Things compounding the humanitarian disaster. Here is the sheer look goodness of the mountainous country. The refugees were taught home to nagornokarabakh because russian peacekeepers secured the only routes in linking the region to our media team takes the trip. Untested safety. Youre watching out international, beside say the one thing, 19th. But good to have your company. Well, blood lost and competition killing may have provoked Australian Special forces to murder 39. 00 afghan civilians that acquiring has found that out. And some killings appear to be part of an initiation ritual. For new troops. There is credible information, the junior soldiers 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 the most elite, the strain is 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, overstrain 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 birch, in terms of a self centered warrior culture . A misplaced focus on prestige status and power turning away from or from the ridge meant 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 instance, the 11. 00 ritual that is described in this, in this document in this report is 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 the, 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 these 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 the killing was made into a sport. You say 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 learn to everyone who condone history is in room and in afghanistan, especially given that they went in that they intervened in this, in this conflict that intervened in of danny affairs to the tune of these words. Terrorism is based on evil, intolerance and bigotry and new free societies, such as australia, 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, so well have to see what legal steps and what legal action will be taken in the wake of this probe. International fast fast affair, mcclellan says many foreign soldiers have shown a disregard for afghan lives. The word afghanistan was always framed and a 2 pronged way, one 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. The u. S. Death toll from code 1900 beyond a cool to over a 1000000 infections have reached a 6 month peak and the virus is now killing one american. Every minute. In response, new york city is tightening its restrictions and closing all Public Schools from thaws day more than a 1000000. Students will move to distance learning, but not all parents agree with the move because of the law on the ground and the search for us, we really dont have to go down just yet. It kind of please dont do this to us. These people, schoolchildren are a little sad, its fine. Thats the price for the care. Its super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant. And yes, it makes no sense to me out. Absolutely. New yorkers are now anticipating father knockdowns and stockpiling essential goods Supermarket Chain struggling to keep up with demond to put limits on the number of items shoppers can buy, and hospitals across the country are now on the severe strain. As caleb maupin reports. 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 to with doctors. We do not even come in the u. K. He takes both, but we cant hear a ya make him on a monday. In fact, it has gotten so bad that in el paso, texas, its Prison Inmates whove 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. And nurses are furious. Union leaders say this is putting workers in mortal danger. We really feel like it has a mission. Patients be interesting as well. Do you really worry about a nurse or now . Nurses are exhausted across the street and everybody in that house and having it started, we have asked people to really be heard and your current team and their contact, and im positive and were going to turn around. Im going to work with that. We are totally counting any of our respect and the credibility that we have delivered a community, you know, i dont, you know, 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 do 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. And the only reason people question the vaccine now is because of donald trump. 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, as some people might die again with the my down no vaccine and some people might die in the future like in 10 years. So even if it got tested that it was positive and it had no ill effect, i still wouldnt want to take it. I want to see what the actual effect of the doses are going to be administered. Is it a single dose of the dose . Like how frequent, 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 and are to see new york. My pump aoe has reiterated the u. S. Hued that the occupied Golan Heights a part of israel. The u. S. Secretary of state visited the area on fathers day from bio is it is well on a 3 day trip. And he announced a new u. S. Initiative to combat the international boycott. Divestment and sanctions movement against israel pump a, a promise of and to submit to convert to block funding for any groups linked to the movement. And during the press briefing, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu out someone who was the president , thanks to president the u. S. Working those jews who was israels capital, moved its embassy here, thanks to president trump. The United States recognized israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Thanks to president , the u. S. Pulled out of the Dangerous Nuclear deal with the wrong place, crippling sanctions on the union regime and eliminated the mega to customs who might be the simple fact of recognizing the reality of jerusalem as the rightful proper true capital of israel. Crazy that the United States had done this for decades. When we moved our embassy there, a simple just a record speaks for itself. During the trip administration, america stands with israel like never before. My pump. A also infuriated palestinians by paying a visit to jewish settlements in the west bank, protests quickly tun violent as rioters held rocks at israeli soldiers. Protesting against u. S. Secretary of state imposed a visit to new illegal settlement coldly which is unprecedented. That makes trump an accomplice in your crimes against the palestinians will continue