me the me, the me, the the, this hours headlines stories that us lawmakers aren't pulling their punches of the grill america military to top broth for a 2nd, a over what some in congress called washington humiliating exit from afghanistan. it was an extraordinary disaster. it will go down in history is one of the greatest failures of american leadership. also, russia threatens to block you tube in the country after that video sharing platform permanently deletes our teeth, german language channels, multiple se the u. s. company wouldn't come back with us approval from the berlin nato, send extra troops to cost civil. i made an arm stand off with serbia over

a road access. we'll hear from a journalist ah, around the clock across the world. this is our t from the team. and myself, you know, little hello and welcome to the news our top story, the us secretary of defense, along with a number of other top ranking military officials are right now answering questions from lawmakers in congress. the topic americans exit from a chemist on something the biden administration has received quite a lot of flux for in recent weeks while from war on watts occurring, joined live by our seas, kill, have not been in new york killed. i don't think many would want to be and us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, shoes at the moment. he seems to be coming in for some uncomfortable question. tell

us more sure. it has been a tough day and tough. few days for lloyd austin and the top military brass of the united states, as they faced pretty much a grilling on the floor of congress on the house armed services committee hearings regarding how the pull out of afghanistan was conducted. now, the biden administration, their handling of the troops being pulled out of afghanistan, many had been particularly outraged by attempts on the part of the biden administration and of pentagon officials to portray it is somehow a success. i feared the president is delusional. this was an extraordinary success . it was an extraordinary disaster. it will go down in history, is one of the greatest failures of american leadership. i expect our witnesses to give us the honest accounting of exactly what went wrong. i also want answers on how we're going to conduct counter terrorism operations. now that we have 0

presence in f dentist and according to the latest intelligence assessment, it could be as little as 12 months before our cater. we'll use f canister as a base can do as a base to conduct air strikes or strikes against the united states. and that's an acceptable, frankly, after this debacle of withdrawal. i don't think anyone can trust anything this present says about afghanistan. now, military officials have argued that the drawing down of troops went quite smoothly and successfully. it was rather the evacuation mission that had the problem and that they separate these 2 events. now, military officials said they advised the biden administration to keep some troops in the country to oversee the removal of all americans from the country, but biden did not listen to them. and he went ahead with the draw down plan is 0, regardless the fact that was still some americans in the country as a result, it is a ledge that biden left americans behind enemy lines despite is previous promises

not to do so. now, other questions have been brought up during the hearings are they asked about the over the horizon capacities of the united states to fend off terrorism that could be taking place and launched from afghanistan. there's been questions about the accuracy of us drone strikes because in the aftermath of the drone strike that took place that was aimed at isis, there was actually, you know, civilians that were killed, people are questioning the accuracy of us drop strikes. now joe biden has been under fire since late august, and people saw those chaotic scenes of afghans clinging to airplanes and falling to their deaths. some green card holders were reportedly turned away at checkpoints. all of this then culminated in the bombing by i sell that killed 13 us service members as well as dozens of afghans ah.

with the, the extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of united states, military and our diplomat and intelligence professionals. it was designed to save american lives. now biden's attempts to portray the withdrawal of the united states from afghanistan as somehow being a success in math, left many lawmakers and many among the american public. pretty unconvinced. and

they're asking questions about how these events hurt america's image on the global stage. and more importantly, how safe americans can be in the aftermath of these events? is it possible that afghanistan could become a new base for terrorism against the united states? now we've seen these intense hearings on capitol hill. we've seen pentagon leaders asking questions, but what will really result in that is the question. will these hearing results in anything you're changing? what will be the ultimate result of these interrogations? we don't really know, but it's pretty clear. lawmakers are expressing their frustration with the pentagon, and with the biden administration over the chaotic pull out of africana just our to allow you are us corresponding kayla pope and taken us through the thanks caleb thing. oh no. russia has slammed youtube for deleting our teeth. german language channels over a ledge, community guideline violations. the foreign ministry believes the move could not

