morning here in moscow international stories. this. fall hundreds of missiles being fired from the enclave it is the most intense escalation hostilities in the region since two thousand and fourteen.

israeli military says it destroyed over one hundred targets including a hamas intelligence center and a t.v. station according to sources on the ground at least three palestinians were killed and many more wounded now israel in turn says it was only responding to heavy shelling of its territory staged by militants in gaza. what you just saw right there was the moment an antitank missiles fired from gaza hit an israeli bus five people were injured in that attack one of them seriously all together militants in gaza fired some three hundred and seventy missiles into israel around one hundred of those were intercepted but some landed in residential areas and injuring fifty three israelis. now the events of last night were preceded by a covert israeli raid which resulted in the death of seven palestinians including a local militant commander and israeli special forces conal was also killed and we

spoke with professor of international law at georgetown university who told us the situation in gaza is fragile. these attacks the israeli attacks is going to alienate the palestinian much further because anyone who would be injured would lose a dear one a loved one in these attacks would not harbor any good feelings for the israeli do you as. administrations in general and particularly this one and this present president has been doing exactly what israel would want what israel considers its own interest in chaos like this would lead to all kinds of unexpected things not in the best interest of the us on the long run and i think not even in the best interests of the jewish people in israel and the israelis in general but

this is something that only the future will determine. you studies have found that u.s. soldiers who are part of the war on terror a struggling to make ends meet they are facing greater hardship than veterans of previous generations as i kill above and now takes a closer look. veterans are the favorite cause of pundits politicians and anyone else who wants to appear patriotic across america there is no shortage of support our troops bumper stickers flag waving and praise for the military remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation who gave their last breath during a distant land fighting terror gave everything for family country god and freedom or you our respect our veterans are a national treasure their sacrifice will not be in vain but all that bombastic praise an expression of gratitude doesn't exactly translate to a good life studies show that veterans of the war on terror are among the least

likely to be able to afford a home once they return to the united states that's right those who've risked their lives in conflicts around the world are among those who struggle the most for basic needs like shelter with housing obviously veterans are going to space you know a whole host of related challenges combined with that all the way employment to legal situation to is but the general perception among the population when you have twenty thousand veterans suicides a day is that veterans don't make particularly good employees i'm tempted to stay stones that are proud to t.s.p. and in combat but it's really somewhat deeper than that and a big part of what my generation of veterans was based mean in the united states day particularly unique combination of mental health issues that come out of the unique nature of the occupations of iraq and afghanistan and the treaty that we get from the v.a. is i have experienced myself where bill hillsborough than actual effective

treatments the trauma suffered by many veterans takes its toll on all of society just recently a former u.s. marine gunned down twelve people going to california bar here or heard of maybe suffering from p.t.s.d. or crisis. and i thought that was i don't understand i was part of this. question one the deputies went out to the call with the crisis team that felt he might be suffering from p.t.s.d. facing that the fact he was a veteran has been a macor the war on terror has had a massive humanitarian cost the latest study puts the death toll at around five hundred thousand half a million but the authors of the study admit that it's actually much larger an additional large number of people have died in these wars by indirect means researchers suggest that in recent conflicts for every one direct death there are at least four other indirect deaths not surprisingly among veterans many are starting to ask is all this bloodshed really helping

a lot of veterans and we know are starting to understand this these wars was fundamentally illegitimate that the stack of spices the need were not made just in vain but not even in a righteous cause but who are the perpetuation of the current system of governance of the this live under throughout the world where people in charge get to treat people who aren't like the perception of the wars in iraq and afghanistan has definitely changed over time you're in the united states i think just. a matter of going oh yeah we get it now that we were lied to that we were taking advantage of it as a people so badly and you convince to support these invasions and occupations many americans feel that during the vietnam war big mistakes were made and how veterans were treated that's why we see a huge amount of flagwaving and support for military families every time there's a pentagon intervention sense that however at this point a lot of americans are starting to ask if supporting the troops is really just

about flags and bumper stickers a lot of americans are wondering if supporting the troops means that maybe we should be more cautious about sending them into harm's way so routinely and if we should be maybe more concerned about giving them a decent life once they return from conflict kaleb up and r.t. new york. the british prime minister says she wants but her relations with moscow in the same speech although delivered in london to reason may describe russia as a global threat adding that any improvement in thai would be conditional. we remain open to a different relationship one where russia desists from these attacks that undermine international treaties and international security and we hope that the russian state chooses to take this path if it does we will respond in kind this all comes against the backdrop of a year of degraded relations between the u.k.

