many for over twenty years now he's been getting welfare payments to boot he's been named in the media as a he's a to mizi anational and he's believed to have joined al qaeda in afghanistan back in two thousand and illegibly worked as one of osama bin laden's bodyguards because he was already a german resident by that point he dented germany three years prior a need on a student visa when he came back he filed an asylum request that was denied in two thousand and six and a court in germany described him as an acute and considerable danger to public security but a higher court subsequently overrode the deportation order and they cited concerns that this man sami a would be subjected to torture back home in tunisia now sami a was never actually charged with terrorist activities in germany but all sources deem him a security risk and he has to report to a police station on

a daily basis he and this whole story has been unearthed again because it's caught the attention of the alternative for germany party they're the ones that put in a request with the regional authorities to find out the status of this man and how much money he's getting in benefits payments and it's triggered harsh criticism from both the f.d.a. party but also from senior voices within the angle of merkel's own c.d.u. party german asylum laws being shamelessly exploited here do we have to give a terrorist tax money because we cannot deport i have normal standing of these cool . now this situation where suspected terrorists used human rights laws to avoid deportation is by no means new here in the u.k. there have been similar cases last year a government report a home office report here revealed that over forty foreign born terrorists are devoid did deportation for. in the u.k.

i think the reason this case with sami a mini has caused so much concern is because it's very hard to stomach this idea that somebody who's a suspected terrorist is getting government money when it comes to asylum in germany political scientist event a pub cell told us that the whole system needs to rethink the shortcomings of the german legal system in the sector we are not ready to handle these complicated issues of immigration of asylum seekers we have to deal with this person yes we deal with all other persons of this crime the thorny issue is that there are states like tunisia that do not simply accept the return of their citizens to the country learned do narcs make any of the missions there would not torture there when going big this is an open diplomatic problem we have a new with public discussion with our losses is adequate and is well fitted for

handling these problems and without any doubt that in the course of these legislative term we are further clarification of. liverpool football supporter is in a critical condition right now after clashes with the tally and fans ahead of a game in the english city on tuesday to roma supporters are under arrest on suspicion of attempted murder i got more details earlier from marty's alexy irish asking. into eighty eight hundred seventy final the champions league we're not talking about the brilliance of mohammad salo roberto filomena or even a late comeback from roma we're talking about football violence again that's a set of roma supporters attacked liverpool supporters outside of the field the stadium in liverpool allegedly carrying baton belts and even sledgehammers and now one fifty three year old irish man a fan of liverpool instead of celebrating a beautiful five two when he was in hospital fighting for his life in a critical condition the merseyside police in liverpool investigating this as an attempted murder and two men from rome twenty five and twenty six years of age have

been arrested as for reaction obviously to clubs every should statements with. websites condemning this violence in the strongest terms possible your way for saying that it was deeply shocked by the violence outside of the stadium in liverpool which is bizarre because they should have just looked into the past and saw how six fans of liverpool were stabbed by robber fans in two thousand and one there have been other cases of violence perpetrated by this particular club fans and now i'm going to rome next week for the away leg does this kind of reaction we can sell me by no means and all this happens is as we remember fifty days before the world cup every single day we're hearing stories about the russian who are against the threat of russian hooligans that english fans should not be travelling to the world cup because they will get in trouble with russian hooligans almost as if you know these newspapers and these writers do not acknowledge the fact that hooliganism is a universal problem and speaking of which we are running a documentary throughout the day on r.t. called football beasts and let's watch a clip of that. excitement

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as the syrian military works to secure complete control of the battle scarred city of duma kilometers of rebel built tunnels have been discovered ati has exclusive images of the vast subterranean network that helped to sustain the islamist insurgents. so while they starve this they harass this they moved around in our blood as you see these tunnels are massive they make catches work on them as well as civilians that they wouldn't feed those who refused to work and you can see how big they are and how much they have in there is like a city beneath a city that. we would be taken to

