[000:00:00;00] ah, this is our t breaking news. a pentagon probe has found no misconduct or negligence in the porch to us drone strike on cobble early this year. the attack left 10 civilians dead including 7 children. the u. s. medicines watchdog backs pfizer despite a whistleblower report in the british medical journal, alleging serious flaws and the company's cobit vaccine testing. us democrats suffer a surprising defeat and a pivotal governance election in virginia widely considered a major test for biden's presidency. ah, hello,

they live am worldwide. this is an international from moscow on colin bray with the world news this. our 1st are breaking developments. the u. s. defense department prob has found no misconduct or negligence in the mistaken us drone strike on cobble earlier this year. the strike left 10 civilians dead including 7 children. the investigation found no violation of law including the law of war. did find execution errors confirmed by confir may or combined with confirmation bias and communication. greg, the breakdowns that regrettably lead to a civilian casualties. law senior correspondent morale, gusty of who reported from kabul during the weeks of that chaotic us pull out, took me through what was said at the pentagon briefing earlier, what essentially the pentagon is saying that their own investigation has found them not guilty. what they have said is that as we heard execution error as well as communication breakdowns and other big things of what are,

what are to blame and all of this so they can get away with without pinning the blame on anyone. in particular, the full report ease is redacted and classified for security reasons. they say, nevertheless, the pentagon says that this would investigation was independence. and that they questioned 29. people who were related to this matter 2922 of them directly related in the strewn stripe. and which at the time the pentagon called a righteous strike and we withdrew, which we would later learn. and the weeks following was booth a tragedy. and last flew . busy busy ah,

the pentagon also concluded that all involved all the people who questioned and all who are responsible for this, joan tried that they acted in good faith that they legitimately believed that they were preventing an imminent terror attack against the the airport and u. s. troops stationed at campbell international airport. more than that, they say they claim that they tracked this man for this aid work, who worked for a u. s. aid company at that they tracked him for many hours before the strike. and that at that point, they legitimately believed he was trafficking explosives to some of the careful wording and all that from left and general said that the drone strike needs to be considered in the context of the moment. elaine, that is, that is the important thing that they say both triggered the drug truck and allowed this miss to happen is the skew. huge casualty 7 kids as well as 3 adults. and what they're arguing is at the time and we were,

we were there towards the end of august. our team we saw 1st had there was new plan, it was absolute chaos. every action was, was improvised. every day was a new day without any sort of plan as to how things would be resolved. evacuation was winding down after the terror attack or $26.00 in which more than a dozen us servicemen would kill $170.00 africans. there was also fear there was also tara, both a, both amongst the, the civilian population, as well as among u. s. troops and foreign troops stationed at the airport. everyone believed at the time and we were expecting at the top more terror attacks of the airport, perhaps, shootings, perhaps another, another bombing. and obviously that may have contributed to this decision to go ahead with a strong track. there are all sorts of unanswered questions with regards to this report, such as how they didn't see this multitude of children playing around the car. they obviously targeted the vehicle. the bomb was very precise, the missile, it struck the vehicle and they were all these kids around that they. so there is

the opinion that the drew operators must have seen the kids and must have decided to go along with this true true. they must have deemed the threat too, too severe. but we had previously spoken to drew operators former drew operators in the u. s. military, and they had described a gung ho attitude in the service. the sergeant comes down and turns around. mel goes in the military pre address, he says your job is to kill people and break things. so you got all these young enlisted dude and girls. girls and guys who are out of high school. grab no experience in anything who are now basically video game snipers for months of training. may they in the position to make the decision mental degradation with the proper term? every shot that we turk, like they're cheering their congratulating each other. they're high, 5 each other people are getting promoted because of this stuff. it's like

a withering away of who you are. i was told one day going in that president obama himself would hollis up and give the order himself to me. and i got this euphoric feeling we had previously heard from the pentagon, that no disciplinary action was, was being planned that this report doesn't include any recommendation for disciplinary action against any individual. those responsible for this, for this disastrous as striken, that may be bitter news for relatives in the family of those killed to swallow, were because obviously they had previously said that they would or they will renounce any claim to compensation so long as those responsible were punished. asthma cardona was, i will keep demanding that each person who has committed a crime here must be convicted and punished with the due process of law. it's unfair if a person commits a crime and then a different person is brought to court to answer, the criminal must be punished, no scapegoats. if americans committed a crime,

