what should have been a bad election is under scrutiny with hopes of a peaceful transition to power in iraq be dashed again this is the inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it's been more than three weeks since iraqis went to the polls but the result was split and no single political bloc has been able to form a government the u.n. is urging a quick solution to be found so the country moves forward to was much needed reforms but now it seems that process could be further delayed as charles trotter reports from back that. members of the iraqi parliament called an open special session on monday following more allegations of fraud during parliamentary elections earlier this month the call for votes in the predominantly sunni provinces of diyala salon who didn't deliver and all ballots cast by iraqis living abroad to be manually recounted if the results differ by more than twenty five percent from those announced by the electoral commission that it could force a recount of nearly eleven million ballots the demand was supported by many sunni politicians and others who opposed the elec

their work marking for iraq. with marking from iraq you see that he needed. they were a shallow fighter who supposed to go to europe not on ice you know basic weapons uses only people that you can't qualify to go to europe. for michelle young government is active there in. couldn't was considered a quite good deal in the sense that they could actually take no good troublemakers something away to back for a couple of years and then returning them after two years with money and from that overseas deployment this could surf to stabilize security in ca on. in the beginning of the training course the one other real weapons presence so they using the said i wouldn't sticks. it was fast after a couple of days and so the training that the weapons and arrived and their well being lined up at these wooden tables within in the middle of the big camp. you know. i don't. know it was this tension and excitement those attention mainly because now it's actually getting into something very real ok. for many have to be true this is the first time holding a weapon since the end

fighter jets as they continue their presence over iraq and syria. it makes some of the highest number of foreign troops in the middle east the trump administration ratcheting up its rhetoric with iran there are concerns for the troops stationed in the middle east is there a threat from escalating tensions with iran to foreign forces in iraq i don't see it i see iraqi security forces defeating the threat which is isis the threat that i see is if stability if security isn't maintain. stability and reconstruction to occur on their on the governments of iraq's timeline that will be the biggest threat. through iran militias were instrumental in defeating eisel washington wants to limit their influence in iraq and cross border into syria the shia militias are now part of the security framework and report to the iraqi prime minister last year militia threaten to attack u.s. forces this group is part of the coalition which got the second highest seat in recent elections as militias get more political prominence the u.s. military says it is ready to work wit

their work my care for iraq. with mike in from iraq you said that he needed. he was a shallow fighter who supposed to go to europe not on ice you know who goes for more basic weapons uses only people that you can't really fight over to iraq. from his young government perspective the iraqi crude and was considered a quite good deal in the sense that they could actually take you know good troublemakers something away to back for a couple of years. yes and then returning them after two years with money and from that overseas deployment this could serve to stabilize security and cia on. in the beginning of the training course the one other real weapons presence so they're using the set i wouldn't sticks. it was fast after a couple of days and so the training that the weapons and arrived there will be lined up at this and within sables within in the middle of the big camp. i looked. it was this tension and excitement those attention mainly because now it's actually getting into something very real ok. for many of the recruits in the first time holding a weapon sinc

in iraq. there was that definitely definitely in washington when we watched it we were directly directly targeted by the coalition relation to their recognizance their recognizance craft craft filmed this film this it was a low altitude it was a low altitude it was very clear there were no tears it was very clear there were no terrorists or nearest in the area area but there were kids but there were kids playing in the streets trees and weeks and we were collecting more collector water and i knew that i knew that. but i knew that if you thought i knew that if that is the aircraft bomb you bomb using force and force for us for us targets and it's everything everyone is on it is not is not hidden i didn't i said i still the congo aleutian is both the coalition is boman randomly if you can dimly if you're sitting at home sitting at home a bomb may come down on your home a bomb may come down on you there are there are houses that close is that collapsed on their left on their residence and they co

sea do you think that the metrics of the accidental community has been trying to work on iraq. would do people still have faith in the political establishment if they have to wake up every now and then about the base of. corruption or to into the election. well. frankly speaking people actually understand that the political process is hopeless that that's why the court was well it's more than fifty six percent forty five forty four percent is only part split in the elections will show you and by the way it's sunni shia and kurds it's not only sunni it's not only shia kurds everyone from every ethnic partners inside this country the most important thing is that we must listen to the to the people who boy called the political process because. boy called the elections because it sends a message is that you're wrong you're always sending us or let's say your way you are always pushing corrupted persons. persons who are not individuals who are not qualified to control or let's say to lead this country we need someone who is eligible to lead this country by the way let's also not for

