Main suspect in this weeks terrorist attack in St Petersburg which left more than a dozen injured is arrested. In the director of this is our national im sean thomas glad to have you with us and a new report by Human Rights Watch claims fighters from the minority kidnapped and executed fifty two iraqi civilians in june witnesses claim forces killed men women and children who were fleeing fighting between Islamic State and government backed forces the victims were from two tribes that had reportedly sheltered and helped i so militants from Human Rights Watch told us that anyone in these tribes has now become a target. But there are two tribes these are sunni arab tribes one told him to do it the other jaish these are famous tribes from the area of singe are the historical homeland of the according to the is he is these two specific tribes were complicit with isis and the day that isis arrived in the area these tribes helped isis to round up his east turn women into sex slaves and to massacre other members of the z. T. Community since then ive spent much time with u. C. D. Elders who told me they had drawn up lists of individuals and of tribes and would target them and kill them if they had the chance heard of incidents where what is now a group of u. C. D. Fighters you see the militia empowered on the payroll of the baghdad government that has targeted members of these two tribes but what we understand is that theyre targeting anyone from these tribes women children men not because they were specifically involved in this abuses and abuses against these hes but just be careful because they carry the name of this tribe according to top iraqi officials almost seven thousand people were kidnapped by i saw in two thousand and fourteen alone and three thousand are still missing. The men went off for ice and skiffs in the evenings they would get together and treat the women and have their fun with us. As if. It was indescribable for me laugh tending to endless suffering tears and hunger i couldnt do anything not cry now about this will went on to tell us the cycle of revenge killings in iraq is damaging hopes of restoring peace there if the aid in these battles against isis has been to end a horrific cycle of violence and iraq violence in iraq allowing groups of armed actors to target tribes to target women children men and we have had nothing to do with the crimes of isis with complete impunity allowing them to torture and execute with impunity really will spell disaster for the next steps in iraq in any hopes of Reconciliation Community its. The leader of north korea has vowed to bolster the countrys Nuclear Deterrent over the coming year in a statement can be wrong on said his country needs to counter threats and blackmail from the United States. Now throughout the year north korea has conducted twenty missile tests including a new type of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in september the regime carried out its most powerful Nuclear Bomb Test so far pyongyang claims it is now able to hit any target on the u. S. Mainland. I did discuss this further we can now bring in a gregory l. H. A member of the Korea Policy Institute gregory thanks for being with us here on R T International. It really has been an interesting year when it comes to north korea kim jong un said that he will continue bolstering the capabilities for self defense with Nuclear Force as long as the u. S. And its vassal forces persist in the Nuclear Threat thats a quote there so how do you see this playing out over the coming year two thousand and eighteen is going to be bigger for north korea than two thousand and seventeen you know unfortunately it does look that way so recently u. S. National security adviser h. R. Mcmaster said the Top Administration is not committed to a peaceful resolution theyre committed to a resolution and that all options are on the table and theres been reports as well that the Top Administration is discussing the possibility in the first few months of twenty eighteen of striking a few targets the north korea with cruise missiles to send north korea a message. If they do carry out such an attack i think that its foolish to expect that the North Koreans would not strike back in kind against u. S. Forces based in east asia and in turn i think that Top Administration would respond with overwhelming force and we might end up with a whole new korean war and hundreds of thousands of koreans killed it looks like a very dangerous time to be troubled with gratian is not engaged in any diplomacy whatsoever they have a group either. They want to force north korea to capitulate entirely or theyre looking at the military option it is an interesting situation coming in the coming year yeah you bring up the ministration to seems that they have theyre confused within their own administration i mean we have. Recently Rex Tillerson whos the secretary of state made an offer for talks with north korea without preconditions that was later withdrawn so do you think that there is an internal struggle within the administration on exactly how to deal with pyongyang. To some degree yeah but i dont think there are very many people in the tropics ministration who are open to the possibility but are logged its probably still with their maybe a handful of people people in the state department unfortunately Rex Tillerson statement of being open to dialogue without preconditions which is very sensible proposal but he was shot down immediately the same day it didnt last long i think the majority of the members of the temperament are absolutely opposed to any possibility of a discussion. One thing that we. Have been seeing is china. And russia when it comes to north korea are very important in terms of the talks recently weve heard western media citing European Security sources accusing russia of sending fuel tankers into north korea weve also heard