the shocking revelations of a forgotten iraqi city mosul once victorious and its liberation from islamic state now left for dead and in ruins a correspondent and video agency look at how life has brown to a halt. the out of i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we're currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering the syrian. also in this monday morning's headlines and verified video online and largely shows the last fight of a russian pilot who tried to fend off syrian terrorists off his jet was shot down on saturday. and a german court bans the muslim call for prayer after an elderly couple complained their religion and religious beliefs were being violated. it's midday here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from our studio with me india chinda welcome to the program kilometers of rubble thousands of forgotten bodies the chapter of mosul's victorious liberation in iraq has closed and another is now open video agency ruptly has filmed the grim reality of recovery in the once tormented islamic state held city a warning now that

to see what those explosions and really caused the price of the liberation of mosul. civilian casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation. do you agree that some of the the high level of i think ridiculous standard that we had previously is now created this. behavior by isis that they now realize if they take human shield they're going to avoid being struck and that actually this is adding to the problem congressman i do believe they understand our sensitivity to civilian casualties and they're exploiting that and i do agree that as we move into these urban environments it is in become more and more difficult to apply extraordinarily high standards for the things we're doing although we will try. neighboring street all but destroyed the street across rubble the street over there . the same story wherever you look. worse still countless bodies very all this rubble and you know what builds how long it will take to get. let me show you west mosul now a wasteland the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there's little or nothing left so it's n

to see what those explosions and really caused the price of the liberation of mosul. oh. a billion cattle thieves are a fact of life in this sort of situation. how. do you agree that some of the the high level of i think ridiculous standard that we had previously is now created this behavior by isis that they now realize if they take human shield they're going to avoid being struck and that actually this is adding to the problem congresswoman i do believe they understand our sensitivity to civilian casualties and they're exploiting that and i do agree that as we move into these urban environments it is him become more and more difficult to apply extraordinarily high standards for the things we're doing although we will try. to get. the neighboring street all but destroyed the streets across rubble the street over there it's the same story wherever you look. both zero zero zero. zero zero there are still calculus bodies buried under all this rubble and no one knows how long it will take to get to or the. let me show you west mosul now a wasteland the city for all inten

let me show you west mosul now a waste. the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there's little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return they would rather live in tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it now when i see it illustrates i wish i'd never come back this was iraq's second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis and the u.s. have all vastly understated the sheer volume of civilian suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand senior health chief in mosul who didn't want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. this book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have four or five of these with every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions

kilometers of rubble thousands of forgotten bodies the chapter of mosul victorious liberation in iraq has closed and another is now open video agency ruptly has filmed the grim reality of recovery in the once tormented islamic state held city a warning that it does contain images of a very upsetting nature and with me in the studio is our senior correspondent who was witness to the battle unfolding in mosul. you were at the scene what was the thing that stood out most to you. well it still stands out seven months on since victory at the battle of mosul this still digging out bodies and there is no end in sight to these eggs i'm asians the these people do this every day and it's just this time we filmed them at that and weren't saying is that obviously we can't show our viewers everything but these pictures a who renders the children's heads sticking out sticking out of the rubble but i was there when the corpses that just started rotting and i think i'll never forget the smell the aren't enough words in english language to describe what it was like there at the time it was beyond sick

and the civilians in mosul those desperate hopeless few that have returned have nothing. she said get a lot of you know she got to school. mark. what else is there to do in mosul like to seventy percent just a little hollow push into the kitchen for me it's a chip but that's it. that was not gas to have on the unthinkable revelations of the situation on the ground in mosul after months on the terrorists rule. has requested comment from organizations about the city's plight but so far we've received no response we did however have from an international human rights lawyer and peace activist mosul is destroyed first by a group of non-state actors that came in took over the city and then by the iraqi authorities and i should say even before that it was destroyed by forces that had twice invaded iraq i think they have not only a moral but also a legal obligation to be involved in its reconstruction but i think that it is one of the most striking examples where the allies who have been engaged in violence against the people there for more than two decades have really forgotten

