top a straight and figures, including a former prime minister to condemn reports that the country soldiers tortured and murdered to dozens of afghan civilians. we look at how the war on terror created its own form of terror. also french complex rally against a bound on religious gatherings during the log down, amid a covert cases, one wash pointed to a disturbing historical parallel in french history. this isn't the 1st time that going to mass has been considered illegal, or the churches have been lost. or that going to mass could be considered

a crime. down to rescue us from countries including russia, help refugees to return to what i care about and rebuild the homes of many find they have nothing to return to every day we drug this house a little bit every time, a dog god in your house, the good and the privately, but isn't there bring you news around the call, this is all it international from a hard working team, a very warm welcome. well, to start us off this hour, straight officials have condemned what they call unforgivable atrocities. committed by that country's special forces in afghanistan, the defense minister, a government general and a former prime minister, spoke out also an inquiry by a stream, his military into the logic of thought. you know,

an afghan civilians including president i got the report 2 weeks ago. and it made me physically ill and it was very, very distressing. raids. the un forgivable atrocities were committed by a small number of individuals and deliberately concealed from the media chains of command. i'm disgusted by the findings of this report detailing counts of cold blooded murder by members of our armed forces. well, those messages of remorse followed a long list of apologies for war crimes committed by coalition forces in afghanistan. since the 2001 invasion into trying to now looks at how those waging a war on terror. 1 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 as i.e. nation to assisting afghanistan in resisting it. terrorism.

resisting the taliban forces providing in cooperation with other countries. i label 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 their 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 was just one of the course of the interview with 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. these young men, often deliberately and casually,

cruel. i wanted somehow to save them, send 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 law. there is 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, judging 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, we could be very high and afghanistan risk becoming once again a platform for international terrorists to plan and organize attacks on our own lands. so i guess it means more apologies could only be on the way, said cost, a former governor of afghanistan's ghastly proppants notes that a stray guess what? 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 for that that. how could anybody in the name of humanity will even

do that, especially with this poor afghan people. and we hope that that will manifest to something real and not only for the australian, but also other 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 voiced a lot over europe. sergeant coronavirus death rate after $29000.00 fatalities were, registered in a single week. according to the w.h.o., one person, europe is dying from the virus. every 17 seconds francaise, one of the was hit with intensive care ward, more than 95 percent full and struggling to cope with more than 2000000 covert cases. that is what tally. in fact,

medical staff are warning. they can simply no longer cope with what you just have to do list will complain about is that we need some rest. we have limited places. the less serious patients are in the hospital ward and we only get the patients in the most serious state. yes, it's difficult now with the government's promises sort of interested in the comics in the hospital. i've never seen that before. the patients only caregivers, but france has gone on more religious gatherings, including mosques, as part of the lockdown has sent angry believers on to the streets and protest washed up as want. some things are more important than covert restrictions, assaulted devinsky reports, churches may be closed for services, but catholics are still meeting for prayers. and they are protesting. knock 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 buyers . and how does the saying time to meet in our churches and strict compliance with health precaution? 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 mers are essential,

and should be committed during the lockdown. that angered 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. keen not to draw focus from the authorities for attending these prohibited masses. we have agreed to hide his identity. do you feel that that 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 are 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 was 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 caught and delegate nowhere in my life up to 2020. have i 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 forty's, which one services such as this all banned 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 our anger,

or roy sing above the crowds. shawty been ski, auti. i had to the e.u. summit and said dad got off to 2 nations, veto the blogs project, accusing brussels of adopting communist tactics, or talking about it in just a short time

when almost seemed wrong. just don't all get to shape out just days after and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, going to look for common ground. welcome back. now the european union has failed to agree on a coronavirus recovery fund and a 7 year budget cuts during a very tense video conference. somewhat exposed a deepening rift between member states on issues ranging from migration to the rule

of law. peter, all of the reports migration, the budget for the upcoming 7 years. they are the 2 main problems for the european union at the moment. there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel and getting agreement on either of them. on the line, the e.u. commission president said ahead of the summit on thursday that there needs to be an overhaul of the way that migration is dealt with in the e.u. at. that's been pretty much evident, since at least the height of the migrant crisis back in 2015. the way it currently works is that it 1st nation, the 1st member state, somebody seeking asylum arrives in. that's the one that is obligated to look after them or see that's not particularly fair on countries like greece or italy on the line says the current system is not fit for purpose and needs to be overhauled in favor of something. farah, the current system no longer works. each member state without exception, must support member states under pressure. the idea of more burden sharing isn't

