from the, from, from the little australian troops are accused of murdering 39 unarmed civilians in afghanistan, an official war crimes report describes the practice as bloody also this hour as the u.s. death toll from the pen demick passes a quarter of a 1000000 health care workers complain they're devastated by it all and not least the risks they're having to take. we never say it's ok for us to be exposed. you can't get exposed, but we can be a canonical if you must countries discuss mandatory vaccination as the solution to rising numbers of coping victims. we debate the issue with our

guests. what should we do with that vaccination? should be obliged to you for that. have the vaccination, we should functionary sheets were not what most people would actually do. the liberating convention of one of the things compounding the humanitarian disaster of these mobs in this country and refugees return home to number in a car bomb. as russian peacekeepers secure the only route linking the region to armenia, r.t. takes the trip and test its safety. watching our 2 international. thank you for joining us. we are global news update this hour blood loss and competition. killing may have provoked australian special forces to murder $39.00 afghan civilians. that's according to a new inquiry. and some killings appear to have been part of an initiation ritual

for new troops. there is credible information. the junior soldiers were required by their patrol commanders to shoot a prisoner in order to achieve the soldier's 1st kill in a practice that was known as bloody. so essentially, the general idea behind this report is that some rogue soldiers, some rogue members of most elite astray in his unit s.a.'s, that they have been fusing excellence, military excellence with eagle, with pride, and well with indiscriminate killing. here's how a top defense official of australia described the atmosphere of the dominated in this unit. the report finds that some specialist service ridge went commanders in australia, fostered within the s.a.'s. what justice burton terms, a self centered warrior culture? a misplaced focus on prestige status and power turning away from or from the

regiment. heritage of military excellence fused with the quiet humility of service. so to put it in simpler terms, a soldier was given a boost in status in the world, you know, within the unit. for instance, the 11 ritual that is described in this, in this document in this report, is that some new recruits were made were made to shoot prisoners compliant prisoners which were no longer combat tends to make their 1st kill. it was called blooding and they're all saws and there's also some evidence uncovered by the investigators that weapons were planted later on the bodies of these prisoners to make them look as if they were fighting back and so on and so forth. and also the report suggests that these kills that they weren't made in the heat of battle. so

you know how some decisions the like if there's a, if there's a heated shootout going on, then if it's you or me, if it's kill or be killed, then world could be absolved of some of the over some of its actions that later, you know, looking back in hindsight, don't look as good as, as good of a decisions as these seemed in the heat of the moment. that was not the case when it comes to the incidence that this report has been looking into. in fact, one of the investigators that was who is familiar with the matter. she said that killing was made into a sport. you say it was happening again and again, what was happening? what sort of actions are we talking about? it was killing as a sport. also the report interesting me enough, it absolves it seems to absolve the highroad commander suggesting that the higher up officers officers high in the hierarchy they did know that was taking place some difficult and disturbing information to learn to everyone who condone history is

involvement in afghanistan. especially given that they went in, that they intervened in this, in this conflict that intervened in affairs to the tune of these words. terrorism is based on evil, intolerance and bigotry, and new free societies, such as australia and the united states. can look around to bigotry and intolerance so that the report suggests punishment against 19, members of our say, yes. so this is the number. so we'll have to see what legal steps and what legal action will be taken in the wake of this probe. international affairs professor sophia mcclellan says, many foreign soldiers actually disregard for afghan lives. the word afghanistan was always brained, and a 2 pronged way while on the one hand accountability for the attacks of

911 arguments that afghanistan had been used as a breeding ground for terrorists. and on the other hand, in attack against the taliban, a humanitarian intervention, to save the afghan people from a brutal regime. the reality is that none of the behavior that we have witnessed in these reports shows any serious care for the afghan people. at no time do we get the sense that there's any concern for the future of the nation. and for the complexities of rebuilding a country that's been ripped apart by war since $979.00. and in fact, in the, the afghanistan papers that were released are only just about a year ago. we found out that the u.s. government was uneven really taking seriously counting civilian casualties. they didn't count the bodies of dead afghans because the afghan lives did not count

