criminal trial opens in the netherlands into the downing of the mh 17 passenger jet russia's foreign minister says the verdict is already decided. we speak to one of the women forcibly sterilized in south africa who only found out when she tried to get pregnant. for some reason for and knowing reason they just decided to move me no woman does have to call it. i am called a little bit and why 2 are all going through concealing their lives. campaign files a lawsuit against a 3rd media outlet in 2 weeks claiming russian assistance in the 26th election we look at out of moscow meddling his theory is again gaining pace.

other very good morning you watching r.t. international. criminal trial into the downing of the 17 passenger plane opens on monday almost 6 years after the malaysian airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all $298.00 on board a subsequent probe allege that a missile launcher which hit the plane was transported from russia the probe has been heavily criticized as biased rather dubious give reports from the netherlands . it's a trial it's set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book missile launch from russia into eastern ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 the 4 suspects are not charged with

personally firing the missile the men all deny the charges international arrest warrants have been issued for them but they won't be here and will be tried in absentia some of those that we expect to be here off 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and that's because dutch prosecutors say they face significant risks to their safety but even before the court has heard a single argument some are treating the trial as a story that already has no stone left unturned brushes probably involved and if involved they're probably going to cover it up 51 percent of russians and directly involved are right now it looks like it's russia's fault because. it's russia's fault i it's clear some don't need to wait for any court verdict to draw up their own conclusions russia claims this kind of coverage has a clear intention in the beer and media campaign has taken an unprecedented scale

brush and its citizens are presumed guilty that is unacceptable it has been launched in the last few days prior to the hearings in order to compensate for existing gaps in the evidence and to conceal the attempts to manipulate the facts so that it fits with a chosen theory for the prosecutors say they have evidence that the book a missile system was transported from russia into the donetsk region of ukraine in the days before it was fired now russia says that's not true it's presented evidence that the fatal missile serial number can be traced all the way back to the 980 s. when it says it was transport. it to ukraine then a member of the soviet union and it's there it stayed after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. but the joint investigation team into the mh 17 tragedy has russia says ignored what it believes is a crucial piece of the jigsaw russia was also refused full participation in the

probe and as such says it will not recognize the verdict reached here by the court despite the fact russia was denied being a full participant of the joint investigation team since the very 1st day of the tragedy the russian federation has actively assisted the investigation and during the past year is conveyed to a dutch colleagues a large amount of data connected with the mh 17 crash unfortunately most of these materials were ignored by the joint investigation team this includes a test by the book manufacturer to try and pinpoint the location it was shot from. russia claims that test shows the mis are likely came from an area controlled by ukrainian forces but the findings were jacketed by the j.i.t. with its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible.

we have established that the russian federation was complicit in the downing of m h 17 because they made available the weapon that was used to shoot down the plane we have all the material to substantiate that the official investigation also received criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved the country's national carrier but his thought is they were not given full access to essential information that was contained in the black box of the flight recorders while the country's now former prime minister has raised doubts. on the very beginning we see too much politics in the the idea was not to find old hold this happened when there. seemed to be concern that it did on clay need to be on russia many relatives of those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are

expected to be present at the trial for them this is a court case about finding the truth and perhaps finding closure for a devastating chapter of their lives some have already crane for not closing it skies over a conflict zone in the east of the country but whatever the outcome here regardless of whether the 4 men are found guilty or innocent nothing will ever bring back their loved ones. r.t. them. scores of south african women with their allies with the consent of public hospitals a disturbing new report has revealed we spoke to one of the victims who found that her uterus had been removed only when she tried to get pregnant 11 years later. tore the baby was too big and they had to perform am i c section and remember when i walk up i ask them why they have

a huge bandage on my tammy then they explain that the people is too big and then 26 to make good engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months. without me being able to conceive with any thought i should go see a doctor we just thought it was just. infertility issues dr will prescribe medication opera fine and when it goes there that's really learned that and then having to reassess at all i don't think there was anything wrong with me i didn't have any complications before birth and i didn't have any complications after birth for some reason for i'm known reason they just decided to move my uterus i'm seeing it and non-greasy in because as i'm sitting at this moment i don't know why i was leading this to alive when i met with dr ed ridge who confirmed that he was there when the procedure happened he also could not give me the answer all you could say to me was that they did the operation to save my life i don't know to save my life

