chemistry is the melody the melodies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is a symphony of strings. the rock is hit by a 2nd strike targeting a convoy carrying iran backed militia reportedly killing 6 cover less than 24 hours after the u.s. killed iran's top commander claiming it's committed to deescalate tensions with iran. the senior police chief says levels of child trouble exploitation in britain are back to victorian levels austerity and increasingly powerful drug gangs. and vulnerable kids at risk. schemes revealed helping foreigners illegally adopt youngsters.

in the capital works for joining us on r.t. international and daniel. in baghdad a convoy carrying belonging to iran backed militia has come under attack reportedly killing 6 a u.s. led coalition spokesperson has tweeted the u.s. did not conduct the strike that's just a day after washington admitted killing iran's top general money for the latest assault the convoy zoner the popular mobilisation forces claim the vehicles were medical and were not carrying the group's leaders of the popular mobilization forces isn't a rocky state sponsored umbrella organization comprised of around 40 muslim militias mostly shere is known for playing a major role in the campaign to liberate the country from eisel several of its commanders were killed during friday's attack well that strike killed 10 including iran's most senior military commander money it was conducted on

a direct order of donald trump and the u.s. president has defended the assassination saying it was necessary to prevent war in the middle east and it sparked widespread fury. 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 to start a war this. this was an obvious terrorist move a move that entirely shouted cowardice in every respect we will not fall for the propaganda and blackmail by the americans in whatever manner and when ever we deem appropriate we will give the proper response for the killing of iran's general salim mani sparked protests across several middle east countries and further afield

as well members of india's kashmiris shia community marched with images of salim mahdi shouting anti-american slogans in neighboring pakistan protesters wrapped coffins with the u.s. flag and set them on fire and in iran itself 3 days of mourning are on the way in thousands of tons out in cities nationwide to honor the general. u.s. leadership has been saying on almost every platform they can find that they are working to be asked late tensions with the islamic republic of iran we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war 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 it's not an easy case to make killing the country's 2nd the most powerful person most well known military leader and

commander of the elite could force of the revolutionary guards doesn't look like deescalation however washington insists its actions were a defensive measure at the direction of the president the us military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad by killing costumes still in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the iranians are already promising revenge the supreme national security council of iran held an emergency meeting on friday and announced that they had made difficult decisions at the right time and place the vengeance will be extracted it's not through aggression by the us i mean they should they should expect anything as it is all of this this aggression the international community is now gripped by fear that we could be on the brink of war there is no justification under international law and moral law our constitution is just aggravation and the fact that they are in the way as

a guest and have an embassy there we've never had been given any authority to do what we did i think it's morally wrong and if they're doing this to make us safer they said that we had they had to do this to make american safe complete nonsense i feel less safe because there will be retaliation and expansion and who knows what is going to lead to. washington says it's an ally of the iraqi government and it's working in iraq's best interest however baghdad is completely unhappy with this move the assassination of an iraqi military commander. 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 the iraqis don't consider this to be a particularly friendly gesture we want to restart the su war again among the shia

who don't want this to happen what has happened is a blatant violation of iraqi sovereignty the fact that he's a high state official and a government that we're not at war with we've crossed the rubicon not only in tehran but in moscow beijing pyongyang caracas they all have to sit there and say to themselves all right the americans dell feel entitled to kill anybody and our government because of what over what disagreements over syria or whatever else. the international response has been vocal china says it is concerned turkey is angry and syria accused the united states of spreading instability it's a pity to see. the great but what if the united states used. to kid somebody. the way gangs do it but not everyone agrees though israel says job well done president wrote deserves

all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively busy with the united states in this just struggle force peace security and so forth and america's nato allies are not thrilled at all we have woken up to more dangerous world the us action did not make it any easier to reduce tensions we had all parties to deescalate for the conflict is in none of our interests. it didn't exactly go over well at home either american media has echoed all sorts of allegations about solid. well most americans had never heard of before saying he is the new face of terrorism and evil but democrats say that trump is rushing the country to war without congressional approval the risk of a much longer military engagement in the middle east is acute. and immediate. 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 donald trump is defending his move he says he saved lives and that he's protecting the country however in some of his responses he's actually said that solomonic should have been killed years ago so why now is perhaps donald trump trying to play the card of being a national savior in the lead up to an election i don't foresee the iranians making a rash choice because they understand the neo cons who are behind shams policy and trump him so funny iran they don't want anything more than to have iran do a very who are high profile strike back the us propaganda machine is in high gear demonizing stolen money who 99.9 percent of americans had never heard of 2 days ago . worse than hitler killing americans left and right none of this is true none of

this is supported by facts but the propaganda machine is on high high high alert and americans are being prepared for another war so i don't see the iranians taking the bait. a senior british police chief says levels of child exploitation in the country of back to levels not seen in more than a century sean sawyer who leads britain's modern slavery policing efforts blames austerity is one major factor that drug gangs are the driving force. for these children they are almost back to victorian times into being criminally exploited these kids 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 exploited filling the home office figures say that in england alone there were more than 18 and a half 1000 suspected child victims in the past year that's an increase of more than 73 percent in the previous year which of course they will sawyer also pointed

