new year's warring leaders are expected to meet in moscow this monday for talks with. the civil war. and steps up its pressure of sanctions antigovernment protests continue into iran over the accidental downing of a passenger plane which killed everyone on board. and e.u. funds to boost infrastructure in east africa to prevent mass immigration to europe in the firing line from human rights organizations from driving working day slavery speak with human rights watch representative. piece in directly supporting

this project. who are working on these projects. live from moscow thanks for joining us and. welcome to the program. libya's warring sides are expected to meet in moscow this monday for talks with the hope of sealing a truce to end the civil war in the north african country that follows a russian and turkish effort to deescalate hostilities in the region more details we can go. across this what's the latest on this potentially quite a pivotal meeting in the russian capital today. absolutely well we are expecting their results of those any moment now or throughout the day mind you this truce was suggested by russian president vladimir putin and that circus

president said. the gone during their meeting in istanbul just last week now following the cease fire agreements which came into effect just last night the heads of the libyan national army and governments all for a national accord arrived in moscow for and announced visits and. even huffed are will hold talks here in moscow under the guidance of russian and circus foreign and defense ministries now the u.s. said negotiations are set to mark yet another step on the way to a long awaited peace in libya now libya has been torn apart by warring factions since the u.s. led nato is a ference in their in their country that was designed suits all poll the then president said marco duffy that was back in 2011 now the libyan national army at the moment controls most of the country but the government of national accord is

the one that's internationally widely recognized now the fighting between the 2 sides intensify intensified over the last 2 months with the libyan national army making advances that swards tripoli and turkey has sent troops in order to help the government there now other countries have also been recently involved for example its ally in president met with the general house are mean meanwhile. saroj met with european council presidents and old so e.u. foreign affairs chief in brussels germany have been vocal and this is well and they suggested holding a peace conference in berlin in order to find a political solution to the instability in the country. well of course that affair with the latest thanks for those updates. back to our other headlines now in the

iranian capital where police have deployed tear gas against anti-government protesters the administration into iran is facing intense pressure right now after admitting that its forces accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday killing all 176 people on board mainly a rainy and nationals and widespread mass vigils have been held for the victims which steadily turned into anti-government rallies iran's armed forces admitted the airliner was mistakingly identified as a cruise missile defense systems officials in washington have spent the past 48 hours also throwing their backing behind the protests and donald trump was among those to warn iran over its next move. to the leaders of iran do not kill your protesters thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you and the world is watching more importantly the usa is watching turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free stop the killing of your great iranian people i think the

maximum pressure campaign is working the marsh well that's working there's no other way for them to get the money they need to fund the guard to fund their regime to fund their mine activities and you're seeing protests now breaking out across toronto attention sought after a u.s. drone attack 10 days ago which left a senior iranian commander dead in baghdad it would seem instead of looking to calm the situation washington's opted to continue to apply maximum pressure on to iran it was not a takes up with or. as washington seated on the verge of an all out war with iran it looked like it had just stepped outside of its comfort zone the risk of plunging the middle east into yet a nother disastrous conflict was an obvious weight on the u.s. but now with the tensions easing america is back in familiar territory waging a political and economic campaign to force its rival into submission what is their

strategy post the confidence of the man in killing and post the ballistic missile attack on the united states this is our strategy we are diplomatically and economically isolating their regime in iran in till they behave like a normal nation washington has charted these waters through and through and it's not afraid to get creative and putting iran under pressure after admitting to accidentally downing a ukrainian jetliner with more than a 170 people on board to iran has seen a fresh outbreak in antigovernment protests and demonstrators the haven't suffered from any lack of support from the u.s. with donald trump even taking a crash course in persian to write this tweet to the brave long suffering people of iran i've stood with you since the beginning of my presidency and my administration will continue to stand with you we are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage. translated no obstacles and no language barriers

