human rights watch claims a u.s. trained iraqi army unit carried out extrajudicial killings in mosul. the two architects of the cia's post nine eleven torture program could be set to go on trial in the united states we speak exclusively to a former colleague of one of the. news twenty four seven national. it's five pm in germany which is where we start with the breaking news that came through in the past half an hour or so of a stabbing attack in a supermarket in the northern port city of hamburg one person is dead several others are injured our europe correspondent peter all over in germany right now let's talk to. oh yes it has been confirmed that one person has been killed several of those wounded in a stopping attack in knife attack in a supermarket in homburg we still have no confirmed motive for the. possible robbery was floated is a. little while ago police haven't confirmed by. as of yet though what we're hearing from eyewitnesses who were who have been speaking to the media is that the perpetrator of the sho

soldiers have executed dozens of prisoners in the city of mosul according to a report from human rights watch rights group says those killed were suspected members of his logic states that hadn't faced trial international observers cited in the report described what they saw in the city. a group of iraqi soldiers the naked men down an alleyway to which the hood multiple gunshots. through the doorway of a damaged house the bodies of a number of naked men lying in the doorway they said one of the dead men was lying with his hands behind his back and appeared to have been handcuffed and there was a rooper around his legs two sixteenth division soldiers a school should one observe and shoot the seven head of the soldiers said was an american female isis sniper the hard to care protected it was not clear whether the decapitated you're alive. this is one of a series of reports that human rights watch has issued on the final weeks of the battle in mosul against isis and in these reports what we have seen is numerous extrajudicial killings by iraqi forces of men that they say were linked to isis with

human rights watch claims a u.s. trained iraqi army unit is allegedly carried out killings in mosul. the two architects of the cia's post nine eleven torture program could be set to go on trial in the u.s. we speak exclusively to a former colleague of one of the men. here this friday the twenty eighth of july it's five pm here in moscow welcome to the news this hour first up for you russia is not ruling out additional countermeasures if it faces more pressure and restrictions from the united states that's according to the country's deputy foreign minister it follows moscow's decision a few hours ago to cut the number of u.s. diplomatic staff in russia after the u.s. senate approval of a new anti russia sanctions bill. has the story. let's look at the context of where this all started there actually began back in december when the u.s. expelled some russian diplomats and confiscated some diplomatic buildings basically some compounds and what's happened is that russia has effectively responded in kind it's saying that

actually very precise we hear this time and time again and that's exactly the opposite of what human rights watch is suggesting so where do you stand on this. well we've saying repeatedly that it isn't just as they correctly point out human rights watch and others amnesty this week and i know it's actually agree with your comment of your reporter that the suggestion that this is a belated report certainly is. the but those reports now do state that these heavy weapons were used it's a fact of life that when you are sold to city you can't use heavy weapons you do that because you want to get the job done and you want to protect your own troops the impacts of that to a large degree as an ex-military person i would agree that sadly civilian casualties are inevitable but you can do and indeed you are legally required to do according to the laws of war humanitarian law and so on you're required to do all you can to minimize those casualties there are also good operational reasons to minimize those casualties because you don't want to give a propaganda advantage to the enemy and that's a particular cas

and human rights watch claims a u.s. trained iraqi army unit has carried out extrajudicial killings in mosul. with the new center in moscow where it's now seven pm it's six pm in germany which is where we start with the breaking news we got in the last ninety minutes or so of a stabbing attack in a supermarket in the northern port city of hamburg has left one person dead and at least four others injured our europe correspondent peter. ok peter any more that we know at this point. well the police spokesperson has been talking to the press he confirmed that one person has been killed and four people have been wounded after this knife attack took place in a supermarket in hamburg the suspect who carried out this attack is in police custody however as of yet police haven't spoken about any motive behind the they have said that they're investigating all possible motives including terror now some eyewitnesses at the scene said that the man shouted. god is great in our big before carrying out his attack however the police spoke

human rights watch claims that american trained iraqi army units has carried out extrajudicial killing animals. around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to our top story a stabbing attack in a supermarket in the german city of hamburg has left one person dead four injured with what we know so far here. the suspect to speak for who carried out this attack is in police custody however as of yet police haven't spoken about any motive behind the they have said that investigating all possible motives including now some eyewitnesses at the scene said the man shouted bar god is great in are a big before carrying out his attack however the police spokesperson didn't comment further on that what we are seeing though is around the area where this took place it's cordoned off by police very heavily armed police presence on the scene there we also understand the. units of the german police force the scene as well this attack on friday evening in hamburg leaving one person dead four others have been wounded in a knife attack a

