3 of them will be good. interested always in the water. 2 pm moscow time breaking news this friday the united states assassinate surrounds top revolutionary guard commander in a foxhole drone strike in iraq the iranian supreme leader is warning now of a harsh retaliation against the u.s. . decision elsewhere to deploy troops in libya faces strong criticism of israel greece and i was. escalating conflict in the region. and continuing our rewind of 29 teams he says we remember the tragedy that struck.

by the look at all through this john of the 3rd one is kevin owen here and out with will news update 1st that breaking story today that came in earlier on for the middle east the united states is assassinated iran's top military commander in a drone strike in iraq. money led the revolutionary guards and he could force a miss killed following a direct order it seems from u.s. president donald trump the arabian supreme leader is vowing a harsh retaliation against washington while the iraqi prime minister has condemned the u.s. strike as aggression we got an update earlier from our senior correspondent were gassed. this is unprecedented in how how tense things are how both countries with this is this is the obvious this is the obvious to kill assassinate the man who is referred to as the 2nd most powerful man in iran a potential successor to the supreme leader he was killed after arriving at the airport in baghdad the u.s.

as he was he was targeted i mean this operation was preplanned they knew he was coming they knew where to strike the they were targeting him and the fallout has been global we've had leaders all over the world officials come out. against you know carmen deescalation and the reunions convening national security and they have one message the entire hierarchy that there will be consequences retaliation. the u.s. act of international terrorism targeting and assassinating general saloon money the most effective force fighting dying shari says al qaeda at home is extremely dangerous and foolish escalation the u.s. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism there is as of yet no indication how exactly the iranians will respond to it respond to this but they haven't launched any missiles yet and you know that the they are stupid

they're intelligent people they probably understand a war with the united states is the last thing they need but i doubt that the leave this you know without without an answer and so how is the u.s. justifying the myth while the united states is saying that he was the ultimate bad guy this is this is from the state department this is in american press that we just killed the world's number one bad guy this is this is simpson in modeling he was at the forefront of the fight against isis in iraq when it seemed like isis the jihad this would go to take the whole country was he who helped organize the p.m.s. the popular mobilization forces iraqi civilians banding together to resist ties as successfully while the army was in shambles as they got their things in order to help by the coalition but they defeated isis what the united states has been saying is that he is responsible for the deaths of 517 americans over the years that

he was complicit that he had a rule to play in recent in the recent spate of attacks on u.s. bases culminated in a u.s. led air strike against syrian and iraq he units military units that again led to the siege of the u.s. embassy again unprecedented in the green zone a fortified embassy that was that was besieged. by the way rainy and. bring him back proxies as they were referred to the urge protesters to withdraw to leave the embassy a little nevertheless the united states said that the threat presented by him was continuing that he had done plenty of bad things and that this was the united states this saying defending themselves at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s.

personnel abroad to by killing customs so in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the united states will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world reaction is very polarized to this both among us public society people are split some are saying this was a stupid escalation that you know pushed america and iran to the brink of war others are saying 3 that they support president trumps decision to carry out this attack in the press there's a lot of competing messages messages that contradict each other as well american politicians likewise split you've had presidential candidates coming out and saying that was this was this is a stupid thing to do it was a needless escalation and you have others coming out and saying look the rockies some of them celebrated. iraqis iraqis dancin in the street for freedom

thanks for the general for you money's no more. american iran should solve their problems outside iraq we do not want them to solve it here we do not celebrate the killing of so the money or anyone else because this will not service at the end of the day. now tell us more about the reaction in the us because apparently it transpires acted unilaterally here understand that leading democrats a furious they trump has acted without seeking permission from congress 1st that is something that they have been talking about he didn't notify anyone in congress in the house in the senate they were going to carry out this assassination so he didn't seek any authorize ation we he doesn't have to if there's an imminent threat that is you know. an attack that is going to happen there's no time but in this case there was no evidence presented of an attack and some people in congress are