to come from this deal of the century with the disappearance of truong. And i. So i know we have suffered from all american administrations because it is a bias towards the israeli occupation. But this administration is a partner with the israeli occupation. We will try to change things when President Biden takes office. It is a long struggle. We will do all we can to uphold the interests of our people. We will defend our land to the end. That is, believe that this visit by the secretary of state to the settlement, spots of own go in aggression, is because president drum is against opposed to people like political analyst whos based interests. Thanks for coming on. I want to start off with the words of a promise to negotiate to his side, rather accuse pompei of using trumps final weeks in office to quote, set another legal precedent violate international law, and perhaps even advance his own future political ambitions. Whats your take a lot . Well, certainly ill agree with him that it is unprecedented. Its an unprecedented move for any, you know, high ranking american official on the level of secretary and certainly secretary of state which is the highest in america to come and visit. You know, a community, a settlement in the Golan Heights, so you know, it is, it is amazing. Is an amazing achievement for, for israel, from that point of view. And it is unprecedented with regard to what he says, its a political move. You know, i think the campaign for 2024 is already starting because what theyre doing here 1st of all trump shows that hes not giving up the fight. He may say, you know, have to concede the election or realize that on january 20th, hes going to leave the presidency. But hes not giving up the fight and he keeps working for israel in the middle east, even in this lame duck period, where hes not where hes on his way out. And what he does is he sets the stage. So once President Biden comes in in january, he either has to reverse these things, or he keeps it. Now its a win win for the trump and the republicans because if he keeps them, thats what they want for israel, thats what its and you know wants, thats what most israelis want. If he reverses them, then it looks bad for the democrats, meaning it may help the palestinians, but it looks bad for the democrats. And as the, you know, political machines are getting ready for, you know, 2022, senate races and congressional races, and certainly for 2024 president ial. This will differentiate the republicans and democrats with regard to israel. Palestine has suggested that its ready to have a clean slate with a potential bite, an administration. He think that means that they expect to be rather more tough on its way out. Well, 1st of all, i didnt know that palestine was a recognized country in the world, so we refer to them as a Palestinian Authority because up until now thats, thats what theyre considered. But palestinians from the Palestinian Authority, i think, are already showing that theyre willing to work with the, by the administration. Theyre happy to work with the biden administration. And theyre even warming up to relations with israel. And we saw just in the past few days that they have renewed under the direction of and they have renewed the Security Cooperation with israel. Well, in the west bank, which is very, very important for both the palestinians and israelis fighting terror and trying to prevent terror that coordination is going on. It looks like theyre going to be receiving the tax money, which is theirs, that israel collects on their behalf, which theyve refused to do for a long time. And they will be employing their Government People again. And theres even talk of readjusting their pay for slave program. Any 1. 00 of the most popular programs in the Palestinian Authority. And one of the greatest expenditures in their budget is of course, the money that they pay every month to 2. 00 convicted, murderers, convicted terrorists who are sitting in jail or whove been killed by israeli forces. They give their families a very large stipend, where you know, it almost pays to become a terrorist, and your family is guaranteed a pension for the rest of their lives. So they are, they are adjusting that. I dont know if theyll adjust it. You know to that, to the like of israel, but there is movement forward. And i think that from the point of view of israelis and palestinians, the election of joe biden is going to be seen as a good thing in the region. And that will bring palestinians and israelis closer together. And especially after this term where israel has achieved so much with the trumpet ministration. There now sets the stage to start a real discussion between israelis and palestinians, and the palestinians have an election coming up in march. And it will be running again, hes in the 14th year of his 4 year term. So well see if he wins reelection or if the palestinians who probably deserve better leadership at this point will be able to, to elect someone else who can work better with israel, has come out very strongly and granted palestinian p. T. s boycott. Talk about sanctions. And. In your opinion, all background for that allegation. Yeah, i mean i think the people that are doing that it started from, from, you know, a palestinian activist. Many of them with a terrorist background. You found that, you know, the terrorism isnt working anymore. They have to move towards the Financial Sector and towards the economy, economic sector and boycott israeli products. So, you know, this is a blanket thing that discriminates against all israeli businesses. It makes it political. And it is seen as just another way to bring this into, into this, this debate and into this conflict. And they do seem to be trying to maneuver and to try and do that. Even though you know, a 1000000 and a half Israeli Arabs live here. And they also suffer from this. So its just a change of tactics from terror, terror tactics that weve seen to now try and make it look more legitimate and boycott. But this is really just, its against the state of israels right to exist. And its saying that you have no place here and were going to, were going to boycott you. So i think that a lot of people that fell very, very well on