we maintained no-fly zones in north iraq in south iraq to keep saddam hussein under wraps. many times those plain shot targets on the ground, but they were considered -- there were over 200 airplanes contained in that. the sanctions were not working, they were being violated. there had been a time in the united states when the united stops commercial air flights. that was being violated. who go chavez made a big deal about going to baghdad. he was on the road to restoration, so to speak. there is a feeling among many that he has broken out of the sanctions. it won't be long before the sanctions fall apart. plus, he's adept in keeping the sanctions and the harm done to his own people. there was a lot of harm done. people starved, there were a lot of desperate conditions among the poor, particularly in baghdad and the surrounding areas. it's a feeling among many people that the sanctions were going wn. the bush administration felt that very keenly. >> host: did you support the war in 2003? >> guest: i did supported initially. i also believe there were weapons of mass distract

led coalition in syria and iraq says it's impossible to know how many civilians died during the iraq a campaign that follows amnesty international's report accusing the coalition of possible world crime. sanction for and the energy supplies top of the agenda as glad of it putin who visits vienna on his first foreign trip since starting his fourth term as president. also ahead america's ambassador to israel gives on less than diplomatic feedback to journalists covering the i.d.f. skews the extreme force against palestinian protesters in gaza. as a very warm welcome this is r.t. international with mina key arab great to have you with us this hour now our top story the spokesman for the u.s. led coalition against isis says that accurate figures for civilians killed in iraq are will never be known as far as how do we know how many civilians were killed i'm just being honest no one will ever know anyone who claims they all know is lying this comes after amnesty international accused the us led coalition of committing potential war crimes during last year's operation to liberate the syrian

he went from iraq's parliamentary election who had washington support in the past has announced that he's creating a coalition with pro iranian forces a kind of hope and now explained it's not quite the development the united states was hoping for. top al saud are the iraqi cleric whose bloc won most of the seats in the recent parliamentary election has now announced he's willing to form a coalition government with an iranian backed militia so much for washington's hopes that he could be used to counter terror rons influence he can be irrational bets in the iranians taking over what a let down for all those american media outlets and think tanks that hailed al assad or as a new hope for iraq and more importantly a potential ally against iran that's interesting because if you wind back the clock george w. bush said that he was an enemy of democracy for a long time his brigades were actually killing u.s. troops let's not get stuck in the past we are very well aware. of our all solder and his background and his positions now yes now it might have been a sign that the long time pro or re

estimates that's an average of twenty seven people are being killed in iraq every day nothing is left in iraq except for destruction because of the coalition and deisel but the strength of the coalition will worsen some villages were wiped out some neighborhoods were demolished in all likelihood more than eighty people civilians were killed in to us strikes near the syrian city of braca many have been killed among the my cousin died in iraq in an astronaut the massacres in iraq are committed by isis and the coalition warplanes together what can i say the streets are full of dead bodies. moving on now as i prayed continues over israel's use of lethal force against protesters in the u.s. is remaining on wavering in its support for its middle eastern ally most recently washington's ambassador in jerusalem despite some less than diplomatic advice to journalists covering the rallies in which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to faily cover the recent

there and it makes it much more difficult to calculate the growing iranian influence in iraq but we must also do what we can to limit the extent of or reigning in the influence in iraq now the first prime minister after the us invasion is bringing in al jaafari he ended up being very friendly to iran now as foreign minister he speaks very highly of relations good relations between the wrong in the rock approach to see results for both countries and in practice they have proved to be in the interest of both countries the second prime minister now the vice president al malaki was supported by washington but he ended up being very friendly to iran too and after. he went down the new guy also couldn't resist iran's friendly gestures al a body is also friendly to the islamic republic next door or what do you have the us has. invested in terms of. money. any kind of political military for was eventually the best interest of iran it was a stupid thing and they realized that the war against iraq has benefits primarily. iran now the usa is adamant that it wants iranian influence out of iraq

fighter jets as they continue their presence over iraq and syria. it makes some of the highest number of foreign troops in the middle east the trump administration ratcheting up its rhetoric with iran there are concerns for the troops stationed in the middle east is there a threat from escalating tensions with iran to foreign forces in iraq i don't see it i see iraqi security forces defeating the threat which is isis the threat that i see is if stability if security isn't maintain. stability and reconstruction to occur on their on the governments of iraq's timeline that will be the biggest threat. through iran militias were instrumental in defeating eisel washington wants to limit their influence in iraq and cross border into syria the shia militias are now part of the security framework and report to the iraqi prime minister last year as a militia threaten to attack u.s. forces this group is part of the coalition which got the second highest seat in recent elections as militias get more political prominence the u.s. military says it is ready to wor

