seventeen people confirmed dead in a suicide bombing in a gun attack. a british man whose aid work in syria made him a media darling is stripped of his u.k. citizenship. desperate families immortal and you have an admiring off children as young as three and exchange for food that's according to a new report by the charity. this is the only way the family i mean. they can remember you know their daughters and they can bring some dowry and just can't protect the hopeful families that.

good evening thanks for joining us this is. seventeen people have been killed in the twin suicide bombing and gun attack in the afghan city of jalalabad. targeted a construction firm close to the city's airport all of those killed were said to be employees of the company. with five attack is three gunmen and two suicide bombers all of whom no one is yet responsibility. meanwhile u.s. senators have introduced a bill to hadn't participation in the afghan war with details. well it's rand paul and tom and they are putting forward a bill that if it were to pass would immediately declare victory in the afghan war would then begin the process of withdrawing all u.s. military personnel from afghan. a stand within

a year and it would pay out thousands of dollars in a dividend to every combat service person who served in afghanistan in addition it would begin the process of reconciliation among afghans now rand paul when he put forward the legislation he said quote it's time to declare the victory we achieved long ago bring them home and put america's needs first kind of echoing donald trump's america first slogan now the war in afghanistan is actually the longest in all of us history it's been over eighteen years that the united states has been in afghanistan and each of those years has cost the american taxpayers roughly fifty billion dollars now and we've heard from mike pompei o that negotiations are taking place however my pompei of the u.s. secretary of state has referred to the taliban as terrorists let's take a listen to what he said. i have a team on the ground right now trying to negotiate with the taliban terrorists in afghanistan trying to find

a way to achieve an afghanistan that's not so warm the taliban is not on the list of designated foreign terrorist organization set by the u.s. state department the last round of talks involving the taliban took place in qatar and they were in late february and they are hoping to reach some kind of agreement that will end the conflict any agreement that takes place would involve for interconnected issues it would involve counterterrorism troop withdrawal intra afghan dialogue and a cease fire so at this point we've got the united states in the state department negotiating with the taliban while referring them as terrorists and we've also got this bill that is in the u.s. congress being discussed put forward by the two two senators rand paul and tom gall so at this point people are looking at this situation and saying it looks somewhat optimistic that this long war the longest war in u.s. history might actually come to an end at some point in the near future.

but as well the faces yet u.s. sanctions as washington tries to cripple caracas financially in its bid to oust president nicolas maduro by simply recognizing opposition leader as far as where the interim president the u.s. seems to think it's already succeeded in effecting regime change in the state department even going so far as to be right journalists to say otherwise we have noticed in news coverage that some outlets are incorrectly referring to one going to go as the opposition leader. or the self proclaimed president. neither is corrects relying on venezuela's constitution one guy joe became interim president of venezuela on january twenty third and millions of americans and more than fifty countries recognize why go as interim president of venezuela and get this straight you're complaining because it means i let sort of part of the you know thing too he made

a complaint pointing out just trying to correct well it's almost like a complaint to me and it seems pretty weak he's the easy interim president well and we don't want to consider him to be the interim president and as you say fifty other countries. recognize him as the interim president but they're all more than a hundred ninety members of the united nations so they're fifty countries is not even close to half. the time to act in support of democracy and some news coverage of calling them the legitimate leader the president is going to encourage more functions to look we don't want to feed into rhetoric of of the current dictator. in a similar vein u.s. senator marco rubio also tried to school the media busting c.n.n. for using the term self proclaimed when referring to go i don't suppose the interim president says he said the phrases used by russia to undermine the constitutional legitimacy of claim even jokingly head to a possible collusion between c.n.n.

and moscow so that by gauging the state of world opinion when it comes to the matter of why does legitimacy well fifty four countries recognize him as being the leader of and his way or the rest of the world though either supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition run national assembly without recognizing why down on tuesday madeira took part in a ceremony that commemorated the sixth anniversary of the death of his predecessor chavez duros rival go i don't know met with public sector unions urging them to take strike action to help bring down the government that's glamorous chris bambery thinks that the u.s. isn't in a position to remove the president. united states has got a brazen face you know it is pumping this out this is its position and we know the united states does not apologize it doesn't back down until it's forced about their own so it's going to carry on carry on with this but the problem they've gotten the moment is is that they don't look in a position to topple more durable moderates retaining the support of the armed