have happened without approval from the german government. and russia's media regulator is not threatening to block the u. s. video sharing service. the actions of the video platform youtube against those channels violate the key principles of free distribution of information and unhindered access to it. if the owners of youtube disregard the warning from russ kinetzer russian law allows for the full or partial blocking of excess to the platform, there is no doubt that you tube was acting with the open and tacit support of the german government in taking these unjust measures they have exposed correspondents of russian broadcasters, 2 years long, harris met, including the blocking of bank accounts in public slander. the purpose of this aggression against the russian media holdings projects is obvious to drown out sources of information that clash with a media background that is comfortable for german official. when the german government has rejected moscow's allegations, and a number of journalists have been pressing,

berlin spokesman on the mother was called miss, desirous, i'm a bit confused. i've been a moscow correspondent for 16 years when it's presumed russia takes action against german media outlets, including most reasonably. it's actually always the private company. taking. the german government is always continuous things. earlier you claim that we can, the german government to the youtube decision was a conspiracy theory. what's the difference then? why in russia you can flip a state with private companies, but not in germany. mister question, i'm happy to explain it. and once again, when russia takes action against german media, russia says it's not the government has taken action, it's a private network operator, yet the german government still considered a political state. now i have a similar situation here. you say it's the decision of a private network operator youtube. what's the difference under decision? in this case, the decision was taken by you to justify,

to move with wrestling in russia, measures i take we criticize the government and i know in many measures were heard by private and i agree that the government high . but technically, those were private by network operators, for example, would be listen, this. talk specifically about this case. we're talking about action. and as far as you understand, the 2nd you're aware of what's happened to the court channel can try to get his reversed, but the bond was host by the gym and from the incidence. that's exactly what is being said. well, i must clearly reach out tennis courts a problem has ever been i don't. how did you find out that i was a family or was it from the media? did you find young to little or i can tell us everyone should be cheated today. there are plenty of wonder about hope and, you know, like i, however,

the freedom of the press, which he doesn't know why we're all these channels, the least bit the fake news, right. on the news. as of the feelings about it don't matter where the incision youtube explained it and i have nothing else to say about it. it was not the decision of the german government. well, there are my colleagues near harvey and konstantin ross can discuss the permanent bond. the possible knock on effects. you know, the popularity of r t in germany among the german speaking audience has been grow. and especially in the recent years. and just to give you some numbers, rti, george had a total of almost 547000000 views. and over 600000 subscribers had not a small youtube channel that placed it among the top german news channels on that platform. you know, in june alone, our, to george gather over 21000000 views on that platform, which is almost as much as what spiegel tv received. nashville is one of the most

credible in the major news outlets in germany and which has been around for decades . so our d, george has managed to put up a fight against major german news outlet. and of course, this hasn't gone unnoticed. there are a lot of politicians in germany who have repeatedly called for curbs on r t in, in the country. and rti has been struggling to study tv broadcast in germany for many years, facing both over it and hayden resistance. so all in all is been an extremely harsh environment. hostile environment for our fellow colleagues in germany. so these bands seem like cause treatment. what was the, the potential crime was committed? well, as usual, in these cases, the response from a media platform is fake and youtube send our colleagues in germany message saying that there were, quote repeated violations of community guidelines. so, you know, that's it, you know, get out of the platform. google, which owns you tube, gave us

a more detailed response. so let's have a listen. youtube has clear community guidelines which explain what is allowed on the platform. or t. doyce was issued a warning for uploading content that violates our rules in relation to coven 19 medical misinformation policy. this resulted in the suspension of their right to upload videos. during the suspension, the channels owners tried to bypass the restrictions by using a different channel. as a result, both channels were close, violating youtube tons of service. so to give some context, 1st party torches maney to channel was given several co related strikes and that led to a temporary suspension. so because the main page was suspended, its team decided to continue sharing its content on a different page that belongs to one of its shows. it was different content, not that which had been flagged by youtube, of course, but nonetheless, both pages were completely deleted by youtube without any war. and now what's

interesting is that there are no clear rules saying that you can run a separate page or maybe even start a new page if you are suspended on youtube for whatever reason. besides those 4 videos and a question that are 2 doors receive strikes for contained criticism of the government's approach of the pandemic voiced by other medical experts not by journalists. so to claim that this was medical mis information, misinterpretation, well, in the eyes of rt george, that's debatable. so is a denying any wrong doing that challenging this man. while they're saying that they received an unfair treatment and actually 1st comment on that story in russia with our own editor in chief, the tim daly for several months before our channels were banned, the german media had been publishing scare stories about our teach foreman becoming 2 influential, 2, significant according to their own calculations we are rang worth in terms of money