human rights watch says the iraqi military is holding at least one hundred seventy families in a defacto detention camp over their alleged links to islamic state fighting. ahead of a meeting between the u.s. and french presidents made the first day we look at what needs to be said in their relations. and america's hoping to sell its new f. thirty five fighter jets to germany despite increasing concerns over their combat readiness and colossal costs. you're watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with me welcome to the program. a standoff between human rights groups on the u.s. military over the liberation of the iraqi city of mosul is heating up that's after amnesty international accused the us led forces of being partially responsible for mass civilian casualties during the battle to retake the city from islamic state a senior u.s. military commander slammed the allegations. the iraqi security forces have put the safety of civilians is the absolute centerpiece of the liberation of the city in providing support to the iraqi security forces we go to extraordinary lengths t

has given to this specific division you know we as human rights watch do not know if support through the sixteenth division is ongoing but we have not seen anything thing to suggest that that support ended in the recent past. torturing killing allegedly carried out by the iraqi army have previously been documented by a camera man embedded with one of the unit he claims to have filmed abuse and extra judicial executions some of which he said were also recorded by the officers themselves. city of spoke to the camera man last month but please again be aware that some graphic violence is about to be shown up i understand the dark background is intended to conceal the way you walk how serious is the threat to your life after you made these revelations about all this torture and wrongdoing in iraq. my family received many threats from the especially from captain mourners are she wrote to my father on facebook he said they would come in the night and kill them they can contact me because i was in hiding of course i understand that my life is in danger you spent a lot of time in bed with ira

plus human rights watch says the iraqi military is holding at least one hundred seventy families in a de facto detention camp over there and legit links to islamic state. thank you for watching r.t. international live from moscow trick. the joint press conference between u.s. president george and his french counterpart emanuel is underway right now the leaders have already underlined their readiness to continue cooperation in different fields including the fight against terror and trade issues we'll bring you all the main points when the conference wraps up and as you can watch it in full on our web site that's aussie dot com. well the official reception didn't start of the elise a palace read at the hotel is over leeds which contains the tombs of some of france's greatest war heroes well that didn't go unnoticed on social media as the building is where napoleon is laid to rest a figure many claim is basing his presidency on trump is in paris for a two day official visit amid disagreements with his french counterpart that your friends are. go to france and love friends then or love an

to compound those fears migrants a still arising in cal a human watch human rights watch saying over four hundred are there now other estimates though put it as high as six hundred about a half of them are unaccompanied children how scary must it be for them police warning that the growing numbers could lead to a repeat of the violence that time so early at. the ease with the east. the east the east the police admit they're struggling to cope with the migrants say they feel abandoned by the authorities. i spent my six month in college and the other one came and did this it to all the people you'll see in france will give you a fair part. work yet in your life then separately in the process enough to know you aren't in the seas. for us it's all normal actually more we have about six hundred migrants here now and we're expecting more there's a zero tolerance policy towards the settling of migrants and the reconstruction of the jungle the mission of the police is clear migrants must be prevented from sleeping in certain areas and from forming groups there's more and more tension includi

human rights watch claims an iraqi army division previously trained by the u.s. has carried out extra judicial killings in the. two architects of the post nine eleven torture program could be set to go on trial in the u.s. the latest day we speak exclusively to a colleague of one of those men. and the u.s. senate overwhelmingly approves a new round of sanctions against russia which president putin condemns as a violation of international law. by the. day here in moscow you're watching r.t. international and our top story a new report from human rights watch claims that iraqi soldiers have executed dozens of prisoners in mosul the rights group say those killed were suspected members of his law mixtape that face trial international observers cited in the report described what they saw in that city. a group of iraqi soldiers that for naked men down an alleyway after which they heard multiple gunshots. through the doorway of a damaged house the bodies of a number of naked men lying in the doorway they said one of the dead men was lying with his hands behind his back

last human rights watch says the iraqi military is holding at least one hundred seventy families in a de facto detention camp over there and ledge links to islamic state. and america's hoping to sell its new f. thirty five fighter jets to germany despite increasing concerns over their combat readiness and huge cost. welcome to our international coming to you live from moscow thank you for watching partridge. wrapping up day one of his face to face meeting with donald trump the french leader emmanuel mackinaw made a statement on how he sees a solution to the syria crisis. we have one main goal which is to eradicate terrorism omar so who the terrorists are we want to build an inclusive and sustainable political solution against that background or do not require the departure. that's now of course live to our correspondent shot to do bensky who's in paris well shots what else has been discussed. well as you mentioned there kate terrorism was top of the agenda for these two presidents as they met for what is now the fourth time face to face and they also discussed security issues and the

