threatens iraq with sanctions quote never seen before that is after the country's parliament passes a resolution calling for the removal of foreign troops including the u.s. led coalition. follows america's assassinations of iran's most powerful general in an air strike on baghdad international airport on friday hundreds of thousands lined the streets of the body of general. return home. and in other words that shaped the week wiki leaks founder julian assange claims he is slowly dying in the u.k. prison saying he is being given sedatives and subjected to 23 hours a day of solitary confinement he made the allegations to a friend in

a christmas phone call. rang me because he spend christmas with me and my family in 2010. he said to me but i'm slowly. broadcasting live. this is r t international i'm john thomas really glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories 1st let's start in iraq where 6 people have been reportedly wounded after several rockets hit in baghdad including an area near the u.s. embassy the heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and foreign missions the developments follow the united states assassination of iran's most powerful general in an air raid in baghdad international airport on friday president trump has tweeted that if iran strikes u.s. military personnel or bases the response could come in

a disproportionate manner. these media posts will serve as notification to the united states congress that should iran strike any u.s. person or target the united states would quickly and fully strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner such legal notice is not required but is given nevertheless trump has also threatened iraq with sanctions he says quote unlike any seen before he also said that u.s. military would not withdraw from iraq before the country pays for a u.s. air base there it comes after lawmakers passed a resolution calling for the u.s. to end its presence in the country now the new resolution urges the iraqi government to expel all foreign troops withdraw its request for support from the anti eisel coalition and to limit the use of arms to national security forces are to see what is done i've spoke to my colleague you know neal on the main points earlier. iran has just had

a major victory over the united states on the geopolitical field this is it this is the bottom line of this whole thing so right now the rest of the whole resolution looks as such a iraq will be filing a complaint with the united nations to they will be withdrawing a request for help from 2 with which they had sent to the international coalition this is referring to the anti eisel coalition what's the ramifications here for iraq and indeed the middle east as a whole well again this is a victory for iran and another interesting development that we have seen today is that the iraqi prime minister has filled the briefings as to why general salim army was on was in baghdad in the 1st place apparently according according to the iraqi prime minister he was on a mission and he will he had an appointment with him have a listen will it do you think you can i was about to meet to money at 830 on friday morning on the day of his death he was carrying

a message to me from the iranian side in reply to a saudi message that we sent to the arena earlier to reach important grievance regarding the deescalation of tensions in iraq and in the region we have heard donald trump calling on the american boys and girls to come back home he's been very adamant on the fact that he wants that apparently he wants u.s. troops back home wasn't it we want to bring our troops back home and i got elected on that if you go back and look at our speeches i would say we want to bring our troops back home from these endless wars and i will say look i said i want to get out of these endless wars i campaigned on that i want to get out so this vote seems like a perfect opportunity for donald trump to bring back some 5000 of american boys and girls back to their homeland from some 12 bases where they stationed right now in iraq this is tongue in cheek of course but still this shows the potential fallout the united states could see from this whole vote. but again we shouldn't forget

that this vote was not just about the united states but mostly about iraqi the iraqi people because as the m.p.'s were debating this resolution that eventually passed today some people they took to the streets to have their voices heard they were sensually saying that they are sick and tired of ending up between a rock and a hard place that are the conflict taking place between america and iran inside iraq is unacceptable we will not be the fuel for your wars your problems must be solved away from iraq. we are opposed to recent events we reject them and there is fear in iraqi society because of this conflict. the conflict between america and iran should be solved outside iraq so essentially the message from the rockies is clear as 2 countries to foreign countries are juking it out between each other for instance like right now the united states and iran it's the iraqi people the iraqi people who should have nothing to do with the with the fight of 2 other nations

