number of the forces in the ass d. ath have actually relocated they've essentially gone to a wall from their position elsewhere in the country and gone to northern syria to fight against the turkish military turkey is demanding that kurdish forces be expelled from the anti islamic state fighting force led by the united states in syria however in the past we've heard u.s. leaders quite adamant about their support for the kurds the coalition's working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force approximate two hundred thirty individuals training in the b.s.f. so no group with the goal of a final four sons of approximate thirty thousand now the turkish government considers these kurdish forces operating in syria to be terrorists and feels quite threatened by them and has been a long outspoken in demanding that the united states and its support for these forces this is what we've heard from the turkish president. why you still here why

do these weapons still arrive america is in the process of creating a terror army on all good do nothing croce on our borders do not provoke us we will run out of patience tillerson has arrived in turkey and he'll be going to an embassy a u.s. embassy in turkey that is on a street it's actually amazing for the military operation against those kurdish forces are by the united states operation olive branch and it's sending a pretty clear message to washington that they do not approve of this policy of arming kurdish forces the united states is caught in a strange place between two allies it's aligned with the kurdish forces and it's also aligned with the turkish government a member of nato that considers those kurdish forces to be terrorists when a political science professor says turkey now wants the u.s. to deliver on its promises. we are fed up with these words it's coming from america and they're saying get to be you know understand security teams of turkey at the

big terrorist group there turkey is you know not waiting any diplomatic source from the united states just want to keep its promises to deliver those promises to turkey related to africa. especially in member otherwise i think it doesn't work you know this kind of diplomatic meetings for turkey. u.s. intelligence chiefs are advising citizens to stay away from chinese smartphones that includes zedd t.v. and way after concerns were raised they're being used by beijing to spy on americans but provides the capacity to maliciously modify or steal information and it provides the capacity to conduct undetected espionage raise your hand if you would recommend that private american citizens use one way or z.t. products or services. not of your generation and thank you for that well the brands

mentioned there are some of the biggest names in mobile communications worldwide zanti ease market share puts the company in eighth place globally while weight makes the top three and quote way is investing massively to break the duopoly of market leaders samsung and apple. well holloway has big names in advertising its phones like football star lionel messi actress scarlett johansson and henry cavill who play superman in the latest movies. but only last week a conversation between two f.b.i. officials was leaked to which they pointed out apple's ability to track users tech consultant tom chain is wrong it says the warning from u.s.

intelligence chiefs is ironic given the activities of america's only agencies anything's possible in trump's america we just don't know but given the size of the trading relationship between the two i think they'd have to be very cautious about damaging that seriously electronics one of the or the biggest markets going back and forth intellectual property and this huge contractual tires between chinese manufacturers and american network providers so it would be incredibly difficult to translate these sort of statements into legal restrictions it's certainly ironic that they're putting so much effort into you blocking the entry of these companies into the u.s. market without making a bid in available because as we know the one place where there is great evidence of spying activity happening here is largely driven by the u.s. government we know that actually ironically they try to insert software into huawei devices to spy on people that way so it's a difficult situation maybe they have evidence they don't want to share for security reasons but right now the one party we have evidence is not people is the people who are complaining about huawei. the un's annual report on civilian

casualties in afghanistan reveals a record number discussed the story live after the break. if you are really really believes we're about to conduct a preemptive strike it's going to be significant and

a serious preemptive strike that maybe. they may be motivated to make it to try to be just like. welcome back the u.n. assistance mission in afghanistan has released its annual report saying the country has seen a year high in civilian casualties although the losses are lower than the previous shia twenty seventeen marks the fourth year of more than ten thousand civilian deaths and injuries the report also says a fifth of these were caused by pro-government forces and international troops. but i must emphasize that two thousand and seventeen was the fourth consecutive year

where the mission recorded more than ten thousand civilian casualties pro-government forces which include afghan national security forces international military forces and pro-government armed groups were responsible for twenty percent of civilian casualties where u.s. forces have now been in afghanistan for over sixteen years and during that time over two thousand american soldiers have been killed while over two trillion dollars has been spent on operations in the country so far last august president trump unveiled a new strategy for resolving the afghan conflict calling for a fifty percent increase in u.s. troop strength. well let's cross live to author and activist david swanson to discuss this issue further david thank you very much indeed for joining us well according to the u.n. report a fifth of all casualties are being caused by the afghan government and its allies i mean how long is that. extremely alarming but even more

