a key democratic caucus is held in the iowa polls a head of the primary presidential hopeful bernie sanders in the lead. tightens border controls with mainland china to control the spread of the virus meter from a journalist in the chinese city of rwanda which is feeling the brunt of the epidemic. given the potential for human to human transmission there's no public transportation in the epicenter of the coronavirus shopping malls restaurants and cinemas. during this period closed. and so-called deal of the century for israel and palestine is rejected by dozens of muslim

nations at a summit of the organization of islamic cooperation. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the race to become the democratic candidate for the white house is officially underway a caucus vote has just wound up in the state of iowa it is seen as a crucial early indicator of who will become the democratic nominee. now the iowa caucus is the start of the primaries and usually a litmus test of what is to come bill and hillary clinton went on from victory and i want to run as the democrats' candidate and barack obama as well according to opinion polls before the iowa caucus bernie sanders shared a surprise lead with former vice president joe biden leaving behind the other

centrist hopefuls artie's caleb mop and reports now on why washington might be wary of a sanders victory. the iowa caucuses are upon us and monday as the 1st primary contest takes place and jaws are dropping because the front runner isn't one of the sexy centrists favored by the d.n.c. but an elderly socialist from vermont 2 is technically not even a democrat but a registered independent can imagine any woman watching last night and saying i believe bernie i think people believe has been running bernie sanders against trump would be an act of insanity so to have him just flat out say no i think wasn't it wasn't nearly enough to address that for the women watching bernie can't win according to the new york times bernie sanders is surging ahead because he has an enthusiastic base of supporters who are attracted to his left of center agenda mr saunders insurance and his apparent roys in the earliest primary and caucus states

reflects both the loyalty of his core support says and their conviction that mr saunders would bring the same fighting resilience to the general election even now as mr saunders takes the lead in the 1st 2 early states his opponents have not delivered a sustained argument against his candidacy and remain reluctant to take him on bernie sanders describes himself as a democratic socialist and socialism is supposed to be a dirty word in the united states but not so much anymore polls show that younger people are not so hostile to the term and are far more critical of free market policies and austerity c.n.n. is certainly no fan of bernie sanders a paid contributor is even happy to admit it i hope that my networks clear bias against bernie sanders will convince citizens of all idiology state corporate media figures overwhelmingly for snake journalism in favor of blatant activism oddly president trump has had mixed things to say about the front runner in the rival

party which bernie well. it'll be interesting to see how he does i think what happened to bertie. they be was that so many so i think he was taken advantage of you read great 4 years ago and he was done treated with respect by clinton those wounds from 2016 are certainly open and sore among bernie's core supporters leaked e-mails revealed that the d.n.c. was working overtime to deprive him of the nomination it's not just those mainstream t.v. networks or the leaders of the democratic party this former assistant director of the f.b.i. actually admitted that for years this federal agency actually works to keep people like bernie sanders from taking office the electorate in some places is putting more and more progressive than self described socialist in positions one of the missions of the f.b.i. in its counterintelligence efforts was to try and keep these people out of government he wasn't joking either the f.b.i. is cointelpro program works to isolate left wing groups and keep them from gaining

any influence one radical group called the socialist workers party actually sued the f.b.i. and spent a decade in court proving that their rights were violated court proceedings revealed that the f.b.i. had planted fake news stories infiltrated the organization broken into offices and even had members arrested on false charges all in the hopes of weakening the socialists at the ballot box bernie sanders was at one point a registered elector for the socialist workers party he campaigned for them amid the harassment and legal battles so it's pretty safe to say the f.b.i. has been on d.m. for some time with so much working against him bernie sanders seems to be pulling ahead getting more donations than any other candidate and his rallies are packed full of young people who are attracted to his message of cancelling student debt and guaranteeing health care with a 2020 primaries in full swing many observers are asking themselves can bernie

sanders really pull this off. r.t. new york the storm of speculation is brewing online over the canceled. and of a highly regarded poll in the iowa caucus supporters of bernie sanders are claiming the results were suppressed because their candidate was doing too well the des moines register poll has been published for the past 76 years and it's considered a solid predictor of success ahead of the state caucus c.n.n. which publishes the results said at least one interviewer had accidently admitted a question on candidate buddha judge but sanders supporters said that they suspect foul play. bernie sanders is winning iowa and the des moines register not releasing their poll tonight over one poll voters' concern proves that they don't want to show how much bernie was winning and this was the easy way out the pool that really matters is the des moines register a c.n.n. poll that they decided not to release an hour before there was supposed to be keeping in mind indorsed warren and c.n.n.