the spot where the fighting with the and they would give as a matter fifteen minutes before it started they showed us how to act and who to shoot the guy who told us what to do with then disappear after that it all depended on luck before the fighting they used to tell us about jihad the martyrs of jihad and about heroic death on the battlefield but other times they treated us like dogs . separately the russian defense ministry has displayed missile fragments recovered from syria they either malfunctioned or failed to reach their target it was part of the barracks launched by america the u.k. and france this month more details next from nichiren. well as you know we've been bombarded with two different versions of events solve those strikes that hit syria in mid april and today the russian defense ministry really upped the ante by providing some actual tangible evidence of those missiles that it says were either

intercepted or simply malfunctioned and this is going to be the barras thing development for the u.s. side which has lauded the success of those one hundred five as strikes which it said was were precise and overwhelming also dismissing any suggestions by russia that any of those missiles had been intercepted also insisting that the syrian air defense capabilities had been largely ineffective with their syrian missiles merely being fired into open air take a listen with over one hundred missiles. shoot one down the equipment didn't work too well they were equipped with. the one you know you heard all the shots forty and then they showed fifty and there were. no sure every single one of the russian defense ministry also went into detail earlier about the targets of those one hundred five missiles twenty two only twenty two of those one hundred five missiles actually hit their intended targets and it's been revealed at that that they

actually hit civilian objects rather than the alleged chemical supplies the u.s. has been so persistent upon take a listen just of. some of the missiles didn't reach the targets apparently due to malfunction they were threat to civilians there in civilian buildings at the same time the logic of the u.s. u.k. and france in choosing the targets is unclear you see there were stockpiles of toxic agents there if they were hit by cruise missiles this could lead to widespread poisoning and if it was for damascus itself tens of thousands of people could have died so this latest development is probably going to deal of blow to the u.s. presidency ego as well he had boasted as so optimistically about the performance of his missiles and after those strikes even. his popularity and on the upturn with his approval rating jumping a few percentage points so this turnabout is not something we could expect him to let lie. russia's consulate in the u.s.

city of seattle has now officially been shut down with police patrolling the perimeter after reportedly breaking the logs on the main gate to enter the premises only on wednesday two cars arrived outside right before the deadline set for russian diplomats to leave one of those who arrived was wearing police uniform the others were plain clothed the embassy now empty the buildings being patrolled by the authorities the russian embassy called attempts to enter the building unfriendly and added that it will continue to monitor the situation the move comes after donald trump ordered sixty diplomats to be expelled in march over allegations that russia was behind the poisoning of form a double agent. and his daughter in the u.k. . they knew this thousands of people across germany have been demonstrating over a recent attack against a person wearing traditional jewish headwear in the german capital the violent incident comes even as the german chancellor admits that she's worried by a spike in anti semitism our europe correspondent peter oliver was at the rally in

berlin. it was just last week when one thousand year old syrian asylum arkan's attacked two jewish men in the rather well to do friends allow a bird's area of a lane no no no susan was committed suicide is your message she says to tell me do you know you know that from jewish leaders in the city to say this jewish people should refrain from wearing the keep are now that prompted well that prompted many people to come out here on to the streets of the german capital in order to say that they were going to wear the traditional jewish headdress the capon the yarmulke depending on how you want to call it they came out here today this evening and said no we will defy that we will wear it and we are proud of our jewish heritage i spoke to some of those and asked them exactly why they were here and what they wanted to say i think we we need solidarity. with all or at least circles

. within all or addictions christians jews people and. muslim make us well every religion has this right to live here and to leave and that's freedom to govern that's my opinion of my belief. to live here to govern otherwise it's. you wouldn't to i'm actually a christian jewish people belong to the same group of religions as i do i'm here to show my support what's happening in germany right now is no good we've seen people beaten simply because they're wearing a kippah that schools have to be protected at all times kindergartens as well this is an acceptable as we've seen from some of those people we just heard for this isn't just you jewish people that have come out wearing the yarmulke in support of the jewish community here in berlin people from all faiths have done the same thing now we have seen a recent rise in anti semitic attacks in berlin we have seen