in the war. and so i think we see, you know, a consistent pattern here, where there's no accountability and no concern at all for the people. the u.s. death toll from coban 1000 has now surged beyond a quarter of a 1000000. and factions have reach a 6 month period and the virus is now killing one american every minute and response. new york city is tightening its restrictions on closing all public schools for thursday, or than a 1000000 students will be moved to a distance learning level. parents agree with the decision it causes a lot of friends and very sure as we really don't have to go down just yet, a kind of please don't do this to us. please keep the school. children are a little sad, it's closed. that's what i asked for the carrots. it's super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant. and yes,

it makes no sense to me out. absolutely. new yorkers are now anticipating further lock downs and stockpiling. essential goods. some supermarket chains struggling to keep up with demand. even put limits on the number of items shoppers can buy, and hospitals across the country are under severe strain as are teens killed and reports. number of covert cases across america now stands at roughly 11000000. in addition to that, 250000 people have died. we now have bloomy predictions coming from scientists, saying that that number could double in the coming months with the virus giving no sign of abetting. many hospitals around the country have been pushed to the brink. one nurse in texas told the horrors of overcrowded morgues. 'd we have noticed that in it's ok for us to be exposed. but you have doctors. you do not even coming near. you can't get exposed, but we can't hear a ya make anonyma leg. in fact, it has gotten so bad that in el paso, texas,

it's prison inmates who've been given the job of transporting bodies in north dakota. the governor has signed an order saying that medical workers who test positive for coded 19 should still show up for work as long as they're not showing symptoms. nurses are furious. union leaders say this is putting workers in mortal danger. we really feel like it has an issue that patients be in nursing as well. do you really worry about a nurse or now? nurses are exhausted across the street and everybody in that house and having to turn and we have asked people to really be heard and to earn 1000 of their time to their positive. then we're going to turn around and go to work that we are totally counting any of our respects and the credibility that we have delivered community. you know, i don't, you know, for politicians though the public health crisis is an opportunity to point fingers and blame each other. joe biden blames the coronavirus deaths that have been

forecasted for the next few months on donald trump and his refusal to concede the election. furthermore, joe biden is saying that donald trump is the reason that many americans are suspicious of the vaccine. what do you see as the biggest threat to your transition right now, given president trump's unprecedented attempt to obstruct and delay a smooth transfer of power. more people may die and the only reason people question the vaccine now is because of donald trump. now polls are showing that only about 58 percent of the american public is willing to get vaccinated. and that is not going to change depending on whether or not donald trump is willing to concede the election results. if i took it, if some people might die again, with the mud down no vaccine. and some people might die in the future, like in 10 years. so even if it got tested that it was positive and it had no ill effect, i still wouldn't want to take it. i want to see what the actual effect of how the doses are going to be administered. is it a single dose of the dose,

like how frequently, what's the gap between doses. so just more information in terms of what the actual role of the covert 19 pandemic has devastated the country both in terms of public health and the economy. there is not much optimism right now, and there's not much hope that a new administration in the white house is going to turn things around. art see new york. the u.k. is considering whether or not to make code vaccinations mandatory once they're available. a government survey has found was half the population would support such a move. and a senior lawmaker says those who refuse could face restrictions. if vaccination works, and if we're confident it's safe and all indications so far are good, then i can certainly see the day when businesses say, look, you've got to return to the office and if you're not vaccinated, you're not coming in. the conservative politician also mention previous cases when unvaccinated passengers have been barred, entry from certain countries implying that a similar thing could happen. this time,

his comments have drawn widespread outrage online. some expressed doubts that coated vaccines will be safe. others predict it large share of the population will simply refused to get the jab. in all in denmark, a draft epidemic law could let police force the vaccine on parts of the population, but it may backtrack on the plans following mass protests. we took to the idea of mandatory vaccinations to a panel of experts. i'm sorry, north against vaccinations, 101 city. my son was partly the situation since we should holies fascinations were necessary. it's made by this fact since cheney is to be approved yet. so this law is playing fast tracks and also great bizarrely. the plane governments are ensuring its people cannot sue the manufacturers, will be company for anything which happens to be tomorrow. he's as

a result of this flaxseed, i think that we're in a real emergency situation and it's not like, you know, 56 years ago when you make a choice as to whether or not you have actually in rio, raised a major threat, make a public health threat and they're frightening the government, it's not really right in speeding things up. people are worried that this essentially is kind of straying into the area of triclosan and nor a bit of final for a terry intends to at what do you respond to people who add to that. and let's assume for one moment we have the facts, a nation which is safe. what should we do with that vaccination? should be obliged people to have the vaccination. well, there is no law in the u.k. that the government could use at the moment to make you know, bigotry. in fact, the 984 act which comes closest to it actually prevents the government requiring people to undergo medical treatment or vaccination. so there isn't a more,

