back and forth of the u.n. security council the syrian army successfully liberates a key terrorist stronghold in the province lives of millions of civilians are now even greater risks. is not due to the operations of the syrian armed forces but the constant and deliberate provocations of the terrorists'. european parliament gives final approval for breaks it is. well in the last ever appearance. to look exactly like a capital city and yet it's here in the village on the outskirts of east jerusalem we visit an arab neighborhood transparent

a concrete security barrier in east jerusalem touted by donald trump as being the future capital of a palestinian state. other unwelcome this is r.t. international. russia has branded as unsubstantiated claims syrian forces killed civilians were made at the un security council by the u.k. and us the per say that the deaths occurred during an offensive on the northwestern province of idlib it was launched more than a month ago to liberate the remaining terrorist stronghold from al qaeda linked fighters puts the blame on terrorists which it claims are using civilians as human shields and foreign and humanitarian corridors. pulls by the significant escalation and syrian regime and russian violence in libya but it should be escalation and it is not due to the operations of the syrian armed forces but the constant and

deliberate provocations of the terrorists the lives of millions of civilians are now at even greater risks as the combined forces of the assad regime russia the iranian regime and has asked their offensive the problem of can't be resolved as long as the terrorists that have been recognized as such by the security council continue to rain there comes a syrian army recaptured one of his live problems is the largest and most strategic town smile of al new month before the hot spot for antigovernment protests have been held by rebels since 280 mosque open humanitarian code those for those seeking to leave the areas prior to the operation u.s. insists that the offensive should be stopped because he's my guest if the polls seems washington has rather different standards for its own actions. the fall of the new month came as a shock to everyone it was a cradle of the revolution late to the jihad against asaad rebels 2nd largest

remaining city and they gave it up without a fight a fight for the city that is if it but self had been a battleground for the past month. in december the syrian military set off an operation taking dozens and dozens of towns and villages in me a week's diplomacy kicked in russia and turkey mediated a season which didn't last the islamists seemingly couldn't keep their fingers off the trigger. about islam and the reason for the escalation is the reason is the militants control totally or near. only totally by chuck hagel news and i at ariel sharon which al nusra has turned into and uses as a cover constantly bring the cease fire with the cease fire arrangements create

special corridors for noncombatants so they can leave the combat zone by the way the terrorists keep striking those corridors hindering the departure of peaceful civilians trying to retain them as human shields. we've seen it all before in ghouta rebels caged the women and pensioners on roofs to prevent the airstrikes i was in aleppo at the end when those same rebels held hostage 200000 civilians refusing to allow a single person human shield to leave the city and you wouldn't even know reading we sent headlines it's the usual stuff assad is guilty of every sin and every hurt in syria ruthless actions by russia the iranian regime hizbollah and the assad regime are directly preventing the establishment of a ceasefire in northern syria we condemn these barbaric attacks and call for an

immediate cease fire one would think if you really want to the cease fire you stop flooding rebel armories with weapons and advanced guided missiles but ok so what would america do if it was attacks during a cease fire how would it fight terrorists to hide behind civilians mislead the public preaches and voices its concern about religious suffering of civilians only when the terrorists suffer a crushing defeat and syrian citizens of finally liberated the state department also published similar hypocritical tweets when syrian cities that are now rebuilding themselves were liberated unlike raca that was wiped off the map by u.s. airstrikes they leveled mosul just like they obliterated raca in all tens of thousands. of innocents died i remember them back then broken civilians running out of the city mosul every day horrified that isis sent us jets in equal measure but

apparently when america leveled cities it's the right thing to do we're not perfect guys we can make a mistake in this kind of work. or happen but we are the good guys unit and people on a battlefield know the different ways as knows that they can use human shields to avoid being hit it's their air defense system the enemy is using a tactic that actually has them become part of the target that is on them not on us not entirely sure the dead would agree those pulver arise by coalition bombs or the survivors who are still years later cleaning up the rubble surprised the pentagon hasn't blamed them too for forcing america to use so many bombs it's clear the cases in mosul in iraq are the american and british bombers targeted the jihad the islamic state opponents but these people were intermingled with the civilians they had bass. and buildings which also house civilians were next to them

it's a case of burying their head in the sand and not wanting to admit that both turkey and russia have helped at least to limit the human cost at least to many many hundreds of thousands of people i mean it is i think part of the underlying dilemma of the western states that they committed themselves so wholeheartedly to the fall of a sad that they turned a blind eye to who was fighting against him and so they have in the end said anybody who's against it is better than a. double standards but it's also turning a blind eye to these groups who have after all spawned threats to western europe because some of the supporters have carried out radical terrorist attacks in western europe too. and r.t. arabic correspondent was seriously injured in italy province on wednesday. and.

