the floor looking for the fifty pound is worthless woody allen area throughout the whole building of a lot of them came out on a q what i think is this is the found that there is a constant thank you. with efforts to rebuild the war torn iraq a city of mosul and away the situation on the ground remains grim locals told us the city is a ghost town. there's no reconstruction here all the reconstruction efforts are just being gone for you for like the living dead we have a cemetery over there but here it's a cemetery for the living these case defense secretary says he will counter russia

and china militarily post if he delivers the pounds of the british army's global presence. venezuela's president nicolas maduro initiate large scale military drills in preparation for a possible u.s. military intervention. for costing live from moscow we're watching aussie international. as efforts to rebuild the water one iraqi city of mosul continues to insist twenty seventeen liberation the situation on the ground remains scrim experience came that despite the flow of funds to rebuild the city much of the money is being pocketed by local authorities the authorities deny the allegations the locals continue to complain about widespread corruption we talked to some of those who have pretend to mosul

after it's liberation artie's more it's got staff has the story. coming home should always be a joy safety security but it isn't always so not when you're coming back to mosul there are no basic services in the city no jobs it's terrible and we return to our homes a year and a half after the liberation there is no life here there are no decent streets we suffer from power and water shortage it feels so pathetic. we are here battling all the hardships we now regret that we ever came back. it was one of the biggest deadliest battles in the world in decades in the name of freedom they turned west mosul into this.

a city of millions reduced to ash and rubble in an act they called liberation i was there two years ago i saw tasted and smelled the city being freed that's an iraqi helicopter this is what the aftermath of a classic strike in mosul looks like it doesn't matter that way you do it all looks virtually the same crumbled buildings a brief airstrike craters two years and now things changed west mosul is still a wreck city of the dead not going to zero by one can even imagine how difficult it is one hospital no schools no teachers we are like the living dead we have a cemetery over there but here it's a cemetery for the living. their spirit children orphans appearing rubble in the absence of builders and construction crews they are what you call rescue crews the

first to stumble on and dive from booby traps and it's. loaded u.s. coalition bombs they are the first to reach the corpses under the rubble now estimated to be in the tens of thousands bodies left rotting for two years who have gotten a shot holes are everywhere there are still corpses everywhere and if anyone brings humanitarian aid to the local officials to steal it they are all corrupt. corruption has its tentacles everywhere millions of dollars intended for reconstruction apparently siphoned off stolen the u.s. led coalition which spent millions but only in mosul doesn't seem to have the cash or will to rebuild it the only thing that's being we built the locals the bank accounts of crooked officials there's no reconstruction here all their

reconstruction efforts are just in on paper holes everywhere streets filled with rubble and rubbish it's misery here i swear to god there are no clean officials here no wait in refugee council the media coordinator in iraq tom ted costa is quite skeptical about the soon restoration of mosul mosul is not back to normal yes and it will not be the case for years if reconstruction is not being scaled up people cleared the houses and rebuilt with their bare hands and they are exposed to unexploded bombs we have seen many victims recently so clearly the situation is not back to normal yet there is a nerve agent in to revolt and i'm going to tell you why for the simple reason. that the camps were not designed as permanent structures the life expectancy of a tent is supposed to not exceed six months and in camps in some camps they haven't

been replaced or more than two years now people are exposed to winter conditions and floods we have big floods in. and even recently there has been many victims so it is clearly urgent to rebuild the people from mosul have been enduring like this under islamic state groups for three years and there are trustees but they are not suffering from the large cause of their support and this is clearly an unsuitable. moving on now in the british defense secretary has been addressing national security and of britain's withdrawal from the european union among the things he says the deployment of more british navy ships overseas where we cross live now to our london correspondent honeyboy. ali what else did the defense minister say. well this was really an important speech where he unveiled his future plans and

ambitions for the british military and he listed the new gadgets and the state of the art equipment that the british military has on order and he spoke about needing to increase the mass of the military and also its lethality its capabilities which lead to questions about how all these plans are going to be funded and how much it will cost take a listen. to we've seen is the government has always been willing and ready to respond to the case for defense because we realize for priority in the importance of this. well what exactly does britain need all this for well to come up against all of its current strategic threats including myself so that makes state extremists and in the same breath russia and russia

gavin williamson called it crucially he said that britain needs to be ready to use haulage power against russia or china and i've got to say that this speech did it some point sound a little bit dismissive of current reality show we say budget realities when it came to how to finance all of this and political realities too given how positive he sounded about the opportunities that brags it will bring and he also seemed to imply that britain's military interventions up until now have all been successful endeavors he sort of glossed over all the failed ones the a lot of our viewers i'm sure could come up with but then again all of this is coming from the man who famously told russia to shut up and go away indeed. reporting live from london thank you for the update. well to discuss this fad joining me now is chris nineham deputy chair of the stop the war

