the, the doctor's democracy is providing to be amazingly resilient about turkey does not fulfill the basic principles of a democratic election. such was well, despite the presidential polls being that the next year of cast doubts over the freedom of turkey as elections. while western media laying circle on possible victory with the defeat of democracy depended on reportedly turns a blind died to the war crimes record of its foreign proxy fighters in violation of us law of 42 newly released documents. also, i had to that driving here, just covering the off the water world,

the basic either water world. let's go down hard to dive into the beauty of veronica, this island known as the pearl of the persian gulf. as it prepares to be added to your nest. those heritage was plus the volley ignores. i am f warnings selling around $40000000.00 us dollars worth of pool of tax digital. so can that says the country seeks to reduce the dollars dominance and made high for inflation and following national currency. the coming to you for a month, so this is r t international with the latest world news updates. i'm pure a isabel. it's great to have you with us. we start with trick. yeah, we're, the nation is set to decide on the presidency in toronto. so after neither of the top tenant, it's past a crucial 50 percent threshold to win. in the 1st round on sunday the

the was a reaction to the turkish election was not long coming with washington saying it's continuing to closely monitor the ongoing electoral process. and the european commission president noted the huge turnout showed that turkish people are committed to exercising democratic rights. yet the council of europe's assessment of turkish democracy was rather confusing. so i would say the tucker's democracy is providing to be amazingly resilient the shows the high turn out in the election. but turkey does not fulfill the basic principles of a democratic election. such was with western media. what further, whether it's headlines definitively linking president or gone with a special with a risk to target democracy?

that's as the country is opposition promises to take a course towards wider integration with europe are to contributor rachel mars and shares her take on how the e u. plays its membership card to influence other states, policies and wire to god as for trade as an obstacle to turkish democracy. so once again, the e u is dangling block membership and franchise. yeah. another candidate, country turkey, kind of like an engagement ring and they're doing it right in the heat of an election. and the opposition candidate is talking like it's only voters which use him over incumbent president, raise of air to one venture if he could finally live happily ever after in the arms of brussels. our main goal is membership in the european union. of course, we want to be part of the civilized world. we are ready to rapidly transform turkey a into a true democracy that our citizens deserve, as well as to carry out the democratic reforms required by the look session process

. hey look, there's nothing wrong with self improvement when it's done for yourself. but the opposition is talking like it's ready to give the country a facelift at the bottom left. so new to use and maybe upsize to some double these just so that brussels finds it more attractive. now, why don't the opposition be under that impression more because the, you keep saying. so if the decisions would go towards opening the country to democracy and the rule of flaw, something who has been urgent for a long time, then we should start talking. who can start talking about liberalization of the visa, redeem? yeah, baby, just do what i ask and then we can talk about taking this relationship to the next level, like a liberal visa regime, where you can kind of go freely at my place and even leave your toothbrush there without it being kind of weird sounds a lot like the kind of promises matrix you have under the european union, ukraine association agreement that set off the euro. my dog protest in 2013 when venue crane president and your new convicts refused to sign it. quick reminder of

what was behind those popping off ukrainian demonstration now demonstrating now in ukraine. they may not be in your opinion of them. they are certainly part of the broad political family of european nations. all right, so when kara has, i see your example in front of its eyes of the kind of blueprint that exists with respect to the you and it's modus operandi. and kind of makes you wonder why hasn't it just locked brussels number yet? it's beyond be frankly, turkey and nato ally applied to the use freed assessor the european economic community in 1987 and was recognized as a candidate in 1999 and still isn't a member. that's a long time to wait around for commitment yet. turkey is also allow nato and you countries to establish military bases inside its territory for western wars in the middle east and in africa. it's also saved you from being overwhelmed by migrates,

