yes. 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 out street battles erupt in hong kong in the worst on rest the chinese territory has seen since the colonial era. and extinction rebellion launches a 2 week protest campaign with eco activists aiming to shut down cities around the world we debate the rise of the new. book 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 extinction rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing religion. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is international and john thomas certainly glad i don't have. a turkey has carried out air and artillery strikes in northeast syria this according to local media reports now this allows threats from launch a large scale offensive against kurdish forces and it comes right after the u.s. withdrew its troops from the area effectively pulling its support for its kurdish allies donald trump says he's already discussed of the turkish operation with the country's president. so i've told president i want to help he's going to treat everybody with great respect you have to understand they've been fighting

various of the people we were working with turkey has been fighting them for many years somebody said hundreds of years you had just mentioned to me yesterday 200 years maybe more. at some point we have to bring our people back home and that's what we're doing 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 the terrorists and it is said before does warn that they will launch this operation now it appears that they have actually turned the word into deed they've struck at the 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 platen is as they had said

for a while now is to establish a safe to receive soon to receive resettle millions of syrian arab refugees that turkey is hosting back into syria the s.t.'s fears that what turkey'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 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 interesting the peculiar thing that has happened is that turkey has read. doubt the 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 eases a strange choice they've also been rumors that the s.d.f. has tried to reopen dialogue talks with the masks with president asad the logic presumably being that if the syrian army moved into northern northeastern syria then the turks would have no choice but to withdraw they wouldn't want to warn multiple fronts the other rumor is that assad has said no i said it said that we will only move in if you give up all weapons and reintegration of self into into greater syria the surprising thing is how quickly the united states pulled out this is this is the s.d.f. are talking about this whole operation against isis in syria that the united states

around separate from the russian and syrian what it was it was you know on the ground the troops on the ground with vast is vast majority were kurds the s.d.f. protecting american bases that had been set up in in syria. 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 terrorists 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. well as morag just mentioned of the withdrawal from syria has been roundly criticized by the us establishment artie's came up and has been gauging

public reaction in new york u.s. forces in northeastern syria who've been intermingled with kurdish fighters have been withdrawn from the country they've packed up and left the order came all the way from the top from the u.s. commander in chief donald trump he says the united states no longer has any benefit from being in syria 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 that 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 or people standing in between the turkish an s.d.f. fighters was not a fight to win or a benefit for the united states why because they're both friends and allies of the usa so if you support one side you're inevitably betraying the other it's a perfect no win scenario and for his decision to abandon the kurds donald trump is

already taking a hit not just from enemies but from allies we must always have the backs of all and if we expect them to have back the currents were instrumental in our successful fight against isis in syria leaving them to die is a big mistake. this decision to abandon their 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 demonstrating for the good guys losing the reputation as a reliable partner is the main concern after all nobody wants to partner up with a backstabber however donald trump seems to be trying to balance that up now that he's abandoned one partner he's threatening the other as i have stated strongly before and just to reiterate if turkey does anything that i in my great an unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits i will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey i've done before so we decided to ask new yorkers if they think that donald trump is taking the right moves should the usa have pulled out of

syria so suddenly i do not support anything supports hill flip flip flop just like you know honestly i don't think you should be there. somebody is going to be stay there they suffer we leave they suffer so no we have reasons we've helped them as much as we possibly can and that some point they have to be able to stand with her own 2 feet syria you think it's too soon. probably i just think there's a lot of hypocrisy so what happens next will turkish forces go in with a full scale invasion will american forces be returning to syria any time soon u.s. foreign policy seems to match the reputation of the us president not only is it unpredictable but it could have unpredictable consequences. archie new york. we can now bring in anti-war activists can stone ken thanks for being with us here on our 2 international were talking during the sound check extraordinary evening to

be following the news. how devastating would a full blown turkish offensive be for the kurds in the region. i think that the. the turks if they invade. will probably. push the the kurdish separatists back 30 kilometers that has the turks have said they want to create a buffer zone inside of inside of syria on syrian sovereign territory 30 kilometers wide and 300 kilometers long and they call it a safe zone but actually it's not a safe zone it's an unsafe soame because it's a violation of international law and i think i'm with the the russian government the iranian government the syrian government who all say the same thing all those countries which have foreign forces inside of syria should should abide by

international law and or remove those forces as soon as possible that's the position of our peace movement in canada as well as the fact that the united states is withdrawing some troops are we redeploying some troops it's not it's not good enough the united states should not have been in syria in the 1st place turkey should not have been creating proxy forces inside of syria and all the other countries of the west and the arab monarchs who have supported proxy armies in syria including unfortunately the canadian government all of those proxy forces should be withdrawn as soon as possible and the those countries should restore diplomatic relations with syria and end the sanctions as well so donald trump says that there were about 50 american soldiers in the region at the time they made this announcement is there any risk of

a direct confrontation between american and turkish forces at this time considering . they have been staunch allies up until this point and now this is a complete reversal. well there's always a risk when there are so many armies concentrated in such a small area the middle east is a powder kate that could easily be set off by an accident a rogue officer or a i'm not unwise decisions such as turkey going into syria with massive military force this could start a large regional war or even a world war so it's always a dangerous situation when countries are invading and occupying other countries in this particular case i think what donald trump seems to be saying is that he has redeployed you us forces to be out of route of the turkish forces and he has left his throne basically the there are kurdish separatists allies under the

