you know. the one. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. dramatic. i don't see how. very. i remember how i called. nine civilians were killed including three children when terrorists and christians. exactly seventeen years.

atrocity committed on us soil. and shifting its policy to extremist organizations. in europe immigration issues. talks exclusively to. the asia pacific business and political decision makers had to rush for a major economic forum with between north and south korea. news this hour first for you the focus on the syrian conflict in recent days in the build up to a final push against terrorist groups that are back to the province but what's out of the picture is that militants are still active.

heard a roar there was dust everywhere i grabbed my daughter is trying to cover the house with my body blows it out of her and i learn told to find him and so he with a disorder that was approved law the coming from the senate. and several days ago a rocket landed in front of my house my mom wife and three children died i remember how i called no one picked up. some people died and the lady and it'll go and two teenagers also died.

of the terror groups and have a province or affiliates of al qaeda the organization that was behind the most tragic attack in modern american history on this day in two thousand and one the world watched stunned and helpless as the nine eleven terror attacks took the lives of thousands in the united states since then washington's been engaged in a fight against terrorism through intervention around the globe but it seems that mission has switched in some countries as caleb maupin explains seventeen years ago in america evil had a name and that name was al qaida the united states of america is an enemy of those who weighed terrorists and of the barbaric criminals who profane a great religion by committing murder in its name but that was seventeen years ago and more recent days things just aren't as clear cut in syria's illit province the terrorist group known as he ought to rear al shaab previously known as al qaeda in syria is a. live and kicking now the u.n. special envoy for syria stephan de mistura says that over ten thousand al qaeda

linked fighters are in the area for a long time the usa has promised that it will separate the moderate opposition from the designated terrorist groups but this separation just hasn't happened and at this point it seems like u.s. officials are focused on raising the alarm about the syrian government's efforts to retake rebel held territories. syria must not drink with lid type it would prob and in fact the top administration has already made it clear that if indeed there is a chemical attack they already know who did it if there are chemical weapons that are used we know exactly who's going to use them john bolton trumps national security advisor says that the idea that anybody even the syrian government might use chemical weapons is just crazy.

so apparently al-qaeda brought down the twin towers but they're just not evil enough to release some chlorine gas now the u.n. special envoy disagree is and says that the terrorists are very capable of conducting chemical attacks the government on one hand and most of which is an organization because they were issued by the figure council. are having deep would be made clear to produce weaponized chlorine it quickly stopped being a war about. democracy let's put it that way so. there is no distinction and i think the united states news knows this it didn't matter to the

united states who won so long as assad lost the americans are looking for a way to who was stopped the syrian and russian advance on it and prevent this conflict from being over the syrian government will. will be the responsible for chemical. regardless of who does them this isn't the first time that u.s. foreign policy has a zig zag when it comes to al qaeda back in the one nine hundred eighty s. they called osama bin ladin of three dim fighter when he was battling against the democratic republic of afghanistan cia gave him guns and us media cheered him on it seems now us foreign policy regarding the al qaeda terrorists has gone full circle . art see new york. america's national security adviser is warning syria of a tougher response if it does to quote use chemical weapons again i think the britain and france will support the move comes as the u.s.

announces plans to stay in the country going to get next explores washington's policy on syria. the syrian conflict another drawn out affair with the u.s. only digging itself in deeper but as the newly appointed representative for syria engagement stated there's no hurry so an open ended presence in syria is the new reality despite donald trump's call to get us personnel back home will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it. surprise surprise plans on syria once again aren't panning out as expected let's roll back to the beginning of. the syrian uprising seemed simple washington's main goal regime change the plan according to cables published by wiki leaks would lead to the unraveling of threads all over the region including a possible sectarian war that would likely bog down another major adversary eram

the full of the house of acid could well the united states terry and war drawing in iran which in the view of his right of the come on this would not be a bad thing for israel and its western allies two birds one very bloody stone but here we are in two thousand and eighteen and the reality is assad still in power and the fighting in the country secretary and otherwise has been anything but beneficial for the u.s. and its allies it has israel looking on anxiously as you remain influenced takes root in syria with the tehran backed hezbollah militia becoming a key player. and about those western allies europe is plagued by a refugee crisis in part triggered by the syrian war not to mention terror attacks carried out in the name of eisel.

