four hundred. years back in washington after it again. purchased of a russian missile defense system. new measures to counter moscow. and u.n. experts atrocities are on the rise in the west african country of mali with ethnic communities being despite of french an us troop presence. and the rights activists debate price climbing western women who wear the hijab when visiting iran for supporting a discriminatory law are guests debated the issue. i think it's i think it's

ridiculous i think asking women to come in when they come into a country. inside iran there is a role and there is a lot of course. unless you change the whole system. watching our international live from our studio with me nativity to welcome to the program the turkish foreign minister says i'm chris purchase of the russian s four hundred missile system is a done deal he was reacting to repeated u.s. calls to cancel the order the latest of which came from vice president mike pence speaking in nato seventieth birthday bash. as four hundred deal is a done deal and we will not step back from this in any case we have been always.

trying to improve and strengthen and deepen our relations with allies particularly united states and we value relations if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership. the pentagon halted deliveries of a quick moment thirty five stealth fighter jets which turkey is in the process of buying turkey is one of washington's key allies with nato and u.s. defense officials offensive turkey want to use the f. thirty five and the s four hundred within the same integrated system moscow would gain back access to crucial intelligence. turkey was quick to hit back over

another sensitive issue in its relations with washington warning the americans against forming an alliance with the kurds in the north east of syria whom turkey considers terrorists we discussed the rift between the two nato members and regional allies with ex-pats. i think we see a change or two to transformation what would you expect next move from the united states to the financial measurements. political pendulum taken because previously it also songs. like economy codis which also had a negative effect on cocaine i say tradition but of course you could do talk it's all rule it can be performance changing the irish language public to diplomacy but putting on economic sanctions look at all sanctions on turkish defense in the us need will be discussed in this and now this will be the end of the diplomacy u.s. does have some leverage over turkey because most of the. weapons that spot have

been from the us in the west turkey is a very has some cards to play to turkey is regarded as a strategic. country simply because the you know the dardanelles of the bosphorus they're going from the black sea on out there and so it's always been a strategic bridge between asia and europe and so it's location of nothing more and also as a very big army so you know turkey has some cards it can play it can play both of these huge powers off each other and that's what is feeling i think. however the key focus of the ninety's like this gathering in washington has not been relations with turkey but with russia will go again. as they made global threats the nato secretary general got in. mind countermeasures and don't go on t.v.

as well. he might not even have had it in mind when he was doing it but the great business men of all presidents made sure everyone in the club opening their wallets for nato's seventieth anniversary the clear message from prison term. help is having a real impact we see that many more than a dollar meet the two percent god on the spending two percent of g.d.p. on defense can there be a better gift than me oh yeah but let's keep in mind if you will that vladimir putin is the greatest gift to nato since the end of the cold war and it has provided a new reason for living if you will for nato that's right there needs to be an excuse for the existence of the gigantic cashed of warring juggernaut and for keeping on getting new members on board weapon making firms need customers the biggest ones happen to be from where this man is in charge if you know what i mean

though since the soviet union collapsed almost three decades ago even within the alliance there were some doubts about why nato still needs to be out there in research sponsored by the bloc you may. i have found stuff like this if and they too was created in order to act as a deterrent to soviet imperialism and to counter communism and the perceived nuclear threat and what is its relevance today there was a point when a former nato spokesman gave lectures on how the alliance was struggling to find itself when the cold war was over even russia's nukes were no longer taken as a big deal for the first time in almost fifty years the us stands on the verge of attaining nuclear promise e when mitt romney called russia out while he was running for the white house he was trolled by barack obama after all you don't call russia our number one enemy. not al qaeda russia. unless you're still start going to cold war mind war. those were the days if you think of it nato as big failures like afghanistan or libya

kind of outweigh whatever the bloc would try to boast as its success anyway we even got to a point where someone from nato was daddy america the president i mean said they don't is obsolete it covers a soviet union which is no longer in existence and nato has to either be rejiggered reaching india changed for the better it didn't take long for mr trump to be reminded of russia i mean the scary version and that more folks other than saudi arabia will have to buy guidance from his military industrial complex i said it was obsolete it's no longer absolutely happy birthday nato and we see a power behavior consistent cyber attacks on nato allies and partners targeting everything from paula months to public goods. sophisticated this information come brains and attempts to interfere in the more closely itself.

