australian troops are accused of murdering thought, you know, an unarmed civilians in afghanistan, that official war crimes report just drives the practice. as blood to republican election officials claimed they were bullied and thought to find the election results in the state of michigan through intimidation and deception. and threats of violence. you know, this is working, you know, this is really the group where it's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. thanks washington for recognizing tara, she's claimed by israel. although those policies are expected to be robust by administrator. one of the things compounding the humanitarian

disaster is this year. it's of these months in this country, refugees returning home to newborn crowds, russian peacekeepers secure the only route linking the reach of media to take the trip. and i'm at this place making sure you never miss a story. this is all it's international, straight from the russian capital. and while fostering the blood lust and competition killing may have provoked australian special forces to modify thought he 9. an inquiry has found 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 history, is 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 ridgemont 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, and then if you all me, it's kill or be killed,

then world could be absolved of some of the, of 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. he said 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 command, 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, the united states, can look around to bigotry and intolerance. so that the report suggests punishment against 19 members of 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 and international affairs professor spear mcclellan says, many foreign soldiers have shown a 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,

an 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 wasn't even really taking seriously counting the 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 to republican election. officials in the u.s. state of michigan all claiming they were tricked into certifying the results in wayne county. they signed affidavits resending that decision to approve the vote count not stopped. they initially blocked the such occasion process citing discrepancies. i need sleep voted not to certify the election, and i still believe this vote should not be certified. and the state board of canvassers should canvass for an additional period republican canvassers. william hartmann and monica palmer initially voted against certifying the election results in wayne county, michigan. now they are the reason they chose not to vote to certify the results is that they said there were irregularities. they said that the poll book, which is the official list of the registered voters, did not actually match the election results. they had questions, they were not comfortable voting to certify the election results. the state of

michigan had already been called for joe biden. the we had been ahead at that point 150000 votes, but because of these irregularities, they were not agreeing to certify the voting results in wayne county in michigan, that's the county where detroit is located. so immediately after they did not certify the vote, there was kind of a 3 hour deadlock and then there was a zoom call where activists and poll workers spoke to the board on a zoom conference and raised the issue of racism using them a grazes. i'm saying that this fit in with the long history of voter suppression efforts to deprive african-americans of their right to vote. this is what they endured on the xoom call. we are going to you guys are not right, and i'm sorry for your descendants will be so esteemed of you. i'm ashamed of you. i'm not going to read it to you. shame on you. you're a racist. ignorance was showing your racism is very up parish and i don't know how you sleep at night because this is on the record, monica,

your daughter is going to look at you and disgust because she's going to know and this is going to affect her because people will ask her why is your mother a racist? so after about 2 hours of public humiliation, the republican officials reached a compromise with their democratic counterparts. now, according to them, they agreed to vote to certify these results, despite their concerns in exchange for the democrats' conduct in an audit afterwards to see what was going on with these irregularities. now, the democrats decided not to conduct an audit. they say essentially that, that their, their agreement was not held and they regret certifying the votes. we now have palmer and hartmann saying that they were misled. they have now signed affidavits saying that they rescinded their decision to certify the votes. in wayne county, michigan, vice chairman, gave me sure and says that voting for the certification of the november election would result in a full, independent outed of detroit's unbalanced precincts. i relied on that assurance and

voted to certify the election based on that assurance. later that evening i was sent statements that secretary jewson benson made saying that she did not view our audit resolution to be binding. as a result of this fact, i reset my prior vote to certify wayne county elections. now the legal mechanism by which the votes of wayne county michigan could still be overturned, is rather unclear. now the county is considered by the state of michigan to be certified and the decision to certify the entire state of michigan will be carried out on monday by a different committee that would be the board of state canvassers. that committee is split evenly along party lines of republicans and democrats, and it's not clear whether or not these affidavits from the 2 republican poll canvassers in wayne county, michigan will have any effect on that upcoming vote. now at this point, the state of michigan, the lawsuit that was filed by the trumpet, ministration in the state of michigan has been dropped. they are no longer in

