you can certainly use that speech but didn't have the required effect or three hope who are for it i doubt if it will now whether it's historical or not i'm not sure i think both sides are locked into this escalating conflict. stage would also not taking the show office to egypt. so i think it behoves both sides to think of measures in which instead of escalating to deescalate just do it ok richard night until two we have to leave it there that was their riches aqua professor of russian and european politics at the university of kent thank you and . four civilians have been killed by militants in ceres eastern goose her while the third moscow broken humanitarian pause was in place russia's reconciliation center said the deaths came during demonstrations in the district as a result the third humanitarian pause was ended and no one has left the besieged

district so far the failed truce efforts provoked heated debate at the un security council meeting on wednesday. the fighting has not stopped opposition groups operating in eastern good to have made clear their commitment to the ceasefire on the very first day the militants use the declared pause to start an onslaught on the second day the same mortar shelling has continued including of the humanitarian corridor not a single person has left the danger zone. there were reports that the assad regime once again used chlorine gas as a weapon i'm tired of asking this but do you understand how pointless it would be for damascus to use chemical weapons both from a military and a political standpoint whereas for the militants it would make perfect sense i think you understand this perfectly well but you persistently look for a pretext for an armed intervention. russia does not

get you know laterally rewrite the terms of the resolution if russia is able to deliver a five pows let it deliver a twenty four hour one you wouldn't need to me but would you in our western partners are patrolling the situation as if the resolution applies only to damascus and to russia as if it all depends almost exclusively on the will of our country may i ask you what you have done to implement the resolution if any of you lifted a finger if you use your influence on those who you consider the moderate opposition have you persuaded them to lay down their weapons and release hostages there been a large number of efforts to protect civilians in the area russia carries out a five hour humanitarian positive daily basis in the hopes of protecting civilians and allowing them to get out through the humanitarian corridor furthermore the u.n. security council has passed a resolution calling for a thirty day cease fire now

a letter was sent to the u.n. security council by some of the opposition and rebel groups saying that they would honor this u.n. resolution however at this point always three hundred civilian. have been prevented from leaving due to the attacks they've experienced as they try to escape now the russian representative pointed out that these kind of humanitarian concerns and outrage were not being raised while the liberation of iraq was taking place. so where were you when the us coalition were leaving iraq where was you and it's been months since the terrorists were forced out of the city and it's still unfit for life there was quite clearly a gap in the international media in the way the different situations have been portrayed when the syrian city of raka and the iraqi city of mosul were being liberated by the u.s. led coalition and a lot of bombing was taking place so we heard u.s. leaders saying making statements to the effect that civilian casualties are just a fact of life. or a fair life so it was quite

a heated exchange at the united nations but all parties agree that the life of civilians in eastern guta is key however there is quite a disagreement about who's responsible for the circumstances in the situation in the country meanwhile in neighboring iraq people are still struggling with life following their liberation from terrorists their refugees in the countries province say they feel safe in camps in the homes they're being told or even forced to return to that's according to a joint report by three humanitarian organizations the report says that eighty four percent of refugees feel much safer in their camps and one percent for certain they still have a house to return to while half of those questioned know their homes have been destroyed testimonies in the report appear to reflect those figures.

we didn't make it to this place without seeing death with our own eyes are found sometimes. i can't return to ramadi my house was damaged by isis i'm worried about the camp management telling us to leave and return home i heard rumors that they might close the camp but there's nothing official lots of my friends have returned to ramadi but i can't go i can't afford to repair my house. that i have nothing to do we are stuck in here like sheep while last month an r.t. crew was filming in the iraqi city of mosul which was liberated from iceland more than a year ago but as these pictures do show there's still little sign of the city being able to return to normal while people are being told to go back locals who are actually in mosul say that the authorities themselves staying away.

from don't have any bodies have you removed since you started working in this area approximately five hundred because you are there anymore years in houses and all their odds whereas your way out and i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we are currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering this area they have no idea how horrible the smell is or how critical the medical situation is. we haven't received any kind of aid or support since things finished here seven months ago and on one occasion did they receive a small box of food no coupons no food nothing melanie markham from the norwegian refugee council which worked on the report says refugees the fear trap some violent reprisals if they returned home. there's a number of dangers i think one of the largest thrifts is that of unexploded balls unexploded waters and baby traps and in fact we had one report of a family who returned home only to find their house booby trapped and it killed

a family member some of the other things that make it unsafe for papal violence from the community around them people who even suspected of having links with isis a particularly vulnerable but all the people under the threat of violence by. members of their own tribal communities so there are a number of reasons why it's unsafe still on site for people to return home. without see what has just after the break.

