break the news on r t international 6 people are reportedly killed in an airstrike in baghdad another one targeting a convoy carrying backed militia it comes after the u.s. killed. on friday. just stop a war. we did not. just start a war. president defending friday's attack as necessary to prevent a new conflict even as protests erupt across the middle east and the retaliation calling it an act of terrorism. in the french capital shoot and kill. 2 others.

and the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism and. fear that it will lead to further escalation in the region. broadcasting studio. international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us and we're going to start with our breaking news from baghdad this hour where a convoy belonging to iran back to militia has come under attack reports suggest 6 people have been killed and 3 others injured the popular mobilization forces have denied previous reports claiming the convoy carried its groups senior leaders saying it was rather medical in nature not that is just coming from them this comes just 24 hours after an american strike killed

a top of iranian general in the city. the popular mobilization forces is a state umbrella organization composed of around 40 mostly shia muslim militias it is known for playing a major role in the campaign to liberate the country from eisel several commanders of the pm for killed with iran general so money in the attack yesterday we talked to antiwar activists brian becker who feels sure washington is behind the latest attack as well. the united states is down a rampage donald trump in the pentagon are showing to the people of iraq and the people of iran to the governments of iraq and iran who's going to be the boss of iraq the united states has decided to use brute force to eliminate its what it perceives to be its adversaries and a showdown no matter how popular you might be or no matter what you claim the sovereignty might be we have ultimate power we have the $700.00 pound gorilla and

we sit wherever we want to sit i think there is a plan and i think the united states is is the saudi to sort of stop what they consider to be the winning streak of iran iran in the resistance forces in the region have succeeded the pentagon in trump must want a wider war in the middle east and they believe the u.s. can win that wider war this will be a catastrophe for the people of the region and ultimately for the united states now as we mentioned earlier the u.s. conducted an airstrike on friday that killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders a top iranian commander the sum of money died in the attack they are believed to have been the leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strike took place president trump has defended the assassination saying it was necessary to stop a war in the middle east tehran has blasted that notion promising a strong response. 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 there's a lot of them and this was an obvious terrorist move a move that entirely shouted cowardice in every respect we will not fall for the propaganda and blackmailed by the americans in whatever manner and when ever we deem appropriate other we will give the proper response. because i'm still a money lead the powerful could force and lead a branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavily involved in conflicts in iraq and syria and was instrumental in the territorial defeat of ice a large he's killam up and has more on the drone strike and of the kind of reaction

that 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 and the u.s. remains committed to deescalation that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from qassam salami in the iranian regime as well as to attempt 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 i still terrorists throughout the region however as we hear from the u.s. department of defense this was a defensive measure 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 soleimani 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. process indications that they may be planning that dissimilar tax 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 lives '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. his biggest strategic mistake in the west asia region now the iranian side is basically completely unified in saying there will be a retaliate to remove 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 solomon 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 is 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 solemn mani is in fact 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 you know

neil was joined by former u.s. congressman ron paul he explained how the 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 palosi and her guy was an o. 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 pandered to switch 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 defend 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 an

extra 3 fellows and 2 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 trump 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 place it's up and down and back and forth and i sort of i'm always hopeful that he really doesn't want to 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 so the money was widely revered of 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 bump 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 is our teams both lier. the 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 bet to 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 one mosque 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 assassination colored colored actresses 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 force for the source of israel with the united states and its just struggle with bruce security to stop the birds 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 the 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

a vase 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 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 that deterioration 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 have heard believes the iran hawks in washington fail to

grasp the ramifications of their actions. iraq was not warned congress was not consulted. this was trump and his neocon people more than likely mr cushman mr netanyahu who run mr trump essentially you know alongside compay are now the sort of officially you know no longer formally as part of the administration mr bolton because if you examine what's going on online you see these people posting messages of joy now even if they don't like us trust him so they money what they seem to not understand the ramifications of what they have done this move has united the iranian people it is really united the iraqi people the syrians the yemeni lebanon on the palestinian movement it's united everyone against america sound of death to america is getting louder and louder and louder and there's nothing america can do about it this is by its own hand by its own activity. french police say

one person has been killed and 2 others wounded in a knife attack in a suburb several kilometers south of paris officers shot and killed an assailant who reportedly attacked passers by at random parties in france correspondent charles devinsky reports. shock and horror in paris is yet another knife attack has taken place in the city this one to the south of paris in an area called view juhi if we understand that one person has been killed as a result of that attack and 2 others have been injured they're currently receiving treatment full those injuries no details on exactly how badly wounded they all now i would say that the man who carried out this attack was wearing a traditional arabic costume and screamed out the woods. 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 a man of the area and they named him as being family. people saying that he actually died while trying to protect his wife that attack and now we know that following that attack as the man fled the seems chased down by the police shot up 3 times and has been neutralized i.e. he is dead now i know all the camera and say here we suggest that this was. 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. i would like to commend the swift reaction of the police who intervened quickly to neutralize the. murderous rampage it was

