the army has recognized that and we are going to grow the air and missile defense force over the next several iterations of the process. we are currently approved to build new short line defense battalions and we are expecting to get the approval for additional battalions in the next annual cycle that will add to the already existing capabilities. we are going to sustain our forces and end up increasing our short range air and defense with indirect protection capabilities that we will supplement the additive for those fixed and somewhat fixed assets. the third line of effort is training. if you think about what we are going to ask the forced to do over the next decade as it changes the way that we fight for multi-domain operations as we bring on new capabilities, our soldiers and leaders must be capable of employing those systems in the battlefield framework in support of multi- domain operations. our school house and institutional training base has got to change and adapt to be able to provide leaders that capability and background education, and continuing education. that goes furth

the israel defense forces are bombing hamas targets in gaza after a major flare up in cross border exchanges which are now into their second day. in stories that shape the week president nicolas maduro says he quelled an attempted coup by but as well the opposition leader. who along with his u.s. backers deny spawning a military overthrow are just debate what really happened. doesn't get him in power nice national committee six million people voted for nicolas maduro last may in a free and fair election that i observe you know how many people voted for one boy . and the u.s. attorney general is grilled in the senate over his handling of the report but refuses to subject himself to further questions but democrats now calling william barr a coward among charges of contempt of congress. welcome to the weekly here on r t international where we bring you the top stories from the past week. israeli warplanes are pounding gaza after a major flare up in cross border exchanges now into their second day the israel defense forces say more than four hundred fifty rockets were fired from gaza at israel.

it was the foundation of japan's current military, now called the self-defense force. i stated that this is a very controversial decision. what was controversial about it? one thing was that the creation of the npr seems to counter the foundational object of the u.s. democratization efforts. throughout the war, american policymakers had repeatedly and open to blamed japan's military leaders and japanese militarism, or broadly, for causing world war ii in the pacific. some of the most documents that laid out the goals of the occupation, like the potsdam declaration, declared that the militarists had misled the japanese people. they were those to blame. during the first few years of the occupation, the occupational authorities demobilized and dismantled japan's imperial military. they order the japanese government, be governed through

admiral david proctor, chief of navy new numerousollowing senior positions within the new zealand defense force, including deputy commander join forces new zealand and acting vice chief of defense force. in addition, he has also held a number of senior logistics within the navy. of or a small proctor holds a number of degrees in management and politics and fellow at the center of defense strategy, strategic studies and australia. admiral proctor, welcome, sir. [applause] , i'm going to grab the fourth water and turn it over to admiral krause. >> ladies and gentlemen, first of all, i would like to thank our hosts and organizers. privilege tor and be a member of the panel. it does not only give me the opportunity to brief you on the current state of the german native but contribute to the german-american friendship together. with this initiative, we are focusing on our robust relationship rooted in deep historic ties, shared values and bold vision for the future. we also recall how after the end of world war ii, transatlantic artnership ushered in unique era for peace and security. for us germans

defense force receive higher salaries and have better equipment than they get our army soldiers. a force commander general mohammed homeland also known as humidity is one of the top of the. he's now the deputy head of the transitional military council. committee funds his forces from private gold mining and reported that he receives money from foreign sources including the e.u. in return for his help in reducing the flow of migrants by patrolling immediately border he's also said to receive funds from saudi arabia for sending troops to yemen he recently said that right before the coup he deleted over one billion dollars to the sudanese central bank to help relieve the economic crisis. after the cool he miti announced his intention to restructure the sudanese army itself that measure is seen as the beginning of a campaign by the former british either to purge the sudanese armed forces of any of he says or may present a threat to his or thirty in the future but it's not clear if immature can control the army and effectively become so that sleeper. talks aimed at restoring northern i

like i said, local defense force. they are an important part. and your local town, usually your local county, they were divided into counties as far as the colonies were concerned, however, as a force long-term, we have problems. what are some problems and challenges you have with militias. >> they want to go home and take care of their farms. professor sweet: yes, they have self-interest. that comes first, whether it is farm, family, their business, that sort of thing. and we shouldn't diss on them for that, because it is voluntary sort of thing so they are not required to be there necessarily for long-term. harvest time is usually the big thing when you are going to lose most of them. what are some other problems? >> undisciplined, especially compared to regular soldiers. professor sweet: yes. these guys pretty much did whatever they want. yes, they are supposed to drill once a month. really, you are probably getting together on the green, camping and drinking a lot. there are those that take it seriously, but really as far as when shots are b

