I welcome it search Tuesday Morning the second of january youre watching r. T. International where its just gone ten oclock here in moscow now our top story a fifth day of unrest in iran has seen the number of deaths climbed to at least fourteen rising living costs are the key driver for the protests which have seen violent clashes with police some protesters have also been trying to take over police stations and military bases to death at the weekend so the government deny police had opened fire meanwhile irans biggest protests in nearly a decade have been getting encouragement from its Major Political rivals the u. S. And israel more details now from. What began as discontent over Economic Hardship and alleged corruption in iran has evolved into massive nationwide anti and progovernment demonstrations irans president came out saying citizens have the right to protest as long as its done peacefully in. Oh yeah in recent days we have witnessed protests and everyone must be aware of this point that we are a free nation and according to the constitution and human rights the people are absolutely free to criticize the government and even protest the government will definitely not tolerate some protesters who want to destroy public property will disrupt public discipline and create turmoil in society thats made hundreds of arrests violent clashes and even deaths and the conflict has now spread beyond irans borders as International Powers give their two sides donald trump unleashed a stream of tweets on the issue accusing the Islamic Republic of corruption Human Rights Violations and squandering the nations wealth on sponsoring terrorism Hassan Rouhani hit back at his american counterpart saying washington has no right to act as if it sympathizes with the iranians when trump not long ago called their country a nation of terrorists iran he terrorist nation like few others but if you look closely trump has ever so slightly adjusted his rhetoric he shifted the blame solely on the government while calling for change of course weve known for quite a while what kind of change the trumpet ministration would like to see in the ram our policy towards iran is to push back on the show germany and telling their ability to develop obvious me Nuclear Weapons and to work toward support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of that government those elements are there surely as we know so trump may be hoping these protests will be the perfect opportunity to achieve just that but hes not the only one charming in the Israeli Government has voiced encouraged and for the antigovernment protests brave iranians are pouring into the streets they seek freedom they seek justice they seek the basic liberties that have been denied to them for decades and with this regime finally falls and one day it will you know any ins and israelis will be great friends once again i was. People success in their noble quest for freedom and whats even more surprising is whats happening on his own doorstep sunday saw thousands gather in tel aviv for a fifth week of antigovernment corruption demonstrations just last week over ten thousand protests and throughout israel yet the media have all but ignored them the israeli probably theyre working very hard with america these allies to counter. Basically the decision has been very clear and vocal by the israeli they want the United States to actually attack iran militarily so if they can use some incitement they will do but they know theyre going to leave it to the United States to do all the work on behalf of them and backing protests abroad but ignoring mass demonstrations in your and your allies backyards it may be a new year but good luck waiting for a new approach from the u. S. Or israel on that so was she actually said there have been protests in israel for the last month over the u. S. Presence recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital. I. I. I. I i. I i. I. But with anger showing little sign of calming the palestinian Leaders Party has posted online a guide for youngsters on how to throw stones at Security Forces the tweet from faster was later deleted we heard reaction from both sides. All what we see now in the territories is permanent incitement for people to come and convert to use and even the last. We saw when they explain to their children children you know what teenagers do to throw stones on the israeli passengers. Innocent people in cars and they say dont underestimate the stones its fossil damage please throw stones on the israelis and were usually here listening im gonna answer back listen its not its not proportional no picking up stones and throwing at the occupier is not a palestinian invention and its certainly not something that all of a sudden popped up in two thousand and seventeen the fact is the palestinian protests throughout the past weeks since the announcement under islam have been peaceful there have been absolutely no use of arms while the israelis have used life or they have used tear gas this proportionately and in a manner that many have said is not in line with International Law or the standards used usually by other law abiding states we are not waking up in the only group of followers palestinians to kill or to shoot what we hear on the palestinian policy no communication mean we hear every day incitement to kill israelis launching. Exploding what do you expect us to do the fact that israel is the occupying power in palestine is a legal fact its not up for debate this has nothing to do with opinion it has nothing to do with for special program it certainly has nothing to do with god what happens every day in palestine is the palestinian population