asked. so he says he's taking control of a key border town as its army pushes deeper into syria that is pro kurdish rallies against anchorages military incursion held across europe also to come on the bike. more than a week of violent protests in ecuador with the president refusing to cancel cutbacks on fuel subsidies and environmental action extinction rebellion has been rallying in cities around the world hidden kalona more than a 1000 people were arrested. 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 extinction rebellion

is without question britain's fastest growing pagan religion. or welcome the latest developments in a look back at what's been happening over the last 7 days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now our top story this hour turkey says it has taken control of a key border town as its troops advance deeper into syria kurdish forces there playing their retreat was actually tactical encourage ground invasion which it calls an anti terror operation was launched on wednesday turkey wants to create a buffer zone in syria free of kurdish fighters and then wants to settle millions of syrian refugees there who are currently in turkey u.n. says over 130000 civilians have fled the warning that this could rise 240-0000 those escaping the international community to step in.

america and other countries should protect us they're 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 this placement and effectively genocide of innocents 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 if sense of though has sparked rallies around the world people in the u.s. france germany and other countries have joined the protest the operation has also been condemned by the international community the president has threatened to send refugees in turkey to the you if it continues to condemn and cories actions.

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. if n.c. follows president donald trump's decision to be true or u.s. troops from the region he defended the move saying that 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. was condemned by by people within the u.s.

and abroad too with republicans and democrats saying the president is betraying the kids he goes down of looks now at how he relations with a group of evolved over the decades. 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 that 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 their efforts to overthrow their leader a bill karim kassim eventually he was toppled by but the new ruler was in 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 u.s. 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. we know 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 metallic umma dawn and m.t.v. for the kurds it was well just another decade of more u.s. betrayal in the late eighty's saddam hussein unleashed his chemical arsenal against them an atrocity looking bound to draw 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 in washington many took such goals with a pinch of salt the kurds have every reason to believe or think that they will be betrayed again by the united states as so often in the person contracts the spectacle of are 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 trial against betraying the kurds that is your point yes surely your point isn't that because it betrayed them in the past we should betray them this time not that we should just 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 you for. 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. that could or is in the grip of anti staring protests despite president clinton that i know smeared from facts curfew that was imposed on saturday early that day people attacks government buildings and the t.v.

channels office more than a week has passed since people 1st flooded the streets to oppose government cuts on fuel subsidies spanish correspondent nicholas sanchez or donovan sent this report from kids. was. i. i. i. i i i. i. i know that this is what they're doing look these are real bullets real loose against people there how close to protect themselves who carved wooden sticks who dropped explosives on out indigenous people crew sleeping house of cards they were asleep that's what a car does. you

think of i. i don't even want screams of senate right now and something else there is thousands and thousands of protesters let's try and get conscience of the problems line just the just a few things and why it's the presidential palace it's heavily guarded by military and police forces these protests to plan to get there. in minutes ago while i was there in the march when our spanish version we don't hit by. right right ok. and that's what we think seeing old guy the protesters are using sales stones bricks just like greece. at least

so far and that was to gas with sound bombs it's a situation of extreme tension in the streets. just to give you an idea. right griddles laid suspended any activity in the city center they say it's not safe for doctors and for ambulances instead we've got crews all volunteers that are just taking the dozens and dozens of wounded people to bus stops and treating them there it's actually pretty shocking and to flutey measures that were implemented by the government included scrapping the subsidies for diesel. gasoline. and that has triggered these protests the monday we had the students then on tuesday we had been bijan us communities the day they're all moved together they've joined together in this massive tens of thousands of people are going to take him out to the streets of quito president clinton moreno well he's going to say you

know what it's going to. is a message. absolute riposte so his government those ministers and safety measures that deal with the i.m.f. $4300000000.00. struggling with. not the people in the government is going to say but banks big business instead of the people and that's why all these people are here protesting this is a national strike and it's heavy smoke it's practically bearable a tragic day in ecuador history. you can see it on the reporting that when fuel subsidies good prices reportedly raised 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 underfund in march in exchange for another loan to the country. refused to scrap the cuts but did say on saturday

he would have a 2nd look at them before that and i blame the unrest on former president rafael and also the venezuelan leader. dotting the is only him self to blame. it's a difficult time for my homeland 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 of my fault is just crazy that he's not doing this in the name or a no is not interested in democracy for him the most important 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 there are defying a new ban on wearing face masks. this

saturday saw a pencil bomb for the gate of the metro station amid wider clashes with police hong kong's chief executive carried earlier said it was too early to say whether the end to master all had failed adding that it does usually take time you know just lation to get the desired result if i interrupting sporadically though in hong kong the atmosphere there is becoming ever more tense as r.t. saskia taylor reports. hong kong has gone from being the economic pole of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy but the faces of those trying to wrest control from beijing's cross a mosque and the democratic means they're using what it be out of place and hollywood horrify the pudge. and.

