u.s. to maintain military forces that does washington want syria partition itself and why. breaking news. international. school in russia's eastern siberia leaves at least seven people injured including the assailant. a new born germany about online hate speech strikes again after a right wing. facebook account for calling for a march against migrants committing crimes in her country on the program but we get her reaction. this looks like it took the man with his back to the camera he was the platform and exchanging some. goes on the ground after reports that drug related crimes are running out of control in parts of the metro resulting in train drivers refusing to stop but the station.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the international in moscow we have your latest friday world headlines and we do start the program with breaking news this hour we understand a teenager has attacked a school injuring six people including a teacher in eastern siberia let's get more details now. joining us live in the studio here what can you tell us about this incident well it was that about nine thirty am local time when a multi cocktail was thrown into a classroom full of seventh grade students and when they tried to flee the classroom there was an attack or at least one attacker waiting out in the hallway with an axe who then attacked them the school was of course immediately evacuated and the fire was quickly put out and a criminal case has been opened against the entire attacker on charges of attempted murder as far as i understand to have been conflicting reports when it comes to the

attacker all the time because exactly and of course in chaotic situations like this that's not unusual almost. officials earlier came out saying that there were actually three attackers that had come to the school and put on masks meanwhile the russian investigative committee has said that there was only one and that he's in custody and what's interesting to note is that one eyewitness has said that the attacker warned about his impending plans. which girl said she received a text message from the boys to mattel the school that she should not go to morning that there will be command into the class and inflicted injury said three school children and a teacher who the next a child received a blow to the face and the other one was struck on the back and another girl lost something. and we can also actually now show you a screen shot of a group chat where a mother revealed that her student was directly told by one of these students one

of the attackers that on friday the same quote there will be blood and that's a promise he clearly made good on according to initial reports at least six people were injured seventh grade students and a female teacher all of whom have been taken to the hospital at this point and at least two are still in critical condition and it's also been reported that the attacker tried to injure himself at the scene but was detained and is in police custody under police surveillance in the hospital and as far as i understand this is the second attack on a school this week yes unfortunately on monday in the russian city of perm there was also a stabbing that took place at a school where an eleventh grader and a former student and to the building armed with knives let's take a look at what happened there. in the mud with children screaming very loudly we were scared at first we thought it was a joking way but then we realized it was serious there might have been the fireworks

we ran i saw three little children covered in blood honestly it was horrible it was bloodless. it's from next absolutely horrible. some guys told me that two youngsters in mosques run into the classroom teacher started stabbing kids one of them jumped out of the window trying to escape another cat running trying to injure the children and hurt himself. so here we have two violent attacks on schools in the span of five days and the thing is not in either both cases the motivation is unclear so of course we're going to be following that and hoping that this doesn't become sort of disturbing trend that we're seeing right now with the latest on the breaking news. thank you.

a new law in germany which combats hate speech online making headlines again that's after the facebook account of a member of the rightwing alternative for germany party was blocked following her call for people to join a women's march against a rape and killings perpetrated by migrants in the country i organized the women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific rapes and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put america and politicians from the old parties together let us take to the streets to fight for our right to freedom and some of the temptation despite it belonging to a party known for its strong rhetoric leyla bilger who is a women's and children's rights activist regularly travels to syria and iraq to help people there she's all of migrant origin herself and was surprised at the official reason for facebook bad. facebook a show on my travels with facebook started a few years ago facebook has

a big issue with women and migrant backgrounds you can notice that i don't have a nordic location i can see that i am originally from the south and here in germany i find of human rights which isn't always easy in islamic countries people like me are silenced by facebook since i have a certain popularity and quite a large following i was blocked for thirty days then my account was deleted but that wasn't the first time my accounts have now been purged four times and since i am a member of the air of d. which in germany fires for women's rights i am a nuisance for facebook and the mainstream media. was under the new law that forces social media to delete offensive content within twenty four hours after receiving a complaint otherwise companies face big fines earlier this month the deputy leader of the alternative for germany party so her facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic layla bilger again says people who express their anger at migrant policies in germany are

seeing their voices silenced online. the problem is you know the policy of the german government and especially of the older parties is intended to help young man from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason and german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason they try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. drug related crimes are becoming so about on parts of the paris metro train drivers reportedly refusing to stop at certain stations but as according to a letter written by a union which represents the metro and the bus network in the french capital are to

jump on board to find out if any of these fears are well grounded. for most parisians the metro is a staple of life with its winding tunnels and lines that stretch across the city it's often the easiest way to get from a to b. but down in the underground the gritty underbelly of the capital is being exposed to drug related crime and violence has been a long standing issue on purpose as metro but now the unions representing the train drivers say it's inspiring out of control dealers and users including those taking crack cocaine a new role god thing they've doing. lighting up metro drivers is so fearful of attacks at some stations many are choosing to longer stock their survive more force of a more quickly is very dangerous and it's terrifying if you can range from

