it was. the u.s. military confirms that one of its surveillance planes has crashed in afghanistan in territory controlled by taliban militants. it's 75 years since one of the donkeys chapters of humanity came to an end with the liberation by soviet forces of the auschwitz concentration camp the 27th of january is now international whole of course remembrance day for the millions of jews killed during the 2nd world war. and france bans a type of crowd control grenade that injured numerous protesters they critics say is just a political ploy designed to win votes in upcoming minister elections. you're

watching r t international armories on a lot could thank you for joining us we start with this u.s. military forces in afghanistan have confirmed that one of the surveillance planes has crashed in one of the country's central provinces they currently do not suspect that it was shot down. u.s. bombardier 11 a crash today in gaza the province afghanistan while the cause of crash is under investigation there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire traditionally this is this is standard practice the keep quiet and potential casualties and causes for a 24 hour period after anything any event had occurred but many hours after the initial reports emerged they have finally confirmed that indeed one of the aircraft a surveillance aircraft has crashed in afghanistan after the taliban came out and said the same thing that the united states had lost many they claimed.

servicemen military personnel the taliban is known to sort of inflate statistics to exaggerate the truth nevertheless the e 11 a one of 4 there called why fly in the sky the purpose is to provide communications links between various american units on the ground there always in the air these aircraft avoiding 24 hour 24 hour communications and support surveillance as well this aircraft crashed in in a province that is largely controlled by the taliban and in the side where it crashed up in the hills in the mountains it is controlled by the taliban the afghan military mobilized they try to get to this location but due to security concerns they had to stand down and pull back nevertheless we know that there are red cross and red crescent personnel at the site but because of the lack of signal the network coverage communication for now as it is very difficult as you said there's

an investigation ongoing it was quite interesting about this is then information about what's actually happened is been really slow to emerge can you give us a recap of how this crash has been reported well it wasn't just slew it was contradictory as well because initially the report said that there had been a passenger jet a. airline the belonging to the area an afghan airlines that crashed with more than $100.00 people on board a little later the afghan government the airlines itself came out and said that this is this is fake this fake news none of our jets had crashed the taliban came out and said that it was in fact an american an american spy. and you know eventually that was that was proven to be the case later we learned that they couldn't get to the site because because the taliban was in control on the ground and indeed the 1st video of the emerged of the wreckage apparent wreckage of the aircraft we haven't been able to confirm the video but apparently this video was

shot by a journalist affiliated with the taliban as you think this incident will have any wider significance for the war ravaged country and in particular america's mission as well the argument is that there is no mission that you know of the afghan war papers the painted a very confused picture. of the afghan war inside the administration the u.s. government there's there's there's no clear concise objective what the united states is trying to achieve in afghanistan they're dropping more bombs last year the job more bombs than in almost any given year in the last decade and the consensus is that there is no bombing your way to peace or any peaceful resolution will have to be through negotiation that the afghan war is ultimately unwinnable by conventional means. therefore you know what is what is the mission this is this is just another 5 soldiers apparently 5 that have been killed in

a war that is largely senseless that is bereft of purpose because there's more tragedy to be honest with you than than war casualties or you know collateral damage. we can now cross the line to form a u.s. diplomat jim jack just for a bit more context on this one. jim thanks for joining us as we heard there from our correspondent mad we've got this u.s. minute she plane in space confederate surveillance planes has crashed in afghanistan let's talk about the diplomatic contacts to how do you think the u.s. is going to respond to this and have they responded so far. as was mentioned by right it took them a little time to admit there's a plan here shot down. as i understand early on the taliban had claimed it shot it down i don't know if they're sticking by that claim even if that's the case i don't think the u.s. side would admit that these planes because of the communications capabilities are ashamed to admit continuing operations or american air operations in afghanistan so