forces in particular and the united states must be hoping and must be working towards trying to wean a section of the armed forces to brickell madeira and to launch some kind of military coup because at the moment given the fact the majority has been able to respond with all with his own mobilization is on the streets it would seem to me that it's only by breaking the alliance between withdraw and the army that we do is going to force from office that must be what the united states is working on people in various way are many have their issues would be due in particular economic issues at the moment but they also remember the whole track record of you know of the united states in the region and in the country and indeed of the local alit which is behind we door in terms of its record of governing the country. and british born man who's been working in syria has accused the u.k. of racism after it stripped him of his citizenship over alleged ties to jihadists

turkish over if describes himself as being an aid worker and denies any wrongdoing but also admits to previously being engaged in armed combat and theatre churkin has a story. to care sharif has spent years in syria as a prominent aid worker described as one of the most high profile for nationals in ablett series appearances on prominent news networks as well as dispatches via his live updates from syria blog posts left his political preferences no secret the rebels why did it do it the problem is is that the broad of of of the syrian regime is a force in and children and civilians that are facing the rest he's now speaking out against what he's dubbed a racist and unfair system of citizenship stripping laws i mean k. i came out here to help the innocent people there were being massacred by the bashar regime i'm an aid worker the stories come to light following the lifting of

the man's anonymity in a case that saw the u.k. government stripped him of his british citizenship back in twenty seventeen he was informed of the decision with this letter it is assessed that you are a british pakistani jewel national whose travel to syria and is aligned to an al qaeda aligned group your return to the u.k. would present a risk to the national security over the united kingdom sharif's lawyer has been seeking evidence from the home office to find out what exactly his client was deemed a threat what is it the british government is so frightened of that they don't want these individuals in a court of law and they want to quickly shut them of their citizenship and export them somewhere else i do think that some of these individuals kylee some very sensitive information that will be deeply embarrassing to the british state given the british government's role in the conflict in syria over these past three years i.e. how much support has a british government various points along we've been given the so-called rebel groups and to which development has it been supporting them in terms of the

atrocities are being committed by these rebel groups to exculpate themselves of any criminal offense because you know that they've lost the war has been lost the conflict has been won by the sitting government and its allies you know they're thinking about how they're going. survive. it push conflict world so they're trying to put together some kind of the stranger tragically to be enlisted the aid workers where there are humanitarian grounds the issue of british citizenship being revoked has been in the spotlight in the u.k. recently due to a spike in terrorism and crime according to official figures more than one hundred people were stripped of their nationality in twenty seventeen compared to just fourteen the year before as sharif's appeal continues he maintains his innocence but the home office seems to have already made up its mind and in our reporting for our duty in london. responding to other media the u.k. home office refused to comment on the case saying only that every decision is well substantiated r.t.

has also requested comment and is awaiting a reply. earlier this evening police in london were called to investigate a suspicious package left at an entrance to the houses of parliament in london it's now been confirmed the object was not dangerous tensions though are heightened at the moment after three letter bombs were sent to separate locations in the capital on tuesday. has details. this is just really a pattern of incidents we've seen in the u.k. over the last few days that incident there being deemed non suspicious in terms of false alarm but just yesterday we've seen reports of three packages containing explosive devices found city airport heathrow airport and also waterloo train station now police have deemed that those packages weren't aiming to kill but were. explosives they were upon being opened by staff at those

locations they caught fire and it's thought that they plan these two of them had stamps or some kind of indication that they were sent from ireland but police are keeping an open mind and they're not concluding in any way that this is linked to any irish groups or anything to do with the while now finish conflict there but of course that remains one of the possibilities and also two universities the university of glasgow up in scotland the university of essex also having some of their buildings and faculties being evacuated as well as a result of suspicious items so all of these seemingly to come together we've heard from the mayor of london that car and he says that authorities are treating them as a linked series and although again the motive is unknown but it will only really heighten the sense of security here we saw two years ago

a number of terrorist attacks in the u.k. and ever since then the terror alert or the terror threat level has always remained at a very high level with authorities saying that an imminent terrorist attack could be just around the corner at any point so this will do nothing to lessen those fears and also do nothing to ease the worries of tea towels already here. humanitarian crisis in yemen is deepening with every day that passes much of the country's population is on the brink of famine and some desperate families of even resorted to marrying off their daughters some of them as young as just three years old all of this just to get food. my mother in law keeps beating me and when i run away back to my father's house my father beats me again for a new way i don't want to get married i just want to go back to school son family as they did think that i mean this is no one really where they can make their

