double tweet tweet. me saying that even if he was not a threat to the u.s. the iranian general's track record sealed his fate. also the leaders of libya's warring factions are in moscow for ceasefire talks brokered by russia and turkey it is hoped the war torn nations rival administrations will sign an agreement on issues the. e.u. . infrastructure in east africa. europe is in the firing line for driving modern day slavery we speak with a human rights watch representative. they have absolutely no choice in.

american subjects and 3 conditions. live from moscow every hour of the day this is our team international my names you know neal 30 minutes of news and views start. in one of his latest tweets president trump commented on the assassination of the green in general custom solid money saying that whether he was an imminent threat to america or not at all occasion tutted by his administration his fate was pre-determined anyway. the fake news media and the democrat departments are working hard to determine whether or not the future touched by terrorists and the money was imminent was my team in agreement the on through to bush is a strong yes but it doesn't really matter because of his horrible possed well the implications of donald trump statement are quite large essentially it's being

argued that for the united states to kill someone not just someone but a top foreign leader a leader of the foreign country top military leader it's not necessary that they actually represent a threat as long as they had a history of bad deeds or a bad past that's essentially what donald trump is saying now folks will recall that it's been about 10 days since qassam solomonic was killed by the united states and sense then the united states has been emphasizing that qassam solomonic was bad that he represented an eminent threat to the united states it seems like he's been getting worse and worse every day since is killing let's review some of what has been said so many was flooding. imminent insidious terror attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threats trim included attacks on u.s. embassies period full stop i can reveal that i believe it would have been for

embassies there's no terrorist except osama bin laden who has more american blood on his hands than did customs of the money so why the rising hysteria well ever since the killing many both in the united states and around the world have questioned whether it was the right thing to do many saw it as a hugely unnecessary escalation with the islamic republic of iran a completely unjustified killing of a top foreign leader however the trumpet ministration system that qassam solomonic represented a threat to americans american lives were in danger it was absolutely necessary to do it however even trump's own secretary of defense mark esper doesn't exactly buy that but the president did say when there was a tangible he didn't cite a specific piece of evidence what he says he probably he believes are you saying that event one i didn't see one with regard to 4 embassies so 10 days later we have trump speaking up on social media and saying that it doesn't really matter whether or not qassam solomonic actually represented a threat to americans because he was

a bad fellow who had a bad past this is a pretty pretty dramatic statement from the american leader essentially saying that it doesn't matter if american lives were in the balance it was justified to kill the top general of a foreign country simply based on allegations about his history. another escalation iranian state media reported on monday that iran has officially designated the pentagon and its subsidiaries a terrorist organization president hassan rouhani signed off on changes to existing legislation which under u.s. central command was already blacklisted the amendment being approved by lawmakers last week now the move comes in response to america's killing of general which infuriated they slavic republic political analyst shabbir hasan l e ses the message around ascending is that they see the u.s. military as a threat not the american people. by designating the u.s.

and they're gone and sent home and the u.s. military as a terrorist organization is essentially make it very clear to the entire world what has been being said by the leaders of iran and of the resistance axis for quite a long time since the beginning that the problem is not the people of america or the people of any other country not the civilians the problem is the military apparatus and the administration that uses this military as a mercenary force to further. essentially economic and monic objectives so i think in that regard it's actually a very important. signing into law in terms of on the ground i don't think it really will change anything i mean those people who see america for what it is i mean anyone who just wants to understand why people in the region and free people across the world see america as a terrorist entity. well in response to the killing of its top general iran

conducted multiple strikes on u.s. military bases in iraq last week among the chaos a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by tehran on january 8th all 100 $76.00 people on board perished alongside a run calibur that's all to reeling from the shocking tragedy $57.00 canadians were among the victims of the plane crash massive vigils have been held across the country with the prime minister just in trudeau attending a memorial service in edmonton where there is a large arena and community. while to run knowledge to its full responsibility for the deadly event the c.e.o. of a canadian food company who says' wall of his colleagues lost his wife 11 year old sol in the tragedy. at the united states. a narcissist in washington tears would accomplish once apart destabilizes the region us now and welcome everywhere in the area including iraq tensions escalated to feverish pitch the collateral

damage of this irresponsible dangerous ill conceived behavior canadians needlessly lost their lives in the crossfire including the family of one of my m.f. colleagues his wife an 11 year old son we're mourning and i'm livid a human rights lawyer. believes washington turning up the temperature in the region was a major contributing factor to the disaster. it is very clear it is the pine was found during the time when iran was on a higher were because the us paid just killed their highest ranking military official general solomonic this was a case where the commanding control. in iran was not working properly in again most likely it wasn't working properly because people were under the hammer from what happened in iraq with the killing of solomon and with found