a fugitive suspected of the right for the killing of a german teenager is arrested in iraq and the case involving the project with asylum seeker on a fourteen year old girl has stoked germany's politically charged immigration debate. german astronauts are out of time to gaston just crewmates don't cut the international space station hoping to see the team emerge from. the. i'm so gal welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has arrived in quebec canada for the g. seven summit speaking to the media before he left he called for russia to be readmitted to the group of leading industrial nations a statement that puts him on a collision course with leaders of the other g seven nations. right here should be in this meeting why are we having a meeting without russia being in the meeting as i would recommend and it's up to them but russia should be in the me to get it be a part of it you know whether you like you know or not and it may not be politically correct but we have a world to run and in the g seven which used to be the g.a.a. they threw rush out they should let russia come ba

why iraq this time? i wanted to go back and answer the questions i had, from when i was a soldier there, ijust wa nted when i was a soldier there, ijust wanted to fit it together and travelling the whole country gave me that. we talked about this before, about being a british muslim man from burnley, serving in the armed forces to your country, in iraq. you said it did not quite fit what the label should be. there'sjust so much controversy with the iraq war, a lot of people protested against it but the community and from solid as a waragainst but the community and from solid as a war against islam and they really protested about it so a lot of people asked why i was going there. but when you go to iraq a lot of muslims were fighting muslims. the shia muslim fighting the sunni muslims and stuff. it's very complicated. you went back 15 years later, you talk about the gaps, have they been filled? what is the journey meant, going back?” they been filled? what is the journey meant, going back? i have seen j

iran it was stupid and then you realize that the war against iraq has been primarily. iran now the usa is adamant that it wants iranian influence out of iraq however its efforts are proving to be rather futile now there is one iraqi leader with a very good record of fighting the iranians his name was saddam hussein and he is long gone now it turns out that when you destroy a country you also create a vacuum and somebody is going to fill that vacuum even if it's somebody that you don't like ok with mop and r t new york. most people up some stage or another have taken and posted a selfie they may have later regret it but spare a thought for a russian teacher who's swimsuits not blundered her in hot water with her bosses until the internet waited. we have reached the halfway point in spain and portugal as group be closed at the world klopp the last game on day two we've got the thoughts of artie's term and co who was just a marine you will not live after this. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten whi

the main suspect as twenty year old be from iraq he had been living in a refugee center in vs. when police searched the center they discovered he'd fled to appeal in northern iraq the german government says he's now been arrested in his homeland. like to think for the security services who took part in this operation and made the arrest. the success is the result of good cooperation between the kurdish authorities in iraq and the german federal police. he was already known to police for assault and robbery and he suspected of having great to eleven year old in the refugee center germany and iraq and now discussing extradition as police seek justice for susanna. let me join our chief political editor. we know that this man has just been arrested in any bill and any other details about his arrest. as we just heard the interior minister horse the will for who's that interior minister's meeting today announced this swift success after of course what looked like an easy getaway for prime suspect in this killing of the fourteen year old girl who appears to have been raped as well day

iraq and syria what we see. is the residual catastrophe that the colonial powers in world war one caused you know france and england they are the one created iraq and syria is artificial countries and you know what they did if you look at it. they did conquer divide by and conquer because when they look at syria with a sunni majority majority they put. regime overeats in iraq with a shia majority they put a sunni government so this is part of the main problem that we see now not only in syria and iraq but throughout the middle east let them better don't you think that you're conveniently forgetting a more recent history including the american intervention in iraq which really created a chaos in that part of the world to be and which was assisted them to some extent promoted by mr bolton who we're mentioning already do you actually because i know that you are a big supporter of the trump administration presumably of mr bolton himself do you think he has been a positive force in your part of the world well in hind

led coalition mission to free iraq or went on for. more than four months from june sixth to a cobra twelfth last year and the pentagon proudly told the world they'd fired thirty five thousand artillery rounds while they were at it that fired more rounds in iraq to syria than any other marine that tillery battalion any marine battalion since the vietnam war yet we kept hearing from those whose orders matter how cautious they war there is no military in the world's history that is paid more attention to the limited value of the guest administered from the battlefield and the coalition military were not the perfect guys we can make a mistake and in this kind of warfare are ready to happen but we are the good guys and munitions people on a battlefield know the difference you can't help wondering how many innocent locals general mattis has actually met i'm sure you can find many of those who are genuinely grateful to the coalition for kicking myself out but just compare his words to some of the witness accounts our team heard while in iraq

amnesty international report dubbed war of and they have rationed devastating tolls on civilians in iraq to syria is a very highly critical analysis of the airstrikes that were carried out by the u.s. led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties. you know when you're fighting an enemy. uses noncombatants as collateral damage you know it's very difficult when you when you fight it we like to completely avoid. any casualties of war like that but i can tell you we have a process that we go through. this to minimize you know civilian casualties that cost the coali