like living in hell human rights watch say police are abusing migrants in the french city of. struggling to cope with a new influx of people. position protesters clashed with police in venezuela ahead of a crucial vote on who will be involved in rewriting the country's constitution we break down the situation in the crisis country. do you condemn those horrible political you condemn those horrific political assassination of. our own people. to say. this saturday off. on the musical chairs in washington because barely a day seems to pass in the white house now without you control the sea level donald trump has announced that his chief of staff. will be replaced with the current secretary of homeland security john kerry and he's just the latest in a string of high profile officials to head for the exits in just the past six months alone a week ago the white house press secretary this guy sean spicer left his position didn't really come as much of a surprise to many because he hadn't been appearing at briefings for some time however the dismissal of the f.b.i. director james come

artillery mortars and improvised bombs these weapons are highly imprecise and according to human rights watch they use in heaven populated areas can be unlawfully indiscriminate coalition also deployed white phosphorus which isn't intended to be used against human targets security analyst charles shubert says the use of white phosphorus in a tightly packed city like mosul is illegal. if these weapons such as white phosphorus or. tools such as white phosphorus are used as weapons in civilian areas it is likely to constitute a war crime in any case because you're using a weapon that is an incendiary. against civilians or in a way that is reckless as to whether civilians are endangered and therefore it will be court considered like this because it is a disproportionate use of that tall as a weapon the obligation legally is to use weapons in a proportionate amount of to minimize the risk as far as is possible to civilians but what we see again and again isn't just the use of heavy weapons such as a five hundred thousand pound two hundred fifty five hundred kilo weight bombs and so on being used h

human rights watch has published a new report accusing iraqi security forces of committing war crimes it says almost two hundred families with alleged deisel members were sent to a camp against their will to receive ideological and psychological we have been a taishan the mass deportations took place in five regions at least ten women and children are thought to have died on their way to the camp all after arrival my colleague will talk to senior iraq we search for human rights watch. i had the opportunity to visit this town only two days ago and i can tell you fred being bullied also no humanitarian services and you know hundreds of families of women have no understanding of how long they're going to be there and vicarious actually being held prisoner there's a comply with international law. absolutely not for one thing people displaced have the right to free movement big get to decide where they go on forms of force displacement are indeed a war crime and i have whole idea of collective punishment punishing a woman for being the wife of a fighter or punishing children for being the

was the refugees returned to cali again human rights watch is accusing police there of abusing migrants on a routine basis describing it as quote like living in hell the rights groups say pepper spray is used on migrants even in circumstances when they pose no threat police are also accused of confiscating sleeping bags and clothing from the migrants while disrupting access to him in a tarion aid the police admit they're struggling to cope while the migrants say they feel abandoned by the authorities. it's been my six month in college and one of them came and did this it to all the people you'll see in france will give you a fair part. work yet in your life then separately in the process enough to know you're in the seats. for us. we have about six hundred migrants here now and we're expecting more there's a zero tolerance policy towards the settling of migrants and the reconstruction of the jungle the mission of the police is clear that migrants must be prevented from sleeping in certain areas and from forming groups there's more and more tension including between the migrants themselv

police the french protocol a her accused of abusing migrants there on a routine basis now human rights watch report said. quote like living in hell for some of these asylum seekers the rights group says that pepper sprays being used or migrants in circumstances when they pose no threat police are also accused of confiscating sleeping bags and clothing from the migrants while disrupting access to him humanitarian aid the town's authorities say they don't want to return to that infamous refugee camp known as the jungle which was dismantled last year. you but we don't want the jungle to really piers we don't want people to arrive in stay here that's why we bury to six police court rooms was already here sudanese ordinance to prevent the inflicts we've seen over the past few weeks in teens who were good. to compound those fears migrants are still arriving in cali human rights watch say over four hundred now there with other estimates as high as six hundred about a half of them are on a company children police are warning that the growing numbers could lead to a repeat of the violence the town sa

