a flurry of rockets hit an air base near baghdad wounding 4 iraqi soldiers the facility also houses american personnel also ahead. france is shaken by another round of protests against highly unpopular pension reforms. and in the week's top stories tech giant apple reveals its. photos to screen for child abuse images we hear reaction from commentators. apple is not. illegal possible what does that mean that's terrifying language. simply with pornography. is the best way of doing.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our t.v. international i'm sean thomas glenn had with us as we recap the week's top stories . at least 4 iraqi soldiers have been injured in a rocket strike on the air base to the north of baghdad the facility also houses american personnel and was previously targeted after the u.s. assassination of iran's top general archies down the corner quarter as more. we still have a lot of different reports in terms of figures of how many missiles or mortars hit the base some are saying that 7 mortar bombs hit the bases runway another says 4 rockets hit the base but we have heard from iraqi security officials and they say that 8 katyusha rockets launched were launched at the base and made contact across the board though we do know that at least 4 iraqi military personnel have been

injured and are hospitalized now we also know with the base it's been in the news before because it had a sizable american presence that's where american troops where in that part of the country it's what about 50 miles. north of are they still there as an aside to that are american troops likely have been the target yeah well actually there are still some american military advisers left at that base but the majority of them have been pulled out since the recent tensions the recent spike in tensions between the u.s. and iran recently let's not forget that just last week a u.s. airstrike killed the high ranking coots commander qassam soleimani and iran retaliation for that and it came as 2 airstrikes against u.s. military bases in iraq and nobody was killed or injured but it definitely has led to a rise in tensions between those 2 countries in the region and to run actually also

vowed even harsher retaliation later on and we don't know who is responsible for this strike but that could be a factor in it perhaps they were whoever launched these missiles were trying to target americans but perhaps not because again there were only around 15 u.s. military advisers at the base at this time and none of them were hurt or injured now we have seen another report that suggests that the iranian backed p.m.s. militia was responsible for this but again there's no confirmation yet. don quarter speaking to my colleague you know neal now we heard from middle east analyst our walk off he says the use of non precision missiles in the latest strikes suggest iran was not responsible there has been a number of attacks previous to this of the same nature you know katyusha rockets or whatever and some of them have been used as a pretext to launch attacks by the united states against the. popular mobilization

forces and there is no one who's claiming responsibility it doesn't fit with the strategy of the mobilization forces doesn't fit with the strategy of iran so it's highly unlikely that we would know without anyone claiming this. these are again attacks using weapons none precision weapons the margins of error are huge even if there were american forces in this base and this is not an all american base or solely american base there are iraqi soldiers there so most likely one could argue that there were targeting this space doesn't necessarily care about the iraqi army or iraqi personnel the iranian government is under intense pressure after admitting that its forces accidently shot down a ukrainian passenger plane sunday's missile attack came 3 days after wednesday's tragedy in which 176 people lost their lives with more here's artie's. this

week has shown more than africa that tragically it's the average man is the victim of political wars amid tensions not seen in decades tyrone and washington have been engaged in a war of the iranian regime is aggression in the region must stand now we've told the iranian regime enough. to really revenge and the ultimate response by regional nations is when america is expelled from this region iran must and its support for terrorism who and what the pentagon and the military counted as terrorists the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime the united states rage an economic war against iran the united states has to come to its senses but the chances of this not as up to as twitter predicted when the hashtag while it will 3 start to tried doing was close to 0 and sure enough on monday we saw the iranian military hit to us at bases in iraq with

missile strikes to iran it was seeking vengeance for washington's assassination of it top command cussen saddam monny in a drone strike in baghdad just a few days. combined these events ticked the book says of a diplomatic crisis it really couldn't get much wass then came the paying crash. just minutes after taking off from terror on app or ukrainian international airlines flight $75.00 to bound for t.f. came down killing $176.00 on board relatives of the victims from kiev to off from kabul to london and stockholm green that iran initially tonight reports that it was behind the tragedy calling them illogical and scientifically impossible

