q players in the middle east slim. the assassination of iran's top nuclear scientist aaron is blaming israel and the u.s. creating a major challenge for the incoming biden and ministration. also this hour teachers and norway say they would be afraid to show cartoons of the prophet muhammad in class. after last month's murder of a french teacher spoke with one of them. after the murder of the chief, i decided not to show them at all because i wonder if i fall for my profession attacked. and the australian military fires 13

soldiers following a report on war crimes committed by the country's forces in afghanistan. although the dismissed troops were not directly involved in the atrocity very warm welcome to the program on this monday at 6 pm here in the russian capital . let's get started with a live news update, a heinous assassination. how the united arab emirates has described friday's killing of iran's top nuclear scientist, also voicing concerns on deepening tensions in the middle east. the emirates condemns the crime of the assassination cosimo shots to practice the greatest possible restraint, so as to avoid drag in the region to new levels of instability and threats to peace . the attack sparked uproar and iran's capital with rioters burning the flags of, israel and its ally of the u.s.,

as well as torching portraits of donald trump and joe biden, that while demanding war with america tomorrow and mediately blames the incident on israel, which denies the accusations here's what is known about the assault tehran is already buying retaliation and that will only aggravate the triangle of tension between the u.s. israel and you ran as a ghost on the explains that creates a real headache for the incoming biden and ministration. so far it's been up to run to make accusations and israel along side with the u.s. 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 is not that my lips are sealed 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 claim that donald trump was seeking options to attack iran to further

detail its nuclear program. factories are there would make a perfect target given he was quite a celebrity for israeli intelligence. remember the moon 5 years ago. so here's this director right here. and uses the journalism is to announce the closure project on mars. but then the special activity is, you know what, that is a special activity 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 pit 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. 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 object. 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 to 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. 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 only shut down the efforts of international inspectors and only increase international concern that iran might be edging towards. a military weapon is ation 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 gen, son, imani, still fresh in the mind. no one can be expecting restraint from iran. most teachers in norway fear personal consequences if they show cartoons of the prophet mohammad and class a survey has found at in the wake of last month's murder of a french teacher. and displayed such images to his own students on norwegian, teacher says 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 characters to get your drawings are not the goal. they're at 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 many worry about even bringing up related issues like islam, concern about scaring students is the main reason given the negative reactions from students and parents are also a factor and friends parties, brutal murder, is proving extremely divisive, and since 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 teacher we spoke to adds that educators should be free to decide how to explain religion to students. there's the law and that is i thought the law and it 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 to, 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 no, 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, we will have to find our way to achieve, to develop the students skills and their, and ability to, to read attacks with a critical mind. and i think we can do that even though we're not showing these

specific pictures. australia is demanding an apology from china for posting a shocking mock up image of an australian soldier with a knife to the throat of an afghan boy. a warning you may find the image we're about to show you disturbing. the picture is part of a tweet by china's foreign ministry spokesperson condemning the unlawful killing of afghans by australian troops. by mr. scott morrison has branded the image truly repugnant and demanded an apology. a beijing defended the tweet insisting australia should be the one apologizing to the afghan people. and barack has dismissed 13 soldiers as part of the afghan war crimes probe. they are suspected of being accessories or witnesses to the killings. don't know, hawkins has more on the case and australia's report spots. the bridge. an 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, 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, 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 1st to the 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 this is insufficient and unacceptable . it's not which of blowers, it's not. david mcbride, it's not jealousy. manning. it's not, julian. it's noted snowden, it is the war criminals should be put in prison. i came to story and i was even going to think war crimes, even when i mean yes, we've seen that 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. there's no direct proven link to the scandalous britain report. some say perceptions of collective blame are damaging veterans' mental health. basically brand. every soldier, all of the street is murder. and it's just not right. and it will have an awful impact on these people who are very vulnerable. afghanistan is not only no more wars, it's not between it's a guerilla warfare. the reality is like sending back these soldiers 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 to this and, and everyone stocking to cover all the leadership has also made clear that responsibility must go up the ranks for what happened in afghanistan. accountability ris with those who allegedly broke the law and with the chain of command, responsible for the systemic failures involved. ironically, general campbell himself, who is 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 army chiefs finding themselves under fire from all sides, accused of doing too little too late. dodging blame themselves are now collectively