a lot of people are mistrust who are going back in because, you know, people are saying, well, there's all these big crawling through companies coming in there making loads of money on it. who knows what's really behind them. so now actually there is, there is sufficient and i would be right if they were christians openly my view, i think there and, and he baiting there and creating an issue where those that were like myself really wanted to go ahead with this rocket for getting direct bigger and bigger american units, right. in the meantime, we think you could convince the rest of the population of the worst thing that you can do is a new sport that would simply confirm people who cross. there were actually create core and more problems in the long run. and that if you read a little bit, basically it's the same discourse actually should. because if you can't get over, we are talking to a public transport, we're going to rush or toward records. if you thought about actually wish most

people going to meet those we are or even total total really and states if we got a hold on treatment rather than vaccination. and we kept doing what we're all trying to do. when mosques, why gloves, social distance, is that not enough? or do we really need to stray into as people are saying, this realm of to konya north stepping in a stepping on the toes of people's liberties? well i think that if we continue the way we are already getting on people who clearly i would rather not wear a mask and i would rather not push a wee bit. and through the rest of my life, i would rather every vaccine answer with millions will equal i think most people that i know from their backgrounds, you know, are actually very happy to get them actually in the aa hope that there will be on the route to get back to normal real right. instead of the present circumstance which take a free kick for freedom and liberty the way. so most people are vaccine is

a liberating intervention. and i think it's re still e. to say that we don't need a vaccine. police have detained at least 20 protesters in the armenian capital and an ongoing wave of unrest or a peace agreement with us or by john. demonstrators formed a human chain blocking several roads in the center of year of and calling on prime minister to resign. police moved in to break up the line and traffic is now moving again, as well as a repeat of protests across armenia over the newborn true signs. last tuesday. that deal was brokered by russia to end 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the disputed region. many armenians see the treaty as capitulation, as it allows azerbaijan to hold on to its military gains, including the city of shushi. armenia will also have to hand over 3 other districts to baku in all refugees are returning to cut off. and russian peacekeepers are securing the key highway, connecting the area with our media, our test of the route himself. one of the things compounding the

humanitarian disaster. here is the shia ruggedness of these mountainous country for the 10s of thousands of people who fled the fighting for them to return home. they need a safe road, but because of the fighting various segments of the routes to get about under the control of different sides. what the russian peacekeeping mission has been able to do is to make the achaeans key, corridor safe for all these refugees to return. so we went for a very literal test drive to see if it's true afresh. and peacekeepers really had convinced that said by john to let mean refugees written it turned out to be a very cautious dr. the other problem, of course, is the weather. these late in the year in november, december, it gets increasingly cold, increasingly wet and visibility is down to what?

20 meters at this point. the roads are treacherous. if you're a refugee, though it isn't the fault you're afraid of. neither is it the bad routes. the end exploded munitions or the bodies of the dead. it's still leaving that scale you just over a week ago. this was a fiercely contested front blood. it still is a frontline in the room no longer contest that the next 19 kilometers off to the sun. held by is headed by a judge through russian mediation. the sides have agreed to let all traffic through unmolested, meenie and it's headed by john the military vehicles, civilians, or refugees at 1st few willing to trust the other side. we heard that there were azerbaijanis about ambushes here. i didn't know if it was true or not, but now i know everything is fine here. when am i afraid? of course i'm not of a threat is what is there to fear when you're driving under

a russian flag. the situation is that booth side 2 were at war just over a week ago, have to share the same stretch of road. and it's up to russian peacekeepers who patrol the road and who is stationed at various points to prevent the 2 sides from taking revenge on civilians or harassing them. it took a lot of work, but russian peacekeepers were successful. new weapons are allowed, not even for as they did by johnny was i mean the troops, everyone searched every vehicle, inspected every weapon, confiscated here we filmed a small, is it about johnny military convoy pass immediately after because carrying armenian refugees, which by itself was unimaginable. 2 weeks ago. it's not that i haven't been home in 15 days. we're going back now. thank you. everything is going fine. thank you.