a recent rise and understood that it is. in germany in general some of those involving schools now we did hear from the german chancellor angela merkel who had this to say about recent arrivals and their contribution towards the un systematic problem in germany right now noir we have a new phenomenon as we have many refuges among whom there are for example people of arab origin who bring in another form of anti-semitism into the country unfortunately and to syria does not existed before that. and it's not that's prompted thousands of people to come here to the streets of the german capital to say you know the semitism in the city well you know the semitism in all its forms. a photojournalist from gaza has died of a bullet wound he sustained while documented a demonstration close to the israeli border earlier this month twenty five year old ahmed abu has seen it was shot in the stomach by an israeli defense forces sniper he's the second journalist to have been killed while covering the ongoing great

march of return protest campaign has seen was reportedly working at a permissible distance from the border fence when he was hit. the i.d.f. has claimed that it doesn't intentionally target journalists and investigates deaths in such circumstances however there's been a global backlash over the israeli military's brutal suppression of the rallies in gaza since the end of march its soldiers have killed forty palestinians including four children during that period. men for the simple ration forty next to the top of the world in seven days a team of women from europe and the middle east are being competing in

a weeklong skiing expedition to the north pole a journey was sponsored by the global cybersecurity company can spur ski lab it was part of their campaign to empower women are to accompany the team on my quest. it gives those girls i know say the team a platform from which to share their story i'm not to be the powerful thing about this expedition is that we're going to share all story and hopefully inspire little small girls and boys men and women to go on and never reach beyond the expectation of others so. i. could go with a quickie i believe i'm the first kuwaiti to ski to the north pole but i certainly

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hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle after sixty eight years the two koreas are on the verge of signing a peace treaty a donald trump summit is in the works is peace coming to the korean peninsula well

it's possible the foreign policy blog and the corporate media are less enthusiastic after all conflict is their business model. crosstalk in the korean peninsula i'm joined by my guest. washington he is a senior fellow at the institute for china america studies also in washington we have john merrow he is former chief of the north east asia division of the bureau of intelligence and research at the u.s. state department as well as author of korea the peninsular origins of the war and in new york we cross to daniel loves our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate so let me go to you first in washington if you look at the mainstream media and particularly the cable stations all the focus on the korean

peninsula is directed towards this summit that may have with the north korean leader but really i think it's what's more important happening this week and it's the two koreas coming together how does this change the situation on the peninsula if north korea and south. korea can find some kind of meaningful and let me stress meeting for reproach moment go ahead in washington. let me in response to your question laid out right over here that the real credit for the situation the opportunity that we have today is because of president mungy in south korea you know if we had a the same all the conservative south korean government in place today what would have happened is kim jong un would have gone through with his condense testing schedule and then after that he would have gone straight into his bunker emerging from time to time with grave threats and snarly garley threats to blow everything

up the fact of the matter is that mungy him is the person who has been able to tease kim jong il kim jong un out into the sunshine and has open and shown him a pathway to global integration and as well as not south reconciliation. in the south korean progressive government has a lead this process of reconsolidation which has dramatically altered the dynamics on the on the korean peninsula of course the olympics also have helped and therefore it is north and south they extend that they leave the process that they would have dragged other parties along including the united states credit allies with the peninsula parties ok john let me go to you more or less the same question here because the dynamic changes considerably if there is a peace between the two koreas after sixty eight years make started coming to some kind of defense and security measures that both can accept then regime change as it

were that we hear so many people talking about in in the washington foreign policy blob that kind of is taken off the table because that would not be in south korea's interests go ahead john in washington. right peter well i think i think you overstated it a little bit i do give president moon a lot of credit but i think the main credit i never thought i would say that i know obviously belongs to donald trump i know you're going to say that. this this this this is this is the man who said he he wanted nothing more than to sit down and have a hamburger with kim jong un and looks like he's going to get his chance right now there are apparently still cia people liaison people behind in pyongyang at least according to the south korean media and people are hard at work and mr pump aoe is the guy that's been running this. formerly from his post

as cia director but hopefully in a few days as secretary of state so i think i would agree the president deserves a lot of credit and certainly with a progressive government a lot of things are possible that weren't underpass can conservative regimes but i think we have to give president trump his do as well and i just i just hope things go ok it's a topsy topsy turvy world exactly and you know and i'm very happy that this process is going on let me go to daniel i don't care who gets the credit i think that is really low on the hierarchy a bit of an important see are getting peace on that peninsula where you have the most heavily armed border in the world after sixty eight years of considerable american military presence is there and the chinese have come in and in ways that i think we'll find out in the future they were very constructive here it's the result that counts most importantly go ahead daniel well. let me speak up for ken jiang on