punishing innocent veterans whatever the outcome, the broken report fallout is only just beginning. russia has accused western powers of unleashing a mass disinform nation campaign. over the alleged poisoning of opposition. figurehead, i would say in a rally that was during day one of an annual conference of the global chemical weapons watchdog, the open sea, at which 56 nations demanded answers from moscow. we can cross live now to our teams. peter harbor in berlin. peter talk us through moscow's response to this well, russia has accused the o.p.c. w. of politicizing, the alexei navalny investigation. it says that the hague based chemical weapons watchdog is serving the agenda of other nations. instead of trying to look into what had happened, germany and its allies resorted to megaphone diplomacy. unleashed

a mass disinflation campaign against russia and started to demand some independent, international investigations. under the auspices of the o.p.c., doubly 56 nations put their signature to a statement from the organization for the prohibition for chemical weapons production of chemical weapons. i beg your pardon saying that alexei navalny was poisoned in russia using a nerve agent from the novacek group. now election of ali took ill on a flight from siberia to moscow. that was back in august of this year. he eventually came here to berlin to receive treatment. i mean,

you know, russia has denied any involvement in what happened to alexei novell me on seeing that a national tests that were carried out on the russian opposition figure in the siberian city of homs showed no evidence of a nerve agent present. moscow has made numerous requests to lend to share the data that allegations that russia was involved based upon. so follow those requests of fallen on deaf ears. the kremlin, says berlin is actively trying to stop any investigation from russia into what happened to alexa in a volley. alternately, this leaves us in a position with

a deep divide between russia on one side and the o.p.c. w. on the other when it comes to what happened. so you missed in a volley, artie's peter oliver, bring us the latest on the nobel in the case. thank you. now for more, let's go ahead and cross live now to flip a call analyst gilbert doctora. now what do you think those 56 members from the o.p.c. were hoping to achieve? today when we're just seeing the same back and forth of them, asking moscow for answers and moscow asking berlin for answers. but your question already has an answer in the expected to achieve nothing. this is a declarative statement. without content and without followup, the russians are being asked to explain the circumstances of the poisoning of money on their territory when the russian sub lowered explaining explicitly that there was no cause new on their territory. so there are 2 sides. there are 2 steps to

this question 1st, where did it happen then? what happens if anything? where did it happen? the russians are not happy. we're going to be the c.w. does not raise the question, but all determining where it could happen and when a good one. but it's a sense that the more it happens on the flight from russia to germany, then there's nothing whatever to discuss here. but i think if you have to consider when countries are quite sympathetic and understanding aggression like hungary, their signature to this resolution, it is only because the resolution is too clueless. it has no significance whatsoever except to discredit the o.p.c. w. as a legitimate international organization. and it looks like the whole of humanity is right, is aligned against function by well i think back on off will not provide on septic

or one ocean which the seller of the postman says that is effect of, a whole universe and other places. we have the whole universe, that's an e.u., the usa and the other places are by wacha. the marshall islands, top of the guinea sun, the rino, near all signatories to the us. that's supposed to get waged on the contrary, it reduces the weight of this whole exercise. so a point were sitting in moscow. i would not get very upset about this. that was, well, exactly if we do look at the list of those 56 members that said that not only was definitely poisoned with no a choke. there's everyone on there from pacific island nations and south american countries that really have nothing to do with this case. does that mean? all of them were then given access to that information to those details that moscow has been asking for all this time. nothing is doubtful. i think obviously in play here is a very typical leaders of the whole is wanting it once because they believe in

unity is strength. in point of fact, unity is weakness. it is based on truth and on supported our locations as these against russia or an era saying that you don't really expect that they obviously didn't really expect a response to this. so this was just politics as usual. and is this how this whole in bali case is going to end given that the man is alive and well? well, how will and remains to be seen this, i think much more newsworthy in the last few days. that there are public statements and the volumes of which is called upon the e.u. to, to impose sanctions against. well, you can see all the darks of logical wrong in russia. this is a perfect 5th column position. i find it very hard to believe that mr. long will go back to russia, not because the government has any resentment or against him, but because private citizens in russia with good reason,

