Nation should be obliged to have the vaccination. We should be put back to the liberating dimension. One of the things compounding the humanitarian disaster. Here is the sheer ruggedness of the mountainous country and refugees return home to the born aqaba. As russian peacekeepers secure the only route linking the region to armenia, r. T. Takes the trip and test the safety. This is our to International Coming to you straight from the russian capital where its just turned 2 pm. Welcome to the program, blood loss and competition killing. It may have provoked Australian Special forces to murder dozens of afghans. An inquiry has found, and some killings appear to have been part of an initiation ritual for new troops. There is credible information. The junior soldiers were required by their patrol commanders to shoot a prisoner in order to achieve the soldiers 1st kill in a practice that was known as bloody. So essentially, the general idea behind this report is that some rogue soldiers, some rogue members of most elite astray in his unit s. A. s, that they have been fusing excellence, military excellence with eagle, with pride, and well with indiscriminate killing. Heres how a top defense official of australia described the atmosphere of the dominated in this unit. The report finds that some Specialist Service ridgemont commanders in australia fostered within the s. A. s. What Justice Burton terms, a self centered warrior culture . A misplaced focus on prestige status and power turning away from or from the regiments heritage of military excellence fused with the quiet humility of service. So to put it in simpler terms, a soldier was given a boost in status in the world, you know, within the unit for kills. So essentially the more kills the movie elite, the more prestigious, the more respected if you work. For instance, the 11 ritual that is described in this, in this document in this report, is that some new recruits were made were made to shoot prisoners compliant prisoners which were no longer combat tends to make their 1st kill. It was called blooding. And theyre also, theres also some evidence uncovered by the investigators that weapons were planted later on the bodies of these prisoners to make them look as if they were fighting back and so on and so forth. And also the report suggests that these kills that they werent made in the heat of battle. So you know how some decisions, like if theres, if theres a heated shootout going on and then if its you or me, if its kill or be killed, then world soldier could be absolved of some of the over some of its actions that later, you know, looking back in hindsight, dont look as good as, as good of a decisions as the seemed in the heat of the moment. That was not the case when it comes to the incidence that this report has been looking into. In fact, one of the investigators that was who is familiar with the matter. She said that killing was made into a sport. He said it was happening again and again, what was happening, what sort of actions are we talking about . It was killing as a sport. Also the report interesting me enough, it absolves it seems to absolve the commander suggesting that the officers officers high in the hierarchy they did know that was taking place. Some difficult and disturbing information to everyone who condone history is involvement in afghanistan, especially given that they went in, that they intervened in this, in this conflict that intervened in the only affairs to the tune of these words. Terrorism is based on evil, intolerance and bigotry. And new free societies such as australia and the United States can never buckle under to bigotry and intolerance. So that the report suggests punishment against 19 members of s. A. s. So this is the number and it also suggests that compensation that the Australian Government owes a financial compensation to the families of the afghan families affected by the events described in this 400 more than 400 page pages report. So well have to see what legal steps and what legal action will be taken in the wake of this probe. International Affairs ProfessorSophia Mclennan believes that foreign troops dont care about afghan lives. The war in afghanistan was always brained and a 2 pronged way while on the one hand accountability for the attacks of 911 arguments that afghanistan had been used as a breeding ground for terrorists. And on the other hand, in attack against the taliban, a humanitarian intervention, to save the Afghan People from a brutal regime. The reality is that none of the behavior that we have witnessed in these reports shows any serious care for the Afghan People. At no time do we get the sense that theres any concern for the future of the nation. And for the complexities of rebuilding a country thats been ripped apart by war since 979. 00. And in fact, in the, the afghanistan papers that were released are only just about a year ago. We found out that the u. S. Government wasnt even really taking seriously counting civilian casualties. They didnt count the bodies of dead afghans because the afghan lives did not count in the war. And so i think we see, you know, a consistent pattern here where theres no accountability and no concern at all for, the people. One death to the cohead every minute. The u. S. , the setting ever more appalling records with a new 6 month pick of coronavirus victims reach this week that makes even tougher lockdown restrictions. Increasingly likely. New york city is closing all Public Schools from thursday more than a 1000000. Students will move to distance learning, but not all parents agree with the move. It causes a lot of stress and the 3rd stress, we really dont have to close down just yet. It kind of please dont do this to, i believe keep the schools open for a little sad. Its close by fats. What passes for the carrots . Its