international fellow a retired brigadier general in the defense forces has played a key role in every peace negotiations in the past two decades. the distinguished fellow worked in the office of the secretary of state serving as a senior advisor in 2013 and 2014. for more than 12 years william davidson distinguished played a role in shaping u.s. policy toward the middle east peace process. he was the u.s. point man on the diplomacy in both the george h. w. bush and the bill clinton administration. we're also fortunate twe are ale one of the leading journalists to moderate the conversation, susan glasser. [applause] susan's background in domestic and foreign policy gives a unique perspective in addition to writing the column in the new yorker, she's been an editor at one of the most influential publications and served as the editor in chief before the policy magazine and editor at the "washington post" and rollcall. i appreciate he did his very best to exact as much news as possible. [applause] it is the professional peace processors so i'm going to turn it around for the first questio

and the israel defense forces a bombing hamas targets in gaza after a major flare up in cross border exchanges which is now into the second day. watching the weekly here on international live from our studio with me welcome to the program. this week venezuela was wronged by a violent protests in which more than one hundred people were injured the country's president nicolas maduro said an attempted coup led by opposition leader was put down on tuesday quite a who claims to be venezuela as the legitimate president announced the final phase of ending the two israel and called on people to rise up against the government. but in this world today brave soldiers and brave capturing some of the brave people are following our constitution and answering the call you today the armed forces standing behind the people and the constitution on. your so we're going to recover and rebuild and that is where you look at the that's what venezuela needs today is that's also not. by defeating this terrible crude terms. with truth with loyalty with. the crisis in venezuela it will be discussed by russian

including deputy commander joint forces new zealand and acting vice chief of defense force. in addition he is he has held a number of logistics positions within the new zealand navy. he molds graduate degrees in management and politics and policy and at graduate of the fellow certain for strategic sta in cam ber australia. rear admiral proctor, welcome, sir. [ applause ] . and with that i'm going to grab the fourth water and i'll turn it over to admiral kraus thank you very much. admiral kraus, sir. >> ladies and gentlemen, first of all i would like to thank our hosts and organizers of this symposium for inviting me again. it's an honor and privilege to be a member of this esteemed panel. it does not oem give me the opportunity to brief you on the current state of the german navy but also to contribute to the german/american friendship year together. with in initiative we are focusing on our robust relationship rooted in deep historic ties, shared values and bold visions for the future. we are also recalling how after the end of world war ii trans-atlantic partnership ushere

but an israeli spokesman denied that the defense forces the i.d.f. were involved and said the palestinians themselves were responsible for the unfortunate deaths of that woman and baby were not a result of i.d.f. appear with the rather a result of the use of weapons by terrorist organizations in that area in the southern gaza strip israel says it's targeting what it calls terror elements in the gaza strip pinpointing found buildings cars. and high rise buildings and down the city. the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad firing more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel many a intercepted while airborne some land in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians the violence is escalating raising fears of war. joining me now from jerusalem as our correspondent. tanya you were in southern israel today how are people saying they're feeling about this surge in violence. i think very much concern how the next hours will play out but also i mean people have basically

milton international fellow michael herzog a retired regular general in the israel defense forces has played a key role in every arab israeli peace negotiations for the past two decades. ziegler distinguished fellow worked in the office of the u.s. secretary of state serving as the senior advisor to the special envoy for israeli-palestinian negotiations and 2013-2014. for more than 12 years william davidson distinguished fellow dennis roth played a leading role in shaping u.s. policy toward the middle east peace process. he was u.s. point man on arab israeli diplomacy in both george hw bush and bill clinton administration. we are also fortunate to have with us one of washington's leading journalists to moderate the conversation, susan glasser. susan's background -- [applause] susan's background in domestic and foreign policy gives her a unique perspective on the trump peace plan. in addition to writing the column trumps washington in new yorker she has been an editor at one of washington's most influential publications political. she previously served as editor-in-chief for foreign po

including deputy commander, joint forces new zealand and acting vice chief of defense force. in addition he's also held a number of senior logistics positions with the new zealand navy. rear admiral proctor hold graduate degrees in management and politics and policy and is a graduate and fellow of the center for defense study and strategic studies. welcome, sir. [ applause ] >>> with that i'm going to grab the fourth water and i'll turn it over to admiral krause. thank you very much. admiral krause, sir. >> ladies and gentlemen, first of all, i would like to thank our hosts and organizers of this symposium for inviting me again. it is an honor and privilege to be a member of this esteemed panel. it does not only give me the opportunity to brief you on the current state of the german navy but also contribute to the gear ha -- german-american friendship. we're focusing on our robust relationship rooted in deep historic ties, shared values and bold visions for the future. we are also recalling how after the end of world war ii, transatlantic partnership ushered in a unique era o