but enormous reason. those are going to have enormous incentives to see that he signs political analyst gilbert. dr. i think you for a time and your comments a human rights group has accused europe of creating its own guantanamo by allowing its citizens to be subjected to human rights abuses at camps in syria. according to a rights and security international report, there are 640 european children and $230.00, european women being held at legally, and without charge at kurdish run camps for terror suspects and the northeast of syria. the report contains eyewitness accounts, of inhumane and degrading treatment, are to go, has more. just look at this sea of tents enormous dubbed in the report as a new, get mo, europe's kuantan m. o. because of the citizenship or the origin of many of the families there. but here's why this place could outdo the infamous prison in

reputation for the horrors happening inside. in pretty much every tent, there are kids. since the start of 2019, more than 400 children have died in the main camp long after i saw it was wiped out in this part of syria. families of suspected terrorists are paying the price some dog because of gruesome conditions. it can be anything from bad food to $10.00 fires. last winter, 3 and children were burnt alive. we saw the bodies so the babies. if someone dares to speak out against the conditions, the guards as it's been reported, resort to gunfire. we never feel safe here. my main worry is that my children are injured, will die from gunshot wounds. one day a bullet landed between my neighbor's tents. i'm afraid of the bullet enters my tanned and winds of one of us. one children, especially boys grow older. they could end up being forcibly removed,

just in case 2 men in military uniforms who had their faces covered with these cards and carrying kalashnikovs and very fast. they took my son who was asleep. i screamed, they said, don't scream. you local authorities have admitted they are removing troublemakers, which could be justified by the detainees all in violent behavior. at times. imagine scuffles between those who reject eisel ideology and those who remain brainwashed. it's an explosive mix. the question is whether the threat from these clashes is an excuse for any humane treatment bordering on torture, or the syrian democratic forces that are running the camp say such practices are banned, but they are admitting mistakes and keep complaining about the resources they have or lack to keep the whole mess under control. we'll soley responsible for the safety and security of thousands of families of militants in whole camps. something

far beyond the modest capabilities due to the failure of the international community to cooperate with us and their refusal to repatriate this. it's so where do these families belong? who bears the ultimate responsibility for the woman and children? many of whom never chose to be an islamic state, but ended up in its jaws. e.u. members don't want the families back flying them as a security threat, revoking citizenships. it is more than turning a blind eye. these states are actively engaging in a policy that is leaving these people in these dire conditions outside of the law. they're actively doing it because they've said that the security approach is to leave them, that this is a strategic policy. it is a moral aberration to have a strategic policy, which is leaving mostly children in a detention camp to die. there is no easy solution and maybe there is no way

out europe with its own. i still sleep or sells an unprecedented numbers of terrorist attacks in recent years isn't looking forward to any extra fuel on the fire. the decision was that the dutch government does not have to pick up these children and these women from syria right now. what the judge says is that this is a political decision. and that it is not up to the judge to decide whether they should do this or not. i am facades that a national security threat means a threat of the most serious kind to the public. the resists serious risk from anyone who is aligned with ours. so so for now, unfortunately it looks and evitable that more blood will be spilt in the sea of tents. keith bass, former vice chair of the european council on refugees, says that if some of the detainees did commit crimes, they should be tried in their home countries. human rights is something that you

just cannot contain in one country or whatever it is universal. and that leads always about human rights, should be applied to the diversity and that includes in these camps rather than leaving those even if they. 'd are accused of crimes or accused of having gone to support an action or a group or terrorist group which is contrary to the laws also. 'd the country to which there are citizen, but those people should be brought back to the country, prosecutors years of trauma aged, so that the strains in the country of which they are a national. i can understand the reluctance. well, security services wanting these people to come back, but at the end of the day, you have to do with your citizens as you find them roles and just forgot all left to be forgotten about. lastly,

we bring you some news just in the french parliament, has suspended a controversial bill aimed at restricting the filming of police officers. and that means the draft lot will not go to the senate as things stand. now this fall 2 weeks of nationwide protest over the measure, which upon it say, well mom police brutality to be covered up. artist correspondent in france will bring more on that story in the next hour. that's been our roundup of the day's top news for now. as always, thanks for tuning in as i said will be back in about 30 minutes time.