turkey's shelling of the kurdish held african region marks the start of its military operation in syria it comes despite washington now denying claims it planned to support a large kurdish border force there claims that at and raged ankara. a teenager has attacked a school in eastern siberia injuring six people including a teacher. a member of the guard the woman who was credited. as the third such incident in russia this week all were inspired by online hate groups and what's become known as the sinister columbine trend that's what sources have revealed to r.t. . and in germany the right leaning a.f.d.

parties proposal to verify the age of migrants is roundly condemned by all the other party. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us this hour now we start with breaking news the turkish defense minister has announced his country has launched a military operation in syria's kurdish controlled african region starting with cross border shelling cannot get the latest from artie's paulus lee who joins me live paula what do we know about the situation in africa at this point. well as you say we're hearing from the turkish defense minister that a de facto turkish military operation has the gun across its border now this is

been corroborated by the syrian kurds the white p.g.d. who say that since those day night some seventy shells have been fired by the turkish military on to their villages now it's one of the only a statement by the turkish president at a one in which he said that the united states had admitted to establishing a terrorist army on the turkish syrian border any chord on the united states to deal with that terror at its infrastructure now these comments by the united states these comments by the turkish president so infuriated could see living in the afan region that earlier they took to the streets also they were protesting against what we've seen happening so you on the ground which is turkish tanks moving towards the border this is what sort of that is of african have to say. right now our freedom will be the ones graveyard today hundreds of thousands are protesting to tell him that the people of our friend will never leave their land. and the

international community should send a message to turkey telling them to stop we have bought the white b.g. and their so we can depend on one selves. and now one of those comes after an alleged statement that the coalition was working closely now what if this comes off to an ellipse statement that the coalition was working closely with the syrian democratic forces the estate if to create a kind of new syrian security border force now they were alleged to be helping to establish this but later we did hear from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson that this whole issue had been misrepresented misunderstood and he denied that there was any effort to create a new border security force but what we do see how. pending essentially is the trump administration now backpedaling on plans to create a border fence with the kurds in northern syria particularly after this whole issue

sparked furious responses and furious comments and a backlash from the united states is closest ally at least one of its closest allies in the area turkey. is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to come up with a force of thirty thousand people that took that long or is he just disputing why wouldn't 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. part but i'm asking about closing comments yesterday we said there's no border security 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. the situation is extremely tense on the ground and it has the power and the possibility of igniting into something much bigger so i think what it does show us is that

words have the potential to ignite potential war. ok paula thank you for those details last artie's paula slayer with the latest while earlier we discussed the latest tensions between the u.s. and turkey with international relations professor jamal wakim he believes we're currently seeing damage control being carried out by to listen to the trumpet ministration. it's trying to limit the damage that was caused to the turkish american relations with this new american movie establishing this border army on the pretext of protecting the border the syrian border with iraq and with thirteen turks have their reason to be worried about the national security of thirty specially that they consider themselves as allies of the united states however the united states is doing what the turks consider an infringement on on that national security so i believe that this is

a critical issue for the turks and i don't believe that the would. not act against such an american step. a teenager has attacked a school in eastern siberia injuring six people including a teacher. into the class and inflicted injury support free school children any teacher or the next child received a blow to the face another one on the back and another girl. the girl said she received a text message from the school's from newtown school think she should not have coats costs morning. that someone in the.

last amid a string of similar attacks throughout russia this week are to startling vica has the data. the past five days have seen a frightening trend creeping up in russia with three different attacks occurring at schools. those cases the young perpetrators used basic weapons naives an axis as that was likely all that they had at their disposal and a disturbing online trend also link these incidents are sources believe that violent online groups that center around tragedies like the columbine high school massacre may also be a common factor just to remind you the columbine tragedy took place in the u.s. back in one thousand nine hundred ninety two students armed to the teeth killed

twelve of their classmates and a teacher and that horrific massacre is apparently inspiring violence and children who weren't even born when it happened it's so popular that the followers of such groups even have a name for themselves columbine years now russia's version of facebook called v.k. has dozens of these pages open to all we did a simple quick search and found scores of them with posts that promote violent behavior things like describing the power someone feels when they have a gun in their hands one of the alleged perpetrators of monday's incident has been confirmed to be a follower of such pages and today's and wednesday's instance are being looked into see if the same is true for them as of today russian officials have announced that they will begin shutting down pages with extremist content the communications watchdog groups and social media which call for violence in schools it will be undertaken under the criteria of terrorism extremism and then. to commit suicide but the question remains of closing pages will really be enough in the long run especially given that a number of students have already taken the next stop and used violence against

their classmates. drug related crimes are becoming so bad in parts of the paris metro train drivers are reportedly refusing to stop certain stations as according to a letter written by a union representing the metro bus network in the french capital. went underground to see what those fears of based on. 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 drug related crime and violence has been a long standing issue on paris's metro but now the unions representing the train drivers say it's inspiring out of control dealers 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 no longer stop there a survivor more force of i'm not pro quo is very dangerous and it's terrifying and it can range from a simple punch to people using nails knives. stations like marks door and market a year are especially troubled druggies has come here for their daily fix and gangs have taken over for problem of a more. the problem is very dangerous for both the metro workers and for the commuters is 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 the 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 matter of this should be doing something most of the time the drug users are aggressive and everyone. he's afraid for the security of. children. twenty twenty five. lived there we reverse of course. been attacked just one time because. we had them in the middle of the night. smart for. playing with that problem was the precipice the problem is the security robberies can happen sometimes it's maybe aggression physical aggression sometimes do why ceasar man attack another young man. as we

