must be held accountable for drone attacks conducted by u.s. army base on its territory. and the leader of kazakhstan resigns in a shock announcement after nearly thirty years of. testing live direct from our studios in moscow this is arch international and john thomas. president donald trump welcomed his brazilian counterpart. to the white house on tuesday r.t. america. has. trump and maddow did focus a lot of their meeting on venezuela talking about the importance of them working together in order to bring down a president what are some other on power now it's important to note that brazil was one of the first countries and after the u.s. with knowledge. claim president as the only legitimate leader of venice well now when trump and what's the matter we're talking about focusing on their meeting on venezuela he did mention cuba and this is what he had to say we call on members of the venezuelan military to end their support for madeira. who is really nothing more than a cuban puppet and finally set their people free trump also said that the u.s. has yet to impose the to

a german court has ruled that the government bears legal responsibility for u.s. drone strikes launched from german territory case was brought forward by a group of yemenis who queues to berlin of complicity in drone strikes launched from a base in southwestern germany and he's genuine reports now from berlin. so in a case that's taken a few years to come through the courts and indeed it's a landmark decision in german courts with the administrative court ruling that the german government does bear at least partial responsibility for ensuring that the use of its air base in southern germany in the city of ramstein by the united states air force complies with international law this case states will move back to twenty twelve to an incident when the three yemenis lost relatives in a u.s. drone strike in yemen five sell been lost his brother in law bin ali jobber who was a new mom alongside his brother walid he was a local police officer in a u.s. drone strike which was later described by the yemeni government as a mistake gave the sermon he addressed the killings conduct

and opponents of u.s. drone operations in yemen when a small but potentially far reaching legal victory in germany where a court has ordered increased oversight of an american air base used to coordinate strikes. on oh from a new center in moscow wanting to collaborate with world news this hour first for you russia's foreign minister is warning against the emergence of a new arms race on an even greater scale than the cold war speaking at a disarmament conference in geneva sergei lavrov said he regrets america's willingness to undermine some cornerstone treaties on controlling weapons stockpiles in turn washington questioned moscow's intentions in preventing an arms race his artie's maria phenomena. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov i have to say has been very critical and has in fact accused america of destabilizing world security lover of has expressed his dippers concerns frustration and fear is over the current situation in the field of nonproliferation of weapons and global arms control emphasizing th

bin ali jobber who was a new mom alongside his brother walid he was a local police officer in a u.s. drone strike which was later described by the yemeni government as a mistake and gave a sermon he addressed the killings conduct of al qaeda and challenge them to present a religious authority that is willing to debate with him so he can demonstrate to the people that this behavior of al-qaeda is wrong he was taken out by the american strike unfortunately he was not killed by al qaeda he was killed by an american missile mention the yemeni government later admitted that this was a case of collateral damage they met with the relatives even allegedly offering compensation to them on behalf of the united states which never publicly admitted that this case was a mistake this obviously wasn't enough for the bin job or family they took the case to court they sued the german government to make sure they bore their brunt of responsibility for the deaths of their relatives now at the time in twenty fifteen of course in cologne dismissed the case they said the german government had fulfilled its obli

and critics of u.s. drone operations in yemen when a small legal victory in germany where a court house ruled in favor of increased oversight on the american or a base to coordinate strikes. in the afternoon here in moscow this wednesday march the twentieth hello and welcome i mean and o'neill their top story run greater scale than the cold war speaking at a conference on disarmament in geneva said he regrets america's willingness to undermine some cornerstone treaties on controlling weapon stockpiles west to our to the north for more of the details on this maria certainly an issue it must've ramifications what else did the foreign minister have to say. hi you didn't while speaking at the design conference the international forum that brings together sixty five states russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov i have to say has been very critical and has in fact accused them. erica of destabilizing world security lover of has expressed his dippers concerns frustration and theories over the current situation in th

of u.s. drone operations in yemen with a small but potentially far reaching legal victory in germany for a court has ordered increased oversight. to coordinate strikes. live from our international news center in moscow this is. your company i mean and our top story russia's foreign minister has warned against the emergence of a new arms race on an even greater scale than the cold war speaking at a conference on disarmament in geneva circular for office said he regrets america's willingness to undermine some cornerstone treaties on controlling weapon stockpiles at the same in switzerland washington question moscow's intention to prevent in this race here's our. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov i have to say has been very critical and has in fact accused america of destabilizing world security has expressed his defense concerns frustration and fear is over the current situation in the field of nonproliferation of weapons and global arms controls emphasizing that efforts designed to destroy glo

