u.k. defense secretary says that he will counter russia and china militarily post brags that if he delivers a plan to boost the british army's global presence. with efforts to rebuild the war torn iraqi city of mosul on the way the situation on the ground remains grim locals have told us that the city is a ghost town. there's no reconstruction here all the reconstruction efforts are

just like the living dead we have a cemetery over there but here it's a cemetery for the living. and on israel is present a place material initiates large scale military drills in preparation for a possible u.s. military intervention. very good evening and thanks for joining us this is. a good evening and thanks for joining us this is. the among the things he advocates is the deployment of more british naval ships overseeing the correspondent has the story. well this was a speech raghavan williamson on veiled his future plans and ambitions for the british military he said that president is a historic moment and an opportunity for the u.k. and he listed all the new gadgets and the state of the art toys and equipment that

he has on order he spoke about the british military needing to increase its mass and lethality which led to questions about how he's planning on funding increasing this massive and lethality take a lesson which we've seen is the government has always been willing and ready to respond to the case. because we realize for pro simple importance of this funding aside this speech sounded somewhat detached from reality in other aspects as well gavin williamson spoke about bragg's it being a great moment in the you case history which is sound somewhat optimistic given the chaotic situation that the brakes it process is in right now and it is. to seize the opportunities that brics it brings we will build new alliances rekindle old ones and most importantly make it clear that we offer country that will act when

required we should be the nation that people turn to when the world needs leadership he also spoke of britain being ready to intervene to protect the international rules based order which seem to completely gloss over the interventions that britain has taken part in that haven't quite gone to plan for example iraq afghanistan libya to name but a few we spoke to chris nine from the stop the war coalition who says that the u.k. is aligning its military ambitions with america's while the deputy leader of the ukip party mine cookham believes the reasoning behind the plan doesn't quite add up . williamston is doing is positioning our future foreign policy. very much in close and tight alliance with washington's and if you read the you know transfers foreign policy. trumps cabinets 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 the thing is britain's government kind of goes along with that train 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 and 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 fact be pursue why are we getting involved with any of this we shouldn't be getting involved with china or russia you know there are not a threat to us as far as i can see at the moment you know way should be looking at building our armed forces bill now around we'll build in the air force the navy the defense force you know looking after our own conscious in the last few years we can

see what's going on our children have gone out there and done their optional but they're never more sure the phrase lions led by donkeys you know we go out there and do the bidding of politicians and if politicians are let down the country and let down our troops. the surface to rebuild the water on iraqi city of mosul continues its twenty seventeen liberation the situation on the ground remains grim experts are claiming that despite the flow of funds to rebuild the city much of that money is being pocketed by local authorities their thirties have denied the allegations the locals continue to complain about widespread corruption we've spoken to some. those who returned to mosul following his liberation and i guess the explains. 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 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 airstrike in mosul look like it doesn't matter way you do it looks virtually the same crumbled buildings bre airstrike craters two years and now things changed west mosul is still a wreck city of the dead are going to zero but 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 a clearing 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 unexploded 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

and the have all of those shot holes are everywhere there are still corpses everywhere and if anyone brings humanitarian aid to the local officials to steal it they're all corrupt. corruption has its tentacles everywhere millions of dollars intended for reconstruction apparently siphoned off stolen the u.s. led coalition which spent billions bombing mosul doesn't seem to have the cash or will to rebuild it the only thing that's being rebuilt say locals the bank accounts of crooked officials there's no reconstruction here all the reconstruction efforts are just on paper holes everywhere streets filled with rubble and rubbish misery here i swear to god there are new clean officials here you know we have refugee councils media coordinator in iraq tom here of course there is not convinced about just how quickly mosul can be rebuilt. mosul is not back to normal yes and it won't

it will not be the case for years if construction is not being scaled up people cleared the houses and rebuilt with their bare hands and they are exposed to unexploded bombs we've seen many victims recently so clearly the situation is not back to normal yet there is a nerve agent into 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 for more than two years now so people are exposed to winter conditions and floods we have big floods in iraq and even recently there has been many of the. so it is clearly urgent to rebuild the people from mosul have been enduring life under islamic state groups for four three years and

