for all this waste the company has promised to reuse the plastic. on. the mountains of only grow. islamic state fighters abandon their last stronghold in syria in the face of advancing military force. u.s. general say the fight is far from over. claims to the contrary also what. does it take to sight in the evil evil is evil the u.s. democratic party is split over

a resolution condemning. muslim discrimination. young britons are turning their backs on america for their holidays their speculation it's the president. yeah i can understand why people boycott and that makes sense like the guy is probably not to. get smart and. culturally appropriate. grammar you may be tuning in from right around the world this hour well. international i mean you know in. our top story. last stronghold in syria appears on the verge of falling as hundreds of its fighters in the village.

the iraqi border surrendered to u.s. backed forces many women and children have also fled the village some of them are the wives of the eyes of the fighters where they themselves still don't believe the spells that definitely caliph that. list by donald trump repeatedly declaring a final victory over america's top general says the fight is still far from over the betrayal brings us more not story. have a look at but who's right there near the border with iraq we didn't really hear about it in the course of syria's civil war misery now's the time it is really being called the last remaining eyelet of territory in syria about to be stormed by u.s. backed kurdish troops we expect a fierce battle later at the end of the civilian evacuation given the will remain

in bag who's of the ones brimming with the ideology and the ones who is not an option indeed we've seen crowds of escaping civilians and even jihad as who did choose to surrender the current say they want to make sure all innocent people make it out of the goos before the guns go off but the main still be trapped in there either not able or not keen to escape just a short while ago though donald trump was bragging about his army and allies crushing islamic state completely we just took over you know you kept hearing it was ninety percent ninety two percent the caliphate in syria now it's one hundred percent we just took over ever since then however we've kept hearing absolutely different takes from those who are actually responsible for what's happening on the ground the head of u.s. central command is sure i still hasn't surrendered he's confident of thinking have

chosen to lay low and wait for the right time to make a comeback reduction of the physical caliphate is a monumental military accomplishment but the fight against isis and violent extremism is far from over we have won against isis now we've won and at least for now president trumps proud announcement that the american soldiers were pulling out makes less and less sense the pullout would have definitely scored mr trump some valuable political points but nothing seems to be certain here especially with this but google's thorn in the side. you could in that vacuum see a resurgence of ice and see a resurgence you know where we're doing out we'll come back if we have to anyway whatever happens next depends on what ignites and this small but vital strip of land known as booze but we saw further reaction to all this middle east studies

professor joshua landis believes further setbacks lie ahead in the battle to defeat isel. well as a general votel testified in congress recently and just today he said that. yes this is the end of the territorial state which is very important but it's not by any means the end devices there are a lot of fighters that have gone to ground and that have farms we believe that farms sleeper cells which are going to activate in the you know edge at some future date from the later clarify that this is the territorial state and that's why he's reversed his opinion on u.s. troops remaining in syria you know there's a there's a hundred ways to count troops and that may not include a lot of the regular soldiers perhaps national forces you see advisers diplomats and an aid organization so there's likely to be a lot more americans there there's going to still be

a lot of isis trouble and we're seeing bomb attacks being carried out in iraq on a weekly basis and there have been isis attacks in northern syria as well so i says is far from over and. whatever claims about this the president is making are misleading. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution condemning hate and intolerance including something semitism on muslim discrimination it was drawn up after democrat omar was accused of being. we must reject all forms of bigotry and prejudice directed at any. of our fellow human beings justice cries out against one who is anti-semitic so we come together today hopefully asshole is the hand of condemned anti-semitism bigotry racism every time that anti-semitism rears its ugly head we need to stop it

how well does it take to figure out just don't hate how only child how many how many pages does it take to side l in the evil evil is evil although they resolution was passed getting there was tough the drafting of the text was fault with disagreements and that's not the only thing democrats have been finding over. and explains. top democrats in congress have spent the last week drafting a resolution condemning what they consider to be bigotry and offensive speech and it's not from trump or republicans it's from fellow democrat ilana omar the freshman congresswoman she talked about the israel lobby and they say that is offensive to jews i want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is ok for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country some democrats are demanding an apology for

