanitarian aid nothing oh well first of all we don't hear this kind of criticism for. directed specifically at the u.n. that often but if you really read into what he said you will realize that actually he is upset with what he called attempts by other countries to manipulate the u.n.

secretary it and this is absolutely unacceptable says the russian foreign minister the russian foreign ministry has already been touch with the secretary general they sent a former complaint about the alleged behind the scenes than the secretary of to take part in this syria restoration program then there was also a question by our correspondent who asked sergey lavrov what he makes of the u.s. involvement or rather lack of involvement when it comes to restoring syria says it's too early to talk about reconstruction efforts until a political settlement is agreed on what do you make of that. some countries are trying to hinder the return of refugees or refusing to help reconstruction efforts it's counterproductive to set sufficient conditions for the syrian people to return to the why so much concern from moscow about this well first of all russia has been

a key player in syria and moscow is proud of its role of being in charge of the many reconciliation first that we have seen and also moscow's really been helping with rebuilding the economy and the refugees will not come back if the economy does . get restored the process has already begun the syrian government has just announced that as many as twenty five thousand syrians have just returned from lebanon and that is within four months and the devastated cities and towns are slowly getting back to normal which or correspondent has seen with his all eyes. two years ago during the war we couldn't even open our shops the shelling snipers were everywhere you couldn't live under such circumstances we cover the roof of the building back then so that we could take cover it was unbearable we took shelter for about half an hour whenever the shelling started we just locked ourselves in

here thank god now we can work peacefully day and night we just hang around smoking just like the good old days under joe you know the atmosphere is really good around here the weather is nice everybody is feeling safe and it's only getting better you can see getting better day day by. i was lucky enough not to leave my home high and this is the district the rebels couldn't get to at the time there was a blockade once but it was firmly defeated now same god things are better despite all the things we've been through we're no better while things are getting better and moscow is looking forward to other countries getting on board to russia says it's in their biggest interest as well and obviously they are counting on the united nations too and perhaps that explains the resentment of sergei lavrov. after escaping eisel imprisonment and fleeing to germany a girl from iraq's years eating minority says she has met her islamic state captor

face to face not once but twice in the european nation we spoke to who told us she still lives in fear. we were standing seven girls captured by fighters and taken to syria the worst time in my life was the moment when i still separated me from my family they took us away from our mothers fathers brothers they even have a ducted eight year old girls they tortured us raped told us into slavery we were looking for gasoline anything sharp knife scissors we couldn't find anything to kill ourselves with we were trying to escape but they handcuffed our hands and lax covered our heads and raped us they turned us into human shields when they went anywhere they took us with them so that the strikes didn't kill them. she mentioned a large number of you see the women have been enslaved by eisel and sexually abused with many still in captivity.

benteke. there got a. chill on my desk. without an abominable bush but i. pressed on but i can add though that he wanted it badly. you know not it's not that i love out of my lower level any at home would not have found one. that is now nineteen when she was captured by i saw four years ago she was sold as a sex slave to one of their fighters after being abused for three months she managed to escape and flee to germany but once there she claims she was again horrified by two separate encounters with the same man who hadn't slaved her.

germany was willing to take in one thousand women who had excused from i went there to forget what i'd been through i saw a boo as i was going home after school i couldn't believe my torture could have found out where i lived the next time i saw he was two years later a car pulled up beside me and asked me if i was and i said i didn't know he were a schlock how is it possible that my rapist is living here and has the same rights as me my boss called the police and told them what he looked like and they scratched his face and it looked the same i told them there had been no other witnesses i told them i'd never imagined possible for fighter to be in germany however the police were unable to trace his name german prosecutors however claim the information provided by a shark isn't enough to identify the man fearing for her safety in germany she decided to move back to iraq thinking i told my dad that the person who raped me was in germany that i didn't want to leave there no matter what my dignity is more

