we took action last night just stopped. a war. we did not take action to start a war president trying to defend the airstrike which killed a top iranian commander in baghdad earlier friday as protests erupt across the region and iran val's retaliation calling it an act of terrorism. police in the french capital shoot and kill a knife wielding man after he stabs a one person to death and wounds it to others. and the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism as israel greece and cyprus fear it will lead to further escalation in the region.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our 2 international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us right in a televised speech donald trump has defended the killing of iranian general money and several others including iraqis in an airstrike on baghdad international airport on friday u.s. president said the attack was necessary to stop the war in the middle east solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago we took action last night to stop a war we did not. take action just start a war the world is

a safer place without these monsters the us an act of international terrorism targeting and assassinating general saloon monny the most effective force fighting dies isis al-qaeda and how he's extremely dangerous and foolish escalation the us busy responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism the early morning air raid also reportedly killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia militia leaders they are believed to have been leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place. the money lead the powerful could force an elite branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavily involved in the conflicts in iraq and syria and was instrumental in the territorial defeat of eisel artie's came up and has more on the drone strike and what kind of reaction it has triggered . we've got the u.s.

secretary of state mike pompei o making his rounds on american media and trying to make the case that somehow this effort by the united states in this recent killing is an effort to deescalate the situation with iran the u.s. remains committed to deescalation that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this deter further aggression from crossing salami in the iranian regime as well as to tempt to deescalate the situation qassam solomonic is often described as the 2nd most powerful person in the islamic republic of iran furthermore he was very very key in the defeat of the ice will terrorists throughout the region however as we hear from the u.s. department of defense this was a defensive measure that at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad to buy killing costume 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 now it certainly has been a dramatic week for the united states in the middle east and the pentagon seems to believe that qassam solid money was himself responsible for what has taken place in the last few days let's review. draw some indications that they may be planning the distal attacks if that happens and by the way we get word of attacks some type of indication will take preemptive action as well to protect american forces. to protect american one

'd. now iran's national security council held its meeting and said that at the emergency meeting that was convened they made quote the necessary decisions and that there is going to be some retaliation at the right time in place for what they say was the u.s. is biggest strategic mistake in the west asia region now the iranian side is basically completely unified in saying there will be a retaliatory move from the islamic republic for this killing now how the islamic republic will respond is not yet clear now it is important to note that the u.s. state department and u.s. media seem to be echoing very loudly that qassam solomonic is somehow responsible for the death of thousands of americans and that he is somehow a very bad guy they echo these allegations though there have been strong criticisms of of donald trump from the democratic side the risk of

a much longer military engagement in the middle east as acute. and immediately this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into now as he is known for donald trump has not been shy on social media defending his decision to take out qassam solomonic however it's important to note that in his responses donald trump has actually said that solo money should have been killed many years ago now what is interesting many critics are now wondering if the timing of the killing of a solid mani is in fact a suspicious people wonder if trump did this for political reasons as an attempt to frame himself in a good light as kind of a war hero for the upcoming 2020 reelection campaign earlier my colleague unit o'neill was joined by former u.s. congressman ron paul he explained how u.s.

airstrike reflects problems in american politics. both parties indorse you know interventionism when trouble at times he'll say the right thing i'm coming over i'm serious i'm bringing troops home who yelled and screamed the most not about the constitution but it was polo she and her gang were saying oh no he should do that he should do that. at that time you know removing troops is what we want as a libertarian no nobody should be paying switching parties or at least at this time of year because it's all politicized you have to separate the 2 groups of people who think the united states has an eye has an empire to fan and that they are morally justified to do it versus those of us who believe that we should be noninterventionist and follow the constitution and follow international law and the extra 3 fellows into u.s. troops are actually being deployed to the region growing tension was not on the

table from the start do you think what what this washington's strategy for the reason for the region as it's. well i think it's been very clear this is one thing that deserves credit for he's been consistent in his campaign and everything is going on he always wants to escalate you know the antagonism toward iran other places it's up and down and back and forth and i sort of i'm always hopeful that he really doesn't want another war and i think pompei when he gets up there and says all these really challenging aggressive things then he says we don't want war war why are we doing those things the people who are pushing it in an aggressive manner in our country they probably don't really want war but they want peace on their terms. in iran where solo money was widely revered the assassination has triggered an outpouring of grief and anger 3 days of mourning have been announced and thousands of iranians have turned out in cities across the country to honor the