when you. said. no germans did that. if you speak french. this. is talk of. the top. welcome back now the south african parliament has voted in favor of new legislation that could see land from white farmers under the plans white farmers will be

stripped of their land with no compensation however such a move currently violates the constitution it would have to be amended to allow such legislation to go through the motion came from a minority force in the country's parliament but was backed by the ruling party here's what the man behind the initiative had to say about it the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land. julius malema is something of a controversial figure in south africa he has been convicted of hate speech and back in twenty sixteen he said he was not calling for the slaughter of white people at least not yet despite that the country's former president jacob zuma described him as a future leader well the number of attacks on farmers and murders of landowners have been rising in recent years according to official figures seventy percent of

the country's farmers are white earlier we debated the new legislation with the founder of black land and with the president of the transvaal agricultural union. people do not own land in south africa legally white people out of ideas from europe in six inches to two they killed our people they stole our land all oppressed us all the land they have his land up there was taken from us by force and in many instances by must be all of. the blood types of south africa that came from the north that is well documented. therefore the land is the position of the electorate there are only the first occupants of south africa with a square in the sun so if they are argument. that should be the way in the sons of the peasant like the one who is now my opponent easier for

a night in south africa and the land he and in fact talking about equates sun i am quite certain he can send my same name only time i ask him to say it he does it it can't because as a foreigner i even want it that day parliament is moving slow and politician we don't trust them they are using this lensing as a political a ball instead of addressing the issue of this legislation could actually be changed to satisfy the white farmers as well there's a lot of corruption involved and that's why the oprah series of that was taken from people legally in the past to be returned to them is not going as it should go you see this molding in front of me that is the issue. if this goes on investment in this country would stop people won't invasion the country will go the same way as involved there won't be production and then we will have a big spring in south africa about food that's not available to the people of south africa. the in authorities. among kindergarten

stuff that focuses on such transgender identity in same sex marriage the booklet designed to help teachers explain the sensitive topics. has sparked controversy over reports. for its liberal and inclusive attitudes to sex and sexuality. but conservatives in the german capital are upset at a new guide for kindergarten teachers that they say goes into too much detail and is aimed at kids that are too young the idea is to give educators the information they need to be sensitive to children coming from non-binary family say children of same sex parents or transgender parents it doesn't have the most catchy of names

but what it has done is certainly ruffle some feathers among those in angela merkel's c.d.u. party children should be allowed to be children and not be confronted with things like these it's also come in for criticism from the opposition alternative for germany party well it's very simple we believe sex education is important and of course our young should know about sex planning and all the rest but please not in the kindergarten give them some space let them be children don't force this issue onto them it's not even a problem for them they want to play around they want to discover the world so please let them be children leave them alone these subjects will come to them soon enough in school or at home when the parents talk about this but not of an age of five or six years that is far too early on the streets of berlin opinion is mixed on when is the right time to be discussing with children issues of sexuality do you

think that children in kindergarten should be taught about same sex couples and about transgender people yes. in. so normal nowadays. to be with people's surrounded by people in all gender conditions or no gender or sexuality isn't all the stuff i don't think it's the right thing when they. receive sex. education in school that's enough i think there's a stink on the one hand i think it's ok but on the other i don't got on very much in favor of that idea so yes i do and why i think it's important factor of life so i think children should be taught about all factors of life and this is one of them the left wing coalition of the social democrats greens and the left party that runs city government are accusing those on the right wing of politics but be overly

prudish and unwilling to discuss the issue. after their attempt to scandalize their handouts on sexual and gender diversity for teachers didn't work the c.d.u. would prefer not to talk about the issue there's very little chance of the city government repealing this booklet however discussions sex and sexuality and talking about it in kindergarten are set to continue in fact there's a petition going round that has already almost fifty thousand signatures from those who want to see this particular booklet stopped peter all of a r.t. berlin. now following the florida school massacre the debate over gun control in the u.s. has come to a head with both sides choosing some rather unconventional methods to promote their message a wedding for example ceremony at a pennsylvania church saw the congregation there armed to the teeth as you can see clearing pistols and semi automatic rifles the display was designed to show their