important than being in germany i put my life in danger to escape from i still retain my dignity and he want me to stay in germany knowing that the one who was responsible for my misery is free in that country all i wanted was to be somewhere safe but after meeting him i was afraid the whole time that he heard me again so i couldn't stay there anymore. we contacted several german government agencies and the police on friday to ask what actions they've taken if any we've yet to hear back but when we do we'll let you know. u.s. defense contractor lockheed martin has felt the wrath of the internet when a marketing stunt on world photo day backfired spectacularly moppin explains what made twitter user snap. the giant corporation known as lockheed martin had a plan for world photo day the idea was that they would encourage people on social media to tweet back at them what they called amazing photos of their products now keep in mind lockheed martin is one of the top defense contractors it works with

the u.s. military as well as nato countries it produces weapons military equipment aerospace and other products used in military activities when requests are made for amazing photos of their products there was quite a response on social media dear lockheed martin you asked people to tweet amazing photos of my new products here it is this is a fragment of your bomb a laser guided m k eighty two which saudi arabia used to kill forty children in yemen last week here is the product of your products the fact that lockheed munson has a generic happy let's who cool pretty is wild to me now on its website lockheed martin brags about its relationship with the kingdom of saudi arabia donald trump was able to arrange new weapons deals between saudi arabia and lockheed martin now many people on social media appear to be aware of the fact that a lot of the weapons and bombs being used by saudi arabia for its war in yemen seem

to be supplied by lockheed martin now it's being reported that in a recent deadly strike in which civilians were killed including children it was actually lockheed martin that supplied the bomb to saudi arabia to carry out this strike. following the response lockheed martin removed

a tweet calling for photographs of its products now those observing the situation will wonder if lockheed martin will attempt to have this kind of social media stunt ever again in the future. there is yet another claim that russia is out to meddle in the upcoming midterm elections and the us this time it's the atlantic magazine pointing the finger it's article mentions this channel as one of the tools being used to try and swing the vote on the quarter explains the russians are probably at it again according to an article in the atlantic magazine and probably is good enough especially when the unity of the stars and stripes is apparently under threat by big bad russia the russian government has one overriding objective with regard to the united states to weaken america so that it loses its will and ability to counter russian objectives and to accomplish this goal the article says russia has

a devious multi-pronged plan. first is allegedly helping people who undermine the democratic party and inviting them as guests on r t the walkaway campaign reportedly an organic cum pain of lifelong democrats leaving the party has been amplified by russian social media accounts and featured on the russian propaganda outlet walk away founder brandon struck a did give an interview for r t in which he expressed his disillusion with the democratic party's identity politics and why his movements getting popularity among americans i myself was a lifelong liberal democratic voter i would say kind of a democrat by default because i'm a gay man and i think that the expectation for a lot of minority groups is that we are supposed to vote democrat and that we are supposed to be liberal so it's not identity politics hurting the party it's walkaway founder's appearance on our t.v. fuelling a russian plot if that's the case then there must be more russian influencers in

america's midst because fox news had him on for a similar interview discussing the very same walkaway movement and with the attention mainstream newspapers have given his campaign they may be doing an even better job at spreading his message. but the buck doesn't stop there. the article says moscow is ready to give its money to russian friendly americans russian businessmen will likely attempt to fund think tanks working on u.s. russia relations to push a narrative favoring cooperation with russia and opposition to sanctions cooperation with russia oh the horror regardless the article doesn't actually provide any evidence as to who or when some russian businessmen will begin giving away free money but it's ok for western businessmen and nato to throw money at anti russian think tanks the articles author evelyn farkas is a senior fellow at one called the atlanta council and it's received millions of

dollars from a long list of corporations and governments internationally who are apparently also very concerned about potential russian election hacking. while there is no way that it is that russia has done so to date at minimum it will likely use its ability to access voter registration databases and election related sites to undermine america's confidence in its own electoral integrity so no evidence the kremlin has done it as the article says but the atlantic is calling on all patriotic americans to protect democracy and the tune of its song continues to sound oh too familiar we know that russia today is regarded as a grave threat to our nation to our freedom the peace of the world you see the reason why we are spending billions of dollars in defense production why your family is paying the highest taxes in our history. and israeli border

