Youre watching R T International bringing you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. We start in the middle east where irans u. N. Envoy says the country is not planning any more attacks against the u. S. So long as washington refrains from further aggression he added that wednesdays airstrikes on 2 u. S. Bases any rock were sufficient revenge for the pentagons killing of its top general President Trump has limited his response to those strikes to pledging new sanctions as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rainy and aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. These powerful saying shoes will remain until around changes its behavior. U. S. Assassination of general samani on iraqi territory it last week sparked massive protests across the middle east and beyond thats prompted Iraqs Parliament to call for the expulsion of all foreign troops from the country a decisi
To discuss that im now joined by peter mauer president of the International Committee of the red cross mr maher its always good to talk to you thank you very much for finding titus for having me now you are now in moscow to take part in the warshaw that deals with what essentially are the laws of wars the Geneva Conventions but this is not how this event is officially called instead it makes reference to International Rules governing military operations is it just me quibbling over semantics or has they indeed been a shift on the battlefield from the loss to the rules with the letter i assume being last restrictive. Well i think there have been many shifts in the battlefields over the last decades and recently we have seen that it is more important and maybe did just to teach the generalities of flaws in try and in the Geneva Conventions to look much more in detail to. The ground rules and the rules of engagements that militaries have in the battlefields to compare notes to look at goo
Knowing seems to be all that. There is 10 in the evening here in moscow youre watching the International President on the trump has approved a fresh package of sanctions against iran following the latest escalation in the region the american leader says that they will only be lifted when iran complies with u. S. Demands. Theyre losing a tremendous amount they getting heard very badly by the sanctions can in very quickly but as to whether or not they want thats up to them not up to me its totally up to them so we have the United States slapping more sanctions on the Islamic Republic of iran saying that these sanctions will continue unless the Islamic Republic complies with the demands of the United States iran has responded warning that the recent missile attacks are not the only kind of revenge theyre capable of in response to the killing of qassam solomonic its also interesting to note that in his remarks u. S. President donald trump indicated that he might be open or d interested in
To discuss that im now joined by peter mauer president of the International Committee of the red cross mr maher its always good to talk to you thank you very much for finding techniques for having me now you are now in moscow to take part in the warshaw that deals with what essentially are the laws of wars the Geneva Conventions but this is not how this event is officially called instead it makes reference to International Rules governing military operations is it just me quibbling over semantics or has they indeed been a shift on the battlefield from the loss to the rules with the letter i assume being last restrictive. Well i think there have been many shifts in the battlefield over the last decades and recently we have seen that it is more important than may be just to teach the generalities or flaws in try and in the Geneva Conventions to look much more in detail at the ground rules and the rules of engagements that militaries have in the battlefields to compare notes to look at go
A 1000 people were arrested. This generation seems to be saying is youve messed things up for long enough youre not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is civil disobedience. Is without question britains Fastest Growing religion. Or broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. All right syrian state media is reporting that Government Forces have begun moving into the north of the country where turkey is carrying out an offensive against the kurds now these are images from the Northern Syrian city of. The syrian media says locals are celebrating an agreement there between damascus and local kurdish. Dohertys our middle east correspondent pauls clear as more. Were just receiving reports that the Kurdish Administration and the Syrian Government have signed an agreement that will see the syrian Army Deployed along the whole border with turkey nasr in state media is reporting that the S