he was hit by an explosion from a shell abandoned by militants the reporter was covering the aftermath of the syrian army's liberation of the area she sustained facial injuries and shrapnel wounds to her body. mocking prefer wells resound it in the european parliament in british army peace final ever session on wednesday as lawmakers approved the withdrawal agreement britain set to quit the e.u. last on friday evening setting in motion a year long transition period the leader of the briggs it party nigel farage had this parting dig at brussels. so this is a final chapter at the end of the road a 47 year political experiment we use our for europe we just hate the european union it's as simple as that nigel she is a lived in loathed in pretty much equal measure depending on who you speak to when the leader of the breaks that party wasn't going to let his last chance to address

the european parliament go without making a bit of a scene in the chamber or you want to burn our national flags or we're going to wave goodbye i will look forward in the future to working with you please sit down resume your seats put your flags away you're leaving and take them with you if you are leaving now and i but the issue with the flags comes after just last week david so i saw you who's the president of the european parliament said that flags fell foul of current rules that prohibit ban is being shown in the chamber as you might imagine mr for us a lot to say about that he said it just showed how the european parliament in brussels institutions was trampling over the rights of member states well away from the sideshow in brussels on wednesday there was some serious business being done in fact the deal that will see the door for certainly happen was ratified in

parliament we heard from the lion the european commission president who said that brussels was putting a very good deal as far as they were concerned on the table for the u.k. to sign but this in amongst all of the goodies they were offering the united kingdom that they were demanding regulatory alignment when it came to things like workers' rights like environmental concerns and social protections we are considering a free trade agreement with 0 tariffs and 0 quotas this would be unique no other free trade agreement offers such an access to our single market. but the precondition is that european and british businesses continue to compete on a level playing field. we will certainly not expose our companies to unfair competition for those talks on a trade deal between the u.k. and the e.u. post breaks that get underway on the 3rd of march it may well put the united

kingdom in a bit of a rock and a hard place situation between the european union on one side and the united states on the other london of course once lucrative trade deals with both however that may fall foul of those words regulatory alignment that the european union are insisting upon because if the u.k. agrees to regulatory alignment with the european union they may not get the trade deal that they hope to be able to get with the united states they certainly are leaving on the 31st but they're leaving into this transition period if you think briggs it's going away anytime soon another thing coming it's going to be here for a little while yet to talk about. those outrage among palestinians after the u.s. president unveiled a peace plan which critics call heavily biased in favor of israel more than 40 protesters have been injured in clashes with israeli security forces in the west

bank. well into the deal israel would get old control over palestinian security and most of its resources and jerusalem would be israel's undivided capital palestinian ambassador to the united nations says that the proposal attempts to destroy the national rights of his people and is doomed to fail. netanyahu plan which is an attempt to destroy the national rights of the palestinian people. and it will fail by the unity and steadfastness of the palestinian people and the

defense of the international community not that i said before the peace or justice it is a recipe for the destruction of the national price of the palestinian people. palestine with a capital. crime to arab neighborhood on the outskirts of east jerusalem. to residents there about tribes proposal. this doesn't look exactly like a capital city and yet it's hero in the village of decent the outskirts of east jerusalem that the american president once the future capital of a palestinian state to be now not only has the issue divided israelis and palestinians but as you can see by the security barrier it's also divided palestinians from palestinians so on this side you have some of east jerusalem on the other side you have the rest of it and it's anyone's guess how a city like this well if a function as a capital. structure. or capital of palestine.

