at least the. president. and crown prince mohammed bin. pasco is bringing your presents which include russian movie screens everyone sure about the homes one of the of surprises ready for mr brown. but for now what will be. the secret. video. northeast syria kurdish officials struck an agreement with damascus government troops to the area in the meantime.

hundreds of. this information. or mental treatments. work but. it's 2 o'clock am in moscow and you're watching live from last year with me welcome to the. president putin has just landed in the capital riyadh on his way to meet the king and crown prince mohammed bin. the. expected to discuss economic

cooperation. and iran. of course following this closely throughout the day. well we can expect that. saudi arabia and russia is a remarkable example of how 2 countries could be great partners or friends and foes at the same time everything that gets itself involved in and the middle east be it about iran or syria gets full support from washington and you do realize that and

all these cases russia is on the different side of the barricade. but when the russian leader in the saudi crown prince get along so well in person by the way they are the authors of probably the most famous high profile high 5 in the world the chances that the dialogue could work well always be very high. i have very good relations with the king and. we have been making good headway practically and. surely we do have to bear in mind that the 2 countries are the world's largest oil producers are their competitors you know in this case most likely opec. plus partners too so all kinds of oil and gas and issues related to

the energy sector are on the agenda especially after the drone attack from last month on one of saudi arabia's most important oil refineries which put the country's output by almost a half and almost put the region on the brink of a real crisis. yemen's who the rebels said we did it washington and allies almost immediately blamed it all on to iran it was feared that a u.s. led strike on iran could have been imminent the incident even led to vladimir putin suggesting that saudi arabia whose army is almost 'd totally dependent on arms

imports from the us should buy a russian made air defense missile system it's another chance for mr putin to sell those but even without them 2 $1000000000.00 worth of contracts are expected to be signed between moscow and riyadh. but apart from things to be bought for cash moscow is bringing plenty of presents which include russian movies cartoons an opera and concert and a collection of russia's painting everyone's sure that the hosts have plenty of surprises ready for mr putin and co but for now what that will be has remained a secret. agency repine has attained footing. of the syrian

army entering our house a cup province in the fall northeast of syria it comes off the kurdish officials in syria said they'd reached an agreement with the government in damascus which will now help the kurds battle a turkish offensive aussie's pulis clear reports. well as can see in the video that we've obtained there are armed men and vehicles crossing the border and entering the area has occurred in the far north east of syria now this confirms earlier reports that we were receiving from local media in the area suggesting and saying that the syrian troops were advancing northwards and that the kurds were out on the streets celebrating as reports of a deal between the kurdish authorities and the syrian authorities broke and that deal to quote is aimed at preventing and confronting the turkish aggression what is significant is particularly this video showing for the 1st time in years that all syrian army has reached kurdish controlled areas where they've been cut off from

for very very long time now the long term plan will be for your could expect syrian democratic forces as well as your syrian army to patrol the syria turkish border and for your kurdish militia who are guarding the checkpoints to allow them free passage the syrian media continues to a port that the syrian army is advancing northwards we're hearing from lebanese television that in the coming hours they should be entering the strategically important border town that is held by the kurds of called bani at the same time there are reports that the pro turkish forces have cut off the main road traveling east west through the kurdish territory already on sunday you had your syrian army who portably reaching the area of banbridge in aleppo now that's just 60 kilometers away from khobar me and this is after kurdish militia allowed them to pass freely through their checkpoints now this comes as we continue to receive reports that on sunday the turkish bath forces reached the area of tel so far more than 10 people

have been killed on both sides many more have been displaced unfortunately it seems as if the situation is just going to deteriorate. with quick to react on the turkish offensive with germany and france announcing they're banning arms exports and it seems the block is ready to consider a unilateral response. civility of arms embargo should be on the table i hope your colleagues today will agree a very clear european signal austins at least based wrong in favor to decide an e.u. arms embargo and if not then all 28 member states unilaterally decide not to. use and they don't want to talk to the need to discuss the proper response but their opinion. their own trump has in turn said both turkey and the kurds should now concentrate on not letting thousands of vital prisoners held by turkish forces escape that comes after kurdish officials announced