bus and of course with the us one can never tell for sure what they will what the value of their statements and declarations and alliances they sign because we have seen in the last few years especially in the context of syria that the word of the united states cannot be trusted if the president says something one day a few days later it will be overturned by the pentagon or the army will bring in so good point you bring up a good point in terms of the war the united states and specifically when it comes to the kurds this isn't the 1st time that there has been a renewed going if you will of relations with the kurds do the kurdish forces have any chance of resisting particularly given that the u.s. even encouraged them to dismantle defensive positions close to the turkish border. i have 2 things briefly to say about that number one. it's a it's shameful and regrettable that some kurds continue to let themselves be

used as pawns in a great geo political game by western powers it's not the 1st time that the kurds have been put in this position of being sold of secondly the kurds do have an option they could change sides and go all over to the syrian government the syrian government has a reconciliation process which i've rehabilitated tens of thousands of former fighters and i know for a fact that the syrian government was well the the script as the fighters if they were to change sides and turn over their arms it could be that they could become in an alliance with syria and be the certain that that their linguistic and national rights would be protected in a post-war syria so how do you actually expect. the syrian

government to respond in this case because they're kind of that basically america has given turkey free rein to bomb syria a sovereign country. i think the syrian government has always consistently east said that they are intending to liberate every square inch of their country and to force all the foreign armies and the foreign proxy armies out of their country so their position has always been clear and they have been gaining ground in with the help of their russian and iranian and led lebanese allies and i feel certain that when the when in the fullness of time that the syrian government will liberate all of its sovereign territory all right very interesting to hear your thoughts antiwar activists can stone as the situation plays out it will be very interesting to watch we hope you'll come back and help us sort through it. glad to. get your gears now 2 protesters are on trial in hong kong for violating

a new ban on face masks after 4 months of anti beijing unrest the activists were accompanied to court by a crowd of supporters. public anger erupted earlier in the year over a bill on extraditions to mainland china which was later abandoned since then hong kong protests have snowballed into a wider rights movement which is proving difficult to control and i'm warning you may find the following scenes are distressing. the taxi driver was severely beaten over the weekend after he plowed into marchers knocking the 2 of them down and then also an actress was targeted in hong kong on sunday she was attacked while trying to take pictures of protesters that are wising a branch of the bank of china and was later seen bloodied and injured at least ask

you to reports now on the dramatic security breakdown in hong kong. hong kong 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 wrest control from beijing's crossed a mosque and the democratic means they're using wouldn't be out of place and hollywood horrific the pudge. the film's premise is that once a year for 12 hours only crimes are allowed mogs a fact. austin rave 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 days it's a small sacrifice for the wider peace and stability and in scenes eerily similar to the film's opening hong kong apparently had a pudge of its own urgency from the still. being you for the. urgency service is suspended for will. remember urged us to define just like oh. 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 of 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 suitcases for those who can't just rustle up a 1000000 euros to get a foster 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 do is a big problem for public transport is for everyone a 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 many people use the phrase and because. so there. are 3 we really are friends all

the life is closer to her 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 and burnt 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 i don't think we're right. thank you. very. much 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 far off. so there is no endgame that's the infinity war that hong kong people are willing to engage in as businesses are crushed as fires by and of 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 our pro-democracy protests it is turning to reinhold the protests the most the engage in violence our young people it is because for the past. decades. the home called 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 high court he joked the protests are nor where organized they do nor have a hierarchy to communicate or store forty's to pull just one thing wrong doing whatever they like leaving the police no toys bussed to you s.k. little fools to or past on the sly to the whole situation. necessary to eat up because external forces to come in and it is a scenario that i can anticipate the rich real happened in the short run. indigenous groups and workers unions in ecuador are venting their anger over the government's decision to scrap fuel subsidies protesters have been blocking roads and clashing with police around 500 people were arrested and are to correspondent was in the midst of the unrest in quito on monday. the air is still heavy here we

have tear gas and smoke this is the aftermath of voice just happen here massive clashes between protesters and the ecuadorian police the protesters mainly students they started peacefully in the early hours of the morning but around midday and in a split 2nd they turned violent. that was really. our tame was affected by sound bombs and tear gas and flying rocks were a constant threat after 3 hours of violent clashes between protesters and police the streets of quito looked more like who bulls with brought bottles and tear gas cottages scattered everywhere so these definitely been violent and heavy protests but people we spoke to were telling us this is just the

beginning they waiting for the biggest protests to happen on wednesday that's when indigenous leaders from all around the country they're going to come here to the capital and they're going to protest next to the presidential palace is where not the most the people have rights and we want them to buy back those rights which is going to jump from managers and then ran around the clock in government in step with the north american empire you know that i am that has a back fast does not help the people so we don't do one thing only when he saw what happened to speak oh yes suffering from hunger. really i mean this is police over there it's the ecuadorian military so it could be the start of a very ballance week hairnet could all. nicolas o'donovan r.t. . more than 200 people were arrested in central london on monday as

a 2 week. amid protests by extinction rebellion activists got underway 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 spanning 60 major cities protesters have also disrupted traffic in central amsterdam madrid and berlin dutch police say they made 50 arrests and 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 their extinction of rebellion has been in the headlines throughout the past 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's 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 give us their views on the tactics 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 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's involved in political activism or any kind of change agenda they going to use your actions and activities against you look extinction rebellion of demanded 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 city contrast we're not because our numbers in the names become clear 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 we do need to tackle pollution but i will tell you something you regret you reverse the economic advantages that have lifted a 1000000000 people up poverty and you do not make the earth a better place extinction rebellion are lying to you. and there's a familiar back in 32 minutes with another look at news the start international. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask.

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