a legal battle with the state of michigan. but michigan is not the only place where there were concerns about irregularities, allegations of fraud and concerns raised by the camp across the country. they claim there is a pattern of voter fraud that favored joe biden and secured his victory in the election. and now according to a recent poll, 40 percent of americans believe that the recent, the last election on november 3rd was tainted by fraud. and at this point, people are looking at the situation in michigan. people are looking it at allegations made around other states and there is widespread concern. now donald trump still maintains that he is going to judgment winner of the election. however, there seems to be a pretty big consensus in u.s. media that joe biden is the winner. the election took place on november 3rd, but yet still there is controversy in the united states surrounding that election. there are legal challenges that remain. there are allegations of fraud being raised by rudy giuliani and members of trump's team. so at this point,

the controversy surrounding the u.s. presidential election has not ended my pump aoe has reiterated the u.s. few that the occupied golan heights a part of its well. the u.s. sect of state visits the area today. you can't stand here and what's across the border. and tonight, the central thing, the president's rep, recognized that previous presidents had refused to do. this is a part of israel, the central part of israel. israel captured the golan heights from syria during the . 'd 967 war in late to annex the territory. last year, the trumpet ministration recognised it as part of israel making the us the only country to do so. but move along with the recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital is all part of the trump peace plan for the region nicknamed the deal of the century. and during a press briefing, prime minister benjamin netanyahu had some woods for the u.s.

media. thanks to president trump, the u.s. recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. thanks to president roh. united states proposed truce realistic with peace between israelis and palestinians. thanks to president notices recognize israel is what we're going to turn to president, wrote these rules to forge thanks to president clinton president. israel is deeply grateful for all the president trump has done. mike compare also infuriated palestinians by paying a visit to jewish settlements in the disputed west. bank protests quickly turned violent riots. hold rocks at israeli soldiers. don't know what we are protesting against us. secretary of state imposed a visit to no legal settlement coldly which is unprecedented. that makes trump an accomplice in the war,

crimes against the palestinians will continue to confront the so-called deal of the century, which will not go away with the disappearance of truong. and the south would look, i know we have suffered from all american administrations because it has a bias towards the israeli occupation. but this administration is a partner with the israeli occupation, who try to change things when president biden takes office and it is a long struggle with do all we can still pull the interests of our people. we will defend our land to the end. about that is i believe that this visit by the secretary of state to the settlement. he spots of on go in aggression is because president drum is against the palestinian people. and i spoke with 2 foreign affairs on less about my proposed visit to israel and generally how the trump of mr . ations policies have reshaped the israeli palestinian conflict. some talk about diplomacy and peace. what does it mean for an entire nation of people, palestinian people who have been dislocated now for a century?

plus this is horrible for so many millions of palestinian families. and what pompei it was doing is giving the green light in the next few weeks for. 'd the hard writing israel to continue to trample over palestinian self-determination and 16 she need to gobble up historical palestinian land in gaza in the west bank. and now these incursions into syria instead of go on heights, i mean israel functions as a massive u.s. war base in the middle east, seemingly doing whatever they want without any consequences. it's a political move. you know, i think the campaign for 2024 is already starting because what they're doing here 1st of all trump shows that he's not giving up the fight. nace, you know, have to concede the election or realize that on january 20th, he's going to leave the presidency. but he's not giving up the fight and he keeps working for israel in the middle east, even in this lame duck period where he's not where he's on his way out. and what he

does is he sets the stage. so once president biden comes in in january, he either has to reverse these things, or he keeps up. now it's a win win for the trump and the republicans because if he keeps them, that's what they want for israel, that's what it's and you know wants, that's what most israelis want. if he reverses them, then it looks bad for the democrats. since arriving in his while, the sec to state has announced a u.s. initiative to counter the pretty palestinian boycott divestment sanctions movement accusing it of on it seems like a statement of fact, but i want you to know that we will immediately take steps to identify, organizations that engage in hateful b.d.s. gunder can withdraw our u.s. government support for such groups. while b.d.s. is a global group of propre, the stimulus vests, for the past 15 years, it's been calling for a total boycott of israel over its treatment of palestinians. it's known for encouraging farms, including banks and retailers,

to stop doing business with israel. some of its key demands all the return of occupied lands and quote, full equality for palestinian citizens of israel. on the line now we have mark would know was you who is coordinator of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement. thanks for taking the time to speak to us while some pretty strong words for your group calling it a cancer and anti semitic. what's your response to that? thank you very much for having for having me. i mean, our movement, the b.d.s. movement as a matter of principle rejected all forms of, again, including jewish racism. the movement believes in intersectionality between different struggles between indigenous people and a climate all form of of the struggles

