International you know neal our top story this hour now is iran enters the sixth consecutive day of unrest twenty one people are now thought to have died in clashes in the country on monday night nine people were killed during an attack on a Police Station this is footage from the incident iranian media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone there have repeatedly reportedly been more than four hundred and fifty arrests across the country on choose the around Supreme Leader spoke up for the First Time Since the unrest on he accused foreign powers of for mentoring the trouble. The enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack it can infiltrate if you look at the recent days incidents. Who are at odds with these public have utilized various means including money weapons political and. Intelligence apparatus to great problems for these learning system the Islamic Republic and these limits revolution thats because shortly after the hour donald trump was once again on twitter commenting on events in iran just like previously he expressed his support for the protesters. They are really in leadership weve been asking people in tehran what they think about the protests on the encouragement coming from abroad. Giving i feel that if peoples economic problems were addressed these accidents would never happen if someone from the government came and spoke to them and these incidents would not escalate. The cost of living unemployment a lack of attention to people Authorities Say that this problem started with a surge in the prices of basic food supplies. We need to. Know who says time for change should think and be worried about their own country and the rainiest should think about their country everybody should start by trying to make progress at home. I dont think trump should interfere in our countrys issues i dont think our issues are any of his business. Or directly in looks at how irans rivals have reacted to the protests. What began as discontent over Economic Hardship and alleged corruption in the ram 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 you know about oh yeah in recent days we have witnessed protests 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 amid hundreds of arrests violent clashes and even deaths and the conflict has now spread beyond irans borders as International Powers give their two cents 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 that long ago called their country a nation of terrorists iran he chairs the 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 obviously Nuclear Weapons and to work toward support of those elements and shout 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 when this regime finally falls one dude will iranians and israelis will be great friends once again i wish the iranian 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 that israeli probably theyre working very hard with america would be stabilized to counter a basically that 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 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. Well protests have also been taking place in the region over the us president recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital last month. I think i did. I. Mean while theres been artery age over reports that the palestinian Leaders Party is instructing youngsters in how to hurl stones at Israeli Security forces we got reaction to the. All what we see now in the territories is permanent incitement for people to come and call it up to use and even the last. We saw when they explained to the 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 a fossil damage please throw stones on the israelis and were usually here listening im gonna answer back listen its not its not proportional 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 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 live fire 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 resize only 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 it. Certainly has nothing to do with god what happens every day in palestine is the palestinian population confronting and millet. Harry that is basically with 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 believe any other coalition form any body this is all capital and i believe that some day east policy students will come to negotiate us instead of using terror against us they will have a cup or two in the model for the first startling news story policy will ever state side by side and this is what were into. Collusion was a word we heard a lot in twenty seventeen well heres another story of alleged collusion this time though the current years or rather different wiki leaks has published an email apparently showing that the New York Times was providing the state department under Hillary Clinton with advanced warnings about potentially damaging stories and joins us live now from the u. S. With all the details hi there callup what more do we know about this revelation from wiki leaks. Well wiki leaks has put forward this new email which purports to show collaboration between shame scott of the New York Times and the representative of the spokesperson for the u. S. State Department Philip crowley when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state now if youll remember back in two thousand and ten in two thousand and eleven there was cable gate wiki leaks was releasing a number of diplomatic cables from the United States now according to this email and according to wiki leaks it seems like shame scott forwarded the schedule of when these cables would be released giving the state Department Time to prepare and minimize the damage what has accused chain scott of essentially betraying them this is this is the exchange between shane scott of the New York Times and wiki leaks this is known since check with the wiki leaks volunteers who would turn this project we can leaks agreed on a consultation with the state department wiki leaks agreed to pose questions to the u. S. Government forty eight hours prior to publication the New York Times pushed for four days wiki leaks subjected the motion as the New York Times betraying the entire day by day thematically publication plan to secretary clinton spokesman p. J. Crowley not asking questions. Now one of the most favored words of u. S. Media over the last few months has been. And if you look at Hillary Clinton there seems to be a quite a record of collusion between herself and the press we saw most recently that glenn thrush who was a reporter for politico was actually sending his articles to the Clinton Campaign during the election for approval was just hired by the New York Times now this latest example shows a New York Times reporter letting Hillary Clintons state department know about upcoming releases from wiki leaks so there seems to be quite a bit of collusion going on between Hillary Clinton and the press they seem to be almost working together and that seems to be quite a bit of collusion however this isnt exactly the collusion the alleged collusion between trump and russia that the media seems to be focusing on an Interesting Development from new york city with the latest not kill it and thank you. Followers of the wiki leaks editor how being left scratching their heads over a cryptic new year message left on twitter Julian Assange posted a seemingly indecipherable code on a link to a popular rap song its led to online debate over what the tweet could actually mean and theres been plenty of speculation. A member of the anti migrant alternative for Germany Party