framework the legal implications of the use of german soil and german air bases for potentially u.s. drone strikes in the country of yemen. it doesn't sound like it's going to be something that's going to be over particular quickly ok for now daniel hawkins in berlin thanks for that. russia's defense minister has held talks on post conflict syria with president assad in damascus so should those meeting look at ways to ensure long term safety in the region and also continuing russia and syria's joint fight against terrorism should also said moscow is doing all it can to establish conditions for the return of syrian migrants to their homeland something he criticized the u.s. led coalition of trying to prevent and let's get more all this now from william mallinson who's a former british diplomat and professor of political ideas and institutions william welcome back to r.t. how significant is this meeting on reestablishing some sort of normality in syria. highly significant because it comes just as the us supported could this insurance group. clearing out i.r.s. front from bogles let's not for

flight data facilitating u.s. drone strikes in yemen and the judges in the court have now ordered the government to conduct an investigation to look into whether any sorts of international law laws norms or standards world broken here and also question the government's narrative but that striking twenty twelve didn't breach any international laws and look into the plaintiff's complaints now the german government of course was one country that stopped arms shipments to saudi arabia in the wake of the un conflict with saudi arabia of course being a key u.s. ally yet it has continued to allow the use of it to facilitate in some way or rather the use of drone strikes in yemen and this is coming from its fair share of criticism from human rights advocates i think it is definitely a constant a contradiction that the german government is saying that the arms sales to the side of the were in yemen have to be stopped in at the same time. do not intervene to stop the drone strikes on yemen via ramstein air base now this certainly

deadly drone strikes in yemen directed control from a u.s. base on german soil a court rules in the favor of victims' families. democrats missing flames from within the party twelve years left to save the earth from global warming. twenty four hour news live from moscow this is our international my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program our top story the president of brazil has for some time been dubbed the trump of the tropics for his right leaning. chose the united states this week as the destination for his first official foreign visit the real donald trump was also came to get the relationship up and running. you also know that we're going to have a fantastic working relationship. we have many views that are similar and we certainly feel very very true to each other on trade i think brazil's relationship with the united states because of our friendship is probably better than it's ever been by far more civil to. respect whatever the ballots tell us on twenty twenty but i do believe donald trump is going to be reelected foull

germany's accountable for deadly drone strikes in yemen directed and controlled from a u.s. base on german soil in a court case one by the families of the victims we'll bring you the details. scientists park outrage among u.s. democrats dismissing party claims twelve years left to say. good morning welcome to the program just ten ten am here in moscow this wednesday the twentieth of march my name is kevin o. in the world the tropics as me for right leaning views and indeed he chose the united states as the destination for his first official foreign visit to jumpstart the relationship. also know that we're going to have a fantastic working relationship. we have many views that are similar and we certainly feel very very true to each other on trade i think brazil's relationship with the united states because of our friendship is probably better than it's ever been by far more soul to. respect whatever the ballots tell us on twenty twenty but i do believe donald trump is going to be reelected fooling you up a little pasado theme cuomo thank you for a factory. and he began a mat

germany countable for deadly drone strikes in yemen directed uncontrolled from a u.s. base on german soil in a court case one by the families of victims. and scientists dismiss us democratic party claims it was only twelve years left to save earth from global warming. good morning well most of the program just turned eighty m. in moscow this wednesday the twenty eighth of march my name is kevin zero in with the r.t. world news update for you first then the president of brazil's been dubbed the trump of the tropics for is right leaning views and indeed he chose the united states as the destination for his first official visit to cement that relationship but while things were swimmingly going well overseas at home. is facing a political scandal over reports of his alleged ties to violent gangs as more on the other issues. the new controversial president of brazil is on his first international trip since being elected he's visiting the united states and meeting a man who has often been compared to u.s. president donald trump now both men are known for their big mouths and

the german government legal responsibility for a u.s. drone strikes and directed control from german territory has been decided by a court in a case brought by families of civilian victims in yemen daniel hawkins reports from berlin. landmark case in germany with the court in the city of months the ruling that the german government does bear at least partial responsibility for ensuring that the use of its air base in the southern city of ramstein by the united states air force does out here strictly to international law in two thousand and twelve re yemenis lost relatives five sell been. lost his brother in law asylum been out of job or who was an alongside his brother will lead in a u.s. drone strike the germans through. on german soil were involved in these strikes and what had happened to my family and it is possible that my family would not have been a target of such strikes and drenched an airbase not provided such information the case was initially dismissed by a court in cologne back in twenty fifteen the court has now ruled that in fac