confronting. Harry that is basically the regional superpower a military that has control over every aspect of life for palestinians we confront these israel these soldiers at the checkpoints we have to deal with them when we need to move from one point to another in our own homeland they decide whether we can build our homes or not whether we can keep our schools the control is absolute we do not leave me there for me only by deduces all capital and i believe that some day east policy indians will come to negotiate us instead of using their all again stars they will have a couple of our model for the first time in history paula still will never state side by side but israel and this is what were into one palestinian who felt the brunt of the Police Response was this fourteen year old boy had been hurling stones at i. D. F. Soldiers and was injured after being hit in the face by a rubber bullet was injuries were a step too far for the boys cousin who confronted the confronted two heavily armed soldiers last week and was filmed kicking and hitting them. I had to meany is now charged with assault and incitement along with her mother the Court Previously claimed the pair posed a danger and put them into custody its father defended his daughter though saying she feels she had no choice but to take action. Pillock to pull herself as of. What a fighter for the palestinian issue she believes that we must study directly all the time she needs to be to over the soldier in the direct to the air in the clashes with the army. This is what she believes in. For that when i saw her when she saw. The army she became more active more of our. Leader to fight the. Now twenty seventeen did see a number of countries tackle independence campaigns from restive regions and they were met with legal clampdowns and also sometimes violent force because young of looks now the referendums which made waves from europe to iraq. For hundreds of thousands twenty seventeen became a hero hope a year of promise and here of broken trust referendums a cornerstone of many democracies in the ultimate soon of transforming the will of the people into people power in practice has arguably broad far more disenchantment than results. Leading up to its vote spanish catalonia saw it all from countless walls sprayed with pro dependence graffiti two million strong demonstrations madrid has never approved of the referendum who ruled illegal under the spanish constitution but when a date was set anyway the future seemed bright for Independence Support is. That. It and that that ninety percent at the ballot box said catalonia should break away. We have the right to decide our future weve won the right to an independent state billed as a republic. The outcome of the vote was hardly a surprise and neither was madrids response. Was that. The Catalan Government was sacked by madrid independence leaders who accused of rebellion and sedition as they fled into exile were arrested decembers snap election brought a slim majority to separatist parties but with a pro union Party Winning the most seats so almost back to square one and nowhere near the independence promised at the referendum bus alona was even banned from lighting its iconic fountains yellow with the color deemed the session a symbol. Iraqi kurdistan is another region that had a short of independence this year and miss two kids came out in force and voted overwhelmingly to secede from iraq then now this is a new era for the Kurdish People its a turning point and we have to use this is a big victory but despite the kurds saying yes to independence thats not what the referendum achieved. And those who won spearheaded the push to break away bowed down. Have informed the parliament that will not extend. Although the briggss though took place back in twenty sixteen domine did headlines throughout the last year. The sun has risen. In the band. Jamie twenty days the National Bank holiday we will call it independence day. Briggs it was supposed to have moved far closer than it has by now but instead appears to be if anything drifting further away and as if the divorce process wasnt painful enough Prime Minister may spectacularly failed to sweep two of Britains Parliament into green lighting her briggs it plans. In july the International Trade secretary said brics in negotiations would be the easiest in human history. Is the Prime Minister still agree with that assessment some created. But it. Can be concluded quickly. Bendish the commission was trying to bully the british people about this resolution for twenty eighteen dont get your hopes too high for of randoms the rest the day in them is thrown out to people as a way of involved. The mass of the population and an important decision but then what happens is after the result has been taken thats the process which is captured by politicians one of the things that i think we have to jason is hope is democracy actually function theres a problem with our democracy theres a problem with were power law is in our society. That wiki leaks had it a Junior Sanchez kicked off a new year with a cryptic message she took to twitter which with a seemingly indecipherable code and also a link to a popular rap song and even many scratching their heads. And watching out International Still ahead for you this hour well have more on the devastating cost of victory in the iraqi city of mosul plus how a purchase at a moscow flea market brought two strangers together from different countries. One day before the birth. Because i just think about that years it went from absolutely piece of work to world shaking wall street transforming society bust a. Twenty seventeen did see the defeat of iso in syria and iraq