very little employment to be found in mosul jobs many buildings even still standing come to how many bodies have you removed since you started working in this area approximately five hundred are there any more yes in houses and all the roads were as you are and i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we're currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering this area they have no idea how horrible the smell is or how critical the medical situation is. we haven't received any kind of aid since then it's been a stance of a months ago on one occasion didn't receive a small box of ponds no food nothing but the people we heard from there they highlighted a number of issues that everything seriously affected in the last living there what other problems that you see the bombs the mixed with the the wreckage that they breathe the furniture of people's belongings bodies of bombs unexploded bombs bombs dropped by the u.s. led coalition as a bomb mosul that failed to detonate on impact shelves mines isis booby traps all of them armed and even now rescuers tell

let me show you what west mosul looks like now a wasteland the city for all intents and purposes has been erased there is little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return they would rather live in shantytowns and tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it now when i see it in list states i wish i had never come by. and i feel completely destroyed i don't feel like coming back to this home i've lost all hope of living here after seeing all this devastation. this was iraq's second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis the us of all vastly underestimated the sheer volume of civilian suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand a senior health chief in mosul who didn't want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. this book alone contains the names of seven thousand de

to see what those explosions that really caused the price of the liberation of mosul. civilian casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation. do you agree that some of the the high level of i think ridiculous standard that we had previously is now created this. behavior by isis that they now realize that they take human shield they're going to avoid being struck and that actually this is adding to the problem and i do believe they understand our sensitivity to civilian casualties and they're exploiting man and i do agree that as we move into the. urban environments it is in become more and more difficult to apply extraordinary high standards for the things we do although we will try. neighboring street all but destroyed the street across. the street over there. it's the same story wherever you look at. countless bodies very of the will this rubble and no one builds how long it will take to get rid of. let me show you west mosul now a wasteland the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there is little or nothing left so it's no surprise people

what else is there to do in mosul. just a little hollow. that you can. but was there on the grim reality in mosul in the wake of the grueling liberation campaign has requested a comment on the situation from a number of rights organizations as well as the u.s. led coalition we can talk now talk soms humanitarian coordinator for the middle east alexandros thanks for joining us great to have you on the program difficult situation were under stand in mosul i mean how would you assess the state of the city are you surprised that the condition. it was six months after the liberation. the reality is it's been a very intense battle to particularly. the old city of mosul and in our experience it's often been very complex to rehabilitate the city of the quake or fighting like. a human hair an organization with try even during the fighting we're working to kilometers from the frontline to provide much needed drinking water and supplies and i'm now water trying to answer and. even under such difficult situation one of the main reasons the thing for the slow progres

said me show you west mosul now a waste. and the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there's little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return they would rather live in tents own one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it now when i see it in this state i wish i'd never come back but this was iraq's second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis and the u.s. have all vastly understated the sheer volume of civilians suffer.

thousands of bodies the chapter of mosul's victorious liberation in iraq has closed . another was opened. the grim reality of recovery in the once told islamic state. warning it does contain which is of a very distressing nature. how many bodies have you removed since you started working in this area approximately five hundred are there any more yes in houses and all their odds. are that i don't i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we are currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering this area they have no idea how horrible the smell is or how critical the medical situation is. we haven't received any kind of aid since things finished in the seven months ago on one occasion did they receive a small box of food problems no food nothing. earlier our senior correspondent what was in the studio it was witness to the battle unfolding in mosul and shared what he experienced. seven months since the battle of mosul ended they're still digging up people's bodies and here there's no end in sight i mean these rescuers work every day jus

