troops are accused of murdering 39 unarmed civilians in afghanistan. an official war crimes report describes the practice as blooding to republican election. officials claim that they were bullied into certifying the election results in the state of michigan through intimidation, deception, and threats of violence. thanks to president trump. united states recognize israel before we leave the golan heights. prime minister benjamin netanyahu. thanks washington for recognizing territories claimed by israel. although those policies are expected to be reversed by the next administration.

compounding the humanitarian disaster. here is the sheer ruggedness of the mountainous country refugees returning home to russian peacekeepers. secure the only route linking the region to armenia or to take the trip and test its safety. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is r t international and sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. right now, blood lust and competition killing may have provoked australian special forces to murder 39 afghan civilians. an inquiry has found and some killings appeared to have been part of a new 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, the strain 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's 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 there also, 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, they weren't made in the heat of battle. so you know how some decisions, like if this, if there's a heated shootout going on and then if it's you or me, if it's kill or be killed, then world soldier could be absolved of some of the,

of some of its actions that later, you know, looking back and hindsight, don't look as good as, as good of a decisions as they 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 the 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 command, suggesting that the officers officers high in the hierarchy. they didn't 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 of danny 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 never buckle under to bigotry and intolerance. so the urge to report suggests punishment against 19 members of s.a.'s. 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 have shown a disregard for afghan lives. the word afghanistan was always framed and a 2 pronged way, one 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 1979. 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 are claiming they were tricked into certifying the results and when county they have signed affidavits resending in their decision to approve the vote count. this comes after the initially block to the sort of occasion process, citing discrepancies, artie's killam, up and comment. 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, 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 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 of racism. 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 am 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 a 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 have 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 based chairman, gave me sure and says that voting for the certification of the november election would result in a full and depend on it 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. and 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, that controversy surrounding the u.s.

presidential election has not ended. we spoke to commentator dave lindorff who thinks the claims made by the detroit election, officials are without merit. this is all about not winning the election. it's about steering up the base for the election in georgia. run up for 2 senators. the whole thing is become a big joke. it's just that trump's hard core supporters believe it. and the reason he's doing it is because he thinks that's going to boost his votes for the senate race in georgia. this is all a lot of noise. that's going to result surely soon. and detritus, 85 percent black, and they were willing to say, ok, well, we'll just recheck the detroit city limits, but the rest of the county will approve the rest of the county slate. i mean, it was such a blatant racist decision. they made that they can't take their vote because once it's like, you know,

the decision was made. mike pompei o has reiterated the u.s. view that the occupied golan heights are part of israel. the u.s. secretary of state, visited the area on thursday. israel captured the golan heights from syria during the 1967 war, and later annexed the territory. and last year, the trumpet, ministration recognized it as part of israel, making the u.s. the only country to do so. that move along with of the recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital was all part of the trump peace plan for the region nicknamed the deal of the century. prime minister benjamin netanyahu had some warm words for the u.s. leader. thanks to president. to us working those dreams with his roots. thanks to president truman. in those instances where the troops room has to present the united states, recognize israel. and so we're going to, thanks to president trump,

whose roots to forge notes. the president wants to preserve the newsroom, was deeply grateful for secretary powell also infuriated palestinians by paying a visit to jewish settlements in the disputed west bank. and announcing a u.s. initiative to counter the pro palestinian boycott divestment sanctions movement accusing it of anti-semitism protests quickly turned violent as rioters hurled rocks at israeli soldiers. he spoke with 2 foreign affairs analysts about pumping his visit and how the trumpet ministrations, 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 house sitting exam

and would pump a 0 is doing is giving the green light in the next few weeks for. 'd the hard right in israel to continue to trample over palestinian self-determination and 16 she knew to gobble up historical palestinian land in gaza in the west bank. and now these incursions into syria into the golan heights. i mean, israel's functions as a massive u.s. war base in the middle east, seemingly do whatever they want without any consequences. it's an unprecedented move for any, you know, high ranking american official on the level of secretary and certainly secretary of state which is the highest in america to come and visit, you know, a community, a settlement in the golan heights. so you know, it is, it is amazing. it is an amazing achievement for, for israel, 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. he may, 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 phone. right. 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. police have detained at least 20 protesters in the armenian capital, in an ongoing wave of unrest over a peace agreement with azerbaijan. just formed a human chain blocking several roads in the center of your van and calling on prime minister nicole to resign. police moved in to break up the line and traffic is now moving again. this follows a week of protests across armenia over the truce signed last tuesday. that deal was brokered by russia to end the 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the disputed region.

