the headlines this hour the prices plummet to saudi arabia of ads to step up production after russia's refusal to join an opec production cut it comes in the wake of the coronavirus slashing global demand for crude and. a criminal trial you please in the netherlands into the downing of the and make 17 passenger jet russia's foreign ministry says the verdict is already decided and we speak to one of the leading force against terror dice in south africa where we found out when she tried to get pregnant. for some reason for an unknown reason they just decided to move. no woman does have to close to where i am going to live and what you are all going through is when the legal risk your lives.

for that welcome you're watching international now as world oil stocks are taking a heavy hit following the failure of crude producing countries to agree production cuts but as demand for oil fulls saudi arabia says it will increase output on quarter joins me studio next tell us more about what is happening don't know exactly what is happening there why would saudi arabia decide to increase production well in the world markets are just going way down since monday's opening in the asian markets have taken a serious plunge european and american futures have gone into freefall and oil prices have seen their biggest fall since the 1st gulf war in 1901. and so just explain then we know you know disastrous situation as far as always is concerned today but why is this happening what has led up to this well basically

a price war is raging right now between saudi arabia and russia it started over the weekend when riyadh which runs the world's largest oil company cut its export prices to between $6.00 to $8.00 a barrel now that's something that would have serious economic consequences for russia after all the world's 2nd largest producer of crude oil and of course the saudis know that but went ahead with this aggressive economic policy anyway now france has already called on the kingdom to increase its coordination with the rest of the world on oil prices and some experts are even calling this these kinds of acts by saudi arabia an economic policy of scorched earth. we believe the opec and russia oil price war only quickly started this weekend when saudi arabia aggressively cut the relative price sil's its crude but the most at least 20 years this has turned into a scorched earth approach by saudi arabia in particular to deal with the problem of chronic over production the saudis are the lowest cost producer by far. now how did

we get to this point well last week opec held a meeting with russia to discuss an agreement that would see a lowering of global oil production by a whole 1500000 barrels of oil this is amidst a big worldwide drop in demand as a result of the coronas coronavirus fears. moscow completely rejected that deal saying it would give the u.s. an advantage over its international competitors which russia is one of them and opec opec decided not to budge so this all put really an end to 3 long years of cooperation between the organization and russia on deciding on these global the global oil supply to the world it's unfortunate but moscow believes that by standing its ground it would be it would be better able to challenge the interests of american oil. for russia's interests this deal is simply logical we

giving up our own markets remove cheap arab and russian oil to make way for expensive american cheel and make it worthwhile for them. on the other hand all this is dealt quite a blow to the russian ruble actually it's thrown it down to its lowest value since 2016 the opec general secretary has been trying to calm people down after the failed opec meeting but we're going to see what kind of game plan they have at this point because the situation really continues to deteriorate ok thanks don don't quarter there with the latest thank you. well come out of was need to tell this to the riyadh has made this error before. this agreement between the between the increase in of production of the shelagh. altogether was some miscalculation on the sued use part probably have been learned from the mistake they made way back. maybe 56 years were all on

increasing production and it harmed their economy today that probably they're making the same mistake i think even the u.s. will be harmed by the by this drop but in the end i think back to all probably really negotiate their position of the need to bring stability to the market. now the dutch led criminal trial into the downing of the mh 17 passion's your plane opens on monday almost 6 years after the malaysian airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all 298 people on board a subsequent. misawa which hit the plane was transported from russia the probe has been heavily criticised by some as biased 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 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 that 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 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. very beginning we see too much politics in the the idea was to find old hold this happened when not 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 very much 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. now scores of south african women who are sterilized without their consent to public hospitals that's the finding of a disturbing new report we spoke to one of the victims who only found out that a uterus had been removed 11 years later when she tried to get pregnant. 1st tour

