Good morning this is r. T. International the dutch led criminal trial into the downing of the may 17th passenger plane opens on monday almost 6 years after the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all 2 198. 00 on board a subsequent probe allege that the missile which had the plane was transported from russia the probe itself has been heavily criticized as biased rather dubious give reports from the netherlands. Its a trial its set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book Missile Launch from russia into Eastern Ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 the 4 suspects are not charged with personally firing the missile the men all deny the charges International Arrest warrants have been issued for them but they wont be here and will be tried in absentia some of those that we expect to be here are 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and thats because dutch prosecutors say they face significant risks to their safety but even before the court has heard a single argument some treating the trial as a story that already has no stone left unturned russia is probably involved and if involved theyre probably going to cover it up 51 percent of russians and directly involved are right now it looks like its russias fault because. Its russias fault i its clear some dont need to wait for any Court Verdict to draw up their own conclusions russia claims this kind of coverage has a clear intention in the bit of Media Campaign has taken an unprecedented scale of russia and its citizens are presumed guilty that is unacceptable it has been launched in the last few days prior to the hearings in order to compensate for existing gaps in the evidence and to conceal the attempts to manipulate the facts so that it fits with a chosen theory that prosecutors say they have evidence that the book a Missile System was transported from russia into the Donetsk Region of ukraine in the days before it was fired now russia says thats not true its presented evidence that the fatal missile serial number can be traced all the way back to the 980 s. When it says it was transport. It to ukraine then a member of the soviet union and its there it stayed after the collapse of the u. S. S. R. But the joint Investigation Team into the mh 17 tragedy has russia says ignored what it believes is a crucial piece of the jigsaw russia was also refused full participation in the probe and as such says it will not recognize the verdict reached here by the Court Despite the fact russia was denied being a full participant of the joint Investigation Team since the very 1st day of the tragedy the Russian Federation has actively assisted the investigation and during the past year is conveyed to a dutch colleagues a large amount of data connected with the mh 17 crash unfortunately most of these materials were ignored by the joint Investigation Team this includes a test by the book manufacturer to try and pinpoint the location it was shot from. Russia claims that test shows the mis are likely came from an area controlled by Ukrainian Forces but the findings were checked it by the j. I. T. With its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible. We have established that the Russian Federation was complicit in the downing of m h 17 because they made available the weapon that was used to shoot down the plane we have all the material to substantiate that the official investigation also received criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved the countrys National Carrier but his thought is they were not given full access to essential information that was contained in the black box of the flight recorders while the countrys now former Prime Minister has raised doubts. On the very beginning we see too much politics indeed the idea was not to find old hold this happened when not all there. Seem to be concerned that it did on clay need to be on russia many relatives of those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are expected to be present at the trial so this is a court case about finding the truth and perhaps finding closure for a devastating chapter of their lives some have already you crazy for not closing it skies over a conflict zone in the east of the country but whatever the outcome here regardless of whether the 4 men are found guilty or innocent nothing will ever bring back their loved ones. R. T. Them. Scores of south African Women were sterilized without their consent and Public Hospitals a disturbing new report has revealed we spoke to one of the victims who found the uterus of being removed only when she tried to get pregnant 11 years later. 1st tour of the baby was too big and they had to perform am i c section and remember when i walk up i ask them why they have each by nature my family then they explain that the people is too big and then 26 to make good engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months. But that me being able to conceive with any thought or see a doctor i really just thought it was just my land and fertility issues dr will prescribe medication opera fine and when it goes there thats really learned that i didnt have to reassess at all i dont think there was anything wrong with me i didnt have any complications before birth and i didnt have any complications after birth for some reason for im known reason they just decided to move my uterus im seeing it and nongreasy in because as im sitting in this moment i dont know why i was leading this to alive when i met with dr ed ridge who confirmed that he was there when the procedure happened he also could not give me the answer all you could say to me was that they did the operation to save my life