daughters and they can bring some dowry and that just can't protect the whole families and also their extended members so it is really unfortunate that this is going after some of them that they have received him religion support what you know you don't support are also even limited so they couldn't and find trying to weigh what are their images what i mean so this is the one leaving the family i mean. it is very difficult to read the whole family with this small little support and often the humidity is insist they face the safety or security concern. there so aid also we are not able to deliver aid on timely. according to the oxfam report girls in yemen are usually expected to consummate their marriages at around the age of eleven told them they live with their husbands and typically do the housework but being forced into relationships it's

a very early age is only one of the traumas faced by children in yemen according to humanitarian organizations yemen's one of the worst countries for children to live in well than eleven million are in need of aid or most half a million suffer from malnutrition the director of oxfam's yemen office says that the current situation in the country simply is catastrophic. what is really. deteriorating and even alarmed me that almost one third of the total population is basically ten million just at the brink of a mean and children are malnourished and we are all there were due to this all yourself why are and conflict and also. the two thousand and eighteen cholera crisis that was worst cholera persons in this century if. human agency called anyone assistance are not provided trying to leave and even the fault even

the man is less than nonfunctional even for a day i mean importing the food will end the humanitarian mauritius there'll be much more protest of the situation. the u.k.'s departure from the european union is proving to be full of unknowns u.k. government doesn't seem to know the best way out and the british people don't know how europe's top brass even get their jobs according to a leading briggs it is i couldn't tell you who they are on or what they do or how they came by their jobs or how they may be removed from office i had no idea how to kick those particular. while the is currently going through the process of choosing its new heads for example the commission president is nominated by the e.u. council with the candidate then approved by the base of the parliament we took to the streets of paris and berlin to find out whether europeans are any more aware than boris johnson.

i think it will be in a pull something like that and yes i don't have all that i never had a vote now. maybe two three years time i see i don't have a clue about that. yet cyber tough course but i don't know really. i think i will go to a very sort of course it's important for me to take part time for a federal europe this year what do you go to court or you go to court yes i will i don't know i dunno what do you have towards about i don't know i don't know i am not sure for the date but i would go to vote. on the twenty sixth of may and i'm planning to vote. everyone knows artie's the home of champions league football so let's talk about it dutch team back stunned around the trancing the spanish times i for one on tuesday night means the current champions are out of the tournament while i x. despite losing the first leg to rail go through to the quarter finals five three on

aggregate now for more insight into that match and all the others manchester united's former manager is going to be on r.t. from day how could you miss it it's a big new show on the touchline with jos a marine you know. the russian and syrian military service should a statement accusing american forces in syria of de rolling efforts to evacuate people from the infamous requiring camp parties marry for national breaks down the story. dramatic humanitarian and security situation in a little bun camp in southeastern syria has been constantly trigger numerous concerns from the russian side that blame america that is currently controlling the area along the militarized between syria and jordan for severe living conditions of

the refugees inside the camp that were among other things reportedly openly threatened by jihad is that not only had managed to settle in that camp believes not without some help from the u.s. military on the ground but also to take control over some territories and also over humanitarian aid traffic seen in the area basically taking people inside the camp hostage both moscow and washington officials have repeatedly confirmed in fact that indeed some former or current islam is probably manage their way to one camp russia has constantly been calling on some kind of rescue vaccination operation to take people out of the zone supporting this idea with polls showing that most of the people are willing to leave this area and has constantly been

calling on america to join the effort by damascus to help rather than to make the situation of syrians inside these zone according to different estimates that is right now around forty thousand people eighty percent of them women and children and earlier on wednesday we heard the statement from russia's defense ministry saying that america remains deaf america does not want to support any evacuation and rescue efforts the american stationed in the zone failed to take responsibility for ensuring a safe and unhindered passage of humanitarian convoys through the fifty five kilometers own they are controlling this is. essentially doraine holds the implementation of a highly important humanitarian operation aimed at rescuing syrian citizens trapped in the rock band camp and while the sides are blaming each other for what's going on inside their ragavan camp in southeastern syria we have to admit that poor