the finger at government cuts to youth services the home office though insists it's doing all it can to stop child exploitation cheryl phoenix from the anti-discrimination group the black child agenda says it's almost impossible for youngsters to escape once they're dragged into a cycle of criminality. 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 jilt 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 it is a much bigger picture it's not as simple as what's been said. were boring revelations about vulnerable children in armenia as well where it's been discovered that for over 20 years a criminal network forced mothers to give up their newborns against their will so they could be sold abroad for adoption reporting next to. this is a story with many children involved but it is not one of these typical happy ending

tales a team might expect to hear during holiday season an investigation is on to go now in armenia into an alleged black market adoption network believed to have been operating for years to citizens of the republic of armenia using their contacts in one of the republican obstetrical institutions or go. the adoption of more than 3 dozen children more than 30 babies to italy and there were also cases of adoption by u.s. couples one of the victims has been trying to achieve justice for almost 2 decades already her name is susanna she says 20 years ago doctors pressured her to give up her daughter stella threatening to report her case of a 16 year old mother to police and her father she signed papers refusing her rights . because i held my baby in my arms after he was born i stayed in the hospital for another 2 days or so but i didn't see him ever again they told me that he was born

prematurely and didn't survive i was given some peoples to sign but it was too weak to understand what i was signing in december they are mean and authorities detained the country's chief ops attrition who sits on the accuses of threatening her and other officials as part of the probe does make a better man was released several days later due to lack of evidence it sparked public outrage because then you're a lawyer who has represented susanna since 2013 has his explanation for 7 long years we were shouting about it at every corner this is a mafia that is stronger and more powerful than the one controlling drug traffic i can say there were relatives of the rulers involved. in 2017 human rights watch released a 102 page report titled when will i get to go home documenting thousands of cases of children in armenia needlessly often forcefully isolated separated from their families and placed to institutions more than 90 percent of them have at

least one living parent it's had they international ngo then tried to draw attention to disturb in inaction by authorities the government of armenia has made some bold commitments to reduce the number of children in institutions but needs to make sure this promise is backed by serious sustained action 2 years later last september the authorities noticed that 4 times as many children went to foreigners rather than to locals and started investigation all adoptions have since been suspended in armenia which might be a good news though changes little for those who believe their kids were wrongfully given away years ago and. there must be a legal solution so that we could do validate they don't shoot the child it's about selling children i will do everything i will not drive down there must be a fair trial. coming your way rewarded for pushing painful reforms why there's

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dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. the program france has revealed the nominees for its highest states all of the legion of honor some of the names are causing more than a little nation though including the head of the french branch of american asset management the country's controversial pension reforms blackrock is one of the

world's largest asset management but in france since 2006 last summer the new push for promises in parts of the french pension system with the u.s. . is accused of trying to take advantage of the country's divisive reforms which have seen weeks of crippling strikes short of looks at whether the company could cash in if the reforms to get through. to be awarded france's a legion of own a medal is to receive the country's highest award so no doubt this year's recipients were pleased as punch to know that they'd been given the nords when the list was announced one name provoked rather than appreciation it was that of the. head of the french branch of the american management company black rock. well critics accuse blackwater of trying to cash in on the controversial pension changes that are currently being pushed through by the french government. directly benefit

from the pension reform. the chose to honor the lead of blackrock france is nothing but an anecdote blackrock is simply the dark side of the pension reform john transource you believe president of blackrock france is promoted to officer of the legion of warner on january the 1st as a reward for pillaging of our pay as you go passions the presentation of the legion of honor it is on france was to release a provocation it reveals the close ties that exist between the graun and the world of finance he's selling the retirement system to american pension funds it's a big deal strikes against pension reform and now into this week it's the longest running strike in the century across problems people have taken to the streets to let the government know that plans to merge 42 different pension plans into one universe system at the same time is raising the age of retirement are not welcome.

if you lose on pension reform lose and everything and the next issue is the form of social security and social protection and. we are not at all in favor of the status quo we are in favor if the system but not tearing it down and we will go on it until it is withdrawn and improved but has already come under fire off it was accused of attacking french pensions now it's alleged to have provided recommendations to the government in regards to reform and way and it will benefit from any privatization of france's redistributive pay as you go pension schemes something the government and but cork is at pains to do no i in no way have to exert and influence on the current pension system citron what does matter is the french market is a box of trees from blair clark stop talking nonsense it represents nothing