willingness to defend their families and their right to carry arms but others seem to be falling out of love with their guns. i decided today. i'm going to make sure this weapon will never be able to take a life the only way that i can know for sure that this gun will never hurt anyone is it doesn't exist. it just made holes in everything i know all of this stuff is only usable now. that when you show an arty premieres today hosted by the former ecuadorian president rafael his first guest is the american linguist and philosopher and author of more than one hundred books noam chomsky the full version of his interview is available on the spanish version of our website at r.t. dot com and here is a quick test. according to what's wrong under his government.

or. true. well actually it's quite the opposite under crumpets becoming weaker lissa for. its internal it does not agree to losing its whatever international authority. and it's also moving to destroy the world the most important policy of the trumpet ministration by for is its approach towards the real existential crisis climate change here the united states under trump has departed from the entire world. read or do you know the states and north korea and what do you know that ace you know or we of consequences could very easily and in this case there

happens to be a very feasible approach to dealing with the crisis and it's pretty well known oh it's a chinese proposal which has been on the table for years the proposal is for what's called a double freeze north korea freezes its development of weapons and the nuclear the nuclear and missile development that freezes them now the united states calls off the constant highly threatening military maneuvers on north korea's border. that could set the stage for negotiations which could deal with the. conflict and crisis in a sensible and constructive way.

always that with this thing take that's how things look so i fought it out here and i say more for me now. if anyone thinks that for the sake of joining the european union we serbia would recognize kosovo under the conditions that they impose right now and not on the basis of dialogue a compromise very wrong once a compromise but the solution proposed by cost of all the indians is not the real solution. at the moment we've had the period of fake the flame. engineer by all the central banks of the day don't have the control that they think that they have and once you start to see this being picked up in markets like the gold market and others you know you've got to start to see it feed on itself in

a big way. in some american cities the police have built themselves cling to refutation of people who walk on the streets of the united states who are at risk from the very people who are supposed to protect that poor people are no more afraid of least than of us and the most. you can see something happening in these is like i don't want to call the cops. rather than call the cops in those young black men lose their lives chasing the theme goes on the trigger you never know better safe than sorry i don't know that someone else is going to pull a gun so. unfortunately around and around here we end up on our guns are told from such precautions to.

this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm parked chilton and coming up we talk about puerto rico's recovery from the standpoint of the economy and how privatization is coming to the island kate long the founder of the puerto rico clearinghouse joins us. and canadian real estate worth billions of dollars is being seized by the chinese government alex mahela bitch tells us the story from toronto and boris iliescu and i talked about those toxic exotic trade funds that caused problems during the recent market volatility

and their future all of that on the program but first let's get to some hot as a. delta the atlanta based air carrier is facing pushback from some republicans in their home state of georgia after the airline canceled discount rates for members of the national rifle association following the deadly florida school shooting which took the lives of seventeen people georgia state senate majority leader and a candidate for governor casey cagle says he will quote kill any tax legislation that benefits delta unless the company changes its position delta is the largest employer in atlanta and the hartsfield jackson airport is the largest hub for the company in related news dick's sporting goods has announced that they will no longer sell assault rifles at their thirty five field and stream specialty stores the chain ality ltd of the chain initially limited sales of assault rifles to these stores after the two thousand and twelve massacre of twenty children six adults at

sandy hook elementary school the fortune five hundred company also says that they will no longer sell any firearms to anyone under the age of twenty one and will discontinue all sales of high capacity ammunition magazines the corporate statement said that our thoughts and prayers are not enough and listed policies they urge elected officials to pass including universal background checks and a database of prohibited buyers this bold move is reminiscent of c.v.s. health his choice to stop selling cigarettes back in the day. the e.u. is demanding that the united kingdom remain subject to the. european court of justice the e.c. j. for an indefinite period of time under the bracks divorce proceedings the move puts british prime minister theresa may into yet another big battle many who has considered e.c.g. jurisdiction over the u.k. as a potential part of the divorce deal is faced with internal pressures from u.k.