oh you'll be all right for a very long time. reexamination is called for or the existence of nato so is the downfall of the union and one thing only one made to has been wandering around without a purpose it's been looking for a purpose in the us it's gone out of europe it's gone the other places trying to there that have the berbers needs to find itself and what its relevancy years and it needs to remain as a military alliance. absent part absent politics absent economic considerations because it's not the job of nato nato a strictly military the united states is trying to drum up the notion that moscow

remains that threat in order to justify not only the continued existence of nato but actually to increase spending of their tours to france. the security situation in mali is worsening despite the fact that french and u.s. troops have been on the ground for over six years that's according to a u.n. expert following an official visit to the country or to shell it takes a look at why violence is on the rise in the west african nation. mali is a country which has been ravaged by conflict for seven years six allies and the un all have a foothold but as part of a war on terror and to keep the peace but violence is multiplying not subsiding the threat from extremist groups has spread with a u.n. report outlining how attacks are going up off to here so important is

what's happening in the former french colony the president michel visited in his first week of taking office showing support for french troops are based there since two thousand and thirteen and while he may have been hoping for an exit strategy fronts is becoming more entrenched this week the country announced a new base for its anti jihadist force. it is time to continue to invest in live chaco because of the presence of the sea as virtuous effects that the population is still happy to see the french army investing in this region. not corn has demanded more victories on the ground against the hardest but as the first for success grows some fear it's fueling tribal tensions last month hundred and sixty people were massacred in central mali who were. their. children and pregnant women the elderly and young people. whine well

they were flaunting and ethnic groups have been accused of having ties to the hardest of course it's a number about three million ninety percent muslim and a number of did join al qaida type groups as a result of the ethnic groups have told all of the lani with the same brush calling for the whole community to be labeled as a terrorist group. they are communities and they have to be dealt and has also warned that the following are being sought out for attacks these people are deliberately targeted women men and children simply for being part of the full arnie community but as the western powers case that puts in rooting out terror many are concerned what's really happening why is it ethnic tensions that

some would like to bring to a genocide is taking place right then uses for large amounts of felonies they don't understand this war they don't they're not part of it they're not even part of al-qaeda and its vision on this mission but many of their women and children in large numbers have been killed by government forces too in front of un officials in front of peacekeepers they have no way of getting out of this cycle of violence which seems to be between the government al-qaeda that's usually supported by some elements of the full on us i guess the wider fulani people who are being attacked in huge numbers as well they have been associated with our kind of they've been associated with them losing their loved ones by the government usually under the the umbrella of trying to attack terrorism. the us is developing a rescue plan for venezuela's economy to sign to pump cash into the country through

banks phones and apps but even though the trumpet ministration isn't rushing to reveal the details the plant has one key condition. the timeline is to get rid of the girl. i have no idea when that's going to be that would be. a question of. getting hold of the. government. venezuelan opposition plans to renew its efforts to ask president nicolas maduro on saturday and the. calls to install. the leader of the opposition in the us some advocating for power and doing so in default as. explained with venezuela in conflict the media definitely needs voices to explain you know analysts to assess the situation in the country and it also helps if they can speak perfectly fluent english so joanna hosmer speaking in an editorial for the new york times about venezuela this move on

the american left against any u.s. involvement in this way that is gaining traction dangerously glorifying brutal dictator and promoting inaction one way though is a social democrat appointed by the national assembly the only remaining democratically elected institution left in venezuela venezuela american and she's a comedian she loves to call out critics of u.s. foreign policy because how dare they think they might know more than her when she's an actual venezuelan and furthermore she gives full support to juan guede oh the self-appointed u.s. backed president of venezuela but here's a detail the new york times failed to mention her father is ricardo hossam and the economics professor from harvard university and ricardo haas a man her father is currently the envoy of wand wedo to the interim merican development bank the biggest lender in latin america looks a lot like miss hosmer has a pretty big dog in the fight however the new york times resents or is just