can stand in the way of democracy and to make sure that nothing is lost in translation here washington is backing up its words with action a method tried and trusted sanctions we are announcing additional sanctions against the iranian regime as a result of these actions we will cut off billions of dollars of support to the iranian regime israel as its tradition was quick to cheer it always does whenever things take a turn for the worse for iran i commend president from for imposing new and very harsh sanctions against his regime i must say that this was also don't close the iranian decision to accelerate uranium enrichment i call on britain france and germany to join the american effort but few other nations share the excitement for iran a nation that spent decades under all flavors of sanctions being free of them is more of a challenge actually the united states on me wants to think that sense that it's

a superpower that it can do whatever it wants so heard iran through sanctions that china warfare and trade wars it tries to hurt russia through sanctions but ultimately what it does is that it brings these our countries closer to each other and other countries become more more more negative view of the u.s. government and i think in the in the long run what it does is that it diminishes the stature of the united states and the capability of the united states to maintain its had germany america's economic crusade against iran is rubbing europe the wrong way to the e.u. is in an ill tempered clash with washington over the iran nuclear deal which was derailed by the us we have been saying to pass that we continue saying that we regret the u.s. decision to withdraw from the deal. and we continue. believing that this deal is a key element of the lobel nuclear nonproliferation

a future. and beautiful for to the regional office stability. of germany's convinced that iran shouldn't choir have nuclear weapons for this reason we will continue to employ all diplomatic means to keep this agreement alive it is certainly not perfect but it is an agreement and it comprises commitments by all sides together we have made clear our regret and concern at the decision by the united states to draw from the j c p o a and to reimpose sanctions on iran and the us is dishing out new assurances it is ready to solve all this mess with words without preconditions even if we will meet with them where want to sit down discuss without precondition a new way forward a a series of steps by which iran becomes a more normal country but in the past few years with iran alone the us went back on its word had 0 interest in its allies concerns and assassinated

a high profile official the unilaterally branded terrorist just a few months before so the u.s. can talk up diplomacy for sure they're one of the best at it you do have a hard time to find a nother country with a case of selective amnesia this severe for the promises it had made a recording to a poll run by media in the us a majority of americans disapprove of the way trump so far handled the escalating crisis in the middle east. headphones to boost there is a huge from the other to blues there is an africa now being compared to driving slavery that's the claim being made at least by human rights organizations against the e.q. the infrastructure project in eritrea and the bid to improve the eastern african nation is now being described as years of forced labor parties saskia taylor reports. if your neighbor planning on eating your pepperoni don't worry it is got

a regulation for everything but according to human rights organizations it failed miserably to regulate its own behavior and it all started with an apparently innocent bed to boost security and eritrea will launching 20000000 euro program to rebuild the roads connecting both countries this will boost straight consolidate stability and have good benefits for the citizens of both countries through the gratian of sustainable growth and jobs so far so good unless of course you're the one put to work on this great collaboration because the chances are you're forced conscript the african nation has compulsory national service that used to last for 18 months but now sees people trapped in for over 20 years it's a practice it's been likened by human rights organizations the un and the european parliament to mass enslavement conscripts compared national service to modern day slavery saying this for torture and other ill treatment which we rest in like basic

sanitation and hygiene form a conscript 72 hour weeks and harsh conditions with no food and pay equivalent to $17.00 a month it's one of the main reasons eritrea is called the world's fastest country as young men continue to mass exodus but despite knowing conscripts were being used generally the delicate situation and a country that was a lot in a guerrilla war for 3 decades the e.u. says that really had no idea that untoward things were going on. the e.u. does not pay for labor under this project the project only covers the procurement of materials and equipment to support the rehabilitation of roads in fact the e.u. doesn't even have an office in eritrea to monitor this ongoing project instead it relies on local authorities the agency is not monitoring the implementation of the project the project is carried out by the government and progress is monitored by the ministry of public works the e.u.