a comment they say represented blatant anti semitism i'm sat in the representative o'mara continues to mischaracterize to perjury israel i urge you to retract the statement and engaging ferdie dialogue with community on why these comments are so hurtful edition only questioning support for the us israel relationship is unacceptable so the democrats had their resolution it was all set they were ready to put it to a vote but then they had a big problem because people from their own party came out swinging against it i'm curious if representative vargas will further explain his stance here that is unacceptable to even question u.s. foreign policy some democrats through willing to compromise and added language to the resolution condemning islamophobia as well as anti semitism what congresswoman omar said i thought was wrong and hurtful but i also want to say that what happened linking all muslims to the terrorist attack was wrong and hurtful if you look

through everything that she has said it makes no references to jews or jewish individuals to the jewish government it is an indication that indeed deep seats if you will the additional democratic party structure is still in place is still strong enough and the divide is getting deeper at this point the hard left democrats are rallying around the green new deal this is a resolution that would completely revamp america's transportation system reorient the energy markets and build lots of infrastructure at first nancy pelosi had quite a few questions about it. the green dream or whatever they call it nobody knows what it is but therefore it's right it will be one of several many many suggestions that we receive that republicans were ready to put the green new deal up for a vote but then democrats got fired up they're bringing a resolution forward so they can vote against it. this cheap cynical ploy

evidently represents the sum total of senate republicans leadership on the vital issue of climate change the same goes for impeachment the democratic socialists want trump ousted right away when your silence is used as home alone if you want bullies don't wait and see things also because we're going to go in there really is some of them. but the top dog democrats say they should cool their heels before you impeach somebody you have to persuade the american public that it ought to to happen you have to persuade enough of the opposite of the opposition party voters sort of trump voters this fight didn't begin in twenty nine team back during the twenty sixteen democratic primary rank and file leftists felt as if the nomination had been robbed from them and later wiki leaks confirmed that it was indeed a rigged against them and they didn't forget about it either.

the video from last night really shows the passion that these bernie sanders supporters have any anger that they have they feel like they are being shut out. thank you. for. the change that is happening in the democratic party is something that started with the recent elections the roads in amman and brute others young progress are pushing for new ideas i think there is a son who who that perhaps more popular involvement in the project could shift within the party and increasingly challenge the traditional elites of the democrats and twenty sixteen trump swept in and took the republican party in

a new. populist direction and it's pretty clear that the democratic socialist wing wants to take the democratic party in a new direction as well but there are some pretty solid and entrenched leaders who are determined to stop them caleb mopp and r.t. new york. right let's turn attention to the middle east now where dozens of ultra-orthodox jews have been arrested in jerusalem it comes as part of a crackdown against empty conscription demonstrations. yes. security forces used force water kelly to break up. which had brought traffic to a gridlock for hours according to israeli law ultra-orthodox jews are exempt from under the trees and sport they still receive at the further notice from the army otherwise they risk being arrested for draft.

is public young britons off visiting the us that's according to new figures polly boy who was suitably intrigued to investigate further. the transatlantic road trip me used to be most students dream holiday things like route sixty six or recreating the journeys of the beatniks from the road or feminist fugitives like bella and louise but according to the u.k.'s biggest youth travel operator the kids of today no longer consider the us a cruel destination backpacking trips and holidays over to america are down twenty three percent from the start of the year and the travel operators are blaming it on something called the trump slump they say that socially conscious millennial is an generation's ias a shining america because their perch off by none other than the president himself

