Talked with one of them after the murder of some old, but she, i decided not to show them at all because i felt wonderful. I false about my profession was attacked. A very good morning to you from our team here and most go you are watching R T International with me carol, first a heinous assassination. Thats how the United Arab Emirates described trying days killing of a wrong top nuclear scientist, jordan, another key player in the middle east also condemned the death as the u. A. E. Urged all sides to prevent instability and escalation in the region. The attack sparked uproar in a wrongs campus all with rioters burning the flags of israel and its ally the us, as well as torching porter, said donald trump and joe biden will demanding war with america. To run immediately blames the incident on israel, which denies the accusations his want to know about the assault with her on a lady vowing retaliation, it will only aggravate the triangle of tension between the us is well on to run. As a ghost on of explains that creates a real headache for a future biden of an administration. So far, its been up to run to make accusations and israel along side with the us quite expected. Lee, are its prime suspects. Warning against any adventurist stick measures by the United States and israel against my country. Particularly during the remaining period of the Current Administration of the United States in office. The Islamic Republic of iran reserves its right to take all necessary measures to defend its people and secure its interests. In response. Israel, the one country whose spies might actually know more about iran than iran knows about itself. Has had this to say. I have no clue who did it is not that my lips are sealed because im being responsible. I really have no clue. And the United States, the same United States that kicked off 2020 with an open assassination of irans top general has been completely mute this time. And it would be perfectly fine given the total lack of evidence and nation thousands of miles away from iran had anything to do with the killing except in the past weeks. Several unconfirmed reports claim the donald trump was seeking options to attack iran to further detail. Its nuclear program, factories that there would make a perfect target given he was quite a celebrity for israeli intelligence. Remember that moon 5 years ago. So heres his direct and uses. The general loom is to announce the closure project on mars. But then the special activities, you know, what that is, special activity will be carried out under the title of scientific know how developments. And in fact, this is exactly what iran proceeded to do. It continued this work in a series of organizations over the years. I know for preside a well, he doesnt know how well i know him. If i met him in the street, most likely i would recognize him. He does not have a new unity. He did not have immunity, and i dont think he will have immunity by aggravating iran. Trump would also be throwing a spanner in the machinery of joe bidens Foreign Policy. Given that the president elect has hinted at a friendly, a stance on to iran will offer to iran a credible path back to diplomacy. If iran returns to strict compliance with the nuclear deal, the United States would rejoin the agreement as a starting point for follow on negotiations. With our allies, we will work to strengthen and extend the Nuclear Deals provisions while also addressing other issues of concern and europe, whose leaders probably still have a p. T. S. D. Over januarys prospects of world war 3. Have been pointing out that this latest killing creates a tough road ahead for biden, a few weeks before the new u. S. Administration takes office. It is important to preserve the scope for talks with iran, so that the dispute over Irans Nuclear program can be resolved through negotiations. We therefore urge all parties to refrain from any steps that could lead to a further escalation of the situation. During the past 4 years, trump has sent americas relations with iran, back into the path of us, tell it by unilaterally tearing up the nuclear deal, recognizing jerusalem as israels capital. And sending his top diplomat on a Charm Offensive to all of the middle eastern nations that oppose iran. Thats definitely what the israelis were aiming for. I mean, theyre there, theyre sure and hope is that the United States is involved in a military action against iraq. Thats, thats their ultimate goal. Thats their ultimate objective. You know, void of that. The next best thing is to ensure that the United States doesnt improve relations with iran, by rejoining the Iranian Nuclear agreement in the way you do as a sabotage, any effort at diplomacy. I mean, when you knock off the number one scientist in Irans Nuclear program, in a suburb of tehran in a bold, daring daylight attack, youre not going to have the iranians go, hey, thats ok. Lets, lets get on with diplomacy. Its going to get the reaction. Its getting right now, a hard line iranian response that will further restrict the efforts of not totally shut down the efforts of International Inspectors and only increase International Concern that iran might be edging towards. A military weapon is ation effort. This new high profile death, even though theres no hard evidence to reveal the culprits will only once again prove to tehran, that the raw power as hell bent on destroying it, and with the wounds from the assassination of gen, son, imani, still fresh in the mind. No one can be expecting restraint from iran. Europes a guantanamo how a Rights Groups described kurdish controlled refugee camps in syria. Most are women and children with many of them. Islamic state family members are holding a u. Citizenship. The report contains eyewitness accounts of inhuman and degrading treatment. Last winter, 3 and children were burned to life. We saw the body so the babies. They tried to ban my neighbors 10 dad. The attack was nice, they throw rocks, attends. They beat us, has the children. 