they receive a lot of the punches and a lot of the blows land on their heads and they are sick and tired of this whole thing. these are pictures from iran where the moneys body has now arrived crowds of people were there to receive the general who will be buried on tuesday there has been a huge outpouring of grief in the country with hundreds of thousands of mourners paying tribute to the slain commander iran has responded with fury to friday's deadly u.s. air raid vowing to avenge salome's death or his but i've got your comments now on the killing and the consequences. you can imagine how trump agreed to it then he was playing golf and up comes an agent smith holding a folder he says was the president you remember when we killed baghdad yes the eyes the sky yes the media did love it how how would you like to do it again

oh yeah. the rocky television has just confirmed that to seem so with mani former general in iran's revolutionary guard the commander of the clues force has been killed in a rocket attack apparently initiated by the united states. to settle for the us at our allies at alert at the petra matic attack on iran stop military command. selami has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years one gets the impression that the agent that came up to trump didn't exactly brief the president and potential consequences of killing the 2nd most powerful man in iran general seems silly money command of iran's quds force we took action last night just stop

a war we did not. take action to start a war that you probably shouldn't have killed him general sunni money was considered an icon in iran in iraq a man who helped prevent isis take over of iraq in syria who inspired and move allies tens of thousands of people multiple countries to fight the blight that is isis while qaida you know nuffin americans are not aware there was reason to commit. the consequences of this criminal act not only today but also in the coming years there is no doubt that the united states has no more hate in among the rangers and iraqis hundreds of thousands have joined a funeral processions and protests condemning his murder rage is in the air iran has promised revenge american civilians are being evacuated from the entire

region u.s. embassies and bases in this slew of countries are knocked out troops have been put in combat readiness and now now middle east in the red lert they claim that they only want peace 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 from no one europe woke up to a world that was a heck of a lot more dangerous than when they went to sleep germany claimed tensions that only god up stating the obvious the british called for everyone to come down from doesn't last for permission frankly the europeans haven't been as helpful as i wish that they could be the brits the french the germans all need to understand that what we did what the americans did saved lives in europe as well at best he's right chances are he's wrong and at worst what america did is going to kill a heck of

a lot more. people than would have died otherwise which they may have thought of the us to anyone but they didn't trump told no one not even his own federal government not the house of representatives and not the senate 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 or rather he did tell someone apparently what trump kept from his own nation from his own people he told the israelis our assessment is that the united states informed israel about this operation in iraq apparently a few days ago. president obama is one theory of appreciation for acting decisively with frank and swiftly and i want to for size again that israel stands completely by the united states in its battle for security and self-defense because of the the

murder of a mani was an act of war by any measure by any book on law and social media world war 3 was the top trend people are genuinely afraid the us football team has cancel plans to train and counter ahead of the world cup out of security concerns and judging by means being spread appropriate or otherwise no one in particular is enthusiastic to go to war all black humor aside any escalation would be disastrous for all of us human lives 1st and economy 2nd a 5th of the world's oil passes by iran every day in the event of war that would stop. we don't yet know how much of a blunder sulaimani is mudda was what we do know is that the world now is a more dangerous place millions will hate america for this and that hate will last

for generations just remarkable isn't it how many people more and more keep having to die so trump and the pentagon can feel safe amid the rapid escalation tehran says it will not abide by the enrichment limits set in the 2 $1015.00 nuclear deal but is still ready to reverse that if washington lifts sanctions the u.s. pulled out of the agreement when president from took power the leaders of germany france and the u.k. have issued a joint statement calling on iran to avoid measures contravening of the nuclear deal we have spoken to several middle east experts on the crisis gripping the region. probably iran is now pushing europe towards the edge in terms of having either to rescue the deal the nuclear deal and part tweezer sort of with america or probably ditch the deal altogether but it won't be any iranian call it would be probably a european court we've heard news earlier as well that iran would be ready to

deescalate if the sanctions were lifted so there are messages that are being sent either way telling still despite all the hoo ha and despite all the threats and counter threats and whatever we're still hearing voices coming out from tehran saying the guys were happy to deescalate and call it off should you do if the sanctions and that would put international community so to speak or least the europeans in a very uncertain situation that they have to act now and not give her any more i hope that iran will not take a hard decision that they will lose the europeans because we all know that the reappearance at something different from the americans so it's a balanced it's supposed to be a balanced political process that iran should do or. not iranian to say things that it's supposed to be known everything in iran but at least outside the box and seeing is that iran also just like the united states both of