as openly and sunders l.o.l. and des moines register trying to help the democrats make burn sanders go away. we spoke with peace activist sergio. coach harrigan and a solomon commis young host of the radio show your world news they gave us their views on the story. with such a a a gold standard if you will you know poll this highly coveted and. how they accounted for that it was a simple mistake that you know there should be an easy and easy fix to that that you wouldn't just kind of throw out entire whole 'd over one you know one little arrow it was something much much deeper than i think it i think i really think it has to do with when a lot with the indications in terms of seeing the number of people that were started to swell and swell towards the sanders campaign in iowa and i think that

this was very kind of imagination behind behind the scenes to try to slow down you know whatever moment some standards campaign they saw picking up where this leno the power of the media and the way media has been. portraying the selection an obviously specifically bernie sanders everything that they've been trying to throw at bernie sanders to try and push away from him as more awareness of how the system works and the fact that the system doesn't work the turnouts at the rallies the number of people making phone calls the number of people knocking on the doors is you know letting this test for for actually not being scared for understanding that it's even more important now to have someone like bernie sanders in the office so so that social movements and different organizations can get a lot more done in our communities. you tube is promising to crack down on the spread of false information during the u.s.

election the video sharing platform which is owned by google has released a new set of rules. over the last few years we've increased our efforts to make you tube a more reliable source for news and information as well as an open platform for healthy political discourse. mung the new regulations you tube will ban videos that have been a digitally manipulated with intent to mislead and it will block users who impersonate other channels they now have to reveal their country of origin and any connection to a government if they have one journalist chadwick moore thinks youtube is unlikely to be impartial in its decision making they said that they're going to specifically promote a short story tate of voices which is an authoritarian thing to do what they mean by that is the corporate media right to be so stupid or or so blindly corrupt and biased that they don't seem to understand that there's no such thing as an unbiased news source and there never has been so what is misinformation for one party

looking at one new source is another is misinformation or another right now that's why c.n.n. either often very much invent stories or the main cries to get c.n.n. calling the big news is the level to which they leave out intentionally leave out information they way they cheer 8 stories to present a certain narrative well that's what everyone does that's right we're both sides of the spectrum guys you to be saying they're going to decide who's narrative they like best and promote those voices and squash the other ones that's the really terrifying part of all this. hong kong has tightened border controls with mainland china in an attempt to halt the spread of the new coronavirus cities chief executive kerry lamb had the following advice for the territories inhabitants like the king i strongly advise home car is a dance to frank from going to places where there is a non break including the main line unless it's absolutely necessary. it was

based journalist where the 2000 corona virus was 1st recorded gave us a rare glimpse into how the chinese city is coping with the spread of the disease. given the potential human to human transmission there's no public transportation in the epicenter of the current of ours the city is situated by younger river near where i'm standing and locals may take ferries from one side to the other side and commute by buses taxis and subways then and we can read a notice saying at a stop each of the ferry began at $950.00 on january 23rd in there is no definite for the recovery who has health authorities has issued a travel ban to album tourist groups and vehicles entering and leaving the city will be subject to checkpoints where the temperature of passengers will also be monitored there has been no outdoor entertainment over the chinese new year which is absolutely unprecedented of the traditional holiday was extended by

a week but many non essential sectors have now prolonged the holidays even further shopping malls restaurants and cinemas that orginally busy during this period are all closed but it's a very different story for hospitals here their medical staff have been working around the clock and are in dire need of resources over the past week we've seen 60 medical teams from across the country featuring 6000 personnel arrive in the city this includes teams dispatched from the military the delhi actual head says china is setting a new benchmark in its response to the outbreak he praised the speed with which china detected the outbreak isolated the virus sequenced the genome and shared it with the organization meanwhile we've also seen a considerable halt in international airliners flying into will haunt you as airports both in china and in about 70 countries have introduced measures to

restrict. travelers from the city and this all comes despite opposing travel restrictions among the patients i interviewed a nurse who was effective with the current of ours during her work and she has now recovered and will go back to work soon another nurse i spoke to quarantine herself for a week meaning she was unable to breast feed her 6 month old son and fortunately her husband was able to contact breast milk donors through social media and after receiving support the men said he felt there is power in unity and love so amid the crisis there are still touching moments in the virus city. donald trump's so-called deal of the century for israel and palestine has been overwhelmingly rejected by muslim countries the organization of islamic cooperation which has 57 members says it will not support the u.s. proposal palestinian journalist rami maigari explains. a plan by by us

