the foreign policy team of a potential buy in ministration is being touted by the liberal media. we'll tell you why all this should be for a fine cull. so there's a lot of talk of a great reset and build back better does looking backward bode well for the future . the players in the middle east and slam the assassination of iran's top nuclear physicist with pledges of retaliation, creating a client market for the future by ministration and seriously threatening ties between to iran and washington to the norway are afraid to show cartoons of the prophet muhammad in class, according to a survey bearing personal consequences following last month's murder of a french teacher, r.t. talked with one of them. after the murder of our summer chief, i decided not to show them at all because i felt the wind of all i felt about

my profession attacked. the story is government says it will act on a report revealing new strips, submitted war crimes in afghanistan. but if that is to affect those who have nothing to do with the allegation, a very good morning to you from our team here in moscow, you are watching r.t. international with me, unique and first a heinous assassination. that's how the united arab emirates described. friday's killing of iran's top nuclear scientist, jordan, another key player in the middle east also condemns the death as the u.a.e. urged all sides to prevent instability and escalation in the region. the attack sparked uproar in a wrong as capital with the rioters burning the flags of israel and its allies. the

u.s. was torching portraits of donald trump and joe biden, while demanding war with america to run. i mean really blamed the incident on israel, which denies the ikea's ations. here's what is known about the assault. what's wrong? the ready vowing retaliation? it will only act live a, the triangle of tension between the u.s. and israel and iran, as they post on of explains that creates a real headache for a future biden administration. so far it's been up to iran to make accusations and israel alongside with the us quite expected. lee are its prime suspects.

warning against any adventurist stick measures by the united states and israel against my country. particularly during the remaining period of the current administration of the united states in office. the islamic republic of iran reserves its right to take all necessary measures to defend its people and secure its interests. in response. israel, the one country whose spies might actually know more about iran than iran knows about itself. has had this to say. i have no clue who did it. it's not that my lips, the seals, because i'm being responsible. i really have no clue. and the united states, the same united states that kicked off 2020 with an open assassination of iran's top general has been completely mute this time. and it would be perfectly fine given the total lack of evidence and nation thousands of miles away from iran had anything to do with the killing except in the past 2 weeks. several unconfirmed

reports claimed the donald trump was seeking options to attack iran to further detail its nuclear program. factories that there would make a perfect target given he was quite a celebrity for israeli intelligence. remember that main focus of the so here's this director right here. and he says, the general aim is to announce the closure project, but then he adds special activities. you know what that is? special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific know how developments. and in fact, this is exactly what iran proceeded to do. it continued this work in a series of organizations over the years. i know for preside a well he doesn't know how well i know him. if i met him in the street, most likely i would recognize him. he does not have a new nitty. he did not have immunity, and i don't think he will have immunity by aggravating iran. trump would also be

throwing a spanner in the machinery of joe biden's foreign policy. given that the president elect has hinted at a friendly, a stance on to iran will offer to iran a credible path back to diplomacy. if iran returns to strict compliance with the nuclear deal, the united states would rejoin the agreement as a starting point for follow on negotiations. with our allies, we will work to strengthen and extend the nuclear deals provisions while also addressing other issues of concern and europe, whose leaders probably still have a p.t.s.d. over january's prospects of world war 3. have been pointing out that this latest killing creates a tough road ahead for biden, a few weeks before the new u.s. administration takes office. it is important to preserve the scope for talks with iran, so that the dispute over iran's nuclear program can be resolved through negotiations . we therefore urge all parties to refrain from any steps that could lead to

a further escalation of the situation. during the past 4 years, trump has sent america's relations with iran, back into the path of us, tell it by unilaterally tearing up the nuclear deal, recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. and sending his top diplomat on a charm offensive to all of the middle eastern nations that oppose iran. that's definitely what the israelis were aiming for. i mean, they're there, they're sure and hope is that the united states gets involved in a military action against iraq. that's, that's their ultimate goal. that's their ultimate objective. you know, void of that. the next best thing is to ensure that the united states doesn't improve relations with iran, by rejoining the iranian nuclear agreement in the way you do as a sabotage, any effort at diplomacy. i mean, when you knock off the number one scientist in iran's nuclear program, in a suburb of tehran in a cold, daring daylight attack, you're not going to have the iranians go, whoa, that's ok. let's,

let's get on with diplomacy. it's going to get the reaction. it's getting right now, a hard line iranian response that will further restrict the efforts of not totally shut down the efforts of international inspectors. and only increase international concern that iran might be heading towards a military weapon ization effort. this new high profile death, even though there's no hard evidence to reveal the culprits will only once again prove to tehran, that the raw power is hell bent on destroying it, and with the wounds from the assassination of general sonny money still fresh in the mind. no one can be expecting restraint from iran. most teachers in no way, 5th personal consequences if the consequences, if they show cartoons of the prophet muhammad in clocks. a survey has found massive the wake of last month's murder, a french teacher, samuel patsey, who displayed images of the founder of islam to students on the wheaton teaches