is under Police Investigation for an offensive social media post our correspondent paula slayer in berlin has the story. Well it all back to new years eve when the police in the german city of cologne posted on their official twitter account a new year greeting now they posted their message in four languages in german english arabic and fringe and the fact that one of the languages used was arabic so infuriated a member of the German Parliament beatrix french top who is part of the right wing alternative for Germany Party the a if de that she posted on her twitter and Facebook Accounts and angry response she slammed the polices decision to post in arabic now although her initial messages have been deleted on monday she posted again and she said and im quoting that muslims are barbarians now she has been criticized both online and offline for allegedly incitement to hate speech as to be expected the leader of the f. T. Has come out in her defense and she has said and again im quoting that the authorities are more committed to imported more raiding groping abusive and knife stabbing migrant mobs now at this stage posts are being investigated by the police she can become the first person to be found guilty under a controversial new law here in germany that went into effect on the first of january its known as the emits diggin law and it aims at cracking down on social media hate speech now youll remember that cologne back in two thousand and fifteen was in the headlines on new years eve when more than a thousand men were accused of causing basic disruptions on the streets they were accused of violently harassing and attacking women now all of this comes at a particularly sensitive time for germany the Parliament Still does not have a ruling majority since talks collapsed at the end of last year still to come on the program why Donald Trumps first twitter tirade of the new year has caused the. Store in pakistan will be back in a few moments. But holds its institutions. They put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president and you have more somehow want to be rich. And shed like to be press this is what before three in the morning cant be good that im interested always in the waters of my. Question. Youre back with International Pakistan has summoned the u. S. Ambassador over a tweet posted by donald trump on new years day and his first twitter salvo of twenty eight to the american president accused islamabad of quote nothing but lies and deceit well for more on all this lets cross to severe accounting news in washington d. C. For us hi some euro yeah have start i think its safe to say to the year for donald trump bring us up to speed on the reaction from pakistan. Well u. S. Focus on relations are at an all time low lately with protests raging on all across the country of pakistanis have taken to the streets burning american flags and chanting anti trump slogans and this is all after trump targeted focused on in his first tweet of twenty eighteen great way to start off the new year accusing them of providing safe havens for terrorists theyre pursuing in afghanistan. The United States has fruitlessly given Pakistan Movement thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given i was nothing but lies and deceit thinking of our leaders as food they give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more. But this is nothing new seems to be repeating his earlier statements from back in august when he slammed pakistan for allegedly quote sheltering terrorists and for him to reduce aid to the country if it does continue to harbor criminals and terrorists now at that time the us decided to withhold two hundred fifty five Million Dollars in military assistance until pakistan did more to combat terrorism now this is a policy that the white house just recently announced will continue as long as it is all about responded saying it does not need us a spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign ministry is quoted as saying we do not need any Financial Assistance from the u. S. And we dont care about it if america wants to stop it we will loudly say go ahead but the foreign minister of pakistan khwaja aasif even chimed in dismissing it trumps tweet as a political such stunt saying that the us is trying to shift blame for its own failures in afghanistan lets check out what else he had to say. Hes again and again venting his frustrations on pakistan over americas failures in afghanistan as they are trapped in a dead end street. Now from islamabad side this isnt even it the pakistani government held an Emergency Security meeting on tuesday and according to reports there will also be a meeting in parliament to craft a joint strategy over the issue now both the u. S. And pakistan have been embroiled in the war on terror since the very beginning. And they formed a Strategic Alliance to fight the taliban and al qaeda a fact that trump seems to be ignoring that sadly u. S. Policy in afghanistan has appeared to fail time and time again it and it doesnt look like the u. S. Has come up with a viable solution to the conflict so maybe its a better idea of. We think stirring up trouble with a u. S. Ally in the years only twenty four hours in similar account in washington d. C. Thank you for not. Twenty seventeen saw the collapse of Islamic State in syria and iraq but the human cost of the victory was staggering the u. S. Backed Liberation Campaign in mosul which was the terror groups the fucked up capital in iraq all but raise the city to the ground once home to two Million People hundreds of followers and to a force that many others are buried under the rubble the horrors of war were captured by George Butler a british artist imbedded with iraq you. See. Daniel hawkins talk to the Award Winning artist on 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 then the iraqi army had called in an airstrike 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 that is so regular i guess is just a different thing to accept you what was before to capture this in your drawing but is this something you really occurred all over the city 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 as well youve made one painting in the. Amount of recently suffered a heart attack. Just after the second world war. Five days earlier. Lying in this tent outside the main refugee camp conditions the heat alone was 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 that for me was a difficult choice whether you whether you engage with that and tell the 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. Well i suppose its always been the same and that is. That it is the majority of civilians losing out. Hugely to something that they have no control of over the lack of this kind of very vulnerable the moment and the lack of choice and the thing that i guess it was to me is that the drawings that im doing are done with permission the best drawings 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. Finally this news hour the Russian Defense ministry has shown its softer side gradually three new years post twenty eight is the year of the dog with the Chinese Zodiac cycle keenly followed in russia the ministry used video from one of its Training Centers storing some of its youngest and most energetic recruits. The fool you. Said dogs life is not a thought is all the news for i join me again and huff an hours time for more global news from r t h q. Its the cradle of jazz. Is america still america we have good food knows this jazz feeling. 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