out later course this week that the us tried to kill another general. in yemen. you know so again this was a terrible accident a terrible tragedy. in clearly it happened because of the war tensions created by the trial because the us has decided. a 1st quite some time that international law applies to every country in the world but the united states' . rights are never a headline story today the leaders of libya's warring factions are being in moscow for talks on monday in the hope of hammering out a cease fire deal the negotiations brokered by russia and turkey their foreign ministers say they expect an agreement to be signed choose day in their meetings after a concerted push by moscow to deescalate hostilities in libya the war ravaged country is the fight it between an internationally recognized government in the capital

tripoli under rival administration in the east which is allied to the rebel general how the tarp a draft deal circulated earlier calls on all sides to ensure the sustainability of any cease fire combat terrorism and human trafficking and work to improve the humanitarian situation in the nation. in russia produced a draft document that was reviewed indeed. today we took into account all the proposals for compromise between the parties suggested by general have 2 of the parties the agreement stipulates concrete details of the ceasefire reached on that's wealth of january the draft document suggests that all parties will stop all military actions and observe the cease fire conditions meanwhile a commission is to be established all that is determined to contact line between the warring sides russia and turkey a promise to support all sides in the call to late to help them implement the agreements now that solves began early on monday and lasted for more than 6 hours

however it wasn't the perfect ending to the day. but it was the student the president of the government of national cooling mr soros and his counterpart just signed a document well general have to request the most time to choose their mornings to work out the signing we hope very much they would do so the representatives of russia and senate will be supporting the process the ceasefire became possible thanks to suggestions by a russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart reject their dog on both leaders showed a united front on the issue following talks and in the last week should the document be signed this cheese date will be a major milestone for libya a country that's been torn by military conflicts since the u.s. led nato invasion in 2011 that the governments often moammar gadhafi at the moment there are 2 governments in libya one that controls

a larger part of the country the libyan national army led by general leave the house are however an internationally recognized government often national accord with headquarters in tripoli that by saraj controlled smaller portion now once the talks in moscow are concluded a big conference on the issue is expected in berlin and as we hear at the moment all the leaders all 3 major players in this issue are expected there as well. we spoke to mark ullman from the u.k.'s crisis research institutes who believes russia and turkey have a crucial role to play in bringing grief of stability to libya. if it's possible to freeze the current fighting lines that at least gives time and the possibility of further discussions there's always the risk in a situation we have so many different militias taking part that some subgroup may decide to engage in fighting that then begins to unravel it but there is a hope that we have influential external actors on both sides acting together and

that offers the prospect that the voice of reason can be heard both in tripoli and also in general have told has turkey of russia as in syria have. different sides in the conflict but they are willing to cooperate together that has helped to calm the conflict in syria as we've seen all the not end it and i think that kind of model. you have people who can say well this protest gathers because each of us is aware of the interests of people on the ground that is a potentially positive step and we'll see obviously at the weekend whether we have a full peace conference in berlin. $21.00 saudi service men being trained in the united states are to be expelled from the country it follows a shooting at a naval air base in florida in december which claimed the lives of 3 american sailors of the czerny general william barr has announced that the pensacola bay

shooting was an act of terrorism. jim of saudi arabia determined to disk material demonstrated conduct unbecoming an officer in the royal saudi air force and in the royal navy and the 21 cadet have been disenrolled from their training curriculum in the u.s. military and will be returned returning to saudi arabia later today the united states they are sending back those nearly 2 dozen saudi military students from a training program and sending them back again home to saudi arabia and about a dozen saudi trainees at the pensacola base they have been confined to their quarters as the f.b.i. was investigating the shooting as a potential terror attack and the pentagon initiated that review of all saudi military trainees in the country numbering around get this 850 students now those 2 dozen servicemen they are not accused of aiding the 21 year old saudi air force lieutenant in last month's shooting that killed 3 and injured 8 but secretary of state william barr is calling the shooting at the naval air station in pensacola as

an act of terrorism a bar says on september 11th the 21 year old gunman mohammad saeed ronny who was an aviation student at the naval air station and member of the saudi air force he said he posted a message on social media stating quote the countdown has begun now bar added that ronnie also visited the 911 memorial in new york city in november and posted anti-american anti israeli messages on social media now one of those messages even being posted just 2 hours before the shooting on december 6th the justice department learned during their investigation that 21 members of the saudi military who were training here in the u.s. possessed a derogatory material and of those 2117 had social media profiles containing jihadi or anti-american content however bar says that there was no evidence that they were involved with any terrorist activity or groups also it's important to note 15 individuals were found to have accessed child pornography now bar says that saudi