bret's sitters who want nothing to do with the e.c. j. and their drive for independence from the e.u. the final departure of the u.k. from the e.u. is planned to be at the end of twenty nineteen if the e.u. proposal were to become effective it would indefinitely subject the u.k. to e.c. j. decisions. and we are curia the large commodity trader is seeking permission from the u.s. department of treasury office of foreign asset control ofac to buy out one point five billion dollars in a loan between rosneft the world's largest publicly traded petroleum company and p d s a the event of what venezuelan state oil company which holds a major state in citgo the american refiner in an effort to less control of moscow's influence in the united states p t v s and he has borrowed more than six

billion dollars from rose enough and has put up a large share of a's ownership as collateral if p.t. vs a defaulted on the loan theoretically rosneft could on forty nine point nine percent of citgo if approved by ofac mercurial would be permitted to buy p t v s a's sit go back portions of the loan. citi group has become a major banking investor and loan operator in puerto rico including interest in the puerto rican electric power of. already known as prepaid now is deep in delinquent in loan repayments and will be auctioned off while city is being paid to ensure the energy goes to the highest private bitter the circumstances have raised issues about which banks are involved in puerto rico and what real role they are playing

now here discussed we're joined by kate long the founder of the puerto rico clearing house kate thank you so much for joining us put this into perspective for us first of all the overall puerto rican debt and then let's talk specifically about prepaid please share puerto rico has issued basically since the one nine hundred fifty s. and when they started to fall tienen twenty fifteen they had about seventy two billion dollars of debt outstanding. that includes seventeen classes of debt for the central government and for the utilities it's the largest municipal bankruptcy probably in the history of the united states and no state level entity has to file today since one thousand thirty's when arkansas defaulted on debt they just him from the local communities there so what was the problem i mean was it poor management at the electric power company there or there is something else going on just too expensive to provide power. well that's

a lot of things part so proper is the largest publicly owned utility in the united states has the poorest safety record in the united states probably around fifteen or sixteen percent of the electricity they produce is taken through a legal means it's theft essentially. it probably was a as a public utility became a place for you know basically brothers and sisters and cousins to work. they had a terrible you know issue of just even building out the system the u.s. army corps of engineers are there now repairing it after the hurricane and said you know really poles were just barely put into the ground when you know and don't meet you know standards that you would find on the mainland so there's this whole raft of issues there and then they kept issuing debt on top of all those operational problems and there's issues you know related to like fuel fuel prices that they've paid there's a case in federal court now where they overpaid over a billion dollars in for fuel to venezuela and other suppliers so there's this raft

of problems and you mentioned privatization and that's basically where they need to go it sort of sounds like it were the people but the board and the you know the general manager or president were they political appointees with this sort of you know cronyism at its worst yep yep that's it you know the so the governor it has changed numerous times in less number of years but the governor essentially appoints the members of the board of couple who are elected in the past like the consumer one and then the governor also appoints the upper management and you know there's been testimony that every time a governor changed that they would change centrally all the people running it so you know instead of having professional management there to oversee and make sure the utility is running well it was just kind of like you know friends are for it you know contributors positions and stuff. can be good in some cases but it's a pretty poor policy by and large let me ask you because. the article i read kate

talked about you know city and it mentioned in there that one point they had a seven hundred eighteen percent interest rate now i mean obviously. you know all these problems we've been discussing but boy a seven hundred eighteen percent interest rate if that's the case would certainly way any borrower down is that a typo or a well how do they come up with that number so most of the dead the private. interest rates like four to six percent maybe even maxing out the seven hundred eighteen percent which is people that are not the market people like to toss around it's just a particular structure upon called a capital appreciation and it's basically a zero coupon you would see in the treasury market so i mean if you want to look at it like that that you're not accruing any interest still till the end you know when the bond matures i guess you could say it was had that high rate but just in

particular structure it's essentially. you know a lender gives money to the utility now and gets all the interest and principal back when the bottom matures so kate is there any let's talk more broadly about puerto rico and their debt is there some agreement to life seen figures all over the map but maybe i'm reading the wrong places is there some agreement on what the actual number of the puerto rican debt is yes so basically the bonded goes around seventy two billion there is some a fair amount of this capital appreciation debt which depending on how you want to value that could set up there's also another forty to fifty billion dollars of unfunded pension liabilities which most people consider debt and secured so maybe that's part of what you're seeing is this bond you get in bond to debt plus pension and what role are the banks playing this i know.