all honestly i don't expect a whole lot to change as was pointed out there isn't a whole lot in the way of a coherent mission that stated for being in afghanistan in the 1st place except i would say that the mission of being in afghanistan is essentially to study in afghanistan we would rent in a very strategic piece of ground in the middle of eurasia that challenges both our chinese and russian interests and that's the real purpose of being there the taleban perhaps respect that we're simply not about annoyance so potentially as you are saying that it might not be swept under the rug but we might not get quite the sort of bombastic response from the u.s. that we might have had in other areas of the middle east potentially especially given what's happened recently in iran and as well as put everyone on alert here recently isn't it because we keep hearing well we had the sort of the u.s. missile strikes in iran and in iraq in the last couple of weeks for let's talk about the taliban not knowing to have had weapons capable of shooting down planes

how much of a game changer would it be if it actually turned out they did possess these. i think that would be significant and again that led to the tendency all these things people to come up with all sorts of speculation as to what might have happened and that we actually find out what the facts are but unfortunately sometimes we don't really find out reliable early reliably what the facts are if the tally bonded shoot this down yes that would be very significant and there is even been some speculation that i've seen online for whatever that's worth that this could be part of that promised iranian reaction to killing general soleimani what if they provided some capabilities to the trolley bawn that they don't and did not previously have but it doesn't have their fingerprints on it that's that's a speculation as well but if that turns out to be the case yes that would that would be significant as he said that jim you know everything is speculation until

we have any sort of set the evidence or investigation and that so then a little bit more about the political consequences of this what are relations like between the u.s. and afghanistan at the moment and how how might this change that. they're not particularly good of course but it's a somewhat different situation than it is in the case of iraq iraq the a lot of people want us to get out of there if we were to get out iraq would still be there if we pulled out of afghanistan i don't think the government of kabul would last for very long but as i say the what's the purpose of being there donald trump has been saying for years he wants to get us out of afghanistan he doesn't seem to be doing that even though in principle he's he's the commander in chief and he can give the order for them to leave and they will leave but i don't expect that to happen so i think unfortunately we're stuck they are still for the foreseeable future without anything coherent in terms of a mission i'll give them that there are mere fact of being there or broader

strategic purposes you mentioned donald trump that we can't ignore the fact that the impeachment trial his own going in washington and depending on the outcome of that with looking at donald trump running again for president just quickly before we let you go ok let me tell us how you think that's going to affect trump's chances if you can run for president in 2020 will i think of course you with impeachment his is room for any kind of maneuver is even much narrower than it's been during this past 3 years that he's been in office he if he wants to get out of afghanistan that's all very nice but he's not going to be able to do it and i think this makes makes it even less likely that he is we are i would say at the mercy of the establishment here in washington that wants to stay in afghanistan in effect wherever foment us diplomats in jatra thanks have a few insights thank you. now it's exactly 75 years ago that the red army never ate to the auschwitz death camp in poland almost 1100000 people lost

their lives at the nazi scientists the most appalling tragedy of the holocaust is liberation claes one of the most shameful chapter in history. there were actually 3 death camps at the side auschwitz one started its system of murder and torture back in may 1940 prisoners life began at the registration building where he or she received personal numbers and from then on became referred to by that number then there was assignment to the barracks which would be home as well as block 11 a prison inside the prison used for torture the camp had a gas chamber kremen tory m and execution war dubbed the death wall it's now the place where memorial wreaths were placed on monday camp survivors visited the site commemorate the victims and it's estimated nearly $200.00 former prisoners from around the world will also take part in a memorial service these are all of visited the camp. many of those who pass

through the camps infamous gate with its mocking are by far your work sets you free message survived only a few months the reichsbahn railway network was the arteries of the nazi war machine it was also the mode of transportation used for what reich leadership with cold matter of factness called the final solution to the jewish question the extermination of european jews and really there was the 1st the people were loaded on the trains often and heated for a carriages sometimes people were transported impossible 3rd class passenger carriages they were advised to take all of their valuables with them and some food and warm clothes regardless of the time of year in other words people were led to believe that they were being taken for resettlement inmates had their hair shaved all arrival that was then packed up and shipped to german companies for use as a raw material gold teeth were also removed and barbaric fashion any possessions

