saudi arabia points the finger at iran over last week's drone missile strikes on its all refineries citing the sophistication and direction of the attack as evidence that to iran is to blame. u.s. keeps. proclaimed interim president has links to a drug. washington making the same claims against the country's previous leader the late hugo chavez. and a new report reveals the thousands of children in nigeria were being held in dire conditions without trial over there were legit association with terrorists we spoke to one of the authors of the report. the describe simply early overcrowded sounds

with 250 or 300 detainees packed into that was 10 years. from moscow you're watching all things a national media hawkins wherever you are thanks for tuning in this hour. of the u.n. has sent a team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate last week's drone missile attack on the kingdom's oil refineries the u.s. says it's confident iran is responsible and vows through 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 plant in the east of the kingdom the attack which she yemen who 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 were 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 restructured hoppen 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 and 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 bree and bits and pieces of the missiles 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 move 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 that these kind of components were made in iran. so what they found is the weapons were allegedly made with iranian 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 a launch site we're working on whoever is responsible about to take the accountability not once during the presentation that 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 in 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 an intelligence official donald trump course 1 may ask what on earth saudi defenses were doing at the time they've got the 3rd biggest military budget on earth one of america's best clients the country's 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 when the cruise missiles and drones were made from exactly with that attack was launched or why a 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 who with these are just responding 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

arabia has been clearing the shelves of american arms manufacturers recently by this logic is new need to investigate to collect evidence it's american bombs it has got to be america for. 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 the book wires vengeance. live now to abolish obvious security and political analyst and editor in beirut thanks for joining us so good to have you on today given the. the hostility

the rhetoric coming from both sides really only ramping up are we likely to see more such incidents more drone strikes in the gulf region. i think it's possible i think it's possible and the what happened actually shows that there is there is a deficiency in the defense system and so did abia now at the same time let's say that the from the statements the recent statement of mr pompeo and by general joseph dunford recent statement that there is a there's something missing in the difference infrastructure. and that. general dunford said that it's not possible to actually have surveillance 247 so what they're saying could be could be that the americans are ready to sell more defense systems to the saudis and this is what the trump administration's us best is that it's focused on the business is focused on making profits from the saudi arabians

and by making them pay for an additional defense system the defense system the aerial defense system $1.00 must know that it's usually divided into 3 parts one part that is the actual intelligence to nor what you are an enemy or what your adversity has what is the capacity of your adversity or your enemy the 2nd is that the surveillance system the direct the radar system to see if there is any activity and the 3rd one is the actual anti-aircraft missiles and gun power now there seems to be. lacking that there seems to be work to be done on all 3 levels and also on the level of the advanced technology that was told to this i would use and perhaps it is likely there are several reports that say that the saudis don't have the human resources to actually use the technology that is advanced technology that they bought in 28 in as you. said few seconds ago that the 'd saudis paid in.

$286767600000000.00 it's the 3rd biggest spending in in arms importing in the world and it's also 8.8 percent of its national. office g.d.p. so this is this is more than the other 2 countries that are the united states and china this is huge spending and i think the trump administration wants the kingdom of saudi arabia to spend even more and that's good for business for the americans and that's what the drug administration is focused on and therefore they are there they are keen on saying and saying that it is iran because if it's done who thiis then it doesn't. you know more preparations or more spending if it's in iran then it's a bigger threat then they can threaten them with the iranian superiority deal. i just want to and so i just i get as many questions as i can within a time which you have what about relations are 3 in the u.s.

and iran your foreign minister mohammed is about zarif he's warned against any strike on iran bother us by saudi arabia saying it's going to lead to all out conflict do you think that's a likely scenario. i don't think it's a likely scenario because with the why am i saying this because i can see i can remember the attitude of mr trump towards north korea and you know mr trump likes to raise the tension to a point where he believes that this will will make things that go smooth that on the diplomatic level that's what that you know i remember the names he called the. north korean president at that time and the statements he made that were really aggressive statements and then later on we saw that he was trying to push for direct negotiations and i think the trumpet ministrations still believes that it still has a chance to kind of. exchange with iran perhaps to actually reach

