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kurdish military forces in syria claim to have repelled an attack by turkey at a border town in the province of russia after ankara began its military offensive country. ecuador and he was 30 protests lead to the government relocating from the capital. and 2 people were killed in shootings in the german town. one of them outside a synagogue a suspect has been arrested. live
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from moscow watching our team the national daniel hawkins here with you tonight were you tuning in from welcome to the program. the kurdish military forces claim to have repelled and at tackling a border town in the northern syrian province of raka earlier today turkey launched a ground offensive against kurdish groups and islamic state terrorists in the region this comes after a 1st phase of airstrikes on 2 northern towns a video footage shows thousands of locals fleeing the area following the launch of the turkish operation syrian democratic forces say 5 civilians have been killed in the offensive it was accused of deliberate targeting civilian areas what locals have been saying about the situation. america and other countries should protect us they're committing sin here our children women. is there really no mercy let
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everyone stand up for us arabs foreigners sin sin. this is an occupation we are a peaceful people we live calmly work to our own business it is a crime hey look kid on the bus real to the people here look at this car you see you soldiers there their children are their own way. defensive photos the interim his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the region in his latest statement the president defended his move saying the could didn't help the u.s. during world war 2 kate i'm open has more on the development. denounce the decades of war by the united states and said that he intended to deescalate and bring u.s. troops home from around the world at this point as trump has announced that u.s. forces have withdrawn from northeastern syria where they were intermingled with the kurdish fighters he also announced that the captured i still fighters will be transported out of the region we have no soldiers in the area. we've been talking
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to turkey for 3 years they've been wanting to do this for many years as you know they've been fighting each other for centuries we were put into this battle interjected it was supposed to be a 3030 day period and we've been there for many many years we are. taking some of the most dangerous isis fighters out we've taken him out and we're putting them in different locations where it's secure donald trump has faced harsh criticism for his decision and it's being widely reported that he seems to be turning a blind eye on turkey's offensive against the s.d.f. fighters who were allies of the united states now trump has responded to this criticism by pointing out that the kurds did not support the united states during the 2nd world war and were not involved in the invasion of normandy has been accused by any political figures in the united states of a centrally abandoning a longtime ally of the united states but trump has said that the united states
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really had nothing to gain by supporting these kurdish forces now it's being reported that the turkish ministry of foreign affairs spoke to mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state and that they have reached a common understanding regarding their operation against the kurdish militias in northeastern syria now there has been a strong reaction from a number of european countries that do not approve of turkey's recent decision and took as will. to be free street and to scope. pollutions. as we are speaking on the way. this action is looked leading to good results the secretary general is very concerned by the recent developments in northeast syria any military operation must fully respect the u.n. charter and international humanitarian law the turkish offensive in the northern
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eastern syria is a danger he danger to the safety of the currents it danger because it helps dies who have been fighting for 5 years it needs to stop so france has brought the matter to the security council now there's been a strong reaction from a number of middle eastern countries as well jordan lebanon and other countries have spoken up denouncing turkey's move we've also heard from the president of iraq the iraqi president said that this was a grave escalation that will cause untold humanitarian suffering and empower terrorist groups throughout nato secretary-general stoltenberg has said that turkey's response should be proportionate to the threats that it faces our ally turkey is at the forefront of the crisis in the house looked at the concerns it has suffered horrendous terrorist attacks on thursday there is expected to be a u.n. security council meeting regarding the situation with the turkish offensive against kurdish kurdish forces in northeastern syria tensions remain high in the region as
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the united states has withdrawn its forces and turkey has swung into action but we also discussed it took a separation and its potential consequences for the region with a number of analysts. the kurds have been a natural ally for the united state and for the united stated for the world community and the u.n. . looks to me that the donald trump does not understand his security team his national security team in his own administration he does not understand the complexity of the issues the kurdish issues the kurdish people exist in that region and many folks disagreed with him from our matters to bolton and others so i think this is a problem for him he makes a decision in trying to come up with excuses to convince himself and this is wrong the kurdish people deserve and they be half of the humanity to crush isis and now donald trump is going to let them loose we are talking about displacement and
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effectively genocide of innocent kurdish civilians innocent communities within that region so it is absolutely terrifying to know how you know the communities are feeding as they are continually being bombarded by the turkish offensive the kurds have always been on the defensive but now they know they must defend themselves and their families which means that unfortunately they may not be able to police the the camps that hold isis and the isis prisoners and also you know there are reports that actually within the camps there are some rebellions you know some isis rebellions going on so unfortunately the security threat is there for then raised and you know it is now going to cause a big vacuum and a significant problem in terms of security in turkish main port is. that turkey has