a liberal minded venezuelan who wants what's best for her people it should be her father has a lot to gain politically and professionally should regime change happen very cool . of the new york times not to mention you know the fact that john houseman's dad is an economic advisor focus now the folks who handle ethics of the new york times have a special section dedicated to possible conflicts of interest from contributors stuff members must be sensitive that perfectly proper political activity by their spouses family or companions may nevertheless create conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflict but in the end the new york times didn't really care they presented her as just another voice we were aware of her for this biography before publication but miss housman is an independent adult woman has built a popular following on her own by producing a portfolio of argued videos about venezuela. and it wasn't just the new york times she made her rounds to buzz feed c.n.n.

and the four freedoms forum none of them thought that her blatant family ties to one grade zero were of any concern and not presenting the full picture is not all that uncommon in american media there was a lot of outrage recently when i c.n.n. q. and a with presidential candidate bernie sanders stuff the audience of people tied to elite think tanks in the democratic party but presented them as just average citizens with tough questions how could a voter like me. feel confident in your ability to represent the party. good evening. there's a lot of misinformation regarding your plans for universal health care. perhaps the most blatant example of media concealment was now europe and her tearful testimony before the congressional human rights caucus they took the b.b.c.

i think it is. to think abuse among these children to do it because she failed to give her last name by. her tearful testimony plucked america's heartstrings and it paved the way for u.s. support for kuwait during the gulf war it turned out that no year zero was actually the daughter of the kuwaiti ambassador and her story could not be verified and furthermore she had arranged to testify without taking an oath making it illegal for her to lie yes when it comes time to push for a certain agenda the media seems to ignore rather inconvenient facts but remember behind every face is a story up on r.t. new york. western women who wear when they visit iran are insulting the nation according to a prominent iranian women's rights activist she says regarding the part of it raining in culture goes against the hard work of activists like a self who are trying to abolish the compelled three head covering they say that

this is a co-host issue we're very rich out of respect to the culture of iran calling it discriminated law as part of our culture this is an insult to a nation iran is mandatory have happened over choirs old women to wear it in public the activist condemnation of western women has stirred mixed reactions online. while women in the media has to fight for their freedom from this religious tyranny westerners think you job is a cultural it's good to. know they wear it because the told if they don't they can't get in a state they're just being polite but everyone knows it's mandatory they know they have to otherwise they may never return as a woman fighting against a compulsory he japanese brand it's more than painful to me when i hear people say it compulsory he job is our culture it is not just look at the picture of the rand before deny nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution. we put the issue up for

debate with journalists. and their honeyed from the council of ex rules limits of britain. well why do i have to respect the laws when i go to another country and when for example even as a veiled person i insulted i am stopped at airports just because i am a muslim woman because i choose to wear the his job and this is something that is not mandatory for me this is something that i choose and this is part of women's freedom people who are standing against the only in order to i think a promote the mass media. image of women as objects as sex objects is just. not for one moment even consider the women thrown into prison. tortured raped by prison guards for choosing to remove you don't ever speak up for

them you are not full you have real value when you go when you are not forced to yes yes there was lots of proof but you're not going to take into account any of those women's voices because it doesn't fit your narrative. of refusing to you're just lying about the about you know being made to take off your veil it's not an issue of lying look i don't know if i have the chance to talk to talk right now but you as a person you are insulting at least half a billion veiled women not inside iran outside iran as well it's not just about the veiled woman point is they have the right to your example and they have the right daria outside of iran. and you are on sick you that you are removing there is no law they have the freedom what i do know is that iran after the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution everybody knows that it was a people's revolution the i it's all yours it islamic that it was an art to serve

out was that. it was. and this was large of illusion but it was a people's revolution i think it's i think it's ridiculous i think asking women to come in when they come into your country to just say you can't do that not only are women from you know my our country they then start using as the stick to beat them with they say to them look at these non muslim women they're coming into your country and wearing his job when you're in your country you have to be moved them taking away their choices those are the women we never ever talk about one the people choose the majority of the people choose to be governed by islamic law one of them is to wear the her job and the job does not demean women it actually makes them become a human beings and i'm not i mean i know no unveiled we're not saying america now is human and women who are veiled i'm not saying that this is another issue but inside iran there is a role and there is a lot of good. i'll let you change the whole system.

