u.s. is forcing separations can have serious long term consequences. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the official result still hasn't been called but in rome khan has claimed victory in pakistan's parliamentary elections the former cricket star has given a televised address positioning himself as the next prime minister and promising a new pakistan partial results give his party a significant lead but opposition parties claim the vote was raised final results have been delayed until friday because of what election officials say is a computer glitch in his t.v. address con promised the country a fresh start. hassan cresset's a langar the pakistan like it's never been run before. but we will give it the government it has never had before. and we will stop with ourselves we would be transparent and clean water and joining me now from washington d.c. is ambassador akbar ahmed has been pakistan's high commissioner to the u.k. and to ireland and is currently teaching at the american university in washington thank you so much for joining us and i'd lik

as you see, u.s. force casualties have gone down, but you do see this where the u.s.y. >> one of the things we don't do enough of is when we say advisers on the ground in afghanistan, what are they advising? what specifically are they doing in support of the afghan troops? >> there's a wide range of things they're doing. you have elite special forces-type unitses going in and participating in joint operations with afternoon begans against senior terrorist targets, but there are logistics, things of that nature. with don't know what type of role these servicemembers were performing when they came under attack. all across you have them working closely with their counterparts, and often in cases sharing meals anze living quarters together. there is a closeness, and they're on a lookout for these types of attacks. it's rare there is one, but it estill a threat. >> i imagine we can't pinpoint exactly where it happened. >> that's right. we only know southern afghanistan where the taliban has a large presence and u.s. forces arrively working with afghan troops to fight back

and the presence of u.s. forcesn europe helps to protect europe but is also the platform that the united states has used to project power into the middle east or africa. and then there are forces, infrastructure, bases, intelligence in europe that also helps to protect the united states. so we are together, and as long as we are together we are safe and secure. nato allies together are half of the world's military might and half of the world's economic might. so as long as we are together we are able to deal with any potential. >> can you just give me a yes or no, have nato allies agreed to a 4% share of their military gdp spending? >> we have agreed to make good on the commitments we have made, meaning increasing defense spending substantially and there's a new sense of urgency, and new money is coming in just since last time. more than $40 billion has come in. >> thanks so much for joining us from brussels, secretary-general ian stoltenberg. >> thank you. >> just to be clear nato allies are saying that they have c

this is a real victory for u.s. forces in iraq and for president bush. >> you will not have to fear the rule of saddam hussein ever again. all iraqis who take the side of freedom have taken the winning side. >> it was a disoriented and bewildered saddam hussein who was captured near tikrit, his hometown. he was hauled out of a hole like a dazed animal. >> the capture of saddam hussein of course was something we saw as a victory. but from the perspective of sunnis he had been their leader. and for many of them their protector. >> while many in the arab world may have been quietly relieved at saddam's capture, for others the image of an arab champion sheepishly submitting to a humiliating medical exam was taken as an insult to arab pride. >> we look at it as triumph, but when they look at it on al jazeera, it has a totally different meaning. it's a meaning of humiliation. and that definitely feed into the idea of radicalization. >> last mott the u.s. army >> last month the u.s. army announced 17 soldiers in iraq, including a

u.s. armed forces. i would argue that, you get to a point where north vietnamese troops are even more disciplined than american troops, which says a lot. americans have always been good at maintaining discipline within their armed forces. we are talking about a north vietnamese army who is as professional as any in the world. there is always this idea that the u.s. lost against a bunch of peasants. there were peasants that thought -- who fought the u.s. technically, a lot of the north vietnamese soldiers were from peasant families. but by the time those guys entered the south, they had been really well-trained, they had been given good guns, and they knew what they were doing as much as the americans themselves knew what they were doing. you might have heard of the ho chi minh trail. this is a network of roads running through neighboring laos and cambodia that was used by north vietnam to bring troops and supplies into the south. talk about duplicity, right? le duan and hanoi are using them because tech

