Good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. The dutch led criminal trial into the downing of the mh 17 passenger plane opens on monday almost 6 years after the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all 298. 00 on board the subsequent probe led to the missile which hit the plane was transported from russia the probe has been heavily criticized as biased on the dubious give reports from the netherlands. Its a trial its set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book Missile Launch from russia into Eastern Ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 the 4 suspects are not charged with personally firing the missile the men all deny the charges International Arrest warrants have been issued for them but they wont be here and will be tried in absentia some of those that we expect to be here are 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and thats because dutch prosecutors say they face significant risks to their safety but even before the court has heard a single argument some are treating the trial as a story that already has no stone left unturned brushes probably involved and if involved theyre probably going to cover it up 51 percent of russians and directly involved are right now it looks like its russias fault because. Its russias fault i its clear some dont need to wait for any Court Verdict to draw up their own conclusions russia claims this kind of coverage has a clear intention in the bit of Media Campaign has taken an unprecedented scale of russia and its citizens are presumed guilty that is unacceptable it has been launched in the last few days prior to the hearings in order to compensate for existing gaps in the evidence and to conceal the attempts to manipulate the facts so that it fits with a chosen theory that prosecutors say they have evidence that the book a Missile System was transported from russia into the Donetsk Region of ukraine in the days before it was fired now russia says thats not true its presented evidence that the fatal missile serial number can be traced all the way back to the 1980 s. When it says it was transport. It to ukraine then a member of the soviet union and its there it stayed after the collapse of the u. S. S. R. But the joint Investigation Team into the mh 17 tragedy has russia says ignored what it believes is a crucial piece of the jigsaw russia was also refused full participation in the probe and as such says it will not recognize the verdict reached here by the Court Despite the fact russia was denied being a full participant of the joint Investigation Team since the very 1st day of the tragedy the Russian Federation has actively assisted the investigation and during the past year is conveyed to our dutch colleagues a large amount of data connected with the mh 17 crash unfortunately most of these materials were ignored by the joint Investigation Team this includes a test by the book manufacturer to try and pinpoint the location it was shot from. Russia claims that test shows the mis are likely came from an area controlled by Ukrainian Forces but the findings were jacketed by the j. I. T. With its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible. We have established that the Russian Federation was complicit in the downing of m h 17 because they made available the weapon that was used to shoot down the plane we have all the material to substantiate that the official investigation also received criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved the countrys National Carrier but his thought is they were not given full access to essential information that was contained in the black box of the flight recorders while the countrys now former Prime Minister has raised doubts. On the very beginning we see too much politics in the idea was to find a hold up hold this happened when there. Seemed to be concern that it needs to be on russia many relatives of those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are expected to be present at the trial so them this is a court case about finding the truth and perhaps finding closure for a devastating chapter of their lives some have already crane for not closing it skies over a conflict zone in the east of the country but whatever the outcome here regardless of whether the 4 men are found guilty or innocent nothing will ever bring back their loved ones. R. T. Them. Scores of south African Women were sterilized without their consent to Public Hospitals a disturbing new report is revealed we spoke to one of the victims who found the 3 uterus had been removed only when she tried to get pregnant 11 years later. Burstall of the baby was too big and they had to perform and i c. Section i remember when i walked up i asked them why they have each bandage on my tammy then they explained that debris was too big and then 26 to make were engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months. But that me being able to conceive without thought i should go see a doctor i really just thought it was just my land and fertility issues dr will prescribe medication opera fine and when it goes there thats really learned that and then having to reassess at all i dont think there was anything wrong with me i didnt have any complications before birth and i didnt have any complications after birth for some reason for im known reason they just decided to move my uterus im seeing it and nongreasy in because as im sitting at this moment i dont know why i was leading this to alive when i met with dr ed ridge who confirmed that he was there when the procedure happened he also could not give me the answer all