multiple rocket attacks in iraq missiles hit the air base where u.s. troops are stationed as well as the highly secured green zone containing the u.s. embassy and a residential area in baghdad. in the meantime the streets of the iraqi capital holding funeral processions for those killed in friday's u.s. air raid including your top general protests against american airstrikes erupt in more than 70 cities across the u.s. demanding the u.s. get out of the middle east. and a scandal in our media as a criminal scheme is revealed which helped foreigners illegally adopt newborns for over 2 decades.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly. violence is ramping up in iraq and the u.s. has confirmed that several rocket attacks have taken place including close to the american embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital there are also reports of a strike on a base in the northern city of mosul earlier you know neal discuss the details with our. 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 highly secured areas indeed yes it is it is like a city within a city and it got the general baghdad and then there's a very sort of an area where not all people are being let in that is heavily guarded or parent was 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 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 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 there are people that the rockies should probably stay away from any bases where american troops are located where american troops are stationed. as ball in. that. everyone should stay away from 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 in iran in 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 is 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 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 the 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 buy killing costumes still in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the iranians are already promising revenge

for 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 the south of 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 moral law our constitution is just aggravation and the fact that we're there in . 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 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 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 tell 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 poet of 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 force for the size of your business with the united states in this to a struggle for spruce security and so forth america's nato allies are not thrilled at all we have woken up to a 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.

didn't exactly go over well at home either american media has acted 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 high profile strike back the us propaganda machine is in high gear demonizing soleimani 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 on saturday the iranian military warned of that it has dozens of potential targets for reprisal attacks president trump made clear his position is well the strait 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 this serve as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or american assets we have targeted $52.00 iranian sites and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard the usa wants no more threats. it has not taken long for the iraqi government to react either in iraq military spokesperson has announced to the country will limit the action of american forces on its soil in light of recent events from now on that the us will be able to conduct military operations only with iraqi consent he also called the drone attack that took a general cell the money's a life a stab in the back middle east expert edwin vary but gave us his assessment of events. what clues that you want us to do well do you want us assuming the parliament the government local or the role of u.s.

forces will do us will drop as one former senior. intelligence agency. colonel lang was a middle east expert to say if we don't grow up that we're going to be seen in period lists hypocrites and if we pull this little also influenced. you most position well that we said that president trump has always wanted to get out of iraq so this may be a chance if that happens for him to. well meanwhile protesters have marched in around 70 american cities with one of the biggest rallies taking place in new york's times square hundreds several 100 people waved iranian flags and held portraits of general so the money they urged the u.s. to leave the middle east activists from the groups veterans for peace the anti-war coalition and other pacifist organizations were also present earlier hundreds

gathered outside senate minority leader chuck schumer's apartment block shouting no war with iran and people have rallied in the iraqi city of najaf where the coffins of general money and the deputy leader of iraq's popular mobilization forces muhammad ali ebrahimi arrived earlier in the capital baghdad where the assassination took place thousands of militia men and supporters chanted america is the great satan during a funeral procession so the money's body is due to be returned to iran on. the number of dead caused by brush fires in australia has risen to 23 with 6 people also 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 have also been called up on saturday hundreds of fires broke out damaging power lines in cutting off electricity the skies are turned red in the south east

of the country after wildfires intensified because of strong winds in the 1st outbreaks started back in september amidst record temperatures so far around 1500 homes have been destroyed. scandal is rocking armenia where a criminal network has been uncovered which for over 20 years forced a mothers to give up newborns against their will to be sold for adoption abroad. 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 obstetrician who says 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 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 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 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 then there must be a legal solution so that we could do validate the doctrine 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 france are drawing thousands on to the avenues and boulevards of paris once again this weekend police are out in force using tear gas to disperse the crowds. vast 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've turned out in french capital protests are also occurring in other cities including my say in strasbourg another meeting between the government and the unions is scheduled for tuesday. with hopes that it may defuse the situation. saying in france the country has revealed the nominees for the highest 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 of an american asset management company linked to the country's controversial pension reforms blackrock is one of the world's largest asset management firms and has operated in france since 2006 last summer and apparently pushed for privatizing part of the french pension system with a us style format it is accused of trying to take advantage of the country's deeply divisive reforms which have led to crippling strikes are to show dubinsky now looks at whether the company could be cash in 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 when the list was announced one name provoked. appreciation it was that of visual. 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. could 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 power gen 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 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 bush cork is at pains to deny in no way have they sought to exert 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 retirement system and while black rock