u.s. and forces operations could have serious long term consequences. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. the official result still hasn't been called but imran khan claims to have won pakistan's parliamentary elections the former cricket star went on national television and positioned himself as the next prime minister partial results give khan's party a significant lead but opposition parties claim the vote was raked final results have been delayed because of what election officials say is a computer glitch. jubilation in islamabad supporters of iran khan's p.t.i. party took to the streets to celebrate what they deemed to be a change in direction for pakistan as promised by their leader. the pakistan like it's never been run before. we will give it the government it has never had before. and we will start with ourselves we will be transparent and clean or sob. his supporters may be celebrating tonight but without an outright majority in one can still has potentially tough coalition talks in front of him and pakistan may still have to wait a while

u.s. air force or spray craft making their way into the oxford countryside now towards the first official engagement of this u.k. visit. with prime minister to resign may and business leaders at blenheim palace at the birthplace of winston churchill in an effort to press the u.k. government played on all the pomp and charm person. it's not a full state visit trump declined the offer of one reportedly because of public opposition to the idea and the threat of mass protests this then is build a working visit. prime minister may has lost two cabinet ministers this week over tortured breaks in negotiations what she and her government want most from trump now is indorsement both at the famed special relationship and hopes of the u.k. u.s. trade deal after breaks it in recent days he said may's government is in turmoil and question the government's preferred plan for brics it what they will actually get from the u.s. president on this visit therefore is anyone's guess jonah how al-jazeera plannin palace oxfordshire. alas we mentioned there have been protests outside the ambassadors are. saying

the kids are they have to find then it's up to them and they could are probably already in the u.s. force or caste system maybe being put up for adoption that must be devastating for these parents alexandra phenomena in the u.s. thank you. all now time for some sports news and the winner of the eighteenth stage of the tour de france has just decided after a frantic sprint to the finishing line in power sprint specialist are no demaio managed to edge out frenchmen kristoff the poor two for the stage when meanwhile britain's goron thomas team sky retained the yellow jersey tightening his grip on the overall lead with just three stages to come. and meantime the world of tennis pablo kenya and nicolas really have advanced to the next round of the german tennis open and will face each other in the quarter finals who step seen here at the top of the screen have a little trouble defeating the genius of the ants the d.n.a. who had to quit the match because of these back injury while trailing for love in the second set georgia's nicholas really didn't have it so easy against europe wise pablo best

u.s. led coalition forces are too easy gorged on us has commentary. tobar will mark exactly one year since i saw defeat in their caliphate self-proclaimed capital rocker and months after the u.s. coalition's victory restored or freed of torment the syrian city is still not these are the latest pictures from one of three recently discovered mars graves these birrell sites contain more than a thousand bodies. and there are three hundred to four hundred bodies in this mass grave three to four catacombs are completely full of did bodies grief and despair still has the syrian city reeling as relatives time and time again have to identify their loved ones. excluded the body of only one of my sisters the other four remain missing. as they were burned by my uncle now we're looking for the uncle to call to find them. but the majority of the bodies are civilians mostly women and children our team works twenty four hours a day whether a civilian or a fighter we give the body a number well this number is over a thousand down and that's just to the three recently d

u.s. where we need forces. ukraine has certainly supported the u.s.many ways because of that report. -- support. host: our guest served in the george w. bush administration. david is next. caller: good morning. it seems that most of the criticism about the way that the korean negotiations are happening is that not enough time with that before hand like has always been done in the past. caller: these things are all carefully laid out to the expectations are carefully managed any notes that the what is going to happen when you get there. the problem here is there is no time. they were already testing missiles with enough range to hit the u.s. they had not finished testing the types of things that could tarp well. they had brought one down as far that show that a warhead would survive reentry. they had still a lot of testing to do, but what this has done is stop the testing. guest: you are absolutely right. cye strategic patience poli was absolutely a failure. we did not focus early enough to really put the maximum pressure campaign on the north koreans

