libya's warring leaders arrive in moscow for talks hoping to reach a cease fire deal to end the civil war in the north african country. as washington warns iran and steps up its campaign of sanctions antigovernment protests continue in the arabian capital over the accidental downing of a passenger plane which killed everyone on board. and e.u. funds to boost the infrastructure in east africa and prevent mass immigration to europe is in the firing line from human rights organizations from driving modern day slavery we speak with human rights watch representative about the claims. in directly supporting this project these are forced labor who are working on these

projects. from moscow was reality international with me daniel hawkins. thanks for joining us on the program. the libya's warring sides are in talks in moscow right now in the hope of finding a truce to end the civil war in the north african country follows russian and turkish efforts to deescalate. the region that helped broker an initial ceasefire in the conflict on sunday and also signaled the 1st break in fighting in libya for months for talks underway in the russian capital are expected to put a political solution back on the table for one quarter of has more on the potentially pivotal meeting. of the truce between the warring sides. during a meeting between russian president vladimir putin and his. word that god is.

it's just last week we cool on all parties to declare a sustainable cease fire supported by the necessary measures to be taken for stabilizing the situation on the ground and normalizing daily life in tripoli and other cities. the libyan national army led by general controls most of the country at the moment i mean while you and backed. governments all national accord is internationally recognized now the fighting between the 2 sides intensified over the last few months with the general have tours army advancing towards tripoli meanwhile the turkey has been sending troops in order to help the. government these negotiations are set somewhere to mark yet another step on the way to a peaceful solution to the conflict in libya libya has been sort of poured by the

warring factions since the u.s. nato led interference into their country which was aimed at playing the head of the government market duffy back in the 11th. hour will be here in moscow already and we'll find out the results of those talks sometime during the day. to the capital where police have deployed tear gas against anti-government protesters the administration into rants facing intense pressure off to admitting that its forces accidentally shot down the ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday killing all 176 people on board mainly radio national's widespread mass vigils have been held for the victims we should steadily turned into anti-government rallies iran's armed forces admitted b. airliner was mistakenly identified as a cruise missile defense systems it's all come all over on this islamic. lucian

raghad core expressed his deepest condolences saying he had never felt more shamed in his life. more that jangly ball all the nice words of almighty god there i wished i were in that plane and it crashed with the men had burned so i had not witness this tragic incident we made a mistake and a number of our compatriots were martyred because of our mistake but it was unintentional we apologized we are sorry and we will make up for emotional. officials in washington have spent the past 48 hours or so throwing their backing behind the protests was among those toward iran over its next moves. 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 about some pressure campaigners work in the mosque for this work and there's no other way for them to get the money they need to fund the

guard to fund their regime to fund their malign activities and you're seeing protests now breaking out across. tension sought after u.s. drone strike 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 one of the takes up the story. 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 our 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 in 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 they 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 in method tried and trusted sanctions we are announcing additional sanctions against the iranian regime as a result of these our 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 truman for imposing new and very harsh sanctions against his regime i must say that this was also doing close to 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 it 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 are 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 head gemini 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 us that we continue saying that we regret the u.s. decision to that awful good deal. and we continue to. leading to this deal is a key element of the lobel nuclear nonproliferation a future. and you tickle for to the original stability. of

germany's convinced that iran should acquire have nuclear weapons for this reason 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 regrets 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 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 they 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 according to a poll run by media in the us a majority of americans disapprove of the way trump has so far heard of the escalating crisis in the middle east. another story huge funds to boost areas in africa now being compared to driving slavery the claim made at least by human rights organizations against the use infrastructure project in eritrea the bid to improve the eastern african nation is now being described as the years of forced labor. to report. 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's 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 are the one put to work on this great collaboration because the chances are your force conscript the african nation has compulsory national service that used to last for 18 months but now sees people trapped in over 20 years it's a practice that's been likened by human rights organizations the un and the european parliament to mass in slave mint former conscripts compared national service to modern day slavery saying this for torture and other ill treatment rest unlike basic sanitation and hygiene form a conscript 72 hour weeks and harsh conditions with no food and pay equivalent to

