baghdad officials suggest is the long mix stage might have been behind a spike in tensions between washington and brown which started with an attack on an iraqi military base in december that killed a u.s. contractor. also this hour the oscar ceremony ends in a growing concerns that such events are being used as a staged attack donald trump amid revelations that many actors speeches were written by a company set up by a former brock obama staffer. and with the death toll from the coronavirus up a democrat going to more than $900.00 worldwide a look at the temporary accommodation for russian citizens airlifted from the epicenter of the outbreak. plus disturbing images shared with us by

a palestinian family israeli defense forces shoot a 14 year old boy in the head with a rubber bullet. the story is one of many tragedies. every time a child becomes a victim and people are terrified. good morning and welcome to the program this is our chief international coming to you live from the russian capital bring you your live news update. new revelations obtained by the new york times casts doubt on what led to the extreme tensions between the u.s. and iran last month baghdad military officials are questioning washington's version of events according to which tehran backed militia launched a rocket attack on an iraqi military base killing an american contractor but the iraqi side says there might have been a very different culprit gussy of the details. so far this is b.

the no food here a plague terror volcanoes and shootings and it all began with a very need in the world war 3. 1 thing leads to another and we're on the brink of that war now imagine finding out that it was all based on a lie as you know asteroid the u.s.

forces were attacked by hezbollah to base near kirk that if that the us used the incident of the k. one base attack as an excuse to accuse hezbollah and hold it responsible this is a weak and false pretense and it cannot be taken as a justification to target groups not sure the iraqi borders and defending iraq the . iraqis have a least having consistencies with trump story 1st the jaw graphy the initial attack which america cited and blamed on the iranian backed caught the by his wallet happened in this sunni muslim populated area of kirkuk province she'll muslim such as cut the buys both iranians they aren't welcome that if you've never been to iraq let me spell it out taking a walk through the wrong neighborhood can get you killed and facts caused by hizbollah hasn't been seen in this area reportedly for years who has made a home in the area is isis they know. 3 attacks here just days before

we as iraqi forces cannot even come to this area unless we have a large force because it is not secure how could it be that someone who doesn't know the area could come here and find that firing position and launch an attack. the villages near here in a new europe their sympathy with the why do we resort to blame in his book or those american intelligence connected the dots real quick they examine the truck that apparently launched the rockets at the u.s. base connected it to cut the best bowler iran cited intercepted communications and then hid everything literally they haven't shared thread of information with their allies or iraq or the defense took office of actions in defense of our personnel interests in iraq by launching 15 strike eagle against 5 targets associated with

hizbullah which is named iranian and sponsored shiite militia groups and i would note also that we will take additional actions as necessary to ensure that we act in our own self-defense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups or from iran we have requested the american side to share with us any information any evidence but they have not sent us any information the inconsistency as they mounted mount the truck that the u.s. says fired $31.00 rockets at them well iraqis adding lies that unfounded fod less than half of that but that's minor compared to what comes next the iraq war in the u.s. base that there was a growing risk of isis attacking them all of them with 60 it's national security council since a report to the americans noting that since last october i says terrorists have endeavored to told one base in cookoo district by indirect fun could use your

rockets to sum up here is how it went the americans were warned that isis which controls territory around the u.s. base and hates america was planning to attack and who intro kits at the base the attack happens so blames and then bomb. abre arabian militia citing intelligence either to secrets or to shameful that show any what you decide the classic justification for not sharing such intelligence is normally that you know there are affiliated elements within iran and so probably such intelligence could be leaked but at the end of the day you know if there is something serious then probably at least there needs to be some intelligence cooperation the united states never has the whole truth probably they need the iraqi side its side of the story or version of the events so they would go and have