and here's another failed expectation or plan to train and equip the opposition in syria so they can help push back these terrorists a tactic that proved to be less than successful can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's a small number you know and. the ones that are in the fight is just is we're talking four or five now to be fair one strategy deployed from the very beginning that still finding success to this day is the use of social media to push an anti assad agenda we knew that syrian society was growing increasingly young and digits and that this was going to create disruptions in society that we could

harness for our purposes that idea is proven to be so effective it's being used now i have an image offensive on it led by the syrian army i don't my name is i'm home and there's i'm from syria and there's my message delivered and that's all today i think it's continued so it was just so nice to see my seventeen bit of a place out of it even you have hundreds of thousands of such a life that is live this way and. i thought i would have thought things out a bit into a duck or nothing and who've seen see any of. me on money for insights here that are like me when we made that incredible and and now we even have trump warning assad against retaking it live despite the fact that his own government admitted there were terrorists in the area president by show assets of syria not recklessly provence the russians in the rain ians would be making a great humanitarian in the state to take part in this potential human tragedy hundreds of thousands of people could be killed don't let that happen. is

a province just the largest al qaeda safe haven since nine. the low end it live now is a huge problem it is an al qaeda safe haven right on the border of turkey a recurring problem for more than half a decade has been that u.s. plans are falling flat in syria and the flaws are already appearing and the expectations of donald trump strategy as well. well the u.s. military claims it knows a better way to fight terror and it led syria and its allies to a political science professor from damascus we spoke to a skeptical about america's course. this is looking for geopolitical targets not for combating terrorism we have heard about the war against terrorism starting from other bit of september and i think after this war of against terrorism that there is it is expanding more and more we could see that this is or failed in this war in afghanistan or in syria

or in yemen saw we are in syria we we don't there are the united states we are in our hands going by i think there is and we made progress in that i think this is this point is not satisfied with these results because our show succeeded in doing the. works of awfully. next russian protest artists notorious for staging some i watering stones has found that finger from to claim asylum hasn't worked out according to plan after his latest piece went a bit too far. russia

it's sometimes difficult to be an answer. yes especially from mexico. declaration out of his art that's the case of that poverty and we already know and there's just been arrested for setting the door of the former k.g.b. building on fire. the public the price of his actions is the loss of his freedom. we filmmakers sponsors actors in the world of culture and citizens are outraged about the situation. an opposition illegal incarcerated and russian.

little or. what daily life in french prison is like every day a prison guard names incarcerated person and reason arrest warrant out loud the prisoner then grabs his things and matches from the cell says his goodbyes his prison mates and leaves in florida for example five to ten prison guards gang up on a convict and slam them to the floor choke him until he shows her twist his hand and then lead him out while squeezing his neck. obviously the administration here is just torturing me.

where i live a lot of also after the break as the far east russian pole welcomes thousands to a major economic forum that's next. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. face for the next actual threat like china becoming a superpower and get its act together like we did during the cold war after russia

but next the u.s. landed on the moon that's why i mention the list and look if we have an existential crisis coming down the path guys like trump and other entrepreneurial. leaders will mobilize the country and i want them this challenge because right now america doesn't. play with. welcome back key leaders in business chiefs from across the asia pacific region and gathered in russia's major economic forum there let's go live to. covering the event trying to hide the radio again what can we expect over the next couple of days. calling high right now

more than six thousand four hundred kilometers four hundred kilometers away from moscow the russian capital but if i get on a plane and less than two hours i can find myself in beijing tokyo or seoul that's the geographic reality of this region and i can tell you that russia's far east is . open for business men representing ages heavyweights in economy the likes of china japan and south korea and the entrepreneurs from these countries hundreds of them are here at tending the eastern economic forum besides of course here we can see the leaders of china and japan and putin has already sat down. late on monday and from the talks it was clear that no political differences are likely to disturb the ambitions of the business community now she jingping will

meet the russian president later on tuesday here with me right now to discuss what's going on at this forum and around it is samir soran who is the president of the observer research foundation welcome to our team sir thank you for. my first question is russia and china are facing increasing pressure from the west's here we can mention the trade wars and the threat of new sanctions do you think that these two countries can do anything together or possibly the politicians or the experts at this forum can come up with something to withstand these kind of threats and i think this is the fundamental question of our times. promoters of globalization of global integration and open and fair trading and marketing system. losing that. and countries like china russia japan india and others who do believe that the

world must remain to get must work together must create new forms of cooperation and collaboration have to put capital put it to come and money on the table to preserve this particular cause and forums like these where we are today actually the new forms of tomorrow it is in the east eastern economic forum more than the world economic forum but helps. that you might find solutions for the asian century as it were it is here that the shebeen finally discovered his station roots and did find elaborations with the japanese the chinese many in southeast asia in india and it is put out there david but have it be able to create new institutions that would serve much of the trading in economic partnerships with twenty percent to the. north korea and south korea are a parent's be patching things up do you think something can be done or said at this forum that can help but i think all of us must serve the purpose of political

stability if we want to be ambitious on economic growth and i think countries like russia and china have played an important role in the shooting in question they must continue to catalyze the possibilities of for a settlement between the two koreas i think it might be a little romantic right now do you imagine maybe unification but even if they were to become a single economic treating union that itself would be an important development for the region it adds a lot of economic health to and so to me despite the worry and i think the almost investor in this process china and russia have a greater voice on this matter than most other countries in the world. and you know on the same issue i think. the russians and the chinese although they are protesting with the americans today are doing so on a very different levels i think that russian american contest is more on the politics of the world and the chinese and american context is more of only economic