it's accountable for the deadly drone strikes in yemen directed and controlled from the u.s. based on german soil in a court case by the families of victims. scientists outrage among us democrats dismissing the claims as only twelve years left to save the earth from. any talk about today thanks for joining us sort out international is now one pm this wednesday and first then the president of brazil is being dubbed by the media as the trump of the tropics for his right leaning views and indeed he chose the united states is the destination for his first official forum visit to jump start that relationship and the real donald trump was also keen to get things started to . i also know that we're going to have a fantastic working relationship. we have many views that are similar and we certainly feel very very true to each other on trade i think brazil's relationship with the united states because of our friendship is probably better than it's ever been by far. respect whatever the ballots tell us on twenty twenty but i do believe donald trump is going to be reelected fooling you

germany is accountable for the deadly drone strikes in yemen directed and controlled from the u.s. based on german soil in a court case won by the families of victims. and scientists democratic party claims it was only twelve years left to save the earth from global warming. good morning welcome to the program and i am here in moscow this wednesday the twentieth of march my name is kevin irwin with the r.t. world news update for you for the next thirty minutes starting with this the president of brazil has been dubbed the trump of the tropics for his right leading views and indeed chose the united states as a destination for his first official foreign visit to cement that relationship but while things went swimmingly overseas at home both scenario is facing a political scandal over reports service alleged ties to violent gangs caleb maupin has more on the allegations this morning. the new controversial president of brazil is on his first international trip since being elected he's visiting the united states and meeting a man who has often been compared to u.s. president donald trum

new executive order from the white house is reducing the amount of transparency when it comes to u.s. drone strikes now the executive order basically roof vokes regulations made by the obama administration in twenty sixteen a sensually the director of national intelligence will no longer be required to release information regarding unclassified u.s. strikes and the non civilian deaths that are associated with them and that would be in areas outside of active hostilities the pentagon will still have an obligation to report on civilian cash. well to use in compliance with the national defense authorization act of twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen that was very clear in trump's executive order now this is certainly not the first time that donald trump has indicated frustration with the level of information related to military activities that has been made public for fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public believes the enemy the enemy reaches reports and studies every lunna those reports should be part of the reports let him do a report. but they s

it they were hoping for a complete ban on the use of ramstein air force for anything to do with u.s. drone strikes in yemen any german government has said they will look into the ruling they will study it carefully but this can be viewed as an important first step in perhaps looking at the legality of various international legal framework surrounding the use of ramstein air base for conducting unmanned drone strikes in the yemen conflict. former bosnian serb leader has had his sentence increased to life behind bars by a u.n. court for his role in the civil wars that gripped the former republic of yugoslavia in the early one nine hundred ninety s. at a bank heritage saw his forty year war crimes sentence extended in the hague's appeals court five judges of how the verdict given in twenty to sixty in the mass killings of civilians in the conflict covered it argued that there was no evidence of him committing the crimes findings now seventy three years old carriage had been on the run for twelve years before he was finally arrested in two thousand and eight he was found guilty on ten counts i

now it seems pretty clear at this point that the u.s. drone strike program will continue but now there will be less transparency and the number of deaths that have resulted from it will be not public that information will not be as available as it once was due to this executive order from the white house. thing is that they left new york our correspondent kelli thank you. police in london have investigated a suspicious package left of the entrance to the houses of parliament it's now been confirmed the object was not dangerous tensions a heightened at the moment after three letter bombs were sent to separate locations in the capital on tuesday the details he's on he's ali. this is just really a pattern of incidents we've seen in the u.k. over the last few days that incident there being deemed non suspicious in terms of false alarm but just yesterday we've seen reports of three packages containing explosive devices found at city airport heathrow airport and also at waterloo train station now police have deemed that those packages weren't aiming

the bureau of investigation journalism the current estimated number of civilians killed in the u.s. drone program is between seven hundred and sixty nine and seventeen hundred civilians these are civilians these are people that have nothing to do with terrorism literally got vaporized by a drone program this is one of the worst i think extensions of the u.s. military and the u.s. intelligence that i've ever had i wish i didn't have to live through it because it gives you such a there's a level. that they just don't care you know it's a drone it's not a human pilot targeting somebody they're in a you know they're playing a video game in the arizona desert. i think one of the other things that really is very sad about this i mean there's so many levels of this that you have to unpack what and when you're looking at what war it does to civilians and one of these that that is always and should always be on people's mind is the children who are caught in one and the thing about those numbers that are really important is that the number of children killed and those that say we're going to time