military and japanese defense forces. the visit beens taken, i suppose, by the people you saw that the japan newspaper, was saying that no surprises here. but, overall, what has been the narrative in your view? ,the narrative has been shinzo abe's goal was to have real no surprises from donald trump. that was the bar they set. they pretty much at that square on. donald trump did not hammer thantoo hard on the deficit the united states has with japan. he called it unbelievably big but really he did not hammer shinzo abe in front of the japanese and the medaia on the auto tariffs. it was a bit of a victory for shinzo abe showing a unified front. keep in mind, there is a reason why they have delayed announcing any trade deal between japan and the united states, and that is because upper house elections are coming in july. it could dissolve the lower house and have a general election. and pretty much they want to y deal after an that, because it would be much more difficult in an election for shinzo abe to make concessions to

troops in japan as well as some japan self-defense forces. want to pick up on the mainline that came out of that press conference yesterday that i was attending in central tokyo. that is where he'd of urged pretty quickly from talk -- he diverged pretty quickly talking about the japan-u.s. trade negotiations. shinzo abe and donald trump yesterday said all the right things. you could say from the headline from bloomberg that shinzo abe kind of dodged a protectionist bullet from donald trump. donald trump did not poke perhaps one of his biggest allies in the world on the auto tariffs. they kind of glossed over that and said we have a rocksolid relationship, etc. when the topic came up to china, donald trump was much more pointed in his comments as you just heard. he repeatedly said have a number of companies are moving their operations out of china. they are coming to the united states or they are welcome to come to the u.s. and tariff-free countries in the region. he also said "u.s. tariffs could go up on china very substantially and very easi

as prime minister abe and i, japan also plans to equip the japanese self-defense forces with 105 f-35ircraft, which would make japan's fleet the largest of any u.s. ally. japan's relationship has never been stronger, the relationship between your president and the prime minister of japan, a great man, is a fantastic one. this remarkable port is the only one in the world where an american naval fleet and an allied naval fleet are headquartered side-by-side, a testament to the ironclad partnership between u.s. and japanese forces. together you are advancing freedom on the high seas, shielding our nation from dangerous weapons, and preserving the peace that generations of valiant american warriors gave their lives to secure. one of those intrepid americans was private first class john schaefer, born and raised in tower city, pennsylvania. private schaefer was a member of a group of u.s. army special forces who fought in the pacific during world war ii under the legendary command of general frank merrill. good general. pretty good, right? that's what they say. are you better? just be as g

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between the rapid security forces and the sudanese army they're both actually part of the sudanese defense forces they're up a security forces actually come into the control of meaty he's the deputy chairman of the transitional magick council and then the army come under the control of the chairman of the transitional military council what happened is those 2 forces going to an augment we don't know what the argument was about and then the civilians caught in the crossfire one woman has been killed she said to be pregnant and several have been injured according to the sudanese professionals' association we are now hearing that the forces that were involved in this shooting incident pulled back away from the entrance to the city and but what's happening now is that the there are more of this civilian guards who are who use it and the barricades there but we don't know what's going to happen next in the past these are the incidents have actually escalated but we don't know what's going to happen next but for now things to remain calm when they were certainly half an hour ago there are many thanks i

principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy and the deputy under secretary of defense for andtegy, plans, and forces, a member of the national commission of the future of the army. division chief or integrated air and missile defense of the united states european command. he has been in that position for 10 years. he's a retired united states marine corps colonel with over 25 years of uniformed service. then finally, colonel makes salice. he's a u.s. air defense officer. he has served for over two decades, and prior to that he served as both the chief of staff at the g3 and the 32nd army missile command. this panel brings you neat and varying insight and perspective to this discussion. and then to make opening comments that will be plenty of time for your questions. let me first turn the floor over. >> all right. thank you. i didn't hear the earlier part of the discussion so i will proceed as though there isn't too much redundancy, so hopefully that supposition proves to be true. what i'd like to do -- i've been asked to give a few remarks that set the policy framework with regard to integrated air

