Ultimately suffer a great losses and the Afghan People more as weve seen over these last 18 years. Follow their welcomes just here in moscow are you watching international now the ousted bolivian president evo morales is on his way to mexico granted him political asylum he resigned on monday apparently under pressure from the military and what he described as a coup. Sisters and brothers im leaving for mexico grateful for the openness of these brothers who offered us asylum to protect our life it hurts to leave the country for political reasons but i will stay in touch i will soon return with more strength and energy since his resignation bolivia has been rocked by more unrest the worst things of looting in the capital with buses set on fire mass protests began over the disputed recent president ial election with opponents of morale is claiming fraud the final result gave him just enough of a lead to avoid a runoff however supporters of morale is have turned out in large numbers to both in bolivia and across latin america yes are hailing his ousting as a victory for democracy despite the power vacuum it did leave behind and Bolivian Armed forces say they will take joint action with the police in controlling the protests you push down off as more. You may have heard that bolivia has lately been celebrating a triumph of democracy the resignation yesterday of believe in president ever morales is a significant moment for democracy in the western hemisphere these events send a strong signal to the illegitimate regimes in venezuela nicaragua that democracy and the will of the people will always prevail i dont know if it was a breeze in south america or if it was oblivion hurricane of democracy be here today i feel a little breeze in venezuela of freedom and justice well here is what a triumph of democracy has looked like in bolivia president morales resigned the Vice President resigned the president of the senate the 3rd person in line for the top job you guessed it resigned. The Bolivian Army and Security Forces are the only viable force left after they renounce their allegiance to the government and took the side of the protesters. We suggest to the president of the state to resign his president ial mandate to allow for peace and stability for the good of our believe yet. But its not as black and white as the Anti Government side might want you to think plenty of people have been supporting evo morales in the streets and its them who have been getting the short end of the stake here. In fact. That was the key reason for morale us to throw in the towel he wanted the violence to cease. And why am i deciding to resign so the opposition does not keep pursuing my brothers and the unions we are resigning i am resigning precisely so that my brothers and sisters leaders and authorities of the socialist movement dont continue to be held hostage chased and threatened because in bolivia morales has no one not a 100 not a 1000 supporters hes got millions this a tobar of 47 percent of bolivians voted for morality and while critics of the ballot are screaming bloody murder this is specter the Election Fraud is within a 3 percent margin evil moralities a die hard leftist as believing bolivia for 14 years under his rule the countrys economy has been growing faster than at any period over the past 3 and a half decades morale as viewed as the voice of the poor managed to drastically reduce poverty and economic inequality he significantly increased the minimum wage to and boosted social spending millions had no problem with that and all of them are now represented and protected by nobody really for a daily sort of a moment that the opposition is now enjoying its fleeting triumph i hope that this will not lead to even more violence because even more or less has huge support among the population when everything calms down most bolivians memory and i believe theyre good people women will realize that they have been manipulated and they have something to compare with 1314 years bolivia has experienced the highest level of prosperity in its history has been stability Economic Growth the elimination of illiteracy and extreme poverty it is almost a question of who won the election isnt worth it everyone knows that even more or less were the only question is the. By which you were in the right are calling for violence in the most insulin way there are considerable resources and weapons behind them so if there are clashes in the street when there are no Law Enforcement agencies when the police tape part in rioters when the military says it will not go against the people were not god the embassies the palace of government what is left evo morales to do to avoid bloodshed to avoid more violence furthermore the Army Commander asked him to resign what could he do to avoid more bloodshed and violence just leave but this is what we call a coup the organization of american states not only allowed this but is also part of this coup the organization of american states has always been a tool in the hands of the us it is time for us Latin Americans to create something of our own because we cannot continue to resolve disputes in washington or even worse in the organization of american states. Meanwhile bolivias political turmoil has given rise to questions regarding the future of the countrys resources some are predicting that moralities departure could now open opportunities for Multinational Mining Companies and thats because bolivia is estimated to have 9000000 