iraq and syria what we see. is the residual catastrophe that the colonial powers in world war one caused you know france and england they are the one created iraq and syria is artificial countries and you know what they did if you look at it. they did conquer divide by and conquer because when they look at syria with a sunni majority majority they put. regime overeats in iraq with a shia majority they put a sunni government so this is part of the main problem that we see now not only in syria and iraq but throughout the middle east that the better don't you think that you're conveniently forgetting a more recent history including the american intervention in iraq which really created a chaos in that part of the world to be and which was assisted them to some extent promoted by mr bolton who we're mentioning already do you actually because i know that you are a big supporter of the trump administration presumably of mr bolton himself do you think he has been a positive force in your part of the world well in hind

the suspected murderer is a refugee from iraq. is the young man charged with the killing he came to visit but in two thousand and fifteen and had been living in a refugee center. right wing populist party the a if he called for parliament to on of the dead girl with a minute of silence they say. two thousand and fifteen refugee policy are to blame for this crime the other parties are outraged. the german parliament is a place for debate it is not a place to use the plight of a victim to further your own political cause you should be ashamed of yourselves. night see no reason to use this tragic case to reflect upon individual political decisions or decisions from twenty fifteen which society supports susanna's body was found in hessen on wednesday by this time the murder suspect early b. was no longer in germany he and his family flew back to iraq and it is there that he was arrested friday morning. the suspected murderer also was arrested tonight eight twenty eighteen at two am by kurdish security authorities in northern iraq at t

also coming up a fugitive suspected of the rape and killing of a german teenager is arrested in iraq the case involving they've rejected asylum seekers and a fourteen year old girl starts germany's politically charged immigration debate. against faults in germany facing the final warm up match before one cup but an injury to a key player could be right as for the clash against saudi arabia. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. the g. seven summit which brings together some of the world's most powerful industrialized countries is about to begin in canada where leaders have been arriving in quebec since last night amongst the japanese prime minister shinzo papacies prime minister theresa may and german chancellor angela merkel on the agenda economic growth climate change gender equality and the ongoing dispute over u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports not of them may be another topic up for discussion could see donald trump before leaving for canada he called for russia to be readmitted to the g. seven after it was expelled of the annexation of crimea. right here should be in thi

led coalition the number of civilians killed in the battle for iraq will never be known as far as how do we know how many civilians were killed i'm just being honest no one will ever know anyone who claims they will know is lying it comes as the international releases a report that accuses the u.s. led coalition of relentless air. strikes. reports. getting to the bottom of what was really happening in iraq as the americans and allies were freeing it who will be bothered to do that or it will take ages the prose of war behind these walls may have thought but scrutiny was inevitable coalition claims that its precision and campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic states house of rocca while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny based on information from amnesty international's field investigation and public reporting coalition air and artillery strikes killed hundreds of civilians and injured many more open amnesty's report and you'll find words like this proportionate and discriminate bombing the use of white phosphorus claims which could turn into a reputational

the mountain in northern iraq is regarded as sacred by the c.d.'s. of goods and. a lot of us no one else was helping us. husband made it to the mountain but the children were abducted by us they were enslaved right and sold time and again like animals. that if it weren't for the children i'd have killed myself. and her five youngest children were finally released but one older daughter and two oldest sons are still missing. in the mornings after they get up. to play in the homemade kitchen. and. it's a fridge and tables. and. they didn't give us anything to eat they were evil they kept on helping themselves to the guy. in the tent to prepare his bread. she doesn't want to leave the mountain it's the only place in iraq she feels safe. for she still traumatized by her experiences as well as by the thought that three of her children are still prison. and you know is that her fifteen year old. she has no idea what's happened to him. i guess so like if i can't think of anything else i'll be working on something and leave it for a moment and i'll forget all about it tha

ok that out of somewhere else we're not done with iraq that out. we've suffered too much as i got out. of an aid program that would enable them to go to australia. but leaving no would mean giving up hope and it's the hope of seeing their missing children again that keeps them on the mountain. going to school in a cave. for children and balmy on afghanistan it's a great opportunity. their teacher is just eighteen years old and founded the cave school herself. this courageous young woman has a vision to improve afghans lives through education. three thousand. leisure and luxury of the past hour. mid-song imaginary trains. experience breathtaking countryside. and cultural highlights. on a very special train journey through europe. on the north disagrees this week. your romance in sixty minutes on t.w. . clash of cultures in india. a clash between those who believe in arranged marriage those who want to marry for love to. accomplish that shaking families and society to the cool kids. my father would be angry sometimes i think the way he did. commandoe