many in uniform are seen throwing an unidentified person off a cliff and then gunning him down human rights watchsays the footage was filmed in the city of mosul which was liberated by u.s. led forces earlier this week the head of the middle east and north africa division at human rights watch says iraqi troops seem to be operating with impunity they do match in a sense that we've been documenting for many months now actually do show executions by the security forces both federal police forces as well as far fewer vocalization forces there are really many many iraqi soldiers executing suspected isis militants torturing and abusing family members of suspected isis so sadly i have to say that these are not new or surprising but we have repeatedly raise our concern u.s. government employee command operations and little else really for example about very many of us is that we are continuing to document iraqi forces to date we have never see the iraqi government actually hold any soldiers secure level or of these abuses that have been documented. well these latest allegations come just days after anot

coming up like living in hell human rights watch say police are abusing migrants in the french port city of callaway authorities say they don't want to return though to that infamous jungle camp was knocked down for across an. opposition protesters clashed with police in venezuela ahead of a crucial vote on who will be involved in rewriting the country's constitution we're going to break down the situation in the crisis torn country for you as it stands at the moment do you condemn those horrible political lynching third you can damn both horrific political assassinations but this deal. our people are always and i think it's very fair to say. hello for a good morning for me kevin and it's just a day to the morning this saturday morning the twenty ninth of july as it is no thanks for choosing to so many weekends going good so thirty minutes of news coming up the first barely a day seems to pass in the white house with a new controversy in upheaval and donald trump's now announced that his chief of staff priebus is going to step down to be replaced by the current secretary of homeland secu

human rights watch says their faith. he arrests a p pa re ntly the required —— of the arrests apparently come in egypt on the request of china, which accuses many uighurs of separatism and links to international terrorism. in istanbul, this uighur is safe for now, but other uighurs are believed to still be in egypt, living in hiding and waiting for a chance to leave. he was known as a master of surrealist art and with that signature mustache. salvador dali gained celebrity worldwide. but now his biography could be taking a new twist. forensic experts in spain have been exhuming his body to carry out paternity tests using dna. a woman in her 60s says her mother had an affair with the painter when she worked as a maid in the seaside town where he lived. our arts editor, will gompertz, has been to visit the crypt at dali's own museum in figueres. this is the salvador dali theatre museum, a popular visitor attraction on the north—east coast of spain, and tonight the site for a highly controversial exhumation. underneath this

as the refugees returned to cali human rights watch has accused police of abusing migrants on a routine basis the police admit they're struggling to cope while the my current say they feel abandoned by the authorities as mentioned that the author ities have been struggling to cope with the influx of migrants to that camp. spent my six month in college and came and did this it to all the people you'll see in france will give you a fair part. work yet and maybe build your life then separately in the process enough to know you're in the seats. for us all normal actually we have about six hundred migrants here now and we're expecting more there's a zero tolerance policy towards the settling of migrants and the reconstruction of the jungle with the mission of the police is clear that migrants must be prevented from sleeping in certain areas and from forming groups there's more and more tension including between the migrants themselves we also have difficulties with the far left with choice to promote a world without borders and without police they are particularly nervous about the actions o

to compound those fears migrants are still arriving in cal a human rights watch says over four hundred are now there with other estimates as high as six hundred people about half of them are on a company children and police are warning that the growing numbers could lead to a repeat of the violence the town so rarely. police admit they're struggling to cope while the migrants say they feel abandoned by the authorities. i spent my six month in college and one of them came and did this it to all the people you'll see in france will give you a fair part of. what you had in your life then separately in the process and after . the cease. for us. we have about six hundred migrants here now and we're expecting more there's a zero tolerance policy towards the settling of migrants and the reconstruction of the jungle the mission of the police is clear that migrants must be prevented from sleeping in certain areas and from forming groups there's more and more tension including between the migrants themselves we also have difficulties with the far left which choice to promote a world without bord

human rights watch says an iraqi army unit trained by the u.s. has carried out extrajudicial killing of suspected members involved. in the polls today to vote for a new assembly designed to change the country's constitution this after a few areas protest by the opposition at least the past week. hi there good afternoon from a. day here in moscow watching out international on the run for the big stories of the last seven days one that came in overnight. german police say that the gunman opened fire in a nightclub in the city of constance overnight was a thirty four year old iraqi known to authorities the shooting happened in the early hours of sunday morning it's left one person dead and three others wounded the attacker who reportedly had a machine gun and was injured in a shootout with offices and died later in hospital police say he wasn't in the solemn secret but had been living in germany for some time some special forces have been deployed out of the city as it's not clear whether the government acted alone still at this stage of the media s

