multiple rocket attacks in iraq. base where u.s. troops are stationed a residential area the highly secured bringing the region close to the american embassy are targeted. also ahead on the program the streets be iraqi capital holding funeral for those killed in friday's u.s. or a raid including iran's top general meanwhile protests against american strikes erupt in more than 70 cities across the u.s. demanding america gets all of the middle east. and in armenia criminal schemes being revealed helping foreigners illegally youngsters we get in

major. life from our international news center this is our to your room welcome to the program my name's you know. our top story violence is ramping up in iraq where several rocket attacks taken place including in close vicinity to the american embassy in baghdad a military base near the capital and also reports of a strike on a base in the northern city of mosul he gave me the details a little earlier. well something is definitely in the air and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well within with all the context around that people can draw conclusions out of the situations so far 3 confirmed

strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed 2 not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green of the so-called green zone areas indeed yes it is it is like a city within a city i've got the general baghdad and then there's a very. very aware not all people are being let in that is heavily guarded apparently towards targeted as well as some mortar shells landed not far from an american embassy there which is located there some unconfirmed reports of airstrikes not far from the city of mosul of an iraqi regional army base where apparently american troops are stationed as well now as i'm saying this is not clear whether or not they were targeted and again we do not know were those strikes

originated from so still we still have to look into that now all of that comes again it comes against the backdrop of the killing of the reigning in general in iraq seems to be money he was the 2nd most powerful figure in iran and in so top a top general also hezbollah in iraq a militant group that has enjoyed support of iran it has warned the rocky government that they that their people that the rockies should probably stay away from any bases where american troops are located where american troops are stationed his ball has said that his ball in a. that. everyone should stay away from it least one kilometer away from those from those places so a lot of tension in the you know world war 3 has been trending in the past in the past few days and in general this whole conflict between iran and the united states

and with the escalation that they got by the killing by killing this top general my colleague. he's been looking into that and he's has we're told. the 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 this plot deter further aggression from crossing still a mommy 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 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 then jenn's will be extracted of aggression by the u.s. 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 we're there in a. way as a guest and have an embassy there we'd 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 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 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 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 now feel entitled to kill anybody and our government because of 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 great bubble of the united states used. look at 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 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 parties to deescalate for the conflict is in none of our interests. they didn't exactly go over well at home either american media has echoed all sorts of allegations about solid money 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 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 donald trump is defending is 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 shawn's 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. well on saturday iranian military warned that it howlers dozens of potential targets for reprisal attacks. 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 tell of eve are within our reach iran is in the same position perhaps that the u.s. going of course and after that of only american drones in the gulf and after that attack on kerry one base near where an american contractor and some american soldiers were wounded that i'm doing a lot of pressure to react and so therefore i think that iran has been warning if you run this name through the supreme guide of the standard republic up with this military officials its president that they will take decisive action so there will likely to be action otherwise this will undermine their credibility 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 what will the u.s. through when they want us assuming the parliament the government called for the withdrawal of u.s. forces will they rise will drop as what a former senior official well the. intelligence agency of the pentagon colonel lang and it was a middle east expert who said if we don't grow up that we're going to be seen as imperialist hypocrites and if we call this law also influence and impact the u.s. position although he said that president trump has always wanted to get out of iraq so this may be a chance if that happens for him to withdraw. meanwhile protesters are marching in iran 70 american cities with one of the biggest rallies currently taking place in new york's times square several 100 people are waving

a really influx on holding portraits of general soul of money they're also urging the u.s. to leave the middle east activists from groups veterans for peace the antiwar coalition another pos a fist organizations are there to earlier hundreds gathered some of senate minority leader chuck schumer's apartment block shouting no war with iran. paper rolling in the iraqi city of in a just where they coffins of general has seen the money the deputy leader of iraq's popular mobilization forces muhammad ali but he may have a rived earlier in the capital where the assassination took place thousands of militiamen and supporters chanted america is the great satan during a funeral procession so the money's body is jus to be returned to iran on sunday. let's focus on iran's capital now where thousands turned out to mourn the death of their top general demonstrators could be seen chanting anti-american slogans on burning u.s. flags in tehran reporting r.t.r.

of a correspondent omar how wash. now many. people into iran and other iranian cities are protesting against the assassination of general qassam solely money here in the center of tehran and palestine square we see that this mass protest has turned into a funeral procession american and israeli flags have just been burned here the protesters are demanding that iran responds to the act of terror by the u.s. they say that the response should be urgent shattering and destructive towards the u.s. and those who help them with the preparations for the killing president haasan rouhani has stated that the consequences of tsunamis death are going to last for years iran won't forget this appalling crime many iranian officials are also discussing the possible response speaking at a demonstration at the university of tehran the islamic revolutionary guard corps

deputy commander general ali davi announced that the response would not just come from iran it's going to involve all the territories where the axis of resistance exists. to more world news the number of dead caused by bush fires in a stray or has risen to 236 people. so still missing in 2 states new south wales and victoria the nation's largest warship is being sent to help with if i can ration from the fire hit areas 3000 reserve troops been called up on saturday hundreds of fires broke. and cutting off electricity skies turned red in the southeast of the country after wildfires intensified because of strong winds they 1st started back in september amidst record temperatures so far around $1500.00 homes have been destroyed. a scandal in armenia a criminal network has been uncovered there which for over 20 years force mothers

