in this context to moment allows him to ask for any and seeing and. for the rights . branson shifts. in the. least you. know new car so sit on the opening much to. our. breaking news on r g international turkey carries out bombing raids in northeast syria according to

local media just hours after u.s. forces withdraw from the area also ahead. all the street battles erupt in hong kong in the worst on rest in the chinese territory has seen since the colonial era. and extinction that rebellion that launches a 2 week protest campaign with hugo activists are aiming to shut down cities around the world we debate the rise of the movement. this generation seems to be saying is you've messed things up for long enough you're not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is by civil disobedience extinction rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing pagan religion. or broadcasting live in dire. from our studios in moscow this is our international

incheon thomas certainly glad to have you with us and we start with breaking news this hour turkey has carried out airstrikes along with artillery fire in northeast syria this according to media reports coming from damascus and this follows threats from to carry out a large scale offensive against kurdish forces and it comes right after the u.s. withdrew its troops from the area earlier my colleague unit o'neill discussed the situation with our correspondent but i've got to. multiple reports of said that turkey has launched strikes as well as artillery barges against s.d.f. positions predominantly the s.d.f. is syrian kurds and turkey views the movement as terrorists and it is said before does warn that they will launch this operation now it appears that they have actually turned word into deed they've struck at a border crossing with iraq in the very north eastern part of syria allegedly

destroying 2 bridges hitting a convoy as well as other s.d.f. units and positions in northeastern syria the turkish plan as they had said for a while now is to establish a safe receive soon to receive resettle millions of syrian arab refugees that turkey is hosting back into syria the s.t.'s fear is that what he's trying to do is to change the demographic the population ethnic balance in the region in turkey's favor. the attack itself should be followed by a land operation on the ground operation with because we've seen turkey pulling tanks troops various armored vehicles for weeks now towards the syrian border and this is a huge front this is almost 500 kilometers the turkish border with the s.d.f. northern syria the interest in the peculiar thing that has happened is that turkey

has reached out to iran rather than syria saying that they respect syria's sovereignty that this operation is a must do thing and the turkey will try to do things as quickly and as safely as possible with. little violence possible peculiar because why wouldn't you reach out to sample another country that iran ease a strange choice they've also been room. is that the s.d.f. has tried to reopen dialogue talks with the massacres with president asad the logic presumably being that if the syrian army moved into northern north eastern syria then the turks would have no choice but to withdraw they wouldn't want to war and multiple fronts the other rumor is that asad has said no i said and said that we will only move in if you give up all weapons and reintegrate your self into into greater syria the timeline of this seems to be happening at

a rapid pace turkey reiterated that it was going to invade at the start of the weekend the u.s. on sunday night donald trump says we're leaving and no this happens. well obviously we had all the warnings i mean nobody can say that they didn't see this coming and warned that this would happen various turkish officials turkish military representatives have said that this this was coming and the surprising thing is how quickly the united states pulled out this is this is the s.d.f. are talking about they had been bloody speaking america's meed shield in the operation against isis this whole operation against isis in syria that the united states ran separate from the russian and syrian what it was it was you know on the ground the troops on the ground were vastly as vast majority were kurds the s.d.f. protecting american bases that had been set up in in syria. on u.s.

led operations u.s. mandated operations and the u.s. had been arming had been funding had been training and coordinating the s.d.f. this is in effect it is their pet army the turks had said no that they were they were not down for this that this wouldn't fly basically they view the s.d.f. as there is they view the entire movement as illegitimate and at this point there's a lot of there's a lot of criticism towards the united states because it appears that they backstab they betrayed such a close ally we've been in syria for many years you know syria was supposed to be a short term hit just a very short term hit we were supposed to be in and out there was many many years ago and we only have 50 people in that area that's a small sector. and i don't want those 50 people hurt or killed or anything i don't want anything bad to happen our people obviously troubles facing a lot of flack for this for this decision to pull out we don't know whether the