that we are struggling against. and this is, this is the, this is the movement. they are now using definition of one to semitism, which is not just against palestinians, but also the condemned that was condemned, not only by palestinians, but by dozens of jewish communities all over the world. so it's not against palestinians only. so it's also again jewish because now it's about anyone who is criticizing israel would be anti-semitic is not an anti jewish any anymore. and that will harm the jewish community all over all over the world. while b.d.s. is a nonviolent movement and international law that using this new definition to attack the movement because of its, was to grow and sexist. and victor is within the united states or in europe or elsewhere. and now, a whole government is a pressuring that is the government of netanya hope to take such

a horrible decisions against our movement. also said that he will block funding to any organizations that are linked to p.t.s. . while this happens significant impact on your walk. i don't think that will be a significant impact on our work there will be, but that will be on for us. it will be positive because this will broaden our base of war because we believe that this is not just an attack against b.d.s. . it's an attack against the freedom of expression and the right to be the right of people to take a political, a political stand against a settler colonial occupation, an apartheid regime that imposed on our people. it's about people taking a stance against war crimes against ethnic cleansing again and again. so this will broaden our base and in the u.s. and in swift,

also because people will feel that they are threatened by this government and they would be aligned with, with us. we can, we can build more coalitions and people out of the other coalition that they will feel that they are threatened by this new policies that will be not against against us, but against all people in order to express their silence. silence by using such such definitions. while what i thought that you could come on the program and offer your side of the story that was not with no watch, a coordinator of the boycott divestment and sanctions. we've thank you so much while still to come this hour, refugees who fled the karabakh conflict zone are now heading back home after russia brokered truce. that story and much more after the break

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race, sparing dramatic development. the only posts really i'm going to resist. i don't

see how that strategy will be successful, very critical. time to sit down and talk welcome. now police have detained, at least 20 protest is in the armenian capital in an ongoing wave of unrest over a peace agreement with john demonstrated school day human chains located in the several road through the center of on, including one prime minister who called question on to resign and he threw did to break up the line of traffic is all this 4 days a week of protests across on the move. the truth that was signed last tuesday deal was brokered by russia to end 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the disputed region. many armenian see the treaty as capitulation, as it allows us by john to hold on to its minute to gains,

including the city osha. she also have to handover 3 up the district to baku. meanwhile, refugees are returning to the russian peacekeepers a securing the key highway, connecting the area with all media have tested the route for himself and brings us this report. 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. fresh and peacekeepers really had convinced that said by john to let mean refugees written it turned out to be

a very cautious dr. the of the 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 reasons at this point. the roads, a treacherous. if you're a refugee though it isn't the fault, you are afraid of. neither is it the bad roads, the end exploded munitions or the bodies of the dead. it's the leaving that scale you just over a week ago. this was a fiercely contested front glide. 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 on 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, but i didn't know if it was true or not, but now i know everything is fine here when i'm i afraid, of course, i'm not about wrestlers. 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 who 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 mean, the end troops, everyone searched every vehicle, inspected every weapon, confiscated. here we filmed the small as it is by john. the military convoy posse mediately off to

cause 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 my job, he outposts would be situated metres apart. or that by johnny troops would be queuing food. and setting the table as armenian refugees returned to catch up to sydney or melbourne storm could 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 about finally this hour, the un refugee agency is warning of a full scale humanitarian catastrophe in ethiopia. more than $27000.00, people have fled to neighboring countries from civil war in the north. ethiopian government is backing the team great people's liberation front off the accusing it of attacking a military base authorities that want to stay military offensive. calling the allied to the celt, an act of transom. we work for so many years and left everything can flat working with just our clothes and bags

and 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. the 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. or have we lost everything? our belongings, our livestock,

everything. i do not know anything about my children. what does the world not see us now? where will we go? when we just die, we barely escaped with our lives away. whoever did not flee will die. brings you up to speed on the big stories? i'll be back at the top talent. you then join me every thursday on the alex song with short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business. i'm showbusiness. i'll see you that

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