2 men in military uniforms who had their faces covered with these cards and were carrying kalashnikovs entered very fast. They took my son who was asleep. I screamed, they said, dont scream or we will beat you. The children injured by gunfire had to wait for a long time before being transferred to hospital during a syrian war, hundreds of european women and their children have been detained by Kurdish Militia and security concerns. But the report warns of many women, it plated or even forced to travel to the country by islamic state, husbands or recruiters, kurdish Authorities Say they lack the resources to manage the camps properly. And although kurdish authorities admit they must look after detainees, they blame the International Community for failing to help. In particular, the e. U. Countries whose citizenship, the women and children hold, Member States have ruled them a security threat. So not their responsibility, but lawyers for the refugees say thats just a political excuse. The decision was that the dutch government does not have to pick up these children and these women from syria right now. What the judge says is that this is a political decision. And that it is not up to the judge to decide whether they should do this or not. I emphasize that a National Security threat means a threat of the most serious kind to the public. The resists serious risk from anyone whos aligned with ours. So keith, best former vice chair of the European Council on refugees says, even if the refugees have committed crimes, they must be tried in their home countries. Human rights is something that you just cannot contain in one country or whatever it is universal. And the laws about human rights should be applied to the diversity and that includes in these camps rather than leaving those even if they. d are accused of crimes or accused of having gone to support an action or a group or terrorist group which is contrary to the laws of the country 2 of which there are citizens. But those people should be brought back to the country, prosecuted and tried for that assailants in their country, of which they are national. I can understand the reluctance of Security Services wanting these people to come, but, but at the end of the earth, you have to do with your citizens as you find them rather than just forgot all left to be forgotten about those teachers in norway fair pass. No consequences if they show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in class. A survey has found that in the wake of last months murder, a french teacher, samuel piety, who displayed images of the founder of islam to students on the weekend teaches says, there are now very real dangers to those working in a profession. After the murder of summer, i decided not to show them at all because i felt its wonderful. I felt my profession was attacked at the moment and the freedom of speech over expression was attacked, of course. And i wanted to find other ways to express myself and to achieve the same goal with my teaching. Because the character gets your drawings are not the goal there and just rests a part of criticism against a religion. And theres other texts we can use as well. According to the poll, almost 2 thirds of teachers, fish showing the images and in france parties were so proving extremely divisive. President mccraw insists the cartoons are about freedom of speech, but muslims are outraged. But im not just one of our competitors was murdered because he taught our competitor. It was the victim of an islamist terror attack. The day the norwegian teacher we spoke to adds that they should be free to decide how to explain religion to students. Theres the law on that is the law on that one hand and freedoms of speech on the other hand. And we can maneuver in between the limits of those. And i dont want to have anyone telling me which texts to choose in my teaching. I think its really important that teacher, its all around the world is allowed to to, to make those choices by themselves. We have the curriculum and we have these limits. And i think for us its really, really important too, to make choices about these things ourselves. The thing is that the each and curriculum has a very important main topic, thats democracy and citizenship. And we are teaching in with the law on one hand, the laws against hate speech and in the rain. And we have the human rights on the other hand rights. So we have to maneuver in, in between them and for us. And we will have to find our way to achieve, to develop the students skills and their, and ability to, to read a tax cuts with a critical mind. And i think we can do that, even though were not showing the least specific pictures. In a historic 1st u. S. President elect, joe biden selected an old female Communications Team as part of a promise of a more diverse administration. Caleb maupin assesses how an unusually buoyant American Media are treating biden and his nominations. The u. S. Mainstream media seems thrilled that it will have a new White House Team to report on this january. And the Biden Administration seems quite thrilled about its upcoming relationship with the 4th estate. And President Biden believes that the media is a critical piece of our democracy. He also believes, though, that the medias job is to hold him accountable. He walk of that relationship, the idea of a better relationship with the executive branch is certainly appealing to the media. You are being very aggressive, as is the job of a white house correspondent, david gregory, and i are sitting here talking about our experiences. Pissing off everybody in that room, pissing off president obama pissing off president bush 1st, long as ive been alive for as long as youve been alive. No leader of the free world has publicly spoken about the press. The way trump does it is points already