a deal. and that is important again for the trumpet mr shinde because it's a deal that involves a lot of investments and a lot of money and he doesn't want the european union to actually have all these contracts with iran he wants to have american companies step into iran after he has made these profit from the saudis now he wants to try to get into iran and benefit from projects in the iranian infrastructure if that is possible so he doesn't. feel that the compensation does not rule in the reaching a kind of an agreement with iran that's his way it's a strange way for many analysts but apparently that's what mr trump that's how mr trump does things short of on a shabby security political analyst and editor in bay we're out of time but thanks for joining us in the program great to have you on. there's been a new twist in the standoff between what is white and the united states with caracas now urging washington to reopen diplomatic ties this comes after president

nicolas maduro went into talks with opposition parties relations between venezuela and the us collapsed in january when donald trump officially recognized the opposition leader. as interim president of the country has recently been linked to venezuelan drug gangs something washington seems unconcerned by the what i thought he's capable people claim. so we've got a tale of 2 venezuelan presidents we've got interim self-proclaimed president one grade 0 and we've got not nicolas maduro 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 surfaced one good way to as shrug it off as no big deal for him in . the middle regime protects the drug gangs so they're trying to divert attention

the real question is how they go to hold of that picture thousands of people get the food to stay with me and the images get passed the road towards so who was it that sense of what's up 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. i couldn't have hoped for anything different i'm innocent. has made false accusations against me the dr i am very happy with what has happened. this is as the

colombian opposition leader said if a colombian politician were to be seen in a photo with those criminals he would be prosecuted the union his military and bloody media and political circles are trying to make this scandal smaller it is actually huge in venezuela colombia a loss in 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 tail up and r.t. new york. the leader of the israeli opposition insists that he will have a unity government not benjamin netanyahu that's after the prime minister's bloc and 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 wanted a 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. well the opposition leader's statement comes off the netanyahu called him to form a coalition with 97 percent of the vote now counted as anyone who's center right could block is 2 seats behind the center left blue and white alliance on wednesday the prime minister added that if he doesn't lead the government it will be dangerous and receive its mandate from arab parties i spoke to diplomatic analyst ron and who thinks there will be a struggle for leadership of the coalition. netanyahu is somewhat disappointment that gunns is refusing even to meet him so we are in a quite skeptical phase now there's never going to be a 3rd round here 9999 percent certain here i think we are going for

as said by those 2 leaders for a coalition unity government and now everyone they think is trying to play the tough guy. who's going to be the one who will get the mandate to be the leader who will serve under whom by any by any position by also by this ministry by this portfolio in 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 mistook its target but more details here is that 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 officials. 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 dirty incident 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 to local provincial governor office announced their target was a dietitian militants research analyst at the center for conflict and peace studies . what if the afghan government needs to carefully investigate its mistake if it wants to keep public support. a lot of the media reports suggest that it was a drone attack drone attacks can only be carried out by the americans it's a serious matter and should be investigated thoroughly 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. population in the government and at the same time create more enemies for the

afghans in the american forces it's the responsibility of all parties the afghan government the americans and the taliban to resume negotiations i think everybody here has a stake and are responsible for what's happening in afghanistan and in the last then the in for the killing of afghans that are losing their lives. and the criticism of israel has seen a renowned author being denied a german literally awards will pick up that story and more just in a few moments time. join me every 1st week on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. theory dramatic development only mostly exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. us exit from fear it's happening. big countries accumulate big positions and goal that's an exit from here because we know that over the past 300 years no fear my house survived. pretty.

much the program and anti terrorist 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. 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 being 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 of children as young as 5 were reportedly held at overcrowded military detention facilities on little or no evidence they spent months even years there without charge with reports of sexual physical and mental abuse as well as overcrowding of the children have been accused of involvement with the armed terrorist group boko haram the radical islamist organizations based the north east annoyed syria that carries out suicide bombings as well as on the source throughout west africa in 2015 book koran pledged allegiance to islamic state many of the children imprisoned were rounded up by nigerian authorities 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. of the nigerian authorities have released there were 2000 children from the tension 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 release them nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the nations 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 protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities the nigerian military denies the allegations made in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we asked the nigerian ministry of justice for comment they have yet to respond. famous pakistani novelist has been denied a german literature war over her political activism she's been calling for a boycott of israeli goods at all quarter has more. 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. 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 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 holliston ians who are protesting say it's not the palestinians who are doing the oppressing just like you know 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 our people and the right of return the boycott movement will continue and it 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 administration i have seen. in gaza. where families have lived that have been bombed by talkative 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 that's all from us for this hour stay tuned for more news coming up in 30 minutes time.

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