and the economic arrangements of the world i'm not sure that that is the there is no one quite knows where both stand together the chinese are far more likely to be amenable to americans in seeking certain kind of put into considerations which the russians might not be and by some words so i don't think in this multipolar world in this chaotic world we have what i shall try not on we have convergence is. brix all i see oh all sorts of other organizations. look together but we also have our own different assumptions and perspective because as i've mentioned a lot of our program has already met with the japanese prime minister shinzo aviv but when it comes to politics there are still being very cautious about the prospects of a signing of a peace treaty. do you think in the near future we are to expect some significant steps in that direction i think if we if we all agree that any

century in admission or there must be some of the assumptions that blunted system in forced on forced on all of us must be should decide he must cause them a site i don't think he had ever going to achieve what would it be to have a single cogent homogeneous formula maybe on live happy together in the political reality and they can all make real in the culture of the. issue. matin contradictions it's about china india the mission ship which confronts each other when it comes to certain disputed territories and and and contents and the money has but does a hundred billion dollars of trade it be the century of a china and america don't see eye to eye on many political questions but treating it girls are six hundred billion dollars so. i don't think japan and russia need to solve everything on their fronts. pressure needs to up its game on its economic front japan is a great destination does not want to be in a position where it's only economic option that china has to widen its of economic

possibilities japan has agreed to the politics to be resolved so we need someone wiser but mentioned that if we have enough time things will disappear economics is something that we must seize and we can act. complicating it and russia must proceed bravely and viciously beat the japanese when it comes to its economic engine mr serrano i think in essence what you're. as these regional players what they should do is put business first and politics second why has russia essentially been able to do that with the eurasian community so to say but why is a struggling to do that when it comes to its ties with the west i think russia is comfortable working with some other actors and i think that is what it amounts to it has to see itself as a as a big player there to kids i think when russia engages with the europeans and americans it somehow is different it is not proposition that it does not see itself

as the leader who can set the tone and the bones of the debate but it is now that he has with the smaller countries russia's proposition that even the eurasian countries suggest ideas with the brics russia has the most important voice in the brics it has god the brics platform i see this dichotomy in the russian approach to foreign policy that somehow when it starts looking towards europe it sees itself smaller than you do its share must see itself in its true sight it is the most important condition that if the twenty first century is a shame russia is the. bigger much sir for your thoughts this was summer soran who is the president of the observer research foundation discussing what's going on at this eastern economic forum and the things happening around of the well as i've mentioned the president of china will be meeting his russian counterpart later on tuesday and of course i'll be back with more updates from

a lot of austin ok we'll let you get on to that for now they are in your trunk or at least an economic forum thanks for that. the u.n. human rights chief has sent delegations to italy and austria to verify how migrants are being protected off the reported increase in racist attacks in those countries . italy's decision to close its seaports denying entry to angio rescue ships had serious consequences for the most vulnerable even though we're seeing a big drop in the numbers coming from libya over the past twelve months the number of those who died during the crossing is high in the first six months of twenty eighteen than it was the total flow of arrivals in the e.u. has decreased overall compared to last year it's a trend that's evident in italy but it still receives a large number a drop in arrivals comes after a populist government took power in june and applied a strict migration policy italy's interior minister facing consequences for his hardline anti migrant policy he's now under investigation for alleged abuse of office kidnapping and illegal arrest after he forced

a rescue ship with one hundred fifty refugees to stay in port for five days spoke exclusively to mattel yourself about the strains of the migrant crisis was placed on europe. there is some international missions brought tens of thousands of my going to mentally alone i think the citizens of pay my salary in order for me to control them is entering my country the european countries. close their borders and send back the two thousand people and then try to lecture us on them you know. no no no. i don't have enemies i see things very differently from on your microphone and i'm going merkel on economics immigration the future of europe islam and terrorism we've come a long way there is a historical opportunity next made to finally change the balance in europe and to change our relations with countries beyond europe as i'm thinking of russia because

i've been saying for years now that i'm in government i will work on it because sanctions against russia do not make any economic political social cultural sense. well on this one and you know. i'm not against europe i'm in favor of a year of that does few things but doesn't while leaving freedom of choice on other fronts for individual states this government has already built partnerships in the united states in russia and china because europe's population and economic power who could manage more and more. unfortunately him brussels and in europe they only understand the language of money therefore they're not talking about principles values solidarity economic issues the e.u. is now discussing the budget for the next seventy years seeking to get it approved we devote all countries and we've been telling government from prime minister down i've already said that if there is no agreement on the other issues on banking policy policy on immigration we won't vote for the budget right that's the news for

now thanks for watching up next china's superpower prospects and dealing with debt and the latest kaiser report. i . guess manufacture consent to step into the public well. when the ruling

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