$17.00 a month is one of the main reasons eritrea is called the world's fastest emptying country as young men continue their mass exodus but despite knowing conscripts were being used generally the delicate situation and a country that was knocked 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 cove is the procurement of material and equipment to support the rehabilitation of roads and fact the e.u. doesn't even have an office in eritrea to monitor at this ongoing project instead it were lies on local authorities the agency is not monitoring the implementation of the project the project is carried out why the government term progress is monitored by the ministry of public works the e.u. is in trusting it's project to an arm of a 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 u.n. sanctions for 9 years it's almost as if the e.u. has something at stake here other than creating great road of course like stemming the tide of migrants for example because 2016000 eritreans apply for asylum in the block so yes this e.u. project will lift the local economy on bring peace but crucially it will create jobs and that will keep eritreans in the home run to not crossing on boat to your appear shorts in directly supporting this project by punch your rate material to help build the road problem is it is that what they need to make sure all is that any support going to eritrea at is not some men ting this incredibly repressive sister and there are trads a land by the way which happens be one of the most strategic areas in the walled

it's coast wrongs along that the red sea which is a key link between europe and asia it's also a my deal access point to a much in african markets with low labor costs on it's a natural resource gold mine with gas a gold oil zinc you name it eritrea's dotted eric harris obviously placed in a very strategic location and on the red sea it is the access to see for 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 on cubs but norma's then your own employment law. still ahead this hour on a program collecting d.n.a. samples at u.s. borders has triggered of backlash i'll tell you why after this break.

one almost shows seem wrong well we just don't call. me the world police yet to shape our disdain you can think educated and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. we ponder that future and look into 2021 fascinating stories on our way you know i've often said on this show that you can't have capitalism without capital capital that positive interest rates encouraging people to say and this next story this next this next entire segment is going to be dedicated to this very notion.

of the program the government's facing pressure to apply greater foreign travel restrictions to known paedophiles claimed gaps in legislation leave youngsters especially those in asia vulnerable to predators the concern was part of a report. that followed an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse mentions such a high profile cases as former glam rock singer gary glitter he was found guilty in the u.k. of downloading child pornography then years later convicted in asia for abusing minors another is britain's worst ever. 71 counts of sexual

assaults on children most of them committed in malaysia where he worked as a teacher i received 22 life sentences showed it was that he has more on the inquiry. look 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 young says a brought that's because no one in british sex offenders and suspects prosecuted for such crimes are still able to travel with some of them re-offending oversea in fact of the near 6000 sexual harm prevention orders. pows in england and wales in the last few years only at 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 one you keep. a list of below

the disaster. which must be adjourned. this is a. really good time. 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 to 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 that they go completely undetected part of 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 s. we need not just to be looking at people who are going to be arrested in another country or indeed happen to rest 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. i. out of harm's way. in other stories across the world one lucky man has certainly defied the odds he was rescued on thursday after surviving 3 weeks in remote freezing wilderness is home an associate in a valley burned down forcing him to sleep in a snow cave and live off the goods until he was finally found. up to half

a 1000000 people in the philippines i would urge to flee their homes after the tile volcano erupted near the capital manila storms could be seen through the thick ash clouds in the services of the capital's international airport scientists in the country are warning that the threat level is high and explosive eruption could happen in the coming days. the university of british columbia in canada is facing a free speech scandal and a lawsuit institution opted to cancel an event shows jewel for the end of the month over what it called safety and security concerns was intended to give a platform to a controversial u.s. journalist to talk about anti fascist groups like anti for and left as the extremism go has become a target for some and evil activists and his legal team are now looking into the cancellation after contracts was signed between the university and a free speech club the director of the group was described 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 outright 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 they're 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. did go straight to the british columbia university should not have given into the ante for threats but the institution defended its decision explaining

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. comes with n.t.v. protests this being involved in a number of violent incidents at that same university already. and we heard from the director of the free speech club again he told us free speech is being stifled institutions and on the streets in canada. this isn't just happening with us it's happening all over the country it's a new trend for publicly funded institutions think that they can just deny their

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 bubbles of these little echo chambers and that is where the issue is in other words we're basically speaking a different language. going on the ground with option or times of coming away just a few moments time and renegade and for all you can viewers and here and i'll be in the studio and just how fast time to breathe the latest global news updates.

