the official position of the german defense ministry is clear military procurement must follow rigorous standards and the defense industry must follow the rules defense minister listen to fund a lie and says the state doesn't provide sales support to the weapons industry. this is kind of the one dismiss is not a task that our armed forces should be involved in ones into steam export to guns the economics ministry has authority over arms exports at this point we follow an overriding principle which is that we adhere to our political guidelines on and despair itself is just a customer who could and while she was state secretary in charge of military procurement kathleen zuda sounded a different note. skip carter unflagging with that event were seeking inquiries and international competitions for the boxer it's an armored vehicle that's really very good sense of the intimate we're very satisfied with it tenders are in process and there are competitions underway in australia and britain and we're providing support us in these are nato or nato equivalent countries and we want to do business

or britain's defense ministry told us that the u.k. has provided details on each of their seventeen hundred strikes including operational briefings and confirmed when there was a civilian casualty added that its missions are carefully planned and aimed at minimizing the effect of military actions on civilians adding that it would prefer to have been involved in these research let's bring in a guest now i can speak to a political commentator jonathan shafi getting t. jonathan how plausible is this u.k. claim we're talking over a thousand airstrikes just one civilian died do you believe that information. well as you've just pointed out hundreds of straight seven seven hundred total but not only that the strikes are ticking police and very dangerously are been populations and so the idea that these bombing raids and hundreds of them have led to only one sort of civilian death i feigned to be inconceivable but what this is is part of our general strategy to cover up in some way people all over the canes of civilian casualties that are caus

ministry of defense still maintains its hundreds of a strikes in record resulted in zero civilian casualties a statistical improbability it is completely reprehensible that the coalition refuses to acknowledge its role in most of the civilian casualties it cools since the coalition campaign against i saw in syria and iraq began in twenty fourteen the u.k. has carried out some seventeen hundred asterix or two hundred fifteen of them on the city of rocca alone earlier this year britain's defense ministry admitted responsibility for just a single civilian death and some critics m.p.'s agree with amnesty international that the u.k. authorities are in denial. during a strike to engage three diouf fighters a civilian motorbike crossed into the strike area at the last moment and it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed the government's assertion is part of a wider strategy of denial around the consequences of britain's military campaign in syria and iraq britain's defense ministry told us that the u.k. has provided details on each of their seven hundred strikes including operati

britain's defense ministry told us that the u.k. has provided details on each of their seventeen hundred strikes including operational briefings and confirmed when there was a civilian casualty and added that missions are carefully planned and aimed at minimizing the effect on civilians adding that it would have preferred to have been involved in a misty's research a political commentator jonathan shafi says the u.k. has made similar claims about other middle east conflicts is part of our general strategy to cover up to some we people all over the canes of civilian casualties that are caused by you should this is of course something beyond the situation in iraq over here do the same the iraq war we had the same of oh afghanistan as well we hear over and over again that the strakes are meticulous strategic using the best technology that money can buy but in the end it's dropping bombs and explosives on dangerously populated civilian locations the language that's used owned us meticulous you often hear it as well of course famously or

strikes two hundred fifteen of them on the city of raka alone earlier this year britain's defense ministry admitted responsibility for just a single civilian death and some british m.p.'s agree with amnesty international that the u.k. authorities appear to be in denial. during a strike to engage three diet fighters a civilian motorbike crossed into the strike area at the last moment and it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed the government's assertion is part of a wider strategy of denial around the consequences of britain's military campaign in syria and iraq britain's defense ministry told us that the u.k. has provided details on each of their seventeen hundred strikes including operational briefings and confirmed when there was a civilian casualty and added that missions are carefully planned and aimed at minimizing the effect on civilians adding that it would prefer to have been involved in the research of amnesty international and we discussed how the whole scenario with political commentator jonathan shafi is part of our general strategy to cover up in some we p

germany is buying the jazz defense ministry vehicles and satellite telephones officially for better border control and other documents suggests direct financial aid to the tune of millions of eras. them a document is quickly taken away because its content is still a secret the defense ministry in berlin isn't giving away anything either they tell us details not be revealed. but where is the money from the german government going and what are the consequences of this time to put a security. we get agadez in such advances this desert says he was a trade hub for centuries goods from all over west africa were taken from here across the desert to libya and algeria but the war in libya changed a lot i mean business model emerged adepts became a migration hope. of human rights activist wrecked by corruption agadez europe's external border begins here in the heart of the city in one of the transit centers as well europe talks the e.u. including germany is already acting in a desk. it's a camp for migrants picked up on their way to europe or brought here from libyan prisoner camps. their data is re