which i think is played his cards extremely well. is not in the door a political endorsement of him by any means but he is a very smart yap player yet and he has done. very good job. he's. kind of you know seize control of the opening seize the opening that trump courted him and has really run of the i think it's a it's a pretty impressive performance ok let's go back to washington. and i think what's really important here i mean it's good to get down to really the details here because we have a do you need arise south korea i'm sorry korean peninsula means north and south so that means that american nukes would not be allowed there i mean this is the kind of opening that i think the north korean leader was looking for he's looking for a grand bargain and you know what folks he's been asking for a grand bargain for a while and i think he had to go through all of the theatrical of the missiles and

the launches and you know all of the heated rhetoric back and forth this was the opening that he was looking for and it was a south korean leader that opened the door and we got a nod from donald trump i mean we'll find out where it goes so you know it really gets down to the details of what that means because we know all along north korea wants security guarantees maybe russia and china can be guarin tours of that go ahead sort of been in washington. absolutely correct on that i mean the devil is in the details in terms of how do you go about staging nuclearization in terms of how that process works out the mechanics of that process but you're absolutely correct on that point with regard to denuclearize the nuclearization that it is not just a north korean affair it needs to be a peninsula fair let me throw out a useful principle which might be useful here both in terms of denuclearization as well as in reduction of conventional forces in terms on the peninsula and in terms

of the hostilities that are there in terms of denuclearization we're talking of course complete verifiable irreversible nuclearization of north korea they can have a civil nuclear program which. civil nuclear program which will be very intrusively watched over by the i.a.e.a. full scope see if guards etc etc but what that means for south korea is that of course they have this civil of very extensive civil nuclear program but there will be no strategic forces on their territory and they want to even be an extended deterrent to south korea provided by the us so long as there is complete nuclearization of the north now the parallel fact which north and south korea frankly need to work out because the nuclearization is essentially a topic of discussion between north korea and the united states with regard to conventional forces what the disposition of the end of the day needs to be that the

peninsula is is kind of insulated from the larger the geopolitics off the north east asia south the south korea has already shown that it is not in not terribly interested in getting into things like a regional ballistic missile shield well it's not interested in going to eilat for a line we're going to find we're going to find actually less yeah we're going to find out just how far the pentagon wants to go along with it john let me go to you because if you get if you look at the mainstream media and the punditry that we are bombarded with all of the time and the mainstream media is really not on board here is it just because they don't want to see succeeded anything or in the military industrial complex i mean south korea and the and that region of the world is a nice. trough for arms in the us as a vast military establishment there and that needs to be paid for i mean there's a combination of these things here and go ahead john in washington. well you know i

peter i don't know that's that's that's kind of hard to say what i will say is this i think what has happened is that we have now gotten a de facto freeze for freeze this was the proposal you have that was made by moscow and beijing years ago and i wrote on this subject about a year and a half ago and i got excoriated for saying that but this is what it is this is what is now de facto in place and so this is this is a big deal it is you know the u.s. the u.s. military exercises this year the joint us are ok exercises are a shadow of their former self last year we had three aircraft carrier battle groups participating this year it's one small aircraft it's really an assault ship with a short takeoff and landing j thirty f.

thirty five so it's a huge deal now there are huge military asymmetries on the peninsula which are going to be astronomically difficult to resolve so we may get a start in these in these discussions when the two korean leaders may meet they may in a few days they may even to clear and then to yes a korean war at least hostilities but it's going to take a lot of tough slogging to work through some of these details and to particularly to put in place the security guarantees which i think the north koreans are going to insist on to go forward daniel let me go to you i mean the security guarantees that's what it's always been about and i'm glad that john mentioned the freeze for freeze because that's been around for a while nobody in the mainstream media says that where that idea comes from but i can tell you if you go to last year during the security council you could see the russian and chinese ambassador at length go through that. process here.