but everything changes. if you would have believed russian peacekeepers and i did it by jonny outposts, would be situated metres apart. or that by johnny troops would be barbecuing food and setting the table as armenian refugees returned to carry the signal that we have had no difficulty with the neighboring outpost. we have very good relations if they need something, we help them. and if we need something, they help us everyone's playing by the rules. the ceasefire stands and thousands of people are returning to their homes. their previous lives more. i guess the of from the garden account of the un refugee agency is warning of a full scale humanitarian catastrophe in ethiopia. more than 27000, people have fled to neighboring countries from civil war in the north. and the

government is battling the people's liberation front, after accusing it of attacking a military base authorities, then launch a military offensive calling the alleged assault, an act of treason, didn't we work for so many of us left? everything can flat will came with just our clothes on our backs. i was severely beaten and tortured, and we were detained for 3 days. we near death from hunger and thirst before they released us. children, adults, and pregnant women had been shot and thrown into the streets and be to a sticks after they took control of they stole all homes.

humanitarian situation on the border between ethiopia and sudan is quickly evolving and it's extremely urgent. in the matter of a week, the u.n. h.c.r. has already recorded more than 30000 refugees who have crossed from ethiopia into sudan. we lost everything our belongings, our livestock, everything. i do not know anything about my children. because the world not see us now. where when we go, where we just die, we barely escaped with our lives. i mean ran away, the, whoever did not flee will die.

it all started with a trickle of the 9th of november, 100 or 115 in the 2nd day, 10th of november, overly. so you 6800 utopian, the 3 g.'s in just one day. we as you've been listening to music, told to used to rush supplies and help these desperate just 3 g.'s of the situation is really overwhelming. really taken care of. as many of these refugees are coming with nothing, they just fled saving good lives. they need all the things you need 1st, we need to give didn't water, food and shelter and stabilized your condition. the numbers are so huge that

it's really, really challenging to reach everyone. this is a really more corner of sudan, is trying to build shelters, trying to install health and hygiene installations because we're also dealing with the rain. so these desperate refugees need everything, and the fear is if this fighting goes on, there could be thousands more on the run. lastly, if we bring you some world news, in brief, one person has reportedly been shot dead and several others injured during anti-government . cautiously haiti, i'm sorry, set up barricades and torched police vehicles, but it's unclear who opened fire. purchasers have been calling on the president to step out of a collection allegations. also crowds in chile are demanding justice for dozens of people killed in a long running police crackdown and gathered outside the presidential palace in

santiago and were met by riot police. with quater kalen. the country has been gripped by and arrests for more than a here and in poland, people are keeping up the pressure on the government over a new era abortion law. and the rules criminalize abortions except in cases of rape or where a woman's life may be endangered. countries. constitutional tribunals gave the green light to the law last month. that's been our up of the day's top headlines for now. and that's all for me as a while, but saskia taylor will be here at the top of the hour with their live news update.

a new gold rush is underway and gunna, thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields, hoping to strike it rich as they over those that were children are torn between gold. my family was very poor. i thought i was doing my best to get back to see which side will have the strongest appeal. join me every thursday on the alex simon show, and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics, sports business, i'm showbusiness. i'll see if that is your media, a reflection of reality in a world transformed what will make you feel safe,

isolation or community? are you going the right way or are you being led? so direct. what is true? what is faith? in the world corrupted. you need to descend to join us in the depths or a maid in the shallows. during the vietnam war, us forces are also bombed to neighboring laos. there was a secret war. and for years the american people did not know. until our thelma is officially the mouth can rebound country per capita all human history. millions of unexploded bombs still in danger. lives in this small agricultural country. jordyn,

we don't think it's happening there. even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. is the us making amends for the tragedy in laos. what help do the people need in that little land of mines? so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic developments. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time to sit down and talk big city bright lights, huge opportunities and many dangers. like any capital city, moscow's standard of living, comfort and growth rates attract people from all over the country and beyond. and

they all come with different intentions. it's also a city where up to $300000.00 crimes are committed every year from those in the middle to the last. it's also not a flight from the risk of the book. it's thought that there was at least one police officer for every 200 of the 12000000 residents in russia's capital in a trickle up to the another with a coming in without these people in uniform just couldn't develop as fast as it does. and it wouldn't be moscow, as we know it to

be a fairly good hand to hand drug dealing is old school, illegal websites, selling narcotics in russia, make annual profits of at least 1500000000 rubles. and the vast majority of those are conducted in moscow. i don't want to shift from, you know, the war there's been a shift in the polls.