they must be brought to justice. in this case, it appears that the, that the gunners blaming the crime on the system and go on vague mistakes that nobody can really be held accountable for. previously, the u. s. government had said that they would offer compensation to the, to the family and relatives of those that were, that were killed. but the report also has recommendations. 3 various recommendations to make sure that incidents like this don't happen again to minimize civilian casualties in the future. but for now it's, it's business as usual, nothing's changed in the way that these room strikes are handled or, or carried out. and perhaps all these recommendations will stay in the future. just that recommendations rock as they, if they were lost out, i took to form a u. s. marine corps intelligence officer, scott rita, who says there was not one single, legitimate reason to carry out the drone attack. there is nothing but negligence here from the beginning when they identified or miss identified the target to the

end, when the decision was made to pull the trigger. i can't see a single legitimate reason to go forward. and yet everybody did go forward. and if they're not being honest about it and saying that mistakes were made, this is going to happen again. this isn't the 1st time we fired a missile that's killed civilians. it isn't the 2nd time, 3rd time for time. it's the hundreds time. and the, the reality is the united states, as known for some time now that a procedures it has in place. it carry out counterterrorism strikes in a real world, you know, real time, an event of are not sufficient to the task that we kill civilians. and yet we went forward anyways of because there was political pressure being placed on the military to be seen as doing something. while we've covered the tragic attack in detail with relatives of the victim sharing their emotional response with us,

we also examined the wider issue of civilian deaths in afghanistan of us. i thought the sandals belong to malika. she was very close to me. i looked her so much, she always told me to buy ice cream. us military forces conducted an unmanned over the horizon airstrike on a vehicle known to be an imminent isis k threat. on the morning of the bombing, she came and kissed me and said, good morning father. it was our last meeting. i will never see her again. ah, my name is a monarch muddy. i'm the head of the family that has lost 10 of its members. it was around $430.00 p. m. i left for the market and on the way i met my elder brother who was driving back home. we talked a little then he left to go home and i crossed the road to go to the other side. i just crossed the road and i heard an explosion. my daughter later told me that she

saw a smaller craft, a drone, moving around in a circle which then fired a missile that hit or hold on. i turned to look that there was dust and smoked like it was a terrible scene. my wife was shutting not her house was on fire. ah . busy there were parts of children's bodies. it was so bloody and gruesome. i went into my home on fun, my brother and a nephew. they were critically injured, but still alive and breathing. they later died in hospital. my brother and 9 others were killed in this horrific attack. my brother's daughter, who was soon to get married, also lost her life. another relative was also here, a guest. she was killed to, ah, has bos maya loves cosmetics,

she likes painting her nails. she like dolls very much on the main coals of the instant was the american president planning this attack without any evidence and destroying our family. it was a catastrophe toward. ringback ah, the president is made clear to his commanders that they should staff and nothing to make isis pay for the death of those american service members at the cobble airport magazine. they say, i says k lived in this house in this house were these children members of ice is a stupid thought without any proof, without any investigation. they attacked us and killed our children, and we will never forgive them. ah no,

the fellows are entire families in shock. it's being so painful for us mentally. we are not in a stable condition like the women are dead silent. they don't speak mona we left out, devastated home and now live in my sister's place. it's so painful to visit it because we could see our children dying there. some of the people accusing us of having contact with islamic state, the americans who bombed our family, seeing we'd been preparing an attack on them. their complete and utter liars, ah . ringback after the incident, no authorities came here to investigate. nobody asked us what happened here and no one helped. ready no one came here to morally support us. this is not a mistake of america. this is a crime scene. we've lost their children. they count returned to us. so at mister

owner should be restored by a fir investigation into the incident. down. yeah, we, all the international community to investigate is incident. i make no mistake. no military on the face of the earth works harder to avoid civilian casualties than united states military. and nobody wants to see innocent life taking ah, i'm happy that the americans have left afghanistan. they came because of their own goals and humiliated my country. americans not achieved anything in afghanistan. america has failed in afghanistan, mac, and it is made all people miserable. all of our headline news now the us food and drug administration says it still has full

confidence in phases cobit testing. the regulator statement comes after the british medical journal published a whistleblower report, claiming serious flaws in the company's corona, virus vaccine trials last year. how the company in question vent, avi abd was a contract carrying out 3rd state vaccine clinical trials for pfizer. of the $44000.00 trial participants in total of antalya worked with around a 1000 whistleblower brook. jackson was regional director of the organization at the time of a consensus she raised while working on mentality as trials include, poll lap management and vaccine and data integrity. as well as neglecting patient safety. jackson says that even trial participants who suffered adverse side effects were not monitored. she also adds that she was fired the same day. she raised her concerns and the u. s. authorities refusing to investigate within hours, jackson received an email from the if da, thanking her for her concerns, and notifying her that the f. d. a could not comment on any investigation that