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 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 totally funded scheme which is the contrary it was going to do in france and this is obviously from a political point of view very bad time and the middle of this message strikes which is we're going this is 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 these strikes and of people say 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 created and that the government is actually just laying

down to the grounds of the 1st product that there's something worse coming out. well this time of year is known as the season to give and for one toddler from florida it is proving to be life changing she was born with a prominent facial birthmark but now a russian benefactor has come to her family's in. ah see. the. fair have been like a lot of bad situations to people calling her or her monster and make a career in the church and lead to a child this current mother when mom would stand on the her face and her mother was like oh my god that's a monster that's 2 other big and that's was the worst situation but a lot of people like pointing this tree at the only caveat is that conceives.

because 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 shoot for transplantation. he contacted me with better results than in the us compare each other doctors that i saw in usa he was one of the best sexually before i came everybody's are calling me crazy to fool here to try something so far so all the french you know. there are you optimistic. it's like a 5th you don't know the find the weasel. the of the

a very heavy because we've beaten me to the. extent there is the traditional surgeries could hurt peace it would be a very heavy i mean we talk a lot to my fair institute for all that time the defeat of the hip if you take the . but as for me i'll be back with more news top the hour headlines rather stay with us. you know world of big partisan movie 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 time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. time after time called her ration to repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable prize board sustainability stay number man at a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless hollow does need to. get to them because the models and it don't design the companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this must be going to mean and i'm really in love. with the moon and news than we do in

the nieman i'm studying them to be based on disconnect with who is going. well there were a jack to the nighttime lee camp happy 2020 we did it the final new year's like that joke i said every year but this could be the one so we don't have a live audience episode of redacted tonight's because guess what everyone got smashed out of their minds on new year's so our live audiences you know still hung

over likely in a ditch somewhere trying to get cheese orders out of their hair before finding their underpants and then hitching a ride home ok that's what they're busy with they didn't have time to come in tonight but i have something perhaps even better than a regular after said we the united states are the largest prison state in the world we have the most prisoners per capita and the most prisoners total people call this the land of the free and they clearly have no clue what they're talking about in fact one of the stories we covered in the past year is that the us prison population is over double what the government tries to tell us it is and it was already the highest anyway the redacted team and i took some time to put together the best prison segments from our episodes over the past year there's no way you won't learn something in the next 30 minutes hopefully accidentally we might make you laugh here and there without further ado here is our best prison industrial

complex segments from 2019. it has come out that over new years many mainstream outlets including n.b.c. the washington post usa today and highlights magazine took the shine out of their holiday schedule to do the lord's work and by that i mean of course thrashing prison inmates for having the nerve to eat dinner the washington post ran with i've been eat like a boss federal prisoners serve steak by unpaid guards during shutdown how dare they everyone knows prisoners in this great nation should be served only one kind of meat mystery all right that is it but it's good for them it's good for inmates to exercise their minds by trying to figure out what kind of meat that is. but i agree with the washington post n.b.c. usa today these prisoners should be more harshly punished for the government

shutdown they had nothing to do with i really really and a government they didn't even vote for say that's another perfect prisoners are living high on the hawg was i get all the cool stuff they don't have to vote for it's gone by politicians. they get all the good. stuff. but there's close to show our mainstream media doesn't just manufacture consent for war they manufacture consent for whatever genocide that meal is. that is all war crime right there see this week governor bill haslam granted full clemency to send toyah browns and toyah brown was a sex trafficking victim who at 16 killed a man to try to escape she was sentenced to life in prison but now will be released because governor haslam was overcome with the disease that rarely of flix politicians it's called compassion all right it was cold swagg maybe.

and among our corporate politicians severe vomiting actually. so there you go politicians can do wonderful things when they do the things they never do after being forced to do them by thousands of people demanding they do it. also it helps when kim cart ashley and tweets about it. and then if you get caught reading on improve news maybe the lads you too are massive prison population of 2500000 people oh wait a new study shows the number of people incarcerated in the united states is far higher than $2500000.00 the prison policy initiatives found that at least $4900000.00 people are arrested and jailed each year in america you know i had always thought that $2.00 that number sounded like we were really trying. 5000000 is much more respectable really and.