it invited investigators from various countries. organizations including boeing to visit the crash site then 3 days after the tragic incident suddenly came and admission of guilt the armed forces internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired judy human error caused the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and the death of 176 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake the iranian military said the boeing 737 was passing close to a site belonging to iran's revolutionary guards and that its movement an altitude suggested it was an enemy target it said that its military was at its highest level of readiness having received information on the unusual movement of u.s. warplanes so within 10 seconds a decision was taken to launch missiles at the target according to terror on

a fatal example of human error. it's may not be that i take full responsibility and i will obey whatever decision is taken i would prefer to die rather than witness such an incident the admission of guilt has been followed by an apology a promise to upgrade defense systems to prevent another such tragedy a transparent investigation and compensation for victims' relatives and the prosecution of the responsible person as it makes these pledges though to ron has also encouraged certain others to consider their roles in this disaster and how it is that we came to this moment the day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error a time of crisis caused by use adventurism lead to disaster our profound regrets apologies and condolences to our people to the families of all victims and to other affected nations. as questions are asked as fingers are pointed as more sanctions

are imposed it's not politicians but those who boarded that fateful flight on wednesday who ultimately paid the price meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state has been having a tough time defending the assassination of iran's top general my bumper was challenged on his claim that major general salome posed an imminent threat. if you have specific information about the threat and didn't have anything to do with our embassies. we had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threats trim included attacks on the u.s. embassies what is your definition of the internet. this was going to happen and american lives are at risk if the intelligence community is not flawless we we get it wrong in this case the intelligence community got it fundamentally right there was an imminent attack that was active plotting is that right now gone with sort of monaco threats are never going. to

decision to take out iran's top general in a drone strike has been widely condemned in the united states several rallies were held over the past week across the country calling for an end to overseas military aggression and a pullout from iraq although some american media pundits have been pushing for the us to adopt even harsher tactics against iran these are to the comments and there are some lucrative defense industry deals at stake. there was compelling intelligence reasons of an imminent threat to respond i trust the intelligence assessment of what's on the neo is doing the kinds of actions he was preparing for i take it at face value what he is saying and secretary powell impale that this was a preemptive defensive measure now these are supposed to be just random smart people who are going to help us understand the situation except they aren't a lot of them have a particular financial interest in

a specific outcome essentially they're tied to corporations that make profits from war the usa and iran go head to head they'll get a pretty nice payout and the viewers are kept in the dark about these ties the world is on edge since the u.s. to county raney entire restock attempts on codes force command a custom so they mani following the december 31st attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq says 979 iran has bully. threatened and killed and spread his reign of terror the president has made the right decisions on iran civvies point including scrapping the iranian nuclear deal then hip jr works for a lobbying firm american defense incorporated that represents military contractors and who are one of the sponsors of his lobbying efforts none other than the manufacturers of the drone that killed solomonic so are we really shocked he's not singing kumbaya on urging restraint check out this guy they crossed a red line with this president when he when he exercised enormous going to story.

not taken a provocation but said don't kill americans and when they did he he acted and acted very strongly jack keane is represented as just a retired general giving his 2 cents but actually sent his retirement from the pentagon he's been working with military contracting companies like general dynamics and now he runs a venture capital firm that specializes in defense and security not exactly mr objective general saw money he was a lawful military objectives and the president had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without an additional congressional authorization jed johnson was in the department of homeland security under barack obama but now he's in the private sector working for lockheed martin that's the company that makes the war planes that are stationed across the middle east and who can forget david petraeus that's the military commander turned cia director who had an affair and leaked

classified information to his mistress now you would think you wouldn't be credible after all this is what happened when you tried to teach classes at city college in new york. and. i mean if you don't know what it is going to break. you know who but the traces back selling war on prime time it's impossible to overstate the signify. and so be attack that takes cost and soul money this is bigger than bin ladin that's bigger than the overwhelming majority of the american people believe that the invasion of iraq in 2003 was a big mistake so it's worth pointing out that these same people were on t.v. in 2003 selling the invasion of iraq are now on t.v. pushing a new war against iraq the exact same people it is important to understand the consequences of pulling out of iraq before our work is done in victory is achieved abandoning our iraqi friends would signal the world that america cannot be trusted