you could say to me was that they did the operation to save my life i dont want to save my life from white the commission for gender equality study the 1st to go to complaints from 48 victims south africa so sterilization is a way to fight aids and hospital staff for some of the women to sign consent forms according to the World Health Organization fellow advocates are from the Worlds Largest h. L. V. Are pathetic more than 4000000 women the rage of the positive according to the reported illegal sterilization was carried out in 15 Public Hospitals in 20022005 the study was complicated by the fact that hospital staff tried to hide documentation but the victim we spoke to says that shes not even hiv positive. Im not hiv positive our high although itchy offices theyre quite aware of this and ill say because im a camera they are quite aware of the practice and you know doing anything no one has been held accountable it seems like our doctors about of the law i didnt sign any paper and i couldnt have signed it because at that time i was a minor and my mom who was there with me all the time also didnt find any concern for no woman deserves to go through what i am going through and what youre all going through is literally literally lived id not want to my daughter could be singing the same song that im singing today because im bearable with the pain that comes with this its a very its unbearable and most of all arise violated my rights as a human being we are rarely told my relatives a woman were violated my reproduction right were taken away from me and no woman ever answer that says i should go through what we are going through we have Kentucky South africa selfwill 44 a response we will let you know if and when they reply that means on the Health Minister wants to urgently investigate the issue. Dont promise Religion Campaign is filed a 3rd lawsuits against the u. S. Media in just 2 weeks the president s team is icky c. N. N. This time of false and defamatory statements about alleged Russian Support for the upcoming vote this campaign is already sued the Washington Post and New York Times or legal actions are calling for millions of dollars worth of damages and hes right as the ad looks at this 2nd wave of russian meddling is theory now around 2020 elections. This is it weve got to make up our minds on what the hell is going on either putin is a demigod of chaos so nothing various so evil sue malevolent he puts the juke to shame or leftwing media is clinically insane you decide the president is a russian operative. That sounds like the description of a bad hollywood screenplay but it is real and trump are picking their opponent this is not who we want and the ticket person suddenly has got all of our Political Class every single one of us including the media exactly where he wants one publication decided that this level of crazy isnt koku nuff they ventured to google where new one has gone before and blame russia for everything not sure what to believe in god the fever of mistrust is the desired symptom of a powerful virus a confidence sucking worm of mutual suspicion that russia has planted in the operating system of american democracy whenever an american disagrees with another american a russian but is behind it the Washington Post has reimagined history they suggest that democrats and republicans havent actually disliked each other for decades havent tried to impeach each other and barassi each other smear each other for decades that putin made them hate each other apparently Washington Post has never seen American News they dont need putin to confuse voters the New York Times says lets call the disease the trump virus to which i say lets rename dimentia the New York Times do you see any thing except trump on these other Cable Networks plonk as networks though you and i think you know i dont and i think its a real disservice to American People c. N. N. And the times cant be trusted on any topic because theyre derived filter spits out the same answer on everything orange manpad see journalists working for old publications like to think theyre better than you smarter more righteous that you are really its who we need to be 3rd what to believe in them c. U. Z. Will they are elite you know what i think donald trump has cast himself in this remarkable role hes running against the elite the elites include the leaders the Republican Party the new legal im the New York Times these elites have fed you russia gate for years when you came out and said he found no evidence of trump colluding with russia did they apologize of course not elites dont apologize in the words of the Washington Post its what their fault they told you lies its russias its simple logic putin wants the divide america the Washington Post others actually divided america but it isnt their fault its putins because he wanted it the us has divisions because its one of the least aquittal societies on earth in terms of economic disparities to blame such things on russia it does at least 2 things one it prevents us from looking at ourselves and our own problems but also creates tensions with russia another Nuclear Power unnecessarily and i think of this russias scapegoating is ridiculous talk about this information the steel dossier you know the one about trumped the p and the prostitutes which the media discussed for years despite it being obviously fake the Washington Post now blames russia for it russia they say was behind the 90 russian dossier the reason that makes no sense to you is because you are not arrogant enough and could admit to making a mistake at leats they caught the