the criminal trial opens in the netherlands into the downing of the 17 passenger jets russia's foreign minister says the verdict is already decided to. pull prices plummet saudi arabia vows to step up production following russian refusal to join opec led production cuts to the coronavirus outbreak made a huge impact on oil demand. and 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 no one needs in they just decided to move me no woman does have to call until i am calling. all.

my. other thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. the dutch led criminal trial into the downing of the may 17th passenger plane opens on monday 6 years after the malaysian airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all 298 on board subsequent probe alleged that a missile which hit the plane was transported from russia the probe has been heavily criticized as biased solitude minsky has more 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 are 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 bit of media campaign has taken an unprecedented scale of

russia 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 checked it 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. the official investigation also receive criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved the country's national carrier but his storage is there 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 idea was to find how did this happen when all the. seem to be concerned that it needs to be on russia many relatives of those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are

expected to be present at the trial so 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 godless of whether the 4 men are found guilty or innocent nothing will ever bring back their loved ones. r.t. them. will the oil stocks are taking a heavy hit following the failure of crude producing countries to agree production demand for oil saudi arabia says it will increase output auntie's don't call it has been following this story joins me in the studio 1st of all just tell us what is happening with the price of oil well neal the markets are going way down right now

it started with monday's opening which of which back then it was showing signs of serious economic crisis actually it started with the asian markets which were in serious decline and also nearly a 30 percent fall in brant crude oil this is the hardest blow that has taken since the 1st gulf war in 1901 just tune into any news channel and you'll really see the kind of hysteria that investors are in right now. global markets shudder. after the oil price crash exacerbating some of the fears so then a real rounds on the stock markets not seen since the heights of the financial crash more than 10 years ago the markets slumping heavily. slumping heavily why what's going on well this all started with not long after opec failed to come to an agreement with russia basically the organization wanted to cut

oil output quotas by as much as 1500000 dollars barrels a day now but russia obviously is the 2nd largest oil crude oil producer in the world and they could not agree to that moscow couldn't just give away its position in the market of course but this disagreement put an end to nearly 3 long years of cooperation between russia and the opec organization and these prices actually fell by about one 3rd right after saudi arabia moved against russia to make the proposed cuts even steeper they want to make oil between $6.00 to $8.00 a barrel and some experts have even called this an economic scorched earth policy. we believe your pick of oil price war on equivocally still to this weekend when saudi arabia aggressively cut the relative price sil's its crude blood the most at least 20 years now this crisis has also significantly taken taken a jab at the ruble actually throwing it down to its lowest point since 2016 now

combined with the global threat of the coronavirus this is starting to look like the global economic crisis that economists have been pointing to for the past several months the opec general secretary has been trying to calm people down after that failed meeting but we're going to have to see what game plan the organization has for the future as the situation continues to deteriorate ok thanks don't call it with the story in the studio with me ok let's get opinion on this story now from . was just in awe of on the line welcome come on what's your opinion on this why are we seeing this tumbling oil price. well there's a lot of fears in the market because the slowdown in economics throughout the world we see the biggest manufacturing and the world been shut down we've seen the reaction through our biggest economies in in the you as we see manufacturing

transportation. that actually went to japan and that disagreement between the between or back and the increasing of production of the shelagh shale oil and gas all together was some miscalculation on the sued you sparred probably haven't learned from the mistake they made way back. maybe 56 years where they gamble on cutting and increasing production and it harmed their economy today that probably they making the same mistake there will be that the most who will be harmed by this economic fall down by this collapse in oil prices because their economy is dependent to have a lead on oil before that they were down in that or over 50000000000 with a little more to finance i think they haven't read the picture very clearly and they making a big miscalculation where and how to agree with back russia

in calming down market i think. the fear is probably overtook the market and the. confrontation between probably led to the big collapse what do you think of the russian position that an opec deal would simply help the u.s. with the selling of shale or. i think even the u.s. will be harmed by the by this drab world we have to distinguish between the u.s. companies that produce shale gas and oil maybe the last will band of. on the economic side because it will be boost their economy because taxes or because oil always considered to be higher oil prices considered to be taxes on their economy we are actually the oil company probably will suffer i have to leave