law in last year's two years liberation of the civil liberty inspiration of the syrian city of that iraq. as after the amnesty international's flutie in town as the national us all slams the u.s. led coalition in a new cohen reports irish and a new report by legislating holds possible little war war crimes and crimes during the fossil fuel the fifty billion of fossil fuel the city. there's fewer in germany there's fewer in germany off the new u.s. ambassador anybody off the new u.s. ambassador is accusing hughes of use of lending so lending course to for support to far far right rights group groups in europe's in europe. needs to be used to be a little bit a little bit more careful more careful this will. do this it's just that just a. few risk crossings thoughts with the crossings thoughts with the u.s. over newly imposed the us over newly imposed trade tariffs promising trade tariffs promising countermeasures for the next month and countermeasures for the next month and calling the move by washington is calling the move by washington illegal. in legal. and you. and us senators consider

making the decision to join the global conversation amount is iraq. spain's new prime minister is said to be sworn in this hour we'll look at the challenges ahead for him. jane that this is al jazeera life and was a coming up. as the process will begin on june twelfth ensuring that. the on again off again summit between the u.s. and north korea is back on. good rising tensions between the u.s. and iran pose a threat to american forces on the ground in iraq. may show good byes the rising death toll of anti-government protesters killed in nicaragua. the new prime minister of spain is about to be sworn in and we are looking at pictures coming to us from madrid these are the latest pictures the socialist leader petro sanchez replaces money on a record he lost a vote of confidence in parliament following a corruption scandal within his party there is that's a live picture now of where kids are socialists of an opportunistic power grab. christiane amanpour i know is the editor in chief of the spanish newspaper as global she joins us now via skype from madri

iraq and syria what we see. is the residual catastrophe that the colonial powers in world war one caused you know france and england they are the one created iraq and syria is artificial countries and you know what they did if you look at it. they did conquer divide by and conquer because when they look at syria with a sunni majority majority they put. regime overeats in iraq with a shia majority they put a sunni government so this is part of the main problem that we see now not only in syria and iraq but throughout the middle east let them better don't you think that you're conveniently forgetting a more recent history including the american intervention in iraq which really created a chaos in that part of the world to be and which was assisted them to some extent promoted by mr bolton who we're mentioning already do you actually because i know that you are a big supporter of the trump administration presumably of mr bolton himself do you think he has been a positive force in your part of the world well in hind

something like that i mean the people who live there they're not human shields they live they live in iraq and they live in these other places that have been targeted by u.s. bands all over the middle east from libya to iraq and the casualties have been astounding and very little known in the west and we took the real casualties of bombing and sanctions and black aid and starvation and all that that's gone and it's in the millions now since nine hundred ninety the u.s. led coalition spokesperson says that no one will ever count the rack of victims do you think that's an adequate statement well i remember in the first u.s. war on iraq that after the war was over i collin powell who was then the chief of staff i believe of the u.s. military was asked what about civilian casualties you said that's not a number we're interested in that isn't fact a confession of walk war crimes and they're saying again well we'll never be able to know what they did they don't wanna know that's why they're not able to know they don't make an effort and they cover up what is ad b.s. to the rest of the world that

. >> they're dialing up the rhetoric on iraq. let's see if we can nail them down. >> let's get to work. >> working on a theory that the administration has decided to go to war and now focussed on how to justify it. >> it's not a theory. >> a group has been set up in the building i work. >> which building is that? >> the one with five sides. >> it is a story of a few good men standing up to the presidency and much of the press, a few good men by the way is another great rob reiner film. he stands at the heart of american culture, starring in the tv comedy, "all in the family" back in the 1970s, directing an array of movies, including 'stand by me," "when harry met sally". and, of course, rob reiner joined me to talk about the movie. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> what was it that inspired you about these reporters and that "newsroom." >> i was in dra-- of draft age the vietnam war. with the invasion of iraq i couldn't wrap my head around the fact that we were going to war a second time based on lies. we have a line in th

fighter jets if they continue their presence over iraq and syria. it makes some of the highest number of foreign troops in the middle east the trumpet ministration ratcheting up its rhetoric for their own there are concerns for the troops stationed in the middle east is there a threat from escalating tensions with iran to foreign forces in iraq i don't see it i see iraqi security forces defeating the threat which is isis the threat that i see is if stability if security isn't maintained to allow stability and reconstruction to occur on the government's timeline that will be the biggest threat. through iran militias were instrumental in defeating eisel washington wants to limit their influence in iraq and cross border into syria the shia militias are now part of the security framework and report to the iraqi prime minister last year militia threaten to attack u.s. forces this group is part of the coalition which got the second highest seat in recent elections as militias get more political prominence the u.s. military says it is ready to work with al

