the straight and figures, including a former prime minister, condemned reports of the country's soldiers to counsel billions. we have from people and couple who say they want justice. in apology is not the solution. no african, once these foreign powers to control the country. g.'s in the french complex rally against a bond on religious gatherings during the local town, amid a such in case of cases, one washed up pointed to disturbing historical parallels 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's going to mass could be considered a crime. and rescuers from country think creating russia help refugees to return to court to care about and rebuild homes. but many find they have nothing to return to . every day we drug buy this house and this is suds, every dog god in your house that's been destroyed and the family but isn't there. and i want to welcome you watching all its international. always a good choice, i do say so myself and you decided very happy. besides keeping company to sell, i want to start off. a straight officials have condemned what they call unforgivable atrocities. committed by that country's special forces in afghanistan,

the defense minister, the governor general, and a former prime minister, spoke out after an inquiry by a straight his military into the election of $39.00 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 the armed forces. those messages are from or follow a long list of apologies for war crimes committed by coalition forces in afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. now we have a trend code looks at how those waging a war on terror 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 a lives curity as that you'll country can build for itself a strong in 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? what you were just for 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, 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 our homeland. so i guess it means more apologies could only be on the way they looked at war crimes by a string of forces have caused outrage in afghanistan. we asked people in the streets a couple what they think should happen now. but yeah, it was strange. he has admitted to killing innocent afghans and has apologized,

but these cases happened years ago. we were only hearing about them now. afghans were killed as if our blood was worthless. our leaders need to end their inaction and speak out. the foreign soldiers come here to serve their own interests, not to help us. no afghan wants these foreign powers to control our country. we need to decide our own future. but i don't buy that it's good for the 1st time, confess and as soldiers killed us. but i don't think any of bogeys enough. the afghan government needs to uphold the law to make sure the family so good victims are compensated. in apology is not the solution. the afghan government must make sure that no foreign soldier can get away with killing afghans. and the bullet is not enough, it wasn't just one to 2 people. they killed around 40. i want the government to take this seriously. then there were console just killed. many afghans in the past and the us would condemn the actions of its soldiers. but then do nothing about it

. i'm sure the same will happen in australia because for them, one of the soldiers is worth a 1000000 afghans. i'm sure cost is actually a former governor of afghanistan's gosney province notes that a string is not the only member of the u.s. led coalition, of course, 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 when we have and do, 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's searchin coronavirus death rate off to 29000 feet. tennessee's well registered in a single week, according to the top, one person in europe is now dying from the virus every 17 seconds. france is one of the worst hit with intensive care ward, small the 95 percent full, and struggling to cope with more than $2000000.00 covert cases. that is the continent was tiny actually. now medical staff are warning that they simply can no longer cope. will complain. is that we need some rest so 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. over the government's promises sort of

comics and over hospital. i've never seen it either for the patients. well, france has been all over large religious gatherings, including mass, as part of the lockdown has sent angry believers on to the streets and protest wash oppose war. and some things are more important than covert restrictions. as solid reports, churches may be closed for services, but carefully are still meeting and they are protesting. lockdown 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 can attend 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 to split the same time to meet in our churches and strict compliance with health precaution rules. 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 smurfs, are essential and should be permitted during the lockdown. that's 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. keeping not to drop 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 will not

a paying the front. no, 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, their voices and voices of a roy sing a book, the krauts, shawty bruschi or paris hilton breaking news just coming in. now, a shooting has been reported at a shopping mall in the american city of were tossed in the state of wisconsin doesn't solve nor enforcement vehicles. i think you can see on your screens. and a few ambulances can be seen near the mall as police are responding to the incident . at least 3 people have reportedly been taken to hospital. the local medical

examiner examiner has not been called so that does suggest there are no faith tom ities, but it's still not clear. emergency vehicles all still on the scene where the incident took place was the site of a shooting back in february in which a police officer shot and killed a black 17 year old. has been the target of sporadic protests for several months after that. well, still ahead this hour, the e.u. summit and cindy had logged off to 2 nations, vetoed the blogspot jet, accusing brussels of adopting communist tactics. we'll talk about it after this short break. is you'll be a reflection of reality in