or the people who are is just. going to start everybody think it's. you know it's. one of the village in the town and we believe a 07 is a capital this is the parliament building here in abu dis now it's closed and it doesn't look like much but this is where presumably a future parliament will function from when trump says that this is a win win situation for both palestinians and israelis well it seems he's being cynical at best about acing and be able to want to make peace but they have to give us what they give israel you know the fear he doesn't give anything to. be says here here here. and. he has not earned it for us he doesn't give us from us most of our legs but i think

they must. and the other people they have to hear our voice. i think this will lead everybody to the good to think and to conflict together to say what we. the here and the people here so want be uprising here and be upset that key to the city of abu dis but when inhabitants here themselves are pessimistic as to the promise that it unlocks it's hard to understand why president trump is putting so much faith in it pointlessly r t d's. trying to plan also demands that palestinians dismiss all pending actions before the international criminal court as it moves ahead with the probe into alleged war crimes against palestinians rights groups that we spoke to voiced concern over the details of the us president still. the all vocals there that has been happening and what we're seeing with this bill is that it is going to enable. and able to actually act in landstuhl and acts more which is by this getting

a territory and addicts. thousands of palestinians the next a shoe is. is owned 'd by a nation of the russian a lot and the american administration is saying that's ok you've got to go ahead of that and that's the major cause out of this flat is completely one sided where is that biased and even voice where is the palestinian state where 'd. this is being opposed to that one about a one sided mad obesity that any government that means that it's up to. us and what we want by this that is on a day to day basis we see the guy in the office going to nation and out of there i call it and injustice is that they have been historically and they are wrong on a day to day basis but the united states already declared war on the international criminal court over its investigation to afghanistan its examination of the situation in palestine its put all these conditions you to.

see the negotiations that are clearly meant as has all their actions over the past 3 years meant to produce a palace to the rejection that would pave the way for israeli fixation the reality here is the united states national criminal court plays a critical role quite literally as a court of last resort in a case like israel palestine where there has been impunity where israel has not held virtually anyone of significance to account for serious human rights abuses over a decade. and the policies of the city. tell us bring some news just come in fear of an outbreak of the coronavirus of force. to keep $6000.00 passengers on board an italian cruise ship called the cost the smelter which is currently close to rome concerns grew after a chinese couple of board the boat fell ill the pair have shown symptoms of the virus being carried out. binyamin

netanyahu held talks on the palestinian peace plan putin in moscow today all details after the break. in a world of big part of the lot and it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s.

and the world. max kaiser and stacy herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one topic every week. student debt trade wars corporate money universal basic. and more catch up with what's front running this sunday exclusively on r.t. . back binyamin netanyahu has met with putin in moscow flying straight from washington where israel's prime minister helped unveil the palestinian peace plan with donald trump as addition to talks of the deal there are reports that he will fly back with a pardoned israeli woman sentenced to 7 years in jail for drug smuggling and of

course has the details. netanyahu flew straight from washington to moscow after talks with donald trump about his so-called plan for peace in the middle east we also got word that putin and netanyahu are discussing that very plan right now which calls for the demilitarization of the palestinian authority and giving israel exclusive ultimate rights over the airspace and borders of palestine all of which has outraged palestinians who took to the streets in protest after that plan was unveiled a couple days ago now we also heard that netanyahu gave putin of a big thank you for his presidential pardon of israeli national. she was convicted of drug possession and sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison back in october and putin received a personal plea for her freedom from the israeli prime minister and even met with it's a car's mother who was clearly devastated by the imprisonment of her daughter but

in the end putin sympathy saw it's a car released and reunited with her family and he sent them all the his best wishes moving forward now netanyahu and putin have long enjoyed a good relationship in the interest israeli prime minister who's visited russia on diplomatic business 16 times now reiterated that at today's meeting but last time he and president putin met was actually in jerusalem last week it was at the opening ceremony of a monument to the victims of the leningrad blockade and that they also took part in the international remember and forum for the victims of the holocaust which took place on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz concentration camp by soviet forces so this meeting is really just a continuation of the long held good relationship between russia and israel. as the world focuses on the corona virus outbreak eastern africa is suffering its