coalition chris good to have you on the program now are you surprised by this talk of military spending post brett fit some might argue that there'll be more pressing needs. well i'm not necessarily surprised because i've listened to some of government williamson's other speeches in. statements but it is. a crazy foreign policy and to suggest that. the last couple of decades if i owed in disastrous for the what britain needs to do is to be able to exert more power around the world. it's kind of counter-intuitive and it's impossible to understand how britain is spending a lot of money on promoting. projecting military power in the pacific or in. asian region or against russia. it's impossible to see

how that can in any way in home security which is apparently the reason why he's promoting these policies in front these kind of aggressive postures can only increase tension around the world they can only be seen as provocative and confrontational against great powers many of whom are armed. much more powerfully than we are so this is a this is a this is a very old foreign policy posture and it's hopefully not one that will in front be perceived why do you think i've been willing finish singling out china and russia or other threats of isis and other medicine groups normal immediate all realistic consent. well i think the army part of the problem here is that what williams and he's doing he's positioning our future foreign policy. very. march in close and tight aligns with washington's and if you read

the you know trump foreign policy. trumps cabinet foreign policy documents what they're really doing is they're trying to. assuage the u.s. military. to trying to deal with china in particular which they see as their main competitor so really what this is about is about bring in accepting us these priorities and the u.s. is proxies militarily to try and intimidate and surround and compete with china in order to limit their influence around the world that's very very scary because we are now moving into the a world of big power confrontation potentially and it's not a good thing if britain's government kind of goes along with that trend and if we quantify export say so on like bullets in defense spending provides a huge base to economy say this government push is understandable isn't it.

well i think you know this isn't so much about jobs or industry this is about actual foreign policy first and foremost and it seems to me this is a this kind of idea of in homes in our lethality chris williams and charmingly put and. projecting more hard power is in foreign policy terms a disastrous possible position and not a good way to go i think it's also true to say. when it comes to creating jobs there's many jobs that need to be done in britain we have a housing crisis we have transport a dysfunctional transport system. we have all sorts of welfare and infrastructure projects that need to be pushed we could do with. reinvestment away from the arms industry into would spin. that people actually need young's industry pounds spend employees

a very very small number of people we can do we transferring those jobs from industry to things that people actually need in britain is plenty of that work to be done and then your opinion how would you assess the british army's record in past and present military interventions have they built the peace and stability they set out to do. well the problem has been you know the political leadership and the strategy in the wars that we've actually pursued and we've done them over the last twenty years we we were centrally involved in invasion occupation of afghanistan of iraq of libya of syria. all of them have been disastrous and we've we've we've we've seen them in very very close alliance with washington moving on to states they've coups catastrophic level of suffering and misery to people in those areas devastated in fact told societies. they've left

a legacy of civil wars in every one of those regions or areas where we've been involved in war there is still war being why you know that's a devastating. legacy and the world has become a much much more dangerous place because of that strategy so so really to see politicians talking about popping me and talking about increasing the level of potential aggression the military power that we can unleash around the world is is learning nothing from the recent polls and understanding nothing about the damage the foreign policy has done up to now so what we really need is a one hundred ninety degree change in the kind of foreign policy that we pursue we need to be much more about negotiated solutions about diplomacy about reducing rather than escalating tensions and about trying to. create a world and be part of creating a world that is fairer that actually delivers on ordinary people's needs and stays

away from the idea of these kind of interventions not. repeating them time after time. we appreciate your thoughts on the situation my guest chris nineham deputy chair of the stop the war coalition thank you. thanks very much. venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro has launched huge military drills in preparation for a possible u.s. invasion middle row insists washington is leading a coup against him back in venezuela as. one quiet day proclaimed himself interim president in january the venezuelan military is sticking with majority for now despite some fifty countries officially recognizing why though led to a row has warned washington against crossing the long. haul for us if we are a peaceful country if i could do not mess with us do not threaten us donald trump

get out of bed as well as stop the threats and get out i mean we must prepare to defend our sovereign territory integrity and independence madore was also not allowing u.s. aid to the country saying it's not needed medical professionals protest about this mission they were blocked branch at the colombian border why there has been edging the military to disobey madore and that it through food and medicine shortages and hyper inflation more than two million people have fled the country. the president of the international federation of the red cross has hit out at the situation saying aid should never be politicized. so why should he it's really easy lee challenging fortunately. i did you already for us as are going to. these of course we are we are praying.