i dont know to save my life from what. The commission for gender equality study investigated complaints of 48 victims of south africa sore sterilization as a way to fight hiv and hospital staff for some of the women to sign consent forms according to the World Health Organization so that because suffer from the Worlds Largest stage of the epidemic more than 4000000 women are a job the positive according to the report illegal settlers ation was carried out in 15 Public Hospitals between 20022005 the study was complicated by the fact that hospital staff tried to hide documentation but the victim we spoke to says that shes not even a child very positive. Im not hiv positive our high auto richie offices theyre quite aware of this and ill say this in camera they are quite aware of the practice and you know doing anything in the news been held accountable it seems like our doctors about of the lol i didnt find any paper and i couldnt have find it because at that time i was a minor and my mom who was there with me all the time also didnt find any concern for no woman deserves to go through what i am going through and what youre all going through is literally legless to realized i do not want my daughter to be singing the same song that im singing today because if im bearable with the pain that comes with this if im but its unbearable and most of all rise violated my rights as a human being will rarely to my right is a woman were violated my reproduction right were taken away from me and no woman ever answer that regard should go through what we are going through. Weve contacted south africas Health Authorities for a response we await their reply and meantime the Health Minister now wants to urgently investigate the issue. Donald trumps Reelection Campaign is filed a 3rd lawsuit against the us media in just 2 weeks the president s teams now accused c. N. N. Of false and defamatory statements about alleged Russian Support for the upcoming vote his campaigns already sued the Washington Post and the New York Times or legal actions are calling for millions of dollars in damages because the looks of this 2nd wave of russian meddling is styria now about the 2020 elections. This is it weve got to make up our minds on what the hell is going on i that putin is a demigod of chaos so nothing area so evil suma level and he puts the joke at the shame or left wing media is clinically insane you decide the president is a russian operative that sounds like the description of a bad hollywood screenplay but it is real and trump are picking their opponent this is now we wired and the ticket person suddenly has got all of our Political Class every single one of us including the media exactly where he wants one publication decided that this level of crazy isnt koku nuff they ventured to go where no one has gone before and blame russia for everything not sure what to believe in god the fever of mistrust is the desired symptom of a powerful virus a confident supping worm of mutual suspicion that russia has planted in the operating system of american democracy whenever an american disagrees with another american a russian but is behind it the Washington Post has reimagined history they suggest that democrats and republicans havent actually disliked. Each other for decades have been try to impeach each other and barassi each other smear each other for decades that putin made them hate each other apparently Washington Post has never seen American News they dont need putin to confuse voters the New York Times says lets call the disease the trump virus to which i say lets rename dimentia the New York Times do you see any thing except trump on these other Cable Networks plonk as networks the you and i think you know i dont and i think its a real disservice to American People c. N. N. And the times cant be trusted on any topic because theyre to range filter spits out the same answer on everything orange manpad see journalists working for old publications like to think theyre better than you smarter more righteous that you are really its who need to be fed what to believe in they dont see you as equal they are elite you know what i think donald trump has cast himself in this remarkable hes running against the elite the elites include the leaders the Republican Party the new interim the New York Times these elites have fed you russia gate for years when you came out and said he found no evidence of trump colluding with russia did they apologize of course not elites dont apologize in the words of the Washington Post its not very fault they told your lies its russias its simple logic putin wants to divide america the Washington Post others actually divided america but it isnt their fault its putins because he wanted it the us has divisions because its one of the least aquittal societies on earth in terms of economic despair. To blame such things on russia it does at least 2 things one it prevents us from looking at ourselves and our own problems but also creates tensions with russia another Nuclear Power unnecessarily and i think all this russia scapegoating is ridiculous talk about this information this steel dossier you know the one about trumped the p and the prostitutes which the media discussed for years despite it being obviously fake the Washington Post now blames russia for it russia they say was behind the 90 russian dossier the reason that makes no sense to you is because you are not arrogant enough and could admit to making a mistake at leats they caught the dossiers author chris steele has also resurfaced and hes upset a lot because he ruled a fake dossier but because no one took it seriously this is the kind of ara gance these people are