general. u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe discussed events with russia's foreign minister in the phone conversation sergey lavrov accused his counterpart of violating international law and urged washington to abandon the use of force to achieve political goals with more reaction from across the globe here's our policy or. world has been responding with the number one concern being the issue that this will escalate tensions here in the middle east now we have heard from iran that it was over telly 8 iran's national security council calling this america's biggest security mistake its biggest strategic mistake which is again being echoed by it has said that the american actions will be stabilized in this serious is that the americans are feeling tensions we've heard from going to. the iran better group based in lebanon has an astrologer and he has urged the world's resistance to get together and exact revenge at the same time for mass which also receives backing

from gaza has expressed its condolences not iraq where the killing actually took place condemned what are called an aggression that it said would lead to a devastating war the assassination of an iraqi military commander is an aggression on iraq as a state government and people it's a flagrant violation of iraq's sovereignty and dangerous escalation that triggers a destructive war in iraq the region and the world it violates the conditions authorizing the presence of u.s. troops on iraqi soil syria condemns this act of association colored activists nation don't forget that they were killed in the c.b.d. an airport coming on board of a civilian aircraft. in a friendly country. now this way the prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier cut short a trip to greece to return home an emergency meeting was held here in tel aviv between

the military and intelligence chiefs to assess the situation all israeli institutions around the world have gone on high alert while on the northern and southern borders here in israel the army too has become more vigilant this is what netanyahu in praising the attack had to say the president. deserves all the credit for arkansas of course for the source of israel with the united states it's just struggled with bruce security and so. the american action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which iran is responsible we also see with great concern to around 60 of it is in the region we stand before dangerous escalation now the european response has been somewhat moderate although there has been concern expressed that this will lead to a deescalation it doesn't seem of this anyone is brave enough to come out and strongly and openly criticize the american president donald trump nato says it is

monitoring the situation particularly keeping an eye on its training forces in iraq also monitoring the situation is the egyptian government and they have called for a normalization to prevent a new escalation but at the same time we're hearing from the united kingdom it says while it recognizes the phrase that sort of money pose it is urging for a deescalation earlier there was a phone conversation between the russian president vladimir putin and his french counterpart emmanuel mccrone and both leaders agreed that the american strike would lead to a deterioration and we're hearing from france urging iran not to take steps that would lead to their tears and we've also heard from the u.n. secretary general he has urged maximum restraint saying that the last thing the world can afford is another war in the gulf. a political analyst we heard from believes the airstrike and of the way it was authorized it shows that america has a date on the global stage. is not democracy.

iraq was not warned congress was as he tried to stop those individuals some details coming through about the individual who is dead as a result of that attack the french media saying that he was a local man in these fifty's he was actually in the area and they named him as being found the. people saying that he actually was trying to protect his wife that attack and now we know that following that attack as the man fled this seems chased down by the police shot up 3 times and has been neutralized i.e. he is dead now you know all the camera and surveillance pictures from here we suggest that this was an attack the police are investigating to see if he had any accomplices and to make sure that the area is clear nothing else will happen tonight now the minister for the secretary of state for the interior ministry nor knew this visited the scene not long after that neutralize ation over the attack

and this is what he had to say but what. i would like to commend the swift reaction of the police. quickly to neutralize the salient and his murderous rampage it was a very brave act. as news if that attack spread supermarkets batten down the hatches closing down they do is to ensure that they customers remain safe inside some of those customers waiting for several hours to be given the all clear by the police movement that many will see as being a good step to try and protect customers. noise from pages in the past have sort of expanded and gone into other areas still ahead on our 2 international putting their faith in food a british court now says the good ism is a protected ethical belief we will tell you all about that and your reaction after a short break this is our trash.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. thinks . we dare to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often very dramatic developments only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down

and talk. or welcome back this is international now libyan forces claim it to a shot down a turkish aircraft as the head of the libyan national army declares jihad and that's after several countries have condemned the turkish parliament decision to send troops to libya israel greece and cyprus have voiced their concern over a possible escalation of the conflict in the region as well they have called plans reckless the turkish decision to deploy troops in libya presents a dangerous threat to regional stability the repercussions of such reckless moves