arabia determine. and the material demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer in the saudi royal air force and the royal navy and as a result those 21 cadets have been an enrolled and they are all returning to saudi arabia at this shooting has now made the pentagon halt any flight training for saudi military aviation students at 3 florida bases national security adviser robert o'brien said that u.s. officials and defense secretary mark asper are proceeding with caution saying quote pensacola showed that there are errors in the way that we vetted and out of an abundance of caution secretary asper has taken these actions to protect our servicemen and women. let's bring you on to another story we're closely following today wiki leaks co-founder julian assange was in court in london on monday for a routine administrative hearing on his possible extradition to the u.s. though during this lawyers were granted more time after they complained of not

having the opportunity to go over a case files with their client or a video agency ruptly was there when she was seen exiting the courts a crowd of his supporters had gathered to protest against his extradition a son just currently serving time in the british high security for skipping bail waiting on his full extradition hearing set for next year u.s. has indicted him in 17 counts of espionage all of conspiracy to hack a government computer and 2010 the australian whistleblower publish classified military cables legibly the us war crimes last april he was forcibly removed by british police from the ecuadorian embassy in london after a key to terminate it is 7 year asylum. not huge funds to boost the areas for driving slavery in the continent is the claim being made by human rights organizations against the e.u.'s infrastructure project in earth the bid to improve the eastern african nation has been described as

involving years of forced labor has been delving into the. if you've been on a 2 covey is your t back harboring a hidden disease is your neighbor planning on eating your pepperoni don't worry it is got a regulation for everything but according to human rights organizations it's failed miserably to regulate its own behavior and it all started with an apparently innocent bed to boost security and eritrea will launching $20000000.00 euro program to rebuild the roads connecting both countries this will boost straight consolidate stability and have good benefits for the citizens of both countries through the gratian of sustainable growth and jobs so far so good unless of course you're the one put to work on this great collaboration because the chances are you're forced conscript the african nation has compulsory national service that used to last for 18 months but now says people trapped in over 20 years it's

a practice it's been likened by human rights organizations the un and the european parliament to mass enslavement conscripts compared national service to modern day slavery saying this for torture and other ill treatment rest and like basic sanitation and hygiene form a conscript 72 hour weeks and harsh conditions with no food and pay equivalent to $17.00 a month as one of the main reasons eritrea is called the world's fastest emptying country as young men continue their mass exodus but despite knowing conscripts were being used generally the delicate situation and a country that was a lot in a guerrilla war for 3 decades the e.u. says that really had no idea that untoward things were going on. the e.u. does not pay for labor under this project the project only covers the procurement of materials and equipment to support the rehabilitation of roads in fact the e.u.

doesn't even have an office in eritrea to monitor this ongoing project instead it relies on local authorities the agency is not monitoring the implementation of the project the project is carried out by the government and progress is monitored by the ministry of public works the e.u. is in trusting its project to an arm of the government which is internationally slammed as one of the world's worst human rights abuses which the u.n. describes as authoritarian and repressive and which lived under u.n. sanctions for 9 years it's almost as if the e.u. has something at stake here other than creating great roads of course like stemming the tide of migrants for example because 2016. 1000 eritreans apply for asylum in the block so yes this e.u. project will lift the local economy and bring peace but crucially it will create jobs and that will keep eritreans in the homeland and not crossing on both to

european shorts. in directly supporting this project by. material to help build the road problem is that what they need to make sure is that any support going to eritrea is not. some mentoring this incredibly repressive system and there are trends the land by the way which happens to be one of the most strategic areas in the world its coast runs along the red sea which is a key link between europe and asia it's also an ideal access point to an african market with low labor costs and it's a natural resource gold mine with gas gold oil zinc you name it eritrea's got it eric harris obviously placed in a very strategic location along the red sea it is the access to. see ethiopia and from the european point of view it is obviously one of the countries which many asylum seekers here in europe are coming from and that coming in there because of

the human rights situation so it seems that when you've got something to gain it's easier to be tough but norma's than your own employment law. historial no disturbing topic in the u.k. government is facing pressure to apply greater foreign travel restrictions to north paedophiles it's claimed gaps in legislation leave youngsters especially in asia vulnerable to predators the concern was part of a report handed over to m.p.'s in westminster following an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. high profile cases of those former glam rock singer gary glitter he was found guilty in the u.k. for done loading child pornography and then years later convicted in asia for abusing minors another is britain's worst ever paedophile richard huckle he's been convicted of 71 of sexual assaults on children most of them committed in malaysia that was where he worked as a teacher he ended up at 22 life sentences shirley edwards she has more on the