many armenians see the treaty as a capitulation, as it allows or by john to hold on to its military gains, including the city of shushi. armenia will also have to hand over 3 other districts to baku. meanwhile, refugees are returning to a buck and russian. peacekeepers are securing the key highway connecting the area with our medium. you have tested the route 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 other problem, of course, is the weather. these late in the year in november, december, it gets increasingly cold, increasingly wet, and the visibility is down to what? 20 reasons at this point. the roods a 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 the leaving the 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 judd, 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, but 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 i'm 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. i mean the troops, everyone searched every vehicle, inspected every weapon, confiscated. here

we filmed a small headed by johnny, military convoy, pass immediately after cars 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 on the grid. 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. why gags, the of from the garden, a car bomb or ethnic armenians torched their houses and destroyed buildings in the garden. a kind of bock in an area that is about to be handed over to azerbaijan, under the terms of the cease fire. residents of several villages were given 24 hours to pack their belongings and leave their homes after local authorities informed them that they had to go. some of them heard back home from armenians. capitally had a van where they had been waiting out the ward to pick up some of their belongings and then torched the rest. oh god, no one can help me. what shall i do? where shall i go? i'm in such a situation. what shall i do? the u.n. refugee agency is a 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. if you'll be,

as government is battling the people's liberation front, after accusing it of attacking a military base authorities, then launched a military offensive calling the alleged assault and act of treason. it'd be good as we walk for so many years and left everything. contrat, looking 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 bitter was sticks, . after they took control of a c.t., they stole all homes.

the humanitarian situation on the border between ethiopia and sudan is quickly evolving and is extremely urgent. in the matter of a week, the un 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. 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.

it all started with a trickle of 1000 of ember, in 100 or 100 in 50 and the secondly on 10th of november, 6800 topi. unless the g.'s in just one day, we as unity are in other human italians are helping the sudanese are told to used to rush supplies and help these desperate refugees. but the situation is really overwhelming. the humanitarian capacity. many of these refugees are coming with nothing. they just fled, saving their lives. they need all the immediate things you need 1st. we need to give them the water, food, and shelter, and stabilize their condition. the numbers are so huge that it's really,

really challenging to reach everyone. this is really more corner of sudan, is trying to build shelters, trying to install health and hygiene installations because we're also dealing with the as well. so these desperate refugees need everything, and the fear is, if this fighting goes on, there could be thousands more on the run for the visit for me this hour. be back with your headlines in about, let's say, 35 minutes. greater trenchard, to say simpson, exacerbating an alarming everyone mindlessly. actually what that means is we

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salutation. the definition of the american dream by james traub slow, adams 193131 was quite simply that quote, life should be better and richer for and for, for everyone. with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement, regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. now that is a sales pitch and it's a beautiful dream. but as the late great, george carlin observed, the reason they call of the american dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. yes, tragically the promise of a richer, fuller life regardless of social class or circumstances is just not the actual reality. for most us citizens, it is however,

the reality if you are named wal-mart mcdonald's or amazon, especially when your multibillion dollar wealth is gained off the backs of government subsidized workers. that's the glaring facts recently uncovered in a new report by the government accounting accounting office, simply in help, tragically entitled millions of full time workers rely on federal health care and food assistance programs. how many millions you may ask. well, according to the report which was commissioned by senator bernie sanders, roughly 5700000 medicaid and rowley's and 4700000 snap recipients who work full time for 50 or more weeks in 2018. earn wages so low that they qualified for these very important federal benefits. what that means, my friend is that companies like wal-mart, mcdonald's and others pay their employees so little in wages that

we all the taxpayers here in the united states were essentially paying for these employees food and health insurance. as senator sanders rightfully declared in response to the jail's findings, u.s. taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize some of the largest and most profitable corporations in america. it is time for the owners of wal-mart, mcdonald's and other large corporations to get off of welfare and pay their workers a living wage. see there is nothing more uniquely american these days than these suited and booted corporate welfare. queens living on wall street drinkin their mccallum's 50, five's up the broken backs of the working poor. and that my friends is the waking american dream and why we are always watching the hawks on a city street. you want to see the grass is always state. see a great city. this least systemic deception is so

which so when you feel as well when watching the hawks are over the earth and i'm a crop. yeah. man, the american dream. you've got to be asleep to believe there's a look at the george carlin, when the greatest lines ever. but the sub, the waking american dream is that it seems like all our big corporations and our most common household names. all essentially make millions and millions and millions and millions of workers who are literally on food stamps or literally are on medicaid because that's they, they fall below the poverty line and have to have to use government subsidies to eat and get healthy. no, absolutely. i think that in terms of wal-mart, you know, reports have been coming out about them for a long time. still for anyone who assumed that maybe they'd get their act together . that clearly they have not in the numbers haven't.