agreed on by poland and hungary. they say no, they don't want lots of poland, hungary also not on side when it comes to the conditions of the e.u. budget for the next 7 years. now poland has found itself accused by brussels, of having undermined the independence of the g d surety, as well as having a road at some of the checks and balances of democracy while in hungary those fingers pointed at them, saying that in particular the, the prime minister of hungary, viktor orbán, saying that he's launched a crackdown against free media and academics under some of the clauses that are written into the new budget. if you don't play by brussels rules, you don't get brussels as money and that isn't sitting too well with either warsaw or budapest to feel it may be targeted. it pretty much is targeted directly at them, but they aren't alone in not being happy with this move. but i've also known notion

of propaganda clubs merged in the european union, deciding what the rule of law is and how it's broken from communist times. we know well how such clubs leaved we reject such tools because the rule of law is now being applied in the e.u. is a scare tactic. the opposite is true, meaning the rule of law should mean the right of states to reform themselves in accordance with treaties and the constitution. numerous media outlets and some political groups in the european parliament are openly threatening to use the instrument wrong, would term the rule of law in order to discipline individual human, but states those of us who spent part of our lives under total terror in regime know the deviation from reality begins when process is institutions are given a name that reflects the exact opposite of the essence. it's no small change that poland and hungary are holding up, though we're talking about 1.8, trillion euros, the budget for the next 7 years. that's the cash that supposed to launch the covert

19 recovery plan to build back better. also, the green initiatives on digital economy projects that were put forward as the big marquee goals this slip on the line and her commission set out for their time in office. it doesn't look like it's going to go through any time soon. the deadlock is well pretty much locked. as it stands, there's a lot of work going to have to be done if that new budget is going to be approved. and if there's to be any breakthrough when it comes to the future of migration policy in the e.u. european history professor power. benedetti told us, the e.u. increasingly resembles a super state trying to impose uniformity on its members. that's a song called superpower. we are going to go to the moon because since

a lot of history and they should not be your principal source. if you are with the priest in between the western side, which is the most sort of that you can include only france, germany and the us all that you must be a european. so you, for these russian peacekeepers in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region have now taken up all positions. a great idea this month under a peace deal. the defense minister made that announcement on friday. meanwhile, as a by johnny soldiers accompanied by the peacekeepers, are now entering parts of the contested region. seated by a median full says, the russia brokered truce this month, put an end to 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the contested mountainous region. under the tabs, both armenia and azerbaijan will hold on to that recent gains,

meaning that large swathes of new corner. now foreign on the as area control, including the city of shashi, also has to handover 3 of the districts to back. the loss of those areas has prompted many armenian residents to see that hope is that its rules are movable for longings and sounds in the van down houses, rather than letting us apply johnnie's events. meanwhile, all the armenians are going back to me when i care about main city of to panic, cut, which remains under control. but as i found out, many of the refugees have nothing to return to the war may be over. but the humanitarian situation, it's deposit yet is still done. scenes like this are repeated hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times across the city 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 the estimate 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 home has its ghosts and with almost every visit, we hear again and again about how he were a she were all of them died. when 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, our 1st task is to cover all the broken windows and glass so people can survive the winter. it's some pleasant. even scary. i had some role in the construction of many of these buildings is painful for 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 move a small holes and covering empty window frames with plastic sheets. but there are a lot even for that. my house wasn't heat, so that would have lost way for live lou. the window saw out visitor who miss, which suffered much worse, really can't complain. the city is smoothly coming back to life. the shock of the

war ease wearing off and with every returning refugees. there is a sense that the city of state by the get it has come back from the dead. but in every street there is a somber a mind that life will never be the same. and some people just come back. every day we drive by this house and it's a sad sight, every time a dog guarding a house that's been destroyed and the family that isn't there more, i guess dia of from the go to make and that's a wrap for this hour. i'll be back at the top, i hope to see you then stick around though, because up next on our team, it's watch no walks.

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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 mckellen'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 cd player. so you can see see the grass is always.