saying why weren't we told. their administrations has conducted 2 nice strikes in iraq targeting high level iranian military officials in killing iranian quds force commander kasim silly money without in the thirty's ation for use of military force against iran further this action was taken without the consultation of the congress trump's immediate comment on this assassination was to tweet an american flag just just an american flag and interesting thing one of the one of the 1st responses is a real tweet of his he accused president barack obama of attempting to start a war provoking a war with iran to boost his ratings to boost his poll numbers and now we're in a situation where trump is accused of doing so especially with impeachment just around the corner but ultimately we'll have to wait and see how this all ends whether this will continue to escalate an all out hinges on iran's reaction to this

brazen assassination. indeed mortality of her senior correspondent so immediate ramifications as it stands at the moment the u.s. is no urging american citizens to leave iraq immediately and not approach the embassy in baghdad secured green zone where the american embassy in iraqi government is located is in lockdown right now politics professor mohammad marandi from to run university told us this attack is far more than aggression. this was an act of war the americans killed a high ranking iranian official that wasn't for a general stolen money there probably wouldn't be a syria today and there would be black fly over damascus thanks to the united states and its allies and if it wasn't for general stolen money probably there wouldn't be in iraq today and the capital over the capital we would have had the black sides of isis iraqis except for those bath who supported saddam hussein in

isis support. who are celebrating the overwhelming majority of iraqis supports general salomone and are grateful to them for helping save the country wherever the united states goes and destroys its all for its all to defend democracy and freedom and the american people which is our nonsense this is the language of a racist euro centric heritage that we've we've been seeing for the last few centuries the same language that we that existed in the 19th the 20th century to justify had germany plundered death and destruction is being used today but in the in a different way they disregard sovereignty to this world by their government they disregard the people of iraq there their utter arrogant behavior is met has made the whole region outraged and then they wonder why people hate america will continue to follow that story this is the next one on the agenda today several

countries have condemned the turkish parliament decision to send troops to libya there's a deep concern from israel 'd greece and their cyprus over a possible escalation in the conflict in the region they're calling turkey's move reckless the turkish decision to deploy troops in libya presents a dangerous through to regional stability the repercussions of such reckless moves will be dire for the stability and peace of the entire region and a phone call with the turkish leader the us president raised concerns that foreign interference could further complicate the situation in libya but both agreed to maintain their diplomatic corp for now libya is currently in a jewel regime there's a government of national accord that's headquartered in the capital tripoli and there's the alternative so-called eastern cabinet headed by general before half a 3rd region controlled by local tribes or militias. libya's been in a state of war since not rising in 20 eleven's or the ousting and killing of

longtime leader woman gadhafi in recent months the us government of national accords been losing ground to the rival administration of general khalifa haftar who heads the self-styled libyan national army forces currently control most of libya's territory including crucially oil and gas reserves the u.s. backed government formally requested military aid from turkey last month while libya's neighbors meantime also major reservations the egyptian foreign ministry is calling on the international community to respond urgently to what's happened we've been hearing analysis from turkey and beyond on anchors military plan and it's possible repercussions them. we see a very soft announcement by the arab league we can see that they're unified only by name we're seeing turkey become more and more now the major player in not only libya in the north africa and the east and the middle east turkey showing that it's not going to shy away in present add one is willing to use his military muscle to

get the results he wants at the diplomatic table as well turkey made a very important chess move. greeks. of course are very disappointed by this decision but turkey's strategic move will. bring some. advantages strategic advantages for turkey we will see the method the manner of how turkey is dealing with this problem and challenges in the coming days if turkey sent more troops then general haftar will also look at more support from the governments he's already there are already backing including and especially egypt the united arab emirates they will send their own proxies or troops or more weapons so in that sense the situation could definitely escalate in a military sense. so we head into

a new decade now the 29000 still interested to undertake a bit more stock in some the defining event of the just gone. of course and i approve of her riffing claims that told her not to dumb confederal in paris nearly destroying the 850 year old show dubinsky reports on just how deeply that was felt in france and how the scars will remain for decades to come to . france was shaking to its core in april finally a round reached the jewel of paris not to dumb.