a very brave act. as news of that attack spread supermarkets batten down the hatches closing down to ensure that the customers remain safe inside some of those customers waiting for several hours to be given the all clear. the police move that many will say is being a good step to try and protect customers. life from pages in the past have expanded going to other areas. libyan forces claimed to shot down a turkish aircraft as the head of the libyan national army declares a jihad on ancora several countries have meanwhile 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 they have called plans reckless the turkey's 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 in a phone call with the turkish leader the us president also raised concerns that foreign interference that could further complicate the situation in libya though the 2 did agree to maintain their diplomatic cooperation but take a look at the entire region in general multiple forces have been vying for power in libya since the ousting of longtime leader moammar gadhafi in 2011 now un backed government of national accord controls the capital tripoli along with some coastal areas in the west of the country its rival represented by the self-styled libyan national army under general holds large swathes in eastern and central libya if 3rd region is controlled by local tribes and militias you can see that mark down here in green of the u.n. ban for government formally requested military aid from turkey last month in the face of an onslaught by forces meanwhile libya's neighbors have

a voiced major reservations over troop deployment plans with egypt calling on the international community to respond we have been hearing analysis from turkey and beyond on a move and it's possible repr cautions. we see a very soft announcement by the arab league we could 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 north africa and the east and the middle east turkey's 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. move. greeks. egyptians. of course are very disappointed but i did 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 get 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. ethical veganism what is it while it's safe is a philosophical belief and now protected by law in the u.k. after an employment tribunal ruling the landmark case comes after a vegan man claimed he was sacked for his animal welfare beliefs jordi. says he was fired after accusing his former employer the league against cruel sports of

investing in animal testing with its pension fund something it denies before challenging its dismissal he took legal action to try and prove that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief which the british court has now ruled in favor of that means similar to a religion it is protected from discrimination under the u.k. the equality act the man at the center of the case says it is a big step forward for all the kids. 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. just to break this down a level begin is defined by not just excluding animal products from meals but also by choosing a particularly lifestyle they avoid all things that lead to animal suffering a lawyer for mr cause i mean john the 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 its own in the world for value the league did not

contest the issue of whether you can assume so should be a protected belief with the league minturn in that it's a relevant to the core reason for the dismissal. we discussed how far legal protection should extend with a representative from britain's vegan society and political commentator under walker. i would like to say my pen should be a damaged and undermined by somebody who insists that you call impacts in war normal to compensate we should not be at 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 and some is trying to generally aren't and you have a choice to invest in ethical action and he's not saying everybody he's just saying he's. fair and i don't rise and our ancient i think the concern is the very real health dangers of if you can die when you are a child i suitable for ages and i stated in clinic in bags children pregnant and

breastfeeding women for their people as well but doesn't want to do it because under this is the future to put 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 but this is good 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 what if i go into work and say that is my folly but i shouldn't look search i'm praying every day but by the way i'm extremely sounds fairly state lobstering shamgar in every day i have a moral and philosophical belief that my lifestyle will be back so. that this blows down to a certain i have a certain amount of respect your for your life sounds you have no respect for my

silly state lobster and champagne lifestyle and your you were shopping malls protected in law and you wish to observe you don't wish to observe and i write. which i think is really the problem trying to do your best to avoid imax 3 days and you can compare it to something ridiculous being that this is the end goal money to the hilt and for many people that dictates how they meet i genuinely do not see why just because you're a few streets a sense you you should have the rights. to your own eyes you are still killing a charity just as you're killing a rabbit and that's all it would cost to in my eyes you say that if you have no right to kill i don't think i know then why would you also write something i don't know if. i want to and say oh it's. everybody knows that i'm not essential there was not so anyone just. like we got no right to take away their lives on a razor. a senior police chief in the u.k.

says that years of austerity are making are a major excuse me factor in driving child exploitation back to levels not seen for more than 100 years devon and cornel chief constable sean sawyer says drug gangs are the driving force behind the rise in abuse. for these children they almost by its victorian times and to being criminally exploited these kids are looking for family and security for understandable reasons of austerity stay youth services have been vacated this gap of youth provision between the school and family is the void of the exploit is a feeling authorities say there have been almost 100000 suspected child victims in the past 2 years 2100 psi staggering 74 percent increase in comparison with the year before that equates to $726.00 more victims the chief constable also highlighted how government cuts were partly responsible for the situation cheryl

phoenix from anti disagree discrimination group in the black child agenda says it is almost impossible for children to escape the vicious circle of exploitation. these children a lot of people fail to see them as the victims of what's going on and then they become criminalized and once you become criminalized at such a young age it's almost impossible to get yourself back on track a lot of these young people that we find as part of these drug gangs as they're called have been permanently excluded have been rejected from society so i think we need to go back a few steps and even jill deal with our young people from a primary age level because as they get into secondary school which i can guarantee when they go back next week my phone will be ringing in constantly with children being kicked out of school for have a natural hair not having the right tie on or maybe their shoes so if we start stop doing this you know sledgehammer approach to what we are talking about as children then they wouldn't find themselves in these gangs in the 1st place but no one's actually listening or doing anything about the exclusion matter and the high rates

and the issues that we have with young people in the care system as well who if there was another study done you'd actually find that majority of these children have come through the care system are actually being exploited also in the sexual airiness in areas as well as just being on gangs and you know getting involved in county lines which a lot of them don't actually know what they're doing so is a much bigger picture it's not as simple as what's been said it's a big news night more news at the top of the hour stay with us this is our 2 international. so we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on offer and skeery dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that would be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

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