my plan takes it down to 2,000 u.s. forcesith a significant savings more than $50 billion of savings, real money even in washington. it would put us on a very sustainable path to outlast the taliban and the ice is forces that there. >> tucker: i don't even know what the counter argument would but i appreciate bringing that to public attention. eric prince, thank you very muc much. time now for final exam, the question is can you beat the experts at remembering the strange and obscure things that happened this week -- there were a lot of them. find out next until her laptop crashed this morning. her salon was booked for weeks, having it problems? ask a business advisor how to get on demand tech support for as little as $15 a month. right now, buy one hp ink and get a second at 30% off at office depot officemax when you barely clip a tpassing car. minor accident - no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should

u.s. troops special forces from the u.k. and other european countries like norway and. france and germany are in syria illegally and there's no u.n. security council resolution and there's no invitation from the legitimate syrian government so i think that's pretty. chessmaster i think and and although there's no details revealed that is the goal and i think if he can if he can shorten the state of the u.s. military inside syria that will be an amazing achievement i think maybe that will happen this year i think everyone knows that the war in syria is coming to an end i think there are those in the pentagon in the big state in the u.s. and the u.k. that would prefer this to go on indefinitely while serious fighting in a civil war israel and other countries in the region know that syria is becoming weak effectively that they're not being able to stop there are actually develop their country. so there are pros and cons of what's happened but on the whole i think it's a really good result i think this regime in syria does improve hopefully it does do you think this will ea

their sole mission is to protect u.s. forces from insider attacks. president trump considered pulling out of afghanistan last summer. he decided to add an additional 3,000 troops. the goal remains to force the taliban to the negotiating table. >>> the entire world is watching as rescue workers i vauevaluate their options for rescuing 12 young members of a thai soccer team and their coach. monsoon rains are on the way, which could flood the cave completely. janice ms mackey frayer brings us the latest. >> reporter: too much water, not enough air and torrential rain on the way, all conditions that could spell disaster for the children and their coach if not rescued soon. the options are few and risky. one involved a so-called buddy dive. each boy tethered to a skilled diver. it's an incredibly treacherous task. an experienced diver running out of air and dying this week. the three-mile journey through the cave's tunnels takes an experienced diver about six hours. some spots too tight for scuba gear. another option, inserting a giant flexible inflatable

the pro u.s. forces in the south are in the process of being rolled up that only leaves the north the ad libbed area to dominate it in turn to the external support by turkey not the us and i think we're also in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint is not the goal and the goal then the approaching towards the goal then i believe is a done deal read the smoke signals coming or not coming out to jerusalem you can see that the israelis will acquiesce in a return to the status quo ante and the iranians will not move up close to the goal and there's no reason why they should they should want it to. be the real potential flashpoint is the return to a duma type situation remember just back in april we came close to world war three you know we were talking in those terms and the thame scenario could be reproduced at any moment but most likely it will be reproduced when the moment comes for the feature of lip which is some month down the track but perfectly for theobald the same conditions will be produced an

u.s. air force plane carrying the remains landed in south korea last night. kim jong-un committed to returning the remains during his june summit with president trump. about 7700 u.s. soldiers are listed as missing from the korean war. the remains of 5300 of the soldiers are believed to be in north korea. >>> the trump administration is still working to reunite hundreds of children taken at the border with their families. officials say more than 1800 children are now either with their parents or sponsors, but about 700 more remain in government custody. there's no clear idea when they will be reunited. a federal judge gave the trump administration until yesterday to reunify all eligible children. officials say some parents have been deported and their children now need to be flown to their home countries. >>> abc 7 news has learned that two girls are back with their families after living at a children's facility in pleasant hill. the girls had been separated from their families at the border. east bay congressman worked to reunite them and a group called south

