ah, ah ah, headline stories this hour, at least 6 children are killed in heavy fighting in north west syria while president biden hales, they skillen bravery of american commandos, claiming they kill the leader of islamic state at the same time in the same location. russia shut down the moscow office of joy. cheer valet that day after germany's media regulator bond r t history channel r t d live reaction on that story. coming up on the new zealand catholic church admits that 14 percent of clergy. how being accused of various

forms of abuse since 1951 survivor told us what we went for. not only was i abused as a young boy in middle school here in new zealand. i went on to a catholic school. secondary level was abused sexually and physically again with career counseling the program from today. welcome to moscow on to the news our here on our let's get into our top story today. the pentagon has acknowledged down at least 3 civilians were killed in a raid on terrorists in northwest soviet. while unicef has said at least 6 children died in wants to appears to be the same incidents earlier. president joe biden healed a successful operation targeting the leader of islamic state. ortiz, senior correspondent, murat gas div, told me more earlier, half

a dozen children killed as well as 4 woman locals have described these speech battle that took place at 1 am just after midnight syrian thought. and that lasted for hours and in which, presumably these half a dozen children as well as for women, were killed as well as the leader of isis movie. bohemia, i, she, me, i crazy. she the 2nd lead the vices after the death of baghdad in 2019, also the result of an american operation strike against him. during that episode, also, a number of children were killed. but in this instance, locals describe how helicopters hovered in the air for hours launching. 5 rockets or the house that a gray she was believed to be in the united states says that he detonated a suicide vest while together with members of his family. we still have no

verified information as to how will these children perish? these are civilians, as well as women, whether it was american missiles fired by helicopters, small arms, far by us, special forces in the ground were indeed these suicide vest. what we know is that these casualties have occurred. multiple sources of said this, including unicef. unicef confirms that at least 6 children were killed and one girl was badly injured over night in the border town of at my, in the north west of syria due to heavy violence. all of this happened in serious it live province, which is where abu bakar baghdad the found of isis was killed in 2019 a similar us rate. again, a number of children killed that died in that grade also, but he was killed in italy, province, which is ruled by pro turkish rebels. many islamists, among them, indeed the dominant faction there is h t s or neutral front, which is seen as a,

a branch of al qaeda in syria. the town of acme, whether the secondly, the of isis was killed, is just 2 kilometers away from the turkish border. where the found of isis was killed was just 5 kilometers from the, from the turkish board. and despite these are reports of civilian casualties, we have heard a president biden tell audiences about the strike, which he called precise are forces carried out the operation with their signature preparation of precision. and i directing the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. this information about civilian casualties, while tragic comes at that, especially bad time for, for biden, who's administration has been rattled by, by calls for resignations, as well as accountability following the, the deadly drone strike in afghanistan,

in kabul in august, when the united states was pulling out evacuated from of janice thought, narr stripe that killed almost a dozen civilian 7 children. among them there had been calls again for resignations and for accountability. and just a week ago, lloyd austin, the secretary of defense, had, are ruled, had issued a call for the pentagon to form rules to do more, to prevent collateral damage, will, will civilian casualties. because he says that doesn't represent the values of the united states or it's paddlers. and he called in the pentagon to come up with concrete measures on how the pentagon should conduct war whilst minimizing civilian casualties. i also want to give you the take of julia to my, the unicef advocacy and communications chief in the middle east shield total. it's, it's so far and clear how those 6 children died in northwest syria. but the surgeon fighting is taking a deadly tow. ms. larry hi,

around to confirm the exact circumstances or the reason behind the fact that 6 children the case and one girl fix children were kids. one girl was injured due to the heavy violence that we witnessed the overnight in a, in the northwest of syria. perhaps staying on escalation and violence, and babb area on what this means is that the children paid 1st and they pay most. and if we compare the number of casualties of children during the month of january in comparison to, let's say, december last year, the number is so 10, the higher. and this has been the case since the beginning of the year. and this has got to stop children continue to be the 1st and most to pay in this 11 year long conflict, at least 19 percent of as serious population lives in poverty. that's start to in

comparison to how it used to be before the war began. 11 years ago, the war house car i've got to comes in and it comes conflicts have got to stop. we call all sides and all parties to the conflicts in syria to stop the fighting for the sake of serious children and its future even if the wars talk today. the picture is so beak for. busy millions and millions of people among the many children the russian foreign ministry has published a list of retaliatory measures against germany. it comes to the day after the german media regulator blocked her sister journal r t d. my colleague research shade, discuss the latest developments with our t, corresponded charlotte to ben ski on 1st, on quarter deutsch avella, its offices are going to be close to the rob russia. its journalists are going to have their press accreditations taken away, and all of their russian language broadcasts are going to be taken off the air. now,