from white. question for gender equality study investigated complaints from 48 victims south africa source sterilization as a way to fight hiv and hospital staff apparently tricked the woman into accepting the procedures according to the world health organization south africa is sort of on the planet's largest stage of the epidemic more than $4000000.00 women are believed to be a hiv positive according to the report illegal settlers ation was carried out in 15 public hospitals between 20022005 the study itself was complicated by the fact that hospital staff tried to hide documentation however the victim that we spoke to says she's not even a child very positive. i'm not enchanting positive our high authority officers they are quite aware of this and i'll say this in camera they are quite aware of the practice and you know doing anything no one is being held accountable it seems like our doctors of the law i didn't say in any pain and i couldn't have

signed it because at that time i was a minor and my mom who was still with me all the time also didn't same in any consent form no woman deserves to go through what i am going through what and why to are all going through it is literally little sister realized i do not want my daughter to be singing the same song that i am singing today because the time bearable or the pain that comes with guests and there is unbearable and most of all rights are violated my rights as a human being were very late ted my regret is a woman who where ted my reproduction right were taken away from me end no woman ever in south africa should go through what we are going through we have contacted south africa's hold forth already for a response we will let you know if and when they reply the health minister now wants to urgently investigate the issue. the interims reelection

campaign this fall a 3rd lawsuit against the us media in just 2 weeks the president's team is a q c n n of false and defamatory statements about alleged russian support for the upcoming vote this campaign is already sued the washington post new york times or legal actions are calling for millions of dollars in damages against the of looks at this 2nd wave of russian meddling is styria now around the 2020 elections. this is it we've got to make up our minds on what the hell is going on either putin is a demi god of chaos so nothing various evil sue malevolent he puts the juke at the shame or left wing media is clinically insane you decide the president is a russian operative that sounds like the description of a bad hollywood screenplay but it is real and trump are picking their opponent this

is not who we want and the ticket person suddenly has got all of our political class every single one of us including the media exactly where he wants one publication decided that this level of crazy isn't koku nuff they ventured to google where new one has gone before and blame russia for everything not sure what to believe in god the fever of mistrust is the desired symptom of a powerful virus a confidence sucking worm of mutual suspicion that russia has planted in the operating system of american democracy whenever an american disagrees with another american a russian but is behind it the washington post has reimagined history they suggest that democrats and republicans haven't actually disliked each other for decades haven't tried to impeach each other and barassi each other smear each other for decades that putin made them hate each other apparently washington post has never

seen american news they don't need putin to confuse voters the new york times says let's call the disease the trump virus to which i say let's rename dimentia the new york times do you see any thing except trump on these other cable networks plonk as networks though you and i think i don't i don't and i think it's a real disservice to american people c.n.n. . the times can't be trusted on any topic because they're derived filter spits out the same answer on everything orange manpad see journalists working for old publications like to think they're better than you smarter more righteous that you are really it's who need to be fed what to believe in they don't see you as equal they are elite you are not i think donald trump has cast himself in this remarkable role he's running against the elite the elites

include the leaders the republican party the new york times the new york times these elites have fed you russia gate for years when you came out and said he found no evidence of trump colluding with russia did they apologize of course not elites don't apologize in the words of the washington post it's not very they told you lies it's russia's it's simple logic putin wants the divide america the washington post others actually divided america but it isn't their fault it's putin's because he wanted it the us has divisions because it's one of the least equitable societies on earth in terms of economic disparities to blame such things on russia it does at least 2 things one it prevents us from looking at ourselves and our own problems but also creates tensions with russia another nuclear power unnecessary

and i think of this russia scapegoating is ridiculous talk about this information the steel dossier you know the one about trumped the p and the prostitutes which the media discussed for years despite it being obviously fake the washington post now blames russia for it russia they say was behind the 90 russian dossier the reason that. makes no sense to you is because you are not arrogant enough and could admit to making a mistake at leats they can't the dossiers author christie will has also resurfaced and he's upset not because he ruled a fake dossier but because no one took it seriously this is the kind of ara gance these people are infected with i was surprised that very little of what i had discussed appeared in the final moola report the reality check is that russia is