soldiers have been on battlefields from korea, afghanistan and iraq today around the presence of u.s. forces in europe helped europe but the u.s. africa command is in europe so europe is important also beyond -- the u.s. presence of military forces in europe is important also to address crisis far beyond europe. then there are forces, infrastructure, bases intelligence in europe which help protect the united states so we are together and as long as we are together we are safe and secure. nato allies together represent half of the world's military might and half of the world's economic might. as long as we are together we are able to deal with any potential threat and challenge. >> one last one before i go. can you give me a yes or no, have nato allies agreed to a 4% share of their gdp for military spending? have they agreed to up it from 2% to 4%? >> we have aagreed to make good on the commitments we have made meaning increasing defense spending substantially and there's a new sense of urgency and new money is coming in since the last time. more than $40 billion has come in from european all

the nile is propaganda by the enemy foreign troops are our friends and we don't target civilians u.s. forces did conduct strikes and on the ground assessments of those strikes reveals no indications they caused civilian casualties. taliban propaganda they claimed with an on the ground assessment to prove it who can argue with that almost sounds like the results of a scientific experiment would have helped of course of that actually visited the place. the americans never visited this area and i'm witness to this national defense forces visited the area to check in first they wouldn't let a stink out the dead and injured. foreigners didn't visit this area. they are lying a delegation came here from the local governments and security officials ok so if you think that locals all of them at their word it's the afghan army that lied to the american troops it wasn't until the neighbors relatives erupted in outrage that authorities admitted to potential civilian deaths even the un is on the case so what actually happened. standing five hundred meters away they could easily see that civilians were ar

sanctions prevent iran from selling oil on global markets u.s. forces out of their own nuclear d.n.a. may and warned conscious to halt imports of iranian oil by november or face penalties helen fisher has. the reunion president has been on a two day visit to switzerland one of the main topics of conversation the u.s. decision to violate the iran nuclear deal by pulling out now the u.s. wants countries to boycott really you know oil is part of stronger international sanctions the president hassan rouhani has appeared to threaten oil exports from other middle eastern countries if the u.s. pushes ahead as not that it is incorrect in unwise to imagine that somebody or producer countries will be able to export their surplus oil iran would not be able to export its oil. really in fissures have threatened to disrupt oil shipments in the past to do so they would target the straits of hormuz that's a major shipping lane but it's also a small stretch of water between iran to the north and oman on the ribbon peninsula to the so at its narrowest point there are jus

the kids are they have to find then it's up to them and they could are probably or already in the u.s. force or caste system maybe being put up for adoption that must be devastating for these parents. alexandra phenomena in the u.s. thank you. and with that the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online follow up on social media i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching. during the day just to feast. and at night millions of stones. know some of the end england is one of europe's darkest regions and that's the way gary pharo swanson. from the handle to observe a tree he explores galactic worlds and by. others to share his fascination with the stunts your romance next on live. highly toxic ammunition scratch on the bottom of the sea. agent orange in the middle sophia. during in particular matter on the ground all over iraq to stop the consequences of. a race against time cut could already be too late the contamination of a waste to keep truck in forty five minutes on d w. sorry joe just couldn't get this song out of his head. musicologist began searching for the sour

the kids are they have to find then it's up to them and they could are probably already in the u.s. force or caste system maybe being put up for adoption that must be devastating for these parents. alexandra phenomena in the u.s. thank you. and finally before we go more now on that monumental discovery on mars scientists have detected what they are calling a huge underground lake of liquid water near the planet's south pole a lake is thought to be twenty kilometers wide and sitting below around one and a half kilometers of ice it is the largest body of liquid water ever found on the red planet the discovery also has scientists excited because it raises the possibility of finding life on mars. and with that the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online follow up on social media i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching. it's a pioneering ecological project for you christine and don't morning. in garden city in northern iraq it's all about sustainable living. really nice bright kids all the want to in new york. garden city fell in print that will hopefully find a

where the kids are they have to find then it's up to them and they could probably or already in the u.s. forcea caste system may be being put up for adoption that must be devastating for these parents alexandra phenomena in the u.s. thank you. and with that the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online follow up on social media i'm sorry kelly in burbank thanks for watching. during the day just a few issues and that night's millions of stars. know some the end england is one of europe's darkest regions and that's the way gary follows once it . from home built observatory he explores galactic worlds and invites others to share his fascination with the stars. your moment next on the. she called marsh. they're ready to risk everything for a new life marie no one savion see themselves as men in women's bodies. clothes are having a sex change. and clothes play soccer how does that affect their lives on and off the field. in sixteen states. and germany which. any time any place. to sing music video never. had the benefit of pop. songs to sing along to download superstar code f

