A little boy who was pulled from the ruins of a block that collapsed in russia. Around the clock across the world this is your r. T. International from the team and myself you know no meal hello and welcome to the program or top story. Tried to storm the u. S. Embassy in baghdad with some of the protesters starting a fire there the reportedly demanding its closure and that American Forces exit the country iraqs Popular Mobilisation forces say over 20 people have been injured in. The compound the iraqi Prime Minister has urged the assemble to leave the Embassy Warning of a tough response if they dont comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and in syria kill 25. People at the weekend. It was. God it was. God the i call the situation is unfolding quite dramatically as we speak the latest reports suggest that the u. S. Embassy staff including reportedly the ambassador has been evacuated from the american compound and this comes as Iraqi Security forces continue to fire tear gas at the crowds that have gathered there now earlier on tuesday they were funerals are hopeful some of the victims of the american airstrikes on sunday and following the funeral part of the procession made its way to the American Embassy where we see these scenes unfolding earlier the baghdad government also summoned the American Ambassador for an explanation of sundays strikes in which the americans targeted 5 targets belonging to the cateye his below armed group now this is a group that emerged off to the American Invasion of iraq it has been primarily involved in firing at american troops and it is one of the main militia groups that has been fighting Islamic State in syria and iraq now the United States says that one of its bases was hit by a rocket barrage on sunday a base in qatar cook during which one of its contractors was killed and although no plinth group has claimed responsibility for the attack the United States insists that it is this has been a group and hence it justifies its actions in fact the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hook has defended the operation again now saying that the u. S. Is targeting iranian backed militia to prevent the aggression of what he calls to iran one of the things we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect american feces and american citizens in iraq. The missions of restoring deterrence against me integration the protests began on sunday night after hundreds of protesters took to the streets as news broke of the american strikes on this particular group and they started chanting slogans against america saying down with american no to american burning american flags burning as well the flags condemning the american actions and expressing support for those who the americans have targeted. Lets not delve a little bit further into this story im happy to say were joined live by middle east expert only been him for more on this unit good to see you just beginning with the embassy storming which is of course a developing story as we speak from what youve seen how big a Security Breach is that we know a fire has started stuff we believe evacuated. I think this is a big story. This storming of the embassy. Shows the. Iraqis are not willing to put up with the american attack on this group. Has been. Determined to try and revenge in old saw. Symbolizes the wishes of the iraqis to get rid of the american presence in iraq we are speaking to youre in jerusalem at the moment we saw as really flags being burned as well at the protests right after the u. S. Strikes what is the link in iraq or is just just the default thing for them to do. So therefore for them the american attack on the 5 bases of the iraqi militias on the syrian iraqi border. Symbolizes a joint operation of america and israel together because this year where the attack took place. In areas where. Also israel israeli airplanes attacked bases of. Iraqi militia the xabi and the this is the year when the. Claims is used this is a breach to for weapons from iran if we are iraq to syria into lebanon so its very significant that this place that was attacked by the americans is also attacked by israelis and the it iraq is sure that there is a coordination between the United States and israel concerning these iraqi militias Something Else weve seen that perhaps wasnt seen in recent years was a rocky top officials openly criticizing their american counterparts in fact the iraqi pm called the u. S. Airstrikes a violation of sovereignty how badly have those strikes damaged ties between the allies. Of course itd. Damage with 1st of all the iraqi Prime Minister is called see the. Hes not considered proamerican saudis no surprise that hes criticizing the United States but they think it basically the iraqis are very worried that in the eve there will be not will not be a strong response by the Iraqi Government. Then the Iraqi Government will be considered by the people as a collaborator with the United States against the people of iraq so they have to come out and they criticize and attack the United States you mentioned around there the usas that was retaliating against a rainy and backed militias there for how was it justified in conducting these strikes in iraq and syria. Well you know youve got the. Bases are on the the border. In syria. But the americans are explaining that these are. He running in backed militias iraqi militias big by urine is sold theyd this is the justification for attacking these bases on the border of the sea rain iraq do you think iran will react to what has happened is is there a danger of direct military confrontation in your eyes. I dont think so i think they. Are very smart and they will of course there will retaliate but they will do it through their proxies