might result. a few days later, jackson received a call from an f da inspector to discuss her report, but was told that no further information could be provided. she heard nothing further in relation to her report. while we've contacted pfizer and vent harvey of her comment on the claims as well as for further questions for the us food and drug administration. we'll let you know if they respond. we have heard from microbiologist, doctor simon clark. he's concerned that the whistle blowers claims could damage public confidence in vaccines. but the problem or potential problem with with the are this article in the british medical journal is that it will affect or could affect public confidence. ready in the vaccines when really shouldn't the mistakes do her own? i but it's important to, to, to acknowledge no, when you know a mistake is happened. you reported you acknowledge it and deal with it. this could happen with any that said, not just relaxing. people should remember that many,

many millions of people around the world have this vaccine and it's effective and it's safe. there with our tea on the way the people of minneapolis decide after all, not to replace their police voters chairs against a massive overhaul in the wake of george floyd murder by police last year. we'll talk you through that. just one of our stories after the break ah

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a governor's election that for the 1st time in 2 terms to widely seem to was a blow to joe biden at the damning judgment on his presidency corresponding caleb mop. it explains. democrats are quite shaken up by the earthquake results of the race for governor in the state of virginia. glen young. can the republican candidate one. now this is a state where joe biden defeated donald trump and a solid 10 points back in 2020. but now that state seems to be shifting into the republican camp. glen young can was victorious, the democrat was defeated, quite a shake up in the state of virginia. here's some of what we heard. that is a 5 alarm fire. somebody in high up in miss mccollugh scans was there with college, but it just went to me about an hour ago. it's a blood bath. this is your live vote right now. where are there counties where cough is under performing, nor them by more than oh, my god. now some democrats think that this could be related to the falling poll

numbers of joe biden. joe biden is not doing well. a number of americans disapprove of him. his approval rating is around 42 percent, and many look at the situation in virginia as one opportunity where voters stepped up and tried to register their discontent with how biden has led the country. clearly the president's drop in favor ability made it very difficult for the democratic nominee to stay above water. now $7.10 americans say that they don't like the direction in which biden is leading the united states and a poll conducted among democrats and independents who are democrat leaning. this poll came out and said that 40 percent of them think that their own party might do better to not nominate joe biden for reelection in 2024. but instead to pick another candidate. now this defeat or terry mcauliffe, a mainstream democrat located in the state of virginia, a long time figure in virginia. politics has been quite

a blow. you'll recall that the lead up to the vote that happen tuesday. both the president and vice president traveled to virginia and emphasize how important this election was. but happy virginian will in large part determine what happens is 2020 to 2024. and so it seems like this was an opportunity for voters to register their discontent. there's a lot of rising frustration with the biden administration over the unpopular cobit vaccine mandates, over stagnation and inflation in the economy. and over the issue of the afghan pull out, which was very chaotic and in the lead up to the vote. national democratic party figures like president joe biden and vice president common air has went to virginia to emphasize the importance of this election. they presented voters in virginia with their agenda, and it appears a lot of them did not like what they heard of some thoughts on this republican richard. black, who's a former member of the virginia state senate,

says the democrats defeats and i'm going to sign for them with elections coming up and other key states. we sort of are let miss task for the nation of what, what you can expect. ironically, people always look at virginia to see what is likely to happen in the future, but in new jersey, which people don't even pay attention to the republican is neck and neck up there. and that's such a heavily blue area that nobody even normally. thanks about it. so it just shows a tremendous weakness in the democratic side. and what has happened here. loudon county is where i live and where i've represented there has been an uprising of the people against policies. and this was not something dictated by the young can campaign or by the republican party, but it's just individual parents. much of it is focused on the issue of schools.