across the world they was sure to with blanket coverage. over the blaze and here in paris thousands came out to the streets standing shoulder to shoulder watching this centuries old cathedral. my heart just drug. you cutie it was completely shocking and it's just constantly. you will see the tears everything just complete just just refreshing causally looking for any sort of update and i thought it was gone i thought there was no way you know they were going to put it out at all and with. everyone at work we just kept refreshing the page and seeing what caused it what had happened we couldn't believe that notre dame was on fire we were at home in seattle and we had literally just booked our plane tickets to france the night before and was going to be one of the highlights of course it was it was a little bit of a blow. came in the early hours that it could be saved but it was.

that cost was being counted with a price tag potentially reaching billions of euros money polled in from wealthy benefactors and people chipping in what they could but that provoked anger itself many frustrated that the money was so forthcoming for a building when people were struggling to make ends meet the outrage intensified when the authorities were accused of not being completely upfront about lead contamination in the area following the fire some 450 tons of lead in the roof and the steeple melted to during the blaze schools were closed for decontamination but many accuse the state of putting the reconstruction of the cathedral head of people's health and environmental defense association decided to take matters into

its own hands it accused the authorities of having lacked in their response and in transparency it is a quite. stablish ing who is responsible for this miscommunication which has left the population uninformed on the dangers to which it is exposed in our opinion people's lives have been in danger since the night of the disaster because the environmental code requires elected officials to provide precautionary information in real time on public airwaves unfortunately we never heard this advice and people and journalists stayed around the cathedral on the forecourt and whole families stayed on the ground on the terraces with all the windows open watching this disturbing show without knowing that the plumes hitting them consisted of extremely toxic lead dust and were dangerous to health but officials claimed there was no risk and somewhat angry about the coverage of the contamination of the site saying that all old buildings were built using leds and there was too much fear mongering

don't. you really have to lie on the ground in the lake and if you want to be infected this story about lead has been around for a long time and it's causing inundation a problem for the not to done destroy those isolated not from the tourists travel agents across the world were forbidden in a certain way to come to paris because of the risk of contamination which didn't exist 8 months old and this is what surrounds. a huge perimeter fence safeguarding the site's tourist numbers through hay though more of a trickle than the flood that they used to be and that has hit the businesses around the cathedral hot to at least we have lost tourists we have lost the pilgrims we have problems with the restoration work or not saddam and with the level of security is because the building is still not secure and we suffer from all these how the businesses here have seen their sales figures drop at least by 80

percent during certain periods currently in the month of december an average 70 percent trade is hey will to return to this. status quo but the work to secure this so i can restore it to its former glory is expected to take years in the meantime some businesses fear that they may end up on the cheap to just like much of not to dome in 2019. paris. some of the year that was coming up in stores they got ahead putting their faith in food the british man who wants veganism legally recognised as an ethical belief stories coming up. in a world of big part of the law 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 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. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person or those great. dares thinks. we dare to ask.

again the times exactly 21 minutes past the hour and the next story being a vegan could be set to make the leap from dietary choice to religious belief and british law a court hearing claims that a man was sacked by the charity he worked for because of his ethical the guinn is a guy's name jordy casimir janet now he claims he was fired after accusing the league against cruel sports of investing in animal testing with its pension fund something it denies before challenging his dismissal he's taking legal action though to try and prove that ethical of egotism is a philosophical belief that would mean similar to a religion it would be protected from discrimination under the ukase equality or this case if successful well established of the belief in titles ethical vegans to protection from discrimination the case we're prepared sets out how the belief in