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the syrian civil defense force no there's no time to waste. was entering the home looking for a family as the last of the hours will quickly quickly quickly they shout was that they all make it out and i. was in the united nations is condemning the latest round of syrian government and russian as strikes on the deescalation or safe zones in the northwest in rebel held areas of it live and hama. the school health senses and residential areas have all been hit in the northwest of syria the u.n. say they are the most intensive barrel bomb attacks in fifteen months that strikes follow the killing of at least sixty syrian soldiers and their allies during opposition attacks in the last couple of weeks calling today. to assure that there is proportionality there was a respect national row and that is the value that's offered acted i am nearly one hundred and forty thousand. and syrians have fled the latest the involvement of the war within the last three months. many of them have managed to travel close to the border with turkey and many more are exp

the syrian civil defense force no there's no time to waste. entering a home looking for a family the last of the hours the old quickly quickly quickly they shout was they all make it out and i. was in the united nations is condemning the latest round of syrian government and russian air strikes on the deescalation or safe zones in the northwest and rebel held areas of it live and hama. school health centers and residential areas have all been hit in the northwest of syria the u.n. say they are the most intensive barrel bomb attacks in fifteen months their strikes follow the killing of at least sixty syrian soldiers and their allies during opposition attacks in the last couple of weeks. to assure that there is a proportionality backed national row and. protected. nearly a hundred and forty thousand syrians have fled the latest bombardment of the war within the last three months. many of them have managed to travel close to the border with turkey and many more are expected to arrive soon sort of al-jazeera. mass protests are taking place in suda

gaza now so far four hundred and fifty rockets has been fired at israel of which the israeli defense forces said it intercepted one hundred and fifty israeli air force continues to bombard gaza from the skies the israeli army saying that it's hit some two hundred twenty targets belonging to hamas and islamic jihad militant groups now just south of israel is in a state of high alert people have been ordered to remain near their bomb shelters and at the same time schools remain closed a number of buildings in gaza have been damaged and destroyed including the news agency which was hit by an israeli missile there's a lot of defiance coming off from the palestinian side we're hearing from her mass that they ready to fight until the last moment they say that they have extended the range of the rockets they also say that they haven't even started the real war against israel the israeli army has said that it is preparing for several days like this and as a braces for further escalation it is sending tank reinforcements to the border the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered the i.d

reached after two days of intense cross border exchanges including bombing raids by the israel defense forces children are among the twenty seven thought to being killed in gaza four people were also killed in israel. you can see the impact of the windows from the explosion from outside the three that was flung as a result of the explosion. and palestinian militants began the missile strikes from the gaza strip on saturday morning residential areas were hit mostly in the south of israel israel's air force targeted multiple sites in gaza in the tally a tree strikes or explains. we have heard an announcement from the israeli army that it is lifting all restrictions for residents of the south of israel who live within a forty kilometer radius of gaza now this does confirm that the truce that was brokered at around four fifteen monday morning is holding up it was brokered by egypt and the united nations places been the bloodiest weekend of violence on the israeli side at four israelis were killed which is the highest fatality israel has suffered since the last israel gaza war back in two thousand

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the israel defense forces are bombing hamas targets in gaza after a major flare up in cross border exchanges which are now into their second day. in stories that shape the past week president nicolas maduro says he quelled an attempted coup by ben as well opposition leader. who along with his u.s. backers denies planning a military overthrow are just to be what really happened. doesn't get him in power brick overnight by.

an israeli spokesman denied that the defense forces the i.d.f. were involved and said the palestinians themselves were responsible. for the unfortunate deaths of that woman and the baby were not a result of ideas with rather a result of the use of weapons by terrorist organizations in that area in the southern gaza strip. israel says it's targeting what it calls terror elements in the gaza strip pinpointing farm buildings cars. and high rise buildings in gaza city. the israeli government insists the strikes are in response to hamas and islamic jihad foreign more than six hundred rockets across the border into southern israel this weekend many were intercepted while still airborne but some landed in residential areas destroying homes injuring and killing civilians hastily declared in the early hours of the morning the latest ceasefire has a verted an all out war but with tensions high it won't take much for the violence to flare up again. let's bring in correspondent tanya kramer who has the latest from jerusalem so tanya we've heard that this cea

israeli air raid has reportedly left one palestinian dead and several others injured israeli defense forces allegedly hit multiple hamas and islamic jihad targets across gaza in a tit for tat rocket assault life down to gaza and local journalists human. you know what do we know so far. there is a barrier of rockets that was launched from the gaza strip towards the central and south israeli towns this morning on saturday. much full of houses where directly. hit and struck by the rockets but there were no injuries except for one woman who was an israeli woman that was that had serious injuries on the palestinian side we have different kinds of we have to fifteen injuries different kinds of injuries motorist two critical and one palestinian killed as you mentioned. forces have launched a lot. airstrikes in the in the sky of the gaza strip the ten the there is a lot of tension in the situation between israel and gaza now the palestinian factions and israel have been threatening each other we don't know if this is collation is going to close up coming war until now we have a lot of rockets that