inquiry. look them up and throw away the key it's an argument you'll often hear from people when it comes to child abuse is and while the u.k. has come down on child abuse here in britain its legal system may be failing youngsters have brought that's because no one in british sex offenders and suspects prosecuted for such crimes are still able to travel with some of them re-offending overseas in fact of the near 6000 sexual whomp aventure orders imposed in england and wales in the last few years only 11 also has foreign travel restrictions added meaning of all the right to sex offenders on record only around 0.2 percent have had their rights to foreign travel stopped and according to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that could be having a devastating impact extensive to the. now you keep. your list of below 0 disaster. which must be huge and. this is

a. really good time to shoot and this is. the inquiry was given evidence of abuse by british travellers in countries ranging from kenya all the way to the philippines the report also found that abuses target disadvantaged families where relatives act as facilitators often financial poverty plays a key factor there's also areas to can also pose a particular risk last year oxfam star accused of sexually exploiting children the haiti following devastating earthquakes in 2010 the issue that has been raised by the child abuse inquiry is an old one and has historically been going on for decades we have allowed people with child abuse convictions to travel out of the country and often times unless they're arrested in the destination country for the same issue then they go completely undetected part of the problem is we don't have a grip on child abuse in the u.k. if we did then we would be able to manage our paedophiles much better than we

currently are not child abuse s. we need not just to be looking at people who are going to be arrested in another country or indeed happen to rest in the country but we need to properly see who is leaving the country and who is coming into the country and if they have child abuse convictions we must see that very seriously indeed now the report concluded with recommendations for the government and topping the list was restricting foreign travel of sex offenders to ensure that youngsters and not just those in the u.k. are out of harm's way. during attention to north america work as universal of british columbia is facing a free speech scandal a lawsuit that's after the institutional to council on the fence or what it called safety and security reasons it was intended to give a platform to a controversial us journalist to talk. fascist groups like leftist extremism undine ago has become a target for some activists his legal team looking into the cancellation after

contracts were signed between the university and its free speech club the director all of that group of described it as giving those threatening violence the illusion of. there's always been an option of hiring our own security working with police ensuring safety they wouldn't even allow us to have that option this time they said look security can't even handle the protesters they're getting more and more violent and that's not even an option also we're just going to outright cancel the school has told us look just don't bring anybody controversial and they will protest and you'll have no problems but actually what is happening is that they're emboldening these protesters who are violent and they're giving them the illusion of power and if they have power no doubt they'll use it and abuse it at this point we're probably going to take the school to court it's going to go to the supreme court and we believe that the law is on our side so when the judge when the supreme court rules that we are correct we will bring back the speaker to the school and

will make it a vent that is 10 times bigger because we can because that is what free speech is about. speaker himself on the no go stated the university of british columbia should not be given into the ante for threats but the institution defended its this issue saying that journalist appearance could trigger an incident. the reason for the cancellation is the concern about safety and security of our campus community the appropriate response to violent extremists who threaten access to information in the academy is not to give into their demands by canceling the event. protesters have been involved in a number of incidents some violent at the same college or previous occasions. was. right. outside. of the director of the university's free speech trial began to listen open

discussion is being stifled at institutions and in the wider field in canada. this isn't just happening with us it's happening all over the country it's a new trend for publicly funded institutions think that they can just deny the right to free speech when they hear they're taking money from the government they're part of the public sphere the suppression of free speech is not only happening on the institutional level in canada but it's also happening on the streets with these violent protesters society is so divided politically that now we have our own perceptions of what is and isn't free speech that's where the real problem comes from our side how does this perception of them in people as their perception and it's become so tribal politically we're so divided but we're breaking up into these little ballboy some of these little echo chambers and that is where the issue is in other words we're basically speaking a different language. 247 years live from russia's capital city this is your r.t.

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a 300000000000 pound or more deal with britain's biggest trade partner the rest of the european union and as a cancer breakthrough in london identifies killing cells as switched on we speak to templeton kelvin faraday award winning professor paul davis about how information will determine the future of immortality big pharma all is well coming up in today's going underground or 1st britain is due to not be represented by the european union from the end of the month despite being subject to even single market and customs regulations till the end of the enjoyment is chairman of the commonwealth enterprise investment council in the form of trade envoy boris johnson's predicts as they were cameron lord moland thank you so much for coming on before we get to the 31st of january you are keep articles of joints of the oral candidacy complete vindication of the dominant cummings tactics presumably the general it well i was his 1st merrill counsel and last but involved in the recent thing. i do.