the. Militias the iraqi militias that are loyal to them to the to tehran and i think that what part of what we see now with the American Embassy or bug that is part of the iranian retaliation. Youre only thanks very much for your time were joined live by middle east expert jani ben many came thank you. Well just on the topic he was explaining there igor is. A look at her iraq caught up in the standoff between the u. S. And russia. They come they see they leave a barren wasteland american air strikes on foreign soil have become a normality the whole world is the militarys sandbox and this time theyve been playing in iraqs corner where we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what the president has said for months and months and months which is that we stand for this long. To get the full of american men and women in jeopardy i would add that in our discussion today with the president we discussed with the other options that are available and i would note also that we will take additional actions as necessary to ensure that we act in our own selfdefense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups or from iran the u. S. Bombing pro Iranian Forces in iraq unilaterally if theres one Country Living in the borderless world of tomorrow thats america and what happened yesterday was a clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the u. S. Insisted and very unfortunately this thing happened and i said that this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone but he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this but for baghdad and in seoul to bigger than the airstrikes themselves is the fact that the bombing of votes land wasnt even about it it had nothing to do with iraq instead washington was after iran and its power grip on the middle east part of americas great again plan over weakening tehran irony is america that complains so much about iran now who was the one to inadvertently elevate iran into. Powerhouse it is now in iraq in particular Saddam Hussein once pampered by the us was irans greatest enemy and the cia even aided his brutal Chemical Attacks against the rayney an army but then hussein himself became a problem fell from grace and ended his reign on the gallows the us invasion created a power vacuum which you run didnt hesitate to fill iran as the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that one of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations today. Is the repressive regime in iran really think twice about that. The u. S. Has been after tehran on so many levels from sanctions to declaring irans elite military force a terrorist organization but they are not stopping there and the u. S. Has been particularly aggressive in trying to push to irans influence out of iraq this alone shows just how much free will the u. S. Has left its ally iraq in being the master of its own Foreign Policy and theres no indication washingtons going to stop in fact the exact opposite were not done this is an ongoing process process. Wiki leaks founder Julian Assange claims hes slowly dying in the u. K. Jail and is often tranquilized and kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day he made the disturbing revelations in a phone call to his friend vald smith on christmas eve. All fall and it was very upsetting to hear him the idea of him being sedated has come from several people who visited him who clearly been told and the British Government have been asked about it and they refused to address that matter and what they say is theyre not mistreating him but clearly hes being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day you sound awful news. Said to me but im slowly dying in these remember he served that time all the bail charge and he served his time too and hes now on remand its highly unusual to put a man prisoner in belmarsh when theyre not a threat of a physical violent threat to society i think we need some answers from from the British Government why are they treating him like this why cant we have some independent assessment im 100 international got to those and asked to arrange a visit at least to send some representatives to check on him but that hasnt been allowed nils meltzer the un rocketeer on torture has been very clear about a songes mistreatment and describes it in the most pulling terms and yet it is claims very recently in november that the British Government of completely ignored his request to see julian probably his health properly assess. Was arrested in april and since then medics and un observers have warned about his the climbing physical and Mental Health a hearing in february will this side on his extradition to the us there he is accused of publishing classified documents and could face a 175 year jail sentence. Or commenting on the claims that are soldiers being mistreated the u. K. Government ses there and find out they are false but that has not stopped politicians activists and other high profile figures continuing to draw attention to his plight. Or worse for now. He had been exposed to psychological torture for a prolonged period of time thats a medical assessment and. Asks to 4 in all states to investigate disco. 