of the b.b. was too big and they had to perform am i c section and remember when i walk up i ask them why they have reached by mitch or my family then they explain that debris was 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 or see a doctor i really just thought it was just my land and fertility issues dr will prescribe medication i'll be fine and when and course there's halen that i didn't have to us 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 amnon reason they just decided to move my uterus i'm seeing it and non-greasy in because as i'm sitting in 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 here 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 want to save my life from white mother study by the commission for gender equality investigated complaints from 48 victims south africa saw sterilization as a way to fight h.i.v. and hospital staff did force some of the women to sign consent forms according to the world health organization south africa is suffering from the world's biggest h.i.v. epidemic more than 4000000 women are h.i.v. positive and according to the study 2 illegal sterilization was carried out in 15 public hospitals between 20022005 the study there was complicated by the fact that hospital staff did try to hide documentation however the victim we spoke to says she's not even hiv positive. i'm not any. any positive our high.

offices 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 new i mean is being held accountable it seems like our doctors have the law i didn't sign 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 same any consent form no woman deserves to go through what i am going through and why 2 are all going through it is literally listeria lives i do not want my daughter to be singing the same song that i'm singing today because the time bearable or the pain that comes with this it's a very it's unbearable and most of all rights violated my rights as a human being where violated my rights as a woman and were violated ted my reproduction right were taken away from me and no woman ever in south africa should go through what we are going through where we

have contacted south africa's health authorities or to respond to this story although so far they haven't replied the health minister and i want to urgently investigate your ship. comes out is 75 years since the us bomb tokyo in the deadliest terror a day in history after the break we asked people in america and japan whether they even know about what happened. when i was a child seems wrong why don't we all just all. get to ship out just days after. and it gets really equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when. she's to look for common ground.

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again why monday does mark the 75th anniversary of the us firebombing of tokyo the deadliest air raid in history it resulted in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year. check whether people in the u.s. and japan knew 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 papers 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 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 on the biggest bombing raid i know the russian and nagasaki were nuclear bombs there were 2 hiroshima noone

actually it was the tokyo bombing raid in 145 that had the highest death toll is not the tokyo but you know 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 hiroshima 2 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 by 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 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 war it looks like the people there remember only these tummy 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 caleb martin r.t. new york. now the latest survey by the group called the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. is revealed in appalling level of suicidal sentiment among service members the study does show almost half have had suicidal thoughts since joining the military and around 2 thirds do you know better than to have killed themselves iraqi war veteran and antiwar activists inside the 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 deploying

multiple occasions i think all of this plays a factor in whether or not. the turns are more prone to commit suicide to become violent to become addicted to drugs or alcohol all the 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 or several ports a lack of opportunities after they leave the service ice military veterans say they face a loss of purpose they also struggle with reintegration into the community normal social interaction health problems and getting treatment issues vincent emmanuelle again says that getting active was really would help. the u.s.

government unfortunately is not doing enough the u.s. 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. donald trump's reelection campaign has filed a lawsuit against u.s.

media in just 2 weeks the president's team. key c.n.n. of false and defamatory statements about alleged russian support for the upcoming vote this campaign has already sued the washington post and the new york times or legal actions are calling for millions of dollars in damages. this 2nd way russian meddling hysteria surrounding the 20 twentieth's. this is it we've got to make up our minds on what the hell is going on either putin is a demigod of chaos so no theory are so evil sue malevolent 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 trump are picking their opponent this is not who we want and the ticket person sadly 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 the 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 we need to be 3rd what to believe in them c.u.z. . will 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 in time 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 what their 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 aquittal 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 unnecessarily and i think of this russia's 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 a lot because he ruled a fake dossier but because no one took it seriously this is the kind of ara gance these people. or 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 out to destabilize the west

ultimately elite ism is incurable it's critic 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 fort but it's a small hope the papers generally represent the elite and they doubt in a generally represent elite opinion just repeat the claims of our political leaders without question or comment in serving they have helped manufacture this russia gate hysteria and that brings upside that's how the news is looking so far today here not a we're back again in half an. good

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