united states pulling out of syria doubtful or just the northeastern part of syria where the operation is taking place nevertheless a lot of flak coming from the liberals from the conservatives from. very wide spectrum political spectrum it appears reading going by trump's tweets which are never exactly a reliable indicator but nevertheless it appears the pressure really is getting to him we must always have the backs of our allies if we expect them to have our back the kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against isis in syria leaving them to die is a big mistake this decision to abandon our kurdish allies and turn syria over to russia iran and turkey will put every radical islamist on steroids shot in the arm to the bad guys devastating for the good guys nikki haley the former u.s. representative to the united nations really tweeting the hash tag turkey is not our

friend because donald trump has done something which is very very strange the same day that he all but bluntly speaking again back stabbed his s.d.f. allies who the united states had been with for years he then turned on the other. player in all of this turkey a nato ally dear nato ally saying he could destroy them as i have stated strongly before and just to reiterate if turkey does anything that i in my great and and most wisdom considered to be off limits i would totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey i've done before but for now it appears that this has been an absolutely disastrous day for united states foreign policy abandoning backstabbing one ally the blue to american reputation in the middle east is going to be astounding there are going to be consequences for this. and secondly turning on a nato ally or threatening to destroy them economically to be i don't see how this

is going to be any better tomorrow peace activist and clark has more. we have to remember that in the $99.00 days turkey with the substantial u.s. military support by the way really carried out a genocide against its per kurdish population killing about $3000000.00 kurds so we know about turkey's tip of the towards the kurdish people and one has to be very concerned replay of that in northern syria and sure turkey is trying everything you can not to have it happen because obviously if it incurred the military wrath of the united states that would be devastating for them but you know mistakes happen and that is the risk of what's happening here so the u.s. is a horribly unreliable partner for the kurds it has no friends only interests and the

u.s. which is size all the time opposes al qaida that supports al qaida right we see this over and over. to protesters are on trial in hong kong for violating a new ban on face masks after 4 months of anti beijing unrest. public anger up to earlier in the year over a bill on extraditions to mainland china which was later abandoned since then the protests have been hard to control. detector driver was severely beaten over the weekend after he plowed into martyrs and knocking you down . an actress that was also targeted to hong kong on sunday she was attacked while trying to take pictures of protesters vandalizing

a branch of the bank of china and was later seen bloodied and injured sounds good to have. come calling has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy but the faces of those trying to rust control from beijing's crossed a mosque and the democratic means they're using wouldn't be out of place in hollywood horror film the pudge. and. the film's premise is that once a year for 12 hours only crimes are allowed mogs a fact also rate you name it you've got a free pass and that because of this small window to release all your rage the

country becomes crime free for the other $364.00 days it's a small sacrifice for the wideout peace and stability and in scenes eerily similar to the film's opening hong kong apparently had a pudge of its own emergency broadcast system. and you will. the. urgency service is suspended for will. remember urged. the scientists like oh ok ok it was a hoax but it was a hoax that actually wasn't that far from the reality of the chaotic mania gripping the streets. hong kong. hong kong had a very dark night because of the extreme acts of the rioters the city's now cemetery lies to everyone is worried her even afraid. shops looted buildings burned the metro disrupted for the 1st time in over 20 years shopping centers food

shops and banks closed down fearing wolf islands from the vandals a city which was renowned for its efficiency and convenience is now mired in confusion and to sorta the instability has spooked the markets and seen hong kong's retail sales suffer the biggest drop on record and while the city's 1000000 as a packing must 2 cases for those who can't just rustle up a 1000000 euros to get a fast track residency abroad the options are limited you can go anywhere we came from mainland china and we didn't know the stations were close so now we can get barcelona is a big problem for public transport is for everyone the decision to open or close the station cannot be politically if it's everyone's daily life but if you save it situations it's very difficult for you see trees not of people use the phrase and because of those. very 3 we really are friends all the life explosive fire the