israeli ears across the spectrum. Israelis are very against these initiatives. And weve seen now with, with the United Arab Emirates and before rain, that there are people that want to do business with israelis. And thats really going to be the basis for the Peace Agreements with other countries in the region, whether its morocco, saudi arabia, and eventually the palestinians, the palestinians, or the closest, the closest People Living to israel. We have a lot of interaction with them. We have a lot of trade with a lot of, of business with them, and thats going to really be the basis for the, for the next agreements. So these kinds of things have boycotting there a thing of the past for many years countries wouldnt buy israeli products, wouldnt sell israelis, their products. And the world has really moved to kind of a borderless, borderless paradigm where people dont see any borders anyway. So why single out the only jewish state by saying we cant buy these products, it doesnt make sense that it is antisemitic. Well, thought me that your political and skip is changing a little bit that people wanting to see what happens if you take the rains. That was michel brought political analyst. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Police have detained at least 20 protesters in the armenian capital, in an ongoing wave of unrest over a Peace Agreement with the by john, demonstrators formed a human chain smoking several roads in the center of caravan, including on Prime Minister to resign. Police moved in to break up the line of traffic is now moving again. This follows a week of protests across on the over the new corner karabakh truth. Truth last tuesday, that deal was brokered by russia to and 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the disputed region. Many are median. See the treaty as capitulation, as it allows, as a by john to hold on to its minute to gains, including the city of shashi on media will also have to handover 3 of the districts to baku. Meanwhile, refugees are retiring to care about finally and russian peacekeepers all securing the key highway, connecting the area with all media have tested the route for himself. Im 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 road, 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. If russian peacekeepers really had convinced is it about john to let, i mean, refugees written it turned out to be a very cautious drive. 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 reasons at this point, the roads are treacherous. If youre a refugee, though it isnt the fault youre afraid of. Neither is it the bad routes, the end exploded munitions or the bodies of the dead. Its still leaving the scale you just over a week ago. This was a fiercely contested front blood. 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 a judge through russian mediation. The sides have agreed to let all traffic through unmolested on 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 is what is there to fear when youre driving under a russian flag. The situation is that booth side 2 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 they did by johnny was, 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. Posse mediately off to cause carrying armenian refugees, which by itself was unimaginable 2 weeks ago. You know, you know, 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 by johnny 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. Everyones playing by the rules. The ceasefire stands and thousands of people are returning to their homes, their previous lives. Why gas the of our team . From the garden, a car bomb or the Un Refugee Agency is warning of a full scale humanitarian catastrophe. And more than 27000, people have fled to neighboring countries from civil war. In the north, Ethiopian Government is backing the team great peoples liberation. Front, alter, accusing it of attacking a military base, or 3 teens. That launched a military offensive calling the elected assault, an act of treason. We worked for so many of us 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 and been shot and thrown into the streets and be to, a sticks. After they took control of 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 . When we just die, we barely escaped with our lives. We ran away. Whoever did not flee will die. It all started with the trickle of the 9th of november 100 or 115, and the 2nd, the 10th of november over 6800 utopian refugees in just one day the humanitarian side of being this and of these are told to used to rush supplies and help these desperate refugees, but the situation is really overwhelming. The capacity, many of these refugees are coming with nothing. They just fled, saving their lives. They need all the things you need 1st. We need to give didnt want to have food and shelter and stabilize their condition. The numbers are so huge that its really, really challenging to reach everyone. This is really more corner of sudan, is trying to build shelters, trying to install health and hygiene installations because were also dealing with the rain. So these desperate refugees need everything, and the fear is if this fighting goes on, there could be thousands more on the run. Well from other world news employee, one pass that has reportedly been shot at several others injured during antigovernment clashes in haiti demonstrate to set up barricades and torched police vehicles, but its unclear who opened fire. Protesters have been calling on the president to step down over holdups, an allegation crowds and chilly, odd simonton, justice for dozens of People Killed in a long Running Police crackdown. They gathered outside the product, the president ial palace in santiago and were met by riot police who want to count on the country has been gripped by unrest for more than a year now. And finally, end people are keeping up the pressure on the government over a new antiabortion. All the new rules, criminalize abortions, except in cases of rape or wow. A womans life may be a danger to the countrys constitutional tribunals gave the green light to the law. Last month, thats all from me for the moment. Thanks for sticking with me. 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