you know mark seventy years but the alliance's birthday bash is marred by members feuding over budget contributions and purchases of russian weapons. a u.n. expert says atrocities are on the rise in the west and mali with winning immunity is being massacred by the french and u.s. troop presence. and our rights activist slams western visitors to iran donahue job saying they undermine efforts to abolish the law or are unwilling to wear the head covering our destiny the issue. i think it's i think it's ridiculous i think asking women to comment when they come into a country to justice. inside iran there's a rule and there's a lot i'm close enough to talk you out i'll let you change the whole system.

if you're watching r t international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. nato has celebrated its seventieth birthday with a bash in washington but a feud between two of the alliances members dampened the party mood just a bit as the u.s. threatened to uninvite turkey this flirtation with russian made weaponry has now turned rather more serious though stood its ground insisting it would go ahead with its purchase of the s four hundred missile defense system. as four hundred deal is the 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 be valued by that sort of nations 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. does it want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. or does it want to risk the security of their partnership. link pence's words turkey's vice president hit back over twitter saying it was the us that had to choose between friendship with turkey and continued support of the kurds in northern syria and ankara regards as terrorists but turkey wasn't the only alliance member rounded on at the nato birthday party the u.s. vice president also lashed out at germany saying berlin didn't call for enough nato especially given the size of its economy shortly after germany announced it would contribute one point two five percent of its g.d.p. by two thousand and twenty three still short of the two percent minimum said by

nato international relations expert who say bag she says the alliance isn't as unified as it once was. and that. is not in the harmony concerning the american dream on that until two thousand and three and twenty. members seem particularly to pm countries have to give two percent of their g.d.p. for defense purposes on the other hand also that president trump said that nato is live it is not any more functional before nato remains. under nato america. a lot of conversation but the other is trying to construct as they are not always happy with the american policies like germany and turkey the moment americans consistently. threaten turkey not to provide this. sort of five turkey on the other hand had to choose the

russian missile system because out of necessity turkey is turkish borders do not have any defense systems. are the key focus of nato is the latest gathering in washington has not been relations with turkey but with russia it's moscow again being portrayed as a major global threat the nato secretary general got an enthusiastic response in the u.s. congress as he outlined countermeasures against moscow r.t.c. upturned go has more. he might not even have had it in mind when he was doing it but the greatest businessmen 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 the g.d.p.

on defense can there be a better gift than money 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 cash devouring 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 have found stuff like this if they too was created notice to act as a deterrent to soviet imperialism and to counter communism and the perceived 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 all qaeda russia. unless you're still start going to cold war mind war. those were the days if you think of it nato was big failures like afghanistan or libya kind of outweigh whatever the block 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 here 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 garlands from his military industrial complex i said it was obsolete it's no longer absolutely happy birthday nato and we see a pattern behavior consistent cyber attacks on nato allies and partners targeting everything from parliament to poverty it's sophisticated this information campaigns and attempts to interfere in the more crissy itself. reexamination is called for for the existence of nato since the day of the union in nineteen ninety one made turtle has been wondering around without a purpose it's been looking for a purpose in the us it's gone out of the euro it's gone the other places find.

the berbers needs to find itself and what its relevancy is and it needs to remain as a military alliance. absent absent politics absent economic considerations because it's not the job of nato nato is 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 towards defense russia's foreign ministry says it's open to dialogue with nato but the alliance hasn't shown willingness also says it's ready to deescalate tensions between russia and bloc members. the security situation in the west african nation of 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 un expert who spoke out following the massacre of one hundred and sixty civilians and what some fear is the beginning of an ethnic war charlotte devinsky reports. last month hundred and sixty people were massacred in central mali. there are. children and pregnant women the elderly and young people. why well they were following an ethnic group who have been accused of having ties to tests of course it's a number about three million right 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 same brush calling for the whole community to be labeled as a terror group that's one of the. they are. and they have to be

dealt with the un 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 ernie community mali is a country which has been ravaged by conflict for seven years from six our eyes 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 often here so important is what's happening in the former french colony the president michael 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 france 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 our presence of the sea has virtuous effects that i think 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 western powers focus their efforts in rooting out terror many are concerned that what's really happening why is of ethnic tensions that some like committing to a genocide is taking place right and then uses for large amounts of salamis 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 in front of the un officials in front of peacekeepers they have no one. way of getting out of this cycle of violence which seems to be between the government. or

that's usually supported by some elements of the for nine years i've been is the wider flow only people who are being attacked in huge numbers as well have been associated with be associated with them losing their loved ones by the government usually under the the umbrella of trying to attack. western women who wear the hit job when they visit iran are insulting the nation that's according to a prominent iranian rights activist she says regarding the job part of the iranian culture goes against the hard work of activists like herself or trying to abolish the compulsory head covering. they say that this is a cultural issue with where it's out of respect to the culture of iran calling it discriminatory law as part of our culture this is an insult to a nation iran's mandatory his job law requires all women to wear in public the

activists condemnation of western women mixed reactions online. while women in the middle is to fight for their freedom from this religious tyranny westernesse thank you job is a cultural it's good to. know they wear it because the told if they don't they can 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 journalist miriam salo and saudia him need from the council of x. muslims in britain. well why do i have to respect 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 this only in order to i think promote the mass media. image of women as objects as sex objects is just. not for one moment she even considered the women thrown into prison. tortured raped by prison guards for choosing to remove you don't ever speak up for them you're not vul 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 did you just lie 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 no right to your outside of iran. and you are on secure that you are removing the 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 it's all yours it islamic jihad that it was an artist. it wasn't it's ok 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 a country. and way you can't do that not only does. for women from allah countries they then start using as a stick to beat them with they say to them look at these non muslim women that are

coming into your country and wearing your job when you are in your country you have to be moved and them taking away their choices those are the women we never ever talk about one a people choose the majority of the people choose to be governed by islam across one of them as to where the her job and the job does not demean women it actually makes them become a human beings and i'm a woman he unveiled women i say america 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 as a result unless you change the whole system. coming up the u.k. claims it has evidence of only one civilian death from seventeen hundred of its middle eastern bombing raids more on that after a short break. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race is also a spearing dramatic development the only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. what holds and you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be rich. but you want to be close to see what it looks like three of them will be good. i'm interested always in the waters of.

welcome back 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. air strikes in syria and iraq mark 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 a. military action what we are saying is that we only have evidence of what we believe to have been a single civilian casualty according to the british defense ministry royal air force strikes conducted since two thousand and fourteen have killed more than four thousand islamic state fighters human rights organization amnesty international released a damning report earlier in march accusing the u.k. being in denial of civilian casualties in mosul and rocket. the u.k.'s 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 rocca. peace campaigner russell wedding says it's impossible to distinguish and i saw a fighter from a civilian after an airstrike. let's not forget the ministry of defense actually only changed one civilian had been killed after months and months of claiming you know 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 but you do for another one i'm afraid is just absolutely stinks of propaganda from our government i do think the figures would change i do think any figure that we've been given about our

involvement in syria 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 u.s. is developing a rescue plan for that as well as economy designed to pump cash into the country through banks smart phones and apps even though the trump administration isn't rushing to reveal the details the plan has one key condition. the timeline as to garrett about girl power i have no idea when that's going to be that would begin immediately it's a question of. getting hold of the what i call the machinery of government the venezuelan opposition plans to stage iran in caracas on saturday as it tries to maintain momentum and its efforts to oust president nicolas maduro calls to install

on one wideout the leader of the opposition are also being heard in the us some there are being a bit economical with the truth as to why they support him as killable often explains. with that as well in conflict the media definitely needs voices to explain you know analysts to assess the situation. and in the country it also helps if they can speak perfectly fluent english so joanna hossam and speaking in an editorial for the new york times about that as a way or this movement on the american left against any u.s. involvement in this way that is gaining traction dangerously glorifying the 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 this way that venezuelan 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 is an actual venezuelan and 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 enter american development bank the biggest lender in latin america looks a lot like miss hospitable minded venezuelan who wants what's best for her people it should be nerves or that 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 fed to john houseman's dad is an economic advisor folk might know that 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 bothered 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 a c.n.n. q. and a with presidential candidate bernie sanders stuffed the audience with people tied to elite think tanks and 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. out of incubators. to think abuse to do it because she failed to give her last name but her tearful testimony plucked america's heart strings and it paved the way for u.s. support for kuwait during the gulf war it turned out that no euro was actually the daughter of the kuwaiti and 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 a little up and r.t. new york. that's your global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com the details on all the stories and many.

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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 adventures 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 maybe 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 kareem 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 you know maybe we're targeting you maybe we're not but you don't have the right to know but you can ask but we're not really going to tell you even if you do but you have the right to ask my friends with that level of smug superiority by the u.s. government that encourages us to always be watching the hawks.