the kids are they have to find then it's up to them and they could are probably already in the u.s. force or caste system maybe being put up for adoption that must be devastating for these parents. alexandra phenomena in the u.s. thank you. and with that the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online follow us on social media i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching. she call marsh. they're ready to risk everything for a new my. merino one fabiani see themselves as men in women's bodies. clothes are having a sex change. and clothes play soccer and. that affect their lives on and off the field. next to the. european stars deliver rousing performances. come into play as flashy i am from boy as am a. love englishman of grim culture club. poll. good concert. mix. iraq. once again and solidity opera singing now a major power in the middle east. airlines influence continues to grow politically economically and above all militarily. does iran truly want peace. the country's opponents have their doubts to isolate. iran from congress. the power struggle aug fifth on g.w.

the pro u.s. forces in the south are in the process of being rolled up that only leaves the north the ad lib area to dominate it in turn to the external support by turkey not the u.s. and i think we're also in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint not the goal and the goal on the approaching towards the goal and i believe is a done deal read the smoke signals coming or not coming out to jerusalem you can see that the israelis acquiesce in a return to the status quo ante and the iranians will not move up close to the go under is no reason why they should they should want it to. be the real potential flashpoint is the return to a duma type situation remember just back in april we came close to world war three you know we were talking in those terms and the same scenario could be reproduced at any moment but most likely it will be reproduced when the moment comes for the feature of lip which is some month down the track but perfectly for theobald the same conditions will be produced and i believe there

where the kids are they have to find then it's up to them and they could probably already in the u.s. force a caste system may be being put up for adoption that must be devastating for these parents but as ever the conversation continues online follow up on social media i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching. it's a pioneering ecological project field tested and or the way the i'm in garden city in northern iowa it's all about sustainable they're being. hunted we have a nice right gate hits all the want to park and garden city but he fell and bent that will hopefully find minima dangerous and go at africa next w. when. they disappeared thousands of people kidnapped tortured and murdered until nine hundred ninety six. victims of the guatemalan military dictatorship. their loved ones are still fighting to get justice for them. in their film. going to mana against forgetting in the forty five minutes long d.w. . course. coach of british africa. joining us from africa and the world tour link to exceptional stories and discussions from the use of easy to outwit safety debbie to come smash

at that way up part of what president i think now or and again he was the general that led the u.s. forces against nazi germany and teamed up with russia when he left office he wind america about the military industrial complex and it's very corrupt in our country right now we're spending more on our military than all the other countries of the world combined and we are buying votes in congress you know they're buying they own the media you don't get a straight story in the media and this whole rush gate about rush stealing our election is like we did i mean gore won the election against florists ensued. and the democrats blame graf nato was like one of these super americans who got the clean air act and the clean water act instead of fixing our electoral college which is there any damage and once again even now clinton won over trump. but our electoral college is and we shouldn't think that not blaming russia ok looking ahead to tomorrow them trump said he expects these talks may have been joking that they're going to be the easiest given he's been talking to in the past week you just saw

the pro u.s. forces in the south are in the process of being rolled up that only leaves the north the ad lib area to dominate it in turn to the external support by turkey not be us and i think we're all thor in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint not the go around the golan the approaching towards the goal and i believe is a done deal read the smoke signals coming or not coming out to jerusalem you can see that the israelis will acquiesce in a return to the status quo ante and the iranians will not move up close to the goal and there's no reason why they should they should want it to. be the real potential flashpoint is the return to a duma type situation and remember just back in april we came close to world war three you know we were talking in those terms and the same scenario could be reproduced at any moment but most likely it will be reproduced when the moment comes for the feature of lip which to thumb down the track but perfectly for theobald the same conditions will be produced and i belie