super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant. And yes, get me in a out. Absolutely. And fears of structure lockdowns how people scrambling to stock up supermarket chains struggling to keep up with demand have put limits on the number of items shoppers can buy. Are just kilmartin reports on the growing u. S. Crisis over the pandemic. The number of covert cases across america now stands at roughly 11000000. In addition to that, 250000 people have died. We now have gloomy predictions coming from scientists, saying that that number could double in the coming months with the virus giving no sign of abetting. Many hospitals around the country have been pushed to the brink. One nurse in texas told the horrors of overcrowded morgues. d we have never since its ok for us to be exposed. But you have doctors, you do not even come in even. You cant get exposed, but we can hear a ya make an on the monkey. In fact, it has gotten so bad that in el paso, texas, its Prison Inmates who been given the job of transporting bodies in north dakota. The governor has signed an order saying that medical workers who test positive for coded 19 should still show up for work as long as theyre not showing symptoms. Nurses are furious. Union leaders say this is putting workers in mortal danger. We really feel like it has some issues that patients even are seeing as well. Do you really worry about a nurse . Now . Nurses are exhausted across, treated everybody in that city and having to be have asked people to really stay home and to 1000. 00 of their times. And im confident when were going to turn around. Im going to work with that. We are totally counting any of our respect and credibility at randall arachnid for politicians, though the Public Health crisis is an opportunity to point fingers and blame each other. Joe biden blames the coronavirus deaths that have been forecasted for the next few months on donald trump. And his refusal to concede the election. Furthermore, joe biden is saying that donald trump is the reason that Many Americans are suspicious of the vaccine, which you see as the biggest threat to your transition right now. Given president trumps unprecedented attempt to obstruct and delay a smooth transfer of power, more people may die. The only reason people question the vaccine now is because of the. Now polls are showing that only about 58 percent of the American Public is willing to get vaccinated. And that is not going to change depending on whether or not donald trump is willing to concede the election results. If i took it in that some people might die again with the my down no vaccine. And some people might die in the future or the like in 10 years. So even if it got tested that it was positive and it had no ill effects, i still wouldnt want to take it. I want to see like what the actual effective rate is, how the doses are going to be administered. Is it a single dose of the dose . Like how, like what the gap between doses. So just more information in terms of what the actual rollout will be. The covert 19 pandemic has devastated the country both in terms of Public Health and the economy. There is not much optimism right now, and theres not much hope that a new administration in the white house is going to turn things around. Caleb oppen, artsy new york with the number of cases also growing across the atlantic. Europes gauging Public Opinion on making vaccinations. Mandatory. A British Government survey found almost half the population supports that. But despite significant opposition to an obligatory jab, a senior says those who refuse could be banned from public places. If vaccination works, and if were confident its safe and all indications so far are good, then i can certainly see the day when businesses say, look, youve got to return to the office and if youre not vaccinated, youre not coming in. According to the Ruling Party Lawmaker only vaccinated passengers should be allowed to use public transport, but that sparked a massive online backlash. Many still question the safety of an anti coben vaccine. While others note a mandatory job could only make things worse. Meanwhile, in denmark, a draft epidemic law could let police force the back scene on parts of the population, but it made backtrack on the plans following mass protests, we took the idea of mandatory vaccinations to a panel of experts. On sunday was against vaccinations on one city. My son was partly the situation even students we should holies, fascinations were necessary. Its made by this fact since cheney is soon to be approved yet. So this law is playing fast tracks are also great. Bizarrely the play governments are ensuring that people cannot sue the manufacturers all the company for anything which happens to be tomorrow. Hes as a result of this flaxseed, i think that were in a real emergency situation and its not like, you know, 56 years ago when you make a choice as to whether or not you have actually in rio, raised a major threat, make a Public Health threat by the and theyre tracking the government is not really right. And speeding things up. People are worried that this essentially is kind of straying into the area of proposing and nor a bit of health or a terry intends to at. I want to respond to that to people who add to that. And lets assume for one moment we have a fax, a nation which is safe. What should we do with that vaccination should be obliged people to have the vaccination. Well, there is no law in the u. K. That the government could use at the moment to make you know, bigotry. In fact, the 984 act which comes closest to it actually prevents the government requiring people to undergo medical treatment or vaccination. So there isnt a more, a lot of people are mistrust who are going back in because, you know, people are saying, well, theres all these big crowd with radical companies coming in there making loads of money