fortunately you. know. saudi arabia points the finger at iran over last week's drone and missile strike on and so oil refineries citing the sophistication and direction of the attack as evidence that iran is the. u.s. keeps. interim president has links to a drug gang despite washington making the same claims against the country's previous leader hugo chavez. and a new report reveals that thousands of children in nigeria were being held in dire conditions without trial over their alleged association with terrorists we spoke to one of the authors of the report. the describes the nearly.

20300 detainees packed into that war is 10 meters high 10 years. from moscow what's your. hawkins' here with you today wherever you are thanks for tuning. of the united nations has sent a team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate last week's drone missile attack on the kingdom's oil refineries the united states says it's confident iran is responsible and vows to impose new sanctions on tehran just to remind you last saturday a dozen cruise missiles and more than 20 drones hit a major oil field and processing plants in the east of the kingdom the attack which the rebels claimed they carried out knocked out 5 percent of the global oil supply and so the price of oil rocket. looks at what evidence has been presented so far.

it has been decided that iran did it and that started opinion all finding with the result of an investigation it's a decision guilty this was an iranian attack we were blessed that there were no americans killed in this attack but any time you have an act of war of this nature there's always a risk that could happen trub is doing what trump does best signing pieces of paper bringing to bear a slew of new sanctions against iran to come into effect within 48 hours and it isn't done and we'll see what happens we'll see what happens i think we have a lot of good capital that we have to do something we'll do it without hesitation the americans who weren't attacked of already decided what happened then who is guilty the saudis who were attacked and have all the day bre and bits and pieces of the missiles are still working on technicalities like evidence and proof let that

sink in. not the attack did not originate from yemen the attack was launched from the north and was unquestioned be sponsored by iran it's not in the range of yemen's capabilities if it was them who conducted the attack this is one of the missiles we have recovered and we have information that leads us to the source of these kind of components were made in iran. so what they've found is the weapons were allegedly made with components they were fired from the north the direction of iran and its neighbors so cutting to the chase it was iran that's what you're going to say right. the rain regime and the i.r.g.c. are trying to hide any evidence of the components and the technology i'm sure we will spot the launch site we're working on whoever is responsible about it will take the accountability not once. during the presentation did the saudis

specifically say that iran did it and there's no love lost if they could they would say it but technicalities but saudi arabia won't do brave journalists will too happy to undeniable evidence of a reign in aggression it almost has the fingerprints of the revolutionary guard and its influence over the hutu rebels tonight u.s. intelligence indicates the unprecedented attack on saudi oil fields originated from around our top intelligence officials think iran did it and so does our top on intelligence official donald trump because 1 may ask what on earth saudi defenses were doing at the time they've got the 3rd biggest military budgets on earth one of america's best clients the countries livid with patriot and other anti missile systems $80000000000.00 a year should protect you from

a score of drones and missiles no. the news conference from the saudi arabian defense ministries press secretary is a catastrophe for saudi arabia they've shown they cannot prove or know exactly with the cruise missiles and drawings were made from exactly with that attack was launched or why ed defense systems could not prevent that attack the only thing that might be iranian related is that maybe some of the equipment some of the technology that the who these have might have been incorporated into the attack but why why or why is anyone complaining especially the saudis since the u.s. has been providing the bombs and the aircraft to the saudis to bomb yemen for 4 years so the with these are just responded back then again to those saying it's iran because there are alleged iranian components in the day bri doesn't that mean that the u.s. is responsible for horrific massacre in yemen i mean sure saudi arabia dropped the

bombs but those say made in the united states more likely than not has been clearing the shelves of american arms manufacturers recently by this logic there's no need to investigate or collect evidence it's american bombs it has got to be america. an entire country reduced to misery and pain untold thousands dead more to die but you know what it's the oil refinery in saudi arabia that book wires vengeance. meanwhile iranian foreign minister ahmed jabari has warned any strike

against the rod by the u.s. or saudi arabia would lead to an all out conflict we spoke to middle east expert ali rizk who says he believes more strikes will come but full scale war is unlikely to break out. well if the war on yemen continues i think we will see more strikes whether it be against saudi arabia or the united arab emirates there's been numerous attempts they've been u.n. mediations they've been other diplomatic initiatives all of it has failed the united states the trump administration has in fact doubled down on its support for the war on the arm and so i think that the money is. given no choice but to escalate attacks with the of forcing the enemy to put a stop to this war and to find some kind of mother or another supplement a peaceful settlement for the conflict we have in fact seen the trunk administration and sanctions or this talk now about cyber attacks which could targeting iran but has fought out war i think that is very unlikely.