the host style state as it is run at the moment it is out to destabilize the west ultimately elite ism is incurable it's chronic and the severity of symptoms is variable my only hope is the next time a washington post journalist catches something with his zipper he doesn't blame putin for it but it's a small hope the papers generally represent the elite and they don't generally represent elite opinion just repeat the claims of our political leaders without question or comment in surrey they have helped manufacture this russia gate hysteria. on their marks the 75th anniversary of the us far bombing tokyo the deadliest single raid in history resulted in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year with reaction from both the us and japan is on the scale of more. america's use of atomic bombs

at hiroshima and nagasaki is common knowledge however there are other atrocities from that historical period that have slipped out of the memory monday marks the 75th anniversary of the united states launching bombing raids against tokyo. u.s. officials knew full well that many civilians would die and that did not deter them flying fortresses will be dispatched immediately to send the people cities of japan on fina that won't be any hesitation about bombing civilians it will be worn out the idea was to demoralize the japanese population by inflicting death and misery

on an unimaginable scale the bombs that were used were incendiary and a city made mostly of wooden structures caught fire rather quickly you're going to deliver the biggest fire cracker the japanese have ever seen major general curtis lemay the mastermind behind the operation said that the victims were scorched boiled and burned to death the usa went on to use this tactic of massive bombing of civilian areas in both korea and vietnam 75 years later do americans have any knowledge of this atrocious act of war let's find out the biggest following a raid on on a russian and nagasaki where nuclear bombs there were 2 hiroshima noon actually it was the tokyo bombing raid in 145 that had the highest death toll is not the tokyo but you know the thing about we often don't think of the crimes committed by our own side during the war why is that because americans don't do anything wrong when wonderful we never torture anybody we don't waterboard which is the wonderful

loving people who believes everything. the government tells us the people who decided at the end of politicians they just take it and say ok. we might lose a lot of civilians or whatever and they still do it because for damn power is more important than what than the people former us president barack obama visited her roshumba and nagasaki tacitly acknowledged differend this impact of using nuclear weapons there was some survivors however those who did not perish in the tokyo bombing raids have been widely ignored so i know about the bombing of tokyo on the night of the 10th of march but only from history books honestly i don't know anything about the bombing of tokyo i know the bombing of tokyo but i'm surprised that it's already been 75 years our parents and grandparents never told us about it so we only know what we learned from t.v. and newspapers i don't think there's enough attention being paid to this in our

education in japan. i know about the bombing of tokyo but i have forgotten the exact date i think the media should tell us more about this tragedy not just about hiroshima and nagasaki. from a theoretical point of view i see why the americans thought this was a price worth paying to end the war but personally speaking i'll never be able to accept this as 820-0000 people were killed including women and children on the elderly it's sad that very few people in the west seem to remember the suffering and innocent victims of that. it looks like the people there remember only these homemade bombs dropped on japan now there's no consensus among historians about whether this massive bombing was actually necessary in order to defeat japan however it is widely acknowledged that mass death and civilian casualties on such a scale should not be forgotten kaleb martin r.t. new york. the latest survey by the iraq and afghanistan veterans

of america has revealed the. bolling levels of suicidal sentiment among service members study shows almost suicidal thoughts since joining the military 2 thirds know veterans who've already taken their own lives in iraq war veteran an antiwar activist vincent emanuel says that he's not surprised most of the veterans that i know i think have indeed had those thoughts and i think. your mindset changes quite dramatically. throughout your service said i think after being deployed and especially if you. had seen or experienced combat and i think. after those deployments and then deploying multiple occasions i think all of this plays a factor in whether or not. that earns are more prone. to commit suicide to become violent to become addicted to drugs or alcohol people come home and lives in

relationships and families are put under incredible stress because people are coming home and after having experienced all of those horrific things often turn to very destructive behavior to cope with those things. almost 40 percent of veterans also report a lack of job opportunities after they leave this post military veterans say they face a loss of purpose they struggle with reintegration into the community and normal social interaction health problems and getting treatment or other issues in somalia well again says getting out of wars believe would help. the u.s. government unfortunately is not doing enough the us government has done more over the years the veterans administration is in much better shape today than it was 15 years ago when i 1st started using it but that's not because the government took it upon themselves to do it it's because thousands of veterans in family members of