to keep its word. was the highest ranking official in the quds force he has the blood of many american soldiers on his hands the us public has voted for presidential candidates who promised less involvement overseas over and over again but the mainstream media seems to be working pretty hard to convince them otherwise and it's giving special attention to certain individuals who have certain shady financial ties and it's not disclosing those ties to the viewers many of the pundits the analysts that we see in us media are people who are either on the boards of military corporations or they're lobbyist for the military industry and they have an economic incentive unfortunately when it comes to war and this is not disclosed when we hear them talking about how good trump is doing in killing the general of another country and inciting

a new war we have to admit that there is a strong military industrial complex in the united states and that the news media itself benefits from war. protests against pension reform in france have carried over into the new year on saturday thousands of. chester's took to the streets of paris. lisa i. was. i. was. 30. i was

the. same one i got in the city of nonsense riot police used water cannons to push back angry crowds almost 3000 people took part in rallies their unions say some half a 1000000 people demonstrated in total across france this week. apple is cracking down on abusive images but its tactics have raised some privacy concerns that story much more after a short break this is our internet. lead . seemed wrong oh well we just don't hold. yet to shape out. because as a kid and in games from an equals betrayal. when so many find

themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. as we ponder the future and look at. stories our way you know i've often said on this show that you can't have capitalism without capital capital with. encouraging people to say. this next story this next this next entire segment is going to be dedicated to this very notion.

welcome back to the weekly on archie international now the president of. a partially recognized republican has said that he is stepping down after a wave of opposition protests. was reelected as head of state in september but critics said the vote was rigged on thursday demonstrators stormed the presidential administration building breaking doors and windows situation calmed down after the president announced his resignation parliament will hold a vote on installing an interim leader. giant apple revealed this week that it scans that users pictures to detect cases of child abuse. we are utilizing subject on a chase to help screen for child sexual abuse material. apple's announcement follows on from a privacy policy update it came with a warning that the company may collect information on customer activities and monitor all files uploaded to i cloud and i tunes the company added it can also

scan users' data for illegal content we put the issue up for debate with political commentator chadwick moore and technology expert bill new. course everyone is for stopping child abuse and that's not the issue here it's that i simply i'm not buying it at the company i don't believe that apple really cares about fighting crime they just entered the live streaming business where people may be concerns that apple is rifling through all of the photos and all of that data this isn't actually the case the type of technology that we're looking at here simply is used to take a fingerprint of a particular image once an image is known to include some child abuse imagery apple is not clear about that apple says illegal pot possible potentially illegal activity including child porn what does that mean that's terrifying language you wouldn't simply have the processing power and the computing overhead to be able to

. scan full photos against each other in the kind of way that people imagine this is possibly the best use of the current available technology you know to crack down the posting of a serious child abuse images i'd love to know how successful is all of this technology if you look up cases that photo d.n.a. has been used to catch people distributing kiddie porn there was one this year there was one in 2015 there's one in 24000 i mean there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of these images out there these take many techniques were used with the question technique where they offload it's a really violent video once they had that video they managed to prevent people real plugging that video over a 1000000 times it has been used effectively with violence 1 with pornography and many many images of me prevent it and is the best way of doing it i don't trust these companies i just think it's ever encroaching more and more into our privacy

into owning our data into finding out even more information about us i think it's scary and i don't think that apple to be in the business of law enforcement. the french a baker's confederation has declared war on what it considers fake croissants or tease each other dubinsky has the story. look in any french bakery and the one thing you are guaranteed to find unless of course they've sold out is a croissant it is the archetype will breakfast pastry eaten on its own or lavished with a bit of conflict sure that's just me but with it's typical for it is unmistakable except is this a real quite. well it is of course a real crossover because it's edible but it is rather where this quest all was all wasn't made that stirring up quite a fuss with the bakers confederation in france that are now declaring