and iraq does that leave room for i still to stage any come back any time in the future. i don't think it is going to make a big comeback isis bread because of the collapse of governments both in iraq and of course in syria where the civil war there and the uprising. there though that situation has changed the iraqi army is much stronger than it used to be it's much better armed the syrian army in fact it's also stronger than it used to be in many ways even though it's a few in number and it's exhausted and it doesn't have money i don't see you know the united states is also there i don't see a big comeback you know the best outcome of course would be if this report could spur the united states to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more money and hasten the process as your last commentator the us has sent they need bulldozers in order to clear the area to d. mine they need big. bulldozers that can quickly be mine areas without hurting the people these have not been released the government the american government does not want to spend a lot of money and it's not doing

the main suspect as twenty year old be from iraq he had been living in a refugee center in v's. when police such the center they discovered he'd fled to appeal in northern iraq the german government says he's now been arrested in his homeland. tardy quotation i'd like to think for clarity security services who took part in this operation and made the arrest. the success is the result of good cooperation between the kurdish authorities in iraq and the german federal police wouldn't. he was already known to police for assault and robbery and he suspected of having break to the eleven year old in the refugee center germany and iraq and now discussing extradition as police seek justice for susanna. to space the international space station to be precise where the new crew has arrived here's the moment the german astronaut alexander guest on his colleagues were greeted by astronauts on board the i assess to applause from staff and the european space agency i guess there's a company by american and russian colleagues he'll take command of the i assess in a few months the five month mis

the defendant who is accused of homicide was arrested by kurdish security forces in northern iraq at two am on june eighth upon request of the federal police it's being alleged that the suspect was able to make a quick and easy getaway from germany using false documents to travel through turkey and on to iraq i also as a departure control they presented two documents allegedly issued by the iraqi consulate we're still investigating this document was issued for four people they were in arabic and had photos also they were boarding passes in german residence permits issued in the.

the leader of the most successful party in last month's parliamentary election in iraq has announced that he's creating a coalition with a private iranian group and is now explains that's not quite the development the united states was hoping for. sautter the iraqi cleric whose bloc won most of the seats in the recent parliamentary election has now announced he's willing to form a coalition government with an iranian backed militia so much for washington's hopes that he could be used to counter to ron's influence he can be irrational he is better than the iranians taking over what a let down for all those american media outlets and think tanks that hailed al assad or as a new hope for iraq and more importantly a potential ally against iran that's interesting because if you wind back the clock george w. bush said that he was an enemy of democracy for a long time his brigades were actually killing u.s. troops let's not get stuck in the past we are very well aware. of our all solder and his background and his positions now yes now it might have been a sign that the long time pro or reig

iran it was going to open and they realized that the war against iraq has been brian mcnamee. you know now the usa is adamant that it wants iranian influence out of iraq however its efforts are proving to be rather futile now there is one iraqi leader with a very good record of fighting the iranians his name was saddam hussein and he is long gone. now it turns out that when you destroy a country you also create a vacuum and somebody is going to fill that vacuum even if it's somebody that you don't like. r t new york. or russian schoolteacher was facing a backlash after posting swimsuit pictures of herself on social media when he said she was bringing her profession into disrepute that but along came a groundswell of support springing to her defense. nice to get a story of the happy i think that's it from all th q so far this morning coming up to ten twenty nine in the morning a great future weekend the world cup football i should look forward to don't forget for the latest news of the games behind the scenes stories and huge atmosphere information commentators like the radio f

very very concerned about increased iranian influence in iraq president obama with through our forces there and it makes it much more difficult to calculate the growing iranian influence in iraq but we must also do what we can to limit the extent of our reigning in the influence in iraq now the first prime minister after the us invasion is bringing in al jaafari he ended up being very friendly to iran now as foreign minister he speaks very highly of relations good relations between the wrong in the rock policy results for both countries and in practice they have proved to be in the interest of both countries the second prime minister now the vice president al malaki was supported by washington but he ended up being very friendly to iran too and after my. he went down the new guy also couldn't resist iran's friendly gestures alibi he is also friendly to the islamic republic next door or what do you have the us has. invested in terms of my money. any kind of political and military for was eventually the best interest of iran it was a stupid thing and they realize that the war against ir

the leader of the most successful party in last month's parliamentary election in iraq has announced that he's creating a coalition with a pro iranian group and as caleb open now explains that is not quite the development the united states was hoping for. but tada al solder the iraqi cleric who's block won most of the seats in the recent parliamentary election has now announced he's willing to form a coalition government with an iranian backed militia so much for washington's hopes that he could be used to counter terror ron's influence he can be irrational bets in the iranians taking over what a let down for all those american media outlets and think tanks that have a old al assad or as a new hope for iraq and more importantly a potential ally against iran that's interesting because if you wind back the clock george w. bush said that he was an enemy of democracy for a long time his brigades were actually killing us troops let's not get stuck in the past we are very well aware. of our all solder and his background and his positions now yes now it might have been a sign that the long