britain's minister for the armed forces is facing a backlash after some took him to be saying that only a single civilian death was caused by seventeen hundred u.k. airstrikes in syria and iraq morgue lancaster has clarified his position as follows . it was not our position that there has only been a single civilian casualty as a result of our military action what we're saying is that we only have evidence of what we believe to have been a single civilian casualty according to the u.k. defense ministry the royal air force conducted nearly two thousand and strength during it engagement in syria and iraq in twenty fourteen resulting in the deaths of more than four finals and i saw fighters human rights organization amnesty international released a damning report earlier in march accusing the u.k. of being in denial of civilian casualties in iraq or. the u.k.

is claiming to have carried out massive aerial bombing of densely populated cities with virtually zero civilian casualties this beggars belief and shows just how deeply in denial the minister of the first actually is over his role in the mass bombing of mosul and rocket. campaign at wrestle whiting says it's impossible to distinguish myself from a civilian after all strike let's not forget the minister of defense actually only trained one civilian had been killed after months and months of claiming numb the idea that you can know whether someone is an arsenal fighter or a civilian after a bomb has been dropped on them the idea that you don't have enough boots on the ground for one category of people to be identified that you do for another one i'm afraid is just absolutely stinks of propaganda from our government i don't think the figures would change i don't think anything that we've been given about our involvement in syria or afghanistan iraq libya have been accurate because we just

don't know we keep rushing into these interventions with no idea about who retired getting the best thing to do would be to leave the people of syria to have their own destiny in their own hands and to british troops and british planes to come back to britain. the news for this hour i'll be back around thirty minutes with more updates but in the meantime do stay with us for watching the hawks which is up next here on r.t. international. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the book different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people. what not to give you.

i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you can think i was going to go. by the way ways of the flying here. u.s. veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either there are already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circular defenses officers were got back and destroy their governments and in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war then surely we can risk some discomfort or uneasiness

for peace. by the war doogan is an outstanding person because he took on the most powerful agency in this county for you to stay you see look at it from the analogy. marc was the day that. then he was. going to. take for the first time i noticed something. pretty much when i first started to palm beach county. a wink it wasn't what i wanted to do. you know i wish you'd stop. what i'm doing ok you know it's your

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be. shooting into my previous near. zero. oh someone. as. he. is and salutations today arc watchers let us look to the sky as we take

a plunge. into the unfriendly world with the latest on all things drone warfare that beautiful technological gift from the heavens that was brought is nothing but flowers and roses to the battlefield drones starting with the news that the u.s. navy is apparently assembling a team of the vendors that includes engineers researchers and even hackers to take on the deadly scourge. of cheap commercial drones really yes defense one reports that james hunt the out of the navy acquisitions wrote in a memo that this is necessary to enable the navy to gain the complete gain a competitive advantage over the commercial advancement of unmanned systems technology and potential for nefarious use against facilities and assets you know with the navy my friend so freaked out over all those nefarious cheap small commercial drones currently buzzing around in the market that they needed to build

a whole team to figure out ways to stop them i wonder i wonder. what the navy would do if they were say controversial journalist in the us the symbol of bill karim who is currently fighting in court for his rights and probably even his life after allegedly being targeted five times for assassination by the u.s. military is super expensive high tech non commercial grade military grade bad but drones i wonder how the navy would handle that if they were and if they were in his place yes in the latest drone news for mr creme's trial it appears that the u.s. government in a motion to dismiss the trial is trying to rewrite the constitution and burn down our right to due process by arguing that mr kareem's due process rights would be satisfied simply by allowing him to present evidence that he has been wrongly placed on the government kill list and that the government was under no obligation to respond to him no obligation to respond. that's like

so hey.