some $800.00 i saw the philly it's a scape from a detention camp in syria's kurdish forces withdraw in the face of the military advances 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. most of our mental action group extinction rebellion has been rallying in cities across the world in 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'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. even thanks for joining us this is the weekly here. hundreds of isis militants have reportedly floods numerous detention camps in northern syria previously guarded by kurdish forces the kurds retreated from some of their positions after turkey started its ground invasion which it calls an anti terror operation on wednesday. he wants to create a buffer zone in syria free of kurdish fighters plans those settled millions of syrian refugees who are currently in turkey the u.n. says over 130000 civilians have fled the ship runs warning the figure could rise to some 400000 as escaping urge the international community to step in.

america and other countries should protect us they're committing here our children and women is there really no mercy you know the 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 need must defend 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. if sparks rallies around the world's people live in the u.s. france germany and other countries have joined protests operations also been condemned by the international community germany france and other some going so far

as to stop arms exports to turkey president turned around and threatened to send refugees who are currently in turkey to the european union if it continues to condemn mantra's 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. the offensive follows donald trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria that was announced last sunday defense secretary marcus for has now confirmed washington will evacuate around a 1000 american troops in a deliberate withdrawal citing the risk of american troops being caught between 2 opposing armies and spur also warned that the kurds were looking to strike a deal with the syrian government and russia in the hope of

a counterattack against the turkish army in more reports coming in the syrian army is preparing to deploy the towns of kabbani and beach in the north of the country controlled by the kurds. in the meantime donald trump's tweeted that washington could slap powerful sanctions on ankara over its northern syria offensive. joined now by flipping from pritish former senior military intelligence and security officer a good evening. we went there donald trump threatening to slap powerful sanctions on turkey what's his motivation for that. well i think he's trying to cover his tracks he seems to be doing u.s. policy by twitter which is nothing unusual for donald trump. he didn't seem to realize that his unknowns with a week ago was the final trigger that turkey needed for what would have been a very long planned operation this isn't something that's been put together overnight but the rhetoric that was coming out of president trump and other white

house would have been the final. go no go criteria for president erdogan. and let's not forget turkey us both members of the same military club there are no consequences if one member sanctions another. well that's for near to the work i don't think of ever been put into this position and therefore there is going to be a huge amount of diplomacy going at the moment and we've seen europe put sanctions on another nato member in supplying military technology and capability the us of no nonsense potential sanctions we'll have to see what turkey's reaction is to this but we're in unprecedented times and the concerning thing is what's going on inside the kurdish old area of syria there are unconfirmed reports at the moment in the press of the kurds seeking to align themselves with the syrian army and with the russians to potentially fight against. the turkish backed incursion into

northern syria that could get extremely worrying were it could turn into more of a regional conflict we're in very dangerous times at the moment you know that possible alliance he just talked about we syria and russia striking a deal with the kurds not only would it complicate things but is there really in any other option for the kurds at this point if they're thinking just about their own survival they've been somewhat friend to the world's else can they turn. well it depends on how aggressively the turks are going in the pictures that are coming out of there at the moment are suggesting that they're going in very aggressively and that they are suffering huge casualties the truth of what's going on on the ground has yet really properly to come out got 2 options of all 3 options either to try and keep themselves independent while the during the moment to try and allow themselves to be absorbed by the turks but there is that traditional mistrust and

the turks seeing those enemy or to align themselves with. syria and russia but remember they've been fighting again. them for the last few years so that's almost as bad an option as a learning themselves with turkey so they're in a very very difficult position and one 4th of the international community just seems to be abandoning them at the moment. what about refugees and i saw i saw fight is obviously not the same thing but often hard to distinguish one from the other and turkey's effectively threatening to unleash countless numbers of refugees towards the european union if they take action against. the e.u. kind of hamstrung in this situation. i think it is a little homes from the e.u. countries who've got foreign fighters there have got no authority and no ability whatsoever to go in and remove people who are their nationals or who cling to be their nationals and then there's lots of others that are mixed up within the refugees and all the rest of it it's a very very difficult situation with the international community hasn't started on

him properly discussed and worked out how to deal with it there were discussions going on in country between the americans between the iraqis between the turks the syrians have been involved in it but they haven't got any conclusion the p.k. no don't have the ability to look after these camps they're going to very quickly abandon them and the turks should come in and take over responsibility for looking after them but how many escape in the meantime is it something we don't know about but then when they are scared we're going to go to it's not as if they're then going to instantly come into europe and set up terrorist cells and start attacking us that's something that may be an aspiration further down the line but this is a very very difficult situation and they have to get through turkey and remember turkey has suffered at the hands of terrorism for many many years more so than many of our european nations of have done so in the past so they really appreciate your analysis thanks for coming on r.t. philip ingram former senior military intelligence security officer thank you. don't

talk so it's all announcement was condemned both abroad and in the united states with republicans democrats. saying the president's betraying the kurds just on the folks back now at u.s. relations with kurds over the 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 their efforts to overthrow the leader of dual karim kasim 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 you 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 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 i think that they will be betrayed again by the united states or softening the purse contract a 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 trial against betraying the kurds that is your point yeah surely your point is that because it 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 right. balls 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. i could or is in the grip of until started to protest despite president lenin merinos military banks curfew that was imposed saturday earlier in the day people tax government buildings and the t.v.

