country there even today, kids in laos fall victim to the bombs dropped decades ago. is the u.s. making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people needed in that little land of mines. unforgivable atrocities, and utterly disgusting. how people are describing alleged ritual killings about afghan civilians by a lead to australian troops with calls to fully bring the perpetrators to justice also. but the french catholics hit the streets against a ban on all religious gatherings during the lockdown. one worshiper told us the move raises disturbing historical parallels in french history. this isn't the 1st time they're going to mass is being considered illegal or the churches have been

locked up or that going to mass could be considered a crime. election officials found the flames of donald trump's voter fraud claims by stating they were tricked into 30 fine results. chance reportedly invited michigan lawmakers to the white house to gather support for his allegations. and rescuers from countries including russia help refugees to travel back to no goal, no karabakh, and we build their homes as many find they have nothing to return to every day we drive by this house and this is sides every time a dog guarding a house that's been destroyed and the family, but isn't there a very warm welcome. you're watching r.t. international with me. carol. we expected better from australia,

afghanistan's reaction to an inquiry alleging bloodlust triggered elite australian troops to unlawfully shoot dozens of afghans trying to looks at how those coming to find terror in their country became a source of terror themselves. 2 eggs, australia and afghanistan, thousands of kilometers apart. one a very keen to help the other. we remind committed to assisting afghanistan in resisting it. terrorism. resisting the taliban forces providing in cooperation with other countries. i live of stability and to live the lives curity . as it you'll, country can build for itself a strong and prosperous and secure future. it took the australian prime minister a bit more than 13 hours to fly over to kabul to say all that

a bit more than 13 years ago. by then, australian troops had already been engaged in the war torn country for several years, almost 20 years ago since the aussies got involved. their number one military man has no other choice, but to say, sorry, i sincerely and unreservedly apologise for any wrongdoing by a stray in soldiers. i say no choice because allegations of 39 civilian deaths at the hands of his defense force as a result of blood lust and competition. killing deserve an apology or actually much more than that large parts of the military report. we can't even read, they're blacked out. but even what's available, sounds horrendous and disgusting. this shameful record includes alleged instances in which new patrol in the members were coerced, to shoot

a prisoner in order to achieve that soldier's 1st kewl in an appalling practice known as bloody atrocities. ranged from reports of troops killing a 6 year old child and a house raid to a prisoner being shot dead to save space and a helicopter apology given measures to be taken culprits to be punished. compensation to be paid. but just think of how many times since 2001, we heard the same kind of stuff from the coalition. do you call it? what you were just for the course of president obama spoke by telephone to apologize and express his condolences for the m.s.f. staff and patients who were killed and injured. sincere apologies for any offense. this may have caused by apologies to the president of afghanistan. and we will make sure that anybody who was involved is held fully accountable with the full force of

the law. these are the cases that they thought deserved an apology. unlike some unfortunate, i mean quite a few of the fortunate civilian deaths from drone strikes that were often referred to as, remember the phrase collateral damage. but in any case, there is no winning the war on terror without drones, right? they were dangerous to these young men, often deliberately and casually, cruel. i wanted somehow to save them, sin them to school, give them a trade to drain them, of the hate that had been filling their heads. and yet the world that they were a part of and the machinery i commanded, more often had me killing them. instead, it all makes you wonder, just how many more thousands of deaths or command full pause. we're still unaware of, especially when it's revealed how much the people in charge were in denial about what

they were doing. the problem is there's a disincentive, really, to tell the truth. we created an incentive to almost require or for people to la. there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue, and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce so well, the latest report that left the aussies red faced lead 20 strategic consequences and military mindset. u. turns well, by how badly trumps plans to cut the troop presence in afghanistan have been received. is just wishful thinking for now. we've been in afghanistan for almost 20 years and no need to ally wants to stay any longer than necessary. but at the same time, the price for leaving too soon, or in uncoordinated way, could be very high afghanistan. risk becoming once again, a platform for international terrorists to plan and organize attacks on

a young man's. so i guess it means more apologies could only be on the way. sure call steve, former governor of afghanistan's galilee, province notes. australia is not the only member of the u.s. led coalition to have carried out such horrific actions. these are something that is very serious and we feel that that is beyond our comprehension. and i'm really appalled that that how could anybody and the name of humanity will what even do that, especially with this poor afghan people. and we hope that manifests to something real and not only for the australian, but also nato countries. and also united states who have committed similar acts in afghanistan, also needs to pay heed to this issue and reconcile their own differences that i have done in afghanistan. the world health organization has

warned medical workers are on the brink as the covert toll across europe and america hits worrying highs. it comes as new york now says protests, what they call a not a quick preparation by hospitals ahead of an expected, the surge of coronavirus cases. medical workers know the city hasn't provided enough protective equipment or new stuff to cope with a spike in victims. we're hearing today because we are finding no more i am called a cry from the bronx and we are not ready, although not the one you want. but i mean is there one m.p.p.? people are not record of what happened and bring as a grown, a virus pandemic continues to hold a tight grip on the nation. nursing homes continue to be one of the most vulnerable populations to bear the brunt of the surge, in cases among the nation's most vulnerable residents comes as inductions,