of trump sending saying the same thing about china giving fuel to north korea no evidence was provided for the russian. Allegation if you will what do you think these ideas are coming from and where could it lead of this rhetoric continues well the first thing to point out of the ships that are been supplying or evidently supplying oil but actually some of the ships that were claimed with planning oil were not capable of caring or going out or oil tankers and he wearing. But these were are private ships privately owned ships theyre not Government Operations but the other thing id like to point out is that the u. N. Sanctions sharp if you do three amount of order that can be shipped through north korea but they do not eliminate it so theres nothing illegal about shipping oil to north korea but in the u. S. And negotiations on sanctions. Pushing for a total oil embargo against north korea russia and china and looking out for the welfare of the north Korean People refused to go along with a total. And i think this is a. Backdoor way of trying to pressure russia and china and to stopping shipments altogether its an interesting situation to say the least now we know that sanctions havent really helped. The situation there in north korea but so far. You know weve heard a lot of talk about this double freeze proposal that china and russia trying to put forth u. S. Has completely rejected that double freeze proposal do you think that the Trump Administration will soften their stance at all over the coming year seems like at the beginning you were talking. Softening doesnt seem to be in the cards. I have seen no indication whatsoever of the trepan ministration is open to the possibility of a softening of its approach. I think theres a strong possibility of a war i hope im wrong and supposition but. I see no sign whatsoever could you be willing to negotiate with north korea well gregory i hope that youre wrong as well for all of our sake gregory alledge from the Korea Policy Institute really interesting year thoughts on the d. P. R. K. Thanks for being with us here on our to international. Wired with the world gearing up for a new Year Celebrations berlin has come up with a new way to ensure security safe zones for women theyre being set up at the Brandenburg Gate party this comes in response to mass sexual assaults on celebrations in the german city of cologne two years ago for moshe has been gauging reactions in the capital. Just like at new years celebrations the world over hundreds or thousands of people are expected to flock to this place here in berkeley to see out the old and ringing the new you can see preparations are currently on to go in but keeping everyone safe without spoiling the atmosphere is a huge challenge for the authorities and these here organizers i go in one step further aside from usual safety berries and alcohol bans and socalled womens safety area is being set up its a zone where female guests who feel sexually harassed of just uncomfortable can get special help its been men by members of german red cross and comes in response to events two years ago back then hundreds of women who were sexually assaulted at new year carnivals they were groped robbed intimidated and separated from their friends according to leaked police documents there were more than one thousand cases reported in cologne in hamburg alone more than two thousand men were reportedly involved most of them Asylum Seekers the new idea of the womens safety area has received a mixed reaction thats a good idea many people feel like need help but they dont know who to ask to do and having these services kind of nice i think Sexual Harassment was people who were in groups and you were so how do you get from here to the safe place i mean. It seems a bit far fetched i dont think its such a good idea its to me it sounds its a bit like an early be set up. On our show for eight but this is this is two its good because its needed. In front of many its kind of interesting that they do it in a new years as a events because id be better if its like a long long get to like tutor like that then. Just make one think that you do first pressure because i dont know you sounded a little commercial you know way to early in police has also issued recommendations for those who are planning to come here for new years celebrations including avoiding aggressive groups pain attention when someone gets too close and in case of any danger reporting to Police Reason otieno see from very early in. The head of germanys police union has warned that safe zones for women send a devastating message to those who venture outside those owns and frank her and so from the alternative for Germany Party believes its new migration policies that are needed we feel that there is a new step of. Danger coming into our country weve seen it since we have to already build vols against our Christmas Markets this is a development we do not want to see really policy should change we should not continue to have this mass migration of illegal Mass Immigration we do have we have to count and see who the people who came to our country have to register them this is a process which has not been come to an end and we must close the borders in order to have a Stable Society you can go much further than the Security Forces or the politicians in germany go so thats a problem and that i think this is not a good sign for the new year to come. One palestinian was killed and dozens more injured during clashes with Israeli Soldiers on friday thousands took to the streets in the west bank and gaza as well. The Israeli Military retaliated after rockets were fired from gaza although no casualties were reported mass writing has become a weekly occurrence since the us recognize of jerusalem as israels capital earlier this month. In jerusalem is just one of many bitter land disputes in the area and Israeli Court has