the film's premise is that once a year for 12 hours only crimes are low. out mogs 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 brugge the still. being used for the. urgency service is suspended for 12 hours. remember urged us to find just like oh. ok it was a hopes 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 it's from the vandals a city which was renowned for its efficiency and convenience is now mired 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 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 closed so now we can do 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 different situation not many people use the phrase and because of those. first 3 we really. if it's all of the life it's close and tired 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 but this undercover police officer who was beaten and 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 more than willing to lend a helping hand to spice up the show i don't think they were.

thank you. thank you thank you. thank god he. was as businesses are crushed as fires barton and as 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 a pro-democracy protests it is turning in to royalty the protests the moves the engage in violence our young people it is because for the past. decade is. the home call from in the north. a strong policy measures to ensure our. young people after they

graduated from school or university they would have high quality jobs the porters start. well organized they do not have a hierarchy to come into the store forty's to put a star of the. and the more wrong doing whatever they like leaving the police nor toys plus due. to all the past than. the whole situation. necessary to eat up because external force to come in and it is a scenario that i can anticipate the ridge real happened. in the short run meanwhile a tweet from the general manager of the u.s. basketball team a spark uproar in china expressed his support for the empty beijing protests in hong kong but it's proved to be a costly move though is it seen major chinese sponsors cut ties with the tane and the n.b.a. . liberate

hong kong revolution of our age. i have had a lot of opportunity since not tweets to hear and consider other perspectives i have always appreciated the significance of our chinese fans and sponsors have provided.

like the n.b.a. we welcome the chinese senses into our homes and into our hearts we too love money more than freedom and democracy. so to come environmentalist group rebellion extinction has been protesting across the world this week or some disruption there in major cities we'll have a look at how just after the break. what politicians do. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be close as a wife before 3 of them or think you could get. interested in the waters of the how . they should. the war in syria seems to be winding down with some syrians returning to their homeland but going back to a normal life now seems like a pipe dream after almost a decade of proxy war this syrian old dooms 2 years of proxy peace.

environmental action group extinction rebellion rally 100 cities across the world this week on monday it launched a 2 week protest campaign to draw attention to the problem of climate change more than 1000 activists were arrested in london though demonstrators tried to shut down major locations like westminster bridge and also city airport rallies were also held across the globe to from north america to australia where more than 10 people were detained blocking a major intersection among extinction rebellions key demands of the governments to clara climate emergency hope 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 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 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 our word that hard to ask but we had our city can't trust that because our numbers are 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 i 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 talk but i will tell you something you regret you reverse the economic advantages of lifted a 1000000000 people up and say i do you do not make the earth

a better place extinction rebellion all life. ok a quick look now he's making headlines this sunday a powerful typhoon has torn through japan with 21 people reported dead heavy rain and strong winds have led to landslides and power cuts russia alterations are under way with some 16 people reported missing and a new hotel being built in new orleans collapsed killing 2 people and injuring 20 a number of other people folks missing the forces of cordoned off the area is the 1st. thing. to be watching the weekly that's i things are looking back again just.

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green street crips during war time bonnie hunt is no less likely to come in here because this is one way in an art and one way out so once you come in and do a shooting you're trapped in their neighborhood and they can return fire so it's not the safest way to to avenge a shooting so often they'll go on the outskirts of the neighborhood hoping to get a great street kripke that's a lot of times when innocent people get shot. so in the next couple of days someone from this development most likely will go over towards nickerson like they have the last couple of days and commit a shooting and vice versa so all these neighborhoods now are in play. for him. several months ago. a gentleman with the moniker of menace from 15 hill was caught inside the gang territory of the village voice a couple of the village boys. went outside jumped on menace beat him down and stuck

to mr ashby you. and. they took the trash here and brought him back behind another house and tortured them they sodomized him they sliced him up with a machete and when they sliced him up they put in the end his chest village voice. and then they continued to torture him and they wrapped him up in a rug burned and dumped him in long beach there's one thing about beating a guy down or killing them but the torture of the sodomy all that stuff that's that's just what gang members do so they found menace right around here beat him down put him in the trash can and then they will hammer. to this location here. with a murder and assault them.