hospitalizations and search nationwide. industry experts say that when cases spread in the community, it's difficult to shield nursing home residents despite rules that restrict visitors. i think it's clearly, as we've talked about, it's a challenge to take care of individuals during this covert outrage. and there against the really sad, disturbing stories that have come out, which was the case for don best and her family prior to them locking us out on march 13th. my mother was doing great after fighting hard to get her mother into a nursing home in new york because of the facilities, great reputation took a turn for the worst. and within 3 weeks of the covert patients being forced into our nursing home, she was that nursing home watched getting flooded with reports of residents being kept in soiled diapers so long. their skin peeled off, many left with bed,

sores that cut to the bone and are withering away because of starvation or thirst. he said look like you did is going into kidney failure because of dehydration and laying on the floor. he looks like he's there for hours. and as more than $97000.00 of the nation's long term care residents have died amid the pandemic. they are not only succumbing to the virus, but to slow declines from isolation. and it's causing a lot of them to talk about losing the will to live, not wanting to go on anymore or being separated from their families. so that's taken just as much of a toll as cove it has on residence. experts say short staffing has made the pandemic worse and the inability to allow relatives to check on their loved ones has led to a 2nd wave of death. additionally,, according to the covert tracking project, although fewer than one percent of u.s., residents live in nursing homes. these facilities account for 40 percent of the nation's kovan 1000 deaths reporting any york trinity chavez r.t.

. and across the atlantic in europe, the world health organization phase one person is now dying from the virus. every 17th, a france is one of the worst hit with intensive care ward, small the 95 percent full, and struggling to cope with the more than 2000000 coated cases, the continent's worst, talley medical staff are warning they can no longer cope with. what is there to do list will complain about is that we need some rest. so we have limited places, the worst serious patients are in the hospital ward and we only get the patients in the most serious state. yes, it's difficult now. he said over the government's promises sort of are the interests of the comics and the hospital. i've never seen that either for the patients or the caregivers. but france's ban on all religious gatherings, including mass as part of the lock down has sent angry believers on to the streets

in protest. worshippers warn, some things are more important than covert restrictions. and so it depends. of course, churches may be closed for services, but catholics are still meeting and they are protesting knocked down measures that seem religious service is essential under france's measures to fight the virus. only funerals and weddings are currently allowed in religious buildings or services, but the limits on the numbers that turned religious leaders say the restrictions of one tree to see could part of the catholic faith, catholics in france, suffer from not being able to come together for the sunshine moment, the sunday mass. many do not understand how disposable to shop in the supermarket filled with bias and how to split the same time to meet in our churches in strict

compliance with health precautions. despite taking their pleas to france's highest administrative court, the catholic church has failed to persuade the current sleep state that religious services such as murder, are essential and should be permitted during the lockdown that some while others have decided to take matters into their own hands. well, if i might go to confession with you a bit, charlotte, i did not start going to master in the 1st lockdown, and i don't intend to start doing that this time. keeping not to draw focus from the authorities for attending these prohibited masses. we have agreed to hide his identity. do you feel that it is the responsible thing to do to continue going to mass responsible thing to do for us as catholics,

we are mostly responsible to god before we are responsible to our government. and obviously it's always best when those 2 are together. but in french history, this isn't the 1st time that going to mass has been considered illegal, or the churches have been locked, or that going to mass could be considered crimes by making this decision. do you not think that you're putting the general population in? do you think that as a catholic is the right thing to do? you know, because i'm not asking anybody to do anything that they don't want to do. if someone doesn't want to go to mass, they're not being forced to go. and as they say, oh, be all of the laws, as my religion asks me to on public transportation, etc. so i will be a paying the front. so i know because the laws of france do not extend above god. so there are limits to france's power, and i simply recognize that in the practical order,

max is not repentant for his desire to continue attending mass. nor would he feel morally responsible, if someone in his congregation and delegate no where in my life up to 2020 have been held morally responsible for being a vector of a disease. i could very well have passed a cold on to someone in the past or the flu, unknowingly. and the way that code has operated with many, many asymptomatic carriers. it's very unlikely that anyone would ever know. so given that i had no intention to distribute the virus or any desire to do so, i couldn't feel bad in that sense. that attitude is likely to in theory, your services such as this all band well for the protests by catholics will not be tolerated. life is more important than anything else and life is about battling the coronavirus. it's not just catholics who have been impacted by this.