principle and how juries particular interpretations of it meet the required legal test would break this down a bit more an ethical vegan is defined by not just excluding animal products from meals but also by choosing a particular lifestyle they're void all things that lead to animal suffering joy because i mean john as former employer says in principle it's not against beginners i'm becoming an official believe the league against cruel sports is an inclusive employer and as this is a hearing to decide whether veganism should be a protected status something which the league does not contest it would be inappropriate for rose to comment further we discussed how far legal protections should extend them with a representative from britain's begin society and also political commentator andrew walker. i would like to say my pen should be a damaged and undermined by somebody who insists that you call it impacts in war normal to compensate we should not be the lowest common denominator if something is

ridiculous we should be allowed to call it ridiculous if you want to criticize something we should be able to criticize it as an instrumental instance and but aren't and you have a choice seen as an ethical action and he's not saying everybody is just saying he's working for and i don't rise or direction i think the consent and the very real health dangers of a good diet to eat when you are a child. it will only just a nice day in clinic and bags children and breastfeeding women for their people as well i just want to do it because i'm ready for this in the future and i'm going to put on mars for a comment for help something now all of us can do to help combat climate change and be kinder to the animals that we should spend with this but this is the parent who support the problem is that because obviously there is no financial motive and this is what's been going except on the support for the climate change are in my view effectively taken religions they have the reason i'm jealous of people who want to demonize you for being evoked if i go out and get

a job and they are example require me to wear leather shoes and i have a choice to wear not just what if i go into work and say that is my folly but i shouldn't look search i'm afraid every day but by the way i meet streatley cape town fairly state lobster in shanghai and every day i have a moral and philosophical belief that my lifestyle will be back such things like that slows down to a certain i have a fair amount of respect your for your life sounds you have no respect for my feelings state lobster and champagne lifestyle and you all you want stuff you always protected didn't know anything and you wish to observe you don't wish to upset in iraq which i think is really the problem here is about trying to do your best to avoid on march 28th and you can compare is that ridiculous feeling that this is an ethical. he'd be held and. dictate how they live lives i genuinely do not see why just because you refuse to reach a sense you being you should have the rights reaches an uncensored point i think

you are still killing a carrots just as you're killing a rabbit and therefore it would have to invite you states that if you have no right to kill anything i know then why would you have the right to tell a plant something and i'm not. all for it as a model and it's. everybody knows that it's not essential no it's not something you want is what i don't like we have no right to take away their lives on a razor. literally just been on air i can tell there's been development in a story it's been reported in a landmark ruling which basically is. this now saying that ethical they can assume is a philosophical belief and should be protected by law and an employment tribunal has rules for the ruled and this goes favor. because of his views on animal products a bit of a landmark case there and we brought that to you as it broke the story well so something is so far from moscow so far this friday the 3rd of january my name's

kevin oh it's coming up to 26 minutes past 2 in the afternoon follow all our stories and so much more r.t. dot com a social media and back with more in 34 minutes. but if she warned you i do the dishes at the balls more than those jeans nudist beach and she me you. know when you. mean is i mean that is without infringing balls. a lot of you will see as it fights about 2 kids each other both sides most schools. as if. the.

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one you know be all you can be all those themes that we've had throughout the years very very heavily masculine masculinity cannot be victimized because if you're a leader if you're a masculine person and you're victimized then you're weak the problem is that anybody can be a victim of sexual assault. and join the service in 1972 the military is a great way to life. and see the world. i got educated i love the military. was 19 and i went to the challenge all alone and the next thing i know i was laying on the ground i was struck from behind and 2 guys hold me down and one guy was pulling my pants down. and. just taking care of his business and you know struggled and i was being struck and hit and told you know told to shut up or they'd kill me. and i see how it destroyed

my life. i mean it i'm i've been married 3 times just luckily i have a wife right now who i've been married to for 25 years. you start wondering he start sort of you know you're coming up with reasons why things are the way they are and for a long time i kept thinking i don't know if this something something else. i had never told anybody over 30 years i decided to tell my wife. it was the scariest moment in my life i was going tell my wife she was going to leave me and i would be lost without her i mean it's the god i couldn't i couldn't get up every morning without my wife. you know. and i told i felt horrified and i felt sad and i felt angry and you know along the course of the evening.