on it. Who knows whats really behind them. So now actually there is, there is sufficient and i would be right if they were dug for sure. Dont believe my view. I think there and, and he baiting there and creating a mediation where those that were like myself, really wanted to go ahead with the rocks. Forgetting dick bigger and bigger marks, right. In the meantime, we beat you to convince the rest of the population of the worst thing that you can do. Is news corp. I would simply confirm people who troll there were actually create causing more problems in the long run. And that if you read a little bit, basically its the same discourse solution, because if you cant cure, were you talking to public transport, going to russia or towards if you thought about actually wish most people going, shed meet we or total really in the states. If we got a hold on treatment rather than vaccination, and we kept doing what were all trying to do, where mosques, why gloves, social distance is not, not enough. Or do we really need to stray into as people are saying this realm of to konya north stepping in a stepping on the toes of peoples liberties . Well, i think if we could do you do where we are already being on people who clearly i would rather not wear a mask and i would rather not push a wee bit and clearest. And i would rather every vaccine answer with millions. I think most people die from their prosocial backgrounds, you know, are actually very happy to go there actually in the hope that their will on the out go back to normal real right instead of the present circumstances which take a picture of freedom and liberty, the way so most people are reacting is that liberating intervention. And i think its very steely to say that we dont need a vaccine. The u. N. Refugee agency is warning of a full scale humanitarian catastrophe in ethiopia. More than 27000, people have fled to neighboring countries from civil war. In the north, it appears government is battling the Peoples Liberation front, after accusing it of attacking a military base at the heart is then launched a military offensive calling the alleged assault, an act of treason. It is a whim of his for so many is left. Everything can flat will cain with just our clothes on our backs. I was severely beaten and tortured, and we were detained for 3 days. We near death from hunger and thirst before they released us. Children, adults, and pregnant women had been shot and thrown into the streets and beaten with sticks,. After they took control of those c. T. , they stole all homes. The humanitarian situation on the border between ethiopia and sudan is quickly evolving and its extremely urgent. In the matter of a week, the u. N. H. C. R. Has already recorded more than 30000 refugees who have crossed from ethiopia into sudan. We lost everything our belongings, our livestock, everything. I do not know anything about my children. What does the world not see us now . Where will we go . Will we just die . We barely escaped with our lives. We ran away. Whoever did not flee will die. Were now joined live by barbara la spokesperson for the u. N. Refugee agency, the u. And h. C. R. How drastic is the humanitarian situation in ethiopia . Right now. Thank you very much for us unitarians, because we dont have much access insight into a b. S. Degree region. At this time, what we are seeing are a stream of refugees that has been arriving since 9th of november in sudan. It all started with a trickle on 9th of november of 200 or 150 and the secondly on 10th of november, 6800 utopian refugees in just one day. Since then, the number has crossed 31000 coming by the thousands. Every day. Yesterday there were nearly 2000 that arrived. We, as you can see, are in other humanitarians are being the sudanese are told to used to rush supplies and help these desperate refugees. But the situation is really overwhelming. The humanitarian capacity. Youre talking about supplies. What do the refugees need . Most of all, at the moment, many of these refugees are coming with nothing. They just fled saving their lives. We have seen mothers with their children on their backs. A people have 2 and done it one border crossing, crossing a river. So they have to take a boat, very desperate, covering with horrible stories. They need all the things you need 1st, we need to get the water food and shelter, and stabilize their condition. The numbers are so huge that its really challenging to reach everyone. This is a limb or corner of sudan is trying to build shelters, trying to install health and hygiene installations because were also dealing with the as well. So these desperate refugees need everything, and the fear is if this fighting goes on, there could be thousands more on the run. What are the main challenges the u. N. H. C. R. Is facing and getting aid to these refugees . That locations are really removed in eastern sudan. So far we had to look for crossing into income. And you know that if state now, hearing reports that since this weekend, the numbers are also a rhyming in the Blue Nile State as well. So we need to rush things to the border points in terms of immediate assistance, but its also trying to help the authorities do move closer to the border inside sudan and the distances we are talking about. It can literally take you one full day to go from point a to point b. In terms of even taking in response. What needs to happen for the refugees to start rebuilding their lives, to have hope that theyll be able to go back to their homes. Most important thing like this conflict and many other wars. The consequences on civilians are very, very visible. We are making a call for this fighting to stop. We are making a call inside the region of or the respect in the, of the human life and safety of the civilians. We as humility to use, dont have much access as much as we want to go in and help