there's been a new twist in the standoff between venezuela and the united states with caracas now urging washington to reopen diplomatic ties this comes after president nicolas maduro entered in the talks with opposition parties relations between venezuela and the us collapsed in january when donald trump officially recognized the opposition leader one interim president of the country he's recently been linked to venezuelan drug game something washington seems unconcerned by authorities more than explains well you know i know one of the heart of no longer so we've got a tale of 2 that is whalen presidents we've got interim self-proclaimed president one wedo and we've got not nicholas and the der but his predecessor the late leader hugo chavez now both of them are being accused of ties to drug cartels here's a picture of one wedo with the leaders of a drug gang this duo is infamous in the criminal underworld and the photo is dated

february 22nd when great it was in colombia trying to sneak across the venezuelan border since it's surfaced one dueto is shrugged it off as no big deal amy. the middle regime protects the drug gangs so they're trying to divert attention the real question is how they got hold of that picture thousands of people get the food to stay can with me and the images get passed the road towards so who was it that sense of what's a picture to the leader of the socialist party. now the u.s. state department also says that it is no big deal wedo still receives full u.s. backing but when it comes to hugo chavez the story is a big deal never mind that it's more than a decade old and that hugo chavez is long dead they say that he tried to flood the united states with cocaine and in spain they wanted the head of military intelligence in venezuela extradited but the judge in the case isn't buying it.

because i couldn't have hoped for and if indifferent i'm innocent they have always made false accusations against me the truth is i am very happy with what has happened. as the colombian opposition leaders say if a colombian politician wants be seen in a photo with those criminals he would be prosecuted he is the union his military and bloody media and political circles are trying to make the scandal smaller actually huge in venezuela colombia russia america. 2 presidents 2 stories and 2 different approaches because why focus on the connections of your ally in the present when you can focus on the alleged connections of your enemy 10 years ago. r.t. new york. the leader of these radio position insists he will head a unity government not benjamin netanyahu and so after the prime minister's bloc on the opposition both failed to win a majority in a snap election. according to the election commission we have received $33.00 seats

and netanyahu did not achieve the bloc that he had hoped to achieve citizens of israel want to the unity government even after previous elections and they want it now i was talking about it almost for the whole year i intend to create a wide unity government with me is the leader. i was surprised and disappointed by the fact that as of now benny gantz still refuses my call to meet the president called for unity and without a meeting between the 2 major party leaders a unity government cannot be formed the opposition leader statement comes off the netanyahu called him to form a coalition with 97 percent of the vote now counted netanyahu center right lou could block his 2 seats behind the center left blue and white alliance wednesday the prime minister added that if he doesn't leave the government it will be dangerous and receive its mandate from the arab parties we spoke to from atika analyst ronan who thinks there will be a struggle for leadership of

a coalition. netanyahu is somewhat disappointment that guns is refusing even to meet him so we are quite skeptical phase now developments and surprises will keep developing and on and show progress there's never going to be a 3rd round here 9999 percent. i think we are going for as said by those 2 leaders for a coalition unity government. everyone they think is trying to play the tough guy here who is going to be the one who will get the mandate to be the leader who will serve under whom by any poll by any position by also by this ministry by this portfolio. it's a coalition so it's a it's a negotiation psychology here that's the main thing i'm seeing here behind the scenes. 2 major attacks in afghanistan have left 50 people

dead one was carried out by the taliban the other by the afghan government which missed its target more details here's a local journalist. powerful suicide bombing targeted south and zabul province this morning killing at least 20 people according to david local provincial council members and taliban claimed responsibility for this attack claiming that they have targeted the local intelligence campaign around but also a local hospital was damaged and many people have been killed and wounded there so the local official said they would try to transfer as many as they could to the neighboring province of kandahar this is happening while the talks between the u.s. and the taliban has halted and stopped and the fighting between these 2 groups i mean the government and the taliban has intensified in different levels in front lines as well as in the cities and in the outskirts specially in the districts so