guard has had his prison sentence extended to eighteen months or the death of an unarmed seventeen year old palestinian protester the incident happened four years ago and video released show that the teenager posed no immediate threat. there were charge of manslaughter was reduced to death through negligence after a plea deal in which the israeli guard admitted to accidentally using live rounds four months ago he was jailed for nine months which is at the lower end of the punishment term for this type of crime he was also ordered to pay fourteen thousand dollars to the victim's family israel insisted that the boy and others had thrown rocks at the border guards four minutes before he was shot the officer claimed he

thought he loaded his rifle with rubber bullets but it was actually live ammunition the palestine liberation organization described the sentence as unjust and part of a pattern of discrimination such a conviction represents israel's deliberate dehumanization of its palestinian victims primarily children which is the outcome of decades of the military occupation that holds an entire nation on the captivity and employs an unremitting and leaves who shoot to kill policy against palestinians. we cannot get live reaction from political commentator amir or an intel of a while come to the program now why is the doubling of this guard sutton's still drawing so much criticism in your opinion. because these really military high command is on record against such offenses but when it comes down to the courts they always find ways to pass

more lenient sentences they find me to gating the circumstances and of course one can always find such circumstances after all this is a conscript a soldier who was drafted and then had to police the west bank and encountered demonstrators one can always find a context in which it can be explained away but the accumulated effect of all of these incidents is that there is no be karens against the next shooter the next soldier who are in a centrally or not so innocently will charge his weapon at a demonstrator who may indeed have thrown a rock at him a few minutes earlier but when he was shot posed no danger to anybody

but the courts have reacted differently if it had been a palestinian on trial. well obviously what has happened here is that the court has passed as you mentioned in the report the most lenient sentence possible nine months which really mean six months and then he's scot free and however the supreme court and interestingly enough the two justices who voted for a more severe sentence against one who was against it they were secularists themselves these are justices who leave in the territories now of course heavy to be in a palestinian in a similar one cannot see a similar and identical situation but obviously headed to being a palestinian he wouldn't have been let off so leniently the

boy's father described the initial sentence as ridiculous is there any call among israelis for punishments to be toughened when their police make tragic errors like this. yes there are calls by human rights organizations and other activists and this a matter of fact the chief of the general staff lieutenant general got the eyes and caught in a very famous case of the soldier at all rosaria was quite adamantly against such a practice but eventually when the soldier was sentenced to eighteen months the exact amount general reduced it by four months so. that's one thing and something else altogether i mean there aren't political

commentator thank you so much for your time and your comments this evening. the taliban's responded to the offer of a ceasefire during a muslim holiday by taking scores of bus passengers hostage in afghanistan it's among our story still ahead on r.t. . thank you. they gave us national camera. roughly once they showed some leave for the. uncool videos and someone with the broccoli string attached. me down more on string i don't rightly don't t.v. . i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the us has over one

trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamped in each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be all for the rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent just last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one one show you can't afford to miss the one and only. welcome back greece has finally exited the bailout program brought in over the country's huge debt crisis and of the biggest rescue package in global financial history the european commission the international monetary fund and the european

central bank handed greece more than three hundred billion euro the deal has had a huge impact on the economy more than four hundred thousand people have moved abroad pensions are down while taxes are up and athens is still expected to be repaying the loans until twenty sixty. the crisis provoked serious tension between greece and the rest of the e.u. peaking in two thousand and fifteen when brussels demanded greater austerity measures to deal with the debt mountain most greeks voted against further restrictions in a referendum if the government still implemented them and it meant a lot another eighty six billion euro in aid the bailout has triggered countless protests over the years.