taken away suitcases shoes are you glasses pots. pan's those not killed immediately put to work in a par and conditions for some it fell to fertilizing fields with the ash from bodies of those already murdered incriminated but we thought that there was an attempt to destroy the whole race from babies to old people and to do it modern technology auschwitz amazes historians of visitors with this technology how up to date he was just for the purpose of killing people with gas as the end of the war reproached the soviet military closed in on territory which had spent 2 years under the jackbooted nazi occupation reich officials in charge of the camps tried to cover up their crimes those inmates that could work were sent towards germany on what became known as death marches buildings were blown up and bodies burned sending huge plumes of smoke skyward it was these attempts to cover up what had

been happening here that prompted soviet generals to investigate what had been going on. here in agreement with the book why do we say that liberating and saving the prisoners was truly a heroic deed because the marshal cohen a commander of the 1st ukrainian front received intelligence on this horrific camp and how did they get this information because there was smoke the nazis were burning everything including bodies to raise all traces of their crimes so kind of a gist of the plan of the offensive and auschwitz liberated 2 days earlier than they originally planned on entering the camp liberating troops found 7000 prisoners in dire need of medical attention however the hundreds of thousands of items of clothing and almost one ton of human hair betrayed the true extent of the crimes committed here were pretty good of the red army arrived and as soon as our journalists the soldiers saw the people from the camps they immediately realized

they needed help so they started providing medical care there was a hospital with experience of treating mounir and starving patients from the. besieged city of learning ground i might help save the lives of 7000 prisoners in 2005 the date of deliberation 27th of january was declared international holocaust remembrance day by the united nations acknowledging both the crimes of nazi germany and the actions of soviet troops in liberating the camp peter all over r.t. for auschwitz birkenau in poland all the personal numbers of holocaust prisoners were usually sewn on their uniforms but as the number of executions grew it became hard to identify bodies after the clothes were removed corpses were sometimes marked with indelible ink and metal stamps auschwitz was the only camp to tattoo prisoners numbers on their arms more than 400000 serial numbers were created in that does not include those never stamped but sent direct to the gas chambers

uniforms had badges primarily triangles to identify why the prisoner was there ranging from their political views criminal pasts or homosexuality jews had a double triangle resembling the star of david and 75 years on the memories of those who survived are still painfully fresh. the a feeling you will see at the ball is a boy nazi soldiers and it was in the winter it is at the moment that the group mom and i were in the village at that moment the nazis all just started drinking and bits were trying to the point that they began to pull the children from the 2nd floor and it did seem like the hill with us and shooting them like targets. wishing it that it. would break and if we jumped from the windows into snow drift

or flat feet if they shot at us at the local saved us. this is their left over we were sitting on the tram. pattern that when a nazi soldier took a step forward someone shot him in the back field that the transmedia he surrounded they pushed us out and paced us against a wall. for the much a boy was for tonight. i ran to the street to the last couple there was a woman with a child. she took my hand i didn't know she was german and tested it to stop the soldier she told him that i was her child and he had a scar and i did mine on purpose steel. that we were only wearing like dresses that they attached us to a convoy of prisoners it was a very moving without food and water was sick the name people had where. when some people fall they shot them immediately that when we could not walk we had to carry

each other. then we were supported on the left with the sick lame and old. mom was just thrown to the right breast again or it but that does and i could ignore it she shouted you girls hold each other's hands all your life never part these were her last her. for. the civic it was just go to sleep by once who was such in front of st my sister he found just a war and we wrote on the wall. we are home vs. when

the red army entered auschwitz it found about 7000 mostly ill and dying prisoners according to various estimates between 250 and 350 save your soldiers lost their lives in combat while liberating the camp that day ended the science industrial scale mass murder bringing hope the lessons of that to pulling tragedy will never be forgotten. we'd be back with more news from around the world after this short break. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected.