we had heard another incident deadly incident there that happened in eastern part of afghanistan that u.s. backed afghan forces targeted a group of farmers that were there for harvesting point now it's and according to the local officials around 30 people have been killed and local governor office saying that they have transferred 9 dead bodies and 6 wounded to the local hospital the local provincial governor office announced their target was a dice militants. we're joined live now by. a research analyst at the center for conflict and peace studies thanks for joining us so good to have you on today a tragic incident obviously it afghanistan what you think could have caused these security forces to mistake civilians for what they say were apparently isis fighters. thank you for having me it's it's unfortunate that

we continue to lose. people in troth many parts of the honest sun you know if you look at the incident a lot of the media reports suggest that it was a drone attack for information drone attacks only be carried out by the americans even nato can not have. capacity in the capability in their mandate is not to carry out strikes so i think in then the americans continue to say that we are looking into the reports and to confirm whether they were really civilians or die militants but i think militants will now be transferred to of one hospital if they're wanted or killed. my understanding is that. that these farmers were targeted yes they could be again

either is a district in anger where militants have prisons in the in a big number but these farmers had stenson in according to local officials and sources they had shared their location these farmers had shared their locations and had the permission of the government so i think it's a deplorable act and in a massacre i think it requires a condemnation in and serious action on the part of the afghan government. i i think the afghan government is often silent when it comes to civilian casualties particularly. by the international forces so i think this is this is a serious problem in and if it continues it will widen the gap between the have won the afghan population in the government in the same time create more enemies for

the alphonse in the. it's unfortunate because people that are lost families that have lost their members and they will they will become untie garment. in militants in germany and so i think it's a serious matter and should be concerned should should be investigated currently there has been a spike in taliban attacks since talks broke down between the terror group on the u.s. is that a coincidence do you think i mean who actually bears responsibility for preventing these attacks to have the strength to repel them. well since the stock's talks are suspended everybody is predicting that the there will be escalation and wyland from all sides the taliban the afghan government the americans but at the end of the day no party and no side should take credit and strengthen their political. their stance and position by killing afghans it's not it's not just in it's unfair i think what's going to happen in the next few months

to come is that all sides are going to increasingly. crees their attacks in to pressure the other side to to return to the negotiations in the talks so i think. there are possibilities from all sides i mean particularly when it comes to civilian casualties in the just like the incident we had in one go. more work needs to be done in more attention should be paid to the intelligence ground intelligence is absolutely necessary if the government in the americans have better intelligence from the ground such attacks could could be could be stopped or prevented but at the end of the day think it's the sponsibility all parties the one government the americans and the taliban to resume negotiations i think everybody

here has a stake. they are responsible for what's happening in afghanistan in the last then the in for the killing of afghans that are losing their lives daily unfortunately mosul as army thanks for your time today here in our teens national good to have you on us with. all criticism of israel i see you know now and also being detained denied rather a german literary award will pick up a story and more in just a few moments. you know world big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past

each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. form for syrian conflict mediation never has spoken with one voice but recently disagreements between russia turkey and iran has become so still good not even the leaders try to hide it as the program run its course or is the friction really a sign that it's working.

the program and antiterrorist crackdown in nigeria has led to thousands of children being detained that's according to a new report from human rights watch we spoke to them about their findings. since 2013 nigeria has detained about 3600 children and in june a human rights watch went to the northeast of manchuria where boko haram its most active and we interviewed more than 30 children who had been detained the vast majority of these children were never charged with a crime in fact they were never taken to court they never had the opportunity to see a judge the children were denied contact with their families and held in orrible conditions they described so little space that they couldn't turn over at night they were you know piled one next to the other they described it like the razor blades a pack many of them something began losing hope that they would ever be released some thought that they would die in detention and children as young as 5 were

reportedly held in overcrowded military detention facilities or little or no evidence they spent months even years there without charge reports of sexual physical and mental abuse as well as overcrowding of the children had been accused of involvement with the armed terrorist group boko haram a radical islamist organizations based in northeastern nigeria that carries out suicide bombings as well as armed assault throughout west africa in 2015 book around pledged allegiance to islamic state many of the imprisoned children were rounded up by a serial thirty's during military operations against the group. they are smee if i was a member of booker her and beat me up when i said no they tied my hands and legs and hung me to a tree and continued to flow camy they flogged me and left me tied to the tree from morning till evening one person from my village was killed during the interrogation if you make a noise if you drink water without asking them if you go toward the door to get