the blanket ban hates any religious service. that means that muslims, jews, hindus and others are all in the same boat. but given that france is still a majority catholic country, there are voices and voices of anger. are roy sing above the crowds, shola auti, paris for the day's top stories coming your way after this short break. what can we expect from i didn't ministration when it comes to russia. as things stand today, relations are brought down by the storm. it is replete with hardliners in the east with a long record of foreign policy failure. relations continue to get worse. joined

me every thursday on the alex, i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get us to the world of politics. sports business, i'm show business. i'll see you then one else seemed wrong. but all roles just don't call me yet to shape out these days to come as a whole and in detroit. because the trail when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. welcome back. bizzare, military, accompanied by russian peacekeepers is entering parts of the disputed region of

nickel and i care about have stipulated under the peace deal. meanwhile, refugees are returning to the areas biggest cities to panic heard, which is held by armenia, but artie's my county a finds they often have nothing to return to who war may be over, but the humanitarian situation here, instapundit here is still dial scenes like this are repeated hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times across the city and left to their own devices. look, emergency workers would be overwhelmed. this is why russia has sent help aside from peacekeepers who patrol the routes and heights. russia also said civilian rescue has engineers fallen builders. they gauge the devastation and their state made how much aid will be required. it's neither easy nor quick. let's go for the next one. how many do you have on your list? there are too many. how many have we visited today?

about 50. neither is it pleasant. every creator has a story. every destroyed whom has its goofs and with almost every visit, we hear again and again about how he were a she were all of them dived. i knew words were they were in this room 2 cousins and my grandmother. i was in the room over there, which wasn't destroyed and i fell of my bed, opened my eyes and only saw dust. it took me 5 minutes to crawl out the window. help has come from all over the world, humanitarian organizations, luko and russian. rescuers catalog ruin. after wreckage, little our 1st task is to cover all the broken windows and glass so people can survive the winter. it's some pleasant. even scary had some role in the construction of many of these buildings is painful

or the priority now is making cattle livable again, wreckage will be cleared later, but light damage has to be repaired. now people are doing what they can, plastering, move a smaller holes and covering empty window frames with plastic sheets. but there are a lot even for that. my house wasn't heat so bad way for live below the windows solid, but their homes, which suffered much worse, really can't complain. the city is slowly coming back to life. the shock of the war is wearing off and with every returning refugees. there is a sense that the city of state by the character has come back from the dead. but in every street there is a somber reminder that life will never be the same. and some people just can't come

back. every day we drive by this house and it's a sad sides every time, a dog guarding a house that's been destroyed and the family. but isn't there more, i guess dia of from the us state of georgia has completed its audit of the presidential election results and declared joe biden. the winner, while debunking florida geishas by donald trump's team. however, trying flow is claim fraud in other states and say they have the witnesses to prove this. this is not a single voter fraud in one state. this pattern repeats itself in a number of states. clearly illegal, clearly, voter fraud, easily provable. hundreds of witnesses, maybe thousands, trying to attention is now shifting to michigan, whose lawmakers, he's invited to the white house election officials in the state allege they were tricked into certifying vote results, but projected president elect joe biden says he can't understand why the election's

still being contested, it's going to be inches, see who shows up. i'm confident he knows he has one is not going to be able to. we're going to be sworn in january 20 8th. be with the most irresponsible presidents in american history. republican election officials in michigan have already signed affidavits rescinds in their decision to approve the votes count artie's callup more people looks back at the timeline of events and what will happen next. i need to leave 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, where detroit is located. they said there were irregularities, they said the poll book, which is the, with this whole 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 had been ahead at that point. 150000 votes, 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. 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 in disgust because she's going to know and this is going to affect her because people will ask her why is sure mother race is 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 conducting 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. bice chairman, gave me sure and says that voting for the certification of the november election would result in a full, independent out it of detroit's unbalanced pressing its. i relied on that assurance and voted to certify the election based on that assurance. later that evening, i was sent statements that secretary joe's on 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. 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 raised by the camp. 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 of the last election on november

3rd was tainted by fraud. and donald trump still maintains that he is the legitimate 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 the controversy surrounding the u.s. presidential election has not ended. we spoke to come in to a new site. this convo happening, dave lindorff, who says the whole process has become somewhat of a fox. this is all about not winning the election. it's about stirring up the base for the election in georgia. run up for the 2 senators. the whole thing has 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 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. they can't take their votes because once it's like, you know, the decision was made at the latest aeronauts international it back in 30 minutes. a new gold rush is underway and gonna thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields, hoping to strike it rich as part of that,

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during the vietnam war, us forces are also bombs in neighboring laos. it was a secret war. and for years, the american people did not know how much anticipation had rebound country per capita human history. millions of unexploded bombs still in danger. lives in this small agricultural country. jordyn wieber went on to another topic. even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago is the us making amends for the tragedy in laos. won't help to the people need in that little land on

the low end, a welcoming cross-talk where all things are considered. and what can we expect from a bygone ministration when it comes to russia? as things stand today, relations are at rock bottom by humans or it is replete with hard liners in neo cons with a long record of foreign policy failure could relations continue to get worse to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest, michael o'hanlon in washington, he is a senior fellow and director of research in the foreign policy program at brookings, as well as author of beyond nato, a new security architecture for eastern europe, also in washington. we have brian becker,

he's the executive director of answer coalition. and in.