compared to tests. and this is a big but in an internal document unveiled by for. stevie in many t. last month that books of treats is a lot bigger than the secretary of state to my time do you believe it outlines the high market value in france and how black rock wanted a piece of the pie critics say bestowing the legion of honor on black ops manning fronts is a rude for the pillage of the country social retirement system and while blackrock perhaps isn't as well placed as others to take a huge slice of french pension savings it certainly is primed and ready to jump into the market a lot of people are afraid that the complete french pension scheme is going to change that this is just a 1st big step to go to something more. totally funded which is the courtroom what's going on today in france and this is obviously from a political point of view very bad time in the middle of these massive strikes

which is where we're going this is going on for practically over a month richard records now a lot of satisfied a lot of people who are very tired of the strikes from the people say that they will stop the strikes until the government draws back from its initial that it's giving the impression that there is a plan b. that there is something created by the government is actually just laying down the grounds of the 1st project but there's something worse coming out. austria is aiming to become europe's environmental leading champion as the country's green party gets its 1st taste of government it's a key pledge from chancellor sebastian kurtz who is now leading an unprecedented coalition between his conservatives the greens our europe correspondent peter all of it takes a look on how the unlikely alliance might work out. so i asked him to be back as chancellor of austria and at 33 years of age the world's youngest head of

government his conservative people's party agreed to a coalition deal with the greens on the year's day his previous government that was with the right wing freedom party collapsed amid scandal could says now though he can be both tough on immigration and protect the planet it's east muki it is possible to cut taxes and make the tax system more environmentally friendly as possible to protect the climate borders scheme there's a point in the program about tax relief for those who work but at the same time before there are measures to fight illegal immigration and political islam the greens still have to rubber stamp the agreed deal at a special party congress this week but this turquoise green mix certainly has more of the turquoises of the conservative people's party when it comes to policy and. among the main sticking points for green members agreeing this deal are concerns

surrounding immigration migration and austria's ban on the wearing of the islamic headscarf currently children up to the age of 10 barred from wearing this item of clothing under the new deal that would rise to 14 also in the mix is the establishment of more deportation centers for failed asylum applicants secured detention plans or a policy from the previous deal with the rightwing freedom party greens actively campaigned against this in the past saying it unfairly targeted migrants tax reform and changes to how party financing works in austria are also going to have to be accepted by the greens if they're to be allowed to be able to push through their climate package while part of a coalition government but apart from gradually reducing. c o 2 emissions that climate package is pretty thin when it comes to detail despite

this their leader seems happy with the agreement it was not easy but we have not been elected because we can only achieve easy things and we are here to take responsibility for it is certainly true that we are the 2 biggest winners in the election but we have been elected for different reasons we have a great deal of responsibility and out of respect for democracy that we tried to start pushing dialogue in terms of climate protection we have probably made agreements beyond what we expected and austria must become a forerunner in europe and internationally on the issue of climate protection despite some reservations the greens are expected to give this agreement their blessing in exchange for that seat at the top table this is very canny politicking from. he came to power in 2015 making a pact with the populists at the very height of the microphone crisis. the tough of the thought of control pledges are still there in this deal however what it's now

joined by is a commitment to the climate or be it with the purse strings of government very firmly in the hands of his conservatives something that may be watched quite keenly by austria's closest neighbor cortes is now trying to address the 2 main issues of the next decade immigration and climate change this can become an interesting test case for germany and indeed for europe german conservative underlines plan to carbonized europe's economy received a lot of support in the european parliament in one of her 1st outings as president and it's thought that as germany ponders a post merkel future a blend of green income servitor of maybe the way in berlin as it is brussels in hours it's set to be vienna peter all of r.t. berlin. the director of the austrian economics center says the greens are adopting

center right start solve risk breaking up the coalition. well it's definitely a very promising experiment that will show it security on the one hand and it's a logical renewal can we combine both parties show all their strengths and they allowed to put their own. issues their own topics within the coalition treatment so it's like f. caroline our running of both parties and that war of the equality the they probably operate parallel so they're my the grounds for conflict in the future is pretty strong and very strict on what he wants and what he has presented during the election campaign he sticks to the promises that he has made so either the greens adapt to the. center right policies are of course as the

stronger party or there will be a constant conflict with their leader within the party and then eventually a breakup of their. pact of the treaty to. this time of the year is known as the season of giving and for one toddler from florida it's proving to be quite live training experience she was born with a prominent facial birthmark and now a russian benefactors come to her family's. was . being. taken to. that we're having leg beds a lot of bad situations to people calling for her most there and make clear the church and nato child asked her mother well what's that on the her face and her mother was like oh my god that's the most there that's 2 other big and that's was the worst situation but

a lot of people like pointing at this tree and the only caveat is that conceives we were. looking is of the location is very difficult from the point of view of classic surgery it's almost impossible to remove it without creating serious trouble for her eyelids and the outcome of such a massive skin graft would be rather modest plus a small baby doesn't have enough to issues for transplantation. she contacts me with better results than in the us compare each other doctors that i saw in the usa he was one of the best actually before i came everybody's are calling me crazy my goal here to try something so far so all the french you know.

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