. when was in germany where a bigger than wells were bigger than germany's own giant. it's like no one expected that of course we also didn't know anything that happened so quickly. i mean, we did track so big a know, dance have so much. and i mean, they may, you know, to be a big man is to give us a life and the, from the banks. i'm working with the pressures timber, so we couldn't get a license for them and when all that didn't work, they deleted us from using a far fetched tech guy and that was predictable because no normal person believes that freedom of speech exist in the country. the question is, how will russia respond? we are looking forward to it, which is foreign ministry spokeswoman money is also we'd in by saying that would just happen was an act of aggression and that there's going to be a symmetrical response directed at german media working in russia. now the message she had didn't clarify what exactly that means,

but i guess her truman colleagues working here can be bracing for a bumpy road head. lice spoke with a pet or a bit strong. only issue who is foreign policy speaker for the alternative for germany party, he sees the youtube banners, overtly political. many channels are close on the because they are very critical about the german government. so of course, there is no proof. there is no hard truth for any involvement, but there is no logic in it. why should capitalistic information on big company, close channels with which they're earning money? if they was really closing channels that are spreading, mis and formations of all medical misinformation, they must close the government channel and the public kind of vision channel and

germany, the 5 globally structures against politicians and media who are critical about topics that those global is try to pushed into the society. pet are best drawn well, it's not the 1st time you tube have targeted r t. in april this year, the google own platform took done several of our channels videos relating to cobit 19. included an interview with a non verola just footage of t locked down. protests. youtube accused r t are spreading medical misinformation without giving specifics. the lead them are from germany, c, d u party. thanks, people should be able to decide for themselves where they get their information. does this in clearly the situation does not with european freedom. when it positive life, we have to acknowledge that the entire media space has been subject to censorship and manipulation, which reminds me of the worst times in germany. it's in our interest to make an

even greater contribution to german and european media diversity. as i said before, r t has become an integral component of european press freedom. we're citizens, have the right to be informed and have access to high quality journalists, regardless of its origin. out our news here on our tea keeps rolling after 90 seconds. stay with us. ah, i as angela merkel makes her exit from german politics, voters have made it clear they are looking for new ideas and directions. wrinkles party suffered total defeat with smaller parties in the mix to form a new governing coalition. will this be called the merkel inheritance live in a try now, where we receive so many inputs on a daily basis that are completely related to reality. so think about how and social

media filters and they basically present themselves very unrealistic way. and so we come to a fomo and be involved more than that. it's about the sort of envious or something that may not exist. and it's also really tied to the fact that humans, we want to be part of the crowd. showing me posted on the alex famine show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then in the hello again, a few between serbia and cost of over rude access shows no sign of abating nato troops. in kosovo have not bolstered their presence on the serbian border. the

e u commission president has called on both sides to show restraint. the current res intentions between possible in serbia is very concerning, is worrying. it is essential to lower attention and to return to the dialogue. but so far there is no sign of the escalation. filmmaker and journalist boris margaret ski sent us this report from the frontier. while the pen stand off between belgrade and proceed in causal, has everyone wondering whether the next war in the balkans will start over a license plate route serves here have been protesting for the past 10 days against this license plate band, a ban on serbian license plates imposed by the prestige authorities that call it reciprocal measures. but belgrade actually calls it a violation of the brussels agreement that was signed in 2013 and the violation of the basic human rights of serbs. the freedom of movement and not addition emotion.

the repeated new people can no longer tolerate, deter any harassment and depression. we don't want to face the same fate to subs from central costs, who are expelled? ethnically cleansed, believe me, that the subs have not, and will move on to take this occupation. and these attacks and of course, also as we know, has been as minutes administered by the united nations as since 9099 after natal bomb serbia to take control of its southern province. of course, of all that is declared independence in 2008, something that has not been recognized by about half of the world countries, including russia and china. but much of the western countries consider possible an independent country. now, serbia has sent its military forces to the administrative crossings, of course. and what makes this standoff different than the stand off in the past is serbia's parent readiness to flex its military muscle. they have called on