a simple punch to people using nails knives. stations like marks do more. market a year are especially troubled druggies has come here for their daily fix and gangs have taken over for problem of. the problem is very dangerous for both the metro workers and for the commuters it's even more dangerous they are targets of fast i've seen more than one hundred attacks take place within minutes of arriving at mark's door metro station we witnessed what looks like a drug deal the man with his back to the camera has just arrived with a bag in hand he walked the platform stopping and exchanging some packages with people and then he left with his bag empty this seems to be the new normal. there are lots of drug users and i think that with everything that's happening in the match though they should be doing something most of the time the drug users are

aggressive and everyone is afraid for their security. children. twenty twenty five. lived there we've we've we've heard of course. been attacked just one time because. we had in the middle of the night is a smartphone. playing with that problem was a precipice a problem as the security robberies can happen sometimes it's maybe aggression physical aggression sometimes do buy ceasar man attack another young man. as we traveled through some of the most dangerous stations we saw metro security and police trying to crack down on the problem this exceeded in moving this bunch a long but in reality all they've done is move the problem to another stop on to

another day charlotte even ski r.t. paris. one short statement from u.s. military command has led to a rather uncomfortable situation for the white house the trumpet ministration has been rapidly backpedaling on plans to create a border force with codes in northern syria after sparking a few various reaction from washington's key ally turkey the secretary of state later tried to clarify the situation saying the u.s. had no intention of creating a border security force in syria is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to come up with a force of thirty thousand people they said that's long or is he just just feeling . i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they were clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. but i'm asking about closing comments yesterday we said there's no orders to be ready or just that's not what it is like i don't have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody

misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is the secretary but somebody clearly just misstated their policy it's as simple as that however the announcement how to write he threatened to create a new conflict in war torn syria with turkey immediately dispatching tanks towards the border in turn code to the streets to protest against ankara's military actions and to denounce the ones remarks. will be aired the ones graveyard today hundreds of thousands are protesting to tell him that the people of friend will never leave their land. the international community should send a message to them to stop. the white beach and so we can do. we discuss the latest tensions between the u.s. and turkey with international relations professor jamal wakim he believes well we're currently seeing a stages of damage control being carried out. he's trying to limit the damage that

was caused to the turkish american relations with this new american move by establishing this border army under the pretext of protecting the border city and border with iraq and with thirty but i believe that the main geo political objective here is for the united states to have to get out of me in eastern syria that could ensure that the united states have a foothold on syrian soil and prevents the syrian government from extending its control over to the. northeast part of syria so as regional tensions between the two key allies worsen he is eager to stand off has been taking a closer look. the middle east has always proved a tough nut to crack for the united states hardly helping matters now though is lacking a unified game plan days ago the pentagon proudly announced it would create

a so-called syrian border security force the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in the cynical class with the goal of a final four size of approximately thirty thousand but the u.s. apparently forgot to run the idea past turkey for ankara kurdish military groups terrorist factions it's as clear cut as that and washington's announcement drove turkey hopping mad shit. america has admitted that it has established a terrorist army at our border and it's up to us to strangle that terror army at birth turkey power projected additional troops along with tanks to the southern border with syria and amid the spouse america's top diplomat rex tillerson intervened to save the day the entire situation has been mis portrayed mr scribed some people misspoke we're not creating a border security force at all being

a mouthpiece of u.s. foreign policy these days is one hell of a job especially when you have to contradict your own military to keep a happy but arguably that's not to listen is biggest brain wrench right now explaining why the u.s. military is still in syria is first it was the we need to fight the terrorists mantra our military policy in syria has not changed our priority remains the defeat of isis so-called islamic state has to all intents and purposes now been reduced to a ragtag of guerrilla fighters but surprise surprise it's left to to listen to come up with a new purpose for the u.s. military in syria it is crucial to our national defense to my own kind of military and diplomatic presence and sir. stable unified independent syria under post assad leadership is functioning as

a state with. iranian influence in syria is diminished. and as if life wasn't hard enough or to listen he has the tweeter in chief as he's president rex is a bit of a to run a saurus when it comes to social media but he tries to survive. and. i don't even have work a twitter account that i can follow what he's tweeting so my staff usually has to print his tweets out and in them to me. i can joining us here on the still to come for people who are suing the university of buckley after claiming to have been injured during last year's and protests more on that after the break.