identified bodies about the state of mosul today. from its liberation artie's video agency ripley has been capturing images of iraqi cities her posts this law make state reality we need to warn you once again you may find the following footage upsetting. how many bodies have you removed since you started working in this area approximately five hundred. years in houses and all their odds. and i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we're currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering this area they have no idea how horrible the smell is or how critical the medical situation is well i haven't received any kind of aid since things finished in seven months ago on one occasion didn't receive a small box of. food nothing. but our senior correspondent murat goes they have witnessed the liberation operation under its aftermath he shared his experiences with us in the studio where they are seven months since the battle of mosul ended they're still digging up people's bodies and i was there when these bo

says mosul cannot rebuild without international support. i think what we need to understand is the extent of the problem this is a massive city mosul city probably faced one of the biggest urban warfare since world war two and. two point two million to two point four million people affected it's an enormous challenge for everybody to try and clear everything up and get the people working again. south korea kicked off the winter olympics on friday with a lavish opening ceremony and almost three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event in chang however before the celebrations there were demonstrations and scuffles outside the venue some activists objected to the presence of north korean officials at the ceremony. were the it. was. i was. at the stadium of the north and south korean teams marched together under a unified flag and lit the olympic torch together it was seen as a major milestone on the way.

let me show you west mosul now a waste. the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there's little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return they would rather live in tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it now when i see it illustrates i wish i'd never come back this was iraq's second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished.

long after the iraqi army declared victory in mosul the city remains strewn with corpses and a bit of a warning you may find the following scenes distressing the condition of many of the bodies making it difficult to confirm their identities most of the victims appear to be civilians women children and elderly people have said representative in iraq computer hearkens says mosul cannot rebuild without international support. i think what we need to understand is the extent of the problem this is a massive city mosul city probably faced one of the biggest urban warfare since world war two and. two point two million to two point four million people affected it's an enormous challenge for everybody to try and clear everything up and get the people working again. south korea kicked off the winter olympics on friday with a lavish opening ceremony almost three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event in chiang however before the celebrations and there were demonstrations and scuffles outside the venue some activists objected to the presence of north korean officials

what else is there to do in mosul. that if you haven't put it to you. that's was. on the grim reality in mosul in the wake of the grueling liberation campaign well r.t. has requested comment on the situation from a number of rights organizations as well as the u.s. led coalition oxfam humanitarian coordinator for the mideast joined us earlier to share his thoughts on mosul's plight. the reality is it's been a very intense battle to particularly in the old city of mosul. but in our experience it's often been very complex to rehabilitate a city. or a fighting like this a lot of funding is the rehabilitation and you are all clearly outlined the bill is very high and i'm not destines that i'm new to international donors and i understand that it's. for the rights of all starts and starts to increase in the soundings the recovery act so this touches a whole lot of just yours that is westman so for the whole region. by finding reasons. the u.k.'s high court has ruled against the extradition of an alleged british hacker to the us laurie love visit cuse the of carrying out

what else is there to do in mosul. that is. that if. that was. the grim reality in mosul in the wake of the grueling liberation campaign. has requested comments on the situation from a number of rights organizations as well as the u.s. led coalition has humanitarian coordinator for the middle east alexandros join us to share his thoughts on mosul's plight. the reality is it's been a very intense battle to get sickly. so it's your postal. now experience it's all very complex to rehabilitate just. the most quake or poison like this a lot of the funding is new is the rehabilitation you're all clearly outlined the bill is very hard angles and i know this was so moving to reduce the national finance standards into place or was it all starts early and starts to increase in the recovery or the such as a whole lot just yours which is what's so for the whole region. which is so by. the u.k. high court has ruled against the extradition of an alleged british hacker to the united states lorelei was accused of carrying out cyber attacks against the f.b.i. and

let me show you west mosul now a wasteland the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there's little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return and they would rather live in tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it now when i see it in list dates i wish i'd never come back. and i feel completely destroyed i don't feel like coming back to this home i've lost all hope of living here after seeing all this devastation. this was iraq's second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the rockies and the us have all vastly understated the sheer volume of civilian suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand a senior health chief in mosul who didn't want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. this book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have