christina to remove the license plate ban. while christina has called them belgrade to ease up on the tensions, however, whether belgrade is actually ready to use military force to protect the serbs in constable remains a question. a little bit more insight into this. we heard from political analyst, nickel markovich, he thinks because it was been emboldened by foreign support ticket. listen, just one new crisis. as we've seen many every, every these past years. and this is not something actually renewed when deeper. what is new? is that and you see the again, that in this situation for the 1st time serving got afraid to seconds, muscle and show that red line has been crossed. nato is responsible of the situation. if nato had not bomb illegally yugoslavia in 1099, we would not have. hence degeneration. we do have in coastal med, tapia and surgeon. so i think the fact that nato had not been capable of managing

the situation which he created. so it is definitely not a good idea to have nato forces, again, on, on the administrative border between central serbia and kosovo. antonia, but definitely western organizations have shown that they have failed, totally failed in the balcony. and they should let the nation stake over and probably maybe let the surgeons and albanians and countries from that region to the situation between themselves. first from south, angrily denied its abandoning molly despite a partial troop pull out from the western african nation. paris has been engaged in an anti terror campaign there for 8 years, but no bama who is looking for support elsewhere and has turned to russian contractors. here's our t, charlotte davinsky. it's a situation that's going from bad to well disastrous folk and moly are at loggerheads operation ball. cain and security in the former colony marley's prime

minister has been clear that the operation has failed. but the un he went even further. he does need to last him to button the situation arising from the end of operation buck and puts molly in a fake accompli bundling nose mid flight to a certain extent. and it forces us explore alternatives. what do you mean to ensure a security autonomy asleep with other partners so as to fill that gap that will certainly result from the withdrawal, the park, and in the north of the country. can the monkey decree that let her fire under the french armed forces minister? it's a lot of hypocrisy. it's a lot of bad faith, a lot of indecency, especially because these comments were made on saturday, september 25th, but on friday, september 24th. if, if the 2nd french soldier gave his life fighting terrorism in this hell, holly has also accused morally of provoking

a storm because of an inability to keep a commitment to return power, following a military coup to civilians. next year, i have the impression that the date does not see them perfectly. and that they want to prolong the things. but from wanting that to wiping his feet on the blood of french soldiers, it's an acceptable for molly's paul. is real concerned about the future? earlier this year, president mark on the end, opperation ball came french troops have been engaged on the ground since 2013 in a be to fight your heart is groups. but now, according to my call, that will be proof. i will be changed with the closure of french army bases, the withdrawal of more than 2000 soldiers that lead to fears molly could search into hardest activity. whole situation in this herald is right

now, not being addressed because you can't address it simply from a security standpoint. but aware, 1012 years molly has gone through one destabilization after another is not going to be resolved by military deployment by the french or anyone else to say how is suffering a massive economic under development deserts open space. and in the open space is that the terrorist and others live and deploy for as my 1st work out, how it's going to fight against such threats. it's turning the idea of using private companies in a been to sure up security. however, the fact that these companies or russian seem to have really looked at problems, but also you the certainly could seriously

affect you to be in union relations with molly. so why all the you in front, so concerned about international security measures. a molly, is this the case of figuring that they are losing control and you know, but if you could show that a huge sky where, you know, they have roach, rush and private moving companies, we have nothing to do with go up. this is an activity that hasn't been carried out and legitimately the west is killing itself and is now has less and less leverage in africa. they're making africa part of the geo political doctrine. remaining this to the one number one superpower in the world. and they're attacking washington, china. so they're the ones that actually can danny development because of their geopolitical view of russia in china. and that's the mistake china. he's never going to be put back in the box. they're all over africa and african countries more and more jury to china because they also. ringback it is ration volcano was

supposed to have produced that your heart is right across the sol. how region, which includes molly inside the us state department report is previously suggested that attacks of actually increased 250 percent since 2018 quite simply, it's not working. and frog is acutely aware of this, hence to some degree. that's why it's stepping back, but in doing so, it seems incapable of allowing others to fill the void. instead, it's thrashing out and possibly permanently damaging it african toys. show that to you, been ski, or c, paris. just a reminder before we go to break r t as always, have plenty more content waiting for you on our social channels. on instagram, you can find a man in london, but she, davy, and his little video post the explore whether artificial intelligence could lead to

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