a certain committee under the umbrella you know under which they are cooperating and say look we have this what do you have on the incident but it could well be that the united states not sharing the information means that they actually don't have in from information and that they just want to use this incident in particular as a pretext for doing whatever they wanted to do it in the 1st place and the u.s. appears to be on equally shaky ground in afghanistan as well to pentagon troops have been killed and 6 wanted in the province in the east of the country an afghan soldier opened fire after an argument that's according to local officials an individual an afghan uniform opened fire on the combined u.s. and afghan forces with machine gun we are still collecting information on the cause or motive behind the attack is our moon at this time. now 3 afghan commandos were also wounded in the incident u.s. troops are facing growing hostility in the country coming under increasing attacks

austin has been trying to reach a peace deal with the taliban and in his state of the union address president trump said u.s. soldiers were not meant to serve as law enforcement agencies for other nations. a research analyst at the center for conflict and peace studies says afghans will want american forces out. with all the collateral damage that's happening with all the civilian casualties that's happening the best of the american you know someone that the americans actually helped to become the president the former president hamid karzai he's even speaking against the americans and criticizing the americans for whatever they're doing in afghanistan and he thinks the american presence in afghanistan is a problem there's no doubt that the afghans at one point in eventual you would want the americans to leave because no country wants to live under a competition and the sense is what you strong for afghanistan.

the south korean film parasite has won best picture at the oscars surprising many it's the 1st time a foreign language movie has won that prize now joaquin phoenix and renee zellweger won best actor and actress respectively but many are concerned that actors speeches at such ceremonies have become too politicized and focused on criticizing president trump on other political issues it was found that many after speeches are written by a company working with top politicians and organized by former staffers at the a bombs and clinton's margins your style of takes a closer look. as except in speeches used to be straightforward thank you i don't know what to say my gods but it seems the simple times in hollywood are long gone now they're as much about climate change elections and the quality as they are about cinematic achievement women 18 to 118 when it is time to vote please do so in your own self-interest it's what men have been doing for years. and

culture is the 3rd leading cause of climate change 70 percent of the water it pollutes the most water the statistics are staggering dedicating our lives. save our environment and figuring out how we can save our but how did we get here when and how did all these major stars catch the woak bug because you didn't seriously think of the all right there except in speeches themselves now did you so perhaps it was right about the time barack obama's auld stuff as and speechwriters switched to offering their services to the west coast maybe jon favreau no not this jon favreau the other jon favreau yes this one he is not just your average scribe he was also

a director of speech writing for the former us president and me told me via 2 he was once obama's national security spokesman the duo founded a firm called fenway strategies back in 2013 and while there are not disclosing the names of their clients they are proud to work with hollywood's elite over the last year we have worked through some of the highest profile individuals on the planet from former presidents to oscar winners fenway strategies employs people who have diligently served not only barack obama but other democratic luminaries including hillary clinton michael bloomberg joe biden and others among a bus respectables as confidentiality is the name of the game here who's to say if fenway was involved but see if you can notice a common theme everyone associated with the black women's agenda. i'm thrilled to

be with you i'm thrilled 'd to be associated with you as a black woman i am especially proud to stand here today because i know for certain that the dreams of my ancestors run through me the race is moving go along the hold of hope you know the surge of hope. bigotry of a trumpet better choice should we have. in the why you know we. the white house we add a pathological liar in the white house. one of fenway is employees. also authored a book called impeach the case against donald trump wonder if he got the ending right and if anything a transition from capitol hill to holywood has added some much needed glitz and glamour to boring old political messaging rushing for rights is

a speech forces dream come true because unlike politicians who are not professionals at memorizing lines or delivering them in compelling in cars mustique ways arches actually know how to deliver the lines so is it really a surprise that ever so glad to be able to spend some of their fat only would pay checks on a few lines of text that can launch them on to the divine bounty and over the woke in a matter of minutes find it kind of interesting how creative the democrats have become here in trying to disseminate their messages so they're using 21st century methods to summon a 1000 century political ideas here on this in the left is going to try anything they can this election season to try to either bash the president or promote their progressive ideas especially now with the oscars and the timing of the. after is

