it. looked. he says is taking control of a key border town is its army pushes deeper into syria that is pro kurdish rallies against an increased military incursion held across europe also to come on the weekly. more than a week of violent protests in ecuador with the president refusing to cancel cutbacks on fuel subsidies and the environmental action group extinction rebellion has been rallying in cities across the world in the u.k. alone more than a 1000 people were arrested. 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 rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing religion. oh good morning welcome the latest news and a look back at what's been happening to you over the last 7 days you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international our top story this hour turkey says it has taken control of a key border town its troops advance deeper into syria kurdish forces though claim that their retreat was tactical and chris ground invasion which he calls an anti terror operation was launched on wednesday will turkey wants to create a buffer zone in syria free of kurdish fighters and create them wants to settle millions of syrian refugees there who are currently in turkey the u.n. says 100000 civilians have fled the violence into syria. it's escaping have urged

the international community to step in. america and other countries should protect us they are committing sin here our children women is there really no mercy but clearly this is an occupation we are a peaceful people we are talking about displacement and effectively genocide of innocent kurdish civilians innocent communities within that region the kurds have always been on the defensive but now they may 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 it is now going to cause a big vacuum and a significant problem in terms of security well the offensive has sparked rallies around the world to pay people in the u.s. france germany and other countries to have joined kurdish protests the operation has also been condemned by the international community but president heard one has

threatened to send refugees in turkey to you if it continues to condemn ankara's action. we have 3600000 syrian refugees in our country waiting to go back home hey european union come to your senses i'll say it again at the moment of our operation you cannot define it as an invasion our job is easy we can open the doors and 3600000 refugees we will send them back to you. well the offensive follows president donald trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the region he defended the move saying the kurds did not help the u.s. during world war 2. we have no soldiers in the area. we've been talking 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 now the kurds are fighting for their land just so you understand they didn't help us in the 2nd world war they didn't help us with no normandy as an example they mention names of different battles they

were there but they're there to help us with their land with all of that being said we like the kurds well that move was condemned by us and also abroad too with republicans and democrats saying that the president is betraying the kurds go he done of looks back now it's u.s. relations with the group over decades it seemed impossible sounded like crazy talk and yet it happened a moment of unity between republicans and democrats as they both condemned america's disloyalty to its kurdish allies the person who united states is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven this is crazy. which allies in syria or elsewhere in the middle east will fully trust the word of president trump in the future the thing all of these politicians pundits and channels seem to forget though is that the kurds i used to waking up to

a groundhog day of american betrayal the only difference is that it's been going on for more than half a century and hasn't been funny at all. in the fifty's and early sixty's the cia pushed the kurds to revolt against baghdad as part of the efforts to overthrow their leader a bill karim kassim eventually he was toppled by but the new ruler wasn't a big fan of ideal of kurdish independence so he bombed them into submission bombed with napalm kindly provided by the united states. the kurds seem to either have a short memory or a forgiving heart because in the 70s the us was back on their good side iraq and iran were involved in a border dispute and washington was correctly supplying the minority with weapons

once again pitching them against baghdad but then iraq and iran kissed and made up and all of a sudden the kurds were on their own being blown to pieces as they are supposed transatlantic guardian angel was watching idly even the americans at the time admitted that keeping their involvement under wraps was simply no excuse this policy was not imparted to our clients who were encouraged to continue fighting even in the context of covert action ours was a cynical enterprise hoovered action should not be confused with missionary work. fast forward to the eighty's and for the us it was the golden decade of big hair metallica madonna and m.t.v. for the kurds it was well just another decade of more us betrayal in the late eighties saddam hussein unleashed his chemical arsenal against them and atrocity

looking bound to drop the wrath of the world's policeman but it was still a long time before saddam was to turn from friend to full so american wrath didn't go further than statements like these we want to maintain good political and economic relations with iraq but the issue of chemical weapons gets in the way of that. in 2003 it looked like the u.s. was finally ready to make amends for its decades of forsaking the kurds helping them was among the pretexts for the invasion of iraq but then even and. washington many took such goals with a pinch of salt the kurds have every reason to believe i think that they will be betrayed again by the united states as so often in the past contract the spectacle of our inviting turks in to this war earlier trying to bribe them into it could not have been reassuring to the kurds even under the turks before i began to train the

kurds that is your point yeah surely your point isn't that because we betrayed them in the past we should betray them this time and i think we should just we will we will not will not yes they did in 2007 the us let turkey have its way with the kurdish rebels in iraq as ankara launched a lethal bombing raid against them this is of course nowhere near a full list by 2019 america had left the kurds for dead a few more times both in iraq and syria. american traditions go beyond partisan lines america loves having turkey on thanksgiving going to the pumpkin patch for halloween and launching fireworks on the 4th of july screwing the kurds over is nothing but a decades long political tradition for america and they will abide by it be the democrat or republican. now ecuador is in the grip of anti staring

protests despite president lenin that i know is military backed curfew that was imposed on saturday early that day people attacked government buildings and the t.v. channels office hours a week has passed since people 1st flooded the streets to oppose government cut some fuel subsidies well r.t. spanish correspondent nicholas sanchez donovan sent this report from kentucky. this is what they're doing look these are real bullets real bullets against people of their own place to protect themselves from carbon sticks to drop explosives on