a president didn't run doesn't look for doesn't look good for people's concern to be accepted as the organization of islamic or creation predicted this is a plan the organization of islamic cooperation calls on all member states not engage with this plan or to cooperate with the us administration in implementing it in any form planned rejection came 2 days after the legal therapist haitink can rejected the same plan calling a describing it does not meet the minimum rights of the palestinian people iran which was not being allowed to take part in this meeting of the corporation organization had to blame the studio ribby of the government of saudi arabia has prevented the iranian delegation from participating in the meeting to examine the deal of the century plan at the headquarters of the organization of

islamic cooperation regarding the planet serve that was presented by the president to trump does giving there is really civility over. security control over the palestinian territories and it allows israel to lean teens of early exclusive serve only to jerusalem within what the united states says undivided the character of israel which is jerusalem actually their plan also gives israel the upper hand in controlling the security of the of the palestinians in these in the palestinian territories and also gives and offers palestinians a back issue. $50000000000.00 u.s. dollars for the invention and at the grassroots level palestinians including factions political sanchez also rejected that plan and accusing their larry king the list ration of being. in favor of the israeli state

so a very strong message not only to israel but also to mr trump on the united states administration that they had a plan which violates palestinian rights their plan which. meant of palestinians in a system of apartheid and racial discrimination is not going to work when 1500000000 people who are. residents of the 57 islamic countries that projected the plan i think of the american israeli position as isolated and i think decisions of the islamic countries as well as the arab league is very crucial and very important then a plan will not work but what has happened gives us an opportunity as palestinians to explain to the whole world the narrative of the palestinian issue the fact that we are a people struggling for their freedom for justice for independence for senate in

the nation we just simply struggling for what other peoples have and we cannot we deny that right. russia's defense ministry says that turkish forces have failed to conduct planned joint patrols in northern syria it comes after a spike in violence on monday which saw a turkish soldiers killed in the it leave the province or at least on quarter reports. well the russian reconciliation center in syria is reporting that turkish forces didn't show up to their joint patrols in the it live deescalation zone these patrols are represent a key part of the agreement between turkey and russia that maintains a fragile peace in the region and anchor his decision not to link up with russian forces there represents a dangerous escalation there this comes after the turkish defense ministry claimed its armed forces killed over 17 syrian government troops in an attack on the province and president has had this to say about it. we said it's no longer

possible and we responded appropriately with or artillery bombardments we are making them bigger than it's price and we'll continue to do so now i can as offensive was a response to the deaths of a number of turkish troops which were part of a military convoy that traveled through the border into it labor early on monday this military convoy almost immediately came under artillery fire from syrian government troops which are currently engaged in a renewed offensive against the last militant stronghold in the country in italy but turkey's president actually says that this military campaign is a violation of the cease fire they have with the country now the russian reconciliation center says that turkish incursion into it came without any warning and that actually they didn't carry out any strikes against syrian government still a sions let alone kill any syrian government troops so we have 2 quite different

versions of events from russia and turkey a possible escalation in the region it is most likely where the major powers involved in this conflict will either make or break piece. political analyst. says it is extremely hard to pin down turkey's intentions in syria. one thing that comes to mind is that they want to undermine the peace process but i don't want to come to this go blue should be yet 60 really difficult to. see what is the plan or what are the or what purposes the changes. are unexpected being skin change the mood can change of the ground in 5 minutes and one hour from turkey directly is impossible it would cause tens of thousands. of lives russia actually it's using. a very patient very diplomatic

approach there will be talks through on the highest level because it's absolutely. against the interests of both turkey and the russia to to escalate the confrontation in syria. european union funds are being harvested by an unexpected source an investigation has claimed the sicilian mafia has been the farting the block of millions of euros through farmland subsidies or he's tried to been scheme looks into the mob's 21st century tactics. reg's it may be officially done and dusted but for the even the headache of trying to balance its books without the u. case contribution is only just beginning no one the area that has been earmarked is farm subsidies to support agriculture and livestock breeding at a cost of around $60000000000.00 euro every year it's the biggest expense for the

e.u. and while farmers are up in arms at the me hint their subsidies could be about to change it seems the eve has been accidentally blowing the budget for the last decade not on farmers but would you believe it the mafia. example in a farmer who's also a neighbor asked me to lease out my land to him that would allow him to obtain e.u. community funds and to grace's flock obviously i replied no a week later the house you see behind me was heavily damaged by arson. when there was we wanted to bring about an eco village community a landowner an elderly gentleman low dose of land and redox so one evening an identified people sneaked onto the property and cut all the beams on the roof

making it unfit for use then they destroyed the whole property by setting everything on fire we kind of join the dots together and realised that we were being targeted by the mafia they were interested in our land because farmers receive money based on the amount of land they hold so the more land you have the more you can ask for european funds. the problem was so bad at times honest farmers stopped a bidding finning land giving the mafia. free reign to suck up any other land could be used to claim subsidies and as e.u. subsidies are based on possession of land roll them what's produced all the land there was no need for the mafia to do anything but to sit back and count the money so much here clans could rent land for next to nothing and claim subsidies at a much higher rate ok so you think surely some technocratic usually visits the