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welcome back now from his interior minister has announced the withdrawal from police forces of london tourism plea for night which has been responsible for seriously injuring numerous protests as. j.p. said this is something this decision because they don't have any specific description of what happened months ago with the police will also use them to remove the threads and protest as voluntarily pick them up and was seriously injured and that's why i think we must remove the well that announcement means it will be the immediate and that clearly. f 4 which has been massively controversial here in france over the last few years particularly for its use in the yellow vest protests and that's because of the sheer number of people who remained by that particular going made when it exploded now that announcement has been largely welcomed people saying it's good you're not going to be using this particular

grenade any longer but there are suspicions that this is a bit of a political stunt it is just the political announcement we heard of municipal elections but it might provoke an internal control of the city this comes just ahead of these really important district in may or elections that are coming up in the next few months here in france and there's also the announcement that while they may be getting rid of back believe f. 4 they've already decided what the new replacement for that will be so why all the glee f 4 was so controversial. the national was when people were trying to force their way in the police arrived and threw grenades one hit the guy's work tried to push it away with his hand as a reflex reaction.

i don't want to kiss anyone but my mother says she had been targeted and we want to know the truth and did her justice. wasn't able to show that it was an explosive it wasn't label to show that it contained up to 26 grams of t.n.t. explosives it's not just the protesters who've been injured by these going 8 hours of exploded they've also maimed journalists or was it the police were panicking responded with numerous tear gas grenades but also. seems to me that they use grenades to disperse the crowd or try to fight against the use of glee f. or grenades which are totally from my point of view war weapons and of l.b.j. rubber bullet guns i was angry at the place because i understand that they have to defend themselves in situations of revolt but to use such powerful and uncontrollable weapons after all they can hit journalists and passes by. so it's

out with the old but as i mentioned the police of already decided what the replacement will be and that is called the g m l 2 now that's controversial it says because while the ministry has previously said that it's not equivalent to the bigley. it will still pose a risk in terms of damage to hearing so if it explodes it could damage your eardrums and according to some sources it could cause skin muscle and bone lesions so it doesn't sound like the 2 are totally that different. and other international news bolivia's a washington backed interim government has cut diplomatic ties with cuba but the island nation blaming the white house and it comes as the u.s. blames russian trolls for damaging stability in latin america explains. the u.s. is ringing the russian alarm bells once again this time for latin america state department

list from the russian link twitter accounts to sow confusion in south american nations that oppose the moscow backed government in venezuela in bolivia immediately after president evo morales resigned on november the 10th the number of tweets associated with those type of accounts spiked to more than 1000 today up from fewer than 5 amid their unproven claims about a russian descent from asian operation they seem to have overlooked the work of a certain louis sorrow's who calls himself a cyber rambo it turns out i'm a cyber rambo now the anti morale us activist was tweeting out as many as 69 posts in a single 2nd in his one account he tweeted out more than 13000 messages claiming that the ouster of evil morello's was not a coup well the actual nature of events tells a different story than what saurez was tweeting let's review.

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this is. why my resigning so that madhu's cannot continue to persecute my socialism brother this it's my duty as an indigenous president. but saurez voice was amplified throughout the internet claiming that the ouster of an elected leader by the military was somehow a triumph for democracy and go into hiding not at all saurez actually boasted about his efforts to sway social media opinion and how they were so effective with an algorithm that was just 25 lines of code. how is this is to bolivian with one click produces more trees than over the next his efforts to support it tight so it's important to note that saurez isn't just a person who's highly interested in bolivian politics oblivion himself he's also a veteran of the u.s. military now he denies that he's currently on active duty or in any way connected with cyber command or intelligence agencies and we'll just have to take his word

for it see the hand of the u.s. in this i see the hand of the cia in this and the national down and for democracy this is an overwhelming amount of social media activity in support of the coup and this was being done by a u.s. military veteran says clearly was a cool ordinated effort to overthrow the democratically elected government of a well morales we have to look at social media as you know just another public platform and in this case it has been and will be used as support today to us in countries like bolivia and they're going to continue to use both the mainstream press and social media to carry out these types of regime change efforts . but twitter has strict policies against this kind of manipulation when we detect suspicious levels of activity accounts maybe looks and prone to to provide

additional information but somehow one guy could have just spammed evo morales out of office so with all this talk of russian bots and kremlin conspiracies perhaps people should look for these cyber manipulators who operate a little closer to washington d.c. they look mop and artsy new york. well that is your day for now we'll be back here the top of the hour with more news from around the world see then.

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