tons of lithium reserves the 2nd largest in the world that is significant to you as experts are predicting that the Global Demand for the chemical element or triple by 2027 that increase is being driven by the rapid expansion of certain markets that do use lithium for example today it is used widely in electric cars batteries for various portable Electronic Devices and also military hardware kaufman from the alliance for global justice thinks that bolivia has been hit by the resource curse. There is no question that washington as. The. Regime change efforts. Every country. Particularly has resources. Youre. Going to. Industrialize. There. Its just. Raw materials. His plan was for bolivia to begin producing batteries refining the lithium and producing batteries. Which cuts. Transnational corporations for a profit stream. Was rail has killed a leading commander of the Palestinian Militant GroupIslamic Jihad in a series of airstrikes on the besieged gaza strip the group responded by firing rockets into israel so lets get more now from our middle east correspondent poorest in tel aviv good afternoon to you paula just tell us more then about what we know. Well this week the army has confirmed that its most wanted man in gaza and in fact its the most wanted man internationally was assassinated just over midnight in the gaza strip now he is the leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group. And the strike occurred in the early hours of this morning we understand that an additional person was killed initial reports suggest that it was his wife and their 2 other people has been injured after the strike on a house in the east of gaza now dozens of rockets have been fired into israel primarily southern and Central Israel in response the israeli army saying that by 9 oclock this morning some 50 rockets had been fired at the country with its iron dome intercepting some tween. The 1st rockets were fired to tell of revolve around 8 oclock this morning i was out on the streets and this is rush hour all the traffic came to a quick standstill the buses moved over to the side of the highways and people quickly disembarked and lay on the floor so that they would have a protection between the buses and the steel bars of the highway on the other side so the situation here in israel is extremely tense the reserve units have been called up people have been told to open their bomb shelters and People Living in the south and same to the country have been told to stay home and not go to work and unless they have essential jobs now the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has said that this leader was a commander who was poised to launch imminent attacks against israel take a listen. Sunni Islamic Jihad commander who was targeted overnight in gaza he was responsible for many terrorist attacks and the firing of rockets at the state of israel in recent months and had intended to carry out imminent attacks the idea of action was recommended by the i. D. F. Chief of staff and director and was approved by the Prime Minister and defense minister. Now the Islamic Jihad has vowed to take a vengeance on his death theyve issued a statement with her must and this is despite israels warning hamas not to get involved just got off the phone with colleagues in gaza and they said that the situation there is extremely tense in the last few minutes a motorcycle was targeted in the north of gaza one person is reported killed and at least 10 people injured another rocket also landed in an empty space in the north the funeral of the Islamic Jihad leader is currently under way in gaza city now all of this comes as a separate attack on the damascus home of a nother Islamic Jihad political leader took place also in the early hours of the small and according to Islamic Jihad the son of the commander was killed in a blaming the israeli army as of yet theres been no comment. The response from the Israel Defense forces syrian media is reporting the attack they say that 2 people were killed and 6 people were wounded but at this stage theyre not saying who was killed and who is responsible for this assassination just to mention that the last time israel carried out targeted assassinations was back in 2014 so the 2nd indicates a resumption in the israeli policy of targeted assassinations ok thanks paula for the update that was our middle east correspondent paula slayer reporting from tel aviv thank you. Are some of her aides and her wreath laying ceremony were held in the u. S. On mondays the country marks veterans day this years commemorations they also drew protests in new york where demonstrators voiced their anger over americas continuing involvement in foreign wars came as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said that the conflict in afghanistan is far from over despite all of the promises of pulling troops and their efforts ongoing its been ongoing for 18 consecutive years i suspect it will be ongoing into the future for several more years that mission is not yet complete. I also made it clear that our commitment would not be open ended and that we would begin to draw down our forces this joy why are we continuing to train these afghanis who then shoot our soldiers in the back afghanistan is a complete waste of time to come home. Recent polls do show that a majority of veterans do not believe that the conflicts in either iraq or afghanistan were worth fighting general public is similarly unsupportive of washingtons involvement