darcia bella has since responded to this, they put out a media statement. they said that they're not going to take any action until they get official confirmation from moscow of these measures. and when they do, they are going to appeal them. but this isn't where the russians, retaliation stops, actually a blacklist is being set up of german government officials, media regulators, basically anyone who is possibly involved in this enormous censorship campaign of rti di russia is drawing up a list of representatives of state and public structures in germany involved in restricting the broadcast of r t d and putting pressure on the russian media outlet, who will be denied entry to the russian federation. now this development comes just one day after germany's top media regulator. rules that are tv must stop all of it's broadcast. that means via satellite via internet, social media, basically everywhere. the required media, low license was not available. the organisation and distribution of the tv program

by a live stream on the internet via mobile and smart tv party news and via satellite must therefore be discontinued. of course, r t d e can still appeal this decision, but this is just one episode in a drawn out pressure campaign aimed at obstructing r t from broadcasting in germany. i mean, the german government says it does. it's not playing a part in this campaign, but banks have not been doing business with our channel. and germany's top regulator seems unwilling to compromise on this issue. and this is all the while as r t has a legal broadcasting license in the european union. there's generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all or to d. e. the tv channel is oh broadcasting right here for moscow via a license that was obtained with absolutely all according european rules and regulations, according to the european convention on transferred to your television. and we are

free to broadcast via the license in 30 plus territory across europe. now, going back over the past several months, what we mean by pressure campaign, of course, is for example, the fact that our tv set up an account on youtube and it was almost immediately taken down by the platform when it started attempting to broadcast over satellite the signal was so poor that people weren't able to tune in. and on top of that, german government officials have described r t d as a quote, irritant. so it's not too difficult to imagine that these setbacks could have been set up on purpose to stop our tv from being successful in germany. and this is something that even the russian president vladimir putin has commented on before. i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics that using a r t d cons operate, they're infringing on freedom of speech and that's very bad. now, like i said before, russia's foreign ministry takes this violation of freedom of the press very seriously. and it says this is only the 1st stage of retaliation that it's willing

to shout. so we could see couple of things play out in the future. perhaps a back and forth between german and russian media authorities, or maybe everyone will come to a compromise will have to see, you know, i don't, as you say, r t t e taking flat from the german authorities. but it's not just confined to germany over to france. stunning by live in paris, charlotte dubin ski. apparently our t. frogs is also in the cross charlotte, arte from seas in the cross has of the audio visual and digital communications regulator hearing from stacy's all come now. this was something that was put out in a magazine article that magazines called challenges halem, france, and in it, it alleges that all come is about to start looking at how r t phones are assist. the channel here has treated several subjects since it started broadcasting. the subjects in the yellow, vast protests,

also stories from syria and stories from central africa, all pretty sensitive topics in the country at the moment. now they have any official confirmation from all come about this. in fact, they checked out their website on tuesday afternoon. nothing on that even called the press office and they didn't have anything to say about that notification in the magazine challenges. all the funds itself says it hasn't received a notification that this is about to happen. but we have had reaction to that from the head of the channel. according to the challenges website, the french media regulator, all com has opened a probe into our tea, france. perfect timing right off to the situation with all tv. if it is confirmed that the regulator is investigating sensitive topics concerning associations, let's welcome a new world of censorship. while she went on to refute that there have been

complaints against the channel and said that there was one issue that was dealt with by the csp, which is the old regulator. and that was to do over an issue for miss translation of something from syria, which was a genuine mistake and since been resolved. now we have reached out to all come, but we have not yet received a response. as soon as we get, we of course, bring that to you here on auto international. but what is interesting is this a parent dig it the channel comes at a very crucial time. here in france, we just 2 months now before the presidential elections take place. and we know that my call president microns party is extremely concerned about what they've described . spin foreign digital interference and missed information head of those elections, artie from sin or t international selves. i've actually been denied entry to the, at least a polished a couple press conferences to be able to question the governmental decisions that are made. and that has been the case now for the last few years since president mac

korn was elected that has been flagged up as being of serious concern by the national union of journalists and proxy described. this is having a flavor of speech. censorship about it is clear though, as we get closer and closer to that presidential election, there are likely to be more attacks on all channels simply for doing what we do. and that is questioning more and i'm always happy to welcome live onto the program . independent journalist luc renee, joining us from brussels to do look good to see you there. you have the, the french media regulator now investigating r c. that was 9, essentially, at the same time that russia retaliated against germany, why do you think there's much speculation? but why do you think paula says, decided to get involved? well, it was clear from the very beginning of our