there are trustees but they are not suffering from the lack of their support and this is clearly unacceptable. but as well as embattled president nicolas maduro has launched huge military drills in preparation for a possible u.s. invasion with your own sister washington is leading a coup against him by backing and it's what his opposition leader one guy though proclaimed himself interim president in january then as well the military is sticking with the dura for now despite some fifty countries officially recognized and why don't the duros ward washington against crossing the line. of us if we are a peaceful country but do not mess with us do not threaten us donald trump get out of bed as well or stop the threats and get out we must prepare to defend our sovereignty to rhetorical integrity and independence missouri is also not allowing u.s.

aid into the country saying it's not need. medical professionals protested that decision near a blocked bridge on the border with colombia has been urging the military to disobey maduro and let it through amid food and medicine shortages and hyperinflation more than two million people have fled the country. and the president of the international federation of the red cross has hit out at the situation saying that age should never be politicized. intuition is really easily challenging fortunately he added. i did two top priorities are for us as organization and on these of course we are we are trying to scale up our operation together with a witness right on red cross. at the moment this is the challenge of the humanitarian aid it's been not. politicize it is dividing the political debate which shouldn't be. the international community can

do more in not giving to you money. money. to support the most vulnerable communities here in venice right now or else where. the peaceful dialogue can prevail we hope that. the option no one beyond the next day and they would find a way to sort out from these difficulties because here again on the. humanitarian challenges case the key in place of recognized as venezuela's interim president but the lower house of the german parliament has questioned its legality under international law in ink a party member has slammed the decision by major e.u. countries responsible. it is clear that currently has no real power in venezuela recognizing him as

a president is an irresponsible act that further aggravates an already dangerous conflict we spoke to under a hunka himself he says the legal expertise clearly shows the u.s. threats towards venezuela as well as recognition of the opposition leader are in violation of international law. recall condition and the current case is against international law and it's very clear in the. expertise that any threat of violence or military interference or even the threat to bring. about this is very clearly against international law i think it would be much better for the german government or for the european union to have. to have a neutral stance to support for example the initiative of mexico and why. and even as you know the red cross. from venezuela colombia

they. said they could not support the so-called whose money tarion eight of the us because it's not independent it's not neutral i think we should have a neutral stance on the situation united states that remained staunch in its support towards the self declared lead to wangle i don't want washington piling the pressure on the door a failure of the lights during one of his recent speeches proved an easy target. we're rebuilding america.

and our intelligence agency. has turned over. ok. now to northern russia or a state of emergency has been declared after an invasion by polar bears several people have been attacked by the bears which even entered residential buildings at least fifty two polar bears a spotted on c.c.t.v. footage in settlements on russia's. polar bears are classed as an endangered species in russia so it's illegal to kill them since authorities have so far not nice to scare the bears off with sirens they say that more drastic measures may be necessary u.k. authorities are being accused of a heavy handed response after

a woman was arrested in front of her children locked up for seven hours for calling a female transgender activist by her former male name scotto says that she's not adam obama laptop returned to earth two months after police detained her and has reportedly been charged with a campaign of targeted harassment auntie's and explains. this is a case that's circulating in the u.k. press this monday concerning a thirty thirty year old woman and heart for 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 artistic 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 they called 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 it is not just related to miss gendering me as a male it's far more serious that the allegations are all far more serious includes a disclosure of financial and personal information and the decision to arrest mr

was an independent decision taken by hoffa police here in the u.k. well the police in this case have said quote we take all cases all reports of malicious communication seriously and now this case is under investigation. and so we'll be watching it to see how exactly it unravels. in south africa violent attacks on farmers are on the rise increasing by fifteen percent over two years according to new information official figures indicate more than seventy percent of those murdered on farms were white we've spoken with several farmers who were subjected to attacks. i think we'll use that for the even to make a difference to the time so much to sit here in the lagoon to go out to the field and you think. this is the life you know when you sleep slung up in the top and i was scratched by a guy but it's all my naked how to come to my age. i. mean