on this edition of crossfire we conduct a post-mortem of the recent u.s. around conflict what has changed in what bodes for the future issues the mainstream corporate media refuse to discuss. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person if there is. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. just one magic bullet you could actually come up with something to talk about his

baby bond talking about ways we get access to capital and capitalism cavil's important so we could actually have programs that actually help folks who want to do that but when you give everybody a $1000.00 i'm a poor person i'm going to consume that and if you're rich you're going to invest that equity the wealth the spirit is going to grow because you're you're not using your money to do it can so you're literally buy more crazy things and then my landlord knowing that i got a $1000.00 you just go raise my rent so then you get your inflation going on and there. were going underground as amidst the continuing global crisis sparked by it all trampled it is as a nation in iraq brics it comes up for debate in britain south of lords ahead of the end of u.k. representation in the e.u.

parliament in fewer than 20 days time coming up with a show u.k. prime minister's former trade on boy conservative party former treasurer lord moland weighs up the chances of a 300000000000 pound or more deal with britain's biggest trade partner the rest of the european union and as a concept breakthrough in london identifies killing cells us with storm we speak to templeton killed in the faraday award winning professor paul davis about how information will determine the future of immortality big pharma all this will go beyond today's going underground or 1st britain is due to not be represented by the european union from the end of the month despite being subject to either single market and customs regulations surely end of the enjoyment is chairman of the commonwealth enterprise investment council in the form of trade envoy boris johnson's previous as a david cameron lord modern thank you so much for coming. long before we get to the 31st of january you are keep articles of joints of the me oral candidacy complete

vindication of the dominant cummings tactics presumably the generalist while i was both his 1st marriage counselor and a little bit involved in the recent thing. i'm delighted this recent thing generally both yeah i'm delighted i've always had great faith boris i think is a fantastic communicator he can make waves you can. reach parts of the others can't he's demonstrated the election so i'm really pleased i think he's got a phenomenal brain a great personality enormous energy we've got the right and have the right job because he may have reached out to the electorate that other tory politicians didn't but dominic cummings his senior strategic advisor has already been. making announcements that seem to suggest he wants a radical reform of the civil service which has long been suspected of a pro remain bias and a suspected i think i think it was i haven't talked to everybody i think.

apparently we were always hearing that there were senior civil servants that did not the despised the the largest vote in this country in this country's history breaks it how can dominic cummings really reform an organisation like the civil service what is to be very difficult as you know when you get into government and lots of forces come at you and a lot of them suffered in the end so he's going to fought a very hard and determined battle he's going to take them on civil service does need reform it has been i think that in terms of achieving breaks it. proved to have that just you know talking to civil servants i think much more importantly i think it's been completely frozen by the events rather than thinking . now how can we prepare for the next phase and i think that is a really difficult position and in the commonwealth of course we brush with the

u.k. government we do with 53 governments you also know how civil servants can sabotage it is just as they can leak documents they go into them all amerie hence my remark which you know is going to be a very. difficult battle for dominic cult cummins to fight it genuinely is in a different space to most of the businesses in that it's very difficult to. sack a civil servant it's very difficult to move them out of the civil service is you we had douglas cause well one of dominic cummings is close colleagues in that campaigning on the show who kind of said only coming it was a sort of genius i don't know the you know do you think he's up to the job i think he's a remarkable you know it's very clear sighted a very clear vision. the point about government though it isn't just about having ideas it's you've got to do the long strokes and it's like a rowing race you do

a lot of this very early on to get speed then it's into this and this bit is not so easy for the likes of dominic cummings or for many others as well long strokes are going to be going to be needed after the 31st of january and what do you see as the significance of this date of the 31st of january because people could say that is the date from which britain will be subject to all customs union and single market regulations from brussels and so there's a bug and we will have no power whatsoever. as regards the regulations we now must know violet well a deal as you know for trade is going to be discussed i'm always amused by hearing politicians saying that they can do things within this timeframe all that time frame if the result will it will be done within the timeframe of 1011 months i don't think businesses will forgive politicians if they don't get home with is. because it's stifling employment.