Live from moscow thanks for joining us on r. T. International this morning welcome to the program. In baghdad a convoy belonging to an iran backed militia has come under attack thats just 24 hours after an American Strike killed irans top general because money leaders there strikes reportedly killed 6. 00 and left 3 others injured the owner called the Popular Mobilization forces claim the vehicles were medical and were not carrying the groups leaders or Popular Mobilization forces and iraqi state sponsored Umbrella Organization comprised of around 40 muslim militias mostly sheer is known for playing a major role in the campaign to liberate the country from several commanders were killed during fridays attack that strike killed 10 in irans most senior military commander. It was conducted on the President Donald Trump the u. S. Leader as the friend of the assassination saying. It was necessary to prevent war in the middle east that has sparked widespread fury across iraq. Solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the United States did yesterday should have been done long ago we took action last night just stop a war we did not take action to start a war this. This was an obvious terrorist move a move that entirely shouted cowardice in every respect we will not fall for the propaganda and blackmail by the americans in whatever manner and when ever we deem appropriate we will give the proper response to the killing of irans generals ceremony sparked protests across several middle Eastern Countries and also further afield members of indias kashmiris Shia Community marched with images of sort of mahdi shouting anti american slogans neighboring pakistan as well protesters wrapped coffins with the u. S. Flag and set them on fire of course in iran itself 3 days of mourning on the way now and thousands of turned out in cities nationwide to all of the general. U. S. Leadership has been saying on almost every platform they can find that they are working to deescalate tensions with the Islamic Republic of iran we took action last night to stop a war we did not. Take action to start a war that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt the spot deter further aggression from qassam salami in the Iranian Regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation its not an easy case to make killing the countrys 2nd most powerful person most well known military leader and commander of the elite could force of the revolutionary guards doesnt look like deescalation however washington insists its actions were a defensive measure at the direction of the president the us military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad to by killing costume stolen money the strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the iranians are already promising revenge the Supreme NationalSecurity Council of iran held an emergency meeting on friday and announced that they had made difficult decisions at the right time and place the vengeance will be extracted is not the aggression by the us i mean they should they should expect anything as it is all of this this aggression the International Community is now gripped by fear that we could be on the brink of war there is no justification under International Law and moral law our constitution is just aggravation and the fact that they are in the way as a guest and have an embassy there weve never had been given any authority to do what we did i think its morally wrong and if theyre doing this to make us safer they said we had they had to do this to make americans say complete nonsense i feel less safe because there will be retaliation and expansion and who knows what is going to lead to. Washington says its an ally of the Iraqi Government and its working in iraqs best interests however baghdad is completely unhappy with this move the assassination of an Iraqi Military commander is an aggression on iraq as a stay. Government and people its a flagrant violation of iraqs sovereignty and dangerous escalation that triggers a destructive war in iraq the region and the world it violates the conditions authorizing the presence of u. S. Troops on iraqi soil the iraqis dont consider this to be a particularly friendly gesture what does he want to restart the civil war again among the shia who dont want this to happen what has happened is a blatant violation of iraqi sovereignty the fact that hes a high state official in a government that were not at war with weve crossed the rubicon not only in tehran but in moscow beijing pyongyang caracas they all have to sit there and say to themselves all right the americans now feel entitled to kill anybody and our government because of what over disagreements over syria whatever else. The International Response has been vocal china says it is concerned turkey is angry and syria accused the United States of spreading instability its a pity to see. The great public of the United States used. To give somebody. The way gangs do it but not everyone agrees though israel says Job Well Done president broke deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively israel sterns with the United States in this just struggle force Peace Security and so firms americas nato allies are not thrilled at all we have woken up to more dangerous world the us action did not make it any easier to reduce tensions parties to deescalate for the conflict is in none of our interests. It didnt exactly go over well at home either American Media has echoed all sorts of allegations about solid money but most americans had. Never heard of before saying he is the new face of terrorism and evil but democrats say that trump is rushing the country to war without congressional approval the risk of a much longer military engagement in the middle east is acute and immediate. This action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into now donald trump is defending his move he says he saved lives and that hes protecting the country however in some of his responses hes actually said that solomonic should have been killed years ago so why now is perhaps donald trump trying to play the card of being a National Savior in the lead up to an election i dont foresee the iranians making a rash choice because they understand the neo cons who are behind shawns policy and trump him so funny iran they dont want anything more than to have iran do a very who are high profile strike back the us Propaganda Machine is in high gear demonizing solem on whom 99. 9 percent of americans had never heard of 2 days ago. Worse than hitler killing americans left and right none of this is true none of this is supported by facts but the Propaganda Machine is on high high high alert and americans are being prepared for another war so i dont see the iranians taking the bait. A Senior British Police chief says levels of child criminal exploitation in the country of blacks to levels not seen in more than half in more than a century sean sawyer who leads britains modern slavery policing efforts blames austerity as a major factor in the drug gangs the driving force. For these children they are almost back to victorian times into being criminally exploited these kids looking for family and security for understandable reasons of austerity stay Youth Services have been vacated this gap of youth provision between the school and family is the void of the exploited filling the Home Office Figures say that in england alone there were more than 18 and a half 1000 suspected child victims in the past year thats an increase of more than 73 percent than the previous year. And she feels that will sawyer also pointed the finger at government cuts the Youth Services the home office though insists it is doing all it can to stop Child Exploitation cheryl phoenix from the anti Discrimination Group the black child a journalist says its almost impossible for youngsters to escape once theyre dragged into a cycle of criminality. These children a lot of people fail to see them as the victims of whats going on and then they become criminalized and once you become criminalized at such a young age its almost impossible to get yourself back on track a lot of these young