15 keatings right and. The medical situation is that by urgent there is no time to lose. Lets bring you know a story that started with tragedy but has ended with hope a year ago a baby was rescued from the rubble of his collapsed house in the russian city of magnitogorsk but after treatment and care that is now taking his 1st steps. And. I heard i. Salute her one of the rescue workers heard a child crying we stopped all our equipment in order to listen and make sure when we said quiet the baby reacted and went quiet to when we said where are you he started to react again. The justice my eldest son and i fell together while vanya was left alone is that. The man has to get out who she was left there. In the story. The child was conscious when he arrived in taking to an operating room at the moment the child remains in a serious condition under artificial ventilation to date as. We continue our review of the past year it was certainly an action packed 20 being a recap for the break. What holds us do something to. Put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to present injury. Or some want to be. Whats it like to be for us this is what the full spectrum of more can be good that im interested in the waters of the holidays. This city may. Seem wrong but. Just dont call. Me. Yet to shape out this day to educate and gauge equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. Hello again with 2020 just hours away its time to look by look more of the key events that shaped the past 12 months. So lets take a look at todays topics they are dont believe the hype streets of rage lets look at the former 1st 29000 was characterized by bouts of political history or from angry debates about Climate Change to the wild eyed oping scandal and of course emotions run high for breaks it Boris Johnsons victory in the u. K. s general election give leaders hope on the left some remain in the spirit. Of the hold. The Festive Season is upon us why in christmas the smells and sounds the promise of snow but the time to come together im going to tell stories and while do i have a good one of. One queued mourning over 3 years ago the british people woke up and decided they just had enough of those bureaucrats in brussels and while 60000000 mourn the loss of that rep paul supports 17400000 rejoiced off with those european shackles make britain great again a fuel they promised it would be easy getting out of the e. U. Can be quick and easy the u. K. Holds most of the comments. The goal is to revert to live we hold. We can choose the path we want and optimism apart not shared by David Cameron because he made a hasty exit but to resume bounded to the rescue on her lap at kitten heels and she meant bricks it means bricks it bricks it wrecks it wrecks it means bricks it and were going to make a success of it so she clapped and triggered article 50 starting to hold to force process and to have credit she did manage to wrangle a deal from the e. U. So the pressure was the only one who thought it was any good but desperate times Desperate Measures and off to parliament she went and it was a soft the deal was flattened not once not even twice but 3 times 2 years on m. P. s have been unable to agree on a way to implement the u. K. s withdrawal. As a result we will now not leave on time with the deal eventually she ran out of that 2nd policy son so down to the front of number times door. I chair i do so with no ill will but with enormous im doing during gratitude to his house the opportunity to serve the country i love and Boris Johnson ive been wrong but that one but maybe hed be the one to get right set up most of all what are we going to do to really. Get bread daddys really good once you got it can you make a promise today to the British Public that you will not go back to brussels and ask for another delay to tax it yet and so young and revealing that. Youd find it was just too much effort to get invited by part about so suspended it but that did not go down well so he said ok fine back to brussels more negotiations and he returned to london with a deal even for template to walk on a saturday but alas knows that his people jump like crazy was rejected and he was forced to beg you to get him out that delay some of the Campaign Even going to him new troops on the ship yards to the right 328 the notion that 301. Be. Not a good start forests so suspending parliament having watched an awesome new deal also what. It does no one can do is going to the opposition into a general election by putting jeremy corcoran. Is desperate absolutely desperate to avoid scrutiny. On the eve of the election the polls growth forest hand on the charm and what would mean people door to door. For. Nothing like that movie reference to when you an election because on december 12th boris was popping champagne and dining on his new parliamentary majority he got his wish of a korban free christmas and now he might well get his wish for january brecks it the question is will we finally get our wish for just a bit of. 6 crowing 6 another key events from the year was street protests grip cities all over the world chief among them in fact the whole of france it seems was affected by a kind of yellow fever Charlotte Dubinsky reports on the protest movement but change shaking things up every weekend this year. As 29000 winds up in front since that time move reflection was a good g. A. A. What gifts did it bring well there were plenty from the government but many seemed to go down like a lead balloon and people took to the streets time and time again. Yes we all know the french all famous for striking protesting but in 2019 it felt like them. It was something we picking at old wounds its been a pump a year with on going protests and into professional strikes throughout the year one protest movement stood out every saturday without fail the yellow vests took to the streets. A movement in 2018 but it left that small cone 2019 the yellow vests home to change in the social fabric and fronts theyve charged to the streets in anger of what they see as being a hugely unequal country with a growing divide between the rich and the poor not corn had given them concessions but they were rejected week after week the yellow vests and the Police Clashed thousands on both sides injured. Then they were the climate strikes led by throwing says yo