to give up their newborns against their will so that they could be sold for adoption abroad but the story artie's read from the national. 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 and 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 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 people 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 it sparked public outrage. 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 the 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 they international ngo then tried to draw attention to disturb in inaction by authorities the government of armenia has made some both commitments to reduce the number of children in institutions but needs to make sure those promises backed by serious sustained action 2 years later last september the authorities notice 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 then there must be a legal solution so that we could do validate the don't should of the child it's about selling children i will do everything i will not back down there must be a fair trial. on the way rewarded for pushing painful reforms why there's anger in france over awarding a top gong to an american boss linked to the country's the voice of pension changes that's a longer story still. 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. they don't want those reporters those stars to rub elbows in the great unwashed of the flyover states because they may become sympathetic to the working class they

may become sympathetic to the disenfranchised. what holds in. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to be 1st that's what before 3 of them all can't be good. because they always in the water. fish should. hello again huge discontent over pension reforms in france are drawing followers

and so into the alpha news on the boulevards of parlous once again this weekend place out in force to using tear gas to disperse the crowds. i. i i yellow press protesters have joined the call to the changes which would see the retirement age for many had increased transport service workers doctors teachers among those who turned out in the capital protests are also occurring in other cities including more say in strong support the meeting between the government and the unions a schedule for choose me with hopes that it made the fuse the situation. staying in front of the country has revealed the nominees where it's a state award the legion of honor but some of the names are causing more than a little consternation including the head of the french branch all the american asset management company linked to the country's controversial pension reform law is one of the world's largest asset management firms now has operated in france

since 2006 last summer in a partly pushed for privatizing part of the french pension system with a us style format it's accused of trying to take advantage of the country's deeply divisive refer. which led to crippling strikes short dubinsky looks at whether the company could cash in if the reforms 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 yet when the list was announced one name provoked. appreciation it was that of the. head of the french branch of the american management company black rock why well critics accused 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

antidote 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 their 5th week it's the longest running strike in half a century across problems people have taken to the streets to let the government know that plans to merge 42 different pension plans into one universal system at the same time as raising the age of retirement are not welcomed so. if we lose on pension reform lose and everything and the next issue is the form of social

security and social protection. we are not at all in favor of the status quo we are in favor of improving the system but not tearing it down and we will go on until it is withdrawn and improved but has already come under fire officers 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 deny in no way have. an influence on the current pension system citron what the french market is a box of trees from stop talking nonsense. and there is a big but in an internal document unveiled by french t.v. in many t. last month that books of. streets 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 orchid wanted a piece of the pie critics say bestowing the legion of honor on black ops manning fronts is a rule of the pillage of the country social or time system and while black rock perhaps isn't as well placed is this to take a huge slice of french pension savings it certainly is primed and ready to jump into the market and other people are afraid that the complete pressure of pension scheme is going to change and that this is just the 1st big step to go to something which would be more article which would be a totally funded scheme which is the contrary of what's going on today in france and this is obviously from a political point of view very bad timing and the middle of these message strikes which is we're going this is a new structure going on for practically over a month we're reaching records now a lot of people and so satisfied

a lot of people who are very tired of the strikes from the people said that they won't 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 hidden and that the government is actually just laying down to the grounds of the 1st product of this something worse coming out. a lot is where we leave our news stories for now a bit off the short of the break said time to count up but some more greats are t. programs. you know world a big part of the new lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the

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i'm absolutely welcome to going underground we will be back with a brand new season starting on january the 8th but until then we will be showing some of your favorite shows from the last season of the decade coming up in this show we go to ramallah to hear from the former palestinian prime minister nabil shaath now senior advisor to president abbas plus what is netflix's the crown season 3 not telling you about the british monarchy u.k. former home office minister and privy councillor to the queen norman baker reveals all that you won't hear from the mouths of a libya coleman and helena bonham carter all of them all going up in today's going underground the 1st this month marks 45 years since yasser arafat became the 1st so-called on state leader to address the united nations general assembly in his speech he claimed optimism based on the attitudes of human rights of the u.n. charter and this attitude heightens the hopes of all the world attached to the u.n.

contribution in defending the issues of peace justice and independence to create a new world free from colonialism imperialism neo colonialism and racism in all its forms including zionism he went on to offer israel and all of the 15 years ago last monday he would be dead israel still continuing to violate un security council resolutions and in the past few days fighting has intensified between the so-called largest prison camp in the world gaza and illegally occupied israeli settlements israel's ambassador to london has not got back to going underground and successive representatives have never been avail. able for interview on this program joining me now from ramallah is senior palestinian official and former chief negotiator and prime minister of palestine neville shaath now bill thanks for coming on the program so the idea of says they attacked underground rocket launchers elite launching stations underground terrorist infrastructure and military forces of the

islamic jihad organization your reaction to the renewed violence in gaza and the occupied territories and israel this is a pure cold blooded murder this is an assassination i mean this is this is not this is not a warfare this is a deliberate assassination of of people in their homes. killed with them their wives their brothers their children. this is the specialty of israelis who do. and his wife where they are not terrorists as the israeli says and whether or not therefore justifiably killed by the israeli government there is no justification for a cold blooded murder of somebody in his home and his wife they did they if he if he were to be caught in israel the red handed.