Why they just turned 3 pm saturday for the january live from the r. To International World news center seasons greetings its kevin owen here with this hours update so 1st thousands strong crowds are lining the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession of the iranian commanders killed in fridays u. S. Air strike including irans top general kasim solomon ie the iraqi Prime Minister is said to also be in attendance there today as well as iraqi flags mourners are also waving the flags of iran backed militias loyal to saddam any its understood his body will be repatriated to iran for burial on chews day he was among 10 killed on friday following a direct order from donald trump the u. S. President defended the assassination saying it was necessary said to prevent war in the middle east but it sparked widespread fury across iran and beyond. 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 july just stop. A war. We did not take action to start a war that. 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 whenever we deem appropriate we will give the proper response. The killing of irans general salim many sparked protests across the middle east then and further afield members of indias Kashmiri Shia community marched with images of silly money shouting anti american slogans while in pakistan protesters wrapped coffins with the u. S. Flag and set them alight in iran itself 3 days of mourning are underway and thousands of turned out in cities nationwide to one 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 that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from qassam solo mommy 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 u. S. Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad by killing costumes still in money this 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 its not through aggression by the us i mean they should they should expect anything as it is a lot 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 they were they are in a 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 that 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 iraq again. Government and its working in iraqs best interests however baghdad is completely under happy with this move the assassination of an Iraqi Military commander is an aggression on iraq as a State 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 they want to restart the su 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 while a disagreement over syria or 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 get it but what if the United States used. To kid somebody. The way gangs do it but not everyone agrees though israel says Job Well Done president wrote deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively busy with the United States in this just struggle for some Peace Security and so forth and 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 we had all parties to deescalate for the conflict is in none of our interests. It didnt exactly go over well at home either American Media has accurate all sorts of allegations about solid money 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 is 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 himself on 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 stolen money who 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 about to levels not seen in more than a century shown sawyer who leads britains modern slavery policing if its blames a stereotype is a major factor in the drugs gangs the driving force he says for these children they almost back to victorian times and to being criminally exploited these kids are 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 exploit is a failing. And what his figures say that in england alone there are more than 8 and a half hours from suspected child victims in the past year an increase of more than 73 percent on the Previous Year that she was full sawyer also pointed the finger at government cuts to Youth Services but the home office insists is doing all it can to possibly protect the children and Child Exploitation cheryl phoenix spoke to shes from the anti Discrimination Group black child agenda she says its almost impossible though for youngsters to escape once they are 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 that 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. Already revelations about Vulnerable Children in armenia to or its been discovered that for over 20 years a criminal network forced mothers to give up their newborns against their will so that they could be sold abroad for adoption reporting next roof or not. 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. Because i held my baby in my arms after he was born i stayed in the hospital for another 2 days of soon but i didnt see him ever again they told me that he was born prematurely and didnt survive i was given some peoples to sign but i was too weak to understand what i was signing in december they are mean and authorities detained the countrys chief ops attrition who sues on accuses of threatening her and other officials as part of the probe it does make a better man was released several days later due to lack of evidence it sparked public outrage. A lawyer who has represented susanna since 2013 has his explanation for 7 long years we were shouting about it at every corner this is a mafia that is stronger and more powerful than 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 the International Ngo then tried to draw attention to disturb in inaction by authorities the government of armenia has made some both commitments to reduce the number of children in institutions but needs to make sure this promise is backspace 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 suspended in armenia which might be a good news though changes little for those who believe their kids were wrongfully given away years ago but. There must be a legal solution so that we could do validate the dont should of the child its about selling children i will do everything i will not back down there must be a fair trial. Ok as you see in this case with the track of the. Morning for the generals being killed weve got more later also coming up also the Bigger Picture you see black rock rewarded for pushing painful reforms while the anger in france over awarding a top gong to said American Bank boss linked to the countrys divisive Pension Changes the schools always protests over the last few weeks to make some connections covered up on the program. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking. Yes of the world of politics or business im show business also you have. This idea as you point out the anecdotally cheney fired all the cia agents in the field because they were too sympathetic to the locals and he felt that was a liability in the major media spheres of washington d. C. They dont want those reporters those stars to rub elbows in the great unwashed of the flyover states because they may become sympathetic to the working class they may become sympathetic to the to the disenfranchised. To 6 physics is nothing but the harmony you can create on vibrating strings but its chemistry chemistry is the melody and melanies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is a symphony of strings. International this weekend france has revealed the nominees for its highest state award the legion of honor but some of the names are causing more than a little consternation we can report including the head of the French Branch of an American AssetManagement Firm linked to the countrys controversial Pension Reforms and all the trouble over that was in the late blood rock is one of the Worlds LargestAsset Management firms and has been in france is 2006 now last summer and apparently pushed for privatizing part of the french Pension System with the us style format its accused of trying to take advantage some of the countrys deeply divisive reforms which have seen those weeks of crippling strikes on going specially in the world of transport shall i do better as he looks at whether or not the company indeed could if the reforms do get through. 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 it when the list was announced one name provoked rather than 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 antidote 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 it is on france was to relieve the provocation it reveals the close ties that exist between the graun and the world of finance hes selling our retirement system to american Pension Funds its a big deal strikes against pension reform and now into their 5th week its the longest running strike in half a century across problems people have taken to the streets to let the government know that plans to merge 42 different Pension Plans into one universal system at the same time as raising the age of retirement are not welcomed. 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 if improving the system but not tearing it down and we will go on until it is withdrawn and improved but has already come under fire off it was 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 deny in no way how this sort and influence on the current Pension System citron what dispatches the French Market is a box of trees from blair clark stop talking nonsense. And this is a big but in an internal document unveiled by french t. V. In many t. Last month that books of. Streets is a lot bigger than the s