a turkish bombardment led to hundreds of relatives of foreign i saw members fleeing a prison compound ego down of takes a closer look at how this crisis could unfold. this is turkish and kurdish fighters beating each other black and blue and there's hate begets hate a hydra that was thought to be called dead is raising its head again. the version does not only threaten the reactivation revival of islamic state but has revived and activated it stills in chemistry and other areas left all alone against the turkish military under its proxies the as d.f. needs every man and woman who can hold a rifle to defend their homes so the guards abandon some of their prison posts and some 800 i saw affiliates missed no chances here breaking loose from captivity and more and sensing the lax watch over them are no longer afraid to rattle their cages

both of them running for the hills there and while both damascus and its neighbors have plenty to be concerned about because of this it's europe that is really worried. the turkish operation in syria is our main concern our common wish is that the offensive must end we believe that it risks on the one hand creating an unacceptable humanitarian situation and on the other helping to reemerge in the region military action will undermine the security of the coalition's local partners namely the kurdish forces and risk for attacked it is the billet in northeast syria providing fertile ground for the resurgence of dash and the latest jailbreaks might be only the very beginning of a truly massive outpour i mean look at this there are isolated tensions centers all over the kurdish controlled areas they hold tens of thousands of islamic state

affiliates thousands of them being former fighters actual former fighters and many of them holding foreign passports yes the e.u. had every. every type of warning bell ringing for them the kurds begged europe to take bad geodes with the e.u. passports and put them on trial at home the position of the opt out by many european states have also been adopted by many other states across the globe countries are very reluctant to take back home anyone who's been connected with so-called islamic state as a foreign fighters because a the judicial systems within many liberal democracies haven't got the ability to bring evidence that would be sufficiently robust to get through the court systems and prosecute these people and the 2nd thing is to try and monitor them would cost a huge amount of money europe of course is haunted with p.t.s.d. terror from the caliphate headed smite and we're living those moments he's europe's

worst nightmare. so condemn call for dialogue stop every last arms create a turkey all you want now like fixing a crumbling house with duct tape over worked well the. situation is worse because

he didn't leave the old these foreign fighters which were detained under the kurdish. detention centers are now being opened. always these people are being freed on their territory which means does this people 1st of all can be active in the territory of syria again and possibly being foreign fighters they might even decide or choose to be told europe and therefore to uk to be their selves in europe again. england's 1st national child gender reassignment clinic is being sued by the mother of a patient and a psychotherapist who used to work there they claim that experimental treatments used on children 10 of 11 have not been researched enough they're asking the court to ban the tavistock center from prescribing hormone blocking medication unless a court decides it's in the child's best interest they also accuse the clinic and

the trust that charge of gender identity services in north london of giving families misleading information about the rest of treatment marcus evans a psychiatry is to work at the clinic and the husband of psychotherapists so in the facility argue that the treatment is indeed under researched. it is a controversial treatment with a vulnerable group of kids it's got long reaching consequences. we really don't know what's going on in that area and yet the trust was acting as if 'd there was nothing to look at everything was fine and we just carry on as will of never being again transitioning and just again young kids 'd making decisions all they ever seizes on nabi are. i didn't as a parent make a decision like that only not with my children now how do you talk to a 12 year old about the implications of their treatment so they will know when they

actually fought well know my to look at completely different. the clinic however denies the accusations claiming a high level of satisfaction from patients despite the controversy around the treatment the number of officials to this clinic has increased exponentially in recent years mark i was again believe the topic of gender dysphoria has become highly politicized and the wellbeing of patients is overlooked. this something about this area is hardly politicized which means this isn't the same me oh it's questions oh you're accused of being transferred out of it and actually mill me you made it to practice is not taking place in one of the a is not enough research there's not enough interest in the downside what's going on is no i'm not scrutiny old. 'd of the issue of consent and i think we need an end and regulatory poldi that would say the least controversial

area and not reduce the trustees to mean go with the 'd approach runs low b.s. it's no it's not any other anything necessarily related. to what extent the political forces draw life english going on in this area i'll be back in a couple of minutes after this break. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to be president injured. or somehow want to be preached. to the right to due process it's like the. 3 people. i'm interested in the last hour. the last.