them are on the edge both of them have capabilities and both of them can hurt each other but what are the consequences it seems now that hate the united states and the whole of the middle east is kelly people really you me you well the american. man the 2nd strongest man in the at our so i think middle east actually is facing. a limit now. it is not just the u.s. and iran at the brink turkish troops are set to intervene in libya's long running civil war that story much more after a short break this is art. israel media a reflection of reality. in

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back this is our international live from moscow and the weekly now we cue leaks founder julian assange claims he is slowly dying in the british jail he is incarcerated in and alleges he is kept trying to line stand in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day he made to the disturbing claims in a phone call to his friend vaughan smith on christmas eve smith spoke to us. these sounded all full and it was very upsetting to head and the idea of him being sedated has come from several people who visited him who clearly being told and the british government have been asked about it and they refuse to address that matter what they say is they're not mistreating him but clearly he's being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day he sounded awful and he said to me that i'm slowly dying here please remember he served that time all the bail charge and he served his time to that he's now on

remand it's highly unusual to put a remand prisoner in belmarsh when they're not a threat of physical violence threat to society i think we need some of our answers from from the british government why are they treating him like this why can't we have some independent assessment 100 international got to those and asked to arrange a visit at least to send some representatives to check on him but that hasn't been allowed nils meltzer the un rocketeer on torture has been very clear about asylum just mistreatment and describes it in the most appalling terms and yet his claims very recently in november that the british governments have completely ignored his request to see julian probably his health properly assess. there has been a response from london have the british home office refuted songes claims of torture calling them unfounded and false and julian assange was arrested in april

and since then medics and un observers have warned that his physical and mental health are in decline a hearing in february will decide on his extradition to the united states he is accused in the us of publishing classified military documents and could face 175 year prison sentence for. turkish soldiers are on their way to libya this according to an announcement by turkey's president to one the. turkish parliament voted on thursday to back of the un recognized government in tripoli giving a green light to the troop deployment in a closed meeting of the un the security council has already been set for monday to discuss the situation libya's rival administration based in the east of the country voted against the deal with ankara ivonne and you'll see it was decided to cut ties between the turkish regime and the states of libya and also in today's session a unanimous vote was passed on the general command authorizing beyond forces to

disable all airports ports and one ports under the militias control due to the danger they pose to the country's national security by bringing the colonists to our country. but he has been in a state of war since protests in 2011 and the ousting of the country's leader moammar gadhafi in recent months the general and the libyan national army have been gaining ground against the u.s. backed government of national accord which requested military aid from opera last month general hostiles forces currently control most of libya's territory including crucial oil and gas resources iow johnson a founder of viewpoint africa believes that even with turkey's support it will be hard for the un backed government to deal with general halftones forces 'd. i'm afraid libya has been a bit of a mess since gadhafi went many people are saying that is very much like syria number 2 is to have to who can chose a large swathes of the country for project

a period of time with the swing of the pendulum but on the other hand when you have a government which has been supported by the united nations a government that supported by the united states on thing. has a faction or. winning but it's going to be very difficult physically how which is why he's been propped up and supported by the turks who are who have already expressed their military might to support him there are too many actors playing and supporting a competing factions which for we know we're not showing exactly who's going to succeed in the why the actual let's get to ensue. and al-qaeda affiliate has struck in kenya a u.s. service member and 2 civilian contractors have been killed in the african country after all shabaab members attacked a military base shared by u.s.

and local troops the terrorists also destroyed several u.s. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled washington has been using the base in kenya county since 2004 to train the country's neighborliness. it's his arch international be back with more the weekly stop the hour stay with us . join me every thursday on the alex simon schill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport sustainability stay

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