entire thing anyway so i think that's kind of ridiculous now there are those who will say the film shows scenes of senseless violence while the protesters are engaged in a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience and what of course no image shows the full picture for this undercover police officer who was beaten with petrol bombs by and incensed mob the line is probably a bit more blood with the lenses of the international media zoomed in on the region there's no shortage of scenes just like this and don't worry if it's a slow day but i'm more than willing to lend a helping hand to spice up the show. it was me. the patch

in the film last 12 hours in hong kong was 17 weeks and counting and as those on both sides of the power kate's refused to back down a resolution seems fall off. so there is no end game that's the infinity war that hong kong people are willing to engage in as businesses are crushed as fires bottle and if people are forced to pick sides claims that it's all in the name of peace and democracy are increasingly wearing. these protests is no longer of our pro-democracy protests turning to reinhold the protests the most the engage the volunteers the young people it is because for the past. decades. the hong kong government nor to have a strong policy measures to ensure. the young people after they

graduated from school all the university they would have a hard core of the jobs the protests are nor where organized they do not have a hierarchy to come in to restore forty's to protest one thing wrong doing whatever they like leaving the police no choice bussed to you s.k. little fools who are passed on the sly to the whole situation blue necessary to eat up because external force to come in and it is a scenario that i can anticipate the rich real happened. in the short run. the government of ecuador is under pressure over a highly unpopular hike in fuel prices that's why after a short break this is. not

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what matters is art international and more than 200 people were arrested in central london on monday as a 2 week climate protest by extinction rebellion activists got underway. now the group has said it intends to paralyze westminster by blocking roads and transport networks hundreds of people have been chaining themselves to vehicles and are protesting outside government departments it is part of a worldwide campaign spending 16 major cities and protesters have also disrupted traffic in central amsterdam madrid and berlin dutch police say they made 50 arrests near a popular tourist attraction while in berlin around a 1000 people blocked a busy intersection meanwhile in australia and new zealand dozens of activists have

been arrested extinction rebellion has been in the headlines throughout the year. the types of actions that we want to engage with are disruptive to business as usual but disruptive in a way that is not repellent to observers or outsiders people who may not even consider themselves to be environmentalists or politically active or aware cetera but people who are just paying attention in the world and understand that we are in

a crisis and so they will be attracted or drawn into the spirit of the rebellion there are many ways to get involved. and we don't really place getting arrested above not getting arrested among extinction rebellions key demands are the governments declare a climate emergency halt the loss of biodiversity and slash carbon emissions our guests gave us their views on the tactics of the movement has been using. extinction rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing pagan religion and the reason i refer to as a pagan religion is just as all the classic hallmarks of a group of religious fundamentalists a belief that their view is the only view that's acceptable a desire to shut down everything that does not talk to their worldview they fundamental belief that they are in charge and everybody else also go to their beck and call how do you resolve pollution the result polluted by technological advancements the technological advancements the extinction rebellion oppose what

this generation seems to be saying is you've messed things up for long enough you're not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience in the footsteps of mahatma gandhi and martin luther king jr and malcolm x. and rosa parks and people who decided that peaceful nonviolent public protest. displays of public outrage but tamed and controlled because don't forget the extinction rebellion and anybody who is involved in political activism or any kind of change agenda they going to use your actions and activities against you look extinction rebellion of demand effects we have returned to the stone age removal of economic progress a commitment to not grow the economy so essentially the british government for example has committed to being 0 carbon by 2050 which i think is nominally sensible you can't or shouldn't trust all words that come to our service we had our cities can trust us we're not because our numbers in the names become clearer every single

year if i can speak directly into the camera my 11 year old son who was at home with the band hello guys and we had a debate before it came on tonight about does he want to. leave school. take a break for an afternoon or a day to go and protest he was worried about the consequences at age 11 he understands that the climate is suffering and that rapid change is needed if we do . need to tackle pollution but i will tell you something you regret you reverse the economic advantages of lifted a 1000000000 people up and say you do not make the earth a better place extinction rebellion lying. indigenous groups and workers unions in ecuador are venting their anger over the government's decision to scrap fuel subsidies corresponding with r.t. spanish was at one of their demonstrations on monday and filmed this for us but. he says it was peaceful until police turned up armed with crowd control weapons and