that there are now very real dangers to those working in the profession after the murder of some well i decided not to show them at all because i felt it's wonderful. i felt my profession was attacked at the moment and the freedom of speech over expression was attacked, of course. and i wanted to find other ways to express myself and to achieve the same goal with my teaching. because the character to get your drawings are not the goal. they're just a part of criticism against a religion. and there's other texts we can use as well. according to the poll, almost 2 thirds of teachers fear showing the images and of wrong parties, brutal murders proving extremely divisive. president mccrone insists the cartoons are about freedom of speech,

but muslims are outraged on the answer to one of our competitors was murdered because he taught our competitor, it was the victim of an islamist terror attack. the norwegian sejour we spoke to was that they should be free to decide how to explain religion to students. there's the law on that is the law on that one hand and freedoms of speech on the other hand. and we can maneuver in between the limits of those. and i don't want to have anyone telling me which texts to choose in my teaching. i think it's really important that teacher,

it's all around the world, is allowed to choose to make those choices by themselves. we have the curriculum and we have these limits and i think for us it's really, really important too to make choices about these things ourselves. the thing is that the each and curriculum has a very important main topic. that's democracy and citizenship. and we are teaching in with the law on one hand, the laws against hate speech and in the rain. and we have the human rights on the other hand rights. so we have to maneuver in, in between them and for us. and we will have to find our way to achieve, to develop the students' skills and their, and ability to, to read a text with a critical mind. and i think we can do that even though we're not showing the least

specific pictures. australia is demanding china apologize. for posting a shocking mock up image of an australian soldier with a knife to the throat of an afghan child, a warning you may find the image disturbing. the picture is part of a tweet by china's foreign ministry spokesperson condemning the unlawful killing of afghans by australian troops. but prime minister scott morrison lashed out of the images truly repugnant, demanding its removal and an apology. early australia has moved to dismiss 13 soldiers over unlawful killings in afghanistan. but as the country deals with the fallout from a damning report of daniel hawkins asked if it will hurt those not involved in the crimes. the burden inquiry is sending shock waves through australia. dozens of afghan civilians and prisoners of war killed and brutalized by special forces the

evidence systematically and deliberately covered up. and as the grim details emerged, the calls for army top brass to take responsibility have grown. in each case is important that not only is there accountability in the defense forces for individual alleged acts, but also in the chain of command about those you had responsibilities and accountabilities in that chain of command. the report was heavily redacted, but it still described as possibly the most disgraceful episode in australia's military history, and the commanders are feeling the heat. there is a process to be followed here. we've received the inquiry one week ago. we need to follow a very deliberate, very methodical and very fair process. what's the best damage control? well and apology for starters. to the people of afghanistan on behalf of the australian defense force. i sincerely and unreservedly apologize for any wrongdoing by

a stroll in soldiers. such alleged behavior profoundly disrespected the trust placed in us by the afghan people who would ask us to their country to help them. action has begun to trickle down so far, 13 soldiers are facing anything from warnings to discharge if they fail to explain their actions. it's still unclear though, if criminal proceedings will go ahead and many feel that his insufficient and unacceptable. it's not the whistle blower's. it's not david, that's right, it's not jail. she manning? it's not, julian. it's noted snowden, it is the war criminals who need to be put in prison. and the moment i came to sinai on this, it was even going to think what kind you mean when i mean life am streets in afghanistan, defense chiefs have opted to go further and strip medals from the thousands of afghan veterans who had nothing to do with the crimes causing a massive backlash from the military community and beyond. this is not fair on

thousands of our soldiers who served with distinction and deserve the thanks of a grateful nation, not to be thrown under the bus. over the last 3 weeks, 9, serving and veteran soldiers, 8 men and one woman have taken their own lives. though there's no direct proven link to the scandalous britain report. some say perceptions of collective blame are damaging veterans' mental health. basically branded every soldier, he's all of the 3000 as murderers, and it's just not right. and it will have an awful impact on these people who are very vulnerable. afghanistan is not a normal war. it's not fought between it's a guerilla warfare. the reality is they can't sending back these soldiers time and time again. and i think that was quite wrong.

and that explains, i think what happened and, you know, the politicians have a lot to answer and everyone's talking. all me, leadership has also made clear that responsibility must go up the ranks for what happened. afghanistan, accountability ris with those who allegedly broke the law. and with the chinese command, responsible for the systemic failures involved are run a plea. general campbell himself was in command of australian troops in the country from 2011 to 2012, where most of the killings in a broken report took place even receiving a distinguished service cross for his efforts. his medal doesn't appear to be up for a vacation. and as the scandal drags on with all the chiefs finding themselves under fire from all science, accused of doing too little too late. dodging blame themselves are now collectively punishing innocent veterans, whatever the outcome,

the brooch and report fallout is only just beginning. still to come this hour, we ask why u.s. media for wanting to have a president elect. joe biden has a filter that ministration tame stories coming up after the break. the world is driven by a dream shaped by the day or thinks we dare to ask

well, the truth seems wrong, why don't we just don't all get to shape out just to come to educate. and in detroit, it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. welcome back. in the historic 1st us president elect, joe biden selected an old female communications team as part of a promise of a more diverse administration. keller morgan assesses the how an unusually buoyant,,