alarming is that we know that these sorts of counts are five to twenty times lower than scientific counts and estimates done after the fact in a thorough way and so this slight reduction in what they've been able to identify doesn't tell us the real story these are civilian deaths that are absolutely unnecessary in a war initiated by the united states at a time when the taliban was willing to negotiate just as it's now appealing to the u.s. public to negotiate and trump wants to send more troops and mattis tells him he has to be to prevent a bomb in times square when eight years ago half way back to the beginning the guy who tried to blow up a bomb in times square said he was doing it to get the u.s. troops out of afghanistan and yet the u.s. public heard about that and the u.s. public has not heard about a peaceful proposal from the taliban which of course does not represent the people

of afghanistan but has made a perfectly reasonable proposal to end this thing pull the taliban recently issued and i panetta said the americans calling for dialogue see when the war and saying u.s. astronauts have previously something to think washington will listen. i think the taliban for all its hideous flaws and crimes is absolutely right to try to reach the u.s. public the question is whether we can find the media outlets including this one that can manage to reach the u.s. public with that proposal and whether the u.s. public can have any sway over their so-called representatives here in washington that's the big question you know but the white house has made very clear that it does not want to listen and it will not talk with the taliban unless the taliban agrees to bandon and forswear violence as if the pentagon's about to do that you know again the taliban doesn't represent the people of afghanistan and who need to find a solution to the taliban but they will find that solution more quickly when the

u.s. stops exacerbating the problem but as i said that the taliban's issue tonight panesar mean are you surprised by that. a little bit i thought i found it a nice headline to grab people's attention but i don't think it was a headline on the front page of most papers or on the top of most television programs here in the united states and i think it certainly should be but it's not news it's news to most americans if they hear it as similar proposals have been in past years and most americans still don't know that the taliban was willing to negotiate turning bin laden over to a third country for trial way back when that this was a war of choice and that it has been making things worse and worse and worse with each subsequent year it is to file away time as it has been since before it started to get the united states military out of there when it wasn't at the recent events

as well i mean there's been several serious terrorist attacks in kabul including on the intercontinental hotel which killed anger against the taliban i mean has this really the possibility of peace talks between pro-government forces and the insurgents. while anything is possible it's certainly possible if there is the will and if we can help generate the will to make it happen the problem is the limited ability of such talks to represent the people of afghanistan and shape a secure and peaceful future for them you know one band of homegrown thieves and resistors against a foreign band of thieves is you know not the way to plan a democratic or representative country going forward but it is better than continued slaughter of human beings you know it is a first step in the right direction and of course it's possible we have to help we have to help make it happen on friday david i mean is there any way in which the

international community could broker a deal between the warring sides and funny and the wall. i think the international community could urge the international criminal court to finally proceed with what its claim to be doing and that is its investigation of u.s. war crimes in afghanistan i think the international community could begin a targeted campaign of boycotts divestments and sanctions against the u.s. government here in washington d.c. i think the international community could demand that the united states said here to the same standards that it tries to impose on others and end its criminal behavior and send in actual aid rather than so-called military aid to afghanistan this what you're not going to have paradise anytime soon but these are initial steps in the right direction that the international community could find the will to act on what happens david swanson also add that to this thank you very much indeed thank you. well white house has blamed russia for

a large scale ransomware attack which targeted a number of countries last june including russia that comes after the danish ministry of defense also says russia was responsible for the attorney well the british government has also made the same accusation that foreign office minister lord are now to made the statement could actually confirm it was done to moscow the u.k.'s national cybersecurity center assesses that the russian military was almost certainly responsible for the destructive not patches cyber attack of june twenty seventh. for the mouw air behind the attack is called not petyr the first reports of the cyber attack came from ukraine that quickly spread around the world it's believed not pecha hacked at least two thousand organizations including transport systems banks and hospitals russia the u.k. the us germany and france were all affected political commentator adam gary says making russia the scapegoat is all the rage it's just

a trend that was communists were everywhere in the fifty's then it was everyone who's a muslim is somehow a danger now it's russians maybe next month it will be the chinese but since russia and china are our allies maybe they can both be the scapegoats of the failures of western governments to actually do their job for their own citizens so yes it absolutely is a trend of the allegations continue to get more and more absurd there's only one thing in fact that is consistent about these allegations and that's that they don't lead to any tangible evidence there's an allegation there's a giant question mark and then there's the russians saying sions anti russian statements the persecution of russian individuals but to get from step one to step three that crucial step to evidence is always missing. the russian embassy in london has reacted to the accusation saying there's no proof moscow is to blame.

the statement of foreign office minister lord ahmad is like many other similar accusations not backed by any evidence it is another example of irresponsible and hostile rhetoric of british officials towards russia. when used at the top one. per. hour or her. when lawmakers manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final larry go around listen to the one percent.