out indigenous people who sleep in constant contact during sleep that's what the current dogs. have. the feel. of what. brings a great sound that right now in an absolute chaos there is thousands and thousands of birds i says let's try and get closer to the front line just the just a few things and why it's the presidential palace that's had been the call good part military and police since these protests who fought to get their 1st 10 minutes ago while i was there in the large shot in our spanish version we got hit by. their right profile. and

that's what we've been seeing all right the protesters are using the actual quote ferals stones bricks just like the. 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. a place 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 to. stop them treating them there it's actually pretty shocking and here fluency measures that were implemented by the government included scrapping the subsidies so do you know. gasoline. and that has triggered these protests the monday we had the students then on tuesday we had been degenerates communities the day they were all moved together

they joined together in the same thing tens of thousands of people are going to take you know the streets of quito didn't let in moreno paul is going to say you know what it's going to hit this message. absolute pulse so it's government those ministers and safety measures that came out there with the i.m.f. $4300000000.00. struggling with it not the people who say that the government is going to say but that it's big business instead of the people and that's why all these people are here protesting this is a national strike and it's giving smoke it's practically bearable a tragic day in act with all history nicholas donovan reporting there from kay said well when fuel subsidies were cut prices reports to rise by 120 percent leading to

knock on inflation on other products the decision came as part of a deal made by the president with the international monetary fund in march in exchange for another loan to the country. refused to scrap the cuts but on saturday did say he would have a 2nd look at the before that during the reign i blame the unrest on former president rafael and also the venezuelan leader nicholas majority mr told r.t. that what i know as no one else to blame but himself. it's a difficult time for my home and this shows the politics of merino in his government he's already been in power for 2 and a half years and he still blames korea for everything economic crisis for security for his political faults and to say that these mass protests to my front is just crazy that he's not being there isn't any merino is not interested in democracy for him the most him. the thing is to control power control the ecuadorian public so he create projects that can damage the majority but be beneficial for his goals.

meanwhile in hong kong protesters are defying a ban on wearing face masks during rallies there. this saturday sor a petrol bomb thrown at the gate of a metro station in midwifery clashes with police on kong's chief executive kerry said it was too wordy though to say whether the anti mask law had failed adding that it usually takes time for new legislation to get the desired result with violence erupting sporadically in hong kong the atmosphere there is becoming ever more tense as artie's reports 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 rust control from beijing's crossed a mosque and the democratic means they're using wouldn't be out of place and hollywood horrified the pudge.

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 wider peace and stability and in scenes eerily similar to the film's opening hong kong apparently had a pudge of its own. superbug. the

merchants you services. will. remember urged us to find just like. 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 found tolls a city which was renowned for its efficiency and convenience is now ma it in confusion and disorder 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 closed so now we can get there 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 if you save it situations it's very difficult for you see trees not many people use the phrase and because of their most. extreme 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 but 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 scene. just like this and don't worry if it's up slow day but more than willing to lend a helping hand to spice up the show i don't think they were that i. was. i was. i was as businesses are crushed as fire is bad and if people are forced to pick sides claims that it's all in the name of peace and democracy are increasingly wearing then these protests is no longer a pro-democracy protests it is turning in to riot what the protesters the

engage in violence are young people it is because for the past. decades. the home call up government the north to have a strong policy measures to ensure. don't do young people after they graduated from school or university they would have high quality jobs the porters start are nor where organized they do not have a hierarchy to communicative to or forties to poor to start running around doing whatever they like leaving the police nor toys bussed to you are forced to or passed on the slide that the whole situation brule necessary to eat up because external force to come in and it is a scenario that i can anticipate a rich real happened in the short run. or to come on the way today from sleeping

rough to center stage after the break we meet the sensational soprano who is now enjoying fame after her talentless. on the streets. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down. you should. put themselves on a lot. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president.

want to. have to go right to the pros this is what before 3 of the more people get. interested in the waters at the college. they should. follow again the environmental action group extinction rebellion in cities across the world this week on monday it launched a 2 week protest campaign to tour attention to the problem of climate change more than just they were arrested in london demonstrators tried to shut down major locations like westminster bridge and also city rallies were also held across the

globe to from north america to a straight where more than 10 people were at the time of a major intersection well among extinction rebellions demands of the governments declare a climate emergency help the loss of biodiversity and drastically reduce carbon emissions by 2025 from seeing it as a peaceful nonviolent campaign to potentially holding all the ingredients of an extremist movement is some of the reaction we've been hearing. 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 that extinction rebellion opposed 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 effect 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 our 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 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. we had this week the city of stars recently added another to its constellation a homeless singer from los angeles with an impressive operatic voice is now performing on stage that after a video of her went viral is her story. and the 3rd the people

who still believe there are those who believe that's a new gallup poll i was just in terms of people's experiences with live music it. was. it was. 4000000 people call l.a. home 4000000 stories 4000000 voices sometimes you just have to stop listening to warn to hear something beautiful. that i've just got evicted because i could not have any sort of sort of source of income my book my value was broken when i wasn't playing in one of the really big.

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