in commercial breeding facilities most of that opposition is coming from huge agricultural groups and industries that have nothing to do with jobs don't buy dogs on. the other seal down gifts for exchanged in riyadh there's vladimir putin sticks to bolster russia's ties with saudi arabia. video obtained by artie's abruptly agency shows the syrian army entering our house by car province in northeast syria earlier kurdish officials that they had struck an agreement with damascus to deploy government troops to the area. i. passed the routes between police and protesters across the lunar airports over the jailing of 9 catalan step put its leaders on for addition charge of.

a child gender clinic in the u.k. is sued over the alleged use of under researched experimental treatments we hear from a psycho on the list who was there. for you. this is. all she wished. to. and i welcome you watching ask international with minichiello. the russian president has been in the saudi capital riyadh this monday on his 1st visit to the gulf state in over a decade but the mere person held talks with king cellmark and the crown prince signing off on a raft of cooperation agreements but it is also exchanged gifts with the russian leader presenting his counterparts with a rare falcon and receiving a painting in return for trying to report. from the palace. i just have

a look at this massive wooden door behind me the decorations on it the shiny marble and the number of security guards behind my shoulder there you have it we'll tell you that we're inside the wall palace of the saudi king the venue for the 1st visit of the russian president in more than a decade to this country however when mr putin just arrived the whole event began with a bit of an embarrassment for the orchestra that was welcoming him was would like however when president putin stepped inside the wall palace it was clear that the saudi side tried to do their best to make sure that mr putin feels like he's at home here and the wall

residence and that was reflected through the things that the 2 leaders said to each other once they sat down in the so-called blue hall this visit would be very productive and they will continue this cooperation between our countries by natural ties between saudi arabia and russia have progressed in numerous areas and we consider russia to be our friend. russia pays a lot of attention to his deepening bilateral ties with saudi arabia our bilateral ties were stopped waste of a 90 years ago in 1926 the soviet union was the 1st foreign country to recognize the young kingdom we value your efforts to boost our ties. the room was obviously full of all kinds of government officials and the wealthiest entrepreneurs from both countries this is how much riyadh and moscow want to do business with each other but they are also up for sorting out the issues that are troubling the middle east nowadays just

a little earlier i walked along the streets of riyadh and looked into the main things on the agenda of the leaders of saudi arabia and russia this monday. 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 riyadh gets itself involved in and the middle east iraq 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 will always be very high. i have very good relations with the king and the crown prince 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 plus partners to 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 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 totally dependent on arms imports

from the u.s. should buy russian made air defense missile systems it's another chance for mr putin to sell those but even without them 2000000000 dollars worth of contracts are expected to be signed between moscow and riyadh. syrian government forces have been advancing towards the turkish border this monday i thought to deal with struck with the cuts to help repel ankara's ongoing military offensive andi's video agency ruptly has attained footage of the syrian arab army pushing into our house the cop province in the country's nov 8th breaking down developments his policy. well as can see in the idea that we've obtained their main and vehicles crossing the border and entering the area of our house a cut in the north east of syria now this confirms in

a new report that we were receiving some local media in the area suggesting and saying that the syrian troops with dancing northwards and that the could swear out on the streets celebrating as for the. thoughts of a deal between the turkish authorities and the syrian authorities broke and that deal to quote is aimed at preventing and confronting the to the aggression what is significant is particularly this video showing for the 1st time in years that all syrian army has reached kodesh 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 kodesh 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 cold bonnie at the same time there are reports that the pro turkish forces have cut off the main road traveling east west through the kodesh territory already on sunday you had your syrian army who purportedly reaching the area 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 bet forces reached the area of tell 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. e.u. has been quick to react to the turkish offensive it has condemned the operation against the kurds then called on ankara to halt its military action in northeastern syria france and germany have also temporarily stopped arms exports to the nato

partner. as a curacy our political analyst we spoke to says there's still room for diplomacy despite the tensions. the syrian government considers itself the actual sovereign power in all of syria so therefore it doesn't need any agreement with the turks to actually step in and defend its border against any. attacks i think it is possible to reach an agreement to give the turks what they are asking for formally they are asking for security for securing the border that could could be put on the table and could be discussed and some progress could be done because i don't think the syrian central government in damascus disapproves of any country's efforts to defend its borders this is a very normal request however this will need some coordination specially after so many years of tension and so much bloodshed has been spilled in this part of the world the tension is very high but i think that there is still room for diplomacy.

trying to his part is that he hopes that both turkey and the kurds can prevent detained islamic state fighters from fleeing and it became a us kurdish officials have already said that hundreds of family members of foreign ice or members have escaped from detention of takes a look at how the crisis manifold. 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 or revival of islamic states 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 sensing the lax watch over them are no longer afraid to rattle their cages look at 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 and namely the kurdish forces and risk for attacked it is the billet in northeast syria providing fertile ground for that is arrogance. 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. type of warning bell ringing for them the kurds begged europe to take back jihad us 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 but 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 crate to turkey all you want now like fixing a crumbling house with duct tape over worked well the situation is worse because evidently old these foreign fighters which were detained under the kurdish. detention centers are now being opened in different ways and these people are being

freed on the 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 return to europe and therefore to uk t.v. there are cells in europe again. the leader of the u.k. labor party has issued a scathing response to this monday's queen's speech which laid out the embattled conservative government's post brigs it legislative agenda to recall been dismissed the plans as a ridiculous thing they would never receive the approval of lawmakers. this is pretty good there is never been such a farce as a government with a majority of minus 45. and 100 percent record of defeat in the house of commons. sitting out