the old the young people were driven from greece to see jobs now they still have forty three percent youth high unemployment that's not acceptable so what costs us a seriously worked for greece i don't believe it at all i think a lot of people that i speak to particularly greet colleagues in the parliament not at all happy but you know they government capitulated and took the medicine from the european union some hard lessons should have been learned earlier and maybe the austerity package which was throw to the greek people and the government i know they fall to no lection and the people certainly didn't want to leave the euro but i believe that if you went back now and said to them well here's what we went through was it worth it would you rather have had the drachma back is it so

important to you i think you might get an interesting answer. the afghan fundamentalist group the taliban has ambushed three buses in kidnap more than one hundred fifty passengers in northern afghanistan most have. by afghan forces but the raid came shortly after the president offered a cease fire during the muslim holiday. for more details on this we have correspondent daniel harkins daniel this sounds like a firm rejection to the cease fire then yes it looks that way for now cease fires have of course taken place before the most recent one back in june this year when government forces and taliban fighters celebrated the end of ramadan together and quite astonishing scenes on the front lines it seems no such luck this time the afghan president ashraf ghani has put forward a proposal for a three month conditional cease fire that the taliban must adhere to in order for the government to stop their forces conducting operations as well the taliban have

made very clear their intentions as you mentioned by kidnapping dozens of people on buses heading to the capital kabul province looking as they say for members of the security forces now the reason the taliban commanders give for their rejection of this long cease fire is that in their view this will play into the hands of nato and u.s. forces who of course they view as occupants strive to drive out of afghanistan who they've had a somewhat increasingly complicated relationship with as time has gone on and as they do not mix of the conflicts have changed. i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who

were killed during an airstrike last night there is no attention from the government no facilities for the residents dead bodies are still on the roads that i've also been injured. you saw there was just a fraction of the offensive that the taliban have launched in. recent months in different locations around afghanistan killing and injuring hundreds of soldiers and civilians as a result of fighting with u.s. backed government forces and taliban militants though as we said they've had a complex relationship with the united states with the american government essentially using them one time as a proxy to fight isis having previously of course toppled the taliban led government all those years ago in the post nine eleven afghanistan. we acted and the taliban no longer is in power in afghanistan which is not only good for the security of the free world it is incredibly good for the people who suffered in afghanistan under barbaric rule the taliban are fighting isis and we encourage that

because isis needs to be destroyed the taliban have agreed to a limited law and fighting as well as a limited prisoner exchange program nevertheless it doesn't look like a long term ceasefire is around the corner anytime soon the russian foreign ministry have also commented on the matter saying it's a sad state of affairs it's lamentable that negotiations are breaking down indeed they have invited representatives from the taliban to negotiations in moscow in september of this year to try and get both sides back to the go shifting table and try to get some form of dialogue and a way forward to resolving what seems to be an endless cycle of violence in afghanistan. daniel harkins thank you for bringing us that report. we spoke to political analyst enters our idea who believes there still scope for afghan taliban relations to change afghan goldman just recently endorsed the crucial

rule by the other super powers in that region in also in the neighborhood of afghanistan so russia of course is one of the strongest country in two we can understand or maybe the afghan government can believe that. in mediating between the taliban and the afghan government there could be some more progress is in afghanistan because the different negotiation in the interaction between the afghan government and taliban and just under very fast speed. that's a recap of the day's top headlines for now but you can always find us on your favorite social media platforms or head to our website or to dot com for the latest on all those stories and more thanks for tuning in.

don't trump has locked horns with his own intelligence and law enforcement how damaging can the rift between the white house and the american intelligence get well i asked to educate say a veteran. what. with the investigation of president trump putting the. spotlight but his national fame. escapes the. public and will therefore radically change the situation in the country. were all from out larsen former cia veteran who served as moscow section chief among other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush sheriffs' to politicians use it to justify iraq now agencies are again the

world in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patry arctic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairytale almost. i think it's a standard you have to strive for i've been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outlined that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the president and the government but we are also all citizens now they. are taxpayer funded they have no private sector competition appointments there are made by politicians how can all that not be politicized. actually the in the intelligence profession all of our officers are career professionals we spend our entire career.