would you share would you share on a trip to the u.s. because of trouble here i can understand why people make sense would you very sure america on holiday would it be kind of top of your list of where you want to go not the top line ups going on. but i know you prefer to go somewhere a bit more. culturally appropriate. would you want to go to america or just donald trump that you know personally so you're not bothered. you go america which you. do you go to trade you have the opportunity to go to america you still go yeah yeah like i wouldn't care about don i mean i i don't like what he does but like i like to guy but it's probably not to my lists but he just said we moneywise maybe i'd like to have me i'm too strong but i think i think that for what it is very different going to be that's live all i see is migration and everything and i don't think i would choose to live that i think that's been going on it's quite a time and i think i want to but then again you know the whole thing is like price

and stuff so you know it's already great i mean really that has passed and if even here to say it was. coming to the u.k. because of the political situation so i don't think that's a really should have an impact on people choosing the whole day the sioux nation so it's still still travel. i don't know about in denver colorado or where we're from but i can tell you i don't like don't try very much if you want from the u.s. would you go to the u.s. on holiday probably not really well you know. i probably just want to stay here where where i know what's going on where there's no chaos whatsoever and it's still very very calm on advertising. like you know that you. can come to america. on the bait hungary's prime minister lock horns with european officials over immigration we have a story on plenty more besides right after this. join

me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see if i. can socialism bring about a radian future

a growing number of voters seem to think so which of these voters and some members of congress mean by socialism free stuff for all the state controlling the means of production. why are so many falling out of love with capitalism. we're back with our to international migration crisis that rocked europe is all but over that's the claim of e.u. officials but it seems not everyone is singing the same the hungarian pm sees the very future of the blocks if it continues with pro immigration policies peter all over has been delving deeper. great news from the european commission this week the migrant crisis is over over the past four years the e.u. has made significant progress with tangible results in addressing the challenge of

migration europe is no longer experiencing the migration crisis we lived through in twenty fifteen but structural problems remain it's a statement that's backed up by i think it is from the un refugee agency that show that one hundred twenty thousand people tried to cross the mediterranean last year and that is down almost ninety percent from the high in twenty fifteen but that doesn't mean that everything is sorted though crime statistics across europe show migrants are overrepresented in many countries the italian interior ministry say that while foreigners in the country represent only eight percent of the population they make up over thirty percent of suspects in criminal cases. job and my colleagues jobs are to ensure security and it can be provided without supporting the smugglers and n.g.o.s or accomplices to these criminals but by supporting those who actually protect the borders here in berlin three quarters of those in pretrial

detention came from outside of germany while in norway a journalistic investigation revealed to out of three people convicted of a violent crime were migrants those that work closely with refugees and migrants say it's no surprise that they feature so prominently in crime figures the armor vulnerable they have experienced more trauma some of them come from violent cultures and they take it with that among against the e.u. commission statement on gary and prime minister viktor orban has been the most vocal that migration increases crime especially criminal acts against women and introduces the virus of terrorism in our midst but we cannot get stuck in our fears we have to understand that the european peoples have come to a historic crossroad. his government has launched an information campaign criticizing what he sees as brussels plan to encourage immigration that everyone

has the right to know the proposals that fundamentally change or hungry security in his mind or claims are dismissed as pure barath of of a shadow we can still receive the commission has. a vote or opinion of the guardian government come payments that's distort the truth and six and seek to paint a dark picture of a secret brought to drive more migration to europe allegedly so what the europeans think about claims the migrant crisis is over totally disagree i don't think it's over now not over the plastic coming just. europe's no i haven't seen you coming in we can't let. me can pretend it's really all over with what's on the line every thing is new or the policy of the country it's a trap. it has been worse but but. it isn't fixed that's

not i don't think it's over and i don't think it will be over for a while we took a lot of people in only if you have work only if you are in training or education and i think they should be integrated into society better while european chiefs may be claiming the refugee crisis is no longer a problem at the border plea believe because the problems are already here peter all of r.t. . china has warned washington it will take all necessary measures to protect its businesses it comes a day after weiwei filed a lawsuit against the u.s. government over what the chinese telecoms john call it an all new constitutional federal its products the chinese foreign minister said the while way case was clearly a political move. it is fairly obvious to any and subjective person that the recent actions against a particular chinese company and individual don't amount to