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good to have you with us today the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley said on wednesday the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working and they are closer to a peace process than ever before over the un was recently reporting that almost half a million people were displaced in afghanistan in twenty seventeen alone that's a show you some of the latest pictures from that country. the u.s. policy on afghanistan is working. we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing. a lot of houses have been destroyed

and several villages about sixty seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before. as we were the taliban and i said we're fighting with them government forces launched a military operation against our houses were destroyed our lifestyle. the city. we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism any more and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups operating in this country dozens of suicide bombers are being sent we are under siege we do everything we can to combat terrorism. particularly has to pretend that u.s.

policy is working because she's a loyal following trump she is the donald trump policy is not working. his policy is very similar to obama's except it is now sending another four thousand troops so soon there will be something like fourteen thousand u.s. troops instead of none at all so that's a sign that the old policy wasn't working but it's not at all clear that the new policy of sending more troops will work either the trouble is that whereas five or ten years ago the main opponents were the taliban and since then we've had other people coming into the picture there was the haqqani network there was a good bit in hekmatyar but then the third group that's come up in the last five years it's i.s.i. says they've been conducting some very dramatic suicide bombings in kabul itself so that kabul itself has become much less safe than it used to be. for people of

filed a lawsuit against the city of berkeley in california and its university for injuries they claim they received during riots on the campus there last year the violence erupted over a speech set to be given at the university by a prominent conservative.

we talked to katrina redell shaima who was taking legal steps against the university at buckley she believes the campus on the city's police acted insufficiently during the protests. but when the attack started and specially after i was pepper sprayed i was completely incapacitated there was nothing i could do to defend myself so i had no choice but to turn around and just face the barricade i was worried about what was happening to my husband it turned out he was just a few feet away from me being beaten worse than any of us he was being unconscious the efforts by the police both the city and the campus police were clearly inadequate given what happened the injuries that were sustained right i saw personally it was police initially standing outside of the building that they later locked us out of i thought in their knowledge with a wave and by the time the attack actually started they were nowhere to be seen

they had locked themselves inside the building and wouldn't give us any aid at all the university of california berkeley has declined to comment but a lawyer representing the victims says they want to send a message to campus stuff and police to do a better job. the injuries caused to our clients two of which were beaten unconscious and still suffer from psychological disorders post-traumatic disorders . so they are seeking money damages to compensate them for that but the main goal of this case is to send a message to campus police and fantasy universities that they they have to do their jobs you know i liken what happened here the deliberate effort to not intervene and to not do anything to fire a man watching a building on fire with their with their hoses water pouring out of them but they're too afraid to go into the building because they might get hurt it's the

goal of law enforcement it's the role of law enforcement i should say to serve and protect the public and they did not do that. so friday means football on on the latest episode of his program stan quite a mole interviewed the legendary sort of the old almost spanish national team defender and rail madrid captain here's a quick preview. ok so i think it. is it important to have a good world called the team gets out of the group for the momentum of the tournament. i think that when one plays at home backed by their country one always has a higher responsibility is a plus and gives extra motivation which will shine through and i'll say this i wish

the russian team the best because when we have played there they have always given us a friendly reception but i only wish them well until we crossed paths if we ever do . cristela rinaldo portugal spain the first game of the world called. a very interesting going to start and i believe it's going to be a very exciting game and highly anticipated as well because it is a neighboring country i think they are the ones to be because they are the current european champions and that will make it a really nice match to watch for football fans we hope to win this because it is a very important to kick off the competition with a victory against the favorite. and

finally for those who like to live life on the edge is the story of a bridge in eastern siberia and damaged by fire and whether it's a wooden floor rotting away the five hundred metre river crossing that is is well amazingly still somehow brave to buy fifteen hundred locals each and every day.

thanks for joining us here on arts here we're back in half an hour. the new global economic war is unfolding in the realm of education the right to education has been supplanted by the right to access education low it's high education is becoming just another product that can be bought and sold but it's not just about education anymore it's also about running a business and what you're good models of regime like when it's also left kind of fellow i could image. what is the place of students in this business model out of

our knowledge as more now i'm an extremely more higher education the new global economic war. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle with the islamic state in its many confederates defeated or facing defeat in syria what is next for this war torn country what justification exists for the u.s. to maintain military forces there does washington want syria partition if so and why.

cross talking syria i'm joined by my guest jonathan steele in london he's an international affairs commentator in leeds we have here he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university of bradford and in doha we cross the mohammed should we he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is unlike continuity or rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i've seen if i can go to you first in leeds here let me read some of the headlines here tillerson touts indefinite u.s. presence in syria and assad must go in new plan also tillerson u.s. military presence in syria open ended will ensure regime change i thought we got way way past that with the collapse of the islamic state with talks in afghanistan i'm sorry in kazakhstan with the russians in the iranians and the turks i thought

you know to look this is a blast from the past where is this coming from go ahead. i think what we see at the moment effectively. and. effectively what we are seeing at the moment. of post-war the german situation when the country became divided between two different spheres of influence and that kind of open ended division changed the security and the political landscape of the world at least for about forty years of course we have to bear this in mind that at the moment sitting over the last two or thirteen months what we have seen in american political establishment is confusion so i really don't want to jump to a conclusion but if mr tillotson is.