the french ministry of defense disagrees saying the public private partnership made it possible to build the balance with few delays and two years after the move the ministry is happy with the building. about all contracts will remain in effect until twenty forty one according to the order to us estimate the french taxpayers will by then have shelled out five point eight billion euros for a. french minister of the armed forces for the whole spangly is diplomatic in her recess. and. so i for move i believe a private public partnership was a good choice to him but for me it's a loud us to build the ministry very quickly dismissed them or civil or was it can have disadvantages doesn't increase costs set up a debt that is why p.p.p. models need to be employed wisely and only on a case by case basis. the french minister of the armed forces and her cabinet have yet to move into the new headquarters they still reside in the historic hotel de brianne something the government ordered to us also criticized for its inefficiency. at the seven hundred people ensure that the complex runs smoothly they

than a document has quickly taken away because its content is still a secret the defense ministry in berlin isn't giving away anything either they tell us details not be revealed. but where is the money from the german government going and what are the consequences of this time to put a security. we get agadez in such advances this does it says he was a trade hub for centuries goods from all over west africa were taken from here across the desert to libya and algeria but the war in libya changed a lot i mean business model emerged a despot came a migration whomp. of human rights activist russia says the government has badly neglected the region he says it makes him angry that they're now getting money from the e.u. . russia color has already been jailed twice for criticizing your far she says. there was a government is characterized by corruption and violent abuse of power and human rights violations my. official sanction or block for europe our president is a model partner he does everything to please europe. still agadez is now europe's first external border. rashid says europe's e

peter tyrer with the defense ministry official who landed himself in hot water marking on twitter the seventy fourth anniversary of wrong moves death the leading left wing politician condemned the tweet saying romo was a war criminal and even questioned whether tied his account had been hacked while in an interview tambour defended his tweet saying then r.c. general repeatedly disregarded criminal orders and heroically plotted against his hitler so let's. get together what's what on this story with political commentator to david novak with a thesis from the di link party i believe and he's with us now. good to have you on david first what do you make of the reaction of that tweet. yes there has been a shitstorm and that has some profound reasons because. in the scientific community there is no consensus on an rahman's role and allegedly he was involved or knew of the resistance against hitler but he was not really involved in the plots on the twentieth of july nine hundred forty four which then led to the nazis and you're forcing him to commit suicide but his role in the war on was ve

foiled a cyber attack on the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the dutch defense ministry said it expelled for russian nationals after they were caught spying at the chemical weapons watchdog but the defense ministers had other things to talk about as well national defense budgets were on the agenda with the us still pushing for other members to up their military spending but the term was less strident than recent spending has gone up it is clear we are making progress this will be the fourth consecutive year of rising the fans spending but we still have a long way to go. nato is investing and he's keen to show the world what it's doing with that money soon it will hold its biggest military maneuver since the end of the cold war in no way close to the russian border. area i spoke to did correspondent bantay hugo dude who is in brussels where the nato defense ministers have been meeting and i started by asking him about the accusations against russia which haven't just been leveled by the netherlands' the old nato defense ministers tried to present a united front against th

foiled a cyber attack on the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the dutch defense ministry said it expelled for russian nationals after they were caught spying at the chemical weapons watchdog but the defense ministers had other things to talk about as well national defense budgets were on the agenda with the us still pushing for other members to up their military spending but the time was less strident than recent and spending has gone up it is clear we are making progress this will be the fourth consecutive year of rising the fans spending but we still have a long way to go all nato is investing and he's keen to show the world what it's doing with that money soon it will hold its biggest military maneuvers since the end of the cold war in no way close to the russian border have. strayed to brussels that are where we're joined into because from then to banter we get a welcome back so we have a series of allegations today against russia coming on the same day as the nato defense ministers meet there what do you make of the timing. the meeting today at the nato headquarters

in northern ukraine after a must of explosion of a military munitions step all the ukrainian defense ministry says there were no casualties and that it happened at a run three thirty am local time in the churning region the country's security service ses it's investigating possible. restrictions are in place across the area along the russian border with road unreal trust a call to a twenty kilometer exclusion zone imposed. scientists are voicing their concern over research into modifying insects to spread viruses a pentagon project designed to protect crops it's a theory that polly what horror movies have already of course got to grips with. you haven't just released a transmissible virus you've released a disease the united states knows better than to return to a biological arms race the program may be widely perceived as an effort to develop biological agents for hostile purposes and their means of delivery which if true would constitute a breach of the biological weapons convention or let's just go through what we know about it the insect project began in twenty sixteen and is aimed at pro