one i'll still think wrong. but all for all just don't call. me i'll get to see palin just to add to. it in detroit equal to trade. one something and find themselves worlds apart wait just to look for common ground . welcome back to the program arm demand i have attacked

a mosque in bikinis faso in west africa killing at least 16 people it's not clear who's behind it but there's growing concern about a surge of religious extremism in the region the vast region in sub-saharan africa is one of the areas most at risk is found from the atlantic ocean all the way to the red sea encompassing 9 countries our senior correspondent explains the fears it's becoming a fertile recruiting ground for jihadist groups. these days it's getting harder to sell jihad in the middle east people know what hides behind those pious promises and todd generations culled at this point who could just sick of killing so the fanatics are packing up and leaving apparently for them there's more fun to be had elsewhere at the doorstep of the sahara i know we are all very concerned about the continuing escalation of violence in the city heal and its expansion into the gulf

of guinea countries it is already one of the most inhospitable places on the planet and if the merciless heat of the malnutrition and almost total lack of medical care weren't enough to kill you well religious nutcases will take birth kena fast so just last week an attack on a mosque during friday prayers 2 weeks ago 20 people mostly miners dead in an apparent jihad as the tack on a gold mine a little earlier at least 38 soldiers killed in the jihad this attack in neighboring mali according to n.g.o.s the number of jihad just attacks in the sale have doubled every year from 2016 and if you're a career terrorist with affordance for killing web better to be the sahara is huge almost 7 times the size of iraq plenty of fresh recruits high birth rates high

poverty high desperation the perfect place to recruit an army of hopeless youth and start over. this ladies and gentlemen is the setting of the 2nd war and tara this is where it's going to be waged fronts arguably fired the 1st shots when it set up a task force of sail nations the g 5 to stop islamist radicalism the hardly any effect underfunded under support the dead in smaller numbers than expected in the beginning in 2011 recall that in and streets in the so-called nato

allies overthrew the regime but more and more cut darfur you saw libya become a hut bit of religious zealotry there's reverberate itself in in fact has reverberated east were as well that's one of the reasons why africa has become a hot for so-called religious extremism the war on terror in fact has become so hot and so complicated that even the africa command. the pentagon it's decided to be what it is to court german. hundreds if not thousands of miles from the battlefield that does not live up to muslim with regard to the prospect of combating there's a big damage a religious zealotry lack of funds was address that a summit in brooklyn a fast so last month with west african leaders announcing a $1000000000.00 plan to combat jihad this violence which is pennies considering

the challenge a $1000000000.00 to protect an area roughly the size of a 3rd of the european continent the say hell is a gateway to the rich or central african ivory coast gonna southern nigeria and when they get there we'll all feel it from coffee prices to food shortages and or oil production declines that will batter the world's economy and make no mistake this jihad is intended to hurt. president putin has just arrived to palace for the meeting with the side of king and crown prince mohamed they're expected to discuss economic cooperation and the situation in the middle east including syria and iran it's a return visit after king solomon visited moscow in 2017. putin is

also expected to take part in the meeting of the russian sound economic council. ok so these are live pictures i think that we can see all screens now of this visit it's been a long time since president putin visited the country 12 years ago in fact so this is the meeting and he has just arrived. for the meeting with the saudi king and the crown prince mohammed bin solomon they will be discussing contracts with several $1000000000.00 they're expected to sign them off in areas including agriculture railways and petro chemicals the opec and i'll put agreement is also an important point of discussion as both countries have been cooperating on coping global since