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welcome to the alex salmond to i'm the first of three special programs on the future of island and particular the future of island in europe put brick's it this week a new woman political party leader was elected in these islands made a limb. donal's has a scottish name and indeed ancestry but on sunday she became president don of shin fein in succession to the long serving gerry adams alex has been to dublin for a major interview with the new leader to discover what turn election means for the politics of ireland north and south but first let's hear from you with your tweets

your messages and your emails there's been a fantastic response to last week show which featured the amazing rugby legend dodgy we're here to few of your tweets williams says great show this morning interview with guardian informative press an interview about living with m. and d. and to be career green party says a moving inspirational show today a big talking about his aim indian explaining how he's trying to do something about it not just for him but for all sufferers well done dorothy and so see all of us to say it's just watched alexander's interview of da de witt at my the field stadium broadcast to be excellent t.v. which already talks about his rugby playing days and openly and come to italy about to spite to him in de shell says it is false to dorothy's own to in fact after the first two died he tweeted we're back on again at six thirty pm hope i'm as good as i was this morning where yesterday you were and in response to that shell says

first alex i'm unsure i've watched took the legend that study were to get me their best wishes jordy here's hoping your foundation can help find a cure for this horrible confession adam says just what should entry with dodi wear what an inspiration wishing you all the based shut otitis says great interview on the show well done finally we are says in response to dorothy actually if you're presented with another quake at the end of the alex i'm unsure can i actually met well i don't know what daughter's response was to you but for all of us here we're happy to send you another creek for auction. and i thought island on the shore as a name suggests alex of course boxes all of the good jobs and over the last few days he's been spending a great deal of time in alan's capital of dublin over the next three episodes he conducts major interviews with irish politicians including former teacher or prime minister bertie ahern on the form of one of the republic made evacuees however

first he spoke with the women of the moment then you elected president of shin fein immediately mcdonald has alex with fish import from dublin. stephen's green one of the most famous locations and dublin's fair city one hundred years ago shown fame held a majority a parliamentary seats across the island of ireland last weekend they elected mary lou mcdonald as president of sion fair in she is the first shannon fame leader not to be associated with the struggle so could once again shouldn't fame be challenging for power across the island of ireland until the easter rising of one thousand sixteen shin fein had little success when all was changed and changed utterly by the oppressive british response to the rising sinn fein started to win by elections and then the one nine hundred eighteen u.k. the general election swept ireland in

a landslide victory only in the six counties which were to form northern ireland and unionism still hold sway after the establishment by treaty of their ideas for the state and the civil war which followed should feel effect to the split into the two parties which were to dominate the politics of ireland for the rest of the century one party which became feel a gale came from the pro treaty wing of nationalism led by michael collins and the public can feel a foil party of him and the really low. meanwhile shin fein was reduced to a political rump increasingly associate struggle of the ira in northern ireland retake the as the troubles swept hill the province from lincoln of sixty nine is unable to move in over some twenty years ago shin thin and the democratic unionists lead the party militaries and both sides into a peace process which holds to this day graduation fane of eclipse the constitutional nationalist of the s.-t. o.-p. in the elections of the north while the twenty six thousand election for the doyle

in dublin achieved its best results since the one nine hundred twenty s. or met him to challenge the irish old firm ophelia gale and feel a fall now the question is under this new leader merely with donald tension fane finally overtake the democratic unionist in the north and the met once again as a governing party in the republic. dawdled you're no officially the leader of shouldn't fear tell me a bit about your own background how you came into politics your double to go i am an intel and woman alex even ann and i came into politics in some ways almost accidentally i came into sort of a pit of political activism and running for elections and so on as a result of my interest in. domestic politics what was going on in the north it and i too international politics. but i had never planned this as the