the press are hitting home, the hard questions. Please just make yourself your business. Does russia have any leverage over you the mantra or otherwise . And if not, will you release your temperatures to prove it . How will that color your attempts to build a relationship with a leader who has been accused of committing an act of espionage just. 8 kidding, those were the questions they asked when donald trump was transitioning into power. Now at this point, biden has already been the president elect for 3 weeks, and this is how tough it has actually got. Going to encourage unions to cooperate our grandkids back to classroom, sir. If the media is giving him such a grilling, what 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, you just spoke of. Some of the dangers of the president s continued stonewalling of this transition, but it doesnt appear that the president is going to come around anytime soon and admit defeat. So what are you going to do . And what is your message to republicans who are backing up the president s refusal to concede . Yes, the press is doing its job and being oh, so tough on biden. Some democrats want investigations to go forward against President Trump after he leaves office to support that theres going to be some tension between getting unity getting things done, working the republicans and investigating any wrongdoing that occurred during the trial administration. So weve got journalists accepting joe bidens, non answers as the focus now seems to shift to his picks for the cabinet, who all seem to follow a certain pattern. But he didnt. Once his teams have people of every race, color, creed, gender, and sexual orientation, who supported the war in iraq. Now with poll after poll showing that the American People are tired of foreign wars, you would think that the media would press him on the fact that hes filling up his cabinet with washington establishment or ox. But the mainstream us media has decided not to go there. This is about the least flashy team you could possibly get. They are deeply experienced. They are humble, and they are life long. Public servants is the experience of intelligence professionals for 3 years at the cia has been handling the National Security team. The transition for joe biden on National Security and is a respected intelligence professional trying to repair what is broken here and less focused on the team of rivals, to repair team, to fix what has been broken. Now to be fair, there are a handful of journalists asking real questions, but this pretty much sums up the new attitude. Can we just take a moment and just i dont want to talk moment to, to drink you in for just a moment because im having to get used to looking at a president. Again, you know, ive gotten out of gotten out of the habit you got to go, i got a warm up for joe biden. So after a president ial term of digging for dirt around the white house seems like now the media is busy filling the trenches back again. One thing we can certainly expect will be another 4 years that are the polar opposite of the last kaleb up and r. T. New york. Still to come a report on Australian Military war crimes in afghanistan threatens to affect those who had nothing to do with the offenses or time you will. After the break the Foreign Policy team of a potential buy in ministrations be counted by the liberal media. We tell you why all this should be for a fine also, theres a lot of talk of a great reset and build back better looking back on bode well for the future. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person the day or thinks. We dare to ask join me every thursday on the alex. Im unsure when ill be speaking to us of the world of politics, sports business, im show business. Ill see you then. Welcome back. Australia is demanding china apologize for posting a shocking mock up images, a mock up image of an australian soldier with a knife to the throat of an afghan child. A warning you may find the image to being the pictures. Part of a tweet by Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson condemning the unlawful killing of afghans by australian troops. But Prime MinisterScott Morrison lashed out of the image as truly repugnant demanding its removal and an apology. Well, early australia, australias were moved to australia is moved to dismiss 13 soldiers over unlawful killings in afghanistan as the country deals with the fallout from a damning report. Daniel hawkins asked if it will hurt those that are not involved in the crimes. He is sending shock waves through australia, dozens of afghan civilians and prisoners of war killed and brutalized by special forces. The evidence systematically deliberately covered up. And as the grim details emerged, calls for Army Top Brass to take responsibility have grown. In these cases important that not only is there accountability in the Defense Forces for individual alleged acts, but also in the chain of command about those who had responsibilities and accountabilities in that chain of command. The report was heavily redacted, but it still described as possibly the most disgraceful episode in australias military history, and the commanders are feeling the heat. There is a process to be followed here. Weve received the inquiry one week ago. We need to follow a very deliberate, very methodical and very fair process. Whats the best damage control . Well and apology for starters. To the people of afghanistan on behalf of the Australian Defense force. I sincerely and unreservedly apologize for any wrongdoing by a stroll in soldiers. Such alleged behavior profoundly disrespected the trust placed in us by the Afghan People who would ask us to their country to help them. Action has begun to trickle down so far. 13 soldiers are facing anything from warnings to discharge if they fail to explain their actions. Its still unclear though, if criminal proceedings will go ahead and many feel this is