led coalition the number of civilians killed in the battle for iraq will never be known as far as how do we know how many civilians were killed i'm just being honest no one will ever know anyone who claims they all know is lying but it does come as amnesty international releases a report that he says the u.s. led coalition of relentless and artillery strikes during the battle for iraq or the reports even suggest that the coalition may have committed war crimes is. expects. getting to the bottom of what was really happening in iraq as the americans and allies were freeing it who will be bothered to do that or it will take ages the prose of war behind these walls may have thought but scrutiny was inevitable coalition claims that its precision and campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic state house of rocca well causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny based on information from amnesty international's field investigation and public reporting coalition air and artillery strikes killed hundreds of civilians and injured many more open amnesty's report and you'll find wo

the suspected murderer is a refugee from iraq. is the young man charged with the killing he came to the spot in two thousand and fifteen and had been living in a refugee center. right wing populist party the a if he called for parliament to on of the dead girl with a minute of silence they say i claim her two thousand and fifteen refugee policy are to blame for this crime the other parties are outraged. the good german parliament is a place for debate it is not a place to use the plight of a victim to further your own political cause you should be ashamed of yourselves to not see no reason to use this tragic case to reflect upon individual political decisions or decisions from twenty fifteen which society supports. suzanna spot he was found in has no on wednesday by this time the murder suspect was no longer in germany he and his family flew back to iraq and it is there that he was arrested friday morning. suspected murderer. was arrested tonight eight twenty eighteen two am by kurdish security authorities in northern iraq at the

led coalition mission to free iraq led coalition mission to free iraq a went on for more than went on for more than four months from june sixth four months from june sixth two to tobruk tobar twelve twelfth left last year here and the and the pen to pentagon proud proudly told he told the world the world they told they fired thirty thirty thirty five five thousand artillery tillery really rounds while the grounds while they were add were at it and it. fired more round eyed more rounds and rack a serious and rack assyria than any other marine that tillery batalla the marine the tillery battalion and any marine of any marine vitale tally instance instance the v.a. the vietnam war or. yet we kept yet we kept he had hearing from the ring from those fellows whose orders orders matters matter how cautious how cautious they wore as they were or their is been there has been no known military military in the world history of this mystery that is paid more attention patron could more attuned . to to the limit limited to should bush or bill you should go to the justice minister and try to admini

iraq is east bulldozers work clearing the roads. the rest seems like an enormous even impossible task. amid the rubble and it was not. she and her brother a painstakingly salvaging what's left of the family home and grocery store. well when. what i won't be able to return to even one percent of the way things were before. but i will live and continue building again i will open a new grocery shop and live out the rest of our life back. across the road this selling new british but was no kind of food. she's a widow with six children. during the war that made her an easy target for islamic state but they picked the wrong woman. that they would come to me and tell me to leave the house but i wouldn't. they occupied our neighbor's house and made it their headquarters. i believe they killed the house and yes he was killed they said it was a regime fac and killed him but we didn't leave our house we refused. i aspired his told was not to shut down his shop and remarry all live off islamic charity. and that they were me and after i refused

it has been one year since the start of the operation to liberate the syrian city of iraq from ice so the actual human cost of the operation remains far from clear according to the u.s. led coalition the number of civilians killed in the battle. will never be. as far as how do we know how many civilians were killed i'm just being honest no one will ever know anyone who claims they will know is lying it comes amid the international releases a report that accuses the u.s. led coalition of relentless air and artillery strikes during the battle for iraq the report even suggests the coalition may have committed war crimes during this. explains. getting to the bottom of what was really happening in iraq as the americans and allies were freeing it who will be bothered to do that or it'll take ages the prose of war behind these walls may have thought but scrutiny was inevitable coalition claims that it's precision and campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic states house of rocca well causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny based on information from amnesty international

in germany he was detained in iraq. with fake documents questions about the government's the refugee crisis. also google unveils a new range of. politically correct new symbols really. mid-morning here in moscow this is the international top story. this year. is being dominated by divisions not only is there present bent over america's new trade tariffs but. further discord by suggesting russia should be reinstated to the group the proposal has split the. agreed to keep it off the agenda for this year. here we all agreed the return of russia to the g seven format summits can't happen until substantial progress has been made in connection with the problems with ukraine canada's position is absolutely clear and that there are no grounds whatsoever for bringing russia with its current behavior into the g seven before any such conversations can take place russia needs to change its approach. to the surface which is to feel that they rush out they should let russia come back. as for the presence of russia in the g eight we w