$2000000000.00 the white house will you would expect also be watching closely how proposals for a european defense force backed by french president emmanuel macdraw in chancellor merkel here in germany develop of the e.u. reaction to the letter from the united states to try and keep things calm. the european union is and remains open to u.s. companies and equipment with trump said to be in europe next month we can expect more calls to boost defense spending as long of course as you buy from the united states peter all of the berlin the former vice president of the parliamentary assembly of the u.s. even even to say that nato would not speak weakened by any you are me. it is 0 ongoing war effort on the side of you know just suits and their farm when we come. in your we have to be loyalists to go bold so this question the legality is that there was always pressure on the side of soon not just suits to move it to look at them from your sources and there's us not seeing your when it comes to all the looting in it all where nobody sees as it at least not. as a country is located in the triune arm or even so

negotiating with an organization they regard as a terrorist movement but on monday morning israeli defense forces. to lift secure. restrictions on the south of the country so effectively just land the situation went back to normal schools we opened businesses we opened and people left they bomb shelters we do understand that the terms of the truce include an israeli commitment to lift the siege on gaza to ease the fishing restrictions off the coast of gaza and also to provide fuel and electricity to the strip not the vitamin source some twenty five hundred students killed among them soup ignorant women and toddlers israelis did not if they were killed at the hands of the strikes instead saying that the women died in the inches that were being fired from the gaza strip israel has also resumed its policy of targeted assassinations it killed a man in his thirty's while he was traveling in is caught inside gaza who is responsible for distributing the cash that comes from the red to the various factions inside gaza now among the buildings that was hit by the israeli warplanes was your office all turki

$2000000000.00 the white house will you would expect also be watching closely how proposals for a european defense force backed by french presidents of money will not drawn in chancellor merkel here in germany develop the e.u. reaction to the letter from the united states to try and keep things calm. the european union is and remains open to u.s. companies and equipment with trump set to be in europe next month we can expect more calls to boost defense spending as long of course if you buy from the united states peter all of the berlin the former vice president of the parliamentary assembly of the n.s.c. even even a says though that nato. would not be weakened by any. sport is 0 on going war effort on the side of you know the suits and their farm when we come. in your we have to be a loyalist to go moment so this question the yellow t. is that there was always a pleasure on the side of sumo that suits. you or sources and nursing you when it comes to all your latina talk where nobody sees as hurt at least not. as a cunt who is. trying or even so much and for the region and therefore odors policy in the w

israeli air raid has reportedly left one palestinian dead and several others injured the israeli defense forces reportedly hit multiple hamas and islamic jihad targets across gaza it comes after one hundred fifty rockets were fired from gaza which were said to have left two israelis injured with more details here's a local journalist. there is a buried of rockets that was launched from the gaza strip towards the central and south israeli towns this morning on saturday much full of houses where direct li. hit and struck by the rockets on the palestinian side we have different kinds of we have to fifteen injuries different kinds of injuries to critical and one palestinian killed. forces have launched a lot of airstrikes in the gaza strip. there is a lot of tension in this situation between israel and gaza now the palestinian. factions and israel have been threatening each other all this collation happens after the four palestinians that have been killed yesterday in the friday protests to look them were directly targeted by israeli snipers and two others where. we're killed as they were struck by

armed soldiers who have anti-aircraft guns or large caliber weapons are the army and the rapid defense forces are and they are the ones who are traveling freely with impunity all around khartoum with their armed men so i don't see how you could have 10 or 20 pickup trucks infiltrate an area that's cordoned off by the army let me bring in a will of the here from kill university the army is clearly sensing that there is a change coming that there will be a transitional government and then transition to civilian power is this about the army now trying to discredit the protesters so they can take a larger slice of the pie as this transition takes place do you think. it's really difficult to say a disappointment on the one hand it's very difficult to see what the army would gain out of orchestrating that kind of violence at this stage in the process but at the same time there are potentially other forces who might be responsible for this there are you know a proliferation of values militias under president omar al bashir which he used to advance his own political agendas by dividing different forc

for new construction but lieberman insisting that they should be part and parcel of the israel defense forces. i don't think all the doctors should go to the army because that's not what they believe in and just because we believe in it doesn't mean that's the right thing they say they should do everyone can you know kind of chip in and be integrated into the works and the ridge people should actually we should let some of them actually study study study bible study the torah although most of the most of them should really should really either get drafted to the army or do some sort of civil service they should serve as anyone. i think we all have to serve in the army because we are all citizens of israel and i think everybody needs to contribute in their own way. for the religious soldier religious they should find a certain framework for them to contribute in their own. now religious parties make up an important part of coalition and there it will go to hades with men because of course they don't want to serve in the army so at this stage it's difficult to see how netanyahu is going to reso