breaking news this hour on our team multiple rocket attacks are reported in iraq 3 percent who have hit the base where u.s. troops are stationed. reportedly strike close to be an american embassy in baghdad . also ahead a senior police chief says levels of child criminal exploitation in britain are victorian era levels. and increasingly powerful drug. rebel children at risk in armenia to where a criminal scheme has been revealed to helping foreigners legally.

247 news live from moscow this is r t international my names you know real hello and welcome to the program we begin with breaking news several rockets reportedly hit iraq in close vicinity to the american embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital for more on that i'm joined by our senior correspondent. rob what indeed is known at this stage while another. tense day in. these protests now we have in the evening reports of guided missile attacks. as you mentioned which also houses a number of american troops it is important to caution everybody to take the you know this is a very fired. mation has no official sources that have confirmed anything but

apparently 3 missiles 3 unguided rockets hit balad air base one of them apparently impacting on the runway there's no evidence yet reports of civilian or otherwise casualties whether anyone's been hurt or killed in this attack or material damage but we also see reports these these even less certain of a number of projectiles impacting in the green zone of baghdad the green zone is a very very heavily fortified area which houses all the embassies all the far contractors dignitaries visitors it's off limits it is soo secure that it is off limits to most iraqis just just just to make it clear it's very difficult to get into it's very difficult to get close enough to attack it as well which you know given recent events says that somebody somebody must have really tried if these

attacks are indeed verified all of this coming of course in the aftermath of the assassination the murder of so the mahdi the head of iran's quds force killed trumps orders just outside of baghdad airport a few days ago this was this was you know this is something that rocked the entire middle east now you have the united states military move belies the ron threatening revenge you have countries where the united states civilians citizens are being evacuated from a slew of countries and for this for this rocket attack to come now you know this this could be part of iran's response this could be entirely something that iran had nothing to do with we know that there are millions and millions of iraqis who who were inspired by mali to fight isis he played a tremendous role in movie lighting that p.m.s. the. the popular mobilization forces to fight isis is

a grassroots movement when the army was in shambles said me that there's fears that this this could be a response to the united states for what many see is an justifiable murder just just to mention also in the last few minutes they've been reports of p.m.s. forces the forces that supported their money being hate unclear by what perhaps an airstrike on the border with syria again no no further details yet but you know events are certainly being reported at the alarming frequency now asked asked what unfolded over the last several days here's our colleague kelly more. u.s. leadership has been saying on almost every platform they can find that they are working to deescalate tensions with the islamic republic of iran that was the time to take

this action so that we could disrupt the spot 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 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 u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad to by killing costume soleimani 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 is not the aggression by the us i mean they should they should

expect anything as it is a lot 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 a 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 iraq again. government and it's working in iraq's best interest however baghdad is completely on the happy with this move 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 the iraqis don't consider this to be a particularly friendly gesture what does he want to restart the civil 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 in 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 accuse the united states of spreading instability it's

a pity to see. the good it 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 roh deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively israel sterne's with the united states in this just struggle for peace security and so firms 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 accurate all sorts of allegations about solomonic 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. making a rash choice because they understand the neo cons who are behind chums 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 . is 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. and with the reports now on saturday the iranian military warned that it has dozens of potential targets for reprisal attacks on the u.s. the street of hormuz is a vital point for the west and a large number of american destroyers and warships cross their crucial american targets in the region have been identified by iran some 35 u.s. targets in the region as well as to leave are within our reach. let's go live now to buy or through political analysts nasiriyah follow

a you're very welcome as we say you're in the iraqi capital where the situation is very much on folding rapidly what is the situation like there from your sense how tense is it and what has been confirmed as regards today's reported attacks nasiriyah. a q arlie the situation. is a situation of shock and worry and great. strike was sudden and unexpected and of course there are some part of the iraqi people. happen i can say the man's 3. of the developments of the actions the military actions and the future

and this general mainstream i thought you was or president by. the last to stand me and the president. and the prime minister d. of course. popular mobilization for it's. already much respected here because of their. fighting isis and the secular faces. and long war against the use of these latest rocket attacks to dana syria if they're all confirmed of course how likely are they to have been carried out by iran or by she militia group started in iraq.

well i think of course enough information are not available yet but i think the 1st date of iranian officials there are retaliation will be rich and. i think iran. will be much stronger than individual actions or even maybe a proxy war i think of the statements of iranian officials shows of the ready for real. often and almost direct attack on certain. american targets the iraqi military has said you u.s. military activity will be limited in the country from now on i think we can take

a listen together brief from one of its spokespeople. after the recent events that have taken place it was decided that the work of u.s. forces in iraq will be restricted they can act only with iraqi consent but after such a stab in the back we will of course limit their activities. so quite direct words there from iraqi authorities can the country can or rock afford to distance itself from the u.s. though particularly given the baghdad government's fragility and the risk of a nice little research and. part of i'm sorry are. addressing me with this what kind of links right now are between baghdad and washington what kind of risks what happened if there are seem to be further apart here how good are relations.