veterans stood up and fought for those things and of course the wars continue to go on so we need to deescalate all of the current wars we need to withdraw from afghanistan completely we need to withdraw from iraq we need to withdraw from syria we need to withdraw from libya we need to withdraw forces from somalia and all over africa. and that would be the best 1st step if we don't the the best thing you can do for veterans is to not create more veterans. world stocks are taking a heavy hit from the spread of coronavirus all prices plunged on monday after the crude processing group opec failed to agree to a cut in output to study the markets and these to me more on the mounting economic losses well what. a few months ago no one had even heard of corona virus but now it's causing a collapse into chaos and panic spreads around the globe at

a pace the disease could never hope of achieving panic attack new alarm bells ringing out of a corona virus outbreak in this country a corona virus has unleashed a wave of panic across the country it's a nice government has. shut out across the country as it struggles to cope with corona virus as a result people are in fear for their lives they've slashed their travelling cancelled their vacations and seemingly bagged all the toilet paper and keep supplies in sight as they await the approaching apocalypse but guess who suffers the most local and international business which rely on said people to stay afloat as you can imagine finding a way to make money and give people a sense of security is no easy task and many businesses have already taken a hit one of the largest annual multimedia festivals in the us south by southwest has thrown in the towel as the whole city of austin declared a state of emergency over fears of the virus spreading and a former presidential hopeful who was due to attend expressed deep concern over the

cancellation also worrying for awhile money i'm disappointed not to be going to south by southwest but my disappointment is nothing compared to the economic harm and lost opportunities to everyone who is counting on south by southwest food wages tips business and published city the economic losses keep mounting over a $1000000000.00 have already been lost due to the cancellation of major global events including google i o. the geneva motor show and mobile world congress among others even hollywood has shelved the release of the upcoming james bond movie ironically titled no time to die with cinemas across the world closing their doors especially in china the film industry is at risk of losing over $5000000000.00 businesses are desperately trying to find ways to stay open italian theaters asked audiences to sit 3 seats apart as . precaution before the italian government calls all cinemas nationwide anyway the mayor of boston even tried to guilt trip so many from pulling out of the pax east event as a large international company you have an opportunity to set

a good example is the leader in technology you can show that you are motivated by i think it's clear as a leader in gaming and culture that you can show that you believe in connection not isolation there are even talks that the 2021 picks in tokyo might be held without spectators as the markets keep hemorrhaging money with global stocks plummeting by roughly $9.00 trillion dollars some have proposed radical solutions to the crisis maybe we'd be just better off if we gave it to everybody and then in a month that would be over because the mortality rate of this probably isn't going to be any different if we did it that way than the long term picture but the differences were really i wreaking havoc on global and domestic economies needless to say the proposal drew an almost universal backlash online rick some tele has already prescribed did make sure everyone is exposed to it and left that we can die really rick great then i suggest you be the 1st in line to receive the virus that

isolate yourself and if you get sick no problem is just another statistic. he can step up and be the 1st to serve his country while he did quickly apologize for his insensitive remarks it still begs the question how much will the coronavirus cost the world and is that price too big to pay. let's bring you some world news in brief now starting with more than $100000.00 women having come out against myside on international women's day in the capital of chile police fired water cannons to disperse protesters attempting to clear security barriers. dozens of right wing protesters have taken to the streets of greece against the influx of refugees at the country's border with turkey demonstrators there chanted anti migrant slogans and waved green flags. you are the great community new yorkers

also rallied in support of their country demonstrators called for turkey to stop using refugees as a war to adding the e.u. should share the migrants. present joining us here on r.t. this morning up about with updates on our top stories in 30 minutes.

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a low in welcome to cross talk are all things are considered i'm peter lavelle russia and turkey negotiator deescalation regarding what is next for syria also coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. ross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest underneath me good i own he is a professor at the moscow state institute of international relations we also have dmitri bobbitt she's

a political analyst and editor and innocently internet media project and in london we cross who are going to be here as he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let's go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly an adlib we had the leaders of turkey and russia meeting and we came to a conclusion now it could be spotted a lot of different ways but essentially the turks back down why. well i think the back down for 2 reasons firstly the the fount that militarily they were outmatched they're not in a position to take on the syrian army and the russian air force one on the same time and they were suffering casualties.