in those wars or the u. S. Has maintained a continuous military presence in the middle east since 2003 its been in afghanistan since 2001 the peace talks there which would allow the u. S. To pull out or ongoing although donald trump has called off negotiations several times we spoke to a number of u. S. Army veterans about this they told us that americas power projection abroad has actually made it less safe. U. S. Military veterans from all wars are very very concerned about the propensity of the United States to continue to use warmongering as an instrument of Foreign Policy and i myself was in afghanistan in december of 2001 as a diplomat i helped reopen the u. S. Embassy there and thats 18 years ago and at that time we were telling washington you only have a small window of opportunity here the us going into afghanistan in 2001. Will ultimately suffer a great losses and the Afghan People more importantly as weve seen over these last 18 years and particularly in the last 6 or 7 years are suffering for a minute as tremendous casualties and deaths were told that it was weapons of mass destruction that there were ties to 911 that were bringing democracy to the people and i felt like we were doing many of those things i think our military Industrial Complex is profiting from war and i think that we actually made our nation less safe and less secure and we didnt defend our National Security we created a lot of enemies internationally where we didnt have is as deep of enemies and a its going to create a lot of conflict and strife for the American People in our communities in the future watching us am going to take a quick break were back with morning scenting. Join me every thursday on the alex song im sure ill be speaking to us on the world of politics sports im sure ill see you then. Again you with me and i with a u. K. General election just around the corner the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn has been branded a stalinist the attack comes though not from a rival party but from an Interfaith Charity one that is receiving funds from the home office to combat extremism as the story. The u. K. Government is generous in granting money to various charities and organizations and thats undoubtedly good when those organizations are against these other phobia and anti semitism building a more Friendly Society take for example Faith Matters a Charity Organization norge to help faith communities working on integration dealing with hate crime and countering extremism theyve also been recipients of u. K. Government funding through the home offices county Extremism Program but with elections looming and campaigns kicking off Faith Matters it seems also has another agenda as theyve been accused of launching a major attack on the countrys main Opposition Labor Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn describing the party as being a stalinist cult of korban this country needs an effective opposition for a healthy democracy labor is now regressing into a stalinist cult of corbett. As a left wing muslim i cannot vote for carbons labor the truth of course is that he has backed Armed Conflict dozens of times he just hasnt backed by u. K. Forces Faith Matters has been accused of tweeting about labor and mr corbin more than 200 times since it was listed by the home office as a recipient of it support thats 5 times more than about the conservatives Boris Johnson or to reason may its hard not to notice that the organization is targeting corba not only for alleged anti semitism but also a ray of issues including sympathy to the syrian president Bashar Al Assad for example Faith Matters denies the allegations focusing their attacks on the labor party so they also criticize the Movement Conservatives who have been plagued by repeated accusations of racism and islamophobia Faith Matters has been and will continue to be critical of the poor way in which antisemitism has been tackled within the labor party correspondingly we have consistently been critical of the conservative party and their lack of transparency in action around stamping out anti muslim bigotry within parts of their Membership Base now its not the 1st time organizations financed by the u. K. Government have been Court Funding anti corben campaigns the Integrity Initiative a subsidiary of the institute for statecraft which has received more than 2000000 pounds of Foreign Office money spread defamatory content about Jeremy Corbyn on their twitter account later the Integrity Initiative was forced to apologize that was a mistake and we wrote letters of apology to Jeremy Corbyn where as apple a tickle as we could be and the Foreign Office ordered an investigation into the matter if there is any kind of organization for which we are paying which is involved in domestic politics in that way i would totally condemn it but it seems the questions will continue to rise to the extent of the u. K. Governments funding for groups and gauging in such political attacks specially just before an election that could decide the u. K. s future for many decades to come. There is a body of people particularly who take an interest in his National Security policy and or who are overwhelmingly critical wouldnt insist skeptical about the school good policies and his past involvement and worse it seems to be far enough for some of the to criticize those without hiding behind the word charity lobel just saying this is my view these or why i think but i think if you. Present yourself