travel 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 along but in reality all they've done is move the problem to another stop on to another day. r.t. paris. a new law in germany which combat's hate speech online is making headlines again and i thought of the facebook account of a member of the right wing alternative for germany party was blocked following her call for people to join a women's march against rape and killings perpetrated by migrants in the country i organize a 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 sub the temora nation despite belonging to a party known for its strong anti migrant rhetoric later bilger who is a women's and children's rights activist regularly travels to syria and iraq to help people there she is of migrant origin herself and was surprised at the official reason for her facebook ban. as i'm in facebook of a show on my travels with facebook started a few years ago facebook has a big issue with women and migrant background you can notice that i don't have a nordic look you can see that i am originally from the south here in germany i find the human rights which isn't always easy in islamic countries people like me are silenced by facebook and 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 files for women's rights i am

a nuisance for facebook and the mainstream media layer was banned under the new law that forces social media to delete offensive content within twenty four hours after receiving a complaint otherwise companies would face huge fines early this month the deputy leader of the alternative for germany party saw her facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticised the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic again says people who express their anger at migrant policies in germany are saying their voices silenced online. this public policy of the german government and especially of the old 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. and another headache for germany's a.f.p. as the party has slumped over its proposal to ages verify asylum seekers we've got the full story for you after this short break. bones will be new and when you don't. seem to. get a quote. what are the most true only texts best. left alone they. said. claiming to know german did that. you speak french.

it's a new impossible it is talk of exposing the cult taught to. it . welcome back now in germany the right leaning a.f.d. party's proposal to verify the age of migrants has been roundly condemned by all other parties in the bundestag for more on this that can force live to peace all of our who's in the burning forest peace at germany's political parties have been struggling to form a coalition but the f.d.a.

aside they seem pretty united in slamming this proposal don't they. yes that's right if alternative for germany thought that the hard part was getting into parliament well they would have been sorely mistaken because once they've arrived in the bundestag what they've found is that what they put forward on the floor of the chamber well it's roundly turned upon by all of the other parties in there this time around they wanted to see an amendment to a law on family reunification for those that had been successfully granted asylum here in germany now the amendment would have seen a confirmation of just how old people were that were coming to join family members and who those people were who were coming to join family members now. it didn't go well for them at all this there was put forward by representative alter of from alternative to germany every other party in the parliament well they have their their turn it's shooting this down in one way or another have to remember the still

no government here in germany there's there's not even a couple of parties that can pretend that they agree with one another and nuff to even get a coalition off the ground the one thing it does seem though that all of those parties can agree on is that they do not agree with anything put forward by alternative for germany we've seen this on friday with relation to the family reunification law amendment that was put forward we also saw it on thursday and the parliamentary session it was held the alternative for germany put forward an idea that the one of the reasons behind a rise in senate and symmetric attacks and anti-semitism in germany had been due to the influx of islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including angela merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we

stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election this. the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation it's not going well if you're an alternative for germany supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.p. and no to their policies ok peter thank you for those details as artie's peter all of us speaking to us live from berlin. the u.s. ambassador to the un nikki haley claims that the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working with peace being closer than ever before however the un recently reported that almost half a million people were displaced in the country in two thousand and seventeen alone let's have a look at some of the latest pictures from afghanistan. the

u.s. powerfully on afghanistan is working. hard on the job we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing. a lot of houses destroyed several villages about sixty seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. but i just. got a history of. work closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before that i would 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 livestock. that's. why we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism anymore 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 and we do everything we can to combat terrorism. particularly has to pretend that u.s. policy is working because she's loyal follower of donald trump she can't say that donald trump's policy is not working his policy is very similar to obama's except to do 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. four people have filed a lawsuit against the city of berkeley in california and this university for injuries they claim they received during riots on the campus there last year the violence erupted over a speech that was due to be given on campus by a prominent conservative.

we talked to katrina radio show in the who's taking legal steps against the university she believes the campus of the city's police took insufficient action during the protests. but when the attack started especially 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 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 when the injuries that were sustained what i saw personally was police initially standing outside of the building that they later locked us out of i saw them there. 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 the city of berkeley previously filed court motions seeking to dismiss a similar case but the lawyer representing the victims say they want to send a message to campus police to do a better job. the injuries caused to her 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 campus universities that they they have to do their

job 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. on friday means football on r.t. and in the latest episode of his show stan collymore entities the legendary sergio ramos the spanish national team defender and real madrid captain here's a preview. that's. ok so i think a. is

it important to have a good world call the team gets out of the group for the momentum of the tournament . i think that when one plays at home back by their country one always has a higher responsibility it is a plus and gives extra motivation which will shine through 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 cross paths if we ever do. cristela rinaldo portugal spain first game of the world called. a very interesting going to start. 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 beat 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 because it is

a very important to kick off the competition with a victory against the favorite. we'll be back at the top of the hour. with the islamic state and 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 that does washington want syria partition. and why.

young children have worked in bolivia for generations almost three quarters of a million are doing so today. this culture led to the development of bolivia's new liberal and highly controversial children's code in two thousand and fourteen which gave children as young as ten the right to work under certain circumstances but isn't isn't this. this almost. eat well with that's the end of. the six years. but there are hundreds of thousands of children in bolivia operating completely outside the local.

mining work is strictly forbidden by the children but it's never enforced and that means the school boy minus here continue risking their lives for the money they need to survive on. welcome one and old to the stan collymore show we start this week in madrid where i visited a civilian ledger in the realm of drink stall he's no stranger to the big east tournament i sat down with el cappy bank sergio ramos to chat spying and the issues well koch.

brothers. ok dr kay. so you have to like you can join me on the stan collymore show the first question is about leadership did you feel pressure taken over from. the captain's armband how did you feel on a human. would be and then that a wheel i said earlier was said to me yoko took a nice. little poem that i did you're going to guess and a song written we wanted to buy off of the where they're about to come but the look on and. i know that penny and see that another take.