he's provided some of the best coverage of the war in iraq for many years he joins me here in studio or here what's their goal isis take over the world what's the goal well the ads ads i stated very clearly their goal from the outset is to create this islamic caliphate and that accords to the vision that they have now. there's been two arguments in the schools of holy war about how to do this one is to attack the near enemy which is go logical governments who are propped up by the americans or somebody else the other is to attack the far enemy which is you know wanted states such as on knowing eleven when they are seeing them focusing back on the need enemy. for one brief shining moment i would argue they created their islamic caliphate. so for them in terms of their propaganda narrative that could become a showing bacon but you know. the islamic state is going to continue and it's going to be something we're going to have to deal with and our western liberal societies are going to have our values challenged as i constantly threaten us at home and abroad as we have to come to an agre

who than two million iraqis are forced to live in camps across iraq because their homes were destroyed analysts say one of the reasons the rise of eisel happened in cities like ramadi is because of years in the black from the shia led federal government they say cities like ramadi and mosul were what they described as incubators for extremist ideas to take root amongst a small percentage of the population iraq's sunnis suffered some of the worst atrocities on the eisel the united nations says failure to help iraq rebuild risks fueling resentment and possibly even violence again. baghdad. a diplomatic ra is brewing between italy and mali over six hundred migrants rescued off the coast of libya a charity boat picked the mostly african migrants including more than one hundred thirty children and seven pregnant women in a series of operations at the weekend italy's threaten to close its ports to rescue ships and wants to take the vessel instead of malta says it had nothing to do with the rescue operation the migrants from maine for now on the charity boat in the mediterranean sea. we said

seeker has been arrested after a teenage girl was raped and murdered in germany he was detained in iraq after he fled germany with fake documents raising questions over the government's handling of the refugee crisis and google unveils a new range of emotions including in salads and couples who are gender neutral they actually politically correct we take a. look at the welcome it's just gone two pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. this is g. seven summit in canada has been dominated by divisions the us was left isolated by global leaders who accused it of sowing all sorts of discord on the global arena. however is the fact that the rules based international order is being challenged quite surprisingly. not by the usual suspects but by its main market the government of the us well before reaching canada donald trump course the split by suggesting that russia should be reinstated to the group it was agreed to keep that issue off issues agenda. here we all agreed the return of russia to the g seven format summits can't happen until substantial progress has been made in co

died in iraq and that strong the massacres in iraq are committed by isis and the coalition warplanes together what can i say the streets are full of. a lot of it appears and has said russia will work to strengthen ties with all stria in spite of e.u. sanctions almost sco the russian later visited vienna on tuesday on his first international trip since starting his fourth term as president. has the details. it's been an incredibly busy hectic day for vladimir putin between all the talks negotiations conferences and press conferences they talked about a whole host of issues and themes that have worried russia and austria of course one of them being sanctions we believe any politically motivated restrictions of protectionism these tools for resolving political issues are in the end useless in achieving the ultimate goal they're damaging for both sides and i think everyone's interest in lifting the sanctions russia are included we realize it is difficult for individual countries to voice and you know the reasons why however this doesn't stop us from developing ties with austria it can in

capital baghdad in a statement iraq's interior ministry said the explosions amounted to a terrorist aggression on civilians souther city is a stronghold of the shia cleric knocked out outside that whose political bloc won parliamentary elections last month well iraq's parliament has ordered a manual recount of every vote cast in that election last month and south to the commission that oversaw the poll it comes a day after prime minister hi there led by the said there had been serious violations parliament also approved the cancellation of overseas votes and those of displaced people in some provinces shall strafford has more now from back that the the whole process of putting a coalition government together has now been further delayed and we've been speaking to analysts here don't mince their words that there are a lot of guns in this country there are a lot of people with big interests in this election and there are fears that jury in this recount but most especially fear is that of to this manual recount if there is a big disparity between the electronic vote and that manual rec

she doesn't want to leave the mountain it's the only place in iraq shift. she's still traumatized by her experiences as well as by the thought that three of her children are still prisoners of i.a.'s. only knows that her fifteen year old daughter i've been was forced to marry and. she has no idea what's happened to her two oldest sons i got so lucky i can't think of anything else i'll be working on something and leave it for a moment and i'll forget all about that right now i work in that it's awful that sometimes i'll be cooking something on the stove and let it burn by that i'm just not normal in the head anymore. i went to the doctor but they said it didn't matter what medicine i took it wouldn't help her out because i just think too much. kucha wants to stay strong for her children's sake. working helps her get through the day. the family was given twenty she find aid organization. they use the use of milk to make yo get the money there and from selling it is their only source of income. if they are me and i mean a lot to us we keep us busy and distract