farms and casts annoyer of what's going on right now. local authority should develop their own system matthew reviews to check up on european funds besides the judicial one currently this review is carried out only on paper but actually there are not any real checks on the funds and whether they arrive in the territory in some cases the forward was a brazen applications were made for land not owned by the applicant are those were made for people who were not even a lawyer and although the scam has not been unveiled with $94.00 arrests so far only 2 matthew families have been implicated the problem could be much worse it's also clear that this type before does not restrict it to just sicily in italy similar claims about mafia gangs fleecing the e.u. have been made in slovakia and romania it's thought these investigations in sicily

could now lead to changes elsewhere in the e.u. but many will be questioning why it's taken so long for this type of fraud to be unearthed and why the e.u. has been allowing itself to be milked for so long. r.t. paris. and the dozen from will be back with headlines in just under 36 minutes stay with us this is art. join me every week on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. let's talk about 20th century socialism this is when governments made mal

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location so what's the fun of all break it down in to this point has logged its best performance for the month of january since 2030 who was driving the growth we're investigating so much to get to on this very busy day so let's get started. and we begin with the latest on the corona virus outbreak as china's foreign ministry is accusing the u.s. of spreading fear and panic they say over the virus this is president signed an order to pereira lee banning intreat of foreign nationals who have traveled to china within the past 2 weeks but let's be clear because the united states is not the only country to do this in fact australia italy japan pakistan russia. and singapore of also impose similar restrictions even so china is saying that it isn't reasonable for countries around the world to try to prevent people from crossing borders singling out the united states the chinese foreign minister says quote the u.s. government has not provided any substantiative assistance to us and is instead only

created and spread fear which is a very bad example in quote well meanwhile the world health organization which finally declared the coronavirus a public health emergency seems to be against these restrictions listen. 1st there is no reason for the measure to start. if you do his international travel and trade . we only countries to implement decisions. and consistent w. just done just ready to provide advice to any country that's considered which measures to take. we must support countries. systems so. actually the development of vaccines and sticks. connectedness is a weakness in this outbreak but it's greatest strings it was kind of the w.h.o. to offer advice but then again it's worth pointing out that the it was the w.h.o. itself that's come under fire for its slowness in declaring

a public health emergency when the biggest reason for not doing so their words concern for world markets not really in the purview of the w.h.o. chinese health officials have confirmed that as of monday there are more than 17000 coronavirus cases in the country and so far 361 deaths. the s.n.p. and nasdaq recorded their worst start to trade a year since 2016 but china saw its biggest daily fall in more than 5 years monday as traders rushed to sell amid continued fears about the impact of the coronavirus on the economy the shanghai composite fell 8.7 percent monday when markets reopened after their 10 day holiday chinese authorities have stemmed up a market wide panic by announcing a 170000000000 dollars package to buy up securities from sellers this is the biggest cash injection into the financial system since 2004 to stabilize the market and to also prevent the bottom from falling out by ensuring there is

a buyer the army plunged below 1 7 to the dollar and the chinese officials are now quote hoping the u.s. will agree to some flexibility on the phase one trade pledges us are pricing in a pessimistic outcome. as they continue on their 9 days slide down the longest down streak since 2014 australia's a.s.x. also fell 3.8 percent in early morning tracey as it is china's largest trading partner and as china shuts down its consumption levels fall hitting australia's economy the r.b.a. is expected to cut rates in march again and downgrade its growth forecast for the year china is by far the largest oil consumer so as such this drop also affects opec who is weighing another supply cut to rebalance the global oil market prices for w t i m brand drop monday to its lowest since january of last year and as we like to say this is a 0 sum game so as $393000000000.00 gets wiped off the chinese stock market ali baba's popping nearly 4 percent on face mask sales and gilly ad search 8 percent as

its experimental drug read that star is making significant progress on a cure it was 1st given to us patient last week whose condition appeared to improve within one day and now china's national health commission said that the drug trials were beginning to be carried out at multiple hospitals and will hunt for $270.00 patients. and here to help us break the latest is the virus has the virus continues to damage the markets we're happy to welcome sean hyman editor of logistical investor so sean the coronavirus is spawn the largest work from home experiment right now decentralized work is in and companies are experimenting with various platforms and managing this at a massive scale productivity platforms like we tax work and by dan's lark are gaining massive popularity while co-working spaces like we work they're being gradually phased out so will this industry shift from a in person to online continue after this entire outbreak is over. think so i mean techno.