tear gas canister exploded near our correspondent the reporters had to move away from of the site since the rallies began last thursday some of which have been violent one man has died and close to 500 people have been arrested the protesters have been blocking roads and highways and around 50 police officers have been taken hostage in different parts of the country president moreno has responded with a 2 month state of emergency refusing to scrap of the new reforms here's what some of the demonstrators told us. is clearly not the most the people have rights and we want them to be itemised those rights which has been in the job for managers and then ran his lackey government in step with the north american empire you know it's just that i am that has a back fast does not help other people and so we don't want that put on we saw what happened we speak oh yes suffering from hunger. the leader of the french national rally party marine le pen has called for an

immigration freeze claiming the french ship is sinking. more. as the immigration question once again stirs up heated debate in france the reality on the ground remains shocking. them for so for answers asylum system is saturated today it's as if we're only now feeling the effects of the 20152016 crisis the data is clear indisputable in 2018 france registered 123000 asylum applications. you have chosen to make migrants a scapegoat for the country's problems the migrant rather than the financier who ponders our country for the tax evader you not hear all around you can get a sense of the number of people who are living here this is sultani a commune in the northern suburb of paris and it's estimated that there are around 3000 migrants currently living in the northern parts of paris many are living in

these makeshift tents that are provided by association they rely on food handouts just to survive that the stress of living on the edge can be explosive in entering camps can be dangerous even for those who are there to offer help now what we've done today is we've asked if we can come in and we've been given permission to film as long as we don't show any faces now some charitable organizations have also been raising the alarm over the situation here saying it evokes memories of the height of the crisis back in 2015 a cataclysmic situation even in 2015 at the height of the migrant crisis we never had such a big spike. and these are some of the fears that have been shared by locals the mayor is doing everything possible he's working on the situation but importantly at the governmental level it is taking too long. a lot of things are

going on here there is fear i see a lot of things people are going mad and there is a lot of aggression i find this very sad that our government accepted these people and left them on the streets and the polls show a significant percentage of the french feel that there are too many foreigners in france it's half way through his presidency and it's already an issue that mccall is getting tough on in what many see is an attempt to stop voters drifting to parties such as marking the pens national rally. we are increasingly getting to live with waves of immigration faith traditions we must organize ourselves because france cannot welcome everyone if it wants to host people. but the problem with illegal immigrants is not only a french problem it's something that the whole of the e.u. is trying to grapple with and while the countries are struggling to find a workable solution there are more warnings coming up we have to help our european

partners even more in patrolling the external border we have left them alone for too long if we don't we will once again see a refugee wave like into into 15 maybe even greater than 4 years ago his solution to that is to strengthen patrols on the e.u.'s external borders but that's going to have little impact on the situation already at hand in places like this like some tinny camps like this have been regularly demolished by the french authorities yet within days of that happening the tents and the migrants return they've been subjected to gangs and drug dealers out to profit from their misery and that's exactly what this is. this is a life of misery a life of constantly living on the edge all while e.u. countries wrangle over figures and numbers rather than perhaps facing the human calamity that is so clear to see. you can ski r.t.

at sultani near paris. you're watching r t international and i want to remind you that our news team is working very hard to keep you updated on our breaking news situation out of turkey in the united states withdrawing their troops there we keep you updated coming up in let's say about 33 minutes in. a way that makes us try to recreate a gold standard is imposing tariffs on each other to even things out and they

creates an enormous bureaucracy and it creates an enormous stage for banks to print . money and contracts and it creates a need for lawyers and it creates a need for all kinds of administrators which is great for them but it's a drain on the economy because i money could go into actually productive parts of the real economy supporting real jobs with real wages and real g.d.p. growth. i. mean. i was not. i.

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