some of it is on the backseat mandates. some of it is on the shut down of businesses, but key to the most burning issue is critical race theory. the fact that it's in a single year, we went from a 10 point advantage for my to a to point loss for mccaul up, you know, you're looking at 12 point shift in one state, that's blue leading. and if you translate that to other states across the nation, it, it really forecasts a wipe out for democrat congressmen running in next year's election at minneapolis. the vote for a new man was eclipse by a ballot on police accountability and public safety issues. the voters rejected a bit to get rid of the local police and replace them with a supposedly more benign public safety officials. when the proposal came after the

murder of george floyd last year and cited nationwide protests and demands to be fond of the police. ah ah our feelings haven't completely changed. a recent poll show that people still have an unfavourable view of the police in the city. however, many more people would not like the number of officers to be reduced and that's a position that is especially strong in the black community. as

a refusal to vote against local police may be linked to the city surgeon, violent crime amid officer staffing shortages. there are already been significantly more homicides in 10 months this year than in the hold of 20. 19. it comes after the city counted 2020 voted to dismantle to local police and slash its budget. bob, this resulted in a law suit from resident, including former city councilor, don samuels, he won a court order against the council, forcing him to recruit more officers. largely the conversation around the issue was held in social media and then of course, it was a well funded campaign funded by folks outside of the city. the movement itself was funded by about a 1000000 and a half dollars. and so there were a lot of, it was a lot of money to work with, but the, the founding groups have upwards of $30000000.00 that they were able to strategically raise very quickly after george floyd died. as a lot of that energy and anxiety around frauds,

death created this influx of dollars here and in the city more than 80 percent of it from outside to fund these grew, in addition to that, we knew that we had many folks who consider themselves allies of the community who wanted to see police in change, which would have been disastrous for us here in the city as a whole, but certainly in the african american community where crime is at an all time high . if it could not be done here. the city where george floyd was killed after for lando and then dante arrived, that it might be a strategy that needs changing because this was the 1st best dance. meanwhile, the survey shows that americans trust in media outlets has steadily decline since joe biden took office. in january, almost a quarter of their surveyed said they'd no trust in traditional or establishment you tablets at all when it comes to accurate and fair reports. with another 30 percent saying that trust was at a very low level. well,

since the start of the biden presidency, the level of media trust has suffered a 16 percent slide. journalist and all the chris hedges told us the issues fuel by polarization and american society. people do trust their favored a partisan media outlet. the problem is they don't trust any other. the fact is, the country now is completely divided into antagonistic or opposing demographics and media. commercial model of all, all media outlets at this point is to cater to that particular demographic. now that's how they make their money. they slice that demographic, they feed that demographic. what it wants to hear, whether it's true or not. so you're feeding that demographic. what it wants to hear, while at the same time, demonizing, the other demographic and all media, major media outlets are guilty of if you've seen a huge drop in terms of viewership at outlets like cnn or m. s m b c. because they demonized trump,

and they could day after day terrify their viewers with whatever the latest trump bo paul was or, and that the whole election of biden was really anybody but trump, the media landscape itself as undergoing a kind of see change in all of this pulling reflects those divisions and the stoking of the antagonism between the demographics that are catered to by the major media outlets. how funny, there's some good news for fans of a global t. v head succession charting, the devious family feuds and a back stabbing media. did isde. it's getting a full season on the back of its 7 emmy awards and the golden globe for scottish act of brian cox, who plays the ruthless patriarch. he goes head to head with fellow scott and examined on his show here on thursday, telling us how his characters, persona was suddenly forced to change the start of the city. i was born in quebec canada, and i played with a kind of american kit in action,

and i played most of this is about and then they decided an episode 9 after i'd go episode 9. peter friedman who was who had placed friday. i keep planning and behind said he's just done an a d i session or a d. i was when you do dump it. ready co sink words on this on the screen, you know that they want to put and so they changed my birthplace. she said brian to change the birthplace and i should really suggest if you're not born in quebec anymore. he said, i said to where my born and he said, oh, i don't know, i kind of him and then he took his device and he said, oh, you know, yes, some work i'm done the scotland. but that's where i'm from. and he said, oh yeah, well apparently you are from there done these look done these continent and i'm sure, sure i went up to jesse, i'm sorry, i'm not sure what's going on. i'm not, i'm for 9 episode. i've been playing this character. and now you told me i'm from my home. he said, oh yeah, we saw to be a low surprise. i said it's a hell of

a bloody surprise when i know it was, i've been playing a somebody's a coach. okay. it's ok. you, you left doesn't be when you were very young. you came to canada, you went back, but you came to come get a very young age. i need to continuity when the dialogues i could, they had examined, show is hair. brian cox is the guests and that's on thursday here on our t international. and then later on line r t dot com. that's it for me. your next global update, his withdrawal coltrane, half an hour here on our team from moscow. thanks for watching the narrative. this year is climate change. climate change is being swapped out for we need growth. and it's being used to justify money printing. and just like printing money doesn't create gross printing money doesn't solve climate change either.

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