some $800.00 i saw affiliates escaped from a detention camp in syria as kurdish forces withdraw in the face of turkish military advances also to come. there's been more than a week of violent protests in ecuador it with the president refusing to cancel cutbacks on fuel subsidies. and environmental action group extinction rebellion has been rolling in cities across the world and the u.k. alone more than a 1000 people were arrested what this generation seems to be saying is you've messed things up for long enough you don't really listening the only way we can

actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing pretty good religion. welcome to the weekly here on r t international where we bring you the latest headline news on the top stories from the past week. hundreds of eisel militants have reportedly fled numerous detention camps in northern syria previously guarded by the kurdish forces the kurds retreated from some of their positions after turkey started its ground invasion which it calls an anti terror operation. turkey wanted to create a buffer zone in syria 3 pritish fighters plans to then settle the millions of syrian refugees there are currently in turkey the one says of 813-0000 civilians have fled the turkish advance warning that the figure could rise to some 400000

those escaping have urged 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 rather clearly this is an occupation we are a peaceful people we are talking about this placement 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 the fend themselves and their families which means that unfortunately they may not be able to police 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. the turkish offensive has sparked rallies around the world people in the us france germany and other countries have joined pro kurdish protest operation has also been condemned by the international

community germany france and others have gone so far as to halt arms exports to turkey at present and one has threatened to send refugees who are currently in turkey to think if it continues to condemn actress actually. 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. the offensive follows donald trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria announced last sunday defense secretary mark asked for has now confirmed washington will back to wait around 8000 american troops and a deliberate withdrawal citing the risk of american troops being caught between 2 opposing armies as for also warn that the kurds are looking to strike a deal with the syrian government and russia in the hope of

a counter attack against the turkish army had u.s. troops still in syria have the right to self-defense and will fire back if attacked trump for his part has now tweeted that washington could slap quote powerful sanctions on ankara. we're now joined by joshua landis a professor at the university of oklahoma college of international studies and the director at the center for middle east studies now as we just said donald trump has tweeted that the u.s. could impose a powerful sanctions on turkey what do you make of that is that a belated realisation of the fact that the u.s. may have actually betrayed the kurds. you know american foreign policy apparatus is in freefall it's in complete chaos at this point it's quite clear that that syria is going to go through a lot of pain that it didn't have to go through the only long term solution to syria is certain is that the the government return its sovereignty to all of the syrian land that is not good for everybody in syria but on the whole it's far

better than what we're seeing today because turkey is not going to leave syria unless it's really pressured and we are seeing you know as an american it is sad to say today that president putin is perhaps the the only statesman who can help deescalate some of the tensions that's risen in the region both in syria and in the persian gulf region now of course turkey is a nato country so what could the consequences of such sanctions be in. you know. my hunch is that america will not put sanctions on turkey this would lead to the worst of all worlds for the united states because the president made this deal with turkey in order to in a sense improve relations with turkey even as he destroyed relations with the kurds and helped president assad in his attempt to get the americans out so if he ends up

placing if the u.s. ends up placing crushing sanctions on turkey at the same time as it withdraws from syria it is going to be left with a real vacuum in its authority in a northern middle eastern region because it it's going to have it it's going to have no authority in turkey it will have lost its leverage in syria and russia and iran will be the clear benefactors of this foreign policy. what do you make of the now official u.s. announcement that it's pulling out $1000.00 troops from northern syria why didn't they do that earlier opting for the relocation of only $150.00 military personnel to begin with. you know it underlines again that our foreign policy the united states foreign policy apparatus is in is in chaos the decisions are not being made according to a well thought out plan they're following in

a rather. in a rather chaotic way that the president's decision after his phone call with air to one president trumps decision so we're playing catch up and i think the foreign policy of this state department of defense department are playing catch up they realize they've been left in an untenable position as turkey moves in and that they want to get out they they have a losing hand in syria these 1000 troops are going to be end in harm's way the kurds want to go and defend against the turks that's going to cause greater greater shooting war turkey at you know syrian government and with russian support is interested in supporting our sides move going north so the americans will just be trapped in between these 2 forces they've decided to get the hell out of there this is done at the last minute it's in chaos and it's going to be you know the price is going to be heavy for everybody involved particularly for the kurds. joshua landis

of the university of oklahoma college of international studies thank you for your time and your comments. trump's withdraw announcement was condemned both abroad and in the u.s. with republicans and democrats saying the president is betraying the kurds artie's eager style of looks back now at u.s. relations with kurds are the decades that 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 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 are 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 metallic umma dawna 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 or so often in the past contractors' spectacle of our inviting turks in to this war you're 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 we