coming on the heels of their resoundingly loss in their attempts to try to impeach and remove president from god unfortunately because of group think in the bullying that permeates in hollywood right now any celebrity that leans to the right is going to be ostracized and on lot of them have actually been blacklisted out of the industry production backed by brock and michelle obama won the oscar for best documentary the film sparked criticism of donald trump on twitter but there's been more controversy in that category as a nominated documentary on the syrian city of aleppo has been accused of pushing a pro terrorist angle and airbrushing the role of militant groups in the region. so. that some painting. we'll show you proud to have developed this film from watson for guess was short films join the siege of aleppo all the way through to this incredible feature documentary proof that's

a unique supports of independent filmmakers across the world can have a huge impact. the movie won a british academy award for best documentary as well as around 60 other prizes worldwide however the teams affiliation has raised concerns camerawoman. has been an outspoken supporter of the syrian revolution and her husband has been repeatedly spotted with the hottest including a man who beheaded a child independent middle east journalist vanessa bailey says that the documentary is flaws do not and there. it didn't nice the existence 1st of all. of the extremist armed groups and the terrorist groups and we have to remember that most front which is there in syria was and still is the dominant force. in most of us in a stiletto and now of course what we see or are these 2 protagonists effectively commissioned by channel 4 to produce reports that were presenting

a misrepresentative view of what was happening in a stiletto and this view was not being verified or investigated independently for channel 4 it was being republic as gospel in a sense now that east aleppo is liberate what we're seeing now which for some a. denial of justice and a continuation of the suffering that the people went through by the front of the occupation of the on kurds and in western look at that with j.t. being targeted more tunes from east and. you can find more analysis on the documentary and the situation on the ground from the independent journalist covering the syrian conflict check out finance sebelius op ed on r.t. dot com. meanwhile a very real tragedy is also unfolding in syria ancient city and it looked province has been recaptured by government forces after almost 9 years of jihad its occupation but now archaeologists aren't struggling to assess the damage to the

mesopotamian kingdom's ruins but the process made harder as the whole area has been filled with landmines. this commissions at this location since 964 has a stop in 2010 as a result of the situation in syria turned into a training camp by militias they built a network of tunnels your blow was destroyed systematically they used heavy machinery to excavate the area many supporters of destruction and smugglers of archaeological old effects took part in the destruction of the wonderful kingdom acropolis.

the death toll from the corona virus outbreak has now exceeded 900 people at over 40000 confirmed cases globally on this backdrop the russian air force has carried out an airlift a vacuum waiting russian citizens from china's province hit worst by the outbreak. 144 russian nationals and foreigners were brought home from we were on the coronavirus at the center 5 russian military planes carried out the emergency airlift. we have very happy we were waiting for you when you finally rescued us thank you very much evacuees were transferred to a rehabilitation center near the siberian city of 2 men where they'll be monitored under quarantine such high level precautions being taken amid fears about the spread of the virus some of the methods being approached across the globe in the

u.s. military bases have become makeshift isolation areas for hard evacuees but if you look at some reports it sounds like russia's dusted down its good legs we have total imprisonment all of it looks so surreal people in full body chemical protection suits a constantly coming in but many of the guests have been taking to social media to show just what their temporary lives are like to send you a colony is one of the only bonus here is our room and everything is very good there all the basics. you can easily live 14 days here there is a shower and a t.v. . fridge which i haven't used yet. so order of an a mirror when i come into the room i found fruit sweets and tea on my table everything is good cosy i'm happy. with the evacuees provided up to 4 meals

a day one complaint mentioned they're not allowed to leave their rooms despite this they can chat to their roommates some have been working out but most reading books or watching t.v. . has plenty to fill with eyes just. so i'm planning to do my chinese language studies now that i'm going to read i've already done my exercise as do i need to stay active and now sit around doing nothing. evacuees are under the close watch of medic. to make sure they're all doing well but i view the doctor's track as morning and evening to take our temperature and listen to how we breed examine our throats none of the evacuees are showing any symptoms of the virus and if you studies that way they'll soon be able to head hard. still to come as prime minister netanyahu threatens her tali action on gaza we speak to the family of a palestinian child shot in the head by israeli forces details after the break.