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modeled and political and military are already gazed on to bring these syrian refugees here in turkey and since many years back to their counter turkey trying to control the area. that y.p. g. forces could not fill this area and prevent that these syrian refugees cannot come back so this area's not kurdish territory the territories belong to state and turkey together with iran and russia. to protect the territorial integrity of. state to be an army should be the one who actually takes care of the security situation i think the turks have been 3 allies that they're taking advantage of the fact that the americans withdrew from the area to actually bomb the kurds and this is only going to create more bloodshed you know and this is all coming from of the american confusion because it seems like mr the lover of said today the
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contradictions are actually indicate that there is no clear strategy or policy for the americans and that creates chaos and that chaos is dangerous for human lives and suffering and will actually lead to more destruction. for a sick day running thousands are going to protest against austerity in ecuador's capital amid unrest and clashes the government's been forced to relocate to the country's 2nd city the protests were triggered by the removal of fuel subsidies as part of a loan deal with the international monetary fund many demonstrators come from poor and indigenous communities the protests became violent with cocktails and stones thrown at police responded with tear gas which hit our correspondent nicholas o'donovan reports from interesting cuter. right now. surely you know there's. thousands of protesters let's try to get closer to the front line just just
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a few feet away it's the presidential palace it's heavily guarded military and police these protesters trying to get their. 10 minutes ago while i was going to launch in our spanish version we don't paint by. and that's what we think seeing old right the protestors are using the little compelled stones bricks just like the snow just like they use. and police firing back with tear gas with sound bombs it's a situation of extreme tension in the streets. just to give you an idea. like riddles made clear suspended any activity in the city center they say it's not safe for doctors and for ambulances instead we've got crews are volunteers that are just taking the dozens and dozens of wounded people. bus stops and train them there so
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it's actually pretty shocking as you mentioned these protests. 30 measures that were implemented by the government included scrapping the subsidies do you know. gasoline. and that has triggered these protests the monday we had the students then on tuesday we had been degenerates communities today they will move together they join together in the same kinds of thousands of people taking out that exclusive. president lenin moreno he's going to say you know what he's going to. is a message. sent loot riposte so he's got that meant those ministers and say the measures that came out there with the i.m.f. $4700000000.00. that struggling with that not the people in the government is going to say banks and big business instead of the people and that's
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why with these people protest in 3 days this week there's massive protests this is a national strike. we've seen here on the front line is absolute chaos in clashes between the protesters and the police forces and. gas with smoke it's practically on bearable the tragic day and next we're told history professor of latin american studies at the city university of new york daniel schorr believes more has betrayed the trust of the ecuadorian people. countries in latin america that aligned with the us. very quickly supported in the neo liberal agenda supports come from. and. the classic playing out of class forces in latin america this is not the 1st time certainly that the. world bank intervention has sparked massive revolt against
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austerity measures we've seen this in jamaica in the dominican republic in haiti and across the region in moreno betrayed the 17000000 people of this indian nation a country that's a majority indigenous people a vast majority workers in and that's why we're seeing hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of in kill in throughout the country. german interior minister said shootings around the city of hollow which left 2 people dead an attack it would be several godman reportedly shown in this video at the moment of one attack has now been arrested one shooting occurred outside a synagogue and another shop and also reports of a grenade being thrown at a jewish cemetery police have now reduce the threat level but still urging locals to be vigilant in the shooter stream to attack on a twitch platform you also use the 96 learn
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a video posted before the incident and just a warning to views you may find the following footage distressing. well condolences have been expressed around the world a minute's silence was held at the european parliament israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a sign of growing it is i'm in europe i'm going to moscow attended a vigil vigil at the berlin synagogue honoring the victims of the shooting all correspondence events of sips us was that. people behind me here have gathered in front of the new synagogue in berlin not to celebrate the holiest the in the jewish calendar but to stand in solidarity with the victims of earlier shooting in germany 3 shootings took place earlier on wednesday leaving 2 people dead and many more
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injured one in front of the synagogue the other i don't local to bob house and the other one he was. away in the nearby town called landsberg. 1 pm local time and is believed to have opened fire and killing a man and a woman and injuring many more it is believed that the perpetrators are also if you agree that a nearby to which cemeteries eyewitnesses who have seen the pick for the suspects believed that they were wearing combat clothes some more like helmets and they were carrying multiple guns with them area is still on high alert as well as many jewish community centers and synagogues across the nation the attacks are believed to be from right wing extremists this comes after 2 more incidents took place earlier this month with the one a jewish man was attacked with a walk on his head and the 2nd one at this synagogue right behind me where