people trapped there continue to suffer and their fate remains quite unclear we've contacted the u.s. led operation in her resolve for its response and will let you know what they have to say earlier washington insisted it's ready for coordinated efforts with the u.n. to organize safe passage for refugees from the rapine camp russia's efforts the white house claims don't meet security standards during coordinator howard said a cough is that there could be dangerous consequences if refugees aren't evacuated . we should divert from the political issue that the american have with the syrian government or with the syrian people and look at the human side aspect of the people living in the camps. they can't by law they should not. you know the should not prevent any community assistance to the camps is not just the call it is the way they live in the camps you have a family or other normal people living in one tent with their mother and children

and one of the sad stories that also we came across we came across two is the dead we don't have a place to bury them and only comes outside syria you will see a similar disaster with. the flooding and the suffering of the children on boats refugee camps we might expect disease and we all saw would be. would be harboring extremism because when you when you don't provide dignity and this is when you have extremism and you see the increase in using you know the children. as a power weapon to take. prison guards in france have been blocking access to around twenty jails in the country in support of two of their colleagues who were stabbed on tuesday a radicalized inmate in northwest france left the guards with severe injuries

protesting guards have been burning tires and building barricades in front of the prisons they say they're making a stand against the growing number of radicalized prisoners being held in cells which they claim as an increased threat to their work tuesday's knife attack or have been serving a thirty year sentence in a high security facility for kidnapping armed robbery and extremism the time of the incident is being visited by his wife who was killed by guards in a shootout the followed woman is believed to have smuggled the ceramic knife that he used into the prison system channel r.t. france spoke to the head of a french trade union who told as why the attack was no surprise. but i think little tools that we have today metal detectors cannot detect these types of knives as they don't contain metal so when you go to a concert football match or theme park you and your bag searched but not in jails this woman was actually able to enter their completely freely with a weapon the security measures me to provide stuff with the things necessary for working with prisoners for example or body armor that protects vulnerable body

areas from knives especially when it comes to entering the cell of a violent prisoner and it's also necessary to update all communication systems and equipment that help to cope with aggressive prisoners to build prisons adapted for the maintenance of those convicted of terrorism or radicalization it is necessary not only to separate them from other prisoners but also to deprive them of the possibility of contacting each other in order to prevent the effect of the group thinking and yet the introduction of all these security measures postponed in one way or another by the heads of the prison. escape room phenomena that spread across the world has sparked anger in greece. well one game as reference the holocaust in particular is based on the story of german businessman oscar schindler you saved more than a thousand jews during the second world war games website says that players have to assist in saving innocent people but after the public outrage the company changed

the name from schindler's list the secret agent yet the story itself wasn't told that the jewish community in greece has condemned the guy for them to take a trip to auschwitz to sense even for a fraction of a second the terror of death in a german concentration camp only then can there be hope that they no longer move to debase human suffering we put up for debate whether games like this might be a good way of raising awareness of history. i mean it's a disgrace that today people are even thinking to make. toys or games abodes or locals such a game is part of this rise of fundamentalism there are many people who graduate from high school and don't know about the holocaust or don't know about auschwitz don't know the story of oskar schindler which in itself i think is a tragedy because i think it's important that we always remember what happened there let's be frank and clear with ourselves i mean you really believe that to

make such a game we make people aware more about the locals know. just make them playing a game we go to any real feeling about the issue we have been witness to this witnessing the last year's games of both the day about till all the young people even young muslims that want to just repeat what they saw during the game and some of them even left their home on went to syria to iraq to become terrorists so you don't know when you produce such a computer each to such a game what would be the output what would be the result from what i understand it was certainly not something that was encouraging anti-semitism or making light of the holocaust but instead was putting its the users of this experience

into an atmosphere in which they were encouraged to save the lives of other people who are under threat by the nazis. ok that wraps it up for this busy news hour join me for the latest in half an hour. i do think the numbers mean something they matter us has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime happens each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich he puts six percent in the world market thirty percent some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and this one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one

billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers over. the only number you need to remember one one business show you know ford the mid one and only bloomberg. my son bruce doing drugs my nephew was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse we started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i became convinced that the war on drugs was on the stink there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for . certain sins for boren or minor offenders in the drug trade

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hello and welcome to cross for all things considered i'm peter lavelle traditionally in the foreign policy blog with the assistance of the legacy media define an immediate threat for a foreign military intervention or coup their aim is been to manufacture public support today it's different with virtually no public debate in his way where is the target of a forced regime change the problem is for change has a deplorable record.