countries jointly make can develop military products we maintain regular contacts between the defense ministries and general staffs of our countries when discussing the international agenda we confirm that russia and india here to similar positions on key global issues so we've decided to step up our cooperation so among all these deals one that particularly stands out is the one that finalizes india's acquisition of russia's as four hundred anti-missile defense systems and it's not just about india expanding its defensive capabilities against its regional rivals like pakistan or china for example it's also new delhi sending a strong kill political message because you see every time someone shows interest or indeed by a russian advanced russian weapon washington well it falls flat with washington for example when china bought the very same and a missile defense system which india has now ports and some fighter jets to go with it off russia it was slapped with sanctions and now india is defying this potential threat even though washington for example one pentagon general has said that while indee

on the planet's most northern point over on top natural resources on the sea bed the british defense ministry ses the arctic and high north are now crucial to the country's security envy antic and high north is increasing their military presence to deal with this we will be launching our new defense arctic strategy beyond the high nor financial we must be ready ready to deal with the threats as they emerge the new defense arctic strategy will put the arctic in high north central to the security of the united kingdom has got nor will we're just a mcqueen no whatsoever so what we're doing putting a hundred troops at some considerable expense in norway and all of the cheapest countries in the world so i don't quite get what is going on because it hundred troops is a drop in new ocean this is not a serious force if you're talking about a conventional grown war goodness sake but you know that the atmosphere is weird that the commander of the new british super aircraft carrier came out in the media yesterday and said that britain would win a naval war with russia firstly what at all if there is no

countries jointly make can develop military products we maintain regular contacts between the defense ministries and general staffs of our countries when discussing the international agenda we confirm that russia and india are here to similar positions on key global issues so we've decided to step up our cooperation but among all these deals one that particularly stands out is the one that finalizes india's that was ition of russia's as four hundred anti-missile defense systems and it's not just about india expanding its defensive capabilities against its regional rivals like pakistan or china for example it's also new delhi sending a strong pure political message because you see every time someone shows interest or indeed buys a russian an advanced russian weapon washington falls or has a long standing policy for the agent handlers to agree to agents participating in crime for the avoidance of doubt i should be clear that such oversight would not provide endorsement of the legality of the policy you would not be asked to provide a view on whether any particular case should be referred to the pr

eight were left undecided including the interior and defense ministries. parliament will convene on november 6 to define the positions. he faces the daunting tasks in the week ahead. rebuilt after years of fighting the islamic state group. alonestimates in mosul report more than 40,000 houses were destroyed. the country is divided. citysts in the southern erupted over the summer over unemployment. residents claim a lack of basic services. complete neglect by iraq's political class. >> you are watching france 24. next, france is sitting -- is seeking to repatriate the 150 children french jihadists identified as being in syria. a plan steering some controversy. >> dozens of french women being says specter -- being suspected of terrorism are being held. under a new plan, the kids could soon be repatriated to france. this grandmother hope so. >> they need to come back so they can stop suffering what they are suffering in n the cam. with the cold and the lack of food a and the lack of care. the e lack of school. the mother has already given her accord for her t

the german defense ministry reiterated that it had found no risk to the majority of applicants and that service with the german army would be taken into account or during asylum request procedures. the cream of the global motor sports descended again on southern russia this sunday for the latest round of formula one race sixteen saw british driver lewis hamilton reaching the checkered flag in the first place for the mercedes team our correspondent was there for we hear from god through the mud from the civilians. we can be. even the. committee i was to say is it's a national it's the same a lot of it's. also a lot of principles that you. would hope to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go to the press this is what before three of them will be good. interest is always in the waters of. the city. ellie this road that fifty meters is the thing between us.

the german defense ministry reiterated that it had found no risk to the majority of applicants and that service with of the german army would be taken into account during asylum request procedures. cream of the global motor sport descended again on southern russia this sunday for the latest round of formula one racing and race sixteen sol british driver lewis hamilton reaching of the checkered flag and first place for the mercedes team sports correspondent alexia show was there for us. we here in the black sea resort of sochi in south russia and this place is probably one of the favorite now for lewis hamilton the fastest englishman alive not only it's his third when it's also a clean sweep for them a sadist team five wins out of five here in sochi he was congratulated at the podium by the russian president was given the cop and the biggest intrigue was whether louis tomlinson would repeat his antics of twenty fifteen when he actually soaked the russian president with champagne with witness champagne this time it didn't happen and actually retreated from the podium just before lewis ope

details yet confirmed whether there are any casualties or otherwise we do know that the ukraine defense ministry says the explosion happened three thirty am local time the middle of the night in the gulf. region restrictions are in place across the region along the russian border with rude unreal traffic halted on day twenty kilometer. exclusion zone has also been imposed a local crisis center we know has been established to as we say there's no details yet as to be cause either of the explosions are website r t dot com is keeping abreast of developments some witness videos there as well we'll also be keeping up to date with this story here on our to international. there's concern over the fates of a problem in saudi journalist who has been missing for over a week now regime critic jamal khashoggi he was last seen entering a saudi consulate in turkey both the u.s. president and vice president say they're worried i am concerned about i don't like hearing about it and hopefully that will sort itself out right now nobody knows anything about it this is a pretty sad story i do not like. deeply troub