end point if you like of my my political journey i grew up in dublin i come from what would be considered to be i suppose a typically middle class background i was very lucky i've had good educational opportunities a good chance the things in life and i came into my my husband always tells the story that when he he met me for a service a student then i got a very good job when i came out of university i left and i went working for the trade unions which meant but that my income dropped i then left the trade unions to work for shit and fein which meant that my income dropped again and he said to me now you need to stop that because the next thing is you go into work and you know you have to pay them to show up so i am the kind of person that goes on political instinct things that i believe in and i passionately believe in social justice. i believe in irish unity i believe in getting things done i believe rather than sitting on the sidelines and giving i wish that if you actually want to live in

a better country if you want to live in a better world there's actually a responsibility on you to go and do something about that so that's how long story short i got involved in political matters wasn't your first choice. for the future for you when i came of age the politics that i knew in the political atmosphere that i was accustomed to or comfortable in was fianna fáil. i discovered very quickly that that was exactly the wrong place for me to be because i'm an irish nationalist i mean united darren and her but i am also a person who believes that social justice and equality is the other side of that coin what good freedom if not an equal argument. so for me shin fein blended perfectly. still does that concern for self-determination for freedom but also a very keen sense of building an equal society and giving people not just rhetorical

lip service around opportunity or prosperity but actually making those realities in people's lives but shouldn't they be traditional strong woman little but as opposed to the coarseness market one hundred years ago the first woman elected to the house of commons but of course a substantial number to call seat you mention markovitch there i mean air a giant of irish history a phenomenal woman. who one hundred years ago this year was elected to the house of parliament. but who was in jail at the time and who in any event was an abstention as a politician and just like sharon fein m.p.'s now we don't take our seats we continue in that tradition because for us irish political decisions are to be made rightfully in our union for irish people and then so many other women down through through through the years and it would be fair to say that although the perception of sion fame correctly has been of

a very male partially because irish politics sadly has been very male there has always been a strong hold horse of of women in leadership positions in sion fan i think what's changed now is that more of us are in public representative roles and public leadership roles and i'm very proud to serve in that same tradition as marquis of h. and more a drum and margaret buckley and so many others and i'm very humbled to be the woman who in modern arlen now leads from the front and is is the their own shouldn't feign you know last month when you accept a nomination president shouldn't feed you you famously said that you were going to try and fill julia adams's shoes. because you brought your own. what did you mean by that exactly i suppose i meant two things firstly that gerry adams has defined i believe irish political life for a generation he is

a person without him the peace process i believe would not have happened. the person who charted in a very concrete way the democratic pathway to irish freedom. the person in the leader who managed to bring the ira relatively intact on the journey and a person who stayed very very true to his background to his tradition whilst at the same time being and credible radical in terms of modernizing the shin fein party and building it from the ground up so he is as they say some act to follow and i won't fill his shoes i won't be attempting to but then i don't need to because i have my own as you say because i think it is so important for anybody coming into political leadership to have a sense of their own journey to have a sense of their own identity their own generation in leadership and i think

particularly for women because it is still something of a novelty to have women in the most senior of leadership roles and i am the person that i am a dubliner of a certain generation i have consequently a view that is different from my predecessor on many things a different approach and i think it's very very important to say that sense of i suppose novelty and change from the from the very beginning your right to sue that gerry adams brought should be food to support a peaceful path to too early should look to but still the case before shouldn't be associated with through the struggle of the troubles more recently you think that is a. a significant opportunity for departure of a group for your party but certainly a change and i think it is a reflection of the success the political successes that have accrued over the past

twenty years and more that you have as you say me as a leader of shin find the leader of the irish republican movement with with no association with the troubles or the conflict. but also you now have a whole generation of people who have been born on this island who never lived one day of conflict in ireland a generation of children born in belfast and derry in the glens of for whom talk about the troubles of the conflict is the stuff of history books no don't get me wrong some of the consequences and the pain of that conflict is still here and we still need to deal with us but that is a mighty change an entire generation of young people who have come up and who have no experience of pressure soldiers on the streets or armed actions by or a volunteers or the u.v.'s for the u.d.a.

and that is a massive transformation and something that's extremely positive a very good reflection so yes it is a change. i'm also from what they called the south even from the east coast dublin's actually on the east and the south bush so for shin fein very often associated as a northern parsi a parsi of the north i think it's now clear that we are truly a national organization and that's always been the case but as we grow in political strands rice across the provinces of ireland and now that the leader is a job. i think that kind of writes open in lights in a way that perhaps wasn't the case before. world war the only one the idea that dropping bombs brings in the.