also like living in hell human rights watch say police are abusing migrants in the french port city of cal a while authorities say they're struggling to cope with a new influx of people our crew go there they take a look but opposition protesters clashed with police in venezuela a lot of trouble there again this weekend ahead of a crucial vote on who's going to be involved in rewriting the country comes to choose we break down the situation in the crisis torn country do you come down those horrible political lynchings there if you can down those horrific political assassinations. or our own people that's really rovers and i think it's very unfair to say. hello good morning just turned eleven am this saturday morning the twenty ninth of july my name is kevin irwin this is out international hope your weekend is going good thirty minutes of news to come in first this barely a day seems to pass in the white house these days with new controversy new upheaval and donald trump now has announced that his chief of staff runs priebus is going to step down and be replaced by the current secretary

coming up to human rights watch says an iraqi army unit trained by the u.s. . killing of suspected iso members in mosul. vote for a new assembly designed to change the. opposition that have left at least five dead these past seven days. nine in the morning here in moscow and this is the week. a new round of sanctions is just a signature away as congress waits for president trump to put pen to paper the senate passed the bill on thursday washington says they're in response to what they call russian aggression in syria and ukraine and for alleged meddling in the u.s. election but it. might be much more behind the initiative to. the sanctions bill that was passed it targets many parts of russia's economy it targets mining targets finance and russia metal manufacturing but one part of the bill that was specifically singled out was the energy sector of russia's economy the bill penalizes any company that cooperates with russia's pipeline projects it's about sending a message to russia to hold mr putin accountable for his actions we will take tough action against rus

from a human rights watch a senior iraq researcher in the middle east and north africa division thank you very much for your time today thank you. well the. analogies in u.s. politics sound surprising well it's actually become something of a trend this year this time the victim was fox news host tucker carlson for suggesting the u.s. should work with russia in syria and i just accept that people who are bad people share interest and suddenly he sounds chinese leader in the 1930's saying hillary hasn't attacked us i think he's insane and you can think it's insane all you want he's a compared me to a nazi apologist because i asked a simple question he is as bad as hitler. but as soon as donald trump stepped into the office the furor comparisons started flooding. now the scrubwoman is founded in hand with i know the classiest. trump being there reminded me of hitler addressing the nazi party garfield. in these streets a moustache traded far too like ninety percent of what he says i'm like this guy gets it however protesters may have been given a taste of their own medicine of a film chai

earlier human rights watch made some detail delegations against an iraqi unit the report says suspected members of islamic state were executed without trial during the liberation of mosul a number were found beheaded with children among those killed some observers say the iraqi army used bulldozers to bury the bodies under rubble we put these allegations to a member of the baghdad region security committee we should warn you some of the images you're about to see a disturbing. problem is that we are speaking of a close knit society people know each other city is a large city but those who were and role devices are very well known within the city the people who were prosecuted by isis now are leading the sixteen division and basically they see it as a payback time the sixteen division was formed by the united states trained by the united states and controlled by the united states so definitely if there is any human rights violation. it's very obvious that those who controlled or formed this division must understand all must pay some type of at least moral responsibility because i mean no

many in uniform are seen throwing an unidentified person off a cliff and then gunning him down human rights watch says the footage was filmed in the city of mosul which was liberated by u.s. led forces earlier this week the head of the middle east and north africa division at human rights watch says iraqi troops seem to be operating with impunity. document or many months now of actually visual execution of. the security forces both federal police forces as well as. forces. really very little. soldiers execute the suspected isis militants were going to be using family members of the. new leadership. greaves are concerned with the u.s. government in the flight command operations including france and australia for example about the very many instances that we are continuing to document by rockets from explosives planted neatly have never see the rocket government actually hold any soldiers accountable for these abuses that are being documented. well these latest allegations come just days after another and geo amnesty international blamed the u.s. led coalition for thousands of civilian deaths durin

standard morning in moscow headlining this morning human rights watch claims an iraqi army division previously trained by the u.s. has carried out extrajudicial killings in mosul. to the two tickets of the cia's post nine eleven torture program could be set to go on trial in the us later they'll find out later today anyway we speak exclusively to a colleague of one of those men. and the u.s. senate overwhelmingly approves a new round of sanctions against russia which president putin condemns is a violation of international law hope to bring a lot of comment on back. either friday morning here in moscow this is out international's me kevin owen very good morning to you and there's a developing story coming in first of all from the spanish city of barcelona bad news their train crash this morning at least forty eight people have been injured seems that incident happened during the morning rush hour of course as it is there now the driver of the train is among those injured these are the first pictures through video from the scene shows that the train apparently hit the buffers badly damaging it