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in the war. welcome back to. u.k. authorities a big accused of a heavy handed response software a woman was arrested in front of her children and locked up to seven hours according to female transgender activist i have format mal named kate scott says she is not how to maybelle laptop returned to her two months off the place detained her and has reportedly been charged with a campaign of targeted harassment and asked to see a chicken house a story this is

a case that's circulating in the u.k. press this monday concerning a set thirty eight year old woman and hartford sure north of london kate scotto who is being investigated following a potentially controversial twitter exchange now according to this woman she was arrested by three police officers and locked up according to her for an entire seven hours following a report filed by a transgender activist claiming that she was dead naming this activist which means using the name that the person was either born with or was using before transitioning so essentially in this case for calling. this activist a man this is what she had to say i was arrested in my home by three officers with my autistic ten year old daughter and breastfed twenty month old son present i was then detained for seven hours in the cell with no senate dairy products which i said i needed before being interviewed then later released under investigation i

was arrested for harassment and malicious communications because a cold someone out and ms gender them on twitter well this woman was accused of a campaign of targeted harassment and from what we know court papers say that she had made defamatory posts in a quote talk sick debate over gender now the activist who filed this report stephanie hayden has this to say would beg for it fails to mention is that the subject again junction is alleged to have disclosed private financial and medical information about me on social media channels including one set up for the sole purpose of harassing me for being transgender well the police in this case have said quote we take all cases old reports of malicious communication seriously and now this case is under investigation so we'll be watching it to see how exactly it unravels. in south africa violent attacks on pharma so on the raw it's

increasing by fifteen percent over two years according to new information official figures indicate more than seventy percent of those middle farms were white we spoke with some pharma subjected to attacks. classically usually we're going to france give you so much to give you you know look i'm to go out to the field and. this is what is the life you know when i sleep slumped up in the doorway and have a scratch. around my neck and how to come to my age. i. call me. when they start. it is nine mill. on my. as i went down the guard he began the hit with with the stick. and. obviously the short between you first own if you will continue in my income to the right is for you. may be older but it doesn't mean you're really going to do.

it the whole time they held a shotgun to my far edge the one that is caught in the. notch and. going for the gold. this case bomb ok let me. recently published reports has revealed that trick jails blowtorches some bleach have been used as assault weapons against farm is the issue of the whites control of farming has long stated to control the c f is to redistribute sounds to black farmers have been watched by the government which has stress though that it doesn't intend to begin the mass asia whites and farm the recent spike in attacks is put the issue family in the spotlight of violence against foreign minister has been happening for decades whilst most of the victims are white some say the attacks are less to do with racism and more to do with why decisional problems conceiving on

will in order in south africa. look to the nature of their tax is disproportionate we're not among those claiming there is a wide genocide or a crime against humanity but it is each serious crisis and there are signs that it is only going to get wars. we are on record as as dismissing the watch the white genocide narrative of it does not exist as friends that being said. you you do get into it into issues of what of what motivates these crimes and an argument could be made that in certain instances. with reckless rictus racial rhetoric they may be a contributing factor once again these awards expresses possibilities commercial farmers. tend to be disproportionately watch all the. time and you know i think it's it's it's very important you know and see the solutions you know to not to become trapped in that racial prison and we are aware of instances where we're.

back people being attacked and also i think it is it must be pointed out that that part of the whole form from attack and form of phenomenon is the vulnerability of workers to pretend to be interviewed like and they've been instances where. black people have is that loves to protect. to protect what i watch people under attack and vice versa as the case. we followed increased. staffing next month j same rainier attends to say coverage of the twenty nineteen a for champions league from pretty much predictions to game post-mortems his name has a toll. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the multiple different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and

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sophie shevardnadze tribes plan for u.s. troops to remain in iraq has concerned baghdad and anger tehran. how will iraq balance out ever and interests here without forgetting its own i ask or were iraqi prime minister. as a rock the rubble after the bloody war with isis the country's american and iranian allies are locked in a confrontation with each other each pressuring baghdad to join the site. and unstable or wrong before to join another fight libya able to preserve the hard won internal peace with the quarrel between washington and to run the country apart. hi there are live on the floor where iraqi prime minister welcome to the show it's great to have you with us on our program today so mr i love it donald trump has recently said that he wants to u.s.

troops in iraq to quote watch it on obviously that's caused an uproar in baghdad was iraqi politicians condemning in unison but can you act really do anything about it can they dictate terms to washington. well is this is that unfortunate because there is. an agreement that existence of foreign troops including u.s. forces here in iraq is to help the iraqi government fight terrorism. it's no i job or foreign troops to spy on our neighbors or he was a springboard i guess i would never this is. not in our constitution. to sion this is not part of the whole of this operation the number of u.s. troops in iraq are limited they don't have free movement in iraq they have to move with that concept of the iraqi government they don't have.