what else is there to do in mosul. but that if she. was murat down steve on the grim reality in mosul in the wake of the grueling liberation campaign well r.t. has requested comment on the situation from a number of rights organizations as well as the u.s. led coalition oxfam's humanitarian coordinator for the middle east joined us earlier to share his thoughts on mosul's plight. the reality is it's been a very intense battle typically. non-experience it's often very complex to rebut the. quake or fighting like a lot of funding you can use the rehabilitation on your old man the outlines of the bill is very high. i'm not. looking to international donors and i'm astounded and quickly rushes them all to start with and start to come into increasing the funding for the recovery effort for such in the whole gulf. but for the whole of the region then the government which has been so affected by fighting recently. the u.k.'s high court has ruled against the extradition of an alleged british trucker to the us laurie love is accused of carrying

what else is there to do in mosul. but that if. that was more of the of their own the unthinkable revelations of the situation on the ground in mosul off to months terrorists rule. has requested comments from organizations about the city's plight but so far we've received no response we did however hear from an international human rights lawyer and peace activist. mosul was destroyed first by a group of non-state actors that came in took over the city and then by the iraqi authorities and i should say even before that it was destroyed by foursomes that twice invaded iraq i think they have not only a moral but also a legal obligation to be involved in its reconstruction but i think that it is one of the most striking examples where the allies who have been engaged in violence against the people there for more than two decades have really forgotten the people that the allegedly were coming to save or at least to assist then i think that if we're going to have any sincere and you have any credibility in the like to call humanitarian i

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i was in mosul after the operation. i had more trouble getting through the checkpoint in the key argie ares and did mosul. once i got in the mosul my car was a stop at all and it was a minimal military presence on the east side and a lot of military age males on the east side. basically you couldn't tell isis had been there. there were people everywhere. i'm concerned it's right for secret he backslide and is one of the biggest issues. and i think there should be recalled by a lot of the political parties as part of the platform for its upcoming elections just say that pay, we need to rebuild these are vacuum divisions against irresponsible for anbar and precooked province and bring back in a force to get as much if there soon occurred. all should not is the iraqis that missing kurdish, , iraq isa never extra divorces. with the exception of individuals in different places. i think iraqis need to see that, least when i go to iraq i try not to talk to americans. i try not to talk to politicians. politicians. i tried to ta

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what else is there to do in mosul. just it would. mean that if he ever thought that if. that was my talking about the unthinkable revelations of the situation on the ground in mosul after months under terrorist bill r.t. has requested comment from organizations about the city's plight but so far we've received no response we did however have from curtis an international human rights lawyer and peace activist. most of the troika first by a group of non-state actors that came in took over the city and then by the iraqi authorities and i should say even before that it was destroyed by foursomes that had twice invaded iraq i think they have not only a moral but also a legal obligation to be involved in its reconstruction but i think that it is one of the most striking examples where the allies who have been engaged in violence against the people there for more than two decades have really forgotten the people that they allegedly were coming to save or at least to assist and i think that if we're going to have any sense you already have any credibility in the like to call hum

let me show you west mosul now a wasteland the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there's little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return and they would rather live in tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it now when i see it in this state i wish i'd never come back this was iraq's second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis in the us have all three understated the sheer volume of civilians suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand a senior health chief in mosul who didn't want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. this book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have four or five of these every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions it will take tens of billions of dollars to rebuild mosul

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fifty thousand children are struggling to get basic medical services in the war torn iraqi city of mosul that's according to the un's children's rights body unicef seven months after the euphoria that greeted the liberation of mosul from islamic state the iraqi city struggling to get back on its feet. that there are other shargel thank. the number of. health care centers or hospitals is very limited the extent of the damage has affected it i was there in one of the health centers the other day the one family came in with their baby is a two month old baby they wanted a vaccinated there was vaccine there was everything there and starts were seeing over one hundred children a day were able to vaccinate this child but those families have to walk far i also saw the baby unit there were nine incubate has six of which which were filled with premature babies who would not have survived unless those incubate as with their it's a wide area wide level of levels of devastation families have to walk enormous distances to be able to get the health care what we're saying is that the cumulative health

