a it was, i think they will be losers. ah. with in the stories that shape the week, we recall the terror attack in saint petersburg which killed prominent russian war journalists that blood lin petoskey wounding. at least 40 other people too, with moth protest against you. additional reform spread across israel, coming amid already soaring tensions in the region following a state of recent deadly terror. busy the victims were women, the elderly and children as young as one who was shot multiple times at close range . also ahead on the program r t. marks the 20th anniversary of the us invasion of iraq recalling

a must occur in the telling of had death when 24 civilians were done done by american troops. with the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well. welcome to the weekly on our tape, on extremist group, which calls itself the national republican army house, claim responsibility for the assassination of russian journalists, blood lin, petoskey. he was killed in a blast of a st. petersburg cafe last sunday, which left at least 40 other people wounded. the main suspect in the case story, a trap of a house officially been placed under arrest by a moscow court on charged with committing an act of terrorism. the pseudonym national republican army say's though they'd acted independently in the cafe bombing without any foreign help. though a statue at with a divine hidden inside exploded in the venue during an event,

the radical group was funded. with the stated aim of overthrowing the kremlin august, the same group said it had carried out the killing of another russian journalist. daria do gonna, i tried moscow. russian officials, however, say ukraine was directly responsible for both murders, a charge key of his denying for this is funded from inside the cafe film, just before the deadline. it shows mr. tusky being handed the statuette with the suspect even being invited to sit next to him. it's not clear if she knew the object contained on explosive device. according to the late journalist, friends story, a trap of her had been acquainted with the victim. a warning you may find the following footage district usually gives you what we're seeing here are survivors of be attacked pictured outside the building.

many of them covered in blood pastures by try to assist those who been wounded. the main suspect was spotted leaving the scene just moments after the last of the man killed blood. lin territory was strangely influential in the online community of war. time bloggers, the 40 year olds, real nameless maxime from me. it was originally from don barson forth in the early stages of the conflict there in the luke ganske people's militia. that experience led to him becoming one of the most followed war journalists before his death, amassing an audience of over half a 1000000 people on the telegram platform, ortiz donal quarter, breaks the know how the i've been some folded on a sunday evening like any other russian war correspondent, flood lend to tar sky was hosting an event centered around war zone journalism. here at this cafe, it was opened admission. anyone could have attended. and starsky told his audience of his stories of war around 6, 15 pm. his life came to

a sudden end after an explosion reduced the cafes interior to rubble. mm. me believe teach us focus the switches the to a terrorist attack has just happened yet. while vlad lend to tar ski was speaking. there was an explosion in the bar. it seems that our speaker got up. according to eye witnesses, the explosion came from a small statue that a woman brought to the event a gift, apparently intended for to tar skeet rushes. investigative committee said it was looking into this incident as a murder and the police were on a man hunt to find the woman in question. media reports began to suggest that the

main suspect in the case was a woman by the name of daria trap, up some one who had been arrested before at anti government demonstrations, and had transferred money to an extremist organization called the anti corruption foundation. around 700 police officers were deployed across the city in search of trap of the police showed up at her door with automatic weapons and even rated the residence of her mother and sister. for the time being though she was nowhere to be found. the next day, the authorities found daria trip of a at a 4 rent apartment where the russian investigative committee later confirmed her detention. not long after that, the interior ministry released a video confession and which daria trip of a admits to bringing an explosive statuette to tar ski's event. do you understand why you have been detained? i am detained for being at the scene of flatland petoskey, killing. what have you done? i brought sachi, they exploded those who gave it to you. can i tell you later?

russia's anti terrorism committee has determined that this was a terrorist attack organized by key f with the help of agents from the aforementioned extremist organization. the anti corruption foundation here for its part has denied any involvement in this attack. as it did a year ago, when there was overwhelming evidence to suggest that key halves agents had killed another high profile russian journalist. daria do gonna, with these civilian assassinations piling up and the west, turning a blind eye to key halves roland them. it looks like the people who risked their lives to show the world. the truth are going to have to sleep with one eye open until this conflict is over donald quarter r t st. petersburg. the funeral held mister to tar ski, was held yesterday. mariners gathered at a cemetery in the capital for the last farewell to the reporter who was posthumously awarded the order of courage for bravery. one of russia's toppers

ah, and moving the program on tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of israel on saturday. for the 14th week in a row in protest that the government's controversial judicial overhauled. it comes amid rising security concerns after 2 deadly terror attacks in recent days in the country. the demonstrations kicked off months ago after the government proposed changes that would give parliament the power to overturn court decisions, appoint judges, and restrict the reasons for which the prime minister could be removed from office . critics have saved the reforms. what a road vital checks and balances and undermined democracy in israel. earlier, the nation's leader benjamin netanyahu agreed to postpone the changes. but the protest movement saves thee on restful continue until the plan is buried completely . while all this is happening, as mentioned, against the backdrop of attacks in the country. on friday, a car plowed into

a crowd of the side park until a beef killing an italian man. and when to get further, 5 tourists thought occurred hours after a shooting. also by a polished indian, left to british is really sister dead near and is really settlement in the west. prime minister, netanyahu denounced the incidents of terror attacks and called up military and police reserve forces to bolster security. while some more from the region to tell you about the is really p m, as a cues come up of being responsible for thursday's rocket attack that originated from lebanese territory in response to the to israel's war plane struck lebanon syrian territory to as israel blaine's the neighboring country for supporting the militant group, or strikes by the way, had targets and gals as well. ah . this is southern lebanon during the early hours of friday,

after is really plane flew by in response to the near 100 rockets that were fired from the area of israel. while a bum bard meant up, galvan was on the leash just minutes after a statement from mister netanyahu, in which he said the nations enemies were paid for their impression. reports also coming in this sunday that hundreds of people have barricaded themselves inside the alack. some mosque in east jerusalem, it follows is really police cracking done on this site this week. removing people at during prayers at wall of his lungs. holiest sides. violent flushes inside the moss provoked sharp condemnation from the art of world. at the 1st rate on alex happened wednesday morning when it's really forces storm the building using tear gas and beating palestinian worshippers. is really police alleged that dozens of young men carrying rocks and firecrackers had tried to borrow kid themselves inside during our is not the most was off limits. most of judaism is holiest sy.

temperament is also located inside the compet that russia has declared its strategic partnership. with china and india, a priority which will continue to strengthen. that was one of the cornerstones of moscow's foreign policy doctrine release this week that forms its path really for years to come. the document highlights rushes determination to build stronger relations, what, what it calls sovereign global centers of power. russia aims to further strengthen relations. it's comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation with the people's republic of china and gives priority to the development of mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas. russia will continue to build up the privileged strategic partnership with the republic of india in order to raise the level and expand interaction in all fields. well,

in response to russia, outlining its policy doctrine, the chinese foreign ministry on the beijing cooperation with moscow and new delhi is a pillar in the emerging multi polar world. it comes after chinese leaders. she didn't pings visit to the russian capital last month, which saw 14 bilateral documents signed ranging from energy deals, trade products to scientific education partnerships. now, it also comes according to the kremlin new delhi and moscow are exploring the use of the north sea, shipping root above the arctic circle to handle a projected increase in treating volumes. so a lot going on on that we spoke with david, deb, senator, the new indian publication who sees the russia india, china strategic triangle will benefit the multi polar world a show of china and india. this relationship has been moved in,

even in the ninety's ninety's by august the, by russia, in the early days after the soviet union and when the new russian, our republic was coming into its own. and since then this has been on the anvil. india has never said don't do it and i think. busy india, more and more is, has shown that it once a multi natural word. and this is one aspect of the multi multi lateral road in which show the 20th 21st century needs to move forward. india. busy as are decided to buy on the by russian energy, much more in the last year and a little more sim stay war in ukraine. busy vantage did in the past, it's one of the it's perhaps the only country major country that has actually. ready increased aid, so purchases all thought energy. the government of india has made it clear that we

look to the advantage of india wherever it is and to the people of india. and that it will look for wherever it can get the best prices for the indian consumer. and we have not taken an electrical position on the wall. ah, india has sticker and a stand at coins with regard to investigations into our allegations of massacres or particular incident. but overall we have beam often met less. if you logically driven and far less saw floor and d r, then the west brick scan b curnow off a larger group beat. ah, because this is, in fact, a very, very large group of representatives already around half the population of

the word and the, the way it is projected to grow up could possibly be much larger. the 3 of bars, russia and china and india, need to have a very clear idea. and nobody clear sense of just among themselves needs to develop . now i think that trust does exist and has a long tradition if american citizens want a war with china, congress will graham their wish. that's the message from the trimming of the heis foreign affairs committee. michael mccaul, with asked about how far washington will go to defend taiwan. speaker mccarthy, and yourself have said that multiple times now that we need to arm taiwan now before there's any sort of invasion. what about us trips? i think, you know, then you're talking about an authorized use of military force. it will come out of

my committee or a declaration of war which we haven't you license war 2? would you support that? i think if, if the of china. com is china invades tie one. i think that is and certainly if the american people support this, the congress will follow the confrontational words were delivered in the island capital a, ty, pay as a u. s. delegation visited again on thursday, back in washington on the other side of a foreign exchange host speaker, kevin mccarthy, who's the taiwan leader in the face of objections from china. while on saturday, beijing launch 3 days of military drills or run the territory. the chinese foreign ministry also issued a statement that sought to peer up any confusion regarding the one, the china principal. hi ram and he to stay. one is an inseparable part of china. china sovereignty and territorial integrity has never been divided and division won't be allowed. some countries hype up the false narrative of democracy versus authoritarianism and use the print text of democracy to support and cannot separate

this forces and tie one for independence in order to contain china. this approach is extremely dangerous and will not succeed calling or sure, professor at so true university and commentator victor go say that while the us congressmen support the fight, he would be disregarding american interests that seek to keep us troops alive. i think congressman mccaul is completely misjudged and misguided, it being calling for a wall ah, between china, the united states regarding taiwan separatism. because i would say that it is absolutely against fundamental interest of the american people for any one to old us soldiers to die. and shed blood for want, for i one separate, isn't anti one the independence, which has nothing to do with united states and the u. s. position regarding ty,

wind right now, as it stands, is a position of illegitimacy illegality, illogic cavity and an sustainability. a review of the chaotic u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021 has been published by the white house national security council spokesperson, john kirby appeared before the media praising the current administration's actions while placing the blame on previous leadership for the issues witnessed in the wake of the departure. hundreds of people were killed that including a number of us servicemen. american troops also left behind more than $7000000000.00 worth of military gear. mr. kirby though remains pride of the pallet . i remember going through all that ah, that's pretty remarkable. ah.

that airport was basically for all intents and purposes, american property. oh, so i'm sorry. i just don't buy the whole argument of chaos with for all this talk a chaos. i just didn't see a, there was a lot that went right so yeah, there's a lot to be proud of. peter with the u. s. invasion of iraq, which left a trail of destruction up to a 1000000 civilians killed and countless more displaced. how's past it's 20th anniversary? we're continuing our special coverage all the military action of through the oil

rich country into cale sunday stabilize the region for years to come. the while amid the grim oliver shree the us based on my little center gala post released the pool, which find the majority of muslim majority nations do not see the u. s. a democracy building power in iraq to give one example. 72 percent of respondents do not believe quote, the u. s. is serious about encouraging the establishment of democratic systems in muslim countries. along this day, 20 years ago, a large statue of iraqi leader. saddam hussein, you recall it was toppled in baghdad. the monuments seen as a symbol of his rule in the country was brought in by iraqis with the help of us can reach the event received wide coverage in western media. which headlines the day as an end to the senior. but us forces were

not down in the country 2 years after the invasion of iraq began. busy the american troops gun down 24 civilians, women and children among them in the ton of had been one of the 8 marines involved, pleaded guilty to negligence. all other charges, including involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, were dismissed, or t correspondence div sweeney traveled to the country to hear 1st on the part that deadly insolent legacy. left them. i, diesel was a town. the very few people outside of iraq knew before 2003, but it soon became known throughout the world of the us. marines went on the rampage, massacring 24 people like fallujah. this was also a revenge attack. it followed the killing of a us soldier in a roadside bomb here. but the victims were women, the elderly and children as young as one who was shot multiple times at close range

. kara, they killed my brother, my uncle, to heat my uncle rashid, my father, my mother and my grandmother. the only survivors will my brother abdel, my sister sia and me. yes. again. the military tried to cover up the truth, but was soon for so amid that marines might have deliberately targeted civilians aware that the completely sealed off the entire city for a month. not allowing any one to enter and arresting any one who spoke about the instant. so the issue did not appear on television for a long time, but the ones who actually provoked the situation where the americans themselves, the pain is still felt by many haven't had ether, including mister colored, who lost 15 members of his family in the massacre. so he had sealed on january 19th, 2005, a land mine exploded at a place where the u. s. military was located. we were used to the fact that after some kind of explosion, there would be screams for about half an hour. but then everything will be silent

afterwards. that time it was different. the screams continued, and the sounds of shots fired by the american military continued terrifying the residence of the city. it turned out that an american humvee was blown up. they broke into the house of abdul hassan and killed 7 of its residents. they also broke into the house of my cousin and killed 8 of the people who were living there. they also stopped a taxi that was carrying students heading to baghdad to study the executed them in cold blood. after that, they broke into the house of ai, it al gray, airy and killed 4 people. it was a terrible day. it terrified the entire city. the american military, the militants and al qaeda, one might say, we're playing a game of cat and mouse. and ordinary citizens were the only ones who really suffered from this. every day we heard shooting in the city, the result of which was always the cold blooded murder of civilians. hundreds of