a war on fake. 30 years ago when you entered a bakery you never wondered if it was homemade bakeries often display a sign saying our tis no now this should mean that the pastries the braids and the cakes that are sold they're all made on site by a trained now within the profession there are rumors that that might not actually be the case sacco blur indeed with indications that some 80 percent of pastry sold actually made in a factory it has become the can through our profession where is the sense of pride when you don't do anything you so you become an iron monger. bakers complain that they just can't find a staff to make the croissants while others have found using industrial produced pastries lowers the cost and maximizes the profits but as with anything the proof of the pudding or the course in this case is always in the eating.

quest so see what makes a good cross and a good cross and is soft and has a buttery taste and prison so i have the need to cross on since i was young i know but across science really well it starts with the crossed a good cross and is crossed in golden just like yours. and question on must have a crust and it should crumble a little bit it mustn't be industry leave my. song. and smells like my son this is a business and i'll just hear that. sounds and i'm close and it looks like a good course it's elegant on the outside shines a bit there and it doesn't look too fatty i would say that this one is better and smoother than the other. if you want me to taste it it's disgusting it's all white so there you have it these parisians us certain that they know

a quality quest so when they taste it now the french may have a proud tradition when it comes to this little layered yeast leaven joe but the truth of the matter is it may not even be french it is rather said to have a originated in austria so put that on you and eat it. artie paris. thanks charlotte now i'm hungry but watching the weekly are to international stay with us. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development the only place really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

you know world of big partners a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream 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 troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation whole community. are you going the right way or are you being

led. direct. what is true wants is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. maybe in the shallows. hello welcome to worlds apart the formation of a constitutional committee for syria has been billed as

a sign of hope for the long suffering syrian people the people's hopes for peace were dashed too many times over the last 8 years is there any reason to believe that this time around things will be different to discuss that i'm now joined by a. former deputy special envoy of the un secretary-general for syria mr ramsey it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you very much for inviting me now you step down from based post a few months ago but i'm sure emotionally and professional you still care about what's going on in syria given the scale of suffering given the scale of divisions how significant or insignificant is this latest development aren't we all sort of overselling the whole that is there well 1st let me say that i remain of course very much attached as you said that motion syria this is the 1st this is the reason why i took the draw 1st with the u.n.

to try to help bring about a settlement to meet the aspirations syrian people you know coming from the region . i think you would understand now the constitutional committee and i look at it as a milestone in the very long process in bringing about a peaceful so peaceful and political settlement in syria. it is something that we've been working for as you know for some time i've said it before no suit again i think we could have had it earlier it will help syrians you know go to the opposition but also independents to put their minds together and work out. a new constitutional framework you know i think. ambassador i'm sure you know that there have been a number of internationally mediated efforts to resolve this conflict since 2011 and some of them failed because of the recalcitrance of the syrian actors many of

well at least some of them because of the positions of foreign powers what has changed on the ground to give you this faint hope that you just articulated though it's may lead to something beyond talks well 1st of all i mean you refer to the situation in. the world of the war is certainly warranted and i think people are tired in syria and beyond and i think this is. a mechanism that allows the syrians to get together and do something about now. positions have changed i told you i mean we could have had an agreement or your call and why it's happening now because positions have changed has the positions how the positions changed within syria or is it the stance of foreign partners or foreign sponsors affair and sides that have well. as you know the syrian.

conflict has 3 levels there's the international there's the regional and of course there is a domestic local. positions have changed both of the regional. in the sense that at some point there were countries did not see. much meaning towards a constitutional committee i think that has changed i think they have come around and that has influenced the syrian parties now a bestseller i know that when it comes to syria you like quoting a french political economist who used to say that to solve an intractable problem you need to change the context now apparently the context has been changed as you said but. there was also a big believer in coordinating diplomatic and military policy is among european nations particularly britain france and the united states he's even credited for

shortening the.