i was in mosul after the operation. i had more trouble getting through check points in the krg areas than i did getting into mosul. once wuns i got into mosul, our car wasn't stopped at all and there was a minimal military presence on the east side. and there were a lot of military jamels on the east said. basically you couldn't sell ice shish been there. there were people everywhere. i'm concerned it's ripe for security backslide, and that's one of the biggest issues. i think there should be a call by a lot of the political parties as part of the platform for these upcoming election elections to say we need to build these divisions that ooed used to be responsible for on bar, minute uwa and ka cook province and bring back in a force. it doesn't matter if the they're sunni or kurds, all that had you matter is that they're iraqi. but we're not seeing kurdish iraqis. but i think iraqis need to see that. at least when i go to iraq i try not to talk to americans and i try not to talk to politicians, i try to talk to iraqis.

what else is there to do in mosul. just don't look hollow questions like did you mean that if she ever but let's give him. some more revelations have emerged on the so-called trunk dosia which describes alleged links between donald trump campaign team and russia these relate to the also the document former m i five agent christopher steel and from where he obtained his information or for more details on this we can now cross live to r.t. samir khan in washington hi there samir so still's back in the headlines following last week's release of the republican party memo so what's the latest claim surrounding the british spy. well according to a newly released document clinton associates were feeding information to christopher christopher steele while he was come compiling the trump russia dos here and what is this document exactly well it's a heavily redacted version of the criminal referral against steele that was filed by republican senators chuck grassley and lindsey graham interesting in interesting lee enough that ex

at the convoy leaves arab real heading toward mosul. from there it can sound toward how we jumped at the time of filming most of the area around the city was held by the ins. twelve hours later in the early evening the crew reaches the war zone the iraqi army only reconquered the villages in the area just a few days previously. the cutter's crew is put up in a house requisition by the army the iraqi army medical corps has already set up a makeshift field hospital next door. if you look. at it. it's he quipped with the bare minimum to treat the wounded this is where the cut to screw will work. the son of man who thought this surgery has five beds it's going to. basically use that to stabilize patients enough for them to make the journey to the merest hospital. the area was the scene of fierce fighting just a few days earlier i asked fighters had taken up positions on the roof of the building now iraqi army vehicles are advancing. a special u.s. army unit is also operating within sight of the katter's team officially they are there in an

mosul now a wasteland the city for all intents and purposes has been erased and there's little or nothing left so it's no surprise people don't want to return and they would rather live in tents on one issue i was really excited to return to my home and see it when i see it illustrates i wish i'd never combine this with xerox second largest city founded thousands of years ago and it's been a pillar of religion architecture and culture ever since its reconstruction will never be the same if it even happens and its population will be massively diminished official sources the iraqis in the us have all vastly understated the sheer volume of civilian suffering and death a thousand they said investigative journalists put the figure around ten thousand a senior health chief in mosul who didn't want to be filmed told us the number is much higher. this book alone contains the names of seven thousand victims i have four or five of these every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions it will take tens of billions of dollars to rebuild mosul alone and there is a more pressing iss

before colleton and his fellow lists the rebuilding of mosul spirit its music poetry literature. has already begun i think this is. the remains of a filipino maid found in a freezer of an abandoned kuwait city apartment has arrived in manila. the siblings wept as they still have hospital the airport her death prompted the government to order the repatriation of filipino workers in kuwait and a ban on further deployment there quite foreign affairs minister condemned the government order saying it would damage ties. gathered in pa pa and in the u.s. state of florida to remember seventeen victims of a school shooting on wednesday it's now emerged that the f.b.i. had been previously about the shooting suspects nicholas cruz has appeared in court and was charged with the murders. we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health later this month i will be meeting with the nation's governors an attorney general's we're making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority. now people around t