people that we find as part of these drug caton gangs as theyre called have been permanently excluded have been rejected from society so i think we need to go back a few steps and even jilt deal with our young people from a primary age level because as they get into secondary school which i can guarantee when they go back next week my phone will be ringing in constantly with children being kicked out of school for have a natural hair not having the right tie on or maybe their shoes so if we start stop doing this you know sledgehammer approach to what we are talking about as children then they wouldnt find themselves in these gangs in the 1st place but no ones actually listening or doing any think about the exclusion matter and the high rates and the issues that we have with young people in the care system as well who if there was another study done youd actually find the majority of these children have come through the care system are actually being exploited also in the sexual airiness in areas as well as just being on gangs and you know getting involved in county lines which a lot of them dont actually know what theyre doing so it is a much Bigger Picture its not as simple as whats been said. Boring revelations about Vulnerable Children in armenia as well the criminal schemes been amassed there in which mothers whove just given birth or forced to give up their newborns against their will so they can be sold abroad for adoption was a mixed he is more of a national. This is a story with many children involved but it is not one of these typical happy ending tales a team might expect to hear during Holiday Season an investigation is on to go in now in armenia into an alleged black market Adoption Network believed to have been operating for years to citizens of the republic of armenia using their contacts in one of the republican obstetrical institutions organized the adoption of more than 3 dozen children more than 30 babies to italy and there were also cases of adoption by u. S. Couples one of the victims has been trying to achieve justice for almost 2 decades already her name is susana she says 20 years ago doctors pressured her to give up her daughter stella threatening to report her case of a 16 year old mother to police and her father she signed papers refusing her rights to continue but because i held my baby in my arms i was but there i stayed in the hospital for another 2 days or so but i didnt see him ever again they told me that he was born prematurely and didnt survive and i was given some peoples to sign but it was too weak to understand what i was signing in december the armenian authorities detained the countrys chief ops attrition who susan accuses of threatening her and other officials as part of the probe but as make a better man was released several days later due to lack of evidence a spark public outrage and as we covered a man demanded money in exchange for not telling the thor it is a bold good idea he knew i didnt want there to be any criminality questions because of the fact i was still a minus but it couldnt be the moment he was asked me which is why he did what you did well let him answer for a medical study on a lawyer who has represented susanna since 2013 has hes explanation for 7 long years we were shouting about it at every corner this is a mafia that is stronger and more. Have a full day on the one controlling drug traffic i can say there were relatives of the rulers involved in 2017 Human Rights Watch released a 102 page report titled when will i get to go home documenting thousands of cases of children in armenia needlessly often forcefully isolated separated from their families and placed to institutions more than 90 percent of them have at least one living parent and said they International Ngo then tried to draw attention to disturb in inaction by authorities the government over meaning has made some bold commitments to reduce the number of children in institutions but needs to make sure this promise is backed by a serious sustained action 2 years later last september the authorities noticed that 4 times as many children went to foreigners rather than to locals and started investigation all adoptions have since been 6 who believe their kids were wrongfully given away years ago and then there must be a legal solution so that we can do validate the doctrine of the child its not solely the children and i will do everything i will not go down there must be a trial. France has revealed the nominee for its highest state of war delusion of honor some of the names that were causing more than a little consternation including the end of the French Branch of an American AssetManagement Firm linked to the countrys controversial Pension Reforms blackrock is one of the Worlds LargestAsset Management firms its been fraught since 2006 last summer apparently pushed for privatizing part of the french president system with the us stalled for its accused of trying to take advantage of the countrys deeply divisive reforms which have seen weeks of crippling strikes short of the risky looks at whether the company could cash in if the reforms do go ahead. To be awarded frances a legion of own a medal is to receive the countrys highest award so no doubt this years recipients were pleased as punch to know that theyd been given the nords when the list was announced one name provoked. Appreciation it was that of the. Head of the French Branch of the American ManagementCompany Black rock. Well critics accused of trying to cash in on the controversial Pension Changes that are currently being pushed through by the french government. Directly benefit from the pension reform. The chose to honor the lead of blackrock france is nothing but an anecdote blackrock is simply the dark side of the pension reform john transource you believe president of blackrock france is promoted to officer of the legion of warner on january the 1st as a reward for pillaging of our pay as you go passions the presentation of the legion of honor to John Francoise to relieve the provocation it reveals the close ties that exist between the graun and the world of finance hes selling the retirement system to american Pension Funds its a big deal strikes against pension reform and now into this week its the longest running strike in the century across problems people have taken to the streets to let the government know the plans to merge 42 different Pension Plans into one you system at the same time as raising the age of retirement are not welcome. If you lose on pension reform lose and everything and the next issue is the form of Social Security and social protection and. We are not at all in favor of the status quo we are in favor of in this system but it is not tearing it down and we will go along it until its with drawn and improved but has already come under fire officers accused of attacking french pensions now its alleged to have provided recommendations to the government in regards to reform and way and it will benefit from any privatization of frances redistributive pay as you go Pension Schemes something the government and but cork is at pains to do no i in no way have to desert and influence on the current Pension System citron what dispatches the French Market is a box of trees from player clock to stop talking nonsense it represents nothing compared to tests. And there is a big but in an internal document for. In many t. Last month that books of treats is a lot bigger than the secretary of state to my time do you believe it outlines the high market value in france and how black orchid wanted a piece of the pie critics say bestowing the legion of honor on black ops manning fronts is a rude for the pillage of the country social retirement system and while blackrock perhaps isnt as well placed as others to take a huge slice of french Pension Savings it certainly is primed and ready to jump into the market or a lot of people are afraid that the complete Pension Scheme is going to change that this is just a 1st big step to go to something more. Totally funded scheme which is the courtroom was going to do in france this is obviously from a political point of view very bad time