sentenced a sixty eight year old bedouin man to ten months in prison and fined him more than ten thousand dollars for trespassing passing on state owned land but he claims the land belongs to him now. He is a village elder in keep in southern israel bedouin tribes had settled there long before the state was of israel was actually created really authorities claim the tribes occupying the land illegally and have sent in riot police and bulldozers to demolish the village whenever it is rebuilt so far theyve leveled it more than one hundred times arties costlier reports. Im here in the nor the negev desert where there isnt much except a few dozen unrecognised bedouin villages this is one belonging to the to retry but there are some two hundred fifty people who live here and they say that this land is big is going back generations but the israeli authorities insist they can illegally. Come to. The. Zoo. It will take years until this fighting ends they are looking to push out so will compromise and will give this land to the state. Email if i was jewish the soldiers wouldnt come here at six in the morning on a rainy day they dont care this is just a bedouin house they dont think the bedouins a human beings they dont care that bedouins the citizens of this country they dont care that bedouins live on this land not the countrys land. The trying to say is theyve lived here for seven hundred and fifty years manning this document is from nine hundred five in the autumn an era the second one with the red stamps is also from autumn in times nine hundred twenty nine and this third one doesnt have to do with the land its from nine hundred thirty six and these are receipts from taxes for the land. Everybody here is family father mother uncle and relatives only the alps who are the family is buried in this cemetery no one else only al tory tried and their relatives. Back at. War with. The family of a french aid worker abducted in mali is accusing their government of failing to tell that story and more still to come what about international. We have. Doctors here who never know what about you but we took care until call for a year ago they still relatives would hate them and i would just love them and it just so absolutely inspiring to hear something at telephone call or a person coming actually i just had a man in my room most of the same words he says my wife has just died thank you. You should. Put themselves on the lawn. Big it except it will reject. So when you want to be president and. More simple want to be rich. But youd like to be close to see what before three of them or ten people that. Interested always in the waters. There should. Welcome back to watching R T International so a key suspect has been arrested following a superman market bombing in the russian city of St Petersburg jack involved has latest force. The Russian Security services put out a statement saying that they have identified and detained the alleged organizer and perpetrator of this attack that took place on wednesday they emphasize that they do believe this was a one man working by himself he planned it and carried out the attack all by himself and no further information about the suspect has been released as of yet but we do know that hes being questioned by the Russian Investigative Committee and they have already come out saying that they are going to make a request to officially arrest him on that charge well a man who is believed to be seen i believe we can show you a video right now of the man hes seen entering a Grocery Store with a backpack on and its believed that this is the man who left that backpack in a locker near the entrance of the Grocery Store and then quickly left and the resulting blast left over a dozen people injured and some of which are still in hospital unfortunately and in the aftermath the president came out saying that this was a terrorist attack the day after he said that Islamic State did take credit for an explosion and of course now the suspect is in custody we will be hoping for more information on what the motivation was and what not of course many will remember that earlier this year in april another terrorist attack did take place in St Petersburg and there metro and that killed over that killed fourteen people and wounded over forty more and that was one of the most deadly terrorist attacks to have taken place in that city but of course it actually could have been in fact worse because there was a second device that just did not explode and was diffused in time. Russia has had a very busy year in two thousand and seven team if you were to believe the Mainstream Media especially when it comes to sowing discord and interfering in elections worldwide russias foreign minister had a few words to say about his latest interview. Theres all the billboard. But if. We were at the goods to close it. Off like you do a new. Push to reduce again theres nothing you post was right. Up there with. The manuals in the political news theres a simple user words. People which. Weve said you know just about the bill will go go go go and. So did you hear that russias foreign minister actually admitted to meddling in elections around the world i dont Pay Attention as if i didnt know know that i knew that theres actually a video. Going to. What do you think do you think that that actually i mean are you surprised by that that he would admit to actually meddling in the u. S. Election absolutely i think it definitely changed everything that the public was seeing right now and of course he would never admit if they did anyway right its quite surprising that he would admit Something Like that and even go further its actually its a prank video it was a comedy show that he did he was totally being such a guy that i miss him already i knew. He was being sarcastic ok much more sense youre saying hes joking yeah it was a Comedy Program yeah right but who