a legislative agenda they know cannot be delivered in this parliament well as expected jeremy corbin didn't exactly agree with the queen's speech especially considering it's boris johnson's agenda but what he did do instead was take the opportunity to poke fun at the government now boris johnson is way short of a working majority so the chances of any of this actually being implemented are rather slim basically making this queen's speech essentially a wish list or if you like a manifesto pledge ahead of an inevitable general election my government priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union. trade and friendly cooperation so that brings me on to what comes next and this week what we will be saying on thursday and friday is the council summit and that is really the crucial time for

boris johnson to strike a deal with his european counterparts but crucially it's the day before the parliament sits the emergency session on saturday the 19th and that is a crucial day because of the ban bill now what the ben bill requires of the prime minister is to seek an official extension to correct it unless he can get a deal by that date now for boris johnson he's saying that jeremy corbin would deserve and delay bricks even further but sticking with him he will deliver the will of the people and deliver on. time oh stubborn just a star of the british people indiscreet speech delivers on their priority as we should pay the democratic will of the people. has said that if deals are ever made they're made at the l.f. an hour or so for doris johnson s really is the moment of truth for him and his career but of course for accept. it was 1st national child gender

reassignment clinic is in the firing line of the claims of under arrest searched and experimental treatments it's now being sued by a mother of a patient and a nurse who used to work there they're asking the court to ban the tavistock center from prescribing hormone blocking medication unless a court decides is in the best interest of the child the clinic and the trust in charge of gender identity services in north london are also being accused of giving families misleading information about the risks marcus evans a former governor of the clinic and the husband of the nurse assuming the facility argues 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 this 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 of never being again it will transition i'm just again young kids making

decisions all the evidence this is all no b r. i couldn't as a parent make a decision not that i'm totally not with my children now how do you talk to a 12 year old about the implications of their treatment. so there were no it when they actually thought well name i feel like a completely different person clinica so far not given comment but that's data provides a high level service for its patients despite the controversy around the treatment the number of referrals to the clinic has increased exponentially in recent years marcus evans again believes the topic of gender dysphoria has become highly politicized and the wellbeing of patients is overlooked it is something about this area is highly religious orders which means it's not actually normal medical practice is not taking place in more v.a.

is not enough research there's not enough interest in the downside what's going on is not on our scrutiny all. 'd of the issue of consent and i think we need an independent regulatory body that would oversee this controversial 'd area and why the use of the trust this chilling goal with 'd the approach runs lobby's it's not it's not only i don't even necessarily relies to what extent political forces driving what's going on in this area. been an outburst of of popular anger in catalonia after spain the supreme court jailed 9 separatist leaders over their roles in the top 2017 independence referendum and ruling prompted protests across the northeastern region including a pass alone as el pratt airport where clashes broke out between demonstrators and police. it. was.

the violence began when thousands of protesters tried to occupy the airport calling for the release of the imprisoned politicians police used batons and attempts to disperse them all says that the rubber bullets and tear gas we've used over 70 flights have been canceled. and i and former officials were found guilty of sedation and sentenced her to between 9 and 13 years in prison a further 3 were given the fines for disobedience the longest sentence was handed to the former vice president of catalonia oriel junk errors all of the defendants rejected the charges against them the castle and government has also strongly condemned the court's decision. the government and myself as president reject these sentences as unfair and undemocratic it's part of a political trial and general move against the rights of catalonia

self-determination today more than ever we are together with their families because we feel a fraternal solidarity for the condemned by the supreme court. testimony as crisis began when the regions of thora he's held an illegal referendum on independence from spain in 2017 here's a quick recap of what happened after that. n r k a spokesperson for the european partnership for independence things that the court's

decision is intended to send a clear warning to catalonia. the spanish a state has been sending messages for the last 300 years to catalans every time we have actually wanted to perform as a nation 9 out of 11 catalan presidents have been executed at which i mean assassinated camping forced to act side or the have been imprisoned so it's not all of us will prize for cattle and this outbreak which response from the spanish state in this last year in the house of. disprove the european jurisprudence like the german the one or the streets of illinois the one from belgium has actually reject they've refused the order they demand for more than a fixture of the church for hearts of the women the cattle and the women which is

an exercise because they just didn't saw the reason the only. thing amongst all so much despair is that the more men are wider audience international democrats all around the world can actually understand what is it that catalans we are suffering and the grief that we experience being inside the sponge state. space of deadly attacks in the west african nation of burkean a fast so saw armed men target a mosque on friday leaving at least 16 people dead and follow similar assaults in the last month being attributed to armed groups and al-qaeda killing scores of people as concern grows over religious extremism in the region.

i am. the as. the as the vast saw whole region in sub-saharan africa is one of the areas most at risk is spawns from the atlantic ocean all the way to the red sea and compassing 9 countries our senior correspondent wired gassy of explains the fear it is becoming a 1st told recruiting grounds for the hardest. 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 to 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 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 where better to be the same hell 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 terror this is where it's going to be waged fronts arguably fired the 1st shots when it set up a task force of sale nations the g 5 to stop islamist radicalism the hardly any effect underfunded. the support the dead in smaller numbers than expected in the beginning in 2011 recall that in and states in that so-called nato allies overthrew the regime but more and more cut off you saw libya become a hut bit of religious zealotry that has reverberated southward and 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 headquartered as your german hundreds if not thousands of miles from the battlefield that does not wind up timbers of with regard to the prospects of combating this epidemic of religious zealotry lack of funds was address to the 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 the $1000000000.00 to protect an area roughly the size of

a 3rd of the european continent the sale is a gateway to the richer 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 and choosing r.t. international we're back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines.

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