insufficient and unacceptable. Its not the whistle blowers, its not david mcbride, its not jealousy. Manning . Its not, julian, its noted snowden, it is the war criminals to be put in prison at the moment. I came to sinai on this issue was even going to think war crimes, even when i mean my experience of rape scene and defense chiefs have opted to go further and strip medals from the thousands of afghan veterans who had nothing to do with the crimes causing a massive backlash from the military community and beyond. This is not fair on thousands of our soldiers who served with distinction and deserve the thanks of a grateful nation, not to be thrown under the bus. Over the last 3 weeks, 9, serving and veteran soldiers, 8 men and one woman have taken their own lives. Though theres no direct proven link to the scandalous britain report. Some say perceptions of collective blame are damaging veterans mental health. Basically branded, every soldier sees all of the 3000 as murders, and its just not right. And it will have an awful impact on these people who are very vulnerable. Afghanistan is not a normal war, its not between its a guerrilla warfare. The reality is like sending back these soldiers chime and time again. And i think that was quite wrong. And that explains, i think it was happened. And you know, the politicians have a lot to answer for this and, and everyones ducking for cover on the leadership has also made clear that responsibility must go up the ranks for what happened in afghanistan. Accountability ris with those who allegedly broke the law. And with the chain of command responsible for the systemic failures involved. Ironically, general campbell himself was in command of australian troops in the country from 2011 to 2012. When most of the killings in a broken report took place. Even receiving a distinguished Service Cross for his efforts, his medal doesnt appear to be up for a vacation. And as the scandal drags on with army chiefs finding themselves under fire from all sides, accused of doing too little too late. Dodging blame themselves are now collectively punishing innocent veterans, whatever the outcome. The broken report, fallout is only just beginning and going to karabakh is trying to rebuild after the war between armenia and azerbaijan, with Russian Emergency workers on the frontline of the relief effort in the regions biggest city. The hanukah if you are really going to worry about this, its a happy day for the region like you have. The city has reopened. One of its good looks of things to the russian peacekeepers. Children are learning. Again, youve got people that you think that you just know you are going to introduce is about you g. s. A Medical Center has been built alongside deployed emergency units to provide 1st aid to both rescuers and citizens. Lets take a look at some world news in brief. Now what police have searched the home and office of Diego Maradonas doctor in argentina, prosecutors are looking into negligence claims over the football stars death. The 60 year old died on wednesday off to a heart attack while recovering from brain surgery and indonesian volcano eruption a sent flying 4 kilometers into the air. The public has been banned from coming anywhere near the area. No injuries or damage property have yet to be recorded. On the small german town has found a novel way to keep the christmas spirit, while maintaining social distancing rules. Amid the pandemic in the south of the country, a drive in lets locals placeholders for polish. Think it through the Christmas Markets in mecca. Thanks to a thing on the international this monday morning. Were back at the top of the hour. Seemed wrong on one old rule. Just dont hold any old belief yet to shape out just to come out to it. And engage with it was betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. Always be polite, never engage with a negative, a good or confrontational. Dont get into any conversation or start answering questions. Just ask for a survivor. Charities. Definitely dont want to be going to trial in the jumpsuit. Youre more likely to walk free if youre rich guilty, or if youre poor. Youve got 2 eyes and ears and one mouth. So you should be seen here and a whole lot more than youre saying if you dont take that advice, easy going to dig yourself. Im after towns you were going on the ground after repeated aerial bombardment of syria by israel armed by britain e. U. Nations in the United States coming up in the show, we ask a former middle east based m i 6 agent, whether a joe biden presidency signals, a new road to damascus and the renewal of Isis Al Qaeda and u. K. U. S. E. U. , it tempts that regime change in syria even during a global pandemic. And what bloodshed to expect from obama officials accused of facilitating civilian drone killing and the destruction of libya, africas richest per capita country. And as an inquiry launches in rumania after a coronavirus intensive care unit sets fire and kills. And we investigate all script film collective with its echoes of el edged incendiary profit driven corruption for which an inquiry continues here in london into the grenfell fire in the poorest area of one of the richest in the world. All the small coming up in todays going on the around the football star, Diego Maradona being mourned today around the world. Not only once said in my heart, i am palestinian. He declared the motives of western powers in syria was to destroy a secular nation hours before he died. Warplanes from israel, armed by britain, even nations, and the us a bomb, the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world, damascus. Joining me now from room is the conflict forums, alister crook, who cut his teeth at m i. 6, and says the siege of bethlehem has dedicated his life to deescalating violence. Alastair, thanks so much for coming on going underground. I think its a 1st time although we dont chose the right before