displaced by western military interventions in africa by holding them in camps on the turkey border. now apparently that's still not enough for brussels. when asked last year about a powers class, that's a joining the block between ursula, vendor line european commission president said quote, there is no progress. b, u has cited turkeys, human rights record to justify its foot dragging in relationships with its neighbors. meanwhile, it calls you trade with the exact same flaws, problems with its neighbors, and issues with human rights, the great defender of european values, at least incumbent president for a while and realized that waiting around for commitment is a full game. to key does not need europe, but europe is in real need. the prescription for their increasingly chronic problems is to care. to case for membership, we're not and will not be anyone's placing. we're not and will not be a servant to be treated according to someone's when those who think that they can

and slave to care with threats are ignorant of their own history. those who think that they will bring us to our needs with sanctions will soon realize that they are deeply mistaken. brussels uses the same pickup lines on all the countries. it's courtney, although the georgia serbia and they're all still waiting around to be invited to make it official, be checked on the hook with promises even though the gold posts are constantly being moved further out. early one seems to understand the process of selling the fantasy, that if the country gives up its independence, then brussels will take care of it. some day, maybe pay a country can dream, right? it can do little little hearts with their names in their notebook, right. and in the best case scenario, the you wants to dictate how the country behaves, and which of its friends it can still hang out with. and certainly not that russia one that's for sure. it's also tactic that it's no wonder the early one figures that turkey would be better off stage,

single and independent acting chairman of the center for strategic studies at the turkish ministry of foreign affairs id. nor had says that western countries are clearly interested in art along losing the elections. a nato countries on monday, july 18 turkish elections. they want the purple ad on it starts to look at the german, french, american, english, the magazines and newspapers, the economist, etc. that all right, i guess add on add up, but as of monday to ration that this information, etc, that what they are doing, the top of that on. they say russia is money to and i think she makes on avalon space. this is opposite exactly the opposite of it. we did not see any russian

mingling in that case election, but we saw a lot of naming intakes election and that's why a lot of people voted for ad on because of this western manipulation we will keep you updated on all the developments in the turkish presidential election, se tune here on our to international the now to the war and ukraine, russia's ambassador to the us and says that no one has been held accountable for kids, the attacks on civilians and don bass. this is the responsibility for these crimes slice, not only with the key for gene, but also with those who supply them with weapons. all these weapons supplied by

members of the un security council. now sitting up a site me seemingly so concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in ukraine are killing civilians, women and children on a daily basis. the inside of military potential of need. his aim to this, they believe they going away with given millions of civilians have gattis, then iraq, libya and all the places. we assured that one day they will be held accountable for what they have done and no threats of sanctions against judges. as was the case with the us war crimes investigation of goodness, then intimidation of witnesses and whistle blowers and suppression of fact will help them. the flow of western arm supplies to ukraine comes in mid stark revelations, and usually release documents by the new york times, showing that the us ignored the war crimes record of its form proxy troops around the world, which is in fact a violation of american laws. the files reveal that the us special operations

program involves the training and arming of form fighters for use in kill or capture missions that american forces don't want to carry out themselves. the provision of supports is not contingent upon successful human rights, but any requirements as defined to release the law. the legal law prohibits the provision of u. s. military aid to human rights violators abroad. dependent on the classified directive appears to be a loophole that allows a direct violation of that law. archie corresponded caleb map and takes a deeper look at the pentagon relationship with its unsavory allies. if you're providing someone with military training and weapons, don't you have a responsibility to make sure the person is not a criminal to use them to go and commit new crimes? you would think so. but apparently the pentagon does not agree. indeed, why worry about such details as long as it serves american interest in far away?