but the human cost of the victory is staggering and u. S. Coalition air campaign against mosul the terrorist defacto capital in iraq all but raised the city to the ground once a city of two Million People hundreds of thousands were forced to flee many of those buried under the rubble the horrors of war were captured by George Butler hes a british artist embedded with the iraqi army. Arties Daniel Hawkins talked to the Award Winning artist and illustrator about his experiences in the conflicts. What was your First Impressions when you when you arrived and became embedded with the Iraqi Special forces what i found i guess was huge destruction to. Civilian life and as ever its the civilians that. Are losing out more than anybody and theyre the ones with the stories and other ones that i as an illustrator and as an artist i guess are trying to do to get justice to what was the most difficult almost striking thing that you that you saw there something that really made an impression on you on one side a pile of piles of rubble these houses been destroyed in an airstrike and this. Came out and bought me a chair to sit on next you could see i was touring and just begins to tell a story and isis fighters had fled the mosque next door during the fight firefight theyd come into his home where his family were living and the iraqi army had called in an air strike which it so often does in mosul of course killing but also killing his mother two of his brothers and one of their wives this attack actually happened on the same day that theres an infamous attack hundred sixty people were killed in mosul you know the willingness to talk about it and the openness and the normality of it was perhaps the most extraordinary thing and that is the fact that its so regular i guess is was the difficult thing to accept you what was the fortunate to capture this in your drawing but is this something you really occurred all over the city but a lot of the damage that you see is not done by not done by car bombs or firefights but by a strike that story of people civilians being caught up in that its obviously very sad but it is happening in mosul over the last few months i just want to ask you on the point of the refugee camp you made one painting in the. Amount of recently suffered a heart. Born just after the second world war. In this tent outside the main refugee camp conditions the heat. And his wife you can imagine the desperation he hasnt eaten for five days or drunk and. Its a very private moment this man may well be dying maybe it will be dead by now but youre inviting strangers in into your tent for those last moments on the off chance that they can help for me was a difficult choice whether you whether you engage with that story or whether you stand out from it because of course the chance of helping is very i think. What memory you will take away from from your time in mosul the one you know impression that really will will stay with you i think its always this well i suppose its always been the same and that is. That it is the majority of civilians losing out. Hugely to something they have no control of and the lack of this kind of very vulnerable the moment and the lack of choice and the thing that i guess that was sticks to me is that the drawings that im doing are done with the permission as i did were the ones that i was very much emotionally attached to the kind of desire to draw to do justice and draw exactly what was in front of me. George butler talking about his experiences then i want to lighten the chance finding a camera bought in a mosque a free market set a french photographer a seemingly impossible puzzle to solve but she did it is a story. Sixteen beautiful pictures. Black and white pictures which were all about a boy. Apparently an important moment of his life so ive got found him to find him to to give is photos back to him. Who were part of the i was at the airport or my friend sent me a photo of a little boy who looked very much like me with a caption saying looking for a russian boy there are so many questions wheres these photos come from and why is someone looking for me or who is this elizabeth american to get these photos of your shirtless. Found me really. I got a whats a message from dimitri saying i was a russian boy you are looking for good luck in the end i decided to color by skype and we talked for two hours about everything she turned out to be a very nice woman. But it turned out that my uncle had given it to his friend to sell it to market we had forgotten to remove the film from the. Pretty body for elizabeth this planning to come here in february to visit all these places and photos of his written amazing film script for the story thats going to be turned into a documentary ill do my best to help her. Is the idea would be to use a camera as a literary camera which is it is a key object in on that story and use it as a character and really photo in those of us of the camera and go back to the places where the picture was taken. Im not looking for fame i just want to share this amazing story with other people so that others might realize their life is not just about politics and done but includes room for small everyday pleasures. And i story to end on there and thats how things are looking safe today this morning here not International Well be back with more news in just over half an hour. Heres what people have been saying about rejected in the night the senate is full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is that really packs a punch. Yeah it is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same thing we are apparently better than blue. 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