dossiers author christie will has also resurfaced and hes upset not because he ruled a fake dossier but because no one took it seriously this is the kind of ara gance these people. All are infected with i was surprised that very little of what i had discussed appeared in the final miller report the reality check is that russia is the host style state as it is run at the moment it is out to destabilize the west ultimately and the tism is incurable its chronic and the severity of symptoms is variable my only hope is the next time a Washington Post journalist catches something with his zipper he doesnt blame putin for it but its a small hope the papers generally represent the elderly and they death and they generally represent elite opinion just repeat the claims of our political leaders without question or comment and certainly they have helped manufacture this russia gate hysteria. This is 75 years since the us bombed tokyo in the deadliest air raid in history after the break we asked people in america and japan whether they even know about what happened. The world is driven by shaped by. The day or thinks. Week to ask. Russia and turkey negotiate deescalation regarding what is next for syria also the corona. Is it time to start thinking in the book was a should. Join me every thursday on the alex im unsure when ill be speaking to a guest of the world of politics or business im sure. Ill see you there. Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the us far bombing tokyo the deadliest air raid in history resulted in around 100000 civilian deaths the number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year on the scale of more being checked for the people in the us and japan even though what happened. Americas use of atomic bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki is Common Knowledge however there are other atrocities from that historical period that have slipped out of the memory monday marks the 75th anniversary of the United States launching bombing raids against tokyo. U. S. Officials knew full well that many civilians would die and that did not deter them flying fortresses will be dispatched immediately to send the people cities of japan on fire that wont be any hesitation about bombing civilians it will be all out the idea was to demoralize the japanese population by inflicting death and misery on an unimaginable scale the bombs that were used or incendiary and a city made mostly of wooden structures caught fire rather quickly youre going to deliver the biggest fine crack of the japanese have ever seen Major General curtis lemay the mastermind behind the operation said that the victims were scorched boiled and burned to death the usa went on to use this tactic of massive bombing of civilian areas in both korea and vietnam 75 years later do americans have any knowledge of this atrocious act of war lets find out on the biggest volume range i know her russia and nagasaki were Nuclear Bombs there were 2 hiroshima noon actually it was the tokyo bombing raid in 145 that had the highest death toll is not the tokyo but you know the thing about we often dont think of the crimes committed by our own side during the war why is that because americans dont do anything wrong when wonderful we never torture anybody we dont waterboard which is the wonderful loving people who believes everything. Government tells us the people who decided at the end of politicians they just take it and say ok. We might lose a lot of civilians or whatever and they still do it because for damn power is more important than why that the people former us president barack obama visited her roshumba and nagasaki tacitly acknowledge differend this impact of using Nuclear Weapons there was some survivors however those who did not perish in the tokyo bombing raids have been widely ignored so i know about the bombing of tokyo on the night of the 10th of march but only from history books honestly i dont know anything about the bombing of tokyo i know about the bombing of tokyo but im surprised that its already been 75 years our parents and grandparents never told us about that so we only know what we learned from t. V. And newspapers i dont think theres enough attention being paid to this in our education in japan. I know about the bombing of tokyo but i have forgotten the exact date i think the media should tell us more about this tragedy not just about hiroshima and nagasaki. From a theoretical point of view i see why the americans thought this was a price worth paying to end the war but personally speaking ill never be able to accept this as 8200000 people were killed including women and children on the elderly its sad that very few people in the west seem to remember the suffering and innocent victims of that war it looks like the people of their remember only these tummy bombs dropped on japan now there is no consensus among historians about whether this massive bombing was actually necessary in order to defeat japan however it is widely acknowledged that mass death and civilian casualties on such a scale should not be forgotten kaleb martin r. T. New york. The latest survey by the iraq and afghanistan veterans of America House revealed the poor. In levels of suicidal sentiment among Service Members the study shows almost suicidal thoughts since joining the military around 2 thirds know veterans who have already taken their lives in iraq war veteran an antiwar activist Vincent Emanuel says hes not surprised most of the veterans that i know i think have indeed had those thoughts and i think your mindset changes quite dramatically. Throughout your service