a purely judicial case but rather to a political move designed to bring them down china has to continuously take any measures necessary to protect the legitimate rights and interests of chinese citizens and businesses it is the responsibility of the chinese government at the same time we support the companies and individuals to seek redress for their legitimate interests under the law we are refusing to play the victim and simon lamb u.s. authorities accuse while way of trying to bypass international sanctions on iran that have requested the extradition of its chief financial officer from a letter the company has also been accused of industrial espionage after trying to reportedly steal trade secrets from its competitor t. mobile washington claims the tech giant engaged in espionage on behalf of beijing. on the chinese telecoms company what its products. well while ways motives are the only thing experts say washington has dragged into its trade war beijing's huge one

belt one road infrastructure project is also in its sights the u.s. has been piling pressure on its lee not to jump aboard the project we view belton road initiative as he made by china for china and initiative we're skeptical the italian government's indorsement will bring any sustained economic benefits to the italian people and it may end up harming italy's global reputation in the long run basically what policies serve its own interests and it can make its decisions independently or rome is expected to officially sign up to the initiative when chinese president xi jinping visits at the end of this map and italy's call this government has meaning talking up the benefits to. one way for us to increase trade values is to first increase investment this is done by these memorandums one belt one road it is a very fertile area for investment but just what is it well the belt and road

initiative spawns three continents stretching from china to europe and africa it's the selling to connect nearly two thirds of the world's population by link knowledge and infrastructure development over the course of the next decade or over the u.s. has expressed security concerns and question china's motives social or just polo bernardine believes that lee has much to gain from taking part. really there is a strong good quietus between the last numbers that they are taking advantage of these guys to act in this particular non-single frankly. i mean not a full russian nobody would be. telling us what we have to do at all you are acting for the poor the benefit also for the benefit of the environment the man america you think will be a great advantage for god he. points out you would be really little lives in the middle there were hadn't. bought the boat that bearings and the boat but.

when you see and they are always doing beneficial for you there will be a new link between the same great continent all the way and i don't see any potential damage it will do it's on the spines and. just switching gears now it's been an exciting couple of days and for post champions league titles real madrid crashed out and choose their while weapons they saw porto manchester united qualify for the quarterfinals all three teams have something in common they were all one of the guys in a short great. attitude you know they put the needle in the wall when things go wrong. everybody goes into the direction of the guilty man there's a. much lesser and i think results from the all results eventis man city barcelona to take the last political of it i would go with

a third to cover photo. and everybody speculates about where you're going next can you give us any hints now i'm going home. i hope to be working in the in the summer i promise if one day there is unsing to say i relax you know. it is an interesting shot and you can watch the full first episode all of our you tube page or head to the sports section on our website. could socialism actually bring about a really in future in the western world we hear the promises more and more don't we but is there substance to the claims crosstalk grapples with out its next.

the. country has gone into a nihilistic fever. that hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the charlatans the genius is the quintessential american hero this is it we've come to a point about how much alan would have done so we always are on the bridge of something. called gun culture is really boring. stuff. we're starting last with. will begin to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the bee i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more ground on the earth we may be completely different but in this. little they all. fell.

swoop oh please. please yes to all this is all the good. stuff loathing. of the muslim countries are very reluctant to recognize the fact that is why i like formally and also to me that they were perhaps wrong path. siding against and so with glee in the the war so their title undermined the reconstruction process by

the prolongation of sanctions i think it was in countries with one as intuition where this is serious not by the west and by the g.c.c. . hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle can social sort of bring about a radiant future a growing number of voters seem to think so what do these voters and some members of congress mean by socialism free stuff for all the state controlling the means of production no borders. why are so many falling out of love with capitalism.