lance seems that for the pentagon, the ends justify the means, even if it means violating us law, that for its military aid to human rights violators abroad, the us track record for such on accountability and impunity goes back decades is just a few examples. the infamous and dirty brigades of militias, the united states, trained in order to fight i still, in a rock, have been accused of torturing detainees and other atrocities. united nations found us backed forces in the democratic republic of the congo were involved in mass rates and torture of civilians. back in 1981 up to a 1000. civilians were slaughtered by us back forces in el salvador, the famous elements out a massacre. human rights watch has revealed the results of the us occupation of afghanistan and shown crimes that were committed by forces trained and backed by

the united states. there. the strike forces have been lawfully killed civilians. united rates forcibly disappeared detainees undetected healthcare facilities for allegedly treated in storage and fighters. civilian casualties from these rates and air operations have dramatically increased in the last 2 years. the us armed and fran ukrainian military is just the latest example. they have been caught summarily executing prisoners of war videos, sho, outright war crimes. russia has many times highlighted these documented atrocities of the united nations. however, the usa and its allies have turned a blind eye visits and me the idea of was doing this. the recent report by amnesty international and organization that can hardly be classified as pro russian states . we have been talking about at every meeting on the green since the very beginning of a special military operation. the on forces of ukraine and you create in national is

battalions are hiding behind a civilian population as a human shield, and also use residential houses and apartments in them as fighting boys place heavy equipment in a tillery near the hospitals. schools and keen, the gardens key of steel has called lodge for any crimes. instead of holding a spade a spade, you demonstrate button double standards and miracles office thoughtfulness, so as not to guess the shadow of responsibility on keith, who's gill for the shelving is obvious. this shows your responsibility for the brain conflict. started the united states at at least question to its relationship with infamous groups like b as off battalion, known for its neo nazi audiology. what is the relationship of the us government to these people? is it training them? my did arm them is this one of those cases where we aid and abet the kind of

monsters who eventually become our enemies. but they have admitted there is no real way to stop or even control these evil practices. here's another example. the tornado battalion was pretty well known for its atrocities. some of its members even got in prison when the crimes they committed became well publicized. but after russia's military operations started, these dangerous radicals were released in order to join you cranes, armed forces belong, record of washington supporting forces around the world. the do horrendous things, despite existing us laws that mandate otherwise explains why the pentagon doesn't feel obligated to do any use that thing. when you are training people like this, it probably feels better not to know what they did yesterday and what you might be helping them to do. tomorrow. kayla boffin, archie, new york. earlier, my colleague nicky, are and spoke with investigative journalist, sped norton, who says the us and its allies use such prophecies to do their dirty work for them

. unfortunately, it's not surprising. we've known that the us military has moved more and more toward using special operations forces abroad. it's a wage what is often referred to as shadow wars, when the us military has forces on the ground, then it inspires criticism. you know, when the us military invaded iraq and violation of international law, everyone around the world could see that this was a blatant war of aggression. that over a 1000000 e rockies died. it's, well we, we respect to the sovereignty of other countries. well, actually the us is violating the sovereignty of other countries, but instead it's using foreign proxies in order to maintain this idea of plausible deniability. so if those more and proxies are ever caught in arrested and interrogated, the us can say, well, we don't have anything to do with them. we have no idea of who they are now, you're currently in nicaragua, what? another pro american group, the conference was accused of

a number of atrocities committed by us box dest squads. how much accountability has that been in those cases and, and doesn't look like the u. s. has done anything to provide transparency and closure for locals affected as well. of course absolutely nothing it comes. there's no surprise to to hear that in the 1980s, the ca, back these extremely right wing violent paramilitary groups. the conferences that were notorious for killing and torturing civilians burning down schools and hospitals. and there has been no justice, in fact, there are multiple us government institutions that are active around the world training proxy forces in order to fight secretive wars in the shadows to destabilize foreign countries. heavy rainfall causing devastation in somalia is also wreaking havoc and ro, wanda, or the mountainous terrain is prone to land slides. in the rainy season, thousands of families have been forced to relocate to escape rising waters. us in