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a 23 year old armed with a knife tried to storm into the synagogue but was arrested by police this is no strange the police since of jewish communities have raised their concerns about security issues for this upcoming holiday the former head of the u.k.'s national counterterrorism security office chris phillips believes the fact that the tactics placed on the jewish holiday may have been significant. just one day a year that could have been chosen but of course it is a significant day we often see terrorist attacks take place on significant occasions religious occasions and i suppose we'll soon find out who the suspect the people all that did this but the fact that a turkish combat child has been attacked as well tends to lend to this is probably some something of the right wing extremism that it's on this well there's always the possibility of prevention but that comes from good intelligence and clearly
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that's not always going to be successful the interesting point here is that synagogues do take security seriously and and i think the fact that they are unknown and aware of the dangers that they face when there are a prayer except are probably prevented the deaths of. the russian and to corruption enzio founded by a prominent opposition leader i'd like scent of ali's brand of the foreign agent but russia's ministry of justice more on the story after a quick break. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to be
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cross it's like when the 43 in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. last question. when lawmakers manufacture consent instead of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. leave.
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welcome back to the program russia's justice ministry has classified a prominent anti corruption non government organization as a foreign agent the group was founded by opposition figure head oleksandr. during the chink of the foundations and to fifty's the russian ministry of justice that it performs the functions of a foreign agent a foreign agent is basically any organization that receives money from a private citizen or an organization located abroad and acts within the political interests of its benefactor within the russian federation now foreign agents face more audit's than regular n.g.o.s and they're supposed to declare on all official statements their status as a foreign agent now the anti corruption foundation itself is a nonprofit based in moscow and it was founded by opposition figure like say novell me one of their investigations involved a yacht party with a russian all of dark politician and some ass court ladies another looked into corruption charges corruption allegations involving prime minister dmitri medvedev
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but where do they get all the money from this website it says that they get it from individual donations but back in august they were actually suspected of money laundering 1000000000 rubles and investigators say that the organization received the sum in foreign currencies between 20162018 transfer that money from a.t.m.'s into the russian bank accounts now why was it illegal because they didn't declare their status as a foreign agency which has been the law in russia since july 20. first occasion is still going on but we don't have confirmation that it's necessarily connected to the justice ministry statement and the ministry also has not actually specified why they put in of all these organization on the list of foreign agents now we do have reactions from the foundation's director as well as from the vali himself on social media they both claim that their organizations do not receive any foreign money and
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that they're entirely funded by donations from russian citizens even said that it was volodymyr putin himself who gave the order. or for his organization to be put on this list of foreign agencies so what we're waiting for now is any sort of response from the ministry of justice to these heavy accusations. over to france that our farmers are claiming they face ruin after a major fire at a local chemical plant or thirty's in ruin of since ban them from selling any produce. the idea we've been affected by the cloud of smoke from the lubrizol fracturing at the moment we've suspended the production harvest of our vegetables because of this
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cloud because we don't know what substances infiltrated the soil. the day of the blaze they told us that there was no danger that all would be fine and there was no problem and the nice after i found the local governments to create banning all sales and merciless nation of our products in the specific so. you could i saw after the blaze of lubrizol since about every 26 i throw away between 10 and 1800 liters of milk every day we're demanding that's almost as related to the lubrizol slaves be covered by the state or their insurance. and other headlines russia's ambassador to the us has described washington's recent
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withdrawal from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty as a disaster his comments came as he addressed students in monterey california a diplomat was sharing his thoughts on the state of nuclear nonproliferation saying all countries in the atomic club must cooperate to get a working result well he said there was still time to reach a new agreement with the united states if one wasn't reached the world would cope. the bull's eye and you. can see this is us to the streets if somebody. sees you reach your puncher's notion of this if you believe that the 5 to 30 years ago is the result you get you. into the decision by somebody the 5. shoulder is just a place on the bus was. told it. fulfills
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its obligations on the n.p.t. business is up which it is said with these countries interested in he she. gets into this and try to find a solution but in this in life form. of life you want this to be. it was paid for by the way you used to weave and so wife even did know stuff to screw up to half past 4 here in moscow going on the ground coming your way next the back and off an hour with the latest.