the dutch defense ministry said it had expelled for russian nationals after they were caught spying at the chemical weapons watchdog. but the defense ministers had other things to talk about as well. national defense budgets were on the agenda, with the u.s. still pushing for over -- other members to up their military spending. >> is clear we are making progress. this will be the fourth consecutive year of rising defense spending. but we still have a long way to go. >> nato is invested and is keen to show the world what it is doing with that money. send will hold its biggest military maneuvers since the end of the cold war. in norway, close to the russian border. phil: i ask our correspondent about the timing of these allegations coming on the same day as nato defense ministers were meeting. >> the meeting today at nato headquarters here in brussels was certainly a good opportunity to close ranks with the united states for the nato members in europe, and also to show the united front against a common enemy, namely russia. so the timing is very good for the west to show that russia syst

at the main information on this according to russia's defense ministry vs three hundred system has a range of two hundred fifty kilometers uncounted intercept several targets similar tenuously the friend or foe system will also government see that syria can identify russian aircraft the u.s. state department reacted to the s three ha. brit deployment saying it could escalate the situation in the region syria accidentally shot on a russian il twenty reconnaissance aircraft during the tank by is really find her jets the kremlin accused israel of using the larger russian plane as cover israel confirmed conducting the u.s. strikes but sees its jets were outside syrian airspace when the plane was and. you know in a quite extraordinary claim french authorities say before a plan by iran to bomb on the remaining opposition groups rally near paris they've now frozen the assets of iran's intelligence agency the u.s. state department lent its weight to the accusations to. we've seen what iran has done in syria we've seen right iran has done in other countries we see iran's devastation that it c

to twenty person cabinet in which half the posts are held by women including in charge of the defense ministry and the newly created ministry of peace supervising police and domestic security the new president is also a strong advocate for an end to religious ethnic and gender discrimination it is the prisoner shows. every fiscal year two boys houses the opera in their houses. you know i like the guy the guidance of the government's activities for in coming years so it's it's not just ceremony and i would say but for her speech this morning i also gathered that the president's office can become what you make of it the determination in her speech is quite quite impressive. cell work becomes africa's only serving female head of state as president she's expected to serve two six year terms paul brennan al-jazeera. this is the let's get a roundup of the top stories an independent un investigator is now pointing the finger at the saudi state for the killing of jamal khashoggi special reporter agnes cullum od says the saudi journalist was the victim of an extrajudicial killing she says those behind

the senior official in the german defense ministry has been criticized for paying tribute to the nazi general evan rommel and rommel played a leading role in the invasion of france and the north africa campaign in one thousand nine hundred four he was involved in a plot to assassinate hitler he was forced to commit suicide a member of the left party in germany told us rommel should never be regarded as a hero. he's not a hero because he had some military success in africa that's not the reason his character. was the character of a nazi and then b. in the last six months he got a distance and i think we should approach that kind of distance today that some people let leave the right. and le pen and all that right people and the nazis too and come to the proctors if discourse peter tom tweet who was condemned by the leading left wing politician petra pyle who described rommel as a war criminal her green party colleague echoed that view saying rommel's crimes in italy should never be forgotten in an interview tarbert defended his tweet saying the nazi general repeatedly disregarded crimi

and to r t the german defense ministry reiterated that it fad found no risk to the majority of applicants and that service with the german army would be taken into account during asylum request procedures. are you're watching r.t. international i'll be back with more of the weekly n let's say thirty three minutes stay with us. join me every first week on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. that a petition has made a push of on his safeguarding the life of that innocent civilians and by all means we can be you know possible i think even you know at all and you know. committing a crime was to say is the national mall of the said can sell out of its six he has the human and again also a lot of principles and values. you see in good. schools is a. church secret indeed catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it quite literally i like to call this the do graphic solution so what the bush admin's to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to

i well according to russia's defense ministry the s. three hundred system has a range of two hundred fifty kilometers and can intercept several targets sibel tenuously the friend or full system will also go in t. that syria can identify russian aircraft syria accidentally shot down a russian il twenty reconnaissance or craft during an attack by is really fighter jets the kremlin accused israel of using the larger russian plane as cover israel confirmed conducting the air strikes but say it's jets were side syrian airspace when the plane was it. well the u.s. state department reacted to b.s. three hundred deployments saying it could escalate the situation in the region. french authorities say they have frozen the assets of our runs intelligence agency after alleging tehran planned to bomb on a rainy an opposition groups rally near parlous the u.s. state department has not moved. we've seen what iran has done in syria we've seen right iran has done in other countries we see iran's devastation that it causes around the world as the world's