is in trusting its project to an arm of the government which is internationally slammed as one of the world's worst human rights abuses which the u.n. describes as authoritarian and repressive and which lived under a un sanctions for 9 years it's almost as if the e.u. has something at stake here other than creating great roads of course like stemming the tide of migrants for example because 2016. 1000 eritreans apply for asylum in the block so yes this e.u. project will lift the local economy and bring peace but crucially it will create jobs and that will keep eritreans in the homeland and not crossing on both to european shorts. in directly supporting this project by. material to help build the road problem is that what they need to make sure is that any support going to eritrea is not. some mentoring this incredibly

repressive system and there are trends a land by the way which happens to be one of the most strategic areas in the world its coast runs along with the red sea which is a key link between europe and asia it's also an ideal access point to an african market with low labor costs and it's a natural resource gold mine with gas gold oil zinc you name it eritrea's got it eric harris obviously placed in a very strategic location along the red sea it is the access to. see that ethiopia and from the european point of view it is obviously one of the countries which many asylum seekers here in europe are coming from and that coming up next because of the human rights situation so it seems that when you've got something to gain it's easy to be tough but known as the your own employment you'll see that i had this hour upon a program connecting d.n.a. samples at u.s. borders has triggered a backlash if anyone after this 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. theory dramatic development only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down in. welcome back to the program the government's facing pressure to apply greater foreign travel restrictions the known defiles has claimed gaps in legislation leave youngsters especially in asia vulnerable to predators a concern was part of a report titled over to peace in westminster following an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that mentions such high profile cases as former glam rock singer gary glitter was found guilty in the u.k. for downloading child pornography and then years later convicted in asia for

abusing minors should it was dusty has more an inquiry. lock them up and throw away the key it's an argument you'll often hear from people when it comes to child pieces and while the u.k. has come down on child abuse here in britain its legal system may be failing youngsters abroad that's because no known british sex offenders and suspects prosecuted for such crimes are still able to travel with some of them re-offending overseas in fact of the near 6000 sexual whomp aventure orders imposed in england and wales in the last few years only 11 also has foreign travel restrictions added meaning of all the registered sex offenders on record only around 0.2 percent have had their rights to foreign travel stopped and according to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that could be having a devastating impact extends to the u.k. . listed below the disaster. which must be huge

and. this is an. example of really. and this is. the inquiry was given evidence of abuse by british travellers in countries ranging from kenya all the way to the philippines the report also found that abuses target disadvantaged families where relatives act as facilitators often financial poverty plays a key factor there's also areas too can also pose a particular risk last year oxfam start for accused of sexually exploiting children the haiti following devastating earthquakes in 2010 the issue that has been raised by the child abuse inquiry is an old one and has historically been going on for decades we have allowed people with child abuse convictions to travel out of the country and often times unless they're arrested in the destination country for the same issue then they go completely undetected the problem is we don't have

a grip on child abuse in the u.k. if we did then we would be able to manage our paedophiles much better than we currently are not child abuse. we need not just to be looking at people who are going to be arrested in another country or indeed have been arrested in the country but we need to properly see who is leaving the country and who is coming into the country and if they have child abuse convictions we must see that very seriously indeed now the report concluded with recommendations for the government and topping the list was restricting foreign travel of sex offenders to ensure that youngsters and not just those in the u.k. are out of harm's way. a pilot program has come under fire in the us for collecting d.n.a. samples of people detained the border crossings then sent to vs auntie's kaleb open delve deeper into the project essentially at the us border people can be detained whether they be undocumented immigrants green card holders or u.s. citizens and they are required to give a d.n.a. sample to u.s.

officials it doesn't matter why they decided to detain you either you give them a d.n.a. sample or you have committed a crime it's already started at the u.s. canada border and eagle pass in texas set to go national in 90 days and border protection will begin collecting d.n.a. from any person custody who is subject to fingerprinting this will include aliens as well as united states citizens and lawful permanent residents now back in november it was announced that immigrants at the border might be required to give their d.n.a. there was massive outrage ethical and privacy concerns but that's so last year right now just a few months later it's on the books the federal government is now forcing some migrants in custody to give d.n.a. samples but already plans to implement the program at u.s. borders with mexico and canada the data will go into a massive criminal database run by the f.b.i. there have been some livid reactions to the u.s. government's decision on line d.n.a. collection of the u.s.