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time after time see we're going underground 48 hours ahead of an extradition to the united states hearing to decide the future of the world's most famous publisher wiki leaks is julian assange coming up on the show as hundreds are arrested in ecuador protesting the regime of the man who turned julian assange jova the u.k. authorities then in marino we speak to the country's revolutionary former president rafael correa the 1st granted the wiki leaks founder asylum and his father john shipped an appeal to boris johnson to support international law for his visit to the u.n. condemned supermax prison in london where his son is being held in solitary plus will u.k. labor leader jeremy corbyn do the double and again stop the conservative party from getting a majority in imminent general election all the support going on in today's going on the ground but 1st today 52 years ago the cia helped to make
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a man from latin america immortal. you don't need our. this is what che guevara's brother one martine told us about the assassination of the cia or today it was the believing that execute the assassination. was in charge . it was the army general in bolivia the cia was directing it it was the believe in. lights because what was being said at the time was that he died in combat and not. today che guevara. his image flies on a 1000 flags and banners from those of the gilles
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a show on protesting president micro in front of those fighting climate change in britain and then in marino in ecuador uniting them all is opposition to washington imperialism and know that imperialism takes center stage here in britain because of a killing near us massive alien space 70 miles from london we're going to begin with a deadly car crash in england that has led to a diplomatic standoff with the u.s. every dime was struck and killed in august and police say they were about to arrest a u.s. diplomats wife in the case but that american was allowed to leave britain under diplomatic immunity so what goes on at the pentagon controlled area base near where the former u.s. state department sounds a coolest married to a washington spy and the just the killed british teenager harry done live with snowden documents suggest the drone communication base already if crowton was crucial in president obama's illegal mess of a once program president obama is doing some major international damage control after news that the n.s.a. has been spying in france mexico and brazil and now germany may be on that list as
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well german chancellor angela merkel says it would be quote a serious breach of trust if u.s. intelligence targeted her cell phone she complained about it yesterday to president obama himself who told her the u.s. is not monitoring and will not monitor her phone did obama lied did he break the law when his agents brought down the man liner and visited edward snowden who turned to wiki leaks for help before being granted asylum in moscow well wiki leaks founder julian assange just still alive as he faces extradition to the usa in a hearing in london on friday for revealing war crimes we'll speak to julian assange his father john shipped in a book too but joining me now via skype from brussels is the president who gave asylum to julian assange former president thanks for coming on the show let's just begin before judy in his sons to what is happening in ecuador than marino your successor accuses you of an attempted coup in ecuador we're getting reports of 3 oil. field sees 12 percent of a good boy an oil output hit and he himself has fled the capital.
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thank you very much for this opportunity and for letting me tell through the world what is happening in ecuador everything that is happening now is the government's fault he betrayed the program approved in the elections and adopted an extremely near liberal losing program they had a terrible agreement with the i.m.f. to the crisis by cutting the domestic financial sources juicing taxes for the wealthy and increasing use this expenditure and there you have the consequences when you had to set a very strong package of measures poverty had already increased 3 point after 10 years poverty started growing with this government is growing 3 points and the very drastic package of measures was the tipping point where amongst other things he doubled the price of diesel one of the main fuels and they tried people's patience that's the reason for the protests well i'll get to christine legarde for stare at the measures in a moment she's of course leaving the i.m.f. to run the defacto e.u. bank the e.c. b. but what do you think about.
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