fresh air they beat you. the soldiers had girlfriends one of the girls from our village was a girl friend of a soldier she would usually take her out of the compound some ladies got pregnant in the cell and delivered while i was there. for the nigerian authorities have released over 2000 children from attention since 2030 merely all of them have been held without charge it's not known at this point how many of the remain in custody jo becker again says the government should make more effort to deal with the problem nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the night or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian child protection

authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities well a jury military denies the allegations made in the report saying the children are kept in a secure areas and are adequately cared for we've asked the nigerian minister of justice for comment they have yet to respond. a famous pakistani novelist has been denied a german literary award over her political activism she's been calling for a boycott of israeli goods on all quarter reports. the city of dortmund has reversed its decision to hand a literary awards to british pakistani author kamila shamsie that she plagiarized something commit a crime perhaps now it's all because she supports an anti israel movement called boycott divestment sanctions. at the time of the decision none of the jurors knew that kamila shamsie had supported the boycotts divestments and sanctions campaign in the past b.s.

aims to isolate israel economically politically and culturally b.d.'s has a presence across much of the globe but in germany it's had a few run ins with the government palestinian women's organization recently sued the city of boston for being excluded from a festival and the court ruled that discrimination based on the organization's belief in b.d.s. was unfair treatment. of freedom of expression includes the freedom to discuss and call for boycott of campaigns and is also protected by the european convention on human rights however this case is the exception not the rule the border stock has made it clear they see b.d.s. as an anti sematic movement not just anti israel. the arguments and methods of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement are anti semitic the message of the campaign to boycott israeli activists and goods or i'm innocent of the most terrible period in german history the do not buy a stick is an israeli products bring back associations with the nazi slogan do not buy from jews and similar graffiti in facades and shop windows the law makers

concern isn't out of the blue given germany's past but calling the movement nazis could be a bit of a stretch since b.d.'s are mostly left wing activists calling attention to israel's mistreatment of the palestinian people and the tele stadium tour protesting say it's not the palestinians who are doing the oppressing just look at this protest represents the 1st step in confronting the german parliament's motion which is against our arab nation and against the palestinian cause they are part of the. netanyahu axis that tries to crush the rights of people in the right to return the boycott movement to continue and this is supported by the palestinian liberation organization along with youth and student groups around the world more and more politicians are questioning israel's policies as oppressive risking being called anti sematic along the way i can't stand by and watch this attack on our freedom of

speech and the right to boycott the racist policies of the government in the state of israel the oppressive that's in the whole administration and i have seen this in gaza where families have lived that have been bombed by talk to bombing by israeli jets what the united states should be doing and of course the trumpet ministrations doing exactly the opposite is instead of applauding israel for its actions israel should be condemned germany's past is certainly still haunting to many after all you can't just wipe its horrors out of history but when it comes to israel and palestine it's not a simple as black and white donald quarter r.t. berlin. well as part of coming your way in just a couple of moments. with the latest headlines.

on welcome to worlds apart we asked on the platform for mediation of the syrian conflict has never been a me free klopp but over the last couple of months disagreements between russia and iran have become so stark the deliveries don't even try to conceal don't with diplomatic platitudes has this form of the brahmins course or others frictions on the country an indication that it's working well to discuss that i'm now joined by alexi klebnikov middle east expert at the russian international affairs council alexey it's good to see you again thank you for coming over to the front loading now anyone who has been following the ask in the proceedings knows that the previous meeting in february was marred by the tensions between russia and iran the

reach now seem to be even more overshadowed by the more pressing disagreements between russia and turkey how would you describe the state of affairs among these 3 unlikely partners. well i would put it as a marriage of convenience which applies to both relations but here in marriage of convenience or love triangle love hatred and depends on how you look at it if you look at this from by the true times perspective then it's more of a marriage of convenience if you look at that from original perspective in how the 3 countries act interact in syria than it's more frango. i so you're right recently that the ass in the platform has started to lose its steam and that russia is now more actively trying to get the arab states involved in managing what essentially is an arab problem being now mediated by

known arabs has there been any progress on that front well from the very beginning actually jordan joined the ass in the form of back in 2018 i believe and was the 1st arab observer state now in beginning of august there was and roundabouts in the talks and the full time. iraq and lebanon joint so basically now we have all countries neighboring countries taking part in this process except of course taking part or simply sitting on the sidelines and watch it's important to send a signal to the arab audience to the arab street that these 3. actors russia iran and turkey understands how it's vitally important to get on board arab states and i think that the and the standing that it is inevitable that sooner or later countries like.