t and other russian media in france that they were not like by president mccord whole and don't use them for producing fake news. while it's big funny, when you see the number of fake news produced by the french traditional price over different issues such as ukraine. but um it, it would be something that it could be a little mistake 1st, because of course, tit for tat comes immediately, and russia response was funny about a in, in russia is that the handle of the office most go said that it was. so the problem well on an over reaction of all most go while it's exactly the same that germany, the german government. because deutsch avella is germany officially as don to, to the r t a d version. so it could come in france to it could come elsewhere and it reflects, i think,

the way on the governments in place are really annoyed by the voice. the populace forces in their own countries on like for example, in france, you have for money been exempt. who are the candidates off the heart, right. that represent something like 30 percent of the electro minimum. and these people, but 30 percent of people vote for these hot right parties. it's the same in germany, by the way, in every country, even last week, in portugal loc, the election, you have the, the new hop, right, a position, getting 12 votes for the 1st time they present candidates. so you know, it comes everywhere in europe and they are scared of these populists, by the way, are friends of russia and support the russian version and attitudes about stanford, europe, and the expansion of nato. should an extent say the spot. so it's a, it's a concerted attack against seen using france for example. ok, the move journalist and all the place is also the stories perhaps that are don't

look at the french regulator, apparently objects to r t fronts, coverage of the, the yellow vest movement, central african conflicts as well. do you think we touch some sort of points for the french government? yes, it is too good. archie covered? oh oh, the yoke, the jelly shoal strikes the yellow fest so well that it really annoyed the power because of a people most there i and in the combat for the police. shannon police was fairly brutal in certain incidents, and it was shown by the russian meteor venture more more efficiently than the french media. so it annoys the government it moist monsieur mc hall, and he would like this to disappear. remember, mrs. merkel in 2014, when she single handily decided that 1000000 and a half micros could come to germany. she actually obtain

a reaction incredible reaction by germans who an inch and a treaty tour of it. and all the worst words, of course, she said zuckerberg, you need to take that off. i don't want to be criticized on internet. you know, that's a strange way of being a democrat on to, to say, you know, i don't like people treating me. oh that way, you know, i don't want to hear that in germany of all places. so you know, they find it use like the license of r t d while, oh, it's the same by the way, for oh, no old stream to it was also a question of license that was not correct in germany. so it was formed by years. so, you know, they, they use tricks that are not really nice and many people in france, a lot of places on one lot progression. sally intellectuals, you know, civil servants talk lawyers. they say i'm really annoyed at this because you see and, and is in every household and in germany or everywhere in europe. nobody,

great size is cnn. while it is pure propaganda, the foot propaganda for biden, and the democrats, while here we can't see r t any more. what is this you mentioned? you mentioned r t t look, russia has shut down the deutsche a valid bureau here in moscow durham and bring party member claudia roth is insisting that's it. i totally different situation to what's happening with our sister channel in germany. is she right? oh no, i don't. sure. vela is also a specialist for you to know when they speak about gas and the dependence of germany, a ball russian guest that should not continue. ah, and what would be the replacement american gas want? the full, thanks, torture for the, for your information. you know, so it's, it's the same thing as the same tricks. it doesn't work. you know, we should stop doing this. we should lead the, the media media such as r,

t and the american media, and all of us speak up and the citizens can make their own opinion. but there's just, there's another aspect isn't there. you've got the german journalists union, for instance, urging berlin to protest against the abandon deutsche f l in russia, calling it an act of censorship. should they not therefore be taking the same view and the r t d band. this is ludicrous this surrealist. you know, it's the same thing exactly. it's a tip top. it's to be expected when we establish sanctions in 2014 on russia from western europe. during response from moscow was immediate. and we cannot explore pierre allison cheese and all apples to, to moscow, to russia. and it's a pain for our companies here in europe get are, and european young denies it another lie it. so you know, details, but it's important. it just on the big picture look, finally, the german foreign ministry says russian measures against deutsch of our streaming

by last rural relations. do you expect this to, to escalate further? i hope not. i mean, because it is true to chris don't day see that it is totally counterproductive for them to, for dodge of all that in germany for their german version of the javala. because people realize that it is small. moscow which is wrong. it is the german government does. it is nobody else. and so there is a did for got to be expected that's normal. that's the best way for moscow to react is to do the same in moscow. oh wow, that's all. look, always great to hear your thoughts. thanks for giving us some of your time today. independent journalist lucrative a speaking to us from brussels. like you're ok, some more, a big figures for you. k, households that deal with energy bills for british homes are about to search by an average of $700.00 pounds a year after the national regulator lifted a price gap. it comes are made soaring, natural gas prices across europe,