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welcome back. now the european union has failed to agree on a coronavirus recovery fund and a 7 year budget during a very intense video conference. thursday summit exposed a deepening rift between member states on issues ranging from migration to the rule of normal people of a explains 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 bots in 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 who 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 evolved. we reject such tools because the rule of law is now being applied in the e.u. as 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 bennett, spoke to us and he said that the e.u. increasing us out was a super state trying to impose uniformity on its members. european union is very much that's a soul of super power. we actually walk to the moon because of the empire, is not the central artistry and they should not be fully formed. is there who've been your principal source? if you are ready, we are facing major competition between the western side, which is the muscle power to side with the european union and include only france, germany and the rest of the european union to be european of them in the east or so before these crowds have gathered for a 10 day in the armenian capital here are found and demanding the prime minister's

resignation over an unpopular a peace deal with activists formed a human chain throughout the city center, leading to an intense political standoff with police and dozens of arrests until about 6 scenes. meanwhile, russian peacekeepers in the disputed. what i care about creech enough now taken up positions agreed to earlier this month on to the peace deal on azerbaijani soldiers, accompanied by those peacekeepers are now entering parts of the contested region. that was seated by all means. well, the russian broke a truce, saw earlier this month, put an end to 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the contestant mountainous region. under the times, both armenia and azerbaijan will hold on to their recent gains,

meaning that a large swathes of nagorno-karabakh, how fool now, as eric control, including the city of shame on me, also has to handover 3 of the districts to baku. well, the loss of those areas has prompted many army and residents to flee their homes that have ruled out movable for longings. and some have even found down that own houses us because they don't want to let ossify johnnie's move. and meanwhile, other armenians are going back to no one i care about, means the chips to panic cut, which remains on to the control teams of russian. rescuers are now helping them return for pools. who are may be over, but the humanitarian situation here, instapundit yet is still done. scenes like this are repeated hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times across the city. if left to their root devices, look, emergency workers would be overwhelmed. this is why russia has sent help aside from

peacekeepers who patrol the routes of the heights. russia will sue said civilian rescue is jeannie is billed as the gauge the devastation and this to meet. 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? oh, 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 goofs and with almost every visit, we hear again and again about how he were a she were all of them died. they were in this room 2 cousins and my grandmother. i was in the room over there, which wasn't destroyed. 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, lukoil and russian rescuers catalogue 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 carol 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 laws even for that. my house wasn't heat so bad. they've lost way for live below the windows solid but their homes. so we 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 drug by this house, and this is suds every time a dog guarding a house that's been destroyed. and the family that isn't there ghastly of from the go to make out about well, before we go back to that breaking news story i mentioned on a shooting has been reported out of a shopping mall in the city of wilma toss in the state of wisconsin. dozens of foreign false meant vehicles out of here, i'm going to says company seen still near the mall as police respond to the incident. at least 5 people have reportedly been taken to hospital. the local

medical examiner has not been cool. so that does suggest there are no fatalities yet. more action where the incident took place was the site of a shooting in february in which a police officer shot and killed a black 17 year old teenager. and has been the target of sporadic protests for several months. since then, we will, of course, bring you all the latest as that story develops. let's get by for me for the day. in fact, i have no fear. they shal thomas will be here taking the reigns at the top of the hour joint command. as for me, i'll see you soon i've been talking guys report many, many times they claim game theory will jump to the sovereign level and you have global hash wars. countries will need to strategically geo politically get into big

oil. and this is what's happening in the united states right now. it was always on the bull, but up especially big city, bright lights, huge opportunities and many dangers. the risk that the blight of atlanta it's also a city where up to $300000.00 crimes are committed every year for the last one. but in the new most, it's filled to the reserved least one police officer for every 200 residents in russia's capital and a trip to another with the wind up toy soon it was

during the vietnam war, u.s. forces also bombs neighboring laos. it was a secret war. and for years the american people did not know until our mouth had rebound country per capita. human history, millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this small agricultural country. jordyn wieber. even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago is the u.s. making amends for that tragedy. and what help to the people need in that little land on my nerves.