we do need to see more u.s. forces in earn europe. president trump is strengthened the u.s.itary presence in the baltic states. the trump administration has been tougher on russia actually than any u.s. administration since days of ronald reagan. that needs to be back up personally by the president himself. i hope he does so. >> you don't think he's approving those moves. you think the people in the information taking those moves without him? >> i think the president has been instantly involved in all of these decisions. i think the president himself should personally confront vladimir putin, stand up to him. the united states is the leader of the free world. we need to see strength and resolve projected every level of the administration starting at the top. i do hope the president will do so when he faces vladimir putin again in the fall. >> do you think that meeting is a good idea? we heard secretary of state mike pompeo say okay we want leaders and strong nations to get together. there are others who saying terrible idea to welcome him to the white house. what do you thin

we just heard from the commander of all u.s. forces in the middle east specifically overseas troops in syria where u.s. and russian forces operate in close proximity. he told us he's received no specific direction following the summit. he says that a they will continue doing what they have been doing which is communicating regularly with their russian counterparts to prevent accidents where their forces are operating. but he also noted that the u.s. military is actually prohibiting by law from cooperating with russia, that we need to seek some kind of waiver to that law. he said he has made no effort to secure such a waiver but still no clear guidance at least in his mind what was talked about. and we heard that syria was a major topic. so many questions remain what is going on. >> ryan browne, let us know when you get updates. >>> also this morning, the whouts confiwhite house confirms it is considering an offer from putin for the kremlin to interrogate prominent americans in exchange for something else. among them, former u.s. ambass

humanitarian needs in syria and president trump said russian forces actually work very closely with u.s. forces in syria which is interesting as russian forces recently have been accused of killing civilians with aerial bombardment in what are supposed to be called deescalation areas i think also interesting that president trump came out at one point and said i have a desire for peace and i can speak on behalf of russia and says it has a desire for peace well just think about those words and remember this that we're hours away from the fourth anniversary of the downing of m.h. seventeen two hundred ninety eight people killed and we've had u.s. intelligence an accident investigation and a criminal investigation say that they were brought down by a russian missile emissions are from president putin's military james thank you very much indeed. bronzes world cup winning footballers a return to a hero's welcome these are the scenes in paris as tens of thousands turned up to greet them from st croatia for two on those final become world champions for the second time in a parade on the shores visit be

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u.s. led forces came pounded the city with some thirty thousand artillery rounds proclaim victory and then washington apparently chose to simply forget rocca the u.s. coalition caused the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble there was that an effect in washington we were directly targeted by the coalition after the recognizance craft filmed us it was a low altitude it was very clear there were no terrorists in the area but there were kids playing in the streets and we were collecting water and i knew little that i knew that if the aircraft bomb using phosphorus it targets everyone it is not hidden i still the coalition is boman brendan lee if you're sitting at home a bomb may come down on you there are houses that collapsed on their residence and they couldn't get out all this happened because of the aircraft the city decayed bodies decomposed there's even no estimates on how many more musgrave's are still to be found houses of people who were killed during the battle to retake the city. m

u.s. led forces in iraq enjoyed overwhelming tactical and strategic superiority. their arsenal included armor piercing rounds that contained depleted uranium. most depleted uranium is produced as a byproduct of the enrich uranium used in nuclear reactors. it has a physical half life of four point five billion years but. it's also extremely dense which is why do you munitions are so effective. at the point of impact the uranium starts to burn white hot increasing the weapons destructive power. the uranium is vaporized and dispersed into the environment. iraqi tanks didn't stand a chance against these sophisticated munitions dug rocky and his unit worked to selvage us armored vehicles that had been contaminated through exposure to depleted uranium we collected it all together we buried a lot in the desert and we shipped a lot back to the united states took over three years to clean up. later some allied soldiers began showing symptoms of what would later be called gulf war syndrome. depleted uranium becomes dangerous only after the munitions hit their targets and th