betrayed them in the past we should betray the last time that there we should just we will not will not. yes they did in 2007 the u.s. 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 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. ecuador is in the grip of anti austerity protests despite president lenin morello's military backed curfew that was imposed

on saturday earlier that day people attacked government buildings and a t.v. station where the week has passed since people 1st flooded to the streets to oppose government cuts on fuel subsidies r.t. spanish correspondent nicholas o'donovan reports from quito. this is when they're doing look these are real goods we'll do this against people believe how to protect themselves because wooden sticks to duct explosives point out indigenous people who sleep in constant contact during sleep that's what the

current defense. turns out right now in an absolute chaos there is thousands and thousands of 1st texas let's try and get conscience of it from behind just the just a few things and why it's the presidential palace it's heaven they call good fine military and police forces these protests to finance again. in minutes ago while i was going to launch in our spanish version we don't hit by. the. right right right right and that's what we've been seeing old right the protesters are using. stones bricks just like greece. at

least so far and that with tear gas with sound bombs it's a situation of extreme tension in the streets. just to give you an idea of. 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 just take in the dozens and dozens of people so the bus stops and treating them there it's actually pretty sure can and flirty 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 degenerates communities today they're all moved together they've joined together in this massive tens of thousands of people are going to take you know the streets of

quito president lenin moreno well he's going to see what he's going to hit is a message. absolute repulsed so his government those ministers and safety measures that deal with the i.m.f. $4300000000.00. for dog struggling with. not the people who say that the government is going to say but 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 expert all history when fuel subsidies were cut prices were poorly rose by 120 percent leading to knock on inflation on other products the decision came as part of a deal made by the present with the international monetary fund in exchange for another loan to the country right now has so far refused to scrap the cuts but on

saturday said he would take a 2nd look. before that more i know blame the unrest on former president rafael correa and as well leader nicolas maduro prayer told r.t. that right now has no one to blame but himself. very pleasant it's a difficult time for my home on the show streets 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 security for his political faults and to say that these mass protests of my focus is just crazy there's. nothing there's no money merino 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 would be beneficial for his. well the common environmentalist group extinction rebellion has been protesting across the world this week causing disruption in major cities a look at how often that after the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race in his own spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president interim. or somehow want to. have to go right to the press this is like before 3 of the more people that i'm

interested always in the waters of. course. welcome back to the weekly environmental action group extinction rebellion rallies in cities across the world this week on monday it launched a 2 week protest campaign to draw attention to the problem of climate change protests turned violent in brussels on sunday. the sure. that update you.

throughout the week more than a 1000 activists were arrested in london demonstrators trying to shut down key spots like westminster bridge and city airports were held across the globe as well from north america to australia were numerous people were detained for blocking a major intersection. among extinction rebellions key demands are that governments declare a climate emergency halt the loss of biodiversity and drastically reduce carbon emissions by 2025 however their actions have divided opinion here 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 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'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 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 said

suppose you can't or shouldn't trust all words that come to our service we had our city contrasts 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 talk 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. and in case you missed it simon right now gives his take on the extinction rebellion group and its bid to save the world. the extinction rebellion hold back on the streets to save the world and your souls

really need journey to 1st will take you to melbourne where stephanie anderson is standing by it's been 10 things there they are blocking roads. absolutely definer in fact the intensity is just ramping up the contents of them swearing at. wellington madrid paris and new york they bring news of apocalyptic death and destruction for all but the using tactics which is not. really popular like the true 1 may go by now why are you worried. that you are scared to go to feeding hell is going to freeze over before these guys give it up and then again that is climate change we're. in the event that you actually want to talk to one of these activists more likely to avoid one how do you support them well.

you know what you call them in fact british prime minister brown stones and. i'm co-operative crossties the most i can vote right there's plenty of people out there wondering whether constantly antagonizing the general public is going to be successful when i say it's worked on me they've annoyed me so much my she went to find out what they're demanding demand number one to them and. it is a demanding the government tells the truth kids go to love him perhaps we can get flying piggies to eat all the carbon and turn it into rainbows to. number 2 the government must act now to hold boiler diversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 ok well that's pretty ambitious but you know no out of they want to do it but they want to cut down on the amount of flying there are enough

one less hold every year they want to cut down on the amount of dairy being produced by coffee for the grandkids and they want to cut down on the amount of meat or all 8 who loves the grandkids anyway and. this demand 3 we have a national citizen family on climate make logical just economy the idea is this citizens' assembly is going to be made up of a cross-section of society though probably not this guy let me. be honest i'm not sure democracy in a loaded line is going to work on this one i think they need to start thinking differently. the books refused to give up. on the future of humanity. is at stake. account though they go on solo and you deanna jones on their side. that's

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