worst locust invasion in decades hundreds of billions of the bugs have swept away across kenya somalia and ethiopia with the u.n. warning of a threat of devastating hunger for people in the region. less than a month into 2020 and there's already been a whole year's worth of doomsday panic from fears of world war 3 to the coronavirus and now a biblical one africa is suffering from one of the worst locust outbreaks in the continent's history. namely destroy everything in their path including our farm who want the government

to act fast in some planes to spray them with incense the site otherwise they will destroy everything. and. the way it looks like. that's because they have desiccated everywhere here you cannot even eat outside never do you have to lock yourself in the house. for the locals the infestation means much more than just having to stay indoors they've everything farmers complain brought to the brink of desperation with their plantations left barren people facing famine by the veracious swarms of insects swarms larger than cities.

one airline had to turn back out of fear as the bugs would claw gets engines but as apocalyptic as it already sounds experts fear that if not contained now the situation will get much worse locusts breeding season starts only in march so the swarms will be roaming around ravaging people's food supplies for some time yet there is no limited impact on last season's crops coming season is due to be planted around march or april and this will cause side with a new generation of swarms so that the potential to impact food security and livelihoods in the horn of africa is tremendous kenya has started spraying the

swarms with pesticides a desperate measure as it's fear the chemicals could poison what little of the crops remains in the past giant nets flame throwers and even lasers were proposed as weapons of mass locust destruction but were never used perhaps now is the time. a report part funded by the u.k. government itself is scathing about its tough new crackdown on offenders. i want criminals to literally feel terror at the thought of committing offenses it's madness to conceive doing the same thing in expecting different results and what we have been doing traditionally we look at and friend or somebody who is at risk and we say psychologists because of psychological reasons or sociologist paid. reasons and biological reasons and so on and then we try to minimize that risk. and that

was one of the authors of the new study into preventing youth radicalization which calls for a fundamentally different approach the report says positive psychology supporting vulnerable young people is far more effective than managing the risks it wants equal opportunities for youth in their education and job market while encouraging them to participate in society but the proposals are in stark contrast to the government's punishing approach this month the u.k. government drew up tough new crackdowns including closer monitoring of offenders together with a mandatory minimum prison sentence for terrorist offenders of 14 years as well as doubling the number of counter-terrorism probation officers one of the report's authors again here explains why that's the wrong approach. but we did a positive psychology or whatever you want to call it is that is sas stop looking at the pass as a potential risk because of their psychological or biological or source of logical implications but look at them s. potential tell and what these interests that they have as

a young person and support that interest and while doing so you would get an increase with zillions when it comes to that risk it's not about replacing is not about stopping this about prevention is about what we do schools and what we do universities but we also piloted it in actually youth offending institutions so we worked with offenders with young offenders and when we worked with them to see what of interest and it was it hard was it football was it and then support that that talent that. what they wanted to do we saw a completely different change in their approach. to stay with us live to get lots more stars available if you had to a website. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics small business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. during the great depression which old mr remember there was most of my family were unemployed working class there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expectation of the things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shape by the 10 principles a concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy at tax so low down to engineer elections manufacture consent and other prince holds according to no i'm chomsky one set of rules for the rich opposite set of rules for . that's what happens when you put power into the hands of

a narrow sector of will switch will is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. greetings and sell you taste shims welcome to a brave new america. watchers the one that only allows on to its shores the world's best and the brightest yes we will no longer in open door for your tired and your poor huddled masses i don't think so this new seed change in how the united states handles its immigration was coded by the united states supreme court on

monday in a highly controversial decision to override a lower court injunctions against the white house broadening of what's called the public charge rule the new york times reports that the supreme court's decision now finally allows the trumpet ministration to move forward with plans to deny green cards to immigrants who are thought to be likely to make even occasional and minor use of public benefits like medicaid food stamps and housing vouchers you see originally the public charge rule allowed officials to deny green cards to immigrants who could end up on public assistance but it was narrow in its focus and only enforced around one percent of the time but back in august yes back in august the trump. trumpeted at the times reports that the trump ministration broadened the criteria to include non-cash benefits providing for basic needs such as housing or food used in any.