because they have a lead in that and they need a target to break even to make some profit today and probably a lot of these shale gas company oil company are probably screaming because they couldn't actually survived this collapse in their market and probably all that investment dollars going into that sector will be halted where maybe that trumpet ministration could be making that request to the sodium as the reagan dead back to back in their eighty's to bring back their economy because this is an election year i don't know if they make that call today but in there and i think or back to all probably really negotiate their position of the need to bring stability to the market moving in the sort of an eskimo was in a thank you. schools of south

african women were sterilized without their consent to public hospitals a disturbing new report is revealed we spoke to one of the victims who found the uterus had been removed she only find out when she tried to get pregnant 11 years later. burstall of 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 each bandage on my tammy then they explain that they be was too big and then 26 did a good engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months our dad. but that me being able to conceive with any thought or should go see a doctor we just thought it was just my land and fertility issues doc told 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. or the commission for gender equality study investigated complaints from 48 victims south africa source their realisation as a way to fight hiv hospital staff forced some of the women to sign consent forms according to the world health organization south africa suffering from the world's largest stage of the epidemic more than 4000000 women are positive and according to the report illegal sterilization was carried out in 15 public hospitals in 2002 in 2005 the study was complicated by the fact that hospital staff tried to hide documentation for the victim that we spoke to says she's not even

a child very positive. i'm not hiv positive our high auto t. offices they're quite aware of this and i'll say this and camera they are quite aware of the practice and into doing anything no one has been held accountable it seems like our doctors about of the lol i didn't find any paper and i couldn't have signed it because at that time i was a minor and my mom who was there with me all the time also didn't find any concern for no woman deserves to go through what i am going through and what you're all going through is literally literally lived i'd not want my daughter to be singing the same song that i'm singing today because if i'm bearable with the pain that comes with this it's a very is unbearable and most of all rise violated my rights as a human being we are rarely told my relatives a woman were violated my reproduction right were taken away from me and no woman

ever answer that with us should go through what we are going through we contacted south africa's hopeful 40 for a response we await their reply in the meantime the health minister now wants to urgently investigate the issue. it's 75 years since the u.s. tokyo in the deadliest day in history after the break we'll be asking people in america whether they know about what. you. please.

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monday marks the 75th anniversary of the u.s. bombing tokyo the deadliest raid in history that resulted in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year or more being checked with the people in the u.s. and japan know what happened. 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 or incendiary and a city made mostly of wooden structures caught fire rather quickly you're going to deliver the biggest fine crack of 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 vegas quality of rain i know there are russian and nagasaki where nuclear bombs are and were to 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 that the people former us president barack obama visited hiroshima and nagasaki tacitly acknowledged differend this impact of using nuclear weapons there were 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 but 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 prize 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 only it's sad that very few people in the west seem to remember the suffering and innocent victims of that. includes the people of their remember only these tummy bombs dropped on japan now there is 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 appalling. levels of suicidal sentiment among service members is that he shows almost suicidal thoughts since joining the military 2 thirds know veterans who have already taken their lives in iraq war veteran and antiwar activist vincent de manual says 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 service post military veterans say they face a loss loss of purpose they struggle with reintegration into the community and normal social interaction health problems and getting treatment are other issues vincent emanuel again says getting out of wars globally 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 and 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. terms reelection campaign has filed a 3rd lawsuit against the u.s. 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 his campaign has already sued the washington post and the new york times legal actions are calling for millions of dollars in damages for i guess the evidence of the 2nd wave of russian meddling hysteria now around the 2020 elections. this is it we've got to make up our minds on what the hell is going on i that putin is a demigod of chaos so necessary a so evil level and he puts the joke 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 true picking their opponent this is not what we what the take it person softly has got all. 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 being go the fever of mistrust is the desired symptom of a powerful virus a confident 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 flow networks though you and i think you know i don't and i think it's a real disservice to american people c.n.n. and the times can't be trusted on any topic because they're derived filter spits out the same answer on everything orange man bad 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 3rd what to believe in they don't see you as equal they are elite you know what i think donald trump has cast himself in this remarkable he's running against the elite the elites include the leaders the repub. party the new legal i'm 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 fault 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 and 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 caught the dossiers author chris steele 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 miller report the reality check is that russia is the host style state as it is run at the moment it is that. out to destabilise 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 gently represent the elderly and they debt in a generally represent elite opinion just repeat the claims of our political leaders without question or comment in serbia they have helped manufacture this russia gate hysteria. and stay with r.t. told me for updates in half an hour. seems wrong. but i. just don't. get to see.

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