infected with i was surprised that very little of what i had discussed appeared in the final report the reality check is that russia is the host style state as it is run at the moment it is out to destabilize the west ultimately elite ism is incurable its critic and the severity of symptoms is variable my only hope is the next time a Washington Post journalist catches something with his zipper he doesnt blame putin for it but its a small hope the papers generally represent the elite and they detonate generally represent elite opinion just repeat the claims of our political leaders without question or comment in serving they have helped manufacture this russia gate hysteria or. For 75 years since the u. S. Bombed tokyo in the deadliest raid in history after the break well be asking people in america or in japan whether they even know about one half of. The world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those with. No dares thinks. We dare to ask. An almost choked small seemed wrong all right old quotes just dont call. Me old yet to shape out these days it comes to education and in games from an equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the us fire bombing tokyo the deadliest air raid in history and it was built in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year on the scale of more pincheck for the people in the u. S. And japan even though what happened. Americas use of atomic bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki is Common Knowledge however there are other atrocities from that historical period that have slipped out of the memory monday marks the 75th anniversary of the United States launching bombing raids against tokyo. U. S. Officials knew full well that many civilians would die and that did not deter them flying fortresses will be dispatched immediately to send the papers cities of japan on fina that wont be any hesitation about bombing civilians it will be worn out the idea was to demoralize the japanese population by inflicting death and misery on an unimaginable scale the bombs that were used were incendiary and a city made mostly of wooden structures caught fire rather quickly youre going to deliver the biggest fire cracker the japanese have ever seen Major General curtis lemay the mastermind behind the operation said that the victims were scorched boiled and burned to death the usa went on to use this tactic of massive bombing of civilian areas in both korea and vietnam 75 years later do americans have any knowledge of this atrocious act of war lets find out on the biggest bombing raid and hiroshima nagasaki where Nuclear Bombs there were 2 hiroshima noon actually it was the tokyo bombing raid in 145 that had the highest death toll is not the tokyo but you know the thing about we often dont think of the crimes committed by our own side during the war why is that because americans dont do anything wrong when wonderful we never torture anybody we dont waterboard which is the wonderful loving people who believes everything. No government tells us the people who decided at the end of politicians they just take it and say ok. We might lose a lot of civilians or whatever and they still do it because for damn power is more important than wide that the people former us president barack obama visited hiroshima and nagasaki tacitly acknowledged differend this impact of using Nuclear Weapons there was some survivors however those who did not perish in the tokyo bombing raids have been widely ignored so i know about the bombing of tokyo on the night of the 10th of march but only from history books honestly i dont know anything about the bombing of tokyo i know by the bombing of tokyo but im surprised that its already been 75 years our parents and grandparents never told us about that so we only know what we learned from t. V. And newspapers i dont think theres enough attention being paid to this in our education in japan. I know about the bombing of tokyo but i have forgotten the exact date i think the media should tell us more about this tragedy not just about hiroshima and nagasaki. From a theoretical point of view i see why the americans thought this was a prize worth paying to end the war but personally speaking ill never be able to accept this as 8200000 people were killed including women and children on the elderly its sad that very few people in the west seem to remember the suffering and innocent victims of that war it looks like the people are there remember only these tommy bombs dropped on japan now there is no consensus among historians about whether this massive bombing was actually necessary in order to defeat japan however it is widely acknowledged that mass death and civilian casualties on such a scale should not be forgotten caleb martin r. T. New york. Though the survey by the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america has revealed appalling levels of suicidal sentiment among Service Members that the shows almost half suicidal thoughts since joining the military round 2 thirds know veterans whove already taken their lives in iraq war veteran antiwar activist vincent i knew well says hes not surprised. Most of the veterans that i know i think have indeed had those thoughts and i think your mindset changes quite dramatically throughout your service and i think after being deployed and especially if you. Had seen or experienced combat and i think. After those deployments and deploying multiple occasions i think all of this plays a factor in whether or not. Better ins are more prone to commit suicide to become violent to become addicted to drugs or alcohol people come home and lives in relationships and families are put under