innocent people died in such incidents. he described drug cray soldiers who lost control as they went on a 3 hour killing spree la la foot and a 20 years after the americans evaded my country. iraqis still remember this with great pain and suffering because of the disasters the americans left behind. yes, my country suffered from economic weakness due to the devastating war with iran, but life was safe in the cities and in the country as a whole. however, with the arrival of the americans, that security ended before the american invasion. there was a kind of social equality between different levels of society. but after the american invasion, a corrupt class emerged rising above society. previously, iraqis were kind sociable, they showed brotherly feelings towards each other and generosity. but after the americans came, drugs began to spread. families began to disintegrate. social degradation began

increasingly we began to hear about things alien to our society that a son killed his father or his family and all of this because of drugs. and it didn't come out of nowhere suited but the americans are gone. but traces of the u. s. still remain in my country. they manifest themselves in the economic and social spheres in their ugliest forms. the people of her days have been denied justice house of the 8 indicted 6. all the charges dropped altogether, while one was found not guilty. the only soldier to face caught merely loss rank and had a salary reduced, leaving the victim's love runs angry. i remember them, i have been women, and there may have been children and there is a squad leader. your responsibility at that point is to say, cease fire. let's not take another step. we just killed some women and children here. my responsibilities a squad leader is to make sure that none of the rest of my guys died. so no,

i don't believe so. and i took it and i believe that the u. s. president at the time, george bush and the other leaders who supported him during the occupation of my country, as well as their armies. bear collective responsibility for every drop of innocent blood shed in my country. any rock international courts must work hard to bring those criminals to justice. judicial decisions must be made to improve the transparency of fake western democracy. once again, washington has committed war crimes with impunity. and 20 years later, it is ordinary iraqis that has still paying the price of iraqi civilians where not the only victims of the us presence in iraq and al jazeera correspondent was killed . as a result of a u. s. r, a strike on the channels. media bureau in baghdad, 20 years ago to this day, no one has been held accountable for the attack. oh yeah,

me out of bow during his stay in baghdad. he was there for 4 or 5 days. he made 3 reports, and for me each report was a reassurance of him being safe and sound. ah, [000:00:00;00] i know dizzy kenneth, off al jazeera did send the coordinates of its baghdad bureau to the american

troops to ensure the safety of the journalists while fulfilling their work. and to assert that they are not part of the war. there is a sense that the office was deliberately targeted because they already knew the court. and that's the same as an adult will an, a levy before the fall of baghdad. on april 9th, the general atmosphere was tense. everything had been prepared to promote the only narrative that of the american army, jill. they didn't want any other narrative to go. public. journalists in the iraqi capital were not biased. they were witnesses of the truth. what the u. s didn't want those witnesses to tell their stories about what was happening and what would happen later on, and to ha, ah, according to commanders on the ground coalition forces came under significant enemy fire from the building where they al jazeera journalist working and consistent with

the insurance, right, of self defense coalition forces returned fire. sadly, al jazeera correspondence was killed in this exchange. had a subtle clem, yet hunter dismissal wasn't fired accidentally unless it was intended to kill, to wreak, and his colleagues in his unfair war on iraq is like many others. this case remains unpunished. he had the hidden, ah, some people so hot and there were cummings coming from the american presidents describing the civilian casualties as collateral damage, something inevitable, given their false message of liberating iraq from terrorism ish. and our case, the journalists who had nothing to do with this warranty, paid the price to al jazeera, has coverage of the iraq war, had been widely recognized by international organizations for its transparency, professionalism, and high standards. 0. the employees who were arabs and muslims,

that did it here to professional standards. you're never going to change the truth when you see shattered civilian houses and killed children with the any. and the military always talks about ethics. but what is happening on the ground is exactly the opposite. and neither the pentagon nor any other u. s. government agency, apologize for what they had done because they knew it would have eventually been forgotten. we have lost many of our colleagues because of this concealment of fact, this impunity well, american war crimes and iraq has also been a major focus by the whistleblower side wiki league funded by journalist julian assange. on the 5th of april 2010, it released that classified u. s. military video showing a group of people being shot by u. s. military apache helicopter 3 years before that, at least a 1000 people were killed, including 2 journalists from the reuters news agency. ahead is for the job that attack

a warning. the video is distressing. rodder or banded record route for 3 minutes. that's a weapon. 185. 47. permission by wednesday line. let me know when you get what you might of all up through traffic to safety on the thing. thing thing, not just for the united states, most nations that have engaged in combat, particularly in this case,