border and immigration detention the human rights implications of this are astounding. i think every member of congress should go through this defame and as an act of submitting their d.n.a. the way we're treated even grades especially children is disgusting and hurts all of us this type of d.n.a. data collection is completely unjustified and can have home full and long lasting consequences it could lead to the start of a defacto national d.n.a. database full of d.n.a. data from all individuals who live in the us including us citizens the argument is that in this world where fakery and fraud are so widespread the us government needs to keep track of one thing that we cannot fake our genetic code it's all about keeping us safe right well some people don't buy a violation of civil liberties it's terrifyingly orwellian vision of a future that many of us want to avoid as much as possible this is really

terrifying because unlike a lot of those other programs which are voluntary this one is targeted at the most vulnerable people in our society people who are refugees and migrants and they're being placed into a d.n.a. database although you could see this as being something that would be useful for law enforcement the price that we're going to pay in terms of increased authoritarianism is so much higher that i don't think it's worth it since the cold war right up to today the american government has been warning people about totalitarianism big brother crushing the individual rights of the little guy and countries have faced sanctions and even invasions to supposedly protect them from totalitarian regimes but now the u.s. government is keeping a directory and tracking millions of people's d.n.a. nothing to see here folks just keep moving up and r.t. new york. university of british columbia in canada is facing a free speech scandal. and institution up to the council on

a vent sheffield for the end of the month over what it called safety and security reasons. it was attended to give a platform to a controversial us journalist the talk about anti fascists groups like anti for and leftist extremism i didn't go has been a target for some activists his legal team are now looking into the cancellation of the contracts was signed between the university and the free speech club and the rector of the group has described it as giving those threatening violence the illusion of power there's always been an option of hiring our own security working with police ensuring safety they wouldn't even allow us to have that option this time they said look security can't even handle the protesters they're getting more and more violent and that's not even an option now so we're just going to help break cancel the school has told us look just don't bring anybody controversial and they will protest and you'll have no problems but actually what is happening is that there emboldening these protesters who are violent and they're giving them the

illusion of power and if they have power no doubt they'll use it and abuse it at this point we're probably going to take the school to court it's going to go to the supreme court and we believe that the law is on our side so when the judge when the supreme court rules that we are correct we will bring back the speaker to the school and will make it a vent that is 10 times bigger because we can because that is what free speech is about a lot of them go straight to the british columbia university should not have given in to the n.t. for threats as you should know has defended its decision exploiting the journalists' event was a potential target. the reason for the cancellation is the concern about safety and security of our campus community the appropriate response to violent extremists who threaten access to information in the academy is not to give in to their demands by canceling the event of the road comes with protest as being involved in a number of violent incidents that same university already.

was it was. was we heard from the director of the free speech club again who told us free speech is being stifled their institutions and in the streets of canada. this isn't just happening with us it's happening all over the country it's a new trend where publicly funded institutions think that they can just deny the right to free speech when they hear they're taking money from the government they're part of the public sphere the suppression of free speech is not only happening on the institutional level in canada but it's also happening on the streets with these violent protesters society is so divided politically that now we have our own perceptions of what is and isn't free speech that's where the real problem comes from our side has this perception of the many people as their perception and it's become so tribal politically we're so divided but we're

breaking up into these little bubble and some of these little echo chambers and that is where the issue is in other words we're basically speaking a different language. anyway just a few moments time the team backing off an hour with the latest global news headlines see that. we're going to fulfill that promise is possible to the people. you know we all pots to those. places. pretty well.

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dares thinks. we dare to ask. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of crossfire as we conduct a post mortem of the recent us around conflict what has changed and what bodes for the future issues the mainstream corporate media refuse to discuss.

cross-cutting some real news i'm joined by my guest going these and is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the case of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor in a semi internet media project and he and the london macross alexander macarius is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com our german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me go to alexander in london you know over the past 10 days or so we've heard the term escalation deescalation purports tional and one of the things i think that is mr very much is the how the behave the behavior on the side of the leadership into iran and in washington we term asymmetric.