will be dire for the stability and peace of the entire region. i did a phone call with the turkish leader the us president also raised concerns that foreign interference could further complicate the situation in libya though the 2 did agree to maintain their diplomatic cooperation so it is pretty viable situation there now multiple forces have been vying for power in libya since the ousting of longtime leader moammar qaddafi in 2011 the un backed government of national accord controls the capital of tripoli you can see that appear light blue with some coastal areas in the west of the country it's rival represented in by the self-styled libyan national army under general holds large swaths of the country in eastern and central libya a 3rd region is actually controlled by local tribes and militias you can see that marked down here in green the u.n. backed government formally requested military aid from turkey last month in the face of an onslaught by half the us forces meanwhile libya's neighbors have voiced

major reservations over troops deployment plans with egypt calling on the international community to respond we have been hearing analysis from turkey and beyond on close move and it's possible it's. 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 is showing that it's not going to shy away and 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. egyptians. of course are very disappointed by just decision. 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 back 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. i were getting reports in just now that there are new attacks conducted by the united states on another convoy in north baghdad killing 6 people this is different from the events of last night and early this morning and this is according to an iraqi army source of course our news room is following the situation we will continue to update this developing story as more information comes in of course we are just getting it in now and we'll stay on top

of it more fuel to the fire so to speak. right switching gears completely ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and now protected by law in the u.k. after an unemployment tribunals ruling the landmark case comes after a vegan man claimed he was fired for his animal welfare beliefs jordie. chandler says he lost his job after accusing his former employer the league against cruel sports of investing in animal testing with its pension fund something it denies before challenging his dismissal he took legal action to try and prove that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief which a british court has now ruled in favor of that means similar to a religion it is protected from discrimination under the u.k.'s equality act the men are the man rather at the center of the case and says it is a big step forward for all the guns it will help the promotion of egotism as

a lifestyle because vegans who might be afraid about talking about their belief there might be feeling that they're not welcome they will feel empowered now so what is an ethical vegan well that is defined not just by excluding animal products from meals but also by choosing a particularly lifestyle they avoid all things that lead to animal suffering and lawyer for. excuse me john a former employer says he was fired for gross misconduct and in principle the company was not against ethical veganism becoming an official belief in view of value believe did not contest the issue of whether you can assume so should be a protected belief with the league minturn and the relevant to the cool reason for the dismissal we discussed how far legal protection should extend with a representative from britain's vigen society and a political commentator andrea 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 we want to criticize something we should be able to criticize it but it's an instrumental instance and but aren't and you have a choice seen as an ethical action and he's not saying everybody he's just saying he's working for and i don't rise and are ancient i think the concern is the very real health dangers of if he can die or to kill you when you are a child. or a just a nice status in clinic and begs children and breastfeeding women for their people as well he doesn't want to do it because somebody this is the future i'm going to sit on was a comment of horror help something not all of us can do to help combat climate change and to be kinder into the animals that we should spend this it but this is the very socratic 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 their it i'm jealous of people who want to demonize you for being evil if i go and get a job and they are example require me to wear leather shoes and i have a choice to wear not look but what if i go into work and say that is my plate but i shouldn't look search i'm praying every day but by the way i'm extremely chain jounces a state lobster in shanghai and every day i have a moral and philosophical belief that my lifestyle will be back so i think that this boils down to is that i have a certain amount of respect your view your life sounds you have no respect for my fil it state lobster and champagne lifestyle and you all you were shopping malls are protected in law and you wish to observe you don't wish for example in iraq which i think is really the problem here is about trying to do your best to avoid the nice 3 days and you can compare it to some ridiculous thing that this is an egg . and then each gut instinct the utility and for many people that dictates how they

meet their lives i genuinely do not see why just because you refuse to eat a sentient being you should have the rights of an uncensored point i.e. you are still killing the carrots just as you're killing a rabbit and that's all it would have to in minds you say that if you have no right to kill anything. then why would you have the right to kill a plant and say i don't know the difference so to chop all the dogs for tens and tell them all the elements. everybody knows that was not essential never was not to something and you want a lot of acting better i go out of most yeah like we had no right to take away their lives for no reason. oh the things we argue about this is arch international be back with more news of top the hour.

join me every thursday on the elec simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. this idea as you point out the anecdotally cheney fired all the cia agents in the field because they were too sympathetic to the locals and he felt that was a liability in the major media spheres of washington d.c.

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military. was 19 and i want to challenge all alone and the next thing i know i was laying on the ground i was struck from behind and 2 guys will hold me down to one day i was pulling my pants down. i don't. know. 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've been married 3 times does luckily i have a wife right now who i've been married to for 25 years. you start wondering you 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 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 to tell my wife she was going to leave me and i would be lost without her i mean that's the.