or injury and david stern is a senior policy analyst at the think tank new america and he says u.s. drone strikes in somalia appear to be targeted less the civically that in other campaigns. so one thing that is critical regarding the counter-terrorism campaign in somalia is that it's become in many ways a air campaign in support of somali forces and in defense of a number of u.s. advisors on the ground level it's a lot different from what the counterterrorism strikes in pakistan that became many people's vision of drone strikes was where wasn't in the ongoing conflict in the same way it was more of a targeted killing campaign of high profile al-qaeda and taliban leaders although also in that campaign there was sort of a move towards broader getting wrapped up in an existing conflict the united states should absolutely do more oversight particularly congress on what the u.s. is doing and the costs of its strikes it is worth noting that in comparison to other combatant commands or other campaigns such as a covert one in pakistan africa has been extremely forthcoming with casualty as suspec

casualties well david stern is a senior policy analyst at think tank new america and he says that u.s. drone strikes in somalia appear to be targeted less specifically than in other campaigns. so one thing that is critical regarding the counter-terrorism campaign in somalia is that it's become in many ways air campaign in support of somali forces and in defense of a number of u.s. advisors on the ground level it's a lot different from what the counterterrorism strikes in pakistan that became many people's vision of drone strikes was there wasn't in the ongoing conflict in the same way it was more of a targeted killing campaign of high profile al qaeda and taliban leaders although also in that campaign there was sort of a move towards broader getting wrapped up in an existing conflict the united states should absolutely do more oversight particularly congress on what the u.s. is doing and the costs of it strikes it is worth noting in comparison to other combatant commands or other campaigns such as a covert one in pakistan africa has been extremely forthcoming with casualty as suspects after

the bureau of investigative journalism reports president trump has further accelerated the u.s. drone assassination program, with over 2200 drone strikes during trump's first two years in office, more than occurred over eight years under president obama. in news from yemen, a major new report from several human rights groups details the role that the u.s. and europe have played in the deaths of hundreds of civilians in the u.s.-backed, saudi and uae-led war on yemen. the report found that between april 2015 and april 2018, 27 coalition attacks killed at least 203 civilians and injured at least 749 people. at least 22 of the attacks likely involved weapons produced in the united states. we'll have more on the report later in the broadcast. in syria, kurdish-led forces backed by the united states say they captured 400 isis fighters wednesday who were fleeing the group's last stronghold in eastern syria. their reported capture came as 2000 civilians fled the town of baghouz, near the iraqi border. meanwhile, president trump has reversed his promise made in a tweet last to withdraw u.s. d

and opponents of u.s. drone operations in yemen when a small but potentially far reaching legal victory in germany but of course as old increased oversight of an american air base used to coordinate strikes. a no from a new team of the aussie new sent to a mosque i want to call in bray with the world news this hour first for you russia's foreign minister is warning against.

drone strikes. in washington cancels the u.s. visas of seventy seven officials links to the venezuelan president in the latest round of sanctions against caracas. and desperate families in war torn yemen are marrying off children as young as three in exchange for food that's according to a new report by the charity. this is the one leaving the family i mean. they can marry you know their daughters and they can bring some dowry and just can't protect the former prime minister. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with mina care and now our top story president revokes and obama era rule requiring u.s. intelligence to publicly report the number of civilians killed in drone strikes and has the story. a new executive order from the white house is reducing the amount of transparency when it comes to u.s. drone strikes now the executive order basically revokes regulations made by the obama administration in twenty sixteen essentially the director of national intelligence will no longer be required to release informatio

new executive order from the white house is reducing the amount of transparency when it comes to u.s. drone strikes the pentagon will still have an obligation to report on civilian casualties in compliance with the national defense authorization act of twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen that was very clear in trump's executive order now this is certainly not the. first time that donald trump has indicated frustration with the level of information related to military activities that has been made public the fighting force and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public the public believes the enemy the enemy returns reports i study every line of those reports should be private reports lead them to a report but they should be private reports it's also important to note that that we have a statement that is reportedly coming from a spokesperson for the white house security council now it was given on the condition of anonymity it's being widely reported we cannot confirm it what it is saying is that apparently this was the activity of the intent of this executive order is minimizing

casualty or injury well david mina's a senior policy analyst at the new america think tank he says u.s. drone strikes in somalia appear to be less targeted than in other campaigns. so one thing that is critical regarding the counter-terrorism campaign in somalia is that it's become in many ways an air campaign in support of somali forces and in defense of a number of u.s. advisors on the ground level it's a lot different from what the counterterrorism strikes in pakistan that became many people's vision of drone strikes was there wasn't in the ongoing conflict in the same way it was more of a targeted killing campaign of high profile al qaeda and taliban leaders although also in that campaign there was sort of a move towards broader getting wrapped up in an existing conflict the united states should absolutely do more oversight particularly congress on what the u.s. is doing and the costs of its strikes it is worth noting that in comparison to other combatant commands or other campaigns such as a covert one in pakistan africa has been extremely forthcoming with casualty as suspects after ever