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in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or inmate in the shallowness. welcome back to the program israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he is ready to resort to drastic measures against gaza during recent attacks on his country. i want to make it clear we will not accept any aggression from gaza only a few weeks ago we eliminated the senior commander of islamic jihad in gaza i were in detail all our plans i won't list all actions but we're prepared for a crushing action against the terror groups in gaza. but palestinian militant group hamas called netanyahu threats a provocation adding it will only encourage palestinians to fight on tensions have

been on the rise after the u.s. president announced a peace plan for the region many called the proposals heavily biased in favor of israel subsequent subsequent clashes have led to numerous civilian victims including children and one palestinian family shared one such incident with us warning you may find the following images upsetting 14 year old mohammad has been in a coma since being shot in the head last week by israeli soldiers the victim's family say he was simply in a local park walking with friends mohammed's father described to us how he learned about his son's injuries. muhammad was shot in the head i wasn't at home at the time my father got in touch with me he said my son was wounded i was driving at that moment when i got back i was so much sooner was badly injured he was taken to hospital but only after soldiers removed the brave book a memo soon was put in intensive care. the i.d.f.

responded that their actions were justified as there were dozens of palestinians in the area or burning tires and throwing stones at soldiers and they were aware of the boy's injuries meanwhile mohammed's grandfather told a rather different story of what happened. it is the children went to the park and saw soldiers there of course they were scared so they hid behind a rock at one point they wanted to see the soldiers had gone so mohammad stood up to look and then he was shot a bullet hit him and they had the right side he lost a lot of blog and fell into a coma he's arms and legs are paralyzed his story is one of many tragedies in our town every time a child becomes a victim people are terrified i can tell you that these soldiers really do shoot at children and. we reached out to the idea for a comment on the situation will let you know when we get the response. the

impeachment proceedings fell through in the u.s. senate president trump's opponents are not backing down and their attempts to discredit him one of the reoccurring themes employed by the democrats has been the continuing allegations of russia collusion now meet you mean a lot of other bahraini entrepreneur and pop singer with the moeller investigation suspected of being part of even ledge russian meddling the reason apparently being the fact that he was once donald trump's a business associate argues oksana boyko got to talk to the man who is believed to have arranged the much reported on meeting between donald trump jr and russian national. as a quick teaser of that interview. the now infamous meeting between dog trainer and the russian lower in the. do you think this whole thing was how ethically. on the your side on my side. 100 percent it was handled ethically.

simply for the reason that i was are always ready to testify and we reached out and said that yes i mean it's coming to united states and allocated 2 weeks for my tour to you know testified to congress to the miller to speak to them to whoever wanted to speak to me about this whole set up my only negotiation. aspect was that i want to do it voluntarily so i don't have to get stuck in the united states and the miller's team replied that it can only be mandatory which would mean i would have to stay in the united states that the investigation finishes which at that point was over a year in progress so i thought the main reason for why you can was the only reason because of what he wanted us to gain because i had another but $110.00 shows that year that i would have to risk because i'm stuck in the states and these are major financial risks as well so all i canceled was the american tour which cost me about half a $1000000.00 in personal losses but we did return tickets and now we are heading

for the store again i think everybody should be realistic if there is you know this whole spy thing going on between russia and america i would not be involved my manager music manager would not be involved i don't know why by the way it was their manager for michael jackson as well that's another 20 years ago. you can catch that interview in full on our website artie dot com at any time. now that's here breakdown of today's top headlines for now have you looking for more you can always follow us on twitter or facebook thanks for tuning in this hour.

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stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back 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.

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