knows that hes joking do you feel like people are predisposed to believe negative things about russia one hundred years ago and to say i think that we have a very negative connotation about people and yeah its the way versions are pictured than western countries. You son of an elderly french aide worker abducted in mali says the family. Disappointed by how little president has done to help free her so she put seventy two years old and back in two thousand and sixteen she was abducted in the city by local terrorists this july she was shown in a socalled proof of life for you to released by al qaeda it showed her alongside five other captives her son says despite an Ongoing Investigation has received no information about his mother nor. The parents prosecutor ordered an urgent investigation but that his stools we are now trying to find new materials to restart it so that it will be apparent indeed to a lack of results we are establishing contacts to try to trace in seeking any information to establish with the shes alive and when she might be found so far we have no news nothing concrete be the from the kidnappers not from any contact persons and also nothing from the foreign ministrys crisis center. Over the past five years the number of people kidnapped by terrorists has been rising sharply last year there were about almost sixteen thousand cases worldwide after hostage footage of sophie was posted online a french president pledged to eradicate the militants behind the kidnapping however after a year her whereabouts are still unknown. Egyptians will be a little but the odds of today my thoughts are with our competitor its a fifty seven on who was abducted on Christmas Eve be sure that all the resources of the state are being mobilized to find her and bring her back to her family but also be certain that as far as im concerned i will not give in to any provocation because that is precisely what our attackers want its good that they can be contacted for support but our family has been disappointed by the governments failure to make any decisions on this case yes its wonderful that we have being supported but the one who really needs support is my mother we need to ask mr quinn about this he has power in the situation he can decide on a course of action it must be admitted that so far no progress has been made in tackling this matter. Iran has been gripped by nationwide rallies both for and against of the government that started as a protest against the soaring prices and unemployment and snowballed into the biggest Antigovernment Movement since two thousand and nine but later on much larger crowds turned out in support of the countrys Supreme Leader in spite of that the us is only focusing on the antigovernment protests. Many reports of peaceful protests by iranian citizens fed up with regimes corruption and squandering of the nations wealth to Fund Terrorism a brooch. Iranian government should respect their peoples rights including the right to express themselves the world is watching but already we do see that foreign players are involving themselves in Iranian Affairs and this is ironic because the United States right now is complaining about legit russian involvement in the us election even though theyve never provided any evidence for this but i personally dont think that this is anything of major significance i think the west and the western media they want to exaggerate the importance these are protests. That are that were small most of them were expressing their economic grievances and very few were expressing how so that he toward the government or the state and today there actually counter protests against those groups that were protesting against the political order and they were much larger and numbers across the country but again those were not reflected in the west for me. Stay with us this is our to international. Community stupid to even. The poor. Well in some American Cities the police have built themselves cling to reputation people who walk on the street to be United States who are at risk from the very people who are supposed to protect that people are no more afraid of the police than of some of those. Who can see something happening this is like i dont want to call the cops let that happen resident call the cops in the those young black men lose their lives chasing the with the team goes on the trigger you never know better safe than sorry i dont know that someone else is going to die. Yet unfortunately around around here we end up playing our guns on the death toll from such precocious place to be like when they do. The right yet that. I was. Taking yes the week lets talk about christmas and if you have any children in the room you might want to send them away or put their head inside some sort of burlap sack for worse so its up to me because my goal before this segment is over is to christmas for everybody i. Know there is that something about christmas i do like but if the whole point of the show is that is that a brutal truth the underaged acted side of life then i cant let the fat bearded man escape on touched our i got ok. By the way i grew up with both christmas and hanukkah in my house so i got to see first hand how much hanukkah socks to get price did go. Out of choice right there just not a days a bold. Right than its i just put dude give me a pile of plastic choice made by chinese children or get out of my face ok. Im going to take my coins toys and my force get away i want to go. Look at a religion you run in here. You want to try out a religion were going to take your toys and go to you know like. I do not good sir. So this so there are the normal things people criticize about christmas is based on materialism and consumerism its buying stuff you dont need putting it inside boxes that are necessary wrapped in paper you dont like to give to people your ambivalent about but. The most obvious