thank you as a still being given sex change should react as a plan to putin seeks to bolster russia's ties with saudi arabia. video obtained by artie's bradley agency shows the syrian army entering alhazmi ha province in northeast syria and you go to shoot fish if the bed struck an agreement with damascus and deployed government troops to the area. was clashes erupt between police and protesters that are barcelona at bordeaux for the jailing of 9 cats along separatist leaders once additional charges. of child gender

clinic in the u.k. is due to be alleged use of under researched experimental treatments we hear from iceland go on a list would that. be something you'd better be busy for you know there's usually this if you need cold call squishy it's cute to be introduced. to. a whole welcome to your watching r t international with me and carol. the russian president has been in the saudi capital riyadh this monday on his 1st visit to the gulf state in over a decade of them appear to held talks with king sell mom on the crown prince signing off on a raft of cooperation agreements the leaders also exchanged gifts with the russian leader presenting his counterparts with a red vulcan receiving a painting in return it was their 1st. 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 that's with 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're 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 be it 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 and 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 will always be very high. i have very good relations with both 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 opec plus partners 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 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 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 that's also a deal was struck with the kurds to help repel encourage the ongoing military offensive safe media are also reporting that the syrian arab has entered the key kurdish held city of man in the country's north setting out the possibility of a direct confrontation with turkish troops breaking down the developments has ati arabic sma. the head of the north eastern syrian movement for a democratic society. said in a pressure statement that the local government the syrian government and russia

have signed a memorandum of understanding on the deployment of the syrian armed forces along the whole border in the north of syria from tigres to the such a river unmanned bridge province had they also said that this move would neutralize turkey's efforts to gain control over the cities of tel a bed. and roc-a the syrian democratic forces kurdish units in the syrian army itself will consolidate their positions that will let them hope to any efforts from turkey to enter those cities there are also reports that u.s. troops remain in the area of the euphrates river in the vicinity of the characters of the bridge almost all the international organizations in the north east of syria have started to flee as their presence there has not been authorized by damascus co-chair of the syrian northeastern governance stated that the structure of local authorities remain the same from technical and administrative standpoints the only change is the signing of the memorandum. who has strongly condemned the operation

against the kurds calling on took it to halt its offensive in ne in syria for all so many al several of a usaf have also temporarily stopped all the exports to the nato paula. as a curacy and 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're 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. for his part is that the hopes both turkey and the kurds can prevent detained islamic state fighters from fleeing amid the chaos kurdish officials have already said that hundreds of relatives of foreign i still members have escaped from detention it takes a look at how the crisis now falls. 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 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

that ability 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 ever. 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 dr 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 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. their selves in europe again. was pain and outburst of popular anger in catalonia the us after spain supreme court jailed 9 separatist leaders over their roles in the $27.00 independence referendum the ruling prompted protests across the northeastern region including a past learner's al pratt airport where clashes broke out between demonstrators and police.

was. violence began when thousands of protesters tried to occupy the airport calling for the release of the imprisoned politicians police he's patented an attempt to discuss them also said that the police and the council of the over 70 flight from being on. the line former officials were found guilty of sedition and sentenced to between 9 and 13 years in prison a further 3 were given fines for disobedience the longest sentence was handed to the former vice president of catalonia are real who cares all of the defendants rejected the charges against them because land 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. as long as crisis began when the regions or thora he's held in a legal referendum on independence from spain in 2017 here's a quick recap of what happened after that.

i'm joined now by l. a 100 kilo guy he's a reader in spanish history at the u.k.'s new newcastle university welcome to the program it's great to have you with us now tell me how likely is it that the court's decision will be inflamed tensions in catalonia can we expect more protests . it's quite likely and that the 1st reactions that we have witnessed today are actually pointing in that direction what is not very clear is what is going to happen after those protests and whether that those produced themselves are going to go. any worse so there is through the risk but is of the moment is not very clear words the point upon this movement could actually go from from there is sent after. after the clashes they imprison leaders they claim they've been unfairly sentence and that their trial was built on false charges is that the case in your opinion. well

the the sentence. or the sense is been very very harsh if not being condemned for rebellion but being condemned for sedition and being condemned for misuse of power we found. i think the judicial system has worked. in the case of spain but nevertheless the. sense is seems to be very very harsh very lenient whatsoever so i think traditionally the process has been has been fine but then you know the could be all sort of political interpretations about it was certainly in the sense a very very harsh and they could have been it could have been certainly different but this is about an independent judicial system we've heard them advocates of independence claim the decision says the majority standing a clear warning to catalonia would you agree with that. well

this been proses that it's been going on for some time now we have to remember that the. spanish government in 17 was led by the conservative party in spain. at the moment it's led by an act in socialist government so talk about madrid to catalonia as 2 different entities a bit is a bit complex on the other hand the prime dependence catalan government at the time is that is different from the one day they had at the moment. but i think that's more of a political interpretation of thing with what is going on is that it's the judicial center is not very good either for the spanish government or let alone for the for the catalan government but they are both in a difficult situation and this particular. sentence did not help either the current government but not not even not even the spanish government tried. i think it's

a matter of sending messages but actually there politically is no good for either side 100 reader in spanish history at the u.k.'s newcastle university thank you for joining us. 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 break that legislative agenda jeremy corbin dismissed the plans as ridiculous saying 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 all 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 should 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 that 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 to serve the british people indiscreet speech delivers on their priorities we should pay the democratic will of the people of. iraq. 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 the bracks set. in their 1st national childhood gender reassignment clinic is in the firing line of claims of under

a search center experimental treatment is 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 if it's in the best interest of the child the cleric 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 'd carry on as normal of never being again transitional and just again young kids

making decisions all the evidence like this is all no b r i couldn't as a parent make a decision not that i'm totally not with my children 'd now how do you talk to a 12 year old about the implications of their treatment so there were no it when they actually fought well known to look at completely different person. and it has so far not given comment but it did state a provide the high level of service for its patients despite the controversy around the treatment of a number of referrals to the clinic has increased exponentially in recent years marcus evans again believes the topic of a gender dysphoria has become highly politicized and the well being of patients is being overlooked it is something about this area is highly politicized which means this is a call ask questions all your kids that being transferred and actually may or

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 area and why the use of the trust this chilling goal with the 'd approach runs lobbies it's not it's not only i don't even necessarily realize to what extent the political forces driving what's going on in this area. spate of deadly attacks in the west african nation of bikini afar so so armed men target a mosque on friday living at least 16 people dead and follow similar cells in the last month being to attribute it to armed groups and al qaeda killing scores of people as concern grows over

a surge in religious extremism in the region. whole region in sub-saharan africa is one of the areas most of risk spawns from the atlantic ocean all the way to the red sea and compassing 9 countries also a correspondent explains the face is becoming a 1st recruiting ground for. these days it's getting harder to sell jihad in the middle east people know what hides behind those pious promises

and tod generations culled at this point folk 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 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 united states and its so-called nato

allies overthrew the regime of more market docky 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 bed for so-called religious extremism the war on terror in fact has become so little 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 wind up the muslim with regard to the prospect 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 a 1000000000 dollars to protect an area roughly the size of a 3rd of the european continent the sale is a gateway to the rich 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. thanks to choosing r.t. international we're back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines for you that.