so american media are treating biden on just nominations. the u.s., mainstream media seems thrilled that it will have a new white house team to report on this january. and the biden administration seems quite thrilled about its upcoming relationship with the 4th estate. and president biden believes that the media is a critical piece of our democracy. he also believes though, that the media's job is to hold him accountable. he walk of that relationship, the idea of a better relationship with the executive branch is certainly appealing to the media . you are being very aggressive, as is the job of a white house correspondent, david gregory, and i are sitting here talking about our experiences. pissing off everybody in that room, pissing off president obama. pissing off president bush 1st, long as i've been alive for as long as you've been alive. no leader of the free world has publicly spoken about the press. the way trump does it is poison. already the press are hitting home the hard questions. now, because when you hear something your business,

does russia have any leverage over you the mantra or otherwise? and if not, will you release your true friends to prove it? how will that color your attempts to build a relationship with a leader who has been accused of committing an act of espionage? just kidding. those were the questions they asked when donald trump was transitioning into power. now, at this point, biden has already been the president elect for 3 weeks, and this is how tough it has actually got. going to encourage unions to cooperate our grandkids back to classroom. if the media is giving him such a grilling, what do you see as the biggest threat to your transition right now, given president trump's unprecedented attempt to obstruct and delay a smooth transfer of power, you just spoke of. some of the dangers of the president's continued stonewalling of this transition, but it doesn't appear that the president is going to come around anytime soon and admit defeat. so what are you going to do?

and what is your message to republicans who are backing up the president refusal to concede? yes, the press is doing its job and being oh, so tough on biden. some democrats want investigations to go forward against president trump after he leaves office. do you support that? there's going to be some tension between getting unity getting things done, working the republicans and investigating any wrongdoing that occurred during the trial administration. so we've got journalists accepting joe biden's, non answers as the focus now seems to shift to his picks for the cabinet, who all seem to follow a certain pattern. but i didn't. once his teams have people of every race, color, creed, gender, and sexual orientation, who supported the war in iraq. now with poll after poll showing that the american people are tired of foreign wars, you would think that the media would press him on the fact that he's filling up his cabinet with washington establishment or ox. but the mainstream us media has decided not to go there. this is about the least flashy team you could possibly get

. they are deeply experienced. they are humble, and they are life long. public servants is the experience of intelligence professionals for 3 years at the cia has been handling the national security team. the transition for joe biden on national security and is a respected intelligence professional trying to repair what is broken here and less focused on the team of rivals, to repair team, to fix what has been broken. now to be fair, there are a handful of journalists asking real questions, but this pretty much sums up the new attitude. can we just says take a moment and just i don't want to talk moment too to drink you in for just a moment because i'm having to get used to looking at a president again, you know, i've gotten out of gotten out of the habit you got to go, i got a warm up for joe biden. so after

a presidential term of digging for dirt around the white house seems like now the media is busy filling the trenches back in. one thing we can certainly expect will, be another 4 years that are the polar opposite of the last kaleb up and r.t., new york we're going to care about is trying to rebuild after the war between armenia and azerbaijan, with russian emergency workers on the front line of the relief effort in the region's biggest city if you're really worried about this and it's a breach, it's a happy day for the region like the city is reopened. but it's good that. so thanks to the russian peacekeepers, children are learning again. but if you want to take our troops, know you're going to introduce isabel

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hello and welcome to cross top, where all things are considered on peter lavelle the foreign policy team of a potential biden ministration is being touted by the liberal media. we tell you why all of us should be horrified also there's a lot of talk of a great reset and build back better does looking back or bode well for the future. to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guest, patrick headings, an employment he's the editor and founder of the 21st century wire. and here in

moscow, we're joined by bob. she's a political analyst and editor at, you know smee internet media project. all right, gentlemen crossed uprose in effect, that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i was appreciated. ok, let's go to patrick 1st. their employment in watching the potential by a cab and being presented to the public through the liberal media. we heard of phrases like they are like the avengers is like, they're super heroes or something like that. and then there was a talking head on p.b.s. saying these are intensely professional people and they're apolitical. i mean almost fell out of my chair. when that was said here, i look at this team and it's a rogues gallery of people that want endless war promote them. were very much involved in designing a horse that are still being fought and they're being but within the liberal media is cheering them as if they're some kind of an enlightenment after

darkness. ok, obviously the donald trump is the darkness in their mind. but there's a lot of continuity here and i think this is what's really terrifying. and we have election cycle after election cycle where the public says they're sick and tired of these wars. but it doesn't seem to have much of an impact on the professional manager class that runs what i call the foreign policy block. a get away, patrick. you're right to point out peter about the continuity. there's a, if you look back in history, there's a tremendous continuity of u.s. foreign policy from the ministration to administration. it's a slow moving elephant. it doesn't change much between administration, but it did change for the last 4 years. this is probably true. the trump administration, probably the biggest break in terms of continuity of u.s. foreign policy in my lifetime. and the way that i could remember and many others. so there is, there was a break in continuity and i think that break was.