those who are affected and trapped inside. So we are asking for a humanitarian corridor and also safety for unity and workers as well. But the most important thing is this should not be allowed to drag to become an in the refugee crisis in the region. Weve been speaking with our spokesperson for the u. N. Refugee agency, the u. N. H. C. R. That you so much for your time, and your comments and your group of refugees has returned home to the disputed region of newborn a car bomb under the truce reached between armenia and azerbaijan. Last week, russian peacekeepers have secured the key road, connecting the area with armenia, allowing dozens of buses and cars to pass through. Arches run gas to have tested the route himself and brings us this report. One of the things compounding the humanitarian disaster here is the shia ruggedness of these mountainous country for the 10s of thousands of people who fled the fighting for them to return home. They need a safe route, but because of the fighting various segments of the routes to get about under the control of different sides. What the Russian Peacekeeping mission has been able to do is to make the achaeans key, corridor safe for all these refugees to return. So we went for a very literal test drive to see if its true afresh. And peacekeepers really had convinced. Is it about john to let mean refugees written it turned out to be a very cautious dr. The other problem, of course, is the weather. These late in the year in november, december, it gets increasingly cold, increasingly wet and visibility is down to what . 20 meters at this point. The roads are treacherous. If youre a refugee though it isnt the fault youre afraid of. Neither is it the bad roads, the end exploded munitions or the bodies of the dead. Its there leaving that scale you just over a week ago this was a fiercely contested front glide. It still is a frontline in the room no longer contest that the next 19 kilometers off to the sun. Held by is headed by judd, through russian mediation. The sides have agreed to let all traffic through unmolested. Meenie and its headed by john the military vehicles, civilians or refugees, that 1st few willing to trust the other side. We heard that there were azerbaijanis about ambushes here. I didnt know if it was true or not, but now i know everything is fine. Here. Am i afraid, of course, im not afraid of what is there to fear when youre driving under a russian flag. The situation is that booth son, its who were at war just over a week ago. Have to share the same stretch of road and its up to russian peacekeepers who patrol the road and who is stationed at various points to prevent the 2 sides from taking revenge on civilians or harassing them. It took a lot of work, but russian peacekeepers were successful. New weapons are allowed not even for as added by johnny. I mean the troops, everyone searched every vehicle, inspected every weapon, confiscated. Here we filmed the small as it is by john. The military convoy pass immediately after cars carrying armenian refugees, which by itself was unimaginable 2 weeks ago. Its not that i havent been home in 15 days. Were going back now. Thank you, everything is going fine. Thank you. But everything changes, if you would have believed russian peacekeepers and i did it by jonny outposts, would be situated metres apart. Or that as added by john, the troops would be barbecuing food and setting the table as armenian refugees. Return to cattle by the city will we have had no difficulty with the neighboring outpost. We have very good relations if they need something, we help them. And if we need something, they help us good. Everyones playing by the rules. The ceasefire stands and thousands of people are returning to their homes, their previous lives more, i guess the of from the garden account, i bought another piece, still armenia, and azerbaijan will hold on to their current military positions. I gave armenia control of the disputed regions, largest cities to pen a carrot as a by song, get the 2nd biggest city in it, which it took just before the fighting ended. Armenia will also have to hand over 3 other districts in the region. And thats our wrap up of the days top headlines for now. But if youre looking for more, you can always had a number to our website. R. T. Dot com seemed wrong. But all in all, just all in the world yet to say power. Does this come at a cost and engagement equals betrayal . When so many find themselves worlds apart . When just on the for Common Ground during the vietnam war, u. S. Forces, also bombs, neighbor, unless there was a secret war. And for years the American People did not know how so much that is officially the most heavily bombed country per capita in all human history. Millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this Small Agricultural country. Jordyn wieber went on a canal which happened then. Even today, kids in laos, fall victim to bombs dropped decades ago. Is the us making amends for their tragedy . And what help do the people need in that little land of mines . Big city, bright light, huge opportunities and many dangers. Like any capital city, moscows standard of living comfort and growth rates attract people from all over the country and the beyond. And they all come with different intentions. Its also a city where up to 300000. 00 crimes are committed every year from those in the last 2000, not to have thought some of the richest of the it thought that there was at least one Police Officer for every 200 of the 12000000 residents in russias capital in a trick of the another with a coming in without these people in uniform, moscow just couldnt develop as fast as it does. And it wouldnt be moscow, as we know it for a bit of a hand to hand drug dealing is old school, illegal websites, selling narcotics in russia make annual profits of at least 1500000000 rubles