somalia, a month of heavy rainfall has led to flooding, causing damage to towns and villages. while health care workers are warning of a possible rise in diseases such as the color of the flooding comes after months of drought that killed tens of thousands of people and wipe out crops and live stock. local residents fear the flood, could force many families into destitution and not have the whole city submerged by the fluids. schools are old, shut down, no learning taking place and businesses have been close to as business has come to us tends to also show amenities have been effected, nothing is working because the whole tone is submerged in what to sort that out. and i don't find that sound, but as i switch from brother to him because of the slides, i haven't received any help so far. i'm a single mother and has nothing to feed my children with. i don't have a house for

a water i or too many teran agencies to come to our risk and provide us with food med since and shelter. welcome, i flood from villa, dwayne, because of the floods i've not received any help so far and i'm a single mother who has nothing to feed her children. i don't have a house or food or water and urgently ask humanitarian agencies to come to our rescue. or on kush island known as the pearl of the persian gulf is preparing to get its ancient town added to the unesco list, the island as well known as a thriving resort, attracting thousands of visitors from across the globe every year. despite the western sanctions in post on ron, archie's use of july li has more of the persian gulf. that's how kish island is south of iran is usually referred to. this metonymy is manifested in the islands funding attractions, including gifts. smith's rising co beach, us and it's f one guard recreational centers. now kish result organization has

given r t an exclusive access to its eye catching features situated off the southern coast of iran in the persian gulf to she is best known for its speech site activities. so once a day, this peaceful place gets jetpacks with people come to enjoy watching the vast expanse of persian gulf waters, the head of the keys, free zone organizations as the island, as an adult, like resort for tourists. so what i mean kish is the 3rd most popular tories destination in the region. for holidays. it has unique geographical features on the island, including its coral costs and by diversity embassy. all these things together make it the tourist hotspot. apart from its dazzling natural sceneries dish offer solve the most thrilling, recreational experiences, including a range of c, sports and water parks. where we're in the park is one of the most visited places in case island offering all kinds of c as our team and activities such as yachting,

screwball guy, bank terrace. anyway, i know yes, fly boarding. and at the same time, you can watch the mesmerizing and glowing persian, gulf water, or screwdriver, or just covering the off the water where all the basic let's go down our to cameraman. i mean here and i took it leaf in the dark and drove into the depths of persian gulf waters, whether gopro camera to catch a glimpse of the world of sea creatures. one quick advice to a gentleman, junkies like me, never miss out on keesha's wind tunnel. it gives you the feeling the free of time sky diving. i tried it myself and i was virtually flying. george was come all the way from all the area. had the same feeling, this is actually the indoor flying, sky diving. so it seemed like sky diving in

a closed environment. so is control environment. you can actually learn to fly safely. the most safely way. let's say it's and you can achieve your dream of flying or learn to fly, learn to be a sky dive or as well in the wrong season. this is a scorching caught. whatever the case, no far the temperature is always been a 0. providing a chance for visitors to pull down at at the same time, enjoy its range of snow activity. those who come here can snowboard, go snow tubing, walk on the suspension bridge, and go on swings and use other facilities. there's also an ice wall for professional ice climbing as an average of $1000000.00 iranian tourists visit the island each year or the spot this abundant potential. the number of 4 visitors is not remarkable. case results put this figure up less than $50000.00 annually. there was storm sanctions and they were on are cited by experts as another major

challenge, which i'm scared for and visitors away from cage. how about the political propaganda and the legal sanctions targets in all accounts? we have unfortunately, homes, all tourism tech to among all the sectors this issue has created this trust by ford taurus regarding the safety of tourism. email accounts treat this as well, all countries. i'm on the safest places in terms of tories authorities at case freeze on say they have put in place. a visa waiver for a tourist was to read the travel permits issued upon arrival. what's the boy and turkey being serious original for us to tribals? trish islands can still win the game. as experts say, it's some of the nature of coral coasts around rival officials are now forced to invest more and it's and for struck the goal of turning the islands from local to original tourist magnets usability, our to fish island then byways central bank has