channels office more than a weeks passed since people 1st flooded the streets to oppose government cuts on fuel subsidies to spanish correspondent nicholas sanchez o'donovan reports from peta 'd. this is what they're doing look these are real goods real bullets against people the accountants who pretend themselves who carved wooden sticks to duct explosives out indigenous people who sleep in constant contact with the worst sleep that's what a car drives. turns

out right now and in the chaos there is thousands and thousands of 1st i says let's try and get conscience of the problem line just the just a few things and why it's the presidential palace it's heaven they call good part military and police forces these protests to plan to get there. in minutes ago while i was going along with our spanish version we don't hit by. the. right right right right and that's what we've been seeing old guy the protesters are using tells stones bricks just like he's not.

going to use 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. chris 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 boarded people. bus stops and treating them there it's 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 the same thing tens of thousands of people who are taking over the streets of quito president clinton moreno what he's going to see and what he's

going to hit is a message. absolutely repulsed so it's governments those ministers and safety measures that deal with the i.m.f. $4300000000.00. struggling with debts not the people who say that the government is going to say but it's big business instead of the people and that's where all these people are here protesting this is a national strike and it's heavy smoke it's practically on bearable a tragic day in ecuador's history when fuel subsidies were cut prices reportedly rose by a 120 percent that's not on inflation on the other products decision came as part of a deal made by the president of the international monetary fund in march in exchange for another loan to the country so far refused to scrap the cuts on saturday said he would have a 2nd look at them. blamed the unrest on former president rafael correia and

venezuelan leader nicolas maduro carette told our team that marino has no one else to blame but himself. 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 to my front is just crazy and he's not even there's any 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 but be beneficial for his goals. extinction rebellions been protesting across the world this week causing disruption in major cities with a look at how after the break. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only going to

exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and. the environmental action group extinction rebellion rallied in cities across the world this week monday last a 2 week protest campaign to draw attention to the problem of climate change protests turned violent in brussels on sunday. i.

will than a 1000 activists were arrested in london demonstrators tried to shut down key spots there like westminster bridge and city airport held across the world from north america to australia where numerous people would for blocking a major intersection. among extinction about his key demands are that governments declare a climate emergency hope the loss of biodiversity and drastically reduce carbon emissions by 2025 but their actions have divided opinion 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 their. thing that does not talk to their worldview are 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 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 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 out of poverty and you do not make the earth a better place extinction rebellion are lying to you. let's finally take a quick look at some stories making headlines this sunday a powerful typhoon is told through japan at least 33 people have been reported dead almost 200 injured heavy rain and strong winds have had to learn slides and power rescue operations are under way with some 19 people missing. and

a new hotel being built in new orleans has collapsed killing 2 people and injuring 20 number of people who thought to still be missing thirty's of cordoned off the area as a further collapses fit. into a national preachy company saving me for updates. survival guide book stacie just at the start. of. each of those there you go get a back pack to. repatriations to get the rest to serve in the. villages that are you guys are bored.

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they're. part of. the welcome to worlds apart of the war in syria may be winding down and the level of violence has subsided dramatically but a return to normal lives still seems like a pipe dream almost an take it a proxy war in syria and now doing 2 years if not decades of proxy peace to discuss that i'm now joined by peter mauer president of them. national committee of the red cross mr maher it's always good to talk to you thank you very much for finding time for having me now you are now in moscow to take part in a workshop that deals with what essentially are the laws of wars the geneva

conventions but this is not how this event is officially called instead it makes reference to international rules governing military operations is it just me quibbling over semantics or has the indeed been a shift on the battlefield from the loss to the rules with the letter i assume being less restrictive. well i think there have been many shifts in the battlefield over the last decades and recently we have seen that it is more important and maybe did just to teach the generalities of flaws in try and in the geneva conventions to look much more in detail to. the ground rules and the rules of engagements that militaries have in the battlefields to compare notes to look at good experiences as well which have proven to protect civilians better than others and i think this is what this workshop is very much about i think you have seen we bring together

more than $103.00 and $4.00 star generals from over 70 countries with which we entertain regular contacts but also which are engaged in their day to day life into military operations so it's an exchange of experience and they had a classical exchange a very practical exchange of experts and this is the 1st time that this workshop is being held in russia where russia's defense ministry acting as the dance partner and i assume there are lots of people and cultures who don't like russia's defense ministry as an entity let alone and contact in military zones such as syria have you experienced any pushback on holding this specific event in this country i.c.r.c. has no likes and dislikes of ministries and i'm sorry if you're in dealing with the low internal intrigues and well we do have we appreciate the

contacts with militaries of defense with armed forces that's the core activity of i.c.r.c. and we have been very appreciative for after some explanations also of the last 2 years to have agreement from the ministry of defense to host this workshop i think it is important that armed forces who have practical experience and who are engaged . in today's military by the field sort of the same time host and it gives credibility to a workshop i had the privilege of interviewing you before when the syrian conflict was at its nadir and when the criticism of russia's military conduct in syria was very loud very problem and then. as this war is now a drawing to a close hopefully drawing to a close in large part thanks to russia's own efforts how would you characterize russia's observance of the laws of war in syria on it.