telling me more earlier. our t shandey had bridge dusty while as being described as a by now pe later scam. essentially, that's the feeling of the opposition in response to the government. so called package of support that it's offering to people to try and alleviate the heavy pressures of this absolute mama's hike in energy price cap. now just to run you through the figures, then what we're seeing is the energy price will rise by 54 percent in april to just shy of 2000 pounds. now tens of millions of households and we'll face paying $693.00 pounds more. every single year, which is double that of last year. so it's a huge, huge height with absolute huge consequences. but the government says it's stuffing in it recognizes that needed to do so. and offering this package of support. what we can do is take this thing out of a significant point shop for millions of families by making sure that the increase

in prices is smaller initially, and spread over a longer period without government intention. the increase in the price tap would leave the average household having to find an extra $693.00 pounds. the accidents i'm announcing today will provide to the vast majority of household just over half of that amount. well, versus your next seem to reprise the role of being the rescuer of the nation coming forward with a package of support. however, it's all as generous as it may seem. so to break it down, it's to tid. first off, they'll be a $200.00 pound discount. however, that's not exactly a freebie, it's a loan. i will have to be repaid in 40 pounds installments over 5 years, so that money could just simply accumulate for people that are already struggling. then they'll be a rebate and tax and council tax. so that's just a $150.00 pounds. plus risha do not sell short of scrapping be 18. many people were

hoping he was going to do that because if you take that lump sum that 2000 and pounds, a 100 pounds of thought is v a t. so that could be a significant amount of money. it could have really helped. now all of this has gone down like an absolute lead balloon. many people are highly, highly critical, especially looking at people that are struggling to make ends meet. the chancellor has often cold comfort to families in poverty to already rationing what they can spend on essential, such as heating and food. this support will not get people through the next few months and they will not protect those most at risk of hardship. a day after the leveling up fanfare, the government's piecemeal measures won't protect low income families, either now or in the future. surging energy prices are only the start of the crisis . the help announced for these families today won't be enough. we're going to see more children going hungry as parents struggle to make ends meet. while the government says this is beyond party politics blames the pandemic,

but also blames the global surgeon demand hiking all of these gas prices. but analysts, they're quite worried that this could actually happen again. come the autumn and that the government could have halted all of this. instead, the prioritizing profits over the living standards. now today is really from bad to worse because the bank of england are now raising interest rates from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent, which just add to this cost of living sweep. now everybody's going to be affected by the announcement earlier today. we're going to see high, middle on the income families taking a quite a hit. but of course, as those low income families are going to be hit the hardest for them. they're already in a di. lemme thinking about eating or heating. but with this announcement, it seems like they might not be able to do either another story to bring you to day, the scale of alleged abuse and new zealand catholic church has been brought to

light in a bombshell report, commissioned by the countries prime minister, the paper claims that 14 percent of catholic clergy has been accused of abusing children or adults since 1951 survivor spoke candidly to r t. but the trauma he suffered, i was abused by a catholic school teacher, a brother, brother of a religious order, who abused me sexually on several occasions and may not help filed the complaint, it's been up but, but then when i went on to high school, i was also abused again by a priest of the of, of, of the, of the society of mary, the, for a religious priest. abused me. therefore, in my particular case, i wanted to identify the, the patterns. because not only was i abused as a young boy in middle school here in new zealand. i went on to

a catholic school and secondary level was abused sexually and physically again. and then i was abused by a priest in the diocese of, of the cast up the catholic diocese here in new zealand as well in dependent of the school. so i, because of my connection to the institution, and because i remained connected, i was abused and at risk, at least in 3 cases. so in the end, when i record the abuse, it involved 5 people of the research group prob reports of abuse file between 1950 in 1999. most of them came from children. nearly 1700 reports against members of the catholic church were made by a ref size and people the allegation span, physical sexual and psychological abuse. well, the news,

england catholic church has said its deeply ashamed of the findings and quote, grateful to those behind the research. it also pledged its commitment to transparency. christopher long hurst again thinks the revelation so far, just the tip of the iceberg is that then not the 14 percent is simply the numbers of those people that have reported to the church and the church has recorded. now this number is extremely low based on the information that we have. for example, most of our members have not reported to the church. and we know that the church has not kept records of all those who have reported why. why do i know this? because members of religious orders and use ellen have had told me that applying the matrix for each one complaint received. there are between 6 and 10 people out there in the community who have suffered abuse and have not lodged a complaint. so if we do the math,

the application of it forensic would mean that and use the ones catholic church alone. that would be between 11 and 14000 people who have been abused. 12 times the number that the church is reporting who have dealt with the abuse by leaving and being quiet. not many industries saw a growth that during the past 2 years. one that did is private mercenary grits, especially those who use child store troops. next, we look at the shocking links between the 2 and our short documentary begins and moments. as long as humans are at the end of the day, self interested, you can pretty well predict which way bitcoin is going. and the fact that nations will make it legal tender and they'll be a hash bar going on in the house, right?

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