sold around $40000000.00 us dollars worth of gold back digital tokens. that's a spite the i m f warning the african country against doing so and urging it to liberalize the national foreign exchange market. here 1000 bio is bank chief. explain the move of the sure and some of the gold back digital tokens is meant to expand the value preserving instruments available in the economy. a go back token is a digital currency that is backed by physical gold. the currencies value is based on the current market price of gold and can be used for transactions just like any other type of crypto currency. it is often more stable than other digital currencies and can also be used as a hedge against inflation. is the price of gold rises, the value of the currency will also increase. pulled back tokens can be bought and sold on exchanges, just like other types of feel, currency, and can also be used to purchase those in services online. and by what has been

suffering from massive inflation for years, which previously led to the national currency being swapped for the us dollar. while the recently reintroduced and by 1 dollar remains unstable, impressed by other foreign currencies, the government has resorted to using new portfolio assets following the examples of gonna nigeria in south africa and buy wants to reduce the american dollars monopoly in the countries also facing us sanctions over a legit human rights abuses. zambian journalist austin colo bus says the us sanctions against ball way are unjustified as washington contributes to economic was across the whole region. this is going to hit the u. s. u by the races. for one p, the u. s. has never been to any good it would salvage in be in

by me, call me when so they are also part of a part of the pro bit i say so because of the absence. i definitely know it's the ability for additional sunsets, even zimbabwe, despite the resume being in office, which is a clear example that's that they would love the sensors to go ahead. is supposed to do with about mcgovern is by the government and specifically by governance. but because this was this on the sense of ins and bob, we have really staying the rest of the government key. you know, before muscle, most of it, i'll click on the countries i'm, this is very psyched. the does had a very negative effect on all the countries in south africa,

the f. b. i failed to live up to its standards by acting on seriously slot information and it's 2016 prob, then president donald trump's a legit collusion with russia, which was never proven. that's according to us special counsel john durham, the prosecutor who investigated the failed f. b. i pro it is final report on the matter which he's been looking into since 2019 during mccue's. yes. the eye of confirmation bias and extremely troublesome misconduct. saying the bureau failed to critically analyze information that ran talent or to the narrative of a trump, russia collusion. drum also pointed to the f. b. i's very different cautious approach to allegations related to 2016 democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton, new york base talk show host steve malls, birds as the f. b, i had tried to influence the outcome of the presidential election, setting

a dangerous precedent for american politics. i don't think there was anything the serious about the timing. i think it works to trumps advantage. but the timing of the investigation it opened in 2016 during a presidential election and it, it certainly helped hillary clinton now trump one. but this was an effort in the minds of many books by the f b i to influence the outcome of a presidential election. i mean, this is huge. this is massive. i mean, just think about a trump said all along. it's a which on, you know, a russian collusion which on and that's exactly what dorm it say. and if it could happen once, can it happen again? i mean, i don't know, and i hope not, but i wouldn't bet on anything. i think that this is good fuel and go down munition for trump to have saying, look, they did it to me watch and how they're doing it to me again. and i think the

american people might say, you know what, he has a point. so that's a wrap on the hour and coming up, the ties between ukrainian nationalist leaders and american intelligence agencies, drawing parallels between the past and present. next on our tea jobs operation, your brain care on demand. thanks for turning in senior the, in the year of 1954, the united states of america engaged in warfare against the people of vietnam. the white house supported the corrupt about the government of southern vietnam. 1965 americans began their invasion following the aim to defeat the forces of vietnamese

patriots. defend the gun was confident that the victory would be on the american side, due to its military superiority. however, the vietnamese during this war into total hell for the occupants. unable to cope with a guerrillas, the american army started blanket bombing alongside using chemical weapons and naples, which burnt all alive. the village of my lay, where he 1969 american soldiers killed 504 civilians, including 210 children, became a tragic symbol of this war. all and all. during the whole period of this conflict, the usa dropped on vietnam more than $6000000.00 tons of bonds, which is 2 and a half times as much as on germany during the 2nd world war. in 1973, the american army under the pressure of.