incredible stress because people are coming home and after having experienced all of those horrific things often turn to very destructive behavior to cope with those things. Almost 40 percent of veterans also report a lack of Job Opportunities after they leave this post military veterans say that they face a loss of purpose they struggle with reintegration into the community and normal social interaction Health Problems and getting treatment other issues into my new allegheny says getting out of wars globally would help. The u. S. Government unfortunately is not doing enough the Us Government has done more over the years the Veterans Administration is in much better shape today than it was 15 years ago when i 1st started using it but thats not because the government took it upon themselves to do it its because thousands of veterans and family members of veterans stood up and fought for those things and of course the wars continue to go on so we need to deescalate all of the current wars we need to withdraw from afghanistan completely we need to withdraw from iraq we need to withdraw from syria we need to withdraw from libya we need to withdraw forces from somalia and all over africa. And that would be the best 1st step if we dont the the best thing you can do for veterans is to not create more veterans. Will start taking a heavy hit from the spread of coronavirus all prices plunged on monday after the crude producing group opec failed to agree a cut in output to study markets are these to me has more on the mounting economic losses worldwide. A few months ago no one had even heard of corona virus but now its causing a collapse into chaos and panic spreads around the globe at a pace the disease could never hope of achieving panic attack new alarm bells ringing out of the corona Virus Outbreak in this country a corona virus has unleashed a wave of panic across the country its a nice government has. Shut down across the country as it struggles to cope with corrosive ours as a result people are in fear for their lives theyve slashed their travelling cancelled their vacations and seemingly bagged all the toilet paper and keep supplies in sight as they await the approaching apocalypse but guess who suffers the most local and International Business which rely on said people to stay afloat as you can imagine finding a way to make money and give people a sense of security is no easy task and many businesses have already taken a hit one of the largest annual multimedia festivals in the us south by southwest has thrown in the towel as the whole city of austin declared a state of emergency over fears of the virus spreading and a former president ial hopeful who was due to attend expressed deep concern over the cancellation also worrying for awhile money im disappointed not to be going to south by southwest but my disappointment is nothing compared to the economic harm and lost opportunities to everyone who is counting on south by southwest food wages tips business and published city the economic losses keep mounting over a 1000000000. 00 have already been lost due to the cancellation of major global events including google i o. The Geneva Motor Show and mobile World Congress among others even hollywood has felt the release of the upcoming james bond movie ironically titled no time to die with cinemas across the world closing their doors especially in china the Film Industry is at risk of losing over 5000000000. 00 businesses are desperately trying to find ways to stay open italian theaters asked audiences to sit 3 seats apart as. The caution before the Italian Government calls all cinemas nationwide anyway the mayor of boston even tried to guilt trip so many from pulling out of the pax east of that. International company you have an opportunity to set a good example is the leader in technology you can show that you are motivated by thanks not fear as a leader in gaming and culture you can show that you believe in connection isolation there are even talks that the 2020 olympics and might be held without spectators as the markets keep hemorrhaging money with global stocks plummeting by roughly 9. 00 trillion dollars some have proposed radical solutions to the crisis maybe wed be just better off if we gave it to everybody and then in a month that would be over because the mortality rate of this probably isnt going to be any different if we did it that way than the long term picture but the differences were really wreaking havoc on global and domestic economies needless to say the proposal drew an almost universal backlash online rick some telly has already prescribed did make sure everyone is exposed to it and let the ricas die really rick great then i suggest you be the 1st in line to receive the virus that isolate yourself and if you get sick no problem is just another statistic he can step up and be the 1st to serve his country while he did quickly apologize for his insensitive remarks it still begs the question how much will the coronavirus cost the world and is that price too big to pay ok ill be back with the best for you at the top of the hour the other. 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Deescalation regarding what is next for syria also coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. Talking some real news im joined by my guest underneath me good i own he is a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations we also have dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor and innocently internet media project and in london we cross who are going to be here as he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lets go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly in