marks seventy years since his creation but the alliance his birthday bash is. over budget contributions and. you're an expert says that atrocities are on the rise in the west african country of mali with ethnic communities massacred by the strong presence of french troops. also iranian rights activist slums western visitors to the country. saying that they undermine efforts to a polish billboard requiring women to wear. 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 rule and there is a law and. i must change the whole system. joining us this hour this is r.t. internet. seventieth birthday with. washington but a feud between two of the alliance is. the party mood a little as the u.s. threatened to uninvite taishan with russian made weaponry the more serious though is standing its ground insisting that it will go ahead with purchasing the four hundred missile defense system. four hundred deal is that the 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 our allies particularly united states

and we are literally since if turkey completes its purchase of the russian s 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. or doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership. or turkey's vice president hit back over twitter saying that it was the us that had to choose between friendship with thirty and continued support of the kurds in northern syria whom ankara regard to be terrorists. but turkey wasn't the only alliance member that was rounded on a nato birthday party the us vice president also lashed out at germany saying burden didn't cough up enough for nato it specially taking into consideration the size of its economy shortly after germany announced that it would contribute one point two five percent of g.d.p. by twenty twenty three still short of the two percent minimum set by nato however

the key focus of nato is latest gathering in washington as not be relations with turkey but russia with moscow again painted as a major global threat the nato secretary general got an enthusiastic response in the american congress as he outlined counter measures against moscow it has more. 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 open 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 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 meet customers the biggest ones happen to be from where this man's 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 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 stuck in a cold war mind warp well those were the days if you think of it. nato was 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 your 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 in 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 closely itself. oh you'll be all right for a very long time reexamination is cold or for the existence of nato so is the. union in nineteen only 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 year or it's gone the other try and. needs to find itself and what its relevancy is and it needs to remain as

a military alliance. absent the 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. russia's foreign ministry says that it's open to dialogue with nato but claims the alliance hasn't shown willingness or school says it's ready to deescalate tensions between russia and members of the block. the security situation in the west african nation of mali is getting worse despite the fact french and u.s. troops have been on the ground there for more than six years that's according to u.n. experts who spoke out following the massacre of one hundred sixty civilians in what some fear is the beginning of an ethnic conflict artie's charlotte dubious give

reports last month one hundred and sixty people were massacred in central mali. each categories children and pregnant women the elderly and young people. whining well they were for lining an ethnic group you've been accused of having ties to the hardest of course it's a number about three million around ninety percent a muslim and a number of did join al qaeda type groups as a result of their ethnic groups have told all of the same brush calling for the whole community to be labeled as a terror group that all of these. they are. and they have to be dealt we knew 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 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 we often hear so important is what's happening in the former french colony the president might call this it did in his first week of taking office showing support for french troops 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 of presence of the sea as 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 that effort still rooting out terror many are concerned what's really happening why is of ethnic tensions that some likening 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 our vision on this mission but many of their women and children in large numbers have been killed by government forces in front of un officials in front of peacekeepers they have no way of getting out. out of this cycle of violence which seems to be between the government. there that's usually supported by some elements of the line yes i do is the wider fulani people who are

being attacked in huge numbers as well they have been associated with arc either they will 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 according to a prominent to rein in rights activist she says that regarding the job as part of the country's culture goes against the hard work of activists like a sofa trying to abolish rules on the head covering they say that this is a cultural issue we're very 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 arounds mandatory his job lore requires all women to wear it in public the activists condemnation of western women has stirred mixed reactions online while women in the middle east to fight for their freedom from this religious tyranny westerners think your job is

a cultural could too i. know they wear it because they're 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 so we put this she went for debate with journalist mariam saleh saadi harmeet from the council of ex muslims of 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 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 you 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 woman not inside iran outside iran as well it's not just about

development point is they have the right to your example and they have no right to yell outside of iran. if you are on a secure that you are removing the law and 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 art was very valid was that. 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. and they come into a country. and way you can't do that not only for women from you know my our country's day then start using that as a stick to beat them with they say to them look at these women that are coming into your country and wearing your 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 of 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 not going to unveil we're not saying 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's a lot of good as a result unless you change the whole system and so you've got three more news coming your way after this break.

people in america have no money. and yet and house prices are skyrocketing relative to their wages but the government says that's not inflation health care costs are galloping at ten or fifteen percent a year and. government says that's not enough. in other words there's been a concerted and decided exercise. of the workers in the united states.

welcome back britain's armed forces minister is facing a backlash after some thought that he implied only a single civilian death was caused by seventeen hundred u.k.'s strikes in syria and iraq logline cast a rush to clarify his position claiming he was misunderstood. it was not our position that there has only been a single civilian casualty as a result of our 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 of royal air force strikes conducted since two thousand and fourteen of killed more than four thousand islamic state 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 mosul and rocca the u.k. is claiming to have carried out massive aerial bombing of densely populated cities with virtually zero civilian casualties this biggest relief and shows just how

deeply in denial the movie actually is over its role in the mass bombing of mosul and raca. peace campaigner russell whiting says that it is impossible to distinguish an eyesore fighter from a civilian following an airstrike. let's not forget the ministry of defense actually only twenty one civilian have 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 this 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 or afghanistan iraq libya have been to europe 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 for british troops and british planes to come back to britain. the u.s. is developing a rescue plan for venezuela's economy designed to pump cash into the country through banks smartphones and apps and even though the trumpet ministration isn't rushing to reveal the details of the plan has one condition the timeline is to get rid of a girl. 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 a rally in the capital caracas on saturdays it tries to keep up pressure to oust president nicolas maduro calls to install wangel i don't know the opposition leader are also being heard in the us though some there are being somewhat economical with the truth it seems as to why they support him more but has more. 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 hossam i'm speaking in an editorial for the new york times about venezuela 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 final is a social democrat appointed by the national assembly the only remaining democratically elected institution left in venezuela 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 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 an economics professor from harvard university and ricardo haas

a man her father is currently the envoy of juan wedo to the interim merican development bank the biggest lender in latin america looks a lot like ms haas mint has a pretty big dog in the fight however the new york times presents or is just a liberal minded venezuelan who wants what's best for her people it should be news or the 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. 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 but 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 father's biography before publication but miss housman. is an independent adult woman has built

a popular following on her own by producing a portfolio video 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 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 could be because i think it is. 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 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 a little up and r.t. new york that is just one of the reasons why we say. question more i'll be back

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welcome to the alex allen show from westminster where the beck set melodrama shows no signs of ending anytime soon meanwhile for some belfast continuing our feature on the impact of the bets debate on northern irish politics. the question we asked today in this program is one of the economic realities of. changing the landscape of low mileage politics. however here in london the prime minister has been playing her own mind games by acting totally out of character to these or me usually the most tribal of politicians has given up on trying to secure her breakfast deal with her own conservative party votes and is now turning to the opposition instead at the same dynasty podium where she wants to clear jeremy carbon a saboteur of bricks that she now asks for his support and piloting the bracks solution in a search for consensus so today i'm taking action to break the logjam. i'm offering

to sit down with the leader of the opposition and to try to agree a plan that we would both stick to to ensure that we leave the european union and that we do so with a deal but it is all as it seems the prime minister knew that half our cabinet would have resigned if she had tact towards a softer version of brecht's it what's the house of commons has been considering this week and the other half were threatening to go if she didn't and therefore here is her solution offer one half the prospect of a softer breck's it and the other half and this is the rub off of them the prospect of ahead it's in the kingdom appling wa. that artists laws in this plan first despite writing to every tour the m.p. to explain her novel tactics it may not be possible to hold her parliamentary party together in under three years as prime minister she already holds a record over in thirteen ministerial resignations and things so will the tory

party finally splinter or breaks it. is the conservative prime minister who repeatedly told us that no deal is better than a bad deal now approaching labor m.p.'s to block a very jolly when you see the rubrics where most economists surveyed to m p's vote the world into. the european union to do with the clean memory the tsunami knowing that. the second problem with the prime minister's cutting plan is it jimmy carter may be wise to the tactic and to cling to right to the government's rescue he may say why should i believe you i here today i'd go into mortal prime minister about to be the place by breaks a tear by the fall why don't hold an election no rather than after you've gone in the autumn. so let me ask you had she been the leader of the opposition and invited

to the drug trial going this year would she have been fortunate to accept. so as to be her duty to resign or just back to the usual mabel it however whatever else may be said about me is latest move at least as a change in the script we've broken out at long last of the grind talked a process of never ending thoughts on this theme deal now she wants the votes of the labor party to pass or withdraw all agreements as opposed to the votes of the big cities and the d p this may even be a relief to the m.p.'s who this week of being fixed to their benches for the same super glue as a climate change protesters themselves to the glass in the visitors gallery. or here are. the prime minister clearly intends to be the last woman standing on bricks it before she finally keeps her promise to resign one of she's a maze biggest miscalculations has been to underwrite the strength of the

democratic unionist parties opposition to her backstop proposal to see.