yes of course of. these to be allies diversity and i think. part of the mentor a position resolution or legislation to. removing american troops and forces is just a matter of time. of course situate you know iraq already as living many weeks and months and a stable situation and what happened the last. few days you know 2 strikes one on the borders of iraq you syrian border there is against popular mobilization force and then after a few days now this us a nation of passing me still a minute and i'm doing my doing one this will my giving one this and there are

official so i think that the situation wants to probably. be it and the answer the danger will be. a form of politico a procedure to evacuated. forces and american forces and troops and. maybe ending the security agreement that was saying many years ago thank you very much for your time this hour necessary or for political speaking live to us right now live from. by death. well they have killing of iran's general salim a nice sparked protests among his supporters in the middle east further afield members of india's kashmiri shia community marched with images of him shouting anti-american slogans while in pakistan protesters wrapped coffins with the u.s.

flag and set them on fire in iran itself 3 days of mourning are underway and thousands have turned out in cities nationwide to honor the general. ok moving on to more 'd world news this hour a senior british police chief has warned that the levels of child exploitation in the country are edging towards their highest in over a century sean sawyer he leads britain's modern slavery policing efforts say's that drug gangs are the main driving force and the policies have also been a factor. for these children they almost back to victorian times and to being criminally exploited these kids are looking for family and security for understandable reasons most state youth services have been vacated this gap to youth provision between the school and family is the void of the exploited filling the home office figures say than owning them to loan there are more than 18 and a half 1000 its child victims in the past year an increase of almost 3 quarters from 2018. chief constable sawyer also pointed the finger of government cuts to

youth services but the home office insists it's doing all it can to stop child exploitation cheryl phoenix from the anti discrimination group the block child agenda so you see 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 caton 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 any think 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 the news continues in 90 seconds to close.

there's a lot of here is the economy where china has caught up or surpassed us you know the mobile payments markets 50 times the size of the us or over here still writing checks our banking system is not innovated. recently woken up the last couple years and go wow we don't even have a company that can make 5 g. equipment it's been a win win for china and it's been a lose lose for the u.s.

. 21 minutes past the hour welcome back there are some worrying revelations of vulnerable children in armenia it's been discovered for over 20 years a criminal network forced mothers to give up their newborns against their will so that they could be sold abroad for adoption reporting and not. 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 in 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 organized 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 but 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 it does make a better man was released several days later due to lack of evidence

a spark public outrage. a lawyer who has represented susanna since 2013 has he's 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 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 and said the 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 but then there must be a legal solution so that we could do validate the option of the child it's about selling children i will do everything i will not back down there must be a fair trial. huge discontent over pension reforms and from. our sins to the streets of porous once again this saturday the police are out in force to using tear gas to disperse the crowds.

yellow face protesters have joined the call to abandon the changes which would see the retirement age for many increased transport service workers doctors and teachers are among those who have turned out in the french capital protests are also planned in other cities including more say in strasbourg another meeting between the government and unions is scheduled for tuesday with hopes it may. if this situation. the top of the pick scene in a stream only aware the number of dead calls by bush fires there risen to 236 people so missing in 2 states new south wales and victoria the nation's largest warship is being sent to help with evacuations from the fire hit areas $3000.00 reserve troops also being called up on sunday hundreds of fires broke out damaging power lines on cutting off electricity skies turned red in the southeast of the country after wildfires intensified because of strong winds the 1st outbreak started back in

september so far on 1500 homes being destroyed. without as high sunday's new stories are looking for now i'm back in just a we're 38 but next i'm breaking down how the killing of iran's top general in iraq has moved markets starts in moments.

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and a very warm welcome to you watching us inside. there's a lot of here is the economy where china has caught up or surpassed you know the mobile payments market 50 times the size of the u.s. over here still writing checks our banking system is not innovated 5 g. we've kind of recently woken up the last couple years and while we don't even have a company that can make 5 g. equipment it's been a win win for china and it's been a lose lose for the u.s. . but if he warned you and i do the dishes at the balls more of those. speeches see me we need to you. know when you're. in the news i mean that is where that inference involved. a lot

of you will see as it fights about who could shout the most called. the. cabinet 5 days doing it so that. people who simply new to my neighborhood in total. this is boom bust broadcast around the globe and covering all aspects of business and its impact upon us all. and i'm just the i in washington has to like out what

that. it would almost be america's actually without any doubt is an act of state terrorism and violation of iraq's sovereignty mentioned in the middle east have. roiled markets that the u.s. has assassinated an iranian general in iraq we'll break down how the attack has moved markets and what this could mean for the future of geopolitical relations plus the saga of multinational businessman carlos ghosn takes another turn as he has managed to escape japan's argy correspondent sara as much as aopa and lauren fix the car coach are both on hand to help us break down the caper we have a pack show today so let's jump right in. and we begin the program with reaction to the assassination of a top iranian general in baghdad general custom somani who led a special forces unit of iran's revolutionary guard was killed in a u.s. drone strike on thursday the pentagon has confirmed the department of defense issued a statement on the attack saying the direction of the u.s. at the direction of the pres.