and russia especially in the wake of the incident in salzburg which source form a double agent and his daughter a union poisoned with a substance thought to be no recharged and of course in the wake of that incident the u.k. government laid the blame squarely at the feet of the russian government who in turn denied any involvement in it whatsoever and offered to help in the investigation an offer which was rebuffed by u.k. or thorough te's and the reason may again repeating in the course of her speech that she held the russian state responsible for what happened to the script we could not turn a blind eye to the threats we face. there is open economies and free societies we needed to increase our collective resolve to tackle than most pressingly those threats emanating from russia now last year to reason may also gave a speech to the lord mayor created a tradition for the prime minister to address the event every year and on that

occasion she too took aim at russia although then she was accusing the russian government of involvement in meddling and hacking into a number of elections in western countries sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption. this is included meddling in elections and hacking the danish ministry of defense and the put them to start among many others it is seeking to weaponize information now remains to be seen whether this year's speech will result . in better relations between the two countries there are some who are skeptical and say that to resume a speech focused squarely on the washer and put the onus for a more open relationship on their shoulders and had no mention of issues of concern to russia like the ongoing expansion of nato towards russian borders things like nato troops taking shape and carrying out exercises in places like poland until all

of those concerns are also addressed perhaps somewhat skeptical to think that this speech could lead to better relations between the two sides. we discussed terry's amazing remarks with a political analyst john white and u.k. independence party m.e.p. david coburn are reaching out to russia was in the form of the mother reaching out a constitution child then promising search around that it will be forgiven if it was to change its ways this is not the way to affect more with any country and less western governments start to see the world through russia's eyes and understand how russia sees things then there will be no meeting of minds and this will just go into the box marked into that western governments must start to learn sooner rather than later and they must also listen as well as speak we should be every two to make keep friendship with russia and make sure that the we were appropriately bought in the future rather than make things more difficult we should try and try

and lose all these things that quietly without shaving a big stake i think we need to be more sensible in our dealings with lunch or we need to do trade was russia does that that's the way to to move forward quite talking is probably better in shanty that. singapore is hosting the thirty third annual assy and summit in which world leaders exchange views on regional and international concern and china says it's are looking to upgrade its positions vladimir putin is making his first appearance of the assy and summit and in singapore while u.s. president donald trump is absent and also on the agenda is what's billed to be the world's biggest free trade pact reporting from singapore now lottie's encouraged one of. well one of the key things everybody's watching out for here in singapore is the fate of the so-called regional comprehensive economic agreement and comprehensive indeed it would be if it comes into fruition of course because it

would make the largest free trade block out there it is being spearheaded by china and it is said to income to encompass all sorts of economic realms of economic sphere of life but it does meet some opposition from countries like india for example who do not want to make concessions to when it comes to their importing tariffs that their economy for example enjoys right now now another thing in the spotlight here is the aggravating rivalry and hostility i should say between china and the united states and indeed the two countries of a lot of things they don't see eye to eye to with each other it is the south china sea where china wants the united states to stop conducting military drills and of the united states pretty much ignore this it's the trade war and lots of other things and other countries that are present here at this summit they fear that maybe we'll have to pick a side between china the regional powerhouse and the united states that views

itself as the globally dominant power so and really neither the president trump nor president xi jinping is said to arrive here none of them are attending this summit so with both leaders absent is the hopes that these differences could be resolved well pretty much futile and another that person from the united states who is coming here though well he's expected to only if it makes things worse because it is vice president mike pence and he is what he's been saying about china not so long ago china has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence american public opinion the two thousand and eighteen elections and the environment leading into the twenty twenty presidential elections china wants a different american person. so he isn't the nicest person one comes to china's viewpoint his remarks have been to the remarks made during the cold war and so

there is no solution in sight here in singapore to this rivalry are on the way here on the program on t.v. so how much do i sold terrorists get paid. because obtained documents detailing rewards and cash that story and much more just about. that whole russia gate hoax never got any traction then no prob but it's great troll bait and i think trump is pleased that he increased seats in the senate and he'll get barking mad nancy pelosi hitting the russia gave them every single day which will drive ratings for rachel maddow al but it will do nothing to help them win twenty two. join me every thursday on the

alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy loon foundation let it be an arms race in. the very dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. issues their program here thanks for joining us because of taint documents detailing money and rewards paid by islamic state to its militant fighters for example two hundred dollars for the capture of anyone deemed an infidel and

fourteen hundred dollars for destroying a tank so while i still terrorists appear largely to be motivated by ideology they're also largely motivated by money.

newly released u.s. intelligence memos on alleged russian meddling have failed to produce the smoking gun so many were hoping for jacqueline to explain its being the land of the free and all the u.s. freedom of information act is a beautiful thing promising to keep citizens in the know about their government but it doesn't always work out so well in practice one request followed by buzz feed and transparency group another to a top secret letter sent by u.s. senators to then president barack obama who wanted to know more about claims russia meddled in the two thousand and sixteen election so what information came out of

the request well we're not totally sure the information is big surprise heavily redacted we've actually known for almost two years that the letter existed but now we can see a bit more of what the senators were demanding apart from the reductive bits of course. we are right to request to the extent possible you declassify and release the public additional information related to the russian government and the u.s. election despite the broad national interest in the topic this new information has not been provided to the american people now it turns out obama himself never responded but the acting director of national intelligence did get back to them two months later and that letter is amazingly not redacted at all but maybe that's because it contains no actual information essentially it things the senators for their concerns but makes it clear that statements and reports already made public by the intelligence community would have to suffice but the thing is those past documents weren't exactly i opening stuff for one the lottery refers to