. when they start. it is now i'm. on my. as i went down the guy hit me on the head with but the stick. and. obviously the short between your first oh and if you will continue even when you come to the front. maybe your bill doesn't mean you're really going to go. the whole time they held a shotgun to my far edge the one that is caught in the ether and you keep saying you'll dance just a notch and not. confirmed old. you know this. case bob how could any. recently published report has revealed electric drills blow torches and bleach we use this assault weapons against farmers the issue of the white control the falling pass alongst control efforts to redistribute land to

black farmers have been launched by the government which has stressed though it doesn't intend to begin the mass caesar of white owned farms recent spike in taxes put the issue firmly in the spotlight but violence against farmers has been happening for decades while most of the victims are white some say the attacks are less about racism and more to do with wider social problems concerning law and order. and it's 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 it serious crisis and there are signs that it is only going to get wars we are on record as is dismissing the the what the why. genocide narrative if it does not exist as friends that being said. you you do get into into issues of what of what motivates these crimes and an argument could be made that in certain instances. the recluse ritter's racial rhetoric may

be a contributing factor once again these are all experiences possibilities commercial farmers. that tend to be disproportionately white although. you know i think it's it's it's very important you know and since you solutions to what's become trapped in that racial prison we are aware of instances where we. reflect people being attacked and also i think it must be pointed out that the part of the whole form for matecumbe for mood for phenomenon is the vulnerability of workers to pretend to be interviewed by and they've been instances where. black people abuse that loves to protect. to protect what i watch people under attack and vice versa as the case . we followed. the boss of online retail giant amazon is protesting the invasion of his privacy u.s. tabloid the national enquirer allegedly tried to blackmail him by threatening to

leak nude photographs was for the tabloids parent company reject jeff bezos his claims it all comes at a time when i wasn't reportedly helping to develop state level surveillance systems on quarter takes a closer look. it's blackmail for amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos who has threatened to have his nudes made public by the national enquirer but he chose to own up to it and publish the threat leaving his sympathizers to believe the whole thing was political somehow someone was trying to hit job government entity might have gotten hold of his text messages people who speculated that trump kind of aspect or to do this this was at least partially politically motivated back in two thousand and thirteen amazon signed a six hundred million dollar contract with the cia to create a secret cloud server under amazon web services it was intended to pull classified data of seventeen intelligence agencies into one location and one web service has

become an especially invasive surveillance technology the amazon recognition videotape young is powered by learning based models providing video analysis of an object in scene detection face attention activity detection and safe content face recognition post and tracking amazon recognition was launched back in twenty seventeen claiming to recognize tens of millions of faces base so says the tech can't be used to criminally violate people's privacy however this strides towards a surveillance state has sparked serious protest amazon cannot simply escape responsibility by saying this cannot be used illegally it's you and i don't know i don't think you could believe that we are under surveillance we can't even spell it that surveillance civil rights groups even found that amazon wanted to use doorbell cameras as a surveillance tool for police and immigration officials the american civil

liberties union slammed to the whole system as all for a tarion. amazon is building the tools for authoritarian surveillance that advocates activists community leaders political and experts have repeatedly warned against even amazon's shareholders are now calling for an end to law enforcement's use of recognition perhaps spays also was just trying to make an easy buck but the writing is on the wall and many think that amazon c.e.o. is finally getting a taste of his own medicine there's a real irony in this that he's been caught sort of host on his own petard as we say being. a and his organization have a very tight link with the n.s.a. the national security agency and has been helping them with their surveillance techniques so they're intimately connected with the whole surveillance state that the u.s. has been developing when you see something like this happening to one of the

world's most powerful men it should say to you wow if they can do that to him they certainly could be doing that to me and i wouldn't even know about it. so in from next month josie marino returns to r t for coverage of the twenty nine thousand u.s. champions league from pretty much predictions to post-game post-mortems new bi weekly show has a lot. 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 a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you can think i was going to do.

by the way what is it that's like here. in the rough things that join me for more than half. outside force regime change going in venezuela a few snags a few bumps in the road and can we believe some u.s. troops will leave the middle east and much much more on this edition of cross the.

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