2016 which leaders are expected to discuss the attack on saudi arabia as the main primary president putin told arabic journalists before the visit that sucks actions are not acceptable and that those behind it should be found and as you can see. live pictures there president putin has just arrived in saudi arabia to meet the king as well as the crown prince mohamed. now president putin has just touched down we've been watching those live pictures on our screen. and in saudi arabia where he's due to meet the king and crown prince mohammed bin salman as we mentioned before it's been 12 years since a lot of movement in this last year and billions of dollars in deals are expected to be signed off during this state visit.

and there will be talk about economic cooperation that's at the fall of the state visit but there's also the situation in syria and iran that should be on the cards for discussion and the wider middle east of course it's a return visit after a visit to moscow in 2017 contacts with several billions of dollars are expect to be signed off in areas including agriculture railways and petro chemicals. an all out but agreement is also an important point of discussion as both countries they've been cooperating on trying to curb global oil output since 2016 and the 2 leaders they're expected to discuss the attack on saudi arabia's main oil refinery president putin has told our great journalist before the visit that such actions are not except to will and that those behind it should be found you can see

those pictures there. the escort of the horses. of president putin i think we can assume can't see through the windows there but we can assume that's him in the call. being escorted to the palace. we are going to follow the car as it goes around to the palace to expecting to see him. and to the palace to meet. the crown prince as crown prince mohammed bin. looking at the possible potential discussion points on the. table there we think that we're going to discuss the economic cooperation. and the situation situation in the middle east lots to discuss there obviously including syria and iran. it's been 12 years reminder that 12 years since president putin visited the kingdom of saudi arabia the last time they met was in

moscow actually that was the king in 2017. and later on a monday by jimmy putin he's also expected to take part. in the inaugural meeting of the russian society economic council. as you can see that being escorted there with the flags with a cohort of horses. we have no idea how long it takes actually to get to the palace will indeed what. we've just lost a collection you can see live pictures there. of president putin arriving in saudi arabia and we will of course go back to that as we get more pictures now on to another story russia's defense ministry has refuted claims that it is jets delivered strikes on a number of hospitals in syria and the accusations were published in the new york

times on sunday and we're joined by my colleague don of course to discuss this further don let's look at the allegations that were in the new york times can you explain what they were well the article basically accuses the russian air force of having bombed hospitals in syria to crush opposition to the government now what evidence does the new york times have well for one they say they have unpublished radio recordings that they say trace the strikes directly to the russian air force but we've already seen a reaction from the defense ministry the russian defense ministry and they say that the residents of that area it would have been impossible for them to have had such technology to pick up these radio recordings if they were not help from outside here the ministry mentions a warning system an air strike warning system developed by british intelligence and the ministry says that this technology is connected to that and the new york times also cites in the article anonymous sources for as as to who confirms the spottings

of these russian jets. and a cave hospital was mentioned in the article can you tell us a little bit about it yeah that team hospital was called coffee and was one of these hospitals that was allegedly bombed by the russian air force mentioned in the article and just recently actually my colleague roman closer or visited these caves in the same areas this this cave as part of a press tour with correspondents and journalists from all over the world and what he and other journalists saw were not hospitals there were actually huge arsenals of weapons that were in large part made in the west and so the ministry of defense casts quite a bit of doubt on these anonymous sources that new york times claims to have cited so let's take a listen to part of what they said there is no other reason except a connection to the white helmet which. to explain the absolute in the name of all

sources in the new york times article finally russian jets in syria don't receive talking to. open radio transmission this is why all the supposed evidence presented by the new york times is worth less than the paper it was printed on so that's basically a wrap up of the ministry of defense defenses response to that so we'll of course keep our viewers updated on any new information ok we're going to go back to we're going to go back now to riyadh to the king of saudi arabia to welcome president putin just a matter i'm told. they're going to talk about economic cooperation lots of the for a state visit but there's also the situation with syria and iran. it's a return visit. that. you can see a little bit of a ceremony there. yes. they will also be discussing this with several $1000000000.00.