a statement made in october of two thousand and sixteen that concluded with confidence that the criminal order of the d.n.c. e-mail hacks and that conclusion was apparently based on the fact that the leaks were done in russian style the recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails are consistent with the methods and motivations of russian directed efforts these threats and disclosures are intended to interfere with the u.s. election process such activity is not new to moscow the russians have use similar tactics and techniques across europe and eurasia if it acts like a russian and it plots like a russian spear russian you may also remember a report that was released in january of two thousand and seventeen to which the letter referred the senators ickes ations of nefarious deeds by moscow are based on high confidence and the assumption that nothing in russia has changed since the fall of the soviet union the only other thing we got from the freedom of information request were some talking points put together by intelligence agencies

but it simply it's all just more of the same varying degrees of confidence in russia's guilt fill the document and variations of the phrase is consistent with the methods and motivations are russian directed efforts can be found five times that one surprising bit is the answer given to the question. whether moscow was working to get trump to the white house no direct response is given even though collusion with russia is treated like an established fact by many despite a lack of evidence and that's all folks the rest meaning any sort of concrete proof is left to the imagination thanks to the thorough censorship of uncle sam the big question is is there any real such evidence and i have great skepticism as to whether there is any i mean when you're looking at these documents it appears that the intelligence community essentially came to the conclusions that they wanted to are on russian interference without having the evidence the democrats you know

being the editors cari at an interest in keeping this story a lot so they didn't want to release information that frankly would lead to the conclusion that there was no basis of support. to claim that russia interfere the election. there are some in the u.s. complaining of i suppose at war on christianity universities in one incident a student at northeast wisconsin technical college was allegedly stopped handing out cards containing the words jesus loves you and she sued claiming her freedom of speech was violated a court threw out the claim siding with the college which argued that she was stopped because she was in a star only area. in another incident though a christian student rep a university facing calls to resign off the she abstained from a vote on a resolution supporting the l g b t community and librarians at simmons college

published a guide warning christians to the phrase his merry christmas happy easter and god bless you our so-called micro aggressions against muslims and we discussed the issue with legal analyst lionel and editor dave lindorff. if this were any other religion or any other situation nobody would have any problem with this nine that would be it would be up understood it would be it would be tolerated there would be diversity it would be understood but if it's christianity if it's jesus on college campuses today no go there this is open season in this country especially on college campuses you go through the litany of complaints regarding christianity no i'm not speaking up beehive of somebody who was overtly christian i personally am your religious doesn't matter one way or the other what i'm telling you is that there it is anathema it is considered not a new way tolerate it is not

a diverse atheists agnostics no problem we understand we tolerate we get christians you're on your own that's a fact and that's just really not true i mean i my wife teaches at temple university in philadelphia and there are christians all over the campus handing stuff out all the time no problem. there's bigger problems i think with with muslims because there's some harassment of them by other students but you know in general i think in general it's live and let live with religious stuff on campuses it's a huge exaggeration and it's being used to promote this notion that. everybody is becoming intolerant. in the first world war has been vandalized in the u.k. and.

in the west middle of the. week before. the end of world war one the phrase. a member of the sikh. why that is offensive. this could be a racist attack because one of the words hues which is supply as it's called to support actually was a british term used in a drug to treat weight described people who were illiterate were not trained

from the indian subcontinent so what did this actually does know something about. indian history a member of the town's neighborhood policing team expressed concern over the vandalism he was sure the community that a full investigation will be carried out now there have been several recent cases of hate crimes against sikhs in europe in or goes to the doors of a temple in edinburgh where petrol bombed in february of this here a sikh man was assaulted outside parliament in london while waiting to meet an m.p. a man tried to pull off his turban before shouting muslim go back home and abandon saying again says more could be done to prevent incidents like this. we carried out a survey in two thousand and sixteen after the brits that we asked if they'd experienced hate crime in the last twelve months when we asked people where they've experienced discrimination often train from things like police officers teachers at

school. immigration officers at the airport so it seems to be people in positions of responsibility are actually the very people who should be trusted what wants that carrying out this forms of discrimination the way they treat. i dropping out the top stories for this hour here on r.t. international though many more of you today headline still to come at the top of the hour hope you will join us. good for the sensible to sleep well for. myself for sunday and the syria.

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biomass geyser this is a casserole for us are still of florida we're just finishing up our gonzo american pilgrimage shoot cross-country journey into the soul of america coming to artsy in december look for stacy yes we're in florida which is the home of the swamp and we have had elections just now where we drain the swamp of one party and install some more in congress so we're going to go over some of the election results just so you know because this is a swamp people love the swamp and you might hear some noises behind us that is some people building into the swamp where they like to live with the alligators here behind us in terms of the actual polls that we saw in these midterm elections twenty eighteen the number one issue for both democrats and republican voters was indeed health care that was the number one issue both parties both voters they cared about health care they did not.